Newspaper design: putting it all together

Transcript

1. View Slide

2. Now
   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
   

   View Slide

3. Putting it all together
   

   View Slide

4. Putting it all together
   The American reader and the newspaper
   

   View Slide

5. Putting it all together
   The American reader and the newspaper
   n The American reader reads about 250 wpm
   n Your readers spend almost 39 minutes with the paper
   n Your readers look for, depend on and like “their” paper
   n Page One establishes an identity, marks a point in time,
   informs and sells the whole package
   

   View Slide

6. Putting it all together
   History and anatomy of page one
   

   View Slide

7. Putting it all together
   History and anatomy of page one
   Serving Farmersville and East Collin County Since 1885
   • Farmersville, Texas, Thursday, February 21, 2019 • 2 Sections, 10 Pages $1.00
   The Farmersville Times
   Volume 133
   Issue 12
   © Copyright 2019. All Rights Reserved.
   C&S Media Publications
   Lake Lavon Levels
   Normal – 492
   492.49 ft
   as of 2/18/19
   Lake Jim Chapman
   Normal 440 – Current
   440.50 ft
   Source: US Army Corps of Engineers
   In thIs Issue
   Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .3B
   Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . .. .3A
   Opinion . . . . . . . . . ... . . .4A
   Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 4B
   Sports . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 1B
   Contact us at:
   972-442-5515 or
   news@farmersvilletimes.com
   www.farmersvilletimes.com
   UPCOMING
   CALENDAR
   Farmersville soFtball opens season – sports, 1b
   By Wyndi Veigel
   News Editor
   news@farmersvilletimes.com
   A contested race has de-
   veloped for the May 4 elec-
   tion both for Farmersville city
   council and Farmersville Inde-
   pendent School District Board
   of Trustees.
   On Farmersville ISD school
   board, both Tommy Monk and
   David Ketcher have filed for
   Place 5, which was formerly
   held by Glenn McClain.
   Ketcher, who is retired, has
   30 years in public education
   as a teacher, coach and a high
   school principal.
   He stated he is running
   because of his experiences
   give him the perspective
   of being both a teacher and
   an administrator.
   Monk is retired from Gar-
   land Power and Light. He cur-
   rently works for Crown Pools
   Company.
   He is running for school
   board to make a positive dif-
   ference in the community and
   leave the world a better place
   than he found it, he said. He
   also previously served on the
   school board from 2010 to
   2017.
   Brian Brazil has filed for
   Place 6 on the school board,
   which was previously held by
   Kenneth Roose who withdrew
   his application early in the fil-
   ing period.
   Brazil’s professional back-
   ground includes working at
   State Farm Insurance after
   graduating from Austin Col-
   lege. After seven years and
   multiple promotions at State
   Farm, he became the vice presi-
   dent of operations for a smaller
   insurance company, and then
   spent two years as the AVP of
   Sales for a telecommunications
   company.
   Brazil is running for the
   board because of his love of the
   community and wanting to give
   back to Farmersville.
   For Place 7, Jason McTee
   has filed. Incumbent and presi-
   dent of the school board, Jeff
   Hurst, did not seek reelection.
   Professionally, McTee has
   worked for ABB/Dodge for 10
   years as a sales engineer cover-
   ing East Texas and North Loui-
   siana. He has been in the power
   transmission industry for over
   20 years starting in production
   and working his way up to his
   current position.
   He is running for school
   board because though he has
   been a volunteer in myriad
   ways he believes it is time for
   him to focus on the education
   of local kids.
   For city council, a contested
   race has emerged for Place 5,
   which is currently held by Todd
   Rolen.
   Both Rolen and Dwain
   Mathers filed for this seat.
   Rolen, who is a warehouse
   manager and sales engineer,
   has lived and worked in Farm-
   ersville his entire life and is a
   1988 Farmersville High School
   graduate.
   “As a lifelong resident of
   Farmersville, I was fortunate
   to have so many help with my
   development. It was their giv-
   ing nature that shaped me into
   who am I today. It is imperative
   that others have the same op-
   portunity. For this, I would like
   to continue serving as a council
   member for the city that served
   me and my family,” he said.
   Rolen said the most impor-
   tant issue that Farmersville is
   facing is imminent growth and
   the path that the city will take
   to deal with the growth will be
   the biggest challenge.
   “Building and financing im-
   provements in infrastructure
   will be our biggest limiting
   factor. Infrastructure improve-
   ments will facilitate growth in
   all facets within our city. At
   this point, I don’t think we are
   See ELECTION page 5A
   Contested race develops on council, school board
   Wyndi Veigel/The Farmersville Times
   Investigators look into the cause of a deadly house fire on Maple Street that occurred in the early morn-
   ing hours of Tuesday, Feb. 19. For more photos see page 6A.
   Double fatality fire under investigation
   Former
   police
   officer
   arrested
   By Wyndi Veigel
   News Editor
   news@farmersvilletimes.com
   A former Farmersville police of-
   ficer has been arrested on a felony
   drug charge by the Texas Rangers.
   Bradley Jason Dean, 33, of
   Greenville was arrested Feb. 7 by
   Hunt County Sheriff’s deputies on
   a warrant filed by Texas Ranger
   R e u b e n
   Mankin.
   T h e
   charges are
   for posses-
   sion of a
   controlled
   substance
   in penalty
   group 3,
   more than
   or equal to
   28 grams,
   less than 200 grams, which is a
   Third Degree felony.
   According to information in-
   cluded in the arrest warrant that
   was signed by Hunt County Justice
   of the Peace Sheila Linden, Mankin
   began conducting an investigation
   Aug. 29, 2018 into allegations that
   Dean was purchasing additional
   prescription medications, outside
   his prescribed amount, through an
   individual named Teri Trejo.
   Mankin was able to confirm
   it was happening, the document
   said, and that the transactions were
   See TEXAS page 2A
   Bradley
   Jason Dean
   Teens evade police,
   total car in wreck
   By Wyndi Veigel
   News Editor
   news@farmersvilletimes.com
   A joyride turned danger-
   ous as two teens fled from
   Farmersville police Friday,
   Feb. 15.
   According to information
   released by Farmersville
   Police Lt. Marsha Phillips,
   two 16-year-old males from
   Princeton were traveling on
   Hwy. 380 close to Brook-
   shire’s when Patrol Officer
   Korey Redding clocked them
   for speeds over 100 mph in
   a white 2010 Nissan Altima.
   The teens fled from the
   officer after he attempted to
   initiate a traffic stop.
   Continuing down Hwy.
   380, the teens turned onto
   CR 559, the road that leads
   to the lake.
   The car wrecked on CR
   562 after hitting a tree.
   Both teens were taken to
   Medical City of McKinney
   and then released to their
   parents.
   Farmersville Police will be
   filing felony eluding charges
   on the driver of the vehicle
   and are investigating why the
   teens were carrying counter-
   feit currency with them.
   The driver suffered inju-
   ries to his knee and his nose
   from the airbag deployment
   See WRECK page 6A
   Wyndi Veigel/The Farmersville Times
   A car was totaled Friday, Feb. 15 after two 16-year-olds from Princeton slid into a tree
   while trying to evade Farmersville police officers.
   Boy Scout Troop 310 and
   Cub Pack 309 will pick up
   grocery bags at houses in
   Farmersville Saturday, Feb.23
   to collect non-perishable food
   items for the Farmersville
   Outreach Alliance Food Pan-
   try.
   Scouting For Food is an
   annual community service
   project done by scouts to help
   fully stock local food pantries.
   Most needed items include
   canned meats, peanut butter,
   canned fruits, beans, hearty
   soups, diapers, and baby for-
   mula.
   Filled bags need to be
   placed by front door for early
   pick up prior to 9 a.m. Satur-
   day, Feb. 23.
   Anyone who does not re-
   ceive a bag, may still donate
   by dropping items off in the
   box located at the family life
   building at theFirst United
   Methodist Church prior to
   Feb. 23.
   Scouting for food to
   be held Feb. 23
   Thursday, Feb. 21: 6:30
   p.m. Farmersville EDC meeting
   (4A), city hall, council cham-
   bers
   Monday, Feb. 25: 7 p.m.
   Farmersville ISD School Board
   meeting, Administration build-
   ing
   Tuesday, Feb. 26: 6 p.m.,
   Farmersville City Council, city
   hall
   Saturday, March 2: 9 a.m.
   to 3 p.m., Farmers and Fleas,
   Onion Shed
   Farmersville Historical
   Society luncheon Saturday
   The Farmersville Historical
   Society will host its annual
   luncheon and style show at 11
   a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at the
   Farmersville High School.
   Tickets, which serve as
   the society’s main fund-
   raiser, are $20 and available
   for purchase at Dyer Drug
   Store, Main Street Antiques,
   Fiber Circle or at the door.
   One of the main high-
   lights will be a style show
   of historic women’s lounge-
   wear, presented by Henson-
   Kickernick, Inc.
   Other entertainment in-
   cludes a reading of Catharine
   Ingelman-Sundberg’s “The
   Little Old Lady that Broke
   all the Rules.” Book review-
   er Susan Boone will lead
   the discussion.
   By Wyndi Veigel
   News Editor
   news@farmersvilletimes.com
   A house fire on Maple Street quick-
   ly turned deadly in the early morning
   hours of Tuesday, Feb. 19 for two el-
   derly individuals.
   According to information released
   by Farmersville Police Chief Mike
   Sullivan, longtime Farmersville resi-
   dents Delvin Sergent, 86, and Betty
   Sergent, 88, were found deceased
   within the structure.
   Immediate family members who
   responded to the scene are also from
   Farmersville.
   The initial 911 call came into Col-
   lin County Dispatch shortly after 4
   a.m. when a neighbor saw flames and
   called emergency services.
   Farmersville Police Officer Mag-
   gie Olvera and Collin County Deputy
   Jonathan McCann were the first on
   scene and saw the home that was fully
   engulfed by flames on one side.
   According to Sullivan, Olvera and
   the deputy saw a walker near one of
   the windows and broke a window to
   see if they could rescue a potential
   victim.
   They were unable to gain access to
   the home as was the fire department
   due to the home being engulfed by
   flames.
   As embers rained down throughout
   the neighborhood it quickly became
   evident that the fire was of a signifi-
   cant size and due to the proximity of
   the other houses, three other homes
   were evacuated.
   The fire department went defensive
   to keep the fire from spreading to ad-
   joining homes.
   Farmersville Fire Department
   and the Princeton Fire Department
   See FIRE page 6A
   

   View Slide

8. Putting it all together
   Language of design
   Principles
   Elements
   Fundamentals
   

   View Slide

9. Putting it all together
   Language of design
   CRAP
   Principles
   Elements
   Fundamentals
   Simplicity
   Balance
   Space
   Shape
   Position
   Color
   Art
   Typography
   

   View Slide

10. Putting it all together
    Language of design
    

    View Slide

11. Putting it all together
    Modular design and designing modules
    

    View Slide

12. Putting it all together
    Modular design and designing modules
    Celtics control Game One.
    Boston dominated top-seed
    Milwaukee in the opener of
    round two in the playoffs. C1.
    House Democrats and the Jus-
    tice Department battled over
    the parameters of Attorney
    General William Barr’s planned
    testimony this week, raising
    the prospect that the hearing
    might not happen. A2.
    Spaniards appeared to hand
    the governing Socialist Party a
    decisive victory in an election
    that featured heavy turnout
    and bolstered a far-right na-
    tionalist group. A3.
    A California company said it
    had created a breath analysis
    test for marijuana impairment
    among drivers. B1.
    Apple has removed or restrict-
    ed at least 11 of the 17 most
    downloaded screen-time and
    parental-control apps, frustrat-
    ing users. D2.
    Richard Lugar died. The six-
    term senator (right) from Indi-
    ana was an influential voice on
    foreign policy who sought bi-
    partisan solutions. D6.
    abcde
    M o n d a y , A p r i l 2 9 , 2 0 1 9
    By John Hilliard
    GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
    Bryan Snow, an electrician from Peabody, knows
    about the pain opioid addiction can inflict on a
    family. The 41-year-old spent years battling the dis-
    ease, not seeking the help he needed, in part be-
    cause of attitudes in the construction industry.
    Snow, drug-free now for seven years, said the in-
    dustry must work to encourage those struggling
    with addiction to come forward to get treatment.
    “It needs to be out there: ‘If you need help, you
    can come. It’s OK,’ ” Snow said.
    As soaring numbers of construction workers
    battle addiction, building trades leaders in Boston
    are launching a conference this week intended to
    do just that: show contractors and union members
    how they can help those who are hooked on drugs
    and alcohol.
    “We don’t [push] someone away who gets can-
    cer or diabetes; we shouldn’t get rid of someone
    who suffers addiction,” said Thomas Gunning III,
    director of labor relations for the Building Trades
    Employers’ Association, which is organizing the
    event.
    “It’s a disease of the mind, and we want to help
    them,” he said.
    The goal of the weeklong conference is to help
    break down the stigma surrounding substance
    abuse disorder that discourages people in the in-
    dustry from seeking help, Gunning said.
    Organizers are also calling for Narcan to be
    available at all job sites to help prevent overdose
    deaths, he added.
    Mayor Martin J. Walsh will speak Monday at the
    conference, according to a spokeswoman; it kicks
    off at 5 p.m. at IBEW Local 103’s headquarters on
    ADDICTION, Page A6
    By Jeremy C. Fox
    GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
    Seventeen years after he pleaded guilty to his
    role in the murders of two beloved Dartmouth Col-
    lege professors, James Parker, who was 16 when he
    and his best friend killed Susanne and Half Zantop,
    wants to be a free man.
    Parker, 34, is set to appear Tuesday in New
    Hampshire’s Grafton Superior Court for a hearing
    on a motion to suspend his sen-
    tence of 25 years to life and re-
    lease him from the New Hamp-
    shire State Prison for Men in
    Concord.
    His attorney, Cathy Green,
    contends that, while spending
    more than half his life behind
    bars, Parker has been a model
    prisoner, rehabilitated himself,
    and earned another shot at life.
    If released, he initially would
    live with his parents and take a
    construction job with his fa-
    ther, a contractor.
    The state attorney general’s office argues that,
    because the killings of Susanne Zantop, 55, chair-
    woman of Dartmouth’s German studies program,
    and Half Zantop, 62, a Dartmouth professor of
    earth sciences, were brutal and premeditated, and
    because Parker was given the minimum sentence,
    DARTMOUTH, Page A6
    By Jess Bidgood
    GLOBE STAFF
    HOUSTON — This wasn’t just any cam-
    paign stop for Bernie Sanders: The forum
    was aimed at women of color, and it offered
    the irascible Vermont senator a chance to
    connect with many voters who did not
    warm to his last presidential bid, in 2016.
    But when Sanders took the stage at the
    She the People Presidential Forum last week,
    he did not exactly win over the crowd.
    He barreled through big policy propos-
    als, speaking with his trademark brusque-
    ness amid groans from the audience, while
    moderators repeatedly urged him to more
    specifically address women of color in the
    crowd. Why, they asked, should they sup-
    port him?
    “Look at my record,” Sanders said, wag-
    ging his finger for emphasis, “and look what
    I have campaigned on.”
    Afterward, several attendees described
    Sanders as “agitated,” “frustrated,” and
    seemingly underprepared.
    “He was the same cantankerous person
    that he always is,” said Marsha Jones, 58,
    SANDERS, Page A6
    By Evan Allen
    GLOBE STAFF
    Inside the mint-green house on Mattapan
    Street, Eleanor Maloney hugged her chil-
    dren, cradled her grandbabies, and tended
    her mother until she died peacefully at 100
    years old. She was the lifeline of a huge and
    close-knit family that sprawled all the way to
    Barbados, but had a home, always, at No.
    17.
    She was cooking for them on April 6
    when she realized she needed something at
    the corner store. She left her unseasoned
    chicken and stepped out of her house, past
    her brother, her daughter, and the grandson
    she treasured, who had just gotten out of
    prison and vowed to turn his life around af-
    ter years of trouble.
    She was on the sidewalk, according to her
    family, when the shooting started: bullets
    tearing through the warm spring air toward
    her grandson.
    To the neighbors who loved her, 74-year-
    old Maloney was “Ma,” generous and funny
    and patient, the boisterous barbecues she
    hosted open to all. To the patients rushed to
    Boston Medical Center, where she worked
    for 44 years as an operating-room assistant,
    she was a calm, quick, and sure presence,
    MALONEY, Page A5
    Building
    trades
    targeting
    addiction
    Conference aims to reduce
    stigma, promote treatment
    Confessed
    killer seeks
    early release
    Man has served 17 years
    for role in brutal murders
    of Dartmouth professors
    For Sanders, a charm defensive
    Famously gruff, he leans
    on policy, not personality
    Loss, and mystery, linger
    With no charges filed for the crime, a woman’s
    slaying haunts her Mattapan neighborhood
    MICHAEL WYKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Some at a Houston forum last week thought
    Senator Bernie Sanders came across as “agitated.’’
    For breaking news, updated
    stories, and more, visit our website:
    BostonGlobe.com
    V O L . 2 9 5 , N O . 1 1 9
    *
    Suggested retail price
    $3.00
    Monday: Periods of sun.
    High 56-61, low 41-46.
    Tuesday: Rains return. High
    47-52, low 39-44.
    High tide: 8:01, 8:38.
    Sunrise: 5:43. Sunset: 7:41.
    Comics and weather, C9-10
    Peek-a-blue
    In the news
    PAT GREENHOUSE/GLOBE STAFF
    Women dressed in hospital garb spoke to Police Commissioner William Gross at Eleanor Maloney’s funeral service on April 17.
    By Naomi Martin
    GLOBE STAFF
    Each day, the cars would cruise onto the Milton driveway to the $1.9
    million mansion. The drivers would retrieve plastic cases full of brown
    paper bags, authorities said, returning hours later with cash.
    The scene described in a federal agent’s affidavit led to the arrest this
    month of the home’s owner, Deana Martin, 51. She was accused of con-
    spiring to sell 220 pounds of marijuana through her unlicensed online
    delivery service, Northern Herb, which employed 25 people and alleged-
    ly paid no taxes.
    With sales of $14 million, Northern Herb was one of the biggest Mas-
    sachusetts marijuana operations shut down in recent memory. But even
    now with recreational pot legal in the state, the size of Northern Herb
    and its many competitors shows that the illegal market continues to
    thrive — undercutting the legal trade and filling a need for many con-
    sumers.
    About 75 percent of the state’s cannabis sales this year will take place
    under the table, according to industry analysts, who blamed the state’s
    slow rollout of stores, many of them in far-flung communities. Two-and-
    a-half years after voters approved legalization, home delivery is not al-
    lowed and only 15 retail stores have opened statewide, with just one in
    Greater Boston.
    The Northern Herb bust was celebrated by police, some policy mak-
    ers, and medical marijuana dispensaries, who called this month for a
    systematic crackdown on illicit sellers.
    MARIJUANA, Page A4
    Crackdown on illegal pot splits cannabis community
    Unlicensed dealers fill need, some say,
    as legitimate industry struggles to grow
    PHOTOS BY DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
    Federal authorities say an unlawful pot delivery business was
    being operated from the house at this Milton address.
    CHUCK ROBINSON/AP
    James Parker in
    custody in 2001.
    Maloney was beloved by kin and friends
    for her warm and loving disposition.
    Mourners pay
    their respects to
    Lori Gilbert-Kaye,
    who was killed in
    the attack on the
    Chabad of Poway
    synagogue.
    NICK OZA FOR
    USA TODAY
    ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Two religious congregations
    about 12 miles apart – one Jewish and the other
    Christian – were bound by tragedy over the weekend.
    One was a synagogue ripped apart by gunfire; the
    other was a church the suspected shooter’s family
    regularly attended. What both shared Sunday: an
    overwhelming sense of grief as worshippersgrappled
    to make sense of the senseless.
    Their leaders, a rabbi and a pastor, did their best to
    show how they are rising above hate.
    At the Chabad of Poway, Orthodox Jews had gath-
    ered for Passover when a gunman burst in with a
    semiautomatic rifle Saturday and started shooting,
    Synagogue shooting wounded
    – and united – 2 congregations
    Chris Woodyard USA TODAY
    See CONGREGATIONS, Page 4A
    Chilling
    plot in LA
    Ex-soldier charged
    with planning mass
    terror attacks. 3A
    FEARS
    OF BIG
    PHARMA
    Bernadette Pajer doesn’t trust
    the pharmaceutical industry. And
    she doesn’t trust vaccines.
    The founder of a Washington
    state advocacy group says drug-
    makers have a “pretty poor record
    overall” on safety and transparency.
    Not to mention the opioid epidemic,
    though Pajer often does.
    As distrust of the pharmaceuti-
    cal industry grows, so has the anti-
    vaccination movement – a critical
    issue as the number of measles
    cases in the USA surges.
    Vaccine supporters – including
    federal, state and local officials, the
    public health community and most
    doctors – say it wasn’t drugmakers’
    idea to require protection from
    largely eradicated deadly diseases.
    It’s the government’s doing.
    It’s also the government that
    shields drugmakers from liability
    when vaccines are found to cause
    injury. To skeptics, including drug
    safety advocate Kim Witczak, this
    suggests they may be hiding or at
    least getting away with something.
    When voters were surveyed in
    January about their feelings toward
    industries that benefit from the
    Many don’t trust industry.
    Why would they trust its vaccines?
    Jayne O’Donnell
    USA TODAY
    GETTY IMAGES
    SOURCE American Pet Products Association,
    March 21, 2019
    FRANK POMPA, JANET LOEHRKE/USA TODAY
    USA SNAPSHOTS©
    Mittens needs a part-time job
    How much
    Americans
    pay for pet care
    (in billions):
    2017
    2018
    2019
    $69.51
    $72.56
    $75.38
    $2.00 ❚ THE NATION'S NEWS
    E2
    TUESDAY
    QIJFAF-02005y(L)i
    ©COPYRIGHT 2019
    USA TODAY,
    A division of
    Gannett Co., Inc.
    04.30.19
    Triple Crown
    begins with the
    Kentucky Derby
    Race’s 145th running is Saturday, and
    we examine the use of the medication
    Lasix in horse racing. In Sports
    USA TODAY SPORTS
    NEWSLINE
    HOME DELIVERY
    1-800-872-0001, USATODAYSERVICE.COM
    STATE-BY-STATE 6B AMERICA’S MARKETS 6B MARKETPLACE TODAY 5D PUZZLES 5D TONIGHT ON TV 6D WEATHER 4A YOUR SAY 5A
    On sale now
    USA TODAY’s Pet Guide is full of tips,
    trends and advice for keeping your
    furry friends healthy and happy.
    It’s available on newsstands and
    at onlinestore.usatoday.com.
    IN NEWS
    John Singleton,
    filmmaker, dead at 51
    Director, screenwriter earned Oscar
    nominations for “Boyz n the Hood”
    Rod Rosenstein
    submits resignation
    Deputy attorney general appointed
    special counsel Robert Mueller
    IN MONEY
    Facebook plans to
    return users’ privacy
    CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reveal how
    he intends to do it at F8 conference
    IN SPORTS
    Harper and Machado
    making subtle impact
    Top free agents aren’t on leaders’ lists,
    but their teams are off to hot starts
    Post-draft questions
    for every NFL team
    Mike Jones: With needs addressed,
    clubs head into offseason practices
    IN LIFE
    ‘Thrones’ cheats fans
    with sparse death toll
    Kelly Lawler: Writers’ refusal to kill
    off major characters hurts the series
    CHRISTOPHER POLK/GETTY IMAGES
    See VACCINES, Page 3A
    “Vaccines are largely a victim of their
    own success. If you don’t fear the
    disease, you’re more likely to fear
    the vaccine.”
    Paul Offit
    Author and infectious disease physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    WASHINGTON – President Donald
    Trump and congressional Democrats
    will meet Tuesday in search of a fix for
    the nation’s crumbling infrastructure,
    but they’ll first have to swerve around
    an escalating battle over special coun-
    sel Robert Mueller’s report.
    The meeting, which will mark the
    first time Trump has hosted Demo-
    cratic leaders since an acrimonious
    gathering during the partial govern-
    ment shutdown in January, comes as
    the White House is resisting Demo-
    cratic demands to question admini-
    stration officials involved in the Muell-
    er investigation into Russian election
    interference.
    Trump and Democratic lawmakers
    have flirted with a bipartisan infra-
    structure deal since the president took
    office, but talks have stalled around
    how to pay for the trillion-dollar-plus
    investment needed to make a dent in
    modernizing the nation’s highways,
    transit systems and airports. And that
    was before congressional subpoenas
    started flying.
    “The current climate seems less
    than optimal for reaching a consen-
    sus,” said D.J. Gribbin, a former assis-
    tant to the president on infrastructure
    issues, but he said he was neverthe-
    less encouraged that an initial meeting
    is taking place.
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
    Trump,
    Dems
    huddle
    today
    Infrastructure meeting
    comes with tension high
    John Fritze and Eliza Collins
    USA TODAY
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
    suggested the meeting in a call
    this month with President Trump.
    JARRAD HENDERSON/USA TODAY
    See HUDDLE, Page 6A
    Classified 1D
    Comics 3-4C
    Local 4A
    Lotteries 2A
    Nation 3A
    Obituaries 5C
    Opinion 6C
    Sports 1B
    Weather, Stocks 6A
    CUSTOMER SERVICE
    To subscribe or report delivery issues,
    208-377-6370 or idahostatesman.com/customer-service
    NOBODY BEATS A DENNIS DILLON DEAL
    4X4 DIESEL CREW STARTING AS LOW AS
    SAVE UP TO
    OFF MSRP
    DENNIS DILLON GMC 2777 S ORCHARD ST BOISE, IDAHO 83705 PHONE 208.336.6000 TRUCK *3K0749, **3K0880
    ALL PRICES AFTER ALL REBATES AND INCENTIVES PLUS TAX TITLE AND DEALER DOC FEE OF $299 OAC.
    NATION
    ‘I AM PROUD TO BE
    A GAY SON OF GOD’
    Matt Easton, the 2019
    valedictorian for Brigham
    Young University, used his
    speech at commencement
    to come out as gay. 2A
    FOOD & DRINK
    VETS MAKE NAME
    IN BEER MARKET
    In Sacramento, the booming
    beer industry is being
    boosted by breweries owned
    by military veterans and
    police officers. 1C
    LOCAL
    CHARGES DROPPED,
    WOMAN RELEASED
    A judge ordered the release
    of Maribel Menchaca after
    six months in custody when
    murder and robbery
    charges were dismissed. 4A
    BEIRUT
    The shadowy leader of the
    Islamic State group claimed to
    appear for the first time in five
    years in a video released by the
    extremist group’s propaganda
    arm on Monday, acknowledging
    defeat in the group’s last
    stronghold in Syria but vowing a
    “long battle” ahead.
    The man said to be Abu Bakr
    al-Baghdadi in the video also
    claimed the Easter Day bomb-
    ings in Sri Lanka which killed
    over 250 people were “part of
    the revenge” that awaits the
    West.
    Despite numerous claims
    about his death in the past few
    years, al-Baghdadi’s where-
    abouts remain a mystery. Many
    of his top aides have been
    killed, mostly by U.S.-led coali-
    tion airstrikes. He is among the
    few senior IS commanders still
    at large after two years of
    steady battlefield losses that
    saw the self-styled “caliphate”
    AP
    This image made from video
    posted on a militant website on
    Monday purports to show the
    leader of the Islamic State group,
    Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being
    interviewed by his group’s
    Al-Furqan media outlet.
    claims
    attacks
    in Sri
    Lanka
    BY ZEINA KARAM AND
    BASSEM MROUE
    Associated Press
    SEE AL-BAGHDADI, 5A
    NAMPA
    In 1972, historic preserva-
    tionists saved Nampa Train
    Depot from destruction by
    turning it into a museum. Now
    that museum could be forced
    to close if it can’t find more
    funding.
    “We are starting to run out
    of money,” said Aldis Garsvo,
    president of the Canyon Coun-
    ty Historical Society, which
    owns the 116-year-old building.
    “Costs are going up, mainte-
    nance requirement is already
    going up. It takes $30,000 just
    to keep the lights on.”
    The Nampa Train Depot
    Museum is a Nampa icon. It
    offers visitors insight into the
    Treasure Valley’s past and
    serves as a reminder of the
    vital role railroads, especially
    the Union Pacific, have played
    in the region’s growth since the
    19th century.
    Even today, with train pas-
    sengers gone, Nampa has a
    major Union Pacific rail yard
    that is one of UP’s two termi-
    nals in Idaho (Pocatello has the
    other), and it is fed by local
    freight shipments along the
    Boise Valley Railroad from the
    Boise area.
    If the depot closes, Garsvo
    says Nampa will lose part of its
    identity.
    “It removes the opportunity
    for citizens of Nampa and Can-
    yon County to experience his-
    tory — to learn about how their
    grandma and grandpa created
    this county,” he said in an
    interview.
    But the building needs re-
    pairs and its displays need
    updates. Gutters need to be
    stripped and replaced, Garsvo
    said. The mortar of the exterior
    brickwork has cracks that must
    be filled in. He’d also like to
    replace the carpet — blue and
    KATE TALERICO ktalerico@idahostatesman.com
    Aldis Garsvo, president of the Canyon County Historical Society, worked on weekends alongside his son to restore this 1942 Union Pacific
    caboose that sits outside the Nampa Train Depot Museum.
    Nampa Train Depot, saved by
    preservationists in the 1970s,
    is in financial danger again
    DARIN OSWALD doswald@idahostatesman.com
    The Nampa Train Depot Museum in downtown Nampa boasts one
    of the fanciest structures of the Oregon Short Line series of depots
    in Idaho. Inside the museum are displays and exhibits from the
    railroad era, including the famed Dewey Palace Hotel.
    BY KATE TALERICO
    ktalerico@idahostatesman.com
    SEE NAMPA, 4A
    

    View Slide

13. Putting it all together
    America’s page one
    WASHINGTON — Attorney
    General William P. Barr defended
    himself on Wednesday against
    withering criticism of his handling
    of the special counsel investiga-
    tion as Democrats accused of him
    of deceiving Congress and acting
    as a personal agent for President
    Trump rather than a steward of
    justice.
    At a contentious hearing
    marked by a deep partisan divide,
    Mr. Barr denied misrepresenting
    the investigation’s conclusions de-
    spite a newly revealed letter by
    the special counsel, Robert S.
    Mueller III, protesting the initial
    summary of its findings. Mr. Barr
    dismissed the letter as “a bit
    snitty” and the controversy over it
    as “mind-bendingly bizarre.”
    But in a series of aggressive in-
    terrogations, Democrats on the
    Senate Judiciary Committee ex-
    pressed indignation and asserted
    that the attorney general had
    been “purposely misleading,” en-
    gaged in “masterful hairsplitting”
    and even “lied to Congress.” Sev-
    eral Democrats on the committee,
    elsewhere in Congress and on the
    presidential campaign trail called
    for Mr. Barr’s resignation or even
    impeachment.
    The conflict escalated after-
    ward when Mr. Barr announced
    that he would not show up for a
    parallel hearing on Thursday be-
    fore the Democrat-controlled
    House Judiciary Committee. Mr.
    Barr objected to the format of
    questioning, which would have in-
    cluded questioning by staff law-
    yers, not just lawmakers. Demo-
    crats may now opt to subpoena
    him, setting up a possible show-
    down in court.
    “He is terrified of having to face
    a skilled attorney,” said Repre-
    sentative Jerrold Nadler of New
    York, the committee’s chairman.
    In just 11 weeks in office, Mr.
    Under Fire, Barr Defends
    Actions on Mueller Report
    Will Skip Hearing in
    House After Fierce
    Session in Senate
    By PETER BAKER
    Attorney General William P. Barr navigated aggressive questioning in the Senate on Wednesday.
    ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Senator Mazie K. Hirono exco-
    riated the attorney general.
    ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Continued on Page A14
    Female track athletes with na-
    turally elevated levels of testos-
    terone must decrease the hor-
    mone to participate in certain
    races at major competitions like
    the Olympics, the highest court in
    international sports said Wednes-
    day in a landmark ruling amid the
    pitched debate over who can com-
    pete in women’s events.
    The decision was a defeat for
    Caster Semenya, a two-time
    Olympic champion at 800 meters
    from South Africa, who had chal-
    lenged proposed limits placed on
    female athletes with naturally ele-
    vated levels of the muscle-build-
    ing hormone testosterone.
    At a time when the broader cul-
    ture is moving toward an accept-
    ance of gender fluidity, the ruling
    affirmed the sports world’s need
    for distinct gender lines, saying
    they were essential for the out-
    come of women’s events to be fair.
    “The gender studies folks have
    spent the last 20 years decon-
    structing sex and all of a sudden
    they’re facing an institution with
    an entirely opposite story,” said
    Doriane Lambelet Coleman, a law
    professor at Duke and an elite
    800-meter runner in the 1980s
    who served as an expert witness
    for track and field’s world govern-
    ing body. “We have to ask, ‘Is re-
    specting gender identity more im-
    portant or is seeing female bodies
    on the podium more important?’”
    Semenya’s biology has been un-
    der scrutiny for a decade, ever
    since she burst on the scene at the
    2009 world track and field cham-
    pionships and was subjected to
    sex tests after her victory. In
    South Africa, leaders complained
    of racism. The issue of whether a
    rare biological trait was causing
    an unfair advantage for Semenya
    and a small subset of women
    quickly morphed into a battle
    about privacy and human rights,
    and Semenya became its symbol.
    Sports Court Backs Distinct Gender Lines, in Defeat for Olympian
    By JERÉ LONGMAN
    and JULIET MACUR
    Caster Semenya, who has naturally high levels of testosterone, in a 1,500-meter race last year.
    SAEED KHAN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
    Continued on Page A11
    WASHINGTON — It was a for-
    eign policy role Joseph R. Biden
    Jr. enthusiastically embraced dur-
    ing his vice presidency: brow-
    beating Ukraine’s notoriously cor-
    rupt government to clean up its
    act. And one of his most memora-
    ble performances came on a trip
    to Kiev in March 2016, when he
    threatened to withhold $1 billion in
    United States loan guarantees if
    Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss
    the country’s top prosecutor, who
    had been accused of turning a
    blind eye to corruption in his own
    office and among the political
    elite.
    The pressure campaign
    worked. The prosecutor general,
    long a target of criticism from
    other Western nations and inter-
    national lenders, was soon voted
    out by the Ukrainian Parliament.
    Among those who had a stake in
    the outcome was Hunter Biden,
    Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at
    the time was on the board of an en-
    ergy company owned by a Ukrain-
    ian oligarch who had been in the
    sights of the fired prosecutor gen-
    eral.
    Hunter Biden was a Yale-edu-
    cated lawyer who had served on
    the boards of Amtrak and a num-
    ber of nonprofit organizations and
    think tanks, but lacked any expe-
    rience in Ukraine and just months
    earlier had been discharged from
    the Navy Reserve after testing
    positive for cocaine. He would be
    paid about $50,000 per month for
    his work for the company,
    Burisma Holdings.
    The broad outlines of how the
    Bidens’ roles intersected in
    Ukraine have been known for
    some time. The former vice presi-
    dent’s campaign said that he had
    always acted to carry out United
    States policy without regard to
    any activities of his son, that he
    had never discussed the matter
    with Hunter Biden and that he
    learned of his son’s role with the
    Ukrainian energy company from
    news reports.
    But new details about Hunter
    Biden’s involvement, and a deci-
    sion this year by the current
    Ukrainian prosecutor general to
    reverse himself and reopen an in-
    vestigation into Burisma, have
    pushed the issue back into the
    For Biden, a Ukraine Matter That Won’t Go Away
    By KENNETH P. VOGEL
    and IULIIA MENDEL
    New Spotlight Falls on
    Son’s Employer in a
    Revived Inquiry
    Continued on Page A10
    VOL. CLXVIII . . . No. 58,315 © 2019 The New York Times Company
    NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019
    C M Y K Nxxx,2019-05-02,A,001,Bs-4C,E2
    NEWS ANALYSIS
    WASHINGTON — Nobody
    said regime change was going to
    be easy.
    President Trump’s top advis-
    ers woke up Tuesday believing
    that a rebellion in the Venezuelan
    military that day would galva-
    nize a popular uprising and
    topple a leader they have de-
    scribed as a reviled despot who
    must be replaced. But at day’s
    end, President Nicolás Maduro
    was still in power and Mr.
    Trump’s advisers were left to
    blame Cuba, Russia and three
    influential Venezuelan officials,
    who failed to switch sides, for
    frustrating their plans.
    The decision of the Venezue-
    lans to stand with Mr. Maduro —
    either because they were intimi-
    dated, got cold feet or never
    planned to defect — raised ques-
    tions about whether the United
    States had faulty intelligence
    about the ability of the opposition
    to peel away members of his
    government.
    It also raised questions about
    whether Mr. Trump’s aides had
    fallen victim to a misreading of
    events on the ground, or whether
    Mr. Trump, who officials say has
    sometimes outrun his aides in an
    enthusiasm for forcing out Mr.
    Maduro, might lose faith in the
    effort as it wears on.
    Mr. Maduro has been weak-
    ened at home and discredited
    abroad, but he remains a stub-
    born rival unwilling to step aside
    for the opposition leader, Juan
    Guaidó, recognized by the United
    States as the country’s de facto
    leader. While the administration
    got off to a sure-footed start on
    Venezuela, rallying dozens of
    countries against the Venezuelan
    president, critics said its re-
    sponse had become haphazard
    and chaotic as the crisis has
    dragged on.
    Mr. Trump’s aides banked on
    Mr. Guaidó’s call for mass pro-
    tests and the defection of the
    Venezuelan officials on Tuesday
    as a turning point in the three-
    month campaign to oust Mr.
    Pressure Rises
    After Failure
    In Venezuela
    Questions for the U.S.
    as Maduro Hangs On
    By MARK LANDLER
    and JULIAN E. BARNES
    Continued on Page A7
    U(D54G1D)y+=!:!&!#!}
    It was called the Economic Op-
    portunity Act, a measure intended
    to kick-start the sputtering post-
    recession economy in New Jersey,
    particularly in its struggling cit-
    ies. The state would award lucra-
    tive tax breaks to businesses if
    they moved to New Jersey or re-
    mained in the state, creating and
    retaining jobs.
    But before the bill was ap-
    proved by the Legislature, a se-
    ries of changes were made to its
    language in June 2013 that were
    intended to grant specific compa-
    nies hundreds of millions of dol-
    lars in additional tax breaks, with
    no public disclosure, according to
    interviews and documents ob-
    tained by The New York Times.
    Many of the last-minute
    changes to drafts of the bill were
    made by a real estate lawyer, Kev-
    in D. Sheehan, whose influential
    law firm has close ties to Demo-
    cratic politicians and legislative
    leaders in New Jersey.
    Mr. Sheehan was allowed by
    lawmakers to edit drafts of the bill
    in ways that opened up sizable tax
    breaks to his firm’s clients, ac-
    cording to a marked up copy of the
    legislation obtained by The Times,
    which identifies Mr. Sheehan’s
    changes.
    Nearly six years later, the fall-
    out from the legislation has set off
    an uproar in the State Capitol over
    allegations that the state’s $11 bil-
    lion in economic development pro-
    grams have been poorly managed
    corporate giveaways that have
    brought few benefits.
    How $11 Billion in Tax Breaks
    Has New Jersey in an Uproar
    By NICK CORASANITI and MATTHEW HAAG
    Continued on Page A22
    THE SCIENCE An issue raises hard
    questions about biology, fairness
    and gender identity. PAGE B7
    One professor’s quest to secure the
    future of a collection of women’s every-
    day clothing items. PAGE D1
    THURSDAY STYLES D1-8
    Rags or Riches?
    Capri has banned plastic and wants to
    limit boat traffic, too, to control the twin
    Italian ills: tourism and trash. PAGE A6
    INTERNATIONAL A4-12
    An Isle Preserving Its Beauty
    More people have been told that they
    are under investigation in the college-
    admissions scandal, while others worry
    that they soon will be. PAGE A20
    NATIONAL A13-20
    Admissions Scandal Widens
    The social media giant may create a
    privacy committee as part of a deal
    with regulators. PAGE B1
    BUSINESS B1-6
    Facebook Settlement Talks
    Stephen Curry helped lift a series that
    threatened to devolve amid feuds over
    officiating, Marc Stein writes. PAGE B7
    SPORTSTHURSDAY B7-12
    Warriors Put Complaints Aside
    Justin Gimelstob said he would resign
    from the ATP board to focus on resolving
    his personal and legal issues. PAGE B12
    Gimelstob Exits Tennis Board
    James Comey PAGE A27
    EDITORIAL, OP-ED A26-27
    A student who charged a gunman in a
    college classroom in Charlotte, N.C.,
    “saved lives,” but he died in the attack,
    officials said. PAGE A19
    Victim Hailed as a Hero
    Sedley Alley was executed based on
    scant physical evidence and a confession
    he said was coerced. His daughter hopes
    DNA testing will offer answers. PAGE A13
    Was Her Father a Murderer?
    Companies are starting to offer com-
    fortable, attractive undergarments for
    transgender men and women. PAGE D1
    A New Sexy for a New Time
    A murder placed focus on the region’s
    paramilitary groups. But economic
    stagnation drives violence, too. PAGE A4
    Conflict in Northern Ireland A man who said he was upset about
    criticism of President Trump threat-
    ened to kill former President Barack
    Obama and a congresswoman. PAGE A22
    NEW YORK A21-23
    Prison for Racist Threats
    WASHINGTON — When Attor-
    ney General William P. Barr sum-
    marized the special counsel’s con-
    clusions in a March letter, prompt-
    ing President Trump to crow that
    he had been exonerated, the spe-
    cial counsel’s prosecutors knew
    immediately what the public
    would learn weeks later: The let-
    ter was a sparse and occasionally
    misleading representation of their
    exhaustive findings.
    What followed was a dayslong,
    behind-the-scenes tussle over the
    first public presentation of one of
    the most consequential govern-
    ment investigations in American
    history.
    A richer picture of that battle
    emerged on Wednesday — one of
    testy letters (Mr. Barr described
    one as “snitty”) and at least one
    tense phone call between the spe-
    cial counsel, Robert S. Mueller III,
    and Mr. Barr. The two were long-
    time friends who found them-
    selves on opposite sides of an em-
    battled president.
    The growing evidence of a split
    between them also brought fresh
    scrutiny on Mr. Barr, who on at
    least three occasions in recent
    weeks has seemed to try to out-
    maneuver Mr. Mueller. First, he
    released his four-page letter on
    March 24 outlining investigators’
    findings; then he held an unusual
    news conference on the day the
    Mueller report was released; and
    on Tuesday night, the Justice De-
    partment put out a statement that
    significantly played down the con-
    cerns among Mr. Mueller’s team.
    In other words, Mr. Barr, who
    said at a Senate Judiciary Com-
    mittee hearing on Wednesday
    that “we have to stop using the
    criminal justice system as a politi-
    cal weapon,” now stands accused
    of doing exactly that.
    The drama began around mid-
    day on March 22, when a security
    officer working for Mr. Mueller ar-
    rived at the fifth floor of the Jus-
    tice Department to deliver copies
    of his highly anticipated report to
    the attorney general and his top
    aides.
    Mr. Barr worked through that
    weekend reading the report, his
    aides in occasional contact with
    members of Mr. Mueller’s team.
    Two days later, hours before Mr.
    Barr’s letter was sent to Congress,
    Mr. Mueller’s investigators re-
    minded Justice Department offi-
    cials about executive summaries
    they had written to be condensed,
    easily digestible versions of their
    448-page report.
    But Mr. Barr used almost none
    Private Tussle About
    Inquiry’s Summary
    Gets ‘a Bit Snitty’
    By MARK MAZZETTI
    and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
    Continued on Page A15
    Indigo is expanding to the United
    States with its new model for how a big
    bookstore chain can thrive. PAGE B1
    Selling Books and a Lifestyle
    Late Edition
    Today, variably cloudy, showers,
    warmer, high 73. Tonight, cloudy, a
    few showers, low 50. Tomorrow,
    showers or thunderstorms, cooler,
    high 59. Weather map, Page B12.
    $3.00
    Having grown up riding the New York City subways
    by herself at age 11 or 12, suburban New Jersey mom
    Kasia Bardi was fine the first time her 12-year-old
    boy, Fabrizio, rode an Uber alone to an “important
    soccer game.” ❚ Bardi ordered and monitored the five-minute
    drive, and it probably didn’t hurt that her son, even at that age, was
    6 feet tall and looked older than he was. ❚ Now, 15 and 6-foot-4,
    Bardi’s son rides in an Uber without an adult three to four times a
    year, though always as a “last resort,” Mom says. ❚ “A comfy mon-
    itored ride has got to be way safer than the subway in the ’80s,
    right?” Bardi asks, though she concedes that her neighbors, and
    for that matter her husband, aren’t quite as comfortable with the
    idea as she is. ❚ As it turns out, neither is Uber or Lyft.
    Would you let
    your kids ride
    by themselves?
    Parents weigh time and safety – and the rules
    Edward C. Baig USA TODAY
    See UNDERAGE, Page 3A
    USA TODAY ILLUSTRATION,
    AND GETTY IMAGES
    RIDE-SHARING
    $2.00 ❚ THE NATION'S NEWS THURSDAY
    QIJFAF-04005w(L)i
    ©COPYRIGHT 2019
    USA TODAY,
    A division of
    Gannett Co., Inc.
    SOURCE FBI
    JANET LOEHRKE/USA TODAY
    USA SNAPSHOTS©
    Bank heists down in the USA
    Bank robberies, burglaries
    and larcenies:
    0
    1,000
    2,000
    3,000
    4,000
    5,000
    6,000
    3,033
    5,546
    ’10 ’18
    IN NEWS
    UNC Charlotte shooter
    chose specific building
    Former student charged with killing
    two, wounding four in classroom
    US military action in
    Venezuela possible
    Trump administration says all options
    on the table in effort to oust Maduro
    IN MONEY
    Would a rate drop
    boost the economy?
    After Trump advocates for cut, Fed
    leaves key interest rates unchanged
    IN SPORTS
    Kentucky Derby helps
    fuel bourbon boom
    Connection between race, state’s
    distilling industry impossible to miss
    IN LIFE
    ‘SpongeBob’ at 20:
    Why he still matters
    Kelly Lawler: Pop culture institution
    has shaped a generation of humor
    SEAN RAYFORD/GETTY IMAGES
    05.02.19
    ‘Big Bang Theory’
    prepares for end
    after epic run
    The CBS comedy found a formula to last
    for 12 years, but cheers, tears are likely
    as the cast absorbs reality. In Life
    JIM PARSONS BY CBS
    NEWSLINE
    HOME DELIVERY
    1-800-872-0001, USATODAYSERVICE.COM
    STATE-BY-STATE 6B AMERICA’S MARKETS 6B MARKETPLACE TODAY 5B, 5D PUZZLES 5D TONIGHT ON TV 6D WEATHER 4A YOUR SAY 5A
    Barr’s testimony in a grueling four-
    hour Senate hearing, his first 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 office declined to
    draw a conclusion about whether Trump
    had committed obstruction, the attorney
    general told the panel that he acted to re-
    solve the question that had threatened
    to derail Trump’s presidency.
    WASHINGTON – Attorney General
    William Barr repeatedly clashed with
    lawmakers Wednesday over his han-
    dling of special counsel Robert Muell-
    er’s Russia investigation, rebutting
    Democrats’ complaints that he misrep-
    resented the report to favor President
    Donald Trump while defending his own
    conclusions that the president had not
    sought to obstruct the probe.
    In pointed exchanges, attorney general
    defends his handling of Mueller report
    William Barr repeatedly asserted that
    the report didn’t establish that a crime
    was committed. JACK GRUBER/USA TODAY
    Kevin Johnson and Bart Jansen
    USA TODAY
    See BARR, Page 3A
    “We’re out of it. We have
    to stop using the criminal
    justice process as a
    political weapon.”
    Attorney General William Barr
    Barr, lawmakers do battle
    WASHINGTON – Sexual assaults
    in the military rose nearly 38% from
    2016 to 2018, according to survey re-
    sults obtained by USA TODAY.
    That spike in crime within the
    ranks comes after years of focused ef-
    fort and resources to eradicate it.
    The report, due to be released
    Thursday by the Pentagon, surveyed
    Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine
    personnel in 2018. Based on the
    survey, there were about 20,500 in-
    stances of unwanted sexual contact –
    an increase over the 14,900 estimated
    in the last biennial survey in 2016. Un-
    wanted sexual contact ranges from
    groping to rape.
    Enlisted female troops ages 17 to 24
    were at the highest risk of being
    assaulted, said Nathan Galbreath,
    deputy director of the Pentagon’s
    Sexual Assault Prevention and Re-
    sponse Office. The Pentagon will
    target troops in that age range for pre-
    vention efforts, he said.
    “We’re very concerned about that,”
    Galbreath said.
    More than 85% of victims knew
    their assailant. Alcohol was involved
    in 62% of the total assaults.
    The findings require Congress to
    intervene, said Rep. Jackie Speier, D-
    Calif., chairwoman of the Armed Ser-
    vices Committee’s personnel panel.
    “The department must accept that
    current programs are simply not
    working,” Speier said. “Congress
    must lead the way in forcing the de-
    partment to take more aggressive ap-
    proaches to fighting this scourge.”
    The Pentagon is set to release the
    recommendations of a task force
    formed at the urging of Sen. Martha
    McSally, R-Ariz., to deal with sexual
    assaults in the military. McSally, a re-
    tired Air Force officer and fighter pilot,
    revealed during an Armed Services
    Committee meeting in March that she
    Military
    sexual
    assaults
    rise 38%
    Troops reported more
    than 20,000 instances
    Tom Vanden Brook
    USA TODAY
    See ASSAULTS, Page 6A
    USA TODAY EXCLUSIVE
    “What’s frustrating is that the brass
    keeps refusing to consider any bold
    changes like reforming the military
    justice system.”
    Don Christensen
    Protect Our Defenders
    * * * * * *
    THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 ~ VOL. CCLXXIII NO. 102 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00
    DJIA 26430.14 g 162.77 0.6% NASDAQ 8049.64 g 0.6% STOXX 600 391.09 g 0.1% 10-YR.TREAS. g 2/32, yield 2.511% OIL $63.60 g $0.31 GOLD $1,281.40 g $1.40 EURO $1.1195 YEN 111.38
    Bramson has a home and
    raises horses.
    The fight over the future
    of Barclays will help deter-
    mine whether any of Eu-
    rope’s banks can retain global
    ambitions.
    For centuries, the U.K. was
    synonymous with interna-
    tional banking, and London
    was the first stop for compa-
    nies and governments look-
    ing to raise money. Then its
    banks ventured overseas to
    grab a greater share of lend-
    ing and trading, bringing
    some of them close to death
    during the financial crisis a
    decade ago.
    Today, U.S. banks domi-
    nate fundraising and trading,
    buoyed by healthier balance
    sheets and robust American
    capital markets.
    Mr. Staley has a vision for
    Barclays, which absorbed
    much of Lehman Brothers af-
    ter its collapse. He wants it
    to become a compact version
    PleaseturntopageA10
    Jes Staley runs one of the
    last full-service banks left in
    Europe that compete with
    Wall Street. The way the 62-
    year-old American banker
    sees it, his restructuring of
    U.K.-based Barclays PLC has
    primed it to take on the likes
    of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
    and Morgan Stanley.
    British-born investor Ed-
    ward Bramson couldn’t agree
    less, and his New York firm
    has bought a sizable stake in
    Barclays. He is trying to force
    the bank to scale back its
    Wall Street ambitions, to be-
    come a consumer and com-
    mercial lender with smaller
    investment-banking opera-
    tions.
    So far, Mr. Staley, the chief
    executive, is having none of
    it. “He wants us to retreat
    into a foxhole? He should go
    back to Connecticut,” Mr.
    Staley has told colleagues, re-
    ferring to the state where Mr.
    BY MARGOT PATRICK
    Barclays CEO
    Wages Fight to Stay
    Wall Street Player
    A big investor, who is seeking a board seat,
    opposes Jes Staley’s global ambitions
    Billy Joel
    Didn’t Start
    The Fire
    i i i
    But his helicopter,
    and others, are
    irking Long Island
    BY LESLIE BRODY
    CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y.—In a
    decade as mayor of a wealthy
    enclave perched on Long Is-
    land’s North Shore, Lawrence
    Schmidlapp has presided over
    countless meetings of the
    board of trustees, which nor-
    mally draw just a handful of
    neighbors.
    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.
    PleaseturntopageA10
    Oracle will cut your Amazon bill in half when you run the same (i) data warehouse workload on Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse; or (ii) transaction
    processing workload on Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing, as compared to running on Amazon AWS. Pricing is based on Oracle’s standard
    published pricing for bring your own license and Amazon’s standard published pricing as of March 1, 2019. Each workload compared shall be evaluated
    based on the actual required number of OCPU/VCPUs, the amount of storage, and the time required to complete the workload. The minimum workload is
    one hour for this offer. If Oracle determines that you are due a credit, we will apply this credit to your Universal Credit cloud account. Please contact your
    sales team to exercise this offer. Offer valid through November 30, 2019. Copyright © 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
    Oracle
    Autonomous
    Database
    Any
    Amazon
    Database
    There’s the cloud… and there’s the
    Oracle Autonomous Cloud.
    #thinkautonomous
    oracle.com/thinkautonomous
    Cut Your
    Amazon
    Bill in Half
    Easy to Move—Guaranteed Savings
    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
    Jawbone Connected to Early Human Species
    CONTENTS
    Business News...... B3
    Capital Account.... A2
    Crossword.............. A14
    Heard on Street. B12
    Life & Arts....... A11-13
    Management.......... B5
    Markets............. B11-12
    Opinion.............. A15-17
    Sports....................... A14
    Technology............... B4
    U.S. News............. A2-6
    Weather................... A14
    World News........ A7-9
    s 2019 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
    All Rights Reserved
    >
    What’s
    News
     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
    Business&Finance
    World-Wide
    DONGJU ZHANG/LANZHOU UNIVERSITY
    A fossil jaw found in Tibet’s Himalayan highlands belongs to a vanished human species called
    Denisovans, deepening the mystery of human evolution in Asia, a new study said Wednesday. A6
    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
    BY DAVID LUHNOW
    AND JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA
    Caracas, Opposition
    Held Transition Talks
    ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
     Stocks dive, Treasurys end
    lower.............................................. B11
     Heard on the Street: Low
    inflation dilemma for Fed... B12
    P2JW122000-6-A00100-17FFFB5178F
    

    View Slide

14. Putting it all together
    America’s page one
    SHEBOYGAN - Fishing season is upon us, but before you get out
    your pole and head to the water, you’ll need a license.
    The fine for fishing without a license last year was $222.90,
    so you’ll want to make sure you have one before casting a line.
    “These fees directly impact the quality of fisheries in Wisconsin by
    funding habitat work and stocking efforts throughout the state,” Antho-
    ny Arndt, a conservation warden for the Wisconsin Department of Nat-
    ural Resources, said of the fees associated with getting a license.
    Hook, line
    and sinker
    Ready to go fishing? Here’s what you
    need to know to get your license
    Diana Dombrowski Sheboygan Press
    USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN
    Land fishermen fish off the north pier in 2017 in Sheboygan. GARY C. KLEIN/USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN
    See FISHING, Page 3A
    THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 ❚ SHEBOYGANPRESS.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK
    Volume 113 | No. 137
    Home delivery pricing inside
    Subscribe 877-424-5639
    ©2019 $1.00
    Weather
    High 48° ❚ Low 38°
    Rain. Forecast, 7A
    Packers Hall of Fame will induct former GM Ted Thompson Saturday
    Mike Reinfeldt, a former Green Bay Packers executive, will introduce him. They both
    worked for the Packers in the 1990s. 2A
    XEAJAB-51950x
    MANITOWOC - Two-year-old Gilbert
    A. Grant II was repeatedly beaten and
    abused by his mother and her two room-
    mates in the months prior to his April 26
    death inside a Two Rivers apartment,
    court documents show.
    Grant turned 2 just days prior to his
    death, on April 21 — the same birth date
    of his mother, Rena L. Santiago, 27.
    Probable cause statements for the ar-
    rests of the suspects after his death —
    his mother and her roommates, Bianca
    M. Bush, 25, and David R. Heiden, 28 —
    show the boy was repeatedly beaten by
    the three with open hands, a shoe, a belt
    and a sandal, and had things thrown at
    him by his mother on several occasions.
    The documents also state Grant had
    food shoved down his throat and was
    forced to eat his own vomit by Bush af-
    ter she shoved her fingers in his throat.
    In the week prior to Grant’s death, Hei-
    den said he saw Bush slap Grant in the
    face with an open hand, ground him to
    the couch all day and night, throw
    things at Grant’s face, head and chest,
    and grab Grant by the sides and shake
    him while yelling “What are you doing?”
    He said she “would go to town” hitting
    him.
    Santiago, according to the court doc-
    uments, told police she witnessed all of
    the physical discipline and approved it.
    She also said she was aware of bruises
    on Grant’s body and avoided taking him
    to the doctor for regular check-ups as a
    result.
    On April 26, the day Grant died, Hei-
    den said he spanked Grant on the but-
    tocks with an open hand approximately
    three times, then picked Grant up by his
    Boy, 2, was repeatedly abused prior to death, court documents show
    Brandon Reid
    Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
    USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN
    See ABUSE, Page 5A
    Bush Heiden Santiago
    Mother, roommates would hit child, throw things
    MILWAUKEE - As the most severe
    wave of measles in 19 years spreads
    across the country, state representa-
    tives are trying, for the second time, to
    eliminate Wisconsin’s “personal con-
    viction” vaccines waiver.
    Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, rein-
    troduced the bill to do so Tuesday, three
    years after his first at-
    tempt failed to make it
    out of committee.
    As of yesterday, the
    U.S. Centers for Disease
    Control and Prevention
    reported confirmed mea-
    sles cases in 22 states,
    the highest number since the disease
    was eliminated from the country in
    2000.
    Elimination of endemic measles does
    not mean the disease no longer exists, it
    means the disease is no longer native to
    the U.S. Measles cases can still exist in
    the U.S. due to travelers bringing it here
    and then spreading it to people who are
    not vaccinated.
    Wisconsin is one of 18 states that al-
    lows parents to opt-out of the vaccines
    recommended for children before the
    start of school. Only three states — Mis-
    sissippi, West Virginia and California —
    don’t allow any nonmedical waivers, ac-
    cording to the National Conference of
    State Legislatures.
    Wisconsin has a 5.3 percent exemp-
    tion rate. Only four states — Arizona,
    Alaska, Idaho and Oregon — had higher
    rates of students who did not get the
    measles, mumps, rubella vaccine for a
    Amid measles scare, lawmakers trying to stop vaccine waivers
    Devi Shastri Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN
    Hintz
    See VACCINES, Page 5A
    Chacín, Aguilar heading in
    right direction as Brewers
    close out arduous April
    SPORTS, 6A
    TODAY FRI SAT
    52°/43° 52°/49° 61°/47°
    The Cape and Islands’ Daily Newspaper
    Thursday, May 2, 2019
    DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
    WEATHER & TIDES
    Advice ..................................... C3
    Business ................................. C4
    Cape & Islands ....................... A3
    Classifi ed ................................ C5
    Comics .................................... B5
    Crossword .............................. C8
    Health ..................................... C1
    Nation & World ...................... A6
    Obituaries .............................. C2
    Opinion ................................... A8
    Sports ..................................... B1
    Television ............................... C3
    Gulliver says: ‘Rain
    drain!’
    Complete forecast, B6
    SPORTS ◆ B1
    Sandwich baseball
    too much for Falmouth
    HEALTH ◆ C1
    Study: Time zones can
    shape human behavior
    capecodtimes.com • Vol. 83, No. 105 • $2.50 Cape & Islands
    By Tanner Stening
    tstening@capecodonline.com
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal leg-
    islation that would protect the Mashpee
    Wampanoag Tribe’s beleaguered reservation
    is headed to the House floor for a full vote.
    The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reserva-
    tion Reaffirmation Act, introduced by U.S.
    Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., was the first
    bill debated Wednesday during the full U.S.
    House of Representatives Committee on
    Natural Resources markup session. Keating
    crafted the legislation in response to a law-
    suit brought in 2016 in the U.S. District Court
    of Massachusetts by neighbors of the tribe’s
    proposed $1 billion casino in Taunton. That
    lawsuit resulted in the U.S. Department of
    Interior reversing a decision it made the year
    before to take 321 acres of land in Taunton
    and Mashpee into trust on the tribe’s behalf.
    The legislation would clarify the tribe’s
    eligibility for that federal trust protection
    and prevent future legal challenges to the
    reservation.
    The committee voted 26-10, mostly along
    party lines, to move the bill to the floor.
    The tribe has one of the oldest relation-
    ships with the federal government, and
    has been “intentionally and systematically
    stripped of their lands,” U.S. Rep. Ruben
    Gallego, D-Ariz., said during an explanation
    Tribe bill
    headed to
    House fl oor
    for vote
    Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
    Reservation Reaffi rmation Act
    moves forward in Congress
    amid internal turmoil
    By Geoff Spillane
    gspillane@capecodonline.com
    HYANNIS — The Barnsta-
    ble County Fire and Rescue
    Training Academy could
    soon have a new home on
    the Upper Cape.
    Brig. Gen. Christopher
    Faux, executive director of
    Joint Base Cape Cod, and
    Barnstable County Adminis-
    trator John “Jack” Yunits Jr.
    have confirmed discussions
    are underway to relocate
    the academy from Hyannis
    to the base.
    The proposed relocation
    of the facility aligns with
    the vision of base leadership
    to establish a multijuris-
    dictional first responder
    training center there,
    according to Yunits.
    “It’s something that we
    definitely want to do,” Faux
    said. “There’s a lot of excess
    property on the base, and
    using it for first responder
    training is compatible with
    where we are going. We are
    waiting to hear more about
    what they need, and we are
    Fire academy
    may move to base
    County, military offi cials in talks to create
    regional fi rst responder training site
    SEE ACADEMY, A4
    By Eric Tucker
    wand Mary Clare Jalonick
    The Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — Pri-
    vate tensions between Justice
    Department leaders and spe-
    cial counsel Robert Mueller's
    team broke into public view
    in extraordinary fashion
    Wednesday as Attorney Gen-
    eral William Barr pushed back
    at the special counsel's "snitty"
    complaints over his handling of
    the Trump-Russia investiga-
    tion report.
    Testifying for the first time
    since releasing Mueller's
    report, Barr faced sharp ques-
    tioning from Senate Democrats
    who accused him of making
    misleading comments and
    seeming at times to be Presi-
    dent Donald Trump's protector
    as much as the country's top
    law enforcement official.
    The rift fueled allegations
    that Barr has spun Mueller's
    findings in Trump's favor and
    understated the gravity of
    Trump's behavior. The dis-
    pute is certain to persist, as
    Democrats push to give Muel-
    ler a chance to answer Barr's
    testimony with his own later
    this month.
    Barr separately informed the
    House Judiciary Committee
    Rift aired over Mueller report
    Attorney
    General
    William Barr
    testifies during
    a Senate
    Judiciary Com-
    mittee hearing
    on Capitol Hill
    in Washington
    on Wednes-
    day. [ANDREW
    HARNIK/THE
    ASSOCIATED
    PRESS]
    SEE TRIBE, A4
    Attorney General William Barr denies misleading
    Congress and showing bias toward Trump in Russia probe
    SEE BARR, A10
    In a plan to buy Sipson Island for preservation, the main house may be converted into an education center and the boathouse will remain. Private backers of the
    Orleans island sale have gone public in an attempt to persuade town meeting to purchase the property. [MERRILY CASSIDY/CAPE COD TIMES]
    By Ethan Genter
    egenter@capecodonline.com
    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
    btreffeisen@capecodonline.com
    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
    

    View Slide

15. Putting it all together
    Texas page ones
    Vol. 149; No. 207
    Copyright 2019
    The Paris News
    $1.50
    Sunday
    March 10, 2018
    WWW.THEPARISNEWS.COM
    FOLLOW US
    theparisnews.com
    Daily Briefing ......................... A2
    Classifieds ........................... B4-6
    Local .................................A5, A7
    Obituaries .............................. A3
    Sports ................................. A8-9
    Voices .................................... A4
    INDEX
    Monday
    Chance of showers,
    high near 57. Winds
    up to 10 mph.
    High
    56
    Low
    48
    Today
    Winds 5-10 mph National weather
    Page 2
    FORECAST
    THE
    HISTO
    RIC BUSINE
    SS
    T
    EXAS TREAS
    URE
    TEXAS
    HISTORICAL
    COMMISSION
    P ris News
    rack $1.50; subscription 50¢
    TPN
    Volume 149, No. 207
    SCAN THE CODE
    OR GO TO
    THEPARISNEWS
    .COM
    FOR THE VIDEO
    By Tommy Culkin
    tommy.culkin@theparisnews.com
    Nearly half of all Lamar County house-
    holds struggled to make ends meet in
    2016, according to a recently released
    report from The United Way.
    The study aimed to assess the Asset Limited,
    Income Constrained, Employed population of
    Texas. It defined these households as those
    earning more than the federal poverty line but
    less than the area’s basic cost of living.
    By The Numbers
    In 2016, 20 percent of Lamar County house-
    holds were below the poverty line and 25 percent
    more were ALICE while the remaining 55 per-
    cent were classified as stable, the data shows.
    Lamar County’s median household income
    was $40,283, compared to the state median of
    $56,565, and the county’s 7 percent unemploy-
    ment rate was much higher than the state’s aver-
    age of 5 percent. The poverty also was higher
    here, 20 percent compared to the state’s 14 per-
    cent average, according to the report. Although
    the report found 58 percent of Texans were
    stable, it also found 28 percent were ALICE.
    “We all know ALICE,” United Way Executive
    Director Jenny Wilson said. “We see her every
    day. She is our friend. She goes to church with
    us; her kids go to the same schools. That’s why I
    think saying ALICE is so important. It human-
    izes the problem.”
    In a breakdown of local cities, Roxton was
    found to have the highest percentage of strug-
    gling households, with 59 percent being below
    the poverty line or ALICE. Forty-nine percent
    of Paris households were ALICE or below
    the poverty line, with Deport coming in at 45
    percent, Blossom at 41 percent, Sumner at 38
    SURVIVAL
    $1,616/month
    HOUSEHOLD INCOME
    LAMAR COUNTY
    Stable/Surviving
    ALICE
    20% 25% 55%
    Poverty
    (Asset Limited, Income
    Constrained, Employed)
    TEXAS
    Stable/Surviving
    ALICE
    14% 28% 58%
    Poverty
    MINIMUM BUDGET
    SINGLE
    One adult living alone
    HOUSEHOLD
    Two adults and
    two school-aged children
    $589 $547
    $322 $158
    STABILITY
    $19,392/year
    SURVIVAL
    $4,031/month
    STABILITY
    $52,403/year
    $2,198 $664
    $525 $644
    Other expenses
    Transportation Food
    Housing
    SOURCE: The United Way of Lamar County
    Mardi Gras event breaks record
    By Tommy Culkin
    tommy.culkin@theparisnews.com
    More than 400 people joined
    together Friday evening at
    Love Civic Center to raise tens
    of thousands of dollars for the
    area’s needy.
    The Lamar County Human
    Resources Council’s annual
    Mardi Gras offered a night of
    music, food, laughter and fel-
    lowship. Executive Director
    Shelly Braziel said there were
    about 100 more attendees than
    last year’s festival, and they
    were all part of what possibly
    is the largest turnout the event
    has ever seen.
    “We go back and forth. Some
    years we’ll sell out and some
    years we’ll have a couple tables
    left open, but this year we sold
    out, added additional tables,
    and then sold out of those, too,”
    she said.
    With so many in attendance,
    the Mardi Gras celebration
    brought in more funds than
    ever before. Funds raised typ-
    ically range from $40,000 to
    $65,000, but this year, Braziel
    said, they raised roughly
    $83,000, exceeding the previ-
    ous record of about $68,000
    The night also featured 12
    more sponsors and underwrit-
    ers than last year, making it
    the most in the event’s history,
    too.
    Not failing the record-set-
    ting trend, Braziel said the
    funds raised through the live
    auction, totaling $36,500, is the
    most ever raised — and that’s
    See MARDI, pg. A5
    Financial fight
    United Way report shows
    low-income struggle to get by
    See REPORT, pg. A5
    By Aliyya Swaby
    The Texas Tribune
    On the night of the deadline to file bills
    this legislative session, Texas Senate lead-
    ers turned in their first crack at legislation
    designed to reform school finance — round-
    ing out a series of proposals in the upper
    chamber aiming to address rising property
    EMREE WEAVER/The Texas Tribune
    State Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, is the
    author of the Senate’s school finance bill.
    Texas Senate
    unveils its school
    finance reform bill
    By Annabelle Smallwood
    Special to The Paris News
    Jackie Robinson had a
    dream for years — she want-
    ed a quilt show right here
    in Paris. There was never a
    more ideal time, however,
    until after she joined the Red
    River Valley Quilt Guild.
    Robinson had some hesita-
    tion at first when her friends
    See SENATE, pg. A7
    Submitted Photo
    The Last Supper Quilt, which took Dr. Donald
    Locke more than two years to complete, will
    be on display during the Red River Valley Quilt
    Guild’s Eiffel in Love with Quilts show in May.
    Guild to host
    Eiffel in Love
    with Quilts
    Raffle will raise funds
    for local nonprofits
    ROBINSON
    See GUILD, pg. A5
    Paris News stock photo
    LORA ARNOLD/The Paris News
    A group of women gather for a photo during Mardi Gras on Friday
    at the Love Civic Center.
    VOLUME 140 - NO. 7 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2019 DECATUR, TEXAS 24 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS $1
    Wise County Messenger
    P.O. Box 149 • 115 South Trinity
    Decatur, Texas 76234
    www.wcmessenger.com
    Scan this QR code with your
    smartphone to go to our website.
    ON THE
    WEB ...
    BI-DISTRICT CHAMPS
    Decatur and Bridgeport girls
    won bi-district basketball titles
    this week. There’s a chance
    they could meet again in the
    playoffs.
    See page 1B.
    5Things
    toKnow
    See page 4A See page 8A
    $13,000 OFF MSRP
    ON SELECT NEW 2018
    SIERRA 1500s
    US287SOUTH ✯ DECATUR
    JamesWoodDecatur.com
    940-627-21 77
    EXAMPLE: Stock #:182698. MSRP: $65,020. James Wood Discount: $6,750. James Wood Flex Cash: $2,000. Purchase Bonus Cash: $2,250. Customer Cash: $2,000. Sale Price: $52,020 Plus Tax,
    Title & Licence. Must Take Delivery by 2/28/2019. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. Conditional Specials: When You Finance Through GM Financial: $1,000. Must Take Delivery By 2/28/2019.
    +1,000
    WHEN YOU
    FINANCE
    THROUGH GM
    FINANCIAL
    Children found locked in dog kennel
    NEWARK
    ‘Just horrendous’
    BY BRIAN KNOX
    bknox@wcmessenger.com
    Four children discov-
    ered living in what Sher-
    iff Lane Akin described as
    “horrendous” conditions
    T u e s d a y
    near New-
    ark were
    doing well
    in foster
    care later
    in the
    week.
    It’s a far
    cry from
    what offi -
    cers saw
    when they
    e n t e r e d
    the metal
    shop in the
    100 block
    of County Road 4930 not
    far from Seven Hills Ele-
    mentary School Tuesday
    morning.
    An arrest affi davit in
    the case provides details
    of what a Wise County
    Sheriff’s deputy and
    Texas Department of Pub-
    lic Safety trooper found
    inside.
    “One child was wrapped
    up in a blanket, lying on
    FABILA
    HARKINGS
    JOE DUTY/WCMESSENGER
    SURVEYING THE CRIME SCENE — Offi cers with the Wise County Sheriff’s Offi ce and Texas Department of Public Safety collect evidence at the
    home where four kids — including two found locked in a dog kennel — were removed and placed in foster care Tuesday. Their parents were
    charged with four counts of child neglect. See Investigation on page 2A
    RHOME
    JOE DUTY/WCMESSENGER ● Buy reprints at wcmessenger.com/reprints
    HATS HELP — William Lee Martin, a stand-up comedian and founder of the Cowboys
    Who Care Foundation — which donates cowboy hats to kids battling cancer —
    shows off some of the hats his organization will donate from his offi ce in Rhome.
    The nonprofi t has donated more than 8,000 hats to cancer patients over the past
    seven years.
    WISE COUNTY
    Giving
    smiles
    Comedian’s nonprofi t
    equips cancer patients
    with cowboy hats
    BY AUSTIN JACKSON
    ajackson@wcmessenger.com
    After days surrounded by
    water, cracking up the
    Carnival cruise masses,
    William Lee Martin fi nds
    his legs at his offi ce in
    Rhome, where cowboy hats stretch to
    the ceiling.
    He takes a gulp of his blackberry lime
    beverage and eyes the inventory, await-
    ing the next opportunity to make some-
    body’s day better.
    See Martin on page 2A
    Decatur
    races to be
    contested
    Both Decatur ISD board spots
    and all three Decatur City
    Council seats on the May ballot
    will be contested.
    The deadline for fi ling for a
    spot on the ballot for the May
    4 general election was 5 p.m.
    Friday. Candidates have until
    5 p.m. Tuesday to fi le as a
    write-in.
    Former Decatur ISD trustee
    Chris Lowery joined the fray
    Thursday, fi ling for the Place
    2 seat currently held by School
    Board President Cheri Boyd.
    The Place 1 seat currently
    held by Wade Watson will have
    three candidates — Thomas
    Houchin, Stan Shults and Pete
    Rivera. Watson decided not to
    run for a third term.
    See Filings on page 13A
    See page 8A
    Heart Health
    2019
    SECTIONS
    A - Front
    B - Sports
    C - Lifestyles
    D - Community
    E/F - Real Estate/Classifieds
    G - IT’S ON! Entertainment
    fredericksburgstandard.com
    TO SUBSCRIBE
    Get daily update email newsletter by sending request
    to: fbgnews@fredericksburgstandard.com
    Call 830-997-2155
    facebook.com/fredericksburgstandard
    @fbgstandard
    INSIDE WEATHER
    Radio Post
    Fredericksburg Standard
    CRIME
    $1
    2 MAGAZINES INSIDE
    Wine and lifestyle magazine of the Texas Hill Country
    ROCK Vine
    &
    Wine and lifestyle magazine of the Texas Hill Country
    ALL IN THE
    FAMILY
    The oldest winery on the
    Highway 290 corridor is
    also one of its top draws
    Whistle Pik’s artists draw
    from global inspiration
    FEBRUARY 2014
    FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS
    Fischer & Wieser promote
    Fredericksburg Flavors.
    Local food and Texas wines
    on the menu at Cabernet Grill
    ROCK Vine
    &
    Wine and lifestyle magazine of the Texas Hill Country
    Three people accused of
    dealing methamphetamine
    in Fredericksburg were
    arrested this week by offi-
    cers working together from
    the Fredericksburg Police
    Department and the Gillespie
    County Sheriff’s Office.
    Just under 10 grams of meth
    packaged for delivery were dis-
    covered during the execution
    of a search warrant by officers
    around midnight on Saturday,
    Feb. 1, at 21 Linda Drive,
    Apartment 4, off U.S. Highway
    87, north of Fredericksburg,
    according Detective Terry
    Weed of the Fredericksburg
    Police Department (FPD.)
    Oscar Ramirez, 26, who
    reportedly lives at that sin-
    gle-bedroom apartment, was
    arrested earlier in the day on a
    Cont. on A12
    

    View Slide

16. Putting it all together
    Three Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

17. Putting it all together
    Know your “blank” ware
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

18. Putting it all together
    Know your “blank” ware
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

19. Putting it all together
    Know your “blank” ware
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    Design
    Photo
    Video
    Writing and Editing
    Online applications
    Online resources
    Computer
    Camera
    Phone
    Scanner
    

    View Slide

20. Putting it all together
    Know your media
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

21. Putting it all together
    Know your media
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    Image Resolution
    Image resolution should be between 150 to 200 dpi
    RGB to CMYK
    Colors can shift during conversion, darker blues and grays
    Dot Gain
    Darkens the picture by 10-20%. Increase image brightness by
    10-20%m maintain 20% difference in shaded areas with detail
    Avoid certain type
    Fonts with thin serifs, sizes less than 6 points, only reversing >16
    point out of CMYK
    Talk with your printer
    And listen to her too!
    

    View Slide

22. Putting it all together
    Experiment
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

23. Putting it all together
    Experiment
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    Try new things
    Learn new things
    Brainstorm
    Play
    

    View Slide

24. Putting it all together
    Experiment
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

25. Putting it all together
    Experiment
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

26. Putting it all together
    Experiment
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    WASHINGTON — Attorney
    General William P. Barr defended
    himself on Wednesday against
    withering criticism of his handling
    of the special counsel investiga-
    tion as Democrats accused of him
    of deceiving Congress and acting
    as a personal agent for President
    Trump rather than a steward of
    justice.
    At a contentious hearing
    marked by a deep partisan divide,
    Mr. Barr denied misrepresenting
    the investigation’s conclusions de-
    spite a newly revealed letter by
    the special counsel, Robert S.
    Mueller III, protesting the initial
    summary of its findings. Mr. Barr
    dismissed the letter as “a bit
    snitty” and the controversy over it
    as “mind-bendingly bizarre.”
    But in a series of aggressive in-
    terrogations, Democrats on the
    Senate Judiciary Committee ex-
    pressed indignation and asserted
    that the attorney general had
    been “purposely misleading,” en-
    gaged in “masterful hairsplitting”
    and even “lied to Congress.” Sev-
    eral Democrats on the committee,
    elsewhere in Congress and on the
    presidential campaign trail called
    for Mr. Barr’s resignation or even
    impeachment.
    The conflict escalated after-
    ward when Mr. Barr announced
    that he would not show up for a
    parallel hearing on Thursday be-
    fore the Democrat-controlled
    House Judiciary Committee. Mr.
    Barr objected to the format of
    questioning, which would have in-
    cluded questioning by staff law-
    yers, not just lawmakers. Demo-
    crats may now opt to subpoena
    him, setting up a possible show-
    down in court.
    “He is terrified of having to face
    a skilled attorney,” said Repre-
    sentative Jerrold Nadler of New
    York, the committee’s chairman.
    In just 11 weeks in office, Mr.
    Under Fire, Barr Defends
    Actions on Mueller Report
    Will Skip Hearing in
    House After Fierce
    Session in Senate
    By PETER BAKER
    Attorney General William P. Barr navigated aggressive questioning in the Senate on Wednesday.
    ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Senator Mazie K. Hirono exco-
    riated the attorney general.
    ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Continued on Page A14
    Female track athletes with na-
    turally elevated levels of testos-
    terone must decrease the hor-
    mone to participate in certain
    races at major competitions like
    the Olympics, the highest court in
    international sports said Wednes-
    day in a landmark ruling amid the
    pitched debate over who can com-
    pete in women’s events.
    The decision was a defeat for
    Caster Semenya, a two-time
    Olympic champion at 800 meters
    from South Africa, who had chal-
    lenged proposed limits placed on
    female athletes with naturally ele-
    vated levels of the muscle-build-
    ing hormone testosterone.
    At a time when the broader cul-
    ture is moving toward an accept-
    ance of gender fluidity, the ruling
    affirmed the sports world’s need
    for distinct gender lines, saying
    they were essential for the out-
    come of women’s events to be fair.
    “The gender studies folks have
    spent the last 20 years decon-
    structing sex and all of a sudden
    they’re facing an institution with
    an entirely opposite story,” said
    Doriane Lambelet Coleman, a law
    professor at Duke and an elite
    800-meter runner in the 1980s
    who served as an expert witness
    for track and field’s world govern-
    ing body. “We have to ask, ‘Is re-
    specting gender identity more im-
    portant or is seeing female bodies
    on the podium more important?’”
    Semenya’s biology has been un-
    der scrutiny for a decade, ever
    since she burst on the scene at the
    2009 world track and field cham-
    pionships and was subjected to
    sex tests after her victory. In
    South Africa, leaders complained
    of racism. The issue of whether a
    rare biological trait was causing
    an unfair advantage for Semenya
    and a small subset of women
    quickly morphed into a battle
    about privacy and human rights,
    and Semenya became its symbol.
    Sports Court Backs Distinct Gender Lines, in Defeat for Olympian
    By JERÉ LONGMAN
    and JULIET MACUR
    Caster Semenya, who has naturally high levels of testosterone, in a 1,500-meter race last year.
    SAEED KHAN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
    Continued on Page A11
    WASHINGTON — It was a for-
    eign policy role Joseph R. Biden
    Jr. enthusiastically embraced dur-
    ing his vice presidency: brow-
    beating Ukraine’s notoriously cor-
    rupt government to clean up its
    act. And one of his most memora-
    ble performances came on a trip
    to Kiev in March 2016, when he
    threatened to withhold $1 billion in
    United States loan guarantees if
    Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss
    the country’s top prosecutor, who
    had been accused of turning a
    blind eye to corruption in his own
    office and among the political
    elite.
    The pressure campaign
    worked. The prosecutor general,
    long a target of criticism from
    other Western nations and inter-
    national lenders, was soon voted
    out by the Ukrainian Parliament.
    Among those who had a stake in
    the outcome was Hunter Biden,
    Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at
    the time was on the board of an en-
    ergy company owned by a Ukrain-
    ian oligarch who had been in the
    sights of the fired prosecutor gen-
    eral.
    Hunter Biden was a Yale-edu-
    cated lawyer who had served on
    the boards of Amtrak and a num-
    ber of nonprofit organizations and
    think tanks, but lacked any expe-
    rience in Ukraine and just months
    earlier had been discharged from
    the Navy Reserve after testing
    positive for cocaine. He would be
    paid about $50,000 per month for
    his work for the company,
    Burisma Holdings.
    The broad outlines of how the
    Bidens’ roles intersected in
    Ukraine have been known for
    some time. The former vice presi-
    dent’s campaign said that he had
    always acted to carry out United
    States policy without regard to
    any activities of his son, that he
    had never discussed the matter
    with Hunter Biden and that he
    learned of his son’s role with the
    Ukrainian energy company from
    news reports.
    But new details about Hunter
    Biden’s involvement, and a deci-
    sion this year by the current
    Ukrainian prosecutor general to
    reverse himself and reopen an in-
    vestigation into Burisma, have
    pushed the issue back into the
    For Biden, a Ukraine Matter That Won’t Go Away
    By KENNETH P. VOGEL
    and IULIIA MENDEL
    New Spotlight Falls on
    Son’s Employer in a
    Revived Inquiry
    Continued on Page A10
    VOL. CLXVIII . . . No. 58,315 © 2019 The New York Times Company
    NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019
    C M Y K Nxxx,2019-05-02,A,001,Bs-4C,E2
    NEWS ANALYSIS
    WASHINGTON — Nobody
    said regime change was going to
    be easy.
    President Trump’s top advis-
    ers woke up Tuesday believing
    that a rebellion in the Venezuelan
    military that day would galva-
    nize a popular uprising and
    topple a leader they have de-
    scribed as a reviled despot who
    must be replaced. But at day’s
    end, President Nicolás Maduro
    was still in power and Mr.
    Trump’s advisers were left to
    blame Cuba, Russia and three
    influential Venezuelan officials,
    who failed to switch sides, for
    frustrating their plans.
    The decision of the Venezue-
    lans to stand with Mr. Maduro —
    either because they were intimi-
    dated, got cold feet or never
    planned to defect — raised ques-
    tions about whether the United
    States had faulty intelligence
    about the ability of the opposition
    to peel away members of his
    government.
    It also raised questions about
    whether Mr. Trump’s aides had
    fallen victim to a misreading of
    events on the ground, or whether
    Mr. Trump, who officials say has
    sometimes outrun his aides in an
    enthusiasm for forcing out Mr.
    Maduro, might lose faith in the
    effort as it wears on.
    Mr. Maduro has been weak-
    ened at home and discredited
    abroad, but he remains a stub-
    born rival unwilling to step aside
    for the opposition leader, Juan
    Guaidó, recognized by the United
    States as the country’s de facto
    leader. While the administration
    got off to a sure-footed start on
    Venezuela, rallying dozens of
    countries against the Venezuelan
    president, critics said its re-
    sponse had become haphazard
    and chaotic as the crisis has
    dragged on.
    Mr. Trump’s aides banked on
    Mr. Guaidó’s call for mass pro-
    tests and the defection of the
    Venezuelan officials on Tuesday
    as a turning point in the three-
    month campaign to oust Mr.
    Pressure Rises
    After Failure
    In Venezuela
    Questions for the U.S.
    as Maduro Hangs On
    By MARK LANDLER
    and JULIAN E. BARNES
    Continued on Page A7
    U(D54G1D)y+=!:!&!#!}
    It was called the Economic Op-
    portunity Act, a measure intended
    to kick-start the sputtering post-
    recession economy in New Jersey,
    particularly in its struggling cit-
    ies. The state would award lucra-
    tive tax breaks to businesses if
    they moved to New Jersey or re-
    mained in the state, creating and
    retaining jobs.
    But before the bill was ap-
    proved by the Legislature, a se-
    ries of changes were made to its
    language in June 2013 that were
    intended to grant specific compa-
    nies hundreds of millions of dol-
    lars in additional tax breaks, with
    no public disclosure, according to
    interviews and documents ob-
    tained by The New York Times.
    Many of the last-minute
    changes to drafts of the bill were
    made by a real estate lawyer, Kev-
    in D. Sheehan, whose influential
    law firm has close ties to Demo-
    cratic politicians and legislative
    leaders in New Jersey.
    Mr. Sheehan was allowed by
    lawmakers to edit drafts of the bill
    in ways that opened up sizable tax
    breaks to his firm’s clients, ac-
    cording to a marked up copy of the
    legislation obtained by The Times,
    which identifies Mr. Sheehan’s
    changes.
    Nearly six years later, the fall-
    out from the legislation has set off
    an uproar in the State Capitol over
    allegations that the state’s $11 bil-
    lion in economic development pro-
    grams have been poorly managed
    corporate giveaways that have
    brought few benefits.
    How $11 Billion in Tax Breaks
    Has New Jersey in an Uproar
    By NICK CORASANITI and MATTHEW HAAG
    Continued on Page A22
    THE SCIENCE An issue raises hard
    questions about biology, fairness
    and gender identity. PAGE B7
    One professor’s quest to secure the
    future of a collection of women’s every-
    day clothing items. PAGE D1
    THURSDAY STYLES D1-8
    Rags or Riches?
    Capri has banned plastic and wants to
    limit boat traffic, too, to control the twin
    Italian ills: tourism and trash. PAGE A6
    INTERNATIONAL A4-12
    An Isle Preserving Its Beauty
    More people have been told that they
    are under investigation in the college-
    admissions scandal, while others worry
    that they soon will be. PAGE A20
    NATIONAL A13-20
    Admissions Scandal Widens
    The social media giant may create a
    privacy committee as part of a deal
    with regulators. PAGE B1
    BUSINESS B1-6
    Facebook Settlement Talks
    Stephen Curry helped lift a series that
    threatened to devolve amid feuds over
    officiating, Marc Stein writes. PAGE B7
    SPORTSTHURSDAY B7-12
    Warriors Put Complaints Aside
    Justin Gimelstob said he would resign
    from the ATP board to focus on resolving
    his personal and legal issues. PAGE B12
    Gimelstob Exits Tennis Board
    James Comey PAGE A27
    EDITORIAL, OP-ED A26-27
    A student who charged a gunman in a
    college classroom in Charlotte, N.C.,
    “saved lives,” but he died in the attack,
    officials said. PAGE A19
    Victim Hailed as a Hero
    Sedley Alley was executed based on
    scant physical evidence and a confession
    he said was coerced. His daughter hopes
    DNA testing will offer answers. PAGE A13
    Was Her Father a Murderer?
    Companies are starting to offer com-
    fortable, attractive undergarments for
    transgender men and women. PAGE D1
    A New Sexy for a New Time
    A murder placed focus on the region’s
    paramilitary groups. But economic
    stagnation drives violence, too. PAGE A4
    Conflict in Northern Ireland A man who said he was upset about
    criticism of President Trump threat-
    ened to kill former President Barack
    Obama and a congresswoman. PAGE A22
    NEW YORK A21-23
    Prison for Racist Threats
    WASHINGTON — When Attor-
    ney General William P. Barr sum-
    marized the special counsel’s con-
    clusions in a March letter, prompt-
    ing President Trump to crow that
    he had been exonerated, the spe-
    cial counsel’s prosecutors knew
    immediately what the public
    would learn weeks later: The let-
    ter was a sparse and occasionally
    misleading representation of their
    exhaustive findings.
    What followed was a dayslong,
    behind-the-scenes tussle over the
    first public presentation of one of
    the most consequential govern-
    ment investigations in American
    history.
    A richer picture of that battle
    emerged on Wednesday — one of
    testy letters (Mr. Barr described
    one as “snitty”) and at least one
    tense phone call between the spe-
    cial counsel, Robert S. Mueller III,
    and Mr. Barr. The two were long-
    time friends who found them-
    selves on opposite sides of an em-
    battled president.
    The growing evidence of a split
    between them also brought fresh
    scrutiny on Mr. Barr, who on at
    least three occasions in recent
    weeks has seemed to try to out-
    maneuver Mr. Mueller. First, he
    released his four-page letter on
    March 24 outlining investigators’
    findings; then he held an unusual
    news conference on the day the
    Mueller report was released; and
    on Tuesday night, the Justice De-
    partment put out a statement that
    significantly played down the con-
    cerns among Mr. Mueller’s team.
    In other words, Mr. Barr, who
    said at a Senate Judiciary Com-
    mittee hearing on Wednesday
    that “we have to stop using the
    criminal justice system as a politi-
    cal weapon,” now stands accused
    of doing exactly that.
    The drama began around mid-
    day on March 22, when a security
    officer working for Mr. Mueller ar-
    rived at the fifth floor of the Jus-
    tice Department to deliver copies
    of his highly anticipated report to
    the attorney general and his top
    aides.
    Mr. Barr worked through that
    weekend reading the report, his
    aides in occasional contact with
    members of Mr. Mueller’s team.
    Two days later, hours before Mr.
    Barr’s letter was sent to Congress,
    Mr. Mueller’s investigators re-
    minded Justice Department offi-
    cials about executive summaries
    they had written to be condensed,
    easily digestible versions of their
    448-page report.
    But Mr. Barr used almost none
    Private Tussle About
    Inquiry’s Summary
    Gets ‘a Bit Snitty’
    By MARK MAZZETTI
    and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
    Continued on Page A15
    Indigo is expanding to the United
    States with its new model for how a big
    bookstore chain can thrive. PAGE B1
    Selling Books and a Lifestyle
    Late Edition
    Today, variably cloudy, showers,
    warmer, high 73. Tonight, cloudy, a
    few showers, low 50. Tomorrow,
    showers or thunderstorms, cooler,
    high 59. Weather map, Page B12.
    $3.00
    OPEN
    EVERY
    D
    8
    8 AILABLE ONLINE
    TM
    EVERY
    DAY
    AM
    PM AVAILABLE
    GARDEN CENTERS
    HOUSTON
    ALL SALES FINAL • NO EXCHANGES • NO REFUNDS
    Store Use
    Amount
    Trans #
    It is ILLEGAL to alter this coupon in any way! This coupon must be
    presented at the time of purchase. One coupon per customer.
    One offer per coupon. Coupon cannot be combined with any
    other offer. Valid at any local Houston Garden Center store.
    Coupon cannot be used for Gift Card Purchases
    $1000 OFF
    Your Purchase of $60 or
    more with this coupon
    PRINTED COUPONS ONLY ARE ACCEPTED AT STORES
    HOUSTON
    GARDEN CENTERSTM
    Coupon Expires 5/22/2019
    ALL REGULAR
    AZALEAS
    8 INCH & 3 GALLON
    1/2 PRICE
    1/2 OFF REGULAR PRICE
    THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 • HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM • VOL. 118, NO. 201 • $2.00 HH
    GAME 3 IS ‘MUST WIN’
    SPORTS C1
    The Lone Star State
    tops the nation in
    both the number and
    percentage of
    children without
    health insurance in a
    2017 report. The
    count more than
    doubles the national
    rate. PAGE B1
    CITY | STATE
    Bill would OK
    ‘disaster carry’
    A proposed law
    would allow
    unlicensed handgun
    owners to carry their
    weapons — openly or
    concealed — in
    public for up to a
    week in any area
    where a local, state
    or federal disaster is
    declared. PAGE A3
    STAR
    70-year-old
    venue reborn
    Last Concert Café
    updates its sound
    system and facilities
    to bring a fresh,
    modern experience
    to lovers of the
    classic scene.
    PAGE D1
    BUSINESS
    Texas has
    most kids
    without
    insurance
    Business.........B1
    Comics..........D4
    Crossword....D3
    Directory .......A2
    Editorials .....A12
    Horoscope...D4
    Lottery............C7
    Markets .........B3
    Obituaries....B8
    Sports..............C1
    TV....................D3
    Weather..........B1
    Index
    HoustonChronicle.com: Visit now for breaking news, constantly updated
    stories, sports coverage, podcasts and a searchable news archive.
    Breaking news alerts:
    Text Houston to 77453
    @HoustonChron HoustonChron Houston-Chronicle Houston Chronicle
    WASHINGTON — Pri-
    vate tensions between
    Justice Department lead-
    ers and special counsel
    Robert Mueller’s team
    broke into public view in
    extraordinary fashion
    Wednesday as Attorney
    General William Barr
    pushed back at the spe-
    cial counsel’s “snitty”
    complaints over his han-
    dling of the Trump-Rus-
    sia investigation report.
    Testifying for the first
    time since releasing
    Mueller’s report, Barr
    faced sharp questioning
    from Senate Democrats
    who accused him of mak-
    ing misleading com-
    ments and seeming at
    times to be President
    Donald Trump’s protec-
    tor as much as the coun-
    try’s top law enforce-
    ment official.
    The rift fueled allega-
    tions that Barr has spun
    Mueller’s findings in
    Trump’sfavorandunder-
    stated the gravity of
    Trump’s behavior. The
    dispute is certain to per-
    sist, as Democrats push
    to give Mueller a chance
    to answer Barr’s testimo-
    ny with his own later this
    month.
    Barr separately in-
    formed the House Judi-
    ciary Committee that he
    would not appear for its
    scheduled hearing on
    Thursday because of the
    panel’s insistence that 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 Sen-
    ate Judiciary Committee
    Barr, senators clash
    at hearing on report
    Susan Walsh / Associated Press
    Attorney General William Barr testifies Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
    By Eric Tucker
    and Mary
    Clare Jalonick
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Attorney general refuses House
    appearance as Dems accuse him
    of lying under oath about probe
    Barr continues on A8
    “There is now
    public
    confusion
    about critical
    aspects of the
    results of our
    investigation.”
    Robert Mueller, written
    to Attorney General
    William Barr
    Voters in seven Greater
    Houston school districts
    will decide Saturday
    whether to authorize
    about $3.6 billion in bonds
    aimed at keeping up with
    constantly-growing enroll-
    ments, renovating older fa-
    cilitiesandupgradingcam-
    pus security following
    deadly school shootings.
    Districts considering
    large bond issues include
    Cypress-Fairbanks ISD,
    which is seeking a district-
    record $1.76 billion pack-
    age, and Conroe ISD,
    which faces some Republi-
    can opposition to its $807
    million proposal.
    Residents of Brazo-
    sport, Channelview, Cleve-
    land, Goose Creek and
    Sweeny school districts
    will vote on bonds ranging
    from $28 million to $335
    million. The bonds likely
    would result in tax increas-
    es for most voters, though
    many residents would see
    only nominally larger tax
    bills if the packages pass.
    School districts use
    bonds to finance costs as-
    sociated with facility con-
    struction, transportation
    vehicles, technology up-
    grades and other capital
    purchases. The bond mon-
    ey cannot be used to pay
    for staff salaries, employee
    benefits or other day-to-
    day operations costs.
    Locally, school bonds
    rarely are rejected by vot-
    ers, with 66 out of 72 pass-
    ing over the past decade in
    Brazoria, Fort Bend, Gal-
    veston, Harris and Mont-
    gomery counties.
    Bonds continues on A11
    $3.6B
    in school
    bonds
    on ballot
    Seven districts
    seek approval at
    polls on Saturday
    By Jacob Carpenter
    STAFF WRITER
    MISSION
    MOON
    HOW 50 YEARS OF SPACE
    EXPLORATION DEFINED
    HOUSTON
    Our special anniversary
    coverage of the July 20,
    1969, moon landing
    continues.
    Inside: Engineering by
    NASA has brought
    innovations to the
    world. PAGE A9
    AUSTIN — In 2020, vot-
    ers will pick a president.
    But 2019 is shaping up to
    be a big election year in
    Texas, too.
    Gov. Greg Abbott and
    other Republican leaders
    want to ask voters in No-
    vember whether to dedi-
    cate a 1 percent increase in
    the sales tax to raise bil-
    lions to reduce property
    taxes.
    By putting the choice to
    voters, lawmakers can de-
    flect blame if the measure
    succeeds and the state’s
    sales tax rises to 9.25
    percent for most Texans,
    which would be the high-
    est rate in the nation. But
    legislators also run the risk
    of rejection, which would
    unravel a crucial part of
    their plan to deliver home-
    owners meaningful prop-
    erty tax relief.
    The sales tax swap is
    one of many proposals Ab-
    bott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
    and House Speaker Dennis
    Bonnen are backing to
    make good on promises to
    Sales tax vote a
    gamble for GOP
    Property relief
    plan put at risk
    if measure fails
    By Allie Morris
    AUSTIN BUREAU
    Tax continues on A11
    Regulators have found
    Baylor St. Luke’s Medical
    Center in violation of sev-
    eral patient safety and
    quality of care require-
    ments, according to a let-
    ter sent to the hospital
    Tuesday.
    The Texas Department
    of Health and Human Ser-
    vices has given St. Luke’s
    10 days to submit a de-
    tailed plan of correction or
    risk losing Medicare fund-
    ing later this year, accord-
    ing to the letter.
    Doug Lawson, St. Luke’s
    president, said he is confi-
    dent the hospital will meet
    all of the requirements and
    maintain federal funding.
    “Clearly, this is a very
    significant situation that
    we take with the utmost se-
    riousness,” Lawson said in
    a written statement Wed-
    nesday. “We have already
    made significant improve-
    ments across the hospital
    and we are confident re-
    maining findings will be
    immediately addressed.”
    The Medicare termina-
    St. Luke’s again
    faces funding cut
    Hospital must
    develop plan for
    fixes by June 9
    By Mike Hixenbaugh
    STAFF WRITER
    Funds continues on A8
    Another tense day in Venezuela
    Fernando Llano / Associated Press
    Thousands gather Wednesday to demand
    President Nicolas Maduro’s ouster and support
    opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Story on page A7.
    Video obtained
    Surveillance video at the Go N’ Gas
    convenience store in Hamden,
    obtained Wednesday, shows the
    interaction between Paul Witherspoon
    III and a newspaper delivery man that
    led to a police search for
    Witherspoon’s car and the eventual
    shooting and wounding of
    Witherspoon’s passenger in
    neighboring New Haven on April16.
    Connecticut, Page B1
    Slow growth
    Connecticut’s economy last year
    posted just its second annual spurt of
    growth in a decade, the U.S.
    Department of Commerce reported.
    Connecticut, Page B1
    Vaccination rates
    Newly appointed public health
    commissioner Renée D.
    Coleman-Mitchell has ordered the
    release of school-by-school
    vaccination information, following two
    separate Freedom of Information
    requests. School immunization data,
    from both public and private schools
    across the state, will be posted on the
    health department’s website by the
    end of the week.Connecticut, Page
    B3
    ICE protest
    Hundreds of local immigration
    activists built a human wall in front of
    the federal court in Hartford and led an
    impromptu march through downtown
    to protest federal immigration officials
    and policies late Wednesday
    afternoon. Connecticut, Page B3
    BRAD HORRIGAN/HARTFORD COURANT
    VOLUME CLXXXIII NUMBER 122 THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019
    COURANT.COM
    5/6★
    6 04209 00200
    90502
    Copyright 2019
    The Hartford Courant Co.
    $2.00
    HIGH OF 64
    Mostly cloudy, chance
    for a shower. A2
    OPPOSITION MOVEMENT
    Guaido supporters look to increase
    pressure on Maduro. A3
    ASSANGE SENTENCED
    WikiLeaks founder gets 50 weeks
    in prison for skipping bail. A9
    RED SOX SWEEP A’S
    Moreland, Vazquez homer
    in 7-3 victory. C1
    OPINION .............................A11
    OBITS ...........................B6, B7
    LOTTERY ............................A2
    CLASSIFIED .................C7, C8
    PUZZLE ................................D7
    COMICS ......................D6, D7
    HARTFORD — Democratic legislators
    called Wednesday for higher taxes on the
    rich in a wide-ranging revenue package
    that would also charge the state sales tax
    for the first time on items ranging from dry
    cleaning and parking to interior design
    some parking services, interior design
    services, safety apparel like a hardhat,
    ride-share companies such as Uber and
    Lyftand dry cleaning and non-coin-op-
    erated laundry. Despite Lamont’s request,
    the sales tax was not extended to legal
    services, which some insiders said was
    because too many legislators work as
    lawyers.
    The package also does not include
    Lamont’s controversial tax on soda and
    other sugary drinks after some Democrats
    complained the tax would be higher on
    services.
    The legislature’s finance committee
    offereditsfirstformalresponsetoGov.Ned
    Lamont’s tax package, which called for the
    largest expansion of the sales tax in recent
    years. Rather than increasing the current
    6.35 percent rate, Lamont wants to raise
    more money by expanding the levy to
    include a wider range of products and
    services.
    Rejecting many of Lamont’s list of more
    than25itemsthatwasreleasedinFebruary
    as part of his two-year budget, the
    Democratic-written bill says the sales tax
    should be expanded only to five areas —
    By Christopher Keating
    Finance committee
    responds to Lamont’s
    call to expand levy
    State Dems debate tax package
    Turn to Tax, Page A4
    Marijuana taxation clears panel, setting stage for bill
    HARTFORD – For the third time this
    year, a key legislative committee voted in
    favor of a controversial bill that could lead
    to the legalization of recreational marijua-
    na in Connecticut.
    The finance committee voted Wednes-
    day night on taxation issues related to
    marijuana that would be merged in the
    comingweeks into an overall billtolegalize
    the drug. Previously, the general law and
    judiciary committees both approved legal-
    ization in bills that focused on the regula-
    tory and legal aspects.
    The issue has moved further than ever
    before as three committees have never
    approved marijuana bills at the state
    legislature. Now, legislators will weave the
    legislation together to create a final,
    omnibus bill to be debated on the floor of
    the state House of Representatives and
    Senate.
    “The war on marijuana is growing
    increasingly unpopular, and there is a
    growing sentiment in Connecticut and
    around the country that legalization is
    inevitable,” said Adam Wood, the co-
    director of a pro-legalization coalition.
    “The three bills passed to date propose a
    comprehensive and well-planned exit
    strategy for the state. They would establish
    a well-regulated, thoughtfully taxed canna-
    bis market that takes production and sales
    out of the shadows and brings them above
    board.”
    Noting the tightness of the votes and the
    complications of the issue, House Speaker
    JoeAresimowiczofBerlintoldtheCourant
    recently that the marijuana legislation
    could be pushed into a special session if
    legislators cannot reach a compromise
    before the regular General Assembly ses-
    sion ends on June 5.
    Rep. Sean Scanlon, a Guilford Democrat,
    By Christopher Keating
    Next step is for legislators
    to weave plans together
    Turn to Bill, Page A5
    The Churchill Club, a 10-member group
    that describes itself as “dedicated to the
    preservation, dissemination and extension
    of the Western moral and philosophical
    tradition,” was recognized by the college
    earlier this year. Last weekend, the student
    government association rejected funding
    for the group, citing student “discomfort
    with this club” after its members “referred
    to members of the community in degrad-
    ing terms.”
    In a statement, the Churchill Club said
    that its members “stand firmly against
    racism, discrimination, and white suprem-
    acy, as well as any and all other insidious
    ideologies.”
    Trinity sophomores Daishly Diaz, 19, from left, Stephanie Cerda-Ocampo, 19, and Janita Delgado, 20, hold placards during a protest
    Wednesday at Trinity College. About 200 Trinity students, including members of the student organization Justice 4 Marginalized Per-
    sons, protested the college’s recognition of the Churchill Club, a 10-member group that describes itself as “dedicated to the preserva-
    tion, dissemination and extension of the Western moral and philosophical tradition.”
    PATRICK RAYCRAFT/HARTFORD COURANT
    HARTFORD — Amid the controversy
    over a conservative student organization
    and free speech at Hartford’s Trinity
    College, hundreds of students Wednesday
    demanded that President Joanne Berger-
    Sweeney revoke recognition of the
    Churchill Club.
    By Nicholas Rondinone
    Trinity students protest recognition of Churchill Club, a conservative group
    IDEALS COLLIDE
    Turn to Protest, Page A4
    WASHINGTON — Attorney General
    William Barr staunchly defended his
    handlingoftheRussiainvestigationduring
    a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday,
    as Democrats attacked his credibility and
    accused of him of spinningand mischarac-
    terizing the final report from special
    counselRobertS.MuellerIIIinanattempt
    to protect President Donald Trump.
    Officials later said Barr would not show
    up to testify at a sched-
    uled hearing Thursday
    in the House Judiciary
    Committee.Earlier,the
    Democratic-led panel
    had overruled Barr’s
    objections and voted to
    allow staff lawyers to
    question him.
    Barr’s apparent boycott escalated the
    battle between the White House and
    congressional Democrats, who have
    launched multiple investigations of
    Trump. The president has so far refused to
    honor several subpoenas, and recently
    sued the chairman of the House Oversight
    and Reform Committee to block him from
    obtaining documents.
    Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of
    the House Judiciary Committee, accused
    Barr of “trying to blackmail the commit-
    tee” by refusing to testify, and said the
    panel would consider issuing a subpoena.
    “Congress cannot permit the executive
    branch, the administration, to dictate to
    Congress how we operate.”
    During his Senate testimony Wednes-
    day, Barr repeatedly pushed back at critics,
    saying he was “frankly surprised” that
    Mueller did not reach a conclusion on
    whether Trump obstructed justice, and
    that he was “absolutely” confident in his
    judgment that Trump did not try to
    unlawfully impede the investigation.
    He also dismissed a letter of complaint
    from Mueller as a “bit snitty,” a hint of the
    growing friction between the attorney
    general appointed by Trump and the
    former FBI director who investigated the
    By Chris Megerian
    and Del Quentin Wilber
    Los Angeles Times
    Attorney general grilled
    over his response to
    Mueller investigation
    Turn to Barr, Page A4
    Officials
    say Barr
    will skip
    hearing
    Inside
    Blumenthal calls
    for Barr's
    resignation, A4
    The Perfect Gift
    LBGreen.com 800.524.7336
    EVERY BOX HAS A STORY®
    Hoop Earrings
    $30
    LIMITED
    QUANTITIES!
    

    View Slide

27. Putting it all together
    Discover, expand and exhaust resources
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    

    View Slide

28. Putting it all together
    Discover, expand and exhaust resources
    Four Tips When Putting It All Together
    http://www.hometownnews.com/
    https://www.newseum.org/
    http://newspagedesigner.org/
    http://en.kiosko.net/
    http://www.onedegreeassociates.com/
    http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/
    http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CincinnatiEnquirerReadersGuide.pdf
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/ronreason/sets/72157603912876770/
    https://www.snd.org/
    https://www.snd.org/2015/08/javier-errea-on-redesign-of-liberation/
    https://www.pinterest.com/
    https://www.pinterest.com/pao_lopezc/newspaper-layout/?lp=true
    http://henningerconsulting.com/
    https://tccj.tcu.edu/
    

    View Slide

29. 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
    

    View Slide

30. Wrapping it all up
    

    View Slide

31. 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
    

    View Slide

32. Conclusion
    The End
    

    View Slide