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Visit Mountaineer Country Convention andVisitors Bureau furloughed eight employees, laidoff two part-time and one full-time staff memberand its president and CEO took a voluntary20% salary cut.
Susan Riddle said these moves were necessarybecause the bulk of the CVB’s revenue — the6% Monongalia County hotel room tax — hasbeen mostly wiped out by COVID-19 restrictionsand business closures since March.
“Nationwide, the industry has been devas-t at e d , ” said Riddle, who made the cost-cuttingmoves last month.
“This was the right thing to do,” said Riddle,adding the reductions were made when the countryand the state were first entering the pandemic.
The CVB’s budget varies between $1.3 and$1.6 million a year, Board President TerriCutright said.
The CVB, however, was not blindsided by the
current revenue decline. It takes about twomonths for the hotel room tax to even get into thebu re a u ’s coffers because it first has to passthrough the county. This lag time gave Riddleample time to see and plan for the revenue hit theorganization was going to take.
“We want to position this organization to besuccessful,” Riddle said.
Typically hotels in the Visit MountaineerCountry’s service area — Monongalia, Prestonand Taylor counties — runs just over 60%, butwith social distancing encouraged and manybusinesses closed since mid-March when thepandemic first hit, the local hotel room occu-pancy rate dropped as low as 17% and is only nowat 25%, she said.
In a typical year, Monongalia County collects alittle more than $800,000 in hotel room tax rev-enue, county financial documents show.
“People aren’t traveling as much,” said Riddle,who is now the CVB’s lone employee. “We need tohit the reset button.”
Staff reductions included a part-time intern inthe CVB’s main office, as well as a full-time and apart-time worker in its downtown Morgantownvisitor’s center which is now closed.
BY WILLIAM [email protected]
The Monongalia County Sher-iff ’s Department arrested a73-year-old man who allegedly shotand killed his stepdaughter duringa domestic dispute April 29 at Bab-bling Brook Estates.
The Monongalia County Sher-iff ’s Department charged DonaldR. David with voluntarymanslaughter three weeks afterthe shooting .
Tamatha Pillo, 51, of Morgan-town, was shot once in the chestwith a .380 pistol, according toSheriff Perry Palmer.
“After collecting physical evi-dence and conducting inter-views, investigators determinedduring a dispute with the vic-tim, Donald R. Davis retrieved afirearm and caused a fatalinjury to the victim,” a criminalcomplaint said.
Deputies responded to the home
on Babbling Brook Estates, off ofTyrone Road, at about 12:45 a.m.Pillo was taken to J.W. Ruby Memo-rial Hospital, but did not survive.
Palmer said the investigationinto Pillo’s death was thorough.He would not answer questionsabout the incident Tuesday, say-ing only the investigation wasongoing.
Davis was arraigned by Mag-istrate Sandy Holepit on Tuesdayand is free on a $75,000 personalrecognizance bond.
Voluntary manslaughter ispunishable by a definite term ofnot less than three nor more than15 years in prison under WestVirginia law.
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Mon Health System receivedits Certificate of Need from theWest Virginia Health CareAuthority to proceed with plansto construct a $20 million, smallformat hospital in Fairmont.
Mon Health CEO David Gold-berg said the next step is to putthe project out for bid. Construc-tion, he said, should take16 months to complete.
“We ’ll be open by the end of theyear 2021,” he said.
The 10-bed hospital, dubbedMon Health Marion Neighbor-hood Hospital, will be constructedon land the health system alreadyowns along Interstate 79 near Fre-senius Kidney Care in PleasantVa l l e y.
Small format hospitals areaccredited by the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Servicesto offer hospital-based servicesthat include inpatient and out-patient medical beds, diagnosticimaging and lab services and full-service emergency services. Thehospital will not have an oper-ating room, a Cath lab or offices,
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Mon Health CEO saysproject will be finishedby the end of 2021
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A pilot program testing a four-day workweek for most City ofMorgantown employees will startin July and last about a year.
The affected employees willwork 10-hour days Monday-Thursday from 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.,starting July 6 through June 30,2021, according to MorgantownCommunications DirectorAndrew Stacy.
City administrative officeswill be closed on Fridays, as wellas the typical Saturdays andS u n d ay s.
Stacy said the city looked atphased workweeks, meaningsome employees would workTuesday-Friday to keep officesopen five days a week but therewere several negatives. Thoseinclude the loss of any potentialcost savings from having closedoffices, difficulties in schedulingand departments that don’t haveenough employees to make itwo rk .
By sticking to a Monday-Thursday schedule, the city willopen an hour earlier and stayopen 30 minutes later, which willallow people an opportunity to dobusiness with the city before orafter their own workday, Stacysaid.
The issue will be closely mon-itored through the duration of thepilot program.
The switch will not cost thecity and there are modest costsavings, according to Stacy.
Cost savings are found inenergy, fuel, vehicle costs, jan-itorial costs, overtime and waterusage, Stacy said. Utility bills arethe most expensive part of keep-ing buildings running outside ofmajor projects because many ofthe city’s buildings are older andnot energy-efficient.
The city expects to see a reduc-tion in those utility costs over theduration of the program.
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Because Visit Moun-taineer Country is a non-profit, it was not eligible toreceive any federal stimu-lus money such as the Pay-check Protection Program,Riddle said.
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Cutright, meanwhile,applauded Riddle’s fore-sight in making the cutsbefore things got worse.
“She was looking downthe road,” Cutright said.“She knew how bad occu-pancy was going to be.
“We ’re all very comfort-able under Susan’s leader-ship. We are going to makeit through this.”
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Slemp: Statewide nursing home testingrevealed few new cases, small outbreaksBY DAVID [email protected]
Bureau of Public HealthCommissioner CathySlemp provided thepromised overview ofCOVID-19 testing at thes t at e ’s 123 nursing homesduring Tuesday’s pressbriefing.
She recapped what led tothe governor’s April 17 exec-utive order that mandatedtesting at all the homes. Atthat time, eight facilitieshad outbreaks with four ofthose involving more than20 residents.
The state tested 9,000 res-idents and nearly 14,000staff, she said. The majorityof the homes, 71%, had nopositive cases.
The testing identified atleast one positive case at28 homes — 23% of thetotal. Altogether, 31 staffand 11 residents werenewly identified as posi-tive. That was 0.18% of allthe tests.
Of the 28 homes withnew cases, she said, 20 hadonly one positive test.About 70% of those had noidentified link to anotherpositive case, and many ofthem tested negative on asubsequent test.
The remaining eighthomes had two to six caseseach. “They were very, verysmall outbreaks.” T hespreads were either con-tained early or the peoplewere not highly infectious.
Slemp also reported thatthe bureau received anallotment of the drugremdesivir for treating
seriously ill COVID-19patients. Remdesivir is aninvestigational new drugdeveloped by Gilead Sci-ences and was approved bythe FDA in May for use inseriously ill patients.
Slemp said there is noindication of its effective-ness for mild or moderateCOVID-19. It may shortenthe course of the illness.The allotment was given tothe state by the U.S. Depart-ment of Health and HumanS e r v i c e s.
The bureau workedwith experts around thestate to develop astatewide protocol for itsuse and it was distributed,she said. No one knows theextent of its benefits yet,but it’s another tool in thet o o l b ox .
Gov. Jim Justicerepeated and updated anannouncement issued Mon-day that the first positiveCOVID-19 case in the state’sprison system was identi-fied at Huttonsville Correc-tional Center: a 62-year-oldinmate. A part-time correc-tions officer also tested pos-itive but officials don’tbelieve the cases areconnected.
The Division of Correc-tions is testing the entireblock where the inmate ishoused, Justice said; ifmore positives are identi-fied they will test the entireprison population.
Ju s t i c e ’s General Coun-sel Brian Abraham saidlocal health officialsbelieve they have identified“person zero” who broughtit in and the prison has put
protective measures inplace, including PPE for thei n m at e s.
Justice reminded thecities and counties thatthey can apply for CARESAct money to cover COVID-19-related expenses atgrants.wv.gov. The rulesare restrictive, he said, so“you don’t have to includeeverything in the kitchensink.” They should applynow for what they canimmediately connect toCOVID-19 and apply formore when the rules areloosened.
Justice also said thatCARES Act Paycheck Pro-tection Program money forsmall businesses is stillavailable, and businessowners having trouble nav-igating the loan processshould be able to find helpby emailing wvinfo@s b a . g ov.
Department of Healthand Human Resource Sec-retary Bill Crouch said peo-ple who receive SNAP ben-efits can now shop and usetheir EBT cards online.They can shop at Amazon;Walmart is also gearing up,with the stores in Elkinsand Martinsburg acceptingEBT cards online and21 more stores preparing tojoin.
Justice previously saidit looked like the state couldpay its bills through thefirst week of June. Askedabout that Tuesday, he saidfinances are still bad but itlooks like there’s cash to getthrough to the end of June.
COVID-19 Czar ClayMarsh took a question on
whether it’s possible toextrapolate the COVID-19infection rate in the gen-eral population from whatwe know of those who’vebeen tested.
He didn’t say, as such,but observed that the virusis present everywhere andone expert author has saidthat the infection rate maybe 800 times the number ofdeaths in community-acquired locations.
More important, he said,is to maintain protection.West Virginians will becoming into closer contactwith infected people as thestate opens up. We need tobe careful around peoplewe don’t deal regularlywith. And we need to wearmasks — partly to protectourselves but more to pro-tect others if we areinfected and don’t know it.
Justice also fielded aquestion on what his adviceis for people itching tobegin their summer.
He said, “What would wedo if we were invaded byanother country?” Pe o p l ewant to enjoy the daysahead, “I get every bit oft h at . ”
But it’s not that simple,he said. “Yo u ’ve got to knowthat this situation is allhands on deck.” We can pro-tect ourselves, and if wed o n’t, “it’ll bite you andeveryone. … It’s a killer andit’s here and we as WestVirginians have got to dosomething about it.”
So, he said, enjoy what’savailable as we slowlyreopen, and be smart.
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Barbers to offer free haircuts to protest lockdownAssociated Press
LANSING, Mich. — Bar-bers plan to offer free hair-cuts on the Michigan Capi-tol lawn to protest thes t at e ’s stay-at-home orders,a defiant demonstrationthat reflects how salonshave become a symbol forsmall businesses that are
eager to reopen two monthsafter the pandemic began.
Third-generation hair-dresser Scott Weaver, whoowns five salons acrossMichigan, said his “fo r g o t -ten industry” is gettingmuch-needed attentionafter being initially dis-missed as “just hair.”
Barbershops, salons andspas stand at the forefront ofsmall businesses that want toopen again despite the risks oftheir services, which requireemployees to be in close con-tact with customers.
Weaver credits a 77-year-old barber with helping tofuel the movement to resistGov. Whitmer’s sweepingstay-at-home orders.
But Weaver said KarlM a n ke ’s decision to openhis doors in violation of thegover nor’s mandate hasput Whitmer and lawenforcement in a toughspot. He said Michigan’s75,000 barbers and cosme-tologists have “been heard”and that they should focuson working with heradministration to ensure asafe reopening.
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Manchin introducing SMART Act toallow states to backfill COVID-19 shortfallsBY DAVID [email protected]
Sen. Joe Manchin isintroducing a bill — withDemocrat and Republicanco-sponsors — to aid states,cities and counties with thefinancial crisis sparked bythe COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s called the SMARTAct — the State and Munic-ipal Assistance for Recov-ery and Transition Act.
It has two main goals,said Manchin, D-W.Va. Oneis to allow state and localgovernments to use exist-ing CARES Act funding tooffset revenue shortfalls.
Gov. Jim Justice hasoften talked about thisproblem. Current U.S. Trea-sury guidance on CARESmoney forbids its use forbackfilling shortfallscaused by COVID-relatedrevenue losses. West Vir-ginia is facing a hole ofabout $500 million, much ofit from lost income taxreve nu e.
The other goal is to pro-vide $500 billion in newdirect flexible funding to allstate, local and tribal gov-ernments. Local monieswould have to be dis-tributed within 15 days of
arriving in state coffers.“This is not political. It
never has been political,”Manchin said. “The moneyhas to be distributed.”
The $500 billion wouldbe allotted based on a three-part formula: Populationsize, infection rate and rev-enue losses.
West Virginia wouldreceive the minimum,$2 billion — on top of the$1.25 billion CARES moneyit already has — and pos-sibly more based on the for-mula, Manchin said.
Justice and Manchinhave been at odds over Jus-
tice’s decision to delay distri-bution of the current $1.25 bil-lion until the rules are final-ized. Justice doesn’t want tospend it until he’s sure thestate budget can be madewhole. Manchin wants to seethe part set aside for localgovernments sent to them.
All states have seen rev-enue shortfalls, he said. “T hiswill help immensely. … But it’snot an excuse for not disburs-ing the money that’s alreadybeen received.”
It was defined at end ofApril how CARES moneycould be used for COVID-related costs, he said, such as
for PPE, children andh o m e l e s s n e s s.
Justice announcedFriday that the state por-tal for cities and countiesto apply for CARESmoney is now open atgrants.wv.gov. Manchincommented, “I’m happyit’s being done now.”
Manchin acknowl-edged, in response to aquestion, that Trea-sury could modify itscurrent guidance andallow CARES moneyfor backfilling withoutthe SMART Act legis-lating it.
Manchin said the Sen-ate won’t be taking upany measures until itresumes work June 1 andif Treasury hasn’t actedby that time, senatorswill be seeking clarifica-tion that states could useup to half theirCARES allotments forb a ck f i l l i n g .
The Dominion Postasked Sen. ShelleyMoore Capito, R-W.Va.,for her thoughts on thei s s u e.
In an email statement,
she said, “There are a lot ofdifferent solutions outthere that have been offeredto address this problem.One being a bill I intro-duced earlier this monthcalled the CoronavirusRelief Fund Flexibility Act,which fixes this problem byproviding state and localgovernments with the flex-ibility to use money thathas already been appropri-ated through the CARESAct to replace these lostreve nu e s. ”
The SMART Act pro-vides similar flexibility, shesaid, but appropriates theadditional $500 billion,which she’s not sold onye t .
“West Virginia has notyet begun to utilize its$1.25 billion share of the$150 billion Congress hasalready provided for stateand local governments. Ithink it is more responsibleto provide more flexibilityfor the money Congress hasalready approved and thenconsider whether addi-tional funding is needed.”
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implemented a focusedworkweek have seen envi-ronmental benefits fromreduced energy usage, lesstravel, less fuel usage and areduced carbon footprint,Stacy said.
A survey sent to cityemployees found 43% ofthem commute 10 or moremiles roundtrip each day.
The idea of a focus work-week was brought forwardby the city employee’sHealth and Wellness Com-mittee, Stacy said. The goalwas to save money, increase
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productivity and create abetter work/life balance foremployees. It was publiclybrought up at a councilmeeting during the mostrecent budgeting process.
The committee, InterimCity Manager Emily Muz-zarelli and HumanResources Director JohnBihun took the lead onresearching the idea andfiguring out how to make itwork for Morgantown,according to Stacy.
Other cities that haveadopted a focused work-week were contacted to findout why they transitioned,what the benefits and chal-
Goldberg said.When it is up and run-
ning, it will be the firstsmall format hospital inWest Virginia, several ofwhich already exist in theGreater Pittsburgh area.More than 100 people areexpected to work at thefacility, Goldberg said.
The Fairmont area hasbeen without a full-servicehospital since the 207-bedFairmont Regional Medi-cal Center was closed inMarch by its California-based owner, AlectoHealthcare Services, afterit could not find a buyer forthe facility. Alecto said thehospital lost $19 million inthree years.
West Virginia Univer-sity Medicine will beginusing a portion of the shut-tered Fairmont Regionallater this year after itreceives its separateCON from the stateHealth Care Authority.That facility will act as an
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arm of J.W. Ruby Memorial,WVU Medicine’s flagshiphospital.
WVU Medicine also filedfor a second CON from thestate to construct a 25-bed,full-service hospital next toits Urgent Care Center atthe Gateway Connector, a$35.3 million project esti-mated to take 18 to24 months to complete.
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lenges were and if the tran-sition was successful.
The city contacted: West-minster, Colo,; El Mirage,Ariz.; Suffolk, Va.; andGainsville, Ga.
“A majority of the munic-ipalities we spoke with hadan overwhelmingly positivereception from employees,”Stacy said.
Some of the challengesthe cities mentioned werefeeling burnt out at theend of the week and hav-ing less personal time inthe evenings. However,Stacy said those cities
also saw improved moraleand increased employeere t e n t i o n .
The departmentsaffected are Code Enforce-ment, Finance, MunicipalCourt, Information Tech-nology, Arts and Culture,Human Resources, CityClerk, Development Ser-vices, Engineering, Com-munications, Urban Land-scape, Public Works, CityMana g er’s Office and theadministrative offices forthe Morgantown PoliceDepartment and BOPARC.
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Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health careAssociated Press
NEW YORK — M o rethan three weeks afterBrandon Bell stoppedshowing up at a New Yorkoffice that serves peoplewith schizophrenia,employees finally locatedhim at a nearby homelesss h e l t e r.
The office remains open,but patients aren’t stop-ping by as much during thepandemic. Group activitiessuch as the weeklyCaribbean lunch that werealso an important source offood have ended because ofthe coronavirus. Visitsfrom caregivers are lessfrequent and shorter —usually five or 10 minutes— to reduce the risk ofinfection.
When a caregiverrecently checked on him,Bell noted that life before
the pandemic was happierand “more social.”
His experience high-lights the challenges forproviders and patients asthe pandemic strains then at i o n’s mental healthcare system. Even beforeCOVID-19, access to mentalhealth services in the U.S.could be difficult, includ-ing for people who haveinsurance. Now expertsfear the virus will makethe situation worse,putting the patients mostin need at risk of fallingthrough the cracks andinflicting on countless oth-ers newfound grief, anxi-ety and depression.
Already, social-distanc-ing orders are affectingaccess to treatment acrossincome levels as therapistsand patients scramble toadjust. Medicare and Med-
icaid have relaxed rules toallow counseling by phone,FaceTime or other remotemeans. But many of theelderly and poor who relyon those plans aren’t com-fortable with the alterna-tives. Some do not havephones or access to theinter net.
“For people who aresocially disadvantaged andhave mental illness, it’s justa lot to ask,” said Dr. JeanieTse of the Institute for Com-munity Living, whichtreats Bell and others whowould not seek care ontheir own but are referredto the city by social workersand shelters.
Fewer than half of Amer-icans with mental illnessreported getting help in thepast year, according to afederal survey. Among thebig barriers are costs and a
shortage of providers.At clinics that offer free
or low-cost therapy, waitlists often stretch forweeks in normal times.And getting treatment canbe just as difficult, or evenharder, for people whoearn too much to qualifyfor state help, yet stillstruggle to get by.
In Pittsburgh, Pa., forexample, Karalyn Hipsleywas working extra on week-ends to cover co-pays fortherapy and the insuranceshe has through her hus-band’s job.
Then the pandemic lefther out of work for sixweeks, and her weekendcleaning jobs disappeared.She’s afraid she will have tocut back on therapy, whichhelped her establish a sta-ble life after an abusivere l at i o n s h i p.
“I’ve been in some very,very low places, and I don’twant to be there again,”said Hipsley, 27.
Most insurance plansoffer coverage for mentalhealth services, but findinga counselor who takesinsurance can be aheadache, and fees for peo-ple without coverage caneasily top $100 a session.
The virus also threatensto send many new patientsin search of help. Nearly halfof Americans say worry orstress tied to the pandemichas negatively affected theirmental health, according toa poll by the Kaiser FamilyFo u n d at i o n .
“You can’t put peopleinto situations wherethey’re locked in theirhomes for weeks on end andnot expect that there’sgoing to be a significant
number of people thatdevelop mental healthp ro bl e m s, ” said ElinoreMcCance-Katz, who leadsthe federal SubstanceAbuse and Mental HealthServices Administration.
In New York, the city isalready seeing more peoplereaching out to its NYCWELL hotline that offerscrisis counseling and refer-rals for longer-term care.The city plans to expand itsstaffing from 104 to191 counselors.
“This is the beginning ofmeeting the new demandwe anticipate will con-t i nu e, ” said Susan Herman,the program’s director.
Many homeless peopleare avoiding shelters out offear of infection, making itharder for agencies to iden-tify people in need oft re at m e n t .
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IN THE PANTHEON OF GREAT LINESSUITABLE FOR INDUCTION INTOBARTLETT’S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS ISHOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI’S2010 COMMENT ABOUT OBAMACARE:“We have to pass the bill so thatyou can find out what is in it.”
While that seemed outrageousand even comical to many at thetime, it has become an all-toofamiliar pattern for legislatorswho focus more on TV appear-ances, fundraising and theirreelections than on the laws theypass without reading them first.
The latest bank-breaking mea-sure to narrowly pass the House(even some Democrats votedagainst it) is a $3 trillion packagestyled “coronavirus relief.” It ismore than 1,800 pages long. Thedisingenuous title is an effort toposition it as something that willbe more acceptable than honestdescriptions such as “boondo g-gle” and “vote buying.” The pack-age is supposed to help peoplestruggling due to lost jobs andclosed businesses, but it is morefavorable to Democrat con-stituencies and left-leaning inter-est groups that rely on their party
for bailouts.There have been efforts, espe-
cially in recent years, to lengthenthe time between when a bill iswritten (usually by staff membersand lobbyists) and when membersvote on it, giving everyone plenty oftime to read the bill. The lateststimulus bill is only the mostrecent example of what happenswhen that doesn’t take place.Passed by the slim margin of 208 to199 — an argument for a Repub-lican House majority in the comingelection — the measure containssignificant amounts of cash forstates with Democratic governorsand legislatures, which have mis-spent taxpayer money and nowfind themselves in deep debt.
Commenting on efforts to
allow more time for members ofCongress to read bills before vot-ing on them, Quentin Kidd,Department of Political Scienceprofessor at Newport Universityhas said: “I unfortunately don’tthink that members of Congresswill use that time reading the bill.They will use that time doingother things, and they will con-tinue to do what most of them doright now, which is to pay atten-tion to their staff or listen to whatlobbyists say.”
Among the many outrageouscomponents of this latest bill, as ifspending $3 trillion we don’t haveand must borrow isn’t outrageousenough, is a provision that givesmoney to Democrats’ newest con-stituency, noncitizens or undoc-umented immigrants, which ishow Democrats like to refer tothem, who now have tax iden-tification numbers.
In saying the bill is “dead onar rival,” Senate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell (R-Ky.) added,“It’s a parade of absurdities thatcan hardly be taken seriously.”
And yet part of it will be taken
seriously. Even McConnellacknowledged the inevitability ofmore spending (he’s also up forreelection) when he told The WallStreet Journal another bill isprobably necessary.
Whatever the Senate negoti-ates with the House will certainlyadd to the previous $2 trillionmeasure, which didn’t trickledown to some of the neediest indi-viduals and small businesses butcontained horror stories such aschecks going to dead people or tomultimillion-dollar businesses ormillionaires who didn’t need it.
Rapper and reality TV starMaurice Fayne, aka “A rk a n s a sM o, ” received $2 million. Accord-ing to the UK Daily Mail, Faynespent part of it on a Rolls Royce, a
Rolex watch and child support,rather than retaining workers inhis transportation business. Hehad applied for $3 million, so per-haps the government can claim itsaved money. Thankfully, Faynehas been arrested, but will he beforced to return what remains ofthe money?
Anyone curious as to why inMarch the Gallup poll found pub-lic disapproval of Congress at74% (it was 64% in April possiblybecause of the stimulus money)need look no further than the waythe professional class operates. Intoo many instances, they act morein their own self-interest insteadof the long-term public good.
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A reader emailed us a question that people have beenasking: Under Illinois’ shutdown order, why is it OK to go to thegrocery store or Walmart, but it’s not OK to go to church?
“Both are big buildings that have a lot of people in them.W h at ’s the science behind this? Maybe if there was morereporting on the ‘why, ’ folks would understand and perhapsfollow the guidelines,” the reader wrote.
We ’ll give it a shot: While we don’t have all the answers, wesupport Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to hold offon church services for now. One reason? Lessons learnedfrom the Mount Vernon, Wash., choir outbreak earlier thisyear where 53 choir members became sick and two died. Onesymptomatic person attended a rehearsal and likely sick-ened the rest. A published Centers for Disease Control andPrevention report on the outbreak determined that the act ofsinging — vocal cords that push droplets into the air —caused the coronavirus to spread more than it would in otherspaces, such as a grocery store. Unless there’s an outbreak ofsinging at your local supermarket. Which we doubt.
Some religious services also involve handshaking, break-ing of bread, shared holy water, Bible school and preaching,all within the confines of a church — not all buildings arespacious — for an hour or longer. Even under social dis-tancing rules and facial coverings, the closeness and tra-ditions of a religious service can make it riskier than a trip tothe store.
T hat’s the situation today. It doesn’t mean churches shouldremain closed in two weeks or two months. Cases of infectionstatewide and diligence on social distancing may well justifya slow reopening of religious services sooner. Cardinal BlaseCupich of the Chicago Archdiocese, for example, recentlyunveiled a phased approach to restarting Mass. The first stepwould allow for small gatherings for baptisms, funerals andwe d d i n g s.
Rather than openly defy stay-home orders, Cupich workedwith Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office and health officials toestablish guidelines. He also rightly emphasized to parish-ioners that restrictions due to public health should not beequated with restrictions on religious liberty.
Churches that hold services of any type in defiance of stateand city orders could face fines, Mayor Lightfoot saidMonday. But anything beyond that, which would divert cityand police resources to punish violators, would be anoverreach of government. Civil disobedience should not bemet with an aggressive police response.
It’s understandable that faith-based citizens facing thispandemic feel particularly frustrated and vulnerable, sep-arated from the very moorings that keep them steady andhopeful. But there are specific health reasons behind thelimitations. They won’t last forever.THIS EDITORIAL first appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday. Thiscommentary should be considered another point of view and not necessarily theopinion or editorial policy of The Dominion Post.
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A hashtag in search of a scandalAS AMERICAN DEATHS FROM THECORONAVIRUS APPROACHED85,000, the largest outbreak inthe world by far, President Don-ald Trump was playing, “I KnowSomething You Don’t Know”with a newspaper reporter.
“In one of your Mother’s Dayt we e t s, ” The Washington Post’sPhilip Rucker asked the presi-dent last week, “you appeared toaccuse (former) President(Barack) Obama of ‘the biggestpolitical crime in American his-tory, by far.’ Those were yourwords. What crime exactly areyou accusing President Obamaof committing, and do youbelieve the Justice Departmentshould prosecute him?”
It was the kind of questionthat Trump and his devotedMAGA supporters routinely call“h o s t i l e, ” “nasty” or “f aken ew s. ” How dare we journalistsquote this president’s own wordsback to him — especially whenhe doesn’t have a good answer.
“Uh, Obamagate, it’s beengoing on for a long time,” thepresident responded, slowly atfirst, as if he was silently tryingto sort out which version of real-ity he would trot out this time.“It’s been going on from before Ieven got elected and it’s a dis-grace that it happened, and ifyou look at what’s gone on and ifyou look at now, all this infor-mation that’s being released —and from what I understand,t h at ’s only the beginning —some terrible things happened,and it should never be allowed tohappen in our coun-try again.”
“Disg race”?“Going on for a longtime”? “Ter riblethings happened”?That was not anexplanation. It wasa Trump-splanation,the verbal equiva-lent of treadingwater as the sharkscircle around, try-ing to hold himaccountable for hisown statements.
When Trump
then tried to move on to anotherreporter, Rucker politely askedagain, what exactly is the crimethat Obama allegedly committed?
Here Trump resorted to afamiliar target: The press.
“You know what the crimei s, ” he said. “The crime is veryobvious to everybody. All youhave to do is read the newspa-pers, except yours.”
The only thing “very obvi-ous” about “Obamag ate” is thatit appears to be a hashtag insearch of an actual scandal.Think of it as Trump-style targetmarketing, launched like code toprovide his core supporters withanother excuse to ignore hiscontroversial responses to thepandemic crisis.
Among the allegations:Obama and Biden had advanceknowledge of the FBI’s plans tointerview Trump’s first nationalsecurity adviser Michael Flynnabout phone calls he had withthe Russian ambassador to theU.S. during the 2017 presidentialtransition period.
With that knowledge, Bidenallegedly requested the “unmask -ing” of Flynn, who turned up as
an unnamed American in intel-ligence collected from the com-munications by foreigners underU.S. surveillance. Former Obamaadministration officials denythat Biden or Obama knew inadvance about the FBI’s inter-view of Flynn, a contention thatis backed up by the same doc-uments that Team Trump cites tosupport their claims.
Besides, requests from theWhite House to unmask the iden-tities of Americans who turn upin collected intelligence arehardly unusual. Several thousandsuch requests, including from theObama and Trump administra-tions, are approved by theNational Security Agency eachyear for authorized purposes.
But as we have seen with otherTrumpian scandal charges, frombirthers to Benghazi, this pres-ident does not need to have much“t h e re ” there to make groundlesscharges. All it took in this casewas a biting critique from hispredecessor in office about hishandling of the pandemic.
An “absolute chaotic disas-ter” is how Obama described thecurrent president’s handling ofthe pandemic in a recordingobtained by Yahoo News of aconversation with veterans ofhis administration.
Obama also criticized the Jus-tice Department’s dropping itscriminal case against Flynn,saying he feared that the “basicunderstanding of rule of law isat risk.”
With the coronavirus pan-demic escalating, Trump waseager to change the subject.
Even if he could not per-suade any new supporters
with his shallow-as-a-birdbath attacks, hecould boost spirits —and anger — in hisown base with his oldreliable BOF defense:Blame Obama first.
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Dorothy NicholsonDorothy Hartzell
Nicholson, 88, of PierpontCenter, Fairmont, and for-merly of Greenbriar Vil-lage in Morgantown,passed away Saturday,May 16, 2020, at the UnitedHospital Center inBridge port.
She was born Jan. 20,1932, in Morgantown, adaughter of the lateClarence Hartzell and GraceB ro o k s.
Visitation will be at Der-ing-Henson Funeral Homefrom noon-1 p.m. Wednes-day, May 20. Funeral ser-
vices will begin in thefuneral home chapel at1 p.m. with the Rev. NeilLeftwich officiating. Burialwill follow in the MountUnion Cemetery.
When attending the vis-itation and funeral service,we ask that you followproper social distancing.
Caring services are pro-vided by Dering-HensonFuneral Home.
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Jasper KaloJasper A. “Jay ” Kalo, 93,
passed away Sunday, May 17,2020, at Home Away from
Home inGrafton. Hewas bornDec. 11, 1926,in Morgan-town, the sonof the lateRozalia (Bar-tok) Kaloand JosephJ. Kalo Jr.
In addition to his par-ents, Jay was preceded indeath by his wife of 66 years,Catherine (Hamric) Kalo,and brothers Joseph Kaloand James Kalo.
Jay is survived bydaughters, Cynthia Steen-stra and husband Carl, ofGrafton, Marlene Kalo, ofGrafton, Sharon Tzavarasand husband Pete, of Mor-gantown, and Laura KaloGow and husband David, ofChemainus, BritishColumbia, Canada andNew Orleans,; grandchil-dren, Erica Steenstra Bun-ner and husband Curt, ofCrestview, Ky., JeremySteenstra and wife Aterra,of Morgantown, and Lau-ren Fellner, of Vail, Colo.; agreat-grandson, CarlinBunner and great-grand-daughters Audra andAurora Steenstra; one sis-ter, Rose Bacho, ofWilliamsburg, Va., and twosisters-in-law, Helen Kalo,of Morgantown, and RuthKalo, of Keyser; and severalnieces and nephews.
Jay graduated from Mor-gantown High School in1944 and from WVU in 1948with a chemistry degree.After marrying his collegesweetheart, CatherineHamric, on Jan. 3, 1949, Jaymoved to Grafton.
After working at HamricMotors, a Buick-Pontiacdealership, Jay went intobusiness for himself in1956, purchasing theChevrolet and Olds Deal-ership. He added the Jeepfranchise in 1961 and pur-chased the Buick and Pon-tiac dealership in 1962,making Kalo Motors one ofthe first GM dealershipseast of the MississippiRiver to have four of fivefranchises under one roof.
Jay sold Kalo Motors andretired in 1989.
Jay was a past presidentof the Kiwanis Club andheld membership in theGrafton Jaycees, theGrafton Elks Lodge, theTygart Lake Country Club,the WVU Wheels Club, theWVU Alumni Associationand the WV AutomobileDealers Association.Always civic-minded, hesupported many organiza-tions in Taylor County,served on the restorationcommittee for the Mother’sDay Shrine and was pres-ident of industries forGrafton from 1990-2003.
An avid golfer, Jay wasone of the founders ofTygart Lake Golf Course.Jay was the 1998 WV SeniorAmateur Gold DivisionWinner First Flight. Healso enjoyed hunting, fish-ing and bowling on teamsin Philippi, Grafton andRuskin, Fla. where he andCatherine wintered afterretirement. When not onthe golf course, Jay could befound working in his veg-etable gardens.
A member of St. Augus-tine Catholic Church, heserved as treasurer and par-ticipated in the Knights ofColumbus. Jay frequentlyattended the First BaptistChurch and the BeulahBaptist with his wife andattended the Church of theGood Shepherd for eventsinvolving grandchildrenand great-grandchildren.
The family thanks all thestaff at Home Away fromHome, the hospice staff andthe medical staff at theTygart Valley Total CareClinic for all the excellentcare provided during thelast few months.
A graveside service willbe held at the WoodsdaleMemorial Park Cemeteryat 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 22,with the Rev. David Spenceof ficiating.
Donald G. Ford FuneralHome in Grafton is incharge of the funeralarrangements for the Kalof amily.
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Ralph KennedyRalph W. Kennedy, 95, of
Mt. Morris, Pa., died at3:04 p.m. Monday, May 18,2020, at Evergreen AssistedLiving in Waynesburg, Pa.
He was born Monday,Sept. 8, 1924, in Mt. Morris,Pa., a son of the late FrankKennedy and GraceHeadley Kennedy.
Mr. Kennedy was a mem-ber of the Mt. Morris GospelTabernacle Assembly ofGod Church where heserved as a Sunday schoolteacher for 30 years and wassong leader for 45 years. Hewas a veteran, havingserved with the UnitedStates Army as a staffsergeant during World WarII. He was stationed for twoyears in Germany. Heworked as the maintenancesupervisor for the West Vir-ginia University athleticdepartment for 33 years,retiring in 1986.
He is survived by hiswife, Grace Marly FoxKennedy, whom he marriedon Dec. 24, 1948.
Also surviving are threedaughters, Lois Garrison,Joyce Clark and her hus-band Henry and Leah Nut-ter and her husbandCharles, all of Mt. Morris,Pa.; two sons, RobertKennedy and his wife
Tammy, of Mt. Morris, Pa.,and James Kennedy and hiswife Robin, of Perry, Mich.;12 grandchildren; and10 great-grandchildren;and several nieces andnephews. He was the last ofhis immediate family.
Deceased are one sister,Helen Carter, and onebrother, Harold Kennedy.
Due to the restrictionsof the CDC regardingCOVID-19, visitation andservices for Ralph will beprivate for the family andby invitation only withPastor Bruce Craig andPastor Willard Rowan offi-ciating. Milliken andThrockmorton FH Inc.Daryl L. ThrockmortonOwner/Director, 324 Mt.Morris Road, P.O. Box478 Mount Morris, PA15349 have been entrustedwith his arrangements.Private burial will be inCedar Grove Cemetery,Mt. Morris, Pa. The familywould like to thankAmedisys Hospice ofMasontown, Pa. and Ever-green Assisted Living inWaynesburg, Pa. for thecare they gave to Ralphand the family.
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Man gouges neighbor’seyes over rooster
PRINCETON — AWest Virginia manaccused of gouging outhis neighbor’s eyes overa loud rooster has beencharged with murder,authorities said.
Richard Wayne Elli-son, 47, of Rock wasarrested Sunday by theMercer County Sheriff ’sDepartment in the killingof Benny Foutch, theBluefield Daily Tele-graph reported, citing astatement from thea g ency.
In an interview, Elli-son told a detective thathe killed the roosterbecause it was crowingand then gouged out hisneighbor’s eyes becauseLucifer made him do it,according to a criminalcomplaint.
Emergency crews ini-tially responded to arequest for a mental eval-uation, the complaintsaid. The Princeton Res-cue Squad found thebody of the victim out-side and requested lawe n fo rc e m e n t .
“When looking at thevictim, the gouging out ofhis eyes appeared to behis cause of death,” thecompliant said, but thebody was being sent fora u t o p s y.
Ellison was arraignedand a judge set a $200,000cash-only bond. It’sw a s n’t immediately clearwhether Ellison has anattor ney.
Voting registration forprimary ends Tuesday
CHARLESTON —Tuesday is the deadlineto register to vote in WestVi r g i n i a ’s rescheduledJune 9 primary election.
This year, countyclerks sent absentee vot-ing applications to everyregistered voter in thestate to allow for morevoting options during thepandemic. As of Thurs-day, more than 220,000voters or 18% of all reg-istered voters in the statehave requested absenteeballots, Secretary of StateMac Warner said in astatement last week. Inprevious years, less than3% of voters cast theirballots using absenteevo t i n g .
Eligible voters have theoption of casting their bal-lots in-person on electionday, during a 10-day earlyvoting period or throughthe expanded use of the
excused absentee ballotprocess due to the coro-navirus outbreak, Warnersaid. Certain eligible vot-ers can also vote throughelectronic absentee voting.
Warner said faceshields, masks, hand san-itizers and other clean-ing supplies will be usedto keep polling stationssanitized during in-per-son early voting fromMay 27-June 6, and onelection day.
Eligible voters canregister to vote online, inperson or by mail.
Charleston createsonline art database
CHARLESTON — T hecity of Charleston onMonday created anonline art database forpeople to use during thecoronavirus pandemic.
Nearly 250 works ofpublic art can be viewedon the database alongwith a mapping functionthrough seven differentareas of the city.
“While we are work-ing to slow the spread ofCOVID-19 and are stayinghome more in an effort tostay socially distant, wewant to provide opportu-nities for learning,” saidJeff Pierson, public artd i re c t o r.
Each piece in thedatabase has informationon the artist and whenthe piece was created.
DMV offices movingto appointments
CHARLESTON — T heWest Virginia DMV willallow some of its regionaloffices to resume ser-vices by appointmentnext week, officials saidM o n d ay.
DMV CommissionerEverett Frazier saidappointments will beginMay 26 for in-person ser-vices such as getting anoriginal identificationc a rd .
Appointments will beavailable at offices inCharleston, Winfield,Beckley, Charles Town,Huntington, Moundsville,Fairmont, Flatwoods,Romney and Parkers-burg. The DMV is sched-uled to launch an onlineappointment schedulingapp sometime this week.
Driver skill examina-tions will also resumeMay 26.
Frazier alsoannounced Monday thathe is allowing driver’slicenses, instructionalpermits and vehicle reg-istrations that expiredMarch 1 or later to bevalid until August 1.
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Antidote to coronavirus blues? A Picasso on your wallAssociated Press
LE PECQ, France —H ow ’s this as an antidotefor coronavirus blues: Agenuine painting by PabloPicasso on your wall.
After an eight-weekdelay caused by France’sCOVID-19 lockdown, theChristie’s auction house inParis is hosting a raffledraw Wednesday for“Nature Morte,” an oil oncanvas that Picasso paintedin 1921.
Proceeds will help pro-vide villagers in Cameroon,Madagascar and Moroccowith water — a basic needmore essential than evernow for people to wash andprotect themselves againstthe global pandemic.
Raffle organizers saidthey have already raised$5.4 million by selling50,000 tickets online for$109 each. Their hoped-for
sales target was 200,000tickets, but the coronaviruscrisis complicated thetask.
Buyers have so far comefrom more than 100 coun-tries, with the bulk sold inFrance, the United States,Switzerland and Italy. Thewinner of a similar raffle in2013 was a 25-year-old firesprinkler worker fromPe n n s y l va n i a .
“I hope this time it willbe won by, maybe, some-body who is living else-where, for example SouthAmerica or the MiddleEast. Just to diversify. It isgood that Picasso hasspread all over the world,”said David Nahmad, the bil-lionaire art dealer who sup-plied the painting for theraffle at what he says is aknock-down price.
Originally, raffle organiz-ers promised to pay $1.09 mil-lion for the work which Nah-
mad says is worth “at leasttwo, three times” that. But hetold The Associated Press inan interview this week thathe is now dropping the priceto 900,000 euros to supportthe cause.
“With the pandemicaround the world andviruses, everybody must beclean, and to have cleanwater is so important,”Nahmad said. “I appreciateall the people who havebeen generous and becauseof that I am going to give adeduction from my part, onthe Picasso, of 100,000 eurosto help in this particulardifficult moment.”
Organizers decided topay Nahmad for the paint-ing, rather than push for afree donation, because theyhope to encourage other col-lectors or galleries to alsopart with Picasso works forfuture charity raffles.
Nahmad, one of the art
wo rl d ’s most influentialdealers, says he owns about300 works by Picasso, thelargest collection in privatehands. “Nature Morte” isthe smallest of his Picassos.The still life, which issigned “P i c a s s o, ” shows anewspaper and a glass ofabsinthe on a wood table.The Spanish genius was anew father, to Paulo, withhis Russian first wife OlgaKhokhlova and was monthsshy of his 40th birthdaywhen he completed thepainting in June 1921.
Nahmad believes theartist, who died in 1973,would have been thrilled bythe prospect of the rafflewinner picking up one ofhis paintings for 100 euros.
“He always wanted to bereasonably priced, thateverybody can afford to buyP i c a s s o, ” Nahmad said.“He wanted to be helpful toeve r y b o dy. ”
Recovered Filipino doctor back helping patientsAssociated Press
MANILA, Philippines —Uncertainties over the coro-navirus remain, but therehave been heartwarminganecdotes too, like the actsof courage and sacrifice ofpeople helping deal with theunprecedented crisis attheir life’s peril.
In the Philippines,41-year-old anesthesiologistManuel Sotelo III knew therisks but kept working in ahospital in a Manila coro-navirus hotspot. He has tolive apart from his family asan agonizing safeguard.
As he feared, he gotinfected. Although he didn’tshow any of the dreadfulsymptoms, death was con-stantly on his mind and hestruggled with isolation inan apartment. At one pointwhile on quarantine, Sotelo
recorded a farewell videofor his daughter and wife.
“My greatest fear wasnot seeing nor being able tohold my daughter again,”he said.
After learning that hewas free of the virus on
April 20, Sotelo waited fordays, then met his daughterin a tearful reunion. Hedonated plasma to help savea COVID-19 patient as an actof thanksgiving.
After the life-threaten-ing experience, Sotelo had
no qualms about courtingdanger again amid a lack ofPhilippine health person-nel fighting infections. Hedonned layers of protectivesuits and a face mask to goback to work helpingp at i e n t s.
AP photo
Anesthesiologist Manuel Sotelo III wears a protective suit as they conduct targeted masstesting among residents at Sampaloc district in Manila, Philippines, May 8.
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Today is Wednesday,May 20, the 141st day of2020. There are 225 daysleft in the year.Highlight:
In 1961, a white mobattacked a busload of Free-dom Riders in Montgomery,Ala., prompting the federalgovernment to send in U.S.marshals to restore order.
On this date:
In 1932, Amelia Earhart tookoff from Newfoundland tobecome the first woman to flysolo across the Atlantic.(Because of weather andequipment problems, Earhartset down in Northern Irelandinstead of her intended des-tination, France.)
In 2009, suspended NFL starMichael Vick was released after19 months in prison for runninga dogfighting ring to begin twomonths' home confinement.
Today's Birthdays:Actor-author James McEachinis 90. Singer-actress Cher is74. Actor-comedian DaveThomas is 72. Rock musicianWarren Cann is 70. TV-radiopersonality Ron Reagan is 62.Rock musician Jane Wiedlin(The Go-Go's) is 62. ActorJohn Billingsley is 60. ActorTony Goldwyn is 60. SingerNick Heyward is 59. TV per-sonality Ted Allen is 55.Actress Mindy Cohn is 54.Rock musician Tom Gorman(Belly) is 54. Actress GinaRavera is 54. Actor TimothyOlyphant is 52. Former racecar driver Tony Stewart is 49.Rapper Busta Rhymes is 48.Actress Daya Vaidya is 47.Rock musician Ryan Martinieis 45. Actress AngelaGoethals is 43. Actress-singer Naturi Naughton is 36.
Wo m a n’s focus on fitnessis hard for friend to bearDEAR ABBY: I’ve beenfriends with “Lor raine”for 30 years. Actually,the friendship is kind ofone-sided because shebugs the hell out of me.
She’s a super-skinnyhealth nut who con-stantly posts healthadvice and “uplifting”mantras on socialmedia. Her Instagramfeed is filled with pic-tures of her bland-look-ing vegan food and herdoing yoga poses orrunning 5Ks in midrifftops so we can all seeher six-pack abs.
Dining with her isembarrassing becauseshe grills the waiterson how the food is pre-pared, even in veganrestaurants that list allingredients. She comesoff — to me, anyway —as thinking she hasevery facet of life fig-ured out. She has beenmarried twice to twojerks, keeps breakingand making up with“Har ry,” a seeminglynice guy, because he’sfat (he’s slightly plumpyet attractive) anddrinks too much.
I’m not perfect (Iknow I’m lazy, impa-tient and drink toomuch), but I don’t por-tray myself as other-wise. My husband, anicer person than I am,d o e s n’t understand myresentment of Lorraineand keeps remindingme how much she loves
me. She does. We’reboth in our 50s, but Ifeel like I’ve outgrownour friendship.
By the way, I don’tthink I’m jealous of herbecause I’m very happyin my marriage and feelthat I am more attrac-tive than she is. Must Istay friends with Lor-raine? If not, how do Iend it? — CANCELINGHER IN KANSAS CITY
DEAR CANCELING:It appears you have alove/hate relationshipwith Lorraine. Nothingis wrong with you, andno law says you mustmaintain a friendshipwith her. The way toend your relationshipwith her would be tomake yourself lessavailable when she callsor wants to get together.If she asks you why,explain that you havefewer of the same inter-ests than you used to,while omitting the partabout her six-pack abs.
JEANNE PHILLIPS writes “DearAbby” under the pseudonymAbigail Van Buren. Write DearAbby at DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.
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In The Dominion Post’s ongoingWednesday feature, QuarantineKitchen, we highlight dishes pre-pared by readers, staffers and chefsat our local restaurants, in an effortto keep us connected through food.
Today, we’re sharing SargassoChef Thomas Metzler’s Honey Cake,which has been featured recently atthe restaurant.
While not a recipe for the faint-of-heart, devotees promise the payoffmakes the hard work worthwhile.
“Chef Metzler’s recipe is defi-nitely for the intermediate (orVERY PATIENT) home baker, butthe results are so worth it,” Sar-gasso Manager Caitlin O’Connellassured us in an email.
This honey cake — also calledmedovik, is a traditional Russiant re at .
“ ‘M e d ov i k , ’ or ‘M a rl e n k a , ’depending on where you’re from —also known as Russian honey cake— has long been one of the mostpopular desserts in Russia, and thestory of its origin begins in theearly 19th century in the ImperialPalace kitchen of Emperor Alexan-der I,” an email from O’Connellexplained. “His wife, Empress Eliz-abeth, strongly disliked honey untila young new confectioner in theImperial kitchen, unaware of theE m p re s s ’ aversion, baked a cakewith honey and thick sour cream.Surprisingly, and unaware of theingredients, Empress Elizabethimmediately fell in love with the
delicious cake.”Chef Metzler is confident home
bakers will fall in love with it, too— just don’t psyche yourself outbefore you start. It looks more dif-ficult than it is, he said. It maytake a minute, but the results arer av i s h i n g .
“There are a million ways tomake this dessert, but this is mypersonal take on it,” he said. “D o n’tlet the instructions overwhelm you.It’s not complicated, just time con-suming. Perfect for when you needa fun baking project sure to please
the pickiest of tasters.”
CHEF THOMAS METZLER’SHONEY CAKEFor the cake layers:
170 g butter
170 g sugar
200 g honey
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
5 eggs
4 cups flour
Monongalia County HealthDepartment will partner with theWest Virginia National Guard totest individuals Friday and Sat-urday at three locations, in accor-dance with Gov. Jim Justice’sorder to provide free COVID-19testing to vulnerable populationsin certain counties.
Testing will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Friday at the Big Lots parking lotin Westover, and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Saturday at the WVU Coliseum
parking lot and at MountainviewElementary. All three sites havebus transportation available.
“This testing will be providedto people even if they don’t haves y m p t o m s, ” said Dr. Lee B. Smith,MCHD executive director andcounty health officer. “They alsowo n’t need a physician’s order orhealth insurance.”
Testing will accommodatepedestrians as well as individualsin their vehicles. Tests will beconducted on a first come, firstserved basis.
“While any resident of Monon-galia County is eligible to get thetesting, it is geared toward vul-nerable populations, includingminorities, those with special needs
and individuals without primaryhealth care providers,” Smith said.
In order to help notify individ-uals of their test results, all par-ticipants will need to provide theirname, date of birth and a telephonenumber where test results may bereported. Monongalia CountyHealth Department staff will be incontact with everyone who tests,letting them know if their resultsare positive or negative.
“In an effort to stop the spreadof this viral disease, which maycause illness, hospitalization oreven death, people who test pos-itive will be asked about anyonein their family and social circle,which is called ‘contact tracing,’”Smith said. “This will allow our
staff members to find other indi-viduals who also might have beeninfected with COVID-19.”
Anyone who arrives for testingat any of the sites should wear amask or face covering.
Once individuals are tested,they are asked to go home andremain there until they learntheir results. This is the standardprotocol for anyone tested.
The West Virginia NationalGuard medical staff will assistMCHD staff with nasal swabbing.
To obtain a good specimen fortesting, the person performingthe test places a small, flexible Q-tip-like swab in the nose, which isadvanced to the back of the throatand then removed after several
seconds. There is slight and tem-porary discomfort.
Results may take several days.Any questions may be
addressed to Monongalia CountyHealth Department at 304-598-5100.
Frequently asked questionsmay be found on the healthde partment’s website,m o n ch d . o r g / c ov i d - 1 9 . h t m l .
For those who do have healthinsurance, there will be no chargeor co-pay for anyone. However,MCHD would like to obtain someadministration fees from theinsurance company to help coversupplies and employee time, soinsurance information will bere q u e s t e d .
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Sargasso Chef shareshis recipe for Russiandessert, Honey Cake
MCHD, NationalGuard partner onnew virus initiative
Compassion atWork: 2020pandemic edition
Council discussesreopening plans
No m i n at i o n scan be sent inevery Monday
MON COUNTY
BY JIM [email protected]
Eyes crinkle.T hat’s how you can tell a
smile from underneath thefolds of a COVID-19 mask.
You saw it the other day.After some thought, you
decided to venture out ofyour quarantine quartersfor that medical appoint-ment you knew yous h o u l d n’t miss, pardon thep a n d e m i c.
The person at the countersteered you through, even asyour glasses were foggingfrom your own mask.
Voices are encouraging.You can tell, even if the
one you heard this morningwas emanating from thesomewhat tinny speakersof a laptop computer.
Said voice belonged toyour kid’s teacher.
And your kid’s teacherwas being just that — n eve rmind the distance-damna-
tions and technology trip-ups of holding class in thesebacterial days.
As a society, Ace Parsisays, we’re well-used toinstitutional politeness.
T here’s always thescripted “sir” and“ma’am,” punctuated by as m i l e.
Because it’s institu-tional, we take it forg ranted.
And because we take itfor granted, we oftentimesmake it thankless andgrinding for the peopledrawing their paychecks insuch endeavors.
T hat’s why Parsi gottogether with some kindredspirits last year to come upwith Mon County Compas-sion at Work.
The idea, he said, was torecognize and celebrate thepeople in service professionswho always go three gearsabove the job description.
Especially, he said, withCOVID-19 asking to speakto a manager.
The organization madeits debut last fall.
Nominees were tapped
BY JIM [email protected]
You can come downtownif you want — but you’restill going to have to keepyour distance.
That was the word fromMorgantown City Councilon Tuesday night as it metremotely in regular sessionto discuss, mainly, the busi-ness of managing people inthe midst of the COVID-19p a n d e m i c.
The “mana g ement”part, in this case, meaningways to keep citizens assafe as possible in the city,post-Stay at Home.
Council voted 7-0 toextend Gov. Jim Justice’searlier state of emergencydeclaration through Sept. 25.The measure will temporar-ily reduce restrictions onoutdoor dining and parkingdowntown as restaurantsand retailers begin onceagain courting patrons.
Free parking will remaindowntown for now, and thecity has started a collab-oration with Main StreetMorgantown — “To makethis a workable program,”
Morgantown Mayor BillKawecki said.
A workable programproceeding with caution,interim city managerEmily Muzzarelli said.
And, hopefully, facemasks, she added.
“We need to be awarethat the pandemic is farfrom over.”
While some city build-ings will begin reopeningon Tuesday of next week,social distancing will stillbe enforced, she said.
The numbers of peopleallowed in waiting areasand lobbies will be limited,she said, and not all officesand areas will be open to thep u bl i c.
“It’s going to look dif-f e re n t , ” she said.
Some staff will move backinto their offices in City Hallstarting Tuesday, she said,while others will continue towork from home.
The city is also extendingits outdoor dining programthrough Aug. 31 to include allrestaurants in Morgantown.
M O R G A N T OW N
Submitted photo
‘Medovik,’ or ‘Marlenka,’ depending on where you’re from — also known as Russian honey cake — has long been oneof the most popular desserts in Russia. Today, we share a version made by Sargasso Chef Thomas Metzler.
Submitted photo
Sargasso Chef Thomas Metzler creates many fine dining dishes for therestaurant, including the honey cake he shared today.
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PRESTON COUNTY
Commissioners informed of COVID-related yard sale guidelinesBY KATHY [email protected]
KINGWOOD — Ya rdsales are allowed but dis-couraged, Preston CountyCommissioners were toldT u e s d ay.
Preston Health Depart-ment Director V.J. Davisanswered the yard salequestion, which Commis-sion President SamanthaStone said she received.
Davis updates commis-sioners weekly on COVID-19. Preston County has had15 confirmed cases of thevirus. Davis said the gov-ernor recently gave guid-ance on auctions, flea mar-
kets and yard sales.“Basically as long as you
d o n’t have more than 25 peo-ple congregating, peoplepracticing the social dis-tancing, encourage the facem a s k s, ” Davis said, yardsales are allowed. “The onlyprecaution that I would betelling people with personalyard sales is they may wantto check with their home-ow n e r s ’ i n s u r a n c e. ”
That would be to ensurethey were covered by theinsurance if someone saidthey caught COVID-19 at ayard sale.
“We are definitelyencouraging people not tohave yard sales. This is just
something they don’t reallyneed to do right now, but weunderstand that some peo-ple are going to. If they aregoing to do it, do it as safelyas possible,” Davis said.
Stay home if you are sick,maintain social distancingand wear masks while shop-ping and anytime social dis-tancing cannot be main-tained, Davis said.
County AdministratorKathy Mace said thereopening of county build-ings Monday wentsmoothly. “I can only com-mend the public,” shesaid.
Masks are required toenter county buildings, vis-
itors’ temperatures will betaken and a series of healthquestions asked when theyenter the building.
The meeting started anhour past the time postedon agendas last week. Stonesaid the 9 a.m. start timelisted was “a clericaler ror.” The commissionhad agreed to meet laterTuesday because Commis-sioner Don Smith had an8 a.m. meeting with the con-vention and visitorsbureau, where he repre-sents the commission.
The live stream of themeeting had two videointerruptions. Stone saidone was because Commis-
sioner Dave Price’s countytablet was used for thebroadcast and it had analert programmed in.
County Network Spe-cialist William Armtrongsaid he will look into whythe Wi-Fi dropped the videostream on the second inter-ruption. The county hasbought a laptop computerand has a video camera onback order to do the stream-ing, Armstrong said. Heestimated those will costabout $1,200 total.
In other actions, thecommission:n reappointed Vicki
Jenkins to the PrestonCounty Building Commis-
sion for a three-year termand Rosemary Houser tothe County Board of Healthfor another five years.n went into closed ses-
sion with Assessor ConnieErvin on a personnel mat-ter. No action was takena f t e r w a rd s.n agreed to add the Pre-
ston County Dive Team tothe IamResponding app, ata cost of about $325 a year.The app alerts volunteers ofcalls and allows them torespond immediately withwhether they can answerthe call and estimated timeof response.
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Meadowbrook Mall set to [email protected]
In accordance with Gov.Jim Justice’s “West Vir-ginia Strong — The Come-b a ck ” strategy, Meadow-brook Mall will reopen tothe public Thursday.
Although normal mallhours of 10 a.m.-9 p.m.Monday-Saturday and11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday willresume immediately, it issuggested that patronscall or check online for thehours of operations ofindividual stores.
Extensive measures arein place to make every visita safe and healthy one. Allbusinesses and patrons areurged to follow the state’sguidelines for protectingthe health of employees,customers, and their fam-ilies, which may be found athttps://gover nor.wv.gov/Pa g es/T he-Comeback.aspx
Those who visit Mead-owbrook Mall beginningThursday will notice sev-eral changes. Throughoutthe mall, best practices will
be employed to enhancesocial distancing. Themall’s stringent cleaningstandards will be intensi-fied, especially in high-touch areas.
Visitors will also noticenew signage and physicalbarriers to encourageeveryone to practice safe-distancing and otherhealthy behaviors. Many ofthe mall’s retailers willsoon offer “Mall To Go”curbside pickup at desig-nated mall entrances bycalling your favorite store,in advance, to place orders.For a full listing of mer-chants and phone numbers,visit: meadowbrook-m a l l . c o m / d i re c t o r y / .
While the mall itself willbe open, some stores,restaurants and other busi-nesses may be opening at alater date or with alter-ations to their normal rou-tine. Anyone who operates abusiness at MeadowbrookMall is urged to contact themall property manager at
marketingdirector@mead -owbrookmall.com to dis-cuss reopening procedures.
Because of the highdemand for Personal Pro-tection Equipment, Mead-owbrook Mall is developingan easy way for locally-based manufacturers andretailers of such gear to gettheir products to the peoplewho need them. Local man-ufacturers and retailers ofPPE may qualify for freerent at the mall’s new PPEmarketplace. They areencouraged to contactBrian McGahagan at themall’s leasing office fordetails. He may be reachedat 330-747-2746 or by emailat: bmcgahagan@cafaro-c o m p a ny. c o m .
The Meadowbrook MallComplex is on Interstate 79,Exit 121, in Bridgeport. Ithas been serving the peopleof the Bridgeport/Clarks-burg area since 1982. Tolearn more, visit meadow-b ro o k m a l l . c o m .
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Mon County Assessor’sOffice open to walk-ins
The MonongaliaCounty Assessor’s Officewill now see walk-ins.
Hours of operation are9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Fri-day. During this time, theoffice is restricted to hav-ing four taxpayers at amaximum.
“We ask that you bepatient with us duringthis time, as we are work-ing to provide services tothe taxpayers of Monon-galia County,” a state-ment from the officereads. “Even though weare seeing walk-ins, weencourage you to callbefore coming down to
the office to see if wec a n’t take care of yourneeds by phone.
Personal propertyquestions may also beemailed online at fil-ing.com and real estatequestions to ptenney@a s s e s s o r. o r g .
Info: 304-291-7222.
Mountain Line TransitMemorial Day schedule
Mountain Line TransitAuthority reminds itsriders that there will beno local bus service onMemorial Day, Monday.Local service will resumeT u e s d ay.
Grey Line servicebetween Clarksburg andPittsburgh will run asusual throughout the hol-iday. Grey Line reserva-
tions may be made onlinethrough the MountainLine Transit website atbusride.org or at theGrey Line ticket office at420 DuPont Road. ForGrey Line information,call 304-296-3869.
For information on allMountain Line bus routesand schedules, riders cancall 291-RIDE (291-7433)during normal hours ofoperation or visitbu s r i d e. o r g .
Boil water advisoryhas been lifted
The boil water advi-sory for customers ofPleasant Valley PublicService District in Maid-sville, issued on Saturday,has been lifted.
For the honey syrup:
Honey
Water
For the buttercream:
2 cups butter, roomtemperature
8 cups powdered sugar
Vanilla extract
1/4 - 1/2 cup milkFirst, make the cake
l aye r s :Whisk up the eggs with
a tiny bit of salt in a bowl.Melt the butter, honey
and sugar in a heavysaucepan and bring it toa low simmer.
Then add the bakingsoda and whisk it into thebutter mixture. It willbubble up and look reallycool, and will darken at arapid pace. You want itgolden in color, so as soonas it hits that hue, take arubber spatula and trans-fer it into a clean bowl tocool for a few minutes,but not very long, youstill want it fairly hot.
Slowly temper the hotbutter mixture into theeggs. Mix the flour into it.
Cover and refrigerate
to cool completely.Meanwhile, make the
honey syrup. No recipefor this, just mix somehoney with a bit of waterand sugar and bring to aboil. Let cool.
After the dough iscold, divide into 5, 6, 7 or8 portions, depending onhow thick you want thelayers to be.
Roll each portion into acircle slightly larger thanthe springform you’reusing. I suggest a 9 or10-inch springform. I usu-ally go for roughly aneighth on an inch thick.Then lay the rim of the panon top of your circle andcut around the insidep e r i m e t e r.
Do this with all theportioned dough, thenprick holes into themwith a fork, and bake ataround 325 degrees (onparchment paper) forabout 5 minutes. The lay-ers should be thin, so itwo n’t take long at all,d o n’t overbake!
Cool the layers.Make the buttercream:Whisk the room tem-
perature butter in amixer until fluffy, add thepowdered sugar and
vanilla, and add the milkuntil it is the right con-sistency, keeping in mindthat it will firm up con-siderably once on thechilled cake.
Assemble your spring-form and add your firstcake layer into it. Brushgenerously with thehoney syrup. Spread on alayer of buttercream andrepeat until all but onecake layer and a bit of thebuttercream are used up.
Chill the cake for anhour or so, then removethe rim of the springform.
Spread the remainingbuttercream around thec a ke.
Grind up the lastremaining cake layer in afood processor and dis-tribute the resultingcrumbs on top and thesides of the cake.
Done!Chef Metzler’s Pro
Tips: Bake the cutoffpieces that are left overafter you cut your cakelayers, and turn those intocrumbs, that way you canuse an extra layer sinceyou don’t have to save one.
Also, feel free to add abit of sour cream into thebuttercream for a bit oftang!
To orderTo enjoy food from Sar-
gasso itself, Sargasso isopen from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.Wednesday-Friday and4-8 p.m. Saturday.
Orders can be placedonline or via phone 304-554-0100 and the orderinglink can be found on thewebsite at sargassomor-gantown.com or on Insta-gram and Twitter: @sar-gassowv in the bio.
The restaurant plansto reopen for dine-in ser-vice on May 27.
Current offersn Sargasso has been
continuously updating itsmenu to make it moretake-out friendly, and hasrecently added a familystyle meal as one of itsoptions. This will feed3-5 people and cost $100,and the selection of whatis served will changeweekly. For updates, go tosarg assomorg an-town.com, or visit there s t a u r a n t ’s Facebookpage at https://www.face-book.com/Sarg assoMor-g antown/
Individual dishes arealso available for take-out, including appetizers,soups, salads, sandwichesand entrees.
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and an awards ceremonywas held after Thanksgiv-ing, a day sanctioned forthe counting of blessings.
Parsi said we’re all espe-cially blessed by the essen-tial employees in these timesof medical uncertainty.
Maybe it’s that worker atthe clinic or hospital, hesaid, or that teacher, or thatvolunteer, even, packingbreakfast and lunch for thefeeding program.
Thus, the 2020 PandemicEdition of Mon CountyCompassion at Work.
The organization is part-nering with The DominionPost so the light can shineon people doing good workin the care of others duringthis time.
In other words, Parsisaid, making a big dealabout the people — wh od o n’t make a big deal aboutwhat they do.
You may nominate some-one every Monday by vis-iting Mon County Compas-
sion at Work on Facebook,he said.
Or, email MonCounty-C o m p a s s i o n A t Wo rk @gmail.com anytime, he said.
Just remember to includethe person’s name and anote for the nomination oneither format, he said.
“It’s about empathy,”Parsi said.
“We live in a good com-munity, and communitiesare the sum of our indi-vidual actions.”
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That includesallowances for tables andchairs, plus expanded park-ing opportunities.
Restaurants, Muzzarelli
said, still must complete anapplication and provide asimple line-drawing detailingtheir requested dining space.
The application is avail-able online at the city’sCOVID-19 website.
In other business, the city
also received a $69,000 grantfrom the Federal AviationAdministration to cover pay-roll and other operationalcosts at Hart Field, as com-muter flight traffic has beencurtailed by COVID-19.
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SPORTS EDITOR: SEAN MANNING 304-291-9430 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: DomPostSportsC O N N EC T
BY ANDREW [email protected]
It didn’t take long for Trinity Christian tohire a new head football coach, namingChris Simpson as the Warriors’ f ro n t m a nTuesday afternoon.
Simpson, the Warriors’ offensive, specialteams and passing game coordinator in 2019,is the program’s second head coach in twoseasons and looks to continue to build onwhat the staff started last year. Marcus Lawresigned after one season to spend more timewith family as he and his wife are expectinga baby in August.
“I know the capabilities of the current andupcoming players, and I look forward towatching them grow into their full poten-tial,” Simpson said. “Last year proved howresilient they were. Any time you go into anew program with kids who aren’t as phys-ically mature — we took the field a lot withfreshman versus seniors — but this groupkept proving how resilient they were. Ittested them from a physical and mentallevel. These kids responded really well andnever gave up.”
The Warriors exceeded many expec-tations in 2019, albeit ending the season2-8. Led by a group of freshmen, the teamhas plenty of time to grow with Simpsonat the reins. A former semi-professionaland arena football player, Simpsonbrings a lot to the table. He was also theformer head coach and co-owner of WestVirginia SMASH, a semi-pro team in the
Gridiron Developmental FootballLea gue.
“They understand the pressure thatgoes along with it,” Simpson said of hisyoung team. “I’m looking forward to seeingthe continued growth and maturity on and
off the field. What I’ve enjoyed is being ableto go back and get to the fundamentals ofthe game. Before coaching at that level, Inever had the opportunity to teach much
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For a second consecutive year,WVU matched its highest score inthe NCAA’s Academic ProgressRate (APR).
The school’s combined score of985, announced Tuesday, is thesame as last year and is two pointshigher than the NCAA’s average.
The APR is calculated for each
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
School boasts a 985,which is two pointsmore than average
F O O T BA L L
NEW MAN IN CHARGE
WVU matches its highestscore in NCAA’s APR
sport based upon each individualat h l e t e ’s ability to stay eligibleand enrolled on a semester-by-semester basis.
The scores are a cumulative lookfrom the 2015-19 academic years.
All 17 of WVU’s varsity sportswere at least 30 points higher thanthe NCAA’s minimum of 930.
Falling below that mark couldbring immediate penalties from theNCAA, including postseason bans.
The rifle and golf teams earnedperfect scores of 1,000.
“Once again, our record-highscore is a testament to our stu-dent-athletes, our coaching
staffs and our academic supportunit,” WVU Director of Athlet-ics Shane Lyons said in a state-ment. “We continue to be proudof the high level of academicsuccess with our student-ath-letes and to consistently beabove the national average.
“I would like to congratulatethe golf and rifle programs fortheir perfect four-year APRscores of 1,000. We are thrilledto have golf, rifle and men’sbasketball being publicly rec-ognized by the NCAA for thetop APR scores in their respec-
WVUa dd st ra n s fe rB ra n d
BY SEAN [email protected]
The West Virginia footballteam continues to improve its ros-ter this week through the transfer
portal, with thecommitment ofMarylandlinebacker BryceBrand.
“No matter thepressure I standon both feet ...Thankful, 100%committed,”Brand tweeted
Monday night with photos of himdonning a WVU uniform.
Brand’s commitment comestwo days after Arizona gradtransfer safety Scottie Youngannounced he was headed toMorgantown to finish out hiscollege career. Young will beimmediately eligible in 2020, butBrand, who entered the transferportal in January, will likelyneed to sit out a season due toNCAA transfer rules, but couldfile a waiver to become imme-diately eligible. He will have twoyears to play two seasons.
Brand brings a lot of versa-tility to the defensive front-seven— he primarily played defensiveline for the Terps the last twoseasons, but was a middlelinebacker as a 3-star recruitfrom Detroit in 2017. He can alsoplay as an edge rusher atlinebacker — his new Twitter bioclaims he is a “West VirginiaUniversity outside linebacker” —and with what WVU defensivecoordinator Vic Koenning likesto do with his scheme, Brandcould fill a vital role.
Brand, at 5-foot-11 and 248pounds, took a big leap forwardfrom his redshirt-freshmanseason to his sophomore cam-paign, playing in all 12 gamesin 2019, posting 12 tackles withfour for loss and one sack. Hemade his first career startagainst Syracuse. Brandplayed in 26 games, tallying 28tackles, seven tackles for lossand two sacks.
If Brand is eligible in 2020, hewill have a chance to play againsthis former teammates Sept. 19when Maryland plays at MilanPuskar Stadium. Regardless, theMountaineers are slated to openthe 2021 season at Maryland, soBrand will make a trip to hisformer home.
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Former MarylandLB brings versatilityto Mountaineers
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
NCAA postseason bansnearly double despitesteady APR statisticsAssociated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — T henumber of teams facing post-season bans because of lowscores on the NCAA’s Aca-demic Progress Rate hasnearly doubled in one year.
Fifteen teams face the mostsevere sanction next season orthe season after compared witheight in 2019-20. Stephen F.Austin and Alabama A&M each
had three teams on the listreleased Tuesday.
Any teams posting a four-year score below 930, which pre-dicts about a 50% graduationrate, can be penalized. Scoresare based on academic eligibil-ity, graduation and retention.Each athlete receives one pointper semester if they remain aca-demically eligible and another if
BryceBrand
Trinity names Simpsonnew football head coach
Submitted photo
Simpson becomes the second head coach in two seasons for the Warriors, and will look tobuild off last season’s 2-8 record.
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The Dominion Post file photo
Trinity quarterback Drew Boczek looks to make a pass last season. The school hired last year’s offensive and passing game coordinatorChris Simpson as the new head coach, replacing Marcus Law.
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tive sports.”The men’s basketball (995),
wo m e n’s basketball (996) andgolf (1,000) teams had thehighest scores among the Big12 Conference.
The men’s soccer (993)team had the highestscore in the Mid-Ameri-can Conference.
According to WVUm e n’s basketball coachBob Huggins’ contract,he earned a $30,000 incen-tive with his team’s teamAPR score.
The volleyball (977) teamsaw a 17-point increase, thebiggest improvement at theschool, yet it was still
they graduate or return toschool for the next term.
The NCAA announcedlast week that a record1,266 teams had perfectscores of 1,000.
But these scores, whichcover 2015-16 through 2018-19, shows seven teams inDivision I falling below900, with two each atStephen F. Austin andAlabama A&M.
The men’s basketballteam at Stephen F. Austinposted the worst score ofany Division I team, an810, while the Lumber-j a ck s ’ football programfinished with an 894. Bothprograms, along with thes ch o o l ’s baseball team nowface postseason bans.
Ryan Ivey, the school’sathletic director,declined to commentahead of a news confer-ence later Wednesday.
Alabama A&M’s men’strack and field team postedthe second-lowest score inthe nation, 866, and will beprohibited from postsea-son play along with its
m e n’s basketball andwo m e n’s soccer teams.Athletic director KenyattaWalker, however, citedimproving single-yearscores as well as bettermarks in other sports asexamples of progress thes ch o o l ’s athletes havemade in the classroom.
“Our student-athleteshave been resilient andhave risen to the occasion,”Walker said. “We areexcited to see the continuedimprovement in our ath-letic department’s APRscores, this is a true tes-tament to the commitmentand excellence from our stu-dent-athletes, the academicsupport staff and coaches.”
Of the 23 teams facingpenalties, which caninclude reductions in prac-tice time and games played,18 are from historicallyblack colleges and univer-sities. The other five:Chicago State’s men’s bas-ketball program, McNeeseS t at e ’s football programand the three teams fromStephen F. Austin.
Those schools couldelect to delay the penalty byone year following lastwe e k ’s vote by the Division
I committee on academics.Howard and Prairie
View A&M will be ineli-gible in football whileDelaware State andAlabama State face tourneybans in men’s basketball.
“The current state of ourm e n’s basketball programas it pertains to APR hasbeen difficult for all partiesi nvo l ve d , ” Alabama Stateathletics director JenniferLynne Williams said. “T hestaff of ASU’s department ofintercollegiate athletics isparticularly saddened forour student-athletes. Theircomplete student-athleteexperience is what we valuemost, and to have an obsta-cle such as this one impedeon their experience isextremely disappointing.”
All of this comes at atime the NCAA’s numbersreveal a rather stable aca-demic picture: Athletesposted an overall score of983 for the third consec-utive year.
When broken down bysport, things didn’t changemuch, either. Baseball andwo m e n’s basketball teamseach improved by onepoint, to 977 and 983, respec-tively, while football main-
tained last year’s score of977. Men’s basketballdropped one point to 966.
And for the first time,schools will see an eco-nomic payoff from class-room success.
The NCAA will dis-tributing money to schoolsthat post an all-sport, sin-gle-year score of 985 orhigher; that have a Grad-uation Success Rate of 90%or higher; or produce a fed-eral graduation rateamong athletes that topsthe federal average of non-athletes by at least 13 per-centage points.
The Division I board ofdirectors said it will notannounce which schoolsreceive the payout butacknowledged the dollaramounts were impacted bythe cancellation of the men’sbasketball tournament.
“The sustained academicachievement of Division Istudent-athletes is nothingshort of remarkable,”NCAA President MarkEmmert said in a statement.“Their hard work in theclassroom is just as evidentas their efforts on the field.Their success is somethingto be celebrated.”
the lowest score among Big12 schools.
The wrestling (960) teamdropped 27 points, thelargest decrease at WVU,and it was 10th out of 11schools in the Big 12.
The WVU football (960)team saw its score improveby seven points and it wastied for seventh overall inthe Big 12.
WVU’s other scoresincluded: Women’s soc-cer (994), rowing (989),tennis (992), men’s swim-ming & diving (979),wo m e n’s swimming &diving (975), track (985),gymnastics (982), base-ball (971), and cross-coun-try (996).
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on the fundamentals side.It was all about schemat-ics and building a gameplan, and I had to go a lotoff of what other coacheshad instilled in players.
“I enjoy the personalchallenge of trying toteach those techniquesright now and trying tobuild from the groundlevel up. Right now,they’re like clay for us.T hey’ve been extremelyreceptive through the pro-cess and I’m looking for-ward to seeing how theygrow this season.”
According to thes ch o o l ’s news release,Simpson will stress thethree pillars of faith, fam-ily and football in hisapproach to coaching. Hewas chosen from a pool of10 candidates.
Simpson hasn’t finalizedhis staff yet, but anotherformer assistant, MichaelMcKenzie, will be the team’sassistant head coach.
“Coach McKenzie is avalued asset with tremen-dous knowledge of the gameand experience with thep l aye r s, ” Simpson said.
The sophomore-ladenWarriors start the 2020season on the road at Han-nan on Aug. 28. Changes tothe schedule include drop-ping Mapletown (Pa.), theMaryland School of theDeaf and Fairport Hard-ing (Ohio), and addinggames with Cameron, TugValley and ParkersburgCatholic. They will alsoplay Bridgeport andStuebenville Catholic,both from Ohio, both greatprograms that developDivision I talent.
“The mindset going in isthat you don’t want to buildyourself on false pretenses.You want these challenges toprove to the program, spon-sors and everyone at theschool that you’re willing tomake that commitment,”Simpson said. “I don’tbelieve you can hide in theshadows and build up a
schedule that’s really easythen sit around and act likeyou have pride in it.
“I think it’s good to betested and thrown intothe crucible — t h at ’s howwe saw the resiliency lastyear. I think that’s whywe made it as a programlast year, because weknew we were gettingeve r yo n e ’s best shotthroughout the season,and we knew if weblinked and quit there’dbe nothing left.”
Player watchSimpson noted that
although folks should keepan eye on standouts likeDrew Boczek and LeviTeets, there are two otherplayers who have seriouspotential: Kyle Knight andDimitrius Deshields.
“I spent time with Kyleas a freshman and he’s gota leg,” Simpson said. “Hewas hitting regularly over50-yard field goals for mein practice. He’s a bigdeal. He had three or fourtouchbacks off the kickoffwhich is pretty astound-ing, so I’m looking for-ward to see how he pro-gresses as well.”
According to Simpson,Deshields, a MorgantownHigh OL/DL transfer, is“pure power” who hasgood speed and will bringversatility to the defen-sive front. Deshields wasunable to play last yearbut cleared the waiverprocess in time for hissenior season.
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RENTON, Wash. —While sitting at home andwatching the playoffs onTV last season, Bruce Irvinfelt a desire to somehowfind his way back to wherehis NFL career began.
The pull was so strongthat Irvin reached out toone of his former team-mates following the SeattleS e a h aw k s ’ playoff winover Philadelphia.
“After the Philly game,actually, I sent Bobby (Wag-ner) a text while they wereon the plane saying, ‘I wish Iwas on that plane with youall,’” Irvin said Tuesday. “Ijust wanted to come back.”
Irvin got his wish duringthe offseason when Seattlebrought him back on a one-year deal in the hopes thatthe 32-year-old can still be amenace in the pass rushand play outside linebackerduring early downs.
The reunion was severalyears in the making for theformer first-round pickwho entered the leaguewith numerous questionmarks only to become asolid pro. After spendingthe first four seasons of hiscareer with the Seahawks,going to two Super Bowlsand winning one, Irvinmade stops in Oakland,Atlanta and Carolina.
But finding his way backto the Seahawks was always
a desire. Coupled with Seat-tle’s need to bolster its passrush, a return made sense forboth sides this offseason.
“I can’t complain aboutanywhere I’ve been, butnothing has been like Seat-tle. From how we travel, tohow we practice, how theytake care of the older play-ers, from the cafeteria,from totally being on thelake, it’s just everything,”Irvin said. “It’s great. Theyrun it right up there. I’mjust happy to be back.”
Of course, the reuniononly works if Irvin can helpS e at t l e ’s defense, whichtook a step back last sea-
son, largely because of itsinability to get to the quar-terback. Seattle was next-to-last in the NFL with only28 sacks and that was withJadeveon Clowney on thedefensive line.
C l ow n e y ’s return isuncertain, which is why theadditions of Irvin, BensonMayowa and draft picksDarrell Taylor and AltonRobinson were so impor-tant. At the very least, theSeahawks have options intrying to address last sea-s o n’s biggest problem.
“Pass rush is alwayssomething we’re focusedon,” general manager John
Schneider said beforeAp r i l ’s draft. “O bv i o u s ly,we need to do a better job inthat regard and that’s froman acquisition standpoint,from a developmentalstandpoint, and from aschematic standpoint.”
The Seahawks wouldlikely be thrilled if Irvin canmatch what he did last sea-son with Carolina. In just 13games, Irvin had a career-high 8½ sacks including oneof Russell Wilson in a Week15 loss to the Seahawks.Since leaving Seattle afterthe 2015 season, Irvin hasposted at least 6½ sacks ineach of the past four years.
While those aren’t hugenumbers, they’re still bet-ter than any Seattle playerhad last season.
But Irvin’s versatilitygoes beyond the pass rush.Irvin said it’s likely he’ll playthe strongside linebackerposition along the line ofscrimmage in early downsbefore moving to being moreof a pass rusher on third-down situations. It’s similarto what he did in Seattlebefore leaving.
“We got a young groupand we got to work,” Irvinsaid. “I couldn’t predict howmany sacks we’re going toget right now, but I thinkwe ’ve got a young, talentedgroup and I’m going to workto lead these boys. ... I justhope they’re ready to work.”
AP file photo
Bruce Irvin (left) is thrilled to be back where his NFLjourney started. Irvin jumped at the chance to return toSeattle this offseason, but his reunion with the Sea-hawks comes with the expectation he can help a lack-luster pass rush.
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Radiation therapy can causedamage to surrounding tissues
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Dear Reader: R a d i a-tion therapy sessions lastabout 15 minutes and arenot painful. Treatment isadministered five days aweek and lasts fromthree to nine weeks,depending on the cancer.The energy used to killthe cancer cells is quitepowerful and, over time,the nearby healthy tis-sues tend to sustain dam-age. This results in arange of side effects. Acommon one is fatigue,which begins during thecourse of treatment andcan persist for severalweeks or months aftertreatment has ended.Many people developskin problems such asdryness, itching, blister-ing or peeling in the sitewhere the radiation isdelivered. Depending onthe part of the bodyreceiving the treatment,additional side effectscan include swelling, or
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