SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an alleged arson fire and have two suspects in custody.

Just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday crews responded to the fire at Wichita Chicken, in the 1300 Block of North Hillside in Wichita, according to Captain Kelly Zane with the fire investigation's unit of the Wichita Fire Department..

Crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the building. They quickly abandoned efforts at an interior attack on the fire and transitioned to a defensive attack before finally bringing the blaze under control.

Investigators determined the fire was intentionally set and with the help of witnesses identified two suspects.

Authorities arrested Ali Hadi, 21, and Tareo Hadi, 25, on requested charges of arson, according to the Sedgwick County Jail booking report.&nbsp;

The fire caused about $200,000 in damage. No one was hurt, according to Zane.&nbsp; The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589374190869.png" alt="Tareo Hadi photo Sedgwick Co." />
 <figcaption>Tareo Hadi photo Sedgwick Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an alleged arson fire and have two suspects in custody.Just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday crews responded to the fire at Wichita Chicken, in the 1300 Block of North Hillside in Wichita, according to Captain Kelly Zane with the fire investigation's unit of the Wichita Fire Department..Crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the building. They quickly abandoned efforts at an interior attack on the fire and transitioned to a defensive attack before finally bringing the blaze under control.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589374271305.png" alt="Ali Hadi -photo Sedgwick Co." />
 <figcaption>Ali Hadi -photo Sedgwick Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>Investigators determined the fire was intentionally set and with the help of witnesses identified two suspects.Authorities arrested Ali Hadi, 21, and Tareo Hadi, 25, on requested charges of arson, according to the Sedgwick County Jail booking report.&nbsp;The fire caused about $200,000 in damage. No one was hurt, according to Zane.&nbsp; The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney.

2 jailed for allegedly starting $200K Kan. restaurant fire

JACKSON COUNTY&nbsp; —Law enforcement authorities are investigating&nbsp; three suspects following an ongoing drug investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine. 

On Tuesday, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at 714 Idaho, Apt. 11 in Holton, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

 Deputies seized methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a quantity of U.S. currency from the residence. 

They also arrested Nicole Lee Robbins, 37, of Holton, Garnet Marie Williams, 32, of Holton, and Joey Lee Howard, 37, of Topeka. The three were booked into the Jackson County Jail on the following charges:

Robbins is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;Distribute Methamphetamine,&nbsp;Distribute Methamphetamine Marijuana, No drug tax stamp,&nbsp;&nbsp;Unlawful to acquire Proceeds from a drug transaction and possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

&nbsp;Williams is being held for&nbsp;Possession of Methamphetamine, Marijuana, No drug tax stamp and&nbsp;&nbsp;possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

&nbsp;Howard is being held for Possession of Marijuana.

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 <figcaption>Robbins photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY&nbsp; —Law enforcement authorities are investigating&nbsp; three suspects following an ongoing drug investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine. On Tuesday, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at 714 Idaho, Apt. 11 in Holton, according to Sheriff Tim Morse. Deputies seized methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a quantity of U.S. currency from the residence. <figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589418179055.png" alt="Williams photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Williams photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>They also arrested Nicole Lee Robbins, 37, of Holton, Garnet Marie Williams, 32, of Holton, and Joey Lee Howard, 37, of Topeka. The three were booked into the Jackson County Jail on the following charges:Robbins is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;Distribute Methamphetamine,&nbsp;Distribute Methamphetamine Marijuana, No drug tax stamp,&nbsp;&nbsp;Unlawful to acquire Proceeds from a drug transaction and possession of Drug Paraphernalia.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589418267941.png" alt="Howard photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Howard photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>&nbsp;Williams is being held for&nbsp;Possession of Methamphetamine, Marijuana, No drug tax stamp and&nbsp;&nbsp;possession of Drug Paraphernalia.&nbsp;Howard is being held for Possession of Marijuana.

Three arrested for alleged meth distribution in Kansas

Today is Wednesday, May 13, the 134th day of 2020. There are 232 days left in the year.

On May 13, 1940, in his first speech as British prime minister, Winston Churchill told Parliament, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

In 1568, forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots were defeated by troops under her half-brother and Regent of Scotland, the Earl of Moray, in the Battle of Langside, thwarting Mary's attempt to regain power almost a year after she was forced to abdicate.

In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).

In 1914, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama.

In 1916, one of Yiddish literature's most famous authors, Sholem Aleichem, died in New York at age 57.

In 1917, three shepherd children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal; it was the first of six such apparitions that the children claimed to have witnessed.

In 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamp, costing 24 cents and featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, was publicly issued. (On some of the stamps, the "Jenny" was printed upside-down, making them collector's items.)

In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 1972, 118 people died after fire broke out at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka, Japan.

In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group's row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people and destroyed 61 homes.

In 1992, the Falun Gong movement had its beginnings in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun.

In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated federal appeals Judge Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Harry A. Blackmun; Breyer went on to win Senate confirmation.

Ten years ago: Three Pakistani men who authorities say supplied funds to would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad were arrested in a series of raids in New England. President Barack Obama met with police officers who responded to the attempted car-bombing, greeting them at the New York Police Department's high-tech Real Time Crime Center.

Five years ago: The House voted 338-88 to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records and replace it with a system to search the data held by telephone companies on a case-by-case basis. (The measure was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Barack Obama.) Prosecutors and defense attorneys made their final appeals to the jury that would decide the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as jurors began deliberating whether the Boston Marathon bomber should get life in prison or the death penalty. (The jury voted unanimously for death.)

One year ago: Sending Wall Street into a slide, China announced higher tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest penalties on Chinese products; the Dow industrials finished more than 600 points lower. Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer who starred in comedic roles opposite Rock Hudson and Cary Grant in the 1950s and 1960s, died at her California home at the age of 97. Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme; she admitted paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to have a proctor correct her older daughter's answers on the SAT. (Huffman would serve 12 days of a two-week prison sentence.)

Today's Birthdays: Actor Buck Taylor is 82. Actor Harvey Keitel is 81. Author Charles Baxter is 73. Actress Zoe Wanamaker is 72. Actor Franklyn Ajaye is 71. Singer Stevie Wonder is 70. Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich is 68. Actress Leslie Winston is 64. Producer-writer Alan Ball is 63. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 59. "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is 56. Rock musician John Richardson (The Gin Blossoms) is 56. Actor Tom Verica is 56. Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 54. Actress Susan Floyd is 52. Contemporary Christian musician Andy Williams (Casting Crowns) is 48. Actor Brian Geraghty is 45. Actress Samantha Morton is 43. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is 43. Former NBA player Mike Bibby is 42. Rock musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) is 41. Actor Iwan Rheon is 35. Actress-writer-director Lena Dunham is 34. Actor Robert Pattinson is 34. Actress Candice Accola King is 33. Actor Hunter Parrish is 33. Folk-rock musician Wylie Gelber (Dawes) is 32. NHL defenseman P.K. Subban is 32. Actress Debby Ryan is 27.

Thought for Today: "To want to be the cleverest of all is the biggest folly." — Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916).

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573488868914.jpeg" alt="Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a>" />
 <figcaption>Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a></figcaption>
 </figure>Today is Wednesday, May 13, the 134th day of 2020. There are 232 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 13, 1940, in his first speech as British prime minister, Winston Churchill told Parliament, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."On this date:In 1568, forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots were defeated by troops under her half-brother and Regent of Scotland, the Earl of Moray, in the Battle of Langside, thwarting Mary's attempt to regain power almost a year after she was forced to abdicate.In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).In 1914, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama.In 1916, one of Yiddish literature's most famous authors, Sholem Aleichem, died in New York at age 57.In 1917, three shepherd children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal; it was the first of six such apparitions that the children claimed to have witnessed.In 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamp, costing 24 cents and featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, was publicly issued. (On some of the stamps, the "Jenny" was printed upside-down, making them collector's items.)In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.In 1972, 118 people died after fire broke out at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka, Japan.In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group's row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people and destroyed 61 homes.In 1992, the Falun Gong movement had its beginnings in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun.In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated federal appeals Judge Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Harry A. Blackmun; Breyer went on to win Senate confirmation.Ten years ago: Three Pakistani men who authorities say supplied funds to would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad were arrested in a series of raids in New England. President Barack Obama met with police officers who responded to the attempted car-bombing, greeting them at the New York Police Department's high-tech Real Time Crime Center.Five years ago: The House voted 338-88 to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records and replace it with a system to search the data held by telephone companies on a case-by-case basis. (The measure was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Barack Obama.) Prosecutors and defense attorneys made their final appeals to the jury that would decide the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as jurors began deliberating whether the Boston Marathon bomber should get life in prison or the death penalty. (The jury voted unanimously for death.)One year ago: Sending Wall Street into a slide, China announced higher tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest penalties on Chinese products; the Dow industrials finished more than 600 points lower. Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer who starred in comedic roles opposite Rock Hudson and Cary Grant in the 1950s and 1960s, died at her California home at the age of 97. Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme; she admitted paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to have a proctor correct her older daughter's answers on the SAT. (Huffman would serve 12 days of a two-week prison sentence.)Today's Birthdays: Actor Buck Taylor is 82. Actor Harvey Keitel is 81. Author Charles Baxter is 73. Actress Zoe Wanamaker is 72. Actor Franklyn Ajaye is 71. Singer Stevie Wonder is 70. Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich is 68. Actress Leslie Winston is 64. Producer-writer Alan Ball is 63. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 59. "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is 56. Rock musician John Richardson (The Gin Blossoms) is 56. Actor Tom Verica is 56. Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 54. Actress Susan Floyd is 52. Contemporary Christian musician Andy Williams (Casting Crowns) is 48. Actor Brian Geraghty is 45. Actress Samantha Morton is 43. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is 43. Former NBA player Mike Bibby is 42. Rock musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) is 41. Actor Iwan Rheon is 35. Actress-writer-director Lena Dunham is 34. Actor Robert Pattinson is 34. Actress Candice Accola King is 33. Actor Hunter Parrish is 33. Folk-rock musician Wylie Gelber (Dawes) is 32. NHL defenseman P.K. Subban is 32. Actress Debby Ryan is 27.Thought for Today: "To want to be the cleverest of all is the biggest folly." — Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916).Copyright 2020, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Today in History -- May 13

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have a suspect in custody.

Just after 9:30a.m. Sunday, police responded to call at a home in the 4900 block of East Murdock in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.

At the home, police located 36-year-old Sarah Phillips of Wichita unresponsive with trauma to her head.&nbsp; She was pronounced deceased on the scene.&nbsp;

On Sunday, investigators contacted 27-year-old&nbsp; Isaac Pankratz at a home in the 2500 block of West Wildwood regarding the investigation.&nbsp; He was arrested after being found in possession of a sawed-off shotgun.&nbsp; The gun was recovered.

Through further investigation, it was learned the incident was a criminal homicide and that Pankratz and Phillips were both at the home on Murdock when he fired the shotgun, striking her and causing fatal injuries, according to Davidson.&nbsp; Pankratz then fled the scene.&nbsp;

This was not a random incident as Pankratz and Phillips are known to each other. Pankratz is being held on a charge of 1st-degree murder, according to Davidson.

He has been arrested and convicted of charges that include robbery, aggravated assault, theft, and burglary.

The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589311342492.png" alt="Pankratz was released from prison in April, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He has previous convictions for robbery, aggravated assault, theft, and burglary." />
 <figcaption>Pankratz was released from prison in April, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He has previous convictions for robbery, aggravated assault, theft, and burglary.</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have a suspect in custody.Just after 9:30a.m. Sunday, police responded to call at a home in the 4900 block of East Murdock in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.At the home, police located 36-year-old Sarah Phillips of Wichita unresponsive with trauma to her head.&nbsp; She was pronounced deceased on the scene.&nbsp;On Sunday, investigators contacted 27-year-old&nbsp; Isaac Pankratz at a home in the 2500 block of West Wildwood regarding the investigation.&nbsp; He was arrested after being found in possession of a sawed-off shotgun.&nbsp; The gun was recovered.Through further investigation, it was learned the incident was a criminal homicide and that Pankratz and Phillips were both at the home on Murdock when he fired the shotgun, striking her and causing fatal injuries, according to Davidson.&nbsp; Pankratz then fled the scene.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589311083072.png" alt="Pankratz booking photo from Sedgwick County" />
 <figcaption>Pankratz booking photo from Sedgwick County</figcaption>
 </figure>This was not a random incident as Pankratz and Phillips are known to each other. Pankratz is being held on a charge of 1st-degree murder, according to Davidson.He has been arrested and convicted of charges that include robbery, aggravated assault, theft, and burglary.The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.

Man released from Kan. prison last month arrested for woman's murder

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

Zoom. The name of the online meeting service has become commonplace in our vocabularies over the past few months as many of us work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It seems that nearly everyone is using Zoom or a similar service to maintain contact with work colleagues and family members. Add a group of local preschoolers to that list!

In mid-March, pandemic concerns forced Lucy Allin, owner/director/teacher at Little Hands Preschool to close the actual physical school.

"COVID-19 has affected my enrollment and future enrollment. Parents are scared due to job loss or the possibility of job loss," Allin told Salina Post.

Allin, however, continued to supply parents of her students with supplies and lessons, and found a way to continue teaching her students, thanks online technology.

"The preschool has been running via Zoom. I've been buying materials and have gotten some donations and we put together activity packs to help the students learn at home and with me via Zoom and Facebook Live," Allin told Salina Post. "Although less than 20 students, it has been a joy to still interact with them."

Allin said she has been doing two 30-minute Zoom lessons: one for her three- and four-year-olds and one for her four- and five-year-olds.

"This allows me to have smaller classes and change the level of development," she noted.

Allin said she tries to keep Zoom programming close to the original class schedule and uses a lot of visuals.

"We open with our pledge of kindness, our song, then question of the day and a morning message. Next we do journals, a book (or language lesson, math or science and then goodbyes," she explained.

"I try to incorporate music, math, movement, science, art, reading, etc., in all of it without them even noticing. We have challenges each day that children have the option of doing at home with their families," Allin continued. "For example I challenge them to make a pattern with something in their kitchen or find three things that rhyme. Their parents post a picture to show off their work."

For some of the younger children, it may seem to be a struggle, yet Allin offers encouraging words to parents.

"For my younger threes it can be a struggle. I remind parents that though they may get wiggly, they are still absorbing the information," she said. "Most students have adjusted very well. I record our sessions via live so that those who can't make it or if their child gets too wiggly,  they can take a break and come back to it. Do 10 mins, go outside, do 10 mins, take a break, etc."

Allin said she has been able to use the supplies she gives to the students to show them activities they can do at home, such as word or letter practice.

The students' parents have been supportive of Allin's efforts.

"The parents have been in full support. I've heard lots of praise and there has been a lot of parent involvement.  Parent involvement is so important for children's education and development," she said.

Allin plans to have an open house on May 21 and to reopen Little Hands Preschool for the summer program on June 9, she said.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589292462109.jpeg" alt="Little Hands Preschool students have a message for the rest of us. Photo courtesy Little Hands Preschool" />
 <figcaption>Little Hands Preschool students have a message for the rest of us. Photo courtesy Little Hands Preschool</figcaption>
 </figure>By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostZoom. The name of the online meeting service has become commonplace in our vocabularies over the past few months as many of us work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.It seems that nearly everyone is using Zoom or a similar service to maintain contact with work colleagues and family members. Add a group of local preschoolers to that list!In mid-March, pandemic concerns forced Lucy Allin, owner/director/teacher at Little Hands Preschool to close the actual physical school."COVID-19 has affected my enrollment and future enrollment. Parents are scared due to job loss or the possibility of job loss," Allin told Salina Post.Allin, however, continued to supply parents of her students with supplies and lessons, and found a way to continue teaching her students, thanks online technology."The preschool has been running via Zoom. I've been buying materials and have gotten some donations and we put together activity packs to help the students learn at home and with me via Zoom and Facebook Live," Allin told Salina Post. "Although less than 20 students, it has been a joy to still interact with them."Allin said she has been doing two 30-minute Zoom lessons: one for her three- and four-year-olds and one for her four- and five-year-olds."This allows me to have smaller classes and change the level of development," she noted.Allin said she tries to keep Zoom programming close to the original class schedule and uses a lot of visuals."We open with our pledge of kindness, our song, then question of the day and a morning message. Next we do journals, a book (or language lesson, math or science and then goodbyes," she explained."I try to incorporate music, math, movement, science, art, reading, etc., in all of it without them even noticing. We have challenges each day that children have the option of doing at home with their families," Allin continued. "For example I challenge them to make a pattern with something in their kitchen or find three things that rhyme. Their parents post a picture to show off their work."For some of the younger children, it may seem to be a struggle, yet Allin offers encouraging words to parents."For my younger threes it can be a struggle. I remind parents that though they may get wiggly, they are still absorbing the information," she said. "Most students have adjusted very well. I record our sessions via live so that those who can't make it or if their child gets too wiggly, they can take a break and come back to it. Do 10 mins, go outside, do 10 mins, take a break, etc."Allin said she has been able to use the supplies she gives to the students to show them activities they can do at home, such as word or letter practice.The students' parents have been supportive of Allin's efforts."The parents have been in full support. I've heard lots of praise and there has been a lot of parent involvement. Parent involvement is so important for children's education and development," she said.Allin plans to have an open house on May 21 and to reopen Little Hands Preschool for the summer program on June 9, she said.

Local preschool uses Zoom to maintain contact with students

Today is Tuesday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2020. There are 233 days left in the year.

On May 12, 2002, Jimmy Carter arrived in Cuba, becoming the first U.S. president in or out of office to visit since the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power.

In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.

In 1922, a 20-ton meteor crashed near Blackstone, Virginia.

In 1937, Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was crowned as queen consort.

In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington.

In 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.

In 1955, Manhattan's last elevated rail line, the Third Avenue El, ceased operation.

In 1958, the United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD).

In 1970, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.

In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who attacked Pope John Paul II. (In 2008, the pope's longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff was slightly wounded in the assault.)

In 2001, singer Perry Como died in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, at age 88.

In 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

In 2009, five Miami men were convicted in a plot to blow up FBI buildings and Chicago's Sears Tower; one man was acquitted. Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk was deported from the United States to Germany.

Ten years ago: An Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330 jetliner plunged into the Libyan desert less than a mile from the runway in Tripoli after a flight from Johannesburg; a 9-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor of the crash that killed 103 people. An attacker hacked seven children and two adults to death in a rampage at a kindergarten in northwest China before taking his own life. Republicans chose Tampa, Florida, as the site of their 2012 presidential convention. Bowler Kelly Kulick, the first woman to win a PBA Tour title when she beat the men in the Tournament of Champions, won the U.S. Women's Open for her second women's major victory in 15 days.

Five years ago: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. An Amtrak train traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York derailed and crashed in Philadelphia, killing eight people.

One year ago: The White House's top economic adviser acknowledged on "Fox News Sunday" that U.S. consumers and businesses pay the tariffs that the administration had imposed on billions of dollars of Chinese goods; Larry Kudlow added that China would suffer losses from reduced exports to the U.S. The United Arab Emirates said four commercial ships off its eastern coast had been "subjected to sabotage operations"; the report came as the U.S. warned that "Iran or its proxies" could be targeting maritime traffic in the region.

Today's Birthdays: Composer Burt Bacharach is 92. Actress Millie Perkins is 84. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jayotis Washington is 79. Country singer Billy Swan is 78. Actress Linda Dano is 77. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 72. Singer-musician Steve Winwood is 72. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 70. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 70. Singer Billy Squier is 70. Blues singer-musician Guy Davis is 68. Country singer Kix Brooks is 65. Actress Kim Greist is 62. Rock musician Eric Singer (KISS) is 62. Actor Ving Rhames is 61. Rock musician Billy Duffy is 59. Actor Emilio Estevez is 58. Actress April Grace is 58. Actress Vanessa A. Williams is 57. TV personality/chef Carla Hall is 56. Country musician Eddie Kilgallon is 55. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 54. Actor Scott Schwartz is 52. Actress Kim Fields is 51. Actress Samantha Mathis is 50. Actress Jamie Luner is 49. Actor Christian Campbell is 48. Actress Rhea Seehorn is 48. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 47. Country musician Matt Mangano (The Zac Brown Band) is 44. Actress Rebecca Herbst is 43. Actress Malin Akerman is 42. Actor Jason Biggs is 42. Actor Rami Malek is 39. Actress-singer Clare Bowen is 36. Actress Emily VanCamp is 34. Actor Malcolm David Kelley is 28. Actor Sullivan Sweeten is 25.

Thought for Today: "Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is indifferent to everything." — Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologian (1741-1801).

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 </figure>Today is Tuesday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2020. There are 233 days left in the year.Today's Highlights in History:On May 12, 2002, Jimmy Carter arrived in Cuba, becoming the first U.S. president in or out of office to visit since the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power.On this date:In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.In 1922, a 20-ton meteor crashed near Blackstone, Virginia.In 1937, Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was crowned as queen consort.In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington.In 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.In 1955, Manhattan's last elevated rail line, the Third Avenue El, ceased operation.In 1958, the United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD).In 1970, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who attacked Pope John Paul II. (In 2008, the pope's longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff was slightly wounded in the assault.)In 2001, singer Perry Como died in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, at age 88.In 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.In 2009, five Miami men were convicted in a plot to blow up FBI buildings and Chicago's Sears Tower; one man was acquitted. Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk was deported from the United States to Germany.Ten years ago: An Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330 jetliner plunged into the Libyan desert less than a mile from the runway in Tripoli after a flight from Johannesburg; a 9-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor of the crash that killed 103 people. An attacker hacked seven children and two adults to death in a rampage at a kindergarten in northwest China before taking his own life. Republicans chose Tampa, Florida, as the site of their 2012 presidential convention. Bowler Kelly Kulick, the first woman to win a PBA Tour title when she beat the men in the Tournament of Champions, won the U.S. Women's Open for her second women's major victory in 15 days.Five years ago: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. An Amtrak train traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York derailed and crashed in Philadelphia, killing eight people.One year ago: The White House's top economic adviser acknowledged on "Fox News Sunday" that U.S. consumers and businesses pay the tariffs that the administration had imposed on billions of dollars of Chinese goods; Larry Kudlow added that China would suffer losses from reduced exports to the U.S. The United Arab Emirates said four commercial ships off its eastern coast had been "subjected to sabotage operations"; the report came as the U.S. warned that "Iran or its proxies" could be targeting maritime traffic in the region.Today's Birthdays: Composer Burt Bacharach is 92. Actress Millie Perkins is 84. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jayotis Washington is 79. Country singer Billy Swan is 78. Actress Linda Dano is 77. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 72. Singer-musician Steve Winwood is 72. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 70. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 70. Singer Billy Squier is 70. Blues singer-musician Guy Davis is 68. Country singer Kix Brooks is 65. Actress Kim Greist is 62. Rock musician Eric Singer (KISS) is 62. Actor Ving Rhames is 61. Rock musician Billy Duffy is 59. Actor Emilio Estevez is 58. Actress April Grace is 58. Actress Vanessa A. Williams is 57. TV personality/chef Carla Hall is 56. Country musician Eddie Kilgallon is 55. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 54. Actor Scott Schwartz is 52. Actress Kim Fields is 51. Actress Samantha Mathis is 50. Actress Jamie Luner is 49. Actor Christian Campbell is 48. Actress Rhea Seehorn is 48. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 47. Country musician Matt Mangano (The Zac Brown Band) is 44. Actress Rebecca Herbst is 43. Actress Malin Akerman is 42. Actor Jason Biggs is 42. Actor Rami Malek is 39. Actress-singer Clare Bowen is 36. Actress Emily VanCamp is 34. Actor Malcolm David Kelley is 28. Actor Sullivan Sweeten is 25.Thought for Today: "Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is indifferent to everything." — Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologian (1741-1801).Copyright 2020, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Today in History -- May 12

Dewayne “Vance” Brandom, 71, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Saturday, May 9, 2020. He was born on October 21, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Charles Willard and Anna Bell (Tenbrook) Brandom. He is preceded in death by his sister, Beverlea Ann Brandom, and his parents. He was the beloved brother of Garlan (Lisa) Brandom of Little Rock, Arkansas. He married his one and only, Leslie “Jan” (Trout) Brandom, on June 11, 1983. Together they had two perfect daughters, Erin Elizabeth (Matthew) Groves of Whitewater and Kelli Suzanne Brandom of Wichita. He was adored by his five grandchildren, Ryann, Sadie, Sophie, John, and Jack and, oh, did he love them. He had a love for nature, especially the San Juan Mountains in Colorado and all of the National Parks. He was selfless and wonderful, fearless and hilarious, loving and kind. He was everything a husband, father, and grandfather should be.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the National Parks Foundation in Vance’s name, so that future generations can experience the same wonder and love for nature that he did. Memorial contributions may be made by going to&nbsp;https://donate.nationalparks.org&nbsp;or directed to Lamb Funeral Home, P.O. Box 358, Whitewater, Kansas 67154. A celebration of Vance’s life will be held at a later date, but please sign his online guest book and leave a memory of Vance at www.ymzfh.com.

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 </figure>Dewayne “Vance” Brandom, 71, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Saturday, May 9, 2020. He was born on October 21, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Charles Willard and Anna Bell (Tenbrook) Brandom. He is preceded in death by his sister, Beverlea Ann Brandom, and his parents. He was the beloved brother of Garlan (Lisa) Brandom of Little Rock, Arkansas. He married his one and only, Leslie “Jan” (Trout) Brandom, on June 11, 1983. Together they had two perfect daughters, Erin Elizabeth (Matthew) Groves of Whitewater and Kelli Suzanne Brandom of Wichita. He was adored by his five grandchildren, Ryann, Sadie, Sophie, John, and Jack and, oh, did he love them. He had a love for nature, especially the San Juan Mountains in Colorado and all of the National Parks. He was selfless and wonderful, fearless and hilarious, loving and kind. He was everything a husband, father, and grandfather should be.In lieu of flowers, please donate to the National Parks Foundation in Vance’s name, so that future generations can experience the same wonder and love for nature that he did. Memorial contributions may be made by going to&nbsp;https://donate.nationalparks.org&nbsp;or directed to Lamb Funeral Home, P.O. Box 358, Whitewater, Kansas 67154. A celebration of Vance’s life will be held at a later date, but please sign his online guest book and leave a memory of Vance at www.ymzfh.com.

Dewayne “Vance” Brandom



L. Dean Hocker was born January 10, 1932 in Abilene the son of Ed and Katy (Muller) Hocker. Dean grew up in Abilene graduating from Abilene High School. Following high school, Dean served his country during the Korean War in the United States Army.

Dean worked for Steffek Construction, Chet Gay Construction and Harbin Construction for many years before owning his own construction company Hocker Construction.

He was the unofficial City Inspector of Abilene for many years, and loved his coffee friends, walking through Paul Mueller’s God’s Garden and the rose garden at Eisenhower Park. He also delivered Meals on Wheels in Abilene.

He married Evalou Leadford and they had 2 children. They later divorced and he married Shirley Smith. They had one child and Shirley passed away in May of 1982. He then had a longtime special friend Ada Wood. Ada passed away in October of 2013.

Dean is survived by his sons Chris Hocker of Abilene, Shane and his wife Darcy Hocker of Abilene, step sons Steve Atkinson of Austin, Texas, Rodney French of Topeka, Kansas, Rick Black of Abilene; stepdaughter Jan Eisenhauer of Greenville, Missouri; sister Dorothy Bereznak of Abilene; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley, daughter Patty Price, brothers Harold and Leo Hocker, sister Helen Markley, and his parents.

Because COVID-19, funeral services will be private on Thursday with military honors provided by the Fr. Riley Honor Guard. Friends may sign the register book from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels or to the Eisenhower Rose Garden and may be sent in care of the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home, 414 NW 3rd Street, Abilene, Kansas 67410.



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L. Dean Hocker was born January 10, 1932 in Abilene the son of Ed and Katy (Muller) Hocker. Dean grew up in Abilene graduating from Abilene High School. Following high school, Dean served his country during the Korean War in the United States Army.Dean worked for Steffek Construction, Chet Gay Construction and Harbin Construction for many years before owning his own construction company Hocker Construction.He was the unofficial City Inspector of Abilene for many years, and loved his coffee friends, walking through Paul Mueller’s God’s Garden and the rose garden at Eisenhower Park. He also delivered Meals on Wheels in Abilene.He married Evalou Leadford and they had 2 children. They later divorced and he married Shirley Smith. They had one child and Shirley passed away in May of 1982. He then had a longtime special friend Ada Wood. Ada passed away in October of 2013.Dean is survived by his sons Chris Hocker of Abilene, Shane and his wife Darcy Hocker of Abilene, step sons Steve Atkinson of Austin, Texas, Rodney French of Topeka, Kansas, Rick Black of Abilene; stepdaughter Jan Eisenhauer of Greenville, Missouri; sister Dorothy Bereznak of Abilene; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley, daughter Patty Price, brothers Harold and Leo Hocker, sister Helen Markley, and his parents.Because COVID-19, funeral services will be private on Thursday with military honors provided by the Fr. Riley Honor Guard. Friends may sign the register book from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels or to the Eisenhower Rose Garden and may be sent in care of the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home, 414 NW 3rd Street, Abilene, Kansas 67410.

L. Dean Hocker

As part of a phased reopening following the lifting of stay-at-home orders, Salina Public
 Library will offer limited physical checkout services again. 

Pickup service will launch on May 18, and patrons with materials currently checked out are asked to return them by May 31. The library’s building remains closed.

The library functions
 as a community center, greeting 400-600 patrons a day and operating with the help of 30 full-time staff and another 20 part-time staff when fully open. In order to ensure the safety of both patrons and staff, the library must offer only limited services, at
 this time; that includes closing the building to visitors. Additional reopening phases will see services slowly added back until the library is at full service again. No dates are currently set, but the library will release information each week on progress
 toward full service.

Pickup service will allow
 library cardholders to place holds on items they wish to check out by logging into their online accounts or by calling the library at (785) 825-4624. The ability to place online holds, which was suspended during the library’s closure, will resume May 12. Once
 library staff have collected the requested items, they will contact patrons to arrange a pickup time between 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. To reduce contact, items will be left on a table in the north entrance of the library labeled with the patron’s last
 name and first initial. Patrons who have mobility issues can request that items be brought to their car.

With the return of the
 physical circulation of items, patrons who currently have items checked out are asked to return them to one of the library book drops. These are located on the west side of the library building and Dillons stores. Those with hotspots are asked to return them
 to the book drop at the library. Patrons should not try to return items inside the library building or leave items at the door. Late fines have been suspended since March 16 but will begin accruing on items not returned by May 31 on June 1.

Out of an abundance of
 caution, all items returned to the library will be sprayed with disinfectant and quarantined for three days. Patrons may notice that items haven’t been marked as checked in during this time. However, they will not be charged fines for the days that items are
 quarantined.

If patrons have questions
 about services or their accounts, they can contact staff at (785) 825-4624, through chat on the library’s website or by emailing
<a href="mailto:help@salpublib.org" target="_blank">help@salpublib.org</a>.
 More information on the Pickup Service and the library’s phased approach to reopening can be found on the library’s website —
<a href="http://salinapubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">
salinapubliclibrary.org</a>.

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 </figure>As part of a phased reopening following the lifting of stay-at-home orders, Salina Public
 Library will offer limited physical checkout services again. Pickup service will launch on May 18, and patrons with materials currently checked out are asked to return them by May 31. The library’s building remains closed.The library functions
 as a community center, greeting 400-600 patrons a day and operating with the help of 30 full-time staff and another 20 part-time staff when fully open. In order to ensure the safety of both patrons and staff, the library must offer only limited services, at
 this time; that includes closing the building to visitors. Additional reopening phases will see services slowly added back until the library is at full service again. No dates are currently set, but the library will release information each week on progress
 toward full service.Pickup service will allow
 library cardholders to place holds on items they wish to check out by logging into their online accounts or by calling the library at (785) 825-4624. The ability to place online holds, which was suspended during the library’s closure, will resume May 12. Once
 library staff have collected the requested items, they will contact patrons to arrange a pickup time between 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. To reduce contact, items will be left on a table in the north entrance of the library labeled with the patron’s last
 name and first initial. Patrons who have mobility issues can request that items be brought to their car.With the return of the
 physical circulation of items, patrons who currently have items checked out are asked to return them to one of the library book drops. These are located on the west side of the library building and Dillons stores. Those with hotspots are asked to return them
 to the book drop at the library. Patrons should not try to return items inside the library building or leave items at the door. Late fines have been suspended since March 16 but will begin accruing on items not returned by May 31 on June 1.Out of an abundance of
 caution, all items returned to the library will be sprayed with disinfectant and quarantined for three days. Patrons may notice that items haven’t been marked as checked in during this time. However, they will not be charged fines for the days that items are
 quarantined.If patrons have questions
 about services or their accounts, they can contact staff at (785) 825-4624, through chat on the library’s website or by emailing
<a href="mailto:help@salpublib.org" target="_blank">help@salpublib.org</a>.
 More information on the Pickup Service and the library’s phased approach to reopening can be found on the library’s website —
<a href="http://salinapubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">
salinapubliclibrary.org</a>.

Library beginning reopening plan, pickup service begins next week

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918.

In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak">COVID-19</a>, the world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks.

Yet here we are again, face-masked to the max. And still unable to crush an insidious yet avoidable infectious disease before hundreds of thousands die from it.

As in 1918, people are again hearing hollow assurances at odds with the reality of hospitals and morgues filling up and bank accounts draining. The ancient common sense of quarantining is back. So is quackery: Rub raw onions on your chest, they said in 1918. How about&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/7f0a9a77dad8c8722aa54fef45e8667b">disinfectant in your veins</a>&nbsp;now? mused President Donald Trump, drawing gasps instead of laughs over what he weakly tried to pass off as a joke.

In 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people. No one has any of that for the coronavirus, either.

Modern science quickly identified&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak">today’s new coronavirus</a>, mapped its genetic code and developed a diagnostic test, tapping knowledge no one had in 1918. That has given people more of a fighting chance to stay out of harm’s way, at least in countries that deployed tests quickly, which the U.S. didn’t.

But the ways to avoid getting sick and what to do when sick are little changed. The failure of U.S. presidents to take the threat seriously from the start also joins past to present.

Trump all but declared victory before infection took root in his country and he’s delivered a stream of misinformation ever since. President Woodrow Wilson’s principal failure was his silence.

Not once, historians say, did Wilson publicly speak about a disease that was killing Americans grotesquely and in huge numbers, even though he contracted it himself and was never the same after. Wilson fixated on America’s parallel fight in World War I like “a dog with a bone,” says John M. Barry, author of “The Great Influenza.”

The suspected ground zero of the Spanish flu ranges from Kansas to China. But it was clear to U.S. officials even in 1918 that it didn’t start in Spain.

The pandemic took on Spain’s name only because its free press ambitiously reported the devastation in the disease’s early 1918 wave while government officials and a complicit press in countries at war — the U.S. among them — played it down in a time of jingoism, censorship and denial.

Like COVID-19, the 1918 pandemic came from a respiratory virus that jumped from animals to people, was transmitted the same way, and had similar pathology, Barry said by email. Social distancing, hand-washing and masks were leading control measures then and now.

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-opinion-flashback-1918-flu-pandemic-timeline-htmlstory.html" target="_blank">Medical advice from then&nbsp;</a>also resonates today: “If you get it, stay at home, rest in bed, keep warm, drink hot drinks and stay quiet until the symptoms are past,” said Dr. John Dill Robertson, Chicago health commissioner in 1918. “Then continue to be careful, for the greatest danger is from pneumonia or some kindred disease after the influenza is gone.”

In the manner of the day, there just had to be a catchy rhyme in circulation, too: “Cover up each cough and sneeze. If you don’t you’ll spread disease.”

But there were also marked differences between the viruses of 1918 and 2020. The Spanish flu was particularly dangerous to healthy people aged 20 to 40 — the prime generation of military service — paradoxically because of their vibrant immune systems.

When such people got infected, their antibodies went after the virus like soldiers spilling from the trenches of Europe’s killing fields.

“The immune system was throwing every weapon it had at the virus,” Barry said. “The battlefield was the lung. The lung was being destroyed in that battle.”

Young soldiers and sailors&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm" target="_blank">massed at military camps</a>&nbsp;in the U.S., sailed for Europe on ships stuffed to the gunwales with humanity, fought side by side in the trenches and came home in victory to adoring crowds. The toll was enormous, on them and the people they infected. The Spanish flu could just as easily have been called the U.S. Army or U.S. Navy flu instead. Or the German or British flu, for that matter.

Among those who died in the pandemic was Friedrich Trump, Donald Trump’s paternal grandfather. Among those who contracted it and recovered were the wartime leaders of Britain and Germany as well as of the United States, British and Spanish kings and the future U.S. president, Franklin Roosevelt, when he was assistant Navy secretary.

But the toll was heavier on average people and the poor, crowded in tenements, street cars and sweaty factories.

They could not all live by the words of the 1918 U.S. surgeon general, Rupert Blue: “Keep out of crowds and stuffy places as much as possible. ... The value of fresh air through open windows cannot be overemphasized. ... Make every possible effort to breath as much pure air as possible.”

An estimated 675,000 Americans died in the pandemic, which is thought to have infected one-third of the global population.&nbsp;<a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html" target="_blank">Tracking by Johns Hopkins University</a>&nbsp;shows the continuing COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 250,000 people globally, more than 68,000 in the United States.

In 1918, the surgeon general noted in a handbill that “a person who has only a mild attack of the disease himself may give a very severe attack to others.” The warning is just as applicable to the coronavirus, especially as scientists learned large numbers of people with COVID-19 may spread it despite no obvious symptoms. Exactly how often the new virus kills can’t be determined without better counts of the infected; some estimates&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291398/" target="_blank">put the 1918 flu’s death rate at 2.5%.</a>

Blue’s public notice also warned people to avoid charlatans and only get medicine from doctors.

Physicians, though, didn’t always know what they were doing. Medical journals at the time describe a rash of unusual treatments, some in the league of Trump’s amateur theories about disinfectant, blasts of lights and an unapproved drug that has both potential benefits and risks.

One 1918-era doctor recommended that people sniff a boric acid and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) powder to rinse out nasal passages. Others prescribed quinine, strychnine and a poisonous garden plant called Digitalis to help circulation, as well as drugs derived from iodine for “internal disinfection,” according to Laura Spinney, who wrote the 2017 book “Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.”

Popular theories spread that warming your feet would prevent infection, or gobbling brown sugar, or getting the onion rubdown. A “clean heart” was one supposed preventive, though it is not clear whether that meant the organ or the heart of love.

“There was no Tony Fauci back then,” Barry said in a remote&nbsp;<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9104/" target="_blank">Library of Congress interview</a>&nbsp;in April.

We have Fauci now — a federal immunologist who has been regarded as the truth-teller in White House briefings, singularly immune to Trump’s positive spin and falsehoods. Plus, we know so much more than people did in 1918.

Yet we’re still hearing lots of Dark Ages nonsense.

Conspiracy theorists have blamed COVID-19 on the development of 5G networks, just as they say radio waves caused the 1918 flu. Arsonists recently torched more than a dozen British cell towers after that falsehood circulated.

Over the months of this pandemic, The Associated Press has debunked a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/Fact-checking">series of bogus remedies&nbsp;</a>that spread on Facebook, Twitter and the like. No, blasting hot air up your nose from a hair dryer won’t protect you. Nor will drinking tonic water, eating high-alkaline foods, stuffing antibiotic ointment up your nose, downing vodka or any home elixir.

No, it’s not true that if you can’t hold your breath very long, you have COVID-19. Or that a vaccine from a lab only works on a disease created by a lab.

Social distancing has not come with social-media distancing. Over a century of science, we haven’t gone back to the future, but ahead to the past.

In September 1918, as the Spanish flu’s second and by far deadliest wave hit in the U.S., Philadelphia’s public health chief disregarded advisers and let a massive war-bond parade proceed through downtown. The H1N1 virus raced through the masses in what has been called the world’s deadliest parade. As officials insisted there was nothing to be alarmed about, people were seeing neighbors sicken and die with astonishing speed and mass graves being dug.

“It’s just the flu” had worn thin as the mantra of officialdom.

Late that November, sirens wailed in San Francisco to sound the all-clear after six weeks of lockdown and tell people they could remove their masks. San Francisco, like many cities in the West, had been largely spared the first wave and spent the interval preparing for Round 2, mandating masks and jailing people who didn’t comply.

They had a rhyme for that, too, of course: “Obey the laws, and wear the gauze. Protect your jaws from septic paws.”

<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/influenza-san-francisco/" target="_blank">The precautions paid off&nbsp;</a>with a death rate lower than in afflicted cities elsewhere. But the city relaxed too soon.

In December, thousands of new cases erupted. A wave spilling into the new year was underway. San Francisco’s death toll mounted by more than 1,000. It was the last lashing by the Spanish flu, and a less lethal one.

The brutal lessons of 1918 and 1919? To Barry, who was enlisted 15 years ago in a Bush administration drive to prepare all levels of government for pandemics, they are to respond early, relax cautiously, tell people the truth.

Instead he has seen denial followed by a chaotic federal response and leadership vacuum as Washington and the states compete for the same medical essentials and now move fitfully toward reopening.

“Now we have plans, even war-gamed the plans, spent billions preparing for just what is happening, federal agencies have been tasked to handle all these things, and we get ... next to nothing,” he said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918.In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak">COVID-19</a>, the world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks.Yet here we are again, face-masked to the max. And still unable to crush an insidious yet avoidable infectious disease before hundreds of thousands die from it.As in 1918, people are again hearing hollow assurances at odds with the reality of hospitals and morgues filling up and bank accounts draining. The ancient common sense of quarantining is back. So is quackery: Rub raw onions on your chest, they said in 1918. How about&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/7f0a9a77dad8c8722aa54fef45e8667b">disinfectant in your veins</a>&nbsp;now? mused President Donald Trump, drawing gasps instead of laughs over what he weakly tried to pass off as a joke.In 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people. No one has any of that for the coronavirus, either.Modern science quickly identified&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak">today’s new coronavirus</a>, mapped its genetic code and developed a diagnostic test, tapping knowledge no one had in 1918. That has given people more of a fighting chance to stay out of harm’s way, at least in countries that deployed tests quickly, which the U.S. didn’t.But the ways to avoid getting sick and what to do when sick are little changed. The failure of U.S. presidents to take the threat seriously from the start also joins past to present.Trump all but declared victory before infection took root in his country and he’s delivered a stream of misinformation ever since. President Woodrow Wilson’s principal failure was his silence.Not once, historians say, did Wilson publicly speak about a disease that was killing Americans grotesquely and in huge numbers, even though he contracted it himself and was never the same after. Wilson fixated on America’s parallel fight in World War I like “a dog with a bone,” says John M. Barry, author of “The Great Influenza.”The suspected ground zero of the Spanish flu ranges from Kansas to China. But it was clear to U.S. officials even in 1918 that it didn’t start in Spain.The pandemic took on Spain’s name only because its free press ambitiously reported the devastation in the disease’s early 1918 wave while government officials and a complicit press in countries at war — the U.S. among them — played it down in a time of jingoism, censorship and denial.Like COVID-19, the 1918 pandemic came from a respiratory virus that jumped from animals to people, was transmitted the same way, and had similar pathology, Barry said by email. Social distancing, hand-washing and masks were leading control measures then and now.<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-opinion-flashback-1918-flu-pandemic-timeline-htmlstory.html" target="_blank">Medical advice from then&nbsp;</a>also resonates today: “If you get it, stay at home, rest in bed, keep warm, drink hot drinks and stay quiet until the symptoms are past,” said Dr. John Dill Robertson, Chicago health commissioner in 1918. “Then continue to be careful, for the greatest danger is from pneumonia or some kindred disease after the influenza is gone.”In the manner of the day, there just had to be a catchy rhyme in circulation, too: “Cover up each cough and sneeze. If you don’t you’ll spread disease.”But there were also marked differences between the viruses of 1918 and 2020. The Spanish flu was particularly dangerous to healthy people aged 20 to 40 — the prime generation of military service — paradoxically because of their vibrant immune systems.When such people got infected, their antibodies went after the virus like soldiers spilling from the trenches of Europe’s killing fields.“The immune system was throwing every weapon it had at the virus,” Barry said. “The battlefield was the lung. The lung was being destroyed in that battle.”Young soldiers and sailors&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm" target="_blank">massed at military camps</a>&nbsp;in the U.S., sailed for Europe on ships stuffed to the gunwales with humanity, fought side by side in the trenches and came home in victory to adoring crowds. The toll was enormous, on them and the people they infected. The Spanish flu could just as easily have been called the U.S. Army or U.S. Navy flu instead. Or the German or British flu, for that matter.Among those who died in the pandemic was Friedrich Trump, Donald Trump’s paternal grandfather. Among those who contracted it and recovered were the wartime leaders of Britain and Germany as well as of the United States, British and Spanish kings and the future U.S. president, Franklin Roosevelt, when he was assistant Navy secretary.But the toll was heavier on average people and the poor, crowded in tenements, street cars and sweaty factories.They could not all live by the words of the 1918 U.S. surgeon general, Rupert Blue: “Keep out of crowds and stuffy places as much as possible. ... The value of fresh air through open windows cannot be overemphasized. ... Make every possible effort to breath as much pure air as possible.”An estimated 675,000 Americans died in the pandemic, which is thought to have infected one-third of the global population.&nbsp;<a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html" target="_blank">Tracking by Johns Hopkins University</a>&nbsp;shows the continuing COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 250,000 people globally, more than 68,000 in the United States.___BAD SCIENCEIn 1918, the surgeon general noted in a handbill that “a person who has only a mild attack of the disease himself may give a very severe attack to others.” The warning is just as applicable to the coronavirus, especially as scientists learned large numbers of people with COVID-19 may spread it despite no obvious symptoms. Exactly how often the new virus kills can’t be determined without better counts of the infected; some estimates&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291398/" target="_blank">put the 1918 flu’s death rate at 2.5%.</a>Blue’s public notice also warned people to avoid charlatans and only get medicine from doctors.Physicians, though, didn’t always know what they were doing. Medical journals at the time describe a rash of unusual treatments, some in the league of Trump’s amateur theories about disinfectant, blasts of lights and an unapproved drug that has both potential benefits and risks.One 1918-era doctor recommended that people sniff a boric acid and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) powder to rinse out nasal passages. Others prescribed quinine, strychnine and a poisonous garden plant called Digitalis to help circulation, as well as drugs derived from iodine for “internal disinfection,” according to Laura Spinney, who wrote the 2017 book “Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.”Popular theories spread that warming your feet would prevent infection, or gobbling brown sugar, or getting the onion rubdown. A “clean heart” was one supposed preventive, though it is not clear whether that meant the organ or the heart of love.“There was no Tony Fauci back then,” Barry said in a remote&nbsp;<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9104/" target="_blank">Library of Congress interview</a>&nbsp;in April.We have Fauci now — a federal immunologist who has been regarded as the truth-teller in White House briefings, singularly immune to Trump’s positive spin and falsehoods. Plus, we know so much more than people did in 1918.Yet we’re still hearing lots of Dark Ages nonsense.Conspiracy theorists have blamed COVID-19 on the development of 5G networks, just as they say radio waves caused the 1918 flu. Arsonists recently torched more than a dozen British cell towers after that falsehood circulated.Over the months of this pandemic, The Associated Press has debunked a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/Fact-checking">series of bogus remedies&nbsp;</a>that spread on Facebook, Twitter and the like. No, blasting hot air up your nose from a hair dryer won’t protect you. Nor will drinking tonic water, eating high-alkaline foods, stuffing antibiotic ointment up your nose, downing vodka or any home elixir.No, it’s not true that if you can’t hold your breath very long, you have COVID-19. Or that a vaccine from a lab only works on a disease created by a lab.Social distancing has not come with social-media distancing. Over a century of science, we haven’t gone back to the future, but ahead to the past.___LESSONS OF 1918 (and 1919)In September 1918, as the Spanish flu’s second and by far deadliest wave hit in the U.S., Philadelphia’s public health chief disregarded advisers and let a massive war-bond parade proceed through downtown. The H1N1 virus raced through the masses in what has been called the world’s deadliest parade. As officials insisted there was nothing to be alarmed about, people were seeing neighbors sicken and die with astonishing speed and mass graves being dug.“It’s just the flu” had worn thin as the mantra of officialdom.Late that November, sirens wailed in San Francisco to sound the all-clear after six weeks of lockdown and tell people they could remove their masks. San Francisco, like many cities in the West, had been largely spared the first wave and spent the interval preparing for Round 2, mandating masks and jailing people who didn’t comply.They had a rhyme for that, too, of course: “Obey the laws, and wear the gauze. Protect your jaws from septic paws.”<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/influenza-san-francisco/" target="_blank">The precautions paid off&nbsp;</a>with a death rate lower than in afflicted cities elsewhere. But the city relaxed too soon.In December, thousands of new cases erupted. A wave spilling into the new year was underway. San Francisco’s death toll mounted by more than 1,000. It was the last lashing by the Spanish flu, and a less lethal one.The brutal lessons of 1918 and 1919? To Barry, who was enlisted 15 years ago in a Bush administration drive to prepare all levels of government for pandemics, they are to respond early, relax cautiously, tell people the truth.Instead he has seen denial followed by a chaotic federal response and leadership vacuum as Washington and the states compete for the same medical essentials and now move fitfully toward reopening.“Now we have plans, even war-gamed the plans, spent billions preparing for just what is happening, federal agencies have been tasked to handle all these things, and we get ... next to nothing,” he said.Not even a jingle.

Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's march

Today is Monday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2020. There are 234 days left in the year.

On May 11, 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.

In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.

In 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian island of Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Americans took the island 19 days later.

In 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman formally dedicated the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state.

In 1953, a tornado devastated Waco, Texas, claiming 114 lives.

In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the "Pentagon Papers" case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.

In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36.

In 1996, an Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.

In 1998, India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years. A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency, the euro.

In 2006, lawmakers demanded answers after a USA Today report that the National Security Agency was secretly collecting records of millions of ordinary Americans' phone calls; President George W. Bush sought to assure Americans their civil liberties were being "fiercely protected."

Ten years ago: Conservative leader David Cameron, at age 43, became Britain's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years after Gordon Brown stepped down and ended 13 years of Labour government.

Five years ago: Joyce Hardin Garrard, the Alabama woman convicted of running her 9-year-old granddaughter, Savannah Hardin, to death as punishment for lying about candy, was sentenced by a judge in Gadsden to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The NFL came down hard on its biggest star and its championship team, suspending Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the season, fining the New England Patriots $1 million and taking away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game.

One year ago: Gay rights activists organizing on social media held an unauthorized march down eight blocks of one of the main streets in Cuba's capital before being stopped by police. Election officials in South Africa announced that the ruling African National Congress had achieved its weakest victory in national elections in a quarter-century, with 57.5% of the vote.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian Mort Sahl is 93. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is 87. Jazz keyboardist Carla Bley is 84. Rock singer Eric Burdon (The Animals; War) is 79. Actress Pam Ferris is 72. Former White House chief of staff John F. Kelly is 70. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo is 68. Actress Frances Fisher is 68. Sports columnist Mike Lupica is 68. Actor Boyd Gaines is 67. Country musician Mark Herndon (formerly with Alabama) is 65. Actress Martha Quinn is 61. Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 57. Actor Tim Blake Nelson is 56. Actor Jeffrey Donovan is 52. Country musician Keith West (Heartland) is 52. Actor Nicky Katt is 50. Actor Coby Bell is 45. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso is 42. Actor Austin O'Brien is 39. Actor-singer Jonathan Jackson is 38. Rapper Ace Hood is 32. Latin singer Prince Royce is 31. Actress Annabelle Attanasio (TV: "Bull") is 27. Musician Howard Lawrence (Disclosure) is 26.

Thought for Today: "Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it." — Irving Berlin, American songwriter (born this date in 1888, died 1989).

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 </figure>Today is Monday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2020. There are 234 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 11, 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.On this date:In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.In 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian island of Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Americans took the island 19 days later.In 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.In 1950, President Harry S. Truman formally dedicated the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state.In 1953, a tornado devastated Waco, Texas, claiming 114 lives.In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the "Pentagon Papers" case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36.In 1996, an Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.In 1998, India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years. A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency, the euro.In 2006, lawmakers demanded answers after a USA Today report that the National Security Agency was secretly collecting records of millions of ordinary Americans' phone calls; President George W. Bush sought to assure Americans their civil liberties were being "fiercely protected."Ten years ago: Conservative leader David Cameron, at age 43, became Britain's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years after Gordon Brown stepped down and ended 13 years of Labour government.Five years ago: Joyce Hardin Garrard, the Alabama woman convicted of running her 9-year-old granddaughter, Savannah Hardin, to death as punishment for lying about candy, was sentenced by a judge in Gadsden to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The NFL came down hard on its biggest star and its championship team, suspending Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the season, fining the New England Patriots $1 million and taking away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game.One year ago: Gay rights activists organizing on social media held an unauthorized march down eight blocks of one of the main streets in Cuba's capital before being stopped by police. Election officials in South Africa announced that the ruling African National Congress had achieved its weakest victory in national elections in a quarter-century, with 57.5% of the vote.Today's Birthdays: Comedian Mort Sahl is 93. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is 87. Jazz keyboardist Carla Bley is 84. Rock singer Eric Burdon (The Animals; War) is 79. Actress Pam Ferris is 72. Former White House chief of staff John F. Kelly is 70. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo is 68. Actress Frances Fisher is 68. Sports columnist Mike Lupica is 68. Actor Boyd Gaines is 67. Country musician Mark Herndon (formerly with Alabama) is 65. Actress Martha Quinn is 61. Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 57. Actor Tim Blake Nelson is 56. Actor Jeffrey Donovan is 52. Country musician Keith West (Heartland) is 52. Actor Nicky Katt is 50. Actor Coby Bell is 45. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso is 42. Actor Austin O'Brien is 39. Actor-singer Jonathan Jackson is 38. Rapper Ace Hood is 32. Latin singer Prince Royce is 31. Actress Annabelle Attanasio (TV: "Bull") is 27. Musician Howard Lawrence (Disclosure) is 26.Thought for Today: "Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it." — Irving Berlin, American songwriter (born this date in 1888, died 1989).Copyright 2020, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Today in History -- May 11

Today is Sunday, May 10, the 131st day of 2020. There are 235 days left in the year.

On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).

In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale arrived in the Virginia Colony, where, as deputy governor, he instituted harsh measures to restore order.

In 1774, Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France.

In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Georgia.

In 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.

In 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.

In 1941, Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau Prison until 1987, when he apparently committed suicide at age 93.)

In 1975, Sony began selling its Betamax home videocassette recorder in Japan.

In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.

In 1994, Nelson Mandela took the oath of office in Pretoria to become South Africa's first black president. The state of Illinois executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.

In 2002, A tense 39-day-old standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ended with 13 suspected militants flown into European exile and 26 released into the Gaza Strip.

In 2005, a federal bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines' plan to terminate its employees' pension plans.

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama introduced Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, billing her as a unifying force for a fractured court. Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby, accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, pleaded guilty in Tracy, California, to murder. (Huckaby was later sentenced to life in prison.) The European Union put up a staggering $1 trillion to contain its spreading government debt crisis.

Five years ago: Cuban President Raul Castro met with Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working for U.S.-Cuba detente — and said he was so impressed by the pontiff, he was considering returning to the Catholic church. In the first round of Poland's presidential elections, Andrzej Duda narrowly edged out incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski. (Since neither candidate polled more than 50 percent, a runoff was held two weeks later; Duda won.)

One year ago: Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. United Nations environmental officials said almost every country had agreed on a legally binding framework for reducing polluting plastic waste; the United States was a notable exception. On the first day that its stock was publicly traded, shares in Uber finished down 8%, reflecting lingering doubts about the company's future prospects for profitability.

Today's Birthdays: Author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 87. Rhythm-and-blues singer Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) is 82. Actor David Clennon is 77. Writer-producer-director Jim Abrahams is 76. Singer Donovan is 74. Singer-songwriter Graham Gouldman (10cc) is 74. Singer Dave Mason is 74. Actor Mike Hagerty is 66. Sports anchor Chris Berman is 65. Actor Bruce Penhall is 63. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is 62. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is 61. Actress Victoria Rowell is 61. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 60. Former Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is 60. Rock musician Danny Carey (Tool) is 59. Actor Darryl M. Bell is 57. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is 57. Model Linda Evangelista is 55. Rapper Young MC is 53. Actor Erik Palladino is 52. Rock singer Richard Patrick (Filter) is 52. Actor Lenny Venito is 51. Actor Dallas Roberts is 50. Actress Leslie Stefanson is 49. Actor-singer Todd Lowe is 48. Country musician David Wallace (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 48. Actress Andrea Anders is 45. Race car driver Helio Castroneves is 45. Rock musician Jesse Vest is 43. Actor Kenan Thompson is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jason Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 40. Rock musician Joey Zehr (The Click Five) is 37. Singer Ashley Poole (Dream) is 35. Actress Odette Annable is 35. Actress Lindsey Shaw is 31. Actress Lauren Potter is 30. Olympic gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin is 25.

Thought for Today: "Nothing recedes like success." — Walter Winchell, American columnist and broadcaster (1897-1972).

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 </figure>Today is Sunday, May 10, the 131st day of 2020. There are 235 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).On this date:In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale arrived in the Virginia Colony, where, as deputy governor, he instituted harsh measures to restore order.In 1774, Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France.In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Georgia.In 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.In 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.In 1941, Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau Prison until 1987, when he apparently committed suicide at age 93.)In 1975, Sony began selling its Betamax home videocassette recorder in Japan.In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.In 1994, Nelson Mandela took the oath of office in Pretoria to become South Africa's first black president. The state of Illinois executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.In 2002, A tense 39-day-old standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ended with 13 suspected militants flown into European exile and 26 released into the Gaza Strip.In 2005, a federal bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines' plan to terminate its employees' pension plans.Ten years ago: President Barack Obama introduced Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, billing her as a unifying force for a fractured court. Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby, accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, pleaded guilty in Tracy, California, to murder. (Huckaby was later sentenced to life in prison.) The European Union put up a staggering $1 trillion to contain its spreading government debt crisis.Five years ago: Cuban President Raul Castro met with Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working for U.S.-Cuba detente — and said he was so impressed by the pontiff, he was considering returning to the Catholic church. In the first round of Poland's presidential elections, Andrzej Duda narrowly edged out incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski. (Since neither candidate polled more than 50 percent, a runoff was held two weeks later; Duda won.)One year ago: Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. United Nations environmental officials said almost every country had agreed on a legally binding framework for reducing polluting plastic waste; the United States was a notable exception. On the first day that its stock was publicly traded, shares in Uber finished down 8%, reflecting lingering doubts about the company's future prospects for profitability.Today's Birthdays: Author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 87. Rhythm-and-blues singer Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) is 82. Actor David Clennon is 77. Writer-producer-director Jim Abrahams is 76. Singer Donovan is 74. Singer-songwriter Graham Gouldman (10cc) is 74. Singer Dave Mason is 74. Actor Mike Hagerty is 66. Sports anchor Chris Berman is 65. Actor Bruce Penhall is 63. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is 62. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is 61. Actress Victoria Rowell is 61. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 60. Former Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is 60. Rock musician Danny Carey (Tool) is 59. Actor Darryl M. Bell is 57. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is 57. Model Linda Evangelista is 55. Rapper Young MC is 53. Actor Erik Palladino is 52. Rock singer Richard Patrick (Filter) is 52. Actor Lenny Venito is 51. Actor Dallas Roberts is 50. Actress Leslie Stefanson is 49. Actor-singer Todd Lowe is 48. Country musician David Wallace (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 48. Actress Andrea Anders is 45. Race car driver Helio Castroneves is 45. Rock musician Jesse Vest is 43. Actor Kenan Thompson is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jason Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 40. Rock musician Joey Zehr (The Click Five) is 37. Singer Ashley Poole (Dream) is 35. Actress Odette Annable is 35. Actress Lindsey Shaw is 31. Actress Lauren Potter is 30. Olympic gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin is 25.Thought for Today: "Nothing recedes like success." — Walter Winchell, American columnist and broadcaster (1897-1972).Copyright 2020, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Today in History -- May 10

By GREG DOERING <a href="https://kansaslivingmagazine.com/articles/2020/04/29/covid-19-creates-uncertainty-at-kansas-dairies">Kansas Living Magazine</a>

Dan Wiebe and his wife Kerry milk about 100 cows each and every day 
on the last remaining dairy farm in Butler County. The Wiebes have 
watched a “fairly good” milk market fall off a cliff over the past few 
weeks as Covid-19 upended the industry with the closure of restaurants 
and schools.

Still, Dan says Keriel Dairy is fortunate because it has some 
protection through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dairy Margin 
Coverage, a voluntary program that covers some costs if revenue falls 
below the cost to produce milk. The Wiebes signed up for the program in 
the fall, well before the pandemic hit.

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 </figure>By GREG DOERING <a href="https://kansaslivingmagazine.com/articles/2020/04/29/covid-19-creates-uncertainty-at-kansas-dairies">Kansas Living Magazine</a>Dan Wiebe and his wife Kerry milk about 100 cows each and every day 
on the last remaining dairy farm in Butler County. The Wiebes have 
watched a “fairly good” milk market fall off a cliff over the past few 
weeks as Covid-19 upended the industry with the closure of restaurants 
and schools.Still, Dan says Keriel Dairy is fortunate because it has some 
protection through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dairy Margin 
Coverage, a voluntary program that covers some costs if revenue falls 
below the cost to produce milk. The Wiebes signed up for the program in 
the fall, well before the pandemic hit.“They’re projecting for either April or May that the coverage will be
 paying out $5 per hundredweight (roughly 11.63 gallons of milk,” Dan 
says. “That’s how bad the price is.”When the year began, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA, the cooperative 
the Wiebes sell their milk through, paid about $18 for every 100 pounds 
of white liquid. The price declined between 20 and 40 percent depending 
on the class of milk produced by early April.“The problem is that insurance payment is going to lag behind probably 60 days,” Dan says. “There’s going to be a two-month window where we’re getting a third off our normal milk check.”<h2>MODEL INTERUPTED</h2>Freefalling milk prices are the result of sharply reduced demand from
 schools, restaurants and other institutional buyers. The supply chain 
to service those accounts can’t quickly shift to fill retail packages.One example Dan gave is cheese destined for restaurants is packaged 
in bulk bags or large blocks, both of which are now sitting on packed 
warehouses.“The price is right,” he says. “The plants would love to buy milk and
 make cheese, but they have no place to put the cheese because it’s not 
going out the door.”That disconnect has led DFA to dump some milk. While none of the 
Wiebes milk has been dumped, DFA is suggesting dairies consider a 10 
percent reduction in what they produce.Dan says there are a number of steps dairies can take to reduce their
 milk output, like removing lower-producing cows from the milking 
stream, feeding more to calves than normal, and “drying” cows, or 
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 </figure><h2>CARES ACT</h2>The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act will provide 
help to farmers and ranchers, including those in the dairy industry. The
 details of the package aren’t fully known, but there will be money for 
direct payments and additional funding for Dairy Margin Coverage.The U.S. Department of Agriculture also will partner with regional 
distributors to buy $3 billion in fresh produce, dairy and meat. The 
food products will be packaged in boxes and shipped to food banks, 
community- and faith-based organizations, as well as other nonprofits. 
The goal is to begin shipping boxes as soon as May 15.The program aims to support those who grow food and those who need it most while minimizing the amount of waste.<h2>LIFE UPENDED</h2>At McCarty Family Farms, supply and demand are less of a factor 
because of the dairy’s unique business model. Ken McCarty and his three 
brothers operate five dairies, including three in Kansas. They sell 
their milk on a cost-plus basis to Danone, which turns it into Dannon 
yogurt.“Basically, our books and our business are fully transparent to 
them,” McCarty says. “We have a guaranteed profit margin, but we work 
collaboratively on things that maybe are important to not only us as a 
company and Danone as a company but society in general.”Covid-19 hasn’t affected the bottom line at McCarty Family Farms, but it has changed how they and their 200 employees operate.<figure>
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 </figure>The McCarty dairies have implemented social distancing policies, restricted access to nonessential vendors, shifted deliveries from essential vendors, limited the number of workers allowed in breakrooms and reevaluated their entire supply chain.“We have visibility to the direct impact to the team members we see every day,” McCarty says. “We have the good fortune of being able to go to work every day. A lot of people don’t have that.”McCarty says his teams have had a minimal impact from school 
closures, and there are still plenty of conversations about helping 
workers with spouses who may have lost a job.<h2>BROADER FALLOUT</h2>McCarty says there’s opportunities for the dairy industry in the form
 of lower input costs for fuel and feed, but he worries that may not be 
enough for some farmers and ranchers.“The situation in general for the dairy industry and the ag market as a whole is dire,” he says. “We at McCarty Family Farms are very concerned about the long-term implications this will have on rural America.”McCarty says rural America runs on razor-thin margins in the best of times. He’s worried about how the downturn will affect schools, hospitals and small businesses in the communities where the family milks cows. While McCarty has a guaranteed profit margin, he recognizes many, especially in the dairy industry, are not as fortunate.<figure>
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 </figure>“We count our blessings, but we’re still dealing with a tremendous amount of uncertainty even in spite of all the good things we have,” he says. “The stress load is high, and we’re not dealing with a lot of the stress that other people are.”Kansas Living Magazine is a publication of Kansas Farm Bureau.