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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
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APPEAL TRIBUNE
SPORTS BRIEFS
Giants star catcher
Posey out this year
over virus concerns
SAN FRANCISCO – Gi-
ants star catcher Buster
Posey decided to opt out
of the 2020 season Friday
out of health concerns for
his newly adopted twin
baby girls during the cor-
onavirus pandemic.
The babies were born
about eight weeks pre-
maturely last Friday and
Posey and his wife, Kris-
ten, finalized the adop-
tion on Thursday. Ada
and Livvi are healthy but
will need to spend time in
neonatal intensive care
and will have weakened
immune systems for the
next few months.
“In the current state
that we are right now and
these babies being as
fragile as they are for the
next four months, at
minimum, this ultimately
wasn’t that difficult a de-
cision for me,” Posey said.
“From a baseball stand-
point, it was a tough deci-
sion. From a family
standpoint and feeling
like I’m making a decision
to protect our children, I
think it was relatively
easy.”
Posey is one of the
most prominent players
to opt out of the season as
a six-time All-Star, the
2012 NL MVP and a three-
time World Series cham-
pion with San Francisco.
He joined other nota-
ble players like Dodgers
pitcher
David
Price,
Washington first base-
man Ryan Zimmerman,
Colorado’s Ian Desmond,
Arizona pitcher Mike
Leake in deciding not to
take part in the 60-game
season that starts on July
23.
Central
Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
halts fall play
CHARLOTTE, N.C. –
The Central Intercolle-
giate Athletic Associa-
Club chief executive
Richard Lewis said.
In addition, 120 players
who would have compet-
ed in doubles will each re-
ceive
6,250
pounds
($7,800); 16 players who
would have competed in
the wheelchair events
will each receive 6,000
pounds ($7,500); and
four players who would
have competed in the
quad wheelchair events
will each receive 5,000
pounds ($6,200).
“We
know
these
months of uncertainty
have been very worrying
for these groups, includ-
ing the players, many of
whom have faced finan-
cial difficulty during this
period and who would
have quite rightly antici-
pated the opportunity to
earn prize money at
Wimbledon based on
their world ranking,”
Lewis said.
The Giants’ Buster Posey carries his bag during Sunday’s baseball practice in San Francisco. Posey opted out
of the 2020 season Friday. AP
tion, a conference com-
prised of historically
black colleges, is sus-
pending all fall sports out
of concern over the CO-
VID-19 pandemic.
A statement from the
conference said several of
its schools are located in
states experiencing dra-
matic increases in new
COVID-19 cases. It said
the recent rise in cases
has led to a pause in
phased reopening plans
in many of those states,
resulting in uncertainty
as to whether students
will return to campus this
fall at several CIAA insti-
tutions.
The conference said
on Thursday it will ex-
plore the possibility of a
modified schedule for
football, volleyball and
men’s and women’s cross
country next spring. In
addition, the CIAA said
its members unanimous-
ly agreed to honor athlet-
ic scholarships for stu-
dent-athletes participat-
Obituaries
ing in fall sports.
Bowie State, Fayette-
ville State, Shaw Univer-
sity, Virginia State and
Winston-Salem State are
among the 12 schools in
the conference.
Jaguars announce
plans for 25%
capacity, masks in
2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –
The Jacksonville Jaguars
announced plans Friday
to play home games in
front of a significantly re-
duced capacity this fall.
Fans in attendance will
be required to wear face
coverings.
The team released de-
tails in an email to sea-
son-ticket holders, say-
ing it expects about 25%
capacity at TIAA Bank
Field in 2020 “in compli-
ance with state and local
authorities and following
CDC social distancing
guidelines.”
“Once the season be-
gins, any future increase
in capacity will depend
on developments on the
health and safety front,”
the Jaguars said.
The stadium’s capaci-
ty is listed at over 67,000.
Baltimore was the first
team to announced plans
for reduced capacity, say-
ing Wednesday it plans to
allow fewer than 14,000
fans at home game at
M&T Bank Stadium in
2020.
The Jaguars said sea-
son tickets will be credit-
ed and any payments
scheduled for July can-
celed. Season ticket hold-
ers will have the opportu-
nity to apply credited
funds toward the pur-
chase of tickets this sea-
son or in 2021. Full cash
refunds will be made
upon request.
Jimenez, 56, rolls
back the years to lead
Austrian Open
ATZENBRUGG, Aus-
tria – Miguel Angel Jimé-
nez moved into position
to break his own record as
the oldest winner of a Eu-
ropean Tour event when
the 56-year-old Spaniard
shot 7-under 65 to take
the second-round lead in
the Austrian Open on Fri-
day.
Jiménez made nine
birdies in his first 13 holes,
before rebounding from
bogeys at Nos. 16 and 17
with a birdie 2 at the last
at the Diamond Country
Club outside Vienna.
He was 11 under par
overall, two shots clear of
five players: Joost Luiten
(70), Marc Warren (69),
Craig Howie (69), Renato
Paratore (67) and Nicolai
von Dellingshausen (67).
Jiménez was 50 years,
133 days when he won the
Open de España in 2014
to become the oldest win-
ner on the tour.
The Austrian Open is
the first event back on the
European Tour after a
four-month break be-
cause of the coronavirus
outbreak. All players,
caddies and other per-
sonnel on site were tested
for COVID-19 ahead of the
tournament and are fol-
lowing public health
guidelines, including so-
cial distancing.
Wimbledon to
allocate prize money
despite cancellation
WIMBLEDON,
Eng-
land – Wimbledon will
pay out $12.5 million in
prize money to 620 play-
ers despite the tourna-
ment’s cancellation be-
cause of the coronavirus
pandemic, the All Eng-
land Club said Friday.
After consulting with
its insurance provider,
club officials said 256
players who would have
competed in the main
draw will each receive
25,000 pounds ($31,000),
while 224 players who
would have competed in
qualifying will each re-
ceive 12,500 pounds
($15,600).
“Immediately follow-
ing the cancellation of
The Championships, we
turned our attention to
how we could assist those
who help make Wimble-
don happen,” All England
Manchester City to
get Monday verdict in
UEFA ban case
GENEVA – Manches-
ter City will get the ver-
dict on Monday in its ap-
peal against a two-year
ban from UEFA competi-
tions.
The Court of Arbitra-
tion for Sport on Friday
set the date to publish the
ruling from its panel of
three judges at 10:30 a.m.
Swiss time (0830 GMT).
The urgent verdict
from a hearing held on
June 8-10 by video link
will likely have few de-
tails of the panel’s rea-
sons and evidence heard.
A full written verdict typi-
cally takes months to pre-
pare. The parties can
agree to keep it confiden-
tial.
UEFA punished Man
City in February for “seri-
ous breaches” of rules
monitoring club finances
and failing to cooperate
with investigators.
The allegations in-
cluded that City, owned
by Abu Dhabi’s royal fam-
ily, misled UEFA over sev-
eral years to meet finan-
cial integrity rules –
known as Financial Fair
Play (FFP) – required to
enter the Champions
League.
The
club
denied
wrongdoing, and said it
has “irrefutable evi-
dence” the claims are not
true.
–Associated Press
Richard Curry
Jacob Lawrence
Timothy Haskett
(Jake)
TERREBONNE
-
Jacob Lawrence
Timothy Haskett (Jake),
age 15 of Terrebonne,
Oregon, died from in-
juries sustained from a
fall in Jefferson County
in June.
Jacob is survived by
his father, Zane Haskett,
mother, Reina Benton
and seven siblings, Ja-
son and James Schar-
back, Riley and Anna
Merrill and Tyler, Lily
and Willow Haskett. He
was preceded in death
by his stepmother,
Shannon Haskett.
Jacob was born Au-
gust 30th, 2004 to Zane
Haskett and Reina Ben-
ton in Silverton, Oregon
and spent the majority
of his life in the Mari-
on/Linn County area,
recently relocating to
Central Oregon.
Jacob enjoyed run-
ning, swimming, hik-
ing, fishing and explor-
ing. He also loved birds,
drawing and construct-
ing things. He preferred
the outdoors and he was
never far from his bike
or adventure.
Services will be held
at a later date.
Richard “Ned” Cur-
ry, Ned was born 1937
in Charleston, WV. He
married his wife Sally
Ann “Mollet” Curry in
Silverton, 1956. He has
three children, Doug-
las Curry, Glenn Cur-
ry, and Cheryl Buck. He
died in Las Vegas, NV,
May 28th 2020. Ned was
in Trucking most of his
life. He and Sally moved
to AZ in 2004 but have
many close ties in this
area. A memorial will
be held in Sublimity on
Sunday from 1 - 5 pm.
Miller
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could make it through a
duck’s digestive system
and still be viable?
Not great, Vincze
found, but worryingly
enough.
“Most of the viable
eggs were pooped within
an hour of being eaten,”
Wilke writes. “While one
of them took four hours to
pass.”
This means that I real-
ly, really hope that the re-
search assistant got a
credit.
Anyway, the duck-poo
research has implications
that are positive.
Such as - aha! - that’s
how the trout probably
got into Lake Hellangone.
Because ducks and
geese are migratory, cov-
ering vast distances, it
also implies some things
that are extremely trou-
bling, such as air drop de-
liveries of invasive fish
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eggs in previously pris-
tine waters.
Tell you what.
We’re talking carp in
Hungary.
And only about 18 eggs
out of 8,000 came out of
the, ahem, tunnels alive.
What with everything
else that’s going on right
here, let’s just put this on
a back burner until they
show up here.
SUGGESTIBLE VEGE-
TABLES:
Maybe it’s the soil, or
the compost; or it could
be something in the wa-
ter.
Henry’s garden of
earthy delights in south
Salem has produced
some interesting, well,
produce over the past
couple of years.
Exhibit A: The carrot
that I pulled up a couple
of days ago, one of the
first of the season.
I texted a picture of it
to a couple of friends with
the punch line: Does this
remind you of anyone?
The root vegetable in
question looks suggest-
ively like a pair of legs in
form-fitting
orange
tights.
One friend, David,
mused that it’s too bad
the Oregon State Fair has
been canceled this sum-
mer.
The carrot could have
been a contender in the
unique vegetables cate-
gory, he said.
So it’s probably a good
thing that I trimmed off a
root hair before I took the
picture.
It originally looked as
if it was wearing a thong.
Exhibit B: a tomato
that came out of the gar-
den a couple of seasons
ago.
I’ll leave it up to you to
come up with a caption
for that one.
THOUGHT FOR THE
WEEK: If fishing is an art
form, I’m on par with a
preschooler using finger
paints.
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