Tutorial first app issues when not installed in doc root

Folks,

New to CodeIgniter 4, used earlier versions and really liked it.  I'm doing a clean install using Composer and pretty much following the Manual/Tutorial directions.  All seemed well, but having problem with the ci-news demo app and generated URLs.  I see several areas where URLs can be adjusted, but I don't want to fight it and would like a clean solution. 

My setup:
Web server doc root /pub/comwww/soaringtools -  www.soaringtools.org [don't want to change that, existing site]

Tutorial Steps:
Installed in the directory: /pub/comwww/soaringtools/ci-news  using composer and moved dirs as recommended.
  (contents) app/  builds*  composer.json  composer.lock  license.txt  phpunit.xml.dist  public/  README.md  spark*  tests/  vendor/  writable/

Followed the tutorial, updated Routes.php as directed, no changes to Paths.php, no changes to .htaccess in public directory, edited the .env file to set DEVELOPMENT and DB access info, no change to baseURL

What works now:
https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/public -- brings up the Welcome to Codeigniter OK
https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/public/home or about-- brings up those pages OK
https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/public/news -- brings up the news summary page OK,

but "View article" links are wrong. 
   They generate the URL -> https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/pub...is-sighted
    instead of -> https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/pub...is-sighted    (which does work)
[url=https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/public/news/elvis-sighted][/url] 
Can this be adjusted/fixed simply?  Do I need to move the public directory?

I want the final URLs to start with: https://www.soaringtools.org/ci-news/new ... (no public)

I see adjustments possible in:
ci-news/public/.htaccess   - use RewriteBase as suggested there, but to what?
ci-news/.env    -  change the value of app.baseURL, to what?
ci-news/app/Config/Paths.php -- change systemDirectory or appDirectory, both?
-- or do I just need to adjust the generated paths in the view directly.

Any help is welcome.  I'm trying to avoid forcing it by using the wrong methods.
Many Thanks!
John