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Boeing offers ‘affordable’ health plan The company signs an agreement with UW Medicine and Providence-Swedish for medical care services at lower costs for nonunion employees and 3,000 retirees.

By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer

For many, health care is a headache, even when you’re covered.

Costs rise yearly, sometimes by

double-digit percentages. Consumers can face long waits to make appointments, then sometimes are referred to another organization. They must explain, again, their health problem.

The Boeing Co. thinks it has

a plan to change all that. The company has signed an agreement with two local medical groups to simplify treatment: UW Medicine and the combined Providence-Swedish health-care organization.

Some 27,000 Boeing employees in metro Puget Sound, most of whom are nonunion, and 3,000 retirees are being offered a new health plan with a lofty promise:

better health care at lower costs for consumers.

“Right up front, the plan is more affordable for Boeing employees and their families,” said Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, chief executive of UW Medicine. “And even within the first year, we believe it will improve a patient’s experience and improve access.”

Boeing is the first major employer in the Northwest and

Tribe may head for the hills Sauk-Suiattle Reservation could move due to flood concerns

one of just a few companies nationally to launch what seems to be a major overhaul in the way health care is delivered. It could be a model for the rest of the country, said Preston Simmons, chief executive of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

The move is getting national attention from employers and See HEALTH, Page A2

‘Mystery shopper’ scammers at work Advice from Snohomish police on bogus check scam: “If it’s too good to be true, it really is. It’s too good to be true.”

By Rikki King Herald Writer

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DARRINGTON — The SaukSuiattle Indian Tribe has long been concerned about the Sauk River flooding near its reservation.

A new report commissioned by the tribe forecasts the likely effects global warming will have on the reservation.

That report, completed in June 2014 by Seattle consulting firm Natural Systems Design and recently made public, confirms and puts numbers on what the tribe has long suspected: in the coming decades, the magnitude of flooding is expected to

increase 50 percent while the frequency of flooding will more than double.

“Severe and irretrievable damages, and possible loss of life, are an inevitable consequence of failing to move residents and facilities out of their current location,” the report states.

As a result, the tribe is considering moving to land it purchased near Darrington earlier this year.

It would take an act of Congress to make that new property the official reservation. The alternative is that the existing reservation may soon find itself under water.

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“I just want to push D.C. for reservation status to move to the new lands,” said Kevin Lenon, the vice chairman of the tribe.

Lenon will be in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, armed with the global warming study, for the White House Tribal Nations Conference, where he hopes to be able to make his case with President Barack Obama.

On Nov. 25, with rain falling in what felt like a continuous stream, Lenon walked along the eastern edge of the reservation with Scott Morris, the tribe’s water quality coordinator.

About 50 feet behind the easternmost row of houses, the land drops about two feet down

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to a forested wetland tangled with underbrush.

The main channel of the Sauk River was about 1,000 feet farther east, behind a stand of 60-year-old alders.

Over the decades, the main channel has migrated all the way across the valley, in 1998 kissing a bluff on the east side, before wending back to its present location.

But aerial photography from 1949 shows the west bank of the Sauk was once where Lenon and Morris stood a week ago.

That former channel is known

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Tuesday in a California court.

One of the key witnesses is the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who will be heard in a taped deposition (Page A7).

Because Jobs can’t be questioned in the courtroom, lawyers for the plaintiffs will cross-examine Siri.

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1954, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution condemning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy from Wisconsin, saying he brought “the Senate into dishonor and disrepute” (Today in History, Page B4).

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Kevin Lenon, vice chairman of the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, looks over a portion of the Sauk River on Nov. 25 that carries risks of flooding at the reservation near Darrington.

SNOHOMISH — A new twist on an old scam has arrived in Snohomish.

This rendition involves an invitation to become a “mystery shopper.”

The scam works like this: Victims are sent a bogus check to cover their “mystery shopper” purchases, but before trying to cash it, they are told they’ve been overpaid. The target is asked to cover the difference through pre-paid debit cards that can be purchased at gas stations.

They’re promised a package in the mail. The scammers use both email and snail mail to try to dupe victims.

The first case in Snohomish was reported Nov. 17, Police Chief John Flood said. A Snohomish man, who appeared to be in his 30s, brought in materials sent to him by the scammers. The man didn’t fall for it, Flood said.

As with other scams reported in Snohomish County in recent months, people who may be the most vulnerable are those not comfortable with newer technology, Flood said.

The mystery-shopper scam has been reported elsewhere in the country dating back to at least 2009. If the Snohomish man receives the promised package, the police plan to conduct forensic testing to look for DNA and fingerprints.

Scammers can be impossible to track down — even their phone numbers usually are faked, the chief said. Each scam has layers

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Is there anything that aspirin can’t do? Maybe Scam

By Jill U. Adams Special to The Washington Post

Aspirin is one of the oldest drugs out there. And yet researchers are still learning what it can — and cannot — do.

It’s clear that daily aspirin can be beneficial for people who have had a heart attack or an ischemic stroke. Scores of studies have shown that this simple treatment reduces the chance of having a repeat heart attack or stroke.

Researchers have long wondered whether the drug might also prevent first heart attacks or first strokes.

A new study followed 14,000 Japanese people age 60 and older who had high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes — three major risk factors for atherosclerosis, which can block arteries and cause heart attack and stroke.

The results, published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found no overall benefit to taking an aspirin a day. The study hardly puts the question to rest, however.

The study did find slightly fewer heart attacks and transient ischemic attacks (similar to a stroke, but ending quickly without

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health-care organizations.

They are interested in how well it will work — and how many will sign up. Employees have to decide whether they’ll try the new plan or stick with their current one by Wednesday, when enrollment ends.

Families who opt for the new health plan can expect to save more than $1,000 a year on healthcare coverage, said Jeff White, Boeing’s director of health care benefits

damage) with aspirin.

Indeed, some doctors continue to recommend aspirin as a prophylactic in certain high-risk patients.

One reason the study failed to show an overall benefit was that the control group had surprisingly few cardiovascular events. (It’s hard to detect protection against something when it’s barely happening in the first place.)

Also, the study found an unacceptable rate of serious side effects in those who took aspirin.

Daily aspirin treatment is not risk-free. The same properties that reduce clotting and the buildup of atherosclerotic plaques in blood vessels also increase bleeding risks, including potentially catastrophic bleeding in the brain.

So to show an overall benefit, aspirin use would have to prevent a significant number of initial heart attacks and strokes while causing very few brain bleeds. The latest study failed to meet that standard.

“Where do we draw the line?” asks J. Michael Gaziano, a cardiologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System.

The study results mean that doctors need to use caution in recommending

the treatment to patients who have never experienced heart attacks or strokes. “Some people’s risk for a first heart attack is as high as someone who has already had a heart attack,” Gaziano said.

If you’ve already had a heart attack, the evidence is clear that the benefits of aspirin outweigh risks, says Robert Califf, a cardiologist at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

“Otherwise, have a conversation with your doctor and make an individual decision.”

Gaziano says, “It’s a calculation you have to do based on an individual’s risk of heart attack and the risk of a serious brain bleed.”

Three trials are under way in the United States to address unanswered questions about aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular events. (Gaziano is leading one of them.)

Another factor that may add weight to the benefit side of the equation: Aspirin may be protective against certain cancers, particularly colorectal cancer. The National Cancer Institute is sponsoring research studies to learn more.

Aspirin has other uses, of course. It’s a cheap and

effective drug for relieving pain, reducing fever and fighting inflammation.

For these run-of-the-mill purposes, a suite of drugs competes with aspirin, including ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), which may be more effective for certain kinds of pain and somewhat less likely to cause stomach upset.

For pain and fever, acetaminophen (Tylenol) doesn’t produce the stomach upset that some people experience with aspirin.

For arthritis pain, naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) is longer-lasting, allowing patients to take just one or two doses a day.

But for prevention of heart attack and strokes, aspirin shines compared with these other drugs.

That’s because of the way it interacts with platelets in the blood to make them less likely to clot.

“Aspirin permanently blocks the platelet enzyme, for the life of the platelet,” Gaziano said. “Ibuprofen only does it transiently, so it doesn’t have the sustained action of aspirin.”

That means that platelets can be thoroughly inhibited even with a once-a-day dose. (Tylenol does not have anti-platelet action.)

Newer platelet-inhibitor

drugs have been developed, such as clopidogrel (Plavix), but they haven’t unseated aspirin for preventing heart attacks. However, Plavix is a useful alternative, especially in patients who can’t take aspirin because they are allergic or have an elevated risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.

Another question about aspirin’s preventive powers is what dose is best. For people who can benefit from daily aspirin treatment, the American Heart Association recommends taking a baby aspirin, which contains 81 milligrams, about a quarter of the amount in a regular aspirin tablet (325 milligrams). But a recent study revealed that only a third of people using aspirin daily after a hospital stay were taking the lowdose version.

“Baby aspirin is recommended, but cardiologists are not acting like they believe it,” Califf said. He is on a team launching a study to test low-dose vs. high-dose aspirin in patients with a history of heart attack or stroke.

Califf said that aspirin is one of the most common things patients ask their doctors about. “It’s frustrating to say we don’t really know.”

strategy. Single employees are expected to save about $500.

There are other incentives, too. Boeing will contribute more money into health savings accounts, money that can be used for medical expenses — $800 for families and $400 for single employees.

There are free primary care visits and free generic prescription drugs.

The health-care organizations that contract with Boeing will be monitored as to how long it takes for a call to a medical office to be answered, how long it takes to make an appointment,

how quickly a patient can get an appointment with a specialist and how effective the care is, Ramsey said.

The goals are to keep patients healthier by heading off problems or by closely monitoring them rather than waiting until they become more serious and costly; to reduce hospital re-admissions; and to reduce trips to the emergency room with problems that could be taken care of through more routine urgent care.

As with any health care network, patients generally will pay more if they get medical care outside the UW Medicine or Providence-Swedish networks.

Both organizations, however, have agreements with other medical groups, such as hospitals, clinics and specialists.

“We wanted to have a one-stop shop for employees to cover the full gamut of care, from primary care to specialists, in-patient and outpatient,” White said. ....

Employees who want to enroll in the new plan have to choose one of the networks — either Providence-Swedish or UW Medicine.

The plan will pay about

90 percent of costs incurred in-network and about 60 percent out-of-network, White said. There are provisions for getting emergency medical care if people can’t get to a network clinic or hospital.

Boeing has contracted directly with the two health care networks rather than engage an insurance company. It’s a first for the company. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will continue to administer the processing of health care expenses or claims for both networks.

The new health-care program borrows some philosophy from companies that have redesigned how business is conducted, Simmons said. “You think about how Amazon redesigned how people do retail shopping and Microsoft is redefining how we do business,” he said.

Health care, though, “has been the same way for a long, long time,” Simmons said. “Think about how people access health care.”

People call for an office visit and “it takes you forever to get it.”

Providence sought a former Amazon senior executive to help adapt technology for patients to

interact with clinics, Simmons said. For example, patients will be able to use a smartphone app to get answers to questions, or they can set up Internet teleconferences with health-care providers.

In the past, employers have tried to cut rising health-care costs through steps such as increasing co-pays and deductibles, White said. The company saw the health care plans being offered through UW Medicine and ProvidenceSwedish as a way to control costs without shifting it to employees, he said.

Intel’s site in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, began a similar health care program in 2013, and it caught Boeing’s notice. The change was spurred in part by projections that health-care costs for the company, with 48,000 employees and their 79,000 dependents, could hit $1 billion by 2012. Intel is now making the program available to employees at its Hillsboro, Oregon, campus.

Edmonds Family Medicine is one of the bevy of clinics that have joined the Providence-Swedish network. Teams of health-care workers will be brought together to tackle patient problems, said Marcy Shimada, the clinic’s chief executive.

The clinic has hired a dietitian to help patients battling weight and dietary issues. Psychiatric nurse practitioners have joined the staff to help people with depression and anxiety.

The new electronic tools and approaches to monitor the problems and progress of patients with multiple health problems are examples of how to provide health care more cheaply, she said.

But the health-care organizations that will treat Boeing employees face a challenge. “How do we work on improving their health?” Shimada said.

“Frankly, it’s a tall order.”

EVERETT CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY AGENDA

EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 6:30 P.M. DECEMBER 3, 2014 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS Please join us in the ceremony recognizing our newest Council member, Council member Judy Tuohy.

COUNCIL BRIEFING AGENDA:

(1) City of Everett Logo Design Presentation (2) Adopt Resolution naming the bluff northwest of American Legion Memorial Park “Hibulb Lookout.”

(3) Adopt Resolution naming the bike/pedestrian trail around north Everett the “Mill Town Trail”.

(4) CB 1411-56 –1st Reading – Adopt the Proposed Ordinance amending Ordinances 3299-12 and 1237-86 and establishing new rates for sewer service and surface water management for the City of Everett. (3rd and final reading on 12-17-14).

(5) CB 1411-57 –1st Reading – Adopt the Proposed Ordinance granting a Telecommunications Franchise to Noel Communications, Inc. (3rd and final reading on 12-17-14).

(6) CB 1411-58 –1st Reading – Adopt the Proposed Ordinance setting the basic salary schedule for City of Everett employees for 2015 (3rd and final reading on 12-17-14).

(7) Adopt Resolution adopting the 2014 Comprehensive Sewer Plan and authorizing its submittal to the State Department of Ecology.

CONSENT ITEMS:

(8) Adopt Resolution No. ____ authorizing claims against the City of Everett in the amount of $4,755,801.31 for the period of November 15, 2014 through November 21, 2014.

(9) Adopt Resolution No. ____ authorizing payroll claims against the City of Everett in the amount of $ 3,375,402.37 for the period ending November 15, 2014.

(10) Accept the 2014 Backwash Solids Removal Project as complete and Authorize the Mayor to sign the Certificate of Completion with Golden Enviro, LLC. (11) Accept the Powder Mill Gulch Stabilization Project as complete and Authorize the Mayor to sign the Certificate of Completion with Jansen, Inc., allowing the release of the retainage bond.

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(12) Conduct public hearing on proposed surplus of city owned real property and direct staff to prepare a resolution declaring certain city owned properties as surplus and authorizing the sale of those properties.

ACTION ITEMS:

(13) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Quit Claim Deed from the City of Everett to Snohomish County for title clearing purposes for Lots 27 & 28, Plat of Paine Field No. 5.

(14) Authorize the Mayor to sign the Professional Services Agreement with Associated Earth Sciences, Inc. to provide additional environmental consulting services related to contaminated soils at the Allen-Buick site in the amount of $63,436.00.

(15) CB 1411-53- 3rd and final Reading – Adopt the Proposed Ordinance adopting the budget for the City of Everett for the year 2015 in the amount of $517,917,389.

(16) CB 1411-54 – 3rd and final Reading – Adopt the Proposed Ordinance closing a Special Improvement Project entitled “2010 ARRA Overlay Program”, Fund 303, Program 088, as established by Ordinance No. 3179-10.

(17) CB 1411-55 –3rd and final Reading – Adopt the Proposed Ordinance closing a Special Improvement Project entitled “Everett Citywide Guardrail Improvement Project”, Fund 303, Program 100, as established by Ordinance No. 3328-13.

(18) Authorize the Mayor to sign the Local Agency Standard Consultant Agreement with KPFF Consulting Engineers for the Grand Avenue Park Bridge design for an amount not to exceed $1.75 million.

(19) Authorize the Mayor to sign Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Brown and Caldwell for Reservoir 6 Roof Replacement.

(20) Adopt Resolution authorizing recovery of abatement costs pursuant to EMC 1.20.090 at 1609 Walnut Street.

(21) Authorize the Mayor to sign a three-year Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with annual payments of $241,697.79 including Washington State Sales Tax. (22) Authorize the Mayor to sign the MRV’s standard maintenance and support service terms and conditions.

(23) Authorize the Mayor to sign a three-year Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with annual payments of $241,697.79 including Washington State Sales Tax. (24) Authorize the Mayor to sign Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with the Everett Rowing Association for the provision of recreational rowing programs.

(25) Authorize the Mayor to sign a Professional Services Agreement with Forterra to continue implementation of a restoration plan for several publicly owned urban forested areas within the City of Everett, in an amount not to exceed $58,400.00

HISTORIC FLIGHT PRESENTS: Pan Am and the First Land-Based Routes

Continuing Historic Flight’s autumn series on the history of Pan American World Airways, David Lednicer will consider Pan Am’s transition from flying boats to land routes, often through partnerships or subsidiaries such as Panagra, Avianca and China National Aviation Corporation. A special segment will address the history of HFF’s DC-3.

The series will continue in January with “Introducing the Jet Age, The Boeing 707.”

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and layers of deceit.

“I know it’s a long shot, but we’ll at least make an effort,” Flood said.

Other recent scams reported in Snohomish County have involved suspects posing as the sheriff’s deputies, Edmonds police, federal tax agents, court staff organizing jury duty and jail staff. Victims have lost thousands of dollars.

Anyone who believes they may be a victim of fraud should call 911.

Any unsolicited communication — whether it’s a Tweet, a phone call, an email or a letter in the mailbox — should be treated with an extra dose of wariness, Flood said.

That’s especially true during the holidays, a treasured time for scammers.

People are feeling generous this time of year, but they’re also sometimes stressed out and worried about finances, Flood said.

“We always tell everybody that if it’s too good to be true, it really is. It’s too good to be true,” he said.

If you get invited to be a mystery shopper via a sketchy letter or email, the chief said, “You’re not a secret shopper.

You’re a secret victim.”

Rikki King: 425-3393449; rking@heraldnet. com.

LOTTERY LOTTO: Monday’s drawing was for $1.5 million.

Monday’s numbers: 8-912-28-33-35. The next drawing is Wednesday for $1.6 million.

DAILY GAME: Monday’s numbers: 1-3-7.

KENO: Monday’s numbers: 1-5-8-21-22-23-2436-46-50-55-58-60-6267-69-71-72-77-78.

HIT 5: Monday’s drawing was for $100,000.

Monday’s numbers: 2-9-14-16-18. The next drawing is Wednesday for $130,000.

MATCH 4: Monday’s numbers: 1-5-13-22.

POWERBALL: Saturday’s drawing was for $90 million. Saturday’s numbers: 13-24-30-42-48, Powerball 27. The next drawing is Wednesday for $40 million.

MEGA MILLIONS: Friday’s drawing was for $61 million. Friday’s numbers: 8-26-29-36-47, Megaball 10. The next drawing is Tuesday for $70 million.

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Sword-wielding man faces assault charges He is accused of attacking three people in Lynnwood, including his grandmother.

By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

LYNNWOOD — Brandin Ayling was wearing a 2-foot-long sword in a sheath on his hip when Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies caught up with him.

He is accused of using that sword to attack three people, including his 65-year-old grandmother. Ayling’s roommate suffered serious gashes that

required surgery. The three victims told police the attack was unprovoked.

Prosecutors have charged Ayling with three assault charges for the Nov. 5 incident. He is being held on $750,000 bail.

Ayling, 24, lives in a Lynnwoodarea duplex. His grandmother lives next door. She told detectives she stopped by earlier that night for a short visit. Ayling’s roommate was asleep on the couch.

She later heard screaming. She found Ayling’s roommate, 40, at her door. He was bleeding and crying for help. He asked her to call an ambulance.

The woman first confronted

her grandson, asking if he had cut someone. She said he raised his sword and struck her in the arm.

The woman then ran to call 911.

Ayling reportedly shouted after her, “You wouldn’t call the cops on your own grandson, would you, Grandma?” Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Scott Halloran wrote in charging papers.

Around the same time, police were called to a nearby business.

A bloodied man reported being attacked by Ayling. He told police he had been doing drugs with Ayling earlier that night.

The sword-wielding man “freaked out and started yelling

at him and (the roommate) to leave,” court papers said.

The man explained to detectives that he was grabbing his coat to go when Ayling blocked his exit and started chasing him with a sword. The man was slashed on the hand. He ran out of the duplex and Ayling reportedly hit him in the back a few times. The man hid in some bushes until Ayling returned inside.

He needed nine stitches to close the wound on his hand.

Ayling told police he hit his roommate while he was swinging at the other man, court papers said. Ayling reportedly admitted he took a bunch of drugs. He also

told officers he is bipolar and was suicidal.

The sword has an 18-inch blade, Halloran wrote. There was blood on the wall above the couch where Ayling’s roommate was lying before the attack.

Police recovered multiple knives, swords and daggers from the duplex.

In 2010, Ayling, then 20, was accused of threatening his mother’s boyfriend with a sword and poking the man in the chest with the weapon. That case later was dismissed.

Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463; hefley@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @ dianahefley

Monroe budget would raise fees The public is invited to weigh in at the City Council meeting today.

By Amy Nile Herald Writer

he said. “Our focus as a coalition has always been to put people above politics.”

The 2015 session begins Jan. 12. Monday’s decision had been much anticipated as Schoesler and Sen. Bruce Dammeier, R-Puyallup, had spent weeks competing for the top

MONROE — Since he took office in January, the mayor here has had his sights set on balancing the city’s budget for 2015 and beyond.

Geoffrey Thomas immediately went to work, looking at the city’s spending to find ways to reverse a deficit in the 2014 budget. The mayor directed staff to make sure their departments’ expenses fell below revenue. The day after he took office, Thomas eliminated the economic development manager position.

Now the proposed 2015 budget is expected to have a $6,000 positive balance at the end of the year. But Monroe residents are facing water and sewer rate hikes next year.

People can express their opinions on the proposed 2015 budget at a City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The council is expected to read the ordinance to adopt the budget at the meeting, with a vote scheduled for Dec. 9.

The budget calls for a sewer rate increase of 14 percent in 2015 to pay for system improvements.

The proposed 2015 budget also raises water rates by 4.4 percent. Thomas said the increase is needed because the city of Everett is charging Monroe more for water.

There are no other tax or fee increases planned for 2015.

Revenue is expected to be helped in 2015 by the new Walmart store at N. Kelsey Street and Chain Lake Road. The retailer is expected to collect about $300,000 in sales tax revenue for the city in 2015, Thomas said.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the big-box store is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The new Walmart, combined with the improving economy, are expected bump city revenue by about 10 percent in 2015.

The 2015 budget also reduces expenditures by about 5 percent from 2014. That’s without digging further into the city’s emergency reserves or contingency fund, which have a balance of more than $400,000.

“We’ve been very careful about

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Everett Food Bank volunteer Albert Arguelles packs food for home delivery to senior citizens who are unable to pick up their own. The bags contain just what the seniors would gather at the food bank if they could come in, Arguelles explains, and when they’re all packed (90 on Monday) other volunteers will deliver them. The Everett Food Bank also collects and distributes food to 20 other food banks in Snohomish County.

Food in the bank

Needs are greater as winter and holidays tug at families’ finances

By Kari Bray Herald Writer

It’s the busiest time of year for Snohomish County food banks, with record-setting demand and a number of food drives kicking off or wrapping up around the county.

“There’s certainly a lot more people willing to put energy into food drives this time of year, which is welcome,” said Bill Kraut, supervisor at the

Volunteers of America Food Bank in Everett. “I would say that probably a third of all the food a food bank receives comes in during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season.”

The spike in donations is accompanied by a rise in demand.

The Monday before Thanksgiving was the food bank’s busiest day ever, Kraut said, setting a record for the amount of food given out — roughly six tons.

“We very much appreciate the extra help this time of year because not only is this the time with the most donations, it’s when they’re needed most,” he said. “We see people we don’t see any other time of the year.”

Family finances are pulled tight around holiday gifts, meals and travel, he said, not to mention dark nights and cold weather putting extra strain on bills for low-income families.

People who usually don’t rely

on food banks are stopping in to pick up supplies for holiday dinners, along with the basics to get them by in between.

Items needed year-round by food banks include: juice, canned fruits and vegetables, tuna and tuna helper, flour, vegetable oil, baby formula, canned soups, peanut butter, taco shells and ramen noodles. Low-salt and sugar-free food options also See FOOD, Page A5

Schoesler is state’s new Senate majority leader

By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

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OLYMPIA — The state Senate Monday gained its first Republican majority leader in a decade.

Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, was elected by the Republican-run Majority Coalition Caucus in a meeting in

Yakima to become the first GOP lawmaker in the post since Kirkland’s Bill Finkbeiner in 2004.

Schoesler, who has served as Republican leader the past two years, will succeed retiring Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, one of two Democrats in the coalition caucus.

“I’m grateful to my

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Lynnwood fish poacher sentenced

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EVERETT — A Lynnwood man accused of illegally selling caviar, steelhead and salmon must pay a $7,500 fine and serve a month on work release.

Igor Vladimir Stepchuk began his jail sentence late last month after pleading guilty to two counts of firstdegree unlawful trafficking in fish.

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A 2011 undercover operation in Snohomish County by state fish and wildlife agents tied the men to an international fish-poaching ring operating in several other states.

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the illegal caviar. The agent met with Stepchuk numerous times. The convicted felon eventually offered to sell the agent steelhead, saying he had poached about 100 pounds. It isn’t clear where he caught them. He showed the agent a freezer full of fish.

Nontribal fishermen are banned from selling steelhead. Commercial and recreational salmon fishing also is closely regulated.

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are important for people with health problems or special diets.

Along with food, hygiene and household supplies like disposable diapers, hand soap, laundry detergent and toothbrushes and toothpaste are needed.

Schools, churches, businesses and clubs are rallying to bring in donations. Some drives are finishing, while others start this month. There are one-day events and month-long efforts.

At Everett High School, the annual student-run food drive started on Halloween and ran through the first three weeks of November. Students collected supplies for 200 families, providing each with a Thanksgiving meal and enough nonperishable food to last about two weeks.

While Everett students were delivering their donations, student leaders at Granite Falls High School were getting ready for the district’s annual food drive, which began Monday and runs through Dec. 15. Last year, the drive brought in more than $11,000 and 26,000 items — enough to provide food and personal items for more than 180 families for a month, according to the district.

Students hope to collect at least $10,000 and 20,000 items this year.

“Every family that we serve is a Granite Falls School District family,” coordinator Eric Dinwiddie said. “We’ll probably have over 200 families this year.”

The student-led food drive has been a yearly event since 2004 and was inspired by Dinwiddie’s experience as a student at Cascade High School in Everett, which has put on holiday food drives for more than 50 years.

People can donate to the Granite Falls food drive at the high school, 1401 100th St. NE, or any of the other schools. There are also drop boxes at local businesses, and students plan to stand outside grocery stores to collect donations.

“Every year it’s more challenging,” Dinwiddie said. “The sheer mass of it is growing. Every year there’s more families, more kids, more need.”

Other food drives are planned around the county, and most accept donations of toys, household supplies and cash as well as nonperishable food.

“Everybody wants to do food drives at the same time,” Kraut said.

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structuring the budget,” Thomas said. “I want to make certain we have a five-year plan that is sustainable.”

The reduction came, in part, from the city’s elimination of the economic development manager. That saved about $126,000 a year. Thomas said he now works closely with the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and local businesses to continue fostering economic growth.

“We’re still doing our best to do a lot of that kind of work,” he said.

Monroe plans to save more money by replacing the vacant deputy city clerk position with a parttime person. The city is also delaying the hiring of a new parks maintenance

worker until May. The combined changes are expected to save $332,314 in personnel costs for 2015.

As in 2014, all jobs that become vacant in 2015 will be evaluated for need before hiring a new person, Thomas said.

City staff members, with the exception of managers, are to receive cost-of-living increases in 2015. Managers will have performance evaluations and receive raises based on merit.

“Those are not automatic,” Thomas said.

There are no additions to city services planned in 2015. The parks department is down one maintenance worker, but the city plans to replace that employee before outdoor work picks up this spring.

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spot. Monday’s vote was not disclosed.

As majority leader, Schoesler will be the point man for the caucus, which is comprised of 25 Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Tim Sheldon of Potlatch.

His rise to majority leader follows an election cycle in which he helped raise roughly $3 million to defend the caucus’

vulnerable incumbents — including Sheldon — and to gain one seat to secure outright control of the chamber.

He’ll be the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Rules Committee and be the one who usually sits down with Gov. Jay Inslee during negotiations on budget and policy matters. He phoned the governor Monday.

“Sen. Schoesler left a message for the governor, letting him know that he is

looking forward to working with the governor in the coming session,” said Jaime Smith, a spokeswoman for Inslee.

Schoesler was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1993 and the Senate in 2004. He is a fifth-generation dryland wheat farmer on land his family has been farming since the 1880s, according to his legislative website.

Meanwhile, on Monday the coalition did not

decide whether to continue to share power with Democrats on some committees.

Right now, two committees are run jointly by a Republican and a Democrat and one has a Democratic chairman. A spokeswoman for the caucus said the committee structure will be determined later this month.

Jerry Cornfield: 360352-8623; jcornfield@ heraldnet.com.

OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS

Frances Marie Matuska Trihey F r a n c e s “ F r a n ” Tr i h e y passed away peacefully on November 30, 2014.

She was born August 6, 1918 in Circle, Montana to Frank and Rose Marie (Jerik) Matuska, the second oldest o f f i ve c h i l d r e n : s i s te r s , Lillian, Bernice, Irene and brother, Robert. The family moved to a farmstead near Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1928. Fran of ten recalled her experiences growing up on the farm during the Depression without running water, indoor plumbing or electricity. In 1940 she went on a “great adventure” l e av i n g t h e fa r m to s e e k employment in Washington, D.C. where some friends were already working. She got a job with the War Depar tment. While in D.C. she met an old friend, Francis (Casey) Trihey. They m a r r i e d o n Fe b r u a r y 2 2 , 1942. Her husband was an O f f i c e r C a n d i d a te S c h o o l graduate stationed nearby.

H e wa s s o o n s e n t to t h e European Theater until the war ended. In 1944 the f a m i l y m ove d to Ya k i m a , Washington.

Fran has two sons, her pride a n d j oy : E u g e n e ( Wo o d y ) Trihey (1945) and Edward (Ed) Trihey (1947). Fran was an accomplished business wo m a n . S h e wo rke d p a r t time while her boys were in grade school, later becoming the YMCA office manager in Yakima and office manager for Local Union 120 af ter they moved to Everett, Washington in 1962. She retired at age 68 to care for her husband who passed away in 1987.

Fr a n wa s d evo te d to h e r family and grandchildren.

S h e l ove d to h o s t fa m i l y holiday dinners. Christmas w a s h e r s p e c i a l h o l i d ay.

Throughout her life Fran was guided by her love for Jesus Christ and strong faith in God. She was an active member of the St. Mary Magdalen Parish.

Fr a n e n j o y e d g a r d e n i n g , shopping for that special deal and spending time with her family. She particularly enjoyed camping with her husband and young granddaughters, as well as fishing with her eldest son.

After her husband died she enjoyed traveling with lady friends from the parish. Her favorite trips were to Reno, Nevada to play the nickel slot machines. Usually she won enough to buy dinner for her group.

Fr a n i s s u r v i ve d by h e r s i s te r, I r e n e H o l l a n d ; brother, Rober t Matuska; her two sons, Woody and Ed; their wives, Jean and Kristine; grandchildren, Tera, Stacie and Colleen; and great-grandchildren, Sage, Hunter, Mason and Zoe. A Funeral Mass for Fran will be held at 1:00 p.m. on December 5, 2014 at St. Mar y Magdalen Church at 8517 7th Ave. S.E., Everett, Washington.

I n l i e u o f f l o w e r s remembrances may be sent to St. Mary Magdalen Church or Catholic Charities.

Raymond Doloin Henderson

July 13, 1926-Oct. 28, 2014

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son passed peacefully from natural causes on October 28, 2014 at Cristwood Nursing Facility, Shoreline, Wash.

Ray was born on July 13, 1926 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He lived in several places during his childhood including Kalispell, Mont. as a toddler, Hoquiam, Wash. attending Lincoln Elementary and then in Seattle, Wash. where he attended Queen Anne High School through his junior year.

Desiring to serve his country during WWII Ray joined the Marines in July 1943, went through boot camp in S a n D i e g o , C a l i f . b e fo r e shipping out to the South Pacific where he was stationed on the island of Pelelu. Ray was trained in radio code communications and held the office of Staff Sargeant. At the end of the war he returned to Treasure Island in San Francisco, CA where he was honorably discharged in August 1946.

Ray’s employment career as a youth included delivering newspapers, delivery boy for an office supply business providing and installing typewriter ribbons to downtown Seattle businesses, apprenticing in a butcher shop, as a lookout for the US Forest Service, and worked as an extra board at King Street Railway Station in Seattle, Wash. Af ter attending the UW in the School of Forestry h e w a s e m p l oy e d a t t h e Weyerhaeuser Sulfite Mill in E ve r e t t , Wa s h . a n d l a te r Cosmopolis, Wash. where he worked as a shift engineer in the power house and later as superintendent until retiring in 1985 to Lake Stevens, Wash. with his wife Kathryn.

Ray was married to Kathryn Jacobson in June 1949 until her passing in July 1995. He was then married to Helen Parks Hender son in April 1998 until her passing in October 2011.

Family was very important in Ray’s life and he enjoyed the many family gatherings and activities such as camping, picnics, horseshoes, playing cards, bicycling, hiking, and with friends he enjoyed golfing, baseball games, ballroom dancing, playing bridge at the local Senior Center and traveling with friends and family. In his later years when married to Helen they traveled to La Quinta, Calif. where they enjoyed the company of friends and family, warm weather, and golfing.

Survivors include his daughter, Vicki and David Holmes; his grandchildren, Nathan and Tracy Holmes, Leah and Kelly Beetham, Jacob and Melissa Holmes and Isaac Holmes. He also leaves his daughter-in-law Sherry Lewis and his grandson, Tyson Lewis and ten great grandchildren. His g row n s te p - c h i l d r e n f ro m Helen’s family include, David and Sally Parks, their 3 daughters, Amy Parks and Mitch Frerichs, Evie and Rodney Dlouhy, and Dawn and J a ke C o u r t n ey ; G r e g a n d Debbie Parks and their 4 grown children Greg Jr. and M e l i s s a P a r k s , A b by a n d Mike Gourdin, Brian and Eri-

ka Parks, and Brett and an a d d i t i o n a l 1 2 s te p g r e a t grandchildren.

Ray was preceded in death by h i s p a r e n t s J o h n a n d Mary Henderson; brothers, John Jr. and Ace and June Henderson; and his sister, Martha and Alton Bryant; his first wife, Kathryn; his second wife, Helen; his son, Mike; and grandson, Mike Jr. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014 beginning at 1:30 p . m . , E b e n e z e r Lu t h e r a n Church, 2111-117th Ave NE, Lake Stevens, Wash. He will also be honored for his military service that same day beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the American Legion, located at 1808 Main Street in d o w n to w n L a ke S teve n s , Wash.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Lake Stevens or a charity of your choice.

Sally A. Wise

July 28, 1939-November 9, 2014 Sally A. Wise, passed away November 9, 2014, after a long battle with Lewy Body Disease.

Born, July 28, 1939 in Coupeville, Wash. She grew up and lived most of her life on Camano Island, Wash.

Shortly after graduating high school she married Jim Wise in December, 1960.

M o m w a s a v e r y p ro u d Navy wife for many years before Dad retired in 1974.

Sally was a stay at home mom where she raised their three children. She also ran a paper route for the Everett Herald while her kids grew up. In 2007 af ter raising their three children Sally and Jim moved to Everett to be closer to the grandkids.

She will be buried at Tahoma National Cemetery with Dad. Surviving are Sally’s daughters, Donna Lish, Sandy (Kevin) Maynard; and son, David (Shannon) Wise.

S a l l y ’ s s i s te r, N a n c y C h a p m a n , e i g h t grandchildren and one great grandchild, Marcus, Kylie, Devin, Elizabeth, Natalie, McKayla, Kamr yn, Logan, and Lyndsie.

The celebration of Sally’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m. t o 3 : 0 0 p . m . , S a t u r d a y, December 6, 2014 at The Camano Island Ladies Aide, 79 Utsalady Rd, Camano Island, Wash. Please bring a favorite story about Sally to share with other s who loved her too. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Charles William Kissell

Dec. 30, 1921 — Nov. 18, 2014 Charles was born to Clarence and Margaret Traylor Kissell in Cañon City, Colorado. He spent his early ye a r s ex p l o r i n g t h e h i l l s around Greenwood, Colorado. Enlisted in the Army during World War II, and after discharge, enlisted in the United States Air Force, retiring in 1961 after twenty years of combined service.

While in the Air Force, he married Betty Jean Walker in 1947. Together they raised four children.

After retiring from the Air Force, he went to work for the Mukilteo School District and retired after twenty-four years, in 1985.

C h a r l e s w a s a l oy a l member of the Masonic Order for over fifty years. He was a member of the South Pueblo Lodge No 31, Alpha L o d g e 21 2 a n d Va l l ey o f E ve r et t S c ot t i s h R i te . H e was also a member of the Everett Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Margaret Ballantine, Clara Downer, and Louise Shake and his eldest son, Charles.

Charles is sur vived by Betty, his wife of 68 years; daughter, Rebecca Bressler (Rick); sons, Russell ( Va l e r i e , ) a n d G r e g o r y. grandchildren: Tanya Kuest ( D ave , ) B r a n d o n W i c ke n , Kor tney Christian (Jason), and Nickolas Kissell; great grandchildren: Andrea, Zachar y, Nathan and Ella Kuest and Chloe Christian.

Our sincere thanks to Providence Hospice for the care and support during his final journey.

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holidays are the busiest time for food banks, help is needed yearround, he said. Donations gathered in November and December usually last until early spring.

In March, sometimes sooner, supplies start to run out.

For people who want to donate throughout the year, a list of more than 30 ongoing food drives can be found at www.voaww. org. Food banks also accept donations during their open hours. Information about food bank locations can be found at www.win211.org or by calling 211.

Details about upcoming food drives also can be submitted to the Herald’s weekly Community Extra Calendar by emailing newstips@heraldnet. com.

Here’s a look at some of the food drives coming up this month in Snohomish County: ■ In Arlington, donations will be collected from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Cascade Valley Hospital, 330 S. Stillaguamish, and during the city’s Hometown Holidays celebration Saturday in Legion Park, 114 N. Olympic Ave. ■ The Lake Stevens School District accepts food and money donations during the annual Dickens Fair, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday at Cavelero Mid High School, 8220 24th St. ■ A popup Santa Photo Shop raises funds for the Edmonds Food Bank every Saturday and Sunday until Christmas at Fourth Ave. N. Donations for the Edmonds Food Bank can also be brought to one of two benefit concerts, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday in the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. ■ People can stuff a bus with food and toys for the Everett food bank from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 14 at Fred Meyer, 12906 Bothell-Everett Highway.

■ More buses are ready to be filled with donations in Stanwood and Camano Island during three drives on Saturday at the Stanwood QFC, Stanwood Haggen and Camano Plaza IGA. ■ Maris and Associates at 10512 19th Ave. SE, Suite 101, in Everett is collecting food donations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays until Dec. 23.

■ People who live around Lake Ki can leave nonperishable food items on their docks on Saturday. A boat will come around to pick up the donations at 2 p.m. There are also dropoffs at Country Burger and Roadhouse Bar & Grill.

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No ‘militarized’ police culture

Obama still wants to keep equipment programs; give cops body cams

By Nedra Pickler

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President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders Monday in Washington. Also at the meeting are New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (left), and Charles Ramsey, commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Ferguson Police Department.

Obama is proposing a threeyear, $263 million spending package to increase use of body-worn cameras, expand training for law enforcement and add more resources for police department reform.

The package includes $75 million to help pay for 50,000 of the small, lapel-mounted cameras to record police on the job, with state and local governments paying half the cost.

Estimates vary about the precise number of full-time, sworn law enforcement officers in the U.S., though some federal government reports in recent years have placed the figure at roughly 700,000.

Cameras potentially could help resolve the type of disputes between police and witnesses that arose in the Ferguson shooting. Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands up when Wilson shot him. The officer who shot him said he feared for his life when Brown hit him and reached for

his gun.

But there are issues to be worked out — including privacy concerns for police, suspects, victims and bystanders; legal questions over who has access to the recordings; and training to make sure officers are using the cameras and don’t have them turned off at a critical time.

The White House said those are the types of concerns that could be addressed by Obama’s newly created Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which will include law enforcement and community leaders. The task force is being co-chaired by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a professor at George Mason University and former assistant attorney general at the Justice Department.

After the Brown shooting and resulting protests in August, critics questioned why police in full body armor with armored trucks responded to

dispel demonstrators.

Obama seemed to sympathize when ordering a review of the programs that provide the equipment. “There is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement and we don’t want those lines blurred,” Obama said in August.

The White House review shows the scope of the programs — $18 billion in the past five years from the departments of Defense, Justice, Homeland Security and Treasury, plus the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

The report says most of the equipment the programs provide are routine — like office furniture and basic firearms — but about 460,000 pieces of equipment primarily used for military purposes have been provided to local police, including 92,442 small arms, 44,275 night-vision devices, 5,235 Humvees, 617 mineresistant vehicles and 616 aircraft.

Pentagon candidate pool shrinking

By Julie Pace Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Wanted: Thick-skinned candidate to oversee a sprawling bureaucracy bitten by budget cuts and join a national security team besieged by criticism. Must be tolerant of White House interference.

The job conditions for President Barack Obama’s next defense secretary have already spurred some top contenders to bow out, leaving the White House with a slim list of candidates to fill the post for the administration’s final two years. On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson became the latest to tell the White House he wasn’t interested in the job, according to people familiar with the process.

Johnson’s decision to stay put at DHS is likely to deepen the impression that the Pentagon post — typically a highly sought-after Cabinet spot — is drawing little interest. The president’s short list of contenders now includes longtime public servants who have deep Pentagon experience, but may be less likely to give Obama’s national security agenda the jolt that critics — and increasingly some supporters — say is needed.

Top contenders include Ashton Carter, the former deputy defense secretary who left the administration in late 2013, and Robert Work, who now holds the Pentagon’s No. 2 job.

That’s a far shorter list than some in the White House had hoped when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned last week under pressure from Obama. Michele Flournoy, one of Obama’s top choices, quickly took her name out of contention, in part because

Powerful storm headed for California LOS ANGELES — A Pacific storm system, fueled by a plume of subtropical moisture, headed toward California on Monday, triggering warnings of widespread rain that could unleash mudflows even as it brings much-needed snow to the droughtstricken state.

Rain was expected to begin falling Tuesday. Storm watches were posted for a large swath of the Sierra Nevada, where a huge amount of the state’s water supply is normally stored as snowpack.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday he wants to ensure the U.S. isn’t building a “militarized culture” within police departments, while maintaining federal programs that provide the type of military-style equipment that were used to dispel racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

Instead, Obama is asking Congress for funding to buy 50,000 body cameras to record events like the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown and look for ways to build trust and confidence between police and minority communities. He announced the creation of a task force to study success stories and recommend ways the government can support accountability, transparency and trust in police.

With protests ongoing in Ferguson and across the country, Obama spoke to reporters at the end of a White House meeting with police, civil rights activists and local leaders and acknowledged the participants told him that there have been task forces in the past and “nothing happens.”

“Part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the United States is deeply invested in making sure that this time is different,” Obama said.

Obama is staying away from Ferguson, at least for now, in the wake of the uproar over a grand jury’s decision last week not to charge Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot Brown.

The Justice Department is investigating possible civil rights violations that could result in federal charges, but investigators would need to satisfy a rigorous standard of proof. Justice also has launched a broad investigation into the

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Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work speaks Aug. 22 in Tokyo.

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Ashton Carter testifies on Capitol Hill on Feb. 12, 2013.

It’s very unlikely you will get political visibility or credit for being the secretary.

— Anthony Cordesman, defense analyst

of concerns over the tight rein the White House has tried to keep on the Defense Department. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat and West Point graduate, also made clear within hours of Hagel’s resignation that he wasn’t interested.

Defense analyst Anthony Cordesman said that as Obama approaches the end of his presidency, the Cabinet post is “not particularly desirable” for anyone with broader political ambitions.

“It’s very unlikely you will get political visibility or credit for being the secretary,” said Cordesman, who works at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “There are just too many problems and uncertainties.”

Among them: questions about the effectiveness of Obama’s military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Russia’s continued provocations in Ukraine, tensions between the White House and Defense Department over closing the Guantanamo Bay

detention center, and concerns at the Pentagon with the impact of deep spending cuts.

Hanging over all of those policy concerns is the uneasy relationship between the White House and the Pentagon throughout Obama’s six years in office. His first two defense secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, have been bitingly critical about White House efforts to micromanage the Pentagon. And Hagel is said to have grown frustrated by the White House’s drawnout policymaking process and lack of clarity in the president’s eventual decisions.

Lawrence Korb, a former assistant defense secretary, said that with just two years left in Obama’s presidency, the next Pentagon chief will be hamstrung in efforts to shape both the administration’s policies and the department’s relationship with the White House.

“The clock is ticking in terms of being able to make significant changes,” said Korb, a

senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a thinktank closely aligned with the White House.

Mindful that the window on Obama’s administration is closing, some White House officials are pressing the president to name Hagel’s replacement quickly. He could seek to have a nominee in time for a previously scheduled meeting Wednesday in Washington with combat commanders and other military leaders, though officials said that as of Monday, Obama has not made a final decision.

Carter, 60, is seen as the leading contender by many people with knowledge of how such decisions are made. He held two top jobs at the Pentagon during Obama’s first term, serving first as the undersecretary for acquisitions and technology before being promoted to deputy defense secretary.

“He’s a technocrat and a good manager,” said Jane Harman, a former California congresswoman and now president of the Wilson Center. “He knows the acquisitions side of the building and has impressed the military with his commitment to the troops.”

Work, a retired Marine, was confirmed earlier this year as deputy defense secretary. He served on Obama’s Defense Department transition team after the 2008 election.

Analysts say it would still be difficult for many potential nominees to turn down an offer to join the Cabinet.

“Most people, if asked by the president, will respond,” Cordesman said. “But when people like Michele Flournoy take themselves out of the running, you do have to say you may not have as many options as normal.”

Police said they’ve arrested three teenagers after a man was beaten to death with hammers in St. Louis. Police said Zemir Begic, 32, was in his car about 1:15 a.m. Sunday when several young people approached and began damaging it. He received injuries to his head, abdomen, face and mouth, and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

A 17-year-old suspect turned himself in late Sunday, after 15- and 16-yearold suspects were taken into custody.

A motive in the killing hasn’t been released.

D.C.: Child, slave labor The Labor Department has expanded its list of products it says were produced by child or forced labor to include 136 goods from 74 countries. The latest additions to the list produced by child labor include garments from Bangladesh; cotton and sugarcane from India; vanilla from Madagascar; fish from Kenya and Yemen; alcoholic beverages, meat, textiles, and timber from Cambodia; and palm oil from Malaysia.

Electronics from Malaysia were added to the list for being produced by forced labor.

Obama dealt major setback in closing Guantanamo President Barack Obama’s campaign to close the federal prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered a major setback as lawmakers finalizing the annual defense policy bill rejected steps toward shuttering the facility. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Monday that the final bill omits a provision giving the president the authority to transfer terror suspects to the United States if Congress signs off on a comprehensive plan to close the prison. The House and Senate are expected to approve the policy bill.

Crash kills Air Force pilot A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when an F-16 crashed late Sunday night while returning to its base in the Middle East.

A Pentagon spokesman, said the jet developed a problem related to maintenance shortly after takeoff, turned around and crashed before landing. The U.S. Central Command did not identify of the pilot or location of the crash.

W.Va.: 5 dead in shootings A man suspected in four killings in separate shootings has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Monday. Jody Lee Hunt, 39, of Westover, was found in the woods in Monongalia County, state police said.

Hunt was wanted in shootings in Westover and in the Cheat Lake area.

AROUND THE WORLD Hong Kong: Hunger strike A prominent teen protest leader said Monday he’s going on a hunger strike after a failed attempt by pro-democracy activists to step up their flagging movement for democratic reforms by surrounding government headquarters.

Joshua Wong’s announcement came after protesters battled police for hours overnight before being driven off a main road outside the complex at dawn.

Iraq: 24 officials sacked Prime Minister al-Abadi said Monday he retired 24 officials from the Interior Ministry as part of efforts to restructure the country’s security apparatus and remove those who failed to confront the crisis caused by the Islamic State group.

Al-Abadi’s announcement came as the Sunni extremist group attacked a police checkpoint near Iraq’s border with Syria, killing at least 15 Iraqi policemen.

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Battery defect blamed in 787 fire The NTSB also faults Boeing’s design and the FAA for not catching deficiencies in the lithium-ion battery.

By Joan Lowy Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A short circuit likely due to a manufacturing defect in a Boeing 787 airliner battery caused a fire last year that grounded the planes for more than three months, federal accident investigators said Monday.

They also faulted the plane’s maker and the Federal Aviation Administration for designing and approving a battery that didn’t protect against such a failure.

An inspection of the GS Yuasa manufacturing plant in Japan where the battery was made found that flaws and debris in lithium-ion aircraft batteries were going undetected, according to the National Transportation Safety Board report.

Investigators were able to rule out other possible causes of the short circuit such as overcharging, external heat, or improper installation, the report said.

Boeing failed to anticipate, when testing the battery’s design, that a short circuit in one of its eight cells might lead to uncontrolled overheating known as thermal runaway, which would spread to the other cells and cause them to vent smoke-like vapors and catch fire, the report said.

The Federal Aviation Administration was faulted for not catching the design deficiency when it approved the batteries for inclusion in the plane.

The January 2013 fire in one

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A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 is surrounded by emergency vehicles Jan. 7, 2013, while parked at Logan International Airport in Boston as a fire chief looks into the cargo hold.

The National Transportation Safety Board’s Joseph Kolly holds a firedamaged battery casing from the Japan Airlines 787 at the NTSB laboratory in Washington on Jan. 24, 2013.

of two batteries installed aboard a Japan Airlines 787 parked at Boston’s Logan International Airport was followed nine days later by a smoking battery that

forced an emergency landing in Japan by an All Nippon Airways 787.

The incidents led the FAA and aviation authorities

around the globe to ground the entire 787 fleet for over three months while Boeing redesigned the airliner’s batteries, which run the plane’s auxiliary power systems and also the cockpit electrical systems.

The short circuit occurred in the battery that runs the plane’s auxiliary power system.

The events were a severe blow to Boeing’s prestige.

The 787, a long-range, widebodied airliner introduced in 2011, was the company’s newest and most technologically advanced plane.

After the incidents, Boeing made extensive changes to the battery and its charger, including more heat insulation, holes to vent any flame or smoke outside of the plane, and lower charging levels.

The case that contains the cells also was strengthened. Boeing has said the redesign, approved by the FAA, should contain any overheating inside the battery and vent any smoke outside the plane.

There was a third incident in January of this year when vapors were discovered coming out of a battery in a Japan Airlines 787 parked at Tokyo’s main international airport. Boeing officials said the problem appeared to have been contained by the battery’s redesign.

The NTSB report falls short of confirming a connection between the manufacturing flaws found by investigators and the short circuit that sparked the Boston battery fire, Kenneth Quinn, an attorney representing GS Yuasa said in a statement.

“The root cause of this internal See BOEING, Page A8

These cookies go digital

NEW YORK — Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has finalized an order with the Boeing Co. for 100 737 MAX 200s. The 100 airplanes are valued at $11 billion at current list prices, but buyers often get steep discounts for multiple passenger jets.

Ryanair initially had a commitment for the order in September. Ryanair’s order includes options for an additional 100 737 MAX 200 aircraft.

Child car seat recall under investigation The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that it is investigating whether Graco took too long to report a safety defect in its child car seats. Graco Children’s Products Inc., a division of Atlanta-based Newell Rubbermaid Inc., recalled 6.1 million car seats this year because the buckles could get stuck. It is the largest child seat recall in U.S. history.

Jurors to hear Steve Jobs testimony After nearly a decade in legal wrangling, a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over Apple’s iPod music players heads to trial Tuesday in a California federal court. Attorneys for consumers and electronics retailers claim Apple Inc. used software in its iTunes store that forced would-be song buyers to use iPods instead of cheaper music players. The plaintiffs argue that it inflated the prices of millions of iPods sold between 2006 and 2009 — to the tune of $350 million.

A key witness will be Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who died in 2011 but will be heard in a videotaped deposition.

North American airline earnings will climb 73 percent to $19 billion in 2015, bolstered by lower jet fuel costs, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst forecast. Glenn Engel raised earnings estimates Monday for nine U.S. and two Canadian carriers as a result of the decline in prices for oil, which is refined into jet fuel.

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Ryanair finalizes 737 MAX 200 Boeing order

Airline profits soar

By Leanne Italie NEW YORK — For the first time since sales began nearly 100 years, Girl Scouts of the USA will allow its young gogetters to sell cookies using a mobile app or personalized websites. But only if their Scout councils and guardians say OK. “Girls have been telling us that they want to go into this space,” said Sarah AngelJohnson, chief digital cookie executive for the organization covering about 2 million girls.

“Online is where entrepreneurship is going.”

And the best news for these digital natives: They can have cookies shipped directly to your doorstep.

More than 1 million Scouts were expected to opt in as cookie-selling season cranks up this month and the organization gets digital sales underway. The tactic is intended to enhance, not replace, the paper spreadsheets used to generate an estimated $800 million in cookie sales a year — at anywhere from $3.50 to $5 a box.

There are important e-lessons here, Scout officials said, such as better articulating and tracking goals, learning to handle customers and money in a new way, and more efficiently processing credit card information.

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Teresa Clark fills an order at the Amazon fulfillment center in Lebanon, Tennessee,on Monday.

Retailers get cyber bump

By Mae Anderson Associated Press

NEW YORK — Cyber Monday is turning into Cyber Month.

Retailers rolled out discounts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday, with millions of Americans expected to log on and shop on their work computers, laptops and tablets after the busy holiday shopping weekend.

But with retailers extending their online deals into “Cyber Week” and even “Cyber Month,” early reports indicated shopping was less robust online Monday compared with prior years. As of 3 p.m. ET, online sales rose just 8.7 percent compared with last

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year, according to IBM Digital Analytics. The figures don’t take into account the many shoppers who plan to head online after work or in the evening. But a year ago, Cyber Monday sales jumped 20.6 percent, according to IBM. It is still expected to be the biggest online shopping day again, as it has been each year since 2010. That is good news for retailers after a Thanksgiving weekend that saw fewer shoppers and lower spending than last year, according to some estimates. Mobile traffic, which includes smartphones and tablets, has accounted for nearly 39 percent of all online traffic, compared with 30 percent a year ago.

will go toward medical expenses for shelter pets.

Gov. Jay Inslee will join more than 320 business and education leaders Tuesday at the third annual Washington STEM summit in Redmond to discuss how communities can drive the improvement of science, technology, engineering

Average order value was $133.07, flat with 2013.

Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru said retailers could be playing it safe on deal offers since shoppers have been conditioned to head online to look for sales Monday.

“Cyber Monday offers aren’t super compelling, but don’t need to be,” she said. “It’s been the biggest shopping day of the year for the last few years, so they know that people are going to come.”

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At least 36 people have died and 44 have been seriously injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches.

Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims, updated the totals Monday.

Small business sales Holiday shoppers turned out by the millions to show their support for small companies on Small Business Saturday. But they didn’t splurge. Some 88 million people shopped at small businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving, up nearly 15 percent from last year, according to a American Express and the National Federation of Independent Business. The average shopper spent $162 at small businesses Saturday, down 11.5 percent from 2013.

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THE DAY ON WALL STREET U.S. stock indexes fell Monday following more signs of weakness in China and disappointing retail sales over the Thanksgiving holiday. Industrial and retail stocks had some of the biggest losses.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 51.44 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,776.80.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 14.12 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 2,053.44.

The Nasdaq composite fell 64.28 points, or 1.3 percent, to 4,727.35.

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Boeing spokesman Doug Alder expressed confidence in the redesigned batteries and the 787 are safe.

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than conventional batteries to overheat and ignite if they have a manufacturing defect or if they are damaged, overcharged, or exposed to high temperatures. Airbus, Boeing’s chief competitor, recently said it will use lightweight lithium-ion batteries in its new A350 beginning in 2016.

Boeing contracted with Thales Avionics Electrical Systems, a European manufacturer, to design the 787’s electrical power conversion system, which includes the two batteries.

Thales in turn contracted with GS Yuasa to make the batteries.

Thales inspected the GS Yuasa plant in Japan that made the batteries, but failed to realize that plant’s X-ray scans of finished batteries weren’t sensitive enough to detect minute flaws and debris.

Boeing and FAA officials didn’t visit the plant until after the battery fire.

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Boeing’s battery testing concluded that short circuiting wouldn’t lead to a fire and that the chance of a smoke event was one in 10 million flight hours.

Instead, there were two battery failures when the entire fleet had clocked less than 52,000 hours.

Since the FAA didn’t have safety regulations for lithium-ion batteries as installed equipment in planes when the 787 was designed, the agency and Boeing jointly developed special safety conditions the plane’s battery system should meet.

The board said earlier this year that the government failed to properly test the batteries and relied too much on Boeing for technical expertise.

It also said the battery testing plan proposed by Boeing and approved by the FAA didn’t include testing of what might happen in the event of a short circuit.

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TVs and a deal later in the day for its Amazon Fire TV video streaming box marked down to $69 from $99.

Wal-Mart said it has doubled its Cyber Week deals to 500 compared with last year, including up to half off some TVs, tablets and toys with free-shipping offers.

Wal-Mart also rolled out new deals later in the day in its so-called “Evening Edition” round of deals.

The name “Cyber Monday” was coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation’s online arm, Shop. org, to encourage people to shop online. After retailers revved up deals, it became the busiest online shopping day in 2010. The name was also a nod to online shopping being done at work, where faster connections

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The board previously recommended that new designs of lithium-ion batteries be subject to tests that induce short-circuiting under conditions similar to the conditions the batteries experience when they are installed in planes.

The board also recommended that the FAA consult with outside experts such as scientists at the Department of Energy when evaluating new batteries rather than relying exclusively on the aircraft manufacturer’s employees and contractors.

The NTSB’s findings directly conflict with the FAA’s own internal study released in March, which said the agency had “effective processes in place to identify and correct issues that emerged before and after certification.”

In May, the FAA cleared the 787 to fly far over the ocean, up to 5 1/2 hours away from the nearest emergency landing site.

made it easier to browse, less of a factor now.

This Cyber Monday comes after a weekend that saw 5.3 percent fewer shoppers and 11 percent less spending, according to estimates by the National Retail Federation.

Research firm comScore said late Sunday that e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November and December shopping season totaled $22.7 billion, up 15 percent from last year. Sales jumped 32 percent to $1 billion on Thanksgiving Day and 26 percent on Black Friday to $1.51 billion. The firm expects people to spend about $2.5 billion on Cyber Monday alone.

The NRF predicts 126.9 million people will shop online this year, down 4 percent from last year. It has forecast overall holiday sales will increase 4.1 percent to $616.9 billion in 2014.

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IN OUR VIEW | Sensible firearm laws

I-594 won’t burden gun owners Initiative 594, which passed in November with 59 percent approval from Washington’s voters, becomes law Thursday.

Fears by opponents that the expansion of the background check law will turn lawful gun owners into criminals are unfounded. Misinformation, particularly before the election, continues to feed concerns that gun owners could unknowingly violate the law. But the law itself is straightforward and allows enough exceptions so as not to be a burden for gun owners.

Basically, the law extends the background check requirement to purchases and transfers made at firearms dealers, adding gun shows, online sales and sales between unlicensed individuals. A

number of exceptions are made including for gifts to immediate family members, which includes nieces, nephews and first cousins; antique firearms made before 1898; temporary transfers between spouses or necessary to prevent death or bodily harm; temporary transfers at shooting ranges, competitions or hunting safety courses; to a licensed gunsmith for service or repair; or among law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity.

In return for a bit of bureaucracy, Washington state residents can have greater confidence that firearms are made more difficult to obtain by felons, those convicted of domestic violence and the mentally ill.

While we’re on the subject of sensible gun laws, we’ll reiterate our support for legislation that Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Shoreline, intends to bring up in the next legislative session. The bill would require that firearms be safely stored where children are present, providing for a charge of reckless endangerment if an unsupervised child under 16 is allowed and gains access to a loaded unsecured weapon.

The accidental shooting late last month of a 3-year-old Lake Stevens boy apparently by a 4-year-old friend in the younger boy’s home illustrates the need. The shooting, in which the toddler suffered extensive injuries to his mouth and face, remains under investigation. The Snohomish

County Prosecutor should, as should all prosecutors in the state, have the discretion to charge reckless endangerment in such a case if the facts warrant. But such discretion must be outlined in state law because of the state Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in July that said Kitsap County prosecutors couldn’t pursue a criminal case against a man who allegedly allowed his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son access to a handgun. The boy brought the weapon to school where it fired accidently and injured a fellow student. The high court ruled that nothing in state law held the man responsible.

Kagi’s bill will remove the doubt and remind gun owners of their responsibility to safety store their firearms.

public space. Business interests taking over holidays require public servants, such as police, to be out in greater numbers to keep the peace, thereby depriving their families of their presence as well.

Rosemarie Dickson Cook Everett

unacceptable way to treat a heroic American coming home from a traumatic experience, it’s also a terrible way to monitor a potential threat. You figure the FBI might want to keep track of him. Maybe this would be easier if he had an ID, job or address.

However the FBI doesn’t see Matt Schrier as a heroic American or as a potential terrorist; they see him as an intelligence asset, and time and time again we are failing them.

The most notable case is Dr. Shakil Afridi, who helped U.S. officials track down Osama bin Laden. Our government promised a $25 million reward for bin Laden, but Dr. Afridi was denied asylum and was sentenced to 33 years in Pakistani prison.

It’s no wonder we don’t know anything that’s happening in the Middle East. If this is how we treat our information sources, why would anyone tell us anything?

Jay Vandenberg Snohomish

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■■MINIMUM WAGE

Article ignores facts of increase How nice of Emory Cole to fill the Sunday Herald on Nov. 30 with a pile of rotting propaganda against the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour (“Wage increase will drive up costs for all”) .

It’s not a bit surprising that a former politician would try to distort and deceive people in this way. If the minimum wage that I worked under in the 1970s had increased like the price of gas, housing and food, etc. then the minimum wage today should be about $16.70 an hour.

The fact that the minimum wage has not been adjusted for increases in the cost of living makes his argument null and void. I and many people like me will gladly pay 75 cents more for a restaurant meal (it’s not 62 percent as Cole falsely proclaims) if it means the workers get a decent wage.

But Scrooges like Cole rant and rage against common sense and cry that the sky will surely fall if the $15 an hour wage spreads across the country. The extra wages mean people spend more money and pay more taxes into the economy (which Cole is against).

I can’t believe the Herald would print such a pathetic and distorted rant; you don’t have enough space here for me to comment on all of his baseless drivel.

Ted Neff Edmonds

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Stores shouldn’t be open that day My question is whether the man shooting up Austin, Texas, after the bars closed on Thanksgiving night would have been prevented from doing so if businesses closed for the holiday. I blame “business as usual” for the shooter’s death, the diplomatic debacle at the Mexican consulate, and the town’s damages.

My friend Mary Jo’s father, who was a young man visiting Europe before WWI, was president and later a board member of Seattle First National Bank. Mary Jo said her mother was not a skilled cook, so bought holiday meals prepared by the oldest business club in Seattle, The Rainier Club, begun the year before statehood. The meals were packaged for pick up the day before the holiday, then taken home and refrigerated for the next day’s meal because the Rainier Club gave its staff the holiday off to be

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with family and friends.

Unlike my registered nurse sister, who was systematically given either Christmas or Thanksgiving off work, when I worked for the Rainier Club and Broadmore Golf and Country Club, in the 1980s, I was expected to work on all holidays serving members’ families. This upset me and my family life considerably.

My niece is a manager of a retail store and had to leave her family early on Thanksgiving Day and work until midnight.

Holidays are designated to allow family and friend time, or at least relaxation. Nonessential businesses that remain open, such as the Austin, Texas, bar, create a menace by bringing people out of their homes into the

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What happens if snow storm hits?

Having moved from the East Coast, I’m extremely disappointed in the city of Everett and their lack of snow removal during Saturday’s little snow.

Today, Sunday, I’m certainly surprised in the amount of ice at the intersections of Merrill Creek Parkway and Seaway Boulevard.

Nothing but a sheet of ice and the Boeing freeway wasn’t much better Saturday evening.

So what, pray tell, what do you do when you actually have a snow storm?

Rick Woodrum Everett

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Historic town, FBI mistreated historic trees escaped prisoner When I saw an article in the Nov. 29 Herald, “Dealing with an FBI nightmare, ex-­hostage says,” I expected to read a much different article. Matt Schrier, a photographer who escaped a Syrian rebel prison in July 2013, might be subject to harassment by an overly suspicious FBI. Rebel prisons are not known for their security, but the easiest way to escape is by joining their cause. However Schrier hasn’t been the victim of harassment, but apathy: He has had trouble getting an ID and finding a job. The FBI even suggested he stay at a homeless shelter.

This isn’t simply an

Last week I walked into some of the history of Granite Falls. Over 100 years ago logging was a large part of the economy of this city. There is a marvelous museum downtown with relics of the past.

I was visiting a Christmas tree farm about 3 miles south of town, Hemstrom Valley. I took a short hike through the woods to find myself among four big trees that must be 500 to 900 years old. Fortunately the loggers did not cut them and they are a reminder of the way things used to be in the Northwest. Treat yourself and take a camera.

Jean Raymond Snohomish

Obamacare does benefit the middle class

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ew truly appreciate the enormous economic benefits the Affordable Care Act will deliver to the American people over time, the middle class included. But you’d expect New York’s seasoned Democratic senator, Charles Schumer, to “get it” rather than belittle the 2010 federal health care law as a political inconvenience for his party.

Amazingly, Schumer recently complained that reforms affected only “a small percentage of the elecFROMA HARROP torate.” Has he any idea what’s going on — I mean beyond the calculations of the most recent election, the planning for the next?

One way to freak out the middle class is to call a government program a plan to “redistribute” income to the less fortunate. Obamacare’s foes never miss the chance. Schumer plays into that narrative.

Anytime you help people obtain benefits they couldn’t afford before, money is going to move. There is redistribution all around us, in Social Security, in Medicare, in farm subsidies, in the tax code.

George W. Bush and a Republican Congress pushed through a Medicare drug benefit for which the poor paid almost nothing and richer beneficiaries paid more. Because these modest sums funded little of the program, almost the entire cost was shifted to the taxpayers. The Medicare drug benefit was redistribution big-time.

There is indeed some redistribution in Obamacare. When you include the value of health coverage, the reforms boost income in the bottom fifth of earners by at least 6 percent, according to The Brookings Institution. This number would have been higher had 23 states not rejected the law’s offer to cover more of the working poor under Medicaid.

Whose income is being sent to the less wealthy? Those in the top three-quarters, Brookings says, though their income loss is proportionally quite small.

Bear in mind that government subsidies are available to folks earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level; the help goes well into the middle class.

The soaring cost of medical coverage deserves much blame for today’s stagnant wages as employers take it out of workers’ paychecks. The Affordable Care Act is already credited with starting to curb the rise in health care spending. It stands to reason that companies will eventually pass some of the savings on to their employees.

The health reforms redistribute a lot more than money. They expand peace of mind and freedom to start a business.

Knowing that an insurer can’t drop your family when a member gets ill is priceless.

Under the old regime, even the well-to-do couldn’t get coverage if someone had a pre-existing condition.

And there’s the redistribution of opportunity. Many Americans not cushioned by wealth nevertheless dream of founding their own company. They continue working for others rather than lose their family’s health benefits. We call this “job lock.” Offer them dependable, affordable health coverage and many will take off, leaving job openings for newcomers.

Meanwhile, the structure of work is changing. As companies depend more on part-time labor, more workers must stitch together several part-time jobs, none offering health benefits. Many positions are now being filled by independent contractors — that is, people who work for themselves. Both groups need a way to obtain coverage at reasonable cost.

The rich can pay for their own health care, and the destitute get it free. The assurance that a medical crisis won’t sink a family is a gift to the middle class.

So the Affordable Care Act is not some distraction in the quest for more jobs and better pay. It is more jobs and better pay.

It’s an economy less burdened by a bankrupting health care system. It is big, and even our politicians should know that.

Froma Harrop’s email address is fharrop@gmail.com.

CORRECTION In The Sunday Herald’s editorial, “Investigate alleged hostile comments by county’s deputy exec,” the second reference to a letter from County Council President Dave Somers misidentified the letter’s addressee. The letter was addressed to County Executive John Lovick.

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as Reservation Slough, and just because the river hasn’t flowed through it recently doesn’t mean it won’t come back.

On that rainy Tuesday, however, the immediate concern was not the river’s eventual migration back, but whether the rain would cause the river to back up into the slough that night.

When the water flow on the Sauk River gauge nearest the reservation reaches 30,000 cubic feet per second, Morris goes on flood watch, monitoring the river once per hour until the flow drops back down.

The river didn’t reach that level Tuesday, but since the severe floods of 2003 washed out bridges and parts of the Suiattle River Road, the tribe has been keeping a close eye on the rivers from which they get their name.

In the 2003 flood, the river gauge recorded a peak flow of 106,000 cubic feet per second.

“That got everyone’s attention,” Morris said.

The tribe installed a logjam at the mouth of the slough, and so far it — plus lower levels of flooding

since 2003 and maybe a little luck as well — has prevented the catastrophe that would occur if the river spilled back into the slough.

The logjam is only a stopgap solution, however.

“It will never keep the river out of that channel, but in big flows it will slow it down,” Morris said.

Lahars from Glacier Peak’s last major eruption 12,000 years ago diverted the Sauk River from the Stillaguamish watershed so that it now empties into the Skagit River to the north.

The Sauk carved out its 4,000-foot-wide channel between those volcanic deposits, its course shifting in the easily erodible sandy sediments that fill the valley.

The Sauk-Suiattle reservation is built on one such sedimentary shelf, and its elevation is only about four feet above that of the river.

A warming climate will only exacerbate what was already a worrisome, if natural, process.

“Other than the channel migration, we noticed more migration of the river, and with high water it moves closer to the reservation,” said Jason Joseph, the tribe’s natural resources director.

The Army Corps of Engineers developed an

emergency plan for the reservation in case there were another flood like the 2003 event, Lenon said.

That plan would call for excavating the area near Reservation Slough, filling it with rock, then covering it over with soil to create an artificial dike.

It might protect Chief Brown Lane, the loop road on the reservation, but eight houses on the eastern edge of the reservation would have to be moved or demolished.

Even then, “there’s no guarantee it would work,” Lenon said.

For Lenon, who volunteers with the Stillaguamish Water Rescue Team, the need to move the reservation was hammered home during the response to the Oso mudslide.

There is a 30-foot-high knoll below the slide that effectively split the mudflow on the valley floor, Lenon said.

“I noticed that hill that divided the slide was the difference between life and death,” he said.

The tribe bought the 40-acre Allen Gravel Pit property west of Darrington in June for about $150,000.

Lenon would like to move all the reservation buildings to the new land, which is about 40 feet

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A marker indicates a flood warning system on the Sauk-Suiattle Reservation near Darrington.

above the level.

Other tribes have moved their reservations in recent history. On the Olympic Peninsula, the Hoh and Quileute tribes have both moved or are moving away from the coast to higher ground to avoid the threat of flooding and tsunamis.

Native Alaskan tribes have also been looking to relocate as climate change has caused increased flooding, erosion and accelerated loss of sea ice and melting permafrost underneath their villages.

But relocation is an

expensive undertaking, and the Sauk-Suiattle tribe doesn’t have the resources larger tribes like the Tulalips have. The SaukSuiattle tribe has about 225 members, with about 20 homes on the reservation. There are another 10 families which still need housing, Lenon said.

But he estimated that it would cost $3.3 million just to lay in the road to the new site and install infrastructure.

Lenon plans to apply for federal grant money to help offset some of the costs.

Otherwise, the plan is to work on the relocation one piece at a time.

“At that pace it might be 10 years before we can be moved,” Lenon said.

He’s hopeful Obama will be sympathetic to the tribe’s cause, especially after the president’s visit to Oso after the slide.

“I think he can understand our concerns since he’s been here,” Lenon said.

Chris Winters: 425374-4165; cwinters@ heraldnet.com. Twitter: @ Chris_At_Herald.

Whales fighting back from wounds inflicted by ever-present gulls The Washington Post Horrific things you might not know about the natural world: In the 1970s, researchers observed that Argentinian kelp gulls had begun to rip at the skin of living whales in order to feed on them.

And in recent years, recorded instances of this gull-on-whale violence have only gone up. By 2008, researchers were seeing

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gull-inflicted wounds — tears, sometimes nearly 8 inches long and cutting down into blubbery fat, in their backs — on 77 percent of the whales they found. Mother and calf pairs were targeted the most.

The gull populations have increased during that time, Ed Yong writes for National Geographic, and it’s possible that the savaging birds have learned that

surfacing whales are easy targets by watching other gulls dive in for snack time.

But according to new observations published in the journal Marine Biology, the whales may be learning new tricks to make their backs less of an all-you-can-eat buffet for the birds.

Usually, when they come up for a breath, they do so in a leisurely way, lying

parallel against the water surface with much of their backs exposed. But in 2009, lead author Ana Fazio’s team saw that a few of the whales would instead rise at a 45 degree angle so that only their heads were exposed, and only up to their blowhole. Their breaths were shorter and stronger than usual, and they quickly submerged again.

With this new technique,

less of the back is exposed as the whale breathes — and it seems to be most common among whales living in the area where gull attacks are also especially common. The use of the technique, which the researchers have dubbed “oblique breathing,” has increased from 3 percent to 70 percent at that site in just three years, and is spreading to surrounding areas as well.

Unfortunately, it’s an energy-intensive — and counterintuitive — method of breathing, so it may be tough for calves to learn successfully. Local officials are working to cut down on gull populations, which were probably bolstered by the use of open landfills, but calves in the region are still suffering unusually high mortality rates — so the battle against the birds is far from over.

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Fashions from the heart Rebecca Gipson, a Granite Falls seamstress and breast cancer survivor, creates stylish dresses that aren’t a pain to wear

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At Citrine Health wellness center in Everett, seamstress Rebecca Gipson sits down with one of the little black dresses she has created for breast cancer patients and survivors.

By Andrea Brown Herald Writer

For most women, the little black dress is a wardrobe staple.

It’s fun, sexy and pretty, but typically pricey.

This little black dress is all of the above, except for the price.

It costs $38 and is sold at Citrine Health wellness center in Everett or by special order.

The cowl neck dresses are designed to fit and flatter all body shapes.

“I wanted it to look good across the chest area and hide a multitude of sins,” said Rebecca Gipson, 64, a Granite Falls seamstress.

Gipson stitches the line of little black dresses with breast cancer patients and survivors in mind.

“For women going through chemo and radiation, it is easy for them to get in and

It’s something I wish I had. I’m a breast cancer survivor so it was right up my alley try to do this.

It’s something that is close to my heart.

— Rebecca Gipson Granite Falls seamstress

out of and go with prosthetics and whatever surgery they had going on. You lose a lot of flexibility with breast cancer surgeries,” Gibson said.

“It’s hard to get something comfortable to wear. When you go through radiation it just fries your skin. You are so raw. This is a very soft fabric. This is loose enough through the bodice and hips.”

Sleeves can be made short, three-quarter or sleeveless.

Lengths come in short, knee or maxi. Whatever the woman wants.

“It’s important for them to feel good about themselves.

It’s hard to do that when you are going through something treacherous like breast cancer,” Gipson said.

“They have radiation burns and surgery scars. They

want something that looks feminine.”

She has been there.

“It’s something I wish I had,” she said. “I’m a breast cancer survivor so it was right up my alley to do this. It’s something that is close to my heart.”

She teamed up with Citrine Health to start making the polyester dresses about four months ago.

“I sat down and started going through pattern books.

I wanted it to slip over the head and easy to get in and out of without back zippers for the ladies,” she said.

“I wanted to keep it down low enough to open it up to any price bracket a person can shop in. Somebody going through treatment can be really pinched for money.”

She makes the dresses on consignment, sharing See DRESSES, Page B5

DR. ELIZABETH SMOOTS

How to beat the holiday blues T

he holidays are a time of celebrations, parties, and get-togethers for many of us. But the season can also be a stressor that triggers the holiday blues.

Continually trying to meet all the expectations or feel joyous when you’re not can drag you down. So can the memories of loved ones who are no longer here. Other situations that can make it harder to enjoy the holidays include isolation, lost friendships, health problems, physical limitations, or financial difficulties.

We seem to become more aware of our losses during this emotion-packed time of the year. Observing those around you gathering with family and friends can exacerbate feelings of loneliness and depression. The feelings may occur at any age, and are especially common in older people.

The good news is there are some things you can do if you’re experiencing the holiday blues. Check out this list to see how many you’re already utilizing.

To combat symptoms of feeling blue: I stick to a regular schedule or routine.

I try to minimize the amount of time that I spend alone or dwelling on sad circumstances or events.

Instead, I invite family and friends over.

I get out of the house to participate in a variety of activities. When necessary, I ask family and friends for help with transportation.

I allow time in my schedule for activities that I enjoy or that are meaningful to me.

I exercise moderately for at least 30 minutes on most See SMOOTS, Page B5

The brains behind the sayings on Dunn’s sign in Everett

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ime flies like an arrow.

Fruit flies like a banana.”

Does that saying sound familiar ... but you just can’t pinpoint why?

Maybe it was while driving down Boeing Freeway near Evergreen Way in Everett.

Right! The Dunn Lumber signboard.

Every week the lumber folks put up new sayings to make us mull, reflect, laugh or ponder along our way to wherever we’re going.

Assistant manager Billy McMillen selects the maxims, adages, saws and aphorisms from a pool of sources.

He was watching SpongeBob with his kids when he heard the sea sponge say: “I don’t want to face my fears. I’m afraid of them.”

Yep, that went up on the sign.

Sayings come from scholars, pundits and other Dunn Lumber

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BY ANDREA BROWN More: www.heraldnet.com/ whatsup.

Ideas? abrown@heraldnet.com. stores with signboards.

The unsung heroes are the lumber yard guys who put up the words. Hoisted by a forklift in a safety cage, they attach the flimsy plastic letters using a simple pole with suction cup.

“They really work hard,” McMillen said. “They put them up in rain and snow. When it’s 30 degrees they are 20 feet in the air.

That’s the hard part.”

The new yard guy gets to do it, said yard foreman Craig Larson.

It takes about 45 minutes, once

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they master the pole device and how to turn a V into an A with black tape when an extra vowel is needed.

A different saying goes on each side of the sign. People complain if they don’t change the sayings every week or if there’s a mistake.

“We put up, ‘Come to Dunn Lumber’ and it had our phone number for the store and we actually screwed it up and somebody told us, ‘Hey, that phone number’s wrong,’” Larson said.

The saying “Free High Fives” was a hit. People came in giving high fives.

Do they ever run out of ideas?

Funny you should ask.

They would totally take suggestions.

Got a favorite phrase? Send it to williamm@dunnlumber. com or stop by the store at 425 E. Casino Road in Everett.

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Parr Lumber employees put up a new quote every Monday on the reader board outside the store on Casino Road in Everett.

Signs change on Mondays.

Maybe it will be yours.

As for the “time flies” line, Wikipedia says it’s used in linguistics as an example of a

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garden path sentence or syntactic ambiguity, and in word play as an example of punning, double entendre and antanaclasis.

It’s also a Groucho Marx quote.

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Relationship with ex is source of stress

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Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Hey Carolyn!

I’ve been with my girlfriend for a year. This is my first serious romantic relationship, and I love her very much.

In the beginning, I did a terrible job at managing the fact that she had been in relationships with other people. I was jealous and it showed. I thought I had it under control when an ex-girlfriend of hers moved back into town. During a low moment, I went through my girlfriend’s phone and found out that she’s not sure whether her feelings for her ex are strictly platonic, and that she lied about spending time with her.

We talked it through (I confessed my snooping) and she shared that she had been wondering but there was nothing between them but friendship.

Since then, her friendship with her ex has been a source of stress for us. I asked for honesty about the time she spends with her, and that worked for a bit, but after I got upset because she spent a long evening with her, she went back seeing her occasionally without telling me.

I have called her out on it a couple of times. She states that when she tells me they’re

CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT hanging out it’s stressful for her. I’d rather she didn’t spend much time with this ex, but if she does, then I feel she definitely shouldn’t omit that information. I don’t know how to resolve this.

— Girlfriend Normally the answer when someone is sneaking around on you is to pull the plug. The only reason I’m not advising that here (yet) is that you might each be half of this problem.

So, here’s what you both need to do, even though I’m well aware I have only your attention: She: stops hiding.

You: stop getting upset.

If you can’t stop getting upset, then at least stop showing it until you can get it under control ... or break up. Those are your two choices, either trust her knowing it can come back to bite you, or

SUPER QUIZ Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: DRAGONS (e.g., The only mythological animal on the Chinese calendar. Answer: Dragon.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. This dragon lived by the sea in a land called Honah Lee. 2. What “dragon” is the largest living lizard?

3. In which Disney film is the villainess transformed into a dragon?

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Title of books and films about a young Viking teenager named Hiccup.

5. What color is the dragon on the flag of Wales?

6. What fantasy tabletop role-playing game is abbreviated “D&D”?

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7. Name a country that has a dragon on its flag.

8. The crew of a dragon boat consists of paddlers, a ___ and a ____.

9. Identify the dragon that is the antagonist in the novel “The Hobbit.”

ANSWERS: 1. Puff, the Magic Dragon. 2. Komodo dragon. 3.

“Sleeping Beauty.” 4. “How to Train Your Dragon.” 5. Red. 6. Dungeons & Dragons. 7. Bhutan, Malta or Wales. 8. Drummer (caller) and a sweep (steerer). 9. Smaug.

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15-17 points — honors graduate; 10-14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4-9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1-3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III is 83. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is 75. Actress Cathy Lee Crosby is 70.

Movie director Penelope Spheeris is 69. Actor Ron Raines is 65. Actor Keith Szarabajka is 62.

Actor Dan Butler is 60. Broadcast journalist Stone Phillips is 60. Actor Dennis Christopher is 59. Actor Steven Bauer is 58. Rock musician Rick Savage (Def Leppard) is 54. Rock musician Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) is 46. Actress Suzy Nakamura is 46. Actress Rena Sofer is 46. Rock singer Jimi HaHa (Jimmie’s Chicken Shack) is 46. Actress Lucy Liu is 46. Rapper Treach (Naughty By Nature) is 44. Actor Joe Lo Truglio (TV: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) is 44.

Tennis player Monica Seles is 41. Singer Nelly Furtado is 36. Pop singer judge Britney Spears is 33. Actress-singer Jana Kramer is 31. Actress Daniela Ruah is 31. Actor Alfred Enoch is 26.

Thought for today: “When we cannot find contentment in ourselves it is useless to seek it elsewhere.” — Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French author (1613-1680).

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don’t trust her and recognize that’s game over.

Why? Because you can’t give yourselves to each other fully if you’re always worried someone will lure her away. You need to believe that her staying with you is her choosing you — and that if she chooses someone else, you’ll eventually find out.

Part 2 of this is accepting this might happen, in any relationship, and you will survive it and heal and someday love again. Again — if you can’t do this, then you can’t be in a committed relationship, either with the person who burned you, if that’s the issue, or with anyone, if the fallout from being burned is that you can’t trust anyone (yet). As long as you’ve set yourself up to believe the Worst Thing That Could Ever Happen is for your lover to find someone else, you will always burn a good deal of energy worrying. That will not only hamper your enjoyment of the love, but also limit its depth.

Repeat to yourself as needed: Most relationships end. And the heart ...

Sigh. I realize I quote Woody Allen at my peril, but this “Hannah and Her Sisters” line says it: “The heart is a very, very resilient little muscle. It really is.”

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Stoic mother holds steady for her son about to be deployed

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Dear Abby: Since the moment my oldest son, “Ryan,” enlisted in the U.S. Army, our family has been concerned he would be deployed. Although Ryan graduated from high school near the top of his class and had prepared for university, his plans were thwarted when deployment orders came to face off with ISIS in a combat engineer role. He leaves soon for the Middle East.

Abby, I need your insight in understanding why I am not falling apart. My other children are, my relatives are, and people I speak to are stunned that I’m holding it together. I try to explain that I support my son and must be strong for my family, but am I in denial? Everyone else is falling apart while I, who adore him and can’t envision a life without him, seem to be holding steady.

What’s going on with me?

Am I a flawed mother? I feel like I’m disappointing others who would prefer to see a soldier’s mother grieve and agonize over her son’s departure, anticipating the worst. Your thoughts are most welcome. — Baffled In The South Dear Baffled: You are not “flawed.” Not everyone handles emotionally charged situations in the same way. While you may be numb with shock, you may also be calm, stoic and not show your feelings openly. It’s also possible that you may be “postponing” any negative emotions until if and when it’s necessary to experience them.

My reaction is that no one should judge you — least of all yourself right now.

Dear Abby: I’m the father of a beautiful, intelligent 9-year-old daughter I’ll call Stella. About three years ago, her mother married a man from an affluent family

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DEAR ABBY and moved three hours away. In order to be closer to Stella, I moved there as well. I have been divorced for six years now, and my relationship with my daughter has not improved during that time. I spend every Thursday afternoon with her and every other weekend. She recently joined a basketball team, and I go to her practices and games.

My biggest concern — and pain — is, whenever Stella is with me she cries for her mother. It hurts, because I have tried hard to foster a relationship with my daughter and have been unable to. I took her to Disney World and she spent half the time crying. I ask myself if I am only hurting her or if I should continue to see her. Can you give me some advice? — Disappointed Daddy In Texas Dear Disappointed: Have you talked to Stella’s mother and asked her what’s going on with your daughter? By age 9 she’s a little old for separation anxiety. Not knowing everyone involved, my first reaction is to wonder if there has been parental alienation happening.

My second is to suggest that you enlist the help of a licensed family therapist to find out why Stella acts this way every time she’s alone with you. If the problem is that she is immature, ride things out. If it’s something more, then it’s important you get to the bottom of it.

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“They could have made four spades,” South said with a degree of satisfaction.

“That’s no solace,” North shrugged.

South could have made five hearts, but not after the first trick. He must put up dummy’s king of spades— a vital play.

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ANSWER: Since spades is the agreed trump suit, partner’s four clubs is an aceshowing cue bid to try for slam. Your values look perfect; you won’t stop below six spades. To try for a grand slam, cue-bid four diamonds, planning to cue-bid your ace of hearts next.

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The film makes a case for Crosby being one of the 20th century’s most influential pop-culture figures. 8 p.m., PBS. Talk about a dynamic duo. “The Flash” and “Arrow” unite in a super heroic crossover event that has the leather-clad crime-fighters squaring off against villains — and

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the Western Hemisphere.

In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October.

In 1927, Ford Motor Co. unveiled its Model A automobile that replaced its Model T. In 1939, New York Municipal AirportLaGuardia Field (later LaGuardia Airport) went into operation as an airliner from Chicago landed at one minute past midnight.

In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago.

In 1961, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared himself a MarxistLeninist who would eventually lead Cuba to Communism.

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“That’s the plan,” Boyle’s spokeswoman, Nicola Phillips, said Monday. “She met someone when she was in America and the idea is that he can come here.”

Boyle and the doctor met at a hotel in Clearwater, Florida, Phillips said, adding that Boyle is “definitely” happy to have met someone.

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“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” is a sharply observed series about divorce, yes, but love and friendship and family as well. Its premiere episode is funny and moving, sexy and sad, and very adult.

But it’s nuance rather than crassness that rules — although the characters’ glossy affluence has the potential to rankle.

“Girlfriends’ Guide” (debuting at 10 p.m. Tuesday) can claim pioneer status as the first scripted series for Bravo, home of such flashily entertaining fare as the “Real Housewives” franchise, and the first series topped by Lisa Edelstein, who shines as woman-on-the-edge Abby

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Comparisons have been made to “Sex and the City,” which Noxon calls flattering but not necessarily exact. “Girlfriends’ Guide” is a heartier mix of love, life and work, with money and job worries poised to intrude in a way they didn’t on the HBO series, she said.

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Sgt Jay Harvey of the state patrol nudged a reluctant traveler along the trestle yesterday. In fact state troopers and county deputies turned cowboys with a cattle drive to move between 600 and 700 head of cattle off Ebey Island due to flooding.

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Boyle said at the time she had never been kissed.

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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2014.

There are 29 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight: On Dec. 2, 1954, the U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution condemning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., saying he had “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”

On this date: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French.

In 1814, French author Donatien-AlphonseFrancois, Comte de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade, died in an insane asylum at age 74 after a lifetime of notoriety for his sexual perversities and writings.

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days. If unaccustomed to exercise, I’ve first gotten my doctor’s approval.

I keep in touch with family and friends — in person, whenever possible, or by phone or mail.

I limit alcohol consumption during the holidays since it likely will lower my spirits even further.

I participate in volunteer work since I know that helping others is a great mood lifter. Local schools, churches and nonprofit organizations often have volunteer opportunities.

To assist people you know who seem depressed: I invite them to go out with me, or to go to get-togethers.

I lend them a helping hand with shopping and holiday preparations.

I encourage them to talk about their feelings. I try to understand why they feel the way they do.

I let them know that there’s nothing wrong with not feeling jolly; many people get the blues during the holidays.

I bring up the topic of depression, if I suspect it. I try to encourage awareness that depression is an illness, and there’s no reason to feel ashamed.

Getting medical care for depression Most certainly, feelings of sadness or despair occur all too often during the

holidays. But when these feelings worsen, become severe, or last longer than two weeks, it’s time to seek medical care.

Your primary care doctor can ask questions to screen you or your loved ones for signs of depression or similar mood disorders.

Common symptoms of depression include sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, and frequent feelings of guilt, hopelessness, helplessness or worthlessness. Other clues include changes in appetite, weight or sleep, irritability or fatigue, trouble concentrating, or thoughts of suicide or death. After making a diagnosis, your doctor can discuss the options for

effective treatment with you.

Are you bogged down with the holiday blues right now? If so, try to keep these important facts in mind: Depression is a potentially serious and very treatable medical condition.

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REPORTER The Grays Harbor Publishing Group on Grays Harbor, Wash., has an opening for a full-time reporter with an emphasis on local sports writing. We’re looking for someone to produce clear, brightly written high school prep spor ts stories relevant to real people reading us in print, on our website and in social media. Ability to take photos is necessary, as is familiarity with social media.

Grays Harbor is on the Washington Coast, an hour from the Olympic Rain Forest and two h o u r s f r o m S e a t t l e.

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The Daily World is an equal opportunity employer.

The Everett Gospel Mission (EGM) is seeking a Case Manager at the Women and Children’s’ facility to provide ongoing support and experCNA’s Needed! tise in a Christian environment to the homeless Caregivers needed all community. Please view shifts and weekends! full job description online Live in & Hourly. www.heraldnet.com/jobs (206)440-5500 Cover Letter & Resume will only be accepted by: Now hiring 2-3 CargivFa x 4 2 5 . 3 0 3 . 8 0 7 6 o r ers, for female with email: physical disabilities in speterson@egmission.org Edmonds. 10-15 hrs. wk.

Mail: PO Box 423, Ever3:30 a.m.-8 a.m. Physiett, WA 98206 cal strength a plus! $18 hr. Valid DL a must, NS. 425-879-8807 Health and Human Services Director The Health and Human Services Director for the Samish Indian Nation is responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of all health, social ser vice, and education programs on behalf or the Tribe.

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Multi-Media Advertising Consultant Be a part of the largest community news organization in Washington! The Daily Herald/HeraldNet.com, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for a self-motivated, results driven person interested in a career in multi-media sales. In this exciting role you will leverage your drive and creativity to develop, customize, and sell online and print marketing programs to local businesses and private party advertisers.

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7 DAYS! 10 Lines + Photo REGIONAL ADVRTISING SALES MANAGER Sound Publishing has an immediate opening for an experienced Regional Sales Manager in our National Sales department. This position is based out of our Bellevue, WA office, near the I-90/ I-405 interchange (Factoria). Compensation includes a base salary plus commission, excellent benefits, 401k with company match, and paid time-off.

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Customer Service Representative - Circulation Call Center The Daily Herald, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc., has a Part-Time (24-26 hr/wk) CSR position available for the following shift: Sunday 7am -12pm, Monday 7am -12pm, Thursday 10am-5PM, Friday 10am -5PM. The primary function of this position is to act as a company advocate, promoting positive public relations and company image while ensuring Customer Service standards are met when providing support to Carriers, internal staff members, and Subscribers within an active call center environment for the Daily Herald and Sound Publishing.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Cour t has appointed HELEN M. JOHANSEN Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present he claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing with the Court the original of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and (ii) By serving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of the signed Creditor’s Claim. The Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice.

If the Claim is not presented within the foregoing time period, the claim will be fo r eve r b a r r e d ex c e p t a s provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claim against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: November 18, 2014 B E N JA M I N L AW G RO U P, PLLC By: Andrew L. Benjamin WSBA No. 15223 Attorney for Estate Address for Mailing of Service: Estate of Helen R. Christiansen c/o Benjamin Law Group, PLLC 4616 25th Avenue N.E., #311 Seattle, WA 98105 EDH600591 Published: November 18, 25; December 2, 2014

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE A s N o t i c e A g e n t , I h ave e l e c t e d t o g i ve n o t i c e t o Decedent’s creditors.

On the date of filing of this Nonprobate Notice to Creditors with the Court: * I had no knowledge of: * Any other person acting as Notice Agent, or * The appointment of a Personal Representative for Decedent’s probate estate in the state of Washington. * According to the records of the Court that were then available: * No cause number regarding Decedent had been issued to any other Notice Agent, and * No Personal Representative of Decedent’s probate estate had been appointed.

Any person having a claim against Decedent must present the claim: * Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and * In the manner provided in RCW 11.42.070: * By filing with the Court the original of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and * By serving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of the signed Creditor’s Claim.

The Creditor’s Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: * Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.42.020(2)(c),or * Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the following Contract will be received by Alderwood Water & Wastewater District (District) at the District’s Administration Building, 3626 156th St. SW, Lynnwood, WA 98087, until the time and date stated below.

Contract Title: Lift Station 5 Trailer Mounted Diesel

Centrifugal Pump Contract Number: S1015 CP Bid Due Date/Time: December 19, 2014/ 10:00AM Cost Estimate: $90,000.00 Bids received after such date and time will not be considered.

Bidders accept all risks of late delivery, regardless of fault. Bids properly received will be publicly opened and read at the District’s Administration Building. Bids will be evaluated by the District to determine which bid is the lowest, responsive bid by a responsible Bidder.

Scope of Work: This Contract is limited to the purchase, delivery and testing and commissioning support of a trailer mounted diesel centrifugal pump.

Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the Contract Documents. District reserves the right to reject any bid, any portion of any bid and/or to reject all bids. District further reserves the right, but without obligation, to waive informalities and irregularities.

No bid will be considered unless accompanied by a bid guaranty (certified or cashier’s check, surety bond or postal money order) payable to the Alderwood Water & Wastewater District in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Total Bid Price.

Request bid documents and placement on the Plan Holders List via email from Amy Johannes, amyj@awwd.com.

All questions regarding this solicitation shall be directed to District’s Project Representative: Brigitte McCarty, Project Engineer, at 425743-7605, or e-mail BMcCarty@awwd.com.

Published: December 2, 9, 2014.

EDH603110 North Transfer Station Rebuild Project PW#2012-003AC GC/CM: Lydig Construction, Inc., 3180 139th Avenue SE, Suite 110 Bellevue, Washington 98005 Project Information: The North Transfer Station (NTS) project site is approximately 5.8 acres. The project consists of demolition of the existing structures and construction of a new solid waste transfer and recycling building, office spaces, employee facilities, scale house control and security systems. The new facility will include odor control systems, process instrumentation and new equipment for a modern facility to collect solid waste and recycle materials.

Project Address: 1350 North 34th St. Seattle, WA 98103 Owner: City of Seattle - Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) In accordance with RCW 39.10.380, GC/CM (General Contractor/ Construction Manager) is requesting sealed bids from contractors for the above referenced scopes of work for North Transfer Station Rebuild Project.

Bid Package #9A Sheet Metal Walls, Soffit & Roof Panels Due: 12/17/14 @ 3:00 PM PST Bid Package Scope: sheet metal walls, soffit and roof panels including flashing, trim, joint sealants and expansion joints. Alternate for Louver supply and install.

Engineer’s Estimate: $855,000 For Inclusion Plan purposes, this sub-bidding package has a 0% WMBE utilization rate Bid Package #9B Air & Weather Barrier, Insulation Install Due: 12/17/14 @ 3:00 PM PST Bid Package Scope: Supply and install of rigid insulation at all locations and install of air and weather barrier.

Engineer’s Estimate: $101,000

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#JET 3'2 T 3'1 T For Inclusion Plan purposes, this sub-bidding package has a 0% WMBE utilization rate Bid Package #18 REBID Open Space grading and concrete work Due: 12/17/14 @ 3:00 PM PST Bid Package Scope: Fine Grade open space areas of the site, provide concrete flat work, pervious concrete, sidewalks, curbs and concrete benches.

Engineer’s Estimate: $425,800 For Inclusion Plan purposes, this sub-bidding package has a 20% WMBE utilization rate Bid Package #13 Glass Storefronts and Entrances Due: 12/17/14 @ 3:00 PM PST Bid Package Scope: Supply and install of glass entrances, storefronts, joint sealants and flashing Engineer’s Estimate: $522,000 For Inclusion Plan purposes, this sub-bidding package has a 5% WMBE utilization rate Sealed Bids will be accepted prior to but no later than the date and time listed above for each bid package, at the offices of Lydig Construction, Inc., 3180 139th Avenue SE, Suite 110 Bellevue, Washington 98005. Proposals received after the time noted above will not be considered. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The GC/CM and Owner reserve the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities on the bids received.

Two optional pre-bid meetings for potential bidders to be held December 4th at 9:00AM and December 11th, 2014 at 9:00AM. Meet at the offices of Lydig Construction, Inc., 3180 139th Avenue SE, Suite 110 Bellevue, Washington 98005. All bidders and interested parties are strongly recommended to attend the meeting. All Bids must meet the Inclusion Plan requirements and any questions on the Inclusion Plan may be directed to Dee Riley (phone: 425-885-3314; email: driley@lydig.com).

Bid documents may be examined at the following locations once the Ad is posted: Lydig’s On-line Plan Center - Smartbid - Link will be available through the company website under jobs available for bid section. http://www.lydig.com/subcontractors-partners/ Bid documents can be obtained from United Reprographics located at 1750 4th Ave South Seattle, WA 98134. Questions concerning ordering plans and specifications should be directed to United Reprographics at (206) 382-1177. Bidder is responsible for the cost of any reproduction.

Contractor is an equal opportunity contractor and we encourage bids from disadvantaged, minority-owned, women-owned, and small businesses.

EDH601971 Published: November 24, 25, 26; December 1, 2, 2014.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Snohomish County Purchasing Division for the following: Bid No. 080-14SR HIGH RISE CARGO VAN SEALED BIDS DUE: December 16, 2014 11:00 a.m., Exactly, Pacific Local Time. Late submittals will not be accepted.

Complete specifications may be obtained in person from the Snohomish County Purchasing Division, address below; by calling (425) 388-3344; or may be downloaded from: www.snohomishcountywa.gov/bids.aspx Sealed Bids must be delivered before the due date & time either: 1. by hand to the Snohomish County Purchasing Division, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, 6th Floor, Everett, Washington 98201, or 2. by mail to the attention of the Snohomish County Purchasing Division, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, MS 507, Everett, WA 98201.

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NO. 87-2-05053-8 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO ORDER DISSOLVING CORPORATION (CLERK’S ACTION REQUIRED) SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE DISSOLUTION OF 21 OAKS HOME ASSOCIATION, a Washington non-profit corporation., TO: All owners of the following lots in the following divisions of Puget Park, all located in Snohomish County, State of Washington who were owners of record on October 14, 1987: Lots 1-108 inclusive, Puget Park Division 1 as recorded in Volume 34 of Plats, beginning at page 86, records of Snohomish County, State of Washington; Lots 1-56 inclusive, plat of Puget Park Division 2, as recorded in Volume 34 of Plats, beginning at page 88, records of Snohomish County, State of Washington; Lots 1-189 inclusive, plat of Puget Park Division 3, as recorded in Volume 3 of Plats, beginning at page 20, records of Snohomish County, State of Washington; AND TO: All other owners or parties in interest who had an interest in said real property as of October 14, 1987 a n d 2 1 O a k s H o m e A s s o c i a t i o n , a d i s s o l ve d corporation.

You and each of you will please take notice as follows: SLA Properties, LLC, has filed an application with the Superior Cour t of the State of Washington in the above named and numbered matter requesting that the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Dkt. No. 9), Order Dissolving the Corporation pursuant to RCW 24.06.300 (Dkt. No. 10), and Order Amending Order Dissolving Cor poration (Dkt. No. 18) be amended.

Additional requests, if any, are stated in the application.

Each party with an interest in this matter must serve a written response to the undersigned attorney of record at the address stated below and must file a copy of the response with the aboveentitled court. If you do not serve your written response within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this notice, the court may enter an order amending the order dissolving this corporation and disposing of the corporation’s assets in accordance with the requests of SLA Properties, LLC and without further notice to you and may enter an order approving or providing for other relief as requested in the application for amendment. This matter shall be heard on Friday, February 6, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. on the Judge’s Civil Motions Calendar of the Superior Cour t of Washington for Snohomish County.

Date of first publication: November 25, 2014 Presented By: Peterson Russell Kelly PLLC By: /s/ Joshua D. Brittingham, WSBA #42061, Attorneys for Petitioner SLA Properties, LLC, Peterson Russell Kelly PLLC, 1850 Skyline Tower 10900 NE Fourth Street Bellevue, WA 98004-8341 Telephone: (425) 462-4700 Published: November 25; December 2, 9, 2014.

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Snohomish County in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color national origin, or sex in consideration for an award.

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M’s to add Cruz’s big bat Free-agent outfielder/designated hitter agrees to four-year, $57 million deal according to reports

By Bob Dutton The News Tribune

Free-agent outfielder Nelson Cruz is bringing his big bat to the Seattle Mariners.

A report broke Monday from El Caribe in the Dominican Republic that the two sides reached agreement on a four-year deal for $57 million. The newspaper cited a source “close to the negotiations.”

Sources subsequently contacted by The News Tribune confirmed the report is essentially correct, although the Mariners declined official comment. Such silence is typical until a player passes a routine physical examination.

Cruz’s deal is believed to contain a $1 million signing bonus, which would boost its value to $58 million.

El Caribe reported Cruz,

34, was traveling to Seattle to undergo that examination. That suggests the deal could become official later this week.

All-Star third baseman Kyle Seager is also expected to undergo his physical this week in Seattle as the final step in his new seven-year contract for $100 million.

Cruz led the majors last season PATRICK SEMANSKY / ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Nelson Cruz hit 40 home runs for the Orioles during the 2014 season.

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and Gorobets were in Vancouver, B.C., for the World DanceSport Federation U-21 World Championships. Though they finished back in the standings, they were one of only two American couples to qualify for the event.

“There was a lot of people there and a lot of really good competitors,” said Nicholson, who moved from West Linn, Ore., to Everett last summer to train with Zakharoff. “Overall, it was just a really good competition.”

“I felt a huge responsibility when we got there because there was only one other couple from the U.S.,” said Gorobets, who was born in Russia and raised in Canada, but has lived in the Seattle area for three years. “You feel this huge pride being one of only two from your nation to compete.”

According to Zakharoff, competitive ballroom dancing — or

ENTON — Few men in football, if any, deliver a sarcastic response and a satisfied grin better than Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.

And Carroll again looked like the cat that ate the canary Monday when he was asked how he might react if the team’s owner — his boss —were to express displeasure with the team’s performance after a loss in a very public forum like Twitter.

The question, of course, was asked because San Francisco 49ers owner and CEO Jed York wrote that his team’s performance in a Thanksgiving loss to Seattle, “wasn’t acceptable. I apologize for that.”

Carroll’s response to the question Monday? “Our owner would never do that,” followed by a mischievous grin.

And while Carroll was having fun with that question, his subsequent answers about his relationship with owner Paul Allen, general manager John Schneider and the rest of the front office were significant.

Especially in light of what is happening of late with Seattle’s biggest rival, the 49ers.

Before the season started, there were already reports and speculation that Jim Harbaugh’s days in San Francisco were limited despite the fact that he had led the 49ers to three NFC championship game appearances and one Super Bowl in his first three seasons as an NFL head coach.

It’s no secret that he and general manager Trent Baalke don’t have the coziest of relationships.

And now that York has made his displeasure known so publicly, it’s harder than ever to see Harbaugh back in San Francisco next season despite his impressive track record and despite the fact that he has a year left on his contract.

Throughout an awkward press conference with Bay Area reporters Monday, Harbaugh refused to answer questions about his relationship with York, or even answer if he wants to coach the team next year.

Meanwhile, 800 or so miles north, Carroll said of his relationship with Allen, Schneider and others like Vulcan Sports CEO Peter McLoughlin, “I really had hoped that the freedom would be here, and the freedom is here for me to do what I want to do and to get things done in the fashion

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17-year-old Scott Nicholson of Everett and 15-year-old Evgeniya Gorobets of Redmond competed at the World DanceSport Federation U-21 World Championships in Vancouver, B.C., in November.

‘Insanely demanding’

Everett’s Scott Nicholson and Redmond’s Evie Gorobets train like other top athletes to compete in competitive ballroom dancing — or dancesport

By Rich Myhre Herald Writer

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YNNWOOD — Like other top athletes, dancers Scott Nicholson and Evie Gorobets work out many hours a week. They train mostly together, but also on their own and usually at a gym where they lift weights, stretch and do cardio exercises.

The hard work is necessary to prepare for competitions where there is more hard work.

Because in competitive ballroom dancing, the trick is to make what is difficult and sometimes painful instead appear easy and elegant. “(Dancing) is insanely demanding,” said the 17-yearold Nicholson, who lives in Everett. “The reason you can finish (a competition) is because there’s so much adrenaline and you want it so bad that you just keep going and going. But after you’re done and then the day after the competition, your body

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Evie Gorobets and Scott Nicholson dance at Hayloft Dance Hall in Lynnwood.

just hurts.

“You have to love it,” he said.

“Because if you don’t, you won’t put in the extreme hours that it takes.”

Nicholson and the 15-year-old Gorobets, who lives in Redmond, love dancing enough that

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She lives now in Everett.

In mid-November, Nicholson

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Don Hay’s tenure as head coach of the Vancouver Giants spanned a decade.

His successor’s lasted less than five months.

Vancouver became the second WHL team this season to part ways with its head coach as Troy Ward was fired by the Giants just 25 games into his first season. He joins Prince Albert’s Cory Clouston as coaches who have received the ax.

Ward was hired in July to take over for the legendary Hay. Hay spent 10 seasons with the Giants, winning the league championship in 2006 and the Memorial Cup in 2007, before he and the team parted ways following last season so that Hay could return to the Kamloops Blazers, the team which he guided to Memorial Cup championships in 1994 and 1995. From 2005-07 Vancouver built a heated rivalry with the Everett Silvertips as the teams vied for supremacy in the Western Conference, with the six games between the two teams becoming must-see events.

But Ward, who was hired in July, didn’t even make it to Vancouver’s first visit to Everett this season. He was given the boot with the Giants having a

9-16-0-0 record. After starting the season 6-4, Vancouver had lost 12 of 15.

“Obviously with where we are in the standings, it just wasn’t working with Troy,” Vancouver general manager Scott Bonner said in a press release.

“This is the unfortunate part of sports, but we thought change was needed.”

The timing of the firing was particularly odd. Ward was fired last Friday in the middle of Vancouver’s four-game road trip through the Central Division.

The announcement came just hours before the Giants faced the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

That left Vancouver without a head coach for the final three games of the road trip, as assistant Matt Erhart took over on an interim basis.

On Sunday the Giants announced the hiring of Claude Noel as their new head coach. Noel coached the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets from 2011-14, compiling an 80-79-18 record before being fired in January.

He also coached the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets for part of the 2009-10 season, going 10-8-6.

And one can bet the Giants will be hoping Noel can last longer than Ward.

Around the WHL A total of 14 WHLers were named to Canada’s selection camp for the

upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships. Those players were forwards Nicolas Petan (Portland), Sam Reinhart (Kootenay), Rourke Chartier (Kelowna), Morgan Klimchuk (Regina), Brayden Point (Moose Jaw) and Jake Virtanen (Calgary); defensemen Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert), Madison Bowey (Kelowna), Haydn Fleury (Red Deer), Dillon Heatherington (Swift Current), Joe Hicketts (Victoria), Travis Sanheim (Calgary) and Shea Theodore (Seattle); and goaltender Eric Comrie (Tri-City). …

Red Deer made a move to upgrade its oveagers, acquiring 20-year-old forward Riley Sheen and a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2017 bantam draft in exchange for 20-year-old defenseman Devan Fafard and 17-year-old forward Brayden Burke. … Brandon upgraded its back-up goaltending by acquiring 19-year-old Alex Moodie from Saskatoon for a conditional eighth-round bantam pick in 2015. … Portland’s Oliver Bjorkstrand was named the WHL Player of the Week. The 19-year-old forward had five goals and one assist as the Winterhawks went 3-0.

Leaders Points — Rourke Chartier (Kelowna) 48; goals — Chartier 29; assists — Nick Merkley (Kelowna) 38; penalty minutes — Ryan Rehill (Kamloops) 76; wins — Jordan Papirny (Brandon)18; goals against average — Taran Kozun (Seattle) 2.25; save percentage — Eric Comrie (Tri-City) .924.

Check out Nick Patterson’s Silvertips blog at http://www.heraldnet. com/silvertipsblog, and follow him on Twitter at @NickHPatterson.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Non-conference—Archbishop Murphy at Rainier Beach, South Whidbey at Coupeville, both 6:45 p.m.; Arlington at Monroe, Marysville Pilchuck at Lake Stevens, Lynnwood at Jackson, Marysville Getchell at Cascade, Glacier Peak at Snohomish, Stanwood at Shorecrest, Kamiak at Everett, Oak Harbor at Mariner, Lakewood at Anacortes, EdmondsWoodway at Mount Vernon, all 7:15 p.m.

GIRLS BOWLING Wesco—Jackson vs. Cascade at Glacier Lanes, 3:30 p.m.

Seattle U cruises Herald Staff KENT — Jarell Flora scored 16 points and Jack Crooks added 14 to lead Seattle University to a 72-33 win over Pacific Lutheran University on Monday.

Herald Staff ARLINGTON — Sevi Bielser and Jayla Russ combined for 22 points in Arlington’s 65-24 victory over Meadowdale in a non-league game Monday.

“Its a great start for us,” Arlington head coach Joe Marsh said about his team’s first victory of the season. “We played great defense and we had a lot of energy tonight. Defense is what we do.

“Russ was our leading scorer last year,” Marsh added. “Sevi is our best shooter. She shot the ball well. We shot the ball real well tonight, so I was happy about that.”

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MONROE — Monroe handed Redmond its first loss of the season in a non-league game Monday.

“We’re very experienced,” Monroe head coach Matt Chalfant said. “We have 10 varsity players returning from last year.”

Monroe player Amber Van Braun scored 20 points in the victory.

“She’s a two-year starter,” Chalfant said. “She typically has a lot of rebounds and points inside.”

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The senior caught Marysville Pilchuck’s only touchdown in a 20-10 loss to Bellevue in Friday’s 3A state semifinal. Hatch also played well defensively as the Tomahawks had an opportunity to stop the Wolverines’ state-record 66-game winning streak, before Bellevue pulled away late.

SNOHOMISH — Glacier Peak defeated Roosevelt 76-41 in a nonleague game Monday night for their first win of the season.

“I knew that we would be kind of of fast and we could shoot,” Glacier Peak head coach Brian Hill said. “We wanted to see what we were capable of doing. I’m impressed. We have stuff to work on, but it’ll be a fun year.”

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Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey (left) kicks the ball during the second leg of the MLS Western Conference Final on Sunday.

Sounders short offseason begins

By Don Ruiz The News Tribune

SEATTLE The Seattle Sounders report to training camp next month.

Yes, their season ended only Sunday, but Major League Soccer is a 12-month business, with teams reporting to training camp in January and the season stretching to MLS Cup in December.

The Sounders had intensely hoped that they would be part of this season’s MLS Cup, but a lone away goal surrendered in the second half of their weekend match with the Los Angeles Galaxy ended that.

“Certainly, the Galaxy are a very, very talented team,” Sounders coach Sigi Schmid said. “They are going to be a much different-looking team without (midfielder Landon) Donovan next year. They have a lot of emotional thing things playing into their court as well with Landon retiring. … I feel we can complete with them, and I feel we can compete with anyone and will continue to work to improve our team in any way possible.”

The Sounders finished three points ahead of the Galaxy to win the Supporters’ Shield, and matched them 2-2 in aggregate score over two playoff games. However, the Galaxy’s clean sheet in the 1-0 opener at StubHub Center outweighed their 2-1 loss at CenturyLink Field because of the league’s

move to away goals as the first tie-breaker.

That brought Seattle’s season to an end, while sending Galaxy on to the MLS Cup final Sunday against the New England Revolution at Carson, California.

Still, there seems to be a slim margin for the Sounders to overcome going into next season.

The club is likely to have to replace right back DeAndre Yedlin, whose transfer agreement with Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League will probably have him playing somewhere other than Seattle in 2015.

However, most other key players remain under club control. And unlike last season, there seems to be no question about Schmid’s status.

The only coach the club has ever had said he hopes to return for a seventh season, and majority owner Joe Roth and general manager Adrian Hanauer have said they want that, too.

The team also appears set with all three designated players: forwards Obafemi Martins and Clint Dempsey and midfielder Osvaldo Alonso. And unlike last offseason, Seattle seems settled at goalkeeper, where Schmid believes Stefan Frei capped a season of improvement by allowing three goals over a four-game playoff run.

“We stuck with him early on when I’m sure some people

(questioned our acquiring him from Toronto),” Schmid said. “I think over the last eight or nine games everyone has seen the reason why we made the trade and why we brought him here and the reason why I feel he has the potential to be one of the top goalkeepers in the league.”

Still, MLS rosters churn every season, and the process will begin quickly.

A half-day trade window opens Monday, when clubs may trade or re-sign their own players in advance of the Dec. 10 expansion draft. Then all MLS teams will protect 11 players before losing a maximum total of two players to the new Orlando and New York City franchises.

Also on the 10th, the trade window will reopen and the MLS waiver draft will be held.

The first phase of the re-entry draft will begin Dec. 12 and the second phase on Dec. 18.

The MLS SuperDraft will be held Jan. 15.

Then — barring a work stoppage while negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement — training camps will begin opening within a matter of days, marking the start of the league’s 20th season and the Sounders’ seventh.

“This year was a blast and one that all the years will be compared to,” central defense Chad Marshall said Sunday.

“Disappointed obviously today, and it will hurt, but very excited for what next year holds.”

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Meadowdale—Cierra Hart 5, Kassidi Dotter 8, Ally Steen 2, Angela Birchman 4, Sarah Haughny 0, Lauren Hunnewell 2, Sam Gergoryk 3, Ngozi Ezeoeke 0. Arlington— Gracie Castaneda 9, Serafina Balderas 6, Sarah Shortt 8, Sevi Bielser 11, Brittany DeNike 2, Olivia Larson 6, Emma Janousek 6, Emmi Modahl 0, Jessia Ludwig 4, Abby Anderson 2, Jayla Russ 11. 3-point goals—Castaneda, 1, Bielser 3, Russ 1, Hart 1, Dotter 1, Gergoryk 1. Records—Meadowdale 0-1 overall. Arlington 1-0.

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Roosevelt—Nancy Sun 0, Emma Seymour 12, Anna Wysen 0, Julia Ramirez 0, Lucy Morrill 4, Brenna Christiansen 11, Jojo Huletz 14. Glacier Peak—Lauren Iredale 0, Sadie Mensing 12, Natalie Rasmussen 10, Charlie Sevenants 3, Maya McFadden 2, Sierra Nash 2, Kianna Garner 11, Samantha Fatkin 13, Paisley Johnson 16, Kayla Watkins 7. 3-point goals—Christiansen 1, Huletz 3, Rasmussen 1, Sevenants 1, Garner 1, Fatkin 1, Johnson 1. Records—Roosevelt 0-1 overall. Glacier Peak 1-0.

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Redmond—Sierra Craig 2, Megan Egberg 2, Sawyer Forseth 2, Katie Hartman 5, Kennedy Kieneka 1, Kale Henderson 2, Maddie Egberg 0, Morgan Grindell 7, Ivy Crane 0, Andrea Dang 0, Teagan Ohrt 3, Amelia Muscott 0, Cameron Kieneka 2. Monroe—Kylie Ferreira 12, Corrina Roppo 2, Jadynn Alexander 14, Emily Donnelly 3, Katie Piland 1, Katherine Ragusa 1, Hannah Drivstuen 6, Alex Alexander 10, Amber Van Brunt 20, Loryn Moore 0. 3-point goals— Ferrerra 3, Drist 1. Records—Redmond 0-1 overall. Monroe 1-0.

Orioles’ Markakis may not return

By Dan Connolly The Baltimore Sun

For the first time this offseason, it appears more likely that free-agent outfielder Nick Markakis will sign elsewhere than rejoin an Orioles team he has been with since he debuted in 2006.

According to multiple sources, there now looks to be less than a 50-50 chance that the 31-year-old will return to the Orioles, something that seemed to be a virtual certainty a month ago.

Shortly after free agency began at the end of October, Markakis and the Orioles were involved in serious negotiations on a four-year deal worth roughly $10 million to $12 million annually.

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Falk was bright spot for Cougars

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By Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press

SPOKANE — One of the lowest points of Washington State’s disappointing season also set the stage for one of the bright spots.

Senior quarterback Connor Halliday led an offense that set numerous passing records before he broke his leg in the ninth game of the season, ending his college career. That opened the door for Luke Falk to become the first freshman to start at quarterback for the Cougars in a decade and he made the most of it.

In six total appearances, Falk threw for 1,859 yards, with 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions, and he’ll return next season as the presumptive starter.

Coach Mike Leach said the playing time this season “helps him a bunch.”

Leach said much the same about the large number of freshmen who played during the season, which ended with a 31-13 loss to archrival Washington on Saturday night.

“There’s a ton of kids that played earlier than they should have and will develop their skill,” Leach said. “In the end it will help them. The experience will help them a lot.”

Hopes were high for this season after the Cougars went to their first bowl game in a decade in 2013.

But they opened with consecutive losses to Rutgers and Nevada.

Then they appeared to right themselves. They beat Portland State, lost by a touchdown to No. 3 Oregon and beat No. 24 Utah on the road.

A debacle against California followed, and the Cougars (3-9, 2-7 Pac-12) lost six of their final seven games.

Leach is already busy making changes. On Sunday, he fired defensive coordinator Mike Breske and outside linebackers coach Paul Volero. He elevated defensive line coach Joe Salave’a to assistant head coach.

Washington State’s defense, which was a strength in 2013, was porous this season. The Cougars finished 10th in the Pac12 in scoring defense and total defense, allowing 38.6 points and 442.2 yards per game.

In the 60-59 loss to California in Pullman, the Golden Bears scored touchdowns on all seven drives in the second half to pull out the win.

The defensive secondary also saw a lot of freshmen in action, and gave up a lot of big plays.

Three different freshmen started at cornerback and two different redshirt freshmen started at safety.

“We just have to compete when we hit adversity and we didn’t do that a lot of the time this year,” said cornerback Daquawn Brown, the team’s leading tackler. “That’s what we’ve got to work on heading into this offseason, building that killer instinct to step on some teams’ throats.”

Breske came to Washington State in 2012 from Montana. Last year, the Cougars were second in the league in producing turnovers with 30. This season, the Cougars finished with just three interceptions and five fumbles recovered.

Volero also came to WSU with Leach in 2012. He previously coached at Central Michigan and then spent two years coaching high school football in Key West, Florida, where he established a rapport with Leach.

Salave’a is a good recruiter and WSU’s defensive line played well this season.

Of the original nine members of Leach’s coaching staff, only four are still with the Cougars. Special teams coordinator Eric Russell was fired earlier this season. The Cougars allowed a combined six punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns. Coaches Jeff Choate and Eric Morris left for other positions.

“I think we can coach better and we can play better,” Leach said after Saturday’s loss.

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Washington’s Dwayne Washington (12) established himself as the Huskies’ primary running back with three straight 100-yards games at the end of the season.

Improving Dawgs

By Tim Booth Associated Press

PULLMAN — It's something minor that most wouldn't find noteworthy, unless you're Chris Petersen.

As he was closing out his first season in charge at Washington, Petersen started to notice the focus and approach of his players as game day approached was more in line with what he had been seeking from the start of the season. He knew would take some time, but became more obvious to Petersen as November arrived.

No surprise that when Petersen started to notice these changes, Washington's three most complete performances followed.

"Nothing's easy early on and it takes a while, like we talk about, this process. You can't snap your fingers. They don't just get it," Petersen said. "To their credit, they've been trying, they've been buying in, they've been working hard.

They haven't ever backed down and it's just starting to come together. I think as a coach and coaching staff, the one thing we're always wanting is to feel like we're improving and on an upswing. And I think the last three, four games we've kind of felt like that."

Petersen wrapped up his first

regular season at Washington with a 31-13 rout of rival Washington State in the Apple Cup late Saturday night. It was the 100th career win for Petersen, becoming the fastest coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision to reach 100 wins coming in just 117 career games.

Only eight of those have come at Washington (8-5, 4-5 Pac-12). And while Petersen was given the benefit of 13 regular season games thanks to a season-opening trip to Hawaii, eight wins is the most for any first-year coach at Washington.

Petersen wasn't flawless in his first season in the Pac-12. He called a failed fake punt at midfield in the fourth quarter of a tie game against Stanford that the Cardinal converted into a touchdown for a 20-13 win. He also had the time management mistakes in the final 2 minutes against Arizona that led to the Wildcats pulling out a 27-26 victory.

Washington won the expected games, but failed to beat an FBS team that finished the regular season with a winning record.

"You're only as good as this last win and that lasts about two days and you're onto the next thing," Petersen said of reaching 100. "I've been put in some really good situations — I mean that sincerely — some unbelievable administrators to

stack the deck for us and get us really good coaches to recruit really good kids."

After an inconsistent first 10 weeks, the Huskies were playing their best as the regular season wrapped up. Dwayne Washington established himself as the Huskies main ball carrier going forward with three straight 100-yard games, quarterback Cyler Miles posted a passer rating of 125 or higher in four of his last five games and Washington's defense held both Oregon State and Washington State to 13 points in the final two games.

"I think we just stepped back and realized that this game needs to be played with trust.

It can't be played with a bunch of individuals trying to do their thing," Miles said. "I think the trust has been improving game after game and I'm so happy for my teammates."

The Huskies have a week to await their bowl assignment. By having the eighth best conference record, the Huskies could be headed for the Cactus Bowl in Tempe, Arizona based on Pac-12 agreements. It will be the Huskies fifth straight bowl trip, the longest streak since going to eight straight between 1995-2002.

"I'm just glad that we get a chance to play again with these guys," Petersen said.

Brady Hoke’s future as Michigan’s football coach may be known Tuesday.

Hoke will meet Tuesday with interim athletic director Jim Hackett, a person familiar with the situation told the Detroit Free Press. Other news organizations, including Scout.com and ESPN, also reported Monday that a meeting will take place.

It’s not known what Hackett will tell Hoke.

What is known is that Hackett, who took over at the end of October as athletic director, is charged with evaluating Hoke and the football program.

Hackett got the job when Dave Brandon resigned under fire, which included pressure from students and alumni who were upset with what they saw as the corporatization of the athletic program at the expense of tradition.

When Hackett took over, U-M President Mark Schlissel said it would be Hackett’s job to conduct a review of the football program.

U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said Monday night that he didn’t know if Schlissel had weighed in on Hoke’s fate, saying he only knew what Schlissel had already said, that the decision was up to Hackett.

After Michigan lost its season finale to Ohio State, 42-28, in Columbus on Saturday, Hoke was asked what he knew about his future.

“What I know is I’m going to be the football coach at Michigan,” said Hoke, who has two years remaining on his contract but with a buyout that would be $3 million in 2014 and $2 million beginning Jan. 1. “That’s what I know right now.”

Winston’s hearing Tuesday TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly two years after Jameis Winston was first accused of sexually assaulting an FSU student, the star quarterback’s code of conduct hearing in connection with the incident is scheduled for Tuesday.

After numerous delays and squabbling between attorneys, FSU is holding the hearing at noon to determine whether Winston committed four code of conduct violations — including sexual activity without consent and creating a hostile environment.

Winston and his representatives have repeatedly said he is innocent and his contact with the woman who has since withdrawn from school was consensual.

“We intend to put an end to this,” Winston’s adviser, David Cornwell, told the Orlando Sentinel.

Tallahassee police, the state attorney and FSU’s student affairs office have all investigated whether Winston sexually assaulted a female FSU student in December 2012. State attorney Willie Meggs opted not to press charges against Winston in December 2013, citing insufficient evidence, an inefficient police investigation and inconsistent testimony from the accuser.

FSU is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education to determine whether it failed to comply with federal Title IX statutes, which require conduct hearings in connection with any sexual assault claims made against a current student.

School officials stated the conduct case was suspended because Winston and the accuser did not agree to be interviewed in January. The accuser was interviewed by FSU officials in August and the case was re-opened, leading to Tuesday’s hearing.

Baylor’s Petty expects to play in Big 12 title game

By Stephen Hawkins Associated Press

WACO, Texas — Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty plans to play Saturday night with another Big 12 title on the line, even while still experiencing some concussion-related symptoms.

Petty said he felt great even after waking up with a headache Monday, two days after getting knocked out of the fifth-ranked Bears’ 48-46 win over Texas Tech with what the team called a mild concussion. “(The headache) is kind of off and on, and it’s starting to get shorter on and longer off,” Petty said. “And then when it is hurting a little bit, it’s a lot lighter than it used to be.”

Petty hopes to practice, but on Monday had not yet gone

through any concussion testing that would determine if he is clear to do that. The fifth-year senior didn’t anticipate any tests until being free of symptoms after what he said was his first concussion at Baylor.

“I’ll be fine. I think it’s more exercise-induced kind of stuff, go through things, make sure everything’s OK,” he said. “But as far as practice schedule, I should be able to go.”

Baylor (10-1, 7-1 Big 12), which didn’t practice Monday, plays No. 9 Kansas State (9-2, 7-1) with the winner of the regular-season finale guaranteed at least a share of the Big 12 title. If No. 5 TCU loses earlier Saturday to lastplace Iowa State, they would be playing for the outright title.

The Bears are the defending Big 12 champions, having

clinched the 2013 title outright with a home win over Texas in the regular-season finale.

Coach Art Briles does expect to have Petty back against the Wildcats.

“He was here (Sunday) and was feeling pretty good. He actually felt pretty good at the end of the game the other day,” Briles said. “Of course he took a hard shot, clean shot. But I just saw him 10 minutes ago and he’s fine. Smile on his face and determination in his heart.”

Petty threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns against the Red Raiders before taking a high hit from linebacker Sam Eguavoen, who was penalized for a personal foul. Petty walked slowly to the sideline and then to the locker room, but was back on the sideline before the end of the

game without shoulder pads or his helmet.

“I’m in good hands and we’ll make sure that everything is 100 percent,” Petty said. “I know for a fact I will be ready to go.”

Petty missed Baylor’s second game of the season Sept. 6 against FCS team Northwestern State because of two small cracked bones in his back. He got hurt in the first half of the season opener the previous week, and didn’t play after halftime in that game. He threw for 416 yards and four touchdowns in his return, a 63-21 win at Buffalo on Sept. 12.

In 10 games this season, Petty has 2,893 yards passing with 25 touchdowns and five interceptions. He had 4,200 yards with 32 TDs and three interceptions in 13 games last season.

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BASKETBALL NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Portland 13 4 .765 — Denver 9 8 .529 4 Oklahoma City 5 12 .294 8 Utah 5 13 .278 8½ Minnesota 4 12 .250 8½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 14 2 .875 — L.A. Clippers 12 5 .706 2½ Phoenix 10 8 .556 5 Sacramento 9 8 .529 5½ L.A. Lakers 4 13 .235 10½ Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Memphis 15 2 .882 — Houston 13 4 .765 2 San Antonio 13 4 .765 2 Dallas 13 5 .722 2½ New Orleans 7 8 .467 7 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 13 4 .765 — Brooklyn 6 9 .400 6 Boston 4 10 .286 7½ New York 4 14 .222 9½ Philadelphia 0 17 .000 13 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Washington 11 5 .688 — Atlanta 9 6 .600 1½ Miami 9 8 .529 2½ Orlando 7 12 .368 5½ Charlotte 4 14 .222 8 Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 11 6 .647 — Milwaukee 10 8 .556 1½ Cleveland 8 7 .533 2 Indiana 7 10 .412 4 Detroit 3 14 .176 8 Monday’s games San Antonio 109, Philadelphia 103 Washington 107, Miami 86 Denver 103, Utah 101 L.A. Clippers 127, Minnesota 101 Today’s games Milwaukee at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Wizards 107, Heat 86 MIAMI (86) Deng 2-7 5-7 9, Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Bosh 9-14 2-5 21, Cole 3-7 0-0 7, Wade 9-13 2-5 20, Chalmers 4-11 3-4 11, McRoberts 2-4 4-5 8, Napier 3-8 0-0 6, Ennis 0-1 0-0 0, Haslem 0-2 2-2 2, Hamilton 0-2 0-0 0, Whiteside 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 33-72 18-30 86.

WASHINGTON (107) Pierce 1-4 2-2 4, Humphries 3-7 2-2 8, Gortat 6-9 3-4 15, Wall 6-10 4-5 18, Beal 3-7 0-0 8, Butler 8-14 4-5 23, Porter 2-4 2-2 7, Gooden 4-6 0-0 10, Seraphin 2-4 2-4 6, Miller 3-3 0-0 6, Temple 0-0 0-0 0, Blair 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 39-72 19-24 107.

parentheses, records throiugh Nov. 30, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (29) 7-0 796 1 2. Duke 7-0 738 2 3. Arizona (1) 6-0 735 4 4. Wisconsin (2) 7-0 732 3 5. Louisville 5-0 636 5 6. Virginia 7-0 611 7 7. Texas 6-0 592 9 8. Gonzaga 6-0 586 8 9. Villanova 6-0 540 11 10. Wichita State 4-0 523 10 11. Kansas 5-1 493 12 12. North Carolina 5-1 417 6 13. Ohio State 5-0 384 17 14. San Diego State 5-1 380 15 15. Miami 7-0 324 20 16. Michigan 5-1 269 18 17. West Virginia 7-0 247 24 18. Michigan State 5-2 201 19 19. Iowa State 3-1 189 13 20. Oklahoma 4-2 152 21 21. Arkansas 6-0 138 — 22. Maryland 7-0 109 — 23. UConn 3-2 62 22 24. Florida 3-3 60 16 25. Illinois 6-0 57 — Others receiving votes: VCU 51, Providence 50, Utah 50, Butler 44, Northern Iowa 33, Oklahoma State 32, Washington 30, Syracuse 29, Creighton 17, Nebraska 17, Georgetown 15, N.C. State 14, California 11, Stanford 5, UTEP 5, Wyoming 5, Baylor 4, Notre Dame 4, Memphis 3, Saint Mary’s 3, St. John’s 3, TCU 3, UCLA 1.

Boston Toronto Florida Ottawa Buffalo

Women’s AP Top 25

Tampa Bay N.Y. Rangers

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking

Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (20) 5-0 854 1 2. Notre Dame (13) 7-0 845 2 3. UConn (1) 5-1 788 3 4. Texas (1) 5-0 771 6 5. Texas A&M 7-0 751 7 6. North Carolina 7-0 688 11 7. Louisville 7-0 613 12 8. Stanford 5-2 605 5 9. Duke 5-1 580 8 10. California 6-0 513 14 11. Baylor 4-1 505 13 12. Nebraska 6-0 470 15 13. Kentucky 6-1 462 9 14. Tennessee 4-2 455 4 15. Maryland 6-1 421 10 16. Michigan St. 4-1 367 16 17. Oregon St. 5-0 303 19 18. Rutgers 6-0 224 21 19. Georgia 7-0 187 22 20. Oklahoma St. 5-1 184 20 21. Syracuse 4-1 165 22 22. Iowa 6-1 156 17 23. Mississippi St. 6-0 151 25 24. West Virginia 4-1 107 22 25. Arkansas 6-0 70 — 25. DePaul 4-2 70 18 Others receiving votes: South Florida 17, Green Bay 16, Arizona St. 9, Northwestern 6, Princeton 5, Washington St. 5, James Madison 3, Florida St. 2, Minnesota 2, St. John’s 2, Chattanooga 1, W. Kentucky 1, Washington 1.

First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Johnson 7 (Palat, Hedman), 6:32. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Hayes 3 (Hagelin, Stempniak), 12:14. 3, Tampa Bay, Connolly 3 (Hedman, Bishop), 16:02.

Second Period—4, N.Y. Rangers, Fast 2 (Brassard, Nash), 2:42. 5, N.Y. Rangers, St. Louis 10 (McDonagh, Stepan), 9:24 (pp). 6, Tampa Bay, Carle 2 (Johnson, Filppula), 14:23.

Third Period—7, Tampa Bay, Connolly 4 (Stamkos, Hedman), 5:34 (pp). 8, Tampa Bay, Johnson 8 (Kucherov, Gudas), 6:58. 9, Tampa Bay, Palat 6, 19:33 (en-sh).

Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 8-5-8—21. N.Y. Rangers 12-12-11—35.

Goalies—Tampa Bay, Bishop. N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist. A—18,006 (18,006). T—2:32.

FOOTBALL

Miami 22 27 17 20 — 86 Washington 30 34 17 26 — 107

National Football League

3-Point Goals—Miami 2-22 (Bosh 1-3, Cole 1-3, McRoberts 0-1, Ennis 0-1, Hamilton 0-1, Deng 0-2, Williams 0-2, Chalmers 0-4, Napier 0-5), Washington 10-19 (Butler 3-5, Gooden 2-3, Beal 2-3, Wall 2-4, Porter 1-3, Pierce 0-1).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 38 (Bosh 8), Washington 51 (Gortat 10). Assists—Miami 12 (McRoberts 4), Washington 29 (Wall 13).

Total Fouls—Miami 20, Washington 23. Technicals—Washington Coach Wittman. A—15,150 (20,308).

NFC

Spurs 109, 76ers 103 SAN ANTONIO (109) Leonard 9-15 6-8 26, Diaw 2-6 1-1 5, Baynes 6-9 3-4 15, Joseph 4-10 6-8 14, Green 1-9 2-2 5, Ginobili 4-8 4-5 14, Ayres 1-5 2-2 4, Belinelli 3-13 4-5 11, Bonner 5-5 0-0 12, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Daye 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 36-83 28-35 109.

PHILADELPHIA (103) Mbah a Moute 3-10 0-0 6, Davies 3-7 2-3 8, Sims 5-9 0-2 12, Carter-Williams 9-19 4-5 24, Thompson 3-6 0-0 7, McDaniels 2-8 5-8 10, Shved 7-16 3-3 19, Gordon 0-1 0-0 0, Grant 2-6 0-2 4, Covington 3-6 0-0 9, Sampson 1-1 1-2 4.

Totals 38-89 15-25 103.

San Antonio 27 34 23 25 — 109 Philadelphia 20 26 27 30 — 103 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 9-26 (Bonner 2-2, Ginobili 2-3, Leonard 2-6, Daye 1-1, Green 1-5, Belinelli 1-7, Joseph 0-1, Diaw 0-1), Philadelphia 12-29 (Covington 3-3, Sims 2-3, Carter-Williams 2-3, Shved 2-6, Sampson 1-1, Thompson 1-3, McDaniels 1-5, Davies 0-1, Grant 0-2, Mbah a Moute 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—San Antonio 63 (Leonard 10), Philadelphia 52 (Carter-Williams 11). Assists—San Antonio 25 (Joseph 6), Philadelphia 22 (CarterWilliams 7). Total Fouls—San Antonio 20, Philadelphia 29. Technicals—McDaniels. A—12,843 (20,318).

Nuggets 103, Jazz 101 DENVER (103) Chandler 6-13 0-0 15, Faried 4-9 3-4 11, Mozgov 5-5 0-0 10, Lawson 6-15 3-5 15, Afflalo 6-11 0-0 14, Hickson 4-12 2-3 10, Arthur 4-7 2-2 12, Gallinari 2-6 2-3 6, Robinson 2-3 0-0 4, Harris 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 41-87 12-17 103.

UTAH (101) Hayward 7-18 8-8 25, Booker 3-7 0-0 6, Kanter 8-19 1-2 17, Burke 7-13 0-0 18, Burks 7-15 8-10 22, Ingles 0-0 0-0 0, Novak 0-0 0-0 0, Gobert 3-7 3-6 9, Exum 0-2 2-2 2, Hood 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 36-84 22-30 101.

Denver Utah

26 36 21 20 — 103 23 20 34 24 — 101

3-Point Goals—Denver 9-26 (Chandler 3-7, Afflalo 2-4, Harris 2-4, Arthur 2-5, Robinson 0-1, Lawson 0-1, Gallinari 0-4), Utah 7-18 (Burke 4-7, Hayward 3-6, Booker 0-1, Hood 0-2, Burks 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 50 (Mozgov 10), Utah 57 (Kanter 15). Assists—Denver 23 (Lawson 12), Utah 18 (Burke 8). Total Fouls—Denver 22, Utah 15. Technicals—Utah Bench. Flagrant Fouls—Afflalo. Ejected—Afflalo. A—16,768 (19,911).

Clippers 127, Timberwolves 101 MINNESOTA (101) Wiggins 4-11 6-9 14, Young 4-9 0-2 8, Dieng 3-5 1-1 7, Williams 1-4 4-5 7, Brewer 3-9 2-2 9, Muhammad 6-11 6-7 18, Bennett 2-6 2-4 6, LaVine 4-11 2-2 10, Budinger 0-4 2-2 2, Hummel 6-8 1-2 13, Adrien 2-3 3-4 7, Robinson III 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-82 29-40 101.

L.A. CLIPPERS (127) Barnes 3-7 0-0 8, Griffin 8-14 7-8 23, Jordan 5-5 1-2 11, Paul 3-7 6-6 12, Redick 7-11 5-6 23, Crawford 1-5 2-2 4, Turkoglu 0-1 0-0 0, Hawes 5-9 0-0 14, Farmar 3-7 0-0 9, Davis 1-3 6-8 8, Cunningham 2-4 3-4 8, Bullock 2-5 0-0 5, Udoh 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 41-80 30-36 127.

Minnesota 34 16 18 33 — 101 L.A. Clippers 31 34 36 26 — 127 3-Point Goals—Minnesota 2-12 (Williams 1-1, Brewer 1-4, Muhammad 0-1, Young 0-1, Hummel 0-1, LaVine 0-2, Budinger 0-2), L.A. Clippers 15-34 (Redick 4-5, Hawes 4-7, Farmar 3-6, Barnes 2-5, Cunningham 1-3, Bullock 1-3, Paul 0-2, Crawford 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 46 (Muhammad 10), L.A. Clippers 57 (Jordan 13). Assists—Minnesota 26 (Williams 7), L.A. Clippers 33 (Paul 8). Total Fouls—Minnesota 27, L.A. Clippers 26. Technicals—Brewer, Minnesota defensive three second, Griffin, L.A. Clippers Coach Rivers, L.A. Clippers defensive three second. A—19,060 (19,060).

Men’s AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking

Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (62) 7-0 1,622 1 2. Wisconsin (3) 7-0 1,511 2 3. Arizona 6-0 1,488 3 4. Duke 7-0 1,475 4 5. Louisville 5-0 1,260 6 6. Texas 6-0 1,254 7 7. Virginia 7-0 1,196 8 8. Wichita St. 4-0 1,165 9 9. Gonzaga 6-0 1,133 10 10. Villanova 6-0 1,075 12 11. Kansas 5-1 1,063 11 12. North Carolina 5-1 864 5 13. San Diego St. 5-1 784 15 14. Ohio St. 5-0 759 16 15. Miami 7-0 697 17 16. West Virginia 7-0 601 21 17. Michigan 5-1 454 19 18. Arkansas 6-0 438 25 19. Michigan St. 5-2 423 20 20. Iowa St. 3-1 330 13 21. Maryland 7-0 306 — 22. Oklahoma 4-2 254 — 23. Butler 5-1 222 — 24. Illinois 6-0 104 — 25. Utah 5-1 88 — Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 83, UConn 76, Oklahoma St. 69, Providence 56, VCU 52, Syracuse 49, Florida 40, Georgetown 30, Creighton 29, Washington 17, NC State 12, Wyoming 10, California 8, Seton Hall 5, St. John’s 5, Nebraska 4, Baylor 3, UCLA 3, Mississippi 2, Old Dominion 2, TCU 2, Notre Dame 1, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 1.

Men’s USA Today Top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in

Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington

Atlanta New Orleans Carolina Tampa Bay

Green Bay Detroit Chicago Minnesota

West W L 9 3 8 4 7 5 5 7 East W L 9 3 8 4 3 9 3 9 South W L 5 7 5 7 3 8 2 10 North W L 9 3 8 4 5 7 5 7

T Pct PF PA 0 .750 258 224 0 .667 298 221 0 .583 231 244 0 .417 261 285 T Pct PF PA 0 .750 375 285 0 .667 302 273 0 .250 257 319 0 .250 244 322 T Pct PF PA 0 .417 291 299 0 .417 323 318 1 .292 228 331 0 .167 220 314 T Pct PF PA 0 .750 380 267 0 .667 231 207 0 .417 253 337 0 .417 233 257

AFC West W L T Pct PF PA 9 3 0 .750 361 276 8 4 0 .667 279 249 7 5 0 .583 277 224 1 11 0 .083 176 337 East

W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 378 253 Miami 7 5 0 .583 301 232 Buffalo 7 5 0 .583 264 217 N.Y. Jets 2 10 0 .167 190 319 South

W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 382 283 Houston 6 6 0 .500 287 247 Tennessee 2 10 0 .167 213 338 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 186 329 North

W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 8 3 1 .708 260 247 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 328 242 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 320 298 Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 252 245 Monday’s game Miami 16, N.Y. Jets 13 Thursday’s game Dallas at Chicago, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday’s games N.Y. Giants at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m.

New England at San Diego, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland

Dolphins 16, Jets 13 Miami N.Y. Jets

0 3 3 10 — 16 7 3 3 0 — 13

First Quarter NYJ—Salas 20 run (Folk kick), 7:45.

Second Quarter NYJ—FG Folk 40, 12:01.

Mia—FG Sturgis 43, :00.

Third Quarter Mia—FG Sturgis 44, 10:56.

NYJ—FG Folk 45, 7:17.

Fourth Quarter Mia—Miller 4 run (Sturgis kick), 10:24.

Mia—FG Sturgis 26, 1:57.

A—78,160.

Mia NYJ First downs 16 18 Total Net Yards 291 326 Rushes-yards 18-74 49-277 Passing 217 49 Punt Returns 0-0 3-14 Kickoff Returns 3-52 2-33 Interceptions Ret. 1-(-4) 1-25 Comp-Att-Int 25-35-1 7-13-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-18 2-16 Punts 4-54.0 4-27.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 7-57 Time of Possession 27:25 32:35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Miami, Miller 13-56, Tannehill 4-13, Dan.Thomas 1-5. N.Y. Jets, C.Johnson 17105, Ivory 16-62, Kerley 2-38, Harvin 6-27, Salas 1-20, Smith 4-19, B.Powell 2-4, Conner 1-2.

PASSING—Miami, Tannehill 25-35-1-235.

N.Y. Jets, Smith 7-13-1-65.

RECEIVING—Miami, Landry 8-68, M.Wallace 6-69, Sims 4-58, Gibson 2-17, Miller 2-11, Hartline 1-9, Dan.Thomas 1-3, Hoskins 1-0.

N.Y. Jets, B.Powell 2-19, Decker 2-18, Sudfeld 1-20, Harvin 1-6, Kerley 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Miami, Sturgis 43 (WL). N.Y. Jets, Folk 48 (WL), 45 (WL).

HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 26 15 6 5 35 71 68 24 16 7 1 33 75 66 25 15 8 2 32 78 64 24 12 7 5 29 65 57 25 11 10 4 26 68 70 25 10 12 3 23 62 76 25 6 15 4 16 56 87 Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 23 16 5 2 34 64 46 St. Louis 24 16 6 2 34 66 51 Chicago 24 15 8 1 31 74 48 Winnipeg 25 12 9 4 28 52 56 Minnesota 23 13 9 1 27 65 55 Dallas 24 9 10 5 23 70 84 Colorado 25 9 11 5 23 67 79 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 25 17 6 2 36 91 67 Montreal 26 17 7 2 36 69 66 Detroit 24 14 5 5 33 74 61

Anaheim Vancouver Calgary Los Angeles San Jose Arizona Edmonton

25 14 10 1 29 63 61 23 12 8 3 27 76 69 22 9 7 6 24 46 55 23 10 9 4 24 61 63 24 8 14 2 18 43 76 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 23 16 5 2 34 81 55 N.Y. Islanders 24 17 7 0 34 77 65 N.Y. Rangers 24 11 9 4 26 71 70 Washington 23 10 9 4 24 65 65 New Jersey 24 9 11 4 22 58 71 Philadelphia 23 8 12 3 19 61 74 Carolina 23 7 13 3 17 54 68 Columbus 24 7 15 2 16 54 84 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s games Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Columbus 2, Florida 1 Montreal 4, Colorado 3 Arizona 5, Edmonton 2 Anaheim 3, Boston 2 Today’s games Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Washington, 4 p.m.

Nashville at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Florida at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 7 p.m.

Boston at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Lightning 6, Rangers 3 2 1

1 3 — 2 0 —

6 3

Ducks 3, Bruins 2 Boston Anaheim

0 1 1 — 2 0 2 1 — 3

First Period—None.

Second Period—1, Boston, Marchand 6 (Pastrnak, Trotman), 10:20. 2, Anaheim, Vatanen 6 (Maroon), 11:17. 3, Anaheim, Smith-Pelly 4 (Fowler, Silfverberg), 19:38.

Third Period—4, Anaheim, Beleskey 12 (Getzlaf), 4:43. 5, Boston, S.Gagne 2 (Paille, Hamilton), 10:20.

Shots on Goal—Boston 13-15-6—34. Anaheim 7-11-10—28.

Goalies—Boston, Rask. Anaheim, Andersen.

A—16,457 (17,174). T—2:24.

Canadiens 4, Avalanche 3 Montreal Colorado

1 2 1 — 4 1 2 0 — 3

First Period—1, Montreal, Sekac 4 (Prust, Price), 8:09. 2, Colorado, Briere 6, 19:26.

Second Period—3, Colorado, O’Reilly 4 (Tanguay, Duchene), :35. 4, Montreal, Markov 3 (Galchenyuk, Plekanec), 6:28 (pp). 5, Colorado, Barrie 3 (Talbot, Guenin), 12:01. 6, Montreal, Subban 6 (Markov, Eller), 15:16.

Third Period—7, Montreal, Pacioretty 12 (Desharnais, Subban), 13:54.

Shots on Goal—Montreal 8-18-4—30.

Colorado 11-9-9—29.

Goalies—Montreal, Price. Colorado, Pickard.

A—14,038 (18,007). T—2:30.

Coyotes 5, Oilers 2 Arizona Edmonton

0 4 1 — 5 1 0 1 — 2

First Period—1, Edmonton, Eberle 5 (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins), 5:37 (pp).

Second Period—2, Arizona, Rieder 3, :36 (sh). 3, Arizona, Rieder 4 (Hanzal), 1:34 (sh). 4, Arizona, Ekman-Larsson 4 (Yandle, Boedker), 4:53 (pp). 5, Arizona, Boedker 8 (Vermette, Korpikoski), 19:43.

Third Period—6, Arizona, Erat 5 (Stone, Schlemko), 2:03 (pp). 7, Edmonton, Petry 2 (Klefbom, Perron), 4:21.

Shots on Goal—Arizona 5-13-6—24. Edmonton 7-9-11—27.

Goalies—Arizona, Smith. Edmonton, Fasth.

A—16,839 (16,839). T—2:31.

Blue Jackets 2, Panthers 1 Florida Columbus

0 1 0 — 1 1 0 1 — 2

First Period—1, Columbus, Calvert 3 (Chaput, Leopold), 15:07.

Second Period—2, Florida, Ekblad 3 (Boyes, Bergenheim), 1:23 (pp).

Third Period—3, Columbus, Jenner 2 (Rychel), 10:05.

Shots on Goal—Florida 6-10-9—25. Columbus 4-7-12—23.

Goalies—Florida, Montoya. Columbus, Bobrovsky. A—12,309 (18,144). T—2:23.

Western Hockey League WESTERN CONFERENCE U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 25 16 5 3 1 86 66 36 25 14 8 3 0 70 69 31 29 14 12 0 3 96 105 31 27 15 12 0 0 75 70 30 27 11 12 2 2 70 75 26 B.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 28 22 3 3 0 129 68 47 Victoria 30 15 13 2 0 97 100 32 Kamloops 29 11 13 3 2 88 100 27 Prince George 27 13 14 0 0 82 113 26 Vancouver 28 10 18 0 0 84 102 20 EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Brandon 28 21 5 2 0 133 92 44 Regina 27 16 10 1 0 98 74 33 Swift Current 30 14 12 0 4 88 94 32 Moose Jaw 27 12 12 2 1 80 91 27 Prince Albert 27 13 14 0 0 84 92 26 Saskatoon 27 7 18 2 0 73 126 16 CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 27 19 6 1 1 102 65 40 Edmonton 29 14 10 3 2 89 77 33 Red Deer 28 14 10 3 1 100 92 32 Calgary 28 14 11 1 2 101 84 31 Kootenay 28 13 15 0 0 85 110 26 Lethbridge 27 6 17 3 1 63 108 16 Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Today’s games Calgary at Red Deer Saskatoon at Kamloops Portland at Victoria

Everett Spokane Portland Tri-City Seattle

LINE NCAA Football Thursday FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG at East Carolina 5½ UCF Friday Conference Championships Mid-American At Detroit N. Illinois 6½ Bowling Green Pac-12 At Santa Clara, Calif.

Oregon 13½ Arizona Saturday at UConn 11½ SMU at TCU 33 Iowa St. Temple 4 at Tulane at Cincinnati 6½ Houston at Baylor OFF Kansas St. at Oklahoma 20 Oklahoma St. Conference USA at Marshall 12½ Louisiana Tech Southeastern At Atlanta Alabama 14 Missouri Atlantic Coast At Charlotte, N.C. Florida St. 3½ Georgia Tech Big Ten At Indianapolis Wisconsin 4 Ohio St. Mountain West at Boise St. 19½ Fresno St. Off Key Baylor QB questionable NFL Thursday FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG Dallas 3½ at Chicago Sunday at Miami 3 Baltimore at Cincinnati 3½ Pittsburgh Indianapolis 3½ at Cleveland Houston 4 at Jacksonville at Tennessee 1 N.Y. Giants at New Orleans 9½ Carolina at Detroit 9½ Tampa Bay St. Louis 2½ at Washington at Minnesota 5 N.Y. Jets at Denver 10 Buffalo at Arizona 1 Kansas City San Francisco 7½ at Oakland at Philadelphia 1 Seattle New England 3½ at San Diego Monday at Green Bay 11½ Atlanta

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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll (left) talks with team owner Paul Allen on the field during warmups before a game against the Arizona Cardinals last month.

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that I think I can do it best. That has been totally supported.”

Right now, the Seahawks don’t just have a one-game lead over the 49ers in the standings after a potentially season-altering five-day stretch that saw them dominate Arizona and San Francisco, they have the significant edge in team harmony. And while plenty of franchises across professional sports have shown over the years that winning and dysfunction need not be mutually exclusive, the relationship between Schneider and Carroll, which Carroll last year said was, “absolutely the most crucial relationship and aspect of our program,” and between those two and Allen and McLoughlin greatly increase Seattle’s chances at sustained success.

“I have such good support in all that John does and Peter that it seems like it’s been effortless, really,” Carroll said.

“We’ve gotten along so smoothly and seeing eye-to-eye on everything we’ve dealt with. Paul has been so supportive of the multitude of things John’s in charge of, which really impacts him a great deal with the money and the decisions and all that kind of stuff. We’ve just worked together. The communication has always been open and we’ve had good dialogue in every turn for

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with 40 homers while playing for the Baltimore Orioles. He also finished third in the American League with 108 RBI while batting .271 and making the All-Star team.

The signing addresses the Mariners’ prioritized off-season quest to acquire a right-handed power hitter to bat cleanup in their lineup. El Caribe reported the deal could contain an option for a fifth year.

The signing means the Mariners will surrender their first-round pick — currently No. 19 overall — in next June’s new-player draft because Cruz received a qualifying offer of $15.3 million from the Orioles.

Cruz received a threeyear offer from Baltimore, believed to be in the $40 million range, but the Orioles balked at extending the deal to four years.

While Cruz could fill the Mariners’ hole in right field, his defensive shortcomings make him a far better fit as a designated hitter. Accordingly, the club’s next priority is to find a right fielder.

Possibilities include two other free agents: Torii Hunter and Alex Rios.

The Mariners also continue to discuss a possible trade with the Dodgers to acquire outfielder Matt Kemp, who is under contract for five more years at $107 million.

all of the years, so I think we have such a strong base now that we all feel like we can get through whatever we have to deal with. I don’t know about managing it, but I feel like we’re just working things out. Everybody is very respectful of the positions and the authority and all of that; the opinions that everybody brings, the expertise. It really couldn’t be better. Our format and setup couldn’t be better.

There’s nothing to tweak, it’s right on.”

Meanwhile in Santa Clara, Harbaugh was deflecting questions about his future and his relationship with York, saying “I don’t worry about my future — haven’t participated in any of that speculation.

I think I have a recessive gene for worrying about my own future.”

And it hasn’t been all sunshine, hugs and Kumbaya around the camp fire for Seattle this year or in any season. During a rough patch earlier this season, there seemed to be a contest to see who could come up with the best “what’s wrong with the Seahawks” story.

And we heard about conflicts between players, about running back Marshawn Lynch not talking with his coaches, about quarterback Russell Wilson not being “black enough” in the eyes of some teammates. Yet the most important relationships for a team to function long-term are as strong as ever.

Wide receivers Percy

Harvin and Golden Tate fighting in the days leading up to the Super Bowl is hardly ideal. But right now that might sound pretty nice to the 49ers, compared to the relationship between the team’s power brokers.

“It’s really worked out beautifully and it could not have been better,” Carroll said of his situation withe the Seahawks.

“I think it transcends.

This is a good place to be and it’s a good place to work and everybody can feel that. We’ve maintained an atmosphere of upbeat, positive, a lot of energy, willing to take on tough challenges and make tough decisions and go for it. That’s really what this is all about right now.”

Harmony in Seattle is hardly a guarantee of a strong finish over the next four weeks or of another Super Bowl run. Just like a bit of tension in San Francisco doesn’t mean the 49ers can’t salvage their season.

But a confrontational press conference in the Bay Area contrasted with a grinning, wisecracking Carroll serves as a reminder that the Seahawks are incredibly fortunate that things turned out so well when Allen hired Carroll in 2010, followed by the two hiring Schneider.

“It really has turned out even better than I could have imagined,” Carroll said.

Herald Columnist John Boyle: jboyle@heraldnet. com

The sticking point in such a deal appears to be Los Angeles’ insistence that either right-hander Taijuan Walker or lefty James Paxton be included in any deal.

The Mariners believe they have sufficient payroll flexibility to add Kemp even after signing Cruz and reaching a new deal with Seager, but the Dodgers are now drawing increased interest in Kemp from the Orioles.

That’s not surprising; the Orioles need a power bat to replace Cruz in their lineup.

Cruz is a 10-year veteran who played for Texas from 2006-13. He averaged 29 homers and 86 RBI over the last six years and made the All-Star team on three occasions.

The Mariners nearly signed Cruz a year ago when he was a free agent coming off a 50-game suspension for his involvement in the Biogenesis drug scandal.

The two sides had an agreement in place for roughly $7.5 million in 2014 with a club option for about $9 million in 2015 before ownership vetoed the deal.

Cruz then signed a oneyear deal with the Orioles for $8 million.

— becomes a free agent who can sign elsewhere immediately.

The Mariners have 33 players who must be tendered contracts prior to the deadline including — at this point — third baseman Kyle Seager, whose new seven-year deal for $100 million has not yet been announced.

The club also has just one opening on its 40-man roster, although that should be filled later this week when its four-year deal with Cruz becomes official.

Clubs are prohibited from selecting players in the Rule 5 Draft unless they have available roster spots. The draft is Dec. 11 at the Winter Meetings in San Diego.

Counting Seager, the Mariners have seven players eligible for arbitration. Those players, if they receive a contract offer prior to the deadline, are considered “signed” players, although their salary is subject to arbitration.

Contract status for players on the Mariners’ 40-man roster: ■ Under contract (6): Willie Bloomquist (through 2015), Robinson Cano (2023), Felix Hernandez (2019), Danny Hultzen (2016), Hisashi Iwakuma (2015) and Fernando Rodney (2015).

■ Eligible for arbitration (7): Dustin Ackley, Charlie Furbush, Austin Jackson, Logan Morrison, Michael Saunders, Kyle Seager and Tom Wilhelmsen.

■ Pre-arbitration eligible (26): Logan Bawcom, Ji-Man Choi, Roenis Elias, Danny Farquhar, Anthony Fernandez, Mayckol Guaipe, John Hicks, James Jones, Dominic Leone, Lucas Luetge, Ketel Marte, Brandon Maurer, Yoervis Medina, Brad Miller, Jesus Montero, Julio Morban, Edgar Olmos, James Paxton, Erasmo Ramirez, Carlos Rivero, Stefen Romero, Carson Smith, Jesus Scure, Chris Taylor, Taijuan Walker and Mike Zunino.

Contract deadline The Mariners, like all teams, face a 9 p.m. Pacific time deadline Tuesday to offer contracts to unsigned players under their control.

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Harbaugh: ‘My job is to get it right’

Cards’ Arians: ‘When you stink, you stink’

By Bob Baum

By Janie McCauley

Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. — After their worst performance of the season, the Arizona Cardinals’ lead in the NFC West is down to a precarious one game over surging Seattle.

Drew Stanton and the Cardinals’ offense barely have a pulse.

The usually stout defense was riddled for 500 yards in Arizona’s 29-18 loss at Atlanta on Sunday, a game that was not nearly as close as the final score indicated.

Now the road only gets rougher.

Up next are the Kansas City Chiefs, who are 7-5 and in the thick of the fight for at least an AFC wild card berth. At least the game is at home, where the Cardinals are 6-0 this season and 12-2 since coach Bruce Arians took over a year ago.

Arians said on Monday that the pratfall in Atlanta, Arizona’s second straight loss after a six-game winning streak, was perplexing given the great week of practice the team had put in after losing at Seattle.

“It was an outstanding week of preparation,” he said. “But you can’t play in the National Football League without passion and energy, and we brought none of the above to that game.

It’s our first time in a long time.

I think that some guys fell into the trap that the Falcons weren’t any good. That’s a bad trap to fall into.”

Injuries still are mounting in the desert.

Safety Tyrann Mathieu fractured his left thumb in Sunday’s game and doctors were determining how to treat it, Arians said.

“Best case scenario is put it in a cast and he can play,” Arians said.

“Worst case is put a pin in it and out for three weeks.”

Running back Andre Ellington, already bothered by foot and hip injuries, got a hip pointer (on the other hip) Sunday and won’t practice on Wednesday, Arians said.

Right guard Paul Fanaika and left tackle Jared Veldheer have ankle sprains and their prospects for next Sunday are uncertain.

But there is some good news on the injury front. After missing two games with a bruised knee, eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald should practice Wednesday, Arians said. The team also gets outside linebacker Matt Shaughnessy back. Shaughnessy had been on the injured but eligible to return list for the last eight games.

Arians said he wouldn’t yell at the players in their Monday meeting.

“I’m just honest,” he said.

“When you stink, you stink. You point out how you stunk and get it corrected.”

Besides, he said, “the tape is so bad it speaks for itself.”

Drew Stanton dropped to 3-3 as a starter, 1-2 since Carson Palmer went down with a season-ending knee injury. The offense went more than 11 quarters, 28 consecutive possessions, without scoring a touchdown before it finally got one late against the Falcons.

Cornerback Patrick Peterson acknowledged that the defense has to step up with Palmer out, something that certainly didn’t happen in Atlanta.

“We still have all the confidence in the world in Drew but we’re still playing with a backup quarterback,” Peterson said.

“That changes the dynamics of everything.”

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Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez, who signed a one-year, $2.25 million free-agent deal, has led Philadelphia to a 3-1 record after replacing injured starter Nick Foles.

Good investment

Quarterback Sanchez is one of many free agents who have paid big dividends for Eagles

By Jeff Mclane The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles’ most important free-agent signing in the offseason was second-page news on the day he signed.

Mark Sanchez’s one-year contract with the Eagles had already been reported by the time the team officially announced it on March 28. His arrival as the backup quarterback to Nick Foles received a fair amount of attention considering Sanchez’s history, but not long after his news conference later that morning it became an afterthought.

DeSean Jackson was released less than an hour after Sanchez met with reporters and the conversation shifted from the former New York Jets quarterback and the then-unlikely proposition that he could supplant Foles to the discarding of a Pro Bowl wide receiver in the prime of his career.

Eight months and nine wins later, the former has proved to have more of an impact than the latter. Sanchez has gone 3-1 as a starter — and helped steer the Eagles to another victory in relief of the injured Foles — and has been steady enough for Chip Kelly to ride him for the rest of the season, whether Foles returns or not.

Considering the investment — one year for $2.25 million — Sanchez’ contract could be the best value any NFL team got from a free-agent addition this year. In fact, after 12 games, it’s safe to say the Eagles hit close to 1.000 in free agency and did so without opening the vault.

They weren’t sexy signings at the time, but Sanchez, safety Malcolm Jenkins (three years), safety Chris Maragos (three years), linebacker Bryan Braman (two years), cornerback Nolan Carroll (two years) and offensive lineman Andrew Gardner (two years) have made

valuable contributions this season.

Jenkins has been the most reliable safety the Eagles have had in five years. Maragos, a former Seahawk, and Braman have been key cogs on arguably the best special teams in the NFL. Carroll has given the defense versatility as the sixth defensive back in its dime package, and Gardner has unseated Matt Tobin as the starting right guard after Todd Herremans’ season-ending biceps injury.

“When you bring in a guy, you’re always hoping and optimistic that those are the kind of things that are going to happen,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said Monday, “seeing guys that have the ability to fit into the scheme and blossom because of it.”

Darren Sproles wasn’t a free agent, but he was acquired in a trade just two days after the start of the new league year and was targeted by the Eagles for the same reasons. The running back/returner had the prerequisites for scheme and culture fit. The 2013 class wasn’t a failure by any means, but there have been fewer misses this year.

“I think everybody just understands what we’re looking for better in a player, in terms of what we’re looking for not only from a size-skill standpoint, but type of practice player they are, type of team player they are,” Kelly said.

“Hopefully we’ll get better as this continues to go along, but I think the first year we did a pretty good job, too.”

The Eagles batted around .500 in free agency last year.

Linebacker Connor Barwin and punter Donnie Jones have played beyond expectations.

Cornerbacks Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher have been acceptable considering their tame contracts. Tight end James Casey hasn’t played up to his deal, but had his

role was reduced when Zach Ertz was drafted. Nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga, safeties Patrick Chung and Kenny Phillips and receiver Arrelious Benn (trade) were strikeouts.

The 2014 group has seamlessly slipped into a locker room that endured the coaching and culture changeover in Kelly’s first year. Success has a way of making everyone get along, but the Eagles would say winning is a direct result of finding the right players for the system.

Roseman spoke of the “synergy” between coaching and scouting. Kelly and his staff have specific directives on the type of players they want for each position and it has been the job of the personnel department to funnel the pool down into a thimble, the GM said.

“We’d rather know a lot about a little than a little about a lot,” Roseman said. “What our coaching staff does a great job of is articulating by position what they’re looking for. That is by definition the personnel staff — find players that fit your coaching staff and fit the systems they have in place.”

As much success as the Eagles have had in free agency, they haven’t been as accurate in the draft. The verdict on the 2013 class isn’t in yet, but it looks promising with three starting or starting-caliber players. The jury on the 2014 draft is out, as well, but it the early returns are discouraging.

Ultimately, the Eagles want to home-grow their talent. The moves they made to retain their own free agents were as significant as the new additions, if not as precise. But four (tackle Jason Peters, center Jason Kelce, receiver Jeremy Maclin, Jones) out of six (receiver Riley Cooper and safety Nate Allen) isn’t bad.

And whether Sanchez keeps winning or not, the Eagles have already gotten more production out of a backup quarterback than most teams.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh won’t say whether he has spoken to San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York since the owner took to Twitter on Thursday night about a performance that “wasn’t acceptable,” or if they have even recently discussed his coaching future with the franchise.

He would say they hadn’t talked about his employment status during the weekend.

San Francisco’s 19-3 loss to the Seahawks on Thanksgiving and the ugly aftermath was still plenty fresh four days later.

“Nobody that’s for us was happy about losing the game, losing a big game,” Harbaugh said.

“We’re still not happy about it.

Our job is, my job, let’s talk about my job. My job is to get it right.

That’s what we’re attacking today, without excuse. Onward to the Raiders.”

Harbaugh also said Monday that offensive coordinator Greg Roman will remain the play-caller and said he has “unwavering support for all our coaches and our players.”

Harbaugh said neither management nor ownership has asked him to make any changes on the staff. General manager Trent Baalke’s daughter, Cassie, posted on her now-defunct Twitter account late Thursday: “Greg Roman can take a hike ... the 49ers don’t want you no more.”

Her words were accompanied by an image of hands clapping.

Trent Baalke issued a statement Friday that they both had apologized to Roman for the “unfortunate matter.”

Baalke watched the beginning of Monday afternoon’s practice, even leaning over with hands on knees as the linebackers went through their individual drills.

When pushed about whether he and York have at least addressed the public comments or concerns about the game, Harbaugh responded: “To me, that’s not significant. What’s significant is we move on without excuse and get it right, make it right.

That’s our jobs.”

Harbaugh declined to acknowledge whether he even wants to return in 2015 for the final year of his $25 million, five-year contract, instead turning to what became his regular response Monday: “What I want is to attack this week and get it right.”

At least a few players said Monday they agreed with York’s assessment.

“We felt that way before he tweeted that,” fullback Bruce Miller said. “A very prideful group here, as a team, as an offense we want to perform better, whatever that takes.”

Colin Kaepernick went 16 for 29 for 121 yards with two interceptions and four sacks in one of his worst outings as a pro and the 49ers were outgained 379-164.

Kaepernick’s 36.7 passer rating was the second lowest of his career.

San Francisco (7-5) is back to work after the humiliating loss that put its playoff hopes in serious jeopardy.

“No drastic measures need to happen,” tight end Vance McDonald said. “We have the players to get it done, we know we can get it done. It’s just, you kind of get lost every now and then. No doubt we have the coaches and the staff to get it done. We’re going to get our heads back where they need to be.”

Dolphins rally in 4th quarter, beat Jets 16-13 on late field goal Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Miami Dolphins found the right formula to stay in the AFC playoff race: Simply let the Jets run the ball all night, and wait for New York to make mistakes.

It worked effectively in an oldfashioned — some might say dull — slugfest.

Caleb Sturgis’ third field goal, from 26 yards with 1:57 remaining, gave Miami (7-5) a

comeback 16-13 victory over its archrival.

New York (2-10) rushed for 277 yards on 49 carries, but made enough key errors in the second half to lose. The Dolphins remained a factor in the wildcard race thanks to rookie Jarvis Landry’s eight receptions, Lamar Miller’s 4-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter, and plenty of defense when the Jets needed to pass.

New York threw only 13 times,

fewest in the NFL this season, and gained 49 yards. The usually reliable Nick Folk missed two field goals.

All of that offset a season high on the ground as Chris Johnson had his best performance for the Jets with 105 yards.

“Can’t believe we’re 2-10,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said, shaking his head and pausing. “It’s a joke.”

Sturgis also made field goals of 43 and 44 yards.

After trailing most of the way,

Miami tied it on Miller’s run with 10:24 remaining. That brought the loudest cheers of the night; thousands of Dolphins fans at MetLife Stadium braved the wet, windy conditions.

Jets problems with penalties on special teams hurt them all night, and a holding call against Saalim Hakim set up the Dolphins at New York’s 39 on the tying drive. On the winning possession, backup tight end Dion Sims had catches of 18 and 17

yards.

The Jets kept pounding the ball effectively. They even got into field goal position after Miami made it 13-13. But Koa Misi’s sack pushed New York back to the Miami 27 and Folk missed wide left for the second time.

Folk had made 18 of 20 entering the game.

That’s the way the Jets’ season has gone, of course.

“I feel sick,” Ryan said. “We can’t buy a win.”

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through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 37/16 Normal high/low ....................... 45/37 Records (2008/2014) ................. 58/16 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.19 F 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 0.00” Normal month to date ............... 0.21” Year to date ............................... 52.36” Normal year to date ................. 41.58”

Rises Mercury ..... 7:27 a.m.

Venus ......... 8:31 a.m.

Mars ......... 11:07 a.m.

Jupiter ........ 9:53 p.m.

Saturn ........ 6:26 a.m.

Uranus ....... 1:50 p.m.

Neptune ... 12:37 p.m.

Pluto ........... 9:46 a.m.

Sets ........ 4:02 p.m. ........ 4:48 p.m. ........ 7:44 p.m. ...... 12:16 p.m. ........ 3:47 p.m. ........ 2:36 a.m. ...... 11:10 p.m. ........ 6:36 p.m.

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Today Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 37/30/c Athens 68/59/r Baghdad 69/48/s Bangkok 88/77/t Beijing 36/19/s Berlin 31/25/s Buenos Aires 73/58/s Cairo 77/53/pc Dublin 44/31/pc Hong Kong 64/60/r Jerusalem 64/51/s Johannesburg 78/57/s London 46/42/sh

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 37/29/pc 67/57/r 71/49/pc 89/76/c 33/18/s 32/29/pc 85/65/s 78/58/pc 43/32/s 69/55/r 67/53/c 79/57/sh 48/39/s

Washington Bellingham Colville Ellensburg Forks Friday Harbor Moses Lake Ocean Shores Olympia Port Angeles Pullman Spokane Seattle Tacoma Walla Walla Wenatchee Yakima Idaho Boise Coeur d’Alene Sun Valley Oregon Astoria Bend Eugene Klamath Falls Medford Portland

Feet 6.3 4.3 9.1 0.3

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 41/23 Normal high/low ....................... 47/36 Records (1988/1985) ................... 60/6 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.18 S 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 0.00” Normal month to date ............... 0.09” Year to date ............................... 20.95” Normal year to date ................. 18.27”

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Moonrise today ...................

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Last Dec 14

New Dec 21

City

7:38 a.m.

4:18 p.m.

2:18 p.m.

3:09 a.m.

First Dec 28

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Madrid 57/39/pc 52/37/pc Manila 88/77/pc 88/77/s Mexico City 69/41/pc 71/42/s Moscow 13/9/s 26/20/pc Paris 39/33/c 37/34/s Rio de Janeiro 89/72/s 89/74/s Riyadh 66/52/s 68/50/s Rome 64/54/t 65/53/r Singapore 87/77/t 88/77/t Stockholm 36/27/c 35/31/c Sydney 86/72/t 84/71/t Tokyo 54/44/s 56/46/s Toronto 34/32/c 39/27/pc

Vancouver

40/24

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 40/26/s 28/14/s 31/15/s 45/27/s 41/31/s 30/13/s 45/37/pc 42/23/pc 41/27/s 34/19/pc 27/14/s 40/29/s 41/21/s 28/21/pc 27/16/s 31/12/pc

46/37/c 31/23/pc 39/33/sh

46/32/pc 39/23/c 45/33/pc 50/35/r 55/43/r 44/33/pc

50/39/pc 39/28/sh 47/38/sh 47/37/sh 54/43/sh 44/37/pc

Today Hi/Lo/W Albany 36/31/sn Albuquerque 57/39/c Amarillo 62/32/pc Anchorage 36/26/sn Atlanta 71/53/pc Atlantic City 47/44/r Austin 55/43/c Baltimore 38/36/i Baton Rouge 73/50/c Billings 34/8/pc Birmingham 72/52/c Boise 43/31/c Boston 38/36/pc Buffalo 37/34/sn Burlington, VT 31/30/pc Charleston, SC 74/54/pc Charleston, WV 50/44/c Charlotte 47/46/c Cheyenne 51/25/pc Chicago 35/25/pc Cincinnati 43/38/pc Cleveland 39/35/c Columbus, OH 40/37/c Dallas 51/44/c Denver 57/28/pc Des Moines 36/20/pc Detroit 37/29/pc El Paso 64/44/pc Evansville 44/35/pc Fairbanks 23/14/sn Fargo 18/3/c Fort Myers 81/63/s Fresno 59/53/r Grand Rapids 35/27/pc Greensboro 47/42/c Hartford 39/34/sn Honolulu 81/70/pc Houston 56/49/c Indianapolis 39/31/pc

Port Angeles

Everett 39/28

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 48/29/c 60/40/pc 44/29/pc 29/20/c 69/52/pc 55/41/c 68/53/c 57/34/c 75/54/pc 31/25/pc 70/52/pc 46/37/c 58/35/sh 40/27/c 44/31/r 75/53/pc 57/33/c 66/47/pc 37/30/pc 34/18/s 47/27/c 41/26/c 46/27/c 63/51/c 42/32/pc 34/17/s 39/23/pc 71/48/pc 47/29/c 15/-1/sf 18/6/s 82/64/s 66/52/sh 35/22/pc 63/46/pc 56/32/sh 81/70/c 70/56/c 41/24/pc

Roseburg Salem Montana Butte Great Falls Missoula Alaska Anchorage

52/44/c 47/31/pc

56/46/sh 46/35/c

31/5/pc 30/11/s 27/11/pc

32/15/c 32/21/pc 29/21/pc

36/26/sn

29/20/c

Today Hi/Lo/W Jackson, MS 63/46/c Kansas City 41/24/s Knoxville 62/52/sh Las Vegas 63/50/c Little Rock 49/40/c Los Angeles 65/61/r Louisville 48/41/pc Lubbock 60/38/pc Memphis 50/40/c Miami 80/71/sh Milwaukee 34/23/pc Minneapolis 23/8/c Mobile 75/52/pc Montgomery 77/50/pc Newark 40/39/i New Orleans 73/52/pc New York City 40/38/i Norfolk 51/41/c Oakland 61/53/r Oklahoma City 48/36/pc Omaha 41/21/pc Orlando 78/63/pc Palm Springs 66/55/r Philadelphia 42/41/sn Phoenix 73/60/c Pittsburgh 41/38/sn Portland, ME 33/29/pc Portland, OR 44/33/pc Providence 41/34/pc

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 71/52/pc 40/25/pc 63/45/c 63/50/c 55/44/c 72/60/sh 51/31/c 57/33/c 57/46/c 81/71/pc 32/17/s 20/8/s 75/53/s 75/51/pc 56/34/c 72/57/pc 56/37/c 64/48/pc 63/54/r 46/37/c 35/21/s 80/62/s 70/56/c 55/37/c 76/60/pc 46/28/c 50/33/r 44/37/pc 58/34/sh

City

Jean-Luc Baker of Edmonds, a 2012 graduate of Mukilteo’s Kamiak High School, placed third with partner Kaitlin Hawayek in ice dancing Sunday at an International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Osaka, Japan.

The bronze medal was the first senior Grand Prix medal for Baker and Hawayek, the 2014 world junior champions and U.S. junior champions.

Barrow -7/-10/sn -4/-12/pc Fairbanks 23/14/sn 15/-1/sf Juneau 37/35/sn 39/30/c British Columbia Chilliwack 39/26/s 44/31/pc Kelowna 24/7/s 26/10/pc Vancouver 40/24/s 41/30/pc Victoria 41/30/s 43/32/pc City

Today Hi/Lo/W Raleigh 46/43/c Rapid City 36/14/pc Reno 48/37/r Richmond 46/40/r Sacramento 59/54/r St. Louis 43/31/pc St. Petersburg 78/62/s Salt Lake City 53/40/pc San Antonio 58/50/c San Diego 69/62/r San Francisco 63/56/r San Jose 63/54/r Stockton 60/54/r Syracuse 37/34/sn Tallahassee 77/54/pc Tampa 78/63/s Tempe 74/57/c Topeka 43/22/s Tucson 79/56/c Tulsa 46/32/pc Washington, DC 41/41/i Wichita 45/26/pc Winston-Salem 43/42/r Yuma 74/62/c

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 65/47/pc 37/23/pc 52/39/sh 64/43/c 62/54/r 46/28/pc 78/62/s 53/39/sh 66/59/c 70/59/sh 65/56/r 65/55/r 63/53/r 48/29/c 78/55/s 78/62/s 76/58/pc 42/24/pc 77/58/pc 46/39/c 61/40/c 45/30/pc 62/46/pc 76/59/c

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

National Extremes (for the 48 contiguous states) High: Naples, FL ............................... 84 Low: Poplar, MT .............................. -28

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

Ice dancers capture bronze medal “Kaitlin and I are both extremely thrilled with this being only our second Grand Prix and it’s our first year senior,” Baker said in a story posted on the ISU web site. “We really approached the event with little to no expectations for placement and just wanted to put our name out there on the international field, and it looks like we got there.”

Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada won the gold medal. Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia captured the

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41/27 42/29/pc Medicine Hat Seattle 17/6 31/18/pc Spokane Libby Tacoma 40/29 34/21/pc 25/14 27/14 41/21 48/32/pc Yakima Coeur d’Alene 31/12 44/34/pc Portland 30/16 44/33 Great Falls Walla Walla 32/19/pc Newport Lewiston Missoula 30/11 28/21 46/41/pc 51/40 34/23 27/11 Salem 43/29/pc 47/31 Helena Pendleton 43/30/pc 28/8 26/20 35/27/pc Eugene Bend 45/33 Butte 29/21/pc 39/23 31/5 Ontario 44/34/pc 40/28 Medford 42/27/pc Boise 55/43 30/25/pc 43/31 Klamath Falls 31/21/pc Eureka 50/35 Idaho Falls Twin Falls 35/22/pc 61/50 44/26

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Baker moved to the Detroit area after high school to train with Hawayek, who is from East Aurora, New York. His parents are Steve and Sharon Jones Baker, both former international figure skaters from Great Britain who moved to the United States when their son was 4.

Ex-Viking honored Central Washington University quarterback Jake Nelson was named the Great Northwest Athletic Confer-

ence Offensive Player of the Week for Nov. 10-16.

Nelson, a graduate of Lake Stevens High School, threw for 410 yards and four touchdowns in the Central football team’s 40-27 victory over Simon Fraser on Nov. 15. The win wrapped up a 7-4 season for the Wildcats.

Nelson finished his sophomore season with 2,702 passing yards — a total that ranks sixth on Central’s all-time single-season list — and 23 TD passes.

Items for the Community Roundup can be submitted by e-mail (sports@heraldnet.com), by fax (425-339-3435) or by mail (P.O. Box 930, Everett, Wash.).

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Basketball n Registration for the City of Mountlake Terrace’s Men’s Basketball League runs through Dec. 21. Play begins the first week of January.

Three divisions are available: Advanced (Wednesdays), Intermediate (Wednesdays) and Recreational (Mondays). The team fee is $630.

For more information, call 425-776-9173. n The City of Mountlake Terrace is offering an Adult Basketball Open Gym from 9-11:30 a.m. on Saturdays at Terrace Park School in Mountlake Terrace. The cost is $3.50 for residents and $4 for nonresidents. For more information, call 425-776-9173.

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dancesport, as it is sometimes called — is growing in popularity in Snohomish County, just as it is gaining greater acceptance as a true sport. The World DanceSport Federation has already been recognized by the International Olympic Committee, and dancing could be included in future Games.

If you are a dancer, then “you are an athlete,” said Zakharoff, who competed for 25 years. “You get prepared for the competition, you treat your body like it’s an athlete’s body, you have restrictions in your diet and you must be going to the gym. There’s no other

way around it. ... As one of the dancers said, when we’re doing it on the floor it may be art, but everything that surrounds it is a sport.”

“It’s a competitive art,” added Nicholson. “There’s a lot of sport going on, but in the end you’re trying to create a beautiful thing.”

Nicholson and Gorobets compete in 10 separate dances. In International Standard they dance the waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot and quickstep; in Latin Standard, the cha-cha, samba, rumba, paso doble and jive. At certain competitions they dance all 10, and each one “has its own characteristics,” Nicholson said.

Nicholson, who also teaches dance, has very specific goals for the future. “I want to keep on dancing and do very well as an

amateur, and then turn professional (in about four years) and eventually become a world champion,” he said. “That’s my plan.”

Gorobets, a sophomore at Interlake High School, is undecided about a professional dancing career because she is also considering college. “By the time I’m a (high school) senior, I’ll know,” she said.

Zakharoff understands the commitment needed for dancing excellence because it is one she once made for herself.

“There has to be this investment of yourself without feeling like you’re losing something,” she explained. “There is much less of a social life (because) there is a more important thing you put for yourself. ... You have to feel like that’s what you want

to do, and you don’t even have to think about the sacrifice because you don’t feel like you’re sacrificing.”

But if the demands are high, so are the rewards. Not only competitive success, but also those moments of dancing oneness that transcend every inconvenience and discomfort along the way. “(Dancing) is so much fun,” Nicholson said. “I don’t even know how to describe it. You’re doing what you love out on the floor and it just feels amazing.”

As a dancer, Gorobets said, “you have a connection with this one other person. And when your dancing works, it feels so amazing. It’s like everything’s right in the world. There are no other issues. There’s just the music, your partner and you.”

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n Registration for the City of Mountlake Terrace’s Coed Volleyball League runs through Dec. 21. Matches are on Tuesday evenings beginning Jan. 6. Two divisions are available: Competitive and Recreational. The team fee is $334.

For more information, call 425-776-9173. n The City of Edmonds is accepting registration for its Women’s 4-on-4 Volleyball League on Thursday evenings at Edmonds Community College. The team fee is $385. For more information, call Todd at 425-771-0229 or visit www.reczone.org. n The City of Mountlake Terrace is offering an Adult Volleyball Open Gym from 8-10 p.m. on Thursdays at Terrace Park School in Mountlake Terrace. The cost is $3.50 for residents and $4 for non-residents. For more information, call 425-776-9173. n The City of Mountlake Terrace is offering a Senior Volleyball Open Gym from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesdays at Terrace Park School in Mountlake Terrace. The cost is $2.75 for residents and $3.25 for non-residents. For more information, call 425-776-9173.

Items for the Bulletin Board can be submitted by e-mail (sports@heraldnet.com), by fax (425-339-3435) or by mail (P.O. Box 930, Everett, Wash.). The deadline is noon Sunday.