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Floods follow heavy rains The hard-hit Snoqualmie-Snohomish system is expected to crest today

Bothell man faces federal charges Aaron Knapp is indicted by a federal grand jury after police uncovered drugs and weapons, including an anti-tank gun, during a June traffic stop.

By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

and Granite Falls and along the Wallace River near Gold Bar. The county was working with the Red Cross in case emergency shelters were needed, though none had been requested as of mid-evening, Pennington said.

In Gold Bar, neighbors saw a small house fall into the river along 150th Street SE shortly before 1 p.m., fire Lt. Brandon Vargas said. The homeowner is believed to be out of town.

“The whole thing flipped down the bank and down into the river,” Vargas said. “They were still losing quite a bit of bank, and it was probably about 15 feet down from another house.”

Flood water 2.5 feet deep buried roads in the area of 399th Avenue SE and 145th Place SE in Gold Bar, Vargas said.

The Pilchuck was running “fast

EVERETT — A man allegedly caught in Everett with a car full of drugs and a storage locker packed with guns, including an anti-tank weapon, has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

A judge in U.S. District Court in Seattle last month ordered Aaron Knapp held pending trial. Knapp, 41, was indicted a few weeks earlier on multiple drugs and weapons charges stemming from investigations by the Snohomish Regional Drug and Gang Taskforce and the Everett Police Department.

The Bothell man allegedly was stopped in June and a drugsniffing dog nosed out narcotics in Knapp’s car and storage locker.

Police found a combined pound of methamphetamine and heroin, three guns and $47,000 in cash in Knapp’s vehicle. A bombsniffing dog signaled that there were explosives in Knapp’s storage locker. Investigators obtained a search warrant and found more than a dozen firearms, including a Finnish anti-tank gun dating back to World War II. Knapp is a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing firearms.

The Bothell man has been under investigation for pedaling drugs in Snohomish County since at least 2013. Detectives were watching Knapp’s Lynnwood house after reportedly hearing from several sources that Knapp was selling large amounts of meth and heroin out of the home.

Sources reported that Knapp

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Rhodessa DeFigh (right) walks through her neighborhood off Sexton Road in Snohomish with her cousin, Erika DeFigh, on Monday afternoon as the Pilchuck River floods nearby houses.

By Rikki King and Eric Stevick Herald Writers

SNOHOMISH — Daylight Tuesday will bring the first chance to tally Snohomish County homes damaged and destroyed by Monday’s flooding.

Most local rivers were expected to crest Monday and then recede, leaving a mess of soil and silt behind.

At least one home was lost and many more were damaged as a burst of rain sent area rivers jumping their banks.

The biggest remaining concern here Tuesday lies in the valley south of Monroe, where the Snohomish River could stay high until early Wednesday, said John Pennington, director of the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management.

“That entire stretch is still

An abandoned car succumbs to rising water from the Pilchuck River near Sexton Road in Snohomish.

rising,” Pennington said Monday evening.

The Snoqualmie-Snohomish river system is expected to crest Tuesday morning. Monday’s flooding forced many Snohomish

County families to scramble to protect their homes, cars and property.

The most damage was reported along the Pilchuck River between Snohomish

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CORRECTIONS “Downton Abbey” cast members pictured in a photo on Page D1 Sunday were misidentified in the caption. The actors are Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary.

Because of a production error, the final sentence was omitted from an article on Page A5 Monday about a new drug called liraglutide that can help people lose weight. The dropped sentence stated that weight-loss medications haven’t been big sellers in part because their benefits may not be sufficient to help people who are obese, which is defined as 30 percent over healthy weight.

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and furious,” Pennington said. The river flooded entire neighborhoods, leaving people watching from their porches as water rose around them, some with beers in hand.

Roads were closed in trouble spots throughout the county. Logs ripped underneath bridges, and sheds disappeared into the muck.

As of Monday evening, the Pilchuck had crested at more than 19 feet. Along Sexton Road between the Pilchuck and U.S. 2, brown water encircled homes.

One man tied a rope from his porch to an SUV parked out front so his wife could use a hand line to find her way inside when she got home from work.

Rhodessa DeFigh, 20, has lived along Sexton Road since she was 3 and is accustomed to the seasonal flooding in the area.

Her family moves stuff out of the back yard this time of year.

She watched the latest flooding as she took a walk

Monday with her cousin.

“I saw the rush of water,” she said.

Not far away, the River Park Place neighborhood along Orchard Avenue was under water. Several people moved cars to higher ground. Access to a few homes was washed out.

One man was seen getting his boat ready, his two pointer dogs splashing by his side.

Bryan Anderson, 67, stopped by to check on his RV lot on the river where he spends time in the summer. He’d been watching the river gauge from home.

“I have seen it much worse than this,” he said.

That doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty to clean up.

“It will be full of sand and silt by the time it’s over,” he said. “It is unbelievable how much sand and silt it carries.”

The county sent out recorded telephone warnings about flooding to seven areas on Sunday and Monday, including the valley between Duvall and Monroe, Elliott Road near Snohomish, along the Pilchuck River and areas east and west of Oso. Problems could persist

this week in some areas if debris from Monday’s flooding causes backups, Pennington said.

In Lochsloy between Lake Stevens and Granite Falls, where crews have been monitoring the Pilchuck’s appetite along Highway 92, neighbors watched as the river climbed steep back yards.

Jessica Gleason took her chocolate Labrador named Mocha on a walk to see nearby pastures covered in water at Polestar Farm.

Canadian geese skimmed the flood water mid-flight.

Water raged in the Oso area, swallowing driveways and yards along Deer Creek Road and other outposts. U.S. Geological Survey crews were posted on Whitman Road with monitoring equipment. They are keeping close tabs on how the North Fork Stillaguamish River behaves during its first flood season after being buried in the Oso mudslide.

In flood-prone Silvana, water rose quickly through the middle of the unincorporated small town early Monday afternoon.

Crews used a

four-wheel-drive vehicle to push a van that drove into a flood area and got stuck in about two feet of rising water, Silvana Fire Chief Keith Strotz said.

The rescue was on Pioneer Highway just east of town.

“People just do not understand how swift and high it can be,” Strotz said.

Trying to drive through flooded areas is the most common cause of flood-related deaths in Washington. It also is against the law.

In Arlington, the Haller Park boat launch flooded but other vulnerable areas remained above water.

Sheriff’s deputies also urged caution on Ben Howard Road where trees, dirt and debris were over the roadway. That Monroearea road skirts stretches of the Skykomish River.

A stretch of Sultan Basin Road was closed by a washout along Olney Creek.

Sultan City Councilman Rocky Walker, a former volunteer firefighter, said he was keeping watch Monday but sandbag crews were not needed.

There was flooding at Sportsman Park, where the Sultan and Skykomish

rivers meet, and across the water at Sultan River Park.

Clogged storm drains led to large puddles on roads in Stanwood. The city had a sandbagging station set up at the Public Works building, 26729 98th Drive NW. “We’re mostly just out clearing those catch basins and putting up water over roadway signs,” city administrator Deborah Knight said. “It’s all very localized.”

The city of Everett reported some overflowing in its combined sewerstormwater system in the north end of town, but there were no reports of liquid backing up into local basements, spokeswoman Meghan Pembroke said.

The National Weather Service has forecast drier and warmer days ahead.

Tuesday was expected to be partly cloudy, but Wednesday and Thursday are forecast to be mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

A chance of rain returns by Friday.

Reporters Kari Bray, Chris Winters and Amy Nile contributed to this story.

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

Floods hit Hoquiam; slide forces evacuations

By Ted S. Warren Associated Press

HOQUIAM — Torrential rain caused landslides and flooding Monday in parts of western Washington, forcing emergency crews to rescue an elderly woman and her small dog through a hole cut in her roof and washing away the foundations of other homes.

Floodwaters rose quickly as more than 5 inches of rain fell within 24 hours in some areas.

High water closed parts of many roads. Widespread flooding was reported

from Centralia to the Snoqualmie Valley and farther north.

No serious injuries were reported.

By Monday evening, the National Weather Service said the storm’s heavy rain was over, although some rivers could continue to rise and landslide danger could linger for several days.

Police in the coastal city of Aberdeen hitched a ride on a utility truck to get through flooded streets to reach a woman in her 80s whose house had been swept off its foundation by a mudslide.

After firefighters cut a hole in the roof, the woman and her dog were pulled out to safety.

“Not a mark on her.

A little uncomfortable from the cold and from being wet, but other than that she was in great condition,” police officer George Kelley told KXRO Radio, adding that the woman refused to leave until her dog was rescued first. She was taken to a hospital to be checked.

In nearby Hoquiam, mudslides from a waterlogged hillside washed out the foundations of

three homes, threatened others and forced the precautionary evacuation of about 60 nursing home residents, authorities said.

Police urged residents to leave their homes along a stretch of Queets Avenue at the base of Beacon Hill because of the danger that the whole bluff could give way, Police Chief Jeff Myers said.

“It sounded like thunder, but you could hear trees. It sounded like trees and dirt coming down the hill,” Cynthia Schmid told KOMO-TV. “But we got out alive,

so that’s what matters.

We had trouble sleeping (Sunday night).

I think that was the grace of God letting us know something was going on.”

In Hoquiam, nearly 5.4 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, the weather service said. In Monroe, at the north end of the Snoqualmie Valley east of Seattle, the total was 6.9 inches.

Nearly 5 inches fell in an area near Issaquah.

Even more rain fell in the Olympic Mountains and on the west side of the Cascade Range.

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County enters 2015 needing resolution Frayed relationships and unsolved courthouse issues top the list of concerns.

By Noah Haglund Herald Writer

EVERETT — A new year began with questions swirling around Snohomish County’s

new courthouse and frayed relationships among elected county leaders.

The county had hoped to break ground on its eight-story, $162 million justice building by the middle of this year. The Everett City Council put those plans in doubt Dec. 24 when it took emergency action to deny building permits unless the county provided more downtown parking.

“Right now, all I know is that the courthouse project is stopped dead and we need to resolve it somehow,” County Council Chairman Dave Somers said Monday.

One thing is clear, Somers said: spending more money is not an option.

Somers, who represents District 5 in eastern Snohomish County, has the council

chairmanship for the second year in a row. During a 4-1 vote Monday, all council members except for Brian Sullivan supported keeping him in the post. That will give Somers a lead role setting the legislative agenda and crafting next year’s budget.

Councilwoman Stephanie Wright, who represents District 3 in southwest county, will be vice chairman.

Plans for the future county courthouse include only about three-dozen parking spaces.

The city’s emergency legislation — which applies only to government buildings — would require more than 300. Rough estimates suggest providing that much parking would cost the county an extra $20 million on See COUNTY, Page A4

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An F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter conducts its first arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in November off the California coast. The Everett-based Nimitz is heading to Naval Base Kitsap for 16 months of maintenance and modernization.

Nimitz to Bremerton for overhaul 2,200 crew members will transfer with the Everettbased carrier for16 months.

By Chris Winters Herald Writer

EVERETT — The USS Nimitz is to leave Everett Friday for a 16-month stay on the other side of Puget Sound.

Naval Station Everett’s resident aircraft carrier, and the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 11, will undergo scheduled large-scale maintenance and upgrading at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.

The work to be done includes

modernization as well as the maintenance a 40-year-old aircraft carrier regularly needs.

The Nimitz has been homeported at Everett since 2012 but will change its homeport to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton for the duration of the maintenance period.

The Navy billed the change in homeport as an administrative shift that will enable the ship’s crew to move family members to reduce the time of separation.

The Nimitz has a full complement of more than 3,000 sailors, but while in port had closer to 2,500 to 2,600, said Lt. Cmdr.

Clint Phillips, the ship’s public affairs officer.

About 2,200 of the crew will

transfer with the ship to Bremerton, Phillips said. Those include about 1,200 sailors who have families, many of whom live offbase in the Everett area and 1,000 sailors living on base in barracks.

A limited number of sailors have been reassigned to other roles in and around Naval Station Everett and will remain in the area, Phillips said, although each sailor’s situation is unique.

The ship returned from its last long-term deployment in December 2013 after covering more than 80,000 nautical miles over nine months in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

In October, the Nimitz went to sea for training exercises near southern California.

Carrier Strike Group 11 includes the guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup, also based at Naval Station Everett, and three destroyers, a guidedmissile cruiser and Carrier Air Wing 11.

The strike group will remain homeported in Everett, Phillips said, but its various component ships and air wings might be temporarily reassigned to various missions while the Nimitz is undergoing maintenance.

Naval Station Everett is also the homeport of the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen and two frigates, the USS Rodney M. Davis and USS Ingraham. Both frigates will be decommissioned this winter.

Man planned wife’s killing, detectives say In evidence is a note describing how to disperse the couple’s possessions.

By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

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MALTBY — Detectives believe Wesley Mangulabnan wrote a note, describing how his children should divvy up his and his wife’s personal possessions.

The note is evidence that Mangulabnan planned the deadly attack on his wife, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Toni Montgomery said Monday.

“From the tone of his letter, presumably his wife wouldn’t be around,” she said.

Mangulabnan, 48, was booked into the county jail Saturday after being released from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he had been receiving treatment for self-inflicted cuts to his neck and wrist.

He made a brief appearance in Everett District Court Monday.

Mangulabnan’s voice was raspy and he wore a bandage at the base of his throat.

His defense attorney argued against preliminary allegations that Mangulabnan committed first-degree murder. There isn’t sufficient evidence of premeditation, she said.

Montgomery detailed Gina Mangulabnan’s multiple injuries, including a 7-inch cut to her throat. The couple had been

College workshops Everett Public Schools is holding the first of three scheduled College Goal events Saturday at Everett High School, 2416 Colby Ave. The day features help for filling out the Free Application for Financial Student Aid (FAFSA) and a workshop on scholarship opportunities.

The FAFSA workshop will be

fighting and the victim was screaming for help, she said. The deputy prosecutor added that police found a note written to the couple’s son with instructions about what to do with several possessions.

Judge Anthony Howard found probable cause to support the first-degree murder booking. He set bail at $1 million.

The couple lived with their two children in an apartment on Maltby Road. Gina Mangulabnan’s mother also shared the apartment with them. Detectives spoke with her and the Mangulabnans’ daughter after the Dec. 4 attack. The couple’s son lives with autism and does not communicate verbally.

In the last six months, Gina

held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Everett High School library. The financial-aid workshop starts at 11 a.m. and the scholarship event starts at noon. Future College Goal events are scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 22 at Cascade High School, 801 E. Casino Road, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 31 at Henry M. Jackson High School, 1508 136th St. SE in Mill Creek.

High school counselors at all

Mangulabnan, 48, started talking about divorcing her husband, court papers said.

That afternoon Gina Mangulabnan’s mother said she heard yelling and screaming coming from the couple’s bedroom. She and her grandson tried to open the door but it was locked. The couple’s son forced open the bedroom door.

The Mangulabnans were lying on the bathroom floor. Their son removed the box cutter from his father’s hand, court papers said.

Police were told that Gina Mangulabnan was able to talk briefly and said her husband attacked her. She also reportedly said, “I think I’m going to die. I can’t breathe.”

She died two days later.

schools also will have information.

Forest-practices hearing: The state Forest Practices Board will conduct a public hearing Wednesday in Olympia about a proposed rule that would allow the state Department of Natural Resources to request specific geologic information regarding logging on or near potentially unstable slopes.

The rule would formalize a

MOUNT VERNON — A former teacher who prosecutors say did online research into how to kill someone has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison in his wife’s 2012 death by strangulation.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported that a county judge imposed that sentence Monday on former Stanwood Middle School teacher William Rodgers in the death of his wife, Sherri Rodgers.

He was convicted in October of first-degree murder.

Prosecutors had said the 52-year-old Rodgers performed Google searches on “how to break a neck” and “how dangerous is it to fall down stairs” on the day before his wife died.

Rodgers called 911 on May 28, 2012, to say his 48-year-old wife had fallen down a staircase and wasn’t breathing.

He spoke for nearly 50 minutes Monday, denying he committed intentional or premeditated murder and saying prosecutors twisted his story.

The defense had said the woman died trying to escape an attack by her husband after he experienced a flashback tied to post-traumatic stress disorder.

Human remains found near Lake Stevens Herald staff LAKE STEVENS — The Snohomish County Medical Examiner has been asked to determine the age and gender of human remains found near Lake Stevens on Saturday.

Deputies with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 12000 block of 7th Place SE shortly after 1 p.m.

Saturday.

The call came from a homeowner in the area. The discovery was made in an unincorporated part of Lake Stevens.

“It is unknown if the human remains are associated with a known missing person investigation,” sheriff’s office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.

Detectives are waiting for the medical examiner to determine the cause and manner of death.

policy of added scrutiny DNR has followed since May and is slated for final action in February. The text of the proposed rule is online at 1.usa.gov/1BCyf1I. The hearing is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington St. SE in Olympia.

The public also is invited to submit written comments by Thursday to forest.practicesboard@dnr. wa.gov.

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County: Personnel investigation is pending top of an already tight From Page A3 budget. Deputy Executive Mark Ericks, however, said not to put much stock in that figure.

“We’re brainstorming to see what the impact is and what our course should be,” he said.

The county had reasoned that the new building would not require additional parking, because it would replace the old 1967 courthouse on the other side of the street. Employees there can use the county’s underground parking garage.

The footprint of the new building would take out about 130 surface parking

spaces — a net loss of about 100. A worry for the city is providing adequate parking for Xfinity Arena across the street.

Sullivan said he’s scheduled meetings with Everett City Council members to find a solution.

“I’m happy to work with the city of Everett to make sure they’re kept whole,” he said. “The message was received, so hopefully we can make this a positive outcome.”

Councilman Ken Klein said the county can still back out of the courthouse project as now envisioned.

“We haven’t hit a point of no return. There is a way out,” Klein said. “For me, I’ve always said the same thing. I think we need to

have a plan B.” Instead of the more expensive new building across the street, Klein wants to again consider remodeling the existing courthouse, perhaps by adding a new wing. The council earlier rejected that option, ruling it did not address all of the current courthouse’s safety flaws.

Aside from courthouse troubles, other outstanding issues for the council in the near-term include a pending personnel investigation into alleged comments about council members made by Ericks.

Somers and two other councilmen approved paying Seattle attorney Tom Fitzpatrick $15,000

to determine what Ericks said and whether the comments amounted to workplace harassment.

Results are due by the end of this month.

A formal proposal for building a commercial passenger terminal at Paine Field also could reach the council early this year, Somers said.

Preparations also are ongoing to open the county’s $20 million annual long-haul garbage contract to bidders. The current contract with Allied Waste is set to remain in place into 2017, with an optional one-year extension. The county can opt out early.

Noah Haglund: 425339-3465, nhaglund@

AROUND THE COUNTY Lake Stevens: Seat open on arts commission People can apply now to serve on the Lake Stevens Arts Commission.

The group advises city leaders on art, literature, performances and culture.

They help select public art pieces and coordinate events like the Music on the Lake series in the summer.

The seven-person commission has one vacancy for a term that ends in two years. Anyone who lives in Lake Stevens can apply for the position.

Applications are available between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays at City Hall, 1812 Main St., or at www.ci.lake-stevens. wa.us.

Applications also are available for spots on

representing the larger community, Rotary, the city of Marysville, the Marysville School District and the Tulalip Tribes.

The fund was set up after the Oct. 24 shootings on the school’s campus to provide support for families, victims, students and the school.

To access the online donation site for donations or to request funds, go to mphsrecoveryfund. org.

Donations may also continue to be made in person or by mail at Heritage Bank, 1031 State Ave., Marysville, 360-6573100, or by mail to the Rotary Education Foundation at P.O. Box 1875, Marysville, WA 98270.

the city’s Salary Commission, Library Board and police Civil Service Commission.

To qualify for a seat on the Arts Commission, an application must be turned in to City Hall by Jan. 23. The commission meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 425-334-1012.

Marysville: MPHS shooting victim fund online A fund to help victims of the Marysville Pilchuck High School shootings is now able to accept donations online.

The MPHS Recovery Fund is managed by the nonprofit Marysville Rotary Education Foundation and is administered by a committee

Snohomish: Shelter seeks volunteers

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The Snohomish Cold Weather Shelter is holding informational meetings in an effort to recruit more volunteers.

The volunteer-run shelter at the Snohomish Evangelical Free Church, 210 Avenue B, is open when nighttime temperatures drop below freezing.

Training and insurance are provided for volunteers.

People interested in

volunteering can attend a training meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Meetings also are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 12.

Next month, meetings are scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 7 and from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 9.

People who would like to attend should call 360-563-6065 or email snellerfam@comcast.net.

The Snohomish Community Food Bank is also accepting financial donations for the shelter.

For more information, 360-568-7993 or go to snohomishfoodbank.org.

Winnetta “Jeanne” Holtrop Winnetta “Jeanne” Holtrop passed away December 24, 2014 with her family by her side and is now with the Lord.

S h e i s s u r v i v e d by h e r husband, Keith of 31 years; and her brother, Ron and wife, Lucy; her son, Bob Kelly Jr.; daughter, Kristi and Peter Buckingham. She is also sur vived by her stepchildren, Kelly, Laurie, Mike and Greg; her grandchildren, Brian, Brittney and Peter ; and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Jeanne enjoyed singing and had a love for people and animals. She will be greatly missed by her many friends and family.

Graveside services will be held at Green Hills Cemeter y, 10497 Gardner Road, Bur lington, WA on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a celebration of life at Burlington Community C e n t e r, 1 0 1 1 G r e e n l e a f Avenue, Burlington, WA at 1:00 p.m.

Sultan: Street projects receive ribbon-cutting The city of Sultan is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m.

Jan. 30 to celebrate two streets that have been reconstructed. It is scheduled to take place at the Sultan School District Administration office, 514 Fourth St. The city partnered with the Transportation Improvement Board to get almost $900,000 in grant money for the reconstruction of Fourth Street and High Avenue.

For more information, call 360-793-2231.

In Loving Memory of Linda McPherson

Rosario Romero Storm

Oct. 21, 1934-Dec. 17, 2014 Rosario Romero Stor m, 80, of Arlington died December 17, 2014.

Rosario was born October 21, 1934 in Manila, Philippines to Emilio F. and Ana Razon Romero.

Rosario started her piano lessons while ver y young.

Her intensive piano studies started with the late Mother M a r i a J o s e f i n a Ya m z o n .

Rosario’s master’s degree l e v e l w o r k wa s w i t h D r.

R a c h e a l E u b a n k s . Po s t graduate work included master lessons with Edward Delgado, renowned Argentinean concert pianist, and Daniel Pollack, concert pianist and American Judge to the 1990 Tschaikovsky International Piano competition in Russia.

Rosario mar ried Paul Storm in 1975 at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, Califor nia.

Rosario was a member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers and a recipient of the Guild Hall of Fame honor in 1989. Rosario loved teaching children and has graduated young piano teachers in addition to directing several piano programs, choral and organ concer ts. Rosario taught students in California and Washington.

Rosario loved her Catholic faith, and music, and has e s t a b l i s h e d m a ny c l o s e relationships because of it.

Rosario is survived by her sisters, Josefina, Anita; and her brother Emilio; along with nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held at St. Mary’s Church in M a r y s v i l l e W e d n e s d a y, January 7, 2015 at 11 a.m.

January 6, 1945-March 22, 2014 Even though you are not by our side anymore, Memories of you will continue to stay in our Hearts and live there forever.

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Georgia, Helen, Alice & Bill, Irene & Ralph, Sylvia & Mark, Gerald & Shirley

Sharon G. Brown Sharon G. Brown,79, formerly of Whidbey Island, Washington and Kona, HI, passed away December 26, 2014 at home, surrounded by family.

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OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS S h e i s s u r v i v e d by h e r

Geraldine lone (Scheer)

Muckey was born on July 9, 1923 in Smithland, Iowa to Albert Leo Scheer and Amelia (Thomas) Scheer. She passed away peacefully at Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood, Wash. on January 2, 2015 at the age of 91 years old following a brief illness.

Geraldine (Gerr y as she was known to many) was the eldest of two children, growing up in Mapleton, Iowa, the neighboring town of her birth. She attended school there, also worked at her parents’ local feed store and helped her dad deliver goods where she learned how to drive a big farm truck at a very young age. Upon graduating from Mapleton High School in 1940, just before her 17th Birthday, she went on to attend Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne, Nebraska While having enjoyed playing the clarinet all throughout high school, she decided to major in Music.

That time was cut short because of WWII so she returned back home to help with the family business.

She later met Paul Dolan Muckey, the youngest of one of the largest families in Mapleton. After Paul had returned home from WWII and was discharged from the Navy, they married in July 1946 and had their only child, a daughter, Barbara and when she was not quite two years old, Paul moved his young family to Washington State.

They made their home in Everett and Gerr y’s first job was a switchboard operator at the Everett General Telephone Company. She went on to various other jobs mostly waitressing for most of the years that Barbara was in school.

Paul and Gerry’s true passion was bowling . In the height of their bowling career they were bowling up to 4 leagues a week. In the 6 0 ’s , t h ey r a n a B u r g e r snack bar & grill inside Evergreen Bowling Lanes, Everett, WA. Gerry held numerous positions in the field of professional bowling for the State and was director of the Washington State Women’s Bowling League. She held an average of 180 for quite a while and traveled with her bowling friends to numerous bowling tournaments throughout the states.

Another passion of hers was playing cards and that continued on in her senior years playing pinochle at the Stillaguamish Senior Center at Smokey Point, Arlington, WA on a regular basis where she was affectionately known as “Muckey”. She was also a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Everett, WA. Gerry also loved fashion which she inherited the style and grace from her own mother.

After been nearly married for 50 years upon her husband’s death, she continued to be a care giver to her mother, Amelia, who lived to be 97 years old. In 1997, she moved in with her daughter and then son-inlaw, Laron. After Laron’s passing, Gerr y and her daughter moved to Stanwood and subsequently moved to Mount Vernon with Barbara’s current husband, Gregory in 2006. With her health declining, she moved to Josephine’s in late 2014, where she passed away.

She made friends wherever she went. All that knew Gerry loved her quick wit and sense of humor. She was a d e v o t e d d a u g h t e r, w i f e , mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother as we l l a s a d e a r f r i e n d t o many. Old Bowler s never die, they just fade away.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; her parents; her younger brother, Tom; her son-in-law, Laron Barger ; and a granddaughter, Michelle.

Lynne Treichler (Woltring) September 8, 1943

Lynne has gone to heaven after a courageous five year battle with cancer.

She was a loyal wife and a wonderful mother and grandmother. Lynne was a ver y good cook and could whip up a delicious meal out of left overs or invent her own dish.

Lynne graduated from Everett High, class of 1961.

She then attended Everett junior college. The next several years were spent raising our children. When the kids got older Lynne went to work for the Everett Yacht Club and then Sunrise Service, doing bookkeeping.

Ly n n e l o v e d g r o w i n g flowers and making flower arrangements. She enjoyed camping and fishing at Pearr ygin Lake and at our proper ty on the Methow R i v e r. We t r av e l e d m a ny miles in our motor home, from Alaska to Mexico and all over the North West.

Lynne is sur vived by her husband, Jerry, of 51 years; her daughters, Shelly McGlother n (Dave) and J a m i e L e n o i r ( D eway n e ) ; grandchildren, Brittany Kinser (Daniel), Alyssa Shick, Jesica Shattuck, and Josh Shattuck (Stephanie), and great grandchildren; Waylon, Wessin, Kristin and Lily.

There will not be a funeral, but we will have a gathering this summer to celebrate her life.

In Loving Memory James Michael Lanning Jan. 6, 1963-April 19, 1999

Loving you forever.

Remembering you always.

Your loving family and friends

Amanda Lin Bennett Feb. 5, 1991-Dec. 28, 2014

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday Januar y 9, 2015 at Smokey Point Community Church, 17721 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington, WA 98223.

Jean Strzelecki passed away peacefully at her home in Stanwood, Washington.

Jean (Jennie) Strzelecki was born in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada as the daughter of John and Mar y Badik. Her father was a coal miner.

W h e n s h e wa s f o u r t e e n years old her mother died when their family cabin burned down.

Eventually Jennie moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to live with one of her aunts.

While in Vancouver she met h e r f u t u r e h u s b a n d R ay Strzelecki who was a U.S. citizen. Jennie moved to Seattle and was married to “the love of her life” soon t h e r e a f t e r. J e n n i e w a s married for 46 years. Ray and Jennie settled in Seattle to start their lives together.

Jennie changed her name to Jean when she became a U.S. citizen. Ray and Jean had three children born and raised in the Seattle area, R ay m o n d , S t e p h e n , a n d Barbara.

Jean was preceded in death by her son, Stephen in 1994 and her loving husband in 1995.

Jean had a passion for gardening and grandchildren.

Besides being a mom Jean had occupations as a cocktail waitress, realtor, and real estate broker before retiring. She loved to sew, knit, crochet and work with Ukrainian eggs. She never got her childhood love for the outdoors out of her system. She loved fishing in the Cascade mountain streams, blackberry and wild blueberry picking and hunting for mushrooms.

Jean volunteered at the local Stanwood Senior Center where she loved to garden on the center’s property.

Jean is survived by her son R ay m o n d S t r e l e c k i ( w i f e Barbara Lee) of Lake Forest Park, Wash. and their son Michael of Lake Forest Park, Wash. She is also survived by daughter, Barbara Jean Burnham (husband Shawn) of Stanwood, Wash. with daughters Kassandra and Kristine of Stanwood, Wa s h . , a n d o n e g r e a t granddaughter Mackenzie.

Jean is also sur vived by many relatives of her’s and her husband scattered across Canada and the United States.

Thomas Jay Avery, Sr.

July 3, 1949-December 23, 2014 Thomas Jay Avery, Sr. went home to be with the Lord on December 23, 2014. Tom was born in Everett, Wash. to Margaret Louise Hughes and Rea Ernest Avery Sr. on July 3, 1949.

A graduate of Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Ill. he traveled the world during his 20 years with the U.S. Navy where he was stationed on the USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise as an Aviation Structural Mechanic. Tom also enjoyed a trip to Alaska with his daughter Noreen in recent times.

Being a big kid at heart he loved to spoil his nieces and nephews on their birthdays.

His hobbies included remote controlled boats and closely following all NASA events on television.

Spending time with his loving children T.J. Jr. and daughter Noreen also gave him great pleasure.

Survivors include daughter, Noreen Ann Aver y of Woodstock Ill.; son, (TJ) T h o m a s J a y A v e r y, J r, Everett, Wash.; sister, (Sis) Carol F. Sprague (David), Leesburg Fla.; brother, Rea E. Avery (Marjorie) of Ocean Shores, Wash.; and many nieces and nephews. Tom also leaves many friends from his AA group as well as the Lowell Community Church.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The American Diabetes Association.

Kathryn L. Crawford Kathr yn “Kay” Crawford, 91, died December 24, 2014 in Monroe Washington. She was born in Camden, South Carolina, daughter of Jesse and Kathryn McLeod.

She was a nurse in New Orleans and in San Diego, where she met Rober t Crawford - the classic World War II romance, pretty nurse and handsome sailor. They were married for 63 years until his death in 2009.

Kay is survived by her four children: Margaret McLeod, George Crawford (and Priscilla), Bob Crawford, and Dorothy McPherson. They remember her as the kind of mother who was a “cookie person” and listening ear for any child who needed her.

She also leaves g r a n d c h i l d r e n , Tr a v i s , Danielle and Hannah, and six wonderful greatgrandchildren.

In recent years she made new friends in her retirement community (Merrill Gardens in Monroe, now Brookdale).

She will be remembered as a gentle, lovely person.

There will be a memorial at a future date.

Betty Jane Ballasch Betty Jane Ballasch, 93, of Coralville, Iowa passed away p e a c e f u l l y o n F r i d a y, December 26, 2014 at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab Center.

A Memorial Ser vice to celebrate Betty Jane’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 123 East Mar ket Street, Iowa City.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Good Samaritan Fund, of Christwood Senior Living , Shoreline, WA. Burial will be held at Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood, WA at a later date.

Betty Jane was born on March 31, 1921 in Denver, Colo., the daughter of Frank and Artia (Winder) Luke. She grew up in Denver and Cleveland. She graduated from Cleveland State, then Fenn College. On May 25, 1946, Betty Jane married Lawrence “Larry” Ballasch.

Larry re-enlisted in the Navy and the couple lived in D e nv e r f o r a n u m b e r o f year s before Lar r y was transferred to Washington State. Betty Jane earned her MLS (Master of Librar y Science) from The University of Washington and worked with Sno-Isle Regional Library until her retirement.

Following Larr y’s death in 1990, Betty Jane continued to reside in Washington until r e c e n t l y m ov i n g b a c k t o Coralville in 2010 to be c l o s e r t o h e r d a u g h t e r, Sandra.

Betty Jane enjoyed many hobbies and interests in her free time. She and her husband loved collecting teddy bears. She was an avid reader, and both she and Larr y enjoyed piloting their own aircraft. Betty Jane was also a member of the Presbyterian Church and fulfilled one of her lifelong dreams when she was elected to attend the church’s General Assembly a few years before moving to Iowa City.

Survivors include her three daughters: Sandra Ballasch of Iowa City, Karen Welborn of Tucson, Ariz. and Judy Vo of Munich, Germany; three grandchildren: Jeremiah Lindmark, Matthew Lindmark and Melissa Vo and one great-granddaughter, Emily Lindmark.

B e t t y wa s p r e c e d e d i n death by her parents; her husband; two sisters and a brother.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lensingfuneral.com

Sharon Lee Beatty

January 15, 1952-January 3, 2015

Sharon Lee Beatty, 62, of Everett, Wash., passed away January 3, 2015 at Providence Hospital in Everett, Washington among family after her bout with cancer. Sharon was bor n January 15, 1952 to Shirley Anne and Gaylord Schaudies in Seattle.

Sharon and her sister Theresa grew up Navy dependents traveling and attending several schools K -12. Sharon graduated from Floyd E. Kellam High School i n V i r g i n i a B e a c h , VA , attended East Carolina University, earned a BA in English from Central Washington University, and an MBA from City University.

S haron retired from Boeing in Januar y 2013 after 34 years of service. At the time of her passing, Sharon was pursuing an MFA from The Nor thwest Institute of Literary Arts and dreamed of seeing her novel Morning Song published. Sharon was a longtime fan of the Seahawks and Everett Silver Tips hockey team.

Sharon was preceded in death by her mother, Shirley Anne Schaudies and is s u r v i v e d b y h e r f a t h e r, G ay l o r d ; a n d h e r s i s t e r, Theresa. She is also sur vived by her daughters and their spouses, Kristine and Charles, Kathr yn and Alexander, and Susan and Michael; and by five grandchildren Fen, Sydney, A v e r y, S a m a n t h a , a n d Gabriel.

A celebration of Sharon’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Emory’s on Silver Lake, 11830 19th Ave. SE, Everett WA. In lieu of sending flowers, the family requests charitable donations be made in Sharon’s honor to The Nor thwest Institute of Literary Arts at www.nila.edu or 1611 Bayview Rd, Langley, WA 98260.

In Loving memory of Robert Joseph Bourgeois

On Januar y 2, 2015, Rober t Joseph Bourgeois age 87, passed away peacefully at his residence in Camano Island, Washington after a 12 year battle with cancer.

Rober t was a successful business owner, model train enthusiast and a member of the NW Morris Minor Club.

He is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy; and children: Debbie, Michael, Steven, David and their respective spouses, Mark, Tess, Rita and Diana. Rober t is also sur vived by his five grandchildren: Amanda, Matthew, Brandon, Mason and Morgan along with Tera and other numerous nieces and nephews.

Robert joined the Merchant Marines during WWII and was drafted into the army where he ser ved in the Korean War. While stationed briefly in Seattle, Wash. he met his future wife, Dorothy Meyer.

Rober t and Dorothy were married February 14, 1953.

In 1970 Robert and Dorothy founded Queen City Auto Rebuild Inc. which remains a family run business.

Bob was under the loving care of Providence Hospice of Everett, he was in good hands till the end.

Services will be held at St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 11 a.m. in Stanwood, WA. Arrangements under the direction of Gilber tson Funeral Home, Stanwood, Washington.

Lilllian A Monjay Lilllian A Monjay, 90, of E v e r e t t p a s s e d away o n December 19, 2014.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Rosehill Community Club in Mukilteo. A private graveside ser vice will be held at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park prior to Memorial Service.

Benjamin “Ben” Clayton Johnson

Oct. 24, 1980- Jan. 2. 2015 Ser vices to be held Sat January 10, 2015 12 Noon at Tulalip Church of God, 1330 Marine Dr NE, Tulalip, Washington.

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GOP readies Congress’ agenda Boehner in line for 3rd term as speaker despite tea party grumbling

By David Espo Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner’s prospects for a new term appeared secure Monday despite grumblings from tea party-aligned dissidents on the eve of a Republican takeover of Congress, while GOP leaders in both houses pointed toward a swift veto showdown with President Barack Obama over the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline.

Senate Republicans, winners of a majority in last fall’s elections, began laying down markers for legislative battles ahead.

“Tax reform should not be used as an excuse to raise taxes on the American people,” wrote Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who will become chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee. “Any such

effort is a needless distraction,” he added, pointedly rejecting a long-held view of the White House and many Democrats.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s ascension Tuesday to the post of Senate majority leader was automatic following his approval by rank-and-file Republicans late last year.

That wasn’t the case in the House, where the election of a speaker is the main event on any opening day’s agenda.

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas put himself forward as a challenger, and roughly a dozen Republicans have announced they will oppose Boehner. But that was far short of the number needed to replace him.

The rebels did not predict they would succeed in toppling the 65-year-old Ohioan.

Instead, they said the current high command wasn’t conservative enough.

Virginia Rep. Dave Brat,

who defeated former Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary last summer, said the Republican leadership has “strayed from its own principles of free market, limited government, constitutional conservatism.

We are at a crucial turning point in our country’s history.”

Two years ago, Boehner was faced with similar criticism but won a second term.

His hand is considerably stronger this year as a result of the sweep of the Republican electoral triumph.

The party will hold 246 House seats in the new Congress, to 188 for the Democrats, the biggest GOP majority in nearly 70 years.

It would have been bigger still, but New York Rep. Michael Grimm’s resignation took effect one day before the new Congress convened. He pleaded guilty last month to federal tax evasion.

The intra-party leadership struggle underscored the political peril facing Republicans as they looked ahead to two-house control of Congress. Yet the evident ability to pass Keystone pipeline legislation showed their potential to advance an agenda.

Republican leaders intend to push the bill through the House late this week, and appear to have more than enough votes to clear it through the Senate as well.

While Obama has not said if he will reject the measure, White House spokesman Josh Earnest outlined a series of concerns with the measure before adding, “I’m not prepared at this point to issue a veto threat related to that specific piece of legislation.”

But Republicans stand ready to cast the measure as a bipartisan jobs bill of the type that should be signed into law.

Indonesia cracks down on aviation sector

By Tatan Syuflana Associated Press

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Highlighting the depth of Indonesia’s air safety problems, the transportation ministry announced harsh measures Monday against everyone who allowed AirAsia Flight 8501 to take off without proper permits — including the suspension of the airport’s operator and officials in the control tower.

The routing permits of all airlines flying in the country also will be examined to see if they are violating the rules, said Djoko Murjatmodjo, acting director general of air transportation.

“Who knows if other airlines are also doing the same thing,” he said.

The crackdown comes as searchers continue to fight bad weather while combing the Java Sea for bodies and wreckage of the Airbus A320 that crashed Dec. 28, killing all 162 passengers and crew on board.

The plane was traveling between Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, and Singapore on a Sunday. Officials have since said its permit for the popular route was only for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and that AirAsia quietly switched three of those days. Officials in Singapore, however, have said the plane was authorized to fly on Sundays from its end.

Applications for specific routes take into account issues including air traffic rights and airport takeoff and landing slots.

While the airline is being investigated, Indonesia has banned all AirAsia flights between Surabaya and Singapore.

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National Search and Rescue Agency personnel carry the body of a victim aboard the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 from a Singapore navy helicopter at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, on Sunday.

Relatives of a victim of Flight 8501 wait for the handover of the body to the family at a police hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on Monday.

AirAsia Indonesia President Director Sunu Widyatmoko said by text Monday that the airline will cooperate with the government during the evaluation, but would not comment on the permit allegations until the process is complete.

Violation of the regulations would boost legal arguments for passengers’ family members seeking compensation,

said Alvin Lie, a former lawmaker and aviation analyst.

But he added AirAsia would not be the only one to blame.

“The Surabaya-Singapore flights have been operating since October ... and the government didn’t know,” he said.

“Where was the government’s supervision?”

Murjatmodjo said key individuals who allowed to plane

to fly without permits would be suspended while the investigation is pending.

The ministry also issued a directive Dec. 31 ordering all airlines to provide pilots with up-to-date weather reports before they take off, he said.

Currently, it’s up to the captain and co-pilot to research and evaluate flying conditions before departing. In other countries, carriers’ flight operations departments perform that task for them.

He also planned to meet Monday with the Corruption Eradication Commission to discuss whether to investigate AirAsia’s operations. Business in the country is commonly conducted using bribery, with payoffs often seen as the most efficient way to get things done.

It is not known what caused Flight 8501 to crash into the Java Sea 42 minutes after takeoff, though Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency says bad weather appears to have been a factor. The pilot told air traffic control that he was approaching threatening clouds, but was denied permission to climb to a higher altitude because of heavy air traffic. No distress signal was issued.

The hunt for the plane has recovered 37 bodies, including three Monday still fastened into their seats. Sonar has identified five large objects that are believed to be chunks of the fuselage on the ocean floor, but strong currents, silt and mud have kept divers from seeing or reaching the objects.

No signals have been heard from the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes. Poor weather has prevented ships from dragging ping locators.

Colorado tries ‘neighborly’ pot education

By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press

DENVER — Colorado is taking a novel approach to marijuana education — not telling people to avoid the drug, just to use it safely.

State health officials announced a new $5.7 million campaign Monday. The ads are different from previous poteducation efforts because they don’t demonize the drug.

Colorado’s campaign last year to deter teen pot use, for instance, featured giant rat cages and was widely panned.

Dr. Larry Wolk, the state’s chief medical officer, described the new campaign as “bright and neighborly.”

One of the ads shows a park bench and asks people not to smoke marijuana in public.

Another points out that you can’t drive a car after smoking

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Ali Maffey, retail marijuana education manager for the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, on Monday announced a $5.7 million advertising campaign to educate marijuana consumers.

pot — but that walking, hopping and skipping are allowed.

The print ads come in bright colors, and the radio spots have

a folksy announcer with none of the ominous sound effects of the older anti-drug ads.

Colorado health officials

have good reason to promote the brighter tone after their campaign last year aimed at teens.

The “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” effort, which included humansized rat cages placed in downtown Denver, were criticized as repeating “Just Say No”-type messages instead of promoting responsible, moderate use.

The rat cages became targets for graffiti and derision. At one point, a downtown Denver rat cage had a waiting line of people to snap selfies inside while toking joints in violation of a public-consumption ban.

This year’s campaign is funded by sales taxes on recreational weed. It includes flyers to be handed out at dispensaries, with targeted campaigns coming later specific to youths, pregnant and nursing women, and Latinos.

ACROSS THE U.S.

Surge in Cubans trying to reach U.S. MIAMI — Driven by fear that their window is closing, the number of Cuban migrants attempting to reach the U.S. illegally in rafts has surged since the two countries announced they would restore diplomatic relations, Coast Guard officials said Monday. U.S. authorities have captured, intercepted or chased away 421 Cubans since Dec. 17, said a spokesman for the Coast Guard’s 7th District in Miami.

In all of December 2013, the total number of Cubans who encountered U.S. law enforcement while trying to reach the U.S was nearly half that — 222.

The Coast Guard said the significant increase in the number of Cuban migrants has been prompted by rumors that an abrupt end is coming to U.S. policy that shields Cubans from deportation if they reach U.S. shores. But U.S. officials said there are no immediate plans to change the policy.

N.D.: Train hits school bus A school bus failed to yield to railroad crossing and stop signs and collided with an empty freight train Monday in North Dakota, killing the bus driver and a 17-year-old student and injuring 12 other people, the Highway Patrol said.

The accident happened Monday about 5 miles east of Larimore, and about 100 miles north of Fargo. The ages of the students on the bus varied from 6 to 17, Hischer said. Some of the injured suffered broken bones; three were in “very serious condition,” he said.

Calif.: Newborn snatched by gunman is found dead Detectives trying to determine who abducted a 3-week-old infant after shooting her parents and uncle at a home in Long Beach have few clues and are asking for the public’s help.

The baby, a 10-pound girl named Eliza Delacruz, was found dead Sunday in a trash bin in Imperial Beach, about 120 miles south of Long Beach, where her relatives were shot the day before. A transient discovered the infant’s body at a strip mall in the city near Mexico, raising the possibility that the assailant crossed or hoped to cross the border.

Long Beach detectives do not yet know a motive for the shooting, a police spokeswoman said. They would say only that they are looking for a male suspect who is either black or Hispanic.

AROUND THE WORLD UN: Ebola kills 8,153 The World Health Organization said at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. WHO said Monday that the total number of confirmed, probable and suspected deaths from the disease comes from 20,656 cases in the three most affected countries — a mortality rate of 39 percent. The outbreak, which began about a year ago, has also claimed more than dozen lives elsewhere.

Austria: U.S. ski team prospects die in avalanche Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps. The team said Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident in the mountains over Soelden, the venue for the season-opening World Cup. Berlack, from Franconia, New Hampshire, and Astle, from Sandy, Utah, were part of a group of six skiers who were descending from the 3,056-meter Gaislachkogel when they left the prepared slope and apparently set off the avalanche. The other four escaped unhurt.

Officials in the region said an avalanche alert had been declared for the area.

Lebanon: New limits on Syrians fleeing civil war Lebanon turned back Syrians trying to cross the border Monday under strict new visa regulations, saying it cannot handle any more people displaced by the ongoing civil war. The policy requires Syrians to obtain visas that sharply limit the time they can stay in Lebanon, and narrows one of the few escape routes left. The violence in Syria have caused more than 3 million people to flee the country, mainly to Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. More than 200,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in 2011.

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U.S. oil price plunges below $50 The national average price of gas also fell, to $2.20 a gallon, resulting in $550 savings this year per household.

By Jonathan fahey Associated Press

NEW YORK — The price of oil plunged again Monday and fell below $50 a barrel for the first time since April 2009 as evidence mounted that the world will be oversupplied with oil this year.

Benchmark U.S. oil dipped to $49.77 before closing down $2.65, or 5 percent, to $50.04 a barrel.

Brent crude, a global benchmark

used to price oil used by many U.S. refineries, sank $3.31, or 5.9 percent, to $53.11.

Oil traded above $107 a barrel in June. But rising production outside of OPEC, especially in the U.S., boosted supplies just as weakness in the global economy slowed the growth in demand.

OPEC’s decision to maintain existing production levels accelerated the rout in oil prices.

Slower growth in China’s

economy and a strong dollar, which makes oil more expensive for holders of foreign currencies have also pressured oil prices.

On Monday Citigroup cut its forecast for 2015 global oil prices as a result of high supplies. Citigroup analyst Ed Morse wrote in the report that the first half of this year will bring “a step-up in oversupply, more volatility, and turmoil.”

Drillers around the world have already begun to trim exploration budgets and delay new projects as a result of low prices, but production from existing fields will

continue and keep supplies high.

The low oil prices have led to sharply lower fuel prices for shippers, airlines and drivers. Morse equated the drop in global oil prices to a $1.6 trillion stimulus package for the world economy.

On Monday the U.S. national average price of gasoline fell to $2.20 per gallon.

That’s $1.12 cheaper than last year at this time and the lowest since May of 2009.

The Energy Department estimates the drop in gasoline prices will save U.S. households $550 this year.

Curved phones, smarter homes

These are some of the offerings at this year’s CES gadget show

By Anick Jesdanun Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Would-be novelists rejoice! No need to write your masterpiece with finger taps. Lenovo is launching AnyPen, which lets you write on a tablet with any ordinary pen or pencil. Elsewhere, LG unveiled a new curved smartphone at the International CES show in Las Vegas this week. The CES isn’t typically a major forum for mobile products, as many manufacturers wait a month or two for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But it’s hard to separate mobile from other technologies these days.

That’s underscored as everyday products such as cars and home appliances get Internet connectivity. Consequently, many manufacturers promoted their mobile products and smarthome developments alongside new televisions and other traditional consumer electronics.

Here are the highlights of those announcements Monday.

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Some tablets, including Microsoft’s Surface and Samsung’s Note series, come with styluses, but that means having an extra item to carry around and potentially lose.

Now you can write on a tablet screen with an ordinary pen or pencil. Lenovo is introducing a technology called AnyPen in its new 8-inch Yoga Tablet 2. Lenovo says the pen or pencil will even make touchscreen navigation easier than using a finger. The tablet is built to withstand normal pressure, but don’t press too hard, or you might scratch the surface.

The Flex 2 has improved screen resolution over the original Flex, at 1080p high definition, though that’s still behind LG’s G3 in sharpness. The Flex 2 also introduces some selfie features and a way to quickly check the time and notifications without turning the entire screen on.

A price hasn’t been determined, but it’s expected to be more than LG’s flat G3 and other high-end phones, which typically cost $600 to $700 without a twoyear contract.

Sharp plans to release a 5-inch frameless phone — the screen goes right to the edge. It actually uses an optical-lens trick to make the front panel appear to extend to the edge. Magic or not, the trick keeps the overall phone smaller.

The LG G Flex 2 phone. LG says the phones are easier to hold and read.

It’s the screens LG’s new G Flex 2 phone has a slightly curved screen. LG says that makes phones easier to hold and the display easier to read.

Even more notable is the fact that LG is also making the Flex 2 smaller than its predecessor, countering a trend toward bigger and bigger phones.

LG says it got complaints that the previous, 6-inch version felt too big. The new one will be 5.5 inches, which LG considers the

“sweet spot” for smartphones.

That’s the same screen size as Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, though it’s actually slightly shorter when placed side by side.

LG is also making the back of its new phone “scratch-proof” by adding self-healing properties.

Scratch or nick it under normal use, and the mark disappears in seconds. The screen itself isn’t scratchproof, but LG says it’s more durable than usual with a special chemical layer applied to Corning’s Gorilla Glass.

Many of the smart-home products out so far haven’t been that smart in the sense they communicate only with their own app and products from the same manufacturer. That’s starting to change.

AT&T, for instance, said its Digital Life home-security and automation system will soon work with products from Samsung, Qualcomm, LG and Lutron.

AT&T’s app, for instance, will be able to control Lutron window shades and Samsung’s security cameras, while consumers will be able to see on the LG TV that someone is at the door.

Other companies are using CES to showcase compatibility with Google’s Nest smart thermostat and Apple’s HomeKit — two of the emerging hubs for controlling the smart home. That will allow a new Whirlpool dryer to run slower and save energy, for instance, when Nest senses that no one’s home.

SpaceX testing rocket’s vertical landing

By Marcia Dunn Associated Press

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is making another supply run to the International Space Station for NASA. But it’s the rocket’s return — not its takeoff — that has space fans talking.

Minutes after Tuesday morning’s planned launch from Cape Canaveral, the first stage of the unmanned Falcon rocket will aim for a vertical test landing on a barge in the Atlantic. The 14-story booster will soar close to 150 miles high, before flying back down and attempting to settle upright on the floating platform

— close to the size of a football field.

“When you look at it on the ground, I think it’s probably a very, very big platform, a big spaceport,” Hans Koenigsmann, vice president for mission assurance at SpaceX, said Monday.

“But if you look at it from, I think, almost 150 or so miles up in suborbit, then it looks like a very, very small place to land on.”

“I’m going to be super-excited if this works,” Koenigsmann noted. But he stressed that he did not want anyone losing sight of the main purpose of the Falcon’s mission: to deliver critical supplies to the space station.

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This will be the sixth flight of a supply-filled Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab. It’s loaded more than usual because of an October launch explosion that wiped out another company’s delivery effort in October.

As for the audacious landing experiment, once the first-stage booster has completed its primary job of hoisting Dragon, it’s entirely a SpaceX operation.

The California-based company has attempted two such landings before on the open sea, both of them successful, but never on a platform like this. Normally, the boosters are discarded at sea.

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The annual Country Living Expo and Cattlemen’s Winterschool on Jan. 31 at Stanwood High School will offer more than 185 workshops and classes in skills from cheesemaking and beekeeping to agribusiness, landscape design

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The keynote speaker is animal behaviorist Temple Grandin.

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Musk predicts a 50-50 chance of success at best. He maintains that flying back boosters would allow them to be reused, speed up launches and save money. The ultimate goal, in years to come, is achieving a near aircraft-like operation.

“There’s a certain likelihood that this will not work out right, that something will go wrong,” Koenigsmann said. “Nobody has ever tried that to our knowledge.”

The platform — called a drone — was described by Koenigsmann as stable even in high waves and wind. It is stationed a couple hundred miles off the coast of northeastern Florida.

filling seasonal firefighter and dispatch positions for the 2015 fire season. The job vacancy announcements for the fire positions will be open at www. usajobs.gov from Tuesday through Jan. 12. This is a new centralized hiring process for temporary and seasonal jobs in national forests in Oregon and Washington.

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Automakers record a strong finish to year Americans last month pushed full-year car sales to what’s likely to be the highest level since 2006.

Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Honda and General Motors reported strong December and annual U.S. sales Monday, with Nissan and Honda hitting record numbers for the year.

Ford faltered but remained the top-selling brand in the U.S. last year.

Americans are expected to buy cars in big numbers this year. Sales are forecast to reach 17 million for the first time since 2005, close to the record of 17.3 million set in 2000.

Irish beef ban lifted The United States, the world’s biggest beef consumer, is lifting a ban on imports from Ireland more than 15 years after mad cow disease spurred restrictions of supplies from Europe. Ireland’s Agriculture Ministry said Monday it’s the first European Union country to regain access to the U.S. market, which buys more beef than any other country.

Fewer ships in Arctic Fewer ships sailed through Arctic waters in 2014. Thirtyone ships used the Northern Sea Route over Russia to sail between Europe and Asia and another 22 used part of the route, Alaska Public Radio Network reported. Last year, 70 vessels used the Northern Sea Route.

Several Washington crops see gains The state’s top agricultural commodities — including apples, milk and wheat — were worth $4.5 billion to farmers, according to a recently released federal report. Several of the state’s most valuable crops saw gains in the U. S. Department of Agriculture review, and wine production became a larger player the industry, the Tri-City Herald reported. Apples, the state’s most valuable crop, were worth nearly 12 percent less in 2013 because of a record crop and higher prices the previous year. Bud Hover, director of the state Department of Agriculture, said apples may have peaked again in 2014. Farmers picked a record 150 million 40-pound boxes of apples last year and started exporting Red and Golden Delicious apples to China.

Tech tops Kickstarter The technology category came in first for number of dollars pledged on Kickstarter in 2014, the crowd-funding platform said Monday. Last year, $529 million was pledged to Kickstarter projects, $125 million of which went to technology projects. Design came in second with $96.7 million, followed by games with $89.1 million. While the technology category didn’t do as well in the number of projects successfully funded (music took the top spot with 4,009 funded projects, followed by film and video with 3,846 projects), technology projects that were successfully funded raised on average more money than projects in other categories.

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Bradley Hogue was inside the hopper of a bark-blower truck when he fell. The L&I investigation concluded that workers frequently cleared jams in bark-blowers while equipment was running. Large moving parts, including conveyor belts, augers and rotating rods, can entangle and crush a person.

Pacific Topsoils should have followed procedures to lock and tag out the

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equipment, which prevents it from starting up during maintenance and cleaning, the state found.

The company was fined $108,000 for two willful violations: failing to ensure that proper safety procedures were used and failure to train employees on those procedures.

L&I fined the company another $78,000 for 12 serious violations related to a lack of safe practices for working in confined spaces with moving parts.

The company also failed to document proper equipment lockout practices and did not have an effective

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accident prevention program, leading to another $13,000 in fines, the state said.

Pacific Topsoils released a written statement, calling Hogue’s death “the result of a tragic and unfortunate accident” and noting that “it has deeply affected everyone at Pacific Topsoils.”

Since July, the company has worked with L&I to come up with better safety practices and training, according to the statement.

The goal is to ensure Pacific Topsoils never has another workplace death.

“Worker safety is, and

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was buying and selling guns, too, police wrote in a search warrant.

Knapp was out of custody in June pending trial in two separate Snohomish County drug cases when he was arrested outside an Everett storage unit. Police said he was driving a Mercedes loaded with more than $50,000 worth of heroin and meth.

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Another plunge in the price of oil pushed stocks sharply lower on Monday. Energy companies led the decline as crude dipped below $50 a barrel Monday. Other stocks also fell as traders worried that the drop could indicate a weaker global economy.

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must always be, the top priority,” the company said.

The company plans to appeal the state’s findings.

It maintains “the number and severity of the proposed violations are inconsistent with the facts and what is prescribed in the law,” according to the statement.

Company representatives declined to comment further.

Hogue’s family has not heard from Pacific Topsoils since the day he died, his mother said. She hopes employers can learn a vital lesson from her son’s death. More importantly,

though, she hopes workers will pay attention to her loss.

“The reason why we chose to do interviews is to get the message out there that, in a work environment, you can say no if you don’t feel safe,” Deanna Hogue said. “If it’s not safe, don’t do it.”

Around Christmas, Bradley Hogue’s family hung a stocking in his memory.

His friends brought cards and pictures to fill it. The gestures kept his spirit alive during the family’s first Christmas without him, his mother said.

Family and friends

remember Hogue as energetic and outdoorsy, with a mind for math and a love for the beach and family hunting trips. He was a genuine friend who made people smile.

“We hope that we can prevent another family from going through what we’re experiencing right now,” Deanna Hogue said.

“It’s not just a work-related accident. We lost our son.

“You’re not supposed to send your child to work and find out they were killed on the job. It just shouldn’t happen,” she said.

Kari Bray: 425-339-3439; kbray@heraldnet.com.

Thirteen firearms, including shotguns and rifles, were found in the storage locker. About half the guns were stolen.

Knapp reportedly told detectives he was an unemployed student collecting money from a state Labor and Industries injury claim. Knapp is listed as the owner of The Filthy Technician, an automotive repair business, according to state records.

Prior to his arrest in June, Knapp had been charged with multiple crimes stemming from a December

2013 arrest by Everett police.

In that case, Everett police got word that Knapp was dealing drugs out of his house on 75th Street SE. An informant reportedly told cops that he’d bought meth and heroin from Knapp more than 30 times.

Everett officers arrested Knapp as he left his Everett home. He reportedly had a loaded .38-caliber semiautomatic handgun tucked in his waistband. Police later searched Knapp’s house and seized a quarter of a pound of heroin and about a half-pound of meth. They

also found a handgun, rifle, holsters and ammunition.

Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Janice Albert last month dismissed Knapp’s charges here, citing the pending federal prosecution.

He is now charged with 10 different crimes, including drug distribution and being a felon in possession of firearms.

Trial is scheduled to begin later this year.

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

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Now, that linchpin is being removed. For the first time, sports fans can watch ESPN’s programming

streamed online to their tablets, laptops, smartphones and TVs — all without paying a cable or satellite bill.

For $20 a month, viewers also will be able to watch CNN, the Food Network and the Cartoon Network through a new streaming service called Sling TV. Satellite TV provider Dish Network, which is launching Sling, said the service will debut sometime this month.

With the announcement Monday, 2015 is shaping

up to be the year when consumers have more reasons than ever to abandon the expensive bundles of cable channels offered by companies such as Comcast and Verizon.

HBO and Showtime are planning to roll out their own digital streaming services early this year. Sony Entertainment Network will also offer online viewing of channels such as Viacom’s MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Millions are already used to paying for

Netflix and Hulu Plus for their television viewing.

But ESPN’s entry into online streaming is different. The tremendous demand for the sports channel is unparalleled in the cable TV world. The top 10 most-viewed programs in cable television history are all ESPN programs. And with more people watching TV shows online according to their own schedules, live sports are one of the few things left on TV that bring entire families together to watch in real-time.

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IN OUR VIEW | 2015 legislative agenda

$20M to limit future wildfires In the midst of our typical cool, wet winter, the threat of wildfire season seems a ways off, but the state Department of Natural Resources is hoping memories remain fresh of the summer’s Carlton Complex fire, the largest wildfire in state history, which burned 400 square miles and destroyed 300 homes in the Methow Valley in North Central Washington.

The DNR is encouraging the Legislature, which convenes in one week, to help prevent another fire like the Carlton Complex by spending $20 million during the next two years to increase thinning and other hazard reduction on forested lands, The News Tribune reported over the weekend.

About $7.5 million of that

money would fund an existing DNR program that encourages private noncommercial landowners to thin their properties of smaller trees that become fuel in wildfires.

Under the program, the state removes half of the small trees and brush, with the landowners committing to remove the other half. The state estimates with the funding it could more than double the amount of noncommercial thinning each year to 18 square miles.

The News Tribune talked with one Methow Valley homeowner whose home was not destroyed; she and her husband participated in the DNR’s thinning program. The fire passed through her property, but the thinning spared their home and kept the

flames from feeding on brush and small trees that would have been kindling for larger trees on the property.

About $5 million would be used to thin 29,500 acres of state-managed forests.

Another $2 million would pay for crews of military veterans to thin trees and clear brush around 1,500 homes. The thinning work can also discourage insect infections and keep forests healthy.

Two years ago, the DNR and its chief, Peter Goldmark, sought a similar $20 million for thinning and other preventive work; the Legislature provided $4 million.

If this Legislature were to budget a similar amount, it would leave both property owners and the state exposed

to losses during the coming fire seasons, and at a time when we are seeing warmer and drier summers each year.

By early August, the Carlton Complex fire had cost more than $61 million to fight. That figure doesn’t include damage to private property. In late October, property owners filed 65 claims, ranging from $1,000 to $2.3 million, faulting the Department of Natural Resources for not controlling the fire.

Although allocating $20 million to thin forests, public and private, won’t stop all wildfires, the work has the potential to limit damage and keep fires from surpassing the Carlton fire in terms of firefighting costs, loss of property and even potential loss of life.

procedure that would transfer congressional authority over trade to the president, allowing him to sign the TPP before Congress approves it and force an up-or-down vote in Congress within 90 days with all amendments banned and limited debate.

A forced, undemocratic, allor-nothing vote as promised under Fast Track is likely the only way the TPP could pass through Congress, given that it threatens to further push down our wages and threatens affordable medicine prices, food safety, environmental protections, Internet privacy and more.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans alike oppose Fast Track and are irate about the actual terms of the TPP. Given these dim prospects for Fast Track passage, trade negotiators should stop wasting time and money on a deal that’s never going to happen.

to posted speed limits or else, it will have little effect on visitors unaware of this draconian measure — other than stifle tourism. Over the past 20 years our family has spent a dozen holidays in British Columbia; now we have just one final visit planned to retrieve our family car — after a week of struggling to get to work, that is.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■■CHERRY POINT

In no way is coal good for state In response to the guest commentary, “Coal terminal is crucial to state’s economy”

by Fred Thompson in Sunday’s Herald: There have been many polls taken on this issue and I’m sure there is more than one that shows that 99.9 percent of the people polled don’t want coal exports coming through Washington for a whole number of reasons.

If Fred Thompson thinks exporting coal is such a great deal, then let’s ship it down through the Willamette Valley and build a terminal there at the bay. Oh, wait! We can’t do that because the governor of Oregon has given a big fat “no” to coal exports coming into Oregon. Oregon doesn’t need or want dirty (that’s the only kind there is) coal’s business and neither do thousands of people in Washington.

As cities like Edmonds and Marysville contemplate spending millions to deal with increased train traffic, and the ever-increasing danger of a devastating derailment and spill are upon us, how can coal be good for Washington?

As we see more and more pollution of our air, water and land, how can coal be good for Washington? It can’t be, and that’s why the terminal at Cherry Point is a very bad idea.

Michael Wooten Stanwood

■■BOB DREWEL

Lucky to have man of his caliber Regarding the Wednesday letter urging Bob Drewel to retire: I’ve known him in a professional way for many years and I (we) could not hope for a more dedicated, fair and knowledgeable person to work and act for the public interest.

As long as he is physically and mentally fit, I would be honored to see him in any job he feels he can do.

Russell Davis Everett

■■NAFTA

Expansion plan dead in the water Dec. 17 marked 22 years since President George H. W. Bush signed the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In those 21 years, NAFTA has moved more than a million American jobs offshore,

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propagated a race to the bottom in American wages and empowered foreign corporations to sue our government in foreign tribunals to demand compensation from us taxpayers for enacting basic health, environmental and food safety standards.

U.S. public opposition from Democrats, the GOP and Independents to a massive NAFTA expansion, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, has grown with awareness of this expansive reach and prospective threats.

The TPP would expand all of the NAFTA provisions that promote job off-shoring, higher medicine prices, and floods of unsafe imported food from more countries, including Vietnam with its 58 cents an hour wages.

Fast Track is the extreme Nixon-era legislative

Robert Kenny and Julia Glover Clinton

■■CANADA

B.C. speeding law bitter lesson When we loaned our adult son our family car to join friends at Whistler, B.C., for some winter recreation over the holidays, we learned a bitter lesson all visitors to Canada should be aware of: cars caught speeding 40 kph (24 mph) over the posted limit are automatically impounded for seven days. No presumption of innocence. No appeal. No discussion.

The B.C. Motor Vehicle Act states “Excessive speeding will also result in the immediate impoundment of the vehicle you are driving and costs: seven days for a first offense plus towing and storage costs.”

And, while it may reduce traffic fatalities by forcing Canadian citizens to comply

Michael Wandell Leavenworth

■■CUBA

Travel from B.C. for authenticity It is easy to fly from Vancouver, B.C., directly to Havana.

U.S. credit cards do not work in Cuba. You must bring Canadian money, and have a hotel booked along with medical insurance. You will not get entry at the airport without this. Canadian travel agents will do all this when you book a package through them. Your American passport in not stamped upon entry. You get a full week and enjoy the food, music, old cars, cigars, people, mojitos and history, good and bad. Most Cubans are happy to help American tourists.

With this type of tour you are totally on your own, unlike the government programs which are escorted by government “guide.” You only get to see what they want you to see and no beaches. For 40 Cucs (Cuban peso) you can get twohour tour around Havana in a 1957 Chevrolet convertible or even a 1950 pink Chevy convertible. Language is not a problem at the hotels and most restaurants. A package includes the flight, local transportation, three or four star hotels and some of your meals, for less than $2,000. I’m glad I got there prior to the arrival of McDonald’s, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, etc.

Paul Luczyk Mukilteo

GOP can no longer afford to be ‘Party of No’

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ith Republican majorities in both houses, the new Congress should begin by focusing on traditional GOP priorities: improving the nation’s sagging infrastructure, reforming an unwieldy tax code and finding ways to boost middle-class opportunity.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner have a fundamental choice to make.

EUGENE ROBINSON They can acknowledge the obvious areas of common ground they share with President Obama or they can throw temper tantrums.

McConnell told The Washington Post that one of his goals, as he takes leadership of the Senate, is to avoid doing anything that would make it harder for the party to elect a president next year.

The scariness of the GOP field probably will also depend on Ted Cruz’s apocalyptic rhetoric and Chris Christie’s progress in anger management. But McConnell is right that the whole “Party of No” routine, which he helped orchestrate, is unlikely to yield further political benefit — and may, at this point, inflict more damage on Republicans than on Democrats.

It is perhaps inevitable that the GOP will use its control of Congress to highlight the party’s pet issues — advocacy for the Keystone XL pipeline, for example, and opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Every once in a while, Republicans may even muster the needed 60 votes in the Senate — and force Obama to use his veto.

But then what? Passing a bunch of bills that have no chance of ever becoming law is not the best advertisement for effectiveness.

McConnell told the Post he wants voters to see his party as a “responsible, rightof-center, governing majority.” Well, two things such a majority should be doing now are celebrating the economic recovery and looking for ways to ensure that more of its benefits reach the middle class.

Growth is accelerating, inflation is virtually nonexistent, stocks had a great year, unemployment is down and the U.S. economy is the envy of the developed world.

The fact that all of this has happened under the leadership of a Democratic president may be inconvenient for GOP leaders, but it’s the reality. Sourpussed grousing about how Obama is somehow “killing jobs” sounds ridiculous and out of touch. It seems to me that a “responsible” majority ought to be able to bring itself to say, “Nice job, Mr. President.”

Such a majority then should recognize that present economic conditions offer the opportunity to address big structural problems — and that addressing these problems can, in turn, broaden and deepen the recovery.

Infrastructure is perhaps the most obvious place to begin. Our airports are getting old. Many of our seaports cannot handle the newest generation of container ships.

Thousands of our bridges need to be repaired or replaced. Century-old municipal water systems are breaking down. The electrical grid needs to be more robust and secure. And while we invented the Internet, citizens of other countries enjoy networks with faster speeds and lower costs.

Republicans used to agree with Democrats that good economic times offer the opportunity to invest in infrastructure — which creates jobs, both now and in the future. Deficits are falling rapidly and interest rates are at historic lows. What are we waiting for? Shouldn’t a “responsible” Congress have a bill on Obama’s desk by the end of the month?

Another subject on which Obama and the Republicans in Congress agree, at least in principle, is the need for corporate tax reform. Obama has acknowledged, and Republicans have long contended, that the current top corporate rate of nearly 40 percent is too high — and that the strategies corporations use to avoid paying those taxes, such as moving their headquarters overseas, are detrimental to the national interest. There is a larger debate to be had about overall tax policy, but couldn’t we just start by lowering the corporate rate and closing the loopholes?

Finally, a “responsible” party that’s prepared to govern would have some ideas about how to boost economic mobility, which is what we really mean when we talk about “opportunity.” If Republicans think the American Dream means the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, then no, they’re not remotely ready for prime time.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

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Opening up on shut-eye Often overlooked, a good night’s rest can be the best thing for you

By Gale Fiege Herald Writer

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leep more.

If that’s not your New Year’s resolution, statistically it should be.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that insufficient sleep now is considered a public health epidemic.

An estimated 70 million adults in this country have sleep problems and are more likely to suffer from hypertension, diabetes, depression, obesity, cancer and a reduced quality of life.

Lack of sleep is a factor in deadly vehicle crashes and industrial disasters.

The increase in the number of people who don’t sleep well may be caused, in general, by chronic stress, long work days, lack of exercise and round-theclock access to computers, such as reading Facebook on your iPhone in bed.

The Los Angeles Times reported in December that a study by the Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that reading from a light-emitting device, such as an e-reader or iPad, before bedtime can shift your body’s natural clock and delay the onset of sleep.

It took study subjects using e-readers 10 minutes longer to fall asleep and they had nearly 12 minutes less rapid-eye-movement sleep, a stage that has been linked to memory consolidation.

Blood tests showed that people who read from a computer tablet had suppressed levels of the hormone melatonin. Long-term suppression of melatonin by nighttime light exposure is linked to increased risk of certain cancers, the study noted.

Sleep disorders such as insomnia or obstructive sleep apnea also play a role in our society’s fatigue and general health problems.

Rick Swanson, clinical director of North Puget Sound Center for Sleep Disorders in Everett, said apnea is the best known sleep problem among Americans.

More than 80 conditions can be diagnosed in a sleep study, he said. Yes, about 80 percent of people have the apnea problem, where they literally stop breathing in their sleep. But not all those who snore have apnea and not all those with apnea snore.

“Any disorder that disrupts sleep, and rapid-eye-movement sleep in particular, harms your brain and your body,” Swanson said. “Sleep is supposed to be the time when the mind and body regenerate and recharge.

If you are not getting good sleep, likely you can’t think as fast and you probably wake up with a headache.”

What scares Swanson about this health problem is that drowsy drivers are just as bad, if not worse than drunk drivers.

“Every 10th car on the freeway has an impaired driver,” Swanson said. “Yes, some are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or they are sending text messages, but many are simply too tired to drive.”

People who are older than 45 and overweight especially need to pay attention, Swanson said.

“It seems like common sense, but lots of people of a certain age won’t admit to their tiredness,” he said. “If your family says you have a problem, see a sleep specialist, get diagnosed and get treated.”

When a person’s oxygen level drops at night because of poor sleep, the person’s heart is working just as hard as it does during the day, he said. “And high blood pressure takes years off a person’s life.”

In addition, Swanson doesn’t buy the idea that you can sleep in on the weekends to make up for poor sleep during the work week.

“On the weekends you stay up later. You might sleep in, but you still aren’t getting a full night’s sleep.”

Sleep is as important as what you eat and how you exercise, said Stephanie Dellachiara of south Snohomish County.

Even though she has reached her goal weight, Dellachiara, at “71 years young,” continues to be a member of Chapter 1090 of TOPS in Bothell.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a national nonprofit organization that provides support to people who want to lose extra pounds and maintain a healthy weight.

“Everything is a circle,” Dellachiara said. “If you get enough sleep, eat right and exercise, you can just feel how balanced you are. And when you don’t, you know it.”

Lack of sleep can impact your ability to lose and even maintain

TOPS tips Here are 10 tips from Take Off Pounds Sensibly to maximize your sleep: 1. Create a bedroom favorable for sleep. Keep it quiet, dark and cool at night.

2. Getting up at the same time each day is essential for being able to fall asleep at night.

3. Avoid TV, laptops or smartphones before bed or in the your weight, she said.

TOPS doctors say that chronic stress can lead to poor quality sleep and, in turn, inadequate sleep can increase stress levels.

With high stress, the hormone cortisol is released into the bloodstream. The increase in cortisol is very useful when you are in danger, but long-term cortisol elevation is detrimental to health. Increased appetite levels

bedroom. Read a book instead.

4. A nightcap may sound inviting, but alcohol or caffeine will keep you up. Warm, herbal tea helps relax muscles.

5. Regular, intense exercise helps induce deep sleep. Avoid strenuous workouts two hours before bedtime.

6. Refrain from heavy meals or spicy foods two hours before bedtime.

7. Avoid afternoon naps, unless you are age 90 or older.

8. Have an aquarium? Consider moving it to your bedroom. Watching fish swim back and forth is calming.

9. Focus on deep breathing. Tense and relax your muscles, one at a time.

10. If all else fails, go to another room and sit quietly in a cozy chair until you feel sleepy again.

For more information on TOPS or to find a chapter in your area, go to www.tops.org.

and increased fat deposits in the abdominal area are just a couple of results of the negative effects of a high cortisol level in the body, TOPS doctors say.

In addition, the hormone leptin signals to the brain when a person is full. But when a person is sleep-deprived, leptin levels decrease, so you won’t be satisfied after you eat. You eat more food and you gain more weight.

If you stay up late sitting in front of the computer or TV, you’re more likely to graze when the satiety of supper has passed.

And if you’re tired, you are less likely to be disciplined about eating and less likely to get out for a walk.

Sleep more. Go to bed early.

Sleep in. And if you snore or stop breathing at night, see your doctor right away.

Positive mental outlook leads to better health, longer life

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ithout a doubt, your mind can affect your body. Examples are almost everywhere we look such as a stomach ache when you’re on edge, or a tension headache after a tough day.

Stress and emotional concerns can manifest in a variety of health problems ranging from rashes and backaches to high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks.

On the other hand, happier people may be spared some of these health problems. Studies show that having a positive mental outlook builds stronger immunity, reduces chronic illnesses, and even lowers the risk of death.

Here’s how feelings impact your physiology and what you can do about it to promote better health.

Emotions and your heart: Studies show that high levels of anger, impatience, nervousness and worry cause a surge in your stress hormones. Normally,

DR. ELIZABETH SMOOTS adrenaline and cortisol prepare your body to face an emergency.

If there’s no reason to fight or flee, however, these hormones may increase your pulse rate and blood pressure and have other damaging effects on your heart.

In addition, you’re more likely to make unhealthy lifestyle choices that could lead to a heart attack or stroke — such as drinking, smoking, overeating and not exercising — when you’re emotionally distraught.

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In a study of the impact of negative emotions on blood pressure, people who were hostile or impatient were nearly twice as likely to develop hypertension as their calmer peers. The research enrolled 3,300 young adults, who were followed over a period of 15 years, and was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In contrast, people who are more optimistic and satisfied are less likely to develop chronic diseases decades later in their lives.

Here are practical methods you can use to brighten your mental outlook and your health.

Fostering positive feelings: Use self-talk a lot. Think or talk out loud to yourself, replacing negative thoughts with more positive ones. Example: Replace a pessimistic thought such as “Diets don’t work” with a more optimistic thought like “The diet I tried didn’t work.”

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Emphasize the positive: Celebrate successes and achievements and try not to dwell on unpleasant experiences. Concentrating on the positive aspects of your life can have a powerful effect on daily mood.

Find activities you enjoy: Hobbies, volunteering and other activities that interest you are a great source of happiness. The key is to find something that you find rewarding and satisfying. Ideally, the activity so totally absorbs you that you lose awareness of yourself and time.

Soothe emotional upset: Meditation, relaxation training, breathwork, yoga and tai chi all involve focusing on the present and tuning out external factors.

This can help calm your mind.

Get exercise: Physical activity helps lower stress hormone levels. When done regularly, this works as an effective stressreduction remedy.

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Talk to a friend: Other ways to gain social support include club membership, religious or civic activities, volunteer work, or pet ownership.

Consider therapy: Seek counseling if your negative outlook interferes with your ability to function.

The experience can help you achieve better insight, learn valuable coping skills, and address any underlying disorders such as anxiety or depression that may be present.

You have control over many aspects of your own happiness.

Once you learn to cultivate positive feelings and sharpen your coping skills, you will be on your way to greater happiness and health.

More information: For selftests to assess happiness, go to the University of Pennsylvania at www.authentichappiness.sas. upenn.edu

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How much of your sketchy past to share?

DAILY CROSSWORD

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: Do I have a responsibility to tell a new partner that I cheated in the past?

Here’s the context: I was married, as was the other woman. We discussed we were cheating mostly for the sex that was lacking in our marriages, but leaving our marriages for each other was never on the table. Consequently, I decided to end my marriage.

To our knowledge, neither spouse ever knew. I never told another soul. The other woman did not divorce, although we agreed that now that I was divorced, we should cease our relationship.

I realize how wrong of us it was.

Years pass. I recently got a cryptic message from the other woman that her spouse now knows, and they are working to save their marriage. I hope they do, although I don’t see any way I can help except by staying out of it. I feel like I learned my lesson, and I’d never cheat again because I know firsthand how destructive it is. I’ve started dating again. I don’t feel a particular need to bring up the cheating with a future partner.

However, the other woman and I work in the same small industry, and she holds a fairly public,

CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT prominent position. If word were to spread that we cheated, it would be quick and could be destructive to our reputations. And I would want my future partner to hear it from me rather than through press or rumor.

But I also don’t want to tell someone about past indiscretions unnecessarily. Which brings us back to my question: Do I have a responsibility to tell a new partner?

If so, at what point in a relationship? My inclination would be not to tell, except if I felt they would find out some other way.

— Anonymous I think it’s important to tell some quantity of the truth if and when cheating comes up in conversation with a new partner (NP). For example, let’s say NP has cheated, and wants to tell you in the interest of full disclosure. Would you pretend

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you haven’t, let NP twist? Or if NP says cheating is a deal-breaker, past or present, what then?

You don’t need to provide any context, except that you were in a committed relationship and learned your lesson. You can explain to anyone who wants details that you’re not withholding any details to make yourself look better — you did a bad thing and hurt people. Telling more, though, would involve cutting into a part of the story that is not entirely yours to tell.

It’s also fair to say this low point in your history helped educate you about yourself, resulting in better, more compatible choices. That’s all more truth than dodge, especially in this case.

But let’s say you go into more detail with NP — and NP turns out not to be trustworthy. That would be potentially harmful to your exaffair partner, more harmful than it would be to you, yet NP wouldn’t gain much from having the detail.

Except, in the worst case, leverage.

So, you have dueling responsibilities both to disclose and withhold.

(Good luck with that!) I think admitting you cheated and why, without specifics, when you’ve developed some trust, is the appropriate balance to strike.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE New husband shows warning signs of abuser Dear Abby: I was single for four years and recently remarried. I didn’t intend to marry again, but then I met “Bob.” He was so kind and attentive that I was attracted. He proposed to me every day, several times a day, and eight months later I married him.

Bob moved here from out of state and hasn’t been able to find work. It has been challenging. My daughter lives with us and is in college.

His mood swings have been drastic lately. He doesn’t want me to talk to anyone else, do anything without him (hang with my friends, my daughter, etc.).

I have a great job and work part-time in the evenings to make ends meet. I try to stay calm, but he yells, uses profanity and is highly manipulative.

His depression is tearing us apart. I also believe he is addicted to marijuana. He has threatened suicide, but I don’t know if he would actually go through with it.

Abby, I have worked very hard to get where I am. I know I need to take care of myself and my daughter, but I don’t want to just throw this away, either. — Torn In Two In Texax Dear Torn In Two: Without more information, it’s hard to tell whether your husband’s depression makes him act the way he does, or whether you have been seduced by an abuser.

Among the warning signs of an abuser are: ■ Pushes for quick involvement; ■ Isolation: tries to isolate you from friends or family members; ■ Makes others responsible for his/her feelings: The abuser says, “YOU make me angry” instead of “I am angry.”

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DEAR ABBY easily insulted, claiming hurt feelings when he or she is really mad. Rants about the injustice of things that are just a part of life; ■ Verbal abuse: constantly criticizes or says blatantly cruel things — degrades, curses, calls you names.— Sudden mood swings: switches from sweet to violent within minutes.

This is only a partial list — there are 15 in all, which is too long for this column.

However, they can be precursors to serious physical violence.

Urge your husband to get counseling for his depression and insecurity.

If he refuses, then contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or online at thehotline.org for help in safely separating from him before your husband’s behavior escalates.

Dear Abby: At a blacktie-optional wedding, is it appropriate for a man to come wearing a cowboy hat and keep it on at the dinner table? — Curious In Palm Desert Dear Curious: Hat etiquette decrees that it should be removed when a man is indoors. And according to The Campfire Chronicle (at stargazermercantile.com), “If you’re in a restaurant that serves anything that isn’t coated in barbecue sauce, it’s probably best to lose the hat.”

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2015. There are 359 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight: On Jan. 6, 1540, England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)

On this date: In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Virginia.

In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey.

In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.

In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.

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In 1950, Britain recognized the Communist government of China.

In 1963, “Oliver!,” Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist,” opened on Broadway. “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” premiered on NBC-TV. In 1974, year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.

In 1975, the original version of “Wheel of Fortune,” hosted by Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford, premiered on NBC-TV. In 1987, the U.S. Senate voted 88-4 to establish an eleven-member panel to hold public hearings on the Iran-Contra affair.

In 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit’s Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival, Tonya Harding, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding denied knowing about plans for the attack.)

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The superintendent of Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira said Monday the 12-by-12-inch likeness of the American writer was likely stolen between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The plaque showing Twain’s image was one of two on a 12-foot-tall, 78-yearold granite monument commissioned by Twain’s daughter Clara.

The other plaque, of Clara’s husband, was untouched.

Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri.

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When Vincent Van Gogh steps off the train in the coal-mining region of Belgium known as the Borinage, his artist’s eye is immediately captivated by his surroundings. He has not come to paint the region but to save souls.

Before he was an artist, he was a minister, sent to bring comfort to the poor, hungry and desperate families who slaved in mines to warm the rest of Europe.

His experiences destroyed his faith and led to the “Lust for Life” famously described in Irving Stone’s 1934 novel.

Novelist Nellie Hermann doesn’t replicate the work of Stone in the new “The Season of Migration,” but attempts to add to our understanding of Van Gogh with an imagining of a 10-month “silent period” in which Van Gogh broke

off communication with his younger brother, Theo, to whom Van Gogh wrote hundreds of letters during his lifetime. Hermann describes the silence as one born of heartbreak and frustration as Van Gogh’s faith fails in the wake of a mining disaster and he comes to see his call to ministry as a mistake.

His dedication to service wins him the miners’ respect. But the madness that will plague him until his death is already evident, and villagers begin to distance themselves as he stops eating and bathing.

A mine explosion kills the woman he loves and spurs a full-scale breakdown.

The novel leaves Van Gogh on the brink of destiny, waiting for what’s next. It is an unfinished, unfulfilling ending, concluding much like Van Gogh’s time in the Borinage.

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Elaborate woodblock prints. A pair of 3,000-yearold bronze tigers, which the museum’s chief digital officer calls her favorite objects in the museum.

All told, there are 40,691 images from the Smithsonian’s Asian Art museums, most of them prints and ceramics.

As museum director Julian Raby told The Washington Post in December, it’s “part of the

democratization of art.”

It’s also, incidentally, part of a larger movement to get museum catalogs digitized and online, where researchers (and the curious public) can view them more easily.

Last May, both the Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art digitized large chunks of their collections, putting up more than 400,000 images for free, non-commercial use — including works by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet and John Singer Sargent. It’s a worthwhile

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NO. 14-4-01664-1 AMENDED PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY Estate of MARGARET D. HILL, Deceased.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Cour t has a p p o i n t e d m e Pe r s o n a l Representative of Decedent’s estate.

Any person having a claim against the 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 11.40.070: • By filing with the foregoing Cour t the original of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and • By ser ving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of the s i g n e d C r e d i t o r ’s Claim.

The Creditor’s Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: • Thirty (30) days after I ser ved or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.40.020(3), or • Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice.

If the Creditor’s Claim is not presented within the foregoing time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

T h i s b a r i s e f fe c t i ve fo r claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: 12-23-14 Signed: RAYMOND R. HILL, III Personal Representative Address for Mailing or Service: RAYMOND R. HILL, III c/o THE MULVIHILL LAW FIRM P.O. BOX 1001 LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON 98046 Published: December 23, 30, 2014; January 6, 2015.

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Thompson to enter NFL draft Washington Huskies’ All-American linebacker announces he will forgo his senior year

By Christian Caple The News Tribune

ELAINE THOMPSON / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington’s Shaq Thompson will begin training for the NFL draft on Tuesday in San Diego.

SEATTLE — Shaq Thompson didn’t need much time to decide where he wants to play football next season.

No surprise here: three days

after the Washington Huskies ended their 2014 season, Thompson, a junior linebacker, announced that he will forego his senior year of college to enter the NFL draft.

His final year at UW was wellrounded — Thompson played

linebacker, safety, running back and special teams, earned multiple first-team All-America honors, and won the Paul Hornung Award as the nation’s most versatile player.

He announced his decision to go pro on Monday morning,

including a prepared statement thanking his coaches, family and Huskies fans for their support during his three-year career at Washington.

“It feels good. I can finally get it See THOMPSON, Page C5

COMMUNITY SPORTS TODAY’S GAME

Everett at Brandon, 5 p.m.

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Memorable game for Tips’ Bauml

By Nick Patterson Herald writer

ANDREW TOWELL / SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

Senior guard Suzanna Ohlsen, a graduate of Monroe High School, leads the Seattle Pacific women’s basketball team in scoring, assists, steals and minutes played this season.

SPU’s ‘difference maker’ Monroe High School graduate Suzanna Ohlsen has been a big part of the nationally ranked Falcons’ success this season

By Rich Myhre

Ohlsen honored

Herald Writer

SEATTLE — Early in a Dec. 6 game against Alaska Anchorage, Seattle Pacific University guard Suzanna Ohlsen drove to the basket for a left-handed lay-in. The shot got tipped away and Ohlsen fell, slamming the back of her head against the court.

Ohlsen got up and prepared to throw the ball in-bounds — except she couldn’t remember the in-bounds play. Two days later, she was diagnosed with a concussion, which caused her to miss one game and 10 days of practice.

The game against Alaska Anchorage, which SPU lost 85-58, is easily the most forgettable outing of the season for Ohlsen — and literally so because she remembers little about the game. She had nine turnovers, which equaled her combined total of points (four), assists (three) and steals (two).

“It’s funny,” said Ohlsen, a 2011 graduate of Monroe High School, “but I felt like I was playing great when I was actually stinking it up. I was not as sharp as I should’ve been …

Seattle Pacific guard Suzanna Ohlsen was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday for her efforts in road wins last week against Western Washington and Simon Fraser.

In the two games, Ohlsen had a combined 43 points, five rebounds, eight assists, nine steals and shot .500 from the field (16-for32) and .571 from the 3-point line (4-for-7).

Ohlsen previously was named the GNAC Player of the Week on Nov. 24. and I had no clue because I was unaware.”

The good news is, Ohlsen is fine now and so is Seattle Pacific. The Alaska Anchorage loss was the only defeat of the season for the high-flying Falcons, who are 11-1 overall and ranked 19th nationally in the most recent NCAA Division II poll, announced in mid-December. SPU is sure to climb when a new poll is announced today.

The 5-foot-7 Ohlsen, the team’s point

— SPU women’s basketball coach Julie Heisey on point guard Suzanna Ohlsen

guard, is SPU’s leader in scoring (17.7 points a game), assists (3.9), steals (3.2) and minutes (29.0). She has led the team in scoring eight times, assists seven times (three ties) and steals seven times (two ties).

This past weekend, on the road against Western Washington and Simon Fraser (two teams that played in last season’s Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament championship game), Ohlsen led the Falcons to two victories. Against WWU See OHLSEN, Page C5

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Seahawks’ Irvin thrives at linebacker

Seattle outside linebacker Bruce Irvin (51) waits for the snap during the Seahawks ‘ game against the Cardinals on Dec. 28 in Seattle.

By John Boyle Herald Writer

RENTON — Bruce Irvin is discussing his second season as a linebacker, talking about how he has finally accepted that he is no longer a defensive end, when Cliff Avril interrupts from the next locker over.

“He ain’t bought in all the way,” Avril says with a laugh.

And Avril is right, as much as Irvin has improved as a linebacker this

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If our team can be successful this year, she should be an AllAmerican

Kohl Bauml grew up in Saskatchewan attending Saskatoon Blades games at what is now named the SaskTel Centre.

He remembers his childhood heroes coming onto the ice and acknowledging the fans during the postgame three stars presentations.

Now he’s had one of those moments of his own to cherish the rest of his life.

The Everett Silvertips captain had a dream homecoming when the hometown boy earned firststar honors in Everett’s 6-2 victory at Saskatoon on Saturday.

“It was pretty surreal,” Bauml said Monday via cell phone from Brandon, Manitoba. “I remember going to a lot of games in that arena, seeing a lot of really good players go onto the ice, so it was something of a flashback. It was a cool experience.”

Bauml scored two goals in the victory and his line, comprised of himself and fellow Saskatoon natives Carson Stadnyk and Dawson Leedahl, played a big role in the victory. The trio combined to tally three goals, one assist and finish with a plus-5 rating. Leedahl was named the game’s third star.

“It was a pretty good feeling, to get a game at home, score a couple of goals, and playing with Carson and Dawson,” said Bauml, who estimated there were approximately 100 spectators in attendance between the three families. “It was a nice feeling for me and those guys. It was a great atmosphere, having all the Saskatoon parents cheering when we scored. It was like a home game away from home for us.”

Bauml and the Tips are a third of the way through their six-games-in-nine-days swing through the WHL’s East Division, and it’s been so-far so-good for Everett. The Tips won each of their first two games, beating Prince Albert 2-0 the night before the victory at Saskatoon. Everett

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year, he is still in many ways a defensive end at heart, putting the act of hitting a quarterback above all else.

“I’ll always be a D-lineman at heart, but (linebacker) is fun,” said Irvin, who was drafted in the first round as an end in 2012, but moved to strongside linebacker last year.

In fact, Irvin who had 6.0 sacks this season while splitting time between linebacker and pass rusher, says he’d still take a sack over an interception return for a touchdown. It is a play

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that is the holy grail for many defensive players, and something Irvin has two of this year, including one in Seattle’s Week 17 win over St. Louis that clinched the NFC West title.

“That was fun, but I’d rather have a sack though,” he said. “I’d rather have two sacks. I’d take one and a half sacks over them two touchdowns. I need them sacks, man. I need ‘em. I need ‘em, man.”

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SILVERTIPS | Update Tonight’s Game Opponent: Brandon Wheat Kings When: 5 p.m.

Where: Keystone Centre, Brandon, Manitoba Radio: KRKO (1380) Live blog: www.heraldnet.com/silvertipsblog

Regina trades four top players, builds for future

By Nick Patterson

Tale of the tape

Herald writer

(Stats through Monday)

EVERETT BRANDON 23-11-3-1 (50 pts.)

29-7-3-1 (62 pts.)

1st in U.S. Div. 1st in East 2-0-0-0................. Streak ................8-0-1-1 6-4-0-0.................Last 10................8-0-1-1 0-0-0-0...........Head to head ..........0-0-0-0 21.9 (6th) ......... Power play ....... 26.7 (2nd) 75.2 (20th) ....... Penalty kill ......77.2 (16th)

Top skaters EVERETT RW Nikita Scherbak (18 goals, 30 assists) D Ben Betker (2 goals, 10 assists) C Kohl Bauml (17 goals, 16 assists)

BRANDON LW Morgan Klimchuk (15 goals, 18 assists) C Tim McGauley (25 goals, 24 assists) C Jayce Hawryluk (18 goals, 27 assists)

No. 1 goalies EVERETT Austin Lotz 16-8-1-1, 2.69, .902

BRANDON Jordan Papirny 24-6-3-0, 2.82, .910

Key injuries / suspensions Everett: D Kevin Davis (upper body), RW Logan Aasman (upper body), RW Graham Millar (upper body), LW Jake Mykitiuk (upper body).

Brandon: D Ivan Provorov (World Juniors), D Kale Clague (upper body).

Morris stays at Stanford, passes on Sounders deal Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford forward Jordan Morris has turned down a chance to sign with the Seattle Sounders to stay in school for his junior year.

In November, Morris became the first college player in nearly two decades to appear for the U.S. men’s national team when he came on in the 76th minute of a 4-1 exhibition loss to Ireland in Dublin.

Morris has played for the Sounders’ under-23 team and trained against the national team in May during the Americans’ World Cup preparation camp at Stanford.

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WHL | Notebook

The Regina Pats are currently in third place in the WHL’s Eastern Conference at 24-12-2-1.

They’ve lost just twice in regulation since the end of November.

Regina beat Brandon, the team its chasing in the East Division, each of the past three times the teams played.

Nevertheless, the Pats decided to cash in all their chips and play for the future instead of the present.

The WHL’s trade deadline is fast approaching, and Regina has undergone the most dramatic transformation so far, trading away its top four players despite its lofty position in the standings.

Regina got a jump on the trade deadline, which arrives Saturday, by trading away a quartet of 19-year-olds who were the core of the Pats this season.

It began Friday when Regina flipped star forward Morgan Klimchuk, a first-round NHL draft pick, to Brandon in exchange for 17-year-old forward Jesse Gabrielle. The rest came gushing out Monday in a pair of deals.

First the Pats sent forward Dryden Hunt and defenseman Kyle Burroughs to Medicine Hat for 17-year-old defenseman Connor Hobbs, a second-round pick in the 2016 bantam draft and a third rounder in 2015.

Finally they capped it off by dealing forward Connor Gay to Red Deer along with a first rounder in 2016, second rounder in 2015 and seventh rounder in 2017. In return Regina received 15-year-old

forward Jake Leschyshyn, who was the sixth-overall pick in the 2014 bantam draft, and a conditional fourth rounder in 2017.

In total, the Pats shipped out four players who combined for 53 goals, 90 assists and were a plus-77 in 139 games. In return they received two players on the radar for this year’s NHL draft and a highly-touted 15-year-old prospect. The draft picks largely canceled one another out.

Regina won just one playoff game the previous six seasons, and first-year general manager/head coach John Paddock suggested to the Regina LeaderPost that he’s trying to clean up the mess inherited from the previous regime.

“The (mistakes) of the past are what has caused this,” Paddock said following the Klimchuk trade. “It is what it is. Morgan and the other guys on this team have left far more legacy in six months than what happened here in previous years. They’re aware of that and they deserve credit for that in how they’ve played. This is just part of the past that had to happen.”

Regina’s first opponent following the purge? The Everett Silvertips come to town on Wednesday.

Around the WHL The NHL’s Edmonton Oilers returned 19-year-old German forward Leon Draisaitl to the WHL. Draisaitl was the third-overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft out of Prince Albert. The Raiders already announced Draisaitl’s rights will be traded, with Kelowna largely rumored to be the destination.

Seattle underwent a shuffle of its overagers and Europeans as 20-year-old forward Justin Hick-

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outshot its opponents 90-54 in the two contests as the Tips controlled the puck the majority of each game.

“Those were two pretty good games to start the road trip,” Bauml said. “I think we were all over the ice. We had lots of energy, we were on the puck the whole time, we were shooting the puck with 40-plus shots both games.

Overall it was a really good start.”

However, the degree of difficulty takes a big jump beginning Tuesday. Prince Albert and Saskatoon are currently the bottom two teams in the division and Everett , which sits in first place in the U.S. Division at 23-11-3-1, was favored to win those games. The circumstances change ENTER ON: Tuesday when the Tips encounter the first-place Brandon Wheat Kings.

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man was shut down for the season because of shoulder surgery and 20-year-old Latvian forward Roberts Lipsbergs was returned to the team from the professional ranks.

The T-birds released 17-year-old Austrian forward Florian Baltram to free up an import spot.

Brandon filled its vacant overage slot by acquiring the rights to 20-year-old defenseman Reid Gow from Spokane in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft and a conditional fourth rounder in 2016 or 2017. Gow did not return to Spokane for his overage season, choosing instead to enroll in the University of Manitoba.

The Manitoba native left school to join the Wheat Kings.

Kelowna forward Rourke Chartier signed a three-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. The 18-year-old was a fifthround selection in the 2014 NHL draft.

Victoria’s Travis Brown was named the WHL Player of the Week. The 20-year-old defenseman had one goal and four assists as the Royals went 2-0. ... Medicine Hat’s Trevor Cox was named the WHL Player of the Month for December. The 19-year-old forward had nine goals and 19 assists in 10 games.

Vancouver’s Cody Porter was named the WHL Goaltender of the Month for December. The 17-yearold went 3-0-1-1 with a 1.25 goals against average and .954 save percentage.

Leaders Points — Trevor Cox (Medicine Hat) 65; goals — Rourke Chartier (Kelowna) 35; assists — Cox 51; penalty minutes — Ryan Rehill (Kamloops) 98; wins — Jordan Papirny (Brandon), Jackson Whistle (Kelowna) 24; goals against average — Taran Kozun (Seattle) 2.23; save percentage — Adin Hill (Portland) .934.

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Wheat Kings are 29-7-3-1 and have won all five of their games since the Christmas break, outscoring their opponents 23-9. They led the league in goals scored with 181 in 40 games, an average of 4.5 per contest.

Therefore, the Tips know they’re in for a challenge trying to slow the Wheat Kings down.

“We’re just trying to stay focused on ourselves,” Bauml said. “We know they’re a good team, but we’re a good team, too.

“We just have to stick to our plan, which is not giving up a lot of shots, blocking shots and hitting people,” Bauml added. “They have a lot of skilled players, and when that’s the case you have to outwork them. So while we know they have a lot of offense, we’re going to bear down and concentrate more on our own game than on theirs.”

Immediately following Tuesday’s game the Tips hop on the bus and head back to Saskatchewan for Wednesday night’s game at Regina.

The road trip finishes with games at Moose Jaw and Swift Current on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Injury update Tips winger Graham Millar has been added to Everett’s injury list. Millar left the ice bleeding following a second-period fight in Saturday’s game at Saskatoon and did not return. He joins defenseman Kevin Davis and winger Jake Mykitiuk as considered day-to-day because of upper-body injuries, and it’s unknown whether any of the three will play Tuesday against Brandon.

Winger Logan Aasman, who also has an upper-body ailment, is out indefinitely and is not expected to play.

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BOYS BASKETBALL Wesco 4A—Mount Vernon at Mariner, Jackson at Monroe, Cascade at Lake Stevens, Snohomish at Kamiak, all 7:15 p.m.

Wesco 3A South—Shorewood at Lynnwood, Shorecrest at Meadowdale, Glacier Peak at Mountlake Terrace, all 7:15 p.m.

Cascade Conference—Cedarcrest at Sultan, Archbishop Murphy at Granite Falls, King’s at South Whidbey, all 6:45 p.m.; Lakewood at Cedar Park Christian-Bothell, 7 p.m.

Northwest 2B/1B—Concrete at Cedar Park Christian-Mountlake Terrace, 7:30 p.m.

Northwest 1B—Grace Academy vs.

Providence Classical Christian at Overlake Christian Church, 4 p.m.; Lopez Island at Tulalip Heritage, 5 p.m.

Nonconference—Arlington at EdmondsWoodway, 7:15 p.m.

BOYS SWIMMING Wesco—Lake Stevens vs. Snohomish, Lake Stevens vs. Glacier Peak, both at Snohomish Aquatic Center, 3:15 p.m.

Nonconference—Archbishop Murphy vs.

Mount Vernon at Skagit Valley YMCA, 2:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cascade Conference—Lakewood at Cedar Park Christian-Bothell, 5:15 p.m.; Sultan at Cedarcrest, South Whidbey at King’s, Granite Falls at Archbishop Murphy, all 6:45 p.m.

Northwest 2B/1B—Concrete at Cedar Park Christian-Mountlake Terrace, 6 p.m.

Northwest 1B—Lopez Island at Tulalip Heritage, 3:30 p.m.; Grace Academy at Skykomish, 6 p.m.

WRESTLING Wesco 3A—Meadowdale at Glacier Peak, 7 p.m.

Nonconference—Monroe at Redmond, 5 p.m.; Interlake at Cascade, 7 p.m.

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■ The USSSA is looking for softball umpires in Snohomish and King counties. Umpires are needed for youth and adult leagues.

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PREP ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Steven Hyvari Granite Falls | Boys Basketball Hyvari scored 25 points in a win over Lambrick APark, 22 in a loss to Mount Baker and 19 in a win over Blaine this past week.

Marissa Blair Lakewood | Girls Basketball The junior scored 21 points and pulled down a school-record 25 rebounds in a triple-overtime loss to Mount Vernon Christian on Friday.

Christian Bagdadi Everett | Wrestling Bagdadi secured the championship at 152 pounds this past Saturday in the 34th annual Everett Classic.

The Athletes of the Week are selected

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Lynnwood’s Kelsey Rogers (left) and Snohomish’s Madison Pollock wrestle for the ball duirng a game at Lynnwood High School on Dec. 11.

Fast starts are a Royal trademark Defensive pressure has helped the Lynnwood girls put opponents away early this season

By Aaron Lommers Herald Writer

With a suffocating press, the strategy of the Lynnwood girls basketball team is to wear teams out then take advantage of that fatigue late in games.

So far, that strategy hasn’t come in to play this season .

The Royals have won their first nine games by no less than 17 points. Most have been all but decided by the end of the first quarter.

The Royals have outscored all but one of their opponents in the first quarter this season. Snohomish, the only team not to be outscored by the Royals, managed a 7-7 tie. Against Jackson in the season opener, and more recently against Meadowdale, the Royals pitched first-quarter shutouts.

“We have a very strong-willed team and they’re very competitive,” Lynnwood head coach Everett Edwards said. “We take a lot pride in our defense and we do want to get off to great starts. We want to win every quarter, but the first and third quarters are a little extra special in terms of being able to execute

the game plan. The kids are just working and playing as hard as they can.”

Lynnwood’s first-quarter dominance paid off this past week when the Royals traveled to Lake Oswego, Oregon, for the Nike Interstate Shootout. The Royals faced four of the top teams in Oregon and won every game by at least 20 points en route to the championship.

“It couldn’t have gone any better,” Edwards said. “Except for the first game, every one of our players played. It’s exciting to think that we could compete like that with some of the top teams down in Oregon.”

In the championship game against South Salem, the Royals jumped to a 9-0 lead and never looked back, winning 59-38. All four teams the Royals faced were held to nine points or less in the opening stanza.

Without a doubt, the key to the Royals success early in games is their press. Their relentless pressure not only causes turnovers, but quickly tires opponents.

“So far, our kids have been working real hard and we’ve been able to keep our press up,

which is a big deal in terms of being able to wear teams down with constant pressure the whole game,” Edwards said.

Lynnwood junior forward Jordyn Edwards, the daughter of Coach Edwards, said the Royals’ depth is a key to being able to stick with the press throughout games.

“It really helps knowing that if you’re tired, you can get a quick sub,” she said. “The whole team can play good defense and I think it just helps knowing that you can go really hard and then there’s somebody that will have your back — and then you can go right back in.”

Perhaps the most frightening thing for Lynnwood opponents is that despite winning every game so far this season by an average of 34.3 point, the best may be yet to come.

“I’m very humble when I say this, but we still haven’t played our best basketball yet,” Edwards said. “We’re still looking to play better basketball and there are still some things that we’re working on on the offensive end and with skill development and everything else, so it’s a constant grind regarding what it’s going

to take.”

Despite the lopsided victories, Edwards still sees things his team needs to work on. Earlier in the season, the Royals beat Wilson, a top-five 3A team by 35 points. The game was never close, but Wilson was the only team to score 10 points or more against the Royals in every quarter so far this season. The Rams’ “success” helped Edwards pinpoint an area that needed to be addressed.

“We understand that we must make it a priority to rebound the basketball and we can’t allow teams to get multiple offensive rebounds,” he said.

“That’s very challenging given our style of play at times and the type of defense that we’re playing, but we have a renewed focus on rebounding. That is the number-one priority for us. In that Wilson game, that was an area of concern. We’ve looked at that and we’re practicing it right now.”

Aaron Lommers covers prep sports for The Herald. Follow him on Twitter at @aaronlommers and contact him at alommers@ heraldnet.com.

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The Everett Seagulls put on the 34th annual Everett Classic Wrestling Tournament on Saturday and won the event for the fifth time in its history, finishing just ahead of Lake Stevens in the team standings.

The Seagulls won 30 of their 48 matches and finished with 158 points. Lake Stevens was second with 133 points and was followed

by Arlington (116), Mount Si (115.5), Issaquah (109) and Timberline (101).

Wrestlers from 31 high schools competed in the one-day event, Everett wrestling coach Brien Elliot said.

“We were trying to win, but we knew it was going to be a longshot for us to win it,” Elliott said. “Some teams didn’t have full squads. ...

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A little luck and a little skill helped us. It was fun to win it.”

Christian Bagdadi was the lone Everett wrestler to capture an individual championship, winning the 152-pound division. Bagdadi came from behind to defeat Mark Johnston of Oak Harbor, who is ranked No. 3 in the state at 160 pounds, 5-4 in what Elliott said was one of the more exciting finals of the tournament.

“He looked outstanding,” Elliott said of Bagdadi. “He got the Outstanding Wrestler Award.

He was pretty excited about that.

He had a lot of state-ranked guys in his weight class. It was pretty neat.”

Other local wrestlers who claimed individual titles included Gavin Rork (126

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Arlington and Oak Harbor were among four schools that produced a pair of individual champions. The others were Vashon Island (Luke Larson at 106 pounds and Chase Wickman at 120) and Liberty (Connor Small at 170 and Romney Noel at 182).

“The more that you put your kids up against tougher kids, and the more that they start to see that level on a regular basis, the more they start to rise to that level,” Elliott said of the reason for the tournament. “If you go out and seek the tougher competition and get those kids seeing that level and they start to have

success at it, then they build a lot of confidence, and that’s what you want by the end of the season going into the postseason.”

Fund-raiser for E-W player The Edmonds-Woodway boys basketball team is holding a fundraiser for point guard Jordan Rice and his brother during Tuesday night’s non-conference game against Arlington.

Rice, a junior, lost his father to a heart attack on Christmas Eve. The Warriors hope to “Fill the Stands” for the game, which features two of the top teams in the area. There will be a collection at halftime.

Jordan’s older brother, Brad, a student at Shoreline Community College, also played basketball for the Warriors.

A GoFundMe account has been set up for the Rice brothers, who lost their mother six years ago. As of Monday evening, the account had surpassed $52,000.

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Boys Pts. 1. King’s (3) 45 2. Marysville Pilchuck 42 3. Glacier Peak 38 4. Arlington 37 5. Edmonds-Woodway 30 6. Stanwood 27 7. Jackson 26 8. Snohomish 25 9. Kamiak 22 10. Shorecrest 21 11. Cascade 14 12. Archbishop Murphy 13 13. Mariner 8 14. Meadowdale 7 15. Shorewood 3

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Girls Pts. 1. Lynnwood 45 (3) 2. Glacier Peak 42 3. Edmonds-Woodway 39 4. Arlington 36 5. Lake Stevens 33 6. Snohomish 27 7. Stanwood 25 8. Monroe 24 T9. Kamiak 22 T9. Shorewood 22 11. Shorecrest 15 12. King’s 12 13. Archbishop Murphy 9 14. Marysville Getchell 6 15. Meadowdale 2

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Voters: Herald writers David Krueger and Aaron Lommers, and Steve Willits of Sound Live Sports Network. For their individual votes, visit www.heraldnet. com.

PREP | Roundup Everett 43, Hazen 36 At Hazen H.S. Everett Hazen

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Everett—Megan Dedrick 14, Caroline Overstreet 0, Sydney Taggart 7, Kristen Snyder 0, Kiana Keithley 0, Lauren Burgess 0, Brittany Pedigo 2, Kate Pohland 9, Alexis Rutter 5, Katy Hedington 6. Hazen—Brenna Harrison 2, Alexis Rogers 4, Kaya Dumas 6, Anna Dickinson 16, Shannon Goss 3, Sarah Sherrod 3, Katie Bunne 2. 3-point goals—Dickinson 4, Goss 1, Dedrick 2, Taggart 1, Pohland 1. Records—Everett 4-6 overall. Hazen not reported.

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Interlake—Alyssa Buchtal 2, Amanda Melhoff 6, Megan Black 9, Courtney Whner 18, Camilla David-Smith 2, Adrianna Cottle 5, Maddie Chandler 5, Whitney Hoglund 5, Kylie Malyon 2, Kaycee Saber 2. Marysville Pilchuck— Catrina Wright 2, Skyleen Inthathirath 22, Bianca Acurio 0, Bailey Nelson 3, Olivia Lee 8, Amanda Kalab 5, Dominique Jenkins 6, Tatiana Gomez 1. 3-point goals—Melhoff 1, Black 3, Whner 2, Inthathirath 2, Lee 2, Kalab 1, Jenkins 2. Records—Marysville Pilchuck 0-10 overall. Interlake not reported.

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But even if the pass-rushing element of his job is still Irvin’s first love, he is embracing his role at linebacker in a way he didn’t in 2013. It wasn’t that Irvin was bad last season, but he didn’t have the impact he has had this season. He is playing well against the run, making plays in coverage, making the right pre-snap adjustments, all while still getting those cherished sacks as a pass rusher.

“I feel like I’ve made a significant stride to becoming a good, consistent ‘backer,” Irvin said. “The biggest thing with me was just being consistent. Last year I’d have a good game, then fall off two games, then have a good game. So that was the biggest thing for me was to try to stay consistent, and I think I’ve done that pretty well this year.”

Irvin said the biggest change as been “Just studying more. I wasn’t too sold on becoming a ‘backer, because I was a D-end all my life. So I really didn’t buy in last year like I was supposed to. But this year, I took it more seriously, I guess you could say, studying my craft, trying to correct my mistakes.”

By thriving in a dual role this season, Irvin, who is arguably the team’s best pound-forpound athlete, has overcome one of his perceived weaknesses coming out of West Virginia, where he was used as a situational pass rusher. Plenty of people liked Irvin’s upside in the 2012 draft, but not everyone was sold on the idea of him as a first-round pick. Seattle, however, used the No. 15 pick on Irvin, and he was effective, collecting 8.0 sacks, the most for a rookie that season, but as was the case in college, he was a part-time player.

This season, however, Irvin has played 70.8 percent of Seattle’s defensive snaps, and his role has increased even more of late with him playing 84 percent or more of the snaps in each of the past three games. Against Carolina and mobile quarterback Cam Newton, who Irvin sacked twice earlier this season, Irvin figures to have a big role once again when Seattle kicks off postseason play on Saturday night.

“I’m just doing the complete opposite of what my biggest knock was coming into the league — I was a one-dimensional pass rusher who couldn’t play the run,” Irvin said.

“I think I’m proving that I can play the run pretty good. Pass rushing is coming along, so I think I’m becoming a complete player if you ask me.”

The Seahawks were excited about the idea of Irvin as a linebacker when they made the move last season.

“When you look up the picture of a linebacker, his face shows up,” linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. said early last season.

“We’re really excited, he’s going to do it all.

He’s going to be rushing the passer, he’s going to be playing the run, he’s going to be buzzing to the flats, he’s going to be flying around.”

But it took time for Irvin to not just learn how to be a linebacker, but also to embrace the change. And after a second season at his new position, Irvin is starting to look more and more like that player Norton described 15 months ago.

“I’m just trying to be consistent,” Irvin said. “Talent is cool, but when you’re team can’t depend on you to be at the right spot or depend on you to make certain plays, that don’t mean nothing. That’s my biggest thing, I’m just trying to be dependable, man. Let these guys know that I’m going to be there when I’m supposed to be there.”

Perhaps most encouraging for both the Seahawks and Irvin is that there is still room for growth.

“We always thought he was a really versatile football player,” Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said. “Remember we brought him in to rush the passer, which he’s doing on third down. And we wanted to find out what he could do with his other stuff. In his workouts coming out, he got kind of hammered that he didn’t look like a linebacker to a lot of the scouts of other teams and all; that was kind of the word on the street, and we needed to find out.

“We think that we’re using him in a way that allows him to use all of his stuff. He’s really quick, he can run really fast, he’s a really natural cover guy. Remember he was a safety in junior college, so he has all of the skills that you want. So we think that at the (strongside) ‘backer spot, we can use all that and still get him as a feature thirddown guy.

“It’s worked out; he’s learned his position well. He’ll continue to improve though; he’s still young at it. But we’re happy with the progress that he’s made. He’s really playing much more physical at the point of attack on the edge like we like him and he’s taking pride in that. He just continues to develop.

He’s got a couple more years at really growing at the position before he’ll really reach the top of his game.”

Seahawks sign DT Cohen The Seahawks signed defensive tackle Landon Cohen Monday, filling the final spot on the 53man roster that has been open since DT Travian Robertson was waived on Dec. 26. The 28-year-old Cohen, who is listed as 6-foot-3, 300 pounds, was a seventh-round pick in 2008, and appeared in 20 games over his first two seasons in Detroit before being released after training camp in 2010. He has since spent time in Jacksonville, New England, then was out of football in 2012, spending that year running his valet parking company, according to an article on the Buffalo Bills’ website. Cohen spent training camp with Buffalo before being released prior to the start of the season. Cohen spent the 2013 season in Dallas and Chicago, starting three games for the Bears. Cohen has 46 tackles in 40 games plays (eight starts) over six NFL seasons.

He very briefly spent time with Seattle in 2011 but did not appear in a game.

Herald Writer John Boyle: jboyle@heraldnet.com

Panthers’ Rivera, family not injured in house fire

By Steve Reed Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers coach Ron Rivera has more to worry about this week than his team’s upcoming NFC playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks after an overnight fire at his home left his family displaced on Monday.

The Rivera family’s 7,000-square-foot, two-story Charlotte home sustained “significant” damage from an early morning blaze that spewed heavy smoke and fire from the attic two days after Carolina’s 27-16 playoff victory over Arizona.

No one was injured in the two-alarm blaze, which took about an hour to extinguish.

The Charlotte Fire Investigative Task Force determined the cause of the “accidental fire” to be a fireplace inside the home and estimated the damages at approximately $500,000.

“The big thing is we’re all right,” Rivera said. “This opportunity to work and continue to work is very reassuring. It could

have been worse. It’s kind of like (the movie) ‘It’s A Wonderful Life,’ You see things through a different set of eyes now.”

Rivera and his wife, Stephanie, along with his two brothers and their wives were in the house sleeping at the time of the fire.

All made it out safely along with two family pets.

Rivera suspected the fire might have started in a gas fireplace, located on the opposite side of the master bedroom wall where he and Stephanie were sleeping. He said they both awoke when they smelled smoke. He repeatedly stressed at his news conference the importance of having a home security system or smoke alarms, saying it probably helped save his family’s life.

Rivera said the master bedroom, family room and living room are “pretty close to being destroyed” and the insurance company estimates it will take six to eight months before they’ll be able to return to the home.

He said they will stay in a friend’s private house while waiting for the house to be rebuilt.

Johnson expected to be elected to Hall of Fame

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Is this the year the Hall of Fame finally comes calling for a player who spent a substantial portion of his career with the Mariners?

The answer comes at 11 a.m. Tuesday for left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson and designated hitter Edgar Martinez when the Hall announces the vote totals for this year’s 34-player ballot.

Johnson, 51, looms as a shoo-in as a firstyear candidate after winning 303 games in a 22-year career that included 10 seasons with the Mariners from 1989-98.

While much of his success came elsewhere, Johnson spoke to the importance of his time in Seattle when inducted in 2012 into the club’s Hall of Fame.

“You, the fans,” he told the crowd in an on-field ceremony at Safeco Field, “got to see the unpolished version and then, toward the middle of my career, the pitcher I could become. You were patient with me, I appreciate that. You were always supportive.”

Martinez, 52, is on the ballot for the sixth year and faces mounting odds to reach the required 75-percent threshold for election through balloting by 10-year members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The ongoing debate regarding players linked to performance-enhancing drugs, such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, continues to create a packed ballot for the voters, who are limited to 10 selections.

That crunch struck hard last year for Martinez, who saw his percentage drop to 25.2 percent — down from a 2011 high of 36.5 percent.

“I’m not surprised that my percentage went down,” he said a year ago. “We just have to wait and see for the future.”

That future isn’t promising.

This year’s balloting included Johnson and other strong first-year candidates such as pitchers Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz.

Martinez also faces competition from eight players who garnered greater support a year ago: Craig Biggio (74.8 percent), Mike Piazza (62.2), Jeff Bagwell (54.3), Tim Raines (46.1), Clemens (35.4), Bonds (34.7), Lee Smith (29.9) and Curt Schilling (29.2).

The Hall of Fame contains three players who spent relatively short tours with the Mariners: reliever Goose Gossage (198487), outfielder Rickey Henderson (2000) and starting pitcher Gaylord Perry (198283). Veterans Committees in recent years elected manager Dick Williams (1986-88) and general manager Pat Gillick (19992003). Broadcaster Dave Niehaus was the 2008 recipient of the Ford Frick Award.

But no player who spent a significant

TEMPE, Arizona — Katie Hempen led No. 22 Arizona State with 21 points. Sophia Brunner and Kelsey Moos each scored 15 for the Sun Devils. Washington State’s Lia Galdeira scored 19 points and had nine rebounds. Tia Presley scored 15 points for the Cougars.

Oregon State 76, USC 66 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Sydney Weise scored 19 points to lead No. 11 Oregon State to the victory. Ruth Hamblin scored 16 points for the Beavers and Jamie Weisner added 15.

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Randy Johnson pitched for the Mariners from 1989 to 1998.

portion of his career with the Mariners has ever been elected to the Hall of Fame. (Outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. will be eligible next year for the first time.)

Martinez’s chances for election took a further blow last year when the Hall of Fame trimmed the maximum time a player can remain on the ballot from 15 years to 10 years. Candidates who receive 5 percent of the vote will still be held over, but Martinez now faces a 2019 deadline (ballots cast after the 2018 season) for election.

Johnson was 130-74 with a 3.42 ERA in 274 games for the Mariners. He also was picked as an All-Star on five (of his 10 career) occasions and won the first of his five Cy Young Awards.

Martinez played his entire 18-year career with the Mariners from 1987-2004 and spent his final 10 seasons primarily as a designated hitter. An All-Star on seven occasions, Martinez finished his 2,055-game career with a .312 average, a .418 on-base percentage and a .515 slugging percentage. Martinez won five Silver Slugger Awards for his offensive production, and Major League Baseball’s annual award for the game’s top designated hitter is named in his honor.

2 US ski team prospects die in avalanche in Austria Associated Press Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps.

The team said Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident near the Rettenbach glacier in the mountains over Soelden, the venue for the annual season-opening World Cup races.

Berlack, from Franconia, New Hampshire, and Astle, from Sandy, Utah, were part of a group of six skiers who were descending from the

3,056-meter Gaislachkogel when they left the prepared slope and apparently set off the avalanche. The other four skied out of the slide and escaped unhurt.

Officials in the Tyrolean region said an avalanche alert had been declared for the area after days of heavy snowfall and mild temperatures.

“Ronnie and Bryce were both outstanding ski racers who were passionate about their sport — both on the race course and skiing the mountain,” U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Tiger Shaw said. “Our hearts go

out to the Berlack and Astle families, as well as to their extended sport family. Both of them loved what they did and conveyed that to those around them.”

The tragedy has left the U.S. Ski Team “in shock,” Alpine director Patrick Riml told The Associated Press in Croatia, Zagreb, where the American slalom team was preparing for a World Cup race on Tuesday.

Head coach Sascha Rearick left Zagreb shortly after being informed and traveled back to Austria to be with the so-called development team Berlack and Astle were part of.

Brian Agler knows how talented the Los Angeles Sparks are, having coached against them for so many years. Now he’ll get a chance to lead them.

Agler, who coached the WNBA’s Seattle Storm the past seven seasons, was announced Monday as the new coach of the Sparks.

“It’s a great opportunity and I know that I’m leaving a really tremendous organization from top to bottom from ownership to front office to players and fans,” Agler said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Monday. “I have a lot of great friendships there.”

The 56-year-old coach guided the Storm to the WNBA championship in 2010.

“I had a great desire to stay in Seattle and I know that all franchises are in different stages,” he said. “Seattle’s in a rebuilding mode right now and I wanted to see it through. But sometimes things don’t work out that way, sometimes it’s just time.”

Agler will get an early look at his former team — the Sparks open the season June 6 at Seattle.

He inherits a talented Sparks team led by stars Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike.

“I know LA has great people in the organization and has a strong nucleus,” Agler said. “I’ve spent almost my whole WNBA career in the Western Conference and know it well. I also know it isn’t easy to win a WNBA championship.”

It’s been a whirlwind year for the Sparks. It was just over a year ago when the franchise was in a state of chaos after previous owner Paula Madison said she was going to sell the team.

A group led by Magic Johnson stepped up and bought the team in February.

“I think that when Magic Johnson and his group purchased the Sparks it could have been one of the top influential occurrences that’s happened to the WNBA in its existence,” Agler said. “The respect people have for him in the basketball world and him investing in the team in the WNBA, it speaks volumes and I feel real fortunate to be part of that.”

The Storm have the top pick in the WNBA draft after winning the lottery.

The Daily Herald Tuesday, 01.06.2015

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Fun facts about Suzanna Ohlsen

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WU on Thursday, she had 24 points, six assists and five steals in a 74-64 outcome, and she followed up two nights later with 19 points, four steals and two assists in a 61-56 win against Simon Fraser.

“I tell Suzanna all the time that she’s a difference maker,” SPU coach Julie Heisey said.

“She has the ability to influence nine other people on the floor. She can influence what the defense is doing when she’s on offense, and if she’s really on her game she can change things defensively, too. She’s just a catalyst.

“If our team can be successful this year,” Heisey added, “she should be an All-American.”

Ohlsen — her teammates call her Sue — arrived at SPU after an outstanding high school career at Monroe. She had 14 NCAA Division I scholarship offers, but instead opted for Seattle Pacific, “the only Division II school that was recruiting me,” she said.

Ohlsen, a committed Christian, said she knew early in her weekend recruiting visit “that SPU was the place God was leading me to. The girls (on the team) were amazing. They genuinely loved each other and (Heisey) was so much more than just a boss. She was someone who really cared about us as individuals.

Also, I loved the Christian atmosphere.”

As a freshman, Ohlsen made a few lateseason starts, and then became a full-time starter the next season. An All-GNAC secondteam pick a year ago as a junior, she is SPU’s career leader in free throw percentage at .895 (through last season), including a programbest .917 mark in 2013-14, which included 42 consecutive free throws from January to March.

Though Ohlsen is a tenacious defender, “I’d say she’s a better offensive player,” Heisey said.

“She has a great pull-up jumper, a nice 3, she’s really quick so she can get to the hole, and she can find people (with passes). … She can just do a lot of things that kind of make you go ‘Wow.’” “My pull-up jumper is my bread and butter,” Ohlsen said. “It’s my favorite thing to do on the court. But nothing gives me more joy than getting a no-look pass to a teammate for an assist.

That’s probably the thing I love the most.”

For all her individual success at SPU, there is still one missing piece for Ohlsen — the Falcons didn’t reach the NCAA tournament her

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■ She is an outstanding student with a 4.0 GPA as a biochemistry major. Out of high school, she got a perfect 800 score on the math portion of the SAT test.

■ She has already been accepted into the graduate program in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington.

■ She enjoys playing the piano. One of her favorite songs to play is Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer,” the theme from the movie “The Sting.”

■ She has co-authored and co-illustrated a children’s book about a dragon named William (nicknamed Chilly Willy) “who doesn’t know how to breathe fire,” she said. “So he goes on a long life-changing journey to figure out how (to breathe fire) … and he meets a little wizard fellow who kind of helps him out, and then he ends up saving the day. All ends well.”

out and not keep it a secret anymore,” Thompson said during a teleconference on Monday night. “Just the start of a new life, a new chapter that I’m going to move forward in and just ready to go for the ride.”

He’s already in San Diego, where he will begin training on Tuesday at the EXOS athletes performance facilities. He wants to get faster, he said, and work on “just being an allaround football player.”

Discussions with his mother, his brother and his uncle, Brian Thompson, helped him reach the conclusion that he should go pro. Huskies coach Chris Petersen didn’t try to recruit him to stay, Thompson said, telling him simply that “if it’s worth going, by all means, go ahead. And he just wished me luck and all that.”

He said he’s already discussed a plan to return to UW in the future to finish his degree.

Thompson is viewed by pundits as a likely first-round pick, a projection that made this decision pretty obvious. ESPN analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay each project Thompson as a mid-first-round pick.

CBSSports.com senior draft analyst Rob Rang lists Thompson as the No. 14 overall pick in his most recent firstround NFL mock draft, writing that the Sacramento, California native “projects best as a hybrid defender in the NFL.” Rang told the News Tribune last week that Thompson’s best fit is likely as a hybrid outside linebacker and safety in a 4-3 defensive scheme.

Thompson, listed at 6-foot-1 and 228 pounds, said his preference is to play outside linebacker, with strong safety his next choice.

He did a little bit of everything in 2014, recording 81 tackles while setting a UW record with four defensive touchdowns — three on fumble recoveries and one on an interception return. Thompson also filled in at running back when needed, and did it with better efficiency than any other

first three seasons. Team members “are sick and tired of not getting what we’re working for,” she said. “The seniors all have a chip on our shoulders from not making it the last three years. We feel like it’s on us this year and we have to do it.”

The team’s chances?

“I don’t want to speculate too much because I don’t want to jinx us,” Ohlsen said.

“But I do think we have a really great shot of making it this year, and of actually making some noise in the tournament as well. And honestly, that would mean everything to me.

It would just make the season and my whole experience at SPU if we could make it to the NCAA tournament and hopefully make a run.”

But in more ways than just basketball, her years at Seattle Pacific have “honestly flown by,” she said. “It seems like just yesterday that I was here on my recruiting visit. But then I look back and see how much I’ve grown in the last 3½ years and I realize that couldn’t have just happened overnight. It really was a process.

“It’s crazy to see where I was when I started and where I am now. My academic growth, my spiritual growth, my growth in relationships, everything. And I’ve enjoyed it every step of the way.”

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tailback on the roster. He rushed 61 times for 456 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 7.5 yards per carry.

Thompson thinks his two-way experience made him a better prospect.

“It really helped perfect myself as a player, just to understand both sides of the ball,” he said, “and it really helped me on offense at running back because I had the defensive mindset, and I was reading the defense and linebackers and just anticipating where they’re going to be. And just visualizing, ‘if I hit this hole, is there going to be something there,’ and whatnot. It made me a better football player, honestly.”

His versatility reminded of his prep career at Grant High School, where he starred on both sides of the ball and earned a 5-star rating from several recruiting outlets.

Thompson originally committed to California, where his older brother Syd’Quan played, but changed his mind and ended up committing to UW just before signing day.

He said he’s proud of the three-year career that ensued.

“It was just memorable, and I had a great time there, even with the coaching change,” Thompson said. “Just being around the players and the bond I built with them as brothers will never go away, and that’s just something special that I’ll keep forever.”

QB Williams to transfer The Huskies announced another roster defection on Monday — redshirt freshman quarterback Troy Williams has left the program and will seek to transfer.

Williams is a former four-star prospect out of Narbonne High School near Los Angeles. He appeared in five games for UW in 2014, and started UW’s 24-10 loss to Arizona State in place of the injured Cyler Miles.

UW also announced the enrollment of three players on Monday — freshman quarterback Jake Browning, the recordsetting Folsom High product who signed financial-aid paperwork with the Huskies in September; sophomore defensive back Ezekiel Turner, a transfer from Los Angeles Pierce College who signed a letter of intent in December and has four years of eligibility remaining to play three seasons; and offensive lineman Devin Burleson, who signed a letter of intent in February but delayed his enrollment.

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NOTICE OF ELECTION AND REGISTRATION DEADLINES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Snohomish County, State of Washington a Special Election will be held for: Arlington School District No. 16 Proposition No. 1 Two-Year Levy to Purchase New School Buses The last day an individual may register to vote or transfer an existing registration to a new address, by mail or online, for the above election is Monday, January 12, 2015. Mail-in registration f o r m s a n d o n l i n e r e g i s t r a t i o n c a n b e f o u n d a t www.snoco.org/elections or in person at the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office, 3000 Rockefeller Ave, Everett, WA. If an individual is eligible to be a registered voter, is not currently registered in Washington State and has resided in Snohomish County for at least 30 days before the election, they may register in person at the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office, during regular business hours through Monday, February 2, 2015.

All registered voters eligible for this election will be mailed a ballot beginning Thursday, January 22, 2015.

Ballot processing will be conducted in the Elections Processing Center located at Jackson House, 1818 Pacific Avenue, Everett, Washington, just south of the Snohomish County Administration Building.

Ballots will be processed between January 29, 2015 and February 23, 2015 or until all valid ballots and provisional ballots are opened and canvassed, whichever comes first.

Ballots will be counted on Election Day, February 10, 2015 starting at 1:00pm. Interim counts will take place every day (except weekends and holidays) when there are more than 500 ballots.

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Notice of Public Meeting - City of Edmonds City Council Name of Applicant: Echelbarger Investments, LLC File Number: PLN20120043 Notice Date: January 6, 2015 Project Location: 8620 218th St. SW, Edmonds Where:

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250 5th Avenue North, Edmonds When:

January 20, 2015 at 7:00 PM On October 31, 2014, Echelbarger Investments, LLC submitted documents for review and approval of the Shaw Lane final plat at 8620 218th Street SW. Responding to City comments, the applicant submitted revised materials on December 1 and again on December 18, 2014.

Final plats are Type IV-A decisions made by the City Council pursuant to Section 20.75.155 of the Edmonds Community Development Code (ECDC). The City Council will review the submitted documentation and compare it with the preliminary plat approved by the Hearing Examiner on March 28, 2013, along with associated requirements for final approval in Chapter 20.75 of the ECDC. If the final plat agrees with the preliminary plat and all other requirements and conditions have been met, the Council will approve the final plat.

This is not a public hearing nor closed record review; public comments will not be accepted during review of this agenda item.

There is a three (3) minute “Audience Comments” period available at the beginning of Council meetings for members of the public to provide comments on any topic.

For additional information or to comment, please contact Michael Clugston, AICP, at (425) 771-0220 or 121 5th Ave. N., Edmonds, WA, 98020. Project information is available online by searching for the permit number or address at: https://permits.edmonds.wa.us/Citizen/PermitInfo/ PermitSearch.aspx.

Published: January 6, 2015. EDH608705

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S U P E R I O R C O U R T O F W A S H I N G T O N C O U N T Y O F SNOHOMISH U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, BY CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., AS ITS ATTORNEY IN FACT V. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND ASSIGNS OF MICHAEL E. COLLINS; THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF MICHAEL E. COLLINS; AND ALL PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4904 81ST PL. S.W., UNIT 201, MUKILTEO, WA 98275-2651.

Case No.: 14-2-06216-6 A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled Cour t by U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, BY CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., AS ITS ATTORNEY IN FACT (Plaintiff): You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 30th day of December, 2014 and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, BY CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., AS ITS ATTORNEY IN FACT, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for the plaintiff, Pite Duncan LLP, at the office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The complaint is for judicial foreclosure and alleges that the record owner of the property, Michael Collins, is deceased and that his Heirs, Assigns, and Devisees are unknown. PITE DUNCAN, LLP: Attn: Julia A. Phillips Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 9311 S.E. 36th St., Suite 100, Mercer Island, WA 98040. Tel: (206) 232-2752, Fax: (206) 232-2655, Email: jphillips@piteduncan.com A-4503451 Published: December 30, 2014; January 6, 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2015.

EDH607858

PUBLIC NOTICE Carefree Homes, Inc., 6209 202nd St SW Lynnwood, WA 98036, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Dis- charge General Permit.

The proposed project, Fisken Plat , is located at 22424 Poplar Way, in Brier, in Snohomish County.

This project involves 3.5 acres of soil disturbance for clearing, grading, stockpiling approximately 8,000 CY of grading material onsite in the location and manner approved in the SWPPP, utilities, stormwater conveyance system, access road, 6-lot residential pro- ject and associated landscape activities. A wet pond used for run- off control and treatment construction activities.

Stormwater will be discharged to existing storm conveyance sys- tem and eventually discharges to an Unnamed Creek.

Bids, RFQ’s, RFP’s EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 Everett, Washington REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES Portable Projects 2015 & Jackson HS Boiler Room Hydronic Piping Upgrades Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the Everett School Distr ict No.2, Everett, WA, from qualified architectural firms, up to, but not later than 4:00 pm of the 20th day of January 2015 for: STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. Each proposal shall be in accordance with the specifications and documents now on file with the Business Services Department. Everett School District No. 2 reserves the right to postpone the time for receipt of proposals and to reject all proposals.

Firms can submit proposals for one or more of the listed projects.

The school district will select one firm for the Jackson HS boiler room hydronic piping upgrades project and one or more firms for the portable projects.

Specifications and information for making proposals may be obtained from the Business Services Department of the Everett School District No. 2 by calling 425-385-4180. Proposals must be delivered to: Everett School District No. 2 Ms. Jennifer A. Farmer, Director of Business Services 3900 Broadway Everett, WA 98201 Any proposal not received by 4:00 p.m. on January 20, 2015 at the above location will not be accepted.

The Everett School District No. 2 reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the RFP process.

Published: January 6, 13, 2015.

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Tuesday, 01.06.2015 The Daily Herald TODAY

Western WA Northwest Weather

54°46°

Cloudy today; however, times of clouds and sun near the Cascades. Partly cloudy tonight. Times of clouds and sun tomorrow.

Bellingham 52/36

Drying out, mostly cloudy

TOMORROW

52°42° Morning fog, some sun

THURSDAY

Mountains

Stanwood 53/35

Arlington Eastern WA 55/33 Granite A thick cloud cover today Falls and tonight. Low clouds Marysvile 54/36 tomorrow, but some sun in 54/41 the east. Thursday: clouds Langley EVERETT Lake Stevens and sun. Friday: cloudy.

54/46 53/41 54/36 Mukilteo Snohomish Gold Bar 53/42 55/37 55/38 Lynnwood Mill Creek Index Monroe Sultan 54/40 52/38 54/40 55/37 55/38 Kirkland Redmond 55/41 55/39 Seattle Bellevue 55/41 54/40

51°43° 50°42° Cloudy

SATURDAY

49°41°

Mostly cloudy with a few showers

Mount Vernon 53/38

Oak Harbor 52/38

Times of clouds and sun

FRIDAY

Variable clouds today. Free air freezing levels near 11,000 feet. Mostly cloudy tonight.

Mostly sunny across the north tomorrow.

Port Orchard 53/37

Everett High Low High Low

Almanac

Time

6:29 a.m.

11:49 a.m.

4:46 p.m.

11:42 p.m.

Feet

12.0 6.6 10.2 -0.7

Puget Sound

Wind southeast 3-6 knots today. Seas under a foot.

Visibility clear. Wind light and variable tonight. Seas under a foot. Mostly cloudy.

Port Townsend High Low High Low

Time

6:13 a.m.

10:57 a.m.

3:48 p.m.

10:38 p.m.

Everett

Arlington

Whidbey Island

Air Quality Index

Planets

Sun and Moon

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 53/47 Normal high/low ....................... 45/36 Records (1984/1979) ................. 59/13 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.21 R 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.84” Month to date ............................. 0.93” Normal month to date ............... 0.71” Year to date ................................. 0.93” Normal year to date ................... 0.71”

Yesterday’s offender ....... Particulates

Good: 0-50; Moderate: 51-100, Unhealthy (for sensitive groups): 101-150; Unhealthy: 151-200; Very unhealthy: 201300; Hazardous: 301-500 WA Dept. of Environmental Quality

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BASKETBALL NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Portland 27 8 .771 — Oklahoma City 17 18 .486 10 Denver 15 20 .429 12 Utah 12 23 .343 15 Minnesota 5 28 .152 21 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 27 5 .844 — L.A. Clippers 23 12 .657 5½ Phoenix 20 16 .556 9 Sacramento 14 20 .412 14 L.A. Lakers 11 24 .314 17½ Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Memphis 25 9 .735 — Dallas 26 10 .722 — Houston 23 11 .676 2 San Antonio 21 14 .600 4½ New Orleans 17 17 .500 8 EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 25 10 .714 — Cleveland 19 16 .543 6 Milwaukee 18 17 .514 7 Indiana 14 22 .389 11½ Detroit 10 23 .303 14 Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 24 10 .706 — Brooklyn 16 18 .471 8 Boston 11 21 .344 12 Philadelphia 5 28 .152 18½ New York 5 32 .135 20½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 26 8 .765 — Washington 23 11 .676 3 Miami 15 20 .429 11½ Orlando 13 24 .351 14½ Charlotte 12 24 .333 15 Monday’s games Philadelphia 95, Cleveland 92 Charlotte 104, Boston 95 Dallas 96, Brooklyn 88, OT Washington 92, New Orleans 85 Chicago 114, Houston 105 Memphis 105, New York 83 Denver 110, Minnesota 101 Indiana 105, Utah 101 Portland 98, L.A. Lakers 94 Atlanta 107, L.A. Clippers 98 Golden State 117, Oklahoma City 91 Today’s games Phoenix at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Detroit at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Grizzlies 105, Knicks 83 NEW YORK (83) Hardaway Jr. 4-14 2-4 12, Ja.Smith 4-11 2-2 10, Aldrich 3-6 1-1 7, Calderon 5-7 0-0 13, Larkin 3-6 0-0 7, Acy 7-8 3-4 19, Prigioni 2-5 0-0 4, Early 3-12 1-2 7, Wear 2-7 0-0 4. Totals 33-76 9-13 83.

MEMPHIS (105) Allen 6-8 1-1 14, Stokes 1-4 1-2 3, Gasol 5-12 4-5 14, Conley 9-12 2-2 22, Lee 5-8 0-0 11, Leuer 1-3 1-2 3, Udrih 2-7 2-3 7, Prince 4-7 0-0 8, Koufos 2-5 0-0 4, Pondexter 4-5 0-0 8, Carter 2-4 0-0 6, Adams 0-5 1-4 1, Calathes 2-2 0-0 4.

Totals 43-82 12-19 105.

New York Memphis

14 22 26 21 — 83 21 26 37 21 — 105

3-Point Goals—New York 8-26 (Calderon 3-3, Acy 2-3, Hardaway Jr. 2-8, Larkin 1-4, Wear 0-1, Prigioni 0-3, Early 0-4), Memphis 7-15 (Carter 2-2, Conley 2-3, Allen 1-1, Udrih 1-3, Lee 1-3, Pondexter 0-1, Adams 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—New York 42 (Acy 14), Memphis 51 (Gasol 8). Assists—New York 25 (Larkin 8), Memphis 25 (Conley 7). Total Fouls—New York 17, Memphis 15. A—16,888 (18,119).

Hawks 107, Clippers 98 ATLANTA (107) Carroll 6-8 2-6 17, Millsap 8-16 6-7 23, Horford 7-15 2-2 16, Teague 6-13 5-6 20, Korver 3-7 0-0 9, Antic 3-5 5-8 13, Sefolosha 0-1 0-0 0, Schroder 3-9 0-0 7, Scott 0-5 2-2 2, Bazemore 0-1 0-2 0, Muscala 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-81 2233 107.

L.A. CLIPPERS (98) Barnes 4-8 2-2 12, Griffin 6-17 14-18 26, Jordan 7-7 1-4 15, Paul 4-9 2-2 10, Redick 5-9 3-3 14, Hawes 1-6 1-2 3, Crawford 3-9 2-2 10, Bullock 2-3 0-0 6, Farmar 0-5 0-0 0, DouglasRoberts 0-0 0-0 0, Udoh 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 33-74 25-33 98.

Atlanta 21 23 33 30 — 107 L.A. Clippers 26 20 23 29 — 98

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 57/45 Normal high/low ....................... 45/36 Records (2015/1979) ................... 57/8 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.23 R 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 2.42” Month to date ............................. 2.61” Normal month to date ............... 0.98” Year to date ................................. 2.61” Normal year to date ................... 0.98” Rises Mercury ..... 9:05 a.m.

Venus ......... 9:06 a.m.

Mars ........... 9:58 a.m.

Jupiter ........ 7:28 p.m.

Saturn ........ 4:28 a.m.

Uranus ..... 11:32 a.m.

Neptune ... 10:17 a.m.

Pluto ........... 7:33 a.m.

Sets ........ 5:48 p.m. ........ 5:57 p.m. ........ 7:57 p.m. ........ 9:56 a.m. ........ 1:41 p.m. ...... 12:18 a.m. ........ 8:52 p.m. ........ 4:24 p.m.

World Weather City

Today Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 40/38/pc Athens 44/35/sh Baghdad 65/46/s Bangkok 93/74/s Beijing 44/18/s Berlin 37/30/pc Buenos Aires 86/69/t Cairo 59/48/s Dublin 44/39/r Hong Kong 73/62/c Jerusalem 52/36/pc Johannesburg 86/61/s London 52/34/r

Feet 9.3 6.3 7.7 -0.6

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 55/47 Normal high/low ....................... 46/36 Records (2015/1979) ................. 54/15 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.22 R 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 1.68” Month to date ............................. 1.87” Normal month to date ............... 0.35” Year to date ................................. 1.87” Normal year to date ................... 0.35”

Sunrise today .......................

Sunset tonight .....................

Moonrise today ...................

Moonset today .....................

Last Jan 13

New Jan 20

7:58 a.m.

4:31 p.m.

6:37 p.m.

8:29 a.m.

First Jan 26

Full Feb 3

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 45/41/c 43/32/pc 62/42/s 93/76/c 40/18/pc 39/35/pc 84/70/t 54/48/c 53/41/r 67/57/r 40/34/r 78/60/t 50/48/c

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Madrid 52/28/pc 53/27/s Manila 85/72/pc 86/71/pc Mexico City 67/45/pc 68/45/pc Moscow 2/-9/pc 6/-1/c Paris 42/38/pc 45/38/pc Rio de Janeiro 88/76/pc 90/76/s Riyadh 74/55/s 78/56/pc Rome 56/40/s 55/43/sh Singapore 87/76/t 86/76/t Stockholm 34/32/sn 36/30/sn Sydney 82/70/t 83/69/pc Tokyo 60/38/r 48/37/pc Toronto 20/9/sn 10/1/sf

3-Point Goals—Atlanta 13-27 (Carroll 3-4, Korver 3-6, Teague 3-6, Antic 2-4, Millsap 1-2, Schroder 1-3, Scott 0-2), L.A. Clippers 7-25 (Bullock 2-3, Crawford 2-5, Barnes 2-5, Redick 1-4, Paul 0-2, Hawes 0-3, Farmar 0-3). Fouled Out—Paul. Rebounds—Atlanta 53 (Millsap, Carroll 8), L.A. Clippers 52 (Jordan 16). Assists—Atlanta 25 (Teague 9), L.A. Clippers 23 (Paul 10). Total Fouls—Atlanta 23, L.A. Clippers 25. Technicals—Atlanta defensive three second.

A—19,060 (19,060).

Young 5-7 0-0 13, Wallace 0-1 0-0 0, Wright 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 36-91 16-23 95.

Trail Blazers 98, Lakers 94 L.A. LAKERS (94) Davis 2-7 0-0 4, Kelly 1-6 0-0 2, Hill 10-15 3-4 23, Price 5-11 0-0 11, Ellington 5-12 1-1 13, Boozer 3-9 2-2 8, Young 3-13 4-4 11, Sacre 1-2 1-1 3, Lin 5-10 4-6 14, Clarkson 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 37-88 16-20 94.

PORTLAND (98) Batum 3-9 0-0 8, Aldridge 8-20 4-4 21, Kaman 3-8 2-2 8, Lillard 12-21 11-13 39, Matthews 1-9 2-2 5, Crabbe 0-1 0-0 0, Blake 1-6 0-0 2, Robinson 0-1 1-2 1, McCollum 1-3 0-0 2, Leonard 4-5 1-1 12. Totals 33-83 21-24 98.

L.A. Lakers 23 22 28 21 — 94 Portland 24 23 23 28 — 98 3-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 4-14 (Ellington 2-3, Price 1-2, Young 1-4, Lin 0-2, Kelly 0-3), Portland 11-26 (Lillard 4-8, Leonard 3-4, Batum 2-5, Aldridge 1-1, Matthews 1-6, Blake 0-2).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 58 (Hill 14), Portland 50 (Leonard 12). Assists—L.A. Lakers 20 (Price 8), Portland 18 (Lillard 5). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers 20, Portland 12. Technicals— Lillard. A—19,827 (19,980).

Warriors 117, Thunder 91 OKLAHOMA CITY (91) Durant 3-16 7-11 14, Ibaka 2-7 0-0 4, Adams 4-6 2-2 10, Westbrook 5-21 11-14 22, Roberson 2-5 0-0 4, Jones 0-3 0-0 0, Perkins 2-5 2-3 6, Morrow 6-11 4-4 17, Jackson 3-9 0-0 8, Smith 0-4 0-0 0, Jerrett 2-6 0-0 4, Lamb 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 30-98 26-34 91.

GOLDEN STATE (117) Barnes 8-14 2-4 23, Green 4-10 0-4 11, Speights 1-8 4-6 6, Curry 7-14 4-4 19, Thompson 6-12 4-5 19, Lee 4-10 0-0 8, Iguodala 3-7 1-1 8, Holiday 4-6 2-4 12, Livingston 1-3 1-2 3, Barbosa 2-3 0-0 4, Kuzmic 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 4188 20-32 117.

Okla. City 25 20 20 Golden State 34 31 19

26 — 91 33 — 117

3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 5-28 (Jackson 2-4, Morrow 1-2, Durant 1-4, Westbrook 1-5, Perkins 0-1, Jerrett 0-2, Ibaka 0-2, Jones 0-2, Lamb 0-3, Roberson 0-3), Golden State 15-28 (Barnes 5-5, Thompson 3-5, Green 3-7, Holiday 2-3, Iguodala 1-4, Curry 1-4). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Oklahoma City 67 (Morrow, Durant 10), Golden State 68 (Green 13). Assists—Oklahoma City 19 (Westbrook 5), Golden State 27 (Iguodala, Curry 6). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 25, Golden State 22. Technicals—Golden State defensive three second. A—19,596 (19,596).

Nuggets 110, Timberwolves 101 DENVER (110) Chandler 2-7 0-0 4, Faried 6-10 3-6 15, Mozgov 1-5 0-0 2, Lawson 4-9 0-1 8, Afflalo 1118 8-8 34, Nurkic 7-11 0-0 14, Hickson 8-10 0-1 16, Robinson 5-9 0-0 12, Arthur 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 46-84 11-16 110.

MINNESOTA (101) Muhammad 7-13 3-4 19, Young 4-11 4-4 13, Dieng 8-12 6-6 22, Williams 7-14 0-0 17, Wiggins 8-18 1-2 20, LaVine 2-9 1-2 5, Bennett 1-6 0-0 2, Daniels 1-3 0-0 3, Adrien 0-2 0-0 0, Robinson III 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-89 15-18 101.

Denver 35 27 25 23 — 110 Minnesota 21 20 28 32 — 101 3-Point Goals—Denver 7-19 (Afflalo 4-6, Robinson 2-5, Arthur 1-3, Mozgov 0-1, Lawson 0-1, Chandler 0-3), Minnesota 10-24 (Wiggins 3-5, Williams 3-8, Muhammad 2-4, Daniels 1-2, Young 1-3, LaVine 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Denver 48 (Hickson 11), Minnesota 49 (Dieng 12). Assists—Denver 26 (Lawson 12), Minnesota 21 (Williams 7). Total Fouls—Denver 22, Minnesota 17. Technicals—Williams.

A—10,386 (19,356).

Hornets 104, Bobcats 95 CHARLOTTE (104) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-4 2-2 6, C.Zeller 8-8 4-4 20, Biyombo 2-5 0-0 4, Walker 12-26 7-7 33, Henderson 4-9 5-6 13, Williams 4-7 1-1 10, Maxiell 0-0 0-0 0, Neal 2-12 2-2 7, Hairston 3-5 1-1 8, Roberts 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 38-78 22-23 104.

BOSTON (95) Green 3-13 1-1 7, Sullinger 8-16 6-6 22, T.Zeller 1-5 0-0 2, Turner 2-5 1-2 5, Bradley 2-7 0-0 4, Olynyk 2-6 1-1 5, Pressey 3-9 0-0 6, Smart 2-5 3-5 9, Bass 3-7 2-4 8, Crowder 5-10 1-2 13,

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

City

Charlotte Boston

24 26 29 25 — 104 16 20 26 33 — 95

3-Point Goals—Charlotte 6-19 (Walker 2-7, Roberts 1-1, Hairston 1-3, Williams 1-3, Neal 1-4, Henderson 0-1), Boston 7-18 (Young 3-4, Smart 2-3, Crowder 2-6, Sullinger 0-1, Green 0-1, Pressey 0-1, Olynyk 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Charlotte 55 (Biyombo 10), Boston 48 (Sullinger 8). Assists—Charlotte 22 (Henderson 8), Boston 22 (Bass, Smart, Turner 4). Total Fouls—Charlotte 22, Boston 23. Technicals—Charlotte defensive three second.

A—16,720 (18,624).

Mavericks 96, Nets 88 (OT) DALLAS (96) Parsons 2-11 0-2 5, Nowitzki 6-16 1-1 15, Chandler 6-11 2-2 14, Rondo 1-13 0-2 2, Ellis 6-16 6-6 19, Villanueva 3-6 0-0 8, Harris 4-7 0-0 9, Smith 2-2 1-2 5, R.Jefferson 4-8 1-2 10, Barea 3-4 1-2 9. Totals 37-94 12-19 96.

BROOKLYN (88) Johnson 8-19 0-0 18, Plumlee 2-4 3-6 7, Lopez 11-21 0-0 22, Jack 6-16 8-8 20, Karasev 3-7 4-5 10, Anderson 1-6 2-2 5, Teletovic 2-8 2-2 6, Morris 0-1 0-0 0, Bogdanovic 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-84 19-23 88.

Dallas Brooklyn

21 22 22 17 14 — 96 35 14 16 17 6 — 88

3-Point Goals—Dallas 10-27 (Barea 2-2, Nowitzki 2-3, Villanueva 2-4, R.Jefferson 1-3, Harris 1-3, Ellis 1-3, Parsons 1-7, Rondo 0-2), Brooklyn 3-25 (Johnson 2-6, Anderson 1-5, Lopez 0-1, Bogdanovic 0-1, Morris 0-1, Jack 0-3, Teletovic 0-4, Karasev 0-4). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Dallas 58 (Chandler 13), Brooklyn 61 (Lopez 13). Assists—Dallas 24 (Rondo 14), Brooklyn 20 (Jack 10). Total Fouls—Dallas 17, Brooklyn 21. Technicals—Dallas Coach Carlisle, Nowitzki. A—17,732 (17,732).

Pacers 105, Jazz 101 INDIANA (105) S.Hill 3-5 5-6 11, West 5-10 0-0 10, Hibbert 8-13 6-6 22, Watson 2-5 3-4 9, Stuckey 4-7 4-4 13, Miles 4-12 2-2 13, Allen 1-8 4-4 6, Copeland 0-3 0-0 0, Sloan 1-2 2-2 5, Scola 7-9 2-2 16. Totals 35-74 28-30 105.

UTAH (101) Hayward 6-17 12-13 24, Favors 10-16 7-10 27, Gobert 4-5 3-6 11, Exum 5-14 0-0 13, Ingles 4-10 0-0 8, Booker 5-8 1-1 12, Millsap 1-6 0-0 2, Clark 0-3 4-4 4, Evans 0-1 0-0 0, Novak 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-81 27-34 101.

Indiana Utah

31 22 21 31 — 105 16 23 23 39 — 101

3-Point Goals—Indiana 7-13 (Miles 3-7, Watson 2-3, Stuckey 1-1, Sloan 1-1, S.Hill 0-1), Utah 4-23 (Exum 3-9, Booker 1-2, Novak 0-1, Millsap 0-1, Clark 0-1, Ingles 0-4, Hayward 0-5). Fouled Out—Hibbert. Rebounds—Indiana 42 (Hibbert 8), Utah 52 (Favors 11). Assists— Indiana 20 (West 6), Utah 16 (Ingles 7). Total Fouls—Indiana 24, Utah 24. Technicals—Hibbert, Gobert. A—17,378 (19,911).

Bulls 114, Rockets 105 HOUSTON (105) Ariza 3-11 0-0 7, Motiejunas 8-14 0-0 16, Howard 6-13 0-1 12, Beverley 7-12 0-0 14, Harden 7-22 3-3 20, Smith 10-20 0-0 21, Papanikolaou 0-1 0-0 0, Brewer 3-6 0-0 7, Terry 3-3 0-1 8. Totals 47-102 3-5 105.

CHICAGO (114) Butler 7-17 6-7 22, Gasol 10-16 7-7 27, Noah 3-7 2-3 8, Rose 6-17 6-6 19, Hinrich 4-6 1-1 10, Gibson 3-6 3-4 9, Brooks 1-3 0-0 2, Mirotic 7-12 2-2 17, Moore 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 4185 27-30 114.

Houston Chicago

33 29 27 16 — 105 34 28 21 31 — 114

3-Point Goals—Houston 8-25 (Harden 3-8, Terry 2-2, Brewer 1-3, Ariza 1-4, Smith 1-5, Beverley 0-1, Motiejunas 0-2), Chicago 5-17 (Butler 2-4, Hinrich 1-3, Mirotic 1-4, Rose 1-4, Brooks 0-1, Moore 0-1). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Houston 50 (Howard 14), Chicago 54 (Gasol 14). Assists—Houston 25 (Beverley 6), Chicago 27 (Rose 9). Total Fouls—Houston 27, Chicago 13. Technicals—Chicago Coach Thibodeau. A—21,510 (20,917).

Wizards 92, Pelicans 85 WASHINGTON (92) Pierce 6-8 0-0 14, Nene 3-5 0-0 6, Gortat 4-11 2-3 10, Wall 6-15 3-4 15, Beal 3-10 0-0 6, Humphries 5-11 0-0 10, Butler 2-7 5-6 9, Porter 3-5 0-0 6, Seraphin 1-2 2-2 4, Miller 5-5 2-2 12.

Totals 38-79 14-17 92.

NEW ORLEANS (85) Babbitt 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 9-12 3-4 21, Asik

Vancouver

51/36

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 52/36/c 39/26/c 47/31/c 55/38/c 51/38/c 43/31/c 53/45/c 54/34/c 50/37/c 43/34/c 41/29/c 55/41/c 53/33/c 48/34/c 41/33/c 48/28/c 40/31/pc 42/29/c 42/31/pc

40/29/pc 38/27/c 43/28/s

57/40/pc 51/30/pc 53/35/pc 55/30/pc 56/34/pc 53/35/pc

58/39/c 50/30/pc 54/35/pc 54/28/pc 59/35/pc 54/34/pc

City

Today Hi/Lo/W Albany 21/16/sn Albuquerque 52/31/s Amarillo 41/18/s Anchorage 17/13/pc Atlanta 52/27/s Atlantic City 33/26/sn Austin 61/39/pc Baltimore 32/23/sn Baton Rouge 58/36/pc Billings 19/4/sn Birmingham 50/25/pc Boise 40/31/pc Boston 23/17/sn Buffalo 21/12/sn Burlington, VT 19/15/sn Charleston, SC 61/36/s Charleston, WV 33/21/sn Charlotte 54/30/pc Cheyenne 46/14/c Chicago 13/-5/c Cincinnati 29/11/c Cleveland 22/10/sn Columbus, OH 24/9/sn Dallas 52/30/pc Denver 47/17/pc Des Moines 13/-6/c Detroit 21/6/sn El Paso 57/31/s Evansville 33/18/c Fairbanks -8/-18/s Fargo 3/-12/pc Fort Myers 81/60/sh Fresno 65/41/s Grand Rapids 18/4/sf Greensboro 48/29/pc Hartford 21/17/sn Honolulu 76/64/s Houston 60/43/pc Indianapolis 24/4/sn

Bellingham

Kelowna 41/31

Calgary 9/1 Everett Port Angeles 54/46 50/37 51/34/c Medicine Hat Seattle 4/-5 38/24/c 55/41 Spokane Libby Tacoma 46/31/c 38/22 41/29 53/33 56/35/pc Yakima Coeur d’Alene 48/28 48/40/s Portland 42/29 53/35 Great Falls Walla Walla 42/29/c Newport Lewiston Missoula 15/2 48/34 52/45/pc 58/43 49/36 39/22 Salem 51/32/pc 54/34 Helena Pendleton 50/37/pc 35/9 47/30 43/32/c Eugene Bend 53/35 Butte 36/27/c 51/30 42/18 Ontario 51/40/s 39/27 Medford 50/31/s Boise 56/34 41/31/c 40/31 Klamath Falls 41/31/c Eureka 55/30 Idaho Falls Twin Falls 46/31/c 60/43 38/20 49/30

National Weather

Auburn 55/38

Tacoma 53/33

Tides

City

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 21/-3/sf 43/24/sn 21/12/pc 23/20/c 40/16/pc 32/15/pc 49/26/c 29/11/pc 52/22/pc 27/21/c 38/13/pc 40/29/pc 30/0/sf 13/5/sf 17/-10/sf 54/20/pc 21/8/sf 42/14/pc 31/28/c 2/-11/pc 12/-1/c 14/4/sn 14/-3/sf 37/19/pc 29/21/c -1/-16/s 13/3/sf 52/30/pc 18/2/pc 1/-9/s 2/-4/s 77/48/pc 67/43/pc 12/2/sn 37/13/pc 25/0/sf 76/64/s 54/29/c 5/-9/c

52/36

Redding 68/41

Roseburg Salem Montana Butte Great Falls Missoula Alaska Anchorage

55/39/pc 54/34/pc

57/39/pc 55/33/pc

42/18/sn 15/2/sn 39/22/sn

42/20/pc 37/19/pc 33/21/c

17/13/pc

23/20/c

Today Hi/Lo/W Jackson, MS 55/29/pc Kansas City 21/7/pc Knoxville 42/26/pc Las Vegas 64/43/s Little Rock 49/27/pc Los Angeles 81/52/s Louisville 35/17/c Lubbock 45/24/s Memphis 44/29/pc Miami 82/68/pc Milwaukee 15/-1/c Minneapolis 9/-10/pc Mobile 59/33/pc Montgomery 56/30/s Newark 26/22/sn New Orleans 59/42/pc New York City 27/22/sn Norfolk 48/33/c Oakland 63/42/s Oklahoma City 41/19/pc Omaha 17/-3/c Orlando 77/51/pc Palm Springs 75/49/s Philadelphia 28/23/sn Phoenix 73/47/s Pittsburgh 24/13/sn Portland, ME 18/10/sn Portland, OR 53/35/pc Providence 24/15/sn

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 44/18/pc 7/-4/s 28/9/pc 66/40/pc 33/16/pc 79/54/pc 19/2/pc 27/14/pc 31/13/pc 80/57/pc 3/-8/pc -1/-10/s 51/19/pc 47/17/pc 29/10/sf 53/28/pc 28/10/sf 38/16/pc 65/43/pc 23/12/pc 1/-7/s 69/41/pc 77/50/pc 29/10/sf 75/53/pc 15/4/sn 24/-6/sf 54/34/pc 29/1/sf

City

Barrow -3/-12/s Fairbanks -8/-18/s Juneau 23/21/sf British Columbia Chilliwack 50/38/c Kelowna 41/31/sn Vancouver 51/36/c Victoria 50/39/c City

Today Hi/Lo/W Raleigh 51/30/pc Rapid City 19/-5/sn Reno 56/27/s Richmond 46/29/c Sacramento 64/39/s St. Louis 27/9/pc St. Petersburg 73/54/pc Salt Lake City 46/30/c San Antonio 62/43/pc San Diego 77/51/s San Francisco 65/47/s San Jose 68/42/s Stockton 63/37/s Syracuse 21/14/sn Tallahassee 65/35/s Tampa 73/53/pc Tempe 71/43/s Topeka 23/10/pc Tucson 72/41/s Tulsa 37/21/pc Washington, DC 38/27/sn Wichita 27/16/pc Winston-Salem 47/29/pc Yuma 74/46/s

-8/-11/s 1/-9/s 31/22/sn 54/41/s 42/26/pc 49/37/s 49/38/pc Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 40/14/pc 17/17/pc 55/27/pc 37/15/pc 65/41/pc 9/3/s 68/40/pc 47/30/s 52/29/c 73/53/pc 66/47/pc 70/43/pc 64/38/pc 15/-1/sn 60/24/pc 68/40/pc 73/50/pc 11/1/s 72/47/pc 23/12/pc 32/16/pc 17/4/pc 37/12/pc 74/52/pc

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: San Gabriel, CA ...................... 87 Low: Togo, MN ................................ -29

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

1-1 0-0 2, Holiday 6-16 0-0 13, Gordon 2-8 2-2 6, Cunningham 3-6 0-0 6, Evans 7-14 5-6 21, Anderson 4-12 3-5 14, Fredette 0-2 0-0 0, Rivers 1-2 0-0 2, Ajinca 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-74 13-17 85.

CLEVELAND (92) Miller 2-7 0-0 6, Love 8-18 11-13 28, T.Thompson 8-17 2-5 18, Dellavedova 1-7 0-2 3, Harris 6-12 0-0 16, Marion 2-7 2-2 6, Jones 3-7 0-0 9, Price 3-10 0-0 6, Haywood 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 33-85 15-22 92.

PHILADELPHIA (95) Covington 4-9 4-5 16, Sims 6-9 0-0 12, Noel 2-9 2-2 6, Carter-Williams 8-19 1-1 18, McDaniels 5-8 0-0 12, Thomas 1-3 0-0 2, Wroten 8-18 4-6 20, Aldemir 0-0 0-0 0, Grant 3-3 1-1 7, Sampson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 38-79 12-15 95.

2. Duke (1) 13-0 768 2 3. Virginia 13-0 727 3 4. Wisconsin 14-1 703 4 5. Louisville 13-1 649 6 6. Arizona 13-1 634 7 7. Gonzaga 14-1 628 8 8. Villanova 13-1 546 5 9. Maryland 14-1 497 11 10. Texas 12-2 478 10 11. Utah 12-2 470 12 12. Notre Dame 14-1 441 13 13. Kansas 11-2 420 14 14. West Virginia 13-1 381 15 15. Wichita State 12-2 320 16 16. Iowa State 10-2 317 9 17. North Carolina 11-3 297 20 18. Oklahoma 9-3 279 21 19. Seton Hall 12-2 172 — 20. Ohio State 12-3 142 18 21. VCU 11-3 135 — 22. Baylor 11-2 105 22 23. Northern Iowa 12-2 60 23 24. St. John’s 11-3 55 17 25. Arkansas 11-2 50 — Others receiving votes: Colorado State 35, Georgetown 35, Old Dominion 33, Washington 32, Oklahoma State 27, Indiana 20, Stanford 20, San Diego State 18, TCU 18, Butler 16, Iowa 14, LSU 12, South Carolina 12, George Washington 9, Cincinnati 7, Georgia 4, California 3, Dayton 3, Minnesota 3, Temple 2, BYU 1, Oregon 1, Saint Mary’s 1, Wyoming 1.

Cleveland 20 30 18 24 — 92 Philadelphia 19 18 23 35 — 95

College women’s scores

Washington 27 25 17 23 — 92 New Orleans 23 21 20 21 — 85 3-Point Goals—Washington 2-10 (Pierce 2-2, Porter 0-1, Beal 0-3, Wall 0-4), New Orleans 6-19 (Anderson 3-5, Evans 2-4, Holiday 1-5, Fredette 0-1, Gordon 0-4). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Washington 45 (Porter, Nene 7), New Orleans 44 (Davis 10). Assists—Washington 23 (Wall 12), New Orleans 19 (Holiday, Gordon 5). Total Fouls—Washington 15, New Orleans 18. A—16,182 (16,867).

76ers 95, Cavaliers 92

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 11-30 (Harris 4-8, Jones 3-6, Miller 2-4, Dellavedova 1-2, Love 1-6, Marion 0-1, Price 0-3), Philadelphia 7-23 (Covington 4-7, McDaniels 2-3, Carter-Williams 1-6, Thomas 0-1, Wroten 0-6). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Cleveland 51 (Love 19), Philadelphia 52 (Aldemir 10). Assists—Cleveland 23 (Dellavedova 8), Philadelphia 31 (Carter-Williams 13). Total Fouls—Cleveland 13, Philadelphia 24. Technicals—Cleveland defensive three second. A—17,771 (20,318).

Top 25 7. Tennessee (12-2) beat Vanderbilt 57-49.

Next: vs. No. 9 Texas A&M, Thursday.

11. Oregon State (12-1) beat Southern Cal 76-66. Next: vs. Oregon, Friday.

15. Stanford (10-4) beat Utah 55-44. Next: at Washington, Friday.

18. Arizona State (13-1) beat Washington State 78-64. Next: at Arizona, Thursday.

22. Princeton (16-0) beat Hampton 75-63.

Next: vs. Pennsylvania, Saturday.

College men’s scores

Washington 79, Arizona 69

Top 25 10. Texas (12-3) lost to No. 16 Oklahoma 7049. Next: at Oklahoma State, Saturday.

13. Notre Dame (15-1) beat No. 18 North Carolina 71-70. Next: vs. No. 3 Virginia, Saturday.

14. West Virginia (14-1) beat Texas Tech 7867. Next: vs. No. 17 Iowa State, Saturday.

16. Oklahoma (11-3) beat No. 10 Texas 7049. Next: vs. Kansas State, Saturday.

18. North Carolina (11-4) lost to No. 13 Notre Dame 71-70. Next: vs. No. 5 Louisville, Saturday.

Men’s AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, 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 (64) 13-0 1,600 1 2. Duke 13-0 1,535 2 3. Virginia 13-0 1,446 3 4. Wisconsin 14-1 1,397 4 5. Louisville 13-1 1,322 5 6. Gonzaga 14-1 1,275 7 7. Arizona 13-1 1,260 8 8. Villanova 13-1 1,089 6 9. Utah 12-2 1,059 10 10. Texas 12-2 976 11 11. Maryland 14-1 966 12 12. Kansas 11-2 884 13 13. Notre Dame 14-1 775 14 14. West Virginia 13-1 712 17 15. Wichita St. 12-2 686 16 16. Oklahoma 10-3 674 18 17. Iowa St. 10-2 663 9 18. North Carolina 11-3 591 19 19. Seton Hall 12-2 448 — 20. VCU 11-3 311 — 21. Baylor 11-2 186 22 22. Ohio St. 12-3 184 20 23. Arkansas 11-2 103 — 24. St. John’s 11-3 92 15 25. Old Dominion 12-1 80 — Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 72, Iowa 63, Butler 53, LSU 50, George Washington 39, TCU 33, Temple 33, Colorado St. 31, Stanford 29, South Carolina 16, Washington 13, Wyoming 11, Indiana 9, Oklahoma St. 9, Georgetown 7, Cincinnati 6, Dayton 5, BYU 3, Xavier 2, Davidson 1, Hofstra 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 parentheses, records through Jan. 4, 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 (31) 13-0 799 1

WASHINGTON (12-2, 1-1) Walton 7-15 0-0 17, Williams 3-7 4-5 10, Plum 3-10 8-9 14, Ruiz 0-4, 1-2 1, Davis 8-16 7-8 27, Oshahor 2-5 0-0 4, Collier 2-3 0-0 4, Lark 0-3 2-3 2. Totals 25-63 22-27 79.

ARIZONA (7-6, 0-2) Jones 1-7 4-4 10, Gloyd 1-3 5-6 7, Warthen 6-17 3-4 18, Washington 3-4 0-0 6, Cannon 0-5 0-0 0, Workman 1-2 2-2 4, James 6-11 1-3 13, Bennett 1-2 2-3 4, Holloway 4-14 0-0 11. Totals 23-65 17-22 69.

Halftime—Washington 38-25. End of Regulation—Washington 79-69. 3-Point Goals—Washington 7-25 (Walton 3-8, Williams 0-1, Plum 0-1, Ruiz 0-3, Davis 4-9, Oshahor 0-3), Arizona 6-15 (Warthen 3-5, Cannon 0-2, Holloway 3-8). Rebounds—Washington 44 (Walton 12, Williams 12), Arizona 42 (Jones 10). Assists—Washington 13 (Oshahor 4), Arizona 12 (Warthen 7). Total Fouls—Washington 17, Arizona 21. A—891.

FOOTBALL NFL Playoffs Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) Carolina at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 11 Dallas at Green Bay, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Denver, 1:40 p.m. (CBS)

HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 41 26 9 6 58 115 110 37 22 12 3 47 109 98 40 21 14 5 47 109 105 40 19 12 9 47 112 103 40 21 16 3 45 115 105 38 15 19 4 34 92 124 40 9 22 9 27 88 135 Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 38 25 9 4 54 116 88 Chicago 39 26 11 2 54 124 85 St. Louis 39 23 13 3 49 118 99 Winnipeg 40 20 13 7 47 103 96 Dallas 38 18 14 6 42 119 124 Minnesota 37 18 15 4 40 104 106 Colorado 39 15 16 8 38 101 117 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 39 26 11 2 54 108 89 Tampa Bay 41 25 12 4 54 134 108 Detroit 39 20 10 9 49 109 99

Anaheim Vancouver San Jose Los Angeles Calgary Arizona Edmonton

Toronto Boston Florida Ottawa Buffalo

40 21 16 3 45 130 122 40 19 15 6 44 104 108 37 17 11 9 43 87 97 38 16 15 7 39 102 105 40 14 23 3 31 77 136 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 94 N.Y. Islanders 39 26 12 1 53 121 109 Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 99 N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 90 Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 119 Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 120 New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90 117 Carolina 39 12 23 4 28 77 102 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s games San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Today’s games Buffalo at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Sharks 3, Jets 2 San Jose Winnipeg

1 1 1 — 3 1 0 1 — 2

First Period—1, San Jose, Burns 11 (Marleau, Couture), 2:53 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Ladd 15 (Little, Wheeler), 9:17 (pp).

Second Period—3, San Jose, Karlsson 3 (Pavelski, Burns), 4:15.

Third Period—4, Winnipeg, Harrison 2 (Lowry, Frolik), 4:03 (pp). 5, San Jose, Vlasic 5 (Couture, Pavelski), 19:55.

Shots on Goal—San Jose 13-12-12—37.

Winnipeg 4-9-6—19.

Goalies—San Jose, Niemi. Winnipeg, Hutchinson. A—15,016 (15,004). T—2:31.

Western Hockey League WESTERN CONFERENCE U.S. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Everett 38 23 11 3 1 125 103 50 Spokane 38 21 14 3 0 115 109 45 Portland 41 21 17 0 3 136 134 45 Seattle 39 19 16 2 2 102 106 42 Tri-City 38 18 18 0 2 101 112 38 B.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 40 31 6 3 0 174 100 65 Victoria 41 20 18 2 1 140 138 43 Vancouver 39 18 19 1 1 120 124 38 Prince George 40 19 21 0 0 123 160 38 Kamloops 42 14 23 3 2 126 161 33 EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Brandon 40 29 7 3 1 183 125 62 Regina 39 24 12 2 1 148 115 51 Swift Current 40 19 17 0 4 122 130 42 Moose Jaw 40 16 20 3 1 120 141 36 Prince Albert 40 16 23 1 0 111 139 33 Saskatoon 40 9 28 2 1 109 180 21 CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 38 27 9 1 1 153 101 56 Red Deer 40 21 14 3 2 139 131 47 Calgary 39 21 15 1 2 155 122 45 Kootenay 40 21 18 0 1 129 145 43 Edmonton 40 19 16 3 2 119 112 43 Lethbridge 38 9 23 3 3 99 161 24 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 Everett at Brandon Calgary at Moose Jaw Tri-City at Prince George

LINE NCAA Football Monday Championship At Arlington, Texas FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG Oregon 6½ Ohio St. NFL Playoffs Saturday FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG at New England 7 Baltimore at Seattle 11 Carolina Sunday at Green Bay 6½ Dallas at Denver 7 Indianapolis