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Council OKs spending plan Budget continues collection of a tax for a new courthouse, and follows priorities Council Chairman and County Executive-elect Dave Somers presented last week.

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annual taxes for a future courthouse. Executive John Lovick had recommended cutting most of those taxes following the project’s implosion earlier this year.

Some council members said the executive’s plan to seek an early exit from courthouse-related bond obligations would not have been possible.

Somers, who takes over as

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EVERETT — The Snohomish County Council passed a 2016 budget Monday that largely follows the contours that Council Chairman Dave Somers outlined last week.

The budget would continue to collect about $4 million in

executive in January, said he looks forward to working with the council as a building committee examines how to replace the county’s existing courthouse and its myriad, well-documented problems. Recommendations are due by mid-year.

“I’m glad to see this,” he said.

“It’s consistent with what I envisioned.”

Somers is set to leave the council following his victory against Lovick in the Nov. 3 election.

The overall budget passed 4-1, with Councilwoman Stephanie

Wright casting the opposing vote. Wright did not offer an explanation and could not be reached immediately after Monday’s hearing.

The 2016 spending plan will pay for about 2,800 employees and includes a general fund of about $230 million.

A special feature is $1 million set aside for programs to reduce chronic homelessness.

Councilman Brian Sullivan, who promoted the idea, said he See BUDGET, Page A2

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lanes, trains and automobiles — and ferries, too.

Some travel tips for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Automobile Or, if you prefer, metal snail.

Because it’s a holiday weekend, you’re bound to be stuck in traffic. At least mentally prepare yourself for the inevitable. Then follow these tips to try to avoid the oil-slick slime trail.

Travel times are significantly lighter Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day mornings on the region’s major travel corridors.

I-5 sees the most holiday travelers, including many who don’t normally travel the route as commuters.

Heading south, you’re more likely to get through the Tacomato-Olympia section without screaming if you hit Tacoma by early morning (4 to 5 a.m.)

Wednesday and before 8 a.m.

Thanksgiving Day. You’re more likely to see light traffic volumes after 9 p.m. both days.

Heading north, try to be in Olympia before 7 a.m. or after 8 p.m. Friday, and before 9 a.m. or after 8 p.m. Saturday or Sunday for the lightest traffic.

On I-405, express toll lanes will offer a two-person free carpool all day Thanksgiving Day (with Good to Go account and

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Stanley Thomas, of Everett, never looks the same. With a wardrobe of more than 150 suits, he says he never wears the same combination twice. He finds the right stuff on frequent trips to thrift stores. See Page B1 for more on Mr. T’s attire.

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ELECTION 2015 | Index Town Council

Losing in one race, candidate ahead as a write-in INDEX — Former Index Mayor Kem Hunter soundly defeated Bert Shepardson for a seat on the Town Council, but the two will soon be serving together anyway.

Shepardson is winning a different council seat as a write-in thanks to a successful campaign coordinated by his friends.

He’s beating Chuck Davis, who

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had no opponent on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to election results to be certified Tuesday.

“Isn’t that cool? The people spoke,” Shepardson said Monday.

“It was a grass roots movement that wanted both Kem and I on the Town Council. They made it happen.”

Davis could not be reached for comment Monday.

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one in the offices of the Snohomish County Auditor or Secretary of State could recall another time when a person lost a race for one seat on a city council and won a different seat as a write-in the same election.

“I certainly had never heard of that happening before,” said Snohomish County Chief Deputy Auditor Connie Barndt, a member of the canvassing board that reviewed the ballots cast in Index.

Whole … you know Turkey dinner on a Canlis budget: A basket of 20 common items used in Thanksgiving dinner cost $87.91 at Whole Foods versus $72.28 at Trader Joe’s, according to Bloomberg News (Page A9).

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State law prevents someone from running as a declared candidate for two seats on the same legislative body in a jurisdiction like a city. But Shepardson was not a declared write-in candidate, making it legal for him to win as one.

In the race for Position 1, Davis received 29 votes while 48 votes were cast for a write-in.

Of those write-ins, 32 were for Robert “Bert” Shepardson or

will be thankful for come Thursday: That payday was Wednesday.

Membership has its benefits: A Chinese gazillionaire paid $170.4 million for a painting — “Reclining Nude,” by Amedeo Modigliani — at a Christie’s auction earlier this month, and he put

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the whole shebang on his American Express credit card (Page A9).

After the auction, the guy swung by Whole Foods for some Thanksgiving groceries — only to have his card declined.

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Bert Shepardson and 16 for Robert Shepardson, said Garth Fell, Snohomish County elections and recording manager.

County officials had to do some research to figure out if there might be another registered voter in Index named Robert Shepardson for whom those votes were intended.

And there is — Bert’s father.

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parachuted out of an airliner over the Northwest, clutching a briefcase stuffed with $200,000 in ransom money (Today in History, Page B4).

We don’t know what became of Cooper, but we are sure of one thing: He had enough money to buy Thanksgiving groceries at Whole Foods.

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$15M in damages sought for clock incident

By Ryan Osborne Fort Worth Star-Telegram

IRVING, Texas — Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager who made national news after he was suspended for bringing a clock to school, is seeking $15 million in damages from the city of Irving and the

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hopes to build upon the ongoing efforts of Everett and other communities to assist people suffering from mental illness, drug addiction and related issues.

“This is something we need to address and this is a great first step,” he said.

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Flex Pass), returning to a three-person requirement during peak hours on Black Friday.

Train For those heading south, Amtrak Cascades will again expand service for the holiday.

The Washington State Department of Transportation will add two trips each day between Seattle and Portland to the Amtrak Cascades regular schedule Wednesday and Sunday. Buses will provide extra service continuing to Eugene and points between.

All Amtrak Cascades trains require reservations.

Irving School District.

Mohamed’s attorneys sent letters Monday to the city and the school district, claiming Mohamed’s “reputation in the global community is permanently scarred.”

“One also would anticipate that Ahmed, quite reasonably, will have a

lifelong fear of the law enforcement and educational establishments that have let him down so terribly,” Plainview, Texasbased attorney Kelly D. Hollingsworth said in both letters.

Hollingsworth requested $10 million from the city of Irving and $5 million from

the school district, and also demanded written apologies from the school district, Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne and Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd.

Mohamed was handcuffed and suspended from Irving MacArthur High School on Sept. 14 after administrators grew

suspicious of a homemade clock he brought to class.

“He showed it to a teacher, and it was suspicious in nature,” Boyd said in September. “The student told the teacher it was a clock, but he was not forthcoming with any other details about it.”

Next year’s budget also provides about $600,000 per year to build sidewalks in fast-growing unincorporated areas. That’s being paid for with a 1 percent increase in the county’s road levy, which will cost an average homeowner in an unincorporated area less than $5 per year in added property tax.

The idea is similar to a school-sidewalks program called Safe Kids, Improved

Pathways that Lovick has championed, but has a broader focus. The program will pay for improvements that aren’t necessarily near schools. Money could be used for bike lanes, too.

Councilman Terry Ryan pushed to devote the extra revenue toward sidewalks because of the fast pace of development in neighborhoods he represents, including the North Creek area east of Mill Creek and

Bothell. The council tasked the Public Works Department with drawing up a list of potential projects around the county next spring.

The budget also dedicates $200,000 in taxes collected on real-estate transactions to help pay for improvements at the Meadowdale Playfields, located in Wright’s district.

The money will complement contributions for

better sports facilities coming from the Edmonds School District along with the cities of Edmonds and Lynnwood.

The council also increased funding for the conservation futures program, which supports purchasing land for parks and open space. The 1 percent rise will cost an average homeowner about 27 cents per year in added property tax.

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Ferry The longest lines for Washington State Ferries travel are expected westbound Wednesday afternoon and evening, Nov. 25, and eastbound Friday morning, Nov. 27.

Some routes will be on a holiday schedule Thursday, Nov. 26. Check www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries for details.

If you plan to travel to the San Juan Islands for the Thanksgiving holiday, you can try to make a reservation.

Plane Thanksgiving weekend is not the busiest time of year for air travel. But it

can feel like it with the number of inexperienced travelers taking a flight — inexperience can back up checkpoint lines. The number of vehicles coming through to drop off or pick up relatives can cause jams into and out of the airport complex as well.

Tips from Sea-Tac Airport: Whether you’re flying or just the chauffeur, arrive early, arrive early, arrive early (did we mention arrive early?). If you get bored, there’s always a Pearl Jam concert poster exhibit and other art to take in.

Know your airport rush hours. Security checkpoint peak hours are 5-11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day will see the lightest traffic. For drivers, the busiest times are mornings for departures and

evenings for arrivals.

Try meeting your arriving guests one level up from baggage claim at the less crowded departure drive. Those with only carry-ons can go straight out the ticketing level.

For drop-offs, reverse it. Go to the arrivals drive and travelers only have to go up one level to ticketing.

The airport’s cellphone lot often is full during holiday travel periods.

Consider parking in Terminal Direct for $4 per hour.

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Unable to determine if those votes should go to the father or the son, the canvassing board directed Fell to count them separately.

That still left Bert Shepardson with enough votes for the victory.

“I guarantee they were all for me,” the 32-year-old journeyman plumber said Monday.

Shepardson said he knows the leaders of the “grassroots movement” that got him elected but did not encourage it. He declined to identify them or say if he tried to discourage them.

“I didn’t have anything to do with it,” he said.

“Whatever was supposed to happen was going to happen.”

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Puget Sound water supplies back to normal Herald staff EVERETT — Recent heavy rains in October and November have refilled regional reservoirs and streams enough so that Puget Sound cities are deactivating their

water shortage response plans.

The cities of Everett, Seattle and Tacoma reported Monday that even though the state remains in a declared drought, water levels in the western Cascades are back to normal for this time of year.

A total of 39 inches of rain have fallen in the Sultan River watershed since Oct. 1. The amount of water in Spada reservoir, which supplies Everett and 95 other communities and water districts, is at 130 percent of normal for this

time of year.

At Culmback Dam, the priority has shifted from drought management to flood control.

A strong El Nino weather system is forecast this fall and winter, which could bring warmer

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weather than normal, as well as a below-normal snowpack in 2016.

Water officials in all three cities will continue to monitor the weather and conduct water supply forecasts throughout the winter and spring.

Shoplifters return for milk and get busted 2 women are accused of carting off $2,500 worth of merchandise from WalMart in Monroe.

By Rikki King Herald Writer

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Bill Reith, (from left) Audrey Woodard and Taylor Adcock load Reith’s vehicle with food for Thanksgiving meals for low-income families Sunday in Mukilteo.

Students, Rotary team up to bring Thanksgiving meals to needy

By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

MUKILTEO — Dozens of students and Rotary Club members turned out Sunday morning to bring Thanksgiving Day dinners to families who can’t afford to buy their own.

The event provides meals to more than 360 families, mostly in South Everett, said Sean Straub, a South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club member.

“It is humbling to see the need,” he said.

He recalled one family with several kids and almost no furniture.

A Thanksgiving Day dinner is a luxury they can’t afford, he said.

The club buys the food at cost from QFC, he said.

Volunteers and members of the South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club gather in the early morning chill Sunday to pack food.

Club members and students packed the holiday meals into boxes behind the QFC on

Mukilteo Speedway. The boxes were then hand-delivered by club members to the families.

The families sign up through the Mukilteo School District.

It was cold and sunny when Kat Anderson, a senior at Kamiak High School, showed up at 7:30 a.m. to pack up meals.

That was better than last year when it was cold and raining, she said.

Twenty high school students from Kamiak in Mukilteo and Cascade in Everett boxed dinners on Sunday.

It was a chance to help the community, said Anderson, who is president of Kamiak’s Associated Student Body.

“Some of the students at Kamiak are the ones actually receiving the baskets,” she said.

South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary See FOOD, Page A4

Hollywood buys rights to ‘Barefoot Bandit’ story Herald staff

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SEATTLE — A Hollywood studio has paid more than $1 million to cover court-ordered restitution owed by Colton Harris-Moore, the infamous “Barefoot Bandit.”

The studio, 20th Century Fox, has paid the money in exchange for the rights to Harris-Moore’s story, from his days burglarizing homes and living in the woods on Camano Island to his cross-country odyssey stealing planes and boats and taunting police.

Harris-Moore’s story is now headed toward the big screen.

The money mostly paid for three small airplanes he stole and crashlanded and a boat he took in the

Bahamas while evading capture.

He’s serving more than 7½ years in prison.

The most recent payment — $900,000 — was processed by the U.S. Marshals Service on Nov. 4, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

The studio previously paid more than $216,000 on Harris-Moore’s behalf. That’s all in keeping with a January 2013 forfeiture order approved by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones.

Harris-Moore claimed he taught himself to fly using manuals and a computer flight simulator. He wasn’t very good at landing, crashing all three of the planes he stole.

The Associated Press contributed.

Navy Band concert Commander Navy Region Northwest presents a Navy Band Northwest production, “Home for the Holidays,” in Everett on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Everett Performing Arts Center. All their holiday concerts are free and open to the public.

The performance will

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feature their jazz ensemble and rock band “Passage.”

Music will include classics such as “Frosty the Snowman” as done by Harry Connick Jr., “Please Come Home for Christmas” as done by the Eagles, and many more timeless holiday songs.

There will be a Santa Claus appearance and the Marine Corps will be accepting dona-

tions for Toys-for-Tots at the event. Seating is first come, first served. No tickets necessary for admission.

Navy Band Northwest falls under the command of Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth, Commander Navy Region Northwest. The band’s director, Lt. Bruce Mansfield, leads 35 musicians who perform more than 400 engagements each year at both military

and civilian events.

To learn more about the band and performances, visit Facebook.com/ NavyBandNorthwest.

Turkey Trot this Saturday: The Sound Steppers Volkssport Club’s annual Turkey Trot walk is Saturday. Start times are from 9 a.m. to noon. There are two routes, 5k and 10k. The walk

MONROE — Everyone’s been there.

They finish shopping, get back to the car or the house, and realize they forgot something, like the milk.

That happened to two women Sunday evening at the Monroe Walmart. The problem was, all their shopping had been shoplifting, and they’d forgotten to steal milk.

So they went back, and they got caught. Both now may face felony theft charges.

In all, 208 stolen items were recovered, valued at $2,587.

“I have seen a few higher dollar amount shoplifts but never close to over 200 items,” Monroe police Sgt. Steve Clopp wrote in a memo about the theft.

The initial report from WalMart indicated that two women ran outside with three carts of merchandise without paying for it.

One of the women had staged her second cart near an entrance and darted back inside for it, Monroe police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said. They loaded up a Dodge Stratus and took off.

Within about 20 minutes, Monroe officer Devin Tucker spotted the car headed back toward the store. He pulled it over and saw the backseat was full of merchandise, according to Clopp’s report.

The women, 28 and 37, both of Everett, were arrested for investigation of second-degree theft.

Under state law, theft becomes a felony when the goods are worth more than $750.

They reportedly gave permission for officers to search the car.

When police opened the trunk, “it was also completely full of merchandise,” Clopp wrote.

“The driver stated that they came back because they forgot to steal milk and they needed it,” he wrote.

The women said they had stolen the toys and clothes for their children, Willis said. The items also included a tricycle, scooters, bedding, dishes and women’s underwear.

Investigators determined the total dollar amount by having a cashier ring up all the items.

Monroe police are part of a regional anti-shoplifting group whose participants include Albertsons, Safeway, Kohl’s and Lowe’s.

They get together to share notes — and surveillance images of frequent suspects.

Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.

starts at Edmonds United Methodist Church at 828 Caspers St. Volkswalking is a noncompetitive event with no time limits or winners. Walkers can walk in groups or at their own pace on their own. The Turkey Trot is one of Sound Steppers largest events each year.

For more information, go to www.soundsteppers.org/ special-events.

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Herald staff MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Police were called to an attempted luring report Saturday in the 22800 block of 48th Avenue W. The call came in just after 5:30 p.m.

Two boys, ages 7 and 14,

has been delivering meals for 20 years, said Straub, who has participated every year.

Back then, they dropped off about 50 meals.

“Each year, it seems to grow a little bit,” he said.

Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, estimates that 89,520 people in Snohomish County experienced food insecurity in 2013, meaning that at some point during the year, they did not have enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle.

In recent years, South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary has given away about $12,000 worth of food.

Half of the money has come from Rotary Club members, while the rest

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Day dinners lets club members do more the rest of the year. For example, South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary donates about 160 pounds of food to Rotary Harvest each time a speaker addresses the club’s weekly meeting.

“The need exists throughout the year,” Straub said.

MONROE — Police are investigating after an inmate reportedly assaulted two officers at the Monroe Correctional Complex.

The incident was reported just before noon Sunday in the dining hall of the Washington State Reformatory, officials said.

The inmate, a 19-year-old man, sat in the wrong seat,

Firecrackers prompt school lockdown

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were brought in and at least one TV news helicopter hovered overhead.

Police found residue from firecrackers in a stairwell, officials said.

“The Mukilteo Police Department and assisting agencies took every precautionary measure they could to ensure the safety of the students and faculty, before lifting the lockdown,” Mukilteo police officer Colt Davis said.

The lockdown was lifted around 1:10 p.m.

Officers did a roomby-room search of the campus after the firecrackers were found.

Two schools nearby — Harbour Pointe Middle School and Columbia Elementary School — also were placed in lockdown as a precaution at the request of police,

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MUKILTEO — In this day and age of extra precaution, a couple of firecrackers can lock down a school.

Such was the case Monday when someone reported hearing a loud noise at Kamiak High School.

The Mukilteo campus was placed in lockdown shortly after 9:30 a.m.

Monday.

Because of initial fears, multiple agencies came to assist Mukilteo police. They included the Washington State Patrol, Edmonds, Everett, Mill Creek, Lynnwood police departments and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

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told the boys that his sports car was nearby. The man was in front of the Ace Hardware.

The children declined his invitation and met their father at the QFC. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 911.

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Megan Adams counts sacks of potatoes for distribution to low-income families Sunday morning in Mukilteo.

has been raised at the club’s annual auction.

This year, the club asked the local community to contribute through a new website, www.givethanksgivingdinner.org. People want to help, especially around the holidays, he said.

Raising outside contributions for Thanksgiving

described a suspect in his 40s, with a medium build and brown and gray hair.

They said he was wearing a dark leather jacket and dark-rimmed glasses.

He reportedly asked them if they wanted to see “Batman,” police said.

The man also reportedly

and a corrections officer approached him.

“The offender charged the (man) and began hitting his face and his head with his fists,” Monroe police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said.

“He had a visible black eye,” she said.

A second corrections officer, a woman, came to help and was kicked in the foot, Willis said. Both officers

were taken to a hospital to be checked.

The inmate is serving time for a third-degree assault case in Kitsap County. He has been in prison since Aug. 20. He is being kept in segregation during an internal investigation, prison spokeswoman Susan Biller said. Movement restrictions also were put in place Sunday and lifted Monday.

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Mukilteo School District spokesman Andy Muntz said.

One Everett police officer, on his way to help at Kamiak, was involved in a two-car crash in the intersection of SE Everett Mall Way and Highway 526.

The officer was driving a police pickup truck. It was struck in the back, Everett police officer Aaron Snell said.

The officer was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation. The other driver was not injured.

“The dynamics of the crash are under investigation,” Snell said.

Meanwhile the disruption at the school lasted more than three hours.

“No suspects have been identified at this time, but the incident is still being investigated,” Davis said.

Associated Press SKYKOMISH — Traffic is moving in both directions again on storm-damaged U.S. 2 between Skykomish and Stevens Pass. Heavy rainfall from Tuesday’s storm washed away a

significant amount soil that supports the foundation of a small bridge near Skykomish.

That forced the closure of a 15-mile stretch west of Stevens Pass, but the state Department of Transportation said it completed

emergency bridge repair work Monday.

There’s more work to come. Officials said they need to close the highway again Tuesday night to replace a damaged culvert five miles west of Skykomish.

Herald reporter receives Excellence award Herald staff SEATTLE — Daily Herald reporter Diana Hefley received the 2015 Award for Excellence in Coverage of Mental Health and Suicide at a ceremony held Nov. 18.

The award is sponsored

by Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, a nonprofit, and the University of Washington Department of Communication journalism program.

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The annual award honors Washington state journalism that improves the public’s understanding of suicide prevention, behavioral illnesses, treatment, recovery, public policy and related topics.

Hefley received the award for a story about 69-year-old Carolyn Hetherwick Goza, who leads an Everett support group for parents with children who have a mental illness.

The contest judges praised Hefley for writing

a compelling and empowering story that speaks to anyone who knows a person dealing with a mental illness.

Hefley, a Snohomish native, joined The Herald in 2002.

She covers courts and criminal justice with a special interest in mental health, and is a 2015 reporting fellow for John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Media, Crime and Justice, and the Langeloth Foundation.

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Officials: Lakewood psychiatric hospital on track to improve safety Associated Press LAKEWOOD — Officials with Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital say they are on track to satisfying federal regulators who threatened to pull millions of dollars in federal funding over concerns about patient safety.

Inspectors from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were expected to check the 800-bed Western State Hospital in Lakewood to ensure changes have been made to address the problems, The News Tribune reported.

If the review satisfies inspectors, the hospital will have to start working on long-term improvements.

The hospital failed to provide oversight ensuring “patients are protected

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A sign near the main entrance of Western State Hospital, the largest psychiatric hospital in the state, is shown in Lakewood on Wednesday.

from abuse and neglect and received safe and

SINCE 2006

appropriate psychiatric, medical and nursing

services,” federal officials said in a letter this month.

Western State Hospital CEO Ron Adler sent a letter Friday to the Medicare agency describing the agency’s willingness to accept the improvement proposal, which includes training staff in “deescalation” techniques and canceling a planned expansion.

The facility receives $4.7 million from Medicaid and $11.2 million from Medicare annually, according to state officials.

The hospital has been under threat of losing federal funds four times this year.

The federal agency sent 90-day termination notices to the hospital in January, March, September and November after finding that patients were at risk.

Infractions noted in a Nov. 5 inspection involved

patient rights, quality assessment, medical staff, nursing services and infection control.

Western State Hospital has struggled with staffing as it sought to comply with a federal court order issued in April that requires the state to provide timely services to mentally ill people charged with crimes.

A judge said the hospital made people wait weeks or months for an evaluation on their competency for trial or for treatment.

The hospital was starting to open new wards to handle the competency cases, but when federal inspectors found the hospital out of compliance, health services secretary Kevin Quigley said officials had ended the hospital expansion until they get things under control.

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Whatcom County businesses apply to sell medical marijuana Search for missing hunter suspended Associated Press

BELLINGHAM — The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is considering applications from 19 businesses that want to sell medical

marijuana in Whatcom County.

The Bellingham Herald reported that the board has approved six medical endorsements thus far for existing stores that have a license to sell

recreational marijuana.

The board began accepting new applications last month.

Medical pot is being incorporated into the recreational pot industry.

Businesses that have

been selling medical marijuana, which has been unregulated, must not get a recreational license as well as the endorsement.

The stores will not be able to start selling

medical marijuana until July 1, when the endorsements go into effect.

July 1 also is when existing medical marijuana operations will have to shut down if they are not licensed.

Associated Press ROYAL CITY — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is suspending its search for a bow hunter missing near Crab Creek in Royal City.

Officials said the search for Mark Stieg, 55, is suspended until further notice because of expected cold weather and snow Monday night and Tuesday.

Stieg left his home in North Bend early Friday for a one-day hunt. Stieg’s family said he is an experienced mountaineer and survivalist, as well as a former Marine.

Police located Stieg’s black truck, but said he has not made contact.

Anyone who has information on Stieg’s whereabouts should call 911 or 509-762-1160.

Costco pulls chicken salad due to E. coli Associated Press OLYMPIA — Authorities say chicken salad from Costco has been linked to at least one case of E. coli in Washington state.

The Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other western states are investigating E. coli illnesses from chicken salad purchased from various Costco stores in late October.

One case of E. coli has been confirmed in King County. Authorities said the person became ill in late October but was not hospitalized.

Colorado, Montana and Utah also have confirmed E. coli cases connected to Costco chicken salad.

Consumers who purchased chicken salad made with rotisserie chicken — item number 37719 — from any Washington Costco location should discard it.

People who have eaten it and feel ill should talk to a health care provider.

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OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS

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Jake Hines (left) and Ross Rukke, of Capstone Construction, work to remove a fallen tree in Spokane on Friday after deadly storms swept through the state, leaving many without power.

Tens of thousands still have no electricity in Spokane County Associated Press

SPOKANE — Tens of thousands of people who have been shivering for nearly a week without power after deadly storms swept through Washington state were bracing for snowfall Monday and the possibility of preparing Thanksgiving dinner in the dark.

A major windstorm last Tuesday damaged the electrical grid in Spokane, the state’s second-largest city. Winds topping 70 mph in the Northwest snapped power poles and toppled trees that crashed through roofs and crushed cars. Three people died when trees fell on their vehicles, and heavy rains flooded roadways and homes.

More storms were expected to worsen the plight of over 29,000 customers in Spokane County who have been living without heat and light amid subfreezing temperatures — the forecast calls for snow and wind chills dropping into the single digits Monday night. Stores sold out of firewood as people used wood stoves to heat their homes.

Janet Gray, 42, of Spokane, gave up living in her house when the thermostat hit 38 degrees and

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Hollie Burke (left) and Brooke Crone examine Crone’s car covered in power lines Wednesday in Spokane after trees fell and knocked down utility lines from a storm the day before.

moved to a hotel.

Despite the cold, food she bought for Thanksgiving spoiled and she called off dinner plans with relatives who planned to travel from western Washington for the holiday.

“All our food for Thanksgiving is ruined,” she said. “For now, it’s canceled.”

She said she’s frustrated and angry with the local utility because she cannot get answers to when power will be restored to her home in Spokane’s South Hill area.

Crews are working around the clock, but the extent of destruction means most customers won’t be able to turn on their heaters, TVs and light switches until late Wednesday evening,

according to Avista Corp., the Spokane region’s major electrical utility.

“Living without power in these cold conditions for several days is very stressful and trying,” said Avista Chairman Scott Morris. “Let me assure you, we continue to dedicate every available resource at our disposal to restore your power as we recover from the worst natural disaster in our company’s 126-year history.”

Those still in the dark Monday were mainly in locations in Spokane County where it was most difficult to restore electrical service, Avista said.

They represent about 20 percent of the company’s customers in the county.

Public schools have been closed since

Wednesday because many buildings lacked electricity. While power has been restored to most schools, the district decided to cancel classes all week for 29,000 students because downed power lines and trees blocking sidewalks where children walk pose a danger.

Five schools were operating as warming shelters for those without electricity and served 2,100 meals over the weekend, officials said.

Last week’s storm initially knocked out power to 180,000 customers across eastern Washington and northern Idaho, Avista said. The utility brought in line crews from across the West and Canada to try to rebuild its damaged system.

Additional crews arrived from Montana and Oregon on Sunday, with 123 crews now working 24 hours a day to restore power, the company said.

“This workforce faces the daunting task of repairing the hundreds of miles of distribution lines that were destroyed in Tuesday’s devastating windstorm that left a path of toppled trees, broken poles and tangled wire in its wake,” Avista said.

Replacing one power pole can take up to six hours, the company said.

King Co. deputy hurt in collision with stolen car Associated Press BURIEN — A King County deputy suffered minor injuries after his patrol car was hit by a stolen vehicle in Burien.

KING-TV reported the stolen vehicle ran a red light and ran into the deputy on Sunday afternoon.

A few minutes before the accident, another deputy checked the vehicle’s

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of the car and ran from the scene. A 40-yearold female passenger remained at the scene and was taken to Highline Hospital with minor injuries and released.

Closure of locks stops big boats

Beverly E. Payne Beverly E. Payne, 88, of Ly n nwo o d , Wa s h . p a s s e d away on November 19, 2015.

She was born on April 21, 19 27 , a n d wa s r a i s e d i n Racine, Wisconsin. She was a member of the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church for many years.

Beverly was preceded in death by her husband, Cloyd T. Payne; mother and father, Frederick and Verna Baever; brother, Donald Baever and h i s w i fe , H e l e n ; b ro t h e r, Jack Baever; sister, Dolores Ly o n s a n d h e r h u s b a n d , George Lyons.

Beverly leaves behind her loving children and spouses, Raymond and Marie Payne of Pasco, Wash., Patricia and Richard Rynning of M a r y s v i l l e , Wa s h . , R a n d y Payne and Colleen Boyle of Black Diamond, Wash.; and four grandchildren, Jason Pay n e , Ke n n et h R y n n i n g , S a r a h K i s c h , a n d Ty l e r Aroner and four greatgrandchildren.

Walter Lee Casto, Jr., 49, died peacefully at home surrounded by his siblings o n N o v e m b e r 1 8 , 2 01 5 , after a brave and courageous 18-month battle with brain cancer.

W a l t e r w a s b o r n i n Aberdeen, Wash., growing up in Westport and Mukilteo, Wash. He was the oldest of W a l t a n d Ta n a ’ s f o u r children.

Walter followed in his father’s footsteps and enjoyed commercial fishing in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Spending the summers f i s h i n g w i t h h i s f a m i l y, especially with his nephews, was something Wally really enjoyed. Walter loved spending time with his mom and one of his favorite memories was driving her around the U.S. Wally’s other passions included art, ceramics, woodworking, drawing, photography, Husky football, and being a proud member of “12’s”.

Wally will be sadly missed by h i s p a r e n t s , Wa l t a n d Ta n a ; b ro t h e r, M a r k ( K r i s te n ) , b ro t h e r, G l e n n ( Tr ev a ) , s i s te r, J e n ; n e p h ew s , Ky l e , C o l to n , Ethan, and Jack; aunts Candy and Miz; and his furry friend, Sally.

Wally was an amazing son, brother, uncle, nephew, and friend to many. He was the one you could always count on when you needed help with a remodel, a custom Halloween costume, a school project built, a National Park visited, or a rival universities flag to be “borrowed”.

Walter loved his friends, and consi dered them hi s extended family. The time he spent with Erick, Jaye and the rest of the Florendo’s w e r e a m o n g h i s fo n d e s t memories. He loved traveling to Husky football games with Erick, Steve and the rest of the crew. Walter enjoyed his time at the ceramics studio with his great friend, Beth and the other artists. His last months were made easier by the loving care, friendship, and enthusiasm for life that Jill gave.

Walter handled his illness with amazing courage, kindness and was an inspiration to all that crossed his path. His true c h a r a c te r c l e a r l y s h owe d during this time. It was his grace that never ceased to amaze us. Although we miss his laugh greatly and are devastated by his loss, we know he is at peace with his Grandma and Grandpa by his side.

A celebration of life, open house will be held at his p a r e n t ’ s h o m e , S u n d a y, November 29, 2015 from 12:00-5:00 p.m. Address: 19618 61st Ave SE, Snohomish, WA 98296.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for A d v a n c e d B r a i n Tu m o r Treatment.

Associated Press SEATTLE — The Ballard Locks are partially closed for most of the month, keeping large commercial boat traffic out of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

KIRO-TV reported the large lock is shut for annual maintenance for about three weeks. The closure is longer this year because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had to use a small, portable pump to empty millions of gallons from the lock.

A pipe burst prevented them from using an older, but more efficient pump. In addition to the pump, other parts of the locks also need to be repaired or replaced.

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H a ro l d ( H a l ) O l a f P r e u s went home to the Lord on T h u r s d ay, N o v e m b e r 1 9 , 2015 at the home of Rana and David Zucchi in S t a nwo o d , Wa s h . H e wa s 85.

Hal was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1930 and raised in New Jersey by his Lutheran p a s t o r f a t h e r, J a c o b H .

Preus and his mother Pauline Torjusson Preus.

Hal loved the sea and worked as a marine engineer with Foss Tug, U.S. Navy, MSCS and NOAA. When he retired from the sea, he ran a small engine repair shop with his son Rick, and later ran a postal service.

In 1949, he married Janet Marie Fenno in Anacor tes, Wash. They had four children before their marriage was dissolved in 1965.

In 1971, Hal married the love of his life, Beverly King, and embraced her 4 sons as his own. Together, Hal and Bev discovered their deep relationship with Jesus Christ and faithfully served Him the remainder of their lives. Hal and Bev lived in E ve r e t t , Wa s h . u n t i l B ev passed away in 2005. That year, Hal moved to a small h o u s e o n h i s d a u g h te r ’ s property in Arlington, Wash.

In September 2015 they all moved to Stanwood, Wash.

Hal was also preceded in d e a t h by h i s s i s te r, J e a n Moore and his stepson, Larry Zucchi.

Hal is sur vived by his children, Rober t, Richard, Rana, Jerry, David, Ron, and Mark and adopted in spirit, s o n s , M i c h a e l Va n S yc o c and Michael Holligan. Hal is also sur vived by 16 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren (with 2 on the way), and his three nephews, Jim, Tom and Joe Moore.

His immediate family and friends are having a celebration of his life following their Thanksgiving celebration.

I n l i e u o f f l o w e r s , donations in memory of Hal can be sent to Providence Hospice, Everett, Wash.

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Explosive vest found in Paris

By Raf Casert And Elaine Ganley Associated Press

BRUSSELS— A street cleaner in a Paris suburb found an explosive vest similar to those used in the Paris attacks on Monday near the place where a suspect’s mobile phone had been found, raising the possibility that he aborted his mission, either ditching a malfunctioning vest — or fleeing in fear.

The discovery of the vest came as Belgium’s prime minister cited a “serious and imminent” threat justifying keeping the highest alert level operational for at least another week. The security measures, already in place for three days, have severely disrupted normal life in the capital.

In France, police said an explosive vest — without a detonator — was found by a street cleaner in a pile of rubble in Chatillon-Montrouge, on the southern edge of Paris and a considerable distance from the sites of the attacks on the Right Bank of the Seine to the north. A police official later said the vest contained bolts and the same type of explosives — TATP — as those used in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that claimed 130 lives and left hundreds wounded.

The device was found Monday in the same area where a cellphone belonging to fugitive suspect Salah Abdeslam was located on the day of the Paris attacks but the vest has not been formally linked to him, said two police officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.

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French police officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday.

French President Francois Hollande will preside over a national ceremony Friday honoring the 130 victims of the deadliest attacks on France in decades.

Belgium-based terrorism expert Claude Moniquet, who has been in contact with both Belgian and French investigators since the attacks, laid out two possibilities: that Abdeslam became afraid of carrying out a suicide mission or, more likely he says, that he simply ditched a defective explosive vest.

Nervousness could have played a role in concocting a defective vest, but he said he doubted fear played a role for among Islamic State followers, “it is rare not to go to the end.”

Moniquet said this was only theory since he had not yet spoken to investigators about the explosive vest find.

A manhunt is underway for Abdeslam, whose brother Brahim was among attackers who blew themselves up. He crossed the border into Belgium after the attacks, with French police stopping and interviewing him, before letting him go.

Belgian Prime Minister

Charles Michel said Brussels, which houses the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, faced a “serious and imminent” threat that requires keeping the city at the highest alert level, while the rest of the country would stay at the second-highest level. Belgium’s crisis center said the alert level would only change if a significant breakthrough warranted it.

The increased security measures in the wake of the massacre in Paris have virtually shut down the Belgian capital, with the subway system, many shops and schools remaining shut on Monday. Michel said that despite the continued high-alert level, schools would reopen Wednesday, with parts of the subway system beginning to operate. He did not say when the system would be completely online again.

“We are very alert and call for caution,” Michel said. “The potential targets remain the same: shopping centers and

shopping streets and public transport.”

“We want to return to a normal way of life as quickly as possible,” he added.

Belgian authorities have not announced any details of their investigation into potential attacks nor have they released information about four suspects who have been arrested and charged with terrorismrelated offenses. These include one suspect who was arrested as part of a sweep that saw 21 people detained since Sunday night. Fifteen of those detainees have since been released.

Frank Foley, a terrorism expert and lecturer in war studies at King’s College London, said it was difficult to know if the Belgian operations were justified because authorities have provided few details. The measures could even be counterproductive if they last too long, he said.

“If these dramatic measures continue in Brussels, we will be doing the terrorists’ job for them,” Foley said. “The government may be unintentionally contributing to the atmosphere of fear.”

Henry Willis, director of RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, likened the clampdown to the reaction of U.S. authorities after the Boston Marathon bombing.

“They did shut down the city for a couple of days and when they lifted those restrictions, that’s when they caught the terrorist,” he said.

Several of the Paris attackers had lived in Brussels, including Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man who authorities say orchestrated the plot. He was killed Wednesday in a standoff with French police.

Social media gives Cuban exodus wings

By Michael Weissenstein Associated Press

PENAS BLANCAS, Costa Rica — As summer began to bake the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus, Elio Alvarez and Lideisy Hernandez sold their tiny apartment and everything in it for $5,000 and joined the largest migration from their homeland in decades.

Buying two smartphones for $160 apiece on a layover on their way to Ecuador, they plugged themselves into a highly organized, well-funded and increasingly successful homebrewed effort to make human traffickers obsolete by using smartphones and messaging apps on much of the 3,400-mile overland journey that’s become Cubans’ main route to the U.S. Some 45,000 Cubans are expected to move by bus, boat, taxi and on foot from Ecuador and other South and Central American countries to the Texas and California borders this year, afraid that the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba will mean an end to special immigration privileges that date to the opening of the Cold War. With thousands more taking rafts across the Florida Straits, 2015 may witness the biggest outflow of Cubans since the 1980 Mariel boatlift that hauled 125,000 people to the U.S..

The overland exodus has caused a border crisis in Central America, set off tensions in the newly friendly U.S.-Cuban relationship and sparked rising calls in the U.S. to end Cubans’ automatic right to legal residency once they touch U.S. soil.

At the heart of it all is Cubans’ ability to cross some of the world’s most dangerous territory relatively unscathed by the corrupt border guards, criminal gangs and human traffickers known as coyotes who make life hell for so many other Latin American migrants.

Key to that ability is the constant flow of information between migrants starting the journey and those who have just completed it.

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Cuban migrants Annieli de los Reyes and Carlos Mena talk with Annieli’s mother back in Cuba at a shelter in La Cruz, Costa Rica, on Friday. “We have been able to stay in contact with all the persons that are ahead of us and help those behind,” the couple said when asked how technology is helping them on their trip.

A Cuban woman navigates a Facebook page set up in support of migrants in Costa Rica, on her cellphone in La Cruz, near the border with Nicaragua.

“Those who’ve arrived have gotten in touch with their acquaintances, their friends, and tell them how the route is.

That means that no one needs a coyote,” said Hernandez, a 32-year-old psychologist. “You go making friends along the way. I myself have 70, 80-something friends on Facebook who’ve already gotten to the United States.”

Cuban migrants start with an advantage: Many countries along the route grant Cubans free passage because their government does not respond to most requests for information about illegal migrants that would allow them to be deported. And many Cubans have access to hundreds or thousands of dollars in backup

funds sent by relatives who belong to one of the United States’ most prosperous immigrant groups.

Once they reach the U.S. border, they can just show up at an established U.S. port of entry and declare their nationality. Federal data shows 45,000 Cubans appeared at U.S. land border points in the 12 months ending Sept. 20, and at least as many are expected in the coming year.

But along the way, Cubans still must navigate jungles, rivers, at least seven international borders and countries in the grip of gangs responsible for some of the world’s highest homicide rates.

Asked their secret, Cubans interviewed in shelters along

Costa Rica’s northern border with Nicaragua almost universally pointed to cheap smartphones, data plans and Facebook.

“We’re completely, always, alert to our phones,” Alvarez said, gesturing to his Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini outside a border station in northern Costa Rica, where he and some 2,000 other Cuban migrants were stuck waiting for resolution of a regional conflict set off by Nicaragua’s closure of the crossing. “This is our best friend, the phone. It’s always on, always ready.”

The metallic “zing!” of a new message arriving in the Facebook Messenger app has become the soundtrack to this year’s historic migration as Cubans consult friends further along the route for tips on bus routes, border closures, even how much to bribe the notoriously corrupt Colombian police.

“They tell you when you can get money, at what moment you can arrive somewhere, what hotel to go to,” said Annieli de los Reyes, a pharmacist from the eastern city of Camaguey. “In all of those things, you run less risk and go with more security and peace of mind.”

While many move across large swathes of territory independent of coyotes, others still depend on traffickers, most commonly when they need to get across borders.

On Nov. 10, a U.S.-backed Costa Rican task force on human trafficking arrested 12 people suspected of helping run an international ring that charged Cubans between $7,000 and $15,000 to be smuggled from South America to the U.S. border, or $400 to be moved safely across Costa Rica.

Central America governments have called an emergency meeting on the crisis in El Salvador on Tuesday. Nicaragua, a close socialist ally of Cuba, has not publicly responded to a Costa Rican proposal to create a “humanitarian corridor” for Cubans to move unhindered toward the U.S.

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U.S. issues travel warning after attacks WASHINGTON —Americans should be alert to travel risks, especially during the holidays, following increased terrorist threats around the world, the State Department warned Monday.

A travel alert, which is to be in effect until Feb. 24, said information suggests that militants with the Islamic State, alQaida, Boko Haram and other terrorist groups continue to plan attacks in multiple regions.

“U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance when in public places or using transportation,” the alert said. “Be aware of immediate surroundings and avoid large crowds or crowded places.

Exercise particular caution during the holiday season and at holiday festivals or events.”

White House asks IS help The White House urged allies Monday to do more in the campaign against the Islamic State, while President Barack Obama faced pressure in return to show the U.S.-led coalition will intensify efforts in response to the Paris attacks, even without a major shift in strategy. Requests for more counterintelligence, military and humanitarian assistance came a day before French President Francois Hollande was to arrive at the White House to discuss the fight against the extremists believed to be behind the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people.

La.: Mass shooting in park Police on Monday sought to determine what touched off a wild shootout in a crowd of hundreds of people at a New Orleans playground. The Sunday night shootout between two groups happened as hundreds of people — possibly as many as 500 — gathered at what police described as a block party.

A music video was being filmed there.

Police said neither event had a permit.

N.Y.: NBC gives time to GOP NBC agreed Monday to give four Republican presidential candidates free time on affiliates in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina after they complained Donald Trump unfairly benefited from appearing as “Saturday Night Live” host earlier this month.

The network said John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham each will get about 12 minutes of time to tout their candidacies during prime time Friday and Saturday, and during this week’s “Saturday Night Live.”

AROUND THE WORLD Bahrain: Detainees tortured Bahrain’s security forces have tortured detainees held in the years following the island nation’s 2011 protests despite a government promise to stop such abuses, according to a new report released Monday. The Human Rights Watch report on Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, corresponds with accounts of abuse provided by Amnesty International and local activists. Bahrain’s government said the country “is unequivocally opposed to mistreatment of any kind” and has put in more oversight on security forces.

Syria: Chemical attacks The U.S. envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog warned Monday that the use of such toxic arms is “becoming routine in the Syrian civil war.” Rafael Foley was speaking at a closed meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ Executive Council at The Hague to discuss recent reports by a fact-finding mission, including that a “non-state actor” likely used sulfur mustard in August in the Syrian town of Marea, killing an infant. The fact-finding mission also said that chlorine likely was used as a weapon between March and May in Idlib, leaving six people dead.

Lithuania: No Kalashnikovs Police are hanging up their Kalashnikovs — handed out to officers after the Paris attacks — following two embarrassing incidents involving the Soviet-made assault rifles. On Nov. 17, a civilian was hit by a bullet from a Kalashnikov fired accidentally by a policeman on patrol. Two days later, a handcuffed convict managed to steal a rifle while escaping a police escort. Officers acknowledged the Kalashnikov had been left unattended on the front seat.

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Pfizer-Allergan deal raises outcry

By Linda A. Johnson and Tom Murphy Associated Press

A $160 billion deal announced Monday to merge Pfizer and Allergan and create the world’s biggest drug company renewed the outcry in Washington over “inversions,” in which U.S. corporations combine with companies overseas to lower their tax bill.

The combination — the second-largest merger in history — could have ramifications around the globe, pushing up drug prices and spurring more such deals in the fast-consolidating health care sector and other fields.

It also is increasing the election-year backlash from U.S. politicians who have been

criticizing drugmakers recently over medicine prices that sometimes exceed $100,000 a year.

In what would be the biggest inversion ever, Pfizer could save hundreds of millions in U.S. taxes because it would move its tax headquarters from America to Ireland, where Allergan is based.

Pfizer, which currently operates out of New York, would slash its tax rate from around 25 percent this year to about 18 percent.

Inversions have long been attacked by some politicians as a tax dodge, and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the leading Democratic presidential contenders, criticized the deal.

Clinton said it will leave “U.S. taxpayers holding the bag,” while Sanders said it will be a “disaster” for Americans already paying

high prescription drug costs.

Asked if the deal was designed to avoid taxes, Pfizer CEO Ian Read said only that company executives’ obligation is to shareholders and patients.

The merger is subject to approval from regulators in the U.S., European Union and elsewhere. It also needs the goahead from shareholders of both countries.

Pfizer makes such drugs as Viagra, cholesterol-lowering Lipitor and the clot-preventer Eliquis.

Allergan produces the wrinkle treatment Botox and Restasis for dry eyes, and also has a superior pipeline of medicines in development.

If it goes through, the merger will return Pfizer to the top spot in the pharmaceutical industry,

after years in which competition from cheaper generics cut into its revenue from some of its blockbuster drugs.

The combination will essentially be Pfizer “but with a lower tax rate,” wrote Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson.

Despite attempts by Congress and the Treasury Department to thwart the practice, about 50 U.S. companies have inverted in the past decade, and more are considering it, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. Treasury said it had no comment Monday.

The health care sector has been the hottest in U.S. mergers this year and last, with deals worth $451 billion, according See PFIZER, Page A10

Airport ground delays on rise Associated Press

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Chinese billionaire and art collector Liu Yiqian and his wife, Wang Wei, attend an opening ceremony Dec. 18, 2014, in Shanghai for the exhibition of a $36 million Ming Dynasty tea cup he bought and paid for with his American Express card.

How to fly free forever Just put $170 million on your American Express card

By Ken Sweet Associated Press

NEW YORK — Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, who doesn’t exactly struggle to afford a plane ticket, can now likely fly free, in first class, with his whole family, anywhere in the world, for the rest of his life.

All because he bought a painting.

Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani’s “Reclining Nude” at a Christie’s auction earlier this month— offering $170.4 million— and when the sale closes he’ll be putting it on his American Express card.

Liu, a high-profile collector of Chinese antiquities and art, has used his AmEx in the past when he’s won art auctions. He put a $36 million tea cup from the Ming Dynasty on his AmEx

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Fewer Americans bought homes in October, a sign that rising home values may be pushing more would-be buyers to the real estate market’s sidelines.

The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing homes fell 3.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.36 million.

The decline comes after strong growth in home-buying for much of 2015, bolstered by steady job gains and low mortgage rates. Home purchases have advanced 3.9 percent from a year ago.

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last year, according to reports, and put other artifacts on his card earlier this year. He and his wife said they plan on using their American Express card to pay for the Modigliani, according to news reports after the sale.

American Express will not confirm Liu Yiqian’s Modigliani purchase, or say if it would be the biggest ever on their cards, citing privacy reasons. But it can be done.

“In theory, it’s possible to put a ($170 million purchase) on an American Express card,” said American Express spokeswoman Elizabeth Crosta. “It is based on our relationship with that individual card member and these decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, based on our knowledge of their spending patterns.”

Liu has an American Express

Centurion Card, also known as the AmEx “black card,” an invitation-only card that is given only to AmEx’s biggest spending clients. The card has no official credit limit — and it earns points, just like most of the cards nonbillionaires carry around.

Each AmEx card issued in each country accrues points differently. But using a baseline of a one point per dollar, what American Express uses for its U.S. Platinum and Centurion Cards, Liu will earn 170,400,000 Membership Reward points for his painting purchase, which doesn’t include tax or the fees Christie’s charges. He has likely earned tens of millions of points for his earlier fine art buys, like the expensive tea cup.

Don’t forget the points Liu has See POINTS, Page A10

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October home sales slump

Ford Motor Co. will not be using air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. in future vehicles, another blow to the troubled Japanese parts supplier as the auto industry continues to shun its product. Ford joins Honda, Toyota and Nissan is deciding against putting the inflators in cars, trucks and SUVs now under development. Takata inflators can explode with too much force, sending shrapnel into drivers and passengers. At least eight people have been killed worldwide and hundreds injured.

The inflators have led to the recall of 19.2 million vehicles in the U.S., and government regulators are investigating the possibility of millions more.

By Scott Mayerowitz NEW YORK — On a recent morning, Delta Air Lines Flight 435 pushed back early from the gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Passengers watched the safety video and settled in for a six-hour trip.

Then they waited. And waited.

Still within sight of the gate, their jet sat motionless due to airport congestion. It wasn’t until 30 minutes after passengers buckled in that they were finally in the sky.

It’s a scene playing out across the country. According to an Associated Press analysis, airplanes spent 23 minutes and 32 seconds, on average, taxiing between gates and runways during the first nine months of the year. That’s the longest it has been since the Bureau of Transportation Statistics started tracking taxi times in 1995 and a 50-second increase over last year’s average.

For passengers, the rising delays add to the frustrations of travel. A plane might land early but then sit waiting for a gate to open up. Flights are still arriving “on time” but only because airlines have increased scheduled flying times to account for the added taxi times. The Delta flight made it to the gate in San Francisco 10 minutes ahead of schedule despite the takeoff delays.

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ith about a decade left before we want to retire, my husband and I have begun some intense retirement planning.

We are looking at our health care options. We’ve met with financial professionals to discuss how to handle our pensions and investment portfolios. We

Good deeds The city of Edmonds and Volunteers of America are sponsoring Giving Trees at Frances Anderson Center and Edmonds City Hall. Citizens, businesses and organizations can select a tag with the name of a person in need and their gift suggestion. Purchase the

are even talking about buying a second home so that we can escape to a warmer climate in cold months.

We’ve also discussed what we want to do in our leisure time. I want to play golf. I’ve taken a few lessons and know just enough not to completely embarrass myself on a course. My husband,

gift and return it wrapped to either location by Dec. 11.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union members contributed $76,300 to local community food banks during the annual Cash for Cans food drive.

Washington branches collected $10,200, which will benefit Northwest Harvest in Seattle,

Help House Food Bank in Oak Harbor, Hopelink in Redmond, and the Salvation Army of Bremerton.

Kudos The March of Dimes Washington Chapter honored 19 nurses at its 13th annual Washington Nurse of the Year Awards

who already has an enviable swing, is encouraging me to sign up for more lessons so that I can join him on the course as his golfing partner.

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on Nov. 13. Winners included Robin Hollenhorst with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett; Judith Canfield with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett and Trish Nilsen with Whidbey Family Birthplace.

Biz Bits runs Monday through Saturday.

Microsoft is getting more male, and slightly more racially diverse, according to new workforce data the company released Monday.

Women made up 26.8 percent of Microsoft’s global workforce at the end of September, down from 29 percent a year earlier.

About 29.3 percent of Microsoft’s U.S. employees identified as Asian. Hispanic employees totaled 5.4 percent.

Black employees and those identifying as multi-racial both ticked up a tenth of a percentage point, to 3.5 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively.

The percentage of American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander was unchanged at 0.5 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively.

Wal-Mart pushes sale For Wal-Mart shoppers, Cyber Monday will come several hours early this year. The world’s largest retailer plans to kick off its online deals bonanza at 5 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, a move that is noteworthy because of what it reveals about how quickly our digital shopping habits are changing.

Whole Thanksgiving Whole Foods Market Inc. may lose ground in its effort to shed its “Whole Paycheck” image this Thanksgiving. A group of 20 common items used in the holiday feast was priced at $87.91 at Whole Foods versus $72.28 at Trader Joe’s, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence study. The 22 percent higher cost at Whole Foods is bigger than the 0.9 percent gap it had with Trader Joe’s on a similar basket of items last year. The study was conducted on Nov. 18 at grocery stores in New Jersey.

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earned through everyday purchases. Chinese billionaires presumably go to Starbucks, too.

He could potentially be a billionaire in both in cash and American Express points. Liu and his wife, in an interview with The New York Times, said they plan to use the points to allow their family to travel for the rest of their lives.

That shouldn’t be a problem, according to Zach Honig, editor-in-chief of the travel rewards site ThePointsGuy.com.

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to Dealogic.

Drugmakers, insurers and pharmacy chains are combining to boost revenue, cut costs and increase their clout in negotiating prices and contracts. Each new deal puts pressure on smaller rivals to bulk up.

John Colley, a professor at Warwick Business School in Britain, predicted

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$50,000 out of the country in any year, and using his card could help him get around this limit because he’s just paying back American Express or the bank in China who issues his card.

One potential loser here could be Christie’s. Every time an American Express card holder uses the card, AmEx charges the merchant a fee.

That fee is usually 2 to 3 percent, depending on the merchant For a $170 million painting, millions of dollars could flow to AmEx instead of Christie’s — enough, presumably, for AmEx to pay for the Liu family’s future flights, and then some.

even bigger deals as “industry players become concerned about being left behind in the race for scale.”

For consumers, however, such combinations could lead to higher drug prices, as well as higher taxes to cover the lost tax revenue, said Jerry Reisman, a New York merger expert.

“We’re all going to feel this,” he said.

The deal will enable the combined company to pour around $9 billion a year into research on new

treatments, Read said in an interview. That includes work on cures for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, cancer and other difficultto-treat illnesses. It costs upwards of $1.5 billion to get a new drug approved.

“The impact for patients is great, both short term and long term,” said Read, who will be chairman and CEO of the combined company, to be called Pfizer Plc. Several U.S. drugmakers have performed inversions through acquisitions in the

past several years, including generic drugmaker Mylan. Allergan itself is the product of an inversion.

Last year, the Treasury Department issued new regulations to curb the financial benefits of inversions. Amid political backlash over the looming Pfizer-Allergan announcement, Treasury rushed out new rules Thursday, but they focus on deals in which the overseas company’s shareholders end up with 20 to 40 percent of the combined corporation.

to spending more time with their husbands.

Another myth the survey busted was one that scares me. The research found that nearly half of survey respondents just picked a date when they wanted to retire and that was that.

Their projected retirement savings was not a decisive factor.

Respondents were asked whether time or money was more important in their decision to retire.

Nearly half (49 percent) said they wanted to be sure they had enough years to

enjoy retirement.

I get that. My husband and I want to quit our current jobs sooner rather than later so we can travel more before possible health issues slow us down.

But we’re also timing our retirement to a specific level of savings, just like the 51 percent in the survey who said reaching a savings goal is the major factor in deciding when to retire.

As for getting the timing right, the respondents who are retired said they aren’t struggling as some might believe. Rather, 82 percent

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hundreds of first class flights anywhere in the world.

If he tires of travel in luxury, Liu also could go on a shopping spree on American Express’ online mall.

There’s a 26-carat platinum diamond tennis bracelet he could buy for 33 million points. How about a 29-light crystal chandelier for 10 million points? And for that special someone, Liu could get a full-length sable fur coat for 8.5 million points.

Lui, who is worth $1.4 billion according to Forbes, probably didn’t use his Amex for the points.

China allows its citizens to transfer no more than

One myth-busting discovery was related to the notion that most spouses are motivated to retire because they want to spend more time with each other. Nearly 60 percent of men want to spend time with their wives. The wives, well, they’re looking forward to spending more time with their grandchildren (nearly 70 percent).

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“He’s probably reached that goal with that single painting,” Honig says.

Honig estimates that if Liu converted his Membership Rewards points into one of a number of airline frequent flier programs, he and his and his family could travel anywhere in style.

He could fly 3,000 times between the U.S. and Europe in the ultra-deluxe first class suites offered by Singapore Airlines (estimated cost: $17,800 round trip), if he converted points to Singapore’s program.

Even if Liu wanted to use his AmEx points to pay for flights, a less efficient use of them, he could till redeem those points for

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The creep in taxi times is attributed to a series of changes: massive runway construction projects at some of the nation’s busiest airports; schedule changes that increase the number of flights at peak hours; and new, distant runways that relieve congestion but require more time to reach.

“It’s death by a thousand cuts,” says Vikram Krishnan, a partner in the aviation practice of consultancy Oliver Wyman.

The problems on the ground are costing airlines dearly.

“Two, three, four, five minutes in a fleet of 500 planes a day is significant amounts of money,” says aviation consultant Mike Boyd.

That translates into hundreds of millions of dollars extra in operating costs so far this year, according to AP calculations factoring in average operating costs including pilot and flight attendant salaries.

Airlines say the longer taxi times are baked into schedules, so planes generally still arrive on time.

said they retired right. The overwhelming majority are happy and are adapting financially. They are managing by matching their spending to what they’ve saved.

When we talk about “retirement,” it’s assumed that word means not working at all. But that’s not the case for many people. Lots of workers retire and yet still work in some capacity because they like what they do and feel valued. By the way, the Fidelity survey found that 72 percent of folks said their top reason

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So far this year, 79 percent of flights have been at the gate within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, the best performance since 2012.

Passengers might be spending more time on planes, but airlines are better managing their expectations by increasing scheduled times. That masks some of the problems, like taxi delays.

For instance, 10 years ago the average scheduled time from gate to gate between Chicago and San Francisco was 4 hours and 32 minutes. Today, flights are scheduled for an extra 11 minutes, according to PlaneStats.com..

All it takes are a few problems at some of the country’s busiest airports to drive up the national taxi time average.

The top offender in the past year was Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Of all the additional taxi time minutes in the nation, one of out of five extra minutes can be traced back to delays at O’Hare.

Planes in Chicago this year spent an average of 1 minute and 18 seconds extra navigating the taxiways. And taxi times are up 3 minutes and 24 seconds from five years ago.

to retire is to just have the freedom to chill. I recently judged a poetry contest and, afterward, as I was walking to my car with a fellow judge — a retired educator — I lamented having to go to work. To which she replied, “You poor dear. I’ve got nothing else planned.”

I was so jealous. I long for the day when I can wake up, decide I don’t want to do anything and just read a book or watch movies all day. (c) 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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IN OUR VIEW | Record wildfire season

Wildfire reforms still needed This is how persistent wildfires can be: It was only last week — mid-November — that a wildfire in the Olympic National Park’s rainforest, which had been burning since May, was finally extinguished by a series of storms that dropped several feed of rain.

The Paradise fire burned 4 square miles of rainforest in the Queets River drainage, the largest fire in the park’s history, the Associated Press reported last week.

But the Paradise fire, of course, paled in comparison to this summer’s largest fire, the Okanogan Complex fire that burned nearly 305,000 square acres, cost $44.5 million to fight, forced evacuations in Okanogan County, destroyed or damaged 120 residences and resulted in the deaths of three firefighters and severely injured a fourth. Until this summer, last year’s Carlton Complex fire, which burned

more than 256,000 acres, was the largest in state history.

Fire, except that cozily contained to a fireplace, is not top of mind right now, but it was the subject of a hearing before the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, continues to pursue longer-term legislation to address deficiencies in how the states and nation prepare for and fight wildfires.

Cantwell, following publication of a white paper on wildfires early this year, proposed the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015, which was referred to a federal lands subcommittee in March and has moved no further. She and the committee’s chairwoman, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, again are drafting legislation that would: ■■Responsibly fund fire suppression to end the practice of “fire borrowing,” where

the U.S. Forest Service borrows from its fire prevention and other accounts to fund firefighting; ■■Better coordinate resources to make sure equipment, such as aircraft are available when needed, and improve the safety of firefighters; ■■Increase preparedness of communities, through programs such as Firewise, to reduce fire hazards near property; and ■■Increase the use of thinning and prescribed burning to limit the fuel available to wildfires.

The state of Washington could do more itself regarding the last point. A report in the The Seattle Times last month compared spending on prescribed burns in Washington state on state and federal lands to that in other Western states. Between 2002 and 2014, the Forest Service used prescribed burning on 131,752 acres in Washington

state, compared to 728,892 acres in Oregon and 385,314 acres in Idaho. State Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark prefers thinning to burning, because of smoke complaints from nearby communities, the Times reported.

Recent fall rains and the return of snow to the Cascades and Olympics have improved but not ended the state’s drought declaration, the state Department of Ecology reports. Even with the improvement, the Ecology Department said, this winter’s El Nino weather pattern still is expected to bring below-normal snowfall to the Northwest.

With drier-than-typical weather and a backlog of work to reduce fuels and prepare communities for next fire season we can’t put off needed reforms and cross our fingers that we won’t see a repeat of the last two summers’ destruction.

standard legal principles, transgender students should bear no burden of proof to legitimate their access to showers of the opposite sex.

4. Personal self-identity alone is sufficient to entitle transgender students to enter such facilities.

5. It can be expected that boys (especially) will always choose their shower facilities from “sincere” motives.

6. Heterosexual males can be expected to suppress their natural inclination at arousal by a female in their showers.

7. Transgender students should bear no obligation whatsoever to compromise.

How ironic that instead of designating separate facilities for transgender students, the same U.S. Department of Education, which shuts God out of schools, is determined to erode those boundaries which guard fundamental human dignity, measured even by humanistic standards. While atheist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche anticipated such outcomes in his parable, “The Madman,” St. Paul already issued that warning in Romans 1:18-32.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■■CHARTER SCHOOLS

Court violates will of the people I am sure the recent Washington state Supreme Court ruling on how charter schools are in violation of the state constitution will prompt much discussion of the how this decision overturns the will of the people, as expressed in the majority of votes for charter schools initiatives. I am fairly sure many of those objecting to the decision also have voted for those initiatives which seek to impose a two-thirds supermajority requirement for new taxes, since a majority vote is not acceptable to them. I am also pretty certain any mother of a two-year-old will recognize the logical process required to reconcile these seemingly contradictory stances. As for myself, I’d like to think some have learned more than we knew at two.

Michael Furr Marysville

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They’re fleeing war, are vetted I have a question for the writer of the letter, “We can’t afford them, in any way,” regarding her uninformed views about Syrian refugees.

Why, when she uses the word refugees, is it in quotes? What does that mean? By putting in it quotes does she mean they are not really refugees?

They are fleeing the slaughter in their homeland from two fronts, ISIS and Bashar al-Assad. What about them requires that the word refugee be put in quotes? And calling them unvetted is totally ignorant.

The United Nations referred 23,000 refugees to potentially be brought into the United States. That list was reduced to 7,000 by the U.S., and of those 2,000 passed the thorough investigation and interview process, which can take 18 to 24 months.

I would suggest that she could direct her passion at two other areas: why can someone on the Terror Watch list legally buy guns and ammunition in this country, and why can potential terrorists who have European passports (but are not on the Watch List) fly into this country on commercial airlines without a visa? They are the truly unvetted.

Linda Frederick Lynnwood

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Transgender ruling is naive Regarding the article “U.S.: Illinois transgender student must get full locker room access”: In light of the U.S. Department of Education decree concerning transgender issues, what has become of the mantra, “right to privacy”? Is it not because their new “rights” will threaten the privacy of all others? Their agenda indeed will effectively abolish the rights of the rest. That it is “educators” who will execute this double standard is incomprehensible for the reason that the following assumptions on which their agenda must rest, are naive, irresponsible and absurd: 1. It is reasonable for “educators” to compromise the privacy of boys and girls by permitting people of the opposite sex to access their showers.

2. No psychological fallout should be expected from disregarding their modesty.

3. In contradiction to

Gary Jensen, pastor Lake Stevens

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Drug makers get help, we get hike Did anyone else notice the irony present in two headlines on page B5 of Monday’s Herald? On the one hand, there was Pfizer, merging with Allergan in a $150 billion deal. That will allow Pfizer to obtain lower tax rates and make more profits because of by virtue of moving their headquarters abroad, legally, I might add.

Three inches below, was the headline: “Premiums increasing for Medicare drug plan.” Pfizer gets a sweet tax-lowering merger and Medicare recipients pay more for prescriptions? Isn’t something horribly wrong with a system which allows this to happen?

Sarah Colt Camano Island

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Necessary to examine biases

If Gov. Inslee is serious about our state accepting Syrian refugees, I propose that the governor allow the first five, single, male Syrian refugees between the ages of 25-35, who have not been fully vetted, and without a valid passport/visa to live next door to him and his family on Bainbridge Island. After all, that is what he is asking us to do. If he will not, than we shall not.

The letters in the Nov. 19 Herald from Tom Balt, “Universities can blame themselves,” and Doris Sinclair, “Offers insight into life in Israel,” are right on, they still present a strong case for the need for all of us to take a step back and reexamine our own political correctness and/or bias way of looking at the world and our local situation. Too many times folks seem to let their personal biases get in the way of reality and to buy into the political correctness that floods our society.

Tony Fortino Everett

Mike Riley Lynnwood

Let Inslee be first to host young men

‘Politically correct’ often used incorrectly

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he Republican presidential candidates and the far-right echo chamber have made “politically correct” an all-purpose dismissal for facts and opinions they don’t want to hear.

Take Donald Trump’s claim that when the World Trade Center towers collapsed on 9/11, “I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and EUGENE ROBINSON thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering.”

The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” columnist, Glenn Kessler, found no evidence to support Trump’s claim and gave him “Four Pinocchios,” reserved for the most bald-faced lies. PolitiFact gave the statement a “Pants on Fire” rating.

But when ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pressed the GOP front-runner to explain himself, noting that “police say it didn’t happen,” Trump resorted to what has become a familiar dodge.

“I know it might not be politically correct for you to talk about it, but there were people cheering as that building came down,” Trump said.

Ben Carson, running second in the national polls, is even fonder of the political-correctness allegation — so much so that it could be considered a central theme of his campaign. It is unclear whether he actually knows or cares what political correctness means. The phrase is just more verbal romaine to add to the word salad that is Carson’s discourse.

He used it when challenged on his stance that a Muslim should not be president, even though the Constitution explicitly states there can be no “religious test” for public office. “Political correctness is imposed by the secular progressives and those who wish to fundamentally change our society,” he said.

“Therefore, they make things off-limits to talk about, but you know what? I’m going to talk about it anyway.”

In other words, he considers the framers of the Constitution a bunch of “secular progressives,” since they’re the ones who put a candidate’s faith off-limits.

The renowned neurosurgeon took the same route Sunday when Stephanopoulos asked him to react to Trump’s call for the United States to resume harsh interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects, including waterboarding.

“I agree that there’s no such thing as political correctness when you’re fighting an enemy who wants to destroy you and everything that you have anything to do with,” Carson said. “And I’m not one who is real big on telling the enemy what we’re going to do and what we’re not going to do.”

But Carson is a medical doctor who took an oath to heal and alleviate suffering. Or maybe he believes that Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, was just another PC lemming, blindly following the secular progressives who are leading us to our collective doom.

Chris Christie, asked about his view that the United States should accept no Syrian refugees, said we should not bow to “political correctness, the elites in Washington or the editorial pages of major newspapers.”

Ted Cruz, asked this summer whether he thought the term “anchor babies” was offensive, told reporters “we need to stop this politically correct nonsense.” Mike Huckabee, after making a joke about transgender people that some found offensive, responded that “everybody wants to be politically correct, everybody wants to be loved by the media and loved by the left and loved by the elitists.”

And it’s not just GOP candidates who have the anti-political-correctness bug.

Many conservative commentators have been quick to condemn the “politically correct” Princeton University students who demand that the school remove symbols honoring Woodrow Wilson — a one-time Princeton president — because of his racism.

These critics ignore the historical fact that Wilson was racist not just by today’s standards but by those of his time. He wrote that African-Americans were an “ignorant and inferior race.” He lavishly praised the Ku Klux Klan and pined for the Confederacy. As president of the United States, he ordered that integrated federal government workplaces be segregated; NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois wrote of one black clerk who “had a cage built around him to separate him from his white companions.”

Yes, I’m being politically correct. But also truthful.

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

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Technology zeroes in on malaria-resistant mosquitoes Associated Press WASHINGTON — California researchers hatched some malaria-resistant mosquitoes and then gave evolution a shove — using a groundbreaking technology to ensure the insects pass on that protective gene as they reproduce, with implications far beyond the promise of fighting malaria.

The experiment reported Monday involves what’s called a “gene drive,” a technique that, if it pans out, promises to alter the genetics of populations of insects and certain plants and animals faster than Mother Nature could.

Normally, genes have a 50-50 chance of being inherited. University of California researchers created a strain of mosquitoes that could pass a specially engineered malariablocking gene to about 99 percent of their offspring.

The mutant mosquitoes, kept in a secured lab, highlight the promise of this technology along with questions about when and how it might be safe to try it

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A female Anopheles stephensi mosquito feeds on blood through its needle-like labrum.

in the wild.

“This is a major advance because it shows that gene drive interventions will likely be effective in mosquito vectors of disease,” said biologist Kevin Esvelt of Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, a gene drive researcher who wasn’t involved with the newest study.

But because no one knows how such rapid genetic change might impact habitats, Esvelt has urged the public to weigh in. The California study published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds some urgency.

“This work suggests that we’re a hop, skip and jump away from actual gene drive candidates for eventual release” in nature, he said.

Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, mostly children in Africa, and sickens about 200 million more. Mosquitoes pick up the parasite by biting an infected person, and spread it when they bite someone else. Mosquitokilling insecticides and bed nets are the main protection.

At the University of California-Irvine, molecular biologist Anthony James is developing what he calls “sustainable technologies”

— rather than killing mosquitoes, instead rendering them unable to infect people.

James engineered immune system genes that could spur a mosquito’s body to develop antibodies to attack the parasite, so that it couldn’t transmit the infection. The new genes worked as intended when injected into the eggs of a particular malaria-spreading mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi.

Altered mosquitoes would have to gradually spread their new genes by mating with wild mosquito populations — and the next challenge is how to speed that process quickly enough to make a dent in malaria in any given region.

Enter gene drives, a technique that proponents say one day might be used to wipe out invasive species like kudzu or cane toads, or reverse pesticide resistance in weeds, or suppress insect populations. The idea comes from a few examples in nature where certain genes spread disproportionately, and scientists have longed for a way to control that process.

Recently they’ve had some success using a powerful new tool named CRISPRCas9 that allows precise editing of DNA in living cells, sort of like cut-andpaste software.

Earlier this year, University of California, San Diego, biologists Ethan Bier and Valentino Gantz announced a CRISPRfueled gene drive that worked in fruit flies.

For Monday’s study, the San Diego researchers teamed with James — packing the malariaresistance genes with the CRISPR-based gene drive, boosting chances of inheriting the malaria protection by targeting the change to a specific spot in the mosquito’s reproductive DNA. To measure, they tacked on a fluorescence gene that made mosquitoes’ eyes look red if they harbored the new gene.

The malaria protection spread remarkably well, proving the concept even though far more work is needed before this kind of mosquito could be tested in the wild, James said.

Among the findings to be addressed was that the

transgenic male mosquitoes passed their new trait to the next generation more efficiently than transgenic females did.

Gene drive experiments are controversial. One worry is the possibility of altered organisms escaping the laboratory before scientists know how to use them. The California team took safeguards including special lab security and using a mosquito species that can’t survive in California’s climate.

Additional questions involve what’s appropriate to try — wiping out a species or just altering it, for example — and how to approach such research in low-income countries.

The prestigious National Academy of Sciences is studying ethical issues surrounding gene drive research, and the California team says countries that struggle with mosquito-borne diseases in particular should be involved. “Somebody sitting in the U.S. making up a list of rules has to appreciate that these countries have their own concerns,” James said.

Feds to cancel lease on land sacred to Blackfoot tribes Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — The Interior Department plans to cancel a longsuspended oil and gas drilling lease near Glacier National Park that’s on land considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada, according to court documents filed Monday.

Tribal leaders said such a move would make up for a wrong done to them in 1982, when the

government issued the lease without consulting the tribes.

But the legal maneuvering in the case might not be over: The law firm representing the lease owner, Solenex LLC of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indicated it would challenge any attempt to cancel the lease.

Government attorneys said the lease was improperly sold more than three decades ago, in part because an environmental study did

not consider the effect drilling would have on the tribes.

The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management “failed to fully consider the effects of oil and gas development on cultural resources, including religious values and activities,” the attorneys wrote.

The 6,200-acre lease is in northwestern Montana’s Badger Two-Medicine area, which is the site of the creation story for the Blackfoot tribes of southern Canada and the Blackfeet

Nation of Montana. It is just west of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

The lease could be canceled as early as Dec. 11.

Solenex LLC sued the government in 2013 to force a decision after the dispute dragged on for decades. The case is before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, who has expressed repeated frustration at how long it’s taken for the government to resolve the issue.

William Perry Pendley with the Mountain States

Legal Foundation, which is representing Solenex, said it was “insane” for the government to suggest that 33 years after the leases were issued — and after four studies of the Solenex proposal — that the government’s actions violated the law.

“The government does not have the legal authority to cancel the lease,” Pendley said.

Solenex would have to be compensated if a cancellation occurs, Pendley

said. A similar situation involving leases canceled in Michigan’s Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area resulted in an award of about $100 million to the owners of those leases, he said.

Blackfeet leaders said Monday’s court filing confirmed their view that drilling could not be done without disturbing the spiritual power of the Badger Two-Medicine, located within the Lewis and Clark National Forest.

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Mr. T’s attire Everett’s Stanley Thomas always looks dapper wherever he goes

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hen it comes to thrift shopping, Macklemore has nothing on Mr. T. Stanley “Mr. T” Thomas has more than 1,000 elements of style he curated for cheap.

He mixes, matches and accessorizes to sport a unique look every day.

Even when he’s darting into Fred Meyer for bread and milk, the 68-year-old retired construction worker adorns his slight build with a three-piece suit, tie, cuff links, jewelry and brimmed hat.

He just might be one of the most put-together guys in Everett.

“People think I’m a celebrity,” Mr. T said. “I wear my head up high. It makes me feel like a giant.

Rich and famous. I walk like I’m proud.”

Former Herald photographer Genna Martin discovered him sashaying along downtown Colby Avenue like he owned it. She stopped her car and chased him down for his phone number.

“I knew he was something special,” she said.

Mr. T invited us into his wacky world of wardrobe.

His bachelor pad in a Casino Road apartment complex is like a giant closet. The bathroom towel bar is his tie rack. The hall is lined with vests. He shares his bedroom with stacks of hats and jewelry boxes. The second bedroom resembles a dry cleaners, with rack after rack of suits wrapped in plastic.

Persian wool. Pinstripe. Red velvet. Gucci.

Leather coats. Cummerbunds.

Fedoras. Bow ties. Pins. Flowers.

Earrings. Sunglasses.

“I got gear that I suit up in,” he said. “Something fresh to show this West Coast.”

It’s his lifelong dream to “fashion out,” he said.

“When I was a kid, all I ever wanted to do was get clothes and dress up. My grandma said I used to change four times a day. I said, ‘I got to look fresh, Grandma.’ ” He’d beg to wear a white dress shirt to go out to play.

“We were dirt poor,” said the Virginia native. “I’d hustle. Wash cars, sell fishing worms, iced tea. Shot crap a lot. I hate to say this, but there were times I had to steal clothes because the rich guys had money. I didn’t have no money, but I was right up there with them.”

He quit school in the ninth grade for the Job Corps to learn a trade. It led to a livelihood scooping muck, pounding jackhammers and getting dirty, which might seem ironic for such a neatnik.

“Concrete and demolition. I did it for 42 years,” he said. “I’ve got rods and pins in my neck. Six pins and a plate in my left leg. A brand-new shoulder. All jobrelated. I have a bullet in my back from an argument with my cousin years ago. We’re friends now.”

The afflictions don’t hold him back from dodging carts and wayward hangers at Value Village.

His bounty is the discards of “lawyers and doctors and

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Above, Stanley Thomas combs the aisles of Value Village for the ingredients to make the perfect suit. He has collected more than 150 suits and says he never wears the same combination twice, buying most of them at thrift or secondhand stores. Below, Thomas stops to talk with a friend outside the Pike Market Senior Center on Sept. 17.

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On a recent trip to the Evergreen Way thrift shop he scored an Italian suit jacket, pants, tie and dress shirt — all for $22.

It took repeated poses in the mirror and several long sessions in the dressing room. With the concentration of a chess player he studied the choices at hand before paying the cashier who greeted him by name.

“A lot of guys don’t match it up right,” he said.

A nickname in his younger days was “Dap Daddy from Cincinnati,” though he never lived there. He was “Thrift Store King” when he retired four years ago and started hitting the bargain racks big-time to deck out his 5-foot-5 frame.

One day he introduced himself as Mr. T and it stuck.

“Some say, ‘You’re copying Mr. T.’ I say, ‘No, I’m not.’ I say, ‘Because I’m Mr. Thomas. I’ve earned that.’ Mr. T wouldn’t worry about it anyway, if he seen me.”

Pity the fool who pays full price for a suit. Or even a belt.

After living around Washington, he moved to Everett three years ago to meet new people and avoid some from his past.

At night, he enjoys a beer and cigar at the Soundview Tavern on Hewitt Avenue. He in his

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Mr. T’s wardrobe 200 ties 170 shirts 150 pants 145 vests 130 pairs of shoes 110 suits 115 dress shirts 65 hats 65 leather coats 40 tie clips, chains & tacks 30 sport jackets 30 overcoats/topcoats suit, them in their jeans or biker chaps.

“I always announce him, ‘Mr. T is in the house,’ ” said bar chum Adam Miller. “He puts some class in it. I consider him an inspiration, and I’m half his age

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He’s a popular fellow.

“He loves talking to the ladies,” Miller said.

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“And they love me,” adds Mr. T. “They say, ‘I like your look.’ ” He has three kids and seven grandkids, but no wife or exwives. There’s nobody telling him how to dress, and he likes it that way.

He usually gets up at 3:30, primps for an hour, then boards the 5 a.m. bus to Seattle.

“A lot of people don’t even want to sit next to me, they think I’m a big wheel,” he said. “They treat me nice. ‘Sir, this’ and ‘Sir, that.’ I like that.”

He gets off at the same place: Virginia Street. “That’s where I start my walk. When I step off the bus, I snap my fingers and say, ‘It’s showtime.’ And the walk is on.”

A swoop through Westlake Center. A quick hand of cards at the union hall. Breakfast at the senior center. A brisk jaunt to keep that trim figure, swinging a cane that’s more for show than function.

“Some of the guys tease me, ‘You are wearing dead men’s clothes.’ They don’t have to be dead, because I donate myself.

If they are dead, I wear it with pride,” he said.

“When I step out in my clothes I feel like I’m worth millions. I don’t need a whole lot of money in my pocket to have happiness. As far as wealth, they can have their wealth. I’ve got mine: Value Village, Goodwill, all of them. They gave it to me.

All the stuff I wanted, I’m getting. That’s all I ever wanted as a little boy.”

Mr. T shows no signs of slowing down.

“I’ve put my best out there and I’m not done,” he said. “There’s better to come. There’s more clothes out there.”

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B2 Tuesday, 11.24.2015 The Daily Herald

Take risks and have a backup plan

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Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: I ended an engagement about five months ago and very quickly met “Chad.” I’m in my late 20s and he’s in his mid-30s. We started the dating process slowly, and it’s been amazing. No buts. He’s a unicorn among donkeys.

Chad’s recently been offered a six-month seasonal job in one of the most beautiful places in the country and I’m going with him!

I’ve never had an adventure like this, plus it’ll be a great way to slow down and rest (I have a chronic illness). I’m planning to find some part-time gig, and otherwise enjoy myself as much as possible!

The problem is that my sisters, who I’m very close with, are having trouble seeing this as anything but an exceedingly risky move. They really like Chad, but all they see is their sister moving across the country “for a guy”. (I’m not moving FOR him, I’m moving WITH him!) I’m prepared for worst-case scenarios but hopeful for bestcase, and I’d really love to be able to share my excitement with them about this. Big Sister can’t even talk to me about it without tears.

It kills me that every person in my life is beyond excited for me

CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT except the two I care about most.

What can I do?

— Cross-Country You can go. You can live your life.

If the six-month junket is great, they’ll see that and (I hope) not freak out next time you wander off the path they envision for you. If it’s not great and you manage not to be undone by it, they’ll see that and (I hope) not freak out next time you wander off the path they envision for you.

The question really is, what else can you do?

I can see clearly why they’re concerned — the broken engagement + the rush to Chad + chronic illness + impending isolation from your support network all = caution flags. However, being a little less enmeshed with the sisters might be good for you all.

To that end — their distress

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Top, pot. 3. Are, ear. 4. Sure, ruse. 5. Alter, later. 6. Cast, cats. 7. Safer, fares. 8. Glare, large. 9. Hates, haste.

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Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson is 77. Country singer Johnny Carver is 75. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is 75. Rock drummer Pete Best is 74. Actorcomedian Billy Connolly is 73. Former White House news secretary Marlin Fitzwater is 73. Former Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Dan Glickman is 71.

Singer Lee Michaels is 70. Actor Dwight Schultz is 68. Actor Stanley Livingston is 65. Rock musician Clem Burke (Blondie; The Romantics) is 61. Record producer Terry Lewis is 59. Actor/director Ruben Santiago-Hudson is 59.

Actress Denise Crosby is 58. Actress Shae D’Lyn is 53. Rock musician John Squire (The Stone Roses) is 53. Rock musician Gary Stonadge (Big Audio) is 53. Actor Conleth Hill is 51. Actor-comedian Brad Sherwood is 51. Actor Garret Dillahunt is 51. Actor-comedian Scott Krinsky is 47. Rock musician Chad Taylor (Live) is 45. Actress Lola Glaudini is 44. Actress Danielle Nicolet is 42. Actor/writer/director/ producer Stephen Merchant is 41. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Chen Lu is 39. Actor Colin Hanks is 38. Actress Katherine Heigl is 37. Actress Sarah Hyland is 25.

Thought for Today: “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.” — W.H. Auden, British poet (1907-1973).

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doesn’t “kill” you. I know it’s hyperbole, but give that hyperbole a harder look. As long as you have calculated and prepared for the risks, you have done what is necessary. Having approval is optional, even from your beloved sisters.

Re: Chad: Whenever my kids wanted to do something I considered risky, I would ask them what the backup plan was. It always led to a discussion, and to this day they will often say “and the backup plan is ... .” Seems to me the absolute worst that could happen here is a breakup and sister ends up at LAX with no $. Tell crying sister that it would be wonderful if she would be there for you if such a thing should happen and then take off with Chad.

— Anonymous No, the worst thing that could happen is that Chad is a psychopath. But if we all planned according to that standard for worstness we would all live alone and telecommute and never leave the house except to retrieve the packages of food delivered by drone to our otherwise unused porches.

So, that disclaimer aside, good strategy. Thanks.

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Dear Abby: I’m 23 and currently in the county jail.

I’m gay and also an addict, having battled a heroin addiction for the past five years.

I managed to stay clean for almost two years. During that time I enrolled in college, got engaged, regained the respect of my family and started to have a normal life.

Things were going very well for me, and then I relapsed.

I threw everything away.

Abby, I need to know why, when things go well for me, I feel as if I don’t deserve to be happy so I selfdestruct. Even when I seem to get what I want, it turns out to be not exactly what I wanted in the end. How can I fix this? I really do want to be happy; I just don’t know how. — Unhappy Man In Indiana, Pa. Dear Unhappy: Your arrest may have been a blessing in disguise. It has given you time to think clearly about why you are in this situation. Because you now recognize what your issues are, you have already started on a path to healing.

You say you dislike yourself and your self-esteem is very low. This may be the reason you sabotage yourself when things start going well for you. After your release, a licensed psychotherapist can help you find the answers you’re looking for. Your nearest LGBT community center would be a good place to start.

Because you slipped up once doesn’t mean you will do it again, so stop beating yourself up and try to think positive. I wish you luck and a successful future.

Dear Abby: I met “Gil” a year ago. He was one of the nicest men I’d ever met. At the time, I didn’t realize he was a mama’s boy. But after we started to talk, I noticed he would repeat everything to his mother. We discussed RIP HAYWIRE

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DEAR ABBY it and it stopped, but that’s when his mom started treating me differently. I’m pretty sure he told her what I had said.

Gil loves my cooking and has told me I cook like she does. I don’t know if that’s so good. If he could cut the apron strings, we could have a great relationship. He respects me, never says an unkind word and compliments me often. But if I plan a meal for him and then his mom decides she wants him at her house, he cancels on me because he doesn’t want to hurt her feelings.

Gil is 51 and hasn’t been in a serious relationship in several years. I’m falling in love with him and don’t want to lose him. What do I do, and how do I handle this? — Coming In Second In Missouri Dear Coming In Second: Your mistake is trying to compete with Gil’s mother because you can’t win. The woman who snags Gil will have to accept that they are a package deal. Not many women these days are willing to accept that, which may be why Gil hasn’t had a serious relationship in years.

If you are the exception, ingratiate yourself with his mother. Find out what her favorite flowers are and send them with a sweet note, invite her to join you and Gil for dinner and movies — and if she offers suggestions about your cooking, accept them gracefully. I wish you luck.

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THE CLICKER Tuesday’s highlights on TV include: “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”: Is this the one where Charlie Brown finds the driest, most shriveled-up turkey and strings lights on it? 8 p.m., ABC.

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MUSIC One lucky duo will be named Season 21 champions of “Dancing With the Stars” tonight. The bad news? They’ll have to find a place to store that hideous mirror-ball trophy. 9 p.m., ABC. From Herald news services

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2015.

There are 37 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight: On Nov. 24, 1865, Mississippi became the first Southern state to enact laws which came to be known as “Black Codes” aimed at limiting the rights of newly freed blacks; other states of the former Confederacy soon followed.

On this date: In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers based on Saipan attacked Tokyo in the first raid against the Japanese capital by land-based planes.

In 1950, the musical “Guys and Dolls,” based on the writings of Damon Runyon and featuring songs by Frank Loesser, opened on Broadway.

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In 1965, Joseph-Desire Mobutu (later known as Mobutu Sese Seko) seized power in the Congo (later known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, and for a time, as Zaire) through a military coup.

In 1969, Apollo 12 splashed down safely in the Pacific.

In 1971, a hijacker calling himself “Dan Cooper” (but who became popularly known as “D.B. Cooper”) parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 over the Pacific Northwest after receiving $200,000 dollars in ransom; his fate remains unknown.

In 1974, the bone fragments of a 3.2 millionyear-old hominid were discovered by scientists in Ethiopia; the skeletal remains were nicknamed “Lucy.”

In 1985, the hijacking of an Egyptair jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ended violently as Egyptian commandos stormed the plane.

Fifty-eight people died in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers.

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U2 reschedules Paris concert postponed by attacks U2 has rescheduled two shows in Paris postponed after the Nov. 13 attacks in the city.

In a statement Monday, frontman Bono promised the band would “put on our best for Paris.”

From Dublin, Bono said the gunmen and bombers who killed 130 people “took lives, took music, took peace of mind — but they couldn’t steal the spirit of that city. It’s a

spirit our band knows well and will try to serve when we return for the postponed shows.”

U2 had been due to play Paris Nov. 14 and 15; the new concerts were scheduled for Dec. 6 and 7.

Tickets for the canceled shows will be valid for the rescheduled dates, and the Dec. 7 show is due to be broadcast on HBO, like the first November show.

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Bono (right), leader of Irish rock band U2, performs in Turin, Italy, on Sept. 4.

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50 years after ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ Guthrie singing it live GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant — including Arlo Guthrie.

The celebrated folk singer is performing live this week at the former Old

Trinity Church, where a ticket he got for littering 50 years ago inspired the 1967 runaway hit song “Alice’s Restaurant.”

Guthrie was booked for Monday and Tuesday nights at the church, which now

houses The Guthrie Center.

On Thanksgiving 1965, Guthrie was visiting a friend, Alice Brock, and her husband at their home in what used to be a church.

To do them a favor, he took out their trash but wound

up dumping it off a cliff and getting a citation.

His police record made him ineligible for the Vietnam War draft, and the incident inspired the comical protest ballad.

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Adele sold 2.3 million copies of new record in first 3 days NEW YORK — Adele’s new album “25” has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United States alone during its first three days on the market, a stunning number for a music industry that has seen sales steadily fall in the digital era.

To put that into perspective, only Taylor Swift’s “1989,” (released late last year) Drake’s “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”

(released in April) and Ed Sheeran’s “x” (in June 2014) have sold as much as one million copies all year so far.

Adele’s disc went on sale Friday.

Nielsen Music said Monday that Adele will almost certainly break the one-week record for album sales, set by ‘NSYNC in 2000 with 2.4 million for “No Strings Attached.”

Adele’s previous album, 2011’s “21,” has sold 11.24

million copies in the United States; it’s likely many of the people who sought out the new Adele one this weekend haven’t bought an album since. Adele also did not allow streaming services like Spotify to make “25” available, so people

anxious to hear it had to buy it.

She performed the first single “Hello” on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend. That track alone has sold 2.5 million copies in the four weeks it has been on the market.

The British singer taped a concert special at New York’s Radio City Music Hall last week that is scheduled to air Dec. 14 at 10 p.m. ET. Associated Press

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NO. 15-4-01722-1 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN PROBATE ESTATE OF CHARLES J. POSEY, Deceased.

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the cour t in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) Thirty d ay s a f t e r t h e Pe r s o n a l Representative ser ved or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 17, 2015.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Jill M. Jackson ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Steven G. Phillips WSBA #22789 ADDRESS FOR MAILING FOR SERVICE: c/o Steven G. Phillips PO Box 190 Arlington, WA 98223 COURT OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS Snohomish County Superior AND CAUSE NUMBER: 15-4-01722-1 DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: November 16, 2015.

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NO. 15 4 01778 6 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY In re the Estate of JEROME “JERRY�

SORENSEN Deceased.

DEBRA ANNETTE SORENSEN, the Personal Representative of the E S TAT E O F J E R O M E “JERRY� SORENSEN, has been appointed and has q u a l i f i e d a s Pe r s o n a l Representative of this estate.

Pe r s o n s h av i n g c l a i m s against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the cour t in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: November 24, 2015 Paul H. Grant, Attorney for Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: Paul H. Grant, WSBA #42664 Address for Mailing or Service: Paul H. Grant Planning With Purpose, Inc 2031-196th St SW, Suite B-201 Lynnwood, WA 98036 Court of Probate Proceedings: Snohomish County Superior Court Case Number: 15-4-017786 Published: November 24, December 1, 8, 2015 EDH670217

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NO. 15-4-06301-1 KNT PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING In re the Estate of DONALD J. WATSON and JUDITH E. WATSON, Deceased.

The person named below has been appointed personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and by ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the court.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.51 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of ďŹ rst publication: November 17, 2015 JOSEPH ARTHUR WATSON Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: GREGG H. HIRAKAWA WSBA 32860 Address for Mailing or Service 31919 Sixth Avenue South Federal Way, Washington 98003 EDH669217 Published: November 17, 24; December 1, 2015.

No. 15-4-06498-1 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.020, .030 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Estate of ANN B. RHODES, Deceased.

John H. Rhodes has been appointed as personal representative (“personal representativeâ€?) of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the cour t in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: November 17, 2015 John H. Rhodes, personal representative Attorneys for personal representative: Colonel F. Betz, WSBA #29524 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 (206) 359-8000 EDH669214 Published: November 17, 24; December 1, 2015.

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Huskies focused on Cougars Don’t ask head coach Chris Petersen about the possibility of Washington playing in a bowl game.

By Christian Caple The News Tribune

SEATTLE — Chris Petersen knows there exists a possibility that the Washington Huskies could play in a bowl game even if they don’t beat Washington State on Friday to achieve a 6-6 record.

With there likely to be a shortage of six-win teams — there are 80 bowl spots, and only 71 teams currently eligible to fill them — it appears that some bowls will have to settle for teams that finish the season with a 5-7 record.

But don’t ask the Huskies coach about. He says he’s not ready to think that way.

“Don’t ask me the question,” Petersen said, “because I don’t even know. We’re just playing this game.”

If they win, they will be guaranteed a bowl berth somewhere, though perhaps not to a bowl affiliated with the Pac-12. There are only seven of those, and seven of the league’s nine bowl-eligible teams will finish with a better record than UW. If they lose, they will finish the regular season with a 5-7 record, but could luck into a bowl anyway. There are 18 teams that could still finish with six wins, though several of them would need to pull off an upset or two to make it happen. Nine of them must qualify for bowl games to avoid at least one 5-7 team being selected.

The Associated Press reported Monday that the NCAA oversight committee will determine the guidelines for how bowls should select such teams if necessary. Current NCAA rules do not address the issue.

And while Petersen didn’t want to discuss his own team’s prospects, he made clear his opinion, in general, of 5-7 teams participating in bowl games.

When asked about it, Petersen let out a frustrated “ugh” sound.

“I think there’s too many bowls,” he said. “I’ll say that, if we’re talking about that.”

It’s not hard to read between those lines, though the Huskies would obviously prefer to simply win on Saturday and bypass that discussion entirely.

They could be facing a weakened WSU team. The status of Luke Falk, the Cougars’ sophomore starting quarterback, remains unknown after Falk suffered an apparent head injury on Saturday. After slamming his head against the turf for the second time in as many games, Falk was strapped to a backboard and

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Washington State’s Gunnar Eklund has started all 36 games over the past three seasons at either left guard or left tackle for the Cougars.

‘An awesome experience’ Gunnar Eklund, an offensive lineman who played at Lake Stevens High School, began his career at Washington State as a walk-on. Friday, Eklund will make his 37th straight start when the Cougars play Washington in the Apple Cup.

By Rich Myhre Herald Writer

As a senior at Lake Stevens High School in the fall of 2010, Gunnar Eklund was hoping for an opportunity to play Division I college football. He had the size, desire and work ethic to become a top offensive lineman, and all he needed was a chance.

Initially, it seemed that chance might never come.

Eklund got scholarship offers from Central Washington and some smaller Division II programs, and he likewise got pitches from schools like Eastern Washington and Wyoming. But in a sport obsessed with measurables — in particular height, weight, speed and strength — football often has a hard time measuring maybe the most important trait of all, the heart.

So when Washington State

encouraged him to walk on Eklund not only jumped at the chance, he vowed to spend the ensuing years making the most of it.

After redshirting his first season, he started seven games in 2012 before going out with a broken wrist. But he has started all 36 games over the last three seasons at either left guard or left

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Hawks’ Lynch to see specialist for abdominal injury Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said it’s possible running back Marshawn Lynch could have a sports hernia that would require season-ending surgery.

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RENTON — On Monday the Seattle Seahawks were still basking in the glow of Sunday’s comprehensive 29-13 victory over the San Francisco 49ers at CenturyLink Field. However, that glow was muted by continuing concerns about the status of star running back Marshawn Lynch.

Lynch was a late scratch from Sunday’s game because of an abdominal injury, an ailment that also bothered him the previous week. The Seahawks were concerned enough to send Lynch across the country Monday to see

a specialist in Philadelphia.

Thomas Rawls had a big game in Lynch’s absence, racking up 209 yards on the ground. It’s possible Rawls will be called upon to continue carrying the load, as Lynch’s status remains unknown.

“He’s on his way to Philadelphia, I know that,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Monday afternoon at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center. “Then (Tuesday) he has his meetings with the doctors and then we’ll find something out.

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“It’s legitimately bothering him. He would have played yesterday if he could have.”

Lynch is scheduled to meet with Dr. William Meyers, a specialist in core and muscle injuries who has worked extensively with athletes. It’s possible Lynch has a sports hernia that would require surgery and rule Lynch out for the remainder of the season. Carroll said, however, that the reason the Seahawks sent Lynch to see Meyers was for an evaluation, not to undergo surgery — though Carroll acknowledged surgery may be necessary.

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Tri-City 7:05 p.m.

The Everett Silvertips return to the familiar surroundings of Xfinity Arena this week following a disappointing conclusion to last week’s four-game swing through the Western Hockey League’s Central Division.

The Tips (11-7-0-2, 24 points) led in each of the final three games of the trip, but wound up losing all three. They had a two-goal advantage in the third period of Saturday’s loss at Calgary before the Hitmen came back to tie the game in regulation and win in a shootout.

Everett is not the only team to struggle against the Central this season. Seattle went 2-4 on its Central swing, but has won six in a row to maintain its lead in the U.S. Division.

The Thunderbirds received a boast last week when Scott Eansor returned after missing nine games because of a head injury. The

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The last-place Tri-City Americans (9-13-1-0, 19 points) defeated thenWestern Conference leader Victoria 6-5 in overtime Saturday, allowing Kelowna to move ahead in the conference standings.

Each team scored three times in the first nine minutes and Victoria held a 5-3 lead at the first intermission.

Tri-City scored once in each of the remaining two periods and got the gamewinner in overtime for the comeback victory.

“It gives us extra confidence going into games ahead,” Tri-City defenseman Brandon Carlo told the Tri-City Herald.

Carlo has a goal and two assists in three games since missing nearly a month because of an upper body injury.

Laurencelle’s streak Everett overage center Remi Laurencelle has a six-game scoring streak, tying him with the Vancouver’s Tyler Benson and three Seattle Thunderbirds for the second-longest active streak in the WHL. Seattle’s Mathew

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SEATTLE — In signing freeagent catcher Chris Iannetta to a one-year deal Monday, the Seattle Mariners didn’t make the move in order to acquire a caddy for one-time franchise cornerstone Mike Zunino.

“Chris is being brought in to be our primary catcher,” general manager Jerry Dipoto said. “We’ll see where the chips falls once we get into spring and beyond. He’s an experienced player who I feel makes us better.”

So where does that leave Zunino, a former first-round pick who spent two-plus years as the club’s starting catcher before getting a late August demotion to the minors?

“Mike comes in with an opportunity to win playing time,” Dipoto said. “A primary catcher is different from what I would consider an everyday player. There is no catcher who is going to go out and catch 162 games.

“Whether it be a time-share or a backup catcher, Mike is going to be in position to win some of that playing time. He’s still a young guy, and we need to get him back on track.”

At 32, Iannetta is coming off the worst season of his 10-year career; he batted career-low .188 in 92 games for the Los Angeles Angels with 10 homers and 34 RBI. He viewed the Mariners’ offer as his best chance at redemption.

“It was an opportunity,” Iannetta said, “to get back into a situation where I could play and prove that this past year was just a down year. It’s something that obviously I’m not proud of.

“It’s an opportunity to regain some confidence and go back out there and show what I’m capable of doing.”

Iannetta’s deal calls for a $4.25 million guarantee but includes

performance bonuses and club option for 2017. That club option could become a vesting option based on games started.

“Chris has had one down year in the last half-dozen,” Dipoto said. “He’s coming off what was his worst year as a majorleaguer, but he otherwise (has shown) a very stable and consistent skill set.”

Iannetta has a career slash of .231/.351/.405 (batting average/ on-base percentage/slugging percentage) in 852 games.

“Chris had a terrifically poor year in terms of batting average on balls in play (BABIP),” Dipoto said, “which is usually indicative of being a bit unlucky.”

Iannetta posted a .225 BABIP last season after entering the year with a .283 career mark.

“He does have right-hand power.” Dipoto said. “He still has an excellent walk rate. Chris has always drawn deep at-bats and gets on base. Even relative to a rough year for batting average, the other numbers all stacked up.

As a result, I think Chris is a good candidate for a bounceback season offensively.”

The Mariners cleared space for Iannetta on their 40-man roster by designating catcher John Hicks for assignment. Hicks, 26, made his major-league debut last season by going 2-for-32 in 14 games.

The move provides the club with 10 days to reach a resolution on Hicks either through a trade, by releasing him or, if he clears waivers, by sending him to the minors on an outright assignment.

Iannetta pointed to a slow start as the biggest factor in his disappointing season: He was 6-for-66 in his first 22 games but batted .218 thereafter in 70 games with a .324 on-base percentage and a .408 slugging percentage.

“I was searching for a swing and timing in spring training,” he said, “and it carried over into

the first five weeks of the season.

“I got too aggressive. I was trying to swing before my front foot hit the ground, and I was pulling off the ball. I think I flew out to right field more times in a month than I had in my entire career.”

Iannetta cited the opportunity to work with the Mariners’ pitching staff as a key factor in his decision. He also welcomed the chance to mentor with Zunino.

“I don’t know Mike very well,” he said, “but I can definitely say that if you get better behind the plate, you’re definitely putting in a lot of time and effort in.

“Offensively, I see a lot of things that I felt when I was young in Colorado. I see a lot of similarities there. He’s going to be a really good player. It could be this year when he figures it out and takes off. It could be next year.

“It’s going to happen. He’s too talented of a player, and he works too hard, for it not to happen.”

Next move?

What’s next for Dipoto in his efforts to overhaul the Mariners’ roster?

“Obviously, we’re still focused on the obvious,” he said, “which is the potential of bringing Kuma back.

We’ll continue to focus there.”

Right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma is a free agent who rejected the Mariners’ qualifying offer of $15.8 million after going 9-5 with a 3.54 ERA in 20 starts. He is 47-25 and 3.17 over his four years with the Mariners.

“We’d love to have him back,” Dipoto said. “We’ll address what happens to the rotation as we go deeper into this off-season, but I don’t imagine you’ve seen the last addition in terms of starting pitching.”

Coaches hired Add Casey Candaele and Mike Hampton to the Mariners’ coaching staff in the latest moves in the club’s busy off-season.

Candaele will be the first-base coach, and Hampton will be the bullpen coach under new manager Scott Servais.

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Ballie had three goals and four assists in addition to a plus-five rating as the Rockets finished 3-0-0-0 last week.

The 20-year-old has 16 goals and 25 assists in 23 games this season for the first-place Rockets.

Hobbs finished 1-1-0-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and a .957 save percentage last week for the Ice. He recorded 39 saves in Kootenay’s 2-0 loss to Everett on Tuesday, and added 27 saves in a 2-1 win over Swift Current Saturday.

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The Spokane Chiefs (12-8-2-1, 27 points) turned in another impressive weekend. They’re riding a three-game winning streak and are 8-1-1-0 in their past 10 games. Spokane’s only defeats in that span were a 5-2 setback at Everett Nov. 13, and a 5-4 overtime loss at Kamloops on Nov. 3.

Overager Adam Helewka continues to impress since being returned from the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League. In Spokane’s past three victories, Helewka has four goals and three assists, giving him nine and eight, respectively, in 11 games this season. “(Helewka) is another guy who can make a play, score a goal and open the games for us,” Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur told the Spokesman-Review. “We struggled to score goals up until the

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The loss also snapped a fourgame winning streak for the Winterhawks (11-10-0-0, 22 points) who remain fourth in the U.S. Division.

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Aaron Menzies, along with Brendan Westendorf, William Powell and Jadon Cohee each had 10 points for Seattle.

This was the second meeting in five days between the schools. Eastern Washington beat Seattle 76-70 last Wednesday.

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Washington 80, San Diego State 51 SEATTLE — Washington stayed perfect on the season, beating San Diego State to improve to 4-0.

The Dawgs were led by Kelsey Plum who scorred 32 points, while adding five assists.

She came into the night averaging 27.7 points, which led the nation, but upped that to 28.8 after her 11th-career 30-point game.

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Former Padres coach Dave Roberts has been hired to manager the Dodgers.

Dodgers name new manager Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers made it official: They have hired Dave Roberts to be the first minority manager in franchise history.

The team announced his hiring Monday and plans to introduce him Dec. 1.

The 43-year-old former major-leaguer served as bench coach for San Diego the past two seasons. Before that, he was a special assistant for the Padres’ front office in 2010 and their first-base coach from 2011-13. He served as manager for one game this season after Bud Black was fired.

Roberts’ father is black and his mother is Japanese.

In a statement, Roberts called his hiring “the opportunity of a lifetime.”

Roberts was the starting center fielder for the Dodgers from 2002-04. He succeeds Don Mattingly, who mutually parted ways with the team last month.

Carew wants heart transplant MINNEAPOLIS — Hall-of-Famer Rod Carew is hoping to qualify for a heart transplant after suffering a massive heart attack two months ago.

Carew told Sports Illustrated that he suffered the heart attack while golfing alone in Corona, California, on Sept. 20.

The 70-year-old Carew tells the magazine he was dead “and they brought me back to life.” He underwent six hours of open heart surgery and had a device installed that pumps blood for him. The device typically acts as a bridge until a heart transplant can be performed.

Carew played for the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels in his 19-year career, and has a statue outside Target Field in Minneapolis. He won seven American League batting titles, was the 1967 AL Rookie of the Year and was the 1977 AL MVP.

Idaho 64, Seattle 60 MOSCOW, Idaho — Idaho finished the non-conference game with a 13-0 run.

Ashlyn Lewey led Seattle with 12 points.

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Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start for the Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his injured left foot.

Manning flew to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday to meet with renowned foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson about his torn plantar fascia.

This doesn’t mean he had a setback in his rehab nor does it indicate Manning faces increased odds of a season-ending surgery, coach Gary Kubiak said.

“We shouldn’t read anything into it,” Kubiak said. “It was a decision made on Saturday. It’s taking place today and then we know more tomorrow.”

Kubiak told the team Monday that Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos (8-2) face the New England Patriots.

Several of Manning’s teammates said they didn’t feel that his seeking a second opinion on his injured foot raised any red flags.

“I would do the same thing,” tight end Owen Daniels said. “If I had a foot issue, I would want to go see the best in the world, as well, just to make sure you’re getting the right opinion. As an athlete, you respect what the team doctors have to say and what the trainers have to say, but you’ve got to do your due diligence.

“I’m not any more concerned than I was before,” Daniels said. “I just want him to get healthy and do whatever he can to do that.”

Manning stayed back in Denver when the Broncos beat the Bears 17-15 in Chicago, snapping a two-game losing streak.

“Peyton’s frustrated with the fact that he’s injured,” Kubiak said. “That’s hard for him, but he’s been great with me. We had a good, long conversation. We’ve had many. We talk all the time.

That part is frustrating for him, but he is very excited for his football team. He’s happy for his team that we won a big game yesterday.

“I can tell you that he is doing everything he can possibly do to get himself healthy and get back in position to get back on the field. Going through stuff like this is aggravating for anybody, but his frame of mind is as good as it can be. We’ve had great conversations.”

In his first NFL start, Osweiler, Manning’s longtime backup, completed 20 of 27 passes for 250 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the first turnover-free game of the season for the Broncos.

Texans to start Hoyer HOUSTON — Brian Hoyer is done with the team’s concussion protocol and will start at quarterback for the Houston Texans on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. Hoyer was injured early in the third quarter on Nov. 16 against the Cincinnati Bengals and sat out on Sunday against the New York Jets.

T.J. Yates took over when Hoyer was hurt against the Bengals and threw the game-winning touchdown in a 10-6 victory. He had two touchdown passes on Sunday to help the Texans to a 24-17 win over the Jets, giving the team three wins in a row for the first time since 2012.

The Texans (5-5) are tied with the Indianapolis Colts for first place in the AFC South.

Jets waive Coples NEW YORK — The New York Jets have waived outside linebacker Quinton Coples, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2012.

Coples played just five snaps on defense in New York’s 24-17 loss at Houston on Sunday after playing just seven against Buffalo in the previous game.

Coples was drafted 16th overall to provide a pass-rushing presence. He had 161⁄2 sacks in three-plus seasons, but has none this year. He struggled to find a consistent role in new coach Todd Bowles’ 3-4 system

Bears waive Clausen LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears waived quarterback Jimmy Clausen and elevated David Fales from the practice squad to back up starter Jay Cutler.

Clausen made two starts and appeared in six games over the past two seasons for Chicago. That included a 26-0 loss at Seattle in September that saw him throw for just 63 yards filling in for the injured Cutler.

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Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls (34) drops the ball in the end zone after scoring on a 31-yard touchdown pass in Sunday’s game against the 49ers.

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ENTON — The anointment of Thomas Rawls as Savior of the Seahawks might be a smidge premature.

As soon as his Monday afternoon press conference, coach Pete Carroll gave a self-indicting eye-roll when acknowledging that, under some coercion, he told radio hosts that Rawls reminded him of Hall of Fame back Earl Campbell.

Rawls has carried the ball only 101 times for the Seahawks, and even with a 6-yard average “he’s got a long way to go” before he is confused with Earl Campbell, Carroll hedged.

But as the hyperbole mounts after Rawls’ 209-yard rushing effort against San Francisco on Sunday, this much is fair to say: The Seahawks really, really needed Thomas Rawls to turn into what he has.

It’s not just his yardage, his power running style, or even the sense of renewal he gives their offense as veteran Marshawn Lynch heads off to deal with the newest in a string of injuries (abdomen) that might turn this season into his career epilogue.

They needed Rawls because he’s an undrafted rookie who looks destined to be a major star, and they haven’t unearthed a hidden nugget like him in a long while, after building the core of their franchise with that kind of player.

After drafting six Pro Bowl players between 2010 and 2012, the Hawks haven’t consistently added starter-level talent and it’s weakened their depth. Granted, they didn’t have a lot of positions where it

was easy for somebody to walk in and start.

Still, the 28 picks in the last three drafts have produced only one full-time starter (guard Justin Britt).

By the time this season ends, Rawls could have more impact than any player they’ve drafted since Russell Wilson.

An undrafted free agent signed out of Central Michigan, Rawls looked so good in the preseason that he suddenly made former draft picks Christine Michael (second round, 2013) and Robert Turbin (fourth round, 2012) expendable.

Now, with three 100-plus rushing performances in four starts, Rawls has proven himself to be the long-sought Heir of the Beast.

Carroll, in turn, needed Rawls because having a physical tailback to pound the ball is simply the way he loves to play the game. Lynch has been perfect, and been the prime force in creating the expectation for tough play that carried the team to two Super Bowls.

Maybe Lynch is not yet obsolete, but he’s an afterthought at the moment. It took 9 minutes of questions (mostly about Rawls) on Monday before Carroll was asked about the status of Lynch’s injury, and his pending examination by a doctor in Philadelphia.

In the interim, we’re getting to know more about Rawls, his hard-scrabble upbringing in one of America’s toughest towns — Flint, Michigan.

And his unfulfilling career at Michigan, and his transferring to Central Michigan to find playing time to prove himself.

Along the way he’d been limited by injuries, academics and a legal scrape.

But Carroll took personal interest in him as a prospect, seeing on video the way he sought out defenders to deliver punishment. “He makes somebody miss to find somebody to hit,” Carroll explained of his style, using his speed and elusiveness to get through the hole, and then his power to run defenders over when necessary.

Many of the plays most indicative of Rawls’ future won’t even make the highlight reel of the San Francisco game.

In the first period, he showed surprising receiving skills, with a high-reaching, twisting reception of a swing pass. And later, on a third-and-1, he took the handoff and was instantly nailed, dead-to-rights, two yards behind the line. But he kept his feet and his leg drive, and ended up gaining two yards to sustain the drive.

Those were a very manly two yards.

Another time, he took a hit, was down on both knees, but still delivered a blow to a defender who had closed in to finish him off.

The word “Tenacious” is tattooed on his right bicep. But it’s also the signature he puts on his runs, snap to whistle.

And after the game, the 22-year old filled his press conference with humility and gratitude and appreciation, so it’s possible he also could turn into a good ambassador for this team in the community.

Maybe this team doesn’t really need him as a savior.

But if he can continue to be the gashing-bashing, 6-yarda-pop power back he’s been, he can help the Seahawks end this season far better than they started it.

Patriots beat Bills 20-13 to improve to 10-0 Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady called out Rex Ryan and then he beat the Bills — again.

After shouting the name of the Buffalo coach as an audible, Brady led New England to a 20-13 victory over the Bills on Monday night and kept the defending Super Bowl champions on course for their second perfect regular season in nine years.

Brady completed 20 of 39 passes for 277 yards, hitting James White for a 20-yard score that was the first touchdown of the running back's career.

White added a 6-yard TD run in the third quarter to give New

England (10-0) the lead for good.

Buffalo's LeSean McCoy ran 20 times for 82 yards and a 27-yard touchdown and caught six passes for 41 yards to surpass 100 yards from scrimmage for the fourth straight game.

The Bills (5-5) snapped a twogame winning streak and lost to Brady for the 25th time in 28 games.

The game was filled with mistakes, penalties, injuries and turnovers — including two fumbles on a single punt.

And New England lost another key player: Danny Amendola, who took over as the Patriots' No. 1 receiver because of last week's injury to Julian Edelman, caught nine passes for 117 yards before

leaving with a knee injury of his own in the third quarter.

With the wind chill temperature at 21 degrees at kickoff, both teams struggled on offense, and the Patriots even failed to score in the fourth — the first time they were shut out in a quarter since the first one of the season.

In the third quarter, both teams fumbled on the same punt.

Leodis McKelvin fielded a punt at his own 30 yard-line and made it just 2 yards before the ball was knocked out by Brandon King. New England's Jonathan Freeny picked up the ball and rumbled 5 yards before he lost the ball and it bounced out of bounds.

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Les Miles considers talk about his job security “off limits” right now and he has no interest in retiring.

Miles also said Monday that Louisiana has become “home” to him and his family as he nears the end of his 11th season with the Tigers.

But LSU is on a skid like no other under Miles, raising questions about his future.

The Tigers have lost three straight for the first time since he arrived in 2005. Those losses have dropped LSU, which entered November unbeaten and firmly in contention for the College Football Playoff, to 7-3 and out of the Top 25.

“I think the question’s valid,” Miles said of questions about his job. “At some point in time there’s a me in this. Not while I’m coaching. This will always be about our players.”

Miles did not say whether he’s met with top LSU athletic department officials about his future, saying the only instruction he has received is to continue doing his job as he normally would.

“Someone’s asked me about coaching for my job and I think I’ve done that for 11 years,” Miles said.

The 62-year-old Miles is 110-32 at LSU with one national championship in the 2007 season. He is under contract through 2019. If LSU wants to fire Miles this year, the university would have to pay a buyout of about $15 million.

That figure lowers to $12.9 million after Jan. 1.

The group that would likely foot the bill to buy out miles — a private, nonprofit athletic find-raising arm called the Tiger Athletic Foundation — has not been in talks with anyone about firing Miles.

“There has been no meeting and there will not be,” said TAF executive committee member Charlie Weems, a Shreveport attorney who also is a former chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors. “We support LSU Athletics, but hiring and firing decisions are made solely by those LSU officials charged with that responsibility.”

Ohio State’s Elliott apologizes COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott apologized for the critical comments he made about the play calling following Saturday’s 17-14 loss to Michigan State game and said it was the wrong time to make it known he would not be returning to school next season.

Elliott, a junior, posted a long apology on Twitter on Monday saying, “My intentions were not to point fingers at anyone for OUR failures. I was caught up in emotions. I hope everyone can understand how strongly I love this team and this university and how much I wanted to win that game but I do not regret anything I said.”

Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said Elliott would not be disciplined and he agreed the star running back should have carried the ball more against the Spartans. Elliot had 12 carries in the game.

As for Elliot’s comments, Meyer said “it’s done.”

Montana St. fires Ash BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana State fired football coach Rob Ash after the team went 5-6 this season, including 3-5 in the Big Sky Conference.

Athletic director Peter Fields said Monday that the team didn’t meet expectations.

The Bobcats shared league titles in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and advanced to the FCS playoffs in those three years and in 2014. However, the team has struggled late in each of the past three seasons.

Ash was 70-38 over nine seasons at Montana State, but just 2-7 against rival Montana, including a 54-35 loss Saturday.

Shafer out at Syracuse SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse fired football coach Scott Shafer two days after the team’s eighth straight loss.

Athletic director Mark Coyle announced the dismissal and said a national search for a replacement will begin immediately. Shafer will coach the season finale against Boston College on Saturday.

The Orange (3-8) started the season with three straight wins before going into a tailspin for the second consecutive year. The latest loss was this past weekend at North Carolina State.

The Orange went 3-9 last season, and Shafer has gone just 2-13 in the ACC the past two years.

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“I don’t know about the surgery,” Carroll said. “It could happen. I don’t know that. It’s a possibility, but he went back there for the evaluation to find out what’s next. There’s a couple choices possibly, depending on what the doctor thinks is necessary, and then we’ll just wait and see what that all means.”

Lynch was listed as questionable for Seattle’s game against Arizona the previous week because of the injury, but Lynch played and ran eight times for 42 yards.

“He pretty much played through it,” Carroll said. “I think afterwards, late in the game, he started to feel it activate and it got worse.”

Carroll said the injury did not get worse in the week leading up to the game against San Francisco.

“But he hadn’t done much, to protect it,” Carroll said. “Until he tested it, and we waited through the week to test it.

He was doing stuff, but he wasn’t doing any running that would aggravate it in the hopes it would settle, calm down and he’d be OK. Then he went out in pregame and he just didn’t feel very good.

All of the work they did, the stretching and all that stuff, it didn’t help him, so he couldn’t do it. It went right up to 10-15 minutes before we handed in the sheet for the pregame.”

Coming into the season Lynch had missed just one game in his four-plus seasons with the Seahawks, and he appeared in 61 consecutive regular season games from 2011-15 before missing Seattle’s Week 4 game against Detroit because of a hamstring injury. Lynch sat out two games because of the hamstring ailment, and has now missed one because of the abdominal issue.

Fortunately for the Seahawks, Rawls was on hand to take the reins, and he produced one of the best games in franchise history by a running back. The undrafted rookie out of Central Michigan University rushed 30 times for 209 yards and a touchdown, and caught three passes for 46 more yards and another TD. The 209 yards rushing were the second most in a single game by a Seattle runner, and the 255 total yards from scrimmage were the third most.

On Monday Carroll compared Rawls to

former Houston Oilers great Earl Campbell — though he was quick to say Rawls still had a long way to go to reach Campbell’s level.

“Those of you who didn’t watch (Campbell) play, he was able to beat you with his speed and he was able to beat you being physical,” Carroll said. “He would run at people. He’d pick out guys and he’d run over them and try to attack them. It added to his stock that sometimes he’d make you miss. I (made the comparison) in the sense to challenge Thomas more than anything else.

“He’s got a unique body,” Carroll said of Rawls. “He’s not real tall, he’s got great strength in his lower body, and he can put his foot in the ground and just bang into those cuts. Sometimes it’s almost like he surprises himself with the cut that he makes. He’s got really good strength, and then also when he goes he’s fast. He’s got good speed, he’s a 4.4 guy. You put that all together and he suddenly heads off in a different direction. He’s still looking to hit someone, though. He makes someone miss to find somebody to hit, I think.”

Despite being a backup, Sundays game was Rawls’ third this season in which he rushed for more than 100 yards. He had 104 yards in little more than a half in Seattle’s 26-0 victory over Chicago in Week 3, then went for 169 yards in the Seahawks’ 27-24 overtime loss at Cincinnati in Week 5. For the season he has 604 yards on 101 carries for an astounding 6.0 yards per carry.

Extra points On the injury front, Carroll said he was optimistic that center Patrick Lewis and receiver Doug Baldwin, who both suffered ankle injuries during Sunday’s game, will be able to make it back for next weekend’s game against Pittsburgh. Carroll was less optimistic that linebacker Bruce Irvin (knee) and receiver Paul Richardson (hamstring), who both missed Sunday’s game, would be able to return. ... Carroll said cornerback Jeremy Lane (arm/knee), who’s been on the physicallyunable-to-perform list, will be activated for the game against Pittsburgh. Lane has been practicing with the team, and Carroll said Lane would be among those in the mix to either start at cornerback or serve as the nickel corner. ... The Baltimore Ravens signed former Seahawks receiver Chris Matthews to its practice squad Monday. Matthews was released by Seattle last week. The Seahawks travel to face the Ravens in three weeks.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 9 6 .600 — Utah 6 7 .462 2 Minnesota 6 8 .429 2½ Denver 6 8 .429 2½ Portland 6 9 .400 3 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 15 0 1.000 — Phoenix 7 7 .500 7½ L.A. Clippers 6 7 .462 8 Sacramento 5 10 .333 10 L.A. Lakers 2 11 .154 12 Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 11 3 .786 — Dallas 9 5 .643 2 Memphis 7 7 .500 4 Houston 5 9 .357 6 New Orleans 3 11 .214 8 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 9 6 .600 — Boston 7 6 .538 1 New York 8 7 .533 1 Brooklyn 3 11 .214 5½ Philadelphia 0 15 .000 9 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Miami 9 4 .692 — Atlanta 9 6 .600 1 Washington 6 4 .600 1½ Charlotte 8 6 .571 1½ Orlando 6 8 .429 3½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 11 3 .786 — Chicago 8 4 .667 2 Indiana 8 5 .615 2½ Detroit 7 7 .500 4 Milwaukee 6 8 .429 5 Monday’s games Cleveland 117, Orlando 103 Charlotte 127, Sacramento 122, OT Miami 95, New York 78 Minnesota 100, Philadelphia 95 Milwaukee 109, Detroit 88 San Antonio 98, Phoenix 84 Oklahoma City 111, Utah 89 Tuesday’s Games Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Portland, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Men’s college basketball Associated Press Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv 1. Kentucky (59) 4-0 1,619 2 2. Maryland (6) 3-0 1,518 3 3. Michigan St. 3-0 1,448 13 4. Iowa St. 2-0 1,297 7 5. Kansas 1-1 1,243 4 6. Duke 4-1 1,238 5 7. Oklahoma 2-0 1,210 8 8. Villanova 4-0 1,153 11 9. North Carolina 3-1 1,141 1 10. Gonzaga 2-0 1,138 10 11. Arizona 4-0 970 12 12. Virginia 4-1 872 6 13. Indiana 3-0 846 14 14. California 3-0 746 15 15. Miami 5-0 724 — 16. Purdue 5-0 550 21 17. Notre Dame 3-0 480 18 18. UConn 3-0 432 19 19. Vanderbilt 3-0 431 17 20. Wichita St. 2-1 423 9 21. Oregon 4-0 369 25 22. LSU 3-0 285 23 23. Xavier 3-0 143 — 24. Cincinnati 4-0 110 — 25. SMU 3-0 100 — 25. Texas A&M 4-0 100 — Others receiving votes: Utah 95, George Washington 85, Baylor 81, West Virginia 69, Butler 59, Louisville 40, N. Iowa 23, Iowa 20, Dayton 18, Tulsa 17, Colorado St. 13, Providence 8, Georgetown 4, Michigan 3, Valparaiso 2, Chattanooga 1, Washington 1.

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tackle, and he will make his 37th consecutive start Friday when the Cougars visit Seattle to face Washington in the annual Apple Cup. For the 6-foot-6, 305-pound Eklund, it will be the final regular-season game in what has turned out to be a remarkable college career.

“When you’re a freshman,” he said Monday, speaking by phone from Pullman, “you hear the seniors say they can’t believe how fast (the time) went by. And now here I am a senior and it’s gone by fast, it really has. But it’s been a heck of a ride and a heck of a journey.”

Speaking of head coach Mike Leach and offensive line coach Clay Maguire, “I can’t thank them enough for giving me the opportunity,” Eklund added. “That’s all I wanted, and once they gave that to me I tried to run with it by working hard and always trying to do the best I could.”

Eklund was a two-year starter at Lake Stevens, but recruiters apparently considered him a notch below some of the elite offensive line prospects in Washington and elsewhere on the West Coast.

Unsure about his football future, he had conversations with his father, Doug, and with Jeff Pahukoa, a former NFL player and the Lake Stevens offensive line coach.

“They said, ‘Do you believe you can play D-I football?’” Eklund said. “And I said, ‘Yeah, I know I can.’ ... So I came to Washington State with no offers and no recruiting really. A lot of people probably didn’t think I could play here, but I wanted to work hard and prove a lot of people wrong.”

It was former WSU coach Paul Wulff who allowed Eklund to walk on, though Wulff was fired after the 2011 season and replaced by Leach a few weeks later.

Eklund started spring practices in 2012 as the No. 4 left guard, but soon climbed to No. 2. He was still a walk-on in the 2012 season, but was on scholarship by the following spring.

“Nothing comes easy in life or in Division I football, so patience is huge,” he said. “But things will come in time. You’re going to get an opportunity and you just have to be ready for it.”

Eklund’s senior season began in September with perhaps the most forgettable game of his WSU career. In the opener against Portland State, the Cougars were beset by mistakes and lost 24-17. Afterward, he said, “everyone

was disappointed and embarrassed. We were super upset. We thought we were ready for the season and that we’d done everything we had to do to have a great season ... and then we squandered our first game.

“But some of the older guys came together and we said, ‘This is not going to happen. We’re going to be a team, we’re going to change the culture and get back to playing Cougar football.’ ... There was probably not a soul outside our football operations building who thought this team could win, but we had to come together because we had no one else. We said to ourselves, ‘We’re all we’ve got and we’re all we need.’”

What followed was one of the most dramatic turnabouts in college football this season and perhaps in WSU football history. The Cougars have risen to a No. 20 national ranking by winning eight of their past 10 games, losing only to California 34-28 on Oct. 3 and to Stanford 30-28 on Oct. 31.

“I think a lot of people are shocked, but no one on this team is shocked by what’s happened this season,” Eklund said. “Honestly, we think we should be undefeated.”

Still, a final 9-3 record would sound pretty good, and that will be WSU’s mark if the Cougars knock off Washington on Friday. That game “is all that’s on our minds right now,” Eklund said. “It’s a big week, a rivalry week, it’s a battle for the state, and for all the seniors it’s our last Apple Cup.” Regardless of the outcome, the Cougars are assured of a postseason bowl game, after which Eklund will consider his post-college options. He would like to play in the NFL — “That’s always a goal,” he said — but he also has career interests in real estate and perhaps development. Likewise, he might take up coaching as a way to mentor young athletes, much like he was mentored along the way.

His years at Washington State have been “an awesome experience,” he said.

“And I wouldn’t be here without the support of so many people. The (Leach) coaching staff that gave me a shot and Coach Wulff who told me to come here.

If not for them, I don’t know where I’d be playing or even if I’d be playing at all.

“Everyone who’s been there for me, I have to thank them for helping me to get better as a football player and as a person. I really feel like I’ve grown up a lot in the last five years, and I’m super thankful for everyone who’s helped me along the way. Without so many of them, none of this would’ve been possible.”

Giovinco wins MLS Newcomer of Year award Associated Press NEW YORK — Toronto forward Sebastian

Giovinco was voted Major League Soccer's Newcomer of the Year. Giovinco scored 22 goals, tied for the league lead.

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 22, 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 (28) 4-0 772 2 2. Maryland (3) 3-0 736 3 3. Duke 4-1 623 4 4. Michigan State 3-0 614 13 5. Iowa State 2-0 610 7 6. Oklahoma 2-0 561 8 7. Kansas 1-1 555 5 8. North Carolina 3-1 554 1 9. Villanova 4-0 552 8 10. Arizona 4-0 530 10 11. Gonzaga 2-0 492 12 12. Virginia 4-1 488 6 13. California 3-0 377 14 14. Indiana 3-0 327 15 15. Purdue 5-0 262 23 16. Vanderbilt 3-0 260 17 17. LSU 3-0 220 19 18. Notre Dame 3-0 218 18 19. Miami 5-0 216 — 20. Wichita State 2-1 200 11 21. UConn 3-0 164 24 22. West Virginia 3-0 145 22 23. Oregon 4-0 124 — 24. Cincinnati 4-0 82 — 25. Baylor 2-1 77 21 Others receiving votes: Utah 73, Louisville 51, Butler 47, Xavier 44, Texas A&M 41, Michigan 15, George Washington 12, Dayton 10, Tulsa 6, Davidson 3, Iowa 3, New Mexico 3, Northern Iowa 3, Washington 3, Colorado State 1, Georgetown 1.

Seattle 58, E. Washington 52 E. WASHINGTON (2-2) Bliznyuk 4-10 1-2 11, Von Hofe 1-9 0-1 3,

Jois 7-9 0-0 14, Washington 1-5 2-2 4, McBroom 4-13 0-0 11, Gibson 0-0 0-0 0, Wearne 0-0 0-0 0, Henderson 0-0 0-0 0, Ferris 3-5 0-0 9, Benzel 0-0 0-0 0, Nuno 0-1 0-0 0, Reid 0-0 0-0 0, Hunt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 3-5 52.

SEATTLE (1-3) Powell 4-9 2-4 10, Crook 6-11 5-10 17, Westendorf 3-11 4-6 10, Cohee 4-8 1-2 10, Shaughnessy 0-0 0-0 0, Montoya 2-2 0-0 4, Clair 0-3 0-2 0, Menzies 2-3 3-6 7. Totals 21-47 15-30 58.

Halftime—E. Washington 22-19. 3-Point Goals—E. Washington 9-29 (Ferris 3-5, McBroom 3-10, Bliznyuk 2-4, Von Hofe 1-8, Washington 0-2), Seattle 1-5 (Cohee 1-2, Westendorf 0-1, Clair 0-2). Fouled Out—Ferris. Rebounds—E. Washington 32 (Jois 8), Seattle 35 (Crook, Menzies 8). Assists—E. Washington 13 (Bliznyuk 5), Seattle 11 (Westendorf 6). Total Fouls—E. Washington 27, Seattle 11. A—3,129.

FOOTBALL NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 8 2 0 .800 336 216 Seattle 5 5 0 .500 228 192 St. Louis 4 6 0 .400 179 199 San Francisco 3 7 0 .300 139 252 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 10 0 0 1.000 299 191 Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 250 214 Tampa Bay 5 5 0 .500 236 254 New Orleans 4 6 0 .400 255 315 North

W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 249 198 Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 211 184 Chicago 4 6 0 .400 214 251 Detroit 3 7 0 .300 185 274 East

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 273 253 Washington 4 6 0 .400 221 253 Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 229 229 Dallas 3 7 0 .300 190 228 AMERICAN CONFERENCE West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 8 2 0 .800 222 183 Kansas City 5 5 0 .500 257 198 Oakland 4 6 0 .400 240 259 San Diego 2 8 0 .200 213 282 East

W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 0 0 1.000 323 182 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 244 227 N.Y. Jets 5 5 0 .500 234 208 Miami 4 6 0 .400 205 249 South

W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 5 5 0 .500 224 248 Houston 5 5 0 .500 208 228 Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 211 268 Tennessee 2 8 0 .200 182 233 North

W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 8 2 0 .800 266 186 Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 236 191 Baltimore 3 7 0 .300 226 249 Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 186 277 Monday’s game New England 20, Buffalo 13 Thursday’s games Philadelphia at Detroit, 9:30 a.m.

Carolina at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.

Chicago at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Next Sunday’s games New Orleans at Houston, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

New England at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

Next Monday’s game Baltimore at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 21 13 8 0 26 54 46 21 13 8 0 26 59 51 22 8 8 6 22 64 60 20 10 9 1 21 55 59 21 7 10 4 18 38 55 21 8 12 1 17 50 75 21 7 13 1 15 55 64 Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 21 17 4 0 34 74 50 St. Louis 22 14 6 2 30 59 53 Minnesota 19 11 5 3 25 57 51 Nashville 20 11 6 3 25 53 51 Chicago 21 11 8 2 24 57 55 Winnipeg 22 10 10 2 22 58 69 Colorado 21 8 12 1 17 60 62 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 22 16 4 2 34 78 50 Ottawa 20 10 5 5 25 61 57 Detroit 21 11 8 2 24 49 52 Boston 20 11 8 1 23 66 59 Tampa Bay 22 10 9 3 23 53 50 Florida 21 8 9 4 20 55 56 Toronto 22 7 10 5 19 51 62 Buffalo 21 8 11 2 18 44 57 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 21 16 3 2 34 66 38 Washington 20 14 5 1 29 62 44 Pittsburgh 20 12 8 0 24 45 46 New Jersey 20 11 8 1 23 50 50 N.Y. Islanders 21 10 8 3 23 59 53 Philadelphia 21 7 9 5 19 38 60 Carolina 21 7 10 4 18 42 61 Columbus 22 8 14 0 16 55 71 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s games Boston 4, Toronto 3, SO St. Louis 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Nashville 0 Philadelphia 3, Carolina 2, OT Washington 1, Edmonton 0

Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Arizona Anaheim Calgary Edmonton

Los Angeles 3, Florida 1 Colorado 4, Winnipeg 1 Tuesday’s games Ottawa at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

WHL

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 22 15 6 1 0 82 58 31 23 12 8 2 1 74 75 27 20 11 7 0 2 47 43 24 21 11 10 0 0 73 63 22 23 9 13 1 0 69 88 19 B.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 23 17 5 1 0 95 69 35 Victoria 25 16 7 1 1 87 58 34 Prince George 22 12 9 1 0 63 63 25 Kamloops 21 10 8 3 0 76 69 23 Vancouver 23 5 14 2 2 62 94 14 EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 23 15 5 2 1 82 70 33 Brandon 23 14 7 0 2 82 61 30 Moose Jaw 23 11 8 3 1 81 73 26 Regina 21 10 9 2 0 62 74 22 Saskatoon 22 9 10 3 0 71 90 21 Swift Current 24 8 14 2 0 59 74 18 CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Red Deer 23 16 7 0 0 91 64 32 Calgary 25 14 10 0 1 75 79 29 Lethbridge 23 14 9 0 0 89 74 28 Edmonton 25 8 14 3 0 66 90 19 Medicine Hat 21 7 11 2 1 70 85 17 Kootenay 24 6 16 2 0 51 93 14 Monday’s games No games scheduled Tuesday’s games Calgary at Prince Albert Regina at Red Deer Moose Jaw at Tri-City

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

SOCCER MLS Playoffs CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Eastern Conference New York vs. Columbus Leg 1— New York 0, Columbus 2 Leg 2—Sunday: Columbus at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Western Conference FC Dallas vs. Portland Leg 1— Portland 3, FC Dallas 1 Leg 2—Sunday: Portland at FC Dallas, 2 p.m.

MLS CUP Sunday, Dec. 6: TBD, 1 p.m.

LINE

College Football Tuesday FAVORITE UNDERDOG Bowling Green 22½ at BALL ST at N ILLINOIS 13½ Ohio Thursday at UCF OFF South Florida at TEXAS 1 Texas Tech Friday at W KENTUCKY 11 Marshall Iowa 1 at NEBRASKA at PITTSBURGH 6½ Miami at BUFFALO 7 UMass at AKRON 11 Kent St at GEORGIA ST 1 Troy at TOLEDO 9 W. Michigan at CENT. MICHIGAN 24½ E. Michigan at ARKANSAS 14 Missouri at HOUSTON 1 Navy at WASHINGTON OFF Washington St at OREGON 35 Oregon St Boise St 7½ at SAN JOSE ST Baylor 1½ at TCU Saturday at MICHIGAN 1½ Ohio State at APPALACHIAN ST 23 Louisiana-Lafayette Louisville 3½ at KENTUCKY at MICHIGAN ST OFF Penn St Cincinnati 1 at EAST CAROLINA at TEMPLE 12 UCONN at WEST VIRGINIA 14 Iowa St Duke 4 at WAKE FOREST Boston College 3 at SYRACUSE Indiana 7 at PURDUE FAU 4 at OLD DOMINION at TENNESSEE 16½ Vanderbilt at WYOMING OFF UNLV MIDDLE TENNESSEE 12 at UTSA at UTAH 16½ Colorado BYU 3 at UTAH STATE Virginia Tech 3½ at VIRGINIA North Carolina 6½ at NC STATE at RICE 10½ Charlotte Maryland 1 at RUTGERS Florida St 2 at FLORIDA Georgia 5½ at GEORGIA TECH Kansas St 20 at KANSAS at LSU 5½ Texas A&M Northwestern 3 at ILLINOIS Alabama 13½ at AUBURN at CALIFORNIA 4 Arizona St at LOUISIANA TECH 6½ Southern Miss at MEMPHIS 21½ SMU Clemson 17½ at SOUTH CAROLINA Wisconsin 2½ at MINNESOTA Oklahoma 4½ at OKLAHOMA ST Mississippi 1 at MISSISSIPPI ST at STANFORD 3½ Notre Dame Arkansas St 17 at NEW MEXICO ST at SAN DIEGO ST 17½ Nevada Air Force 9½ at NEW MEXICO at SOUTHERN CAL 3½ UCLA Colorado St 9½ at FRESNO ST NFL FAVORITE UNDERDOG Thursday Philadelphia OK at DETROIT Carolina 1 at DALLAS at GREEN BAY 9 Chicago Sunday at HOUSTON 3 New Orleans at ATLANTA 2 Minnesota at CINCINNATI 9½ St. Louis at INDIANAPOLIS 3 Tampa Bay NY Giants 1 at WASHINGTON Oakland 1½ at TENNESSEE at KANSAS CITY 5 Buffalo at NY JETS 3½ Miami at JACKSONVILLE 3½ San Diego Arizona 10 at SAN FRANCISCO at SEATTLE 5 Pittsburgh New England 5 at DENVER Monday at CLEVELAND 2 Baltimore

Cougars’ QB Falk might play in Apple Cup Associated Press SPOKANE — Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said quarterback Luke Falk is doing well and might be able to play in Friday’s Apple Cup against Washington.

Falk appeared to suffer a head injury and was carried off the field during Washington State’s victory over Colorado on Saturday.

Coach Mike Leach refuses to discuss injuries, so the extent of Falk’s injury is not clear.

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carted off the field.

WSU coach Mike Leach does not comment on injuries, though athletic director Bill Moos said on his Monday radio show that Falk is doing well and the Cougars are hopeful he can play this week. But he will have to pass concussion protocol first.

If Falk doesn’t play, the Cougars will start redshirt freshman Peyton Bender, who took over for Falk and completed 13-of-22 passing for 133 yards, a touchdown and an interception in WSU’s 27-3 victory over Colorado.

“He doesn’t really look like a backup,” Petersen said. “And I know when Falk kind of came in last year, he didn’t really look like a backup. So I think again, they do an unbelievable job of coaching in that system, and coaching those kids up. ... They’re going to run that system. So that’s what we’re trying to defend, is those routes and the run game they have, and those type of things.”

On his Monday radio show, Moos seemed to indicate that Falk suffered a head injury. He said there are NCAA policies regarding concussions that the team follows.

Moos said the injury does not appear to be season ending and that he hoped Falk could play in the Apple Cup, scheduled for Friday at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Backup Peyton Bender finished the Colorado game at quarterback and would play if Falk cannot.

Increased security at Apple Cup Expect a heightened security presence on Friday at Husky Stadium.

Fans who bring bags to the game will be given a “full bag check,” the UW said Monday, so they should plan to arrive earlier than usual (or leave their bags home to avoid long lines).

A UW spokesperson said there will be additional security measures “both seen and unseen” at the stadium.

Extra points Petersen said sophomore nose tackle Elijah Qualls, who has missed the Huskies’ last three games due to an ankle/leg injury, practiced on Monday. But he had no definitive update on the status of Qualls, linebacker Travis Feeney (shoulder) or tailback Dwayne Washington (leg) for Friday. “We’re very hopeful. I think we’re hopeful, I do,” Petersen said. “I think you’re going to see something ... guys are practicing.

That’s all I’ll say.” ... Petersen decided not to make any UW players available for media interviews this week. He said players are already too busy with Thanksgiving, the short week, parents coming to town and an upcoming banquet.

“We’ve got a lot of things going on here, with all the distractions we spoke about,” Petersen said. “So we just thought, listen, the last thing they need to do is talk about — they’re thinking about it enough, and it’s time for us to just kind of pay attention to what we need to pay attention to.”

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Western WA Northwest Weather

43°31°

Mostly cloudy today. A little rain near the Cascades; a morning rain or snow shower in spots on the Olympic Peninsula.

Bellingham 43/27

Morning showers

TOMORROW

Mountains

38°31°

Oak Harbor 45/33

Chilly with plenty of sunshine

THURSDAY

Arlington Eastern WA 45/22 Granite A little snow today, Falls mainly early near the Marysvile 43/22 Cascades; a bit of snow 45/25 elsewhere.

Langley EVERETT Lake Stevens 43/31 44/32 43/22 Mukilteo Snohomish Gold Bar 45/34 45/26 46/27 Lynnwood Mill Creek Index Monroe Sultan 44/31 43/26 44/31 45/26 46/27 Kirkland Redmond 45/31 45/29 Seattle Bellevue 45/33 45/32

44°30° 44°29° Plenty of sun

SATURDAY

42°31° Plenty of sun

Mount Vernon 44/26

Stanwood 45/28

Chilly with plenty of sunshine

FRIDAY

Mostly cloudy today; some snow, mainly this morning.

Snow level as low as 500 feet.

Clearing tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.

Port Orchard 44/33

Puget Sound

Wind northwest 10-20 knots today. Seas 1-3 feet. A little rain. Wind northwest 8-16 knots tonight. Seas 3-6 feet. A moonlit sky.

Everett High Low High Low

Almanac Everett

Time

3:53 a.m.

9:05 a.m.

2:40 p.m.

9:39 p.m.

Feet

11.1 5.5 11.8 -1.9

Port Townsend

Time

High Low High Low

3:31 a.m.

7:51 a.m.

1:53 p.m.

8:37 p.m.

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 41/34 Normal high/low ....................... 47/39 Records (1939/1985) ................... 73/9 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 29.85 F 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.03” Month to date ............................. 5.47” Normal month to date ............... 4.67” Year to date ............................... 23.83” Normal year to date ................. 29.33”

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 43/27 Normal high/low ....................... 47/39 Records (2008/2010) ................. 55/11 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 29.88 S 24 hours ending 5 p.m. .............. Trace Month to date ............................. 8.19” Normal month to date ............... 5.21” Year to date ............................... 38.72” Normal year to date ................. 39.76”

Arlington

Whidbey Island

Air Quality Index

Planets

Sun and Moon

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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Rises Mercury ..... 7:56 a.m.

Venus ......... 3:24 a.m.

Mars ........... 2:27 a.m.

Jupiter ...... 12:56 a.m.

Saturn ........ 7:47 a.m.

Uranus ....... 2:30 p.m.

Neptune ..... 1:14 p.m.

Pluto ......... 10:28 a.m.

Sets ........ 4:28 p.m. ........ 2:45 p.m. ........ 2:21 p.m. ........ 1:47 p.m. ........ 4:46 p.m. ........ 3:32 a.m. ...... 11:54 p.m. ........ 7:14 p.m.

World Weather City

Today Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 45/42/r Athens 72/62/pc Baghdad 72/48/s Bangkok 94/79/s Beijing 25/14/sn Berlin 38/33/pc Buenos Aires 75/61/pc Cairo 77/59/s Dublin 48/45/sh Hong Kong 83/69/s Jerusalem 65/52/s Johannesburg 83/56/s London 48/43/r

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 48/41/sh 69/57/r 72/48/s 94/76/s 29/13/pc 41/35/sn 78/61/pc 78/62/pc 50/45/sh 78/61/s 66/55/pc 82/60/t 49/39/pc

Feet 8.0 4.9 9.2 -1.5

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 43/34 Normal high/low ....................... 49/38 Records (1957/1985) ................... 58/6 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 29.90 F 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.10” Month to date ............................. 5.23” Normal month to date ............... 2.62” Year to date ............................... 20.30” Normal year to date ................. 17.40”

Sunrise today .......................

Sunset tonight .....................

Moonrise today ...................

Moonset today .....................

Full Nov 25

Last Dec 2

New Dec 11

7:28 a.m.

4:23 p.m.

4:04 p.m.

5:37 a.m.

First Dec 18

City

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Madrid 53/37/s 57/41/pc Manila 93/77/pc 92/78/s Mexico City 73/50/pc 74/51/pc Moscow 33/24/c 28/18/c Paris 44/39/r 48/37/sh Rio de Janeiro 83/73/r 82/73/t Riyadh 70/59/t 63/59/t Rome 57/41/c 55/44/sh Singapore 91/78/t 88/76/t Stockholm 38/34/r 38/30/r Sydney 78/64/s 86/71/s Tokyo 65/51/pc 53/48/r Toronto 43/26/pc 45/38/pc

Vancouver

42/27

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

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

Bellingham

43/27

Kelowna 35/14

Everett 43/31

Port Angeles

Calgary 25/5

43/27/c 39/19/sn 41/27/sn 45/28/c 44/32/c 42/27/sn 47/37/pc 43/27/r 44/28/sn 40/27/sn 36/23/sn 45/33/r 45/28/r 37/29/sn 40/28/sn 44/31/sn

44/28 41/26/s Medicine Hat Seattle 29/9 31/14/s 45/33 Spokane Libby Tacoma 38/17/s 35/16 36/23 45/28 46/24/s Yakima Coeur d’Alene 44/31 41/33/s Portland 39/24 46/32 Great Falls Walla Walla 36/17/s Newport Lewiston Missoula 31/11 37/29 45/37/s 48/36 43/32 34/19 Salem 41/24/s 46/32 Helena Pendleton 40/27/s 33/16 35/25 30/17/pc Eugene Bend 46/30 Butte 29/15/s 35/19 32/11 Ontario 42/31/s 38/33 Medford 42/25/s Boise 44/34 33/20/pc 47/32 Klamath Falls 37/17/s Eureka 39/24 Idaho Falls Twin Falls 40/16/s 50/37 43/26

47/32/c 39/24/sn 40/29/c

40/24/sn 36/19/s 34/20/sn

48/34/c 35/19/sn 46/30/r 39/24/sn 44/34/r 46/32/r

49/32/s 24/7/sn 44/23/s 32/11/sn 42/23/pc 46/29/s

50/31

National Weather

Auburn 45/29

Tacoma 45/28

Tides

City

City

Today Hi/Lo/W Albany 44/24/pc Albuquerque 60/36/s Amarillo 74/39/s Anchorage 43/39/c Atlanta 59/39/s Atlantic City 49/36/s Austin 70/61/c Baltimore 50/29/s Baton Rouge 66/47/pc Billings 45/19/c Birmingham 60/40/s Boise 47/32/c Boston 44/32/pc Buffalo 42/30/sf Burlington, VT 40/27/c Charleston, SC 59/42/s Charleston, WV 51/27/s Charlotte 57/31/s Cheyenne 57/28/s Chicago 39/33/pc Cincinnati 51/34/s Cleveland 44/31/sf Columbus, OH 44/30/pc Dallas 67/59/pc Denver 61/32/s Des Moines 47/39/pc Detroit 40/29/pc El Paso 71/45/s Evansville 57/37/s Fairbanks 30/24/sn Fargo 39/26/pc Fort Myers 75/62/s Fresno 64/40/sh Grand Rapids 43/29/pc Greensboro 55/33/s Hartford 44/25/pc Honolulu 83/73/c Houston 70/60/pc Indianapolis 48/34/pc

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 46/32/s 62/43/pc 74/49/pc 40/36/r 58/44/pc 52/43/s 77/67/c 53/35/s 72/61/pc 22/11/sn 63/50/pc 40/24/sn 47/39/s 50/40/pc 45/36/s 65/51/pc 60/38/pc 58/39/s 35/14/pc 46/40/c 57/42/s 55/41/pc 55/39/s 72/65/c 44/19/pc 52/39/c 49/41/pc 75/55/pc 59/47/pc 34/28/sn 35/16/c 79/65/pc 53/38/sh 48/41/pc 56/37/s 47/32/s 83/74/c 76/65/c 55/43/pc

Redding 53/34

Roseburg Salem Montana Butte Great Falls Missoula Alaska Anchorage

46/36/r 46/32/r

43/28/pc 46/27/s

32/11/sn 31/11/sn 34/19/sn

17/-6/sn 16/-1/sn 26/4/sn

43/39/c

40/36/r

Today Hi/Lo/W Jackson, MS 63/42/s Kansas City 58/46/pc Knoxville 56/32/s Las Vegas 72/51/pc Little Rock 61/41/s Los Angeles 69/52/pc Louisville 55/38/s Lubbock 70/41/s Memphis 61/42/s Miami 76/69/c Milwaukee 40/34/pc Minneapolis 41/31/pc Mobile 62/46/pc Montgomery 62/39/s Newark 49/33/pc New Orleans 66/57/pc New York City 47/36/pc Norfolk 53/41/s Oakland 57/43/r Oklahoma City 62/54/pc Omaha 52/40/pc Orlando 73/61/pc Palm Springs 77/53/pc Philadelphia 51/33/s Phoenix 80/56/s Pittsburgh 44/28/pc Portland, ME 42/24/pc Portland, OR 46/32/r Providence 44/28/pc

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 68/54/s 58/52/c 58/36/s 60/39/c 63/54/c 65/46/c 60/46/s 72/56/pc 65/54/s 80/71/sh 45/41/c 45/29/r 70/55/pc 66/49/pc 51/41/s 73/64/pc 50/45/s 58/48/pc 56/37/pc 68/58/c 52/33/c 78/65/c 68/45/pc 52/38/s 74/49/s 53/36/s 44/32/s 46/29/s 48/35/s

City

Barrow 8/7/c Fairbanks 30/24/sn Juneau 31/28/sn British Columbia Chilliwack 42/26/s Kelowna 35/14/sf Vancouver 42/27/pc Victoria 43/33/pc City

Today Hi/Lo/W Raleigh 55/31/s Rapid City 48/23/pc Reno 51/27/c Richmond 53/30/s Sacramento 56/40/sh St. Louis 59/42/pc St. Petersburg 73/62/s Salt Lake City 56/40/pc San Antonio 70/63/c San Diego 71/59/pc San Francisco 57/45/r San Jose 56/42/r Stockton 59/41/sh Syracuse 42/27/sf Tallahassee 66/50/pc Tampa 75/61/s Tempe 78/55/s Topeka 59/47/s Tucson 81/51/s Tulsa 62/51/pc Washington, DC 52/35/s Wichita 61/50/pc Winston-Salem 55/33/s Yuma 80/56/s

20/10/sn 34/28/sn 37/25/pc 43/28/s 29/14/s 40/28/s 41/35/s Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 58/39/s 34/14/c 39/22/sf 56/37/s 52/34/sh 58/51/pc 78/66/pc 50/28/c 78/68/c 66/55/c 55/40/pc 54/35/pc 53/33/sh 49/35/s 71/57/pc 79/66/pc 72/45/s 61/53/c 79/50/s 63/58/c 55/39/s 67/55/c 56/38/s 72/47/s

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Wiggins scores 32 as Timberwolves win 100-95 to hand winless Sixers 15th straight loss Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Wiggins scored 17 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to help the Minnesota Timberwolves keep Philadelphia winless on the

season with a 100-95 victory over the 76ers on Monday night.

Kevin Garnett had eight points and 10 rebounds and the Timberwolves (6-8) won at home for the first time in seven games this season. They dropped Philadelphia

to 0-15 and avoided another embarrassing home loss to the Sixers, who snapped an 0-17 start to last season with a win at Target Center.

Jahlil Okafor had 25 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks for

Philadelphia and thoroughly outplayed No. 1 overall pick KarlAnthony Towns, who played just 19 minutes because of foul trouble.

Unlike the 76ers, a team filled with youngsters that is built to

lose, the Timberwolves have surrounded their young core with veterans Garnett, Tayshaun Prince and Andre Miller, all in an attempt to insulate the kids from the trauma that can come with mass losing in the NBA.

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Public Notices NO. 14-4-01240-9 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Clerk’s Action Required SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH In Re the Guardianship of CECIL E. JARVIS, An Incapacitated Person.

A. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Puget Sound Guardians, Guardian of the Person and Estate of Cecil E. Jarvis and Trustee of the Jar vcis Family Revocable Living Tr ust, will sell by negotiation the real property commonly known as 19617 Bartlett Road, Bothell, WA, legally described as follows: The South 95 feet of Lot 1, Block 21, Alderwood Manor No. 5, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Volume 9 of Plats, pages 79 through 83, records of Snohomish County, Washington EXCEPT hte East 105.92 feet thereof Situate in the County of Snohomish, State of Washington. for a selling price of $319,000. A hearing shall be had to confirm said sale on Fr iday, December 4, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in Department D of the Snohomish County Superior Court, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, Washington. The Clerk of the Court is directed to note said hearing on the Guardianship Motions Calendar.

Any person desiring to submit a competing bid on said property in accordance with RCW 11.56.110 shall provide a copy thereof to the undersigned at the address set forth below.

DATED: 11/20/15.

ELIZABETH A. TURNER, WSBA #24165

Attorney for Puget Sound Guardians Published: November 24, 2015.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Sierra Construction, 19900 144th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 980724 4 6 0 , i s s e e k i n g c ove ra g e u n d e r t h e Wa s h i n g t o n S t a t e Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit.

The proposed project, Undi Commerce Park, is located at 14600 block of Smokey Point Blvd. in Marysville, WA, in Snohomish County.

This project involves 36.59 acres of soil disturbance for Commercial construction activities.

T h e p r o p o s e d U n d i C o m m e r c e Pa r k p r o j e c t c o n s i s t s o f constructing a 549,100 s.f. speculative concrete tilt-up warehouse in multiple buildings. The structure will have dock high facilities, shared parking and egress, landscaping, and site infrastructure along Smokey Point Blvd.

Stormwater will be discharged to an existing ditch line along the easterly property line. This ditch line flows south and west where it inlets into Hayho Creek, which flows south and onto the Ebey Slough. The developed Stormwater will be conveyed by forcemain to the City of Marysville’s Regional Storm Facility which exists east of 40th Avenue NE. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Depar tment of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published: November 17, 24, 2015.

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Public Notices

NOTICE OF LAND USE APPLICATION, PUBIC MEETING & PUBLIC HEARING Conditional Use Permit PROJECT NAME/ FILE NUMBER: Cobalt CUP / LUA 2015-0104 APPLICANT: CMAX LLC (AKA Cobalt Enterprises) P R O J E C T L O C AT I O N : 3 3 1 6 O l d H a r t fo r d / Pa r c e l N o.

29060500402800 DATE OF APPLICATION: October 23, 2015 NOTICE OF APPLICATION ISSUED: November 4, 2015 DATE/TIME OF PUBLIC MEETING: December 9, 2015 at 6 pm DATE/TIME OF PUBLIC HEARING: December 9, 2015 at 7 pm HEARING LOCATION: Lake Stevens Fire District PROPOSED PROJECT DESCRIPTION: • Cobalt Enterprises is requesting a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to operate an aerospace manufacturing business in an existing building located at 3316 Old Hartford in the General Industrial Zoning District. By 2017, Cobalt Enterprises intends to occupy the entire building and employ 120 people.

• Required Permits: CUP / Tenant Improvement Permit • The applicant has submitted a Type III Land Use Application, site plan of the existing building, and project narrative in support of the proposed application.

• CUPs are Type III Permits and are subject to public notice and are required to have a public hearing per Chapter 14.16A LSMC. Pursuant to LSMC 14.16B.325, a public meeting shall be required for a Type III Permit.

• CUPs are required for manufacturing uses on sites over one acre in size per Chapter 14.40 LSMC. PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT: Interested parties may submit written comments within 14 days of this Notice by sending them to City Hall, Attn: Stacie Pratschner, P O B ox 2 5 7 , L a ke S t eve n s , WA 9 8 2 5 8 o r by e m a i l a t spratschner@lakestevenswa.gov. Interested parties may also provide oral comments at the public hearing.

The project file, including a site map is available for review at the Permit Center, located behind City Hall, Monday-Friday 8:30 am4:30 pm. Limited materials are available at: http://www.ci.lakestevens.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=380.

For additional information please contact the Depar tment of Planning and Community Development at 425-377-3223.

It is the City’s goal to comply with the American with Disabilities Act. The City offers its assistance to 1825 S Lake Stevens Rd, Lake Stevens, WA anyone with special needs, including the provision of TDD services.

Published: November 24, 2015.

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TOWN OF DARRINGTON Notice is hereby given that the Town of Darrington has issued a Determination of Nonsignificance for the consideration of the a d o p t i o n o f a Te n - ye a r m a j o r a m e n d m e n t u p d a t e t o i t s Comprehensive Plan, a non-project action under WAC 197-11704(2)(b). The DNS has been signed by Raelynn Jones, Deputy Clerk on November 10, 2015 and sent to the Department of Ecology. Comments may be submitted via mail or email to Raelynn J o n e s , S E PA O f f i c i a l f o r t h e To w n o f D a r r i n g t o n . darrclerkrj@gmail.com Darrington Town Hall P.O. Box 397, Darrington, WA 98241 Published: November 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2015.

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Bids, RFQ’s, RFP’s

SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 201 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES FROM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Resolution No. 11-15, that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Snohomish School District No. 201, Snohomish County, Washington (the “District”) will hold a public hearing on December 9, 2015, at 6:00 P.M., in the Boardroom located in the District Administration Building, located at 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, Washington. The purpose of the public hearing is to: (a) consider whether certain state and local circumstances should cause alterations to the specific expenditures from the general obligation bonds or iginally authorized in Resolution No. 05-08; and (b) receive public testimony. If the Board determines that the alterations are in the best interests of the District, the Board may, at a future public meeting, adopt a new resolution or amend Resolution No. 05-08 approving the alterations.

All residents of the District wishing to be heard for or against the alterations should appear at the public hearing and present their views. Alternatively, or in addition, such interested residents may submit their views for and against the alterations in writing and deliver them to: Tom Laufmann, Executive Director of Business Services, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, Washington 98290, on or before the date of the public hearing. Copies of Resolution No. 11-15, which set the time and place for the public hearing and describe the proposed alterations will be posted on the District website at http://www.sno.wednet.edu or may be obtained by contacting Tom Laufmann, at (360) 563-7240.

SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 201 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON /s/ William A. Mester Secretary to the Board of Directors Published: November 24, December 1, 2015.

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The Work covered under this Contract shall consist of utility and roadway improvements along 60th Avenue West to include removing existing structures, removing asphalt concrete, removing sidewalk, curbs and gutters, removing existing vegetation and trees, grading, construction of approximately 240 linear feet of 20-inch diameter HDPE sanitary sewer, approximately 260 linear feet of 10inch diameter ductile iron water main and 410 feet of 24-inch diameter HDPE storm drain, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, driveways, roadway restoration with both gravel and specialty lightweight backfill materials, paving with hot mix asphalt, pavement markings, landscaping, irrigation and other such work as may be necessary to complete the project in accordance with the Specifications and as shown on the Plans.

All Bids shall be based upon compliance with the Project Manual (including, without limitation, the Contract Plans and Specifications). The estimated cost range for this project is $1.150,000 to $1.320,000. The project shall be completed within 140 working days of the Notice to Proceed. Notice to Proceed is anticipated to be issued in late February or March 2016. Administrative work, such as submittals, shop drawings, and material procurement can begin following Notice to Proceed, though no physical work shall commence prior to May 16. 2016 to allow time for overhead franchise utilities to relocate prior to construction.

OBTAINING BID DOCUMENTS: The Project Manual for this Project (including the Contract Plans, Specifications and all other Contract Documents) may be examined at the Lynnwood City Hall. All questions regarding to this Project shall be addressed to Ngan Ha Yang, P.E., Project Manager, at nyang@ci.lynnwood.wa.us The Project Manual, plans, specifications, addenda, bidders list, and plan holders list for this project are available through Builders Exchange at the City of Lynnwood’s on-line plan room. Free of charge access is provided to Prime Bidders, Subcontractors, and Vendors by going to http://www.bxwa.com and clicking on “Posted Projects”, “Public Works” and “City of Lynnwood”. Bidders are encouraged to “Register” in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the “Bidders List”. This on-line plan room provides Bidders with fully usable on-line documents with the ability to download, print to your own printer, order full / partial plan sets from hundreds of reprographic sources (online print order form), and a free on-line digitizer / take-off tool.

Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425-258-1303 should you require assistance.

A prebid walk-through of the Project will be offered at 2:00 p.m., December 1, 2015, Lynnwood Operations & Maintenance Center (LOMC), 20525 60th Ave W, Lynnwood WA 98036.

Please contact the Project Manager at nyang@ci.lynnwood.wa.us by 2:00 p.m., November 25, 2015 should you wish to attend.

The City expressly reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive irregularities, and to award the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder.

No Bidder may withdraw its Bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the Bid Opening.

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

JEFFREY S. ELEKES, Public Works Deputy Director Published: November 17, 24, 2015.

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Bids, RFQ’s, RFP’s

CITY OF LYNNWOOD INVITATION FOR BIDS SUBMITTAL OF SEALED BIDS: Sealed bid proposals (“Bids”) will be received by the Public Works Deputy Director, or the Public Works Deputy Director’s representative, at Lynnwood City Hall, 19100 44th Avenue W., Lynnwood, Snohomish County, Washington, 98036, until 2:00 p.m., December 8, 2015, for the following project (“Project”): 60 Avenue West Utility Replacement Project Capitalized terms not defined in this Invitation for Bids shall have the meanings set forth in the Project Manual of which this Invitation for Bids is a part.

BID OPENING: At the time and date above stated, the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud (“Bid Opening”). Bids are to be submitted only on the bid proposal forms provided with the Project Manual. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid bond, cashier’s check, certified check, or postal money order in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the Bid. Bids received after the time fixed for the Bid Opening will not be considered.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: