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Vol. 49, Issue 82

In the news Bill proposes federal aid to replace woodburning stoves FAIRBANKS — Two U.S. senators have proposed legislation that would give federal aid to help Alaska residents and others across county to replace inefficient wood stoves.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Delaware Democratic Sen. Tom Carper introduced the bill last month that would create a grant program through the Environmental Protection Agency to help people purchase cleanburning heaters.

Murkowski said in a statement that the measure aims to reduce emissions by providing “families with a costeffective way to transition to appliances built with the most innovative wood-burning technologies.”

The measure would authorize $75 million for each fiscal year through 2024 for the grant program.

Air National Guard lifts 3 from plane stranded on glacier ANCHORAGE — Three people were rescued after their airplane sank in snow and ice at 20 Mile Glacier.

The Alaska Air National Guard says airmen from the 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons lifted a pilot and two passengers Thursday.

Their names were not released.

Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Daniel Dickman of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center says the pilot of the Piper PA-18 aircraft manually activated the aircraft’s 406 emergency locator transmitter.

A passenger also used a cellphone to text a relative, who called the Rescue Coordination Center.

Dickman says the three carried a satellite phone and were well prepared for an emergency.

An HH-60G Pave Hawk launched from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson located the airplane. The helicopter hoisted the pilot and passengers while hovering at 170 feet.

— Associated Press

Forecast positive for 2019 sockeye run

By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion

After a poor sockeye return last summer, Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game is slightly more optimistic about 2019.

Six million sockeye salmon are forecasted to run through the Upper Cook Inlet in 2019, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2019 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon forecast.

The forecast, released Friday, estimates a range of 4.8 million to 7.3 million for the total sockeye salmon run. Escapement is forecasted at 2 million while Upper Cook Inlet

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Local Boundary Commission working with Soldotna in annexation efforts

To estimate the returns, Fish and Game examined the relationships between adult returns and spawners, adult returns and fall fry, adult returns and emigrating smolt, and sibling adult returns.

The Kenai River is forecasted to see 200,000 more fish than the 20-year average, according to Fish and Game’s release, with a run forecast of approximately 3.8 million sockeye salmon. Fish and Game puts the forecast at a range of 3.1 to By VICTORIA PETERSEN 4.5 million. The 20-year aver- Peninsula Clarion Sockeye salmon are pictured in this file photo. (File) age is 3.6 million.

Fish and Game forecasts esThe Alaska State Local The Upper Cook Inlet in- capement goals for the Kenai Boundary Commission recommercial harvest is estimated at 3 million and other har- cludes the Kenai, Kasilof and River to be between 1 and 1.3 leased their 2018 annual reSee RUN, page A2 port for the upcoming state Susitna rivers and Fish Creek. vest at 1 million. legislative session, which reviews the Local Boundary Commission’s activities in 2018.

While no local boundaries changed in 2018, several areas across Alaska are seeking to modify or create new borders, including Nikiski, Girdwood and Soldotna.

In June 2018, the Soldotna City Council passed a resolution to start drafting a petition to annex select areas adjacent to city limits, including a 0.6-square-mile area along Kalifornsky Beach Road.

The report said, “Local Boundary Commission staff provided information and documentation to city staff engaged in drafting the petition.”

The report said staff at the Local Boundary Commission The former Lowe’s Home Improvement warehouse space on Marathon Road in Kenai stands has not been informed when empty Friday. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion) the draft petition will be completed. additional 26,568-square-feet brochure for the space. ing to the Associated Press.

John Czarnezki, director The warehouse has of covered-garden center space, The brochure lists the prop- of economic development 111,348-square-feet with an according to information on a erty at $4.2 million.

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U-Haul buys former Kenai Lowe’s building

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai warehouse space and former home of Lowe’s Home Improvement has been sold, Fred Braun of Jack White Realty said.

Braun, the main broker for Jack White Realty, said the new owner, U-Haul, gets the keys to the warehouse space Monday.

Braun said he didn’t know what U-Haul planned to do with the building at this time.

The building, located on Marathon Road near WalMart, has been sitting vacant for about eight years since it was last occupied by Lowe’s. In 2008, Lowe’s built the building, but shut its doors in 2011 because the store wasn’t meeting sales expectations, accord-

Court upholds Republican recount win in House race

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the results of a recount in a disputed state House race that showed Republican Bart LeBon winning by one vote.

The court issued a brief order affirming the decision

by Alaska’s former elections director following arguments

earlier in the day in Anchorage. The court said a full opinion would follow.

A superior court judge who was appointed a special master in the case previously recommended that the court uphold the Division of Election’s decisions during the recount.

Democrat Kathryn Dodge challenged four ballots, questioning whether two voters

whose ballots were counted lived in the district and saying the division incorrectly changed its record of one voter’s residence to an address outside the district.

She provided affidavits from voters in two of the instances to try to bolster her case. But the state argued that both were sent to the division director after the recount, and any evidence not available at

Group aims to restore lifts at Hatcher Pass ski area

By ZAZ HOLLANDER Anchorage Daily News

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ANCHORAGE — Until the late 1970s, skiers bombed down runs high in the Talkeetna Mountains at Hatcher Pass, cranked up the slopes by rope tows at Independence Mine.

The old-fashioned lifts disappeared, ushering in decades of corporate alpine resort proposals that fizzled despite the proximity of population centers Palmer and Wasilla just a 30-minute drive away.

Now instead of a big resort backer, it’s a grass-roots effort to restore lift-served skiing to Hatcher Pass that appears to be slowly moving ahead.

A family-oriented downhill area called Skeetawk about 10 miles up the Hatcher Pass road is scheduled to open next winter.

The nonprofit group behind it has leveraged more than $1

This Feb. 10, 2018, photo shows Skeetawk, an alpine ski area being developed in Hatcher Pass near Palmer. The family-oriented downhill area is scheduled to open next winter. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

million in grant funding with hefty local sponsorships and donations, along with $100,000 in startup funding from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

The nonprofit, Hatcher Al-

pine Xperience, still needs about $750,000 more to make the first phase of the ski area happen, executive director Amy O’Connor said. But the See PASS, page A2

the time of the recount should be disregarded.

The state changed the address of one man to an address outside the district based on his application for an annual check from the state’s oil-wealth fund. Voters in 2016 approved an initiative calling for the division to register qualified Alaskans to vote when they apply for a dividend check.

Justice Susan Carney noted the law requires that the division send out an opt-out notice, which she said it believes it sent. Thomas Amodio, an attorney for Dodge, said there was no proof that one was sent.

An attorney for the state, Katherine Demarest, said the division acted within the law.

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State begins issuing licenses compliant with REAL ID ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska has begun issuing licenses compliant with national proof-of-identity standards.

The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles has made available across the state licenses that follow guidelines under the federal REAL ID law, the Anchorage Daily News reported this week.

Residents will need to get a new driver’s license

by October 2020 in order to use it to enter federal buildings, military bases or board commercial airliners, according to the DMV and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. A passport or global entry card can still be used instead of a state driver’s license.

A new Real ID license will cost $40 instead of $20. To get a new ID, residents will need to bring multiple documents with them to a DMV office to confirm their identity. The

state’s DMV website lists the documentation needed.

Licenses that do not comply with the REAL ID program will still be available at DMV offices. All commercial drivers’ licenses will be compliant, with the cost increasing from $100 to $120.

The state has not yet said how the REAL ID program will be administered in areas without a DMV office.

“We don’t have a solution in place yet, but it is high on our priority list,” said Jenna Wamsganz, deputy director of the DMV. “We’re actively looking at ways we can access these communities and help these folks.”

The REAL IDs have a new design, featuring a holographic silhouette of Denali with fireweed decorating the left side and a moose on the right side. A transparent star in a black roundel signifies that the license meets the federal standards.

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group already has raised or received more than $1.3 million and bought a ski lift. The group has about 900 members, who make donations, but is also looking for local sponsors.

If Skeetawk succeeds, it will become a rarity in North America: a new ski area even as established resorts, especially in the mountains of the West, battle a mix of public-lands permitting hurdles and diminishing snowpack linked to climate change.

The last new ski area in the U.S. was Utah’s Cherry Peak Ski Resort, which opened in 2015, according to the National Ski Areas Association.

“The creation of a totally new ski area is not common.

That is for sure,” said association spokeswoman Adrienne Saia Isaac. “That’s pretty cool, because you don’t hear about it happening too often.”

Right now, Skeetawk’s slopes are dominated by sledders given access to the area on weekends and school holidays.

But the goal is “to bring lift access to the Valley as soon as we can,” said O’Connor.

So, in a shift from the resort model that incorporates a lodge, restaurants, shops and other amenities, Skeetawk backers plan to start with a lift and build from there.

Plans for a first phase of development call for a 1,000-foot triple chair lift that rises about 300 feet and opens up about 30 acres of mostly beginner to intermediate terrain, with ski rental and food truck service.

That’s what’s planned for next winter.

Matanuska Telephone Association, which is sponsoring ski patrol at the new area for three years, will also extend a fiber-optic cable to provide WiFi and internet connection at Skeetawk, O’Connor said.

Six miles of downhill trails will be groomed starting in Jan-

In this Dec. 27, 2018 photo, Janae Nelson, left, holds Caspen Nelson as Piper Causa and Quincey Causa, at right, watch Cass Nelson sled with son Copper, center, at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass near Palmer. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

uary, with help from a $13,000 grant from the borough, she said. There is a community terrain park build event scheduled for that month, too.

The new lift is expected to be installed this summer.

The next phase would involve a larger, mile-long high-speed quad lift rising about 1,200 vertical feet that would open up about 600 acres of terrain.

Initially, there wouldn’t be a day lodge. Instead, O’Connor said, the plan is to build slowly with a ski school and rental shop, making use of a local food truck and espresso stand for concessions. A day lodge is planned in the second phase of development.

She said the group expects 75,000 to 100,000 skier days a season — that’s per trip rather than per person — with users coming from Mat-Su but also parts of Anchorage, Eagle River and Chugiak.

“The goal is to learn to ski and snowboard someplace that is accessible and affordable,” O’Connor said.

The Hatcher Pass area was once home to numerous homespun ski lifts.

By the 1960s, skiers at Independence Mine rode up the mountain on rope tows — including an infamous one with waist straps — and a T-bar

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making use of the broad ridges above the abandoned gold mine.

A miner’s bunkhouse offered lodging and meals, according to the website administered by the Alaska Lost Ski Areas Project.

The U.S. Army biathlon team trained there. The old manager’s house became a bar and lodge for skiers and snowmachiners.

Former mine skiers remember staying in the bunkhouse, which smelled of the coal that heated it. One recalled the last run of the day: a downhill tuck down Hatcher Pass Road all the way from the mine to the hairpin turn at the former site of the Motherlode Lodge.

Another skier shared the harrowing experience of using that waist-strapped tow, designed to make the ride up easier on the hands. It was 10 or 20 below, Mike Besh told the project. He was “frantically struggling” to remove the tow hook from the rope around his abdomen. The hook finally popped off, flipped up, and hit Besh in the mouth — where the cold metal instantly froze to his tongue.

Other tows were operated by the Turner family on the pass road at Fishhook Creek and at the Motherlode Lodge, according to a description of “the Hatcher Pass ski resort that never was” on the UAA/APU Consortium Library website.

That site describes the first of several major Hatcher Pass resort developments dreamed up but never realized, this one in the 1970s: a 6,300-foot ski lift to the top of the Palmer side of the pass capable of ferrying nearly 1,000 skiers an hour and connected to a chair lift or gondola from the Willow side.

Over more recent decades, resort-driven proposals for Government Peak came and went, starting with a late-1980s Mitsui Corp. bid to build a $221 million Government Peak resort with condos, a dude ranch, hot-air balloon rides — oh, and a ski area.

At least three other similar proposals surfaced from the early 1990s until 2005, when Anchorage developer JL Properties pitched a regional alpine ski resort, commercial village and hundreds of new homes. None got off the ground.

Hatcher Alpine Xperience incorporated those past efforts in the form of lift locations, potential snowmaking reservoirs, and trail maps, O’Connor said. The area also tapped into electric connections partly extended to the site.

“We had the advantage where we were able to use the history of development ideas for this location,” she said. “That really gave us a head start.”

If Skeetawk does get up and running next winter, it will join a handful of Southcentral ski areas, such as Hilltop Ski Area, that provide easy or moderate trails for beginners.

The addition of lift-served slopes in Mat-Su can only help the skiing community by giving locals a nearby destination to get involved in the sport, said Russell Sell, owner of SkiAK in Anchorage. The ski shop supports Hilltop as well as Hillberg Ski Area on Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson, Arctic Valley Ski Area, and Alyeska Resort in Girdwood.

“I think it’s admirable that they’ve really kind of grabbed the bull by the horns and took the public’s interest to market,” Sell said.

Japan’s whaling decision could affect Alaska Native whalers FAIRBANKS (AP) — Japan’s decision to leave the International Whaling Commission could have consequences on subsistence whaling by Alaska Natives.

Japan announced last month that it’s leaving the commission to resume commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Friday.

The international commission banned commercial whaling in the 1980s as the whale population dwindled.

“It would be in our best interest to have Japan remain with the IWC,” said John Hopson Jr., chairman of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. “They were a strong ally of ours in obtaining our quota.”

The international commission sets the quota for subsistence whaling in Alaska.

Support for Alaska Native whalers could diminish if other countries follow Japan’s example and leave the international commission, said Jessica Lefevre, a lawyer for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission.

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The commission approved a rule change last year that made the renewal of aboriginal subsistence whaling automatic under certain conditions. Japan’s absence on the commission could make that rule change less secure, Lefevre said.

“The main vulnerability for us is that automatic renewal could be challenged at some point in the future if the . balance of power within the IWC, given Japan’s departure, shifts more in the direction of the anti-whaling coalition,” Lefevre said.

Following the commercial whaling ban, Japan switched to what it calls research whaling. Japan now plans to end the much-criticized practice, but it intends to allow commercial hunts in its territorial waters and its 200-mile exclusive economic zone along its coasts.

The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission plans to work with the U.S. and other countries on the commission to try to find a path forward that preserves Japan’s membership, Hopson said.

timated run to the Kenai River totaled 1.7 million. The Kasilof River saw about 697,000 fish, the Susitna saw 250,000 and Fish Creek saw 106,000.

The commercial harvest in 2019 is also forecasted 200,000 above the 20-year average. In 2018, the commercial harvest in Upper Cook Inlet of 800,000 was 1.1 million less than the forecasted 1.9 million.

million fish.

The forecast isn’t a guarantee, though, and last year’s sockeye run proved the unpredictability of the sockeye’s return.

Last year, the estimated total run was 3.1 million, 1.5 million fish below the mid-point Reach Kat Sorensen at ksoforecast of 4.6 million. The es- rensen@peninsulaclarion.com.

Fairbanks man honored for volunteer work

By ROBIN WOOD Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS — Clark Milne learned to love volunteer work while growing up in Illinois, and he credits the Boy Scouts of America with teaching him the lifelong lesson of helping others.

Now, Milne is being honored for his volunteer work by the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, which presented Milne its 2019 George Nehrbas Volunteer of the Year award in December.

Despite his outgoing and sociable demeanor, Milne gets choked up and humble when talking about his 40-plus years donating time.

“It got brought home this year: they’ve outed me as a volunteer,” he chuckled.

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and planning for the city of Soldotna, said the city is still working on developing the petition.

Once the draft is complete it will be presented to the Soldotna City Council. Then, if it’s approved, it will be sent to the Local Boundary Commission for consideration.

If the petition is submitted to the Local Boundary

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cratic Rep. Scott Kawasaki in the Fairbanks seat. Kawasaki was elected to the state Senate.

Dodge in a statement said she respects the court’s decision and has no regrets about pursuing the case to completion. She said every vote “was examined and ruled upon with careful consideration.”

She wished LeBon well as he

In an online post announcing Milne as the award’s recipient, the chamber stated that “Clark seldom calls attention to his efforts, rather working diligently, thoroughly and quietly to effect positive change for each organization, for Fairbanks, and frequently for Alaska.”

Milne suspects the chamber chose him thanks to his 37 years serving on the chamber’s transportation committee, a post for which he’s exceptionally qualified, with master’s degrees from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in civil and environmental engineering, and an engineering career of nearly 45 years.

Milne’s career is largely due to his love of math, and math plays a huge role in his volunteerism.

For 33 years Milne has volunteered locally for Math-

counts, a national program designed to improve math skills in middle schoolers across the United States, with local, state and nation-wide competitions.

Milne prefers the role of coach, but he’s also served as state coordinator six times; and Mathcounts is his favorite organization to volunteer for.

“It’s having kids be encouraged so they wrap up their middle school and they go into high school galvanized to study in STEM,” Milne said, adding it’s “absolutely magnificent when kids get it.”

Aside from Mathcounts and the chamber’s transportation committee, the list of organizations Milne supports or has supported is extensive: multiple engineering societies, the borough’s platting board, the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Zion Luther Church, Lathrop High School

Parent-Teachers Association, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Air Quality Stakeholder Group, Greenstar, Northern Chapter of Retired Public Employees, Alaska Mining Association and more.

The Alaska Mining Association in March bestowed Milne with its Golden Heart Service Award to honor his advocacy work for mining.

Milne’s work history is equally extensive, and includes awards from the Alaska Society for Professional Engineers for Young Engineer of the Year in 1986 and Engineer of the Year in 1994.

As always, Milne’s love for math plays a central role. At Osher he teaches Mathcounts for Seniors, a course to help seniors learn useful math skills.

“It’s just a simplification of what’s going on,” he said.

Commission, members of the public will be welcomed for public comment. If the Local Boundary Commission approves the city’s petition, the decision to annex will be in the hands of state lawmakers at the following legislative session.

State law allows municipalities to expand their boundaries through the legislative review process or through voter approval. The legislative process requires municipalities to send a petition to the Local Boundary Commission, and

from there the Local Boundary Commission may present proposed changes to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular session.

Unless the recommendation is denied, any changes will be approved 45 days after the initial presentation or at the end of the session, whichever comes first.

In 2014, the city of Soldotna began gathering information about changing its boundaries through the legislative process.

In the summer of 2018,

the Soldotna City Council voted to draft a petition for the annexation of seven areas surrounding Soldotna.

The draft would need to be approved before being sent to the Local Boundary Commission — a process that would not allow residents to vote on the issue.

In September, the Kenai Peninsula Borough passed a resolution opposing the city of Soldotna’s plan to annex surrounding areas without giving residents the ability to vote on the issue.

heads to Juneau for the start of the legislative session Jan. 15.

Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, in a statement, said he was glad the court acted quickly “so that the incoming legislature can focus on fulfilling their duties to the people of Alaska.”

But it’s not clear how much of an impact the outcome will have as the House struggles to organize a majority.

Republicans claimed a fragile 21-member majority after the election, which

included LeBon. But Republican Rep. Gary Knopp of Kenai, who was part of that group, later said he was leaving the GOP caucus in hopes of forging a bipartisan coalition to control the 40-member House.

He said Friday the outcome of the race did not change his position. He worried about the ability of a narrow majority to function well and said the parties need to work together.

The incoming House will have 23 Republicans. But

two of those, Reps. Louise Stutes and Gabrielle LeDoux, caucused with Democrats the last two years and recently signed a letter with Democratic and independent colleagues from rural and coastal areas and indicated a desire to be part of some form of coalition.

Nonetheless, a statement congratulating LeBon from two members of the Republican caucus, Reps. Dave Talerico and Tammie Wilson, was released under an Alaska House majority banner.

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Wilderness First Aid course

Around the Peninsula Testify at a School Board meeting from Homer or Seward

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a Wilderness First-Aid course on Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 12-13, 2019. Course cost $185, plus $45 extra for CPR. For more information contact Michelle Ostrowski at michelleostrowski@fws.gov or debajango@gmail.com. Must be 16 or older.

Soldotna Community Schools Program

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Adult & High School indoor soccer every Wednesday night from 7-9 p.m. This is a drop-in game as is only $2 per night.

For more information please call 907-714-1211.

The KPBSD Board of Education will open two additional locations for public testimony via video during a school board meeting. Homer Middle School and Seward Elemen- Kenai Community Library events tary School sites will be open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if there are advance signâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Lego Maker Mondays from 4-5 p.m. Why not join us to build ups â&#x20AC;&#x201D; starting with the Jan. 14 school board meeting. Sign up no later than 3 p.m. the Friday prior to a Board of Educa- LEGO creations based on new themes each week and inspired by tion meeting to guarantee the remote site will be open and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books! Lego Makers, Mondays from 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. Designed for children ages 6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied by staffed. an adult. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wee Read Story Time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed Grief Recovery Method Workshop for children ages 0-3. Every Tuesday enjoy a program full of The Grief Recovery Method Workshop: The Action Pro- stories,songs, finger play and more! No registration required. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chess Club, Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Get ready to ROOK the gram for Moving beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses 9-week program/Closed group will take place on Wednes- HOUSE every Monday! Do you like playing Chess, or would you day evenings from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. Febru- like to learn how? The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a ary 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27. March 2019: 6. Takes place at PCHS casual program for chess players of all ages and levels. Chessboards 230 E. Marydale Soldotna (conference room upstairs). will be provided. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for Sponsored by PCHS. Fee: $95.00 (scholarships available).

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SEES candy fundraiser

Kenai Senior Center activities

The Kenai Senior Center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to FriAnnual SEES candy fundraiser is going on now at Soldotna Professional Pharmacy while supplies last. All proceeds day, and are open until 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Community meals are served Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost for go to the PCD foundation (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia). lunch is $7 suggested donation for individuals 60 or older, $14 for those under 60. Call 907-283-4156 for more information.

Cook Inlet Pipeline Infrastructure Risk Assessment deadline

Experts wishing to participate in the Cook Inlet Pipeline Nikiski Recreation Center activities Infrastructure Risk Assessment expert panel on pipeline inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Spin class: The Nikiski Community Recreation Center offers tegrity and safety now have until Jan. 18, 2019, to apply. The spin class twice a week. Classes are Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Satprevious deadline was Jan. 5, 2019. urdays at 9:30 a.m. Bring water. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Open gym nights: Teen Center, Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Friday, 2:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m.

Full Swing Golf, Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Friday, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. Call 776-8800 Al-Anon support group meetings for more info.

Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday Diabetes support group to meet at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER The Diabetes Support Group meets the last Tuesday of every and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the month in the River Tower of Central Peninsula Hospital. Meetings signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more informa- are free and open to the public. The group often has speakers on a tion. variety of relevant topics. Please call Ruth Clare at 714-4726 if you have questions or need more information.

Kim Dee Hughes

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joy coffee and donuts while watching a film on a Saturday morning. We will be showing E.T. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Social Security 101: Everything You Wanted to Know About Social Security, Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 12 p.m. Learn how to use my Social Security online account and other online services.

You should go to www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to create a my Social Security account and print out your Social Security Statement before attending the workshop. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mental Health First Aid, Friday, Jan. 18 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Join instructor Jill Ramsey in learning how to respond appropriately to mental health problems in a variety of situations, such as helping someone through a panic attack, engaging with someone who may be suicidal, or assisting an individual who has overdosed. This workshop is being offered in partnership with the Kenai River Rotary Club of Soldotna. Those who wish to attend must register in advance through The Alaska Training Cooperative system. https://aktclms.org/Training/Class/102705 For more information about this training, contact Jill Ramsey 907264-6228 or jill@alaskachd.org â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mad Hatter Tea Party, Monday, Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m. A very merry un-birthday to all! Bring a favorite cup to fill with tea or lemonade, and wear your favorite tea party outfitâ&#x20AC;Ś and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the hat! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Escape the Room: Totally Radical 80s Time Travel Adventure, Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. You are stuck in 1986! You have 45 minutes, along with some cutting edge 1980s technology, to get back to 2019. Will you escape? Light refreshments will be served. Registration required. Please call the front desk at 907-2624227 to reserve your spot. This program is designed for adults. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Soldotna Library Friends Book and Art Sale, Thursday, Jan. 31 from 2-6 p.m. Join us for great deals on books and art! All proceeds benefit the Soldotna Library Friends. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Teen Yule Ball (Teen), Friday, Feb. 1 at 5:45 p.m. Do you like the holidays? Harry Potter? Dancing? Dressing up? If you said yes to any of these questions, come join us for a special afterhours semi-formal event! You must be at the fireplace at 5:45 before the library doors close to participate in this enchanting evening!

Ongoing events: â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Teen Lounge, every Wednesday at 4 p.m., for middle school and high school students. Join us for PS4, board games, Nerf battles, study sessions, and other fun! Snacks provided. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toddler story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for children ages 18 months to 3 years. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bouncing Babies story time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, for children up to 18 months. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, for children 3 to 5 years old. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;LEGO Brick Club, 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Tell your story and build a world with LEGO. Adult supervision needed for children under10. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Do you want to learn how to use a computer or the internet, but just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to start? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re offering free courses in partnership with KPC focusing on learning how to use computers for everyday tasks such as using documents, finding information online, filling out forms, and connecting with friends and family through email or social media. Register in person at the KPC Learning Center or by phone 262-0327.

Update your records at Kasilof cemetery The Kasilof-Cohoe Cemetery Association is updating their records. If you have a reserved plot or a family member interred at Spruce Grove Memorial Cemetery in Kasilof, please notify us with your contact information, so we can keep our records current. Updated rules and regulations are also available. Email SpruceGroveCemetery@gmail.com or send information to Kasilof Cohoe Cemetery Association, P.O.Box 340, Kasilof, AK, 99610.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exercise group A womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exercise group meets from 7:15-8 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Soldotna in the cultural hall of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Marydale Ave. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a free 45 minutes of aerobics and strength training geared for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;more matureâ&#x20AC;? ladies in the community. Call Sally at 262-6637 for more information.

Kenai Peninsula College holiday schedule

KPCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two campuses (Kenai River and Kachemak Bay) New Kenai River rotary meeting place and Seward extension site (Resurrection Bay) will be closed Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, the Kenai River Rotary for the holidays from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 2, 2019. Regis- Club will meet at Siam Noodles in Soldotna. tration for the upcoming spring semester is available online at www.kpc.alaska.edu. Classes start on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Soldotna Public Library activities 2019.

For more information, contact the library at Soldotna Public LiNarcan kits available at Kenai Public Health brary at 262-4227. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Movies @ the Library, Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 5:30 p.m. easy medication you can give to someone who is overdos- Join us for a movie and poping. It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal corn! We will be showing Ant spray kits at the Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Man and the Wasp. Rated PGWay, Suite A, in Kenai. For additional information call Ke- 13. nai Public Health at 335-3400.

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Truce with no truth

Wouldn’t it be astounding if we read the morning news one day and the headline was “Everything President Trump Said YesterServing the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 day Was Entirely True”? Put that one in the “not likely” category. Donald Trump has Terry R. Ward made lying an art form (a crude art form, Publisher certainly), to the point where we can’t ERIN THOMPSON..................................................................... Editor be sure that his name actually is Donald DOUG MUNN....................................................... Circulation Director Trump. He’s that untrustworthy. According FRANK GOLDTHWAITE.................................... Production Manager to The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler, Trump (or whoever he is) averaged 15 falsehoods a DAY in 2018!

There should be a competition among politicians, obviously sponsored by Burger King, for the single biggest whopper of the year. Or perhaps the sheer volume would dictate a monthly, weekly, daily or even hourly contest. It doesn’t matter, because the winner would be the Trumpster. The prize would fit right into his diet: all the Whoppers he could eat. In this era, where everything is true because social media says it is, and everything on mainstream media is “fake news,” we should recognize this national champion. Let us not forget that he’d be competing with other politicians (pardon the redundanVery promising news about antibiotic lying cy), so he’d be running on a fast track. use in farm animals has come from the Food and Drug Even though it was slippery, he’d race Administration. The problem of resistance — the tenfar ahead of the “alternative fact” pack.

Not that it isn’t a crowded field: Mitt dency of bacteria to fight back against antibiotic drugs Romney, the latest Mitt version, has now — has been growing for decades, fueled by overuse and become “Senator Moonwalk,” as in a

What Others Say

Progress on antibiotic use on livestock

misuse of antibiotics in human health, as well as widespread and often indiscriminate use in farm animals. But new data shows the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture has taken a marked downward turn.

As FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb noted Dec. 18, this is a costly public-health problem, with an estimated 2 million Americans suffering from antibiotic-resistant infections every year, leading to 23,000 deaths. Mr. Gottlieb correctly pointed out that it is impossible to outrace resistance, but efforts must be made to “slow its pace and reduce its impact on both human and animal health.”

Otherwise, antibiotics, the “miracle drugs” of the 20th century, will become useless, and a foundation of modern medicine could crumble.

A large share of antibiotics, including those medically important to human health, are given to food-producing animals. While it is proper for sick animals, the industry practice for decades has also been to use antibiotics so animals will grow faster and larger on the same amount of feed, and for prevention of disease in a whole herd or flock. The agriculture industry defended these practices by saying they were not the culprit in the rising tide of resistance. But studies show key factors in resistance are overuse and abuse of antibiotics on the farm, as well as in human health. Farms and people do not exist in a world apart but in a “linked ecosystem,” as pointed out by a predecessor of Mr. Gottlieb, Commissioner Donald Kennedy, in 1977.

The Obama administration proposed that manufacturers stop selling antibiotics for growth promotion and that veterinary oversight be strengthened for other uses. The FDA data now shows the fruits of this wise step. There was a 33 percent decline between 2016 and 2017 in domestic sales and distribution of all medically important antimicrobials for use in food-producing animals — and a drop of 43 percent since 2015. There are still some unknowns in the data, which reflects sales and distribution, not actual use. More research and data are needed. Still, the trend does seem to herald a new direction and fresh thinking about the problem.

Importantly, change is being driven by the market News and Politics and consumers. Fast-food outlets such as McDonald’s are demanding meat with less use of antibiotics. Also, there are signs of greater consensus. In an impressive joint effort, major food companies, retailers, livestock producers, and trade and professional associations announced Dec. 18 a comprehensive “framework” aimed at strengthening stewardship of antibiotic use in food

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO animals, the result of a two-year discussion moderated by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Farm Foundation. and JONATHAN LEMIRE While much more needs to be done to protect antibiot- Associated Press ics for future generations, having so many players at the WASHINGTON — House Speaker table is a great first step.

Nancy Pelosi had only been in office for

remarkable ability to walk backward away from positions he had earlier staked out. He has an extraordinary ability to reverse course, an aptitude he’s long displayed as a governor, presBob Franken idential candidate and as a Republican “Never Trumper.” In the latter case, he flipped from calling Trump “a con man, a fake” in the 2016 campaign, to groveling and almost kissing his ring (or whatever) when he wanted to become President-elect Trump’s secretary of state, and later accepting the Trump imprimatur as he ran and won the race for Utah senator. Now he flips once again as he comes to Washington to claim his prize.

In an op-ed in the Post, he returned to Trump-bashing, describing POTUS as a president who has not “risen to the mantle of the office.” Even his niece, Ronna Romney McDaniel called that “disappointing and unproductive.” It should be mentioned that Ronna McDaniel is the Trump-chosen chair of the Republican National Committee. She later claimed, “I love my uncle.” Let us never forget that here in D.C., water runs thicker than

blood. Still, it is Donald Trump who’s the prevaricator in chief. He wins that award small hands down. Unfortunately, it means that anyone who deals with him can anticipate that his word means nothing. Unless that word is “treacherous.” The problem is that in the honoramong-thieves realm of politics, like in various shady pursuits, your word is still supposed to be binding. Even though campaign promises are largely bogus, a pledge made during private negotiation maneuvering is how you come up with a workable compromise. The trick is, during all the hard-nosed public posturing, for anonymous staff members to concoct an agreement that settles the government shutdown. The opportunistic blame-placing will have run its course. Only then will a bargain stick and be quickly presented to the relieved members of Congress getting heat from back home. Someone in the White House will figuratively have to put gaffer’s tape over Trump’s mouth and shackle his tweet hands until he signs the bill around midnight to escape the hard questions. Then, each side will declare victory. But the Democrats will have to worry about that part of the process. While Donald Trump is incapable of governing, he sure can tell whoppers. Apparently, his only truth-telling is inadvertent, because the “Art of the Lie” really works.

Democrats take power in House; impeachment talk flares

a few hours when a handful of Democrats — The Washington Post, Jan. 1 defied her persistent calls not to begin the new Congress by talking about impeachment.

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confidants that he finds the impeachment talk somewhat unnerving, according to an outside adviser who spoke to him in recent days.

The president, who has long fashioned himself as the ultimate winner, told the confidant that he worried that impeachment, even if he retained office, would be a stain on his legacy. And while he thought the impeachment would rally his own base in the 2020 election it could hurt his standing with foreign leaders as he negotiates trade deals, according to the adviser.

While many Democrats might favor impeachment, those calling for it now are largely outliers. Most Democratic lawmakers listened to Pelosi and campaigned on kitchen table issues such as health care and jobs and prefer to keep them at the forefront of the party’s focus.

Still, it will be hard for Pelosi to quiet some on her left flank who see their new majority as a direct challenge to Trump.

“Impeachment is on the table,” Sherman said. “You can’t take it off the table.”

Tlaib, who represents a liberal district in Detroit, exclaimed at an event late Thursday that Democrats were going to “impeach the mother———.” She didn’t back down Friday, tweeting that “I will always speak truth to power.” She added the hashtag, “#unapologeticallyMe.” Her spokesman, Denzel McCampbell, said in a statement that Tlaib, one of only two Muslim women in Congress, “was elected to shake up Washington” and will

not stay silent.

“The congresswoman absolutely believes he needs to be impeached. She ran and won by making this very clear to the voters in her district,” McCampbell said.

Pelosi said Friday at an MSNBC town hall said she wouldn’t censor her colleagues, and that Tlaib’s language was no worse than things Trump has said.

Still, Pelosi said she didn’t like the language and wouldn’t use it. She said, as she has many times before, that the House shouldn’t move to impeach Trump without more facts and that she believes impeachment is divisive.

The prospect of that division delights Republicans, who have used impeachment calls to fire up their base of voters. Trump immediately seized on the topic, asking in a tweet Friday, “How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong.”

Speaking later Friday to reporters in the Rose Garden, Trump said he thought Tlaib’s comments were “disgraceful” and she “dishonored herself.”

At a meeting at the White House Friday on the government shutdown, Trump opened his remarks with his concerns about impeachment, according to a White House official and a tweet from Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill.

Trump said that Pelosi assured him during the meeting that “we’re not looking to impeach you,” and that he replied “that’s good, Nancy, that’s good.”

Nation

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Trump says ‘not much headway’ Navy SEAL pleads in talks as shutdown drags on not guilty to killing captured ISIS teen

By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — White House officials and congressional aides emerged from talks to reopen the government without a breakthrough Saturday, though they planned to return to the table the following day.

President Donald Trump tweeted: “Not much headway made today.” Democrats agreed there had been little movement, saying the White House did not budge on the president’s key demand, $5.6 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The White House said funding was not discussed indepth, but the administration was clear they needed funding for a wall and that they wanted to resolve the shutdown all at once.

Accusations flew after the more than two-hour session led by Vice President Mike Pence. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, in an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” accused Democrats of being there to “stall.” Democrats familiar with the meeting said the White House position was “untenable.”

A White House official said the meeting included a briefing on border security by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Democrats sought written details from the Department of Homeland Security on their budget needs, which the White House said it would provide.

With talks stalled, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that House Democrats plan to start approving individual bills to reopen shuttered departments starting with

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, joined

by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and other Congressional Republican leaders, after a meeting with Congressional leaders on border security, as the government shutdown continues Friday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury to ensure Americans receive their tax returns.

“While President Trump threatens to keep the government shut down for ‘years’, Democrats are taking immediate further action to re-open government, so that we can meet the needs of the American people, protect our borders and respect our workers,” Pelosi said.

In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” set to air Sunday, Mulvaney argued that the administration was willing to deal. He said Trump was willing to forgo a concrete wall for steel or other materials.

“If he has to give up a concrete wall, replace it with a steel fence in order to do that so that Democrats can say,

‘See? He’s not building a wall anymore,’ that should help us move in the right direction,” Mulvaney said.

The president has already suggested his definition of the wall is flexible, referring to slats and other “border things.”

But Democrats have made clear they see a wall as immoral and ineffective and prefer other types of border security funded at already agreed upon levels.

Trump had campaigned on the promise that Mexico would pay for the wall. Mexico has refused. He’s now demanding the money from Congress.

Trump, who did not attend the discussions, spent the morning tweeting about border security.

Showing little empathy for the hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or working without pay, Trump declared — without citing evidence — that most are Democrats. He also asserted: “I want to stop the Shutdown as soon as we are in agreement on Strong Border Security! I am in the White House ready to go, where are the Dems?”

One Democrat, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, said in his party’s weekly radio address that the shutdown “is part of a larger pattern of a president who puts his personal whims and his effort to score political points before the needs of the American people. … He is pointing fingers at everyone but himself.”

SAN DIEGO — A decorated Navy SEAL pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of premeditated murder and other crimes in the stabbing death of a teenage Islamic State prisoner in Iraq last year and the shooting of unarmed Iraqi civilians.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher will stand trial Feb. 19 before a jury that will be onethird enlisted personnel. Gallagher has been jailed since his arrest on Sept. 11, and a judge said he will determine next week whether the 19-year Navy veteran should be released before trial.

The case is unusual because of the seriousness of the allegations against an elite special warfare operator and because prosecutors’ case includes the accounts of fellow Navy SEALs, an extremely tight-knit group even by military standards.

At Friday’s arraignment, prosecutors handed over 1,700 pages of documents, including text messages they say show Gallagher trying to intimidate witnesses. They say the information shows why he should not be released.

His attorney, Phil Stackhouse, dismissed the documents as “hearsay and double hearsay statements.”

He said Gallagher is being falsely accused by disgruntled SEALs who wanted to get rid of a demanding platoon leader and that several of the government’s witnesses have now indicated they don’t clearly remember what happened.

“He didn’t murder anyone,” Stackhouse told reporters outside the courtroom. “He didn’t shoot at innocent people in the street.”

Stackhouse told the judge that his client was venting when he sent text messages to friends that called the SEALs who reported the alle-

gations liars and that since then he has learned coping skills after getting treatment for a traumatic brain injury last summer.

Stackhouse suggested Gallagher be released with a protective order to stay away from witnesses.

Navy prosecutors have painted a picture of a highly trained fighter and medic going off the rails on his eighth deployment, indiscriminately shooting at Iraqi civilians and stabbing to death a captured Islamic State fighter estimated to be 15 years old, then posing with the corpse, including at his re-enlistment ceremony.

Defense attorney Colby Vokey said about 20 bodies were within sight at the ceremony in a war zone.

Gallagher, who was awarded the Bronze Star twice, showed little emotion as he sat in the courtroom in a Navy dress uniform covered in medals. The judge asked defense attorneys to describe the awards at the start of the court-martial. If convicted, Gallagher faces a life sentence.

At a two-day preliminary hearing at the Navy base in November, investigators said Gallagher stabbed the teen in the neck and body with a knife after he was handed over to the SEALs in the Iraqi city of Mosul to be treated for wounds sustained by the Iraqi Army and its prisoners during an airstrike in May 2017.

Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Joe Warpinski told the court that a SEAL medic told him he believed he had just stabilized the teen when Gallagher “walked up without saying anything at all” and started stabbing him.

Afterward, prosecutors say he took photos of himself with the corpse, holding up his knife in one hand and propping up the body by holding the head with his other hand and bragged, “I got this one with my knife, with my hunting knife.”

Some fear groundwater near Today in History Georgia military bases is toxic ATLANTA (AP) — Groundwater near Georgia military bases remains contaminated from a toxic firefighting foam used for decades by the U.S. Air Force, prompting fears among residents about their exposure to the chemicals.

Recent tests at Georgia’s three air bases show extensive environmental contamination of groundwater, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Environmentalists say that contamination from the foam exposed Georgia communities to chemicals linked to cancer and a variety of other health problems.

The Air Force has said that Georgia’s drinking water is safe for the thousands of people living around its installations.

But experts and nearby residents question those findings, saying the military’s review was too narrow and failed to test water off-base.

“Given that there are concentrations of these compounds on site, over time they’re going to move off of the site. That’s just common sense,” said Jamie DeWitt, an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at East Carolina University.

“No contaminant obeys property lines.”

Nationwide, the Air Force has acknowledged contaminating drinking water in communities close to its bases in more than a dozen other states.

In Georgia, Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Cobb County, Robins Air Force Base in Houston County and Moody Air Force Base in Lowndes County used the firefighting foam in training exercises and to put out fires when planes crashed.

The foam also sometimes leaked out of its storage tanks, the Journal-Constitution reported. Thousands of gallons of foam soaked into the ground or washed into creeks and wet-

In an Aug. 11, 2015 file photo, an Air Force military member walks out to medevac biocontainment unit aboard a C-17 military transport plane at Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base during a media tour, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

lands, killing fish and imperiling those who use the affected waterways for fishing, swimming and boating, the newspaper reported.

The contamination, which is linked to a class of chemicals known collectively as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, was laid out in a series of site inspection reports completed by the Air Force last year.

Those reports concluded that despite high levels of groundwater pollution, there was no immediate risk to human health through contamination of drinking water.

That claim was met with skepticism, particularly in rural areas where many people rely on wells for drinking and irrigation.

“Everything in this area depends on groundwater,” said John Quarterman, the Suwannee Riverkeeper in Lowndes County,

where Moody is located.

In a statement, the Air Force said its response is constrained by a lack of regulation for PFAS chemicals. The two that are the focus of most testing are known as PFOS and PFOA. “Because PFOS/PFOA are unregulated and Georgia or federal entities have not established standards for non-drinking water sources, we cannot expend government resources on those water sources,” the Air Force said.

Moody Air Force Base in south Georgia recorded the highest levels of groundwater contamination out of the three Georgia installations — more than 5,000 times the screening level.

The base, which started as a flight training facility during World War II, sits 14 miles (23 kilometers) northeast of Valdosta.

It’s bisected by Beatty Branch creek, which ultimately flows

into the Withlacoochee River.

Surface water from the base runs south into Grand Bay Swamp, a protected wildlife refuge and the state’s second largest blackwater wetland after the Okefenokee Swamp, home to fish, alligators and migrating birds.

Tests of Moody’s drinking wells showed no reportable contamination. In a news release published last May, the base celebrated the fact that its drinking water had been deemed safe, emphasizing that its wells plunge down more than 400 feet into a protected aquifer.

But local residents say their wells don’t go nearly as deep, and the Lowndes County public water system has not been tested for the chemicals.

“I’m very concerned, because I live practically adjacent to the base,” said Debra Tann.

Today is Sunday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2019. There are 359 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 6, 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York.

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

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

In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.

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

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

In 1968, a surgical team at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, led by Dr. Norman Shumway performed the first U.S. adult heart transplant, placing the heart of a 43-year-old man in a 54-year-old patient (the recipient died 15 days later).

In 1974, year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.

In 1993, authorities rescued Jennifer Stolpa and her infant son, Clayton, after Jennifer’s husband, James, succeeded in reaching help, ending the family’s eight-day ordeal after becoming lost in the snow-covered Nevada desert. Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, 75, died in Englewood, New Jersey; ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev died in suburban Paris at age 54.

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

(Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, but denied any advance knowledge about the assault.)

In 1998, In a new bid to expand health insurance, President Clinton unveiled a proposal to offer Medicare coverage to hundreds of thousands of uninsured Americans between the ages of 55 to 64.

In 2001, with Vice President Al Gore presiding in his capacity as president of the Senate, Congress formally certified George W. Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.

In 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused U.N. inspectors of engaging in “intelligence work” instead of searching for suspected nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in his country.

Ten years ago: Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy; Republicans pledged cooperation in Congress as well as with President-elect Barack Obama -- to a point. Obama vowed to “bring a long-overdue sense of responsibility and accountability to Washington” and called the need for budget reform “an absolute necessity.” Cheryl Holdridge, one of the original Mouseketeers on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 64.

Five years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court stayed a decision by a federal judge striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage so that the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver could decide the issue. (In June 2014, the Court of Appeals overturned the ban; in October, the U.S Supreme Court turned away appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans, including Utah.) By a vote of 56-26, the U.S. Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve. No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 in the BCS National Championship Game.

One year ago: Pushing back against a new book that said his own aides questioned his competence, President Donald Trump defended his mental fitness in a series of tweets, saying that he is “like, really smart” and “a very stable genius.” Japanese air bag maker Takata said it was recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty air bag inflators, expanding the largest automotive recall in U.S. history. About 100 million Americans were faced with a gusty deep freeze that followed a whopping East Coast snowstorm; the wind chill was close to minus 100 on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.

Today’s Birthdays: Country musician Joey, the CowPolka King (Riders in the Sky) is 70. Former FBI director Louis Freeh is 69. Rock singer-musician Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 68. Singer Jett Williams is 66. Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson is 64. World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez is 62. Actor Scott Bryce is 61. Rhythm-andblues singer Kathy Sledge is 60. TV chef Nigella Lawson is 59. Rhythmand-blues singer Eric Williams (BLACKstreet) is 59. Movie director John Singleton is 51. Actor Aron Eisenberg is 50. Actor Norman Reedus is 50. TV personality Julie Chen is 49. Actor Danny Pintauro (TV: “Who’s the Boss?”) is 43. Actress Cristela Alonzo is 40. Actress Rinko Kikuchi (RINK’-oh kih-KOO’chee) is 38. Actor Eddie Redmayne is 37. Retired NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas is 37. Actress-comedian Kate McKinnon is 35. Actress Diona Reasonover is 35. Rock singer Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) is 33.

Thought for Today: “Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.” -- Katharine Fullerton Gerould, American author (1879-1944).

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World

Trump aide trying to allay Israeli concerns on Syria pullout

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel — The White House has sent national security adviser John Bolton on a mission to allay Israel’s concerns about President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

The pullout announced before Christmas was initially expected to be completed within weeks, but the timetable has slowed as the president acceded to requests from aides, allies and members of Congress for a more orderly drawdown.

Bolton planned to meet with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other officials on Sunday before traveling to Turkey. Israeli officials have expressed alarm that a swift withdrawal of the roughly 2,000 troops could enable Iran to expand its influence and presence in Syria, wracked by a yearslong civil war and the Islamic State militancy.

Trump’s move has raised fears about clearing the way for a Turkish assault on Kurdish fighters in Syria who have fought alongside American troops against IS extremists. Turkey considers the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, a terrorist group linked to an insurgency within its own borders.

A Trump administration official told reporters traveling with Bolton that Bolton intended to discuss the pace of the drawdown, as well as American troop levels in the region. Bolton was expected to explain that some U.S. troops based in Syria to fight IS will shift to Iraq with the same

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By AMY GUTHRIE Associated Press

In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands in a newly installed position near the front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. The planned U.S. troop withdrawal opens a void in the north and east of Syria, and the conflicts and rivalries among all the powers in the Middle East are converging to fill it. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

mission and that some American forces may remain at a key military outpost in al-Tanf, in southern Syria, to counter growing Iranian activity in the region.

Bolton also was to convey the message that the United States will be “very supportive” of Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, according to the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss Bolton’s plans before the meetings and spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the talks.

Bolton warned Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, not to use the U.S. drawdown as a pretext to use chemical weapons against Syr-

ians, saying there is “no change” to the U.S. position that their use is a “red line.” Trump has twice carried out airstrikes in Syria in response to apparent chemical attacks, with the intention of deterring Assad.

“We’ve tried twice through the use of military force to demonstrate to the Assad regime the use of chemical weapons is not acceptable,” Bolton said while en route to Israel. “And if they don’t heed the lessons of those two strikes, the next one will be more telling.”

Trump’s announcement about the intended troop withdrawal was greeted by surprise and condemnation from many U.S. lawmakers

and allies, and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the U.S. special envoy for the anti-IS coalition in protest.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is following Bolton to the Mideast this coming week for an eightcountry tour of Arab allies to shore up support for the administration’s partners in the region.

While in Israel, Bolton planned to encourage officials to take a tougher stance against Chinese electronics manufacturers ZTE and Huawei. The U.S. has expressed concerns about potential cyber-penetration by those companies.

MEXICO CITY — President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched an ambitious plan Saturday to stimulate economic activity on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border, reinforcing his country’s commitment to manufacturing and trade despite recent U.S. threats to close the border entirely.

Mexico will slash income and corporate taxes to 20 percent from 30 percent for 43 municipalities in six states just south of the U.S., while halving to 8 percent the value-added tax in the region. Business leaders and union representatives have also agreed to double the minimum wage along the border, to 176.2 pesos a day, the equivalent of $9.07 at current exchange rates.

Lopez Obrador, who took office on Dec. 1, said the idea is to stoke wage and job growth via fiscal incentives and productivity gains. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly complained that low wages in Mexico lure jobs from the U.S. Mexico committed to boost wages during last year’s negotiations to retool its free trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada.

Speaking from Ciudad Juarez, a manufacturing hub south of El Paso, Texas, Lopez Obrador said Saturday he agrees with Trump that Mexican wages “should improve.”

He decried, for instance, that Mexican auto workers earn

a fraction of what their U.S. counterparts take home, topping out at just $3 an hour versus a typical wage of $23 an hour in the U.S. Yet the economic plan comes at a delicate moment for the border region. Trump threatened as recently as last week to close the U.S.-Mexico border “entirely” if Democrats refuse to allot $5.6 billion to expand the wall that separates the two countries.

Economy Minister Graciela Marquez noted Saturday that the border region targeted for economic stimulus accounts for 7.5 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product. And in recent years, she said, the 43 municipalities included in the plan have boasted combined economic growth of 3.1 percent, above the national average of 2.6 percent for the six years through 2017.

Much of that robustness owes to trade and proximity with the U.S., the world’s biggest economy.

“We have to take advantage of this locomotive that we have on the other side of the border,” she said.

Marquez expressed optimism that the stimulus plan will direct more Mexican and foreign investment into the border region. The plan for the border region is part of what Lopez Obrador calls “curtains of development” to shore up different corridors of the country so that Mexicans stay rather than migrating in search of better economic prospects.

US sends troops for possible ‘violent’ Congo vote protests

By MATHILDE BOUSSION Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — On the eve of the first expected results of Congo’s long-delayed presidential election, President Donald Trump said military personnel had deployed to Central Africa to protect U.S. assets from possible “violent demonstrations,” while the country’s powerful Catholic church warned of a popular “uprising” if untrue results are announced.

Congo faces what could be its first democratic, peaceful transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, but election observers and the opposition have raised

concerns about voting irregularities as the country chooses a successor to longtime President Joseph Kabila.

The first results are expected on Sunday, and the United States and the African Union, among others, have urged Congo to release results that reflect the true will of the people. The U.S. has threatened sanctions against those who undermine the democratic process. Western election observers were not invited to watch the vote.

While Congo has been largely calm on and after the Dec. 30 vote, Trump’s letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said about 80 military personnel and “appropriate combat equip-

ment” had deployed to nearby Gabon to support the security of U.S. citizens and staffers and diplomatic facilities. More will deploy as needed to Gabon, Congo or neighboring Republic of Congo, he wrote.

The U.S. ahead of the vote ordered “non-emergency” government employees and family members to leave the country.

The Catholic church, an influential voice in the heavily Catholic nation, caused surprise on Thursday by announcing that data reported by its 40,000 election observers deployed in all polling stations show a clear winner. As regulations say only the electoral commission can announce election results, the

church did not give a name.

The electoral commission on Friday said the church’s announcement could incite an uprising. The church on Saturday, in a letter to the commission seen by The Associated Press, replied that releasing untrue results could cause the uprising instead.

Congo’s ruling party, which backs Kabila’s preferred candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, has called the church’s attitude “irresponsible and anarchist.”

Leading opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, a businessman and lawmaker, has accused Congolese authorities of impeding his campaign. His cam-

paign manager, Pierre Lumbi, on Saturday accused the electoral commission of being “in the process of postponing the publication of the results.”

The commission’s rapporteur, Jean-Pierre Kalamba, said “we will see tomorrow” and that 44 percent of the results had been compiled.

At stake is a vast country rich in the minerals that power the world’s mobile phones and laptops, yet desperately underdeveloped. Some 40 million people were registered to vote, though at the last minute some 1 million voters were barred as the electoral commission cited a deadly Ebola virus outbreak.

Critics said that undermines the

election’s credibility.

The vote took place more than two years behind schedule, while a court ruled that Kabila could stay in office until the vote was held. The delay led to sometimes deadly protests as authorities cracked down, and Shadary is now under European Union sanctions for his role in the crackdown as interior minister at the time.

Kabila, who took office in 2001 after his father was assassinated, is barred from serving three consecutive terms but has hinted that he could run again in 2023. That has led many Congolese to suspect that he will rule from the shadows if Shadary takes office.

Venezuela’s congress names new Russia: Too early to consider exchange leader, vows to battle Maduro

By SCOTT SMITH Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress opened its first session of the year Saturday, installing a freshfaced leader who struck a defiant tone and vowed to take up the battle against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Juan Guaido, 35, assumes the presidency of a National Assembly stripped of power by Maduro, whose government is blamed for leading the once-wealthy oil nation into a historic political and humanitarian crisis.

Speaking to legislators, Guaido named off several opposition politicians and opponents of Maduro’s government who have been jailed, driven into exile or killed. He said desperation has forced masses of citizens to flee abroad looking for work.

“We are under an oppressive system,” he said. “It’s not just that — it is miserable.”

Tall and youthful, Guaido represents the next generation of Venezuelan political opposition, taking up the assembly’s leadership following 74-year-old Omar Barboza.

Guaido is an industrial engineer and former student leader from the same political party as Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuela’s most popular

Venezuelan lawmaker Juan Guaido swears in as President of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

opposition leader under house arrest. Government opponents consider him a political prisoner.

Guaido called Maduro a dictator whose legitimacy has run out.

Venezuela is living a “dark but transitional” moment of its history, he said, adding that among its first acts congress will create a transitional body to restore constitutional order, but he offered no details.

He addressed a hall filled only with opposition lawmakers as the government loyalists have long boycotted any sessions, saying the

National Assembly has itself overstepped its authority.

However, roughly 20 foreign diplomats from the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy and Germany attended the assembly’s inaugural session in a show of solidarity.

“The National Assembly should inspire hope in the Venezuelan people for a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic future, even as the corrupt and authoritarian Maduro regime and its allies seek to deny Venezuelans that right,” the State Department said in a statement.

It added: “Every nation must take strong action to help the Venezuelan people reclaim their democracy.”

The assembly opened days before Maduro’s inauguration to a second, six-year term widely condemned as illegitimate after he declared victory in the May 20 election that many foreign powers considered a sham.

Venezuela’s socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello said Saturday that Maduro will be sworn in on Jan. 10 before the Supreme Court, which is stacked with government loyalists. This defies the constitution that requires a president take the oath before the National Assembly.

As international pressure mounts, a dozen Latin American countries and Canada on Friday urged Maduro to cede power and hand it over to congress until a valid president is elected.

Venezuelan officials accuse the coalition of taking orders directly from U.S. President Donald Trump, who they frequently accuse of spearheading an economic war against Venezuela.

“Those of us here are fighting every day to restore democracy,” Guaido said. “We want the protection of the rule of law. We want the Venezuelans to be protected, because we believe in life.”

of US spy suspect

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia’s deputy foreign minister brushed back suggestions Saturday that an American being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian citizen.

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who also holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship, was detained in Moscow in late December. His arrest has led to speculation that Russia could be using him to bargain for a Russian who pleaded guilty to acting as a foreign agent in the United States.

But Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that discussing a possible swap involving Whelan and Maria Butina would be premature because Whelan hasn’t been formally charged, according to Russian news agencies.

“As to the possibility of exchanges of one sort of another, it’s impossible and incorrect to consider the question now when an official charge hasn’t even been presented,” Ryabkov was quoted as saying by state news agency RIA-Novosti.

“Charges will be presented in

the near future,” he said, according to the Interfax agency.

Some Russian news reports earlier cited unnamed sources as saying Whelan had been indicted on espionage charges that carry a possible prison sentence of 20 years.

Officials haven’t given details of Whelan’s suspected activities and he was initially identified only as an American. His concurrent Canadian, British and Irish citizenships became known on Friday.

U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. visited Whelan on Wednesday in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison, a 130-year-old facility noted for strict conditions.

Britain, Canada and Ireland have applied for consular access to him.

The 48-year-old Whelan was discharged from the Marines for bad conduct. He works as the global security director for a U.S. automobile parts manufacturer and lives in Michigan.

His family has said he was in Moscow to attend a wedding. In a column published by The Washington Post on Friday, his twin brother, David, urged the U.S. government to pressure Russia to release him.

Business

Stocks swing to huge gains

By MARLEY JAY AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK — Global stocks soared Friday and reversed the big losses they suffered just a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 746 points in the latest twist in a wild three months for markets.

Hopes for progress in the U.S.-China trade dispute, a strong report on the U.S. jobs market and encouraging comments from the head of the U.S. central bank about its interest rate policy all combined to cheer investors.

China’s Commerce Ministry said trade talks will be held Monday and Tuesday in Beijing, and investors will again look for signs the world’s largest economic powers are resolving their dispute. The tensions have dragged on for nearly a year, slowing business and dragging down stock indexes worldwide.

Meanwhile the Labor Department said U.S. employers added 312,000 jobs last month, a far stronger result than experts had anticipated. U.S. stocks have tumbled since October as investors worried that the economy might slow down dramatically because of challenges including the trade dispute and rising interest rates.

The stock market’s plunge also threatened to shake up the confidence and the spending plans of businesses and consumers. Some analysts said investors were acting as if a recession was on the horizon, despite a lack of evidence that the U.S. economy is struggling.

“It’s hard to square recession worries with the strongest job growth we’ve seen in years,” said Alec Young, managing director of global markets research for FTSE Russell.

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Weather Channel app accused of selling users’ personal data

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press

Trader James Dresch, center, and specialist Anthony Matesic, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks rose even further after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank will be flexible in deciding if and when it raises interest rates. He added that the Fed is open to making changes in the way it shrinks its giant portfolio of bonds, which affects rates on long-term loans such as mortgages.

Until recently, the Fed had suggested it planned to raise short-term interest rates three times this year and next, and Powell said the Fed’s balance sheet was shrinking “on autopilot.” Wall Street feared that the Fed might be moving too fast in raising borrowing costs, said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors.

The Fed’s interest-rate and bond portfolio policies “were at the top of the list of things we were concerned about, which is why the statement Powell

made today is so supportive of the market,” Orlando said. “The Fed understands that what they attempted to communicate last month was inartful, that they didn’t get the right message across, and Powell tried to reset.”

The S&P 500 index climbed 84.05 points, or 3.4 percent, to 2,531.94, more than wiping out Thursday’s loss. The Dow rose 3.3 percent to 23,433.16 after gaining 832 during the afternoon.

The Nasdaq composite jumped 275.35 points, or 4.3 percent, to 6,738.86.

About 90 percent of the stocks on the New York Stock Exchange traded higher.

Stocks sank Thursday after Apple said iPhone sales in China are falling, partly because of the trade fight, and a survey suggested U.S. factories grew at a weaker pace. Technology companies took their biggest losses in seven years.

The U.S. and China have raised tariffs on billions of dollars of each other’s goods in a fight over issues including Beijing’s technology policy. Last month, President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to 90-day ceasefire as a step toward defusing tensions, but that failed to calm the stock market.

Technology companies, banks, health care and industrial companies all made strong gains. Most of the companies in those industries stand to do better in times of faster economic growth.

Smaller and more U.S.-focused companies did even better than larger multinationals.

The Russell 2000 index surged 49.92 points, or 3.8 percent, to 1,380.75. Smaller companies have fallen further than larger ones in the last few months as investors got nervous about how the U.S. economy will perform in 2019 and 2020.

LOS ANGELES — People relied on the most popular mobile weather app to track forecasts that determined whether they chose jeans over shorts and packed a parka or umbrella, but its owners used it to track their every step and profit off that information, Los Angeles prosecutors said Friday.

The operator of The Weather Channel mobile app misled users who agreed to share their location information in exchange for personalized forecasts and alerts, and they instead unwittingly surrendered personal privacy when the company sold their data to third parties, City Attorney Michael Feuer said.

Feuer sued the app’s operator in Los Angeles County Superior Court to stop the practice. He said 80 percent of users agreed to allow access to their locations because disclosures on how the app uses geolocation data were buried within a 10,000-word privacy policy and not revealed when they downloaded the app.

“Think how Orwellian it feels to live in a world where a private company is tracking potentially every place you go, every minute of every day,” Feuer said. “If you want to sacrifice to that company that information, you sure ought to be doing it with clear advanced notice of what’s at stake.”

A spokesman for IBM Corp., which owns the app, said it has always been clear about the use of location data collected from users and will vigorously defend its “fully appropriate” disclosures.

Feuer said the app’s operators, TWC Product and Technology LLC, sold data to at least a

dozen websites for targeted ads and to hedge funds that used the information to analyze consumer behavior.

The lawsuit seeks to stop the company from the practice it calls “unfair and fraudulent” and seeks penalties of up to $2,500 for each violation. Any court decision would only apply to California.

Marketed as the “world’s most downloaded weather app,” The Weather Channel app claims approximately 45 million users a month, the lawsuit said.

Users who download the free app are asked whether to allow access to their location to “get personalized local weather data, alerts and forecasts.” It does not say how the company benefits from the information.

While disclosures may be included in the privacy policy, state law says “fine print alone can’t make good what otherwise has been made obscure,” Feuer said.

He said he learned about the sale of the private data from an article in The New York Times.

The lawsuit comes as companies, most notably Facebook and Google, are increasingly under fire for how they use people’s personal data. Both companies faced congressional hearings last year on privacy issues, which are likely to remain on lawmakers and regulators’ minds both nationally and in California.

In June, California lawmakers approved what experts are calling the country’s most far-reaching law to give people more control over their personal data online.

That law doesn’t take effect until next year.

Feuer said he hopes the case inspires other lawsuits and legislation to curb data-sharing practices.

Powell says he would reject any Trump request to resign WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that he will not resign if asked to do so by President Donald Trump, and that he is prepared to be patient in deciding when to raise interest rates again.

Both of those messages cheered stock market investors who had been worried about Trump’s repeated attacks on his hand-picked choice to lead the nation’s central bank and also the Fed’s seemingly inexorable march to higher rates.

“There is no pre-set path for policy,” Powell said during an appearance at a conference of economists in Atlanta. “With the muted inflation readings we have seen coming in, we will be patient as we watch to see how the economy evolves.”

Private economists viewed Powell’s comments as a strong signal that the Fed, which in December had projected another two rate hikes in 2019, may end up deciding to pause hikes for several months.

“With Chairman Powell’s remarks today, I would say they will do just one hike or maybe no hikes this year,” said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at SS Economics. “Powell is definitely trying to calm the markets.”

Wall Street, which opened sharply higher after a report showing 312,000 jobs gained in December, surged even higher during Powell’s appearance.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished the day up 746 points or 3.3 percent.

Powell called the jobs report “very strong” and said he was also encouraged by the rise in the labor force participation rate and gains in wages, which he said “for me at this time does not raise concerns about too high inflation.”

Trump has complained that the Fed has pushed rates higher despite the fact that there is no evidence that inflation was get-

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a conference, Friday, in Atlanta.

(AP Photo/Annie Rice)

ting out of control.

The president’s attacks had become so intense that they had raised concerns that he might be considering firing Powell, a development which could send the market into a tailspin.

Trump would appear to be on shaky legal ground if he tried to fire Powell. Under the law that governs the Federal Reserve, a president can only remove a Fed chairman for cause. Courts in cases that involved other agencies have interpreted that language to not cover policy differences.

Asked if he would resign if Trump asked him to do so, Powell responded with a short “no.”

Powell’s willingness to be flexible on interest rates was welcome news to investors, many of whom worried that Fed chair risked cutting off the current economic expansion by continuing to raise interest rates despite signs the U.S. economy was cooling off a little.

On Friday, Powell said, “We are always prepared to shift the stance of policy and to shift it significantly if necessary” to meet the goals of maximum employment and stable prices.

Powell gave as an example the fact that in 2016, when Janet Yellen was Fed chair, the central bank began the year with a projection that it would raise rates four times that year but ended up raising rates only

once because the economy hit a soft-patch.

Appearing on a panel with his two predecessors — Yellen and Ben Bernanke — Powell also said that the Fed could alter its approach to trimming its huge balance sheet if it determines such a change is needed.

The pace of Fed rate hikes and the lowering of the balance sheet, which tends to put upward pressure on interest rates, had both been concerns of investors in recent months. The stock market has seen stomach-churning declines since October, a development that Trump has blamed on the Fed’s continued rate hikes, although the president’s trade dispute with China as well as concerns about global economic growth also played a part in the market volatility.

The Fed had increased the size of its balance sheet fourfold to a record $4.5 trillion in an effort to push long-term interest rates lower. But it has been gradually reversing that stance over the past year, although the balance sheet still remains above $4 trillion. But some investors have worried that that process could push long-term rates higher at a time when the economy was slowing.

Powell on Friday stressed that the Fed was prepared to adjust the pace at which it trimmed the balance sheet if necessary to support economic growth.

While Trump has sent out a number of tweets criticizing Powell and calling the Fed the biggest threat to the economy, Powell said that he had not received any direct pressure from the White House. Asked if he had had any face-to-face meetings with Trump, Powell said he had not although he said previous Fed leaders have had discussions from time to time with previous presidents.

Asked if any future meeting with Trump was scheduled, Powell said, “I have no news on that. Nothing is scheduled.”

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Kenai girls 2nd, Nikiski girls 3rd at ACS Invite Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Central girls scored a 42-41 overtime victory over Nikiski on Friday in the semifinals of the ACS Pepsi Invitational in Anchorage before falling to the host Lions 80-27 in Saturday’s championship.

The ACS boys also won the title, topping Valdez 66-53 in the title game.

With four seconds to play in overtime Friday, Nikiski had the ball with a chance for the win, but the Kardinals were able to get a hand on the ball and thwart the drive of Bethany Carstens to preserve the victory.

The Bulldogs had defeated the Kar-

dinals (5-2 overall) 50-28 on Dec. 14.

“Honestly, you really don’t worry about scores this early in the year,” Kenai coach Cary Calvert said. “We didn’t worry about that one and we won’t worry about this one.

“We just have to find ways to keep getting better.”

Calvert pointed out that the stat sheet had Carstens, who finished with 21 points, going 1 for 11 from twopoint range, though she did hit four of her nine 3s.

“One of 11 from two-point range,” Calvert said. “That’s not going to happen a whole lot. The game could have went either way.”

The coach did give credit to Jaycie Calvert and Hayley Maw for setting

the tone on defense. Brooke Satathite was a handful, while Jaiden Streiff also played well.

Calvert also gave the team a huge boost with a hot hand from 3-point range. She hit 5 of 14 from long range, and coach Calvert said a few more rimmed out.

The reward was a matchup with the Lions, who have won the last two Class 3A state titles.

“You don’t really understand how good ACS is until you play them,” Calvert said. “We’ll understand how good they are and have the rest of the year to see if we can figure it out.”

ACS made its presence known early, taking a 24-4 lead after the first quarter. Mykaila Pickard had 16 for

the Lions, while Shemah Yisrael had 15, Mary Kate Parks and Jordan Todd had 11 apiece, and Destiny Reimers had 10 points.

For Kenai, Logan Satathite led the way with nine points.

The Nikiski girls (5-1 overall) were able to come back and take third-place in the tournament by defeating Barrow 44-35. The Bulldogs were down 17-10 after a quarter, but cut Barrow’s lead to 26-22 at the half, then went up 33-28 after three quarters and won the fourth quarter 11-7.

Bethany Carstens bounced back strong after Friday’s loss, scoring 17 points on 8 of 13 shooting from the floor. Emma Wik added 10 points for the Bulldogs. For Barrow, Jordan Ah-

geak had 15 points and Jenilee Donovan added 11.

The Kenai boys nabbed sixth place at the tournament after losing to Hutchison 57-53 in the fourth-sixthplace game.

Kenai led 18-10 after a quarter, but the Hawks came back to own a 2925 lead at the half. The third quarter saw Kenai cut the lead to 44-42, but Hutchison won the fourth quarter 1311.

Kenai’s Adam Trujillo poured in an efficient 27 points, hitting 10 of 20 from the floor and 7 of 11 from the free-throw line. Andrew Bezdecny added 11. For Hutchison, Dieon Frank had 18, Mason Young had 13 and Ross See PREP, page B4

Raptors get past Bucks

By The Associated Press

Freddie Pollard Jr. (front) races fellow competitor George Derkevorkian in a heat race Saturday afternoon at the snowmachine drag races at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Power on powder

Freddie’s snowmachine drags give Peninsula riders a boost

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Competition is the tide that raises all boats, or in this case, all sleds.

The Freddie’s Roadhouse snowmachine drag races hosted at the picturesque restaurant tucked away in the Caribou Hills east of Ninilchik have given peninsula drag racers a boost in recent years, and it’s shown at other statewide events.

Just ask Freddie Pollard Sr., the owner of the place since 2011. Pollard resurrected the snowmachine drags shortly after purchasing the 50-acre plot of land that the lounge-style restaurant sits on, revamping a tradition begun by previous owner Rocky Zuback but Emily Pollard keeps track of scoring and timing Saturday afternoon at the snowmachine drag See SLED, page B4

races at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Colts start quickly, hold off Houston

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer

HOUSTON — A year ago at this time Andrew Luck was at home struggling with an injured shoulder that cost him the entire season.

On Saturday he wrote a happy ending to the latest chapter of his comeback season, throwing for 222 yards and two touchdowns and the Indianapolis Colts raced out to a big lead and cruised to a 21-7 win over the Houston Texans in the wildcard game.

Luck put on a show in his hometown in a stadium where he’d attended games throughout childhood and played in them since high school, throwing for 191 yards and two touchdowns before halftime to help the Colts (11-6) build a 21-0 lead.

He denied feeling “at home” at NRG Stadium, but admitted to having warm feelings for the city he grew up in and where his grandparents and many

friends still reside.

“But it’s still an away stadium,” he said. “It was very loud, very energetic, but fun to win, certainly.”

Running back Marlon Mack had 148 yards and a touchdown for Indianapolis, which advances to face the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round next weekend.

“We know we have an elite quarterback and we can throw it for 400 and win when we have to,” Indianapolis coach Frank Reich said.

“But the margin for error in playoff football when you try to do it that way is very thin. When you can win like this — running the football and stopping it — that’s just everything.”

Houston (11-6), which overcame a 0-3 start to win the AFC South, gave up too many big plays and couldn’t get anything going on offense in the first half Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott flies for the goal line to fall into the huge hole.

Deshaun Watson, who was and makes a first down against Seahawks defensive end Frank sacked an NFL-leading 62 Clark during the second half of the NFC wild-card game in ArSee AFC, page B2 lington, Texas, Saturday. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

MILWAUKEE — Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam each scored 30 points, with Siakam setting a career high, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 123-116 on Saturday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the NBA standings.

Serge Ibaka added 25 points and nine rebounds, Fred VanVleet had 21 points, and Danny Green 12 points and nine rebounds. The Raptors slowly took charge in the second and third quarters and withstood the Bucks’ comeback attempt in the fourth.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 43 points and 18 rebounds for Milwaukee. Malcolm Brogdon added 15 points, and Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe each had 14. The Bucks had won five straight.

Milwaukee was coming off

a 144-112 victory over Atlanta on Friday night, while Toronto had a day to rest following a 125-107 loss to the Spurs on Thursday night in Leonard’s return to San Antonio.

The Raptors put it away with a 15-2 run, taking a 110-98 lead on Siakam’s wide-open 3 from the corner with 5:14 to play.

Trailing by as much as 13, the Bucks opened the fourth quarter with a 14-4 run, capped

by Antetokounmpo’s layup and 3-pointer, and led 96-95 with 8:12 left.

WARRIORS 127, KINGS 123 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Stephen Curry scored 20 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter and had 10 3-pointers, and Golden State held off Sacramento.

Kevin Durant added 29 points, nine assists and five rebounds, and See NBA, page B2

Bruins stay hot by topping Sabres

By The Associated Press

BOSTON — Chris Wagner and David Backes scored, Tuukka Rask stopped 31 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

Boston won three of four games in the season series against Buffalo.

third period of the Kings’ sixth win in nine games since mid-December.

ISLANDERS 4, BLUES 3

ST. LOUIS — Jordan Eberle and Johnny Boychuk scored 11 seconds apart in the third period to lead New York.

Anders Lee and Matt Martin also scored for the Islanders, who won their season-high sixth in a KINGS 4, OILERS 0 row and ninth in 10 games. Robin LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Lehner stopped 29 shots for his Quick earned his 300th victory, seventh consecutive win.

Anze Kopitar scored his 300th goal and Los Angeles climbed out BLUE JACKETS 4, of last place in the overall NHL PANTHERS 3, OT standings.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Seth Jones Kyle Clifford, Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter scored during a domi- scored 18 seconds into overtime nant first period, while Kopitar and Columbus won for the seventh See NHL, page B4 added his milestone goal in the

Prescott plunges Dallas past ’Hawks

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott saw an opening up the middle, then three defenders between him and the first down.

The Dallas quarterback found a way to get there, and get his first playoff victory two years after a sensational rookie season ended in disappointment.

Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 137 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, Prescott scored on a sneak after his dazzling head-overheels run and the Cowboys hung on for a 24-22 wild-card win over the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night.

The win for the Cowboys (11-6) was the first for Elliott and Prescott after losing a divisional game in their playoff debut as first-year stars two years ago. Dallas will play either New Orleans or the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round next weekend.

“It’s really just a chance to keep going on, simple as that,” Prescott said. “Me and this whole team, we want to win it all. You can’t do that without taking care of the first one. A lot of excitement, but my goal is bigger than just one playoff win.”

The loss ended a run of nine straight victories in playoff openers for the Seahawks (107). The Elias Sports Bureau says it was the longest streak in NFL history.

Leading 17-14, Prescott faced third-and-14 from the Seattle 17 with the 2-minute warning approaching. He took off up the middle on a QB draw, barged through a trio of defenders 6 yards short of the first and went down at the 1 when he was flipped head-first by Tedric Thompson.

Prescott, who also had an 11-yard scoring pass to Michael Gallup in the first half, scored on the next play in the eighth win in nine games for the Cowboys.

See NFC, page B2

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. . . AFC Continued from page B1

times in the regular season, was sacked three times and hit eight more times in a disappointing playoff debut. He finished with 235 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception.

“Just a lack of execution on our part,” Watson said. “We didn’t make plays. I didn’t make plays. Communication was a little off. You just got to give the Colts the credit.”

The Colts, who opened the season 1-5, continued an impressive run by winning their fifth straight and for the 10th time in 11 games. Saturday was their first playoff appearance since the AFC championship game loss at New England in the “Deflategate” game in the 2014 season.

It was another good game in a splendid season for Luck.

He threw for 4,593 yards and 39 touchdowns in the regular season after missing all of 2017 with a shoulder injury.

The Texans didn’t score until rookie Keke Coutee grabbed a 6-yard touchdown pass to cap

. . . NFC Continued from page B1

“He’s just a rare guy,” coach Jason Garrett said. “His leadership, his toughness, just his way, his spirit. It’s like none other.

Somehow, some way, he’s going to figure this thing out for us.”

Dallas’ defense, ranked in the top 10 most of the season, stifled the NFL’s No. 1 rushing offense and mostly kept quarterback Russell Wilson under control and handed him his first loss in four wild-card games.

The Seahawks had finished the regular season with six wins in seven games to secure Wilson’s sixth playoff trip in seven years despite a roster overhaul and 0-2 start.

“This has been a special, special year,” Wilson said. “Just the growth of our team, the men in the locker room, just the way that we’ve played together, just eliminating the doubters and

a 16-play, 89-yard drive that included a fourth-down conversion that cut it to 21-7 with about 11 minutes left.

They led the NFL with nine comeback wins this season, but their attempt at a rally ended on their next possession when Watson’s pass on fourth-and-10 from the Indianapolis 24 fell short with about four minutes left.

Luck threw for 863 yards with six touchdowns as the teams split two meetings in the regular season. He picked up right where he left off in this one, when he found Eric Ebron on a 6-yard TD pass on their first drive. That play was set up by a 38-yard catch by T.Y. Hilton, who had 63 yards receiving on that drive.

“We didn’t have a lot of guys that made the playoffs so the guys that made the playoffs wanted to go out there and set the tone early, try to get the crowd out of the game,” Hilton said. “That’s what we did.”

Hilton didn’t have any catches on the next drive, but the Colts still drove down the field easily and made it 14-0 on a 2-yard run by Mack later in the first. the things that people thought that we could only do.”

Prescott, the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2016 when the Cowboys lost to Green Bay at home as the top seed in the NFC, threw for 226 yards, and his sneak for what appeared to be a clinching score because Dallas burned more than five minutes while taking 24-14 lead.

But Tyler Lockett’s 53-yard catch set up a quick Seattle touchdown — Wilson’s 7-yard scoring pass to J.D. McKissic.

The Seahawks got within two on their second 2-point conversion following an injury to Sebastian Janikowski.

The missing kicker left the Seahawks no good options on an onside kick with 1:18 remaining. Punter Michael Dickson’s drop kick was caught by Cole Beasley at the Dallas 31, sealing the first playoff win for the Cowboys since beating Detroit in the wild-card round in the 2014 season.

Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, middle, drives to the basket between Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam (43) and Serge Ibaka (9) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

. . . NBA Continued from page B1

Klay Thompson scored 20 points to help the Warriors complete a three-game sweep of the season series.

Coming off a 135-134 overtime loss to Houston on Thursday night when they let a 20-point lead slip away, the Warriors blew another big lead in the third quarter before storming past the Kings over the final 12 minutes. Curry led the way with five of his 3s in the fourth, and had a pair of key three-point plays. Curry also closed out the quarter with a pair of free throws with 9.4 seconds left.

TRAIL BLAZERS 110, ROCKETS 101 PORTLAND, Ore. — Jusuf Nurkic had 25 points and 15 re-

bounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped James Harden’s 40-point streak and the Houston Rockets’ six-game winning streak with a 110-101 victory on Saturday night.

Harden finished with 38 points, falling just short of his sixth straight game with 40 or more. He was 13 of 35 from the field, shooting 5 of 17 from 3-point range.

CJ McCollum added 24 points and Damian Lillard finished with 17 points and 12 assists for the Blazers, who have won three of their last four games.

to their best NBA start in franchise to beat Detroit. history. This also marks the latest The Jazz nearly squandered an they’ve been in first place in the 11-point lead of their own in the conference since March 16, 1977. final quarter, allowing the Pistons to cut the lead to one on a 3-pointer by Blake Griffin. Ricky Rubio 76ERS 106, made two free throws for Utah MAVERICKS 100 with 12.3 seconds remaining, and PHILADELPHIA — Joel Detroit turned the ball over on its Embiid had 25 points and 12 re- next possession. bounds, and Ben Simmons added 20 points, 14 rebounds and 11 as- SPURS 108, GRIZZLIES 88 sists to help Philadelphia beat DalSAN ANTONIO — Derrick las.

Embiid hit two key free throws White scored 19 points, LaMarcus late for Philadelphia, which was Aldridge added 18 and San Antowithout Jimmy Butler for the sec- nio overcame a sluggish start to NUGGETS 123, ond straight game due to an upper beat Memphis, handing the GrizHORNETS 110 respiratory infection. Philadelphia zlies their fifth straight loss.

DENVER — Nikola Jokic improved to 17-3 at home. scored a season-high 39 points PELICANS 133, and grabbed 12 rebounds, reserve JAZZ 110, PISTONS 105 CAVALIERS 98 Paul Millsap added 18 and WestDETROIT — Donovan MitchCLEVELAND — Jrue Holiday ern Conference-leading Denver beat Charlotte for its 10th straight ell scored 24 of his 26 points in the and Julius Randle both scored 22 second half, and Utah rallied from points and New Orleans handed home victory.

At 26-11, the Nuggets are off an 18-point, second-quarter deficit Cleveland its ninth straight loss.

Ravens look to defeat Chargers again in rematch

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer

BALTIMORE — It’s been six years since the Ravens hosted a playoff game, so forgive Pro Bowl guard Marshal Yanda for forgetting protocol regarding the distribution of tickets.

“Somebody was asking me if we got tickets during the playoff games, and I couldn’t really remember,” he said this week. “I was like, ‘Uh, it’s been a little while.’”

The last time Baltimore was at home in the postseason was in 2012, when linebacker Ray Lewis and quarterback Joe Flacco engineered a 24-8 victory over Indianapolis to launch a surprising Super Bowl run.

Lewis is now in the Hall of Fame, and Flacco will be on the bench when rookie Lamar Jackson and the Ravens (10-6) face the Los Angeles Chargers (12-4) in a wild-card game Sunday.

It’s a rematch of a pivotal contest two weeks ago, when Baltimore took control of the AFC North with a 22-10 victory that dropped the Chargers to the No. 6 seed. The Ravens’ topranked defense limited Los Angeles quarterback Philip Rivers to 181 yards passing with two interceptions.

“You know they’re going to come back with

changes, with wrinkles, and they’re going to play that much harder, because they know what happened the first game,” said Ravens safety Eric Weddle, who played nine years with the Chargers before signing as a free agent with the Ravens in 2016.

The game plan is important, but minimizing errors is what really counts.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a big secret as to what everyone is doing,” Los Angeles coach Anthony Lynn said. “It’s just whoever executes the best is going to win this game.”

If experience means anything at quarterback, the Chargers have the edge. The 37-year-old Rivers has been flinging the football in the NFL since 2004 and has started nine playoff games.

Jackson, a junior at Louisville just a year ago, has been a starter for just under two months. The 21-year-old will be the youngest quarterback ever to start in the postseason.

But the Ravens are 6-1 with Jackson as a starter, and his ability to run has turned Baltimore’s offense into a very efficient unit.

“There’s no substitute for experience,” Ravens offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said. But he quickly added: “Now sometimes, it’s the quality of experience as well. Man alive, look at all the things he’s done — a very mature

young man for that age in many, many ways.

And, he’s a very confident guy.”

Some other things to know about the first meeting playoff game involving the Ravens and Chargers: BEEN A WHILE: This is the Chargers’ first postseason appearance since the 2013 season, and second since 2010.

“When you’re younger you think this is it; you get a shot every year,” Rivers said. “Then when you go once in the last nine or 10 years, you realize how fleeting it is and how hard it is to get in.”

Baltimore is coming off a three-year playoff absence.

“Coming into this league, playing these games, this was what you hoped for,” said Ravens linebacker Matthew Judon, who broke into the NFL in 2016.

QUICKER STARTS: The Chargers have been outscored 43-14 in the first quarter the past six games. Rivers has thrown an interception on the opening drive the past three games, which has resulted in 10 points for the opposition. In the first 10 games, Los Angeles outscored teams 64-55 over the first 15 minutes.

“It’s something we’ve talked about and it’s definitely something that we can’t afford to do,”

offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt said of the recent poor starts. “That’s what our goal is going into this game.”

ALL ON THE LINE: With the Chargers’ linebackers undersized because of injuries, the defensive line will need another good game. Joey Bosa has four sacks in six games since missing the first 10 with a foot injury.

The Chargers had three sacks in the first meeting against Baltimore, but Jackson also had plenty of plays in which he was able to move up in the pocket to complete passes in his lone 200yard game.

“There is such a thing as a good missed tackle, as long as you go fast with proper leverage,” defensive coordinator Gus Bradley said. “We don’t want missed tackles, but if they show up with the right leverage, it’s more of that mindset with him that we have to play fast with them and try to eat up the grass.”

KEEP A N EYE ON: The kickers. Baltimore’s Justin Tucker missed only four field goal tries this season — two were blocked — and ranks first in NFL history with a 90.1 career average.

Los Angeles rookie Michael Badgley has provided stability, hitting 15 of 16 field goals. The Chargers have had seven kickers the past two seasons.

Bears-Eagles matchup is packed with storylines

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Not long after he was hired, Matt Nagy watched the Super Bowl with his wife at a bar near the Chicago Bears’ practice facility. His good friend Doug Pederson was coaching the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl championship.

The place was just about empty.

He even had to ask for the game to be turned on.

“It was awesome,” he recalled.

Nagy hopes things don’t go so well for his pal when the NFC North champion Bears host the Eagles on Sunday in a wild-card game packed with storylines.

Chicago (12-4) is in the playoffs for the first time since the 2010 team won the division, making a huge jump in Nagy’s first season after four straight last-place finishes. The Bears are on a 9-1 tear; the Eagles (9-7) have won five of six.

Chicago quarterback Mitchell Trubisky will make his first playoff appearance.

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles —

last year’s Super Bowl MVP — will try to deliver another standout performance while filling in for Carson Wentz. He’s 6-0 in those situations the past two seasons.

Foles was particularly good the past three games with Wentz sidelined by a back injury. He tied Philip Rivers’ NFL record in last week’s win over Washington by completing 25 consecutive passes. He will start this one after leaving with a chest injury against the Redskins.

Alshon Jeffery will play in Chicago for the first time since the star receiver left the Bears after five seasons to sign with Philadelphia in 2017. Chicago’s Trey Burton will try to beat the Eagles this time after throwing a touchdown to Foles on a trick play — “Philly Special” — in the Super Bowl victory over New England.

There will be Long brothers — Chicago guard Kyle and Philadelphia defensive end Chris — on opposing teams.

And there will be two coaches on opposite sidelines with a strong bond formed while working under Andy Reid in Philadelphia and Kansas City.

“I told him at the owners meeting

this past offseason, he got that Super Bowl, right. I’m trying to follow his lead here,” Nagy said. “He probably doesn’t want to hear that right now, but I want to stick on that path. Ton of respect for him.”

The feeling is mutual.

“Right away, you (could) tell that he was going to work himself up the ranks,” Pederson said.

Some things to know: NO-NAME SECONDARY: The Eagles have relied on backups and reserves after losing three-fourths of their starting secondary to seasonending injuries. Second-year pro Rasul Douglas and rookie Avonte Maddox have stepped up at cornerback since starters Ronald Darby and Jalen Mills went down. Veteran Corey Graham replaced safety Rodney McLeod.

Maddox even played safety when Graham was out. Second-year pro Tre Sullivan also has filled in at safety and former Bears defensive back Cre’Von LeBlanc has played nickel cornerback with Sidney Jones out of the lineup.

The group has improved significantly the past month.

“They’ve both settled into those roles well and they’ve made enough

plays for us to win five of our last six and get in,” defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said of LeBlanc and Sullivan.

Douglas, who played just 10 snaps in the first five games, led the team with three interceptions.

The anchor in the secondary is Malcolm Jenkins, who played every defensive snap and another 136 on special teams.

ON TARGET: Like Foles, Trubisky is on a roll .

The No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 draft, he threw three interceptions in a 15-6 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 9 after missing the previous two games because of a shoulder injury. Since then, he’s been making all the right reads.

Trubisky has a 109.7 rating the past three games, completing 63 of 83 passes for 644 and three touchdowns without an interception.

BACKFIELD BY COMMITTEE: After relying on undrafted rookie Josh Adams for a bulk of the carries following season-ending injuries to Jay Ajayi and Corey Clement, the Eagles are splitting the ball carrying among Adams, veteran Darren Sproles and

Wendell Smallwood. Adams ran 11 times for 50 yards last week. Smallwood was 12 for 53 and Sproles had seven for 24.

MOVING ON?: Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio insisted he was preparing only for the Eagles, not any head coaching interviews.

“I’ve done zero on that second part,” he said.

The 60-year-old Fangio never has been a head coach. But he has interviewed for several openings, including the one that went to Nagy in Chicago.

In his four seasons with the Bears, Fangio has transformed a defense that ranked among the worst in team history. The Monsters of the Midway led the NFL in rushing defense, takeaways (36) and interceptions (27) while tying for third in sacks (50).

THE TURNAROUND: The Bears posted their best record since the 2006 team went 13-3 on the way to a Super Bowl appearance. Nagy won more games than any other rookie coach in franchise history, after John Fox led Chicago to a 14-34 record over the previous three seasons. The Bears also went 7-1 at home compared with 7-17 under Fox.

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Williamson leads Duke past Clemson

By The Associated Press

DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman Zion Williamson had 25 points, 10 rebounds and a spectacular 360-degree dunk, and No. 1 Duke beat Clemson 87-68 on Saturday night in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener.

RJ Barrett, the ACC’s leading scorer, finished with 13 points while freshman point guard Tre Jones had 10 points and a season-best nine assists. Jack White added 12 points and Marquise Bolden had 11 for the Blue Devils (12-1, 1-0), who shot 48 percent and turned 19 Clemson turnovers into 27 points.

NO. 3 TENNESSEE 96, GEORGIA 50 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Jordan Bowden scored 20 points and Tennessee opened Southeastern Conference play by trouncing Georgia for its eighth consecutive victory.

Tennessee (12-1, 1-0) recorded the most lopsided triumph in the series’ 156game history, surpassing a 105-69 Volunteers victory on Feb. 1, 1975.

Florida State to just 15 field goals.

Guy scored 18 in the first half as the Cavaliers (13-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened a 42-23 lead.

IOWA STATE 77, NO. 5 KANSAS 60 AMES, Iowa — Marial Shayok scored 24 points, and Iowa State routed Kansas for its fifth straight win.

Freshman Tyrese Haliburton had 14 points for the Cyclones (12-2, 2-0), who opened Big 12 play with back-to-back wins for the first time since 2015.

NEW MEXICO 85, NO. 6 NEVADA 58 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Anthony Mathis scored 27 points to help New Mexico hand Nevada its first loss of the season.

High-scoring Nevada (14-1, 1-1 Mountain West) shot just 33.3 percent (19 for 57) from the field and committed 14 turnovers.

NO. 7 GONZAGA 91, SANTA CLARA 48

Gonzaga (14-2) in its 18th consecutive State. victory over Santa Clara since 2011. Josh Barry Brown led the Wildcats with 16 Perkins had six points, five rebounds, five points and Cartier Diarra added 11 on a assists and four steals. day when they shot just 33 percent (19 of 57) from the field.

Kansas State (10-4, 0-2 Big 12) trailed NO. 8 MICHIGAN STATE 86, 34-19 at halftime, but Brown knocked NO. 14 OHIO STATE 77 down a 3-pointer with 6:55 to go that COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cassius Win- pulled the Wildcats within one.

But Texas Tech (13-1, 2-0) found some ston scored 25 points, Nick Ward added 21 and Michigan State earned its eighth offensive rhythm to pull away, despite some struggles at the free-throw line in the straight win.

The second half was tied six times be- second half. fore the Spartans (13-2, 4-0 Big Ten) took ALABAMA 77, the lead on a Ward foul shot, and a layup NO. 13 KENTUCKY 75

by Kenny Goins put them up by three with 3:28 left.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tevin Mack scored 22 points, and Alabama topped Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference NO. 10 VIRGINIA TECH 77, opener for both teams.

BOSTON COLLEGE 66 Dazon Ingram scored all 11 of his BLACKSBURG, Va. — Nickeil Al- points after halftime, including some key exander-Walker scored 25 points to lead free throws in the Crimson Tide’s fifth Virginia Tech to its eighth consecutive consecutive win.

PJ Washington scored on a dunk with victory.

Alexander-Walker went 9 of 14 from 5 seconds to play and Kentucky (10-3) the floor for the Hokies (13-1, 2-0 ACC), quickly fouled John Petty, who made one who shot 55.6 percent (15 of 27) in the of two from the line.

Tyler Herro’s 3-point try for the win at second half. the buzzer bounced off the rim.

Kira Lewis Jr. had 12 points for the NO. 11 TEXAS TECH 63, Tide (10-3, 1-0).

SPOKANE, Wash. — Rui Hachimura scored 25 points and No. 7 Gonzaga beat KANSAS STATE 57 Santa Clara 91-48to open defense of its LUBBOCK, Texas — Davide Moretti West Coast Conference regular-season CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Kyle title. scored 19 points and Matt Mooney added Guy scored 21 points and Virginia limited Brandon Clarke added 16 points for 14 to help Texas Tech hold off Kansas

NO. 4 VIRGINIA 65, NO. 9 FLORIDA STATE 52

Sports Briefs Woodland leads at Kapalua KAPALUA, Hawaii — One day, Gary Woodland pulled away with five straight birdies. The next day, all it took was one big putt.

The challenge now is to finish off the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Woodland broke a tie with Rory McIlroy by making a 65-foot eagle putt on 15th hole, and he closed with one last birdie Saturday for a 5-under 68 that gave him a three-shot lead going into the final round at Kapalua.

Woodland has never won on the PGA Tour in the six previous times he had the 54-hole lead in stroke play. In his favor is the history at Kapalua. While the Plantation course lends itself to wild swings in scoring, no one has ever lost a three-shot lead after 54 holes since the winners-only tournament moved here in 1999.

“The difference is I’m a completely different player than I have been in the past,” Woodland said. “I’ve obviously been in the position multiple times. It’s nice to build off those and take certain things out of them. ... I’m playing well enough where I don’t have to play conservative. I can attack and continue to trust what I’m doing and should be good.”

McIlroy played bogey-free for a 68 after he had to settle for pars on the two par 5s at the end. Still, he starts the new year playing in the final group, having not played a tournament in nearly two months.

“Another final group is great, especially coming off the back of not being able to play as well as I would have liked in final groups last year,” McIlroy said. “So to get myself right back in contention and see if I’ve learned anything from last year and try to put that into practice is great.”

Shiffrin wins 7th straight slalom ZAGREB, Croatia — In the rhythmic style of a dancer, Mikaela Shiffrin approached yet another record on Saturday.

The American skier dominated the first women’s World Cup slalom of 2019 to match her personal best winning streak in the discipline with seven straight victories.

Rivals were awed by her opening run, a flawless attack that gave her a lead of more than a second for the final run, while Shiffrin felt a familiar groove.

“When I am skiing my best, it feels something like a dance,” she said. “The rhythm is really something that I can feel helps me ski faster in every turn. There were a lot of turns that felt like this dance.”

The two-time overall champion built on her big first-run lead to beat Petra Vlhova of Slovakia by 1.25 on the icy Crveni Spust course. Wendy Holdener of Switzerland was 1.75 seconds behind in third.

At a night event in Austria on Tuesday, Shiffrin can match the all-time record of eight consecutive slalom wins, set by Vreni Schneider of Switzerland in 1989 and repeated by Janica Kostelic of Croatia in 2001.

“I am not counting the streak,” she said. “To be at this level and always pushing to be faster and stay at the top, for sure it is difficult to keep that form or to even get better. Everybody on my team does a really good job to help me focus again, to push harder, to be more motivated, to do these things that I can stay at the top.

I am not up there alone.”

Federer leads Switzerland to Hopman Cup PERTH, Australia — Roger Federer won the Hopman Cup for a record third time after defending champion Switzerland beat Germany 2-1 on Saturday.

Switzerland took its fourth Hopman Cup title overall when Federer and Belinda Bencic beat Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber 4-0, 1-4, 4-3 (4) in the Fast4 format in the mixed doubles decider.

In the men’s singles, Federer defeated fourth-ranked Zverev 6-4, 6-2.

Ahead of his Australian Open title defense, the 37-year-old Federer didn’t drop a set in four singles matches at the tournament, beating Frances Tiafoe, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Cameron Norrie and Zverev.

“I’m happy I’m feeling this good and playing as well as I am,” Federer said. “It’s good to finish on a singles performance like this. I’m a bit surprised that the matches have gone as well as they have.”

Knicks’ Kanter will not travel to London LOS ANGELES — New York center Enes Kanter will not travel to London for the Knicks’ upcoming international game because he believes he could be assassinated for his opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Kanter announced his plan Friday night after the Knicks’ 119112 win over the Lakers. The Knicks later said Kanter also won’t make the trip because of a visa issue.

Kanter will stay in New York while the Knicks travel to face Washington at The O2 arena in London on Jan. 17. He says he can’t travel anywhere except the U.S. and Canada because “there’s a chance I could get killed out there.”

“Sadly, I’m not going because of that freaking lunatic, the Turkish president,” Kanter said. “It’s pretty sad that all the stuff affects my career and basketball, because I want to be out there and help my team win. But just because of the one lunatic guy, one maniac, one dictator, I can’t even go out there and do my job. It’s pretty sad.”

Kanter has been a vocal critic of Erdogan for years, once referring to him as “the Hitler of our century.” Kanter’s Turkish passport was revoked in 2017, and an international warrant for his arrest was issued by Turkey.

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scored 15 points in his homecoming, and North Carolina rolled to the road win.

Johnson, a graduate transfer from the Pittsburgh suburbs who left the Panthers in the spring of 2017, shook off the boos and hit his first three shots as the Tar Heels (11-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) provided the rebuilding Panthers a reminder of how far they still have to go under firstyear coach Jeff Capel.

Johnson grabbed a season-high nine rebounds for North Carolina. Coby White led the Tar Heels with 22 points.

Trey McGowens scored 17 points for Pittsburgh (10-4, 0-1), which lost its 23rd straight regular-season ACC game.

NO. 23 OKLAHOMA 74, OKLAHOMA STATE 64

NORMAN, Okla. — Kristian Doolittle had 16 points and eight rebounds, helping Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State.

Brady Manek scored 15 points and Christian James added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Sooners (12-2, 1-1 Big 12), who bounced back from a 70-63 loss at No. 5 Kansas on Wednesday.

It was another stellar defensive effort for Oklahoma. Oklahoma State, which entered the day leading the Big 12 in 3-point percentage at 39 percent, went 6 of 26 from long range. The Cowboys shot just NO. 15 NORTH CAROLINA 85, 34 percent overall.

Thomas Dziagwa scored 16 points and PITTSBURGH 60 Michael Weathers added 13 for Oklahoma PITTSBURGH — Cam Johnson State (6-8, 0-2).

Scoreboard Football Bowl Glance

Monday, Jan. 7 College Football Championship Santa Clara, Calif.

Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (140), 4 p.m. AST (ESPN)

NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 5 Indianapolis 21, Houston 7 Dallas 24, Seattle 22 Sunday, Jan. 6 L.A. Chargers at Baltimore, 9:05 a.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at Chicago, 12:40 p.m. (NBC) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 12 Indianapolis at Kansas City, 12:35 p.m. (NBC) Chicago/Dallas at L.A. Rams, 4:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers at New England, 9:05 a.m. (CBS) Dallas/Philadelphia at New Orleans, 12:40 p.m. (FOX) All Times AST

Colts 21, Texans 7 Ind. 14 7 0 0—21 Hou. 0 0 0 7— 7 First Quarter Ind_Ebron 6 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 10:32.

Ind_Mack 2 run (Vinatieri kick), 4:03.

Second Quarter Ind_Inman 18 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 6:24.

Fourth Quarter Hou_Coutee 6 pass from Watson (Fairbairn kick), 10:57.

A_71,798.

Ind Hou First downs 26 20 Total Net Yards 422 322 Rushes-yards 35-200 16-105 Passing 222 217 Punt Returns 2-20 0-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-26 Interceptions Ret. 1-10 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-1 29-49-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-18 Punts 4-37.0 5-46.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-10 8-67 Time of Possession 31:14 28:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Indianapolis, Mack 24-148, Luck 8-29, Pascal 1-14, Wilkins 2-9. Houston, Watson 8-76, Miller 5-18, Blue 2-8, Foreman 1-3.

PASSING_Indianapolis, Luck 1932-1-222. Houston, Watson 2949-1-235.

RECEIVING_Indianapolis, Hilton 5-85, Inman 4-53, Rogers 4-46, Ebron 3-26, Mack 2-6, Pascal 1-6.

Houston, Coutee 11-110, Miller 8-63, Hopkins 5-37, Blue 2-11, Akins 2-8, Griffin 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Cowboys 24, Seahawks 22 Sea. 0 6 8 8—22 Dal. 3 7 0 14—24 First Quarter Dal_FG Maher 39, 9:50.

Second Quarter Sea_FG Janikowski 27, 7:03.

Sea_FG Janikowski 42, 1:43.

Dal_Gallup 11 pass from Prescott (Maher kick), :24.

Third Quarter Sea_R.Wilson 4 run (Davis run), 1:59.

Fourth Quarter Dal_Elliott 1 run (Maher kick), 12:28.

Dal_Prescott 1 run (Maher kick), 2:08.

Sea_McKissic 7 pass from R.Wilson (Carson run), 1:18.

A_94,327.

Sea Dal First downs 11 23 Total Net Yards 299 380 Rushes-yards 24-73 34-164 Passing 226 216 Punt Returns 3-22 6-80 Kickoff Returns 1-52 1-15 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-27-0 22-33-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-10 Punts 7-51.4 5-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-36 6-36 Time of Possession 25:10 34:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Seattle, Penny 4-29, Carson 13-20, R.Wilson 3-14, Davis 4-10. Dallas, Elliott 26-137, Prescott 6-29, R.Smith 1-1, Austin 1-(minus 3).

PASSING_Seattle, R.Wilson 1827-0-233. Dallas, Prescott 22-331-226.

RECEIVING_Seattle, Lockett 4-120, E.Dickson 4-42, Baldwin 3-32, Davis 2-22, McKissic 2-13, Carson 2-(minus 1), Vannett 1-5.

Dallas, Cooper 7-106, Elliott 4-32, Beasley 3-28, Jarwin 3-15, Gallup 2-18, Hurns 1-14, Austin 1-7, N.Brown 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_Seattle, Janikowski 57. Dallas, Maher 58.

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division 29 12 .707 — Toronto Philadelphia 26 14 .650 2½ Boston 23 15 .605 4½ Brooklyn 19 21 .475 9½ New York 10 29 .256 18 Southeast Division Miami 19 18 .514 — Charlotte 18 20 .474 1½ Orlando 17 21 .447 2½ Washington 15 24 .385 5 Atlanta 11 27 .289 8½ Central Division Milwaukee 27 11 .711 — Indiana 26 12 .684 1 Detroit 17 20 .459 9½ Chicago 10 29 .256 17½ Cleveland 8 32 .200 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 22 16 .579 San Antonio 23 17 .575 Memphis 18 21 .462 Dallas 18 21 .462 New Orleans 18 22 .450 Northwest Division Denver 26 11 .703 Oklahoma City 25 13 .658 23 17 .575 Portland Utah 20 20 .500 Minnesota 18 21 .462 Pacific Division Golden State 26 14 .650 L.A. Clippers 22 16 .579 L.A. Lakers 21 18 .538 Sacramento 19 20 .487 Phoenix 9 31 .225

— — 4½ 4½ 5 — 1½ 4½ 7½ 9 — 3 4½ 6½ 17

Friday’s Games Utah 117, Cleveland 91 Boston 114, Dallas 93 Brooklyn 109, Memphis 100 Indiana 119, Chicago 116, OT Miami 115, Washington 109 Minnesota 120, Orlando 103 Milwaukee 144, Atlanta 112 L.A. Clippers 121, Phoenix 111 New York 119, L.A. Lakers 112 Oklahoma City 111, Portland 109 Saturday’s Games Denver 123, Charlotte 110 Utah 110, Detroit 105 Philadelphia 106, Dallas 100 New Orleans 133, Cleveland 98 San Antonio 108, Memphis 88 Toronto 123, Milwaukee 116 Golden State 127, Sacramento 123 Portland 110, Houston 101 Sunday’s Games Brooklyn at Chicago, 11:30 a.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 11:30 a.m.

Orlando at L.A. Clippers, 11:30 a.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

All Times AST

Men’s Major Scores EAST Army 77, Lafayette 69 Binghamton 69, New Hampshire 58 Boston U. 87, Bucknell 80 Canisius 70, Siena 66 Delaware 77, Elon 65 Fairleigh Dickinson 79, St. Francis (Pa.) 61 Hofstra 75, Northeastern 72 Iona 94, Fairfield 87 LIU Brooklyn 79, Bryant 70 La Salle 69, UMass 60 Manhattan 90, Niagara 80 Maryland 77, Rutgers 63 Monmouth (NJ) 61, St. Peter’s 44 NJIT 72, Kennesaw St. 52 North Carolina 85, Pittsburgh 60 Princeton 68, Penn 65, OT Rider 72, Quinnipiac 67 Robert Morris 62, Mount St. Mary’s 59 Sacred Heart 73, CCSU 61 St. Francis Brooklyn 66, Wagner 59 St. John’s 97, Georgetown 94, OT Stony Brook 75, Mass.-Lowell 63 UCF 65, UConn 53 UMBC 61, Maine 52 UNC-Wilmington 67, Towson 61 VCU 76, Fordham 51 Vermont 80, Albany (NY) 51 Villanova 65, Providence 59 William & Mary 84, Drexel 66 SOUTH Alabama 77, Kentucky 75 Alabama St. 74, Grambling St. 53 Austin Peay 81, Morehead St. 67 Belmont 79, Tennessee Tech 67

Campbell 72, Gardner-Webb 61 Cent. Arkansas 73, SE Louisiana 71 Coppin St. 73, Savannah St. 67 Davidson 65, Duquesne 61 Duke 87, Clemson 68 ETSU 96, Chattanooga 70 East Carolina 73, Cincinnati 71 FAU 63, Middle Tennessee 56 Florida A&M 82, Howard 72 Furman 101, The Citadel 85 Georgia Tech 92, Wake Forest 79 High Point 51, Charleston Southern 50 Jackson St. 54, Alabama A&M 51, OT Jacksonville St. 69, Tennessee St. 62 James Madison 69, Coll. of Charleston 58 Liberty 81, Florida Gulf Coast 63 Lipscomb 77, Jacksonville 74 Louisiana-Lafayette 75, UALR 61 Louisiana-Monroe 85, Arkansas St. 75 Marshall 85, Charlotte 84 Mississippi 81, Vanderbilt 71 Morgan St. 66, Md.-Eastern Shore 53 Murray St. 97, E. Kentucky 85 NC A&T 80, SC State 77, OT NC Central 68, Bethune-Cookman 59 New Orleans 81, Houston Baptist 76, OT Norfolk St. 77, Delaware St. 63 North Florida 96, North Alabama 67 Northwestern St. 66, McNeese St. 61 Old Dominion 69, W. Kentucky 66 Prairie View 82, Southern U. 73 Presbyterian 64, SC-Upstate 61 Radford 71, Longwood 64 South Alabama 84, Coastal Carolina 77, 2OT South Carolina 71, Florida 69 Tennessee 96, Georgia 50 Texas Southern 87, Alcorn St. 70 Troy 89, Appalachian St. 85 UAB 84, FIU 65 UNC-Greensboro 71, VMI 68 Virginia 65, Florida St. 52 Virginia Tech 77, Boston College 66 W. Carolina 76, Samford 69 Winthrop 80, UNC-Asheville 65 Wofford 78, Mercer 74 MIDWEST Akron 56, W. Michigan 48 Bowling Green 86, Kent St. 64 Butler 84, Creighton 69 Cent. Michigan 84, Miami (Ohio) 77 E. Illinois 84, SIU-Edwardsville 81, OT Green Bay 90, Cleveland St. 89 Illinois St. 58, Evansville 46 Indiana St. 65, Bradley 60 Iowa St. 77, Kansas 60 Loyola of Chicago 85, Drake 74 Michigan St. 86, Ohio St. 77 N. Illinois 72, Ohio 66, OT N. Kentucky 95, Detroit 73 S. Illinois 58, N. Iowa 51 SE Missouri 74, UT Martin 69, OT Syracuse 72, Notre Dame 62 UMKC 80, Chicago St. 72 Valparaiso 82, Missouri St. 66 Wright St. 89, Oakland 73 Youngstown St. 76, Milwaukee 51

Washington 85, Washington St. 67 Yale 94, CS Northridge 90, OT

Women’s Scores EAST Binghamton 71, New Hampshire 62 Bryant 69, LIU Brooklyn 62 Duquesne 60, St. Bonaventure 54 Fordham 50, George Washington 38 Maine 84, UMBC 44 Marist 71, Canisius 66 NJIT 66, Kennesaw St. 60 Niagara 61, Manhattan 51 Ohio 74, Buffalo 71 Penn 66, Princeton 60 Robert Morris 70, Mount St. Mary’s 58 Sacred Heart 66, CCSU 61 South Florida 63, Temple 53 St. Francis (Pa.) 75, Fairleigh Dickinson 64 St. Francis Brooklyn 76, Wagner 61 Stony Brook 76, Mass.-Lowell 56 Vermont 52, Albany (NY) 39 SOUTH Alabama A&M 58, Jackson St. 55 Alcorn St. 53, Texas Southern 52 Austin Peay 81, Morehead St. 80 Bethune-Cookman 67, NC Central 50 Campbell 51, Presbyterian 46 Florida Gulf Coast 68, Liberty 50 Grambling St. 80, Alabama St. 72 Green Bay 81, N. Kentucky 61 Hampton 74, Charleston Southern 66 High Point 87, SC-Upstate 61 Howard 74, Florida A&M 68 Jacksonville 62, Lipscomb 47 Jacksonville St. 62, Tennessee St. 52 Marshall 63, Charlotte 62 Maryland 75, Ohio St. 69 Md.-Eastern Shore 73, Morgan St. 68 Middle Tennessee 74, FAU 55 Murray St. 81, E. Kentucky 63 NC A&T 58, SC State 44 Nicholls 86, Incarnate Word 62 Norfolk St. 63, Delaware St. 50 North Alabama 70, North Florida 64 North Texas 62, Southern Miss.

48 Northwestern St. 82, McNeese St. 63 Prairie View 55, Southern U. 54 Radford 60, UNC-Asheville 46 Rhode Island 66, Richmond 60 Rice 61, Louisiana Tech 51 SE Louisiana 62, Cent. Arkansas 53 Savannah St. 76, Coppin St. 70 South Alabama 88, Coastal Carolina 78 Tennessee Tech 77, Belmont 72 Texas State 69, Georgia St. 60 Texas-Arlington 74, Georgia Southern 53 Troy 83, Appalachian St. 72 Tulane 68, East Carolina 57 UAB 83, FIU 59 UCF 68, Memphis 55 VCU 59, Saint Joseph’s 40 W. Kentucky 75, Old Dominion 60 Winthrop 77, Longwood 69

SOUTHWEST

MIDWEST

Ark.-Pine Bluff 64, MVSU 52 Arkansas 73, Texas A&M 71 Georgia Southern 77, Texas-Arlington 64 Georgia St. 73, Texas State 69 Incarnate Word 65, Nicholls 58 Lamar 61, Texas A&M-CC 55 North Texas 65, Southern Miss.

62 Oklahoma 74, Oklahoma St. 64 Oral Roberts 82, W. Illinois 63 Rice 78, Louisiana Tech 66 Sam Houston St. 71, Abilene Christian 68 TCU 85, Baylor 81 Texas 61, West Virginia 54 Texas Tech 63, Kansas St. 57 Tulsa 78, South Florida 75 UTSA 67, UTEP 63

Cent. Michigan 94, Akron 71 Cleveland St. 71, Ill.-Chicago 53 Dayton 84, La Salle 45 Iowa St. 82, Kansas 73 Kansas St. 86, Oklahoma 56 Kent St. 71, E. Michigan 64 N. Illinois 82, Miami (Ohio) 71 Purdue 71, Michigan 70 Rio Grande 60, California Baptist 56 SIU-Edwardsville 65, E. Illinois 56 Toledo 65, Ball St. 58 UMKC 111, Chicago St. 58 UT Martin 80, SE Missouri 73 W. Michigan 84, Bowling Green 82 Wright St. 61, Milwaukee 57 Youngstown St. 70, IUPUI 52

FAR WEST

Abilene Christian 91, Sam Houston St. 79 Arkansas St. 64, Louisiana-Monroe 54 Houston Baptist 83, New Orleans 74 Lamar 76, Texas A&M-CC 58 MVSU 62, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56 Oral Roberts 68, W. Illinois 64 UALR 62, Louisiana-Lafayette 48 UTEP 73, UTSA 60

Arizona 84, Utah 81, OT Arizona St. 83, Colorado 61 Boise St. 88, San Diego St. 64 CS Bakersfield 73, Utah Valley 71 Fresno St. 78, Colorado St. 67 Gonzaga 91, Santa Clara 48 Grand Canyon 71, Seattle 57 Long Beach St. 124, Bethesda 52 Loyola Marymount 76, Portland 64 Montana St. 84, Sacramento St. 70 N. Arizona 81, Idaho St. 69 N. Colorado 83, Idaho 79, OT New Mexico 85, Nevada 58 North Dakota 80, Denver 59 Oregon St. 77, Oregon 72 Portland St. 77, Montana 74, OT Rio Grande 81, California Baptist 74 S. Utah 90, Weber St. 82, OT San Francisco 72, Pepperdine 69 UC Davis 90, Holy Names 60 UCLA 98, California 83 UNLV 68, Wyoming 56 Utah St. 79, Air Force 62

SOUTHWEST

FAR WEST BYU 55, Loyola Marymount 44 Boise St. 69, San Diego St. 66 CS Northridge 73, UC Santa Barbara 65 Cal St.-Fullerton 72, Hawaii 68 Denver 87, North Dakota 66 Fresno St. 66, Colorado St. 55 Gonzaga 88, Pacific 65 Grand Canyon 55, Seattle 53 Idaho St. 80, N. Arizona 69 Montana St. 69, Sacramento St. 53 N. Colorado 86, Idaho 72 New Mexico 66, Nevada 64 Pepperdine 74, San Diego 55

Portland St. 78, Montana 60 S. Utah 84, Weber St. 79 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 98, Portland 91 Santa Clara 71, San Francisco 66 UC Davis 67, UC Riverside 59 UC Irvine 75, Cal Poly 59 Utah St. 48, Air Force 44 Utah Valley 78, CS Bakersfield 70 Wyoming 90, UNLV 62

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 42 32 8 2 66 176 124 Toronto 41 27 12 2 56 152 113 Boston 42 24 14 4 52 122 110 Buffalo 42 22 14 6 50 120 120 Montreal 42 22 15 5 49 131 132 Florida 40 17 16 7 41 130 142 Detroit 43 16 20 7 39 122 148 Ottawa 42 15 22 5 35 132 167 Metropolitan Division Washington 40 24 12 4 52 141 119 Pittsburgh 41 23 12 6 52 144 117 Columbus 41 24 14 3 51 135 126 N.Y. Islanders 40 23 13 4 50 121 107 Carolina 40 18 17 5 41 103 114 N.Y. Rangers 40 17 16 7 41 114 136 New Jersey 40 16 17 7 39 120 134 Philadelphia 41 15 20 6 36 116 148

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division 43 25 15 3 53 131 109 Nashville Winnipeg 40 25 13 2 52 134 115 Dallas 42 22 16 4 48 115 111 Colorado 42 20 14 8 48 144 129 Minnesota 40 20 17 3 43 118 114 Chicago 43 15 21 7 37 123 156 St. Louis 39 16 19 4 36 110 129 Pacific Division Calgary 43 26 13 4 56 153 123 Vegas 44 25 15 4 54 133 117 San Jose 43 23 13 7 53 150 135 Anaheim 42 19 16 7 45 104 123 Vancouver 45 20 21 4 44 128 143 Edmonton 41 19 19 3 41 114 131 Arizona 41 17 21 3 37 103 118 Los Angeles 43 17 23 3 37 98 127 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 0 Detroit 4, Nashville 3, OT Carolina 4, Columbus 2 Dallas 2, Washington 1, OT New Jersey 3, Arizona 2, SO Colorado 6, N.Y. Rangers 1 Vegas 3, Anaheim 2 Saturday’s Games Calgary 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Minnesota 4, Ottawa 3 Columbus 4, Florida 3, OT Toronto 5, Vancouver 0 Nashville 4, Montreal 1 Boston 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, St. Louis 3 Los Angeles 4, Edmonton 0 San Jose 5, Tampa Bay 2 Sunday’s Games Carolina at Ottawa, 9 a.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Arizona, noon New Jersey at Vegas, noon Washington at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

All Times AST

Transactions BASEBALL National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Traded OF Keon Broxton to the N.Y. Mets for RHPs Bobby Wahl and Adam Hill and INF Felix Valerio.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named David Eckstein special assistant/baseball operations.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Assigned RHP Ryan Meisinger outright to Memphis (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Acquired INF/OF Breyvic Valera from the Baltimore Orioles for cash.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Assigned G Joe Cannata from Colorado (AHL) to Utah (ECHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned F Drake Rymsha from Ontario (AHL) to Manchester (ECHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled D Vince Pedrie from Maine (ECHL) to Hartford (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned G Evan Fitzpatrick to San Antonio (AHL). Recalled G Jordan Binnington from San Antonio.

Released G Ben Halford from a professional tryout agreement.

COLLEGE IOWA — Junior DB back Amani Hooker will enter the NFL draft.

WEST VIRGINIA — Named Neal Brown football coach and signed him to a six-year contract.

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added 11.

Homer girls 34, Seward 28

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Matherly pitched in 10.

Friday, the Kenai boys advanced in the consolation semifinals with a 6318 victory over First Christian Academy.

The Kardinals, who received 14 points from Trujillo and 11 points from Braedon Pitsch, had an 18-2 lead after the first quarter.

The Soldotna boys nabbed seventh place at the tournament by topping First Christian Academy of Florida 50-8 on Saturday. Brock Kant had 10 points to lead the Stars.

Friday, Hutchison edged Soldotna 58-57.

The Stars, who were without star player Jersey Truesdell due to illness on Friday and Saturday, fell behind 21-12 after the first quarter, but cut the gap to 28-27 at halftime. The Stars then took a 46-44 lead into the final frame.

Ray Chumley paced Soldotna with 17 points, while Tyler Morrison added 13. For Hutchison, Dieon Frank poured in 24 points and Mason Young

The visiting Mariners shut the Seahawks down in the second half for a Southcentral Conference victory.

Seward led 21-11 at halftime, but then Homer won the second half 23-7.

For Homer, Kelli Bishop led the way with nine points. Riley Von Borstel had 16 for Seward.

Homer boys 45, Seward 38 The visiting Mariners overcame a first-quarter deficit to notch a Southcentral Conference victory against the Seahawks.

Seward led 13-6 after the first quarter, but the score was knotted at 18 at the half. Homer then led 28-24 after three quarters.

For the Mariners, Ethan Anderson led the way with 15 points. Sam Koster had 10 for Seward.

Friday boys Kardinals 63, Lions 18 Kenai 18 23 15 7 — 63 FCA 2 9 7 0 — 18 KENAI CENTRAL (63) — Dunham 3, Efta 2, Felchle 6, Baker 4, Custodio 2, Bezdecny 7, Stockton 5, Tru-

jillo 14, Stafford 2, Pitsch 11, Daniels 7, McKibben 0.

Totals — 27 7-16 63.

FIRST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (18) — R. Jennings 5, Nugent 2, Dubose 2, Caleb Talton 0, M. Jennings 3, Davis 0, Wingfield 3, Caden Talton 0, Hawkins 0, Fleming 0, Collins 2, Combs 1, Sloan 0. Totals — 7 2-10 18.

3-point goals — Kenai 2 (Felchle, Daniels); FCA 2 (M. Jennings, Wingfield). Team fouls — Kenai 16, FCA 12. Fouled out — none.

Hawks 58, Stars 57 Hutchison 21 7 16 14 — 58 Soldotna 12 15 19 11 — 57 HUTCHISON (58) — Matherly 4, D. Frank 24, Young 11, Silas 8, O. Frank 6, Kesey 5. Totals — 19 10-16 58.

SOLDOTNA (57) — Rich 6, Morrison 13, Hanson 4, Chumley 17, Kant 7, Wells 5, Rosin 1, Michael 4, Denna 0. Totals — 21 11-17 57.

3-point goals — Hutchison 10 (D. Frank 5, Young 2, O. Frank 2, Matherly); Soldotna 4 (Rich, Chumley, Kant, Wells). Team fouls — Hutchison 12, Fouled out — none.

Friday girls Kardinals 42, Bulldogs 41 Kenai 8 9 5 14 6 — 42 Nikiski 6 7 8 15 5 — 41 KENAI CENTRAL (42) — Calvert 17, Hamilton 0, Maw 6, Hanson 6, Streiff 5, L. Satathite 2, Severson 0, B. Satathite 6. Totals — 17 3-13 42.

NIKISKI (41) — Jeffreys 3, Wik 3, L. Carstens 6, Bostic 5, Johnson 2, B. Carstens 21, Clark 1, Zimmerman 0. Totals — 13 11-24 41.

3-point goals — Kenai 5 (Calvert 5); Nikiski 4 (B. Carstens 4). Team fouls — Kenai 20, Nikiski 17.

Fouled out — B. Satathite.

Saturday boys Stars 50, Lions 8

Soldotna 18 9 11 12 — 50 FCA 4 0 4 0 — 8 SOLDOTNA (50) — Rich 4, Morrison 6, Hanson 5, Chumley 6, Kant 10, Wells 8, Rosin 3, Michael 6, Denna 2. Totals — 23 4-11 50.

FIRST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (8) — Nugent 1, Dubose 0, Caleb Talton 0, M. Jennings 5, Davis 0, Caden Talton 0, Hawkins 0, Fleming 0, Collins 0, Combs 2, Sloan 0. Totals — 3 1-2 8.

3-point goals — FCA 1 (M. Jennings). Team fouls — Soldotna 6, FCA 11. Fouled out — none.

Hawks 57, Kardinals 53 Hutchison 10 19 15 13 — 57 Kenai 18 7 17 11 — 53 HUTCHISON (57) — Matherly 10, D. Frank 18, M. Young 13, Silas 8, O. Frank 2, Uribe 0, Kesey 6. Totals — 21 10-16 57.

KENAI CENTRAL (53) — Efta 6, Felchle 3, Baker 2, Bezdecny 11, Stockton 4, Trujillo 27, Pitsch 0, McKibben 0. Totals — 18 14-20 53.

3-point goals — Hutchison 5 (D. Drank 2, Matherly, M. Young, Silas); Kenai Central 3 (Bezdecny 2, Felchle). Team fouls — Hutchison 14, Kenai Central 16. Fouled out — Baker.

Mariners 45, Seahawks 38 Homer 6 12 10 17 — 45 Seward 13 5 6 14 — 38 HOMER (45) — Beachy 2, Adkins 8, Reutov 6, T. McGhee 3, Raymond 0, Anderson 15, Kuhn 0, Knapp 0, J. McGhee 9, Swoboda 2, Mann 0. Totals — 19 4-14 45.

SEWARD (38) — Basalo 1, Spanos 8, Koster 10, Moriarity 0, Cronin 3, Ingalls 5, Pfieffenberger 7, Jarvis 4, Nilsson 0. Totals — 13 8-19 38.

3-point goals — Homer 1 (T. McGhee); Seward 4 (Koster 2, Ingalls, Pfieffenberger). Team fouls — Homer 20, Seward 17. Fouled out — Adkins.

Saturday girls

Bulldogs 44, Whalers 35 Nikiski 10 12 11 11 — 44 Barrow 17 9 2 7 — 35 NIKISKI (44) — Jeffreys 6, Wik 10, L. Carstens 0, Bostic 0, Johnson 2, B. Carstens 17, Clark 9, Hooper 0, Reichert 0, Zimmerman 0. Totals — 19 3-6 44.

BARROW (35) — Kaleak 2, L. Brower 3, Leavitt 0, Donovan 11, Baek 2, Ahgeak 15, Manu 0, C. Brower 0, Wolgemuth 0, Elkins 2. Totals — 13 7-16 35.

3-point goals — Nikiski 3 (Wik 2, B. Carstens); Barrow 2 (L. Brower, Ahgeak). Team fouls — Nikiski 16, Barrow 12. Fouled out — B. Carstens.

Lions 80, Kardinals 27 Kenai 4 8 7 8 — 27 ACS 24 23 27 6 — 80 KENAI CENTRAL (27) — Calvert 0, Villegas 0, Pierce 0, Hamilton 7, Maw 5, Hanson 4, Streiff 0, L. Satathite 9, Severson 0, B. Satathite 2, Reis 0. Totals — 9 6-14 27.

ANCHORAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (80) — Parks 11, Smallwood 7, Davis 2, Reimers 10, Tiulana 4, Powell 2, Randall 0, Pickard 16, Sorrells 2, Yisrael 15, Todd 11. Totals — 31 11-17 80.

3-point goals — Kenai 3 (L. Satathite 2, Maw); ACS 7 (Yisrael 4, Pickard 3). Team fouls — Kenai 13, ACS 10. Fouled out — none.

Mariners 34, Seahawks 28 Homer 8 3 10 13 — 34 Seward 10 11 3 4 — 28 HOMER (34) — Inama 3, Bishop 9, Johnson 0, Bales 3, Doughty 8, Todd 5, Parish 2, Rhodes 0, Carroll 4, Hetrick 0, Anderson 0. Totals — 9 14-19 34.

SEWARD (28) — Lemme 4, Ambrosiani 2, Von Borstel 16, Sieverts 0, Jackson 6, Sewell 0. Totals — 9 6-10 28.

3-point goals — Homer 3 (Inama, Bishop, Todd); Seward 4 (Von Borstel 2, Lemme, Jackson). Team fouls — Homer 12, Seward 17. Fouled out — Von Borstel, Sieverts.

Richard Derkevorkian makes a pass in a heat race Saturday afternoon at the snowmachine drag races at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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that never really flourished when the place was known as Rocky’s Straight-In Lodge.

“We get a lot of the same people but with some new people as well,” Pollard said during Saturday’s races. “The local racers go out and win Arctic Man and the Alyeska races … they’re hard to beat.”

With 12 total classes — six modified, five stock and one vintage class, the last one reserved for model years 1982 or older — making up the fields of snowmachine drag racers, local talent that used to have to travel far to compete now do not need to look far.

Instead of making the pilgrimage to the springtime blowout known as Arctic Man (held in interior Alaska), peninsula sledders itching to stretch their legs and test the horsepower on their machines have the Caribou Hills as their playground, just 16 miles up Oil Well Road from Ninilchik.

“It’s nice to come out and race here,” said Jacob LaPlante, a regular racer.

LaPlante, known as “Chicken” around the snowmachine racing crowd, knows what kind of boost the racing has given the Kenai Peninsula in recent years.

LaPlante said he has been coming up to Freddie’s Roadhouse/Rocky’s Straight-In Lodge for at least a decade, with work allowing him the opportunity to see for himself what all the rage was.

The hills surrounding Freddie’s is a natural paradise for snowmachine riders, with miles upon miles of Alaska wilderness spread across the snow-laden terrain dotted with spruce trees.

LaPlante said it makes for a fun day of racing 10 times a year, or about every two weeks.

“Everybody wants to see who’s fastest,” LaPlante said.

“Everyone here just loves the speed.”

LaPlante joked around with Freddie Pollard Jr., the owner’s son, and Kenai rider Will Hubler on Saturday while waiting for racers to arrive and sign up.

Hubler is another regular that makes regular appearances at the races, and said the the bi-weekly events have blossomed into a anticipated community gathering.

“Freddie brought me up when I was little, we had family and friends out here,” Hubler said. “This is a family atmosphere and they are the safest races.”

Kenai’s Joe Dragseth doesn’t get the chance to get out and race much, as working on the North Slope will do that, but when he does show up, he’s a consistent winner in the open modified class, the highest and most powerful form of snowmachine drag racing that Freddie’s offers.

Riding a naturally aspirated 2002 Arctic Cat, Dragseth said he has beaten opponents who ride turbo-charged and nitrous-powered sleds, implying that he knows how to get off the line the quickest.

“Mine’s not that fast, but it’s quick,” he said.

Dragseth said he cherishes the times he can get out and catch up with old friends and racing buddies, which turn the roadhouse into a friendly community that raises the stakes when it comes time to toe the start line.

“It’s fun to get everyone together, see who’s got the fastest stuff,” Dragseth said.

Pollard said the fastest machines at Freddie’s Roadhouse — which maintains a 300- to 400-foot stretch of race track — typically see speeds in the 80 mph range.

Pollard’s son, Freddie Pollard Jr., holds the record for top outright speed of 94 mph, accomplished in a turbo 1000 Arctic Cat. Pollard Jr. said his ride has cranked out upwards

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time in nine games.

Brandon Dubinsky, Josh Anderson and Anthony Duclair also scored for the Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves.

Aaron Ekblad, Mike Hoffman and Jonathan Huberdeau scored for the Panthers. Keith Yandle had two assists. James Reimer stopped 31 shots. The Panthers are winless in their last seven games against Columbus (0-5-2).

MAPLE LEAFS 5, CANUCKS 0

George Derkevorkian takes off at the start of a drag heat Saturday afternoon at the snowmachine drag races at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

of 360 horsepower before.

Saturday at the drag races, Pollard said the groomed track was set up perfectly for fast runs after the recent abovefreezing temperatures that have been followed by a cold snap.

Pollard said that Freddie’s Roadhouse will be adding new events this winter like Snocross, a snowmachine race to be held Feb. 16 and 17 on a groomed circuit with the potential of rolling hills and jumps to be added.

Pollard Sr. said the Alaska Motor Mushers Club in Wasilla will likely be staging the event. Soldotna rider Corey Davis, a Winter X-Games medalist in the freestyle competition, could also show up to help stage a snowmachine freestyle event, Pollard Sr. said.

The roadhouse is also again expected to host Fat Freddie’s Bike Race and Ramble, a fattired bicycle race scheduled for February.

Pollard said the burgeoning schedule is exactly what he wants to see.

“Originally we thought (the drag races) would bring people in and get racing out here,” he said. “Now it’s helping people tune up for the big- Will Hubler accelerates off the start line Saturday afternoon at the snowmachine drag races at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion) ger events.”

or Moore and Igor Ozhiganov also scored as the Maple Leafs snapped a two-game skid that followed a five-game winning streak. Hutchinson got his fourth career shutout and the first since Oct. 28, 2016, when he was with Winnipeg.

Jacob Markstrom stopped 29 shots for Vancouver, which was shut out for the third time in four games.

The Canucks, playing for the third time in four nights, were without star rookie Elias Pettersson after the rookie injured his right knee in Thursday night’s 2-0 loss at Montreal. Pettersson leads all NHL rookies with 42 points (22 goals, 20 assists).

PREDATORS 4, CANADIENS 1

TORONTO — Michael Hutchinson MONTREAL — Craig Smith scored stopped 28 shots for his first shutout in two goals in the win for Nashville. more than two years and Auston Matthews Mattias Ekholm and Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and two assists to lead Toronto. also scored for the Predators. P.K. Subban John Tavares, Andreas Johnsson, Trev- had two assists. Juuse Saros stopped 27

shots in place of Pekka Rinne.

Shea Weber scored against his former team for the Canadiens. Carey Price made 28 saves as Montreal lost for the first time in three games.

It was the second matchup between Weber and Subban since the Predators and Canadiens traded the players in the summer of 2016. The defensemen also faced off on Mar. 2, 2017, when Montreal won 2-1 at Bell Centre.

WILD 4, SENATORS 3 OTTAWA, Ontario — Jared Spurgeon scored twice as Minnesota dealt Ottawa its seventh consecutive setback.

Jordan Greenway and Zach Parise also scored for the Wild (20-17-3), who improved to 2-0 on a four-game trip. Devan Dubnyk stopped 24 shots.

Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel and Mark Stone scored for Ottawa, and Anders Nils-

son made 22 saves in his Senators debut Flyers are in last place in the Metropolitan after he was acquired Wednesday in a Division. trade with Vancouver.

SHARKS 5, LIGHTNING 2 FLAMES 3, FLYERS 2, OT PHILADELPHIA — TJ Brodie scored 1 minute, 59 seconds into overtime after Matthew Tkachuk tied it with 4:17 left in regulation to lead Calgary.

Tkachuk assisted on the winner in the 3-on-3 extra session. Philadelphia’s Jordan Weal turned the puck over in the Flyers offensive zone to set up a 2-on-1 break.

Tkachuk sent a cross-ice pass to Brodie, who beat Carter Hart to lead the Pacific Division leaders to the win.

Johnny Gaudreau notched his 24th goal of the season for the Flames, whose 56 points are tops in the Western Conference.

Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which dropped its season-worst sixth straight game. The

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Evander Kane scored two goals to reach 200 for his career as San Jose beat Tampa Bay and snapped the NHL-leading Lightning’s 16game point streak.

Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski scored 34 seconds apart midway through the first period, setting the tone for San Jose, which never trailed as it won for the fourth time in five games. Lukas Radil also scored, Brent Burns had two assists and Erik Karlsson added two to extend his assists streak to 12 games.

Martin Jones stopped 19 shots.

Victor Hedman and Mikhail Sergachev scored for the Lightning, who had won seven straight and were 15-0-1 since a 3-1 loss to Anaheim on Nov. 27. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 28 saves.

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And so it begins

Whew! It’s January 6: Twelfth Night; the traditional and official end of the Christmas season for most of us.

Our Russian Orthodox neighbors will celebrate Christmas tomorrow, but soon, all will be status quo in Kenai and life will return to normal (whatever that is) again.

I have to admit that since our last meeting, my attitude took an upward swing and my mood changed direction. That happened partly because someone fixed the lights on the tree across the street from the fire station. I didn’t see it happen, so I’m not sure if they twisted every bulb in the burnt-out string looking for a loose one or if they just installed a new string, but whatever, soon after it was brought to their attention, the tree once again sparkled with multicolored lights. Made my morning commute (all six blocks) joyous and bright.

And people kept wishing me Merry Christmas. You can’t stay gloomy when everyone you see is so up and into the season. Then the Bohemian Waxwings showed up and flocked around the Mountain Ash trees, a little late, but still a happy sight. And we got some snow. I think that might have been the telling factor in finally making me believe it really was Christmas and time to be cheerful and merry I even laughed with everyone when someone called out the “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” special for promoting bullying. Actually, I couldn’t believe that anyone old enough to care who has seen that TV special (it shows many times every season), or at least heard the song that has been around since 1949, could misread it so. I always thought the message was antibullying, and the underdog saves the day. Nothing to be offended about there.

But then “Baby, It’’s Cold Outside” was blackballed for a couple of days, again, because someone wanted to be offended about something and thought that was a good shot. Luckily, we still have cool heads who set those in the funny pink hats straight about interpreting things in the context of the time. I shudder to think how some things written today will be viewed 50 years from now. Or rather, how this society will be viewed: pouty faces and pointy fingers, I’m sure.

But the final straw was the insistence that we have gingerbread persons rather than gingerbread boys or men. It still confounds me why anyone would trash the traditions, stories and myths of another’s favored celebration. I don’t see it happening to Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, or even Festivus, so it seems designed to upset the applecart for as many as possible.

I almost said “Bah, Humbug” again, but remembered that even the Grinch was able to finally see through all the false messages and recognize the true meaning, so I took a deep breath and carried on.

And I suspect those trying to be cool and progressive went home to mom’s house on Christmas Eve and hung their stocking, watched an old Christmas movie and left cookies out for Santa because that is tradition, and if mom says so, you do. So much for ultra-liberalism.

And now, it is Twelfth Night.

School starts tomorrow; work schedules get back to normal and it’s getting lighter every day.

January is always the longest, darkest month but by Groundhog’s Day, we can tell we really are gaining light.

I didn’’t make any resolutions this year, because by now I would have already ditched them.

But a couple of things I am going to have to do to understand the world in 2019 is to learn what a “dog whistle” is and how to recognize one, and also a “false flag.”

Those two phrases have become commonplace in the news these days, and I’m afraid my dinosaur brain is still back with “code words” and “covert operation.” Another one is cultural appropriation. That one I have under control, I think.

It means if I put on my muumuu before I get dressed for the day I am disrespecting another culture by wearing its clothing style. Or, I can eat all the tacos I want at a restaurant, but if I make them at home I am usurping another’s culture and stealing its signature food. But it is not cultural appropriation if Mary J. Blige, or Beyoncé bleaches her hair. Whatever happened to imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Twelfth Night was never part of my family’s tradition, except for the story of the Epiphany.

The celebration ended when we kids went back to school. However, I discovered just recently that Jan. 29 is National Curmudgeons Day. And in recognition of equal opportunity, females are now accepted in the definition of curmudgeon, so finally, a celebration I can get my head around.

2019 might have some promise after all.

Happy New Year!!

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January, the month of earth and air January is considered the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This move is all about sowing seeds — such as ideas, goals and New Year’s resolutions; all of which are nurtured through the year.

Native Americans have dubbed January as the Wolf Moon Month.

Astrological signs: Capricorn and Aquarius; Birthstone: garnet; Color: red; Flowers: Carnation and snowdrop; Birds: black-capped chickadee and great horned owl; Trees: Apple, fir, elm and cypress; Days Observed: New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Capricorn is the tenth month of the zodiac, with the symbol of the fish-goat hybrid. The element is Earth and the ruling planet is Saturn. Capricornian people are hardworking, very structured, high achievers with high goals.

Aquarius is the eleventh sign of the zodiac with the symbol of water-bearer. The element is Air. The Ruling planets are Uranus, the planet of freedom and vision, and Saturn, the planet of limitation and contradiction. Uranus is associated with mental studies, electricity and astrology; Uranus rules Aquarius. Saturn is associated with the trials of life experience. Saturn rules Capricorn and is very disciplined, punctual and conserves material resources. Saturnians can be restricted by

M onthly M usings B onnie M arie P layle fears and lack of confidence. Aquarians are independent, mysterious, free-spirited and eccentric.

Birthstone for January is the garnet, which is believed to cure depression, protect against bad dreams and relieve diseases of the liver, as well as hemorrhages. It’s thought to keep the wearer safe during travel. This stone is symbolic of a quick return and separated love.

Traditionally, this stone is given for the 19th anniversary of marriage. The garnet is a gift of love, and comes from the Latin word “garanatus,” meaning “seedlike” — in reference to the pomegranate. It’s a stone of posterity and abundance, encouraging motivation and inspiration.

It comes in a variety of colors, of which red is traditionally the most popular.

Learning for Life

The Recycling Bin

Rodent Awareness

Sorting is the key

Despite the snow and cold many of Alaska’s rodents don’t take a nap in the winter, instead they enter cabins, greenhouses, garages and homes looking for food and shelter. Your local Cooperative Extension Service has a FREE publication titled “So You Have Mice-Now What?” This helpful guide provides rodent identification and lifecycle information in addition to exclusion tips and removal ideas.

Your local Cooperative Extension Service is your year round resource for a variety of topics, visit us today at: http://www.uaf.edu/ces/districts/kenai/ to find this publication and more or stop by and see us in the Fish and Game Bldg. on K-Beach Road between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. We are “Learning for Life”.

Submitted by Janice Chumley, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Research Technician, Integrated Pest Management Technician, Kenai Peninsula District.

Ninilchik Senior Center events

The key to recycling is sorting: Separating recyclables and putting in an assigned bin.

Let’s refresh.

Aluminum Cans: Empty food and beverage cans; NO other aluminum products or tin.

Corrugated cardboard: Flatten; look for ridges; NO waxed cardboard or paperboard (cereal or beverage containers, NO greasy pizza boxes).

Glass containers: Clean; remove lids.

Mixed Paper: Catalogs, magazines, softcover books, telephone books, file folders, paperboard (cereal boxes, paper-roll cylinders); NO newspaper, NO milk, soup, or juice boxes).

Newspaper: Clean and dry.

Plastic Bags/Plastic Film: Clean grocery bags, dry cleaner bags, stretch wrap, trash bags, ziplock bags, bubble wrap.

Plastic PETE 1: Anything (clean) with PETE 1 symbol.

Plastic PETE 2: Anything (clean) with PETE 2 symbol.

Tin Cans: Clean; can be recycled as tin/steel if magnet sticks to container.

Questions? Check-out the KPB Solid Waste website or call 262-9667.

Let’s think “Recycling” before throwing into the landfill.

Information is provided by ReGroup, a nonprofit educational group formed to provide public awareness of the benefits of waste reduction, reuse and recycling on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.

Matney’s presentation, a brief annual business meeting of the Central Peninsula Garden Club —Bingo, Wednesdays after lunch will begin at 7 p.m. for the purpose of electing —Sew Saturday, Jan. 19 directors to the CPGC board. Free and open to —Free workshop: 7 Threats to Your Estate the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and Plan, Friday, Jan. 11 sometimes door prizes. Location: Peninsula —Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road Monday, Jan. 11 (at Mile 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment), Soldotna. Membership and general club information is available at www.cenpengar23rd Annual Hospice Wine event denclub.org, on facebook, or contact Renae Wall and Auction at cenpengardenclub@gmail.com.

Ticket sales for the 23rd Annual Hospice Wine event and Auction will begin Jan. 7. Price is $150 each for this over-21 event. Event date is Comedy Writing Workshop Feb. 9 at the Soldotna Catholic Church. Hospice Kenai Performers is hosting a Comedy WritOffice number is 262-0453 to purchase tickets. ing Workshop with international performer, Chelsea Hart on Thursday, Jan. 10, noon-3 p.m.

Kenai Soil & Water Board Meeting This workshop is open to adults, age 18 and up.

The monthly meeting of the Kenai Soil & Fee: $30 per participant. Workshop is being held Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervi- at 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway sors will be held Wednesday, Jan. 9, 5:30 to 7:30 restaurant/same building). Minimum 5/Maxip.m., at the District office located at 110 Trading mum 10 students. There will be an open mic at Bay, Suite 140. For information, call 283-8732 6:30 p.m., open to the public. This is a smoke free/no alcohol venue. Entrance fee: pay-as-youx5. can at the door. To register please contact us by email: www.kenaiperformers@gmail.com OR Musher hosts needed call Terri at 252-6808.

T200 Looking for volunteers and host families for mushers! Race Weekend is Jan. 26-27. Free Diabetes Screenings We have scheduled two volunteer meetings: SolHomer Medical Center is offering free Diadotna — Jan. 17 at the River Center on Funny betes Screenings in the month of January for River Road, 6 p.m. Homer — Jan. 19 at Captain Coffee, 3 p.m. Sign up to volunteer or host a patients without a current diabetes diagnosis.

The screening includes a Point of Care diabemusher online at tustumena200.com. tes screening blood test (HbA1C), a 30-minute visit with Peggy Ellen Kleinleder, RN, CertiSoldotna Historical Society & fied Diabetes Nurse Educator, a review of test results, diabetes education on healthy eating for Homestead Museum pre-diabetes, diabetes and diabetes prevention, a The Soldotna Historical Society & Home- blood pressure check and free take-home matestead Museum board meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. rials. Daytime and evening appointments avail8 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at Fine able. Call Homer Medical Center 235-8586 and Thyme Cafe. Questions? Contact Carmen 262- ask for the New Year’s Free Diabetes Screening.

2791.

It is free, and no insurance is necessary. January 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. February 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27.

‘Voice of Democracy’ and ‘Patriot’s March 2019: 6.

Pen’ winners

Winners of the “Voice of Democracy” and “Patriot’s Pen” essay competition will present their essays to the public on Tuesday Jan. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the VFW post at 134 Birch Street in Soldotna. The public is welcome. For more info contact 907-262-2722.

Central Peninsula Garden Club presentation Soil Testing for Optimum Plant Health on Tuesday, Jan. 8 from 7–8:30 p.m. Dr. Casey Matney, Assistant Professor and Cooperative Extension Service Agent on the complexities of soil health, the basics of soil testing, plant nutritional needs, and best practices for improving garden soil fertility. Immediately preceding Dr.

Beside being January’s birthstone, garnet is the state mineral of Connecticut, state gemstone of New York and Idaho, and its use is dated back to the Bronze Age, 5,000 years ago.

The month’s color is red, symbolizing passion, danger, strength, power, fire and blood. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate and raises blood pressure.

January’s flowers are carnation — which can mean anything from pure love to love not shared to rejection or disappointment. While the snowdrop used to be considered bad luck because it always seemed to appear to grow in graveyards, now it signifies hope and beauty.

The birds are black-capped chickadee, signifying the happiness and fulfillment we get from connecting to our natural surroundings and the great horned owl symbolizes trust — connecting one to the Source, even without physical proof.

The tree for Jan. 1 is the apple tree, meaning knowledge, immortality, temptation and the fall. Jan 2-11 is the fir tree, meaning springtime, fortitude and immortality. It’s an emblem of wisdom, learning and the moon.

The original name for January is the Roman “Ianuarus,” the Saxon term for Wulf-monath (wolf month), and Charlagmagne’s definition Wintermonath (winter cold month).

4, 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 5, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., with possible call backs on Sunday, Jan. 6. Auditions will be held in our rental space on K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant).

Performance dates: May 9-11 and 16-18, 2019.

Rehearsals will start the week of March 18. If you can’t make it to these audition dates/times, please contact Rebecca Gilman for more information at rflogiman@gmail.com or call, 3982951. Character descriptions available on our website: www.kenaiperformers.org.

Testify at a School Board meeting from Homer or Seward The KPBSD Board of Education will open two additional locations for public testimony via video during a school board meeting. Homer Middle School and Seward Elementary School sites will be open — if there are advance signups — starting with the Jan. 14 school board meeting. Sign up no later than 3 p.m. the Friday prior to a Board of Education meeting to guarantee the remote site will be open and staffed.

Anchorage Fish & Game Advisory Committee The Anchorage Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Cabela’s conference room, located at 155 W 104th Avenue at 6:30 p.m. Agenda will include preparation of comment on statewide finfish proposals 161173, select an AC rep for that meeting, and any other business that may properly come before the committee. The public is invited to address any concerns they have. For more information contact Martin Weiser at mweiser@crsalaska. com.

AKC Star Puppy class

Kenai Kennel Club will be offering an AKC Star Puppy class beginning Thursday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. This is a six-week class, and you can receive a Star Puppy Certificate at the end. We will also be offering a Family Dog Obedience class beginning Thursday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Please email kenaikennelclub@gmail.com with quesKenai Historical Society tions or to register. Go to Kenaikennelclub.com The Kenai Historical Society will meet on for the class schedule and more information.

Sunday, Jan. 6 at 1:30 in the Kenai Visitors Center. Ron Walden, local author and pioneer will Grief Recovery Method Workshop speak after the business meeting. Everyone is The Grief Recovery Method Workshop: The invited. For more information call June at 283Action Program for Moving beyond Death, Di1946. vorce and Other Losses 9-week program/Closed group will take place on Wednesday evenings Auditions for ‘The Crucible’ from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. FebruKenai Performers will hold open auditions ary 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27. March 2019: 6. Takes for “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, directed by place at PCHS 230 E. Marydale Soldotna (conRebecca Gilman. There are roles for: 10 adult ference room upstairs). Sponsored by PCHS. men, 5 adult women, 4 teenage girls and 1 girl, Fee: $95.00 (scholarships available). To register age 8-12. Auditions will consist of reading se- or for further information call: Gail Kennedy • lected scenes and monologues from the play. Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®• 907-602There will be two days of auditions: Friday, Jan. 9944

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Time for a good deal

WRITE IT DOWN Dear Heloise: When I receive cards in the mail (birthday, Christmas, etc.), I write the name and address on the back of the card.

That way, when I store them, I’ll have the address for next year.

-- Randall E., Cortez, Colo.

You also can cut out the return label and tape it to the back. No chance for typos!

-- Heloise

PET PAL

‘NO DUH!’ By Luke Vaughn. Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS 1 Fixture on a ski-lodge deck 7 Sound quality 13 West African capital 19 Like counting your chickens before they’ve hatched 20 Going great guns, as business 22 Come to terms with 23 “Good golly!” across the pond 24 Close enough 25 Cloaklike garment 26 Nosh 27 Goes around 29 Hardly a right-minded individual?

31 N.C.A.A. rival of Duke 32 To which one might respond, “Salud!”

33 Superlative suffix 34 Summer setting in Seattle: Abbr.

36 Reason for an R rating?

39 McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi 42 Gobble 44 Quaint photos 45 Cuban or Zuckerberg?

48 Archie’s pal at Riverdale 5 1 Dry as a bone 52 Largest species of the genus Leopardus 53 Fighting 54 Sprang 57 More ready to go 60 Show stopper?

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emancipate from her. Counseling can help you to work through your pain and disappointment and reach that goal more quickly than if you try doing it on your own, and that’s what I advise. You have my sympathy. Abigail Van Buren Your mother’s parenting technique was terrible.

P.S. It’s never too late. You can get back on your path by going to art school NOW. DEAR ABBY: What is the rule of etiquette if someone is visiting your town on vacation and you are at work? Are you obligated to take time off from your job? Or should the vacationers work around your schedule to visit with you? My feeling is if they are on vacation, they should be flexible and not expect you to call in sick to work or use your vacation time.

-- BUSY IN CALIFORNIA DEAR BUSY: No rule of etiquette dictates that you must take time away from your job to entertain out-of-town guests -- particularly if you haven’t invited them.

Considerate visitors would (and should) accommodate your schedule rather than expect you to hold their hands.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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Mom confesses to undermining scholar’s dream of art school DEAR ABBY: My mother recently confessed to me that in my senior year of high school, she sabotaged my chance to go to my dream school (with a nearly full scholarship) because she didn’t approve of my wanting to go to art school. I missed my orientation because she “got the date wrong” and then told me the school refused to reschedule.

The truth is she never contacted them and let them think I was a no-show. Stupid child that I was, I believed her.

Abby, I can’t begin to describe what an impact this has had on my life. She has used that incident as “proof” that I didn’t know how to make good decisions. Every time we talked, she’d remind me that everything I was doing -- my friends, my relationships, my hobbies -- was a mistake, a waste of time or both. Finally, to preserve my sanity, I had to cut off contact with her, but my confidence and self-worth have never fully recovered.

Now, nearly 20 years later (after a very rocky, unstable reconciliation), she has confessed that she torched my dream on purpose. She said she was sorry, but immediately followed it up by saying she knows a few out-of-work graphic designers, and I should be grateful to have a stable job.

She refuses to go to counseling for any reason, and talking to her doesn’t help. She deflects by talking about how bad I’m making HER feel. I don’t know what to do with my hurt feelings; the damage is done. But all that old pain is fresh again in a new, awful context, and I now dread to think of what she may want to be “honest” about next. Am I being too harsh? Must I just suck it up and let it go?

-- COULD-BE ARTIST IN TENNESSEE DEAR COULD-BE ARTIST: You are not being too harsh, and you should not suck it up! You now understand that your mother, who seems to have an obsessive need to control, isn’t someone to be trusted. Because she can’t be depended upon to do what’s right for you (as most mothers are), you will have to emotionally

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Dear Heloise: My dog likes radishes!

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019: This year you might be overly focused on one particular area of your life. Sometimes, others walk away from you because they cannot relate to this intensity. Know that this situation will endure for a while, but not forever. If you are single, you could meet several potential sweeties. The question remains: Do any of them make your heart flutter?

If you are attached, you could become more dominant than your significant other likes. Try to share time, space and suggestions more evenly. A fellow CAPRICORN holds you back.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Yesterday’s eclipse might have drained you more than you realized. Fatigue could make you highly reactive when the unexpected occurs. You do not have a reputation for being patient; right now, if someone crosses you, he or she had better watch out. Tonight: Do only what you must.

This Week: Use the first three days of the week to forge ahead with a project.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Maintain a focused perspective, especially if you find that a situation seems unpredictable. You suddenly might understand a quality of a loved one that you wish you hadn’t. You will be able to clear the air sooner rather than later. Tonight: Be ready for anything This Week: Accept responsibilities gracefully.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You generally cherish spending special time with a loved one. You enjoy the long conversations and this person’s quick-witted responses. What you see or the impression you receive could shake you up. Do not act on it; rather, continue to observe. Tonight: Play it easy.

This Week: Your playfulness delights others, especially someone at a distance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be in the position of needing to reconsider what is occurring around you. Your laughter and sense of humor do not allow others to see what is really going on in your mind. For now, remain subtle. Tonight: Know that a loved one has strong feelings about the same situation.

This Week: Let others dominate through Wednesday.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You see what must be done. Although you might not be going to work, a project that needs to be finalized will feel like work. Your attitude could reflect your need for more fun and excitement. A sudden call or suggestion could invigorate you. Tonight: Choose your priorities.

This Week: Let a key person take control of a project.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You know what is going on. You sense that a

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Dear Readers: This month is a great time to SHOP FOR BARGAINS. What’s on sale right now? Let’s take a look: January is famous for white sales: linens, sheets, curtains, towels and even luggage and housewares. Christmas merchandise, such as decorations and gift wrap, are marked way down. Also, stores are beginning to clear out winter clothes and boots.

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loved one is being unusually reactive, but there seems to be little you can do about it. Allow yourself to stumble into a fun project or to go with a child to enjoy some kind of winter activity. Get into the season. Tonight: Be patient.

This Week: Schedule an overdue checkup.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Your focus is on your home and on the possible need for change. Whether this need is felt by you alone or is a general feeling among your family and/or friends, you could decide to shake up the status quo. Others might not agree. Tonight: Relax, and get into a favorite TV series.

This Week: Your playfulness delights a child.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Speak your mind, but don’t expect others to be positive or to agree with you. You might even shock a loved one with what you share. Give this person time to re-evaluate and process what you have said. Incorporate a stress-buster into your day. Tonight: Head to a favorite spot.

This Week: Decide on a new beginning in your personal life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Pressure builds; unfortunately, this tension revolves around your budget and spending. Someone close to you might not see eye to eye with you. Consider separating your mutual financial investments. If you do, the two of you will be better friends. Tonight: Go with the flow.

This Week: Try to be a better listener.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be off-kilter and want to do something in a different way. For now, decide to maintain your natural role and support the status quo. Someone in the same situation will give you all the reasons you need to reverse your mindset. Tonight: Ponder the pros and cons.

This Week: Use your known financial wisdom for yourself rather than just for others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You seem to be withdrawn and feeling the need to keep a secret. In truth, you are weighing the pros and cons of an important change in your life. You have experienced so much of the unexpected that you are not sure whether change is a solution. Tonight: Get into a good book.

This Week: Say what you want, but be kind.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH A friend or loved one could cause a change in plans. You could be surprised by how delighted you are to be around this person. You always seem to relax, laugh and enjoy life much more when he or she is around. Tonight: Count your change, as a mistake easily could be made.

This Week: Relax through Wednesday, when you become somewhat demanding.

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Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit “Starved” ‘14’ tims Unit “Lunacy” ‘14’ tims Unit “Wildlife” ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ The King of The King of “Eurotrip” (2004, Comedy) Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle “American Pie” (1999, Comedy) Jason Biggs, Shannon “I Love You, Man” (2009, Comedy) Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, “The Wedding Singer” Queens “I, Queens ‘PG’ Trachtenberg, Jacob Pitts. A teen and his friends have misad- Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan. Teens agonize over losing their Rashida Jones. A man’s new friendship threatens his upcom- (1998) Adam Sandler, Drew Candy” ‘PG’ ventures in Europe. virginity. ing wedding.

Barrymore.

NCIS: New Orleans “Accept- NCIS: New Orleans “The Ac- “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006, Adventure) Johnny Depp, Orlando “The Hunger Games” (2012, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam able Loss” ‘14’ cident” ‘14’ Bloom. Capt. Jack Sparrow owes a blood debt to a ghostly pirate.

Hemsworth. In a dystopian society, teens fight to the death on live TV. (6:00) Postseason NFL Road to the Road to the High School Football Under Armour All-American Game.

Spartan: The Para Elite (N) Spartan: World Team Cham- SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Countdown (N) (Live) Playoff Playoff (Taped) pionships (N) Women’s College Basketball SMU at Cincinnati. From Fifth Women’s College Basketball Missouri at Tennessee. From Women’s College Basketball Texas at West Virginia. From College Wrestling North Carolina State at Ohio State. From Third Arena in Cincinnati. (N) (Live) Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn. (N) WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va. (N) (Live) St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (N) (Live) Healthy Cook Larry King Women’s College Basketball Florida State at North CaroWomen’s College Basketball Notre Dame at Georgia Tech. Women’s College Basketball Baylor at Texas Tech. From College Basketball Santa Report lina. From Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C. From McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. (N) (Live) United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas.

Clara at Gonzaga.

Bar Rescue “Hogtied Ham’s” Bar Rescue “Rock ’N Roach- Bar Rescue “Mandala Down” Bar Rescue “Drunk on Punk” Bar Rescue “To Protect and Bar Rescue “Ice, Mice, Baby” Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Bar Rescue “Demolition ‘PG’ es” ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ to (Over) Serve” ‘PG’ ‘PG’ Man” ‘PG’ (7:15) “Walking Tall” (2004, “XXX: State of the Union” (2005, Action) Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe. Agent “XXX” (2002, Action) Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas. A spy tries to stop an anar- “Colombiana” (2011, Action) Zoe Saldana, Action) The Rock.

XXX must thwart a plot to depose the president. chist with weapons.

Jordi Mollà, Lennie James.

Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama- Total Drama- World of World of World of World of Total Drama- Total Drama- World of World of World of World of Total Drama Total Drama Go! ‘PG’ Go! ‘PG’ Rama Rama Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Rama Rama Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Island ‘PG’ Island ‘PG’ Tanked “All in the Ocean” Tanked A tank that pays re- Tanked “Healing Garden Wa- Tanked Giant pair of dice tank Tanked NBA star Hassan Tanked “Adrian Peterson’s Tanked “Urijah Faber’s Ulti- Tanked “Clay Matthews’ ‘PG’ spect to heroes. ‘PG’ terfall” ‘PG’ for John Wall. ‘PG’ Whiteside. ‘PG’ MVP Tank” ‘PG’ mate Fish Tank” ‘PG’ Green Bay Eel Tank” ‘PG’ Coop & Cami Coop & Cami Raven’s Bizaardvark Jessie “G.I. Jessie” Jessie Stuck in the Middle ‘G’ Raven’s Raven’s Raven’s Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Home ‘G’ ‘G’ gets a big surprise. ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ (6:30) “Gar- “Shrek” (2001) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. A monster (:35) “A Bug’s Life” (1998) Voices of Dave Foley. Animated. (:40) “Toy Story” (1995) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. (:40) “Toy Story 2” (1999, Children’s) Voices field” (2004) and a donkey make a deal with a mean lord.

Insects help an ant fend off grasshoppers.

Toys come to life when people are absent. of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen.

Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Say Yes to the Dress: AtMy Big Fat Fabulous Life “Single, Fat and Crazy” Whitney I Am Jazz Jazz prepares for a 90 Day Fiancé “Where Truth lanta ‘PG’ visits Buddy in D.C. ‘PG’ final weigh-in. ‘PG’ Lies” ‘PG’ Gold Rush Rick is forced to Gold Rush: White Water ‘G’ Barnwood Builders Mark Barnwood Builders ‘G’ Barnwood Builders ‘G’ Barnwood Builders Mark Barnwood Builders “Home- Alaska: The Last Frontier ask Tony for help. ‘14’ splits up his crew. ‘G’ finds a unique cabin. ‘G’ town Heroes” ‘G’ The Kilchers mobilize. ‘14’ Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum The Hindenburg DisasterForbidden History “Hitler in Forbidden History “A Biblical A Haunting “Demon Inside A Haunting “Heartland Ter- A Haunting Two entities ter‘PG’ ‘PG’ Mysteries- Mus. Argentina” ‘PG’ Mystery” ‘PG’ Me” ‘14’ ror” ‘14’ rorize a family. ‘14’ Counting Counting Counting Counting Counting Counting “National Treasure” (2004, Adventure) Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha. A man Ancient Aliens “The Greys” Ancient Aliens ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ tries to steal the Declaration of Independence.

‘PG’ Hoarders “Eileen; Judy” Hoarders “Jan; Bebe” A Hoarders “Sandy & Len” Be- Hoarders A messy home “Men in Black” (1997, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, “Men in Black II” (2002, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Eileen is threatened by her hoarding mother lives in delongings are kept in garbage poses a health hazard. ‘PG’ Linda Fiorentino. Secret agents monitor extraterrestrial activity Smith, Rip Torn. Agents Jay and Kay defend Earth from a son. ‘PG’ nial. ‘PG’ bags. ‘PG’ on Earth. sultry alien enemy.

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Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley.

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“Live Free or Die Hard” (2007, Action) Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant. Ameri- Person of Interest “Booked Person of Interest “Relca’s computers fall under attack.

Solid” ‘14’ evance” ‘14’ Clever & Unique Creations Susan Graver Style (N) Q The Deals (N) (Live) ‘G’ HairMax: The Science of Shoe Shopping (N) (Live) ‘G’ LOGO by Lori Goldstein (N) Beauty We Love “Hairmax”

by Lori Greiner ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ Hair Growth (N) (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ (N) (Live) ‘G’ (3:00) “Believe Me: The “Stalked by a Reality Star” (2018, Suspense) Cynthia “His Perfect Obsession” (2018, Suspense) Arianne Zucker, (:05) “Killer Vacation” (2018, Suspense) Alexa Havins, (:01) “His Perfect ObsesAbduction of Lisa McVey” Preston, Emily Bader. A reality TV star becomes dangerously Ali Skovbye, Brendan Murray. An accountant harbors a dan- Jacob Young. A pregnant woman’s relaxing getaway turns sion” (2018) Arianne Zucker, (2018) obsessed with a woman. ‘14’ gerous obsession for Allison. ‘14’ menacing.

Ali Skovbye. ‘14’ Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Vic“Fifty Shades of Grey” (2015) Dakota Johnson. An inexperitims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ enced student begins a daring love affair.

(3:00) “The Wedding Singer” “Old School” (2003, Comedy) Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, “Step Brothers” (2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, “Old School” (2003, Comedy) Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, “Step Brothers” (2008, (1998) Adam Sandler, Drew Vince Vaughn. Three men relive their wild past by starting a Richard Jenkins. Two spoiled men become rivals when their Vince Vaughn. Three men relive their wild past by starting a Comedy) Will Ferrell, John C. Barrymore. fraternity. parents marry. fraternity.

Reilly, Richard Jenkins.

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” (2013, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” (2014) Jennifer Lawrence. Kat- “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” (2015) Jennifer Lawrence. KatHutcherson. The 75th Annual Hunger Games may change Panem forever. niss fights for Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. niss and her team attempt to assassinate President Snow.

NFL PrimeTime (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt NFL PrimeTime SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt Championship Drive (N) (Live) Football (N) Football (N) Championship Drive UFC Main UFC Main SportsCenter With Scott E:60 Event ‘14’ Event ‘14’ Van Pelt (3:00) College Basketball Red Bull X Fighters From Osaka, Japan.

Red Bull Crashed Ice From Saint Paul, Minn. World Poker Tour Borgata World Poker Tour WPT Mon- Poker Night Heartland Poker Tour College BasSanta Clara at Gonzaga.

Poker Open - Part 3. treal - Part 1. in America ketball Bar Rescue “Star Lite, Star Bar Rescue “Vulgar Vixens” Bar Rescue “Bar Over Trou- “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994, Drama) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton. An innocent “Big” (1988, Children’s) Tom Hanks, ElizaNot So Brite” ‘PG’ ‘PG’ bled Water” ‘PG’ man goes to a Maine penitentiary for life in 1947. beth Perkins, Robert Loggia.

(2:30) “Colombiana” (2011) “Jaws” (1975, Suspense) Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss. A man-eating “Jaws 2” (1978, Suspense) Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary. Tourist town and (:35) “Jaws 3” (1983, Suspense) Dennis Zoe Saldana. shark terrorizes a New England resort town. police chief dread huge white shark at beach.

Quaid, Bess Armstrong.

Ranger Smith Harvey Bird- Mike Tyson Bob’s Burg- American Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Tigtone ‘14’ The Venture Dream Corp Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Tigtone ‘14’ ‘G’ man Mysteries ers ‘PG’ Dad ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Bros. ‘14’ LLC ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins (N) How Do Ani- How Do Ani- (:01) Crikey! It’s the Irwins (:01) Lone Star Law “Wet and How Do Ani- How Do Ani‘PG’ mals Do mals Do ‘PG’ Wild” ‘14’ mals Do mals Do Bizaardvark Coop & Cami Coop & Cami Stuck in the Stuck in the Stuck in the “A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits” Coop & Cami Coop & Cami Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven’s Andi Mack ‘G’ Stuck in the Stuck in the ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ (2016) Sofia Carson, Jennifer Tilly.

Home ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Henry DanCousins for “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (2007, Children’s) Jason Lee, The Office The Office Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ ger ‘G’ Life ‘G’ David Cross, Cameron Richardson.

‘14’ “Fire” ‘14’ (2:40) “Toy (:45) “Toy Story 3” (2010) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. Woody, Buzz (:15) “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, (9:55) “Nanny McPhee” (2005, Children’s) Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald.

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Issue 01, 2019

Founded by Betty Debnam

A Kids’ 2019 Calendar

Big events in 2019

Mini Fact:

• The 2019 FIFA™ Women’s World Cup begins on June 7 with matches in nine French cities.

• The United Nations image © FIFA TM has declared 2019 to be the International Year of Indigenous (or native) Languages.

• The Mini Page turns 50 years old this year!

The FIFA™ Women’s World Cup will feature teams from 24 countries.

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G ardening L ee R eich

Now’s a good time to savor the subtle beauty of trees’ barks

RIGHT AT HOME: Black walls make a quiet comeback

This undated photo shows shagbark hickory bark in New Paltz, N.Y. (Lee Reich via AP)

Autumn’s fiery-colored leaves have fallen, so now let’s look for more subtle beauty in trees and shrubs. Like a developing photographic image, the textures and colors of bark come into view in the increasingly stark winter landscape.

Paper birch isn’t the only tree with bark worth looking at.

COLORFUL BARK Take a look at the spectrum of colors in bark. There are reds ranging from the fireengine red of the shrubby redosier dogwood to the coppery reddish-brown of the Nanking cherry to the dulled red-brown of Cryptomeria.

Individual trees of river birch each have their own bark hue, some cinnamon-brown, others reddish-brown or grayish-brown. If you think pale gray is a boring color for bark, look at the bark of a hundred-year-old beech: The trunk and limbs seem alive enough to start moving.

The bark of some trees is decoratively dabbled with colors. Sycamore is one of the most familiar of such trees, but lacebark pine and stewartia also are worth planting for their bark alone. The pine’s bark is richly mottled in browns and greens. Stewartia has a gray bark daubed with cinnamon and dark olive-green.

TEXTURE TOO Let’s not be so wowed by these colors that we overlook barks’ textures. Fine, papery peelings curl away from the bark of the paperbark maple and the above-mentioned river birch as their trunks expand in girth. Except for an occasional interruption of warty lenticels, the bark of Nanking cherry shines as if it has been buffed daily with a shoe-shine cloth.

The reddish-brown of cryptomeria bark is intensified in warmth as it peels away in long, soft shreds.

The gray bark of the European beech is fine enough to appear uniformly smooth, but rough enough so there is no gloss. It looks like elephant hide, an effect enhanced by the folds and creases at its limb “joints.”

OR TEXTURE ALONE With some trees and shrubs, the barks’ textures are a show in themselves. Long, vertical strips of shagbark hickory bark remain attached to the trunks at their middles, their upper and lower ends curling away to create a shaggy trunk from top to bottom. The little blocks of the bark of persimmon and flowering dogwood give the trunks the texture of alligator hide.

American hornbeam, a small understory tree common in our Eastern woodlands, has a bluish-gray, close-fitting bark whose smooth surface is broken up by sinewy ripples. It looks like muscles, and “musclewood” is one common name for this tree.

The bark of the hackberry has a subtle yet, to me, very beautiful color and texture.

It’s gray, with corky warts and ridges breaking up a smooth background. When lit by the low, winter sun, these warts and ridges shadow light on the smooth part of the trunk with a clarity that reminds me of photos of craters on the lunar landscape.

Trees and shrubs are everywhere, so the beauty of bark can be appreciated on sycamores on a city street as well as on shagbark hickories on a woodland hike. The plants I’ve mentioned are only a few of many with notable bark.

If I’ve succeeded in convincing you to plant a tree or shrub just for its pretty bark, something you might admire in winter through a window or as you walk outside, then go to an arboretum to see mature specimens. With most plants, it takes some time for bark to develop character. Even paper-birch bark is smooth and reddish brown until age turns it white and peeling.

But time is not wasted waiting for a young tree and its bark to mature; while you’re waiting, enjoy the way the smooth bark of young twigs glistens in the light of the low-hanging, midwinter sun.

This photos shows how Studio Gild painted the walls of this Chicago home in Benjamin Moore’s Midnight. “We wanted to create a space that’s calming and cozy,” says Kristen Ekeland. (Mike Schwartz/Studio Gild via AP)

By KIM COOK Associated Press

There was a time when black walls were mostly the purview of goth teens and indie movie theaters. But the color has been quietly cultivating a broader following among designers and homeowners who want a cozy, enveloping ambiance that’s still got theatrical flair.

Bedrooms, libraries and bathrooms clad in inky or charcoal tones can be relaxing retreats.

If you’ve got loads of windows, the color helps frame exterior views. And if the space is mostly walls, black creates a cocoon-like setting that can showcase a collection of objets d’art, vibrantly patterned rugs and furniture, or meditative warm woods and textures.

Laboratory-white kitchens are also yielding ground to kitchens dressed in dark hues. Houzz. com editor Mitchell Parker says black is having a moment in the cooking space.

“Our community of homeowners is embracing a heavy dose of dramatic color with large swaths of black range hoods, island accent colors and full-on, all-black cabinetry,” he says.

For a kitchen in Brentwood, California, Shannon Wollack and Brittany Zwickl of Studio Life.

Style wanted to add a little more punch. “The kitchen’s all-black palette, infused with a large slab of black-and-white marble and bold brass accents, warms and fills the space without feeling too heavy,” says Wollack.

LG, GE, Kitchenaid, Bosch, Frigidaire, Smeg, JennAir and others are offering suites of charcoal-black appliances with either a matte or satin smudge-proof finish. And there’s black cabinetry, countertop gadgets and cookery as well.

Designer Mark Zeff and his wife, Kristen, have a home in East Hampton, New York, that celebrates black in several ways. The exterior is half-white, half-black. Inside, black serves as a narrative thread for large design elements including a floating fireplace, a stained pinewood wall in the master suite, and a glass wall in the shower.

Punctuation is added with black cowhide rugs; curvy Bibendum chairs by Eileen Gray; and Eero Saarinen Womb chairs.

“Black has properties that make it ideal for interior design: It’s calming to the eye, it’s elegant and it underscores organic beauty,” says Mark Zeff.

“Some may think white is a more ‘natural’ choice, but it’s actually much starker in comparison to black when blended with an environment.

Because of the use of black, our home appears to hunker down and stay closer to the earth, like a natural landmark.”

Adds Kristen Zeff: “We also like that black can paradoxically open up a smaller space when applied as a paint, to make a room feel much larger than if white is used. The illusion is achieved by tricking the eye into not knowing where a room ends, by disguising the edges.”

She says they painted pine wood with Benjamin Moore’s Black Jack. “The grain comes

In their East Hampton, N.Y. home shown here, Mark and Kristen Zeff have embraced black both inside and outside. (Eric Laignel/MARKZEFF via AP)

through, to develop a texture that deepens the shade.”

Kristen Ekeland of Chicago-based Studio Gild also likes adding black, using Benjamin Moore’s Midnight in a recent bedroom project.

“We wanted to create a space that’s calming and cozy. It’s dark, but it has an ethereal feeling,” she says. Along with the paint, the designers selected a black sideboard from Sabin to add depth and texture.

Dee Schlotter, PPG’s senior color marketing manager, says using black on feature walls, inte-

rior surfaces and furniture serves as an anchor to neutrals, patterns and mixed materials, and provides a solid, classic element in any room while creating a sense of space and quiet.

Her color team liked the hue so much that they chose Black Flame as PPG’s 2018 Color of the Year. Glidden picked Deep Onyx, another black, as theirs.

“Black reflects the current state of rebelliousness and contentiousness in the world, but it also provides a feeling of privacy and protection,” says Schlotter.

US average mortgage rates fall; 30-year at 4.51 percent The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, starting the year with an inducement to prospective homebuyers.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage declined to 4.51 percent from 4.55 percent last week. Despite recent declines, home borrowing rates remain far above last year’s levels. The key 30-year rate averaged 3.95 percent a year ago.

The average rate for 15-year fixed-rate loans edged down to 3.99 percent this week from to 4.01 percent last week.

Mortgage rates began to spike after President Donald Trump signed broad tax cuts, financed by government deficits, into law in December 2017. But rates have eased in recent weeks amid steep declines in the stock market and tumbling interest rates on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — which influences long-term mortgage rates.

The decline in mortgage rates could help boost home sales, which have stumbled last year as higher borrowing costs have eroded affordability.

Low mortgage rates and slowing growth in home prices “should get prospective homebuyers excited to buy,” Freddie Mac chief economist Sam Khater said. “However, it will be interesting to see how the recent turmoil in the stock market

will affect home buying activity in the coming months.”

To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country between Monday and Wednesday each week.

The average doesn’t include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates.

The average fee on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages was unchanged this week at 0.5 point. The fee on 15-year mortgages held steady at 0.4 point.

The average rate for five-year adjustable-rate mortgages declined to 3.98 percent from 4 percent last week. The fee fell to 0.2 point from 0.3 point.

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Startups reinvent the sheet-buying experience

By ANNE Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A new year calls for sparkly new sheets.

But shoppers looking for highquality linens without hurting their budget may want to skip the so-called white sales at mass retailers.

A new cast of startups, including Parachute, Brooklinen, and Boll & Branch, are cutting out middlemen and selling directly to customers online at a fraction of the price it would normally cost at highend stores. Licensing fees and markups at retail easily boost the price of a sheet.

These digital natives are filling a gap between high-end sheets that sell for $500 and up and mass-market sheets that sell for $100 and below but whose quality could be sub-par. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also dispelling myths along the way, like ones related to the inflated high thread counts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the number of threads woven together in a square inch of fabric. The counts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell the whole story. Many of the startups offer shoppers a clear idea of where the sheets are sourced, too. Summit, New Jerseybased Boll & Branch, which sells bed sheet sets that start at

$250, says the organic cotton it uses is fair trade. The company, founded in 2014, says its factories are fair trade, too.

That means itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been certified through a fair trade organization that aims to ensure that cotton producers receive a fair price for their crop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The industry made the business of buying bed linens very complex,â&#x20AC;? said Wendy Liebmann, founder and CEO of WSL Strategic Retail, a retail consultancy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The shopper doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want any of that.â&#x20AC;? She noted these new companies have â&#x20AC;&#x153;created a more curated offering and a much easier approach to bed linens.â&#x20AC;?

Here are four guidelines for buying sheets:

KNOW THE SOURCE When Scott and Missy Tannen, the husband and wife duo behind the Boll & Branch brand, started doing their homework, they met with importers in local sales offices who had no idea where the cotton was sourced. After doing research, the Tannens went with the Chetna cooperative in India. CEO Scott Tannen says his sheet sets are on par with $1,000 sheets sold at a highend boutique. Ariel Kaye, CEO of Los Angeles-based Para-

chute, says her sheets, whose sets start at just under $200, are sourced in Portugal, and she has spent hours in the factories to make sure the working conditions are good and that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use chemicals.

Brooklyn, New York-based Brooklinen, whose sheet sets start at $99, says it sources its sheets in Israel and uses vendors with superior conditions and local expertise.

BE WARY OF INFLATED THREAD COUNTS In recent years, discounters have heavily advertised sheets with thread counts as high as 1,500. But the thread count isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily a gauge of fabric quality nor does it reflect the softness of a sheet, says NPD Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Joe Derochowski. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because lots of companies inflate the thread count by using multiple-ply yarnâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; individual threads are twisted around each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then pack them together.

In fact, experts say be wary of thread counts of over 600.

Boll & Branchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature sateen sheets are woven to a 300-thread count, similar to the other startups.

BUY 100 PERCENT COTTON

In this file photo, a patron at the Mall at Short Hills in Short Hills, N.J., passes the Boll & Branch furniture store. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Shoppers may be tempted to buy wrinkle-resistant sheets, but if you like cool, soft sheets, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the best option. Best to buy 100 percent cotton sheets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and stick to longstaple cotton, which makes for a softer sheet. Shorter fibers can poke out of a weave, resulting in coarser and weaker fabric, according to Brooklinen. Avoid chemical finishes on

How to find the right fitness facility weightlifting and cardiovascular training. Many gyms host classes like yoga, ZumbaÂŽ and Pilates. Each of these are effective alternatives to more traditional workouts. When shopping around, look for facilities that offer classes for people of various skill levels, as exercises such as yoga can be very difficult for novices.

Swimming is another effective alternative to traditional workouts, and many facilities have their own pools. Adults are more likely to exercise if they enjoy their workouts, so people who love to swim may want to limit their searches to facilities with swimming pools.

Joining a gym can be a great way to get healthy.

Monthly gym membership fees may provide the motivation sedentary men and women need to get off the couch and pursue their fitness goals, and the right gym can foster a love of exercise that lasts a lifetime.

Finding the right fitness facility is not necessarily as simple as signing up at the one nearest your home or office. Finding a facility that best suits you and your goals may require consideration of a host of factors.

men and women should make a list of their fitness goals and what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for in a gym. Aspiring bodybuilders may want a facility with an array of free weights and strength training machines, while men and women whose ultimate goal is to lose weight may prefer facilities geared more toward cardiovascular training. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends adults participate in both strength and cardiovascular training, so facilities should provide both options. But some gyms may focus more heavily on PERSONAL GOALS strength training, while othFitness facilities are not ers may offer an extensive all one and the same. Before selection of cardiovascular shopping around for a facility, equipment. Choose the facil-

ity that best aligns with your workout.

AMENITIES Amenities are another important factor to consider when choosing a fitness facility. Facilities that offer a host of amenities like steam rooms, hot tubs and saunas might provide more motivation to visit the gym for adults accustomed to inactive lifestyles. In addition, such amenities might aid in adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; recoveries.

WORKOUT ALTERNATIVES Men and women who have never been very enthusiastic about traditional workouts may want to look for facilities that offer more options than

HOURS OF OPERATION Hours of operation is another important factor that should not be overlooked. Working adults, especially those with families, may have very small windows of free time in which to exercise. Even if the most pristine and inviting facility wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do men and women much good if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not open when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re available to workout. Before shopping for a facility, men and women should write out a weekly schedule, making note of when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be working out and making sure to find a facility that accommodates that schedule.

Adults looking for a new fitness facility should consider a host of factors to ensure they find one that best suits their needs.

Understanding depression, its triggers and symptoms

Many people periodically have bad days when they just seem to be in a bad mood.

When a bad mood isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shortlived, this might be a potential indicator of depression.

Depression is a common mental disorder that, according to the World Health Organization, affects more than 300 million people across the globe.

The WHO notes that despite the fact that there are known and highly effective treatments for depression, fewer than half of those suffering from depression receive such treatments.

Furthermore, in many countries, fewer than 10 percent of people with depression receive treatment.

Learning about depression and how to recognize its symptoms may compel people battling it to seek treatment for this very common and treatable disorder.

WHY DO I HAVE DEPRESSION? Everyone has a bad day here or there, but people with depression may wonder why theirs are more than just a bad day. The WHO notes that depression is a byproduct of a complex interaction of social, psychological and biological factors. Exposure to adverse life events, such as unemployment, the death of a loved one or psychological trauma, can increase peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; risk of developing depression.

Depression also may be caused by physical conditions.

The WHO says cardiovascular disease can lead to depression.

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sion, and doctors will determine which might be the best for each patient. To make that determination, doctors may inquire about the duration and severity of symptoms as well as family history and whether or not the patient has a history of drug or alcohol abuse.

Depression is a common mental disorder that too often goes undiagnosed. Seeking help the moment symptoms are detected or suspected can help people overcome the disorder.

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Stay mentally fresh during the workday

Energy levels tend to ebb and flow throughout a typical workday. A cup of coffee may provide some caffeine-infused spark in the morning, but a big lunch can squash energy later in the afternoon.

Waning mental sharpness as the workday progresses can compromise productivity, making it more difficult for workers to complete projects on time. That, in turn, can contribute to stress. In fact, in its â&#x20AC;&#x153;2017 Stress in Americaâ&#x20AC;? survey, the American Psychological Association found that 58 percent of Americans say work is a significant source of stress.

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This gives everyone a chance to recharge their brains in the great outdoors, and few people would prefer a dusty conference room to a nearby park or picnic area outdoors.

Various strategies can help working professionals maintain their mental sharpness throughout the workday.

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