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In the news 2 shot, wounded in Thanksgiving home invasion in Fairbanks FAIRBANKS — Two people suffered serious gunshot injuries in what Fairbanks police are calling an attempted home invasion.

Witnesses said two armed men dressed in black at about 10 a.m. Thursday forced open the front door of a home on the city’s north side.

A witness said one of the men shot a resident of the home. The wounded person shot one of the suspects, who collapsed.

The name and gender of the resident were not released. The person was transported to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

Police identified the seriously wounded suspect as 38-year-old Michael Beard.

A second suspect, 23-yearold William Vent, was arrested a few blocks north of the home.

Vent was held on suspicion of robbery, burglary, felony assault and weapons misconduct. Online court records do not list his attorney.

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In final days, Walker reflects Borough bullish on rocky tenure, legacy on cyber

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker laments the lack of political courage he says some lawmakers showed during the fiscal crisis that marked his term in office and stands by his decision during that time to cap the check Alaska residents receive from the state’s oilwealth fund.

He labels as irresponsible a call from Republican Gov.elect Mike Dunleavy for a full payout from the fund and back payments for the three years the check was reduced.

And in recent interviews with The Associated Press, Walker said he worries some of his key initiatives — such as expanding Medicaid to cover more lower-income residents and working to advance a major liquefied natural gas proj-

In this Nov. 13 photo, Gov. Bill Walker poses in his office at the state Capitol in Juneau. Walker, an independent, leaves office Dec. 3 and will be succeeded by Republican Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

ect — will be undone after he leaves office Dec. 3.

It was a rocky four years for Walker, marked by rising crime

rates, legislative gridlock and a precipitous fall in oil prices that created a massive budget deficit and sent Alaska into a reces-

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is bullish on cybersecurity in wake of a massive malware attack affected the MatanuskaSusitna Borough this summer.

During Tuesday’s assembly meeting, Assembly President Wayne Ogle asked the Chief of Staff John Quick about the status of borough cybersecurity, after hearing presentations at the Alaska Municipal League on the effects Mat-Su Borough and the city of Valdez faced after cyber attacks this year.

Ogle said the Mat-Su Borough suffered around $400,000 in ransom for their data, and the city of Valdez had about

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Borough to rename chambers in honor of Betty J. Glick

Man with machete killed by trooper in downtown Palmer ANCHORAGE — A man armed with a machete was shot and killed by an Alaska State Trooper in downtown Palmer.

The man died Thursday night. His name has not been released.

Palmer police early Thursday afternoon called troopers for assistance after reporting a man with a “large edged object.”

Anchorage television station KTUU reports the man was seen on top of the Sunrise Grill.

Witnesses say he jumped from the roof onto a firetruck, where he was struck by nonlethal rounds fired by laws enforcement officers.

The man jumped from the truck ran with officers in pursuit. Troopers say the man was killed several blocks away.

No officers were injured.

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While Walker said progress was being made, his re-election bid was complicated with Democrat Mark Begich in the race.

Walker, a Republican-turnedindependent, was elected in 2014 with Democratic support.

He and Begich were seen as competing for the same votes.

He said they discussed the option of one of them dropping out. But ultimately, it was Walker who quit, weeks before the election, after his close friend and lieutenant governor, Byron Mallott, resigned over what Walker described as an inappropriate overture to a woman. Walker said he could not win and residents deserved a competitive race. He offered qualified support for Begich.

To some, Walker was a coolheaded leader who was dealt a bad hand and did what he

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Santa Claus brings Christmas to Kenai Santa Claus greets children waiting for him at the Kenai Visitors Center on Friday during the Christmas in Kenai holiday celebration. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Assembly member Dale Bagley wants to name the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly chambers the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers in honor of Glick, who was a former assembly member from 19821995, and then again from 2002-2005.

At Tuesday’s assembly meeting, Executive Director of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, Tim Dillon, spoke in support of the naming.

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House control remains unsettled with race tied

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — A Fairbanks race that will decide control of the Alaska House of Representatives could be the subject of a recount after an audit of about 600 absentee ballots didn’t break a tie Friday.

Democrat Kathryn Dodge and Republican Bart LeBon both have 2,661 votes, a tally that didn’t change after Friday’s review in Juneau.

Election officials are also reviewing the legality of one ballot that has not been counted.

The ballot was enclosed in a secrecy sleeve, but there was no supporting documentation with it to determine whether it was legally cast. Officials didn’t immediately have a timetable when they would rule whether

to count the ballot or discard it.

Dodge said she has not seen the ballot and doesn’t know who it was cast for.

LeBon wasn’t aware of this ballot, but he sees the race going to a recount whether or not it’s counted.

“I would be shocked if it didn’t,” he said by phone from Fairbanks. “One of us is going to pick up a vote, I would guess, and the other one will ask for a recount.”

The recount would be held Nov. 30. If the tie isn’t broken then, the winner will be chosen by lot, with the actual process — such as a coin flip — to be decided by Josie Bahnke, the state’s election director.

“I would say that what I’ve seen, I wouldn’t expect things to change much in a recount,” Dodge told The Associated

Press by phone from Juneau, where she watched the audit.

She also has no preference on how a winner would be determined by lot if it come to that, but added with a laugh: “I prefer not to have to do that.”

The stakes are high in the outcome of this race: If LeBon wins, the GOP will have a majority in the 40-member body and put Republicans in control of both chambers and the governor’s office.

But if Dodge emerges as the winner, there will be a 20-20 tie, and the horse-trading will have to begin for one side to woo someone to secure a majority.

The House race is to replace Rep. Scott Kawasaki, a Fairbanks Democrat who gave up his seat to successfully chalSee TIED, page A3

Fairbanks borough to consider removing air quality rules FAIRBANKS (AP) — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is considering removing air quality ordinances after voters took away the borough’s authority to regulate solid fuel heating appliances.

Borough Mayor Bryce Ward has proposed a measure to remove all regulations dealing with air quality, including prohibited acts and fines and definitions for items like alerts, heating appliances and smoke opacity, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported this week.

“I think the big part of it is to bring the ordinances into compliance with the proposition that was approved,” Ward said of the Home Heating Reclamation Act, which voters passed in October.

The ballot measure says the borough cannot “regulate, pro-

hibit, curtail, ban, nor issue fines or fees associated with, the sale, distribution, installation or operation of solid fuel heating appliances or any type of combustible fuels.”

After the ballot measure passed, the state Department of Environmental Conservation took over the borough’s air quality responsibilities, including issuing air quality alerts.

Ward’s proposal would eliminate sections of borough code that include limits on particulate pollution in chimney smoke and what kind of heating appliances are allowed.

Fines of $100, $500 and $1,000 also would be removed for violations that include smoke crossing property lines, burning during a ban and operating a prohibited heater.

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Caretaker helps repatriate remains of Alaska Native children

By BEN HOHENSTATT Capital City Weekly

JUNEAU — Bob Sam lives up to his name.

“My Tlingit name is Shaagunastaa,” Sam said during his Evening at Egan lecture Nov. 16 at the University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Library. “It doesn’t translate to Bob Sam. It roughly translates to the man with the golden face or the mountain goat who has a human face, but it also translates to the man who showed human beings how to respect the dead.”

The Tlingit storyteller has spent decades taking care of a Russian Orthodox and Alaska Native cemetery in Sitka and collaborating with others to repatriate and reinter the remains of indigenous people.

“That’s the work that I do,” Sam said. “I have lived up to my Tlingit name.”

Sam is engaged in an ongoing endeavor to repatriate the bodies of 14 Alaska Natives who died while at Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania, a boarding school that forced Native children to discard their regalia, cut their hair and abandon their language.

Richard Henry Pratt, who founded the school, was known to use the phrase, “Kill the Indian, save the man.”

Sam is working with the Native American Boarding School Coalition and the U.S. Army toward the goal, and during Sam’s introduction UAS Chancellor Rick Caulfield said the remains are expected to come home in 2020.

The former grounds of the boarding school are located at the site of the United States Army War College.

Sam said he knows some things about the 14 students, including their identities, but

In this Nov. 16 photo, Bob Sam speaks during his Evening at Egan lecture at the University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Library in Juneau. Sam spoke about the importance of respecting ancestors and shared stories of his efforts to do so. (Ben Hohenstatt/Capital City Weekly via AP)

out of deference to the families and respect for the Army’s process, he did not talk about them at length. Student records for students at the Carlisle school can be viewed online at carlisleindian.dickinson.edu, and cemetery records are also available.

The Army will bear the expense of exhuming, transporting and interring the bodies, according to the NABSC and Sam. Internationally known During his roughly twohour talk and question and answer session, Sam shared stories of bringing indigenous bodies from museums to rest at their homes in Alaska and Japan.

“I became an expert at reinterment and repatriation of human remains,” Sam said.

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“I noticed and found out there were so many bodies of American Indians and Alaska Natives at universities and museums across the country. I brought my own family home.

Remains in New York, Washington, D.C. and Seattle.”

In other cases, Sam’s expertise was sought out, or he became involved in efforts because of personal relationships.

His work in Japan stemmed from a friendship with the late Japanese wildlife photographer Michio Hoshino. The two would often camp together, and Sam said Hoshino was like a brother to him.

Sam said because of Hoshino and his photographs, Sam carried clout in Japan.

“He made me an overnight sensation in Japan,” Sam said.

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thought was best for Alaska.

For others, he was the guy who stole their dividend check.

The check, paid annually with earnings from the Alaska Permanent Fund, was a flashpoint in the race, said state Sen. Bill Wielechowski, a Democrat who unsuccessfully sued Walker for cutting the amount available for the checks roughly in half in 2016. Walker said he did so, amid legislative gridlock over the deficit, to preserve the dividend into the future. Legislators since have not followed the formula in law for calculating the checks.

“He took some stands which he believed in, which I think ultimately probably cost him the election,” Wielechowski said.

Oil prices, while volatile, have rebounded from the depths they hit in early 2016.

And lawmakers, after blowing through billions of dollars in savings fighting over how to tackle the deficit, this year started using permanent fund earnings to prop up the budget. That sets up a political fight over the future of the dividend, also paid with fund earnings.

Walker said the state faces a choice after a period of cuts that included closing facilities and laying off employees.

“Are we just going to hold on by our fingernails, or are we going to grow? And you don’t grow by continuing to reduce,” he said.

In some areas, such as public safety, cuts went too far and money was added back, he said. Walker would like to see more money go to deferred maintenance and infrastructure projects but said new revenues are needed.

Dunleavy has said he wants to reduce spending and limit the growth of government.

He said government must be managed better before there is talk of new taxes.

He said no change should be made to the dividend program without a vote of the

“He was my best friend. I had no idea how famous he was.”

Additionally, Sam said his cemetery caretaking had cultural resonance.

“In Japan, they have a deep respect for people who work in that,” Sam said.

Starting young Sam spoke about his formative years and early adulthood that instilled in him the importance of treating remains respectfully.

When he was a young boy in Sitka, Sam would help his grandmother clean cemetery plots at the Russian Orthodox and Alaska Native Cemetery.

One day, he could tell she was distraught by the overall condition of the cemetery.

Sam said he told his grandmother he would fix the cemetery.

people. He saw his proposal for paying a full dividend and paying residents the amount they missed out on when the checks were capped as a way to help restore trust in state government.

Walker acknowledges cutting the dividend check hurt residents who depend on it.

But he noted tax proposals he offered as part of what he considered a more balanced fiscal plan failed.

Walker first ran for governor in 2010, as a Republican, focused on a gas line to bring North Slope gas to market.

He lost the primary to thenGov. Sean Parnell.

In 2014, Walker skipped the primary and mounted an outsider run, setting up a race between him, Parnell and the Democratic nominee, Mallott. He and Mallott decided to join forces and created what became known as the “unity ticket.” As part of the deal, blessed by Democrats, Walker changed his party affiliation from Republican to

“The orthodox cemetery is a very popular place,” Sam said. “It’s one of the most beautiful places you’ll ever see. I accomplished my promise to my grandmother. I am very, very happy about that.”

Construction destruction But he did not start working toward that goal immediately.

Sam said as a young man he left his village for education and “a modern life” and was living in Anchorage, working as an electrician and making good money.

Memories of his boyhood home persisted.

“Always, I thought about those places,” Sam said. “I came back to Sitka.”

Sam saw new construction taking place near the site of what he knew to be a cemetery. He went to the work site to see what was happening and discovered that work was going on at the actual site of the cemetery.

“They were pulling coffins out of the ground with a backhoe,” Sam said. “They completely destroyed a cemetery.

I’ve never forgotten.”

During the desecration, Sam said human remains spilled from the broken coffins. Over the course of a year, Sam collected the remains in boxes and took them to a church. Then, over three years, he reburied the remains at the orthodox cemetery.

“During that time, I stopped speaking,” Sam said.

“I didn’t like modern people.

I blamed you for what you did to my ancestors.”

Eventually, Sam broke from his silence when a clan brother of Sam’s father heard of Sam’s work. The elder praised the project but encouraged Sam to exercise forgiveness and shared a forgiveness prayer with Sam.

“It took a long, long time,” Sam said. “I became a better person. I realized if I forgive, you can set aside your guilt, and we can be the people we are intended to be. Forgiveness was key, and seeing how human we all are was key.”

Keeping at it For decades, Sam has labored as the cemetery’s caretaker. He removed moss from headstones, cut back the limbs of trees and labored to make it a serene and pristine resting place.

In 2015, young vandals knocked over headstones three times in a matter of weeks and Sam was at first discouraged.

However, he said law enforcement and community members helped him fix what was done and that restored his faith in the community.

Now, the cemetery is under surveillance, and Sam said it remains beautiful.

Douglas Gray, who grew up in Sitka and shares a relative with Sam, thanked him for the continued efforts that have remade the cemetery that Gray recalls from boyhood as dark and dreary.

“It touches my heart,” Gray said. “What you’ve done for my family has been amazing.”

Spreading respect Sam said respect for cemeteries is something he has observed spreading throughout Southeast Alaska, which makes him happy.

He said Alaska Natives have an opportunity to show reverence to their deceased ancestors that many other indigenous people do not have.

Sam said Tlingit culture is enjoying a renaissance on the same lands on which it was born.

“We’re one of the very few tribes that still have our ancestors with us,” Sam said.

undeclared.

Walker hasn’t said much about what Mallott did, which he said is in keeping with the wishes of the woman who did not want to be publicly identified. Walker said the facts were run past the attorney general’s office and it was determined that no crime occurred. Mallott apologized.

Walker said he still speaks with Mallott regularly.

Outgoing Democratic Rep. Les Gara said he did not always agree with Walker but considered him forthright.

“You can’t deny that he was an honest person trying to do what he felt was right,” he said.

It wasn’t “rocket science” to figure out that a race with three major candidates was trouble for Begich and Walker, he said: “It was not a good situation.”

Outgoing Republican Rep. Mike Chenault said he liked Walker personally and had him on his legislative bowling team. But he said Walker

stumbled, particularly early in his term, in working with legislators.

“I don’t think that the administration probably worked with the Legislature as good as they could in order to have a positive outcome on a lot of the issues that they tackled,” he said.

“But I guess that’s for the historians to decide that.”

Walker, 67, said he will miss being governor. He did not identify the legislators he said privately agreed with positions he took but said they couldn’t support him publicly for fear of losing re-election.

He’s not yet sure what’s next, except for building some cabins for his family.

His father had a construction business, and Walker, a lawyer by training, often refers to himself as a carpenter for the skill he learned at his side. He said he finds the work therapeutic.

“I can’t imagine I’ll sort of fade into the horizon some place,” he said.

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Manuel “Wayne” Prentice

August 1, 1934 - November 18, 2018

Longtime Alaskan and Kenai resident, Mr. Manuel “Wayne” Prentice, 84, died peacefully from heart failure with his wife by his side on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.

No services will be planned at this time.

Wayne was born August 1, 1934 in Bokchito, Oklahoma. He was a paratrooper in the Korean Conflict. Wayne moved to Alaska after being discharged from the military in 1956. He lived in Anchorage from 1956 to 1975.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Sharon Prentice of Kenai; daughters, Joanne (Marshall) of Tacoma, WA, Kelly (Alan) of Prescott, Arizona, and Peggy (Mark) of Eufala, Oklahoma; 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please visit or sign his online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

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lenge Senate President Pete Kelly, a Fairbanks Republican.

The close contest between Dodge and LeBon has gone back and forth since the Nov. 6 election.

LeBon held a five-vote lead over Dodge until Wednesday, when Election Day ballots and those cast in early voting were audited. That process gave Dodge six additional votes and LeBon one.

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up Betty Glick… I couldn’t think of someone who deserves it better than her,” Dillon said.

In 1981, Glick was recognized in the “Who’s Who of American Women” for her dedication to the community, the resolution said.

Bagley said by next meeting there will be a small ceremony

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$26,000 in damages from the cyber attack.

Ogle said the two governments are taking out cyber insurance.

“They seemed to think it was a pretty good idea,” Ogle said.

Quick told the assembly they had nothing to worry about when it came to borough network protection.

“You don’t want to give the folks too much insider infor-

LeBon said the way the week has unfolded, the discovery of the ballot in the secrecy sleeve doesn’t shock him. “And it would not surprise me if that vote was for Kathryn Dodge. That’s the way my last few days have gone,” he said.

Republicans had already claimed control of the House when it appeared LeBon was in the lead. That move, current House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham Democrat, warned was premature.

The division has targeted Monday to certify the election.

to commemorate the name change.

She served on the Kenai City Council, and was vice mayor of Kenai, as the chair for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning and Zoning Commission.

While serving on the borough assembly, she was elected vice president and then president.

The resolution says Glick “has selflessly served the constituents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough since her arrival to Alaska in 1961.”

mation,” Quick said. “A lot of this data breach stuff is folks coming in and stealing data you don’t have backed up somewhere. The ransom is ‘give me money or I’m not going to give you data that you otherwise don’t have backed up.’ That’s what happened in Valdez and Mat-Su. They didn’t have data backed up properly. We don’t have to worry about that here.

In my opinion, we have one of the highest-tech setups of probably any borough in the state.”

Quick did not know if the borough was considering cyber insurance.

Around Alaska Monument recognizing Native burial site placed at school JUNEAU — The Douglas Indian Association has placed a monument at a Juneau school that was built on top of an Alaska Native burial ground.

KTOO Public Media in Juneau reports the monument unveiled Friday honors the burial ground site at the Sayeik Gastineau Community School.

The site recognition is part of the school district’s continuing efforts to reckon with the location’s history. That process has included changing the name of the school.

Construction workers discovered the remains of five people on the school grounds about six years ago.

The district then worked with the Douglas Indian Association, adding “Sayeik” to the school’s name last year.

The word loosely translates from the Tlingit language as “spirit helper.”

enough to share with the whole family, and are $5 each. Candy bars are available at Curtain Call Consignment Boutique in Kenai and at our booth at the Black Friday Holiday Bazaar at the Challenger Learning Center on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24, AKC Canine Good Citizen test 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thank you Country Foods for sponsoring our The Kenai Kennel Club will be holding an AKC Canine fundraiser! For more information, please call Terri at 252-6808.

Good Citizen test Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Kennel Club training building in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai (behind Home Gallery). The 10-step CGC test is a non-competitive test for Nominations for Kenai Soil & Water Board all dogs, including purebreds and mixed breeds. Cost is $25.

The Alaska Association of Conservation Districts on behalf For more information contact Kenai Kennel Club at kenaiken- of the Alaska Division of Agriculture is accepting nominations nelclub@gmail.com. through Nov. 30 to fill three eligible seats on the Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Seats D and E have three-year terms that expire on Dec. 31, 2021.

Caregiver workshop and open house Seat B has one year remaining of a three-year term expiring on The Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program Dec. 31, 2019. For information, contact the District office at will host a workshop and open house in the Blazy Mall, Suite # 907-283-8732 x 5 or the Alaska Association of Conservation 209 on Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The workshop Districts at 907-373-7923. will be on adult coloring. Drop by our office to see how we may best serve you via access to our lending library, durable goods loan closet, gain information and assistance. Please join us to Habitat for Humanity seeking family partner share your experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone The Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity is now looking who is a caregiver. For more information, call Sharon or Judy for a family to partner with for their 2019 building season. If at 907-262-1280. you would like more information, please contact Carri at 2837797, or visit our website: https://hfhcentralpeninsula.org to apply online!

Regional Citizens Advisory Council meeting

Around the Peninsula

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC) represents citizens in promoting environmentally safe marine Snowshoe Gun Club annual meeting transportation and oil facility operations in Cook Inlet. CIRSnowshoe Gun Club will host its annual meeting on SatCAC is holding its Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, urday, Dec. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Snowshoe Gun Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. and Friday, Nov. 30 at 9 a.m. at the Sheraton Club Training Building. Will cover range improvements, comAnchorage Hotel & Spa, 401 E 6th Avenue, Anchorage. The mittee reports, 2019 budget and election director seats 5-7. public is invited to attend. For an agenda, directions or more information, call 907-283-7222 or toll free 800-652-7222. MeetFundraising Best Practices Workshop ing materials will be posted online at www.circac.org Soldotna Chamber of Commerce presents a Fundraising Best Practices Workshop for nonprofits on Wednesday, Nov. 28 Hospice Memorial Tree from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Center.

From Nov. 23 – Dec. 23 Hospice of the Central Peninsula Denali FSP Fundraising Consultants President Ken Miller will will have a Memorial Tree standing in the Peninsula Center share tactics and strategies that have proven successful in raisMall. Community Members may remember their loved ones ing funds for Alaska nonprofits. Cost is $30. with an ornament placed on our tree! No donation is too small to receive as many ornaments as you would like. Stop by the tree in the Mall during Mall hours, stop by Hospice’s office, or Forever Christmas holiday show request an ornament online at www.hospiceofcentralpeninsula.

“Forever Christmas” Holiday Variety Show presented by com.

Forever Dance Alaska will take place Thursday, Nov 29 at 6 p.m.,Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec 1 at 7 p.m. at the Renee C. Henderson auditorium in Kenai. Cost is $6. $1 Soldotna Senior Center holiday bazaar KPBSD seat charge. Call 262-1641 or email info@foreverdanThe first annual Holiday Sweetness Bazaar will be held at cealaska.com. the Soldotna Senior Center on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This bazaar is limited to vendors of food items. Cottage food producers are welcome and encouraged. The kitchen will Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: November be open for purchase of hamburgers, hot dogs, milkshakes and The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center is open other snack bar foods. Raffle tickets for a KitchenAid mixer every day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Ski Hill Road near Soldotna. will be on sale, with the drawing to be held on Dec. 21. Contact For more information, call 260-2820. All events are free. the Soldotna Senior Center at 262-2322 for more information — Drop-in craft and self-guided trail walk, different each or to reserve a vendor table. week —Into Alaska Kids’ Crafts: Explore a new topic every week based on the “Into Alaska” TV program showing Monday The Anchorage Fish and Game Advisory nights on Animal Planet. Every week until Saturday, Dec. 22 Committee meeting —Special Holiday Hours: The Refuge Visitor Center will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23. Headquarters The Anchorage Fish and Game Advisory Committee Game Subcommittee will meet on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at trail will remain open.

—Turkey Trot: Saturday, Nov. 24 from 2-4 p.m. Walk off Rabbit Creek Rifle Range conference room, located at 15222 the feast with this 3-mile, moderate hike in the woods with a Seward Highway Drive, to go over game proposals 131-138, ranger.

Dress for weather. Wear layers and comfortable boots. then 54-109. Please come ready to discuss these proposals. For more information contact Matt Moore at matt.moore@akrehab. Suitable for older children and adults. Leave pets at home. Preregister by calling 907-260-2820. com or 360-0905 —Saturday Wildlife Movies: 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.: “Refuge Film”; 1 p.m.: “My Life as a Turkey”; 3 p.m.: “Alone in the The KPC Showcase presents: A Screening of Wilderness”

the documentary film: ‘We Up’

Kenai Peninsula College will host a screening of “We Up” at McLane Commons, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Forty years after hip-hop culture was born in the multiethnic South Bronx neighborhood of New York City, it’s being reinterpreted in fascinating ways by indigenous artists throughout Alaska, as well as Greenland, Canada, Norway, and Finland.

“We Up” is a documentary film tracing the cultural, creative, and spiritual connections between indigenous hip-hop artists of Alaska and their peers across the circumpolar north. After the screening of the film Executive Producer Aaron Leggett, curator of Alaska History and Culture at the Anchorage Museum, will be on hand to discuss the film and gather feedback.

Wilderness First Aid course The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a Wilderness First-Aid course on Saturday-Sunday, January 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

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—Adult & High School indoor soccer every Wednesday Peninsula Midnight Sun Volleyball tryouts nights from 7-9 p.m. This is a drop-in game as is only $2 per Peninsula Midnight Sun Volleyball Club is holding tryouts night. at the Kenai Middle School Dec. 3-4 from 7-9 p.m. for the For more information please call 907-714-1211.

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Fairbanks man dies in single-car crash northwest of city FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man died when his car crashed northwest of the city.

Alaska State Troopers say 56-year-old Jose Raul Santiago died Wednesday night.

Santiago at around 7 p.m. was driving on Ballaine Road. His car left the roadway, entered an embankment and crashed into an elevated driveway.

Santiago was not wearing a seat belt. The impact ejected him from the driver’s seat onto the passenger’s side floor board.

— Associated Press

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Whitaker not reassuring as stand-in for Sessions Alarm bells understandably rang

earlier this month when Matthew G. Whitaker, the chief of staff to fired Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, leapfrogged over more senior — and Senate-confirmed — Justice Department officials to become President Trump’s acting attorney general.

It’s hard to imagine a less reassuring replacement.

As a commentator, Whitaker (a former U.S. attorney in Iowa) had questioned the investigation conducted

by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III and even suggested that Mueller’s appointment smelled “a little fishy.” Yet as acting attorney general, Whitaker is positioned to be the ultimate overseer of an investigation that, among other matters, is looking into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign illegally colluded with Russia.

Even more ominously, Trump seems to be in no rush to nominate a new attorney general. Meanwhile, he said over the weekend that he “would not get involved” if Whitaker moved to curtail Mueller’s investigation. That’s hardly surprising, given that Trump has described the probe as an illegal “witch hunt.”

Trump’s latest comments underline the importance of enacting legislation to protect Mueller, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) perversely has refused to advance despite its bipartisan backing. The Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in April would codify a Justice Department rule that special counsels can be fired only for good cause and would allow a counsel to appeal his or her dismissal in court. It needs to be enacted.

But Trump’s comments, including his praise for Whitaker, point to another problem: By elevating Whitaker, who is not a Senate-confirmed official, the president is violating the spirit and possibly the letter of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, three Democratic U.S. senators — Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island — claim that Whitaker’s appointment flouts not only the Constitution but also a statute setting out a line of succession for the Justice Department.

Installing a staffer like Whitaker as acting attorney general would be troubling under any circumstances.

But with the president’s own conduct being scrutinized by Mueller, it’s vital that an official confirmed by the Senate have oversight over the probe.

Because Sessions rightly had recused himself from the Russia investigation in light of his role in the 2016 Trump campaign, that oversight had been provided by Session’s Senate-confirmed deputy, Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller. But with Sessions’ forced resignation, that authority passes to Whitaker. You don’t have to endorse Whitehouse’s description of Whitaker as a “lackey” to be troubled by entrusting responsibility for the Mueller investigation to him.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is expected to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee in the new Congress, blithely declared the he didn’t see “any indication at all” that Trump or Whitaker will interfere with Mueller’s investigation, which apparently has reached a crucial point with Trump answering written questions posed by the special counsel.

Pardon us if we’re not reassured. Trump has continually raged against the special counsel’s investigation, even after it resulted in indictments and guilty pleas. The fact that Sessions’ recusal led to Mueller’s appointment prompted the president to humiliate and eventually fire a man who was a key supporter during the campaign and who as attorney general faithfully executed the president’s policies.

Whatever one thought of Sessions’ policy views — and we opposed most of them — his decision to recuse himself from investigations connected to the 2016 campaign was admirable. And it flowed from the fact that, as Sessions noted in his recusal statement, he had assured the Senate Judiciary Committee that “if a specific matter arose where I believed my impartiality might reasonably be questioned, I would consult with Department ethics officials regarding the most appropriate way to proceed.” Such assur-

AP Politics

Associate of Trump confidant says he’s mulling a plea deal

By CHAD DAY Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A conservative writer and associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone said he is in plea talks with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team.

Jerome Corsi told The Associated Press on Friday that he has been negotiating a potential plea but declined to comment further. He said on a YouTube show earlier this month that he expected to be charged with lying to federal investigators, though he said at the time that he was innocent of wrongdoing.

Mueller’s team questioned Corsi as part of an investigation into Stone’s connections with WikiLeaks. American intelligence agencies have assessed that Russia was the source of hacked material released

by WikiLeaks during the 2016 election that damaged Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mueller’s office is trying to determine whether Stone and other associates of President Donald Trump had advance knowledge of WikiLeaks’ plans.

The confirmation of plea talks — first reported by The Washington Post — comes as Mueller’s team has just received fresh information from Trump personally and

as federal prosecutors in Virginia recently inadvertently disclosed the existence of sealed charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

It’s unclear if the charges against Assange are related to Mueller’s investigation, but WikiLeaks was singled out in an indictment last summer against a group of Russian intelligence officers accused of carrying out the wide-ranging hack of Clinton’s campaign and other Democratic organizations.

It’s also not known if any plea by Corsi signals a new raft of charges by the special counsel or just that investigators are aggressively pursuing cases against people they believe made false statements to investigators. Mueller has brought such cases against four others, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

In a brief phone call with the AP, Corsi declined to elaborate on the details of any plea deal or say if a court hearing had been set.

Corsi, the former Washington bureau chief of the conspiracy theory outlet InfoWars, has said he cooperated with the probe for about two months after he received a subpoena in August. As part of that cooperation, he turned over two computers and a cell phone and provided the FBI ac-

cess to his email accounts and tweets.

But he said earlier this month that talks with investigators recently had “blown up.”

“I fully anticipate that in the next few days, I will be indicted by Mueller,” he said.

The spokesman for the special counsel, Peter Carr, declined comment on Friday.

Shortly after his YouTube show appearance, Corsi broke off a scheduled interview with NBC News and declined any other media interviews. His comments Friday were the first since then.

Stone has denied being a conduit for WikiLeaks, which published thousands of emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta in the weeks before the election.

Stone, who also has said he is prepared to be indicted, said earlier this month that he “had no advanced notice of the source or content or the exact timing of the release of the WikiLeaks disclosures.”

He told AP in a separate statement Friday: “It is clear from his recent videos and his recent interviews that my friend Dr. Corsi has been under a tremendous amount of pressure and it is beginning to affect him profoundly. He has stated publicly that he is being asked over and over to say things he simply does not believe occurred.”

Navajos seek court order to fix signatures on early ballots FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation is seeking a court order to allow tribal members to fix problems with signatures on early ballots in Arizona’s general election — a request that could delay the state from certifying ballots next month.

Voters statewide were given more time to address mismatched signatures after Republicans alleged in a lawsuit that Maricopa and Pima counties contacted voters illegally after Election Day about signatures on ballot envelopes that didn’t match those on the voter file.

A lawsuit filed this week by the largest American Indian reservation makes a broader argument to count ballots that Na-

vajos properly filled out but didn’t sign. It alleges Navajos have fewer opportunities to participate in early voting and not enough translators to tell tribal members with limited or no English proficiency how to complete early ballots so they aren’t thrown out.

The tribe said more than 100 votes cast

by Navajos were disqualified.

“Navajo voters know our history of being denied the right to vote,” outgoing tribal President Russell Begaye said in a statement. “We know our history of being denied access to the political process. We know how we have been treated unfairly in the past. However, we will not let these injustices continue.”

The Navajo Nation’s federal lawsuit alleges violations of the state and federal

constitutions as well as the federal Voting Rights Act. It names Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan and election officials in Apache, Coconino and Navajo counties.

Navajo County recorder Doris Clark and a spokesman for Reagan did not return messages seeking comment this week. Coconino County recorder Patty Hansen said she had not seen the tribe’s lawsuit.

Edison Wauneka, a former longtime Navajo Nation elections director who now serves as the Apache County recorder, said he disagreed with allegations that the county is disenfranchising Navajo voters.

“I believe very strongly that we’re making sure all of the citizens of Apache County are afforded the right to vote,” he said.

“There’s no question in my mind we did that.”

ances are an important part of the Senate confirmation process.

Trump must expeditiously identify a new nominee for attorney general who can be questioned by the Senate early in the new year about his or her professionalism and integrity. That nominee also

should be required, as a condition of confirmation, to promise not to allow political considerations to influence the administration of justice. In the meantime, where the Mueller investigation is concerned, Whitaker — assuming he doesn’t recuse himself, which seems un-

likely — must show appropriate deference to the judgment of the professionals who have been pursuing this matter since long before his inappropriate elevation.

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

— The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20

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Government climate report warns of worsening US

Rain tamps down California fire but turns grim search soggy

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming. The White House report quietly issued Friday also frequently contradicts President Donald Trump.

The National Climate Assessment was written long before the deadly fires in California this month and before Hurricanes Florence and Michael raked the East Coast and Florida. It says warmingcharged extremes “have already become more frequent, intense, widespread or of long duration.” The report notes the last few years have smashed U.S. records for damaging weather, costing nearly $400 billion since 2015.

The recent Northern California wildfires can be attributed to climate change, but there was less of a connection to those in Southern California, said co-author William Hohenstein of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“A warm, dry climate has increased the areas burned over the last 20 years,” he said at a press conference Friday.

The report is mandated by law every few years and is based on more than 1,000 previous research studies. It details how global warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas is hurting each region of the United States and how it impacts different sectors of the economy, including energy and agriculture.

“Climate change is transforming where and how we live and presents growing challenges to human health and quality

PARADISE, Calif. — The catastrophic wildfire in Northern California is nearly out after several days of rain, but searchers are still completing the meticulous task of combing through nowmuddy ash and debris for signs of human remains.

Crews resumed the grim work Saturday as rain cleared out of the devastated town of Paradise. Some were looking through destroyed neighborhoods for a second time as hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. They were searching for telltale fragments or bone or anything that looks like a pile of cremated ashes.

The nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century has killed at least 84 people, and 475 are on This Oct. 12 aerial file photo shows devastation from Hurricane Michael over Mexico Beach, a list of those reported missing.

Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) The flames ignited Nov. 8 in the of life, the economy, and the natural systems that support us,” the report says.

That includes worsening air pollution causing heart and lung problems, more diseases from insects, the potential for a jump in deaths during heat waves, and nastier allergies.

“Annual losses in some economic sectors are projected to reach hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century — more than the current gross domestic product (GDP) of many U.S. states,” the report says. It’ll be especially costly on the nation’s coasts because of rising seas and severe storm surges, which will lower property values. And in some areas, such as parts of Alaska and Louisiana, coastal flooding will likely force people to relocate.

“We are seeing the things we said would be happening, happen now in real life,” said another co-author Katharine

Hayhoe of Texas Tech University. “As a climate scientist it is almost surreal.”

And Donald Wuebbles, a co-author from University of Illinois climate scientist, said, “We’re going to continue to see severe weather events get stronger and more intense.”

What makes the report different from others is that it focuses on the United States, then goes more local and granular.

“All climate change is local,” said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Richard Alley, who wasn’t part of the report but praised it.

While scientists talk of average global temperatures, people feel extremes more, he said.

“We live in our drought, our floods and our heat waves. That means we have to focus on us,” he said.

The Lower 48 states have warmed 1.8 degrees since 1900 with 1.2 degrees in the last few

decades, according to the report. By the end of the century, the U.S. will be 3 to 12 degrees hotter depending on how much greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, the report warns.

Outside scientists and officials from 13 federal agencies wrote the report, which was released on the afternoon following Thanksgiving. It was originally scheduled for December.

The report often clashes with the president’s past statements and tweets on the legitimacy of climate change science, how much of it is caused by humans, how cyclical it is and what’s causing increases in recent wildfires.

Trump tweeted this week about the cold weather hitting the East including: “Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS - Whatever happened to Global Warming?”

parched Sierra Nevada foothills and quickly spread across 240 square miles (620 square kilometers), destroying most of Paradise in a day.

The fire burned down nearly 19,000 buildings, most of them homes, and displaced thousands of people, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

The two-week firefight got a boost Wednesday from the first significant storm to hit California. It dropped an estimated 7 inches of rain over the burn area over a three-day period without causing significant mudslides, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley of the National Weather Service.

The rain helped extinguish hotspots in smoldering areas, and containment increased to 95 percent. Despite the inclement weather, more than 800 volunteers kept searching for remains.

Around the Nation Sea turtles, some dead, some barely alive, wash ashore WELLFLEET, Mass. — An unusual number of sea turtles have been washing ashore in New England, many of which are the critically endangered turtle species called Kemp’s ridley.

A Massachusetts wildlife sanctuary director tells the Cape Cod Times that at least 219 turtles washed ashore Wednesday through Friday on Cape Cod beaches. The expert tells CNN that 173 of those turtles have died.

The phenomenon is not uncommon, but the number of stranded turtles this year has already surpassed what is considered normal for the season. Turtles usually continue to be found ashore through Christmas.

Mass Audubon Director Bob Prescott says it’s possible the region could see nearly 1,000 stranded turtles before the new year.

Prescott believes a warming trend in the Gulf of Maine has allowed the turtles to delay migration south.

— Associated Press

New lander will add to humans’ Today in History long fascination with Mars

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In our solar system family, Mars is Earth’s next-of-kin, the nextdoor relative that has captivated humans for millennia. The attraction is sure to grow with Monday’s arrival of a NASA lander named InSight.

InSight should provide our best look yet at Mars’ deep interior, using a mechanical mole to tunnel 16 feet (5 meters) deep to measure internal heat, and a seismometer to register quakes, meteorite strikes and anything else that might start the red planet shaking.

Scientists consider Mars a tantalizing time capsule. It is less geologically active than the twice-as-big Earth and so retains much of its early history. By studying the preserved heart of Mars, InSight can teach us how

our solar system’s rocky planets formed 4 1/2 billion years ago and why they turned out so different.

“Venus is hot enough to melt lead. Mercury has a sunbaked surface. Mars is pretty cold today.

But Earth is a nice place to take a vacation, so we’d really like to know why one planet goes one way, another planet goes another way,” said InSight’s lead scientist Bruce Banerdt of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Today’s Earthlings are lured to Mars for a variety of reasons.

Mars — “an incredible natural laboratory” — is reasonably easy to get to, and the U.S., at least, has a proven track record there, noted Lori Glaze, NASA’s acting director of planetary science.

The cherry on top is that Mars may have once been flush with water and could have harbored life.

“Trying to understand how life is — or was — distributed across our solar system is one of the major questions that we have,” Glaze said Wednesday at a news conference.

“Are we alone? Were we alone sometime in the past?”

In two years, NASA will actually seek evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars — if, indeed, it’s there.

On Monday, the space agency announced Jezero Crater as the landing site for the Mars 2020 rover, which will gather samples and stash them for return to Earth in the early 2030s. The crater’s ancient lake and river system is brimming with diverse rocks, making it a potential hot spot for past life.

Repeat, past life. NOT present.

Michael Meyer, NASA’s lead scientist for Mars exploration, said the Martian surface is too

Outgoing Michigan governor pushing for Great Lakes pipeline

By JOHN FLESHER and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to use the final weeks of his tenure to lock in a deal allowing construction of a hotly debated oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes — a plan his successor opposes but may be powerless to stop.

The two-term Republican and his team are working on several fronts to seal an agreement with Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge for replacing the underwater segment of its Line 5, which carries about 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids daily between Superior, Wisconsin, and Sarnia,

Ontario, traversing large sections of northern Michigan.

A more than 4-mile-long section, divided into two pipes, lies on the floor of the churning Straits of Mackinac, the convergence between Lakes Huron and Michigan.

Laid in 1953, the twin pipelines have become a target of environmentalists, native tribes, tourismrelated businesses and other critics who say it’s ripe for a spill that could do catastrophic damage to the lakes and the regional economy.

While insisting they’re in sound condition, Enbridge reached an agreement with Snyder’s administration in October to decommission the pipes and drill a tunnel for a new line through bedrock below the straits. The project would take seven to 10 years and cost $350 million to $500 million, which En-

bridge would pay.

Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer, elected this month, pledged during her campaign to shut down Line 5 and criticized the tunnel plan — as did fellow Democrat Dana Nessel, who won the race for attorney general. Both take office in January and have said the Snyder administration should not steamroll the plan to enactment in the meantime.

A spokeswoman for Nessel said she was “deeply concerned and troubled by the hasty legislative rush-to-judgment efforts to push through a proposal that has not been properly vetted, that handcuffs Governor-elect Whitmer and Attorney General-elect Nessel before they even take office, and will have negative repercussions on the state of Michigan and its residents for generations.”

cold and dry, with too much radiation bombardment, for life to currently exist.

Recorded observations of Mars — about double the size of Earth’s moon — date back to ancient Egypt. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that Mars mania truly set in.

Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli began mapping Mars in the 1870s and described the observed channels as “canali” — Italian for channels. But with the recently completed Suez Canal on many minds, “canali” became understood as artificial, alien-made canals.

Adding to the commotion, the U.S. astronomer behind the Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona, Percival Lowell, decided the channels were transporting water from the poles for intelligent civilizations living near the equator.

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Today is Sunday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2018. There are 36 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 25, 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jacqueline, lighted an “eternal flame” at the gravesite.

On this date: In 1783, the British evacuated New York during the Revolutionary War. In 1864, during the Civil War, Confederate agents set a series of arson fires in New York; the blazes were quickly extinguished.

In 1915, a new version of the Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants, was founded by William Joseph Simmons.

In 1940, the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker made his debut in the animated short “Knock Knock.”

In 1947, movie studio executives meeting in New York agreed to blacklist the “Hollywood Ten” who’d been cited for contempt of Congress the day before.

In 1961, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, was commissioned.

In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.

In 1987, Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, died in office at age 65.

In 1999, Elian Gonzalez, a 5-year-old Cuban boy, was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida, setting off an international custody battle.

In 2001, as the war in Afghanistan entered its eighth week, CIA officer Johnny “Mike” Spann was killed during a prison uprising in Mazare-Sharif, becoming America’s first combat casualty of the conflict.

In 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security, and appointed Tom Ridge to be its head.

In 2016, Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.

Ten years ago: President-elect Barack Obama said economic recovery efforts would trump deficit concerns after he took office in January; at the same time, Obama pledged a “page-by-page, line-by-line” budget review to root out unneeded spending. Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge, receiving a three-year suspended sentence.

Five years ago: Pushing back against critics, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the temporary agreement to freeze Iran’s disputed nuclear program, declaring that the United States “cannot close the door on diplomacy.” Prosecutors closed their yearlong investigation into the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that claimed the lives of 26 victims; their report said the motive of gunman Adam Lanza, who also killed his mother and himself, might never be known.

One year ago: On what was designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, President Emmanuel Macron launched an initiate to combat violence and harassment against women in France and change what he described as France’s sexist culture. A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali rumbled to life, temporarily disrupting some international flights to the popular tourist destination. Veteran Hollywood actor Rance Howard, the father of director Ron Howard, died at the age of 89.

Today’s Birthdays: Playwright Murray Schisgal is 92. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 85. Actor Christopher Riordan is 81. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs is 78. Singer Bob Lind is 76. Author, actor and economist Ben Stein is 74. Actor John Larroquette is 71. Actor Tracey Walter is 71. Movie director Jonathan Kaplan is 71. Author Charlaine Harris is 67. Retired MLB All-Star Bucky Dent is 67. Dance judge Bruno Tonioli (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 63. Singer Amy Grant is 58. Former NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar is 55. Rock musician Eric Grossman (K’s Choice) is 54. Rock singer Mark Lanegan is 54. Rock singer-musician Tim Armstrong is 53. Actor Steve Harris is 53. Actor Billy Burke is 52. Singer Stacy Lattisaw is 52. Rock musician Rodney Sheppard (Sugar Ray) is 52. Rapper-producer Erick Sermon is 50. Actress Jill Hennessy is 49. Actress Christina Applegate is 47. Actor Eddie Steeples is 45. Actress Kristian Nairn is 43. Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb is 42. Actress Jill Flint is 41. Actor Jerry Ferrara is 39. Actor Joel Kinnaman is 39. Actress Valerie Azlynn is 38. Former first daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is 37. Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager is 37. Actress Katie Cassidy is 32. Contemporary Christian singer Jamie Grace is 27.

Thought for Today: “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.” -- Mencius, Chinese philosopher (371 B.C.-289 B.C.).

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50 injured in rebel poison gas attack, reports Syria state TV

Incoming Mexico gov’t: No deal to host US asylum-seekers

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press

By AMY GUTHRIE Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria — At least 50 civilians were being treated Saturday following a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian rebel groups on the government-held Aleppo city in the country’s north, according to reports in Syrian state media.

Most of those admitted to hospitals had breathing problems and blurred vision, doctors told state TV. One doctor said two were in critical condition, including a child. State TV showed footage of medical professionals treating men and women on hospital beds.

There was a stench of gas in Aleppo city after projectiles were fired, said Rami Abdurrahman, the head of Britainbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Rebel commanders and opposition figures discredited the government reports, denying they lobbed gas into Aleppo and accusing Damascus of seeking to undermine an existing cease-fire and efforts to kickstart political talks. Earlier Saturday, government shelling of a rebel-held area in neighboring Idlib province killed at least seven civilians.

In Aleppo city, local governor Hussein Diab visited the injured at the hospital. He told state TV that 41 people had

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months.

“There is no agreement of any sort between the incoming Mexican government and the U.S. government,” future Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said in a statement.

Hours earlier, The Washington Post quoted her as saying that the incoming administration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had agreed to allow migrants to stay in Mexico as a “short-term solution” while the U.S. considered their applications for asylum. Lopez Obrador will take office on Dec. 1.

The statement shared with The Associated Press said the future government’s principal concern related to the migrants is their well-being while in Mexico. Sanchez said the government does not plan for Mexico to become a “third safe country.”

The Washington Post reported Saturday that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has won support from the Mexican presidentelect’s team for a plan dubbed “Remain in Mexico.”

The newspaper also quoted Sanchez as saying: “For now, we have agreed to this policy of Remain in Mexico.”

Sanchez did not explain in

the statement why The Washington Post had quoted her as saying there had been agreement.

The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

U.S. officials have said for months that they were working with Mexico to find solutions for what they have called a border crisis.

Approximately 5,000 Central American migrants have arrived in recent days to Tijuana, just south of California, after making their way through Mexico via caravan.

Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum on Friday declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city, which is struggling to accommodate the influx. Most of the migrants are camped inside a sports complex, where they face long wait times for food and bathrooms.

Julieta Vences, a congresswoman with Lopez Obrador’s Morena party who is also president of Mexico’s congressional migrant affairs commission, told the AP that incoming Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has been discussing with U.S. officials how to handle a deluge of asylum claims at the border.

“They’re going to have to open the borders (for the migrants) to put in the request,” Vences said. “They will also give us dates, on what terms they will receive the (asylum) requests and in the case that they are not beneficiaries of this status, they will have to return here,” Vences said.

She spoke to the AP after a visit to the crowded sports complex in Tijuana.

broad, condemning what it called the “pattern of abuse that is prevalent within the church ROME — The Catholic and society today,” citing sexChurch’s global organization ual, verbal and emotional abuse of nuns has denounced the as types of mistreatment that “culture of silence and secrecy” festers in unequal power relasurrounding sexual abuse in the tions and demeans the dignity church and is urging sisters of its victims. who have been abused to report “We condemn those who the crimes to police and their support the culture of silence By RALPH JENNINGS superiors. and secrecy, often under the Associated Press The International Union of guise of ‘protection’ of an inSuperiors General, which repstitution’s reputation or naming TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s resents more than 500,000 sisit ‘part of one’s culture,’” the ruling party was handed a maters worldwide, vowed to help group said. jor defeat in local elections Saturday that were seen as a referendum on the administration of the island’s independenceleaning president amid growing economic and political pressure from China.

Soon after the results came in, President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the Democratic Progressive Party. She

By SAM OLUKOYA dent Muhammadu Buhari grew the attack, didn’t say how many the president had summoned will remain as president and Associated Press over the failure of his pledge to soldiers were killed but it called military chiefs and sent the deher resignation will have no defeat Boko Haram. the situation under control. Ni- fense minister to neighboring direct effect on the business of The president expressed geria is often reluctant to ex- Chad for an “urgent meeting” LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigovernment, although the regeria’s military on Saturday “deep shock” and pledged “all pose casualty numbers after with President Idriss Deby. A sults bode ill for her re-election multinational force combating acknowledged a major attack the needed support” to the mili- such attacks. chances in two years.

As Buhari faces growing Boko Haram is based there. against it by Islamic extrem- tary to end the renewed threat, Rival China said the results The Islamic State West Afists after opposition lawmak- his office said late Saturday. pressure over insecurity ahead reflected a desire of Taiwaners said 44 soldiers were killed, The military statement issued of next year’s presidential elec- rica Province, the largest IS- ese for better relations with while public pressure on Presi- overnight, nearly a week after tion, aide Bashir Ahmad said linked extremist group in Africa the mainland. Ma Xiaoguang, and a recent offshoot of Boko the spokesman for Beijing’s Haram, claimed responsibility Taiwan Affairs Office, said his for the Nov. 18 attack in Megovernment will continue to tele in the northeast, according treat Taiwan as part of China to the SITE Intelligence Group and “resolutely oppose separatthat monitors extremist mesist elements advocating ‘Taisaging. The group last month wan independence’ and their caused outrage by killing an activities,” according to the ofabducted health worker despite ficial Xinhua news agency. an urgent plea from the InterIn another victory for China, national Committee of the Red voters rejected a proposal to Cross to spare her life. change the name of its Olympic Nigerians are increasingly team to Taiwan from the curconcerned about reports of rent Chinese Taipei. They also growing casualties among approved a referendum oppostroops fighting extremists. ing same-sex marriage in a setBuhari, who made the defeat back to LGBT couples, though of the Nigeria-based Boko Haballot initiatives in Taiwan are ram a major goal of his presiVeterans Tele-Town Hall non-binding. dency when he was elected in The DPP lost the mayoral 2015, “is preoccupied with with election to the Nationalist parre-election campaigns” while Alaska VA Healthcare System Director many homes are filled with ty in the southern port city of Kaohsiung, where it had held mourners, human rights activist Dr. Timothy D. Ballard, MD power for 20 years. The NaOkechukwu Nwanguma said in tionalists also defeated the DPP a statement on Saturday.

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urday, Tsai announced she was stepping down as DPP chair and said she had refused Premier William Lai’s resignation, saying she wanted him to continue her reform agenda.

“Today, democracy taught us a lesson,” Tsai said. “We must study and accept the higher expectations of the people.”

The elections for mayors and thousands of local posts were seen as a key test for Tsai’s 2-year-old administration, which has been under relentless attack from Beijing over her refusal to endorse its claim that Taiwan is a part of China.

Tsai and the DPP won a landslide victory in 2016, but China swiftly responded by cutting all links with her government. Beijing has been ratcheting up pressure on the island it claims as its own territory by poaching its diplomatic partners and barring its representatives from international gatherings, while staging threatening military exercises and limiting the numbers of Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan.

The Nationalists, known also as the KMT, had campaigned on their pro-business image and more accommodating line toward Beijing.

Since her election, Tsai has walked a fine line on relations with China, maintaining Taiwan’s de facto independent status that the vast majority of Taiwanese support, while avoiding calls from the more radical elements of her party for moves to declare formal separation from the mainland.

Taiwanese officials had warned that Beijing was seeking to sway voters through the spread of disinformation online similar to how Russia was accused of interfering in U.S. elections.

Although domestic concerns were in the foreground, China played a major factor in voter sentiment, analysts said.

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows people receiving treatment at a hospital following a suspected chemical attack on his town of al-Khalidiya, in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday. (SANA via AP)

been admitted and accused rebels of using poisonous gas in the missiles they lobbed at the Aleppo neighborhood.

Health official Haj Taha later said the number of injured was up to 50, adding that symptoms suggest the gas used was chlorine. Further tests are needed, he said.

The projectiles landed in the al-Khalidiya neighborhood, and wind caused gas to spread,

Aleppo police chief Essam alShali told state TV. State TV later said the gas affected two other areas in the city. There are no deaths, al-Shali said.

One patient said a foul smell filled the air after projectiles were lobbed.

“There are often missiles on the city but this is the first time we smelled such a smell,” the patient said without giving his name.

State TV later said government troops retaliated, hitting the source of the attack. It didn’t elaborate.

A cease-fire in Aleppo and Idlib has been fraying in recent days. Aleppo has come under rebel attack in recent weeks, with missiles falling inside the city. The government has responded with counter attacks on rebel-held areas in the Aleppo countryside.

Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

nuns who have been abused to find the courage to report it, and pledged to help victims heal and seek justice.

The statement, issued on the eve of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, was the first from the Rome-based UISG since the abuse scandal erupted anew this year and as the sexual abuse of adult nuns by clergymen has also come to light. The Associated Press reported earlier this year that the Vatican has known

for decades about the problem of priests and bishops preying on nuns, but has done next to nothing to stop it.

In the statement Friday, the UISG didn’t specify clergy as the aggressors. While such abuse is well known in parts of Africa, and an Indian case of the alleged rape of a nun by a bishop is currently making headlines, there have also been cases of sexual abuse committed by women against other women within congregations.

The UISG statement was

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Police reports n On Oct. 22 at 8:07 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Bryon Polkoski, 32, of Kasilof, and arrested him on an outstanding warrant. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $25 bail. n On Oct. 19 at 11:43 p.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Lupine Street for a disturbance. Gordon Shangin, 29, of Sterling, was arrested for fourth-degree assault and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Nov. 9 at about 3:40 p.m., Alaska State Troopers contacted George Via, 49, of Seward, at a Nash Road address. A records check revealed that Via had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failure to appear on the original charge of violating conditions of release. Via was arrested and taken to the Seward City Jail on $500 bail. n On Nov. 10 at 2:08 p.m., Soldotna Public Safety Dispatch was notified of a singlevehicle collision near Salmon Creek Road and Moat Way in Seward. Troopers and Seward Volunteer Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene. Investigation revealed that Ross M. Maier, 40, of Seward lost control of his black, 2004 Dodge Dakota pickup and entered the ditch along Moat Way, causing the vehicle to roll onto its side. Further investigation revealed that Maier was driving under the influence, and he was arrested at the scene and taken to the Seward Jail, where he refused to provide a sample of his breath to a Datamaster.

Maier was charged for driving under the influence and refusal

Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Anthony W. Goff, 40, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, a domestic violence offense committed Apr. 10. In an amended judgment, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. n Nick Leon Sacaloff, 34, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault, a domestic violence offense committed Aug. 5. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, and forfeited items seized.

All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Dalton J. Driver, 27, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed May 27. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for six months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Warren Eide, 50, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to seconddegree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed May. 28. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Safeway, and placed on probation for 12 months.

Warren Edwin Eide, 50, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 9. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Savanna Enix, 32, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Aug. 23. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to consume, possess or buy controlled substances unless with valid prescription, taken as prescribed, and kept in original container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Corey Sherman Green, 24, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to improper use of registration, title or plates, committed Apr. 25. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n David Allen Hancock, 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to resisting or interfering with arrest, committed May 6. He was fined $1,000 with $750 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended,

to provide a breath sample and held on $1,000 cash bail. n On Nov. 11 at 8:56 a.m., Lydia Ennis, 37, of Palmer, reported that she received a satellite phone call from her husband, Aaron Ennis, 42, of Palmer, requesting assistance near Lewis Bay on the north side of Knight Island. Aaron reported to Lydia that he and his friend, Steve Pedersen, unknown age and location, had crossed a creek the day before while deer hunting. When they returned to the creek, it was too high to cross to return to their base camp. Aaron’s 16-yearold stepson, of Palmer, was on the other side of the creek, and his location was unknown. Aaron also called the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) for assistance after contacting Lydia. USCG sent a small boat from Valdez to rescue the hunters. Prior to the USCG reaching the location, Aaron called back and reported that a Good Samaritan in a boat had showed up and assisted him and Steve across the creek.

The stepson was located at the base camp in good condition.

The hunters elected to remain on the island and finish their hunting trip as planned. n On Nov. 11 at 5:32 p.m., a 54-year-old male, of Chugiak, called Soldotna Alaska State Troopers Dispatch, reporting that his 2017 Honda CRV had been broken into while parked at a pullout near Mile 56 of the Sterling Highway in Cooper Landing. The caller reported that he was fishing when items were taken. The items were thrown along the road near Mile 69 of the Sterling Highway, where they were later recovered. Damages to the smashed window are estimated at about

$500. Anyone with information who might have witnessed the break-in is asked to contact the troopers. n On Nov. 12 at 1:58 a.m., Kenai police responded to a local business to a report of a male who had been parked there for about two hours. Officers arrived and contacted Cristino G. Campos, 46, of Kenai.

After investigation, Campos was arrested for third-degree and fifth-degree misconduct involving weapons and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Nov. 11 at 10:32 p.m., Kenai police contacted two people near a vehicle on North Forest Drive. After identifying one of the individuals, William D. Bushnell II, 29, of Kenai, was arrested on pending charges of first-degree theft, seconddegree criminal trespass, and third-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.

A charge of promoting contraband was added upon being taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 11 at 9:34 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop near Frontage Road and Broad Street. The driver, Axcenia M. Waterbury, 18, of Kenai, was issued a summons for violating conditions of release and released at the scene. n On Nov. 11 at 2:35 a.m., Kenai police received an “open line” 911. Sounds of an argument could be heard before the line disconnected. Officers responded to the last known address belonging to the number and contacted the caller.

After investigation ,Sarah J. Whitaker, 25, of Kenai, was arrested for violating a domestic violence restraining order and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 10 at 9:03 p.m.,

Kenai police responded to report of theft at a local business and that the suspect had left the area on an ATV. A short time later, officers located the suspect, Sean V. Neil, 38, of Kenai, on Bridge Access Road. After investigation, Neil was arrested for third-degree theft, violating conditions of release, and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 13, Alaska State Troopers responded to a singlevehicle rollover near Mile 12 of Funny River Road. Kathy Matta, 60, of Soldotna, was driving her Jeep Wrangler on Funny River Road when she lost control on the ice. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled. Matta was taken to the hospital for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries. She was wearing her seat belt. The vehicle is totaled. n On Nov. 13 at 4:56 p.m., Alaska State Troopers, Bureau of Highway Patrol, responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash with injuries involving a single vehicle going off the road near Mile 71.1 of the Seward Highway. The crash investigation determined that McCallister Martinsen, 75, of Seward, was operating his early 2000’s pickup truck, traveling southbound. Martinsen had one adult female passenger with him. Martinsen’s vehicle lost traction on the icy pavement.

Martinsen was unable to maintain control of the vehicle as it crossed the centerline and went off the northbound side of the highway. The vehicle remained on its wheels as it went down an embankment and came to rest in the brush about 25 feet

from the roadway. Martinsen and his passenger were wearing seat belts. The adult female passenger sustained non-lifethreatening injuries but refused any medical services. Martinsen’s vehicle was towed from the scene. n On Nov. 12 at 1:35 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of fuel theft by a 34-year-old male, of Seward, near Mile 5 of the Seward Highway. The investigation is continuing. n On Nov. 15 at 12:04 a.m., Kenai police contacted Tamsen Brewer, 34, of Kenai, near Mile 11 of the Kenai Spur Highway. A records check indicated she had an outstanding Alaska State Troopers arrest warrant on the original charge of fourth-degree theft. Brewer was also issued a summons on an unrelated fourth-degree theft from a local Kenai business that occurred on Nov. 13. Brewer was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Nov. 14 at 11:11 p.m., Kenai police made contact with Amanda L. Richmond, 37, of Anchorage, who was arrested on a $500 Soldotna Alaska State Troopers warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of second-degree criminal trespass and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 14 at 12:25 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a vehicle broken into while parked at the Manitoba Trail parking lot sometime between Nov. 12 at about 11:00 a.m. and Nov. 14 at about 11:30 a.m.. Investigation revealed that an unknown suspect(s) broke the rear window out of the vehicle and stole a black bicycle roof rack and some miscella-

neous clothing. Anyone with any information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Alaska State Troopers at 907-262-4453. n On Nov. 14 at about 12:00 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a two-vehicle crash on North Fork Road, near Mark Lane in Anchor Point.

Investigation showed that a vehicle driven by Adam Strickland, 42 of Anchor Point, was driving on North Fork Road, when it crossed the centerline and struck a vehicle being driven by Eric Baxter, 48, of Anchor Point. Strickland was not wearing a seat belt, and he sustained serious injuries. Baxter received minor injuries in the crash. Strickland was taken to the Homer Hospital for treatment of his injuries. The investigation is ongoing. n On Oct. 3, Alaska State Troopers received a report from school district officials that a 15-year-old male student had used social media to send and ask for nude photographs of underage classmates. An investigation was conducted, and charges are being forwarded on the male to the Division of Juvenile Justice. n On Nov. 10 at 9:21 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a single-vehicle rollover on North Cohoe Loop in Kasilof. Investigation revealed that Cheryle Karnikis, 71, of Kasilof, was driving her SUV when she lost control on the icy roads. The vehicle entered the ditch and rolled. Karnikis was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. The vehicle was totaled. Karnikis was seat-belted at the time of the crash.

ordered not to consume or buy alcohol or enter any bars or liquor stores for 12 months, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Andrew Hoke, 21, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 13. He was fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Derrick Leon Hurd, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 29, 2017. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited heroin and syringe seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Derrick Leon Hurd, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed Jan. 31. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Michelle Marjorie Ann Inger, 37, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Mar. 9. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n Megan Ann Middleton, 25, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted first-degree vehicle theft, committed Dec. 12. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 178 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution to U-Haul, had her license revoked for 30 days, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jesse S. Miller, 45, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 9. He was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to consume or buy controlled substances for 12 months unless with valid prescription, taken as prescribed, and kept in origi-

nal container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Jacob Franklin Moody, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury), and one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief, committed Apr. 4. On the count of fourth-degree assault, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program and a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim except through an approved third party and limited to the care and welfare of minor child, and was placed on probation for 24 months.

On the count of fourth-degree criminal mischief, he was ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program and a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim except through an approved third party and limited to the care and welfare of minor child, and was placed on probation for 24 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jacob Franklin Moody, Jr., 26, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed May 28. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Heather Ann Ossig, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 26. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Heather Ann Ossig, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, committed Sept.

22. She was sentenced to 270 days in jail with 240 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, forfeited interest in the firearm seized, which may be returned to the rightful owner, ordered to have no contact with four specifically named people, and placed on probation for 36

months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Heather Ann Ossig, 46, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of first-degree harassment, committed Feb. 18. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. n Timothy Peter Ozhuwan, 42, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating custodian’s duty regarding a felony, committed Feb. 19. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, may not serve as a court appointed third-party custodian while on probation in this case, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Scott David Phillips, 55, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed May 21. He was fined $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Adam Darius Pringle, 35, of Moose pass, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted failure to appear, committed Oct. 4. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. n Patsy Louise Ramos, 29, of Anacortes, Washington, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 2, 2016. She was sentenced to 30 days or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended (time served), fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, has complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and was placed on probation for one year. n Jeremiah Terrel, 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 7. He was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Penny Rae Vansky, 49, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed May 15.

She was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Patrick M. Wright, 63, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed May 22. He was fined $1,000 with $750 suspended and a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Janelle Alexandria Anderson, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to false information or

report, committed Mar. 29.

She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to complete 25 hours of community work service, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Janelle Alexandra Anderson, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed May 12. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete 25 hours of community work service, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Joshua Tyson Bird, 34, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed May 26. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $3,000 with $2,000 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with victim unless directed by the Office of Child Services, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Diane Martha Britton, 48, of Quinhagak, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of seconddegree harassment, committed May 29. She was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Robert L. Burns, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 8. He was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n John Christian Devries, 26, of Palmer, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of third-degree theft, one count of fourth-degree criminal mischief, and one count of second-degree criminal trespass (vehicle), committed Oct. 19. On the count of third-degree theft, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 170 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of

fourth-degree criminal mischief, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, fined $250, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of second-degree criminal trespass, he was sentenced to five days in jail, fined $250, ordered to pay restitution, and forfeited items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jeannie J. Elder, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 8. She was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n Anton Christopher Ericsson, 22, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Oct. 27.

He was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n David Roland Goulet, 46, of San Pedro, California, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Apr. 18. He was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n Kayla Marie Gore, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft, committed May 8. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Walmart, and placed on probation for 12 months.

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Kotzebue 2/-3/c 43/41/r 39/29/sf McGrath 15/7/sn 32/20/sf 37/35/sn Metlakatla 46/41/r -3/-5/sn -7/-9/c Nome 19/10/c 26/15/sf 15/9/pc North Pole 13/3/c 44/39/c 44/35/sh Northway 4/-19/c 45/29/sn 47/41/r Palmer 33/14/sn 16/7/c 25/22/c Petersburg 44/29/r 23/1/pc 31/26/pc Prudhoe Bay* -12/-25/pc 34/11/sn 31/25/sn Saint Paul 35/33/i 45/41/r 42/36/r Seward 39/30/r 13/-6/c 18/15/pc Sitka 47/34/r -1/-11/sn 2/-6/pc Skagway 35/27/sn 21/3/sn 35/31/sn Talkeetna 31/23/c 10/1/c 25/18/i Tanana 8/6/c 34/26/sn 40/39/r Tok* 12/-16/c 37/30/r 44/36/i Unalakleet 18/12/sn 38/29/sn 44/42/r Valdez 34/26/sn 46/41/r 49/47/r Wasilla 29/17/c 1/-8/pc -3/-8/pc Whittier 39/33/sn 41/32/c 40/31/sh Willow* 26/11/sf 45/34/r 49/47/r Yakutat 41/30/r 42/36/r 46/40/r Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Nome 16/9 Unalakleet McGrath 15/10 12/9

Full Dec 22 Tomorrow 7:54 p.m.

1:13 p.m.

Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

40/20/pc 63/28/pc 74/28/s 56/33/r 50/38/sh 57/23/r 77/40/pc 48/28/r 39/32/sn 62/48/pc 31/28/sn 45/32/pc 47/28/pc 44/29/r 39/28/sn 70/48/r 53/42/r 46/34/r 47/44/c 38/30/sn 54/45/r

Today Hi/Lo/W 2/-4/pc 12/9/c 49/47/r 16/9/c 19/13/pc 10/7/c 35/31/r 49/45/r -3/-8/c 36/30/sn 45/39/r 51/47/r 43/40/r 36/32/sn 8/3/pc 11/8/c 15/10/pc 40/35/sn 35/31/r 42/40/sn 34/29/c 47/44/r

High ............................................... 33 Low ................................................ 26 Normal high .................................. 29 Normal low .................................... 14 Record high ........................ 44 (2015) Record low ....................... -22 (1994)

Kenai/ Soldotna 38/32 Seward 45/39 Homer 44/36

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ............................ 1.09" Normal month to date .............. 1.13" Year to date ............................ 18.67" Normal year to date ............... 16.61" Record today ................. 0.82" (2015) Record for Nov. ............. 6.95" (1971) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ............................. 0.3" Season to date ........................... 0.3"

Anchorage 37/35

Bethel 15/9

Valdez Kenai/ 40/35 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 31/25

Juneau 44/42

National Extremes Kodiak 46/40

Sitka 51/47

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

88 at Pompano Beach, Fla. 4 at Berlin, N.H.

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Cold Bay 44/35

Ketchikan 49/47

47 at Sitka -35 at Nuiqsut

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Rain and ice will exit northeastern New England today. Snow and blizzard conditions are in store for the central Plains to the western Great Lakes with rain farther south. Much of the West will be dry.

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City Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS

44/33/r 47/27/pc 47/24/s 60/43/pc 62/43/pc 58/37/s 69/40/pc 56/40/pc 39/22/pc 65/36/pc 24/9/c 44/24/pc 47/37/r 45/37/c 33/17/s 66/53/pc 62/45/s 61/47/pc 39/25/r 35/20/s 61/38/pc

Fairbanks 18/15

Talkeetna 36/32 Glennallen 35/31

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Almanac From Kenai Municipal Airport

Unalaska 42/35 Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

Temperature

Tomorrow 9:33 a.m.

4:10 p.m.

First Dec 15

Anaktuvuk Pass -4/-9

Kotzebue 2/-4

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New Dec 6

Moonrise Moonset

Length of Day - 6 hrs., 41 min., 20 sec.

Daylight lost - 4 min., 7 sec.

City

Today 9:30 a.m.

4:12 p.m.

Today’s activity: Low Where: Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau.

Prudhoe Bay -3/-8

Sun and Moon

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City Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Midland, TX Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix

79/59/c 61/34/pc 85/74/pc 67/46/s 68/46/pc 71/55/s 60/47/r 65/51/pc 83/69/pc 73/40/pc 47/43/r 38/36/c 65/48/pc 73/61/pc 49/30/r 61/42/r 69/34/s 54/31/pc 85/63/c 48/27/r 72/49/s

72/60/pc 40/16/r 84/76/pc 61/41/s 65/29/pc 74/53/pc 65/38/pc 64/32/pc 84/71/pc 58/28/s 38/26/r 29/15/c 67/36/pc 75/48/c 54/41/pc 57/45/s 47/24/s 29/16/sn 81/63/pc 55/39/pc 73/51/pc

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46/32/r 39/17/s 47/36/c 38/25/sn 56/51/pc 64/56/pc 40/32/sn 75/47/pc 70/63/pc 61/56/pc 56/24/s 49/38/c 42/27/pc 34/30/pc 40/22/sn 81/66/c 64/30/pc 71/42/s 76/32/s 47/33/r 70/34/pc

51/43/c 39/32/r 52/43/c 36/19/c 52/26/s 62/40/s 40/21/pc 69/42/pc 72/55/s 61/47/s 44/19/pc 52/45/c 29/14/c 38/26/c 44/32/c 79/67/pc 40/16/sn 71/45/s 52/24/pc 57/44/pc 41/21/pc

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B Sunday, November 25, 2018

Sports

n NFL This Week Now is the time if Eagles desire playoffs Page B2

OSU blows out Michigan

By The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — This season for Ohio State has been anything but normal, beginning with its celebrated coach suspended for three games.

There have been spotty performances and troubling trends on both sides of the ball. There has been constant speculation and questions about Urban Meyer’s health and future.

After all that, it was business as usual against Michigan, and now the Buckeyes are right where they always expect to be.

Dwayne Haskins threw five touchdown passes , freshman Chris Olave had a breakout performance and No. 10 Ohio State continued its mastery over No. 4 Michigan with a recordsetting 62-39 victory Saturday that sends the Buckeyes to the Big Ten championship game.

“I think we definitely showed the country the Ohio State Buckeyes are still here,” offensive tackle Isaiah Prince Ohio State receiver Chris Olave (17) celebrates his touchdown said.

The Wolverines were two against Michigan during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) victories away from their first

‘I think we definitely showed the country the Ohio State Buckeyes are still here.’

— Isaiah Prince, Ohio State offensive tackle

conference championship since 2004 and a trip to the College Football Playoff, facing an underdog Ohio State team that has looked discombobulated on defense and one-dimensional on offense for much of the season.

Looking to snap a six-game losing streak against the Buckeyes (11-1, 8-1, No. 10 CFP) and get coach Jim Harbaugh his first victory in the rivalry known simply as The Game, the Wolverines (10-2, 8-1, No. 4 CFP) wilted.

“Motivated to come back and make darn sure it doesn’t happen again,” Harbaugh said.

“Win our next game, that’s our motivation now.”

In the 115th meeting between two of college football’s

and miles behind.”

Olave, who came into the game with five catches and no touchdowns, caught two TD passes in the first half and broke it open on special teams in the third quarter. He looped through a seam in the line and got a chunk of Will Hart’s punt.

The ball sailed off high and to the side and landed in the arms of Sevyn Banks, who cruised 33 yards for a touchdown that made it 34-19 and sent the Ohio Stadium crowd into a frenzy.

Haskins and the Buckeyes carved up the top-ranked defense in the country for 567 yards. The Buckeyes had the horseshoe rocking when Haskin found Johnnie Dixon wide open for a 31-yard score to go up 21-6 with 3:18 left in the first half.

most storied programs, Ohio State scored more points than it ever had against Michigan — more points than any team has ever scored in regulation against Michigan.

And now, despite all the dysfunction at Ohio State this season — both on and off the field — the Buckeyes will face No. 20 Northwestern next week in Indianapolis with a chance to repeat as Big Ten champs and maybe even make the playoff.

Maybe most satisfying of all, Ohio State has won 14 of NO. 3 NOTRE DAME 24, the last 15 meetings against the USC 17 team it loves to beat the most.

“This is not an ordinary LOS ANGELES — Ian Book game,” Buckeyes defensive passed for 352 yards, Dexter Wiltackle Dre’Mont Jones said. liams went 52 yards on a go-ahead See TOP, page B3 “This is a game that’s got years

Laine scores 5 goals

Kansas topples Lehigh

By The Associated Press

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Dean Wade scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, Barry Brown added 16 and No. 12 Kansas State beat Lehigh 77-58 on Saturday.

The Wildcats (6-0) controlled the second half after the Mountain Hawks hung around and trailed by two at halftime.

ST. LOUIS — Patrik Laine scored five goals Saturday in the Winnipeg Jets’ 8-4 victory at St. Louis, two short of 97-year-old NHL record.

It was the 61st five-goal game in league history. Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs was the last player to score six goals in a game, on April 22, 1976, against Boston.

Brandon Tanev, Blake Wheeler, and Jack Roslovic also scored for the Jets, who snapped their first two-game losing streak of the season.

Laine’s five goal outburst gives him a league-leading 16 goals in 10 November games.

Joe Malone, who played in the early days of the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, scored seven goals in a game with the Quebec Bulldogs in January 1920. He also had a six-goal game and three five-goal games.

Laurent Brossoit allowed four goals on 27 shots for his first career win against St. Louis. He improved to 4-1-1.

Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron, Ryan O’Reilly, and Pat Maroon scored for the Blues.

CAPITALS 5, RANGERS 3 NEW YORK — Brett Connolly See NHL, page B4

By The Associated Press

NO. 13 VIRGINIA TECH 75, ST. FRANCIS (PA) 37

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Michael Spethmann tries to squeeze between Noah Wilson and Luke Ciolli of the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Dogs’ Murray strikes twice in OT to beat Bears

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Fairbanks Ice Dogs forward Jax Murray scored the game-winning goal in the last minute of overtime Friday and Saturday to lead the Ice Dogs to 2-1 and 4-3 decisions over the Kenai River Brown

Bears at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

The Ice Dogs move to 118-1-2 and are in third place in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division.

The Bears are at 9-10-2-1 and with the two points earned by twice going to overtime, Kenai River has moved into a

tie for fourth with the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues.

Fairbanks also leads the Ravn Cup, the seasonlong battle between the two teams, at 2-0. The rivals meet again at the sports complex at 5 p.m. today.

Fairbanks shook off a pair of losses, one coming in a

shootout, at the Big Dipper the previous weekend, while Kenai River is on a 2-7-2-1 skid.

That tough stretch includes eight home games in the division, and if empty-net goals are not counted, seven of those have been decided by See BEARS, page B4

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Ahmed Hill scored eight of his 19 points during a 24-6 run spanning halftime, and Virginia Tech beat St. Francis, Pennsylvania.

The Hokies (5-0) led 23-20 when a 3-pointer by Ty Outlaw sparked a 10-2 run to end the first half. Nickeil Alexander-Walker made another 3-pointer right after halftime, one of 14 for Virginia Tech, and two 3s and a basket from Hill and a three-point play by Justin Robinson pushed the lead to 47-26.

NO. 22 BUFFALO 76, MARIST 49 AMHERST, N.Y. — CJ Massinburg scored 21 points, Jayvon Graves added 16 and Buffalo overcame a slow start to beat Marist.

Massinburg returned after missing one game with a sprained knee and shot 7 of 10 from the field with six 3-pointers in 25 minutes off the bench.

Warriors nip Kings in wild finish points by Houston’s James Harden to win consecutive games for the first time this season.

Sexton, taken with the eighth pick in the draft, was 14 for 21 from the floor and hit several key baskets in the second half as the Cavaliers held off multiple runs from the Rockets.

Cleveland (4-14) won 121-112 in Philadelphia on Friday and rode MAVERICKS 113, that momentum against the RockCELTICS 104 ets, who played without star point DALLAS — J.J. Barea scored guard Chris Paul.

20 points with a key 3-pointer that helped put Dallas in control in the NUGGETS 105, fourth quarter, and the Mavericks THUNDER 98 won their sixth straight home OKLAHOMA CITY — Jamal game.

Harrison Barnes also had 20 Murray scored 22 points to help points, teenage rookie Luka Don- Denver beat Oklahoma City.

Nikola Jokic and Trey Lyles cic totaled 15 points and matched Barea with eight assists while each scored 16 points and Juanstarting at point guard with Den- cho Hernangomez added 15 for nis Smith Jr. sidelined by a wrist the Nuggets, who won their third injury as the Mavericks (9-9) got straight.

Russell Westbrook had 16 back to .500 with their seventh win points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in nine games.

It’s the latest Dallas has been for his second triple-double of the .500 or better since the end of the season and the 106th of his career.

BUCKS 135, SPURS 129 2015-16 season, and it’s the first Paul George had 24 points and 11 MILWAUKEE — Giannis An- six-game home winning streak for rebounds and Dennis Schroder tetokounmpo had 34 points and the Mavericks in almost two years. added 18 points for the Thunder.

18 rebounds, rallying Milwaukee from an 11-point deficit in the CAVALIERS 117, WIZARDS 124, fourth quarter to beat San Antonio.

ROCKETS 108 PELICANS 114 Antetokounmpo scored 14 CLEVELAND — Rookie Colpoints in the final period, hearWASHINGTON — Otto Porter ing chants of “MVP! MVP!” each lin Sexton scored a season-high 29 Jr. scored a season-high 29 points, time he stepped to the free throw points and Cleveland overcame 40 John Wall had 22 points and eight

By The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson put back his own miss with 5 seconds left, Kevin Durant scored a season-high 44 points, and the Golden State Warriors barely held off the Sacramento Kings 117-116 on Saturday night in a wild finish between the Northern California neighbors.

Durant converted two free throws with 1:27 left and also had 13 rebounds and seven assists, while Thompson wound up with 31 points — the second straight night the two each scored 30 or more.

Buddy Hield had 28 points on 12-for-21 shooting and seven rebounds. Rookie Marvin Bagley III contributed 20 points and a season-best 17 rebounds off the bench, but missed the first of two free throws with 1:08 remaining.

line. But he had plenty of help, with Malcolm Brogdon adding 23 points, Khris Middleton 21 and Eric Bledsoe finishing with 20 points and 10 assists.

DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points for the Spurs, who took a 106-95 lead with 11 minutes to play after a jumper by Rudy Gay.

assists, and Washington beat New Orleans.

Austin Rivers had 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter for the Wizards, who shot a seasonhigh 56.7 percent (51 of 90) from the floor in a game between the league’s second- and third-worst defenses entering Saturday.

Bradley Beal also finished with 18, one of six Wizards to score in double figures on a night the Pelicans were without injured All-Star forward Anthony Davis.

Julius Randle tied a season high with 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. He started in place of Davis, who was ruled out during pregame warmups after straining his right hip in Friday’s loss at the New York Knicks.

TIMBERWOLVES 111, BULLS 96 MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns had 35 points and 22 rebounds, Derrick Rose scored 22 points off the bench and Minnesota pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Chicago.

Jeff Teague added 18 points for Minnesota, which won for the fifth time in seven games since trading Jimmy Butler to Philadelphia.

Both the Timberwolves and Bulls were playing the second game of a back-to-back and their third game Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant, left, lays up a shot past in four nights in a listless, sloppy Sacramento Kings’ Willie Cauley-Stein (00) on Saturday in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) affair.

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Division races get decided early in NFL this year

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orry, Yogi. Maybe it is over before it’s over.

Just look at most of the NFL division races.

The NFC West will be over if Seattle loses at Carolina on Sunday. The AFC West looks done in favor of Kansas City.

Both South divisions are runaways for the Saints in the NFC, the Texans — yes, the formerly 0-3 Texans — in the AFC. Pittsburgh appears to be more in a race for the top overall AFC seed than any challenge in the North. Chicago has a choke hold on the NFC North.

And did anyone think New England would be challenged in the AFC East? Combine the three other rosters in that sector and the resulting team might not challenge Tom Brady and the Patriots.

That leaves one division in serious doubt, and with some serious turmoil: the NFC East.

You’ll never hear a coach or general manager or owner claim anything is in the bag until, well, it’s in the bag, tied up and secured in a safe place. So don’t ask Sean Payton or Sean McVay or Matt Nagy about playoff byes and home-field advantages.

“For us, there’s so many different things we can get better at,” McVay says, “and that’s the exciting thing about it is with football, there’s this never-ending goal of continuing to improve and focus on the little things. Whether that’s situational football, whether that’s taking care of it or taking it away defensively. So, there’s a lot of things within the framework of every single situation.

Oddly, the Chiefs rarely win in KC in the postseason. They have lost their last six and haven’t been victorious at Arrowhead in the n ootball playoffs since 1993, when Joe Montana was their quarterback.

The Steelers aren’t particularly dominant at B arry W ilner Heinz Field in the playoffs, either, but Houston is 3-1 at home in January.

“Then, it’s going to be about continuing to The Chargers have a nice cushion for a wild improve and playing team football. If we do card and do have a Thursday nighter at KC that, then we think good things are going to remaining. No other team has a winning record happen, but it’s going to be a tough stretch.

We’ve got some great games coming up. For us, in the conference.

Pittsburgh has the least enviable remaining when we get back, the No. 1 focus will be on the Detroit Lions and then we’ll go from there.” schedule, with home games with the Chargers and Patriots, and a visit to New Orleans. New But it’s crystal clear what’s going on, even England’s only other likely test is against upbefore we reach December. and-down Minnesota at Gillette Stadium.

Barring major injuries — the kind of thing Kansas City has that home game with the that is destroying the season for Philadelphia Chargers and a trip to Seattle as its most chaland Atlanta and Cincinnati — here’s what is lenging contests, while Houston has no one going on: remaining that has a winning record and has won seven in a row.

AFC Look for the Chiefs and Patriots to lock up The most interesting race is for which teams byes, with the Chargers and — a wild stab — the Colts grabbing wild cards. will wind up with a week off in the postseason. Kansas City (9-2) has the inside position, followed by Pittsburgh (7-2-1), New England NFC and Houston, both 7-3. Sure, the Chargers (7-3) Chicago’s victory on Thanksgiving Day with could sneak through in the West, and the Colts backup quarterback Chase Daniel said a lot or Titans in the South. Does anyone really beabout the Bears (8-3). They are as opportunistic lieve that will happen?

Home field is a huge edge for the Patriots, of as anyone, and their defense is the best of any contender. They do get the Rams (10-1) on Dec. course. They almost never lose at Foxborough 9, but at Soldier Field, and still have matchin January.

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ups with the Packers and Vikings — neither of whom is balanced enough to put together a closing streak.

With that defense, Chicago usually should be capable of winning anywhere, except that’s not how NFL 2018 is built. Playing at the offensive machines from New Orleans (10-1) or Los Angeles would prove hugely difficult.

The Saints own a victory over the Rams, which could be decisive in the race for top seed and, eventually, a spot in the Super Bowl. Still, New Orleans has trips to Dallas and Carolina, home games with the Steelers and Panthers, perhaps the most-testing schedule remaining.

The Rams, meanwhile, face only one opponent currently with a winning mark (Chicago) the rest of the way.

Dallas (6-5) unquestionably has the inside track in the East, especially owning wins over Washington (6-5), which has lost QB Alex Smith, and struggling Philadelphia (4-7). That might be the only division race in doubt come late December. Don’t count on it being undecided.

Of prime interest, though, will be the chase for the wild card. Plenty of big matchups remain, beginning Sunday with Seattle at Carolina, which also has those two games left against New Orleans.

Green Bay has an easier remaining schedule than Minnesota, and Seattle, like Carolina, has a tough road.

Look for the Rams and Saints to earn byes, with Carolina getting a wild card in the NFC. The other? Ask us around Christmas.

Mickelson tops Woods on 22nd hole for $9 million Event billed as golf’s 1st pay-per-view broadcast has technical difficulties

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer

Phil Mickelson beat Tiger Woods in overtime Friday in their $9 million pay-per-view match in Las Vegas that ended up free for many viewers because of technical problems.

Mickelson won on the 22nd hole, making a 4-foot birdie putt on a specially set up 93-yard, par 3. The match at Shadow Creek Golf Club finished under floodlights.

Mickelson said to Woods after the match: “Just know I will never let you live that down. It’s not the Masters or the U.S. Open, but it is nice to have a little something on you.”

Woods said he enjoyed the match, even if he was on the losing end.

“You couldn’t have made this event any better than it was,” he said. “It was

back and forth and very competitive on a golf course that was playing on the tricky side.”

The match made for some compelling golf at times, if only most people would have been able to see it. Technical difficulties marred the event, which was billed as golf’s first pay-per-view broadcast.

Some viewers unable to view it on their televisions after paying $19.95.

Turner and Bleacher Report representatives sent out links on social media allowing people to view it for free on their computers and mobile devices.

There were over 500 people on hold online waiting for assistance during one point.

“We experienced some technical issues on B/R Live that temporarily impacted user access to The Match.

We’ve taken a number of steps to re-

solve the matter, with our main priority being the delivery of content to those that have purchased the PPV event,” Turner spokeswoman Tareia Williams said in an emailed statement.

Only 700 invited guests were allowed to watch the event at Shadow Creek. The match was billed as a chance for viewers to watch an untraditional golf broadcast as both golfers and their caddies were mic’d up.

It also featured live odds from MGM resorts and a drone was used for live shots.

There was some banter between Woods and Mickelson early on but not much as the stakes increased.

Mickelson said on the 15th hole to Woods that “I’m trying to be more talkative but I’m not on this back nine.”

Woods understood and responded

that they were going back to their old mode of “trying to beat each other’s brains in.”

The most revealing moment on the front nine happened after Woods missed a 4-foot, short par putt on the second hole to give Mickelson an early advantage.

“I was half a second from giving him that putt because he always makes those,” Mickelson said to his brother, Tim, who was his caddie.

Mickelson was 1 up through the front nine before Woods seized the lead with birdies on the par-4 11th and 12th holes. Mickelson then squared it with a birdie on the par-3 13th and retook the lead when Woods bogeyed the par-4 15th.

Woods tied it with birdie from the fringe of the green on the par-3 17th.

Both birdied the par-5 18th and then

parred the first playoff hole before it went to the par-3 extra hole — which was pitch shots off the practice putting green — that they kept playing until there was a winner.

After he birdied the 17th, Woods said to caddie Joe LaCava “just like old times, buddy.”

Mickelson also said it was like old times for him against Woods after that trademark shot.

“You’ve been doing that to me for 20 years, I don’t know why I am surprised now,” he said.

Mickelson also had the advantage in challenge bets. Woods won the first challenge for $200,000 when Mickelson didn’t birdie the first hole. Mickelson though won the next three, which were closest-to-the-pin challenges on par-3 holes, which totaled $600,000.

Time is now for Eagles ing off a bye after losses in three of four, but expect to have starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill back day night affair in which Los from a shoulder injury. The MiEnough of this. offense has gone nine quarters If the Eagles are going to Angeles improved to 10-1 and ami without a touchdown.

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

make a respectable showing after their first Super Bowl title, it’s time to do so. They have lost three of four. They turn over the ball too often and can’t make big defensive stops.

They are heavily injured physically and, perhaps psychologically, by a 4-6 record as they host the New York Giants (3-7) on Sunday.

“It’s uncharted territory a little bit,” coach Doug Pederson says. “I think the guys have really handled it well. They’re disappointed, they’re frustrated, quite frankly, as we all are. We haven’t played up to the caliber that we’re capable of playing.

“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us, and we’re not going to do the same. We just have to come to work ready and practice, and prepare, and as they say, try to go 1-0 each week.”

Six weeks of 1-0 might be good enough to win the NFC East, in which they trail Washington by two games and Dallas by one. The Eagles have two games left with the Redskins and one with the Cowboys, to whom they have lost in Philly.

New York has won two in a row to temporarily quiet the social media and tabloid complaints about Eli Manning. The veteran quarterback has shown that given time to throw — the O-line has vastly improved the past two weeks — he still can produce. And he has talented teammates in Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., Evan Engram and Sterling Shepard.

“I think we’re running the ball better than we did, so I feel like we’re playing better football, but we got to continue doing that,” Manning says.

“They’re a good team, they’re a good defense, they got a good front four and they’re a little banged-up in the secondary, but they’ll have a good plan and we just got to go execute.”

Off this week are the Chiefs and Rams, the final byes of the season. They are probably exhausted after that 54-51 Mon-

NFL This Week

Kansas City fell to 9-2.

Seattle (5-5) at Carolina (6-4) The winner could place itself in strong position for a wild card.

Neither the Seahawks nor Panthers figures to catch their division leaders, the Rams and Saints, respectively. A Seahawks loss clinches the NFC West for LA. Carolina has lost two straight in entirely different manners, a blowout at the hands of Pittsburgh and then a one-point defeat at Detroit when a 2-point conversion failed .

Tennessee (5-5) at Houston (7-3), Monday night Not only are the Texans, winners of seven in a row, in charge of the AFC South, they’ve become a factor for a potential playoff bye.

They’ll need to keep up the excellent work on both sides of the ball.

J.J. Watt has made an impressive comeback from basically two wasted seasons with 10 sacks and a seemingly non-stop presence around the ball. He could be particularly destructive if the Titans need to play Blaine Gabbert for the injured starting QB, Marcus Mariota.

Green Bay (4-5-1) at Minnesota (5-4-1) Yet another prime-time appearance for the Vikings, who are 0-3 at night. Both teams are chasing the Bears, of course, and have wild-card aspirations, too.

New England (7-3) at New York Jets (3-7) Just what the spiraling Jets need: Tom Brady and the very annoyed Patriots making a visit.

Jacksonville (3-7) at Buffalo (3-7) The Jaguars had a chance to turn around their disappointing season when they led Pittsburgh 16-0 last week. They folded, and now the questions intensify about the security of the coaching staff and quarterback Blake Bortles.

Arizona (2-8) at Los Angeles Chargers (7-3)

The Chargers blew a chance to be tied for the AFC West lead with some suspect play calls and play-not-to-lose mentality late against Denver. Still, they are Pittsburgh (7-2-1) in excellent shape for a playoff at Denver (4-6) berth, particularly if Philip RivA sign of a contender is play- ers makes better decisions with a ing poorly — very poorly at times game on the line.

— and still winning. The Steelers did that last week at Jacksonville, Oakland (2-8) a game that could catapult them to at Baltimore (5-5) bigger things in a division they already control.

With Joe Flacco sidelined Antonio Brown is tied for the against Cincinnati, first-round pick league lead with 11 touchdown Lamar Jackson brought a running receptions and has at least one game to the QB position, sometouchdown catch in eight consecu- thing Flacco won’t be doing when tive games. With a TD reception he returns. on Sunday, Brown would tie Hall of Famer Lance Alworth (in 1963) and A.J. Green (in 2012) for the Cleveland (3-6-1) third-longest streak of games with at Cincinnati (5-5) a touchdown catch in a single season. Jerry Rice has the mark with The Bengals have been rav12 in 1987. aged by injuries and seem headed for yet another disappointing season. But a win Sunday would keep Miami (5-5) them in the wild-card chase. at Indianapolis (5-5) Neither team plays much deA pair of .500 teams headed in fense, so while this won’t be opposite directions.

Chiefs-Rams, it could keep the The Dolphins are reeling, com- scoreboard lit.

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touchdown run and Notre Dame completed an unbeaten regular season and likely secured a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Chris Finke caught an early TD pass for the Fighting Irish (12-0, No. 3 CFP), who showed playofflevel tenacity in rallying from an early 10-point deficit, their largest of the season. Tony Jones Jr. then took a short pass 51 yards for a touchdown with 3:09 to play to finish off Notre Dame’s 10th perfect regular season since 1945, the first since 2012.

Notre Dame is all but certain to be chosen for the four-team playoff, and this win could keep the Irish away from powerhouse Alabama in the first postseason game.

Williams rushed for 97 yards as the Irish overcame a slow start in the 90th edition in this famed intersectional rivalry. Notre Dame didn’t score until Finke’s TD catch shortly before halftime, but the Irish ran off 24 consecutive points and shut out USC in the second half until Tyler Vaughns’ TD catch with 48 seconds to play.

J.T. Daniels passed for 349 yards for the Trojans (5-7), who will stay home for the bowl season after their first losing season since 2000. Vaughns caught 12 passes for 120 yards in what might have been the final game for coach Clay Helton, who is under pressure after the Trojans lost five of their final six games in a dismaying collapse.

he was prematurely doused with Gatorade after the Tigers appeared to have a clinching interception in the fourth quarter. But the play was reviewed and it was ruled that Mond’s knee was down before the throw, keeping the Aggies alive and setting up the wild finish.

Mond threw a 25-yard TD pass to Jace Sternberger and a 2-point conversion to Rogers in sextuple overtime before Burrow had a 4-yard touchdown run and Burrow ran for a 4-yard TD and threw for the 2-point conversion to push it to a seventh OT.

NO. 2 CLEMSON 56, SOUTH CAROLINA 35

CLEMSON, S.C. — Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 393 yards, Adam Choice rushed for three touchdowns and Clemson capped a perfect regular season, beating South Carolina for its fifth consecutive rivalry win.

The Tigers reached 12-0 for the second time in four seasons and for the third time in program history, starting with its 1981 national title season.

Clemson (CFP No. 2) kept pace for another title run with their latest success over the Gamecocks (6-5), its longest since winning seven in a row from 1934-40.

Jake Bentley had career highs with 510 yards — the second most ever allowed by Clemson — and five TDs for South Carolina. The Tigers had not given up that many points in 28 games since a 42-35 win over Virginia Tech in the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference title game.

The Tigers will try for their NO. 1 ALABAMA 52, fourth straight ACC title when AUBURN 21 they take on No. 24 Pitt in the championship game at Charlotte, TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua North Carolina.

Tagovailoa threw five touchdown passes and ran for a score to lead Alabama past rival Auburn.

NO. 5 GEORGIA 45, Tagovailoa and the Crimson GEORGIA TECH 21 Tide (12-0, 8-0 Southeastern ConATHENS, Ga. — Jake Fromm ference, No. 1 CFP) took over with an explosive third quarter, when threw four touchdown passes, the Heisman Trophy contender D’Andre Swift ran for 105 yards threw three long touchdown pass- and Georgia romped into the es. He’s the first Alabama player to Southeastern Conference champihave a hand in six TDs in a game onship game.

The Bulldogs (11-1, No. 5 and matched the school record CFP) couldn’t afford a slip-up, not with the five scoring passes.

Now, ‘Bama heads to the SEC with top-ranked Alabama looming championship game against No. 5 next week in Atlanta.

Georgia led 38-7 at halftime — Georgia with a guaranteed playoff which, in an interesting twist, was spot on the line.

With Alabama leading Auburn the score of last year’s dominating (7-5, 3-5) 17-14 at halftime, Tago- victory over the Yellow Jackets. vailoa launched the Tide into an- The Bulldogs held a 343-66 edge other SEC blowout. He was 11-of- in total yards, piling up 18 first 12 passing for 208 yards and four downs to only four by Georgia touchdowns in the second half, Tech (7-5).

Fromm threw a 5-yard touchdespite only playing one series in down pass to Riley Ridley, a the fourth quarter.

Tagovailoa finished 25 of 32 for 12-yarder to Jeremiah Hollo324 yards and ran for 26 yards, in- man and a 44-yarder to Mercole cluding a 7-yard touchdown and a Hardman. Swift chipped in with 21-yard third-down conversion on a 1-yard scoring run, Elijah Holyfield had an 8-yard TD and Roruns.

The second-half numbers in- drigo Blankenship completed the cluded touchdowns of 46 yards to onslaught with a 25-yard field goal Jerry Jeudy, 33 to Josh Jacobs, 40 on the final play of the half. On to DeVonta Smith and 22 to Henry Georgia’s first series of the second Ruggs III — all accurate strikes half, Fromm hooked up with Ridley again on a 4-yard scoring pass downfield. that prompted many in the crowd of more than 92,000 to head for the TEXAS A&M 74, exits on a cold, damp day between NO. 8 LSU 72, 7 OT the hedges.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Kellen Mond’s 2-point conversion to Kendrick Rogers in the seventh overtime gave Texas A&M the victory over LSU in a game that tied the NCAA record for most overtimes in an FBS game.

Mond connected with Quartney Davis on a 17-yard throw to tie it at 72. Greedy Williams was called for pass interference on the first 2-point conversion try, giving the Aggies (8-4, 5-3, No. 22 CFP), another shot. After a false start by Texas A&M, Mond found Rogers for the conversion to end it.

Joe Burrow had a 10-yard TD run to put LSU (9-3, 5-3, No. 7 CFP) up 72-66 in the seventh OT, but his 2-point conversion throw failed.

The 146 combined points are the most in an FBS game in NCAA history and the secondmost in college football history behind the 161 points Abilene Christian and West Texas A&M scored in Abilene Christian’s 93-68 win in 2008.

Mond threw for 287 yards and six touchdowns, three 2-point conversions and ran for one more TD as Texas A&M snapped a sevengame skid against LSU and got its first win over the Tigers since 1995.

LSU coach Ed Orgeron’s clothes might have already dried by the time this one ended after

NO. 13 FLORIDA 41, FLORIDA STATE 14 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Feleipe Franks had three touchdown passes and No. 13 Florida used a punishing ground attack to end a five-game losing streak to Florida State.

Lamical Perine had a 74-yard touchdown run, and Florida ran for 278 yards, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. Perine ran for 129 yards, averaging 9.9 yards per carry.

The Gators (9-3) halted Florida State’s bowl streak, which began in 1982, and handed the Seminoles (5-7) their first losing season since 1976 — Bobby Bowden’s first season as coach.

Franks, who grew up just 20 miles south of Doak Campbell Stadium in Crawfordville, completed 16 of 26 passes for 254 yards. He threw touchdown passes to Van Jefferson, Trevon Grimes and Josh Hammond. Grimes led the Gators with five receptions for 118 yards.

NO. 15 PENN STATE 38, MARYLAND 3 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Trace McSorley completed 12 of 22 passes for 230 yards and had a hand in three touchdowns to help Penn State rout Maryland.

McSorley added 64 rushing

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The luau includes Polynesian food and performances from the Soldotna girls basketball players and other commu-

nity members. There also is a silent auction.

The dinner starts at 6:30 p.m., entertainment begins at 7 p.m. and silent auction runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for adults, or $10 for children 5 to 12. Proceeds go to SoHi basketball.

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yards on 11 carries for the Nittany Lions (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten, No. 12 CFP). He threw a 34-yard bullet through freezing rain to KJ Hamler on the game’s first play, sprinted downfield to throw a block that opened Miles Sanders up for a 35yard run on the next, then skipped into the end zone from 3 yards out to cap the quick opening drive.

McSorley added another touchdown run two possessions later when he scrambled through a pair of defenders up the middle for 20 yards and a 14-3 lead.

Ricky Slade added 8- and 1-yard touchdown runs and tight end Pat Freiermuth caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from McSorley in the fourth quarter.

Sanders finished with 128 yards on 14 carries, Hamler caught three passes for 90 yards.

Tyrrell Pigrome completed 14 of 23 passes for 185 yards but was sacked five times for the Terrapins (5-7, 3-6).

NO. 17 KENTUCKY 56, LOUISVILLE 10 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Terry Wilson accounted for 340 yards and four touchdowns, Benny Snell Jr. rushed for two scores and Kentucky blew out Louisville in the Governor’s Cup. The Wildcats (9-3) scored TDs on all five first-half drives and never trailed in posting their first ninewin regular season since 1977, scoring TDs on all five first-half drives. Wilson’s 3-yard scoring run provided a 14-0 lead before he tossed TD passes of 28 and 13 yards to Lynn Bowden for a 35-10 cushion late in the second quarter.

The sophomore transfer threw a 32-yard TD to Josh Ali in the third to make it 42-10.

Wilson completed 17 of 23 passes for 261 yards and rushed for 79 in his biggest game with Kentucky. Snell rushed for TDs of 7 and 24 yards, A.J. Rose ran for a 75-yard score and Kavosiey Smoke had a 37-yard TD run as Kentucky posted its most lopsided series win over the Cardinals (210) since ‘98 (68-34).

NO. 18 UTAH 35, BYU 27 SALT LAKE CITY — Jason Shelley threw for 141 yards and a touchdown and added 61 yards and another score on the ground to rally Utah.

Armand Shyne also ran for a pair of touchdowns, including the go-ahead score, to help the Utes rally from a 20-point third quarter deficit. Utah (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12) gained only 296 total yards, but beat the Cougars for the eighth straight time dating to 2010.

Zach Wilson threw for 204 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Wilson added 73 yards on the ground. Matt Hadley also ran for 64 yards and a pair of scores before leaving with an ankle injury in the fourth quarter.

BYU (6-6) totaled just 51 yards in the fourth quarter after piling up 306 yards through the first three quarters, opening the door for Utah to rally.

for 362 yards and three more scores to lead Syracuse past Boston College.

The Orange (9-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) gave up the first score of the game, then scored touchdowns on three straight possessions, starting with a 75-yard pass from Dungey to a wide-open Sean Riley. BC fumbled the ensuing kickoff, setting up Dungey’s 4-yard run to make it 14-7 and the Eagles (7-5, 4-4) never got any closer.

Dungey followed with a 2-yard touchdown run and also scored on an 18-yard quarterback sneak right before the half to give the Orange a 28-14 lead.

Riley caught five passes for 115 yards, and Dontae Strickland carried 20 times for 129 yards for Syracuse.

seven receptions for 72 yards and a TD.

MIAMI 24, NO. 24 PITTSBURGH 3 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Travis Homer rushed for 168 yards and a long touchdown, DeeJay Dallas ran back a punt for one of his two scores and Miami closed its regular season by knocking off Pittsburgh.

Dallas also had a rushing touchdown for the Hurricanes (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). Homer is up to 969 yards this season, and would have a chance to become the 10th runner in Miami history with a 1,000-yard season if he gets 31 in the bowl game.

Kenny Pickett completed 14 of 22 passes for 130 yards for Pitt (75, 6-2), which had already locked up the ACC’s Coastal Division and a berth in next weekend’s conference title game against Clemson. It was a reversal of last season, when Miami had the Coastal clinched and lost to Pitt in the regular-season finale for both clubs.

NO. 20 NORTHWESTERN 24, ILLINOIS 16

EVANSTON, Ill. — Clayton Thorson accounted for three touchdowns, Isaiah Browser rushed for 166 yards on 18 carries and Northwestern beat Illinois.

Thorson completed 12 of 18 passes for 110 yards and two TDs. He also ran for a score, and Bowser posted his fourth 100-yard game of the season.

The Wildcats (8-4, 8-1, No. 19 in CFP) will face No. 10 Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game next weekend in Indianapolis.

Illinois (4-8, 2-7) lost for the NO. 19 SYRACUSE 42, sixth time in seven games. AJ BOSTON COLLEGE 21 Bush Jr. completed 23 of 39 passes BOSTON — Eric Dungey ran for 281 yards and a touchdown, for three touchdowns and threw and Ricky Smalling finished with

NO. 25 IOWA STATE 42, KANSAS STATE 38 AMES, Iowa — David Montgomery ran for three touchdowns, including the winner with 4:34 to go, and Iowa State rallied from 17 down in the fourth quarter to snap a 10-game skid against Kansas State.

Montgomery had 149 yards rushing for the Cyclones (7-4, 6-3 Big 12), who clinched their bestever finish in the Big 12.

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 16 4 .800 — Philadelphia 13 8 .619 3½ Boston 10 10 .500 6 Brooklyn 8 12 .400 8 New York 6 14 .300 10 Southeast Division Charlotte 9 9 .500 — Orlando 9 10 .474 ½ Miami 7 11 .389 2 Washington 7 12 .368 2½ Atlanta 3 16 .158 6½ Central Division Milwaukee 14 5 .737 — Indiana 11 8 .579 3 Detroit 9 7 .563 3½ Chicago 5 15 .250 9½ Cleveland 4 14 .222 9½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 12 6 .667 New Orleans 10 10 .500 Dallas 9 9 .500 Houston 9 9 .500 San Antonio 9 10 .474 Northwest Division Denver 13 7 .650 Portland 12 7 .632 Oklahoma City 12 7 .632 Minnesota 9 11 .450 Utah 8 11 .421 Pacific Division Golden State 14 7 .667 L.A. Clippers 12 6 .667 L.A. Lakers 11 7 .611 Sacramento 10 9 .526 Phoenix 4 14 .222

— 3 3 3 3½ — ½ ½ 4 4½ — ½ 1½ 3 8½

Friday’s Games Minnesota 112, Brooklyn 102 L.A. Clippers 112, Memphis 107, OT Detroit 116, Houston 111, OT Boston 114, Atlanta 96 Cleveland 121, Philadelphia 112 New York 114, New Orleans 109 Toronto 125, Washington 107 Miami 103, Chicago 96 Oklahoma City 109, Charlotte 104 San Antonio 111, Indiana 100 Phoenix 116, Milwaukee 114 Denver 112, Orlando 87 Golden State 125, Portland 97 L.A. Lakers 90, Utah 83 Saturday’s Games Cleveland 117, Houston 108 Denver 105, Oklahoma City 98 Minnesota 111, Chicago 96 Washington 124, New Orleans 114 Dallas 113, Boston 104 Golden State 117, Sacramento 116 Milwaukee 135, San Antonio 129 Sunday’s Games Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 11:30 a.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 12 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 2 p.m.

New York at Memphis, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 2 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 4 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 5 p.m.

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Men’s Scores EAST American U. 73, UMBC 69 Binghamton 78, Sacred Heart 73 Buffalo 76, Marist 49 Colgate 84, Siena 79 George Washington 70, Manhattan 43 Georgetown 93, Campbell 85 Hartford 93, Western New England 53 Md.-Eastern Shore 77, Central Penn College 52 NJIT 77, LIU Brooklyn 70 Penn 112, Stockton 63 Princeton 60, Monmouth (NJ) 57 Providence 91, Iona 79 Rider 89, Wagner 65 St. Francis Brooklyn 75, Niagara 63 Stony Brook 68, Rhode Island 58 UConn 91, New Hampshire 66 West Virginia 88, Valparaiso 76 SOUTH Belmont 91, Kennesaw St. 53 Cincinnati 71, Mississippi 57 Davidson 78, Northeastern 69 ETSU 79, N. Dakota St. 61 Gardner-Webb 81, UNC-Wilmington 72 High Point 55, East Carolina 52 Howard 86, California Baptist 84 James Madison 78, N. Illinois 74 Murray St. 77, Missouri St. 66 NC Central 83, Southern U. 71 NC State 78, Mercer 74 New Orleans 97, Governors State University 53 Nicholls 62, W. Michigan 61, OT Savannah St. 80, Alcorn St. 75 The Citadel 84, South Florida 81

Troy 77, North Alabama 58 UCF 66, N. Kentucky 53 UNC-Greensboro 80, Louisiana Tech 73 VCU 69, Hofstra 67, OT Virginia Tech 75, St. Francis (Pa.) 37 W. Carolina 77, Jacksonville 65 William & Mary 87, Saint Joseph’s 85 Winthrop 116, Warren Wilson 76 MIDWEST Ball St. 82, Evansville 72 Bradley 86, Chicago St. 70 Detroit 78, E. Michigan 74 E. Illinois 90, Arkansas St. 86, OT IUPUI 80, Grambling St. 69 Ill.-Chicago 94, UW-Parkside 74 Illinois St. 79, Lindenwood 62 Indiana St. 63, W. Kentucky 54 Kansas St. 77, Lehigh 58 Miami (Ohio) 85, Army 55 Nebraska 73, W. Illinois 49 Nebraska-Omaha 89, Montana St. 65 Notre Dame 95, DePaul 70 Oakland 87, Oral Roberts 76 Ohio 85, Austin Peay 82, OT Saint Louis 73, Cent. Arkansas 61 UMKC 94, Avila 58 SOUTHWEST Ark.-Pine Bluff 75, UALR 66 Baylor 72, George Mason 61 North Texas 75, St. Peter’s 66 S. Illinois 79, Tulsa 69 Texas Tech 93, N. Colorado 62 FAR WEST Abilene Christian 60, UC Riverside 48 Cal Poly 75, SC-Upstate 74, OT Colorado 93, Air Force 56 Denver 64, Longwood 62 Harvard 74, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 68 Houston 76, BYU 62 Loyola Marymount 71, Florida A&M 63 New Mexico 84, UTEP 78 Pacific 65, Elon 57 Portland St. 91, Northwest Nazarene 75 Sacramento St. 87, Cal St.-Fullerton 82, OT San Diego 76, Jackson St. 58 San Francisco 84, Dartmouth 65 Santa Clara 71, San Jose St. 63 Seattle 83, Fairfield 80 Texas State 91, Portland 68 UC Santa Barbara 66, Idaho 55 Utah Valley 74, North Dakota 68 Washington St. 80, Delaware St. 52

Women’s College Scores EAST Boston College 73, Loyola (Md.) 47 Bucknell 77, Fairfield 54 Buffalo 61, S. Dakota St. 55 Delaware 65, Lafayette 47 Detroit 58, Manhattan 56 Drexel 60, Vermont 44 Kansas St. 80, Princeton 61 Lehigh 62, Norfolk St. 41 Louisville 86, Hartford 69 Maine 58, NC A&T 52 Marist 71, Hofstra 57 Middle Tennessee 70, Dartmouth 58 Mount St. Mary’s 87, Towson 78 NJIT 79, W. Carolina 71 Northeastern 54, Air Force 41 Penn 65, Navy 61 Pittsburgh 61, Arkansas 54 Rider 56, Saint Joseph’s 54 Siena 74, Wagner 71 Stanford 71, American U. 49 Syracuse 83, DePaul 81 UConn 86, Purdue 40 UMass 90, Brown 61 West Virginia 81, E. Kentucky 39 SOUTH Bradley 80, FAU 59 Cent. Michigan 74, Virginia 61 Charlotte 63, Liberty 61 Chattanooga 71, Saint Louis 61 Davidson 76, William & Mary 65 Duke 79, Ball St. 62 East Carolina 70, Wake Forest 61 Furman 70, Coll. of Charleston 67 Gonzaga 76, W. Kentucky 55 Kentucky 85, North Carolina 75 Maryland 58, Georgia 51 Mississippi St. 105, Jackson St. 38 Nicholls 58, Texas Southern 57 Northwestern St. 71, Loyola (NO) 66 Old Dominion 78, Jacksonville 76 Rutgers 68, ETSU 44 SC-Upstate 82, NC Central 63 Sam Houston St. 65, Southern Miss. 61 South Florida 60, UCLA 56 St. John’s 64, Mississippi 59 Tennessee 73, UAB 69 Tennessee Tech 77, Charleston Southern 55 Troy 75, MVSU 54 Tulane 81, Cleveland St. 72 UCF 70, Richmond 48 Virginia Tech 61, Villanova 59

Wisconsin 58, Tennessee St. 53 MIDWEST Arizona St. 82, S. Illinois 38 Boise St. 61, N. Iowa 60 Cincinnati 71, Lipscomb 55 Florida St. 71, Iowa 67 Green Bay 51, Dayton 35 Marquette 96, Ill.-Chicago 32 Milwaukee 56, UC Riverside 54 Missouri 65, Quinnipiac 51 North Alabama 80, SE Missouri 67 North Texas 92, N. Dakota St. 78 Ohio 87, Lamar 62 SIU-Edwardsville 57, Purdue Fort Wayne 49 Texas 69, Michigan 52 UC Irvine 77, Indiana St. 61 Wichita St. 70, Louisiana Tech 56 Wright St. 57, Stetson 44 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 70, UTEP 69 New Mexico 89, Houston 84 Oral Roberts 81, Texas State 64 Stephen F. Austin 76, Tulsa 34 Texas Tech 82, Houston Baptist 76 FAR WEST American U. 69, Hawaii 57 BYU 76, California Baptist 69 California 70, San Diego 53 Denver 76, St. Bonaventure 62 Florida Gulf Coast 73, Hawaii 67 Fordham 65, Washington 57 Grand Canyon 65, LIU Brooklyn 62 Harvard 75, CS Northridge 55 Long Beach St. 70, Idaho 63 Loyola Marymount 61, Robert Morris 53 Notre Dame 91, Oregon St. 81 Oregon 79, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 55 Pacific 70, Wyoming 64 Pepperdine 70, Cal Poly 63 Portland 83, Cal St.-Fullerton 74 Portland St. 68, Seattle 43 SMU 55, N. Arizona 48 Sacramento St. 109, Illinois 107 San Jose St. 82, CS Bakersfield 72 Santa Clara 77, Missouri St. 73 South Dakota 64, Montana 41 UNLV 69, UC Santa Barbara 51 Washington St. 64, Jacksonville St. 51

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 24 16 6 2 34 76 66 Tampa Bay 23 16 6 1 33 87 66 24 16 8 0 32 84 62 Toronto Boston 23 13 6 4 30 65 55 Montreal 24 11 8 5 27 76 81 Detroit 23 10 10 3 23 63 73 Ottawa 23 9 11 3 21 83 100 Florida 21 8 9 4 20 69 78 Metropolitan Division Washington 23 13 7 3 29 80 73 Columbus 23 13 8 2 28 77 73 N.Y. Islanders 22 12 8 2 26 71 64 N.Y. Rangers 24 12 10 2 26 71 74 Carolina 23 11 9 3 25 63 66 Pittsburgh 22 9 8 5 23 74 71 Philadelphia 23 10 11 2 22 69 82 New Jersey 21 9 9 3 21 63 67

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 23 16 6 1 33 76 56 Minnesota 23 14 7 2 30 75 63 Colorado 23 13 6 4 30 86 65 Winnipeg 22 13 7 2 28 74 62 Dallas 24 12 10 2 26 68 66 Chicago 24 9 10 5 23 65 82 St. Louis 22 8 11 3 19 67 73 Pacific Division San Jose 24 12 8 4 28 75 74 Calgary 23 13 9 1 27 75 68 Anaheim 24 10 9 5 25 54 69 Vegas 25 12 12 1 25 69 70 Vancouver 26 11 13 2 24 77 94 Edmonton 22 10 10 2 22 62 71 Arizona 21 9 10 2 20 52 56 Los Angeles 22 7 14 1 15 46 72 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 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 0 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2, OT Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1, OT Washington 3, Detroit 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, New Jersey 3, OT Vegas 2, Calgary 0 Columbus 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 2 Carolina 4, Florida 1 Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT St. Louis 6, Nashville 2 Dallas 6, Ottawa 4 Colorado 5, Arizona 1 San Jose 4, Vancouver 0 Saturday’s Games Washington 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 2

Winnipeg 8, St. Louis 4 Buffalo 3, Detroit 2, SO Chicago 5, Florida 4, OT Boston 3, Montreal 2 Toronto 6, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Islanders 4, Carolina 1 Colorado 3, Dallas 2 Vegas 6, San Jose 0 Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 2 Sunday’s Games Calgary at Arizona, 11 a.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m.

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Soccer MLS Playoffs

Conference Championships Home-and-home Eastern Conference First leg Sunday, Nov. 25: New York at Atlanta, 1:18 p.m.

Second leg Thursday, Nov. 29: Atlanta at New York, 3:50 p.m.

Western Conference First leg Sunday, Nov. 25: Sporting Kansas City at Portland, 3:50 p.m.

Second leg Thursday, Nov. 29: Portland at Sporting Kansas City, 5:48 p.m.

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Football College Scores EAST Duquesne 31, Towson 10< Penn St. 38, Maryland 3< Syracuse 42, Boston College 21< Temple 57, UConn 7< SOUTH Alabama 52, Auburn 21< Appalachian St. 21, Troy 10< Charlotte 27, FAU 24< Florida 41, Florida St. 14< Georgia Southern 35, Georgia St. 14< Georgia Tech 45, Georgia 21< James Madison 20, Delaware 6< Liberty 28, New Mexico St. 21< Louisiana-Lafayette 31, Louisiana-Monroe 28< Marshall 28, FIU 25< Miami 24, Pittsburgh 3< Middle Tennessee 27, UAB 3< NC State 34, North Carolina 28, OT< Nicholls 49, San Diego 30< Southern U. 38, Grambling St. 28< Tulane 29, Navy 28< Vanderbilt 38, Tennessee 13< W. Kentucky 30, Louisiana Tech 15< Wake Forest 59, Duke 7< Wofford 19, Elon 7< MIDWEST Michigan St. 14, Rutgers 10< Minnesota 37, Wisconsin 15< N. Iowa 16, Lamar 13< Northwestern 24, Illinois 16< Ohio St. 62, Michigan 39< Purdue 28, Indiana 21< SE Missouri 28, Stony Brook 14< SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 33, Texas St. 7< Baylor 35, Texas Tech 24< Prairie View 60, Texas Southern 14< Rice 27, Old Dominion 13< Southern Miss. 39, UTEP 7< Tulsa 27, SMU 24< FAR WEST Arizona St. 41, Arizona 40< California 33, Colorado 21< Fresno St. 31, San Jose St. 13< Montana St. 35, Incarnate Word 14< Notre Dame 24, Southern Cal 17< Stanford 49, UCLA 42< Wyoming 31, New Mexico 3<

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets South Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville North Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland West Kansas City L.A. Chargers Denver

W 7 5 3 3

L 3 5 7 7

T Pct 0 .700 0 .500 0 .300 0 .300

PF 280 199 137 208

PA 236 256 251 254

7 5 5 3

3 5 5 7

0 .700 0 .500 0 .500 0 .300

239 298 178 176

205 249 189 219

7 5 5 3

2 1 .750 299 225 5 0 .500 237 181 5 0 .500 256 312 6 1 .350 218 263

9 7 4

2 0 .818 404 294 3 0 .700 262 209 6 0 .400 228 235

Oakland

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8 0 .200 170 293

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East 6 Dallas Washington 6 Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Giants 3 South New Orleans 10 Carolina 6 4 Atlanta Tampa Bay 3 North Chicago 8 Minnesota 5 4 Green Bay Detroit 4 West L.A. Rams 10 Seattle 5 Arizona 2 San Francisco 2

5 0 .545 234 213 5 0 .545 220 229 6 0 .400 205 231 7 0 .300 215 263 1 4 7 7

0 .909 0 .600 0 .364 0 .300

409 260 280 267

256 252 307 329

3 4 5 7

0 .727 1 .550 1 .450 0 .364

317 241 247 238

211 229 243 286

1 0 .909 389 282 5 0 .500 246 216 8 0 .200 145 248 8 0 .200 230 266

Thursday’s Games Chicago 23, Detroit 16 Dallas 31, Washington 23 New Orleans 31, Atlanta 17 Sunday’s Games Seattle at Carolina, 9 a.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 9 a.m.

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 9 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 9 a.m.

Oakland at Baltimore, 9 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 9 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 9 a.m.

Arizona at L.A. Chargers, 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Denver, 12:25 p.m.

Miami at Indianapolis, 12:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:20 p.m.

Open: L.A. Rams, Kansas City Monday’s Games Tennessee at Houston, 4:15 p.m.

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Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Kansas City WR Tyreek Hill $10,026 for taunting and Kansas City S Eric Murray $26,739 for unnecessary roughness against the Los Angeles Rams. Fined Denver S Justin Simmons $53,482 for a helmetto-helmet hit on a defenseless receiver against the Los Angeles Chargers. Fined Los Angeles Chargers’ Jeff Richards $26,739 for unnecessary roughness and Derwin James $10,026 for a facemask penalty. Fined Jacksonville’s Calais Campbell $20,054 for roughing the passer and Yannick Ngakoue and Telvin Smith $10,026 each for unnecessary roughness against Pittsburgh.

Fined New York Giants’ Olivier Vernon $20,054 for a roughingthe-passer penalty. Fined Minnesota’s Harrison Smith $10,026 for his hit on Chicago QB Mitchell Trubisky. Fined New Orleans RB Alvin Kamara $10,026 for unsportsmanlike conduct; and fined Indianapolis’ George Odum (unnecessary roughness), Cincinnati’s Dre’ Kirkpatrick (unsportsmanlike conduct) and Green Bay’s Bashaud Breeland (unnecessary roughness) $10,026 each.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Activated CB Maurice Canady from injured reserve. Waived G/C Hroniss Grasu.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DB John Franklin III to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DL James Looney from the practice squad. Placed LB Nick Perry on injured reserve.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Promoted LB Jeff Wilson Jr. from the practice squad. Waived QB Tom Savage.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Vancouver F Antoine Roussel $5,000 by the NHL for biting San Jose D MarcEdouard Vlasic during a Nov. 23 game.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Adin Hill from Tucson (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS — Recalled F Jesse Puljujarvi from Bakersfield (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F Tanner Fritz from Bridgeport (AHL). Assigned F Michael Dal Colle to Bridgeport.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Tim Gettinger to Hartford (AHL).

COLLEGE LOUISVILLE — Suspended junior TE Jordan Davis, freshman RB Javian Hawkins, junior RB Malik Staples and sophomore RB Dae Williams for one game for an unspecified violation of team rules.

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saves, and David Krejci had two assists.

Jonathan Drouin and Tomas Tatar scored in the third period for Continued from page B1 Montreal, and Carey Price stopped 32 shots. The Canadiens have lost scored the tiebreaking goal with four straight.

6:24 left in the third period, and Washington won its season-high fifth straight game.

PENGUINS 4, Alex Ovechkin, Nic Dowd, BLUE JACKETS 2 Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson also PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentscored for defending Stanley Cup champion Washington, and John zel scored his first career regularCarlson had three assists. Pheonix season hat trick to send Pittsburgh Copley, starting in place of Braden past Columbus.

Tanner Pearson also scored for Holtby, stopped 27 shots.

Jimmy Vesey, Brady Skjei and the Penguins, who have won two Ryan Strome scored for the Rang- of their last three after losing nine ers, who lost their second straight, of their previous 10. Kris Letang ending a seven-game winning had three assists and Sidney Crosstreak on home ice. Kevin Hayes by two. Phil Kessel continued an had two assists and Alexandar eight-game point streak for Pittsburgh and Evgeni Malkin has a Georgiev finished with 23 saves. seven-game run.

Casey DeSmith made 37 saves BLACKHAWKS 5, for Pittsburgh.

PANTHERS 4, OT Cam Atkinson and Scott Harrington scored for the Blue JackSUNRISE, Fla. — Erik Gusets, who lost for the second time in tafsson scored 2:32 into overtime three games. to give Chicago the win.

Gustafsson wristed in his third goal of the season to beat Florida ISLANDERS 4, goalie James Reimer, snapping HURRICANES 1 Chicago’s two-game overall losing NEW YORK — Thomas Greiss streak and eight-game road skid.

Alex DeBrincat tied it with 2 made 26 saves, and Valtteri Filpseconds left in regulation and Da- pula, Anthony Beauvillier, Josh vid Kampf, Patrick Kane and Al- Bailey and Adam Pelech scored exandre Fortin also tallied for the for New York.

Brock Nelson, Anders Lee and Blackhawks. Gustav Forsling had two assists and Kampf added an Bailey finished with multipoint games. It was the sixth multipoint assist for a three-point night.

Goalie Cam Ward made his first game of the season for Bailey.

Justin Williams scored for the start since Nov. 12 and stopped 34 Hurricanes. Carolina starter Scott shots.

Mike Hoffman, Jared McCann, Darling made 15 saves in the loss.

Aaron Ekblad and Frank Vatrano The Islanders limited the Hurriscored goals for the Panthers. Jon- canes to a single goal for the third athan Huberdeau recorded a pair straight game. of assists.

Reimer made 36 saves for AVALANCHE 3, STARS 2 the Panthers, who lost their third straight.

DENVER — J.T. Compher and Mikko Rantanen scored 45 seconds apart late in the third period, SABRES 3, and Colorado rallied to beat DalRED WINGS 2, SO las.

Rantanen also had an assist, DETROIT — Sam Reinhart and Tage Thompson scored in a and Nathan MacKinnon had a goal seven-round shootout to give Buf- and an assist for the Avalanche.

Colorado has won four in a row falo its ninth consecutive victory.

Jeff Skinner and Thompson and is 6-0-1 in its last seven games.

Radek Faska and Jamie Benn scored for Buffalo in regulation, and Linus Ullmark made 35 saves. had goals, Alexander Radulov had Dylan Larkin, Anthony Man- two assists and Anton Khudobin tha scored for Detroit, and Jimmy stopped 33 shots for the Stars. DalHoward stopped 33 shots. Andreas las has lost three of its last four.

Athanasiou scored in the shootout for the Red Wings.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6,

MAPLE LEAFS 6, FLYERS 0 TORONTO — Andreas Johnsson had a hat trick midway through the first period and Toronto routed Philadelphia.

John Tavares, Patrick Marleau and Josh Leivo also scored, and backup goalie Garret Sparks made 35 saves for his first shutout of the season and the second of his career. Mitch Marner added two assists.

Calvin Pickard, who was claimed by the Flyers on waivers from Toronto before the start of the season, allowed four goals on six shots for Philadelphia (10-11-2) before being pulled. Anthony Stolarz allowed two goals on 34 shots in relief.

BRUINS 3, CANADIENS 2 MONTREAL — John Moore scored a power-play goal with 2:57 left and Boston beat Montreal.

David Backes and Jake DeBrusk also scored to help the Bruins win for third time in four games. Tuukka Rask made 32

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LAS VEGAS — Max Pacioretty scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 33 shots to earn his league-leading fifth shutout of the season for Vegas.

It was the second shutout in as many nights for Fleury and marked the first time the 15-year veteran recorded back-to-back shutouts since the 2014-15 season.

William Karlsson, Colin Miller, William Carrier and Alex Tuch also scored for Vegas.

CANUCKS 4, KINGS 2 LOS ANGELES — Vancouver rookie Elias Pettersson scored his 13th goal of the season and helped the Canucks snap an eight-game winless streak.

Adam Gaudette and Sam Gagner also scored for the Canucks, and Tyler Motte added an emptynet goal. Goalie Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots.

Drew Doughty and Matt Luff scored for the Kings, whose 7-14-1 record is the worst in the NHL. Cal Petersen stopped 26 shots.

United, Red Bulls set for playoff battle ATLANTA (AP) — This has all the makings of an MLS Cup final.

The New York Red Bulls and Atlanta United are the two best teams in Major League Soccer.

Their battle for the Supporters’ Shield went down to the final day of the regular season .

The Red Bulls totaled the most points in league history, with Atlanta right behind.

“I think this is exactly what MLS wanted in the playoffs,” New York goalkeeper Luis Robles said.

Even if it does fall one step ahead of the championship game.

These two powerhouses will meet in a two-leg Eastern Conference final, which begins Sunday night before another expected crowd of more than 70,000 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The second game will be Thursday night in Harrison, New Jersey.

“The approach is what it’s been all along,” said Red Bulls coach Chris Armas, who took over the job at midseason when Jesse Marsch left for a job in Europe . “The last 10 games of the season felt like playoff games. We felt like we couldn’t slip up. That’s what it feels like

now.”

The Red Bulls were a charter member of MLS when the league was founded in 1996 (known originally as the MetroStars), and they’ve been one of MLS’ most successful clubs.

But they’ve never won an MLS Cup, coming closest to a title in 2008 when they lost to Columbus Crew in the final.

Despite winning the Supporters’ Shield for the third time in six years with 71 points, this team knows that anything less than a championship will be viewed as a failure.

“Yeah, it’s been an amazing season,” Armas said. “But we’re 23 years going, and there’s a cup out there we want really bad.”

In just two seasons, United has quickly emerged as a league’s marquee franchise, featuring two of the league’s most dazzling players (Golden Boot winner Josef Martinez and Miquel Almiron, both MVP finalists) and boasting some of the best fan support of any club in the world. Atlanta broke its own attendance record this season, averaging more than 53,000 per game at its dazzling, retractable-roof home.

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Jack Conroy brings the puck into the zone against Fairbanks Ice Dogs defenseman Lucas Erickson on Friday, Nov. 24, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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one goal, with the Bears winning just one of those close contests. Six of the eight also have seen three goals or less scored in the game.

Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich, Fairbanks Ice Dogs head coach Trevor Stewart and Murray are all from Elk River, Minnesota.

So when Murray got the puck at a dangerous but extremely tight angle with 57 seconds remaining in overtime Friday, all three knew intimately of Murray’s lethal release and had a pretty good idea what was going to happen.

Murray, who will play at Division I Arizona State University next season, whistled the one-timer just past the pipe and also jarred the water bottle on the roof of the net to give the Ice Dogs a 2-1 decision.

“We knew if there was a little bit of daylight, he would find it,” Stewart said.

“There’s a reason he’s committed to playing Division I hockey next year.”

With 1:06 left in overtime, Bears forward Jack Conroy was whistled for tripping, putting Fairbanks on the 4-on-3 power play for the rest of the extra frame.

The Ice Dogs won the faceoff, worked the puck to Murray and quickly ended the game. Dylan Abbott and John Stampohar, also Division I committed players, had the assists.

The theme for the Bears has been great defensive play and goaltending, but failing to convert opportunities on offense.

“We had some Grade A chances we didn’t convert,” Petrich said.

The Kenai River coach said his squad did not play well enough in the first period to win the game. The Bears had two power plays to Fairbanks’ one, but Luke Mobley tapped in a backdoor rebound to give the Ice Dogs the advantage after 20 minutes.

In the second period, both Stewart and Petrich said the Bears had the upper hand, earning both of the frame’s power plays. Brandon Lajoie, an affiliate player from Eagle River, drew the Bears even with a power-play goal with 5:31 left in the second.

Michael Spethmann and Markuss Komuls assisted.

Lajoie, who has tendered to join the Bears next season, was on a line with Eagle

Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Connor Scahill controls the puck in front of Dylan Abbott of the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and Sutton McDonald of the Brown Bears on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

River’s Zach Krajnik and Spethmann, first and third on the team in points, respectively.

“He can shoot it,” Petrich said of Lajoie. “He scores goals at his level, so we’re not shocked he did it here. There’s a reason why he played with Krajnik and Spethmann.”

The third-period was then back and forth with both teams rolling up chances, but both Kenai River goalie Gavin Enright and Fairbanks goalie Mattias Sholl stood strong.

With 2:33 left in the game, Fairbanks had a short-handed breakaway, but Enright denied Jonathan Sorenson, the leading scorer for the Ice Dogs, with a sprawling save.

“He was lights out all night,” Petrich said of Enright.

“He deserved a better fate.”

In overtime, JJ Boucher had a chance alone out in front with 1:45 to play, but was denied by Sholl.

While giving both goalies credit, Stewart also said it was one of those nights where the puck didn’t seem to want to find the back of the net for either team.

“That one is not super fresh

in my memory,” Stewart said of the Boucher play. “It was a little bit of skill and a little bit of luck, or maybe a lot of luck.”

Sholl had 36 saves, while Enright stopped 32.

Saturday, a crowd of 1,479 was treated to more extended drama.

The Bears were better in the first period, taking a 3-0 lead on goals from Sutton McDonald of Eagle River, Alex Klekotka and Andy Walker.

But Sorenson and Ty Proffitt struck in the second for the Ice Dogs, and with 11:24 left in the third period, Jack Johnston knotted up the game.

Murray, assisted by Abbott, won it with 41 seconds left in overtime.

Sholl had three saves on six shots before departing, while Ethan Lahmon came on to save all 21 and enable the comeback. Dennis Westergard stopped 33 for the Bears.

Friday Ice Dogs 2, Brown Bears 1, OT Fairbanks 1 0 0 1 — 2 Kenai River 0 1 0 0 — 1 First period — 1. Fairbanks, Mobley (Koethe, Borgida), 18:50. Penalties — Fair-

banks 2 for 4:00; Kenai River 1 for 2:00.

Second period — 2. Kenai River, Lajoie (Spethmann, Komuls), pp, 14:29. Penalties — Fairbanks 2 for 4:00.

Third period — none. Penalties — Fairbanks 3 for 17:00; Kenai River 3 for 35:00.

Overtime — 3. Fairbanks, Murray (Abbott, Stampohar), pp, 4:03. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00.

Shots on goal — Fairbanks 12-9-12-1— 34; Kenai River 13-13-11-0—37.

Goalies — Fairbanks, Sholl (37 shots, 36 saves); Kenai River, Enright (34 shots, 32 saves).

Power plays — Fairbanks 1 for 3; Kenai River 1 for 5.

Saturday Ice Dogs 4, Brown Bears 3, OT Fairbanks 0 2 1 1 — 4 Kenai River 3 0 0 0 — 3 First period — 1. Kenai River, McDonald (Poellinger, A. Walker), 13:20; 2. Kenai River, Klekotka (Weeks, Canterbury), 16:33; 3. Kenai River, A. Walker (McDonald, Scahill), 18:35. Penalties — Fairbanks 1 for 2:00.

Second period — 4. Fairbanks, Sorenson (Murray, Kovacs), 7:05; 5. Fairbanks, Proffitt (Deweese, Kovacs), 9:01. Penalties — Fairbanks 1 for 2:00; Kenai River 1 for 2:00.

Third period — 6. Fairbanks, Johnston (Mobley, Borgida), 8:36. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00.

Overtime — 7. Fairbanks, Murray (Abbott), 4:19. Penalties — none.

Shots on goal — Fairbanks 7-13-11-6— 37; Kenai River 6-10-7-4—27.

Goalies — Fairbanks, Sholl (6 shots, 3 saves), Lahmon (21 shots, 21 saves); Kenai River, Westergard (37 shots, 33 saves).

Power plays — Fairbanks 0 for 2; Kenai 0 for 2.

Belgium wins World Cup of Golf MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry of Belgium lifted the World Cup of Golf trophy on Sunday. They may have won it on Friday.

The Belgians had a few anxious moments on the back nine Sunday but held on to shoot a 4-under 68 and claim a three-stroke win, despite a

determined late run by Australia and Mexico.

The sunny skies and lack of wind on Sunday was a far cry from Friday, when driving rain and gusty winds meant there were more scores in the 80s than in the 60s.

Belgium shot 71 on Friday, tied for the low score of the day and one of only four

scores under par, and shared the lead going into the third round.

Many golfers said the Friday conditions were the worst they had ever played in.

Pieters and Detry shot 63 in much-improved weather on Saturday in the fourballs (best ball) and took a five-stroke lead into the final round of

foursomes at Metropolitan.

From there, it was a case of hanging on for the $1.12 million in prize money they each received.

“It was a long back nine” Pieters said while surrounded by family, friends and fans, some with Belgian flags stuck on their heads, just off the 18th green.

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Ponders from an old, semi-benchwarmer Now that major feasting has morphed into refrigerator raids on leftover stashes left unguarded and not frozen into future homemade TV dinners, it’s time to lay low and avoid the rough-and-tumble, no-holdsbarred scramble for deals during pre-Christmas sales. Someone could get hurt.

I mean, who wants to take a wicked forearm at an electronics discount table when one can safely chill ensconced in a recliner watching the news as retail greeters get sacked by stampeding hordes trying to fit through box stores’ main entrances to ravage a 70 percent-off thumb-drive table display?

Besides, there are of all kinds of great sports on the air such as football, rugby, basketball and various contests that take real balls to play.

I’m not ignoring watching soccer. It has always been an outstanding sleep aid, especially when mixed with a double shot of turkey and fixins’. I hold it in very high regard.

Football is and will always be my favorite game. Probably because I resemble a Tongass old growth spruce and was known for moving an opponent 10 to 15 yards from where he last saw his cleats if he smacked into my carcass.

Back in the day, my position was called a blocking back or “rudimentary thug.” I’m not sure why, but I’ll admit that it was flat cool pursuing rushers charging my quarterback just so I could deliver them the experience of precipitous wingless flight.

Hey, I wasn’t that good but any farm boy in our little town that had been tossing around 100-pound potato sacks during the fall harvest months just to pay for tuition could have put a majority of any blitzing linebackers into a parallel universe. My coach was very complimentary and always said that “Nick is really valuable when it comes to getting in the way.”

Baseball was less kind. I could knock the stitches off a ball but it had to go over the wall. A triple for anyone else might mean I could get to first base if I was in an urgent plod. I got excited once and tried to take second after blasting one into the deep left field corner of a stadium. I slid and ended my baseball career when, after the dust settled, the shortstop came up missing. I’m embarrassed to this day.

Basketball was a bigger disaster.

In those days 6’3” was tall for a high school kid. Nowadays I’d be lucky to make the day care squad. Anyway, it came down to, once again, a large muscle mass with the agility of a bull moose on ice. Not pretty. I was finally benched because of my tendency to “trudge” up and down the court instead of run. According to the coach, I was an acceptable shooter but he just couldn’t afford to have me wait at one end of the court until the rest of the pack got back to pass me the ball.

As for hockey, let’s not go there. I was a battleship on skates. Hard to turn, nasty to run into, and as graceful in the rink as a malfunctioning Zamboni.

As the years passed, I really enjoyed getting fired up about sports over the holidays because they added to the festive feelings of the season. Nowadays though, I’m not quite sure what’s going on. Players are looked at more as to what they are, rather than whom.

Some elite, full scholarship, major college players are cruising around in Cadillac Escalades while taking classes that our miniature poodle could easily pass, yet these “brain trusts” couldn’t win a spelling bee with a preschool dropout.

Professional teams now have the capability to start subdivisions by just recruiting from a pool of felon ex-players who have lower IQs than the landscape shrubbery surrounding their mansions and are less articulate than the pet pit bulls guarding them.

It’s also a fact that many moneyed teams and their participating pro athletes are huge cash cows but, for the most part, it’s the saltof-the-earth youngsters out there laboring to pay the going toll for an education and training who reflect the grit and determination it takes to make them a success.

What’s better yet is that we have coaches and assistants, on all levels of competition, stepping forward willing to teach young kids respect for each other and their opponents while building their ability to control their feelings and overcome personal weaknesses.

Honor, pride, strength of character and self-discipline along with the aptitude to pursue what one thinks is right despite temptations to abandon it is paramount in the game of life.

Come to think of it, if I compared the competitive politics that have just played out to what some professional sports have become lately, a few of the circumstances may well mirror each other, except for one major feature. There is still a myriad of class acts in sports, professional or otherwise.

Such acts are near extinction in politics.

Nick can be reached at ncvarney@gmail. com.

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NY dog found in Florida 18 months after disappearing SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — Eighteen months after Sinatra the brown and white Husky disappeared from his home in New York, he ended up wandering in a Florida neighborhood where 13-year-old Rose Verrill took him in.

Turns out, Sinatra once belonged to 16-yearold Zion Willis, who died in a gun accident in Brooklyn, New York, in 2015. He’ll be reunited with her family in Baltimore on Sunday.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that while the dog has been found, no one knows how it traveled 1,200 miles from New York to Seffner, which is near Tampa.

But this much is known. Sinatra was a 14th birthday gift for Zion, who was an avid dancer and an animal lover. The blue-eyed dog loved to chase raccoons and squirrels, the teen’s father told the newspaper. One day, a year-and-a-half after Zion’s death, the dog never came home. It was a tragic loss for Zion’s grieving parents.

Some 18 months passed before the Florida teen found Sinatra near her home.

“He’s been such a wonderful guest and such a sweet dog,” said Rose’s mother, Denise Verril. “I can see why they love him so much.”

The Verills and family friend Jeanne Baldi

In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 photo, Sinatra, a brown and white Husky, sits at the feet of Gregory Verrill at his home in Seffner, Fla. (Bronte Wittpenn/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

started trying to find Sinatra’s owners. They took him to a veterinarian who was not able to retrieve much from an identification chip. They turned to the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, which came up with a possible name —

Willis Les — and a phone number that was off by one digit.

That’s when Baldi took to social media. She reached out to Lesmore Willis with the information she had.

“I never would have thought he was from Brooklyn,” Baldi said. “I messaged Lesmore over Facebook and didn’t think it would lead to anything when I saw where he was from.”

A few days later, Willis messaged back. As they compared notes, they both spoke of a dog that had a problem with its right foot.

Baldi sent along a photo and Willis confirmed it was Sinatra.

“I told him that he was safe and well taken care of with Denise,” Baldi said.

Willis spoke of his daughter’s love for the dog. “That was her dog and their bond was strong,” he said. “She loved to take him on her walks to the store. The love was obvious. When he was gone, it was like losing a part of her.”

After Sinatra disappeared, they put up flyers and spent months searching.

Now, they’ll be reunited. A friend of Verrill’s is taking Sinatra to Baltimore for the Thanksgiving weekend reunion.

The Recycling Bin Rethink, Rearrange, Revisualize Diamond is one of the hardest known materials. Diamond can tolerate high levels of radiation and does not trigger an immune response. These attributes make it useful in construction, nuclear engineering, electronics and medicine. In 2013, industry used approximately 1,500 tons of diamond, 99 percent of which were lab-grown. Growing diamonds in a lab has come a long way since its beginning in the early ‘50s, greatly reducing the human and environmental toll of the diamond industry by sustainably culturing diamonds without the destructive use of mining.

Information provided by ReGroup, a nonprofit educational group formed in 1989 to develop public awareness of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling benefit on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.

Find ReGroup on Facebook or contact us atregroupkenaipeninsula@gmail.com.

Learning for Life Déjà Vu or Déjà Food?

Let’s face it, leftover foods get a bad rap. What if those leftovers were reimagined and turned into something different; would they be more appealing? When last night’s roast chicken becomes tonight’s fajitas, it seems like a delicious new meal. Here are some tips for reinventing leftovers: • Slice or chop a small quantity of meat to make it stretch further.

• Add veggies and grains that are different than what was served with the previous meal.

• Can the leftovers be turned into a soup, stew, stir-fry or casserole?

• Make a large salad and top it with leftover chicken, fish, or other protein.

• Use leftovers to stuff hot baked potatoes; top with grated cheese for an instant crowd-pleaser.

• Making a casserole? Double the recipe and freeze one to bake and serve later.

Visit us online at www. http://uaf.edu/ces/districts/kenai/, call us at 907262-5824, or stop by our office at 43691 K-Beach Rd, Suite A, for a handout on using leftovers creatively.

Submitted by Amorette Payment, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Nutrition Educator, Kenai Peninsula District.

AKC Canine Good Citizen test The Kenai Kennel Club will be holding an AKC Canine Good Citizen test Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Kennel Club training building in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai (behind Home Gallery). The 10-step CGC test is a non-competitive test for all dogs, including purebreds and mixed breeds. Cost is $25.

For more information contact Kenai Kennel Club at kenaikennelclub@gmail.com.

Caregiver workshop, open house The Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will host a workshop and open house in the Blazy Mall, Suite # 209 on Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The workshop will be on adult coloring. Drop by our office to see how we may best serve you via access to our lending library, durable goods loan closet, gain information and assistance. Please join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone who is a caregiver. For more information, call Sharon or Judy at 907-262-1280.

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council meeting Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC) represents citizens in promoting environmentally safe marine transportation and oil facility operations in Cook Inlet. CIRCAC is holding its Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. and Friday, Nov. 30 at 9 a.m. at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel & Spa, 401 E 6th Avenue, Anchorage. The public is invited to attend.

For an agenda, directions or more information, call 907-283-7222 or toll free 800-652-7222. Meeting materials will be posted online at www.circac.org

Hospice of the Central Peninsula’s Memorial Tree From Nov. 23 – Dec. 23 Hospice of the Central Peninsula will have a Memorial Tree standing in the Peninsula Center Mall. Community Members may remember their loved ones with an ornament placed on our tree! No donation is too small to receive as many ornaments as you would like. Stop by the tree in the Mall during Mall hours, stop by Hospice’s office, or request an ornament online at www.hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com.

Soldotna Senior Center Holiday Sweetness Bazaar

zaar is limited to vendors of food items. Cottage food producers are welcome and encouraged. The kitchen will be open for purchase of hamburgers, hot dogs, milkshakes and other snack bar foods.

Raffle tickets for a KitchenAid mixer will be on sale, with the drawing to be held on Dec. 21.

Contact the Soldotna Senior Center at 262-2322 for more information or to reserve a vendor table.

Kenai Alternative High School 3rd Rotation interviews

This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen in October 2018 shows a roast turkey in Brookline, Mass. This recipe appears in the cookbook “ATB Holiday Entertaining.” (Daniel J. van Ackere/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)

holding tryouts at the Kenai Middle School Dec. 3-4 from 7-9 p.m. for the 18-year-old-andunder team and our two 16-year-old-and-under teams. Tryouts for our 13-14-year-old team will be held on Dec. 5 at the Kenai Middle School from 7-8:30 p.m. Practices are held two nights per week and tournaments take place once or twice per month from January through the end of March. For further information, contact Heath McLeod at pmsalaska@outlook. com or visit our Facebook page (Peninsula Midnight Sun).

Kenai Alternative High School is currently scheduling interviews for our 3rd Rotation. Inter- Kenai Performers Wonka bars views will be held the week of Nov. 26. Classes sale for the 3rd Rotation begin Dec. 3. Students who Kenai Performers is selling chocolate Wonare interested in scheduling an interview are asked to call the school at 335-2870 between the ka bars as a promotional fundraiser. Funds raised will help pay production costs for the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. spring musical, “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka.”

Hidden among the candy bars are five Golden The Anchorage Fish and Game Tickets. Finders of the tickets will win FREE Advisory Committee meeting admission to one of the shows. These WonThe Anchorage Fish and Game Advisory ka bars are 4.5 ounces of scrumptious milk Committee Game Subcommittee will meet on chocolate, big enough to share with the whole Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Rabbit Creek family, and are $5 each. Candy bars are availRifle Range conference room, located at 15222 able at Curtain Call Consignment Boutique Seward Highway Drive, to go over game propos- in Kenai and at our booth at the Black Friday als 131-138, then 54-109. Please come ready to Holiday Bazaar at the Challenger Learning discuss these proposals. For more information Center on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24, 10 contact Matt Moore at matt.moore@akrehab. a.m. to 5 p.m. Thank you Country Foods for sponsoring our fundraiser! For more informacom or 360-0905 tion, please call Terri at 252-6808.

The KPC Showcase presents: A Nominations open for Kenai Soil Screening of the documentary film: & Water Board ‘We Up’ Kenai Peninsula College will host a screening of “We Up” at McLane Commons, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Forty years after hip-hop culture was born in the multiethnic South Bronx neighborhood of New York City, it’s being reinterpreted in fascinating ways by indigenous artists throughout Alaska, as well as Greenland, Canada, Norway, and Finland. “We Up” is a documentary film tracing the cultural, creative, and spiritual connections between indigenous hip-hop artists of Alaska and their peers across the circumpolar north. After the screening of the film Executive Producer Aaron Leggett, curator of Alaska History and Culture at the Anchorage Museum, will be on hand to discuss the film and gather feedback.

The Alaska Association of Conservation Districts on behalf of the Alaska Division of Agriculture is accepting nominations through Nov. 30 to fill three eligible seats on the Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Seats D and E have three-year terms that expire on Dec. 31, 2021. Seat B has one year remaining of a three-year term expiring on Dec. 31, 2019. For information, contact the District office at 907-283-8732 x 5 or the Alaska Association of Conservation Districts at 907-373-7923.

Habitat for Humanity seeking family partner

The Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity is now looking for a family to partner with for their 2019 building season. If you would The first annual Holiday Sweetness Bazaar Peninsula Midnight Sun Volley- like more information, please contact Carri at will be held at the Soldotna Senior Center on 283-7797, or visit our website: https://hfhcenSaturday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This ba- ball Club tryouts Peninsula Midnight Sun Volleyball Club is tralpeninsula.org to apply online!

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Cat concerns

PET PAL Dear Readers: Cora S. in Kansas City, Mo., shared a hilarious picture of her sweet yellow Lab, Lola, who is looking longingly at the face of a sitting skeleton, which is part

of Cora’s Halloween vignette!

To see Lola and our other Pet Pals, visit www.Heloise.com and click on “Pet of the Week.”

Do you have a humorous holiday helper?

We’re now looking for holiday “fur babies.”

Email a picture along with age, breed and name to Heloise(at)Heloise.com.

-- Heloise RESTAURANT BAG

Dear Readers: Gold is beautiful, but do you know all there is to know about it?

Twenty-four-karat gold has no alloys -- it is pure gold, soft and easily malleable. But it also can scratch, so it is not suitable for use by itself for most applications.

Eighteen-karat gold is 75 percent pure gold, and 14-karat gold is 58.3 percent.

What makes up the difference? Mixtures of nickel, zinc, silver and copper are added to the gold to strengthen it.

Ten-karat gold, by the way, is 41.6 percent gold.

-- Heloise

Dear Heloise: When our children were young. I kept a small “restaurant bag” packed in the car: bibs, wipes, snacks (to keep them satisfied if the food was delayed), flexible straws, a spillproof cup and crayons. Items can be adjusted depending on the RED, GREEN AND YELLOW child’s age.

Also, I’m not a fan of teaching children to Dear Heloise: I hollow out red, yellow use electronics at the table, so quiet activi- and green bell peppers, and use them to hold ties were my choice. Children need to learn dips and sauces. Makes for a fun conversato sit at a restaurant (not run around). tion starter, and a colorful table!

We avoided taking our little ones into a -- Helen M. in Ohio busy restaurant when the kids were tired. We

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My mother is not as forgiving. She told me I can do better than him, and I should forget about him altogether. I tried to explain how I feel about him and how I want to move on from it. She hasn’t had a change of heart and says she does not approve of him. So now I sneak around with him and leave my mother out of the loop.

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and we’re not dead.

But while it may not be intentional, it seems there is no time for the elderly.

We may say we’re fine and don’t mind being alone, but it IS lonely at times. No one calls to say hello or ask if we need anything. How long Abigail Van Buren does it take to make a call? It would be nice if each family member called once a week or came by once a month. The love we’ve always had for family is still there and strong.

Children and grandchildren, please think about this and remember: The most important thing you can give your elderly relatives is your TIME. Time is the most precious gift of all and doesn’t cost a thing. Someday you will -- TORN IN MASSACHUSETTS be old, too!

DEAR TORN: I can’t salvage this ro-- WISE WOMAN IN NORTH CAROmance and neither can you. There’s a term LINA for people who call others “horrible names DEAR WISE WOMAN: I’m printing and say nasty things” to them. They are called “verbal abusers,” and the effects of your letter because it carries a message that what they say can be lasting. An example some families need to hear. That said, I am would be the way his accusations have af- a strong advocate for individuals who advofected your mother, who thinks her daugh- cate for themselves. Because your children ter deserves better, and your relationship and grandchildren don’t call, perhaps it’s time you picked up your phone and called with her. them to check in and see how they’re doing.

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DEAR ABBY: This is a message about For everything you need to know about our senior population. Our children grow up, marry and have children. Each grandchild is wedding planning, order “How to Have a special. We love them and adore being with Lovely Wedding.” Send your name and mailthem. Then the grandkids grow up and have ing address, plus check or money order for $7 little ones of their own. By this time we’re old (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Bookand sometimes need help with housework, let, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054yard work, or just would like to get out of the 0447. (Shipping and handling are included in house to go eat or shop. We still have feelings, the price.)

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14 Houston squad, casually 19 Eaglelike 20 Mississippi River bottom feeder 21 “Wouldn’t that be nice!”

22 Satchel for a homicide detective?

24 Joe of “GoodFellas” 25 Something found at the top of many a Google search page 26 Manufactured 27 Baking soda has many of these 29 Tush 30 Danny Ocean’s ex-wife in “Ocean’s Eleven”

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018: This year you will become more involved with others and their needs. You might play a fundamental role in several people’s lives. You understand what works on a domestic and emotional level. If you are single, you could meet someone this year who gives you a case of the butterflies. You might want to explore the possibilities. If you are attached, the two of you flow well together as a couple. One-on-one relating becomes a precious and important time for you both. CANCER understands your feelings almost better than you do.

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) HHHH You might find the lack of high-powered excitement today disappointing, but ultimately you do need some quiet time. Nevertheless, you hear others’ frustration and are in touch with your own feelings as a result. You could be put off by someone you admire. Tonight: Order in.

This Week: Share your ideas, but also listen to dissenters.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You will share your thoughts with greater clarity than usual. You could be a little taken aback by a friend or loved one who throws a wrench in your plans at the last minute. Closing off this person ultimately won’t do you any good.

Just go with the flow. Tonight: Indulge a loved one.

This Week: Communicate your intentions early in the week.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Be cautious with your spending. You might have a devil-may-care attitude right now, but it could change once you see the results of your frivolous behavior. An older relative or friend could be hard on you. Do what you must. Tonight: Fun doesn’t need to cost anything.

This Week: Put your budget back together and congratulate yourself for staying on track.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might be more sympathetic toward a co-worker or friend than you have been in a while. Try your best to understand where this person is coming from. Your awareness of his or her feelings will help more than you might realize. Listen carefully. Tonight: Do your thing.

This Week: Ask, and you shall receive.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH After all of the recent uproar and confusion, you won’t mind going off on your own for some peace and quiet. If you mention your plans, you will rekindle several people’s need to be with you. Try being a bit more discreet for now. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. This Week: You might want to keep your own counsel about a sensitive matter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your sensitivity doesn’t often come out for others to witness. Today, a key person in your life sees your support of

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his or her ideas. You don’t need to make a big deal out of what you see. Accept an invitation to be with people you respect and admire. Tonight: Party the night away.

This Week: You make a strong impression in a meeting.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Others demand your attention. If you do not want to spend time with these people, you can come up with a good excuse. This tactic usually works, but authenticity might be more desirable today. A family member distances him- or herself. Let it go. Tonight: Hang out close to home.

This Week: You catch the attention of a boss or key person Monday.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You will appreciate going inward and choosing a pastime that expands your knowledge. You know what interests you, so follow through on that curiosity. Hearing a lecture, reading a book or finding an expert on the topic at hand could be rewarding. Tonight: Go with the flow.

This Week: Listen to what is being shared.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Make time for a special person in your life. Whether you’re driving together through the country or going to a lecture, your tension lessens. Cater to this individual. You would be wise to keep today and your time with this person on a oneon-one level. Tonight: Do not pull away.

This Week: Investigate the possibilities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You might be tired or fed up with the recent pace. To many people, you will seem unavailable. You could decide to cocoon at home. You might be in the midst of recharging your batteries, but perhaps you don’t know how to explain this. Tonight: Accept an invitation.

This Week: Defer to others, and you will get powerful feedback.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Listen to what has been shared. Your feelings might be more involved than you’d like. You could feel pushed beyond your limit. Later, think through the comments you heard. You might want to get feedback from a close friend or loved one.

Tonight: Get into a fun project.

This Week: Dive into work on Monday and get as much done as possible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Tap into your imagination to make plans that you and someone else might enjoy. Loosen up, and don’t be so uptight about what is happening around you. A friend could disappoint you. Take a step back from the situation, and try to worry less. Tonight: Release your inner child!

This Week: Try to get some work done from Tuesday on.

BORN TODAY Baseball player Joe DiMaggio (1914), lawyer John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), actress Christina Applegate (1971)

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Dear Readers: Cats are sometimes solitary creatures, so it can be hard to tell if they are NOT FEELING WELL. Here are some hints to look for: * Water consumption up? It could be a kidney/thyroid problem or diabetes. * Grooming gone down? Your cat could be overweight, or have teeth problems or arthritis. * Meowing more? Cats can’t tell you they are sick, but they can meow. * Breath quality down? It could be dental problems, or possible heart issues. * Crankiness up? Perhaps it’s general pain or old age. * Use of the litter box down? Stress, most likely, or an infection.

These are general guidelines; always get a professional opinion from your veterinarian.

-- Heloise

By Dave Green

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Anchor River Inn, Inc., d/b/a Anchor River Inn, located at 34358 Old Sterling Hwy, Anchor Point, Alaska is applying for transfer of a Packaging Store, AS 04.11.208 liquor license to Anchor River Lodge, LLC. Interested persons should submit written comment to their local governing body, the applicant and to the Alcoholic Vecerage Control Board at 550 West 7th Ave. Suite 1600, Anchorage, AK 99501.

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Liquor License Transfer Anchor River Inn, Inc., d/b/a Anchor River Inn, located at 34358 Old Sterling Hwy, Anchor Point, Alaska is applying for transfer of a Beverage Dispensary - Tourism, AS 04.11.208 liquor license to Anchor River Lodge, LLC. Interested persons should submit written comment to their local governing body, the applicant and to the Alcoholic Vecerage Control Board at 550 West 7th Ave. Suite 1600, Anchorage, AK 99501.

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Southern Region is seeking applicants who are passionate about EMS to be a Subarea Coordinator for the Kenai Peninsula. Coordinator’s responsibilities include advocating for and supporting the EMS community on the Kenai at the local and State level. Regular job duties include managing grant moneys, holding bimonthly meetings, and acting as a conduit for vital information to and from the State EMS system. Work from home with flexible hours, benefits included, travel compensated.

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“Definitely, Maybe” (2008, Romance-Comedy) Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher. “Father of the Bride” (1991) Steve Martin. A doting dad “Father of the Bride Part II” (1995, Comedy) Steve Martin, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” (2016) Nia A man’s young daughter asks him about his romantic past. deals with his daughter’s impending wedding.

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The Walking (:16) The Walking Dead ‘MA’ (:29) The Walking Dead (:42) The Walking Dead “Wrath” All-out war (11:52) The Walking Dead Rick and his (:17) The Walking Dead “The (:22) The Walking Dead The Walking Dead ‘MA’ “Worth” ‘MA’ unfolds. ‘MA’ group go on a supply run. ‘MA’ Bridge” ‘MA’ “Warning Signs” ‘MA’ Dead ‘MA’ Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama- Total Drama- World of World of “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” (2015, ChilWorld of World of World of World of Teen Titans Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Go! ‘PG’ Rama Rama Gumball Gumball dren’s) Jason Lee, Tony Hale.

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House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ (7:35) “Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish” (:35) “Tarzan” (1999) Voices of Tony Goldwyn. Animated. A (:40) “Despicable Me” (2010, Children’s) Voices of Steve (:45) “Life-Size” (2000, Fantasy) Jere Burns, Lindsay Lohan. A motherless (1998) David Gallagher, Martin Mull. man raised by apes meets other humans.

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Christmas spirit. with a Christmas pageant.

Christmas village in Ireland.

Babatunde.

Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Vic(6:59) Law & Order: Special (:01) Law & Order: Special Law & Order: Special VicDirty John “Approachable (:06) Modern (:36) Modern (28) USA 105 242 tims Unit “Persona” ‘14’ tims Unit “Behave” ‘14’ tims Unit “Bang” ‘14’ Victims Unit ‘14’ Victims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ Dreams” ‘14’ Family ‘PG’ Family ‘PG’ (1:45) “Juras- “Suicide Squad” (2016, Action) Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie.

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Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Book ‘MA’ Book ‘MA’ Book ‘MA’ Book “Killer (30) TBS 139 247 (1993) Party” ‘MA’ “Greek Wed- “The Intern” (2015, Comedy) Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway. A 70-year-old “Love Actually” (2003, Romance-Comedy) Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Colin Firth. Various “The DUFF” (2015) Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell. A teen tries (31) TNT 138 245 ding” intern develops a special bond with his young boss. people deal with relationships in London. to overthrow a judgmental classmate.

(3:30) SportsCenter (N) (Live) 2018 World Series of Poker 2018 World Series of Poker SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (34) ESPN 140 206 Main Event. (Taped) Main Event. (Taped) Pelt (N) (Live) (2:30) 2018 Grey Cup Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Basketball Wooden Legacy, Final: Teams TBA. Formula 1 Racing Ethiad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. From Yas Marina E:60 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (N) (Live) Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Ship Shape College Football Washington at Washington State. From Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. College Football Oregon at Oregon State. From Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Ore. World Poker Tour WPT World Poker (36) ROOT 426 687 TV (N) ‘G’ Choctaw - Part 3.

“Rocky II” (1979, Drama) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith. Underdog Philly “Creed” (2015, Drama) Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. Rocky Bal- “Rocky IV” (1985, Drama) Sylvester Stallone. Vengeful boxer (38) PARMT 241 241 fighter gets another shot at heavyweight champ. boa mentors Apollo Creed’s son.

Rocky Balboa faces a deadly Soviet fighter.

The Walking (:32) The Walking Dead (:37) The Walking Dead Survivors encounter (6:56) The Walking Dead The Walking Dead “Evolu(:04) Talking Dead (N) ‘14’ (:02) The Walking Dead “Evo- (:03) The Walking Dead “Evo (43) AMC 131 254 Dead ‘MA’ “What Comes After” ‘MA’ unfamiliar faces. ‘MA’ “Stradivarius” ‘MA’ tion” (N) ‘MA’ lution” ‘MA’ lution” ‘MA’ World of World of Family Guy Bob’s Burg- American Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Dream Corp The Venture Squidbillies American Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Dream Corp (46) TOON 176 296 Gumball Gumball ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ Dad ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ LLC (N) ‘14’ Bros. ‘14’ ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ LLC ‘14’ The Zoo The future of the The Zoo Tigers introduced as Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins (N) Amanda to the Rescue Amanda to the Rescue Scaled A gangster-themed Amanda to the Rescue (47) ANPL 184 282 American bison. ‘PG’ potential mates. ‘PG’ ‘PG’ “Life’s a Dog Beach” ‘PG’ “Puppy Overload” ‘PG’ enclosure. ‘PG’ “Life’s a Dog Beach” ‘PG’ (:10) “Wreck-It Ralph” (2012, Children’s) Voices of John C. “The LEGO Movie” (2014, Children’s) Voices of Chris Pratt, (7:50) RaCoop & Cami Star Wars Raven’s Coop & Cami Andi Mack ‘G’ Bizaardvark Bizaardvark (49) DISN 173 291 Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer.

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Issue 47, 2018

Founded by Betty Debnam

Two Illinoisan presidents

Happy Birthday, Illinois!

• Abraham Lincoln was born near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. When he was about 7, his family moved to Indiana. When he was 21, his family moved to Illinois.

Lincoln lived there for about 30 years, working as a boat deckhand, store clerk, postmaster, surveyor, state legislator and lawyer.

He was elected to one term of Congress in 1846. In 1858, he ran against Stephen A. Douglas for the Senate. Although he lost that race, their debates made him famous, and he was elected president in 1860.

The Civil War began soon after he took office. Four years later, on April 9, 1865, the South surrendered and the war was over. Five days later, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

• Ronald Reagan served as president from 1981 to 1989. He was born in Tampico, Illinois. He went to high school in Dixon, Illinois, and to college in Eureka.

During his presidency, he was known for his economic policies, which cut taxes and government programs. He increased defense spending. He worked with the Soviet leader for a nuclear arms treaty.

President Reagan died in 2004 after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease for more than 10 years.

Mini Fact: Remember, the S at the end of Illinois is silent!

On Dec. 3, 1818, Illinois (ill-i-NOY) was admitted to the Union as the 21st state. This week, The Mini Page celebrates the Land of Lincoln’s 200th birthday, or bicentennial! photo by Allison Meier

Before Europeans

The Field Museum in Chicago is known for its dinosaur exhibits, including Sue, a T-rex.

For about 7,000 years, American Indians lived in the area that is now Illinois. Different tribes fought each other, but in the 1600s, about 13 tribes joined together to form an alliance, or a group to help and protect each other, that is sometimes called the Illini (illLYE-nye). You may know this word today as the name of the sports teams at the University of Illinois.

Illinois fact-a-roonies

Moving toward statehood

Explorers claimed the land for the French in 1673, but about 100 years later, the British won the territory.

When Illinois became a state in 1818, its capital was Kaskaskia in the southwest part of the state. The capital moved to Vandalia and finally to Springfield, thanks to the work of a young state representative, Abraham Lincoln.

Illinois today

Among the United States, Illinois has the sixth-largest population, with almost 13 million people. Its largest city is Chicago, the third-largest city in the country.

However, farmland covers about threequarters of its territory. Illinois farmers produce soybeans, corn, hogs, cattle and wheat.

• The Illinois Waterway links Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River on the western border, and this links the state to the Gulf of Mexico. Lake Michigan and the St. Lawrence Seaway offer a connection to the Atlantic Ocean. Chicago is one of the country’s top ports.

• The architect Frank Lloyd Wright lived in and designed many of his famous buildings in Oak Park. More of his buildings are there than anywhere else in the world.

• The White Sox, Cubs, Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks are some of Chicago’s famous professional sports teams.

The McDonald’s #1 Store Museum in Des Plaines is the site of the first McDonald’s restaurant, which opened in April 1955.

Resources On the Web:

• bit.ly/MPIllinois

At the library:

• “Illinois” by Michael Burgan

photo by Frank Kehren

The Mini Page® © 2018 Andrews McMeel Syndication Based on materials originally produced and/or created by Betty Debnam.

Try ’n’ Find

Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of Illinois are hidden in this puzzle.

Some words are hidden backward. See if you can find: ALLIANCE, BICENTENNIAL, CATTLE, CHICAGO, CORN, FRENCH, HOGS, ILLINOIS, LAKE, LINCOLN, MICHIGAN, MUSEUM, NATIVE, REAGAN, SPRINGFIELD, STATE, TRIBES, UNION, WRIGHT.

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Ian: How do sailors greet each other?

Irene: “Long time no sea!”

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Eco Note

You’ll need: • 1/3 cup sugar • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 2 teaspoons salt • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour • 2 cups half-and-half

• 1/2 cup butter, melted • 6 eggs • 6 cups canned or frozen corn kernels

What to do: 1. Combine sugar, baking powder, salt and flour in a small bowl.

2. In a large bowl, mix together half-and-half, butter and eggs. Add sugar mixture gradually. Stir in corn.

3. Pour mixture into a 9-by-13-inch greased baking dish.

4. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45 minutes or until golden-brown. Let cool.

Serves 8.

The Mini Page® © 2018 Andrews McMeel Syndication

Sweet Corn Pudding

* You’ll need an adult’s help with this recipe.

Cook’s Corner

Across the world, the only habitats that are expanding are urban landscapes. Large cities cover hundreds of square miles, while roads, railways, parking lots and airports take up yet more land. Urban areas now cover 3 percent of Earth’s land — that may not sound like a lot, but cities draw natural resources from a huge area, and so have a huge impact. Species such as foxes, pigeons and some wild plants thrive in these concrete jungles, but cities cannot support the biodiversity of wild habitats. adapted with permission from “50 Things You Should Know About the Environment” by Jen Green, © QEB Publishing Inc.

For later: Look in your newspaper and circle articles about Illinois’ government, businesses or sports teams.

Teachers:

For standards-based activities to accompany this feature, visit: bit.ly/MPstandards. And follow The Mini Page on Facebook!

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Maples run the gamut from lovable to not

This undated photo shows a paperbark maple tree in New Paltz, N.Y. (Lee Reich via AP) Some maples are to love (sugar maples) and others not (Norway maples, because they’re an invasive species). But there’s more to maples than those two — including some you might like or dislike depending on where they are growing.

I once lived in a house where two stately silver maples graced the front yard. Aside from their enormous size, these two trees had little about them to love. Silver maples have soft wood, tend to drop branches and big flakes of bark, and the leaves have no color worth looking at in autumn. The roots can be frightening large and shallow, as I learned upon encountering what looked like an elephant’s leg pushing into the crawl space of the house.

On the positive side, silver maples grow very fast, tolerate almost any soil, and look nice in wild settings and swampy areas. I just wouldn’t want one near my home.

A VERY GOOD ONE, AND A BAD ONE You’ll also find red maples in similar wet and wild settings. Red maples are very variable, and the best have much to offer: sturdy wood, cosmopolitan disposition, and reddish young leaves, flowers and seeds.

In autumn, the color of red maple foliage rivals and complements that of sugar maple.

This tree is deservedly popular, so much so that superior varieties have been identified and named, some with upright form, others with leaves that stay red all season long or have particularly flamboyant autumn leaf color, and still others with various combinations of these qualities.

Before moving on to other lovable maples, let’s backtrack to another less desirable one.

Although maple is not in its name, boxelder is a maple, one that, like silver maple, is fastgrowing and weak-wooded. The only things this tree has going for it are that it grows just about anywhere and its overall form is pleasing.

RIGHT AT HOME: Holiday decor offers sweet sugarplum hues

By KIM COOK Associated Press

Amid a seasonal sea of red and green or silver and blue, there’s a sweet, alternative palette in holiday decor.

Think of fresh fruits and delectable candies, and you’re on the right track — it’s an enticing, enchanting array of sugarplum hues that home decorators can have fun with.

“Pair candy-apple red, plummy pink and berry-bright florals with winter greens for a centerpiece,” suggests Melissa Benham of the Chicago interior design firm Studio Gild . “Ornaments in these hues provide an unexpected color pop on the Christmas tree, or a fun twist on the classic menorah when used for Hanukkah candles.”

Los Angeles-based designer and author Orlando Soria says color is key to making your holiday celebration shine bright.

Even if you’ve got a rather motley collection of decorations, “adding in plum and berry-hued fabrics, candles, accessories and ornaments is a great way to create a cohesive color scheme,” he says.

Target has Opalhouse’s soft cozy throw pillows, with either a plaid pattern or “Oh, What Fun” typography, in fresh and festive hues.

The Merrily collection at Pier 1 includes hand-blown stemless wine glasses painted with kicky modern trees in pink, peach and berry. A candy-blue throw pillow is embroidered with the phrase “Merry & Bright” and decorated with tassels. For the tree, there’s a garland of felted gumballs.

Sets of wool-wrapped or bottle brush trees in gently hued macaron colors would look pretty on a table with other soft textures and coordinating taper candles; find them all at World Market . Also in sugary pastels is an array of cute little deer at Homegoods , complete with fluffy, marabou-feather collars.

At Wayfair, you’ll find tinsel trees in a range of sizes in fruity shades like grape, plum, raspberry and orange. At Horchow , find trios of similarly hued bottle-brush-style trees for display. And Walmart has 40-inch-tall plastic lollipop ornaments in cotton candy, key lime and blueberry; they might be fun on a garden fence or front-porch railing.

Dress up the tree, mantel, staircase or holiday table with Anthropologie’s colorful, feltedwool berry garland. Deck out the Christmas tree with glass ribbon candy or rock candy ornaments in yummy hues, and top it off with a Ferris wheel tree topper festooned with brightly hued tassels. Also here, a boxed set of delicate glass macarons; the ornaments would make a lovely gift for a sweets lover or Francophile.

You’ll find more faux sweet treats for the tree or holiday display at Barney’s New York , where Kurt Adler’s peppermint-candy garland, sprinkle-topped ice cream cones and wrappedcandy ornaments bring all the sweet dreams of the sugarplum season home in style.

Christopher Radko’s glass Candy Castle

This undated photo shows Anthropologie’s macaron ornaments. These realistic glass ornaments would make a lovely boxed gift for a sweets lover or Francophile. (Anthropologie via AP)

ornament at Horchow depicts detailed candy canes, peppermints and ice cream in handpainted Polish glass. A tasty-looking, 9-foot gumdrop garland can be had from House of Holiday.

And finally, sweeten the front yard holiday

How to improve indoor air quality in winter

MANY MORE MAPLES Striped maple is another maple that I would not recommend planting, but that can be loved in its native, woodsy settings. It grows poorly outside of forests, and is not particularly notable in form or autumn leaf color. But you can enjoy its bright green leaves in summer and its distinctively striped bark as you walk in the woods year-round.

Sugar maple hardly needs mentioning because it’s so familiar for its strong wood, stately form and fiery fall color. On the downside, this tree is finicky about soil conditions, not faring well if the ground is re-graded near its roots or where road salt is used.

Across the Pacific are some other lovable maples. So-called Japanese maples, which actually represent more than one species and hundreds of varieties, are known for their pleasing forms and for their leaves. The leaves have a delicate beauty both in summer and autumn.

Less well-known are such Asian gems as trident maple and Amur maple. Both are small trees whose leaves turn a rich burgundy in autumn. The trident maple has bark that is made orange, gray and brown as small flakes naturally peel away. Amur maple can be trained as a small tree or a large bush, and has fragrant, white flowers in spring that are followed at the end of summer by seeds with burgundy wings.

A YEAR-ROUND FAVORITE I saved one of my favorite maples for last, and that is the paperbark maple, which asks to be both looked at and touched. This tree tolerates all sorts of soils and would, no doubt, be more popular if it was easier to propagate.

Let’s first look: This handsome, small tree is vase-shaped like our American elm and has dark green, slightly bluish leaves. In autumn, the leaves turn a brilliant red color. The autumn show is fleeting, but no matter. Even after the leaves drop, the tree more than earns its keep with its reddish bark, which wraps around the trunk like burnished copper and peels away in paper-thin curls.

Now let’s touch: Fondle the smooth bark; it won’t disappoint.

display with Hammacher Schlemmer’s Thousand Points of Light indoor/outdoor tree. Available in several sizes, its fiber-optic lights in bright candy colors can be set to swirl and play continuously or set on a timed display. Now that’s visions of sugarplums truly dancing.

Homes tend to be stuffier in autumn and winter. As temperatures outside dip, windows are closed and air quality inside homes can suffer.

Poor indoor air quality can not only be uncomfortable, causing residents to experience headaches, dry eyes and nasal congestion, but also can be unhealthy. According to the American Lung Association, poor indoor air quality can cause or contribute to the development of infections, lung cancer and chronic lung diseases, such as asthma.

Though it’s not feasible or healthy to open windows when temperatures outside dip to near or below freezing, there are steps everyone can take to improve the indoor air quality in their homes.

• Add to your décor with plants. Plants provide both aesthetic and practical appeal to a home’s interior. Houseplants can clean and purify the air in a home, helping to remove formaldehyde, benzene and other toxins that can make indoor

air unhealthy to breathe. Benzene is an irritant that can cause dizziness, headache, nausea, and blurred vision, among other side effects. Formaldehyde, which is often found in homes thanks to its widespread use in a range of products, can cause watery eyes, nausea and wheezing.

• Watch what you are lighting up. Many homeowners know that smoking indoors drastically reduces indoor air quality, putting even nonsmokers at heightened risk of developing various respiratory ailments. Homeowners concerned about the indoor air quality in their homes should ban smoking inside, no matter how low temperatures dip outside. In addition, homeowners with woodburning stoves and fireplaces should be especially diligent maintaining these features, as they can release harmful soot and smoke if they are not taken care of. Some people may also be allergic to incense and scented candles, so keep a watchful eye on residents and guests whenever you light candles or sticks of incense. If any symptoms of allergies appear, avoid lighting any more candles or incense, waiting until you can open the windows if you want to light any again.

• Purchase an air purifier. Air purifiers are beneficial year-round, helping to remove allergens and particles from a home. High-efficiency particulate air filters, known as HEPA filters, are extremely effective at removing airborne particulates from the air inside your home.

• Pay attention to pets. Like their owners, pets tend to spend more time indoors during the winter. That means more fur and pet dander, the skin flakes in an animal’s fur or hair that can trigger allergic reactions, is likely in your home during the winter than in the summer. To combat this, bathe your pets regularly in the winter, making sure to wash the animal’s bedding in hot water on a weekly basis as well.

• Open the windows when possible. Winter does not typically provide many opportunities to open the windows, but you might get a few chances to let some fresh air in through the windows during winter. Make the most of these opportunities, and when possible crack the windows when you’re cleaning so dust and other particles that kick up have a path outside of your home.

Clean interior air should be a year-round priority, but homeowners may have to go the extra mile to keep their homes’ interior air clean when winter arrives.

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Festive tree-trimming tips and techniques

People have visited forests to select their Christmas trees for centuries. While tree sellers conveniently stationed in store parking lots and artificial trees displayed in various

retailers have led fewer people to venture into the wilderness, the Christmas tree is still an important component of holiday celebrations.

Long before the spread of

Christianity, evergreen plants and trees held special meaning for people during the winter. Boughs and garlands were hung in homes and over doors and windows to re-

pel evil spirits and illnesses.

On the winter solstice, the greenery would represent that spring would once again arrive and banish winter’s dreariness.

Germans who decorated trees inside of their homes are credited with starting Christian Christmas tree traditions during the 16th century. Early Americans were late to adopt Christmas trees because early Puritan settlers thought the tradition — as well as carols and other concepts — were Pagan influences. It took the popularity of England’s Queen Victoria and her German Prince Albert appearing around a decorated Christmas tree to eventually win over much of Europe, Canada and the United States.

Trees are very popular today. According to StatisticsBrain, 10 million artificial trees are sold in the United States each year, while 34.5 million real tress are sold annually. Such trees require decorating, and the following secrets and tips can help celebrants do just that.

• Prune the tree first. Be sure to shape the tree as desired, since natural trees will have branches sticking out.

Wear gardening gloves to avoid being covered in sap.

• Position trees away from heat sources, such as fireplaces, vents or radiators, which can cause the tree to dry out prematurely and become a fire risk.

• For added safety, anchor a tree to a wall or ceiling, so it will not tumble over onto children or curious pets.

• In homage of the first German Christmas trees, decorate with natural ingredients, such as berries and pinecones.

Also, use apples, nuts and marzipan candies.

• To free up more space for presents, place a narrow tree stand inside of a waterproof planting container. Place the tree inside. This will provide a more streamlined look that’s neater than a tree skirt.

• The more lights the better, especially on dense trees.

• For a whimsical approach, match the tree decor to home decor and the color of furniture.

• Make handcrafted ornaments with the whole family.

• Hang the most delicate pieces toward the top where they won’t be disturbed.

• Step back and enjoy your handiwork, which will also give you a chance to find any blank spots that need filling in.

Tree trimming is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the holiday season, and there are no rules other than safety guidelines when it comes to decorating.

How to make existing windows more energy efficient Drafty windows make homes less comfortable by allowing cold air in during the winter and warm air in when temperatures rise. But comfort is not the only concern associated with leaky windows, as such fixtures also can have a negative impact on the environment.

Leaky windows require heating and cooling systems to work harder to keep home interiors comfortable during times of the year when temperatures can be extreme. In the dead of winter, a leaky window will force a home’s inhabitants to turn up the thermostat, which only increases energy consumption and energy bills. The same scenario plays out in summer, when leaky windows allow hot air in, leading homeowners to lower the temperature of air conditioning units so everyone inside is cool and comfortable.

Thankfully, making windows more energy efficient does not necessarily require homeowners to replace existing windows. Before going that potentially expensive route, homeowners can consider the following strategies to improve the energy efficiency of their windows.

• Hang curtains. Curtains can help homeowners cut down on heating and cooling costs.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, properly hung draperies can reduce heat loss by as much as 25 percent. In

the summer, curtains can block the hot rays from the sun from entering a home, reducing the need to turn up air conditioning units. While curtains won’t fix leaks or block hot or cold air from entering a home, they can serve as a buffer between a home’s inhabitants and the air seeping in through leaks.

• Caulk or add weatherstripping. Small cracks and gaps around windows, which are most often found around windows in older buildings, might not seem like a big deal, but such breaches can lead to considerable energy loss. The DOE recommends using caulk to seal cracks that are less than 1⁄4-inch wide on the parts of the window that do not move (i.e., frames and where the trim meets the wall). Caulk might be less effective at fixing leaks larger than 1⁄4 inch in width.

Employ weatherstripping to address leaks on movable parts of the window. Properly applied weatherstripping should adequately seal windows when they are closed without making it difficult to open or close them later on. Weatherstripping is available in various materials, and homeowners can visit www.energy.gov/energysaver/ weatherstripping to find the material that’s most suitable for their situation.

• Install windows films.

Plastic window films are another option for homeowners looking to improve the energy

efficiency of their windows.

Heat shrink film can be cut to fit each individual leaky window in a home and then attached to windows using double-sided tape. A hair dryer can then be

used to shrink the film and remove any wrinkles. Low-emissivity, or Low-E, coatings are a more expensive alternative to heat shrink film, and they can be equally effective at improv-

ing energy efficiency. Installation of Low-E coatings can be more difficult, as they do not provide as much leeway for mistakes during application as heat shrink film.

Leaky windows are bad for homeowners’ energy bills and the environment. But homeowners have options other than full window replacements to fix leaks and improve efficiency.

Joanna Gaines tells how to make a house a home in new book

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press

NEW YORK — Joanna Gaines, known for her cozyyet-cool designs including open-concept floor plans, farmhouse sinks and sliding barn doors, admits having to scale back on the vision of her own home in Waco, Texas, to allow her children to add personality to their own spaces.

“In the past it was hard,” she said recently in an interview, having to shift her thinking to, “This is their space. This is what makes them come alive, I need to encourage that.”

Gaines says this principle especially applies to her two oldest children, son Drake, 13, and daughter Ella, 11.

“In the main spaces I get to do my thing and incorporate some things that they love but for their rooms, especially this year, there’s stuff they’re wanting in their room that I wouldn’t put in there originally, but now it’s fun to watch their room evolve into their personality and give them the freedom to do it.”

She remembers that she, too, had her own flair growing up.

“I was into cats. I had cat posters everywhere and my mom let me do it,” she said.

She and her husband, Chip,

are planning on a return to TV. The couple confirms they are in discussions with Discovery about creating a lifestyle-focused network.

In the meantime, Gaines writes about how she makes a house a home in her new book, “Homebody ” (Harper Design), sharing examples from her own farmhouse in Waco, Texas, and homes she’s worked on.

She recently talked about design in an interview with The Associated Press.

AP: When you see an empty room, what’s the first thing you think about when it comes to decorating?

Gaines: I think, ‘OK, how are people going to be walking in and out? What’s the passthrough?’ I want the traffic. I kind of just try to figure out the footprint and then I start thinking about, ‘Where do you put the sofa? Where do you fit the chair or a coffee table?’ Then from there I start adding the bookshelves, stuff on the wall.

But I think for me the seating is important because that’s where everyone is congregating. That’s the most important thing.

AP: You also find interesting pieces that either show a person’s personality or a family heirloom. What if someone doesn’t have any of that but

wants to add some interesting pieces to their home that aren’t so cookie cutter?

Gaines: I think people need to know that it takes time. You can find things at flea markets, antique stores or even online. It becomes like a treasure hunt.

AP: You seem to like neutrals and black and white.

What are your thoughts on color in design?

Gaines: I love the contrast of black and white and I think it’s timeless and no matter what style or genre, black and white can fit into that. I love to implement color with rugs and pillows and art. But if I’m working with clients who love color, I’m all about a colored sofa or piece of furniture. For me, I love a neutral palette, I think it’s calming. But I like keeping it simple and layering colors in later so then when I’m tired of it, I can shift that out simply with a pillow.

AP: When you do have a client who has a different style than you do, is that a fun exercise?

Gaines: It’s so fun. To me, it’s a way of getting things out through other people. For me, we’re staying at the farmhouse, so it’s a fun way to try out other styles.

AP: What about decorating for the holidays? Do you like themes? What do you like?

In this 2018 photo, Joanna Gaines poses for a portrait at The Greenwich Hotel in New York to promote her book “Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave.” (Photo

by Brian Ach/Invision/AP)

Gaines: Thinking about the farmhouse, I love just layering in the textures and so it’s really simple. Obviously the tree, the garland and the stockings, but simple, subtle colors. That’s when there’s red, the pillows, the throw blankets, the tree skirt. The holidays can be really busy and home is a place

where we can unwind and rest. If there’s too much clutter, I think it’s hard for all of us to feel at ease. I try to keep it minimal but bring in the reds and greens.

AP: That brings up the question of clutter. You want decorative accents but when is it too much?

Gaines: A lot of this is gut instinct. What I feel is enough may not be enough for others.

I think when you’re looking at your space and you feel like, ‘OK, I think I’ve got it,’ you can stop.

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, November 25, 2018 | D3

Limiting screen time for your kid? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder than it looks

By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer

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say that their devices distract them from homework or the people theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re with.

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But she keeps working on limits for Henry. Games are not allowed on weekdays. And he gets screen time only if all his homework is done.

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Instead she asks parents: How are your children doing in school? Are they active and physically healthy? Are they connecting with others in positive ways?

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The Haileys sheepishly note that Everett routinely multitasks in his room with one eye on the Chromebook and often the other on his phone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of wimps,â&#x20AC;? Barb Hailey says. Henry doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a phone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yet.

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made with new friends at school, for instance. For her, the question is: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How do we help him self-regulate?â&#x20AC;?

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Communities with culture of volunteerism may be healthier

By ROXY TODD WVPB-FM

ELIZABETH, W.Va. — Seven of the leading causes of death are higher in Appalachia compared with the nation as a whole. But amid that grim news, there’s some diversity in these statistics.

When researchers analyzed all 420 counties in Appalachia, they found that 42 outperformed their statistical odds. A team of researchers has been studying why these communities are outliers. In all of the communities that researchers studied, a culture of sharing and volunteering were found to be essential in helping to improve health outcomes.

They called them “Bright Spots.”

Elizabeth, West Virginia, is one of them. With a population a little over 800, the town in the western part of the state near Parkersburg has few fast food chains and no liquor store. It’s the center of government in Wirt County, the smallest county in the state.

When you walk through the door of a local diner here, a chalkboard lists some homemade desserts, and above that is written in blue chalk, “We do not have WiFi, talk to each other. Pretend it’s 1995.”

Carol Menefee has lived here her entire life.

“I spend a lot of time in the Chicago area, and I tell the people here when I come back and I’m driving across the bridge there, I came out Route 50, and I drive across the bridge. I just have that feeling of home. And it’s just, there’s no place like going home,” she said.

Many who grew up in Appalachia share similar deep feelings for home. But the region has long been plagued by bad news stories about economic challenges, as well as poor health outcomes and lower life expectancy. There are many different theories on why this is. The region has a higher rate of smoking, drug overdoses, obesity, and also challenges when it comes to accessing health care.

But some communities have found ways to improve health without a lot of money or resources.

A recent health study by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky looked at 10 counties across Appalachia, including Wirt, to find out why they did better than expected in most health measures. And what they found is, even though a lot of these places are resourcescarce, they have other cultural strengths that may outweigh the lack of money and access to fancy hospitals.

And because of those cultural strengths, they’re faring better than their neighbors.

“Repeatedly we see that how people collaborate, how different organizations collaborate and work together and coordinate with each other, it rises up as one of the key ingredients in building a local culture of health, or even a statewide culture of health,” said Hilary Heishman, one of the researchers involved in the Bright Spots study.

According to the study, research shows that the quality of where one lives, learns, works, and plays can have a greater impact on health than having quick access to a doctor. Not to say that doctors aren’t incredibly important when it comes to improving health, just that there is a lot more to keeping people healthy, things like walking trails, activities that encourage people to be more active, and a strong network of churches that help on various community projects.

The researchers found all of these qualities in Wirt County.

Within walking distance of the local diner is a senior center, the three local schools, and the community health center, all connected by sidewalks that were built through a grant a few years ago. Many of the sidewalks are used by kids who walk to school, said Kathy Mason, director of the Wirt County Family Resource Network.

Volunteers and various groups, including the Family Resource Network, worked on this side-

walk project together. They also built a walking trail that wraps around the elementary and middle schools.

After school lets out in the afternoon, the public is allowed to use the elementary school to do laps or walk inside the school gym, a resource Mason says has been popular among Elizabeth’s aging population.

Both Mason and Menefee are involved in a number of community projects, including a Fourth of July picnic and fundraiser for the local volunteerrun fire department, Meals on Wheels and food giveaways during the holidays. Mason does most of this as part of her job, but like a handful of people in this community, Menefee does it as a volunteer.

The projects that are run by volunteers here is impressive.

But in a community where so much work is done by volunteers, will volunteers get overworked? And when they leave, or pass on, who will be there to do the work after them?

“I think that the volunteering spirit is here, but I think our little organizations are secluding ourselves,” said Menefee.

“They need to reach out and ask for those people to volunteer.”

Another community project that’s entirely run by volunteers is the Hope Thrift Shop, one of the most popular spots in town with its 25-cent clothing rack. The store raises money to supply a food pantry, located in this same building.

Five churches regularly donate food here. Volunteer Beverly Cheuvront manages the Hope Shop.

“Say it’s just an emergency, or they’re down on they’re luck for just one month, I mean they may not qualify for the food through the government standards, but we’ll still be able to help them.”

The Hope Shop has been in this community about 20 years.

But they do struggle to find enough volunteers to keep the place going. And, Cheuvront pointed out, more and more people here commute to Parkersburg or Ohio for work, limiting the time they’re available to help on community projects.

“So many people have to have two jobs to survive so that really affects if they have any time to volunteer.”

On top of managing this shop as a volunteer, Cheuvront operates a small store in a neighboring county about 40 minutes away. She loves living here in Wirt County, but she says it is a struggle to make a living without traveling elsewhere for work.

Elizabeth isn’t located near any interstate exit, and it’s not the kind of place you pass through accidentally. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to reach the nearest hospital in Parkersburg. Residents can get a lot of their health care in downtown Elizabeth at the Coplin Health Clinic, inside the same building as the pharmacy.

Inside, where patients sign in, there’s a sign that reads: “No patient will be denied services because they cannot pay.”

“We’re gonna do everything we can to get them care at the time they need it,” said Holli Ludtman, the clinic’s office manager.

The Coplin clinic charges patients based on what they can afford, and their services include primary care, X-rays, labwork, behavioral health and cancer screenings. For more specialized services, such as dialysis, surgery or the birth of a baby, residents must travel out of the county.

But despite the challenges of living here, Beverly Cheuvront says Wirt County’s best strengths are not in its resources, but in its people.

“Though we don’t offer a whole lot, what we don’t offer makes up for what we really do offer,” she said. “And that’s a common core, family values, a close-knit community, people that will do anything for you.”

And according to the researchers, while Wirt County is special, it’s not entirely unique. Many of the residents in the other Bright Spots communities share the same values in their towns: a willingness among organizations to share resources, instead of competing, a strong support system, and people who will help each other out in times of need.

Pros and cons to detox cleanse diets Detox diet adherents tout the benefits of cleansing their bodies. The detox craze can be confusing, and misinformation regarding the best way to proceed with a cleanse only illustrates the emphasis men and women considering detox diets must place on learning as much about them as possible.

Detoxing involves changing one’s diet for a predetermined period of time for the purpose of ridding the body of unhealthy, potentially toxic substances. While there may be some immediate weight loss associated with detoxing, losing weight is not the main purpose of detoxing.

Men and women have various detox options to choose from, including some that target specific areas of the body or others that aim to improve overall health.

Detox diets tend to be restrictive diets, which may not make them practical for everyone — particularly those who may have health ailments or specific dietary needs. Consult with a physician prior to beginning a detox diet to ensure it will not interfere with any treatments. In addition, it can help to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of detox diets to determine if doing a cleanse is the right choice for you.

Pros • Eliminate poor eating habits: Cleanses may help you to take better inventory of your eating habits and encourage you to make healthy choices in the process. Detox diets require that their adherents eliminate particular foods for a period of time, and in many instances, these off-limits foods are overly processed items that may not be the best food choices in the first place.

• Increase vitality and energy levels: Detox diets can sometimes increase one’s energy and stamina. This can translate into more motivation to exercise or be active.

• New foods: A detox may require you to increase consumption of whole foods and participate in “clean eating.”

Eating cleanly is about selecting the healthiest options in each of the food groups. You may be exposed to new ingredients and discover healthy options you love.

• Benefit the immune system: You may find that healthy eating has positive effects on your immune system. This may make it easier to fend off illnesses or improve recovery time on those occasions when you get sick.

Cons • Potential for nutrient deficiency: Restrictive eating may deprive the body of certain nutrients it needs to remain in optimal shape. Nutrient deficiency can be dangerous, so it’s important to proceed with caution.

• Weight loss concerns: If your goal is to lose weight, do not expect detox diets alone to produce permanent weight loss. Many people experience weight gain after they stop a detox, says the health resource Everyday Home Remedy.

Weight loss is better achieved gradually and through consistent healthy eating and exercise than through a cleanse.

• Potential to overextend detox diets: Some people extend a detox for longer than is recommended in an effort to experience greater gains. They may feel that two or three weeks of a cleanse may be doing more good than simply one week. This is not a good idea because you can deprive your body of the balance of foods it needs to thrive.

Detox diets can be short-term dietary options that bring about renewed vigor and health. Speak with a doctor and nutritionist to determine if a cleanse is best for you.

PCHS is proud to introduce

PCHS is proud to introduce

Sandra Sue Armstrong MSN, FNP, NP-C

Kelli Vicek, MSN, FNP-C

Sandra trained in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and is a board certified family Nurse Practitioner. Sandi served in the Army National Guard and as a Missionary in Haiti. She is proud to share her over 30 years of experience in the medical field with the PCHS family. Her ultimate goal is to empower patients to take charge of their health and be at their very best! Sandi works out of our Soldotna office, sees patients of all ages, and is excited to join the team and experience Alaska. Make your appointment today!

Kelli trained in Colorado and Washington, to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has worked for 22 years in various clinics before becoming a Primary Care provider. She looks forward to building a relationship with patients here on the Peninsula – as well as taking advantage of all Alaska has to offer! Kelli works out of our Kenai office, sees all age groups, and is excited to join the team! Call and make your appointment today!

and welcome her to the Soldotna Medical Team!

Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska 230 E. Marydale Ave Soldotna, AK 99669 Tel: 907-262-3119

and welcome her to the Kenai Medical Team!

· We accept most insurances, NEW Medicare patients and Medicaid

· We accept most insurances, NEW Medicare patients and Medicaid

· We offer a sliding fee discount program to all who meet family size and income eligibility requirements.

· We offer a sliding fee discount program to all who meet family size and income eligibility requirements.

Supporting Your Health

Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska 805 Frontage Rd. Kenai, AK 99611 Tel: 907-283-3600 pchsak.org

Supporting Your Health

Sunday, November 25th, 2018

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