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In the news Search suspended for missing Alaska plane with 3 onboard ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for an air ambulance that went missing earlier in the week in Alaska with three people onboard. "This was an extensive search effort in some very challenging conditions," said Coast Guard Capt. Stephen White in a statement Thursday night. "Suspending a search for any reason is one of the most difficult decisions we have to make." The twin-engine plane took off from Anchorage on Tuesday and was expected to land in the tiny community of Kake to pick up a patient but never arrived. On Wednesday, an aircraft wing part and other debris were found in the search area. The Coast Guard said it had not confirmed that the debris is from the twin-engine King Air 200. However, officials of Guardian Flight, the medical flight company that owns the plane, said Thursday that they are resigned to accepting the wreckage is from the aircraft. The debris was found about 22 miles west of Kake near the plane's last known position. Guardian Flight said those on board the missing plane are the pilot, 63-year-old Patrick Coyle, the flight nurse, 30-year-old Stacie Rae Morse, and the flight paramedic, 43-year-old Margaret Langston. The company earlier said Langston's last name was Allen, but Lyman said Thursday she was recently married and her last name is now Langston. The company said all are based in Juneau. "We continue to ask for everyone's prayers and support as we focus on families, crew members and the entire Guardian Flight team and extended family of all those involved," Randy Lyman, a company vice president, said in a statement.

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Trump issues disaster declaration for quake Borough ANCHORAGE (AP) — White House officials say President Donald Trump has issued a major disaster declaration following the Nov. 30 earthquake that rocked Anchorage and other parts of south-central Alaska. The declaration Thursday comes in response to a recent request from Gov. Mike Dunleavy. White House officials say the declaration frees up money to help the state recover more quickly. Initial estimates for damage and other costs have been pegged around $100 million. The declaration also makes federal funding available to people affected by the magnitude 7.0 quake in Anchorage, the Matanuska Susitna Borough and the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Funding also is avail-

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seeks extra seat on state gas development board By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, workers inspect an off-ramp that collapsed during a morning earthquake in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Mike Dinneen, File)

able to state, tribal, certain nonprofits and eligible local governments.

Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation issued a statement Thursday,

thanking the Trump administration for its “swift attention” to Dunleavy’s request.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is hoping to expand the borough’s representation on the board that advises on gas development in the state. A resolution to formally request a seat on the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board will be introduced at Tuesday’s assembly meeting. The resolution will recommend Kenai City Man-

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Bill aims to open up shellfish habitat rehabilitation By KEVIN BAIRD Juneau Empire

A shellfish habitat enhancement bill could improve the stocks of sea life such as crabs and clams in Alaska’s coastal waters. Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, introduced Senate Bill 22 to the Senate Resource Com-

mittee on Wednesday. In short, the bill would allow for organizations to get permits to rehabilitate shellfish habitats. “Large-scale enhancement projects, especially for king crabs, have significant possibility for economic development,” Stevens wrote in his sponsor statement.

“Eight of 11 king crab stocks in Alaska have been closed for many years. If successful, these enhancement projects could help reestablish localized populations, which could in turn provide breeding populations to help reestablish larger areas.” Tim Lamkin, one of Stevens’ staffers, explained the

bill to the committee. “At one time these crabs were the dominant biomass in our oceans,” Lamkin said. “These crabs and clams, when they’re small they’re eaten up. This bill will provide some legal framework for hatcheries to grow these babies, protect them and nurture them. (It would) have

a net positive effect on our economy.” He said these shellfish would supply the private sector, not compete with it. He explained how shellfish stocks have been on the decline for decades and the state Department of Fish and Game’s only tool was to reSee SHELL, page A2

Where artists and crystals mingle Board of Fisheries now accepting proposals By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

When Kylee Swircenski moved to Kenai two years ago, she had no intention of starting her own business. As someone who regularly uses various forms of holistic medicine, however, Swircenski found herself driving a considerable distance any time she needed to buy materials. One day last October while driving home, she looked over at the empty commercial property next to RD’s Barber Shop, and a thought suddenly occurred to her: “You know what? I can do this.” Fast forward just a month later and Swircenski had opened the doors of Positive Vibe, her very

By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion

Local business owner Kylee Swircenski poses in front of the logo of her store, Positive Vibe, on Wednesday in Kenai. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

own healing consignment currently on display is a set shop that doubles as a gal- of spirit masks handcraftlery for local artists. A no- ed by artist Helene Griffith See ART, page A3 table example of the work

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is accepting proposals for changes to personal use, sport, guided sport and commercial fishing regulations until April 10. Proposed regulation changes are now being accepted for the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet finfish, statewide (except Southeast and Yakutat) King and Tanner crab management area. Lower and Upper Cook Inlet finfish include all types of salmon, herring, trout, freshwater finfishes and groundfish. The board will consider proposals in the 2019-2020 meeting cycle. Proposls should be submitted online at the Alaska

Department of Fish and Game’s website, via email to dgf.bof.comments@alaska.gov, by fax to 907-4656094 or via mail to PO Box 115526, Juneau AK 99811. All of the proposals are reviewed prior to publication. The Department of Fish and Game warns, in a press release, that emotionally charged language may detract from the substance of the proposal and “may draw opposition not germane to the elements of the proposal. Such language may be edited or deleted prior to publication.” Pertinent proposals will be published in the proposal book and submitted to advisory committees and the public for review.

Public health monitoring Washington measles outbreak By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

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The Alaska Division of Public Health is taking several precautionary measures in the wake of reports of a

measles outbreak in Washington state. On Jan. 25, the governor of Washington state declared an emergency after two dozen cases of measles were reported in the state. Since that time, the state’s

department of health website has reported a total of 42 confirmed cases of measles, with all but one of the cases coming from Clark County. Because Washington state is one of the primary

thoroughfares for Alaskans traveling to the Lower 48 and vice versa, Alaska’s Division of Public Health is concerned that the outbreak could possibly spread to Alaska. According to Tami

Marsters, a nurse with the Department of Health and Social Services, all medical providers in the state have been alerted to the situation and have been told to be See HEALTH, page A2

Governor taps Tshibaka as new Assembly looks Administration commissioner toward 2020 census By MOLLIE BARNES Juneau Empire

Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed Kelly Tshibaka to serve as the next commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration after his former nominee, John Quick, resigned after he was accused of lying on his resume. Tshibaka was tapped to round out the governor’s team of senior policy advi-

sors — focusing primarily on areas of management, audit and government efficiency — but was recently asked to step into this role following the vacancy made available by the previous Department of Administration commissioner-designee, according to a press release. “We are excited Kelly has accepted this role to help refocus and reprioritize areas of management,

operations and government efficiencies within the Department of Administration,” said Dunleavy in a press release. Tshibaka was born and raised in Alaska. She graduated from Stellar Secondary School in Anchorage in 1995. She has over 16 years of leadership experience in federal government and intelligence oversight roles, including in audits,

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By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is already gearing up for the 2020 decennial census efforts. A resolution to support the 2020 census will be introduced at Tuesday’s assembly meeting. In a Jan. 24 memo to the assembly, Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce and Assem-

bly President Wayne Ogle write the resolution is intended to help begin the process of bringing the upcoming census to the attention of borough residents and encourage participation. “The U.S. Census Bureau is gearing up and reaching out to communities all over the country to motivate and encourage people to participate in the census,” the See 2020, page A7

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on the lookout for measles symptoms in all patients. According to the Department of Health and Social Services, Measles presents itself with similar symptoms to the flu, including fever, coughing and runny nose. Key symptoms that help medical professionals identify the virus are red watery eyes and a rash that covers most of the body. Public health nurse Leslie Felts said that anyone concerned about themselves or their family members be-

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strict the seafood industry’s harvests. This bill could provide a new tool for Fish and Game to maintain and improve the stock of ocean life. A similar bill was introduced last year by Rep. Dan Ortiz of Ketchikan, who is the only non-affiliated member of the House. “Great credit should go to Ortiz, we’re just trying to help out on the Senate side,” Stevens said in his office, before the committee hearing began. Stevens is hoping to get the bill through the Senate earlier in the session so it will be ready for the House to address. The House has yet to hold committee hear-

While the harshest conditions will be over, cold weather will still hold across the Great Lakes and Northeast today. Rain and mountain snow will return to most of the West Coast.

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ing at risk should first make sure that they are properly vaccinated. Children can receive the measles vaccine, referred to as the MMR vaccine, after they are 1 year old. A second dose is recommended at age 4. Anyone born before 1957 is considered already immune, as those individuals are likely to have contracted measles at some point in their childhood. Beyond that, Felts’s advice for minimizing the risk of infection was simple: “Stay home if you’re sick.” Measles is one of the most infectious diseases out there and is potentially fatal. It is an airborne virus with a 90 percent infection rate for those

who are susceptible and have been exposed to it. One in every 1,000 cases of measles results in the patient developing acute encephalitis or neurological complications. Both Marsters and Felts agree that while nothing is ever 100 percent guaranteed when it comes to treating and preventing illnesses, herd immunity can make all the difference in preventing an outbreak. “Herd immunity” is the idea that a community only becomes vulnerable to a disease if portions of that community remain unvaccinated. Masters and Felts said that the most common causes of contracting mea-

sles are being unvaccinated or traveling to countries where many people remain unvaccinated. For example, the last case reported in Alaska occurred on June 9, 2015, and the person who contracted the illness had recently traveled to Central Asia. According to Clark County Public Health in Washington state, 37 of the 41 confirmed measles cases are people who are unvaccinated, while the other four have not been verified. All but one of the cases are children under the age of 18. As of Jan. 31, there are no cases of measles reported in Alaska.

ings on bills because it does not have any committees set up. Lamkin told the Senate committee the bill had widespread support during the last session. “It didn’t quite make it and washed up on the beach,” he said. Some senators expressed concern about these farm raised stocks of shellfish being in the ocean. “I know there’s some concern over the integrity of wild stock.” Sen. John Coghill said. The North Pole Republican said he did not expect an answer at the moment. There was also a presentation from the Alaska Mariculture Task Force, which was created by former Gov. Bill Walker by

way of administrative order. In Alaska, legal mariculture refers to shellfish and seaweed. The task force’s studies projected that the industry could grow into a $100 million industry within 20 years if the industry is allowed to grow. Alutiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, for example, is an organization that has farmed many different shellfish including blue king crabs and butter clams in salt water tanks. Much of Alutiq Pride’s work is research based and it has not yet released king crabs into the ocean. This crab release may happen soon. But the hatchery has successfully enhanced clam habitat. By planting clams on beaches in their natural habitat and protective netting, the hatchery ensures

clams grow to adult size. If this bill passes, Alaska could see more businesses like this working to improve shellfish stocks. Julie Decker, who is executive director of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and has a seat on the task force, said the current mariculture industry produces about $1.5 million a year. Most shellfish growing operations are only permitted to do research at the moment. Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, asked how that trajectory of economic output looked. Using her hand to show the rise of the industry during the next 20 years, Decker said, “I see the trajectory being slow at first and then taking off.”

is added as a way to represent borough cities. “The impacts and benefits of the Alaska LNG project will be felt throughout the state, but particularly in communities in the Kenai Peninsula Borough which will see significant development and employment increases during construction, and for the life of the project’s operations,” the resolution said. Gov. Sean Parnell created the MAGP board in

2014 with the purpose of creating a framework to evaluate the effects and issues that arise from the development of natural gas resources. The board’s duties are reviewing and advising the governor on potential impacts and benefits of new infrastructure for natural gas development on communities and the state, according to a Jan. 24 memo from assembly President Wayne Ogle and assembly member Hal Smalley.

“Should the Alaska LNG project be built, there will be multiple and unique impacts to all municipalities in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, in addition to the direct impacts to the borough of the proposed liquefaction and marine terminal in Nikiski,” the memo said. City managers from across the borough met and agreed Ostrander would be best suited to sit on the MAGP board, according to the memo.

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ager Paul Ostrander to the seat. The MAGP board is comprised of 12 members, including one seat designated for the Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor, or a designee. Should Gov. Dunleavy reconstitute the board, the resolution formally requests that a second seat for the borough

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Around the Peninsula Kenai Historical Society The Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center. The speaker will be Mary Bondurant, Kenai Airport Manager, speaking on the recent discovery of the old mural and about the upcoming remodel of the facility. For more information call June at 283-1946.

Farm Bureau Meeting

Local Food Directory Deadline

Alaska Farmers Market Association. For program and registration information, go to https://www.akfoodpolicyMarch 1 is the deadline for farmers, fishers, local food council.org/2019-conference/. businesses and sponsors to sign up to be included in the 2019 Kenai Loves Local Food Directory. The directory is published annually by Kenai Local Food Connection and Ammo Can Coffee Open Mic Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District. For more inAmmo Can Coffee will host open mic nights from 7-11 formation, go to www.kenaisoilandwater.org or call Heidi p.m. on February 1/2, 8/9, 15/16, 22/23 and March 1/2. Chay at 283-8732 x 5.

Grief support group KPC Showcase and Kenai Local Food Connection present: Symphony of the Soil Hospice of the Central

Peninsula will facilitate an eight-week grief support group, “Grief is as individual as a A new documentary from the director of The Future snowflake,” beginning Feb. 6 at the Hospice office at 5:30 of Food, Symphony of Soil will be screened at 6:30 p.m., p.m., 35911 Kenai Spur Hwy, Soldotna. For questions or Feb. 7, at the Kenai Peninsula College KRC McLane Comadditional information, please contact Lee at 262-0453. mons. This event is free and open to the public. Our services are free. Pre-sign-up requested.

Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau meets at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Homer Public Library. Marcus Mueller, KPB Land Management Officer, will present about the Kenai Peninsula Agricultural Initiative and Pilot Project. All Farm Bureau members and other interested persons are invited to attend. A Zoom set- KPBSD budget meetings up will be available for those unable to attend in person. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District requests For sign on information, email kpchapterfb@gmail.com input from staff, parents, and community members at the districtwide KPBSD budget development meeting, scheduled at the following locations: Garden Club ‘Beautiful Blooms’ —Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Homer High Courtney Ruckel of Forget-Me-Not Nursery in Indi- School Library an will enchant us with how to enjoy tulip and crocus —Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Soldotna High blooms through the spring snow, and sedum or other School Library beautiful varieties late into the fall. Bring a list of your —Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Kenai Central High garden favorites and of varieties you’d love to have but School Library can’t find. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! —Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Seward High School Refreshments and sometimes door prizes. Tuesday, Feb. Library 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 As new budget information becomes available, it will Kalifornsky Beach Road (at Mile 19.5, across the road be posted here: http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments. from Craig Taylor Equipment), Soldotna. aspx?id=38. If you have questions, please call Natalie Bates at 714-8888.

Kenai Soil & Water Board Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Kenai Soil & Water Con- Kenai Senior Center February servation District’s Board of Supervisors will be held —Waffles served in dining room Fridays from 8-10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, at the District office Feb. 1, 8, 15, 11. Free located at 110 Trading Bay, Suite 140. For information, —Super Bowl party, Friday, Feb. 1, at 11:30 a.m. Free call 283-8732 x5. —Anyone Can Draw, 4-art beginning drawing lass taught by Carolyn Reid, Mondays, Feb. 4, 11,25 and March 4 at 1 p.m. Free Pink for Pako cancer fundraiser —Winter Blues bereavement presentation, Monday Feb. 4 A fundraiser in support of Pako Whannell will take at 12:30 p.m. Free place on Saturday, Feb. 2 from 2-5 p.m. at the Kenai Visi—Riverside Band, lunchtime entertainment on Monday, tor Center. Taco bar $5 under 13 yars, $7 adults. Live mu- Feb. 4 at 11:30 a.m. Free sic with Eric Doucet. Auctions, split the pot, raffle. —Fred Meyer Shopping, Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. Free —Movie and Popcorn Night, Letters to Juliet on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Free Caregiver Support Meeting —M&M knitting group, Thursday, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 from Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. at Sterling Senior Center, 1-2 p.m. Free Caregiver Support Meeting Training: Part 2 of DVD —Kaleidoscope Performance, songs and valentines, Monpresentation with Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA: day, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. Free Progression of Dementia Seeing Gems-Not Just Loss. —No Host Dinner to King Salmon Restaurant, Tuesday, Training covers appropriate levels of care needed during Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. $5 different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, ap—Card Making with Kimberley, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 1 propriate activity, and much more. p.m. Free —Social Security, Wednesday, Feb. 6 and 20 from 9 Soldotna Library Friends board member a.m. to 12 p.m. Free —Valentine’s Day party and volunteer lunch, Thursday, Join the Soldotna Library Friends Board. We have Feb. 14 at 11:30 a.m. Free board positions waiting for a volunteer to fill them. Con—Riverside Harmony lunchtime entertainment, Thurstact 907-252-5812 for more information. Come to the day, Feb. 14 at 12:15 p.m. Free Annual Meeting on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Sol—Closed for President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 18. dotna Public Library Joyce Carver Community Room. —Kenai Peninsula Caregivers Group, Monday, Feb. 19 from 1-3 p.m. Free ‘Show Us Your Heart’ exhibit —Birthday lunch, Thursday, Feb. 20 at 11:30 a.m. $7 suggested donation or free if celebrating birthday this month and Come join us at Kenai Fine Art Center for the Febmore than 60 ruary exhibit opening of “Show Us Your Heart.” The —Riverside Band, lunchtime entertainment, Monday, Feb. opening reception is Feb 7, 5-7 p.m. Refreshments, 25 at 11:30 a.m. Free music, free and open to the public. The Kenai Fine —Hidden Gems 2 trip to Farmhouse Gypsy and No-Host Art Center is located across from the Oiler’s Bingo to Firefly Cafe, Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. $5 ride fee Hall and next to the Historic Cabins. Call 283-7040 or —Council on Aging, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 4:30 p.m. visit www.kenaifineart.com. The show will hang until —Kenai Senior Connection Board Meeting, Friday, Feb. 22 Feb. 28. at 9:30 a.m.

‘Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka’ Kenai Performers presents “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” on Feb. 21, 22, 23, 24, Feb. 28 and March 1, 2, 3 at the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School. Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Directed by Terri Burdick and Donna Shirnberg. Conducted by Kent Peterson. 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. $26 General Admission, $21 Children, Seniors, Military and $16 Thursday Economy nights. Tickets available online, at River City Books, The Flats Bistro, Curtain Call Consignment Boutique, and at the door. Call 252-6808 or 398-4205 or visit www.kenaiperformers.org

Annual Winter Wine Tasting & Auction

Quilts of Valor meeting Quilts of Valor will host a “sew day” on Feb. 2 at the Funny River Center. Quilts of Valor is a national group that makes quilts for veterans affected by war. For more info call 907-252-4173.

Al-Anon support group meetings Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more information.

Alaska Food Festival & Conference

Hospice of the Central Peninsula’s 23rd Annual Registration is open for the 4th semi-annual Alaska Winter Wine Tasting & Auction will take place on Sat- Food Festival & Conference, which will take place at urday, Feb 9. Must be at least 21 years old to attend. Land’s End Resort in Homer on March 8 and 9. This event Contact the Hospice Office for tickets. 907.262.0453 is sponsored by the Alaska Food Policy Council and the

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and arranged to resemble a choir of voices. Artist Audrey Cucullu had just arrived on Wednesday with her latest piece: a large piece of wood shaped and painted to evoke the image of a flowing blue and yellow river against a black background, or perhaps a geode that had just been cracked open to reveal the colors inside. As far as healing products, everything from crystals to essential oils to coasters with inspirational messages are available at Positive Vibe. Swircenski even offers demonstrations of healing techniques such as pendulum dowsing for potential customers who may not be familiar with the world of crystals and

holistic medicine. Swircenski has been a massage therapist for about a decade and has always had an interest in healing people’s bodies and minds. The concept of having her consignment shop also function as a venue for local artists to display their work developed naturally, because she feels that art and healing go hand-in-hand. “There is a natural connection between the two. Healing is art and art is healing,” Said Swircenski. Positive Vibes also hosts a mask-making class taught by Griffith most Saturdays, and Swircenski hopes to organize more classes with different artists in the future. The gallery is open Monday though Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is located behind the Wells Fargo in Kenai.

Rehanna Thelwell and Maria Allison in concert The Performing Arts Society will present mezzo/contralto singer, Rehanna Thelwell, and pianist Maria Allison in concert on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students.

AK CESCL training The Kenai Watershed Forum will be hosting a 2-day AK CESCL training on Feb. 11-12 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai. With a 1-day refresher course on Feb. 13. The 2-day training explains the erosion process and how to obtain and comply with the EPA NPDES Construction General Permit. Register online at www.kenaiwatershed.org.

Irish music concert Please join Kenai Peninsula College again this year for “A Winter Concert of Traditional Irish Music,” featuring John Walsh, Pat Broaders, and Rose Flanagan at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 in the Ward Building of the Kenai River Campus. This event is open to the public and is a food drive event for the food pantry at the KRC Residence Hall. Please bring a nonperishable food item. In lieu of food items cash donations will also be welcome.

Tour of Tsalteshi returns Feb. 17 Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold a 20- and 40-kilometer Tour of Tsalteshi ski race Feb. 17 at the trailhead behind Skyview Middle School. The 40-kilometer freestyle race — two laps around the trails — starts at 11:30 a.m. A 20-kilometer race — one lap around the trails, with freestyle and classic divisions — starts shortly thereafter. To register, sign up to volunteer or for more information, visit www.touroftsalteshi.org.

Community craft show The Kenai Peninsula Homeschool Activities Committee will host a Community Craft and Vendor Show on Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Soldotna Sports Center. For vendor information visit www.facebook.com/kphomeschoolactivities or call 907-513-9469.

N.E.T.S. (Necessary Education, Technology and Skills) NETS is a FREE sevenweek workshop to help adults gain skills, explore careers, and find a job! The workshop every Monday and Wednesday from 2–3:30 p.m. from Jan. 23 to March 6 in the Learning Center at Kenai Peninsula College. The course, taught by Terri Cowart, will focus on community service, learning about resources, and career/college awareness. Everybody is invited to attend (ages 18+) For more information, call 262-0327.

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Serving the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 Terry R. Ward Publisher ERIN THOMPSON......................................................... Editor DOUG MUNN........................................... Circulation Director FRANK GOLDTHWAITE......................... Production Manager

What Others Say

Tackling the opioid crisis requires compassion, nuance The scale of the opioid crisis is undeniable. More than 70,000 Americans

died in 2017 because of drug overdoses. The narrative of the problem is well-established, too. Overzealous drug companies seeking profits pushed an obscene amount of pills into rural areas while some doctors played fast and loose with their own ethical obligations and regulatory agencies didn’t do their job. Pill mills sprouted up, then, eventually, were stamped out. Addicts turned to heroin and fentanyl after they couldn’t find or afford pills. It’s a tidy story that, overall, paints a somewhat accurate portrait of the problem. Like any broad narrative, though, there are untidy details that fall through the cracks. There are many unintended victims of the opioid crisis, but one group often overlooked includes those who took the medicine as prescribed, because they actually needed it and still do. There is a man from Logan County who writes into the Gazette-Mail frequently, and occasionally calls. He’s a disabled coal miner, whose torso and legs were crushed in an industrial accident nearly 30 years ago. As he has aged and his body has deteriorated, new pain pills like oxycodone and hydrocodone that hit the market in the late 1990s were what he needed to stay functional. Some of the doctors he used to see have been shut down because they were engaging in illegal activity. Others stopped prescribing opioids, as state and federal regulations tightened and the drugs themselves developed a stigma. This man … has had to deal with a stigma of his own. He says most of the people he talks to, from personnel in a doctor’s office to government officials he looks to for help, view him as an addict looking to obtain pills for an illegitimate purpose. Most everyone has blown him off, he says, and he’s trying to start a federal court action to take on state law just to get the medications he needs to relieve the agony he suffers. He’s, more than once, offered to come into the newsroom to show an editor or reporter his physical condition, even though the trip would be a great hardship for him … Unfortunately, prescription painkillers, although prescribed at a much-reduced rate these days, are still killing people. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 46 people die every day from an overdose of a prescription opioid. Of the 70,000 who died in opioid overdoses in 2017, more than 17,000 were from prescription pills, the highest amount over any other drug … Pill mills are, for the most part, gone. Heroin and fentanyl are now viewed as the major culprits in overdose deaths. But the first problem was never completely solved. The pills are still there, they’re still causing deaths, and the medical community still struggles with how to get those medications to people who actually need them in an appropriate dose and keep them away from addicts … There are still going to be people who need these prescription opioids, though. That also means there will still be people who try to obtain them for illegitimate use. But the system shouldn’t be punishing those who need the medications by dismissing them as addicts. Both groups need to be viewed compassionately as the state, as laid out by Gov. Jim Justice, oversees coordination of services to get everyone the help they need… — Charleston Gazette of West Virginia, Jan. 28

Harris and the implausibility of ‘Medicare-for-all’

Sen. Kamala Harris committed a most unusual gaffe at her CNN town hall the other night — not by misspeaking about one of her central policy proposals, but by describing it accurately. Asked on Monday night if the “Medicare-for-all” plan that she’s co-sponsoring with Sen. Bernie Sanders eliminates private health insurance, she said that it most certainly does. Citing insurance company paperwork and delays, she waved her hand: “Let’s eliminate all of that. Let’s move on.” She met with approbation from the friendly audience in Des Moines, Iowa, but the reaction elsewhere was swift and negative. “As the furor grew,” CNN reported the next day, “a Harris adviser on Tuesday signaled that the candidate would also be open to the more moderate health reform plans, which would preserve the industry, being floated by other congressional Democrats.” This was a leading Democrat wobbling on one of her top priorities 48 hours after the kickoff of her presidential campaign, which has been praised for its early acumen. It is sure to be the first of many unpleasant encounters between the new Democratic agenda and political reality. Democrats are now moving from the hothouse phase of jockeying for the nomination, when all they had to do was get on board the party’s orthodoxy as defined by Bernie Sanders, to defending these ideas in the context of possibly signing

them into law as president of the United States. The Harris flap shows that insufficient thought has been given to how these proposals will strike people Rich Lowry not already favorably disposed to the new socialism. It’s one thing for Sanders to favor eliminating private health insurance; no one has ever believed that he is likely to become president. It’s another for Harris, deemed a possible front-runner, to say it. Her position is jaw-droppingly radical. It flips the script of the (dishonest) Barack Obama pledge so essential to passing Obamacare: “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.” That was a very 2009 sentiment. Ten years later, Harris indeed wants to take away your health plan, not in a stealthy operation, not as an unfortunate byproduct of the rest of her plan, but as a defining plank of her agenda. This is a far more disruptive idea than Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax. The affected population isn’t a limited group of highly affluent people. It is half the population, roughly 180 million people who aren’t eager for the government to swoop in and nullify their current health care arrangements.

They may not like the current system, but they like their own health care — about three-quarters tell Gallup that their own health care is excellent or good. This is why the relatively minor interruption of private plans as part of the rollout of Obamacare was so radioactive. How is a President Harris going to overcome this kind of resistance absent Depression-era Democratic supermajorities in Congress? Not to mention pay for a program that might well cost $30 trillion over 10 years and beat back fierce opposition from key players in the healthcare industry? She obviously won’t. “Medicarefor-all” is a wish and a talking point rather than a realistic policy. When her aides say she is willing to accept another “path” to “Medicare-forall,” what they mean is that Harris is willing to accept something short of true “Medicare-for-all.” There is always something to be said for shifting the Overton window on policy. But it’s better if that is done by think tanks and gadflies rather than plausible presidential candidates who aren’t even trying to hold down the left flank of the party. If it’s uncomfortable for Kamala Harris to defend eliminating private health insurance now, imagine what it will be like when the entire apparatus of the Republican Party — including the president’s Twitter feed — is aimed at her in a general election. Rich Lowry can be reached via email: at comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Letters to the Editor Dividend or social services?

The question is, the more money that goes to dividends is less monGreat letter by Gail Phillips in ey for the essential services we all recent ADN regarding inadvisabil- need, such as education, police, and ity of enshrining the dividend in our health benefits. Is that what we reState Constitution. ally want? The primary founders of the Permanent fund were Jay Hammond, — Orin Seybert, Anchorage Clem Tillion and Hugh Malone. They never envisioned that the dividend was an entitlement, but as an Board of Fisheries betrays additional benefit for Alaskan resi- the Kenai Peninsula, again dents to share in the new revenue Isn’t it ironic that the very governfrom the pipeline, which is of course ment agency that is so full of process tied to the ups and downs of oil pric- and solicitation for public participaes, exactly what we have been expe- tion has denied Kenai Peninsula resiriencing the last few years. dents equal access for more than 20 But recently, the politicians have years? Yes, that would be the Anchorage been using the promise of guaranteed dividends to in effect buy votes, Board of Fisheries. The nasty flip flopand that seems to be working very pers have taunted Kenai Peninsula residents after giving them the hope of well.

a meeting in Soldotna after 20 years. If folks recall the 2001 meeting was moved to Anchorage because a battery of letters sent from KRSA, convinced the board that Soldotna was “too dangerous” for board of fish meeting. One board member said “because of my health. ” Another board member said, “Anchorage is neutral, halfway between Wasilla and Soldotna.” What I say or rather ask is the following: As Anchorage is reported to be number one in the nation in shootings, rape and domestic violence, how can it be safer than sleepy little Soldotna??? Therein lies the ultimate irony, oh, and a government agency that champions protocol but doesn’t not follow their own. — John McCombs Ninilchik

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US border agency says it’s made biggest-ever fentanyl bust By ANITA SNOW Associated Press

PHOENIX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds of the synthetic drug that is helping fueling a national epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona. The drug was found hidden Saturday morning in a compartment under the rear floor of a tractor-trailer after a scan during secondary inspection indicated “some anomalies” in the load, and the agency’s police dog team alerted officers to the presence of drugs, Nogales CBP Port Director Michael Humphries said. Most of the seized fentanyl with an overall street value of about $3.5 million was in white powder form, but about 2 pounds of it was contained in pills. Agents

also seized nearly 395 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $1.18 million, Humphries said. “The size of a few grains of salt of fentanyl, which is a dangerous opioid, can kill a person very quickly,” Humphries said. The seizure, he said, had prevented an immeasurable number of doses of the drug “that could have harmed so many families.” The Drug Enforcement Administration said the previous largest U.S. seizure of fentanyl had been in August 2017 when it captured 145 pounds of the drug in a Queens, New York, apartment that was linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. Before that, the largest recorded fentanyl seizure was 88 pounds nabbed from a pickup truck in Bartow County, Georgia. Mexican traffickers have been increasingly smuggling the drug into the United States, mostly hidden in passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers trying to

Baltimore prosecutor files petition to erase pot convictions

A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a press conference in Nogales, Ariz. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

head through ports of entry in the Nogales, Arizona, and San Diego areas. Doug Coleman, the DEA’s special agent for the Phoenix division, expressed admiration for size of the recent bust, emphasizing that it was not the product of any intelligence from his agency but rather “pure, old fashioned police work” by the agent who

pulled the truck over. “It was totally a cold hit” based on the agent’s hunch, Coleman said. Fentanyl has caused a surge in fatal overdoses around the U.S., including the 2016 accidental death of pop music legend Prince, who consumed the opioid in counterfeit pills that looked like the narcotic analgesic Vicodin.

US prosecutors announce Chinese birth tourism crackdown By AMY TAXIN Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Dongyuan Li’s business was called “You Win USA,” and authorities say she coached pregnant Chinese women on how to get into the United States to deliver babies who would automatically enjoy all the benefits of American citizenship. Over two years, the now-41-year-old raked in millions through her business, where mothers-to-be paid between $40,000 and $80,000 each to come to California, stay in an upscale apartment and give birth, authorities said.

Li, who was arrested Thursday, is one of 20 people charged in the first federal crackdown on birth tourism businesses that prosecutors said brought hundreds of pregnant women to the United States. Jing Dong, 42, and Michael Wei Yueh Liu, 53, who allegedly operated “USA Happy Baby,” also were arrested. More than a dozen others, including the operator of a third such business, also face charges but are believed to have returned to China, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles said. While it isn’t illegal to visit the United States while pregnant, authorities said

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the businesses — which were raided by federal agents in 2015 — touted the benefits of having U.S. citizen babies, who could get free public education and years later help their parents immigrate. They also allegedly had women hide their pregnancies while seeking travel visas and lie about their plans, with one You Win USA customer telling consular officials she was going to visit a Trump hotel in Hawaii. The charges include conspiracy, visa fraud and money laundering. But U.S. authorities said the businesses also posed a national security risk since their cus-

tomers, some who worked for the Chinese government, secured American citizenship for children who can move back to the United States and once they’re 21 and then sponsor their parents for green cards. “I see this as a grave national security concern and vulnerability,” said Mark Zito, assistant special agentin-charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s homeland security investigations. “Are some of them doing it for security because the United States is more stable? Absolutely. But will those governments take advantage of this? Yes, they will.”

BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s top prosecutor has filed a rarely used legal petition intended to vacate 3,778 convictions for possession of marijuana, arguing an extraordinary legal strategy is necessary to “right an extraordinary wrong.” In a highly unusual “Maryland v Maryland” filing in state court, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby used a petition called “writ of error coram nobis” that allows a court to reopen cases when substantial error is found that wasn’t apparent in initial judgments. The petition, if granted, could wipe out thousands of pot possession convictions. Mosby’s arguments are based on what she paints as an opportunity to achieve retroactive justice by acknowledging racial disparities in how pot possession cases over years were policed and prosecuted in Baltimore, a city under a federal oversight program due to discriminatory and unconstitutional policing. “The sordid history of marijuana prohibition lies in ethnic and racial bigotry,” she writes in the filing, which notes that racial disparities in possession arrests continue to exist in majority-black Baltimore even after Maryland’s 2014 decriminalization of amounts less than 10 grams. Mosby’s actions are part of an ongoing national shift with the way criminal justice functions regarding marijuana, which is allowed for some form of medical use in most U.S. states even as it remains illegal under federal law. Simple pot possession is a crime prosecutors in some other American cities including New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis won’t pursue. Her court petition comes the same week she announced her office will no longer prosecute any cannabis possession cases, regardless of the quantity or an individual’s criminal record. She argued that limited resources were needed to address more significant crimes in a U.S. city grappling with chronically high violent crime rates and no shortage of dangerous drug syndicates. Some have dismissed Mosby’s moves this week as a kind of stunt, arguing that Baltimore essentially stopped prosecuting simple pot possession cases years ago. Thiru Vignarajah, an ex-Maryland deputy attorney general who unsuccessfully challenged Mosby in last year’s primary for Baltimore’s state’s attorney job, said that only 78 out of more than 1,100 possession cases actually went forward since 2014. “Ending prosecutions does not end arrests & changing policy requires partnership — without the police, this is just hollow grandstanding,” he tweeted. — The Associated Press

CHAMBER CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2019

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Jim Stogsdill, President-Retired, Alaska State Troopers Becky Hutchinson, Secretary/Treasurer-Retired, Alaska USA FCU Mike Frost, President Elect, First National Bank Ryan Kapp, Past President-Edward Jones Investments Mary Hart-GCI Leslie Cottrell-Kenai River Suites & King Salmondeaux Lodge Esther Chambers-CENTURY 21 Realty Freedom Realty John Tuttle-Soldotna Post Office Jerry Herring-Central Alaska Engineering Becky Foster-Foster Construction Linda Murphy – Soldotna City Council Representative, City of Soldotna Tanya Lautaret-Homer Electric Association Pamela Parker-Everything Bagels

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European nations create workaround to Iran sanctions

In this 2010 file photograph, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File) By DAVID RISING Associated Press

BERLIN — Three European countries that have been working to preserve a deal limiting Iran’s nuclear capability have established a new system so their companies can continue trading with the Mideast nation without incurring U.S. sanctions, diplomats said Thursday. The barter-type system set up by France, Germany

and Britain is designed to allow businesses to skirt direct financial transactions with Iran and thereby evade possible U.S. sanctions, setting up a potential collision with President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies on Tehran. Once the process is up and running, a financial institution, known as an “Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges” or INSTEX, would run a payment

channel, brokering Iranian imports in and European exports out, while insulating the companies involved. In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Germany, Britain and France sought to allay Washington’s possible fears. “INSTEX will function under the highest international standards with regards to anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism and EU and U.N. sanctions compliance,” their statement said. The three nations have been working on the plan for months. It follows Trump’s decision last year to unilaterally withdraw from the international accord aimed at preventing Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for economic incentives. His administration also introduced new sanctions on Iran. The other parties to the 2015 agreement — France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China — have been scrambling to keep the deal

alive. In recent months, Iranian officials threatened to resume enriching uranium to higher purities than allowed under the deal, putting pressure on the Europeans to find a way around the sanctions. “This is a clear, practical demonstration that we remain firmly committed to the historic 2015 nuclear deal struck with Iran… for as long as Iran keeps implementing it fully,” British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said.. The ministers emphasized that their payment channel is “aimed at facilitating legitimate trade between European economic operators and Iran.” “We’re making clear that we didn’t just talk about keeping the nuclear deal with Iran alive, but now we’re creating a possibility to conduct business transactions,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters Thursday after a meeting with European counterparts in Bucharest, Romania.

Leopard strays into residential area in India, injures 4 The Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A forest ranger says a leopard has strayed into a residential area in northern India and injured at least four people before it was locked inside a room. Kuldip Kumar says a group of rangers reached the area in Jalandhar city in northern Punjab state on Wednesday after residents alerted police. He says the leopard bit one ranger and

clawed two others when they tried to capture it with a net, and injured at least one resident who pelted it with rocks. The injuries were not life threatening. Kumar says the animal entered a room in a building and was locked inside by the rangers. Conflicts between humans and animals are on the rise in India, where people have begun living in areas near and even inside reserves.

A leopard attacks a man after straying into a residential area in Jalandhar, India, Thursday. (AP Photo)

Lebanon factions form government, ending deadlock By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press

BEIRUT — Lebanese political factions agreed Thursday to form a new government, breaking a nine-month deadlock that only deepened the country’ economic woes. Rival political groups had been locked in disagreement over the makeup of a new government since May, after the country’s first parliamentary elections in nine years. Lebanon’s powerful Shiite group Hezbollah made significant gains at the expense of the largest Sunni party, headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, further contributing to traditional horse trading among rival factions to form governments in Lebanon. A breakthrough became possible after weeks of backroom deals as economic pressures mounted. The rival factions worked out a compromise allowing representation of Sunni lawmakers backed by Hezbollah, increasing the group’s allies in the government.

The new government will be headed by Hariri, the Western-backed Sunni politician who has held the job since 2016. The post always goes to a Sunni politician under the country’s political system. The announcement was expected to ease anxiety over Lebanon’s sinking economic credentials after international agencies downgraded the country’s credit ratings over concerns about the government’s ability to pay its massive debt. Celebrations broke out after the announcement, including huge fireworks that lit up the Beirut sky, and rallies in support of Hariri. Hariri called the new government “a reflection of Lebanon’s image in 2019.” The 30-seat government sees an increase in the number of ministries affiliated with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, which is under tightening sanctions from the United States that labels the group a terrorist organization. For the first time, the group now holds the Ministry of Health, which has one of the country’s largest

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Al-Hassan, a member of Hariri’s party, was a former Cabinet minister. Hariri’s party also named Violette Safadi to be state minister for women’s affairs, a post previously held by a man. May Chidiac, who lost her arm and leg in an assassination attempt in a 2005 bombing, was named state minister for administrative development by the Christian Lebanese Forces group. Another woman, Nada Bustani, was named by the president’s political faction to hold the strategic post of energy minister. Gebran Bassil, the sonin-law of the Lebanese president, remains foreign minister. But Lebanon loses its human rights ministry.

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Around the World Uganda seizes 750 pieces of ivory, arrests 2 Vietnamese KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan authorities have seized 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin scales being smuggled from neighboring South Sudan, the revenue agency said Thursday, in one of the largest seizures of wildlife contraband in the East African country. Two Vietnamese nationals are in custody over the contraband that had been concealed inside pieces of timber carried by three freight containers, the Uganda Revenue Authority said. The elephant tusks and pangolin scales were likely collected in neighboring Congo, the authority said. The contraband was detected with the aid of a scanner. The seizure proves Uganda “still is a major transit point for illegal wildlife,” Kristof Titeca, a Belgian researcher who recently investigated the role of individual traders in ivory trafficking, said in a Twitter post. Africa’s pangolin species are under increasing pressure from poachers as their scales are used in traditional medicine in some Asian countries. Africa’s elephants are threatened by demand for ivory products in China and other Asian countries. Africa had 1.3 million elephants in the 1970s but has fewer than 500,000 today. Uganda’s elephant population has been growing in recent years to over 5,000, but the animals still face sporadic poaching, sometimes with the help of corrupt wildlife officials.

Two elite Paris police officers guilty of gang-raping Canadian tourist PARIS — Two French policemen have been convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for the gang-rape of a Canadian tourist inside the Paris police headquarters nearly five years ago. The officers, who were both members of an antigang force at the time, were accused of raping Emily Spanton in April 2014 at 36 Quai des Orfevres, a famous address depicted in many crime movies and novels. Spanton, the daughter of a Toronto police officer, attended the trial’s first day at a Paris courthouse located only a stone’s throw from the police headquarters. She said she met a group of officers across the street near the Seine River in an Irish pub in April 2014. After several drinks, they invited her for a night tour of headquarters, where she claimed she was forced to drink whisky, perform oral sex and was raped several times. She left the building about 90 minutes later, barefoot and without her tights. — The Associated Press

Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2019. There are 333 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they’d been refused service. On this date: In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.) In 1862, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London. In 1943, during World War II, one of America’s most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized. In 1946, Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie (TRIHG’-vuh lee) was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations. In 1959, men in Switzerland rejected giving women the right to vote by a more than 2-1 referendum margin. (Swiss women gained the right to vote in 1971.) In 1968, during the Vietnam War, South Vietnam’s police chief (Nguyen Ngoc Loan) executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by news photographers. Richard M. Nixon announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (hohMAY’-nee) received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. In 1982, “Late Night with David Letterman” premiered on NBC. In 1993, Gary Bettman took office as the National Hockey League’s first commissioner, succeeding the NHL’s final president, Gil Stein. In 1994, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding’s ex-husband, pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to racketeering for his part in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in exchange for a 24-month sentence (he ended up serving six) and a $100,000 fine. In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon (ee-LAHN’ rah-MOHN’), the first Israeli in space. Ten years ago: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 to win Super Bowl XLIII (43). Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer to win the Australian Open, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2. Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged “bad judgment” after a photo in a British newspaper showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Australian firefighter Dave Tree was photographed giving water to an injured koala found in burned brushland in Victoria state; the rescued female koala, dubbed “Sam,” became an Internet sensation, but ended up being euthanized in Aug. 2009. Five years ago: The United Nations’ secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, pressed the U.S. and Russia to help ensure that peace talks aimed at stemming Syria’s civil war would resume soon after a week of peace talks ended in Geneva with no concrete progress. Ray Guy became the first punter elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame; joining the long-time Oakland Raider were two first-time eligible players, linebacker Derrick Brooks and offensive tackle Walter Jones, as well as defensive end Michael Strahan, receiver Andre Reed, defensive back Aeneas Williams and defensive end Claude Humphrey. Peyton Manning won his fifth Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. Academy Award-winning actor Maximillian Schell, 83, died in Innsbruck, Austria. One year ago: Republican State Rep. Don Shooter was expelled from the Arizona House because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct, making him the first state lawmaker in the U.S. to be booted out since the #MeToo movement emerged. Sheriff’s officials in Los Angeles said new witnesses had emerged in the 1981 drowning death of actress Natalie Wood, prompting investigators to name her former husband, Robert Wagner, a “person of interest” in what they considered a “suspicious death.” (Detectives later said the evidence hadn’t reached the threshold for a murder investigation and that they had no plans to file criminal charges.) A judge ordered a Wisconsin girl, Morgan Geyser, to be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years for stabbing a classmate when she was 12 years old to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Stuart Whitman is 91. Folk singer Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio) is 85. Singer Don Everly is 82. Actor Garrett Morris is 82. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 80. TV personalitysinger Joy Philbin is 78. Comedian-actor-director Terry Jones is 77. Political commentator Fred Barnes is 76. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., is 75. Rock musician Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 69. Blues singer-musician Sonny Landreth is 68. Actor-writer-producer Bill Mumy (MOO’-mee) is 65. Rock singer Exene Cervenka is 63. Actor Linus Roache is 55. Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 54. Country musician Dwayne Dupuy (Ricochet) is 54. Actress Sherilyn Fenn is 54. Lisa Marie Presley is 51. Comedian-actor Pauly Shore is 51. Actor Brian Krause is 50. Jazz musician Joshua Redman is 50. Rock musician Patrick Wilson (Weezer) is 50. Actor Michael C. Hall is 48. Rock musician Ron Welty is 48. Rapper Big Boi (Outkast) is 44. Roots rocker Jason Isbell is 40. Country singer Julie Roberts is 40. Actor Jarrett Lennon is 37. Rock singermusician Andrew VanWyngarden is 36. TV personality Lauren Conrad is 33. Actress-singer Heather Morris is 32. Actress and mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 32. Rock singer Harry Styles (One Direction) is 25. Thought for Today: “To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.” -Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish author (1888-1957).

Alaska

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Russia returns Alaska man who crossed Bering Sea in dinghy ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Anchorage man who attempted to sail from Alaska to China with a bucket of salmon bellies, bread, water and a jug of grape juice as provisions has been deported by officials in Russia, where he washed ashore five months ago. It was the latest strange saga in the life of John Martin III. Martin, 47, was returned Monday to Washington and told the Anchorage Daily News that he plans to be back in Alaska by the weekend. Martin, an advocate for the homeless who has a criminal record, was trying to reunite with his wife and child in China when he set out from Emmonak, an Alaska Native village about 500 miles west of Anchorage. He left in July in an 8-foot dinghy and planned to sail across the Bering Strait and hug the coastline until he was near a sliver of Chinese territory between Russia and North Korea. He made it to Russia after being blown off course and was detained by Russian authorities after washing up on a beach on Chukotka Peninsula without money or a passport. Martin wrote on his blog

In this July 1, 2011, file photo, John Martin camps out in front of City Hall in downtown Anchorage to protest the city’s practice of clearing homeless camps.(Bob Hallinen/ Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

Around Alaska Amazon starts collecting sales tax from Alaska residents KODIAK (AP) — Amazon has started charging for city sales taxes on certain products in Alaska following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down a previous online tax standard. Kodiak residents who inquired with the company about the new 7 percent tax received a message stating that Amazon will be “collecting local tax on all orders delivered to destinations within Alaska,” the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Wednesday. Amazon did not immediately respond to the newspaper’s request for comment. Its statement to customers cited “changes in our business relationships and activities” as the reason for the tax. “We do not have any more specific information at this time,” the Amazon statement said. “For additional information, please contact your local tax authorities.” Kodiak has not taken any action to implement the tax and is investigating what to do next, said Susan Smith, sales tax representative for the city finance department. “The city hasn’t done anything about that yet,” Smith said. “We just found out about that just this week.”

that he was held in a Siberian hospital for months during legal proceedings. He said he was taken to a prison in Moscow in December and held there six weeks before being deported to the U.S. In 1995, when he was 23, Martin served eight years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old foster child taken in by him and his wife. He said he lost contact with his three children when his

wife divorced him. Later, he said he met a Chinese woman through a computer messaging program. He traveled to China, where they married in 2007 and had a son. The U.S. government later revoked his passport because he was behind on child support payments for the three children he had with his first wife. When he returned to Alaska, he conducted a months-

long protest over homelessness by sleeping outside Anchorage City Hall. The mayor refused to meet with him because he was a convicted sex offender. In 2014, Martin rolled a vehicle while driving on Seward Highway. His girlfriend died and he was twice tried for manslaughter because prosecutors said his blood-alcohol content was over the legal limit. Neither jury could reach a verdict.

. . . 2020 memo said. Tim Dillon, director of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, has offered to help the borough spearhead efforts in promoting participation in the census, according to the resolution. Results from census data

can influence the number of seats each state is allowed in the U.S. House of Representatives and district boundaries for the Alaska State Legislature, the borough assembly, city councils, school board and voting districts across the state. Date from the census is also used to determine funding for health care, community development, housing education, transportation, social services, employment and other programs.

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Living in accordance with God’s plan In John 16, Jesus is explaining to the disciples that He is going away. He is referring to His death and resurrection. Thus far, the Disciples had enjoyed being in the presence of Jesus as they ministered together. But now Christ is telling them He is leaving! Then He says something startling: “7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;” Christ was referring to the Holy Spirit coming to help, not only the disciples,

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but each believer in his or her Christian walk. In John 15, Jesus refers to the Helper as the “Spirit of Truth,” who proceeds from the Father. He will bear witness of Me.” As believers, the Holy Spirit lives within each one of us. The Holy Spirit guides us, but always in accordance with the Word of God. If you are hearing something else, it is not from the Holy Spirit. Only believers possess spiritual discernment through the Holy Spirit. Some people spend their lives attempting to deter-

mine spiritual truth. But the Bible is clear. The Word of God is truth. Jesus said in John 17:17: “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” It is interesting that the Lord uses the word sanctify, as in sanctification. That means Christians living the Christian life in obedience to the Word of God. As a result, their lives are changed as they become transformed more into the loving image of Christ. Likewise, Christ Himself defines spiritual truth, when He said “Your word is truth.” We are to live in accordance with the standards of the Bible and not by other standards, such as temporary, popular cultural views.

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead in Christianity. We see this in the Great Commission spoken by Jesus in Matthew 28:19: “ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” In 2 Corinthians 13: 14, we read: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.” Christ is the light of the world. He gives good gifts of character to those who follow Him. What kind of traits does He impart to those who love Him and follow Him according to

at calvarykenai.org/awana. Contact club director Jon Henry at pastorjon@calvarykenai.org.

Church Briefs United Methodist Church food pantry

Soldotna Food Pantry open weekly

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church at 907-283-7868.

The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street,and all are welcome. Nonperishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church on Tuesday from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or on Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon. For more information call 262-4657.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets place at table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Soldotna continues to offer a hot meal and fellowship and blood pressure checks to anyone interested. The meal is the second, third and fourth Sunday of each month, from 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall, located on campus at 222 West Redoubt Avenue, Soldotna. The Abundant Life Assembly of God church, Sterling, will be joining us in this ministry and providing a hot meal on the second Sunday of the month at 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall. The Soldotna Church of the Nazarene will offer the meal on the third Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help will offer on the fourth Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help would like to invite other churches who would like to join this ministry to perhaps pick up one of the other Sunday evenings in the month.Call 262-5542.

Calvary Baptist Church offers Awana Kids Club All kids from third to sixth grade are invited to the Awana Kids Club. The club meets on Sundays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kenai Middle School. Please use the rear entrance. Schedule information can be found

‘Celebrate Recovery’ at Peninsula Grace Church Celebrate Recovery meets each Wednesday from 6:30-8 p.m. at Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Rd.,Soldotna, upstairs in room 5-6 in the worship center. Celebrate Recovery is a Biblically based 12-step program that provides a safe place to share your hurts, habits and hang-ups, in a Christ-centered recovery atmosphere. Come early for a free meal,served at 5:45. There is no charge, but donations are welcomed. Questions? Contact: 907-598-0563. Due to Christmasholiday there will be no meal served on Dec. 26 or Jan. 2. Come at 6:15 for coffee before the 6:30 meeting!

Clothes Quarters open weekly Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. com. Submissions are due the Wednesday prior to publication. For moreinformation, call 907-283-7551.

His purposes? We learn that in the well-known verse of Galatians 5:22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,” Have you known that person who is full of love, joy, patience and kindness

or that friend who is so good and faithful? Those are the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Roger Holl D. Min, is the pastor of Sterling Grace Community Church. The church meets Sundays for worship at 10:30 at the Sterling Senior Center.

Dutch church ends 24/7 service after govt policy shift THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch Protestant church ended a months-long, round-the-clock service Wednesday that started in October to protect a family of Armenian asylum-seekers from deportation after the government announced changes to its immigration policy. The Bethel Church, a small chapel in a Hague residential neighborhood, announced the end of the 24-7 service a day after the Dutch ruling coalition announced it will review hundreds of asylum applications by children that previously were rejected. “We are incredibly grateful for a safe future in the Netherlands for hundreds of refugee families,” church official Theo Hettema said in a statement. The church service began Oct. 26 to protect the Tamrazyan family — including the parents, their two daughters and a son. Dutch law prohibits authorities from entering a church building while a service is underway. At a news conference late Tuesday, the government minister in charge of immigration issues, Mark Harbers, said authorities will again review the cases of many children whose applications were rejected because they had not cooperated with efforts to send them back to their home countries. Dutch media reported that about 700 children will be affected. “The expectation is that a large number of the rejected children will be eligible” for a residency permit, Harbers said. On Wednesday, he told lawmakers that authorities will not deport any of the children or their families while the review is conducted. The Tamrazyans have lived in the Netherlands for nearly nine years, as their asylum application and various appeals proceeded through the country’s courts. Last year, the country’s highest administrative court, ruled they must return to their home country, which is considered safe by the Dutch government. — The Associated Press

Religious Services Assembly of God

Church of Christ

Soldotna Church Of Christ

Mile 1/4 Funny River Road, Soldotna

209 Princess St., Kenai 283-7752 Pastor Stephen Brown Sunday..9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.................6:30 p.m. www.kenainewlife.org

Peninsula Christian Center

161 Farnsworth Blvd (Behind the Salvation Army) Soldotna, AK 99669 Pastor Jon Watson 262-7416 Sunday ....................... 10:30 a.m. Wednesday..................6:30 p.m. www.penccalaska.org Nursery is provided

The Charis Fellowship Sterling Grace Community Church

Dr. Roger E. Holl, Pastor 907-862-0330 Meeting at the Sterling Senior Center, 34453 Sterling Highway Sunday Morning ........10:30 a.m.

262-2202 / 262-4316 Minister - Nathan Morrison Sunday Worship ........10:00 a.m. Bible Study..................11:15 a.m. Evening Worship ........ 6:00 p.m. Wed. Bible .................... 7:00 p.m.

Kenai Fellowship Mile 8.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.

Church 283-7682

Classes All Ages ........10:00 a.m. Worship Service.........11:15 a.m. Wed. Service ................ 7:00 p.m. www.kenaifellowship.org

Episcopal

50750 Kenai Spur Hwy (mile 24.5) 776-7660 Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Fellowship Meal....... 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Worship ... 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m

Nazarene

Connecting Community to Christ 229 E. Beluga Ave. soldotnanazarene.com Pastor: Dave Dial Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Dinner & Discipleship 6:00 p.m.

Funny River Community Lutheran Church

Kenai United Methodist Church

Andy Carlson, Pastor Missouri Synod 35575 Rabbit Run Road off Funny River Rd. Phone 262-7434 Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. www.funnyriverlutheran.org

Star Of The North Lutheran Church L.C.M.S.

You Are Invited! Wheelchair Accessible

St. Francis By The Sea

110 S. Spruce St. at Spur Hwy. - Kenai • 283-6040 Sunday Services Worship Service.........10:30 a.m. Eucharistic Services on the 1st & 4th Sundays

283-6040

Lutheran

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Methodist

Dustin Atkinson, Pastor Sponsor of the Lutheran Hour 216 N. Forest Drive, Kenai 283-4153 Sunday School..............9:30 a.m. Worship Service.........11:00 a.m.

Nikiski Church Of Christ

Catholic 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna Oblates of Mary Immaculate 262-4749 Daily Mass Tues.-Fri. .................... 12:05 p.m. Saturday Vigil ........... 5:00 p.m. Reconciliation Saturday................4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Sunday Mass ............ 10:00 a.m.

Mile 91.7 Sterling Hwy. 262-5577 Minister Tony Cloud Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ....... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m

Lutheran

Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Mile ¼ Kenai Spur Box 568, Soldotna, AK 99669 262-4757 Pastor Meredith Harber Worship ............11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

Sterling Lutheran Church LCMS 35100 McCall Rd. Behind Sterling Elementary School Worship: Sunday .... 11:00 a.m. Bill Hilgendorf, Pastor 907-740-3060

Non Denominational

Corner of Spur Hwy. & Bluff St., Kenai

283-7868 Pastor Bailey Brawner Sunday Worship ........11:30 a.m. Food Pantry Mon...Noon - 3 pm

North Star United Methodist Church Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Hwy, Nikiski “Whoever is thirsty, let him come”

776-8732 NSUMC@alaska.net Sunday Worship ..........9:30 a.m.

Non Denominational Kalifonsky Christian Center

Mile 17 K-Beach Rd. 283-9452 Pastor Steve Toliver Pastor Charles Pribbenow Sunday Worship .......10:30 a.m. Youth Group Wed. ..... 7:00 p.m. Passion for Jesus Compassion for Others

Kenai Bible Church

604 Main St. 283-7821 Pastor Vance Wonser Sunday School..............9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service .... 6:30 p.m.

North Kenai Chapel Pastor Wayne Coggins 776-8797 Mile 29 Kenai Spur Hwy

Sunday Worship...................10:30 am Wed. Share-a-Dish/Video.....6:30 pm

300 W. Marydale • Soldotna 262-4865 John Rysdyk - Pastor/Teacher Sunday: Morning Worship ................9:30 a.m. Sunday School....................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship ..6:00 p.m.

Southern Baptist College Heights Baptist Church

44440 K-Beach Road Pastor: Scott Coffman Associate Pastor: Jonah Huckaby 262-3220 www.collegeheightsbc.com

Sunday School .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Morn. Worship .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening - Home Groups. Nursery provided

First Baptist Church of Kenai

12815 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai 283-7672 Sunday School..............9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ......10:45 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer ..... 6:30 p.m.

Sports O ut of the

O ffice J oey K lecka

Please tear us apart

n contrast to Will Morrow’s spin on being a Patriots fan (see “Don’t Tear Us Apart”, Jan. 27), I offer my own. Being a Chicago Bears fan is tough, even tougher than having to throw together Super Bowl parties every February. One mustn’t look any further than four weeks ago on Wild Card weekend of the NFL playoffs, when Bears kicker Cody Parkey double-doinked a 43-yard field goal to send the Bears packing. When your kicker misses a doable field goal to end a 12-4 season without a playoff victory, it hurts. But it hurts even more knowing it wasn’t the first sign of your kicker troubles. Over the course of the 2018 season, Parkey had missed 10 total kicks — including four that hit the posts in one game! — that partly contributed to a 76 percent field goal rate. That’s bad among professional kickers. (I hear Robbie Gould is a free agent this winter.) Parkey’s contract is likely the sole reason the Bears continued to employ him and accept his services into the postseason. As Bears fans proudly boasted of their league-best defense while nervously anticipating the possibility that a playoff game could come down to a field goal, the front office wasn’t about to let Parkey walk away with the guaranteed millions they owed him. Ultimately, it did come down to Parkey’s leg, and he failed in about as spectacular fashion as possible, a bounce off the left post followed by a second doink off the crossbar before the ball fell harmlessly to the turf, and it left the Philadelphia Eagles packing their bags to New Orleans and the Bears packing up for the year. For me, the heartbreak lasted pretty much just one night, as I eventually roused myself to get off the couch and head to the Tsalteshi Trails for a lonely nighttime ski that helped work out the frustration. I’m glad no one else was out there to hear my muttering to myself, replaying the events of the game over in my head. But the heartache ultimately didn’t end there. A few days after that awful Sunday I hopped a plane to Chicago with my family to join in on my grandpa’s 90th birthday celebration. I lost count how many times my extended family asked me about the game. My aunts, uncles, cousins and my grandpa himself all got my take on what went wrong. Wednesday night when we got in late — “Did you see the finish to that game?” — Thursday morning at the breakfast table — “Boy, Parkey really screwed that one” — Friday evening when my cousins arrived — “I can’t believe he hit the post again!” — it all flowed into one big head-shaking, shoulder-shrugging debate. Of course, this most recent Bears disappointment comes after four last-place finishes in the division, which followed a disappointing loss in the 2010 NFC championship game at Soldier Field to the hated Green Bay Packers, which was supposed to be redemption for losing the 2007 Super Bowl, which was supposed to be the beginning of another dynasty team like the 1985 team. Having been born four years after that fantastic 1985 team, I’ve never had the experience of celebrating a Super Bowl victory. (The 2016 Cubs have more than tided me over.) As Super Bowl Sunday draws nearer, it pains me to see another year pass without my beloved Chicago Bears in the big game. The kind of history the franchise owns — nine total NFL championships, but none since 1985 — should inspire them to playoff wins and Lombardi Trophy hauls and champagne showers and ticker-tape parades, but the reality is the Bears have reached the playoffs only twice in the last 12 See OUT, page A10

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Lajoie comes of age quickly Eagle River skater plays way onto team shortly after turning 17 By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Brandon Lajoie has joined one club. Now he’s looking to join another. Lajoie joined the club of Eagle River skaters in the same age range to play for the Brown Bears when he impressed the team enough in late November as an affiliate to earn a fulltime spot. The club joined includes current Kenai River players Sutton McDonald, Zach Krajnik and Connor Canterbury, and Brown Bears alumnus Cam McDonald. Now Lajoie would like to join the club of players from Team Alaska that competed at the Toyota-USA Hockey Youth Tier I 14U National Championships in Anchorage in the spring of 2016 and have since committed to play college hockey. That number is currently at five and includes Cam McDonald. Lajoie, who just turned 17 on Oct. 18 and is a junior in high school with three years of junior eligibility after this season, is content with making that first club for now. “My main goal was making it on a junior team this season,” Lajoie said. “I just want to play hard and keep learning and see where I go from here.” Lajoie, the son of Kelley and Bart Lajoie of Eagle River, grew up in Anchorage except for when he was in the state of Washington from 4 to 6.

He grew up in the Eagle River hockey scene and became close with the McDonalds, Krajnik and Canterbury. “We’d skate at the outdoor rink, go to the gym together and hike together,” Lajoie said. “We’d have a lot of fun together but we’d also push each other.” Lajoie switched to the Anchorage hockey scene when he was 15 to play with Team Alaska at that national tournament. Last season, he stayed in Anchorage to play with the Alaska Oilers 16U AAA team and that’s where he drew interest from Kenai River head coach Josh Petrich. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound forward was invited to Main Camp this summer and made the All-Star Game. He then spent a couple weeks at the Brown Bears training camp before reporting to the Iowa Wild 18U AAA team, coached by former Bears assistant Nick Sova. There he had 10 goals and six assists in 26 games. “He scored a lot of goals down there and we weren’t scoring a lot of goals,” Petrich said. “Nick said he’s junior ready and others said he’s junior ready. “If a kid from Alaska is ready for this level, we want to bring him home.” Lajoie’s first game came against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Nov. 23 and he scored a goal. He would play in five of Kenai River’s six games in a nine-day stretch against the Ice

Dogs and total two goals and an assist. “I skated my butt off trying to make the team,” Lajoie said. It worked. Lajoie now has two goals and four assists in 15 games for the Bears. “At 15 games, four and two is pretty good for a rookie,” Petrich said. “He’s 17 years old. He’s the youngest kid on the team, easily.” Petrich likes Lajoie’s versatility. He has played on every line, and has seen time on the power-play and penalty-kill units. What really stands out is Lajoie’s shot. “He shoots it like an NHLer,” Petrich said. Lajoie said he is not quite sure how his shot became his calling card. He said he loved shooting when he was young and it’s always been his thing since then. Petrich said the challenge for Lajoie is now consistency and developing a full game. “When a young kid is giddy and excited, it’s easier for him to score in his first game,” Petrich said. “When the travel and strenuous schedule kick in, it becomes more of a challenge.” Lajoie said he is trying to combat this by getting injuries addressed right away and eating a good diet. “College coaches say, ‘Josh, we send them to you to get them to play a full game,’” Petrich said. “He has the skill and skating, but does he play a complete game?” Lajoie knows improving on defense is imSee PLAY, page A10

SoHi, Homer advance at state By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Soldotna Stars took a big first step in pursuit of a state title with a 10-0 throttling of the Delta Huskies on Thursday at the Division II state hockey championships at the Curtis Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla. The lopsided victory advanced SoHi into the tournament semifinals, where the Stars will face the Palmer Moose today at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to Saturday night’s championship final. In other first-round games, the Homer Mariners also secured a semifinal spot with a dominant win, prevailing 12-1 over Glennallen. The Mariners will face Juneau tonight at 7:30 p.m. For a school that had never won a first-round state contest, SoHi looked the part of a veteran crew,

with eight different players reaching the scoring column. Galen Brantley III and Lucas Kline scored two goals each, and overall the Stars enjoyed a one-sided, 43-7 shots advantage. Trying to shake off a sickness that’s taken hold of several players, the Stars took awhile to find their stride, but Brantley III said the slow start did not concern him as SoHi looks ahead to Friday’s semifinal against a darkhorse Palmer team. “It usually takes a game to get the lead out of the legs,” Brantley III said. “We’ve just got to make sure we start off (Friday) the way we finished this game.” Corbin Wirz and Kenzie Powell shared the shutout in goal for Soldotna, with Wirz stopping all seven shots the Huskies took in the first two periods and Powell cleaning up in the third period with

no official shot on goal. It took nearly 10 minutes, but Jose Montague got the scoring started with a top shelf strike from an unguarded position from the playoff circles. From there, it only took 31 seconds for a second goal, this one another high shot from Lucas Kline that zipped past the left shoulder of Delta goaltender Robert Hanson. Brantley and Wyatt Medcoff added two more scores in the final three minutes of the first frame for a 4-0 SoHi advantage. An 18-3 shots advantage also told the story of SoHi’s puck possession. “As a coach you want to be perfect,” said head coach Indy Walton. “It’s always the little things that bug you as a coach, and I guess that’s what drives us to be perfect.” With such a one-sided contest, the tendency for the intensity level to drop

can be a worry as teams advance to the next day, where bigger and better competition is waiting. Walton, however, isn’t worried about SoHi coming out slow a second day in a row. “Our team tends to rise to the occasion,” Walton said. “They understand the importance of the next game. It could be their last.” The 4-0 lead stood for most of the second period as SoHi moved the puck in a game of keepaway from Delta, but the Stars ended up scoring twice more in the final 3:54 of the frame, first on an unguarded look by Sam Skolnick and then on a point-blank tap in from Brantley. “We tried to hold back and do as much passing as we could,” Walton said. “Our intentions weren’t to score a ton of goals, it was just to control the puck and shoot when the time was right.”

SoHi tacked on four more in the third period as Kline recorded his second of the game midway through the period, then was joined by Ethan Yeager, David Aley and Cole Stubblefield. Homer also started sluggishly in its firstround contest against Glennallen, but a dozen goals easily made up for that. “The first five minutes were horrendous,” said Homer head coach Steve Nevak. “The kids were nervous, but that’s normal.” Tyler Gilliland tallied four goals for the Mariners, who outshot the Panthers 55-5 total. Homer also got two goals apiece from Ethan Pitzman and Aiden Ross. Homer was competing in its first ever state tournament game in program history, and Gilliland felt the Mariners came out apSee STATE, page A10

Kenai wildlife refuge reflections on 2019

nother year in the books on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge – is it me or does every year seem to pass more quickly than the last? I do remember my parents telling me this would happen when I was “their age,” and how I’d be trying to put the brakes on the passing time. Somehow that didn’t seem possible as a kid who was always thinking, “I can’t wait until I’m old enough to. …” Of course, as with most parental wisdom and advice, Mom and Dad were spot on. As 2018 draws to a close, looking back on some highlights of work completed on the refuge helps me to slow the clock just a little. We hope our visitors enjoy the new trailhead and facilities at the now officially open Marsh Lake Trail on Skilak Lake Road, the improvements to the Moose Range Meadows boardwalks and fishing platforms on the Kenai River, the miles of maintained backcountry trails and several newly repaired public use cabins. Monitoring of refuge wildlife populations and habitats by our biologists in 2018 included capturing and radio collaring mountain goats in the Kenai Mountains, and conducting research to document how plant and animal communities are responding to rapid climate change. Substantial progress was made on eradicating Elodea from the Kenai Peninsula, an invasive plant that threatens salmon habitats and other aquatic

R efuge N otebook A ndy L oranger resources. Work to reduce risks to people, homes and property from wildland fires continued, with eight more miles of mechanical treatments to create fuel breaks along the eastern and northern borders of Sterling. As always, much of the refuge’s work was accomplished through partnerships with numerous agencies and community organizations, and through the contributions of many citizen volunteers who selflessly share their time, energy and expertise. This year also brought a unique opportunity to showcase the Kenai refuge, its remarkable scenic beauty and fish and wildlife resources, and many aspects of the work our staff, partners and volunteers conduct during the summer months to conserve these resources and serve visitors through Animal Planet’s new television series “Into Alaska.” The show’s initial season also highlighted the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and its equally spectacular natural beauty, featuring bear biologist Bill Leacock and his research on Kodiak’s iconic brown bears. To my knowledge, this foray into commercial television was a first for the U.S. Fish and Wild-

life Service, and it’s safe to say that we here at the refuge had a whole lot to learn about what goes into making a TV show. The experts patiently guided us along, and now audiences throughout the U.S. and internationally can experience these special places so familiar to us from their living rooms through the magic of television. The show also provides a peek into the work being done on national wildlife refuges on a daily basis to ensure that future generations will enjoy and benefit from Alaska’s healthy fish and wildlife populations and wild places. One very special aspect of “Into Alaska” was the show’s featuring of three student interns, Laura Bashor and Amber Robbins here on Kenai refuge, and Dustin Rose on Kodiak refuge. All three are college students who spent the summer working with USFWS biologists on a variety of fish and wildlife research and monitoring projects, following in the footsteps of the hundreds of youth and young adults who have served in similar roles on these refuges over the years. The series provides the unique insights of these young people seeing the refuges and some of Alaska’s amazing fish and wildlife resources for the first time as they assist with biological field work. It is obvious that these experiences deepened their curiosity about the natural world as they consider possible career paths. What is most inspiring is their

new resolve and confidence to pursue those dreams. Their reactions are a great reminder of just how fortunate we are to be Alaskans and live and work in one the last truly wild places on earth. Laura, Amber and Dustin’s perspectives also remind us of the importance of mentoring, as they often express their appreciation for senior staff who provide guidance and encouragement throughout the summer. Their thoughts brought back fond memories of the mentors in my life, both personal and professional, how fortunate I’ve been to have them, and how so much of what they taught has stuck with me through the years. Reflecting on all this makes me certain that taking time to enjoy and appreciate the many gifts of wild Alaska and being a mentor to a younger colleague, friend or family member are also both wonderful and rewarding ways to slow down its all too quick passage. From the entire Kenai refuge staff, best wishes to all of you for a very happy and healthy 2019. Andy Loranger is the Refuge Manager of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999-present) at https://www.fws.gov/Refuge/ Kenai/community/Refuge_notebook.html. Find more information about the refuge at http://www.fws.gov/ kenai or http://www.facebook. com/kenainationalwildliferefuge

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dedication and remarkable longevity by QB “Tom Terrific” and I’m only able to Continued from page A9 admire it and respect it. I understand why others years. hate the Pats, I really do. Back to Will’s column, When you win as much as in exposing the type of they do, for as many years hatred the ultrasuccessful as they have, and you comPatriots receive due to their bine that with scandals that relentless appearances in have dogged the franchise the Super Bowl year after (Spygate and Deflategate year, he shared a recent chief among them), rival memory of a kid who, upon fan bases will naturally hearing that Will was a Pats obsess over and revile the fan, responded that his fam- Patriots for their success. ily “hates the Patriots.” But does that kind of I don’t reserve any hate and angst directed at hatred for the Pats. I see Pats fans really make it that the level of consistency and hard to be a fan of the fran-

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prehensively. “I don’t know, I think we had nerves going into state,” Gilliland said. “Once we started scoring, it just kept going.” Eventually, the offense began clicking, and Gilliland found a way around Glennallen goaltender Nikki Friendshuh at the 8:37 mark of the first period, redirecting a high shot up from Tucker Weston into the net for a Homer lead. Aiden Ross and Pitzman tallied two more for the Mariners in the final five minutes of the period to put Homer up 3-0 at the first intermission. “Passing, working hard, cheering each other on from the bench,” Gilliland said about what changed the flow of the game. “Just keeping the energy up.” By the time the second period dropped, the Mariners were in a good flow. It took just 55 seconds for Ross to score in the second, using nearly an identical technique to score as he did his first time, racing up the left boards and pocketing the puck into the net above the goalie’s shoulders.

Homer scored three more times in the first 6:50 of the second period, building a massive 7-0 lead with goals from Gilliland, Kazden Stineff and Pitzman. “The discussion after the first period was setting the bar high,” Nevak said. “We play to us, we don’t play down to them. I think that’s what we did in the final two periods.” Gilliland completed his hat trick with 2:59 remaining in the second, and Karl Wickstrom tacked on another Homer goal to put the Mariners up 9-0. Glennallen ruined the Mariners shutout with 1:23 left to the end of the second on a goal from Aisake Finau. Isaiah Nevak, Bergen Knudsen and Gilliland finished off the scoring binge in the third period. Homer’s biggest test of the season now stares the Mariners in the face, as Homer lost a pair of road games to Juneau two weeks ago. “We know we left something on the table there,” Nevak said. “We’re a much better team than the scoreboard showed … and when we left Juneau, we said we weren’t letting that happen again.” Thursday Div. II state hockey championships Stars 10, Huskies 0 Delta 0 0 0 —0

chise? You know you have First-World problems when you complain about having to host another Super Bowl party each year because the intense loyalty you reserve for the team may cause a scene. At least you have a Super Bowl party to host with your team taking center stage. For me, I’m still waiting on Da Bears to recapture their former glory. Maybe next year I can be toasting a Super Bowl title with my family. Here’s to one day being the most-hated fanbase in the country. Soldotna 4 2 4 —10 First period — 1. Soldotna, J. Montague (Kline), 9:52; 2. Soldotna, Kline (Stubblefield), 10:23; 3. Soldotna, Brantley (A. Montague), 12:18; 4. Soldotna, Medcoff (Brantley), PP, 13:58. Penalties — Soldotna 1 for 2:00; Delta 1 for 2:00. Second period — 5. Soldotna, Skolnick (A. Montague), 11:06; 6. Soldotna, Brantley (unassisted), 14:33. Penalties — Soldotna 2 for 4:00. Third period — 7. Soldotna, Kline (A. Montague, Yeager), 8:03; 8. Soldotna, Yeager (Nye, Brantley), 8:29; 9. Soldotna, Aley (A. Montague, Schmelzenbach), 10:50; 10. Soldotna, Stubblefield (Schmelzenbach), 14:35. Penalties — Soldotna 2 for 4:00; Delta 3 for 17:00. Shots on goal — Soldotna 18-18-7— 43; Delta 3-4-0—7. Goalies — Soldotna, Wirz (7 shots, 7 saves), Powell (0 shots, 0 saves); Delta, Hanson (43 shots, 33 saves). Mariners 12, Panthers 1 Glennallen 0 1 0 —1 Homer 3 6 3 —12 First period — 1. Homer, Gilliland (Weston, Reutov), 8:37; 2. Homer, Ross (Amo), 10:16; 3. Homer, Pitzman (Reutov, Gilliland), 3:22. Penalties — Homer 1 for 2:00; Glennallen 1 for 2:00. Second period — 4. Homer, Ross (Otis), :55; 5. Homer, Gilliland (Nevak), PP, 2:25; 6. Homer, Stineff (Otis), 4:46; 7. Homer, Pitzman (Gilliland), 6:50; 8. Homer, Gilliland (Pitzman), 12:01; 9. Homer, Wickstrom (Green, Reutov), 13:10; 10. Glennallen, Finau (Matthews, Young), 13:37. Penalties — Homer 2 for 4:00; Glennallen 2 for 4:00. Third period — 11. Homer, Gilliland (Pitzman), :14; 12. Homer, Nevak (Ross, Shafford), 11:42; 13. Homer, Knudson (unassisted), 13:39. Penalties — Homer 1 for 2:00; Glennallen 1 for 2:00. Shots on goal — Homer 15-16-12— 43; Glennallen 2-1-1—4. Goalies — Homer, Warren (2 shots, 2 saves), Roderick (2 shots, 1 save); Glennallen, Friendshuh (43 shots, 33 saves).

Bears-Pilots series preview By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears enter this weekend’s series against the Topeka (Kansas) Pilots on a sixgame losing streak mainly due to a scoring slump. The Brown Bears have now scored the second fewest goals in the North American Hockey League. The Pilots have given up the third most goals in the league, so today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex would appear to be an ideal time to break from the slump. Not so fast, says Kenai River head coach Josh Petrich. “There’s not an easy game in this league,” the coach said. “All the teams are pretty similar from the top down. Ultimately, we just have to play better.” The current losing streak has cost the Bears dearly in the race for the playoffs. Kenai River is at 12-22-22, good for 28 points. That leaves them 13 points out of the fourth and final playoff spot in the Midwest Division. Topeka also is out of a playoff spot and battling to get back in. The Pilots are 17-18-2-4 and are just one point out of fourth place in the South Division. “We don’t feel like we’re out of this thing,” Petrich said. “We’ve like the group we’ve had all year and I still think we have the pieces to be successful. “We’ve dug ourselves a hole and we’re definitely

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portant. “I’m just getting tips from the veterans and listening to what coach has to say,” Lajoie said. As the Bears seek to shake a six-game losing

going to need a little help.” On the current six-game losing streak, Kenai River has scored just eight goals. “Anything under two goals a game, you are asking your goalies to be perfect or win in a shootout,” Petrich said. “We have to start giving them run support.” A lack of scoring puts more pressure on the goaltenders and defensemen. Even with all the empty-net goals they’ve given up from losing close games, the Bears have yielded the 10th fewest goals in the 24-team league at 109 — a rate of 2.9 goals per game. Petrich has seen the goals-against rise a bit more than he’d like lately. “Our goaltenders are feeling it a bit,” Petrich said of the paucity of scoring. “That’s why we need to get them run support, especially early on. “The D are starting feel that we’re struggling to create chances, and they may try to jump in and help out and we give up too many odd-man rushes.” The Bears have lost the first five of the current homestand, scoring just six goals in the process. That has dropped the team’s record at the sports complex this season to 3-10-2-1. “We have to be ready to defend home ice,” Petrich said. “That’s something that’s on myself in my time here. “We haven’t been good enough at home. We have great crowds and great support and we haven’t won enough games in front of the fans.”

Petrich said the large ice at the sports complex presents a challenge to a team struggling to score, because it’s easy to retreat to the open space in the corners and on the walls, instead of getting to the net. The coach said his squad got to the net in scoring two goals in two games and getting swept by the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues. The Bears didn’t cash in on the opportunities created. Kenai River had a rare weekend off at home following the Springfield series, giving the Bears a chance to recharge for the crucial homestretch and do things like hold a skate at Soldotna Elementary. “We talked about the process and effort over results,” Petrich said. “We’ve focused on results too much.” Bears notes: Goalie Dennis Westergard has left the team for personal reasons and returned to Sweden. Westergard was 4-8-0-1 this season with a 3.22 goalsagainst average and a .902 save percentage. Petrich said Westergard will not play for the team again this season, but said he could return for his final season of junior eligibility next season. Goalie Andrew Slobiski, 5-foot-11, 170 pounds and with two years of junior eligibility after this season, joins the Bears from Team Maryland of the Eastern Hockey League. … This is Alaska Airlines weekend at the sports complex. The bulk of the activity will be Saturday, when rally towels are given out.

streak caused by a scoring slump, Petrich said Lajoie could give the team a major boost if his shot gets hot. One thing Petrich doesn’t have to worry about is Lajoie’s maturity. Lajoie lives with Jenna and Eric Fabian of Soldotna. Petrich said Lajoie’s mother and billet mother more than keep his academics in line.

Lajoie said his schedule is simple. He practices in the morning, works out, eats lunch, then does four to six hours of homework a day. He’s just happy to be doing all of this in Alaska again. “It’s been awesome,” he said. “I can go home on off weeks and my parents can come down and watch the games.”

Niko girls, boys move to NIT semis Staff report

The Nikolaevsk girls and boys basketball teams won their opening round games Thursday at the Nenana Invitational Tournament. The Nikolaevsk boys defeated Tok 61-59, overcoming a 16-8 first-quarter deficit. Michael Trail paced the Warriors with 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Isaak Fefelov and Lukah Kalugin each had 15 and Justin Trail had 11. The Nikolaevsk girls had a 60-58 victory over Tok in overtime. Elizabeth Fefelov had 19 points and 15 rebounds, while Markiana Yakunin poured in 23. Today in the semifinals, the boys play Point Hope at

5 p.m. and the girls play Ne- points for the Braves, while nana at 6:30 p.m. Bear Brown added 10. For Homer, Clayton Beachy and Mt. Edgecumbe girls 46, Seth Adkins had eight apiece. Homer 24

The host Braves took a 13-4 lead after the first quarter in notching a nonconference win Thursday. Brystel Charlie had 17 points for the Braves, while Autumn Beans had 11. Kelli Bishop paced the Mariners with seven. Mt. Edgecumbe boys 37, Homer 28 The host Braves took a 15-4 lead after a quarter in notching a nonconference victory Thursday. Drew Jackson had 12

Seahawk Classic The Seward girls won and the Seward boys lost on the opening day of the tournament. The Seward girls won 59-30. Riley Von Borstel had 17 points, while Sequoia Sieverts had 15 and Ashley Jackson added 14. For Eielson, Aaliyah Velasquez had 17 points and Paige Tobias had 10. In the early games, the Hutchison girls defeated Unalaska in overtime and the Unalaska boys defeated Hutchison by five.

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(N) ‘G’ Barbara Bixby Jewelry Portfolio (N) (Live) ‘G’ LOGO by Lori Goldstein DERMAFLASH WEN Chaz Dean Clarks Footwear (N) ‘G’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ The First 48 ‘14’ The First 48 ‘14’ The First 48 ‘14’ The First 48 ‘14’ The First 48 ‘14’ The First 48 ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Grey’s Anatomy ‘14’ Grey’s Anatomy ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Grey’s Anatomy ‘14’ Grey’s Anatomy ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Unsolved Mysteries ‘14’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Celebrity Wife Swap ‘PG’ Grey’s Anatomy ‘14’ Grey’s Anatomy ‘14’ “Too Young to Be a Dad” “Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal” (2008) “The Pregnancy Pact” (2010) Nancy Travis. ‘PG’ “The Client List” (2010) Jennifer Love Hewitt. ‘14’ “Dirty Teacher” ‘14’ NCIS “Faking It” ‘PG’ NCIS ‘PG’ NCIS “Smoked” ‘PG’ NCIS “Driven” ‘PG’ NCIS “Suspicion” ‘PG’ NCIS ‘PG’ NCIS ‘PG’ NCIS “Grace Period” ‘14’ Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Chicago P.D. ‘14’ Chicago P.D. ‘14’ Chicago P.D. ‘14’ Chicago P.D. ‘14’ Chicago P.D. ‘14’ Chicago P.D. ‘14’ Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU NCIS ‘PG’ NCIS “In the Dark” ‘PG’ NCIS “Trojan Horse” ‘PG’ NCIS ‘14’ NCIS “Family” ‘14’ NCIS “Ex-File” ‘PG’ NCIS ‘PG’ NCIS ‘14’ Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. Harry Potter Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Seinfeld Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Charmed ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ (:03) “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015) Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ “The Wedding Singer” (1998) Adam Sandler. “Central Intelligence” (2016) Dwayne Johnson. Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ (:01) “Total Recall” (2012) Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale. RoboCop Charmed ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ NBA Tip-Off (N) (Live) Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Basketball SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Basketball SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) NBA Countdown (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) Wm. Basketball SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) NBA Basketball First Take Jalen & Jacoby (N) NFL Live Intention Football Question Around Interruption Pro Bowl Skills First Take Jalen & Jacoby (N) NFL Live Intention Football Question Around Interruption College Basketball First Take Jalen & Jacoby (N) NFL Live Intention Football Question Around Interruption College Basketball First Take Jalen & Jacoby (N) NFL Live Intention Football Question Around Interruption College Basketball First Take Jalen & Jacoby (N) NFL Live Football Alvarez vs. Kovalev Around Interruption College Basketball The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog. Paid Prog. The Dan Patrick Show (N) Bundesliga Soccer The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog. Paid Prog. The Dan Patrick Show (N) ‘PG’ College Basketball The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog. Paid Prog. The Dan Patrick Show (N) ‘PG’ College Basketball The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog. Paid Prog. The Dan Patrick Show (N) ‘PG’ Wm. Basketball The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog. Paid Prog. The Dan Patrick Show (N) College Basketball Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ “A Bronx Tale” (1993) Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri. “The Godfather” (1972, Drama) Marlon Brando. A mafia patriarch tries to hold his empire together. “The Godfather, Part II” “Airplane!” (1980) Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty. “Pale Rider” (1985) Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty. “Blazing Saddles” (1974) Cleavon Little. “Road House” (1989) Kelly Lynch Stooges (:45) “The Da Vinci Code” (2006, Mystery) Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen. (:15) “Jaws 3” (1983, Suspense) Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong. “Gravity” (2013) Sandra Bullock. Stooges (:45) “Hitch” (2005) Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James. (:15) “Uncle Buck” (1989) John Candy, Amy Madigan. “Jaws 2” (1978, Suspense) Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary. Stooges Stooges (:15) “Jerry Maguire” (1996) Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. (:15) “Footloose” (1984, Drama) Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer. (:45) “Revenge of the Nerds” Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Gumball We Bare Teen Titans Teen Titans Ben 10 ‘G’ Gumball Gumball Gumball Craig Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare Gumball Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Gumball We Bare Teen Titans Teen Titans Ben 10 ‘G’ Gumball Gumball Gumball Craig Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare Gumball Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Gumball We Bare Teen Titans Teen Titans Ben 10 ‘G’ Gumball Gumball Gumball Craig Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare Gumball Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Gumball We Bare Teen Titans Teen Titans Ben 10 ‘G’ Gumball Gumball Gumball Craig Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare Gumball Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Gumball We Bare Teen Titans Teen Titans Ben 10 ‘G’ Gumball Gumball Gumball Craig Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare Gumball Animal Cops Houston Animal Cops Houston My Cat From Hell ‘PG’ The Vet Life ‘PG’ Dr. Jeff: RMV Pit Bulls and Parolees Pit Bulls and Parolees Varied Programs Giganto Puppy Pals Muppet Vampirina Fancy Vampirina PJ Masks PJ Masks Puppy Pals Puppy Pals DuckTales Big City “Toy Story 3” (2010) Voices of Tom Hanks. Giganto Puppy Pals Muppet Vampirina Fancy Vampirina PJ Masks PJ Masks Puppy Pals Puppy Pals DuckTales Big City Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Coop Giganto Puppy Pals Muppet Vampirina Fancy Vampirina PJ Masks PJ Masks Puppy Pals Puppy Pals DuckTales Big City Sydney-Max Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Giganto Puppy Pals Muppet Vampirina Fancy Vampirina PJ Masks PJ Masks Puppy Pals Puppy Pals DuckTales Big City Coop Coop Stuck Stuck Giganto Puppy Pals Vampirina Fancy Doc Fancy Puppy Pals Puppy Pals Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ DuckTales Big City Gravity Falls Transylvania Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bubble PAW Patrol Abby PAW Patrol Bubble Top Wing PAW Patrol Butterbean PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Bubble PAW Patrol Abby PAW Patrol Bubble Top Wing PAW Patrol Butterbean PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Bubble PAW Patrol Abby PAW Patrol Bubble Top Wing PAW Patrol Butterbean PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Bubble PAW Patrol Abby PAW Patrol Bubble Top Wing PAW Patrol Butterbean PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Reba ‘PG’ 700 Club The 700 Club Movie Varied The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle Outdaughtered ‘PG’ Inseparable: Joined The Boy With No Brain Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ Say Yes Say Yes My Big Fat Fabulous Life The Man: 200lb Tumor My Baby’s Head Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ Say Yes Say Yes Outdaughtered ‘PG’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life “Tracey’s Story” ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress Sister Wives ‘PG’ Conjoined Twins: Sister Separation Anxiety Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life “Rena & Lee’s Story” ‘PG’ Say Yes Say Yes Seeking Sister Wife ‘PG’ Family by the Ton ‘14’ Family by the Ton ‘14’ Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life “Doug’s Story” ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress

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Good Morning America The View ‘14’ The Doctors ‘14’ Channel 2 Morning Ed Dateline ‘PG’ Providence Providence (7:00) CBS This Morning Let’s Make a Deal ‘PG’ The Price Is Right ‘G’ Hatchett The People’s Court ‘PG’ Judge Mathis ‘PG’ The Real ‘PG’ (7:00) Today ‘G’ Today Third Hour ‘G’ Today-Kathie Lee & Hoda Go Luna Daniel Tiger Daniel Tiger Pinkalicious Sesame St. Splash

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Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud ABC World (N) ‘PG’ (N) ‘PG’ ‘PG’ News

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Chicago P.D. “Captive” Atwa- How I Met ter disappears. ‘14’ Your Mother ‘14’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show KTVA 5 p.m. “Brie Larson” ‘G’ First Take Two and a Entertainment Funny You Half Men ‘14’ Tonight (N) Should Ask ‘PG’ Judge Judy Judge Judy Channel 2 ‘PG’ ‘PG’ News 5:00 Report (N) Confucius Was a Foodie BBC World Cristine discovers Northeast- News ‘G’ ern cuisine.

Last Man Last Man CSI: Miami “Last Stand” The CSI: Miami “Stoned Cold” A Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ murderer Fiero returns to high-school bully is stoned to Miami. ‘14’ death. ‘14’ KTVA 6 p.m. Evening News MacGyver A crime boss offers Hawaii Five-0 “Ikliki I Ka La O to surrender. ‘14’ Keawalua” (N) ‘14’ The Big Bang The Big Bang Last Man The Cool Hell’s Kitchen A tableside Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Standing (N) Kids (N) ‘14’ and a showmanship chal‘14’ lenge. (N) ‘14’ Channel 2 Newshour (N) Blindspot “Careless Whisper” The Blacklist “Alter Ego” An The team searches for a serial important backer of Red’s is killer. (N) ‘14’ killed. (N) ‘14’ PBS NewsHour (N) Washington Alaska InGreat Estates Scotland ‘G’ Week (N) sight

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Wheel of For- Fresh Off the Speechless tune (N) ‘G’ Boat (N) ‘PG’ (N) ‘PG’

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9 PM

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ABC News at (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live ‘14’ (:37) Nightline (N) ‘G’ 10 (N) Dateline ‘PG’ Blue Bloods “Ripple Effect” (N) ‘14’ Fox 4 News at 9 (N) Dateline NBC (N) ‘PG’ To Be Announced

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Impractical Jokers ‘14’

Pawn Stars “Buy the Book” ‘PG’ KTVA Night- (:35) The Late Show With James Corcast Stephen Colbert ‘PG’ den TMZ ‘PG’ TMZ ‘PG’ Entertainment Two and a Tonight Half Men ‘14’ Channel 2 News: Late Edition (N)

(:34) The Tonight Show Star- (:37) Late ring Jimmy Fallon ‘14’ Night With Seth Meyers NHK Newsline

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(3:00) “XXX” (2002) Vin Diesel. A spy tries to “XXX” (2002, Action) Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas. A spy tries to (8) WGN-A 239 307 stop an anarchist with weapons. stop an anarchist with weapons. Beauty Night with Sandra & Alberti (N) (Live) ‘G’ Isaac Mizrahi Live! (N) DERMAFLASH - A Revolu (20) QVC 137 317 (Live) ‘G’ tion in Skin Care (N) ‘G’ (23) LIFE

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139 247

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138 245

(34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC

131 254

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183 280

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182 278

(57) TRAV 196 277 (58) HIST

120 269

(59) A&E

118 265

(60) HGTV 112 229 (61) FOOD 110 231

(81) COM (82) SYFY

Fixer Upper ‘G’

Fixer Upper “Sweet Surprise Fixer Upper “A Modern Cabin Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home House Hunt- Hunters Int’l House Hunt- Hunters Int’l Dream Home Dream Home at the Silos” ‘G’ Makeover” ‘G’ ers (N) ‘G’ ers ‘G’ Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive

Undercover Boss “Peavey Electronics” ‘PG’ Fox News at Night With 205 360 Shannon Bream (N) (:10) South (:45) South (:15) South Park “Chef Goes (5:50) South (:25) South South Park South Park 107 249 Park ‘MA’ Park ‘MA’ Nanners” ‘MA’ Park ‘MA’ Park ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ (3:19) “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe, Ru- The Magicians “A Flock of 122 244 pert Grint. A malevolent force threatens the students at Hogwarts. Lost Birds” ‘14’

(65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC

Pure “The Singing” Noah Married ... Married ... How I Met How I Met Cops ‘14’ Cops ‘14’ helps a plane land safely. With With Your Mother Your Mother Pre-Season Super Style Clarks Footwear (N) (Live) Lug - Travel & Handbags (N) Breezies Intimates CollecWeekend Kickoff (N) ‘G’ ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ tion (N) (Live) ‘G’ (3:00) “Dirty “Me Before You” (2016, Romance) Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McT- “Dirty Dancing” (1987, Romance) Jennifer Grey, Patrick (:03) “The Bucket List” (2007, Comedy-Drama) Jack Nichol- (:01) “Dirty Dancing” (1987, Teacher” eer. A paralyzed man develops a bond with his caregiver. Swayze, Jerry Orbach. A sheltered teen falls for a street-wise son, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes. Dying men make a list of Romance) Jennifer Grey, Pat(2013) ‘14’ dance instructor. things to do before they expire. rick Swayze. (3:19) “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe, Ru- “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (2016, Fantasy) Eddie Red- (:32) “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001) Daniel Radcliffe. J.K. pert Grint. A malevolent force threatens the students at Hogwarts. mayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler. Rowling’s student wizard has his first adventure. American American Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy “The LEGO Movie” (2014, Children’s) Voices of Chris Pratt, “Step Brothers” (2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ “Stewie Kills “Lois Kills ‘14’ ‘14’ “Guy Robot” ‘14’ Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman. Animated. An ordinary LEGO Richard Jenkins. Two spoiled men become rivals when their Lois” ‘14’ Stewie” ‘14’ ‘14’ figurine must help stop a tyrant’s plan. parents marry. Bones Science-fiction enthusi- (:01) Bones Corpse at the (:02) Bones Pregnant teen (:03) “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016, Science Fiction) Felicity Jones, Diego Luna. I Am the Night “Pilot” ‘MA’ (:08) “Real Steel” (2011, Acast is murdered. ‘14’ bottom of a gorge. ‘14’ murdered. ‘14’ Resistance fighters unite to steal plans for the Death Star. tion) Hugh Jackman. (3:30) NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at New York Knicks. NBA Basketball Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets. From the Pepsi Cen- SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter From Madison Square Garden in New York. ter in Denver. (N) (Live) College Basketball Davidson College Football All-Star Challenge. (Taped) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) 30 for 30 Now or Never UFC NBA Basketball: Rockets at at St. Bonaventure. (N) Nuggets (3:00) College Basketball College Basketball Oregon at Utah. From Huntsman Center College Basketball Pepperdine at Portland. From Chiles Fight Sports MMA Fight Sports: World Champi- The Rich Eisen Show ‘PG’ USC at Washington. in Salt Lake City. Center in Portland, Ore. onship Kickboxing Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ “Dumb & Dumber” (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly. “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, “Ace VenTwo witless wonders take a cash-laden briefcase to Aspen. Courteney Cox, Sean Young. tura” “Revenge(:45) “The Breakfast Club” (1985) Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald. Five “Jurassic Park” (1993, Adventure) Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum. Cloned dinosaurs (9:58) “Angels & Demons” (2009) Tom Hanks. Robert LangNerds” teenagers make strides toward mutual understanding. run amok at an island-jungle theme park. don confronts an ancient brotherhood. Samurai Jack The Venture American American Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Tropical Cop Eagleheart Tigtone ‘14’ Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Tropical Cop ‘14’ Bros. ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Tales ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Tales The Vet Life The doctors visit The Vet Life “Not So Easy Hanging With the Hender- Hanging With the Hender- (:01) Hanging With the Hen- (:01) Crikey! It’s the Irwins Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Hanging With the Hendertheir alma mater. ‘PG’ Riders” ‘PG’ sons ‘PG’ sons ‘PG’ dersons (N) ‘PG’ ‘PG’ sons ‘PG’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven’s Raven’s Andi Mack Sydney to the Andi Mack ‘G’ Bizaardvark Raven’s Raven’s Coop & Cami Andi Mack ‘G’ Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ Max ‘G’ ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud Lip Sync Double Dare Cousins for SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob The Office The Office Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ Battle (N) ‘G’ Life ‘G’ ‘14’ ‘14’ The Middle The Middle “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) Johnny Depp. Five children “Tarzan” (1999, Children’s) Voices of Tony Goldwyn. Anigrown-ish ‘14’ The 700 Club “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax” ‘PG’ ‘PG’ tour the wondrous factory of an odd confectioner. mated. A man raised by apes meets other humans. (2012) Ed Helms Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Untold Stories of the E.R. Untold Stories of the E.R. Untold Stories of the E.R. Untold Stories of the E.R. Untold Stories of the E.R. Untold Stories of the E.R. the Dress the Dress the Dress the Dress “I’m So Dead” ‘PG’ “Bit By a Boa” ‘PG’ “Size Matters” ‘PG’ “Turtle Trouble” ‘PG’ “Blackout” ‘PG’ “Bit By a Boa” ‘PG’ Gold Rush Rick’s wash plant Gold Rush “Old School He- Gold Rush: Pay Dirt “Yukon Gold Rush: The Dirt “EpiGold Rush (N) ‘14’ Moonshiners ‘14’ Gold Rush: White Water ‘G’ has an issue. ‘14’ roes” ‘14’ Wedding” (N) ‘PG’ sode 9” (N) ‘PG’ Ghost Adventures “TuGhost Adventures “Whaley Ghost Adventures “Sharon Ghost Adventures “Samari- Ghost Adventures “Ghosts of Mississippi” The crew follows Ghost Adventures “Stardust Ghost Adventures ‘PG’ olumne Hospital” ‘PG’ House” ‘PG’ Tate Ghost” ‘PG’ tan Cult House” ‘PG’ a trail of evil. (N) ‘PG’ Ranch” ‘PG’ Ancient Aliens “Earth’s Black Ancient Aliens Living sea Ancient Aliens “Aliens and Ancient Aliens: Declassified “The Alien Legacy” ‘PG’ (:05) Ancient Aliens: Declas- (:05) Ancient Aliens: Declas- (:03) Ancient Aliens: DeclasHoles” ‘PG’ plankton in space. ‘PG’ the Red Planet” ‘PG’ sified ‘PG’ sified ‘PG’ sified ‘PG’ Live PD “Live PD -- 01.26.19” ‘14’ (:06) Live PD: Rewind “Live Live PD “Live PD -- 02.01.19” (N Same-day Tape) ‘14’ Live PD “Live PD -- 02.01.19” PD: Rewind No. 187” (N) ‘14’ ‘14’

Shark Tank ‘PG’

Shark Tank Lozenges that prevent overeating. ‘PG’ Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N)

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Undercover Boss “Undercover Employee” ‘PG’ Tucker Carlson Tonight

Undercover Boss “Philly Pretzel Factory” ‘PG’ Hannity

Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ The Ingraham Angle Fox News at Night With Shannon Bream The Comedy Central Roast “Rob Lowe” Celebrities roast This Is Not Chappelle’s Chappelle’s Chappelle’s Rob Lowe. ‘MA’ Happening Show ‘14’ Show ‘14’ Show ‘14’ The Magicians Dean Fogg “Life of Pi” (2012, Adventure) Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu. A teenager and a tiger begets a new suit. ‘MA’ come marooned at sea aboard a small lifeboat.

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(2:20) “Hulk” (:40) “Logan” (2017, Action) Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen. Logan must protect a young mutant girl from dark forces. ‘R’ 303 504 (2003)

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Wife resents being benched in favor of her brother-in-law DEAR COMPETING: If you and your husband haven’t blocked out some time each week to spend together -- a date night -you should. While I don’t think it’s healthy for you to be entirely dependent upon him for social contact, I do think you should be higher on his list of pri- Abigail Van Buren orities than his brother. Because you have already discussed this and seem to have gotten nowhere, please consider finding some other social outlets so you aren’t so isolated. Special interest groups or hobbies come to mind. DEAR ABBY: I was waiting in line to get a cup of coffee and the customer behind me was so close she was almost touching me. Then she coughed without covering her mouth. I stepped away, but she closed in on me and coughed again without covering. I turned and politely asked her to step back and cover her mouth the next time she coughed. She said she had an allergy and not a cold. I suggested that because we are in the midst of cold and flu season, there’s no way that I -- or anyone else -- could

know the difference between a cough from allergy or illness. Was it rude on my part? Or should we all practice some courtesy by covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze? -- RUDE IN MINNESOTA DEAR RUDE: What you said was not rude; it was common sense. The notion that if you don’t think you’re sick (“only allergic”), you have the right to cough on others is misguided. When you asked the woman not to hover near you, she should have respected your request, stepped back and not closed in again whether or not she continued to cough. Flu season is in full swing. That’s why it’s important for everyone who is out in public -- and exposed -- to practice good hygiene. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Abby shares more than 100 of her favorite recipes in two booklets: “Abby’s Favorite Recipes” and “More Favorite Recipes by Dear Abby.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $16 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Cookbooklet Set, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.) Hints from Heloise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Feb. 1, 2019: You are strong and willful. This year, these qualities emerge even more. Others duck rather than get in your way. Your strength is an asset as you develop a new interest, hobby or second career. Once you know what you want, you go for it. If single, you might find that a friendship is heating up. You also might wonder why you never noticed this person in this way before. If attached, make sure your significant other is A-OK with plans before making them. CAPRICORN often backs away from you. They see your strength. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 20-April 19) HHHH Tension is high as you attempt to clear your desk and simultaneously clear out some issues as well. You understand that others hold you responsible for certain projects, whether you are in charge or not. You might express your frustration in no uncertain terms. You want the power of being in charge. Tonight: You’re a force to be dealt with. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Reach out for someone you often share with, ask opinions from and swap jokes with. You might want to take the edge off a misunderstanding that has been a problem. A friend could be overly demanding without realizing it. Let this person know how you feel without causing bad feelings. Tonight: As you like it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Defer if you want to be around a partner or associate. This person seems to feel as if he or she has a hot idea and does not want to be derailed. He or she wants total control. Let this person have it. You certainly do not need anything more to do. Tonight: Do not get locked into a power play. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You are emotional about a key person in your life. You see this person as becoming an obstacle in relating. This person is expressing his or her feelings clearly. Imagine what his or her mindset could be and why. By identifying with it, a solution comes forward. Tonight: Sort through different possibilities. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Fortunately, you have the ability to work past the feelings of many people. Willingly, you put in extra effort to alleviate a problem before it happens. You feel you have cleared a lot of hassles and avoided one by working. Tonight: Bypass being social. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your creativity and energy take you down a new path. You could feel “off” when handling a personal matter that ap-

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pears to upset a partner. Ask, and try to determine where this upset stems from. Both of you will feel better if you get past this problem. Tonight: Express your happiness that the weekend is here. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You could be anchored on a position or an opinion. Others might see you as unbudging. Is taking a stand worth it on this particular issue? Avoid someone who can dig in with equal determination. You do not want to trigger what could happen. Head home with a smile, and let go of this issue. Tonight: Order in. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Do not hesitate to ask questions, especially when dealing with an angry loved one or a child. Your creativity comes forward as you attempt to take some of the fire off the situation. Your ability to communicate comes through and prevents a standoff. Tonight: Favorite people, favorite hangout. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Investigate what is happening with a financial matter. It appears that you and another person have very different views of the same situation. You might not find agreement easy. Focus on what you have in common. You might need to bring a token gift home to lower the temperature. Tonight: Relax, please. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might feel pressured to deal with a situation in a certain manner. Ask yourself if you would like to postpone this issue and just relax. A conversation might be heated but will help eliminate a problem quickly. Tonight: Do not fuss over details. Focus on the big picture. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You could instigate a problem without meaning to. Understand that others are touchy at this moment. You could ask a question only to witness a full-blown argument occur as a result. Be generous in spirit even if you find you are getting irritated by someone. Tonight: A smile goes a long way. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH You could be questioning the nature of another person’s attitude. Indulge this person, and ultimately you will be happier. You could break your budget if you do, so be reasonable. That person needs to feel important to you. Let him or her have this feeling. Tonight: Out on the town. BORN TODAY Rapper/producer Big Boi (1975), actor Clark Gable (1901), singer Don Everly (1937)

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It might be OK here, but ... Dear Heloise: In a recent letter, a reader talked about certain English words having DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. I thought I would add some other hints: * The “OK” symbol: In America, it usually means you’re content or everything is fine. But in France, Turkey, Venezuela and Brazil, it’s considered very rude slang and will offend those around you. * Tipping: In some countries, tipping is considered improper, because serving the customer is a group effort, not an individual performance, or it may imply that the restaurant doesn’t provide decent wages. It’s considered rude in Japan, South Korea, China, France and Italy. * Spitting: It’s considered rude and unsanitary in any country, but it might earn you a fine in some places, such as Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. * Blowing your nose in public: In China and Japan, blowing your nose in public or even the appearance of a handkerchief is considered disgusting. Never, ever blow your nose in a restaurant. It’s considered rude and revolting in China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and France. * Smiling at a stranger: Extended eye contact and smiling at a stranger can make some people in foreign countries very uncomfortable. It’s considered rude in South Korea, China, Japan and Russia. -- Natasha D. in Georgia SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795001 San Antonio, TX 78279-5001 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com

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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 12 years. Things are generally good, but we keep having the same old argument related to his little brother. They have a close relationship, which is great, but I often end up feeling like I’m playing second fiddle to my brother-in-law. If I ask my husband to go out and do something on the weekend, he’ll say he doesn’t feel like it. Minutes later, if his brother makes the same suggestion, he’s up and getting ready to go! Sometimes I end up along for the ride, which lessens the sting a little, but usually I’m left alone. It wouldn’t be so bad if not for the fact that I don’t have family close by, and I’m the agency lead where I work, so having “work friends” isn’t an option. This leaves my husband the only person I have to spend time with. I have tried explaining this to him, but when I try, he overreacts and claims I don’t want him to spend any time with his brother, which is not what I’m saying. I have begun to feel that he’s honest with me when he says no to something, but just can’t bring himself to say no to his brother. Either way, it’s exhausting and ridiculous. Is there any way to address this, or do I just deal with the sting when it happens and let it go? -- COMPETING FOR ATTENTION

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