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Monday, January 28, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 49, Issue 101

In the news Kodiak officials debate replacement of city warning sirens KODIAK — Kodiak officials are calling for an assessment of the city’s siren system.

Sirens that warn of tsunamis are part of the island city’s emergency preparation services.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the city’s 12 sirens were installed in the 1980s and ’90s.

Police Chief Tim Putney told city officials last week that extensive repairs were recently completed on a siren near the harbormaster’s office and another is being fixed.

Three sirens don’t work and others feature some level of rusting on their speakers.

The city’s capital funding request lists tsunami siren replacement as its second highest priority.

Councilman John Whiddon says the city needs to establish whether current sirens need replacing, how many sirens are necessary, where they should be located and what model would be best suited to Kodiak.

Authorities recover body of Kake man after house fire KAKE — Authorities say a man died in a home that burned down in Kake.

KINY News of the North in Juneau reports that a home in the village of Kake caught fire early Saturday. KINY says firefighters put out the blaze in an hour, but the second floor had collapsed onto the ground floor, making the home inaccessible.

Authorities recovered the body of Loren Jackson Jr., who lived in the home, on Sunday.

Kake Tribal President Joel Jackson tells KINY that the State Fire Marshal and Alaska State Troopers are investigating.

Kake is a village of about 500 people in the southeast part of the state.

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3rd time’s the charm Dave Turner claims 1st Tustumena 200 win

By MEGAN PACER Homer News

After chasing other top mushers for three years, Dave Turner has finally proven himself a winner by snagging first place in the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Sunday.

The race, which takes mushers and their dog teams winding and climbing through the southern Kenai Peninsula’s Caribou Hills, was actually short of 200 miles this year, with the course coming in at 179.3 miles. Turner and 19 other mushers running the T200 took off from Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik on Saturday, making their way down to McNeil Canyon Elementary School east of Homer before looping back up to the Roadhouse. From there mushers went to a checkpoint in Kasilof before finishing back in the same place they started: Freddie’s.

Six mushers competing in the shorter T100 race finished after making that See T200, page A2

Musher Dave Turner pulls up to the finish line of the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Sunday at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. Turner took first place in the race that takes dog teams throughout the Caribou Hills on the lower Kenai Peninsula.

(Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

3 men sentenced for illegal hunting in Wrangell-St. Elias

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Three men have been sentenced on federal charges connected to an illegal hunting operation in a national park in eastern Alaska.

The three former employees of Ptarmigan Lake Lodge inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve were sentenced earlier this month in Anchorage after they pleaded guilty to misdemeanor and felony charges related to illegal big-game hunts.

Jeffrey Harris of Poulsbo, Washington, Dale Lackner of Haines, Alaska, and Casey Richardson of Huson, Montana, were indicted in August 2017.

Lackner was sentenced to six months of house arrest. Richardson and Harris were sentenced to three months in a halfway house, followed by three months of house arrest.

They also were sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution.

State crime commission seeks feedback on reform bill

By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

A day after Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced four bills aimed at rolling back parts of Senate Bill 91, a statewide crime commission held a public meeting hoping to get feedback on the bill and its effects.

The meeting, held by the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC), was advertised as a listening session for people who have been victims of crime.

The bulk of the time was spent talking about SB 91, the criminal justice reform

Rep. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, center, speaks from a panel of the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission during a listening session at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

bill passed in 2016 aimed at reducing incarceration and recidivism rates.

Dunleavy’s proposed bills address sex crimes, pretrial processes, parole

and prison sentences. Senate Bill 32, for example, intends to reinstate more severe sentencing ranges that were in place prior to SB 91.

In a letter that was submitted along with SB 32 to Senate President Cathy Giessel, Dunleavy wrote that SB 91 has limited the state’s ability to address the increase in crime.

“Most importantly, SB 91 has contributed to the loss of public trust in our criminal justice system and our ability to keep Alaskans safe,” Dunleavy wrote.

Dunleavy said in a

Wednesday press conference there will be more bills coming up, hoping to “plug” some of the holes that he believes SB 91 has created in the state’s criminal justice system.

Barbara Dunham, the project attorney for the ACJC, said the commission was not asked for recommendations prior to Dunleavy’s bills being announced. The commission was formed by former Gov. Sean Parnell and began meeting in 2014. The commission’s goal is to gather information and make pubSee CRIME, page A3

Economists: Alaska recession likely to end in 2019 ANCHORAGE (AP) — The longest recession in Alaska history likely will end later this year but the economy will not look very different than it does now, according to longtime Alaska economists.

Economists also warn

that resolving Alaska’s state budget deficit with spending cuts alone would have detrimental effects.

Neal Fried, an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, said employers are pro-

jected to add about 1,400 jobs in 2019, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported.

That’s positive news but the total would represent only about 0.4 percent growth in the job market.

The state lost about

12,000 jobs since late 2015, when depressed oil prices and ballooning state budget deficits led to contraction of oil, construction and government jobs.

The final numbers for 2018 are still being tallied. Fried and University

of Alaska Anchorage economic professor emeritus Scott Goldsmith said final numbers likely will show the state lost about 2,300 jobs last year, a 0.7 percent contraction. That follows losses of more than 4,600 See 2019, page A2

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Getting their hands dirty

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Fifth-grade students from Soldotna Elementary had the opportunity to make their own ceramic bowls with the help of Debbie Adamson, president of the Kenai Potters Guild.

This is the first time Erin Eveland’s class has made pottery. With access to a kiln and Adamson’s help, students are able to make bowls to sell at a fundraiser that the school is hosting to buy a new piece of playground equipment.

Adamson was the school’s librarian for 12 years. She said she’s excited to be back in Soldotna

Fifth-graders at Soldotna Elementary school work on pottery projects this week for a fundraiser that will buy new playground equipment for the school on Thursday, in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Elementary.

“I just happen to do some clay work and I am

thrilled to share it with them,” Adamson said.

See POTS, page A3

Shutdown complicates landslide response KETCHIKAN (AP) — The partial government shutdown that lasted 35 days has complicated efforts to clear a key roadway following a landslide on southeast Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island.

About 300 people have been affected by the closure, and an old logging road has been a cumbersome detour, the Ketchikan Daily News reported .

The city of Thorne Bay said the slide occurred on U.S. Forest Service land.

Sara Yockey is the tribal transportation director for the Organized Village of Kasaan, a community affected by the closure. She said that with Forest Service workers furloughed,

finding anyone from the agency to speak with has been difficult.

There is a federal program that helps federal agencies with repairs to tribal transportation facilities. But Yockey said the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs plays an important role in that process and hadn’t been able to participate in a damage assessment amid the shutdown.

Yockey initially estimated the road would open as early as March but is no longer certain that will happen.

Thorne Bay officials have said the road is used by residents of Kasaan and South Thorne Bay for acSee SHUT, page A3

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. . . 2019 Continued from page A1

jobs in 2016 and 2017.

Goldsmith said the state is headed toward a “postrecession” period and not a true recovery, which would technically mean a return to pre-recession job levels.

Current employment levels mirror 2011, Fried said.

He and Goldsmith based 2019 projections on stabilized oil prices in the $60 to $70 per barrel range, new oil prospects on Alaska’s North Slope

. . . T200 Continued from page A1

first loop down to Homer and back.

Turner, who moved to Fairbanks from the Lower 48 a few years ago and took third place the first time he ever ran the T200, claimed first this year with a total race time of 25 hours, 15 minutes. The win was especially sweet, he said, because his partner Eli Campbell had already won the T100. She finished in 12 hours, 12 minutes.

Not only was this Campbell’s first time in the T200, it’s also her first season racing.

“I started with tours around Jackson Hole in Wyoming, and then I met Dave at the Stage Stop (Race),” Campbell said.

“And then he contacted me this fall and asked if I wanted to race dogs.”

The two run tours together and train for races just north of Fairbanks.

Turner’s kennel is geared more toward short races and sprints like the Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage, so the T200 is one of the longest races his dogs run.

Campbell said she had a good time on the trail, which she said was marked well.

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and tentatively stabilized state government spending.

“The declines are declining,” Goldsmith said at a Jan. 16 luncheon.

Alaska was adding jobs at about 0.4 percent annually in the three-year period leading up to the recession, he said.

“If you recall, those were years when oil prices were over $100 per barrel, so one would’ve expected that the economy would’ve been chugging along at a pretty brisk rate, but it really wasn’t, so I think that’s worth thinking about as we move forward,” Goldsmith

said.

The oil and gas industry has lost about 5,000 jobs, or more than a third of its Alaska workforce, since 2015. The economists expect the industry will add about 300 jobs in 2019.

Fried predicts Alaska builders will hire 900 more employees this year.

“A recession usually ends with a whimper. What generally happens is the positives get big enough to overwhelm the negatives,” he said.

UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research professor Mouhcine Guettabi said the improved

economic outlook is predicated on the Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy not resolving a state $1.6 billion budget deficit with spending cuts alone.

“If that ($1.6 billion) were to get removed from the economy, obviously all of this gets tossed aside,” Guettabi said.

State government spending cuts are the most economically damaging way lawmakers can close the state’s budget gap, according to the institute. ISER estimates $100 million in state operating budget cuts roughly equates to 1,000 or more full-time jobs lost.

“There were really fun turns, kind of icy, sometimes powdery,” she said.

“It was just an adventure.

I loved it.”

Participating in and winning the T200 has long been a goal of Turner’s, since his days of racing in the Lower 48.

“Ever since I heard about this race from friends a long time ago I’ve always been interested, and moving to Alaska, (it) became one of my main goals to win this race as part of stepping up in the mushing world here,” he said.

Turner said it felt amazing that he and Campbell swept both classes in the race, but that they hadn’t come to the peninsula thinking it was a sure thing.

“We knew it was possible, but we do sled dog tours for Borealis Base camp in Fairbanks and we do tours all the time, we’re really busy,” he said. “And the racing dogs do a lot of tours, and that’s kept us from doing all the long miles that we had planned.

So, we figured if it was short like it has been the last couple years, which it turned out to be, that we’d have a chance not only to win, but to dominate.”

Turner and Campbell said their dogs did well considering the difficulty of the course. Race organizers threw everything

from hills to open water to ice at them, several mushers said.

Cim Smyth finished second in the race overall. He was the first musher in to the checkpoint at McNeil Canyon, and has won the T200 four times in the past.

“He’s legendary,” Turner said of Smyth. “And he’s a multiple-time champion of this race, and I’ve raced with him before and I know what he’s capable of.”

Smyth made up some time on Turner while they both made their way to the Centennial Lake checkpoint in Kasilof, Turner said.

“That really put a fire behind me to not quit or to not relax until we were done,” he said.

“I worried him — I think I worried him,” Smyth said of Turner with a laugh.

Smyth, too, commented on the difficulty of the trail conditions.

“Icy, and rough,” he said. “Just moguls and any kind of rough you can think of. … The high temperature really got me.”

While one of his dogs had to be pulled from the line and brought to the finish on his sled, Smyth said he’s happy with how they performed.

“They did good. I was really happy with them,” he said. “They performed pretty well. It was just too hot for them to compete

with his (Turner’s) dogs.”

Last year’s T200 winner, Nicolas Petit, cruised to the finish line in third place, just four minutes ahead of the next musher, Travis Beals.

T200 results: 1. Dave Turner 2. Cim Smyth 3. Nicolas Petit 4. Travis Beals 5. Mitch Seavey 6. Sarah Stokey 7. Lance Mackey 8. Martine Le Levier 9. Jeff Deeter 10. Anna Berington 11. Grayson Bruton 12. Kristy Berington 13. Michi Konno 14. Joshua McNeal 15. Nick Lehr 16. Amanda Nagy 17. Quince Mountain 18. Hal Hanson 19. Ryan Santiago 20. Susannah Tuminelli, out of Centennial Lake, 5:15 p.m. Sunday T100 results: 1. Eli Campbell 2. Frank Habermann 3. Monica Zappa 4. Matthias Schaerer 5. Tim Osmar Scratched: Kathleen Frederick Reach Megan Pacer at mpacer@homernews.com.

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Around the Peninsula Local Food Directory Deadline March 1 is the deadline for farmers, fishers, local food 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 Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District. For more information, go to www.kenaisoilandwater.org or call Heidi Chay at 283-8732 x 5.

KPC Showcase and Kenai Local Food Connection present: Symphony of the Soil A new documentary from the director of The Future of Food, Symphony of Soil will be screened at 6:30pm, Feb. 7, at the Kenai Peninsula College KRC McLane Commons. This film examines our human relationship with soil, the use, and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet.

This event is free and open to the public.

a.m. to 12 p.m. Free —Valentine’s Day party and volunteer lunch, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 11:30 a.m. Free —Riverside Harmony lunchtime entertainment, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 12:15 p.m. Free —Closed for President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 18.

—Kenai Peninsula Caregivers Group, Monday, Feb. 19 from 1-3 p.m. Free —Birthday lunch, Thursday, Feb. 20 at 11:30 a.m. $7 suggested donation or free if celebrating birthday this month and more than 60 —Riverside Band, lunchtime entertainment, Monday, Feb. 25 at 11:30 a.m. Free —Hidden Gems 2 trip to Farmhouse Gypsy and NoHost to Firefly Cafe, Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. $5 ride fee —Council on Aging, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 4:30 p.m.

—Kenai Senior Connection Board Meeting, Friday, Feb. 22 at 9:30 a.m.

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

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

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.

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 True Tales offers ‘siblings’ storytelling KPBSD budget meetings at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the True Tales, Told Live has live music and storytelling ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and fol- at 6 p.m. Feb. 1 at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Come hear The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District requests low the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more central peninsula residents tell true stories, live, with no input from staff, parents, and community members at information. notes, on the theme of “Sibling Rivalry: The Ties that the districtwide KPBSD budget development meeting, Bind and Blindside.” Anyone interested in telling a story scheduled at the following locations: can message True Tales, Told Live on Facebook, or call —Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Homer High LeeShore Center monthly board meeting Jenny Neyman at 907-394-6397.

School Library The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly Board —Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Soldotna High meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Tour of Tsalteshi returns Feb. 17 School Library —Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Kenai Central The meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold a 20- and 40-kifurther information call 283-9479.

High School Library lometer Tour of Tsalteshi ski race Feb. 17 at the trail—Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Seward High head behind Skyview Middle School. The 40-kilometer School Library Alaska Food Festival & Conference freestyle race — two laps around the trails — starts at As new budget information becomes available, it will 11:30 a.m.

A 20-kilometer race — one lap around the Registration is open for the 4th semi-annual Alaska be posted here: http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments. trails, with freestyle and classic divisions — starts shortly Food Festival & Conference, which will take place at aspx?id=38. If you have questions, please call Natalie thereafter.

Prizes will be awarded for the first three men Land’s End Resort in Homer on March 8 and 9.

Session Bates at 714-8888. and women finishers in each race and raffle drawings will topics will cover Alaska’s vast and diverse food system: farmers market issues, food security, policy, production, be available to all participants. Awards will be given at a Kenai Senior Center February harvesting, business, education, community, tradition, post-race party at Kenai River Brewing in Soldotna. Dis—Waffles served in dining room Fridays from 8-10 sovereignty, fermenting, subsistence, growing, and more! counts available for early registration, TTA members and Chef demonstrations, hands-on activities, vendor booths, members of neighboring ski clubs. First 100 to sign up a.m., Feb. 1, 8, 15, 11. Free —Super Bowl party, Friday, Feb. 1, at 11:30 a.m. Free and a Friday night social round out the event. This event get a free buff with 2019 Amy Kruse artwork. To register, —Anyone Can Draw, 4-art beginning drawing lass is sponsored by the Alaska Food Policy Council and the sign up to volunteer or for more information, visit www. taught by Carolyn Reid, Mondays, Feb. 4, 11,25 and Alaska Farmers Market Association. For program and touroftsalteshi.org. registration information, go to https://www.akfoodpolicyMarch 4 at 1 p.m. Free —Winter Blues bereavement presentation, Monday council.org/2019-conference/.

Soldotna Community Schools Program Feb. 4 at 12:30 p.m. Free winter classes —Riverside Band, lunchtime entertainment on MonAmmo Can Coffee Open Mic —Youth Martial Arts: Based in traditional Japanese day, Feb. 4 at 11:30 a.m. Free —Fred Meyer Shopping, Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. Free Ammo Can Coffee will host open mic nights from 7-11 martial arts, this class will help youth develop physical strength, flexibility, and mental awareness. Class is on —Movie and Popcorn Night, Letters to Juliet on Thurs- p.m. on February 1/2, 8/9, 15/16, 22/23 and March 1/2.

Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:15 p.m. starting Jan 22. day, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Free —Fur Sewing: This class will demonstrate fur —M&M knitting group, Thursday, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 stretching and teach skin sewing techniques for makGrief support group from 1-2 p.m. Free ing hats, gloves, slipper or other projects. Class is —Kaleidoscope Performance, songs and valentines, Hospice of the Central Peninsula will facilitate an Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. Free —No Host Dinner to King Salmon Restaurant, Tues- eight-week grief support group, “Grief is as individual as a starts Jan 29. snowflake,” beginning Feb. 6 at the Hospice office at 5:30 —Mindful Strength: This is a combo of Tai-Chi, day, Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. $5 —Card Making with Kimberley, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m., 35911 Kenai Spur Hwy, Soldotna. For questions or Pilates, Yoga, and strength movement and is great for additional information, please contact Lee at 262-0453. those who need modified movements. Class is Thursp.m. Free days from noon to 1 p.m. and starts Jan. 24.

—Social Security, Wednesday, Feb. 6 and 20 from 9 Our services are free. Pre-sign-up requested.

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cess to heating fuel, groceries, medical services and for transporting students to and from school.

A mostly single-lane logging road is being used as a detour. But in the first weeks after the Jan. 1 slide, the road was unsuitable for

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lic safety recommendations to the Legislature.

Juneau Police Department Chief Ed Mercer was in attendance at the ACJC meeting Thursday. When asked if he thought repealing SB 91 was a good idea, Mercer said a total repeal might be going too far but he’d like to see the Legislature spend some quality time considering changes.

“They need to take a hard look at it and see if it’s worth us continuing on there,” Mercer said. “I don’t think it’s going to be as easy as just repealing it 100 percent, but I think some amendments when it comes to dealing with repeat offenders over and over and clearly separating people who are career criminals out there to address them at a

much travel.

Officials said improvements had to be made to the bypass road and confirmed that now fuel and essential services can use the detour.

Southeast Island School District Superintendent Lauren Burch said about 17 students attending Thorne Bay School are taken to and from school by boat every day. About 11 students who attend a Kasaan School have

been affected.

Thorne Bay School has a charter boat contract that ends in February. Some parents are also using boats to transport their children, Burch said.

The half-mile trip takes about 10 minutes. But Burch said it’s expensive.

She said she had concerns with a bus on a slick, onelane road and that using boats seemed a better op-

tion.

Yockey said pushing debris off the road isn’t a viable option because Thorne River estuary and salmon stream are below.

“The material will need to be hauled to a suitable waste site,” she said.

On Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign legislation funding agencies shuttered by the shutdown until Feb. 15.

different level (than lowerlevel offenders).”

Proponents of the bill have said it will take a little time for effects of the bill to be fully felt. As crime rates rise, critics have called for a repeal of the bill.

It’s difficult to draw a line from SB 91 to a rise or fall in crime rates, members of the commission said. Rep. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, said the recent rise in crime began prior to SB 91 going into effect.

“It’s always easy to blame something that passed the Legislature and not really get a lot of the details,” Claman, who is on the commission, said during the meeting.

Opening up the lines of communication Only about 15 people showed up to Thursday’s ACJC event, which was held at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall.

The commission includes

members from around the state, including Brenda Stanfill, the commission’s victims’ rights advocate.

Stanfill said they were hoping more people would show up so they could try to dispel a misconception about the commission, which provides recommendations to the Legislature on criminal justice issues including SB 91.

“This commission is not just about making things easier for somebody who’s harming our community,” Stanfill said during the meeting. “It’s about connecting those who are harming our community with the right services where they’ll stop harming our commu-

nities and assisting people who are being victimized in terms of making them whole.”

Mercer said clearer messaging on the timeline of SB 91 would be helpful.

“I really think what would really be valuable for the state is to have a road map for the public … to say, ‘This is where we’re at and this is where we’re going to be.’ Right now, a lot of people don’t know that, including a lot of law enforcement like myself. I don’t know where this is going,” Mercer said.

Mercer mentioned that the number of Part 1 crimes — offenses such as burglaries, thefts and aggravated

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. . . Pots The students’ teacher, Eveland, said the students have been enjoying the hands-on project.

“I think they love it,” Eveland said. “I think it’s super exciting for them to make a bowl that they actually get to paint and then take home.”

The students were able to fire their projects in a kiln the school shares with Soldotna Montessori.

“I haven’t had one kid complain,” Adamson said.

“It’s just been very fun.

They’ve really done a good job. They’re excited to show mom and dad.”

She said parents will have the chance to purchase their student’s bowl at the fundraiser.

assaults — through the first quarter of 2018 began to decrease from totals in 2017, and it’s unclear whether any part of that can be attributed to SB 91’s efforts. Overall in recent years, crime has risen precipitously in Juneau. The number of Part 1 crimes has risen by 84 percent since

2014, according to the department’s annual Uniform Crime Reports.

Dunham said that if people had comments to share with the commission, they could email her at bdunham@ajc.state.ak.us and she would pass on comments to the commissioners.

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What Others Say

As threats from China, Russia rise, US must enhance missile defense How will the United States deal

with the possibility that it will lose military supremacy over China and Russia due to their development of new weapons? To maintain its deterrence capability, the United States has embarked on a comprehensive strengthening of its missile defense system.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled its Missile Defense Review (MDR) that incorporates a medium- and long-term missile defense strategy.

The previous MDR, which was compiled in 2010 under the then administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, focused on the ballistic missiles of North Korea and Iran. With the latest MDR giving weight to ways of responding to new arms developed by China and Russia, it could be described that the U.S. is showing a sense of danger that its missile defense system might be neutralized.

Posing threats are hypersonic weapons that are capable of traveling at speeds five or more times faster than the speed of sound, making them difficult to detect and intercept. These weapons are separated from ballistic missiles after their launch and act like gliders to reach targets.

China is said to be accelerating the development of hypersonic weapons, which China plans to have mounted on a new ballistic missile known as the (Dongfeng) DF-17.

Russia last year successfully test-launched its Avangard hypersonic missile and plans to deploy the new weapons as early as this year. Putting pressure on the U.S., Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that missile defense systems of an adversary will have no means to deal with them.

It is essential to prevent the activities of U.S. troops in Asia and Europe from being threatened, causing regional destabilization.

Given the difficulty of tracing new weapons by land-based radars, the 2019 MDR sets forth the utilization of space. It calls for building a surveillance network without blind spots through the use of sensors mounted on satellites and establishing a system capable of intercepting targets with a high degree of precision. The United States plans to begin the operation of the planned missile defense system in the 2020s.

The United States will also promote research on shooting down targets in the initial stage after launches by utilizing drones equipped with laser weapons or its state-of-the-art F-35 stealth fighter jets.

It is unavoidable that the development of a new missile defense system will require a tremendous amount of expenditures. Can the Trump administration obtain cooperation from Congress? Will the U.S. request its allies to increase their burdens? These matters need to be watched closely.

A matter of concern is an unregulated arms race in space involving the United States, China and Russia. The United States must work on ameliorating tensions and controlling arms with China and Russia, while securing its deterrence capability.

The threat of North Korea’s ballistic missiles faced by Japan remains unchanged. The MDR warns that the North has been increasing the number of missiles deployed and diversifying the ways it transports them, including the use of mobile launch pads and launches from submarines.

As long as prospects remain uncertain about North Korea’s relinquishment of nuclear and missile development programs, Japan and the United States are called on to continue to work toward enhancing their missile defense capabilities.

— The Japan News, Jan. 21

News and Politics

Trump sets odds of reaching deal on wall at less than 50-50

By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are “less than 50-50.”

As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers prepared to return to work, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn’t think the negotiators will strike a deal that he’d accept. He pledged to build a wall anyway using his executive powers to declare a national emergency if necessary.

“I personally think it’s less than 50-50, but you have a lot of very good people on that board,” Trump said in an interview with the newspaper.

The president was referring to a bipartisan committee of House and Senate lawmakers that will consider border spending as part of the legislative process.

The president’s standoff with Democrats on Capitol Hill is far from over and the clock is ticking. The spending bill Trump signed on Friday to temporarily end the partial government shutdown funds the shuttered agencies only until Feb. 15.

It’s unclear if the Democrats will budge. Trump seemed girded for battle over the weekend, sending out a series of online messages that foreshadowed the upcoming fight with lawmakers.

“BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” he tweeted.

Is Trump prepared to shut down the government again in three weeks?

“Yeah, I think he actually is,” acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said. “He doesn’t want to shut the government down, let’s make that very clear. He doesn’t want to declare a national emergency.”

But Mulvaney said that at “the end of the day, the president’s commitment is to defend the nation and he will do it with or without Congress.”

The linchpin in the standoff is Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for his prized wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, a project Democrats consider an ineffective, wasteful monument to a ridiculous Trump campaign promise.

Asked if he’d willing to accept less than $5.7 billion to build a barrier on the southern border, Trump replied: “I doubt it.” He added: “I have to do it right.”

He also said he’d be wary of any proposed deal that exchanged funds for a wall for broad immigration reform. And when asked if he would agree to citizenship for immigrants who were illegally brought into the U.S. as children, he again replied, “I doubt it.”

California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the leading Republican in the House, said Democrats have funded border barriers in the past and are refusing this time simply because Trump is asking for it.

“The president is the only one who has been reasonable in these negotiations,” he said.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, a member of the Democratic leadership in the House, said his colleagues are looking for “evidence-based” legislation.

“Shutdowns are not legitimate negotiating tactics when there’s a public policy disagreement between two branches of government,” he said.

Jeffries said that Democrats are willing to invest in additional infrastructure, especially at legal ports of entry where the majority of drugs come into the country.

“We’re willing to invest in personnel. We’re willing to invest in addi-

tional technology. … In the past, we have supported enhanced fencing and I think that’s something that’s reasonable that should be on the table,” he said.

Trump has asserted there is a “crisis” at the southern border requiring a wall, blaming previous presidents and Congress for failing to overhaul an immigration system that has allowed millions of people to live in the U.S. illegally.

Last month, he put that number at 35 million, while on Sunday he pegged it at 25.7 million-plus — figures offered without evidence. “I’m not exactly sure where the president got that number this morning,” Mulvaney said.

Both are higher than government and private estimates.

His homeland security chief cited “somewhere” between 11 million and 22 million last month. In November, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center reported 10.7 million in 2016 — the lowest in a decade.

The president also tweeted Sunday that the cost of illegal immigration so far this year was nearly $19 billion; he didn’t cite a source.

Compare that with research in 2017 from a conservative group, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates for less immigration: $135 billion a year or about $11.25 billion a month — a figure that included health care and education, plus money spent on immigration enforcement.

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. said that he thinks a compromise is possible.

“The president went from talking about a wall along the entire southern border at one point during the campaign … to let’s have barriers where they work and let’s have something else where barriers wouldn’t work as well,” Blunt said.

Letters to the Editor Leave religion out of Alaska’s government Regarding HB 6: “An Act relating to the display of the national and state mottos.”

The inclusive ‘E Pluribus Unum’ was sideswiped and pushed toward ‘In God We Trust’ during McCarthyism as political propaganda to garner support for war. The religious agenda folks have seized that hallmark opportunity, and have fought to keep this motto as normative since. HB 6 is yet another religiously motivated attempt to push this shift deeper into our state and it is not reflective of our people.

HB 6 adds acid to further corrode the wall between religious influence and our secular government.

Most folks simply aren’t religious.

An average national consensus is that 25 percent of the population is actively religious (worship on a regular basis).

Of that, it is incorrectly assumed that 100 percent are Christian (75 percent are). Simple math tells us that 18.75 percent of Americans are actively Christian. Enshrining “In God We Trust” into Alaska’s government push-

es aside both the 75 percent who don’t choose to participate in organized religion, and the 6.25 percent who do participate in an active faith system yet who are not Christian. Might it be better to represent the majority rather than an entitled minority?

If one were to insist on the insertion of religion into our secular government in spite of the roughly 81.25 percent of the population with no interest in pushing a religious agenda, I could only offer that “In Gods We Trust” is a bit more accurate, given the 402 deities worshipped in the U.S. The continued battle over keeping people’s deities out of our secular halls of government has been chronic since the 1950s. Yet, if we Alaskans are going to include faith in our representative government, we will need to represent all faiths, in accordance with our constitution.

We have observed the willingness of dominionists to use their religion as a weapon against citizens who do not share their faith in schools, businesses, and personal lives for millenia.

Christian extremism today threatens our nation with it’s anti-intellectualism (fighting against safe vaccination,

accurate sex ed, best known medical practice, evolution, etc.). Their faith justifies, in their minds, bigotry toward religious and cultural minorities, women, LGBTQ, disabled, and immigrants. This is especially true as pertain to any people who are not white.

We must all consider whether their agenda is something that represents the spirit of Alaskans and our nation.

It is not in our state’s best interest to yield to this religious political programme as it does not accurately represent the inclusiveness and goodwill of the people of our state. Our “North to the Future” motto does not deserve to be re-tailored for a vocal minority with religious motive. This does not represent the will of the majority. And, it never will.

I hope for the day to come that we can earnestly respect the diversity of our Alaskans without the domineering influence of one organized religion.

I’d hope our Alaskan motto can remain devoid of religious stain. But if it can’t, we can at least expect that all faith systems in Alaska will be represented.

— Jessica Moore, Soldotna

Schools

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Kaleidoscope Accepting Lottery Applications for 2019-2020 school year, deadline for applications is 4 p.m. March 1. Interested in Kaleidoscope for your K-5th grader and want to learn more? Please join us for our school tours coming every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in Feb. or our Kaleidoscope Parent Information Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m.

Re-enrollment forms are due Feb. 15 by 4 p.m. Every student must have a completed form turned in to the office to hold their place for next year. If your child is not returning, even if they have aged out of the school, please fill out the back of the form so we know where they will be attending in order to send their records when it’s time.

The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Perseverance – To keep at it.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 3rd & 4th grade will be participating in Battle of the Books Thursday, Jan. 31 5th grade will be participating in Battle of the Books 5:30 – 7:00 Kindergarten Connections and Potluck; please see teachers for more information.

Friday, Feb. 1 9:15 – 11:45 Shelden & Tronnier’s class will be going to the Challenger Center.

11:45 – 3:30 Atchley & Fields class will be going to the Challenger Upcoming Events Tuesday’s in Feb. – School Tours at 9:30 Feb. 6 - Early Release Day at 2:10 Feb. 7 & 8 - Parent Teacher Conferences- No School Feb. 11 – 1st & 2nd grade will be visiting the Kenai Senior Center, Riverside and Jumpin Junction Feb. 13 – Boersma’s class will be walking to Charis Place Feb. 14 – Zinszer’s class will be walking to Charis Place Feb. 15 – Re-enrollment forms due to the office no later than 4 p.m.

Feb. 18 – APC meeting in the library at 4:15 Feb. 19 – Kaleidoscope Parent Information Meeting at 5:30 p.m.

Volunteers Volunteers are welcome any time at Kaleidoscope!

Background checks and Volunteer Training are required for each school year to be an approved volunteer. Go to http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wp.m.u/volunteers for the 2 links. Background checks may take up to 2 weeks to be processed. Volunteer Indemnification forms are to be completed 2 days before each study trip.

Soldotna High The next PTSA meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 5:30p.m. in the SoHi staff lounge. Snacks will be provided.

The next Parents of Juniors After-Prom planning meeting will be Monday, Feb. 18, at 5 p.m. in the SoHi staff lounge.

The after-school tutoring buses will start running on 8/28. There are 2 buses that leave at 4:15. You must be on the route list to ride the bus. See Ms. Wear in the library to find out more information and/or get on the bus list.

You can also email her at twearatkpbsd.k12.ak.us or call 260-7036.

Soldotna Stars Letterman Jackets are available to order at www.neffco.com. Click on Varsity Jackets, find our school by State, select Soldotna High School, starting at $149 you can personalize it anyway you would like.

Makes a great Christmas gift!

SoHi Pool Schedule M,W,F Morning Lap 6:30 a.m.-7:30 a.m.

Sport Calendar - http://www.arbiterlive.com/ Tea.m.s?entityId=21192 or http://www.asaa365.com/ There are two ways to order a transcript. Each way serves a different purpose.

If you need a transcript sent to a college or NCAA or a similar agency, then you will need to log on to: www. parchment.com to order transcripts to be sent. The request is then forwarded to SoHi. After processing, it then goes through cyberspace… rather than the US mail… to get to its destination, which is much faster! ALL transcripts that are headed for NCAA, colleges, etc. have to be processed this way!

FINAL TRANSCRIPTS! A final transcript is one that shows your second semester grades… If you order your transcript when we are IN second semester, you will need to make sure you choose “next grading period” when you go on to Parchment… that way your transcript request will wait until the grades are in at the end of the year before it is sent.

Connections Dates To Remember: 01/30 – High School Eligibility Due 01/30 – Seward Office - Chena Grow Tower Project: Cool Hands On Build It From Scratch Project!! Recommended for Grades 3 & Up. Please see the attached flyer for details and insight. Call or email Julie for more info and to get on the participation roster. 224-9035 or jlindquistatkpbsd.k12.ak.us 02/07 – Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4p.m. (more info below) 02/08 – Ice Fishing 12-3 (more info below) 02/15- Science Fair Registration Due 02/25- Science Fair Projects Due 02/25 - March 1- Science Fair Projects Displayed in Connections Office 03/06 – High School Eligibility Due 03/07 - Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4p.m. (more info below) 04/04 - Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4p.m. (more info below) 04/10 - High School Eligibility Due 05/03 & 05/04 – FULL: Overnight Trip to Kasitsna Bay Laboratory with Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

contact Derek Bynagle for more info 05/06 – Kenai Fjords Marine Science Explorer Tour – Please Contact Julie Lindquist for More Details jlindquistatkpbsd.k12.ak.us or (907) 224-9035 NEW: Soldotna Office – Free Tutoring: Connections is very excited to have Rebecca Weaver, Assistant Professor from the Kenai Peninsula College, at the Soldotna office every Thursday from 11:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. to tutor students and parents in math, physics, chemistry and science for free! If you are a parent or a student that needs help in any of these areas, please call us at 714-8880 to make an appointment. Soldotna Soldotna Office: Connections Science Fair: The Connections Science Fair is open to all Connections students, and is a non-competitive opportunity for students to explore a science related topic, create a display, and show off their display in the Connections office.

See the attached registration form and rules/guidelines for more info, and please contact Mark Wackler (mwackleratkpbsd.org) for more resources to help with your project.

Ice Fishing Trip: Who: All home-school families are invited!

What: Ice Fishing When: Friday, Feb. 8 from 12 p.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Watson Lake Why: The outdoor club would like to provide fun, educational outdoor activities for home-school families to enjoy together.

Bring: Warm clothes, snacks & drinks, fishing licenses for anglers 18 and older.

Directions: Off of the Sterling Highway - Watson Lake is 21.7 miles north of Soldotna, or about 10 miles north of Sterling. The pull off is on the west (left) side of the highway, and there’s a small parking lot next to the lake. *Connections will have augers to drill the holes as well as ice rods, tackle, bait, etc. for anyone that needs to borrow. *Please RSVP by emailing Mark Wackler at mwackleratkpbsd.k12.ak.us Soldotna Office: Thursday Art Share: The Soldotna office is celebrating student art, grades K-12, every month! Paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography, digital art, etc… all are welcome and encouraged! Submissions can be dropped off anytime during the month, an art activity will start promptly at 3:15 on the Art Share day, see below for dates.

The art share in Febuary will be Thursday, Feb. 7 from 3-4 p.m. and the theme is: winter animals!

March: Spring theme! Thursday, March 7 from 3-4 p.m.

April: Green Earth theme! Thursday, April 4 from 3-4 p.m. **please note: any and all submissions are welcome regardless of theme** Redoubt Elementary Bingo for Books is Jan. 29 from 6-7:30. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Everybody wins!

The district Battle of the Books will be happening Jan. 30 and the 31, anyone is welcome to come and watch!

Starting Friday, Feb. 1 we will be participating in One School One Book. Every family will be receiving a copy of Mr. Popper’s Penguins with a reading schedule and there will prizes and activities throughout the month to win.

Our book fair family night will be Feb. 5 in the library.

Stay tuned for more information.

Parent teacher conferences will be held Feb. 7 and 8; there will be no school for students or Boys and Girls Club. Reminders will be coming home in a couple weeks confirming your students conference time. The book fair will be open during conferences in the library.

Save the date! We will be having our Redoubt Carnival on Feb. 23, our PTA is looking for parent and student volunteers and accepting donations for the carnival.

Please make sure to send students to school in all their winter gear to play outside that includes a winter coat, hats, gloves, snow pants, and boots to stay warm.

Soldotna Elementary Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: Feb. 1 Tie Dye Day Feb. 4-8 Book Fair in the Library Feb. 6 Early Release Day 1:55p.m.

Feb. 7-8 Parent Teacher Conference Days/ No School for Students Feb. 22 Spelling Bee at 2:00p.m. in the gym Feb. 28 “Soup”er Lunch Fundraiser during student lunch times Soldotna Elementary students have recess every day.

Please make sure children are properly dressed for the weather.

Soldotna Elementary is currently accepting applications for its 2019-2020 Title 1 Pre-K program. Students must be 4 years old by Sept. 1, 2019 and live in the Soldotna Elementary boundary. Applications are located at the front office.

Student notes and bus passes are sent to classes at 3 p.m. each day. Please send in a note or call prior to this time to ensure your student gets the message.

Mountain View Elementary Wednesday, Feb. 6, is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 1:55 p.m.

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held Thursday & Friday, Feb. 7 & 8. There will be no school for students.

The Library will be holding a book fair the week of Feb. 4 – Feb. 8 during school hours and parent-teacher conferences. If you would like to volunteer to help with the book fair please call the office at 283-8600.

K-Beach Elementary Mr. Daniels’s class is good at finding bugs…even in winter! Thanks to the Kenai Watershed Forum staff students in 5th grade took a trip down to Slikok Creek to sample the larvae and nymph population in the creek.

They were surprised to find that the sensitive species (stonefly, caddisfly, and mayfly) were present in the creek and plentiful. One rock they overturned had over 20 caddisfly larvae hiding under it!

Feb 6 – Early Release Day. K-Beach dismisses at 12:55 Feb 7 – 8: Parent/Teacher Conferences – NO SCHOOL Skyview • Sports Schedule this week:Nordic Skiing – Friday, Feb. 1 - Skyview Invitational at Skyview – 3p.m.

• Wrestling – Saturday, Feb. 2 - Skyview Rubber Chicken Tourna.m.ent at Skyview – 9 a.m.

• Competitive Volleyball Begins – Saturday, Feb. 2 - Kenai Jamboree at Kenai – 10 a.m.

Information regarding Parent/Teacher Conferences and the School Climate Survey was given to students last week. Parent Teacher Conferences at Skyview Middle

School will be ONE DAY only: Thursday, Feb. 7. Conference times need to be scheduled online. To find the link and additional Parent/Teacher Conference information, please go to: KPBSD district web page > Schools > Skyview Middle School > Student/Parent Information > Parent/Teacher Conferences. The School Climate Survey will be given to students mid-Feb.. A permission form needs to be filled out for each student indicating permission to take the survey or not.

Gavin Jones was chosen as the Quarter 2-Chamber Student of the Month. He will be honored at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 30.

Congratulations Gavin!

Yearbooks are on sale for $30. Included in the price is two free personalized pages. Order online by visiting the Skyview Blog.

BP Teacher and BP Educational Allies Award – Nominate Your Favorite Teacher, Principal, Teaching Assistant, School Nurse, Counselor, Custodian, Office Staff or Volunteer. Deadline is Feb. 1. Please visit www.bpteachers. com to recognize an outstanding Kenai Peninsula Borough School District member who makes a positive impact in a school!

Skyview Middle School Q2 Honor Roll: Kael Aa.m.odt, Kadee Ada.m.s, Michael Akins, Jireh Aley, Gabriel Almeida, Lincoln Alton, Evan Appelhans, Andrew Arthur, Emily Blakeslee, Bay Bloom, Sa.m.antha Boots, Haven Bower, Montana Bowman, Telotha Braden, Patience Brandon, Gracie Bras, Jacob Brinkerhoff, Jay Brott, Mya Brown, Jakob Brown, Ryleigh Brown, Zachary Buckbee, Danika Buffan, Hunter Bunch, Desiree Bunts, Aiden Burcha.m., Hannah Butler, Bridget Ca.m.eron, Carter Cannava, Alina Carrillo Kompkoff, Mackenzie Carson, Hayden Caston, Riley Caston, Archer Chadburn, Suwannee Chap.m.an, Issac Chavarria, Landen Chumley, Avery Ciufo, Cooper Collier, Bailey Conner, Adrienne Conner, Sarah Coon, Cadence Cooper, Michael Cornell, Andrew Cox, Zoe Cravens, Ryleigh Cummings, Shawn Curry, Nels Dahl, Ashley Dahlman, Jordyn Davis, Emily Day, Katelynn Derleth, Jarek Derleth, Taylor Dobson, Trinity Donovan, Trenton Dooley Gillia.m., Wesley Earll, Brianna Ehret, Erin Einerson, Benja.m.in Engebretsen, Lucas Ermold, Regan Evans, Raven Evins, Josephine Fadden, Malcolm Fadden, Ashlee Fann, Danica Farrar, Brook Fischer, Jacob Fleming, Kiara Forkner, Laurel Gagnon, Jillian Gagnon, Hunter Galleguillos, Elizabeth Garcia, Dylan Gardner, Aidan Gavalis, Jack Gibbons, Virginia Gibbs, Anna.m.ae Gillia.m., Austin Gilstrap, Michael Grimm, Sa.m.antha Haakenson, Joshua Hall, Paige Ha.m.merle, Joshua Hancock, Gavin Hanson, Dean Harbaugh, Shane Harmon, Ada.m. Harper, Lia.m. Harris, Heath Hart, Cash Hartley, Darek Hatten, Tia Haudedahl, Walter Haybeck, Cody Henley, Ja.m.es Hindman, Jordan Hinz, Katie Hinz, Ethan Hogue, Kristen Houser, Rebekah Hudson, Abigail Hugarte, Ha.m.ilton Hunt, Emma Hunter, Josue Iraheta Sorto, Sa.m.antha Ivey, Elijah Jedlicki, Anita Jelliff, Wesley Johnson, Karley Johnson, Benja.m.in Johnson, Derrick Jones, Gavin Jones, Josie Josephson, Alexander Kasdorf, Logan Katzenberger, Carter Kincaid, Ca.m.eron King, Ashley Kingrey, Willow Kitchens, Emma Knowles, Waylon Lansing, Brock Lapp, Lyrad Larson, Chelsea Ann Lawrence, Mercedes Leadens, HanSee SCHOOLS, page A6

Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2019. There are 337 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

On this date: In 1547, England’s King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI. In 1878, the first daily college newspaper, Yale News (now Yale Daily News), began publication in New Haven, Connecticut.

In 1911, the notorious Hope Diamond was sold by jeweler Pierre Cartier to socialites Edward and Evalyn McLean of Washington, D.C., for $180,000.

In 1915, the United States Coast Guard was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.

In 1916, Louis D. Brandeis was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court; Brandeis became the court’s first Jewish member.

In 1945, during World War II, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road.

In 1956, Elvis Presley made his first national TV appearance on “Stage Show,” a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

In 1960, the National Football League awarded franchises to Dallas and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

In 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War, a day after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by the United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

In 1978, fire swept through the historic downtown Coates House hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 20 people.

In 1980, six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats.

In 1988, a 13-day standoff in Marion, Utah, between police and a polygamist clan ended in gunfire that killed a state corrections officer, Fred House, and seriously wounded the group’s leader, Addam (correct) Swapp, who ended up serving more than 25 years behind bars.

Ten years ago: In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved, 244-188, a huge $819 billion stimulus bill with Republicans unanimous in opposition despite Obama’s pleas for bipartisan support. Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell, who survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, died in Orange Park, Fla., at age 56.

Five years ago: Seeking to energize his second term, President Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress “whenever and wherever” necessary to narrow economic disparities between rich and poor. Ukraine’s prime minister, Mykola Azarov, resigned and the Ukrainian parliament repealed anti-protest laws in back-to-back moves designed to defuse the country’s political crisis.

One year ago: Bruno Mars won all six Grammy awards for which he was nominated, including album of the year for “24K Magic;” the leading nominee, Jay-Z, walked away empty-handed. Roger Federer won his 20th Grand Slam singles title, defeating Marin Cilic in the Australian Open final. Protesters gathered across Russia to support the call from opposition leader Alexei Navalny to boycott the March presidential election; Navalny himself was arrested while walking to the Moscow demonstration.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Nicholas Pryor is 84. Actor Alan Alda is 83. Actress Susan Howard is 77. Actress Marthe (cq) Keller is 74.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is 72. Actress-singer Barbi Benton is 69. Evangelical pastor Rick Warren is 65. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE’) is 64. Actress Harley Jane Kozak is 62. Movie director Frank Darabont is 60. Rock musician Dave Sharp is 60. Rock singer Sam Phillips is 57. Rock musician Dan Spitz is 56. Country musician Greg Cook (Ricochet) is 54. Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is 52. Singer Sarah McLachlan is 51. Rapper Rakim is 51. DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) is 51. Actress Kathryn Morris is 50. Humorist Mo Rocca is 50. Rock/soul musician Jeremy Ruzumna (Fitz and the Tantrums) is 49. Rhythm-andblues singer Anthony Hamilton is 48. Singer Monifah is 47. Actress Gillian Vigman is 47. Rock musician Brandon Bush is 46. Retired MLB All-Star Jermaine Dye is 45. Actress Terri Conn is 44. Singer Joey Fatone Jr. (‘N Sync) is 42. Rapper Rick Ross is 42. Actress Rosamund Pike is 40. Actress Angelique Cabral is 40. Singer Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) is 39. Actor Vinny Chhibber is 39. Actor Elijah Wood is 38. Rapper J. Cole is 34. Actress Alexandra Krosney is 31. Actor Yuri Sardarov is 31. Actress Ariel Winter is 21.

Thought for Today: “A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.” -- Henny Youngman, British-born American comedian (1906-1998).

Nation/World

A6 | Monday, January 28, 2019 | Peninsula Clarion

Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that younger generations know less and less about the genocide of Jews, Roma and others by Nazi Germany during World War II. As survivors of Auschwitz marked the 74th anniversary of the notorious death camp’s liberation, a far-right activist who served time in prison for burning an effigy of a Jew placed a wreath there with about 50 other Polish nationalists to protest the official observances.

Piotr Rybak said the group opposes the annual ceremony at Auschwitz to mark the camp’s liberation by the Soviet army, the event that gave rise to the international Jan. 27 remembrance. Rybak claimed it glorifies the 1 million Jewish victims killed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death complex and discounts the 70,000 Poles killed there.

“It’s time to fight against Jewry and free Poland from them!” Rybak said as he marched to the site, according to a report by Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza on its website.

Rybak’s claim is incorrect.

The ceremony at the state-run memorial site paid homage

12 immigrant workers at Trump golf course fired, lawyer says

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press

NEW YORK — A dozen immigrant workers at one of President Donald Trump’s golf clubs in New York who are in the U.S. illegally were fired this month even though managers had known about their legal status for years, a lawyer for the workers said Saturday.

As the president railed during the partial government shutdown against immigrants coming into the country illegally, a manager at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County called a dozen A young man stands in front of the Holocaust Memorial after he laid down a red rose immigrant workers into a on a slab of the memorial to commemorate the victims of the Nazis in Berlin, Sunday. room one by one Jan. 18 and The International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz fired them, said lawyer Anibal Romero.

Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Many of them had worked Sunday, as it does every year, est attack on Jews in U.S. his- oners placed flowers early at the club for a dozen or more Sunday at an execution wall years, he said, and managto all of the camp’s victims, tory.

Human Rights First, a at Auschwitz, paying hom- ers knew they had submitted both Jews and gentiles, while U.S. organization, recalled age before the arrival of the phony documents but looked Christian and Jewish relithose killings and warned that nationalists at the same spot. the other way. gious leaders recited a prayer “This is bogus. People in unison together. Polish “today’s threats do not come They wore striped scarves have been there for 12, 13, that recalled their uniforms, Prime Minister Mateusz solely from the fringe.”

“In places such as Hungasome with the red letter “P,” 14 years,” said Romero. He Morawiecki also stressed ry and Poland, once proudly the symbol the Germans used added, referring to one of the that the Third Reich targeted democratic nations, govern- to mark them as Poles. president’s sons, “One had Poles as well as Jews. ment leaders are traveling Early in World War II, the keys to Eric Trump’s bedSince last year’s ob- the road to authoritarianism,” most prisoners were Poles, room.”

The firings come after servances, an 85-year-old said Ira Forman, the group’s rounded up by the occupying workers at another Trump French Holocaust survivor, senior adviser for combating German forces. Later, AusMireille Knoll, was fatally anti-Semitism. “As they do chwitz was transformed into club in New Jersey came stabbed in Paris and 11 Jews so, they are distorting history a mass killing site for Jews, forward last month to say were gunned down in a Pitts- to spin a fable about their na- Roma and others, operating managers there had hired until the liberation by Soviet them knowing they were in burgh synagogue during tions and the Holocaust.” the country illegally, and had Former Auschwitz pris- forces on Jan. 27, 1945.

Shabbat services, the deadli-

even helped one obtain phony documents.

The crackdown at the New York club was first reported

by The Washington Post.

The Associated Press left messages with The Trump Organization seeking comment. Eric Trump depicted the firings to the Post as a normal course of business.

“We are making a broad effort to identify any employee who has given false and fraudulent documents to unlawfully gain employment,” he said. “Where identified, any individual will be terminated immediately.”

He added that the “the system is broken.”

Trump has repeatedly cast the millions of immigrants in the country illegally as a scourge on the health of the economy, taking jobs from American citizens. He has said they also bring drugs and crime over the border.

Trump turned over dayto-day management of his business to Eric and his other adult son, Donald Jr., when he took the oath of office two years ago. The Trump Organization owns or manages 17 golf clubs around the world.

One man who was fired, a former maintenance worker from Mexico hired in 2005, told The Post that he started to cry when he was told of the news and pleaded with management to reconsider.

Some 70,000 Brussels protesters demand action on climate

By RAF CASERT Associated Press

BRUSSELS — At least 70,000 people braved cold and rain in Brussels on Sunday to demand the Belgian government and the European Union increase their efforts to fight climate change, the Belgian capital’s fourth climate rally in two months to attract at least 10,000 participants.

The event was described as Belgium’s biggest climate march ever, with police estimating slightly bigger crowds than a similar demonstration last month.

Trains from across the na-

mands for urgent action to prevent global warming to the streets.

“Young people have set a good example,” protester Henny Claassen said amid raised banners urging better renewable energy use and improved air quality. “This is for our children, for our grandchildren, and to send a message to politicians.”

Even though the direct impact on Belgian politics A protester marches with a face mask and a message was likely to be small since on her forehead during a Rise for the Climate demon- the country currently is led stration in Brussels, Sunday. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden by a caretaker government, Wijngaert) the demonstrations have tion were so clogged that Some 35,000 students pushed the issue of climate thousands of people didn’t in Belgium skipped classes change up the agenda as make the march in time.

Thursday to take their de- parties prepare for national

. . . Schools Continued from page A1

nah Leaders, Alexandra Lee, Morgan Lemm, Corey Lewis, a.m.ara Lewis, Taylor Lightfoot, Axel Locke, Finnley Loop, Ethan Lowry, Deighton Luck, Joshua Lynner, Salvatore MacMaster, Kaytlin McAnelly, Michael McConnell, Molly McMillan, Taylor McNeel, Andie McQueen, Daniel McRorie, Miah Mead, Emma Medina, Avrie Medina, Jace Meehan, Levi Mickelson, Cassius Miller, Liberty Miller, Sunny Miller, Augustus Miller, Ezekiel Miller, Riley Mills, Mariah Mills, Sonia Montague, Braden Montgomery, Hakoa Montoya, Raven Morrell, Katelyn Morrison, Golden Musgrave, Grayden Musgrave, Joseph Newby, Josiah Nyman, Jace O’Reagan, Sylus Pannell, Jera.m.iah Payton, Collin Peck, Jessica Phegley, Andrew Pieh, Zayra Poage, Travis Pontious, Nicholas Rackley, Cole Radeck, Max Reese, Hunter Richardson, Grace Richmond, Luca Rigutto, Ali Riley, Jolene Riske, Allehya Roberts, Meg Roberts, Ca.m.ren Roberts, Emilia Rodriguez, Daisy Rogers, Nathaniel Romero, Parker Rose, Athena Rossiter, Ocean Rowe, Thiraphat Sa.m.utthirat, Ty Saylor, Brandie Schwenk, Landon Sena, Gavin Shanahan, Josie Sheridan, Mandi Sisley, Mathyas Smith, Zachary Smith, Thomas Snow, Austin Sorenson, Austin Sorhus, Sydney Steadman, Kevin Steger, Tate Stewart, Riley Stimmel, Moriah Stitt, Shane Sundberg, Leigh Tacey II, Brayden Taylor, Carter Tennison, Cody Thompson, Riley Thompson, Lee Tobin Leadens, Gage Trent, Violet Truesdell, Riley Tucker, Zaraphina Tucker, Savannah Twidwell, Emma Updike, Caylee Uribe Koivisto, Garrett Ussing, Benja.m.in Veh, Evan Veihdeffer, Tori Verba, Tristan Ware, Charisma Watkins, Jenifer Webster, Rylen Weed, Zoey Welch, Abriella Werner, Joseph Whittom, Haiden Wilkinson, Avery Willets, Danika Winslow, Julian Yakunin, Krystin Yeager Nikiski North Star Congratulations to Elijah Brigha.m. the 2019 Nikiski North Star geography bee champion! Coming in a close second place was Morgan Simac and third place was Brody Nelson. Also representing their classes at the school geography bee were Ca.m.eron Schwinn, Frank Saurnido, Kaiden Parrish, Xara Rollins, Addison Tedford, Taylor Fallon and Abby White. family STEa.m. night will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. in the school gym. Also, the NNS Science Fair will be on display in the library. This will be a fun family

event and an excellent way to explore math and science activities with your children. If you need more information, please call the school office at 776-2600.

NNS is participating in Junior Achievement in Feb..

Volunteers are needed and if you would like to volunteer to be a presenter, please contact Emily Rickman at https// engage.ja.org/?site=Alaska.

The spring Scholastic Book Fair will begin in the library on Monday, Feb. 4. The book fair will be open until Thursday, Feb. 7. This will be a wonderful opportunity to purchase books during Love of Reading month.

Nikiski Middle/High Monday, Jan. 28 High School Basketball at Kenai – C Tea.m. Girls 3/ C Tea.m. Boys 4:30 Tuesday, Jan. 29 High School Basketball at Ninilchik – JV Girls 4 / JV Boys 5:30 Graduation / After Grad Meeting at 6 in the Library Friday, Feb. 1 High School Basketball at Nikiski vs. Kenai - Girls JV 3/ Boys JV 4:30 / Girls Varsity 6 / Boys Varsity 7:30 Middle School Skiing at Skyview – 3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2 High School Basketball at Homer – C Tea.m. Girls 11 a.m. / C Tea.m. Boys 12:30 p.m.

Middle School Wrestling at Skyview 9:00 a.m.

Middle School Volleyball Jamboree at Kenai – 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 6 – EARLY RELEASE – Student released at 12:45 Thursday, Feb. 7 – PARENT/ TEACHER CONFERENCES 8-11 a.m. / 12-4 p.m./ 5-8 p.m.

Congratulations to Hannah Young, the Kenai Elks Student of the Month for January.

Kenai Central The Kardinal Basketball tea.m.s will host Nikiski this Friday night! Ga.m.e times will be 3 p.m. Girls Jv, 4:30 p.m. Boys Jv, 6:30 Girls V, 7:30 Boys V. The Kards basketball players are working hard and preparing for the upcoming region meets which are only a few weeks away.

Ski season is quickly coming to an end as the Kardinal skiers are preparing for their region meet which will take place in Palmer on Feb. 8-9! However, before the end of the season arrives, the skiers will be working to hone their skills this weekend in Homer. Homer will host an invitational tournament beginning on Friday Feb. 1 and continuing on Saturday, Feb. 2. Wish luck to the skiers as they travel this weekend!

and European Union elections in May. The march ended at the headquarters of the European Union. The 28-nation bloc has been at the vanguard of global efforts to counter climate change but still came in for the protesters’ criticism.

“Society as a whole could do a lot more because they’re saying ‘Yes, we’re doing a lot,’ but they’re doing not that much. They could do a lot more,” demonstrator Pieter Van Der Donckt said.

Citizen activism on climate change Sunday was not limited to Belgium.

Thousands of people made human chains or held other climate events around France.

In Paris, there was a debate inspired by a recent petition for legal action to force the government to set more ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions that create global warming.

President Emmanuel Macron sees himself as a climate crusader, but suffered a serious setback when fuel tax increases meant to help wean France off fossil fuels backfired dramatically, unleashing the yellow vest protests now in their third month.

Hockey season ca.m.e to an end this past week for the Kard skaters. Many will be exchanging their skates for cleats or running shoes soon enough, as practice for Spring sports will begin at the end of the month. Be sure to congratulate this young tea.m. on their hard work and dedication this season!

Friday 1/25: Girls Basketball v. Nikiski (3 p.m. Jv, 6:30 p.m. V) Boys Basketball v. Nikiski (4:30 p.m. Jv, 7:30 p.m. V) Ski at Homer Saturday 1/20: Ski at Homer River City Academy Over the past couple of weeks River City Academy finished interims. Interims are a time for students to select classes on particular topics that might interest them. Over the two week period students learn a variety of skills from the basics of cooking to stage combat. The classes are a great way for River City Academy students to work with new ideas and skills. As one student said at the end of the week, “If I can score a goal in soccer after this class anyone can!” Classes included framing, 3D printing, acrylic painting, batik, stage combat, cooking, soccer, and much more. At the end of interims students gave a presentation on what they learned in these classes and even performed stage combat skills in an original RCA production.

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about River City Academy please call the office at 907-714-6400. River City Academy is accepting applications for Fall 2019.

Kenai Middle School Happy last week of Jan.!

Competitive volleyball begins today, Monday, Jan. 2.

The KMS Spelling Bee is on Tuesday, Jan. 29 during 8th and 9th hours.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 is Club day!

Thursday, Jan. 31 is the 6 grade Battle of the Books.

Best of Luck to all the Book Battlers!

On Friday, Feb. 1, Cross Country Skiers will head to Skyview to compete in the Skyview Invite. Races begin at 3p.m.. #GOKOSSACKS Saturday, Feb. 2 is a busy day with KMS Wrestlers competing in the Rubber Chicken Tournament hosted by Skyview at 9a.m.

AND KMS will host the Volleyball Jamboree here at Kenai Middle School. Games begin at 10 a.m.! If you have the opportunity to be at either of these events to support your fellow Kossacks, we would love to see you there!

Sports

Peninsula Clarion | Monday, January 28, 2019 | A7

AFC defense controls NFC at Pro Bowl

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Pro Bowl has long been considered a laughable representation of the NFL game.

It reached a new level of comedy Sunday as several players swapped positions during the annual all-star game.

Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey caught a touchdown pass in the final minute, capping a dominant performance for the AFC defense in a 26-7 victory over the NFC in steady rain. It was the third consecutive victory for the AFC, all of them at Camping World Stadium.

The last two were played in sloppy weather, with the latest one also coming amid temperatures in the mid-50s. It was far from ideal conditions, raising speculation

about the game’s future in Orlando, but fairly fitting considering the effort players provided. It was two-hand touch most of the day, with officials blowing plays dead at the slightest hint of contact.

“Who cares, man?” New York Jets safety Jamal Adams said. “At the end of the day, we’re like little kids out there just playing in the mud, playing in the rain.”

Regardless of the elements, the AFC made the plays the NFC didn’t.

Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Indianapolis’ Eric Ebron on the opening possession, helping Mahomes earn the offensive Most Valuable Player award.

Mahomes pleaded with voters to give it to Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman, who caught three passes for 92 yards and ran for a score.

“Sherman had my vote. Sher-

man had my vote,” said Mahomes, who completed 7 of 14 passes for 156 yards. “I thought I told everybody on the camera. He made some plays out there. For a fullback, we have one of the best in the league so I’m always happy to try to get him a little vote like that.”

Adams, who made headlines for sacking the New England Patriots mascot during a Pro Bowl skills competition, was named the defensive MVP thanks to an interception and a sack.

“It’s a great achievement, but the main thing was to come out here and get the victory,” Adams said. “That was the main thing, just to get the money, man. That’s what we wanted.”

Mahomes and Adams each got a luxury vehicle.

AFC players will get $67,000 each for the victory, $8,000 more

than the guys who lose the Super Bowl next week in Atlanta. The Pro Bowl losers will get $39,000 each.

The AFC defenders earned their share of the pot. The conference allowed the NFC 148 total yards and 10 first downs while intercepting three passes and notching seven sacks.

Ramsey got in on offense late, catching a 6-yard slant pass from Houston’s Deshaun Watson with 19 seconds remaining. Los Angeles Chargers rookie safety Derwin James failed to haul in the 2-point conversion.

“Man, me and Deshaun, that’s my brother from another mother,” Ramsey said. “We’ve been plotting and scheming all week, manifesting, and it just came about.”

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott, Tampa Bay

receiver Mike Evans and New Orleans’ Alvin Kamara all got in on defense for the NFC. Evans notched an interception.

The AFC led 20-0 early in the fourth quarter, looking like it might record the first shutout in Pro Bowl history. But Dallas’ Dak Prescott found Atlanta’s Austin Hooper for a 20-yard score on fourth down with 9:09 remaining.

The NFC had plenty of chances before that. The conference failed to score on a fourth-andgoal run early. Chicago’s Mitchell Trubisky, Minnesota receiver Adam Thielen and Prescott threw interceptions.

Trubisky was sacked by Adams on a flea flicker, and Dallas’ Amari Cooper had a wide-open touchdown pass bounce off his face mask.

Seattle’s Russell Wilson also was sacked four times.

George, OKC defeat Bucks

By The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul George had 36 points and 13 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-112 on Sunday for their fifth straight victory.

Russell Westbrook had 13 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his 16th tripledouble of the season and No. 120 for his career. Jerami Grant added 16 points, helping the Thunder knock off the team with the NBA’s best record.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 18 rebounds for Milwaukee, and Khris Middleton added 22 points.

Eric Bledsoe hit a 3-pointer with just over a minute left to cut Oklahoma City’s lead to three, but George drained a 3-pointer in Malcolm Brogdon’s face as the shot clock wound

down to push the margin back up to six.

ROCKETS 103, MAGIC 98 HOUSTON — James Harden scored 40 points, and Houston rallied for the win in Chris Paul’s return from a hamstring injury.

Houston trailed by as many as 16. The game was tied with about 75 seconds left when a 3-pointer by Harden put the Rockets up 98-95. Terrence Ross missed a 3 on the other end and Harden added a stepback jumper with 30 seconds left.

Harden got his third block when he swatted away a shot

by Evan Fournier, and Paul added two free throws with 13.6 seconds remaining to secure Houston’s third straight victory. Paul had 12 points and six assists after missing the previous 17 games with a strained left hamstring.

See NBA, page A8

Purdue topples No. 6 Michigan St.

By The Associated Press

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ryan Cline scored 17 points and Purdue held off No. 6 Michigan State for a 73-63 win Sunday.

Trailing by 23 with under 13 1/2 minutes left, Michigan State (18-3, 9-1 Big Ten) got within four points before falling short.

Carsen Edwards added 14 points for the Boilermakers (14-6, 7-2), who earned their fourth straight win.

It also was Purdue’s 12th straight victory at home.

NO. 18 VILLANOVA 80, SETON HALL 52 PHILADELPHIA — Phil Booth hit seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points, helping Villanova to its eighth consecutive victory.

The Wildcats (16-4, 7-0 Big East) made 17 3s and are rolling toward another conference crown under coach Jay Wright.

The national champions still have some kinks to work out to become a deep threat in March — namely, finding a third scorer — but again should be a low single-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament.

NO. 17 HOUSTON 77, TULSA 65 TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Armoni Brooks scored 22 points, including six 3-pointers, and Houston became the first Division I men’s team to reach 20 wins this season.

MINNESOTA 92, NO. 19 IOWA 87 MINNEAPOLIS — Jordan Murphy and Amir Coffey each scored 23 points to help Minnesota hang on for the win.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic kisses his trophy after defeating Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Djokovic wins Aussie Open No. 1 player overwhelms Nadal, now has 15 Grand Slams

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance.

Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so out of sorts that Nadal even whiffed on one of his famous forehands entirely.

In a breathtakingly mistake-free performance that yielded a remarkably lopsided result, the No. 1-ranked Djokovic overwhelmed Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday night to win a record seventh Australian Open championship and a third consecutive Grand Slam title, raising his count to 15

overall.

“Under the circumstances,” Djokovic said, “it was truly a perfect match.”

No one who saw it would disagree.

Djokovic’s coach, Marian Vajda, said: “I would describe it as dominance.”

Nadal’s take? “An amazing level of tennis.”

“Unbelievable,” said Nadal’s coach, Carlos Moya. “Novak probably could have won, no matter who the opponent was.”

That Djokovic would produce 34 winners and only nine unforced errors was impressive enough.

That it came against Nadal — who is ranked No. 2, owns 17 major trophies himself and hadn’t dropped a set in the tournament — was hard to comprehend.

Djokovic left Nadal

smirking or gritting his teeth or punching his racket strings, unable to compete at all.

Here’s how Nadal explained it: To have a chance when Djokovic plays that well, something extra is required. Given that he’s coming off a series of injuries, given that he hadn’t played since the U.S. Open last September, Nadal couldn’t raise his game.

Then again, Nadal conceded, “When the player did almost everything better than you, you can’t complain much.”

So Djokovic added to previous triumphs in Melbourne in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016, along with four titles at Wimbledon, three at the U.S. Open and one at the French Open.

He broke his tie with

Roger Federer and Roy Emerson for most Australian Open men’s titles.

He also broke a tie with his idol, Pete Sampras, for third-most Grand Slam trophies; Djokovic now only trails Federer, with 20, and Nadal.

And he is gaining on them.

Then there’s this tidbit: Djokovic is the only man in tennis history to have a trio of three-straight-Slam streaks.

So let the talk begin about four majors in a row over two seasons, something Djokovic already managed to do from 201516. And, what’s more, about a true Grand Slam, winning all four majors in one calendar year, which only has been done by two men, Donald Budge in 1938 and Rod Laver in See OPEN, page A8

Top-ranked Rose nabs Farmers Insurance Open

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

SAN DIEGO — Justin Rose missed a short birdie putt that felt like another bogey. His three-shot lead was down to one through six holes of the Farmers Insurance Open, and the biggest battle was trying not to panic.

That’s when he scratched a line on his scorecard after six holes, wanting to start his round from that moment forward.

And he gave himself a pep talk.

“You’re No. 1 for a reason. Just start playing like it, please,” he said.

And he did.

Rose followed with a perfect wedge to a right pin that led to birdie, the first of five birdies the rest of the way for a 3-under 69

and a two-shot victory Sunday over Adam Scott at Torrey Pines.

It was his 10th straight year with a victory worldwide, including his gold medal from the 2016 Olympics, and his 10th career PGA Tour victory gave him the most of any player from England, breaking a tie with Nick Faldo.

Rose finished at 21-under 267, the lowest 72-hole score at this event in 20 years, and the warm, windless weather had a role in that.

“Twenty-one under around Torrey Pines is great golf,” Rose said.

“But you had to do it. It felt like I had to work hard for his.”

Scott left him little choice. After not making a birdie until the ninth hole — and missing a 20inch par putt on No. 5 — Scott closed with four straight birdies

and kept the outcome in doubt until Rose hit wedge to 3 feet on the 18th hole for his last birdie.

“I just didn’t have the game on the front nine, and it’s a shame because Justin was a little shaky early with some bogeys,” Scott said.

“By the time I got it sorted out, it was a bit too late.”

Rose became the first winner to post all four rounds in the 60s since Peter Jacobsen in 1995, back when the North and South courses were 700 yards shorter. Weather aside, this was an exquisite performance, especially with his three penalty shots on Saturday, and opening the final round with three bogeys in five holes.

Hideki Matsuyama closed with a 67 and tied for third with Talor Gooch, who shot 68 to match Rose with four rounds in the 60s.

Gooch, who finished fourth last week in the Desert Classic to get into this event, earned a spot in next week’s Phoenix Open. He is playing this year on conditional status.

Jon Rahm was never a factor after pulling within one shot with that birdie on No. 6, which turned out to be the only one he made all round. He shot 72 and tied for fifth with Rory McIlroy (69) and defending champion Jason Day (67).

Tiger Woods had to settle for his own version of winning. Starting the final round 13 shots behind, Woods wanted to get into double figures. He birdied his last two holes for a 31 on the front nine to shoot 67 and finish at 10-under 278. He tied for 20th in his 2019 debut.

“Got to have these little goals

when I’m not in contention to win a tournament,” Woods said. “Still something positive to end the week on.”

The timing was ideal for Rose, who takes pride in winning every year. The last time he won in January was in South Africa in 2002, the first of his 22 victories worldwide. But it goes beyond that.

Rose dedicated the victory to his caddie, Mark Fulcher, who had a heart procedure last week and was watching from home. Rose used Gareth Lord, who previously caddied for Henrik Stenson and knows Rose well from Ryder Cup partnerships.

“Probably harder than the heart surgery itself, watching this weekend,” Rose said. “This one’s for him.”

A8 | Monday, January 28, 2019 | Peninsula Clarion

NFL players should demand guaranteed contracts

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here should be one word on the minds of every NFL player and the union that represents them.

Guaranteed.

It’s way past time for those who play America’s most popular — and physically demanding — sport to be paid what they’re worth. The most obvious starting point would be to ensure their contracts work like pretty much every other professional league on the planet.

The NFL’s standard practice of only guaranteeing part of a contract, even for the biggest stars, seems grossly inadequate when one considers that players have a shorter shelf life than any other sport and often face a lifetime of debilitating health problems because of the sheer brutality they put their bodies through.

A first-of-its-kind analysis from The Associated Press only strengthens the argument that players are getting a raw deal.

Since 2005, the AP found, the average amount of playing experience for athletes on the NFL’s opening-day rosters has shrunk from 4.6 to 4.3 years.

Essentially, a 53-man roster is comprised of a few star millionaires — most notably, the quarterback — and a bevy of young players earning close to the minimum salary. Older players, especially those at positions considered more easily replaced, are being forced out of the game or left with take-it-or-leave-it contracts that are great for teams but do little to ensure an athlete’s long-term financial health.

Just look what happened to

Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas.

Heading into the final year of his contract, Thomas held out through the preseason in hopes of landing a new long-term contract, one with plenty of up-front money that he could put in the bank before he stepped on the field again. Essentially, he wanted an insurance policy in case of serious injury. Holding out was the only way to get it under the league’s current structure.

The Seahawks refused to budge for the ninth-year player, insisting that Thomas — a sixtime Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion and last remaining member of the “Legion of Boom” that will go down as one of the greatest defenses in NFL history — fulfill his expiring deal.

And what happened? In the fourth game of the season, Thomas went down with a broken leg.

As he was carted off their field, Thomas flashed an obscene gesture toward his own bench. He might as well have made it to the entire league and the union that represents him.

In all likelihood, Thomas’ last chance to earn another big payday has gone up in smoke.

Thomas could have stuck to his demands, like Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell. Problem is, that would have meant sitting out the entire season — a huge sacrifice in a sport that already is a short-term career for most.

Coming off two straight 1,200yard rushing seasons, Bell had every right to demand a long-term deal that would ease the financial

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. . . NBA RAPTORS 123, MAVERICKS 120 DALLAS — Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points to help Toronto overcome a triple-double from Dallas rookie Luka Doncic.

Pascal Siakam’s three-point play snapped a 108-108 tie with 3:56 remaining as the Raptors recovered from a seven-point deficit early in the fourth quarter.

Doncic, who turns 20 on Feb. 28, had 35 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to become the first teenager in NBA history with two triple-doubles.

JAZZ 125, TIMBERWOLVES 111 MINNEAPOLIS — Donovan Mitchell had 29 points for surging Utah, and Ricky Rubio added 18 points and eight assists.

After going 2 of 12 in the first half, Mitchell scored 13 points in the third quarter to help hold off a Minnesota rally and give the Jazz their ninth win in 10 games. Utah shot 71 percent (27 of 38) during the second half for its second victory in three nights over the Timberwolves.

SPURS 132, WIZARDS 119 SAN ANTONIO — LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points, nine rebounds and six assists, powering San Antonio to the victory.

The Spurs were without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, but had seven players in double figures. Reserve Davis Bertans had a season-high 21 points after missing the previous two games due to personal reasons. Derrick White and Bryn Forbes added 16 points each.

Djokovic sat out the last half of 2017. He tried to come back at the start of 2018 but was hampered by the elbow and lost in the fourth round in Melbourne. Soon after, he decided to have surgery.

All that is in the past.

Golf Farmers Insurance Open

Sunday at Torrey Pines GC San Diego Purse: $7.1 million s-South Course: Yardage: 7,698 Par: 72 n-North Course: Yardage: 7,258 Par: 72 Final Justin Rose (500), $1,278,000 63n-66s-69-69—267 Adam Scott (300), $766,800 70s-66n-65-68—269 Talor Gooch (163), $411,800 69s-68n-67-68—272 Hideki Matsuyama (163), $411,800 66n-66s-73-67—272 Jason Day (100), $259,150 67n-71s-69-67—274 Rory McIlroy (100), $259,150 71s-65n-69-69—274 Jon Rahm (100), $259,150 62n-72s-68-72—274 Billy Horschel (85), $220,100 66n-68s-71-70—275 Scott Brown (73), $184,600 70s-68n-68-70—276 Joel Dahmen (73), $184,600 68s-67n-70-71—276 Cameron Smith (73), $184,600 71n-69s-71-65—276 Gary Woodland (73), $184,600 71s-70n-69-66—276 Bud Cauley (53), $121,714 66n-70s-74-67—277 Matt Jones (53), $121,714 67n-74s-69-67—277 Ryan Palmer (53), $121,714 67s-67n-75-68—277 Sepp Straka (53), $121,714 69n-67s-71-70—277 Tony Finau (53), $121,714 69s-69n-69-70—277 Patrick Reed (53), $121,714 69n-69s-69-70—277 Michael Thompson (53), $121,714 68s-69n-69-71—277

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 49 37 10 2 76 199 140 Toronto 49 30 17 2 62 174 140 Montreal 51 28 18 5 61 154 149 Boston 49 27 17 5 59 143 128 Buffalo 48 24 18 6 54 140 144 Florida 48 20 20 8 48 152 170 Detroit 51 19 25 7 45 145 172 Ottawa 50 19 26 5 43 156 187 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 147 122 Washington 50 27 17 6 60 171 162 Columbus 48 28 17 3 59 154 146 Pittsburgh 48 26 16 6 58 169 146 Carolina 50 24 20 6 54 140 149 N.Y. Rangers 48 21 20 7 49 139 164 Philadelphia 48 19 23 6 44 139 169 New Jersey 48 18 23 7 43 140 164

WESTERN CONFERENCE

CLIPPERS 122, KINGS 108 LOS ANGELES — Montrezl Harrell scored 25 points, and the Clippers earned their third consecutive win.

Tobias Harris added 18 points for Los Angeles, which was coming off a 3-1 road trip. Lou Williams had 12 points and 10 assists.

HEAT 106, KNICKS 97 NEW YORK — Wayne Ellington scored each of his 19 points in the second half, and the Heat handed the Knicks their ninth straight loss.

Miami had seven players score in double figures in its second straight win. Dwyane Wade had 15 points and 10 assists, and Hassan Whiteside finished with 13 points and 16 rebounds.

CAVALIERS 104, BULLS 101 CHICAGO — Jordan Clarkson and Alec Burks each scored 18 points, and the Cavaliers ended a six-game losing streak.

NBA-worst Cleveland (10-41) had dropped 18 of 19. Cedi Osman scored 17 points, and Matthew Dellavedova finished with 16.

LAKERS 116, SUNS 102 LOS ANGELES — Ivica Zubac and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope each scored 24 points and the short-handed Lakers led throughout in a victory over the Phoenix Suns.

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He is once again at an elite level. If anything, the gap between him and the rest is growing right now.

A year ago, could he have envisioned being here now?

“Not impossible, but highly unlikely. I don’t

on strike, perhaps for a very long time, but they shouldn’t budge on two key issues: guaranteed contracts and a bigger piece of the pie.

There are other issues worth talking about, of course. Player safety. Long-term health care.

Some additional tweaking to the contract structure (perhaps something more in line with the NBA, which puts restrictions on what the top players can make but creates more opportunities for players in the middle of the pack). Limits on Commissioner Roger Goodell’s broad disciplinary powers. The right to peacefully protest (and some sort of settlement and compensation for the blatant blackballing of Colin Kaepernick).

Winston said creating a quicker route to free agency is best way to improve the players’ lot.

“What’s the union’s role in that?” he asked. “How do we help players overcome certain barriers to get to free agency as quickly as possible? We want it coming out of college. Owners want it never.

Where does that bargain begin?”

Indeed, it’s going to be a tough road. But the players need to make one thing clear: If the owners won’t agree to some very reasonable demands, they won’t have anyone to play the games.

Guaranteed.

Paul Newberry is a sports columnist for The Associated Press.

Write to him at pnewberry@ ap.org or at www.twitter.com/ pnewberry1963 His work can be found at https://apnews.com/ search/paul%20newberry

want to sound arrogant, but I always believe in myself,” Djokovic said. “I think that’s probably the biggest secret of my success.”

Djokovic and Nadal know each other, their styles and their patterns all too

well. This was their 53rd meeting — more than any other pair of men in the halfcentury professional era — and record-equaling 15th at a Grand Slam tournament. It was also their eighth matchup in a major final.

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Aaron Gordon had 23 points for the Magic, who have dropped six of seven.

ing many of the league’s talking points and not bothering to put up much of a fight whenever it was n ootball time to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement.

Over a two-decade period P aul N ewberry beginning in 1968, there were five pain of a serious injury. Consider- strikes or lockouts as the players tried to flex their collective ing what happened to Thomas, muscle. But the last of those, in the sixth-year running back 1987, was a devastating defeat probably made the right move for the union. Some players reby sitting out when the Steelers fused to take part in the strike or wouldn’t meet his demands. But quickly broke ranks. The owners he’s now lost a year in the prime assembled teams of replacement of his career, and it’s likely that players to keep the games going he’ll have to take less money on the open market after a season on for three weeks. The walkout lasted a mere 24 days. the sideline.

Since then, there’s been only Amazingly enough, NFL one NFL lockout, which occurred Players Association President largely during the 2011 offseason.

Eric Winston says guaranteed contracts aren’t a panacea when it The dispute was settled without comes to ensuring players getting any regular-season games being missed. a bigger piece of the league’s While no one wants to see windfall.

“We can’t forget the cause and games lost, it’s rather amazing that the owners have been able effect to all this,” he said. “The more guaranteed money you get, to largely maintain labor peace for more than three decades, maybe the shorter your contract all while bolstering their own should be. We live in this world where we think, ‘If we had guar- wealth enormously through new anteed contracts, I’d get six years stadium deals and continually and $120 million guaranteed.’ No. rising franchise values — and still getting the players to work It would probably be three and for non-guaranteed contracts and 60. It’s just one of those things where I think there’s a give and a burying for years the enormous health problems caused by head take.”

The problem is, the NFL own- injuries.

The players must stand up ers have been taking for far too long — and the players, through a for themselves when the current union that is almost certainly the labor agreement expires after the 2020 season. That means putting weakest of all the major sports, aside a nice little nest egg each has been more than willing to month to prepare for the very real give. likelihood that the owners won’t The NFLPA has often apbe very amenable to their depeared to be little more than a mands. They’ll likely have to go subsidiary of the league, repeat-

Central Division Winnipeg 48 31 15 2 64 167 134 Nashville 52 30 18 4 64 161 135 Minnesota 50 26 21 3 55 142 142 Dallas 49 24 21 4 52 126 128 Colorado 50 22 20 8 52 169 162 St. Louis 49 22 22 5 49 139 149 Chicago 51 18 24 9 45 156 190 Pacific Division Calgary 51 33 13 5 71 190 145 San Jose 52 29 16 7 65 187 167 Vegas 52 29 19 4 62 157 140 Vancouver 51 23 22 6 52 147 161 Anaheim 51 21 21 9 51 120 153 Arizona 50 23 23 4 50 132 142 Edmonton 50 23 24 3 49 144 163 Los Angeles 50 20 26 4 44 114 150 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Saturday’s Games Central All-Stars vs Pacific All-Stars: Central 10, Pacific 4 Metropolitan All-Stars vs Atlantic All-Stars: Metropolitan 7, Atlantic 4 All-Star Game Final: Metropolitan 10, Central 5 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s Games New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.

Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

All Times AST

BAsketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Doug Ghim, $79,804 63n-73s-67-75—278 Charles Howell III (41), $79,804 66s-70n-75-67—278 Sung Kang (41), $79,804 71n-70s-66-71—278 Jason Kokrak (41), $79,804 71n-69s-69-69—278 Tiger Woods (41), $79,804 70s-70n-71-67—278 John Huh (33), $56,623 68s-68n-71-72—279 Trey Mullinax (33), $56,623 70s-71n-68-70—279 Xander Schauffele (33), $56,623 69s-70n-70-70—279 Danny Willett (33), $56,623 71n-68s-70-70—279 Jonas Blixt (26), $45,144 68s-69n-74-69—280 Mackenzie Hughes (26), $45,144 70n-70s-70-70—280 Si Woo Kim (26), $45,144 67n-68s-73-72—280 Robert Streb (26), $45,144 69s-68n-72-71—280 Jim Knous (26), $45,144 70n-71s-70-69—280 Hank Lebioda (26), $45,144 70n-67s-68-75—280 Sangmoon Bae (19), $35,003 68n-67s-71-75—281 Keegan Bradley (19), $35,003 68n-71s-69-73—281 Wyndham Clark (19), $35,003 69s-67n-70-75—281 Jordan Spieth (19), $35,003 65n-72s-72-72—281 Adam Svensson (19), $35,003 70n-67s-69-75—281 Sam Burns (15), $29,110 70s-66n-74-72—282 Luke List (15), $29,110 70s-69n-71-72—282 J.T. Poston (15), $29,110 72s-68n-69-73—282 Julián Etulain (10), $21,158 71s-67n-71-74—283 Russell Knox (10), $21,158 67n-70s-73-73—283 Martin Laird (10), $21,158 73s-66n-69-75—283 Marc Leishman (10), $21,158 68n-73s-70-72—283 Nicholas Lindheim (10), $21,158 71s-69n-70-73—283 Sam Ryder (10), $21,158 69n-69s-72-73—283

W L Pct GB Toronto 37 15 .712 — Philadelphia 32 18 .640 4 Boston 30 19 .612 5½ Brooklyn 27 23 .540 9 New York 10 38 .208 25 Southeast Division Miami 24 24 .500 — Charlotte 23 25 .479 1 Washington 21 28 .429 3½ Orlando 20 30 .400 5 Atlanta 15 33 .313 9 Central Division Milwaukee 35 13 .729 — Indiana 32 16 .667 3 Detroit 21 27 .438 14 Chicago 11 39 .220 25 Cleveland 10 41 .196 26½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 29 20 .592 — San Antonio 29 22 .569 1 Dallas 22 27 .449 7 New Orleans 22 28 .440 7½ Memphis 20 30 .400 9½ Northwest Division Denver 33 15 .688 — Oklahoma City 31 18 .633 2½ Portland 31 20 .608 3½ Utah 29 22 .569 5½ Minnesota 24 26 .480 10 Pacific Division Golden State 35 14 .714 — L.A. Clippers 28 22 .560 7½ L.A. Lakers 26 24 .520 9½ Sacramento 25 25 .500 10½ Phoenix 11 41 .212 25½ Sunday’s Games Cleveland 104, Chicago 101 L.A. Clippers 122, Sacramento 108 Oklahoma City 118, Milwaukee 112 Houston 103, Orlando 98 San Antonio 132, Washington 119 Toronto 123, Dallas 120 Utah 125, Minnesota 111 Miami 106, New York 97 L.A. Lakers 116, Phoenix 102 Monday’s Games Golden State at Indiana, 3 p.m.

New York at Charlotte, 3 p.m.

Brooklyn at Boston, 3:30 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m.

All Times AST

Men’s Major Scores EAST Cincinnati 72, Temple 68 Fairfield 80, Iona 68 Georgetown 89, St. John’s 78 NJIT 76, North Alabama 70, OT Princeton 91, Wesley (DE) 62 Providence 70, DePaul 67 Quinnipiac 77, St. Peter’s 58

Rider 86, Marist 85 UMass 77, Rhode Island 70 Villanova 80, Seton Hall 52 SOUTH Florida Gulf Coast 88, North Florida 80 Florida St. 78, Miami 66 Liberty 69, Jacksonville 59 Lipscomb 88, Stetson 65 Memphis 77, UCF 57 MIDWEST Illinois St. 76, Indiana St. 62 Loyola of Chicago 75, S. Illinois 50 Minnesota 92, Iowa 87 Purdue 73, Michigan St. 63 SOUTHWEST Houston 77, Tulsa 65 FAR WEST Hawaii 80, UC Davis 60 Oregon 78, Washington St. 58

Women’s Scores EAST Davidson 60, Fordham 56 Delaware 74, Coll. of Charleston 50 Drexel 67, UNC-Wilmington 55 George Washington 55, Duquesne 54 Hofstra 78, Northeastern 61 Maine 95, Binghamton 66 Manhattan 69, Marist 51 North Alabama 77, NJIT 54 Penn 81, Haverford 46 Quinnipiac 76, Iona 39 Rutgers 69, Penn St. 61 Seton Hall 76, Georgetown 63 Siena 50, St. Peter’s 46 UConn 93, UCF 57 Villanova 73, St. John’s 57 William & Mary 80, Towson 69 SOUTH Alabama 58, Georgia 53 Arkansas 83, Florida 73 Florida Gulf Coast 80, North Florida 48 Florida St. 56, Virginia Tech 54 George Mason 75, Rhode Island 69 James Madison 82, Elon 30 Louisville 70, Pittsburgh 42 Miami 76, Boston College 73 Mississippi St. 80, Mississippi 49 N. Kentucky 72, Oakland 50 NC State 68, Georgia Tech 60 North Carolina 78, Notre Dame 73 Syracuse 64, Duke 55 Tennessee 74, LSU 65 VCU 57, Saint Louis 47 Wake Forest 52, Virginia 42 MIDWEST Dayton 72, Saint Joseph’s 65

Scott Stallings (10), $21,158 69n-71s-71-72—283 Nick Taylor (10), $21,158 71s-68n-72-72—283 Kevin Tway (10), $21,158 70n-71s-72-70—283 Emiliano Grillo (7), $16,557 67n-74s-70-73—284 Sungjae Im (7), $16,557 72s-68n-72-72—284 Chris Stroud (7), $16,557 66s-71n-74-73—284 Chris Thompson (7), $16,557 74s-66n-70-74—284 Braden Thornberry, $16,557 71s-67n-72-74—284 Cameron Davis (5), $15,762 72s-69n-72-72—285 Bill Haas (5), $15,762 67n-72s-70-76—285 Beau Hossler (5), $15,762 67n-70s-74-74—285 Adam Schenk (5), $15,762 72n-69s-74-70—285 John Senden (5), $15,762 68n-73s-72-72—285 Grayson Murray (4), $15,123 68n-72s-71-75—286 Ben Silverman (4), $15,123 68s-71n-72-75—286 Brandt Snedeker (4), $15,123 68n-73s-71-74—286 Shawn Stefani (4), $15,123 67n-74s-70-75—286 Rickie Fowler (4), $14,555 73s-66n-74-74—287 Brandon Hagy (4), $14,555 66s-71n-74-76—287 Stephan Jaeger (4), $14,555 70s-71n-72-74—287 C.T. Pan (4), $14,555 64n-75s-71-77—287 Ryan Blaum (3), $14,129 71n-70s-75-72—288 Rory Sabbatini (3), $14,129 72s-68n-76-72—288 John Chin (3), $13,703 66n-71s-77-75—289 Sebastián Muñoz (3), $13,703 68n-72s-75-74—289 Joaquin Niemann (3), $13,703 66n-73s-70-80—289 Nick Watney (3), $13,703 72s-68n-74-75—289 Sean O’Hair (2), $13,348 71n-69s-77-73—290 Morgan Hoffmann (2), $13,206 70n-70s-79-72—291

DePaul 73, Xavier 71 Drake 78, Evansville 47 Iowa 72, Purdue 58 Marquette 87, Butler 58 Maryland 76, Indiana 56 Michigan St. 77, Michigan 73 Missouri 74, Auburn 65 Missouri St. 108, Valparaiso 63 N. Iowa 71, Indiana St. 51 Northwestern 64, Illinois 56 S. Illinois 74, Loyola of Chicago 63 Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 69 Wright St. 78, Detroit 59 SOUTHWEST Baylor 74, Oklahoma 53 TCU 58, Kansas 53 Texas A&M 73, Kentucky 71 FAR WEST Arizona St. 68, Southern Cal 59 California 80, Colorado 60 Oregon 76, Washington 57 Oregon St. 52, Washington St. 35 UCLA 98, Arizona 93 Utah 75, Stanford 68

Tennis Australian Open

MELBOURNE (AP) — Results Sunday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses): Men’s Singles Final Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

Football AFC 26, NFC 7 AFC 7 10 3 6—26 NFC 0 0 0 7— 7 First Quarter AFC_Ebron 18 pass from Mahomes (Myers kick), 11:26.

Second Quarter AFC_Sherman 1 run (Myers kick), 12:54.

AFC_FG Myers 31, :21.

Third Quarter AFC_FG Myers 47, 4:01.

Fourth Quarter NFC_Hooper 20 pass from Prescott (Rosas kick), 9:05.

AFC_Ramsey 6 pass from Watson (pass failed), :19.

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AFC NFC First downs 24 10 Total Net Yards 416 148 Rushes-yards 18-54 9-47 Passing 362 101 Punt Returns 2-13 0-0

Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 3-16 2-3 Comp-Att-Int 21-46-2 14-29-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 7-46 Punts 0-0 4-43.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-40 3-53 Time of Possession 36:03 23:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_AFC, Hill 2-24, Conner 6-11, Sherman 4-11, Miller 4-6, Ingram 1-2, Gordon 1-0. NFC, Elliott 3-33, Barkley 2-10, Kamara 2-2, Cohen 1-2, Juszczyk 1-0.

PASSING_AFC, Luck 7-17-1-81, Watson 7-15-1-128, Mahomes 7-14-0-156. NFC, Prescott 4-11-145, Trubisky 5-9-1-34, Wilson 5-80-68, Thielen 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING_AFC, Allen 4-95, Sherman 3-92, Cook 3-71, Conner 3-34, Hill 3-23, Ebron 1-18, Smith-Schuster 1-16, Gordon 1-10, Ramsey 1-6, Miller 1-0. NFC, Kittle 5-39, Adams 2-41, Thielen 2-18, Elliott 2-14, Hooper 1-20, Cooper 1-8, Barkley 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOAL_AFC, Myers 58 WL.

Transactions BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Hunter Strickland on a one-year contract.

Designated RHP Max Povse for assignment.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed D Ben Lovejoy on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 15. Recalled F Kevin Rooney, D Egor Yakovlev and G Cam Johnson from Binghamton (AHL).

American Hockey League BELLEVILLE SENATORS — Recalled F Francois Beauchemin from Brampton (ECHL).

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Returned D Ben Danford to Atlanta (ECHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Returned F David Broll to Jacksonville (ECHL).

STOCKTON HEAT — Recalled F Mike McMurtry from Kansas City (ECHL).

SOCCER Major Soccer League D.C. UNITED — Named Dane Murphy technical director.

COLLEGE FLORIDA — Named David Turner defensive line coach.

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Impact of depression on family and friends is focus of survey swering a brief set of questions and, if you are eligible to participate, completing an anonymous survey. The entire study is conducted on the internet and is completely private. In the past, readers have generously helped by sharing your experiences, Abigail Van Buren and I hope you will do so again.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 7 1/2 months pregnant with my first child, and my husband and I are happily awaiting our baby’s arrival. I am fretting over something I need some help figuring out. My mother-in-law is a serious smoker. She smokes in her home, in her car and right before getting into anyone’s car or leaving home. She reeks of smoke all the time.

I do not want my baby around a smoker, but of course, I want our baby to bond with Grandma. She’s oblivious to the dangers of second- and third-hand smoke and laughs it off. My husband says we can’t make her stop smoking, and he doesn’t want to talk with her about it. I am adamant about our baby having a smoke-free environment. What do I do?

-- PROTECTIVE FUTURE MOMMY DEAR MOMMY: Your tobacco-addicted mother-in-law is not going to quit smoking.

Your husband doesn’t want to talk to his mother about it because he knows it will go nowhere. That leaves you.

Unfortunately, your child is going to have to live in a world in which there are people who smoke. While you may be able to minimize his/her exposure, you cannot guarantee that from childhood to adulthood your child’s environment will be entirely smokefree. Because you are adamant -- for good reason -- about your baby having a smokefree environment, you will have to insist, with your husband present, that Grandma bond with her grandchild in your home or some other smoke-free environment. Period.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You are frisky and full of energy. Be as precise as possible when making a decision. You harness your energy and focus it despite a loved one or key associate causing uproar. You will focus on this person’s issue soon enough, to his or her delight. Tonight: Let go with a child or a childlike person.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Settle in and understand what’s happening with another person. If possible, verify that no one is stabbing you in the back or acting one way while doing something else. The issue could involve money and security. Take special care if you’re buying a home or making any other major purchase. Tonight: Back to basics. Head home early.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You feel sure of yourself, but a happening could be delayed, or a misunderstanding could become an issue.

Verify the time and place of a get-together.

You might opt to change your schedule in order to have more time for a specific talk, project or yourself. You will be able to maximize your energy as a result. Tonight: Be receptive to a suggestion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might want to put off an important decision that simply doesn’t feel right.

You could get more comments than you like, but do listen. You have an opportunity to reevaluate your choices without causing any damage or problems. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Emphasize the best result for the majority of the people in a meeting. Your personal preference could be different. You cannot put off a talk with a friend any longer. You sense that something might be going on with him or her. Your sixth sense kicks in, yet you could be surprised when this person reveals his or her thoughts. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Let go and refuse to get caught up in what is driving several of your associates.

Your natural tendency to distance yourself could come to the rescue. Still, keep an eye on what unfurls as a potential problem. You might need to deal with it sooner or later. Tonight: A must appearance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You have the ability to identify with others. How you visualize a situation and how others each identify with it will help you come up with an understanding of the issue. You also might come up with a unique solution as a result. Tonight: Take in a movie if you can.

BORN TODAY Rapper Rick Ross (1976), painter Jackson Pollock (1912), actor Alan Alda (1936)

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-- Heloise “Dear Heloise: I saw a recent letter in your column about resume mistakes. I get resumes every day here in Human Resources, and I think about 90 percent of the ones we get are so poorly written, they’re almost funny. But the seriousness of job hunting is NOT funny. There are thousands of people looking for work, so here are some suggestions to avoid common mistakes: “Misspellings and misuse: Never misuse a word or misspell words on your resume. Example: ‘There’ for ‘their’ or ‘to’ for ‘two.’ Spellcheck is your new best friend.

“Lies: I can promise you, you’ll get caught.

Employers aren’t gullible, and many now do a complete background and credit check.

Didn’t graduate from college? Don’t say you did.

“Gaps in employment: Every employer wonders what you did if there are large gaps in employment. Did you use that time to acquire new skills or certification/training in your field? If so, add it to your resume.

“Limit your resume: Keep it short and to the point. One page is best, but NEVER more than two pages. Avoid slang and humor.

DO NOT give out references (unless you’re asked for them), list your hobbies or send a handwritten resume. If you want the job, a well-written resume is the first step to let your employer see your potential.”

-- Wade M. in New York CLOSET PROBLEM Dear Heloise: Help! My closets have a musty smell. How can I get rid of it?

-- Jerrie L., Raton, N.M Jerrie, make sure your closets are well-ventilated by keeping the doors open at night or during the day while you’re at work. Never put dirty or damp clothes in your closet, not even in a hamper. You also can try putting baking soda in a bowl or jar without a lid and placing it in a corner of your closet.

-- Heloise

B.C.

By Dave Green

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SUDOKU Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

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8 3 1 4 7 2 9 6 5

7 2 5 6 1 9 3 4 8

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By Johnny Hart

By Tom Wilson

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Jan. 28, 2019: This year, you could feel inordinately creative, yet you might have difficulty expressing this gift. Use caution with spending, as you could overspend or overindulge often in some manner when frustrated. If you’re single, the person you project yourself as might be quite different from your authentic self. Others might not know how to deal with this schism. Some people even might feel deceived. Consider closing this gap. If you’re attached, the two of you spend a lot of special time together, though when you’re out as a couple, others can’t even guess how special your interactions are. SCORPIO could be surprised by 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) HHH Emphasize your ability to relate despite an element of confusion. Opt to relate on an individual level. Your conversations become clearer and your commentary is on message.

Others remain highly responsive to your focus.

Encourage questions. Tonight: Off with a favorite person.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Fortunately, you can deal with the strong, stubborn personalities that you will encounter. Even a favorite, easygoing pal could have you up in arms with his or her demands!

Eliminate the confusion that comes from wanting to see situations in a certain manner. Realism works. Tonight: Share munchies and news with a good friend or loved one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Dive into your to-do list. You might be surprised at how much you can accomplish if you keep your focus. You might find it difficult to get past a demanding boss or authoritarian associate. You might not feel that this person is grounded. Unfortunately, the less said at present, the better. Tonight: Relax, make it easy.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You express an innate moodiness.

Someone who doesn’t know you well could assume that this moodiness is directed at him or her. Try to clear the air. Express your dynamic creativity and imagination instead. You will draw others in, and they will understand your changeability. Tonight: Act as if there’s no tomorrow!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Consider slowing down and thinking through your options. Your spontaneity usually points you in the right direction, but at the present moment you might not home in on what is ultimately best. You might be reviving your sense of what is appropriate as well as what is basic in a particular situation. Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep.

By Eugene Sheffer

Shoe

By Jim Davis

Take it from the Tinkersons

By Bill Bettwy

By Chad Carpenter

By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins

Mother Goose and Grimm

By Michael Peters

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DEAR READERS: The departments of psychiatry and medicine at Tufts Medical Center want to learn more about the impact caregiving has on family members and friends of people who have been diagnosed with depression or other illnesses.

Because family members and friends play a large part in providing care while also balancing jobs and other responsibilities, the physicians and research scientists at Tufts are asking you, my readers, to share the impact caregiving has on different aspects of your life, including your ability to work and your health and well-being. This information will be used to improve services to caregivers and the people they support.

You may be eligible to participate if you are a: -- caregiver for a relative or friend with depression or other illnesses, -- person who has depression that has not improved with treatment, -- person who is employed and not involved in caregiving.

If you are interested in participating in this important study, please visit bewellatwork.org/NCS/. Participation in this study is voluntary and anonymous. It involves an-

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