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Thursday, January 24, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 49, Issue 98

In the news Alaska jobs report shows some growth in oil, gas industry JUNEAU — Alaska’s oil and gas industry experienced modest growth last month as some sectors of the economy have continued shedding jobs, according to a state jobs report. December employment numbers released Friday by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development show some losses from the recession are slowing, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported. “The negatives have, generally speaking, gotten considerably smaller, especially in negatives like oil and gas, which was a big, big loser,” said state economist Neal Fried. More people were employed in the oil and gas industry in December than the same month in 2017, Fried said. Oil industry jobs have been falling since they peaked in 2015. The labor department had predicted some growth in the industry this year. Work in the oilfields could slow down if prices drop dramatically once again and remain low. Plans for this year on oil and gas projects are probably not going to be affected “unless something really dramatic happened with price,” Fried said. “If you get started, you’re probably going to finish it,” Fried said.

2 Anchorage schools to remain closed for 2019-2020 year ANCHORAGE — Two Anchorage public schools will stay closed next year for repair of earthquake damage. KTVA reports Eagle River Elementary School and Gruening Middle School stay closed for the 2019-2020 academic year. The decision was made following a review by structural engineers. Students from both schools were relocated to other buildings in early December because of damage from the magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Gruening students are at Chugiak High School. Eagle River Elementary students are split among three schools. Anchorage Schools Superintendent Deena Bishop says their future classroom locations present a more complex problem. In a letter to parents, Bishop says the district will evaluate the benefits of keeping families together in one school or dividing students by grade levels among elementary schools as is now happening. — Associated Press

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Building community connections Project Homeless Connect brings hope, dignity to those in need By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

On Wednesday, Project Homeless Connect provided much needed services and supplies to the Peninsula community. Once a year, a coalition of organizations including the Independent Living Center, Love, INC, the Lions Club and many others come together for this allday event. During the event, people in the area who struggle with homelessness or financial insecurity could get a hot meal, stock up on nonperishable food or other supplies, get in touch with various counseling and housing services, and even get a fresh hair cut — all free of charge and in one centralized location. Project Homeless Connect was first implemented in San Francisco and has since spread to communities across the country. Currently, there are Project Homeless Connect events in Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks and Kenai/Soldotna, and this year representatives from Kodiak and Homer attended with the hopes of organizing similar events in

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Kenai area legislators question Board of Fisheries decision By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Gail Kennedy, left, Jennifer Waller, and Meiko, the therapy dog from Freedom House, offer their services during Project Homeless Connect at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Wednesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

said that the event is the result of kind of foresight is what enables their communities. Maggie Winston with the Sol- year-round planning, research Project Homeless Connect to dotna Independent Living Center and volunteer coordination. This See PROJECT, page A3

State lawmakers from the Kenai Peninsula have banded together to question a recent Board of Fisheries proceeding, according to a press release. An unexpected vote by the Alaska Board of Fisheries, which took place with little notice, decided to move the 2020 regulatory meeting from the Kenai Peninsula to Anchorage. The meeting was originally going to be held in Anchorage, but a March 2018 vote moved the meeting to the Kenai-Soldotna area, the Clarion previously reported. In a Wednesday letter, the peninsula delegation outlined concerns the “Alaska Board of See BOARD, page A3

Borough works to extend state grant agreement for K-Selo By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Efforts to build an appropriate school in Kachemak-Selo are still going strong. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed an ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting to work on extending the state agreement for their grant share of approximately $10 million for the school. K-Selo has been in need of a new school for nearly 10 years. In 2011, the village petitioned the school board for a new facility. In 2016, the state appropriated $10,010,000 for construction of the school, but in order to proceed the borough needed to provide a match. Borough residents voted down the match bond package, which was nearly $5.5 million,

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at the Tuesday, Jan. 8 assembly meeting in Soldotna. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

last October. expires June 30. Tuesday’s orThe $10 million grant the dinance allows borough Mayor borough received from the state Charlie Pierce to work with the

state on extending the grant deadline for up to seven years. Given the extension, the ordinance says the borough will have more time to find the 35 percent match funds required by the grant to construct the school. The current school in Kachemak-Selo is made up of three borough-leased buildings and serves about 46 students. A December memo from the borough community and fiscal projects manager, Brenda Ahlberg, told the assembly that the current school has deteriorated to the point that it is no longer viable as an educational facility. The proposed new K-12 school will be 15,226 square feet, the memo said. Some residents have expressed concern about the $16 million cost for the school,

given its remoteness and small student population. However, a state statute based on the number of students dictates the size of the school, and the borough does not have the flexibility to downsize the building. Shipping in materials is also expected to increase the cost. At Tuesday’s meeting, Jason Ross of Nikiski provided public comment expressing frustration over school’s price tag. “We could probably build a road that would go back and forth and make things a lot easier for education and give them more opportunity,” Ross said. “With a brand new building — getting supplies in and out to build the thing — it sounds like it’s going to be kind of an arduous

See K-SELO, page A3

Finance director warns of future budget ‘death spiral’ By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

Two budget officials offered differing views on the state’s fiscal situation Wednesday morning, giving senators a look into the governor’s budget process while also providing them a reminder of how serious the state’s budget deficit is. During her presentation to the Senate Finance Committee

on Wednesday, Office of Management and Budget Director Donna Arduin said the governor’s amended budget will be released Feb. 13. The governor has 30 days from the start of legislative session to release a budget plan, and Feb. 13 is the 30th day of session. Arduin didn’t offer specifics about the budget, which is still in progress, and repeatedly said to expect full information when

the budget is unveiled Feb. 13. Dunleavy’s initial budget included a $1.6 billion deficit, in large part to allow for larger Permanent Fund Dividends. Arduin says that one of the guiding principles for putting the budget together is asking departments to “do less with less” instead of asking them to do more with less money. She said her office is currently identifying each department’s

Man, son sentenced in bear killings By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — An Alaska judge sentenced a man to three months in jail for his role in the slaughter of a mother bear and her two cubs in their den — actions that were caught by a research camera. Andrew Renner was sentenced Tuesday while his son Owen Renner received 30 days of suspended time in the April 2018 killings. Prosecutors say the father and son skied to the site on Esther Island in Prince William Sound, and that the son killed the mother bear in front of her two cubs and then the older man turned his rifle on the

shrieking newborns. A motion-activated camera set up outside the den as part of a bear study by the U.S. Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game captured the carnage. The men pleaded guilty to multiple misdemeanor counts, including the illegal killing of the bears. Aaron Peterson, an assistant attorney general who prosecuted the case, said jail time in wildlife cases is unusual. “My office believes and argued for active jail time in this case because of the egregious nature of it, and the necessity of letting the public know Alaska will not tolerate poaching,” he said

Wednesday. Peterson also prosecuted a case involving an Alaska man who was sentenced in December to nine months in jail and fined more than $100,000 for poaching three moose and leaving most of the meat to rot. Andrew Renner’s attorney, Scott Sterling, declined to comment Wednesday. An attorney for Owen Renner did not immediately respond to a request for comment. At their sentencing Tuesday, Andrew Renner, 41, was ordered to pay a $9,000 fine, forfeit a pickup truck, boat and trailer, weapons, skies and cell phones. His hunting license was revoked See BEAR page A3

core mission and figuring out if that department’s expenditures match up with that mission. “Rather than asking agencies to do more with less, we’re asking them to do less with less in many instances,” Arduin said. After Arduin’s presentation, Legislative Finance Division Director David Teal spoke frankly and directly to the committee members. Teal painted

the budget situation in a much more dire light than Arduin did. Teal said the state of Alaska’s finances has been masked by savings accounts, making the deficit seem smaller than it is because the state continues to dip into savings to balance the budget. “Larger deficits mean larger unplanned draws (from savSee BUDGET, page A2

Gov unveils 4 new crime bills By KEVIN BAIRD Juneau Empire

After promising to crack down on crime in his State of the State address, Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday unveiled four bills that he hopes will reduce crime in Alaska. The bills will address sex crimes, pretrial processes, parole and prison sentences. “The No. 1 priority of this administration is public safety. And it’s really the No. 1 priority for all Alaskans,” Dunleavy said during a press conference. “It is the No. 1 job for any governor in any state to make sure the people of their state is safe.”

Alaska has seen a dramatic increase in crime during the last five years. According to the Department of Public Safety’s uniform crime report, which Dunleavy cited, the overall crime rate has increased 26 percent during the last five years. Violent crime is up 35 percent and property crime is up 23 percent during the same time period. Dunleavy said the four bills are just the beginning of the total package of crime bills he intends to bring forward. He said these bills should “plug” some of the holes that Senate Bill 91 left See GOV, page A2

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in Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminal justice system. SB 91 is a controversial criminal justice reform bill passed into law two years ago, aimed at reducing recidivism. It has been criticized for being too lenient on criminals. Dunleavy said he will continue to address other aspects of public safety â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as drug treatment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through other bills. Specifics of how much Dunleavyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s package of crime bills will cost in the end are unclear, since he is still working on his budget. The govenorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget is due Feb. 13. The budget will have to address the costs associated with public safety reform. For example: Senate Bill 32 would increase the penalty for felons who violate the terms and conditions of their release or parole. The Department of Corrections estimated this would result in 97 more inmates in jail, each day in the next fiscal year, according to a fiscal note. If it costs $168.74 to house an immate in a corrections facility a day, that would amount to $5,711,071 for one year.

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Dunleavy on Wednesday doubled down on jailing people in an effort to make Alaska safe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When people ask the question â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Are these folks going to go to jail?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Yes theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to jail. Will we need to increase the number of beds in jail? Probably, yes,â&#x20AC;? Dunleavy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will we need to increase jails? Maybe, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to spare the resources that are necessary to turn this around. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m serious about this. This is not just campaign rhetoric.â&#x20AC;? Senate Bill 32 Certain crimes would carry a heavier sentence if this bill passes. That includes every crime that had its sentence reduced when SB 91 was passed. A memo from Dunleavy states that people who sell and traffic drugs would â&#x20AC;&#x153;have significant incarceration periods.â&#x20AC;? Removing or disabling an ankle monitor would be a felony, and that would go for people in the pre-trial phase or post-conviction. Senate Bill 33 This bill focuses on pre-trial processes. First, it would allow judges to determine a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pre-trial status: whether a person is released, uses an ankle bracelet, given to a third-party custodian, or if the person will be taken care of by the Depart-

ment of Corrections. It would also require twoway video conferencing for all pre-trial hearings. Senate Bill 34 This bill aims to improve the parole system. Proposed changes include: r *ODFOUJWJ[FT HPPE CFIBWior of parolees through giving them compliance credits toward an early end to their probation. r *U JODFOUJWJ[FT HPPE CFIBWior from parolees by eliminating the cap on the time added for violating their probation. r *U XPVME SFTUSJDU XIJDI JOmates are eligible for parole. For example, inmates with prior felonies, and sex offenders would be restricted. Senate Bill 35 This would update the criminal code in an effort to crack down on sexual assault or other crimes of a sexual nature. SB 35 would include the following changes: r *U XPVME DMBTTJGZJOH VOwanted contact with semen as sexual contact and make it punishable as a sex offense. r " QFSTPO DPNNJUT UIF crime of harassment if they repeatedly send unsolicited images of genitals to another person. r 4PMJDJUBUJPO PG B NJOPS would be a felony in all circumstances.

r " QFSTPO DPOWJDUFE PG producing or viewing child pornography would be required to register as a sex offender. r 5IJT CJMM XPVME DMBSJGZ sentencing ranges for sex offenders r *U XPVME SFRVJSF PVU PG state sex offenders to register in Alaska. In some cases, a sex offense conviction in another state does not have an equivalent crime in Alaska. As a result, a small number of sex offenders are not required to register here. Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore said this makes Alaska â&#x20AC;&#x153;attractiveâ&#x20AC;? to some sex offenders who would not have to register here. This bill would close that loophole and require all out-of-state sex offenders to register, regardless of congruency between state laws. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to encourage people to move here because they do not have to register,â&#x20AC;? Skidmore said. r " QFSTPO XPVME CF QSPhibited from soliciting sexual favors enticing a minor using any form of communication. Current language prohibits a person from using a computer, but Dunleavy said in a memo that the means of communication cannot be limited to one device and â&#x20AC;&#x153;should be irrelevant.â&#x20AC;?

nor and approved by the Legislature. You are not approved by the Legislature,â&#x20AC;? Wielechowski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in Alaska for what, six weeks? I know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planning on leaving Alaska in the next few months after weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done here. I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned about so much power focused and budgetcreating ability placed in your hands.â&#x20AC;? Arduin responded by saying that she reports to Dunleavy, and that all decisions go through him. Tealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation differed from Arduinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a number of other ways. Arduin showed a graph indicating that Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending per person is one of the highest in the nation. Teal said he believes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more prac-

tical to compare the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending not to other states (which all face different challenges), but to previous years in Alaska. A graph of his showed that Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current spending per person is one of the lowest totals since 1976. Arduin talked about simplifying the budget process. During Tuesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s State of the State address, Dunleavy also said he wants to have a budget that the average person can comprehend. Teal urged members of the Senate Finance Committee to not gloss over details as they figure out where to cut and where they can collect revenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m all for simplification if the simplification helps you make decisions,â&#x20AC;? Teal says.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;But your decisions will be a lot easier to make, and better, if you understand your fund sources.â&#x20AC;? Teal made clear that he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t making any recommendations to the committee, but was merely providing them with information and his interpretation of Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiscal state. The bulk of the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s task is balancing the budget, and based on Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation, it sounded like that process wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin in earnest until Feb. 13. When that budget is released, Teal said, legislators will have tough decisions to make. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope you have a short and productive session,â&#x20AC;? Teal said, as those on hand chuckled.

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ings) from next year to fill those,â&#x20AC;? Teal said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a death spiral.â&#x20AC;? Arduin has extensive experience working with Republican governors to cut budgets. She said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked with seven governors in six states on state budgets over the course of â&#x20AC;&#x153;a few decades.â&#x20AC;? Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, said during the meeting that he was skeptical of having Arduin come in for a few months to do the budget and then leave. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have commissioners who are selected by the gover-

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Kathleen Lenora Moon

February 26, 1950 - January 12, 2019 Kathleen (Kathe) Lenora Moon, 68, of Soldotna, Alaska (and previously Littleton, CO and East Northport, NY) passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 from complications of liver failure. Beloved wife for 10 years of Rocco DeMaio; loving and loved parent to Chris van Benthuysen (Stacy Kuta) and Peter Van Benthuysen (Lindsay Simmelink) with their father Daniel van Benthuysen; dear sister of Diana (late Chris) Hylton, Frank Moon (Ellen Ryba), David (Margaret) Moon, and Maureen (Art) Lomenick; cherished daughter of Frank Moon and the late Joan (nee Heyer) Moon; treasured aunt of the late Kevin Hylton, Leslie Hylton, Sean (Abby) Moon, Michael Moon, Brennan Patton, and Lauren (Jeff) Burns. Kathe was born February 26, 1950 in Heidelberg, Germany where her father and family were stationed after World War II. Taught to shoot by her father (and quickly a better shot than he was), she was captain of the girls rifle team and salutatorian in a graduating class of more than 800 students at Ball High School in Galveston, TX in 1968. A graduate of Tulane University in 1972, Kathe’s first work was as a teacher for VISTA and Readak in New Orleans, LA, Omaha, NE, and Hilo, HI. Eventually she landed on Long Island teaching high school mathematics. While she’d go on to hold several other jobs, she’d return frequently to education and was most at home in a school or working with students. Into her final years, she volunteered as a math tutor working with local families in Kenai, Alaska. Kathe had many other loves in her life, among them: connecting with people, she always wore a smile and brought kindness to every interaction with anyone, from the grocery cashier to the stranger in line at the DMV; aviation, she started flying lessons in her 40s and even earned a perfect score on her written exams; crochet and quilting, her scarves and afghan blankets where highly sought after by her friends and family, and she was seldom found seated without crochet hooks firing away like pistons in her hands; baking, the metamorphosis of her apple pie, to an apple crisp, to a category-defying apple crumble/ cobbler/pie/casserole was a slice of Americana that was shared with and enjoyed by all; and the outdoors, as an adopted Alaskan, she and Rocco had many adventures on the water and in the woods. As she said, she “knew [she]’d become a true Alaskan when [she] decided to get rid of a couch to make room for another kayak.” A memorial service and lunch will be held from noon to 3 PM on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Phantom Canyon Brewing Company, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Girls in Tech (https://girlsintech.org/ donate/) are encouraged.

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have the biggest impact possible for the people who need it, because it allows for plenty of time to determine what people will need and who in the community is able to provide the necessary services. One woman, Bonnie, who did not wish to give her last name, was taking part in the event for the second year in a row. Bonnie sat with her friends for lunch and discussed the areas where the event could improve. Her only suggestion: “I wish they did it more often.” She went on to explain that she had grabbed extra diapers and baby wipes to give to her neighbor, who was unable to make it to the event. Many people were collecting food, clothing and other essentials for their friends who could not be there. Every person who attended had a different story to tell. One man lost his son to cancer and has recently struggled to find a job, even though he served in the military for eight years working on marine vessels. Another man talked about his parents moving out of state years ago and leaving him behind. “Mom bought me a tent and a generator and said, ‘Have a nice life,’” he recalled. When people come to Project Homeless Connect looking for services, they are asked a few questions regarding what their biggest needs are. Then they are paired up with a volunteer companion who guides them through the event and points them in the right direction. Most people had the same two issues at the top of their list: stable housing and jobs. One couple, Jacob and Savannah, had just moved down from Anchorage and were in the process

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deal there. It might be easier to just build a road and create access for a bunch of people who don’t have it. I realize they move out there and they want to be off the system… How much money do we spend on a group of kids

of finding stable housing. Jacob was dealing with mental health issues and had a felony conviction that impeded his job prospects. Savannah dealt with a host of health problems as well, as an unfinalized divorce left her unable to receive financial assistance for her children. Despite their hardships, the couple maintained positive attitudes and had hope that events like Project Homeless Connect would help them get back on their feet. Jacob said that he had struggled on and off with homelessness most of his life. He grew up in Chicago and watched his parents get killed at a young age. His story included sexual abuse, exploitation and financial instability. “I don’t want to be another statistic,” said Jacob as he talked about his plans for the future. “People are gonna naysay you until you prove them wrong.” Many of the volunteers for the event had experienced homelessness or drug addiction themselves at some point. Having this perspective often made it easier for clients to connect with and open up to the volunteers. “When you can look someone in the eye and say, ‘I know exactly what you’re going through,’ it can make all the difference,” said one volunteer with Change 4 the Kenai, a nonprofit committed to combating opioid addiction on the peninsula. The event also provided a yearly opportunity to collect important data regarding the homelessness issue. This data is used to assess trends and identify the biggest factors for homelessness in a given area. The data collection from Project Homeless Connect ensures that all the organizations involved can be as effective as possible in not just addressing homelessness, but ending it for good.

who choose to live a lifestyle like that?” One of the largest drivers of cost comes from the remote nature of the village. The village sits at the bottom of a steep bluff only accessible by a dirt switchback trail, too narrow and steep for most vehicles to traverse. The borough initially considered upgrading the road to borough standards but found it would be too expensive.

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Denise Marie Mason

December 28, 1964 - January 18, 2019

Denise Marie Mason age 54 passed away on January 18, 2019 in Soldotna, Alaska. A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday January 26, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 609 Forrest Lane, Kenai, Alaska. She was born on December 28, 1964 in Seattle, Washington to Benjamin and Wanda (Schmahl) McKoon. Denise was a kind and loving person, to know her is to love her. She would do anything for anyone, even if she did not know you. Denise lived for her children and grandchildren, whether near or far away you could always feel her love. All her children, grandchildren, and family would like to express how much they cherish her and love her, she will never be forgotten. Denise always said that when it was time to go, she knew she would not be alone. Denise said that when her job of taking care of the people here was finished, she would start her new job in heaven. Denise is preceded in death by her mother, Wanda Schmahl, brother; Hank Maillard, Jr. step-father; Hank Maillard, Sr. granddaughter; Jaylynn Raye Espinoza, grandson; Joseph McCloud Mason, and Love of her life, Steve Olds. She is survived by her son’s; Johnathan Mason of Seattle, WA. Eric Mason of Kenai, AK, Thomas Mason of Olympia, WA. daughter’s; Laura Boyer of Anchorage, AK. Zoe Mason of Kenai, AK, Tiffany Mason of Kenai, AK. father, Benjamin McKoon, step-mother Bobby McKoon of Auburn, WA. her brother and sister, Dennis Mckoon and Heather Maillard Watts. granddaughter, Shaleana Steger of Anchorage, AK, grandson, Jax Boyer of Anchorage, AK, best friend, Jody Wolk of Kenai, AK, and numerous family and friends.

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for 10 years. Owen Renner, 18, was ordered to take a hunters’ safety course and his hunting license was suspended for two years. Peterson said the younger man was seen as less culpable in the crimes. Video showed the men approaching the den and noticing the female bear, according to court documents. The younger Renner fired at least two shots, causing the cubs to shriek. The men eventually realized the sounds were coming from the cubs, not their dead mother. Andrew Renner then shot the cubs. The camera then catches the elder Renner saying, “It doesn’t matter. Bear down.”

They then realized the mother bear had a Fish and Game collar after dragging it from the den. Andrew Renner then tossed the cubs’ carcasses onto the snow outside the den. In another video clip, the younger Renner said the collar was removed. “They’ll never be able to link it to us,” he said, before the two butchered the mother bear and placed the remains in game bags before skiing away. Subsequent video showed them returning two days later. They retrieved the collar, picked up the shell casings, and placed the cubs’ bodies in a bag and skied away. Authorities say Renner also falsified documentation about killing the animal when it was his son who did so and failed to note the number of bears illegally killed.

Around the Peninsula

Michael Llyod Doncaster

April 17, 1952 - January 12, 2019 Longtime Soldotna resident, Mr. Michael “Mike” Lloyd Doncaster, 66, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 at his home with his family by his side. Private family services will be held at a later date. Mike was born April 17, 1952 in Cedarville, California. He moved to Alaska in 1979 living in Anchorage before moving to Soldotna in 2000. He was an automotive mechanic before he retired. He was an avid outdoorsman. The family wrote, “Mike was a very loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.” He was preceded in death by his parents, Rodney and Jeane Doncaster. He is survived by his wife Ingrid Doncaster of Soldotna and family; 2 brothers, 1 sister, 2 aunts, cousins and numerous friends who were more like family. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign or visit his online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

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Fisheries may have intentionally circumvented the public input process that is normally required when deliberations on meeting locations are made.” “Transparency, integrity and process are imperative in the effort to restore public trust,” said Sen. Peter Micciche (RSoldotna) in the release. “The people of Alaska deserve better. The public process and the Board’s own procedures were circumvented and Kenai Peninsula officials were disrespectfully misled at the January 18th meeting. The request from the entire Kenai Peninsula Legislative delegation is simple and united: Rescind the actions to move the 2020 BoF Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meeting from the Kenai and reschedule a meeting following BoF procedures. Rebuilding trust must include facing and hearing from the Alaskans we serve.”

At the start of the ArcticYukon-Kuskokwim finfish meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, Board chair Reed Moriskey mentioned that the Upper Cook Inlet meeting location would be discussed. On Friday, the board reversed their March 2018 decision with a 4-3 vote, bringing the 2020 meeting back to Anchorage, the Clarion previously reported. “There are not enough words to express my disappointment and frustrations with the Board of Fisheries. It is completely disingenuous to tell people who have driven to Anchorage from the Kenai Peninsula to testify that there would be no action taken regarding the 2020 UCI BoF meeting location. Then, to turn around and have the issue addressed after their departure,” said Representative Gary Knopp (R-Kenai/ Soldotna). The letter requests that the board allows the public adequate notice to revisit the issue.

KDLL hosting Picklefest

KDLL Public Radio has Picklefest 2019, its annual membership meeting, from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Al-Anon support group meetings Center, with live music by Recess Duty, food and drink, an art and Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Pen- adventure auction and a pickle cooking competition. It’s free and insula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River open to the public. For more information, visit KDLL 91.9 FM on Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Facebook or call 283-8433. Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver True Tales offers ‘siblings’ storytelling at 252-0558 for more information. True Tales, Told Live has live music and storytelling at 6 p.m. Feb. 1 at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Come hear central peninsula resiLeeShore Center monthly board meeting dents tell true stories, live, with no notes, on the theme of “Sibling The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly Board meet- Rivalry: The Ties that Bind and Blindside.” Anyone interested in ing at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday January 30, 2019. The telling a story can message True Tales, Told Live on Facebook, or meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For further infor- call Jenny Neyman at 907-394-6397. mation call 283-9479.

Alaska Food Festival & Conference

Tour of Tsalteshi returns Feb. 17

Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold a 20- and 40-kilometer Tour of Tsalteshi ski race Feb. 17 at the trailhead behind Skyview Middle School. The 40-kilometer freestyle race — two laps around the trails — starts at 11:30 a.m. A 20-kilometer race — one lap around the trails, with freestyle and classic divisions — starts shortly thereafter. Prizes will be awarded for the first three men and women finishers in each race and raffle drawings will be available to all participants. Awards will be given at a post-race party at Kenai River Brewing in Soldotna. Discounts available for early registraGrief support group tion, TTA members and members of neighboring ski clubs. First Hospice of the Central Peninsula will facilitate an eight-week 100 to sign up get a free buff with 2019 Amy Kruse artwork. To grief support group, “Grief is as individual as a snowflake,” begin- register, sign up to volunteer or for more information, visit www. ning Feb. 6 at the Hospice office at 5:30 p.m., 35911 Kenai Spur touroftsalteshi.org. Hwy, Soldotna. For questions or additional information, please contact Lee at 262-0453. Our services are free. Pre-sign-up requested. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union shutdown Registration is open for the 4th semi-annual Alaska Food Festival & Conference, which will take place at Land’s End Resort in Homer on March 8 and 9. This event is sponsored by the Alaska Food Policy Council and the Alaska Farmers Market Association. For program and registration information, go to https://www.akfoodpolicycouncil.org/2019-conference/.

Rehanna Thelwell and Maria Allison in concert

assistance

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.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is prepared to assist our members who are employees of the federal government impacted by the partial shutdown through special programs now in place. We encourage members to call our 24/7 Member Service Center at 800-525-9094.

AK CESCL training

Community craft show

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.

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

Sterling Senior Center breakfast

N.E.T.S. (Necessary Education, Technology and Skills)

The Sterling Senior Center will be serving breakfast on SaturNETS is a FREE seven-week workshop to help adults gain day, Jan. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon. Menu includes bacon, sausage, skills, explore careers, and find a job! The workshop every ham, scrambled eggs, pancakes, and biscuits and gravy. $10 adults, $5 children. Everyone welcome! All proceeds benefit the center. Monday and Wednesday from 2–3:30 p.m. from Jan. 23 to March 6 in the Learning Center at Kenai Peninsula College. Further info, call 262-6808. The course, taught by Terri Cowart, will focus on community service, learning about resources, and career/college awareFunctional Medicine of Alaska grand opening ness. Everybody is invited to attend (ages 18+) For more inforFunctional Medicine of Alaska will host a grand opening in its mation, call 262-0327. new space on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 6-8 p.m. at 508 S. Willow St., Suite C, in Kenai. RSVP to Rochelle or Steven at 907-290-7063 or Free In-Person Tax Preparation Available email FMOA@functionalmedicineofalaska.com. Free income tax return preparation is available again this year at the Soldotna Library from Feb. 9 to April 13. This AARP Caregiver workshop, open house Foundation-sponsored program is open to low-and moderateKenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will host a income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those age workshop and open house in the Blazy Mall, Suite # 209 on Tues- 60 and older. AARP membership is not required. Call 907-420day, Jan. 22 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Workshop Presentation will take 4308 to schedule an appointment. For more information, email taxprepsoldotna@gmail.com. place 11 a.m.-12 p.m. with Mike Tovoli, Geneva Woods.

Opinion

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What Others Say

Court decision paves way for discrimination The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a

green light for discrimination against American soldiers, sailors and Marines who are transgender — a decision that means the Trump administration can begin enforcing a heartless policy that will expel legions of patriots who have served their country well. Many new recruits will also be turned away. The policy will upend the lives of potentially thousands of men and women in uniform and bring careers to a cruel and premature close. For many other troops, the policy means either having to relinquish their uniforms or once more having to hide their true gender identities. Congress should demand the Trump administration reverse course on this pointless ban and restore the 2016 directive that permitted transgender troops to serve openly, seek ordinary medical care, and to do so as men or women regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth. The move had signaled progress and long-overdue acceptance into the mainstream not just for troops, but for the transgender community as a whole. Its devastating reversal will be just as broadly felt. The Trump administration’s ban of transgender people in the military has been challenged in at least four federal courts and was put on hold while courts considered whether it was legal. Tuesday’s decision by the high court, on a 5-4 vote without any commentary, quashes a series of stays ordered by lower district courts and appellate courts, allowing the policy to take effect while litigation continues. This course will only lead to instability. Since there’s a very real chance the policy will eventually be overturned, the administration should delay implementing it until its legal status is confirmed, as ordered last July by a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “The district court’s preliminary injunction preserves the status quo, allowing transgender service members to serve in the military in their preferred gender and receive transition-related care,” the court reasoned. “Appellants ask this court to stay the preliminary injunction, pending the outcome of this appeal, in order to implement a new policy. Accordingly, a stay of the preliminary injunction would upend, rather than preserve, the status quo.” Trump’s initial announcement, via tweet, that he planned to expel transgender troops and new recruits from the armed services took almost everyone by surprise — including then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. It was a blatant effort to pay political favors to the religious right and others in America who’ve increasingly targeted transgender individuals in recent years. No short-term political gains from such a sop are worth such callous treatment of our troops. Thousands of troops who serve our country loyally and effectively identify as transgender. The Obama rule allowed them to stop hiding that fact and, when necessary, seek medical and psychological care needed to remain healthy. Many military leaders told Congress that their presence in the military had not led to concerns about unit cohesion or military readiness. And when Mattis finally did put Trump’s order into a new policy, it was a softer, somewhat kinder approach than the president’s bare-boned discriminatory version. For instance, some transgender troops who do not need sex reassignment — either through surgery or hormone treatments — may be allowed to remain in uniform. Some recruits, particularly those who will not in the future transition from one assigned gender to another, may be allowed to join. Mattis’ memorandum argued that paying for medical care for transgender troops is too high, and that troops who are diagnosed with profound unease with their birth gender are too fragile and too troubled to remain in the service. But cost estimates for the care put the average annual cost across all transgender troops at only hundreds of dollars. And as for the idea that troops who transition are inherently unfit for service, the long record of professionalism among the thousands of troops who are already in the services suggests otherwise. Obviously some cases will present challenges that would put personnel out of fighting form for too long, or could require more than easily available care. In those cases, as in any medical discharge determination, individual facts will lead to case-bycase decisions. But a blanket decision rendering a whole class of personnel unfit to serve is, at its core, discriminatory — and badly mistaken. This official marginalization of transgender troops should be rescinded. At the very least, it should be sidelined until the courts can finish their scrutiny.

Going gaga over the ladies

The major media have gone gaga over the number of women newly elected to Congress and those announcing their run for the White House in 2020, with more female candidates likely to follow suit. But media’s bias — one of many — is revealed in their focus on mostly liberal women with barely a mention, if they are mentioned at all, of women who are conservative. Reporters, commentators and hosts on major networks, and including some cable outlets, speak of “women’s issues,” as if all women think, or should think, alike. Worse, they never examine whether ideas floated by liberal women are anything new or whether they have worked in the past or are working presently. Many liberal pronouncements seem to be taken at face value, with little pushback to explain how they plan to make their proposals work, especially those that have been tried and failed before (consider programs to wipe out poverty, along with increased spending to improve public education, as just two of many examples). Another example: the presidential candidacy announcement by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). Harris has been in the Senate for only two years but already she hears “Hail to the Chief” playing for her? Who does she think she is, Barack Obama? In predictable liberal fashion, Harris wants to impose a $3 trillion tax plan on

the country at a time when, according to Investor’s Business Daily, “President Trump’s $1.5 trillion Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could kick economic growth into high gear.” Harris also tracks Cal Thomas with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in promoting Medicare for all that is projected to cost $30 trillion. With a national debt at nearly $22 trillion and soaring, the idea that we could absorb additional debt is a recipe for bankruptcy, especially when one considers that many initial cost estimates for past government programs have far exceeded projections. Federal tax revenues have already hit record highs. The obvious problem is not insufficient revenue; rather, it is lack of spending discipline and the desire to give people whatever they want, hoping a growing addiction to government will produce more votes for the politicians dispensing “free” goodies. Back to media’s fixation: Why do major media outlets trumpet the causes of women, gays, African Americans, Hispanics and other groups who are liberal? Why do the ideas of conservative women never seem to receive that same level of atten-

tion? If you have to ask the question you haven’t been paying attention. It seems the major media long ago abandoned fairness, balance, even accuracy. Especially in the Trump era, they have displayed naked ideological cheerleading for liberals and their proposals. Any fair examination of major newspapers — from the front page, to the editorial and op-ed pages — proves the point. It has become much easier to speed read The Washington Post and The New York Times, because every day they contain little else but a steady drumbeat of anti-Trump stories, editorials and columns. The conservative Media Research Center has calculated that 90 percent of TV coverage of the first two years of the Trump administration has been negative. Whatever one’s views, this is not healthy for the credibility and stability of journalism, the political parties or the country. Yes, there are far fewer Republican women in Congress than female Democrats, but that is not an invitation to focus solely on the Democrats while ignoring Republican and especially conservative Republican women. Their ideas and proposals deserve at least equal consideration and examination. This year marks Cal Thomas’ 35th year as a syndicated columnist. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub. com.

News and Politics

Shutdown drags Trump approval to yearlong low By STEVE PEOPLES and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A strong majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for the record-long government shutdown and reject his primary rationale for a border wall, according to a new poll that shows the turmoil in Washington is dragging his approval rating to its lowest level in more than a year. Overall, 34 percent of Americans approve of Trump's job performance in a survey conducted by The Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's down from 42 percent a month earlier and nears

the lowest mark of his two-year presidency. The president's approval among Republicans remains close to 80 percent, but his standing with independents is among its lowest points of his time in office. "Trump is responsible for this," said poll respondent Lloyd Rabalais, a federal contractor from Slidell, Louisiana, who's not affiliated with either political party. The 47-year-old has been furloughed for more than a month. He said he'd need to start drawing on his retirement savings next week to pay his bills if the shutdown continues. "I do support a wall, but not the way he's handling it," Rabalais added. "Trump guaranteed

Letters to the Editor Thanks to the champions in the fight against Alzheimer’s

The Alzheimer’s Association estimates there are more than 5 million Americans and 7,500 Alaskans living with Alzheimer’s Disease. There are more than 16 million caregivers in America and 33,000 caregivers in our beautiful state of Alaska. As an advocate it is my honor to represent them. Congress just passed the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act with a — The Houston Chronicle, Jan. 22 strong bipartisan vote. I want to thank Sen. Murkowski, Sen.

everybody that Mexico would pay for the wall. Now he's holding American workers like me hostage." The drop in approval comes as Trump begins the third year of his presidency under the weight of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, an international trade war that's straining the global economy and new revelations about his push for a real estate deal in Russia during his 2016 campaign. Compared with earlier presidents, Trump's approval rating has been relatively stable over the course of his presidency, ranging from the mid-30s to the mid-40s. By contrast, President Barack Obama never fell below 40 per-

Sullivan and Rep. Young for being champions in this meaningful legislation. The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act will allow effective Alzheimer’s public health interventions to be implemented across the country. Because of Sen. Murkowski and the Alaska delegation we will now be better able to fight this devastating disease as we continue to work towards our vision of a world without Alzheimer’s — and we look forward to seeing them continue to prioritize this disease as a public health crisis that must be addressed. I lost my mother and three of her sisters to the disease; I know first hand at what Alzheimer’s can do to a family and as a caregiver. Every 65 seconds someone develops Alzheimer’s disease — which is why

cent in polling by Gallup. Still, five presidents since Gallup began measuring presidential approval have had their rating fall into the 20s at least once, including Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Trump has never fallen into that range of historic lows, but he's also the only president never to have reached 50 percent in Gallup's polling. The new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans see the shutdown as a major problem, and they blame Trump far more than congressional Democrats for the mess that has ensnared the lives of roughly 800,000 government workers who are going without pay.

Congress must remain committed to action on this catastrophic disease. By applying a public health approach to reduce risk, detect early symptoms, and advance care, our Alaska delegation is helping to change the trajectory of this devastating disease. The report also revealed that Alzheimer’s –related costs have soared to $277 billion in the last year, including $186 billion in costs to Medicare and Medicaid. To learn more about Alzheimer’s and how you can join the fight to end Alzheimer’s visit alz.org. Together we can be part of the first survivor. — Cindy Harris, Alzheimer’s Association, Alaska Ambassador, Soldotna

Peninsula Clarion | Thursday, January 24, 2019 | A5

Nation/World Maduro foe claims Venezuela presidency By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s crisis quickly escalated Wednesday as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to embattled socialist Nicolas Maduro, who retaliated by breaking off relations with the United States, his biggest trade partner. For the past two weeks, ever since Maduro took the oath for a second six-year term in the face of widespread international condemnation, the newly invigorated opposition had been preparing for nationwide demonstrations Wednesday coinciding with the anniversary marking the end of Venezuela’s last military dictatorship in 1958. While Maduro has shown no signs of leaving, his main rival, National Assembly President Juan Guaido, upped the ante by declaring himself interim president before masses of antigovernment demonstrators — the only way, he said, to rescue Venezuela from “dictatorship.” Outside the capital, seven demonstrators were killed amid disturbances during protests that rocked several cities. In a seemingly coordinated action, the U.S. led a chorus of Western hemisphere nations, including Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, that imme-

Police: 5 fatally shot inside Florida bank, suspect arrested

Juan Guaido, head of the opposition-run congress, looks down and holds up his hand during his symbolic swearing-in as interim president of Venezuela on a stage during a rally demanding President Nicolas Maduro’s resignation in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

diately recognized Guaido, with President Donald Trump calling on Maduro to resign and promising to use the “full weight” of the U.S. economic and diplomatic power to push for the restoration of Venezuela’s democracy. “The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law,” Trump said in a statement. The stunning move, which to some harkened back to dark episodes of heavy-handed U.S. interventions in Latin America during the Cold War, drew a strong rebuke from Maduro. He

responded by swiftly cutting off diplomatic relations with the United States, the biggest importer of the OPEC nation’s oil, giving American diplomats 72 hours to leave the country. “Before the people and nations of the world, and as constitutional president. …. I’ve decided to break diplomatic and political relations with the imperialist U.S. government,” Maduro thundered while holding up a decree banning the diplomats before a crowd of redshirted supporters gathered at the presidential palace. “Don’t trust the gringos,” he said, rattling off a long list of U.S.-backed military coups —

Guatemala, Chile, Brazil — in decades past. “They don’t have friends or loyalties. They only have interests, guts and the ambition to take Venezuela’s oil, gas and gold.” Not to be undone, Guaido issued his own statement, urging foreign embassies to disavow Maduro’s orders and keep their diplomats in the country. The 35-year-old Guaido, a virtually unknown lawmaker at the start of the year, has reignited the hopes of Venezuela’s often beleaguered opposition by taking a rebellious tack amid a crushing economic crisis that has forced millions to flee or go hungry.

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen delaying testimony

In this file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, steps out of a cab during his arrival on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file) By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not testify before a House committee next month as scheduled, his adviser said Wednesday, depriving Democrats for now of a prime opportunity to scrutinize Trump, his links to Russia and payments to buy the silence of a porn star. Cohen indefinitely delayed his Feb. 7 appearance before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. He blamed threats from Trump and the president’s

attorney-spokesman, Rudy Giuliani, and cited his own ongoing cooperation in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Cohen adviser Lanny Davis said the decision was made on advice of Cohen’s lawyers. “This is a time where Mr. Cohen had to put his family and their safety first,” Davis said in a statement. The statement did not detail the threats. But Trump and Giuliani have publicly urged the Justice Department to investigate Cohen’s father-in-law, insinuating he was part of some

unspecific criminal activity. Trump, for example, told Fox News this month that Cohen “should give information maybe on his father-in-law, because that’s the one that people want to look at.” Asked about the claim of a threat, Trump accused Cohen of lying. “He’s only been threatened by the truth, and he doesn’t want to do that, probably for me or other of his clients,” Trump said at the White House. “He has other clients also, I assume, and he doesn’t want to tell the truth for me or other of his clients.” Trump’s fixer-turned-foe is a central figure in Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s campaign. Cohen also played a pivotal role in buying the silence of a porn actress and a former Playboy Playmate who both alleged they had sex with Trump. The president has denied their claims. Cohen pleaded guilty last year to campaign finance violations and other offenses connected to the payments. Federal prosecutors have said Trump directed Cohen to make the payments during the campaign. Newly empowered Democrats wanted to make Cohen the first high-profile witness since they regained control of the

House and have promised an aggressive effort to investigate the president. They have pledged to limit their questioning to avoid interfering with any investigations. It is unclear how long Cohen is seeking to delay his testimony, but Cohen “looks forward to testifying at the appropriate time,” Davis said. Cohen is scheduled to report to prison on March 6 to begin a three-year sentence. Democrats have suggested they may subpoena Cohen to compel his testimony and the committee’s chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, said Cohen could be brought from prison to appear before Congress. “We will get his testimony,” Cummings said. In a statement, Cummings and Rep. Adam Schiff, who heads the House Intelligence Committee, said they understood the “completely legitimate concerns” Cohen raised about threats. But, they added, it “was never an option” for Cohen not to appear before Congress. The committees have been in touch with Cohen and offered to work with law enforcement to enhance security measures to protect his family and is in touch with Cohen’s lawyers about when he would testify, they said.

Pelosi says no State of Union while govt shut By KEVIN FREKING, MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a high-stakes case of dare and double-dare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi served notice Wednesday that President Donald Trump won’t be allowed to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress next week. She took the step after Trump said he planned to show up in spite of Democratic objections to the speech taking place with big swaths of the government shut down. Denied that grand venue, Trump promised to come up with some sort of alternative event. But the White House was scrambling to find something matching the gravitas of the traditional address from the rostrum of the House to lawmakers from both parties, Supreme Court justices, invited guests and a television audience of millions. “I think that’s a great blotch on the incredible country that we all love,” Trump said. “It’s a great, great horrible mark.” Fireworks over the speech shot back and forth between the Capitol and the White House

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as the month-long partial government shutdown showed no signs of ending and with about 800,000 federal workers facing the prospect of going without their second paycheck in a row come Friday. Pelosi told Trump the House won’t approve a resolution allowing him to address Congress until the shutdown ends. Trump shot back that Pelosi was afraid of hearing the truth. The drama surrounding the State of the Union address began last week when Pelosi asked Trump to make other plans but stopped short of denying him the chamber for his address. Trump called her bluff Wednesday in a letter, saying he intended to come anyway. “It would be so very sad for our Country if the State of the Union were not delivered on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location,” he wrote. Pelosi quickly squelched the speech, writing back that the House “will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened.” The president cannot speak in front of a joint session of Congress without both cham-

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to reporters after officially postponing President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address until the government is fully reopened, at the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

bers’ explicit permission. A resolution needs to be approved by both chambers specifying the date and time for receiving an address from the president. The gamesmanship unfolded as the Senate prepared to vote this week on dueling proposals on the shutdown. A Republican one would give Trump money for the wall while one from Democrats would re-open government through Feb. 8, with no wall money, giving bargainers time to talk about it. Both proposals were likely to fail to reach the 60-vote threshold needed in the Sen-

ate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority. As well, House Democrats were putting forward a new proposal, aiming to lure Trump away from his demand for a border wall by offering billions of new dollars for other border security measures. The Constitution states only that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union,” meaning the president can speak anywhere he chooses or give his update in writing. The address has been delayed before.

SEBRING, Fla. — A gunman who opened fire inside a Florida bank Wednesday afternoon killed five people before surrendering to SWAT negotiators, police said. Zephen Xaver, 21, was arrested after the shooting at a SunTrust branch, Sebring police Chief Karl Hoglund said at a news conference. “Today’s been a tragic day in our community,” Hogland said. “We’ve suffered significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal doing a senseless crime.” The victims were not immediately identified. A man called police dispatch Wednesday afternoon and reported that he had fired shots inside the bank, Hoglund said. Initial negotiations failed to persuade the barricaded man to leave the bank, so the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team entered the building to continue negotiations, and the man eventually surrendered, he said. Police didn’t say what charges Xaver would face or indicate a motive. Gov. Ron DeSantis was in the region for an infrastructure tour and traveled to Sebring after news of the shooting broke. He said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would assist Sebring police and the Highlands sheriff’s office in any way possible. “Obviously, this is an individual who needs to face very swift and exacting justice,” DeSantis said of the gunman. An FBI mobile command unit arrived at the bank Wednesday evening to join the investigation. SunTrust Chairman and CEO Bill Rogers released a statement saying the bank is deeply saddened by the tragic shooting. “We are working with officials and dedicating ourselves to fully addressing the needs of all the individuals and families involved,” Rogers said. “Our entire team mourns this terrible loss.”

Congo’s Kabila, on eve of leaving presidency, urges unity

KINSHASA, Congo — With less than 24 hours left in his rule, Congo’s President Joseph Kabila on Wednesday urged the nation to “massively” support incoming leader Felix Tshisekedi after a disputed election that surprised the world by bringing an opposition leader to power. Kabila is stepping aside after more than two turbulent years of delayed elections as many Congolese feared he was seeking a way to stay in office. He praised Congo’s 80 million people: “Thanks to your maturity, the elections unrolled amid calm.” This is the vast central African nation’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960. In a brief, late-night address, Kabila urged the Congolese people to unite in a “grand coalition” against what he called the “predatory forces that will band together to monopolize our natural resources.” The country has trillions of dollars’ worth of mineral wealth, some of it key to smartphones and electric cars worldwide, yet suffers from underdevelopment and conflict. — The Associated Press

Today in History Today is Thursday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2019. There are 341 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 24, 2013, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of a ban on women serving in combat. On this date: In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ‘49. In 1862, author Edith Wharton was born in New York. In 1942, the Roberts Commission placed much of the blame for America’s lack of preparedness for Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the Navy and Army commanders. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco. In 1965, British statesman Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. In 1975, the extremist group FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in New York City, killing four people. In 1984, Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM. In 1985, the space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral on the first secret, all-military shuttle mission. In 1987, gunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh. (All were eventually released.) In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair. In 1993, retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 84. In 2003, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn as the first secretary of the new Department of Homeland Security. Ten years ago: Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who’d safely landed a crippled US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River, received a hero’s homecoming in Danville, Calif. President Barack Obama met with his economic advisers after asking Americans to support his economic package as a way to better schools, lower electricity bills and health coverage for millions who lose insurance. Brazilian model Mariana Bridi, 20, died after contracting an infection that had forced doctors to amputate her hands and feet. Five years ago: A truck bombing struck the main security headquarters in Cairo, one of a string of bombings targeting police in a 10-hour period, killing 6 people on the eve of the third anniversary of the revolt that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak and left the Arab nation deeply divided. One year ago: President Donald Trump told reporters that he would be willing to answer questions under oath from special counsel Robert Mueller. Former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison. Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman were elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Scientists in China announced that they had used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys; it was the first such achievement in primates. Singer Elton John announced that he would be retiring from the road after an upcoming three-year global tour. Today’s Birthdays: Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 83. Singersongwriter Ray Stevens is 80. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 78. Singer Aaron Neville is 78. Actor Michael Ontkean is 73. Actor Daniel Auteuil is 69. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 69. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 68. South Korean President Moon Jae-in is 66. Actor William Allen Young is 65. Bandleader-musician Jools Holland is 61. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 58. Rhythm-and-blues singer Theo Peoples is 58. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 56. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 52. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sleepy Brown (Society of Soul) is 49. Actor Matthew Lillard is 49. Actress Merrilee McCommas is 48. Blues/rock singer Beth Hart is 47. Actor Ed Helms is 45. Actor Mark Hildreth is 41. Actress Christina Moses is 41. Actress Tatyana Ali is 40. Rock musician Mitchell Marlow (Filter) is 40. Actress Carrie Coon is 38. Actor Daveed Diggs is 37. Actor Justin Baldoni is 35. Actress Mischa Barton is 33. Thought for Today: “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.” -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

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Kadri notches hat trick to send Leafs to win By The Associated Press

TORONTO — Nazem Kadri recorded the fifth hat trick of his career and added an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Washington 6-3 on Wednesday night and dealt the defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals their seventh straight loss. Auston Matthews, Nikita Zaitsev and Mitch Marner also scored for Toronto. William Nylander added three assists, while Morgan Rielly and Connor Brown had two each. Frederik Andersen stopped 41 shots for the win. The Leafs came in having lost two straight, four in a row and five of six at Scotiabank Arena, and seven of their last 10 overall. Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist, and Alex Ovechkin and Matt Niskanen scored for Washington, which was playing for the third time in four nights.

Braden Holtby, who had allowed WILD 5, AVALANCHE 2 11 goals on his last 54 shots against coming into Wednesday, finished with DENVER (AP) — Eric Staal had two 31 saves. T.J. Oshie added two assists goals, including the tiebreaker on a secfor the Capitals, who have allowed 30 ond-period power play, Devan Dubnyk goals in their last five games. made 20 saves and Minnesota rolled into CANADIENS 2, COYOTES 1

the All-Star break by beating slumping Colorado. Jared Spurgeon, Charlie Coyle and Ryan Suter also scored for the Wild, who earned their fourth win in five games. Carl Soderberg and Tyson Barrie scored for an Avalanche team that drops to 3-7 in January and keeps slipping in the Central Division chase. Philipp Grubauer stopped 23 shots as he got the start over Semyon Varlamov with Colorado searching for consistency in net.

MONTREAL (AP) — Mike Reilly scored in the third period, Carey Price made 30 saves and Montreal beat Arizona in Alex Galchenyuk’s return to his old city. Jonathan Drouin also scored for the Canadiens, who have won five of six. Price earned his 20th victory of the season. He has stopped 133 of the last 137 shots he’s faced during a four-game personal winning streak. Conor Garland scored for the Coyotes, BLUES 5, DUCKS 1 who were playing the second game of a back-to-back set after a 3-2 victory in OtANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Santawa on Tuesday night. Calvin Pickard, in ford and Tyler Bozak scored goals in their his Coyotes debut, stopped 22 shots. first games back from injured reserve, and

St. Louis beat stumbling Anaheim. Vladimir Tarasenko, Oskar Sundqvist and Sammy Blais also scored for the Blues, who had lost three of four before splitting two games on a Southern California road trip. Rookie Jordan Binnington bounced back from his first career regulation loss with 12 saves in his fifth career victory heading into the Blues’ nine-day break. Daniel Sprong scored the game’s opening goal, but the injury-plagued Ducks were then buried in their 14th loss in 16 games.

PREDATORS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Juuse Saros made a career-high 47 saves, Nick Bonino scored his first game-winning goal of the season and Nashville topped Vegas. The Predators moved into a first-place tie with Winnipeg in the Central Division, both at 64 points.

Bonino scored 3:53 into the second period and Saros made the 2-1 lead stand up. Ryan Johnson also scored for the Predators. Despite a 20-7-3 run since Nov. 21, Vegas has lost four of six. The defending Western Conference champions, who lost Monday at home to Minnesota, had not lost back-to-back games at home all season.

HURRICANES 5, CANUCKS 2 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and two assists, Nino Niederreiter scored twice and Carolina beat Vancouver. Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for Carolina in his first NHL start. Greg McKegg and Dougie Hamilton each added a goal and an assist as the Hurricanes snapped Vancouver’s five-game point streak in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break and their bye weeks.

Ninilchik hoops split contests third quarter to take a 25-18 lead and held on from there. Isabella Koch led the WolThe Ninilchik basketball verines with 12 points while teams split a pair of nonconfer- Madi Cooper chipped in eight. ence games Wednesday night Julia Heckman led Kalskag with 15. in Ninilchik. The Wolverine boys preWednesday boys vailed 57-39 over the Grizzly Wolverines 57, Grizzly Bears 39 Bears, while the Ninilchik girls Kalskag 6 10 10 13 —39 lost 32-28 to Kalskag. Ninilchik 14 15 18 10 —57 In the boys game, Gar- KALSKAG (39) — Peterson 0, Paul 0, rett Koch led the way with 17 Wise 8, Levi 7, Fultze 0, Nook 0, Morgan points for Ninilchik while Jake 24, Nook 0. (57) — Nelson 0, Presley 0, Clark pumped in 14, including NINILCHIK Hadro 9, Koch 17, Clark 14, Moore 0, Devik eight in the third quarter. 3, Lemons 0, Moto 5, Mumey 9. Shane Morgan paced Kal- 3-point FG — Kalskag 3 (Wise 2, Levi 1); 2 (Mumey 1, Devik 1). skag with 24 points, all in the Ninilchik Team fouls — Kalskag 13; Ninilchik 3. first three quarters, before foul- Fouled out — Morgan. ing out. Morgan had all but two Wednesday girls of his team’s points before that. Grizzly Bears 32, Wolverines 28 The Wolverines staked out Kalskag 7 5 13 7 —32 a 14-6 lead in the first quarter Ninilchik 5 7 6 10 —28 and built it to 29-16 by the half. KALSKAG (32) — Evan 1, Levi 7, Evan 0, Ninilchik then won the third Heckman 15, Morgan 0, Wise 2, Michael7. quarter 18-10 to effectively ice son NINILCHIK (28) — Okonek 1, Jasper 0, the game. Calabrese 2, Robok 3, Corey 3, Koch 12, In the girls contest, a tied Cooper 8, Calabrese 0, Okonek 2, Denboer 0, Ofstag 0. game of 12-all at halftime was 3-point FG — Kalskag 3 (Levi 1, Heckman broken open by Kalskag, which 1, Michaelson 1). fouls — Kalskag 13; Ninilchik 10. outscored Ninilchik 13-6 in the Team Fouled out — none. Staff report Peninsula Clarion

Japan’s Naomi Osaka reacts after winning a point against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Osaka, Kvitova to meet for crown Harden scores Pliskova stuns Williams with epic comeback but falls to Osaka By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka never made it past the fourth round at any of the first 10 Grand Slam tournaments of her career. Now, still just 21, she’s suddenly on the verge of a second consecutive major championship. And the No. 1 ranking, too. Osaka moved one victory away from adding the Australian Open trophy to the one she collected 4½ months ago at the U.S. Open, using her smooth power to produce 15 aces and groundstroke winners at will while beating Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the semifinals Thursday. “I just told myself to regroup in the third set and just try as hard as I can,” said Osaka, who saved four break points in the last set and finished the match with an ace at 115 mph (185 kph). A day after erasing four match points and a 5-1 deficit in the third set to stun Serena Williams in the quarterfinals,

Pliskova could not produce the same kind of comeback. Instead it is Osaka, the only Japanese woman to win a major singles title, who will face two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova on Saturday. The winner will rise to the top of the WTA rankings for the first time; Osaka is currently No. 4, Kvitova is No. 6. Two years ago, Kvitova missed the Australian Open, just weeks after her left hand was stabbed by an intruder at her home in the Czech Republic. Back at her best during what she calls her “second career,” Kvitova surged to a 7-6 (2), 6-0 victory against 35th-ranked American Danielle Collins after Rod Laver Arena’s retractable roof was closed as the temperature soared toward 105 degrees (40 Celsius). Kvitova reached her first major final since the December 2016 knife attack that led to hours of surgery on the hand she holds her racket with — and first since winning Wimbledon for the second time in 2014.

“I didn’t know even if I (was) going to play tennis again,” Kvitova said. “It’s been a long journey.” Against Collins, a two-time NCAA champion at the University of Virginia who was 0-5 at Slams until this one, Kvitova was more aggressive throughout, mixing big lefty forehands and welltimed pushes forward to the tune of a 30-9 edge in total winners. But the key to the outcome might very well have been what happened at 4-all after 35 minutes of action: That’s when the decision finally was made to close the 15,000seat stadium’s cover, drawing cheers of approval from broiling spectators. Kvitova probably wanted to applaud, too. “I was happier than the fans that the roof closed,” she said afterward. “I like to play indoors. It helped me a little bit.” She’s made clear over the years she is not a huge fan of playing in stifling heat. Not too many people truly are, of course, but Collins is OK with it and thought the See OPEN, page A7

61 at Garden By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — James Harden scored a career-high 61 points, tying Kobe Bryant’s record for a visiting opponent at the current Madison Square Garden, and the Houston Rockets edged the New York Knicks 114-110 on Wednesday night. Harden made the clinching layup with 3.8 seconds remaining after the Knicks turned it over, capping his fifth 50-point game this season and a wild stretch of back-and-forth basketball across the final minutes. Eric Gordon made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left when Houston couldn’t get the ball to Harden, the NBA’s leading scorer who earlier had passed Wilt Chamberlain into fourth place in NBA history with his 21st consecutive 30-point game. Harden

finished 17 of 38 from the floor. He was only 5 of 20 on 3-pointers, but was 22 of 25 from the line and grabbed 15 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony holds the overall record at the current MSG with 62 points. PACERS 110, RAPTORS 106 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Victor Oladipo suffered a serious right knee injury that could alter the season for the Indiana Pacers, who beat the Toronto Raptors. The All-Star guard crumpled to the ground with 4:05 left in the second quarter as he tried to defend an outlet pass to Toronto’s Pascal Siakam. The magnitude of the injury was apparent almost immediately. Trainers draped a towel over the leg, and players from both teams surrounded Oladipo as he See NBA, page A7

Pouille’s drought-breaking Aussie run reaches semis By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lucas Pouille had lost every Australian Open match he played until he hired Amelie Mauresmo as coach. A couple of months later, he’s into a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time. The 24-year-old Frenchman will next play Novak Djokovic, who is aiming for a men’s record seventh Australian title, so things will get tougher. Djokovic was leading 6-1, 4-1 and his quarterfinal match was less than an hour old Wednesday when eighthseeded Kei Nishikori retired with an injured right leg, finally succumbing after three of his four previous rounds went to five sets. It gave Djokovic a spot in the semifinals at Melbourne Park for the first time since 2016,

when he won his second straight title and his fifth in six years. “Feels great. This has been my most successful Grand Slam throughout my career,” Djokovic said. “Past two years have been a bit tough with the elbow injury and everything. “Over the past 10 years, I’ve had plenty of success here. Everyone tries to get their hands on one of the four biggest titles in sport, but Australia has been really kind to me.” Pouille isn’t even sure how far he’s capable of going. But after losing in the first round on his five previous visits, he knows the trajectory is OK. “I didn’t win a match in Melbourne before,” Pouille said. “Now I’m in the semifinals. So just very, very happy.” Pouille fended off a strong comeback from 2016 Wimbledon runnerup Milos Raonic for a 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 win, his first in three tries in a major quarterfinal and is first against

the big-serving Canadian. Mauresmo, who won two major titles as a player, including the 2006 Australian women’s title, had previously worked as Andy Murray’s coach. Pouille said Mauresmo had quickly worked out how to improve his game, giving him confidence. “She’s the right state of mind. She knows everything about tennis. It’s not about being a woman or a man. It doesn’t matter,” Pouille said in an oncourt interview when asked about the rarity of a highly-ranked male player working with a female coach. “You just have to know what you’re doing — and she does.” Some people criticized Murray, a three-time major champion and fivetime finalist in Australia, when he first hired Mauresmo. But Pouille hasn’t had to contend with that kind of sexist negativity. “I think times changed. It’s a shame

that it happened,” Pouille said. “Men are coaching women, so why not the contrary? She’s a champion. She’s a great coach.” The No. 28-seeded Pouille was up two sets and had break points in the seventh and ninth games of the third but Raonic held serve in clutch moments. Then Raonic rallied, railing against officialdom after getting angry when he challenged a line judge’s call as Pouille was serving to stay in the set. His service return hit the baseline but was called out. When he challenged it, and a replay confirmed his shot was good, chair umpire Nico Helwerth ordered a replay of the point. Raonic thought he deserved to be given the point and, when he asked why it wasn’t awarded to him, told the umpire “because you don’t watch, because you’re incapable.” Pouille won the replayed point and held serve for 6-6, but Raonic won the

first six points of the tiebreaker and eventually forced a fourth set. It was on serve until Pouille put serious pressure on Raonic’s serve and volleys, and broke to clinch the match. Raonic is now 1-3 in Australian Open quarterfinals, but he had a tough draw at Melbourne Park. He had to hold off Nick Kyrgios in the first round, former champion Stan Wawrinka in the second and No. 4-seeded Alexander Zverev in the fourth. Raonic said he was disappointed with his serve in the quarterfinals, but not about his challenge in the third set. For Pouille, the 2016 Wimbledon runner-up had some words of wisdom. “It’s not so much only the opponent you’re facing, but it’s also the situation, which is a completely new one for him,” Raonic said. “I think he has to stay true to himself, try to do the things he does well, really focus on that aspect more than anything else.”

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Sports Briefs Fitzgerald returning for 16th season PHOENIX (AP) — That Hall of Fame slot will have to stay vacant for a while. Larry Fitzgerald isn’t ready to hang up the cleats just yet. The receiver, whose career statistics rank among the best ever to play the game, has signed a one-year contract to return for a 16th season with the Arizona Cardinals. “No player has meant more to this franchise or this community than Larry Fitzgerald,” team President Michael Bidwill said Wednesday in the news release announcing the signing. Fitzgerald explained his decision in an Instagram post. “A fire burned inside of me my rookie year,” he wrote, “a desire, over all else, to be great. To excel on the field. To impact the lives of others off of it. I’m grateful that the fire still burns just as bright today, and that this organization has let me chase that fire for well over a decade.” Fitzgerald continued: “Nothing excites me more than continuing to chase greatness with everyone here on and off the field.” Fitzgerald, who will be 36 before the next season begins, may have been enticed by the hiring of Kliff Kingsbury to replace the fired Steve Wilks. Kingsbury will bring his “air raid” offense from Texas Tech, where he coached for six seasons, and brought in veteran assistant coach Tom Clements to work with quarterback Josh Rosen, who had a rocky rookie season. In recent years, State Farm Stadium rocked with chants of “Lar-ry! Lar-ry!” after one of his inevitable big plays. Probably no sports figure in Arizona has been as well-loved as No. 11. Bidwill said in an interview with the team’s flagship radio station, 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station, that he believes Kingsbury’s hiring helped lure Fitzgerald back. “I think they had a great conversation and he’s excited about focusing on the offense,” Bidwill said. “Obviously, he was very disappointed as all of us were in 2018. He bleeds Cardinal red. He wants to be part of getting this turned around. It’s exciting he was able to make a quick decision and get right to it.” Arizona went 3-13 last season, the worst record in the NFL and matching the worst for the Cardinals since the franchise moved to the desert from St. Louis 30 years ago. The Cardinals finished last in the league in total offense, passing and rushing. Consequently, it was a down year for Fitzgerald statistically, too. After three straight 100-catch seasons, Fitzgerald had 69 receptions for 734 yards and six touchdowns. He did, however, throw his first career TD pass, against the Rams in the next-to-last game of the season. Fitzgerald has been remarkably durable in his career. He’s caught a pass in 227 consecutive games, the second-longest such streak in NFL history. He passed more milestones last season. With 16,279 yards receiving, Fitzgerald passed Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for second (behind Jerry Rice) on the NFL career list. With 1,303 career catches, he passed Rice for most receptions for one team in his career. By playing in the season finale at Seattle, Fitzgerald tied kicker Jim Bakken for most games by a Cardinal at 234.

Pomeranz signs 1-year deal with Giants SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drew Pomeranz is eager to return to his top form from two years ago and forget an injury-shortened year in 2018. The left-hander agreed Wednesday to a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants to provide depth in their rotation, and the deal includes $3.5 million in possible roster and performance bonuses. Pomeranz is very familiar with the NL West, having pitched for Colorado and San Diego, and also knows the Bay Area. He spent the 2014-15 seasons with Oakland. “The big thing for me was opportunity,” Pomeranz said. “My big thing is getting back on track to doing what I can do and just being myself again because it’s very frustrating when you have to fight through a year where you know this isn’t me, how do I fix this, what I can I do to make this never happen again? In that regard, this just felt like a great fit for me.” Pomeranz pitched the past three years with Boston. He won a career-high 17 games for the Red Sox in 2017. But he went 2-6 with a 6.08 ERA last season and was limited to 11 starts and 26 appearances for the World Series champions because of two stints on the disabled list — first with a strained left forearm followed by biceps tendinitis in his pitching arm.

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roof should have stayed open. “I grew up in Florida and am used to it being really hot all the time. So I kind of embrace that very well,” Collins said. “Indoor tennis is a different game. Certainly had its effect.” When play resumed after a five-minute delay, it went from being completely even to tilted in Kvitova’s favor. She dominated the tiebreaker and the second set to stretch her winning streak to 11 matches. Osaka, meanwhile, extended her Slam run to 13 matches while putting a stop to Pliskova’s 10-0 start to the season. And Osaka did it by accumulating a 56-20 advantage in winners — and by hanging tough when it all could have slipped away.

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remained down. No replays were shown on the video screen that stretches from free-throw line to free-throw line. Fans began chanting his name and gave him a standing ovation as he was carted off on a stretcher. Team officials later said Oladipo was scheduled to have an MRI on Thursday.

NETS 114, MAGIC 110

She began the day having won 58 matches in a row after taking the first set, but that seemed in danger when Pliskova broke to end the second and had three break points to go up 2-0 in the third. But Osaka steeled herself there, erasing the first break chance with a huge forehand, the second with a down-the-line backhand winner. On the third, another terrific backhand forced a forehand error into the net by Pliskova, who cracked her racket against the blue court. When Pliskova netted a return of an 83 mph (133 kph) second serve to make it 1-all, Osaka tugged at the brim of her pink visor and let out a big exhale. The match would continue for another 28 minutes, but it basically was done, then and there. That stretch began a nine-point, three-game run for Osaka, and she was on her way. She would face one last break point at 4-3, but saved it with a 108 mph (174 kph) ace.

basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 36 14 .720 — Philadelphia 32 17 .653 3½ Boston 30 18 .625 5 Brooklyn 26 23 .531 9½ New York 10 36 .217 24 Southeast Division Charlotte 23 24 .489 — Miami 22 24 .478 ½ Washington 20 26 .435 2½ Orlando 20 28 .417 3½ Atlanta 15 32 .319 8 Central Division Milwaukee 34 12 .739 — Indiana 32 15 .681 2½ Detroit 21 26 .447 13½ Chicago 11 37 .229 24 Cleveland 9 40 .184 26½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 27 20 .574 San Antonio 27 22 .551 New Orleans 22 26 .458 Dallas 21 26 .447 Memphis 19 29 .396 Northwest Division 31 15 .674 Denver Oklahoma City 29 18 .617 Portland 29 20 .592 Utah 27 22 .551 Minnesota 23 24 .489 Pacific Division Golden State 33 14 .702 L.A. Clippers 26 22 .542 L.A. Lakers 25 23 .521 Sacramento 24 24 .500 Phoenix 11 38 .224

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Wednesday’s Games Indiana 110, Toronto 106 Boston 123, Cleveland 103 Brooklyn 114, Orlando 110 Houston 114, New York 110 L.A. Clippers 111, Miami 99 Atlanta 121, Chicago 101 Charlotte 118, Memphis 107 Detroit 98, New Orleans 94 Philadelphia 122, San Antonio 120 Utah 114, Denver 108 Thursday’s Games Golden State at Washington, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

College Scores EAST American U. 70, Boston U. 66 Army 76, Holy Cross 57 Bucknell 71, Loyola (Md.) 68 Colgate 57, Lafayette 47 Duquesne 77, Saint Louis 73 Hartford 74, New Hampshire 39 La Salle 73, Fordham 71 Lehigh 85, Navy 74 Mass.-Lowell 85, Binghamton 79 Rhode Island 71, VCU 65 Saint Joseph’s 74, Richmond 70 St. Bonaventure 65, UMass 51 Stony Brook 67, Albany (NY) 66, OT UMBC 74, Vermont 61

SOUTH Davidson 73, George Washington 62 FIU 78, FAU 74 LSU 92, Georgia 82 Sam Houston St. 78, Northwestern St. 64 Tennessee 88, Vanderbilt 83, OT UCF 75, Tulane 50 MIDWEST Bradley 85, Illinois St. 68 Drake 78, Evansville 66 George Mason 67, Dayton 63 Indiana St. 70, Valparaiso 53 Marquette 79, DePaul 69 Missouri St. 70, Loyola of Chicago 35 Providence 64, Xavier 62 Purdue 79, Ohio St. 67 S. Illinois 70, N. Iowa 62 South Dakota 70, North Dakota 56 Wisconsin 72, Illinois 60 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 72, Missouri 60 Cent. Arkansas 76, New Orleans 71 Houston 94, East Carolina 50 Lamar 87, Incarnate Word 81, OT Oklahoma 70, Oklahoma St. 61 SE Louisiana 70, Houston Baptist 67 Stephen F. Austin 61, Abilene Christian 60 TCU 65, Texas 61 Texas A&M-CC 75, Nicholls 73 FAR WEST CS Northridge 86, Long Beach St. 71 Nevada 100, Colorado St. 60 UC Riverside 74, Cal Poly 51 Wyoming 59, San Jose St. 46

Women’s College Scores EAST Albany (NY) 54, Stony Brook 49 American U. 64, Boston U. 51 Binghamton 70, Mass.-Lowell 50 Bucknell 75, Loyola (Md.) 57 Buffalo 91, Akron 72 Duquesne 66, La Salle 62 George Washington 57, VCU 48 Hartford 66, New Hampshire 48 Holy Cross 58, Army 39 Lafayette 55, Navy 42 Lehigh 86, Colgate 58 Miami 84, Syracuse 71 Penn 71, Temple 62 UConn 79, SMU 39 Vermont 58, UMBC 44 West Virginia 68, Texas Tech 65 SOUTH Cent. Arkansas 62, New Orleans 60 Memphis 47, South Florida 40 Nicholls 85, Texas A&M-CC 55 Richmond 46, Saint Joseph’s 45 SE Louisiana 73, Houston Baptist 65 UCF 61, East Carolina 58 W. Carolina 71, North Greenville 44 MIDWEST Ball St. 48, Kent St. 44 Cincinnati 68, Houston 57 E. Michigan 81, Bowling Green 74 Iowa 72, Rutgers 66 Kansas St. 59, Oklahoma St. 48 Ohio 69, N. Illinois 53

S. Dakota St. 86, N. Dakota St. 33 Saint Louis 68, Dayton 65 Toledo 62, Cent. Michigan 59 SOUTHWEST Baylor 84, Iowa St. 69 Lamar 77, Incarnate Word 51 Sam Houston St. 66, Northwestern St. 55 Stephen F. Austin 71, Abilene Christian 55 Texas 62, Kansas 43 FAR WEST Boise St. 79, Air Force 48 Fresno St. 87, San Diego St. 81 Nevada 62, Colorado St. 38 New Mexico 80, UNLV 77 Wyoming 70, San Jose St. 56

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 Central Division 48 31 15 2 64 167 134 52 30 18 4 64 161 135 50 26 21 3 55 142 142 49 24 21 4 52 126 128 50 22 20 8 52 169 162 49 22 22 5 49 139 149 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. Winnipeg Nashville Minnesota Dallas Colorado St. Louis Chicago

Wednesday’s Games Montreal 2, Arizona 1 Toronto 6, Washington 3 Minnesota 5, Colorado 2 Nashville 2, Vegas 1 St. Louis 5, Anaheim 1 Carolina 5, Vancouver 2 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

tennis Australian Open

Thursday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):

Women’s Singles Semifinal Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, def. Danielle Rose Collins, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-0. Men’s Doubles Semifinal Henri Kontinen, Finland and John Peers (12), Australia, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina and Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-1, 7-6 (6). Nicolas Mahut, France and Pierre-Hugues Herbert (5), France, def. Sam Querrey, United States and Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Mixed Doubles Semifinal Rajeev Ram, United States and Barbora Krejcikova (3), Czech Republic, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain and Neal Skupski, Britain, 6-0, 6-4.

transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Arnie Beyeler first base coach; Doug Brocail pitching coach; Tim Cossins major league field coordinator/catching instructor; Jose Flores third base coach; Jose Hernandez major league coach; Don Long hitting coach and John Wasdin bullpen coach. Announced Howie Clark will return assistant hitting coach. NEW YORK YANKEES — Named Patrick Osborn manager and Jason Phillips bullpen coach for Trenton (EL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed OF Ichiro Suzuki to a minor league contract. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Named Steve Merriman pitching coach for Hartford (EL); Scott Little manager for Lancaster (Cal); Randy Ingle supervisor of development and Mark Brewer pitching coach for Asheville (SAL); Fred Ocasio supervisor of development, Steve Soliz manager and Ryan Kibler pitching coach for Boise (NWL); and Blaine Beatty pitching coach for Grand Junction (Pioneer). MIAMI MARLINS — Named Juan Pierre minor league outfield coordinator, Eric Duncan minor league hitting coordinator, Gene Glynn minor league infield and baseunning coordinator, Jamie Quirk minor league catching coordinator and Dr. Derick Anderson minor league director of sports performance. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Promoted David Stearns to president/ baseball operations and general manager and Rick Schlesinger to president/business operations and signed them to contract extensions. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Designated OF Mike Gerber for assignment. Signed LHP Drew Pomeranz to a one-year contract. Named Kyle Haines director of

player development; Mark Allen pitching coordinator; Antoan Richardson coordinator of instruction; Matt Daniels coordinator of pitching analysis; and Ethan Katz assistant pitching coordinator. BASKETBALL Women’s NBA WNBA/NBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS — Approved the purchase of the New York Liberty by a group owned by Joe Tsai and his family. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Resigned WR Larry Fitzgerald to a one-year contract. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed DE Efe Obada to a oneyear contract. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed OL Cornelius Lucas to a reserve/future contract. NEW YORK JETS — Named Dowell Loggains offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled C Sam Carrick from San Diego (AHL). ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned C Laurent Dauphin to Tucson (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Filip Hronkek to Grand Rapids (AHL). EDMONTON OILERS — Fired president of hockey operations and general manager Peter Chiarelli. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned Fs Jordan Kyrou and Jordan Nolan to San Antonio (AHL). MOTORSPORTS WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL — Named Becky Mitchell group sales manager and Makinsey Carolus a corporate sales executive. SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Signed G Matt Lampson. NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M Marcus Epps. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Signed F Cade Cowell. United Soccer League SEATTLE SOUNDERS 2 — Promoted Chris Little to head coach. Major Arena Soccer League SAN DIEGO SOCKERS — Signed F Landon Donovan. COLLEGE AUBURN — Named Carnell Williams running backs coach. CHATTANOOGA — Named Jordan Tippit defensive football assistant. OHIO STATE — Named Jeff Hafley co-defensive coordinator/ secondary coach; Greg Mattison co-defensive coordinator; Matt Barnes special team’s coordinator/assistant secondary coach; and Al Washington linebackers coach. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN — Named Barry Wheeler women’s volleyball coach. SIENA — Named Greg Matthew rugby coordinator. UTEP — Named Andrea Beaty assistant volleyball coach.

Snead has no regrets on spending By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — One year ago, general manager Les Snead and the Los Angeles Rams’ front office decided they had to jump through the championship window that had suddenly, shockingly appeared before them. Now that they’ve landed on their feet in Atlanta, Snead has zero regrets about writing the checks and making the commitments necessary for his Super Bowl-bound team to make that leap. “After winning the division last year, after contending last year, we sat back and said, ‘We definitely feel like we can do this, and we could do this consistently for a little while,’” Snead said Wednesday. “I think the moves this year were (about saying), ‘Let’s improve. That wasn’t good enough.’” The Rams reached the playoffs last season for the first time in 13 years, with rookie coach Sean McVay leading a seven-win improvement for a franchise that hadn’t had a winning season since 2003. But Los Angeles promptly lost its first postseason game to the Falcons, putting a slight damper on that incredible one-season turnaround. Knowing the tenuousness of NFL success for every team except the Patriots — and realizing the impact that a Super Bowl run could have in the Rams’ new hometown — Snead decided it was already time to do everything possible to help homegrown stars Todd Gurley, Aaron Donald and Jared Goff. “That feeling after Atlanta was hollow, even

ter had actually tipped in the ball after intermission to beat the Heat. while it was still on the rim after Montrezl Harrell scored 14 of Evan Fournier had beaten Brook- his 16 points in the fourth quarter lyn’s Jarrett Allen to the hoop. for the Clippers, who outscored Miami 44-26 in the first 20 minutes of the second half. Lou WilCELTICS 123, liams added 13 points and Avery CAVALIERS 103 Bradley scored 12. BOSTON (AP) — Terry Rozier scored 22 of his 26 points in the HAWKS 121, BULLS 101 first half and the Celtics coasted CHICAGO (AP) — John Colto their fifth straight victory with a win over the struggling Cleveland lins scored a career-high 35 points, Trae Young had 12 assists and the Cavaliers. Jaylen Brown scored 23 points, Atlanta Hawks beat the Bulls. Collins was 14 for 16 from Gordon Hayward 18 and Jayson Tatum 15 for Boston, which won the field as Atlanta kicked off a its 10th straight at home. Rozier, season-high, seven-game road who added eight rebounds and six trip with its first victory against assists, started in place of the ill Chicago in two years, stopping a Kyrie Irving and shot 6 for 6 and five-game slide against the Bulls. scored 16 points in the opening Jeremy Lin, Young’s backup, had 15 points, and Dewayne Dedmon quarter. finished with 14.

D’Angelo Russell had a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds, Spencer Dinwiddie scored 29 points, and the Brooklyn Nets edged the Orlando Magic for their fifth straight victory. CLIPPERS 111, HEAT 99 Orlando had a chance to tie it at HORNETS 118, 112 with 3.1 seconds left in reguMIAMI (AP) — Tobias HarGRIZZLIES 107 lation, but Nikola Vucevic’s basket ris scored 22 of his 31 points in was waved off after replay review the first half, and the Los Angeles MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — confirmed that the Magic cen- Clippers clamped down on defense Kemba Walker had 22 points

after the sweetness of the breakthrough,” said Snead, the genial Alabama native in charge of the Rams’ front office since 2012. So the Rams made several enormous bets on themselves, and every single one of them has paid off. The Rams acquired defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, cornerbacks Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters and edge rusher Dante Fowler to bolster their defense. They gave huge contracts to Gurley and Donald — and even to receiver Brandin Cooks, who had just been acquired from New England for a first-round pick and hadn’t even suited up yet for Los Angeles. Snead’s largely homegrown roster was suddenly supplemented by elite, highpriced veteran talent, and McVay’s staff made it all work. After matching the NFL’s best regularseason record at 13-3 and then beating Dallas and New Orleans in the postseason, the Rams are beginning preparations for their trip to Atlanta to face New England in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3. Snead knows some of the Rams’ moves were greeted with raised eyebrows. Talib and Peters are well-known for their strong personalities, with Peters particularly enduring rough patches in college at Washington and again with Kansas City. Yet there hasn’t been a hint of serious conflict in the Rams’ harmonious locker room. Despite some up-and-down performances, Peters allowed the Rams to get past the loss of Trumaine Johnson, their top cover cornerback last season, while Talib is a team captain who has been the

and seven assists, Nicolas Batum scored 18 points, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Memphis Grizzlies for their fourth win in five games. Jeremy Lamb and Tony Parker had 17 points each for Charlotte. The game was the first since Grizzlies owner Robert Pera informed cornerstones Mike Conley and Marc Gasol they may be traded. The two Memphis stars did their jobs — Gasol with a triple-double on 22 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, and Conley adding 31 points — but the Grizzlies couldn’t get closer than eight points in the fourth quarter.

PISTONS 98, PELICANS 94 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 20 of his game-high 37 points in the first quarter, and Reggie Bullock grabbed a loose ball and slammed home a dunk with 14.5 seconds left to lift the Detroit Pistons over the Pelicans. Reggie Jackson added 17 points

Rams’ top cover man since returning from injury in December. Suh didn’t immediately have the dramatic effect many expected after he signed for one season at $14 million, but he was incredibly disruptive in the Rams’ two playoff games — which also happened to be the first two postseason victories of his nine-year NFL career. Snead gives much of the credit to McVay and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, but he also isn’t surprised. “We always say around here that we’re not collecting talent,” Snead said. “We’re building a team, and there’s more to team than just a skillset on the football field. I like to say, ‘You can’t bring someone in that’s going to be a toothache.’ ... And also, our culture can lead to them thriving.” The Rams’ bets on continuing excellence from Donald and Gurley paid off with outstanding seasons from both stars. Cooks also lived up to his five-year, $81 million extension from July, racking up 80 catches for a career-best 1,204 yards receiving. The Rams acquired Fowler from Jacksonville during the season, and his effectiveness has steadily increased, culminating in two strong playoff games against Dak Prescott and Drew Brees. Snead had one clever move left for the winter, signing veteran running back C.J. Anderson last month after Gurley was slowed by a knee injury. Anderson had been released by three teams in the previous eight months, but the compact back immediately delivered three consecutive 100-yard rushing games.

for the Pistons, who withstood a shot blocked by Wilson Chandler. late rally by New Orleans to stop a Corey Brewer went 1 of 2 from the two-game skid. free-throw line for a 122-120 lead with 1.1 seconds left. San Antonio’s final shot at sending the game 76ERS 122, SPURS 120 into overtime was denied when Ben PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Simmons broke up an inbound pass Embiid had 33 points and 19 re- headed for Marco Belinelli. bounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers used a pair of four-point plays in JAZZ 114, NUGGETS 108 the fourth quarter to beat the San SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Antonio Spurs. With a Sixers crowd chanting Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points “MVP!” each time Embiid touched while making a season-high six the ball, the All-Star center deliv- 3-pointers to lead the Utah Jazz ered a sensational performance. past the Denver Nuggets. Ricky Rubio added 17 points He even scored 16 straight points that kept the Sixers in the game. and six assists, Rudy Gobert had Landry Shamet ended Embiid’s 15 points and 11 rebounds, Joe personal run with a four-point play Ingles added 14 points and eight assists and Jae Crowder had 15 that pulled the Sixers within one. After the Spurs nudged ahead, points for Utah, which won for the Shamet hit a 3 to make it a three- ninth time in 11 games after hitting point game and JJ Redick gave the 19 3-pointers. Nikola Jokic scored 28 points Sixers a 121-120 lead with 1 minute left after he converted Philadelphia’s and had 21 rebounds and six assecond four-point play of the fourth. sists to lead the Nuggets, whose The Spurs blew their chances to win: two-game winning streak ended Philadelphia had a shot-clock viola- despite shooting 42 of 88 — 48 tion but DeMar DeRozan had his percent — from the field.

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Events and Exhibitions n 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. n 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. Ms. Thelwell has performed in solo recitals as well as in operas. In undergraduate school, she performed in the operas, The Masked Ball, and Sister Angelica, and in her graduate program, she performed in Julius Caesar, Gianni Schicchi and Rusalka. In 2016 she premiered the opera workshop production of Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Chamber as Lady Wang. In summer 2019, she will be an artist in the Wagner Institute in Miami’s Summer Music Festival. Peninsula audiences heard her perform in the KPO/KPS performances of “Alexander Nevsky” in 2017. Maria Allison is well known in our communities as a fine concert pianist. n Registration is open for the 4th semi-annual Alaska Food Festival & Conference, which will take place at Land’s End Resort in Homer on March 8 and 9. Session topics will cover Alaska’s vast and diverse food system: farmers market issues, food security, policy, production, harvesting, business, education, community, tradition, sovereignty, fermenting, subsistence, growing, and more! Chef demonstrations, hands-on activities, vendor booths, and a Friday night social round out the event. This event is sponsored by the Alaska Food Policy Council and the Alaska Farmers Market Association. For program and registration information, go to https://www.akfoodpolicycouncil.org/2019-conference/. n Ammo Can Coffee will host open mic nights from 7-11 p.m. on Jan. 26/7, February 1/2, 8/9, 15/16, 22/23 and March 1/2. n KDLL Public Radio will host Picklefest 2019, its annual membership meeting, from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center, with live music by Recess Duty, food and drink, an art and adventure auction and a pickle cooking competition. It’s free and open to the public. For more information, visit KDLL 91.9 FM on Facebook or call 283-8433. n True Tales, Told Live ‘siblings’ storytelling will take place at 6 p.m. Feb. 1 at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Come hear central peninsula residents tell true stories, live, with no notes, on the theme of “Sibling Rivalry: The Ties that Bind and Blindside.” Anyone interested in telling a story can message True Tales, Told Live on Facebook, or call Jenny Neyman at 907-394-6397. n Ticket sales for the 23rd Annual Hospice Wine event and Auction will begin Jan. 7. Price is $150 each for this over-21 event. Event date is Feb. 9 at the Soldotna Catholic Church. Hospice Office number is 262-0453 to purchase tickets. n The Kenai Peninsula Homeschool Activities Committee will host a Community Craft and Vendor Show on Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Soldotna Sports Center. For vendor information visit www.facebook.com/kphomeschoolactivities or call 907-513-9469. n Kenai Performers is selling chocolate Wonka bars as a promotional fundraiser. Funds raised will help pay production costs for their spring musical, “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka.” Hidden among the candy bars are five, special Golden Tickets. Finders of the tickets will win FREE admission to one of the shows. The Wonka bars are 4.5 ounces of scrumptious milk chocolate, big enough to share with the whole family, and are $5 each. Candy bars are available at Curtain Call Consignment Boutique in Kenai and at River City Books in Soldotna. Thank you, Country Foods for sponsoring our fundraiser! For more information, please call Terri at 252-6808.

By EMILIE SPRINGER For the Homer News

Using the fiber technique of needle felting, artist Hanna Young creates bold, colorful sculptures and two-dimensional landscapes. While pleasing as visual art for all to experience, Young also uses this technique as a way to inspire storytelling with her preschool students. Young’s work is on display at Grace Ridge Brewery for the rest of this month. Originally from Anchorage, Young has been living in Homer since 2011 with her husband Brandon and two young sons, Theodore and Larkin. She is the founder of Tiny Trees, the umbrella organization that includes several programs for preschoolers and young people in the community. Through a certification in early childhood education, she began exploring the art of needle felting. However, that’s not where the inspiration launched. “I learned to knit at the Waldorf elementary school in Anchorage. We made our own needles and then used the knitting process as a tool for mathematics study,” she said. “I do still knit but I find needle felting more satisfying these days.” In her artist description Young explains, “needle felting is when you take wool fibers and use a needle to shape them

into a 3D form or a flat surface. One uses a foam board under the wool fibers and a very sharp needle with barbs. The needle grabs onto the wool fibers and gets the wool to condense and stick together in a matted form. Wool has scales and when you push a barbed needle through the wool it makes the fibers stick together. You can create almost anything you want.” The January show at Grace Ridge Brewery in Homer is Young’s first personal exhibit and includes small scenes of locally inspired images such as a float plane, a boat and whale tail, an Alaska cabin on Diamond Ridge, flowering fireweed, and a marine cove in Kachemak Bay, as well as three-dimensional puppetry pieces that she uses regularly with children in her daily childcare work. Her creature creations have a general tone of gnomes, fairies, animals and magical outdoor themes. They are bright and colorful but also with simple, natural features that encourage independent creativity. This theme is similar to what Young offers overall to youth who participate in her forest school, a melody of imagination and nature. She also creates colorful, detailed play-mat landscapes that serve as “a storytelling apron” or backdrop for sharing stories or songs with her preschoolers. “Usually I pick a story to tell

The Bookwork Sez You know how they do it. It’s a snap, really. A little bit of computer imagery, film cells inserted here, a half-screen there, and you’ve got a movie that’ll scare the bejeebers out of anybody. You know how it’s done, though; it’s all special effects. Or, as in “The Ghost Photographer” by Julie Rieger,” could it be real? Growing up in Oklahoma, Julie Rieger figured she’d someday marry her childhood sweetheart, have kids, and work at some local hangout, living “a normal and peaceful life.” Instead, she came out at age twenty-three and “officially gave up on organized religion,” moved to California, married Suzanne, became a powerful Hollywood movie-maker, and life was good – until her mother died of Alzheimer’s. The loss of her mother almost destroyed Rieger’s world but there was one comforting moment: a friend who had “a gift” called Rieger as her mother lay dying, offering support in shared grief. When that friend died not long afterward, she visited Rieger in a dream and later, in a psychic reading. It opened a window to something Rieger had only

Poet’s On the Kenai By John A. Anderson Here we are at the river; the perfect place for a summer day. Here where so many memories come to mind. The seasons that slipped away from us nearly unnoticed. After graduation when we outran the rain. The moonlight that guided us the night we swam Moose River. And you told me you were not afraid because I was beside you. How beautiful you were with the stain of summer rich upon you. I suppose summer is our season yours and mine. Being here with you brings a calm over me. What is it about the Kenai at sunset that brings a glow to your face? I wonder about that as our day fades slowly away …..

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the children that will relate to something they’ll experience during the day,” Young said. Both the landscape of the story and the characters presented are a personal creation of Young, but with a design inspired specifically in Waldorf style to allow each child’s own sense of discovery and interpretation for what the events of the day may hold.

As Young wrote in her artist statement, “all of the pictures and puppets are from adventures I have had around the state.” In the display at Grace Ridge, she showed one particular, placemat size “landscape” incorporating the scene of a bright blue river flowing through the center and various woodland features along the banks, such as rocks, See FELT, page A7

‘The Ghost Photographer’ — Creepy, yet believable tales of Hollywood

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Hanna Young at the opening of her show on Jan. 4, 2019, at Grace Ridge Brewery in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

scoffed at before. “That first reading,” says Rieger, “… changed my life forever.” She began “not only paying attention” but was “on a mission to learn everything I possibly could,” becoming an acolyte of the psychic-turned-mentor, and immersing herself into a community that further supported her foray into what was on “the Other Side.” She started collecting crystals and stones meant to protect, energize, and promote healing. She learned about the “clairs” and how dangerous it is to open a portal to the other side without remembering to close it, too. She had a terrifying altercation with a “deep dark Debbie Downer.” In short, she became “an evangelical spirit junkie.” “Spirits are all over the place,” she says adamantly. “Our guides are by our side, ready to give us information if we only pay attention.” “The Ghost Photographer” is a very interesting book, but only partially for what it says. What it doesn’t say is interesting in its omission. Author Julie Rieger is an award-winning head of media at 20th Century Fox, but readers won’t find much about HollySee BOOK, page A7

Glass — The sequel we didn’t ask for R eeling It In C hris J enness

M. Night Shyamalan is determined to keep his name in the list of relevant filmmakers, despite the fact that he was outed as a fraud years ago. OK — that’s harsh. He’s not a fraud in the sense that he stole anything or lied — maybe fluke is more correct. As a purely technical filmmaker, Shyamalan is solid, but that’s not what he wants to be. He wants to be Spielberg, Scorsese, or even Tarantino. And after his break-out film, “The Sixth Sense,” that’s just what everyone was saying about him. He followed that up with “Unbreakable,” a critical hit, but not a commercial one, and then blew the doors off with his huge hit, “Signs.” The guy was set, and despite the fact that almost every movie he made from that moment after was a bomb, no one could convince him otherwise. And

the worst part is, “Signs” is not a particularly good movie. It’s an interesting premise with some interesting performances, but the movie itself is lifeless with a ridiculous “twist” ending. “Unbreakable” is pretty good — slow and certainly not a crowd-pleaser, but again — interesting premise about the emotional nature of superbeings that Shyamalan almost ruins with a preposterous freeze-frame final scene that feels more reminiscent of a 70s police procedural than anything else. It’s too bad, because I want to like him as a filmmaker. I feel like he has big ideas, and there aren’t enough movies like that out there. He’d almost brought it back on course with 2016’s “Split,” but yet again undermined his own good idea with a preposterous and completely unnecessary coda that revealed the movie to be a secret sequel to “Unbreakable” from more than 15 years previous. This is something no one asked for, but the fanboys went nuts and Shyamalan was back on top again. The problem is,

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“Split” and “Unbreakable” were nicely self-contained and both movies are cheapened by this trip back to the well. That said, I was interested to see where Shyamalan would go with this. Like I said, the best thing about the guy is his ideas. The film opens on James McAvoy’s schizophrenic Kevin Wendell Crumb who, in addition to 23 other distinct personalities, also contains the superhuman killer known as The Beast. Crumb has kidnapped a quartet of cheerleaders that he plans to feed to the Beast, and he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for that meddling Overseer — Bruce

Willis’ David Dunn, who is actually a real-life comic book hero protecting the weak, and who’s been in the trail of “The Horde” for weeks. Unfortunately for them both, the police have been on the trail too and suddenly have the chance to take down both the killer and the vigilante all in one fell swoop. However, it’s not jail that awaits our “heroes,” but rather a swanky sanitarium where an exceedingly calm and capable doctor played be Sarah Paulson proceeds to reveal that they are merely suffering from rare mental disorder — one shared by a third member of the party, Samuel Jackson’s nefarious Mr. Glass.

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. . . Events

n Forty years after hip-hop culture was born in the multiethnic South Bronx Continued from page A6 neighborhood of New York City, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being reinterpreted in fascinating ways by indigenous artists throughout Alaska, as well as Greenland, Canada, Norway, and Finland. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Up is a documentary film tracing the cultural, creative, and spiritual connections between indigenous hip-hop artists of Alaska and their peers across the circumpolar north. After the screening of the film Executive Producer Aaron Leggett, curator of Alaska History and Culture at the Anchorage Museum, will be on hand to discuss the film and gather feedback. At Kenai Peninsula College, McLane Commons, on Thursday Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. n Kenai Fine Art Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January exhibit will be Panta Rhei: Everything Flows, a dual artist show by Elizabeth Earl and Ben Boettger featuring Southcentral glaciers and their relationship to the Alaskan landscape and people. The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oilerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic Cabins. For more information contact 283-7040 or go to www.kenaifineart.com.

Entertainment n The Flats Bistro presents live dinner music every Thursday through Saturday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., featuring Garrett Mayer on Thursdays, Mike Morgan & Matt Boyle on Fridays, and Derek Poppin on Saturdays. Starting Feb. 1, The Flats Bistro will present after-dinner music on alternate Fridays and Saturdays from 9-11 p.m. On Friday, Feb. 1 and 15, Matt Boyle and Mike Morgan host Open Mic Friday from 9-11 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 9, Derek Poppin and Garrett Mayer host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Later on Saturday,â&#x20AC;? featuring special guest Kelsey Shields, 9-11 p.m. Watch this space for more music at The Flats. For reservations call The Flats Bistro at 907.335.1010. n Veronicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 283-2725. n The Flats Bistro presents Mike Morgan on Fridays starting at 6:30 p.m. n The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. n Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays starting at 5 p.m. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Running with Scissors,â&#x20AC;? and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. n Odieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays.

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mushrooms and grassy grazing ground for a moose puppet. Continued from page A6 One particularly interesting feature of this play-mat is the way she has designed them with snaps on the corners to create a boundary for the puppets to stay more contained when a child plays with the mat when mobile, such as on an airplane or boat ride. This is the first show of her artwork in Homer and what is displayed can be purchased there. She does not currently sell it at any local outlet, but has been in touch with retailers; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of having enough pieces available to set up a display. In addition to this show, she has taught one gnome felting class through the Homer Folk School (she says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d consider doing it again) and offers potential buyers an opportunity to make special orders of felt creatures based on photos of their own special pets and animals through a Facebook link, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wooly Shop.â&#x20AC;? Emilie Springer is a freelance writer, a lifelong Alaskan and a descendant of the original Ninilchik settlers.

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What follows is a mind game with four participants â&#x20AC;&#x201D; leading to a goofy and unContinued from page A6 satisfying ending. The problem is that one of the things Shyamalan has always done well is follow the â&#x20AC;&#x153;the less you see the scarier it isâ&#x20AC;? principle of filmmaking. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Splitâ&#x20AC;? we only see McAvoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frightening transformation into â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Beastâ&#x20AC;? once or twice, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scary. Here we must see it 15 times, each turn enhancing McAvoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;roid-rage face and beast howl even more. What was once chilling quickly becomes goofy. But this director is too in love with his own creations. On top of the Beast, we get endless discussions on the intricacies of comics and their standard plot devices. What I, as an audience member couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figure out, was whether Shyamalan was trying to suggest that these were some kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;real-worldâ&#x20AC;? version of superheroes, or if comic books were some kind of ancient mystic text that you could follow to the letter. He seems to want to have it both ways, but neither concept is thought out particularly well. McAvoy, Beast aside, is the bright spot in this film. His multiple portrayals are both heartbreaking and chilling, much as they were in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Split.â&#x20AC;? Bruce Willis mostly mopes through the movie, and Jackson actually has less to do than youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think. He sure likes the name heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been given, though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First name Mister. Last name Glasssssss.â&#x20AC;? We get it. How many times are they going to re-explain to us that his bones break easily? Do we really need another flashback of him as a kid cracking and screaming? Yes. Glass. But it all goes with the portentous mythology Shyamalan has created. Whenever there is one (Glass) there is an opposite (Dunn). I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where that puts the Beast, but like I said, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all that well thought out. If you saw â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unbreakable,â&#x20AC;? you should be prepared for this film to be long, talky, and without much action. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing, too, because one thing this director cannot do is film fight scenes. The early altercation between the Beast and the Overseer is terrible. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got videos of my kids wrestling that are more believable. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much better as it goes on. This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst movie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Happeningâ&#x20AC;? takes that cake, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not good, either. That it taints two of his better films is a shame, but luckily, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Netflix is for. Grade: Câ&#x20AC;&#x153;Glassâ&#x20AC;? is rated PG-13 for language, violence, and frightening scenes.

wood in this book. Refreshingly, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no gossip and very little name-dropping. Instead, Continued from page A6 what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find is the story of a journey from soft skeptic to firm believer, told in tales that are sometimes super-creepy and will sometimes make you roll your eyes. Rieger joshingly recalls such disbelief in herself. For that reason, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to ignore or dismiss as coincidence the stories she tells in this memoir. Rieger shares those tales with humor reminiscent of a high-school Class Clown, which tones them down some but the sentiment remains: the spirit world is interesting, complicated, and real but if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inexperienced, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mess with it. This book is an entertaining read in itself, and informative if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just dipping your toe into the paranormal. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also possible that â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ghost Photographerâ&#x20AC;? could make a scoffer into a believer. Yeah, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a book to snap up.

Alec Baldwin taking anger class in parking dispute plea deal NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Days after appearing as President Donald Trump in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deal or No Dealâ&#x20AC;? parody on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Night Live,â&#x20AC;? Alec Baldwin took a deal of his own Wednesday, agreeing to attend an anger management class to resolve a criminal case stemming from a skirmish over a parking spot. Baldwin, who was accused of striking another driver in the face during the dispute last fall outside his New York City home, pleaded guilty to harassment and will have his case record sealed once he completes the one-day class. The charge is a violation, the lowest level of offense. A misdemeanor attempted assault charge was dropped. Prosecutors offered the compromise after reviewing video of the incident, looking at medical records and talking with the victim and witnesses, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Lipes said. The 60-year-old Baldwin, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had various scrapes with the law over the years, has a clean criminal record, Lipes said. Baldwin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a sport coat, black top and black framed glasses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only spoke a few words during the brief court hearing, mostly answering short questions from the judge. The Manhattan prosecutorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office declined comment. Baldwin and his lawyer didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment outside court, but the actor wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shy on Twitter, where he criticized the media for staking out his courtroom

when there were more serious cases elsewhere in the building and for misreporting the allegations against him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The press reported that I punched someone. That is untrue, and that is a serious charge. A man was punched in NY recently and died,â&#x20AC;? Baldwin tweeted, along with a link to a news article about a fatal bar fight in Queens last November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing that resembles justice ever enters or leaves any courtroom in this country,â&#x20AC;? he added. Baldwin was accused of trying to punch another driver during a Nov. 2 argument over a parking spot in front of his Manhattan apartment building. Police said Baldwin claimed he had a family member holding the spot for him as he attempted to park his black Cadillac Escalade when a man driving a black Saab station wagon pulled up and took it. Police said the men were arguing and pushed each other before Baldwin, got more aggressive. The driver of the station wagon told police that Baldwin hit him with his hand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if it was a punch or a slap. Baldwin told a police officer that the other driver â&#x20AC;&#x153;stole my spot,â&#x20AC;? used a vulgarity to describe him, and acknowledged pushing him, prosecutors said in court papers. Baldwinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer, Alan Abramson, maintained that the former â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Rockâ&#x20AC;? actor would be vindicated by â&#x20AC;&#x153;incontrovertible video evidence.â&#x20AC;?

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Chicago P.D. “Home” A meth How I Met lab bust uncovers a scam. ‘14’ Your Mother ‘14’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show KTVA 5 p.m. (N) ‘G’ First Take Two and a Entertainment Funny You Should Ask 4 Half Men ‘14’ Tonight ‘PG’ Judge Judy Judge Judy Channel 2 ‘PG’ News 5:00 2 ‘PG’ Report (N) NOVA “Kïlauea: Hawai’i on BBC World 7 Fire” The Kilauea volcano in News ‘G’ Hawaii. ‘PG’

CABLE STATIONS

5:30

(30) TBS

139 247

(31) TNT

138 245

(34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC 131 254 (46) TOON 176 296 (47) ANPL 184 282 (49) DISN 173 291 (50) NICK 171 300 (51) FREE 180 311 183 280

(56) DISC 182 278

How I Met Your Mother ‘14’ CBS Evening News Funny You Should Ask ‘PG’ NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt Nightly Business Report ‘G’

(61) FOOD 110 231 (65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC

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Jeopardy! (N) ‘G’

Wheel of For- Grey’s Anatomy “Help, I’m (:01) A Million Little Things How to Get Away With Murtune (N) ‘G’ Alive” Meredith questions The day before Jon’s death. der Bonnie and Nate formuLink’s manner. ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ late their alibis. ‘14’ Last Man Last Man The Good Wife “Silly Season” The Good Wife “Real Deal” Dateline ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ Alicia’s client confesses to The firm discovers it has a murder. ‘14’ mole. ‘14’ KTVA 6 p.m. Evening News Big Bang (:31) Young Big Bang Fam (N) ‘PG’ S.W.A.T. “Fire and Smoke” Theory Sheldon Theory ‘14’ The Big Bang The Big Bang Gotham “Ruin” Gordon and The Orville The Orville makes Fox 4 News at 9 (N) Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Penguin must work together. first contact. (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ Channel 2 Newshour (N) The Titan Games (N) ‘PG’ Brooklyn The Good Law & Order: Special VicNine-Nine Place (N) ‘PG’ tims Unit ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ PBS NewsHour (N) Father Brown An heiress is Death in Paradise “Posing in Doc Martin “Farewell My arrested for murder. ‘PG’ Murder” The world of model- Lovely” Martin is left to look ing. ‘PG’ after James. ‘PG’

Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Standing Standing Standing ‘G’ Standing California Gold Rush (N) (Live) ‘G’

ABC News at (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live ‘14’ (:37) Nightline (N) ‘G’ 10 (N) DailyMailTV DailyMailTV Impractical (N) (N) Jokers ‘14’

Pawn Stars “One Way Ticket” ‘PG’ KTVA Night- (:35) The Late Show With James Corcast Stephen Colbert ‘PG’ den TMZ (N) ‘PG’ TMZ (N) ‘PG’ Entertainment Two and a Tonight Half Men ‘14’ Channel 2 (:34) The Tonight Show Star- (:37) Late News: Late ring Jimmy Fallon (N) ‘14’ Night With Edition (N) Seth Meyers Midsomer Murders Money Amanpour and Company (N) and status divide two villages. ‘PG’

Married ... Married ... Married ... Married ... How I Met How I Met Cops ‘PG’ Cops ‘PG’ With With With With Your Mother Your Mother Mally: Color Cosmetics (N) House to Home by Valerie Joan Rivers Classics Collec- Beauty We Love (N) (Live) (Live) ‘G’ (N) (Live) ‘G’ tion (N) (Live) ‘G’ ‘G’ Bring It! The final potential Bring It! “Clash of the Titans” Bring It! “No Boys Allowed?” Bring It! “A Dollhouse Aban- (:03) The Rap Game A (:18) The Rap Bring It! (N) (:01) Bring It! “No Boys Alcaptains face off. ‘PG’ The Dancing Dolls in Battle Camryn steps down as cap- doned” A betrayal rattles the promposal for high school Game (N) ‘PG’ lowed?” Camryn steps down Royale. ‘PG’ tain. ‘PG’ Dollhouse. ‘PG’ students. (N) ‘PG’ ‘PG’ as captain. ‘PG’ NCIS McGee takes things into NCIS Busting an illegal truck- NCIS Gibbs’ former mother- NCIS Investigation into a Ma- NCIS A Navy diver is murNCIS Officer’s death links to a Temptation Island First dates with the singles. ‘14’ his own hands. ‘14’ ing operation. ‘PG’ in-law. ‘14’ rine’s shooting. ‘PG’ dered. ‘PG’ prostitute. ‘14’ American American Family Guy Family Guy Seinfeld ‘PG’ Seinfeld “The Seinfeld “The Seinfeld “The The Big Bang The Big Bang Drop the Mic Snoop Dogg: Conan (N) ‘14’ Brooklyn Brooklyn Conan ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ “Road to Ru- ‘14’ Nap” ‘PG’ Yada Yada” Millennium” Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘14’ ‘14’ Joker’s Wild Nine-Nine ‘14’ Nine-Nine ‘14’ pert” ‘14’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Washington Wizards. From Capital NBA Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers. From Inside the NBA (N) (Live) NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Washington WizOne Arena in Washington, D.C. (N Subject to Blackout) Staples Center in Los Angeles. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) ards. From Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Women’s College Basketball Pro Bowl Skills Showdown Winter X Games Aspen. From Aspen, Colo. (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter Tennis (Taped) Pelt (N) (Live) (3:00) College Basketball College Basketball Washington at Oregon. From Matthew College Basketball Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at BYU. From Mar- Winter X Games Aspen. From Aspen, Colo. (N Same-day Pardon the SportsCenter Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. (N) (Live) riott Center in Provo, Utah. (N) (Live) Tape) Interruption Women’s College Basketball Tennis Invesco Series: True Champions Classic. From St. College Basketball Gonzaga at Santa Clara. From Leavey Heartland Poker Tour College Basketball Gonzaga at Santa Clara. From Leavey Louis. Center in Santa Clara, Calif. (N) (Live) Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ “Pretty Woman” (1990, Romance-Comedy) Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy. A Lip Sync (:32) “Legally Blonde” (2001, Comedy) Reese Witherspoon, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (2008) Jason corporate raider hires a hooker to act as a business escort. Battle ‘PG’ Luke Wilson, Selma Blair. Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis. (2:20) “Super 8” (2011) Kyle (4:55) “I Am Legend” (2007) Will Smith, Alice Braga. Blood- “Deep Impact” (1998, Drama) Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood. A “Gravity” (2013) Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. Two as- “Inside Man” Chandler. thirsty plague victims surround a lone survivor. large comet is on a collision course with Earth. tronauts become stranded in deep space. (2006) Samurai Jack American American Bob’s Burg- Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Robot Chick- Aqua Teen Mr. Pickles American Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Robot Chick‘14’ Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ers ‘14’ ers ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ en ‘14’ Hunger ‘MA’ Dad ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ en ‘14’ Pit Bulls and Parolees “A The Zoo Two tiger cubs are The Zoo “Moving Day” ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ The Secret Life of the Zoo The Secret Life of the Zoo The Zoo Tigers introduced as The Secret Life of the Zoo Long Time Coming” ‘PG’ moved. ‘PG’ “Baby Elephant” potential mates. ‘PG’ Raven’s Raven’s Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Coop & Cami Raven’s Raven’s Bunk’d ‘G’ Bizaardvark Bunk’d ‘Y7’ Bunk’d ‘Y7’ Raven’s Raven’s Stuck in the Stuck in the Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ Middle ‘G’ The Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud Henry Dan- Henry Dan- SpongeBob SpongeBob “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” (2004, Children’s) Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ ger ‘G’ ger ‘G’ Voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke. The Middle “Finding Nemo” (2003) Voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres. AniSiren Ryn attempts to adapt (:01) “Brave” (2012, Children’s) Voices of Kelly Macdonald, The 700 Club “Step Up 3” (2010, Drama) ‘PG’ mated. A clown fish searches for his missing son. to life on land. ‘14’ Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson. Rick Malambri. Say Yes to the Dress ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress ‘PG’ Family by the Ton ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper “The Last Dr. Pimple Popper (N) ‘14’ My 600-Lb. Life “Supersized: Justin’s Story” (N) ‘PG’ Dr. Pimple Popper “The Last Unicorn” ‘14’ Unicorn” ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid ‘14’

The Dead Files “Forever The Dead Files Activity in (57) TRAV 196 277 Scarred: Chicago” ‘PG’ East Flat Rock, N.C. ‘PG’ American Pickers Frank American Pickers “On the (58) HIST 120 269 makes a side deal. ‘PG’ Road Again” ‘PG’ The First 48 Man gunned The First 48 A missing per (59) A&E 118 265 down inside an apartment. ‘14’ sons case takes a turn. ‘14’ (60) HGTV 112 229

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Last Man Last Man (8) WGN-A 239 307 Standing Standing Once in a Lifetime Jewelry (20) QVC 137 317 “Gold” (N) (Live) ‘G’ Grey’s Anatomy “Losing (23) LIFE 108 252 My Religion” New heart for Denny. ‘14’ NCIS “Once a Hero” ‘PG’ (28) USA 105 242

(55) TLC

5 PM

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

(3) ABC-13 13 (6) MNT-5

4 PM

A = DISH

Last Man Standing

Kindred Spirits “No Salvation” (N) ‘PG’ American Pickers “Hyder’s American Pickers “Texas American Pickers “Hungry (:03) American Pickers Civil Hideaway” ‘PG’ Treasures” ‘PG’ Hungry Pickers” ‘PG’ War revolvers. ‘PG’ The First 48 Detectives inves- The First 48 “A Bad Run-In; The First 48 Presents: Ho- (:01) 60 Days In Lamb is tigate a double murder. ‘14’ Inferno” An elderly man is micide Squad Atlanta “The forced to make a tough deciburned alive. ‘14’ Jealous Kind” ‘14’ sion. (N) ‘14’ Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop House Hunt- Hunters Int’l ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ Nashville ‘G’ Nashville ‘G’ ers (N) ‘G’ Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Chopped Classic American Chopped Garlic ice cream in Chopped “Deadly Catch” ‘G’ Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ comfort foods. ‘G’ the entree basket. ‘G’ Flay (N) ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Shark Tank Enclosed tabletop Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank A modern-day food screen. ‘PG’ slip business. ‘PG’ Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) The Ingraham Angle (N) Fox News at Night With Tucker Carlson Tonight Hannity Shannon Bream (N) Parks and Parks and (:15) The Office “Business (5:50) The Of- (:25) The Of- The Office The Office The Office The Office Broad City The Other Recreation Recreation Trip” ‘PG’ fice ‘PG’ fice ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ (N) ‘14’ Two (N) ‘14’ (3:02) “Ghost Rider” (2007, Action) Nicolas “Limitless” (2011, Suspense) Bradley Cooper, Robert De “Ant-Man” (2015, Action) Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. AntCage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley. Niro. A writer takes a mind-enhancing drug. Man uses his shrinking skills to battle Yellowjacket.

PREMIUM STATIONS

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New mom opts for day care instead of grandma’s care to be around his cousins on a daily basis because these are his formative years, and you don’t want him to think their behavior is normal. Your thinking is correct, so hold your ground and don’t let her talk you out of it. DEAR ABBY: A friend of mine, “Gladys,” was looking for a home for an Abigail Van Buren old dog. “Breezy” was 12, and his owner had died. Gladys was fostering Breezy until a new home could be found. I told her I’d take him if she couldn’t find another good home. She ended up finding one. Breezy was living with his new owners for about a month when they called to tell Gladys the dog “wasn’t feeling well.” When she went to check on it, she decided the placement wasn’t working out and asked if I would take him. I agreed and told her I would give him a good home. A couple days later, Gladys called saying the previous owners had taken Breezy to a veterinar-

ian and expected her to pay the vet bill because she had taken the dog back. Now she’s expecting ME to reimburse her for the $319 vet bill because I have him! I don’t think I should be responsible for the bill but offered to pay half. Gladys doesn’t agree, and it has turned into a huge fight between friends. Am I responsible for that bill? Please help. -- DOG LOVER DEAR DOG LOVER: No, you are not responsible. You did your friend a favor by agreeing to take the dog off her hands. The folks who adopted Breezy should be paying the vet bill because they are the ones who incurred it. Further, it was very generous of you to offer to pay half so your “friend” wouldn’t be stuck paying the whole thing. You adopted an old dog. It’s likely that there will be more veterinary expenses in the future. I hope you have pet insurance because you may need it. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019: This year you open up to a new concept that could affect different areas of your life. Others witness you becoming softer and more caring. If single, you could be far more in demand than in the past. If attached, you and your sweetie make an adjustment to a change. Though the process might not be easy, the end results are worth it. LIBRA plays a significant role in your life this year. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 20-April 19) HHHH Your work ethic becomes a topic of conversation when you least expect it. You have a need to be thorough and complete. Open up a discussion with co-workers or a friend about a long-term emotional goal. You might not like all the feedback, but people are coming from a caring place. Tonight: With friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Let your mind wander when presented with issues or problems. Your ingenuity emerges with unusual and sometimes funny solutions. You cannot underestimate the power of your libidinal energies. Others want you to take the lead in a key project. Follow your heart. Tonight: Being noticed wherever you are. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Getting away from tension at home continues to be a major priority, like it or not. You might be tired and wondering why you are facing such emotional hurdles in your personal life. Perhaps downgrading the idea of responsibilities and difficulties to passages might help you regain some of your resilience. To-

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night: Go with the flow. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You seem to come up with the right question and conversation for the moment. Be careful about contradicting someone who says everything is perfect in his or her life. Your job is not to bust others’ chops but to help them become more secure so they can be reality-based. Tonight: Spicing up the night. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Defer to a partner or close friend who seems to have the energy to meet up and deal with a certain situation in your life. You could be overwhelmed by caring and feeling nurtured because of the other party’s willingness to pitch in and be more open. Tonight: Let the good feelings unfurl. Say “thank you” as only you can. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your efficiency comes through one more time. You could wonder about the best way to handle a problem. Trust that you will find it and resolve the issue. You will celebrate this event and perhaps go overboard. Listen to what is shared with you. Tonight: Stop and buy a token of affection for a loved one. It can be a card. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Midday you pick up and are full of energy and prepared to do your very best in dealing with a special friend who could be touchy or difficult. This behavior comes with this person’s bohemian ways. You need to accept both sides of his or her personality. Tonight: Adjust your plans if need be. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You will accomplish much more in the morning. Use it to the max. The good news is that you will

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find agreement in a project you are working on. Do not push to get your way. It will happen. Use the late afternoon for a private or personal matter. Tonight: Play it low-key. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You could be a passing problem to a boss, older friend or loved one. You seem directed and sure of yourself. Plan on meeting up with some special people in your community or your circle of friends in the p.m. You will love the reception you get. Tonight: Where the action is. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Prepare to act. You have been hemming and hawing, and hesitating. This could indicate that you need more time to come to a conclusion. Your feelings might be a lot closer to the surface than you realize. Express your thoughts. Tonight: Splurge a little. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might be overly dissecting a financial matter or a dealing with an important partner. The situation could be changing right in front of your very eyes. Get feedback. Talk to the other people involved, and be willing to update your opinions. Tonight: Try a new adventure or type of happening. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your sensitivity to the moment makes a big difference to other parties. Be aware where they are coming from. You might see a personal matter a lot differently as a result. Open up to new ideas. Try them out. Tonight: Grab a favorite person and go out. BORN TODAY Singer/songwriter Neil Diamond (1941), actor/comedian John Belushi (1949), actor Ernest Borgnine (1917)

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DEAR ABBY: I gave birth a month ago to a wonderful baby boy. My husband and I originally planned to put him in day care when I go back to work. I carefully researched and eventually found one I was comfortable with. When my mom found out, she said she had assumed she would be watching him, so I eventually told her she could. My parents watch my sister’s young children seven days a week. The children are very ill-behaved due to an absent, immature mother and absent father. I do not want my son subjected to their tantrums and violent behavior, nor do I want him to think that their behavior is acceptable. I love my mom very much, and I feel she deserves time away from children, but more than that, I don’t want my baby in that environment. How do I kindly tell her that I’ve changed my mind? I’m afraid it will hurt her feelings. -- AT A LOSS FOR WORDS DEAR AT A LOSS: Your mother has been watching those children seven days a week for how long? If she hasn’t been able to get them to behave, you are right in thinking things would not be any different with your child. Tell your mother -- firmly -- that you do not want your son

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