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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 49, Issue 84

In the news Highway officials seek $1.5 million for repair of overpass ANCHORAGE — State highway officials are seeking $1.5 million dollars for repair of a busy Anchorage overpass.

Anchorage television station KTUU reports the final cost for repair of the Seward Highway overpass at Tudor Road could be higher or lower.

A dump truck with a raised bed hit the overpass Jan. 3, damaging a girder.

Alaska Department of Transportation spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy says crews from Sandstrom and Sons have worked on repairs since the crash.

The damage and repairs continue to cause lane closures on the main northsouth thoroughfare on Anchorage’s east side.

The truck was driven by a private operator. McCarthy says she is working to confirm which company was involved in the crash before releasing that information.

McCarthy says the state will make a claim against the owner’s insurance.

Anchorage’s inspection backlog numbers 1,200 properties ANCHORAGE — Officials say about 1,200 properties in the Anchorage area are waiting for damage inspections more than a month after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook southcentral Alaska.

The Anchorage Daily News reports the deadline to apply for a state individual assistance grant is Jan. 29, but city officials say a building inspection is not a prerequisite to apply for state or federal disaster aid.

Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, says people should not wait to start an application for aid even if officials haven’t determined the extent of damage.

Grants could provide up to $17,450 to cover damage that affects a person’s ability to live in the home.

The city building department says working through the inspection backlog could take several months.

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Nikiski incorporation efforts continue King

By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

The Local Boundary Commission recently drafted their annual report to the first session of the 31st Alaska State Legislature.

Included in the report is the current status of the petition to incorporate Nikiski into its own municipality. According to the report, the Local Boundary Commission is awaiting a final amended petition to be submitted for consideration.

The incorporation effort is led by the Citizens for Nikiski Incorporation, which submitted the original petition in December 2016.

The petition was accepted for filing by the Local Boundary Commission, and over the course of 2017 was subject

The sign welcoming residents to Nikiski along the Sterling Highway as seen on Monday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

to a public comment period, staff. Taking into account the informational sessions and a public comments and an analpreliminary report by LBC ysis of regulatory standards,

the preliminary report recommended denying the Nikiski incorporation petition.

The report stated the potential city “seeks more than it intends to offer” in the way of government services.

The proposed boundaries — which included the communities of Tyonek and Beluga as well as a portion of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve — would have made the city of Nikiski approximately 5,480 square miles. The proposed city limits are based on the current service boundaries for the Nikiski Fire Service, the North Peninsula Recreation Area and Nikiski Senior Service.

The Citizens for Nikiski Incorporation argued that the preliminary report was handled improperly and with See NIKISKI, page A2

Micciche files bill on ‘Schneider Loopholes’

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Monday, Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) filed SB 12 in an effort to eliminate “Schneider Loopholes” in state criminal code, a press release said.

The early bill-filing came a week before the first session of the Legislature, which begins on Jan. 15.

Micciche’s “Schneider Loopholes” refer to the 2018 case of Justin Schneider, an Anchorage man who served no prison time after strangling a woman unconscious and then masturbating on her.

“Last year, Alaskans were horrified to learn that a guilty violent sexual perpetrator, Justin Schneider, walked without adequate conse-

Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, prepares to open a floor session of the Alaska Senate on April 27, 2018. (Daniel McDonald/ Alaska Senate Majority)

quences,” Micciche said in der was charged with one the press release. count of felony kidnapping In September, Schnei- and three counts of assault,

as well as one misdemeanor count of harassment. The case ended with a deal, where Schneider pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree felony assault. Judge Michael Corey sentenced him to two years in prison, with one year suspended, but Schneider was given credit for a year under house arrest. Schneider won’t spend any time in prison.

In his press release, Micciche said the case exposed serious, long-standing shortcomings on how Alaska deals with cases of sexual assault.

“Serious crimes were ignored and an inappropriate plea deal allowed the perpetrator to serve a portion of the sentence of the single conviction at home with his family,” Micciche said in the press re-

See BILL, page A3

fisheries in Northern Cook Inlet closed

By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion

The Northern Cook Inlet, including the Susitna and Little Susitna River, is closed to commercial and sport king salmon fishing in 2019.

According to an emergency order from Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Northern Cook Inlet will be closed to king salmon commercial and sport fisheries, and subsistence fisheries will be restricted.

King salmon sport fisheries will be closed throughout the Susitna River, Yentna River and Little Susitna River drainages throughout the 2019 season.

Commercial fishing will be closed in the Northern District of Upper Cook Inlet through June 24 to allow king salmon passage.

Fish and Game is not closing subsistence fishing entirely.

The department said they recognize the need to share the burden of conservation, but also understand the importance of subsistence fishing. So, subsistence king salmon fisheries in Tyonek and Upper Yentna subdistricts will be restricted to two days per week instead of the usual three.

“The department must make these closures and restrictions because of a recent pattern of extremely poor returns for king salmon stocks in the NCI area,” said ADF&G Acting Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang in a release from Fish and Game.

See CLOSED, page A3

Alaska suicide rate jumps 13 percent during 2012-17 period ANCHORAGE (AP) — A new state study shows the suicide rate in Alaska has jumped in recent years.

There was a 13 percent increase in suicides between 2012 and 2017 compared to

a similar period from 2007 to 2011, Alaska Public Media reported.

Suicide was the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 64, according to the analysis by

state health officials.

The rates were highest in northern and southwestern communities. The largest increase, however, was along the state’s Railbelt.

Also seeing a significant

increase was the area covering Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The region had a 61 percent hike in suicides, compared to the earlier period.

Deborah Hull-Jilly, a state

epidemiologist who worked on the report, is also starting a yearlong project with other researchers to determine why suicides have increased after several years of declines.

See JUMP, page A3

Bonuses of nearly $300,000 paid Soldotna Creek Park ice path ready for skaters to pipeline corporation head

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — The president of the state-sanctioned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. received performance bonuses totaling nearly $300,000 for work the past two years, the corporation confirmed Monday.

Tim Fitzpatrick, a corporation spokesman, said the board conducted performance reviews for president Keith Meyer and a three-member executive committee decided on the amounts. He said the money was awarded in late December.

Fitzpatrick noted Meyer is eligible for performance bo-

nuses of up to $200,000 annually under his contract. Meyer has a $550,000 base annual salary. His three-year contract began in June 2016.

The total broke down to a performance bonus of about $139,000 for Meyer’s first year and about $157,000 for his See PAID, page A3

Moose wanders into Anchorage hospital ANCHORAGE — A moose wandered into a hospital building in Alaska’s largest city Monday — and Stephanie Hupton was ready to capture the visit with her phone camera.

Hupton works in billing at a physical therapy office inside a building attached to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. When a patient mentioned security staffers were monitoring a moose that got inside her building, she dashed out and started re-

cording.

“Didn’t think we’d have a pet moose,” she said.

The footage shows the moose browsing around some greenery near an entrance before it stands gazing at the camera’s direction. Hupton said she never felt threatened by the mellow creature in her closest ever encounter with one of the massive animals.

The moose briefly lingered before sauntering out through the motion-activated door and meandering around

the parking lot, Hupton said.

It was an experience she never expected when she moved to Anchorage three years ago from Carroll, Iowa.

In her home state, Hupton had seen her share of deer and cows, but nothing as exotic as a moose.

“It’s definitely different than small-town Iowa,” she said.

Hospital spokeswoman Kjerstin Lastufka said the moose got inside the

See MOOSE, page A3

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna’s Parks and Recreation Department has been working for days to make an ice skating path at Soldotna Creek Park. Parks and Recreation Director Andrew Carmichael said it’s now ready

for use.

Carmichael said the path is ready to see skates, but that the path is not as smooth as it could be.

“It’s actually too cold to resurface with the Zamboni,” Carmichael said. “When it gets below zero, the ice gets See SKATE, page A2

Troopers search for vehicle involved in hit-and-run

By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

Law enforcement is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run vehicle collision on Friday afternoon.

Alaska State Troopers responded to the collision at Milepost 15 next to the Immanuel Baptist Church on Kalifornsky Beach Road. The vehicle that fled the scene has not been iden-

tified. The other party was able to drive the vehicle from the scene after speaking with authorities.

The vehicle was described as either a white late-1980s full-size pickup with a camper, or a fullsize late-1980s SUV. The vehicle’s passenger side will have visible damage.

Any information pertaining to the whereabouts of the vehicle or suspect should be reported to the Soldotna Troopers at (907) 262-4453.

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Gov. Kate Brown to update the state’s management plan after an initial draft plan was rejected in 2017. The state is supposed to update its plan every five years to account for changing wolf population numbers but is four years overdue with a revision.

The environmental groups Oregon Wild, Defenders of Wildlife, Cascadia Wildlands and the Center for Biological Diversity said in a Jan. 4 letter to Brown that the fish and wildlife agency

has rejected their suggestions for managing wolf-livestock conflict as too expensive or two difficult.

A key sticking point for the conservation groups is a plan provision that would allow the state or deputized private citizens — likely ranchers affected by livestock attacks — to kill culprit wolves after two documented attacks on livestock herds by the same wolf pack, said Nick Cady, legal director for Cascadia Wildlands.

The groups are particularly unnerved by a provision that would allow the deputized citizens to keep wolf pelts, said Cady, who called the idea a “trophy hunt.”

“With a population of wolves that’s 120 animals statewide, that’s a ridiculous, ridiculous proposal,” he said in an interview.

The groups also feel the state agency’s plan favors hunters, who contend more wolves mean fewer deer for them to hunt.

Ranchers reacted to the news with surprise and disappointment.

Rodger Huffman, a smallscale rancher in rural northeastern Oregon, said wolf numbers have risen so dramatically in recent years that it’s no longer useful to focus on conservation.

The population now needs to be managed to minimize damage to livestock, he said.

“There’s a huge cost, there’s a toll there,” said Huffman, who’s negotiating for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association.

“I don’t think anybody can expect to get everything you want, and so to pick up your marbles and say, ‘I’m going home because I’m not getting my way’ is a little bit unprofessional,” he said.

Despite not being able to resurface, Carmichael said it’s still open for skaters to Continued from page A1 use.

The city has been flooding the park in the wintertime, hot so hard, it curls up the blade.” mopping a track and resurfac-

ing it with a Zamboni to create an ice skating course in the park for about five years now, Carmichael said.

Carmichael said creating the course has helped create the Soldotna Creek Park into

a community center for the area, even in the wintertime.

The ice skating course will be available until mid-February or March, or “for as long as Mother Nature lets us,” Carmichael said.

. . . Nikiski

All five of the governorappointed commissioners on the Local Boundary Commission voted down this request.

The commission did grant a postponement of one year on the decision-making process, which would allow the Citizens for Nikiski Incorporation to change their proposal.

The citizen group submitted a draft amended petition

to the Local Boundary Commission in October 2018, which underwent an informal technical review to highlight any regulatory insufficiencies in the petition.

After the final amended petition is submitted, the commission will determine — based on the changes made — if an additional round of signature collection will be required.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups in Oregon announced Monday they have withdrawn from talks on how to manage the state’s rebounding wolf population because of what they called a “broken” process, and concerns that state wildlife officials want to make it easier to kill wolves that eat livestock without trying other alternatives.

The announcement came after months of negotiations to update rules on how and when wolves can be killed as their numbers increase and they spread farther west and south after re-entering northeastern Oregon from Idaho more than a decade ago.

It wasn’t immediately clear what would happen to the talks, although the environmental groups said they would “collectively and actively” oppose the wolf management plan proposed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Michelle Dennehy, an agency spokeswoman, did not return a call and email seeking comment.

The agency oversees the group of ranchers, hunters and wolf conservation advocates formed by

This March 13, 2014, file photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a female wolf from the Minam pack outside La Grande, Ore., after it was fitted with a tracking collar. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, file)

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Following the preliminary report, Stacy Oliva, co-chair of the Citizens for Nikiski Incorporation, requested that the petition be brought back to the pre-technical review phase. This would have allowed the group to make changes to the petition without recollecting signatures from registered Nikiski voters.

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Around the Peninsula Trick Dog Class Kenai Kennel Club will be offering a TRICK DOG CLASS. This is an introductory class so no prior experience is necessary but it would be beneficial if the dogs already know basics like sit, down And work on a flat collar and leash. Next Trick Dog Class starts Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. for Novice & Intermediate Levels. Please Pre-Register by emailing aknewberrys@ gmail.com. More information about Trick Dog can be found at http://www.akc.org/about-trick-dog/.

Homer Fish & Game Advisory Committee meet The Homer Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold an election meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at the KBRR building located at 2181 Kachemak Drive at 6 p.m. Agenda will include preparing comments on BOG proposals for GMU 8, Joint board proposals concerning advisory committees, and any other business that may properly come before the committee. The public is encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dave Lyon at 399-2340. Posted online, added to calendar and emailed 12/19/2018.

Central Peninsula Fish & Game Advisory Committee meeting The Central Peninsula Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold an election meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Ninilchik School library, located at 15735 Sterling Hwy at 7 p.m.

Also on the agenda will be preparing comments for the BOF Statewide, BOG Southcentral Region proposals, discussion of Cook Inlet fishery proposals to submit, and any other business that may properly come before the committee. For more information contact David Martin at 567-3306.

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

techniques. Teepa Snow explains the appropriate levels of care needed during different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, appropriate activity, and much more.

Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association Meeting Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association Board of Directors will meet Saturday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m., in the conference room at its Kenai office located at 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road. The meeting is open to the public and an agenda will be posted at www.ciaanet.org.

Ladies Take-A-Break Luncheon Ladies Take-A-Break Luncheon will host “How Do You Beat the Wintertime Blues” on Wednesday, Jan. 23 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Solid Rock Conference Center at Mile 90.5 of the Sterling Highway. Stonecroft Speaker Jan Mathers will present “A Jungle Island Adventure Results in a Life-changing Experience.” Lunch: $12. Complimentary child care provided.

For more information contact Susan at 335-6789 or 440-1319.

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—Bingo, Wednesdays after lunch —Sew Saturday, Jan. 19 —Free workshop: 7 Threats to Your Estate Plan, Friday, Jan.

Free income tax return preparation is available again this year at the Soldotna Library from Feb. 9 to April 13. This AARP Foundation-sponsored program is open to low-and moderateincome taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those age 60 and older. AARP membership is not required. Call 907-420-4308 to schedule an appointment. For more information, email taxprepsoldotna@gmail.com.

Woodturner’s meeting The Kenai Peninsula Woodturner’s hold their monthly meeting at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Jan.y 12. Location is the log building, Mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway. There will be a woodturning demonstration. Non-members are welcome. Questions? Call 801543-9122.

Wolfpack hosts flag rugby The Kenai River Wolfpack Rugby Club hosts indoor flag rugby Tuesday nights starting Jan. 22 at 7:15 pm at the Soldotna Prep Gym. Flag rugby is a fun, fast-paced, non-contact game and a great cardio workout. Participants in the 10-week session will learn the fundamentals of the sport from USA Rugby certified coaches. The summer season runs from May to August with Kenai hosting a tourney in July. New interested players are always welcome. Get introduced to the fastest growing sport. Open to Co-ed ages 16 and up.

No experience necessary. For more info, contact Dan at 360-2207497 or like us on Facebook.

AGDC Board of Directors meet The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) Board of Directors will meet on Jan. 10 in Anchorage at the AGDC corporate office, Calais Building One, 3201 C Street. The meeting will be held in the AGDC Board Room, Suite 604, and convene at 9 a.m.

The public is invited to attend in person at the location mentioned above or by teleconference by calling 855-282-6330 access number 921-325-605.

Caregiver Support Meeting Training Caregiver Support Meeting Training: Part 1 of DVD presentation with Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA: Progression of Dementia Seeing Gems-Not Just Loss will take place Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. at Soldotna Senior Center. Training covers which level of dementia your care partner experiences to customize your caregiving

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lease. “In a state number one in the U.S. for sexual assault, we are making the statement that there will be no more free passes for perpetrators of such crimes.”

The bill seeks to improve sexual assault laws by classifying unwanted contact with semen as a sex crime, which would require perpetrators to register as sex offenders for the crime. The bill would require that strangulation to the point of unconsciousness is

defined as assault in the first degree, carrying a sentence between five and 20 years in prison. The bill would also eliminate credit toward time served for electronic monitoring for sexual assault convictions.

“SB 12 will clarify for the judicial system that Alaskans stand with victims, expect progress toward a significant reduction of violent sexual assaults in our communities and those violent sexual criminals will be held accountable,” Micciche said in the press release.

The legislative session begins Jan. 15.

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

Anchorage Fish & Game Advisory Committee

The Anchorage Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Cabela’s conference room, located at 155 W 104th Avenue at 6:30 p.m. Agenda will include prep23rd Annual Hospice Wine event and Auction aration of comment on statewide finfish proposals 161-173, select an AC rep for that meeting, and any other business Ticket sales for the 23rd Annual Hospice Wine event and that may properly come before the committee. The public is Auction will begin Jan. 7. Price is $150 each for this over-21 invited to address any concerns they have. For more inforevent. Event date is Feb. 9 at the Soldotna Catholic Church. mation contact Martin Weiser at mweiser@crsalaska.com.

Hospice Office number is 262-0453 to purchase tickets.

Kenai Soil & Water Board Meeting

AKC Star Puppy class Kenai Kennel Club will be offering an AKC Star Puppy class beginning Thursday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. This is a sixweek class, and you can receive a Star Puppy Certificate at the end. We will also be offering a Family Dog Obedience class beginning Thursday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Please email kenaikennelclub@gmail.com with questions or to register.

Go to Kenaikennelclub.com for the class schedule and more information.

Grief Recovery Method Workshop

The Grief Recovery Method Workshop: The Action Program for Moving beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses 9-week program/Closed group will take place on Wednesday Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead evenings from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. February 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27. March 2019: 6. Takes place at PCHS Museum 230 E. Marydale Soldotna (conference room upstairs).

The Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead Museum Sponsored by PCHS. Fee: $95.00 (scholarships available). board meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting To register or for further information call: Gail Kennedy • will be held at Fine Thyme Cafe. Questions? Contact Carmen Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®• 907-602-9944 262-2791.

‘Voice of Democracy’ and ‘Patriot’s Pen’ winners

SEES candy fundraiser

Annual SEES candy fundraiser is going on now at Soldotna Professional Pharmacy while supplies last. All proceeds Winners of the “Voice of Democracy” and “Patriot’s Pen” es- go to the PCD foundation (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia). say competition will present their essays to the public on Tuesday Jan. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the VFW post at 134 Birch Cook Inlet Pipeline Infrastructure Risk Street in Soldotna. The public is welcome. For more info conAssessment deadline tact 907-262-2722.

Experts wishing to participate in the Cook Inlet Pipeline Infrastructure Risk Assessment expert panel on pipeline integCentral Peninsula Garden Club presentation rity and safety now have until Jan. 18, 2019, to apply. The Soil Testing for Optimum Plant Health on Tuesday, Jan. 8 previous deadline was Jan. 5, 2019. from 7–8:30 p.m. Dr. Casey Matney, Assistant Professor and Cooperative Extension Service Agent on the complexities of soil Al-Anon support group meetings health, the basics of soil testing, plant nutritional needs, and best practices for improving garden soil fertility. Immediately preAl-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central ceding Dr. Matney’s presentation, a brief annual business meet- Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the ing of the Central Peninsula Garden Club will begin at 7 p.m. for River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 the purpose of electing directors to the CPGC board. Free and p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and some- enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. times door prizes. Location: Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more information.

Kalifornsky Beach Road (at Mile 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment), Soldotna. Membership and general Kenai Peninsula College holiday schedule club information is available at www.cenpengardenclub.org, on facebook, or contact Renae Wall at cenpengardenclub@ KPC’s two campuses (Kenai River and Kachemak Bay) gmail.com. and Seward extension site (Resurrection Bay) will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 2, 2019. Registration for the upcoming spring semester is available online Comedy Writing Workshop at www.kpc.alaska.edu. Classes start on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Kenai Performers is hosting a Comedy Writing Workshop 2019. with international performer, Chelsea Hart on Thursday, Jan. 10, noon-3 p.m. This workshop is open to adults, age 18 and Narcan kits available at Kenai Public Health up. Fee: $30 per participant. Workshop is being held at 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant/same buildHeroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an ing). Minimum 5/Maximum 10 students. There will be an easy medication you can give to someone who is overdosopen mic at 6:30 p.m., open to the public. This is a smoke free/ ing. It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal no alcohol venue. Entrance fee: pay-as-you-can at the door. To spray kits at the Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle register please contact us by email: www.kenaiperformers@ Way, Suite A, in Kenai. For additional information call Kegmail.com OR call Terri at 252-6808. nai Public Health at 335-3400.

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second, according to another spokesman, Jesse Carlstrom.

Fitzpatrick said Meyer offered to take his bonuses as stock in a corporation subsidiary at a future date when the subsidiary would issue stock.

But he said the board opted to award the cash bonuses.

The corporation is pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project.

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PRE PLANNING

Homer Medical Center is offering free Diabetes Screenings in the month of January for patients without a current diabetes diagnosis. The screening includes a Point of Care diabetes screening blood test (HbA1C), a 30-minute visit with Peggy Ellen Kleinleder, RN, Certified Diabetes Nurse Educator, a review of test results, diabetes education on healthy eating for pre-diabetes, diabetes and diabetes prevention, a blood pressure check and free take-home materials. Daytime and evening appointments available. Call Homer Medical Center 235-8586 and ask for the New Year’s Free Diabetes Screening. It is free, and no insurance is necessary. January 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. February 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27. March 2019: 6.

—Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 11

The monthly meeting of the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors will be held Wednesday, Jan. 9, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the District office located at 110 NETS is a FREE seven-week workshop to help adults gain Trading Bay, Suite 140. For information, call 283-8732 x5. skills, explore careers, and find a job! The workshop every Monday and Wednesday from 2–3:30 p.m. from Jan. 23 to March 6 in the Learning Center at Kenai Peninsula College. The course, Musher hosts needed taught by Terri Cowart, will focus on community service, learnT200 Looking for volunteers and host families for mushers! ing about resources, and career/college awareness. Everybody Race Weekend is Jan. 26-27. We have scheduled two volunteer is invited to attend (ages 18+) For more information, call 262- meetings: Soldotna — Jan. 17 at the River Center on Funny Riv0327. er Road, 6 p.m. Homer — Jan. 19 at Captain Coffee, 3 p.m. Sign up to volunteer or host a musher online at tustumena200.com.

Free In-Person Tax Preparation Available

Free Diabetes Screenings

building around 11:30 a.m. through doors that were stuck open because of extreme cold in Anchorage, where temperatures hovered around zero on Monday. The plant greenery in the warm lobby was likely inviting to the animal, who ended up

Meanwhile, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Monday he was replacing two of the board’s members, Hugh Short and Joey Merrick. He appointed Doug Smith and Dan Coffey in their places.

Smith, according to a biography released by Dunleavy’s office, has been involved in oil and gas and construction industries for more than 25 years.

Coffey is a former Anchorage Assembly member. The appointments are subject to legislative confirmation.

eating some of the plants before leaving the building after about 10 minutes inside, Lastufka said.

The animal hung around the premises. Someone reported seeing it around a parking garage late Monday afternoon, Lastufka said.

The moose caused no injuries or any big problems, other than eating some greenery.

“It was a pretty calm visit,” Lastufka said.

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A separate document accompanying the report outlined toxicology results following suicides since 2015.

Those tests showed 70 percent involved one or more substances, most frequently alcohol.

“That is a question that we’re going to have to answer: Are we seeing substance misuse impacting persons that

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are already at-risk for selfharm?” Hull-Jilly said.

Additional data on the role drugs and alcohol play in suicides could help health providers offer better treatments, Hull-Jilly said. She believes toxicology results could be a prevention strategy tool.

“We need to track those a little bit better so that we can understand how these drugs might be influencing people who are either contemplating self-harm, or something is occurring in their lives and it’s a very impulsive act,” she said. area have failed to meet their escapement goals in recent years.

“While the department realizes these closures and restrictions cause hardship, we want the public to know now what is happening well in advance of the 2019 season,” VincentLang said in the release.

“The outlook for this season is particularly worrisome with the Deshka River king salmon forecast well below the escapement goal.”

The restrictions are an attempt to conserve weak king Reach Kat Sorensen at salmon stocks since several ksorensen@penisulaclarion. stocks in the North Cook Inlet com.

Opinion

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What’s the point of a carbon tax rebate?

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What Others Say

In 2019, let us resolve to be better The beginning of a new year

is an artificial construct — there’s nothing significant about Jan. 1 from a geographical or astronomical point of view, nothing in the physical world to distinguish the day from any other winter day.

But we humans imbue New Year’s Day with great meaning. For us, it marks a new beginning, fresh and alert. It calls on us to commit to better habits that could lead to prosperity and progress. It presents a fresh, blank calendar, unmarked by the previous year’s regrets, with resolve to approach the world with wisdom and kindness. New Year’s Day, as English essayist Charles Lamb put it, is every man’s birthday.

The year 2018 was marred for many by political divisiveness, by anger, acrimony and insults. But perhaps it was less so than in 2017, when we began to wake to the fact that the tribal partisanship, the accusations and lies, were doing great harm to our nation. More are trying now to reconcile the bitter divisions, recognizing that we’re stronger when we work together.

It’s not easy. It calls for genuine good will, honesty, integrity — and humility. Only people who are convinced of the value of national unity will be able to face the task. … As we did on Jan. 1, 2018, we ask our readers to join us in this resolve: Take a deep breath, shake off last year’s divisiveness and carry on in the best American tradition. Listen to as many different viewpoints as you can, especially those of your neighbors, but most important, try to listen more than you talk. Try to understand. Try to mute the crudest of the political chatter and get outside to take in some of our area’s remarkable natural beauty. Read. Give back, with your dollars and time, especially to children. Commit to local causes that interest you. …

There will be plenty of frustrations this year, political and practical. But there will also be plenty of opportunities to practice patience and gratitude for the good things we have.

DUBLIN, Ireland — The Irish government is proposing rebates to a carbon tax it recently imposed to households that comply with what it considers “lowcarbon lifestyles.” The rebate, according to Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, might be in the form of a check, an increase in welfare benefits or a tax credit for people who live the way the government thinks they should.

Some believe that if implemented, the rebate could reduce tensions seen in many parts of Europe, but especially in France, where the “yellow vest” movement that began as a protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s big tax increase on gasoline, since rescinded, made a gallon of petrol among the most expensive in Europe with the tax accounting for more than half the cost. I’m doubtful. People don’t like their governments forcing them to accept a lesser lifestyle because of an ideology some believe has yet to be definitively proved, while the elites continue to live as they like.

So strong is the faith of the climate change cult that McDonald’s, the world’s largest purchaser of beef, is considering “meat alternatives” because of alleged environmental damage from traditional farming methods, according to a story in the Financial Times.

In the United States, Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” resembled the media in totalitarian countries when he announced that henceforth he would not give air time to climate

change deniers.

Todd says that’s because climate change is “settled science.”

The many legitimate scientists with knowledge and experience in climate who disagree are Cal Thomas to be isolated in an ideological gulag for not toeing the party line.

Roy Spencer is a meteorologist, a research scientist for the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSRE) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Writing for the Global Warming Policy Forum, a London-based think tank, Spencer says “2018 marked the second straight year when global temperatures declined and that last year was the sixth warmest year globally since El Nino peaked in February, 2016.”

Plastics may soon eclipse climate change as the latest “crisis” only government can solve. Here, as well as in other parts of Europe and the U.S., there’s a war on plastic straws. Starbucks plans to stop using plastic straws in all its restaurants, the proposed ban going into effect by 2020. They’ll still use plastic lids, though, because the lids, supposedly, are widely recyclable. This illustrates the stupidity behind many of these tree huggers. It’s all about feeling good and

“making a difference,” not about truth.

Forty House Democrats and at least three prominent Senate Democrats are backing a “Green New Deal” touted

by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (DNY), a freshman member of Congress.

It would, reports The Washington Examiner, “eliminate virtually all fossil fuels from the electric grid and force everyone in the country to buy from power companies selling only renewable energy.”

In a recent appearance on Fox News Channel, Marc Morano, the creator of climatedepot.org, said of the New Green Deal: “We’re going to treat now carbon dioxide a trace essential gas — humans inhale oxygen and we exhale CO2 — as somehow akin to the Nazi party and World War II initiative, which is what they are claiming. The Democrats and climate activists want a mobilization like World War II.” As the Irish Times writes, recent projections by Ireland’s Economic and Social Justice Institute found that the carbon tax would have to increase substantially — from 100 euros per person annually to 1,500 euros if the country is to meet legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Let’s see how that will go down with the Irish, who have only recently begun to emerge from a long economic recession.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

— Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, Jan. 1

News and Politics

Can Trump use an emergency to build his wall?

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is weighing using a national emergency declaration to circumvent Congress and the budget stalemate and force construction of the president’s long-promised southern border wall.

“We’re looking at a national emergency because we have a national emergency,” President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday amid stalled negotiations. He said during a press conference Friday that he would prefer to win the money he’s demanding via Congress, but could “absolutely” call an emergency “and build it very quickly.”

Such a move would be a dramatic escalation of the current showdown, which has forced a partial government shutdown that’s now in its third week. Here’s what we know:

WHY AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION? The administration has spent months trying to figure out how the president might be able to move forward with the wall — the central promise of his 2016 campaign — if Congress refuses to give him the money.

As early as last March, Trump was publicly floating the idea of using the military for the task. “Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!” he tweeted then.

But it’s Congress — not the president — that controls the country’s purse strings and must appropriate money he wants to spend.

Enter the emergency declaration, an option the White House counsel’s office is currently reviewing. Among the laws Trump could turn to is Section 2808 of the Title 10 U.S. Code pertaining to military construction.

According to the statute, if the president declares an emergency “that requires use of the armed forces,” the Defense Secretary “may undertake military construction projects, and may authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to undertake military construction projects, not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces.”

Pentagon budget officials are currently analyzing the 2019 construction budget to determine how many unobligated dollars would be available to use for the wall in the event Trump settles on a declaration. Under the provision, only those construction budget funds that are not already obligated to other construction projects could be used for the wall.

There are more than 100 such provisions giving the president access to special powers in emergencies. And Congress has typically afforded the president broad authority to determine what constitutes an emergency and what does not, said Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the liberty and national security program at the Brennan Center for Justice.

“Absolutely it’s an abuse of power for the president to declare a national emergency when

none exists and to use it to try to get around the Adam Smith, speaking on CNN, said that even if democratic process,” she said. “But we are in a Trump could declare an emergency, it would be a situation where our legal system for emergency “huge mistake.”

“There clearly is no national emergency. But powers almost invites that kind of abuse.” they asked me, ‘Can he do it?’ Yeah he can. It would be wrong, it would be horrible policy and WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? I’m totally and completely against it. But from a leSuch a move is sure to spark a flood of legal gal standpoint he can do it,” Smith said. challenges questioning the president’s authority He and others agreed that any declaration would as well as whether the situation at the border re- surely be challenged in court. ally constitutes an emergency. Trump has been trying to press that case in recent days, insisting SO WILL HE DO IT? the situation qualifies as a security and humaniIt’s unclear. Back when Trump dispatched actarian “crisis.” tive-duty troops to the southern border ahead of He’ll also run into other questions.

“The problem for the Trump administration is the midterm elections in what critics panned as a that border security is fundamentally a law en- politically-motivated abuse of power, he described forcement issue that does not require the use of the situation as a “national emergency,” but never the military,” said Todd Harrison, a defense bud- signed an official proclamation.

But Trump is now under growing pressure to get expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, via email. “So I think they would find a way to end the shutdown without appearing be on shaking legal ground trying to use emer- as though he’s caved on the wall.

Trump “needs to use every tool available to him gency authorities this way, and it is almost certain as the commander-in-chief of our armed services that they would end up in court.”

Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the to go and enforce our laws by putting the military Senate Armed Services Committee, said it would on our southern border, by having them build the be inappropriate for Trump to use Section 2808. wall if they need to,” his former campaign man“We are not at war with Mexico, and the pro- ager Corey Lewandowski urged on Fox News.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders posed border wall has no core (Defense Department) function. Indeed, the Pentagon’s most re- said the president remains “prepared to do what it cent National Defense Strategy doesn’t mention takes to protect our borders, to protect the people the southern border as a national defense priority,” of this country.”

“We’re looking and exploring every option Reed said.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman available that the president has,” she said.

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Nation/World Clemency granted to woman sentenced to life at 16

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A woman who says she was a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim when she killed a man in 2004 was granted clemency Monday by Tennessee’s governor and will be released from prison.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency Monday to Cyntoia Brown, who had been serving a life sentence but who will be released on parole on Aug. 7.

“Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16.

Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life,” Haslam said in his statement.

Brown will remain on parole supervision for 10 years on the condition she does not violate any state or federal laws, holds a job, and participates in regular counseling sessions. She is now 30 years old.

Brown’s case has attracted national attention from criminal justice reform advocates, and attention has amped up as Haslam’s second and final term entered its final weeks.

Celebrities like Kim Kardashian West and singer Rihanna threw their support behind the fight for her release. The governor’s office was inundated with thousands of phone calls and emails from supporters.

“Thank you Governor Haslam,” West tweeted soon after news of the clemency decision broke.

Brown was convicted in 2006 of murdering 43-year-old Nashville real estate agent Johnny Allen two years before. Police said she shot Allen in the back of the head at close range with a loaded gun she brought to rob him after he picked her up at a drive-in theater in Nashville to have sex with her.

However, according to her lawyers, Brown was a victim of sex trafficking who not only feared for her life but also lacked the mental state to be culpable in the slaying because she was impaired by her mother’s alcohol use while she was in the womb.

Brown expressed thanks in a statement released Monday by her legal team.

“I am thankful for all the support, prayers, and encouragement I have received. We truly serve a God of second chances and new beginnings. The Lord has held my hand this whole time and I would have never made it without him,” Brown said. “Let today be a testament to his saving grace.”

Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for the 1st time

This file photo shows Cyntoia Brown, entering her clemency hearing at Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville, Tenn.

Tennessee Gov. (Lacy Atkins /The Tennessean via AP, Pool, File)

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against life-withoutparole sentences for juveniles.

However, the state of Tennessee argued successfully in lower courts that it was not in violation of federal law because Brown did have a possibility for parole: She was sentenced to serve at least 51 years of her life sentence.

During her time in prison, Brown completed her GED and took college classes. She is currently one course away from finishing a Bachelor’s degree at Lipscomb University.

Nashville Mayor David Briley praised Haslam’s decision, calling it a “great day for social justice and our city.” Democratic state Sen. Raumesh Akbari said the clemency announcement shows that Tennessee “can show love, compassion and mercy” for people who have experienced trauma.

To date, Haslam has granted five commutations, 15 pardons, and one exoneration. The Republican says he is continuing to review and consider additional clemency requests.

US, Turkey set for negotiations on fate of Kurds

In this file photo, National Security Advisor John Bolton unveils the Trump Administration’s Africa Strategy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to press Turkey for assurances that it won’t attack the Kurdish fighters in Syria, which he said is now a condition for the withdrawal of American troops from northeastern Syria.

Bolton arrived Monday for negotiations with the NATO ally about the safety of the Kurds, who have fought alongside American forces against the Islamic State in Syria, and fear a military assault from Turkey should the U.S. pull out.

His visit comes a day after Bolton said guarantees about the safety of the Kurds were a “condition” of the withdrawal of about 2,000 troops in the region that President Donald Trump ordered last month.

The talks are likely to be contentious, as Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, a terrorist group linked to an insurgency within its borders, and has threatened to mount a campaign against the groups.

Bolton, who is expected to meet Tuesday with Turkish officials including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the U.S. would oppose any such

move against its allies in the fight against IS. “We don’t think the Turks ought to undertake military action that’s not fully coordinated with and agreed to by the United States,” Bolton said Sunday. Trump has made clear that he would not allow Turkey to kill the Kurds, Bolton added.

“That’s what the president said, the ones that fought with us.”

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar hit out at Bolton on Monday, saying on Twitter that Turkey’s fight isn’t against Kurds but against Kurdish rebels and Islamic States militants who pose a threat to all ethnic groups.

“Our fight is against YPG, PKK and IS terrorists who are a threat against our Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen brothers and all ethnic and religious groups,” he said. PKK is the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

And Turkey’s presidential spokesman, with whom Bolton will meet Tuesday, called allegations that his country planned to attack the U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria “irrational” and said Turkey was fighting terrorism for national security.

“That a terror organization cannot be allied with the U.S. is self-evident,” Ibrahim Kalin said Sunday in comments carried by the official Anadolu

news agency.

Bolton had said the protection of U.S. allies in Syria, including the YPG, was among “the objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal” of U.S. forces.

Those comments marked the first public confirmation that the drawdown has been slowed since Trump’s announcement in mid-December. Trump had faced widespread criticism from allies about his decision, including that he was abandoning the Kurds in the face of Turkish threats. Officials said at the time that although many details of the withdrawal had not yet been finalized, they expected American forces to be out by mid-January.

At the time, Trump had also said that Turkey would step up the fight against the remnants of the Islamic State in Syria, but Bolton said Sunday U.S. troops will eliminate what remains of IS before leaving northeastern Syria.

Bolton maintained there is no fixed timetable for completing the drawdown, but insisted it was not an indefinite commitment to the region. Still, some 200 U.S. troops will remain in the vicinity of al-Tanf, in southern Syria, to counter growing Iranian activity in the region, he said.

Saudi woman seeking asylum can stay temporarily in Thailand

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press

BANGKOK — An 18-yearold Saudi woman who fled her family over alleged abuse and barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room in a desperate bid for asylum will be allowed to stay in Thailand while her case is evaluated by the U.N. refugee agency, immigration authorities said Monday.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun grabbed global attention when she sent out pleas for help via social media, saying she feared for her life if she were put on a plane back to Kuwait, where she had slipped away from her family, or her homeland.

Instead, she has been allowed to enter Thailand temporarily under the protection of the U.N. refugee agency, which was expected to take about five to seven days to study her case and her claim for asylum. She said she wants to go to Australia to seek refuge there.

“We will not send anyone to die. We will not do that. We will adhere to human rights under the rule of law,” said Thai Immigration Police chief Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn.

Alqunun’s plight mirrors that of other Saudi women who in recent years have turned to social

media to amplify their calls for help while trying to flee abusive families and other obstacles they face in the conservative kingdom.

Photos released Monday night by immigration police showed Alqunun with Thai and U.N. officials after she left the airport transit hotel room where she had been holed up over the weekend, sending her pleas for help on her Twitter account. She later tweeted that she feels safe under U.N. protection and has gotten back her passport, which had been taken from her earlier.

Alqunun’s ordeal began when she fled from her family while in Kuwait and boarded a flight to Thailand, apparently taking advantage of being away from Saudi Arabia’s restrictions on women who cannot travel abroad without a man’s consent.

Upon arriving at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Saturday night, she said she was met by a man whom she identified at various times as either a Kuwait Airways employee or a Saudi diplomat, who took her passport and said he would help her gain entry to Thailand. Saudi Arabia denies its officials were involved in any way.

When the man returned about an hour later with four or five other people, they said they knew she had run away, that her

Around the World

In this photo released by the Immigration Police, Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, right, walks with Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun before leaving the Suvarnabhumi Airport. (Immigration police via AP)

family wanted her back, and she should go home to Saudi Arabia.

She was sent to a hotel room, and told she would be put on a Monday morning flight to Kuwait.

She then went online, sending out pleas for assistance over Twitter, and also barricaded her hotel room door. Global attention was sparked by social media and she did not get on the scheduled morning flight to Kuwait.

Alqunun wrote of being in “real danger” if forced to return to her family in Saudi Arabia, and said in media interviews

that she might be killed. She told the BBC that she had renounced Islam and was fearful of her father’s retaliation.

Her Twitter account attracted more than 66,000 followers in less than 48 hours and her story grabbed the attention of foreign governments and the U.N. refugee agency. As the pressure grew, with concern expressed

by Australian lawmakers, Germany’s ambassador to Thailand and human rights agencies, Thai officials agreed to allow U.N refugee officials to meet with her.

WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month, the Supreme Court said.

Ginsburg was not on the bench as the court met Monday to hear arguments. It was not clear when she would return to the court, which will hear more cases Tuesday and Wednesday, and again next week.

Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the 85-year-old justice is continuing to recuperate and work from home after doctors removed two cancerous growths from her left lung on Dec. 21.

Ginsburg was discharged from a New York hospital on Dec. 25.

Chief Justice John Roberts said in the courtroom Monday that Ginsburg would participate in deciding the argued cases “on the basis of the briefs and transcripts of oral arguments.”

Ginsburg had two earlier cancer surgeries in 1999 and 2009 that did not cause her to miss court sessions. She also has broken ribs on at least two occasions.

The court said doctors found the growths on Ginsburg’s lung when she was being treated for fractured ribs she suffered in a fall at her office on Nov. 7.

After past health scares, Ginsburg has come back to work relatively quickly. In 2009, she was at the court for arguments on Feb. 23, 18 days after surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Weeks after her fall in November, Ginsburg was asking questions at high court arguments, speaking at a naturalization ceremony for new citizens and being interviewed at screenings of the new movie about her, “On the Basis of Sex.” Her latest surgery was a procedure called a pulmonary lobectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The court said in a release issued the day of the surgery that doctors found “no evidence of any remaining disease” and scans taken before the surgery showed no cancerous growths elsewhere in her body. No additional treatment is currently planned, the court said.

Netanyahu rejects corruption allegations in live address

JERUSALEM — In what was billed as a “dramatic announcement,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a prime-time address to again dismiss a series of corruption allegations against him.

Netanyahu said Monday that it would be “unjust” for him to be indicted ahead of early elections called for April 9. He also said he had been denied the chance to confront state witnesses in person. He offered to confront them on live television, saying: “What are they afraid of? What do they have to hide?”

Police have recommended that Netanyahu be indicted in three corruption cases. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing, and has said he would not give up his re-election campaign or resign his office if charged.

— The Associated Press

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2019. There are 357 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 8, 2011, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six people were killed, 12 others also injured. (Gunman Jared Lee Loughner (LAWF’-nur) was sentenced in November 2012 to seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years.)

On this date: In 1815, the last major engagement of the War of 1812 came to an end as U.S. forces defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, not having gotten word of the signing of a peace treaty.

In 1912, the African National Congress was founded in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition.

In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.

In 1968, the Otis Redding single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released on the Volt label almost a month after the singer’s death in a plane crash.

In 1975, Judge John J. Sirica ordered the early release from prison of Watergate figures John W. Dean III, Herbert W. Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder. Democrat Ella Grasso was sworn in as Connecticut’s first female governor.

In 1976, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai, 77, died in Beijing.

In 1982, American Telephone and Telegraph settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

In 1987, for the first time, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000, ending the day at 2,002.25.

In 1998, Ramzi Yousef (RAHM’-zee YOO’-sef), the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In 2004, A U.S. Black Hawk medivac helicopter crashed near Fallujah, Iraq, killing all nine soldiers aboard.

In 2008, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton powered to victory in New Hampshire’s 2008 Democratic primary in a startling upset, defeating Sen. Barack Obama and resurrecting her bid for the White House; Sen. John McCain defeated his Republican rivals to move back into contention for the GOP nomination.

Ten years ago: President-elect Barack Obama urged lawmakers to work with him “day and night, on weekends if necessary” to approve the largest taxpayer-funded stimulus ever. Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine the next Democratic National Committee chairman. The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza by a 14-0 vote, with the United States abstaining. No. 1 Florida beat No. 2 Oklahoma 24-14 for the BCS national title. Cornelia Wallace, former wife of Alabama Gov. George Wallace, died in Sebring, Fla. at age 69.

Five years ago: Emails and text messages obtained and other news organizations suggested that one of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s top aides engineered traffic jams in Fort Lee in Sept. 2013 to punish its mayor for not endorsing Christie for re-election; Christie responded by saying he’d been misled by the aide, and he denied involvement in the apparent act of political payback. Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame.

One year ago: The Trump administration said it was ending special protections for immigrants from El Salvador, an action that could force nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September, 2019 or face deportation. Alabama beat Georgia in overtime, 26-23, to claim the College Football Playoff national championship after freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (tag-ohvay-LOH’-ah) came off the bench to spark a comeback. A judge in Las Vegas dismissed criminal charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons, who were accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Larry Storch is 96. Broadcast journalist Sander Vanocur is 91. CBS newsman Charles Osgood is 86. Singer Shirley Bassey is 82. Game show host Bob Eubanks is 81. Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 79. Rhythm-and-blues singer Anthony Gourdine (Little Anthony and the Imperials) is 78. Actress Yvette Mimieux is 77. Singer Juanita Cowart Motley (The Marvelettes) is 75. Actress Kathleen Noone is 74. Rock musician Robby Krieger (The Doors) is 73. Movie director John McTiernan is 68. Actress Harriet Sansom Harris is 64. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is 61. Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is 55. Actress Michelle Forbes is 54. Actress Maria Pitillo (pih-TIHL’-loh) is 53. Singer R. Kelly is 52. Rock musician Jeff Abercrombie (Fuel) is 50. Actress Ami Dolenz is 50.

Reggae singer Sean Paul is 46. Actor Donnell Turner is 46. Country singer Tift Merritt is 44. Actress-rock singer Jenny Lewis is 43. Actress Amber Benson is 42. Actor Scott Whyte is 41. Singer-songwriter Erin McCarley is 40. Actress Sarah Polley is 40. Actress Rachel Nichols is 39. Actress Gaby Hoffman is 37. Rock musician Disashi Lumumbo-Kasongo (dih-SAH’-shee LUHM’-uhm-boh kuh-SAHN’-goh) (Gym Class Heroes) is 36. Actor Freddie Stroma is 32.

Thought for Today: “Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people’s happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.” -- Bertrand Russell, English philosopher and mathematician (1872-1970).

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Clemson crushes Alabama for national title

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

SANTA CLARA, Calif.

— With stunning ease — and a freshman quarterback — Clemson toppled college football’s greatest dynasty again to become the first perfect playoff champion.

Trevor Lawrence passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns and the second-ranked Tigers beat No. 1 Alabama 4416 on Monday night in the College Football Playoff national championship game.

In the fourth consecutive playoff meeting between the Tigers and Tide, Clemson evened the series and beat ‘Bama for the national championship for the second time in three seasons. Clemson is the first team in the AP poll era, dating back to 1936, to finish 15-0, and the first since the playoff started five seasons ago to get through a season unscathed.

“We’re gonna enjoy this one.

We’ve got a nice spot to put it in our facility, right next to that other one,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “We’ve got twins!”

Alabama coach Nick Saban and the Tide (14-1) were looking for a sixth national championship in 10 years, trying to add to an already unprecedented run in the sport. Instead,

Clemson crushed Alabama, becoming the first opponent to beat the Tide by more than 14 points since Saban became coach in 2007.

Swinney’s Tigers sealed their status as a superpower, no longer just 1A to Alabama’s 1.

“We’re 15-0, we beat the best team ever, nobody’s taking that away from us,” Clemson All-America defensive tackle Christian Wilkins said.

Two seasons ago it was Deshaun Watson dethroning the Tide with a last-second touchdown pass. Clemson’s new star quarterback didn’t need the late-game heroics. The longhaired Lawrence cut though Alabama’s defense with the help of another fabulous freshman. Justyn Ross made a juggling grab, a one-handed snare and broke a 74-yard touchdown about midway through the third quarter that made it 37-16 and had Swinney high-stepping down the sidelines.

Ross, who scored two touchdowns in the semifinal rout of Notre Dame, had six catches for 153 yards against his homestate team.

Swinney takes a different approach than Saban, running a more fun-loving program than Alabama’s all-business organization. But the results have been every bit as good.

And on Monday night at Levi’s

Clemson players celebrate after the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Alabama on Monday in Santa Clara, Calif. Clemson beat Alabama 44-16. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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The AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer

Record Pts Prv 1. Duke (37) 12-1 1535 2. Michigan (9) 15-0 1499 3. Tennessee (13) 12-1 1481 4. Virginia (5) 13-0 1471 5. Gonzaga 14-2 1319 6. Michigan St. 13-2 1291 7. Kansas 12-2 1159 8. Texas Tech 13-1 1109 9. Virginia Tech 13-1 1093 10. Nevada 14-1 920 11. Auburn 11-2 919 12. North Carolina 11-3 889 13. Florida St. 12-2 879 14. Mississippi St. 12-1 683 15. N.C. State 13-1 674 16. Ohio St. 12-2 620 17. Houston 15-0 565 18. Kentucky 10-3 520 19. Buffalo 13-1 434 20. Iowa St. 12-2 344 21. Marquette 12-3 340 22. Indiana 12-3 245 23. Oklahoma 12-2 243 24. St. John’s 14-1 221 25. TCU 12-1 99

1 2 3 4 7 8 5 11 10 6 12 15 9 17 18 14 19 13 20 — 16 21 23 — —

Others receiving votes: Villanova 56, Wisconsin 45, Iowa 40, Minnesota 23, Purdue 20, Nebraska 15, Maryland 14, Seton Hall 14, Alabama 7, UCF 6, Louisville 3, Texas 2, Arizona St. 1, Florida 1, North Texas 1.

Women’s AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Notre Dame (12) 14-1 715 2. Louisville (10) 14-0 708 3. UConn (3) 12-1 701 4. Baylor (5) 11-1 687 5. Oregon 13-1 616 6. Stanford 12-1 609 7. Mississippi St. 14-1 575 8. N.C. State 15-0 536 9. Maryland 13-1 500 10. Oregon St. 12-2 487 11. Texas 12-2 443 12. Syracuse 13-2 411 13. Tennessee 12-2 394 14. Gonzaga 15-1 318 15. Marquette 12-3 282 16. Kentucky 14-2 268 17. Iowa 10-3 253 18. Minnesota 12-2 186 19. Arizona St. 11-3 167 20. Iowa St. 12-2 163 21. South Carolina 10-4 162 22. Florida St. 14-1 118 23. Michigan St. 11-3 103 24. California 10-3 101 25. Indiana 14-1 74

ranking:

Women’s Scores

2 3 1 8 5 6 7 9 4 11 13 14 10 17 20 16 19 12 22 25 23 — 15 18 —

Others receiving votes: Miami 44, Rutgers 41, Missouri 39, DePaul 23, Texas A&M 8, South Dakota 5, Cent. Michigan 3, Butler 2, Drake 2, Ohio 2, Utah 2, UCF 1, Virginia Tech 1.

Men’s Scores EAST Coppin St. 64, Delaware St. 60 Fairfield 77, Niagara 59 Howard 79, Md.-Eastern Shore 39 SOUTH Alabama A&M 65, Grambling St. 60, OT Alabama St. 59, Jackson St. 57 Norfolk St. 72, Florida A&M 62 Prairie View 57, Alcorn St. 54 Savannah St. 88, Morgan St. 87, OT Texas Southern 77, Southern U. 67 FAR WEST N. Colorado 75, E. Washington 63

Coppin St. 71, Delaware St. 57 Md.-Eastern Shore 80, Howard 72 Robert Morris 71, Fairleigh Dickinson 49 Sacred Heart 75, LIU Brooklyn 53 St. Francis (Pa.) 68, Mount St. Mary’s 66 St. Francis Brooklyn 60, Bryant 55 Wagner 75, CCSU 63 SOUTH Alabama St. 74, Jackson St. 67 Grambling St. 63, Alabama A&M 51 Morgan St. 63, Savannah St. 47 Norfolk St. 60, Florida A&M 58 Prairie View 82, Alcorn St. 61 Southern U. 63, Texas Southern 61 MIDWEST Iowa 71, Wisconsin 53 FAR WEST N. Colorado 67, E. Washington 62

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 30 12 .714 — Philadelphia 26 14 .650 3 Boston 24 15 .615 4½ Brooklyn 20 22 .476 10 New York 10 30 .250 19 Southeast Division Miami 19 19 .500 — Charlotte 19 20 .487 ½ Orlando 17 23 .425 3 Washington 16 24 .400 4 Atlanta 12 27 .308 7½ Central Division Milwaukee 28 11 .718 — Indiana 26 13 .667 2 Detroit 17 21 .447 10½ Chicago 10 30 .250 18½ Cleveland 8 32 .200 20½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 23 16 .590 San Antonio 24 17 .585 New Orleans 19 22 .463 Memphis 18 22 .450 Dallas 18 22 .450 Northwest Division Denver 26 12 .684 Oklahoma City 25 14 .641 Portland 24 17 .585 Utah 20 21 .488 Minnesota 19 21 .475 Pacific Division Golden State 26 14 .650 L.A. Clippers 23 16 .590 L.A. Lakers 22 19 .537 Sacramento 20 20 .500 Phoenix 9 32 .220

— — 5 5½ 5½ — 1½ 3½ 7½ 8 — 2½ 4½ 6 17½

Monday’s Games San Antonio 119, Detroit 107 Boston 116, Brooklyn 95 Houston 125, Denver 113 Milwaukee 114, Utah 102 New Orleans 114, Memphis 95 L.A. Lakers 107, Dallas 97 Portland 111, New York 101 Sacramento 111, Orlando 95 Tuesday’s Games Indiana at Cleveland, 3 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

Denver at Miami, 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 5 p.m.

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

New York at Golden State, 6:30 p.m.

All Times AST

Football Bowls

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

Clemson 44, Alabama 16

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous

Record Pts Pv 1. Clemson (61) 15-0 1525 2 2. Alabama 14-1 1462 1 3. Ohio St. 13-1 1364 5 4. Oklahoma 12-2 1356 4 5. Notre Dame 12-1 1286 3 6. LSU 10-3 1119 11 7. Florida 10-3 1103 10 7. Georgia 11-3 1103 6 9. Texas 10-4 1076 14 10. Washington St. 11-2 959 12 11. UCF 12-1 898 7 12. Kentucky 10-3 820 16 13. Washington 10-4 806 9 14. Michigan 10-3 745 8 15. Syracuse 10-3 683 17 16. Texas A&M 9-4 552 21 17. Penn St. 9-4 492 13 18. Fresno St. 12-2 466 19 19. Army 11-2 418 22 20. West Virginia 8-4 296 15 21. Northwestern 9-5 284 NR 22. Utah St. 11-2 188 NR 23. Boise St. 10-3 184 23 24. Cincinnati 11-2 171 NR 25. Iowa 9-4 120 NR Others receiving votes: Appalachian St. 96, Stanford 52, Mississippi St. 45, Utah 43, UAB 32, Iowa St. 26, Auburn 15, Oregon 11, Missouri 10, Troy 6, Georgia Southern 6, Oklahoma St. 3, Wisconsin 2, NC State 2.

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 42 32 8 2 66 176 124 Toronto 42 27 13 2 56 152 117 Boston 42 24 14 4 52 122 110 Buffalo 42 22 14 6 50 120 120 Montreal 43 22 16 5 49 131 133 Florida 40 17 16 7 41 130 142 Detroit 44 16 21 7 39 124 151 Ottawa 43 15 23 5 35 136 172 Metropolitan Division Washington 41 25 12 4 54 144 121 Pittsburgh 42 23 13 6 52 147 122 Columbus 41 24 14 3 51 135 126 N.Y. Islanders 40 23 13 4 50 121 107 Carolina 41 19 17 5 43 108 118 N.Y. Rangers 41 17 17 7 41 114 141 New Jersey 41 16 18 7 39 122 137 Philadelphia 42 15 21 6 36 116 151

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 44 26 15 3 55 135 109 Winnipeg 41 26 13 2 54 139 116 Colorado 42 20 14 8 48 144 129 Dallas 43 22 17 4 48 116 116 Minnesota 41 21 17 3 45 119 114 Chicago 45 16 22 7 39 131 163 St. Louis 40 17 19 4 38 113 129 Pacific Division Calgary 44 27 13 4 58 157 126 Vegas 45 26 15 4 56 136 119 San Jose 44 24 13 7 55 153 136 Anaheim 43 19 17 7 45 104 127 Vancouver 45 20 21 4 44 128 143 Edmonton 42 20 19 3 43 118 131 Arizona 42 18 21 3 39 108 118 Los Angeles 44 17 24 3 37 99 130 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.

Monday’s Games Nashville 4, Toronto 0 St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 0 Minnesota 1, Montreal 0 Calgary 4, Chicago 3 San Jose 3, Los Angeles 1 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota at Boston, 3 p.m.

Carolina vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 3 p.m.

Florida at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at Buffalo, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 3:30 p.m.

Columbus at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m.

Montreal at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Vegas, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 6:30 p.m.

All Times AST

Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Named P.J. Jones, John Stockstill and Josh

Wilson major league scouts; Joey Lothrop, Steve Taylor and Matt Zmuda area scouts; Josh Kragness senior software engineer; Beau Horan, Aidan Kearns and Zach Wolf analysts; Rafael Martinez director of Latin American player development; and David Allende and Jim McKew coordinators of player development.

Promoted Jim Logue to director of baseball analytics; Drew Jordan, Maggie O’Hara, Shane Piesik and Danny Vargovick to senior analysts; Wilfredo Crespo and Jimmy Ortiz to administrators of the Dominican Academy; and Justin Henry and Dave Lottsfeldt to regional crosscheckers.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Named Sarah Kincart manager/business communications.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Named James Stone trainer of Omaha (PCL); Darryl Kennedy manager, Doug Henry pitching coach, Abraham Nunez hitting coach, Nelson Liriano bench coach, Justin Kemp trainer and Will Gilmore strength and conditioning coach of Northwest Arkansas (TL); Scott Thorman manager, Larry Sutton hitting coach and Saburo Hagihara trainer of Wilmington (Carolina); Brooks Conrad manager, Danny Accola trainer and Tyler Burks strength and conditioning coach of Lexington (SAL); Clayton Mortensen pitching coach, Masa Koyanagi trainer and Jamie Collins strength and conditioning coach of Idaho Falls (Pioneer); Chris Widger manager, Andy LaRoche hitting coach, Brad Groleau trainer and Yannick Plante strength and conditioning coach of Burlington (Appalachian); Julio Pimental pitching coach and Gareth Webber strength and conditioning coach of the AZL Royals; Jeff Suppan roving minor league pitching coach; Leon Roberts senior minor league hitting adviser; Andre David roving minor league hitting coach; Jeff Diskin director of professional development; Malcom Culver assistant to player development; John Wagle minor league strength and conditioning coordinator; and Jarret Abell assistant minor league strength and conditioning coordinator.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed OF Billy Burns to a minor league contract.

National League NEW YORK METS — Named David Wright special adviser to the chief operating officer and general manager.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Named Jose Oquendo minor league instructor, Joey Prebynski major league game plan coach and Chris Bourjos, Filiberto Fernandez and Jesus Perez scouts.

Promoted Adam Olsen to director of medical operations, Thomas Knox to assistant director/performance, Lance Thomason to major league strength coach, Brian Seyfert to baseball development/ senior developer, Emily Wiebe to baseball development analyst/ player development & performance, Javier Duran baseball operations analyst and Elijah Tupuola and Craig Richmond to scouts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Mack Jenkins pitching coach and Will Lindholm strength and conditioning coach of Hagerstown (SAL), Ralph Wheeler manager and Ryan Grose strength and conditioning coach of Auburn (NYP), Gabe Torres strength and conditioning coach of the GCL Nationals and Shane Hill strength and conditioning coach of Potomac (Carolina).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Waived Gs MarShon Brooks and Michael Carter-Williams.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Traded G Michael Carter-Williams and cash to Chicago for a protected 2020 second-round draft pick.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Waived G Ron Baker.

NBA G League

CAPITAL CITY GO-GO — Acquired F Duje Dukan from the available player pool.

MEMPHIS HUSTLE — Acquired the returning player rights to G Jordan Mathews and a 2019 second round draft pick from Canton for F Chance Comanche.

Women’s NBA LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Named Danita Johnson president and chief operating officer.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OL David Bright and DB Ashton Lampkin to reserve/future contracts.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed TE Jerell Adams, RB Josh Ferguson, G Maurquice Shakir, OT David Steinmetz, LBs Davin Bellamy and Chris Landrum and WRs Jester Weah and Isaac Whitney to reserve/future contracts.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed LB Sam Eguavoen to a reserve/future contract.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announced the contract of running backs coach James Saxon will not be renewed.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived WRs Carlos Henderson and ArDarius Stewart.

GOLF LPGA TEACHING & CLUB PRO DIVISION — Elected Marvol Bernard national president.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Assigned D Josh Anderson from Colorado (AHL) to Utah (ECHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned F Dylan Sadowy from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned F Nikita Scherbak to Ontario (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F John Quenneville to Binghamton (AHL). Recalled D Egor Yakovlev from Binghamton.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned G Brandon Halverson from Maine (ECHL) to Hartford (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned D Jordan Schmaltz to San Antonio (AHL). Recalled F Sammy Blais from San Antonio.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled D Oleg Sosunov from Orlando (ECHL) to Syracuse (AHL).

OLYMPIC SPORTS USA CYCLING — Named Rob DeMartini president and CEO. SOCCER Major League Soccer CLUB INTERNACIONAL DE FUTBOL MIAMI — Named Niki Budalic director of soccer operations.

MONTREAL IMPACT — Transferred M Alejandro Silva to Club Olimpia (Primera Division-Paraguay).

National Premier Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed F Aaron Dennis.

COLLEGE BARUCH — Named Cristy Encarnacion men’s volleyball assistant coach.

CHATTANOOGA — Named Ethan Reeve director of strength and conditioning.

ILLINOIS — Announced graduate WR A.D. Miller is transferring from Oklahoma.

IOWA STATE — RB David Montgomery will enter the NFL draft.

KANSAS STATE — Dismissed C Maary Lakes from the women’s basketball program.

MIAMI — Named Blake Baker codefensive coordinator.

NYU — Named Ophir Sadeh assistant softball coach.

OHIO STATE — QB Dwayne Haskins Jr. will enter the NFL draft. Named Greg Mattison and Jeff Hafley co-defensive coordinators.

PARK — Named Ashley Jones esports coach.

SAINT JOSEPH’S — Promoted Fred King to associate head women’s soccer coach.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA — Announced QB Cole Kelley is transferring from Arkansas.

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tion. The Tide won their first 14 games by an average of 31 points per game.

Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa threw two crucial interceptions in the first half, the first returned 44 yards for a touchdown by A.J. Terrell to put Clemson up 7-0. The Tide came in scoring 48 points per game, but was shut out over the final 44 minutes by an opportunistic Clemson defense that stiffened in key spots.

Saban lamented numerous mistakes: blown coverages on third down (Clemson was 10 for 15), stall outs in the red zone and special teams mishaps, including a fake field goal that flopped on the first possession of the second half.

He laid the blame on himself. The Alabama program has set a championship-or-bust standard under Saban, but he didn’t want this season looked at as a failure.

“One game doesn’t define who you are,” Saban said.

Tagovailoa, the sophomore who came off the bench to win the championship game last year for the Tide, went 22 for 34 for 295 yards and two touchdowns.

“Good is not good enough,”

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Tagovailoa said.

The Heisman runner-up was also the second-best quarterback on the field in the championship game. Lawrence finished 20 for 32, and went 18 for 25 for 277 yards over the final three quarters.

The teenager who took over as the starter four games into the season raised the Tigers’ play, giving them an explosive offense to match a suffocating defense, led by All-American linemen Clelin Ferrell and Wilkins.

“It’s been an awesome journey,” Lawrence said. “It’s really unbelievable.”

Clemson hit Alabama with a 31-point first half, capitalizing on the Tide’s mistakes and unleashing Lawrence’s rocket arm.

Tagovailoa threw a second interception in the second quarter, this time into triple coverage, and Trayvon Mullen’s 46-yard return put Clemson in Alabama territory. That led to Travis Etienne’s third touchdown of the half, a 5-yard shovel pass from Lawrence.

With a chance to stamp itself as the best team in Saban’s remarkable 12 seasons at Alabama, the Crimson Tide played maybe the worst half of the coach’s tenure. The 15-point halftime deficit was the largest the Tide has ever faced under Saban.

Young makes College Hall

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Texas quarterback Vince Young and Notre Dame speedster Raghib Ismail have been selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, along with 11 other players and two coaches.

Young was the Heisman Trophy runner-up and led the Longhorns to the 2005 national championship with a memorable performance in the Rose Bowl against Southern California. Ismail, better known as Rocket, was an electric receiver and kick returner for the Fighting Irish and the Heisman runner-up in 1990.

The rest of the players to be enshrined at the National Foot-

ball Foundation’s award banquet in December include Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, Oklahoma defensive back Rickey Dixon, John Carroll linebacker London Fletcher, Texas A&M defensive lineman Jacob Green, North Carolina State receiver Torry Holt, Arizona State quarterback Jake Plummer, USC defensive back Troy Polamalu, Wisconsin offensive tackle Joe Thomas, Florida State defensive back Terrell Buckley, Michigan State running back Lorenzo White and Mississippi linebacker Patrick Willis.

Dennis Erickson, who coached Miami to two national championships, and Joe Taylor, who won 233 games at historically black colleges, were selected for induction as coaches.

Rockets take down Nuggets

By The Associated Press

HOUSTON — James Harden scored 32 points, Clint Capela added a career-high 31 and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 125-113 on Monday night.

P.J. Tucker set a career best with seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 21 points to help Houston win for the 12th time in 14 games. Capela had 19 points by halftime as Harden fed him again and again when Denver double-teamed him behind the 3-point line.

Gerald Green had 21 points and six 3s on a night when Houston made 22 for its sixth game this season with at least 20.

BUCKS 114, JAZZ 102 MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and Malcolm Brogdon scored 21 to lead Milwaukee past Utah.

Thon Maker added a seasonhigh 15 points off the bench for the Bucks, who were coming off a loss to Toronto on Saturday night.

Milwaukee improved to 28-11, the second-best record in the NBA. Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points and Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Jazz, who lost starting point guard Ricky Rubio to a right hamstring injury less than five minutes into the game. He didn’t return.

He’s tied with Jerry Sloan for third place, trailing only Don Nelson and Lenny Wilkens.

A 23-2 run spanning parts of the first and second quarters put the Spurs up 45-33.

CELTICS 116, NETS 95

NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis had 36 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots, and New Orleans pulled away from reeling Memphis down the stretch.

Second-year pro Frank Jackson scored a career-high 17 points for the Pelicans, who had won two straight for the first time since winning three in a row in mid-November.

BOSTON — Kyrie Irving returned after missing two games with an eye injury and scored 17 points to lead eight players in double figures as Boston beat Brooklyn.

Jayson Tatum added 16 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight game.

Rodions Kurucs led the Nets with 24 points. Brooklyn lost for just the fourth time in 16 games.

SPURS 119, PISTONS 107 DETROIT — DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, and coach Gregg Popovich moved another step higher on the NBA’s career wins list as San Antonio defeated Detroit.

Popovich has 1,221 victories.

a double-digit halftime deficit.

The Lakers won for just the second time in seven games since LeBron James strained his groin on Christmas Day, and they swept the season series from the Mavericks 3-0.

PELICANS 114, GRIZZLIES 95

LAKERS 107, MAVERICKS 97

TRAIL BLAZERS 111, KNICKS 101 PORTLAND, Ore. — Jusuf Nurkic had 20 points and eight rebounds as Portland beat New York.

Damian Lillard added 17 points and nine assists for the Trail Blazers, who have won four of five. CJ McCollum also scored 17. Nurkic had his fourth straight game with 20 or more points.

KINGS 111, MAGIC 95

DALLAS — Brandon Ingram scored 29 points and Lonzo Ball added 21 as Los Angeles handed Dallas a rare home loss.

The two young Lakers responded to coach Luke Walton’s demand for more passion after a blowout loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The duo helped rally Los Angeles from

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — De’Aaron Fox had 20 points and Sacramento snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over Orlando.

After blowing fourth-quarter leads in all four of those losses, the Kings went ahead by double digits in a dominant second period and led by 28 entering the fourth.

Blues shut out Philadelphia

By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Brayden Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko scored and Jordan Binnington stopped 25 shots in his first NHL start to lead the St. Louis Blues past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Monday night in a listless game between two of the worst teams in the league.

David Perron scored an empty-netter in the final minutes for St. Louis.

The 25-year-old Binnington had played just two games in mop-up duty this season behind Jake Allen. He was sent to the minors in December to keep fresh and earned three wins with a shutout to earn AHL player of the week honors. He was called up — and got the call to start against the hapless Flyers.

The win gave the Blues 38 points and moved them past Los Angeles, out of last place

in the Western Conference.

Only Ottawa has fewer points than the Flyers (36) in the East after Philadelphia’s seventh straight loss. Both teams fired their coaches this season.

The Flyers have scored only 12 goals over their seven-game losing streak, their longest losing streak since they went 0-5-5 over November-December last season.

PREDATORS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 0 TORONTO — Pekka Rinne made 18 saves for his third shutout of the season and the 54th of his career as Nashville blanked Toronto.

Mattias Ekholm, Kevin Fiala and Colton Sissons each had goal and an assist for Nashville, and P.K. Subban also scored.

Rinne is now tied with MarcAndre Fleury, Bernie Parent and Ed Giacomin for 21st on the all-

time shutout list.

Michael Hutchinson stopped 28 shots for the Maple Leafs, who hit the post three times and had a goal called back for offside.

Garnet Hathaway scored an empty-net goal with 50 seconds left, and Elias Lindholm finished with two assists.

Gaudreau extended his goalscoring streak to five games.

Patrick Kane had a goal and an WILD 1, CANADIENS 0 assist for the Blackhawks in the MONTREAL — Mikael Gran- opener of a three-game homestand. lund scored and Devan Dubnyk Alex DeBrincat and Brandon Saad stopped 32 shots for his first shut- also scored, and Collin Delia made 39 stops. out of the season for Minnesota.

The Wild have won three straight games, all on the road.

SHARKS 3, KINGS 1 Carey Price stopped 24 shots for the Canadiens, who have SAN JOSE, Calif. — Erik dropped two in a row.

Karlsson had three assists, Tomas Hertl scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period FLAMES 4, and surging San Jose defeated Los BLACKHAWKS 3 Angeles.

CHICAGO — Johnny GaudJoonas Donskoi and Joe Thornreau scored two goals, David Rit- ton also scored for San Jose. Martich made 32 saves and Calgary tin Jones made 22 saves as the edged Chicago.

Sharks won their fifth in six games.

Sean Monahan had a goal and Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist as Western Conference- Jack Campbell turned back 26 leading Calgary closed out a 3-1 shots for the Kings, who have lost trip with its second straight win. three of four.

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Teen surprised to discover she is attracted to women and I’m always the last one done. My family, on the other hand, tends to spend about an hour around the dinner table when we gather. Even when I try to eat quickly, I’m still way behind Aiden’s family.

How can I politely address this? I hate to keep people waiting, but I believe it’s wrong to leave food on my plate when I’m still hungry.

-- CHEWING AS Abigail Van Buren FAST AS I CAN DEAR CHEWING: I agree you shouldn’t leave food on your plate if you are still hungry. Eating slowly, thoroughly chewing one’s food and enjoying a meal in a relaxed manner is healthy. Wolfing down one’s food really isn’t. You are not going to change Aiden’s family’s lifestyle. If you bring this up, they may become defensive. Just enjoy your food as you have been, and let them enjoy theirs in the way they are used to.

DEAR ABBY: What is an appropriate age to stop sending money or gifts to nieces, nephews and grandchildren? I have two nephews, and one of them turns 22 next

month. I have been sending gifts or money for birthdays and Christmas ever since they were born, and I worry that they expect me to keep doing this until I pass away.

It is not that I can’t afford to send these gifts, but as adults they shouldn’t expect me to continue sending them money. I dread when my nephews start having children. Does that constitute another long-term obligation?

-- BUYING THEIR LOVE IN ATLANTA DEAR BUYING: The appropriate age to turn off the automated gift spigot would be when the “child” stops showing appreciation for the gifts or reaches adulthood. You are not obligated to give your nephews gifts for their children unless you are attending their baby showers or birthday celebrations.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Abby shares more than 100 of her favorite recipes in two booklets: “Abby’s Favorite Recipes” and “More Favorite Recipes by Dear Abby.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $16 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Cookbooklet Set, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

Hints from Heloise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019: This year you will transform from a practical, businesslike personality to a more open and friendlier sign. You might feel quite comfortable not being so serious. If you are single, you will expand your immediate circle of friends. You will meet many new people throughout the year. If you are attached, you and your sweetie seem to enjoy your relationship in various different situations. The strength and stability of your bond comes from the many private days and weekends you have shared together. AQUARIUS understands friendship well.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You will approach a matter that comes from out of left field in an assertive, positive way. Expect some frustration if others don’t get your message or the gist of the situation. Listen to what is being shared. Imagine walking in others’ shoes. Tonight: Get together with a friend.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be confused by the mixed messages that are coming from a specific person. A partner encourages an investment. A close friend might give you a very different opinion. Ultimately, you have the final say. Do the needed research. Tonight: Help yourself get what you want.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Reach out to a loved one at a distance. This person will be delighted to hear from you. Because you live so far apart, a conversation shows you just how different various parts of

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the country are. Someone who demands respect could be quarrelsome.

Tonight: Opt for different.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH One-on-one relating takes you down a new path. You could become tired and withdrawn when someone talks about a particular matter. You would be wise not to discuss this issue right now. Give yourself a day or two to think through the problem. Tonight: A close encounter.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Defer to others who are only too happy to run with the ball. You might delight in their enthusiasm. You cannot help but feel appreciated. A partner could be reactive and feeling a little jealous, as he or she needs your attention too. Be flattered. Tonight: Check out the possibilities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Pace yourself, and focus on what you must do. You will feel better once you get through your to-do list.

Do not forget to schedule an appointment with the doctor or dentist. You can’t get out of your yearly checkup.

Tonight: Avoid a charged discussion, if possible.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Make that extra effort to wrap up certain details involving a work situation. You might be excellent at juggling various facets of your life, but you will respond to the one that requires your attention the most. Try to be more present with others. Tonight: Add some naughtiness to the mix.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You might not be comfortable with a domestic matter that rears its ugly head. You could be juggling more than your usual amount of responsibil-

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ities. If someone in your life becomes demanding, you might want to walk away, even for a short while. Tonight: Make it an early night.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You feel energized. You will want to chat on the phone, catch up on news and possibly make plans. You could find that a roommate or family member is being outstandingly difficult. Consider distancing yourself from this person for now. Tonight: Out and about.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be in a situation where you need to be responsive. You might be angry with the other party and need to express your opinions and feelings. Do not commit to spending more than you want to under any circumstances. Tonight: The only answer to a caring invitation is “yes.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You can turn a problem into a success story, as long as you are allowed the space to act freely.

You express unusual creativity when you are with others. Do not hesitate to voice your opinions in a brainstorming session. Tonight: Beam in more of what you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might not be conscious of your extra drive and focus. You could be pushing someone to do something that he or she doesn’t want to do.

Stop and try to be more connected to this person’s wants and needs. Take some time for yourself, too. Tonight: All smiles.

BORN TODAY Physicist Stephen Hawking (1942), singer/songwriter David Bowie (1947), singer Elvis Presley (1935)

Time to ‘treecycle’ Dear Readers: This time of year can be melancholy; the excitement of the holidays is over. One thing you can do to keep the good vibes flowing: “TREECYCLE” your live Christmas tree into beneficial mulch.

Check with your city’s official website, or call 311 for information on pickups and dropoffs for trees. Some general guidelines: * Naturally, you’ll remove all decorations, tinsel, streamers and lights. * Remove the tree from its stand and any nails or spikes securing it. * If transporting the tree to a recycler, tie down the tree with easy-to-cut twine, and don’t bag it.

Other uses for a live Christmas tree: Deposit it into a lake or pond for fish to call home, or donate to the zoo for the animals.

Call the zoo before heading over with a tree.

-- Heloise SUBSTITUTE FOODS Dear Heloise: In our household, we find that yogurt serves as a healthy substitute for sour cream without compromising richness in flavor, and we use cauliflower instead of rice or pasta.

-- Miss Maui Mary, via email THE HEAT IS ON Dear Readers: Does chilly weather increase pain such as arthritis? A heating pad can help, but there are safety measures to take. Here are some hints: Use the heating pad for only short periods of time (around 20 minutes is ideal -don’t sleep with it on), and wrap the heating pad in a towel to avoid direct contact with your skin -- you could get burned.

If you use creams or ointments, apply those AFTER using the heating pad. Heat can help with chronic (ongoing) pain. For acute (sudden) injuries, did you know that ice usually is better?

Check with your medical professional for other recommendations, and always use a heating pad -- and an ice pack -- safely.

-- Heloise

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

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DEAR ABBY: I am a 19-year-old college student (female) who needs advice regarding something I’m trying to figure out. An ex-boyfriend I’m good friends with recently introduced me to his new girlfriend, and I took a more-than-friendly liking to her at first meeting.

My feelings about her confused me at first. Then I began thinking about my past and realized I’m attracted to both men and women. I always thought I was simply curious, but now I’m sure it’s more than that.

My family and friends are liberal and open-minded.

I know they’ll love me no matter what, but I’m confused about how I feel. While I have dated only men so far, I’d be more than willing to call a woman a partner as well.

How do I come to terms with this personal revelation while I’m still exploring it?

-- BI-CONFUSED IN NEW JERSEY DEAR BI-CONFUSED: The logical way to come to terms with the revelation would be to follow it and see where it leads. I would only caution you to make sure the person is available and the interest is mutual when you do.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Aiden,” and I have been together for eight months. We’re both in our 20s.

We go to his parents’ house every other week for dinner.

I get along with them quite well.

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Pets Therapy dogs help patients heal in Waterloo

By META HEMENWAY-FORBES Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

WATERLOO, Iowa — A hospital is a place with many helping hands. Covenant Medical Center has added some healing paws to the mix.

Two therapy dogs make the rounds daily on Covenant properties. Rose, a yellow Labrador retriever, greets physical therapy patients at Covenant’s

Outpatient Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in the Kimball Ridge Building. Ammo, a black Labrador retriever, helps children at the Early Developmental Intervention center at the hospital. “It’s amazing to see how much a dog can impact people,� said Allison Germundson, Ammo’s owner and handler and an occupational therapist at EDI.

This pet is available at the Kenai Animal Shelter

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports both dogs received extensive training from Retrieving Freedom in Waverly, a nonprofit organization that trains service dogs.

Rose’s training began as a foster pup in the home of Retrieving Freedom volunteer Charlotte Feckers, nurse manager of Covenant’s cardiac medical/surgical floor.

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to become a service dog for a veteran or a child on the autism spectrum. But Feckers and Retrieving Freedom staff noticed there was something very special about Rose. “Her gentleness and her temperament are extraordinary,� Feckers said.

Retrieving Freedom staff shifted gears and decided Rose will instead produce two litters of service dogs and then

become a permanent member of the Feckers household.

Rose also will continue to comfort physical therapy patients at Covenant. “The patients say having Rose there gives them something to look forward to, so I make sure she gets there every single day,� Feckers said.

When Rose’s job changed, so, too, did her training. “Rose has been in training

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