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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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State looks to expand Medicaid management JUNEAU (AP) — The state health department is looking to implement a program to combat what it calls “harmful and costly inappropriate use of Medicaid-covered services.” The Juneau Empire reports the pilot program would supplement the state’s current Care Management Program. That program was established to help individuals who use services in an amount deemed not medically necessary find a primary care provider. Those who would participate in a coordinated care program would be those who have visited the emergency room more than five times in a year and are not in the Care Management Program. According to the department’s request for proposals, the current Care Management Program receives more than 100 referrals annually and manages about 300 “top utilizers.” But it says the program lacks sufficient resources and expertise to address the “complex and layered problems of this super utilizer group.” The department is hoping a coordinated care program will, among other things, increase prescription oversight, reduce unnecessary medical visits and save the Medicaid program money.

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Local expert offers tips for reaching goals By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

pre-kindergarten. He said he was not suggesting that more money will fix the problems facing Alaska’s public school system and said he shares fellow members’ concerns with how money is being used. “But you can’t say we’re here to improve education and show up at the table with a predetermined outcome,” he said. “I don’t know how that benefits education.” The language was revised during the meeting to say the public should be made aware

Now that the calendar has rolled into a new year, the old tradition of setting lofty resolutions can commence. Weather it be a commitment to exercise and healthy eating, or a pledge to save more money, the daily rigors of life can get in the way and derail those resolutions. For those of us who have good intentions but lack the willpower to stick with set goals, a new book released from a local psychologist offers some guidance on ways to focus efforts and take the necessary steps to make behavioral changes. Dr. Pamela Hays, a licensed psychologist who runs a practice in Soldotna, is the author of “Creating well-being: Four steps to a happier, healthier life.” While Hays has more than 20 years of experience as a clinical therapist and has written several books in her field of work, her latest work is the first geared toward the general public. Hays said she wrote this book to help people make positive changes in their lives and give readers the tools to combat

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Taking the plunge

Overcast skies, spitting rain and a posted water temperature of 37 degrees could not keep a crowd from turning out to participate in the Polar Plunge, a local New Year’s Day tradition, on Wednesday at Auke Bay in Juneau

Task force clashes over funding By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — A legislative task force clashed Tuesday over funding as they worked on a blueprint for addressing education in Alaska. Members of the House Task Force on Sustainable Education, working on a draft presentation during a teleconferenced meeting, agreed with language stating that to provide for a sustainable future in Alaska, state spending levels must to be reduced and a portion of revenue

set aside for future generations. The disagreement came over whether to include proposed language that, in the current budget environment, state education funding needs to be reduced as well. Brad Keithley, a consultant who works on oil, gas and fiscal policy issues, supported the statement, saying society has gotten the message that it can go to the state and “get all their problems solved,” but he said that needs to stop. The public needs to recognize the state is spending itself off a fiscal cliff,

he said. But Andrew Halcro, a former state legislator and current president of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, vehemently disagreed, arguing that such a statement “makes everything we’re doing here irrelevant.” He said the panel hasn’t even really addressed what an adequate funding level is and said it makes no sense to talk about cutting spending when the panel hasn’t looked into gains the state might realize from additional investments in areas like

Kodiak girl donates hair to Locks of Love By NICOLE KLAUSS Kodiak Daily Mirror

KODIAK (AP) — Hanna Moody may look like your average 8-year-old girl, but to some unknowing child in the world, she’s a hero. Moody made the decision to cut off all her hair in order to donate it to Locks of Love, a nonprofit that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged kids suffering from hair loss. The donations are intended to help their self-esteem and

confidence. On Dec. 21, Hanna and her mom Kathy went to Vizhunz Salon, where she had 12 inches of hair cut off to donate. Hanna knows how much a helping hand means. She has severe epilepsy and was recently diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. “She went through a hard summer,” Kathy Moody said. Hanna suffered 48 seizures in three months over the summer and takes medication to

avoid others, but it doesn’t always work. “I just thought it was so giving and caring for a special needs girl to think of this on her own,” said Kiela Pickett, a close family friend. “For her to think of something so giving and nice was a big thing.” Kathy Moody remembered when Hanna first started asking to donate her hair. It was grown out, but maybe a year ago she had mentioned that she wanted to donate it for the sick kids,” she said. “This

year it grew down to her bottom and she said she wanted to help the sick kids with no hair.” Moody said she thinks Hanna’s idea to donate her hair came from watching TV commercials and from being around her friend Madisyn Sickafoose who battled a rare form of cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma a few years ago. Kathy Moody said she and her husband Hans were surprised when Hanna asked to make the charitable decision.

“We were shocked too that she wanted to,” she said. “She mentioned it a few times in the last year.” Finally, Moody made the appointment and took Hanna to the salon for her big day. “She knew why we were going,” Moody said. “She was telling the ladies cutting her hair why we were there.” Hanna is now sporting a chin-length haircut but is already planning to grow her hair out and donate it again, her mom said.

Domestic violence trial begins U.S. races to keep pace in Arctic By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

A Kenai Superior Court Jury heard testimony from three of the state’s witnesses in a domestic violence case, including the alleged victim, on Tuesday. Virgil McCord, Jr., 37, of the Native village of Tyonek, faces a kidnapping charge as well as three assault charges in the second, third and fourth degrees — all felony charges — and one misdemeanor charge of fourthdegree criminal mischief. Jury selection for the trial began on Monday carrying over to Tuesday morning until testimonies began just prior to noon. Following the testimony of an Alaska State Trooper and a friend of the alleged victim, Valerie Sigourney, 44, of An-

chorage, the alleged victim in the case, answered to questions from the state and the defense for more than one hour. Sigourney outlined her relationship with McCord saying that they began dating in May 2013 and she moved from Anchorage into the house he shared with family in Tyonek that same month, but the two had known each other prior to their romantic relationship. She said he was charming, sweet and cordial when Public Defender Andy Pevehouse asked what she had liked about McCord. The alleged abuse happened the night of Sept. 20, 2013. Sigourney recalled how, at first, the couple was having a great time during her testimony. They had gone moose hunting

and were driving and listening to music and sharing a bottle of whiskey. But then McCord got agitated because they had passed her ex’s family bridge. “He was very jealous,” she said. While driving his pickup with his left hand, McCord hit Sigourney with his right hand and called her names, she testified as she began to cry. Sigourney jumped out of the moving pickup because she didn’t want McCord to hit her anymore, she said. When asked by Assistant District Attorney Kelly Lawson what happened next, Sigourney said McCord got out after her but forgot to put the truck in park. He went after the truck, which went into the ditch. Then See CASE, page A-10 C

By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is racing to keep pace with stepped-up activity in the once sleepy Arctic frontier, but it is far from being in the lead. Nations across the world are hurrying to stake claims to the Arctic’s resources, which might be home to 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its untapped natural gas. There are emerging fisheries and hidden minerals. Cruise liners loaded with tourists

are sailing the Arctic’s frigid waters in increasing numbers. Cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route, one of two shortcuts across the top of the Earth in summer, is on the rise. The U.S., which takes over the two-year rotating chairmanship of the eight-nation Arctic Council in 2015, has not ignored the Arctic, but critics say the U.S. is lagging behind the other seven: Russia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Canada and Denmark, through the semiautonomous territory of See ARCTIC, page A-10

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Illinois prepares for new state wolf population after sighting By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — The wolf was believed to be a lone male expelled by a pack in Wisconsin. The hunter who shot him in northwestern Illinois, allegedly keeping his skull as a trophy, was the first person in the state ever prosecuted for shooting a wolf under federal endangered species laws. The incident, resolved in 2013 when the hunter pleaded guilty and paid a $2,500 fine, comes amid evidence of a modest but perceptible uptick in the number of wolves roaming across the Wisconsin border into heavily populated and widely farmed Illinois. Illinois’ own once-thriving wolves were hunted to extinction by the 1860s. But since the first confirmed sighting in the state in 150 years, in 2002, wolf sightings have gone from rare to regular — with at least five in the last three years. “We used to joke with our counterparts in Wisconsin that, ‘Yeah, one day your wolves will be coming to Illinois,’” said Joe Kath, the endangered species manager at Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources. “Well, we’ve reached that day.” That has state wildlife officials contemplating another day — still way off — when there are so many wolves in Illinois they’ll have to ask residents to decide if they want to encourage the growth of a wolf population or strictly limit it, possibly through hunting or trapping. “It’s too early to ask the question, but it’s not too early to prepare for a time when the question might have to be asked,” said Kath. That preparation, he said, has already begun, including by drafting plans on how to manage wolf packs should they become established. The North American wolves, known as gray or timber wolves, C

have proven resilient. Their numbers in the lower 48 states fell to a few dozen by 1970 but dramatically rebounded with federal protections and wildly successful reintroduction programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Wolves weren’t threatened by extinction in Alaska, which by far has the most — 7,000 to 11,000 wolves — of any U.S.

state. Minnesota is second, with 2,200 wolves. In Wisconsin, which shares a 150-mile border with Illinois, wolf numbers went from few to none in the 1970s to more than 800 today. The core of Wisconsin’s wolf population is in its forested north. But Kath noted that the wolves have on their own moved south, and one pack is near Beloit, Wis., only miles from Illinois. Also, lone wolves

can leave their packs and roam more than 500 miles away in search of potential mates. Several shootings of wolves have occurred in JoDaviess County, which hugs the Wisconsin border in the northwestern Illinois. “It’s really not that they can’t survive in Illinois. They could,” said Kath. “The question is, will the general public allow them to survive?”

Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, January 2, 2014

Community Calendar Today 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 2627319 or 252-3436. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 2627339. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • AA Step Sisters at Central Peninsula Hospital. Call 262-2304. • Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac. com or call260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. 8 p.m. • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy. com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

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Kenai Historical Society to meet

The Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board will The Kenai Historical Society will host their monthly meethold a special meeting on Monday, at 5:30 p.m., downstairs in the Redoubt-Spur conference rooms at Central Peninsula Hos- ing at the Kenai Visitor’s Center Sunday at 1 p.m. This meeting is open to the public; new members are encouraged. For more pital. This special meeting has been called for the purpose of con- information contact June at 283-1946. sidering Resolutions 2014-006 and 2014-008.

Citizens advisory council plans election, seeks membership applications

Fish and Game AC meets today

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish & Game Advisory Committee will Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council, a congresmeet today at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building on K-Beach sionally mandated citizens’ council for oversight of oil indusRoad at 7 pm. Agenda includes continued discussion of Upper try operations and safe marine transportation in Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet BOF proposals. For more information contact Mike represents regional stakeholder groups through its Board of Crawford at 252-2919. Directors. The Board positions for Environmental interest groups and Alaska Native organizations become available in Hospice plans winter fundraiser 2014. CIRCAC is accepting applications from environmental Beginning Monday at 10 a.m. Hospice of the Central Pen- and Native groups that are currently not members. To become a certified member and participate in the upinsula will be selling tickets for its 18th annual Winter Wine coming election process to fill these Board seats, contact Jerry Taste and Auction. Call the Hospice office at 262-0453 from Rombach at jerryrombach@circac.org, or call 907-283-7222. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday for more information and The deadline for submittal of applications is January 24, 2014. tickets. The Winter Wine Taste Event will be held Feb. 22 at the Kenai Senior Center at 6 p.m. The evening will be filled There is no membership fee. with gourmet appetizers, dinner and dessert along with paired wines for each course, as well as a silent and live auction and KPB residents can still apply for assistance fun raffles. To donate to this event, please call Mary Green at For individuals and families on the Kenai Peninsula Bor398-1600 or the Hospice office. ough who sustained damages to their primary residence and or personal property during the 2013 flood can still apply for Cook Inlet Regional Planning State Disaster Assistance by calling the hotline at 1-855-445Team meeting slated 7131 until Jan. 17, 2014. The Cook Inlet Regional Planning Team will meet on Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association building, 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road. The agenda for the meeting is located on CIAA’s website (ciaanet.org). The public is welcome to attend.

Fry Bread Friday in Old Town Kenai

Have a photogenic pet? Send the Clarion a picture Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people. Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. For more information, call 907-335-1251.

A Fry Bread Friday sponsored by the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church and National Historic Landmark is planned for Friday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ft. Kenay in Old Town Kenai across from the Russian Orthodox Church. Fry bread is one for $2 or three for $5. Beef/sausage piroshky and salmon/sour cream/dill piroshky, Russian tea cakes, whole wheat bread, assorted goodies like fudge and Submit community announcements to news@peninsulacookies, plus tea and coffee also will be available. clarion.com.

Heli-ski operator pleads in land-use case ANCHORAGE (AP) — A Haines helicopter ski operation has agreed to plead guilty to unauthorized use of federal land, according to records filed in federal court this week. The U.S. attorney’s office, in a bill of information filed Monday, said Southeast Backcountry Adventures used land it knew was closed to commercial activity for a March helicopter ski trip. Prosecutors said the company operated in the closed area for about 54 of its 78 total days of operation in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The case came to light after the death of a skier on March 3, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Steward told the Anchorage Daily News. The plea agreement was signed before the holidays but publicly filed Monday. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 21 in Anchorage. A guide reached at the number on the company’s website Wednesday said company officials planned to discuss releasing a statement. It was not

immediately clear when one might be issued. Alaska State Troopers said Christian Arcadio Cabanilla died and two other skiers were injured in the March incident. While the accident was initially reported as an avalanche, the plea agreement states that the skiers fell because a cornice under them gave way. Steward said U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials discovered Cabanilla died in an area they had closed for an environmental study, and that led to federal investigation into other possible land-use offenses. According to the plea agreement, the guide company, known as SEABA, had a permit to operate south of the Tsirku River bordering Glacier Bay National Park from 2002 to 2006. The company paid access fees based on a percentage of its gross revenue. Then the company let its permit expire, and BLM banned access to the land to assess the potential impact of commercial

use on the environment. The studies helped land managers determine what conditions to put on the permits, the plea agreement states. SEABA applied for another permit in 2011 but was told by BLM the land was still closed. Had the land been opened so that SEABA could get a permit, its user fees for 2012 and 2013 would be a minimum of about $11,500, according to

the bill of information. If the plea agreement is accepted, SEABA would agree to pay that amount in restitution and a $10,000 fine. The company also would be on probation for two years and during that time would have to provide federal land managers with global positioning data “to ensure compliance with permissible ski boundaries,” the plea agreement states.

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2014 Arctic Winter Games draw near Less than three months.

That’s when an estimated 2,000 athletes, along with coaches, support staff and family, will be in Fairbanks for the 2014 Arctic Winter Games. This will be an incredible spectacle that Fairbanks hasn’t hosted since 1988. Teams from many nations in the circumpolar north will send contingents to our city for a week of competition in an array of sports — cross-country skiing, curling, biathlon, dog mushing, figure skating, hockey, wrestling and basketball, to list but a few. Having just less than three months until the arrival of the opening ceremonies might seem like a lot of time, but it isn’t. Organizers of the Fairbanks host society work continually to ensure that the 2014 games will be a success. That means constant efforts at fundraising, at public relations, at logistics and event planning, and at finding the estimated 2,500 to 3,000 volunteers who will be needed for the games. Yet another example of the complexity of this task was noted in a story in Tuesday’s edition of the Daily News-Miner. The story was about the search for language interpreters, should they be needed by any of the visiting contingents. English is the official language of the Arctic Winter Games, but it’s common sense to assume that some of our guests will speak only their native language — Russian, Swedish, or Greenlandic, for example. The Fairbanks Arctic Winter Games organizers need volunteers not only for interpreting but also for a variety of other functions. Information about volunteering is available at the 2014 Arctic Winter Games website (awg2014.org). Information about becoming a sponsor is also available on the website. Tickets are on sale, also through the website. The Arctic Winter Games open March 15 and run through March 22. This is an event that Fairbanks likely won’t see for quite a while. Be a part of it. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Dec. 25

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

A year of shamelessness All things considered, it was a year without shame. It was the year that Miley Cyrus Frenchkissed a sledgehammer in the music video for her song “Wrecking Ball,” and cavorted naked on said wrecking ball. The former Disney star popularized the act of twerking in a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards that was so luridly infantile, it wasn’t outrageous so much as pathetic. Yet it worked. It gained her at least another 15 minutes of fame and probably more, to have people pay attention to other insipid things she might do, usually half-clothed. Cyrus made us yearn for the good taste and restraint of the era of Lady Gaga, not to mention the golden age of classic Britney Spears. It was the year the president of the United States posed in a selfie with other foreign leaders at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela. He evidently had a grand time, but made us nostalgic for the period before our presidents posed in selfies with other heads of state, i.e., the long stretch of American history ending on Dec. 9, 2013. It was the year Anthony Weiner admitted in the midst of his New York City mayoral campaign that he had continued to sext after resigning from Congress for sexting. Under the delightfully absurd alias “Carlos Danger,” he had sent pictures of his private parts to a 22-year-old woman, whose notoriety instantly launched her career in adult film and as a spokesmodel for an adultery-facilitating website. Weiner made

us fondly recall the self-effacing modesty of past New York City politicians like Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani. It was the year that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied smoking crack, before admit- Rich Lowry ting smoking crack — probably “in one of my drunken stupors.” He blamed reporters for not asking “the correct questions” when he made his initial lawyerly denial, in which he had only said, “I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.” He denounced a successful effort by the City Council to strip him of most of his powers as a “coup d’etat.” While running around like a bull high on amphetamines during the raucous council debate, he knocked a woman down. The good mayor made us miss the decorum and straightforwardness of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It was the year Dennis Rodman nominated himself as goodwill ambassador to North Korea, touchingly pronouncing himself Kim Jong Un’s “friend for life.” He excused the dictator’s brutal rule by explaining that the Supreme Leader is only 28 years old. “The Worm,” as the former basketball player is known, made Jane Fonda’s infamous visit to North Vietnam in 1972 seem an effective, well- calibrated act

of international diplomacy in comparison. It was the year Lance Armstrong confessed to cheating in every single one of his Tour de France victories, after attempting for years to destroy anyone who had blown the whistle on his doping. He did the obligatory interview with Oprah as a first step to redemption. Armstrong made us miss the sportsmanship of Rosie Ruiz, who won the Boston Marathon years ago in record time by neglecting to run the entire course. It was the year that New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez alleged a vast conspiracy encompassing most of Major League Baseball to bust him for using performanceenhancing drugs — again. The third baseman leads the league in misplaced sense of victimhood. Rodriguez made us long for the guilelessness of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. It was the year something truly outlandish happened on “The Real Housewives of Somewhere or Other.” It was the year “Mob Wives” got crazy. It was the year that “16 and Pregnant” descended into moral chaos. They all made us remember a time when “Jersey Shore” represented a more decorous, elevated form of reality television. So good riddance to a year of shamelessness. It is sure never to be excelled — except by 2014. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

To make change, it’s boycott time Forgive me for repeating what so many people already know, which is that the civil-rights movement in this country really gained traction after Dec. 1, 1955. That was the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery, Ala., bus and was arrested. She rightfully occupies a revered place in history, but it’s what happened next that forced the unraveling of cruel Jim Crow segregation and started the nation down a long road to equality that we still are traveling. The next day, the city’s blacks, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., organized a boycott of city buses. It didn’t take long before a lack of riders caused serious economic damage to Montgomery’s transit system, and the rest, as they say, is history. The point is that progress may be rooted in principle, but it’s achieved by tightening the financial vise. Which brings us to modern times. Actually, in many ways, we’re still living in the dark ages, often held back by craven officials buckling under the demands of malignantly selfish big-money interests. The powerful aren’t about to give up any privilege until they’re hit right in their hearts, which is to say, their wallets. It’s as true today as it was just more than 58 years ago: There’s no better way to force progress than a boycott. There are so many opportunities: For those in an uproar over the way A&E has handled “Duck Dynasty,” it’s as easy as can be: Don’t watch the network, and maybe avoid buying from the show’s sponsors. There is a huge amount of handwringing about how the infamous Koch brothers use their fortune to stymie regulation, fair taxation and labor rights. Simplicity itself : Koch Industries owns Georgia Pacific, which makes a ton of consumer products, including Brawny paper towels and Northern tissue. Need I say more? Furthermore, who really needs to eat at Chick-fil-A? Or Cracker Barrel? The list goes on and on. And it’s a tactic that those C

on the other side can use. Many are upset over the various positions espoused by Warren Buffett. What does he own? What doesn’t he own? Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries range from GEICO Insur- Bob Franken ance, which is so easy to reject that even a caveman can do it, to Dairy Queen to Fruit of the Loom. On the left and the right the targets abound; so many chances to make your voices heard by organizing a boycott. With some specific limitations, boycotts are legal — the right to buy whatever legitimate goods you want obviously implies a right to not buy them — and there are few restrictions on organizing such an effort. An attorney can advise on the finer points, but the broader one is that the super-rich are not impervious. They may spread a teeny bit of their wealth to officeholders to bully them into creating laws to protect them from the constraints imposed on the less fortunate or dilute the ones that might rein in their corrupt activities, but they can’t coerce their customers. They can try to persuade with advertising, but if the consumers can focus on their social or political priorities, and then stop buying from those whose conduct or positions they find objectionable, then you might see some better behavior. To see how skittish they can be, look no further than A&E. First, Phil Robertson was suspended from the show, which was a meaningless gesture, but it was a gesture. Obviously, executives decided they didn’t want to offend those who sympathize with the gay-rights movement. But then the right went into a snit, and the powers-thatbe hurriedly suspended the suspension. “Duck Dynasty” flies again! The same thing happened at Cracker

Barrel restaurants. They moved back and forth in a big hurry. Since government is unresponsive, the boycott might be a more effective legal way to fight cultural and financial battles. It’s worked before. It can now. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

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‘Young invincibles’ targeted

Marketing efforts for young uninsured ramped up By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press

MIAMI — The so-called “young invincibles” are so important to the success of the Affordable Care Act that supporters and detractors are spending millions to reach them with racy ads, social media campaigns and celebrity endorsements. The president is even (gasp) asking their mothers to help convince them to sign up for insurance. The federal government and states running their own exchanges have launched marketing efforts for this crucial demographic of healthy young adults, but it’s unclear if the messages are getting through. Eric Fisher, a 28-year-old from Salt Lake City, said he still hasn’t seen any of the social media campaigns — one of which targets Utah residents with images of people snowboarding and rock climbing. He tried to sign up online when the federal marketplace first launched but couldn’t because of the long wait times and other website glitches. He said he’ll try again at some point. He added that the historic health care overhaul isn’t a topic he and his friends spend much time talking about. “It’s not like a coffee table conversation,” Fisher said. According to a recent Harvard survey, many of Fischer’s peers are undecided. A poll by Harvard’s Institute of Politics shows about 40 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 are on the fence about whether to sign up, with the rest split fairly evenly between those likely to enroll and those who probably won’t. The survey of 2,000 young adults was conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 11, after the first month of enrollment on the health care exchanges and when sign-up problems were at their peak. Consisting of healthy college students and twenty-somethings, the so-called “young invincible” demographic is the holy grail of the Affordable Care Act. Insurers need their participation to offset the costs of covering older, sicker Americans. If enough young people decide not to buy insurance through state or federal marketplaces, it could throw off the market’s equilibrium and cause insurance rates to rise dramatically the following year. Federal officials haven’t released detailed demographic information on who’s enrolled so far, so it’s not clear how many young people have signed up. Ad campaigns in many states are courting undecided young adults. In Colorado, a nonprofit group created a series of provocative “got insurance?” ads. One features a blonde standing next to a life-sized cut-out of celebrity heartthrob Ryan Gosling with the caption, “Hey girl, you’re excited about easy access to

‘There’s this elitist attitude that (politicians) think they know what’s better for us than ourselves and that’s part of why I take issue with this. I’m being forced to do something that’s not necessarily in my best interest. I don’t need insurance, man. I’m healthy.’ — Shmuel Johnson, 31

not and prod them to at least get information.” California state exchange officials even tried to persuade women to pay the first month’s premium as a Christmas gift to their adult children and grandchildren. Experts say engaging young invincibles requires a nuanced touch. They prefer to talk with their peers about pragmatic things they can do to impact the world, but aren’t interested in ideological debates, said Morley Winograd, author of 3 books on millenials, including “Millenial Momentum.” But the cost of coverage will play the biggest role, experts say. More than 3 million young adults have health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act because they remained on their parents’ health insurance, according to the feds. The law extended the age that children can stay on their parents’ plan to 26. Joshua Benson stayed on his parents’ insurance until he turned 26 last year. After that, Benson, who had his pancreas removed and needs daily insulin for his Type 1 diabetes, struggled to find coverage. He was either denied or quoted $2,000 monthly premiums, said the South Florida resident, who works part-time as a grocery store cashier. He recently enrolled in a platinum plan with no deductible that costs him $170 a month and even covers his endocrinologist. The federal government kicks in another $200 a month. Benson says he was amused by the Funnyordie.com skits, but said many other ads “are focusing more on getting our attention than actually giving us any valid information.” On the other side of the aisle, groups that oppose the health overhaul such as Generation Opportunity are spreading their message at college tailgate parties. The organization gained a following after disturbing-by-design social media videos featuring a creepy Uncle Sam popping up at gynecological and proctology exams went viral. The tagline urged young adults to keep big government out of their personal health decisions. The group’s recent tailgate party at the University of Miami had all the markings of the South Beach club scene: hired glossyhaired models handing out swag, free alcohol and a sea of sweaty twenty-somethings bumping and grinding to a live DJ. Mette Jensen, a 22-year-old student, says she supports “Obamacare” even though she signed a petition against it. “Well, why not. I love free stuff.”

birth control and I’m excited about getting to know you. She got insurance.” Another touting “Brosurance” encourages men doing a keg stand not to tap into their beer money to cover medical bills. When the exchange launched, models wearing nothing but underwear and “Get Covered” signs passed out fliers in downtown Denver. Arizona and Utah ads targeting weekend warriors and other athletes note the risks of getting hurt without health insurance. Shmuel Johnson, who works in Los Angeles at a small sound studio, hasn’t seen any ads or perused the state’s health exchange. “There’s this elitist attitude that (politicians) think they know what’s better for us than ourselves and that’s part of why I take issue with this. I’m being forced to do something that’s not necessarily in my best interest,” said Johnson, a 31-year-old who’s never had insurance. “I don’t need insurance, man. I’m healthy.” He’ll wait until March to enroll and says he’ll select the cheapest, lowest-level of coverage available simply to avoid the fine. Experts expect many young adults, like Johnson, to wait until March. In 2012, 18 million 19 to 34-year-olds lacked insurance — or 27 percent of all people in that age group, according to U.S. census data. The Obama administration is making the rounds on college campuses to encourage people to sign up and has enlisted celebrities including Lady Gaga and Kerry Washington in its Get Covered social media campaign. Jennifer Hudson and Olivia Wilde were featured in skits pushing the Affordable Care Act on the humor website FunnyorDie.com. In the latest push, an Obama impersonator encourages young adults to tell their friends to get covered in an online rap. Associated Press writers Brady McThe president himself recently told a Combs in Salt Lake City, Utah and Gillian group of mothers visiting the Oval Of- Flaccus from Los Angeles contributed to fice that: “Moms can tell young people this report. who think they’re invincible that they’re

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Business News Chambers set schedules n The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce 55th annual Awards Celebration will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the Soldotna Sports Center. RSVP is required by Jan. 8. Call 262-9814. n The Kenai Chamber of Commerce will not hold a luncheon on Jan. 8. Weekly luncheons will resume on Jan. 15 at the Kenai Visitor Center with a presentation on the regional economy with Alyssa Shanks, state of Alaska economist. RSVP to 283-1991.

CPH names new chief financial officer Central Peninsula Hospital recently announced that Steve Huey has joined the CPH executive team as the organization’s new chief financial officer. In this position Huey will oversee the hospital’s financial, accounting and budgetary operations. Huey comes to CPH from Alaska Native Medical Center where he served as the Vice President and CFO for the 150bed tertiary hospital in Anchorage. “Steve has the necessary education, financial background and years of experience that will not only keep CPH in a great financial position but also help us navigate the rapid changes occurring in health care that affect the financial side of running a hospital” said Rick Davis, CEO of Central Peninsula Hospital, in a release. Davis went on to say that “In addition to his financial skills, Steve also brings a wealth of corporate and system CFO knowledge to our stand alone community hospital.” “My wife and daughter are very excited to come to the Kenai Peninsula and I look forward to being a part of the Central Peninsula Hospital team” said Huey. Huey received his Bachelor of Science, Accounting Degree from the University of Kentucky, is a Certified Public Accountant and also holds a J.D. from the Nashville School of Law. For nearly 20 years, Steve has served at both large and small hospitals in Alaska, Florida, Arizona, Tennessee, Virginia and New Jersey. Huey started in his CFO position at CPH Monday.

Job center hosts classes The Peninsula Job Center will offer the following workshops the week of Jan. 6: Monday, Jan. 6 — 9:30am, Job Club – ALEXsys Job Leads; 10:30 a.m., Interviewing Skills Tuesday, Jan. 7 — 9:00 a.m., Job Club – Topic: Career Exploration; 10:30 a.m., Job Prep Wednesday, Jan. 8 — 9:00 a.m., Job Club – Topic: Career Exploration; 10:30 a.m., CareerReady 101 Lab; 1:30 p.m., WorkKeys Testing Thursday, Jan. 9 — 9:00 a.m., Job Club – Topic: Career Exploration; 1:30 p.m., Resume Workshop Friday, Jan. 10 — No workshops offered All workshops are free of charge to the public. Those interested in attending any of the workshops offered at the Peninsula Job Center can call 335-3010 or visit the job center located in Kenai at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite No. 2.

What’s new in your business? Have you opened a new business, moved to a new location, hired a new person or promoted an employee? The community wants to know, and so do we. Send us your information at news@peninsulaclarion.com, fax it to 907-283-3299, or drop it by the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. Questions? Call 907-335-1251. Submit business news to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Wall Street closes out big year, looks ahead to 2014 By KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK — The stock market closed out a record year with more all-time highs on Tuesday, giving U.S. indexes their biggest annual gains in almost two decades. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index notched its best year since 1997; The Dow Jones industrial average rose the most since 1995. While trading was light on the last day of the year, investors were able to rally behind a report that showed U.S. consumer confidence improved significantly in December. The early signs for the stock market in 2014 are also encouraging. “I expect a lot of good things for the new year,” Karyn Cavanaugh, market strategist with ING U.S. Investment Management, said. “The economy is getting better and corporate earnings are improving. That’s going to drive the market higher next year as well.” On Tuesday the Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 7.29 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,848.36. The index ended 2013 up 29.6 percent. With dividends included, the total return was 31.9 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 72.37 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,576.66. The blue chips ended the year up 26.5 percent. Lastly, the Nasdaq composite rose 22.39 points, or 0.5 percent, to close out 2013 at 4,176.59. The Nasdaq did far better than the Dow and S&P, rising 38.3 percent for the

year. While stocks clawed higher for most of 2013, the rally accelerated into the end of the year. The Federal Reserve’s announcement on Dec. 18 that it would start paring back, or “tapering,” its economic stimulus pushed stocks further into record territory. “Since the Fed announced it was tapering its stimulus program two weeks ago, investors that were underinvested in stocks have pulled out of gold and bonds and moved

it into stocks,” said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist with TD Ameritrade. “It’s been a quiet rally.” All 10 sectors of the S&P 500 ended the year higher, but the year’s biggest gainers were companies most exposed to the U.S. economic recovery. Consumer discretionary stocks in the S&P 500 rose 40 percent this year. Close behind were industrial stocks with a gain of 37 percent. As it has been for the last two weeks of the year, trading

volume was very low Tuesday. Roughly 2.3 billion shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, about 40 percent below average. Most investors closed their books before the week of Christmas. 2013’s rally took many investors by surprise. Any number of things could have derailed the market’s rally: The U.S. government shutdown, the possibility of a default, the threat of military action in Syria, budget cuts and new worries about

European government debt. Instead, the market just kept on going. Skittish investors who jumped out of stocks this year not only lost out, but were punished for it. Bond investors lost money this year, according to Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a broad measure of the debt market. The index fell 2 percent this year, the first decline since 1999. If bond investors had a disappointing year, gold inves-

tors got slammed. Gold lost 28 percent of its value in 2013, its worst year since 1981. With the U.S. economy improving and stocks performing so well, gold is likely to remain under pressure, Kinahan said. U.S. financial markets were closed on Wednesday for New Year’s Day. AP Markets Writer Steve Rothwell contributed to this report.

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Nation

Train derailment in North Dakota By BLAKE NICHOLSON Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — Federal investigators said Wednesday they have recovered a broken axle at the scene of an oil train derailment and fire in southeastern North Dakota but don’t know yet whether it caused the wreck. “We’ll want to know if it was the actual cause of the derailment, or was it broken during the derailment?” National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said. Investigators at the scene have found nothing wrong with the railroad track or with signals along the tracks. Interviews of train crews were to begin as early as Thursday, Sumwalt said, and investigators have other work to finish such as developing a detailed timeline of the incident and going through shipping records. “Our investigative teams will be here through the weekend,” he said. “We are in the very early stages of the investigation, but even still we are making good progress.” The NTSB said earlier that a westbound BNSF Railway train

AP Photo/Ken Pawluk

This photo provided by Cass County Commissioner Ken Pawluk shows a train derailment and fire west of Casselton, N.D., Monday. No one has been reported hurt in the derailment or fire. By late Monday afternoon, the smoke plume was diminishing and was staying mostly away from town.

carrying grain derailed first Monday afternoon, and a portion of it fell onto an adjacent track carrying the eastbound BNSF oil train. Eighteen cars on the 106-car oil train derailed and several burned. No one was hurt, but many of the 2,400 residents in nearby Casselton temporarily evacuated due to potentially unsafe air. Investigators have determined that the grain car derailment happened at a point in the tracks

where a train can be switched to a side rail, Sumwalt said. “We believe it to be a very short window,” he said of the time that elapsed between the grain train derailing and colliding with the oil train. “Not a matter of minutes but something probably less than a minute. We think it was very quick.” Residents of Casselton were welcoming a return to normalcy Wednesday while railway crews spent New Year’s Day

working in subzero weather to get the track ready to reopen Thursday. Mayor Ed McConnell was back at his trucking business, finishing year-end work he said he typically completes the day before the holiday. “It’s like taking a day and a half out of your life,” he said of the disruption caused by the derailment. Earlier, McConnell called for federal lawmakers to address safety concerns posed by transporting oil by rail. “There have been numerous derailments in this area,” he told The Associated Press. “It’s almost gotten to the point that it looks like not if we’re going to have an accident, it’s when.” While the rate of oil train accidents remains low, there has been a sharp increase in the past several years in the number resulting in accidental releases. That increase is being driven by a surge in drilling in North Dakota and other western states. Casselton’s voluntary evacuation recommendation was lifted Tuesday afternoon after air quality tests, and a Red Cross shelter set up at the high school was shut down.

Marijuana industry opens in Colorado By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press

DENVER — Crowds were serenaded by live music as they waited for the nation’s first legal recreational pot shops to open. They ate doughnuts and funnel cakes as a glass-blower made smoking pipes. Some tourists even rode around in a limo, eager to try weed but not so eager to be seen buying it. And when the sales began, those who bought the drug emerged from the stores, receipt held high and carrying sealed shopping bags, to cheers. “I’m going to frame the receipt when I go home, to remind myself of what might be possible: Legal everywhere,” said musician James Aaron Ramsey, 28, who did some time in jail for pot possession in Missouri and played folk tunes with his guitar for those in line. Activists hope he’s right, and that the experiment in Colorado will prove to be a better alternative to the costly American-led drug war, produce the kind of revenue that state officials hope and save the government costs

in locking up drug offenders. Just on the first day, prices in some places rose to more than $500 an ounce, and some shops announced midafternoon they would close early because of short supply. It’s too soon to say whether the price spikes and long lines will persist. Washington state will open its pot industry later this year. Both states’ programs will be watched closely not just by officials in other states, but by activists and governments in other countries because the industries will be the first to regulate the production and sale of the drug. Some countries have decriminalized the drug, and the Netherlands lets people buy and sell it, but it’s illegal to grow or process it. Just as shops opened Wednesday, the Denver Police Department tweeted, “Do you know the law?” and linked to city websites on state and local laws that include bans on public consumption, driving under the influence, taking marijuana out of state and giving pot to anyone under 21.

Denver police said one person was issued a summons for public consumption. The Colorado State Patrol reported no potrelated incidents. No pot-related incidents were reported at Denver International Airport, where signs warned travelers that they can’t take the drug home. At least 24 pot shops in eight towns opened. In Denver, pot users welcomed the new year and the new industry by firing up bongs and cheering in a cloud of marijuana smoke at a 1920s-themed “Prohibition Is Over” party — a reference to the 1930s-era law that outlawed marijuana. Shopper Jacob Elliott said he wrote reports in college about the need to end pot prohibition, but never thought it could happen in his lifetime. “This breaks that barrier,” said Elliott, who traveled to Colorado from Leesburg, Va., to be among the first to buy legal weed. Preparation for the retail market started more than a year ago, soon after Colorado and Washington voters in 2012 approved legal pot industries.

Uruguay passed a law in December to become the first nation to regulate pot, but regulatory system isn’t in place yet.

Around the Nation 1st snowstorm of 2014 descends on New England, New York HARTFORD, Conn. — Residents and emergency management officials in New England and parts of New York prepared on Wednesday for a winter storm predicted to help usher in 2014 with snow and frigid temperatures across much of the region. Snow was expected to begin falling overnight, promising a messy commute for the first business day of the new year, but the full storm wasn’t expected to hit until later Thursday. As much as a foot of snow or more was forecast for some areas overnight Thursday into Friday, and temperatures were expected to plummet, with some areas seeing highs just above zero, the National Weather Service said. “There will be travel problems,” said Hugh Johnson, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Albany, N.Y. “It will be very cold.” The storm dropped a half-foot or more of snow in Illinois on Wednesday, prompting hundreds of flight cancellations into and out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware.com. Sections of interior southern New England and New York could get up to a foot of snow, with forecasts generally calling for 6 to 12 inches. New York City, likely to see 3 to 7 inches, issued a snow alert.

‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ actor James Avery dead at 68 NEW YORK — James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law at home and on the job as the Honorable Philip Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” has died. Avery’s publicist, Cynthia Snyder, told The Associated Press that Avery died Tuesday in Glendale, Calif., following complications from open heart surgery. He was 68, Snyder said. Avery liked to say that the way to be an actor was to act, and he had a busy and diverse career before, during and after “Fresh Prince.” His TV credits included “Grey’s Anatomy,” ‘’NYPD Blue” and “Dallas,” and among his many films were “Fletch,” ‘’Nightflyers” and “8 Million Ways to Die.” His voice alone brought him many jobs, notably as Shredder in the animated TV series “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” — The Associated Press

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Rescue delayed for icebound ship in Antarctica By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press

AP Photo/Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography, Andrew Peacock

In this Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 image, passengers from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy link arms and stamp out a helicopter landing site on the ice near the trapped ship 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia. Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter.

CANBERRA, Australia — Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for more than a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter on Thursday after three icebreakers failed to reach the paralyzed vessel, officials said. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Rescue Coordination Centre, which is handling the operation, said early Thursday that weather conditions had improved in the area since Wednesday and rescue flights were likely to commence shortly. Wind in the area had died down to 10 knots (19 kmh) and visibility had improved, with conditions expected to

remain favorable for the next 36 hours, the center said in a statement. “A stunning day,” expedition leader Chris Turney said in a video posted on his Twitter account, blue sky visible behind him. “Hopefully we’ll hear about the evacuation soon.” The 74 scientists, tourists and crew on the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, which has been stuck since Christmas Eve, had been hoping the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis would be able to crack through the thick ice and allow them to continue on their way. The Aurora came within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the ship Monday, but fierce winds and snow forced it to retreat to open water.

South Sudan peace talks open By ELIAS MESERET Associated Press

JUBA, South Sudan — Negotiators from South Sudan’s two warring sides arrived Wednesday in Ethiopia for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both forces to bring the world’s newest country “back from the brink.” Fighting continued in Bor, a gateway city to the capital of Juba, a government official said. Bor is just 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Juba. Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, is the center of ethnically based violence stemming from the political rivalry between President Salva Kiir and ousted Vice President Riek Machar, the rebel leader accused of mounting a failed coup attempt. Kiir declared a state of emergency Wednesday in Jonglei and Unity, two states where

rebel forces have gained the upper hand in recent fighting. Machar said Tuesday he would send his forces from Bor to Juba, but that threat was played down by Hilde Johnson, the U.N. representative in South Sudan. “On Jan. 1, the country is at a fork in the road, but it can still be saved from further major escalation of violence,” she said. Johnson urged Kiir and Machar to use the new talks to move toward peace, adding: “They can still pull the country back from the brink.” The fighting has killed more than 1,000 people, the U.N. says. Pro-Machar forces in Bor appear to be taking defensive positions, Johnson said. The fighting in Bor has displaced about 60,000 people, making it the latest humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. The international

Red Cross said the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area was lined with people waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River. “There are tens of thousands of people here who literally picked up their kids and a few belongings and fled to the first safe place they could get to, which is Awerial,” said David Nash, head of mission for Doctors Without Border. “They are camped out under trees with no sanitation and no safe drinking water.” Two teams of five negotiators each arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and were expected to begin talks later Wednesday, said Getachew Reda, a spokesman for Ethiopia’s prime minister. The U.N. is “gravely concerned” about mounting evidence of gross violations of international human rights law,

including the extra-judicial killings of civilians and captured soldiers, it said Tuesday. The U.N.’s estimate of 1,000 dead was given days ago and the number of fatalities is believed to be higher as a result of the new fighting around the country, including in Bor. South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin labeled Bor a war zone. Government troops pulled out of parts of Bor because they were concerned about having to kill the “young boys” who fill the rebel ranks, one analyst said. South Sudan’s military “was told to withdraw,” said Edmund Yakani, the executive director of the Juba-based group Community Empowerment for Progress, citing the accounts of contacts in Bor. “They communicated that these are young boys and we are killing them like nothing.”

The helicopter on board the Chinese-flagged vessel Snow Dragon will be used to rescue 52 scientists and tourists, a dozen at a time, over five hours. All 22 crew members are expected to stay with their icebound vessel, which is not in danger. The maritime authority said the passengers will be flown 11 kilometers (7 miles) to the Chinese ship, from where they will be transported 4 kilometers (2 miles) by barge to the Australian icebreaker. They are expected to reach the Australian island state of Tasmania by mid-January. “The ships will commence this operation when they’re all happy that it’s ready to go,” maritime authority spokesman John Young said. “The weather conditions appear to be suit-

able today.” The Snow Dragon, which is waiting with the Aurora at the edge of the ice pack, was also unable to crack through the ice, as was France’s L’Astrolabe. The Akademik Shokalskiy, which left New Zealand on Nov. 28, got stuck Christmas Eve after a blizzard pushed the sea ice around the ship, freezing it in place about 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) south of Hobart, Tasmania. The ship isn’t in danger of sinking and has weeks’ worth of supplies on board, but it cannot move. The scientific team on board had been recreating Australian explorer Douglas Mawson’s 1911 to 1913 voyage to Antarctica. Expedition leader Chris Turney had hoped to continue the trip if an icebreaker managed to free the ship.

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Bears notch sweep of Minotauros Staff report

The Kenai River Brown Bears ride into the new year on a three-game winning streak. The Brown Bears swept the host Minot (N.D.) Minotauros on Tuesday and Wednesday for their first threegame winning streak since Oct. 25 through 27. The Brown Bears move to 17-143 and are in sole possession of fourth place in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division. The Bears trail the Coulee Region (Wis.) Chill by a point, and travel to the Chill for games Friday and Saturday. Minot, of the Central Division, falls to 14-18-3. Wednesday in front of 787, the Bears notched a 4-3 victory. Kenai River outshot Minot 12-4 in the first period and was rewarded with 11 seconds left in the period, when Albin Karlsson scored on assists from Vincent Stefan and Tyler Andrews. “I thought we came out with good jump,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said. “Other than the first shift, when we were a little on our heels, we got it going after that. “We played the way we are capable of playing, with all four lines and six D. It was fun to watch.” On the first-period goal, Karlsson dug out a puck that was bouncing around the slot. Beauparlant said assistant Scott Johnson was working with the line of Karlsson, Sebastian Fuchs and Alec Butcher on getting into

the tougher areas of the ice, and that’s what the line did well Wednesday. Minot stormed back in the first 10 minutes of the second period, with Jadin Martin, Max Pernhem and Jake McCann scoring for a 3-1 lead. “I think we came out a little content,” Beauparlant said. “Give Minot credit. They took it to us.” Just five seconds after McCann’s goal made it 3-1, Kenai River’s Tyler Andrews was put in the box for head contact. “We called timeout right after the third goal, and responded by taking a penalty,” Beauparlant said. But Conor Deal swung the momentum back to Kenai River with a shorthanded goal, assisted by Steven Butts, just 24 seconds into the power play. Beauparlant said Butts created a turnover on the breakout and fed to Deal for a one-timer. “That short-handed goal was a huge momentum swing,” Beauparlant said. Jacob Davidson, on assists from Frankie Spellman and Butts, tied the game with 5:08 left in the second period. Beauparlant said the shot hit a defenseman’s shinguard and eluded the goalie’s glove. Alec Butcher scored the game-winner with 7:53 remaining on the Bears’ lone power play of the night. He was assisted by Sebastian Fuchs and Jack Gessert. Butcher still leads the NAHL in scoring, bumping his total to 14 goals and 25 assists.

“Big-time players score big-time goals,” Beauparlant said. Kris Oldham made 25 saves for the win. The Bears were outshot 10-2 in the final period and had to kill off a penalty with just 3:35 to play. “He shut the door,” Beauparlant said. “That’s good for him because he has had trouble closing out tight games, but he did a great job tonight.” Merrick Madsen had 22 saves for the Minotauros. Beauparlant said Austin Chavez had a great game on defense, playing physical and moving the puck cleanly. Tuesday in front of 1,187, the Bears scored three times on the power play to notch a 3-2 victory. The Bears trailed 2-1 entering the final period, but outshot Minot 13-4 in the final 20 minutes to dampen the New Year’s Eve celebration in North Dakota. “Our power play was good tonight,” Beauparlant said. “We were able to move the puck, get traffic in front of the net and bury some pucks. “We found our legs in the third period and that gave us the push we needed to win.” The power play played a big role in the game, with Kenai River going 3 for 8 and Minot 1 for 7 on the man advantage. “It’s always good to win on the road no matter what team we are playing against,” Beauparlant said. “We just want to make sure we build off each

game, whether it is a win or a loss.” Beauparlant said his squad came out a little sluggish, and Tim Donohue scored a power-play goal with 9:37 left in the first period for a 1-0 Minot lead. “Zach Quinn held us in with big saves early,” Beauparlant said of his goalie, who saved 30 shots. Just 16 seconds into the second period, Butcher tied the game, working a two-on-one with Gessert. With 16:07 left in the second, Minot retook the lead on a goal by Jake McCann. Beauparlant said both goals came on miscommunications off of faceoffs. With 16:20 left in the game, Butcher fed Gessert in front of the net for the power-play equalizer. With 4:42 left in the game, Spellman notched the game-winner, tipping a Davidson shot, then slamming home the rebound. Beauparlant said the defense continues to be solid. “We were moving the puck cleanly and blocking shots when we needed to,” the coach said. “Our D corps, as well as Quinn, shut the door.” Two new Brown Bears played a role in the win. Affiliate player Marc Johnstone and new acquisition Jacob Wolter teamed on a line with Spellman to provide some energy late in the second period. Wolter was acquired in a trade for Sam Bratten with the Helena (Mont.) Bighorns of the Tier III American

West Hockey League. Jacob is from Fairbanks and is the twin brother of Ice Dogs forward Colton. “We wish Sam well,” Beauparlant said. “We know he will be part of a team with a chance at a national championship.” Tuesday Kenai River Minot

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First period — 1. Minot, Donohue (Lizotte, Dornbrock), pp, 10:23. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Minot 2 for 4:00. Second period — 2. Kenai River, Butcher (Gessert, Fuchs), pp, 0:16; 3. Minot, McCann (Dornbrock, Lizotte), 3:53. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Minot 4 for 16:00. Third period — 4. Kenai River, Gessert (Butcher, Andrews), pp, 3:40; 5. Kenai River, Spellman (Davidson, Stefan), pp, 15:18. Penalties — Minot 4 for 8:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 9-10-13—32; Minot 1414-4—32. Goalies — Kenai River, Quinn (32 shots, 30 saves); Minot, Wildung (32 shots, 29 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 3 for 8; Minot 1 for 7. Wednesday Brown Bears 4, Minotauros 3 Kenai River Minot

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First period — 1. Kenai River, Karlsson (Stefan, Andrews), 19:49. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00. Second period — 2. Minot, Martin (Lizotte), 3:28; 3. Minot, Pernhem (Nagy), pp, 5:24; 4. Minot, McCann (Shipstad), 9:49; 5. Kenai River, Deal (Butts), sh, 10:18; 6. Kenai River, Davidson (Spellman, Butts), 14:52. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00. Third period — 7. Kenai River, Butcher (Fuchs, Gessert), pp, 12:07. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 12:00; Minot 1 for 2:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 12-12-2—26; Minot 4-14-10—28. Goalies — Kenai River, Oldham (28 shots, 25 saves); Minot, Madsen (26 shots, 22 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 1 for 1; Minot 1 for 4.

Spartans nab Rose Bowl Cook’s passes down Stanford By The Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. — Connor Cook passed for a careerhigh 332 yards and hit Tony Lippett with a tiebreaking 25yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, leading No. 4 Michigan State to a 24-20 victory over No. 5 Stanford on Wednesday night in the 100th Rose Bowl. Cook also threw a TD pass to Trevon Pendleton, and Jeremy Langford rushed for 84 yards and a score in the first Rose Bowl victory in 26 years for the Big Ten champion Spartans (13-1), who finished the season with 10 straight wins. Michigan State’s defense capped its dominant season with one more old-school, smashmouth performance during the centennial celebration of the Granddaddy of Them All. The nation’s best defense ended it by stopping the Pac-12 champion Cardinal (11-3) on fourth-and-1 with 1:46 to play, utterly stuffing a run play up the middle. Kyler Elsworth, who started in place of suspended senior leader Max Bullough, hurdled the pile to deliver an

electrifying, head-on hit to fullback Ryan Hewitt. Tyler Gaffney ran for 91 yards and an early TD for Stanford, and linebacker Kevin Anderson returned an interception 40 yards for a score late in the first half. But the Cardinal couldn’t follow up last season’s victory in Pasadena with backto-back Rose Bowl wins, managing just three points from their offense after the first quarter. NO. 15 C. FLORIDA 52, NO. 6 BAYLOR 42 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Blake Bortles threw for 301 yards and accounted for four touchdowns, Storm Johnson ran for three more scores, and No. 15 Central Florida pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the bowl season by outlasting No. 6 Baylor 52-42 in the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday night. A 17-point underdog, Central Florida (12-1) didn’t back down from the Bears, racing past the nation’s top offensive team with an array of big plays. See BOWL, Page A-9

Raptors capture 4th-straight win By The Associated Press

TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Kyle Lowry had 13 points and a season-high 14 assists and the Toronto Raptors extended their season-best winning streak to four games, beating the Indiana Pacers 95-82 on Wednesday night. Terrence Ross scored 18 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and nine rebounds as the Raptors (15-15) snapped Indiana’s five-game winning streak and improved to .500 after 30 games for the first time since Jan. 6, 2010. The Raptors have won eight of 10 games since Dec. 13, when the majority of the players acquired from Sacramento in the Rudy Gay deal made their Toronto debuts. Roy Hibbert fouled out with 16 points and Paul George had 12 for the Pacers, who recorded a season-worst 23 turnovers. Indiana had won nine of its previous 12 meetings with Toronto, including four straight north of the border. Danny Granger

scored 11 points for Indiana. 76ERS 114, NUGGETS 102 DENVER — Evan Turner scored 23 points and Thaddeus Young added 17, helping the 76ers beat the slumping Nuggets. The Sixers had seven different players score in double figures en route to their second straight win away from home. Philadelphia halted a 13-game road losing streak in Los Angeles against the Lakers over the weekend. J.J. Hickson had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, who dropped their eighth game in a row. It’s the team’s longest skid since losing the final eight games of the 2002-03 season. Denver also has lost some of its Mile High mystique under firstyear coach Brian Shaw, losing a fifth straight at Pepsi Center. The Nuggets were a franchise-best 38-3 at home last season.

CLIPPERS 112, BOBCATS 85 LOS ANGELES — Blake Grif-

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The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings face off during the first period of the Winter Classic outdoor NHL hockey game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., Wednesday.

105,591 show up for hockey Snow, wind, cold temperatures permeate Winter Classic LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A lot of winter. Very little classic hockey. Light snow swirled down in the Big House, making it tough to push the puck through piles of the white stuff on a sheet of ice where football is usually played. Teeth-chattering temperatures and a brisk wind were factors, too, that made the NHL’s Winter Classic much more of an event than a game. Tyler Bozak scored the winning shootout goal and Jonathan Bernier made two saves in the heart-pounding final moments, lifting Toronto to a 3-2 victory over Detroit on Wednesday in front of 105,591 fans — the largest crowd to watch a hockey game. “I was just lucky to get a stick on it and keep it low enough,” Bozak acknowledged. The Red Wings were not as fortunate in the closely contested spectacle that was altered in a lot of ways because of the conditions. Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg appeared to have good chance in overtime with the puck in the Maple Leafs’ end and defenseman Cody C

Franson on his left side. The horn, however, sounded to stop play at the 2:30 mark of the extra period so that both teams played into a 10-plus mph wind for an equal amount of time. “I think I would have had a clear breakaway,” Zetterberg said. The game also was halted midway through the third period so that the teams could switch sides. In the shootout, skaters for both teams attempted shots with the wind in their face toward the same net — or end zone. After a slew of skaters with shovels cleared the ice following overtime, Pavel Datsyuk scored Detroit’s only goal in the shootout and teammate Tomas Tatar was foiled on his team’s third and final attempt because he couldn’t control the puck on the snow-covered surface and didn’t even get a shot off. “The conditions made it so some of the skill in the game was eliminated,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. Bernier, with a knit hat over his helmet, made 41 saves — the most in an outdoor regular- season game. The crowd surpassed the 104,173 who saw Michigan and Michigan State skate in

the same football stadium known as the Big House in 2010. The game-time temperature was 13 degrees with a wind chill of zero and steady snow that didn’t stop on a windy afternoon. At the previous five Winter Classics, the average temperature was 39 degrees and the average attendance was 53,045. This one was bigger, colder and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman loved every minute of it. “This has been a terrific day, terrific way to start the new year and a terrific way to embark upon the part of the season that’s going to see five more outdoor games at the Olympic break,” Bettman said. “We couldn’t be any more pleased with the way things went.” The struggling yet storied franchises did their best to put on show in the snow. “I don’t know if you would call it a gem from a pace standpoint,” Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. “There was a lot of snow and a lot of things to deal with.” Joffrey Lupul, who might face discipline from the NHL for a cross-check that knocked Patrick Eaves out of the game

in the first period, scored the first of two goals for the Maple Leafs in the shootout. Jimmy Howard had 24 saves for Detroit. After leaving the ice and the snowcovered football field, he returned minutes later when he was introduced as one of the members of the U.S. Olympic team that will go for gold next month in Sochi. Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader tied it 2 with 5:32 left in regulation after Bozak scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period. Daniel Alfredsson opened the scoring for the Red Wings at 13:14 of the second and James van Riemsdyk tied in on a power play with 37 seconds left in the period. LIGHTNING 4, CANUCKS 2 VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Valtteri Filppula had a goal and an assist to help Tampa Bay to a rare road win against the Canucks. The Lightning, whose franchise is 21 years old, posted its second win ever in Vancouver. Tampa Bay made history of another sort by posting a fourth straight road win for the first time since Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2008. Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn also scored for Tampa Bay.

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The Knights jumped out to an early 14-point and kept rolling, piling up 556 total yards in the highest-scoring game in Fiesta Bowl history. Rannell Hall had four catches for 113 yards and two touchdowns, and Johnson ran for 124 yards to give the Knights a rousing BCS bowl debut. Baylor (11-2) had a hard time keeping up with the Knights, gaining 550 total yards but losing 135 on 17 penalties. Bortles threw for three touchdowns on 20-of-31 passing and ran for another score. Bryce Petty ran for three touchdowns and threw for 356 yards and two more scores for Baylor. Lache Seastrunk ran for 117 yards. NEBRASKA 24, NO. 23 GEORGIA 19 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tommy Armstrong Jr. connected with Quincy Enunwa for two touchdowns, including a 99-yarder in the third quarter, and Nebraska held on to beat Georgia in the rain-soaked Gator Bowl. Playing in their 50th bowl, the Cornhuskers (9-4) ended a four-game losing streak against teams from the Southeastern Conference. The streak included a 45-31 loss to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl last season. The rematch was much different. Nebraska did a solid job against running back Todd Gurley, who ran for 125 yards and a touchdown last year. Gurley finished with 86 yards on the ground. Gurley was more effective in the passing game, catching seven passes for 97 yards and a score. His 25-yard scoring receptions on the first play of the fourth quarter cut Nebraska’s lead to 24-19. But the Huskers stopped Georgia (8-5) twice on fourth down in the closing minutes. NO. 8 S. CAROLINA 34, NO. 19 WISCONSIN 24 C

ORLANDO, Fla. — Connor Shaw was responsible for five touchdowns, including three passing, and South Carolina outlasted Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl. The senior was selected the game MVP after picking apart the Badgers’ defense, completing 22 of 25 passes for 312 yards. Shaw also had rushing and receiving scores. The game also turned out to be the final college contest for South Carolina star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, who said afterward that he would forgo his senior season to enter the NFL draft. South Carolina (11-2) won its third straight bowl game to cap its third straight 11-win season. Bruce Ellington caught six

passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns. The Badgers (9-4) lost their fourth straight bowl game, failing to capitalize on 100-yard rushing games from both Melvin Gordon and James White, and struggling after quarterback Joel Stave left in the third quarter with a shoulder injury. Backup Curt Phillips threw two interceptions. NO. 14 LSU 21, IOWA 14 TAMPA, Fla. — Jeremy Hill ran for 216 yards and two touchdowns, helping LSU and inexperienced quarterback Anthony Jennings hold off Iowa in the Outback Bowl. Craig Loston’s fourth-quarter interception stopped a potential tying drive, giving Hill a chance to put the game out of reach by carrying four times for 87 yards on a 92-yard march that gave LSU (10-3) a 21-7 lead. Iowa (8-5) pulled within a touchdown after Jordan Cotton returned the ensuing kickoff to the Tigers 4. Jennings rushed for one touchdown, but the freshman threw for only 82 yards and was intercepted once and sacked four times while standing in for the injured Zach Mettenberger in his first college start. C.J. Beathard replaced Jake Rudock at quarterback for Iowa on the first play of the fourth quarter. His fourth-down interception stopped one promising drive, but he also tossed a 4-yard TD pass to Kevonte Martin-Manley that cut it 21-14 with 1:42 remaining. Safety John Lowdermilk set up Iowa’s other TD — Mark Weisman’s 2-yard run in the third quarter — with an interception and 71-yard return to the 1. Officials initially ruled Lowdermilk, who was untouched on the return, scored. But the TD was reversed when a replay review determined the Iowa defender dropped the ball before crossing the goal line. NORTH TEXAS 36, UNLV 14 DALLAS — Derek Thompson threw for 256 yards and two touchdowns, Brelan Chancellor scored twice and North Texas dominated the second half to beat UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Both of Chancellor’s touchdown runs came in the fourth quarter after he keyed the goahead scoring drive in the third with some nifty footwork on a first-down catch. He had 121 yards combined rushing and receiving. The Mean Green (9-4) were making their first postseason appearance since a 2004 New Orleans Bowl loss to Southern Miss and won a bowl for the first sice New Orleans in 2002. UNLV (7-6) drove 95 yards for a touchdown on its opening possession but didn’t score again until the Mean Green were up 28-7 in the fourth quarter.

Sports Briefs No. 21 San Diego St. nips Colorado St. FORT COLLINS, Colo. — In a crucial second-half stretch, Xavier Thames didn’t miss. Thames hit four perimeter shots, including two from 3-point range in a 3-minute stretch, and finished with 23 points to help No. 21 San Diego State fend off Colorado State 71-61 on Wednesday night for its 10th straight win. “I just wanted to kind of take over the game,” Thames said. “We were up by only six or so and I just wanted to come down and make some plays, make some plays for my teammates. And my teammates gave me the ball so the credit goes to them.”

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Sources: O’Brien, Smith get jobs By The Associated Press

HOUSTON — Bill O’Brien worked closely with Tom Brady when he was a Patriots assistant. He’s now set to return to the NFL to coach Houston, and he’s a long way from Brady. The Texans have the No. 1 draft pick, and O’Brien might well find himself having to groom a rookie quarterback. Two people familiar with the negotiations, speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn’t been made, said Tuesday night that O’Brien reached an agreement to coach the Texans. He is expected to be introduced Thursday. He inherits a team filled with talent, but whose biggest problem is at quarterback. Veteran Matt Schaub, Houston’s starter since 2007, was benched after six games. Case Keenum took over after that, but his lack of success showed he wasn’t the answer either, and the team finished on a 14-game skid. A number of talented quarterbacks could be available in May’s draft. Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater, 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, and Fresno State’s

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fin scored 13 of his 31 points in the final 7:05 and Jared Dudley got 11 of his 20 points in the third quarter, leading the Clippers to the victory. Chris Paul had 17 points and 14 assists for the defending Pacific Division champions, who beat the Bobcats for the sixth straight time and sent them to their 17th straight road loss against Western Conference opponents. Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker each scored 14 points for the Bobcats, whose previous six losses all were decided by five points or fewer.

Derek Carr, younger brother of Houston’s first-ever draft pick, David Carr, are among the toprated quarterbacks expected to be in the draft. O’Brien spent 2007-12 as offensive assistant under Bill Belichick at New England. O’Brien was the team’s quarterbacks coach from 2009-11, and Brady threw for 5,235 yards and 39 touchdowns in the 2011 regular season, when the Patriots went to the Super Bowl. But his success with quarterbacks didn’t begin or end with Brady. In 2001 he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia Tech and worked with George Godsey. Godsey broke school records for yards passing (3,085) and completions (249) and led the ACC with 257.1 yards passing a game. His success in grooming quarterbacks continued at Penn State in 2012. Under O’Brien’s tutelage, senior Matt McGloin made remarkable improvement. He led the Big 10 in yards passing (3,271), completions (270) and touchdown passes (24). McGloin increased his completion percentage from 54.1 to 60.5

percent from 2011 to 2012. Lovie Smith ready to coach Bucs TAMPA, Fla. — Former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith is set to take on the challenge of rebuilding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Two people familiar with Smith’s plans said Wednesday night that the coach has reached an agreement to fill the opening created by the firing of Greg Schiano following a 4-12 finish. The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because an official announcement hasn’t been made. One of the people also said that former Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier will be the Bucs’ defensive coordinator. The 55-year-old Smith will replace Schiano, fired Monday after going 11-21 in two seasons in Tampa Bay. Frazier also was fired Monday. Smith was 81-63 in nine seasons with Chicago, leading the 2006 team to the Super Bowl — where the Bears lost Indianapolis. He was fired a year ago after the Bears finished 10-6 and missed the playoffs for the fifth

time in six seasons. Smith was Tampa Bay’s linebackers coach under Tony Dungy from 1996-2000, then spent three seasons as the St. Louis Rams’ defensive coordinator on Mike Martz’s staff. Smith will take over a team that made strides on defense after acquiring cornerback Darrelle Revis and safety Dashon Goldson last spring, however the offense sputtered badly following the abrupt benching and subsequent release of quarterback Josh Freeman. With rookie Mike Glennon running the offense, Tampa Bay sank to last in the NFL in passing and total yards per game. One of Smith’s first orders of business figures to be deciding if Glennon, who went 4-9 as a starter while throwing for 2,608 yards, 19 touchdowns and nine interceptions, showed enough to prove he’s the team’s quarterback of the future. Tampa Bay, which lost its first eight games before going 4-4 over the second half of the season, will have the seventh pick in this year’s draft and can use help in several areas, including defensive end, offensive line and wide receiver.

Washington didn’t score again until John Wall, who led the Wizards with 22 points, made two free throws with 46 seconds to play. Trevor Booker had 10 points and a career-high 19 rebounds for Washington. It was Dallas’ fourth straight win on the road and their MAVERICKS 87, eighth straight over the Wizards WIZARDS 78 (14-15), who failed in their attempt WASHINGTON — Monta El- to rise above .500 for the first time lis scored 23 points, Vince Carter since Oct. 31, 2009. had 13 and the Mavericks held the Wizards scoreless for more than 4 TIMBERWOLVES 124, minutes late in the fourth quarter. PELICANS 112 The Wizards led 74-70 with 4:58 MINNEAPOLIS — Nikola to play, but the Mavericks scored nine straight points on a 3-pointer Pekovic had 22 points and seven by Carter, a hook shoot by Brandan rebounds and the Timberwolves Wright, two free throws by Carter led by as many as 30 points in cruising to the victory. and a jumper by Ellis.

Kevin Love had 21 points and six rebounds and Ricky Rubio had 14 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and three steals for the Timberwolves. Minnesota shot 55.7 percent, attempted 35 free throws and forced a season-high 18 turnovers from the Pelicans. Ryan Anderson had 25 points and Tyreke Evans added 16 points and seven boards for New Orleans. Eric Gordon returned from a threegame absence because of a bruised hip, but struggled with 12 points on 5-for-12 shooting. Kevin Martin scored 20 points and reserve J.J. Barea had 17 to help the Wolves (16-16) to a needed win over New Orleans (14-16) in the jockeying for position in the tough Western Conference.

Men’s Scores

North Texas 36, UNLV 14 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska 24, Georgia 19 Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. LSU 21, Iowa 14 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. UCF 52, Baylor 42 Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (102), 4:30 p.m. AST (ESPN)

Dudley jump-started the Clippers in the second half with a 3-pointer and a 22-footer, and they pulled away to a 75-62 lead on DeAndre Jordan’s tip-in with 6:19 left in the third quarter.

Scoreboard Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 40 26 12 2 54 117 86 Tampa Bay 40 24 12 4 52 114 95 Montreal 41 23 14 4 50 103 94 Toronto 42 21 16 5 47 118 120 Detroit 42 18 14 10 46 109 120 Ottawa 42 17 18 7 41 118 135 Florida 41 15 20 6 36 96 130 Buffalo 40 11 25 4 26 71 113 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 42 29 12 1 59 131 96 Washington 40 20 15 5 45 122 119 Philadelphia 40 20 16 4 44 105 111 New Jersey 41 17 16 8 42 97 103 N.Y. Rangers 41 20 19 2 42 96 109 Carolina 40 15 16 9 39 96 118 Columbus 40 17 19 4 38 109 117 N.Y. Islanders 41 13 21 7 33 107 138

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 42 28 7 7 63 158 115 St. Louis 39 27 7 5 59 139 93 Colorado 39 24 11 4 52 114 100 Dallas 39 20 12 7 47 115 113 Minnesota 42 20 17 5 45 97 109 Winnipeg 42 19 18 5 43 114 121 Nashville 40 18 18 4 40 95 119 Pacific Division Anaheim 42 29 8 5 63 137 106 San Jose 40 25 9 6 56 131 104 Los Angeles 41 25 12 4 54 110 83 Vancouver 42 23 12 7 53 113 101 Phoenix 39 20 10 9 49 120 120 Calgary 40 14 20 6 34 96 126 Edmonton 42 13 24 5 31 109 143 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Toronto 3, Detroit 2, SO Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 2 Thursday’s Games Nashville at Boston, 3 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 3 p.m. Winnipeg at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Montreal at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 5 p.m. Columbus at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 15 15 Boston 13 18 Brooklyn 10 21 Philadelphia 10 21 New York 9 21 Southeast Division Miami 24 7 Atlanta 18 14 Washington 14 15 Charlotte 14 19 Orlando 10 21 Central Division Indiana 25 6 Detroit 14 19 Chicago 12 18 Cleveland 10 21 Milwaukee 7 24

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 25 7 Houston 21 13 Dallas 19 13 New Orleans 14 16 Memphis 13 17 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 25 6 Portland 25 7 Minnesota 16 16 Denver 14 17 Utah 10 24 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 22 12 Phoenix 19 11 Golden State 20 13 L.A. Lakers 13 19 Sacramento 10 20

Wednesday’s Games Dallas 87, Washington 78 Toronto 95, Indiana 82 Minnesota 124, New Orleans 112 Philadelphia 114, Denver 102 L.A. Clippers 112, Charlotte 85 Thursday’s Games Orlando at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Golden State at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. New York at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Portland, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Sacramento, 6 p.m. All Times AST

Women’s Scores EAST Boston College 81, Mount St. Mary’s 67 Butler 68, Providence 65 Creighton 65, Georgetown 63, OT Duquesne 73, St. Bonaventure 65 Hofstra 60, Albany (NY) 56 Louisville 77, Temple 68 SOUTH

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Bridgewater to enter NFL draft LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has announced that he will forgo his senior season with the No. 18 Cardinals and enter the NFL draft. Projected as a first-round selection and possibly the first QB taken this spring, Bridgewater passed for 3,970 yards and a school-record 31 touchdowns this season, including a career-best 447 yards with three TDs in Saturday’s 36-9 rout of Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Bridgewater said in a release that the decision “was extremely difficult,” but said that attending Louisville “was one of the best decisions I could have ever made.” The Cardinals won 27 games with Bridgewater starting, including 12 this season to tie a school record. The highlight was last year’s 33-23 Sugar Bowl upset of Florida in which the Miami native earned MVP honors.

Bowe cleared to play KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe has been cleared to play in Saturday’s wild-card playoff game against Indianapolis after sustaining a concussion against the Colts two weeks ago. Bowe was among several starters held out of last week’s overtime loss at San Diego. Kansas City could be without right tackle Eric Fisher, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft. He strained his groin near the end of Tuesday’s practice and was not working Wednesday. Outside linebacker Tamba Hali’s status also remains up in the air. He’s been dealing with some inflammation in his knee that has kept him out of practice the last couple of weeks. — The Associated Press C

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Georgia St. 85, Troy 77 Hampton 70, Virginia Tech 60 Jacksonville St. 60, Samford 54 Penn 67, Miami 66 South Alabama 74, W. Kentucky 65 UConn 77, UCF 49 MIDWEST DePaul 87, Xavier 60 Green Bay 72, Maine 49 SMU 54, Cincinnati 43 FAR WEST Fresno St. 79, UNLV 63 Nevada 101, San Jose St. 74 Utah St. 88, Air Force 78

EAST Delaware 77, Liberty 64 Harvard 73, Boston College 58 Rutgers 71, Temple 66 SOUTH Coll. of Charleston 76, Davidson 64 FAU 81, Warner 47 Florida Gulf Coast 75, Lipscomb 62 Jacksonville 86, Kennesaw St. 66 N. Kentucky 67, Stetson 65, OT North Florida 89, Mercer 83 William & Mary 74, Old Dominion 68 MIDWEST Cincinnati 65, SMU 57 Dayton 81, Winthrop 47 Drake 94, Evansville 66 Indiana St. 70, Loyola of Chicago 58 N. Iowa 80, Bradley 46 FAR WEST Air Force 73, Utah St. 72 Nevada 62, San Jose St. 50 San Diego St. 71, Colorado St. 61 UNLV 75, Fresno St. 62

Football Bowl Glance

Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona 42, Boston College 19 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Texas A&M 52, Duke 48 Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Assigned G CJ McCollum to Idaho (NBADL). HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Brayden McNabb and LW Johan Larsson from Rochester (AHL). Placed C Cody Hodgson on injured reserve. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Acquired D Tim Gleason the rights to D Dennis Robertson from Carolina for D John-Michael Liles. COLLEGE LOUISVILLE — Announced QB Teddy Bridgewater will enter the NFL draft. OHIO STATE — Announced DE Noah Spence was three games for violating an undisclosed Big Ten rule. SOUTH CAROLINA — Announced DE Jadeveon Clowney will enter the NFL draft.

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portant to take small steps and track progress. If the goal is to go to the gym more often, having someone to go with offers social support and acts as a facilitator. “There is something energizing about taking that first step,” she said. “Whatever helps you stick with it.” Hays said her resolutions are not tied to the New Year. Rather, she applies the same principles in her life everyday. One of her goals is to stay healthy so she tracks how often she exercises. She likes to go to yoga where she finds the social support to keep the routine. “In January there is always a bunch of new people at yoga but it seems to taper off after a couple months,” she said. “The key is to not beat yourself up about getting off track because that will beat you down further.” When progress is made Hays said it’s a good idea to reinforce the good behavior with rewards, like enjoying a favorite outdoor activity after accomplishing a goal. What is important to keep in mind is that change is not without its setbacks. “If you fall off the wagon, just jump back on the next day,” she said. Hays’ book, “Creating wellbeing: Four steps to a happier, healthier life,” is available now at River City books in Soldotna on the Sterling Highway.

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off of her, and she blacked out a couple times. At one point, she said, he began kicking her and calling her names. Eventually he stopped and acting like nothing happened, she said, he told her to get into the truck, and they did. She said McCord got agitated again and she said she told him she didn’t want to be with him. “And that’s when he grabbed the rifle and said, ‘... We’ll (expletive) take care of this right now,’ and … he pointed it at me,” she said. “And he said I’ll (expletive) kill you.” She apologized and begged him to stop, she said. She tried to leave the truck a few times

Halcro said teachers in a recent survey named outside influences, such as drugs and alcohol in the community, domestic violence and English as a second language, as some of the biggest inhibitors to learning. He said those things affect a student as much as the quality of the teacher or the curriculum and that kind of data needs to be looked at along with things like test scores. Member David Nees said his belief as an educator is that by giving a child an education, you give him an opportunity to escape his social situation. The panel was created by a House resolution last April and charged with “examining the efficiency and effectiveness of public education delivery.” It

faced a Wednesday deadline for submitting its recommendations and findings to the governor, Legislature and state education department. The panel is scheduled to expire Jan. 1, 2015. The panel includes three lawmakers, Republican Reps. Tammie Wilson, Lynn Gattis and Charisse Millett. The resolution setting out the task force also called for one member representing a regional Native corporation, in this case, Andy Baker; two educators, Jerry Covey and Nees; and two representatives of the business community, Halcro and Keithley. Wilson and Gattis are co-chairs. Wilson is chair of the House Finance subcommittee on edu-

cation while Gattis chairs the House Education Committee. Wilson said both would continue work during the upcoming session on issues raised by the task force. School funding has been a hot-button issue, with school districts saying they need more money and some lawmakers, eager for improvements in the public school system, seeking greater accountability for how districts are spending their money. The governor has supported targeted funding for things like energy costs and resisted calls by House Democrats and some other legislators who have been lobbying for an increase in the per-pupil spending formula.

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cies and take the lead on increasing U.S. activities in the region. Murkowski is trying to get Americans to stop thinking that the Arctic is just Alaska’s problem. “People in Iowa and New Hampshire need to view the U.S. as an Arctic nation. Otherwise when you talk about funding, you’re never going to get there,” Murkowski said. She added that even non-Arctic nations are deeply engaged: “India and China are investing in icebreakers.” The U.S. has three aging icebreakers. The melting Arctic also is creating a new front of U.S. security concerns. Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said

expanding Russia’s military presence in the Arctic was a top priority for his nation’s armed forces. Russia this year began rehabilitating a Soviet-era base at the New Siberian Islands and has pledged to restore a number of Arctic military air bases that fell into neglect after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Putin said he doesn’t envision a conflict between Russia and the United States, both of which have called for keeping the Arctic a peaceful zone. But he added, “Experts know quite well that it takes U.S. missiles 15 to 16 minutes to reach Moscow from the Barents Sea,” which is a part of the Arctic Ocean near Russia’s shore. While the threat of militarization remains, the battle right

now is on the economic level as countries vie for oil, gas and other minerals, including rare earth metals used to make hightech products like cellphones. There also are disputes bubbling up with environmental groups that oppose energy exploration in the region; Russia arrested 30 crew members of a Greenpeace ship in September after a protest in the Arctic. China signed a free trade agreement with tiny Iceland this year, a signal that the Asian powerhouse is keenly interested in the Arctic’s resources. And Russia is hoping that the Northern Sea Route, where traffic jumped to 71 vessels this year from four in 2010, someday could be a transpolar route that could rival the Suez Canal.

later when she thought McCord was sleeping, but he had his hand on the rifle and she was afraid, she said. In the morning, after staying in the truck all night, McCord’s pickup was pulled out of the ditch. Shortly after they got back to the house, Sigourney said her friend picked her up and called 911. While questioning Sigourney, Pevehouse asked her what happened to McCord’s right arm or shoulder. She said she wasn’t sure but she thought it was injured when he was chasing the truck as it rolled down the hill and she recalled seeing a door slam. She

said she didn’t know how bad he was hurt or whether his arm was functioning. “But didn’t you testify that he was choking you after he hurt his arm?” Pevehouse said. “I don’t know. His arm was fine, if he was choking me with both of his hands,” Sigourney said. In her testimony, Sigourney said she did not get a forensic examination of her injuries. According to the trooper report, Sigourney had dried blood on her ear, and abrasions and bruises on her face and body. Petechia — red or purple spots from hemorrhaged blood vessels — was in both of her eyes,

according to the report. Troopers serving the Soldotna post, fly into Tyonek located northwest across Cook Inlet from Nikiski, to respond to incidents there, Trooper Ryan Tennis, said in his testimony. Tennis interviewed Sigourney telephonically and two other troopers flew to Tyonek to further investigate the incident. The village does not have any other law enforcement. Tennis, who has responded to incidents in Tyonek a handful of times, estimates about 150 to 250 people live in the village depending on the season. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the extreme remoteness

of Native communities makes it difficult to provide services to victims in those areas. Findings from the Alaska Victimization Survey in the Kenai Peninsula Borough conducted by the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center and State of Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault show 43 percent of women have experience intimate partner violence — physical violence or threats — in their lifetimes. If convicted of kidnapping, McCord faces at least five years of jail time but not more than 99 years. McCord is jailed at Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

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negative thinking. that education spending is not “I want people to be well,” sustainable. Halcro was the Hays said. “When we do posionly member to vote against it. tive things it spreads. Happy The task force, in working people tend to be more generon the draft, also discussed deous so when you take care of velopment of an overall state yourself it makes for a better education plan and the need world.” for new ways of thinking and The four steps Hays refers flexibility in education delivto in the book can be applied ery, including analyzing the for those making New Year’s possible benefits of school resolutions. With a new year consolidation and shared sercomes an opportunity to make vices, increasing the number a change, she said. of residential schools and in“There is this idea in psyvesting in technology. It also chology that if you take sometalked about studying the cost thing away you need to put of new state standards and data something in its place or you sharing among agencies. are likely to revert back to unhealthy behavior,” Hays said. “You have to ask yourself what does this behavior do for me that I want to change.” Continued from page A-1 The first step is finding inspiration. Hays said she helps Greenland. people by having them make a “On par with the other list of positives in their lives. Arctic nations, we are behind “You have to be inspired,” — behind in our thinking, beshe said. “Sometimes it’s just a hind in our vision,” Sen. Lisa little spark of hope that whatevMurkowski, R-Alaska, said. er I’m working towards is bet“We lack basic infrastructure, ter than where you are now.” basic funding commitments to Following an understanding be prepared for the level of acof stress and changing one’s tivity expected in the Arctic.” mindset, step four explains how At a meeting before Thanksto take action using the acrogiving with Secretary of State nym CLASS which she spells John Kerry, Murkowski sugout: Creating a healthy envigested he name a U.S. ambasronment, Learn something new, sador or envoy to the Arctic — Assertiveness, Social support and Self-care. Reach Dan Balmer at dan- someone who could coordinate When applied to making a iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. work on the Arctic being done by more than 20 federal agenresolution, Hays said it is im- com.

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he went after her yelling at her that it was her fault, she said. She said she tried to get into the passenger side of the truck, but she fell out and McCord came around yelling at her. “The next thing I know, he was on top of me, and he was choking me,” she said, as more tears fell and her voice cracked. “I couldn’t breathe. And he wouldn’t stop it. It seemed like it went on forever, and I remember I just wanted to breathe.” She said she tried to get him

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What’s Happening Events and Exhibits n “Emmanuel,” a group show of spiritually-inspired art and the 2013 Kids Group Show will be on display at the Kenai Fine Arts Center.

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n Amvets Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center holds blind draw doubles darts every Friday evening with sign up at 6:30 p.m. Tacos are available. n Amvets Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center hosts burn your own steak dinner from 6 to 8 p.m every Saturday with Karaoke after dinner from 8 p.m. to midnight. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for Karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is as Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has open mic Friday at 6:30 p.m. and live music with Sydney and Shelby Smith on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n Four Royal Parkers on the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna has live music with Bob Ramponi and the Alaska Swing Company Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Vagabond on Kalifornsky Beach Road will have live music with 150 Grit Saturday at 9 p.m. n The Studio Espresso Shop at Spur Highway and Nikiski Avenue in Nikiski hosts an open mic night on Saturdays starting at 7 p.m. Call 776-7655. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Tustumena Lodge will feature the music of The 907 Band Friday and Saturday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi. n Caribou Family Restaurant in Soldotna has live music by Roy Mullin, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays and 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturdays. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n Main Street Tap and Grill has Wednesday karaoke with KJ Natalia, Thursday acoustic music with Dustin and Friends and Keeley & Nelson, and live music and dancing with 9Spine Friday and Saturday.

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Fireworks explode over Juche Tower and the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the New Year on Wednesday.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — With fireworks, dancing and late-night reverie, millions around the world welcomed 2014 on Tuesday, gathering for huge displays of jubilation and unity as the new year was arriving across 24 time zones. In Australia, fireworks sprayed from the sails of the Sydney Opera House and the city’s harbor bridge at midnight. Revelers in Dubai awaited what was supposed to be the world’s largest fireworks show. In Ukraine, anti-government protesters hoped to set their own record for the most people to sing a national anthem at the same time. Revelers heading to New York City’s Times Square could AP Photo/Wong Maye-E expect the annual ball drop but Fireworks explode over the financial district at midnight, Wednesday, in Singapore. Celebrations no mayor this year. The new started on New Year’s Eve where concerts were held and thousands gathered on the streets to See REVELERS, page B-2 usher in the Year 2014.

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As the Sun Sets Every Night By Brett Van Sickle, Kenai

It’s the time we spend together, from the break of morning’s light. We are all ways finding laughter, never far from each other’s sight. We talk about our week apart, and thing we want to do. Huddled around our little stove, I spend my time with you. Some days we might find boredom, and want to get away. Still staying close together, we run to town and play. In heated competition, we laugh we smile and grin. We brighten up the darkest room, especially when we win. As long as I can be next to you, I always will have fun. This love we share will always be, weather rain or snow or sun. Soon the day’s half over, the warmth of homes in sight. This is the way I want to spend my time, as the sun sets every night. Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

n the wake of 9/11, bitter cynicism kind of went out the window in Hollywood. Snark and irony were too harsh for people and, as a result, we had a lot of sincerity in the movies. At least for a little while. It’s been over a decade, and the pendulum has swung back, and that’s fine. I like my “Batman” with a little dark edge, and the last economic meltdown provided us with enough reasons to be angry at the financial system to justify ten versions of “The Wolf of Wall Street.” That said, not every movie has to be cynical. They don’t AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Wilson Webb This film image released by 20th Century Fox shows Ben Stiller in “The Secret Life all have to be biting and tough. Case in See REELING, page B-2 of Walter Mitty.”

Different twist on the western in ‘Thicket’ Bookworm Sez You know who your friends are. They’re the ones who keep your secrets, or your car keys when you need them to. They’ll loan you five minutes or five dollars, tell you when your ideas are good and your breath is bad, and can be counted on, but never out. You’d like to think they’d even take a bullet for you but, as in the new novel, “The Thicket” by Joe R. Lansdale (c.2013, Mulholland Books, $26, 352 pages), you hope you’ll never have to know. It all started with the pox. Right after Jack Parker and his Grandpa finished burying Jack’s Ma and Pa, dead from the disease, Grandpa decided that Jack and his little sister, Lula, would be better off in Kansas City with their Aunt Tessle. And that might’ve been true — they’d never know because, while crossing the Sabine River, they were attacked by bandits and Lula was kidnapped.

His Grandpa dead, his sister gone, seventeen-year-old Jack ended up in a nearby town where he hoped to find The Law but instead found a dead sheriff, a black boar hog with tusks, and a tall Negro man who was commencing to bury the aftermath of mob justice. The man introduced himself as Eustace, and told Jack that he was a tracker and could help him find the men that took Lula — but it wouldn’t come cheap and he wouldn’t do it unless they could “get Shorty to sign up.” With the hog tagging alongside, Eustace took Jack down a “rabbit path” to meet with Shorty. As they neared Shorty’s home, Jack saw a child peering through a telescope and it took him a minute to understand that he wasn’t meeting with a child. He was meeting with a dwarf. Eustace seemed a little unstable. Shorty seemed to want to kill, but Jack was a Parker and that wasn’t how Parkers did things. He didn’t want violence or bloodshed. He See SEZ, page B-2

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Bobbleheads honor Supreme Court justices hundreds of dollars. The justices themselves seem to have been charmed by their caricatures. Antonin Scalia once said in an interview that he understands his is the most popular. Stephen Breyer had four of the figures of his colleagues on display in his chambers during a 2009 CSpan interview. His own is currently in the works. And former Chief Justice William Rehnquist sent a thank-you note for his, which was the first to come out in 2003. “Thank you for the ‘bobblehead’ likeness of me which now sits on the mantle of the fireplace in my chambers,” Rehnquist wrote. “It is probably a better likeness of me as I was 15 years ago than as I am now, but obviously I won’t complain.” Davies said the idea for the bobbleheads came to him in the shower. In the decade since, he has immortalized 16 justices in ceramic, including four of the current court’s nine members. Included in that total are a set of miniature bobbleheads representing the first justices appointed to the court. Certificates for the newest tiny justice, John Blair, recently went out. The dolls, which are produced by Bellevue, Wash.,based Alexander Global Promotions, are more than straight likenesses of the justices. Each has multiple references to the legal legacy of the person it honors. For example, Justice

Louis Brandeis rides a train, a nod to his important opinion in a case involving the Erie Railroad in Pennsylvania. The David Souter bobblehead plays a song by “Modest Mouse,” a group he mentioned in a copyright case. And Ruth Bader Ginsburg stands on a replica of the parade ground at the Virginia Military Institute. In 1996 she wrote an opinion striking

down the school’s all-male admissions policy. Annotated sheets help collectors decode the details, which fans have been known to memorize and recite for visitors. “It’s like proof of their legal geekdom,” said Gregory Jacob, a Washington law firm partner and part of a small group of Green Bag editors who help

create the bobbleheads. No detail is too small. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s bobblehead replicates the shoes she wore on Sept. 25, 1981, the day she was sworn in as the court’s first female member. John Paul Stevens stands on a Betamax VCR, a nod to his opinion in a copyright case involving the device. When the VCR wasn’t turning out right

in production, Davies bought one on eBay and shipped it to China for a bobblehead sculptor to study. So far, Davies has gone through four drafts of the upcoming Breyer bobblehead, which portrays Breyer engaged in a favorite activity, riding his bike. The attention to detail delights devotees, who have been known to drive hundreds of miles to pick up their bobbleheads. And the figurines often are displayed in a prominent place in their owners’ offices. Charmiane Claxton, a federal judge in Tennessee, said she contemplated insuring her collection, especially since she got her Scalia and O’Connor dolls signed by the justices. And Mark Killenbeck, a University of Arkansas law professor who collects the bobbleheads, says other faculty members have made “veiled threats to steal them.” Robert Henry, a former federal appeals court chief judge who now heads Oklahoma City University, displays his collection in the school’s law library. The school is moving to a new building, and he says he plans a prominent spot for the dolls. Henry says he talks to Ross Davies every so often just to make sure his subscription to The Green Bag is paid up so he doesn’t miss an issue, or a bobblehead. “I do not want to miss one,” he said.

year. Simultaneously, “2014” lit up in white lights on the modern Tokyo Tower in the background. Both Japanese and tourists jammed the temple grounds for the traditional ceremony. Suburban resident Juji Muto said he was curious to hear how the bell sounded. At his age, the 75-year-old retiree said he wishes as every year for good health in the new year. China planned light shows at part of the Great Wall near Beijing and at the Bund waterfront in Shanghai. The city of Wuhan in central Hubei province called off its fireworks show and banned fireworks downtown to avoid worsening its smog. Pope Francis used his yearend prayer service of thanksgiving to urge people to ask themselves: Did they spend 2013 to further their own interests or to help others? In his homily, the pontiff asked people to reflect if they used 2013 to make the places where they live more livable and welcoming. Citing Rome as an example, Francis said the city is full of tourists, but also refugees.

Britain planned to welcome 2014 with a mixture of futuristic fireworks, torch-lit tradition and worries about immigration. The United Kingdom is only one day away from lifting restrictions on workers from Romania and Bulgaria, a prospect which has many on the country’s right worried. Britain’s top-selling The Sun newspaper carried a startling feature quoting Romanian bus passengers en route to London as vowing to beg and steal their way across the country. The right-leaning Daily Mail reported that planes and buses from Romania to the U.K. were “sold out” — a claim ridiculed by journalists who easily found cheap flights online. For people already in London, the New Year will give them the opportunity to literally taste the fireworks. The city’s mayor — in conjunction with telecommunications company Vodafone — said this year’s explosive display would come packed with peach-flavored snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles, allowing people to feast with more than

just their eyes. The multisensory display will also include scratch-and-sniff programs, LED wristbands and fruit-flavored sweets. At Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, hundreds of thousands of people were starting to assemble for what organizers say is one of the world’s biggest outdoors New Year’s party, a traditional German gathering featuring jelly doughnuts and sparkling wine. More than 260 people had been injured by firecracker blasts and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations. Department of Health spokesman Dr. Eric Tayag said he expected the number of injuries to rise sharply as Filipinos commemorate the end of a year marked by tragic disasters, including a Nov. 8 typhoon that left more than 6,100 dead and nearly 1,800 missing. “Many here are welcoming the new year after losing their mothers, fathers, siblings and children so you can imagine how it feels,” said village chief Maria Rosario Bactol of Anibong community in Tacloban, the city worst hit by Typhoon

Haiyan. “I tell them to face the reality, to move on and stand up, but I know it will never be easy.” In Hong Kong, pyrotechnics were fired near the Kowloon peninsula and from the tops of seven skyscrapers. A British colonial-era canon was fired at midnight in a tradition dating from the end of World War II. New Year’s celebrations in Indonesia were widespread except in the city of Banda Aceh where Islamic clerics prohibit Muslims from celebrating New Year’s Eve. In New York City, outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who hobnobbed with celebrities during past Times Square celebrations, is sitting out this year’s festivities to spend time with family and friends. Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be sworn in at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at his Brooklyn home. Sotomayor, a New York City native, will lead the final 60-second countdown and push the ceremonial button to signal the descent of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball in front of an estimated 1 million celebrants.

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n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.

oint, this week’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” a movie that wears its heart on it’s gorgeously photographed sleeve, and a film that speaks to true love, honesty, and caring like few I’ve ever seen. “Walter Mitty” is based on a 1939 short story by celebrated writer James Thurber, who wrote of an ordinary man who disappears into extraordinary daydreams. In adapting the story, director and star Ben Stiller sets the story at the moment when the iconic Life Magazine finally stopped publishing a regular monthly magazine and went to an online-only presence. Walter, played by Stiller, is the manager of the publication’s archive of photographic negatives. When famed photographer Sean O’Connell sends in the negative for the final cover, Walter’s life is turned upside down. Not only has the magazine hired an obnoxious transition manager who is lining up the layoffs, but the all important shot is missing. Suddenly Walter, who has a real problem with “zoning out,” as his mother and sister call it, is faced with a choice - curl up and let the world pass him by like normal, or go on an actual adventure that will change his life forever. The result is sweet, very funny, beautiful, and one of the most enjoyable journeys

I’ve been on in a long time. It’s no secret that the critics have not been kind to “Walter Mitty.” When the trailer was released a few months ago, I thought, “wow, there’s no way that movie can be as good as the preview makes it look.” Then, after harsh early reviews started coming out, I thought, “well, I guess I was right.” I actually was sort of right. The “Mitty” trailer is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Up there with “Forrest Gump,” and “Gatsby,” the movie isn’t quite as good as the preview. But that’s nitpicking in this case, because the majority of critics are flat wrong about “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” One of the major criticisms I’ve read is that Ben Stiller somehow sold out and made his movie one long corporate commercial jam packed with product placement and artistic concessions to corporate greed. I’ll admit, on first glance, the online dating company E-Harmony, the pizza restaurant Pappa Johns, and Cinnabon, among others, are fairly blatantly touted. But if you watch the entire movie and actually pay attention to the plot, it becomes fairly obvious that these corporations are stand-ins for everything that’s cold and static about life. Stiller is mocking them - gently, as everything about this film is gentle, but still, this is not a sell-out movie. Walter, who is in love with a co-worker named Cheryl, attempts to get her attention via an online dat-

ing service. At one point, Todd, the E-Harmony rep, even goes so far as to ask Walter why he’s bothering with online dating when he could just go up and actually talk to the girl of his dreams. That doesn’t smack of corporate sponsorship to me, but I think there are certain critics who want Ben Stiller to be witty and sharp so bad that they are willing to punish him for making a film that’s so sweet. “Walter Mitty” isn’t sharp, but it is funny. Very funny, at times, and it makes use of the best subtleties of great comic actors like Stiller, Kristin Wiig, who plays Cheryl, and Adam Scott as Ted, the layoff manager, who is more than a bit of a tool. This is certainly Stiller’s show, and he nails it, playing a version of his exasperated New Yorker character, though with the volume turned down and the introspection turned up. This is Stiller at 40-something, pulling a Clint Eastwood, who skewered nearly his entire film history with the brilliant “Unforgiven.” Here, the director of the Gen-X angst-fest “Reality Bites,” among many others, has made sweet, honest film about the beauty of love, friendship, loyalty and hard work. Yes, there’s some satire, yes there’s some criticism of corporate greed, but it’s not the focus. It’s not the take home. Also noteworthy is Sean Penn in a fairly small, but very nice role as O’Connell, the elusive photographer.

“Walter Mitty” isn’t a “perfect” film in the sense that everything makes complete and perfect sense. There was a part of me that was complaining in the back of my mind about the ease and rapidity with which Walter embarks on his actual adventure, first to Greenland, and then beyond. But looking at the movie as a fable, as a tale where the themes trump the details, I think “Mitty” comes closer to that “perfect” definition than any I’ve seen in a while. For me a perfect movie is one where all the parts work as a whole. Where no element feels redundant, unfinished, or ill-conceived. Perfect movies are rarely the ones that win Oscars, because they are rarely the big, important movie of the year. But movies as varied as “The Three Amigos,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “The Princess Bride,” and even “Die Hard,” all fit into that category - at least for me. Will “Walter Mitty” be one of those on my “perfect” list? Only time will tell, but I can tell you without a doubt that it’s worth the price of your admission. Grade: A “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is rated PG for some adult themes and a few scenes of mild peril. I love seeing a movie that didn’t pander to get the all-important PG-13 rating.

BY JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — They are some of the rarest bobblehead dolls ever produced. They’re released erratically. They’re given away for free, not sold. And if you get a certificate to claim one, you have to redeem it at a Washington, DC, law office. The limited edition bobbleheads of U.S. Supreme Court justices are the work of law professor Ross Davies, who has been creating them for the past 10 years. When finished, they arrive unannounced on the real justices’ desks, secreted there by unnamed confederates. And fans will go to some lengths to get one. “I think we take seriously trying to do them well,” said Davies, a law professor at Virginia’s George Mason University and the editor of an entertaining quarterly legal journal called The Green Bag. Subscribing to the journal is the most reliable way to get a voucher to claim a bobblehead when they are released, but there’s no guarantee. The certificates warn that the bearer “might be able” to exchange it for a bobblehead, and the journal also hands out some bobbleheads to non-subscribers, including law school public interest groups that auction them at fundraisers. Some ultimately wobble their way onto eBay, where they reliably sell for

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year was to be rung in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor instead. Closer to the edge of the International Dateline, New Zealand bid farewell to 2013 with fireworks erupting from Auckland’s Sky Tower as cheering crowds danced in the streets of the South Pacific island nation’s largest city. Known for glitz, glamor and over-the-top achievements like the world’s tallest tower, Dubai hoped to break another record by creating the largest fireworks show ever. Organizers planned to light up the city’s coastline with a flying falcon made out of fireworks that would move across a massive man-made palm-shaped island alongside a countdown in fireworks. Organizers say they will also create a burst of light out of fireworks to imitate a sunrise and dazzle spectators with a United Arab Emirates flag that could also break records for being the largest ever made of

fireworks. The 6-minute extravaganza will include 500,000 fireworks from 400 firing locations, all synchronized by 100 computers from stations across the city, said Barrett Wissman, cochairman of IMG Artists that is managing the event. Guinness World Record officials will be on hand to measure the scale of the event. Wissman said the display will cover 30 miles (48 kilometers) of seafront. “It is really mind-blowing, the size of this,” he said. In Sydney, organizers had expected to set off 7 metric tons (7.7 U.S. tons) of pyrotechnics in 12 seconds. The estimate appeared accurate. “It filled up the whole sky,” said Mona Rucek, a 28-yearold tourist from Munich, Germany. In Tokyo, five priests at the Zojoji temple used ropes to swing a wooden pole against a large bell, sounding the first of 108 gongs to mark the new

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And that’s good because you won’t find any fully-stereotypical “western” characters in a Lansdale novel. You’ll find the gunslinger, a prostitute, and a man-boy who grows up fast, yes, but they don’t do things the way they do in other westerns. You’ll find them in shocking situations of cruelty and violence with rays of goodness and surprising playfulness, though, and it works. It works wonderfully. If you’re in the mood for something down-and-dirty but oh-so-enjoyable, here’s your book. Read “The Thicket” and then loan it out carefully. You know who your friends are ...

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This photo taken Nov. 20, shows Ross Davies, professor of law and editor of The Green Bag, a law journal, holding one of the bobbleheads of Supreme Court justices he helped to design for The Green Bag, in Washington. They are some of the rarest bobblehead dolls ever produced. They’re released erratically. They’re given away for free, not sold. And if you get a certificate to claim one, you have to redeem it at a Washington, DC, law office.

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domestic matter or a misunderstanding with a roommate or family member. Express your concern about what is happening without expectations of a response. Be patient. Tonight: At home with a good book. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH A friend easily could lose his or her cool. Your ability to communicate can and will make a difference here. Don’t allow this person to intimidate you. A close friend or loved one could point you toward a new venture or interest. Tonight: Hang out with a family member. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Be aware of the costs of proceeding as you have. You might not be comfortable with everything that is going down. Your finances demand attention and precision. A family member once more could make demands that you might feel you can’t meet. Tonight: Pay bills first. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Many thoughts might be going through your mind. You would be wise not to discuss all of them, as you tend to go back and forth between ideas. Someone from a distance could be irritable. Use caution with this person. Tonight: Someone wants to court you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Defer to someone else, and know full well how this person will approach what you deem a difficult situation. Once this individual walks in your shoes, he or she will have great respect for you, your decisions and how you handle challenges. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.

Don’t write on the back, Jack! Dear Heloise: Please remind people when sending greeting cards Not to write on the back of the front panel. You can then remove the backs and mail the card fronts to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, 100 St. Jude’s St., Boulder City, NV 89005. — Bettie S. in Texas Thanks for the reminder for my readers not to write on the front panel, and to save cards (just the fronts, please) for such a good cause! St. Jude’s Ranch for Children is a wonderful organization that I have written about often. For more than 30 years, it has taken care of abused, abandoned and neglected children. The old, donated card fronts are glued to pre-folded stock paper and signed by the child who made it. The recycled cards are available for purchase at the online store at www.stjudesranch.org. The card project helps the kids earn some spending money and teaches them good work skills. Visit the website or call 877-9777572. Save your cards for St. Jude’s, and maybe send a dollar or two with the card fronts. — Heloise Handy address Dear Heloise: Sometimes I can’t even read my own handwriting. So I have developed a habit of carrying name and address labels with me (in my purse). I use them for gifts, weddings, funerals, forms at the doctor’s office, etc. It saves writing the same information, and it helps other people who might not be able to read my handwriting. — Judy in Milwaukee

Tuesday’s Answer

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

1 6 8 2 7 3 4 5 9

2 5 4 6 8 9 1 3 7

7 9 3 1 4 5 8 2 6

8 2 9 3 5 6 7 1 4

6 4 1 7 2 8 5 9 3

5 3 7 4 9 1 6 8 2

9 1 6 8 3 7 2 4 5

4 8 5 9 6 2 3 7 1

Difficulty Level

3 7 2 5 1 4 9 6 8

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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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