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Vol. 45, Issue 35
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Senator readies for Energy chair
Question Where do you get your health insurance coverage? n I’ve signed up through the exchange n I have coverage from my employer n I’m covered under another program n I don’t have health insurance
Republican Senate majority puts Murkowski in influential seat
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By ANDREW JENSEN Morris News Service-Alaska/ Alaska Journal of Commerce
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JUNEAU (AP) — An Anchorage middle school math teacher has been named Alaska teacher of the year for 2015. John Bruce, a teacher at Romig Middle School, received the honor Sunday at the Association of Alaska School Boards conference in Anchorage. The teacher of the year and an alternate are chosen by a committee of members of major educational associations and the current teacher of the year. The state department of education, which gives the award, says the committee considers a written application, a video snapshot of the teacher in the classroom and an interview. The alternate teacher of the year is Lee Butterfield, an English and electronic media teacher at South Anchorage High. Finalists were Ruth Segler of North Pole and Erika Schneider of Dillingham.
Pet project Tattoo studio raises funds for Kenai Animal Shelter By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion
In October, the Hayes family’s dog Opie went missing. Mina Hayes said that she found Opie later in the Kenai Animal Shelter — after he had been hit by a vehicle. “Luckily some nice people who had hit him, up by Tesoro, picked him up and took him to the pound. We didn’t find out until later that night, but Cora over there was just wonderful,” said Mina Hayes, referring to Cora Chambers, Kenai’s Chief Animal Control Officer. “She got a hold of me about 7 or 8 that night, to let me know he was OK, and met us there at 6 in the morning so we could pick him up and take him to the vet. There’s some
really nice people over there. That’s what gave us the idea to try and help them out,” Mina Hayes said. The Hayes family — Mina, her husband Joe, and their daughter Samantha, or Sam — own and operate Kenai’s Ink Works Tattoo Studio, 11887 Kenai Spur Highway. This month they are soliciting donations for the Kenai animal shelter through a promotion: customers who make donations to the shelter will have twice the amount of their donation taken off the price of their tattoo. The deduction is given as a gift certificate, which Mina said allows it to be transferred between customers. In addition to cash, Ink Works is accepting donations of pet supplies as well.
Photos by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion
Top: Joe Hayes inks a tattoo on Ami Stowell’s leg at Ink Works Tattoo Studio in Kenai on Saturday. A studio promotion is raising funds for the Kenai Animal Shelter. Above: Samantha Hayes inks a tattoo on customer Misty Stowell’s leg at Ink Works Tattoo Studio in Kenai on Saturday.
‘There’s some really nice people over there. That’s what gave us the idea to try and help them out.’ — Mina Hayes
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It was tough to find anyone who was more excited than Sen. Lisa Murkowski at Dan Sullivan’s election night party. Warming up the crowd before Sullivan entered as final vote tallies were still rolling in, and with the Republican challenger maintaining the comfortable lead he held all night over incumbent Sen. Mark Begich, Murkowski walked away from the microphone and grabbed a chair, lofting it over her head and asking the crowd if they knew what it meant for the U.S. Senate. “I’m the chair!” she exclaimed to wild cheers and applause. Murkowski, who has served in the Senate since 2002, is poised to take the chairmanship of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee that has jurisdiction over the Interior Department. It’s a powerful position for the senior senator from Alaska given the role the agency plays in a state where two-thirds of the land is owned by the federal government. Even without Sullivan defeating Begich, the Republican Party had already netted a gain of seven seats in the Senate earlier in the evening to swing control away from the Democrats for the first time since 2006. Not only did the GOP take over the Senate and expand its majority in the House by more than a dozen seats, Democrats were stunned by their party’s losses in governor races in See CHAIR, page A-10
Inside ‘This is going to be a tough trip for the president.’ ... See page A-5
Index Opinion.................. A-4 Nation/World.......... A-5 Sports.....................A-6 Schools.................. B-1 Classifieds............. B-3 Comics................... B-6
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Soldiers recover in Warrior Transition Units By WESTON MORROW Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS (AP) — The Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Wainwright invited families, friends and community members to the post’s Physical Fitness Center to commemorate national Warrior Care Month. Soldiers from the transition unit, and the occasional visitor, participated Nov. 3 in adaptive sports such as wheelchair basketball and sit-down volleyball from 1-3 p.m. The idea, according to Bassett Army Community Hospital public affairs coordinator Brandy Ostanik, is to recognize not only the effort put in each day by the soldiers in the unit but also the staff members who work with them and the families who support them. The Warrior Transition Unit — or the WTU as the acronym-loving United States Army refers to it — is a small
unit of soldiers on Post working through the long process of recovery. To be assigned to the unit, soldiers must be reviewed and approved by the post’s highranking medical chiefs, such as the Medical Treatment Facilities commander. The conditions for entry to the unit vary depending on a number of factors but essentially, soldiers’ conditions must require what Army medical professionals consider “complex medical care” expected to take at least six months. Warrior Transition Units were created Army-wide in 2007-08, and the For Wainwright unit came into existence in 2009, according to the unit’s current commander, Capt. John Harvey. The 16 soldiers that make up Harvey’s unit are all serving on active duty, but none are assigned the typical duties of active duty military members.
AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Eric Engman
In this photo taken on Nov. 3, members of the Bravo Company Warrior Transition Unit on Fort Wainwright participate in adaptive sports, including wheelchair basketball, at the post’s Physical Fitness Center near Fairbanks.
Instead, the soldiers of the tranFor many of the soldiers, sition unit focus on two things that “what’s next” will not take — getting better and preparing place in the Army. For many for what comes next. of them, the Warrior TransiC
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tion Unit will serve as their last tour with the Army before fully transitioning to life as veterans. Sgt. Matt Williams is one of those soldiers. In addition to his individual appointments and work with the unit, he spends much of his time learning automotive repair at the Fort Wainwright Automotive Skills Center and studying welding at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The career training courses are coordinated with his unit. Williams has been with the transition unit for six months, and has perhaps four or five months remaining on active duty. When his time with the unit is up he will not be returning to his former unit. Instead, his 10 years with the Army will come to an end. Williams, like many soldiers in Wainwright’s transition unit and others around the country, displays no overt signs of physical trauma. Ostanik said as the See WARRIOR, page A-10
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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ........................... Trace Normal month to date ............. 0.45" Year to date ............................. 17.72" Normal year to date ............... 15.93" Record today ................. 0.93" (1979) Record for Nov. ............. 6.95" (1971) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date ........................... Trace Season to date ......................... Trace
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Snow will spread from the northern Plains into the Great Lakes today, with over a foot expected. A cold air mass will drop temperatures across the Plains. Mild weather takes hold in the East.
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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
JUNEAU — A massive storm fueled by the remnants of Typhoon Nuri did not do much damage in Alaska’s sparsely populated Aleutian Islands, but forecasters say it’s anchoring a system that will push a frigid blast of air into the mainland United States and send temperatures plunging early this week. Parts of the lower 48 states could see temperatures between 20 and 40 degrees below average, the National Weather Service said Sunday. Snow was expected to move over the northern high plains and into the upper Great Lakes by Monday evening, with accumulations of close to a foot in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin and up to 2 feet in the upper peninsula of Michigan, forecasters said. While other parts of the country were expecting their
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Today’s activity: Moderate Where: Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to as far south as Talkeetna and visible low on the horizon as far south as Bethel, Soldotna and southeast Alaska.
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first big winter storms, parts of south-central and southwest of Alaska could see windy, warmer and wet conditions, said Shaun Baines, a meteorologist for the weather service in Anchorage, Alaska. Temperatures along the Gulf of Alaska coastline were in the 40s. Winter storm warnings were in effect Sunday for parts of Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota, with 4 to 5 inches of snow across the plains of Montana and up to 10 inches possible in the mountains. Snow totals in areas could be hard to measure, though, because of the wind, said meteorologist Chris Zelzer, of the weather service’s Great Falls, Montana, office. “The big news for us will be the combination of really cold temperatures and really breezy conditions,” he said. Highs, which are typically in the low 40s for the Great Falls area this time of year, are forecast to dip to 7 degrees
early this week and stay below freezing into the weekend. Sub-zero lows are also expected. Further east, Delta Air Lines issued a winter weather waiver that allows travelers to avoid change fees if they
rescheduled flights set for Monday to and from Minneapolis; Rochester, Minnesota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Green Bay, Wisconsin. Rebooked trips must begin no later than Wednesday or a fare difference may apply.
Friday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc............... 98.42 +0.01 Alaska Air Group...... 55.14 -0.26 ACS...........................1.50 -0.02 Apache Corp........... 76.52 +1.08 AT&T........................ 34.91 +0.19 Baker Hughes.......... 52.30 +0.81 BP ........................... 42.06 +0.19 Chevron...................118.80 +0.27 ConocoPhillips......... 72.16 +0.84 ExxonMobil.............. 96.59 +1.02 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,681.00 +0.00 GCI...........................11.79 +0.10 Halliburton............... 53.86 +0.69 Harley-Davidson...... 66.04 +0.33 Home Depot.............97.65 +0.36 McDonald’s.............. 95.10 +0.44 Safeway................... 34.87 -0.01 Schlumberger.......... 98.73 +1.75 Tesoro.......................71.95 -0.77 Walmart................... 78.77 +0.96 Wells Fargo.............. 53.84 -0.22 Gold closed............ 1,176.09 +34.24
Silver closed.............15.76 +0.35 Dow Jones avg..... 17,573.93 +19.46 NASDAQ................4,632.53 -5.94 S&P 500................ 2,031.92 +0.71 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.
Oil Prices Thursday’s prices North Slope crude: $79.63, down from $80.61 on Wednesday West Texas Int.: $77.91, down from $78.68 on Wednesday
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Peninsula Clarion, Monday, November 10, 2014
Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 3989440. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 5:30 p.m. • Overeater’s Anonymous meets at the URS Club in the old Kenai Mall. Do you have a problem with food? Members come in all sizes. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. 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.
First date goes awry for Oregon man WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police agree it was a bad first date. They say a 23-year-old man met a woman for the first time in person Monday night after they talked online. She hopped into his vehicle at a drive-through restaurant in Wilsonville, south of Portland, and suggested he buy her a milkshake. Sgt. Dan Kraus says the man got two $1 bills in change and put them into his wallet, which he left on the center console. Kraus says the woman grabbed the wallet, got out of the car and ran off. The Oregonian reports the man called 911 and provided the woman’s cellphone number. Officers called her to arrange a meeting at the same restaurant. They arrested her early Tuesday and recovered the wallet — with the two $1 bills still inside. C
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Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: 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.
Around the Peninsula Salute to veterans The community is invited to join together at the Kenai Senior Center for an evening of remembrance and celebration of our veterans today at 3 p.m. The festivities begin with the posting of the colors at 3:30 p.m. From 4-6 p.m. Veterans will be interviewed on air by KSRM radio. The senior center will provide roast beef for a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. and at 6:15 p.m. the Mountain View Elementary School choir will perform a patriotic concert. Former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Dave Carey will recite “a bit of history” at 6:30 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring a side dish to share for the potluck and stay and visit with our veteran heroes. For more information call the Kenai Senior Center at 283-8211.
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Garden club talks irrigation The Central Peninsula Garden Club’s Tuesday program, “Irrigation! Plan, Prepare & Assemble,” will benefit outdoor gardeners and high tunnel growers who want to set up an automated system and spend more time doing other things than watering. The program presenter is Jeff Rypka, Civil Engineer for the Natural Soil & Water Conservation (NRCS) office who is an experienced gardener, has a high tunnel and outside garden himself. He will explain the evaluation and preparation one has to do prior to putting in a system and will have the parts and pieces of his own system for show and tell. Gather information, parts and pieces for your early-as-possible installation. The presentation is at 7 p.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Building, mile 16.5 Kalifornsky Beach Road not far from the Bridge Access Road intersection. Free and open to the public.
Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting a social on Friday at 6 p.m., at Mykel’s Restaurant, in their banquet room. Stop by and get to know your local chapter of Trout Un- Vigil for homeless youth planned limited, talk fishing, find out what the chapter has been up to The Annual Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth and Famthis past year, and learn how to become involved with events to ilies will take place on Thursday, from 6-7 p.m. at Farnsworth come. There will be free appetizers and door prizes. Everyone Park in Soldotna. This years’ awareness event will feature guest is welcome; need not be a member to attend. speaker Dr. Steve Atwater, KPBSD Superintendent of Schools. There will also be a scholarship opportunity presented to high school students who attend. The vigil is an outdoor event — Community choir forming please dress warm. For more information, please contact DebA new community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is bie Michael at dmichael@alaska.net or Kelly King at kking@ open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first kpbsd.k12.ak.us. time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the Kenai Central High School choir room. Call Hospice community presentations planned or email for more details: 907-283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail. Hospice of the Central Peninsula will host a community precom. sentations on “Grief and the Holidays,” scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. on Nov. 20 at the Kenai Community Library. The workshop is free and open to the public. The presentaHospital service area board to meet tions are ideal for Hospice volunteers and potential volunteers, The Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board caregivers, health care professionals, clergy, mental health prowill hold its regularly scheduled meeting today at 5:30 p.m. in fessionals and the general public. For more information or to the Redoubt-Spur conference room located downstairs at Cen- register, call Hospice of the Central Peninsula at 907-262-0453 tral Peninsula Hospital. or email hospice.admin@alaska.net.
Gingerbread house contest under way The Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Ceter presents the 2nd annual Gingerbread House Contest. The contest is free to enter. Entries may be dropped off at the visitor center through Saturday. Prizes will be awarded in three ages groups: 12 and under; 13-17; and 18 and over. Houses will be on display Nov. 18-Dec. 20. For more information or to register, call 283-1991.
Pickleball, yoga at Sterling Community Center
Regular pickleball play times at the Sterling Community Center in October are Mondays, 1-3 p.m., and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Pickleball is a game played on a badminton-sized court with a low net, whiffle ball, and oversized ping pong paddles. Beginning Yoga continues on Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., instructed by Raven Askew. This class is great for all skill levElectronics recycling available els. Dress comfortably; bring water and a floor mat. For a current schedule of events, find the SC Center calendar On Saturday, ReGroup is planning an Electronics Recycling at www.sterlingcommunityclub.com (“Calendar” tab), or call Event from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Central Peninsula Landfill on the Sterling Highway. The event is free for households. 262-7224 for more information. Businesses and non-profits are invited to bring recyclable electronics in for free with the exception of monitors ($15/each) Have a photogenic pet? and televisions ($0.18/pound). Businesses and non-profits are Send the Clarion a picture asked to schedule an appointment to minimize congestion at Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be the Central Peninsula Transfer Center. For more information, color or black and white and may include people. Limit one call 252-2773. photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Coast Guard Auxiliary to meet Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and conduct its monthly meeting on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Ni- phone number must be included. kiski Fire Station #1, 44800 Kenai Spur Highway. The public Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. is cordially invited to come and sharing ideas and information For more information, call 907-335-1251.
Comet puts on show on Mars By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON — A pristine distant comet created a once-in-8-million-year fireworks show above Mars last month. But no one got to see it live. New NASA data from satellites circling Mars shows that when the comet named Siding Spring skimmed the red planet, tons of comet dust bombarded the Martian sky with thousands of fireballs an hour. It warped the Martian atmosphere leaving all sorts of metals and an eerie yellow afterglow on Oct. 19. A meteor shower from magnesium, sodium, iron and five other metals may have been so heavy that it might be even considered a meteor storm, said University of Colorado scientist Nick Schneider. Spikes in magnesium physically changed the atmosphere around Mars, while sodium left a yellowish glow in the sky after the meteor show-
ers finished, he said. “It would have been truly stunning to the human eye,” said Schneider, who was the lead instrument scientist for one of NASA’s Martian satellites. “It would have been really mind-blowing.” The best view would have been from the Martian surface, where NASA had the rovers Opportunity and Curiosity looking up. But the rovers could only take stills, said agency chief planetary scientist Jim Green. There was no video to capture the shooting stars that made it a spectacular light show. Instead, NASA’s satellites recorded lots of scientific data, which allowed astronomers to describe what it must have been like. The core of the spinning comet moved by Mars at more than 125,000 mph and could have been as large as 1.2 miles wide, astronomers said. It was not only big, but the dust assault was far larger than
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NCAA goes overboard with punishment Fans of Alaska Nanooks athletics got the equivalent of a body-check into the boards by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association on Wednesday. The governing body for college sports handed the UAF athletics department a host of severe sanctions, including the loss of scholarships, a $30,000 fine, bans on postseason play this year for hockey, swimming and men’s and women’s basketball, as well as the vacating of all basketball and hockey wins in which ineligible athletes played between 2007-2008 and 2011-2012. Remember the Nanooks wins against the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves in the Governor’s Cup in 2010, 2011 and 2012 that started the streak now five years long? Do your best to forget them, because — officially, at least — they never took place. Remember the hockey team’s first-ever NCAA tournament berth in 2010? That’s gone, too. According to the NCAA and UAF officials, the sanctions stem from widespread issues in academic advising in which student athletes weren’t informed about NCAA academic requirements and were improperly certified to compete. Advisers were reportedly untrained on differences between UAF academic requirements and those for NCAA athletes. Also, an NCAA release states, UAF didn’t take appropriate action to correct the problem despite internal warnings that its certification system might be deficient. Clearly, UAF and its staff made serious mistakes both in training academic advisers for athletes and in not acting immediately to fix potential issues when flags were raised. The university, however, did self-report the violations, enacted self-imposed sanctions prior to the NCAA’s and says it has taken appropriate action to reform the advising process to prevent future issues of the same nature. It makes sense the school should face strong sanctions for its missteps. What doesn’t make sense, however, is for the weight of those sanctions to be so out of proportion to the offenses committed. The sanctions leveled against UAF — vacating records for a multi-year period and the loss of a handful of scholarships, among other things — is strikingly reminiscent of those that hit the University of Minnesota’s basketball team over an academic cheating scandal that took place over five years in the late 1990s. In that instance, a counseling manager for the team had completed more than 400 homework assignments for team members to ensure their eligibility, and instructors were coerced into changing deadlines and grades for team members. The news broke one day before the start of the NCAA basketball tournament in 1999. The university didn’t self-report, and the offenses committed by their staff and athletes were both willful and egregious. At UAF, the problems were self-reported, self-sanctioning already had taken place and reforms had been made to ensure future compliance. The NCAA ignored these good-faith attempts to rectify the situation and slapped the university’s programs with the metaphorical equivalent of a game disqualification where a two-minute minor penalty would have been appropriate. The damage inflicted by the disqualification of hockey, basketball and swimming squads from the postseason this year won’t be borne by the advisers who erred in improperly certifying athletes for competition, the UAF staff members who were supposed to train them on NCAA practices, or the college’s then-athletics director — himself a former compliance officer — who oversaw the programs at the time. That damage will be done to student athletes at UAF who had no part in the affair, and who are bearing the punishment for the missteps of others. UAF’s athletics violations were serious, and the vacating of wins in which ineligible students took part makes sense. The $30,000 fine to UAF makes sense. The mandatory changes to advising to ensure future compliance make sense. The school’s probation through 2017 makes sense. What doesn’t make sense are the outsized additional penalties impacting current student athletes who had nothing to do with past issues. Put simply, the punishment doesn’t fit the offense. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Nov. 6
A tired Democratic Party
2008 feels long ago. A Democratic Party that rode the Obama wave to historic congressional majorities is now saddled with a president who was the hot new thing six years ago. Its agenda tends to be picayune or pointless, and its new generation of leadership is the same as the old generation of leadership. As much as an indictment of President Barack Obama’s governance, the midterms were a commentary on the exhaustion of the Democrats in the late Obama years. Electoral rebukes of this magnitude usually cause some reaction in their recipients. An invigorating policy departure. A new tone. A surprising staff shake-up. No, President Obama made clear in his postelection news conference, it will be more of the same, only more so. He refused any memorable characterization of the results, like “thumpin’” (George W. Bush after 2006) or “shellacking” (Obama after 2010). He wasn’t getting drawn into that game, although “wallopin’,” “spankin’” and “whoopin’” were all available. The president only gave a strong sense of disappointment — not at himself or his party, but at all those awful people in Washington who care about politics and image so much more than he does. It is true that midterm elections are inherently more favorable terrain for Republicans, but if the midterms are the exception that proves the rule of Democratic dominance, they are a hell of an exception. Republicans control more legislative chambers than at any time since the 1920s. They
have more House seats than at any time since 1928. They have more than 30 governorships, including in blue Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois and Maryland. Against this tide, the Democratic mes- Rich Lowry sage this year was a dog’s breakfast of warmed-over sloganeering, irrelevant obsessions and small-bore policy proposals that couldn’t overcome the broad discontent with the state of country. Notoriously, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall campaigned as though the U.S. Senate is the upper house of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He sought to stoke the fears of women not sophisticated enough to realize that, no, Republican Cory Gardner wasn’t going to send morality police to confiscate their contraceptives. Udall duly ran up a 2-to1 margin among single women, but at the price of talking about little else. Exit polls showed a strong plurality of people, 43 percent, thought the economy is the most important issue facing the country. Gardner won them by 50 percent to 42 percent. What Udall was to the uterus, Harry Reid was to the Koch brothers. He invited the public to direct its fury at these two relatively unknown wealthy conservative donors who were supposed to be uniquely evil compared with the wealthy liberal
donors who funded Reid’s (very inaptly named) Senate Majority PAC. As for issues, yes, the minimum wage is popular, but it’s not a big-enough issue to drive the political debate. Its success at the federal level depends on electing officeholders who support it, and at that elemental task, Democrats failed miserably. As in 2010, the Republicans have gotten another jolt of new talent. Looking ahead to the 2016 presidential race, they are brimming with young, new entrants on the national stage, whereas the Democrats prepare to nominate by universal acclamation a 67-year-old grandmother who has been a major player in national politics for more than 30 years. Age is not everything, and Ronald Reagan projected a youthful vigor despite his years. But if the Democrats are all in on Hillary Clinton, they are betting that a restive public is really yearning for a familiar fixture who prominently served in the Obama administration. For all the impressiveness of the GOP win, the Republicans don’t have a mandate so much as an opportunity. They can make the most of it only if they push a big, bold policy agenda that addresses the country’s economic discontents and sets the table for 2016. The Obama Democrats are played out, and the mantle of the party of change and new ideas is there for the taking. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
Voters divided on the issues, too By CONNIE CASS Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders and President Barack Obama say the message of the midterm elections is clear: Voters want them to work together. But on what? The two parties’ voters, like their politicians, are far apart on health care, immigration and climate change, exit polls show. The voters can’t even agree on whether the economy is looking worse or getting better. So when Obama says the voters signaled that they want “to see more cooperation,” and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says “they want us to look for areas of agreement,” it’s not clear where the voters expect them to find the compromises. A look at what voters said about the issues as they left the polls Tuesday:
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Obama says he’s ready to act without Congress, by taking executive action to remove the threat of deportation for some immigrants living in the United States illegally. He hasn’t given specifics. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, calls that playing with fire. But Obama may feel emboldened because Republicans aren’t unified on the issue. Fifty-six percent of voters who backed Republicans in the midterms said most immigrants in the U.S. illegally should be deported. But 38 percent favor giving them a Health care chance to apply for legal status. On the Democratic side, 8 in 10 voters It’s no surprise that Senate Republicans want to celebrate by joining the GOP-led favored creating a path to legal status. House in voting to repeal the health care law. But Obama has veto power. Climate change A huge chunk of the Republicans’ midGlobal warming, like immigration, is an term voters (78 percent) say the law that requires health coverage for nearly every- issue where more voters overall seemed to one went too far. One-fifth of their voters agree with Obama, even though Republisay health care is the most important issue can candidates came out ahead on election night. facing the country. Nearly 6 in 10 said global warming is a Even more people who voted for Democratic congressional candidates — about one- serious problem, and they mostly voted for third of them — call health care the top issue. Democratic congressional candidates. But those who aren’t worried about the But where Republicans say the law went too far, the same share of Democratic issue overwhelmingly backed Republican voters says it’s about right or didn’t go far candidates, who are more apt to question the scientific findings on climate change. enough. Still, many Republican lawmakers are Nonetheless, GOP leaders suggest that congressional Republicans and Democrats nervous about appearing indifferent to foremight be able to agree on redoing parts of it, casts of dire environmental consequences. such as repealing a tax on medical devices One-third of the voters who backed Rethat helps pay for the Affordable Care Act. publicans think global warming is a serious problem, according to the exit polls.
my’s direction. Two-thirds of Democrats admitted to feeling at least somewhat worried, too. Even here, the partisan fault line is visible. Democratic and Republican voters see the same economy quite differently. More than half of those who backed Democrats think it’s getting better, and only 14 percent of them think it’s getting worse. Republican voters see the reverse: Nearly half say the economy’s getting worse, and only 15 percent think it’s getting better. What causes the optimism gap? Some of it probably stems from political loyalty. Voters typically take a rosier view of the economy when their preferred party is in the White House. In the 2006 exit poll conducted in the last midterm of the Bush years, 76 percent of those backing Republicans said they economy was in good shape, while 73 percent of those who voted for Democrats said it was in the tank.
The tea party
Here’s a shift that could help clear the way for compromise: The movement that pushed for standoffs, debt ceiling showdowns and a government shutdown is waning. The share of Republican voters who support the tea party movement dropped from 67 percent in 2010 to 53 percent this year. Less than one-quarter of Republican voters this time said they were strong tea party supporters. The political calendar also offers another argument for compromise. Lawmakers Immigration who will be on the ballot in 2016 can exThe economy pect the presidential year to bring a larger, Lawmakers have been searching for a Eighty-nine percent of Republican vot- less solidly partisan crowd of voters to the compromise on immigration since George ers say they’re worried about the econo- polls. W. Bush was president.
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Nation/World Obama tests global clout in China By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press
BEIJING — His influence at home quickly fading, President Barack Obama is looking east to China, the opening stop of a three-country tour that will test his ability to play a commanding role on the world stage during his final two years in office. Once treated like a global superstar, Obama arrived Monday in Beijing under far different circumstances, with his most powerful days behind him. At home, Republicans are still rejoicing at having pummeled Obama’s political party in the midterm elections, relegating Democrats to the minority in both chambers of Congress. His counterparts in Asia surely have noticed. Upon his arrival in the Chinese capital, Obama stepped off Air Force One and onto a red carpet, where an honor guard of dozens lined his path. He greeted Chinese officials before
being whisked into his waiting limousine. The president will give a speech Monday about U.S. ties to Asia at a high-level AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation summit. He’ll also join key Asian leaders for dinner before taking in a performance and fireworks at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. During his three days in China, Obama will also meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies will address reporters before the state visit draws to a close Wednesday and Obama flies to Myanmar. The trip marks one of Obama’s final opportunities to deliver on his goal to amplify U.S. influence in Asia. In China, Myanmar and Australia, leaders will be rendering judgment on whether Obama’s lofty ambitions in Asia-Pacific have been sidetracked by festering crises in Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. “This is going to be a tough
trip for the president,” said Ernest Bower, an Asia expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He said Asian leaders were viewing Obama’s trip with a key question in mind: Who is Barack Obama after the midterm elections? “They’ll be trying to discern whether he has the commitment and political capital to follow through,” Bower said. Even before the election, Obama’s commitment to the region and his ability to boost U.S. clout there was in doubt in many capitals. U.S. allies such as Japan and South Korea have pressed for a greater American presence, partly to counter China’s growing influence. Yet Obama’s mission against the Islamic State group and his government’s Ebola response have diverted U.S. military and financial resources elsewhere. “The president remains deeply committed to his Asia rebalancing strategy, and its im-
plementation will remain a top priority throughout the second term,” said Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice. U.S. presidents often immerse themselves in foreign affairs during their last years in office, when the focus on the next presidential race saps the energy from their own domestic efforts. In the wake of last week’s elections, White House officials spoke optimistically about Obama’s prospects for clinching trade deals in Asia and elsewhere now that Republicans are set to control Congress. Under Obama, U.S. trade negotiators for years have been pursuing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major trade pact being negotiated with 11 nations. The talks have repeatedly blown past their deadlines, and other nations have been wary about Obama’s ability to push an eventual deal through Congress, where Democrats have been sensitive to the concerns of labor unions.
Town weighs nation’s 1st tobacco ban By AMY CRAWFORD Associated Press
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WESTMINSTER, Mass. — The cartons of Marlboros, cans of Skoal and packs of Swisher Sweets are hard to miss stacked near the entrance of Vincent’s Country Store, but maybe not for much longer: All tobacco products could become contraband if local health officials get their way. This sleepy central Massachusetts town of 7,700 has become an improbable battleground in America’s tobacco wars. On Wednesday, the Board of Health will hear public comment on a proposed regulation that could make Westminster the first municipality in the United States to ban sales of all tobacco products within town lines. “To my knowledge, it would be the first in the nation to enact a total ban,” said Thomas Carr, director of national policy at the American Lung Association. “We commend the town for doing it.” Town health agent Elizabeth Swedberg said a ban seemed like a sensible solution to a vexing problem. “The tobacco companies are really promoting products to hook young people,” she said, pointing to 69-cent bubblegum-flavored cigars, electronic cigarettes and a new form of dissolvable smokeless tobacco that resembles Tic Tac candies. “The board was getting frustrated trying to keep up with this.” Citing a report from the U.S. surgeon general, Swedberg said that if tobacco use continues unabated, 5.6 million American children who are younger than 18 today will die prematurely because of smoking. Change, she said, “has to start somewhere.” Brian Vincent would rather it not start with his family-owned
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Brian Vincent poses in front of a large display of tobacco products at Vincent’s Country Store in Westminster, Mass., Thursday. Local officials are contemplating what could be a first: a blanket ban on all forms of tobacco and e-cigarettes.
grocery on Main Street. Tobacco products, he said, make up more than 5 percent of sales. A quarter of his customers purchase tobacco, Vincent said, and while they’re there, they often pick up a gallon of milk or one of the fresh-baked maplecandied bacon chocolate chip cookies that are displayed by the check-out aisle. “It’s going to send business five minutes this way or five minutes that way — no one’s going to quit,” said Vincent, who admits to enjoying a cigar himself now and then. Encouraged by the New England Convenience Store Association, Vincent has been asking customers to sign a petition against the proposal. He has gathered more than 800 signatures so far, and other merchants are on track to deliver hundreds more to town officials this week. David Sutton, a spokesman for Richmond, Virginia-based Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation’s biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, called the proposal a “bad policy” that will harm local employers. “We believe businesses
should be able to choose which products they carry,” Sutton said. “If the ban were to be implemented, adult tobacco and e-vapor consumers could shift their purchases to neighboring stores. The proposed regulations, if enacted, would fundamentally alter these businesses and would likely cost Westminster jobs.” So many people have called Town Hall about the proposal, the Board of Health — whose meetings about septic system updates and mosquito control rarely attract an audience — will hold Wednesday’s public hearing in an elementary school cafeteria rather than in its usual second-floor conference room. Colleen Conner, who pops into Vincent’s nearly every day to pick up a pack of American Spirits, is among those who signed the petition. Should the measure pass, she said, she’ll drive 25 miles north to New Hampshire and buy her cigarettes there in bulk. “When you’re a smoker, you’ll quit when you’re ready, not because someone told you to,” she said. “I think it’s going to hurt the store — and I love
the store.” Swedberg, the town health agent, said the Board of Health hopes that if it enacts the regulation, loyal customers will support local businesses by buying more nontobacco products. And she thinks stores could see another benefit: “For people who are trying to quit, it could be a better place for them to shop, because they wouldn’t be confronted with tobacco.” Board members are keeping an open mind and will take public comment into account, Swedberg said. But she remains supportive of the ban and hopes more communities across the country will follow Westminster’s example. It’s an admirable goal, said Westminster resident Claudia Kulik, who turned to a hypnotist to quit cigarettes 10 years ago. Yet even she doubts that making it impossible to buy tobacco products in town would make a difference to a smoker seeking a fix. She once went out in an ice storm for cigarettes. “I would have gone through hell or high water,” she said.
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Around the World Iraqi officials say airstrike wounds Islamic State group leader al-Baghdadi BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western Anbar province. Pentagon officials said they had no immediate information on such an attack or on the militant leader being injured. Iraq’s Defense and Interior ministries both issued statements saying al-Baghdadi had been wounded, without elaborating, and the news was broadcast on state-run television Sunday night. The reports came at a time when President Barack Obama said the U.S.-led coalition was in a position to start going on the offensive against the Islamic State militants. Al-Baghdadi, believed to be in his early 40s, has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Since taking the reins of the group in 2010, he has transformed it from a local branch of al-Qaida into an independent transnational military force.
1 of last 2 Americans freed by North Korea says he learned much during imprisonment SEATTLE — Kenneth Bae arrived home after years of imprisonment in North Korea, expressing his gratitude to the U.S. government for securing his release and revealing that his time there offered lessons. And his sister said he had one stipulation for his first meal back home: No Korean food. “He said, ‘I don’t want Korean food, that’s all I’ve been eating for the last two years,’” Terri Chung said Sunday outside her Seattle church. “We had a late night eating pizza.” Bae and Matthew Miller, another American who had been held captive in North Korea, landed Saturday night at a Washington state military base after a top U.S. intelligence official secured their release. “It’s been an amazing two years, I learned a lot, I grew a lot, I lost a lot of weight,” Bae, a Korean-American missionary with health problems, said at Joint Base-Lewis-McChord Saturday night. Asked how he was feeling, he said, “I’m recovering at this time.”
Germans celebrates 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall BERLIN — The citizens of Berlin on Sunday released almost 7,000 balloons into the night sky, many carrying messages of hope to mark the 25th anniversary since the fall of the wall that once divided their city. The symbolic act recalled the giddy night of Nov. 9, 1989, when thousands of people from the communist East streamed through the Berlin Wall to celebrate freedom with their brethren in the West. “For peace and freedom,” Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit told a crowd of ten thousands that had gathered at the city’s iconic Brandenburg Gate as he gave the signal to release the balloons, which has been placed, illuminated, along a 15-kilometer (9-mile) stretch of the former border. Earlier he thanked the former leaders of Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union — Lech Walesa, Miklos Nemeth and Mikhail Gorbachev — for having helped set the stage for Germany’s peaceful revolution. Gorbachev — who is still a popular figure in Germany — was greeted with affectionate shouts of “Gorbi, Gorbi” by the crowds. — The Associated Press
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Niners nip Saints By The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Colin Kaepernick completed a 51yard pass on fourth down to sustain a tying drive, Ahmad Brooks sacked and stripped Drew Brees in overtime, and Phil Dawson kicked a 35-yard field goal to cap San Francisco’s stirring 27-24 victory over New Orleans on Sunday. The victory snapped a twogame skid for the Niners (5-4) and marked the first home loss for the Saints (4-5) in more than a season. The Saints had won their past 11 at home overall, and the past 20 at home including the playoffs, when coached by Sean Payton, who was suspended in 2012. Brooks’ decisive blow on a sack of Brees had to feel like poetic justice to the Niners linebacker. His unsportsmanlike
conduct penalty on a vicious sack and strip in the Superdome a year ago allowed the Saints to pull out a late comeback victory in these teams’ previous meeting. Brees was intercepted twice, but also passed for three scores, the last to Jimmy Graham to give the Saints a 24-21 lead with 1:52 left in regulation. Graham also caught a desperation pass in the end zone at the end of regulation, but was called for offensive interference. Broncos 41, Raiders 17 OAKLAND, Calif. — Peyton Manning threw five touchdown passes in less than 17 minutes and the Broncos handed the Raiders their 15th straight loss. Manning threw a pair of early interceptions that put Denver (7-2) in a hole against the NFL’s only
winless team. That all changed with a short pass that C.J. Anderson turned into a spectacular 51-yard catch and run. The touchdowns didn’t stop until Manning’s day was done after three quarters. Manning added two TD passes to Julius Thomas and two more to Emmanuel Sanders as the Broncos rebounded from last week’s loss at New England by beating up on the Raiders (0-9). Manning went 31 for 44 for 340 yards. He extended his record with at least two touchdown passes in 15 straight games and his streak of 48 games with at least one TD pass is third longest, breaking a tie with Johnny Unitas.
Cardinals 31, Rams 14 GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Cardinals put together another dominant fourth quarter, but a the AP Photo/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune, David Grunfeld victory was dampened by an injury to quarterback Carson Palmer. Saints quarterback Drew Brees is about to be sacked by 49ers outside linebacker Ahmad See NFL, Page A-7
Brooks during an NFL football game at the Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday.
Harvick nabs Phoenix win Canucks take JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Harvick finally has a shot to win his first Sprint Cup championship, while Jeff Gordon was once again denied in his drive for No. 5. Harvick routed the field Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway, where he had to win to move into NASCAR’s championship finale. He’ll go with Stewart-Haas Racing, the team he joined this season in his quest to win a title after 13 years of futility at Richard Childress Racing. “Coming over here and racing this year has given me new life,” Harvick said. “It’s like a dream. You lay it all out on paper and you say, ‘This is what we want to do and we want to race for wins and championships,’ and all of a sudden you’re a week away from everything that you talk about and dream about.” He’ll race Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman next Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the championship. The title will be decided by finishing order, and all four will be vying for their first championship. The championship field does not include Gordon or Brad Keselowski, who along with Har-
vick were the most dominant drivers all season. Keselowski has won a series-best six races, Gordon has won four times and led the points most of the season, and both showed the intensity of this new eliminationstyle Chase for the Sprint Cup championship with a pit road brawl last week that left both former champions bloodied. A disappointed Gordon said the on-track aggression and offtrack intensity at Homestead will make Texas and the last month of racing look tame. “If it was that ugly the past few weeks, it’s going to be real ugly next week,” Gordon said. There were no fights following this race, but it was still intense as the championship field flipped and flopped with every lap. The most shocking change came after Gordon had crossed the finish line in second behind Harvick and thought he was in. Instead, Ryan Newman, needed one more position to bump Gordon out of the final four. He ran Kyle Larson high up the track to get the rookie out of his way to claim an 11th-place finish that put Newman in the Chase. “I didn’t take him out,” Newman said. “In a day or two, he’ll understand. It’s hard to rationalize that, but I did what I had to do. I don’t like racing that way.” Gordon wound up missing
the final by one point to Newman. He was tied with Harvick in the standings, but Harvick earned the automatic berth for his victory. “That’s the system we have,” Gordon said. “I mean, I could have taken out Harvick, too, to make it in. But I didn’t.” Also eliminated Sunday were Matt Kenseth, who finished third, Keselowski, who needed to win to make it in but finished fourth, and Carl Edwards, who was 15th. It was a devastating blow for Keselowski, who won a race in each of the first two rounds of the Chase. But he fell into a hole because of a mechanical problem at Martinsville in the first event of this three-race round that he couldn’t recover from despite strong finishes at Texas and Phoenix. His mettle was definitely tested, too, as his aggressive driving style angered his competitors and led to two fights in four races. He was fined $50,000 for his post-race behavior at Charlotte last month — actions that caused Kenseth to jump him from behind in the garage — and he and Gordon were both bloodied when the drivers and the teams brawled on pit road after last week’s race at Texas. “We gave it all we had, it was a strong run, it just wasn’t
Bubba golf prevails SHANGHAI (AP) — Even in the midst of a meltdown, Bubba Watson never lost hope Sunday in the HSBC Champions. He stood on the 16th tee with a two-shot lead. He trudged off the 17th green facing a oneshot deficit behind five players suddenly tied for the lead. And right when it looked as though Watson had blown it, he delivered a finish that not even the creator of “Bubba golf” could have imagined. From some 60 yards away in a bunker left of the green on the par-5 18th hole, Watson blasted out of the sand and watched his ball roll 25 feet before it dropped for eagle. Watson was so stunned that his eyes widened and he screamed. He didn’t know what else to do. Moments later, he rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th in a playoff to beat Tim Clark and capture his first World Golf Championship. “You never know what he’s going to do,” said Rickie Fowler, who watched it all unfold at Sheshan International. Watson closed with a 2-under 70, a score that doesn’t even begin to describe his wild ride — an eagle, birdie, par, bogey and double bogey filled his scorecard over the last five holes. C
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enough to advance,” Keselowski said. “We did everything but win. We broke down in Martinsville and it was a huge hurdle to overcome and it was probably going to take a win. Fourth wasn’t going to be enough, and we knew that coming in.” What everyone else knew all weekend was that Harvick probably had the field covered. His win Sunday was his fourth of the season in his No. 4 Chevrolet and reaffirmed that he’s very difficult to beat at Phoenix. Harvick swept the season here, has won four of the last five races and the last three fall races. His 2012 victory came the same weekend news broke he was leaving Childress at the end of the 2013 season, and his win last year provided one final hurrah with the only team he’d ever driven for in the Cup series. “You can pretty much sum this whole year up as ‘Holy cow,’ “ Harvick said. “It’s definitely the best position that, myself personally, I’ve ever been in.” His competitors next Sunday all had to sweat it out to make it into the finale. Newman needed the last-lap pass, while Hamlin and Logano both had issues early in the race that forced them to come back from a lap down and then drive through the field. Hamlin finished fifth and Logano sixth.
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By The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nick Bonino assisted on the tying goal by Alexandre Burrows in the second period and got the only goal in the shootout in his return to Anaheim, helping the Vancouver Canucks beat the Ducks 2-1 on Sunday night.
Callahan had the lone shootout goal to lift Tampa Bay to its sixth straight victory.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, SENATORS 3
OTTAWA — Peter Holland had a goal and an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs erased a one-goal deficit three times. James van Riemsdyk, Mike OILERS 3, RANGERS 1 Santorelli, Josh Leivo and David Clarkson also scored for the NEW YORK — Benoit Maple Leafs, and James ReimPouliot scored the go-ahead goal er stopped 38 shots. against his former team midway through the second period and BLACKHAWKS 5, backup Viktor Fasth made 20 SHARKS 2 saves to lead Edmonton. CHICAGO — Defensemen Trevor van Riemsdyk, Brent LIGHTNING 4, Seabrook and Niklas HjalmarsRED WINGS 3, SO son scored in the first period, DETROIT — Steven Stam- helping Chicago end a threekos scored twice and Ryan game losing streak.
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Palmer went down in the final period, then backup Drew Stanton and the Arizona defense rallied the Cardinals with three touchdowns over a span of 3 minutes, 48 seconds. Rookie John Brown’s diving grab of Stanton’s 48-yard touchdown pass put the Cardinals (8-1) up 17-14 with 7:40 to play. The pass came on the first series after Palmer hurt his left knee while trying to avoid the rush. Palmer was able to walk off the field but a short time later was taken to the locker room on a cart. Patrick Peterson got his first two interceptions of the season, returning the second 30 yards for a touchdown to make it 24-14. Moments later, Austin Davis fumbled and Antonio Cromartie returned it 14 yards for a score as Arizona outscored the Rams 21-0 in the fourth quarter. St. Louis (3-6) was shut out in the second half. At 8-1, the Cardinals have the best record in the NFL and their best after nine games since going 11-1 as the Chicago Cardinals in 1948.
Packers 55, Bears 14 GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers threw six touchdown passes to tie the Green Bay game record and match the NFL record for a half. Rodgers was 18 of 27 for 315 yards, throwing scoring passes of 73 and 40 yards to Jordy Nelson. The Packers led by four touchdowns early in the second quarter, and Rodgers watched most of the second half from the sideline. The 190th meeting of the NFL’s oldest rivalry quickly turned into a blowout. The 55 points tied a Packers record at Lambeau Field. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had another night to forget in Green Bay. He threw two interceptions, giving him 12 in four games in Titletown. The Bears have lost five of their last six. They’ve given up at least 51 points in two consecutive games.
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Lions 20, Dolphins 16 DETROIT — Matthew Stafford led Detroit to another thrilling victory in the final minutes, throwing an 11-yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick with 29 seconds remaining. Calvin Johnson had seven catches for 113 yards and a touchdown in his first game back from an ankle injury, and the Lions (72) won their fourth straight game. Their past three victories have been by a combined six points, all with fourth-quarter comebacks.
Chiefs 17, Bills 13 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Anthony Sherman recovered a fumble to set up Alex Smith’s 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Jamaal Charles also scored on a 39-yard run as the Chiefs (6-3) scored twice in span of 4:31 to overcome a 13-3 deficit. The Chiefs’ defense then made a stand at its 15 by forcing Kyle Orton to throw four consecutive incompletions and turn the ball over on downs. Kansas City improved to 6-1 since opening the season with two losses. Charles finished with 98 yards rushing, while Smith went 17 of 29 for 177 yards.
Cowboys 31, Jaguars 17
LONDON — Tony Romo returned after missing last week because of a back injury and helped the Cowboys snap a two-game losing streak by throwing three touchdown passes. Originally hurt two weeks ago, Romo started for Dallas (7-3) and completed 20 of 27 passes for 246 yards against the Jaguars (1-9) at Wembley Stadium. This was the last of three regular-season NFL games this year in the British capital. Romo threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten in the first quarter and then hit Dez Bryant for a pair Seahawks 38, Giants 17 of TDs in the second, the first from SEATTLE — Marshawn Lynch 35 yards and the second from 68. rushed for a season-high 140 yards Romo finished with a season-high and career-best four touchdowns. passer rating of 138.8. Russell Wilson threw two interceptions, the Seahawks committed three total turnovers, and Eli ManRavens 21, Titans 7 ning picked apart Seattle’s secondBALTIMORE — Justin Forsett M ary for the first half. It all didn’t ran for 112 yards and two touchK matter because of Lynch leading downs to back a strong perforSeattle’s unstoppable run game. The 350 total yards rushing mance by the Baltimore defense. The Ravens (6-4) bottled up by Seattle (6-3) were a franchise rookie quarterback Zach Mettenrecord and the most by any NFL team since Kansas City had 352 in berger, who went 16 for 27 for 179 yards and an interception in his first 2012. Lynch carried 21 times, but road start. He was sacked five times there was plenty of running to go and rarely got the chance to comfortaround. Wilson added 107 yards ably plant both feet in the pocket. Tennessee didn’t get its initial on 14 carries and a 1-yard TD run with 5:19 left. Most of Wilson’s first down of the second half until runs were designed as New York 4:37 was left in the game. Soon after that, newcomer Danny Gorrer inter(3-6) failed to keep contain. cepted a pass to clinch the victory.
Jets 20, Steelers 13 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes and the Jets forced four turnovers while shutting down Ben Roethlisberger to end an eightgame losing streak. Roethlisberger threw six touchdown passes in each of his last two games, and was playing in front of a MetLife Stadium crowd that appeared nearly half-filled with Terrible Towel-waving Steelers fans. But the Jets (2-8) wouldn’t allow Roethlisberger to get into much of a rhythm. Roethlisberger finished 30 of 43 for 343 yards and connected with Martavis Bryant for an 80-yard TD with 1:16 left. The Steelers (6-4) attempted an onside kick, but Eric Decker recovered to seal it for the Jets — who avoided setting a franchise mark for consecutive losses. Jaiquawn Jarrett had two inter-
Falcons 27, Buccaneers 17 TAMPA, Fla. — Matt Ryan threw for 219 yards and one touchdown, helping the Falcons stop a five-game losing streak that left the Bucs with a five-game skid of their own. The Falcons (3-6) won for the first time since embarrassing their NFC South rivals 56-14 on Sept. 18, a game in which the Bucs (1-8) lost quarterback Josh McCown to a thumb injury. McCown returned to Tampa Bay’s starting lineup for the first time since loss, throwing for 301 yards and two TDs. His 1-yard pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins put the Bucs ahead 17-16 early in the fourth quarter. But Ryan drove the Falcons down the field, throwing a 5-yard touchdown pass to Roddy White and a 2-point conversion to Harry Douglas.
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NFL Scoreboard Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets South Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville North Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore West Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland
W 7 5 5 2
L 2 4 4 8
T Pct 0 .778 0 .556 0 .556 0 .200
PF 281 191 227 174
PA 198 182 171 265
6 4 2 1
3 5 7 9
0 .667 0 .444 0 .222 0 .100
290 206 144 158
211 197 223 282
6 5 6 6
3 3 4 4
0 .667 1 .611 0 .600 0 .600
209 197 261 261
172 211 239 181
7 6 5 0
2 3 4 9
0 .778 0 .667 0 .556 0 .000
286 217 205 146
202 151 186 252
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington South New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay North Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago West Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis
6 7 3 3
2 3 6 6
0 .750 0 .700 0 .333 0 .333
234 261 195 197
177 212 247 229
4 3 3 1
5 5 6 8
0 .444 1 .389 0 .333 0 .111
251 177 219 167
225 236 238 272
7 6 4 3
2 3 5 6
0 .778 0 .667 0 .444 0 .333
182 277 168 194
142 205 199 277
8 6 5 3
1 3 4 6
0 .889 0 .667 0 .556 0 .333
223 240 195 163
170 191 202 251
Monday’s Game Carolina at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 Buffalo at Miami, 4:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 Minnesota at Chicago, 9 a.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 9 a.m. Cincinnati at New Orleans, 9 a.m. Denver at St. Louis, 9 a.m. Houston at Cleveland, 9 a.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 9 a.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 9 a.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 9 a.m. Oakland at San Diego, 12:05 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 12:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Green Bay, 12:25 p.m. New England at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets Monday, Nov. 17 Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 4:30 p.m. All Times ADT
Broncos 41, Raiders 17 Den. Oak.
3 17 21 3 7 0
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First Quarter Oak_FG Janikowski 41, 9:35. Den_FG McManus 20, 4:06. Second Quarter Den_FG McManus 28, 14:22. Oak_Butler 5 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 11:19. Den_Anderson 51 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 2:44. Den_Sanders 32 pass from Manning (McManus kick), :28. Third Quarter Den_J.Thomas 10 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 12:43. Den_J.Thomas 32 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 6:52. Den_Sanders 15 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 1:01. Fourth Quarter Oak_Rivera 18 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), :48. A_54,803. Den Oak First downs 25 10 Total Net Yards 471 222 Rushes-yards 27-118 15-30 Passing 353 192 Punt Returns 4-52 1-4 Kickoff Returns 1-30 2-48 Interceptions Ret. 2-18 2-6 Comp-Att-Int 33-49-2 30-47-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts 5-45.2 9-43.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 12-95 4-37 Time of Possession 32:22 27:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Denver, Anderson 13-90, Hillman 6-13, Thompson 4-8, Sanders 1-5, Osweiler 3-2. Oakland, McFadden 7-14, JonesDrew 3-10, Murray 2-4, Reece 1-3, D.Moore 1-1, Thompkins 1-(minus 2). PASSING_Denver, Manning 3144-2-340, Osweiler 2-5-0-13. Oakland, Carr 30-47-2-192. RECEIVING_Denver, D.Thomas 11-108, J.Thomas 6-63, Sanders 5-67, Anderson 4-73, Welker 4-24, Hillman 2-9, Latimer 1-9. Oakland, J.Jones 8-20, Rivera 6-64, McFadden 4-22, V.Brown 3-20, Butler 2-12, Reece 2-6, D.Moore 1-28, Jones-Drew 1-7, Murray 1-7, Leonhardt 1-5, Barnes 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Cardinals 31, Rams 14 SL Ari.
7 7 0 10
0 0—14 0 21—31
First Quarter StL_Cunningham 3 run (Zuerlein kick), 4:35. Second Quarter Ari_Ellington 3 run (Catanzaro
kick), 11:33. Ari_FG Catanzaro 43, 4:52. StL_Cook 59 pass from A.Davis (Zuerlein kick), 1:50. Fourth Quarter Ari_Jo.Brown 48 pass from Stanton (Catanzaro kick), 7:40. Ari_Peterson 30 interception return (Catanzaro kick), 5:13. Ari_Cromartie 14 fumble return (Catanzaro kick), 3:58. A_61,363. StL Ari First downs 16 21 Total Net Yards 244 335 Rushes-yards 22-70 22-28 Passing 174 307 Punt Returns 2-4 1-8 Kickoff Returns 2-63 2-44 Interceptions Ret. 1-44 2-30 Comp-Att-Int 17-30-2 28-41-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-42 3-19 Punts 7-43.6 6-44.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-80 5-35 Time of Possession 26:40 33:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_St. Louis, Mason 1448, Cunningham 4-12, Austin 1-10, A.Davis 3-0. Arizona, Ellington 18-23, Stanton 2-3, Grice 1-1, Palmer 1-1. PASSING_St. Louis, A.Davis 1730-2-216. Arizona, Palmer 25-361-241, Stanton 3-5-0-85. RECEIVING_St. Louis, Mason 4-33, Britt 3-31, Cook 2-84, Kendricks 2-30, Austin 2-20, Cunningham 2-16, Givens 2-2. Arizona, Fitzgerald 9-112, Jo.Brown 5-73, Ellington 5-19, Ja.Brown 3-35, Carlson 2-33, Niklas 1-17, Ginn Jr. 1-15, Floyd 1-11, Housler 1-11. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Arizona, Catanzaro 53 (WR).
Seahawks 38, Giants 17 N.Y. Sea.
7 10 7 7
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First Quarter Sea_Lynch 1 run (Hauschka kick), 10:23. NYG_Parker 6 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), 4:32. Second Quarter NYG_A.Williams 3 run (J.Brown kick), 13:38. Sea_Lynch 2 run (Hauschka kick), 1:57. NYG_FG J.Brown 41, :00. Third Quarter Sea_FG Hauschka 28, 4:13. Fourth Quarter Sea_Lynch 3 run (Hauschka kick), 12:47. Sea_Lynch 16 run (Hauschka kick), 7:47. Sea_Wilson 1 run (Hauschka kick), 5:19. A_68,352. NYG Sea First downs 20 27 Total Net Yards 324 510 Rushes-yards 17-54 45-350 Passing 270 160 Punt Returns 0-0 2-1 Kickoff Returns 2-33 1-28 Interceptions Ret. 2-7 1-47 Comp-Att-Int 29-44-1 10-17-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 2-12 Punts 5-38.6 1-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 4-35 6-50 Time of Possession 26:48 33:12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_N.Y. Giants, A.Williams 13-33, Beckham Jr. 1-11, Cox 2-6, Hillis 1-4. Seattle, Lynch 21-140, Wilson 14-107, Michael 4-71, Turbin 6-32. PASSING_N.Y. Giants, Manning 29-44-1-283. Seattle, Wilson 1017-2-172. RECEIVING_N.Y. Giants, Beckham Jr. 7-108, Parker 7-79, Randle 5-39, Donnell 4-26, Cox 2-9, A.Williams 2-5, Fells 1-12, Hillis 1-5. Seattle, Baldwin 4-31, Kearse 3-70, Helfet 1-32, Lynch 1-23, Lockette 1-16. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Lions 20, Dolphins 16 Mia. Det.
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First Quarter Det_FG Prater 26, 6:19. Det_C.Johnson 49 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 3:58. Second Quarter Mia_FG Sturgis 23, :13. Third Quarter Mia_FG Sturgis 50, 8:24. Mia_M.Wallace 3 pass from Tannehill (Sturgis kick), 1:17. Fourth Quarter Det_FG Prater 50, 12:02. Mia_FG Sturgis 20, 4:19. Det_Riddick 11 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), :29. A_63,179. Mia Det First downs 20 19 Total Net Yards 228 351 Rushes-yards 19-50 19-63 Passing 178 288 Punt Returns 1-5 3-16 Kickoff Returns 2-77 4-102 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-70 Comp-Att-Int 27-38-1 27-42-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-29 3-19 Punts 4-47.0 3-45.7 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-44 10-98 Time of Possession 28:26 31:34
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Miami, Williams 7-34, Dan.Thomas 5-14, Miller 4-10, Tannehill 2-0, Landry 1-(minus 8). Detroit, Bell 10-44, Bush 4-20, Riddick 3-0, Stafford 2-(minus 1). PASSING_Miami, Tannehill 2738-1-207. Detroit, Stafford 25-401-280, Martin 2-2-0-27. RECEIVING_Miami, Landry 7-53, Clay 7-45, M.Wallace 5-51, Williams 3-27, Gibson 2-20, Matthews 1-14, Hartline 1-1, Miller 1-(minus 4). Detroit, Tate 11-109, C.Johnson 7-113, Bell 2-37, Collins 2-30, Riddick 2-5, Bush 1-5, Ross 1-5, Abdul-Quddus 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Detroit, Prater 42 (BK).
49ers 27, Saints 24 SF NO
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First Quarter SF_Gore 4 run (Dawson kick), 13:01. SF_Hyde 9 run (Dawson kick), 4:17. NO_FG S.Graham 40, :03. Second Quarter NO_Cooks 31 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 9:13. SF_Boldin 15 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick), 4:45. Third Quarter NO_J.Graham 11 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 2:49. Fourth Quarter NO_J.Graham 2 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 1:52. SF_FG Dawson 45, :44. Overtime SF_FG Dawson 35, 5:14. A_73,129. SF NO First downs 21 23 Total Net Yards 330 423 Rushes-yards 32-144 31-136 Passing 186 287 Punt Returns 4-7 1-4 Kickoff Returns 4-101 4-96 Interceptions Ret. 2-51 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-32-0 28-47-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-24 2-5 Punts 7-44.7 6-49.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-15 6-43 Time of Possession 33:46 36:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_San Francisco, Gore 23-81, Hyde 4-36, Kaepernick 4-24, Miller 1-3. New Orleans, Ingram 27-120, Cadet 2-9, Brees 2-7. PASSING_San Francisco, Kaepernick 14-32-0-210. New Orleans, Brees 28-47-2-292. RECEIVING_San Francisco, Boldin 6-95, Crabtree 3-62, S.Johnson 3-43, V.Davis 1-8, Gore 1-2. New Orleans, J.Graham 10-76, Cooks 5-90, Stills 3-26, Ingram 3-19, Cadet 3-18, Colston 2-36, Lorig 1-14, Watson 1-13. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Falcons 27, Buccaneers 17 Atl. TB
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First Quarter TB_FG Murray 51, 6:24. Atl_S.Jackson 1 run (Bryant kick), :51. Second Quarter Atl_FG Bryant 37, 7:09. TB_Evans 22 pass from McCown (Murray kick), :46. Atl_FG Bryant 43, :00. Third Quarter Atl_FG Bryant 44, 10:23. Fourth Quarter TB_Seferian-Jenkins 1 pass from McCown (Murray kick), 14:18. Atl_White 5 pass from Ryan (Douglas pass from Ryan), 9:18. Atl_FG Bryant 33, 4:10. A_57,751. Atl TB First downs 19 23 Total Net Yards 322 373 Rushes-yards 28-110 23-92 Passing 212 281 Punt Returns 0-0 1-53 Kickoff Returns 4-106 2-50 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 20-31-0 27-43-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 4-20 Punts 3-48.0 3-30.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-30 10-79 Time of Possession 29:48 30:12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Atlanta, S.Jackson 16-81, Freeman 3-16, Ryan 3-9, Smith 4-3, Rodgers 1-1, Hester 1-0. Tampa Bay, McCown 5-39, Sims 8-23, James 4-16, Rainey 6-14. PASSING_Atlanta, Ryan 20-31-0219. Tampa Bay, McCown 27-432-301. RECEIVING_Atlanta, Jones 8-119, White 6-72, S.Jackson 2-14, Rodgers 2-11, Hester 1-5, Freeman 1-(minus 2). Tampa Bay, Jackson 8-75, Evans 7-125, Seferian-Jenkins 5-30, Rainey 4-42, Sims 2-17, Murphy Jr. 1-12. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Cowboys 31, Jaguars 17 Dal. Jac.
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Dal_FG Bailey 54, 12:09. Jax_D.Robinson 32 run (Scobee kick), 7:36. Dal_Witten 2 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 2:30. Second Quarter Dal_Bryant 35 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 7:01. Dal_Bryant 68 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), :19. Third Quarter Dal_Randle 40 run (Bailey kick), 7:34. Fourth Quarter Jax_Team safety, 7:55. Jax_D.Robinson 1 run (A.Robinson pass from Bortles), 1:53. A_83,603. Dal Jax First downs 16 20 Total Net Yards 399 333 Rushes-yards 30-151 24-71 Passing 248 262 Punt Returns 3-24 4-45 Kickoff Returns 1-23 4-55 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-28-0 22-37-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 4-28 Punts 5-46.8 6-47.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 9-65 2-19 Time of Possession 31:32 28:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Dallas, Murray 19100, Randle 7-56, Harris 1-(minus 2), Weeden 3-(minus 3). Jacksonville, D.Robinson 15-60, Todman 2-6, Bortles 3-3, Gerhart 4-2. PASSING_Dallas, Weeden 1-1-08, Romo 20-27-0-246. Jacksonville, Bortles 22-37-1-290. RECEIVING_Dallas, Bryant 6-158, Murray 6-31, Witten 5-33, Dunbar 2-7, Escobar 1-14, Beasley 1-11. Jacksonville, Shorts III 5-119, A.Robinson 5-60, Harbor 3-28, Todman 3-27, D.Robinson 2-10, Jacobs 1-14, Lee 1-13, Sanders 1-10, Hurns 1-9. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Dallas, Bailey 48 (SH).
Chiefs 17, Bills 13 KC Buf.
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First Quarter Buf_Hogan 25 pass from Orton (Carpenter kick), 9:51. KC_FG Santos 36, 5:24. Second Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 26, 7:09. Third Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 21, 3:06. Fourth Quarter KC_Charles 39 run (Santos kick), 13:30. KC_A.Smith 8 run (Santos kick), 8:59. A_68,119. KC Buf First downs 16 21 Total Net Yards 278 364 Rushes-yards 24-127 22-111 Passing 151 253 Punt Returns 3-8 6-50 Kickoff Returns 1-38 4-84 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-29-0 29-48-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-26 1-6 Punts 8-46.0 6-47.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3 Penalties-Yards 3-19 6-44 Time of Possession 29:18 30:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Kansas City, Charles 15-98, A.Smith 4-25, Thomas 1-3, Davis 4-1. Buffalo, Dixon 9-62, B.Brown 7-35, Jackson 3-10, Orton 2-3, Summers 1-1. PASSING_Kansas City, A.Smith 17-29-0-177. Buffalo, Orton 29-480-259. RECEIVING_Kansas City, Bowe 8-93, Charles 3-20, Kelce 2-19, Jenkins 1-27, Fasano 1-7, Hemingway 1-6, Davis 1-5. Buffalo, B.Brown 6-65, Woods 6-52, Hogan 5-57, Jackson 4-39, Watkins 4-27, Chandler 3-17, Summers 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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RUSHING_Tennessee, Sankey 17-58, Greene 3-5, L.Washington 1-3, Wright 1-1. Baltimore, Forsett 20-112, Pierce 8-31, Taliaferro 3-10, Flacco 3-(minus 2). PASSING_Tennessee, Mettenberger 16-27-1-179. Baltimore, Flacco 16-27-0-169. RECEIVING_Tennessee, Wright 4-53, Walker 3-37, Sankey 3-19, N.Washington 2-30, L.Washington 2-12, Hunter 1-17, Battle 1-11. Baltimore, T.Smith 5-75, Juszczyk 3-26, Smith Sr. 3-17, Daniels 2-20, M.Brown 2-18, Aiken 1-13. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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Suns dumping of Warriors leaves nobody in NBA perfect By The Associated Press
PHOENIX — Isaiah Thomas scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Phoenix Suns to a come-from-behind 107-95 victory Sunday over the Golden State Warriors, leaving the NBA with no unbeaten teams. Fellow reserve Gerald Green added 16 of his 19 points in the final quarter, when the Suns surged ahead after trailing by eight through three. Stephen Curry scored 28 points but just six in the second half, when he was plagued by missed shots and foul trouble. Curry, who entered tied for the NBA scoring lead, added 10 assists for his fourth double-double of the season. LAKERS 107, HORNETS 92 LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant and Jeremy Lin each scored 21 points, and Los Angeles rallied to beat Charlotte for its first victory of the season after five straight losses. Carlos Boozer added 16 points in By-
ron Scott’s first win as Lakers coach. Their victory left Philadelphia as the NBA’s only winless team at 0-7. Lin and Boozer’s offense dominated the third, when the Lakers were down by seven before a 25-6 run sent them into the fourth leading 76-64. Al Jefferson scored 23 points and Kemba Walker added 17 for the Hornets, whose two-game winning streak ended. Gary Neal added 14 off the bench and Lance Stephenson had 10 rebounds.
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sition that mattered most, going 13 of 19 from the field with five rebounds and four assists as the ball-moving Heat shot 55 percent to 42 percent for Dallas. Monta Ellis led the Mavericks with 23 points.
RAPTORS 120, 76ERS 88 TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Terrence Ross had 17 and Toronto routed winless Philadelphia for its sixth victory in seven games. Lou Williams added 16 against his former team and Kyle Lowry had 14 as the Raptors, who are alone atop the Eastern Conference for the first time in their 20year history. They were tied for first in November 2004. Toronto set a season high in points against the 76ers, who were even worse defensively than when they allowed 118 points against Chicago on Friday.
DALLAS — Luol Deng scored a season-high 30 points, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade added 20 apiece and Miami stayed perfect against Dallas since the 2011 NBA Finals. The Heat have won seven straight regular-season games against the Mavericks since Dallas took three in a row in the finals to capture its first championship. Miami was without LeBron James in this rematch, while the Mavericks faced TRAIL BLAZERS 116, the Heat for the first time since the return NUGGETS 100 of two important pieces from their title PORTLAND, Ore. — LaMarcus team, Tyson Chandler and J.J. Barea. But Deng was the key offseason acqui- Aldridge scored 28 points and Portland C
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Gordon Hayward scored 17 points, including four in the final 2 minutes, Derrick Favors added a double-double and Utah overcame a double-digit, second-half deficit to beat Detroit. Brandon Jennings, who had 23 points, missed a floater from the free-throw line that could have given the Pistons the victory. Favors finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, while Enes Kanter had THUNDER 101, KINGS 93 14 points and 11 boards. Monroe had 19 points and 11 rebounds OKLAHOMA CITY — Reggie Jackson scored 11 of his 22 points in the fourth for Detroit, and Andre Drummond added quarter to help Oklahoma City beat Sac- 11 points and 18 rebounds. ramento. Jackson scored eight points in the fiNETS 104, MAGIC 96 nal 2:17, going 6 of 7 from the free throw NEW YORK — Bojan Bogdanovic line. Jeremy Lamb scored 17 points, Serge scored a season-high 22 points to lift Ibaka had 14 points, nine rebounds and Brooklyn over Orlando. Mason Plumlee added 12 points and 10 four blocks, and Sebastian Telfair added 14 points for the Thunder (2-5). Though rebounds while Deron Williams and Kevin struggling without injured stars Kevin Garnett each had seven assists for BrookDurant and Russell Westbrook, they im- lyn (4-2).
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Baylor, OSU move up in AP Top 25 RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer
Breaking down the ballots for the AP Top 25 and wrapping up college football’s 11th weekend. WHICH BIG IS BEST? Big 12 vs. Big Ten. The race for the first College Football Playoff could be headed toward the selection committee choosing between a Big 12 team and Big Ten team for the final spot in the final four, two conferences that go about determining their champions in very different ways. Baylor of the Big 12 and Ohio State of the Big Ten took big steps forward in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday after winning crucial road games. Baylor climbed four places to No. 6 after routing Oklahoma, 48-14, and Ohio State moved up five spots to No. 8 after beating Michigan State 49-37 on Saturday night. The Bears slipped in right behind Big 12 rival and fifthranked TCU. Ohio State is now best positioned to represent the Big Ten in the playoff, though No. 11 Nebraska (8-1) can’t be discounted. For the fifth straight week, the top teams in the media poll are Mississippi State (9-0) and Florida State (9-0). The No. 1 Bulldogs received 49 first-place votes. The second-ranked Seminoles have 12. Oregon jumped to No. 3 past Alabama, which remained No. 4. Mississippi State is at Alabama on Saturday. If either team wins out, you can safely slot them into the playoff. Oregon and No. 7 Arizona State are on a similar path. The Ducks and Sun Devils could meet in the Pac-12 title game. If either wins the rest of its games, a playoff spot should await. Same goes for Florida State of the Atlantic Coast Conference if it can stay unbeaten. The Seminoles play at Miami on Saturday. That scenario would leave the Big 12 and Big Ten vying
for a spot and the selection committee weighing the merits of how conferences determine a champion, and how much the randomness of in-league scheduling should be held against a team. The 10-team Big 12 doesn’t play a conference title game, but is the only Big Five league with a full round-robin schedule. One true champion is the Big 12’s slogan. “You don’t have to guess how teams would play against each other,” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Sunday. “In other conferences, maybe you have missed the top teams in the other division. This year, the SEC West is carving each other up, but we go through that every year.” Ohio State’s problem is, in part, a bad draw. The Buckeyes played Illinois from the Big Ten West, missing Nebraska and No. 22 Wisconsin. Ohio State does play at Minnesota (7-2) from the West on Saturday. Conference schedules are made a few years in advance and the Big Ten is going to nine league games like the Big 12 and Pac-12 in 2016. The 2017 schedule is already set. There is no way to make short-term adjustments — maybe a season in advance instead of three or four — that could lead to more cross-divisional games between conference contenders. With Penn State mediocre and Michigan about the same in the Big Ten East, the conference is not doing the Buckeyes any favors this year. They’ll need that Big Ten title game on Dec. 6 in Indianapolis to boost their resume. On that same day, TCU will host Iowa State and Baylor faces No. 13 Kansas State in Waco, Texas. Of course that extra game can also be a stumbling block. “The right team doesn’t always win and they could end up being viewed as damaged goods,” Bowlsby said. The Big 12 and ACC have asked the NCAA to waive its rules regarding playing a conference title game. Currently, conferences must have at least 12 teams, broken into two divisions.
Scoreboard Golf HSBC Champions Top Scores
Sunday At Sheshan International Golf Club Shanghai Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,261 Par: 72 Final (x-won on first playoff hole) x-Bubba Watson (550), $1,400,000 71-67-69-70—277
Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W Toronto 6 Brooklyn 4 Boston 3 New York 2 Philadelphia 0 Southeast Division Miami 5 Washington 5 Charlotte 3 Atlanta 2 Orlando 2 Central Division Chicago 5 Milwaukee 3 Cleveland 2 Detroit 2 Indiana 1
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Racing Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500
Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz. Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 312 laps, 150 rating, 48 points, $253,498. 2. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 312, 112, 42, $209,141. 3. (5) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 312, 117.4, 41, $187,016.
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4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 312, 117.5, 40, $159,433. 5. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312, 86.9, 40, $129,750. 6. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 312, 104.8, 39, $141,381. 7. (10) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 312, 114.4, 37, $96,265. 8. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 312, 96.3, 37, $98,890. 9. (28) Greg Biffle, Ford, 312, 73.4, 35, $129,465. 10. (21) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 312, 79.5, 34, $115,585. 11. (20) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 312, 91.4, 33, $95,465. 12. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 312, 96.9, 32, $113,823. 13. (8) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 312, 100.4, 31, $112,335. 14. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 312, 85.9, 30, $116,379. 15. (13) Carl Edwards, Ford, 312, 86.8, 29, $98,640. 16. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 312, 81.1, 28, $99,448. 17. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 312, 66.6, 27, $117,215. 18. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312, 70.3, 26, $117,476. 19. (9) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 312, 67.7, 25, $112,315. 20. (29) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 312, 63.8, 24, $115,373. 21. (22) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 312, 73.5, 23, $95,765. 22. (32) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 312, 60.5, 22, $87,590. 23. (11) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 312, 79.8, 21, $106,579. 24. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 312, 56, 20, $103,273. 25. (35) David Ragan, Ford, 312, 49.3, 20, $101,648. 26. (30) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 311, 53.1, 19, $90,323. 27. (26) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 310, 48.4, 0, $85,087. 28. (33) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 310, 42.7, 16, $78,390. 29. (38) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 310, 42.1, 0, $77,765. 30. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 309, 36.2, 0, $76,640. 31. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, 309, 47, 13, $75,015. 32. (37) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 308, 33.6, 12, $74,840. 33. (42) Joey Gase, Ford, 308, 29.9, 0, $74,715. 34. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 308, 76.2, 10, $122,431. 35. (12) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 305, 62, 9, $82,465. 36. (43) Mike Wallace, Toyota, 303, 28.9, 0, $82,310. 37. (27) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 302, 38.8, 7, $82,175. 38. (25) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 283, 50, 6, $117,866. 39. (15) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 235, 66.9, 5, $119,066. 40. (17) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, accident, 211, 61.6, 4, $96,121. 41. (36) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, accident, 204, 39.5, 3, $57,130. 42. (40) Cole Whitt, Toyota, acci-
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dent, 147, 32.5, 2, $53,130. 43. (39) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, brakes, 16, 27.3, 0, $49,630. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 99.991 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 7 minutes, 13 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.636 seconds. Caution Flags: 12 for 58 laps. Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers. Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1-24; J.Logano 25-32; D.Ragan 33-34; J.Logano 35-43; K.Harvick 44-83; D.Earnhardt Jr. 84-87; K.Harvick 88-124; M.Annett 125; K.Harvick 126-312. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 3 times for 264 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 24 laps; J.Logano, 2 times for 17 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1 time for 4 laps; D.Ragan, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Annett, 1 time for 1 lap. Wins: B.Keselowski, 6; J.Logano, 5; D.Earnhardt Jr., 4; J.Gordon, 4; K.Harvick, 4; J.Johnson, 4; C.Edwards, 2; A.Allmendinger, 1; A.Almirola, 1; Ku.Busch, 1; Ky.Busch, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; K.Kahne, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 5,000; 2. J.Logano, 5,000; 3. R.Newman, 5,000; 4. K.Harvick, 5,000; 5. B.Keselowski, 2,320; 6. J.Gordon, 2,312; 7. M.Kenseth, 2,296; 8. Ky.Busch, 2,280; 9. C.Edwards, 2,278; 10. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,271; 11. A.Allmendinger, 2,256; 12. G.Biffle, 2,244; 13. J.Johnson, 2,239; 14. Ku.Busch, 2,229; 15. K.Kahne, 2,202; 16. A.Almirola, 2,170.
Football AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Mississippi St. (48) 9-0 1,488 1 2. Florida St. (12) 9-0 1,446 2 3. Oregon 9-1 1,334 5 4. Alabama 8-1 1,326 4 5. TCU 8-1 1,273 6 6. Baylor 8-1 1,193 10 7. Arizona St. 8-1 1,142 11 8. Ohio St. 8-1 1,086 13 9. Auburn 7-2 981 3 10. Mississippi 8-2 948 12 11. Nebraska 8-1 830 15 12. Michigan St. 7-2 782 7 13. Kansas St. 7-2 742 9 14. UCLA 8-2 691 18 15. Notre Dame 7-2 630 8 16. Georgia 7-2 622 17 17. Arizona 7-2 471 21 18. Clemson 7-2 457 19
Alexander Levy, $89,833 Wu Ashun, $89,833 Jonas Blixt (56), $89,833 Chris Kirk (56), $89,833 Louis Oosthuizen (56), $89,833 Kevin Na (51), $81,000 Lee Westwood (51), $81,000 Ryan Palmer (49), $77,000 Patrick Reed (49), $77,000 Jamie Donaldson (46), $73,500 Tommy Fleetwood, $73,500 Stephen Gallacher, $73,500 Henrik Stenson (46), $73,500
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Soccer MLS Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Eastern Conference New England 4, Columbus 2 Leg 1 — Saturday, Nov. 1: New England 4, Columbus 2 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 9: New England 3, Columbus 1 New York 3, D.C. United 2 Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 2: New York 2, D.C. United 0 Leg 2 — Saturday, Nov. 8: D.C. United 2, New York 1 Western Conference LA Galaxy 0, Real Salt Lake 0 Leg 1 — Saturday, Nov. 1: LA Galaxy 0, Real Salt Lake 0 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 9: LA Galaxy 5, Real Salt Lake 0 Seattle 1, FC Dallas 1 Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 2: Seattle 1, FC Dallas 1 Leg 2 — Monday, Nov. 10: FC Dallas at Seattle, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST
Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 15 11 3 1 23 58 Montreal 15 10 4 1 21 37 Detroit 15 7 3 5 19 40 Boston 15 9 6 0 18 43 Toronto 15 8 5 2 18 47 Ottawa 14 7 4 3 17 38 Florida 12 4 4 4 12 20 Buffalo 16 3 11 2 8 20 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 13 10 2 1 21 55 N.Y. Islanders 14 9 5 0 18 42 Philadelphia 14 7 5 2 16 45 Washington 14 6 5 3 15 45 New Jersey 14 6 6 2 14 38 N.Y. Rangers 14 6 6 2 14 39 Carolina 13 4 6 3 11 31 Columbus 14 4 9 1 9 36
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Transactions BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with OF Chris Young on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived G Kalin Lucas. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed CB Jimmy Smith on injured reserve. Signed DB Rashaan Melvin from the practice squad. CHICAGO BEARS — Placed G Matt Slauson on injured reserve. Signed TE Blake Annen from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Recalled D John Klingberg from Texas (AHL). Placed RW Valeri Nichushkin on injured reserve. DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned G Jared Coreau from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned F Rocco Grimaldi to San Antonio (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned F Drayson Bowman to Hamilton (AHL). Recalled D Jarred Tinordi from Hamilton. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled F Trevor Smith from Toronto (AHL). VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Recalled F Brandon DeFazio from Utica (AHL). COLLEGE FLORIDA GULF COAST — Promoted Chelsea Dermyer to womC en’s associate basketball coach.
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The amount spent on supplies, as shown by a receipt, is used as the amount of the donation. So far, four customers have contributed bags of cat and dog food, litter, and blankets. Ink Works has offered previous deals of this kind. In September, they sent their customer’s donations to the Salvation Army to buy school supplies for local students. They raised around $200, Mina said, which “is a lot of notebooks.” Mina plans to make the donation deal a monthly event. In December, she wants to raise money for the Salvation Army again, this time for toys. At the Ink Works shop, Joe and Sam both work in studios upstairs while Mina sits behind the reception desk or in the office downstairs. Mina fills the management and bookkeeping roles of the business, while Joe and Sam are the artists. The family has had their shop in Kenai for the past two years, although Joe worked as a tattoo artist for 10 years at the family’s previous shop in Seward. “I used to be a builder, working on residential houses,” said Joe. “I did tattooing as a hobby. When I hit 40, I switched. Now I build on my own terms, and tattoo professionally.” Joe said he currently has 55 tattoos, including the first tattoo that Sam did when she was 14. She learned the craft from her father, finishing 380 hours of formal apprenticeship under his instruction to earn her tattoo artist’s license two years ago. During her apprenticeship, she took some time off from tattooing to earn a degree in illustration from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Now she is back in the family business. “It’s definitely on its own, as far as a medium goes,” said Joe of tattooing. “Every skin type is different. Everyone takes ink differently. I have four drawers of different needle groupings that I use. Each one has its special purpose. It’s like having 500 brushes when you’re painting.”
‘Since we weren’t planning on having these funds, we weren’t planning on doing a special project. But it’s definitely a great opportunity, since we have such great support from the community and from Ink Works.’ — Cora Chambers, Animal Control Officer The family’s dog Opie is one of five. The Hayeses currently own a malamute and her three puppies, which are collie/malamute mixes, and a beagle/Lab. Mina said that she loves dogs. “I want to go to the shelter and volunteer, but when I see their dogs I just want to adopt them all,” said Mina. “I’ve already got five dogs. So I thought we’d help out through this fundraiser.” For Chambers at the Kenai Animal Shelter, the incoming donations came as a surprise. Chambers said that the shelter, which receives its normal funds from the City of Kenai, currently has no special plans for the donated money. “We’ll see what we need most,” said Chambers. “It could be general operating supplies. We might do a purchase of food or litter. Or there might be a special project that we need here at the shelter. Since we weren’t planning on having these funds, we weren’t planning on doing a special project. But it’s definitely a great opportunity, since we have such great support from the community and from Ink Works.” As of Nov. 6, the Kenai shelter contained 10 dogs and 20 cats. “They should eat good this month, anyway,” said Joe Hayes.
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stronghold states Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland. “It is a wave, and I think it’s a positive wave for our country, positive in what we can achieve for the country in terms of economic growth, jobs and prosperity,” Murkowski said moments before taking the stage. “If you think about the areas we have seen a real bump up for our nation’s economy, it has been in the energy sector. The chance that we will have as a country with a Republican majority, my ability to set the agenda as chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is really quite exciting. This is certainly good news for Alaska and good news for the country.” Murkowski has spent years preparing for the chairmanship role, and pointed to a series of white papers released since she commissioned the “Energy 2020” report in 2012 that she said lays out the roadmap for where she is going. “We’ve probably put out four white papers in the last few months,” she said. “They are thoughtful. They are timely. They are really quite provocative in certain areas when you think about oil exports. “We’ve laid the groundwork, so there’s no surprises about where I’m going to be coming from on the energy perspective. I’m excited about the opportunity to lay this out to my colleagues on the committee, to
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number of soldiers in combat deployments falls, the number of soldiers in transition units with complex physical ailments have begun to more and more to be replaced with soldiers suffering from behavioral health issues. He expressed frustration with the Army over his situation. He feels as if he is being Reach Ben Boettger at ben. forced out of the Army, but he boettger@peninsulaclarion. has taken his acceptance to the transition unit gladly over the com.
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friends in the Senate and House and to the administration and say, ‘what can we make happen here?’” She also had strong words for Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who has infuriated Murkowski with her refusal to approve an 11-mile, one-lane road to complete a connection between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay that would provide an all-weather land route for medical evacuations. Jewell dropped the decision on Alaska two days before Christmas last year and has largely refused to communicate with residents of King Cove and their senator since. Murkowski said the issue is far from over, and an encounter with three women from King Cove at an Anchorage restaurant on election night only steels her resolve. Murkowski also sits on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and will directly control Jewell’s budget. “Sally Jewell is probably looking at the outcome tonight with a little concern about what she may be facing because I will not only be the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I will also be the chair of the Interior Appropriations subcommittee that has the authority over her budgets,” Murkowski said. “I’m not going to forget those women. I’m not going to forget these families. I’m not going to forget the people of King Cove. I’m not going to give up.” Murkowski, regarded as one of the most bipartisan members alternatives. With the transition unit, he said, he has no fulltime job except to work toward his two transition goals. “I get a lot more family time,” he said. “I can actually focus on my transition instead of doing a job at the same time.” Harvey, who has led the transition unit at Wainwright for the last 18 months, said that’s exactly the intent of the program: to “help them find what they want to do and go do it.” So that when the time comes and their military service ends, the soldiers of the Warrior Transition Unit are able to leave without feeling completely left behind.
of the Senate, was asked if Jewell made a mistake by getting on her bad side. “I’m a pretty amenable person and so what I’m trying to do is help the people I represent,” she said. “I’m not about vindication. I’m not about getting up in the morning to poke someone in the eye. What I’m trying to do is help the people of Alaska and I’m going to do that.” Murkowski also addressed the notion making the rounds among the national media that Republican control of the Senate would only make gridlock and partisanship worse. She said it was up to her party to make sure that will not be the case by returning to regular order that disappeared under outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid. “I disagree heartily,” she said. “If Republicans fail to govern, if we say our responsibility is just to win the next cycle, we won’t win. We will not be in charge. We will not be setting the agenda. We will not be legislating. We have our chance now. This is our time and if the American public doesn’t see us doing the hard work, then we’re going to be shown the exit just as the Democrats have been this cycle.” She said that Reid’s grip on Senate process, with only 11 amendments receiving floor votes in more than a year, was not a good strategy to protect so-called “red state” Democrats such as Begich and the others who lost Nov. 4. “They had nothing to run
on,” she said. “Basically you have to be for your leader or against your leader. What are these Democrats going to do? They’re going to line up with their leader because they want to make sure they stay in those committee positions. That’s not the way to govern. That’s not the way the process should work. The process is about the give and take, about the debate, about the free ability to take up amendments and build bills rather than to cram bills. This is where I think we’re going to start to make a difference. “Our approach is not going to be to move something through because we have the political muscle to do so. We’re going to move it through because it’s the right thing to do.” A good place to start would be with the Keystone XL pipeline that has languished under President Obama’s State Department and Reid’s refusal to allow a floor vote to approve it despite overwhelming support both in the Senate and the American public in general. Asked if a clean vote on a Keystone XL bill was coming, Murkowski said, “Why not? Why would we not? Why would we not do a straight up or down vote on Keystone? Approve the stinkin’ thing after five-and-ahalf years with strong bipartisan support and 75 percent of the American people support it. Let’s move it for crying out loud.” Andrew Jensen can be reached at andrew.jensen@ alaskajournal.com.
Proposed agreement in tram dispute JUNEAU (AP) — A proposed agreement has been reached in a yearslong dispute over the appraised value of land occupied by the Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau. The dispute between the City and Borough of Juneau and Goldbelt, an Alaska Native corporation that operates the tram, centers on rent payments. A disagreement over the worth of 10,000 square feet in tramway land affected the rent that Goldbelt paid. Annual rent was estimated at $272,000 for fiscal years 2013 to 2015, the Juneau Empire reported. Goldbelt paid $260,000 over the past two years. The remaining $556,000 in rent payments is due to the city by June 30. Under the agreement, rent would be calculated at 9 percent of the land’s appraised value, rather than the original 10 percent. Reappraisals would be due every five years until the lease expires in 2030, with rent adjusted each time a new appraisal is approved. C
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School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless otherwise noted). For more information, call 907-714-8888 or visit kpbsd.k12. ak.us. The agenda and packet items are posted on Wednesday afternoon prior to the date of the Board meeting. Persons with disabilities who need accommodations to participate at the School Board meetings should contact Debbie Tressler at 907-714-8836 or email dtressler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us no later than three business days before the meeting date. The board will meet: Oct. 20; Nov. 3; Dec. 1; Jan. 12; Feb. 2; March 2; April 6; May 4 (at Seward High School); June 1; June 2 (Board planning session).
Holidays and vacation days scheduled Nov. 27-28 — Thanksgiving; Dec. 19 — End of second quarter, no school for students; Dec. 22-Jan. 2 — Winter vacation; Jan. 19 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Feb. 5-6 — Parent-teacher conferences, no school for students; March 6 — End of third quarter, no school for students; March 9-13 — Spring Break; April 3 — Good Friday; May 20 — Last day of school.
Early release dates for KPBSD schools Six times throughout the academic year, schools will meet the minimum day so that teachers may have approximately 90 minutes of additional time to work on improvement strategies. On these early release dates, schools will end 90 minutes earlier. Bus transportation will be adjusted by 90 minutes. Upcoming early release dates are: Nov. 26; Feb. 4; March 27; May 1.
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KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the welding, construction and medical field. Listed below are our upcoming academies. Nikiski High School will be offering a welding academy beginning Jan. 6, running every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Students will be learning Oxy-Acetylene Cutting, torch safety and set up, cutting torch free hand, interpret welding symbols and much more. In January we will be offering a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) class that is limited to juniors and seniors only. This class will take place at the Workforce Development Center. Students will learn how to physically care for people. Students who are close to the age of 18 by May 2014 will receive a State Certificate after passing the exam. The class is limited to 12 students. Textbooks will be provided, however they are available to purchase for $35 if a student chooses to keep their book. There will be a mandatory meeting (dates and times to be announced). During this meeting class times will be set depending on student and instructor’s schedule. Any high school student is able to participate in any of our academies. If a student successfully completes the 60 hour academy they will receive a half practical art credit. To sign up students can see their counselor, call Debbie Pearson at 283-2145 or go to MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from “onestop.kpbsd.k12.ak.us” claiming to be onestop.kpbsd.k12.Alaskaus/ Funding for the Alaska Construction Academies comes from a grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and The Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development.
STEAM Ahead at Challenger The Challenger Learning Center is now accepting registration for the upcoming sessions. STEAM Ahead for up to a semester of science for grades K-8th. First session begins Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. Challenger is an approved direct pay vendor for IDEA and Connections. For more information: akchallenger.org, 907-283-2000, or summer.lazenby@ akchallenger.org.
Connections Home-school Program Dates to remember: 11/12 – Tutoring: Secondary Connection @ the Homer Bookstore Wednesdays 10am-Noon. 11/13 – High School Eligibility Due. 11/13 – Pictures Retakes – Soldotna 3:00 - 5:00pm @ Borough Building Assembly Room. 11/13 - Math Tutoring @ the Soldotna Office every Thursday 2:30-4:00pm. 11/14 – Free Fly Tying Workshops @ Soldotna Office - 2:00-3:30pm. 12/16 – 1st Semester Grade Reports Due. Tutoring Every Wednesday @ Homer Bookstore for Grades 7-12: Homer Connections is offering free academic help for all students in grades 7-12. The power duo of Jake and Derek are highly qualified teachers in all the core academic areas (except world languages) for secondary students. If you would like a little extra help every now and then, please join the Connections staff at the Homer Bookstore every Wednesday from 10am-noon. Math Tutoring Every Thursday Soldotna Office: The Soldotna Connections office is offering free math help for all students and parents. Our highly qualified math team will have textbooks, manipulatives, and direct instruction to help you understand difficult math concepts. If you are a Homeschool student or parent that would like a little extra help in math every now and then, please join the Connections staff at the Soldotna Connections office every Thursday from 2:304:00. Free Fly Tying Workshops – Soldotna Office: Please come and join the Connections staff and local fly tying experts every Friday from 2:00-3:30 PM for our fly tying workshop. We welcome all ages and any homeschool student from any program. These workshops are designed for beginners to intermediate fly tying students. And we will provide the fly tying materials and instructions. Please come See BRIEFS, page B-2
Nanwalek School is making an impression from across the Cook Inlet, with upgrades to programs and the ways staff are implementing them at the small school. The students attending the school, an integral part of the local community, live a subsistence lifestyle, said Nanwalek School principal Nancy Kleine. The courses at the school are designed maintain that way of living and also make the students competitive professionally, she said. Kleine explained the reasoning for the schools’ targeted programs during a presentation to the Board of Education, at the Nov. 3 board meeting. Kleine said it is important the staff uphold the school’s mission statement, which is to “honor cultural identity while developing students to be effective members of society. Local and nationally reaching organizations are taking notice. The Board of Education presented the Golden Apple Award to James Reinseth, a Nanwalek School teacher for his outstanding involvement in improving school curriculum and taking interest in the needs of his students. Stability is a huge factor in student performance in rural schools, said board member Sunni Hilts. Reinseth is a quality teacher who is providing his students with that necessary stability with his commitment to living and working in the community, she said. Hilts lives across the Cook Inlet in Seldovia and said she was glad to see rural schools at the meeting. Since it is a challenge commuting regularly to rural areas in the Borough it is productive for the board to be able to see what happens in the schools that are operating from a distance, she said. Nanwalek also recently awarded another prestigious award delivered from within The White House. In 2013 President Barack Obama implemented the ConnectED initiative which grants schools with technology such as Apple products for use in the classroom to ensure students have experience learning through different methods. Nanwalek was the only Alaska school to receive the grant, according to Apple.com. Through out the country 114 schools in 29 states received Apple products and training for the devices, according to the website. “A lack of equal access to technology and knowledge puts entire communities and populations of students at a disadvantage, especially minorities,” according to apple.com.
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The Board of Education presented Golden Apple Awards to James Reinseth, a Nanwalek School teacher, and Nadejda Reutov, a Voznesenka School custodian at the Nov. 3 meeting at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building in Soldotna.
This year Kleine said Nanwalek hired their first time special education teacher, which has made a huge difference at the school. She said they have also
sure the school shared some of their community’s culture while at the board meeting. Through out the presentation Sally Ash, a staff member at Nanwalek School, translated segments of Klein’s speech into Sugt’stun, the village’s language, for the board. Kleine asked the board to stand and join her and Ash in the center of the room for a traditional school song. The board was already quite familiar with the related dance moves. Ash led the board in a Sugt’stun sung version of “The Hokey Pokey.” “Maybe a little unusual for board meeting but we wanted to liven things up here,” Kleine said.
started culinary arts and welding classes for the students to learn Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelly. more vocational oriented trainsullivan@peninsulaclarion.com ing in the classrooms. Kleine also wanted to make
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Shelby McGahan, 8, watches for a pass as the Mountain View Elementary Boys and Girls Club basketball league learns to throw the ball efficiently on Thursday at the Kenai Recreation Center in Kenai
KRC Student Health Clinic encourages flu immunization Kathy Becher, KRC Student Health Clinic advanced nurse practitioner, has raised the alarm that influenza has risen sharply on the Kenai Peninsula and around the state this last week. “It takes about two weeks to obtain immunity after receiving Fluzone vaccine by injection, so individuals who want to be protected before traveling and/or flying this holiday season are encouraged to get their flu shots as soon as possible,” Becher said. Fluzone vaccines are given to help prevent influenza disease caused by influenza A and B strains. Becher encourages checking with a healthcare professional to ensure there are no counter indications to receiving the vaccine. Examples would be severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or thimerosal, a component in multidose vaccine vials, or to a previous dose of any influenza vaccine. The KRC Student Health Clinic is offering flu shots for students, staff and faculty for $10 each. The vaccine is also available at many health care facilities and pharmacies in the local area. Call the Student Health Clinic at 262-0347 for more information.
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ment of the nation’s offshore energy resources. They will be holding a public scoping meeting at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14 in KRC’s McLane commons to get public input on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in support of a potential oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, off Alaska’s south central coast. Other scoping meetings are being held in Homer, Nanwalek, Seldovia and Anchorage. The EIS analysis will focus on the potential effects of leasing, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in the proposed lease sale area, which BOEM identified in November 2013. According to Dr. Walter Cruickshank, BOEM acting director, stakeholders and residents of the communities that will be potentially impacted are being asked to provide information on how the proposed leasing area is currently being used and what specific areas need extra attention. Information gathered during the scoping process will help BOEM prepare the EIS, Bureau of Ocean Energy which in turn will inform a final decision on whether to hold the lease sale. Management public scoping To provide public comment, go to www. session this week regulations.gov and search for “Sale 244.” The U.S. Department of the Interior’s A direct link, as well as more information Bureau of Ocean Energy Management about the sale, is available at: www.boem. (BOEM) oversees responsible develop- gov/ak244. C
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KRC instrumentation and electronics club tour local facility There is a new club on campus whose goal is to provide more opportunities for students in the process technology and instrumentation degree programs. Tammy Farrell, KRC assistant professor of math and process technology, is the advisor for the club. Ferrell reported that Bill Simonsen, Udelhoven’s electrical division manager, invited club members to attend a presentation and tour of Udelhoven’s new facility in North Kenai. “Attendees received excellent advice concerning employment and career choices. There are many new tours and events in the works for the club,” Ferrell said.
Health Fair big success According to Kathy Becher, KRC Health Clinic advanced nurse practitioner, the recent health fair held at the KRC Career and Technical Education Center was very well attended with almost 200 people participating. With the availability of low cost, comprehensive lab tests, more than 100 had their blood drawn for analysis. The Providence Mobile Mammogram Van was also available and all their available exam appointments were full. This column is provided by Suzie Kendrick, Advancement Programs Manager at Kenai Peninsula College.
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IDEA Home School IDEA Homeschool is going strong! Can you believe we are almost through our first quarter of this school year? It has been a month full of exciting activities. We hope you were able to join us for previous events. We still have lots of great events going on in the month of November! November 14th – Homer Activities: 9:00 a.m. – City Clerk’s office (upstairs). Work Keys test for those high school juniors and seniors that have signed up with IDEA. 1:00 p.m. – City Clerks Chamber (downstairs). Presentation Day-Come play or sing us a song, show us some martial arts, read us a story, bake us some cookies, show us a project/experiment, or whatever else you can do to show us what you’ve learned! This is a great time to demonstrate your samples for your classes. November 14 Work Samples Due: Please bring in work samples for each subject on your child’s ILP no later than the 14th. Work samples may be turned in earlier too. November 27th & 28th Office Closed-Happy Thanksgiving!! Feel free to come into the office at any time to speak with a contact teacher, browse curriculum and check out books from the library. We look forward to serving your family!
Kaleidoscope School Of Arts and Science Monday, November 10: 4:00 p.m. APC meeting: 5:30 p.m. All parents of currently enrolled 5th graders are invited to join us as we will discuss options in the KPBSD for 6th grade. We hope this networking time will be beneficial. Tuesday, November 11: Wear red, white and blue in honor of our country’s Veterans. Thursday, November 13: 9:45 a.m. Kindergarten will be going on a Study Trip to the Kenai Post Office/Library Reminders: The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Effort: To do your best. Please call the office by 2:30 if you need to make a change to your child’s after school plan (283-0804). If your child will be absent from school or arriving late, please call by 10:30 a.m. Otherwise, the office will call to confirm your child’s absence from school to keep attendance records accurate. Christmas Drive packets were sent home with all students. If you need assistance this holiday season or if you would like to make a donation to the Drive, please watch for the forms and return them to Mrs. Dahlman or Linda in the office by November 21.
Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Mr. Daniels’s Class is Tree-Mendous! We turned into trees this week during our study of the responses of plants to their environment. The kids played a game of Plant Says, a take-off of Simon Says to model the plant’s responses to environmental stimuli. The annual Veteran’s Day Assembly will be held on November 10 at 8am in the K-Beach gym. Please wear red, white, and blue to show your support!
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Parfitt, Courtney Plumridge, Linnea Renken, Yareth Santana, Treava Schmitter-Schrier, Kendra Streiff, Ashlyn Tucker, JohnDavid West. 3.0 6th grade: Khloe Anderson, Tuf Boze, Levi Crezee, Daniel Gonzales, Julia Hanson, Logan Jeffries, Kasey Kaiser, Noah Land, Kaylee Lauritsen, amber Matthews, Bethany Morris, Herald Ochea, Raelynn Passe, Jolie Peterkin, Cameron Plagge, Kylie-Anne Raye, Ethan Redfern, Riley Reese, Dulce Santana, Everett Strong, River Tomrdle, Kaitlyn Walsh, Nicholas Wehrstein, Taralynn Williams-Vasilie, Sarah Witt. 7th grade: Raven Austin, Nathaniel Beiser, Dustin Bishop, Zachary Burnett, Taylor Conaway, Roman Custodio, Tamara Frates, Danielle Kjostad, Jordan Knudsen, Russell Lanahan, Miles Marston, Ashlynn Mathieson, Ocean Matley, Parker Mattox, Zion McEnerney, Serena Moore, Seth Segura, Renee Strouff, Tristan Summers, Leland Touchstone, Emily Wait, Jaycee West. 8th grade: Knox Amend, Jared Anderson, Livai Castrellon, Mina Christenson, Alyxandrhea Cook, Benjamin Easley, Abigail Erwin, James Freeman, Jenna Goode, Joshua Grosvold, Demaris Henson, Kainoa Kaona, Lauren Konig, Clayton Koroll, Kylan Lakshas, Anela Lankford, Thomas Levy-Canedo, Taylor Mabieus-Beile, Bailey Maxson, Jacob Nabholz, Charnchon Nammoon, Hannah Olson, Elizabeth Peterkin, Keith rice, James Segura, Mickinzie Ticknor, Jarett Wilson
Mountain View Elementary There will be a PTA meeting on Tuesday, November 11 at 3:45 PM in the staff lounge. The 4th & 5th grade choir will be having a Veteran’s Day concert on Thursday, November 13th at 6:00 PM in the Mountain View gym. Wednesday, November 26 is an early release day for students. Students being picked up will be dismissed at 1:50 PM and all other students will be dismissed at 1:55 PM. There will be no school on Thursday & Friday, November 27 & 28 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nikiski Middle-High Tuesday November 11th: MS Basketball @ Skyview – 3:00pm, Site Council Meeting – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday November 12th, Football Banquet @ 6:00 p.m., Juniors and Seniors ASVAB Test . Thursday November 13: HS Volleyball State at Alaska Airlines Center 13 – 15, HS Wrestling Peninsula Duals @ Nikiski 1315. Friday November 14, MS Basketball @ Seward – 3:00 p.m. Congratulations to the following students selected as Student of the Month for September: Laura Hufford, Bryce Jensen, Rachel Thopson, Ben Carstens. Ben Carstens – Kenai Chamber of Commerce Student of the month.
Nikiski North Star Elementary Nikiski North Star Elementary is on Facebook! Please like our page to find out all of the exciting happenings at our wonderful school. Congratulations to the following students who represented NNS in the district “Mind A-Mazes” meet held recently: Carly Johnson, McKinlee Jeffreys, Jessica Perry, Savanna Stock, Devon Zimmers, Griffin Gray, Hunter Greene, Liam Quiner, Brady Bostic, Braeden Porter, Carter Tennison, Jakob Brown, Drew Handley, Lilly Anderson, Celina Martinez and Society Spurgeon. “Big Red Ninjas” consisting of Braeden, Jakob, Brady, Carter and Drew scored the highest on the Spontaneous Challenge. The team, Hydraclash, consisting of Devon, Griffin, Hunter, and Liam had the highest score for their wind powered device and the “Fluffy Bunnies” made up of McKinlee, Carly, Jessica and Savanna had the highest combined overall score and the longest distance during device testing. Your hard work paid off and a big thank you to Mr. Bailey! Once again our Nikiski Neighbors is accepting applications for families needing help around the holidays. Nikiski Neighbors is a community wide, broad based group of individuals and community groups that put together this program to benefit families who are going through tough times. All families living north of milepost 15.5 can apply. Applications can be found at the Nikiski Post Office, North Star United Methodist Church, NMHS and NNS. If you have questions, please call the school office at 776-2600.
KCHS News 11/3 – 11/7: Thanks everyone who attended our Parent/Teacher conferences. Congratulations to the following students for being chosen Student of the Month: Student of the Month - October: Rotary – Kirsten Nyquist, Chamber – Allison Ostrander, Elks – Makai Lynn Smith, Kard-of-Deck - Balas Dempsey. September Biology – Raleigh Van Natta , Earth Science – Sydnee Wyckoff, Band – Tori Askin. Math Modeling – KathLynn Payton, Geometry – Dareena Doyle, LA 12 – Andrea Reilly. Algebra – Mavra Oskolkoff, Physical Education – Natalie Marlowe, Art – Lilly Kincheloe. Online Courses – Sierra Morton, AP U.S. History – Mikaela Salzetti, Drafting – Nathan Kaaihue. French 1 – Kendra Denney, Pre-Algebra – Shyanne Cook, AK Studies – Ciarra Mahan. Super Staffer - Margo Reilly- Kardinal Athletics Events: Volleyball: November 6-8: Regions at Palmer, Swim/Dive: November 6-8: State at Bartlett, Hockey: November 6-8: Peninsula Ice Challenge Counselors Corner: November 5th – Mrs. Lawyer visits soph- Redoubt Elementary omore classes to go over Alaska Career Information Systems, Dates: November 11th – PTA Meeting @ 3:45, child care will November 11th – Financial Aid Night 6-7pm, November 12th – Marines Visit 1st hour, November 18th – Work Keys for juniors be provided. November 12th – Site Council Meeting @ 3:45 in who selected Work Keys as their College and Career Ready As- the staff lounge. November 14th – 21st – Redoubt Elementary Presents “The Great Grocery Grab” Food Drive. All donated food sessment, November 20th – ASVAB in the Green Room items will be donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. November 25th – Early Release Day for students @ 1:45. November Kenai Middle School 26th – No School – Thanksgiving. November 27th – No School. Congratulations to our Character Counts winners this week- Redoubt Elementary Presents “The Great Grocery Grab”. NonSimon Farabee and Maison Dunham. The Boys A/ Girls B Bas- perishable food items will be collected for the Kenai Peninsula ketball teams will play on Tuesday November 11th at KMS Food Bank November 14th – 21st. “You have not lived today beginning at 3:00. All Basketball teams will play on Saturday, until you have done something for someone who can never repay November 15th in Seward beginning at 10:00. Save the date! you.” ― John Bunyan There is an Activity Night on November 21st. Box Tops Winners last week were: Emma Hunter, Taylor Estes Honor Roll: Congratulations to the following students for being on the 1st & Johnny Wardas & Johana Jedlicka. Keep those Box Tops for quarter honor roll at KMS. 4.0: 6th grade: Vanessa Beck, Nia education coming, weekly drawings are held so don’t forget to Calvert, Kaya Cox, Maison Dunham, Marek Grieme, Arielle have your child put their name on the back of each Box Top and Hamar, Gabrielle Hansen, Connor Koppes, Patience Kruse, Abi- turn them in at school. The Skyview Angel Tree is up! If you would like to help a gail Moffett, Hanna Morrow, Emma Mullet, Taylor Pierce, Rachael Pitsch, Owen Rolph, Jake Roush, Maria Shaginoff, Sorin Skyview Middle School student in need, please stop by the front Sorensen, Madrine Thompson, Lucas Tunseth, Tucker Vann, Ha- office to select a card from the tree. All items purchased need to ven Walluk. 7th grade: Justin Anderson, Kaleb Baughn, Hunter be returned by Friday, December 5. Thank you! Congratulations Beck, Candice Bowers, Catalina Bravo-Moe, Veronika Budyannu, to the October Students of the Month! MATH – Autumn Chumley, Shauri Shockley, Antip Reutov, Nya Dukowitz, Joshua Foster, Hudson Jackson, Kai McKibben, Tucker Mueller, Virginia Orth, Braedon Pitsch, Chelsea Plag- Mackinley Baxter, Marc Billings, Cameron Blackwell, Denali ge, Kassandra Renfrow, Mekhai Rich, Katelin Richards, Molly Blackwell, Isabella Dearmore, Ryan Hill, Trevor Jones, AmanShears, Anna Shelden, Jaiden Streff. 8th grade: Sharmiane Agui- da McGlothen, Cloe Milbauer, Mackenzie Powell, Ayla Read, lar, Shanna Anderson, Jaycie Calvert, Kiera Duby, Devin Every, Kambree Whittom, Alyssa Wilkinson, Taylor Wilson; AMERIHaley Every, Connor Felchle, Sarah Foutty, Maddison Galloway, CAN HISTORY – Wyatt Denna, Victoria Giles, Aidan Whitney; Melissa Holmes, Jacob Howard, Faith Ivy, Sam Kaaihue, Travis WORLD HISTORY – Jersey Truesdell; SCIENCE - Donald McKinley, Molly Nusbaum, Emily Olson, Raven Patrick, Navy Bennett, Erika Bennett, Payton Diehl, Caius Hagelund, Zach Hanson, Ryan Hill, Kianna Holland, Serena Larrow, Daniel Poage, Damien Redder, Maria Salzetti, Brooke Satathite 3.5: 6th grade: Jan Aaronson, Aiden Arness, James Baisden Mitzel, Simon Montague, Bailey Smith, Maia Whitney, ColII, Sammy Baker, Andrea Beile, Erin Blum, Shae Breff, Seth leen Yeskie; LANGUAGE ARTS – Esther Frederickson, EliCotler, KuKoa Diorec, Emmarie Edwards, Courtney Ellis, Joseph jah Wackler; EXPLORATORY CLASSES – Hannah Delker, Freeman, Mahlia Graham, Riley Graves, Matthew Grzybowski, Alyson Driskell, Shannon Yeskie, Amanda Eby, Rylan Burrows, Karley Harden, Isabelle Harris, Rachel Koppes, Maryrose Ma- Bronwyn Keen, Alexander VanDeGrift, Brooke Belluomini, cabuag, Aidan Milburn, Juzsttiniun Miller, Grace Morrow, Lana- Angel Joseph Matumeak, Katelynn Kimes, Jersey Truesdell, ya Powell, Rain Spotted Eagle-Wong, Riley Updike, Jaryn Zoda. Stevie Berninger, Isabella Dearmore, Joseph Parker, Jeremija 7th grade: Trevor Bagley, Onaca Daniels, Logan Dosko, Emily Williams, Kya Ahlers, Garrett Cadwalader, Holland Jaime, Elias Dunham, Kailey Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanson, MaryLou Hunt, Moonin, Jillyan White, Cobe Young, David Belger, Jack FlemKayle Johnson, Chase Keating, Aiden Lacombe, Parker Lock- ing, John Harris, Sueheidi Hugarte, Kylie Loop, Bailey Smith, wood, Trayce Lyon, Morgan Mallory, Payton Matturo, Shannon Jacob Boze, Lance Chilton, Kody Rohr, Autumn Chumley, TrisMcClure, Wyatt Medcoff, Brock Miller, Devin Murphy, Brooke tin Clucas Nash, Alexandrea Nave, Tyler Neill, Pierce Peterson, Sharryn Peterson, Meghan Roney, Creed Sandahl, Abigail Schneiders, Alida Soldotna High Stiers, Evan Stockton, Rebecca Trickel, Travis Verkuilen, RattaThe Soldotna High Art Club will be exhibiting art work at the porn Wangnoi, Jordyn Whannell, Hanna Wilson, Savanna Wilson, Cheyenne Zimin. 8th grade: Jacob Anderson, Breanna Ashley, Kenai Fine Arts Center (Gallery Too) in Old Town Kenai throughJillian Berg, Savaya Bieber, Alden Bookey, Rylee Brewington, out the month of November. Please contact the KFAC for hours Derek Brown, Brittany Burcham, Caitlyn Burdick, Justinrey of operation. Soldotna High School is collecting gently used formal dresses, Campos, Paulyne Catacutan, Daniel Cazares, Alexus Coray, Maxim Custodio, McKenna Dodd, Patrick Doss, Alexis Erlich, Jude shoes, and accessories for 2015 Cinderella’s Closet. This is a Gabriel, Lillian Gomez, Ashley Hamilton, Hunter Hanson, Sarah program which helps all area high school ladies with prom attire Hollers, Jessy Jeffries, Kylie Jones, Jayce Lakshas, Rayce Lee, for free. Please email mbos@kpbsd.k12.ak.us <mailto:mbos@ Violet Lindsley, Kodie Lingenfelter, Sierra Longfellow, Kyaran kpbsd.k12.ak.us> for more info. All donations can be dropped Matturro, Kameron Maxie, Tyrone McEnerney, Kaden McKib- off to the front office 8am-2pm. Seniors must order their caps/ ben, Jullian Miller, William Morrow, Carolyn Morton, Delbrian gowns ASAP. Information is available at the front office.Senior C
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Soldotna Elementary Congratulations to Grayson Ohnemus, the winner of last week’s box top drawing! Thank you to everyone who is saving those box tops for us and turning them at the office. Mark your calendars: NO SCHOOL on November 27 and 28th for the Thanksgiving break. Fun Fest will be on Friday, November 21st. Early Release Day on Wednesday, November 26th. (No afternoon class for Mrs. Cannava’s preschoolers.) Super Hero Day will be Friday, November 21st. Site Council Meeting will be Tuesday, November 11th, in the library. Note from Nurse Tammy: Tuberculin skin testing is scheduled for today through Wednesday, November 10th through November 12th. Alaska Statute and Regulations (7AAC27.213) requires that students in kindergarten and those new to the District have a tuberculin screening test. Any questions? See Nurse Tammy for answers. Also, state-mandated height and weight screenings have been completed on your student, unless you signed an optout form. If you’re interested in the results, please see Nurse Tammy. Congratulations to Julie Fullerton, our PBIS Parent of the Month for October! Parents are given a “paw” for their positive presence in our school. They print their name on the back of that “paw”, and deposit it into the can in our foyer. Julie was the winner of a $10 coffee card. Thanks to all our wonderful parents for helping make our school a positive place to learn. Update on aluminum can round up: Hooray! It was a success! A huge thank you to all who recycled cans with us. Thanks to you, our school was credited with 208.9 pounds of aluminum. There will be one more collection day, on April 25th (Saturday), from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Soldotna Landfill. Be sure to send your students with appropriate cold weather attire! They need coats, hats, gloves, snow pants and boots. Even though the snow isn’t here yet, it is still very cold outside at recess. Art update: We have some exceptional creations in our hallways which should not be missed. You will find amazing fish prints, chalked leaf prints, symmetry masks, and of course, our preschoolers have fancy pumpkin faces, etc.
Soldotna Prep Beginning Monday, November 10th students will be released from school at 2:17 pm. To view the new bell schedule and other important announcements, please visit our school blog: http://soldotnaprep.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/- The Adivisory Competition for Canned Food Drive begins Nov. 6-20. All items must be in their original selling package. (No “Single” fruit snack) All perishable items can be brought to the Teachers’ Lounge. Items that will be accepted are: Turkey, bag of potatoes (at least 5lbs) ,instant potatoes, rolls, can pie filling, pie crust, stuffing, box of gravy packets – full box , tub or box of butter/ margarine. Oversized items: Standard size canned corn, veggies, and beans.
Skyview Middle Sports Schedule for this week: Tuesday, November 11: Girls Nikiski vs. Skyview 7th @ Skyview—3:00 pm, Boys Nikiski vs. Skyview 7th @ Skyview--4:30 pm, Girls Nikiski B vs. Skyview B @ Soldotna Prep--3 pm, Boys Nikiski B vs. Skyview B @ Soldotna Prep--4:30 pm. Wednesday, November 12 – Basketball Pictures for all teams – 2:30 pm. Saturday, November 15 – Skyview 8th vs. Homer @ Skyview – 10:00 am
The Study The Study wants to wish everyone an amazing 2014-2015 school year. The Study is an accredited learning center that partners with the KPBSD, Home School Entities, and Private Schools. We offer private tutoring in all subject matters, music, including: voice, guitar and piano, courses for credit, including: Algebra 1 and 2, Spanish, Alaska Studies, Geometry, High School Art, as well as SAT Prep. We’ll be hosting the SAT Prep workshop beginning November 10th, in anticipation for the December test. The Study is also excited to offer an all day Pre-K and Kinder program this year. Check us out on the web at thestudysoldotna.com or call us at 262-6227.
Wings Christian Last week at Wings, students enjoyed hearing from missionaries at the annual Mission Conference such as, the McKendrees (missionaries to the deaf in Peru) and the Webers (missionaries to Mongolia). Volleyball results from the game on Friday, November 7 will be posted next week. Go Eagles! This week at Wings, Sara Brubaker and Matthew Newbern won the “Cleanest Desk of the Week” award. Good job! Today, the students who won “Student of the Month” get to go out for lunch with the Administrator. These students are Tyler Ophus and Samuel Kuehn for August, Silas Newbern and Ethan Newbern for September, and Elijah Newbern and Deloma Watkins for October. These students showed a great attitude whether in spiritual or academic areas. Keep it up! Also a reminder, there will be no school on Tuesday, November 11 due to Veterans Day. School will resume on Wednesday, November 12. Don’t forget about the Islands and Oceans field trip in Homer on Friday November 14! The vans will be leaving the school at 7:30 a.m. and will be arriving back by 2:00 p.m. Students will need to bring a coat and a sack lunch. Have fun!
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Frontier Community Services is a Soldotna based non-profit agency providing in-home services to people experiencing a disabling condition. Duties of the position include purchasing supplies, agency travel arrangements, process all invoices/payment requests to ensure accurate & timely payment, reconciling agency credit cards and other accounting clerk duties. 2 years progressive accounting and/or A/P-Purchasing experience. Preference given to individuals having prior experience working in purchasing and A/P and/or college-level hours of coursework in accounting. Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word. For a complete job description and application go to fcsonline.org or apply in person at Frontier Community Services 43335 K-Beach Rd. Suite 36 Soldotna, AK 99669 Or email completed application and resume to work@fcsonline.org FCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
General Employment WAGGING TAILS GROOMING Are you a Dog Groomer looking for a place to successfully build your business, yet stay independent? Do you love what you do? Need a place to show it off? We have space available for you! If you possess excellent, gentle handling skills, quality scissoring, grooming skills, kind and courteous customer service skills then I want to work next to you! Clients are waiting for you. Set up shop in this sunny, beautiful, positive location with a great reputation. Call 907-260-6161 ask for Robin or drop by 48798 Funny River Road, Soldotna, AK 99669
General Employment Kenai Peninsula Borough is recruiting for a HALF-TIME RECORDS/MICROGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN Under the general direction and supervision of the deputy borough clerk, the Records/Micrographics Technician is responsible for the preparation, microfilming, storage and retrieval of borough and school district documents. Recruitment closes 11/18/14 at 5:00 p.m., ADT. A complete job description, including salary and benefits, and instructions to apply on-line, can be found at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kenaiak/default.cfm
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POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $26.49hr-$37.70hr D.O.E. The City of Soldotna is recruiting for a full time grant funded Police Officer, and a regular full time Police Officer. These positions serve the City of Soldotna as Peace Officers in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the positions. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 4:30 p.m., November 21, 2014. First review will be November 4, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.
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Organized, energetic and creative person to positively assist women and children residing in transitional / supportive housing. Excellent understanding of or working experience in domestic violence/sexual assault, and related victim issues. Must promote and model non-violent behavior, empowerment philosophy, positive parenting and direct communication. HS diploma or equivalent required, degree in related field preferred. Valid driver's license required. Resume, cover letter and three references to:
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINDOW-WALL AND SIDING REPLACEMENT PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES The Kenai Peninsula Borough Capital Projects Department hereby invites qualified firms to provide proposals for professional design services for the Chapman Elementary School Window-Wall and Siding Replacement project. The Kenai Peninsula Borough is requesting professional design services to design the replacement of windows and siding at the Chapman Elementary School located in Anchor Point, Alaska. A pre-proposal meeting will be held at the KPB Public Works Conference Room, 47140 East Poppy Lane, Soldotna, AK on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. A site visit to the school will follow. Attendance at the preproposal is not mandatory but is strongly recommended. Proposal packets may be obtained beginning November 10, 2014 at the Capital Projects Department at 47140 East Poppy Lane, Soldotna, AK 99669, 907-262-9657 for a non-refundable fee of $10.00 for each set of documents, $20.00 for any that require shipping and handling. Proposal documents may also be downloaded from the web at: http://purchasing.borough.kenai.ak.us/Opportunities.aspx Six (6) complete sets of the proposal package are to be submitted to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Purchasing and Contracting Department at 144 North Binkley Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669. These forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the proposer's name on the outside and clearly marked: PROPOSAL: Chapman Elementary School Window-Wall and Siding Replacement Professional Design Services DUE DATE: December 10, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. PUBLISH 11/10, 2014 1986/224
Bids KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO BID #110-15 Snow Removal Equipment The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District hereby invites qualified vendors to submit a proposal for acceptance by the District to purchase Snow Removal Equipment. One (1) original of the sealed bid must be submitted to the Purchasing Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 139 East Park Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669, no later than 4:00 PM local time on November 25, 2014. Bid can be obtained by calling 907-714-8876 during normal business hours, or from the District website www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Peninsula Borough Code requires that businesses or individuals contracting to do business with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District be in compliance with Borough tax provisions. PUBLISH: 11/10, 2014 1991/225
Public Notices CITY OF SOLDOTNA Notice of Public Hearing November 12, 2014 The Soldotna City Council will conduct a public hearing on November 12, 2014, on the following ordinance: Ordinance 2014-036 - Submitting the Question to the Qualified Voters of the City of Soldotna at the February 3, 2015 Special Election of Whether a Charter Commission Shall be Elected to Prepare a Proposed Home Rule Charter (City Manager) City council meetings commence at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 177 N. Birch St., Soldotna, Alaska. All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in the public discussion. Written comments may be sent to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, AK 99669. Copies of ordinances scheduled for public hearing are available at City Hall and on the internet at www.ci.soldotna.ak.us. For further information, call the City Clerk's Office at 907-262-9107. Please be advised that, subject to legal limitations, ordinances may be amended by the council prior to adoption without further public notice. Shellie Saner, CMC City Clerk LEGAL: 11/10/14 1983/319
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Couple’s pregnancy is no business of critical friend DEAR ABBY: May I have some advice about a touchy subject? One of my boyfriend’s close friends is going through his third bout with cancer and the prognosis is not good. He is married with a healthy 3-year-old son. So imagine our surprise when his wife announced she’s pregnant. This is a decision we do not support. I don’t know what they’re thinking, but if you are facing the reality that your spouse will not be around much longer, we don’t feel it is wise to bring another child into the world who will never know his or her father. Some of her close friends want to throw her a “sprinkle,” and although I am only an acquaintance, I have been invited. How do I handle this? Should I attend and keep my thoughts to myself, decline and/ or send a small gift in my absence? I have a hard time making small talk about subjects I don’t agree with. Did I mention she does nothing but complain about how hard her life is now? I’m afraid if I go and get involved, I’ll be on the hook down the road when she wants to complain about how hard it is to raise two children alone. — ISN’T MY CHOICE DEAR ISN’T: Feeling as you do, decline the invitation. This woman needs friends around her during this painful and traumatic time, and you do not qualify. To send a small gift would be both thought-
ful and kind, because I am sure her life is extremely difficult now. As to this couple having made a decision with which you do not agree, allow me to point out that not all pregnancies are planned, and this may be one of them. DEAR ABBY: My folks are in their mid-70s and have Abigail Van Buren health problems. My oldest niece, “Riley,” will graduate from high school next spring and is considering going to a college near them. My parents recently told me that my brother is suggesting Riley move in with them. The girl has some behavioral issues and is in counseling. She’s not an easy, happy or normal kid. My parents are extremely uncomfortable with the idea, but have not said anything to my brother. I think they are afraid of a fight or causing hurt feelings. He is in denial about his daughter’s problems. I’m concerned about my parents. At their age, I don’t think it’s fair to expect them to have another teenager in their home, much less one with issues. Is it
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cumspect with your budget, as you never really know when there could be a problem. You have a habit of overindulging if you are not careful. Understand what is happening within your immediate circle. Tonight: Pay the bills, then decide. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Defer to others. You might want to assume control, but allowing others to try out their ideas will benefit everyone. It is likely that you’ll need to keep some distance from someone who is quite controlling. Tonight: On center stage. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You seem to be pushing past your normal limits. You know what you are capable of, and you will be able to do whatever it takes to get there. You could be amazed by what you can accomplish and by how good you feel expressing your talents. Tonight: Do a vanishing act. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Know when to turn your back on a situation that no longer appeals to you. Understand what could happen if you become too involved and others start reacting. Stay as neutral as possible, and strive for a positive outcome. Tonight: Not everything has to be public knowledge. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Be aware of your options when dealing with others who aren’t always as easygoing as you are. Honor a change within a relationship. The other party could be quite different from you and might have different interests. Be smart. Give this person some space. Tonight: On a roll. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Allow yourself to see some-
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my place to say something, and if so, what do I say? — LOOKING OUT FOR MOM AND DAD DEAR LOOKING OUT: You should definitely say something, but not to your brother. Talk with your parents. Remind them that if they’re not OK with the arrangement your brother has proposed, it’s their responsibility to make plain that because of their ages and their health problems they’ll be unable to accommodate his request. Because it’s the truth, it shouldn’t cause an argument or hurt feelings. Also, your brother will have plenty of advance notice that other living arrangements will have to be made for Riley. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Good advice for everyone — teens to seniors — is in “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.” To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)
Hints from Heloise
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Scorpio and a Moon in Gemini if born before 3:28 a.m. (PST). Afterward, the Moon will be in Cancer. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Nov. 10, 2014: This year you develop a propensity for clarity. Know that others might react strongly to your questions, as they won’t be accustomed to revealing so much. Be as diplomatic as possible. If you are single, a relationship could be the result of a heated argument between you and someone else. The chemistry will be overwhelming. If you are attached, understand that your significant other might choose to distance him- or herself rather than becoming involved in a negative conversation. CANCER feels like you do, but he or she can express his or her feelings. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll ease into a seemingly carefree Monday morning. By midday, you could notice a change in a key person’s demeanor. You know how to handle this person, but he or she also knows how to handle you. The trick will be how to avoid a power play. Tonight: Try to relax. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Your finances continue to be a main priority. How you see a personal matter could change quickly because of an unexpected choice and discussion. This new perspective will lead to more empathy between you and someone else. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You might want to be more cir-
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one in his or her element. As a result, you might realize how unclear you have been about this individual. He or she could demonstrate a romantic quality, which will add excitement to your interactions. Tonight: Hang out with a favorite person. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You would be wise to encourage others to express their feelings and ideas. You will get a better idea of what you are working with. Keep an eye on a situation to which other parties seem to be adding more emotional significance. Tonight: Be aware of a potential misunderstanding. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH You might seem strange to many people. Perhaps the reason has to do with them witnessing you transform in a very distinct way. In a sense, they might feel insecure dealing with such a changeable powerhouse. Make the first move. Tonight: Clear out some paperwork. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHYou can be nurturing, but it is more by choice than an automatic response. You might feel frustrated by everything you need to accomplish. You could be more on edge than you realize. Do not suppress your instincts — deal with them. Tonight: Know when to call it a night. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your creativity seems to be emerging to an unprecedented level. Be aware that even after you come up with a practical path, others might not be in agreement. Be gracious. It is not always easy to eat crow. Tonight: Let your imagination design the night.
A visible distraction Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about handicap placards: “Recently, I was issued a blue handicapped placard. On the back, it clearly states ‘Do not drive with this displayed,’ yet I see countless vehicles with the placard hanging from the mirror. Why would anyone think it would be safe to purposefully obscure a major portion of visibility?” — Christine B. in Texas I don’t think people do this on purpose; they just are not thinking about it. Oh my gosh! This is very bad, and it could cause a horrible mishap if the driver can’t see or is distracted. If the driver is concerned about losing the placard, put a clothespin on it and clip it to the visor when it’s time to drive. — Heloise P.S.: Please, be safe.
Friday’s Answer
Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com
Fast facts Dear Readers: Uses for a cupcakeholder tree: * Hold fruit like oranges and apples. * Place ball ornaments on it for the holidays. * Put a few votive candles on it as a centerpiece. * Place cupcake liners filled with candy on it. * Use to display shells or pine cones. — Heloise
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