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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 45, Issue 50
Question What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food? n Turkey n Stuffing n Potatoes n Vegetables n Pie n Leftovers To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked. Suggested questions may be submitted online or e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.
In the news Woman dies, 6 injured in Sterling Highway crash ANCHORAGE (AP) — A Homer woman died and six people were injured Tuesday in a crash on the Sterling Highway near Anchor Point. Alaska State Troopers say 29-year-old Kayli Rodasti was killed in the crash at Mile 145. Troopers say Rodasti was southbound when she lost control on the icy highway and crossed into the northbound lane. Her small sedan collided with a small sport utility vehicle driven by 24-year-old Cristina Reutov of Homer carrying five passengers, including three children. Rodasti’s car was struck on the passenger side. Alaska State Troopers say she died at the scene. Two of the child passengers in the SUV suffered life-threatening injuries, and after initial treatment at the Homer hospital, were flown to Anchorage. Troopers say one child was not restrained in the SUV.
Inside ‘We’re already seeing that flights are getting canceled and delayed, so it looks like we made the right choice.’ ... See page A-5
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ith Thanksgiving in mind, Peninsula Clarion staff spect some time casking members of our community what they’re thankful for, and their favorite Thanksgiving memories. Here’s what we found:
“I’m thankful I have all my family here. My favorite Thanksgiving is having Thanksgiving dinner with all my family.” — Hal Webb, Sterling
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“I am thankful for my family. They support me through thick and thin. I am thankful for all the stuff I have because I know people in other countries don’t have as much as I have.” — Lillian Gomez, age 13
“Going home and being with family. Being with family is my favorite memory every year.” — Beck Craft
“Food. I love the food. Getting with all of the crazy relatives. We play a lot of games like “I’m thankful Farkle.” — Claudia for my health and Feltman my family, and my seniors. (Thanks“I am thankful for giving is) a good having a teacher. time for family and She gives us the friends to get tocracker cookies at gether. And to invite strangers into the end of the day. your home, if you know somebody They are animal that doesn’t have family. I always think it’s neat that on Thanksgivcrackers.” — Cailee ing Day, our center is closed but it’s Percival, age 5 open. The Senior Center provides the meat and potatoes and gravy, and we join in a dinner together, “I’m thankful so people don’t have to be alone. that my tick-tock I think it’s important to provide that still works. We are camaraderie and fellowship.” fortunate to have — Rachael Craig, Director, many great memoKenai Senior Center ries. We have been here for years, “I am thankful for the soldiers that have hundreds of fight for us, the food that keeps us friends. You can’t beat that.” — Bill Bolz, Sterling alive and clothing a and shoes so I don’t have to walk around in bare
feet in the cold. I am thankful for my school so I have the knowledge of how to give back when I am older.” — Isaiah Coleman-Rice, age 10
I’m most thankful “that I am a child of God.” My favorite memory is “being together with family. I don’t have any specific (times), just when times the family comes together throughout the years.” — Zane Fallon, Kenai “Family, friends and good health. Probably late elementary. We always had a big gathering with extended family and played bingo with my grandmother.” — Lori Nelson, Anchorage “My family and having the opportunity for everybody to get together and to thank God for everything we have. When we were kids, we played bingo at grandma’s house every Thanksgiving with unusual prizes – a chicken neck and one time we had my aunt’s stockings.” — Laura Favretto, Nikiski See THANKS, page A-12
Comments and photos were compiled by Clarion staff Rashah McChesney, Kelly Sullivan, Dan Balmer, Ben Boettger and Ian Foley
Students celebrate culture with meal By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
With the rich aromas of fry bread, Indian pudding, ham and moose soup permeating the hallways of Kenai Peninsula College, as so often happens when students of Alaska Native culture gather to celebrate, the final event of a November’s Alaska Native and American Indian heritage month brought more than a dozen together to eat, learn the Dena’ina language and watch a documentary. The month has been peppered with cultural awareness events, including a fry bread social, a presentation on the Dena’ina people to one of the college’s English As a Second Language classes, a beadwork and fish skin basket demonstration, each designed to bring area students of Dena’ina, and others, a knowledge of the Alaska Native culture. “Each one of the students made something and then they shared the Dena’ina word for it,” said Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus Rural and native Student Services Coordinator Sondra ShaginoffStuart. “Then we all ate, shared our words and then watched a movie.” Dena’ina elder Helen Dick, of Lime Village, also gave a See FOOD, page A-12
Assembly meeting video stream debuts By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
A full house took in Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting in Soldotna that debuted an online video stream. The assembly members were each equipped with iPads for the first time. Assembly President Dale Bagley said use of the iPads should improve efficiency and allow the members to vote on them, although that function didn’t work this time. The technological gadgets are another step to save the time and expense it takes the clerk’s office to copy agenda packets for the assembly, he said.
Bagley said streaming the meetings online is another effort to improve transparency to the public. Assembly member Wayne Ogle said the live streaming was long overdue and it will be more convenient for people to have that option to tune in from home. The assembly passed seven ordinances up for public hearing. Among those was the Central Peninsula Hospital acquisition of the urology medical clinic on Binkley Street for $604,000 from the plant replacement and expansion fund. The ordinance was to amend the lease and operating agreement to include the 2,228 square-foot building.
Assembly member Brent Johnson, finance committee chair, said the Jonas Ridge LLC, which owns the urology business, approached the hospital and expressed interest in selling the property. Johnson said he originally had concerns when the hospital hired urologist Robert Cadoff and if that was the reason the private practice went up for sale. According to a memo from CPH CEO Rick Davis, the urologist who occupied the building, Gary Shoenrock, planned to retire Sept. 30 and the hospital recruited Cadoff to take over Shoenrock’s practice on Oct. 16. The ordinance passed with a 8-1 vote, with the no vote
cast by assembly member Stan Welles. Welles said he felt it was a poor investment given the state budget centered on oil with looming deficits. “The money should stay in the replacement fund,” he said. “I think we need to prepare for tight budgets.” Gilman said the purchase is a prudent business decision because it adds to the hospital campus and increases the property value. He said the hospital has created a profitable operation and that the purchase would not cost the borough any additional funds. An ordinance to authorize a land swap between the borough and Kalifornsky Beach
property owners affected by the 2013 flooding in the Kalifornsky Beach area for drainage purposes was postponed to the Jan. 20, 2015 meeting. An agreement was in place for a land exchange for Paula and Timothy Keohane’s 4.3acre property on Karluk Avenue for a 1.84-acre parcel at Mile 12.1 on Kalifornsky Beach Road along the Cook Inlet bluff. Borough Chief of Staff Paul Ostrander said a neighbor, Daniel Sterchi, had concerns that the parcel exchanged to the owners for drainage easement into the inlet would be large enough to handle the water retention the See KPB, page A-12
Woman sentenced for Walmart parking lot shooting By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
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A woman who chased and fired a gun at a car in the parking lot of the Kenai Walmart last year was sentenced to seven years in jail on Wednesday during a hearing in Kenai court. Ashley Nelund, of Sterling, was originally charged with attempted murder, assault and
misconduct with a weapon and indicted on felony drug charges shortly thereafter, but reached a deal with prosecutors to reduce her charges. Ultimately, Nelund’s sentence will include three years of suspended time and a further five years of probation once she is released. Nelund’s charges came after a Nov. 1, 2013 incident in which she fired multiple gunshots into
an occupied vehicle in what investigators have framed as a drug deal gone wrong. A passenger in the vehicle she shot at told police that the altercation started when Nelund approached him and the person he was with about owing her money. The juvenile told police that, as they started to drive away, Nelund opened fire on the vehicle, according to an affidavit. Nelund told police, at the time,
that she had fired three shots at the bumper of the vehicle with the intention of scaring the two inside. In October of the same year, Nelund had delivered heroin to two people, one of whom overdosed and ended up being hospitalized after injection. The sentencing hearing dealt with both the weapons and assault charges and the drug charges — though the two cases are not
related. During the hearing Nelund’s lawyer, Dina Cale, had wanted to present evidence of Nelund’s mental illness, including testimony from a family physician who knew of the woman’s medical background. However, Kenai District Attorney Scot Leaders pointed out that the specific sentencing mitigator Cale had wanted to See CASE, page A-2
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insert into the final agreement would require further action by the court and could delay sentencing. The hearing proceeded without the testimony of Nelund’s doctor. During his argument for the state’s sentencing recommendation, which Judge Charles Huguelet ultimately adopted, Leaders focused on the severity of Nelund’s crime. He said the community needed to use Nelund as an example to others who might be capable of similar violence. “This is not New York City, this is not L.A., this is not even Anchorage. We don’t have this type of random violence in the Walmart parking lot … this is a very serious incident for the community, the Kenai Peninsula area,” Leaders said. “It warrants a strong sentence.” Cale framed the situation differently. She said Nelund, who was pregnant during both the drug deal and the shooting, was suffering from mental illness and had gone off of her medications upon becoming pregnant. During the drug deal, Cale said Nelund had been trading the heroin for suboxone, a detox medication that is used to treat opiate addiction. “She was self-medicating with what she thought was a better option than heroin,” Cale said. Several members of Nelund’s family, including a man who filed custody of her two children in March, were in the courtroom. Nelund’s daughter, who was born after Nelund was taken into custody, and her toddler-aged son were also there. Cale pointed to the family and said Nelund would have a support system if allowed to leave jail and focus on rehabilitation. “There are people in the courtroom. You’ve seen it. Mr. Leaders has seen it, I’ve seen it when there are no people here,” Cale said. “We may not like the fact that most of them have fel-
ony convictions on their record, but they’re all in a place where they are trying to succeed and she, at least, has a support system out there that is here for her and wanting her to move on with this part of her life.” Huguelet, however, was unconvinced. Given the recklessness of Nelund’s actions, he said, the state’s sentence of seven years was the least he was comfortable giving. “We’re all lucky no one was killed,” he said. “The drug conviction, I guess is another issue … I’ve had two people in my caseload who have died in the last couple of months from overdoses. Heroin is not something that is FDA approved.” He said given Nelund’s age — she is 28 — she had rehabilitation potential. “You’ve had a rough life so far, that you didn’t deserve. At this point, it’s up to you. It’s no one else’s fault. It’s not your family’s fault. It’s not your boyfriend’s fault. It’s not your friend’s fault. It’s your own fault if you don’t straighten out,” he said.
Cale had also mentioned during her argument that Nelund had not gotten the chance to bond with her infant daughter as the child was born while Nelund was in jail. Huguelet said children need to have parents they can trust. “Taking drugs and shooting it out in the parking lot, you’re not that kind of person,” he said.
“So, if you want to be there for your child, you’ll have to change. It’s not an easy thing to do, especially if everyone you know is engaged in the drug business, but it can be done. I’ve seen it done.” Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.
Wednesday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc................97.24 -1.60 Alaska Air Group...... 56.20 +0.29 ACS...........................1.30 +0.00 Apache Corp........... 72.24 -1.12 AT&T........................ 35.13 +0.31 Baker Hughes.......... 62.58 -0.62 BP ............................41.59 +0.02 Chevron...................115.11 -1.04 ConocoPhillips......... 70.83 -0.90 ExxonMobil.............. 94.48 -0.30 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,661.00 -46.50 GCI.......................... 12.33 +0.13 Halliburton................47.34 -0.92 Harley-Davidson...... 68.29 -0.81 Home Depot.............97.70 +0.69 McDonald’s.............. 96.22 +0.07 Safeway................... 34.80 -0.03 Schlumberger.......... 92.81 -2.39 Tesoro...................... 78.35 -0.20 Walmart................... 84.98 +0.03 Wells Fargo.............. 54.28 +0.40 Gold closed............ 1,198.24 -2.71
Silver closed............ 16.55 -0.13 Dow Jones avg......17,827.75 +12.81 NASDAQ................ 4,787.32 +29.07 S&P 500................2,072.83 +5.80 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.
Oil Prices Tuesday’s prices North Slope crude: $74.71, DOWN from $76.52 on Monday West Texas Int.: $74.14, DOWN from $75.78 on Monday
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Obituary William Henry Barham Soldotna resident William Henry Barham, 65, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at his home in Soldotna. Services were held in September. William was born Sept. 14, 1949. He graduated high school and continued his education by attending vocational college and military training. He served in the U.S. Army in the power plant and in the intelligence operation. In the early 1990s he moved to Alaska. He lived in Dutch Harbor, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Denali. He was a commercial fisherman in Dutch Harbor and Maintenance Manager in Denali. William was a member of the V.F.W. and a member of the Rural Alaska Firefighters. His friend wrote, “Bill was a good-natured soul, a little gruff on the exterior even though he had a heart of gold. Always willing to help those in need and step up during the rough times. Bill always seemed to see the good in people and could always look past the individuals flaws. Bill loved NASCAR and was a big American history buff. He was also an active advocate for veterans and individuals. I will miss his daily history lesson and his NASCAR reports. His work at the VFW and for veterans is a great loss, but his example still remains. Bill would end all good-byes with the same simple phrase every time. So in Bill’s way of saying goodbye, ‘Have a better day and God Bless.’” Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Bill’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.
Angeline Stevens Kenai resident Angeline Stevens, 62, passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at her home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Cantwell Community Center in Cantwell. Pastor Brian Lee will officiate. Burial will be in the Native Village of Cantwell Cemetery. She was born April 25, 1952 in Cantwell. After finishing high school in Healy, she then moved to Denali National Park with her husband, Rusty Stevens. They raised their son, Oley Amos Stevens in Denali and moved to Kenai after Rusty retired from the Park Service in 1991. After Rusty’s passing in 1996, she spent her time writing letters and sending jokes to her family and working on crossword puzzles and latch hook rugs. “She will be greatly missed by many family and friends, both near and far,” her family wrote. Angeline was preceded in death by her parents, Oley and Renee Nicklie and husband, Rusty A. Stevens. She is survived by her son, Oley Amos Stevens of Kenai; brothers and sisters-in-law, David and Lorraine Nicklie of Cantwell, Stoney and Sarah Nicklie of Prince George, B.C., and Monson Nicklie Sr. of Cantwell; and sister, Violet Jamison of Cantwell. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
Peninsula Clarion obituary guidelines: Pending service/Death notices are 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 are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.
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The Caribou Hills Cabin Hoppers first general meeting will be on Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Mykel’s Restaurant in Soldotna, Tsalteshi, T200 host Turkey Trot downstairs in the banquet room. Soup will be provided by Tsalteshi Trails and the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race will Mykel’s. All members are encouraged and welcome to attend host 5 and 10 kilometer runs to burn off that Thanksgiving meal to get an update on what’s happening with the club. on Friday starting at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Kalifornsky Beach Road. Registration starts at 11 a.m. and Trout Unlimited plans gatherings races start at noon. Register onlinewww.tsalteshi.org/events; Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited’s “Tie One On” event is online registration is $25 for adults, $15 for students, kids under 12 free. Race day registration is $30 for adults, $20 for back for the winter season, the first event to be held on Dec. 2 students, kids under 12 free. Proceeds to benefit the T200 and in Kenai at the Main Street Tap & Grill from 6-7:30 p.m. Free fly tying instruction in a fun and comfortable environment, tyThe Tsalteshi Trails. ers of all ability levels, from brand new to advanced, and all ages are welcome. Potters Guild plans pottery sale Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited is hosting a free fly fishThe Kenai Potters Guild Christmas pottery sale is Dec. 6 ing movie night, “Flies, Film, and Foam” at Main Street Tap & starting at 10 a.m. at the pottery studio at the Kenai Fine Art Grill in Kenai on Dec. 12 from 6-8 p.m. Films are provided by Center, 816 Cook Ave. in Old Town Kenai. For more informa- the renowned fly fishing film experts at The Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T). The local KPTU chapter donated to a great cause, tion, call 776-4008. Casting for a Cure, in order to obtain these exciting fly fishing films, and is excited to share them with you! This is a free event Cardiac support group and seating will be first come-first serve. All ages are welcome to skip December meeting to attend. For more information on these events visit https://www.faThe Cardiac Support Group will not meet in December. The cebook.com/TroutUnlimitedKenaiPeninsulaChapter or e-mail: next meeting will be Jan. 4. kptroutunlimited@gmail.com.
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The MS Society meets on the second Thursday of each Peninsula Citizen Academy month. Its next meeting is from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Registration is open for the third Alaska State Troopers CitiHeritage Place in Soldotna. For more information call Terrie zen Academy offered in the Soldotna/Kenai area to promote Butcher at 907-756-1282 or Tim Reed at 907-252-0432. and enhance citizen understanding and awareness of the role of troopers within the community. After two successful sessions Caregiver Support Program in the Central Peninsula, the next will start on Jan. 13, 2015. The AST program is based on the Citizen Police Academy to discuss fall prevention (CPA) model used by police agencies throughout the country. Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program meet at CPAs are intended to open the lines of communication between the Sterling Senior Center, Tuesday from 1:00-2:15 p.m. The the community and their local police and help expand a police topic will be Fall Prevention. For more information, call Judy agency’s community-based efforts. AST’s Citizen Academy or Shelley at 262-1280. can also alleviate some misunderstanding by providing citizens a firsthand look at the statutes, regulations and policies that guide troopers in their daily duties. Christmas tree cutting open on Starting in January, the academy will meet 6-9 p.m. every the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday through March 31, 2015. There will be a few Saturday The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge announces that the field trips. Unless otherwise instructed, classes will be held at Refuge will open for Christmas tree cutting from Thanksgiving the Emergency Operations Center in Soldotna. Advance registration is required for the academy. Applicants Day through Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Trees are free for personal use with a limit of one per household. Trees may be taken must be at least 18 years old and reside in Alaska. Additionally, anywhere on the Refuge with hand tools, except within 150 participants must pass a background investigation including a feet of a road, lake, stream, trail, campground, or picnic area. criminal history check. Felony and some misdemeanor convicNo tree cutting is permitted in the Refuge Headquarters/Visitor tions will preclude participation in the AST Citizens Academy. Center area and along Ski Hill Road. The public is requested to Application deadline is Dec. 12. Applications can be picked up and dropped off at the Alaska trim the stumps as close to the ground as possible for aesthetic State Trooper posts located at 46333 Kalifornsky Beach Road reasons. For additional information, please contact the Kenai Na- or found on the AST Public Information Office website at tional Wildlife Refuge office during regular business hours at http://www.dps.alaska.gov/PIO/citizenacademy.aspx. For more information, contact Dane Gilmore at 907-262-4453. 907-262-7021.
Flu season arrives early in Alaska ANCHORAGE (AP) — Influenza has made an early appearance in Alaska, and state health officials are wondering if it’s an early peak or the kickoff to an especially bad season. Officials with the state Department of Health and Social Services through Thursday had identified 405 November flu
cases confirmed by a doctor’s visit and a lab test, the Alaska Dispatch News reported. That is “by far the highest number of confirmed flu cases we’ve seen in November in the past four years,” said Dr. Michael Cooper, program manager for the state’s infectious disease program, in a statement
Tuesday. There is no way to determine the actual number of cases because many Alaskans do not seek medical care. In three of the last four years, Alaska documented fewer than 100 cases of flu in November. The exception was 2012, when health officials counted more than 300. The flu season peaked in December the last two years with 450 confirmed cases in 2012 and 550 last year. The flu season in 2011 peaked in February with about 850 cases.
Donna Fearey, a nurse epidemiologist with the state Division of Public Health, said 2014 likely has not peaked. “We anticipate influenza activity will continue to increase in the weeks ahead,” she said. Health officials recommend that Alaskans get flu shots, wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs and stay home if they are sick. Children should be kept home from school until they have been free of fever for at least 24 hours. Five flu-related deaths were reported to the state last year.
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Much to be thankful for Thanksgiving: it’s a time to say thanks
for our families, our friends, the abundance of food that crowds our tables and the other blessings we enjoy. We slow down and enjoy each other’s company. We savor the flavors of recipes that likely have been in our families for generations. While we may indulge in too much turkey and pumpkin pie, at least our focus is on our abundance, not our lack. Tomorrow we’ll return to our normal routines, or maybe hit some of the Black Friday sales, or visit with Santa at Christmas Comes to Kenai. But today we say thanks for all that we have. As your community newspaper, the Clarion has much for which we are grateful, and it’s become our tradition to express those blessings to you on this day. Chief among the things for which we give thanks, of course, are the readers and advertisers who keep us in business. Without you, we would not exist. It takes an entire community to produce a newspaper. There are countless people who help us in the task, and we are grateful for their many and varied contributions. Among our blessings are our contributors, who share all sorts of things with our readers, from cooking tips to humor to views on the great outdoors. We’re grateful for the talented staff here at the Clarion, who, day in and day out, produce a newspaper six days a week. And there’s our delivery drivers, who refuse to let rain, snow, or dark of night keep them from their rounds. We’re fortunate to have fans, coaches and players spread throughout the Peninsula and the rest of Alaska, who help us keep track of all that’s going on in the world of sports. We’re thankful to have elected officials — and public employees — at all levels of government, who understand an informed community is in everyone’s best interest; law enforcement and emergency service agencies, who work with us to let you know what’s going on in your neighborhood — the good and bad; and employees throughout the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, and students and parents, who keep us well-informed about the happenings in our schools. Thanks also to those who call and email with tips — or complaints. Your calls are appreciated. They help us re-examine our idea of what “news” is and what readers want. Thanks also to those who write letters to the editor. You provide thousands of people with food for thought with your insights and sometimes spark controversy and, hopefully, a constructive discussion of the issue. Last, but certainly not least, on our list of blessings: We are grateful we live in a society where a free press exists. Not everyone will always like the message, but far better to disagree with ideas and information and the way they are presented than to never have the opportunity to read new ideas and others’ viewpoints. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who make the Clarion happen. On this Thanksgiving Day, we hope you have much for which to be grateful.
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We live in an age of miracles. Throughout all of human history, material progress essentially didn’t exist until around 1800. The economic trajectory was flat until the human lot began to improve in ways that would have been unimaginable in prior millennia. This change gave us the world as we know it. In her brilliant book on the transformation, “Bourgeois Dignity,” Deirdre McCloskey writes how the average person in the world subsisted on roughly $3 a day during humanity’s long economic stasis. Then, with the breakout, countries that experienced modern growth over the past couple of centuries saw their material wellbeing increase by at least a factor of 16 — a transformational leap ahead for nearly everyone living in those countries. “No previous episode of enrichment for the average person approaches it,” McCloskey writes, “not the China of the Song Dynasty or the Egypt of the New Kingdom, not the glory of Greece or the grandeur of Rome.” Thanksgiving is, in part, a festival of abundance, and despite the steep recession and grindingly mediocre recovery, we still are better situated to celebrate it than people in any other age or place. America has always been materially blessed, relative to other parts of the world. In the Colonial period, American men and women were already taller than their British counterparts, thanks to a better standard of living. “Americans achieved modern heights by the middle of the 18th
century,” according to economic historian Robert Fogel, and had already “reached levels of life expectancy not attained by the general population of England or even by the British peerage until the first quarter Rich Lowry of the 20th century.” Life was nonetheless still characterized by deprivations almost completely alien to us. A chapter in a book by Fogel is aptly titled, “The Persistence of Misery in Europe and America before 1900.” Across the 20th century, the routine misery lifted. Life expectancy increased by about 30 years — and is still increasing — and we witnessed the profusion of almost all of the things we now take for granted. Between 1900 and 2000, indoor toilets, telephones and automobiles in the U.S. went from rare to practically universal, according to the study “Century of Difference.” In 1920, about a quarter of Americans owned an automobile. Now, 57 percent of households own two or more cars. McCloskey catalogs the other indicators of progress. In 1875, people spent roughly three-quarters of their income on the basics of food, clothing and shelter. By the mid-1990s, the figure had shrunk to 13 percent. Meanwhile, spending on recreation doubled. (The author Gregg Easterbrook points out that in 2001, Americans spent a
greater amount on recreational watercraft than the gross domestic product of South Korea.) In 1910, about a quarter of houses in America had bedrooms accommodating more than three people. By 1989, it was only 1 percent of houses. Just a quarter of urban homes had running water in 1890, but by 1989 almost all of them did. The bounty of consumer comforts and goods has extended to poor households. In 2010, 80 percent of poor households had air conditioning; only about third of all Americans had it in 1970. Even poor households have televisions (96 percent), computers (58 percent), and washers and dryers (68 and 65 percent, respectively). None of this is to deny that material deprivation exists, or that countless Americans live in blighted and dangerous neighborhoods. What once were the hallmarks of middle-class life, though, are now widely diffused. The American public’s economic discontents are justified, with the job market not yet healed, with incomes stagnant, and with income mobility too limited. But the epoch of the nearly inevitable $3- aday livelihood is past. Compared to most of human history, when, in the words of Deirdre McCloskey, “illiteracy, disease, superstition, periodic starvation, and lack of prospects” were the norm, we live in the sunlit uplands. For that, we should be grateful. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
GOP wisdom shifts on immigration By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press
BOCA RATON, Fla. — The conventional wisdom in the Republican Party is changing. Less than two years ago, party leaders solemnly declared after an exhaustive study that the GOP “must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform.” It was critical for the party’s survival, they said, to address an issue that was paramount to the nation’s surging Hispanic population. But as President Obama issued a sweeping immigration order last week, some of the Republican Party’s most prominent governors — likely presidential candidates among them — described immigration reform as little more than an afterthought. “This issue is probably not in the top 10 of most voters in America,” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is considering a 2016 White House bid, said alongside nodding colleagues at the Republican Governors Association annual conference in Florida. Walker dismissed the Democratic president’s order that shields as many as five million immigrants from deportation as a trap designed to divert attention “from the real issues in this country.” The comments reflect a dramatic shift among some GOP leaders emboldened by this month’s midterm success just as the next presidential contest gets underway. Having claimed the Senate majority in the low-turnout November campaign, the sense of urgency that dominated Republican leadership after losing the White House in 2012 has all but disappeared. The evolution presents risks, however, for Republicans competing in a 2016 election that will draw a much larger and more diverse electorate — especially in a handful of swing states where the Hispanic population is quickly growing. The contrast between the parties has never been clearer. Prospective Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Obama’s order as an “historic step.” “Now,” she said in a tweet, “let’s turn to permanent bipartisan reform.” And as Hispanic leaders cheered the order, potential Republican presidential candidates threatened lawsuits and perhaps a government shutdown — but no immigration policy of their own. The Republican criticism has focused
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day, citing House Republicans’ resistance to an immigration bill approved by the Senate. Republican Hispanic leaders who opposed Obama’s plan predicted Republicans would struggle again in 2016 if they simply attack the executive order without offering their own solutions. The party needs to address the millions of immigrants in the country illegally instead of simply focusing on border security, said Alfonso Aguilar, who worked in the George W. Bush White House and now leads the American Principles Project’s Latino Partnership. “If Republicans focus all their efforts on trying to attack this order and don’t lead, and pass legislation, they’re just going to hurt themselves with Latino voters,” said Aguilar, who described the executive order as a “BandAid that doesn’t resolve the problem.” Republican House speaker John Boehner late last week vowed legislative action to counter the president’s plan, but did not offer details. The focus on immigration infuriated Republican governors gathered in Florida last week. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to disclose his own position on immigration as he repeatedly criticized the president’s order. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence called for an immediate court challenge. Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott was one of the few Republican leaders to emphasize the need to attract Hispanic voters. He suggested that his wife, who is Hispanic, helps demonstrate that Latino voters and Republicans have much in common. “Once we marry those two communities— the same way that I’ve been married to my wife for 33 years — we will have lasting Republican majorities, not just among governors, but across the United States of America for decades to come,” Abbott said.
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Hong Kong police arrest key protesters By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press
HONG KONG — Police arrested key student leaders as they cleared the most volatile of Hong Kong’s three prodemocracy protest camps on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the 2-month-old movement in the former British colony. On the second day of the operation, police in helmets swiftly removed metal barricades, tents, canopies and other obstructions in Mong Kok, a crowded, blue-collar neighborhood that has been the flash point of earlier clashes. Two other protest zones remain in place: a sprawling main camp next to government headquarters on the edge of the financial district and a smaller site in the Causeway Bay shopping district. Protesters scattered and traffic started flowing on Nathan Road after the clearance operation finished up by midafternoon. But large crowds returned to the area hours later, met by police preventing them
from trying to retake the street. Mong Kok has been home to a more raucous and aggressive group of protesters than at the two other sites. Previous efforts to clear the area have backfired, sending more people into the streets in the evening to confront police. Police spokesman Steve Hui said a total of 148 people were arrested, including 55 for contempt of court and obstructing officers carrying out the courtordered barricade removals over two days. In chaotic pepper spray-fueled clashes that ensued after Tuesday’s barricade removal, police arrested 93 more for resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly and possessing offensive weapons. Among those arrested Wednesday were protest leaders Joshua Wong, the 18-yearold head of the Scholarism group, and 21-year-old Lester Shum, deputy secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. The two groups have played important roles in organizing the protest movement.
“After the clearance operation we don’t have a leader,” said protester Ken Lee, 19, who quit his job at a restaurant in October after the protests erupted and spent his days in Mong Kok. “It all depends on what happens tonight, if the majority of the people want to reoccupy the area or go to another location.” The protesters are demanding that Hong Kong’s government scrap a plan mandated by China’s Communist leaders to use a panel of Beijing-friendly elites to screen candidates for the territory’s top leader in inaugural 2017 elections. The arrest of the popular student leaders could reinvigorate the protest movement, which has been losing steam as the Hong Kong government’s apparent strategy of waiting out the protesters left them with few options. Organizers estimated that as many as 200,000 people took to the semiautonomous Chinese city’s streets at the start of the protests, but numbers have since dwindled sharply, along with public support.
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Police officers stop the protesters blocking the road after police cleared barricades and tents in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Wednesday Nov. 26, 2014. Police arrested key student leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests on Wednesday as they cleared barricades in one volatile district, throwing into doubt the future of a 2-month-old movement seeking free elections in the former British colony.
Holiday travelers greeted by cheap gas, storms The Associated Press
Some holiday travelers are giving thanks for the cheapest gas prices in years. But that’s cold comfort to those beating a path through stormy weather, including a nor’easter affecting a wide swath of the East Coast. Alas, the yearly Thanksgiving trek, be it across the country or across town, may be a mixed bag of the usual travel headaches with a little extra pocket money as a consolation prize. A snapshot of what it’s like out there:
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No nor’easter was going to keep the Beardslees from making the 600-mile pilgrimage from home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to a family gathering in Chatham, New Jersey — especially given that Bill Beardslee’s 94-year-old great-aunt Bo was going to be there. “The whole trip is about Aunt Bo,” said Bill’s wife, Stacy, during a Dunkin’ Donuts stop along Interstate 81 in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Wednesday, their second day on the road. They did hit some snow later, but it was no match for the Chevrolet Suburban they rented. Lower gas prices were one reason they decided to ride in style in a rental that Stacy affectionately called a “big, honkin’ car.” That left plenty of room for the ski pants, hats and gloves they packed as part of their winter survival kit. -David Dishneau in Hagerstown
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their two young children were in Anchorage, Alaska, heading home to Scammon Bay, a remote Yup’ik Eskimo community of fewer than 500 people on Alaska’s western coast. Back in Scammon Bay, the family will have two Thanksgiving feasts — first with Alice’s parents, then with Larson’s mother. Along with turkey and the usual fixings, they will have akutaq, or Eskimo ice cream, which usually includes berries, sugar and sometimes fish. Larson’s mother will also prepare other native food. “Moose is typical,” Larson said. “If we’re lucky, snow goose,” Alice said. -Rachel D’oro in Anchorage
Running the gauntlet A nor’easter on the East Coast, an Alberta clipper in the Dakotas and a winter storm warning for parts of Minnesota. That’s plenty of travel chaos right there, yet some, like Anya Verriden, her husband and their two young boys, made it through. The family from Milwaukee caught a flight from
Chicago to Albany, New York, where they waited for their baggage in a surprisingly uncrowded airport. They moved their flight up and planned to rent a car for the rest of their snowy journey to Northampton, Massachusetts. “It looked like the snow was going to get really bad in the afternoon,” Verriden said. “... We’re already seeing that flights are getting canceled and delayed, so it looks like we made the right choice.”
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Rain, snow and ... thundersnow?! Angela Marcantonini says the long, steady rumble of thunder accompanying a heavy snow is one of the strangest things she’s ever heard. Marcantonini was getting ready to drive from Blue Bell, a Philadelphia suburb, to the Pocono Mountains for the holiday. “It caught me off guard. I
waukee to Chicago, not because she was worried about the crowds or the weather, but because she wanted to hear the piano players in the waiting area. The 76-year-old bopped her head as a musician played the “Peanuts” theme song. “I always wanted to play piano,” she said. “It’s nice to hear it. It’s relaxing also.” Mood music -Carrie Antlfinger in MilAnna Ortiz was three hours waukee early for her flight from Mildidn’t really think it was thunder at first,” she said, describing it as a sustained boom, followed by two short bursts. The National Weather Service had multiple reports of thundersnow near Philadelphia between 11 a.m. and noon. -Michael Sisak in Philadelphia
Health insurance sign-ups coming to shopping malls By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO — The Obama administration will promote health insurance coverage at shopping malls starting on Black Friday and continuing through the busiest shopping days of the holiday season, officials announced Wednesday. They said more than 462,000 people selected a private insurance plan in the first week of 2015 enrollment through the online marketplace HealthCare.gov.
The government’s enrollment push with Westfield Shopping Centers will involve setting up outreach tables at malls in Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Washington state. Separately, the California insurance marketplace, Covered California, will work with Westfield malls in that state. The administration released what it called a snapshot of signups for the first week of the enrollment period, which started Nov. 15. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary
Sylvia Burwell said 462,125 people chose a health plan in the 37 states using the federal website. Of those, 48 percent are new customers, including enrollees in Oregon and Nevada, which turned over their troubled insurance markets to the federal government. The figures don’t include states running their own insurance markets. The numbers represent only the choice of a plan, and not whether consumers paid their first month’s premium — a requirement for coverage to start.
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Immigrants Social Security eligible in plan By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama’s new executive actions would be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits upon reaching retirement age, according to the White House. Under Obama’s actions, immigrants who are spared deportation could obtain work permits and a Social Security number. As a result, they would pay into the Social Security system through payroll taxes. No such “lawfully present” immigrant, however, would be immediately entitled to the benefits because like all Social Security and Medicare recipients they would have to work 10 years to become eligible for retirement payments and health care. To remain qualified, either Congress or future administrations would have to extend Obama’s actions so that those immigrants would still be considered lawfully present in the country. None of the immigrants who would be spared deportation under Obama’s executive actions would be able to receive federal assistance such as welfare or food stamps, or other incomebased aid. They also would not be eligible to purchase health insurance in federal exchanges set up by the new health care law and they would not be able to apply for tax credits that would lower the cost of their health insurance.
‘They were specifically carved out of that, which is deeply unfortunate because it cuts directly against the spirit of the health care law. They should have had the opportunity to buy health insurance just like anybody else.’ — Avideh Moussavian, attorney, National Immigration Law Center. The issue of benefits for immigrants who are illegally in the United States is a particularly sensitive one for the Obama administration. As a result, the White House has made it clear that none of the nearly 5 million immigrants affected by Obama’s actions would be eligible for federal assistance. The decision to deny them access to health care exchanges and tax credits has especially disappointed immigrant advocates. “They were specifically carved out of that, which is deeply unfortunate because it cuts directly against the spirit” of the health care law, said Avideh Moussavian, an attorney at the National Immigration Law Center. “They should have had the opportunity to buy health insurance just like anybody else.” Less clear until now was their eligibility for retirement benefits for which they would have paid into through payroll taxes. Describing the administration’s position, one official said
Wednesday that any immigrant considered lawfully present and holding a Social Security number would be entitled to Social Security and Medicare upon retirement because they would have paid into the system. Stephen Miller, a spokesman for Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, a leading Republican opponent of Obama’s executive actions, said making immigrants illegally in the U.S. eligible for Social Security and Medicare “is an attack on working families.” “The amnestied illegal immigrants are largely older, lower-wage and lower-skilled and will draw billions more in benefits than they will pay in,” he said. Beneficiaries would have to be of retirement age and have worked for at least 10 years. Immigrants would also be eligible for survivor benefits if the deceased worker had worked for 10 years. For disability insurance, they would have to work for 5-20 years. A report by the White House Council of Economic Advis-
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Edith Cuautle, right, who has been living in the country illegally, and her daughter, Karen, 8, who was born in the United States, joined dozens of others who are here illegally, as well as activists and supporters to celebrate President Barack Obama’s executive action on illegal immigration, at a at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday. Under the presidents plan Cuautle is eligible for protected status because her daughter was born in the U.S.
ers this week concluded that Obama’s executive actions would expand the U.S. tax base because about two-thirds of immigrants illegally working in the United States don’t pay taxes. But many immigrants currently working illegally still pay into the Social Security system because they have obtained an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Moussavian said the number has declined because the Internal
Revenue Service has made it harder to apply for the identification number. The Social Security Administration estimates that out of about 11 immigrants who either entered the U.S. illegally or have overstayed their visas slightly more than 3 million paid payroll taxes of about $6.5 billion in 2010, with their employers contributing another $6.5 billion. Those payments would not qualify toward the 10 year
requirement needed to be eligible for benefits, the administration official said. The official was not authorized to describe the policy by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity. “It’s one of many reasons why they would want to come forward,” Moussavian said. “Many immigrants have contributed enormously through payroll taxes and income taxes and they go to programs that they can’t currently access.”
Killings surge in Mexico state at tip of Baja California Sur By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, and KATHERINE CORCORAN Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — The normally bucolic, vacationercrowded state at the tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula has become a battleground, with dozens of killings in a power struggle following the capture of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman nearly a year ago. The bloodshed has been concentrated in La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur state. In the latest killings, two men bound, gagged and showing signs of torture were dumped onto streets in exclusive neighborhoods Sunday and another person was found shot to death Tuesday. The local newspaper El Sudcaliforniano, which puts the mounting death toll in each headline on stories about violence, has reported 46 homicides in and around the city so far this year. That doesn’t include the apparent shooting victim on a La Paz sidewalk Tuesday. Federal statistics through October counted 48 killings for the entire state. Baja California Sur is better known for its beaches and
Los Cabos resorts that draw thousands of American tourists. But since last year it has experienced a level of drug violence it had previously been spared. Many of the cases have been gangland style killings, victims bound, shot, strangled or burned inside a car. Mexican authorities say it is the result of a battle for control of the drug trade since Guzman’s February arrest and several other highprofile takedowns in the past year of leadership in Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa Cartel. A law enforcement official, who could not be quoted by name because of security reasons, told The Associated Press in October that criminal factions were competing for power. “It appears they’re still working out how all this is going to fit together,” he said. It is not clear why the war among factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, named for the Pacific coast state where it was founded, had jumped the Gulf of California to Baja California Sur. But the cartel long battled the once-powerful Arellano Felix gang for control of drug routes on the Baja peninsula into the U.S. and is largely considered to have taken over the terri-
‘It appears they’re still working out how all this is going to fit together.’ — law enforcement official, who could not be quoted by name because of security reasons tory. Some of Sinaloa’s biggest marijuana growing and warehousing operations have been found in Baja California Norte state close to the U.S. border, under which the cartel has built elaborate underground tunnels for smuggling. The law enforcement official said a new generation was stepping forward that included the sons of Guzman and Sinaloa boss Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. Earlier this month, Mexican authorities arrested one of Zambada’s sons, Ismael Zambada
Imperial, alias “El Mayito Gordo,” in Sinaloa state. Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa, a top enforcer for the Sinaloa cartel nicknamed “El Chino Antrax,” was arrested in the Netherlands in December and extradited to the U.S. Just days earlier, Mexican security forces may have killed another top Sinaloa cartel lieutenant, Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, alias “Macho Prieto,” during a gunbattle. Inzunza’s body was not found at the scene, but federal officials said they believed he had been shot and carried by
fleeing gunmen, as cartel gunmen sometimes do with fallen gang members or leaders. The surge in killings from the drug infighting has been surprising for a state that is still managing to attract foreign tourists. Its past tranquility even drew drug capos themselves. In 2012, federal police just missed nabbing Guzman in a coastal mansion in Los Cabos. In 2010, federal police arrested Teodoro Garcia Simental, a high-ranking member of the Tijuana cartel known as “El Teo,” in his home in La Paz. Last year, Francisco Ra-
fael Arellano Felix, the eldest brother of the that drug clan, was shot to death in Los Cabos by a gunman dressed as a clown and in 2006, another brother, Francisco Javier, was captured by the U.S. Coast Guard in a fishing boat in international waters off the Baja coast. According to statistics from Mexico’s government, the entire state had 56 killings in 2013, its highest total in 16 years. The state is on pace to exceed that total this year. Just in October, 13 people were slain, the highest single month total since December 1997.
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Around the World Obama to take executive action to pardon Thanksgiving turkeys WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has issued an executive action that some of his Republican opponents may be hard-pressed to disagree with — sparing Thanksgiving turkeys from the dinner table. In the spirit of the holiday, Obama on Wednesday took “action fully within my legal authority, the same kind of action taken by Democrats and Republican presidents before me,” to pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey, a 49-pound bird named Cheese. He also spared an alternate turkey, a 47-pounder named Mac. Both came from Cooper Farms in Oakwood, Ohio. “If you’re a turkey, and you’re named after a side dish, your chances of escaping Thanksgiving dinner are pretty low,” Obama said at the annual event, which drew international media coverage. He was accompanied by his daughters, Malia and Sasha, who declined his invitation to pet the birds. “No,” Malia said. The ceremony was moved indoors because of cold, wet weather that blanketed Washington. “So these guys are well ahead of the curve. They really beat the odds,” he said of Mac and Cheese.
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg, 81, has heart stent inserted; talk of retirement WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a heart stent implanted on Wednesday, reviving talk about how long the 81-year-old liberal jurist will be staying on the court. Ginsburg was expected back at work on Monday, but her hospitalization — just three weeks after elections handed Republicans control of the Senate — raised anew the question whether President Barack Obama would be able to appoint a like-minded replacement. The situation “sends many, particularly on the left of the political spectrum, into a tizzy,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. Ginsburg’s procedure came after a blockage was discovered in her right coronary artery, said court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg. The justice was taken to the hospital by ambulance at about 10 p.m. Tuesday after she “experienced discomfort” during routine exercise at the court with her personal trainer, Arberg said. The justice was expected to leave the hospital within 48 hours. “She expects to be on the bench on Monday” when the court next hears oral arguments, Arberg said.
Schools and businesses also closed in some areas; state offices let workers go home early Ferguson case, moment by moment: A morning shaped by chance and choices set a path to tragedy The two friends’ morning intersected by chance in the parking lot of the Canfield Green apartment complex. Dorian Johnson had been up since 7 a.m. on this overcast August Saturday and after getting dressed, he was ready for a smoke — on any other morning a carefree ritual for easing into his day’s routine in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Heading out in search of a cigarillo to roll some marijuana, Johnson spotted 18-year-old Michael Brown on the walkway threading the cluster of three-story brick buildings. “Big Mike” had just finished helping a woman get her children into a car. Now the two men, who’d met just a few months earlier, fell into easy conversation. “When I told him I was going to get cigarillos, he was like ‘I need one, too. Let’s walk to the store,’” Johnson recalled. It was the most mundane of decisions, of seemingly little consequence. But in that moment, Brown set off down a path that by a few minutes past noon would lead to his death in a burst of police gunfire, and a conflagration that upended his community and challenged many Americans’ conceptions of justice. — The Associated Press
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press
IERAPETRA, Greece — Local authorities and Red Cross volunteers on Crete were racing Wednesday to prepare shelter and food for hundreds of immigrants on a crippled freighter being slowly towed to safety by a Greek navy frigate, a rescue effort hampered by gale-force winds and high waves. A day after it suffered engine failure in international waters, the 77-meter (250foot) Baris cargo ship carrying some 700 men, women and children trying to enter Europe clandestinely — one of the largest boatloads of the kind in recent years — was being towed at a speed of about three knots (3.4 miles per hour). By midday Wednesday it had covered about a third of the way, and was expected to arrive well after nightfall at the port town of Ierapetra in southern Crete. The coast guard said initial indications suggested passengers included Syrians and Afghans heading for Italy. It was unclear where the Kiribatiflagged ship had set sail from, or when. About 80 percent of immigrants arriving by sea at Greece’s eastern Aegean Sea islands are Syrians fleeing the country’s civil war, according to the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian organization’s Greek branch. Tens of thousands of people risk the hazardous journey ev-
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In this photo released by Greek Navy on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, the 77-meter-long (250-foot) Baris cargo ship carrying some 700 people is seen about 30 nautical miles southeast of the Greek island of Crete. Ships from Greece rushed to help after a crippled freighter crammed with hundreds of migrants floundered for hours Tuesday in gale-force winds and high waves in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said.
ery year, paying smuggling gangs to carry them over in usually unseaworthy craft ranging from toy dinghies to aging rust-buckets. Most end up in Italy. According to Amnesty International data, since the start of 2014 more than 2,500 people have drowned or gone missing — about 1.7 percent of the estimated 150,000 who made it across. Ierapetra local authorities and volunteer groups were preparing an indoor basketball stadium to provide temporary shelter for the migrants, and
were collecting food, blankets, mattresses and toiletries. “Our main concern is to offer them preliminary care, to register them and to find, as soon as possible, somewhere for them to stay under the best conditions possible,” said Red Cross volunteer organizer Nikos Nestorakis. The Baris lost engine power Tuesday about 30 nautical miles off the southeastern tip of Crete. Greek officials said Wednesday there were no reports of severe health problems or food and water shortages on board.
A pregnant woman was airlifted by helicopter to an island hospital. Once near the Cretan coast, the vessel was expected to anchor offshore but it was unclear if the migrants would be immediately ferried to land. Just days before the freighter ran into trouble, 228 Syrian refugees heading for Italy were rescued from a crippled ship off Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. EU regulations stipulate that refugees seeking asylum must apply in the first EU country they arrive at.
Ferguson residents clean up, hope for calm night By TOM FOREMAN JR. and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press
FERGUSON, Mo. — Business owners and residents boarded up windows and cleared away debris Wednesday as Ferguson sought a tentative return to normal after two nights of unrest over the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case. Protesters continued to hold scattered demonstrations, including a group that rushed into St. Louis City Hall screaming “Shame, shame.” Police locked down the building and called in more than a hundred extra officers. Three people were arrested. About 200 demonstrators marched through downtown St. Louis and held a mock trial of Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed the unarmed Brown, who was black, during an Aug. 9 struggle.
Meanwhile in Ferguson, many residents hoped that the relative calm of the daylight hours would last through the night and into the Thanksgiving holiday. About a dozen people painted over boarded-up windows on businesses in the St. Louis suburb’s historic downtown, where National Guardsmen were stationed every few feet and some looked down from rooftops. “This is my Ferguson, you know?” said Kari Hobbs, 28, as she watched 17-year-old Molly Rogers paint “Love Will Win” in bright pink on a board that covered a smashed window at Cathy’s Kitchen, a restaurant not far from the Ferguson Police Department.
The footage people see on the news “is such a small bit of what’s happening here,” Hobbs said. “There’s so much donation and charity going on with the businesses that have been affected and the people that have been affected.” There were no seats inside Cathy’s Kitchen on Wednesday, and a line had formed at the back of the building. As a light snow fell, a diverse mix of residents, business people with the day off and journalists covering the protests enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiving lunch. Jerome Jenkins, who runs the restaurant with his wife, Cathy, said he never considered closing his doors. “It really wasn’t about won-
dering if the building would get torched or not,” Jenkins said. “Me and my wife, we expected it to get damaged ... we decided to go home, and we would live with whatever fate would give us.” He said it was protesters who helped spare his business during Monday night’s chaos, when a dozen commercial buildings were burned to the ground. “The criminals, the looters, whatever you want to call them: They’re not protesters. They wanted to vandalize the place,” Jenkins said. “And the protesters locked arms together, and they surrounded our place and ... told them, ‘No, you’re not going to touch this place.’”
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Brown Bears tender Kenai’s Hanson By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
Ross Hanson is now one step closer to coming home. Hanson, a sophomore in high school, signed a tender with the Kenai River Brown Bears on Wednesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. As a freshman, Hanson played with Kenai Central, but this season he is playing with the Pikes Peak Miners 16U National AAA team in Colorado.
Hanson, the son of Chris and Michael Hanson of Kenai, leads his squad with five goals and nine points, and is tied for the team lead with four assists. “I would rather be playing around here, but this is what’s best for me,” said Hanson, who is home for Thanksgiving break. A tender does not guarantee Hanson will be pulling on a Brown Bears sweater next season. It gives the Bears exclusive North American Hockey League rights to Hanson, meaning nobody else can draft him.
“I still have to work harder to develop my game,” Hanson said. “I have to get bigger if I am going to play with the older guys. “I think I should be able to hold my own.” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said Hanson has been on the team’s radar due to being a local player, and due to his performance at main camp before this season. “What we really like about him is he skates extremely well,” Beauparlant said. “The big rink suits his style of game. He also thinks the game very
well.” Part of the reason for having junior hockey on the Peninsula is that local players don’t have to leave the state at an early age to pursue a Division I scholarship. Beauparlant said being a local player is an advantage, but it guarantees nothing. “He’s going to have to work to improve strength and continue to develop as an all-around player,” the coach said. “He also has to develop more of a scoring touch.” Should Hanson make the team with a 1998 birthdate, he would be young
but not terribly so. This season, the Bears have three on the roster with 1997 birthdates — Tanner Schachle and Colton Fletcher of Wasilla and Jack Nickels of Carol Stream, Illinois. “We always like to have a good mix,” Beauparlant said. “We typically expect about 50 percent roster turnover. We’ll definitely have room for a ’98 or two.” The Bears also tendered goaltender Nick Nast, a 1997 birthdate from California, this week. Nast also was at the Bears’ main camp.
Wings’ Datsyuk stars in return By The Associated Press
DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk scored twice in his return from an injury to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Datsyuk, who had missed Detroit’s last four games with a sore groin, sent a slap shot over Steve Mason’s shoulder in the second period to give the Red Wings their third goal. Mason was then pulled after making 11 saves. ISLANDERS 3, CAPITALS 2, OT UNIONDALE, N.Y. — John Tavares scored a power-play goal late in overtime to lift New York over Washington. The goal, the ninth of the season for Tavares, came at 4:36 and was assisted by Ryan Strome and Johnny Boychuk.
BLACKHAWKS 3, AVALANCHE 2
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Butler’s Kellen Dunham (24) and North Carolina’s J.P. Tokoto (13) hustle for the ball during their game in the Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas, Wednesday.
Butler upsets No. 5 Tar Heels By The Associated Press
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Alex Barlow and Kelan Martin each scored 17 points and Butler hung on to upset No. 5 North Carolina 74-66 on Wednesday in the opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Roosevelt Jones added 12 points for the Bulldogs (4-0), who topped the Tar Heels in an early season tournament for the second time in two meetings. Butler beat North Carolina at the Maui Invitational in 2012, blowing the game open in the first half of that meeting. A 16-4 run over a 5 1/2-minute second-half stretch was the key for Butler this time, turning a 43-41 lead into a 5945 cushion. Marcus Paige scored 18 points for North Carolina (3-1), which allowed 29 offensive rebounds — matching the most by the Tar Heels under coach Roy Williams. Brice Johnson added 11 and Kennedy Meeks blocked five shots. Butler will face Oklahoma in the semifinals. North Carolina will play UCLA in the consolation round.
mas — Frank Kaminsky had 16 points and eight rebounds, Duje Dukan scored 11 points and Wisconsin had no trouble beating Alabama-Birmingham in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Josh Gasser added 10 points to help the Badgers (5-0) win their 21st straight regular-season nonconference game. Wisconsin will play Georgetown in the semifinals. Wisconsin held UAB to 35 percent shooting, and is now giving up 46.6 points per game this season. Robert Brown scored 16 points for UAB (2-3), which never led. Brown scored UAB’s first 11 points and was the only Blazer to record a field goal in the first 19:59.
GEORGETOWN 66, NO. 18 FLORIDA 65, OT
their 33rd straight regular-season nonconference game. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson gave Arizona his usual exuberant boost and scored 14 points, while the Wildcats closed in around San Diego State defensively in the second half to add to the Maui title they won in 2000. Trey Kell had a four-point play with 17 seconds to go and Winston Shepard hit a 3 with less than a second left, but it wasn’t enough for the Aztecs. Kell and Shepard had 14 points each to lead San Diego State.
with 12 minutes remaining.
NO. 10 GONZAGA 88, GEORGIA 76
NEW YORK — Kyle Wiltjer scored a career-high 32 points and Gonzaga beat Georgia in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals. Kevin Pangos added 22 points, six assists and three steals for Gonzaga (5-0). The Bulldogs will play St. John’s in the championship game Friday night. St. John’s beat Minnesota 70-61 in the first semifinal. Charles Mann led Georgia (32) with 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists, NO. 4 DUKE 93, Wiltjer scored 16 of his 32 FURMAN 54 points in the first half to help DURHAM, N.C. — Fresh- Gonzaga take a 46-33 lead. man Jahlil Okafor had a seasonhigh 24 points and Duke routed NO. 16 OHIO ST. 91, Furman. CAMPBELL 64 Okafor finished 12 of 14 and has missed only five shots in COLUMBUS, Ohio — Marc three games at Cameron Indoor Loving scored a career-high 18 Stadium. points and Ohio State again shot Amile Jefferson added 16 well from the field in beating points and 12 rebounds for the Campbell in Buckeye Classic. Blue Devils (6-0). They had litD’Angelo Russell led the tle trouble remaining unbeaten, Buckeyes (4-0) with 22 points, shooting 58 percent while hold- Shannon Scott and Sam Thomping the Paladins to 34 percent son each had 11, and Amir Wilfrom the floor. liams, back after missing a game Kendrec Ferrara had 13 points with a sore knee, had 10. Wiland Stephen Croone added 12 for liams had a perfect night, makFurman (1-3). ing all three of his shots from the field and all four free throws. Quinton Ryan had 17 points NO. 6 LOUISVILLE 45, CLEVELAND STATE 33 and D.J. Mason 10 for the Fighting Camels (1-3).
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera made a jumper with 3.4 seconds left in overtime to give Georgetown a victory over Florida in the Battle 4 Atlantis. It was the 21st and final lead change of the night, and sent the Hoyas (4-0) into the semifinals. Kasey Hill’s three-point play with 11.5 seconds left put the Gators (2-2) up by one, but SmithRivera connected from near the top of the key for what became the gamewinner. Smith-Rivera led all scorers OKLAHOMA 75, with 17 points. Paul White and NO. 22 UCLA 65 Jabril Trawick each added 10 for Georgetown. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — MonPARADISE ISLAND, BahaDorian Finney-Smith scored trezl Harrell had 15 points and mas — Bahamas native Buddy 16 points for Florida. 13 rebounds and Louisville beat Hield scored 24 points, Frank Cleveland State for coach Rick Booker added 11 and Oklahoma NO. 3 ARIZONA 61, NO. Pitino’s 700th college victory. beat UCLA in the Battle 4 AtlanOne of five active Hall of 15 SAN DIEGO ST. 59 tis. Fame coaches and among four Hield was born in Freeport LAHAINA, Hawaii — Stanand lived there until moving to ley Johnson had 18 points and in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Pitino is 700-245 overall and Kansas as a high school junior. nine rebounds, helping Arizona 346-117 in 14 seasons with the Jordan Woodard added 10 gut out a victory over San DiCardinals. points for the Sooners (3-1). ego State for its second Maui Chris Jones added 11 points, Bryce Alford scored 19 points Invitational title. and freshman Chinanu Onuaku for UCLA (4-1). Kevon Looney Arizona (6-0) survived a finished with 16 points and 15 stiff semifinal challenge against blocked seven shots for the Carrebounds, his fourth consecutive Kansas State and faced a bigger dinals (5-0), who needed a lot of defense to put away the deterdouble-double for the Bruins. one against the athletic Aztecs mined Vikings two nights after (5-1). beating Savannah State by 61 The Wildcats traded blows in points. Cold shooting and missed NO. 2 WISCONSIN 72, this heavyweight bout in para- free throws by Louisville allowed UAB 43 dise, coming up with the big Cleveland State (2-3) to stay close PARADISE ISLAND, Baha- plays down the stretch to win throughout and trail just 33-29
NO. 21 WEST VIRGINIA 103, VMI 72 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Freshman reserve Jevon Carter scored 28 points and West Virginia forced a school-record 36 turnovers in a win over VMI. West Virginia (6-0) also tied a school record with 26 steals. The Mountaineers are off to their best start since going 11-0 in 200910 when they reached the Final Four. It marked the highest-scoring game for the Mountaineers since a 110-44 win over Maryland Eastern Shore in 2007. Juwan Staten added 17 points. QJ Peterson had 13 points for the Keydets (2-3).
DENVER — Bryan Bickell scored late in the third period and Chicago overcame strong goaltending from Calvin Pickard to beat Colorado. Corey Crawford made 27 saves, and Jonathan Toews and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Blackhawks. Patrick Kane had three assists.
Mike Richards, Tyler Toffoli and Justin Williams also scored for the Kings, who won on the road for just the second time this season.
LIGHTNING 4, RANGERS 3 TAMPA, Fla. — Ryan Callahan scored twice against his former team for the second time in 10 days to lead Tampa Bay over New York. Former Lightning captain Martin St. Louis played in Tampa for the first time since requesting a trade and being dealt to the Rangers for Callahan last March in a rare swap of captains.
PENGUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 PITTSBURGH — Blake Comeau completed his second career hat trick with a slap shot past Jonathan Bernier 2:07 into overtime to lift the Penguins. Comeau settled a pass from Kris Letang and fired a shot from the point for his third goal of the night and eighth of the season. Evgeni Malkin added a goal and two assists, and Sidney Crosby had two assists to become the third player C in Penguins history to reach 800 Y points.
PANTHERS 1, HURRICANES 0
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bryan Little and Michael Frolik scored to lead Winnipeg to its second road win in two nights. Chris Stewart had the goal for Buffalo, which had won a seasonbest three straight.
SUNRISE, Fla. — Nick Bjugstad scored 21 seconds into the game, and Florida edged Carolina despite an injury to Roberto Luongo. The veteran goalie made 11 saves before leaving with 9:38 left in the second period with an upper-body injury. Luongo was replaced by Al Montoya, who stopped 22 shots in his sixth appearance of the season.
KINGS 4, WILD 0
FLAMES 2, SHARKS 0
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Dustin Brown’s goal and assist helped spark a four-goal first period, and Martin Jones earned his fifth career shutout.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Karri Ramo made 32 saves for his third career shutout and Jiri Hudler scored both goals to lead the Flames over San Jose.
JETS 2, SABRES 1
Redskins bench scuffling Griffin III By The Associated Press
ASHBURN, Va. — Robert Griffin III mingled in the locker room and made small talk about shoes and food. No sense talking about football, not when a player who once could do no wrong has been benched for the second time in two years. The Redskins will start Colt McCoy over Griffin on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts, the latest development in a stunning tailspin for the 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. First-year coach Jay Gruden said McCoy will be given “every opportunity” to hold the job for the final five games of the season. “We’re searching for answers on offense,” Gruden said. “And it starts at the quarterback position, quite frankly.” Now it’s a question as to whether RG3 is done for good in Washington, and whether he’ll develop the skills necessary to succeed as a pocketpasser in the NFL. The Redskins (3-8) are 0-3 since he returned from an ankle injury and have scored only one touchdown in each of the past two games. The former No. 2 overall draft pick seemed poised to
revolutionize the quarterback position with his arm and legs when he led Washington to the playoffs two years ago, but he is 4-14 as a starter since the start of the 2013 season and has struggled to adjust his game. “We just want him to take a step back, work on his craft a little bit more, study the game a little bit more,” Gruden said. Texans QB Fitzpatrick gets another chance HOUSTON — Ryan Fitzpatrick is getting a second chance to be Houston’s quarterback on Sunday at Tennessee with Ryan Mallett out for the season with a chest injury. “There’s a lot of times you don’t have that opportunity,” Fitzpatrick said. “Something was taken away from me and I didn’t know if I’d get a chance to go out there and play again. So (there’s a) renewed sense of excitement and energy.” Coach Bill O’Brien said Mallett has a chest injury and that they weren’t sure if he would need surgery when the Texans placed him on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday. Fitzpatrick started the first nine games before being benched during the bye week in favor of Mallett.
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Spurs get victory without Popovich By The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili had 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs won without coach Gregg Popovich, rallying for a 106-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. Popovich missed the game after undergoing what the team is calling a minor medical procedure. Assistant Ettore Messina took over, becoming the first European-born coach to run an NBA team in the regular season.
zan scored 27 points, Lou Williams added 22 and Toronto earned its sixth consecutive victory. The Eastern Conference-leading Raptors had their highest point total of the season. They have won 11 of 12 to match the best stretch in the franchise’s 20-year history, also accomplished from March 22-April 14, 2002.
GRIZZLIES 99, LAKERS 93
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 29 points, Kevin Love added 21 and Cleveland exacted a little revenge on Washington. Five days after they were embarrassed in a 91-78 loss to Washington, the Cavs controlled this one from the start and got back to .500.
LOS ANGELES — Marc Gasol had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Mike Conley added 19 points and Memphis earned its seventh victory in eight games. Zach Randolph scored 16 points for the Grizzlies, who improved to 13-2 and kept pace with Toronto atop the overall NBA standings. But Western Conference-leading Memphis barely survived a strong effort from the 15th-place Lakers, who kept it close throughout a tense fourth quarter.
NETS 99, 76ERS 91
ROCKETS 102, KINGS 89
PHILADELPHIA — Alan Anderson scored 10 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter, and the Nets extended the 76ers’ season-opening skid to 15 games — matching a franchise record. Philadelphia rallied from a 20-point deficit in the first half to the lead early in the fourth quarter, but Anderson and Mirza Teletovic led the way for Brooklyn in the final period. Teletovic had six of his nine points in the fourth.
HOUSTON — James Harden scored 26 points to power Houston to its third straight win. Harden was 10 for 31 in one of his worst shooting performances of the season, but also had eight assists and seven rebounds.
CAVALIERS 113, WIZARDS 87
WARRIORS 111, MAGIC 96 ORLANDO, Fla. — Stephen Curry had 28 points, including six 3-pointers, and Golden State rolled to its seventh consecutive win. Curry rested in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s third consecutive win over the Magic. The Warriors led by as many as 27 in the second half.
MAVERICKS 109, KNICKS 102, OT
DALLAS — Tyson Chandler set season highs with 17 points and 25 rebounds against his former team, helping the Mavericks to an overtime victory against the Knicks, who were missing CarM melo Anthony. J.R. Smith, starting with Anthony sidelined by back K spasms, was 1 of 10 from the field entering the fourth quarter. But he made a tying jumper with 0.9 seconds left in regulation.
TRAIL BLAZERS 105, HORNETS 97 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wesley Matthews scored a season-high 28 points, and the Trail Blazers defeated the Hornets for their ninth consecutive victory. Matthews was 10 of 15 from the field and 6 of 9 from 3-point range as Portland (12-3) improved to 7-0 against Eastern Conference teams.
THUNDER 97, JAZZ 82 OKLAHOMA CITY — Reggie Jackson scored 22 points, and the Thunder snapped a six-game skid. Jeremy Lamb scored 21 points and Serge Ibaka added 20 for the Thunder, who shot 48 percent.
SUNS 120, NUGGETS 112 PHOENIX — Gerald Green scored 24 points for Phoenix, and Eric Bledsoe had 21 points and 10 assists. Green made 6 of 11 3-pointers, and the Suns won for the fifth time in six games. Goran Dragic added 20 points for Phoenix, which ended Denver’s fivegame winning streak.
BUCKS 103, TIMBERWOLVES 86 MINNEAPOLIS — Larry Sanders had 15 points, seven rebounds and five blocks to help the Bucks to a victory at the Timberwolves. Brandon Knight scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter for the Bucks (9-7), who have won five of their last seven games in a spirited start under new coach Jason Kidd. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Jabari Parker added 11 points and seven boards.
CLIPPERS 104, PISTONS 98
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Jamal Crawford scored 25 points and Chris Paul had 23, leading the Clippers to the road win. Blake Griffin added 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Los Angeles, which outscored Detroit 32-25 in the final period. RAPTORS 126, HAWKS 115 Crawford, one of the NBA’s top reserves, and Paul combined for 31 ATLANTA — DeMar DeRo- points in the second half.
Cricket player dies SYDNEY — Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday, two days after being struck on the head by a cricket ball during a domestic first-class match. He was 25. Australia captain Michael Clarke read a brief statement on behalf of Hughes’ parents, brother and sister at a packed
news conference at St. Vincent’s Hospital that was broadcast live around Australia. “We’re devastated by the loss of our much-loved son and brother Phillip. Cricket was Phillip’s life, and we as a family shared that love of the game with him .... We love you,” Clarke read, holding back tears before leaving the room.
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Scoreboard Football NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets South Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville North Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland West Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland
W 9 6 6 2
L 2 5 5 9
T Pct 0 .818 0 .545 0 .545 0 .182
PF 357 285 238 177
PA 227 219 207 303
7 4 5 6 2 9 1 10
0 .636 0 .455 0 .182 0 .091
333 242 192 161
256 226 293 305
7 7 7 7
3 4 4 4
1 .682 0 .636 0 .636 0 .636
246 295 288 242
234 208 263 219
8 3 7 4 7 4 1 10
0 .727 0 .636 0 .636 0 .091
332 261 245 176
260 195 216 285
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Philadelphia 8 3 0 .727 342 275 Dallas 8 3 0 .727 292 240 N.Y. Giants 3 8 0 .273 233 294 Washington 3 8 0 .273 217 273 South Atlanta 4 7 0 .364 262 281 New Orleans 4 7 0 .364 288 286 Carolina 3 7 1 .318 215 300 Tampa Bay 2 9 0 .182 207 300 North Green Bay 8 3 0 .727 354 246 Detroit 7 4 0 .636 197 190 Chicago 5 6 0 .455 236 303 Minnesota 4 7 0 .364 202 244 West Arizona 9 2 0 .818 240 195 Seattle 7 4 0 .636 279 218 San Francisco 7 4 0 .636 228 225 St. Louis 4 7 0 .364 209 285 Thursday, Nov. 27 Chicago at Detroit, 8:30 a.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 12:30 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30 Tennessee at Houston, 9 a.m. Oakland at St. Louis, 9 a.m. Carolina at Minnesota, 9 a.m. Washington at Indianapolis, 9 a.m. Cleveland at Buffalo, 9 a.m. San Diego at Baltimore, 9 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville, 9 a.m. Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 9 a.m. New Orleans at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. Arizona at Atlanta, 12:05 p.m. New England at Green Bay, 12:25 p.m. Denver at Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 Miami at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. All Times AST
Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 23 16 6 1 33 61 Tampa Bay 23 15 6 2 32 81 Detroit 22 12 5 5 29 64 Boston 23 13 9 1 27 59 Toronto 22 11 8 3 25 70 Ottawa 21 10 7 4 24 58 Florida 20 8 6 6 22 42 Buffalo 22 6 14 2 14 37 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 21 15 4 2 32 76 N.Y. Islanders 22 16 6 0 32 72 Washington 21 9 8 4 22 58 N.Y. Rangers 21 9 8 4 22 60 New Jersey 22 9 10 3 21 53 Philadelphia 21 8 10 3 19 59 Carolina 21 6 12 3 15 48 Columbus 21 6 13 2 14 51
GA 57 63 54 57 67 56 51 72 49 59 57 62 63 66 63 76
Nashville 21 St. Louis 22 Chicago 22 Winnipeg 24 Minnesota 21 Dallas 22 Colorado 23 Pacific Division Anaheim 23 Vancouver 22 Calgary 24 Los Angeles 23 San Jose 24 Arizona 23 Edmonton 22 NOTE: Two points overtime loss.
2 30 2 30 1 27 3 27 0 24 4 22 5 21
61 59 66 51 58 64 59
45 46 46 54 48 74 73
14 4 5 33 63 56 15 6 1 31 67 61 14 8 2 30 75 64 12 6 5 29 64 53 10 10 4 24 62 66 9 11 3 21 57 71 6 14 2 14 51 77 for a win, one point for
SOUTH Alabama 75, Alabama A&M 44 Chattanooga 67, Tennessee 63 Georgia 66, Colgate 35 Indiana St. 74, South Alabama 53 Mount St. Mary’s 73, Delaware St. 64 Samford 79, UT-Martin 75 William & Mary 56, VCU 48 MIDWEST
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Texas 72, Texas-Pan American 45 Texas A&M 93, McNeese St. 27 Texas-Arlington 80, N. Arizona 62 FAR WEST
NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 13 2 Brooklyn 6 8 Boston 4 8 New York 4 12 Philadelphia 0 15 Southeast Division Washington 9 5 Atlanta 7 6 Miami 8 7 Orlando 6 11 Charlotte 4 12 Central Division Chicago 9 6 Milwaukee 9 7 Cleveland 7 7 Indiana 6 9 Detroit 3 12
Cornell 58, Marshall 49 Niagara 63, Binghamton 52 Pittsburgh 72, Radford 47 Seton Hall 77, Kennesaw St. 74 West Virginia 83, Evansville 39
Dayton 72, Providence 56 E. Illinois 55, N. Illinois 46 Indiana 97, ETSU 69 Kansas 90, Iona 49 Marquette 85, Milwaukee 80 Michigan St. 79, Oakland 64 North Dakota 72, Nebraska-Omaha 52 Northwestern 61, Ill.-Chicago 40 S. Illinois 82, Memphis 75 Xavier 45, Presbyterian 43
Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 2, OT Detroit 5, Philadelphia 2 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Florida 1, Carolina 0 Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 3, OT Los Angeles 4, Minnesota 0 Chicago 3, Colorado 2 Calgary 2, San Jose 0 Thursday’s Games Edmonton at Nashville, 4 p.m. AST
BYU 81, Butler 62 TOURNAMENT
Pct .867 .429 .333 .250 .000
GB — 6½ 7½ 9½ 13
GCI Great Alaska Shootout Championship Long Beach St. 69, Alaska-Anchorage 60 Third Place Boise St. 59, Yale 53, OT
.643 .538 .533 .353 .250
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Men’s Scores
.600 .563 .500 .400 .200
— ½ 1½ 3 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 13 2 .867 — Houston 12 3 .800 1 San Antonio 10 4 .714 2½ Dallas 11 5 .688 2½ New Orleans 7 6 .538 5 Northwest Division Portland 12 3 .800 — Denver 7 8 .467 5 Utah 5 11 .313 7½ Oklahoma City 4 12 .250 8½ Minnesota 3 10 .231 8 Pacific Division Golden State 12 2 .857 — L.A. Clippers 9 5 .643 3 Phoenix 10 6 .625 3 Sacramento 9 6 .600 3½ L.A. Lakers 3 12 .200 9½ Wednesday’s Games Brooklyn 99, Philadelphia 91 Golden State 111, Orlando 96 Portland 105, Charlotte 97 Cleveland 113, Washington 87 Dallas 109, New York 102, OT Toronto 126, Atlanta 115 L.A. Clippers 104, Detroit 98 Oklahoma City 97, Utah 82 Houston 102, Sacramento 89 Milwaukee 103, Minnesota 86 San Antonio 106, Indiana 100 Phoenix 120, Denver 112 Memphis 99, L.A. Lakers 93 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled
Women’s Scores EAST
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division
14 5 14 6 13 8 12 9 12 9 9 9 8 10
Albany (NY) 64, Canisius 59
EAST Albany (NY) 75, Colgate 71 Cornell 67, Canisius 60 George Washington 91, Longwood 66 Iona 126, Delaware St. 76 Towson 97, Goucher 43 UMass 79, Northeastern 54 Vermont 73, Bryant 47 West Virginia 103, VMI 72 Yale 82, Lafayette 60 SOUTH American U. 64, Hampton 60 Belmont 78, Denver 57 Chattanooga 61, Robert Morris 46 Coastal Carolina 61, LouisianaMonroe 48 Davidson 95, UCF 69 Duke 93, Furman 54 Jacksonville 69, Trinity Baptist 57 James Madison 79, Sacred Heart 72 Kennesaw St. 84, Samford 71 Louisville 45, Cleveland St. 33 Morehead St. 77, Marshall 68 NC State 84, Richmond 72 SE Louisiana 86, Tennessee Tech 65 S. Carolina 89, UNC Asheville 75 Wake Forest 83, Mount St. Mary’s 49 MIDWEST E. Michigan 68, Rochester (Mich.) 35 Georgia St. 83, Oakland 78 Iowa 70, N. Illinois 49 Lehigh 86, DePaul 74 Notre Dame 81, Grambling St. 54 Ohio St. 91, Campbell 64 South Dakota 86, Wayne (Neb.) 69 W. Carolina 66, Chicago St. 61 Youngstown St. 66, UMKC 63 SOUTHWEST North Texas 67, MVSU 52 SMU 72, Texas Southern 59 TCU 74, Radford 50
Pacific tops UAA Staff report
The University of Alaska Anchorage men’s basketball team dropped the opener of the GCI Great Alaska Shootout to Pacific 71-62 on Wednesday. The Seawolves fall into the consolation semifinals at noon Friday.
Eric Thompson had 22 points to lead Pacific, while Travis Thompson had 20 points for UAA. Soldotna graduate Boomer Blossom had six points and four rebounds. The UAA women lost the title game to Long Beach St. 69-60.
FAR WEST California 72, Cal Poly 52 E. Kentucky 73, S. Utah 64 E. Washington 81, N. Kentucky 60 Loyola Marymount 66, UC Riverside 62 Montana 75, Carroll (Mont.) 52 New Mexico St. 78, Florida A&M 33 North Dakota 75, Alabama St. 68 Oral Roberts 69, Milwaukee 66 Portland St. 63, CS Northridge 55 UC Davis 77, Utah St. 70, OT Utah 85, Texas-Pan American 48 Utah Valley 60, Idaho St. 57 Wyoming 65, Stetson 41 TOURNAMENT Battle 4 Atlantis First Round Butler 74, North Carolina 66 Georgetown 66, Florida 65, OT Oklahoma 75, UCLA 65 Wisconsin 72, UAB 43 Cancun Challenge-Mayan Championship North Florida 72, Elon 65 Third Place Morgan St. 51, Liberty 50 Cancun Challenge-Riviera Championship N. Iowa 61, Northwestern 42 Third Place Virginia Tech 78, Miami (Ohio) 63 EA Sports Maui Invitational Championship Arizona 61, San Diego St. 59 Third Place Pittsburgh 70, Kansas St. 47 Fifth Place Purdue 87, BYU 85, OT Seventh Place Missouri 74, Chaminade 60 GCI Great Alaska Shootout First Round Pacific 71, Alaska Anchorage 62 Gulf Coast Showcase Championship Green Bay 59, Florida Gulf Coast 45 Third Place Evansville 79, San Francisco 72 Fifth Place Hawaii 75, East Carolina 73 Seventh Place Marist 68, Fresno St. 64 MGM Grand Main Event Championship Oklahoma St. 73, Tulsa 58 Third Place Auburn 71, Oregon St. 69 NIT Season Tipoff First Round Gonzaga 88, Georgia 76 St. John’s 70, Minnesota 61
Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with INF Rey Navarro on a one-year contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded LHP Scott Barnes to Baltimore for cash considerations. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned LHP Michael Roth, C Jackson Williams and OF Alfredo Marte outright to Salt Lake (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated INF Sean Rodriguez for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Ernesto Frieri on a one-year contract. Released C Jose Molina and 2B Cole Figueroa. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Traded INF Ryan Jackson to Kansas City for cash considerations. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Ariel Pena outright to Colorado Springs (PCL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned OF Yeison Asencio outright
to El Paso (PCL). Announced RHP Blaine Boyer declined outright assignment and elected free agency. BASKETBALL NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE — Acquired G Ta’Quan Zimmerman. Released G Aaron Dotson. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Detroit C Dominic Raiola $10,000 for his actions in last week’s game. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released OT Kelvin Palmer from the practice squad. ATLANTA FALCONS — Released WR Ryan Spadola from the practice squad. Signed WR Freddie Martino to the practice squad. BUFFALO BILLS — Claimed WR/ KR Marcus Thigpen off waivers from Tampa Bay. Released DE Bryan Johnson. CHICAGO BEARS — Placed OL Brian de la Puente on injured reserve. Signed DT Brandon Dunn from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed DE Jack Crawford on injured reserve. Signed LB Keith Smith from the practice squad and DT Davon Coleman to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Released OT Chris Martin from the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released LB Victor Butler. Released LB Trevardo Williams and RB Michael Hill from the practice squad. Claimed LB Shaun Phillips off waivers from Tennessee. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released DB Jalil Brown. Released DE Emmanuel Dieke from the practice squad. Signed DB R.J. Stanford. Signed DB Ahmad Dixon to the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Matthew Slater to a two-year contract extension. Released LB Deontae Skinner and DB Daxton Swanson from the practice squad. Signed TE Xavier Grimble and LS Charley Hughlett to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed OT Michael Bamiro to the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed OT Phil Loadholt on injured reserve. Signed OT J’Marcus Webb. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed TE David Ausberry on injured reserve. Signed DT Ricky Lumpkin from the practice squad. ST. LOUIS RAMS — Released WR Damian Williams. Signed TE Justice Cunningham from the practice squad. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed TE D.J. Williams. Signed LB Denicos Allen and TE Cameron Brate from the practice squad. Released RB Marcus Thigpen. Released DB Quinton Pointer and TE Ted Bolser from the practice squad. TENNESSEE TITANS — Released TE Richard Gordon. Signed LB Kaelin Burnett from Arizona’s practice squad and LB Chaz Sutton to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned G Mac Carruth from Rockford (AHL) to Indy (ECHL). DALLAS STARS — Assigned F Taylor Peters from Texas (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL) and G Maxime Lagace from Texas to Missouri (ECHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Chris McCarthy from Hartford (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL).
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t’s the time of year to give thanks. I’m thankful for having a great dad, someone who has always had my back even when I didn’t deserve it. I’m thankful for my smoking hot and ultraintelligent fiancee. I’m thankful for my dog most of the time. I love getting to hang out at the golf course every summer surrounded by truly weird and interesting golfers. I’m thankful to be working with the SoHi basketball team this winter (although my group of freshmen may not be so thankful once they learn what a Sweet 16 is — hey, winning ain’t easy, just ask the Oakland Raiders). I’m thankful to turkeys for sacrificing their lives for my stomach’s enjoyment. I’m thankful the Seahawks won last week, and would really appreciate a similar showing Thursday night. Finally, I’m thankful to the Clarion for putting my random thoughts about weird things in the paper every week. Really, there’s too much to mention! I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and gains about 10 satisfying pounds! The column’s mark improved to 96-79-1 after we survived last week’s chaos with an 8-7 record. CHICAGO BEARS @ Detroit Lions -7
Thanksgiving Day kicks off with a traditional matchup between NFC North foes. Detroit is the better team, but mysteriously the Lions offense has really sputtered this season. The Bears are weak along the offensive line, but if Jay Cutler gets time in the pocket Chicago should be able to move the ball. I’ve been wrong on the Bears all season, but I don’t see the Lions scoring enough points to cover a touchdown spread. Lions win 24-20
Philadelphia Eagles @ DALLAS COWBOYS -3.5 A pair of 8-3 teams square off in Big D when the Eagles travel to the Lone Star State to face the Cowboys. This matchup really comes down to one thing. Do you trust Mark Sanchez? It’s hard to wrap your brain around siding with Sanchez after years of watching him throw the ball to the opposition as a member of the New York
Jets. Sanchez has been better in Philly but I just can’t bring myself to backing Sanchez. My memories tell me at some point Sanchez will do something stupid and cost the team, and Dallas has the firepower on offense to capitalize on his mistakes.
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Cleveland Browns @ BUFFALO BILLS -2.5
OK. … Deep breath. Not even the tryptophan in a turkey will get me to nap through this one! If you’re a Seahawks fan there are two games a year that matter more than the rest, and it’s the two matchups with the 49ers. There is no love lost between these rivals on the field and things will be particularly scrappy this week with so much riding on the outcome. Both teams are 7-4 and likely need to reach 11 wins to qualify for the playoffs. Obviously a loss would be crippling at this stage. Its Super Bowl champs vs. NFC title game chumps. Give me the champs! Seahawks win 21-17
I didn’t think it would happen in my life time. The Cleveland Browns will reach 8-4 with a victory on Sunday. Giving the team twice as many wins as losses on the year. Anyone human under 35 years old would agree this is unfathomable. I’m certain the feat violates multiple laws of physics. Consequently, I’m siding with the home team, and unless Albert Einstein was a dummy, I like my chances. Bills win 28-17
Washington Redskins @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS -10 The Native Americans finally made the leap and dropped Robert Griffin III from the starting lineup. Unfortunately, if you’re a Native American fan, the team is turning to Colt McCoy to lead the war party into Indy to face Andrew Luck and the Colts. Maybe McCoy gives the Redskins a spark but it’s just hard to imagine the backup passer keeping pace on the scoreboard with Luck and the high-flying Colts pass offense. The Redskins made the right move with Griffin, but it will take years, not a week, to recover from the mess (and loss of draft picks) that RG3 created. Colts win 38-17
TENNESEE TITANS @ Houston Texans -6.5
point favorite in Tampa vs. the 2-9 Bucs. It’s always a concern when you know Vegas is going to get hammered on one side of the line. Nobody will bet the Bucs and that’s good reason for you to do so. They’re not hanging new chandeliers from casino ceilings every week because the house is losing money. Call me gullible, I’m still sticking with the Bengals. Bengals win 28-17
Oakland Raiders @ ST. LOUIS RAMS -7
How in the world did the Oakland Raiders defeat the red-hot Kansas City Chiefs last week? If you ever wanted proof that anything is possible, there you go. St. Louis blew a great chance to earn victory in San Diego last week when ancient passer Shaun Hill threw the football to the wrong team near the goal line with a minute remaining. As long as St. Louis SAN DIEGO CHARGERS doesn’t have a brutal beat hangover this @ Baltimore Ravens -6 is game the Rams will win comfortably. Thanksgiving weekend is the gift that Remember, Oakland is in a tight race with keeps on giving. The 7-4 Ravens host Jacksonville for next year’s top draft pick. the 7-4 Chargers in a game with gigantic Rams win 27-9 playoff implications. Baltimore has the point differential of a title contender, but a NEW ORLEANS SAINTS loss to San Diego would leave the Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers -4.5 hoping to sneak into the postseason. The The Saints are an enigma. There is all Charges have lost some voltage since the team opened the year 5-1. Philip Rivers is kinds of talent on that roster, but it hasn’t nursing an injury and the team is dealing translated to performance on the football with a number of ailments on the offensive field. New Orleans stinks. Pittsburgh is line providing the Ravens with a decided one of four teams at 7-4 or better in the advantage, but with so much on the line, AFC North. Realistically, the Steelers this contest should come down to the final can’t drop such a winnable game this late in the year and keep hopes of winning the possession. Ravens win 24-21 division alive. Steelers win 35-28
NEW YORK GIANTS @ Jacksonville Jags +3 Giants coach Tom Coughlin will immediately retire if New York loses to the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend. It’s been a brutal year for the Blue Men Group, but surely the season has already reached its nadir. Jacksonville can ill afford a win to keep pace with the Oakland Raiders in the race for the No. 1 overall draft choice next year. A game that New York can’t lose and Jacksonville can’t win favors the road side. Giants win 30-14
Houston has another problem! After replacing average quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick with the younger, stronger armed Ryan Mallett, the team must turn back to the Harvard graduate after Mallett suffered an injury last week against the Bengals. Can Fitzpatrick use his immense intelligence to solve the Titans defensive riddle? You would think so. The Titans are CINCINNATI BENGALS terrible at preventing their opponents from @ Tampa Bay Bucs +4 scoring. I suspect the Texans offense will Red flag! It’s seems impossible that struggle, however, making a 6.5 cover a 7-3-1 Bengals team would only be a fourhalf point too much. Texans win 23-17
Carolina Panthers @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS -2.5 Cam Newton has been missing in action for over a month and with the Panthers season all but over I wouldn’t anticipate a return to prominence this year. Minnesota has been equally anemic offensively, but I like the direction in which coach Mike Zimmer has the team headed. The Vikings are competitive and seem to be improving week after week. A matchup of two teams with unsightly records favors the Purple People Eaters. Vikings win 24-13
ARIZONA CARDINALS @ Atlanta Falcons +3
emerge victorious! The Desert Bats finally returned to earth last week dropping a game in Seattle against the Seahawks. Arizona will have every opportunity to bounce back against the NFC Southleading Falcons. The Falcons would qualify for the playoffs if the season ended today. Isn’t that crazy? Atlanta is 4-7! They’re terrible! If nothing else I’m rooting for a six-win team to win a division for the first time in NFL history. Cardinals win 30-20
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ Green Bay Packers -3 This is Thanksgiving weekend’s football version of pumpkin pie. Can you think of anything more to be thankful for than the inaugural showdown between Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady? Me neither. Tom Terrific has already displayed his mastery over longtime nemesis Peyton Manning this season. Now Brady looks to give Rodgers, the quarterback many believe will take the throne as the league’s best after Manning and Brady retire, a lesson in humility. As good as Green Bay has been there is something special about this New England team. You almost sense that Brady and Darth Belichick have gone all-in on this season, making one last run at a fourth championship, and cementing Brady’s place as Manning’s superior. Patriots win 35-31
DENVER BRONCOS @ Kansas City Chiefs +2.5 This is the most vulnerable the Broncos have been since Peyton Manning joined the team three seasons ago. Can Kansas City find the chinks in Manning’s armor? The Chiefs were on an unbelievable roll until losing last week in Oakland. What if the Chiefs miss the playoffs by one game with a loss to the Raiders on their record? Ouch, talk about a long offseason. I’m still siding with the Broncos anytime I can get them for less than a touchdown. Broncos win 34-27 C
MIAMI DOLPHINS @ New York Jets -6.5
I no longer acknowledge the Jets exisTwo birds will enter, only one can tence… Dolphins win 30-0
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kind of glad it can kind of wind down now,” she said. The college will be offering several more Alaska Native studies classes during the spring semester including elementary Dena’ina II and Gwich’in I language classes. Shaginoff-Stuart, who teaches the current semester’s Dena’ina language class, said the campus was trying to move toward offering more classes that could be used in the University of Alaska’s Alaska Native Studies minor. For now, the small group who gathered on Tuesday evening has been enjoying its cultural explorations, ShaginoffStuart said. The foods gathering was organized by one of the students. “They overwhelmed me,” Shaginoff-Stuart said. “I thought they were just going to bring a few things. They did it all. It really does feel like we’re a little family after this.”
blessing over the food gathering. Dick is one of the few fluent Dena’ina language speakers left and has visited the Dena’ina language class, which hosted the foods gathering, to help the students learn pronunciation and hear the language spoken. The documentary focused on the Oklahoma Indians and a type of gospel song that the group has incorporated into their own music and language. “It became their own music and they were seeing correlations in the music with the Irish people and the African American people,” Shaginoff-Stuart said. “They all had the same songs, but they sang them a little bit different in their communities.” Last year, the college held one event to commemorate the month, and this year’s events expanded exponentially, ShagReach Rashah McChesney inoff-Stuart said. at rashah.mcchesney@penin“It was a busy month, I’m sulaclarion.com.
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nances scheduled for public hearing to be placed on the consent agenda if not objection is received. Bagley submitted the ordinance. Assembly members Mako Haggerty, Wayne Ogle and Stan Welles voted against the ordinance. Haggerty said he voted no because what is noncontroversial for him may be controversial for other people. Ogle said he would rather have transparency conducting business in a straightforward manner. Assembly Vice President Sue McClure said placing noncontroversial issues on consent agenda is “worth a shot” because it could streamline the process. Bagley said the meetings are sometimes really long with multiple appropriations that nobody comes to testify on. If there is something later in the agenda that people have an interest in, they can devote more time to that particular issue. The next meeting will be Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna.
area experienced in the 2013 flooding. Ostrander said a consultant would inspect the property and see if the original proposal would work. If not administration would look at an alternative exchange with the Keohanes for property where a 300-gallon water catch basin would be constructed to pump out water only during times of emergency, he said. While the borough installed a temporary drainage pipe under Kalifornsky Beach Road to allow excess water to flow out to the inlet, they are actively looking at a more permanent solution, Ostrander said. Assembly member Kelly Wolf added a resolution to the consent agenda that acknowledges the assembly’s support of the formation of the Kalifornsky Beach high water drainage task force. The assembly passed a proReach Dan Balmer at dancedural ordinance to allow iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. certain noncontroversial ordi- com.
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too high so we drove back home and experienced turducken, which was pretty awful.” — Sue McClure, Seward
“I am thankful for my teacher. “I’m almost 87 and She helps me learn I’ve had a good long about stuff so I know life and a younger what to do when I husband. We were grow up. I want to at my son’s house make clothes when for Thanksgiving I grow up. I am also dinner in Soldotna thankful for the pilgrims because they and as I walked out made the first thanksgiving happen.” the door the turkey slipped out of my — Tait Cooper, age 8 arms and went under the car. And boy was it good.” “I am thankful — Phyllis Bolz, Sterling for having a roof over my head and “I am thankful for spending time with my Camaro. It is my my family. Not evdad’s and we have eryone’s family is alto fix it up.” ways a part of their — Lyrad Larson, lives. Not everyone age 10 gets the have the experiences I do.” — Cheyenne Everett, age 13 “I am thankful “It’s great to be for playing games alive and we will live and going to the on the greatest namovie theater and tion on Earth, but not going bowling. I go as great as it used with my family and to be. On Thanksfriends and always giving we all went have fun.” to my great-grand— Jeramiah Davis Payton, age 9 mother’s house in Oregon. We didn’t have football on TV. All the kids went “I am thankful for out into the woods and ran around.” my family, friends, — Dale Werings, Sterling community and my job. That is my life.” “That I’m upright, — Johna Beech walking around, talking to friends. My favorite memory of Thanksgiving is “I am thankful for the turkey. The main being able to play event.” pop warner football — Bill Warren, because it is a reNikiski ally fun experience. I like it because it “Family and is aggressive. I am health and my faith. thankful for my fam“Favorite moment ily because they are really kind. My when I was living in family is a football family. I have three California and my other brothers and they all play footson was in grade ball.” school. We were go— Maison Dunham, age 11 ing to have turducken on a sailboat but the winds were “I am thankful for having a really
good school and teachers and a really good family. I think people in other places don’t get such a good school and some people are poor. I am thankful for having nice friends because some people might not be good friends. They might be rude.” — Echo Thiele, age 12 “I spend most of my Thanksgivings in Anchorage in a hotel room. (My family) goes up every year for hockey. Usually we get a Fred Meyer turkey.” — Shane Miller, student “When I came here from Romania, I’m adopted. And my grandma and grandpa, everybody showed up. I was so excited about how much food there was. In Romania we didn’t have a lot of that. I was excited with all the decorations and my mom was cooking and my dad was putting up Christmas lights. Yeah. I just remember how big the turkey was and everybody just having fun.” — Viorica Thompson “I am really thankful my dog Marvin made it through the winter. His hips gave out and he just barely made it through the summer. He is doing better; we can take him on walks now.” — Emily Patow, age 10 “Spending time with family, playing games with them. And, all the leftovers.” — Lake Nash
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What’s Happening Best Bets n Christmas Comes to Kenai on Friday, starting with Santa’s arrival at the Kenai Visitors Center at 11 a.m. and includes the Electric Light Parade at 6 p.m. and fireworks at 7:30 p.m.
Events and Exhibits n “Looking for Inspiration,” a fiber art exhibit by Jan Wallace, is on display for November at the Kaladi coffee shop on Kobuk. n Kenai River Brewing hosts “A Plethora of Pair Paintings” by Sarah Glaves, a collection of fun mixed media, watercolor, and collage work through Dec. 1. n The Peninsula Art Guild is hosting two exhibits in November at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Ave., Old Town Kenai, the Annual Watercolor Exhibit and the SoHi Art Club Exhibit. Art Center hours are noon-5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Call 283-7040 for information. n A new community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Kenai Central High School choir room. Call or email for more details: 907-283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail.com. n The deadline for submissions for the Kenai Fine Arts Center Student Art Show is Dec. 1. Artists ages 2-12 are invited to bring up to three original works to the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Street in Old Town Kenai. There is a $2 entry fee. Pieces must be mounted on a color background. An opening reception will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 4. For more information call 394-6303 or email DeeDee@MissDeeDeesArtForKids.com. n The Triumvirate Theatre on the Kenai Spur Highway just north of Kenai presents two live shows during the holiday season. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” shows at 7 p.m. on Dec. 12 and Dec. 26, and 3 p.m. on Dec. 13 and Dec. 27. “A Christmas Carol” dinner theater presentation is at 6 p.m. Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 19-20. (These shows include a delicious holiday dinner). A show-only presentation of “A Christmas Carol” is at 7 p.m. Dec. 18. For tickets visit www.triumviratetheatre.org. n The Peninsula Art Guild will host a First Thursday Opening Reception at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 for two December exhibits at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Avenue in Old Town Kenai. “Dreams are Real,” a solo exhibit of works by Pati Deuter, and the “Annual Kids Art Exhibit” will both feature some exceptional local art. Art center hours are WednesdaySaturday, noon-5 p.m. The Kenai Fine Arts Center will be open through Dec. 23 only to view these two great exhibits. Call 283-7040 for more information.
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Some days we win some days we lose Some times we end up crying the blues We look for ways to make it all better But we just can’t afford to go on a cruise So think back through your life line Remember the good time What made it work back then The answer is easing and even is pleasing Just spread out your arms Give a hug When we entered this world someone was there Who slapped us and shook us to give us some air We started to cry didn’t anyone care but soon We found our parents were there To hug us Later we grew into a small tot As we tried our legs we fell down a lot We were up righted and then guess what we got A hug We fought with our playmates then we made up We learned to share our new little pup When play was over we went our own way We never forgot what we shared that day A hug with a friend School was a new place our parents left us It was big and scary and we made a big fuss A teacher was a new part of our growing away She had a big heart we found out that day Sometimes she scolded and made us feel bad Then came a hug the best that we had A hug to remember Later we found a true friend and a love Someone to treasure beyond and above A new meaning for both when we gave A big hug Through life’s ups and downs Through good times and bad A hugs the best thing that we ever had So look around does someone seem down Give them a hug and turn them around It works both ways just try it and see The very best part is it is always free You’ll always remember the joy that was found Through a hug Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.
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David Paule built this traditionally themed ginger bread house for the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center’s second annual Gingerbread House Contest Wednesday, Nov. 26, in Kenai.
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It’s that time of year again. While the day after Thanksgiving is now known for sales and frantic shopping, another tradition will take place in Kenai this Friday – the annual Christmas Comes to Kenai. Throughout the day, several activities and events will be held around town to mark the beginning of the holiday season. The festivities kick off at the Kenai Central High School. There, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on November 28-29, the Peninsula Arts Guild will hold its annual Arts and Crafts Fair. Over 100 booths will be located throughout the school, offering a variety of goods, including hand-made arts, knitted items and other holiday decorations, while food vendors will be present to satisfy the appetites of hungry revelers. Later in the day, Santa and his elves will
take time from their busy schedule to meet with children at the Kenai Visitor and Culture Center. “Santa is coming to town,” said Johna Beech, the President/COO of the Kenai Chamber of Commerce. After arriving on the Kenai Fire Department’s Tower One truck at 11:00 a.m., the jolly old man and his helpers will share some snacks and hot chocolate with all those wishing to join in the festivities. “Santa will be here until all the kids are gone. He will stay for pictures and hear wants and wishes for quite some time,” said Beech. Why does Santa need help from a fire truck to attend? “Everyone likes (fire trucks),” said Kenai Fire Marshal Tommy Carver. “And there’s probably too much traffic.” At 6:00 p.m., The Electric Lights Parade will make its way through town, starting at Spur View Road and ending at
the Kenai Chamber Cabin Parking Lot, where spectators will be treated to hot chocolate and will be able to warm up next to a bonfire. While attending craft fairs, meeting Santa and watching a parade make for a busy day, no Christmas Comes to Kenai would be complete without fireworks. At 7:30 p.m., a fireworks display will cap off the festive day. “Typically, because we don’t have darkness in the summer time, we can’t do fireworks for the Fourth of July, so we do a big fireworks display (for Christmas Comes to Kenai). I don’t care how old you are – a fireworks display is always amazing,” said Beech. Because the festivities offer a variety of activities for people, one might think that it might reduce the amount of Black Friday business around town. However, that is not the case. “Christmas Comes to Kenai is a free See COMES, page B-2
Take a look behind the scenes at a funeral home Bookworm Sez Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. That’s supposedly what we are, and what we’ll end up being: just a few pounds of powdered remains that a good wind might easily scatter. That’s strange to think about — but comforting, at the same time. For Caitlin Doughty, it was a fascination — so much so, that she imagined she might someday start her own funeral home. In the new book, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” (c.2014, W.W.
Norton, $24.95, 254 pages) you’ll see how she landed at a crematory instead. For most of her life, Caitlin Doughty was terrorized by death. It started when she was eight years old, and witnessed another child’s accidental death in a Hawaii mall. From then on, Doughty says she was “consumed with death, disease, and darkness yet capable of passing as a quasi-normal schoolgirl” who decided early that, once she grew up, she’d start her own “elegant house of bereavement.” She’d call it “La Belle
Mort … a place where families could come to mourn their dead in exciting new ways…” Instead, she moved to San Francisco and got a job at Westwind Cremation & Burial, a family-owned funeral home. But even for someone who’d had death on her mind for years, there was a lot to learn: she needed to know how to shave a corpse, how to retrieve bodies from homes and hospitals, how to prepare people (living and dead) for a funeral and — her main job — how to work a cremator. That last one was imporSee SEZ, page B-2
‘Mockingjay’ proves to be worth the wait R eeling It In C hris J enness “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1” AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close Lionsgate In this image released by Lionsgate, Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen, 2 hours, 3 minutes right, and Liam Hemsworth portrays Gale Hawthorne in a scene from “The Hunger I have to say I’m off my game when it Games: Mockingjay Part 1.” comes to major event movies this season. I knew the latest installment in the “Hunger portunities my wife and I get to go out to- the 10:30 showing the same night. Surely Games” series, “Mockingjay” was coming gether for a date night, I, the guy who is there’s no way a showing that doesn’t even out, I knew it was only going to be part 1 usually on Fandango two days before the let out until almost 1:00 in the morning is of 2, and, if you’d asked me, I would have movie and is constantly pestering people going to sell out, right? No need to go onsaid that it would probably make a lot of all through dinner that we have to get to the line and get tickets ahead of time, despite theater early, completely forgot to get tick- having been burned already once that evemoney. But, really, it hasn’t been on my radar. ets ahead of time and made no particular ning, right? You can see where this is going. People I was focused on “Interstellar” and “The fuss about arriving at the theatre in time to Hobbit,” and Katniss Everdeen hadn’t re- beat the crowds. Needless to say, the movie in line at the completely sold-out late show looked at me with a mixture of pity and ally crossed my mind. Thus it was that was sold out. My plan B was to go, by myself, to on opening night, on one of the rare opSee REEL, page B-2
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n Veronica’s Cafe in old town Kenai has open mic from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, and live music Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AMVETS Post 4 is open to all military veterans and their families for support and camaraderie. Join us for Friday night tacos, or Saturday night steaks with Karaoke. Sunday afternoon its super hamburgers. Not a member? Stop by and we can show you how to become a part of this special veteran’s organization. AMVETS is located in the Red Diamond Center next door to IDEA Schools. n Sharpen your dart skills with a fun tournament every Sunday during the season at the AmVets in the Red Diamond Center. The number of players will determine the game. Sign up begins at 1:00 p.m. For more information call 262-3540. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n The Pinochle Club, formerly from Kasilof, plays at Hooligans Bar & Restaurant in Soldotna Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Questions? Call Jay Vienup at 907-252-6397.
Nobel Prize for DNA discovery going to auction NEW YORK (AP) — The 1962 Nobel Prize James Watson won for his role in the discovery of the structure of DNA is going on the auction block. The auctioneer says the gold medal could bring $2.5 million to $3.5 million on Dec. 4. Christie’s says it is the first Nobel medal to be offered at auction by a living recipient. Watson made the 1953 discovery with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins. He says part of the proceeds will go to the University of Chicago, Clare College Cambridge, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island Land Trust and other charities. The auction also includes several Watson papers. Handwritten notes for his acceptance speech are estimated at $300,000 to $400,000. Crick’s Nobel medal sold at Heritage Auctions for $2.2 million last year. He died in 2004. AP Photo/Christie’s
This image provided by Christie’s auction house shows the 1962 Nobel Prize medal James Watson won for his role in the discovery of the structure of DNA. The medal is going on the auction block Dec. 4, at Christie’s.
Tom Hanks, wife to host Christmas tree lighting
WASHINGTON (AP) — ers will include Ne-Yo, Steve Tom Hanks and his wife, ac- Miller, country star Chely tress Rita Wilson, will host this Wright, Patti Labelle, and the year’s National Christmas Tree groups Fifth Harmony, Nico lighting in President’s Park near and Vinz and The Tenors. the White House. The ceremony begins at 4:30 The National Park Service p.m. on Dec. 4. Tickets for the announced Wednesday that event were distributed through Hanks and Wilson will host the a lottery. ceremony Dec. 4. By tradition, This year, the 56 state and President Barack Obama and territory Christmas trees in the his family also will help light park will be lit with designs Markets, fairs and bazaars the tree. created by girls nationwide n The Kenai Fine Arts Center annual arts and crafts fair will be Musicians will perform holi- through Google’s Made with held again at the Kenai Central High School Friday and Satur- day tunes. This year’s perform- Code project. day. The fair includes more than 220 vendors. Santa Claus will Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File be at the fair at Kenai Central High School. In this Feb. 16, photo, U.S actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson n The Russian Orthodox Church gift shop in Old Town Kenai arrive for the British Academy Film Awards 2014 After Party at will be open on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hand- the Grosvenor Hotel, in central London. painted Christmas ornaments and cards are available along with matroshka nesting dolls, Russian wooden toys, porcelain dolls, folk art, icons, jewelry, hand-painted Russian lacquer boxes, Christian crosses, and the shop also carries a large Beech. selection of the famous Russian Lomonsov china from the In fact, businesses see inImperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg. The gift shop is creased traffic in stores. located next door to the Russian Orthodox Church on Mission Continued from page B-1 “I think that it brings people Avenue in Old Town Kenai. For more information, please call in to Kenai, and they either 690-0136. event for the community, so come in before or after the acn The 4th Annual Black Friday Bazaar will take place on Friday there’s no competition with tual Christmas Comes to Kenai, and Saturday at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai. Black Friday in that aspect, and especially before the parade,” n The Central Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Annual Holiday Ba- most of the people are already said Bev Egan, Store Manager zaar will be held Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Dec. 5 from done with their shopping by at the Kenai Wal-Mart. Christmas Comes to Kenai, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bazaar will be held in the Denali Confer- the time Santa shows up,” said ence Room at the hospital. n Nikiski Community Recreation Center is now taking vendor registration for annual Christmas Craft Fair on Dec. 13. For admilitary-based society whose ditional information, please call 776-8800. prime purpose is to bring the capital down. Her destruction Continued from page B-1 of the games arena at the end Films of “Catching Fire” resulted in n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. disdain and said, “You know her escape, along with Finnick what you should have done? and electronics genius BeeTee, n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times. You should have gotten your but fellow tribute Joanna Matickets on Fandango.” Thanks. son and Peeta were left behind. Down the Road Needless to say, I did eventu- Now a tool of the Capitol’s proally get to see the film, and boy paganda machine, Peeta regun The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday from was it worth the wait. I had read larly appears on television to noon to 5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, some early disappointing re- argue against the revolution. visit www.prattmuseum.org. District 13, it appears, has views of this movie, but I have similar plans for Katniss. The to say I completely disagree. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com. idea is to doll her up and proTense, mature, and compelling, The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays. “Mockingjay” is the best of the duce posed productions with series so far. There were many her as the star, the hero of the negative reviews that spent a lot people and the new leader of of time complaining about the the revolution. Uncomfortof-life fears and toward a better split between“Part 1” and “Part able in the hero role as ever, understanding. 2” and while, yes, that’s annoy- Katniss finally relents, but it I loved this GenX memoir ing, perhaps in some cases it’s quickly becomes obvious that Continued from page B-1 but I was almost afraid to read really necessary. This film ends the girl can’t act her way out it — not for what it says, but on a strong note, not a disap- of a paper bag. It’s authentictant, since “two of the world’s because I knew it would eventu- pointing cliff-hanger like the ity that brings out the fire in humans die every second” of ally end. It’s a book that’s hard last “Hobbit” movie did, and Katniss and it’s into the field every day and Westwind had to look away from; in fact, once with such strong story-telling, we go. Her team of a direcsecured a contract with the you start “Smoke Gets In Your I’m all for getting five hours in- tor and cameramen, as tough city to dispose of unclaimed Eyes,” you’ll be turning pages stead of just two-and-a-half. and cool a bunch as you’d ever bodies. until nothing remains. The movie opens with Kat- find, head into the fight, but Most people, says Doughty, niss recovering in District 13, Katniss soon sees that she can think that what funeral direcThe Bookworm is Terri long thought destroyed, now be of no real help. That is until tors do is “both mystifying Schlichenmeyer. Email her at revealed to have retreated un- Pres. Snow decides to bomb a and disgusting.” It’s an atti- bookwormsez@yahoo.com. derground — a regimented, hospital and Katniss leaps into tude toward death that didn’t used to be; not all that long ago, families had intimate experience with it until modern culture began to “prevent such unsavory encounters …” And yet, since we’re all going to die anyway, why not embrace the truth? That was a question that led Doughty to mortuary school, and the hopes of a new life. But she had to grapple with depression and her own mortality first. Without a doubt, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” is TMI: Truly, Mortally Irresistible. Author Caitlyn Doughty writes with a cheeky attitude that’s darkly funny but surprisingly vulnerable: we see an initial bravado that we know is shaky, but we also understand that whistling in the dark belies steely resolve. In further explaining her job, Doughty is truthful and straightforward but with no gratuitous stomach-churning. Instead, she tickles our curiosity as she takes us behind the scenes, up next to the crematory, thereby guiding us away from our end-
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a lot of really great local retail stores. And it’s anywhere from Dan’s TV all the way to Stanley Ford. You can get whatever you need in town. You don’t actually need to run off to Anchorage for any kind of stuff,” said Beech. Reach Ian Foley at Ian.foley@peninsulaclarion.com C
battle. Screaming at the camera, “If we burn, you burn with us!” she creates a battle cry for a revolution, and later, when singing a sad melody, she creates an anthem, as well. Peeta is at the forefront of her mind, however, and Katniss will do anything to get him back. This the first of the “Hunger Games” movies that doesn’t actually feature the titular Hunger Games. That’s a good thing. That schtick was getting tired. What it does instead is introduce a raft of well-written, well-rounded characters into the pressure cooker. Of the lot, Julianne Moore is excellent as President Coin, a desperate woman who will do what it takes to succeed. I was also impressed with Philip Seymor Hoffman as the beleaguered Plutarch Heavensbee, former gamesmaker and now permanent revolutionary. But as usual, Jennifer Lawrence is simply spectacular as Katniss. The character, as written for the film, and as portrayed by Lawrence, is better than the one in the book, who tends to be more than a little whiny.
More than just genre fiction, “The Hunger Games” movies are major pieces of social commentary. In the first two films, we were laughing and cringing at reality television, but “Mockingjay” goes beyond that petty commentary, and says far more about using television as propaganda, disguised as the news, or as entertainment. Even Katniss’ clothes, heavily hyped in the trailers for this film, are described as a costume, one designed to evoke a response. In short, the film is amazing. I’ve been pleased with all the entries so far, but the last two films show that the maturity level seems to be rising and rising. If Part 1 was any indication, Part 2 will be stellar when it comes out this time next year. And yes, I’ll get my tickets on Fandango. Grade: A “Mockingjay” is rated PG13 for adult themes, language, and some action violence. Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.
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Ninilchik Traditional Council is seeking bids for a three (3) year Children's Dental Clinic Project. Dental services for up to 30 children, college or vocational students up to age 24. Must be licensed in the State of Alaska. We adhere to Indian Preference and have a Drug and Alcohol Policy to follow. Contract to run from January 1, 2015 through December 31,2018. Bid opens November 21, 2014 @ 9am and close December 22, 2014 @ 5pm. Please call Diane Reynolds @ (907) 567-3313 for a proposal packet.
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Bids ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Project Name: FIRE SYSTEMS TESTING, INSPECTION AND MONITORING 2014 Pre Bid Meeting: Tuesday December 16, 2014 2PM @ City Hall Last Day for Questions: Wednesday December 17 Bid Due Date and Time: No later than 5 PM Tuesday December 30, 2014 Scope of Work: Provide testing, inspection and monitoring for fire systems. Replace approximately 46 dry sprinkler heads. Bidders should contact the Public Works Department at (907) 283-8236 to be placed on the plans holders list. Bids must be delivered in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the project name to the Public Works Department at the address above. Bid documents can be obtained on City of Kenai website at www.ci.kenai.ak.us or at City Hall for a non-refundable fee of $20.00 including sales tax for each set of documents. PUBLISH: 11/27, 12/01, 2014
VACANCY NOTICE Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission Rural District Vacancy Notice is hereby given that there is a vacancy on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission for the Northwest District of the Borough as defined by Ordinance 2001-29. This vacancy was created by a resignation whose term will expire in July 2017. A map depicting the Planning Commission districts is posted on the Planning Department web site. Persons interested in serving must be qualified voters and reside within the district for which they are applying. Appointments will be made by the Mayor and are subject to Assembly confirmation. A letter of application or a completed application form must be submitted to the Planning Department on or before December 12, 2014. Application forms are available in the Planning Department and on the Planning Department's web site at http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us/images/ KPB/PLN/Plan_Comm/pcapp.pdf. Please send your letter or application to: Patti Hartley, KPB Planning Department, 144 N. Binkley, Soldotna, AK 99669-7599; phartley@kpb.us. For additional information, contact Patti Hartley at 714-2215, or toll free within the Borough at 1-800-478-4441. Information about the Borough and Planning Department is available on the Borough Home Page: http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us/planningdept/planning-home. Patti Hartley, Administrative Assistant phartley@kpb.us PUBLISH 11/13, 20, 27, 2014
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ing” continues, tell “Sissy” she’s going to be seeing a lot less of you and then follow through. DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my second husband for almost five years, married for two. After a year, we became more like roommates than spouses. At one point I caught him kissing a mutual friend in Abigail Van Buren our bathroom. When I confronted them, they assured me it was innocent. Her husband has now confirmed his suspicions with me that something was going on, but there was never any solid proof. My husband enjoys my company, but the lack of affection and my continued suspicion are affecting my self-esteem. The other day I asked him why he married me, and he answered because I was “nice.” He refuses to go to counseling and said he doesn’t want a divorce. I feel like an idiot, but I just don’t want to leave. What is wrong with me? What should I do?
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HHHH Your mind seems to drift to family or friends at a distance. If you can, take the day off to visit with them. People could have an unpredictable quality to them today. You could be surprised by what goes on. Tonight: Get into the warm, friendly nature of the day. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHYou might choose to make this a low-key Thanksgiving, where you prepare dinner for just you and your immediate circle of friends. You will enjoy the process as much as the turkey. Make an important call to a relative who might be alone today. Tonight: Enjoy some free time. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could have more invitations coming your way than you know what to do with. Try not to hurt anyone’s feelings while making the social rounds. Consider bringing a thank-you gift as you go from one get-together to the next. Tonight: Touch base with someone at a distance. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You could be quite busy, whether you have to do some work or handle a domestic responsibility. A loved one would be only too happy to pitch in, so let him or her take the reins. Otherwise, you might feel overburdened on some level. Tonight: Take care of loose ends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your natural self-expression sometimes can be flirtatious. Be careful, as someone who doesn’t know you well might misread you. On the other hand, a loved one might decide that he or she has had enough, and could demand all of your attention. Tonight: Make amends.
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By Eugene Sheffer
— IN LIMBO IN WASHINGTON DEAR IN LIMBO: You will find the answers you need as soon as you decide that, regardless of whether your husband is willing to go to counseling, it’s time for you to go. Having already caught him in a compromising position, you have every right to be suspicious. There’s nothing wrong with you — except perhaps that you are TOO “nice.” You are going to have to decide if living like brother and sister is an arrangement you are willing to live with forever because the relationship you have described isn’t a normal marriage, and the longer it continues, the worse you will feel about yourself. DEAR ABBY: I would like to know why people say, “Oh, you have a new hairdo,” and then never say if it is good or bad. Or, “You have new curtains or new flooring,” and then never say another word. Why do they just say nothing? — CURIOUS IN COLORADO DEAR CURIOUS: Perhaps because people often notice change before making up their minds whether they think it’s positive or negative, and they are speaking to you without a filter.
Hints from Heloise
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Sagittarius and a Moon in Aquarius. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014: This year you opt to walk a more bohemian, or offbeat, path. You also tend to push past mental boundaries that perhaps you never knew existed. If you are single, you might enjoy your “unattached” status, as you could find yourself in a rich period for meeting people. Your circle of friends is likely to expand, and with it the possibility of meeting Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy a lot of quiet time together at home in front of the fireplace or out on your front porch. Schedule a long-desired vacation. AQUARIUS can be difficult to relate to. 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) HHHHYou can’t seem to get enough of the social nature of the day. Whether you are the host or the guest, you are likely to have a great time. You might decide to watch the Thanksgiving parade or reach out to someone at distance. Don’t wait! Tonight: Catch up with a friend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Your role could be quite important, as you might be enlisted to pitch in and make dinner at the last minute. As a result, don’t expect to have much private time to catch up with loved ones and friends. A dear friend is likely to step in and help. Tonight: Finally, some time for yourself! GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21 HHHHYou might decide to stay close to home. You enjoy visiting with others and catching up, but a relaxed pace of staying put might be more appealing right now. Maintain a sense of humor as everything falls into place. Tonight: Know that you can finally veg a little. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH The doorbell might be ringing all day long, as family members seek you out. You have a choice to make: Stay present with the moment, or respond to these incoming requests. Either way, you will enjoy a lively day of conversation and turkey. Tonight: Visit with those around you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could get stuck running some last-minute errands and end up arriving late to Thanksgiving dinner. Many of you who visit with several different families will have a little more flexibility than others. Tonight: Try not to overindulge. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHHYou’llsmile,andotherscan’t help but be pulled in. You might be concerned about helping others feel at home. Others could seek you out, but you’ll have your hands full doing everything you need to do while still remaining sociable. Tonight: Let the party begin! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHTension seems to build around a matter that you might not be able to discuss right now. You could feel quite frustrated as you try to accommodate others while holding this information back. You might decide to excuse yourself early from what is going on. Tonight: Not to be found.
Don’t leave out leftovers Dear Readers: Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some hints for safely storing any leftover foods from the big dinner with friends and family: * Within two hours of eating, refrigerate or freeze all food items you plan on storing and eating later. If anything has been left out for more than two hours, throw it out. * Take turkey or ham off the bone before storing. Divide leftovers into small portions so they cool more quickly, and place them in shallow, airtight containers. * Cooked side dishes can be kept in the refrigerator for three to four days (including mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy). * Make sure to heat leftover gravy to boiling before serving and eating again. * If freezing leftovers, use within two to six months. — Heloise Unwanted trophies Dear Heloise: Regarding your column on donating unwanted trophies: For someone looking for ways to dispose of them, try your local bowling alley. They usually have physically challenged or youth leagues that could use them. — Dorothy G., via email Silverware placement Dear Heloise: My friend and I sometimes help each other out by cleaning house together. It gets done faster, and there is someone to talk with! I load silverware into the dishwasher by putting the forks, spoons and knifes mixed and evenly distributed, not nested together. She likes to keep the spoons, forks and knives together to make it easier to put away in the silverware drawer. So, does it make a difference? — Helena R. in New Jersey
SUDOKU
By Tom Wilson
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.
Previous Puzzles Answer Key
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Garfield
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Take It from the Tinkersons By Bill Bettwy
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Shoe
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