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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 59

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Board mulls tobacco ban

Question Did you go shopping during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend? n Yes, we hit the Black Friday sales; n Yes, we shopped at some local small businesses; n Yes, we visited craft fairs/bazaars; n All or a combination of the above; n No. 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.

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Skier killed in avalanche ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a man died after being caught in an avalanche while skiing. Troopers say the victim of the avalanche that was reported Saturday evening is tentatively identified as 35-yearold Eric Peterson of Delta Junction. Troopers say 63-year-old Michael Hopper was skiing with Peterson when they were caught in the avalanche in the Rainbow Mountains near the Richardson Highway. Hopper told authorities it took him 2-to-3 hours to dig himself out and once he was free, he found Peterson’s glove. He then dug into the snow and found Peterson dead. According to troopers, Hopper flagged down a passing motorist on the highway and contacted troopers. Troopers were among responders to the scene, where conditions are unstable with heavy snow. Conditions will be evaluated before a body recovery is attempted.

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Two potters discuss a glaze near a table of goods for sale during the Kenai Potters Guild sale Saturday in Kenai. The Guild will begin offering lessons in January.

Thrown together

Kenai Potters Guild holds sale, plans classes By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

Members of the Kenai Potters Guild contributed work to the Guild’s annual Christmas show, which was held on Saturday in the Guild’s studio at the Kenai Fine Arts Center. The variety of work on display ranged from functional items such as mugs, vases, teapots, and plates to purely decorative sculptures of cats and grinning faces. The pieces for sale had been donated to by the Pottery Guild members who created them, while the sale’s proceeds would help maintain the studio and its equipment. “There are so many fees,” said Guild member Christina

Kramer. “It’s kind of expensive to run the kilns and pay for everything. So the sale helps.” The non-profit Potter’s Guild has existed since 1973, and is housed in a leased studio at the Kenai Fine Arts Center. Among the equipment the Guild makes available to members are two electric kilns, a larger gas-fired kiln, a work table, and six potter’s wheels. Guild treasurer Karen Monelle said that the Guild’s membership includes both amateur and professional potters, and that the established members teach two yearly classes for beginners. Clay fish dangle from a wind chime at the Kenai Potters “We have a wide range of Guild sale Saturday in Kenai. The Guild holds intermittent See GUILD, page A-10 sales and will hold another one on Mother’s Day.

FAIRBANKS (AP) — The University of Alaska Board of Regents is set to consider implementing a tobacco ban on all campuses. The issue is scheduled for a vote Thursday at the regents’ meeting at the University of Alaska Anchorage, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The proposal would halt the use of tobacco almost everywhere on UA properties. Forms of tobacco under the ban would include cigarettes, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes. The proposal is the result of a September request to UA President Pat Gamble by regents, who wanted a draft of a tobacco-free policy they could consider. Under the proposed ban, tobacco use would be prohibited in all forms in most areas, including building interiors and campus trail systems. Tobacco use would be allowed in private vehicles not parked in a UA garage. Also exempt would be remote research sites and fenced construction zones, as well as tobacco use for research, ceremonial purposes and pesticides. Chancellors at each campus would direct implementation dates. But if the ban passes, it could go into effect no later than Dec. 1, 2015. The call for tobacco free campuses has grown in recent years, and students have testified at regents’ meetings in favor of tighter restrictions on tobacco. Earlier this year, University of Alaska Anchorage students approved a non-binding measure to prohibit tobacco on campus. At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a 2013 employee survey on whether to go tobacco-free deadlocked with a 387-387 vote.

Business outlook positive Sobriety brings We’re projecting for stability for 2014 to have a better year on net inshelter manager come after tax, but By ELWOOD BREHMER Morris News Service-Alaska/

Alaska Journal of Commerce

“Slow and steady” was the motto for most of Alaska’s banks and credit unions in the third quarter. Total assets grew 3 percent combined at five of the major state banks for the quarter. Similar asset growth was 5.9 percent year-over-year. Northrim Bank had the largest year-over-year asset growth at 20.6 percent, following its acquisition of Juneau-based Alaska Pacific Bank. Denali State Bank was the only one of the five to post quarterly and yearly asset declines, both in the 7 percent range. With 2.8 percent growth in the third quarter, First National Bank Alaska assets grew to more than $3.2 billion. All of the state’s major credit unions also saw year-over-year asset growth for the quarter as well. The largest percentage increase was at Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union with an 8.7 percent asset expansion.

very comparable to last year.’

— Craig Ingham, Mt. McKinley Bank CEO Net income results were mixed compared to the second quarter but positive year-overyear at the banks. FNBA pushed its third quarter income to more than $9.3 million, an 11.5 percent increase quarter-to-quarter and had a 12.2 percent increase year-over-year. Northrim saw its income decline 9.6 percent from earlier in the year but achieved 16.6 percent income growth from the third quarter of last year. Fairbanks institutions Mt. McKinley Bank and Denali State Bank saw income growth on both comparisons.

Mt. McKinley CEO Craig Ingham has a positive outlook on the year overall. “We’re projecting for 2014 to have a better year on net income after tax, but very comparable to last year,” Ingham said. The mixed results also extended to the credit unions. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union had a 28.7 percent decline in year-to-date income, while Credit Union 1 grew its net earnings more than 35 percent. The most significant increase was at Juneau’s True North Federal Credit Union, which had a 41.1 percent increase in income. Loan activity picked up slightly from the second quarter when businesses around the state waited for voters to settle the oil tax debate in August. Wells Fargo Alaska Regional Business Banking Manager Darren Franz said his company’s state portfolio will likely end up growing about $80 million when all of the third quarter loans are funded. See BIZ, page A-10 C

By DOROTHY CHOMICZ Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Allan Lamprey is a happy man. He may not be rich or live in a mansion, but he has a tidy little apartment and a steady and fulfilling job as the men’s shelter manager at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. This may not seem like much to many people but it means a lot to Lamprey, because it wasn’t long ago that he was was one of the many homeless men who call the shelter their temporary home. Lamprey, an earnest and quiet man in his mid-50s, recently sat down in his office at the busy shelter and talked about his journey from homeless alcoholic to sober and productive member of

society. Born and raised in Arlington, Virginia, Lamprey started drinking when he was 13 and started doing hard drugs at 17. He left home at 18 and made his way by Greyhound bus to California, where he worked a variety of jobs and went from one failed relationship to another. “The woman I was living with threw me out, so I packed up and left. I worked in warehouses, cooked in restaurants, was a lot attendant at used car dealership,” Lamprey said. “I’d get in a good relationship, the drugs and alcohol would take over and I’d once again become homeless.” Lamprey traveled all over the Lower 48 but mostly stayed in California. He See SHELTER, page A-10

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow -9/-15

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Some sun with snow showers; breezy

Cloudy with snow showers

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The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, Sunrise humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, Sunset pressure and elevation on the human body.

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Daylight Length of Day - 5 hrs., 58 min., 16 sec. Daylight lost - 2 min., 30 sec.

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ........................... 0.28" Normal month to date ............. 0.32" Year to date ............................ 18.35" Normal year to date ................ 17.18" Record today ................. 0.48" (1963) Record for Dec. ............. 3.96" (1988) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ............................. 3.3" Season to date ........................... 6.3"

Valdez Kenai/ 39/33 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 35/27

Juneau 42/38

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Kodiak 46/37

Sitka 45/41

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A chilly dome of high pressure will encompass the East today as a bit of snow swings through the Great Lakes. Dry weather will expand across the Plains and Rockies as rain increases in the Pacific Northwest.

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High ............................................... 38 Low ................................................ 33 Normal high .................................. 28 Normal low .................................... 12 Record high ........................ 44 (1960) Record low ....................... -28 (1962)

Anchorage 36/30

Bethel 21/11

Cold Bay 41/30

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Talkeetna 38/28 Glennallen 28/17

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Unalaska 42/38

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First Dec 28

Today’s activity: Low Where: Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau.

Prudhoe Bay -10/-16

Anaktuvuk Pass -14/-23

Kotzebue 9/0

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Hanks, Sting among Kennedy Center honorees By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — An actor hailed as America’s “favorite son” and a musical genius who rose from a British shipyard town to make his mark won this nation’s highest honors Sunday for influencing American culture through the arts. Tom Hanks and Sting joined Lily Tomlin, singer Al Green and ballerina Patricia McBride in being awarded this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. Top performers and power players from Hollywood, Broadway and Washington gathered to salute them in a gala performance. The show hosted by Stephen Colbert will be broadcast Dec. 30 on CBS. David Letterman led a series of tributes for Hanks, reciting some of the actor’s unforgettable lines from his movies. “Momma always said life is like a box of chocolates.” “There’s no crying in baseball!” “Houston, we have a problem.” Filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who collaborated with Hanks on many projects, said “America’s favorite son” has opened a window on the nation with movies that include “Philadelphia,” “A League of Their Own,” “Forrest Gump,” “Apollo 13” and “Saving Private Ryan.” “Tom loves his country,” Spielberg said. Filmmaker George Stevens Jr., who created the Kennedy Center Honors but said this would be his last time producing the show, said Hanks stands apart as “one of the great actors of his generation or any generation.” Actor and comedian Martin Short led a musical tribute for Hanks, singing “you’re our Yankee Doodle dandy,” joined by military choirs and musicians. Before the show, Hanks, 58, joked that a mistake must have been made in the choice for a fifth honoree. “This is the work I started in 1981, so it all works out OK,” he said. Sting broke out in 1978 with C

his band The Police with such hits as “Roxanne” and later “Every Breath You Take” before starting his solo career. He has been performing for four decades and has won 16 Grammy Awards. Many young musicians admire his work and came to sing his tunes in his honor. Lady Gaga sang “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” Espe-

ranza Spalding sang “Fragile” and Bruno Mars sang a medley of “So Lonely,” ‘’Roxanne” and “Message in a Bottle.” Bruce Springsteen also sang a tribute to his friend and made a toast at a State Department dinner Saturday, saying the breadth and depth of Sting’s talents are intimidating as he crosses from folk music to jazz, classical, pop, rock and reggae.

“Sting makes me feel like a musical Neanderthal. When we get together, we always have the same argument. He insists that there are more than three chords, while I insist that there are not,” Springsteen said, drawing laughs. “In an age of musical homogenization, no one has ever sounded or sang like my friend.”

Peninsula Clarion, Monday, December 8, 2014

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 3989440. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 5:30 p.m. • Overeater’s Anonymous meets at the URS Club in the old Kenai Mall. Do you have a problem with food? Members come in all sizes. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Around the Peninsula Holiday lighting contest in Nikiski As part of the community beautification plan, the Nikiski Community Council is promoting its annual holiday lighting contest, “Nikiski Night Lights.” The community is encouraged to “light up the winter nights” with holiday displays and also to enter their neighbors and local businesses into the contest. Three categories will be considered: business, residential traditional and residential animated. Entry forms are available on the Council’s website at http://www.nikiskicc.com/, and the Nikiski Post Office. December 15 is the deadline to submit an entry, with judging to begin on December 16. Contest winners will be announced on the Council’s website. Prizes are provided by Homer Electric Association (energy credits toward the winners’ electric bill) and Nikiski Community Council. Questions, nominations and forms can be sent to nikiskiisbeautiful@ gmail.com or Nikiski Community Council, P.O. Box 7011, Nikiski, AK 99635. Questions? Call Bonita Miller at 776-8555.

Garden Club to learn about Kantishna mining history On Tuesday at 7 p.m., the Central Peninsula Garden Club will host a presentation on “The Gardens and Pioneer Life of Fannie Quigley,” presented by author and historian Jane Haigh. Haigh will share her extensive research of Quigley, a pioneer, mining woman who lived for 40 years in the remote Kantishna mining district, now at the end of the Denali Park Road. Fannie was famous for her enormous gardens grown under very challenging conditions, and for her hunting and trapping. All of her skills went into the cooking so that many visitors to the park over the years waxed eloquent about the fabulous meals they were served, miles from civilization. Haigh is the author of a number of Alaska history books. In 2009 she joined the faculty at KPC after completing a PhD in U.S. History at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The program will take place at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Building, Mile 16.5 Kalifornsky Beach Road. It is free and open to the public. For more information, call Marion Nelson, 283 4632.

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Day through Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Trees are free for personal use with a limit of one per household. Trees may be taken anywhere on the Refuge with hand tools, except within 150 feet of a road, lake, stream, trail, campground, or picnic area. No tree cutting is permitted in the Refuge Headquarters/Visitor Center area and along Ski Hill Road. The public is requested to trim the stumps as close to the ground as possible for aesthetic reasons. For additional information, please contact the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge office during regular business hours at 907-262-7021.

Compassionate Friends participate in candle lighting The Compassionate Friends of the Kenai Peninsula are joining with the 18th annual Worldwide Candle Lighting to honor the memories of all children, regardless of age, who have died. The local candle lighting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, as part of a 24-hour wave of light around the world to remember our children. Bring a photo of your child to this memorial observance. For more information call Brenda at 252-7030 or write to tcfofthekenai@ gmail.com.

Way Out Women ready to ride The Way Out Women snowmachine fundraising event is scheduled for Feb. 28, 2015. The $100 entry fee will include a continental breakfast, goody bag, a limited edition T-shirt, lunch, and a chance to help your friends and neighbors. There will be prizes, good company, lots of fun and a chance to give back to your community. All funds raised by the ride go directly to assist cancer patients. There are The Central Peninsula Health Foundation will be administering funds; their office is located at Central Peninsula Hospital. If you are interested in helping out contact Kathy Lopeman at kath@alaska.net. There will be an Organizational Committee meeting at Nikko Garden restaurant in Soldotna on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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Stolen flag returned after 40 years MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A bicentennial American flag that was stolen nearly 40 years ago from a park has been returned by a remorseful thief. The flag was stolen in 1976 while the Weston Observatory in Manchester was being repaired. Someone climbed the scaffolding and snatched the flag at night, causing an uproar in the community, WMUR-TV reported. The flag was recently mailed to the Manchester Historic Association from Arizona with a note of apology signed by “a flawed son of Manchester.” “I regretted having done this for many years and apologize for my selfishness,” the thief wrote. “I have taken care to preserve the flag until I could return it so that it may assume its place as part of Manchester’s heritage.” The association hopes to keep the flag and put it display or possibly return it the observatory. “Who knows who it was who did this, but we’re just thankful to have it back,” said Jeff Barraclough, acting director of the association. M K

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Children of all ages need special care when riding in motor vehicles. Stop in at a Safe Kids Kenai Peninsula event to have a The MS Society meets on the second Thursday of each child passenger safety technician check to make sure your child month. Its next meeting is from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at is riding safely in your vehicle. Heritage Place in Soldotna. For more information call Terrie Kenai Fire Department — 1-3 p.m. today and Jan. 21. Butcher at 907-756-1282 or Tim Reed at 907-252-0432. Nikiski Fire Station — 1-3 p.m. Friday. For an individual appointment contact: Safe Kids Kenai Peninsula Coalition/Central Peninsula Hospital, Jane Fellman, Christmas tree cutting open on RN/Coordinator, at 714-4539 or safekids@cpgh.org. the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Submit community announcements to news@peninsulaclarThe Kenai National Wildlife Refuge announces that the Refuge will open for Christmas tree cutting from Thanksgiving ion.com.

Santa delivers cheer to Chiniak By JULIE HERRMANN Kodiak Daily Mirror

CHINIAK (AP) — “It’s a Christmas miracle!” exclaimed a young boy in Chiniak as snow began to fall the minute he and the rest of the Chiniak children pushed their way out the Chiniak School doors to watch a U.S. Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter containing Santa, elves and gifts land nearby. Santa to the Villages is a program by the Coast Guard Spouses Association of Kodiak that brings gifts and Santa to rural villages in the Kodiak area. The program began 40 years ago with two pilots who flew around to remote communities delivering gifts. This year, they will bring gifts to 264 children in the villages of Akhiok, Chiniak, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor and Ouzinkie. The Spouses Association buys the gifts right after Christmas and stores them for a year. That way they get the best deals on toys. They also try to keep the money local, shopping at Kodiak’s two toy stores Grand Slam and Ton of Fun. The program also survives on donations. The annual Stiles-

Clark Auction raises money for the program, but there’s also widespread community support, said Santa to the Villages program chairwoman Cory Brose. Both toy stores donate some of the items; the base commissary donates an apple and an orange for each child; and the Coast Guard donates the use of the helicopters along with fuel and the pilots. Although the project is spearheaded by the Spouses Association, it’s active duty Coast Guard members who dress up as elves and Santa. The program takes place over five days, so five different Santas and 15 elves can participate. After his email blast asking for volunteers this year, said Coast Guard public affairs officer Peter Maloney, 25 people emailed him asking to be Santa. For the Chiniak trip, Santa

was Joshua Hart, who said the snow started falling as he put on the Santa suit. “It was magical,” Hart said. “I sprinkled magic as we landed.” Santa walked out of the helicopter fully dressed in his suit and carrying a bag of gifts. He led the children up the hill to the Chiniak School gym as they giggled in anticipation. Oohs and aahs followed as each child and even the teach-

ers got a chance to sit on Santa’s lap and open a gift. For the people who went to Chiniak to deliver the gifts: Hart; elves Alyssa Leveque, Rebecca Elliott and Ciara Beckham; Brose; and Spouses Association president Pepper Wunch, the best part of the day was seeing smiling faces and spreading Christmas cheer. “It’s amazing to be part of giving back to the community,” Brose said.

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Gov. Walker takes office amid state revenue downturn On Monday afternoon, Alaska’s 11th

governor officially took office. By Gov. Bill Walker’s own reckoning, the time between Election Day Nov. 4 and his inauguration had been a whirlwind. “I never thought I’d be sitting where I’m sitting,” he told reporters Monday afternoon at his first press conference since taking the oath of office. Even though Gov. Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott have been in office for less than a day, the administration’s statements on day one contained some hopeful signs for Alaska — even as the state’s biggest challenges still await. Gov. Walker bid a cordial goodbye to outgoing Gov. Sean Parnell at the inauguration ceremony in Juneau — and wasted no time in setting markers for how his administration would differ in a significant way from that of his predecessor — starting with accepting an expansion of Medicaid. “Up to 40,000 of our friends, family members, neighbors and coworkers have gone too long without preventive care,” Gov. Walker told the inauguration audience. “We must fix that.” Gov. Parnell, saying he feared the federal government would eventually unload costs on the state, declined to expand Medicaid during his tenure despite the tens of thousands of Alaskans who fell into the gap between Medicaid recipients and those able to afford plans on the state health care exchange. Gov. Walker said he plans to begin the process to accept Medicaid expansion immediately. In areas where he felt Gov. Parnell and his administration had made better progress, Gov. Walker signaled willingness to continue the work that the office’s previous occupants began, as with steps toward a full-diameter natural gas pipeline. “Alaska doesn’t have a resource problem,” the governor said, “It has a distribution problem.” That statement garnered the strongest applause of any at the inauguration. It’s true: Alaska, rich in size and commodity abundance, has never had an issue with a lack of resources. The problems arise in trying to develop those resources and move them to market in a cost-effective way. Gov. Walker has so far suggested the state should take more ownership and development responsibility for those resources. If he can manage a path to make that happen economically for the state and its people, it will be a bold step forward for Alaska. If that vision doesn’t bear out, creating a path to long-term prosperity for the state will be far more challenging for Gov. Walker. The new governor acknowledged that challenge in his inaugural speech, drawing parallels between challenges that faced his family and the state. Recalling lean times, he spoke of putting up with leaky roofs as a child and fetching wood in windy winter conditions. The implication was clear: like Gov. Walker and his family, Alaska may well be in for hard financial times in coming years. The state’s prospects are diminishing in the decline of oil wealth that has been the state’s economic engine for decades. How long that economic dip lasts — and how deep it falls — will have much to do with the success or failure of Gov. Walker’s vision for Alaska. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Dec. 1

Classic Doonesbury, 1980

By GARRY TRUDEAU

Rolling Stone vs. UVA

A Rolling Stone story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia has, in the eyes of many in the media, gone from bombshell reporting to journalistic malpractice in the bat of an eye. The piece achieves its power with a difficult-to-read opening about the protagonist of the story, Jackie, arriving with a date at a fraternity party where a trap has been set by frat brothers to take turns brutally raping her for hours. The details of this crime are practically unspeakable. The shock of it led many people to recoil in horror and ask, “How could this have happened at such a respectable school?” Upon further reflection, people began to ask, “Could this really have happened?” First, there’s the scale of the crime. No one doubts the existence of sociopaths on campus, but nine of them conspiring together at one fraternity in an act so depraved it could be something out of a West African civil war? Then there are the details. If the gang rape was premeditated, why did the fraternity brothers leave a glass table in the room, which Jackie was smashed through in the initial attack, with the subsequent assaults taking place on the shards? Would Jackie’s friends, seeing her bruised, cut and traumatized, really have stood around debating how it would affect their social status if she dared report the crime? Perhaps all of this happened (life is full of evil and improbabilities), but it is im-

possible to know one way or another from reading the story, which marshals little evidence beyond Jackie’s own testimony. Rolling Stone writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely didn’t talk to the accused students, Rich Lowry and she wouldn’t tell The Washington Post whether she even knew their names. Almost as shocking as the original incident is the fact that Jackie never reported it to the police. If Rolling Stone is to be believed, the UVA administration didn’t really encourage her to do so, and even as she was talking to the magazine for a report that would make national waves, she still hadn’t reported her tormentors to law enforcement. Even considering her trauma and fragile psychological state, this is an extraordinary lapse. By her account, Phi Kappa Psi isn’t a fraternity so much as a criminal gang committed to sexual violence. If this is true, Phi Kappa Psi doesn’t merely deserve to have its operations suspended; it should be razed, and its brothers should rot in jail. Bizarrely, prosecution of rapists isn’t particularly high on the list of priorities of many of the same feminists who reflexively credit the UVA story. The feminist agenda on campus aims to define ambiguous sexual encounters as rape at the same time it

seeks to empower college administrations, instead of the criminal-justice system, to handle sexual-assault allegations. Jed Rubenfeld of Yale Law School has explained why both ends of this equation are wrong. The new standard for sexual consent — spelled out in elaborate campus rules governing every step of a sexual encounter — “encourages people to think of themselves as sexual assault victims when there was no assault.” Meanwhile, campus trials lack the rigor (and procedural protections for defendants) of the criminal-justice system, and result in relatively minor punishments like counseling and suspensions. Schools should be encouraging victims to go to the police, as befits any other crime. No one would ever think to handle an armed robbery with a campus hearing and a disciplinary slap on the wrist. The other campus imperative should be better controlling the alcohol-fueled party scene that has become an entitlement of young adulthood in America. Much of what feminists call rape culture is what Heather Mac Donald, in a characteristically brilliant essay for The Weekly Standard, deems “a squalid hook-up scene, the result of jettisoning all normative checks on promiscuous behavior.” At UVA, the priority should be getting to the truth of Jackie’s story, and either holding accountable the guilty parties or debunking a calumny. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Obama, Congress prepare for veto showdowns By CHARLES BABINGTON and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Veto brinkmanship between congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama was virtually absent in his first six years in office, but it’s about to unleash itself on Washington. Until now, controversial Republicanbacked legislation rarely reached the president’s desk because Senate Democrats blocked it. Starting in January, however, Republicans will control both the House and Senate, and Obama may have to decide more often whether to sign or veto GOP-crafted bills. Obama gave lawmakers an early taste of veto politics recently when he forced congressional leaders to drop a proposed package of tax breaks that were popular with many Republican constituents. Some Democrats did support the plan, but liberals and the White House said it tilted too heavily toward corporations, not lowerincome workers. The White House also has promised to veto any bills restricting the president’s major changes to immigration policies, setting up likely showdowns early next year. Obama’s threats present the type of bind that Republicans may face repeatedly in the next two years. They can agree to many or all of the changes he demands in legislation, or they can let him use his veto and hope Americans will blame him more than them. It’s a gamble, especially with critical spending bills Congress soon must address. Some Republicans want to amend these must-pass bills to thwart Obama’s bid to protect millions of immigrants, now in the country illegally, from deportation. Assuming Obama keeps his veto promise, Republican lawmakers would have to decide whether to drop their demands or let parts of the federal government close C

AP News Extra for lack of money. GOP leaders say there will be no shutdowns, but they have yet to explain how they can force Obama to back off on immigration. The 2013 partial government shutdown occurred under similar partisan circumstances. Polls show the public blamed congressional Republicans more than the Democratic president. It’s unclear how often Obama will face a veto decision. Even in the minority, Democratic senators can use the filibuster, the name for unlimited debate, to block many measures that break strictly along party lines. But some proposals, such as building the Keystone XL pipeline, enjoy significant bipartisan support. They might attract enough Democratic backing to reach 60 Senate votes, overcoming a filibuster and sending the measure to Obama. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said if Congress assembles legislation that Obama opposes, the White House will threaten vetoes and “if Congress decides to pass them anyway, then we’ll veto them.” “We’re not going to go out looking for them, but we’re not going to run from them either,” he said. Should Obama veto a proposal such as the Keystone project, the question would be whether two-thirds of the Senate and two-thirds of the House would vote to defy him. That’s the constitutional threshold for overriding a veto. It will be critical for Republicans to put together veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate. Because any bill would require 60 Senate votes to overcome filibusters, the Senate vote would always be bipartisan and closer to the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. But the House would be harder, giving House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of

California greater sway in the end over the outcome of legislation. Vetoes have existed since George Washington’s day, but Obama issued only two fairly minor ones in his first six years as president. His two predecessors also went light on vetoes in their early years. Democrat Bill Clinton vetoed 37 bills, all during his last six years in office, when Republicans controlled the House and Senate. Republican George W. Bush issued no vetoes during his first four-year term. After that he vetoed eight bills when Republicans controlled both congressional chambers and four bills when Democrats held both. Starting next month, lawmakers say, veto clashes are inevitable. “You’re destined to see it,” said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. Lawmakers say veto politics will put pressure on both parties. A veto of any bill that makes it through the Senate will frustrate some Democrats from competitive states, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C.. For instance, he said, a Keystone veto “splashes over on Democrats with a political future.” Throughout the next presidential campaign, Graham said, likely Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton “will always have to answer, ‘Would you have vetoed that?’” At the same time, he said, Republicans must find a way to express their anger over Obama’s executive actions on immigration without closing the government. “The politics of dealing with Obama’s overreach is tough politics for Republicans,” Graham said. Some Democrats want Obama to use his veto powers on important issues. “The fact that the president, I think, is determined to use the veto pen when necessary will help protect his legacy,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.

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Around the World U.S. sends 6 Guantanamo prisoners to Uruguay as refugees MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Six prisoners held for 12 years at Guantanamo Bay have arrived as refugees in Uruguay, a South American nation with only a tiny Muslim population, amid a renewed push by President Barack Obama to close the prison. The six men — four Syrians, a Tunisian and a Palestinian — were detained as suspected militants with ties to alQaeda in 2002 but were never charged. They had been cleared for release since 2009 but could not be sent home and the U.S. struggled to find countries willing to take them. Uruguayan President Jose Mujica agreed to accept the men as a humanitarian gesture and said they would be given help getting established in a country of 3.3 million with a total Muslim population of perhaps 300 people.

Deaths from police shootings renew action calls on gun lookalikes

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) conducts a pass-in-review across the water overlooking a memorial to the USS Arizona, a battleship that sank in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sunday.

Survivors gather to remember Pearl Harbor By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II attended Sunday’s 73rd anniversary ceremony with the help of canes, wheelchairs and motorized scooters. Wearing purple orchid lei, about 100 Pearl Harbor and World War II survivors attended the ceremony overlooking a memorial that sits atop sunken battleship USS Arizona. Many of them arrived well before the sun came up. This year’s anniversary of the Japanese attack is the 10th consecutive one that USS Utah survivor Gilbert Meyer attended. But it’s getting harder for Meyer, 91, to travel to Hawaii from San Antonio. Asked if he planned to attend next year’s anniversary, he responded with a chuckle, “That’s like asking me if I’ll still be alive.” Harold Johnson, 90, is making it a goal to attend the 75th anniversary, even though traveling from Oak Harbor, Washington, isn’t always easy. “I’ve got a little scooter that’s a real life saver,” the USS Oklahoma survivor said. Johnson had been aboard the Oklahoma for just six months on Dec. 7, 1941, looking forward to a day off and a “date with a little Hawaiian girl.” He was shining his shoes when the first alarm went off, he re-

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USS Arizona survivors from left, John Anderson, Don Stratton, Louis Conter and Lauren Bruner arrive Tuesday in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Four of the remaining nine USS Arizona survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack are vowing this year’s anniversary of the 1941 attack won’t be their last reunion.

called. “Three months later I ran into her in town in Honolulu,” he said of his date. “She was mad at me because I stood her up.” For many of the roughly 2,000 survivors who remain, there are also more painful memories. Keynote speaker Gen. Lori Robinson, commander of Pacific Air Forces, told the crowd of several thousand about four of the nine remaining survivors of the USS Arizona. Don Stratton, 92, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Lauren Bruner, 94, of La Mirada, California, were two of six men who escaped

the inferno that engulfed the forward half of the ship by negotiating a line, hand over hand, about 45 feet in the air, despite burns to more than 60 percent of their bodies. John Anderson, 97, of Roswell, New Mexico, was ordered off the ship, but he didn’t want to leave behind his twin brother, Delbert. Even though he was forced into a small boat that took him to Ford Island, he commandeered an empty boat and returned to the Arizona to rescue three shipmates. But he never found his brother. “When the Arizona sank, she took with her 1,177 sailors and Marines,” Robinson told the crowd, which included Arizona

Gov. Jan Brewer and Hawaii Gov. David Ige. Robinson also highlighted the sacrifices of the Honolulu Fire Department, which was dispatched to respond after receiving the alarm at 8:05 a.m. “Without knowing it, the Honolulu Fire Department was going to war,” she said. “Three firefighters would never return, and six others would be seriously injured.” The ceremony also featured a Japanese peace prayer, a Hawaiian blessing and a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began. F-22s from the Hawaii Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron and Air Force 19th Fighter Squadron conducted a flyover. Later in the afternoon, the four USS Arizona survivors planned to visit the memorial for a toast to their fallen shipmates with a glass of sparkling wine given to their survivors association by President Gerald Ford, using glasses that are replicas of the ones on the ship. After the toast, divers would place one of the glasses at the base of the Arizona’s gun turret four. It’s where ashes of 38 Arizona survivors are interred. This year’s anniversary will likely be the last one Ervin Brody, 91, of Houston attends. “Expenses are getting up there and we’re retired,” he said. “A lot of us figure this will be the last.”

LIMA, Peru — The momentum from a historic U.S.-China pact to resist global warming is showing signs of fading at U.N. climate talks as the familiar rich-poor conflict persists over who should do what to keep the planet from overheating. Last month’s joint emissions pledges by Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama spurred hopes for a global climate deal a year from now in Paris. But heading into the second half of the Dec. 1-12 Lima talks, China and the U.S. remain on opposing sides on a series of vital issues. Time remains to work things out; environment ministers are just starting to arrive. The conference’s high-level phase begins Tuesday. Some main areas of discord:

The rulebook Governments must agree on what information they should be obliged to provide in the greenhouse gas-reduction pledges they make for the Paris agreement. The end of March is the U.N.-set deadline

for submitting pledges, though many countries including China have said they may need more time. The U.S. and other developed countries want contributions to be focused on slashing or curbing emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. They are resisting demands from developing countries including China and India — the world’s No. 1 and No. 3 greenhouse gas polluters — to add financial commitments to help poorer countries tackle climate change. A fight also has also erupted over whether to establish a review process so emissions targets can be analyzed and compared ahead of Paris. The U.S. and the European Union want a review but China, which has never before been required to take any climate action in the U.N. talks, has opposed that in Lima.

Give me five. Or ten? The Paris agreement would take effect in 2020 but it’s not clear what period the initial emissions-reduction pledges would cover. The U.S. is pushing for a five-year commitment

period and has already set its target for 2025. The European Union favors a 10-year span and has set its target for 2030. China also backs a 10-year period. Brazil has proposed a hybrid: Countries give firm fiveyear targets and “indicative” 10-year targets. Unless countries agree on a common commitment period they will be out of step with one another and comparing their targets will be more complicated.

Show me the money As usual, much time in Lima has been spent arguing about money. Rich countries long ago pledged to help poor countries limit emissions and cope with rising sea levels, droughts, floods and other impacts of climate change. In 2009 they agreed to commit $100 billion annually by 2020. But the financing so far isn’t close to that level and poor countries say they need the money now. A new Green Climate Fund reached $10 billion in pledges this week — including $3 billion from the U.S. Develop-

Prince William, Princess Kate begin 3-day visit in US with Sunday arrival in NYC NEW YORK — Britain’s Prince William and Princess Kate arrived in New York City on Sunday, the royal couple’s first official visit to the U.S. and their first experience with the Big Apple. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s black Cadillac Escalade pulled up in front of the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan to a throng of media and shrieking admirers, who were kept behind police barricades across Madison Avenue. Both smiled at the well-wishers with Kate, who is expecting their second child in April, showing off a small bump underneath her maroon coat. “It’s good to be here,” William told the hotel’s managing director Giovanni Beretta, who was standing outside the entrance to greet the royal couple, who had just spent seven hours on a flight from London.

Rolling Stone clarifies its apology on UVA story, adding more details on discrepancies WASHINGTON — Rolling Stone has clarified its apology over a story that had reported a female student was gangraped at a University of Virginia fraternity, telling readers the mistakes were the magazine’s fault, not the alleged victim’s. That’s a shift from the original note to readers, issued Friday, when it said of Jackie, the woman who claimed to have been gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, “Our trust in her was misplaced.” The updated note removes that line, which struck some critics as blaming the victim. The magazine said that it shouldn’t have agreed to Jackie’s request not to contact the alleged assailants to get their side of the story, out of sensitivity to her. “These mistakes are on Rolling Stone, not on Jackie,” wrote the magazine’s managing editor, Will Dana. “We apologize to anyone who was affected by the story and we will continue to investigate the events of that evening.” The decision not to contact the alleged rapists prompted criticism from other news organizations. — The Associated Press

Sticky issues re-emerge at UN climate talks By KARL RITTER Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Twice in less than four months, police in Ohio have opened fire with real bullets on young people carrying lookalike guns, raising anguished questions about what could have prevented the deadly encounters. The questions have been raised before: after the death last year of a 13-year-old California boy carrying what a sheriff’s deputy thought was an AK-47 assault rifle, after the 2012 shooting in a Texas middle school hallway of a 15-year-old student holding an air gun that resembled a Glock, and after the 2006 shooting of a 15-year-old Florida student with a pellet gun that looked to police like a 9mm handgun. Such deadly cases, while rare, have led to laws and legislation in states and cities across the country. But some gun and law enforcement experts are skeptical about how effective they are. Criminals, they say, could disguise real guns. And realistic lookalikes remain widely popular among youths who use them for both play and competitions, they say. Pellet and air guns are also popular among people who use them for target practice or hunting small game.

ing countries including China, which is not a contributor, say that is far too little given the urgent need for immediate action. Some scientific models say greenhouse emissions need to halt by mid-century or damage from climate change could be irreversible.

The blame game The Paris agreement is supposed to be “applicable to all,” unlike the 1997 Kyoto emissions treaty, which required only developed countries to take action to fight climate change. For everyone else, it was voluntary. The U.S., EU and other rich countries want to tear down a 1992 firewall that divides the world into developed and developing countries. The latter, from oil-rich Gulf states to the poorest of Africa, are in no hurry to remove the firewall because it makes clear that developed countries are more responsible than they for climate change. The issue is among the most difficult in the U.N. talks and not likely to be resolved in Lima. C

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Sports

It’s Alabama vs. OSU, FSU vs. Oregon By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The first College Football Playoff expanded the national championship race, made the regular season even more intriguing and produced a final four with major star power. Nick Saban’s No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Urban Meyer’s No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at the Sugar Bowl. Marcus Mariota, this season’s Heisman Trophy front-runner, and secondseeded Oregon vs. Jameis Winston, last season’s Heisman Trophy winner, and defending national champion Florida State at the Rose Bowl. The winners will meet on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas, at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. A new era, indeed, but with the

same old problems: What is the best way to pick the teams and what should be the criteria? After six weeks of ranking teams, the selection committee shuffled its deck Sunday and dealt the Big 12 out of the playoff. “We’re smarting today,” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. TCU, which had been third in the rankings last week, ended up sixth. Big 12 co-champion Baylor moved up a spot to No. 5, but both were squeezed out by Ohio State, which won over the committee with a doozy of a closing statement in its conference championship game: a 59-0 victory against Wisconsin for the Big Ten title. “I would say that human nature is that the most recent thing that occurs, in this case the most-recent achievements, are the most impactful,” Bow-

slby. “Ohio State’s victory over Wisconsin was complete domination, and in that regard they played their way into the position they now enjoy.” The Big 12 doesn’t have one of those anymore. Its teams play only 12 games, compared to 13 for champions of the other Big Five conferences. Bowlsby and his conference athletic directors are meeting in New York this week and he anticipates the topic of how best to determine a champion will come up. “This will be a catalyst for discussion for sure,” Bowlsby said. The Big 12 can’t hold a championship game because it only has 10 teams, but the conference, along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, is trying to change that. The leagues have proposed getting rid of NCAA rules requiring a conference have 12 teams

split into two divisions to play a title game. Holding one with 10 teams that play a nine-game round-robin schedule isn’t ideal because the game would always be a rematch, Bowlsby said. “I don’t know with 10 it’s something that we would necessarily do,” Bowlsby said. But conference expansion is a complicated issue that goes well beyond whether to hold a championship game. Bowlby cautioned about making a “knee-jerk” reaction to one year’s results. He said his faith in the process has not wavered. “We put a system in place and I helped to put it in place and I have confidence in that system. And I have confidence in the impeccable integrity of the people in that room,” he said. Baylor coach Art Briles wasn’t so

sure. “I think the committee needs to be a little more regionalized with people that are associated with the south part of the United States,” he said. “I’m not sure there is a connection on there that is that familiar with the Big 12 Conference.” There were five active athletic directors on the 12-member committee, one from each of the Big Five conferences. The Big 12 was represented by West Virginia’s Oliver Luck. The Mountaineers have been in the Big 12 for three seasons. Maybe the most jarring part of Sunday’s unveiling was TCU dropping three spots from the last rankings. The Horned Frogs seemed to be secure at No. 3 last week, and then beat lowly Iowa State by 52 on Sunday. See PICK, Page A-7

Seattle defense is back in form Seahawks stifle high-scoring Eagles By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes, ran for another score and the Seattle Seahawks stifled Philadelphia’s high-powered offense in a 24-14 victory over the Eagles on Sunday. Wilson had 263 yards passing and ran for 48 to help the Seahawks (9-4) win their third straight. The defending Super Bowl champions have victories over NFC West-leading Arizona (10-3), San Francisco (7-6) and Philadelphia (9-4) in the last three weeks. The Eagles host Dallas (9-4) with first place in the NFC East at stake next week. Richard Sherman and Co. held the Eagles to 139 total yards, the fewest under Chip Kelly. Pete Carroll was the winner in his first NFL matchup

against Kelly. In the coaches’ only other meeting, Kelly’s Oregon Ducks beat Carroll and USC 47-20 on Oct. 31, 2009. Patriots 23, Chargers 14 SAN DIEGO — Tom Brady threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Julian Edelman midway through the fourth quarter, and the Patriots (10-3) won for the eighth time in nine games. It clinched their 12th straight 10-win season for the second-longest such streak in NFL history. The Patriots spent the week in San Diego following a loss at Green Bay in order to cut down on late-season travel. It certainly seemed to pay off for the defense: San Diego (8-5) was shut out in the second half. New England went ahead 16-14 on Stephen Gostkowski’s 38-yard field goal with 10:34 left. Brady faked a handoff and hit Edelman See NFL, Page A-7

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Seahawks’ Tharold Simon intercepts a pass intended for the Eagles’ Riley Cooper Sunday in Philadelphia.

Donovan finishes as champion Galaxy forward takes 6th MLS Cup by topping Revolution in OT By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

CARSON, Calif. — Landon Donovan grabbed Robbie Keane in a triumphant midfield hug right before Donovan’s girlfriend leaped into his arms. Moments later, Donovan and Keane raised the silver trophy together amid fireworks and a confetti blizzard. Throughout his remarkable soccer career, Donovan always did know how to finish. One last time, he did it as a champion. Keane scored on a breakaway in the 111th minute, and Donovan retired with his record sixth MLS title when the LA Galaxy beat the New England Revolution 2-1 on Sunday in the MLS Cup. Gyasi Zardes scored in the 52nd minute as the Galaxy won their record fifth league title in the final game for Donovan, the MLS career scoring leader and most accomplished player in U.S. history.

“I’m in a little bit of a daze,” Donovan said, still champagnesoaked after the celebration of the Galaxy’s third league title in four years. “There’s a lot going on. A lot of obvious excitement. There’s sadness. Uncertainty. Just pure joy for this team and what we did. It just feels strange, but I’m so proud what this team accomplished this year.” Donovan, Keane and the Galaxy have celebrated three times on their home field, the first two with David Beckham. Retiring with his skills largely still formidable, Donovan followed in Beckham’s footsteps by leaving on top, wrapping his 14-year MLS career with six titles, including two with San Jose. “He’s done it all,” said coach Bruce Arena, who won his record fifth MLS title. “He’s got very little left to give. I’m so happy he’s made this decision. He’s able to go out a winner.” But not without drama. After Chris Tierney scored the tying goal in the 79th minute for New England, both teams had

golden opportunities in extra time — including a tantalizingly close free kick for Donovan, who sailed it over the bar. But Keane capped his MVP season in the second period of extra time when Marcelo Sarvas lobbed a long pass to the Irish striker, who was nearly unmarked. He gathered it and beat Bobby Shuttleworth with the same poise he showed throughout his 19-goal regular season, celebrating with his usual cartwheel and finger guns. “We weren’t going into the game thinking about (Donovan),” Keane said. “(But) if we won a championship for him, no one deserves to go out on a high as much as he does. It’s a great honor to play with him.” The 32-year-old Donovan announced his retirement in August, saying he had lost passion for soccer and hungered to find his identity outside the sport. The Southern California native took a slow postgame tour of the StubHub Center field, a Galaxy scarf draped around his

neck, waving at a sellout crowd loudly chanting “One more year!” “Could I play longer physically? Yeah, probably,” Donovan said. “But this feels right to me. It’s always better to retire than get cut, and that’s what I’m doing.” Despite an outstanding second half and several extra-time chances, New England lost the MLS Cup for the fifth time — including three times to the Galaxy on extra-time goals. Keane followed in the footsteps of Carlos Ruiz, who beat the Revs in 2002, and Guillermo Ramirez, who did it in 2005. “It’s tough that we were a part of his storybook ending, but the guy deserves everything,” New England coach Jay Heaps said of Donovan. After a scoreless first half, Zardes — another Southern California product — erased his late-season slump when he settled a cross from Stefan Ishizaki slotted it past Shuttleworth.

Oilers snap 11-game losing streak By The Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — David Perron scored the game winner midway through the third period as the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks and snapped an 11-game losing streak on Sunday. Nail Yakupov also scored for the Oilers (7-15-5), who won at home for the first time in nine games. Edmonton got its first win against a Western Conference opponent— moving to 1-12-4 in the conference. Tye McGinn scored the lone goal for the Sharks (14-11-4), who had a four-game winning streak halted. There was no scoring in the first period, but Edmonton

was the better team, putting 11 for three seasons in Detroit. shots on Sharks goalie Alex Stalock, while San Jose only SENATORS 4, CANUCKS 3 had two shots on Oilers starter OTTAWA — Erik Karlsson Ben Scrivens. RED WINGS 3, HURRICANES 1 RALEIGH, N.C. —Tomas Tatar scored two goals and Pavel Datsyuk added a goal and two assists, leading Detroit over Carolina. Petr Mrazek made 34 saves for the Red Wings, who have won three in a row and seven of eight. Jay McClement scored for Carolina, which has lost three of four. Cam Ward stopped 19 shots. It was Hurricanes coach Bill Peters’ first game against his former boss and mentor Mike Babcock. Peters was an assistant to Babcock

scored 1:21 into overtime to give Ottawa a victory over Vancouver Canucks. Mike Zibanejad had two goals and two assists, David Legwand also scored and Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots for the Senators. Ottawa rallied from three goals down to snap a five-game losing streak (0-4-1). Radim Vrbata, Kevin Bieksa and Brad Richardson scored for Vancouver, and Eddie Lack had 41 saves. The Senators’ comeback bid started midway through the second as Legwand scored a powerplay goal with 9:07 remaining in the period. Zibanejad made it 3-2 C

with 5:48 left as he picked up his own rebound and banked it in off Yannick Weber, and then tied with 1:02 left in the period with a backhand past Lack.

DUCKS 4, JETS 3 WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Kyle Palmieri scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift Anaheim over Winnipeg Jets 4-3. Ryan Getzlaf added three assists for Anaheim (18-6-5), including the assist on Palmieri’s winner and extended his point streak to five games. Getzlaf has two goals and eight assists during his current streak. Rene Bourque scored his first goal of the year for the Ducks and Jakob Silfverberg and Ryan Kesler also scored goals.

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on a slant at about the 45 on the touchdown. Edelman broke two tackles and was gone. Brady completed 28 of 44 passes for 317 yards and two touchdowns.

Broncos 24, Bills 17 DENVER — C.J. Anderson ran for three touchdowns and the Broncos overcame a rare unsteady outing by Peyton Manning. Manning’s streak of 51 straight games with a touchdown throw — three shy of Drew Brees’ NFL record — ended on a sun-splashed, almost still afternoon in Denver, where the game-time temperature was a balmy 63 degrees. Despite three turnovers, the Broncos (10-3) won their third straight game since changing from a pass-oriented attack to a runheavy approach. Manning finished 14 of 20 for 173 yards with two interceptions. His top receiver, Demaryius Thomas, was held to two catches for 11 yards, and tight end Julius Thomas (ankle) was active but didn’t play for the third straight week. Buffalo is 7-6.

Cardinals 17, Chiefs 14 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kerwynn Williams rushed for 100 yards two days after being elevated from the Arizona practice squad and the Cardinals rallied. The NFC West-leading Cardinals (10-3) took the lead when Drew Stanton threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jaron Brown in the third quarter. Jamaal Charles scored two firsthalf touchdowns on a 63-yard run and 18-yard pass from Alex Smith, but the Chiefs (7-6) were shut out in the second half. Arizona won a crucial call reversal when it challenged that tight end Travis Kelce fumbled deep in Cardinals territory late in the fourth quarter.

Colts 25, Browns 24 CLEVELAND — Andrew Luck threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to T.Y. Hilton with 32 seconds left, rallying Indianapolis. Cleveland contained the Colts quarterback until the final minute, but couldn’t finish him off. Before Luck connected with Hilton, Colts running back Daniel Herron picked up 2 yards on fourth M down to keep the drive alive. Luck, K who threw two interceptions and spent the day being harassed by an energized Browns defense, then fired his second TD pass to Hilton. The Colts (9-4) trailed 21-7 in the third quarter, but stormed back behind Luck, who finished 24 of 53 for 294 yards. The Browns (7-6) got two defensive touchdowns, but Cleveland’s offense, led by struggling quarterback Brian Hoyer, couldn’t do enough to keep the team’s playoff hopes from fading.

Carr completed 22 of 28 passes for 254 yards and completely outplayed counterpart Colin Kaepernick as the Raiders (2-11) won their second straight home game surrounding last week’s 52-0 loss at St. Louis. With a second straight loss the 49ers (7-6) are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in coach Jim Harbaugh’s four-year tenure. San Francisco is two games out of the second wild-card spot with three games remaining after making three straight NFC title games.

Panthers 41, Saints 10 NEW ORLEANS — Cam Newton passed for three touchdowns, appeared to incite a scuffle with frustrated New Orleans after he went over the pile for another score, and the Panthers ended a six-game skid. Jonathan Stewart added a 69yard touchdown as the Panthers (4-8-1) pulled closer to NFC South leader Atlanta (5-7), which plays at Green Bay on Monday night. Newton’s jawing and “Superman” celebration of his 2-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter drew a shove from linebacker Curtis Lofton. That ignited a scrum that eventually went into a tunnel beyond the end zone. Panthers tight end Brandon Williams was ejected for punching Cam Jordan, but Carolina kept rolling. Newton’s scoring passes went to Kelvin Benjamin, Greg Olsen and Fozzy Whitaker. New Orleans (5-8) lost its fourth straight home game to drop a half-game behind Atlanta.

Lions 34, Buccaneers 17 DETROIT — Matthew Stafford threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns — including one off a fluky deflection late in the game. The Lions (9-4) trail first-place Green Bay by a half-game in the NFC North, with the Packers hosting Atlanta on Monday night. Tampa Bay (2-11) was finally eliminated from playoff contention — the NFC South’s mediocrity could only keep the Bucs in it for so long. They turned over the ball three times in the second quarter against Detroit and never led. Calvin Johnson had eight catches for 158 yards and a touchdown for Detroit, which snapped a ninegame losing streak in December.

Rams 24, Redskins 0

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NFL Scoreboard Standings

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W New England 10 Miami 7 Buffalo 7 N.Y. Jets 2 South Indianapolis 9 Houston 7 Tennessee 2 Jacksonville 2 North Cincinnati 8 Pittsburgh 8 Baltimore 8 Cleveland 7 West Denver 10 San Diego 8 Kansas City 7 Oakland 2

L 3 6 6 11

T Pct 0 .769 0 .538 0 .538 0 .154

PF 401 314 281 214

PA 267 260 241 349

4 6 11 11

0 .692 0 .538 0 .154 0 .154

407 314 220 199

307 260 374 356

4 5 5 6

1 .654 0 .615 0 .615 0 .538

281 362 356 276

289 319 255 270

3 5 6 11

0 .769 0 .615 0 .538 0 .154

385 293 291 200

293 272 241 350

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Philadelphia 9 4 0 .692 389 309 Dallas 9 4 0 .692 343 301 N.Y. Giants 4 9 0 .308 293 326 Washington 3 10 0 .231 244 346 South Atlanta 5 7 0 .417 291 299 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 333 359 Carolina 4 8 1 .346 269 341 Tampa Bay 2 11 0 .154 237 348 North Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 380 267 Detroit 9 4 0 .692 265 224 Minnesota 6 7 0 .462 263 281 Chicago 5 8 0 .385 281 378 West Arizona 10 3 0 .769 275 238 Seattle 9 4 0 .692 322 235 San Francisco 7 6 0 .538 244 268 St. Louis 6 7 0 .462 285 285 Monday’s Game Atlanta at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 Arizona at St. Louis, 4:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 Oakland at Kansas City, 9 a.m. Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 9 a.m. Washington at N.Y. Giants, 9 a.m. Miami at New England, 9 a.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 9 a.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 9 a.m. Green Bay at Buffalo, 9 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 9 a.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 9 a.m. Denver at San Diego, 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 12:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 12:25 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 12:25 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15 New Orleans at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. All Times AST

Patriots 23, Chargers 14 NE SD

3 10 0 14

0 10—23 0 0—14

First Quarter NE_FG Gostkowski 22, 3:15. Second Quarter SD_Floyd 15 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 13:29. SD_Stuckey 53 fumble return (Novak kick), 11:06. NE_FG Gostkowski 22, 7:38. NE_Gronkowski 14 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 3:28. Fourth Quarter NE_FG Gostkowski 38, 10:34. NE_Edelman 69 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 8:41. A_68,815.

Raiders 24, 49ers 13 SF Oak.

7 3

3 7

0—13 7—24

First Quarter Oak_FG Janikowski 57, 11:46. SF_Miller 8 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick), 1:54. Second Quarter Oak_Penn 3 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 10:45. SF_FG Dawson 52, :01. Third Quarter SF_FG Dawson 20, 8:34. Oak_Reece 9 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 4:09. Fourth Quarter Oak_Rivera 5 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 10:39. A_55,300. SF Oak First downs 18 19 Total Net Yards 248 330 Rushes-yards 18-97 31-85 Passing 151 245 Punt Returns 1-23 3-19 Kickoff Returns 3-92 3-53 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-3 Comp-Att-Int 18-33-2 22-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-23 1-9 Punts 4-52.5 5-46.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-50 10-84 Time of Possession 27:05 32:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_San Francisco, Gore 12-63, Kaepernick 3-26, Hyde 2-4, Boldin 1-4. Oakland, Murray 23-76, McFadden 4-5, Carr 2-2, Reece 2-2. PASSING_San Francisco, Kaepernick 18-33-2-174. Oakland, Carr 22-28-0-254. RECEIVING_San Francisco, Crabtree 9-56, Boldin 4-54, V.Davis 2-26, Celek 1-22, Hyde 1-8, Miller 1-8. Oakland, Rivera 7-109, Reece 7-64, Holmes 2-38, J.Jones 2-11, Murray 2-9, V.Brown 1-20, Penn 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS_San Francisco, Dawson 47 (WL).

Broncos 24, Bills 17 Buf. Den.

0 7

3 0 7 10

14—17 0—24

First Quarter Den_Anderson 6 run (Barth kick), 2:43. Second Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 44, 11:51. Den_Anderson 1 run (Barth kick), 3:26. Third Quarter Den_Anderson 3 run (Barth kick), 12:01. Den_FG Barth 50, 1:07. Fourth Quarter Buf_Hogan 14 pass from Orton (Carpenter kick), 10:46. Buf_Orton 1 run (Carpenter kick), :55. A_76,913. Buf Den First downs 24 15 Total Net Yards 415 306 Rushes-yards 16-74 29-133 Passing 341 173 Punt Returns 0-0 1-7 Kickoff Returns 1-27 2-50 Interceptions Ret. 2-57 2-38 Comp-Att-Int 38-57-2 14-20-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-14 0-0 Punts 3-34.0 3-49.7 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 11-98 5-45 Time of Possession 33:29 26:31

Min_Hodges 27 interception return (Walsh kick), 14:48. NYJ_Richardson safety, 10:12. NYJ_Harvin 35 pass from Smith (Folk kick), 7:35. Min_Charle.Johnson 56 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 5:53. NYJ_FG Folk 36, 2:28. Second Quarter Min_Felton fumble recovery in end zone (Walsh kick), 13:32. NYJ_FG Folk 33, :17. Third Quarter NYJ_FG Folk 22, 12:24. Fourth Quarter NYJ_FG Folk 24, 14:15. Min_FG Walsh 20, 5:28. NYJ_FG Folk 44, :23. Overtime Min_Wright 87 pass from Bridgewater, 10:21. A_52,152. NYJ Min First downs 19 19 Total Net Yards 410 411 Rushes-yards 42-168 28-114 Passing 242 297 Punt Returns 2-13 1-10 Kickoff Returns 5-114 7-121 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-27 Comp-Att-Int 18-29-1 19-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-12 3-12 Punts 4-40.0 3-49.3 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-40 6-70 Time of Possession 35:52 28:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_N.Y. Jets, Ivory 16-73, C.Johnson 16-53, Smith 6-33, B.Powell 2-6, Harvin 2-3. Minnesota, Asiata 19-54, Wright 1-23, Tate 3-15, Banyard 1-9, Bridgewater 3-7, Patterson 1-6. PASSING_N.Y. Jets, Smith 1829-1-254. Minnesota, Bridgewater 19-27-1-309. RECEIVING_N.Y. Jets, Harvin 6-124, Decker 6-89, Kerley 2-17, C.Johnson 2-13, Owusu 1-7, Ivory 1-4. Minnesota, Jennings 5-52, Wright 4-123, Charle.Johnson 4-103, Asiata 3-10, Rudolph 2-9, Banyard 1-12. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Minnesota, Walsh 39 (WR), 56 (SH).

Colts 25, Browns 24 Ind. Cle.

0 7

7 7

9 7

9—25 3—24

First Quarter Cle_Robertson fumble recovery in end zone (Cundiff kick), :40. Second Quarter Ind_Luck 11 run (Vinatieri kick), 5:57. Cle_Crowell 9 run (Cundiff kick), 1:14. Third Quarter Cle_Gilbert 21 interception return (Cundiff kick), 10:21. Ind_FG Vinatieri 51, 7:16. Ind_Hilton 42 pass from Luck (pass failed), 4:01. Fourth Quarter Ind_FG Vinatieri 33, 14:50. Cle_FG Cundiff 39, 8:34. Ind_Hilton 1 pass from Luck (pass failed), :32. A_67,431. Ind Cle First downs 23 14 Total Net Yards 362 248 Rushes-yards 20-93 31-111 Passing 269 137 Punt Returns 3-4 4-65 Kickoff Returns 5-141 5-99 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 2-55 Comp-Att-Int 24-53-2 14-31-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-25 1-3 Punts 7-47.0 9-45.2 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-40 7-85 Time of Possession 28:04 31:56

Cadet 2-13, Ingram 2-13, Watson 2-8, Lorig 2-(minus 1). MISSED FIELD GOALS_New Orleans, S.Graham 42 (WL).

Steelers 42, Bengals 21 Pit. Cin.

0 10 0 14

7 25—42 7 0—21

Second Quarter Pit_Miller 1 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 11:17. Cin_Gresham 10 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 9:06. Cin_Dalton 20 run (Nugent kick), 2:57. Pit_FG Suisham 22, :11. Third Quarter Pit_Bell 10 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 5:24. Cin_Green 81 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), :00. Fourth Quarter Pit_FG Suisham 44, 13:32. Pit_Bell 13 run (Miller pass from Roethlisberger), 11:27. Pit_Bryant 94 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 8:31. Pit_Bell 22 run (Suisham kick), 5:09. A_65,512. Pit Cin First downs 25 16 Total Net Yards 543 408 Rushes-yards 31-193 21-86 Passing 350 322 Punt Returns 3-14 4-45 Kickoff Returns 1-19 4-91 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 25-39-0 25-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-5 Punts 6-47.5 7-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 3-20 7-54 Time of Possession 32:45 27:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Pittsburgh, Bell 26185, Harris 4-9, Roethlisberger 1-(minus 1). Cincinnati, Hill 8-46, Dalton 4-22, Bernard 6-17, Campbell 1-1, Peerman 1-0, Sanu 1-0. PASSING_Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 25-39-0-350. Cincinnati, Dalton 21-29-0-302, Campbell 4-6-0-25. RECEIVING_Pittsburgh, A.Brown 9-117, Bell 6-50, Bryant 4-109, Wheaton 2-31, Spaeth 2-13, Moore 1-29, Miller 1-1. Cincinnati, Green 11-224, Gresham 3-23, Hill 3-21, Bernard 3-19, Brock 2-18, Sanu 2-16, Little 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Lions 34, Buccaneers 17 TB Det.

0 10 0 7 10 10

7—17 7—34

First Quarter Det_C.Johnson 6 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 2:57. Second Quarter TB_FG Murray 54, 13:32. Det_Bell 1 run (Prater kick), 6:01. Det_FG Prater 46, 3:01. TB_Evans 5 pass from McCown (Murray kick), :05. Third Quarter Det_FG Prater 23, 11:14. Det_Fauria 10 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), :15. Fourth Quarter TB_Evans 26 pass from McCown (Murray kick), 12:52. Det_Bell 5 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 5:01. A_61,489.

6-55, Miller 5-36, M.Wallace 3-39, Clay 2-41, Sims 2-18, Hartline 2-11, Matthews 1-13, Gibson 1-7, Williams 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Giants 36, Titans 7 N.Y. Ten.

17 0

6 10 0 7

3—36 0— 7

First Quarter NYG_FG J.Brown 20, 7:59. NYG_Beckham Jr. 15 pass from E.Manning (J.Brown kick), 4:41. NYG_Kuhn 26 fumble return (J.Brown kick), 1:07. Second Quarter NYG_FG J.Brown 19, 1:38. NYG_FG J.Brown 36, :07. Third Quarter NYG_A.Williams 50 run (J.Brown kick), 12:06. Ten_Huff 23 interception return (Succop kick), 8:36. NYG_FG J.Brown 52, :33. Fourth Quarter NYG_FG J.Brown 42, 11:22. A_69,143. NYG Ten First downs 19 12 Total Net Yards 402 207 Rushes-yards 30-142 14-61 Passing 260 146 Punt Returns 4-49 1-4 Kickoff Returns 1-20 4-63 Interceptions Ret. 2-26 1-23 Comp-Att-Int 26-43-1 23-35-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 8-60 Punts 4-46.5 6-47.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-70 5-39 Time of Possession 34:43 25:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_N.Y. Giants, A.Williams 24-131, Beckham Jr. 1-9, Jennings 2-5, Darkwa 1-0, Nassib 2-(minus 3). Tennessee, Locker 2-28, Sankey 9-25, L.Washington 2-9, Mettenberger 1-(minus 1). PASSING_N.Y. Giants, E.Manning 26-42-1-260, Beckham Jr. 0-1-0-0. Tennessee, Mettenberger 14-241-125, Locker 9-11-1-81. RECEIVING_N.Y. Giants, Beckham Jr. 11-130, Parker 5-60, Donnell 4-28, A.Williams 3-16, Jennings 1-17, Randle 1-9, Robinson 1-0. Tennessee, Hagan 6-62, Walker 4-27, N.Washington 3-56, Durham 3-30, McCluster 2-10, L.Washington 2-10, Sankey 2-2, Klug 1-9. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Tennessee, Succop 42 (WR).

Texans 27, Jaguars 13 Hou. Jac.

3 7

7 6

7 10—27 0 0—13

First Quarter Jax_Hurns 4 pass from Bortles (Scobee kick), 3:39. Hou_FG Bullock 44, 1:22. Second Quarter Hou_Fitzpatrick 4 run (Bullock kick), 11:45. Jax_FG Scobee 33, 5:53. Jax_FG Scobee 37, 1:09. Third Quarter Hou_Blue 1 run (Bullock kick), 3:23. Fourth Quarter Hou_Foster 1 run (Bullock kick), 14:23. Hou_FG Bullock 44, 8:39. A_61,070.

LANDOVER, Md. — The NE SD Hou Jax Rams have back-to-back shutouts First downs 24 13 First downs 19 17 TB Det for the first time since 1945, giv- Total Net Yards 397 216 Total Net Yards 304 262 First downs 15 22 ing them their first winning streak Rushes-yards 28-87 17-53 Rushes-yards 42-173 22-74 Total Net Yards 233 407 Passing 310 163 of the season. Passing 131 188 Rushes-yards 14-26 31-113 Punt Returns 4-20 2-7 Punt Returns 1-21 2-15 Passing 207 294 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Jared Cook caught two touch- Kickoff Returns 3-61 2-33 Kickoff Returns 2-42 4-111 Punt Returns 0-0 2-11 RUSHING_Buffalo, Jackson down passes, Tavon Austin re- Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-6 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-23 2-67 8-35, Dixon 3-15, Goodwin 1-12, turned a punt 78 yards for a score, Comp-Att-Int 28-44-1 20-33-1 B.Brown 3-11, Orton 1-1. Denver, Comp-Att-Int 13-19-0 20-40-1 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-11 4-26 and the defense allowed 206 total Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-4 4-17 Comp-Att-Int 20-39-2 26-34-0 Thompson 4-63, Anderson 21-58, Punts 5-49.4 8-35.8 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Punts 5-47.6 4-48.3 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-43 4-17 Sanders 1-13, Stewart 1-1, Manyards. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 RUSHING_Indianapolis, Luck Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Punts 6-42.5 3-51.7 ning 2-(minus 2). The Rams (6-7) sacked Colt Penalties-Yards 6-70 8-61 Penalties-Yards 7-64 6-40 1-1 3-1 PASSING_Buffalo, Orton 38-57- 5-37, Richardson 7-30, Herron Fumbles-Lost McCoy six times. He suffered a Time of Possession 34:33 25:27 2-355. Denver, Manning 14-20- 8-26. Cleveland, West 15-54, Penalties-Yards 5-50 Time of Possession 32:29 27:31 9-122 neck injury on the sixth sack just Crowell 14-54, Hoyer 2-3. Time of Possession 23:25 36:35 2-173. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING_Indianapolis, Luck 24INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS before the two-minute warning, RUSHING_New England, Blount RECEIVING_Buffalo, Jackson Cleveland, Hoyer 14RUSHING_Houston, Foster 24INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS so Robert Griffin III finished the 20-66, Gray 2-9, Brady 4-7, Edel- 10-37, Chandler 8-81, Watkins 53-2-294. 31-2-140. RUSHING_Tampa Bay, Martin 127, Fitzpatrick 8-19, Blue 9-15, 7-127, Hogan 7-54, Woods 3-36, game in his first appearance since man 1-4, Vereen 1-1. San Diego, B.Brown 2-14, Smith 1-6. Den- RECEIVING_Indianapolis, Hilton 5-22, McCown 4-8, Sims 5-(mi- D.Johnson 1-12. Jacksonville, getting benched two weeks ago. Ry.Mathews 11-44, Rivers 3-8, ver, Welker 6-82, Sanders 4-56, 10-150, Fleener 5-56, Herron nus 4). Detroit, Bell 18-83, Bush D.Robinson 10-30, Gerhart 5-19, Oliver 3-1. Griffin was sacked once during his PASSING_New England, Brady D.Thomas 2-11, Thompson 1-14, 4-45, Moncrief 3-33, Allen 1-5, 8-26, Ross 1-4, Winn 1-2, Stafford Todman 3-11, Bortles 3-10, Lee Wayne 1-5. Cleveland, Cameron 3-(minus 2). 1-4. Tamme 1-10. brief stint. 28-44-1-317. San Diego, Rivers 4-41, Hawkins 4-38, Gabriel 2-16, PASSING_Tampa Bay, McCown PASSING_Houston, Fitzpatrick MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Steelers 42, Bengals 21 20-33-1-189. St. Louis blanked Oakland 52-0 Gordon 2-15, Benjamin 1-27, Dray 20-39-2-250. Detroit, Stafford 26- 13-19-0-135. Jacksonville, Bortles RECEIVING_New England, Edel1-3. 20-39-1-205, D.Robinson 0-1-0-0. 34-0-311. Cardinals 17, Chiefs 14 CINCINNATI — Ben Roeth- last Sunday. man 8-141, Gronkowski 8-87, MISSED FIELD GOALS_Cleve- RECEIVING_Tampa Bay, Jack- RECEIVING_Houston, Hopkins The Redskins (3-10) dropped LaFell 4-41, Vereen 3-30, Amen- KC lisberger threw three touchdown 7 7 0 0—14 land, Cundiff 40 (WR). son 10-159, Evans 4-45, Murphy 4-49, A.Johnson 4-17, Foster dola 3-7, Blount 2-11. San Diego, Ari. 3 3 11 0—17 passes, including a 94-yarder to their fifth straight. Jr. 3-18, Sims 1-24, Stocker 1-4, 2-21, Griffin 1-25, Martin 1-12, D.Brown 5-49, Gates 5-34, Floyd rookie Martavis Bryant in the Panthers 41, Saints 10 Martin 1-0. Detroit, C.Johnson D.Johnson 1-11. Jacksonville, Lee First Quarter 3-54, Royal 2-30, Green 2-15, Al8-158, Bell 5-50, Tate 4-50, Bush 5-67, Hurns 5-36, Lewis 3-69, GerAri_FG Catanzaro 44, 10:55. fourth quarter that was the longest len 2-3, Ry.Mathews 1-4. Car. 17 7 14 3—41 Texans 27, Jaguars 13 hart 2-16, Shorts III 2-3, Sanders 4-8, Ebron 3-28, Fauria 2-17. KC_Charles 63 run (Santos kick), NO play from scrimmage this season. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. 0 3 0 7—10 1-9, Todman 1-5, Ta’ufo’ou 1-0. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. 9:35. The win turned the AFC North JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — ArFirst Quarter MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Second Quarter Seahawks 24, Eagles 14 into a wide-open race. In a game ian Foster ran for 127 yards and Car_Benjamin 9 pass from NewRavens 28, Dolphins 13 Ari_FG Catanzaro 33, 7:43. Rams 24, Redskins 0 KC_Charles 18 pass from A.Smith ton (Gano kick), 11:42. they had to win, the Steelers (8-5) a touchdown, and the Texans won Sea. 0 10 14 0—24 Bal. 0 7 7 14—28 Car_FG Gano 37, 9:57. (Santos kick), 1:12. caught up and ran away with 25 consecutive games for the first time Phi. 7 0 7 0—14 SL 0 6 18 0—24 Mia. 10 0 0 3—13 Car_Newton 2 run (Gano kick), Third Quarter First Quarter Was. 0 0 0 0— 0 points in the fourth quarter. since Week 2. 6:41. First Quarter Ari_FG Catanzaro 39, 9:02. For Cincinnati (8-4-1), it was a Foster’s 1-yard run on the sec- Phi_Maclin 1 pass from Sanchez Ari_Ja.Brown 26 pass from StanSecond Quarter Second Quarter Mia_FG Sturgis 46, 9:28. 3:37. Mia_Hartline 3 pass from Tan- StL_Cook 35 pass from Hill (kick ton (Carlson pass from Stanton), NO_FG S.Graham 37, 13:19. second straight lopsided at home ond play of the fourth quarter gave (Parkey kick), Second Quarter Car_Olsen 16 pass from Newton nehill (Sturgis kick), 1:41. failed), 12:19. loss to a division rival. The Ben- Houston (7-6) a comfortable cush- Sea_Wilson 26 run (Hauschka 3:26. (Gano kick), 2:14. Third Quarter Second Quarter A_62,387. gals fell to Cleveland 24-3 before ion in what had been a back-and- kick), 14:17. Third Quarter Bal_Smith Sr. 1 pass from Flacco StL_FG Zuerlein 34, 7:39. Sea_FG Hauschka 44, :02. going on the road and winning forth game. Car_Stewart 69 run (Gano kick), (Tucker kick), :02. StL_Cook 1 pass from Hill (Har KC Ari Third Quarter 13:59. key pass from Hekker), 3:52. Third Quarter 19 18 three straight to take control of the After quarterback Ryan Fitz- Sea_Lynch 15 pass from Wilson First downs Car_Whittaker 26 pass from New- Bal_Aiken 13 pass from Flacco StL_Austin 78 punt return (ZuerTotal Net Yards 390 366 division. patrick got stuffed on third down, (Hauschka kick), 14:03. ton (Gano kick), 5:13. lein kick), 1:36. (Tucker kick), 6:14. 17-126 33-141 Now, it’s anyone’s title. the Texans lined up for a field goal Phi_Ertz 35 pass from Sanchez Rushes-yards Fourth Quarter A_71,120. Fourth Quarter Passing 264 225 Le’Veon Bell had another big before calling time out and decid- (Parkey kick), 12:09. Car_FG Gano 41, 14:10. Mia_FG Sturgis 34, 12:41. Punt Returns 3-4 2-6 Sea_Baldwin 23 pass from WilNO_Watson 7 pass from Brees Bal_Forsett 2 run (Tucker kick), StL Was Kickoff Returns 5-150 2-64 all-around game, running for 185 ing to go. Foster started right and son (Hauschka kick), 9:01. (S.Graham kick), 5:29. First downs 19 13 8:09. Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-26 yards, catching six passes for 50 looked like he would be stopped A_69,596. A_73,006. 206 Bal_Flacco 1 run (Tucker kick), Total Net Yards 329 Comp-Att-Int 26-39-1 15-30-0 yards, and scoring three touch- for a loss, but he eluded a tackle, Rushes-yards 30-131 12-27 3:34. Sacked-Yards Lost 5-29 2-14 Sea Phi downs. cut back the other way and high- Car NO Passing 198 179 A_70,244. Punts 4-49.3 4-45.8 First downs 28 9 First downs 24 18 Punt Returns 4-143 2-3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 stepped into the end zone. The Jag- Total Net Yards 440 139 Total Net Yards 497 310 Kickoff Returns 1-20 4-91 Bal Mia 6-40 uars (2-11) led 13-10 at halftime, Rushes-yards 46-188 22-57 Penalties-Yards 9-75 Rushes-yards 40-271 17-92 Interceptions Ret. 2-21 0-0 First downs 26 16 Time of Possession 29:59 30:01 Ravens 28, Dolphins 13 Passing 252 82 but did little after the break. Passing 226 218 Comp-Att-Int 16-22-0 23-36-2 Total Net Yards 447 249 Punt Returns 3-5 1-0 Punt Returns 2-7 3-68 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-15 7-53 Rushes-yards 31-183 16-63 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Kickoff Returns 3-53 4-104 1-28 Punts 4-43.5 6-45.8 Passing 264 186 RUSHING_Kansas City, Charles Kickoff Returns 0-0 The Baltimore Ravens played Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 0-0 Vikings 30, Jets 24, OT Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0 Punt Returns 2-8 3-12 10-91, A.Smith 4-26, Thomas 2-5, Interceptions Ret. 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-37-0 10-20-1 more than 17 minutes before pick21-33-0 29-49-1 Penalties-Yards 11-98 5-51 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-61 Davis 1-4. Arizona, K.Williams 19- Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost 2 -11 3-14 ing up a first down, then overcame 2-17 MINNEAPOLIS — Jarius Punts Time of Possession 32:49 27:11 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 100, Taylor 6-19, Stanton 4-17, Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 6-37.8 8-43.9 Punts 4-39.5 5-44.0 Comp-Att-Int 25-33-1 23-33-0 Grice 3-6, Hughes 1-(minus 1). a 10-point deficit to win. Wright’s 87-yard touchdown re- Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1 2-0 1-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 6-41 PASSING_Kansas City, A.Smith Fumbles-Lost The Ravens rallied with con- ception from Teddy Bridgewater in Penalties-Yards 8-67 4-69 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 4-30 Punts 4-45.3 5-51.4 26-39-1-293. Arizona, Stanton 15- Penalties-Yards 6-55 secutive touchdown drives of 97 overtime gave the Vikings the win. Time of Possession 41:56 18:04 30-0-239. RUSHING_St. Louis, Mason 20Time of Possession 36:00 24:00 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 and 75 yards, and added the clinchAfter forcing the Jets to punt to 66, Austin 5-46, B.Cunningham Penalties-Yards 7-36 6-30 RECEIVING_Kansas City, Kelce INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Time of Possession 30:18 29:42 7-110, Avant 5-64, Wilson 4-53, ing score after a favorable replay start the extra period, the Vikings 3-20, Hill 2-(minus 1). WashingRUSHING_Seattle, Lynch 23- Davis 3-3, Bowe 2-29, Charles RUSHING_Carolina, Stewart 20reversal. faced third-and-5. Bridgewater was 86, Wilson 10-48, Michael 6-32, 2-20, Sherman 2-8, Thomas 1-6. 155, Newton 12-83, Tolbert 5-28, ton, McCoy 2-11, Redd Jr. 1-8, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS A gamble by coach John Har- blitzed and threw high on a bubble Kearse 2-15, Turbin 4-7, Ryan 1-0. Arizona, Floyd 4-85, Fitzgerald Whittaker 3-5. New Orleans, In- RUSHING_Baltimore, Forsett 13- Morris 8-6, Way 1-2. baugh in the third quarter helped. screen to his right. Wright jumped, Philadelphia, McCoy 17-50, San- 4-34, Ja.Brown 2-48, Hughes gram 10-43, Thomas 5-38, Brees 71, Pierce 3-50, Taliaferro 7-35, PASSING_St. Louis, Hill 16-22-0Flacco 7-16, Jones 1-11. Miami, 213. Washington, McCoy 20-32-21-36, Housler 1-20, Ginn Jr. 1-8, 1-6, Cadet 1-5. The Ravens made a first down made an off-balance grab, slipped chez 1-7, Sproles 4-0. PASSING_Seattle, Wilson 22- Taylor 1-7, Carlson 1-1. PASSING_Carolina, Newton 21- Miller 12-53, Tannehill 2-6, Wil- 199, Griffin III 3-4-0-33. on fourth-and-1 in their territory, by Jaiquawn Jarrett and outran de- 37-0-263. Philadelphia, Sanchez RECEIVING_St. Louis, MISSED FIELD GOALS_Arizona, 33-0-226. New Orleans, Brees liams 2-4. jump-starting the TD drive that put fensive tackle Sheldon Richardson 10-20-1-96. 29-49-1-235. PASSING_Baltimore, Flacco 25- B.Cunningham 5-28, Cook 4-61, Catanzaro 36 (WR), 34 (WL). RECEIVING_Seattle, Baldwin them ahead. RECEIVING_Carolina, Olsen 10- 33-1-269. Miami, Tannehill 23-33- Britt 2-52, Bailey 2-47, Austin the rest of the way. 2-14, Kendricks 1-11. Washington, 5-97, Lynch 5-27, Kearse 3-37, 72, Brown 3-42, Tolbert 2-34, Ben- 0-227. The victory gave Baltimore Richardson 2-27, Norwood 2-22, jamin 2-24, Whittaker 1-26, Dick- RECEIVING_Baltimore, Smith Sr. Garcon 9-95, Moss 3-43, Redd Jr. Vikings 30, Jets 24, OT (8-5) a significant edge over MiGiants 36, Titans 7 Lockette 1-19, Moeaki 1-15, Turbin son 1-10, Bersin 1-9, Cotchery 1-9. 7-70, Aiken 6-65, M.Brown 3-30, 3-36, Reed 3-25, Roberts 2-11, ami (7-6) in the AFC’s scramble 1-14, Tukuafu 1-4, Willson 1-1. N.Y. 12 3 3 6 0 —24 New Orleans, Colston 5-72, Toon Daniels 2-27, Forsett 2-7, Juszc- Morris 1-11, Paul 1-7, Grant 1-4. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eli Philadelphia, Maclin 3-21, Cooper Min. 14 7 0 3 6 —30 for a wild-card playoff berth. The 4-45, Thomas 4-14, J.Graham zyk 2-3, Supernaw 1-29, Taliaferro MISSED FIELD GOALS_St. Lou3-25, Stills 3-23, Morgan 2-23, 1-20, Jones 1-18. Miami, Landry is, Zuerlein 28 (WR), 38 (WR). First Quarter Dolphins, who haven’t been to the Manning threw for 260 yards and a 3-13, Ertz 2-39, J.Matthews 2-23. touchdown, and the Giants snapped postseason since 2008, are now a a seven-game skid. long shot with three games to go. The Giants (4-9) won for the first with weekly rankings. Commis- teams that only gets disrupted by Long said it was too soon to time since Oct. 5 with two rookies sioners initially leaned toward not losses. say what changes the committee Raiders 24, 49ers 13 having big games. Odell Beckham having them when they first started The top six teams in last would recommend to the comOAKLAND, Calif. — Derek Jr. set a team rookie record with his Continued from page A-6 putting the playoff together. While week’s rankings all won on Sat- missioners. It’s safe to say the Carr threw three touchdown passes fourth game with 100 yards receivLong would emphasize every week urday. On Sunday, the teams benefit of having weekly rankand the Raiders put a major dent ing this season: 11 catches for 130 Long said TCU’s drop was the committee started with a clean were the same, but the order was ings will be addressed when into San Francisco’s dwindling yards and a TD. Andre Williams playoff hopes in the Battle of the ran for a season-high 131 yards, more about the Buckeyes than the slate, traditionally college football very different. And it left many Long’s crew reconvenes in a couple of months. Frogs, but it highlighted a problem polls create a pecking order for fans wondering why. including a 50-yard TD. Bay.

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Spieth rolls to 10-shot win By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

WINDERMERE, Fla. — Jordan Spieth had been down this road before. Three years ago at Isleworth, he was making the turn in the final round when he looked over at the scoreboard on the 18th fairway that showed he had a big lead. So it was eerie when he caught himself doing the same thing Sunday during the final round of the Hero World Challenge. But there was one big difference. Back then, Spieth was a freshman at Texas and won by eight shots in the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational for his first college title. This time, he beat an elite field that included tournament host Tiger Woods, six major champions and 16 of the top 30 players in the world. And he beat them even worse. Spieth capped off a big finish to his second season as a pro when he closed with a 6-under 66 and set two tournament records to win by 10 shots over Henrik Stenson. Staked to a seven-shot lead in the final round, he opened with three birdies in four holes and turned the final three hours into a peaceful walk

along the lakes and palatial homes of Isleworth. “It was the most fun I ever had playing nine holes of golf,” Spieth said. Spieth had an 11-shot lead after nine holes, ripped a drive over the corner of the bunker and then glanced at the lone leaderboard. And then he made another birdie. He coasted from there and even with a careless double bogey on the back nine, he finished at 26-under 262 to break the tournament record of 266 set by Woods in 2007 and Davis Love III in 2000, both at Sherwood Country Club in California. The 10-shot victory was the largest margin of the year in golf, and broke the tournament record of seven shots that Woods had in 2007. “Whether my emotions showed it or not I’m not sure, but inside we were really very pleased with the year and how it came to a close,” Spieth said. “This caps off the best golfing year that I’ve ever had.” Spieth had set a goal of two wins, and that looked out of reach when he began the last leg of a long journey. He finished one shot out of a playoff in Japan, won the Australian Open by six shots and then turned in another dominant performance.

Kentucky destroys Eastern Kentucky By The Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — KarlAnthony Towns scored a careerhigh 19 points and top-ranked Kentucky rolled to an 82-49 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sunday night. Two days after a hard-fought victory over No. 6 Texas, the Wildcats (9-0) had a significantly easier time against the neighboring Colonels, whose campus is located about 20 miles south of Lexington. Despite making its first 3-point attempt with 2:57 remaining, Kentucky still shot 33 of 58 from the field (57 percent) and dominated almost every statistical category. Willie Cauley-Stein added 11 points and Trey Lyles 10 points with 10 rebounds as Kentucky improved to 11-0 against EKU (4-3). NO. 12 NORTH CAROLINA 108, EAST CAROLINA 64 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Brice Johnson had 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for North Carolina. J.P. Tokoto also scored 19 points for the Tar Heels (6-2), who shot a season-best 60 percent from the floor. Kennedy Meeks added 12 points and Nate Britt finished with 10. Terry Whisnant scored 15 points for East Carolina (4-5), which shot 33 percent from the field. B.J. Tyson had 13 points. East Carolina led 10-9 before Isaiah Hicks scored seven points on three consecutive possessions for the Tar Heels.

Scoreboard Golf Hero World Challenge Scores

Sunday at Isleworth Golf and Country Club Windermere, Fla. Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,354; Par: 72 Final

Jordan Spieth, $1,000,000 Henrik Stenson, $400,000 Keegan Bradley, $212,500 Patrick Reed, $212,500 Jason Day, $150,000 Rickie Fowler, $142,500 Justin Rose, $142,500 Zach Johnson, $126,667 Matt Kuchar, $126,667

MLS CUP

p.m. Utah at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Sunday, Dec. 7: LA Galaxy 2, New England 1, OT

Women’s Scores

Soccer MLS Playoffs

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 15 5 Brooklyn 8 10 Boston 7 11 New York 4 18 Philadelphia 2 18 Southeast Division Atlanta 13 6 Washington 13 6 Miami 9 11 Orlando 9 14 Charlotte 5 15 Central Division Cleveland 11 7 Chicago 12 8 Milwaukee 11 11 Indiana 7 13 Detroit 3 18

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.611 .600 .500 .350 .143

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 16 4 Memphis 16 4 San Antonio 15 5 Dallas 16 6 New Orleans 9 10 Northwest Division Portland 16 4 Denver 9 11 Oklahoma City 7 13 Utah 5 15 Minnesota 4 15 Pacific Division Golden State 17 2 L.A. Clippers 14 5 Phoenix 12 9 Sacramento 10 10 L.A. Lakers 5 16

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.800 — .450 7 .350 9 .250 11 .211 11½ .895 .737 .571 .500 .238

— 3 6 7½ 13

Sunday’s Games Boston 101, Washington 93 Atlanta 96, Denver 84 Memphis 103, Miami 87 Oklahoma City 96, Detroit 94 Dallas 125, Milwaukee 102 Portland 103, New York 99 New Orleans 104, L.A. Lakers 87 Monday’s Games Boston at Washington, 3 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 3 p.m. Denver at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Golden State at Minnesota, 4

EAST Boston College 73, Hartford 61 Delaware 58, Bucknell 56 Duquesne 87, Pittsburgh 77 Fordham 71, Temple 64 Maine 65, Harvard 46 Monmouth (NJ) 75, Iona 74, 2OT Niagara 64, Manhattan 36 Penn St. 96, Wagner 66 Rhode Island 63, Providence 56 Saint Joseph’s 58, Villanova 54 Seton Hall 80, Lafayette 63 Vermont 68, Dartmouth 63 SOUTH Alabama 53, Nebraska 51 Arizona 72, Wake Forest 69, OT Baylor 96, Mississippi 54 Charlotte 75, Charleston Southern 43 Florida St. 77, Florida 51 Georgia 69, Michigan St. 60 Kentucky 77, Louisville 68 Maryland 81, Towson 52 Middle Tennessee 90, Xavier 68 Mississippi St. 97, SE Louisiana 36 NC State 84, Elon 51 South Carolina 51, Duke 50 St. John’s 55, South Florida 52 Tennessee 85, Lipscomb 51 MIDWEST Bowling Green 66, Cincinnati 55 Dayton 63, Purdue 61 DePaul 87, Chicago St. 34 Indiana 68, IUPUI 55 Iowa 78, Colorado 63 Iowa St. 74, Stony Brook 64 Kansas 62, California 39 Minnesota 88, Butler 86, OT Northwestern 70, Loyola of Chicago 33 Ohio St. 66, Winthrop 52 UT-Martin 79, Illinois St. 46 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 68, North Texas 39 Prairie View 61, Houston 56 Rutgers 64, Arkansas 52 Texas A&M 82, TCU 71 FAR WEST Long Beach St. 70, San Francisco 58 Montana 64, Carroll (Mont.) 34 Nevada 64, Grand Canyon 52 New Mexico St. 70, New Mexico 59 San Diego St. 64, UC Santa Barbara 58

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Washington 80, Portland 45 TOURNAMENT Brown Classic Championship St. Bonaventure 58, Brown 56 Third Place Drexel 61, Sacred Heart 54

Men’s Scores EAST Buffalo 74, Robert Morris 59< Delaware St. 66, Delaware 53< Fairfield 56, Quinnipiac 52, OT< Florida Gulf Coast 84, UMass 75< George Washington 78, Charlotte 70< Georgetown 78, Towson 46< Manhattan 60, Marist 38< Monmouth (NJ) 92, Iona 89< Rider 80, Siena 68< SOUTH Clemson 68, Arkansas 65, OT< Elon 117, Cent. Pennsylvania 73< Georgia 64, Colorado 57< Hofstra 68, Appalachian St. 51< Illinois St. 78, UAB 74< James Madison 51, Richmond 46< Kentucky 82, E. Kentucky 49< NC Central 61, Howard 39< North Carolina 108, East Carolina 64< Radford 68, Virginia Tech 66< Tennessee Tech 87, Hiwassee 48< UNC Asheville 91, Limestone 66< West Virginia 67, N. Kentucky 42< SOUTHWEST Stephen F. Austin 84, Ouachita 60< Tulsa 78, UALR 73< MIDWEST Cleveland St. 76, W. Illinois 54< Creighton 65, Nebraska 55< DePaul 83, Milwaukee 61< Wright St. 81, Urbana 58< Youngstown St. 70, Thiel 45< FAR WEST California 63, Nevada 56< Colorado St. 66, N. Colorado 58< Mississippi 79, Oregon 73< Montana 69, N. Dakota St. 57< San Francisco 85, Houston Baptist 54< Southern Cal 89, Utah St. 84< UCLA 75, San Diego 68<

ington held San Diego State to a school record for fewest points. Andrew Andrews added 13 points as Washington (7-0) posted just its second win over a ranked opponent since 2011. San Diego State (6-2) shot just 20.4 percent. It was the lowest shooting percentage for the Aztecs dating to 1996 and the second time this season shooting under 25 perdolph and Courtney Lee finished cent in a game. San Diego State By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Anthony with 17 points apiece. Memphis shot 24.6 percent in beating Cal State Bakersfield last month. Davis scored 23 points and the went 8 for 13 from 3-point range New Orleans Pelicans beat the and shot 59 percent from the field Los Angeles Lakers 104-87 on overall.

Billy Horschel, $126,667 Graeme McDowell, $112,500 Bubba Watson, $112,500 Hideki Matsuyama, $109,000 Steve Stricker, $108,000 Jimmy Walker, $107,000 Chris Kirk, $106,000 Hunter Mahan, $102,500 Tiger Woods, $102,500

Washington 49, San Diego St. 36< Wyoming 70, Regis 35

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 28 18 7 3 39 98 72 Detroit 28 17 6 5 39 88 70 Montreal 29 17 10 2 36 74 76 Toronto 26 14 9 3 31 89 79 Boston 28 15 12 1 31 72 72 Florida 25 11 7 7 29 56 64 Ottawa 27 11 11 5 27 70 74 Buffalo 27 9 16 2 20 47 85 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 26 18 6 2 38 85 60 N.Y. Islanders 27 19 8 0 38 86 74 Washington 26 12 10 4 28 74 71 N.Y. Rangers 25 11 10 4 26 73 73 New Jersey 27 10 13 4 24 64 79 Philadelphia 26 9 13 4 22 68 82 Columbus 26 9 15 2 20 61 88 Carolina 26 8 15 3 19 58 74

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 27 Nashville 26 St. Louis 27 Winnipeg 28 Minnesota 25 Dallas 27 Colorado 27 Pacific Division Anaheim 29 Vancouver 28 Calgary 28 Los Angeles 27 San Jose 29 Arizona 28 Edmonton 27 NOTE: Two points overtime loss.

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1 37 85 2 36 70 2 36 76 5 33 64 1 29 71 5 25 79 6 24 72

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Sunday’s Games Anaheim 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Detroit 3, Carolina 1 Ottawa 4, Vancouver 3, OT Edmonton 2, San Jose 1 Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 3 p.m. Florida at St. Louis, 4 p.m. All Times AST

Football AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parenthe-

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ses, records through Dec. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record 1. Alabama (27) 12-1 2. Florida St. (25) 13-0 3. Oregon (8) 12-1 4. Baylor 11-1 5. Ohio St. 12-1 6. TCU 11-1 7. Michigan St. 10-2 8. Mississippi St. 10-2 9. Mississippi 9-3 10. Georgia Tech 10-3 11. Kansas St. 9-3 12. Arizona 10-3 13. Georgia 9-3 14. UCLA 9-3 15. Arizona St. 9-3 16. Missouri 10-3 17. Wisconsin 10-3 18. Clemson 9-3 19. Auburn 8-4 20. Louisville 9-3 21. Boise St. 11-2 22. LSU 8-4 23. Utah 8-4 24. Southern Cal 8-4 25. Nebraska 9-3

Pts Pv 1,452 1 1,436 2 1,426 3 1,265 5 1,262 6 1,257 4 1,105 7 1,070 10 976 13 876 12 875 9 819 8 745 15 663 16 602 17 599 14 542 11 509 19 450 20 406 21 368 22 221 23 134 24 112 NR 79 25

Others receiving votes: Minnesota 58, Oklahoma 46, Marshall 36, Memphis 34, Duke 32, Colorado St. 13, N. Illinois 11, Air Force 7, Cincinnati 5, UCF 4, West Virginia 4, Stanford 1.

Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned D Andrew Campbell to Portland (AHL). CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F Chris Terry from Charlotte (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned F Drayson Bowman to Hamilton (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Damien Brunner to Albany (AHL). Recalled D Peter Harrold from Albany. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned F Liam O’Brien to Hershey (AHL).

Davis leads Pelicans past Lakers

NO. 16 WEST VIRGINIA 67, N. KENTUCKY 42

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — West Virginia found its scoring touch in the second half and cruised past Northern Kentucky. Juwan Staten and Devin Williams led West Virginia (8-1) with 12 points each, and Chad Jackson led the Norse (3-5) with 12 points.

CLEMSON 68, NO. 18 ARKANSAS 65

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson’s Rod Hall scored 11 of his 19 points in the final minute of regulation and overtime. The Tigers (5-3) trailed 57-51 on Bobby Portis’ layup with 1:17 to go. That’s when Hall led the Clemson comeback. He made a layup before converting a Razorbacks turnover into another basket. Rashad Madden coughed up the ball again for Arkansas, and Jaron Blossomgame made a layup to tie at 57. Hall started the extra period with a 3-pointer to put Clemson out front for good. Michael Qualls hit a 3-pointer to bring Arkansas within 68-65 WASHINGTON 49, NO. 13 with 1:01 to play. But that was as close as the Razorbacks (6-2) SAN DIEGO STATE 36 would get. Qualls had 21 points for ArkanSEATTLE — Nigel WilliamsGoss scored 15 points, and Wash- sas.

Sunday night. Jrue Holiday had 22 points and eight assists, helping the Pelicans end a four-game road losing streak that included a 27-point drubbing by the Warriors on Thursday and a 20-point loss to the Clippers on Saturday night. GRIZZLIES 103, HEAT 87

HAWKS 96, NUGGETS 84 ATLANTA — Paul Millsap scored 23 points, Kyle Korver had 15 and Atlanta earned its sixth straight win. The Hawks got off to a fast start, bolting to a 57-36 halftime lead. Al Horford and DeMarre Carroll each had 11 points and combined for 17 Atlanta rebounds. Wilson Chandler finished with a season-high 29 points for the Nuggets, and Timofey Mozgov had 14 points. Chandler and Mozgov combined for 21 rebounds.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jon Leuer scored a season-high 20 points and matched his career best with 12 rebounds, leading the Grizzlies to the win. Mike Conley added 18 points CELTICS 101, WIZARDS 93 for Memphis, connecting on all eight of his shots, and Zach RanBOSTON — Jeff Green scored

25 points for Boston, and reserve tetokounmpo’s 18 points. Marcus Thornton had 21. Rajon Rondo had a triple-douTRAIL BLAZERS 103, ble with 13 points, 13 rebounds C KNICKS 99 and 11 assists for the Celtics, who won their third straight after a seaNEW YORK — LaMarcus Y son-high five-game losing streak. Aldridge scored 24 points and Portland regrouped after blowing a MAVERICKS 125, 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, BUCKS 102 recording its fourth straight vicDALLAS — Chandler Parsons tory. Carmelo Anthony had 23 scored 28 points, helping Dallas points, but the Knicks lost their roll to the win. The Mavericks built a big lead eighth straight and 12th in their with a 12-0 run in the first quarter last 13. J.R. Smith scored 20 points and didn’t trail again in their sec- and Amare Stoudemire added 16 ond victory in five days over the for New York, whose 4-18 start is Bucks. Parsons had nine in the a franchise worst. opening period. Dirk Nowitzki, who was rest- THUNDER 96, PISTONS 84 ed for the game at Milwaukee on Wednesday and scored a seasonAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — low 10 points Friday, bounced back Kevin Durant scored 28 points, with 21 and Monta Ellis added 19. Russell Westbrook added 22 points All five Bucks starters scored in and 11 rebounds, and Oklahoma double figures, led by Giannis An- City beat lowly Detroit.

Ligety collects 23rd giant slalom BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Ted Ligety caught up to his boyhood idol on a day when no one could come close to catching up to him, even with a broken wrist. The American used a powerful second run Sunday to capture his 23rd career World Cup giant slalom race. With that, Ligety tied Switzerland’s Michael von Gruenigen for second all-time in the discipline. Only fitting, since Ligety

was a big fan of von Gruenigen growing up in Utah. “To have the same amount of World Cup wins as him is surreal,” Ligety said. “It’s really cool.” In fourth place after the opening run, Ligety found speed where others couldn’t on a steadily deteriorating course. He finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 34.07 seconds. Alexis Pinturault of France

was second, 0.18 seconds behind, and Austria’s Marcel Hirscher ended up third. Ligety had four metal screws inserted into his left wrist after an accident during training Nov 22. He didn’t take any time off after surgery, though. Instead, he trained without a pole for a little bit, since he couldn’t hang on to it. Ligety said that actually helped him develop more balance going around gates.

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workshops put on by the guild, which she said was “a great way to get started.” The Pottery Guild’s next series of classes will be held on Thursday evenings, beginning Jan. 8. Kramer, a pottery guild member for a year and a half, said she hadn’t contributed items to this year’s sale because she hadn’t produced enough work. Kramer said she still considers herself a “complete beginner.” “This place has meant so much to me since I started taking classes,” she said. “I come here to let my creativity flow, just relax. This is where I come to relax, and learn, and be artistic.”

people here,” said Monelle. “One of the nice things is that all of those professional potters who make a living at it are always willing to stop and help anybody. It’s like an instant class whenever one of them is in the house.” Monelle described the items she had donated to the show as “little goofy things.” They included a sculpted cat and a glazed mug. Monelle said she had been a member of the guild for about four and a half years, since moving to Kenai from Connecticut. “It was a place you could Reach Ben Boettger at ben. meet a lot of folks, and have boettger@peninsulaclarion. some fun,” she said. Monelle com. began her pottery-making with

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“We’re still hanging in there at about $1.8 billion in commitments,” Franz said. While the retention of Senate Bill 21’s oil tax structure was generally viewed as positive in the business community, he said there is always a lag in investment, which occurred in the third quarter. Franz said he expects to see more investment by the first quarter of 2015. Loan portfolios grew yearover-year at nine of 10 major state banks and credit unions, with an 8.1 percent decline at Denali State Bank being the lone outlier.

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Around Alaska Troopers investigate death of Alakanuk teen ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of an 18-year-old man found unresponsive in a shipping container in the western Alaska village of Alakanuk. Troopers say Theodore Hanson’s body is being sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Troopers say Hanson was found Friday night in the container, which held at least 30 propane bottles, with several plugs removed for use. CPR was conducted at the village clinic, but Hanson could not be revived. Troopers were notified that night, but were unable to go to the village immediately because of heavy snowfall and poor visibility. Troopers arrived Saturday. According to troopers, Hanson was last seen alive with two friends about 8 p.m. Friday. Troopers say no foul play is suspected.

Wasilla man dies after grader collision ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a 42-yearold Wasilla man died after he struck a road grader with his truck. Kristopher Mielke was pronounced dead at the scene of the Wasilla collision. Troopers say Mielke had been heading east Friday on Pittman Road when his truck veered onto an oncoming lane and hit the road grader, which was driven by 64-year-old William Olszewski of Wasilla. Troopers say Mielke was not wearing his seatbelt. Olszewski reportedly was wearing his seatbelt and was not injured. — The Associated Press

would sometimes go back home and live with his mother, but when she sold her house, he had no where left to go. That’s when a friend who had moved to Fairbanks told him to “come on up,” Lamprey said. “I came here in 2008, and my drinking and drugging followed me. I came here thinking, ‘no one drinks in Alaska,’” Lamprey said, shaking his head and laughing uproariously at the thought. “Next thing you know, I’m homeless in Alaska in the wintertime. Out in the cold, nowhere to go. I would stay sometimes in an abandoned building over off the Johansen. I just thought that this is where I came to die.” Lamprey’s mother would send him a little money now and then, and he would drink whatever he could get his hands on — beer, if he could afford it, but often mouthwash or cough medicine. Finally, desperate and afraid, he called the number for a 12-step program. “They literally came out into the woods and got me. I had a 12-pack in my hand and they said, “No, no,” and they took me to a 12-step meeting. I was in a semi-blackout. Then they got me over to detox, but when I got out I went right back to

The number of small business loans increased at Wells Fargo, Franz said, and deposits did too. “We continue to see deposits coming in so that’s an indicator to us that companies in Alaska are definitely operating increasingly more profitably,” he said. He attributed the deposit growth to an overall conservative business climate lingering from the financial crash of 2008-09. “We had a bunch of people keeping a bunch of dry powder in the bank waiting to see how Senate Bill 21 would go and we’re over that,” Franz said. “All of a sudden we’re worried about how this political race might go; now we’re over that and all of a sudden oil prices are throwing the state in some

red operations probably.” Past due loan totals — those up to 90 days late — decreased 7.7 percent overall at Alaska banks quarter to quarter, but grew about 50 percent at Mt. McKinley and Denali State Bank. Ingham said there is some seasonality to late loan payments and that while the percentage increased sharply it was not significant in terms of total dollars. The past due total at Mt. McKinley increased about $600,000 in the third quarter. “Some of the people that are past due when they get their PFD (checks) or whatever, they bring it current,” he said. According to Franz, Alaska’s economic climate should remain strong for the near term

despite Alaska North Slope oil prices approaching $70 per barrel. “I continue to maintain I would rather be a banker with Wells Fargo here in the great state of Alaska than anywhere else in the world right now for a lot of reasons, but for one its pretty fun,” Franz said. “Things are moving forward and (are) a lot better than a lot of other places.” In Fairbanks Ingham said the bright side of low oil prices is the hope that the community could see a “pass through” that would lower heating oil prices for the winter.

where I was, drinking again,” Lamprey said. This went on throughout that winter, Lamprey said, until one day the head nurse at the detox center asked him if he would like to get sober. “I said, ‘If it were only that easy.’ And she said, ‘No, I can get you off the street. I can get you a place and get you off the street,’ She literally put me in the van and drove me to the Ralph Purdue Center. I was just a mess. I was so strung out.” The Ralph Perdue Center is an alcohol and drug rehab center that offers residential and outpatient treatment. The average residential stay is 45 days, with an eight-week outpatient program. Lamprey stayed at the Ralph Perdue Center for 30 days and attended 12-step meetings regularly. He once again met up with the man who had first come to get him in the woods, and asked him to be his sponsor. Lamprey moved to the rescue mission after leaving the treatment center, and it was there that he learned about the Genesis Program. After a short waiting period, he was admitted to the faith-based recovery program, which he credits with finally allowing him to achieve sobriety. “The steps are different and it’s way more in-depth. More writing,” Lamprey said, pulling out his Genesis Program workbook and leafing through it. “It was very difficult at first

for me, and I then began to get into it. I knew it was working when I was talking with another person in the program, and we were laughing and talking and I wasn’t cursing,” Lamprey said. The Genesis Program takes eight months to two years to complete, and focuses on the mental, social, emotional, spiritual and physical needs of a person to help them to sobriety. Though his work with the Genesis Program is finished, Lamprey attends other 12-step program meetings regularly, which is something he said he will do “forever.” He was 49 when he got sober, and with his sobriety came a feeling he hadn’t had in years. “I’ll never forget it. I’ve never been so happy in my life — I was 50 years old, five months sober, and at a 12-step meeting. And I was happy. I was here at the mission and I didn’t have two nickels to rub together, but I was safe,” Lamprey said. Sobriety brought other things, such as the need to find a job and a place to live. Lamprey found work moving furniture and was hired as a cook at the rescue mission. The Alano Club hired him to take care of its building on Sixth Avenue, a position which came with a small room to live in. He had lived and worked at the Alano Club for three and a half years when the rescue mission’s men’s shelter manager job

came open. “Rodney (Gaskins, the executive director of the rescue mission) asked me, ‘What special thing do you have for this position?’ I said, ‘Rodney, I am one of those guys,’ Lamprey said, gesturing at the rescue mission clients. “I love my job, I’m very proud of my job. The thing I like about it the most is helping people, seeing them get back on their feet, get back with their families or their loved ones.” Lamprey describes himself as “happily single and independent.” “For 25 years, I didn’t have my own bed — I slept on cardboard boxes, on roofs, in cars, on people’s couches and had to get up and leave when they did,” he said. “I got this job and I saved up enough money, and I now have my own apartment. I have a checking account. I went out and bought a $2,000 bed and mattress, and $3,000 worth of furniture. I spent a ton, and everybody said, ‘It’s a little apartment. Why are you spending so much on furniture?’ I said, ‘I’m getting me some nice furniture, because now I have a home to put it in,’” Lamprey said. Lamprey said a day doesn’t go by that he isn’t thankful for the help he has received along the way. “The rescue mission, the 12step program and the Genesis Program saved my life,” Lamprey said.

Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@ alaskajournal.com.

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Students create lunch menus By MEGAN PETERSEN Ketchikan Daily News

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School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless otherwise noted). For more information, call 907-714-8888 or visit kpbsd.k12. ak.us. The agenda and packet items are posted on Wednesday afternoon prior to the date of the Board meeting. Persons with disabilities who need accommodations to participate at the School Board meetings should contact Debbie Tressler at 907-714-8836 or email dtressler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us no later than three business days before the meeting date. The board will meet: n Jan. 12; n Feb. 2; n March 2; n April 6; n May 4 (at Seward High School); n June 1; n June 2 (Board planning session).

Holidays and vacation days scheduled Dec. 19 — End of second quarter, no school for students; Dec. 22-Jan. 2 — Winter vacation; Jan. 19 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Feb. 5-6 — Parent-teacher conferences, no school for students; March 6 — End of third quarter, no school for students; March 9-13 — Spring Break; April 3 — Good Friday; May 20 — Last day of school.

Early release dates for KPBSD schools Six times throughout the academic year, schools will meet the minimum day so that teachers may have approximately 90 minutes of additional time to work on improvement strategies. On these early release dates, schools will end 90 minutes earlier. Bus transportation will be adjusted by 90 minutes. Upcoming early release dates are: Feb. 4; March 27; May 1.

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary of the Jerry V. Horn Memorial Post 10046 in Soldotna is offering the Vickie Webb Nelson Memorial Scholarship. The recipient must be an Alaska high school graduating senior or an Alaskan enrolled in a home-study program, with a desire to further his or her education. Citizenship, leadership and financial need will be considered. Awards of $500 for first place and $250 for second place will be given to local winners, with the first-place winner’s entry forwarded to the statewide competition to compete for a $1,000 scholarship. Application information has been provided to area high schools, or is available by calling the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Chair at 262-9220. Applications must be received or delivered to the VFW Post, 134 N. Birch Street in Soldotna by Feb. 13, 2015.

STEAM Ahead at Challenger The Challenger Learning Center is now accepting registration for the upcoming sessions. STEAM Ahead for up to a semester of science for grades K-8th. First session begins Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. Challenger is an approved direct pay vendor for IDEA and Connections. For more information: akchallenger.org, 907-283-2000, or summer.lazenby@ akchallenger.org.

Free Training for High School Students KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the welding, construction and medical field. Listed below are our upcoming academies. Nikiski High School will be offering a welding academy beginning Jan. 6, running every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-4:30. Students will be learning Oxy-Acetylene Cutting, torch safety and set up, cutting torch free hand, interpret welding symbols and much more. In January there will be a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) class that is limited to juniors and seniors only. This class will take place at the Workforce Development Center. Students will learn how to physically care for people. Students who are close to the age of 18 by October 2015 will receive a State Certificate after passing the exam. The class is limited to 12 students. Textbooks will be provided, however they are available to purchase for $35 if a student chooses to keep their book. There will be a mandatory meeting on Jan. 13 at 3:30 at the Workforce Development Center (located behind KCHS in the Votec building). During this meeting class times will be set depending on the students and instructor’s schedule. Any high school student is able to participate in any of the academies. If a student successfully completes the 60 hour academy they will receive a 1/2 practical art credit. To sign up students can see their counselor, call Debbie Pearson at 283-2145 or go to onestop.kpbsd.k12.ak.us. Funding for the Alaska Construction Academies comes from a grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and The Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development.

Connections Home-school Thursday — Math Tutoring at the Soldotna Office Thursdays 2:30-4:00pm Dec. 16 — 1st Semester Grade Reports Due; High School Eligibility Due Jan. 5 — 2nd Semester Begins Jan. 5-30 — AIMS K-5 (please make appointments with your local office); Ed Performance Testing 6-8 Jan. 8 — Soldotna Battle of the Books meeting at 3:00 Grades 3rd/4th Jan.9 — Soldotna Battle of the Books meeting at 11:00 Grades 5th/6th See SCHOOLS, page B-2

KETCHIKAN (AP) — Of all the things to serve for lunch, the kids suggested seaweed. Genevieve Hiatt and Hailey Hubble, fourth-graders at Houghtaling Elementary, won the November Dream Healthy Lunch Menu Contest, and come Dec. 19, the school lunch menu in Ketchikan School District will include salmon, brown rice, seaweed and a pineapple-strawberry fruit cup. The contest was inspired by new U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations for school lunches. With the passing of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and the campaign against childhood obesity, school lunches have switched from pudding packs to fruit cups. “With the new school lunch regulations, we had to change a lot of menu items,” said Emily Henry, the school district’s wellness coordinator. Henry said the district’s food services department started the contest in November as a way to include students in the menu planning and design process. “We thought the contest would be a

‘We thought the contest would be a good way to generate excitement and sort of have a say. ... It’s a way for the kids to feel like they were involved.’ — Emily Henry, Ketchikan School District wellness coordinator good way to generate excitement and sort of have a say. ... It’s a way for the kids to feel like they were involved,” she said. In November, 24 Houghtaling fourththrough sixth-grade students submitted meal ideas and illustrated posters for the contest. Henry said the submissions were required to include a fruit, a vegetable, a carbohydrate and a source of protein and dairy. “The kids seemed really excited about it,” Henry said. “We had a lot of really interesting ideas.” One idea was venison tacos with nacho cheese topping, Henry said.

“That’s what we were looking for — is different ideas,” she said. The posters were displayed in the hallways at Houghtaling, where students could vote on their favorite meals. After determining the nutritional integrity of the suggested menus, Henry and a team of judges, including food services director Madonna Brock and Kayhi culinary arts teacher Doug Edwards, decided on three finalists based on creativity and poster presentation. The finalist with the most student votes won. At Houghtaling, fourth-graders Genevieve Hiatt and Hailey Hubble won first place. Fellow fourth-grader Lexi Vasquez won second, and sixth-grader Robert CopePowell won third place. The winning meal will be served to the entire school district Dec. 19, and the students who won get a tour of the school district’s kitchen facilities at Schoenbar Middle School, where are school meals are prepared. And the contest continues, Henry said. Fawn Mountain Elementary students are participating in the contest this month, and their winning meal will be served in January.

Vandalized fossil to become teaching tool By GEOFF LIESIK Deseret News

DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, Utah (AP) — A fossil damaged by vandals in September has been removed from its place along the monument’s popular Fossil Discovery Trail so it can be used as a teaching tool. Brooks Britt, a paleontologist from Brigham Young University, excavated the fossilized humerus of a juvenile sauropod Tuesday with a mix of brute strength and finesse. “This bone is easy to get out because it’s in relatively soft rock,” said Britt as he worked with a hammer and chisel to break rock from the Jurassic period away from the fossil before switching to a small brush to sweep away dirt and debris. Britt was hired by the National Park Service to excavate the damaged fossil after an evaluation determined it would not survive continued exposure to the elements. “(The vandals) took a chunk out about the size of my fist,” Britt said. “That destabilized (the fossil). It propagated fractures. It opens them up and then the weathering process starts attacking the bone, so you can’t leave it out in the open.” On Sept. 2, a park ranger leading a guided walk on the Fossil Discovery Trail found the vandalism. The damage had not been present the previous day, according to Dinosaur National Monument spokesman Dan Johnson. Daniel Chure, the monument’s paleontologist, described his reaction to the vandalism as one of “frustration and anger.” “Hundreds of thousands of visitors have been able to come here and actually look at dinosaur bones as they are naturally exposed by erosion,” Chure said. “Now, because of the thoughtless actions of one

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In this Dec. 2 photo, Brigham Young University paleontologist Brooks Britt, right, works to excavate a sauropod humerus from a hillside on the Fossil Discovery Trail at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. The fossil was vandalized in September, making it necessary to remove it to prevent further damage, according to monument paleontologist Daniel Chure.

person, future visitors won’t have the opportunity to see this particular bone in the field, where future generations can experience that joy of discovery.” Visitors will still be able to see the fossil in its damaged state though. As part of his contract with the Park Service, Britt will prepare the fossil in his BYU lab for display at the monument’s Quarry Visitor Center. “Our plan is to put it on exhibit in the visitor center to let visitors see a really nice bone that had to unfortunately be removed from the trail because of vandalism, and hopefully prevent future vandal events,” Chure said.

‘Our plan is to put it on exhibit in the visitor center to let visitors see a really nice bone that had to unfortunately be removed from the trail because of vandalism, and hopefully prevent future vandal events.’ — Daniel Chure, paleontologist

Classes filling fast for upcoming semester KPC’s enrollment for next semester is tracking about the same as last spring. Classes that meet general education requirements, program prerequisites and requirements, as well as popular electives are generally the first to fill. Classes that are offered online are very popular as Alaskans juggle jobs, family and college. Search for courses from the KPC website and then register at UAOnline at https:// uaonline.alaska.edu/. The first day of classes will be Jan. 12 at all KPC locations. For more information, contact Student Services at 262-0330.

50th anniversary items make great gifts The KRC Bookstore has just put together two holiday gift packages that feature unique, collectable fiftieth anniversary commemorative coins and two interesting books that have roots at KPC. The books in each of the two packages include both “The Flora of South Central Alaska,” by Boyd Shafer, and the fifty year history of KPC titled, “Keeping the Fire Burning,” by Tony Lewis and Clark Fair. Shafer taught classes at KRC for 36 years, retiring in 2002 and both Lewis and Fair have served as part-time instructors. The collectable coins were produced to commemorate the shared fiftieth anniversary of KPC, Kenai Peninsula Borough, and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District as all three organizations were established in 1964. There are two packages available for purchase. The deluxe package includes a full set of six coins with matching serial C

Haigh is a respected historian and author of several Alaska history books, including enai eninsula “Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mt. McKinley,” ollege “Gold Rush Women,” “Gold Rush Dogs,” “Children of the Gold Rush” and “King A round C ampus Con: The Story of Soapy Smith.” Haigh numbers, both in silver and copper, that has been honored as the Alaska Historian honor Clayton Brockel, KPC’s founding of the Year by the Alaska Historical Socidirector, Harold Pomeroy, KBP’s first ety. mayor and Sterling Sears, KPBSD’s first New exhibit on display in KRC’s G.L. superintendent. Each organization’s logo is on the reverse of the coins. The coin Freeburg Gallery “Caution Hot,” an exhibit featuring the sets, along with a copy of each book, is being sold for $249. The second package work of KPC student artists Sue Covich, includes a two-coin set of KPC coins, one Jessica Isenman-Bookey, Chelsea Springer copper and one silver, and the books for and Sandra Sterling, is currently on display in KRC’s Gary L. Freeburg Gallery. $99. There will be an artists’ reception for Proceeds from the sale of the collectable coins are slated to benefit a KRC art this exhibit from 4:30-6 p.m. on Dec. 11. scholarship and that a total of 155 sets The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 1. The gallery is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., were produced. Monday through Friday.

KRC history professor to speak to local garden club

Jane Haigh, KRC assistant professor of history, will be giving a talk about Fannie Quigley’s Kantishna gardens at the Central Peninsula Garden Club meeting at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association. This event is free and open to the public. Quigley was a pioneer mining woman who lived for 40 years in the remote Kantishna mining district, now at the end of Denali Park Road. She was famous for her enormous gardens grown under challenging conditions and for her hunting and trapping. M

KRC searching for CNA instructor KPC is looking to hire an exceptional individual to teach the Certified Nurse’s Aide course part-time at KRC in Soldotna. For more information about the position, visit the KPC website at www.kpc.alaska. edu/employment and apply to the adjunct job posting. For further information, contact 262-0317. This column is provided by Suzie Kendrick, Advancement Programs Manager at Kenai Peninsula College.

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Jan.17-18 — Kenai NWR Wilderness First Aid Course Semester Reports: This is a friendly reminder that first semester report forms are due on or before Dec. 16 for any home taught classes. Please remember: to get high school credit the semester report must be received. If you are unsure on how to fill out this report, have any questions, or need help in any way please call our office and your advisor can help you. Connections Talent Show: If your student has a talent they may wish to share at our talent show this year, please contact our talent show coordinator, Mark Wackler, at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us. At this time we are mostly just trying to gather interest and help students begin preparing for the show, so your response is not an obligation to have your student perform. Most of our acts are musical (i.e. singing, piano, dance, etc.) but we welcome and encourage a wide variety of different types of talents, so get creative! Please contact Mark with all your questions or to express interest. A date has not yet been set, but mid to late April is when the show is typically scheduled. We look forward to seeing you at the 2015 Connections Talent Show! Connections Spelling Bee: We are pleased to announce that Connections Homeschool is enrolled in the National Spelling Bee this year, continuing with a great tradition. All Connections students in grades 3-8 are encouraged to participate in order to build confidence, increase vocabulary and improve spelling skills. Our local Spelling Bee will be held on Jan. 22 at the Soldotna Public Library. The 2015 Alaska State Spelling Bee will be held on Feb. 16 at the Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage (PAC). For word lists and information, contact Carole Nolden at 714-8880 or cnolden@kpbsd,k12. ak.us.

Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science Monday: n The Student council sponsored Food Drive continues through Friday. Donations of non-perishable food items are to be placed in the box in the hallway across from the library. Thank you for supporting families in our community. n The Penguin Patch Holiday Shop is open. Students will be taken by classrooms to visit the Shop and buy things for family and friends. Information and forms for this went home with students on Nov. 29. Tuesday: n The Food Drive continues through Friday n The Penguin Patch Holiday Shop is open. Wednesday: n Food Drive continues n The Penguin Patch Holiday Shop is open. This is the last regular shopping day for the Shop n 3:00 p.m. — 3rd / 4th Grade classes will have a Celebration of Learning to end the second quarter. Details will be given from the classroom teachers. Thursday: n Food Drive continues through Friday n The Penguin Patch Holiday Shop is open as a make-up day for those students who did not shop earlier in the week. n 4:00 p.m. — Christmas Drive donations are due in at the office. Thank you to everyone who is supporting the Drive by making monetary donations or by shopping for these children. n 6:00 p.m. — Band Concert in the Kaleidoscope gym. Friday: n Last day for the Food Drive! Thank you for your donations. n 1:25 p.m. — Mrs. Hurst’s 5th grade class will be walking to the Creek. n 2:25 p.m. — Mrs. Harper’s 4/5th grade class will be wlaking to the Creek. n 3:00 p.m. — 1st/2nd grade End of Quarter Celebrations will be in classrooms. Please bring a healthy finger food to share for this event. Students will be sharing the work they have done this quarter. Saturday: n 10:00 a.m. — Christmas Drive Pick up Reminders n The Holiday Concert for students in grades 1st -6th is December 16 at 7:00 at KCHS. n In-service day, December 19, no school. n Winter Break December 22, 2014-January 2, 2015. Return to school January 5th. n If your child will be absent from school or arriving late, please call by 10:30 a.m. Otherwise, the office will call to confirm your child’s absence from school to keep attendance records accurate. Please call the office by 2:30 if you need to make a change to your child’s after school plan (283-0804). The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Initiative: To do something, of one’s own free will, because it needs to be done.

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary On Nov. 26, Miss Lemcke’s 2nd/3rd grade class performed a wonderful production of “The Great Kapok Tree” by Lynne Cherry. The students had been working very hard in science on preservation of natural resources and the play was a wonderful way to expand their learning throughout other subjects such as reading, art and public speaking. Their paper mache’ masks were fabulous! They were a messy success! It took the month of November to complete their masks, costumes, sets and to memorize lines. Then they worked on stage directions, projecting and enunciating. It was a wonderful play and the entire cast did an outstanding job! The class received rave reviews during both productions and were even asked by Principal Crabtree if there would be a possible spring play in their future. If we can find another play that lends itself to our current curriculum we will certainly put on another play! It was a fun and entertaining learning experience. Miss Lemcke is very proud of her second and third graders for their hard work and amazing performances! Mr. Daniels’s Class is feeling Cam-tastic! They are making pinhole cameras. The goal is to create a model to study how the eye works. In other news, we have discovered a great new Social Studies resource: Educational Skyping. So far we have mystery Skyped 3 classes, and we have another this week! We ask yes/no questions to another classroom in the United States. We keep narrowing down the answer with the clues until we guess where they are from. Then we get to know them a little better before signing off. Through Skype we also have another great opportunity presented to us — Skype guest speakers! We have arranged guest speakers from Microsoft to talk to us about careers in computer science and how technology affects our lives every day. Megha Tiwari, Program Manager, MSN Homepage and Nina Jennings, design researcher at Microsoft, will speak to our class on two separate occasions. We will keep you posted on how our Skype adventures turn out. K-Beach Elementary is holding its annual Kids Go Shopping Holiday Store. The store will be open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for students to shop for inexpensive gifts for their families. Any questions can be directed to Cindy Haakenson at 252-1028 or cindyhaakenson@hotmail.com. Dec. 16 — K-2 Winter Program, 6:00 p.m. at SoHi auditorium Dec 19 — No School, In-Service day

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bell soup labels and other participating product labels. Some products include, Goldfish, Post, Swanson, Pop-Secret, V8 and Dannon. For the complete list of products and companies that participate in this program please visit their website at www. labelsforeducation.com our school will earn points that can be redeemed for items such as physical education equipment, classroom supplies and other educational merchandise for our students. Additional information regarding this program will be sent home with students. Students should put their name on the back of each label and turn them in at school for our weekly drawings to win a prize. Redoubt PTA Holiday Kindness Program — Assisting Redoubt families in need this holiday season is underway. All gifts need to be brought to the school by today, December 8th. Cash donations in any amount can be dropped off at the school office. Money will be used to purchase holiday gifts for Redoubt children and their families. Thanks you to all of the volunteers who ran the PTA Elf Shelf Holiday store for 3 days. Thank you for making it possible for Redoubt students to do a little early holiday shopping for friends and family. Family Game Night will be held at 6:00-7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun filled evening of board games and open gym. There will be a Make and Take and special reading activity for Title One families from 5:30-6:00 pm. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Fundraiser items — Please make sure that all fundraiser items from our fall fundraiser have been delivered.

KCHS held a silent auction and spaghetti dinner on Friday to help us raise money for the KPBSD Students in Transition Program. The SIT program helps provide assistance to local homeless children and provides them with clothes, school supplies, food and other necessities. We would like to thank everyone for attending and for their support of the Students in Transition Program. Winter Concert & Holiday Dessert Auction will be Thursday at 7 p.m. in the KCHS Auditorium. Congratulations to Brett Brown, Drake Thomas, Patrick Michels, Eli Heinrich, Alex Bergholtz, and Kirsten Nyquist for being selected to the 2015 All-Northwest Honor Band & Wind Symphony The Culinary Arts class made 50 pumpkin pies for the Boys and Girls Club Thanksgiving boxes. It was a great way for them to show off their cooking skills as well as practice quantity cooking. Thanks to the Boys and Girls Club for providing the ingredients for them to do this community service project! Student of the Month for November: Rotary — Christopher Campos; Chamber — Thomas Randall; Elks — Dezmond Ticknor; Kard-of-Deck — Kendra Pisa; Super Staffer — Simon Nissen; Pre-Calculus — Jacey Ross, Mr. Calvert; Biology — Lacey Plumridge, Ms. Worley & Mr. Hanson; Physics — Jeremy Ruggiero, Mr. Armstrong; Culinary Arts — Brianna Bushnell, Mrs. Sims; World History — Kendra Pisa, Mr. Zorbas; Physical Training — Kelsey Booth, Mr. Baker; Geometry — Damien Redder, Mr. Nyquist; AP World History — Lea Schmidtbauer, Mr. Settle- Skyview Middle myer; Advanced Algebra — Ty Kenney, Mrs. Herring; Anatomy Events this week: & Physiology — Keenan Orth, Mrs. Davis; LA 11 Honors — Friday — Winter Activity Night, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Parent chapJoey Gabriel, Mr. Cater; LA 9 — Natalie Marlowe, Mr. Baskin; Spanish 1 — Mackenzie Lindeman, Mr. Moss; Health — Rey- erones needed. Please contact the school to volunteer. Sports schedule this week: anne Carlson, Ms. Rustad. Tuesday — First Round of Borough Tournament, TBA Saturday — Finals of Borough Tournament at Homer Middle Kenai Middle School – TBA There are only 9 days of school left before the holiday break! A big thank you to all the parents, students, staff and commuHang in there! nity members who made the Skyview Angel Tree a hugh success! The Holiday Choir Concert is scheduled for Tuesday at KCHS. Your kindness and generosity has touched the lives of many of It will begin at 7:00. our students! The First Round of Basketball Boroughs is also Tuesday. It’s Only 2 weeks left in the second quarter. Please check Power been a great season of Basketball for Kenai Middle School. School to see that all class fees have been paid. The KMS and KCHS Holiday Band Concert and Dessert Auction is scheduled for Thursday, at KCHS. It too will begin at 7:00. Soldotna High The Borough Basketball Finals will be held in Homer on SatEach week we recognize a teacher at 6 a.m. during Daybreak urday beginning at 10:00. We wish Kenai Middle School players and again at 6 p.m. during the KTVA 11 Evening News. In addithe best of luck. We are proud of you! We’d like to congratulate our November Students of the Month: tion, we run a :30 promo the whole week on GCI cable and KTVA Khloe Anderson, Brittany Burcham, Livai Castrellon, Meghan congratulating the recipient. This is a great way for us to recogDavis, Riley Graves, Sierra Longfellow, Shannon McClure, Chel- nize educators in our state while also giving recognition to the schools. Parents, students and teachers can use this link to submit sea Plagge, and Travis Verkuilen. their nomination: http://ulink.tv/2041. .Soldotna High School’s Child Development class will be havMountain View Elementary ing a free daycare on Dec. 11 and 12 from 12:30-2:00. There will “The Holiday Wonderland” will be open Monday through be crafts, games, and a snack provided. Children must be between Thursday. This is a program hosted by the PTA to allow students 2-5 years old and be potty trained. Enrollment forms and more to shop for inexpensive Christmas gifts for family and friends. If information can be provided through mbos@kpbsd.k12.ak.us. you would like to volunteer to help students shop please call the Microsoft IT Academy (ITA) Program provides students with office at 283-8600 to schedule a time. the technology skills they need to be successful in their education It is not too late to help a family in need during this holiday and careers. With Microsoft Certification, students can validate their season. If you would be able to donate anything from a pair of skills that will be beneficial in a variety of career paths including gloves, a hat, a turkey, or a complete holiday meal, please drop engineering, business and technology. ITA members receive price your donation off at the office or call Kimb or Kim at 283-8600. reductions on Microsoft Certification exams so they can enable Your contribution would be very much appreciated! skills validation through certification for their students globally. First, Second, and Third grade students will have a winter perSoldotna High will be participating in the 2015 Youth Risk Beformance on Dec. 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the KCHS Auditorium. havior Survey. This is for all students at Soldotna High. Students Donations of baked items are needed for the bake sale being will be bringing home permission slips for parental signatures. held right after the concert at KCHS. Bring your goodies directly Our school has been given a budget of $2,600 to offer incentives to the high school when coming for the concert. Items will be sold for students to turn in their forms and to take the survey. Stufor $1 each after the concert so remember to bring your ones! dents will be eligible for drawings for gift cards from the followWinter break is December 19-January 4. Students return to ing: The Orca Theatre, Fred Meyer, River City Books, Subway, school on Jan. 5. iTunes, The Moose is Loose and Kaladi Brother’s Coffee. We will be administering the survey during 2nd hour on Jan. 27. Questions regarding the actual content of the survey should be Nikiski Middle-High directed to Central Office. Questions regarding the administration December is busy, busy! The boys and girls Middle School can be directed to LaDawn Druce, SoHi Counselor. We need at basketball teams continue in their undefeated run this year. They least 60 percent of our students to bring back their permission will progress to the borough tournament in Homer on Friday. The form marked “YES” and 60 percent to be here and take the survey Nikiski High School chapter of the National Honor Society vol- on Jan. 27. unteered at the Kenai Visitor’s Center raising money for homeless Soldotna High School and Soldotna Prep School recently youth. The Student Council did a good job with organizing a suc- completed their Canned Food Drive for the holidays. Advisories cessful food drive. The music department is setting the holiday competed against one another to bring in canned items and food spirit as their practicing for the winter concerts has spilled into to provide for a Thanksgiving meal. In all, the students packed the hallways. boxes for a Thanksgiving meal for 34 areas families and took alUpcoming Events: most 500 lbs of food to the Food Bank. The winning advisory was Monday — Winter Choir Concert at 7:00 p.m. in the audito- Mrs. Raemaeker’s with 2nd place going to Ms. Bos and 3rd place rium. to Mr. Leck. Thanks to all families who contributed to this effort. Friday-Saturday — Wrestling State at Anchorage Christian Student Council will be selling Candy Cane grams the week of School December 8-12. They will be having dress up days on December Saturday — Middle School Basketball Boroughs at Homer 15 as Ugly Christmas Sweater day and December 16 is Holiday Dec. 15 — Band Concert at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Attire. The Holiday Assembly will be held on December 16. The last day of school for students will be Dec. 18. This will The Media Center is open until 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. There also be the end of the quarter/semester. Teachers will have a are buses at 4:15 for those students working in the Media Center. If work day/inservice day on Dec. 19. School will resume on Jan. your student were to stay after school and would need a bus home 5, 2015! at 4:15 please contact Tamra Wear at 260.7036 or twear@kpbsd. k12.ak.us to give her the bus drop off location for your student. ATOSS tutoring will run until May 4th from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Nikiski North Star Elementary NNS will have a holiday concert on Thursday at Nikiski Middle High School. The concert will begin at 6:00 p.m. and performers are asked to arrive by 5:45 p.m. Mrs. Faris has been working very diligently with the students to bring you a fun and memorable evening. The students performing in this concert are Kindergarteners through second grade and include the classes of Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Trammell, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Thye, Mrs. Mayberry, Mrs. Erwin, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Settlemyer. We have many goals at our school and one of them is increasing our regular attendance rate. Research is very clear that consistent school attendance is associated with academic success. Regular school attendance provides a student the opportunity to feel connected to the school community. In addition to our excellent attendance recognition at our quarter assemblies, we will be implementing the outstanding attendance award for those students who have only missed one day of school per quarter. If you have questions or are interested learning about our school goals, please call the school office at 776-2600. Now that we have lots of snow on the playground, please remember to send your child to school with a warm hat, boots, snow pants, a coat and warm gloves or mittens. Thank you in advance to labeling each item with your child’s name.

Soldotna Prep Poetry Out Loud meetings in Rm. 10, 2:15-3:00 Wednesday. Skate Ski Instruction with Coach Peterson at Tsalteshi Ski Trails begins in December. 10 lessons for $100. All levels are welcome, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. After school tutoring Monday through Thursday 2:25-3:25. PE Swim make ups can be done any day after school at 3:00 p.m. at the SOHI Pool. SoPrep/SOHI Christmas Concert 7 p.m. Thursday at SOHI. Lego Robotics Camp at SoPrep on Dec. 20 from 1-4 p.m., $35. Register at SOHI. For info contact Mrs. McGlothen at 260-2300. Please check school blog for current activities at soldotnaprep. blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/

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The Study would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. Get your loved one the gift they’ve always wanted — the gift of flying! We are excited to begin registering students for Private Pilot Ground School in February. Call us today to reserve a spot! The Study is an accredited learning center that partners with the KPBSD, home school entities, and private schools. We ofRedoubt Elementary fer private tutoring in all academic subjects, music, Kinder Prep, Tuesday — PTA Meeting at 5:00 p.m. and a variety of courses for high school credit. It’s not too early Wednesday — Site Council Meeting at 3:45 p.m. to begin registering for our 2015/2016 Academic Kinder Prep/ Wednesday — 4th Grade Music Concert 5:00 p.m. at Redoubt Kindergarten and First/Second grade classes. Check us out on the Gym web at thestudysoldotna.com or call us at 262-6227. Thursday — 5th Grade Band Concert 5:30 p.m. at Redoubt Gym Tustumena Elementary December 19th — No School for students, teacher in-service. December 22 through January 2nd — Christmas Break Dec. 6 — Cash Raffle, 6-8 p.m. Box Tops Winners last week were: Urijah Walden, Elijah BurDec. 11 — Winter Concert, 6 p.m. dick and Sierra Chapman. Keep those Box Tops for education Dec. 12 — Spelling Bee, 1:30 p.m. coming, weekly drawings are held so don’t forget to have your Dec. 16 — Geography Bee, 1:45 p.m. child put their name on the back of each Box Top and turn them Dec. 18 — Reindeer Games in at school. Dec. 19 — NO SCHOOL, Inservice Day, End of 2nd Quarter Labels for Education — Redoubt has started collecting CampDec. 20-Jan 4 — Winter Break C

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Wife of deaf husband seeks to cope in new surroundings ing your husband’s severe hearing impairment with the director, the nurse and/ or their medical adviser because they need to be made aware of your husband’s special needs in order to be able to accommodate him, if it’s possible. According to the House Clinic in Los Angeles (www. houseearclinic.com), he will probably be advised to Abigail Van Buren check in with his otologist (a doctor who specializes in the anatomy and physiology of the ear) to see if anything further can be done to improve his hearing. I hope you will follow through with that suggestion, because advances are being made in this field every year, and it may help your husband be less isolated.

away at college? — REALLY CONFUSED IN TEXAS DEAR REALLY CONFUSED: Even if your son is away at college, he is still a part of your family, so include him. Once he has finished with school and is out on his own, that would be the time to suggest he start sending his own greetings.

DEAR ABBY: What is the rule of etiquette in sending out and signing Christmas cards from my family when one child is over 20 and in college? Do I send cards from just my husband, me, and the kids still living at home? Or should I also include my son, the one

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

DEAR ABBY: My son took his own life last year. I am raising his small children because their mother is out of the picture. How do I tell them how their daddy died? — GRANDMA IN THE MIDWEST DEAR GRANDMA: Tell them gradually when they start asking questions. If they ask why Daddy died, say he was very ill. When they want to know what the illness was, tell them he suffered from depression. When they want more details, reveal them in an age-appropriate manner.

A baby born today has a Sun in Sagittarius and a Moon in Cancer. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Dec. 8, 2014: This year others often have to step back and regroup when they have conversations with you, as you will be revealing more of your thought processes. You will like brainstorming with one person specifically. If you are single, the desire for a relationship becomes more prominent in your thoughts. You will have the opportunity to meet two potentially great matches. Choosing might be fun or problematic, depending on your point of view. If you are attached, the two of you will learn to respect each other’s perspectives. The romance between you will improve as a result. CANCER draws out your vulnerabilities. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Information that heads your way will be clear and precise. Your mind might take the facts down a new path to create different scenarios. At times, you could feel confused by everything that is happening around you. Allow space for changes. Tonight: Happily relax at home. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH A partnership could carry you past a problem. New information seems to muddy up the waters. Seek out more facts, but don’t discount some of the vague details you’ve already heard. Detach, and you’ll gain an unexpected insight. Tonight: Catch up on emails. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be very forthright,

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but attaining clarity with a money matter might be tough. An unexpected revelation might help to open up the topic. Pace yourself, and approach a key person in a levelheaded way. The unexpected will play a role in decision-making. Tonight: Stay calm. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You could feel awkward when dealing with someone at a distance. This person will be more significant than you might realize. You’ll want to rethink a difficult problem involving someone who reflects and responds very differently from you. Tonight: As you like it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Put the finishing touches on a project. A conversation with a loved one could be more significant than you realize. This person serves as a muse for you more often than not. Detaching from the here and now only adds to your creative energy. Tonight: Live in the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a decision more carefully. Your ability to understand others’ motives and what is going on with them seems to mark your decisions. You could be feeling a bit awkward with everything that is happening around you. Tonight: In the middle of the action. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might be blunt, but that is not your usual style. Know what you want, and you will know the path on which to proceed. Others seem very excitable. Listen carefully, but don’t commit to anything that makes you uncomfortable. Tonight: Where the action is. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Take a moment to see the

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars whole situation rather than react to what someone else is saying. You know and understand much more than what you are sharing. Stay centered, and focus on what is possible. A conversation could prove to be important. Tonight: Play out a fantasy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You could have more clout than you realize. Start a conversation with a loved one, and you will see that this is true. Listen to your inner voice when dealing with a key person in your life, and trust in your natural appeal. Tonight: A quiet dinner with a friend. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You would be wise not to push others or display your dominant side. Many people around you seem to be showing their muscles. The best approach is to avoid conflict. You could feel uncomfortable in an animated discussion. Expect the unexpected. Tonight: Go along for the ride. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Your focus continues to be work and on the end results. A new interest or hobby could be taking up more time than you realize. A friend or partner might not be thrilled about seeing you less. Consider ways to free up your schedule more. Tonight: Where your friends are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Your sense of direction is strong. You know how to prioritize and get a lot done. Be prepared for a spontaneous interruption from a friend. Use caution with your money. Risks need to be weighed carefully before you launch into action. Tonight: A must appearance.

Emergency Etiquette Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about emergency-vehicle courtesy: “When people don’t pull over or get out of the way of emergency vehicles, I get very frustrated. It’s so selfish! If that were the mother or child of the person in the way, I’d bet he or she would want people to move so that the loved one could get help ASAP! I am a nurse and can tell you that seconds count.” — Lisa in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lisa, thank you for writing! Seconds can truly mean life or death! It is a LAW in most states, so these “selfish” people, as you call them, are endangering someone’s life as well as breaking the law. Readers, if you can safely pull over, stop and let the emergency vehicle pass, DO SO! — Heloise Fast Facts Dear Readers: Other uses for old picture frames: * Put corkboard in one and make a bulletin board. * Frame a mirror. * Insert a screen to hold earrings. * Glue magnets on small frames and put them on the refrigerator. * Frame a wedding invitation as a keepsake. — Heloise Stuff and roll Dear Heloise: I have a helpful hint concerning getting laundry in a two-level home to the basement. I take the pillowcases off my bed, fill them with dirty laundry and then put rubber bands around the tops. I roll them down two sets of stairs. It’s so much easier than carrying it down. I simply add the pillowcase in with the rest of the laundry. — Barb in Galesburg, Mich.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Norm,” has become profoundly deaf. He has a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the other; neither has helped much. He has extreme difficulty with speech recognition. We can talk together in the quiet of our home as long as I sit right next to him and speak slowly. We use assistedlistening devices to communicate with each other in the car or at a restaurant. Norm’s hearing loss has affected us as a couple. We no longer have a social life. When Norm and I are out together, we become “invisible” to other couples. It’s just too much work for anyone to communicate with us. We are about to move to a retirement community where one meal a day is included in the dining room. I’m worried about how we will navigate the social aspects of eating with others, who will rapidly decide they don’t want to eat with us again because of the difficulty of trying to chat with Norm. Norm is well aware of this problem. He has proposed that he eat alone in our apartment while I go to the dining room and meet people, unencumbered by his impairment. Can you advise? — TRAPPED IN A SITUATION DEAR TRAPPED: Before moving into the retirement community, make a point of discuss-

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