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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 65

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Group seeks views on pot

Question Do you prefer natural or artificial Christmas trees? n We like to find a natural tree in the woods and cut it down ourselves. n We like to find a place to buy a natural tree. n We prefer an artificial tree.

Coalition to host town hall meeting

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Jill Erickson maneuvers her Action Trackchair through her wooded property on Friday.

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Sea lion’s head M goes missing from K Ketchikan pier KETCHIKAN (AP) — A head that belonged to a massive male sea lion found dead has disappeared from a pier in Ketchikan, Alaska. The head had been dangling from the pier into the water so it could be examined after it was cleaned by ocean critters, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. Scientist Gary Freitag of the University of Alaska Fairbanks had examined the animal’s carcass over the summer for clues to its cause of death. He had been planning to study the head for more hints after it was submerged for about six months, he said. But within two weeks the head was missing, and Freitag says it looks like the rope was cut. “I can’t picture anybody taking it,” Freitag said. “It probably was pretty ripe.” The seal had been found dead in July on the rocks of Refuge Cove, and its head had been tied to a float at the north end of Bar Harbor. If the rope was just cut and the head wasn’t stolen, then it’s probably at the bottom of the harbor, Freitag said. Hunters often use similar methods for cleaning deer heads, said Dan Berg, the senior assistant harbormaster for City Port and Harbors.

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All-terrain wheelchair gets people outdoors By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

On her wooded property outside of Soldotna, Jill Erickson had a hill which, until recently, she had never been to the top of. Erickson, a physical therapist, has been paralyzed from the waist down for 35 years and uses a wheelchair for transportation, which severely limited her outdoor mobility. Last week, Erickson used her new all-terrain wheelchair to travel up the hill for the first time. “You can’t imagine how much it means to me to be outdoors by myself,” Erickson said. Her new chair is an Action trackchair, a 2008 invention

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— Jill Erickson of motor-sport manufacturer Tim Swenson of Minnesota. It was assembled by Swenson’s company Action Manufacturing, which to date has only one plant, located in Marshall, Minnesota. Instead of wheels, the 350-pound chair has heavy treads similar to a snowmachine’s. These are powered by a pair of 12-volt rechargeable batteries beneath the seat, which can propel the chair to a top speed of 4 miles per hour, according to its user manual.

Erickson’s trackchair, which she received Dec. 6, is the first to be shipped to the Kenai Peninsula, according to Mary and Richard Dreifuerst, coowners of Alaska Trackchair, currently the only trackchair dealer in Alaska. They run the dealership from their home in Cooper Landing, and have two model trackchairs on display at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Soldotna, priced for $11,183. “It gives people with limited mobility the ability to get back

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Medicaid months away State says it may take until July to expand program By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — State health commissioner Valerie Davidson said it could be July before the state is in a position to begin enrolling Alaskans under expanded Medicaid coverage. Davidson said issues need to be worked out with a Medicaid eligibility system as well as with a Medicaid payment system that has been plagued by problems since going live in 2013. Both are being converted

from one technology system to another, she said. “We want to make sure that we are successful on day one. And in order to do that, we have to have systems that are capable of accepting new Medicaid expansion enrollees,” Davidson said in an interview with The Associated Press. “So we’re thinking probably we’ll be ready in July.” The state in September filed an administrative complaint against the vendor it had hired to implement the new Medicaid

payment system. That matter is pending. As of earlier this month, there were about 230 defects in the system, down from nearly 870 last December, but some of those were resulting in claims not being paid or not being paid correctly, Davidson said. In addition to working out the payment issues, the state expects to get a corrective plan from the AP Photo/Becky Bohrer vendor by the end of this week In this Dec. 1 photo, Alaska state health commissioner Valerthat it will then review for pos- ie Davidson, left, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, center, and Gov. Bill sible approval, she said. Walker attend a news conference to announce Davidson’s apSee EXPAND, page A-2 pointment in Juneau.

Walker faced with widening deficit scenario By TIM BRADNER, Morris News Service-Alaska/ Alaska Journal of Commerce

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‘You can’t imagine how much it means to me to be outdoors by myself.’

out and go down to the river to fish, or to get on a hiking trail, or walk their dog, get back out with their families and be independent without someone pushing your wheelchair. It’s able to get to places where traditional wheelchairs just can’t go,” said Mary Dreifuerst. The Dreifuersts founded their business a year ago. They said that a friend — a trackchair user and owner of a hunting business in their native state of Wisconsin — introduced them to the product. “It intrigued me, that they made a vehicle like this,” said Richard Dreifuerst. “So I met up with the sales manager (of Action Trackchair).” The manager told Dreifu-

In response to November’s voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Alaska, a group of Kenai Peninsula residents have formed a coalition and will hold a town hall meeting Tuesday to hear what community members have to say on the issue. Soldotna trial lawyer Eric Derleth started the Kenai Community Coalition on Cannabis and will host the meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai. Derleth, who has been a cannabis advocate since he started writing papers in favor of legalization in 1984 at the age of 14, said he wants to hear from the citizens who voted against legalization and begin a dialogue to understand what concerns people have about how an underground market adjusts to a legitimate enterprise. “We share the same goals from keeping the community, workplace and roads safe,” he said. “We agree with all that. There is more than one way to skin a cat.” Derleth drafted an agenda for the meeting that would include a question and answer segment but he said the meeting structure is up to the audience. Local politicians have been invited. Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre has committed to attend the meeting as have assembly members Blaine

Gov. Bill Walker faces a grim budget scenario that may distract the new governor from other priorities, like a natural gas pipeline and an expansion of Medicaid. A template of a proposed fiscal year 2016 budget will be released Dec. 15, as required by law, but it will be empty of

the real numbers Walker will propose to the Legislature in late January, the deadline for an amended budget. Walker released former Gov. Sean Parnell’s “work in progress” capital and operating budgets Dec. 5 but warned that changes are coming. The Parnell documents reflect the frustration state budget officials will have in controlling growth of the operating budget while also making cuts to the

capital budget. The total budget of state funds for capital spending was $349.8 million in Parnell’s plan, including unrestricted general funds, designated funds and other state funds. About $1.06 billion in federal pass-through funding, mostly for transportation projects, brings the total capital budget to $1.4 billion. Although the Parnell budgets are documents for planning only, they show an operatC

ing budget expenditure of $10.1 billion in state general funds, an increase over $9.85 billion in total state funds in the current fiscal year 2015 budget. Parnell did reduce the expenditure of state general funds by 3.8 percent mostly through reductions in personal services, which were undesignated, but “designated” general funds mostly for state formula programs like Medicaid and education were up 5.3 percent and

funding for programs funded by “other state funds,” a catch-all category, was up 22 percent. Federal funds administered through the Parnell operating budget were increased slightly from $2.019 billion for the current year to $2.027 billion for next year. Overall spending in the total budget including all categories would rise 2.1 percent from $11.88 billion to $12.13 billion, according to the See BUDGET, page A-10

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To accept expanded coverage, Gov. Bill Walker’s administration also will need legislative approval to receive and spend accompanying federal dollars, she said. For states that have opted for expansion, the federal government is expected to cover the cost through 2016 and the bulk of the cost indefinitely, with the states contributing. The new legislative session is scheduled to start Jan. 20. Walker, who took office Dec. 1, campaigned on expanding Medicaid coverage, something his predecessor, former Gov. Sean Parnell, resisted, citing concerns with costs and whether the feds would uphold their end of the bargain. Medicaid has been a major driver of the state’s operating budget, and the state is looking to rein in spending amid plunging oil prices and projected multibillion-dollar budget deficits.

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Democratic lawmakers earlier this year supported legislation that would have the state accept coverage for those up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line provided the federal match did not fall below 90 percent. The bill never gained traction. Davidson said reform is needed to ensure the Medicaid system is sustainable and looks forward to working with legislators toward that end. But she also sees expanded coverage as a catalyst for meaningful reform and as an investment in Alaska’s future. Medicaid is a program that helps cover health care cost for lower-income people. Through 2020, expanded coverage could help about 40,000 Alaskans, she said. When people ask her if she’s worried about the federal government continuing to provide expected funding, she tells them there are no guarantees in life. “That said, as a state we continue to improve roads, we continue to improve runways and the reason we do so

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is because, in order to grow business in our state, in order to grow the economy, we have to invest in that infrastructure in order to make those things happen,” Davidson said. “But we also need to think about investing in the health care of Alaskans as another important infrastructure investment, because we want Alaskans to be as productive as possible. And they can’t work, they can’t hunt, they can’t fish unless

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they’re healthy.” The federal-state match rate after 2016 will be comparable to that for roads or other transportation projects, she said. A Medicaid Reform Advisory Group was created by Parnell to look at possible changes to the Medicaid system. Davidson said she was trying to find information on what the group was working on.

3 missing after four-wheeler pulled from Kuskokwim River ANCHORAGE (AP) — Three people are missing after authorities say their four-wheeler was recovered from the Kuskokwim River. Alaska State Troopers, in a dispatch, say the missing — two men and a woman — were reported overdue at about 5 p.m. Friday. Search efforts also began Friday. Bethel Search and Rescue, on its website, said a set of allterrain vehicle tracks were seen leading to an open hole. It said a four-wheeler, matching the description of the vehicle that the missing individuals were using, was recovered from beneath newly formed ice. KTUU reports the search and rescue agency previously issued warnings about travel on the river due to thin ice and areas of open water.

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Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 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.

Date aligns for baby girl BILLINGS, Mont. — The time and date aligned for a baby girl born in Montana, and the infant’s weight came close to making the event even more unique. Quincy Kessler was born at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings at 10:11 a.m. on 12/13/14. Even more remarkable, her birth weight, at 7.84 pounds, almost aligned with the other numbers. A fraction of an ounce more, and she would have weighed 7.89 pounds. The baby is the second daughter born to Trenton and Melida Kessler. Melida Kessler tells The Billings Gazette that nurses in the hospital room noted around 10:05 a.m. that the 10:11 time might work out. At that point, she says she started to push and Quincy came out at 10:11.

Man makes a smashing proposal

AMSTERDAM — A Dutchman’s attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing. The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane, planning to descend in front of his girlfriend’s bedroom window first thing Saturday morning, play her a song and then pop the question. Instead the crane toppled over, smashing a large hole in the neighbors’ roof. The man clambered to safety and no one was injured. According to the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper, the girlfriend said “yes” anyway. After speaking with police, the pair traveled to Paris to celebrate.

Stick shift foils carjackers OCALA, Fla. — Police in Florida say two would-be carjackers almost got away with a vehicle in Ocala but didn’t know how to drive a stick shift. The Ocala Star-Banner reports the owner of a 2014 Toyota Corolla told police he was sitting in his car talking on his cell phone when a man with a gun tapped the window. Another man was by the passenger side window. Police say the gunman demanded the man get out of the car and demanded his keys. He gave them the keys, they got in the car and he walked away. The man stopped another motorist who called police. — The Associated Press

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Around the Peninsula Prostate cancer support group meets for dinner

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hands on the block and exit the pool without using the ladder; and tread water for 2 minutes using only legs. Participants must sign up in advance. Call the pool at 283-7476 for more information.

Road to Recovery seeks volunteers

This month’s meeting for men affected by prostate cancer The American Cancer Society Road to Recovery program will be our no host dinner at Froso’s restaurant on the Kenai needs volunteer drivers in Kenai and Soldotna, willing to take Spur Highway in Soldotna at 6 p.m. on Thursday. For informacancer patients from their home, to their treatment appointtion call Jim at 260-4904. ments at Central Peninsula Hospital. Call Kathy Archey at 907273-2077 or email: kathy.archey@cancer.org if you are interMeet Sen.-elect Dan Sullivan ested in becoming a volunteer driver. A holiday reception for Sen.-elect Dan Sullivan will take place from 6-8 p.m. Thursday Dec. 18 at the St. Elias Brewery Swim lessons, lifeguard training, on the Sterling Highway in Soldotna.

Middle School volleyball camp at Skyview Middle school volleyball begins Jan. 5. To get a start on the season, Soldotna High School varsity coaching staff will be holding a volleyball camp for 7th and 8th grade girls over Christmas break. Coaching staff will be assisted by collegiate and SoHi varsity volleyball players. Camp will be at Skyview Middle School Dec. 22-23 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Camp registration will be $30. For more information, please call 262-1476 or 398-3519.

Tryouts for volleyball team slated Peninsula Midnight Sun Volleyball Club is holding tryouts at Kenai Central High School Monday and Tuesday from 7:309:30 p.m. for its 18U, 16U and 14U teams. Practices are held two nights per week and tournaments take place once or twice per month from January through the end of March. For further information, contact Heath McLeod at pmsalaska@outlook. com.

Lifeguard training offered

Aqua Zumba at Nikiski Pool

Nikiski Pool swim lesson registration starts Dec. 29 at noon at the Nikiski Pool. Group Swim Lessons, sets 1-4, start Jan. 7 for Beginners, Advanced Beginners, Intermediates and Tiny Tots. Semi-private swim lessons start Feb. 18. American Red Cross Lifeguard Class starts Jan. 20. Aqua Zumba ends Dec. 18. Please call Nigel at 776-8800 for more information.

Sterling Community Center schedules activities — Zumba is 10:30-11:30 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, through December. Zumba involves dance and aerobic elements, incorporating hip-hop, salsa, mambo, and martial arts. Open to the public. Free for SCC members, $3.00 for nonmembers. — Gym-Walking at the Sterling Community Center is Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Stay active and meet new people; walk 19 laps and you’ve walked a mile! Open to the public. $3.00 for non-members, free to SCC members). Please wear non-marking shoes. — Regular pickleball play times at the Sterling Community Center are Mondays, 1:00-2:00 p.m., and Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Pickleball is a game played on a badminton-sized court with a low net, whiffle ball, and oversized ping pong paddles. Great for all ages. Open to the public; $3.00 for non-members, free to SCC members.

A Red Cross lifeguard class will be offered at the Kenai Central High School pool from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 22, 23, 29 and 30, and possibly Dec. 31. The cost for the class is $200. Participants must be 15 (16 to be hired by the school district); swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both; within 1 minute, 40 Submit community announcements to news@peninsulaclarseconds, swim 20 yards and dive 7 to 10 feet deep to retrieve a 10-pound block, swim back to the starting point with both ion.com.

Borough attempts ride-share again FAIRBANKS (AP) — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is making another attempt at establishing a ride-share program as a way to reduce vehicle emissions. Car rental company Enterprise Holdings has a $300,000 contract with the borough to operate the program, which launched in late September. In an effort to drum up interest, company representatives have been meeting with workers for

some of the larger employers in Fairbanks. A radio ad is airing, and a TV ad is planned. The cost for a newer-model, all-wheel-drive vehicle would be $900 a month, plus gas, which Enterprise officials say would be divided among as many as seven people. The $900 monthly fee would cover vehicle costs such as registration, maintenance and insurance. The program is for people

who live on the same side of town and agree to share their daily commute to work or school. The company, which has similar programs nationwide, wants to make this a sustainable business, Enterprise director of sales Robert Lerch said. “Essentially, it’s a turnkey operation,” he said. “People want to be comfortable. They want to be safe. It’s worry-free driving.”

In 2010, the borough used grant money to buy four passenger vans and hired a contractor from Anchorage to operate a ride-share program. But the effort, which municipal officials said was modeled after a successful program in Anchorage, faltered, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The passenger vans lacked four-wheel drive. The vans are being given to Anchorage.

Port Lions celebrates 50th anniversary By JULIE HERRMANN Kodiak Daily Mirror

PORT LIONS (AP) — Port Lions celebrated 50 years this weekend, the final celebration in a string during the past year, remembering its history since the village moved from its original Afognak location. “We’re trying to make everything focused on people learning about and celebrating and remembering the history of Port Lions,” said Dorinda Kewan, a member of the organizing committee, a few days before the event. City of Port Lions clerk Katie Adkins said this celebration is in December because that’s when the men of the village brought their wives and families to move into the new homes, although she was not sure of the exact date. “Some of the people on the (event organizing) committee actually moved from Afognak to Port Lions, and, I’m told, very early in December, the first residents made the move from Afognak to Port Lions,” Kewan said. At the time, the homes were basically shells without flooring, painted walls or window dressing. They celebrated the holidays as best they could and then put down floors, while boats continued to move furniture and other belongings from Afognak, Kewan said. “But early in December is when the first families made that initial move,” Kewan said. Port Lions has held celebrations earlier this year, including one on the Fourth of July with a picture display from

AP Photo/Kodiak Daily Mirror, Julie Hermann

In this photo taken Dec. 7, the dance group, Dancers by the Sea, perform an original song and dance about the move from Afognak to Port Lions in Port Lions. Port Lions celebrated 50 years last weekend, the final celebration in a string during the past year, remembering its history since the village moved from its original Afognak location.

throughout the town’s history, in addition to the parade, picnic and other holiday festivities and a social on March 27, 50 years to the day after the earthquake. The City of Port Lions, Native Village of Port Lions, Afognak Native Corp. and Native Village of Afognak, along with the Port Lions School, sponsored the final event with a potluck meal, historical display, band and dance performances. Dancers by the Sea, the Port Lions Alutiiq dance group, performed an original song and dance about the move from Afognak to Port Lions. During dinner, the microphone was open for people to share memories of the 1964 earthquake and tsunami that precipitated the move and the move itself. Peggy Nelson recalled looking forward to the move be-

cause she was scared after the earthquake. “It was a scary time back then,” Nelson said. “We didn’t know what we were going to do because what do you do when the earth is shaking and the ground is sinking and the trees are moving back and forth and you’re stepping over waves in the ground?” Port Lions was originally founded in 1964 by people who moved from the village of Afognak, on the southern tip of Afognak Island, after it was destroyed. The tsunami following the 1964 earthquake wiped out Afognak, destroying about 70 percent of the buildings, including homes and the community hall, according to “9.2, Kodiak and the World’s Second-Largest Earthquake,” a book by the Daily Mirror and the Baranov Museum. Bridges were also destroyed

and the store had been pushed inland. Afognak itself was 5.5 feet lower than it had been the day before the earthquake due to the action and movement of tectonic plates. At high tide, one of the main roads was covered in water, wells were contaminated by seawater, and areas filled with water by the waves did not drain. While the residents originally wanted to rebuild in place, they ultimately decided to rebuild elsewhere, choosing Settler Cove in Kizhuyak Bay. “I had mixed emotions about leaving our beautiful house over there that we built and lived in for five years before the tidal wave,” Nelson said. The Lions International chose to help rebuild the village, and Port Lions was named after the service organization. Construction started in May, according to “9.2,” and the former Afognak residents moved in that winter. “We survived all that, and I’m so thankful for Port Lions and every one of you here,” Nelson said. “I love Port Lions.”

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What Others Say

Russia a nation in decline Russian President Vladimir Putin,

who loves to strut on the world stage, appears intent on regaining his nation’s lost stature. But the reality is that Russia is a nation in decline. Global oil prices have tumbled to a five-year low, and Russia’s ruble has fallen 40 percent against the dollar so far this year. Economists predict that inflation may soon reach 9 percent and continue climbing. Even more serious for Putin, although likely to draw less attention from the Russian people, is another prediction by economists: Capital flight is expected to reach $128 billion. In other words, Russia has serious financial problems that Putin had not anticipated. It is something for which he is to blame, however. “It is a completely new reality for him,” said Sergei M. Guriev, an economist who chose exile last year. “Whenever Russia wanted the oil price to go up, it has gone up,” Guriev said. “He has always been lucky, and this time he is not lucky.” In the United States, we have long worried about our nation’s dependence on foreign oil. In Russia, there’s an even more striking dependency on domestic oil production, which provides 60 percent of the nation’s exports. Though Americans may rejoice in the recent drop in prices at the gasoline pump, these low prices represent a clear threat to Russia’s economy and, if less directly, to Putin’s stewardship. In the wake of the Western sanctions, Moscow thought it would find financial help in China, but the banks there apparently do not have the capacity. Thus the debt could deplete Russia’s $400 billion in foreign currency reserves. Vedomosti, Russia’s most respected business daily, last week published an editorial that suggested that “the biggest problem of Russian leadership is inability to admit mistakes” and declared that “the economy is seriously ill, and the ruble rate is one of the indicators crying about the illness.” And it added this potent comment: “Russia’s leadership refuses to admit there is an illness, and pushes it into the depths.” The West’s big fear? That Putin may see war as a way out of his troubles. Then our present domestic worries would seem insignificant. — Tampa (Florida) Tribune, Dec. 9

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Opinion

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

Dianne Feinstein’s travesty

The Senate Intelligence Committee spent roughly $50 million on its investigation into the CIA and apparently couldn’t find Michael Hayden’s phone number. The committee portrays Gen. Hayden, the former CIA director, as a liar who deceived Congress about the agency’s interrogation program, yet the committee couldn’t be bothered to interview him. That’s because the committee, led by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, didn’t bother to interview anyone. The committee didn’t want to include anything that might significantly complicate its cartoonish depiction of a CIA that misled everyone so it could maintain a secret prison system for the hell of it. The Feinstein report scores some points. It makes plain that the CIA program wasn’t adequately controlled, especially at the beginning, that it went too far, and that the agency became too invested in defending it. But the thrust of the report is devoted to the proposition that torture, or harsh interrogation, never works. This is important to critics of the CIA program because they are almost never willing to say that torture is wrong and that we should never do it — even if it sometimes works and potentially saves lives. They lack the moral conviction to make their case solely on principle. Even though its executive summary runs more than 500 pages, the report lacks basic context, specifically an account of the postSept. 11 environment in which nearly everyone expected another attack and wanted to do everything possible to avoid it. This is why the likes of the impeccably liberal

Jay Rockefeller, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, could say after we captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in 2003 that we should be “very, very tough with him.” The interrogation Rich Lowry program was born against this backdrop. No one was saying of KSM, “Let’s give him some dates and olives and hope, once he finds out what nice people we are, he spills his guts and gives up Osama bin Laden’s location.” The harsh methods that the CIA adopted don’t, in isolation, shock the conscience. There’s nothing, for instance, about throwing someone up against a flexible wall, grabbing and shaking him, keeping him in a tight space or slapping him that is clearly out of bounds. It is cumulatively, over an extended period — as with Abu Zubaydah, who was put through the ringer for two weeks — that the methods take on a different complexion. Reasonable people can disagree about whether we went over the line of what we should do to anyone in any circumstance. But in making a totalist case against the CIA program, the Feinstein report implausibly asserts that it had no benefits whatsoever. It points out, as though it settles something, that terrorists lied when they were subjected to coercive interrogations. Of course, terrorists also lied when they

weren’t subjected to coercive interrogations. The standard shouldn’t be if the CIA program produced 100 percent truthfulness, but whether it produced intelligence that otherwise wouldn’t have been available as quickly or at all. The Feinstein report insists that the harsh interrogation of Abu Zubaydah didn’t help lead to the capture of KSM. The Republican counterreport notes, “There is considerable evidence that the information Abu Zubaydah provided identifying KSM as ‘Mukhtar’ and the mastermind of 9/11 was significant to CIA analysts, operators, and FBI interrogators.” The Feinstein report pooh-poohs the notion that the interrogations helped put the CIA onto bin Laden’s courier, in part because the agency had information about him prior to its interrogations. But the interrogations highlighted the importance of the information already in the CIA’s possession. The overall contention of the report is that we would have been just fine and achieved the same results in the war on terror with less information, rather than more. Not only does that defy common sense, it is a bet no one would have been willing to make in 2002. Nor would anyone have guessed 10 years ago that it would be considered more in keeping with American values to assassinate people from drones rather than capture them and ask them questions under duress. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Cruz’s moves on spending bill roil Republicans By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

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WASHINGTON — One colleague called the tactics of tea party-backed Sen. Ted Cruz on the $1.1 trillion spending bill a painful echo of last year’s 16-day partial government shutdown. Another senator said it was a strategy without an end game. And that sniping came from Cruz’s fellow Republicans. The 43-year-old Texas freshman in a hurry — he’s considering a 2016 presidential run — infuriated several GOP colleagues with a last-minute attempt to force a vote on President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The move upended lawmakers’ weekend plans and, more troubling for his party, gave Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., an opening to move forward on long-stalled Obama nominees. When Cruz got his vote Saturday, he lost badly, 74-22, as even Republicans who agree with him on immigration repudiated his effort. Moments later, Congress cleared the spending bill. “You should have an end goal in sight if you’re going to do these types of things and I don’t see an end goal other than irritating a lot of people,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said it was a repeat of last year’s shutdown showdown over Obama’s health care law, when it was engineered by Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee, RUtah. Isakson said it was a movie he had seen before and “wouldn’t have paid money to see it again.” He called Cruz’s move a problem, not a strategy. Added Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.: “I C

fail to see what conservative ends were achieved.” For once, Democrats opted not to criticize Cruz publicly, a surefire indication they calculated that he was only hurting Republicans. Cruz was unapologetic. He said the sole purpose of his efforts was to secure a Senate vote to “stop President Obama’s amnesty” — his description of the president’s plan for work visas for an estimated 5 million immigrants living in the United States illegally. “Both Democrats and Republicans will have the opportunity to show America whether they stand with a president who is defying the will of the voters or with the millions of Americans who want a safe and legal immigration system,” Cruz said in a speech to a crowded Senate chamber moments before the vote. Reid derisively said the “junior senator from Texas” was “wrong, wrong, wrong.” In a Facebook post, Cruz had blamed Reid, arguing that Saturday’s series of round-the-clock votes on nominations was to prevent the vote he sought. Cruz said Reid was “going to an embarrassing length to tie up the floor to obstruct debate and a vote on this issue because he knows amnesty is unpopular with the American people, and he doesn’t want the Democrats on the record as supporting it.” Republicans said Cruz’s move had the reverse effect of his campaign on immigration, ensuring a vote on the nominee for Customs and Immigration Enforcement who would carry out Obama’s executive actions. Cruz, a Cuban-American with an Ivy

League resume, time as Texas solicitor general and a Supreme Court clerkship with the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, created headlines in his first few months in the Senate with a fierce challenge to Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary. Last fall, it was Cruz and Lee who roiled the GOP and Washington with their push to starve Obama’s health overhaul of money, a drive that led to the partial shutdown. Democrats weren’t surprised that the conservative duo struck again. “They’re all about headlines. They’re trying to get attention for themselves. They’ve succeeded in doing that,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. In his current maneuvering, Cruz sent a shot across the bow at incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, suggesting the two should not be entirely trusted to keep their promise to challenge Obama’s immigration policy when the allRepublican Congress takes over in January. “We will learn soon enough if those statements are genuine and sincere,” Cruz said Friday night. Cruz’s moves troubled Republicans looking ahead to next month and their new majority. “I’m concerned that we fight when we can win and get something accomplished. And of course that’s what we’re trying to set up for next year when we have the majority in the Senate,” said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.

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Nation/World Hostage situation in Sydney cafe By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press

SYDNEY — A gunman took an unknown number of people hostage inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia’s largest city on Monday, with two people inside the cafe seen holding up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith. Four hours after the incident first erupted inside the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney, New South Wales state Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said police had not made direct contact with the gunman, did not know his motivation and were not sure how many people were being held inside. “We have not yet confirmed it is a terrorism-related event — we’re dealing with a hostage situation with an armed offender and we are dealing with it accordingly,” Scipione said. The people would have been taken hostage as they stopped for their morning coffees. Television footage shot through the cafe’s windows showed several people with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the glass, and two people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with

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This image taken from video shows people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with white Arabic writing on it, inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia Monday.

white Arabic writing on it. Zain Ali, the head of the Islamic Studies Research Unit at the University of Auckland, said it was difficult to read the message because media images showed only the lower part of the flag. But he believed it was the Shahada, or declaration of faith, largely because a black flag with white writing in a contemporary context often contains that message. He said he could make out the word “Muhammad.” Ali said the Shahada translates as “There is no deity of worship except God (Allah),

and Muhammad is the messenger of God.” It is considered the first pillar of Islam’s five pillars of faith, and has been used by groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State but wasn’t invented by them, Ali said. The cafe is located in Martin Place, a plaza in the heart of the city’s financial and shopping district that is packed with holiday shoppers this time of year. It is home to the state premier’s office, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the headquarters of two of the nation’s largest banks. The state parliament house is a few blocks away.

Streets in the area were closed, offices evacuated and the public told to stay away. “We don’t know whether this is politically motivated, although obviously there are some indications that it could be,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters in the nation’s capital, Canberra. “We have to appreciate that even in a society such as ours, there are people who would wish to do us harm.” A police spokeswoman said no injuries had been reported from the incident. Heavily armed officers were lined up outside the cafe, and a man with a backpack inside the cafe could be seen walking back and forth in front of the glass doors. Abbott said the National Security Committee of Cabinet met to be briefed on the situation. “The whole point of politically motivated violence is to scare people out of being themselves,” Abbott said. “Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society — nothing should ever change that. And that’s why I would urge all Australians today to go about their business as usual.”

Report revives debate on interrogation By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When the CIA sought permission to use harsh interrogation methods on a captured al-Qaida operative, the response from Bush administration lawyers was encouraging, even clinical. In one of several memos forming the legal underpinnings for brutal interrogation techniques, the CIA was told Abu Zubaydah could lawfully be placed in a box with an insect, kept awake for days at a time and slapped multiple times in the face. Waterboarding, too, was acceptable because it didn’t cause the lengthy mental anguish needed to meet the legal standard of torture, the 2002 Justice Department memo says. The release last week of a Senate report cataloging years of such interrogation tactics has revived debate about legal opinions since discredited and withdrawn and about the decision to not prosecute the program’s architects or officers who used the methods. Civil rights groups in the United States and abroad are renewing calls to prosecute those who relied on techniques that President Barack Obama has called torture. “How can we seriously use the phrase ‘rule of law’ if crimes of this magnitude go uninvestigated and unprosecuted?” said Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union. The Justice Department,

which spent years looking into the matter, says it lacks sufficient evidence to convict anyone and found no new information in the report. It also is far from clear that any international case could be brought. Department officials said they will not revisit their 2012 decision to close the investigation, citing among other challenges the passage of time and the difficulty of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that crimes were committed, especially in light of government memos that gave interrogators extraordinary latitude. “Our inquiry was limited to a determination of whether prosecutable offenses were committed. Importantly, our investigation was not intended to answer the broader questions regarding the propriety of the examined conduct,” the department said in a statement after the report was released. That conclusion followed an investigation led by special prosecutor John Durham that begun in 2009 as an outgrowth of a probe into the destruction of videotapes of CIA interrogation tactics. The inquiry into interrogation tactics came amid the release of an internal CIA inspector general’s report that said CIA interrogators once threatened to kill the children of a Sept. 11 suspect and suggested that another suspected terrorist would be forced to watch his mother being sexually assaulted. Durham specifically investigated potential crimes in the deaths of two detainees, including one who was shackled to a

cold concrete wall in a secret CIA prison, while in custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. In closing the investigation, the department said it had “reviewed a tremendous volume of information” about detainees alleged to have been in U.S. custody but did not find enough evidence to convict anyone. The investigation focused on instances in which interrogators went beyond what was approved in memos from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. The Obama administration had said interrogators would not face charges if they followed legal guidelines set forth in the memos, which have been withdrawn. In great detail, the Bush administration memos explored the legality under the federal torture statute of varied interrogation methods contemplated by the CIA. The analysis established parameters for conduct, largely assuring the agency that actions now characterized by Obama as torture were legally permissive. The guidance was sought in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, as the country feared another attack. CIA Director John Brennan said at a news conference Thursday he was confident the overall interrogation program saved lives. One argument in the memos

held that certain aggressive interrogation practices were permitted so long as they stopped short of producing pain equivalent to experiencing organ failure or death. Another said they were permissible provided the interrogator’s primary objective was to not “inflict severe pain or suffering.” Sleep deprivation, though uncomfortable, was judged acceptable because it did not cause severe physical pain, one memo states. Facial slaps were fine since they did not conjure fears of imminent death. Waterboarding was more problematic but did not result in the requisite “prolonged mental harm.” The government gave itself permission to use the techniques by defining torture “in such a way that almost any action could fall short of that definition,” said William Aceves, an international law expert at the California Western School of Law. After the Senate report was released, United Nations officials said U.S. officials and interrogators who authorized or carried out torture must be prosecuted. They said the actions violate the U.N. Convention Against Torture, which the U.S. ratified in 1994 and which bars American personnel from engaging in torture or “cruel, inhuman or degrading” treatment of detainees.

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Around the World UN climate talks end with crack in rich-poor firewall, raising hopes for Paris deal LIMA, Peru — A last-minute deal that salvaged U.N. climate talks from collapse early Sunday sends a signal the rich-poor divide that long held up progress can be overcome with a year to go before a landmark pact is supposed to be adopted in Paris. Still, it remains to be seen whether governments can come up with a new formula for how countries in different stages of development should contribute in a way that keeps global warming from reaching dangerous levels. “This issue will be contentious and it will need to be worked through all the way to Paris,” U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern said after the marathon talks in Lima finished, more than 30 hours behind schedule. The U.N. talks were still far away from reaching any agreement on reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to a level that scientists say would keep global warming in check. But the Paris agreement would be the first to call on all countries to control their emissions.

Friends of UVA ‘Jackie’ say they pushed to call cops after assault CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three friends of an alleged victim of a gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house told The Associated Press that a magazine article that used the woman’s attack to paint a picture of a culture of sexual violence on college campuses was wrong on a number of key points: most important that they didn’t encourage her to report the attack and that they were more concerned about their reputations than her well-being. One of the friends, a 20-year-old, third-year student referred to as “Randall” in the Rolling Stone article but whose real name is Ryan Duffin, told the AP that not only did he encourage the alleged victim to go to police, but he started to dial 9-1-1 on his cellphone until she begged off saying she just wanted to go back to her dorm and go to sleep. The Rolling Stone article set off an intense debate about sexual violence, alcohol, fraternities, and journalism ethics. The Associated Press also spoke with the other two friends portrayed in the article: third-year, 20-year-old U.Va. students Kathryn Hendley and Alex Stock, known as “Cindy” and “Andy” in the article. None of the three friends was contacted by the Rolling Stone’s reporter, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, before the article was published; each of them rejected multiple assertions made in the article, which has since been retracted.

Monday’s deadline a big test for revamped HealthCare.gov WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s push to cover America’s uninsured faces another big test Monday. This time, it’s not only how the website functions, but how well the program itself works for millions who are starting to count on it. Midnight Monday, Pacific time is the deadline for new customers to pick a health plan that will take effect Jan. 1, and for current enrollees to make changes that could reduce premium increases ahead of the new year. HealthCare.gov and state insurance websites are preparing for heavy online traffic before the deadline, which gives consumers in the East three hours into Tuesday to enroll. Wait times at the federal call center started creeping up around the middle of last week, mainly due to a surge of current customers with questions about their coverage for next year. Many will face higher premiums, although they could ease the hit by shopping online for a better deal. Counselors reported hold times of 20 minutes or longer for the telephone help line. — The Associated Press

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Sports

Kobe moves past Michael Bryant takes 3rd on scoring list in victory over Minnesota By The Associated Press

AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant holds up the ball and acknowledges the crowd during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after passing Michael Jordan on the NBA all-time scoring list in Minneapolis on Sunday.

Arrest made in shooting of Auburn football player AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The girlfriend of a slain Auburn football player said he was arguing with a man at a party when a third man pulled a handgun and opened fire. Redshirted freshman football player Jakell Lenard Mitchell, 18, died after being shot in the chest early Sunday morning at an off-campus apartment complex. It was the same apartment complex where two former football players and a third man were shot to death outside a 2012 pool party. Auburn police arrested 22-year-old Markale Deandra Hart of Camp Hill, Alabama, on murder charges on Sunday afternoon. Hart was being held at the Lee County Jail on $150,000 bond. Police have not released a motive for the crime, but said they don’t expect additional arrests. Mitchell’s girlfriend, Ayanna Hughuley, 17, said Mitchell was arguing with a man in the parking lot, when a third man pulled a handgun. “He had his gun like this and was looking at Jakell,” Ayanna Hughuley, 17, said of the suspect while holding her

hand down at her waistband. “He just started shooting. Jakell fell on the ground and he tried to get back up and run, and then he fell again. He started shooting at Jakell again while Jakell was on the ground,” Hughuley said. She said she didn’t know what started the disagreement and doesn’t think that Mitchell knew Hart. Auburn Police Capt. Will Mathews said police answered a call about 12:25 a.m. Sunday of shots fired at the Tiger Lodge apartment complex, a few miles from the Auburn campus. He said Mitchell was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Mitchell lived in an oncampus dormitory, but had gone to a party at the apartment complex, said his father, Mario Mitchell. Students had just finished final exams for the semester. Mitchell redshirted this season for the Auburn Tigers out of nearby Opelika High School. Able to play both back and tight end, he was expected to contend for a starting spot next season.

MINNEAPOLIS — Kobe Bryant has shot more than 11,000 free throws in his NBA career. He has been at the line in critical moments with championships hanging in the balance. Still, when he stepped to the line midway through the second quarter of a December game against the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves, the weight of Air sat on his shoulders. And it was heavy. “You get up there and the crowd’s really waiting to see you score nine points, so don’t (screw) this up and completely kill the moment,” Bryant thought as he prepared to move past Michael Jordan on the NBA’s career scoring list. Bryant scored 26 points in the game, vaulting him past Jordan for third in league history and leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 100-94 victory Sunday night. Bryant needed nine points to pass Jordan and, after missing four of his first five shots, he knocked down a pair of free throws with 5:24 to play in the first half to join Kareem AbdulJabbar and Karl Malone on the NBA’s career scoring podium. Bryant shot 7 for 20m but scored 10 in the final five min-

utes and hit a 3-pointer with just over a minute to play that helped seal the victory. “I congratulate Kobe on reaching this milestone,” Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, said in a statement given to The Associated Press. “He’s obviously a great player, with a strong work ethic and has an equally strong passion for the game of basketball. I’ve enjoyed watching his game evolve over the years, and I look forward to seeing what he accomplishes next.” Magic Johnson also posted his congratulations on Twitter and said Bryant was a top-five player in league history. “That’s the most important thing to me, is playing for the respect of the greats and feeling like I’m a part of that culture and a part of that brotherhood,” Bryant said. Shabazz Muhammad had 28 points and nine rebounds for the Timberwolves. RAPTORS 95, KNICKS 90, OT NEW YORK — Kyle Lowry had 21 points and 11 assists, controlling the overtime period and leading Toronto over New York. Lowry missed a jumper that would’ve won it to end regulation, but then had two baskets and an

assist in overtime, accounting for Orleans. more points than the Knicks manKlay Thompson added 29 aged as a team. points for the Warriors, whose franchise-long winning streak includes a club-record 10 straight SPURS 99, NUGGETS 91 road victories. DENVER — Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and San Antonio WIZARDS 93, JAZZ 84 beat banged-up Denver. WASHINGTON — John Wall Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili added 15 points apiece for the had 16 points, eight assists and six Spurs, who bounced back from rebounds, and Washington overFriday’s loss to the Los Angeles came a sluggish start to put away Lakers despite the absence of Tony slumping Utah. Wall also had five steals and Parker, who was out with an inthree blocks, Bradley Beal scored jured hamstring. 22 points, and Paul Pierce added 15 for the Wizards, who nearly THUNDER 112, SUNS 88 succumbed to a letdown game OKLAHOMA CITY — Rus- after their big win over the Los sell Westbrook had 28 points, eight Angeles Clippers on Friday night. assists and eight rebounds, Kevin Washington committed 12 firstDurant added 23 points and eight half turnovers against the Jazz, but rebounds and Oklahoma City won Wall, Beal and Nene led a thirdits sixth straight game, beating quarter surge, and Andre Miller’s driving layup in the first minute Phoenix Suns 112-88. Westbrook recorded his eighth of the fourth quarter produced the straight game of scoring at least 20 game’s first double-digit lead. points, and getting five rebounds and five assists since his return BULLS 93, HEAT 75 from a broken hand. By halftime, he had 24, five rebounds and six MIAMI — Mike Dunleavy assists. He narrowly missed get- scored 22 points and Chicago ting his ninth career triple-double. overcame a sloppy start to beat offensively inept Miami. Heat leading scorer Chris Bosh WARRIORS 128, (calf strain) missed a game for the PELICANS 122, OT first time this season, which left NEW ORLEANS — Stephen them without enough punch or size Curry scored eight of his 34 points to challenge Chicago. Miami shot in overtime and Golden State won a season-low 35 percent, including its 16th straight by beating New 4 for 22 from 3-point range.

Bengals ruin Manziel’s 1st start By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel spent his first NFL start being chased and taunted by Cincinnati defenders as the Bengals rudely welcomed the hyped rookie quarterback to the league with a 30-0 demolition of the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Manziel failed to live up to the overwhelming buildup surrounding his debut as the AFC North-leading Bengals (9-4-

1) built a 20-point halftime lead and rolled to their fourth straight road win. Bengals rookie Jeremy Hill rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns, backing up his postgame trash talk of the Browns following a loss to them last month. Manziel, promoted over the slumping Brian Hoyer to spark the Browns (7-7), finished 10 of 18 for 80 yards and two inter-

ceptions. He was sacked three times, under pressure all afternoon and had Bengals players imitating his signature “money-rubbing” gesture more than once. COWBOYS 38, EAGLES 27 PHILADELPHIA

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a 33-10 road win on Thanksgiving, but Dallas takes control of the division with two weeks left. The Cowboys jumped to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter before Philadelphia rallied behind Mark Sanchez. Chris Polk had TD runs of 1 and 5 yards and Darren Sproles ran in from the 1 to give the Eagles a 24-21 lead late in third quarter. But Romo and the Cowboys answered quickly with two touchdowns in a span of 2:51.

PATRIOTS 41, DOLPHINS 13 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England clinched the AFC East title for the sixth straight season as Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in a big third quarter. Leading 14-13 at halftime, the Patriots scored on four consecutive series while piling up 24 points, the most in any third period in team history. New England (11-3) can secure home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs by beating the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. Miami (7-7) saw its slim postseason hopes dwindle further. The Dolphins cut the lead to one point at halftime on Ryan Tannehill’s 32-yard touchdown pass to Mike Wallace.

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SAN DIEGO — Peyton Manning played through a thigh injury and flu-like symptoms and Connor Barth kicked five field goals to lead Denver to a fourth straight AFC West title. Manning came out of the game late in the second quarter. He apparently hurt his thigh while blocking linebacker Donald Butler on a run by C.J. Anderson. He returned for the start of the third quarter and on Denver’s second possession threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas to give the Broncos a 16-3 lead. The Broncos (11-3) won their fourth straight game. Denver’s 12th straight division road win tied San Francisco’s NFL record set from 1987-90. The Chargers (8-6) entered the game as the AFC’s No. 6 seed and saw their wild-card chances diminished. They’ve lost two straight.

sweat out a 68-yard field goal attempt by Minnesota’s Blair Walsh on the game’s final play. The kick was short.

BILLS 21, PACKERS 13 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bacarri Rambo intercepted two Aaron Rodgers passes and Marcus Thigpen scored on a 75-yard punt return. Defensive end Mario Williams also forced Rodgers to fumble, which led to running back Eddie Lacy being tackled in the end zone for a safety with 1:51 left. Dan Carpenter hit all three field goal attempts, including a 51-yarder in the second half to help keep Buffalo (8-6) in the AFC playoff picture. The Bills were also have their first eight-win season since going 9-7 in 2004. The Packers (10-4) had a fivegame win streak snapped, blowing an opportunity to get closer to their sixth consecutive playoff berth. Rodgers finished 17 of 42 for 185 yards, and two interceptions.

STEELERS 27, FALCONS 20 ATLANTA — Ben Roethlisberger threw for 360 yards and William Gay returned an interception for a touchdown as the Steelers (9-5) remained a half-game behind Cincinnati in the AFC North with their second straight win. The Falcons (5-9) ensured themselves of a losing season and slipped out of first place in the NFC South. Pittsburgh led 13-0 after Gay picked off Matt Ryan’s pass over the middle on the first play of the second quarter, returning it 52 yards. The Steelers extended the lead to 27-13 with Le’Veon Bell’s 1-yard run in the opening minute of the fourth period. The Falcons made a game of it, pulling within a touchdown on Ryan’s 4-yard pass to Roddy White. But the Steelers clinched the victory with their final possession, converting twice on third down to run out the clock.

RAVENS 20, JAGUARS 12

BALTIMORE — The Ravens sacked rookie Blake Bortles eight times and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown. Baltimore (9-5) gained only 31 yards rushing through three quarters and scored just once with its offense on the field. But the defense was solid, and special teams helped the Ravens stay in the thick of the AFC playoff M chase. K Terrell Suggs was credited with COLTS 17, TEXANS 10 2 1/2 sacks and rookie Timmy INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Jernigan, starting for the suspendLuck threw two touchdown passes ed Haloti Ngata, had two. and the Colts won their second straight AFC South title. PANTHERS 19, Indianapolis (10-4) has won BUCCANEERS 17 four straight. It sure wasn’t easy. Luck was CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Derek 18 of 34 with 187 yards and one in- Anderson threw for 277 yards and terception on the same day Reggie a touchdown, Graham Gano kicked Wayne passed Peyton Manning for four field goals and the Panthers the most games and wins in fran- improved their chances in the NFC chise history. Wayne has played in South playoff race. 209 games, winning 142. The win, coupled with Atlanta’s Houston (7-7) lost starting loss to Pittsburgh, put the Panthers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick with percentage points in first place a left leg injury in the second quar- ahead of New Orleans in the diviter. Rookie Tom Savage replaced sion. The Saints (5-8) play at ChiFitzpatrick and was ineffective, cago on Monday night. going 10 of 19 for 127 yards. Anderson was 25 of 40 and imThe Texans took a 7-0 lead on proved to 2-0 as a starter in place Kendrick Lewis’ 27-yard intercep- of Cam Newton, sidelined while tion return. Luck tied it with a 26- recovering from a car accident yard pass to Hakeem Nicks. Luck Tuesday that left him with two hooked up with Dwayne Allen on a fractures in his lower back. 3-yard pass to make it 14-7 before Greg Olsen tied a career high halftime. Indy sealed it with a late with 10 catches for 110 yards, and field goal. rookie Kelvin Benjamin had eight grabs for 104 yards.

SEAHAWKS 17, 49ERS 7 SEATTLE — Marshawn Lynch rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown, Russell Wilson threw a touchdown pass to rookie Paul Richardson, and the Seahawks knocked archrival San Francisco from playoff contention. The defending Super Bowl champions remained in contention for a division title and No. 1 seed in the NFC. After a sluggish, sloppy first half, Seattle (10-4) awoke in the final 30 minutes behind the running of Lynch and a defense that shut out the 49ers, holding them to 67 yards. Colin Kaepernick was sacked six times and the 49ers didn’t run a play past the Seattle 38 in the second half. Lynch scored on a 4-yard run late in the third quarter and the Seahawks took advantage of a short field on their next drive, capped by Wilson’s strike to Richardson. The loss and Detroit’s win eliminated San Francisco (7-7) from contention.

CHIEFS 31, RAIDERS 13 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Smith threw for 297 yards and two scores, while Kansas City shut down Derek Carr and the Oakland offense. Knile Davis had touchdowns running and receiving, and De’Anthony Thomas returned a punt 81 yards for another score as the Chiefs (8-6) got even for a 24-20 loss to Oakland (2-12) last month. The Chiefs led 10-6 early in the third quarter before scoring three touchdowns in 4 minutes, 42 seconds. The last was a 70-yard throw from Smith to Davis, who had taken over the majority of running back duties after Jamaal Charles took a shot to the head. Charles passed concussion testing and returned briefly to the game.

GIANTS 24, REDSKINS 13

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Eli Manning threw three touchLIONS 16, VIKINGS 14 down passes to rookie Odell BeckDETROIT — Matt Prater’s 33- ham Jr. and the Giants took advanyard field goal with 3:38 remain- tage of an overturned touchdown at ing lifted Detroit into a tie for first the end of the half. place in the NFC North. The Lions (10-4) are now even JETS 16, TITANS 11 atop the division with Green Bay, which lost to Buffalo earlier in the NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chris day, but Detroit didn’t have an easy Ivory scored on a 1-yard touchtime, spotting the Vikings (6-8) a down run with 3:09 left in a game 14-0 lead before a pair of second- marked by a brawl between teams quarter interceptions helped the playing only for pride, with the Lions start their rally. loser hoping for better draft posiEven at the end, Detroit had to tion.

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NFL Scoreboard Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W y-New England 11 Buffalo 8 Miami 7 N.Y. Jets 3 South y-Indianapolis 10 Houston 7 Tennessee 2 Jacksonville 2 North Cincinnati 9 Pittsburgh 9 Baltimore 9 Cleveland 7 West y-Denver 11 Kansas City 8 San Diego 8 Oakland 2

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Monday’s Game New Orleans at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 4:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 Philadelphia at Washington, 12:30 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 Baltimore at Houston, 9 a.m. Detroit at Chicago, 9 a.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 9 a.m. Minnesota at Miami, 9 a.m. Cleveland at Carolina, 9 a.m. Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 9 a.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 9 a.m. N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 12:05 p.m. Buffalo at Oakland, 12:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Dallas, 12:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22 Denver at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. All Times AST

Seahawks 17, 49ers 7 SF Se.

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First Quarter Sea_FG Hauschka 38, 3:40. Second Quarter SF_Gore 10 run (Dawson kick), 13:22. Third Quarter Sea_Lynch 4 run (Hauschka kick), 2:19. Fourth Quarter Sea_Richardson 10 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 13:20. A_68,526. SF Sea First downs 14 18 Total Net Yards 245 290 Rushes-yards 32-140 32-152 Passing 105 138 Punt Returns 2-12 3-19 Kickoff Returns 4-90 1-12 Interceptions Ret. 1-73 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 11-19-0 12-24-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-36 5-30 Punts 5-43.4 4-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-78 7-50 Time of Possession 31:02 28:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_San Francisco, Hyde 6-55, Kaepernick 9-46, Gore 1129, Alf.Smith 4-6, Miller 2-4. Seattle, Lynch 21-91, Turbin 5-33, Wilson 5-27, Michael 1-1. PASSING_San Francisco, Kaepernick 11-19-0-141. Seattle, Wilson 12-24-1-168. RECEIVING_San Francisco, Miller 4-56, Crabtree 3-19, Boldin 2-23, Celek 1-31, Lloyd 1-12. Seattle, Kearse 5-78, Baldwin 3-53, Richardson 3-30, Lynch 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Lions 16, Vikings 14 Min. Det.

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First Quarter Min_Asiata 2 run (Walsh kick), :16. Second Quarter Min_Jennings 8 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 10:05. Det_Tate 7 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 3:42. Det_FG Prater 29, :00. Third Quarter Det_FG Prater 30, 3:45. Fourth Quarter Det_FG Prater 33, 3:38. A_62,490. Min Det First downs 21 11 Total Net Yards 360 233 Rushes-yards 21-76 22-80 Passing 284 153 Punt Returns 2-37 2-14 Kickoff Returns 2-74 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-58 Comp-Att-Int 31-41-2 17-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 0-0 Punts 2-50.5 6-44.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-35 Time of Possession 34:43 25:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Minnesota, Asiata 1136, Bridgewater 3-30, Tate 5-8, Banyard 2-2. Detroit, Bell 15-62, Bush 3-7, Tate 2-5, Riddick 1-4, Stafford 1-2. PASSING_Minnesota, Bridgewater 31-41-2-315. Detroit, Stafford 17-28-0-153. RECEIVING_Minnesota, Rudolph 7-69, Asiata 7-50, Charle.Johnson 5-72, Wright 4-49, Jennings 3-43, Patterson 2-16, Ellison 2-9, Ford 1-7. Detroit, Tate 7-38, C.Johnson 4-53, Bell 4-41, Ebron 1-11, Bush 1-10.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_Minnesota, Walsh 53 (WR), 26 (BK), 68 (SH).

Jets 16, Titans 11 N.Y. Ten.

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First Quarter Ten_FG Succop 40, 3:16. Second Quarter Ten_Team safety, 12:09. NYJ_FG Folk 51, 2:08. Third Quarter Ten_FG Succop 33, 6:03. NYJ_Conner 9 pass from Smith (Folk kick), 4:34. Ten_FG Succop 51, 2:02. Fourth Quarter NYJ_Ivory 1 run (pass failed), 3:09. A_69,143. NYJ Ten First downs 17 17 Total Net Yards 277 342 Rushes-yards 29-114 28-89 Passing 163 253 Punt Returns 3-23 4-26 Kickoff Returns 3-77 5-116 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-28-0 16-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 1-7 Punts 7-50.3 6-49.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-46 9-76 Time of Possession 30:03 29:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_N.Y. Jets, C.Johnson 10-55, Ivory 12-25, Smith 4-16, Harvin 1-10, B.Powell 1-8, Conner 1-0. Tennessee, Greene 16-50, McCluster 5-15, Whitehurst 2-9, Sankey 3-8, Locker 2-7. PASSING_N.Y. Jets, Smith 16-280-179. Tennessee, Locker 6-11-057, Whitehurst 10-24-0-203. RECEIVING_N.Y. Jets, Decker 7-100, Cumberland 2-22, B.Powell 2-10, Amaro 1-20, Conner 1-9, Graham 1-9, Owusu 1-8, Ivory 1-1. Tennessee, N.Washington 6-102, Walker 4-93, McCluster 2-8, Sankey 1-18, Durham 1-14, Greene 1-13, L.Washington 1-2, Whitehurst 0-10. MISSED FIELD GOALS_N.Y. Jets, Folk 53 (SH).

Broncos 22, Chargers 10 Den. SD

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First Quarter Den_FG Barth 19, 6:55. Second Quarter Den_FG Barth 26, 14:21. Den_FG Barth 19, 1:50. SD_FG Novak 30, :10. Third Quarter Den_D.Thomas 28 pass from Manning (Barth kick), :31. Fourth Quarter SD_Gates 5 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 10:13. Den_FG Barth 49, 4:53. Den_FG Barth 44, 3:56. A_68,682. Den SD First downs 18 20 Total Net Yards 337 288 Rushes-yards 39-111 20-56 Passing 226 232 Punt Returns 3-27 2-61 Kickoff Returns 3-65 2-47 Interceptions Ret. 2-23 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-0 24-41-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 0-0 Punts 3-40.3 4-49.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-71 8-65 Time of Possession 32:44 27:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Denver, Anderson 2985, Stewart 2-16, Thompson 4-14, Osweiler 1-(minus 1), Manning 3-(minus 3). San Diego, Oliver 1226, D.Brown 5-18, R.Brown 2-9, Rivers 1-3. PASSING_Denver, Manning 1420-0-233, Osweiler 0-2-0-0. San Diego, Rivers 24-41-2-232. RECEIVING_Denver, D.Thomas 6-123, Sanders 3-53, Welker 2-16, Anderson 2-11, J.Thomas 1-30. San Diego, Gates 6-54, Oliver 4-44, D.Brown 4-38, Floyd 3-34, Royal 3-27, Allen 3-18, Ajirotutu 1-17. MISSED FIELD GOALS_San Diego, Novak 46 (BK), 37 (WL).

Chiefs 31, Raiders 13 Oak. KC

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First Quarter KC_Thomas 81 punt return (Santos kick), 2:38. Second Quarter KC_FG Santos 41, 8:01. Oak_FG Janikowski 53, :00. Third Quarter Oak_FG Janikowski 33, 11:44. KC_Davis 3 run (Santos kick), 6:46. KC_Kelce 20 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 5:50. KC_Davis 70 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 2:04. Fourth Quarter Oak_J.Jones 1 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), :34. A_72,153. Oak KC First downs 17 16 Total Net Yards 280 388 Rushes-yards 17-78 27-93 Passing 202 295 Punt Returns 2-1 8-156 Kickoff Returns 3-73 2-66 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 27-56-0 18-31-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-20 1-2 Punts 11-43.4 7-39.9 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-75 11-84 Time of Possession 30:00 30:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Oakland, Murray 12-59, McFadden 2-13, JonesDrew 2-6, Carr 1-0. Kansas City, Charles 12-52, A.Smith 3-17, Thomas 2-14, Davis 9-11, Daniel 1-(minus 1). PASSING_Oakland, Carr 27-560-222. Kansas City, Daniel 0-1-00, A.Smith 18-30-0-297. RECEIVING_Oakland, J.Jones 8-57, Rivera 7-39, Holmes 5-70, Butler 3-23, Murray 2-17, V.Brown 2-16. Kansas City, Kelce 5-59, Bowe 3-69, Wilson 3-69, Davis 1-70, Avant 1-14, Hammond Jr. 1-7, Thomas 1-5, Fasano 1-2, Charles

1-1, Sherman 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Kansas City, Santos 44 (WL), 47 (WL).

Patriots 41, Dolphins 13 Mia. NE

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First Quarter NE_Arrington 62 blocked field goal return (Gostkowski kick), 12:36. Mia_FG Sturgis 24, :59. Second Quarter NE_Vereen 3 run (Gostkowski kick), 7:59. Mia_FG Sturgis 53, 4:26. Mia_M.Wallace 32 pass from Tannehill (Sturgis kick), :05. Third Quarter NE_Blount 3 run (Gostkowski kick), 11:04. NE_FG Gostkowski 35, 4:43. NE_Gronkowski 27 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 4:30. NE_Edelman 6 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 1:29. Fourth Quarter NE_FG Gostkowski 36, 6:20. A_68,756. Mia NE First downs 23 23 Total Net Yards 384 395 Rushes-yards 23-76 29-108 Passing 308 287 Punt Returns 2-34 3-30 Kickoff Returns 1-26 3-43 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-70 Comp-Att-Int 29-47-2 21-35-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-38 0-0 Punts 4-39.8 3-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-35 5-51 Time of Possession 33:46 26:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Miami, Miller 16-47, Tannehill 3-21, Dan.Thomas 2-5, Matthews 1-3, M.Wallace 1-0. New England, Gray 11-62, Brady 3-18, Blount 8-17, Edelman 1-6, Vereen 6-5. PASSING_Miami, Tannehill 2947-2-346. New England, Brady 21-35-1-287. RECEIVING_Miami, Landry 8-99, Clay 6-59, M.Wallace 5-104, Gibson 3-29, Dan.Thomas 2-20, Matthews 2-16, Williams 2-9, Miller 1-10. New England, Edelman 7-88, LaFell 6-66, Gronkowski 3-96, Blount 2-7, Vereen 1-12, Amendola 1-11, Gray 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Miami, Sturgis 41 (BK).

Giants 24, Redskins 13 Was. N.Y.

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First Quarter Was_FG Forbath 35, 6:47. NYG_Beckham Jr. 10 pass from E.Manning (J.Brown kick), 1:40. Second Quarter Was_Thompson 9 pass from Griffin III (Forbath kick), 8:19. Third Quarter NYG_FG J.Brown 32, 13:18. Was_FG Forbath 38, 3:27. NYG_Beckham Jr. 35 pass from E.Manning (J.Brown kick), 1:22. Fourth Quarter NYG_Beckham Jr. 6 pass from E.Manning (J.Brown kick), 4:41. A_77,628. Was NYG First downs 21 17 Total Net Yards 372 287 Rushes-yards 27-144 22-49 Passing 228 238 Punt Returns 1-1 4-19 Kickoff Returns 1-33 3-90 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-34-0 23-34-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 7-47 1-12 Punts 6-45.2 6-43.5 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-135 9-60 Time of Possession 32:31 27:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Washington, Morris 14-49, Griffin III 5-46, McCoy 2-24, Thompson 3-12, Jackson 1-9, Young 1-3, Redd Jr. 1-1. N.Y. Giants, A.Williams 18-44, Jennings 1-3, Hynoski 2-2, Beckham Jr. 1-0. PASSING_Washington, Griffin III 18-27-0-236, McCoy 4-7-0-39. N.Y. Giants, E.Manning 23-34-0-250. RECEIVING_Washington, Garcon 4-36, Redd Jr. 3-62, Thompson 3-22, Jackson 3-15, Reed 3-13, Roberts 2-81, Moss 1-18, Paul 1-17, Paulsen 1-9, Young 1-2. N.Y. Giants, Beckham Jr. 12-143, Ogletree 3-25, Randle 2-30, Donnell 2-11, Fells 1-16, Parker 1-12, A.Williams 1-9, Washington 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Bills 21, Packers 13 GB Buf.

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First Quarter GB_FG Crosby 45, 4:27. Buf_Thigpen 75 punt return (Carpenter kick), 2:09. Second Quarter GB_Lacy 1 run (Crosby kick), 14:14. Buf_FG Carpenter 27, 8:04. Third Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 51, 9:21. Buf_FG Carpenter 35, 4:18. Fourth Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 48, 9:23. GB_FG Crosby 34, 4:51. Buf_Robey safety, 1:51. A_70,214. GB Buf First downs 21 13 Total Net Yards 333 253 Rushes-yards 25-158 33-113 Passing 175 140 Punt Returns 2-5 2-75 Kickoff Returns 1-8 2-27 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-44 Comp-Att-Int 17-42-2 14-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 3-18 Punts 6-42.8 6-40.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-70 10-75 Time of Possession 27:02 32:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Green Bay, Lacy 1597, A.Rodgers 3-27, Starks 4-19, Cobb 3-15. Buffalo, Jackson 2071, Dixon 6-26, B.Brown 4-20, Orton 3-(minus 4). PASSING_Green Bay, A.Rodgers 17-42-2-185. Buffalo, Orton 14-271-158.

RECEIVING_Green Bay, Cobb 7-96, Nelson 5-55, Lacy 2-11, Starks 1-10, Quarless 1-7, D.Adams 1-6. Buffalo, Jackson 3-27, Chandler 2-22, Woods 2-22, Smith 2-1, B.Brown 1-40, Watkins 1-28, Gray 1-7, Hogan 1-6, Dixon 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Green Bay, Crosby 53 (BK).

Panthers 19, Buccaneers 17 TB Car.

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First Quarter Car_FG Gano 29, 8:19. TB_Evans 8 pass from McCown (Murray kick), 5:54. Car_FG Gano 49, 1:14. Second Quarter Car_FG Gano 38, 1:10. TB_FG Murray 48, :02. Third Quarter Car_Cotchery 2 pass from Anderson (Gano kick), 13:53. Fourth Quarter Car_FG Gano 45, 8:31. TB_McCown 16 run (Murray kick), 3:11. A_72,842. TB Car First downs 15 28 Total Net Yards 287 390 Rushes-yards 23-151 32-121 Passing 136 269 Punt Returns 0-0 2-18 Kickoff Returns 1-25 4-61 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 13-28-1 25-40-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 3-8 Punts 5-38.8 3-33.0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 4-1 Penalties-Yards 4-29 4-25 Time of Possession 22:29 37:31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Tampa Bay, Martin 14-96, Sims 7-34, McCown 2-21. Carolina, Stewart 22-73, Brown 1-17, Anderson 5-14, Whittaker 2-13, Tolbert 2-4. PASSING_Tampa Bay, McCown 13-28-1-154. Carolina, Anderson 25-40-0-277. RECEIVING_Tampa Bay, Jackson 6-70, Sims 3-45, Evans 2-13, Shepard 1-23, Martin 1-3. Carolina, Olsen 10-110, Benjamin 8-104, Cotchery 5-47, Brown 1-10, Stewart 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Carolina, Gano 50 (WL).

Ravens 20, Jaguars 12 Jac. Bal.

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First Quarter Bal_Aiken 11 blocked punt return (Tucker kick), 11:52. Jax_FG Scobee 53, 9:33. Jax_FG Scobee 45, 1:18. Second Quarter Jax_FG Scobee 53, 11:33. Bal_FG Tucker 22, 3:45. Jax_FG Scobee 45, :04. Third Quarter Bal_Daniels 3 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 8:34. Fourth Quarter Bal_FG Tucker 33, 1:11. A_70,801. Jax Bal First downs 13 17 Total Net Yards 248 314 Rushes-yards 23-82 26-93 Passing 166 221 Punt Returns 2-14 3-49 Kickoff Returns 3-50 1-16 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-6 Comp-Att-Int 22-38-1 20-30-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 8-63 0-0 Punts 6-44.5 4-50.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-60 9-70 Time of Possession 31:42 28:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Jacksonville, Gerhart 13-54, Johnson 6-19, Todman 3-7, Bortles 1-2. Baltimore, Forsett 1648, Pierce 6-37, Flacco 4-8. PASSING_Jacksonville, Bortles 21-37-1-210, Anger 1-1-0-19. Baltimore, Flacco 20-30-0-221. RECEIVING_Jacksonville, Shorts III 6-76, Hurns 6-70, Lee 4-14, Lewis 2-22, Gerhart 2-9, Ta’ufo’ou 1-19, Todman 1-19. Baltimore, M.Brown 5-66, Smith Sr. 5-37, Daniels 4-62, Gillmore 2-37, T.Smith 2-16, Juszczyk 1-4, Forsett 1-(minus 1). MISSED FIELD GOALS_Jacksonville, Scobee 42 (WR). Baltimore, Tucker 54 (SH), 54 (WL).

Colts 17, Texans 10 Hou. Ind.

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First Quarter Hou_K.Lewis 27 interception return (Bullock kick), 5:56. Second Quarter Ind_Nicks 26 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 14:53. Ind_Allen 3 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 6:21. Fourth Quarter Hou_FG Bullock 53, 13:40. Ind_FG Vinatieri 29, 2:11. A_65,148.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Bengals 30, Browns 0 Cin. Cle.

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First Quarter Cin_Hill 2 run (Nugent kick), 7:53. Cin_FG Nugent 44, 1:57. Second Quarter Cin_Hill 16 run (Nugent kick), 13:11. Cin_FG Nugent 44, 10:20. Third Quarter Cin_FG Nugent 34, 2:35. Fourth Quarter Cin_Burkhead 10 run (Nugent kick), :23. A_67,431. Cin Cle First downs 24 5 Total Net Yards 347 107 Rushes-yards 45-244 17-53 Passing 103 54 Punt Returns 5-49 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-24 5-101 Interceptions Ret. 2-2 1-15 Comp-Att-Int 14-24-1 10-18-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 3-26 Punts 2-38.5 7-47.9 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-41 9-68 Time of Possession 38:52 21:08 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Cincinnati, Hill 25148, Bernard 15-79, Burkhead 3-14, Dalton 2-3. Cleveland, West 5-23, Crowell 7-17, Manziel 5-13. PASSING_Cincinnati, Dalton 1424-1-117. Cleveland, Manziel 1018-2-80. RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Green 5-49, Hewitt 3-34, Bernard 3-24, Hill 1-4, Sanu 1-4, Brock 1-2. Cleveland, Gordon 3-48, Crowell 2-10, Hawkins 2-7, Benjamin 1-9, Cameron 1-4, Gabriel 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Steelers 27, Falcons 20 Pit. Atl.

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First Quarter Pit_FG Suisham 38, 9:09. Pit_FG Suisham 38, :02. Second Quarter Pit_Gay 52 interception return (Suisham kick), 14:46. Atl_Hester 17 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 4:19. Pit_Bell 1 run (Suisham kick), :27. Third Quarter Atl_FG Bryant 28, 11:00. Atl_FG Bryant 22, 2:40. Fourth Quarter Pit_Bell 13 run (Suisham kick), 14:11. Atl_White 4 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 10:21. A_71,161. Pit Atl First downs 22 20 Total Net Yards 398 407 Rushes-yards 22-45 20-97 Passing 353 310 Punt Returns 2-43 1-7 Kickoff Returns 2-50 4-83 Interceptions Ret. 1-52 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 27-35-0 26-37-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 0-0 Punts 3-43.0 3-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-34 3-25 Time of Possession 30:43 29:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Pittsburgh, Bell 20-47, Roethlisberger 2-(minus 2). Atlanta, S.Jackson 11-46, Ryan 3-27, Freeman 4-21, Rodgers 2-3. PASSING_Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 27-35-0-360. Atlanta, Ryan 26-37-1-310. RECEIVING_Pittsburgh, A.Brown 10-123, Bell 5-72, Wheaton 5-66, Miller 4-68, Bryant 3-31. Atlanta, Douglas 10-131, White 7-58, Hester 5-85, Rodgers 1-12, S.Jackson 1-11, Freeman 1-9, Toilolo 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Cowboys 38, Eagles 27 Da. Phi.

14 7 7 10—38 0 10 14 3—27

First Quarter Dal_Murray 1 run (Bailey kick), 12:46. Dal_Bryant 4 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 3:04. Second Quarter Dal_Bryant 26 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 11:56. Phi_Polk 5 run (Parkey kick), 8:32. Phi_FG Parkey 47, 1:48. Third Quarter Phi_Polk 1 run (Parkey kick), 8:48. Phi_Sproles 1 run (Parkey kick), 5:42. Dal_Murray 2 run (Bailey kick), :39. Fourth Quarter Dal_Bryant 25 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 12:48. Phi_FG Parkey 43, 10:45. Dal_FG Bailey 49, 4:37. A_69,596.

Hou Ind First downs 14 20 Total Net Yards 289 278 Rushes-yards 41-137 28-110 Passing 152 168 Punt Returns 3-6 4-13 Kickoff Returns 1-28 2-60 Interceptions Ret. 1-27 1-8 Comp-Att-Int 13-25-1 18-34-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 2-19 Punts 7-42.7 7-46.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-66 7-45 Time of Possession 31:05 28:55

Dal Phi First downs 26 19 Total Net Yards 364 294 Rushes-yards 42-115 21-75 Passing 249 219 Punt Returns 1-(-1) 1-1 Kickoff Returns 5-94 5-75 Interceptions Ret. 2-8 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-31-0 17-28-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 4-33 Punts 5-41.0 3-52.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 11-79 8-95 Time of Possession 41:55 18:05

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Houston, Foster 2699, Blue 8-26, Fitzpatrick 3-16, Savage 4-(minus 4). Indianapolis, Herron 11-60, Richardson 9-32, Luck 8-18. PASSING_Houston, Fitzpatrick 3-6-0-30, Savage 10-19-1-127. Indianapolis, Luck 18-34-1-187. RECEIVING_Houston, Hopkins 5-77, Foster 3-18, D.Johnson 2-21, Griffin 2-11, Posey 1-30. Indianapolis, Hilton 4-50, Wayne 4-24, Nicks 2-44, Fleener 2-32, Allen 2-16, Herron 2-12, Richardson 2-9.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Dallas, Murray 31-81, Dunbar 5-22, Randle 2-13, Romo 4-(minus 1). Philadelphia, McCoy 16-64, Polk 2-6, Sproles 3-5. PASSING_Dallas, Romo 22-310-265. Philadelphia, Sanchez 1728-2-252. RECEIVING_Dallas, Witten 7-69, Bryant 6-114, Beasley 4-42, Williams 2-19, Hanna 1-12, Dunbar 1-6, Murray 1-3. Philadelphia, Maclin 4-98, Celek 4-52, Ertz 3-32, Cooper 2-17, Sproles 2-8, Huff 1-44, McCoy 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Chalmers takes Australian PGA title By The Associated Press

GOLD COAST, Australia — Adam Scott three-putted for bogey on the seventh hole of a playoff Sunday to hand the Australian PGA Champi-

onship to fellow Australian Greg Chalmers. Chalmers closed with an 8-under 64 to match Scott and Wade Ormsby at 11-under 277 at Royal Pines. Scott and C

Ormsby shot 71. Ormsby was eliminated on the third extra hole. Scott won the tournament last year. New Zealand’s Michael

Hendry was furth at 9 under after a 71. Scott Stallings was another stroke back after a 70, and fellow American Boo Weekley had a 74 to finish at 7 under.

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Sports Briefs

Basketball

Homer cagers split in Cordova After both notching wins Friday, Homer’s basketball squads split Saturday in Cordova. The Homer girls picked up a 50-33 victory. Madison Akers paced the Mariners with 20 points, while Aurora Waclawski had 15 points. Haley Hoefner led Cordova with 14 points. In the boys game, Cordova avenged a Friday loss with a 52-43 victory. Homer had a 23-15 lead at the half, but could not hold it. Jacob Werner had 18 points to lead the Wolverines, while Kenneth Schneider had 12 and Filip Reutov had 11 for Homer.

Homer hockey takes 4th at Big Lake The Homer hockey team defeated Hutchison 7-2 on Saturday to take fourth place at the Big Lake Lions Classic in the Valley. The Mariners took control by scoring the first four goals of the game. JJ Sonnen scored the first two goals of the game, while Clem Tillion also scored in the first. Dimitry Kuzmin scored to open the second. After Holden McCulloch scored for Hutchison, Homer scored three straight to ice the game. Ulian Kuzmin, Danny Wiest and Dmitry Kuzmin had those goals. Riley Swanson had 15 saves for Homer, while Zach Hansen made 20 saves for the Hawks. Mariners 7, Hawks 2 Hutchison Homer

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First period — 1. Homer, Sonnen (U. Kuzmin, C. Tillion), 0:54; 2. Homer, Sonnen (un.), 13:35; 3. Homer, C. Tillion (D. Kuzmin), 14:59. Penalties — Hutchison 2 for 4:00; Homer 3 for 6:00. Second period — 4. Homer, D. Kuzmin (Larsonov, Roberts), 1:08; 5. Hutchison, McCulloch (Rustad, Davis), 4:38; 6. Homer, U. Kuzmin (C. Tillion), 8:16; 7. Homer, Wiest (C. Tillion, Heimbold), 12:59. Penalties — Hutchison 3 for 6:00; Homer 1 for 2:00. Third period — 8. Homer, D. Kuzmin (A. Kuzmin, Swanson), 5:32; 9. Hutchison, McCulloch (un.), 7:02. Penalties — Hutchison 1 for 2:00; Homer 1 for 2:00. Shots on goal — Hutchison 7-5-5—17; Homer 9-10-8—27. Goalies — Hutchison, Hansen (27 shots, 20 saves); Homer, Swanson (17 shots, 15 saves).

Crosby has mumps PITTSBURGH — Add Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby to the growing list of NHL players dealing with the mumps. The Penguins announced the diagnosis Sunday after holding the two-time MVP out of games over the weekend as a precaution when swelling developed on the right side of Crosby’s face — swelling the team believed was related to a salivary gland injury Crosby sustained in a game against Carolina on Nov. 29.

— Staff and wire reports

Leafs topple Kings By The Associated Press

TORONTO — James Reimer helped the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 shootout win over Los Angeles on Sunday, shutting out the Kings in the tiebreaker. Joffrey Lupul scored the lone goal for Toronto in the shootout. Tyler Bozak was denied by Jonathan Quick, and Mike Santorelli missed. BLACKHAWKS 2, FLAMES 1 CHICAGO — Brandon Saad scored with 7:03 left in the third period, and the Blackhawks beat the Flames for their 12th victory in the last 14 games.

After motoring past Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano, Saad took a centering pass from Jonathan Toews and lifted a shot past Jonas Hiller’s glove. Toews also set up Patrick Sharp’s power-play goal as the surging Blackhawks dealt the Flames their fifth straight loss. Chicago had won eight in a row before Saturday night’s 3-2 loss at the New York Islanders.

RANGERS 2, OILERS 0 EDMONTON, Alberta — Henrik Lundqvist made 16 saves. Dan Girardi and Carl Hagelin scored for New York (14-10-4), which has won three straight and five of seven.

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NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 18 6 Brooklyn 10 12 Boston 7 14 New York 5 21 Philadelphia 2 21 Southeast Division Washington 17 6 Atlanta 16 7 Miami 11 13 Orlando 10 16 Charlotte 6 17 Central Division Chicago 15 8 Cleveland 13 9 Milwaukee 12 12 Indiana 7 17 Detroit 5 19

Pct GB .750 — .455 7 .333 9½ .192 14 .087 15½ .739 .696 .458 .385 .261

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.652 — .591 1½ .500 3½ .292 8½ .208 10½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 19 4 Houston 18 5 San Antonio 17 7 Dallas 17 8 New Orleans 11 12 Northwest Division Portland 18 6 Oklahoma City 11 13 Denver 10 14 Utah 6 18 Minnesota 5 18 Pacific Division Golden State 21 2 L.A. Clippers 16 7 Phoenix 12 13 Sacramento 11 13 L.A. Lakers 8 16

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Men’s Scores

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.750 — .458 7 .417 8 .250 12 .217 12½ .913 — .696 5 .480 10 .458 10½ .333 13½

Sunday’s Games Golden State 128, New Orleans 122, OT Washington 93, Utah 84 Chicago 93, Miami 75 Oklahoma City 112, Phoenix 88 L.A. Lakers 100, Minnesota 94 Toronto 95, New York 90, OT San Antonio 99, Denver 91 Monday’s Games Boston at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 6 p.m. Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Boston College 63, Binghamton 49 Boston U. 71, Quinnipiac 68 LIU Brooklyn 65, NJIT 49 New Hampshire 63, Colgate 57 Penn St. 64, George Washington 51 Rutgers 63, Manhattan 55 Seton Hall 67, St. Peter’s 52 St. John’s 74, Fordham 53 Syracuse 71, Louisiana Tech 69 UConn 106, Coppin St. 85 UMBC 58, Longwood 53 Vermont 61, Wagner 47 Villanova 85, Temple 62 West Virginia 69, Marshall 66 SOUTH Clemson 72, Auburn 61 Coastal Carolina 57, SC State 43 Coll. of Charleston 58, Campbell 47 FIU 69, Florida Gulf Coast 63 Florida 79, Jacksonville 34 Jacksonville St. 79, Dartmouth 67 Louisville 68, UNC Wilmington 57 Old Dominion 85, NC A&T 48 Tennessee 67, Butler 55 UAB 79, UNC Asheville 71 Virginia Tech 65, Alabama A&M 55 Wake Forest 86, Samford 68 Wofford 55, NC State 54 MIDWEST Illinois St. 78, DePaul 72 Iowa St. 88, Southern U. 78 Kansas St. 73, Savannah St. 53 Michigan St. 87, Oakland 61 Milwaukee 73, Montana 58 Northwestern 101, MVSU 49 S. Illinois 65, Chicago St. 50 Wright St. 68, Miami (Ohio) 59 SOUTHWEST Kent St. 60, UALR 55, OT Stephen F. Austin 59, North Texas 48 Texas Tech 79, Prairie View 51 FAR WEST Boise St. 79, S. Utah 60 Portland 80, Sacramento St. 75 W. Michigan 80, Pacific 72 Washington 81, E. Washington 77 Wyoming 70, Montana St. 61

Women’s Scores EAST Boston College 64, New Hamp-

shire 58< Duquesne 71, Robert Morris 57< Florida St. 66, Temple 62< Fordham 70, Manhattan 41< Hartford 68, Sacred Heart 63< Iona 75, UCF 67< Penn St. 85, Rider 51< Pittsburgh 72, Drexel 53< St. John’s 66, NJIT 42< Syracuse 70, NC Central 25< Tennessee 55, Rutgers 45< Vermont 82, Wagner 75, OT< Villanova 70, La Salle 36< SOUTH Auburn 64, Samford 41< Florida 59, Stetson 54< Georgia Tech 88, Cent. Arkansas 50< LSU 75, SE Louisiana 42< Mercer 46, Alabama 39< Mississippi 88, South Alabama 48< Mississippi St. 73, Southern Miss. 46< North Carolina 84, Appalachian St. 52< Richmond 79, Wake Forest 72< South Carolina 111, Savannah St. 49< South Florida 67, Coll. of Charleston 47< Vanderbilt 66, Elon 50< Virginia Tech 79, W. Carolina 58< MIDWEST Creighton 93, Drake 71 Detroit 83, Toledo 70< Idaho 78, SE Missouri 62< Ill.-Chicago 78, E. Illinois 66< Indiana 82, Milwaukee 56< Iowa St. 82, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56< Kansas 62, Arkansas St. 48< Kansas St. 53, Oral Roberts 47< Michigan St. 90, Loyola of Chicago 38< Missouri 47, N. Illinois 44< Missouri St. 68, IUPUI 58< North Texas 65, UMKC 47< Ohio St. 83, W. Michigan 46< SIU-Edwardsville 69, NebraskaOmaha 54< Wright St. 82, Lamar 61< Xavier 72, Cincinnati 71< SOUTHWEST Arkansas 64, Tulsa 53< Baylor 96, Stephen F. Austin 57< Texas 74, Northwestern St. 34< Texas Tech 50, Texas-Pan American 42< UALR 66, Oklahoma 62< FAR WEST Arizona 49, UAB 44< Boise St. 90, E. Washington 72<

Colorado St. 59, FAU 46< Fresno St. 57, Cal St.-Fullerton 52< Montana 69, Portland 55< New Mexico 72, UTEP 57< San Diego 87, UC Irvine 64< Southern Cal 101, Sacramento St. 99< Stanford 82, Santa Clara 43< Utah St. 65, N. Colorado 61< Washington 84, Grambling St. 53<

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 31 19 9 3 41 105 Detroit 31 17 7 7 41 92 Montreal 31 19 10 2 40 83 Toronto 30 18 9 3 39 103 Florida 28 12 8 8 32 64 Boston 30 15 13 2 32 76 Ottawa 29 12 12 5 29 76 Buffalo 30 12 16 2 26 56 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 29 19 6 4 42 94 N.Y. Islanders 30 20 10 0 40 96 Washington 29 14 10 5 33 85 N.Y. Rangers 28 14 10 4 32 84 Philadelphia 29 11 13 5 27 79 New Jersey 31 11 15 5 27 72 Columbus 29 12 15 2 26 71 Carolina 29 8 18 3 19 61

GA 82 79 79 85 74 78 81 91 69 87 79 77 87 91 95 83

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 31 21 9 1 43 95 61 St. Louis 30 20 8 2 42 89 70 Nashville 29 19 8 2 40 78 57 Winnipeg 31 15 10 6 36 73 74 Minnesota 28 16 11 1 33 81 70 Dallas 29 11 13 5 27 85 103 Colorado 30 10 13 7 27 78 98 Pacific Division Anaheim 32 21 6 5 47 95 83 Vancouver 30 18 10 2 38 89 86 San Jose 32 17 11 4 38 90 82 Los Angeles 31 15 10 6 36 82 73 Calgary 32 17 13 2 36 95 85 Arizona 30 10 16 4 24 70 99 Edmonton 31 7 19 5 19 65 104 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Toronto 4, Los Angeles 3, SO Chicago 2, Calgary 1 N.Y. Rangers 2, Edmonton 0 Monday’s Games Ottawa at Buffalo, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. All Times AST

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed OT Jah Reid on injured reserve. Signed RB Fitzgerald Toussaint from the practice squad. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released LB Horace Miller. Signed LB Kevin Reddick from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DE Kenneth Boatright from the practice squad. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released OT Curtis Feigt from the practice squad. Signed G Jarrod Pughsley to the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed DT Anthony Johnson on injured reserve. Signed DB T.J. Heath from the practice squad. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed NT Glenn Dorsey and LB NaVorro Bowman on injured reserve. Signed DB Marcus Cromartie and G Andrew Tiller from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Traded F Jeremy Morin to Columbus for D Tim Erixon. Reassigned D Klas Dahlbeck to Rockford (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Reassigned G Jussi Rynnas to Texas (AHL). Recalled G Anders Lindback from Texas. OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled F Jean-Gabriel Pageau from Binghamton (AHL). COLLEGE DUKE — Announced men’s basketball F Semi Ojeleye is leaving the program. MISSOURI STATE — Named Dave Steckel football coach. TENNESSEE — Announced TE Daniel Helm, DE Dewayne Hendrix and RB Derrell Scott will transfer. VMI — Named Scott Wachenheim football coach.

No. 4 Louisville stays perfect By The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Terry Rozier and Montrezl Harrell each scored 19 points and played big roles down the stretch in helping No. 4 Louisville survive UNC Wilmington 68-57 on Sunday night. A game that the Cardinals seemed to be gaining control of with an 18-point lead early in the second half was soon cut to 52-50 as the Seahawks went on a 15-0 run over 4:07. NO. 7 VILLANOVA 85, TEMPLE 62

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Josh Hart and Darrun Hilliard each scored 20 points to lead Villanova past Temple. The Wildcats are 10-0 for the second straight season and have

won all three games against their a late Southern run. Philadelphia rivals. They started 11-0 last season before losing to TENNESSEE 67, Syracuse. Up next for the Wildcats, NO. 15 BUTLER 55 another date with the Orange. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Josh Richardson scored 18 of his 20 NO. 14 IOWA STATE 88, points after halftime Sunday, and SOUTHERN 78 Tennessee rallied from a 12-point AMES, Iowa — Georges second-half deficit. Niang and Bryce Dejean-Jones each scored 18 points and Iowa NO. 17 WASHINGTON 81, State held off Southern for its fifth E. WASHINGTON 77 straight victory. SEATTLE — Nigel WilliamsMonte Morris had 15 points and five assists for Iowa State (8- Goss and Darin Johnson hit 1). The Cyclones led by 27 before 3-pointers in the final 1:16 to cap

a big comeback and Washington beat Eastern Washington.

NO. 22 W. VIRGINIA 69, MARSHALL 66 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Juwan Staten scored 15 points, including two free throws with seven seconds left.

NO. 24 ST. JOHN’S 74, FORDHAM 53

NEW YORK — Rysheed Jor- Y dan came off the bench and tied a career high by scoring 24 points.

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on their disabilities.” The Dreifuersts found Jill Erickson through a group she belongs to. Ten years ago, Erickson was a leader of the Kenai chapter of Challenge Alaska, a group that she said “provides recreation for disabled people” by organizing outings and teaching skills such as skiing and kayaking to those with limited mobility. Although the Kenai chapter no longer exists, Erickson is still an active member of Challenge Alaska, and it is because of this, she said, that the Dreifuersts sent her a brochure for the trackchair last year. “They knew me as a physical therapist, then when I talked to them ... they asked if I could help promote it with Challenge Alaska,” she said. “So I think it was for (several) reasons: because of people I might be able to help, for myself, and to help their business market this chair and get the word out.” Erickson said that Dreifuersts approached her about a year ago, and since then she had been considering purchasing a chair for herself. “I thought about it a little bit, and then I decided, ‘You know, I think I want one of those,’” Erickson said. Although she doesn’t expect the trackchair to be relevant to her work as a therapist, Erickson said that she won’t rule out the possibility of promoting it to her patients. “I don’t get a lot of people in my situation as patients,” she said. “But any time I do get a patient ... with a disability where walking is an issue, I’d definitely recommend getting something like this,” Erickson plans to accessorize her wheelchair with a fishing rod holder, a gun rack, and a shooting mount for her hunting rifle. With only a week of practice, she is still learning to use the chair, but said that she plans eventually to take it on a trip to the Lower Russian River with her husband, a fishing guide. “I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to do it,” said Erickson. “I’ve done it in my manual chair, with a little bit of help, but with this thing I won’t need anyone to push me.”

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erst that Action Trackchair Gilman of Kenai and Wayne had received many inquiries Ogle of Nikiski. Kenai Mayor about the product from Alaska, Pat Porter said she will be out where the couple had lived for of town but a city representa40 years, but that the company tive will attend the meeting. didn’t want to ship chairs to Porter said the Kenai City areas that lacked training and Council will eventually host a maintenance support for users. town hall meeting in the spring “They were really interwhen more regulation options ested in having somebody in have been discussed. Porter Alaska as a dealer,” said Richsaid the city will have the opard Dreifuerst. He and his wife tion to figure out where retail stepped into that role. dispensaries could be zoned in Richard Dreifuerst has testthe city, depending on what the ed the chair on Alaska beaches, community wants. hills, and trails, and said “it can “We will look to make the go through a lot.” best arrangements for our “We realized it would be a town,” she said. “Zoning will great thing to bring to Alaska,” impact how these stores fit in said Mary Dreifuerst. “A lot of our city.” people up here are outdoor enDerleth said the timing of thusiasts, and now they can get the meeting is to get the conback out there. We’re really exversation started and get varicited to bring it here.” ous viewpoints together to find Although most insurance solutions before municipalities policies don’t cover the trackact to ban marijuana. chair, the Dreifuersts said that “Our goal is to find out who Action Trackchair has recently is against us and to slow down been given an official medical people who want to make it ilcode for its product, allowing legal before regulations are in it to be prescribed by doctors. place,” Derleth said. “When This may encourage its adoption by insurance agencies. One population that the Dreifuersts believe could benefit from the trackchair are disabled veterContinued from page A-1 ans. Andrew Liebig of Wasilla is a wounded veteran, a trackchair budget document. user, and an Alaska coordinaNew state budget director tor for the Independence Fund, Pat Pitney said the operating a nation-wide aid organization budget to be submitted Dec. 15 for wounded veterans that has will be the work-in-progress distributed more than 750 trackbudget document Parnell prechairs to veterans nationwide. pared, but that a capital budget With aid from the Independence document prepared by Parnell Fund, Liebig received Alaska will be changed, mostly by reTrackchair’s first sale this June. ducing or eliminating capital The Veteran’s Administraproject funds the former govertion does not currently give nor had proposed. veterans funding to purchase Walker will submit a new captrackchairs. ital budget in late January along “It’s not a supported piece with a new operating budget. of equipment,” said Liebig, of The state’s fiscal situation the VA’s policy on trackchairs. will require lean spending “That’s where the Indepenplans. A revenue projection predence Fund comes in.” pared by oil and gas consultant Liebig doesn’t know how Brad Keithley and University many wounded veterans in of Alaska Anchorage economist Alaska may be eligible to reScott Goldsmith predicts that at ceive trackchairs through the lower oil prices the current year Independence Fund, but he said, “I can only imagine that Reach Ben Boettger at ben. budget deficit could double to there would be a lot of folks out boettger@peninsulaclarion. $3 billion if oil prices were to average $80 per barrel for the there who would qualify based com.

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people say we can’t control it without banning it they are being disingenuous.” The passage of Ballot Measure 2 allows the state to tax and regulate the production, sale and use of marijuana. Starting on Feb. 24, 2015 possession of up to one ounce of marijuana would be legal for those 21 years old and older. “We can actually bring marijuana to meetings,” he said. “I can’t wait to see people’s reaction. Just try to hand it to them and let them look at it, they treat it like it’s plutonium. … It comes down to individual liberties and letting people be responsible.” The initiative states marijuana would be regulated and taxed like alcohol. The state alcohol board, which has been tasked to develop regulations for the cannabis industry, has nine months to develop framework to control the market. The first retail dispensaries are still one year away from opening, Derleth said. Election results from the Kenai Peninsula show the borough was split on the issue. Voters on the central peninsula opposed the measure, while south and eastern peninsula voters fa-

vored legalization. While marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, several recent decisions have shifted the political landscape. Last week the Department of Justice announced they would not stop Native American tribes from growing marijuana on tribal lands and would not enforce federal pot laws on tribes. Derleth said allowing marijuana on tribal lands is a game-changer. “When the government sees how much money it can bring in it will change everything,” he said. “We have reached a tipping point.” Derleth said the war on drugs has made many productive members of society hide in the shadows because they use marijuana. People that have been arrested and convicted have been cast out of society. He would like to help move people into the legitimate business and be productive members of society. “We lose a lot of good people by throwing them away,” he said. “What happened to redemption? We are all felons, just not all convicted felons.” At the meeting Derleth plans to address a self-imposed code of ethics for Alaska Cannabis

Businesses that he would like to see separate itself from the negative advertising and marketing in the alcohol industry. With the revenue potential that taxed marijuana sales could bring the state, Derleth said a lot of good can come in the form of free substance abuse classes and job training to get more people back into the workforce. Derleth said he expects the coalition meeting will be the first of several before the regulations are developed. In the meantime he welcomes anyone interested to come express their concerns so the best solutions can come forward. He said while it is early in the game, starting the discussions with members of the community would help elected officials make the best decisions for everyone. “People who are lawmakers love to make laws,” Derleth said. “If you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail. … We have nearly 200 liquor licenses on the Kenai Peninsula. Are you telling me we can’t have one cannabis store?”

fiscal year. Keithley and Goldsmith prepared their analysis for Walker’s transition teams. It was presented to the team Nov. 22. If oil production continues to decline by 5 percent annually, the historic average until last year when production was flat yearto-year, and spending continues at current rates, the state’s cash reserves will be drained by the end of fiscal year 2018, according to the analysis. However, the price of North Slope oil hit $63.67 per barrel Dec. 9 and if the price average for the year winds up being less than $80, the deficit will balloon further, according to the analysis prepared by Keithley and Goldsmith. Meanwhile, Parnell’s workin-progress capital budget includes state matching funds for federal programs supporting highways, airports and village safe water projects, much of which Walker is likely to include in his proposal. Some hot-button items were

in the Parnell capital budget, like $20 million in continued funding for permitting work on the big Susitna-Watana hydroelectric project. Some $8 million was also included for continued permitting and planning work on the Ambler resource access road, which could be built from the Dalton Highway to mineral exploration areas in the western Brooks Range. The budget also did not include any money for the Knik Arm crossing, a large project in the advanced planning stage, or the extension of the Alaska Railroad from the railroad’s main track line near Houston to Port Mackenzie on Knik Arm of upper Cook Inlet. The rail extension is being built in phases, with some phases now under construction. Village safe water projects would total $51.5 million with the state contributing $8.75 million. This is a long-running program that is installing water

and sewer systems in rural communities still on unsafe “honey buckets” sewage disposal as well as upgrading projects installed years ago. Since the bulk of these funds are federal the state money is likely to survive in a Walker budget. Another $9.98 million is for municipal grants for water, sewage and solid waste that is all state-funded. Because there are no federal funds this item will be carefully scrutinized. Another capital budget state program assisting municipalities is the Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Fund. Parnell proposed $10.4 million in state funds in his budget but there are no federal funds so this proposal will be looked at by Walker. Although it is part of the operating budget, municipalities will also be watching state funding for municipal revenue sharing. Parnell put $60 million into his fiscal year 2016 operating budget, up from $52 million in the current 2015 budget.

Reach Dan Balmer at daniel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. com.

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Chance Percival

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.

Connections Homeschool Program

Dates to remember: n 12/16 – Homer Connections Office– HOLIDAY PARTY and turn in Semester Reports - 10:00-4:00pm n 12/16 – 1st Semester Grade Reports Due; High School Eligibility Due n 12/19 – Soldotna Battle of the Books Mtg Fridays @ 11:00am Grades 5th & 6th n 12/22-01/02 - Christmas Break: Homer & Seward Offices Closed n 12/22-01/02 - Christmas Break: Soldotna Office Open – No Advisors Available & Office Closed 12/24, 12/25 & 01/01 Offices Closed n 01/05 – 2nd Semester Begins n 01/05-01/30 – AIMS K-5 (please make appointments with your local office) ; Ed Performance Testing 6-8 n 01/17 & 01/18 – Kenai NWR Wilderness First Aid Course Semester Reports: This is a friendly reminder that first semester report forms are due on or before December 16th, 2014 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 Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the Soldotna Public Library. The 2015 Alaska State Spelling Bee will be held on Friday, February 16, 2015 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 . We look forward to hearing from you!

Interior Distance Education of Alaska It’s half way through December already!! This year is flying by!! We hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday season and you are ready to press on to the year 2015!! We would like to take this special time of year to thank you for choosing IDEA. We truly value serving your family and we are grateful for the relationships that our staff has made with IDEA families. Thank you to everyone who joined us at our annual holiday party at Jumping Junction! It was a fun and festive time with lots of laughter, jumping and tasty food! We have more events coming up! December 19th- PAC Meeting at 12:00-1:00 PM at the IDEA office. Please bring your ideas and a snack to share. This is a wonderful way to share your thoughts with parents who work with IDEA staff to better serve our families. Your children are more than welcome to come and play in our play area! Office closed: December 25th, 26th and January 1st. Again, we hope you have a joyous holiday season. Thank you for allowing us at IDEA to serve your family.

Kaleidoscope School Of Arts and Science Monday, December 1 n December 1-12th is our annual Food Drive. Please bring in any nonperishable food Items. Student Council will count how much food is brought in and line our hallways to show our progress. . Donations will support our Christmas Drive families as well as the Food Bank. n 9:15-10:00 The Kenaitze Dancers will visit Mrs. Harper’s, Mrs. Hurst’s, and Mrs. Stephens’ classrooms Tuesday, December 2 n Food Drive See BRIEFS, page B-2

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna High School juniors Kayli Kitchens and Megan Silta took advantage of the school’s extended library hours Friday at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska.

Student options increasing at SoHi By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna High School students have had greater access to a variety of academic and extracurricular services since the start of the 2014-2015 school year. The increase in scholastic programs is just one result of the reconfiguration of three central peninsula schools, said Principal Todd Syverson. The high school received more staffing and supply dollars when the number of students increased at the beginning of the year. The ninth-grade class, which is on average 180 students, was moved to Soldotna Prep School, Syverson said. More than 100 tenth-graders, eleventh-graders and twelfth-graders were added to the

high school population when Skyview High School became a middle school, he said. “Now we have a number of new offerings,” Syverson said. Operations were extended in the media center and library, Syverson said. After school transportation is now an option for students utilizing the extra hours, he said. The variety of academic choices has also expanded. New SALT classes and AP Courses including World History were added to the curriculum, and Journalism and creative writing are now elective options in the class schedule, Syverson said. So much of the success of the transition is student and staff driven, Syverson said. Administrators started planning for

the influx at the start of the 213-2014 school year, he said. Since Skyview staff members and teachers were some of the new faces walking Soldotna High School hallways, students entering the new school already felt comfortable, Syverson said. Teaching more students means a greater variety of needs and interests, Syverson said. Intramural volleyball and basketball teams were formed for those who didn’t want to or couldn’t compete on the intramural level, Syverson said. A second student council was formed in addition to the elected body, Syverson said. The new group focuses on school activities, he said. Feedback from students made it possible to effectively address their needs, he said.

Anchorage school board reviews charter loans ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Anchorage School Board is scheduled to consider a proposal aimed at addressing a lack of space in the city’s growing charter schools. The resolution on Monday’s agenda would establish a $5 million fund from which charter schools could take out longterm, low-interest loans to help deal with cramped facilities. The money would come from the school district’s unassigned fund balance. The resolution was proposed by board member Natasha von Imhof, who has had two children go through the Rilke Schule German School of Arts and Sciences. The school recently had to make use of space in its kitchen for kindergarten assessments. “It’s been a constant, constant need for

more space,” Principal Dean Ball said. Unlike other public schools, where the district generally pays for buildings through bond issues approved by voters, charters schools, run by outside groups, must pay for facilities from their operating budgets. Lease costs eat into budgets, and a lack of affordable space often finds students housed in unexpected places. The 440 students at Rilke Schule, for example, are housed in three floors at Wellspring Ministries, six outdoor portable classrooms and Abbott Loop Elementary School. Winterberry Charter School bounced among two churches and an old U.S. Geological Survey facility before moving to its current newly built facility, the Alaska Dispatch News reported. “We’re trying to provide an innovative

program, and at the same time we don’t have the same dollars to work with that your neighborhood schools do,” Winterberry Principal Shanna Mall said. The district has nine charter schools, including two for home-school families and one that has yet to open because it can’t find space. Von Imhof said she hopes that by setting up a loan fund, the district could be in a position to receive additional state and federal dollars for charter schools, if that money is available. Givey Kochanowski, chair of Rilke Schule’s Academic Policy Committee, said a district loan would allow the school to avoid borrowing at higher rates on the private market. — Associated Press

Website renewal focuses on students’ needs KPC has always striven to keep pace with technology. In recent years, the advent of electronic devices such as cell phones and tablets has necessitated a new, responsive design website to provide optimal viewing experiences for all devices. Whereas the previous static site translated poorly to small screens, requiring resizing, panning and scrolling, the new site adapts the layout to the viewing environment by using fluid, proportion-based grids that allows page features to resize in order to fit the screen. The new website is graphically rich, using infographics and images for a visually interesting experience. The new site tailors content for different users, including students, parents, faculty, staff, job seekers and college benefactors. The site just launched and is organized to bring all KPC locations under the same umbrella, as there are more similarities than differences at the campuses and extension sites. The website will integrate the variations that exist at specific locations and the content has been streamlined to make the user experience more efficient. Development and refinement of the new website will continue into the next semester with student focus group and user feedback. Spring semester registration underway The current, fall semester wrapped up last week with enrollments across the KPC system up more than five percent

K enai P eninsula C ollege A round C ampus compared to the same time last year. And although students can breathe easy for a while and are ecstatic to get closer to earning their degrees, it is important they remember to register before key courses fill and close. Registration for the upcoming spring semester is available from the KPC homepage by clicking on UAOnline. Spring semester classes begin on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

KPC process technology student named to serve on industry advisory panel In an effort to establish good working relationships with surrounding communities, the Tesoro Alaska Refinery in Nikiski has established a community advisory panel to serve as an interface between the management of the facility and the citizens of the central Kenai Peninsula. The goal is a better understanding of refinery operation and plans by the general population and a better representation of community concerns to the corporate owners and operators of the refinery. Members are selected from a variety

of categories and geographical areas. The citizen’s advisory panel is a private, nonpublic, advisory body and meetings will not be open to the general public or the media. One of the categories defined for panel membership is a KPC process technology student. According to Henry Haney, KRC assistant professor of process technology, he had been offered a position on the panel but declined due to prior commitments. He did, however, recommend one of his students. “I had recommended Owen Brewer. Owen has worked as a contractor in the Tesoro Lab and as a roustabout in the field, has a degree in zoology, grew up in Nikiski, and is going to make an excellent operator in the future. He will represent KPC as the student member very well,” Haney said. It was reported that Brewer’s application was accepted unanimously. Brewer said he is thankful for the opportunity to serve on the panel.

Holiday closure schedule KPC’s two campuses (Kenai River and Kachemak Bay) and two extension sites (Anchorage and Resurrection Bay) will close for the holidays on Dec. 25, 2014 and re-open at noon, Jan. 5, 2015. This column is provided by Suzie Kendrick, Advancement Programs Manager at Kenai Peninsula College.

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Redoubt Elementary

n December 19th – No School for students, teacher in-service. n December 22 through January 2nd – Christmas Break n January 5th – School Reopens Box Tops Winners last week were: Sierra Chapman, Aidan Poe & Raegyn Wimberly. Keep those Box Tops for education coming, weekly drawings are held so don’t forget to have your child put their name on the back of each Box Top and turn them in at school. Redoubt PTA is hosting their third annual “Winter Carnival”. Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 28th. Come join us for an afternoon of fun. There will be door prizes, raffles, games, and a silent auction. Don’t miss the opportunity to dunk Mr. Pothast in the dunk tank. If you would like to volunteer to help at the carnival please call the school office. Maybe you own a business and wish to make a donation of goods or services for the auction, if so, please contact the school office. Themed basket items are being collected from each classroom for the silent auction, please contact your child’s teacher for the theme of their classroom basket. A complete list will be printed in the school weekly newsletter. Watch the weekly school newsletter for additional raffles and information about the carnival. Thank you to everyone who donated gifts and money during our PTA Holiday Kindness program this holiday season. A special shout out to Angie Keener and Brigette Escott who worked so hard putting together all of the gift boxes for our Redoubt families in need. Our Christmas Kindness program sponsored twenty families this holiday season. Once again Soldotna Rotary donated pre-cooked turkey dinners for the twenty families that were sponsored by our PTA Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Christmas Kindness program. Each family will receive a complete Mr. Daniels’s Class took part in the Hour of Code this week. This pre-cooked holiday meal from Safeway/Carrs. Thank you Soldotna is computer science week in our class. We will be writing program Rotary, we appreciate your continued support. code on computers, Skyping a mystery classroom, and listening to guest speakers from The Microsoft Corporation. Seward Elementary n December 16th – K-2 Winter Program; 6:00 p.m. at Sohi audiSeward PTSA has been saving the annual Seward Elementary gift torium, Dec 19 – No School, In-Service day, December 22 through wrap fundraiser proceeds not used to help encourage additional field January 2 – No School due to Winter Break trips toward the goal of helping leverage the cost of a covered playground area. With the recent move of sixth graders to Seward Middle Kenai Central High School, a more immediate need has arisen. You may not be aware Information for the school news from Kenai Central High that there is no outside area for physical activity on the middle school site. Middle School students share the high school fields. However, School: KCHS held a silent auction and spaghetti dinner on Friday, De- due primarily to distance, the frequency and types of outside physical cember 5th to help raise money for the KPBSD Students in Tran- activity is limited. You may also not be aware, that the grassy hill to sition Program. The SIT program helps provide assistance to local the east of Seward Middle sits on the planned future site for a multihomeless children and provides them with clothes, school supplies, purpose field. We are looking to gather input prior to investigating the food and other necessities. We would like to thank everyone for at- possibility of using Seward Elementary gift wrap funds to leverage tending and for their support of the Students in Transition Program. funding construction of such a field for the middle school. Please reThis year is rapidly ending. The end of the semester is Thursday, member, every elementary school student will benefit from this field December 18th. Students will be busy taking finals and are hope- when they pass through Seward Middle and as the community shares fully spending time studying at home. Wednesday, December 17th field use. If we help build the field, we propose it be dedicated to all Finals Day Schedule 1,4,6. Information for the school news from the William H SewardElementary School students who helped raise these funds. Kenai Central High School: Please let us know if you support moving forward in this direction KCHS held a silent auction and spaghetti dinner on Friday, December 5th to help raise money for the KPBSD Students in Tran- and if you have any questions or need further information. sition Program. The SIT program helps provide assistance to local homeless children and provides them with clothes, school supplies, Skyview Middle food and other necessities. We would like to thank everyone for atEvents this week: tending and for their support of the Students in Transition Program. n Winter Holiday Band and Choir Concert! Tuesday, December This year is rapidly ending. The end of the semester is Thursday, 16 @ 7:00 pm in the Skyview Middle School Gym. All welcome to December 18th. Students will be busy taking finals and are hopeattend. fully spending time studying at home. n Time to plan for the Geography Bee. Any student interested Wednesday, December 17th Finals Day Schedule 1,4,6 needs to see Mr. Rob Moore. School competition will be January 15. n Finals Schedule State competition for school champion will be March 27. National n Advisory/Study/Review Time 7:45 am - 8:40 am competition will be May 11-13. n 1st period finals 8:45 am - 10:20 am n Thursday, December 18 is the last day of the second quarter! No n Break Time 10:20 am - 10:30 am school for students on Friday, December 19 - Winter Break begins. n 4th period finals 10:35 am - 12:10 pm School will resume on Monday, January 5. n Lunch 12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Winter Sports begin on Monday, January 5 – Volleyball, Wrestling, n 6th period12:40pm - 2:15 pm Skiing. All students who wish to join must turn in the required sports Thursday, December 18th Finals Day Schedule 2, 5, 7 forms before participation. Forms must be filled out for each sport. n Finals Schedule All forms for Volleyball and Wresting can be picked up at the Front n Advisory/Study/Review Time 7:45 am - 8:40 am Office or found online at http://skyviewmiddleschool.blogs.kpbsd. n 2nd period finals 8:45 am - 10:20 am k12.ak.us > Skyview Sports > Required Sports Paperwork> Forms n Break Time 10:20 am - 10:30 am 1 - 2. Students who wish to join skiing, please see Mr. Harro. n 5th period finals 10:35 am - 12:10 pm Attention Parents! New Bell schedule will begin Monday, Janun Lunch 12:10 pm - 12:40 pm ary 5. Start time and end time will remain the same: 7:50 am to 2:25 n 7th period12:40pm - 2:15 pm Have a Happy Holidays and don’t forget that classes will resume pm. New School-wide lunch time will change to: 11:24 am. 2015 BP Teacher of Excellence – Nominate Your Favorite Teachon Monday, January 5th 2015. er! Deadline is January 30. Please visit www.bpteachers.com to Finals Schedule recognize an outstanding teacher in the Kenai Peninsula Borough n Advisory/Study/Review Time 7:45 am - 8:40 am School District! n 1st period finals 8:45 am - 10:20 am Have a Safe and Happy Winter Break! n Break Time 10:20 am - 10:30 am n 4th period finals 10:35 am - 12:10 pm n Lunch 12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Sterling Elementary n 6th period12:40pm - 2:15 pm Sterling Elementary will hold its annual Breakfast with Santa on Thursday, December 18th Finals Day Schedule 2, 5, 7 December 13 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the gym. Sterling Elemenn Finals Schedule tary is participating in the Share in the Giving program with other n Advisory/Study/Review Time 7:45 am - 8:40 am Sterling agencies to provide support to Sterling families during this n 2nd period finals 8:45 am - 10:20 am holiday season. Donations of new toys, new clothing and holiday n Break Time 10:20 am - 10:30 am themed food items can be brought to the office. The Sterling Posin 5th period finals 10:35 am - 12:10 pm tive Behavior Interventions and Support Committee is also collecting n Lunch 12:10 pm - 12:40 pm gently used toys from students to donate to families in need; these n 7th period12:40pm - 2:15 pm Have a Happy Holidays and don’t forget that classes will resume can also be brought to the office. December 19 is an in-service day and Winter recess begins December 22 and ends January 2. on Monday, January 5th 2015. Wednesday, December 3 n 9:15-10:00 The Kenaitze Dancers will visit Mrs. Harper’s, Mrs. Hurst’s, and Mrs. Stephens’ classrooms n 3:15 p.m. PTA Meeting in the Library Thursday, December 4 n 9:15-10:00 The Kenaitze Dancers will visit Mrs. Harper’s, Mrs. Hurst’s, and Mrs. Stephens’ classrooms Friday, December 5 n Food Drive Reminders n Holiday shop will be open December 8th -12th . n The Holiday Concert for students in grades 1-6 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 Friendship: To make and keep a friend through mutual trust and caring.

be made payable to Soldotna Elementary and turned in at the office. Thank you so much for your help! Yes, Virginia, there really IS a Santa Claus!

Soldotna High Each week we recognize a teacher at 6 am during Daybreak and again at 6 pm during the KTVA 11 Evening News. In addition, we run a :30 promo the whole week on GCI cable and KTVA congratulating the recipient. This is a great way for us to recognize educators in our state while also giving recognition to the schools. Parents, students and teachers can use this link to submit their nomination: http://ulink.tv/2041 Microsoft IT Academy (ITA) Program provides students with the technology skills they need to be successful in their education and careers. With Microsoft Certification, students can validate their skills that will be beneficial in a variety of career paths including engineering, business and technology. ITA members receive price reductions on Microsoft Certification exams so they can enable sills validation through certification for their students globally. n 91% of hiring managers consider employee certification as a criterion for hiring n 81% of hiring managers believe certified individuals perform better than non-certified peers n Worldwide, Microsoft Office holds 94% of the market share (500 million customers). Students need skills on Microsoft Office whether they are moving towards advanced education or looking for a business career. Soldotna High will be participating in the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This is for all students at Soldotna High. Students will be bringing home permission slips for parental signatures. Our school has been given a budget of $2,600 to offer incentives for students to turn in their forms and to take the survey. Students will be eligible for drawings for gift cards from the following: The Orca Theatre, Fred Meyer, River City Books, Subway, I Tunes, The Moose is Loose and Kaladi Brother’s Coffee. We will be administering the survey during 2nd hour on Tuesday, January 27th. Questions regarding the actual content of the survey should be directed to Central Office. Questions regarding the administration can be directed to LaDawn Druce SoHi Counselor. We need at least 60% of our students to bring back their permission form marked “YES” and 60% to be here and take the survey on Jan. 27th. Seniors: Please order your caps and gowns. You can go to Jostens. com or call Leona at 907-283-9280. Soldotna High School is collecting gently used formal dresses, shoes, and accessories for 2015 Cinderella’s Closet. This is a program which helps all area high school ladies with prom attire for free. Please email mbos@kpbsd. k12.ak.us for more info. All donations can be dropped off to the front office 8am-2pm. We are collecting pictures to get a jump start for graduation. For the senior video, we are looking for school activities (sports, academics, etc.). We also need baby pictures/senior pictures for the slide show. The best format is to scan them and send to dgordon@kpbsd.k12.ak.us The Media Center is open until 5pm Monday-Friday. There are buses at 4:15 for those students working in the Media Center. If your student were to stay after school and would need a bus home 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 start in the Library on August 25th and run until May 4th from 2:30-3:30pm Pool Schedule: n a.m. lap swim 5:30-7:30am Mon – Friday n p.m. lap swim 6-7 Mon, Wed and Fri n p.m. Open swim 7-8:45 Mon, Wed and Friday Sport Calendar - http://www.arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=21192 SoHi will be locking the Parking lot entrance Door during the following hours: n 7:40 am to 11:55 pm n 12:30 pm to 2:15 pm Also note that during school hours the only open door will be the Front Entrance Commons/Flag Pole doors. The above is to improve our overall school security. There are two ways to order a transcript. Each way serves a different purpose. If you need a transcript sent to a college or NCAA or a similar agency, then you will need to log on to: www.parchment.com to order transcripts to be sent. The request is then forwarded to SoHi. After processing, it then goes through cyberspace… rather than the US mail… to get to its destination, which is much faster! All transcripts that are headed for NCAA, colleges, etc. have to be processed this way! Final Transcripts: A final transcript is one that shows your second semester grades… If you order your transcript when we are IN second semester,,, you will need to make sure you choose “next grading period” when you go on to Parchment… that way your transcript request will wait until the grades are in at the end of the year before it is sent.

Soldotna Prep Christmas Assembly Tuesday 12/16/14 at SOHI begins at 1:25 and lasts 50 minutes. Students who ride the bus will board busses at SOHI on this day. Finals will be taken on Wednesday 12/17 and Thursday 12/18. Native Youth Leadership Club in Rm. 10 2:15-3:00 Wednesday, 12/17 End of first semester and in-service day Friday, 12/19. NO SCHOOL. Students return to school from Christmas Break on Monday, January 5, 2015. Skate Ski Instruction with Coach Peterson at Tsalteshi Ski Trails session #2 begins in January. 10 Lessons for $100. All Levels welcome Tuesdays 6 PM and Sundays 2 PM. Please check Soldotna Prep blog to stay informed on current activities; http://soldotnaprep.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/ December is busy, busy! The boys and girls Middle School basketball teams continue in their undefeated run this year. Upcoming Events: n Monday, December 15 – Band Concert @ 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. n Tuesday, December 16 – C Team Boys & Girls Basketball @ Nikiski High School 3pm & 4:30pm n Wednesday, December 17 – Nikiski High Boys & Girls Basketball @ Mt. Edgecumbe n Thursday, December 18 – 20 – Nikiski High School Boys & Girls Basketball @ Sitka Holland America Tournament in Sitka, AK. n Thursday, December 18 – XC Skiing @ The Candy Cane Classic (Weather Permitting) The last day of school for students will be Thursday, December 18. This will also be the end of the quarter/semester. Teachers will have a work day/In-Service day on Friday, December 19th. School will resume on Monday, January 5, 2015!!!

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Congratulations to our Character Counts winners Matayla Kinsfather and Molly Nusbaum. December 18th is the last day of school for students. Don’t forget, January will be the first month of our Box Tops for Pizza challenge. The student who turns in the most box tops for the month will earn a pizza! We will continue the challenge every month thereafter until the end of school! We will begin Clubs in January as well. Clubs occur each Friday starting in mid to late January and will continue to sometime on February, lasting 5-6 weeks. KMS operates on a slightly modified schedule these days, in order to give students a break to learn a new skill or hobby. Check out our Facebook page to see a list of clubs to choose from and have a discussion with your student as to what might interest them! January will also begin a host of new school sports: Volleyball Intramurals for 7th and 8th grade girls, Wrestling for 7th and 8th graders, and Cross Country Skiing for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders will begin on January 5th. Kenai Middle wishes each of you a wonderful holiday season and a fabulously relaxing break! We look forward to seeing you again in the New Year!

We are excited to be selling Savings Cards which produce a higher return to our school with each sale. Each card is sold for $20, but has the unlimited potential for savings at participating local businesses. We still have a supply on hand, so please stop by the office to purchase one. Keep in mind that these make great Christmas gifts. Our Lost and Found area is stacking up again. Please check it to see if we have those missing snow pants or jackets you have been searching for. A Li’l Shopper’s Holiday Stop is coming to SOEL this Wednesday and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. This is a chance for your children to shop independently for holiday gifts. A packet and price list are going home with your kids today, so please take a look. The Parent Pack will need volunteers to help with set-up and during the sale times, to assist the young ones with their shopping. Please call Cat at 398-2593 or Steph at 808-222-8548 for more information. Congratulations to Andrew Stoner who won last week’s box top drawing! We are saying “Goodbye” to our own Miss Michelle as she leaves her position as our secretary to embark on new and fabulous adventures. Her last day will be December 19th, and she will be Tustumena Elementary missed always! She has been a bright spot in all our days, and she December: is one of the most wonderful human beings on the planet. We are n 11th Winter Concert, 6pm happy for your new travels, Miss Michelle! Please keep in touch. n 12th Spelling Bee, 1:30pm No schools for students this Friday, December 19th. However, staff n 16th Geography Bee, 1:45pm will be at school for an in-service to review school goals and work n 18th Reindeer Games on report cards. CHRISTMAS BREAK begins December 22nd and n 19th NO SCHOOL, Inservice Day, End of 2nd Quarter ends on January 2nd. So, we will see everybody back here on Monn 12/20 – 1/4 Winter Break day, Jan. 5th. Janaury: Happy Holidays and a wonderful Merry Christmas from all of us n 13th, 14th, or 15th Lynx Track to Ice Skating at Soldotna Elementary! Parent Pack meeting will be held on Monn 19th No School/Vacation Day day, January 12th , in the library at 3:45 p.m. Please join us! We n 20th PTO Meeting, 4pm have lots of exciting plans for the new year! Site Council meeting is n 26th Site Council, 4pm planned for Tuesday, January 13th, in the library. No school on Monn 26th-30th Pre-Registration for 2015/16 Kindergarten day, January 19th, and for no special reason other than it’s a vacation There will be a meeting for Community, Staff, Students, PTSA day. We will be happy to accept donations to the Christmas Assis- and Site Council members on Tuesday, January 13th @ 4:00 pm in tance Program through Wednesday, December 17th. Thank you for the Soldotna High School Library to discuss the Principal hiring proyour generous support in helping our families in need. Parent Pack cess. Mr. Dusek is hoping to get feedback on the following: Christmas Kindness Food Drive is occurring now through December n What qualities are you looking for in your next Principal? 17th. Food items go to the classrooms, and monetary donations may n What questions might you like to see asked at the interview?

Nikiski High-Middle December is busy, busy! The boys and girls Middle School basketball teams continue in their undefeated run this year. Upcoming Events: n Monday, December 15 – Band Concert @ 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. n Tuesday, December 16 – C Team Boys & Girls Basketball @ Nikiski High School 3pm & 4:30pm n Wednesday, December 17 – Nikiski High Boys & Girls Basketball @ Mt. Edgecumbe n Thursday, December 18 – 20 – Nikiski High School Boys & Girls Basketball @ Sitka Holland America Tournament in Sitka, AK. n Thursday, December 18 – XC Skiing @ The Candy Cane Classic (Weather Permitting) The last day of school for students will be Thursday, December 18. This will also be the end of the quarter/semester. Teachers will have a work day/In-Service day on Friday, December 19th. School

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The City of Soldotna Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 177 N. Birch St., Soldotna, Alaska, on the following item: Ordinance 2014-037 - Amending Section 17.10.330(E)(4) of the Soldotna Municipal Code to Increase the Maximum Driveway Width Allowed in a Residential District to 30-feet. All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in the public discussion. Written comments may be sent to the Planning & Zoning Commission, c/o John Czarnezki, 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, AK 99669. For further information, call John Czarnezki at 907-262-9107. PUBLISH: 12/11, 15, 2014 2026/319

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Sagittarius and a Moon in Libra. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Dec. 15, 2014: This year you often find that a loved one has a way of creating uproar in your life. You will be able to deal with this successfully by totally ignoring this person’s behavior. You tend to see more funds come in this year, but if you are not careful, you could witness even more go out. If you are single, you are likely to meet someone while out running errands or even traveling. Excitement surrounds romance. If you are attached, the two of you focus on a long-term goal that you are likely to achieve. In the process, you will make many friends. LIBRA likes your direct way of expressing yourself. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might not realize how much energy you exude. Try a gentle approach when trying to convince someone else that you are right. A friend you admire will let you know how much he or she thinks of you. Make a plan to visit in the near future. Tonight: Just say “yes.” TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You might not understand why someone is trying so hard to please you. Accept this person’s efforts graciously, but check to see that there is not a secret agenda. An older associate could be instrumental in creating some stress in your life. Tonight: Relax, then make a decision. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Your creativity will take you

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Take your time, and don’t give in to a knee-jerk reaction. At this moment, you need to relax and pull back some. Your perspective could change as a result. Avoid a family member who is on the warpath. This person just needs some time to calm down. Tonight: Do a vanishing act. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll be at your best in a meeting with several or more people. Sharing ideas and listening to others’ concerns will allow your creativity to kick in. People will appreciate your sensitivity. Be careful not to trigger an irate person. Tonight: Do not be alone CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might want to take your time, while others seem to be in a rush. You tend to be more cautious and detail-oriented than the majority of people. Avoid an argument regarding funds. You probably are right, but don’t push too hard. Tonight: Burn the midnight oil. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Resist formalities, and remain open to new approaches and different philosophies. Resolution might be difficult to achieve unless you break free from the status quo. Express your softer side to someone you rarely see. Tonight: Consider making a dream a reality. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Someone clearly lets you know what is expected. If you are available, this relationship could evolve into something more. Be careful about swallowing anger, as it could backfire and cause you a problem. Resist the urge to act out. Tonight: Be with a favorite person.

Retract your dog! Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off: “I would like to Sound Off about retractable leashes. Just because they stretch does not mean you should let them. I have two large dogs who were taught to lie down in the vet office. They are very calm and laid back. But someone at the vet’s has a retractable leash and a dog that goes straight for mine. Please keep your dog away from other dogs; you never know how a dog will react to another dog! Always have children ask if they can pet a dog.” — Sandra M., Conway, Ark. Sandra, thanks for reminding us about pet “etiquette,” especially when out in public. Being in a veterinarian’s office or a pet store where animals are allowed can be very exciting to some dogs and cats. However, to others it may be a scary experience. Also, if a dog is sick or hurt, it is not going to be in the best mood! — Heloise P.S.: “Woof, woof” — Chammy, our adopted wheaten terrier, agrees! Fast Facts Dear Readers: Other uses for Christmas ornaments: * Place in a clear vase as a centerpiece. * Tie to bows when wrapping presents. * Glue to a wreath. * Tie with ribbon and hang in windows. — Heloise Whose turn is it? Dear Heloise: When my two boys became old enough to ride in the front seat, I solved the “whose turn is it” arguments by using even and odd calendar date numbers; one was “even” and the other “odd.” — Lyn in North Dakota

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

5 1 3 7 9 2 4 6 8

7 2 6 3 8 4 9 5 1

1 8 2 9 3 6 5 7 4

9 4 7 5 2 1 3 8 6

6 3 5 8 4 7 1 2 9

8 5 1 2 7 9 6 4 3

2 6 9 4 5 3 8 1 7

Difficulty Level

3 7 4 1 6 8 2 9 5

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4 9 8 6 1 5 7 3 2

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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

B.C.

By Eugene Sheffer

3 1 9

2 6

6 1 9

4 8 2

8 3

Difficulty Level

7 5

4 9

4 7 8 9 3 12/15

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Mother Goose and Grimm

4 8 2

By Michael Peters

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DEAR ABBY: Recently, our state became one that allows same-sex couples to wed. My partner, “Alex,” and I have been together for 18 years. We had planned to be married last spring, but a death in the family put our wedding on hold. When I found out about the ruling, I expected Alex to be excited and suggest we go ahead and marry. To my disappointment, he didn’t seem to care. He hasn’t mentioned marriage once, and when I bring it up, he’s quiet and doesn’t respond. We’re older, and because of health issues we don’t have an active sex life. I’m wondering if my relationship with him has been downgraded to “roommate” without me realizing it. Do I push this? Do I let it alone and settle for what I have now? I feel like I’m too old to start over, but I have to admit that suddenly feeling like the relationship I thought I had may be an illusion has me very depressed. — LET DOWN IN ARIZONA DEAR LET DOWN: The most important ingredient in any relationship is communication, and you and Alex have been together long enough that you should be able to level with each other. His reluctance to move forward may be something as simple as a case of cold feet. It could also be that he’s had a

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