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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

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Cotten picked to lead Fish and Game

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Fish board members decline to interview Maw By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

In the news Nearly 16,000 Alaskans sign up for insurance

JUNEAU (AP) — Government figures show nearly 16,000 Alaskans already have signed up for private health insurance through the federal online marketplace during this enrollment period. That compares with about 13,000 that signed up during the initial open enrollment period, which spanned six months. The current enrollment period started Nov. 15. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that as of last Friday, 15,830 Alaskans had signed up for coverage. There was no immediate breakdown of how many of those are renewals or firsttime enrollees. Regional director Susan Johnson said she is pleased with the enrollments so far, calling the response strong and positive. Most Alaskans enrolling through the exchange have been eligible for federal help to pay for their policies. Open enrollment for insurance coverage this year ends Feb. 15.

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Hard-knock life

Annie (played by Anya Hondel) and a stray dog Sandy (Kincaid Jenness) rehearse for the Triumvirate Theatre’s production of the musical Annie on Tuesday in Nikiski. Read more about the show on Page B-1.

During deliberations over three of the four candidates for Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Board of Fisheries members weighed in with their opinions on the credentials. But, when Kenai Peninsula commercial fisherman Roland Maw’s name came up its members were silent and voted unanimously not to interview him for the position. During a joint meeting of the state’s Board of Fisheries and Board of Game, 14 people met and ultimately decided to send one name to Gov. Bill Walker as a recommendation for the position, that of Acting Commissioner Sam Cotten. If Walker approves Cotten’s nomination the Eagle River man will face a final confirmation from the Legislature before dropping “acting” from his title. Several Board of Fish and Board of Game members supported Cotten, many citing his experience in the Legislature and on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council. “He has an extensive background on Legislature, House and Senate, which See PICK, page A-11

KPC ponders upcoming budget process By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

While students at Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River campus return to classes this week, college administrators have started to evaluate next year’s budget as the state considers significant budget cuts. KPC Director Gary Turner said with Gov. Bill Walker proposing somewhere between a 5 to 8 percent state operating budget reduction, he has had discussions with staff about what the impacts to the college could be. “KPC is extremely fiscally

conservative and responsible,” he said. “We think we will do OK, but how long will (the state deficit) last? My crystal ball is broken.” KPC fiscal year 2013 budget was $16.6 million with a payroll of $11.1 million, according to its website. Despite tuition coming in from the 2,887 students enrolled, the state still picks up 60 percent of the cost, he said. Alaska resident tuition rates for the 2014-15 year are $174 per credit for lower division courses and $210 for upper division courses. Graduate rates are $403 per credit.

‘We are in the planning process but the governor and the Legislature have the final say. Until then we are shooting in the dark.’ — Gary Turner, KPC director The University of Alaska Board of Regents last November decided to not approve a tuition increase. While that was great news for students, tuition helps with operating costs and the college will have to take that into account, Turner said.

“We are in the planning process but the governor and the Legislature have the final say,” he said. “Until then we are shooting in the dark.” Turner chairs a leadership team that meets monthly throughout the year to discuss

important college matters. The team will meet Friday to discuss how the college can generate revenue and avoid certain costs. Administrators have run several financial scenarios based on the state’s deficit projections to get an idea of what their budget could look like. He said 73 percent of the college’s costs are in faculty and staff. Turner said there is a button on the KPC website where employees can submit ideas anonymously for how the college could generate revenue. Walker has a similar option on the state website called, “voices for viSee BUDGET, page A-11

AARP’s Tax-Aide ready to help District sees drop By IAN FOLEY Peninsula Clarion

With tax season fast approaching, AARP’s Tax-Aide program will be available to help Kenai Peninsula residents in need of tax assistance. AARP first introduced TaxAide in 1968 as a free service for taxpayers with low to moderate income, in order to help them prepare their tax returns. According to the AARP website, each year, more than 2.6 million people are helped nationwide by the program’s 35,000 volunteers. While Tax-Aide has been available in the central peninsula area in past years, this year sees the service move from the Sterling Senior Center to the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Li-

brary in Soldotna. Volunteers will be available every Thursday from 1-5 p.m. starting on Feb. 5 through April 15. Additional time will be available on the second Saturday of each month leading up to the tax deadline. Donna Brown, Tax-Aide’s Kenai District Coordinator, said that 93 people e-filed returns last year in the district. She said the move to Soldotna will help attract even more people to Tax-Aide. “It’s a better location,” Brown said. “It’s more central.” Brown said that all of the people helping with Tax-Aide in Alaska are volunteers. The program is currently looking for volunteers possessing various skills. According to the AARP website, available positions include tax volunteer, technology

coordinator, greeter and administrative volunteer. Brown said that before working with the public, volunteers will be trained and have several practice scenarios. Currently, the Kenai district has three volunteers, but Brown said that with more volunteers, the program could expand its hours in the library. While Brown would like more volunteers, she is pleased with the ones she currently has. “We’re blessed to have some people who have (important skills),” Brown said. While Tax-Aide is part of AARP, people of all ages can come for assistance. Brown said that in the past, 15-20 percent of people coming in for help have been younger than 60. See TAX, page A-11 C

in fund balance use By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will be using $1.3 million less of the fund balance than projected for the 2015 fiscal year. This is good news for the school district, said spokeswoman Pegge Erkeneff. “The fund balance we don’t use this year will be available for use in subsequent fiscal years,” Erkeneff said. Assistant Superintendent Dave Jones presented the budget revision to the Board of Education during

a work session on Monday, followed by an announcement that the 2016 fiscal year deficit is projected at nearly $6.5 million, but that number has not yet been finalized. The significant reduction in the need for fund balance money is a result of an increase in nearly $2.1 million in state aid, Jones said. Following the annual 20-day count completed in October the school district was found to have 16 more intensive needs students than estimated during last year’s enrollment count and projections, See SCHOOL, page A-11

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Black lab rides bus alone to dog park SEATTLE (AP) — A black Labrador named Eclipse just wants to get to the dog park. So if her owner takes too long finishing his cigarette, and their bus arrives, she climbs aboard solo and rides to her stop — to the delight of fellow Seattle bus passengers. KOMO-TV reports (http://is.gd/R9Fa86 ) that local radio host Miles Montgomery was amazed to see the pooch get off the bus, without an owner, at a dog park last week. The dog and her owner, Jeff Young, live right near a bus stop. In Young’s words, “She’s a bus-riding, sidewalkwalking dog.” Young says his dog sometimes gets on the bus without him, and he catches up with her at the dog park three or four stops away. Bus riders report she hops onto seats next to strangers, and watches out the window for her stop. Says commuter Tiona Rainwater, “All the bus drivers know her ... she makes everybody happy.”

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Wednesday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc................97.00 -3.02 Alaska Air Group.......61.54 +0.13 ACS...........................1.61 +0.02 Apache Corp........... 59.53 +1.07 AT&T........................ 33.33 -0.16 Baker Hughes.......... 54.81 -0.43 BP ........................... 35.67 -0.29 Chevron.................. 103.90 -0.30 ConocoPhillips......... 62.62 +0.18 ExxonMobil...............89.74 -0.26 1st Natl. Bank AK...1,600.00 +10.00 GCI.......................... 14.91 +0.10 Halliburton............... 38.34 +0.05 Harley-Davidson...... 63.49 -0.70 Home Depot........... 102.64 -1.09 McDonald’s...............91.54 -1.29 Safeway................... 35.24 -0.06 Schlumberger.......... 78.39 +0.61 Tesoro.......................66.74 +0.07 Walmart................... 86.61 -2.70 Wells Fargo...............51.25 -0.60 Gold closed............1,229.36 -1.39

Silver closed............ 16.83 -0.23 Dow Jones avg......17,427.09 -186.59 NASDAQ................4,639.32 -22.17 S&P 500................ 2,011.27 -11.76 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Oil Prices Tuesday’s prices North Slope crude: $47.95, DOWN from $48.38 on Monday West Texas Int.: $45.89, DOWN from $46.07 on Monday

Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, January 15, 2015

Obituary Vicki L. McAllister Vicki L. McAllister, age 58, of Kenai passed away on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 in Soldotna. Vicki was born on April 22, 1956 in Amarillo, Texas to Jesses and Helen (Perry) Barfield. Her family said, “Vicki loved cooking and gardening; she had a green thumb and could make anything grow. She loved the outdoors, going camping and just sitting down at the beach. She especially loved all animals and would often bring strays home to love and care for. No love was stronger than the love she had for her family.” She is survived by her daughter, Danielle; son, Michael; grandchildren; sister, Priscilla Wells; as well as many more family members and friends. A memorial service in Warrenton, Washington will be announced at a later date.

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ST. ELMO, Ill. (AP) — A family in south-central Illinois has created a 45-foot-tall icicle in their front yard. Katherine Ragel of St. Elmo in Lafayette County says she’s worried there might be an accident because passing traffic sometimes will “stop in the middle of the road.” Ragel’s son, Garrick Moreland, made the icicle. The tree trimmer climbed into one of Ragel’s trees with a hose and turned on the water when temperatures dropped a few weeks ago. The icicle kept growing. The Effingham Daily News report the idea originally came from Ragel’s late husband, Alan Ragel, who liked to build smaller icicles along the driveway. St. Elmo is about 20 miles southwest of Effingham on Interstate 70.

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ners will teach you the basics of swimming for fitness including designing an effective workout, and pool etiquette. Cost is $10 per person and limited to 15 participants. Goggles and swim caps will be provided. Contact Cooperative Extension Service ReGroup plans recycling, art exhibit at 262-5824 to register or for more information. Registration ReGroup’s next meeting will be Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the deadline is January 15. K-Beach Subway. Plans for large event recycling and salvage art exhibit will be discussed. All interested community members Family movement class offered are invited. For more information contact Jan at 252-2773. North Peninsula Recreation is offering a family movement class called Moving Together, taught by Dance and Early Trout Unlimited shares fish tales Childhood Educator, Robyn Zinszer. The class is designed for Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited will meet Jan. 22 at 6:30 families with children ages 0-3, but children and adults of all p.m. at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Bruce King will present “Wel- ages are welcome to participate. Classes will be held Saturdays come to Oz — Fishing Kamchatka,” and Edgar Orejuela will from 10-10:45 a.m. beginning Saturday through Feb. 14. The provide an elodea update. Join KPTU for a general meeting and first class on Jan. 17 is free for the entire family. For more inlearn about fishing some of the most remote and untouched wa- formation and to pre-register please call NCRC at 776-8800. ters of Russia’s legendary Kamchatka Peninsula as King tells his bow chasing tales. Share your fish stories from your favorite destination trip to close out the meeting. Everyone is welcome; Kids Monopoly tournament registration open need not be a member to attend. The Peninsula Winter Games Kids Monopoly tournament registration is now open. Register by calling the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce at 262-9814, or email Tami@SoldotHazardous waste disposal day scheduled nachamber.com. Kids ages 8-18 are eligible. This tournament The next hazardous waste disposal day is Saturday from kicks off the Peninsula Winter Games with check-in at 10 a.m. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Central Peninsula Landfill. The Kenai on Jan. 24 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Peninsula Borough’s hazardous waste program gives households and small businesses the opportunity to properly dispose of hazardous waste and chemicals. All businesses must Beginners freestyle wrestling clinic offered pre-register with Emerald Alaska. Households with more the Nikiski Freestyle Wrestling will be hosting a beginners 55 gallons of waste must also pre-register. Emerald Alaska wrestling clinic on Saturday at the Nikiski Community Cenmanages this event; the Kenai Peninsula Borough provides ter from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $10/wrestler. The clinic is the location. To pre-register and/or for specific waste disposal designed as an introduction to the sport of wrestling for Pre-K questions, call Emerald Alaska at 877-375-5040. For general thru 2nd grade. Both boys and girls are welcome. If you do not questions, call the Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste De- have wrestling shoes, plan on having your child wrestle in a partment at 907-262-9667. clean pair of socks.

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Compassionate Friends group to meet

Kenai library plans family concert series

The Kenai Community Library will host a series of Family Have you lost a child, grandchild, or adult sibling of any age? The Compassionate Friends of the Kenai Peninsula meets Concerts. These programs are free and open to the entire famat 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Soldotna ily. Concerts will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturdays in the Kid Spot Public Library. For more information, email tcfofthekenai@ at the Kenai Library. Concerts will be: gmail.com or call Leslie at 907-398-3113. — Saturday, Dan “Mr. Dan the Watershed Man” Pascucci — Feb. 21, violinist Elise Gelbart, of Anchorage. ‘Try it once’ with Change Club No tickets are required. For more information, contact ChilTo help you achieve your fitness goals in 2015 the Central dren’s Librarian Amy Pascucci at 283-8210 or visit the Kenai Peninsula Change Club is offering a series called Try It Once. Community Library’s webpage at http://kenailibrary.org/. The first class is “Lap Swimming for Fitness,” to be held Jan. 20, 6-8 p.m., at the Nikiski Pool. This one-time class for beginSubmit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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. 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 2523436. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • Family Story Time (PreK and up) at the Soldotna Public Library in the Children’s Area. Bring the whole family out to listen to stories and sing songs. Younger and older siblings are always welcome with adult supervision. Call 262-4227.

• AA Step Sisters women’s meeting at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, O’Neill Hall, 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna. Call 262-2304. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call 260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. 8 p.m. • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Trash the capitol move idea Last week, Sen.-elect Bill Stoltze, a

Republican from Chugiak, went public with his plans to file legislation that would move the Alaska Legislature from Anchorage to Juneau. The capital would still be in Juneau, but the capitol would depart. We have nothing against Sen. Stoltze; he’s no doubt a smart man. Unfortunately for him, he’s bringing forward a dumb idea. As the state stares at a multibillion-dollar fiscal gap and cancels projects to make ends meet, the last thing the state needs is to spend time and money examining a capitol move — let alone the cost of the move itself. Should the Legislature decide it has ample time to discuss a move of the capitol, there are other pressing items it should probably take up: — Moving Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Southeast Alaska; — Naming an official state color; — Another joint resolution asking for Mount McKinley to be officially renamed Denali; — and proclaiming an official state chewing gum. Stoltze’s bill will go nowhere — Gov. Bill Walker has said he does not favor moving the capitol, and Stoltze’s proposal will be opposed from every Juneau legislator and (we suspect) many others tired of Anchorage being the tail that wags Alaska’s dog. Bills like Stoltze’s have come and gone with past legislatures. In January 1999, Rep. Vic Kohring of Wasilla prefiled a bill similar to Stoltze’s plan. “I just thought I’d file the bill and see if we can get some dialogue going,” he said at the time. “Whether we get it through is, like in the past, somewhat questionable.” Kim Elton, who would become a senator from Juneau at the start of that Legislative session, said bills like Kohring’s take so much effort to fight that they divert attention from worthy efforts. “The frustrating thing about these is you spend an awful lot of time and energy on something like this,” Elton said at the time. What was true then is still true. Capital, and capitol, move bills are wasteful. They divert attention from worthy legislation and gum up the Legislature’s workings simply so Anchorage-area legislators like Stoltze can preen before their constituents. There is too much to be done this session. The Legislature must examine marijuana regulations. It must examine schools and public safety. It must manage the state budget. Starting on the third Tuesday of the month, it will have 90 days to do all of this. It has no time to waste. — Juneau Empire, Jan. 13

Classic Doonesbury, 1980

By GARRY TRUDEAU

Europe’s immigration problem

The New York Times ran a front-page article after the Charlie Hebdo massacre on Europe’s “dangerous moment.” As terrorists rampaged through Paris, ultimately killing 17, what was the cause of this particular alarm? That anti-immigration parties in Europe might gain. The Times article captured perfectly the reaction of polite opinion to the Paris attacks, which is driven almost as much by fear that someone might notice that Europe has an immigration problem as it is by fear of the terrorism itself. Europe’s anti-immigration parties run the gamut, from the loathsome (Greece’s Golden Dawn), to the unsavory (France’s National Front), to the more or less respectable (Britain’s UKIP). What they all have in common is that they benefit from the refusal of mainstream parties to admit the obvious: If a country is manifestly having trouble assimilating the immigrants it already has, it shouldn’t add to their numbers willy-nilly. Much more important than solidarity and unity — stirring as those things are, exemplified in the massive march in Paris over the weekend — would be a dose of honesty and realism on this issue. The case of France is stark. Roughly 12 percent of its population is foreignborn, about the European average, according to the Migration Policy Institute. But it also has a particularly high percentage of descendants of immigrants. Because of France’s colonial history in Algeria and other countries in the Maghreb, many of

them are Muslim. It has the largest Muslim population of any Western European country, both in absolute numbers and in percentage terms. These immigrants have tended to cluster in the suburbs Rich Lowry of Paris, where they have become selfreinforcing religio-ethnic islands in the broader French sea. Some of the Paris suburbs are infamously known as “no go” zones, where there is essentially no official footprint. These areas are not just alienated from the French state; they are actively hostile to it. After cataclysmic rioting emanating from these suburbs in 2005, the phrase “the French intifada” began to gain currency. In a book of that title, author Andrew Hussey describes it as “the guerrilla war with police at the edges and in the heart of French cities.” This conflict is, Hussey argues, the continuation of France’s long, fraught interaction with colonial populations by different means and on different terrain. It is exacerbated by the tension Muslims feel between their religious identity and the secularism of the French state, with Islamic radicalism beckoning as a source of perverse purpose. Although France’s problem has peculiarly French characteristics, bound up in its history and national identity, a version

of the Paris attacks easily could have happened in Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands or Germany. They, too, have Muslim populations that, in some areas, haven’t fully integrated. Why does the United States not have the same problem (although it has experienced its own homegrown attacks)? Its assimilationist machinery, for all its flaws, is in better working order. It is an open, economically dynamic society. But this is partly a function of numbers. Immigrants to the U.S. still largely come from Christian countries and don’t feel the powerful pull of a religious identity putting them at odds with their new country. This is a rather basic point: The quantity of immigration inevitably affects the quality of assimilation. The elite’s reflex on immigration is always to say “more.” The populations of many European countries want to say “less.” Their case is stronger after the horrors of the last week, although all the usual obloquy will be heaped on it, and much intellectual and political energy will be devoted to denying that the Paris attacks had anything to do with immigration or Islam. Addressing a long-ago crisis in Athens, Demosthenes said of those demanding to know his alternative, “I will first give them this answer — the most just and true of all — ‘Do not do what you are doing now.’” On immigration, that is the counsel that Europe needs to hear, and to heed. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

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Conservatives cheer on Romney as field grows By STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Mitt Romney’s unexpected step into the 2016 presidential contest is drawing enthusiasm from the GOP’s most passionate conservatives. But not because they want him to win. For the first time in recent memory, prominent conservatives see a Republican presidential field that could have as much competition among the party’s establishment-minded prospects — like Romney — as its fiery conservatives. “If you have that many moderate establishment candidates, it gives an opportunity for a conservative to get in and become a serious contender,” said Amy Kremer, a national tea party activist. Indeed, with Romney’s moves in the past week toward launching a third presidential run, three high-profile Republicans from the party’s mainstream are suddenly competing for the same group of elite donors and staffing talent, just as the crowded 2016 presidential primary season begins. And that list — Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — doesn’t even include a group of Midwestern governors, led by Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, who also fit the mold of accomplished, economic-minded executives driven as much by a pragmatic approach to governing as by their conservative ideology. “We’ve never seen anything remotely like it,” said Rick Wilson, a Florida-based Republican consultant who has advised presidential campaigns. “There’s no analogous situation with three bigfoot characters in the mix.” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a likely candidate who could benefit from the competition among Bush, Christie and Romney, said during a stop in New Hampshire Wednesday: “From our perspective, the more the merrier.” The abundance of Republican presidential prospects who put economic policy ahead of social issues comes after GOP congressional leaders succeeded last year in beating back primary challenges from farther-right, tea party-affiliated candidates on their way to reclaiming Senate control. C

AP News Extra It also sets up a potential contest of mainstream Republicans not seen since 2000, when George W. Bush was the favorite in a crowded field, or 1988, when thenVice President George H. W. Bush was the heavy favorite. The unexpected competition among mainstream Republicans is welcome news for prominent social conservative Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. He said the potential establishment scrum represents a “flip” from previous Republican primaries with “multiple conservative candidates behind us that sliced and diced the vote and allowed a moderate to emerge with just a plurality.” He said the cultural conservative base has learned from that and will make “some effort to coalesce around a candidate” this time. More than a dozen candidates are preparing for what is widely seen as a once-in-ageneration opportunity — an open White House and no Republican heir apparent with a claim to the nomination. The group features no shortage of conservatives with untested mainstream appeal, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Carson joins Romney on the agenda at this week’s Republican National Committee winter meeting in San Diego, where another cultural conservative favorite, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Wisconsin’s Walker are also slated to appear. Other would-be presidential contenders are sending senior aides to the three-day meeting to gauge interest in a prospective run. Romney was added to the program just 36 hours before Wednesday’s opening session, having spent the last four days phoning leading Republicans and key former supporters across the country to signal serious interest in a 2016 campaign. The development seemed unthinkable a week earlier, when Bush and Christie were seen as more than capable of satisfying the establishment’s desire for mainstream candidates with White House-worthy resumes. “By and large, they’re all going after the same base (of donors),” said former

Missouri Sen. Jim Talent, a senior adviser to Romney’s 2012 campaign and among those he called in recent days to talk about another run. “One of the things you have to determine is whether you can raise the money, and I think that’s one of the things he’s calling around about now,” Talent said. “I would feel pretty confident about that with him. He’s always been pretty good at mobilizing support.” Kristy Campbell, a spokeswoman for Jeb Bush, welcomed Romney to the pack this week, while suggesting the former Massachusetts governor’s efforts wouldn’t affect Bush’s plans. Bush will not attend the San Diego gathering, but he will have volunteers on hand to engage with GOP officials. While Bush, Romney and Christie dominated the conversation about the developing GOP race, lesser-known potential candidates are also hoping to attract attention this week. A senior adviser to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Terri Reid, is headed to San Diego to talk up her recently re-elected boss, a former CEO whose accomplishments include helping deliver Detroit from bankruptcy. Snyder is among the group of Midwestern governors, elected and re-elected in swingor even Democratic-leaning states, who could emerge as establishment picks should Romney, Bush and Christie all flame out. Meanwhile, Christie is indicating he may move forward sooner than expected. He has been on a victory tour attending Republican governors’ inaugurations, which will take him to key early voting states such as South Carolina and Iowa this week, just as his team prepares to add outgoing Republican National Committee finance chairman Ray Washburne to lead its fundraising operation. Further, highprofile Republican donors in New York and Virginia are planning meet-and-greet events for Christie with donors for later this month. Perkins said he has nothing against the early establishment favorites, noting that he supported Romney aggressively in the 2012 general election. “But he wouldn’t be my favorite in this field,” Perkins said.

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Where did all this oil come from? By JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

NEW YORK — The world burns enough oil-derived fuels to drain an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times every minute. Global consumption has never been higher — and is rising. Yet the price of a barrel of oil has fallen by more than half over the past six months because the globe, experts say, is awash in oil. So, where did all this oil come from? The Earth has been accumulating oil and natural gas for about a billion years or so. Humans have been drilling and burning crude and gas in significant amounts for only the last 156 years, since the 1859 birth of the oil industry in Pennsylvania. So, even when oil prices spiked earlier this decade amid worries that oil supplies would soon run low, scientists and oil companies knew there was plenty available. It wasn’t so much a question of how much oil and gas was left in the earth’s crust, but whether we could figure out how to squeeze it out and make money doing so. “How much oil we have is an economic and technical question, not a geologic one,” says Doug Duncan of the U.S. Geological Survey. “There’s far more than we can extract eco-

nomically using today’s technology.” More than enough, for now at least, to sustain record high consumption of 91.4 million barrels per day. There are 42 gallons in a barrel, so that’s 3.8 billion gallons per day. Looked at another way, it’s as if every human on the planet went through a gallon of oil every two days. Since 1980, the world has burned nearly 40 trillion gallons. That’s a bit more liquid than held by Lake Tahoe, the 11th deepest lake in the world. It’s enough to cover the state of California in oil to a depth of 14 inches. While that may sound like a lot, remember that Lake Tahoe, on a map of the globe, is a pretty small dot. There is sedimentary rock that holds old organic matter under huge swaths of the earth’s crust. Some of the rock is 20,000 to 30,000 feet thick, says Scott Tinker, a geologist at the University of Texas’s Jackson School of Geosciences. Only a small portion holds oil and gas, but the scale of the possible resource is enormous. That’s part of what worries climate scientists so much. Burning the oil and gas that we’ve already found — never mind what we haven’t yet — will lead to dangerous and possibly catastrophic changes in the earth’s climate, they say.

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In this Oct. 14, 2014 photo, an oil pump works at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Global oil consumption has never been higher _ and it is rising. Yet the price of a barrel of oil has fallen by more than half over the past six months because the world, experts say, is awash in oil.

And we’re finding more oil and gas than we are using. For example, since 1980, even while we were consuming all that oil, the amount we’ve found, but haven’t yet produced, has more than doubled. The world’s proven reserves are now 1.7 trillion barrels, up from 683 billion barrels in 1980, according to a

closely watched statistical energy review published by BP. Technology advances come in fits and starts, and are usually spurred by high prices. The price of oil began rising alarmingly in the early and mid-2000s, inspiring oil companies to take risks to apply new technology to find harder-to-reach oil.

In 2007 and 2008, they hadn’t yet cracked the code, and consumption was rising fast, so oil spiked to nearly $150 a barrel. They’ve now not only caught up to the growth in demand, but surpassed it. The big technological breakthrough this time was the means to tap so-called

unconventional resources, especially layers of shale and other oil-and-gas rich rock. In the past, drillers had to look for pools of oil and gas that had collected over millennia, forced by gravity and pressure from source rock into what are known as “traps.” Now they can access the layers of source rock directly, bringing billions of barrels of this unconventional oil suddenly within reach. Rising production from these and other sources, including Canadian oil sands, oil found under mile-thick layers of salt in Brazil’s deep waters, and Iraq’s enormous fields has for now outpaced rising demand. That has sent the price of oil under $50 a barrel — it closed Wednesday at $48.48 — after spending most of the last four years near $100. That’s less than what it costs to produce oil in many cases, which means production is likely to fall slowly until demand can catch up. That could cause prices to shoot back up, and we might again wonder where the next barrel of oil will come from. “A lot of people thought we were on a downward supply curve with more and more expensive oil and gas,” Duncan says. “New technology changed that equation. We don’t know if the equation will be changed again.”

House votes to undo Obama immigration actions By ERICA WERNER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Shunning a White House veto threat and opposition within their own party, House Republicans approved legislation Wednesday to overturn President Barack Obama’s key immigration policies and expose hundreds of thousands of younger immigrants to expulsion from the U.S. The 236-191 vote came on a broad bill that would provide $39.7 billion to finance the Homeland Security Department through the rest of the budget year, legislation that lawmakers of both parties said was sorely needed to pay for counterterrorism, cybersecurity and other priorities at a moment when the Paris terror attacks have underscored dire threats. Democrats accused Republicans of putting that money at risk by attaching veto-bait amendments on immigration, and some Republicans voiced the same concern. But House GOP leaders and most of their rank and file accused Obama in turn of reckless and unconstitutional actions on immigration that had to be answered. “This executive overreach is an affront to the rule of law and to the Constitution itself,” said House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. “The people made clear that they wanted more accountability from this president, and by our votes here today we will

‘This executive overreach is an affront to the rule of law and to the Constitution itself. The people made clear that they wanted more accountability from this president, and by our votes here today we will heed their will and we will keep our oath to protect and defend the Constitution.’ — House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio heed their will and we will keep our oath to protect and defend the Constitution.” But Rep. Linda Sanchez, DCalif., who chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said the Republicans were simply pandering to the far right. “Shame on Republicans for attacking the Latino community,” Sanchez said. “Republicans are consciously targeting millions of families who work hard, contribute to our communities and are just trying to give their children a chance at the American dream.” One of the immigration amendments, approved 237190, would undo executive actions that Obama announced in November to provide temporary deportation relief and work permits to some 4 million immigrants in the country illegally, mostly people who have children who are citizens or legal permanent residents.

The amendment also would cancel earlier directives to immigration agents aimed at giving them discretion in focusing deportations on criminals. A second amendment would delete Obama’s 2012 policy that’s granted work permits and stays of deportation to more than 600,000 immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally as children under age 16. That measure passed narrowly, 218209, as 26 of the more moderate Republicans, some representing large Hispanic populations, joined Democrats in opposition. The underlying bill passed on a mostly party line vote, with 10 Republicans voting “no” and two Democrats voting “yes.” But even with Republicans in control of the Senate, the bill faces tough sledding there. Republicans are six votes shy of the 60-vote majority needed to advance most legislation, and

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Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, and Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., head to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, as lawmakers gather for a vote to fund the Homeland Security Department that will curb President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration.

some GOP senators have argued that the Homeland Security bill shouldn’t be the vehicle for a contentious debate on immigration. Within the House GOP, too, there’s frustration from some centrist lawmakers that two weeks into a new session of Congress, with a bigger party majority in the House, the most conservative lawmakers are still calling the shots, successfully pushing leaders for a vote to undo the 2012 policy dealing with younger immigrants known as “Dreamers.” “If we were just specifically dealing with the November overreach of the president,

10 dead, bus skids; hits train By BETSY BLANEY and DAVID WARREN Associated Press

ODESSA, Texas — A prison bus skidded off an icy Texas highway, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing freight train Wednesday, killing eight inmates and two corrections officers, including the bus driver, authorities said. The overpass on Interstate 20 was slick with ice Wednesday morning when the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus left the roadway in Penwell, just west of Odessa, according to Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson. The prisoners, who did not have seat belts, were handcuffed together in pairs, officials said. Some of them were ejected from the bus after it struck the train, said Trooper Elizabeth Barney of the Texas Department of Public Safety. C

you’d have Democrats who’d be voting with us on that piece of it but we’ve gone well beyond that,” said Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif. “We’re passing a bill for political reasons, a bill that has no ability to pass the Senate.” Before leaving town for a two-day retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Republicans also steered the House to approval of legislation to ease the landmark Dodd-Frank law, which aimed to rein in banks and Wall Street. The new legislation would give U.S. banks two extra years to ensure that their holdings of certain complex and risky securities don’t put them out of

compliance with a new banking rule. The Dodd-Frank changes, approved 271-154, also face an Obama veto threat. Given the growing importance of Latino voters, Wednesday’s immigration votes could end up raising questions in the 2016 presidential election for the eventual GOP nominee. Potential candidates weren’t touching the issue Wednesday. Requests for comments from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former GOP nominee Mitt Romney went unanswered. At an event in Manchester, New Hampshire, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky refused to say if he would back his House colleagues’ efforts. Democrats, on the other hand, were eager to weigh in. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois warned Republicans they were igniting “the mobilization of an immigrant community throughout this nation that will be the death knell to the future of your party.” Wednesday’s votes were set in motion late last year, after Obama infuriated Republicans by announcing executive moves on immigration not long after the GOP swept the midterm elections. Republicans passed full-year spending bills for most of the government but kept the Homeland Security Department on a short leash in order to revisit the issue when they would be in full control of Congress.

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Around the World France cracks down on ‘defending terror,’ sends aircraft carrier to help US fight IS PARIS — France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it was sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East to work more closely with the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants. Authorities said 54 people had been arrested for hate speech and defending terrorism since terror attacks killed 20 people in Paris last week, including three gunmen. The crackdown came as Charlie Hebdo’s defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the satirical weekly that fronted the Prophet Muhammad anew on its cover. President Francois Hollande, speaking aboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to members of the military, said the situation “justifies the presence of our aircraft carrier.” One of the Paris gunmen had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, while two others said they were backed by Yemen’s al-Qaida branch. France is already carrying out airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. A top leader of Yemen’s al-Qaida branch claimed responsibility Wednesday for the Charlie Hebdo massacre that left 12 dead at the paper, saying in a video the massacre came in “vengeance for the prophet.” The newspaper had received repeated threats previously for posting caricatures of Muhammad.

Ohio man arrested in FBI operation on charges of plotting to attack US Capitol WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors say an Ohio man has been arrested in a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials inside the building. A criminal complaint charges 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell, of Green Township, with attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States. Cornell, also known as Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, was arrested Wednesday as he took control of a firearm during an undercover FBI operation. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had a lawyer. The FBI says the public was never in danger and he never made it to Washington. The complaint alleges that an FBI informant began supplying agents with information about Cornell last year.

IRS cutting taxpayer services just as health law makes filing federal returns complicated WASHINGTON — Filing a federal tax return is about to get more complicated for millions of families because of President Barack Obama’s health law. But they shouldn’t expect much help from the Internal Revenue Service. Got a question for the IRS? Good luck reaching someone by phone. The tax agency says only half of the 100 million people expected to call this year will be able to reach a person. Callers who do get through may have to wait on hold for 30 minutes or more to talk to someone who will answer only the simplest questions. “Taxpayers who need help are not getting it, and tax compliance is likely to suffer over the longer term if these problems are not quickly and decisively addressed,” said a report Wednesday by agency watchdog Nina E. Olson. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says budget cuts are forcing the agency to reduce taxpayer services and other functions. The number of audits will decline, technology upgrades will be delayed and the agency might be forced to shut down and furlough workers for two days later this year, Koskinen said.

Oklahoma plans first lethal injection since botched execution, will use Florida method OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma plans to resume executions Thursday after botching its last one and will use the same three-drug method as a Florida lethal injection scheduled for the same day. The drug mixture begins with the sedative midazolam and includes the same drugs used in Oklahoma’s botched execution of Clayton Lockett, who writhed on the gurney and moaned after he’d been declared unconscious. His execution in April was the first time Oklahoma had used midazolam as the first in a three-drug combination, but attorneys for the state say a failed intravenous line and a lack of training led to the problems with Lockett’s lethal injection, not the drugs. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said the state Department of Corrections “has responded with new protocols that I believe, prayerfully, will provide them more latitude in dealing with exigent circumstances as they arise.” His office has successfully defended Oklahoma’s new protocol in federal court. Oklahoma also has increased by five times the amount of midazolam it plans to use to mirror the exact recipe that Florida has used in 11 successful executions. But midazolam also was used in problematic executions last year in Arizona and Ohio, where inmates snorted and gasped during lethal injections that took longer than expected. Four Oklahoma death row inmates asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to halt their executions.

By JOSH LEDERMAN, and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Four of the highest-ranking Secret Service executives have been reassigned following a series of security mishaps and scathing reports questioning leadership within the agency, the Secret Service said Wednesday. The agency’s assistant directors for investigations, protective operations, technology and public affairs have all been reassigned within the Secret Service. Acting Director Joseph P. Clancy said in a statement Wednesday that he was making leadership changes based on a December report from an independent panel that described the agency as “insular” and “starved for leadership.” “Change is necessary to gain a fresh perspective on how we conduct business,” Clancy said. “I am certain any of our senior

‘Change is necessary to gain a fresh perspective on how we conduct business. I am certain any of our senior executives will be productive and valued assets either in other positions at the Secret Service or the department.’ — Acting Director Joseph P. Clancy executives will be productive and valued assets either in other positions at the Secret Service or the department.” The four officials are: Dale Pupillo, who led protective operations; Paul Morrissey, who oversaw the agency’s investigative mission; Jane Murphy, who was governmental and public affairs chief; and Mark Copanzzi, who headed up technology and the tools for mission support. Details of their new posts were not released Wednesday. The reassignments are the

biggest shift in Secret Service leadership since former Director Julia Pierson was forced to resign last year. Her ouster came after a Texas man armed with a knife was able to get over a White House fence and run deep into the executive mansion before being subdued and details of a previous presidential security breach were disclosed. The Washington Post first reported the staff shakeup Wednesday afternoon. The independent panel,

which investigated the agency’s leadership and practices in the wake of the September incident and the disclosure of a previously unreported security breach earlier that month, also recommended hiring a new director from outside the agency. A permanent director has not been named. That report was the second critical review of the agency responsible for protecting the president. In November the Homeland Security Department, which oversees the Secret Service, released an internal investigation about the fence-scaling incident, which concluded that poor training, staff and a series of missteps led to the breach. Homeland Security investigators found, among other things, that uniformed agents patrolling the White House grounds the night of Sept. 19 mistakenly assumed that thick bushes near the mansion’s front door would stop the intruder.

NRA suing Pennsylvania cities on gun laws By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

Armed with a new state law that opponents denounce as a gift to the gun lobby, pro-gun groups are rapidly scaling up their attack on municipal firearms ordinances throughout Pennsylvania, with the National Rifle Association filing suit over gun-control measures in three cities. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lancaster have “openly defied” a 40-year-old state law that forbids municipalities from regulating firearms, said Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action. The cities said they will fight the NRA, contending the local regulations are a sensible way to address deadly gun violence. “This should be a wake-up call for citizens across Pennsylvania,” Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said. “We’re not taking away anyone’s right to own a gun — or 10 or 20 guns. What we’re saying is when a gun is lost or stolen, you’ve got to report it. Too many people are being killed in the streets of Pittsburgh and other cities with stolen guns.” Pennsylvania has long barred

its municipalities from approving ordinances that regulate the ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of guns or ammunition. But scores of cities and towns ignored the prohibition, and gun-rights groups complained the local measures were difficult to challenge because judges have ruled that plaintiffs could not prove harm. Under a state law that took effect last week, gun owners no longer have to show they have been harmed by an ordinance to win in court. The new law also allows organizations like the NRA to sue, and successful challengers can seek legal fees and other costs. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lancaster are fighting the new law in court, arguing lawmakers didn’t follow constitutional procedure for passing legislation. “It is unconstitutional, it never should have been passed, and it breaks with more than 200 years of history in Pennsylvania, by allowing organizations without standing the ability to sue,” Peduto said. Under threat of litigation from several smaller gun-rights groups, more than 20 Pennsylvania municipalities already have moved to repeal their firearms

ordinances instead of defending them in court. Another group, Houston-based U.S. Law Shield, sued the capital of Harrisburg on Tuesday over its gun laws. The NRA suit filed Wednesday against Philadelphia targets seven ordinances, including ones that require owners to report lost or stolen firearms; prohibit guns from city-owned facilities; and ban weapons possession by people subject to protection-from-abuse orders or who are found to pose a risk of “imminent harm” to themselves or others. Philadelphia officials have long said its measures are needed to combat gun violence that claims hundreds of lives each year. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed city ordinances that limited people to buying one gun a month and banned assault weapons, but the NRA — deemed to lack standing — lost its bid to get other city gun laws thrown out. If the city’s bid to overturn the new state law is successful, “then the NRA would not have standing to file the suits that it has filed today,” said Mark McDonald, spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter. In the small city of Lancaster,

meanwhile, the NRA is challenging an ordinance that requires gun owners to tell police when a firearm is lost or stolen. Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray, one of the named defendants, denounced the NRA lawsuit as “pathetic” and said the city’s attorney had determined its ordinance could withstand legal scrutiny. “The NRA is a New Yorkorganized corporation that is based in Virginia and they are suing us in Lancaster because we are asking people to report stolen firearms,” he said. “I have a difficult time getting my arms around that.” Cox, the NRA official, said local laws “do not make people safer” and, in a statement, accused officials of “politically grandstanding at taxpayers’ expense.” The NRA plans to go after other municipalities whose gun ordinances are barred by state law, said the group’s attorney, Jonathan Goldstein. “We expect every municipality to repeal ordinances that are pre-empted. If other folks don’t get on board with what the law requires, they can expect to hear from us in due course,” he said.

Governor Cuomo; New York City police union leaders talk By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — The growing discord between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s Police Department must be resolved, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, a day after meeting with city police union leaders amid a wider debate about law enforcement conduct and officer safety. Cuomo dismissed questions about whether he would act as a mediator between City Hall and the New York Police Department. But he did say the conflict needs to be resolved. “Everybody in New York City knows that this situation

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is unsustainable,” he said. “It’s not healthy and it’s not productive. ... We see on the TV terrorism is alive and well and growing. This city and this state are a possible terrorist target. So this is at least a distraction that we don’t need.” Police unions say de Blasio hasn’t supported the rank and file in the wake of protests following a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of unarmed black suspect Eric Garner. The tension worsened following the shooting deaths of two officers, prompting speculation that Cuomo might seek to intervene. The Democratic governor’s

closed-door meeting with union leaders on Tuesday focused on a “range of issues,” according to Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa, including a police discipline bill on Cuomo’s desk and possible proposals for the legislative session.

Cuomo’s administration is reviewing options for addressing concerns about the handling of police misconduct as well as proposals to protect officers against violence. The governor said Wednesday that it’s too early to discuss specifics.

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New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out quickly By ELAINE GANLEY and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press

PARIS — Parisians lined up Wednesday to empty the newsstands of the first issue of Charlie Hebdo, a week after Islamic extremists attacked the satirical newspaper’s office, and French justice officials began cracking down by arresting dozens of people who glorified terrorism or made racist or anti-Semitic remarks. The editors of the publication again put a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover, and it quickly sold out by early morning around the capital and elsewhere, with long lines and scuffles at kiosks. Disappointed buyers were told to come back Thursday when more of the increased print run of 5 million copies will be available. A leader of Yemen’s al-Qaida branch officially claimed responsibility for the attacks by two gunmen that left 12 dead at the weekly publication, saying in a video posted online that the slayings came in “vengeance for the prophet.” The newspaper had received repeated threats for lampooning Muhammad. A third attacker killed five other people, bringing the total number of dead in the Jan. 7-9 spasm of violence to 17 before all the gunmen died in police raids. On alert for new attacks, France deployed thousands of police and soldiers around

the country, and they moved to quash any racist remarks or praise for terrorists. The scale of security measures is raising questions in some quarters about whether some freedoms will be impinged upon. At least 54 people were arrested for hate speech or other acts insulting religious faiths, or for cheering the men who carried out the attacks. The new issue of Charlie Hebdo features the prophet, a tear rolling down his cheek, holding a placard that says “Je Suis Charlie.” The saying has swept France and the world, with the irreverent newspaper being embraced as a symbol of freedom of speech. Prime Minister Manuel Valls held up his copy after the weekly Cabinet meeting — but strategically placed his hand over the prophet’s face. Muslims believe their faith forbids depictions of the prophet, and some reacted with dismay — and occasional anger — to the new cover. Some who had supported Charlie Hebdo after the attacks felt betrayed and others feared the cartoon would trigger yet more violence. Defending his caricature of the prophet on the latest cover, cartoonist Renald Luzier argued that there should be no exceptions to freedom of expression. He said when the weekly was threatened before, the reaction was often: “Yes, but you shouldn’t do that (publish cartoons of Muhammad). Yes, but

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Soldiers patrol a street in Paris, Wednesday. France ordered 10,000 troops into the streets Monday to protect sensitive sites — nearly half of them to guard Jewish schools — as it hunted for accomplices to the Islamic militants who left 17 people dead as they terrorized the nation.

you deserved that.” “There should be no more ‘Yes, but,” he insisted. In Turkey, a court in a southeastern city ordered a ban on access to websites showing the cover of Charlie Hebdo’s new edition after a lawyer filed a petition saying it would endanger public order, the state-run Anadolu News Agency reported. The issue was banned in Senegal, in west Africa, and the spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor’s office, Laurens Dumont, said four shops in one neighborhood were threatened in one Brussels neighborhood

if they sold it. Egypt and Iran condemned the “provocative” publication. Egypt’s top Islamic authority, Dar al_Ifta, had warned against publishing the cover after its content became known Monday. President Francois Hollande, speaking aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to members of the military, said he was sending the warship to the Middle East as part of the ramped-up effort to fight terrorism. The situation “justifies the presence of our aircraft carrier,” Hollande said.

France is already carrying out airstrikes over Iraq as part of an international coalition fighting the Islamic State group. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, one of al-Qaida central’s most active affiliates, posted an 11-minute video on the group’s Twitter account. A top commander, Nasr al-Ansi, warned of more “tragedies and terror” in the future. Al-Ansi said AQAP “chose the target, laid out the plan and financed the operation.” He said the radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike

in Yemen in September 2011, had arranged the attack. But a high-ranking French intelligence official told The Associated Press that French authorities see the claim as “opportunistic,” and that AQAP appears to have served as an inspiration — not an orchestrator — of the attacks. That account coincided with U.S. intelligence officials who said they have no evidence AQAP coordinated the attack or knew of it in advance. All three officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss classified matters publicly. The brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, behind the Charlie Hebdo massacre, had told survivors they were sent by al-Qaida in Yemen. Amedy Coulibaly, the third gunman who killed a policewoman and four people at a Paris kosher supermarket, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, normally a bitter rival of al-Qaida. French police say as many as six members of the terror cell may still be at large, including a man seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen. Officials say the widow is now in Syria. There has been no word on the whereabouts of the driver or the car. Since the attacks, France has deployed 10,000 troops and 120,000 security forces around France, an area the size of Texas, to protect sensitive sites, including Jewish schools and synagogues, mosques and travel hubs.

Detained Washington Post journalist indicted in Iran By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press C

TEHRAN, Iran — A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for months has been indicted and will stand trial, Iran’s state news agency reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what charges he faced. The report by the official IRNA news agency came the same day as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif before talks with world powers resume over the Islamic Republic’s contested nuclear program. It wasn’t immediately clear

if the two events were connected, though Zarif earlier said he hoped the case against reporter Jason Rezaian could be “resolved.” “We will have to wait for the judiciary to move forward, but we will try to provide all the humanitarian assistance that we could,” Zarif told journalists in Geneva. “We hope that this issue could be resolved but unfortunately there are judicial issues involved which the judiciary has to deal with.” IRNA quoted Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi saying Rezaian, the newspaper’s bureau chief in Tehran since 2012, had been

indicted. He was previously charged last month, but the bill of indictment clears the way for his trial. The IRNA report did not disclose what charges Rezaian, an Iranian-American who holds dual citizenship, faces, nor when his trial would begin. However, the report says he will stand trial in Iran’s Revolutionary Court, which mostly hears cases involving security offenses. The newspaper and Rezaian’s mother have repeatedly called for his release. “We still do not know what charges the Iranian authorities have brought against our correspondent Jason Rezaian, but

we hope the referral of his case to a Revolutionary Court represents a step forward toward Jason’s prompt release,” said a statement from Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post. “This step gives Iran’s judiciary an opportunity to demonstrate its fairness and independence by determining that the charges are baseless. We call on Iran to make these charges public, to allow Jason access to a lawyer and to bring a swift and just resolution of a six-month-long nightmare that has been extremely difficult for Jason and his family.” IRNA quoted the prosecutor as saying Rezaian’s mother met

twice with him on her recent visit to Iran. Rezaian, his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and two photojournalists initially were detained July 22 in Iran’s capital, Tehran. All later were released except Rezaian.

The U.S. State Department repeatedly has raised the subject of Rezaian and other Americans jailed in Iran during talks with the government about a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear capacity and ease international sanctions.

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Boko Haram increases attacks as Nigeria elections loom By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremist group, is increasing the ferocity and tempo of its attacks, destabilizing Africa’s most populous nation as it prepares for elections. Girls as young as 10 are being used as suicide bombers. There have been daring attacks on military barracks in Nigeria and Cameroon. The group, which wants to impose Shariah across the country and is increasing its territory under a self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate, recently massacred hundreds of civilians, with death toll estimates ranging up to 2,000. President Goodluck Jonathan, the front-runner in the Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections, launched his campaign last week with no reference to the seizure of a key military base at Baga, near the border of Cameroon and Chad. As soldiers fled the base on Jan. 3, Boko Haram went on a killing spree, reportedly drowning many in Lake Chad. Amnesty International called it the deadliest massacre in Boko Haram’s 5-year insurgency. Survivors have described hundreds of fighters riding into town in a column led by an armored personnel carrier stolen from the military, on the backs of pickup trucks and on motorcycles, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles and

hurling homemade bombs that set buildings ablaze. A military officer said that more than 10 days later, Baga remains under the control of Boko Haram. “We have not heard any order deploying soldiers to return to Baga for now,” he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared being punished by his superiors for talking to the press. “As a matter of fact, most of the soldiers that managed to escape from Baga had redeployed back to their mother stations of deployment.” The marginalized part of the country is semi-arid desert that turns to lush forest around Lake Chad and is home to traders, subsistence farmers, herdsmen and fishermen. It includes a couple of the biggest cattle markets on the continent. Since August, when the insurgents declared they were recreating an ancient Islamic caliphate that included parts of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, they have seized or consolidated control of more than 10 percent of Nigerian territory, mostly in the state of Borno where the group was created. In Borno, Boko Haram holds 14 of the 27 local government areas including all the border crossings into Niger, Chad and Cameroon. This week, hundreds of Boko Haram fighters attacked a Cameroonian military camp near the border, but, according to Cameroonian officials, they bit

off more than they could chew. Cameroon’s government said Tuesday that its military killed 143 militants with only one Cameroonian soldier killed. Boko Haram also holds small parts of Nigeria’s Adamawa and Yobe states. While most attacks occur in the northeast, leaving many Nigerians remote and uncaring about the conflict, hundreds were killed last year in car bomb attacks in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and in Jos, both in central Nigeria. Analysts say Boko Haram fighters numbered no more than 4,000 or 5,000 about 18 months ago when they began abducting hundreds of mainly young females and males. The group also has been recruiting fighters for pay in neighboring countries. While there is little likelihood of Boko Haram overrunning Nigeria, many worry that the group’s hostility to democracy will increase attacks around the elections. Nigerian troops have been unable to snuff out the insurgency despite a pledge by top commander last year to do so in a three-month span. Boko Haram attracted international attention when it seized some 276 schoolgirls from a boarding school in April last year. Dozens escaped on their own but the failure of Nigeria’s government and its once-powerful military to rescue 219 who remain missing has brought condemnation and

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A child, at rear, walks through the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday.

puzzlement. Nigeria’s military budget amounts to between $5 billion and $6 billion a year, yet soldiers are reportedly being sent into battle with just 30 bullets, former U.S. Ambassador John Campbell to Nigeria told The Associated Press. Several generals last year were found guilty by a court-martial of delivering arms and information to Boko Haram. Soldiers say they are demoralized because

Boko Haram outnumbers and outguns them where they’re deployed in hostile territory without even food rations and because officers steal part of their salaries. Some of the troops who are supposed to be rotated every six months have been in the war zone for more than two years. Campbell, now a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, said that Nigeria’s military, once considered the single

national institution that would prevent the country from breaking apart, is riven by tribal and religious cleavages. Nigerian officials insist that voting will be carried out in the northeast next month, but it will be a challenge if not impossible to conduct the polling in an area where some 1.6 million people have been driven from their homes and in places where even government soldiers don’t dare to tread.

Astronauts flee US side of space station but no sign of leak U.S. astronaut Terry Virts ran tests and no ammonia was detected. When the alarm went off, the crew had been dealing with supplies and experiments from the newly arrived SpaceX capsule — including fruit flies. None of the research appears to be jeopardized, Suffredini said. Russian space officials at first reported an actual leak, then backed off that statement. The 260-mile-high complex has never had to be abandoned during its 14-year-plus occupa-

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a rare scare, astronauts fled the American side of the International Space Station on Wednesday after an alarm indicated a possible toxic leak. NASA later said there was no leak of ammonia coolant and a computer problem likely set off the false alarm. By Wednesday afternoon, the astronauts were back in the U.S. part of the orbiting outpost. Earlier, the six crew members had huddled safely on the Russian side — once when the alarm sounded and again following an initial allclear. “Hey everybody, thanks for your concern,” Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti said via Twitter. “We’re all safe & doing well in the Russian segment.” The “unscheduled excitement,” as NASA called it, occurred around 4 a.m. EST, well into the station crew’s workday. As alarms blared, the astronauts followed emergency procedures in slapping on oxygen masks, taking cover in the Russian quarters, then sealing the hatches between the U.S. and Russian sides. At the same time, flight controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston turned off non-essential equipment. Within minutes, Mission Control gave an all-clear, but

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In this Dec. 1, 2014, taken during a training exercise, U.S. astronaut Terry Virts, left, assists European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with emergency training aboard the International Space Station. Astronauts evacuated the U.S. section of the International Space Station and moved to its Russian module after a problem emerged Wednesday.

sent the astronauts scurrying back over to the Russian side again when there was more evidence of a possible leak of the coolant. The highly toxic liquid ammonia, flowing outside the space station, is used to cool electronics. Flight controllers originally feared it had gotten into the water system running inside. Now, it’s believed that a failed card in a computer-relay box was the culprit. The crew — three Russians, two Americans and the Italian Cristoforetti — stayed in the three, relatively small Russian

compartments while Mission Control analyzed data. Engineers wanted to understand the computer failure and confirm “that the system is tight like we believe it to be,” space station

program manager Mike Suffredini said on NASA TV. About 11 hours after the ammonia system-alarm sounded, the hatch to the U.S. segment was reopened. Cristoforetti and

tion by astronauts. On occasion, crews have had to seek shelter in their Soyuz capsule “lifeboats” because of close shaves with orbiting junk, in case a quick getaway was needed. This time, the astronauts went into one of the three Russian modules as trained for an emergency, but not the two docked Soyuz capsules. Besides Cristoforetti and Virts, the crew includes Commander Butch Wilmore, an American, and Russians Elena Serova, Alexander Samokutyaev and Anton Shkaplerov.

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NFL coaching carousel receives another spin 49ers, Jets and Raiders conclude head coaching searches in pursuit of improvement for 2015 By The Associated Press

The New York Jets stuck with defense. The San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders are giving it a try, too. The Jets hired Arizona defensive coordinator Todd Bowles as head coach Wednesday, the 49ers promoted longtime defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, and the Raiders turned to Denver defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio. Denver, Atlanta and Chicago still have openings. On Wednesday, John Fox interviewed with Chicago, two days after parting ways with Denver. The 49ers said Tomsula will be formally introduced Thursday at a news conference that comes after a more than two-week search that ended right in house. Tomsula replaces Jim Harbaugh, who parted ways with the 49ers on Dec. 28 in what the team called a “mutual decision.” Harbaugh was intro-

duced as Michigan’s coach two days later following a successful four-year stint during which the 49ers reached three straight NFC championship games and a Super Bowl. “After conducting a thorough coaching search, and meeting with a number of outstanding candidates, Jim Tomsula clearly is the right man to lead this team,” CEO Jed York said in a statement. San Francisco went 8-8 this season and missed the playoffs. The Jets made it official with Bowles, also a top candidate for the Atlanta job, a day after hiring former Houston director of college scouting Mike Maccagnan as general manager. They fired Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik on Dec. 29 following a 4-12 finish. “I am confident that Todd and Mike Maccagnan are the right combination to lead this team,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said.

Bowles, a former NFL defensive back, is the Jets’ sixth straight defensive-focused head coach and fifth since Johnson took over in 2000, following Bill Parcells, Al Groh, Herm Edwards, Eric Mangini and Ryan. “It’s an honor and privilege to coach the Jets,” Bowles said in a statement. “I can’t help but be humbled by the chance to coach this team. I am going to do everything I can to build a consistent winner.” Bowles from Elizabeth, New Jersey, was the Jets’ defensive backs coach under Groh in 2000 season. He beat out five other candidates who interviewed, including Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and former Buffalo coach Doug Marrone. A person with knowledge of the Del Rio’s hiring said a deal was agreed to Wednesday, not long after the team told interim coach Tony Sparano he would not get the job. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an an-

nouncement had not been made. Del Rio, a former NFL linebacker, was the head coach in Jacksonville for nine seasons before spending the past three as Denver’s defensive coordinator. Sparano was elevated from offensive line coach during the season to replace the fired Dennis Allen. Oakland went 3-9 under Sparano after losing the first four games under Allen. Ryan ended up in Buffalo on Monday and was as brash and bold as ever Wednesday at his first news conference. “Is this thing on?” Ryan said, tapping the microphone. “Because it’s getting ready to be on.” Outlining his objectives, Ryan said the job is his last chance to prove himself. He vowed to build the Bills into “a bully” and said he has an additional chip on his shoulder after being fired by the Jets. “Yes, it’s personal,” he said, about

being fired. “It’s embarrassing.” Marrone shocked the Bills by stepping down Dec. 31. The second-year coach opted out of his contract after Terry and Kim Pegula purchased the franchise in October. Ryan made a veiled reference to Marrone’s departure by saying: “This football team deserves a loyal coach.” Bowles becomes the fifth black head coach currently in the NFL, joining Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis, Tampa Bay’s Lovie Smith and Detroit’s Jim Caldwell. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that former Dallas and Buffalo head coach Chan Gailey will be Bowles’ offensive coordinator. Gailey was out of football the last two seasons after being fired as the Bills’ coach after the 2012 season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Jets have not announced the hiring.

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Washington Capitals right wing Joel Ward (42) skates with the puck as Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux (28) dives for it in the third period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday in Washington. The Capitals won 1-0.

Holtby’s Caps ground Flyers Washington goalie shuts out Philly in 20th consecutive start WASHINGTON (AP) — Braden Holtby’s iron-man run produced another shutout as he made 21 saves in his 20th consecutive start and lifted the Washington Capitals to a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Holtby put up his fourth blank slate of the season, including three since he became too hot to rest. Jason Chimera’s first-period goal was all the offense the Capitals needed as they won for the 14th time in 19 games overall and for the seventh straight home game. Holtby is 14-2-4 during his starting streak, and he hasn’t allowed more than one goal in his last three games. He also played in his 26th connective game,

extending his franchise record. Holtby was nearly matched by Flyers goalie Rob Zepp, the 33-year-old rookie who filled in for the second straight game while Steve Mason is out because of an upper-body injury. Zepp made 25 saves, including a terrific left pad save on Eric Fehr late in the second period.

sists for the Canadiens, who have earned points in eight of nine games and 11 of 13. Ryan Johansen scored a thirdperiod, power-play goal to extend his career-best point streak to 11 games. Kevin Connauton also had a goal for Columbus on its first shot of the game. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves and lost his shutout bid with 8½ minutes remaining.

CANADIENS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2

DUCKS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Max Pacioretty scored two power-play goals, and P.K. Subban added another — all in a span of 3:53 of the third period — to lead Montreal to a comeback victory over Columbus. Carey Price made 14 saves, and Andrei Markov had two as-

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Corey Perry scored three goals and Frederik Andersen made 28 saves for his second career shutout in Anaheim’s blanking of Toronto. Kyle Palmieri also scored in the Ducks’ fourth victory in five games, putting them back atop the overall NHL standings along-

side Nashville. Capping his league-leading third hat trick of the season with an empty-net goal, Perry took over the team lead with 18 goals this season despite missing 15 games with illness and injury.

DEVILS 5, KINGS 3 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Bernier netted his first two power-play goals of the season, and New Jersey scored three times during a 68-second span of the second period in a victory over Los Angeles. Martin Havlat, Michael Cammalleri and Michael Ryder also scored for the Devils, and Cory Schneider made 23 saves. The Kings’ goals were scored by Marian Gaborik, Justin Williams and captain Dustin Brown, who ended a 17-game drought.

Oregon QB Mariota headed for NFL By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer

Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, whose bold moves and leadership on the field brought the Ducks to the brink of a national championship before falling short, is leaving Oregon early for the NFL. Mariota announced his longawaited decision to forgo his senior season on Oregon’s website. The team said he filed paperwork on Wednesday, a day before the NFL deadline. “I will miss being with my teammates,” he said in a statement. “Being a part of this team was something special that I will always treasure.” Mariota has been the humble leader of Oregon’s highflying offense for three seasons. This season, the Ducks (13-2) defeated Florida State at the Rose Bowl in col-

lege football’s first playoffs, but fell 42-20 to Ohio State in Monday night’s national championship game. The 6-foot-4 dual threat from Hawaii won every major award he qualified for, starting with the Heisman, as well as AP Player of the Year, the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. He set a conference record for most touchdowns in a single season with 58; 42 via pass, 15 on the run and a touchdown catch. His passing touchdowns set a Pac-12 single-season record. He also set the conference’s career mark for career touchdowns with 136. He threw at least one touchdown pass in all 41 college games he played in at Oregon, starting in every one of his appearances. And he’s one of just four quarterbacks in FBS history to pass for more than 10,000

yards and run for more than 2,000 in his career. “It’s been an honor to watch Marcus develop over the last four years, and I’m excited to see what his future holds,” Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said in a statement. “He’s given this program everything we could have asked, and he’ll be the standard by which others are judged. Mahalo.” Led by Mariota, Oregon finished No. 2 in this season’s final AP rankings. Overall, the Ducks ranked third in the nation in total offense with an average of 547 yards per game. The Ducks’ passing offense under Mariota was ranked 10th nationally with an average of 312.5 yards a game. Mariota’s passer efficiency rating (181.7) topped the nation. Mariota was known for his steady demeanor from the start. Off the field, he was shy and

unassuming, but he stayed on the field following every game to shake hands and pose for pictures. Mariota said before Monday’s season finale that he would trade his Heisman for a national championship, but it wasn’t to be. In the final game he threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns. “My main focus was to be a great teammate,” he said following the game. “That’s all I hoped to accomplish. I don’t really care about legacies.” Mariota was a three-star recruit for the Ducks out of St. Louis High School in Honolulu. He is fiercely proud of his roots: His helmet facemask was designed to include the numbers 8-0-8 in a nod to the state’s area code, and following the national championship his family gifted him with stacks of leis that he wore in the locker room. C

The awards keep coming for Kenai Central senior Allie Ostrander. After completing one of the most dominant high school running seasons in Alaska state history in 2014, the phenom from Kenai was announced Wednesday as the winner of the “Pride of Alaska Award” (among female athletes) for “Consistent Excellence in Athletic Competition.” One of four Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Directors’ Award recipients, Ostrander shattered the long-standing high school state records in the girls 1,600 and 3,200 meter track events in May, broke her own course record en route to winning her sixth straight junior girls Mt. Marathon race and becoming the first girl to win the event outright over the boys in July, won her third straight state crosscountry running championship in October, and put the icing on the cake by becoming the first prep Alaskan to win a national running title at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon,

in December. The 2015 Directors’ Awards recipients will be recognized along with the Class of 2015 inductees during the annual Alaska Sports Hall of Fame ceremony at the Anchorage Museum on Thursday, Mar. 5 at 7:30 p.m. “The Directors’ Awards give our organization the opportunity to shine a light on some of Alaska’s sports figures who are making history right now,” said Harlow Robinson, Executive Director of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. “It’s a nice bookend to the inductee enshrinements.” Ostrander also maintains a 4.0 GPA and has helped establish the Salmon Run series in Kenai. Alaska Pacific University nordic ski program director Erik Flora claimed the “Pride of Alaska” award among men. UAA running coach Michael Friess claimed the Joe Floyd Award, for “Significant and Lasting Contribution to Alaska through Sports”, and Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle took the Trajan Langdon Award for “Leadership, Sportsmanship and Inspiration.”

Hawks win again Atlanta currently rides 24-2 streak By The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — DeMarre Carroll and Jeff Teague each scored 22 points to help the Atlanta Hawks win their 10th straight game, 105-91 over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Paul Millsap added 18 points and 10 rebounds for Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta, 31-8 overall and 15-5 on the road. The Hawks have their first double-digit winning streak since winning 11 in a row early in the 1997-98 season. They also have won 10 straight on the road, the longest streak in club history. Teague, Millsap and Carroll were well-rested after getting a night off Tuesday, when Al Horford led the Hawks past Philadelphia with his first career triple-double. On Wednesday, it was Horford and veteran outside shooter Kyle Korver resting up as their teammates easily took care of the Celtics. Avery Bradley had 17 points and Jared Sullinger finished with 14 points and nine rebounds for Boston. WARRIORS 104, HEAT 89 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry made seven 3-pointers and finished with 32 points and Golden State overwhelmed undermanned Miami for its eighth straight victory. With a strained left hamstring sidelining Heat star Dwyane Wade, the NBA-leading Warriors (31-5) mowed down Miami the way they have most opponents recently. Golden State has won by an average of 19.8 points during its current streak. Chris Bosh had 26 points and

seven rebounds but couldn’t carry the Heat alone. Luol Deng added 19 points, and Hassan Whiteside had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Miami.

SPURS 98, HORNETS 93 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Manu Ginobili had 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting and San Antonio beat Charlotte to snap the Hornets’ winning streak at five games. Danny Green scored 18 points and Tim Duncan added 14 points and 10 rebounds to help the defending champion Spurs beat the Hornets for the eighth straight time. Ginobili had a key driving layup and a 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter after the Hornets cut the Spurs’ lead to one with 4 minutes to play.

CLIPPERS 100, TRAIL BLAZERS 94 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, DeAndre Jordan had 17 points and 18 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied in the fourth quarter. Crawford scored the go-ahead basket on a 3-pointer with 3:55 remaining as the Clippers (26-13) came back from a six-point deficit.

WIZARDS 105, BULLS 99 CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Pierce had 22 points and Washington beat Chicago, despite Derrick Rose’s season-high 32 points for the Bulls. John Wall scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. Bradley Beal added 17, and the Wizards knocked off the Central division leaders for the second time in six days. See NBA, page A-10

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Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings

Pct GB .684 — .410 10½ .351 12½ .184 19 .125 22 .795 — .692 4 .436 14 .375 16½ .357 17½ .650 — .513 5½ .487 6½ .375 11 .359 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 27 11 Houston 27 12 Dallas 27 13 San Antonio 24 16 New Orleans 19 19 Northwest Division Portland 30 9 Oklahoma City 18 19 Denver 18 20 Utah 13 26 Minnesota 6 31 Pacific Division Golden State 31 5 L.A. Clippers 26 13 Phoenix 23 18 Sacramento 16 22 L.A. Lakers 12 27

.711 .692 .675 .600 .500

SOUTHWEST Baylor 74, Iowa St. 73 Oral Roberts 102, NebraskaOmaha 86

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 26 12 Brooklyn 16 23 Boston 13 24 Philadelphia 7 31 New York 5 35 Southeast Division Atlanta 31 8 Washington 27 12 Miami 17 22 Charlotte 15 25 Orlando 15 27 Central Division Chicago 26 14 Milwaukee 20 19 Cleveland 19 20 Indiana 15 25 Detroit 14 25

Villanova 88, Xavier 75

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.769 — .486 11 .474 11½ .333 17 .162 23 .861 — .667 6½ .561 10½ .421 16 .308 20½

Wednesday’s Games Orlando 120, Houston 113 San Antonio 98, Charlotte 93 Toronto 100, Philadelphia 84 New Orleans 105, Detroit 94 Memphis 103, Brooklyn 92 Washington 105, Chicago 99 Atlanta 105, Boston 91 Denver 114, Dallas 107 Golden State 104, Miami 89 L.A. Clippers 100, Portland 94 Thursday’s Games New York vs. Milwaukee at London, England, 11 a.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 4 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Men’s College Scores EAST Albany (NY) 73, Binghamton 58 American U. 62, Lehigh 59 Army 72, Holy Cross 70, OT Boston College 64, Harvard 57, OT Bucknell 65, Navy 63 Buffalo 82, N. Illinois 63 Colgate 62, Boston U. 53 Davidson 71, UMass 63 Delaware 67, Towson 64, OT Hartford 68, New Hampshire 67 Lafayette 69, Loyola (Md.) 65 NJIT 79, St. Joseph’s (LI) 60 Northeastern 91, Hofstra 83 Pittsburgh 73, Florida St. 64 SMU 60, Temple 55 Saint Joseph’s 66, Fordham 55 St. Bonaventure 75, George Mason 55 St. John’s 83, Providence 70 St. Peter’s 62, Monmouth (NJ) 61, OT Stony Brook 64, UMBC 54 Vermont 55, Dartmouth 52

SOUTH Charleston Southern 80, Liberty 58 Coll. of Charleston 66, Elon 50 East Carolina 66, Houston 61 Georgia 70, Vanderbilt 67 High Point 84, Gardner-Webb 72 Jacksonville 71, Stetson 69 LSU 75, Mississippi 71 Maryland 73, Rutgers 65 N. Kentucky 76, Kennesaw St. 72 North Carolina 81, NC State 79 North Florida 80, Florida Gulf Coast 64 Notre Dame 62, Georgia Tech 59 Presbyterian 71, Longwood 67 SE Missouri 69, Jacksonville St. 52 UCF 103, Tulane 100, 3OT UNC Greensboro 75, VMI 63 William & Mary 76, UNC Wilmington 72 Winthrop 84, UNC Asheville 69 MIDWEST Akron 67, Bowling Green 50 Cent. Michigan 105, Miami (Ohio) 77 Cleveland St. 55, Wright St. 50 Dayton 61, La Salle 50 Detroit 69, Ill.-Chicago 68 Evansville 56, Missouri St. 54 Illinois 72, Northwestern 67 Indiana St. 71, Illinois St. 70, OT Kansas St. 58, Texas Tech 51 Kent St. 65, E. Michigan 59 Loyola of Chicago 50, Drake 47 Marquette 53, Creighton 52 Milwaukee 77, Youngstown St. 62 S. Dakota St. 68, IUPUI 53 Saint Louis 78, Duquesne 69 South Dakota 71, N. Dakota St. 67 Toledo 80, Ohio 73 W. Michigan 95, Ball St. 93, 2OT Wichita St. 67, S. Illinois 55 FAR WEST Colorado St. 98, Nevada 42 Denver 68, W. Illinois 54 Fresno St. 73, San Jose St. 62 New Mexico 60, Air Force 48 UCLA 83, Southern Cal 66

hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 45 27 14 4 58 146 122 Montreal 42 27 12 3 57 114 97 Detroit 43 23 11 9 55 120 107 Boston 44 23 15 6 52 117 114 Florida 41 20 12 9 49 102 113 Toronto 44 22 19 3 47 137 136 Ottawa 42 17 17 8 42 114 118 Buffalo 44 14 27 3 31 82 150 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 43 29 13 1 59 134 116 Pittsburgh 42 26 10 6 58 129 100 Washington 43 24 11 8 56 126 106 N.Y. Rangers 40 24 12 4 52 124 98 Philadelphia 44 17 20 7 41 119 130 New Jersey 45 16 21 8 40 101 127 Columbus 41 18 20 3 39 106 134 Carolina 43 14 24 5 33 91 114

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 42 Chicago 43 St. Louis 43 Winnipeg 44

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62 130 94 58 134 95 57 140 107 52 121 111

Dallas 42 19 Colorado 44 18 Minnesota 42 18 Pacific Division Anaheim 44 28 San Jose 44 23 Los Angeles 44 20 Vancouver 41 23 Calgary 43 22 Arizona 42 16 Edmonton 44 10 NOTE: Two points for overtime loss.

16 7 45 131 139 17 9 45 115 127 19 5 41 113 128 10 6 62 125 118 16 5 51 119 120 14 10 50 124 117 15 3 49 114 109 18 3 47 123 114 22 4 36 99 139 25 9 29 99 149 a win, one point for

Wednesday’s Games Montreal 3, Columbus 2 Washington 1, Philadelphia 0 Anaheim 4, Toronto 0 New Jersey 5, Los Angeles 3 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Montreal at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Edmonton at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Arizona, 5 p.m. Toronto at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

football NFL Schedule Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 Green Bay at Seattle, 11:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at New England, 2:40 p.m. (CBS) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX С Traded C Dan Butler to Washington for LHP Danny Rosenbaum. HOUSTON ASTROS С Agreed to terms with DH Chris Carter on a one-year contract LOS ANGELES ANGELS С Assigned OF/1B Marc Krauss outright to Salt Lake (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES С Designated RHP Gonzalez Germen for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Ivan Nova on a oneyear contract. SEATTLE MARINERS С Traded RHP Lars Huijer to the Chicago Cubs for LHP Mike Kickham. Designated LHP Anthony Fernandez for assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS С Claimed RHP Matt West off waivers from Texas. Designated RHP Cory Burns for assignment. National League ATLANTA BRAVES С Traded C Evan Gattis and RHP James Hoyt to the Houston Astros for RHP Mike Foltynewicz, RHP Andrew Thurman and INF Rio Ruiz.

COLORADO ROCKIES С Agreed to terms with OF Drew Stubbs and RHP Jordan Lyles on one-year contracts and RHP Tyler Chatwood on a two-year contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS С Acquired INF Yunel Escobar from the Oakland Athletics for RHP Tyler Clippard. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA С Fined Detroit G Brandon Jennings $15,000 for making an obscene gesture during the Monday’s game. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS С Signed G Dahntay Jones to a 10-day contract. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS С Signed G Nate Wolters to a 10day contract. PHOENIX SUNS С Assigned G Archie Goodwin to Bakersfield (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS С Retained special teams coordinator Danny Crossman. CAROLINA PANTHERS С Signed G Derek Dennis, TE Kevin Greene, WR Marcus Lucas, LB Horace Miller, RB Darrin Reaves, DT Micanor Regis, OT Martin Wallace and DBs Kimario McFadden and Lou Young to future contracts. CINCINNATI BENGALS С Signed S Isaiah Lewis and OT Emmett Cleary to future contracts. DENVER BRONCOS С Signed G Jon Halapio to a future contract. DETROIT LIONS С Signed DB Trevin Wade to a future contract. NEW YORK JETS С Named Todd Bowles coach. GOLF PGA TOUR С Suspended Bhavik Patel one year for violating the anti-doping policy. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL С Suspended Minnesota Wild D Ryan Suter for two games, without pay, for elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins F Steve Downie during a game Tuesday. ARIZONA COYOTES С Acquired a 2015 third-round draft pick from Minnesota for G Devan Dubnyk. CAROLINA HURRICANES С Recalled F Andrej Nestrasil from a conditioning assignment at Charlotte (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS С Signed F Joseph Blandisi and assigned him to Barrie (OHL). Activated D Eric Gelinas from injured reserve. Placed F Tuomo Ruutu on injured reserve, retroactive to January 9. SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED С Signed F Jairo Arrieta from Orlando City SC for an international roster slot. PHILADELPHIA UNION С Signed M Maurice Edu to a multiyear contract. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC С Traded the rights to D Kendall Johnson to Portland for the 25th and 34th overall picks in this year’s college draft. North American Soccer League

ARMADA FC С Signed D Nurdin Hrustic, F Tommy Krizanovic and M Nico Zaldana. COLLEGE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE С Promoted Chuck Sullivan to assistant commissioner for communications. AIR FORCE С Agreed to terms with football coach Troy Calhoun on a five-year contract through 2019. ARKANSAS С DT Darius Philon announced he will enter the NFL draft. Announced the resignation of offensive coordinator Jim Chaney. AUBURN С Named Lance Thompson linebackers coach. DEPAUL С Signed women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno to a one-year contract extension through the 2019-20 season. FLORIDA STATE С Announced DT Eddie Goldman will enter the NFL draft. HAMPDEN-SYDNEY С Announced the addition of wrestling as an intercollegiate sport. HUNTINGDON С Named Latonia Allen volleyball coach. KENTUCKY С Announced RB Braylon Heard will enter the NFL draft. JOHNSON C. SMITH С Announced the resignation of football coach Steven B. Aycock. LSU С Named Ed Orgeron defensive line coach. MICHIGAN С Named Greg Jackson secondary coach. OHIO STATE С Promoted co-offensive coordinator Ed Warinner to offensive coordinator. Named Tim Beck co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. OKLAHOMA С Announced the retirement of assistant head football and cornerbacks coach Jack Wright. OREGON С Announced QB Marcus Mariota and DL Arik Armstead will enter the NFL draft. SOUTHERN CAL С Announced WR George Farmer will enter the NFL draft. TEXAS С Announced senior TE M.J. McFarland was granted his unconditional release and will transfer. TROY С Named Jamaal Smith director of football player development and Todd Watson director of football operations and high school relations. UCLA С DL Ellis McCarthy announced he will enter the NFL draft. UNC ASHEVILLE С Named Mathes Mennell men’s soccer coach. VANDERBILT С Named Todd Lyght cornerbacks coach. VIRGINIA С Named Dave Borbely offensive line coach and Chris Beatty running backs coach. WASHINGTON STATE С Named Alex Grinch defensive coordinator. WISCONSIN С Retained running backs coach Thomas Brown. Named Inoke Breckterfield defensive line coach, Chris Haering special teams coach, Mickey turner tight ends coach and Ross Kolodziej strength and conditioning coach.

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PELICANS 105, PISTONS 94 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Anthony Davis had 27 points and 10 rebounds as New Orleans handed Detroit only its second loss in 11 games. The Pelicans were missing Jrue Holliday (ankle), but easily picked up their second win in five games. Tyreke Evans added 18 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.

Vucevic added 25 and 12 rebounds and Orlando rallied to beat Houston. Houston led 85-84 entering the fourth quarter, but was outscored 36-28 in the final 12 minutes. Elfrid Payton and Channing Frye each added 15 points for Orlando.

RAPTORS 100, 76ERS 84

TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Lowry had 18 points and 12 assists and DeMar DeRozan returned from a groin injury to score eight of his 20 points in the fourth quarter in Toronto’s victory over Philadelphia. Amir Johnson had 10 points and a season-high 16 rebounds, Lou Williams added 19 points and GRIZZLIES 103, NETS 92 Jonas Valanciunas had 12 to help NEW YORK (AP) — Zach Toronto improve to 7-0 against AtRandolph had 20 points and 14 re- lantic Division opponents. bounds and Memphis beat slumping Brooklyn in the Grizzlies’ first NUGGETS 114, matchup against former coach LioMAVERICKS 107 nel Hollins. DENVER (AP) — Ty Lawson Hollins’ new team dropped its had 29 points and 12 assists to help seventh straight. Denver beat Dallas for its fifth straight victory. MAGIC 120, ROCKETS 113 Kenneth Faried scored four of ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Vic- his 22 points down the stretch and tor Oladipo had 32 points, Nik grabbed 14 rebounds.

Colts LB McNary charged with rape INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges of rape, criminal confinement with bodily injury and battery resulting in bodily injury against Indianapolis Colts backup linebacker Josh McNary on Wednesday. Early Thursday morning, an attorney for McNary released a statement saying his client “unhesitatingly” denied the allegations and had immediately reported Wednesday night to law enforcement officials in a “respectful and peaceful” manner. According to the probable cause affidavit, two Indianapolis police officers said a 29-yearold woman accused an unknown man they later determined to be McNary of attacking her in the early morning hours of Dec. 1. Police, according to the report, determined the man was McNary after investigating a cell-

phone the woman claimed she took from the man’s apartment. In the report, police said the woman also picked McNary’s image out of a group of photos and said she told McNary to stop. The police also wrote that when they arrived at McNary’s apartment to investigate, McNary said: “I know why you’re here.” The report said McNary claimed to have preserved evidence because he expected the police would be coming. “The charges and affidavit publicly disseminated on Wednesday afternoon are not evidence of wrong doing but simply one side’s story,” the statement from attorney Ed Schrager said. “Joshua has full and confidence in the American way, including its justice system, which he pledged to protect and defend as a West Point graduate and lieutenant in the United States Army.”

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colleges $16.7 billion in tuition and fees in 2012, according to the American Association of Community Colleges. Turner said while the free community college is a great idea, it brings up a lot of questions of how the federal government would pay for it. If Congress approves it, the next question would be what the Alaska Legislature and governor would think with states expected to fund a quarter of the cost. “We are in a fiscal crisis right now,” he said. “I don’t know if the state is willing to take that kind of step.” Turner said Alaska doesn’t have community colleges. KPC is a small community campus merged with the University of Alaska-Anchorage. For the proposal to work the definition of community college would have to include small community campuses, he said. Turner said if everything works out, the next challenge would be how a small college could handle a large influx of enrollment. “We are operating at capacity in most of all our courses,” he said. “We are not getting more money in this climate to hire more faculty. The question is how do you handle that kind of influx?” KPC student Derek Gipson, 22, said he didn’t think the government should offer free tuition for two years of college. Gipson, who is in his first quarter at KPC after moving to Alaska from Tennessee, said he already has a bachelor’s degree and is advancing his education to pursue an oilfield job. “I’ve always had the philosophy of why ask the government to do stuff for you,” he said. “It’s like stealing from your neighbor. I would say if it’s important to you, you can find a way to pay for it yourself. I do agree that people in tough situations with no way to pay would benefit from it.”

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sion,” a budget survey that asks I think is particularly imporcitizens from across the state tant to succeed in this positheir ideas on how to efficiently tion,” said Board of Fisheries reduce spending. member Tom Kluberton, from “I think I came up with it Talkeetna. “This is very much first,” Turner said. a political figurehead position Starting Jan. 20, the Legislathat involves the nuances of inture will be busy putting togethterfacing with the Legislature, er a state operating budget, but both houses, and the governor.” Congress is already discussing Cotten was in the state Lega proposal by President Barack islature from 1975-83 and again Obama for tuition-free commufrom 1985-1993, according to nity college. his resume. American’s College PromBoard of Fisheries chairman ise is a proposal that aims to Karl Johnstone said that Cotmake two years of commuten’s position as interim comnity college free for responmissioner, appointed by the sible students. According to a governor, warranted interviewWhite House press release the ing him as a candidate. proposal could save a full-time “It’s the very least that we community college student an should do,” he said. average of $3,800 in tuition Of all the of the candidates per year. for the position, Maw and CotKPC student government ten drew the most support. advisor Shauna Thornton said Of the more than 50 people, in theory she likes the idea of fisheries organizations and the bill because it would raise municipalities that submitted the bar for education. “We need to be forwardthinking so we can prepare young people to be productive members of society,” she said. Continued from page A-1 “Things are different than they are now. An associate’s degree People wanting assistance is the new high school diplowith their tax returns must proma.” vide documents including but Thornton said while the not limited to photo identificabill would face a large hurdle tion, social security card or Infrom Congress before it would dividual Taxpayer Identification came before individual states, Number, W-2 forms, last year’s she said by investing in educatax return and 1099 forms. tion and allowing more people Due to the Affordable Care to get the opportunity to go to Act, people must also bring in college it would alleviate sothe appropriate health care doccial problems and could save umentation showing when they the country money in the long were covered. Brown said that run. the program does e-file returns, Thornton, 51, said there is and doesn’t assist with overly always something new to learn. complicated returns. She signed up for a graduate Brown said that so far, Taxprogram in public administraAide on the Kenai Peninsula has tion and is taking classes online, been successful, and residents which allows her to still work are pleased with the service. full time. She said people who “People are grateful,” Brown are motivated to further their said. “They’ve had good expeeducation but may not have the rience before with AARP.” means to afford it, would benefit greatly from Obama’s proReach Dan Balmer at danReach Ian Foley at ian.fogram. iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. ley@peninsulaclarion.com. Students paid community com.

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comments or letters, support for Maw and Cotten was about equal. None supported any of the other candidates. Many of the comments referenced Cotten’s support for rural communities. “He understands their struggles and successes and wants them to flourish,” wrote Katherine Reedy, an anthropologist working in the Aleutians. “He knows the State of Alaska so well from Adak to Barrow and all points in between.” Others supported Maw for his scientific and professional background. “May I suggest, therefore, that Governor Walker selects a Commissioner who is not only politically astute and broadly experienced in all aspects of fish, wildlife and habitat management, but one who is a professional scientist who can communicate effectively with people at all levels of expertise,” wrote Stephen Stringham, of Soldotna-based Wildwatch. “If there is anyone who can help Alaska achieve a widely-

accepted strategy for managing our fish and wildlife, including predator-prey relations, it is Dr. Roland Maw.” Board of Game members weighed in to support Maw for an interview. “(Maw) does have a considerable background and should be an interesting candidate,” said Board of Game member Pete Probasco from Palmer. Two other Board of Game members openly supported Maw as well before that board voted unanimously to interview Maw for the position. Despite their support, Maw was not passed on to the interview portion as, according to state law, candidates must have a majority vote from both boards to progress through the appointment process. Board of Fisheries members who voted against him did not explain their positions publicly, though Johnstone and Jeffries did make their opposition or support to the other three candidates known. Board of Fisheries chairman Karl Johnstone said after the

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be released once the school district’s intensive needs students are evaluated, and the state can calculate the actual enrollment.” The school district usually receives its final funding amount from the state in early March, Erkeneff said. School district salary and benefits within the expenditure budget were decreased by just under $740,000, according to the 2015 fiscal year budget revision document. Those numbers are decreased when resignations or staffing numbers are reduced once the school year begins, according to the document.

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he said. An increase in enrollment means an increase in state funding, Jones said. The numbers from the 20-day count are still under review so the expected increase in revenue is likely to change, he said. The total use of the fund balance budget is currently about $740,000 for the 2015 fiscal year, Erkeneff said. “The estimated increase in funding from the state listed in the budget revision was based on our submitted enrollment numbers, not the final number Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelly. from the state,” Erkeneff said. sullivan@peninsulclarion.com. “The final state numbers will

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meeting that he had no comment on the board’s unanimous vote against Maw. When asked about his lack of support for Maw’s candidacy, Board of Fisheries member Fritz Johnson, of Dillingham, wrote in an email: “I think the joint boards made the right decision in endorsing Governor Walker’s selection of Sam Cotten as acting commissioner and I believe as Commissioner of Fish and Game he’ll enjoy broad support from Alaskans who depend on our fish and game resources.” Sue Jeffries, of Kodiak, did not return an email requesting her opinion on the matter. Gov. Walker may choose to appoint Cotten, or he may also request additional names for consideration. No one from the Governor’s office returned a phone call seeking a timeline for the appointment process. Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

UAF expects up to 250 positions cut FAIRBANKS (AP) — The state’s looming budget crisis could mean layoffs at the state’s flagship university. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the chancellor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is warning that as many as 250 positions could be cut. Chancellor Brian Rogers told the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday that UAF is anticipating cuts of between $20 million to $30 million next year.

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Looking for a new way to fool fish

Anglers experiment with lures, flies to stay ahead of the competition By DAVE ATCHESON For the Peninsula Clarion

Each year, as Kenai River guides Bo Ansel and Monte Roberts conducted a class at Kenai Peninsula College’s Kenai Fishing Academy, I would scramble for a pen and begin to frantically take notes. That’s because as these seasoned veterans of the Kenai River began their lesson, they would always divulge at least one or two new tricks as they discussed the latest innovations in tackle. With each season bringing some new invention, some new fishcatching trickery, it can be difficult for the average angler to keep up. Guides, unlike the rest of us, have the benefit of being on the water every day. On the Kenai or Kasilof rivers, they often have four clients fishing four different lures, and Bo confided that at least one of those lures had some element of the experimental in it. We are always searching for something new, he’d say, to keep us ahead of the competition. He also assured me there was no need to worry if I was one of those clients fishing the new rig. Often as not, he’d proclaim, it was those experimental rigs that ended up producing the best results — the biggest king salmon or the most silvers. That’s because those experimental rigs are at least based on something they’d had success with in the past, not just some wacky concoction put together purely on a hunch. They are lures with a different paint job or an extra blade, and often the product of a long evolutionary process in equipment, something that worked in the past teamed with something new that they think might work. “We are always tinkering with design to find out what works best,” says Tony Davis, owner of Kodiak Custom Tackle. “We have a number of guides and a diehard customer fan base who are field testing every new design and supplying feedback.” Every new idea, he says, is put through its paces before it goes on the market, and designed based on the species it is meant to target. “Are particular fish biting out of aggression or are they feeding? Also, what conditions do we have to take into account, where do they live? And then throw in the durability factor, especially when it comes to saltwater fishing. We want something that catches fish, but also holds up,” he explains. “When designing lures we want to think like a fish but also like a tough guy.” Many new ideas come from customers who have an idea or occasionally from special orders from remote lodges, which are then tweaked and tested. “Cook Inlet and the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers are the perfect place for research and development,” says Davis. “But we won’t put anything on the market that hasn’t had a thorough trial and we are completely confident will produce results.” It’s not just the hard tackle and bait crowd that is seeking the latest and greatest. Fly fishers and fly-tyers are some of the most innovative anglers around. “I’m always on the lookout for new materials,” says Brendyn Shiflea, owner of Pretty Fly for a White Guy, a company that produces custom made

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Above, the results of a hand-tyed fly. Top left, a unique fly. Left, a hand-painted plug.

‘We have a number of guides and a diehard customer fan base who are field testing every new design and supplying feedback.’ — Tony Davis, owner, Kodiak Custom Tackle Alaskan flies. “You’d be surprised what might work,” he says, describing a friend’s concoction, a large black sculpin pattern, partially made out of something he couldn’t identify. Turns out it was a black garbage bag cut into strips. “But it looked great,” he adds, “and more importantly, it worked.” One of the coolest innovations in the last couple of years, says Shiflea, is the testing tank. Initially tyers used a fish tank and aerator, but now these tanks are being produced specifically to test flies, to see the dynamics of how they look and how they behave in the water. The first step, however, is seeing what food items you want to mimic when you hit the tying vise. To help accomplish this, Paul Tornow, a guide with Alaska’s Angling Addiction, keeps a detailed log whenever he’s out on the water, including notes on the insects he sees, where he’s fishing, and what time of year it is. “That’s because,” he says, “so many of the flies you use are season-

or place-specific.” He goes so far as to include photos and video, both above and below the surface. This allows him to not only see the color of food in the water, such as the various shades of salmon flesh that trout love, but also how it moves, so he might better reproduce that at the vise. So, how does the average angler keep track of all these changes and take advantage of the many innovations in flies and tackle? One way is to meet with others who enjoy fishing, join an organization like Trout Unlimited or Alaska Flyfishers and talk to and befriend likeminded anglers. Davis and Shiflea both advise getting online. There are numerous blogs, websites and chat rooms designed solely with the fisher in mind, places where people swap ideas, not just on what to fish with, but where to go and when. Also, think about occasionally going fishing with a guide, even on water you know well. You’ll see what they are currently using, and most guides are pretty forthcoming with information, especially one you’ve hired be-

fore and have established a rapport with. Finally, all these professionals agree, nothing beats getting out there and simply trying new things. It can be difficult to experiment, especially if you are with friends or taking a relative out. That’s because we all, no matter how humble, aspire to be master fish catching machines. But if you have to, go alone, and don’t immediately jump to the tried and true. Instead, go with that hunch, tie on a new creation, and search out that new fish-catching marvel. A little experimentation is fun, more often than not it’s effective, and occasionally it is even downright deadly, putting you light-years ahead of your fellow anglers. Here’s just a sampling of websites with more information: — Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sportfish: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport. main — Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited: http://kenaipeninsula.tu.org/ — http://www.alaskaoutdoorssupersite.com/ — http://www.akflyfishers.net/ blog/ — http://kodiakcustom.com/ — http://prettyflyak.weebly.com/ Dave Atcheson is the author of the guidebook Fishing Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, and National Geographic’s Hidden Alaska, Bristol Bay and Beyond. His latest book, Dead Reck-

Fishy Goings On: — Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited Meeting, Jan. 22, Odie’s Deli in Soldotna, 6:30 p.m. with a presentation by Bruce King called “Welcome to Oz — Fishing Kamchatka.” — Beginning Fly Fishing Class: Kenai Peninsula College offers a one-credit, six-weeklong Beginning Fly Fishing Class, starting March 19. Seats are limited and registration is now open. For more information: www.kpc.alaska.edu, or call: 907-262-0346 — Ice Fishpalooza: Ice fishing with Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Feb. 15. Still being planned, check: http://kenaipeninsula.tu.org/ for details.

oning, Navigating a Life on the Last Frontier, Courting Tragedy on its High Seas is now available in hardcover, online, and as an audiobook. www.daveatcheson.com. nnn Tight Lines publishes on the third Thursday of the month from September through April, and weekly from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Have a fish story, a photo or favorite recipe to share? Email tightlines@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Best Bets n The Triumvirate Theatre, located on the Kenai Spur Highway just north of Kenai, presents “Annie,” directed by Paulene Rizzo and and Brian Lyke, Jan. 16, 17, 23 and 24. Shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for adults. Visit www.triumviratetheatre.org.

Events and Exhibits n An opening reception for the Rarefied Light photography exhibition will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday in the Gary Freeburg Gallery at Kenai Peninsula College’s Kenai River Campus. n The Performing Arts Society proudly presents lyric-soprano Jaunelle Celaire and pianist Eduard Zilberkant in concert at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church on Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Internationally recognized pianist and conductor Zilberkant is praised for bringing out “the nuances of the tempo, pauses, and accents … new colors and romantic feeling” in music. Celaire, also known internationally, has offered performances ranging from cabaret to music theatre to solo recitals to opera. She is admired for “producing an intense presentation along with a rich and beautiful lyric sound.” The concert program features Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 student admission. They are available at River City Books and Northcountry Fair in Soldotna, Country Liquor and Already Read Books in Kenai, and at the door. n An art show sponsored by Friends of the Soldotna Library hanging in the Soldotna Library with the theme of Winter Wonderland. The art will be on display through Feb. 2. Please stop by and drink in the richness of the art. If anyone is interested in purchasing any of the art pieces, the Friends recieve a 20 percent commission which is used for library program support. The librarians have contact information for the artists. The next art show will hang from February 4-April 6, 2015 and the theme is Alaskan Landscape, with a Call to Artists through Jan. 17 for Alaskan Landscape original art. You can pick up submittal forms at the Soldotna Library in the entryway on the Friends Bulletin Board. n Celebrate the art of local art teachers at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Ave. across from the Oilers Bingo Hall In Old Town Kenai. Art from local teachers will be featured through Jan. 30. n Blue Grass listeners and players are invited to the Kenai United Methodist Church on Sunday, January 18 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm to participate in a Blue Grass jam. Participants should use the side door off the parking lot. The Church is located at 607 Frontage Road across from Wells Fargo Bank. All are welcome to attend. For more information contact Jim Evenson at 776-8060.

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n A community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Kenai Central High School choir room. Call or email for more details: 907283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail.com. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers n The Flats Bistro on Kalifornsky Beach Road has live music with Garrett Mayer on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Raymond Machen-Gray on Mondays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. n Veronica’s Cafe in old town Kenai has open mic from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, and live music Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AMVETS Post 4 is open to all military veterans and their families for support and camaraderie. Join us for Friday night tacos, or Saturday night steaks with Karaoke. Sunday afternoon its super hamburgers. Not a member? Stop by and we can show you how to become a part of this special veteran’s organization. AMVETS is located in the Red Diamond Center next door to IDEA Schools. n Sharpen your dart skills with a fun tournament every

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Cast members in the musical ‘Annie’ held their first drest rehearsal on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2014 at the Triumvirate Theatre in Nikiski, Alaska. The show will open on Friday and run through Jan. 24.

Peninsula Drama Troupe to perform ‘Annie’ in Kenai By IAN FOLEY Peninsula Clarion

For Kenai Peninsula residents hoping to forget about the hard knock winter, this month the Triumvirate Theatre Class Act Drama Troupe will present several performances of “Annie.” The celebrated play about the eponymous little orphan will be held on January 16, 17 and 23, 24 at 7:00 P.M. at the Triumvirate North Theatre in north Kenai. Paulene Rizzo, co-director of the performance, said that the show has been coming along nicely. “The kids are pretty talented and they’ve memorized their parts pretty quickly,” Rizzo said. “So, it has been an easy show to put together.” The cast, which is comprised mostly of actors in 7th-12th grade, has been practicing since November of last year. Because the Triumvirate Theatre also had performances of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol,” finding time to

You are a chip off the old block Bookworm Sez You are a chip off the old block. You’re just like your father. Just like your mother. Cut from the same cloth and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – which was okay when you were a kid. Back then, you wanted to grow up just like them anyhow. Or not. When you’re the child of a parent with an unusual career – for instance, if you’re “The Undertaker’s Daughter” – you might, as did Kate Mayfield, pick another path. Kate Mayfield spent most of her young life surrounded by death. Just after she was born in the late 1950s, her parents moved the family to tiny Jubilee, Kentucky, where Mayfield’s father had decided to open a funeral home. There

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were two funeral homes there – one for Jubilee’s black residents and one for whites – but he reasoned that there was room for competition. He didn’t reckon on the town’s Old Guard, which closed ranks among themselves and almost stopped the newcomer in his tracks. Slowly, though, and with the help of one of the town’s most eccentric and forwardthinking residents, Mayfield’s father was accepted in the small town and his business thrived. He hired a few locals for help when times were busy and, as was the norm then, he also ran one of the town’s ambulances. The family lived in an apartment above the coffins and embalming room, Mayfield’s mother worked her way into the town’s social life, the Mayfield children settled into Jubilee’s schools, and the dead came and went at Mayfield and Son Funeral Home. But Jubilee was no Mayberry.

Didn’t like movie ‘Taken 3’

Forever By Vincent Calderon

No matter how cold, Or dark the winter My heart fills with warmth, And the lights start to flicker. When I think of the smile, That starts in your eyes, Your blanket surrounds me, And whispers goodnight. You have given me more Than I ever could dream. You gave me your forever To spend eternity With your gift of forever, I’ll never be alone. With forever comes family, Husband, wife, love and home. So thank you for warming The coldest of weather. With those two words “I do,” And your gift of forever.

rehearse was difficult. “Triumvirate Theatre is a very ambitious theater company,” said Brian Lyke, the performance’s other co-director. “So, for the month of December there were three different shows, with three different directors and three different casts practicing in this space, slugging it out for whoever got stage time.” Lyke, who has lived in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Michigan, is directing his first performance in Kenai. He said the talent of the performers on the peninsula has been pleasantly surprising. “I was impressed with the caliber of training the kids seem to have,” Lyke said. “They’re 13 years old and somehow they have six years of dance experience. I don’t have six years of dance experience.” Brittany Gilman, who plays Grace Farrell in the performance, said being part of “Annie” has been fun and she has en- Annie (Anya Hondel) sings a group of joyed working with the Class Act Drama orphans to sleep during rehearsal for the Triumvirate Theatre’s production of ‘ Troupe. See ANNIE, page B-2 Annie’on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2014 in Niki-

R eeling It In C hris J enness “Taken 3” EuropaCorp 1hr 52minutes

didn’t like “Taken.” I know I’m in the minority on that. I know it jumpstarted the ass-kicking phase of Liam Neeson’s career. I know it was hugely successful. I just didn’t like it. I thought it was ugly and mean and a little dull. So they made a sequel and I liked that one even less. And this time, I wasn’t as much in the minority. “Taken 2” was terrible, but it still made money, so naturally we all get to be subjected to a full-on trilogy. In case you’ve been lucky enough to miss any of these movies, Neeson stars as Bryan Mills, ex-CIA, Spe-

cial Forces, super-ninja type who, when not working as a body guard, makes a habit of killing Albanian sex slavers. That was the first two movies. Sex slaves aren’t in the news so much now, though, so this time around our hero is going up against a Russian mobster. Russian mobsters are very in vogue right now. “Taken 3” begins, much as did “Taken 2,” with Bryan attempting to find a way into the lives of his daughter and his ex-wife Lenore. They like him more, now, though. Lenore’s new husband Stuart, on the other hand, not so much. After a minorly tense confrontation where Stuart requests that Bryan keep away from his wife, wouldn’t you know it, Lenore winds up dead C

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Liam Neeson attends a “Taken 3” screening on Jan. 7, in New York.

in Bryan’s apartment. As our hero is the prime suspect, he has to go on the run and try to find out who killed his wife and why. Neeson is joined by Forrest Whitaker, playing the detective in pursuit, and poor

Famke Jansen who finally was able to get out of this terrible series by being murdered. There is so much wrong with this movie, but let’s first focus on something that’s right See REEL, page B-2

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Jazz stars gather for memorial concert to bassist Charlie Haden By CHARLES J. GANS Associated Press

NEW YORK — Pat Metheny, Josh Redman and other jazz stars turned out for a memorial concert to celebrate the music and life of Charlie Haden, one of the most influential bassists in jazz history. Singer Ruth Cameron Haden, who hosted Tuesday night’s gathering at Town Hall, said her late husband made it his life mission “to impart and bring beauty to the world” through his music. Haden died in July at age 76 after strugging with complications from postpolio syndrome, related to the polio he contracted in his youth when he performed with his family’s country band on their radio show from Springfield, Missouri. After playing an intimate medley of Haden songs on acoustic guitar, Metheny noted the deep connection he had with Haden based on their shared Missouri roots reflected on their recordings together starting with the album “80/81.” “He always understood what I was trying to do in music ... like no one else,” Metheny told the audience. “There was this feeling that we could play anything together from the most out stuff to the most complex harmonic stuff to things of total simplicity.”

Drummer Denardo Coleman, representing his father, recalled how the Ornette Coleman Quartet, with Haden, saxophonist Dewey Redman and drummer Billy Higgins “made history together” when they came to New York in 1959 to play a new style of jazz, courageously and stubbornly holding on to their convictions despite harsh criticism. Josh Redman, who played Haden’s “Blues For Pat” in a combo featuring pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Jack DeJohnette, said he gained insights about his largely absent father by listening to his recordings with Haden, including those with Coleman’s quartet. “Charlie brought out the love of my father’s playing — the tenderness, warmth, soulfulness, sensitivity and honesty,” Redman said. Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, the son of jazz legend John Coltrane and a former student of Haden’s at the California Institute of the Arts, joined pianist Geri Allen and harpist Brandee Younger, to play “For Turiya,” which Haden wrote for and recorded with his mother, Alice Coltrane. Also paying tribute to Haden were saxophonist Lee Konitz, pianist Brad Mehldau, Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and New Orleans pianist-singer Henry Butler. Haden’s children —trip-

lets Petra, Rachel and Tanya and son Josh — recreated the harmonizing of the old Haden family country band by singing the hymn, “Voice From On High.” Petra, accompanied by guitarist Bill Frisell, then softly sang the folk song, “Oh, Shenandoah,” a nod to her father’s birthplace of Shenandoah, Iowa. The evening also included performances by two of the bands Haden was most closely associated with for decades. The mainstream acoustic Quartet West — with pianist Alan Broadbent and tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts — performed Haden’s “Hello My Lovely” and “Child’s Play.” Pianist and arranger Carla Bley resurrected Haden’s left-leaning Liberation Music Orchestra — which melded experimental large ensemble jazz with world folk music, to perform Haden’s “Silence,” followed by rousing, brassy renditions of “Amazing Grace” and the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome.” Comedian Richard Lewis, in a video clip, added a lighter note by observing that his friend deserves to be “immortalized” as a jazz innovator, even though his joke-telling made him want to run away. “Charlie, play jazz in heaven if there is a heaven, but do not tell God, if there is a God, any jokes. No jokes,” Lewis said.

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In this Jan. 9, 1997 photo, Jazz bassist Charlie Haden laughs with bandmates during a soundcheck at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. Pat Metheny, Josh Redman and other jazz stars turned out for a memorial concert to celebrate the music and life of Haden, one of the most influential bassists in jazz history. Singer Ruth Cameron Hadenhosted the gathering on Tuesday.

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day during the season at the AmVets in the Red Diamond Center. The number of players will determine the game. Sign up begins at 1 p.m. For more information call 262-3540. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n The Pinochle Club, formerly from Kasilof, plays at Hooligans Bar & Restaurant in Soldotna Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Questions? Call Jay Vienup at 907-252-6397.

Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.

Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.

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You might think, for example, that the title indicates a tale of living with a funeral director, but you’d only be partially correct. Author Kate Mayfield includes plenty of funny, heartfelt, sad memories of life above death, though she starts her book with a game of bridge and a love letter to small town life, a lifetime ago. And yet – we see the dark spots, and the love letter soon becomes a Dear John letter. For that, I buried myself in this book. While you may (rightly) see comparisons to a couple of popular works of fiction, remember that this book is a memoir - and a good one at that. Look for “The Undertaker’s Daughter” and you’ll be glad to block off your time for it.

Racism was a way of life there and, though Mayfield says that the family maid was sometimes her only friend, there was an otherwise strict separation of black and white. As time passed, life in the small-town became a cauldron of gossip and sniping; Mayfield was reprimanded by teachers and taunted by schoolmates for liking a black boy; and The Old Guard continued to plague her father, whose secrets began to affect everyone around him. Mayfield, a teenager by then, knew her family would never leave Jubilee…. but she couldn’t wait to go. Have you ever gotten a gift that was different – and better The Bookworm is Terri – than you expected? That’s what happens when you open Schlichenmeyer. Email her at “The Undertaker’s Daughter.” bookwormsez@gmail.com.

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In this Nov. 12, 2014 photo, Ann Curry attends the Panthere de Cartier Collection at Skylight Clarkson Studios in New York.

. . . Annie Continued from page B-1

NEW YORK — Longtime NBC News correspondent and anchor Ann Curry is leaving her full-time job with the network after a quarter-century. But she will still be seen on NBC platforms, the company said Tuesday in announcing a partnership with her and the media venture she will launch, to be “seeded” by NBCUniversal. The arrangement will allow Curry to report on any platform or network, in or out of NBC News. Her startup will generate content of national and global importance with a multiplatform distribution approach, NBC said. “This is about reaching for the edge of the future in journalism,” Curry said. “I am excited about working to become

a valuable link between traditional media and what is to come.” “We’re proud to support Ann in her new venture, and we look forward to more of her exceptional storytelling,” said Pat Fili-Krushel, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group. “She is committed to uncovering critical issues, humanizing them, and ultimately helping viewers understand and connect.” Curry, 58, had been with NBC since 1990, joining as a Chicago-based correspondent. Among her many roles, she anchored “NBC News at Sunrise” for six years and anchored “Dateline NBC.” She also established herself as a globe-trotting correspondent, reporting from such hotspots as Sudan to report on the violence and ethnic cleansing, and to Albania and Mace-

donia, where she reported on the humanitarian refugee crisis caused by the genocide in Kosovo. Her exit comes 2 ½ years after she was ousted from the anchor desk of the “Today” show after just a year, during which questions persisted about her comfort level alongside Matt Lauer. Being “Today” co-anchor was a job Curry had apprenticed for during 14 years as the program’s news anchor. She was passed over for co-anchor in 2006, when Meredith Vieira took the prize after Katie Couric left for CBS. On a tense farewell show in June 2012, Curry fought back tears, saying, “This is not as I expected to ever leave this couch,” and adding, “I’m sorry I couldn’t carry the ball over the finish line but, man, I did try.”

fence?” Answer: “A Megaton.” Ha ha! (If you didn’t get that, then you’re one of the few hundreds of millions of people that have never heard the name of director Olivier Megaton, a man who, with his great Bond villain name, has aspirations to be a great action movie director, despite the fact , that he has he’s only directed crappy ones. In addition to the nightmare that was the editing bay, the dialogue is similarly atrocious. getting worse the longer the movie went one. One line I found particularly egregious went like this: Cop 1: “Do you

want me to follow them boss.?! (The bad guys are fleeing the area.)” “Cop 2: “Naw, what’s the use., they could lose a tail if it was attached to a dog.” Sigh. Neeson still does a passable job in these movies, and I suppose Whitaker does as well, but it’s too little too late. “Taken 3” is being touted as the final chapter, and I hope it is. I’m not sure how much more of Bryan Mills I can take. Grade: D

makes theater so cool.” In late 2014, a film adaptation of “Annie” was released in cinemas around the world. Lyke said that the film version being released around the same time as the Triumvirate’s adaptation was coincidental. However, Lyke hopes that the interest the movie gets will help garner attention for his group’s performance. “I hope some people who’ve never heard of “Annie” go and see that movie and then when they happen to see our posters or emails, they think, ‘Oh, my gosh, now we can see the real thing – the real stage musical version,’” Lyke said.

“It’s really fun,” said Gilman. “I’ve loved doing theater around here, because we put on really good shows.” Erika Bollig, who plays both Bert Healy and Pepper, said she has enjoyed being part of the performance. She has especially enjoyed rehearsals. “I get out of doing chores,” Bollig said. While preparations for opening night have gone well so far, Lyke said that there’s still a lot of work to do, but he’s confident everything will come together. “There’s so much end-ofFor tickets, go to http://www. the-wire magic that happens in triumviratetheatre.org theater when solutions come up to problems at the last possible Reach Ian Foley at Ian.fosecond,” Lyke said. “It’s what ley@peninsulaclarion.com

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Annie (Anya Hondel) and a stray dog Sandy (Kincaid Jenness) rehearse for the Triumvirate Theatre’s production of the musical Annie on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2014 in Nikiski, Alaska.

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about it. For a second sequel, the first of which being a completely unimaginative retread of the original, at least they took the story in a new direction. No one was kidnapped or sold into slavery, and, as the entire movie takes place in LA., at least Bryan doesn’t have to learn a new language. Ok - enough positivity. In my review of the second “Taken,” I complained that the editor had gone wild, includC

ing way too many cuts and making the action scenes nigh unwatchable. Apparently they didn’t get the memo, because this film was way worse. In the early scenes, Lenore and Bryan are having a casual after-dinner conversation, discussing their daughter. There’s no action, no tension, nothing - and yet I counted, no joke, over 40 cuts in this barely five-minute scene. It’s frankly difficult to watch, and the action scenes are worse. There was a joke going around on some of the sites I read this week: “How many cuts does it take for Liam Neeson to climb over a

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Drunk driver can’t forgive himself for taking a life DEAR ABBY: I am 42 years old and a divorced father of two. Earlier this year, I caused a fatal drunk driving accident. Once I came to and realized what I had done, I accepted responsibility and pled guilty to my crime. I have never before been in trouble with the authorities. I believe God has forgiven me. I know my extremely supportive family and friends have also forgiven me. But how do I forgive myself? I think about it and cry daily for my victim and that family. I pray they will find some comfort that I am behind bars. I plan to volunteer and use my time to help others as I have done in the past, once I am free. I also plan to tell my story to as many people as will listen to help stop the senseless act of driving under the influence. I can never, and will never, forget what I have done. But I know I must forgive myself in order to move forward and start helping others. Any advice or suggestions you can give to help me work on forgiveness while I am in here would be greatly appreciated. — UNFORGIVEN INMATE IN CALIFORNIA DEAR UNFORGIVEN: Something you can do

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her get into her car alone and drive off.) Abby, these people rarely even look at the art, let alone buy anything. They just eat and leave. My gallery is in a fairly small community, so I don’t want to be rude, but how can I tactfully tell these people to ease on down the road? — NOT RUNNING A SOUP KITCHEN DEAR NOT: Have an employee monitor the food display, and when someone is spotted taking food outside or pigging out, have the employee quietly intervene. As for individuals who come to your gallery Abigail Van Buren only to eat — and by now you know who they are DEAR ABBY: I am the — greet them politely and suggest quietly that beowner of an art gallery and often host shows with a cause it is clear that your taste in art and theirs reception to introduce artists. This generates interest is not the same, it would be better if they shopped in their artworks among patrons purchasing a piece for elsewhere. their home or to add to their collection. We provide P.S. And if attendance to these openings is by inhors d’oeuvres and beverages for our clients and po- vitation, simply stop inviting the offenders. tential clients. Several individuals come to our receptions and heap Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also food on their plates, often filling them a second time known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her and sometimes a third. One woman has carried food mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. out, saying it was for her husband who was waiting DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA outside. (He must have been hiding, because I watched 90069.

but everyone seems so busy with personal matters that they might not be listening. Consider your options, and be willing to delegate what you can to others. A great idea could come from a close friend. Tonight: Know when to call it a night. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Be more sensitive regarding a touchy situation. Listen to what other involved parties have to say, but don’t feel as if you have to help financially. Your ingenuity will allow you to find a way out of what could be a very sticky mess. Tonight: In weekend mode. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Emphasis will be on family and personal matters. Your mood is contagious, and others seem to become more upbeat as a result. Your sense of humor tends to help many people lighten up. Check out a recent purchase for your home carefully. Tonight: Buy a treat on the way home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHYour instincts will point you in the right direction, despite any interference you might encounter. In fact, you will discover how right-on your intuition can be. You seem to have endless creativity, with enthusiasm behind your ideas. Tonight: At your favorite haunt. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Your focus remains on your long-term goals and on the financial backing necessary to make them so. You see the path to where you want to go, and you’ll feel the support of key people in your life. Consider an investment involving property. Tonight: Where the action is. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

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while you are incarcerated would be to start a dialogue with the clergyperson of your faith who ministers to the prison population. Because re-entry into the larger community can be stressful, if substance abuse counseling is available, join a group. It might help you avoid falling back into old habits upon your release.

Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult A baby born today has a Sun in Capricorn and a Moon in Scorpio. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015: This year you thrive by pursuing education and travel. You might be encouraged to develop an interest and go back to school. Some of you might travel to foreign lands in order to learn about different cultures. You also could be lucky with money. If you have a hunch, follow it. If you are single, someone quite different from you could enter your life after July. A significant relationship is likely to develop. If you are attached, your in-laws might play a more significant role in your life than they had previously. You will learn to appreciate them more. SCORPIO knows how to make an impression on you. ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHYourenergycoulddeflateeven the strongest of egos. Your creativity will mix together with your high drive, and you will see a personal issue in a different light as a result. A partner might try to convince you of the rightness of his or her ways. Tonight: Make nice. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You might defer to others. Pressure could surround a domestic matter. Ultimately, what you hear will be good news, but it still is likely to create some stress. An associate could make demands that you’re unable to fulfill. Tonight: Keep the peace, but have a needed discussion. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You’ll have the right words,

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HHHH Someone who is well aware of your performance might be quite pleased with what is happening. Take a stand, and be clear about your direction and choices. Be sure to explain your logic when deciding what it is you’d like to do. Tonight: On cruise control. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HH You might be unusually quiet when dealing with others. They might want to know what is happening with you, and you might be hard-pressed to explain it. You could see how a financial risk is doable, but first compare your views with those closest to you. Tonight: Not to be found. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH You’ll be more concerned about a meeting than you might realize. A close friend will support you in a very open and clear manner. You will succeed beyond your wildest dreams because of this person’s confidence in your abilities. Tonight: Enjoy a leisurely dinner. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might have to take on additional responsibilities and work, but others are likely to want to help you out. You might be uncomfortable changing roles in a certain relationship. Don’t worry; you will gain more clarity given some time. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHHYou have a lot of energy invested in completing a project and in making time for an important friend or associate. What you decide to do easily could become a reality, if you so desire. The victory trail lies directly in front of you. Tonight: Put your feet up.

Noticeable numbers needed Dear Heloise: Will you please advise people to put their house number on the front of their house so that it can be seen from the road? This is a must for the fire department, police and emergency vehicles. Businesses also should have large numbers, high on the building, to be seen quickly and easily when in traffic. People living in the country should have numbers on both sides of the mailbox for delivery drivers. — Betty in Mansfield, Ohio Betty, you did, and thank you for the good reminder! Folks, pretend you don’t know your house and try to find the number. On the mailbox? On the curb? On the front door? Is it blocked by bushes? Is the paint faded? Can you even see it? Your life (or that of someone you love) could depend on this simple hint! — Heloise Clean screen Dear Heloise: I’ve found that the best way to clean a digital TV screen is by using those little spray bottles of eyeglass lens cleaner. No streaks! I read your column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. — Tim H., McKeesport, Pa. Tim, thanks for being a loyal reader, and say “Hi” to my friends in Pittsburgh. I like your hint, but please be sure to spray the special cleaner on a soft cloth first, NOT directly on the screen. Do use a lint-free cloth; a microfiber one is the best. Keep sending in your hints. — Heloise

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SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

8 5 6 9 3 7 1 2 4

7 2 1 4 5 8 9 6 3

9 4 3 1 2 6 5 8 7

6 3 2 8 4 5 7 1 9

1 8 9 2 7 3 6 4 5

5 7 4 6 1 9 8 3 2

4 1 8 7 9 2 3 5 6

2 9 5 3 6 1 4 7 8

Difficulty Level

3 6 7 5 8 4 2 9 1

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

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