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Agency to consider expanded drilling in reserve By Dan Joling Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — The Trump administration will consider a new management plan and expanded oil drilling for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an Indiana-size area that former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar characterized as an “iconic place on our Earth.” The Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday it will take
public comment through Jan. 21 on four alternatives for the reserve in northern Alaska. Two alternatives could allow lease sales on lands previously designated as special conservation areas under the Obama administration. The goal of a new management plan is increased energy production and greater energy security for the nation, BLM Alaska director Chad Padgett said.
“With advancements in technology and increased knowledge of the area, it was prudent to develop a new plan that provides greater economic development of our resources while still providing protections for important resources and subsistence access,” Padgett said. The reserve is home to two caribou herds and provides ecologically significant wetlands used for breeding by migratory waterfowl
from around the world. Its entire coastline is habitat for threatened polar bears. In 2013, Salazar signed off on the current plan that split the reserve roughly in half between land for petroleum development and conservation areas. Kristen Miller, conservation director at Alaska Wilderness League, said the Interior Department spent years working on the plan with tribal and local
In the news
Seaman charged with murder freed from brig ANCHORAGE — A U.S. Coast Guard seaman charged with murder in the death of a fellow seaman during a night of drinking in Alaska has been released from custody. Ethan Tucker was released from a San Diego brig Monday after the admiral overseeing his prosecution ordered a new hearing in the case. Tucker, 21, from Lu d i ng t o n , Mi c h i gan, is charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter. Military prosecutors allege he beat 19-yearold Seaman Ethan Kelch See news, Page A3
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APOC case issues could go national
2 dead, 2 injured in car accident
JUNEAU — Two people are dead after police say a vehicle appeared to have hit a utility pole in Juneau. The Juneau Empire reports two men also are in critical condition following the accident, which police say was initially reported around 7 a.m. Thursday. Police say a woman who reported the crash tried, with a dispatcher’s help, to resuscitate a female found outside the vehicle. Passers-by also stopped at the scene. Police say the female and a male found outside the vehicle were dead. They say it appeared the vehicle had struck a power pole. The Empire initially reported two women died, but police later said the victims were a male and female. Katie Bausler, a spokeswoman for Bartlett Regional Hospital, says the injured were being taken to Seattle for further care. An investigation continues.
governments, conservation organizations, the state of Alaska and others. “Abandoning this science-based, common sense approach in favor of oil and gas interests is recklessly short-sighted and will place at risk local indigenous communities and the region’s diverse wildlife that rely on this vital piece of our nation’s public lands,” she said.
By Peter Segall Juneau Empire
the snowfall helped to downgrade the level one drought in the northwestern portion of the peninsula. The Kenai Peninsula was first categorized by the U.S. Drought Monitor as abnormally dry on July 9. By July 16, the entire peninsula was placed in a level one drought. By the Aug. 13
A national debate about campaign donations is taking shape in Alaska. An Anchorage Superior Court ruled Nov. 4, the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) had failed to enforce contribution limits to political campaigns. APOC has until Monday, Nov. 25 to appeal the decision. APOC Executive Director Heather Hebdon said the Commission is currently not taking a position on the matter and is consulting with the Department of Law. DOL could not immediately be reached for comment. Complaints were filed in January 2018 by three individuals who alleged two groups — Interior Voters for John Coghill and Working Families of Alaska — exceeded state limits on campaign contributions. Alaska limits individual campaign contributions to $500 per year to a single candidate and $1,000 per year to a political group. Those individuals, Donna Patrick, James Barnett and John Lambert alleged Interior Voters accepted $4,500 from three different individuals and $47,000 from one group and Working Families accepted $150,000 from three different groups. APOC initially dismissed those complaints, but Patrick and the others sued, and those dismissals were reversed on Nov. 4. The Commission abused its discretion by not revising an advisory opinion in regards to a series of court decisions that followed the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, the Nov. 4, decision says. Citizens United said that corporations and unions could not be
See drought, Page A3
See apoc, Page A3
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Local business owners Aaron Swanson, Darcy Swanson and Alex Douthit discuss their experiences as entrepreneurs in the community during the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce Luncheon at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Thursday.
Starting on the path to success By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
When a panel of local business owners was asked if there’s anything they regretted about starting their businesses, all three had the same answer: not doing it sooner. On Wednesday, the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce hosted a panel discussion during their weekly luncheon about the rewards and challenges of running a small business — featuring three local entrepreneurs. The panel was part of a series of events on the peninsula connected to Alaska Startup Week,
which highlights entrepreneurship and small businesses around the community. The panel was comprised of Aaron and Darcy Swanson, who are a husband and wife team that own Residential Mortgage, Forever Dance Alaska and Pita Pit in Soldotna, and Alex Douthit, who is the owner of Kenai Peninsula Driving Instruction. Merrill Sikorski, founder of Caring for the Kenai, moderated the event. Over the course of the panel discussion, Sikorski asked the entrepreneurs a variety of questions ranging from the biggest challenges they’ve faced to the advice they would have
for any would-be business owners. Every potential business faces different hurdles on the path to success, but the three panelists did share some common experiences despite working in unrelated industries. All three, for example, said that they wished they had taken the risk sooner. “I wish that when we were 20, 25 years old that we had started our businesses,” Aaron Swanson said. “You’ve gotta have caution in what you do, but you’ve also gotta get out of your own way sometimes.” See start, Page A3
Peninsula emerges from drought By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion
The Kenai Peninsula is no longer in a drought, according to Thursday’s updated U.S. Drought Monitor Map. Last week’s map showed the area around the Swan Lake Fire was in a level one drought, also known as a moderate drought. That drought was
downgraded Thursday, showing the northern half of the Kenai Peninsula is “abnormally dry,” which indicates the area is recovering from drought and there are “some lingering water deficits.” Southcentral Alaska saw “significant” snowfall last week, Thursday’s drought monitor’s summary said. Earlier precipitation, combined with
Ex-Trump adviser undercuts GOP defenses By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A former White House official said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s top European envoy was sent on a “domestic political errand” seeking investigations of Democrats, stunning testimony that dismantled a main line of the president’s defense in the impeachment inquiry. In a riveting appearance on Capitol Hill, Fiona Hill also implored Republican lawmakers — and implicitly Trump himself — to stop peddling a “fictional narrative” at the center of the impeachment probe. She said
baseless suggestions that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election bolster Russia as it seeks to sow political divisions in the United States. Testimony from Hill and David Holmes, a State Department adviser in Kyiv, capped an intense week in the historic inquiry and reinforced the central complaint: that Trump used his leverage over Ukraine, a young Eastern European democracy facing Russian aggression, to pursue political investigations. His alleged actions set off alarms across the U.S. national security and foreign policy apparatus. Hill had a front row seat to some of Trump’s pursuits with Ukraine during her tenure at the White House. See adviser, Page A14
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Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified Thursday before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill.
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DNR crews tackle erosion work at Anchor River, Deep Creek beaches Homer News staff
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has completed repairs to two lower Kenai Peninsula beaches damaged by erosion, according to a press release from October. Crews completed armor rock reinforcement of about 1,200 feet in the Anchor River State Recreation Area and 1,300 feet in the Deep Creek State Recreation Area to help protect against further coastal erosion into the Cook Inlet, said Jack Blackwell, superintendent of the Alaska State Parks Kenai Peninsula region, in the press release. Severe storms in late 2017 caused significant erosion to Kenai Peninsula beaches, and prompted disaster declarations by borough, state and federal government agencies. Those declarations helped bring disaster relief funding in partnership with the
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Contractors work on repairs to the Anchor Point beach on Nov. 1 in Anchor Point.
Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both Anchor River State Recreation Area and Deep
Creek State Recreation Area offer camping, beachcombing and tractor-assisted boat launch services that provide access to Cook Inlet sport fisheries. “The recreation areas
provide critical recreation opportunities for Alaska residents and visitors, and help support the economic diversity of the Kenai Peninsula,” Blackwell is quoted as saying in the release.
Military same-sex spouse denied PFD sues By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen Associated Press
JUNEAU — An Alaska woman alleges the state is wrongly enforcing laws barring recognition of samesex marriages, five years after a federal judge found such a ban to be unconstitutional. In a lawsuit, attorneys for Denali Nicole Smith say Smith was denied eligibility for the check paid to residents from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund that she would have been eligible for had her military spouse been a man. Department of Law spokeswoman Cori Mills, in an email, said the department would need to look into the allegations and determine what happened. But she said the division that determines
eligibility for payment of Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends currently recognizes same-sex spouses. The lawsuit, first reported by Anchorage television station KTVA, seeks payment of the check. It also seeks a list of individuals since 2014 denied checks based on laws or a provision in the state constitution barring samesex marriage, and payments of dividends to any such individuals. In late 2014, a federal judge deemed Alaska’s ban on samesex marriage unconstitutional. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court gave same-sex couples nationally the right to marry. Sen. Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat, said Thursday that even if laws remain on the books barring same-sex marriage, those
were nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court. “It’s not the law anymore in Alaska,” he said of a ban on same-sex marriage. “Even though it’s still on the books, if you were to open up a constitution, you’ll see it there, but it’s not effective. It’s nullified.” One of Smith’s lawyers, Heather Gardner, said the plaintiffs do not believe this is a “one-time thing for the Permanent Fund Dividend program.” She said she and attorney Caitlin Shortell, who were among the attorneys who successfully sued to overturn Alaska’s ban on gay marriage, “have reason to believe it’s not a rogue clerk” at the Permanent Fund Dividend Division. The lawsuit says division representatives told Smith that if she were married to a man, she would not be denied
a check. Jahna Lindemuth, an attorney general under former Gov. Bill Walker, said she was unaware of any such case during her tenure, which began in the summer of 2016 and ended last year. According to the lawsuit, Smith was born and raised in Anchorage and went to college in California in 2014, before returning to Anchorage in 2016. In 2018, she married Miranda Murphy, an Alaska resident stationed with the military in Florida, according to the lawsuit. After they married, Smith moved to Florida with her wife. The lawsuit names as defendants several state officials, including Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Attorney General Kevin Clarkson.
Natasha Huf
December 12, 1959 - October 21, 2019 Tasha died of stage four breast cancer on the morning of October 21, 2019, at Alaska Native Medical Center at 8 AM. She was born on December 12, 1959 in a small cabin on Slikok Creek on K-Beach road in Kenai, Alaska to Richard and Josephine Miller. She married Joe Huf in Wahiawa, Hawaii on May 24, 1984. They had three children together. Tasha loved babies and they loved her. She was full of life and loved to laugh and joke around. She liked the price is right, crossword puzzles, card games and cribbage. She especially liked camping; sitting around the campfire at our hunting came on Sunken Island Lake. She was a good mom and always took care of her kids while Joe was away working. They were married for 35 years. A loving message from her husband: “Before Tasha entered the hospital, she looked at me with her beautiful blue eyes and asked me to hold her mother’s ring and wedding ring. She said “If I don’t come out of her, it has been quite a journey and I love you.’ I held her hand every day while she fought so hard to live but she had too many mountains to climb. I will love and miss you forever, honey. – Your loving husband, Joe.” She is preceded in death by her father Richard “Red” Miller, her mother Josephine Pitka Miller, Brothers Felix, Casey, Sidney, and John Miller and sister Victoria Cameron. She is survived by her husband Joe Huf, son Casey Huf, daughters Jessica Huf and Taylor Johnson, grandchildren Christopher, Nathaniel and Raiden Huf and Kaia Johnson, sisters Pat McGee, Jean Jensen, Valery Haney and Andrea Miller and brother Dennis West. A poem: You can shed tears because they are gone, or you can smile because they lived. You can close your eyes and pray they will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that they have left for you. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see them, or you can be full of love you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember only that they are gone, or you can cherish their memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind and feel empty, or you can do what they would want. Smile, open your heart, love and go on. – Elizabeth Ammos. In lieu of flowers, please donate to breast cancer foundation of your choice. Funeral will be held in July of 2020.
around the peninsula CPH Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar The community is invited to the annual CPH Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar on Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, 6. Open 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. both days. There will be over 20 vendors including great new artists with a variety of products! Please stop by the Denali Conference Room at the hospital to kick off your holiday shopping and help support the Hospital Auxiliary programs and scholarship fund.
Wall of Guns for the Hunter Kenai Peninsula Chapter Safari Club International presents Wall of Guns for the Hunter on Saturday, Nov. 30, Soldotna Sports Center conference rooms. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., raffles at 6 p.m. $10 Admission includes pizza and soft drinks; cash bar; limit 175 tickets. Over 30 guns to raffle, only $10 per ticket. Gun makers include Remington, Kimber, Winchester and Browning. Silent auction hunts available. Tickets available only at the door. For more information, contact Mike Crawford at 907-252-2919. Come out for a great time and support your hunting heritage.
Watershed Forum holiday open house The Kenai Watershed Forum is having a Holiday Open House on Dec. 5 from 4-7 p.m. Join them for a casual celebration to reconnect with old friends and new as they celebrate all the successes they’ve seen this year. Stop by for hot drinks, hors-d’oeuvres and a side of cheer. KWF Offices are in Soldotna Creek Park (44129 Sterling Highway). Parking available at the park.
Annual Christmas Bazaar The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Annual Christmas Bazaar featuring baked goods and handcrafted items will be on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10-4 p.m. at Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 N Forest Drive, Kenai. All proceeds will benefit local, national or international mission projects. Items featured include cinnamon rolls, pies, aprons and many other handcrafted items. For more information please call 283-4153.
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“Just making that initial jump is hard,” Douthit said. The notion of not having a steady paycheck or health insurance, Douthit said, can be a scary one for many people, especially those with families. The three business owners also agreed that one of the biggest challenges of running a business is one that is unique to the digital age. With the prominence of cellphones and social media in many people’s lives, business owners in the 21st century feel compelled to be available to their customers at any time. “I think anytime you own your own business, it’s a 24/7 job,” Darcy Swanson said. Swanson said that learning how to take time away from answering texts and phone calls was often difficult. Her husband Aaron agreed that business owners have to learn to establish boundaries and know when to “shut it off.”
APOC From Page A1
prevented from spending money to support or denounce a particular candidate. That case led to a series of other cases decided in federal courts examining local campaign finance laws. “APOC has the authority (indeed the responsibility) to revisit its advisory opinions as the legal landscape evolves,” wrote Anchorage Superior Court Judge William Morse. APOC cited Citizens United in its decision to dismissed Patrick’s complaint,
Drought From Page A1
monitor map, the eastern peninsula was placed into a level two drought, known as a severe drought. On Aug. 20, the area around the Swan Lake Fire, just north of Sterling, was placed into a level three drought, known as an extreme drought. The extreme drought wasn’t downgraded until Sept. 24.
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of Virginia Beach, Virginia, in January and left him in frigid water, where he drowned. A search was launched for Kelch when he failed to return Jan. 26 from liberty hours. Kelch was found unresponsive Jan. 27 along the shore of an island when the Coast Guard cutter
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“Is that why you never text me back?” Darcy joked. Another challenge that all three small business owners face is providing health insurance for their employees. Douthit said that they try to make up for the lack of insurance with higher wages, but not being able to provide health coverage makes it hard to compete with the larger companies when it comes to hiring and retention. Douthit’s advice to any prospective business owners was to do a lot of research and take advantage of the resources that are available locally. Douthit specifically mentioned the Small Business Development Center, run by the state of Alaska, as well as the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District as resources that have helped him in his ventures. Aaron Swanson’s advice was to build a team of employees who care about the success of the business and to reciprocate that commitment to back to the employees.
“Invest in who you have around you,” Swanson said. Darcy Swanson gave an example of investing in her employees by explaining that she regularly pays for her dance instructors to receive continuing education and certifications. When working in an industry that deals with a specific skill set, such as dance instructors in Swanson’s case and commercial driving instructors in Douthit’s case, they agreed that it’s important to hang on to good employees as new ones can be hard to find. Despite the challenges, Douthit said that the best part of running a business is knowing that his efforts directly impact his own success as well as his community. Darcy Swanson said that, for her, the best part the little moments she gets to experience with the kids she teaches. “When a kid understands something and the light bulb goes off, or they come up and give you a hug, that’s what makes it worth it.” Swanson said.
but Morse wrote that Alaska’s limits on campaign contributions had survived that decision. Morse cited a memorandum from the then-Attorney General Dan Sullivan who wrote, “the decision does not directly call into question the constitutionality of any other contribution, expenditure, disclaimer or disclosure law,” according to Morse’s decision. Individuals are still limited to contributing $500 per year to a candidate and $5,000 per year to a political party.” The Citizens United case set off a debate about the role of money in politics. The New York Times reported in 2010 that, “dissenters said that allowing
corporate money to flood the political marketplace would corrupt democracy.” Alaska’s suit was helped in part by Washington, D.C.-based legal advocacy group Equal Citizens with the expressed intention of taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Equal Citizens filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Public Offices Commission … in order to create a case that can work its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court with the goal of eliminating Super PACs across the nation,” a statement from Equal Citizens said. Attorneys for Equal Citizens did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.
The Kenai Peninsula experienced direct impacts from this summer’s drought when little rainfall and dry conditions allowed the Swan Lake Fire to swell up and burn more than 160,000 acres. Several peninsula communities relying on reservoirs and snowfall for drinking water saw their reserves dry up, prompting multiple emergency declarations. The U.S. Drought Monitor provides a state-by-state list of potential impacts for each level of drought. All states and Puerto Rico are included,
except for Alaska, where droughts are unprecedented. The U.S. Drought Monitor — produced in partnership with the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — measures droughts using five levels — level zero being abnormally dry conditions with no drought, and the fourth level being an exceptional drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor Map is updated every Thursday.
northernmost U.S. city, Utqiagvik, formerly Barrow. When the current management plan was put in place, the BLM estimated that lands available for development contained nearly three-fourths of the economically recoverable oil in the reserve. The 2013 plan expanded a special conservation area around Teshekpuk Lake, which provides habitat for shorebirds and migratory waterfowl, including black brant, Canada geese and greater white-fronted geese.
The plan also created the Peard Bay Special Area, which contains the highest density of spectacled eider nesting areas in Alaska, according to the Alaska Wilderness League. It enlarged the Utukok River Uplands Special Area, used by the western Arctic caribou herd for calving and relief from summer insects. The most aggressive alternative considered by the BLM would allow leasing and oil drilling infrastructure within the entire Teshekpuk area and parts of the Utukok River Uplands.
Munro was docked in Dutch Harbor for repairs. Kelch was pronounced dead at a clinic. Both Tucker and Kelch were serving on the cutter, based in Kodiak. During an October hearing, Tucker’s defense said multiple videos taken by a third man who was out with Tucker and Kelch that night demonstrate Tucker’s efforts to get Kelch out of the water. The videos also show Kelch had repeatedly tried to
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Tucker is living. A second such hearing is required when charges are amended, said Coast Guard Senior Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi Despite the videos, Tucker remains charged with murder, Cangemi said. “We are working to build the case,” he said. The charging document still states that Tucker showed a wanton disregard for human life when he caused blunt force trauma to Kelch’s head and left him in water. The charges say Tucker lied when he said he injured his hand by punching a steel bulkhead. — Associated Press
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aced with a troubling outbreak of a mysterious vaping-related illness and the skyrocketing use of electronic cigarettes among teens, President Trump announced in September that the Food and Drug Administration would pull flavored electronic-cigarettes from the market, possibly within weeks. “People are dying,” the president said during a televised news conference with the heads of the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services. He promised quick action, and he was right to do so. At that point, six people had died from the new illness, and hundreds more had been hospitalized with severe lung damage. An alarming number of the victims were young adults or teens who said they used vaping devices for both cannabis and nicotine. Since then, 44 people have died and more than 2,000 people have been sickened. Trump’s plan, reportedly urged by his wife and eldest daughter, was a good one (and a rare smart move on public health policy from an administration better known for dismantling environmental protections). Never mind that it wasn’t a perfect answer to the current crisis. Even then, the vaping illness was suspected to be primarily caused by use of black market vaping devices modified for cannabis or THC and containing vitamin E oil. (Health officials are now pretty sure that’s what’s causing the illness.) But a ban on flavored electronic-cigarettes is still good public health policy. Vaping use among minors has grown precipitously in recent years — doubling in just the last two years to about a quarter of all high school seniors, studies show. The trend is primarily driven by an attraction to flavors like candy and fruit. Nearly 80% of teens who vape said they did so because of the flavors. And even if they aren’t using the aftermarket products associated with the vaping illness, the high levels of nicotine in electronic cigarettes hook users quickly, and nicotine use presents its own health risks. There was also solid precedent for the move Trump proposed. In 2009, the FDA prohibited the makers of traditional cigarettes from using flavors other than menthol because of their appeal to kids. Public health officials say the ban on flavors was a main factor in teens losing interest in cigarette smoking, which fell to an all-time low in 2018. It seemed possible that Trump’s ban would go into effect. Vaping isn’t the political third rail that guns are, and it’s not as complicated, controversial or fraught as, say, immigration or Middle East policy. Who, other than the companies that profit from hooking people on this addictive but nonessential product, could find fault with a move to protect the nation’s children from potential harm? We should have known better. According to the Washington Post, the FDA was set to announce on Nov. 5 that it would order flavored electronic cigarettes to be banned for sale within 30 days. But the day before the announcement, reports said, Trump decided not to sign the “decision memo” out of concern that it might lead to job losses that could be used against him during his reelection campaign. This is just another example of Trump’s tendency to say one thing and then do another. Such was the case when Trump said he would support sensible gun control (such as closing loopholes on background checks) after a particularly bad run of mass shootings, but then flipflopped after strong words from the National Rifle Assn. Or when the president said his administration would stop separating families at the border and continued to do it anyway. Or when he abandoned a highly touted proposal to reduce drug prices by blocking a practice that benefits drug-buying insurance middlemen. We could do this all day. It seems the country is led by a man so concerned with hanging on to his job that he would throw over an entire generation of children in the process. It’s not too late for Trump to come to his senses and sign the order that would direct the FDA to ban electronic cigarette flavors immediately — before he could change his mind again. But we won’t hold our breath. — The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20
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LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif. — Former President Barack Obama warned Democrats on Thursday against adopting “purity tests” in the presidential primary and said any adversity the candidates face in the contest will make whoever emerges an even stronger nominee. Obama spoke to about 100 donors during a question-and-answer session with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez in Los Altos Hills, California. The event came a day after the fifth Democratic presidential primary in Atlanta and as the 17-person field continues to expand, with the expected entry of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the coming days. Until recently, Obama largely refrained from opining publicly on the Democratic contest, and his move from the sidelines comes at a moment of deep uncertainty for the party. Many are jittery about the uneven candidacy of his former Vice President Joe Biden, questioning whether Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren can defeat President Donald Trump next year, and skeptical of
whether Pete Buttigieg, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor who is surging in Iowa, can appeal to black voters that are a crucial Democratic voting bloc. “We will not win just by increasing the turnout of the people who already agree with us completely on everything,” Obama said. “Which is why I am always suspicious of purity tests during elections. Because, you know what, the country is complicated.” Obama urged Democrats to “chill out,” saying, “The truth of the matter is that every candidate on that stage believes we should provide” better health care and education and address climate change. He also noted the historic diversity of the Democratic field, which now includes five women, three black candidates, a Latino man and a gay man. He compared that to his own election as the nation’s first black president. “We have a number of women candidates and we have one gay candidate. And those candidates are going to have barriers if they win the nomination, or they win the general election — just like I did,” Obama told donors. “You can overcome that resistance if the way you are framing these
issues and messages indicate, ‘Look, I’m part of an American tradition … of opening up opportunity.” In recent weeks Obama has sought to play both referee and uplifting elder statesman. He’s cautioned “woke” activists against embracing “cancel culture” and urged the party to not adopt positions that could cost them in the general election. “That’s not bringing about change,” he said during a recent Obama Foundation event. “If all you are doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far.” At the same time, he has offered reassurances that a spirited primary will make the eventual nominee a stronger candidate. It comes amid a fierce intraparty debate that has divided centrists and an ascendant progressive wing, which has advocated for policies like free college tuition and “Medicare for All” that would dramatically reshape the role of government in peoples’ lives. The fundraiser Thursday was held at the home of Karla Jurvetson, a prominent Democratic donor and Silicon Valley philanthropist. The event raised more than $3 million for the Democratic National Committee, according to a senior party official.
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California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns By Brian Melley Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday. The law, the first of its kind in the nation and aimed squarely at Trump, violates a specification of the state constitution calling for an “inclusive open presidential primary ballot,” the court said. “Ultimately, it is the voters who must decide whether the refusal of a ‘recognized candidate throughout the nation or throughout California for the office of President of the United States’ to make such information available to the public will have consequences at the ballot box,” Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote in the 7-0 decision. Trump has broken with tradition among presidential candidates by refusing to disclose his financial information. A U.S. judge had temporarily blocked the state law in response to a different lawsuit, and the high court ruled quickly because the deadline to file tax returns to get on the primary ballot is next week. The state Republican Party and chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson challenged the bill signed into law this year by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom because it singled out Trump. “Today’s ruling is a victory for every California voter,” Patterson said in a statement. “We are pleased that the courts saw through the Democrats’ petty partisan maneuvers and saw this law for what it is — an
unconstitutional attempt to suppress Republican voter turnout.” The state defended the law, saying release of tax returns gave voters important information to weigh candidates’ financial status. Sen. Mike McGuire, a Democrat who authored the bill, said it was a simple requirement for candidates to meet and provided accountability. “Today’s decision flies in the face of what the American people have come to expect from presidential candidates — transparency,” McGuire said. “Every presidential candidate for the past 40 years has released their tax returns, with the exception of the current occupant of the White House. If he has nothing to hide, why wouldn’t he release them?” The law would have required candidates for president or governor to file copies of personal income tax returns dating back five years. Refusal to do so would keep them off the state’s primary ballot, but not apply to general elections. The ruling does not apply to the requirement for gubernatorial candidates, Newsom spokesman Jesse Melgar said. “Governments have a moral duty to restore public confidence in government and ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards,” Melgar said in a statement. “Congress and other states can and should take action to require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns.” California is the only state to pass such a bill, but the issue was before lawmakers in 20 states this year, said Wendy Underhill of the National Conference of State Legislatures. While bills in 10 states are still pending, those legislatures are on
recess or done for the year so that legislation is effectively dead, Underhill said. Skeptical justices at a hearing earlier this month questioned whether such a law could open the door to future requirements of medical and psychiatric records or school report cards. Attorney Thomas Hiltachk argued for the state GOP that the law violated a 1972 voter-approved amendment guaranteeing that all recognized candidates must be on the ballot. Republicans also said it would lower voter turnout in the primary, hurting Republican legislative and congressional candidates’ chances of reaching the general election. Trump has cited an ongoing Internal Revenue Service audit in refusing to release his returns. Other courts have ordered Trump to turn over his tax returns to a Manhattan grand jury and the House of Representatives for separate investigations. The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to intervene in the demand from a congressional committee or to let a lower appeals court ruling stand that would require disclosure of Trump’s taxes. Trump has also asked the high court to block a subpoena from a New York prosecutor for his tax returns. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. is seeking the records in an investigation that includes alleged payments to buy the silence of adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal, both of whom claim they had affairs with the president before the 2016 presidential election. Trump has denied the allegations.
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Trumps signs stopgap spending bill, averting shutdown By Andrew Taylor Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday signed a shortterm funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month. Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding through December 20, hours before government funding was set to expire. The Senate, by a 74-20 vote, passed the short-term funding bill earlier in the day. The push to keep the government funded comes as the House is in the midst of contentious public impeachment inquiry hearings.
House Democrats are probing whether Trump abused his power by pressing Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son’s dealings in that Eastern Europe nation. The stopgap spending bill would give negotiators four more weeks to try and break an impasse involving funding for Trump’s border wall project that has gridlocked progress on the 12 appropriations measures that fund about one-third of the government. Talks on the broader full-year appropriations measures have hit a rough patch after the administration rejected bipartisan entreaties to
add about $5 billion to grease their path. Negotiations on the full-year measure also could be buffeted by the toxic atmosphere that’s worsening because of the ongoing impeachment probe, which could send articles of impeachment to the House floor around the Dec. 20 deadline for averting another potential shutdown. The chief holdup is Trump’s demands for up to $8.6 billion more for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Republicans controlling the Senate have stuck with Trump despite worries that an impasse over his demands could force Congress into resorting to funding the government
for the entire budget year at current spending levels. “The appropriations process can go down one of two paths. On the first path, President Trump stays out of our way and gives Congress the space to work together and find an agreement,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “On the second path, President Trump stomps his feet, makes impossible demands, and prevents his party, the Republicans, from coming to a fair arrangement.” Both sides on Capitol Hill want to avoid any chance of such a fullyear continuing resolution, as it is known in Washington-speak. Such an outcome would be an inefficient
way to run the government and has particularly negative consequences for the Pentagon budget. The measure contains an assortment of technical provisions to ensure that spending on the 2020 census can ramp up despite delays in the agency’s full-year funding bill. It also reverses a planned cut in highway spending next year and offers greater assurances about funding a 3.1 percent pay raise for the military that takes effect Jan. 1. It would extend, for three more months, several surveillancerelated provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that expire Dec. 15 and are controversial with civil libertarians.
DOJ would take halted executions to high court By Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr told The Associated Press on Thursday that he would take the Trump administration’s bid to restart federal executions after a 16-year hiatus to the Supreme Court if necessary. Barr’s comments came hours after a district court judge temporarily blocked the administration’s plans to start executions next month. The administration is appealing the decision, and Barr said he would take the case to the high court if Thursday’s ruling stands. He said the five inmates set to be executed are a small portion of 62 death row inmates. “There are people who would say these kinds of delays are not fair to the victims, so we can move forward with our first group,” Barr
said aboard a government plane to Montana, after he met with local and federal law enforcement officials in Cleveland. The attorney general unexpectedly announced in July that the government would resume executions next month, ending an informal moratorium on federal capital punishment as the issue receded from the public domain. Some of the chosen inmates challenged the new procedures in court, arguing that the government was circumventing proper methods in order to wrongly execute inmates quickly. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan put the cases on ice while the challenge plays out. She said in a Wednesday evening ruling that the public is not served by “short-circuiting” legitimate judicial process. “It is greatly served by attempting to ensure that the most serious punishment is imposed lawfully,”
she wrote. Her ruling temporarily postpones four of the five scheduled executions beginning next month; the fifth had already been halted. It’s possible the government could win an appeal in time to begin executions Dec. 9, but that would be an unusually fast turnaround. “This decision prevents the government from evading accountability and making an end-run around the courts by attempting to execute prisoners under a protocol that has never been authorized by Congress,” said the inmates’ attorney, Shawn Nolan. “The court has made clear that no execution should go forward while there are still so many unanswered questions about the government’s newly announced execution method.” Most Democrats oppose the death penalty. Republican President Donald Trump has spoken
often about capital punishment and his belief that executions serve as an effective deterrent and an appropriate punishment for some crimes, including mass shootings and the killings of police officers. Still, executions on the federal level have been rare. The government has put to death only three defendants since restoring the federal death penalty in 1988, most recently in 2003, when Louis Jones was executed for the 1995 kidnapping, rape and murder of a young female soldier. In 2014, following a botched state execution in Oklahoma, President Barack Obama directed the Justice Department to conduct a broad review of capital punishment and issues surrounding lethal injection drugs. Barr said in July that the Obamaera review had been completed, clearing the way for executions to resume.
He approved a new procedure for lethal injections that replaces the three-drug combination previously used in federal executions with one drug, pentobarbital. This is similar to the procedure used in several states, including Georgia, Missouri and Texas, but not all. Chutkan said in her opinion that the inmates’ legal challenge to the procedure was likely to succeed because the Federal Death Penalty Act requires that federal executions employ procedures used by the states in which they are carried out. On Thursday, Barr defended the protocols, saying the Bureau of Prisons has been testing and conducting practice drills ahead of the first execution. He would not say where the cocktail of drugs would come from. “I was kept advised and reports were given to me, scientific tests, the drills they are running through,” Barr said.
Medicare drug plan tool can steer seniors to higher costs By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Medicare’s revamped prescription plan finder can steer unwitting seniors to coverage that costs much more than they need to pay, according to people who help with sign-ups as well as program experts. Serving some 60 million Medicare recipients, the plan finder is the most commonly used tool on Medicare.gov and just got its first major update in a decade. The Trump administration has hailed the new version and Medicare Administrator Seema Verma says it will empower beneficiaries to take advantage of their coverage options. But as open enrollment goes into
the home stretch Thanksgiving week, critics say the new tool can create confusion by obscuring outof-pocket costs that seniors should factor into their decisions. “I want to make sure people are given the most accurate information and they’re making the best decision — because they are the ones stuck with it,” said Ann Kayrish, senior program manager for Medicare at the National Council on Aging, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for seniors and provides community services. Government programs mixing health care and technology have faced struggles. Despite billions spent to subsidize electronic medical records, getting different systems to communicate remains
a challenge. The Obama administration’s launch of HealthCare.gov resulted in an embarrassing debacle when the website froze up the first day. The leading Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee said he’s hearing concerns from constituents and organizations that assist Medicare beneficiaries. Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said he will ask Medicare to grant seniors who’ve had problems a second chance to sign up, called a “special enrollment period.” “It’s obviously an effort that needs a lot more work to meet the legitimate expectations of seniors,” said Casey. “Especially when you launch something new, (it) can go awry. People steered in the wrong
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Governor vetoes bill outlawing abortions over Down syndrome HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bill that would have prohibited abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome was vetoed Thursday by Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor. One day after it passed the Republican-controlled Legislature, Gov. Tom Wolf made good on a promise and rejected the legislation. Wolf’s veto message called it a restriction on women and medical professionals that interferes with women’s health care and decisions made by patients and their physicians. He argued it was unneeded legislation. “Physicians and their patients must be able to make choices about medical procedures based on best practices and standards of care,” Wolf wrote. Pennsylvania law allows abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy for any reason except to select a gender. The bill would have added to that prohibition a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, with exceptions for rape, incest and medical emergency.
Lawsuit alleges McDonald’s puts employees in danger CHICAGO — A group of employees from 13 McDonald’s restaurants in Chicago filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the company’s drive for profits puts workers at “daily risk” of physical attack by dangerous customers. In the lawsuit filed in Cook County court, the 17 workers say McDonald’s has failed to protect them from what they say is a “citywide and
nationwide” pattern of violence and that police respond to more than 20 911 calls every day regarding Chicago McDonald’s restaurants. They cite several examples of the violence, including an incident in which a customer beat an employee with a sign and another in which a customer urinated on a worker. “McDonald’s has failed, at a systemic level, to protect its workers from violence in the workplace,” said Danny Rosenthal, an attorney for the workers. “Throughout the country, McDonald’s workers are regularly threatened, assaulted, and injured by customers.”
Suspected norovirus outbreak closes 46 Colorado schools GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Thousands of students in Colorado were out of school Thursday because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus. All 46 schools in the district serving Grand Junction and the surrounding area were closed and won’t reopen until after the Thanksgiving break so custodians can disinfect surfaces. Norovirus is a highly contagious bug that causes diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms, and can spread quickly in public places. It’s most common in winter but can be seen any time of year. The outbreak was first seen last week at a high school before spreading to other schools. Officials in the district, the largest in western Colorado with 22,000 students, believe there is now another related strain of the virus that has affected some students who were previously sick. “We are taking this highly unusual action because this virus is extremely contagious and spreading quickly across our schools,” district nursing coordinator Tanya Martin said. — Associated Press
direction should get a measure of fairness.” The Medicare plan finder’s issue stems from a significant change the agency made for 2020. The plan with the lowest premium now gets automatically placed on top, with the monthly premium displayed in large font. Medicare’s previous plan finder automatically sorted plans by total cost, not just premiums. But premiums are only one piece of information. When out-of-pocket expenses such as copays are factored in, the plan with the lowest total annual cost is often not the first one shown by the plan finder. It takes extra work for a Medicare enrollee to discover that.
“If they pick the plan based solely on the premium they are likely getting a plan that could cost them thousands more in a calendar year,” said Christina Reeg of the Ohio Department of Insurance. She heads a program that helps Medicare enrollees try to find the right plan. In a statement, Medicare said the monthly premium is a cost that consumers understand and will always be an important decision factor. But the agency also said total cost paid out-of-pocket is at least equally, if not more important, particularly for people who take prescription drugs — as do most seniors. Medicare said it’s testing ways to encourage consumers to look at total costs, such as a pop-up.
Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2019. There are 39 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded; a suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president. On this date: In 1862, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “La Forza del Destino” had its world premiere in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek (chang ky-shehk) met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan. Lyricist Lorenz Hart died in New York at age 48. In 1955, comic Shemp Howard of “Three Stooges” fame died in Hollywood at age 60. In 1967, the U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel’s right to exist. In 1977, regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis. In 1980, death claimed actress Mae West at her Hollywood residence at age 87 and former House Speaker John W. McCormack in Dedham, Mass. at age 88. In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced she would resign. In 1995, acting swiftly to boost the Balkan peace accord, the U-N Security Council suspended economic sanctions against Serbia and eased the arms embargo against the states of the former Yugoslavia. In 2004, Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev, denouncing Ukraine’s presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of their reformist candidate, Viktor Yushchenko (yoo-SHEN’-koh), who ended up winning a revote the following month. In 2005, Angela Merkel (AHN’-geh-lah MEHR’-kuhl) took power as Germany’s first female chancellor. Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News’ “Nightline.” In 2017, former sports doctor Larry Nassar, accused of molesting at least 125 girls and young women while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, pleaded guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault. Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, was convicted of genocide and other crimes by the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and sentenced to life behind bars. Ten years ago: Iran said it had begun large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack. Michael Jackson posthumously won four American Music Awards; Taylor Swift was named artist of the year; Adam Lambert’s sexually provocative performance drew complaints. Five years ago: Twelve-year-old Tamir (tuh-MEER’) Rice was shot and mortally wounded by police outside a Cleveland recreation center after brandishing what turned out to be a pellet gun. (A grand jury declined to indict either the patrolman who fired the fatal shot or a training officer.) Somalia’s extremist al-Shabab rebels attacked a bus in northern Kenya, singling out and killing 28 passengers who could not recite an Islamic creed and were assumed to be non-Muslims. One year ago: After a Thanksgiving night shooting at an Alabama shopping mall wounded two people, a responding officer shot and killed a 21-year-old black man, Emantic Bradford Jr., who police initially said had shot a teen at the mall; they later acknowledged that Bradford, who they said was fleeing the scene with a handgun, was not the triggerman. (A state investigation determined that the officer was justified in shooting Bradford because Bradford carried a weapon and appeared to pose a threat.) President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to air grievances about the courts, trade issues and migrants heading to the southern border. Spectators bundled up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York; a temperature of 21 degrees at the start of the parade made it one of the coldest Thanksgivings in the city in decades. Nissan fired chairman Carlos Ghosn (gohn), who’d led the Japanese automaker for nearly two decades, after his arrest for alleged financial improprieties. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Michael Callan is 84. Actor Allen Garfield is 80. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam is 79. Actor Tom Conti is 78. Singer Jesse Colin Young is 78. Astronaut Guion (GEYE’-uhn) Bluford is 77. International Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King is 76. Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt (a.k.a. Little Steven) is 69. Rock musician Tina Weymouth (The Heads; Talking Heads; The Tom Tom Club) is 69. Retired MLB All-Star Greg Luzinski is 69. Actress Lin Tucci is 68. Rock musician Lawrence Gowan is 63. Actor Richard Kind is 63. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 61. Alt-country singer Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) is 61. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 58. Actor Winsor Harmon is 56. Actor-turned-producer Brian Robbins is 56. Actor Stephen Geoffreys is 55. Rock musician Charlie Colin is 53. Actor Nicholas Rowe is 53. Actor Michael Kenneth Williams is 53. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 52. International Tennis Hall of Famer Boris Becker is 52. Actress Sidse (SIH’-sa) Babett Knudsen is 51. Country musician Chris Fryar (Zac Brown Band) is 49. Actor Josh Cooke is 40. Actor-singer Tyler Hilton is 36. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 35. Actor Jamie Campbell Bower is 31. Singer Candice Glover (TV: “American Idol”) is 30. Actor Alden Ehrenreich is 30. Actor Dacre Montgomery is 25. Actress Mackenzie Lintz is 23. Thought for Today: “A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures -- and that is the basis of all human morality.” -- President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
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Risks to U.S. in Korean peninsula troubles By Robert Burns Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam — Defense Secretary Mark Esper is returning from Asia with the U.S. still facing a trio of troubles on the Korean peninsula that pose risks to the national security of the U.S. and one of its most important alliances in the region. The toughest of these problems, and arguably the most consequential, is North Korea’s refusal to restart negotiations with Washington on eliminating its nuclear weapons. Esper, who was returning Thursday to Washington, has no direct role in nuclear diplomacy, but he had hoped that his decision to postpone a military flying exercise with South Korea — which North Korea had criticized as provocative —would help nudge the North back to the negotiating table. In announcing the postponement in the Thai capital last weekend, Esper called it an “act of goodwill” that would not degrade the combat readiness of U.S. and South Korean air forces. But the North quickly rejected the gesture. A senior North Korean official, Kim Yong Chol, said the U.S. must scrap the military drill completely and abandon its hostility against his country if it wants to see the resumption of the
nuclear negotiations. Esper told reporters Thursday in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, that he was disappointed by the North’s negative response. “But I don’t regret trying to take the high road, if you will, and keep the door open for peace and diplomacy,” he said. At stake is the possibility of a return to the level of tension that not long ago pushed both sides toward war. Esper himself asserted last week that when he became Army secretary in late 2017, “we were on the path to war; it was very clear to me because the Army was making preparations.” Bruce Bennett, a North Korea analyst at the RAND Corp., a federally funded think-tank, sees a dangerous diplomatic disconnect. “North Korea has been unwilling to explain what an end to ‘U.S. hostile policy’ means other than to say that the U.S. must no longer treat North Korea as an enemy,” Bennett said in an email exchange this week. “The dozens of U.S. statements saying that the United States does not seek to destroy the regime have not met this North Korean requirement.” Bennett thinks it’s possible that the North will be satisfied with nothing less than a withdrawal of all 28,500 American troops from South Korea and a dissolution of the U.S.-South Korean
defense alliance that emerged from the 195053 Korean War. North Korea has demanded that the U.S. come up by the end of this year with a mutually acceptable approach to resuming negotiations on eliminating the North’s nuclear weapons and the infrastructure that supports it. “They may move in a different direction” at that point, Esper said Thursday. “So I think we have to keep pressing forward. It’s too important not to keep trying.” Complicating that effort is a new fissure between Seoul and Washington. The Trump administration is demanding a five-fold increase in the amount Seoul pays to keep U.S. troops in the country — up from just under $1 billion this year. Esper is not leading those negotiations, but he said in Seoul last week that South Korea is wealthy enough to pay more. Shortly after that, the talks led by the State Department broke down. Seoul’s view is that Washington is making an unreasonable demand for billions more in payments. Esper dismissed reports that the U.S. is threatening a partial troop withdrawal if Seoul does not meet Washington’s payment demands. “We’re not threatening allies over this,” he said.
8 die, scores injured in violent clashes in Iraq By Samya Kullab and Murtada Faraj Associated Press
BAGHDAD— Eight people died and at least 90 were wounded on Thursday in renewed clashes in central Baghdad, in the most violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in recent days, Iraqi officials said. Separately, one policeman was killed and six others wounded when an IED exploded in northeast Baghdad, security officials said. One person was killed when security forces hurled sound bombs at crowds of protesters on the strategic Sinak bridge late Thursday, security and hospital officials said. Earlier clashes had erupted on Baghdad’s Rasheed Street, a cultural center known for its old crumbling buildings, and on the Ahrar bridge. Security forces fired live ammunition, tear gas and sound bombs to disperse dozens of protesters, causing the fatalities. Protesters have been occupying parts of Baghdad’s three main bridges — Sinak and Ahrar and Jumurhiya — leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government. Security forces are deployed on the other side to repel them from entering the area, which houses government buildings and various foreign embassies, including the United States. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Two protesters were killed when tear gas canisters struck them and one was killed by live ammunition during the clashes in Rasheed street. Four protesters were killed in fighting near Ahrar and Sinak bridges early Thursday. Fighting also resumed overnight in the Shiite
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GUATEMALA CITY — The United States has begun carrying out a landmark policy shift on asylum that’s a top priority of President Donald Trump, returning a Honduran immigrant to Guatemala to pursue his asylum case. Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the Honduran man had reached the U.S. border at El Paso, Texas, but was sent to Guatemala on Thursday. Guatemalan Interior Minister Enrique Degenhart said that more flights with returned asylum seekers are expected next week. “We are waiting for the U.S. government to tell us how many people are ready” for return, Degenhart said. Under a July agreement between the U.S. and Guatemala, asylum seekers have to file claims
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Demonstrators try to extinguish a protester who has caught fire, during clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday. Iraqi officials said several protesters were killed as heavy clashes erupt in central Baghdad.
holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, between protesters and security forces. Tents have been set up under the bridges and also on central Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protest movement, where first-aid volunteers treat those wounded by pieces of exploded tear gas cannisters and live fire. “Around 1:30 a.m., the shooting started with live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades,”
said one volunteer, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of government reprisal. The volunteer said there were deaths and several injured people with bullet wounds and breathing difficulties. In Karbala, protesters threw crudely made fire bombs, also known as Molotov cocktails, at security forces while anti-riot police responded by throwing stones at protesters.
in Guatemala rather than in the United States if they crossed through Guatemala on their way to the U.S. border. The agreement primarily affects immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador whose land routes to the U.S. border pass through Guatemala. Critics have denounced the policy as inhumane for sending asylum seekers to a country like Guatemala that is plagued by rampant violence and poverty, and there are doubts whether the country can guarantee safe conditions for the migrants. So far this year, 49,000 of Guatemala’s own citizens have been deported from the United States. The policy is one of several aggressive moves made by the Trump administration to deal with a surge in the number of immigrant families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. That includes forcing thousands of asylum seekers to wait in
dangerous Mexico border towns for their cases to play out in the U.S. courts. Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the Trump administration intends to send immigrants from El Paso and possibly other border locations to Guatemala City. He said officials in Guatemala are establishing “reception centers” staffed with asylum officers to process the immigrants returned to the Central American country. It’s unclear how many immigrants will decide to pursue asylum in Guatemala or just return to their home countries. Degenhart said migrants are asked what they want to do when they are sent back to Guatemala, and in this case, the unnamed Honduran man changed his mind. “In this case, the Honduran gentleman has asked for assistance to return to his home country,” Degenhart told reporters.
Colombia protesters hope to channel wave of discontent By Christine Armario and Cesar Garcia Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque hoped to channel Latin America’s wave of discontent as they took to the streets by the tens of thousands on Thursday with a long list of grievances, from persistent economic inequality to violence against social activists. Students, teachers and labor union organizers marched across the country in one of the nation’s biggest demonstrations in recent years, testing an unpopular government as unrest grips the region. Police estimated 207,000 people overall took part in protests in several cities. “It’s about time,” said Julio Contreras, 23, a medical student. “No more of the same — lies, corruption. We’re here to put up a fight.” The protests were largely peaceful but there were scattered confrontations between riot
Israel’s Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected his indictment on an array of corruption charges, saying the country is witnessing an “attempted coup” against him. In a defiant statement Thursday, Netanyahu said the indictment stemmed from “false accusations” and a systematically “tainted investigation.” He spoke after the attorney general announced his indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three longrunning corruption cases. Netanyahu was unable to form a government following unprecedented back-to-back elections this year, in part because of his legal woes, and a third vote could be held within months. The first-ever charges against a sitting Israeli prime minister capped a three-year investigation, with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicting Netanyahu for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. “A day in which the attorney general decides to serve an indictment against a seated prime minister for serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day, for the Israeli public and for me personally,” Mandelblit, who was appointed by Netanyahu, told reporters. The indictment does not require the 70-year-old Netanyahu to resign, but it significantly weakens him at a time when Israel’s political parties appear to be limping toward a third election in under a year.
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1st Honduran returned to Guatemala under accord By Sonia Perez D.
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police and demonstrators, who at one point tried to march along a road leading to Bogota’s international airport but were turned back with tear gas. Analysts were skeptical that the event would generate any prolonged unrest like that seen recently in Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador, noting a lack of unifying factors in a divided country that is one of the region’s stronger economic performers. “We’re not in a pre-insurrectional climate,” said Yann Basset, a professor at Bogota’s Rosario University. “I’m not sure there’s a general rejection of the political system.” The Duque government has nevertheless been on edge, deploying 170,000 officers to enforce security while closing border crossings and deporting 24 Venezuelans accused of entering the country to instigate unrest. “They are preparing as if for a war,” said Ariel Ávila, deputy director of the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation. “But it’s very
vague what they’ve shared about any potential disturbances.” Duque, who has a lackluster 26% percent approval rating, has gone on a charm offensive seeking to connect with citizens and counter erroneous claims on social media that he has proposed to raise the retirement age and reduce wages for young workers. “I’m not here to talk about a garden of roses,” he said in a radio interview. “I’m talking about a country that is recovering, an economy that is improving and is today one of the best in Latin America.” Still, many Colombians say they have plenty of reasons to be angry. Despite the previous administration’s 2016 peace accord with leftist rebels, much of Colombia is still engulfed in violence as illegal armed groups compete for territory where the state has yet to establish a presence. Dozens of indigenous and social leaders have been killed in crimes that remain largely unsolved.
Internet connectivity is trickling back in Iran after the government shut down access to the rest of the world for more than four days in response to unrest apparently triggered by a gasoline price hike. The shutdown across a nation of 80 million people was the first to effectively isolate a modern, highly developed domestic network, experts say. That makes it a milestone in efforts by authoritarian governments to censor online communications. Other governments — such as Ethiopia’s — have imposed longer internet shutdowns. And Russia is exerting more central control over its internet. But nothing to date equals Iran’s shutdown in logistical complexity, the experts say. “There is a desperate move to control all information in the country and to ensure that the government has a monopoly on information,” said Adrian Shahbaz, research director for technology and democracy at Freedom House, a watchdog group. Despite the open nature of the internet, a combination of technical measures and political pressure in repressive states can isolate large populations from free-flowing information.
Bolivia’s socialist party considers a future without Morales LA PAZ, Bolivia — After a month of deadly unrest, the political party of former Bolivian President Evo Morales appears to be positioning itself for a future without the man who led the country for 14 years. New indigenous leaders in the Movement Toward Socialism party are talking about change, a sign that they are open to the idea of contesting elections without Morales as a candidate. “We’re an organized party and we have to be revamped for the elections,” said Mónica Eva Copa, a party leader who is the new Senate president. “We’re open to change,” Copa said. Even so, there appear to be divisions in the party once led by Morales, who resigned Nov. 10 after a disputed election in October and sought asylum in Mexico. While some members say Morales should let others lead, one Movement Toward Socialism lawmaker has suggested Morales is entitled to be a candidate in any new elections. Bolivia’s interim president, Jeanine Áñez, has sent a bill on holding new elections to congress, which is dominated by the Movement Toward Socialism. — Associated Press
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Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
BANGKOK — Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, beginning a mission to boost the morale of those countries’ tiny minority Catholic communities and speak about issues of concern including human trafficking and peacemaking. He is expected to highlight his admiration in Thailand for the community’s missionary ancestors who brought the faith to this Buddhist nation centuries ago and endured bouts of persecution as recently as the 1940s. Francis was greeted by Surayud Chulanont, former prime minister and head of King Maha
Vajiralongkorn’s Privy Council. His warmest welcome, however, came from his second cousin, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, who has been a missionary in Thailand since the 1960s and will serve as his translator during his time here. On stepping down from the plane, the first thing Francis did — even before his official welcome from Surayud — was to hug his cousin. He also met about a dozen children in traditional hilltribe attire. One wearing an elaborate headdress came forward with a huge smile on her face and hugged him. He also received an artillery salute. Francis’ three-day visit to Thailand, followed by three days in Japan, will be a welcome break for the 82-year-old pope. He is enduring fresh opposition from Catholic conservatives in the U.S. over
his just-concluded meeting on the Amazon as well as a new financial scandal at home. Leaving those concerns behind, Francis will meet with Thailand’s supreme Buddhist leader, Thai authorities as well as all the Catholic bishops of Asia — a rare chance for him to address some of the major challenges facing the Catholic Church in the region and the men responsible for dealing with them. On the eve of the trip, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said interfaith relations and emphasizing the dignity of every person are likely to be raised. Francis has made the fight against human trafficking a hallmark of his papacy. He is expected to raise this issue in Thailand, which is a key transit point for
victims of human trafficking, forced labor and the sex trade. Francis is also expected to encourage the Catholic community, which represents just 0.58 percent of its 69 million people, as well as encourage the largely Buddhist country to continue welcoming migrants and showing tolerance to people of other faiths. That message is also intended to reach the country’s small Muslim community amid a persistent insurgency in the far south bordering Malaysia. Thirty-five years after St. John Paul II became the first pope to visit Thailand, Francis is marking the 350th anniversary of the creation of a stable apostolic vicariate in Thailand, then known as Siam, after Dominican missionaries first brought the faith in 1567, followed
by members of Francis’ own Jesuit order. Francis will pray at the tomb of Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, known as the Rev. Benedikto Chunkim, who became the first martyred priest of modern Thailand when he was killed in 1944. Francis is also likely to refer to seven other martyrs killed in 1940 as a nationalistic government sought to convert all Thais to Buddhists. In the morning ahead of the Pope’s arrival, members of the Catholic community continued preparations for his activities At the National Stadium, where Francis will be celebrating Mass before tens of thousands of people, students gathered with their band instruments for a costume rehearsal as their parents looked on with excitement.
month, from 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall, located on campus at 222 West Redoubt Ave., Soldotna. The Abundant Life Assembly of God church, Sterling, will be joining us in this ministry and providing a hot meal on the second Sunday of the month at 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall. The Soldotna Church of the Nazarene will offer the meal on the third Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help will offer on the fourth Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help would like to invite other churches to perhaps pick up one of the other Sunday evenings in the month. Call 262-5542.
and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or on Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon. For more information call 262-4657.
church briefs Christmas bazaar The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Annual Christmas Bazaar featuring baked goods and handcrafted items will be on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10-4 p.m. at Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 N. Forest Drive, Kenai. All proceeds will benefit local, national or international mission projects Items featured include cinnamon rolls, pies, aprons and many other handcrafted items. For more information please call 283-4153.
Clothes Quarters open Wednesdays Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555.
Kasilof Community Church food pantry Kasilof Community Church Food Pantry is every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for residents in the community who are
experiencing food shortages. The pantry is located in the church office building next to the Kasilof Mercantile, about mile 109 on the Sterling Highway. All are welcome. Non-perishable food items may be dropped at this same location Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact the church office for more information at 262-7512.
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will also discussing obstacles to relationships with grandchildren. Parents can also benefit from this series. The series is held Wednesday evenings at the Sterling Senior Citizen Center at 6 p.m. Call Dr. Roger Holl at 862-0336 for more information.
KP Young Adult Ministry meetings KP Young Adult Ministry is available at Ammo Can Coffee Thursday nights at 7 p.m. KP Young Adult Ministry is geared toward fostering the healthy Christian Community for young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 years old. For more information contact us through our Facebook Page KP Young Adult Ministry.
Awana Kids Club, hosted by Calvary Baptist Church, meets regularly on Sunday evenings at Kenai Middle School. Children 3 years old to sixth grade are invited to attend this free weekly club. Contact Pastor Jon Henry for more information at pastorjon@ calvarykenai.org.
Equipping Grandparents
Sterling Grace Community Church is presenting “Equipping Grandparents,” a series on how to be a more involved as a grandparent. The series teaches how to know your grandchild better, how to influence the lives of your grandchildren, how to speak Christ into their lives, and how to leave your spiritual legacy to them. We
Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets place at table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Soldotna continues to offer a hot meal and fellowship and blood pressure checks to anyone interested. The meal is the second, third and fourth Sunday of each
Soldotna Food Pantry open weekly The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street, and all are welcome. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
United Methodist Church food pantry The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from 12:30-3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church at 907-283-7868.
Christ Lutheran Sunday schedule Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna Sunday morning service will be starting at 11 a.m. for the winter. Submit items to news@ peninsulaclarion.com. Submissions are due the Wednesday prior to publication. For more information, call 907-283-7551.
Religious Services Assembly of God
Church of Christ
Church of Christ
Church of Christ
Soldotna Church Of Christ
Mile 1/4 Funny River Road, Soldotna
209 Princess St., Kenai 283-7752 Pastor Stephen Brown Sunday..9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.................6:30 p.m. www.kenainewlife.org
Peninsula Christian Center
161 Farnsworth Blvd (Behind the Salvation Army) Soldotna, AK 99669 Pastor Jon Watson 262-7416 Sunday ....................... 10:30 a.m. Wednesday..................6:30 p.m. www.penccalaska.org Nursery is provided
The Charis Fellowship Sterling Grace Community Church
Dr. Roger E. Holl, Pastor 907-862-0330 Meeting at the Sterling Senior Center, 34453 Sterling Highway Sunday Morning ........10:30 a.m.
262-2202 / 262-4316 Minister - Nathan Morrison Sunday Worship ........10:00 a.m. Bible Study..................11:15 a.m. Evening Worship ........ 6:00 p.m. Wed. Bible .................... 7:00 p.m.
Kenai Fellowship Mile 8.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.
Church 283-7682
Classes All Ages ........10:00 a.m. Worship Service.........11:15 a.m. Wed. Service ................ 7:00 p.m. www.kenaifellowship.org
Episcopal
50750 Kenai Spur Hwy (mile 24.5) 776-7660 Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Fellowship Meal....... 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Worship ... 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m
Nazarene
Connecting Community to Christ (907) 262-4660 229 E. Beluga Ave. soldotnanazarene.com Pastor: Dave Dial Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Dinner & Discipleship 6:00 p.m.
Funny River Community Lutheran Church
North Star United Methodist Church
Andy Carlson, Pastor Missouri Synod 35575 Rabbit Run Road off Funny River Rd. Phone 262-7434 Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. www.funnyriverlutheran.org
St. Francis By The Sea
110 S. Spruce St. at Spur Hwy. - Kenai • 283-6040 Sunday Services Worship Service.........11:00 a.m. Eucharistic Services on the 1st & 4th Sundays
283-6040
Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Mile ¼ Kenai Spur Box 568, Soldotna, AK 99669 262-4757 Pastor Meredith Harber Worship ............11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month
Sterling Lutheran Church LCMS 35100 McCall Rd. Behind Sterling Elementary School Worship: Sunday .... 11:00 a.m. Bill Hilgendorf, Pastor 907-740-3060
Non Denominational
Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Hwy, Nikiski “Whoever is thirsty, let him come”
776-8732 NSUMC@alaska.net Sunday Worship ..........9:30 a.m.
300 W. Marydale • Soldotna 262-4865 John Rysdyk - Pastor/Teacher Sunday: Morning Worship ................9:30 a.m. Sunday School....................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship ..6:00 p.m.
Star Of The North Lutheran Church L.C.M.S.
You Are Invited! Wheelchair Accessible
Lutheran
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Methodist
Dustin Atkinson, Pastor Sponsor of the Lutheran Hour 216 N. Forest Drive, Kenai 283-4153 Sunday School........ 9:30 a.m. Worship Service.........11:00 a.m.
Nikiski Church Of Christ
Catholic 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna Rev. Patrick Brosamer 262-4749 Daily Mass Tues.-Fri. .................... 12:05 p.m. Saturday Mass ........... 4:30 p.m. Reconciliation Saturday................3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Sunday Mass .............. 9:30 a.m.
Mile 91.7 Sterling Hwy. 262-5577 Minister Tony Cloud Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ....... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m
Lutheran
Southern Baptist Non Denominational Kalifonsky Christian Center
Mile 17 K-Beach Rd. 283-9452 Pastor Steve Toliver Pastor Charles Pribbenow Sunday Worship .......10:30 a.m. Youth Group Wed. ..... 7:00 p.m. Passion for Jesus Compassion for Others
Kenai Bible Church
604 Main St. 283-7821 Pastor Vance Wonser Sunday School..............9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service .... 6:30 p.m.
North Kenai Chapel Pastor Wayne Coggins 776-8797 Mile 29 Kenai Spur Hwy
Sunday Worship...................10:30 am Wed. Share-a-Dish/Video.....6:30 pm
College Heights Baptist Church
44440 K-Beach Road Pastor: Scott Coffman Associate Pastor: Jonah Huckaby 262-3220 www.collegeheightsbc.com
Sunday School .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Morn. Worship .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening - Home Groups. Nursery provided
First Baptist Church of Kenai
12815 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai 283-7672 Sunday School..............9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ......10:45 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer ..... 6:30 p.m.
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Garrett’s severe suspension upheld CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett’s goal was to be NFL’s top defensive player this season. He won’t finish it. Garrett’s indefinite suspension for smashing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with a helmet was upheld Thursday by an appeals officer who decided the severe penalty on the Cleveland Browns star defensive end is fair. One of the league’s most dominant edge rushers, Garrett is banned for the final six regularseason games and playoffs — if Cleveland qualifies — for pulling off Rudolph’s helmet and cracking him with it in the closing seconds of the Browns’ 21-7 win over their AFC North rival last week. On Wednesday, Garrett attended his appeals hearing in New York
and made his case to former player James Thrash for a reduction of his penalty, which will damage Cleveland’s season and stain the 24-yearold’s budding career. Thrash didn’t find enough compelling evidence to lessen Garrett’s punishment, which will keep him off the field until 2020 — at the earliest. As part of his historic suspension for using his helmet “as a weapon,” Garrett must also meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell’s office before he can be reinstated. He’s been fined $45,623. Appeals officer Derrick Brooks, a Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker, did reduce the suspension for Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey from three games to two for punching and kicking Garrett following the shocking assault on
Rudolph, who earlier this week said he “should have done a better job keeping my composure in that situation.” Brooks also upheld a $35,096 fine for Pouncey, who will miss the Steelers’ rematch with the Browns on Dec. 1 at Heinz Field, where the atmosphere is intense for every game between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Garrett’s violent act — he pulled Rudolph’s helmet off and clobbered him with it — on national TV and its aftermath have been a dominant topic since it happened. The story took a new twist when ESPN, using anonymous sources, first reported that Garrett told the league during his meeting with Thrash that Rudolph used a racial slur just before the brawl erupted.
Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten said Rudolph “vehemently denies” the report. Rudolph had been scheduled to speak to reporters after practice but declined shortly after the report surfaced. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league investigated Garrett’s claim and “found no such evidence.” Garrett stood by his claims about Rudolph in a posting on his Twitter account. “I was assured that the hearing was space that afforded the opportunity to speak openly and honestly about the incident that led to my suspension,” he wrote. “This was not meant for public dissemination, nor was it a convenient attempt to justify my actions or restore my image in the eyes of those I disappointed.”
PELICANS 124, SUNS 121 PHOENIX — Brandon Ingram scored 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and JJ Redick scored 26 points, leading New Orleans to its third straight win. Jrue Holiday had 23 points and nine assists for the Pelicans, and E’Twaun Moore added a season-high 19 points. Kelly Oubre Jr. led Phoenix with 25 points in its third consecutive loss. Devin Booker had 19 for the shorthanded Suns, who were without starting center Aron Baynes and starting point guard Ricky Rubio.
As the leading team atop the North American Hockey League Midwest Division and the club with the current longest win streak, the Kenai River Brown Bears have a lot to smile about, but Bears head coach Kevin Murdock isn’t content to sit back on the team’s laurels just yet. The Bears ran their win streak to eight games Thursday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex with a 5-3 win over the division rival Fairbanks Ice Dogs, pushing their division lead to four points. The Bears (15-5-1-2) lead the way with 33 points, four up on the Ice Dogs (14-7-0-1), and tied for second-best in the league. While happy to walk away with the victory over their in-state rivals, Murdock said the Bears still had lapses in focus after getting off to a
fast start. “We were fortunate to do that,” Murdock said. “I think we got off to a quick start and kind of woke them up a little bit, and took our foot off the gas a little.” The eight-game win streak is the second-longest in the NAHL this year, only behind the 10-game run that New Jersey Titans had earlier this year. The Bismarck Bobcats are currently on a run of 12 wins in 13 games, with streaks of six and seven games sandwiched around an overtime loss. Wasilla product Porter Schachle scored twice, including the second goal of the game just 5 1/2 minutes in, while goalie Landon Pavlisin warded off 34 of 37 shots. Schachle said Murdock and the coaching staff has been working hard to keep the team level-headed amid a win streak. “They never give us a day off, they never let us get complacent,”
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Schachle said. “It helps us to be better, never thinking that we’ve got this. We always play to win until the game’s over.” Fairbanks won the shots battle 15-8 in the second period as the Bears clung to a precarious 3-2 lead, and the Ice Dogs tallied two goals on the power play, giving Murdock something to work on with the club. “There were big stretches of the game where we got outplayed,” Murdock said. “We were opportunistic in scoring goals.” Murdock praised Pavlisin for playing strong in net on a night that included a handful of pipe shots and glove saves. Fairbanks was the last remaining division opponent that the Bears had yet to play, and Murdock said with a chance to see everybody now, the team has a full notebook to work with and get better.
Fairbanks Ice Dogs defenseman Jasper Lester and Kenai River Brown Bears forward Porter Schachle battle along the boards Thursday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
By Joey Klecka
Out of the Office
here’s something about big moments and important games that I just can’t get enough of. As a sportswriter, it’s naturally in my DNA to salivate over the thought of a pound-forpound matchup between two teams with everything to play for. One team the attacker, the other the defender. Or maybe it’s the classic tale of an immovable object against an irresistible force. One team known for shredding defenses, now faced with trying to solve an opponent with a lockdown defense. Juicy matchups that test a strength or weakness of both sides. As a sports reporter on the Kenai Peninsula for going on eight years now, I’ve seen my share of big moments. From Allie Ostrander racing against history, to the Soldotna football team trying to break history. That’s not to say it’s all glorious. There are certainly times when the harsh realities of the job set in. Standing in a cold spring shower for nearly four hours watching high school soccer isn’t my idea of a fun time (although I hear it builds character). Doing so for a regular season game in April with the region and state championships still weeks away doesn’t seem all that important. But when there’s a championship on the line, my attention is pegged. There’s just something about seeing countless hours of practice and gym time pay off with the championship prize. Last Saturday, watching not one, but two peninsula teams duke it out for a Class 3A state volleyball championship, which pitted Homer and Kenai Central, a rematch of the region final one week earlier. For a reporter, it didn’t get any better, because I was guaranteed at least one victorious interview — although, frankly, I don’t look forward to having to catch the coach of the losing team, fresh out of the locker room, to ask about losing the big game. When the Mariners reached match point, there was a palpable tension in the air as one side of the vast arena held their collective breaths waiting for Homer to score it, while the other side hunkered down and prayed Kenai Central would stave them off one more time. When the last point was scored, the players clad in navy blue and white let out shrieks of joy, as the Homer Mariners emerged as state champions and the celebration was on, whilst I frantically tried to capture the scene. Having never experienced the pure joy of celebrating a season’s worth of hard work pay off with a championship victory, it makes sense that my heart gets racing alongside the teams I cover when they finally reach that pinnacle of achievement. The title also had a feeling of added satisfaction for championship-starved Homer fans, who
Bucks blast Blazers By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had his second triple-double of the season and the Milwaukee Bucks beat Carmelo Anthony and the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 137-129 on Thursday night. Antetokounmpo had 24 points, 19 rebounds and a career-high 15 assists to lead the Bucks to their sixth straight victory. Antetokounmpo, who also had a triple-double in the season opener, has 16 career triple-doubles. Milwaukee is 14-2 in those games. Eric Bledsoe added 30 points and six assists in the Bucks’ highest-scoring game of the season. After scoring 10 points on 4-of-14 shooting in 24 minutes in his season debut Tuesday night against the Pelicans, Anthony had 10 points in the first half Thursday. The 10-time All-Star finished with 18 points (6-of15 shooting) and seven rebounds for the Blazers, who were without Hassan Whiteside (hip), Damian Lillard (back), Zach Collins (shoulder) and Jusuf Nurkic (leg).
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he Swan Lake Fire was reported at 6:52 p.m. on June 5. Over the next 145 days, more than than 3,000 firefighters and support personnel were assigned to the fire, which grew to over 167,000 acres. Those who live on the Kenai Peninsula realize Swan Lake is not the first large fire to occur recently in this boreal forest. Just three years ago, the human-caused 8,800-acre Card Street Fire started in the community of Sterling. Also burned in memory is the 2014 Funny
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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge River Fire, which grew to over 196,000 acres before typical wet summer weather set in. Both fires spread rapidly despite aggressive initial suppression actions. These three fires all shared things in common: they spread primarily through mature stands of black spruce, actions were taken to protect nearby life and property, and they intersected vegetation treatments
intended to reduce the overall fuel flammability while providing firefighters a safer place to work. Black spruce, which forms continuous stands in forests of Southcentral Alaska, is a fire-adapted species that typically burns every 50 to 150 years. Fire causes black spruce cones to release their seeds. Nourished by nutrientrich soil, the seedlings will grow to maturity in another 50 years or so, then the cycle continues with the next See refuge, Page A10
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Johnson ready to move on with life CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson handed out mini bottles of Patron at his retirement announcement — so perfectly on brand for the cool Californian who stormed to a record-tying seven NASCAR championships yet somehow bored fans who found him too vanilla for their liking. Nothing about Johnson was ever boring, though. Certainly not as the unknown Xfinity Series driver in 2000 who slammed headfirst into a foam wall at Watkins Glen, climbed from the wreckage and raised his arms in triumph from the roof of his car. Or the time he tried to prove he could surf on top of a moving golf cart, only to fall and break his wrist weeks after winning his first championship. Horseplay at The Palms Casino with crew chief Chad Knaus after title No. 4 left both scrambling on the floor searching for a misplaced championship ring. Now 44, Johnson has made friends with celebrities from practically every industry — musicians, actors, athletes, artists — and is legendary for a work hard, play hard mantra. His love of tequila is wellknown, and the bottles celebrating him Thursday were a nod to the seven Patron toasts he did with his team during every championship celebration. His work ethic made him the best NASCAR driver of much of the last two decades, and his desire to play a bit more certainly
led to his decision to retire after the 2020 season. He said Thursday he made the decision earlier this fall and was at peace with it. He said he is committed to chasing a record eighth championship next year — but ready to take a break and spend more time with his family. “This is not a retirement from driving race cars, this is slowing down from 38 races,” Johnson said, noting the length of the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. “A little more balance is really where that sits. This is not retirement from racing, this is stepping down for the 38 races and the commitment it takes to being competitive. I look forward to what might develop. I feel like I need to take a deep breath and see what comes from there, put my family first instead of racing first and see where that takes us.” Making his 19th season the last one as a full-time racer was a decision Johnson has pondered for much of the year. He’s a planner, a processor, and wanted to figure out his plans by the end of this season. He visited team owner Rick Hendrick in late October — “every time one of these drivers calls me and wants to come to my house, I know that’s not a good situation,” Hendrick quipped — and discussed his decision with Jeff Gordon, the four-time champion who believed enough in Johnson to convince Hendrick to build a team around the unknown driver all those years ago.
Texans top Colts, move into 1st place HOUSTON (AP) — Determined to bounce back from an embarrassing loss, the Houston Texans used big performances from Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins and solid defense to beat the Indianapolis Colts and move into first place in the AFC South. Watson threw two touchdown passes to Hopkins and finished with 298 yards to help the Texans to the 20-17 win Thursday night. The Texans (7-4), who were routed by Baltimore 41-7 on Sunday, trailed by four early in the fourth quarter when Hopkins got in front of Pierre Desir and stretched out to haul in a 30-yard reception for a 20-17 lead. The Texans got things going on that drive with a 33-yard run by Carlos Hyde. “It was a good team win,” coach Bill O’Brien said. “Guys came in here on Monday to turn the page and were very focused ... this week and it showed up on the field.” Houston’s defense stepped up after the touchdown by Hopkins, forcing a punt on the next drive before stopping the Colts (6-5) on fourth-and-7 with 3 minutes left. Jacoby
Brissett threw for 129 yards, and came up a yard shy of a first down on Indy’s fourthdown attempt late in the fourth quarter. “There’s still plenty of football left, and we’re far from out of this thing,” Colts coach Frank Reich said. “This was a playoff atmosphere. Obviously, it was a good opportunity for us to take sole possession and have a sweep of Houston, but it didn’t work out that way.” Hopkins finished with 94 yards receiving and his first TD reception came on a 35-yard grab in the second quarter. Will Fuller, who returned after sitting out three games with a hamstring injury, had seven catches for 140 yards for the Texans. “Anytime we have a healthy Will ... he’s been a very productive guy,” O’Brien said. “He’s made chunk plays for us, touchdowns, and he’s a great player. And when we get him as a part of our offense it really helps us and it opens up a lot of different things.” Watson was able to complete several long throws on Thursday includ-
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CIA, Ninilchik fall on 1st day of tourney Staff report Peninsula Clarion
Host Cook Inlet Academy and Ninilchik both lost on the first day of the Borealis Conference volleyball tournament Thursday. The Eagles, the No. 7 seed, lost 25-9, 25-10 and 25-8 to No. 2 seed Susitna Valley. The Wolverines, the No. 6 seed, lost 25-8, 25-12 and 25-3 to No. 3 seed Cordova. In other matches, No. 4 seed Birchwood Christian
defeated No. 5 seed Lumen 25-23, 25-15 and 25-18. Birchwood then lost 25-19, 25-11 and 25-7 to top seed Unalaska. Today, Ninilchik and CIA play in a loser-out game at 2:30 p.m., while Lumen and Birchwood play in a loserout game at 4 p.m. In the winners bracket, Cordova and Su-Valley play at 1 p.m. to advance to a 7 p.m. match against Unalaska. The Cordova-Su-Valley loser plays the CIA-Ninilchik winner at 5:30 p.m.
The Kenai River Brown Bears celebrate the first-period goal of Logan Ritchie (far left) on Thursday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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“We’ve got to tighten up after that,” he said. “Hopefully be better prepared for tomorrow. This gives us an idea of where we have to get to keep going.” The third-best offense in the league entering Thursday got things started quick with two goals in the first 5 1/2 minutes. The Bears took a 1-0 lead just 75 seconds in as Zach Krajnik brought the puck into the crease and Logan Ritchie deposited the rebound into the netting. Kenai River went up 2-0 at the 5:26 mark of the first with a goal by Schachle. Schachle collected the puck from Ryan Reid between the circles and drove the net to score. “We came out and knew
that Fairbanks is a good team, disciplined and they never beat themselves,” Schachle said. “Overall, I think we were able to capitalize on our opportunities.” Oliver Kjaer got one back for Fairbanks with a powerplay strike midway through the first. The Bears defense continued to hold up in the second frame and the hard work paid off late in the going with a short-handed goal from Trey LaBarge, who took off immediately after a Fairbanks line change and deposited a sterling shot high into the net. The 3-1 lead lasted just 15 seconds, however, as the Ice Dogs quickly made the power play worth their while with a goal from Luke CiolliArmy, who got his stick in amid a scrum at the goal to kick the puck in. Theo Thrun, the league’s
“We came out and knew that Fairbanks is a good team, disciplined and they never beat themselves.” fourth-best scorer, continued his offensive ways early in the third period with a shot from distance to put Kenai River ahead 4-2. Perhaps the biggest moment of the night, however, came with 13:25 to play when the Ice Dogs were awarded a penalty shot for a Bears defender covering the puck in the crease. The penalty goal could have cut the gap to one, but Mason Plante’s attempt to swing the puck around Pavlisin went wide, keeping a two-score game. Schachle tallied his second
goal of the night with an empty-netter with 1:53 left. Thursday At the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Brown Bears 5, Ice Dogs 3 Fairbanks 1 1 1 —3 Kenai River 2 1 2 —5 1st period — 1. Kenai River, Ritchie (Krajnik, Weeks), 1:15; 2. Kenai River, Schachle (Morgan, Hadfield), 5:29; 3. Fairbanks, Kjaer (Brown, Garby), PP, 8:39. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Fairbanks 1 for 2:00. 2nd period — 4. Kenai River, LaBarge (Poellinger), SH, 18:01; 5. Fairbanks, Ciolli (Johnston, Erkkila), PP, 18:16. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Fairbanks 1 for 2:00. 3rd period — 6. Kenai River, Thrun (Krajnik, McCollum), PP, 6:14; 7. Kenai River, Schachle (unassisted), EN, 18:07; 8. Fairbanks, Deweese (Braslavski, Butler), 19:52. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Fairbanks 3 for 6:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 10-8-14—32; Fairbanks 10-15-12—37. Goalies — Kenai River, Pavlisin (37 shots, 34 saves); Fairbanks, Sholl (31 shots, 27 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 1 for 5; Fairbanks 2 for 5.
scoreboard Football NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 1 0 .900 287 108 Buffalo 7 3 0 .700 211 170 N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 164 255 Miami 2 8 0 .200 139 305 South Houston 7 4 0 .636 265 249 Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 244 226 Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197 Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 189 222 North Baltimore 8 2 0 .800 341 196 Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 200 202 Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 228 Cincinnati 0 10 0 .000 147 276 West Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 308 256 Oakland 6 4 0 .600 225 250 L.A. Chargers 4 7 0 .364 224 218 Denver 3 7 0 .300 172 197 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas 6 4 0 .600 286 197 Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 234 230 N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 Washington 1 9 0 .100 125 253 South New Orleans 8 2 0 .800 238 199 Carolina 5 5 0 .500 228 257 Atlanta 3 7 0 .300 220 262 Tampa Bay 3 7 0 .300 277 313 North Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 Minnesota 8 3 0 .727 289 205 Chicago 4 6 0 .400 169 174 Detroit 3 6 1 .350 244 272 West San Francisco 9 1 0 .900 295 155 Seattle 8 2 0 .800 275 254 L.A. Rams 6 4 0 .600 243 198 Arizona 3 7 1 .318 248 317 Thursday’s Games Houston 20, Indianapolis 17 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 9 a.m. Miami at Cleveland, 9 a.m. Seattle at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 9 a.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 9 a.m. Denver at Buffalo, 9 a.m. Detroit at Washington, 9 a.m. Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 9 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 9 a.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 12:05 p.m. Dallas at New England, 12:25 p.m. Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:20 p.m. Open: Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas City, L.A. Chargers Monday’s Games Baltimore at L.A. Rams, 4:15 p.m. All Times AKST
Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 11 3 .786 — Toronto 10 4 .714 1 Philadelphia 9 5 .643 2 Brooklyn 6 8 .429 5 New York 4 11 .267 7½ Southeast Division Miami 10 3 .769 — Orlando 6 8 .429 4½ Charlotte 6 9 .400 5 Washington 4 8 .333 5½ Atlanta 4 10 .286 6½ Central Division Milwaukee 12 3 .800 — Indiana 8 6 .571 3½ Chicago 5 10 .333 7 Cleveland 4 10 .286 7½ Detroit 4 10 .286 7½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 11 4 .733 — Dallas 9 5 .643 1½ New Orleans 6 9 .400 5 Memphis 5 9 .357 5½ San Antonio 5 10 .333 6 Northwest Division Denver 10 3 .769 — Utah 9 5 .643 1½ Minnesota 8 7 .533 3 Oklahoma City 5 9 .357 5½ Portland 5 11 .313 6½ Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 12 2 .857 — L.A. Clippers 10 5 .667 2½
Phoenix Sacramento Golden State
7 7 .500 5 6 7 .462 5½ 3 13 .188 10
Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 137, Portland 129 New Orleans 124, Phoenix 121 Friday’s Games Atlanta at Detroit, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Washington, 3 p.m. Sacramento at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Denver, 5 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 5 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Phoenix at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Orlando at Indiana, 3 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. San Antonio at New York, 3:30 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 4 p.m. Portland at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 5 p.m. All Times AKST
Men’s Scores
EAST Colgate 89, SUNY-Cortland 50 Florida 70, Saint Joseph’s 62 Hartford 78, Emerson 63 Marshall 91, Howard 63 Pittsburgh 66, Ark.-Pine Bluff 41 St. Francis Brooklyn 122, Medgar Evers College 58 UConn 79, Buffalo 68 Xavier 73, Towson 51 SOUTH Alcorn St. 92, Our Lady of the Lake 56 Appalachian St. 64, Charlotte 55 Clemson 87, Alabama A&M 51 Coastal Carolina 79, Utah 57 Hampton 93, Regent University 50 Miami 74, Missouri St. 70 Mississippi St. 80, Tulane 66 NC Central 68, Bluefield State 44 South Florida 69, Wofford 55 Tennessee Tech 61, Winthrop 58 UNC-Asheville 105, St. Andrews 69 Villanova 98, Middle Tennessee 69 W. Carolina 96, Jacksonville 94, 2OT MIDWEST Akron 82, Youngstown St. 60 Drake 74, Lehigh 58 Duquesne 74, Indiana St. 71 Ill.-Chicago 72, Robert Morris 62 Iowa 83, North Florida 68 Kent St. 89, Concord (WV) 59 Minnesota 82, Cent. Michigan 57 Notre Dame 64, Toledo 62, OT Wisconsin 88, Green Bay 70 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 90, Champion Christian College 58 Baylor 76, Ohio 53 Georgetown 82, Texas 66 Oklahoma 91, Md.-Eastern Shore 64 TCU 59, UC Irvine 58 Texas Tech 72, Tennessee St. 57 FAR WEST Arizona 71, S. Dakota St. 64 Duke 87, California 52 Lamar 74, Utah Valley 68 Loyola Marymount 78, Air Force 64 Nebraska-Omaha 85, Washington St. 77 New Mexico 78, New Mexico St. 77 Stanford 81, William & Mary 50 UC Riverside 76, Redlands 44 Wyoming 69, Louisiana-Lafayette 61, OT
Women’s Scores EAST Binghamton 75, Delaware St. 66 Boston College 66, Rhode Island 55 Cornell 82, Niagara 59 James Madison 66, Georgetown 59 Morgan St. 57, Marshall 52 Penn St. 68, Clemson 55 Stony Brook 59, Iona 40 UMass 95, Brown 42 Villanova 63, Manhattan 51 West Virginia 82, Coppin St. 47 Yale 67, Mass.-Lowell 59 SOUTH Alabama 74, South Alabama 62 Alcorn St. 62, Tennessee St. 57 Austin Peay 80, Evansville 64 Duke 85, Idaho St. 66 FAU 79, UALR 72 George Mason 73, American U. 55 Georgia 76, Mercer 60 Kentucky 79, Morehead St. 54
Louisiana-Lafayette 65, New Orleans 60 Louisville 86, Chattanooga 37 Middle Tennessee 64, Tennessee Tech 58 Mississippi St. 92, Jackson St. 53 N. Kentucky 57, Nebraska-Omaha 40 Radford 67, ETSU 43 South Carolina 112, SC-Upstate 32 UAB 80, Auburn 75 UNC-Greensboro 58, Liberty 53 UT Martin 80, Samford 75 MIDWEST Cent. Michigan 81, Dayton 80 Illinois 65, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50 Northwestern 69, Valparaiso 48 Ohio St. 75, Kent St. 65 S. Dakota St. 60, Montana St. 50 SE Missouri 58, Purdue Fort Wayne 48 South Dakota 72, Missouri 56 SOUTHWEST Baylor 90, Lamar 28 Tulsa 67, Oral Roberts 65 FAR WEST BYU 71, Fresno St. 65 CS Northridge 73, Portland 64 California 74, San Diego St. 48 California Baptist 98, N. Arizona 79 Denver 89, Colorado Christian 49 Oregon St. 95, S. Utah 45 Pacific 76, Weber St. 53 San Jose St. 95, Buffalo 88 UC Riverside 67, Utah Valley 53
Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 22 14 3 5 33 78 56 Florida 22 12 5 5 29 84 80 Montreal 22 11 6 5 27 75 69 Toronto 24 10 10 4 24 76 82 Buffalo 22 10 9 3 23 62 66 Tampa Bay 19 10 7 2 22 69 64 Ottawa 22 10 11 1 21 61 70 Detroit 24 7 14 3 17 58 91 Metropolitan Division Washington 24 16 4 4 36 90 73 N.Y. Islanders 20 16 3 1 33 67 49 Carolina 22 13 8 1 27 77 66 Philadelphia 22 11 7 4 26 68 68 Pittsburgh 22 11 7 4 26 74 59 Columbus 21 9 8 4 22 55 69 N.Y. Rangers 19 9 8 2 20 64 67 New Jersey 20 7 9 4 18 51 74 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 23 14 4 5 33 70 62 Colorado 22 13 7 2 28 78 64 Dallas 23 13 8 2 28 66 56 Winnipeg 23 13 9 1 27 64 70 Chicago 22 9 9 4 22 65 67 Nashville 21 9 9 3 21 74 74 Minnesota 22 9 11 2 20 60 72 Pacific Division Edmonton 24 14 7 3 31 77 68 Arizona 23 13 8 2 28 65 52 Vancouver 23 11 8 4 26 76 68 Vegas 24 11 9 4 26 73 69 San Jose 23 11 11 1 23 67 79 Anaheim 23 10 10 3 23 63 69 Calgary 25 10 12 3 23 62 78 Los Angeles 22 9 12 1 19 58 76 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Thursday’s Games Boston 3, Buffalo 2 Columbus 5, Detroit 4 N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Philadelphia 5, Carolina 3 Florida 5, Anaheim 4, OT Vancouver 6, Nashville 3 St. Louis 5, Calgary 0 Minnesota 3, Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 2 Dallas 5, Winnipeg 3 Toronto 3, Arizona 1 San Jose 2, Vegas 1, OT Los Angeles 5, Edmonton 1 Friday’s Games New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Vancouver at Washington, 8:30 a.m. Calgary at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, noon Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 3 p.m. Detroit at New Jersey, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 3 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 3 p.m. Toronto at Colorado, 3 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 4 p.m.
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BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Announced that the owners of the Major League Clubs unanimously approved the ownership group of the Kansas City Royals, led by John Sherman and partners. Approved the designation of Greg Johnson as the control person of the San Francisco Giants. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Eve Rosenbaum director of baseball development. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with C Yasmani Grandal on a four-year contract. Designated OF Daniel Palka for assignment. National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Joe Dillon hitting coach. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Released OT Dan Skipper. HOUSTON TEXANS — Activated TE Jordan Thomas from reserve/injured list. Signed S Jonathan Owens from the practice squad. Waived DE Joel Heath and WR Steven Mitchell Jr. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Tashawn Bower to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed F Kevin Rooney on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 13. American Hockey League MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Suspended D Josh Healey three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a Nov. 19 game at Iowa. PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Siged G Brandon Halverson to a tryout contract. ECHL READING ROYALS— Agreed to terms with F Marly Quince. Announced F Steven Swavely was recalled by Lehigh Valley (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED — Exercised contract options on D Leandro Gonzalez Pirez and Ms Mo Adams, Andrew Carleton and Julian Gressel. Declined contract options for Ds Jose Hernandez and Florentin Pogba; Ms Chris Goslin and Justin Meram; and Forward Patrick Okonkwo. LA FOOTBALL CLUB — Exercised 2020 contract options on Ds Tristan Blackmon and Mohamed ElMunir, and Fs Adrien Perez and Josh Pérez. Declined the options on Ds Lamar Batista and Dejan Jakovi and Ms Javier Perez and Peter-Lee Vassell. LA GALAXY — Exercised contract options on G Justin Vom Steeg, D Rolf Feltscher, M Emil Cuello and F Cristian Pavon. Declined contract options for Ds Diego Polenta, Tomas Hilliard-Arce and Hugo Arellano; Ms Favio Alvarez, Juninho, Joao Pedro and Servando Carrasco; and G Matt Lampson. Announced the retirement of M Chris Pontius. MINNESOTA UNITED — Re-signed Ike Opara and Michael Boxall to multi-season contracts. Picked up the options for Hassani Dotson, Ethan Finlay, Chase Gasper, Marlon Hairston, Kevin Molino and Wyatt Omsberg. Declined the options for Lawrence Olum and Miguel Ibarra. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Exercised the contract options on Isaac Angking, Teal Bunbury, Luis Caicedo, Antonio Delamea, Diego Fagundez, Andrew Farrell, Cristian Penilla and Wilfried Zahibo. Declined contract options for Juan Agudelo, Juan Fernando Caicedo, Edgar Castillo, Michael Mancienne and Brian Wright. NEW YORK CITY FC — Announced the resignation of sporting director Claudio Reyna to take a position with Austin FC. Promoted technical director David Lee to sporting director. NEW YORK RED BULLS — Exercised contract options on G Ryan Meara; Ds Rece Buckmaster, Kyle Duncan, Michael Amir Murillo, Sean Nealis and Amro Tarek; Ms Cristian Casseres Jr. and Florian Valot; and Fs Tom Barlow and Brian White. Declined contract options for Gs Luis Robles and Evan Louro; and Ms Vincent Bezecourt, Marcus Epps, Derrick Etienne Jr. and Jean-Christophe Koffi, and G Evan Louro. PORTLAND TIMBERS — Declined contract options for M Diego Valeri, G Kendall McIntosh, D Modou Jadama and F Foster Langsdorf. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Exercised contract options on G Matt Bersano, D Paul Marie and M Jackson Yueill. Declined contract options for Ds Francois Affolter, Jimmy Ockford and Kevin Partida. SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Exercised contract options on G Eric Dick, D Graham Smith and Fs Gerso Fernandes, Erik Hurtado and Daniel Salloi. Declined contract options for D Seth Sinovic and Ms Benny Feilhaber and Gedion Zelalem. United Soccer League USL — Announced today that TFA Willamette will join USL League Two for the 2020 season.
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Islanders nip Pens Office NEW YORK (AP) — Brock Nelson scored his second goal of the game 4:16 into overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday night to extend their point streak to a franchise-record 16 games.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, COYOTES 1 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sheldon Keefe won his coaching debut with Toronto, and the Maple Leafs stopped a sixgame slide.
PANTHERS 5, DUCKS 4, OT SUNRISE, Fla. — Aaron Ekblad scored his second goal of the game 22 seconds into overtime, and the Panthers rallied with five straight goals.
Toffoli had two goals and an assist to lead the Kings to the victory.
BRUINS 3, SABRES 2 BOSTON — David Pastrnak got his NHLleading 20th goal, helping Boston to the victory.
WILD 3, AVALANCHE 2 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason Zucker scored midway through the third period, and the Wild won consecutive games for the second time this season.
BLUES 5, FLAMES 0 ST. LOUIS — St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped 40 shots for his sixth career shutout, and Oskar Sundqvist scored twice.
CANUCKS 6, PREDATORS 3
LIGHTNING 4, BLACKHAWKS 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bo Horvat scored one of Vancouver’s five powerplay goals, and the Canucks stopped a three-game slide.
CHICAGO — Anthony Cirelli and Brayden Point scored 2:39 apart midway through the third period, and Tampa Bay earned its eighth consecutive victory against Chicago.
STARS 5, JETS 3
BLUE JACKETS 5, DALLAS — Jamie Benn RED WINGS 4
scored with 4:21 left, and the rolling Stars got the win after they blew a three-goal lead.
SHARKS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1, OT LAS VEGAS — San Jose’s Logan Couture scored 3:20 into overtime, and Aaron Dell made 37 saves.
KINGS 5, OILERS 1 LOS ANGELES — Tyler
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oliver Bjorkstrand, Boone Jenner and Eric Robinson scored in the third period, powering Columbus to its third straight win.
FLYERS 5, HURRICANES 3
RALEIGH, N.C. — Claude Giroux had two goals and two assists, helping the Flyers stop a fourgame slide.
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lightning strike and gust of wind. There are approximately 175 miles of wildland-urban interface on the Kenai Peninsula, primarily along the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge border. What this means is that many wildfires on the refuge may be in proximity to values such as private property, infrastructure or recreational facilities. Accordingly, most fires are managed in a way that their spread toward values is contained, either with direct suppression actions or by using natural or man-made barriers. Fires closest to values are fully suppressed when possible. Direct actions were taken early on in the Swan Lake fire to contain spread south toward the Sterling Highway. When these became unsafe and ineffective due to intense fire
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have seen both their football and hockey teams come oh-so-close to winning state crowns in their respective seasons over the past two years. I was also there when Homer football literally came within a yard of winning the 2017 Division III championship, when no timeouts left Homer out of chances to install another play against Barrow. I was also there when Homer was cruelly denied the 2019 small-schools state hockey title, when the Mariners conducted a wild rally to take a short-lived lead in the final 90 seconds of the championship game. The Homer bench, which had erupted into mass delirium just moments earlier, was suddenly silenced as their foes Palmer tied it up with 34 seconds left. Palmer ultimately won in in overtime, and it capped what is probably the largest swing of emotion I’ve seen or felt. The aforementioned SoHi football team carried a
59-game win streak into the 2018 season opener at home. With the West Eagles bearing down on the end zone with the final seconds ticking off the game clock, I stood on the sidelines of the west end zone, anticipating something big would happen — either West would score and put an end to The Streak, or the Stars would pull off a goal-line stand and miraculously keep it alive. I watched as an Eagles running back plunged into the end zone at the buzzer, snapping the streak on the spot. The West sideline erupted into a frenzy, while the SoHi stands conveyed an eerie, unfamiliar sense of shock. I tried to capture that moment, take a mental photograph, that few can say they have. Baseball in particular is a sport that thrives off moments, one single play that can change a program. In a sport that doesn’t use a game clock, teams are required to record 27 outs (or more for extra innings) to win. Doesn’t matter if the lead is 10 runs or 15 or 20, as long as the opposition can keep
putting runners on base and bringing them home before the last out, the result is always in question. It explains my hushed excitement in watching the 2016 American Legion Twins hang on by the scruffs of their necks for the Alaska state baseball title. The team squandered a late lead before wrestling it back in the bottom of the eighth inning in dramatic fashion. But unlike a football team that takes a lead and does everything in its power to sit on it and drain the clock, a baseball team must be precise and mistake-free in getting the last three outs. The Twins put the tying run on base that day, and one swing of the bat could’ve lost them the game, but they held on in a gutsy effort, resulting in a chaotic and celebratory scene on field. Then there are not teams or moments, but individual athletes like Ostrander, whose storied career I had the privilege of covering almost from day one. I retraced my memory to the first time the peninsula phenom left me in a state of shock.
Nikiski High School’s track on a cool, overcast day in April 2013. Ostrander blitzed the field on the cold, hard track in the 3,200 meters, posting an unofficial state record that crushed the previous mark, and it was my honor to inform the public of just why that was a big deal. Since then, Ostrander has made a habit of surprising us to the point where we expect greatness every time she steps onto a track, cross-country course or the start line for Mt. Marathon Race in Seward. Having been there since before the days she gained national attention has made this mildmannered reporter proud to follow her remarkable progress to the current day. Moments like that are what make my job great. I admit I am often a slave to the moment, as it often takes some historical perspective to let a win or accomplishment set in, but there’s nothing stopping me from soaking it all in. I don’t know when the next big moment will come, but I hope I’m there to enjoy it.
MLB widens probe into sign stealing ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball has widened its investigation of alleged sign stealing by the Houston Astros and will probe activity by the team over the past three seasons. After the conclusion of owners meetings Thursday, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB will “investigate the Astros situation as thoroughly as humanly possible.” The probe includes the
behavior, firefighters retreated to dozer lines north of the highway to conduct a burn-out operation to halt the fire’s spread to the south. Fire progression through mature spruce stands southwest toward Sterling, on the other hand, was successfully stopped using burnout operations from pre-existing fuel breaks and natural features. Fire spread to the northeast away from private property was not contained but held up in drainages and along the Enstar Pipeline right-of-way. Spread to the east was anticipated to be stopped by less flammable vegetation at higher elevations such as alder, lichens and dwarf shrub, which typically act as barriers to fire spread. When stands of hemlock and mixed spruce in the mountain drainages began to carry fire, hotshot crews conducted direct suppression actions in the Mystery Creek drainage. The area north of the Sterling Highway above Upper Jean Lake
team’s firing of an assistant general manager during the World Series for clubhouse comments directed at female reporters, behavior the club at first accused Sports Illustrated of fabricating. “That investigation is going to encompass not only what we know about ‘17, but also ‘18 and ’19,” Manfred said. “To the extent we are talking to people all over the industry, former employees, competitors,
was deemed unsafe for foot travel by firefighters. The selected action was aerial suppression: hundreds of thousands of gallons of water were dropped by helicopters in this area to check the fire’s spread. As hot and dry weather continued, it was determined to be unsafe to take any ground actions along the fire’s eastern flank. Instead, areas were identified in each of the mountain drainages where the vegetation became scarce and firefighters could access those areas more safely so that suppression actions could be taken if needed. This was in July and with the onset of a wetting rain, fire was not anticipated to spread across the mountains before being halted by typical summer precipitation. The summer of 2019 was anything but typical for weather. Drought conditions returned and persisted through much of August, and both above-ground vegetation and the organic soils or the “duff layer” became extremely dry. This set the
whatever. To the extent that we find other leads, we’re going to follow these leads.” Manfred has said for now the Astros are the only team being investigated for cheating allegations. “Our clubs, all 30 of them, recognize that the integrity of the competition on the field is crucial to what we do every day,” he said. “I think that there’s wide support across the industry for the idea that when
stage for rapid fire growth in midAugust when high winds and low relative humidity occurred with the passage of a dry cold front. A commonality of the Card Street, Funny River and Swan Lake fires was the use of fuels treatments that had been made in years leading up to the fires. Looking back to 2014, the fuel breaks in place ahead of the Funny River Fire proved paramount for firefighters’ success in preventing spread of the fire toward communities. Mechanical treatments also proved successful in stopping the Card Street Fire when it crossed Skilak Lake Road. The Sterling fuel break was used as a contingency line for the Swan Lake Fire. The type of fuel treatment that is often overlooked is previous fires. The King County Creek Fire scar stopped the Funny River Fire from progressing east toward Skilak Lake, the Card Street Fire burned into the Funny River Fire, and the Swan Lake Fire intersected multiple fire scars
we have a problem in this area, there should be firm, serious disciplinary action that discourages people from engaging in this type of behavior.” Oakland pitcher Mike Fiers told The Athletic in a story last week that while he was playing with the Astros during their 2017 World Series championship season the team stole signs during home games by using a camera positioned in center field.
which directly affected fire behavior (read more on the Swan Lake Fire Story Map). The most notable, however, may be how the Swan Lake Fire scar may, through the transformation of large stands of black spruce, provide resilience to future wildfires for the adjacent communities for the next 50 years. To learn more about the Swan Lake Fire, please check out the Swan Lake Fire Story Map at https://arcg. is/0XaaT1. Far more than a map, this resource was created by interagency partners and is a comprehensive look at the conditions that led up to the fire, values that were at risk, decisions that were made to protect life and property, and what’s next after this seasonlong event. Kristi Bulock is the Fire Management Officer for the Southern Alaska Refuges. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999–present) at https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Kenai/ community/refuge_notebook.html.
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1. Pick up a copy of your medical records at the medical office. Records will need to be copied and may not be available for pickup the same day of said request. The office will be open from November 11, 2019, through December 31, 2019, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Medical Office of John Nels Anderson, M.D., is located at 265 N Binkley St, Soldotna, AK 99669. 2. Have a copy of your medical records mailed to you (Call 907-262-4161 or email a request to PMCA@alaska.net). You will be required to complete the appropriate release form(s). 3. Transfer your medical records to another physician (Call 907-262-4161 or email a request to PMCA@alaska.net). You will be required to complete the appropriate release form(s). Please be advise that all medical records will be transferred to Vital Records Control on January 1, 2020. After January 1, 2020, you can request copies of your records from Vital Records Control by contacting them directly at 972-3990914. There will be a $27.10 surcharge for all requests for medical records after January 1, 2020. /s/JEFFREY DOLIFKA, Attorney for the ESTATE OF JOHN NELS ANDERSON, Deceased. Alaska Bar License No. 1311079 Pub: Nov 11,22,29 & Dec. 6, 2019 881246
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TV Guide A12 | PENINSULA CLARION | PENINSULACLARION.COM | Friday, November 22, 2019 FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING A
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Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud ABC World (N) ‘PG’ (N) ‘PG’ ‘PG’ News
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(8) CBS-11 11 (9) FOX-4
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Chicago P.D. “Rabbit Hole” To Be AnHalstead puts his career on nounced the line. ‘14’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show KTVA 11 “Josh Gad” ‘PG’ News at 5 Two and a Entertainment Funny You Half Men ‘14’ Tonight (N) Should Ask ‘PG’ Judge Judy Judge Judy Channel 2 (N) ‘PG’ (N) ‘PG’ News 5:00 Report (N) Death in Paradise Jack inBBC World vestigates a woman’s death. News ‘PG’ America
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Jeopardy! (N) ‘G’
Wheel of For- American Fresh Off the 20/20 ABC News at tune (N) ‘G’ Housewife (N) Boat (N) ‘PG’ 10 (N) ‘PG’ How I Met Last Man Last Man CSI: Miami An unpopular re- CSI: Miami “Dishonor” Hora- Dateline ‘PG’ DailyMailTV Your Mother Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ ceptionist is murdered. ‘14’ tio’s son seeks his help. ‘14’ (N) ‘PG’ CBS Evening KTVA 11 News at 6 Hawaii Five-0 (N) ‘14’ Magnum P.I. TC helps Kumu Blue Bloods “Grave Errors” KTVA 11 News lead a protest. ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ News at 10 Funny You The Big Bang The Big Bang WWE Friday Night SmackDown (N Same-day Tape) ‘PG’ Fox 4 News at 9 (N) TMZ (N) ‘PG’ Should Ask Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘14’ ‘PG’ NBC Nightly Channel 2 Newshour (N) The Blacklist “The Hawala- Dateline NBC (N) Channel 2 News With dar” Red searches for a longNews: Late Lester Holt time friend. (N) ‘14’ Edition (N) Nightly Busi- PBS NewsHour (N) Washington Alaska InGreat Performances “Much Ado About Nothing” Shakespeare’s romantic ness Report Week (N) sight classic. (N) ‘14’ ‘G’
(:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live! ‘14’
(:37) Nightline (N) ‘G’
DailyMailTV (N)
How I Met Pawn Stars Your Mother “Rope a Dope” ‘PG’ ‘14’ (:35) The Late Show With James CorStephen Colbert ‘PG’ den TMZ ‘PG’ Entertainment Two and a Tonight Half Men ‘14’ (:34) The Tonight Show Star- (:37) Late ring Jimmy Fallon ‘14’ Night With Seth Meyers Design in Amanpour and Company (N) Mind: On Location
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Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Married ... Married ... Married ... Married ... How I Met How I Met Elementary The search for (8) WGN-A 239 307 Standing Standing Standing Standing Standing Standing Standing ‘G’ Standing With With With With Your Mother Your Mother Moriarty resumes. ‘14’ (2:00) David & Jane’s Holi- HP Computer Workshop (N) Isaac Mizrahi Live! (N) HP Computer Workshop (N) Beekman 1802 Bath & Body Beekman 1802 Bath & Body Beekman 1802 Bath & Beekman 1802 Bath & (20) QVC 137 317 YAYS (N) (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ (N) (Live) ‘G’ (N) (Live) ‘G’ Body ‘G’ Body ‘G’ (3:00) “A Very Merry Toy “Last Chance for Christmas” (2015, Romance) Hilarie “The Magical Christmas Shoes” (2019, Romance) Erin (:03) “The Road Home for Christmas” (2019, Drama) Marla (:01) “The Magical Christ (23) LIFE 108 252 Store” (2017, Romance) Me- Burton, Gabriel Hogan, Tim Matheson. A man finds a replace- Karpluk, Damon Runyan. A pair of magical shoes steps into Sokoloff, Marie Osmond. Two musicians find themselves with- mas Shoes” (2019) Erin lissa Joan Hart. ‘PG’ ment reindeer for Santa Claus. ‘PG’ Kayla Hummel’s holiday season. out a gig on Christmas. ‘PG’ Karpluk, Damon Runyan. Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Vic“It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946, Comedy-Drama) James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel BarModern Fam- Modern Fam- Modern Fam- Modern Fam (28) USA 105 242 tims Unit “Mood” ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ rymore. An angel saves a distraught businessman from suicide. ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy The Misery The Misery “Beauty and the Beast” (2017, Children’s) Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” (2009) Matthew McConaughey, “This Is 40” ‘14’ ‘14’ “Boys Do Cry” Index ‘14’ Index ‘14’ Luke Evans. A young woman discovers the kind heart and soul of a beast. Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas. Spirits of ex-lovers show a (2012) Paul (30) TBS 139 247 “Airport ’07” ‘14’ ‘14’ cad his failed relationships. Rudd. Bones A political journalist is Bones An Old West-style “Red 2” (2013, Action) Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker. “The Dark Knight” (2008, Action) Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart. Batman battles a vicious (31) TNT 138 245 murdered. ‘14’ shooting competition. ‘14’ Retired operatives return to retrieve a lethal device. criminal known as the Joker. NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs at Philadelphia 76ers. From Wells Fargo NBA Basketball Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers. From Staples (:05) SportsCenter With SportsCenter With Scott Van SportsCenter With Scott (34) ESPN 140 206 Center in Philadelphia. (N) (Live) Center in Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Scott Van Pelt (N) (Live) Pelt (N) (Live) Van Pelt (3:00) College Basketball Empire Classic, College Football Colorado State at Wyoming. From War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyo. CFB 150: Around the Pardon the Now or Never NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs at Phila (35) ESPN2 144 209 Final: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (N) (Live) Greatest Horn Interruption (N) delphia 76ers. (N Same-day Tape) (3:00) NHRA Drag Racing Auto Club NHRA Finals. From Seahawks Seahawks Pro Football Fantasy Football Hour ’19 Inside Military The Dan Patrick Show ‘PG’ College Basketball Morehead State at Butler. From Hinkle (36) ROOT 426 687 Pomona, Calif. (Taped) Press Pass Press Pass Weekly ‘G’ Pigskin Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (N Same-day Tape) Two and a Two and a Two and a Two and a Two and a Two and a “Rocky” (1976, Drama) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith. A heavyweight “Rocky II” (1979) Sylvester Stallone. Underdog Philly fighter (38) PARMT 241 241 Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men champ gives a club fighter a title shot. gets another shot at heavyweight champ. (3:00) “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” (2015) “Star Trek” (2009, Science Fiction) Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy. Chronicles (:05) “Hancock” (2008, Action) Will Smith. A scruffy super- (:10) The Walking Dead (43) AMC 131 254 Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. the early days of the starship Enterprise and her crew. hero carelessly wreaks havoc in Los Angeles. “Open Your Eyes” ‘MA’ We Bare We Bare American American Bob’s Burg- Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Black Jesus The Eric An- Mike Tyson Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy American Black Jesus (46) TOON 176 296 Bears ‘Y7’ Bears ‘Y7’ Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ers ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ (N) ‘MA’ dre Show Mysteries ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ‘MA’ The Secret Life of the Zoo The Zoo “The Marvelous Mott The Zoo “Taming of the The Aquarium “Slimy is the The Aquarium “Seal the The Secret Life of the The Secret Life of the Zoo The Aquarium “Seal the (47) ANPL 184 282 Mott” ‘PG’ Shrew” ‘PG’ New Fuzzy” ‘PG’ Deal” ‘PG’ Zoo (N) Deal” ‘PG’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ (4:55) “Descendants 2” (2017, Children’s) Dove Cameron, Raven’s Just Roll With Gabby Duran Bunk’d ‘G’ Coop & Cami Raven’s Just Roll With Gabby Duran Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ (49) DISN 173 291 Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson. ‘G’ Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ The Loud The CasaAmerica’s Most Musical America’s Most Musical JoJo’s D.R.E.A.M. Concert SpongeBob SpongeBob Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ (50) NICK 171 300 House ‘Y7’ grandes Family “Episode 3” ‘G’ Family “Episode 4” ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ (3:45) “Matilda” (1996) Mara Wilson. A child uses her amaz- (5:50) “Shrek” (2001, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers, Ed- (7:55) “Despicable Me 2” (2013, Children’s) Voices of Steve The 700 Club The SimpThe Simp (51) FREE 180 311 ing abilities against uncaring adults. die Murphy, Cameron Diaz. Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt. sons ‘PG’ sons ‘PG’ Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Long Island Medium “Star Long Island Medium (N) ‘PG’ Long Island Medium “Clear- Long Lost Family “An Adult Long Lost Family ‘PG’ Long Island Medium ‘PG’ (55) TLC 183 280 the Dress the Dress the Dress the Dress Studded Spirit” ‘PG’ ing the List” ‘PG’ Orphan” (N) ‘PG’ Gold Rush: White Water Gold Rush “Leave No Gold Gold Rush Rick upgrades his Gold Rush: Pay Dirt “Mon- Gold Rush (N) ‘14’ (:02) Outback Opal HuntGold Rush ‘14’ (56) DISC 182 278 “The Pound Zone” ‘G’ Behind” ‘14’ operation. (N) ‘14’ ster Red Lives” ‘PG’ ers ‘PG’ The Holzer Files ‘PG’ Ghost Nation “The Novelist’s Ghost Nation “A Legendary Ghost Nation “The House at Ghost Nation “The Squire Ghost Nation “Ghosts From Destination Fear “Sweet Ghost Nation “The House at (57) TRAV 196 277 Nightmare” ‘PG’ Haunting” ‘PG’ Deadman’s Curve” ‘PG’ Street Haunting” ‘PG’ the Battlefield” ‘PG’ Springs Sanitarium” ‘PG’ Deadman’s Curve” ‘PG’ Ancient Aliens A 14,000-year- Ancient Aliens “Aliens B.C.” Ancient Aliens A strange Ancient Aliens: Secret Files Ancient Aliens “Countdown (:03) In Search Of “UFO’s” (:05) Ancient Aliens “Food of (:03) Ancient Aliens: Secret (58) HIST 120 269 old set of ruins. ‘PG’ ‘PG’ object. ‘PG’ (N) ‘PG’ to Disclosure” ‘PG’ (N) ‘14’ the Gods” ‘PG’ Files ‘PG’ Live PD “Live PD -- 11.16.19” ‘14’ (:06) Live PD: Rewind “Live Live PD “Live PD -- 11.22.19” (N Same-day Tape) ‘14’ Live PD “Live PD -- 11.22.19” PD: Rewind No. 278” (N) ‘14’ ‘14’ (59) A&E 118 265 (60) HGTV 112 229 (61) FOOD 110 231 (65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC
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(82) SYFY
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Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home What You Dream Home Get/Money Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive-Ins and Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Dives ‘G’ Shark Tank A pitch for a Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank A new recreShark Tank A pimple-popping Back in the Game “Brian unique water bottle. ‘PG’ ational sport. ‘PG’ simulator. ‘PG’ Dunkleman” ‘PG’ Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) The Ingraham Angle (N) Fox News at Night With Tucker Carlson Tonight Shannon Bream (N) (:10) South (:45) South (:15) South Park “Chinpoko (5:50) South (:25) South South Park South Park South Park South Park Park ‘MA’ Park ‘MA’ Mon” ‘MA’ Park ‘MA’ Park ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ (1:30) “Harry Potter and the (:03) “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. A maSorcerer’s Stone” levolent force threatens the students at Hogwarts.
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(20) QVC
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(23) LIFE
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(28) USA
105 242
(30) TBS
139 247
(31) TNT
138 245
(34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC
131 254
(46) TOON 176 296 (47) ANPL 184 282 (49) DISN
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(51) FREE 180 311 (55) TLC
183 280
(56) DISC
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(57) TRAV 196 277 (58) HIST
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Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny ‘14’ Van Helsing “No ’I’ in Team” (N) ‘14’
ComedyStand Futurama ‘PG’
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Wipeout Contestants face the How I Met sweeper trees. ‘PG’ Your Mother ‘14’ Mission Un- Pet Vet-Team Frontiers ‘G’ stoppable College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live)
How I Met Your Mother ‘PG’ CBS Weekend News
Leverage “The Nigerian Job” Channel 2 Stolen airplane designs. ‘PG’ News: Weekend Moveable Martha Bakes America’s Feast With ‘G’ Test Kitchen Fine
NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt A Chef’s Life ‘G’
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Dateline “A Deadly Path” ‘PG’ Dateline “A Deadly Path” ‘PG’
ComedyStand Futurama ‘PG’
Fox News at Night With Shannon Bream South Park “Imaginationland: The Trilogy” ‘MA’ Futurama ‘14’ Futurama ‘PG’
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The Profit “Skinny Latina” ‘PG’ Hannity
“Little” (2019, Comedy) Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Marsai Mar- (:15) “Glass” (2019, Suspense) Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Samuel L. To Be AnWatchmen The origin of Room 104 To Be AnRoom 104 Mrs. Fletcher tin. A mogul transforms into a 13-year-old version of herself. Jackson. David Dunn collides with the evil Beast and Elijah Price. ‘PG-13’ nounced Looking Glass is revealed. “Crossroads” nounced “Crossroads” ‘MA’ ‘PG-13’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ (:05) “Ever After: A Cinderella Story” (1998, Romance) (:10) Very Ralph A portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren. ‘14’ “Greta” (2018, Suspense) Isabelle Huppert. (:45) “The Hate U Give” (2018, Drama) Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Drew Barrymore. A courageous scullery maid wins the heart A widow’s friendship with a young woman Russell Hornsby. A teen witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend. of a prince. ‘PG-13’ becomes obsessive. ‘R’ ‘PG-13’ (3:10) “The (:45) “The Prestige” (2006, Drama) Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael “The Meg” (2018, Science Fiction) Jason Statham, Li (8:55) “Devil” (2010, Horror) Chris Messina. (:20) “Nocturnal Animals” (2016, Suspense) Perfect Caine. Two 19th-century magicians engage in a deadly rivalry. ‘PG-13’ Bingbing, Rainn Wilson. A diver must confront a 75-foot-long Elevator passengers get trapped with a ma- Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael ShanScore” non. ‘R’ prehistoric shark. ‘PG-13’ levolent entity. ‘PG-13’ (3:30) “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003) Uma Thur“Den of Thieves” (2018, Crime Drama) Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, “Ready for War” (2019, Documentary) Im- Ray Donovan The Donovans Desus & Mero Ray Donovan The Donovans man. An assassin seeks vengeance against O’Shea Jackson Jr. Elite lawmen try to bring down a gang of tactical thieves. migrants serve in the U.S. military but then get are implicated in a murder. ‘MA’ are implicated in a murder. her attackers. ‘R’ ‘R’ deported. ‘NR’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ “Meet Joe Black” (1998, Fantasy) Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani. The Grim “Jenny’s Wedding” (2015) Katherine Heigl. (:35) “But I’m a Cheerleader” (1999, Com- (:05) “A Kid Like Jake” (2018) Claire Danes. (:35) “Becks” Reaper assumes the form of a recently deceased man. ‘PG-13’ Jenny tells her family that she’s marrying a edy-Drama) Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Two parents question their 4-year-old son’s (2017) ‘NR’ woman. ‘PG-13’ Bud Cort. ‘R’ gender identity. ‘R’
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House Hunt- Hunters Int’l House Hunt- Hunters Int’l What You Dream Home ers (N) ‘G’ ers ‘G’ Get/Money Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive
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Paid Program Family Feud Jeopardy! ‘G’ Wheel of For- 20/20 ‘G’ ‘PG’ tune ‘G’ Last Man Last Man Madam Secretary Elizabeth Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ battles a U.S. governor. ‘PG’ Modern Fam- Modern Fam- The Neighily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ borhood
Pawn Stars Civil War sword. ‘PG’ PBS NewsHour Weekend (N)
Chicago P.D. Burgess recuperates in the hospital. ‘14’
9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Extra (N) ‘PG’
Entertainers: With Byron Allen ‘PG’
Murdoch Mysteries Murdoch Heartland “Stress Fractures” To Be Announced attempts to catch a killer. ‘PG’ Lou returns with an idea. ‘PG’
Bob Hearts Abishola Rams 360
NCIS: New Orleans “Risk As- 48 Hours (N) KTVA Night- Castle “That ’70s Show” ‘PG’ Major Crimes sessment” ‘14’ cast ‘14’ Total Packers Live Two and a Two and a Beat Shazam New York City Comedy.TV ‘PG’ Packers-Matt Half Men ‘14’ Half Men ‘14’ musicians compete. ‘PG’ LaFleur The Voice “Live Top 13 Elimi- (:29) Saturday Night Live (N) (Live) ‘14’ Saturday Night Live (N) ‘14’ Channel 2 (:29) Saturday Night Live ‘14’ nations” The Top 11 artists News: Late are revealed. ‘PG’ Edition (N) Consuelo Midsomer Murders Sonia Vera “Cold River” Lisa Varsey’s sister is found Vera “The Seagull” Stanhope opens up a cold You Are Cor- ACL PresMack Wealth- Woodley is stabbed. ‘PG’ dead. ‘PG’ case. ‘PG’ dially Invited ents: AmeriTrack ‘G’ cana
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Blue Bloods “Rectify” ‘14’
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Dog the Bounty Hunter ‘PG’ Dog Bounty Dog Bounty Dog Bounty Dog Bounty Person of Interest “Brother- Person of Interest “ProphHunter Hunter Hunter Hunter hood” ‘14’ ets” ‘14’ (3:00) Give Gorgeous (N) Amazon Echo “All Easy Pay Gift Guide (N) (Live) ‘G’ Amazon Echo “All Easy Pay Amazon Echo “All Easy Pay (Live) ‘G’ Offers” (N) (Live) ‘G’ Offers” ‘G’ Offers” ‘G’ (3:00) “Hometown Christ“The Magical Christmas Shoes” (2019, Romance) Erin “Twinkle All the Way” (2019, Romance) Ryan McPartlin, (:03) “My Christmas Inn” (2018, Drama) Tia Mowry-Hardrict, (:01) “Twinkle All the Way” mas” (2018, Romance) Bev- Karpluk, Damon Runyan. A pair of magical shoes steps into Sarah Drew, Lesley Ann Warren. A wedding planner orgaRob Mayes, Jackée Harry. A woman from San Francisco (2019) Ryan McPartlin, Sarah erley Mitchell. ‘G’ Kayla Hummel’s holiday season. nizes a wedding at the Snowview Lodge. inherits a cozy inn in Alaska. ‘G’ Drew. (3:00) “R.I.P.D.” (2013, Ac- “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014, Science Fiction) Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014, Science Fiction) Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. Modern Fam- Modern Fam- Modern Fam- Modern Famtion) Jeff Bridges. A man must unite a team of aliens against a cosmic threat. A man must unite a team of aliens against a cosmic threat. ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ (3:30) “Beauty and the Beast” (2017, Children’s) Emma How the The Elf on How the The Elf on The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Full Frontal The Misery The Misery The Misery Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans. A young woman discov- Grinch Stole the Shelf: An Grinch Stole the Shelf: An Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘14’ Theory ‘PG’ With Saman- Index ‘14’ Index ‘14’ Index ‘14’ ers the kind heart and soul of a beast. Christmas Elf’s Christmas Elf’s tha Bee (3:30) “The Dark Knight” (2008, Action) Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart. Bat- “Doctor Strange” (2016, Action) Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor. “The Book of Eli” (2010) Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman. A lone warrior man battles a vicious criminal known as the Joker. The Ancient One introduces Dr. Stephen Strange to magic. carries hope across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. (3:00) College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Football College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Football Final Scoreboard (3:00) College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Football College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Football Final (N) CFB 150: SportsCenter Scoreboard (Live) Greatest College Basketball Cal State Bakersfield at Gonzaga. From College Football San Jose State at UNLV. From Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. (N Same-day Tape) College Football Montana at Montana State. From Bobcat Stadium in BozeMcCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash. man, Mont. “Rocky Balboa” (2006, Drama) Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young. Rocky, now “Creed” (2015, Drama) Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. Rocky Bal- “Creed” (2015, Drama) Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompretired, fights the world heavyweight champion. boa mentors Apollo Creed’s son. son. Rocky Balboa mentors Apollo Creed’s son. (3:00) “Cast Away” (2000) Tom Hanks. A courier company “Forrest Gump” (1994, Comedy-Drama) Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise. A slow“Cast Away” (2000, Drama) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy. A courier company exexecutive is marooned on a remote island. witted Southerner experiences 30 years of history. ecutive is marooned on a remote island. Steven Universe “Change Bob’s Burg- Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy My Hero Aca- One Punch Dr. Stone (N) Fire Force (N) Food Wars! Demon Slayer Black Clover JoJo-Golden Naruto: Ship- Lupin the 3rd Your Mind” ‘PG’ ers ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ demia Man (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ puden Part 5 Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins: Extra Crikey! It’s the Irwins (N) (:01) Pit Bulls and Parolees (:01) Amanda to the Rescue (:02) Amanda to the ResPit Bulls and Parolees Bites (N) ‘PG’ ‘PG’ “Never Let Go” ‘PG’ (N) ‘PG’ cue ‘PG’ “Never Let Go” ‘PG’ (3:55) Bunk’d (:25) Jes(4:50) Jes(:20) “16 Wishes” (2010, Children’s) Debby Big City Big City Big City Big City Bunk’d ‘G’ Coop & Cami Raven’s Just Roll With Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ ‘G’ sie ‘G’ sie ‘G’ Ryan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau. ‘G’ Greens ‘Y7’ Greens ‘Y7’ Greens ‘Y7’ Greens ‘Y7’ Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ The CasaThe Loud The Loud The Loud JoJo’s D.R.E.A.M. ConAmerica’s Most Musical SpongeBob SpongeBob Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ grandes House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ cert ‘G’ Family “Episode 4” ‘G’ (3:25) “Despicable Me 2” (2013) Voices of “Grown Ups” (2010, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kevin James. Five friends “Turkey Drop” (2019, Drama) Cheryl Hines. A girl suspects “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993) Robin Williams. An estranged dad Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig. learn that age and maturity do not, necessarily, coincide. she is about to get dumped. poses as a nanny to be with his children. My Big Fat American Gypsy My Big Fat American Gypsy My Big Fat American Gypsy 90 Day Fiancé ‘PG’ 90 Day Fiancé “Pillow Talk: Unpolished Two sisters run a 90 Day Fiancé ‘PG’ Wedding ‘14’ Wedding ‘14’ Wedding ‘14’ Episode 3” ‘PG’ salon together. ‘PG’ Alaskan Bush People Alaskan Bush People “Head Alaskan Bush People “Call to Alaskan Bush People “Bird Moonshiners: Art of the Moonshiners: Art of the Moonshiners: Art of the Moonshiners: Art of the “Breaking Ground” ‘PG’ Above Water” ‘PG’ Duty” ‘PG’ and the Bees” ‘PG’ ’Shine ’Shine ’Shine ’Shine Ghost Adventures “Wolf Ghost Adventures ‘PG’ Ghost Adventures “Mackay Ghost Adventures “Cerro Ghost Adventures (N) ‘PG’ Destination Fear “Eloise Psy- Ghost Adventures “The Ghost Adventures “Cerro Creek Inn” ‘PG’ Mansion” ‘PG’ Gordo Ghost Town” ‘PG’ chiatric Hospital” ‘PG’ Slaughter House” ‘PG’ Gordo Ghost Town” ‘PG’ In Search Of “The Lost In Search Of ‘14’ In Search Of ‘14’ In Search Of: Secrets Unearthed The lost colony of Roanoke. 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DEAR ABBY: I have wrong to want to divorce been married for 24 years him and be free of this and have two daughters, loveless marriage? I 18 and 14. I’m in a busicannot picture living this ness with my husband boring, unfulfilling life for and work six days a the next five or 10 years. week. We don’t take vaI have fantasized about cations, go on date nights a life without him every or spend time together single day for the last year. outside of work. I don’t claim to be I have had my own perfect — I’m patient and bedroom for 15 years Dear Abby easygoing to a fault. But because he needs his has had two affairs and Jeanne Phillips he sleep (he is 15 years blames me for them. I older). Our sex life ended two years have been here for the business and ago because he says I’m too heavy. the kids, but what about me? I have (I should lose 40 pounds and so been going to night school to take up could he.) I do my best to take care nursing as a new career to support of dentist and doctor appointments myself as a backup plan. for the kids, cook healthy meals, I know what I need to do, but I prepare for the holidays, drive school guess I’m looking for validation. carpool, etc. There’s got to be more to life than I feel unappreciated, taken for what I’m living. — FED UP IN granted and trapped. He complains MICHIGAN that I’m not giving him attention, but DEAR FED UP: I agree. That you then he’ll comment on my appearthink you will be happier apart from ance or criticize me for small tasks a spouse who deprives you of comthat I didn’t do “his” way. panionship and affection, cheats, I’m tired and overworked. Is it blames you for it and criticizes you
regularly is understandable. Under these circumstances, your feelings are valid. However, before making any announcements, schedule an appointment with an attorney who can guide you in what steps to take to protect yourself.
DEAR ABBY: “Cheryl” has been one of my best friends for a very long time. She has helped me through many issues and even some depression over the years, as I have done for her. We live several states apart and talk on a daily basis. Neither of us is dating now, although we both use dating apps and websites. Lately, Cheryl has been asking me to help her sort through her messages. It has become torture for me because I have begun having romantic feelings for her. I don’t know if it would be fair to tell her how I feel about her because of the geographical distance. I know she won’t move to be with me because she helps to take care of her father, who lives with her. I wouldn’t have an issue with
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moving there, but I don’t want to make that decision unless I know her feelings are similar. I also don’t want to risk losing a friend. I’m not sure if I should just bury these feelings and say nothing, or let her know. Please help. — CONFLICTED IN TENNESSEE DEAR CONFLICTED: The first thing you should tell your friend is that you are not comfortable sorting through her messages. When she asks you why, explain that after these many years of best friendship, you have begun to develop romantic feelings for her. How she reacts will help you to determine what — if anything — to do next. Right now, you are in limbo. She may or may not reciprocate your feelings. But if she doesn’t, you will be emotionally free to find love elsewhere. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars superpowers. Tonight: Respond to a loved one’s request.
estate issue. Tonight: Make it your treat.
This year, you open up to fast changes and enjoy the change of pace. Just the same, keep your risks down and make each risk a judgment call. If single, you get into the dating game, especially because you are as prominent as you can be. If attached, the two of you grow to a new level of caring and understanding. You tend to be seen as a team since you are out and about as much as you are. As a couple, you are likely to manifest a long-term goal. LIBRA helps mellow you out when you are tense.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHH You remain highly responsive to others. Not everyone is as fluid with a specific person in your life. You also might have some important information for others. Be ready to let another party call the shots. Tonight: Just say yes.
HHHH You need to stay focused, especially when having a conversation with a neighbor, close friend or loved one. Your willingness to discuss an issue could cause a major change that you did not anticipate. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH You might be inclined to go along with a partner’s need to head in a new direction. You might not be content with the status quo either. Look at the end results as well. Tonight: Celebrating your decision.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You take a last-minute look at your desk and what paperwork you would like to clear out. You could be overwhelmed by all that you need to accomplish. Do your best today, but remember you do not have
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH The fiery, creative facet of your personality emerges. If single, you could be about to tumble into a romantic tie. A child or loved one serves as a muse at present. Tonight: Romp the night away.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might find it difficult to get your point across except when discussing finances. You will have mixed feelings when dealing with domestic matters or handling a real
A WORD OF CAUTION Dear Heloise: Never put your child’s name on a backpack or on clothing. Why? A child molester or a stranger of any kind can call the child by name, giving the child a false sense of security. The police advise people to use a code word only the parents and child know. If the stranger doesn’t know the code word, tell your children to run away and find a police officer, a crossing guard or a neighbor. — Douglas T., Reston, Va.
COUPONS Dear Heloise: My husband goes with me when I go grocery shopping, but he hates it when I pull out coupons and use them. Last week, we saved over $14 using coupons! As retired people, we need to take advantage of these savings, but my husband says it makes us look cheap or poor. — Betsy L., Wake Forest, N.C. Betsy, no, it makes you look smart to save money without giving up the foods you enjoy.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH One-on-one relating draws your attention and helps you share the depth of your feelings. You will have the opportunity to speak to a friend and gain an unusual perspective. Tonight: Go for something different.
HHHH You might be sensing a major change in the offing, but you would like to ignore all the indicators. Be careful; you could be up for a sudden shock. Invite others to join you in the late afternoon for an important meeting. Tonight: Let the fun begin.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Emotions run high, especially when dealing with a person on a one-on-one level. How you see a problem could change because of a discussion that brings out alternate viewpoints. Tonight: Encourage a loved one to share his or her thoughts over dinner.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) HHHH You could be pushing yourself to complete a project. You are looking forward to the celebration that will surround you. Know that you alone can interfere with your goal. Tonight: Celebrating the weekend.
Manufacturers issue coupons to encourage people to try their brands, and they are happy to give you a discount on items you might have overlooked before. — Heloise
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), former president of France Charles de Gaulle (1890), comedian Rodney Dangerfield (1921)
PILLOW TALK Dear Heloise: I’ve read so much about how some hotels or motels don’t clean their sheets and pillowcases or bedspreads as well as I’d like. In my job, I need to travel frequently, so I take my own pillowcase along with me when I travel. It’s hot pink, so I remember to take it with me when I leave. — Pam B., Charleston, W.Va.
TWO IS BETTER Dear Heloise: Please tell your readers that if they are going to adopt a cat or a dog and don’t have any other pets at home, then adopt two cats or two dogs. Pets need companionship, and having two pets just doubles the fun. — Sadie F., La Grange, Ky.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHH Your responsiveness toward others marks the next few weeks as well as today. You see situations far differently from many of your friends. Act on what is present and needs to be handled. Tonight: Join friends.
HHHH Reach out for an important associate, boss or respected elder who often helps you gain a new perspective. You will receive strong feedback if you are open. In any case, you feel as if you are part of what is happening. Tonight: Leader of the gang.
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Garfield | Jim Davis
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Shoe | Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins
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She testified in detail about her interactions with Gordon Sondland, saying she initially suspected the U.S. ambassador to the European Union was overstating his authority to push Ukraine to launch investigations into Democrats. But she says she now understands he was acting on instructions Trump sent through his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. “He was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were being involved in national security foreign policy,” she testified in a daylong encounter with lawmakers. “And those two things had just diverged.” It was just one instance in which Hill, as well as Holmes, undercut the arguments being made by Republicans and the White House. Both told House investigators it was abundantly clear Giuliani was seeking political investigations of Democrats and Joe Biden in Ukraine, knocking down assertions from earlier witnesses who said they didn’t realize the purpose of the lawyer’s pursuits. Trump has also said he was simply focused on rooting out corruption in Ukraine. Giuliani “was clearly pushing forward issues and ideas that would, you know, probably come back to haunt us and in fact,” Hill testified. “I think that’s where we are today.” Hill also defended Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the Army officer who testified earlier and whom Trump’s allies tried to discredit. A previous witness said Hill raised concerns about Vindman, but she said those worries centered only on whether he had the “political antenna” for the situation at the White House. The landmark House impeachment inquiry was sparked by a July 25 phone call, in which Trump asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for investigations into Biden and the Democratic National Committee. A stillanonymous whistleblower’s official government complaint about that call led the House to launch the current probe. After two weeks of public testimony, many Democrats believe they have enough evidence to begin writing articles of impeachment. Working under the assumption that Trump will be impeached by the House, White House officials and a small group of GOP senators met Thursday to discuss the possibility of a two-week Senate trial. There still remain questions about whether there will be additional House testimony, either in public session or behind closed doors, including from high-profile officials such as former Trump national security adviser John Bolton. In what was seen as a nudge to Bolton, her former boss, Hill said those with information have a “moral obligation to provide it.” She recounted one vivid incident at the White House where Bolton told her he didn’t want to be involved in any “drug deal” that
Sondland and Trump’s acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney were cooking up over the Ukrainian investigations Trump wanted. Hill said she conveyed similar concerns directly to Sondland. “And I did say to him, ‘Ambassador Sondland, Gordon, I think this is all going to blow up,’” she said. “And here we are.” Hill and Holmes both filled in gaps in previous testimony and poked holes in the accounts of other witnesses. They were particularly adamant that efforts by Trump and Giuliani to investigate the Burisma gas company were well-known by officials working on Ukraine to be the equivalent of probing the Bidens. That runs counter to earlier testimony from Sondland and Kurt Volker, the former Ukraine special envoy, who insisted they had no idea there was a connection. Holmes, a late addition to the schedule, also undercut some of Sondland’s recollections about an extraordinary phone call between the ambassador and Trump on July 26, the day after the president’s call with Ukraine. Holmes was having lunch with Sondland in Kyiv and said he could overhear Trump ask about “investigations” during a “colorful” conversation. After the phone call, Holmes said Sondland told him Trump didn’t care about Ukraine but rather about “big stuff,” meaning the “Biden investigation.” Sondland said he didn’t recall raising the Bidens. During Thursday’s testimony, the president tweeted that while his own hearing is “great” he’s never been able to understand another person’s conversation that wasn’t on speaker. “Try it,” he suggested. Republicans continued to mount a vigorous defense of Trump. And the top Republican on the panel was undeterred by Hill’s warnings about advancing “fictions” on Ukraine. GOP Rep. Devin Nunes of California said Russian interference in the 2016 election didn’t preclude Ukraine from also trying to swing the election to stop Trump’s presidency. “That is the Democrats’ pitiful legacy,” Nunes. He called it all part of the same effort, from “the Russia hoax” to the “shoddy sequel” of the impeachment inquiry. Hill, the British-born coal miner’s daughter who became a U.S. citizen in 2002, left the White House before the July phone call that sparked the impeachment probe. She worked for both Republican and Democratic administrations and said she joined the Trump White House because she shared the president’s belief that relations with Russia needed to improve. Still, she was adamant that Russia is gearing up to intervene again in the 2020 U.S. election, declaring: “We are running out of time to stop them.” She warned that political chaos in Washington plays into Moscow’s hands. “This is exactly what the Russian government was hoping for,” Hill said. “They would pit one side of our electorate against the others.”