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Soldotna man dies in SUV rollover By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
A Soldotna man died Wednesday as a result of a rollover crash on the Sterling Highway, according to a dispatch from Alaska State Troopers. Robert Scott, 54, of Soldotna, was driving his Dodge SUV northbound when he left the roadway near Mile 53 of the Sterling Highway, near Cooper Landing. Scott’s vehicle rolled onto its top in a body of standing water, according to the dispatch. The Central Emergency Services Dive Team responded to the scene and located Scott’s body in the vehicle, where he was declared dead. Scott was the only occupant of the vehicle, according to the dispatch. Next of kin has been notified, and the body is being sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage. The vehicle was impounded on scene.
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Soldotna mayoral rivals attend Q&A Charlene Tautfest and Pete Sprague are running in a Dec. 17 special election following the death of Mayor John Nels Anderson. By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
Two candidates vying to be Soldotna’s next mayor attended a forum Wednesday night to answer questions about how they would serve the city. The candidates, Charlene Tautfest and Pete Sprague, are running in a Dec. 17 special election to
replace John Nels Anderson, who served as Soldotna’s mayor until his passing in September. The forum was hosted at Froso’s restaurant by the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce and moderated by Merrill Sikorski. Members of the audience also had the opportunity to ask questions. Some of the questions and the candidates’ answers have
been summarized below, and the full forum can be viewed online on the Clarion’s Facebook Page. What qualifications do you have to serve as Soldotna’s Mayor? Sprague: I’ve served on the assembly for 12 years, council for four years and as mayor for two years. So that’s nearly 20 years of service just in the local arena. I’ve also served on the Tsalteshi Board and I currently serve as president of the Soldotna Historical Society.
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Tautfest: I don’t have the experience as mayor at all, but I do have state experience. I serve on the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education and the Alaska Mental Health Board. I also serve on the Alaska Psychiatric Institute’s Governing Board and the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness. I’ve been involved with various committees in the state, including the Legislative Advocacy Committee, the Peer Certification Steering
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ANCHORAGE — A U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat, injuring nine people, including one critically, off Alaska’s Kodiak Island. The accident occurred Wednesday evening in Women’s Bay near Kodiak’s Coast Guard base, said Lt. Comm. Scott McCann, a Coast Guard Alaska District spokesman in Juneau. A Coast Guard 38-foot special purpose training boat had just completed a helicopter hoist training session with aircraft from the agency’s air base, McCann said. Training sessions are aimed at maintaining pilot proficiency for search and rescue missions. “They had just completed
Dunleavy to host open house JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and first lady Rose Dunleavy will host the traditional holiday open house at the governor’s mansion Tuesday. The governor’s office, in a release, said more than 15,000 cookies are being prepared, and more than 100 pounds of fudge and chocolate candies will be served. The event will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The holiday-season tradition dates to 1913.
Ferry layup to affect 24 workers Joey Klecka / Peninsula Clarion file
Santa Claus listens to requests from children at the Christmas in the Park tree lighting ceremony at Soldotna Creek Park on Dec. 1, 2018. The holiday event will return to Soldotna on Saturday.
Celebrate everything Christmas at the park By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
Last week Christmas came to Kenai, and this Saturday Santa will be arriving at his next stop on the peninsula: Soldotna Creek Park. Soldotna’s annual Christmas in the Park Celebration will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7 starting at 4:30 p.m. Hosted by the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce, the event will feature Sen. Peter Micciche, RSoldotna, at the emcee for the night.
The event will also feature Christmas carols performed by the Class Act Drama Troupe of Triumvirate Theatre, as well as an appearance from Santa Claus, who will arrive on the back of a Central Emergency Services fire truck. Cookies will be provided by Safeway, and Kaladi Brothers Coffee will be keeping everyone warm with hot chocolate and coffee. After the caroling has finished, Santa will be lighting the Christmas tree in Soldotna Creek Park. The event is free and open to everyone.
Committee with the Division of Behavioral Health, the 1115 Medicaid Waiver Benefit Team with the Division of Behavioral Health. I’ve done conference planning with the Full Lives conference and the Employment Conference in Anchorage, and locally I serve on the Peninsula Community Health Services Board as the current president. I served as Project Homeless Connect Donations Chair a couple See Mayor, Page A14
Coast Guard, Navy vessels collide off Kodiak; 1 injured By Dan Joling
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JUNEAU — The state ferry system said Thursday that more than 20 employees will be affected by the expected, longterm layup of the Aurora. The state transportation department said about 24 employees will be relieved of duties effective Jan. 14. The department previously said it did not have money for repair work to both the Aurora and the LeConte and opted to move ahead with repairs to the LeConte. It said repair work on the Aurora would be more expensive and take longer. The
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training with the air station and were headed back home,” McCann said. The boat collided with a Navy vessel of about the same size, McCann said. The vessels were not training together. The Kodiak Coast Guard Base is the nation’s largest and was home to 1,100 active duty members as of 2018. The base conducts missions connected to search and rescue, buoy tending and oversight of the North Pacific fishing fleet. The Navy vessel in the collision was a “combatant craft medium” used by Naval Special Warfare personnel, said Navy spokesman Lt. Matt Stroup. The Navy uses facilities on Kodiak for cold weather training See Vessels, Page A2
Community rallies for Students in Transition program By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion
Students at Kenai Central High School are working to give back to other district students in need this winter, by hosting a spaghetti feed and silent auction to benefit the district’s Students in Transition program. The fundraiser event is student-organized and student-led, an announcement posted on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s communications blog said.
“Even if you are not eating you can stop by to take a look at silent auction items provided by our local families and businesses,” Kenai Central High School students Hunter Beck and Elizabeth Hanson wrote in their announcement on the district’s blog. “We hope to see you there and are blown away from our communities support. Thank you.” All proceeds will go to support the Students in See students, Page A2
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HEA tackling outages, 180 still without power By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion
Homer Electric Association is still working on bringing power back to members across the Kenai Peninsula after heavy snow fell earlier this week. About 180 members were still without power as of Thursday morning, a press release from Homer Electric said. More than 3,000 people were without power on Tuesday, which was downgraded to about a thousand on Wednesday, with about 90% of the damage being
in Nikiski. Homer Electric will be flying a helicopter close to power lines to assess damage in Nikiski on Thursday, the release said. On Wednesday, Homer Electric contracted additional crews and pulled their Homer crews to tackle the outages in the Kenai and Nikiski area. The forecast calls for likely snow and rain through the weekend and next week, posing a risk for outages caused by snow shedding from power lines and trees, the release said.
Got a question? The Outage Hotline, 1-888-8OUTAGE (1-888-868-8243), is directly monitored by Homer Electric’s operations department. General questions, contact HEA’s Member Services Department at 1-800-478-8551. The outages began Sunday evening when heavy snow loads came down on the company’s northern service area. Most of the outages were caused
by heavy snow weighing down on power lines and nearby trees. For residents who have been without power, Homer Electric encourages they seek safety and comfort. “Whether that means purchasing a generator or staying at a family or friend’s residence, please prepare your family with the basic needs and keep emergency supplies during winter storms,” the Dec. 3 release said. Residents who want to stay up to date on outage notifications can visit Homer Electric’s Facebook page.
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Transition program, which supports local youth who are homeless or are facing challenges in their home life. The program is open to students in pre-K through seniors in high school. Eligible children are students who lack a permanent, stable and adequate place to sleep at night. The program supports students who are living in close quarters with extended family or friends because of financial difficulty or a loss of housing. Students who are couch-surfing and living in substandard housing, including students who are living in a hotel, shelter, tent, camper or car, are eligible. Unaccompanied youth who are living without a parent or legal guardian may also be eligible.
The Students in Transition program can provide immediate school enrollment, free school meal benefits, transportation to and from school, school supplies, assistance in obtaining vital records and referrals to local social service agencies and public programs. Kenai Reindeer Farm is raising funds for the program through some family-friendly holiday events. The farm will have one of Santa’s reindeer at the Nikiski Senior Center from noon to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7. Santa’s reindeer will also be making stops from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 at HUB International Insurance in Soldotna, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Cannery Lodge in Kenai and from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 21 at Freedom Physical Therapy, according to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Students in Transition page, which
In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, A Coast Guard 38-foot Special Purpose Craft Training Boat sits at the fuel pier in Women’s Bay at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
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of specialwarfare personnel, which includes Navy SEALS and supporting forces. The Navy vessel is a reconfigurable multi-mission boat primarily used to deliver and support special operation forces, Stroup said. The approximately 60-foot boat can carry 19 special operations personnel. Stroup could not comment on which Navy personnel were training Wednesday. Details of the collision have
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not been released and will be the subject of an investigation. Both boats were damaged but able to return to port. All nine of the injured were taken to a Kodiak hospital. The six injured Coast Guardsmen were treated and released. Two of the Navy personnel were discharged but one with serious injuries was flown to Anchorage for additional treatment. The Coast Guard boat carries a minimum crew of three and usually four, McCann said. Additional personnel would have
shares updates to residents interested in supporting the program. Last month, in honor of hunger and homelessness awareness month, the Last Frontier Freethinkers put together backpacks for the Students in Transition program. According to their Facebook page, the Homeless Teen Backpack Project delivered 29 backpacks. The nonprofit organization is hoping to fill 150 backpacks and is taking donations for the Homeless Teen Backpack Project on their website. Cabin Fever Creations, the Soldotna pottery painting shop, also accepts customer donations for the Students in Transition program. The Kenai Peninsula Association Realtors is participating in their annual duffel bag donation for the program. The association has dispersed duffel bags across area real estate offices.
Each duffel bag will go to a student in the program who has filled out a list of things they need. The association’s members and affiliates are encouraged to help fill each duffel bag, which will be given to the district’s homeless liaison at the association’s Dec. 12 award ceremony, according to the association’s December newsletter. In the 2018-2019 school year, there were 224 students across the district identified as homeless, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Act. Support services are facilitated through the district’s homeless liaisons, Kelly King and Jane Dunn. King serves the central peninsula, Seward and Tyonek, and Dunn serves the southern peninsula and Ninilchik. Reach them at kking@kpbsd. k12.ak.us or jdunn@kpbsd. k12.ak.us.
been on board for the training session. McCann did not have an indication of how badly the boats were
damaged. “The extent will be determined by the investigation,” he said.
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Allan David Beiswenger
October 4, 1948 - November 29, 2019 Beloved father, grandfather, son, brother, and friend, Allan David Beiswenger passed away on Friday November 29, 2019 after a long battle with brain cancer. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family and with his dogs at his side. Allan was born on October 4, 1948 in Fisher, Minnesota and grew up on the Beiswenger family farm. He was the Salutatorian of the Fisher High School Class of 1966, and after high school he attended the University of Minnesota. Allan graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and he was fond of telling people that he was “both a rocket scientist and a lawyer.” After college Allan joined the U.S. Peace Corps and was stationed in Liberia, Africa for 2 and ½ years where he taught high school. His flight to Liberia was the first time he had ever seen the ocean or been on an airplane. After the Peace Corps, Allan enrolled in the University of Minnesota Law School, graduating in 1976. He then accepted a job offer in Bethel, Alaska as a public defender. While in Bethel, Allan met his wife Susan; they were married on January 6, 1978 and their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1979. Susan and Allan then moved to the island nation of Micronesia in the South Pacific, living on the island of Ponape. After Ponape, the family moved back to Alaska and settled in Soldotna, where Allan helped open a private practice with two colleagues called Robinson, Beiswenger, & Ehrhardt. They soon added sons David (1982) and Daniel (1987) to the family. Allan spent as much time as he could at the family’s Butterfly Lake Homestead near Willow with his friends and family. Allan was a world traveler throughout his life. He took his children to Tanzania and Kenya to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, and volunteered as an election observer in Liberia. Susan and Allan moved to Girdwood in 2000, and then to Anchorage in 2006, where Allan first worked for the State of Alaska and then joined a private practice law firm. After his retirement in 2008, he started trekking through Nepal and Tibet, eventually returning 4 times including a trek with his son David to Mount Everest Base Camp. He returned to Micronesia with his son Danny to scuba dive and cruised the rivers of Portugal with his wife Susan. He was a pilot and float plane owner, and enjoyed shuttling the family back and forth to the Butterfly Lake cabin. He loved nothing more than to sit on his deck with a glass of whiskey and a cigar. After being diagnosed with a glioblastoma, Allan decided to check a few things off his bucket list and traveled to Spain and Portugal to hike the El Camino Trail and spent time in Mexico with his brother Roger. His final trip was to Minnesota, where he watched two Twins games and a Vikings game (SKOL!), and visited the family farm for the last time. He lived just long enough to hold his first grandson, Adam Landry Beiswenger, who was born on November 5, 2019. Allan is survived by his children Elizabeth Shea, David Beiswenger, and Daniel Beiswenger; grandchildren Jenna Shea and Adam Beiswenger; sisters Arleen Boyd and Elaine Witt, brother Roger Beiswenger, daughter-in-law Andrea Beiswenger, son-in-law Jason Shea, sister-in-law Mary Adams, brother-in-law Dr. Peter Adams, his many nieces and nephews, cousins, in-laws, and dear friends. His ashes will be taken to the family graveyard on Butterfly Lake, and he will be buried next to his wife Susan. A memorial service will be held for Allan at 4:00 PM on Sunday December 8th at 3941 Aircraft Drive, Anchorage AK 99502. Donations would be greatly appreciated and should be made in Allan’s name to the American Cancer Society.
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Marjorie (Margie) Rosita (McGahan) DeShong June 25, 1952 - November 20, 2019
Marjorie (Margie) Rosita (McGahan) DeShong passed from this life on November 20th, 2019, in her home at the age of 67. Margie was born in Manistique, Michigan, on June 25th, 1952 to Kenneth and Margaret McGahan. She was the youngest of their 11 children. Margie was three years old (1955) when her parents and eight of her siblings drove the Alcan to homestead in North Kenai, Alaska. All her schooling years were in the Kenai school. She always loved to walk the beaches searching for agates. She especially enjoyed going on gold panning adventures with her mother and sisters. Margie gifted many with beautiful crocheted blankets and hats. She made lovely wedding bouquets for several friends. Margie also made beautiful stained-glass art, she was so gifted and crafty. She also hunted and bagged a cougar! Her Christmas Cactus blooms brought her great joy! Throughout her life she has commercial fished, waitressed and worked in Valdez doing housekeeping during the oil spill days. But great joy came in watching her nieces and nephew ( Nicole, Danielle, David) Margie loved to travel, even to go lend a helping hand when needed. She was very giving and always had a listening ear. Margie is survived by her sons, Nicholas McGahan and his wife Kristina, Jesse Miller, Joshua Juskewicz and his wife Josephine. Her grandchildren, Matthew Mendenhall and his wife Caitie, Grayden Mendenhall, Charlene McGahan, Falon McGahan, Blossom McGahan, Emma Jean McGahan, Morgan Juskewicz, Alyssa Juskewicz, Connor Juskewicz and Tyra Juskewicz. Her great grandchildren, Brynn and Hollyn Mendenhall, Rowan and Remi Mendenhall. Also surviving are her brother-in-law Francis Davidson of Sun City, AZ, a brother Norm McGahan and his wife Lois of Sun City AZ., Richard and Karen McGahan, Nikiski, Jack and Betty McGahan, Kasilof, AK, Dale and Donna McGahan, Nikiski, sister, Carol and Beaver Broussard, Nikiski, cousin/sibling bonus’ Lois Ann and Mark Stynsberg, Tim and Cheri Vincent of ID., Calvin Vincent of MI, and many nephews and nieces, greats and greatgreats nephews and nieces of whom she loved! Margie also leaves behind loved and loving friends Barbara White, Deneice Isaacs, Sandra Simmons, Denise Buss, Martha Ivanoff and others. She will be greatly missed! A Celebration of her Life will be held on December 15th, 2019, at the Nikiski Senior Center, in Nikiski, at 2:00 p.m.
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Aurora is being prepared for long-term layup in Ketchikan, according to the ferry system, which expects the LeConte to return to service May 15.
Robbers hit east Anchorage bank ANCHORAGE — The FBI is looking for two men who robbed a bank in Anchorage. One of the suspects carried a shotgun into the bank. An employee and a customer inside the bank were injured, KTUU-television reported. One person was taken to a hospital with what Anchorage police described as “non-lifethreatening injuries.” The second injured person was treated and released at the bank. The robbery occurred at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at a Wells Fargo Bank branch in east Anchorage. Both suspects wore stocking caps and hoods on their
heads and bandannas over their faces. Security camera photos released by the FBI show a man about 6-feet-2-inches armed with a shotgun and wearing sunglasses. The second man was about 5-foot-11.
UA regents reject consolidation plan FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Board of Regents has rejected a proposal to consolidate the state’s three separately accredited universities into one. State lawmakers last session included language in the operating budget asking regents to consider a plan for a single accredited institution and to prepare a report by Dec. 1. The board last month sent a letter to the Alaska Legislative Finance Division announcing its decision, The Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner reported Wednesday. The board supports maintaining three separate universities under the larger University of Alaska system, regents Chair Sherri Buretta said in the letter. —Associated Press
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Amanda C. Reynolds
May 1, 1965 - December 4, 2019 Kenai resident Amanda C. Reynolds, 54, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 from ovarian cancer at home surrounded by her family. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Soldotna Community Memorial Park on Redoubt Street, Soldotna. Pallbearers will be Michael Hamby, Eric Pruett, Clyde Reynolds, James Musgrove, Kevin Arp and Richard Gilliam. Amanda was born May 1, 1965 in Lufkin, Texas. She moved with her family to Alaska in 1975 and resided in Kenai. She graduated high school in Kenai. She worked as a Customer Service Manager at Walmart. Amanda was a member of the Church of Christ and enjoyed crafting. Her family wrote, “Amanda was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She fought the good fight until the very end and will be dearly missed.” Amanda was preceded in death by her father, Raymond Gilbert Hollis, brother, Gilbert Dale Hollis; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, C.W. and Doris “Dee” Reynolds and sister Linda Hordemann. She is survived by her husband Scott Todd Reynolds; sons, Kevin Arp and Clyde Reynolds; daughter, Melissa Williams; mother, Dorthey Singleton; brothers, Andy, Raymond and David Singleton, all of Kenai; sisters, Selena Singleton of Anchorage; grandson, Scott Todd Reynolds II, Galvin Reynolds, Trevor and Ayden Williams, all of Kenai; sisters-in-law, Lana Kuivikko of Washington, Sandy Pevan of Alaska, Carolyn Reid of Soldotna, Teresa Hanson of Nikiski, Laura Pruett and Tracy Palm, both of Soldotna; brothers-in-law, Michael Reynolds of Washington, and Lance Reynolds of Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
Around the peninsula Canine Good Citizen tests Kenai Kennel Club will be offering Canine Good Citizen (CGC) and Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA) tests on Saturday, Jan. 18 beginning at 1 p.m. For more information about the CGC program, go to AKC.org and look for CGC Test Items to find out what your dog will need to know. Cost is $25 per dog to take the test. If you would like to pre-register please email kenaiobedience@gmail.com. Sign up soon, the test is limited to 10 students!
Troopers Citizen Academy The Alaska State Troopers in Soldotna will hold a Citizen Academy from Jan. 14 to March 17 2020. Meetings will be held from 6-9 p.m. one night a week on Tuesdays at the Donald E. Gilman River Center. The application deadline will be Dec. 27 at 4:30 p.m. Applications can be submitted at the Soldotna Trooper Post (46333 Kalifornsky Beach Road) or by email at Mallory.millay@alaska.gov. Any questions, please call Mallory Millay at 260-2701 or email at Mallory.millay@alaska.gov.
Caregiver Support Program Christmas Party No regularly scheduled meetings for the month of December. Please join us on Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 1-3 p.m. at the Soldotna Senior Center for the Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program Christmas Party. We have set aside a special time to connect with our caregivers. Join us for a potluck and a recycle gift exchange. Paper products and drinks provided. RSVP to 262-1280 no later than Dec.6.
4-H Friday Family Fun Night Kenai Peninsula District 4-H would love for you to attend their 2019 4-H Friday Family Fun Night on Dec. 6 from 6-9 p.m. and is an open-house style evening hosted by KP 4-H at Dry Bones Coffee Shop in Kenai. This is a casual and an informational evening about what 4-H on the Kenai looks like. Drop in and visit with local 4-H members and leaders, have a cup of cocoa and some homemade cookies, or stay for the informational sessions: New Family Orientation at 6:30 p.m., and Intro to the Junior Market Livestock Program at 7:30 p.m. This is a perfect time to enroll in 4-H, or just to meet with 4-H members, leaders, and families who will be available to answer questions and help new members orient to the 4-H program. There will be fun hands-on activities for youth, and cookies and coco for all. Open to all 4-H families and anyone interested in the Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Program. Please call Cassy Rankin at Kenai Peninsula District 4-H if you have any questions! 262-5824.
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Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC) represents citizens in promoting environmentally safe marine transportation and oil facility operations in Cook Inlet. CIRCAC is holding its Board of Directors Meeting on Friday, Dec. 6 at 9 a.m. at the Homewood Suites Hilton Anchorage, 101 W 48th Avenue. The public is invited to attend. For an agenda, directions or more information, call 907-2837222 or toll free 1-800-652-7222. Meeting materials will be posted online at www.circac.org .
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resident Trump and his defenders simply won’t stop playing into Russia’s hands by promoting the debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine hacked the 2016 election in an effort to sabotage his candidacy. On Sunday, Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, was on “Meet the Press” spreading this disinformation. “I think both Russia and Ukraine interfered,” he said. Russia may have been more aggressive and sophisticated, he allowed, but “that does not exclude the fact that President Poroshenko actively worked for Secretary Clinton.” There is no evidence that the former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko conspired with the Clinton campaign. American intelligence agencies unanimously agree that Russia perpetrated the hacking. Mr. Kennedy went even further a week earlier, when he suggested on “Fox News Sunday” that, in fact, Ukraine had hacked the Democratic computer server, obtaining emails that embarrassed Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “I don’t know, nor do you, nor do any of us,” he told the host, Chris Wallace. (The next day he told CNN’s Chris Cuomo: “I was wrong. It was Russia who tried to hack the computer. I’ve seen no indication that Ukraine tried to do it.” It is unclear what changed his mind. Again.) Mr. Kennedy is not alone in his historical denialism. Despite reports this week that the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee had checked out the allegations against Ukraine and found no evidence worth pursuing, Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s chairman, told reporters on Monday that he didn’t “think there’s any question that elected officials in Ukraine” favored Ms. Clinton, and he equated that preference with Russia’s systematic interference in the race. “It was called meddling when it was just Russia had a preference on who would win,” Mr. Burr said, neatly ignoring that the Justice Department has brought two indictments against numerous Russians for hacking the Democratic computers and engaging in a pervasive social media campaign to elect Mr. Trump. Somewhere, President Vladimir Putin of Russia must be smiling. Much of the House Intelligence Committee’s report on Tuesday about its impeachment inquiry involved the president’s demands that releasing military aid to Ukraine be conditioned on its announcing investigations into Joe Biden and his son. But of all the efforts to defend Mr. Trump, legitimizing his efforts to have Ukraine investigate the 2016 election may be the most egregious, since it helps Moscow deflect blame for its assault on American democracy. In her testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 21, Fiona Hill, the former top Russia expert at the National Security Council, chided lawmakers for spreading a “fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.” Senators received classified briefings from intelligence officials this fall detailing Moscow’s multiyear effort to spin that tale and pin its malfeasance on Ukraine. Mr. Trump’s first homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, was one of multiple staffers to assure the president that the allegations about Ukraine were unfounded. On Tuesday (Dec. 3), an under secretary of state, David Hale, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that none of the allegations of Ukrainian interference were true. But if anything, support among Republican legislators for the conspiracy theory continues to grow. Time and again during the impeachment hearings, House Republicans sought to distract from, or even justify, Mr. Trump’s attempt to strong-arm Ukraine by floating the specter of Ukrainian saboteurs. Representative Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, called for the panel to refocus its investigation on the former Soviet republic. The day after Dr. Hill’s testimony, Mr. Trump regaled “Fox & Friends” with wild assertions that the F.B.I. never properly examined the hacked server because it had been handed over to a shadowy Ukrainian company called CrowdStrike. Among the flaws in his claim: CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that the Democratic National Committee hired to respond to the hacking, is based in California and owned by Americans. One server hacked by the Russians is actually still in the D.N.C. offices in Washington. ... In Mr. Trump, Mr. Putin found the perfect dupe to promote even the most crackpot of theories. Mr. Trump’s ego has long chafed at the idea that Russia meddled on his behalf, believing it to undercut his electoral achievement. Plus, accepting that Mr. Putin orchestrated such an effort would complicate Mr. Trump’s cozy relationship with him. From the president’s perspective, far better to believe there is a secret DNC server hidden in some rich Ukrainian businessman’s basement. The dissemination of such folderol is a triple win for Mr. Putin. It distracts from the Kremlin’s past — and continuing — work to undermine American elections even as it erodes political support in the United States for Ukraine’s fight against Russian domination. More broadly, the dueling Ukraine narratives are fomenting division and confusion among the American public, an enduring goal of Mr. Putin’s. The Russian president is clearly delighted by the success of his disinformation crusade. “Thank God no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in the U.S. elections,” he said at an economic conference in Moscow last month. “Now they’re accusing Ukraine. We’ll let them deal with that themselves.” That should make it clear whose interest Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans are serving. — The New York Times, Dec. 3
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mericans are having fewer babies and dying younger. That grim reality should be part of the conversation as this country tries to get past the wall of political intransigence that has prevented it from constructing a saner immigration policy and better health care system. It’s time to tear down indiscriminate legal barriers that deny entry to industrious immigrants who could fill jobs and contribute to this country’s well-being. More immigrants in the workforce and paying taxes could help prevent the Social Security and Medicare funding crisis predicted to result as the number of workers contributing to those programs continues to decline. That’s particularly important given the report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the nation’s fertility rate fell for the fourth straight year in 2018; to 59.1 births for every 1,000 women of childbearing age. There were about 3.8 million babies born in America last year, but that’s down 2% since 2017 and 15% since 2007. The most significant decline occurred among teenage women,
which is good news. Their birth rate fell 7.4% last year and has declined 70% since 1991. Conversely, birth rates rose last year for women in their late 30s (up 1% to 52.6 births per 1,000 women) and in their early 40s (up 2% to 11.8 births per 1,000). Women are waiting longer to have children for a variety of reasons. The median age for a woman’s first marriage has risen from age 21 in 1970 to 28 last year; and from 23 to 30 for men during that same span. The economy and work policies also play roles. “It’s hard to have children because of a lack of affordable child care and not-very-generous policies for parental leave, especially in comparison to many European countries,” said Melanie Brasher, a University of Rhode Island demographer. At the other end of the spectrum, life expectancy in this country has declined for three straight years, according to a new report by the Journal of the American Medical Association — dropping to 78.6 years old in 2017. The three-year dip has reversed a trend that saw life expectancy grow from 69.9 years old in 1959
to 78.9 years old in 2014, though it’s part of a long-time slide in which life expectancy in other wealthy nations outpaced that in America. Suicide, drug overdoses, and a bevy of illnesses related to poor nutrition and lack of exercise — including obesity, hypertension and diabetes — were factors in the life expectancy decline. But so were factors like the lack of universal access to health care, the authors concluded. Like immigration, America’s health care system is in desperate need of improvements, too. Long before the impeachment inquiry began, Congress and President Trump appeared incapable of forging agreement on either issue. Now that each day in Washington seems to begin and end with the words Ukraine, Biden, and no quid pro quo, the odds are low for anything of substance being done until after the 2020 election — and even that will depend on who wins. America needs someone truly capable of bridging the partisan divide before we’re all dead and gone. — The Houston Chronicle, Dec. 4
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Bloomberg releases gun control plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits By Steve Peoples Associated Press
AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Colorado’s worst mass shootings, calling for a ban on all assault weapons, mandatory permits for gun purchasers and a new position in the White House to coordinate gun violence prevention. “I’ve been all in on the fight against gun violence for 15 years, and I’m just getting started,” Bloomberg declared. “As president, I will work to end the gun violence epidemic once and for all.” Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York City mayor, entered the Democratic presidential primary less than two weeks ago. Gun violence has quickly emerged as a core issue for his presidential bid, as it has been for his political and philanthropic efforts for much of the last decade. Bloomberg is well known to gun control advocates in Colorado and across the country, where he’s funneled tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune to help likeminded candidates while creating and supporting gun control groups such as Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action. Despite his dedication to the issue, the former Republican is viewed skeptically by many Democratic primary voters, who look at his ties to Wall Street and vast personal wealth with suspicion. Democratic rivals including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in recent days have accused him of trying to buy the election. At the same time, Bloomberg is pounding the local airwaves in all 50 states with television ads highlighting his work on issues
“I’ve been all in on the fight against gun violence for 15 years, and I’m just getting started.” — Michael Bloomberg, Democratic presidential candidate
on gun violence and climate change while casting himself as best positioned to defeat Trump next fall. After spending roughly $40 million on an ad campaign over the first week or so of his campaign, he began running a second ad campaign backed by tens of millions of dollars more on Wednesday. The 77-year-old New Yorker outlined his plan to combat gun violence before an invitation-only audience of about 40 victims of gun violence and gun control activists at a Christian center, near the movie theater in Aurora where a gunman killed 12 people and wounded nearly 60 others in 2012. The speaking lineup included Democratic state Rep. Tom Sullivan, whose son, Alex, was killed in the attack. Sullivan formally endorsed Bloomberg while introducing him Thursday. “I have witnessed the actions Mike has taken since Alex was murdered,” Sullivan said, insisting that victims of gun violence would have an ally in the White House should Bloomberg win the election. The policies Bloomberg outlined Thursday largely mirror those he fought for on the state and federal levels in recent years, though it’s the first time he’s released his specific
prescription for gun violence as a presidential candidate. They are ambitious and would almost certainly face fierce resistance from the NRA and Republicans in Congress, but they are not dramatically different from those of his Democratic rivals. The difference, Bloomberg said Thursday, is his proven commitment to the issue. “I promise you I will never back down from this fight,” he said. “That’s the kind of president this country needs and you deserve.” Among the highlights, Bloomberg’s plan would: ■■ Reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. ■■ Require every gun buyer to obtain a permit before making a purchase. ■■ Require point-of-sale background checks on all gun purchases while closing the gun show loophole. ■■ Institute a new age limit of 21 for those wishing to buy handguns, semiautomatic rifles and shotguns. ■■ Require a mandatory 48-hour waiting period for all gun purchases. ■■ Institute a federal “red flag” law to deny permits to “troubled people who pose a danger to themselves or others.” ■■ Institute a temporary ban on gun possession for those convicted of assault or other violent misdemeanors. ■■ Ban all guns in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, except for law enforcement. ■■ Reverse the law that gives gun makers and gun dealers immunity from lawsuits. ■■ Create the position of White House gun coordinator “to mobilize the public to fight gun violence and launch an inter-agency hub to fight gun violence.”
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4 die in UPS truck robbery, chase Two suspects, a hostage and a bystander are killed after hijacking, dramatic police chase in Miramar, Florida. Associated Press
MIRAMAR, Fla. — Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy South Florida intersection during rush hour, the FBI said. Both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim was in a nearby vehicle when shots rang out at a crowded intersection in Miramar, about 20 miles north of where the incident began, FBI Special Agent in Charge George Piro said during a news conference Thursday night. Television news helicopters showed first responders tending to at least one person who fell out of the UPS truck, moments after several shots were fired when the chase ended. “It’s very early in the investigative process,” Piro said. “There are a lot of
Giuliani in Ukraine despite turmoil at home Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in Ukraine on Thursday, reviving the efforts that landed him and Trump in the impeachment inquiry now roiling Washington. The inquiry was triggered by a July 25 phone call in which Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son and also a discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump denies wrongdoing. Giuliani was at the center of those efforts, conducting shadow diplomacy throughout the spring and summer. On Thursday, he met in Kyiv with Andrii Derkach, a member of Ukraine’s parliament who has promoted unsubstantiated claims against the Bidens. Derkach posted photos on Facebook with Giuliani and said the two had had a meeting to form a new group, Friends of Ukraine Stop Corruption. Giuliani’s visit to Kyiv came as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in Washington on Thursday that the House is pressing forward to draft articles of impeachment against Trump. Before arriving in Kyiv, Giuliani stopped in the Hungarian capital. Larisa Sargan, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s former Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko, confirmed that Lutsenko met with Giuliani in Budapest on Wednesday. She said they were filmed for a documentary for the One America News Network produced by Giuliani.
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Law enforcement officers stand near a vehicle at the crime scene where four people were killed in Miramar, Florida, on Thursday.
questions that are still unanswered.” In Coral Gables, where the incident began, police said a jewelry store worker was also injured but did not say if she had been shot. There was no immediate update on her condition. It all started shortly after 4 p.m., when police in Coral Gables received a silent alarm at the Regent Jewelers store in the city’s Miracle Mile area, about 5 miles west of Miami. Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak said during a news conference that two suspects were at the
store and that shots were being fired when police, summoned by a silent alarm from inside the store, arrived. The suspects fled in a truck, then carjacked the UPS delivery truck and its driver not long afterward to start the chase into the southern portion of Broward County, running red lights and narrowly avoiding some crashes along the way. The UPS truck finally stopped in one of the middle lanes of a busy roadway, caught behind a wall of other vehicles waiting for a red light to turn green. Television footage showed
several officers on foot, some with guns drawn, approaching the truck from the rear and the driver’s side once it stopped. News helicopters were following the chase and at least one showed the conclusion live, with one person falling out of the vehicle’s passenger side after several shots were fired. It was unclear if the shots were fired from inside the truck, from law enforcement who were moving in or some combination thereof. The fourth victim, in another car at the intersection, was “an innocent bystander,” Piro said. “This is what dangerous people do to get away,” Hudak said. “And this is what people will do to avoid capture.” Piro was asked if there was a chance that either the driver or the bystander may have been hit by a bullet fired by police. “It is very, very early on in the investigation and it would be completely inappropriate to discuss that,” Piro said. “We have just began to process the crime scene. As you can imagine, this is going to be a very complicated crime scene.”
Pearl Harbor sailor kills two, then self using service weapons By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Caleb Jones Associated Press
HONOLULU — A U.S. sailor shot three civilians with his service weapon, killing two of them, before taking his own life at Pearl Harbor, just days before thousands descend on the storied military base to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese bombing that propelled the United States into World War II. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial already had plans for additional security for the annual ceremony before the shooting Wednesday across the harbor at the Navy’s shipyard, spokesman Jay Blount said. About a dozen survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing were expected to attend Saturday, along with dignitaries and service members. The shooter was identified Thursday as 22-year-old G. Romero, according to a military official who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that had not been made public. Romero’s job was to stand watch on the fast attack submarine USS Columbia, which is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for maintenance. He used his service rifle to shoot the victims, then killed himself with his service pistol, the official said. Rear Adm. Robert Chadwick, commander of Navy Region Hawaii, said he didn’t know the motive for the shooting Wednesday at the naval shipyard within the base. The wounded victim was hospitalized in stable condition. It wasn’t known if the sailor and the three men working for the U.S. Department of Defense knew each other, Chadwick said. Tara Kapoi told The Associated Press that her 30-year-old husband,
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Security guards stand outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam, in Hawaii on Wednesday after a shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
Vincent Kapoi Jr., was one of those killed. She said he worked at the shipyard and grew up in Waianae, a town on the west side of Oahu. “We don’t know what happened,” she said Thursday. Names of the other victims have not been released. Mass shootings and gun violence are rare in Hawaii. It had the lowest gun death rate among the states in 2017, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The islands have strict firearms laws, including a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. In 1999, a Xerox service technician shot and killed seven coworkers in Hawaii. In 2006, a man fatally shot his taxi driver and a couple taking photos of the city lights from a lookout point in the hills above Honolulu. Hawaii Gov. David Ige said the White House has offered assistance from federal agencies and that the state is also ready to help if needed. The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard repairs, maintains and modernizes
the ships and submarines of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which is headquartered at Pearl Harbor. The shipyard is across the harbor from the wreckage of USS Arizona, which sank in the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack. More than 2,300 Americans were killed in the bombing. The shipyard has played a key role in naval history, most notably during World War II. Shipyard workers were given just days to repair the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier severely damaged during the Battle of the Coral Seat in 1942, because the Navy needed to quickly send the ship to Midway to meet Japanese forces. Some 1,400 shipyard workers labored around the clock for almost 72 hours to patch together the carrier. The planes the Yorktown delivered to Midway sank one of the four aircraft carriers Japan sent to the battle and helped destroy two others. The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war in U.S. favor.
Teen who died in custody unresponsive for hours Associated Press
HOUSTON— Video showing the U.S. Border Patrol cell where a 16-year-old from Guatemala died of the flu shows the teen writhing and collapsing on the floor for hours before he was found dead. The footage published Thursday by ProPublica calls into question the Border Patrol’s treatment of Carlos Hernandez Vasquez, who was found dead May 20. According to ProPublica, Carlos staggered to the toilet in his cell in the middle of the night at the Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas, and collapsed nearby. He remained still for more than four hours until his cellmate awakened at 6:05 a.m. and discovered him on the floor. The cellmate quickly got the attention of a Border Patrol agent, followed shortly by a physician’s assistant who attempted a single chest compression. Weslaco police
reports obtained by ProPublica say the physician’s assistant quickly determined Carlos was dead. The Border Patrol’s statement on the day of Carlos’ death says the teenager was “found unresponsive this morning during a welfare check.” The video shows Carlos stopped moving at about 1:39 a.m. on May 20, 15 minutes after he toppled forward and landed face-first on the cell’s concrete floor. Border Patrol logs say an agent performed a welfare check at 2:02 a.m., 4:09 a.m., and 5:05 a.m. Dr. Norma Jean Farley, the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy, told ProPublica that she was told the agent looked through the window but didn’t go inside. Police photos show a large pool of blood around Carlos’ head. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement Thursday saying it could not discuss specifics of Carlos’ death due to an ongoing
investigation, but that the agency and the Department of Homeland Security “are looking into all aspects of this case to ensure all procedures were followed.” But CBP’s former acting commissioner, John Sanders, said he believed the U.S. government “could have done more” to prevent the deaths of Carlos and at least five other children who died after being apprehended by border agents. “I really think the American government failed these people. The government failed people like Carlos,” Sanders told ProPublica. “I was part of that system at a very high level, and Carlos’ death will follow me for the rest of my life.” Sanders resigned as the Border Patrol was detaining thousands of people at a time, many for longer than the agency’s own 72-hour deadline, sometimes for weeks at a time. As border crossings surged this spring, President Donald
Trump’s administration sought to hold people for longer to end what it derided as the “catch and release” of immigrant families. But the Border Patrol was not equipped to detain people for that long. Reports of people jampacked into cells without drinkable water or showers sparked national outrage. One group of lawyers that visited a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, described seeing hungry children trying to care for each other and one 4-yearold with matted hair who had gone without a shower for days. The Border Patrol has since reduced the number of people in its custody — largely due to the rollout of policies such as “Remain in Mexico,” in which the U.S. government has sent more than 55,000 people back across the border to await their court cases. Thousands of those people are now waiting in squalid border camps.
Across the U.S.
Senate OKs bill to save funding for black colleges WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan deal that would permanently restore funding to historically black colleges and universities and other schools that serve large shares of minority students. The legislation also would simplify the federal form used to apply for student financial aid. The amended bill has yet to go before the House. If enacted, the bill would permanently grant $255 million a year to more than 100 schools designated as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, along with other institutions that serve large shares of Hispanic and Native American students. Previous legislation promised to provide that funding every year, but it expired at the end of September after the Senate failed to renew it. The impasse threw budgets into jeopardy at scores of schools enrolling millions of students. The funding is primarily meant to support science, technology, engineering and math programs for minority institutions.
Amazon blaming Trump over contract loss, judge says Amazon is arguing in a court case that President Donald Trump’s bias against the company harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract. Amazon’s legal complaint against the Pentagon is sealed. A federal judge summarized its arguments in comments released Thursday. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing contract to Microsoft in October. Federal Claims Court Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith said at a Nov. 26 hearing that Amazon is arguing that the bidding process was compromised by Trump’s bias. Audio from the hearing was released publicly Thursday. The judge said Amazon has determined that the procurement process was not only “arbitrary and capricious decision-making” but was also “compromised and negatively affected by the bias expressed publicly by” Trump. She said Amazon is seeking a permanent injunction prohibiting the Pentagon from going forward with awarding the contract to Microsoft.
Panel calls for purge of dozens of racist laws RICHMOND, Va. — A commission assigned to research racist laws from Virginia’s past recommended Thursday that dozens of them be officially repealed, including measures that resisted desegregation, prevented black voters from casting ballots and prohibited interracial marriage. While most of the statutes are outdated and “have no legal effect,” they are still enshrined in law, the nine-member commission of attorneys, judges, scholars and community leaders wrote in an interim report. Although “some of these acts were rendered null and void by an amended Virginia Constitution, by landmark civil rights cases or legislation, it’s clear that they are vestiges of Virginia’s segregationist past that still sit on the books,” Chief Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Hudson, who leads the commission, said at a news conference. “We should not afford them the distinction of that official status.” Gov. Ralph Northam pledged to work with fellow Democrats who will control the General Assembly to repeal the laws. Many of the acts flagged for repeal were measures intended to enforce the state’s strategy of “massive resistance” to federally mandated school integration. Another provided for public playgrounds segregated by race. One authorized the town of Smithfield to make an annual appropriation to an all-white military company. — Associated Press
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Putin offers extension to nuclear pact By Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Thursday to immediately extend the only remaining nuclear arms reduction pact with the United States, but a senior U.S. official said Washington wants a broader deal involving China. Speaking at a meeting with military officials, Putin said that Russia has repeatedly offered the U.S. to extend the New START treaty that expires in 2021 but that it hasn’t heard back. “Russia is ready to extend the New START treaty immediately, before the year’s end and without any preconditions,” he said. The pact, which was signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and then Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers. The treaty, which can be extended by another five years, envisages a comprehensive verification mechanism to check compliance, including on-site inspections of each side’s nuclear bases. Its expiration would remove any limits on Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals for the first time in decades. Arms control advocates have argued that the failure to extend the pact would be highly destabilizing at a time when Russia-U.S. relations have sunk to the lowest levels since the Cold War. Putin and other Russian officials have repeatedly voiced concern about Washington’s reluctance to discuss the treaty’s extension. “Our proposals have been on the
table, but we have got no response from our partners,” Putin said. In Washington, a senior Pentagon official suggested the Trump administration is not interested in an immediate extension and sees no rush anyway as New Start doesn’t expire until Feb. 2021. John Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy, told a Senate committee that the administration’s main priority is getting Russia and China to agree to begin negotiations on a broader arms treaty to supplant New START. “If the United States were to agree to extend the treaty now, I think it would make it less likely that we would have the ability to persuade Russia and China to enter negotiations on a broader agreement,” Rood said. In an apparent bid to encourage
the U.S. to extend the treaty, the Russian military last month showed its latest hypersonic weapon to U.S. inspectors. The Defense Ministry underlined that it demonstrated the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as part of transparency measures under the New START. Putin unveiled the Avangard in 2018 along with other prospective weapons, noting that its ability to make sharp maneuvers on its way to a target will render missile defense useless. New START is the only remaining U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty after both Moscow and Washington withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty earlier this year. The U.S. said it pulled out because of Russian violations, a claim the Kremlin has denied.
Paris police arrest scores in pension protests By Thomas Adamson and Claire Parker Associated Press
PARIS — Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government’s plan to overhaul the retirement system. At least 90 people were arrested in Paris by evening as the protests wound down. Police said 65,000 people took to the streets of the French capital, and over 800,000 nationwide in oftentense demonstrations aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon pension reform. The open-ended walkout by the country’s unions represents the biggest challenge to Macron since the yellow vest movement against economic inequality erupted a year ago. Opponents fear the changes to how and when workers can retire will threaten the hard-fought French way of life. Macron himself remained “calm and determined” to push it through, according to a top presidential official. In Paris, small groups of masked activists smashed store windows, set fires and hurled flares on the sidelines of a march that was otherwise peaceful. Demonstrators also shot firecrackers at police in body armor. Some journalists were mugged in the street. The Louvre closed some of its galleries, and the Palace of Versailles shut down. Subway stations across Paris closed their gates, high-speed TGV trains canceled their runs, and nearly 20% of flights at Paris’ Orly Airport were reported grounded. Many visitors, including the U.S. energy secretary, canceled plans to travel to one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. Some travelers showed support for the striking workers. Others complained about being embroiled in someone else’s fight. “I had no idea about the strike happening, and I was waiting for two hours in the airport for the train
Call to stop smugglers after 58 migrants die NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — The drowning of at least 58 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania sent despair through tiny Gambia on Thursday while some demanded a crackdown on human traffickers after one of this year’s deadliest disasters among young Africans trying to reach Europe. At least 83 survivors swam through rough seas to shore after their boat capsized Wednesday. They had been trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands but diverted toward Mauritania as fuel and food ran low, the U.N. migration agency said. The boat, which the U.N. said was carrying an estimated 150 migrants, including children, had tossed on the Atlantic Ocean for a week. Authorities continued to search for an unknown number of missing people. Gambia’s President Adama Barrow expressed “great sadness” as his government said most of the survivors were Gambian. Six of the 19 Senegalese passengers survived.
Netanyahu says Israel has ‘full right’ to annex Jordan Valley
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Youths throw items at police forces during a demonstration in Paris on Thursday. Small groups of protesters are smashing store windows, setting fires and hurling flares in eastern Paris amid mass strikes over the government’s plan for retirement reform.
to arrive, and it didn’t arrive,” said vacationer Ian Crossen, from New York. “I feel a little bit frustrated. And I’ve spent a lot of money. I’ve spent money I didn’t need to, apparently.” Beneath the Eiffel Tower, tourists from Thailand, Canada and Spain echoed those sentiments. Paris authorities barricaded the presidential palace and deployed 6,000 police officers. Police ordered all businesses, cafes and restaurants in the area to close and detained 71 people before the demonstration even started. Authorities banned protests in the more sensitive neighborhoods around the Champs-Elysees avenue, the presidential palace, Parliament and Notre Dame Cathedral. Health workers showed up to decry conditions in hospitals. Students pointed to recent student suicides and demanded government action. Environmentalists emphasized that climate justice and
social justice are one and the same. And young and old roundly condemned the new retirement plan, which they fear would take money out of their pockets and reduce the leisure period the French expect have come to expect in the last decades of their lives. Skirmishes broke out between police firing tear gas and protesters throwing flares in the western city of Nantes, and thousands of red-vested union activists marched through cities from Marseille on the Mediterranean to Lille in the north. Lacking public transportation, commuters used shared bikes or electric scooters despite near-freezing temperatures. Many people in the Paris region worked from home or took a day off to stay with their children, since 78% of teachers in the capital went on strike. The big question is how long the walkout will last. Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne said she expects the travel troubles to be just as bad
on Friday, and unions said they will maintain the Paris subway strike at least through Monday. Joseph Kakou, who works an overnight security shift in western Paris, walked an hour to get to his home on the eastern side of town. “It doesn’t please us to walk. It doesn’t please us to have to strike,” he said. “But we are obliged to, because we can’t work until 90 years old.” The deeply unpopular Macron is expected to reveal the details of his plan next week. The government has promised not to touch the official retirement age — 62, though lower for certain physically demanding occupations — but the plan will encourage some people to work longer. To Macron, the retirement reform is central to his plan to transform France so it can compete globally in the 21st century. The government argues France’s 42 retirement systems need streamlining.
OPEC talks end without expected cuts in production By Kiyoko Matzler and David McHugh Associated Press
VIENNA— The countries that make up the OPEC oil-producing cartel ended talks late Thursday without an announcement on possible deep cuts to production that would support the price of fuel around the world. An OPEC spokesman told waiting journalists at 10 p.m. that an expected news conference would not take place and that a written statement might come later. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, and other officials then left the meeting without announcing any deal. OPEC’s members have been expected to prolong production cuts that they agreed on for the past three years, while Russia’s energy minister said that even deeper cuts were under discussion. The price of crude has been held down in recent years by a resurgence in supplies from countries outside OPEC, particularly the United States. As it stands, OPEC nations have agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day through
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Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud (center), Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, is seen at the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday.
March. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, whose country is not part of OPEC but joins part of the meeting to coordinate production, said Thursday that the group was discussing a further cut of 500,000 barrels a day “in order to safely go through the seasonal demand trough in the first quarter 2020.” OPEC officials were to broaden discussions to include non-OPEC members on Friday.
Saudi Arabia is bearing the burden of the largest share of OPEC’s production cuts. But some member countries such as Iraq have been breaching the agreement and producing more than their allotted amount. Analysts note that if countries are already not complying with the current agreement, voting for more cuts could be pointless. “I think the Saudi position is
they’re willing to cut more if needed, but they want better compliance,” said Bhushan Bahree, executive director of global oil at research group IHS Markit. Brent crude oil hovered near $63 per barrel Thursday. Prices have fluctuated throughout the year, reaching nearly $75 in April after U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela limited world supply, but lingering trade tensions between the U.S. and China dampened economic expectations pushed prices back down. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark crude, was trading above $58. Russia has indicated it wants its oil production re-calculated to exclude gas condensate, a liquid byproduct of natural gas production. Condensate is counted against production totals for non-OPEC members but not for members. Even if members of the cartel cut production, there is more oil coming to market from non-OPEC nations, including the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Norway and Guyana, which will more than make up for any drop in production, according to IHS Markit.
LISBON, Portugal — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel has the “full right” to annex the Jordan Valley if it chose to, even as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warned the country against taking the bold step. Netanyahu said his proposal to annex the strategic part of the occupied West Bank was discussed during a late-night meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He said they also agreed to move forward with plans for a joint defense treaty. The annexation move would surely draw condemnation from the Palestinians and much of the world and almost certainly extinguish any remaining Palestinian hopes of gaining independence. The Palestinians seek all the West Bank, captured by Israel in 1967, as the heartland of their hoped-for state. The Jordan Valley comprises some 25% of the West Bank and is seen as the territory’s breadbasket and one of the few remaining open areas that could be developed by the Palestinians.
Russia suspends joint project with Iran MOSCOW — A Russian state company suspended a research project with Iran because of its decision to resume enriching uranium, a move a senior official said Thursday was necessary after the U.S. canceled a waiver to allow the joint venture. The TVEL company said Iran’s decision to resume uranium enrichment at the Fordo facility makes it impossible to convert the facility to produce radioactive isotopes for medical purposes. Iran agreed to stop uranium enrichment under a 2015 deal with world powers to prevent it from building a bomb, but it has resumed such activities after the U.S. pulled out of the pact last year and imposed new sanctions. TVEL’s suspension apparently reflects Moscow’s attempt to distance itself from the Iranian nuclear activities that violate the 2015 agreement to avoid the U.S. penalties. It comes after a U.S. announcement last month that the waiver allowing foreign companies to work at Fordo will end Dec. 15. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the U.S. pressure “created a difficult environment” for Russia and other participants in the pact. He said Russia is suspending its participation in the project to “analyze the possibilities and potential negative consequences of the American measures” but not stopping it altogether. — Associated Press
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Minister’s message | The Rev. Andy Carlson
How Christmas got its festive trees and twinkling lights
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just put up my Christmas tree and lights. I really enjoy watching the Christmas tree lights twinkle in the evening. There is something about those soft lights twinkling on the tree that just calms a person down. Where did this tradition get started? I am Scandinavian and am a Lutheran pastor. There is a long tradition of lights and trees going back to before my ancestors converted to Christianity.
It was Martin Luther who “baptized the evergreen tree” and brought it into the church. Luther had two evergreen trees brought into his church for Advent (the three or four weeks leading up to the Christ Mass — Christmas). One was decorated with red apples to symbolize the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden. The other tree was decorated with white Christian symbols and candles. It was
church briefs Star of the North Lutheran invites community members to December Services Please join us at 216 N. Forest Drive in Kenai for the following services: Divine Service every Sunday at 11 a.m.; Advent Services Wednesday, Dec. 11 and 18 at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m.; Christmas Day Divine Service Wednesday, Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. For more information please contact Rev. Dustin Atkinson at 283-4153.
College Heights Baptist Church Bethlehem Revisited This Christmas season will be like no other you have ever experienced! Imagine being able to step back in time more than 2,000 years. Stroll through the ancient streets of Bethlehem as you await the arrival of Mary and Joseph and the birth of the baby Jesus at 5:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. nightly. You will encounter on
your journey: merchants, craftsmen, rabbis and many other citizens, as well as live animals. But that’s not the end of the story. Continue on, following the earthly ministry of Jesus, along the sea of Galilee where you’ll meet John the Baptist, the woman at the well, and others. Afterward, see how the ministry of Jesus is completed on the cross, leaving us with the promise of redemption and eternal life. From Friday, Dec. 13 to Monday, Dec. 16 at 5-8 p.m. at 44440 Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna. Free Admission. Contact 907-262-3220.
Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ events ■■ The Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ Sunday School Department will present the play, “A Savior is Born,” on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. This Christmas message will be performed by the children in story and song. Refreshments will be served in the fellowship hall immediately following the play. Everyone is invited to attend this special service commemorating the birth of Jesus.
symbolic of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. The trees were placed on the left and right sides of the front of the church sanctuary. On Christmas Eve the candles on the tree were lit for the midnight service. The trees were taken out after Christmas and made into a cross that was later used for Lent/ Easter. It wasn’t long before homes also had Christmas trees in Germany. The custom quickly spread to
■■ In what is an annual tradition, the birth of Jesus will be celebrated on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m., as a birthday party for Jesus, with special music and the giving of gifts to the work of the Lord. ■■ On Sunday, Dec. 22 at 5:30 p.m., the Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ Choir will have special music in celebration of our Savior, followed by a wonderful and hope-filled Christmas message to conclude the service. All are welcome to attend these services celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. For questions, please call 252-1230.
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
Scandinavian countries, where the State Church is Lutheran. Then the custom spread to England. You get the picture. It caught on throughout most of the world. At Funny River Community Lutheran Church (the church I serve), we have a Christmas tree in our sanctuary. We also have the candle light service on Christmas Eve, but we have it at 6 p.m. instead of midnight. There is nothing
Holiday worship in pictures Share photos of your place of worship’s holiday displays. Send photos to news@peninsulaclarion. com. 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.
Awana Kids Club
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.
that can compare to the sanctuary electric lights turned off and lit up with a hundred plus candles and singing “Silent Night” as the service ends. My prayer is that you may find the peace that only Christ can bring on this most Holy of Days. Written by Rev. Andy Carlson, Sr. M.Div. Pastor Carlson grew up with 22 siblings in a log cabin in the back woods of Alaska (120 miles from
“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 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.
Equipping Grandparents
Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets place at table
Sterling Grace Community Church is presenting
A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry of
the Arctic Circle). He has served 23 years in the parish (five of those years were as a Navy/Marine chaplain). He is a Gulf War Veteran. He has served Funny River Community Lutheran Church since 2015. Sunday services are at 11 a.m., followed by a lunch that everyone is invited to. The church is located at 15 Mile Funny River Road. (Take a right on Rabbit Run and go a 1/4 mile to the church). The church website is www.funnyriverlutheran.org.
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 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.
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.
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
Methodist
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
You Are Invited! Wheelchair Accessible
St. Francis By The Sea
110 S. Spruce St. at Spur Hwy. - Kenai • 283-6040 Christmas Service December 25 at 3:00 pm Sunday Services Worship Service.........11:00 a.m. Eucharistic Services on the 1st & 4th Sundays
283-6040
Sterling Lutheran Church LCMS 35100 McCall Rd. Behind Sterling Elementary School Worship: Sunday .... 11:00 a.m. Bill Hilgendorf, Pastor 907-740-3060
“Whoever is thirsty, let him come”
776-8732 NSUMC@alaska.net Sunday Worship ..........9:30 a.m.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help 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.
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
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.
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
Lutheran
Non Denominational
Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Hwy, Nikiski
Star Of The North Lutheran Church L.C.M.S. 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
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
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Brown Bears winger enters system with Alaskan ties, DI commitment locked up By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion
One of the newest faces on the Kenai River Brown Bears roster is actually an old one who has returned to help bring the team back to the playoffs. Enter Skylar Gutierrez, 18, from Anchorage. Gutierrez arrived in Soldotna last week via a Nov. 25 trade from the Lone Star Brahmas, a nondivisional opponent in the North American Hockey League. While the Anchorage winger is still in the process of being fully integrated in the Bears’ offense, Gutierrez hopes to be part of the team’s resurgence, which has seen Kenai River race out to 17 wins in the first 27 games of the 60-game NAHL season. The Bears are on
pace for 37 wins, which would be a franchise high (the 2011-12 squad tallied 31 wins). “They’ve been working hard all year, and they’ve been building,” Gutierrez said Wednesday after a team practice. “We’ve got to get back on track this weekend and keep staying on top.” Gutierrez enters the Kenai River fold after 17 games with the Brahmas this season. He was able to notch six points over that span, but the biggest news he received came before the trade when Gutierrez committed to playing Division I hockey with the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, his hometown college team. Kenai River head coach Kevin Murdock hopes that bringing in a Div. I player like that will provide
another layer to the melting pot of talent the Bears have. “I think he competes really hard,” Murdock said when asked about Gutierrez’s value. “He plays physical but at the same time he’s still got a really good skillset. He plays fast, makes plays quickly. I think he’s a pretty well-rounded player.” The wingman had a lot of inspiration to make a career in hockey growing up. His parents Verlana and Moises Sr. supported a large family — Gutierrez has 11 siblings consisting of six brothers and four sisters — and Skylar is the youngest, along with a twin sister. Two of his older brothers, Moises Jr. and Justin, also played hockey and made it to the competitive ranks. Moises, who spent a
chunk of his career in the ECHL (including one game with the Alaska Aces in 2009-10), was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, and Justin played seven years in the NAHL (two games in 2011-12 with the Wichita Falls Wildcats), Western Hockey League and ECHL. Gutierrez said watching his two older brothers play in tournaments sparked the desire in him to join them. The brothers spent countless hours, sometimes late nights, out at Ben Boeke Ice Arena and the O’Malley Ice and Sports Center in Anchorage. “My brother Justin is closest to me in age, so I really looked up to him growing up,” Gutierrez said. “I wanted to be like him, strived to be See BACK, Page A9
Kenai River’s Zach Krajnik makes a play in front of the net Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Jets By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion
The resurgent Kenai River Brown Bears entered the Thanksgiving weekend with an unbeaten month of November and leading the North American Hockey League Midwest division. After two losses against the last-place Minnesota Magicians
offered a dose of reality, the Bears are hoping to get back to the win column in December, starting this weekend against the Janesville Jets. Game times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The series will be the last two home games the Bears play until Jan. 17, and head coach Kevin Murdock wants the Bears to make the most of it.
“I think it’s an opportunity for us to take a step back and reevaluate what we need to continue to work on as the season progresses,” Murdock said. “The 10-game win streak was nice but I don’t think we played necessarily to the best of our abilities — the puck took some nice bounces to get some wins.” This weekend also caps off a
12-game homestand. The Bears are 8-2 during that stretch. Murdock acknowledged the same strengths and weaknesses that the Bears have been showcasing all season. The team ranks second in the league in scoring, but also has a tendency to start fast before lapsing back into inconsistent play. Murdock said See bears, Page A9
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What makes an Alaskan?
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ere’s a philosophical question for the readers out there —what qualifies someone as being “Alaskan”? Is it strictly a matter of time spent living here, or are there certain experiences that need to be had? Are you Alaskan upon receiving your first PFD check? Are you Alaskan after your 10th time getting stuck in the snow? Are you Alaskan after you’ve shot your first moose, or after you’ve hit one with your car? A few months ago I celebrated my first full year of living in this wild and wonderful state – my “Alaskaversary,” if you will. With only a year under my belt, I’m sure most people would still consider me a Cheechako at this point (according to Urban Dictionary, the Cheechako cutoff is 25 years, which seems a little harsh to me). I’ll admit that I’ve got a lot of things I still need to check off my Alaska bucket list. I haven’t gone ice fishing, haven’t shot (or hit) a moose, and have still only seen a small fraction of all the natural beauty that the state has to offer. Perhaps most importantly, my arrival was poorly timed in the sense that I’ll have to wait another whole year until I get that sweet, sweet oil money. That being said, I’ve already had my fair share of Alaskan experiences, and I like to think that I’ve come a long way from the Florida boy who had never even seen snow before, let alone had to dig his car out of it. I approached my first Alaskan winter with a mix of curiosity and naivety. The first time I drove through Nikiski after a big snowfall, my jaw dropped at the sight. The serene stillness of a world buried by the elements was hypnotizing. The first time the temperature dropped below zero I stepped outside and thought, “Hah! this isn’t so bad.” I was actually so comfortable in the cold weather that I started to believe my winter experience would be a breeze. And then I was blindsided by the darkness. I had no idea how much we fragile humans depend on sunlight to keep us going. After a couple weeks of going to work and coming home in total darkness, constantly missing that tiny window of light that would occur each day, I started to feel like one of those little toy plants that dance when you put them in sunlight. My battery was drained, and I could barely bring myself to get out of bed. Luckily for me, my cousin Ameye – who is a true Alaskan by any measure – noticed me See OUT, Page A10
Managing wildfire with data, technology & proper preparation Mike Hill
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Landsat 8 data showing the head (SE Corner) of the Swan Lake Fire on June 8, 2019. (Photo provided by John Morton)
When you think of datadriven careers, the natural resource field is probably not the first profession that comes to mind. I envision a guy or gal sitting behind a super computer in the Silicon Valley running algorithms and crunching data. But data and analytics have found their niche in almost every profession in the world. As a sports fan, I notice that sports broadcasters commonly have a guest analytics expert to narrate decisions made by head coaches and managers. Fire management officials use data and analytics as aids in the decision-making process as well. Some firefighters eventually become fire managers, trading in their fire boots and pulaskis for a computer. We multitask
computer applications to manage information during a wildland fire. Fire managers deal with a litany of risk-based analysis challenges, as we make decisions in a time compressed environment. To alleviate that stress load, pre-fire season planning is essential in any fire manager’s toolbox. Much of that preseason planning takes place between now and next spring. I often hear the question, “What do you do in the winter?” Well, the simple answer to that question is, “we plan.” And we use data to do that. A relatively new tool in the fire management world is the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) or drone. Drones collect data and make it available in almost real time. Drones give fire managers and operations personnel access to information that has rarely been available in
the past. Outfitted with an infrared camera, a drone can fly in heavy smoke while detecting hot spots, spot fires and other heat sources that threaten containment lines. Until drones came along, we really didn’t have the capability or access to this kind of information, especially in such a short turnaround time. Conventional aviation assets (either fixed- or rotor-winged aircraft) are extremely limited in capability during events with heavy smoke. Drones have made the impossible possible by providing near real-time data to those who make decisions on the fire line. Satellite imagery is one of the core data sets that fire managers use in making decisions. From imagery that is available daily (yes, daily!) to heat signatures, to finding structures from images, to See data, Page A10
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Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (10) looks to throw during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Thursday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Bears bust out against Cowboys to stay alive By Andrew Seligman AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Mitchell Trubisky and the Chicago Bears appear to be hitting their stride, even if it might be too late to salvage their season. Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in Chicago’s 31-24 victory over Dak Prescott and the slumping Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. In a matchup between disappointing teams that made the playoffs last season, the Bears (7-6) came away with their fourth win in five games after dropping four in a row. The Cowboys (6-7) have lost seven of 10 since a 3-0 start. “I think it shows we’re resilient,” Trubisky said. “We stick together. We believe in each other even when nobody else believes in us. It’s a special group in that locker room. We just want to keep this feeling going.” Trubisky shook off an early interception near the goal line to complete 23 of 31 passes for 244 yards. He matched a season high for touchdown throws and set one with 63 yards rushing. That included a 23-yard scoring dash early in the fourth quarter to make it 31-14. Allen Robinson caught two TD passes and Anthony Miller had one as Chicago tied a season scoring high. On defense, Khalil Mack had a sack but l inebacker Roquan Smith left the game with a pectoral injury on the opening drive, with coach Matt Nagy saying it “doesn’t look real good for him.” Still, the Bears took out the NFC East leaders after beating the struggling Detroit Lions
twice and New York Giants in recent weeks. “Most teams at some point in time will hit some type of adversity,” Nagy said. “We went through that four-game stretch. It was difficult in a lot of different ways. ... Everybody’s seeing what type of people we have on this football team. No one’s flinched. We’ve pulled together. We’ve become even tighter.” SLUMP CONTINUES Facing a top-10 defense for the third week in a row, the Cowboys once again couldn’t get their high-powered offense going. “I can’t put a finger on it,” said Prescott, the NFL’s passing leader. “I wish I could right now. If I could we wouldn’t be in this situation, we would be getting over this and out of this slump, but that’s the most frustrating part, we have the skill level, we have the players, we have the chemistry at times, But we’re not playing together as a team, complementary enough when we need to, and we need to figure it out.” Prescott was 27 of 49 for 334 yards and a touchdown. Ezekiel Elliott ran for 81 yards — his fifth straight game under 100 — and two scores. Michael Gallup had 109 yards receiving. Amari Cooper caught six passes for 83 yards and a touchdown, but the Cowboys lost their third straight. They lead Philadelphia by a half-game in the division. “I know we have the right pieces in place, right players, right talent. Just about doing it instead of talking about it,” Cooper said. TAKING CONTROL Kept out of the end zone in
a 13-9 loss at New England two weeks ago and then held to two touchdowns in falling 26-15 to Buffalo on Thanksgiving, the Cowboys went 75 yards for a score on the game’s opening possession. Elliott lunged in from the 2 to cap a 17-play drive. Jourdan Lewis then intercepted Trubisky’s pass with a neat play near the left pylon, dragging his left foot. He was initially ruled out of bounds, but the call was overturned by a replay review. But it was all Bears after that. Chicago tied it early in the second quarter when Trubisky hit Robinson with a 5-yard pass and took a 10-7 lead on a 36-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro. Dallas’ Brett Maher then missed a 42-yarder wide right. Chicago added to the lead in the closing seconds of the half with Trubisky’s 8-yard pass to Robinson, and Miller’s 14-yarder in the third made it 24-7. “I think we stayed ahead of the chains, we scored early, we were able to get the run game going,” Robinson said. “All aspects of our offense were working today. We were able to keep them off balance.” FOR KICKS Maher is 20 for 30 on field goals this season after going 1 of 2. The 10 misses are more than any other NFL kicker has had in a season the past four years. INJURIES Cowboys: WR Cedric Wilson jammed his left leg trying to catch a long pass in the closing minute. ... LB Leighton Vander Esch (neck), NT Antwaun Woods (knee) and S Jeff Heath (shoulder) were inactive.
Rockets beat Raptors on road TORONTO (AP) -- Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, James Harden shook off a slow start to score 23 points and the Houston Rockets beat the Toronto Raptors 119-109 on Thursday night, snapping a three-game road losing streak. Ben McLemore had a season-high 28 points, P.J. Tucker added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Danuel House Jr. scored 16 as the Rockets handed Toronto its second straight home loss after a franchise-record nine straight wins to begin the season. Pascal Siakam scored 24 points, Fred VanVleet had 20 and Kyle Lowry 19 as the Raptors lost back-to-back regular-season home games for the first time since losing to Oklahoma City and Charlotte last March 22 and 24. McLemore set a career high by making eight 3-pointers on 17 attempts. Tucker matched his season high with five made 3-pointers. Houston finished 22 for 55 from long range. Harden shot 7 for 11, his fewest attempts of the season. He failed to finish as Houston’s leading scorer for the second time this season. The
only other time was an opening-night loss to Milwaukee, in which Harden shot 2 for 13 and scored 19 points.
WIZARDS 119, 76ERS 113 WASHINGTON (AP) -- As well as the Philadelphia 76ers have been playing at home lately, they just can’t consistently get their act together on the road, and a combined 15 turnovers by Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons contributed to a loss at Washington. The Sixers dropped to 5-7 away from Philadelphia -- where they are 10-0 this season -- despite 33 points from Tobias Harris, 26 points and a season-best 21 rebounds from Embiid, and 17 points and 10 assists from Simmons. Facing one of the most lax defenses in the NBA, Embiid had eight turnovers and Simmons seven. The 76ers ended up with 21 in all, leading to 30 points for the Wizards, who had lost five of their past six games entering the night. Bradley Beal had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Washington. Rookie Rui Hachimura scored 27, while Davis
Bertans scored 19 of his season-high 25 points in the second quarter.
SUNS 139, PELICANS 132, OT NEW ORLEANS (AP) -Devin Booker broke out of a perimeter-shooting slump, scoring 21 of his season-high 44 points in the third quarter, and Ricky Rubio powered Phoenix with four points and a critical assist in overtime in a victory over New Orleans. Playing the back end of a back-to-back, Phoenix led by 18 points entering the fourth quarter, but the Pelicans fought back with five 3-pointers, two by the normally scatter-shooting Lonzo Ball, to tie it at 125. The Pelicans had a chance to win in regulation, but Brandon Ingram missed a 15-foot jumper from the right baseline as time expired.
NUGGETS 129, KNICKS 92 NEW YORK (AP) -- Will Barton scored 17 points to help Denver beat New York. Jerami Grant added 16 and Monte Morris had 15. The Nuggets shot 56% from the field, had eight players
like him on the ice. He’s the one that really made me fall in love with hockey.” Skylar, who commands the right wing spot, attended South Anchorage High School for two years, and played just one season with the Wolverines, scoring an astounding 55 points in 25 games. He didn’t play freshman year because the USA Hockey national tournament was held in Anchorage in 2016, and rules dictated that players weren’t allowed to play both leagues at the same time. Guterriez graduated high school last spring with online coursework. Like any talented puckster, Gutierrez grew his hockey career by making the move down south for the junior leagues. Gutierrez went down to Wisconsin to play in the United States Hockey League with the Madison Capitols, laying the groundwork for his first stint with the Brown Bears. Gutierrez played six games for the Bears with one assist scored in 2017-18. Gutierrez said that initial experience lifted his game tremendously at age 16. “It was just good being able to play that young,” he said. “Coming here for two weeks and getting some games in, and knowing how fast the game is and how to prepare for it the following season. It really helped me out a
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a lot of that comes down to the finer details such as puck management and offensive zone possession. “I know I’m probably going to sound like a broken record, but we need the ability to play a full 60-minute game,” he said. “I’ve been thinking about some of those games, we had a few couple-goal leads that we’ve been giving up, and we’re turning games that we had three- or fourgoal leads into one-goal games at the end of it.” Murdock also noted that the Magicians were a better team than their record showed. Minnesota came into the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex with a nine-game losing skid and with only four wins out of 22 games this season, but Murdock said many
Peninsula Clarion Friday, December 6, 2019 A9 lot playing the game at that looking for and how hard speed.” he’s got to work to get there,” After playing last season Murdock said. in Madison in the USHL, The coach also said having Gutierrez came back to the a guy with strong Anchorage NAHL with the Brahmas, but ties will hopefully boost the Murdock was keeping an eye flow of Alaskan talent to the on him from afar. Murdock organization. said in his own early days “It’s good for us to have a as coach with the Bears, he good Alaska connection of considered drafting him, but guys that grew up playing things didn’t work out with each other and with each the staff. other,” he said. “Getting them “We were worried about all on the same team and getting guys that would give having them be a little more us options going into training comfortable, it certainly camp,” Murdock said. “Once helps.” he was at Lone Star, after a Gutierrez said he has good couple games, I reached out chemistry with many of the to him. Being from Alaska, he current players, notably knows a good chunk of the Soldotna’s Preston Weeks, guys on the team.” Anchorage’s Max Helgeson, When he was acquired by Wasilla’s Porter Schachle and Kenai River early last week, Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik. Gutierrez was pleased to Gutierrez said he also has head back to Alaska. Guti- a history with Eagle River’s errez said his family makes Brandon Lajoie in youth the three-hour drive down leagues growing up. to Soldotna to watch him, “It’s a super easy transiincluding last weekend when tion knowing half the guys,” he made his first appearance he said. “I feel welcome right in a Brown Bears sweater at away.” the Soldotna Regional Sports With his commitment to Complex since March 23, UAA for the 2020-21 season, 2018. Gutierrez said it’s nice to have “It’s great feeling being his future secure for now and back home, playing near my looks forward to donning the family,” Gutierrez said. “It green and gold jersey for the feels right being here, and I Seawolves, but for now, he’s like being here.” all in for a potential postseaGutierrez got about a son run with the Bears, who dozen minutes on the ice haven’t been to the NAHL last Saturday in a 3-1 loss to playoffs in six years. the Minnesota Magicians, “It’s nice coming from a top but Murdock said they both team to another top team,” he know the 60-game season said. “Bringing what I know, holds a lot more potential and everyone pushing each with a Bears offense that other every day in practice to ranks in the top five in the stay on top … It’s a winning league in scoring. culture there, and hopefully “He knows what he’s we’re building one here.”
of those games showed a team with flashes of talent. Minnesota has six losses in either overtime or a shootout this year. With the Jets (fourth place in the Midwest division) coming to town, Murdock said he wants to leave with points in both games. Janesville is on a four-game losing skid themselves, and rank 15th in the league in scoring and 22nd in defense (goals allowed). “I think they have a really good team, a young team that have fast skill players, which on our sheet of ice are the types of players that really thrive on that,” he said. “We need to tighten some things up and be ready to go for them.” The team also welcomed the additions of forward Sullivan Mack and defenseman Sean Sullivan last Thursday. Both got time on ice last weekend with limited
minutes. The last week also presented the Bears the opportunity to give back to the community. Several Brown Bears players visited residents at Charis Place, an assisted living home in Kenai, where they treated residents with teddy bears to spread holiday cheer. The effort came after last Friday’s teddy bear toss for charity, in which hundreds of stuffed animals were thrown onto the ice following the team’s first goal of the game against Minnesota. Tonight’s game against Janesville is Elementary Night, where elementary school age children get in free, accompanied by an adult. The Bears played up that theme this week with visits to area elementary schools. Saturday’s game is Dollar Ticket Night as game admission is $1 for all fans.
SoHi hockey falls to Chugiak Staff Report Peninsula Clarion
The Soldotna hockey team fell 6-2 to the Chugiak Mustangs Thursday night in a nonconference clash in Chugiak. A power play goal by Galen Brantley III in the first period left SoHi trailing 2-1, and Wyatt Medcoff tied it early in the second, but the Mustangs came back with three goals — starting with Tyler Huffer’s tiebreaking shot with 8:04 left — of the period to take a 5-2 edge into the final frame. Stars head coach Indy Walton said the game was closer than the final score indicated, and
Chugiak ended up leading the shots tally 22-14, including an even third period. SoHi goaltender Josh Tree stopped 22 shots on goal, while Chugiak goalie Daegen Love warded off 14. Thursday Mustangs 6, Stars 2 Soldotna Chugiak
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1st period — 1. Chugiak, Beckett (unassisted), 1:41; 2. Chugiak, Momblow (Huffer, Davis), 11:31; 3. Soldotna, Brantley (Miller, Medcoff), PP, 14:08. Penalties — Soldotna 1 for 2:00; Chugiak 1 for 2:00. 2nd period — 4. Soldotna, Medcoff (Montague), 4:26; 5. Chugiak, Huffer (Davis), 6:56; 6. Chugiak, Young (Beckett), 10:36; 7. Chugiak, Beckett (Momblow, McEwen), PP, 14:16. Penalties — Soldotna 1 for 2:00. 3rd period — 8. Chugiak, Huffer (Beckett, Momblow), PP, :30. Penalties — Chugiak 1 for 2:00. Shots on goal — Soldotna 5-5-6—16; Chugiak 12-9-7—28. Goalies — Soldotna, Tree (28 shots, 22 saves); Chugiak, Love (16 shots, 14 saves).
Nikolaevsk volleyball wins on 1st day of Mix Six state tourney Staff Report
The Nikolaevsk Warriors won and advanced Thursday at the Mix Six state volleyball championships at Dimond High School with a 2-1 win over Gustavus, which beat Shishmaref earlier in the day, The Warriors won with game scores of 25-27, 25-15 and 15-11, and will play 11 a.m. Friday against Tanalian, which handled Akiuk 2-0. Nikolaevsk head coach Bea Klaich said the wait to play
until the late afternoon left the team a little sluggish out of the gates, but the Warriors were able to rebound. “Those first game jitters kind of took place in the first set and we got buried a little,” Klaich said. “The kids came roaring back and we lost but we came out of that set happy and they settled down and played really well.” Nikolaevsk was one of four teams in the 12-team tournament that had a firstround bye, a group that also included Akiuk, Kalskag and
reach double figures and snapped a two-game losing streak. Mitchell Robinson
had 17 points for New York. The Knicks have lost eight straight.
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Nunamuit. A win by Nikolaevsk in Friday’s morning game with Tanalian would advance them to a Friday night semifinal at 8 p.m. The winner of that game moves on to Saturday’s championship final at 2 p.m. Klaich said the team defense came together well against Gustavus, crediting the efforts of setter Elizabeth Fefelov, who Klaich said did not miss a serve, and senior Emily Gerasimof on defense. Klaich added that middle blocker Zachary Trail finished strong.
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struggling one day and pushed me to start taking Vitamin D supplements. I’ve always been skeptical about supplements and medications in general, but after a couple of days with that extra Vitamin D in my system I felt like a brand new man. Seriously, that stuff should be statemandated for the winter months. I don’t know how people make it through otherwise. Since I spent most of my first winter just learning how to survive, I didn’t give myself the chance to experience all the fun activities that allow Alaskans to thrive.
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snow cover (or lack of snow cover), satellites provide fire managers with critical data. Especially in a state as vast as Alaska, the conventional ways of mapping a fire (walk or fly around the fire perimeter with a GPS) aren’t practical in many cases, so we use daily satellite images to map the fire perimeter. It actually is more accurate because there’s less human error. Heat-sensing technology has advanced to a degree that fire managers can access heat signature data, derived from satellite data. An incredibly valuable data set, heat signatures also contribute to decision making. We essentially see where a fire is moving from our computers. Of course, there are constraints with satellite data. Satellites pass directly overhead every four to six hours. That may seem like a long time, but compared to places in the Lower 48, that is quite frequent due to the smaller circumference of the earth at our northern latitudes. Today we have more access to weather data than ever before. Our cell phones help make us experts in weather forecasting. In an age of instant gratification, weather observations taken hourly almost seem agonizingly slow. However, in the wildland fire profession, the RAWS (Remote Automated Weather Station) does exactly that. It records data
Peninsula Clarion But hey, that’s what this winter is for. I’ll be cutting down my first Christmas tree on Friday, an experience that will no doubt be chronicled in my next column. My friends are determined to have me build a snowman and take part in a snowball fight, and I’m sure they won’t disappoint. With the famous Tsalteshi Trails practically in my backyard, I’d be a fool not to take up cross-country skiing as well. Hopefully by the time the peninsula thaws out next spring, I’ll be a few percentage points closer to being a real Alaskan. This year I was counting the days until the first snow, which tells me that, while I may not be an Alaskan yet, I’m certainly not a Floridian anymore.
such as temperature, relative humidity, dew point, precipitation, wind speed and wind direction. From those hourly observations, calculations are automatically made and fire weather indices are calculated. In Alaska, those calculations include fine fuel moisture code, duff moisture code, drought code, initial spread index, buildup index and fire weather index. These data on an hourly basis are extremely valuable during the sometimes very short window between decisions. What about the “old fashioned” way that firefighters collect weather data? It’s still common practice for fire crews to “sling” weather with a sling psychrometer and an anemometer — they collect the same basic data that a RAWS station collects. These on-the-ground observational data help calibrate, validate and inform weather forecasters. These data are also invaluable. Data is here to stay. Our challenge in the world of wildfire management is to organize and make sense out of all the data available to us. Still, we need to balance screen time and field time. Even fire managers need some time on the fire-line to stay grounded in reality. Michael Hill is the Assistant Fire Management Officer for Alaska Southern Refuges, stationed at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999–present) at https:// www.fws.gov/refuge/Kenai/ community/refuge_notebook. html.
Big 12 title game to decide a lot By Stephen Hawkins AP Sports Writer
When Baylor jumped out to a quick 25-point lead over Oklahoma, there was a sense for the Bears that they really did belong in those conversations about being a Big 12 contender -- and maybe even bigger things. That feeling didn’t go away, even after the 12-time Big 12 champion Sooners had their biggest comeback ever to ruin a big night for the Bears, who had won 11 games in a row until then. “It just changes your level of expectation,” Baylor coach Matt Rhule said. “So, that game can do nothing but help us as long as we make sure that we learn from it, which I think we have.” Three weeks later, No. 6 Oklahoma (11-1, 8-1 Big 12, No. 6 CFP) and No. 8 Baylor (11-1, 8-1, No. 7 CFP) meet again Saturday in the Big 12 championship game and on the edge of a possible playoff spot, depending on what happens with Georgia in the SEC and Utah in the Pac-12. This is a familiar spot for the Sooners, in the Big 12 title game for the 11th time, including all three since the league was able to reinstate that game in the playoff era after a six-year hiatus. The four-time defending champs are the league’s only team to make the College Football Playoff, getting to a national semifinal three of the past four seasons. Oklahoma coach Lincoln
Riley hasn’t spent a lot of time thinking about what happened on the banks of the Brazos River, when quarterback Jalen Hurts overcame three turnovers with four touchdown passes and 114 yards rushing in a 34-31 win -- after Baylor led 28-3 early in the second quarter. “That was a great night, but that was multiple weeks ago. It was two really good football teams going at it. They played better than we did in the first half, we played better than they did in the second half, tight game,” Riley said. “This one’s different. Championship games are different. Playing not at home, not on the road. ... The stakes are different, the setting’s different, the teams are at different points.” Rhule, voted this week by his Big 12 peers as coach of the year, has taken a similar approach. But he believes the Bears, the only Power Five team ever to go from 11 losses to 11 wins within two seasons, are already “a way better team” than they were only three weeks ago. Baylor and quarterback Charlie Brewer rebounded from that only loss with convincing wins over Texas and at Kansas to finish the regular season. “It changed us in a way,” linebacker Jordan Williams said. “And the fact that we know what we can do, and I guess if we go out there now and that we know we can do it off the bat, then we won’t feel like we’re not supposed to be there.”
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NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 2 0 .833 322 145 Buffalo 9 3 0 .750 257 188 N.Y. Jets 4 8 0 .333 204 280 Miami 3 9 0 .250 200 377 South Houston 8 4 0 .667 293 271 Tennessee 7 5 0 .583 276 234 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 261 257 Jacksonville 4 8 0 .333 220 292 North Baltimore 10 2 0 .833 406 219 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 236 225 Cleveland 5 7 0 .417 246 272 Cincinnati 1 11 0 .083 179 298 West Kansas City 8 4 0 .667 348 265 Oakland 6 6 0 .500 237 324 Denver 4 8 0 .333 198 237 L.A. Chargers 4 8 0 .333 244 241 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 6 7 0 .462 334 267 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 274 284 Washington 3 9 0 .250 173 290 N.Y. Giants 2 10 0 .167 230 339 South x-New Orleans 10 2 0 .833 298 248 Carolina 5 7 0 .417 280 320 Tampa Bay 5 7 0 .417 340 346 Atlanta 3 9 0 .250 260 323 North Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 289 255 Minnesota 8 4 0 .667 319 242 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 243 232 Detroit 3 8 1 .292 280 315 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 10 2 0 .833 349 183 Seattle 10 2 0 .833 329 293 L.A. Rams 7 5 0 .583 283 250 Arizona 3 8 1 .292 255 351
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Thursday’s Game Chicago 31, Dallas 24 Sunday’s Games Washington at Green Bay, 9 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 9 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 9 a.m. San Francisco at New Orleans, 9 a.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 9 a.m. Indianapolis at Tampa Bay, 9 a.m. Denver at Houston, 9 a.m.. Miami at N.Y. Jets, 9 a.m. Baltimore at Buffalo, 9 a.m. L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville, 12:05 p.m. Tennessee at Oakland, 12:25 p.m. Kansas City at New England, 12:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 12:25 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Rams, 4:20 p.m. Monday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. All Times AST
Bears 31, Cowboys 24 Dallas 7 0 0 17 — 24 Chicago 0 17 7 7 — 31 First Quarter Dal--Elliott 2 run (Maher kick), 6:03. Second Quarter Chi--Robinson 5 pass from Trubisky (Pineiro 12:13. Chi--FG Pineiro 36, 8:06. Chi--Robinson 8 pass from Trubisky (Pineiro :10. Third Quarter Chi--Miller 14 pass from Trubisky (Pineiro 8:18. Fourth Quarter Dal--Elliott 2 run (Maher kick), 14:55. Chi--Trubisky 23 run (Pineiro kick), 13:22. Dal--Cooper 19 pass from Prescott (Maher 4:29. Dal--FG Maher 31, :08. A--61,276. First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING--Dallas, Elliott 19-81, Prescott 3-1. Chicago, Montgomery 20-86, Trubisky 10-63, Cohen 3-7, Patterson 1-(minus 5). PASSING--Dallas, Prescott 27-49-0-334. Chicago, Trubisky 23-31-1-244. RECEIVING--Dallas, Gallup 6-109, Cooper 6-83, Jarwin 6-50, Witten 5-37, Cobb 2-43, Elliott 2-12. Chicago, Cohen 6-24, Robinson 5-48, Horsted 4-36, Holtz 3-56, Miller 3-42, Patterson 1-33, Ridley 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS--Dallas, Maher 42.
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NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 15 5 .750 — Toronto 15 6 .714 ½ Philadelphia 15 7 .682 1 Brooklyn 11 10 .524 4½ New York 4 18 .182 12 Southeast Division Miami 15 6 .714 — Orlando 10 11 .476 5 Charlotte 9 14 .391 7 Washington 7 13 .350 7½ Atlanta 5 17 .227 10½ Central Division Milwaukee 19 3 .864 — Indiana 14 7 .667 4½ Detroit 8 14 .364 11 Chicago 8 14 .364 11 Cleveland 5 15 .250 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 15 6 .714 — Houston 14 7 .667 1 San Antonio 8 14 .364 7½ Memphis 6 15 .286 9 New Orleans 6 16 .273 9½ Northwest Division Denver 14 5 .737 — Utah 12 10 .545 3½ Minnesota 10 10 .500 4½ Portland 9 13 .409 6½ Oklahoma City 8 12 .400 6½ Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 19 3 .864 — L.A. Clippers 16 6 .727 3 Phoenix 10 11 .476 8½ Sacramento 8 12 .400 10 Golden State 4 19 .174 15½ Thursday’s Games Washington 119, Philadelphia 113 Denver 129, New York 92 Houston 119, Toronto 109 Phoenix 139, New Orleans 132, OT Friday’s Games Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 7 p.m. Orlando at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Denver at Boston, 8 p.m. Golden State at Chicago, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Washington at Miami, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games New Orleans at Dallas, 2 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 10 p.m.
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Men’s College Scores EAST St. Francis (NY) 84, Hartford 78 SOUTH Auburn 81, Furman 78, OT High Point 70, Elon 66, OT Howard 94, Hampton 91, OT Louisiana Tech 74, Mississippi St. 67 MIDWEST Wichita St. 95, Cent. Arkansas 69 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 73, SE Missouri 64 Oklahoma 82, North Texas 80 FAR WEST Montana St. 77, S. Dakota St. 70 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 61, N. Illinois 49
SOUTH Cincinnati 58, VCU 56 Coastal Carolina 86, UNC-Pembroke 44 Davidson 75, Newberry 46 ETSU 67, Wake Forest 60 Florida St. 78, Michigan St. 68 Furman 62, Georgia St. 55 Georgia Tech 60, Wisconsin 41 Iowa St. 75, Alabama 66 Louisiana Tech 79, McNeese St. 54 NC State 66, Maryland 59 Norfolk St. 49, Longwood 46 North Alabama 120, Oakwood University 38 North Carolina 85, Illinois 60 Old Dominion 69, William & Mary 58 Vanderbilt 75, Tennessee Tech 61 Virginia Tech 67, Purdue 54 MIDWEST Bradley 70, N. Dakota St. 64 Cent. Michigan 70, Iona 50 Dayton 58, Morehead St. 41 Drake 103, Waldorf 18 Michigan 84, Syracuse 76 Milwaukee 78, N. Illinois 65 Missouri 83, Saint Louis 58 Ohio St. 67, Louisville 60 S. Dakota St. 94, Coppin St. 41 Valparaiso 77, Detroit 58 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 73, Tulsa 63 Florida 51, Prairie View 44 UTEP 70, Weber St. 51 FAR WEST Gonzaga 70, Montana St. 55 Pacific 63, UC Santa Barbara 53 UC Davis 75, Boston U. 68 UC Riverside 80, California Baptist 64 Utah 78, Oral Roberts 58
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NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 29 20 3 6 46 104 69 Florida 27 13 9 5 31 96 97 Buffalo 29 13 11 5 31 88 87 Montreal 29 12 11 6 30 95 101 Toronto 30 13 13 4 30 95 101 Tampa Bay 26 13 10 3 29 95 86 Ottawa 29 12 16 1 25 76 91 Detroit 30 7 20 3 17 63 119 Metropolitan Division Washington 30 21 4 5 47 112 86 N.Y. Islanders 27 19 6 2 40 80 65 Philadelphia 29 16 8 5 37 92 82 Carolina 29 17 11 1 35 91 80 Pittsburgh 28 15 9 4 34 96 78 N.Y. Rangers 27 14 10 3 31 87 89 Columbus 28 11 13 4 26 70 87 New Jersey 27 9 14 4 22 69 101 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 30 18 6 6 42 90 78 Colorado 28 18 8 2 38 103 78 Winnipeg 29 17 10 2 36 84 80 Dallas 30 16 11 3 35 79 75 Minnesota 29 14 11 4 32 88 92 Nashville 27 12 10 5 29 89 88 Chicago 28 11 12 5 27 78 88 Pacific Division Arizona 30 17 9 4 38 85 70 Edmonton 30 17 10 3 37 93 89 Vegas 31 15 11 5 35 93 88 Vancouver 29 14 11 4 32 97 86 San Jose 30 15 13 2 32 86 99 Calgary 30 14 12 4 32 77 89 Anaheim 28 12 12 4 28 75 84 Los Angeles 29 11 16 2 24 73 96 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 Arizona 3, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Vegas 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 3, Columbus 2 Chicago 4, Boston 3, OT Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 4 Colorado 3, Montreal 2 Carolina 3, San Jose 2, SO Dallas 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Calgary 4, Buffalo 3 Friday’s Games Chicago at New Jersey, 3 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Washington at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Ottawa at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 12 p.m. Colorado at Boston, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 3 p.m. San Jose at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m.
Women’s College Scores EAST Binghamton 59, Cornell 56 Fordham 51, Manhattan 45 Mass.-Lowell 56, CCSU 54 Penn St. 78, Pittsburgh 73 Richmond 64, Md.-Eastern Shore 52 Rutgers 73, Virginia 63 UConn 92, Seton Hall 78 UMass 67, New Hampshire 65
Toronto at St. Louis, 3 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Nashville, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 6 p.m.
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BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with 2B Dilson Herrera on a minor league contract. BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Josh Osich and INF Marco Hernández on one-year contracts. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP James Hoyt on a one-year contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Traded OF Jake Marisnick to the N.Y. Mets for LHP Blake Taylor and OF Kenedy Corona. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Named Terry Bradshaw hitting coach, Cal Eldred pitching coach, Pedro Grifol bench coach, Rusty Kuntz first base coach, John Mabry major league coach, Vance Wilson third base coach and Rafael Belliard special assignment coach. SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded C Omar Narváez to Milwaukee for RHP Adam Hill and a 2020 Competitive Balance Round B draft pick. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with INF Mike Moustakas on a four-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with OF Jarrett Parker and INF Max Moroff on minor league contracts. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Larry Rothschild pitching coach, Bobby Dickerson bench coach, Wayne Kirby first base coach and Ben Fritz bullpen coach. Promoted Skip Schumaker to associate manager. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred Gs Charlie Brown Jr. and Brandon Goodwin to College Park (NBAGL). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed DL Jonathan Bullard on IR. Claimed TE Dan Arnold off waivers from New Orleans. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived DT Zach Sieler. Claimed C Hroniss Grasu off waivers from Tennessee. Signed G Will Holden to the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS — Released P Matt Wile from the practice squad. Signed P Jack Fox to the practice squad. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed LB Myles Jack on IR. Signed LB Joe Giles-Harris from the practice squad. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed RB Darrel Williams on IR. Signed DB Alex Brown from the practice squad and TE Gehrig Dieter to the practice squad. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed DT P.J. Johnson and WR Tyron Johnson to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed C Tanner Volson to the practice squad. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Waived LB Quentin Poling and OL Kyle Kalis from the practice squad. Signed DB Jordan Brown, WR De’Mornay Pierson-El and TE Cole Wick to the practice squad. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released S Chris Johnson from the practice squad. Signed CB Tremon Smith and WR Marken Michel to the practice squad. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed OL Andrew Lauderdale, S Tyree Robinson and WR Chris Thompson to one-year contracts. Waived OL Christian DiLauro and RB Brandon Wilds. Waived/ injured WR Shawn Poindexter. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed D Matt Tennyson on IR, retroactive to Tuesday. NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned D Sean Day from Hartford (AHL) to Maine (ECHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Loaned D Tobias Geisser to Ev Zug (National League-Switzerland). SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED — Re-signed M Jeff Larentowicz. CINCINNATI — Signed M Haris Medunjanin. DALLAS — Acquired M Thiago Santos on permanent transfer from Palmeiras (Serie A-Brazil) and signed him. United Soccer League LEAGUE TWO — Announced it is adding a franchise next season in Grand Rapids, Mich. to be known as Grand Rapids FC. COLLEGE DOANE — Announced the retirement of Gwen Egbert volleyball coach. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE — Named Jessica Trautman assistant women’s lacrosse coach.
Landeskog helps Avs beat slumping Habs MONTREAL (AP) -Gabriel Landeskog scored in his return from a lowerbody injury and the Colorado Avalanche beat the slumping Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday night. Ryan Graves and Matt Calvert also scored and backup goalie Pavel Francouz made 39 saves to help the Avalanche win their fifth straight game and improve to 18-8-2. Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cousins scored for Montreal The Canadiens have lost nine of 10 to fall to 12-11-6. Cayden Primeau stopped 32 shots in his NHL debut. The 20-year-old son of former NHL player Keith Primeau played in the first of a backto-back for Montreal, with Carey Price set to face the New York Rangers on Friday night.
BLACKHAWKS 4, BRUINS 3, OT BOSTON (AP) -- Jonathan Toews scored 54 seconds into overtime and Chicago recovered after blowing a threegoal, third-period lead to end Boston’s eight-game winning streak. Toews picked up the puck after a turnover by David Pastrnak and skated in on Tuukka Rask before backhanding it between the goalie’s legs. The crowd, which thought Pastrnak had been tripped, began showering the ice with garbage.
ISLANDERS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2, OT UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -Ryan Pulock scored a powerplay goal 3:20 into overtime to lift New York past Vegas. Cal Clutterbuck and Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders. They won their seventh straight at Nassau Coliseum and snapped Vegas’ four-game winning streak.
HURRICANES 3, SHARKS 2, SO RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -Andrei Svechnikov scored in the shootout, Petr Mrazek
stopped San Jose cold in the tiebreaker and Carolina beat the Sharks. Svechnikov had a goal and an assist in regulation, Jake Gardiner also scored and Warren Foegele added two assists for the Hurricanes. Mrazek stopped 28 shots.
WILD 5, LIGHTNING 4 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists and Minnesota beat Tampa Bay for its fifth straight victory. Joel Eriksson Ek, Jason Zucker, Carson Soucy and Victor Rask also scored for the Wild, who have an
11-game point streak (8-03). Alex Stalock stopped 30 shots.
COYOTES 3, FLYERS 1 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Phil Kessel scored two goals to lead Arizona past Philadelphia.
RANGERS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Artemi Panarin scored the decisive goal in his return to Columbus, leading New York past the Blue Jackets.
STARS 3, JETS 2, OT
DALLAS (AP) -- Joe Pavelski scored on the power play 2:02 into overtime in Dallas’ victory over Winnipeg.
FLAMES 4, SABRES 3 CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Milan Lucic scored his first goal for Calgary and the Flames held on to beat Buffalo. Tobias Rieder, Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan also scored for the Flames, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games. Monahan also had an assist for his first multipoint game since Nov. 7.
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Heartland The family receives 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls How I Met How I Met devastating news. ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Your Mother Your Mother ‘14’ ‘PG’ 48 Hours (N) KTVA Night- Castle Castle’s car is engulfed Major Crimes cast in flames. ‘PG’ ‘14’ Total Packers Live Two and a Two and a Beat Shazam Cell tower tech- Comedy.TV ‘PG’ Packers-Matt Half Men ‘14’ Half Men ‘14’ nicians; sisters. ‘PG’ LaFleur The Voice “Live Top 10 Elimi- (:29) Saturday Night Live “Jennifer Lopez; Saturday Night Live (N) ‘14’ Channel 2 (:29) Saturday Night Live “Jennifer Lopez; nations” The top 8 artists are DaBaby” Host Jennifer Lopez; DaBaby perNews: Late DaBaby” Host Jennifer Lopez; DaBaby perrevealed. ‘PG’ forms. (N) ‘14’ Edition (N) forms. ‘14’ Consuelo Midsomer Murders A woman Vera ‘PG’ Unforgotten on Masterpiece ‘14’ Austin City Limits Miguel; Mack Wealth- is shot in Ford Florey. ‘PG’ Canadian singer Alessia Track Cara. ‘PG’
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Dateline “Deadly Twist” ‘PG’
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Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Last Man Last Man Madam Secretary Children ‘14’ ‘14’ Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ are killed by an American bomb. ‘PG’ Mission Un- Pet Vet-Team Frontiers ‘G’ CBS Week- Modern Fam- Modern Fam- Bull ‘14’ stoppable end News ily ‘PG’ ily ‘PG’ College Football Big Ten Championship: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Rams 360
Blue Bloods “Something (8) WGN-A 239 307 Blue” ‘14’ Amazon Fire Tablet “All Easy (20) QVC 137 317 Pay Offers” (N) ‘G’ (3:00) “A Storybook Christ (23) LIFE 108 252 mas” (2019) Ali Liebert, Jake Epstein. Chicago P.D. “Anthem” ‘14’ (28) USA 105 242 (30) TBS
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DEAR ABBY: My wife by my first name. I tell and I married in our earher I love her every day, ly 40s. I have given my all but she hasn’t said it to her, but I have always back since the baby was felt underappreciated. born. She also doesn’t say I always wanted to be goodnight when she goes a father, but she didn’t to bed. want to have kids. After We haven’t kissed we were together for a in almost two months. few years, she changed I receive no affection her mind, so we decided from her; she never even to try for a child and were Dear Abby touches me. I don’t care surprised to discover afnot having sex, but Jeanne Phillips about ter only a week of trying she won’t even touch my that we were pregnant. A few months arm or try to hold my hand. I feel ago, we were blessed with our beauti- alone and lonely in my own home. ful, healthy daughter. What can I do to change things? — My wife had difficulty with breast- HEARTSICK HUSBAND feeding, so she decided to stop and DEAR HUSBAND: Tell your wife solely bottle-feed. I have been supwhat you have written. She may be portive of her decision, but she still feeling overwhelmed and exhausted feels sad and guilty about it. I have from taking care of a brand-new done all I can to encourage and com- baby, or suffer from a common confort her, but she just brushes me off. dition called postpartum depression. I love my wife with all that I am, (It’s sometimes referred to as the but I don’t feel loved in return. Since “baby blues” for a reason.) Urge her we started dating, she has always to discuss how she has been feeling called me “Babe.” Now she calls me with her OB/GYN because, with
medical help, the condition is treatable. Please don’t wait because the sooner this is dealt with, the better it will be for all three of you.
DEAR ABBY: I recently housesat for a friend and her family while they were on vacation because they needed someone to water their plants and take out their dog. Cleaning is a favorite pastime of mine, so while I was there, I did some tidying up. I did not enter any of their bedrooms and only did small tasks such as vacuum and mop the common areas. I genuinely thought I was being considerate by going above and beyond. When they returned, they seemed shocked and even slightly offended, and made jokes about how I must think they are messy. At the time, it seemed fine, but I understand now it may have been misinterpreted. Did I cross a boundary, and should I avoid doing this in the future? How should I apologize? I feel terrible for offending them. — CLEANING’S MY THING
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DEAR C.M.T.: Stop beating yourself up and ASK your friend if she was offended that you mopped and dusted while you were housesitting. If the answer is yes, apologize. And when you do, explain that you are somewhat of a “neatnik” and thought they would be pleased to come home and find fewer chores needing to be done. If she’s truly offended, you won’t be asked to housesit again, but I have a strong hunch you will be. 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. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby — Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.
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HHHH You might be challenged to achieve as much as you would like. You have the drive and the energy to do so, if you choose. Clearly, you have a good idea of how quickly the holidays are approaching. Tonight: “Ho-ho-ho” errands.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HH You might feel more comfortable maintaining a low-profile. You have had a lot on your mind about a key relationship. In fact, this bond keeps your mind on overdrive. Do you need to get to the bottom of a problem? Tonight: Keep it low-key and personal.
HHHHH You make a mad dash wherever you are going. Your hands are full and your mind is racing. You accomplish more than a day’s work before you even start some holiday shopping. Tonight: Meet up with friends for some eggnog and good times.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You love the holidays and tend to milk every moment of fun, decorating and joy from them. You might have a lot to accomplish, especially if you hold a normal job. You willingly flow right into your Santa chores. Tonight: Baking into the wee hours.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Defer to a relative or someone who often does not participate in the holidays. If this person wants to do more, let it happen. You cannot control his or her choices, but you can enjoy them. Tonight: Do not forget a card or gift for a special person who does not live near you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH One-on-one relating takes on an emotional tone. This situation might evolve at work, where you least expected such energy. Get into the moment. Toss away restraint. Tonight: Wherever you are, make sure you are surrounded by holiday music.
HHHHH You draw others out naturally. Your friends depend on that ability, especially if they want to sing the blues. What you are seeing might make you very HAPPY as you look around and notice how jovial your friends are. Tonight: At a favorite haunt.
HHH You might have your Christmas list, yet you are not likely to follow it. Impulse takes over and you do the work of elves. Recognize damages you might inflict on your wallet. Tonight: Head home early. Try to stay out of trouble.
HHH You will feel much better about this holiday season if you maintain your budget. Of course, this decision needs to come from you. You might feel the need to return a gift that you felt was somewhat costly. Tonight: Drop in on a party or two.
HHHHH You enjoy yourself at this time of year, no matter where you are or what you are doing. The holidays naturally suit you. You like letting go of the here-and-now
Dear Readers: Often during the holidays, we get busy and distracted, and we forget to take cautionary measures while we are out and about. Here are some things to remember: ■ Beware of the person who bumps into you, because it’s a favorite method of pickpockets. ■ Do not announce your plans for travel on social media. Do that AFTER you get home from your trip. ■ If you think you’re being followed home while driving, don’t go home. Drive to a police station or a crowded area. ■ Thieves usually try to target people they feel are vulnerable, such as elderly folks or the handicapped. ■ Above all, stay alert and be aware of your surroundings. — Heloise
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Dear Heloise: With four boys, there was a huge mess on Christmas morning when they opened their gifts. One year, I decided to do something different. I got four TRASH BAGS, gave each boy a bag and told them they couldn’t open another gift until they put the ribbons and wrapping paper from the previous gift into the bag. It saved me at least an hour of cleaning and reorganizing. After we opened all our presents, I told them to put away their clothes and toys. They’re grown men now, with their own families, and they follow what we did when they were children. Their wives appreciate it! — Imogene in Wisconsin
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HHH You might have a somewhat stoic attitude about the holidays, decorations and shopping. Do not force yourself to change your mood. A loved might not feel up to snuff and could appreciate a visit. Tonight: Meet up with a friend but make it an early night.
HHHH Defer to a loved one or friend who would like to play a stronger role in the preparations leading up to Christmas. While you may not agree with this person, you can relish not worrying about what he or she is handling. Tonight: Out on the town.
Christmas is in the bags!
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for a short while. Tonight: Where celebration can be found.
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years ago. I’m also on the Kenai Peninsula Transportation Committee, the Shelter Development Workgroup, I took part in the Kenai Peninsula Re-Entry Coalition, and I was a classroom volunteer for 18 years in the school district. And Rotary and Red Cross. What challenges do you see for the city in the coming years? Sprague: … We’re still wrestling with what to do about a visitor’s center/convention center. We’re looking at what we need to do to spruce up the sports center, because it does need work and that might be a way to incorporate some of the other issues that we’re looking at. Another big one that Merrill mentioned at the city council forum back in October was the parking for Soldotna Creek Park. That’s a big issue that we really do need to find a resolution for. Tautfest: The Alaska Mental Health Board had their meeting here back in September, and I listened to a lot of concerns. There was one recurring theme, and that was transportation. We have a public transportation problem here in that we don’t have any. I would like to see some sort of affordable transportation for folks, whether they’re here in the summer or just local folks. I know Seward has a trolley system and I thought that would be great here. And housing is another issue that I think should be addressed.” What are some of the greatest opportunities that you see for the city of Soldotna? Tautfest: I would like a convention center here to bring conferences into the area. I attended a lot of conferences. I attended one in Sitka last year and they had a fishing excursion I thought that would be great in Soldotna, a conference center to get those folks here. And then they may want to come back and visit again.
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Sprague: We’re a great spot for anyone that wants to come to Alaska or the Kenai Peninsula. I think a convention center is a big-ticket item and I’m not quite sure how far we need to go in that direction. … I’ve been wrestling with that one for years myself, and the city has as well. I think there’s a lot of opportunity to keep getting the word out about what Soldotna has to offer and the quality of life that we have here.” Is taxation in Soldotna too high, about right, or too low? Sprague: I think it’s just about right. I think we have really the best taxation regime in the state of Alaska, if not the country. We have a very small property tax, very small, half a mill is negligible, and our sales tax is 3 percent. … So I think we have a good balance and I think that our financial situation reflects how well we’re doing. It is a good balance. Tautfest: I think it’s about right. Property taxes are low, sales tax is low, some areas in the Lower 48 pay property taxes that are really, really high, same with sales taxes, so I think it’s about right. Do you agree or disagree with the plan to annex the roughly 3.8 square miles of land adjacent to existent city boundaries? Sprague: I do support annexation. The pieces that I thought were really important from the get-go were, number one, Funny River Road, because a lot of those folks are on city water and sewer and have agreed to support annexation. Number two, south of town, because the city does have property within the trail system, so I support that as well. … I certainly don’t want to second-guess the city council on what they want at this point. Tautfest: From what I know about it, I would say no for annexation. Too many people just don’t want it, and I don’t think the city needs the money. When I think of annexation, you annex to get more revenue — whether its property or sales tax — and I just don’t see it. I think the
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Pete Sprague and Charlene Tautfest participate in the Soldotna Mayoral Candidate’s Forum at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna on Wednesday.
city’s doing fine financially from what I’ve heard. What do you see as the city’s role in attracting new businesses and families to Soldotna? Tautfest: Having all these year-round activities I think is helpful for families to enjoy and get out, and I’d like to see more of them advertised. Sprague: We want to make Soldotna a place that people want to come to and if they want to come here they’ll live here and start their businesses here and they’ll start their families here. I think that’s the key. Do you see a path forward for either the Soldotna Field House or the Soldotna Visitor’s Center? Tautfest: I would like to see a visitor’s center/convention center move forward. That’s just me. Build it and they will come. Sprague: I really think at this point we need to let the dust settle a little bit. Even though the whole project did fail by a small amount of voters, I still think and what I’ve heard from folks is that the voters said no, so let’s wait a little while on this. I would subscribe to that. If you received a one million dollar grant to use for the city any way that you wanted, what would you do
with it? Sprague: First, I’d like to have more pedestrian accessibility. It’s challenging right now to get around and I would like to see more ways for folks to get across both highways for pedestrians and bikers to access. I would also like to see some improvements for parking at Soldotna Creek Park, which is really the crown jewel of the city. Tautfest: I had parking in my notes here, because we need a parking structure. There’s just not enough parking at Soldotna Creek Park and I’d love a parking lot somewhere that had access so that people could walk to things and have access to a bus stop there. Also transportation, housing, I’d like to see some type of a shelter for the homeless, and the convention center. I know that’s probably way more than a million, but it’s a start. What’s a stereotype about Soldotna that you believe people get wrong? Sprague: Maybe that we’re not a modern, progressive, forward-looking town, city and area. I think that we are. … Soldotna is beautifying. It’s growing, and I think it’s really improved and matured. I’m really proud of where we are and have a bright outlook for
the future. Tautfest: I don’t hear a lot of stereotypes about Soldotna. I think it’s a very friendly city. Maybe that’s it’s just a fishing community, but it’s more than that. Families live here, work here, thrive here, play here, retire here, so there’s a lot more to Soldotna than just fishing. In the last six months, have either of you attended city council meetings? Sprague: Yes, I was at the meeting two weeks ago and I listen to all of the meetings online. Tautfest: Yes, I have. I think the city council is awesome, they’re very engaged and it’s great. What ideas do you have for making Soldotna more friendly for pedestrians and cyclists in the city? Sprague: I’d like to see improved bike lanes. Ideally I’d like to see an overpass at the Y, you know with our million dollars in magic-wand money, to improve connectivity for our walkers and bikers and runners, which I am all of the above. Tautfest: I’d like the sidewalks plowed so people can actually walk down them. I almost hit a lady the other day because she couldn’t, she had to walk down the road. And just more accessibility for bikes
and walking. Do either of you envision anything in the future where we can bring our teenagers after school? Tautfest: I know there was a teen center here at one time and I don’t know why that is no longer available. I don’t know if it’s just because people weren’t attending it or what the challenges were with that. I think the schools provide a lot of after-school activities, so I’d say that. The parks as well. Sprague: I know the Boys and Girls Club did have their facility right across the street, and I think there were budgetary reasons why it closed. … But the bottom line is that it’s a funding issue. The city has, over the years, budgeted $35,000 to the Boys and Girls Club, and it just doesn’t perform as well as the clubhouse for younger kids. That is a visible issue, and it’s something we need to address. How do you envision getting more housing and affordable housing into the city given that annexation has been a controversial issue when it comes to expanding our footprint? Sprague: I think right now Soldotna has a limited amount of acreage. Right now we’re at 7.2 square miles, and with annexation we might be getting more vacant land that would provide opportunities for developers to subdivide and build. I think a lot of that just as far as housing is that it’s a capitalism/private enterprise issue. If the demand is there then folks will develop the land. Affordable housing and subsidized housing, I’m not sure what willingness or need is there. Granted there is a homelessness problem but I’m not sure how the city would approach affordable housing from a municipality standpoint. Tautfest: We have a lot of seasonal housing here, and that provides a challenge for folks that want to rent and they can only rent for nine months and then may be homeless for three, so just approaching landlords and then building is the only thing I can think of.