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Dunleavy appoints judges to vacancies Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week appointed judges to the Homer Superior Court and the Kenai District Court.

Dunleavy appointed Martin C. Fallon to the Kenai District Court and Bride Seifert to the Homer Superior Court on Dec. 6.

The two were chosen from a list of applicants put forward by the Alaska Judicial Council, which nominates the most qualified applicants for each vacancy. Dunleavy had 45 days to choose from nominated applicants and make appointments.

The judicial council, a citizens commission created by the Alaska Constitution to investigate and evaluate judicial applicants, met in November to interview applicants for positions on the Palmer and Kenai District Courts and the Homer and Valdez Superior Courts.

The other nominated applicants for the Kenai District Court vacancy were Amanda Browning, Craig S. Condie and Kelly J. Lawson, the council announced in a Nov. 12 press release.

Nominated applicants for the Homer Superior Court vacancy include Craig S. Condie and Kelly J. Lawson.

Fallon is currently serving as a magistrate judge in Kenai. He’s been a resident for 11 and a half years and has practiced law for 20 years.

Seifert has lived in Alaska for almost nine years. She’s been practicing law for a decade and graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota. She is currently serving as an assistant district attorney in Kotzebue.

The Alaska Judicial Council is composed of three attorneys, three non-attorneys and the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.

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Alaska State and Wildlife Troopers will be conducting increased enforcement efforts on the highways this holiday season.

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Dunleavy backs off on budget cuts The governor looks to the Legislature to rework state spending.

By Peter Segall Juneau Empire

In his budget released Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Mike Dunleavy signalled fiscal year 2021 would be far less about state spending cuts than 2020.

Dunleavy said his administration will continue to look for efficiencies in the budget, but that he wants the Legislature to pass laws changing how much programs are funded and an amendment for a constitutional spending limit.

He said he was going to follow the law and allocate a full Permanent Fund Dividend of $3,170.

“We’re going to honor the law, the (PFD) still has its calculation in statute, and there are a lot of programs (whose funding) are formula driven,” Dunleavy said, unveiling his budget surrounded by cabinet members at the Capitol.

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy, surrounded by his cabinet members, announces his state budget during a press conference Wednesday at the Capitol.

People who make Soldotna great honored

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce took a break from its typical luncheon presentations this week to recognize local businesses and community members for their achievements.

The chamber’s 61st annual Awards Luncheon took place at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Wednesday.

The awards were presented by incoming Chamber President Pamela Parker.

“On behalf of the Soldotna Chamber I would like to thank you for sharing in this celebration of a few of the people that make Soldotna the great place it is,” Parker said during the awards ceremony.

Before giving out individual awards, the chamber recognized its community sponsors at all levels, which range from silver to diamond depending on

the amount of cash and in-kind donations given.

“These sponsors are instrumental in making our organization successful,” Parker said. “From $19,000 annually in scholarships, to events such as Peninsula Winter Games, the Frozen River Fest, Progress Days and of course Music in the Park, our sponsors let us do our job for all of you.”

Honorary Lifetime Soldotna Chamber Membership — Dan and Kathy Gensel “The Honorary Lifetime Membership is not an award that we hand out lightly or even every year,” Parker said.

“It is only awarded when the chamber board sees fit to honor a long-time member of the chamber family.”

Dan and Kathy Gensel have been See chamber, Page A3

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Chamber President Jim Stogsdill and Person of the Year Brenda Ahlberg pose at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Tustumena Elementary recognized nationally

By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

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Two Alaska schools, including one on the peninsula, were nationally recognized this week.

Evergreen Elementary School in Juneau and Tustumena Elementary School in Kasilof were recognized by the National Elementary and Secondary Education Act Distinguished Schools Program. Previously known as the National Title I Schools Program, the program publicly recognizes schools for positive educational services. Every year, two schools are chosen to represent each state.

Tustumena Elementary School was recognized for exceptional student performance for two or more consecutive years, a Dec. 9 press release from the state Department of Education and Early Development said.

Tustumena Elementary School has always been the heart of the community where locals come together for community building activities, the release said.

“Tustumena Elementary School provides the best education possible where students learn in a positive atmosphere,” the state’s release said. “Data driven decision making has been an important part of the

overall school planning. Increased student success is a result of the positive relationships between teachers and parents at Tustumena Elementary School.”

Alaska identifies eligible schools for the award based on their students’ performance on the Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools assessment in English language arts and mathematics.

Identified schools chose to apply for the honor. Schools provided evidence on their effectiveness in evidence-based instructional strategies, how they provided opportunities for all children to achieve, how

they coordinated Title I with other programs, their professional development of staff, and partnerships with parents, families, and communities.

“It is an honor to recognize these two outstanding schools in our state,” Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Commissioner Michael Johnson said. “Both Tustumena Elementary and Evergreen Elementary have demonstrated effective strategies to ensure student success. I am proud to congratulate the educators, students, and families of these communities on the recognition of their hard work and dedication to Alaska’s students.”

Weigh in on watercraft proposal until Jan. 6 The Alaska Deparment of Fish and Game proposes repeal of ban on personal watercraft in areas of Kachemak Bay. A 30-day public comment window is now open.

By Megan Pacer Homer News

An old fight over public access, recreational use and the protection of critical habitats is playing out anew in Kachemak Bay. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Thursday

that it aims to change state regulation to repeal an existing prohibition on personal watercraft being used in critical habitat areas of Kachemak Bay and the Fox River Flats. The ban on the use of personal watercraft, often referred to as jet skis, has been in place since 2001.

There is a 30-day public comment

period open until 5 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2020, before Fish and Game will decide to either adopt the change or take no action.

According to the section of the Alaska Administrative Code that prohibits their use, personal watercraft are defined as “a vessel that is less than 16 feet in length; propelled by a water-jet pump or other machinery as its primary source of motor propulsion; and designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than by a person

sitting or standing inside it.”

The proposed repeal of the personal watercraft ban is being done as a “stand-alone” regulation change. It is being conducted separately from the current ongoing revision to the management plan that governs the two critical habitat areas, according to a Nov. 19 memo from a Fish and Game biologist to members of the planning team working on that management plan revision.

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The future draft of the Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas Management Plan will not include a personal watercraft policy, according to the memo.

Should a repeal of the ban in the critical habitat areas go through, it would not affect the ban currently in place on personal watercraft in the waters contained within the Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park.

Rick Green, a special advisor to the Fish and Game

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the critical habitat area waters to personal watercraft would coincide with the department’s guiding principals and goals.

Green said repealing the prohibition does not go against the purpose of a critical habitat area. The purpose of Fish and Game critical habitat areas, according to Alaska code 16.20.500, “is to protect and preserve habitat areas especially crucial to the perpetuation of fish and wildlife, and to restrict all other uses not compatible with that primary purpose.”

“We already allow watercraft into the critical habitat area,” Green said, referencing boats that go in and out of the Homer Harbor and frequent the bay. “And we don’t see

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Commissioner and the point of contact for the proposed change, said this push came about now because interested user groups, including the Personal Watercraft Club of Alaska and the Alaska Outdoor Council, have been coming to Fish and Game throughout the last year asking for the critical habitat areas to be opened.

In the Nov. 19 memo, habitat biologist Tammy Massie wrote, “The governor’s office has decided to repeal the (personal watercraft) prohibition for Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats (critical habitat areas).”

Green said the Department of Fish and Game ran the proposed change through a “litmus test” to see if opening

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personal watercraft as being any more damaging to fish and wildlife perpetuation than a 16-foot (boat).”

The proposed change also revolves around a public access issue, according to Green. He said one of the Fish and Game guiding principals is to provide for the greatest long-term access to fish and wildlife resources for people, and that this regulation change would be in line with that.

“All the citizens of Alaska own Kachemak Bay and there’s a group of them that are being prohibited from using that,” he said.

Bob Shavelson, advocacy director at Cook Inletkeeper in Homer, disagrees. He said the vast majority of Alaska waters are already open to personal watercraft use, and that some areas simply need to be protected more than others.

“Over 99% of Alaskan waters are open to jet skis,” Shavelson said. “There’s places that you should say, you know, we’re not going to do that.”

The Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area was created through state legislation in 1972, and the creation of the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area was in 1974.

Shavelson argued that personal watercraft are not compatible with public use of the critical habitat ares because their design is “inherently different” than that of any other vessel traditionally seen in the bay.

“They are throw craft,” he said. “They are recreational vehicles. They are a lot of fun. I’ve ridden them a lot — I enjoy it. But, they don’t go from point A to point B. They will typically congregate in small areas, spin in circles, jump waves. They are capable of very high speeds — you know, over 65 miles an hour for just basic jet skis coming out these days.”

Shavelson said this adds up to safety concerns, threats to wildlife and a major change to the feel and culture of the Kachemak Bay area as it’s currently known and enjoyed.

Shavelson said he also takes issue that the proposed repealing of the personal watercraft ban is being

attempted outside the scope of the management plan revision process for the critical habitat areas. That’s the proper place for these kinds of changed to be made, he said.

“From a process perspective, this is just bad government,” Shavelson said.

There are multiple authorities that help regulate what happens in Kachemak Bay. The Department of Fish and Game manages the waters within the Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas. These waters make up the majority of the bay — it’s the water inshore of a north/south line that runs from Anchor Point on the north side of the bay to Point Pogibshi on the south side.

The Department of Natural Resources is the entity that oversees Kachemak Bay State Park. The park includes nearshore waters and inlets, mostly on the south side of the bay but also on the Homer side. Some of the waters included in Kachemak Bay State Park and the critical habitat areas overlap with each other.

Both the park and the critical habitat areas are regulated through their own, separate management plans. Both plans are in the process of being revised right now.

Dan Saddler, a DNR legislative analyst and communications director, said that if the use of personal watercraft was once again allowed within the critical habitat area waters of the bay, that doesn’t mean it would be allowed in the areas that overlap with Kachemak Bay State Park waters.

“If (personal watercraft) were allowed in the Critical Habitat area, that would leave most, but not all, of Kachemak Bay proper open to (personal watercraft) use,” Saddler wrote in an email. “(Personal watercraft) use would continue to be prohibited in the nearshore waters and inlets on the bay’s south side — as well as the nearshore waters off the southern Kenai Peninsula falling within the (Kachemak) Bay State Park — by the Park and Wilderness Park Management Plan.”

Saddler wrote that could change if that management plan were changed through

its own revision process.

The issue of whether to lift the ban on personal watercraft in the critical habitat areas came up again back in 2016. As of 2017, it was still the position of biologists within Fish and Game that the prohibition should stay in place, according to a 2017 memo shared by Cook Inletkeeper. In the memo, Massie, the habitat biologist, and Joe Meehan, lands and refuges program coordinator, recommended keeping the ban in place.

“Based on the updated literature review, most of the concerns that led to the adoption of the PWC prohibition in Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats (Critical Habitat Areas) in 2001 continue to be valid today,” they wrote. “Improvements in technology have addressed the pollution from 2-stroke engines that were one of the primary environmental concerns with PWC during the original 2000 literature review. However, the nature of PWC traffic, especially the capability to execute rapid changes in speed and direction in nearshore shallow waters, continues to have a high potential to impact habitats, marine organisms, wildlife, and other traditional user groups and those cannot be easily mitigated.”

A public notice of the proposed regulation change states that members of the public should comment if their interests could be affected. Comments can be submitted to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game at: Rick Green, 333 Raspberry Rd, Anchorage, AK 99518-1565. The department will also accept comments by facsimile at 907-2672499 and by electronic mail at rick.green@alaska.gov.

Comments must be received not later than 5 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2020.

Locally, the Kachemak Bay State Park Advisory Board will be taking its own public comments on the personal watercraft issue at its Dec. 11 regularly scheduled board meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, according to Chair Robert Archibald.

Reach Megan Pacer at mpacer@homernews.com.

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Charity McBride

March 14, 1974 - November 5, 2019 Former Alaskan resident Charity Leighn McBride, left the world to forever be with God on November 5th, 2019.

Charity was born in Portland, Oregon to Clifford Tramel and Julia Lattimer, and shortly thereafter was adopted by her father, Gary Lee Fenton.

Charity and family ended up in Soldotna, Alaska where she loved to spend time in the Alaskan wilderness going camping and catching her favorite fish on the Kenai River.

She spent a lot of time devoted to raising her 3 children in their small hometown and teaching them what life was all about. Charity’s family meant the whole world to her and she said that no matter where she went in life, Alaska would always be her “Home.”

She had a heart and soul that was kind and caring. Charity lived very many moments in life making others happy without having to try.

Charity is survived by her mother Julia Ann Lattimer of Idaho; sons Joshua Silba and Dallas Cook of Alaska; daughter Paris Silba of Alaska; and many other family members and close relatives. Charity is preceded in death by her father Gary Fenton.

A Celebration Of Life will be held at The Church Of God in Soldotna, Alaska on Friday, December 13th, 2019 at 1:00pm.

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Sterling resident, Mrs. Lynda Joyce Stokes, 76, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.

Memorial Service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 at The New Life Christian Church – 24215 Sand Street in Kasilof.

Lynda was born August 17, 1943 in Portland, Oregon. She was the owner of Lynda’s Baby Stuff. She was a member of the Sterling Grace Community Church. Lynda loved sewing, loved to Travel, loved fishing and raised fish as well.

She is survived by her husband, David Stokes of Sterling, her sister Star McGee of Beaver Creek, Oregon; her 5 adult children, from youngest to oldest, Joseph Lowery of Portland Oregon, Nichola Crowe of Berkley-Springs West Virginia, Russell Marino of Lubbock TX, Michael Hicks of Kasilof Alaska, and Bruce Marino of Brookings Oregon; as well as 21 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made in memory of Lynda to The Sterling Senior Center – 34453 Sterling, Alaska 99672.

Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please visit or sign her online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

the community, and the one thing they always taught us was that somebody has got to step up … You never know what small little thing will impact somebody else’s life.”

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members of the Soldotna Chamber since 1999 and were recognized for their years of volunteer efforts and their contributions to local sports and youth activities.

“It’s interesting that this event is celebrating its 61st year, because in two months this is going to be my 63rd year here,” Dan Gensel said after receiving the award. “It’s great to be here and to look out over a group of people that I consider my friends.”

Commitment to Customer Service Award — Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska “As care providers, this organization serves people who are often at the most vulnerable times in their lives,” Parker said. “Their mission is to strengthen our community by providing accessible and affordable health care.”

PCHS served 5,610 patients in three locations on the peninsula in 2018, for a total of 31,935 medical, behavioral health and dental visits. PCHS also offers discounts on a sliding fee scale to patients who are underinsured or uninsured.

“I’ve been here since May, and I’ve loved it the entire time,” Ben Wright, CEO of PCHS said.

“The best part of it is getting to know the people here. It’s just a really great group of people.”

Commitment to Youth Award — Linda Hutchings “The future of our community will be shaped not only by today’s leaders, but by the young people who will become our leaders,” Parker said. “Our Commitment to Youth award is given each year to someone who constantly volunteers time and is active in youth activities or concern for our kids.”

Hutchings helped found the Kenai Peninsula Community Care Center in 1973, which provides long-term residential care for at-risk youth. Hutchings also serves on the Soldotna Parks & Recreation Board and is the owner of Hutchings Auto Group and Auto Spa. “Shannon said that this was going to be an award to present to Parks and Rec for all their hard work, so this speech that I wrote up won’t work,” Hutchings said. “I do want to say a special, special thank you to this whole community. My parents were very active in

Excellence in Profession Award – Paul Wright “Known by many as ‘The Sound Guy,’ Paul’s company, Bassline Sound, has become a pillar of community events on the Kenai,” Parker said.

“Over the past five years, he has worked more than 80 events for the Soldotna Chamber alone … With so much on his plate, he continues to meet and exceed expectations without fail.”

Wright is a musician and sound engineer who moved to Alaska at 12 years old and has toured with artists including Pam Tillis, Eddie Money and Toby Keith. Wright also played bass guitar in his own band, Lynx, and worked in the Kenai Peninsula School District for more than 20 years.

“Well, I don’t know about excellence, but I sure do appreciate this,” Wright said. “I think I liked it better when people didn’t care about what I was doing. Thank you very much, I appreciate being recognized.”

Pioneer Award — Kearlee Wright “Soldotna’s early settlers were thoughtful and driven,” chamber board member Chuck Winters said while presenting the award.

“Today’s recipient is one of those key early settlers.”

Wright moved to Alaska in 1950 and has served on the Soldotna City Council and as Soldotna Mayor. Wright served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and came back to Soldotna to help found the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce in 1959, as well as the Soldotna Progress Days Parade in 1961. At 87, Wright currently owns the Best Western King Salmon Motel and King Salmon Restaurant in Soldotna and continues to stay active in his church and the community.

“I want you to know that Soldotna has always been a great place,” Wright said. “Yes, I voted for statehood. I homesteaded. I’ve done it all.

I love Soldotna, and I love all of you, even if I don’t know you.”

President’s Award — The City of Soldotna “The President’s Award is given at the discretion of the President of the Soldotna Chamber to an individual or group that has made a

By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

Fewer students than expected enrolled in peninsula schools this year.

In its FY 2020 preliminary enrollment report to the state of Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District recorded 8,537 students during

a 20-day count period this fall — 143 fewer students than the 8,681 students originally projected for the school year, according to district’s five-year enrollment report, published in November and shared in Monday’s school board agenda.

For FY 2021, the enrollment is expected to be slightly higher — 8,573 students.

In FY 2022, enrollment is projected to grow to 8,620 students. The district is again projecting growth for FY 2023 with an estimated enrollment of 8,685 students. Student enrollment in projected to be 8,713 in FY 2024.

In FY 2025, however, enrollment is projected to drop to 8,685 students.

Student enrollment has decreased despite a growth in population in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Between 2009 and 2018, borough population grew 10.34%,

Farm & Food Friday Farm & Food Friday, the informal monthly meet-up for Central Peninsula folks interested in local food or farming, happens this Friday, 8:30-9:30 a.m. at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Sponsored by Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District and Kenai Local Food Connection. Contact Heidi at kenaiswcd@gmail.com.

Art sale/art showing Join us for a holiday art sale/showing by local artists Kaitlin Vadla and Sarah Youngren Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 12-14, from 2-6 p.m. at the Cook Inletkeeper climate action studio 35911 Kenai Spur Highway, unit 13. We have originals, prints,

positive contribution to the chamber, community and our area’s businesses,” Parker said.

“We attribute a great deal of our success to the City of Soldotna and all the assistance they graciously provide to make our community the best it can be.”

“It’s times like this that we really wish we had the mayor with us to accept this award,” Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen said.

“We do have the most phenomenal staff … they just do whatever needs to be done every day to make the city a little bit better. I think we’re really privileged to be able to do that. Thank you so much.”

Volunteer of the Year — Terri Burdick “Volunteers are the cornerstone of great organizations and are vital to raising awareness in the communities in which they live and work,” Parker said. “Each year, the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce honors a person or organization that volunteers their time, talents and resources in support of others in Greater Soldotna.”

Burdick has lived in Soldotna since the 1970s and has committed to regularly volunteering since the mid 1980s by contributing to the Soldotna Community Schools Program with arts and crafts and aerobics classes. Burdick also helped the Summer Reading Program at the Soldotna Library by writing and crafting puppet shows. Today, Burdick volunteers with the chamber in various ways, including playing the role of Lemon Head during Soldotna’s Lemonade Day. “Thank you for this honor, and is there anything I can help with?” Burdick said.

Small Business of the Year — Annette Villa, Soldotna Wednesday Market “This year’s Small Business of the Year recipient has been a true catalyst for growth in our community,” Parker said. “Only open one day a week, during one season of the year, this small business defies the odds and sees thousands of patrons during its annual operation.”

Villa started the Wednesday Market in the summer of 2007 and continues to run it while being a mother of nine and the owner of other small businesses in the community. The Wednesday Market is open every week during the summer at Soldotna Creek Park and has provided an opportunity for local farmers, artisans and food vendors to sell their wares and

School enrollment dips, despite population growth but in that same time period, district enrollment fell 3.99%, according to the five-year enrollment report.

Enrollment in the district hit a peak in 1998 with 10,384 students. During that year, enrollment was about 21% of the borough total population, but that percentage has declined to 15% of the total population.

Figures in the five-year enrollment report were obtained by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development.

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grow their businesses.

“This is very emotional for me because three years ago I was very sick and didn’t know if I would be here today or be able to do the market,” Villa said. “So being able to do the market and seeing the success and the beauty of it is very special to me … and I can’t get away without thanking the Lord for me being here because without him I wouldn’t even be here.

Thank you everyone for coming.”

Business of the Year — Peninsula Pumping “This company services everything from the tourism industry to the oil fields, commercial fishing to canneries, small residences and huge complexes, and they do it all over the Kenai Peninsula,” Parker said.

Sean Cude, owner of Peninsula Pumping, began his business with just two trucks and no employees. Now Cude employs 10 people and has an inventory of 500 port-a-potties, six septic trucks and four portable toilet trucks. Peninsula Pumping sponsors local programs including the Kenai Kennel Club, the Girl Scouts, CPH Safe Kids Programs and Kenai Little League.

“Just want to thank the chamber, this is an amazing award,” Cude said. “We really do strive hard to do good as a company and give back to the community as much as possible, and I just can’t thank everybody enough.”

Person of the Year — Brenda Ahlberg “When considering nominees for this award, the committee looks at the individual’s entire history in our community,” Parker said. “But sometimes a person has made such an incredible impact in a single year there is no question that they deserve this recognition. That is the case with our 2019 Person of the Year.”

Ahlberg is the community and fiscal projects manager for the Borough’s Office of Emergency Management and this summer served as public information officer during the Swan Lake Fire. Ahlberg was also the architect of the OEM blog, a website that provides up-to-date information on fire activity and other disasters on the peninsula.

“I’m used to being the one behind the scenes, and greatly appreciate the fact that I can be a public servant to our residents,” Ahlberg said. “In the time of disasters or any other kind of crises we do a pretty good job of helping each other out. And we should all be proud of that.”

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2020, troopers will be on the lookout for motorists driving impaired, speeding, driving aggressively or driving distracted and enforcing safe seat belt usage, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Public Safety.

“Ultimately, our goal is to reduce the number of majorinjury or fatal collisions on Alaska roads to zero,” B Detachment Deputy Commander Lt. Freddie Wells said in the release. “The holidays are a joyous season; people are busy traveling to shop or gather with family and friends. We want to do all we can to help Alaskans reach their destinations safely.”

Troopers remind motorists to always wear seat belts and never drive impaired.

“Anyone who celebrates with alcohol or marijuana should plan to have a designated driver, stay the night, or call a cab,” Wells said.

Motorists who see someone driving dangerously are encouraged to Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (REDDI) by calling 911.

Funding for increased highway patrol efforts come from the National DUI High Visibility Enforcement Campaign with funds issued through the Alaska Highway Safety Office.

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FAIRBANKS — An Alaska Native Regional Corporation and an energy company will jointly explore the Yukon Flats region for potential oil and gas extraction, officials said.

Doyon Limited and Hilcorp Energy Co. officials agreed to a five-year deal that will include exploration of 2,500 square miles of land.

Doyon holds the mineral rights to land around the villages of Birch Creek, Fort Yukon, Beaver, and Stevens Village, said Aaron Schutt, CEO of the Alaska Native corporation.

Much of the remainder of the 15,625 square miles in the flats is owned by the federal government and administered as the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, officials said.

“What we have in place in our agreement with Hilcorp is our ability to talk to them about when and where their activities are, minimizing the amount of impact on the land as much as we can,” Schutt said Monday at Doyon’s Fairbanks headquarters. The agreement is an opportunity for the state and more than 20,000 Doyon shareholders, Hilcorp Vice President David Wilkins said.

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Trump’s conduct merits impeachment

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he House of Representatives’ inquiry into President Trump’s actions on Ukraine is not yet complete, but the evidence produced over the last two months is more than sufficient to persuade us that he should be impeached. Witness after witness testified that the president held up desperately needed, congressionally approved aid to Ukraine to extort a personal political favor for himself. In so doing, Trump flagrantly abused the power of his office.

The Times’ editorial board was a reluctant convert to the impeachment cause. We worried that impeaching Trump on essentially a party-line vote would be divisive. It is also highly likely that Trump would be — will be — acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate, and that, rightly or wrongly, he would point to that in his reelection campaign as exoneration. But those concerns must yield to the overwhelming evidence that Trump perverted U.S. foreign policy for his own political gain. That sort of misconduct is outrageous and corrosive of democracy. It can’t be ignored by the House, and it merits a full trial by the Senate on whether to remove him from office.

The story began with release of a reconstructed transcript of the notorious July 25 telephone call in which Trump asked new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (a leading contender for the Democratic nomination to face Trump in 2020) and to shore up a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, hacked Democratic Party emails during the 2016 presidential campaign. The document vindicated the unnamed whistleblower who’d asserted that multiple officials had reported that Trump “sought to pressure the Ukrainian leader to take actions to help the president’s 2020 reelection bid.”

Then a parade of current and former government officials who testified before the House Intelligence Committee established that Trump’s call was part of a larger effort to condition a White House meeting with Zelensky and the release of the aid on an announcement by Zelensky that he would initiate the specific investigations desired by Trump.

As constitutional experts testified before the Judiciary Committee, the framers of the Constitution had just such selfdealing in mind when they wrote the impeachment clause.

In announcing her support for articles of impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said that Congress must act because Trump “has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections.” Reasonable people can disagree over whether arming Ukraine in its conflict with Russia serves U.S. foreign policy interests, and it is also true, as the GOP has repeatedly argued, that — in the wake of the whistleblower’s complaint and pressure by Congress — the security assistance for Ukraine was eventually released.

But none of that exonerates Trump of abusing his office, apparently to obtain a benefit for himself. And if the president was willing in this case to subvert U.S. foreign policy for personal and political gain, why wouldn’t he feel emboldened to do it again? The president, after all, continues to maintain that his call with Zelensky was “perfect.”

Any articles of impeachment approved by the House will act as the political equivalent of an indictment, setting forth specific instances of misconduct; the Senate would then convene a trial to decide whether Trump should be expelled from the presidency. It’s obvious that at least one article should cite Trump’s improper approaches to Ukraine, whether they are described as “bribery” (an offense specifically mentioned in the Constitution’s impeachment clause) or abuse of power. A separate article would be warranted for his outrageous efforts to obstruct Congress by keeping information from the impeachment inquiry.

Finally, we continue to believe that the House should consider an article of impeachment addressing the actions Trump took to thwart or hobble special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. Mueller did not conclude that Trump committed obstruction of justice, but neither did he exonerate the president. Atty. Gen. William Barr and thenDeputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein subsequently concluded that the evidence developed by Mueller was “not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction-ofjustice offense.” But in deciding whether Trump’s attempted interference amounted to an impeachable offense, Congress could well come to a different conclusion. And the allegation that Trump obstructed justice in the Mueller investigation involves the same sort of disrespect for legal norms as his defiant actions toward Congress’ inquiry into the Ukraine matter.

Trump’s defenders argue that the evidence against him on Ukraine is incomplete and thus inconclusive. They’re correct that some potentially important witnesses — including acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who reportedly put the hold on the Ukrainian aid, and former national security advisor John Bolton, who reportedly objected to the efforts to persuade Ukraine to conduct the investigations — haven’t testified. But that is because Trump has objected to such testimony. Delaying impeachment because of no-show witnesses would reward Trump’s obstructionism. Besides, as the president himself tweeted onDec. 5: “If you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the Senate, and so that our country can get back to business.”

Holding the president accountable for gross abuse of power is the business of Congress. The House should get on with that business by writing articles of impeachment that make it clear to the Senate — and the American people — why the extraordinary remedy of impeachment is necessary.

And Republicans who complain that the process is partisan could easily rectify that situation by abandoning their lockstep loyalty to Trump and looking at the facts.

— The Los Angles Times, Dec. 7

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Biden campaign acknowledges ‘pain’ of Obama-era deportations

By BILL BARROW and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

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LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden has joined his top Democratic presidential rivals in pledging to end for-profit migrant detention centers that existed while he was vice president. He also acknowledged through his campaign the “pain” caused by deportations carried out by the Obama administration.

Those moves, which come amid skepticism about Biden from some immigrant-rights activists, are part of a comprehensive immigration policy released Wednesday by the former vice president. The wide-ranging plan positions Biden as a stark contrast to President Donald Trump but not as far to the left as some of his rivals for the Democratic nomination are.

“It’s all about families. It’s all about families to me,” Biden said at a Las Vegas union hall filled with casino workers, including many immigrants.

Position papers released earlier Wednesday went further, with an explicit nod to the criticism Biden has gotten for immigration policy under President Barack Obama.

“Joe Biden understands the pain felt by every family across the U.S. that has had a loved one removed from the country, including under the ObamaBiden administration,” the campaign wrote.

Biden and his campaign outlined priorities that include ending family separations at the border, rolling back Trump’s travel limits on citizens from certain Muslim-majority countries and providing a citizenship path for about 11 million people in the U.S. illegally, including immediately shielding from deportation the immigrants who

were brought to the country illegally as children.

The former vice president also pledged to enforce existing asylum law by reversing the Trump administration’s moves that have made claiming asylum extremely difficult, while ending the national emergency that Trump has declared to divert Pentagon appropriations to the construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

As a counter to Trump’s wall and asylum limits, Biden calls for increasing the annual cap on refugees from 18,000 to 125,000. And he emphasized a proposal to spend $4 billion in four years aimed at stabilizing Central American governments and economies. The idea, Biden explained in Nevada, is to address the root causes of mass migration and relieve pressure at the U.S. border, where the scene of migrant detention facilities has drawn international attention.

“We should be engaging and offering our help to organize this hemisphere right now,” Biden said. “I’m going to spend, literally, a billion dollars a year to build up those countries so there’s no reason to leave in the beginning.”

Biden joins progressive senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, along with Mayor Pete Buttigieg, as Democratic White House hopefuls promising to end the for-profit detention centers. The U.S. government contracted for such facilities under Obama, drawing criticism from civil rights groups at the time. But the practice has gained new scrutiny under Trump’s hard-line approach to immigration, especially his administration’s practice of separating families in the facilities.

The Republican president has

defended his policies as necessary to protect U.S. security and American workers’ economic interests, and he’s made clear that he will emphasize the issue again in 2020, just as he did to energize his white conservative base in 2016.

Biden said Wednesday he wants “a fundamentally different focus.” Among his specific proposals, Biden calls for new flexibility in work visas, with the intention of making the program more amenable to sectors that depend on seasonal workers. Biden also calls for rolling back Trump’s public charge rule that effectively requires would-be immigrants to demonstrate immediate financial independence.

He pledges more oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Customs and Border Protection. The heads of both agencies would report directly to the president, the Biden campaign said. The plan also states that veterans, active-duty military members and their families will not be targeted for deportation.

Immigration has not been a dominant thread in Democrats’ primary contest, with most candidates echoing similar condemnations of Trump’s policies and rhetoric. Biden has, however, distinguished himself from some of his rivals, including Sanders and Warren, who have called for decriminalizing all border crossings.

“If you cross the border illegally, you should be able to be sent back,” Biden said on the Democratic debate stage this summer. “It’s a crime.”

Buttigieg has argued a more nuanced position, saying he’d be willing to repeal the criminal statute on border crossing to make it a civil offense, provided there is no “fraud” involved.

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Trump’s Saudi Arabia blind spot P resident Trump’s reaction to the murderous rampage in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday by an officer of the Royal Air Force of Saudi Arabia was insensitive and grossly insufficient. Three American servicemen lost their lives and eight were wounded by a Saudi wielding a 9mm Glock 45 pistol in a killing rampage that the FBI says is being investigated as terrorism. What does the president say? He finds it “shocking” and conveys the condolences of “very, very devastated” King Salman of Saudi Arabia and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and adds that the kingdom will “help out the families very greatly.”

Not a word from Mr. Trump about the threat of terrorism, or a shred of curiosity about motives and whether the Saudi officer was radicalized and by whom, or a thought about what Saudi Arabia could do to help investigate the shooter, or perhaps a lament that a pilot, a guest of the United States, would carry out such a horrific assault on his hosts, or even a worry about where the 21-year-old officer got the weapon. Mr. Trump quickly pivoted to say there were a lot of countries participating in the aviator training program. He often performs this pivot, a telltale dodge. “There are a lot of killers,” he said once when asked about a leader who dispatches assassins abroad. “I think there is

After a terrorist attack in London, he said on Twitter, “These animals are crazy and must be dealt with through toughness and strength!”

But when a Saudi carries out an attack on a U.S. military base, Mr. Trump becomes a spokesman and apologist for the king. blame on both sides,” he said after Charlottesville.

Mr. Trump has an inexplicable blind spot for Saudi Arabia. He has no trouble insulting in the vilest way people from other Muslim countries. … After a terrorist attack in London, he said on Twitter, “These animals are crazy and must be dealt with through toughness and strength!”

But when a Saudi carries out an attack on a U.S. military base, Mr. Trump becomes a spokesman and apologist for the king.

King Salman has assured Mr. Trump, according to an embassy news release, that he has “directed Saudi security services to cooperate with the relevant American agencies to uncover information that will help determine the cause of this horrific attack.” Perhaps Mr. Trump thinks Americans have forgotten that when Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Mr.

Trump and members of his administration vowed, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put it, to pursue “a thorough, transparent and timely investigation, including accountability for those responsible for the killing.” This promise remains unfulfilled.

The king’s promises of cooperation might be more credible if he would direct his intelligence service, and the crown prince to whom it reports, to pay more attention to cases of radicalization and less to what seem to be the prince’s top priorities: silencing peaceful dissent, torturing women who campaigned for the right to drive, surveilling the relatives of the murdered Khashoggi.

Mr. Trump might ask the king to make public who really ordered that murder and to free the writers and activists the regime has thrown into prison. That is, if Mr. Trump could see beyond his blind spot.

— The Washington Post, Dec. 9

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Protesters vent anger as UN climate talks stutter

By Aritz Parra and Frank Jordans Associated Press

MADRID — With less than 72 hours left to reach a deal on key measures in the fight against global warming, major countries at a U.N. meeting on climate change took the floor to stake out their positions — showing that deep differences remain to be breached.

In a sign of growing frustration over the pace of the talks in Madrid — the logo of which is a stylized ticking clock — more than 100 activists led by representatives of indigenous peoples from Latin and North America staged an impromptu protest, blocking the gates of the main plenary hall for a few tense minutes.

Activist Greta Thunberg, who

on Wednesday was announced as Time magazine’s Person of the Year shortly after addressing the talks’ plenary, also accused governments and businesses of misleading the public by not achieving real action and instead fostering “clever accounting and creative PR.” Climate negotiators in Madrid also had one eye on Brussels, where the European Union announced a $130-billion plan to help wean EU nations off fossil fuels.

But some observers predicted the talks could head into overtime, with ministers struggling to agree on rules for a global carbon market and ways to compensate vulnerable countries for disasters caused by global warming.

World leaders agreed in Paris four years ago to keep global warming

below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) — ideally no more than 1.5 C (2.7 F) — by the end of the century. Scientists say both of those goals will be missed by a wide margin unless drastic steps are taken to begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions next year.

The World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank, said the 80 countries that have so far announced plans to step up their emissions-reduction targets only represent a tenth of global greenhouse gas emissions — while most major emitters have yet to commit.

Friction was palpable when heads of delegations took the floor Wednesday for their national statements, which every one of the nearly 200 U.N. members delivers toward the end of the annual summit.

Among them was China’s vice minister of ecology and environment, Zhao Yingmin, newly sworn in as the top climate official in the world’s largest carbon emitter, who used the opportunity to deliver a rebuke of the European Union’s threat to impose carbon tariffs on products imported from countries without sufficient climate protection measures.

“All parties need to join hands in opposing all forms of unilateralism, including trade protectionism and stay the course in our collective efforts to tackle climate change,” said Zhao in his speech.

Meanwhile, Japan’s environment minister said his country was aware of criticism it faces for continuing to fund coal-fired power plants both at home and abroad, despite

the greenhouse gas emissions they produce. Shinjiro Koizumi also acknowledged U.N. chief António Guterres’ call for the world to end its “addiction to coal.”

Koizumi, 38, said he had consulted with his Cabinet colleagues ahead of the talks on how to respond to the issue but that further discussion was needed to reach a conclusion.

“Please watch for that,” he added.

The United States also made its first major public intervention on the 10th day of the talks after keeping a low profile.

President Donald Trump’s administration began proceedings last month to abandon the 2015 Paris agreement, a yearlong process that will culminate on Nov. 4, 2020 — a day after the next presidential elections.

Israel heads to 3rd straight election after parliament vote

By Josef Federman Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament on Wednesday dissolved after failing to meet a midnight deadline for forming a new government, triggering an an unprecedented third election in a 12-month period while giving scandal-plagued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a welcome break as he fights to save his political career.

After months of political deadlock following a September election, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the first of three votes required to dissolve the parliament and set a March 2 date for new elections.

But after a midnight deadline passed, parliament was automatically dissolved. Lawmakers were continuing their debate early Thursday to confirm the official date.

A new campaign will prolong a year-long political stalemate that has paralyzed the government and undermined public trust in

the government. For the third time in the past year, the country now appears to be heading to what is sure to be a nasty three-month political campaign that according to recent opinion polls is expected to deliver very similar results.

In September’s vote, Netanyahu’s Likud party and the rival Blue and White party both were unable to secure a parliamentary majority.

Netanyahu and Blue and White’s leader, former military commander Benny Gantz, both failed during officially mandated periods to cobble together a governing coalition. Then, during a final three-week window that ended Wednesday, they were unable to agree on a power-sharing agreement that would have avoided another vote.

Both men had insisted they want to avoid another costly election campaign. And together, their parties control a solid majority in the 120-seat Knesset.

But neither was willing to compromise on their core demands

for a unity government. Netanyahu insisted on serving as prime minister, where he is best positioned to fight his recent indictment on a series of corruption charges. Gantz has refused to serve under a prime minister with such serious legal problems and called on Likud to choose a different leader.

Given the divisions in Israeli society, and the deep mistrust between the opposing camps, there appears to be little hope that another vote will break the loop of elections and instability that has rocked the country for the past year. In the recent campaigns, the candidates have launched deep personal attacks on one another, and Netanyahu has been accused of inciting against the country’s Arab minority.

“Keep your children away from the television,” said Yair Lapid, a senior member of Blue and White, saying the campaign will be a “festival of hate, violence and disgust.”

“What used to be a celebration of democracy has become a

moment of shame for this building,” he added. “There are only three reasons for this election — bribery, fraud and breach of trust,” he said, referring to the criminal charges filed against Netanyahu last month.

Netanyahu skipped the vote.

But in a video on social media, he accused Gantz of conspiring with Arab leaders and “forcing” new elections. “In order to prevent this happening again, there is only one thing we must do: win and win big,” he said.

The upcoming campaign is expected to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars, and a string of caretaker governments has frozen major legislation, key appointments, long-term planning and budgets for the military and important government ministries.

But for Netanyahu, the country’s longest-sever serving leader, a new campaign offers a much-needed lifeline. He was indicted last month on charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. He is desperately

clinging to power to wage his legal battle from the favorable perch of prime minister. Israeli law does not require a sitting prime minister to resign if charged with a crime.

Netanyahu can now use his office in the coming months as a bully pulpit to continue his attacks on prosecutors and police investigators, whom he has accused of staging an “attempted coup” against him.

Without a functioning parliament in place, Netanyahu can also put on hold his expected request for immunity from prosecution.

The outgoing parliament does not have a majority in favor of granting him immunity. Netanyahu can now hope that the next election delivers him a more favorable result. After the March election, he also could use coalition negotiations as leverage to push potential partners to support his immunity request.

Netanyahu’s trial appears to be on hold until the immunity issue is resolved.

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Agency ‘rolled the dice on the safety’ FAA analysis predicted many more Boeing Max crashes without a fix.

By David Koenig Associated Press

After the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max last year, federal safety officials estimated that there could be 15 more fatal crashes of the Max over the next few decades if Boeing didn’t fix a critical automated flight-control system.

Yet the Federal Aviation Administration did not ground the plane until a second deadly crash five months later.

The FAA analysis was disclosed Wednesday during a hearing of the House Transportation Committee, which is investigating the FAA’s oversight of Boeing and the Max. “The FAA rolled the dice on the safety of the traveling public and let the Max continue to fly until Boeing could overhaul its MCAS software,”

said Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., the chairman of the committee.

MCAS is the name of Boeing’s flight-control system that automatically pushed the noses of the doomed planes down in response to faulty readings from a sensor.

FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson declined to call the agency’s decision not to immediately ground the plane a mistake. Instead, the FAA and Boeing issued notices reminding pilots how to handle a nose-down pitch of their plane.

“Obviously the result is not satisfactory,” Dickson said. “The decision did not achieve the result that it needed to achieve.”

The FAA concluded that more than 2,900 people could die in Max crashes over 45 years without the software fix. It assumed the fleet would eventually grow to 4,800 planes. Fewer than 400 were flying before they were grounded in March, after the second crash.

A Boeing spokesman said the company’s

response to the first crash was “fully consistent with the FAA’s analysis and established process.”

Dickson said that as Boeing seeks to return the Max to flying, his agency is controlling the process and won’t delegate any of that authority to Boeing.

Dickson defended the safety record of U.S. aviation safety while saying “what we have done in the past and what we are doing now will not be good enough in the future.”

A retired Boeing production manager told the lawmakers about “alarming” conditions at Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton, Washington, where two Max planes that crashed were built.

The manager, Edward Pierson, said the assembly line fell far behind schedule by mid-2018 because of cascading problems that began with late delivery of key parts. There weren’t enough mechanics and other workers, he said. Yet Boeing went ahead with its plan to boost production from 47 to 52 planes a month.

Fear: Was shooting an anti-Semitic attack?

Orthodox Jewish men pass New York City police guarding a Brooklyn synagogue prior to a funeral for Mosche Deutsch, Wednesday in New York. Deutsch, a rabbinical student from Brooklyn, was killed Tuesday in the shooting inside a Jersey City, N.J. market.

By David Porter and Jim Mustian Associated Press

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Fears that a deadly shooting at a Jewish market in Jersey City was an anti-Semitic attack mounted on Wednesday as authorities recounted how a man and woman deliberately pulled up to the place in a rental van with at least one rifle and got out firing.

A day after the gunbattle and standoff that left six people dead — the two killers, a police officer and three people who had been inside the store — state and federal law enforcement officials warned they have not established the motive for the attack.

“The why and the ideology and the motivation — that’s what we’re investigating,” New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said, adding that authorities are also trying to determine if anyone else was involved.

But Mayor Steve Fulop said surveillance video of the attackers made it clear they targeted the kosher market, and he pronounced the bloodshed a hate crime against Jews, as did New York’s mayor and governor.

Also, investigators believe the two dead attackers — who were believed to be a couple — identified themselves in the past as Black Hebrew Israelites, a movement whose members have been known to rail against whites and Jews, according to a law enforcement official who was briefed on the matter but was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

In addition, authorities have found social

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media postings from at least one of the killers that were anti-police and anti-Jewish, the official said. The FBI on Wednesday searched the Harlem headquarters of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, which is the formal name of the Black Hebrew group, according to the official.

The killers were identified as David N. Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50 — both of them also prime suspects in the slaying of a livery driver found dead in car trunk in nearby Bayonne over the weekend, Grewal said. Anderson served about four months in prison in New Jersey on weapons charges and was paroled in 2011, authorities said.

Two of the victims at the store were identified by members of the Orthodox Jewish

community as Mindel Ferencz, 31, who with her husband owned the grocery, and 24-yearold Moshe Deutsch, a rabbinical student from Brooklyn who was shopping there. The Ferencz family had moved to Jersey City from Brooklyn.

Authorities identified the third victim as Miguel Douglas, 49.

“The report from the Jersey City mayor saying it was a targeted attack makes us incredibly concerned in the Jewish community,” said Evan Bernstein, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish civil rights organization.

“They want answers. They demand answers. If this was truly a targeted killing of Jews, then we need to know that right away, and there needs to be the pushing back on this at the highest levels possible.”

Fewer arrests as resources shifted to border

By Jake Bleiberg Associated Press

DALLAS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested fewer people during the 2019 budget year than last year, in part because resources were shifted to help handle the massive surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, the agency said Wednesday.

And the average number of immigrants in detention was 50,165 — even though Congress limits funding to cover just 45,000.

“There is no doubt that the border crisis, coupled with the unwillingness of some local jurisdictions that choose to put politics over public safety has made it more difficult for ICE to carry out its congressionally mandated interior enforcement mission,” acting director Matt Albence said.

Enforcement and removal officers with ICE — a Homeland Security agency — arrest and detain immigrants who are deemed to be in the U.S. illegally. Over the budget year that ended Sept. 30, officers arrested about 143,000 people, about

13,000 less than last year, and deported more than 267,000. Most of those arrested were people with criminal records for crimes such as homicide, kidnapping, sexual assault and assault, ICE said.

In announcing the annual enforcement numbers, Albence said his officers were diverted to help with the border crisis, which affected overall arrests. He held a news conference in Dallas, a jurisdiction where the largest number of arrests occurred — 16,900 — and there’s a high level of cooperation with local law enforcement. Local law enforcement do not help ICE in so-called sanctuary cities such as New York and Chicago.

There was a drastic increase in the number of families crossing the border last year — at least 473,000 for the budget year, nearly three times the previous full-year record for families. Most were coming from Central America.

While the numbers surged, Homeland Security agents and officers were overwhelmed because families with small children require much more care. There were nearly 1 million crossings from the early 2000s, but those were

mostly single men from Mexico who were easily returned.

Border officers pleaded for help but it wasn’t until the summer, when reports of squalid conditions and surging numbers of detainees and children dying were published, that Congress authorized $4 billion in emergency funding. That funding expired at the end of the fiscal year.

Many of those families were released into the U.S. while their asylum requests wind through the courts — a practice President Donald Trump has derided as “catch-and-release.” Homeland Security officials have said they would detain families, but ICE has not been funded for that.

The emergency funds from Congress did not include additional bed space for immigration detention. At one point, ICE was detaining some 56,000 people.

Border crossings are declining amid crackdowns by Mexico at its border plus U.S. policies that have sent more than 50,000 asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait out their claims, and have made anyone who crossed through a third country inadmissible for asylum.

Reports of abuse in juvenile detention centers drop

By Rebecca Boone Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — A new federal report has found the number of kids who say they have been sexually victimized in juvenile detention centers has dropped across the U.S. compared with past years. But remarkably high rates of sexual abuse persist in 12 facilities stretching from Oregon to Florida, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report released Wednesday.

The report analyzed data collected during more than 6,000 anonymous interviews last year at nearly 330 juvenile detention facilities.

Young people were asked about any forced or coerced sexual contact they experienced, whether by staffers or other kids, ranging from rape to unwanted touching to being shown sexual pictures or movies.

Nationwide, an estimated 7.1% of children in juvenile facilities reported being sexually victimized during the previous 12 months, the report said. That’s a drop compared with the last time the survey was done in 2012, when 9.5% of youth reported being victimized.

“Today’s report shows that the juvenile detention system is making long overdue strides in preventing sexual abuse,” Lovisa Stannow,

executive director of Just Detention International, an organization seeking to end sexual abuse in detention, said in a statement. “But even one sexual assault is too many and, as the report makes clear, this violence remains commonplace in youth facilities across the U.S.” Twelve facilities had dramatically higher rates of sexual victimization, including three juvenile residential centers in Florida, three in Texas, and one each in Oregon, Arkansas, Idaho, Georgia, Ohio and New Jersey, according to the report.

At the Liberty Juvenile Unit for Specialized Treatment in Florida, just over 26 percent of youth reported being sexually victimized in the past 12 months. Similarly high rates — about 22% and 21% — were reported at the Hastings Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment Program and Gulf Academy, both in Florida.

Florida officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

At the Juvenile Correctional Center in the small eastern Idaho town of St. Anthony, nearly 13 percent of youths reported being sexually victimized within the last 12 months. Roughly 500 miles north in a Lewiston, Idaho, juvenile correctional center, meanwhile, no incidents of

sexual victimization were reported.

Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections Director Monty Prow said he was surprised to learn the St. Anthony facility had a high rate of victimization. Calling children’s safety the “primary task,” he said his department would dig into the data.

“If the kids don’t feel safe, they won’t move to the treatment aspects of what we’re trying to offer,” he said.

Kids at the St. Anthony facility can contact trusted adults and child protection hotlines around the clock and report abuse in other ways, Prow said. They get training at least once every three months on how to report problems if they feel unsafe.

He said Idaho also takes part in a national program called Performance-based Standards, which uses outside experts and data analysis to help officials improve conditions in juvenile detention facilities.

“Based on all the things we do, we were surprised to see St. Anthony end up on that list,” Prow said. “But we’re definitely looking into it to make sure there’s not something we can do better. We’re always looking to do better because the kids deserve it, and we will never stop doing that.”

across the U.S.

Cohen wants sentence cut for cooperating NEW YORK — Michael Cohen wants his three-year prison sentence reduced as a reward for providing authorities information about alleged misdeeds by President Donald Trump, according to court papers filed Wednesday in which he said his incarceration is “a powerful and humbling punishment.” Cohen claimed in the filings in federal court in Manhattan that his continuing cooperation has included spending 10 hours with representatives from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. during three meetings at a minimum security prison northwest of New York City. Cohen, the former personal attorney and fixer for Trump, said he was asked to help “corroborate the claims and actions” related to Vance’s subpoena of Trump’s tax returns, an effort the president is seeking to have blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Some of the nation’s toughest OT rules OK’d SEATTLE — Washington state is adopting some of the nation’s most aggressive overtime rules, restoring protections for hundreds of thousands of salaried workers and taking what supporters say is a crucial step toward rebuilding the middle class. The Department of Labor and Industries finalized the rules Wednesday and will phase them in by 2028. By that time, salaried workers making up to about $83,400 a year will be entitled to time-and-ahalf pay if they work more than 40 hours per week. Workers making more than that could also get overtime unless they are certain types of professionals — such as those with higher degrees — or unless they are truly managers or executives, as demonstrated by their ability to hire and fire, direct other people’s work or make significant business decisions. Many job categories will be affected, including shift managers at restaurants and retail establishments, office managers, some medical workers and other whitecollar staff, officials said. “We need to make sure the middle class shares in our state’s prosperity,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said in a news release. “Overtime protections ensure workers are fairly compensated when they work more than 40 hours in a given week — time that would otherwise be spent with their families and in their communities.”

Tentative $25M deal with Weinstein accusers NEW YORK — A tentative $25 million settlement revealed Wednesday to end nearly every sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against Harvey Weinstein and his former film studio’s board was praised by a plaintiff and some lawyers but criticized by others who say those who opt out are punished.

Louisette Geiss, a plaintiff in a Manhattan federal court classaction lawsuit, said the settlement was “our way to hold all women up.

We are trying to create a new reality where this type of behavior is not accepted.” In a statement, she said the lawsuit was intended as “a wake-up call for all companies that they will be held accountable if they protect predators in their midst.”

Doctors end protest to demand flu vaccines for migrants SAN DIEGO — A group of doctors Wednesday ended a three-day protest against the U.S. government’s refusal to allow the flu vaccine be administered to migrants, following the arrests of six demonstrators outside a detention facility in San Diego. Dr. Bonnie Arzuaga said Customs and Border Patrol officials met briefly with her and other protest leaders and vowed to pass her organization’s request to start a pilot program to inoculate migrants in detention facilities in San Diego up their chain of command. In the past year, three children have died from influenza after being detained

by U.S. Border Patrol agents. They include a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy seen on security footage writhing in agony before he died of influenza in a Border Patrol holding cell.

— Clarion news services

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Master actors, literate dialog make ‘Two Popes’ interesting

By Robert Horton Herald movie critic

“It was easier when everybody spoke Latin,” sighs Joseph Ratzinger, lamenting the good old days. There are only a few historical figures of the 21st century who could credibly speak this line, and Ratzinger is one of them.

You may recognize him better as Pope Benedict XVI, which explains the Latin reference. The whimsical dialogue is typical of “The Two Popes,” an absorbing film that scrutinizes a historical oddity: In 2013, for the first time in hundreds of years, a pope retired rather than remain in office until his death.

Which is why the world has two Popes today: the retired Benedict, and the incumbent Francis. The fact that these two Catholic leaders have very different ideologies and personalities gives “The Two Popes” an appeal that goes well beyond the historical.

The film is primarily about Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinean cardinal who would become Pope Francis. We learn more about his background, especially in a long flashback that examines Bergoglio’s disputed role during Argentina’s “Dirty War” in the 1970s.

Still, most of the film focuses on a handful of meetings between the two men, meetings that will lead to Benedict’s revelation that he plans

“The Two Popes” HHH Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins are wonderfully cast as popes Francis and Benedict XVI, respectively, in a study of the historic moment Benedict decided to become the first sitting pope to retire in hundreds of years. Not without its cornball moments, but the actors (and some literate talk) keep it interesting.

Rating: PG-13, for subject matter Streaming on Netflix beginning Dec. 20. to renounce the papacy. Screenwriter Anthony McCarten (“The Theory of Everything”) doesn’t try to disguise the talky nature of these encounters. He embraces it.

It makes all the difference that the two men are played by virtuoso actors. Jonathan Pryce (whose recent great run includes the fatuous Nobel prize-winning author in “The Wife” and the deranged knight in Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”) plays Francis, and Anthony Hopkins plays Benedict.

People love to say there are actors you’d listen to if even if they just read the phone book (a comment that stems from the days when there were phone books).

Such is the case here, even a phone book in the original Latin.

Not only do Pryce and Hopkins have beautiful voices and wellhoned technique, they also physically resemble the two popes.

More importantly, they embody

the differences between these strong personalities.

Pryce captures the warmth and humor of the South American, while Hopkins plays to Benedict’s more severe, Germanic style. It’s touching when Benedict marvels at Bergoglio’s ability to socialize.

“This popularity of yours,” he asks wistfully, “is there a trick to it?”

Benedict represents the more conservative traditions of the Catholic Church; he also likes a certain amount of ceremonial bling. When the liberal-minded Francis comes into the papacy, he continues to ride the bus and wear his iron crucifix instead of the fancy gold one.

They each have pop-culture indulgences. Bergoglio loves soccer. Benedict has a weakness for a German TV series about a detective dog.

The contrasts keep the film interesting, and also provide a shorthand for the debates going

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Anthony Hopkins (left) and Jonathan Pryce star as Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in “The Two Popes.

on within the church. Director Fernando Meirelles, who made the supercharged 2002 film “City of God,” isn’t confident enough to let the material to play on its own; he tries out various directorial tricks to liven things up.

“The Two Popes” doesn’t need

any tricks. Despite its undeniably cornball moments, it gets by with the two strong actors and the Italian settings (including a lengthy walk and talk around the Sistine Chapel), as well as the unfamiliar spectacle of different perspectives finding common ground.

Atlanta newspaper criticizes film’s take on Olympic bombing coverage

By Kate Brumback Associated Press

ATLANTA — After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years later, a movie to be released later this week, “Richard Jewell,” explores the roles played by law enforcement and the media in the guard’s ordeal.

Now the movie is drawing its own share of criticism.

Kevin Riley, the current editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is disputing the film’s depiction of the newspaper’s reporting and decision-making processes, especially the portrayal of reporter Kathy Scruggs, who the movie implies traded sex with an FBI agent for a tip on the story.

In an op-ed, Riley wrote that there’s no evidence Scruggs

committed the breach of journalistic ethics implied in the movie and disputed implications that the newspaper’s reporting was sloppy.

In an interview with The Associated Press, director Clint Eastwood dismissed the criticism of his movie, which is based on a 1997 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner, by saying the paper likely is looking to “rationalize” its actions.

Jewell’s saga began on July 27, 1996, when he spotted an abandoned backpack during a concert in Centennial Olympic Park shortly before 1 a.m. and helped clear the area as federal agents determined it contained a bomb. The explosion about 20 minutes later killed 44-year-old Alice Hawthorne of Albany, Georgia, and injured 111 people, some of them seriously.

A Turkish television cameraman died after suffering a heart attack while running to film the explosion’s aftermath.

Jewell, who likely helped prevent

many more casualties, was initially hailed as a hero but a few days later was reported to be the focus of the FBI investigation, and the public quickly turned on him.

The park reopened within days, the games continued and Jewell was publicly cleared three months later. But he grappled with the fallout for the rest of his life, and Atlanta lived with the fear and unease of a bomber still at large.

A new book, “The Suspect,” attempts to bring clarity to the aftermath of the bombing. Its authors were in the thick of it: Kent Alexander was the U.S. attorney in Atlanta when the bombing happened and Kevin Salwen led The Wall Street Journal’s southeastern section.

In the frantic days after the bombing, Scruggs confirmed with law enforcement sources that the FBI was focusing on Jewell. The paper published that information three days after the explosion

and scores of reporters descended on the apartment complex where Jewell lived with his mother, leaving them feeling as if they were under siege for months.

Jewell had made clear his dream of working in law enforcement and was endlessly mocked as an overzealous but bumbling wannabe cop.

It’s easy to say in hindsight that the investigation focused too heavily on Jewell, Alexander said. But some of Jewell’s actions and tips from people who knew him raised serious questions, the former prosecutor said. There was also the memory of a police officer at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles who was celebrated for disarming a bomb until it emerged that he’d planted it.

Doubts about Jewell’s guilt surfaced quickly, especially once it became clear he couldn’t have made a 911 call reporting the bomb from a pay phone blocks away.

In late October 1996, Alexander took the unusual step of sending a letter to one of Jewell’s attorneys saying Jewell was not a target of the investigation.

“His name had been so badly muddied and tarnished that it just seemed like we should do something, so I did,” Alexander said.

That left authorities sifting through dozens of possible suspects — the actual bomber, anti-government extremist Eric Rudolph, not among them.

Rudolph, who was behind two more bombs in Atlanta in early 1997 and another in Alabama in January 1998, was eventually captured in 2003 and pleaded guilty in 2005.

The media frenzy surrounding Jewell drew backlash, and the Journal-Constitution was criticized for the “voice of God” style in its initial story, which carried no attribution and left the origin of the information unclear.

‘Benson,’ ‘Star Trek’ actor René Auberjonois dies at 79

By Andrew Dalton Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows “Benson” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and his part in the 1970 film “M.A.S.H.” playing Father Mulcahy, has died. He was 79.

The actor died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles of metastatic lung cancer, his son Rèmy-Luc Auberjonois told The Associated Press.

René Auberjonois worked constantly as a character actor in

several golden ages, from the dynamic theater of the 1960s to the cinema renaissance of the 1970s to the prime period of network René television in the Auberjonois 1980s and 1990s — and each generation knew him for something different.

For film fans of the 1970s, he was Father John Mulcahy, the military chaplain who played straight man to the doctors’ antics in “M.A.S.H.” It was his first significant film role and the first of several for director Robert Altman.

For sitcom watchers of the 1980s, he was Clayton Runnymede Endicott III, the hopelessly highbrow chief of staff at a governor’s mansion on “Benson,” the ABC series whose title character was a butler played by Robert Guillaume.

And for sci-fi fans of the 1990s and convention-goers ever since, he was Odo, the shape-shifting Changeling and head of spacestation security on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”

“I am all of those characters, and I love that,” Auberjonois said in a 2011 interview with the “Star Trek” website. “I also run into

people, and they think I’m their cousin or their dry cleaner. I love that, too.”

Fellow stars from “Star Trek” shows praised the actor on Twitter. William Shatner said that “to sum up his life in a tweet is nearly impossible. To Judith, Tessa & Remy I send you my love & strength. I will keep you in my thoughts and remember a wonderful friendship with René.”

George Takei tweeted: “”Star Trek fans knew him as Odo from Deep Space Nine. We knew him as René. He was a wonderful, caring, and intelligent man. He shall be missed. When I look out

to the stars, I shall think of you, friend.”

Auberjonois was born in New York in 1940, the son of Fernand Auberjonois, Swiss-born foreign correspondent for U.S. newspapers, and the grandson of a Swiss post-impressionist painter also named René Auberjonois.

The younger René Auberjonois was raised in New York, Paris, and London, and for a time lived with his family in an artists’ colony in Rockland County, New York, whose residents included the actors John Houseman, Helen Hayes and Burgess Meredith.

with Santa from 11 am – 1 p.m.

■■ Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725.

■■ The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887.

■■ An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m.

■■ Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.

■■ AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction.

Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community.

■■ The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays.

calendar Events and exhibitions ■■ Join us for a holiday art sale/ showing by local artists Kaitlin Vadla and Sarah Youngren ThursdaySaturday, Dec. 12-14, from 2-6 p.m. at the Cook Inletkeeper climate action studio 35911 Kenai Spur Highway, unit 13. We have originals, prints, cards, blankets, and more available for sale.

Shop local, support your community!

Art makes great gifts! A percentage of each sale supports the Community Action Studio. If these hours don’t work for you, contact us 907-394-8103 or 907-252-6525.

■■ Tsalteshi Trails Association presents the 2019 Backcountry Film Festival at its annual meeting Dec. 14 at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center.

Admission is free for TTA members and $20 for nonmembers, or become a member at the event and get in for free.

Admission comes with a drink token, with beer from Kenai River Brewing and nonalcoholic beverages available.

Tsalteshi gifts will be available for purchase. TTA members also get to

vote in the annual board of directors election. For more information, email tsalteshi@yahoo.com or call 394-6397.

■■ SCC Christmas on Ice: Please join the Sterling Community Center for a magical evening on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m. Weather permitting, bring your skates! Even if it’s too warm for ice, show up! With or without the ice, we will still be celebrating the holiday season with Christmas music, games, bonfire, s’mores, a one-dish cook off competition, and much more.

■■ Evening of Christmas Concert: The Redoubt Chamber Orchestra and Kenai Peninsula Singers will present Evening of Christmas on Friday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m., at Renee C. Henderson Auditorium, Kenai Central High School. Hear Christmas tunes new and old, and sing along with some of your favorite carols and the Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah! Tickets are available at Country Liquor, River City Books, Already Read Books, and at the door. General admission is $15, youth 18 and under are free!

■■ The Cannery Lodge will host a Brunch with Santa event here Saturday, Dec. 14 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. We will have a hot food buffet, activities for the kids, beverage stations and photos with Santa, Mrs. Claus & Santa’s live reindeer from The Kenai Reindeer Farm. We may even have The Grinch popping in to cause a little mayhem.

■■ The Kenai Peninsula Woodturners will hold their monthly meeting at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 14.

Location is the log building, Mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway.

There will be a demonstration on turning candlesticks. Non-members are welcome. Questions? Call 801-543-9122.

■■ North Peninsula Recreation Service Area will host Christmas Comes to Nikiski, Dec. 14. Craft fair booth space available and admission is free. There will be cookie decorating and crafts for kids, bring your camera for pictures

Entertainment ■■ The Flats Bistro in Kenai presents live dinner music Thursday and Friday from 6:308:30 p.m., featuring Garrett Mayer on Thursdays and Mike Morgan & Matt Boyle on Fridays. For dinner reservations (recommended) please call The Flats Bistro at 907-3351010. Please watch this space for more music at The Flats this winter.

■■ Don Jose’s Restaurant in Soldotna presents “All-You-CanEat Tacos” and live music with Mike Morgan tonight (Thursday, Dec. 12) from 6-9 p.m. Please call 907-2625700 for reservations and info ■■ Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays.

■■ A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski.

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police reports Information for this report was taken from publicly available law enforcement records and includes arrest and citation information.

Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent.

■■ On Dec. 3 at 5:13 p.m., the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team responded to Mile 6 of Funny River Road in Funny River for a report of a vehicle-versusmoose collision. Upon arrival, the driver of a silver 2011 Chevrolet Aveo was identified as David K. Lockett, 62, of Funny River. The vehicle was considered totaled, no injuries were reported, and Lockett declined medical attention. Lockett reported having been wearing his seat belt, and airbags were not deployed.

■■ On Dec. 2 at about 7:30 p.m., the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team was on patrol and contacted Kenneth Paxton Odor, 50, of Soldotna, who was driving a blue 2008 Ford Focus that was observed in the ditch. With the assistance of troopers, Odor’s

vehicle was removed from the ditch. Investigation revealed that Odor had an outstanding no bail warrant for his arrest for failing to report to Probations / P.E.D. on the original charge of driving under the influence. Odor was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail.

■■ On Dec. 4 at 1:47 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a vehicle in the ditch at Mile 105 on the Sterling Highway and contacted the driver, Dwight Davis, 70, of Kenai. After investigation found Davis to be driving while under the influence, he was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

■■ On Dec. 4 at 7:45 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a single-vehicle rollover near Mile 53 of the Sterling Highway, near Cooper Landing. Investigation revealed that Robert Scott, 54, of Soldotna, was driving his Dodge SUV northbound when he left the roadway, causing the vehicle to roll onto its top in a

body of standing water. Scott’s body was located in the vehicle, and he was declared deceased on scene by the Central Emergency Services Dive Team. Scott was the only occupant in the vehicle.

Next of kin has been notified, and the body is being sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office for examination. The vehicle was impounded on scene. Investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.

■■ On Dec. 4 at 11:23 p.m., Alaska State Troopers were notified of a vehicle break-in at the Manitoba Cabin Trailhead, located near Mile 48 of the Seward Highway. Investigation revealed an unknown suspect(s) broke out the front passenger side window of a white 2019 Chevy Silverado, opened the hood, disconnected the battery, and stole both headlights from the vehicle. Nothing was taken from inside the cab. The theft occurred sometime between 2:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.. Anyone with any

information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Alaska State Troopers at 907-262-4453.

■■ On Dec. 4, Kenai police arrested Travis A. George, 37, of Kenai, for first-degree sexual assault and third-degree assault domestic violence, stemming from an ongoing investigation.

George was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

■■ On Dec. 3 at 11:48 a.m., Kenai police responded to a theft complaint at a local business.

Ashley N. Sandback, 37, of Kenai was issued a summons for thirddegree theft.

■■ On Dec. 5 at 12:03 p.m., after observing the driver of a maroon 1996 Chevrolet truck not wearing his seat belt, the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team conducted a traffic stop near Mile 82 of the Sterling Highway and contacted Kenneth J. Sheppard, 54, of Sterling. Investigation revealed that Sheppard’s operator’s license is revoked for the

original charge of driving under the influence. Sheppard was issued a misdemeanor citation with a mandatory court date for driving while license revoked.

■■ On Dec. 5 at 6:29 p.m., after observing a red 2000 Dodge Truck traveling above the posted speed limit, the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team conducted a traffic stop near Mile 75.5 of the Sterling Highway and contacted Robert Wayne Hughes, 47, of Soldotna. Investigation revealed that Hughes is currently a fugitive from justice from the State of California on the original charge of vehicle theft. California Law Enforcement and Intake were contacted, and the extradition of Hughes was confirmed.

Hughes was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail and is awaiting extradition to California for the crime of vehicle theft.

■■ On Dec. 5 at 11:45 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence on Treasure Chest

Avenue in Kenai to attempt to contact a subject with an active warrant. While on scene, a subject fled into the woods.

The subject, Travis Lindley, 19, of Soldonta, was contacted at a nearby residence. Lindley was not the original subject troopers were attempting to contact.

Investigation revealed that Lindley had an active warrant for failure to comply with conditions of probation on the original charge of petition to revoke probation.

Lindley was arrested for the warrant and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,000 bail.

■■ On Dec. 5 at about 1:00 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to an address on Grove Avenue in Soldotna for a tip on the whereabouts of Sheena Cundiff, 37, who had an outstanding warrant for her arrest for failing to appear for an omnibus hearing for an original charge of first-degree forgery.

Cundiff was arrested without incident and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,500 bail.

with $1,500 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, forfeited the firearm, and placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Dawnielle Katherine Selerup, 28, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of seconddegree harassment, committed May 30. She was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/ alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendation, ordered not to possess controlled substances unless validly prescribed, ordered to have no contact with a specifically named person and with another person only as requested by that person, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Dawnielle K. Selerup, 28, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to unlawful contact, a domestic violence offense committed Aug. 19. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months, concurrent with probation time in another case. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Dawnielle K. Selerup, 28, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, committed Sept. 21. She was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months, concurrent with probation time in another case.

■■ Randall Frank Self, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure), committed May 10. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with two specifically named people, ordered not to possess any weapons, and placed on probation for 36 months. All other charges in this case were suspended.

■■ Chad Walter Shields, 47, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Oct. 12. He was fined a $100 court surcharge, had his license revoked for 90 days, and was placed on probation for 24 months.

■■ Christopher Stroh, 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) and one count of fifth-degree criminal mischief, committed Sept. 10. On count one, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims or with the Alaska Court System Kenai property unless for a hearing for himself or a hearing open to the public, and was placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, he was ordered to comply with the conditions ordered in count one and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Christopher Stroh, 35, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, one count of fifth-degree misconduct involving weapons, carrying a concealed weapon and failure to inform officer, and one count of second-degree trespass (upon premises), committed Sept. 19. On the count of violating conditions of release, he was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to comply with the court-ordered conditions in the Sept. 10 case, and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of fifthdegree misconduct involving weapons, he was ordered to comply with the conditions ordered in count one and was

placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of seconddegree criminal trespass, he was ordered to comply with the court ordered conditions in count one and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Drennen Stuart Swenson, 33, of Kenai, was found guilty of driving under the influence, committed Apr. 30. He was sentenced to 30 days on electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined a $150 court surcharge, a $50 jail surcharge and $66 for the first three days of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year.

■■ Mersha T. Tamrat, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Dec. 2, 2018. On count one, she was sentenced to 120 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 100 days suspended, completed 20 days on monitoring, was fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $1,467 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for two years, and placed on probation for two years. On count two, she was placed on probation for 12 months, concurrent with count one.

■■ Jason Michael Tavares, 46, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 28. He was fined $500 with $250 suspended and a $100 court surcharge, ordered not to consume or buy illegal drugs for 12 months, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months.

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court: ■■ Polly Ann Collins, 63, address unknown, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree theft, committed July 1, 2016, four counts of falsifying business records (destroying true entry), committed Nov. 1, 2013, Mar. 2, 2015, Feb. 29, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017, and two counts of seconddegree forgery (legal documents), committed Feb. 5, 2016 and Feb. 3, 2017. She was sentenced to one year in prison on each count (time concurrent), fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge, ordered to pay $50 cost of appointed counsel, ordered to pay $109,000 restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims, and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Justin Rowe Hart, 38, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons (felon in possession), committed June 10. He was sentenced to two years in prison, fined a $200 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge, ordered to complete substance abuse treatment, and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: ■■ A charge of no motor vehicle liability insurance against Marvin Clyde Brazington, Jr., 56, of Sterling, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 23.

■■ Charges of one count of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury) and one count of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor against Jaime Edward Doleman, 36, of Kenai, were dismissed. Date of the charges was Sept. 13.

■■ A charge of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended against Joshua M. Ley, 36, of Sterling, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 27.

court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: ■■ Laura Cristine Hinz, 32, of Soldotna, was found not guilty of one count of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure), guilty of one count of fifth-degree criminal mischief, guilty of one count of violating condition of release, not guilty of one count of disorderly conduct (creating a hazardous condition), and guilty of one count of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury), committed Mar. 13. On the count of fifthdegree criminal mischief, she was ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, ordered to complete 25 hours of community work service, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of violating condition of release, she was ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of fourth-degree assault, she was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, credited for electronic monitoring, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered no to consume or buy alcohol for 36 months, ordered to follow through with substance abuse treatment, and placed on probation for 36 months.

■■ Sarah Krista Kirk, 30, of Palmer, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury) and one count of resisting or interfering with arrest, committed June 8.

On count one, she was sentenced to 60 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $500, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to have no contact with a specifically named person or with Alaska Roadhouse Bar, and was placed on probation for 12 months. On the

count of resisting or interfering with arrest, she was concurrently ordered to comply with all the conditions ordered in count one and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Sarah Krista Kirk, 30, of Palmer, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 14. She was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to comply with the conditions ordered in the June 8 case, and placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Debra Ann Koble, 56, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 7.

She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $150 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $330 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for one year, and placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Jason Michael Koontz, 18, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 11. He was fined a $100 court surcharge, forfeited all items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Tyler Craig Lewis, 33, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of third-degree theft, committed June 9. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, ordered to have no contact with a specifically named person or with Froso’s Restaurant, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Joshua Michael Ley, 36, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Sept. 12. He was placed on

probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Ronald Maffin, 40, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to improper use of registration, title or plates, committed Apr. 30. He was fined $500 and a $100 court surcharge.

■■ Jason Ray McKenna, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Oct. 14. He was fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended,, forfeited all items seized, ordered not to possess controlled substances without a valid prescription and kept in their original containers, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ James Medina, 37, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons, committed Aug. 13. He was fined a $100 court surcharge, forfeited all items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Kayle Meyer, 35, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree harassment, committed July 26. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, may have contact with a specifically named person only as permitted at the guardian’s discretion, ordered to complete a practical positive parenting class, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Rachel Marie Moody, 36, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Feb. 3. She was fined $500 and a $100 court surcharge.

■■ Kevin A. Moore, 42, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass, committed May 12. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with specifically named people or with Kenai Safeway or Maverick Saloon, may only have

Today in History Today is Thursday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2019. There are 19 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida’s contested election.

On this date: In 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1870, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1913, authorities in Florence, Italy, announced that the “Mona Lisa,” stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911, had been recovered.

In 1915, singer-actor Frank Sinatra was born Francis Albert Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey.

In 1917, during World War I, a train carrying some 1,000 French troops from the Italian front derailed while descending a steep hill in Modane (moh-DAN’); at least half of the soldiers were killed in France’s greatest rail disaster. Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside Omaha, Nebraska.

In 1946, a United Nations committee voted to accept a six-block tract of Manhattan real estate offered as a gift

by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to be the site of the U.N.’s headquarters.

In 1963, Kenya became independent of Britain.

In 1977, the dance movie “Saturday Night Fever,” starring John Travolta, premiered in New York.

In 1985, 248 American soldiers and eight crew members were killed when an Arrow Air charter crashed after takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland.

In 1989, in New York, hotel queen Leona Helmsley, 69, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.1 million for tax evasion. (Helmsley served 18 months behind bars, plus a month at a halfway house and two months of house arrest.)

In 1995, by three votes, the Senate killed a constitutional amendment giving Congress authority to outlaw flag burning and other forms of desecration against Old Glory.

In 1997, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the international terrorist known as “Carlos the Jackal,” went on trial in Paris on charges of killing two French investigators and a Lebanese national. (Ramirez was convicted and is serving a life prison sentence.)

Ten years ago: Houston elected its first openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff with former city attorney Gene Locke. Rescue crews found the body of a climber on Oregon’s Mount Hood while two others remained missing. (The bodies of the other two climbers were found in Aug. 2010.) Sophomore tailback Mark Ingram became the first player at the University of Alabama to win the Heisman Trophy.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama urged the Senate to ratify a $1.1 trillion spending bill opposed by some Democrats, judging it an imperfect measure that stemmed from “the divided government that the American people voted for.” (The Senate passed the measure the next day.) Illustrator Norman Bridwell, 86, creator of Clifford the Red Dog, died in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

One year ago: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s one-time fixer, was sentenced to three years in prison for crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to conceal Trump’s alleged sexual affairs.

British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a political crisis over her Brexit deal, winning a no-confidence vote

by Conservative lawmakers that could have brought an end to her leadership. (May announced her resignation as Conservative leader in June of 2019, after her Brexit deal was rejected by Parliament three times.)

Today’s Birthdays: Former TV host Bob Barker is 96. Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Pettit is 87. Singer Connie Francis is 82. Singer Dionne Warwick is 79. Rock singer-musician Dickey Betts is 76. Hall of Fame race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi is 73. Actor Wings Hauser is 72. Actor Bill Nighy (ny) is 70. Actor Duane Chase (Film: “The Sound of Music”) is 69. Country singer LaCosta is 69. Gymnast-turned-actress Cathy Rigby is 67. Author Lorna Landvik is 65. Singer-musician Sheila E. is 62. Actress Sheree J. Wilson is 61. Pop singer Daniel O’Donnell is 58.

International Tennis Hall of Famer Tracy Austin is 57. Rock musician Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) is 56. Rock musician Nicholas Dimichino (Nine Days) is 52. Author Sophie Kinsella is 50. News anchor Maggie Rodriguez is 50. Actress Jennifer Connelly is 49. Actress Madchen Amick is 49. Actress Regina Hall is 49. Country singer Hank Williams III is 47. Actress Mayim Bialik is 44. Model Bridget Hall is 42. Actor Lucas Hedges is 23. Actress Sky Katz is 15.

Thought for Today: “If you possess something but you can’t give it away, then you don’t possess it... it possesses you.” -- Frank Sinatra (1915-1998).

contact with Peninsula Community Health Center with a valid appointment and not longer than 15 minutes before and after appointment, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Kevin Andrew Moore, 42, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to firstdegree harassment (offensive contact with fluids), committed Aug. 5. He was fined a $100 court surcharge, ordered to comply with the court ordered conditions in the May 12 case, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Kevin Andrew Moore, 42, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) and one count of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, committed Sept. 12. On count one, he was placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to comply with the conditions in the May 12 case. On count two, he was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to comply with the court ordered conditions in the May 12 case, and placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Oscar Clarence Nelund, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of driving while license cancelled, revoked for suspended, committed July 17.

He was fined $300.

■■ Andrew Herbert Oldenburg, 48, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 27. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, credited for time served, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $150 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $330 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year.

■■ Andrew Herbert Oldenburg, 48, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended and one count of no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Sept. 9. On count one, he was fined $500 and a $20 court surcharge. On count two, he was fined $500, a $100 court surcharge, and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Andrew Oldenburg, 48, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, committed Sept. 10. he was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to comply with all conditions ordered in the Aug. 27 case, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Marshall David Payton, 54, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of driving while license cancelled, revoked for suspended and one count of no motor liability insurance, committed Oct. 26. On count one, he was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license suspended for 90 days, and placed on probation for 24 months. On count two, he was fined $500.

■■ Anthony Martin Peterson, 33, of Fairbanks, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 31. He was sentenced to 150 days in jail with 130 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $150 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $1,467 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for two years, and placed on probation for two years.

■■ Walter K. Petla-Moore, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons (possession while intoxicated), committed Aug. 3. He was fined $2,000

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Rendon follows fellow players to free agent riches

By Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Anthony Rendon is joining the Los Angeles Angels, quickly following megadeals for Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg in a trifecta of nine-figure contracts for agent Scott Boras at a wild winter meetings.

With baseball still buzzing over Cole’s $324 million, nine-year agreement with the New York Yankees, Rendon found his own free-agent riches, reaching a $245 million, seven-year deal Wednesday night to play third base in an Angels lineup that features threetime MVP Mike Trout.

Strasburg opened the annual gathering on Monday when the Washington Nationals announced a

nearly identical $245 million, sevenyear contract to keep the World Series MVP. That set a record for the largest deal given a pitcher, topping David Price’s $217 million, seven-year agreement with the Boston Red Sox ahead of the 2016 season.

Strasburg’s standard lasted just a day, shattered Tuesday night when Cole agreed to pitch in pinstripes after two outstanding seasons with Houston.

Then on the last full day of the meetings, Rendon matched Strasburg in dollars and years when he struck his deal to leave the Nationals for the Angels. The contracts for Cole and Rendon were detailed by people familiar with the agreements who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because

they had not been announced.

The high-priced signings came at a lightning pace, quite a contrast to last offseason, when star sluggers Bryce Harper and Manny Machado waited until spring training to find new homes.

Rendon’s contract raised the three-day total to $814 million for Boras, the agent for eight of the 19 $200 million-or-more contracts in baseball history. Boras also negotiated the $330 million deal that moved Harper from Washington to Philadelphia.

Add in the $64 million, fouryear deal between infielder Mike Moustakas and Cincinnati announced on Dec. 5, and Boras has negotiated $878 million in contracts for free agents this month with agreements still to be worked

out for pitchers Hyun-Jin Ryu and Dallas Keuchel, plus outfielder Nick Castellanos.

Rendon, who has played all seven of his major league seasons with Washington, drove in a career-best 126 runs while helping the Nationals capture the franchise’s first World Series championship this year. His 19.9 Wins Above Replacement, per Fangraphs, over the past four seasons trails only Trout, Boston’s Mookie Betts and Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich among position players.

“With our flexibility, if we miss a big player, there’s still very talented players that are accessible in the free agent and trade market right now,” Angels general manager Billy Eppler said earlier Wednesday.

While there have been no major

trades at the winter meetings, there were several more free agent agreements reached, according to people familiar with the deals who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity: --reliever Blake Treinen and the Los Angeles Dodgers at $10 million for one year.

--right-hander Tanner Roark and Toronto at $24 million for two years.

--right-hander Michael Wacha and the New York Mets for one year.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said Major League Baseball is pushing ahead with a rules change for 2020 that requires pitchers to face at least three batters or finish a half-inning.

Active rosters will increase by one to 26 from opening day through Aug. 31 and will drop from 40 to 28 from Sept. 1 through the end of the regular season.

NHL’s best duke it out WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie scored twice in under four minutes and John Carlson got the go-ahead goal to extend the Washington Capitals’ longstanding domination of the Boston Bruins with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night in a showdown between the NHL’s two best teams.

The Capitals have won 16 of their past 17 games against the Bruins. Boston has lost four in a row.

Carlson’s blast past Jaroslav Halak in the third period fired up a crowd quieted by Sean Kuraly’s deflection goal minutes earlier. Earlier, fans in Capitals red and Bruins black and gold all got into it when Boston captain Zdeno Chara and Washington forward Tom Wilson threw

down the gloves in a heavyweight fight in the first.

Pastrnak ripped a perfect shot over Braden Holtby’s left shoulder midway through the first for his league-best 26th of the season. It looked as if the Bruins had a two-goal lead on a Patrice Bergeron power-play goal, but Capitals coach Todd Reirden challenged for offside and video review showed Jake DeBrusk was into the zone just before the puck.

CANADIENS 3, SENATORS 2, OT MONTREAL (AP) — Ben Chiarot scored in overtime and Cayden Primeau made 35 saves for his first NHL victory in Montreal’s decision over Ottawa.

Chiarot scored 1:11 into

the extra period on a 2-on-1 with Max Domi.

Nick Cousins and Tomas Tatar scored in regulation for the Canadiens.

They improved to 15-11-6, winning for the third straight time after losing four of five.

AVALANCHE 3, FLYERS 1 DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had two goals and Pavel Francouz made 32 saves to lead Colorado over Philadelphia.

Francouz, the 29-year-old first-year player, did most of his work after the first period, stopping 27 shots in the final 40 minutes. He came within 5:12 of his first career shutout, but Claude Giroux scored on a rebound to spoil it.

Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Wednesday in Washington. This was Oshie’s second goal of the night. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Leonard receives champions ring, leads Clippers to win TORONTO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points in his return to Toronto, Lou Williams had 18 and the Clippers won their third straight game Wednesday, beating the slumping Raptors 112-92.

Maurice Harkless scored 14 points and Paul George had 13 as the Clippers evened their road record at 6-6.

Before the game, Leonard received his championship ring from the 2018-19 season, when he helped Toronto beat Golden State in six games for the franchise’s first NBA title.

Clippers guard Patrick Beverley scored 11 points in 19 minutes before leaving in the third quarter because of a concussion. Beverley collided

with Marc Gasol’s shoulder as the Raptors center was setting a screen.

LAKERS 96, MAGIC 87 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James had 25 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds to help Los Angeles beat Orlando.

PACERS 122, CELTICS 117 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Malcolm Brogdon scored 29 points and Aaron Holiday scored 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to help Indiana rally past Boston.

ROCKETS 116, CAVALIERS 110

US team in unusual position at Presidents

By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tiger Woods looked good as ever playing in the Presidents Cup. As captain, his American team found itself in foreign territory — trailing for the first time in 14 years.

An inspired International team shook off an opening fourballs loss to Woods and Justin Thomas by getting big shots and key putts from rookies and veterans alike. It won the other four matches Thursday, never trailing in three of them, and wound up with the start it needed in a bid to win for the first time since 1998.

The International won the opening session 4-1, its best start ever and first time it led after any session since 2005.

“This is the start we needed,” Adam Scott said after he recovered from his own nerves in Australia. “We haven’t seen this for a while. We’ve got to try to keep this lead now as long as possible, and hopefully the week runs out.”

Woods showed off an

exquisite short game, building a 2-up lead after two holes with pitch-and-run shots that set up easy birdies. He chipped in for birdie on the par-5 fifth, and closed out the match with an 8-foot birdie on the par-5 15th, his sixth birdie in the 15 holes he and Thomas needed to beat Marc Leishman and Joaquin Niemann.

Asked what worked well in their first time playing together, Thomas replied, “Tiger was working well.”

Little else did for the American, but that was more a product of great play by the International team that Ernie Els assembled to try to win the Presidents Cup for the first time since 1998, its only victory.

The International team walked off the course with arms around shoulders, a most happy occasion after having lost seven in a row since the tie in South Africa in 2003.

Even the normally stoic Hideki Matsuyama showed just how much this week means, fist-pumping his way to victory.

CLEVELAND (AP) — James Harden scored 55 points — 20 in the fourth quarter — and Russell Westbrook added 23 points as Houston withstood an unexpected scare from Cleveland.

HORNETS 113, NETS 108 NEW YORK (AP) — Devonte’ Graham scored a career-high 40 points, and Charlotte rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat Brooklyn.

JAZZ 127, TIMBERWOLVES 116 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 30 points and six assists, Joe Ingles pitched in a season-high

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NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Boston 17 6 .739 — Philadelphia 18 7 .720 — Toronto 16 8 .667 1½ Brooklyn 13 11 .542 4½ New York 5 20 .200 13 Southeast Division Miami 18 6 .750 — Orlando 11 13 .458 7 Charlotte 11 16 .407 8½ Washington 7 16 .304 10½ Atlanta 6 19 .240 12½ Central Division Milwaukee 22 3 .880 — Indiana 16 9 .640 6 Detroit 10 14 .417 11½ Chicago 9 17 .346 13½ Cleveland 5 19 .208 16½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Dallas 16 7 .696 — Houston 16 8 .667 ½ San Antonio 9 14 .391 7 Memphis 8 16 .333 8½ New Orleans 6 19 .240 11 Northwest Division Denver 14 8 .636 — Utah 14 11 .560 1½ Oklahoma City 11 13 .458 4 Minnesota 10 14 .417 5 Portland 10 15 .400 5½ Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 22 3 .880 — L.A. Clippers 19 7 .731 3½ Phoenix 11 13 .458 10½ Sacramento 11 13 .458 10½ Golden State 5 21 .192 17½ Wednesday’s Games Houston 116, Cleveland 110 Indiana 122, Boston 117 L.A. Clippers 112, Toronto 92 L.A. Lakers 96, Orlando 87 Charlotte 113, Brooklyn 108 Chicago 136, Atlanta 102 Utah 127, Minnesota 116 Memphis 115, Phoenix 108 Milwaukee 127, New Orleans 112 Sacramento 94, Oklahoma City 93 New York 124, Golden State 122, OT Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Boston, 4 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas vs. Detroit at Mexico City, 5 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

All Times AST Men’s College Scores EAST Colgate 66, Cornell 58 Dartmouth 77, Maine 44 Marshall 86, Bluefield State 50 Mass.-Lowell 72, NJIT 66 Merrimack 69, Army 60 Rutgers 72, Wisconsin 65 St. Peter’s 86, Fairleigh Dickinson 70

23 points and Utah dealt Minnesota its sixth straight loss.

CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 35 points in three quarters, Lauri Markkanen added 22 and Chicago snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over road-weary Atlanta.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out but Milwaukee kept on rolling, getting 29 points from Eric Bledsoe in a over the New Orleans that extended the Bucks’ winning streak to 16 games.

The Bucks (22-3) tied the secondlongest winning streak in franchise history and moved closer to the franchise record of 20, set during the team’s 1970-71 championship season.

GRIZZLIES 115, SUNS 108

KINGS 94, THUNDER 93

PHOENIX (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 27 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 24 and Memphis earned a win over Phoenix.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Bogdan Bogdanovic made a 3-pointer with 13.4 seconds remaining, and Sacramento overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Oklahoma City.

BULLS 136, HAWKS 102

BUCKS 127, PELICANS 112

Yale 83, UMass 80, OT SOUTH Belmont 105, Carson-Newman 56 Furman 90, North Greenville 65 NC Central 109, Christendom 28 Nicholls 118, Carver 44 SC State 90, UNC-Asheville 85, OT Troy 60, Jacksonville St. 55 VMI 78, Ferrum 60 Virginia Tech 63, Chattanooga 58 MIDWEST Illinois 71, Michigan 62 Kansas St. 86, Alabama St. 41 Missouri St. 75, Arkansas St. 53 SOUTHWEST Houston 71, Texas-Arlington 63 Lamar 73, Southern University at New Orleans 56 TCU 70, Winthrop 60 Tulsa 69, Boise St. 56 FAR WEST Arizona 99, Omaha 49 Arizona St. 88, Prairie View 79 California 69, Fresno St. 63 N. Dakota St. 71, CS Northridge 62 San Diego 66, Cal St.-Fullerton 54 Women’s College Scores EAST UMass 58, Boston U. 45 SOUTH Belmont 69, Lipscomb 68 Kentucky 91, Winthrop 36 Tennessee 79, Colorado St. 41 Troy 79, ETSU 61 MIDWEST DePaul 105, Notre Dame 94 IUPUI 103, Indiana-Northwest 45 Indiana 64, Butler 53 Iowa 75, Iowa St. 69 S. Dakota St. 71, Chattanooga 56 South Dakota 110, Mount Marty 39 Wright St. 64, Marian 60 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 91, Tulsa 41 Texas A&M 70, TCU 68 FAR WEST Boise St. 66, BYU 55 CS Bakersfield 100, Westcliff 44 San Diego 70, San Diego St. 47

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NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 32 20 6 6 46 109 81 Buffalo 32 15 11 6 36 101 97 Montreal 32 15 11 6 36 104 105 Florida 30 15 10 5 35 106 101 Toronto 32 15 13 4 34 104 104 Tampa Bay 29 15 11 3 33 105 93 Ottawa 32 13 17 2 28 86 100 Detroit 32 7 22 3 17 67 129 Metropolitan Division Washington 33 23 5 5 51 120 95 N.Y. Islanders 29 20 7 2 42 86 69 Carolina 31 19 11 1 39 103 85 Philadelphia 31 17 9 5 39 97 88 Pittsburgh 31 17 10 4 38 104 85 N.Y. Rangers 30 15 12 3 33 94 94 Columbus 30 12 14 4 28 76 93

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30 9 16 5 23 74 111 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 31 20 8 3 43 114 85 St. Louis 32 18 8 6 42 94 88 Winnipeg 31 19 10 2 40 92 83 Dallas 32 18 11 3 39 84 76 Nashville 29 14 10 5 33 98 93 Minnesota 31 14 12 5 33 92 101 Chicago 31 12 13 6 30 84 98 Pacific Division Arizona 33 18 11 4 40 91 80 Edmonton 33 18 11 4 40 100 99 Calgary 33 17 12 4 38 91 98 Vegas 33 16 12 5 37 98 94 Vancouver 31 15 12 4 34 104 95 San Jose 33 15 16 2 32 89 114 Anaheim 31 13 14 4 30 82 92 Los Angeles 32 12 18 2 26 80 103 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.

Wednesday’s Games Washington 3, Boston 2 Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, OT Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1 Thursday’s Games Boston at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m.

Nashville at Buffalo, 3 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 3 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.

Winnipeg at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Vegas at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 6:30 p.m.

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TRANSACTIONS

American League TEXAS RANGERS — Traded OF Nomar Mazara to the Chicago White Sox for OF Steele Walker and assigned Walker to Frisco (TL).

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Oberg on a three-year contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Lee on a minor league contract.

SAN FRANCSICO GIANTS — Named Craig Albernaz bullpen/catching coach, Andrew Bailey pitching coach, Brian Bannister pitching director, Kai Correa bench coach, infield/baserunning instructor, Donnie Ecker major league hitting coach, Ethan Katz assistant pitching coach, Dustin Lind director of hitting/ major league assistant hitting coach and Justin Viele major league hitting coach.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named bench coach Tim Bogar, first base coach Bob Henley, third base coach Chip Hale, pitching coach Paul Menhart, hitting coach Kevin Long, assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler, bullpen coach Henry Blanco.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Recalled F Alen Smailagic from Santa Cruz (NBAGL).

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Recalled F Wenyen

Gabriel from Stockton (NBAGL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed DL Javier Edwards to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Released RB Jeremy McNichols from the practice squad. Signed WR Reggie Davis to the practice squad.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed WR Cedrick Wilson on IR. Signed OT Mitch Hyatt from the practice squad and WR Cyril Grayson to the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Dontrelle Inman.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed OL Brandon Thomas, LB Quincy Williams and LB Jake Ryan on IR. Signed OL Tyler Gauthier and LB Dakota Allen. Claimed LB Preston Brown off waivers from Oakland.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed RB Tony BrooksJames to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed K Josh Gable, DL Eric Lee and DB Adarius Pickett to the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed DL Sheldon Rankins and DL Marcus Davenport on IR. Signed DE Noah Spence and DT T.Y. McGill.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released TE Cole Wick from the practice squad. Signed DL Olsen Pierre and TE Eric Tomlinson. Signed CB Nick Nelson from the practice squad and TE Paul Butler, LB Te’von Coney and OL Kyle Kalis to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released DT Kevin Wilkins from the practice squad and DT Albert Huggins to the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed OL Weston Richburg on IR. Signed CB Dontae Johnson and WR Jordan Matthews to one-year contracts and OL Kofi Amichia and CB Jermaine Kelly to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed RB T.J. Logan on IR. Signed WR Ishmael Hyman from the practice squad and WR Trevion Thompson to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Filip Zadina and D Dennis Cholowski and Dylan McIlrath to Grand Rapids (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Ryan Gropp from Maine (ECHL) to Hartford (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Signed M Sacha Kljestan.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Acquired M Cristian Espinoza from Villarreal (La Liga-Spain) and signed him to a multi-year contract.

TENNIS ATP — Named Massimo Calvelli CEO. COLLEGE ARIZONA STATE — Junior RB Eno Benjamin declared for the NFL draft.

COLORADO STATE — Named Steve Addazio football coach.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC — Named Willie Taggart football coach.

LIBERTY — Agreed to terms with football coach Hugh Freeze on a multi-year contract extension.

NORTHWESTERN — Named Mike Bajakian offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

UNLV — Named Marcus Arroyo football coach.

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The Tennessee Titans suddenly look like world beaters.

Or, at least, a solid choice to win the AFC South.

They have won four straight and six of seven to climb into a tie for the division lead with the Texans. Houston comes off a monumental crash after its superb victory against New England.

Since switching from Marcus Mariota — where will he be quarterbacking next year — to Ryan Tannehill, Tennessee has averaged 31.4 points a game, second most in the NFL in that span. The Titans also have 27 touchdowns over the past seven games after getting 11 through the first six games. ‘”It’s been good to be able to put ourselves in a position now to focus and concentrate on the Houston Texans,” coach Mike Vrabel said.

Houston seemed primed to take the division before that debacle against Denver. Now it faces its top threat in the AFC South twice in the final three weeks.

“We’re all in this together, but it all starts with me,” coach Bill O’Brien said. “Look, we’re an 8-5 football team coming off a (big win) and we

got beat soundly by the Broncos, and we’ve got to come in here and go back to work. We’ve got important games left. There’s a lot of football left to be played.”

Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP Pro32, is playing better than No. 11 Houston, which is a 3-point underdog.

TITANS, 22-16

No. 10 Los Angeles Rams (plus 2) at No. 15 Dallas

No. 4 (tie) Seattle (minus 6) at No. 23 Carolina

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9) at No. 3 New Orleans (Monday night) Colts too banged up to hang in with ticked-off Saints.

SAINTS, 30-16

Seahawks had their stinker last week, Panthers are majoring in them.

SEAHAWKS, 27-16

No. 21 Denver (plus 11) at No. 4 (tie) Kansas City

No. 24 New York Jets (plus 14 1-2) at No. 1 Baltimore Buying Rams big time. Selling (Thursday night) America’s team, big time.

Chiefs have outside shot at No. 2 playoff seed and bye.

CHIEFS, 32-23

No. 16 Philadelphia (minus 5½) at No. 29 (tie) Washington

Dolphins should have won at Meadowlands last week, will win this Sunday.

DOLPHINS, 23-17

BEST BET and UPSET SPECIAL: RAMS, 26-21

Eagles don’t deserve it, but will take NFC East lead.

EAGLES, 17-13

No. 9 Buffalo (plus 1 1-2) at No. 13 Pittsburgh Don’t have enough guts to make this the Upset Special.

BILLS, 16-15

No. 18 Indianapolis (plus

When will NFL learn not to put Jets in prime time? Still, spread is too high.

RAVENS, 26-14

No. 14 Chicago (plus 4 1-2) at No. 6 Green Bay Bears are coming on. Trip to Lambeau stops that progress PACKERS, 20-15

No. 8 New England (minus 9½) at No. 32 Cincinnati We were wrong about Patriots last week. Not here.

PATRIOTS, 26-8

No. 27 Miami (plus 3) at No. 31 New York Giants

No. 25 Atlanta (plus 11) at No. 2 San Francisco Niners feeling like champs after that win in the Big Easy.

49ERS, 33-20

No. 8 Minnesota (minus 3) at No. 22 Los Angeles Chargers

Vikings on verge of playoffs, won’t flop in this one.

VIKINGS, 28-20

No. 17 Tampa Bay (minus 3½ ) at No. 29 (tie) Detroit Bucs have major decision ahead on Jameis Winston, who helps his case here.

BUCCANEERS, 35-25

No. 28 Jacksonville (plus 6 1-2) at No. 20 Oakland Raiders will depart Black Hole with convincing victory.

RAIDERS, 31-19

No. 19 Cleveland (minus 2½) at No. 26 Arizona Can’t trust Cleveland, which could stumble here.

BROWNS, 21-20 2019 RECORD: Last Week: 7-7-2 against spread, 7-9 straight up.

Season Totals: 110-93-4 against spread, 123-82-1 straight up.

Best Bet: 11-3 against spread, 12-2 straight up.

Upset special: 7-7 against spread, 7-7 straight up.

Bears, Packers set for 200th all-time clash as Rodgers stars

By Keith Jenkins AP Sports Writer

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers will face off for the 200th time on Sunday. It will be Aaron Rodgers’ 24th matchup against his NFC North rival.

With Rodgers as the starting quarterback, Green Bay is 18-5 against the Bears,

with one loss coming in 2013 after the two-time MVP left the game following the first series with a shoulder injury.

In the 23 games against Chicago, Rodgers has an overall passer rating of 103.2, the highest in league history of any player who has attempted at least 250 passes against the Bears.

“It’s a great rivalry for the game,” Rodgers said on

Wednesday. “Obviously, the history of that. It’s nice to be on the other side now.

I know when Favry (Brett Favre started back in the ‘90s and early 2000s) I think we were on the other side of this rivalry. Now, it’s nice to be up by three, I believe.”

The Packers (10-3) lead the all-time series, 98-95-6.

Green Bay has won six of the last seven meetings with the

Bears (7-6), including a 10-3 victory in the season opener in Chicago. The Packers will look to sweep the regularseason series for the 15th time in the last 26 years (since 1994) and the seventh time in the last 11 seasons.

Rodgers said he can’t go anywhere around Green Bay without fans reminding him about the oldest rivalry in the NFL.

“At the Piggly Wiggly, or festival, Fresh Thyme (a local farmers market), you might hear about the rivalry,” he said. “How much it means to the fans to beat Chicago. It’s always big Chicago against lil’ Green Bay. Lil’ Green Bay has held its own for a long time.”

Rodgers, a Northern California native, didn’t grow up rooting for the Bears, but he was cheering for a player and

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“I have a lot of respect for the city of Chicago and their fans,” he said. “I grew up a fan of Michael Jordan, and one of the channels we had on our 10-channel TV was WGN. So we got the Cubs games as well. So I grew up watching some Chicago sports. I was a fan of Brett Favre and had an appreciation for the rivalry.”

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EMPLOYMENT Seeking a skilled Clinician to join our Private Mental Health Counseling Practice.

Kachemak Counseling, LLC is located in Homer, AK. We serve high-functioning adults with services including counseling for individuals and couples. We are looking to hire a clinician to promote existing services or add family and/or child and adolescent specializations. Other specializations or certifications such as EMDR will be considered. On site professional supervision for those seeking state LPC licensure will be provided. A private, furnished therapy office awaits. Caseload will begin at approximately 5-10 clients per week. A full caseload is anticipated within 3-6 months.

Seeking a skilled Clinician to join our Private Mental Health Counseling Practice. Kachemak Counseling, LLC is located in Homer, AK. We serve high-functioning adults with services including counseling for individuals and couples. We are looking to hire a clinician to promote existing services or add family and/or child and adolescent specializations. Other specializations or certifications such as EMDR will be considered. On site professional supervision for those seeking state LPC licensure will be provided. A private, furnished therapy office awaits. Caseload will begin at approximately 5-10 clients per week. A full caseload is anticipated within 3-6 months.

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3. Penny Hardy Homestead Addn.; KPB 5.

File 2019-146 [Ability / Miller, Davis] 5. An application for the formation of a Location: Border Ave. and Lowell Single-Family Residential (R-1) local Point Rd.; Lowell Point. Submitted: option zoning district (LOZD) for the 11/25/19. Divides 1 tract into 5 lots. proposed Kalifornsky Center Sub. in the Kalifornsky area.

Legal 4. Bay Ridge Estates Sub. 2019 Replat; Description: A portion of the N½ NE¼, KPB File 2019-136 [Johnson S26, T5N, R11W, S.M. Location: The Surveying / Restad] Location: off south end of Ravenwood Street N. Diamond Ridge Rd., Pitzman Ave., and Charlie Dr.; Diamond Ridge; 6. An application for the formation of a Kachemak Bay APC. Submitted: Rural Residential (R-R) local option 11/12/19. Creates 3 lots from 4 lots and zoning district (LOZD) for the dedicates a portion of a right-of-way. proposed Rolling Hills Sub. in the Anchor Point area. Legal Description: 5. Gregory Sub. 2019 Replat; KPB File N½ NW¼, S24, T5S, R15W, S.M. 2019-134 [Johnson Surveying / Kenai Location: Adjacent to 38928 Old Peninsula Borough] Location: on June Sterling Hwy. Dr., off Sterling Hwy.; Sterling.

Submitted: 11/5/19. Combines 3 lots 7. An application for the formation of a into 1 lot.

Rural Residential (R-R) local option zoning district (LOZD) for the 6. Tall Tree Estates Kline Addn.; KPB File proposed Forest Knolls Sub. in the 2019-142 [Fineline Surveys, Inc. / Anchor Point area. Legal Description: Kline] Location: Tall Tree Ave. and the A portion of the NE¼, S30, Lying Sterling Hwy.; Happy Valley; Anchor northeasterly of the Old Sterling Hwy., Point APC. Submitted: 11/20/19.

T5S, R14W, S.M. Location: Adjacent Divides 1 lot into 2 lots. to 40894 Old Sterling Hwy. 7. Two Moose Meadows Two Orians Addn.; KPB File 2019-144 [Fineline 8. A conditional land use permit application for material extraction on Surveys, Inc. / Renee Caryn Orians parcels in the Soldotna/Funny River Living Trust] Location: on Sebea Cir., area. Applicant: River Resources, off Sterling Hwy.; Anchor Point; Anchor LLC. Landowner: Kahtnu Estates, Point APC. Submitted: 11/22/19.

LLC. Parcel Numbers: 135-243-13 Divides 1 lot into 2 lots. and 135-243-16. Legal Description: 8. Wilson Fields Sub.; KPB File 2019-141 Tract C, Patson Properties #2, [Segesser Surveys / Fields] Location: according to Plat 2010-50 and the Betty Lou Dr.; Sterling. Submitted: NW¼ SE¼, S34, T5N, R10W, S.M., 11/25/19. Divides 1 parcel into 2 tracts. excluding Patson Rd. right-of-way.

PLANNING COMMISSION Location: Adjacent to 884 Funny River Rd. Proposed Land Use: The 7:30 p.m. applicant wishes to obtain a permit for Public Hearings sand and gravel extraction on a 1. Ordinance 2019-36, Authorizing the portion of the parcels listed above.

Negotiated Lease of Garage Space at (Continued from the November 25, 2019 meeting). the Bear Creek Fire Station with the Special Considerations Alaska State Troopers A Detachment 1. Building Setback Exception; Lot 1A North.

Block 6 Kenai River Keys Sub 2. Ordinance 2019-37, Amending KPB Vacation and Replat; KPB File: 201917.10.120, Terms of a Land Sale, to 147; Resolution No. 2019-40.

Address Kenai Peninsula Borough Location: On Chinook Run and Employee and Contractor Participation Humpy Road, in the Funny River Area in Land Disposal Methods.

Anyone wishing to testify may come to the meetings to 3. Ordinance 2019-33, Amending KPB 20.10.030 and KPB 20.90.010 to Clarify Applicability of Subdivision Requirements.

give testimony. Written statements may be submitted by hand-delivery, mail (Planning Department, 144 N. Binkley St., Soldotna, AK 99669), email (planning@kpb.us) or fax (907-714-2378).

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FUTURE MEETINGS The next regularly scheduled Plat Committee and Planning Commission meetings will be held Monday, January 6, 2020 at the KPB George A. Navarre Administration Building, 144 North Binkley St., Soldotna, Alaska.

4. A petition was received on 11/18/19 to vacate a Section Line Easement (SLE) in the Cooper Landing area.

Location and request: Vacate a 100foot wide SLE running east to west The Plat Committee meeting will begin at 5:30 located within US Survey 14477, p.m. Please check the KPB website as this time is subject to change. The Planning described as a 50-foot SLE within S27 Commission meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. and a 50-foot SLE within S34, T5N, ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSIONS R4W, S.M. The SLE being vacated is Check the KPB website for Advisory Planning unconstructed and located within US Commission meeting dates & times.

Survey No 14477, S27 and S34, T5N, KPB PLANNING DEPARTMENT R4W, S.M., KPB, AK. Purpose as Julie Hindman, Administrative Assistant stated in petition: The justification for Phone: (907) 714-2215 / Fax: (907) 714-2378 vacating the SLE is that it will not Toll free within the Borough 1-800-478-4441

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Hotheaded friend dunks man’s toothbrush in the toilet DEAR ABBY: I have her wrath once again as shared a friendship for she’ll know I ratted her 40 years with a woman out. And he will undoubtwho is known for havedly evict her from the ing a quick temper. apartment. She doesn’t Although I have been on have the finances to get the receiving end of her her own place, and the anger many times, we eviction may result in her manage to maintain our becoming homeless. I’m relationship. struggling with which is She lives across worse: his health risk or Dear Abby the country now and, her homelessness.

Jeanne Phillips unfortunately, suffers So far, I have kept my from a major debilitatmouth shut, but each day ing illness. She lives with a man she I know he is brushing his teeth with argues with often, in his small apart- bacteria. Should I continue to remain ment. They struggle financially, and silent? — YUCK FACTOR IN THE she recently confided that when they DESERT argue, she dunks his toothbrush in DEAR YUCK FACTOR: While dipthe toilet to get even. Obviously, it is ping his toothbrush in the toilet may without his knowledge. not kill him, it could make him sick.

I have never met him, but he is Tell him what has been going on. very nice to me when I call. I want If your friendship with the woman to tell him what my friend has been ends, so be it. doing. I feel he needs to know the health risks he’s facing when he DEAR ABBY: I’m a 34-year-old brushes his teeth. single mother of a 7-year-old son Of course, if I do, I know I’ll incur who wants me to get married. I’m

not dating anyone, so marriage is nowhere in the near future.

I know my son’s wish for me to be married is due to the absence of his “father” in his life and his desire to have a dad. I have technically been single for more than 10 years. I dated a lot over the years but haven’t during the last two years, instead focusing on my mental, emotional and physical well-being in addition to securing a decent career path, which I’m just a week into.

I have contemplated dating for months, even prior to my son saying anything. Being an only parent, I have very little free time, and dating can be very disappointing. I don’t have time to waste. Should I get back out there for the sake of my son or not? — DATING FOR TWO IN CALIFORNIA DEAR DATING: Should you date because your son wants a father?

No. You should date because you meet someone whose values and interests are similar to your own, someone you think is worth getting

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to know better.

You are starting a new career, and in time you will meet eligible men.

In the meantime, because your son needs a masculine influence in his life, consider having him spend time with male family members. If that’s not possible, contact Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and try to arrange a mentor for him. The website is bbbs.org.

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.

What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.

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The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH The Full Moon could overwhelm you with calls, people who need you and the unexpected.

Rather than getting in a tizzy, relax and be happy that this type of day does not happen frequently. Tonight: Head home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Use special caution with funds. Be sure you get the proper change back and that you are not overcharged. If ever you were going to feel the financial ramifications of a slight error, it would be now.

SOFTEN UP

HHHH The unexpected walks hand in hand with you right now.

You might not like some of the happenings. Keep some perspective and you will be able to deal with the confusion. Someone might spill the beans about a secret! Tonight: Stick to your views.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You gain a perspective that allows you to see more of what is going on. Today’s Full Moon might be exaggerated for you, as you are ruled by the Moon and the Moon’s position. The good news is, this, too, shall pass. Tonight: Respond to another person’s efforts to reach you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Action surrounds friends and loved ones. You could be very excited as you are about to achieve a long-desired goal.

Someone you meet in a strange way today could evolve into a long-term friendship or more. Tonight: Zero in on what is possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Whether or not you desire being in the limelight, that is exactly

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH A new outlook becomes inevitable after today. You see a situation with new possibility. Your biggest problem could be which way you would like to go. Friends will support you in your choice. Tonight: Be the lead actor.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH One-on-one relating is highlighted, and you could make a mistake. How you handle a personal issue could be a lot different from normal. Use caution dealing with money; it could slip through your fingers. Tonight: Be a buddy to an ailing loved one.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) HHHHH You might feel as if you are in a tug of war for a prized position or situation. Do not undermine anyone, yet stand up for yourself.

Push comes to shove, but somehow you end up smelling like roses.

Tonight: With a favorite person.

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HHH You might notice that the best intentions go awry, no matter what. Rather than being rigid and determined to have what you want, flow with the moment and your mood. Let go of “must haves” for 24 hours. Tonight: Be more nurturing to a loved one.

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HHHHH You could push another person too far. You might not intend to, but others are unusually sensitive to your comments.

One person — a child or potential sweetie — could become highly reactive. Tonight: A discussion could be important.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Stay close to home or near the office. You could find that certain situations are somewhat explosive and need to be handled quickly. Others, including you, could be reacting to today’s Full Moon. Tonight: Settling in at home.

THE GUESSING GAME Dear Heloise: The instructions for using drain cleaner say to “pour 1/5 bottle in the drain.” The bottle is opaque. How in the world do I know when I’ve poured too little or too much?

Why don’t they manufacture it in a clear plastic bottle with lines denoting what is 1/5, 1/2, etc.?

Seems like it would be cheaper for them to make rather than an opaque bottle. Or at least have a “stripe of clear” down the length of the bottle, again with lines measuring the amount. — C.D.B., Orange, Calif.

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BORN TODAY Singer Frank Sinatra (1915), game-show host Bob Barker (1923), abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805)

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SUDOKU Solution

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Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser. Do you know of an easy procedure for “softening” that “new” finish on pants? I find the stiffness uncomfortable.

I’ve tried warm water with heavy liquid softener to no avail. I also tried adding a couple of dryer sheets to the dryer. I sure would like to hear from you. — The Old Fellow, via email New garments are often treated with sizing to make them wrinkle less, but you’re correct: The sizing can make clothes stiff and uncomfortable.

What will I reach for? One of my favorite handy helpers — vinegar!

Add 1 cup white vinegar to the final rinse cycle.

It may take a couple of washes, but your clothes will be soft and fluffy.

Knowing how to properly launder different fabrics can be a daunting task.

In my eight-page pamphlet Handy Stain Guide for Clothing, you’ll find a section on “Special Care Laundering Hints” and also “Understanding Care

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where you can be found. Others seek you out to help get more control over their life and what they want. An element of chaos runs through the day. Tonight: Where your friends are.

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Tonight: Visit with a friend on the way home.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019:

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Peninsula Clarion

Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment vote

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee took the first steps Wednesday evening toward voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, beginning a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the Capitol.

Democrats and Republicans used the otherwise procedural meeting to deliver sharp, poignant and, at times, personal arguments for and against impeachment. Both sides appealed to Americans’ sense of history — Democrats describing a strong sense of duty to stop what one called the president’s “constitutional crime spree” and Republicans decrying the “hot garbage” impeachment and what it means for the future of the country. Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island asked Republicans standing by Trump to

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But it was time to re-examine those formulas, Dunleavy said, and while he and his staff said the governor’s office is not sponsoring any legislation at this time, they want to work with the Legislature to find where reductions could be made.

“Formula-driven programs account for over half of the operating budget,” Dunleavy said. “So over half the budget is really not in my control to change. If we’re going to change any of those formulas, it has to be done with the partnership of the Legislature.”

The budget calls for $4.5 billion in unrestricted general funds, $969 million designated general funds and $760 in other state funds, according to a budget summary provided by the governor’s office.

The budget’s going to rely on the (Constitutional Budget Reserve) this year,” Dunleavy said. “About

“wake up” and honor their oath of office. Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana responded with his own request to “put your country over party.” Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., shared his views in both English and Spanish.

One Democrat, Rep. Val Demings of Florida, told the panel that, as a descendant of slaves and now a member of Congress, she has faith in America because it is “government of the people” and in this country “nobody is above the law.” Freshman Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia emotionally talked about losing her son to gun violence and said that while impeachment was not why she came to Washington, she wants to “fight for an America that my son Jordan would be proud of.”

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said Democrats are impeaching because “they don’t like us,” and read out a long list of Trump’s accomplishments. “It’s not just because they don’t like

the president, they don’t like us,” Jordan added. “They don’t like the 63 million people who voted for this president, all of us in flyover country, all of us common folk in Ohio, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Texas.”

The committee is considering two articles of impeachment introduced

by Democrats. They charge Trump with abuse of power for asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden while withholding aid as leverage, and obstruction of Congress for stonewalling the House’s investigation. On Thursday, the committee will likely vote to send the articles to the full House, which is expected to vote next week. That could come after hours of debate over Republican amendments, though the articles aren’t likely to be changed. Democrats are unlikely to accept any amendments proposed

by Republicans unified against Trump’s impeachment. Democrats are also unified. They have to agreed to the language, which spans only nine pages and says that Trump

acted “corruptly” and “betrayed the nation” when he asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and the 2016 U.S. election. Hamstrung in the minority, Republicans wouldn’t have the votes to make changes without support from at least some Democrats.

The Wednesday evening session of the 41-member panel lasted more than three hours, with opening statements from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler opened the hearing by making a final argument for impeachment and urging his Republican colleagues to reconsider. He said the committee should consider whether the evidence shows that Trump committed these acts, if they rise to the level of impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors and what the consequences are if they fail to act.

“When his time has passed, when his grip on our politics is gone, when our country returns, as surely

it will, to calmer times and stronger leadership, history will look back on our actions here today,” Nadler said. “How would you be remembered?”

Republicans are also messaging to the American people — and to Trump himself — as they argue that the articles show Democrats are out to get the president. Most Republicans contend, as Trump does, that he has done nothing wrong, and all of them are expected to vote against the articles. The top Republican on the panel, Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, argued that Democrats are impeaching the president because they think they can’t beat him in the 2020 election. Democrats think the only thing they need is a “32-second commercial saying we impeached him,” Collins said. “That’s the wrong reason to impeach somebody, and the American people are seeing through this,” Collins said. “But at the end of the day, my heart breaks for a committee that has trashed this institution.”

a $1.5 billion draw from the CBR, which leaves a balance of $540 million.”

The CBR is a savings account created in 1990 where state revenue from mineral resources is deposited, according to the Department of Revenue. The CBR has been steadily decreasing since 2015, according to DOR, when it was worth just over $10 billion. The account balance was $1.96 billion at the end of October, according to DOR. Dunleavy and his staff maintained during the press conference the budget was a starting point for discussions with the people of Alaska and the Alaska Legislature.

“The capital budget was designed to maximize federal funds,” Dunleavy told reporters, at a total of $1.3 billion. The budget includes $3.9 billion in federal funds, making up over a third of the total budget.

The state portion of the unrestricted general funds was about an 8% reduction from last year, the governor said.

A press release from the governor’s office says K-12 education will be fully funded, but it makes no

mention of the University of Alaska system or any programs related to higher education.

“There’s no cuts in education,” the governor said. “We’ll be rolling out some (policy) initiatives in the near future.”

The governor said the long-term outlook of the state’s fiscal situation would be centered around looking at the formula programs and potential constitutional amendments.

With this budget, the governor said he wanted to present the state’s fiscal situation to the people of Alaska.

“They’ll see that our savings are diminishing, that we’re going to have to make some hard decisions,” he said. “Are we going to reduce services, or do the people of Alaska want to ponder revenue?”

In the past, Dunleavy has said that he opposed taxes as a form of revenue. When asked about taxes Wednesday, the governor said he expected those conversations to happen in the Legislature.

“We must be considering revenue, that must be something that is on the table,” Sen. Tom Begich,

D-Anchorage, told the Empire by phone Wednesday afternoon. That could be some form of taxation, Begich said.

“Sales taxes, income taxes, these are reasonable things to consider,” Begich said.

Begich noted he was concerned the governor’s budget relied so much on the CBR. “That’s a fundamentally a problem,” Begich said. “The CBR is used for our short-term cash flow. (The Legislature) is going to have to consider how we refill that shortterm account.”

The lack of proposals for revenue from the governor’s office was frustrating, Begich said. Dunleavy said he and his staff were also looking forward to some potential additional revenue from investments on the North Slope.

Taxes, however, are not something Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, believes Alaskans will support.

“I think we have to get a handle on what our spending is, and what is the difference between our wants and our needs,” she told the Empire in an interview Wednesday.

Tilton said she was encouraged by the governor’s insistence on following the law, particularly when it comes to the PFD. But further reductions were needed, she said in order to maintain a balanced budget.

She agreed that programs funded by formula were something that needed to be looked at, but what was really needed was a constitutional spending limit.

“I think that is an important component, just feeling that there is some kind of checks and balances on the spending,” she said.

The Legislature ultimately has power of appropriation, but the governor’s budget is a proposal of where the executive branch thinks the state should go. The governor has the ability to veto legislative appropriations if they don’t align with his goals.

Last year, Dunleavy vetoed $444 million from the Legislature’s budget, setting off a summer of protests, a recall effort and a contentious special session.

The Alaska Legislature’s regular session begins Jan. 21, 2020.