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Coast Guard says 5 missing after crab boat sinks JUNEAU — Five people were missing and two were rescued after a 130-foot crab fishing vessel from Dutch Harbor sank Tuesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Authorities said the vessel’s last known position was 170 miles southwest of Air Station Kodiak. The Scandies Rose sank at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday with seven crew members aboard, the Coast Guard said. It received a mayday distress call and immediately commenced a rescue operation. Helicopter and airplane crews from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak were involved in the search. A helicopter crew arrived on scene and hoisted two survivors from a life raft. Their condition was not immediately known. A Coast Guard cutter was diverted from the Bering Sea and was expected to arrive on scene Wednesday evening. “We are conducting an extensive search in a 300-square mile area to locate the five missing persons from the Scandies Rose,” said Lt. Wade Arnold, command duty officer at 17th District command center. The Coast Guard reported wind in excess of 40 miles, 15 feet to 20 feet seas and one mile visibility.
Kodiak hopes reality show will attract police recruits KODIAK — An Alaska police department hopes a new reality show featuring its officers will attract new recruits to an area where staffing has been difficult. The Kodiak Police Department will be featured in “Alaska PD” on the A&E network beginning Jan. 1, The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Monday. The program will look at the lives of police officers in Kodiak, Fairbanks, Kotzebue and Petersburg. Kodiak Sgt. Francis de la Fuente hopes the show will draw attention to the department, which is frequently understaffed. “We want to see if it can be a hiring tool for Kodiak,” he said. The idea for the show came from an article See news, Page A3
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Alaska Senate president in spotlight with dividend fight By Becky Bohrer Associated Press
JUNEAU — During her first year as Alaska Senate president, Cathy Giessel won over one-time political adversaries and angered some within her own party for her willingness to buck Gov. Mike
Dunleavy, a fellow Republican, on key pieces of his agenda. Giessel’s ascension to the role just three other women have held coincided with Dunleavy’s 2018 election. She was among those who argued cuts proposed by the governor were too much, too
fast, and that the formula he wanted to follow for paying checks to residents from the state’s oil-wealth fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund, was no longer workable. Tuckerman Babcock, a former state GOP chair and former Dunleavy chief of staff, said Giessel’s position
on the dividend changed. “That’s one issue, and the other is, to be so publicly, adamantly at odds with the governor is just bizarre,” he said, noting he would not support her again. Giessel said as Senate leader, she’s an easy target. Rather than dictating views
Kaladi starts new year giving back
to her 14-member caucus, which includes a Democrat, Giessel said she gives them room to wrestle with issues to reach agreement, or not. Her caucus was sharply divided on the dividend last year, which she said reflected See senate, Page A2
Blizzard conditions shut down Seward Highway By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion
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Shift leader Melanie Smith serves up a hazelnut latte at the Kaladi Brothers Coffee shop on Kobuk Street in Soldotna on Wednesday. Kaladi Brothers donated all of their proceeds from coffee sales on New Year’s Day to the Students in Transition program, which provides resources to homeless students on the Kenai Peninsula.
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A locally owned coffee chain rang in the new year by giving back to the community. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, a coffee chain based in Anchorage, dedicated New Year’s Day to supporting the Students in Transition Program, which provides resources and services to
homeless students in the Kenai Peninsula School District. Kaladi Brothers locations around the state participated in giving back, including the shop located on South Kobuk Street in Soldotna. Melanie Smith, shift leader at the Kobuk location, said on Wednesday that the store had been busy since she started her shift. “I got here at one, and
it went really well today,” Smith said. “We had a line out the door pretty much the whole day, so it was really nice to see how many people came out to support this.” Smith said that 100% of the proceeds from coffee beverage sales for the day would be donated to Students in Transition, which by closing time was about $1,800. Smith said that people were also
donating money on top of what they spent on their coffee. “We actually had a little jar that people were putting money in because they wanted to donate more to the program,” Smith said. “I was so amazed, I couldn’t believe that many people were willing to donate to a charity just because we were donating as well. It was really humbling.”
Heavy snowfall throughout Southcentral Alaska prompted a closure of the Seward Highway on New Year’s Eve as well as blizzard warnings for the Kenai Peninsula. Seward Highway was closed from Girdwood south to Jerome Lake, according to a community notice posted to Facebook Tuesday night by the Alaska Department of Transportation. DOT reported that Girdwood had received 18 inches of snowfall. The highway remained closed until about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, when DOT announced that all lanes had been reopened. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service extended its blizzard warning through Wednesday afternoon for the western Kenai Peninsula. Areas along Kachemak Bay were expected to be impacted, including Homer and the Homer bluff. The warning asked residents to plan for hazardous travel conditions, blowing snow and near zero visibility. Additional snow accumulations of up to 4 inches were expected. Snow and winds were expected to gradually diminish through the afternoon. For the latest road conditions call 511 or visit 511.alaska.gov.
State minimum wage Borough looks at policy for junk and abandoned car removal increases to $10.19 By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion
Alaska’s minimum wage increased 30 cents beginning Jan. 1, 2020. The wage increased from $9.89 an hour to $10.19 an hour. In 2014, Alaskans voted to raise the minimum wage by $1 in both 2015 and 2016, and required the rate to be adjusted annually for inflation, according to an October press release from the Office of the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Tips do not count toward the Alaska minimum wage. To adjust for inflation, the state uses the previous calendar year’s Consumer Price Index for urban consumers in
the Anchorage Metropolitan Area. The index is a measure of the average change in prices paid by urban consumers over time. Last year, minimum wage rose 5 cents, from $9.84 to $9.89. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 the minimum wage only rose 5 cents. By law, Alaska’s minimum wage must remain at least $1 per hour over the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25. Alaska is among 30 states with minimum wages above $7.25. Washington state, California and Massachusetts have state minimum wages of $12 and Washington, D.C., offers workers a minimum of $14 an hour. The federal minimum wage hasn’t risen in over a decade.
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider changing its policy on abandoned vehicles at its meeting Tuesday. An ordinance on Tuesday’s agenda would repeal current code and replace it with a new policy that bolsters the borough’s ability to enforce the removal of junk and abandoned vehicles by incorporating Alaska statutes into the policy. The ordinance states that vehicles abandoned on public roadways or public property are public nuisances that create health and safety hazards. Addressing abandoned and junk vehicles in the borough is a growing issue, a Nov. 21 memo from borough roads
director Dil Uhlin to the assembly said. The proposed code is more detailed than the current code and incorporates policies more aligned with state statute. The proposed code aims to make the policy for addressing junk and abandoned vehicles more clear. “It is in the best interests of the borough to have a clearly established procedure for the abatement, removal, and disposal of vehicles abandoned on public property,” the ordinance said. “The public is served by the establishment of code-driven procedures that meet the requirements of state law.” The current policy has “proven to be inadequate for enforcing the removal of junk and abandoned vehicles within the borough as
it lacks many of the requirements of Alaska statute,” the memo said. The current policy also fails to address junk vehicles and the process for addressing vehicles left on private property. The proposed policy says it is unlawful to abandon a vehicle on public property and on private property without the consent of the land owner and the owner of the vehicle is responsible for removing the vehicle and any associated costs. The proposed policy change also addresses vehicles considered both junk and abandoned, the memo said, by providing “a mechanism for the Road Service Area to address the growing issue regarding the abandonment of vehicles on See junk, Page A3
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the electorate and divisions within her party. Giessel said the dividend has been one of the most divisive statewide issues she’s seen. It’s expected to be a major focus during the next legislative session, which begins Jan. 21. “But I do believe … we will, after all of this vigorous conversation, come to a good conclusion,” she said. In 2016, as she faced re-election, Giessel supp or te d then-S en. Dunleavy’s call to restore the portion of the dividend cut by Gov. Bill Walker as the
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Giessel has called for a formula change. During her race, “I never said I supported these massive-sized PFDs,” she said, referring to the checks. “I supported a full legislative discussion of the subject and not just keeping the money in the earnings reserve account but actually using it to balance our budgets.” Lawmakers settled on a 2019 dividend that equaled $1,606. Under the formula, it would have been $2,910, according to the Department of Revenue. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon said his relationship with Giessel mainly consisted of passing hellos before she became Senate
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state struggled with a budget deficit. Giessel recently said she felt the issue should not be decided by one person. Lawmakers had a chance to override Walker’s actions but didn’t. A legal challenge ultimately was decided in his favor. In 2018, lawmakers began tapping permanent fund earnings, long used to pay dividends, to help cover government costs. They also passed a law seeking to limit withdrawals from earnings for government and dividends. Dunleavy has supported using a decadesold dividend formula that many lawmakers see as unsustainable and haven’t followed in recent years.
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president but has blossomed into a friendship and trusted working relationship. He said she has come into her own as a leader. “She sticks to her values, her principles. In the face of flack by some in her own party, and maybe some Alaskans along the way, she didn’t flinch, and I really respected her for that,” said Edgmon, an independent. Giessel and Edgmon joined in challenging the administration in a dispute over school funding and Dunleavy’s pick of a special session location. Giessel was born in territorial Alaska, in Fairbanks, where she was raised, the oldest of four children. Her father was a pilot who often took her on trips to rural Alaska. Her mother went to law school after raising the family. Giessel wanted to study political science in college but said her mother urged her to study something “practical,” like nursing. Her mother also urged her to intern for then-U.S. Sen. Ted
Stevens, which she said she did. Giessel met her husband Richard in Michigan, where she attended college. After nursing school, when he suggested they marry, she told him he’d find her in Alaska, where they eventually settled. She put her nursing career on hold for 12 years to raise and homeschool their children, and later earned a master’s degree. Giessel has long been involved in Republican politics and served as a state GOP vice chair. A f t e r w o rk i n g o n campaigns and wanting to make a difference with policy, she was elected to the Senate in 2010. For two years, she was part of a conservative, four-member minority. Oil and gas were hot topics, and she “made up her mind that she was going to know everything that there was to know about it,” said Republican Sen. John Coghill, who was in that caucus and is on the current GOP-led majority’s leadership team. “Man, oh man. She got
hold of something and became a formidable force because of her tenaciousness,” he said. During her legislative career, Giessel has often attended hearings of committees she doesn’t serve on, taking notes, likening it to soaking up all she can in a classroom. Giessel became Senate Resources Committee chair in 2013, after Republicans wrested control of the Senate from a bipartisan majority. She said she wanted the job after seeing how North Slope communities she visited as a nurse had benefited from oil development. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Begich said Giessel once was a political adversary but last year said they expressed a desire to work together, in their leadership roles. The Anchorage Democrat said he and Giessel have different ideas but share the goal of a “stable, sustainable Alaska” with opportunities. “I have no doubt about that, and that makes it easy to work with her,” he said.
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In this May 16, 2019, file photo, Alaska Senate President Cathy Giessel speaks to reporters in her office at the state Capitol in Juneau. During her first year as Alaska Senate president, Giessel won over one-time political adversaries and angered some within her own party for her willingness to buck Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a fellow Republican, on key pieces of his agenda.
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Tommy Ray Nicholson, Sr. December 2, 1953 - December 28, 2019
Soldotna resident Tommy Ray Nicholson, Sr. passed away on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 at home in from a long battle with kidney failure surrounded by his loved ones. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Tommy was born Dec. 2, 1953 to Albert Hugh & Willie Mae Nicholson in Vicksburg, Ms. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. He moved his family to Alaska in the early
1990’s.
Tommy had an adventuresome life, growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river in Vicksburg. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. The enjoyed hunting deer and wild hogs, fishing for catfish in the Mississippi and fishing for halibut and salmon in Alaska. He prospected for gold around the state of Alaska. Tom enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren camping, fishing and hunting. He belonged to the Harley Davidson motorcycle club and the Gold wing club and was an honorary member of the Iron Warriors. As an avid motorcycle rider, he enjoyed riding around the state of Alaska as well as Canada and the lower states with friends. Tommy made many trips from Soldotna, Alaska to Mississippi making the trip in 5 days. With his love of travel, he traveled most of the United States and met many interesting people. He was loved and admired by many and will be greatly missed. Tommy is survived by his wife, Mary Nicholson; mother, Willie Mae Wooten; daughter, Tammy NicholsonGriffith; son, Tommy Nicholson Jr.; daughter, Timmie Norris; son, Thomas Nicholson; daughter, Thomasina Nicholson; 12 Grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
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about an Alaska town recruiting prospective officers from the continental U.S., executive producer Stephanie Angelides said. “It turns out officers from the Lower 48 do come up to these departments and try to make Alaska their new home and make this work. And it’s not as easy as it seems,” Angelides said. Producer John X. Kim noticed community policing is more important in Kodiak than anywhere else he has filmed. “In Kodiak, it is so infused in what they do and how they do their job,” Kim said. “You’re not just the cop. You’re going to run into people that you ticketed or arrested in the supermarket or at a traffic light. That’s part of the reality of being a police officer in Kodiak.” Sgt. Michael Sortor, who has worked in the department for 10 years, was one of
Upcoming Ski For Women The 16th annual Ski For Women will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 2 at Tsalteshi Trails behind Skyview Middle School. Choose a 5-kilometer skate or classic ski. Online registration is $25 at tsalteshi. org. Race day, in-person registration is $35. Proceeds benefit a women-focused nonprofit organization on the central Kenai Peninsula. Costumes are encouraged. Men are welcome to ski in the “drag race” following the main event. Donations will be accepted for the drag race and no preregistration is needed. For more information, email tsalteshi@yahoo. com.
the officers who camera crews followed. The biggest problem with retaining new officers in Kodiak is the pay, he said. The starting salary for police officers on the island is about $22 per hour, lower than salaries at the Anchorage Police Department and for the Alaska State Troopers, Sortor said. “You’re taking a very difficult job,” Sortor said, adding that it can be difficult for officers to socialize at bars where they might have patrolled recently. “I see a make-orbreak period in the first three years.”
RavnAir revises estimate of damage from cyber attack ANCHORAGE — An Alaska air carrier that suffered a cyber attack has experienced more disruption than initially projected, according to a company announcement. The RavnAir Group on Dec. 20 experienced what it called
Tour of Tsalteshi Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold its third annual Tour of Tsalteshi ski race Feb. 16 at the trailhead behind Skyview Middle School. The 40-kilometer freestyle race — two laps around the trails — starts at 11:30 a.m. A 20-kilometer race — one lap around the trails, with freestyle and classic divisions — starts shortly thereafter. Prizes will be awarded for the top three men and women finishers in each race and raffle drawings will be available to all participants. Awards will be given at a post-race gathering at Kenai River Brewing in Soldotna. Discounts available for early registration, TTA members and members of neighboring ski clubs. The
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borough right-of-ways and/ or borough property.” Due to lack of an “enforcement mechanism,” individuals are abandoning their
a “malicious” cyber attack on its information technology network, Anchorage television station KTVA reported. The company canceled some Alaska flights of Dash 8 aircraft and said passengers could expect more schedule changes. On Monday, the company announced the disruption was worse than initially reported. Restoration of systems could take up to a month, the company said. Additional flight cancellations and delays are possible for the group’s three airlines, RavnAir Alaska, PenAir and RavnAir Connect, the company said. The company is working with the FBI, a cyber security company and others to restore systems. Some passengers will not be affected. For canceled flights, Ravn is re-booking passengers on other flights when possible.
Dunleavy establishes committee to oversee BP sale ANCHORAGE — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has established an eight-member oversight committee to monitor the sale of BP Plc assets in Alaska, officials said. The Republican governor said the panel will oversee the $5.6 billion sale to Hilcorp Energy Co., Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Monday. “The purpose is to make sure the state of Alaska and its people are represented as this transaction moves forward,” Dunleavy said in a statement Friday. Texas-based Hilcorp announced plans to buy BP’s Alaska assets in August. The companies expect to finalize the deal next year, giving Hilcorp a major stake in the Prudhoe Bay field and the trans-Alaska pipeline, two
first 125 to sign up will get a free buff with Kaitlin Vadla artwork. To register, sign up to volunteer or for more information, visit touroftsalteshi.org.
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Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna has its Freezer Food race series Sundays through January. Bring a nonperishable food donation for the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank for a discounted race fee. January is ski races. Register in advance at tsalteshi.org or register in person starting at 1:30 p.m. Sundays. The races start at 2 p.m. Visit Tsalteshi Trails on Facebook for information on each week’s race route and starting trailhead.
81% of women who were stalked by a current or former husband or cohabitating partner were also physically assaulted by that partner 31% of women stalked by an intimate partner were also sexually assaulted Stalking is a dangerous crime. For more information visit: www.stalkingawareness.org or contact The LeeShore Center at 283-9479. The LeeShore Center is proud to be a United Way agency
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vehicles on borough property in order to avoid paying the landfill fees or the fees to drain the fluids in the vehicle, the memo said. The proposed ordinance seeks to make it more expensive to abandon a vehicle than to properly dispose of a vehicle. Vehicles are assumed
to be abandoned if the car appears to have been left unattended, standing or parked upon or within 10 feet of the traveled portion a road or vehicular way in excess of 48 hours or is parked on public property owned or managed by the borough for more than 30 calendar days, the
ordinance said. A 48-hour notice will be given before abandoned or junked vehicles are removed, unless a vehicle constitutes an immediate hazard to the public. The proposed policy also includes a $100 for the unlawful junk vehicles and abandoned vehicles.
major projects in Alaska’s oil industry. Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige will chair the committee that also will include Dunleavy senior policy adviser Brett Huber, according to gubernatorial spokesman Jeff Turner. Six other seats are expected to be filled by five state commissioners and Attorney General Kevin Clarkson or their representatives. The committee will provide Dunleavy with updates as the sale moves forward, including advising him on whether the purchase meets regulatory requirements, the governor’s office said. More information on the committee and its schedule will be announced soon, Dunleavy’s office said. In a letter to the state labor department earlier this month, BP said 806 of its 1,567 employees affected by the purchase had received job offers from Hilcorp, with 749 acceptances. An additional 342 employees volunteered for severance, 153 had jobs planned with BP elsewhere and 29 resigned.
scene in August 2017, authorities said. Turkette had a flashing yellow light while Bittinger had a green light, authorities said. Charges were filed about six months after the accident when blood test results showed marijuana in Turkette’s system, police said. The judge said both the defense and prosecution foreshadowed difficulties with the law because “there wasn’t a clear, bright line for a drug DUI like there is for alcohol.” There are limits to the amount of THC allowed in blood tests in some other states with legal recreational marijuana, but Alaska does not have a defined legal limit. “There is no doubt in certain factors in this case,” Peterson said. “There is no doubt that you had active THC in your system and there isn’t any doubt even from your own expert, who said you caused the accident. Now, whether or not it was criminal was a decision for the jury to make and they’ve made that decision.” Bittinger’s parents said during Monday’s sentencing hearing that the verdict made them feel hopeless. “He gets nothing more than a slap on the hand for killing my kid,” Bittinger’s mother said.
Willow transport supplies to their homes, Alaska Public Media reported Monday. Heavy equipment operators with the borough’s public works department continued to guide the water back into Willow Creek, borough Emergency Services Director Ken Barkley said Monday. Residents near the Willow Creek and Deneki Road areas were evacuated the night of Dec. 21-22 when a large chunk of ice jammed at the Deneki bridge and caused upstream flooding. No injuries were reported. Borough Mayor Vern Halter declared a local emergency and the borough is seeking a state disaster declaration, officials said. The borough evacuated residents and pets from more than a dozen homes, including five that officials said were damaged by floodwater. “Yesterday, we moved 800 pounds of dog food and yak food — those are some of the exotic animals that are in there,” Barkley said, adding that two food transports were scheduled Monday with the possibility of another for emergency supplies. Upcoming work is expected to include installation of a bridge and a culvert where water flowed over a road, Barkley said. Boat and ATV operators continued to help shuttle some residents in and out of the area, while others remained in place or are stayed elsewhere. Once the roads are passable, the borough will begin working on the ice that caused the flooding, Barkley said. “We still have the ice dam there that needs to be addressed, but right now we’re trying to get it to where it’s safe enough for residents to come in and out, so they don’t have to rely on us and can be self-sufficient,” Barkley said.
Man fined $300 after jury acquits in fatal crash ANCHORAGE — An Alaska man has been fined $300 for his role in a fatal vehicle crash after he was acquitted of manslaughter. Christopher Turkette, 42, of Anchorage was acquitted by a jury earlier this month, The Anchorage Daily News reported Monday. Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson gave Turkette the highest fine for reckless driving. Turkette’s vehicle collided with a motorcycle driven by 30-year-old Douglas J. Bittinger, who died at the
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Central Peninsula Garden Club will host its monthly program Hydroponic Gardening Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Dr. Henry Krull of Fresh365 on Whistle Hill in Soldotna will present about this efficient and productive method of indoor gardening. Immediately preceding Dr. Krull’s presentation, a brief annual business meeting of the Central Peninsula Garden Club will occur for the purpose of CPGC board member elections. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and sometimes door prizes. Location: Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at Mile 19.5, across the road from
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Roads still blocked for Alaska residents week after flooding ANCHORAGE — Some residents of an Alaska borough were still contending with blocked roads preventing easy access to their homes a week after an ice jam caused a creek to flood, officials said. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has used small boats and amphibious, all-terrain vehicles to help residents of
Craig Taylor Equipment), Soldotna. Membership and general club information is available at www.cenpengardenclub.org, on facebook, or contact Phyllis Boskofsky, cenpengardenclub@gmail.com.
Grief Recovery Method Workshop The Action Program on Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses meets nine times on Wednesday evenings from 6-8 p.m.: Jan. 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; March 4 and 11 at PCHS 230 E. Marydale Soldotna (conference room upstairs). Sponsored by PCHS. Fee: $95 (scholarships available). To register call: Gail Kennedy, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, 907-602-9944 or email: gail. griefrecovery@gmail.com.
Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting in Kenai at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building at 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road on Jan. 6 and 7 at 6:30 p.m. each evening. Agenda topics will include Upper Cook Inlet proposals and Board of Game proposals as needed. For more information contact Mike Crawford at 252-2919 or contact ADF&G Boards Support at 907-267-2354.
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board meeting, Monday, Jan. 6 at 4:30 p.m., Soldotna Public Library meeting room. Public welcome to attend. Questions? Carmen 262-2791. KDLL Adventure Talks presents Backcountry Backyard — Skiing the southern Kenai Peninsula, with Tony Doyle and Craig Barnard at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Doyle and Barnard will share photos, trip reports and access tips for backcountry skiing on the southern Kenai Peninsula. Admission is free for KDLL members and $5 for nonmembers. Tune in for an interview with the skiers at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 on KDLL 91.9 FM.
Caregiver Support Meeting Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program: Caregiver Support Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Sterling Senior Center. Topic will be “Beginning a New Year: “How Can We Be Better at “Taking Care to Give Care’.”
Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee The Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting in Ninilchik at the Ninilchik School Library on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020 at 7 p.m. Agenda topics will include Upper Cook Inlet Finfish proposals. For more information contact Dave Martin at 567-3306 or contact ADF&G Boards Support at 907-267-2354.
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Newly passed act a lifeline for struggling community newspapers The survival of independent regional newspapers shows hope for a revival of American local journalism. Thanks to a new federal law, these bastions of the free press — including The Seattle Times — can build toward long-term stability despite financial burdens left from an earlier era. Part of the budget deal signed Dec. 20, the Save the Community Newspaper Act will allow privately held community newspapers to stretch out payments owed to pension plans that have been frozen through years of industry trouble. Without the urgently needed relief, these newspaper companies would face immense obligations coming due in 2021 under federal pension contribution laws. This long-sought relief reduces the annual bill to a manageable level while preserving pensioners’ rights to every penny they are due. For The Times, along with sister papers in Yakima and Walla Walla, the restructuring reduces the annual bill by more than $10 million by extending payments over time. That longer runway means the difference between an imminent bankruptcy threat and a fair shot at long-term stability. “This is a ‘glory, glory, hallelujah’ moment for the newspaper industry, for localism and for family ownership,” Times publisher Frank Blethen said. This lifeline will help at least 17 — perhaps many more — independent regional newspapers across the country, from Seattle to Albuquerque to Tampa to Bangor, Maine. In these markets, print and online news readers benefit from coverage decisions made by institutions rooted in the communities they serve. Other cities across the nation have watched helplessly as their newspapers declined despite wide local audiences. Hedge funds and debtencumbered newspaper chains cut staff and sold assets to wring out money. The simultaneous shift of advertising revenues to large internet companies accelerated these troubles. Business decisions sank the journalism, and communities lost out. According to the Columbia Journalism Review’s Layoff Tracker website, some 3,160 newsroom jobs disappeared in 2019, mostly at newspapers. The longer trend is even more stark. The Pew Research Center found that from 2008 to 2018, the number of newspaper newsroom workers dropped from 71,000 to 38,000 — a 47% decline in reporters, photographers, editors and design teams. That means cities and towns across America now lack the robust information about city council meetings, state legislatures and local culture their newspapers once provided. The bipartisan group of lawmakers who fought for this new law recognize what the free press means for American democracy. U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, both Washington state Democrats, and Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Washington’s U.S. Reps. Suzan DelBene and Adam Smith, both Democrats, and Republicans Dan Newhouse, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and former Rep. Dave Reichert deserve special praise for their work to support this cause. Thanks to their commitment and that of others, The Times now has an opportunity to sustain Seattle’s independent journalism tradition. “The business model is under a lot of stress,” Blethen said, “but it still works.” The Save the Community Newspaper Act preserves a special asset for the nation’s communities and governance. Federal recognition of the unique value of America’s free press made this victory possible. Governments and the public should build upon this foundation with resounding support for the mission to help local journalism thrive. — The Seattle Times, Dec. 27
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Editorial | Commissioners Julie Anderson, Nancy Dahlstrom, Corri Feige, Dr. Tamika L. Ledbetter, Amanda Price, and Kelly Tshibaka
Making Alaska a safer and more prosperous place for women At the beginning of his administration, Gov. Mike Dunleavy observed, “Alaska’s current troubles are ‘equal opportunity problems,’ because all our residents are negatively affected.” Unfortunately, due to the state’s high crime levels, a weak economy, imprudent government spending, and underperforming schools, these factors pose a threat to Republicans and Democrats alike; men and women; and people of all races and backgrounds. Gov. Dunleavy also stated, “Because these problems affect every man, woman, and child in Alaska, we can proceed with confidence knowing that when we solve these challenges, life will be improved for all Alaskans. A rising tide will lift all boats.” To implement his agenda for combatting crime, strengthening Alaska’s economy, and reforming government, Dunleavy has reached out to some of the state’s most accomplished women and entrusted them with control over several crucial departments of state government. More women currently serve in the governor’s cabinet than any administration in recent memory. Also, more than half of Gov. Dunleavy’s appointments to boards and commissions have been women. It’s not a quota-driven process; rather, it reflects this governor’s commitment to appoint the most qualified Alaskans, regardless of gender. After only one year, we’re pleased to share that tremendous progress has been made addressing some of Alaska’s most pressing issues. Combatting crime remains this administration’s number one priority. The repeal of SB 91 was a significant accomplishment to make Alaska safer, but it is only a beginning. More State Troopers were hired in 2019, and the administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget calls for funding 15 additional Trooper positions as well as three new prosecutors. The expansion of Trooper positions will enable much-needed
service to rural communities that have been underserved for far too long. New resources are also being deployed to address the crisis of sexual assault and domestic violence, including record funding for emergency shelters and victim assistance programs. The Trump Administration has been an important ally in these efforts, issuing an emergency declaration that comes attached with $6 million in new funding to address critical public safety needs. Tremendous progress has also been made to solve the state’s unfortunate backlog of untested sexual assault kits. The reforms needed to keep Alaskans safe have understandably added to the number of inmates housed by the Department of Corrections. The administration has proposed a 7% increase in general fund spending for Corrections, to ensure that dangerous criminals are kept off our streets. Creating a more prosperous future for Alaskans is also a vital goal of the Dunleavy Administration. The “Alaska Development Team” has been created to bring special focus to the administration’s efforts to attract new businesses and economic investment to our state. The administration has deployed many initiatives to promote development of Alaska’s natural resources, which hold the promise for creating thousands of familywage jobs and reducing dependence on government programs. New regulations have been issued to modernize the process of handling applications, bids, and payments for oil and gas leases. Efforts are also underway to revitalize Alaska’s timber industry, advance development in ANWR, and promote further expansion of the mining sector, such as the Donlin Gold project. The economy is reacting to these steps and is trending in a positive direction, with the lowest unemployment rate in Alaska history
and GDP growth of 3.9% in the first half of 2019. Yet this is just a small taste of what can be expected when Alaska lives up to its full economic potential. Another central focus of the Dunleavy Administration is to bring government spending under control. Considerable progress was made in the first year, with total reductions that closed the budget deficit by approximately one-third. Much more needs to be done. All department heads are exploring ways to reduce overhead and provide state services with greater efficiency. In the current budget climate, “doing more with less” isn’t just a catch phrase, it’s a financial necessity that is being implemented to ensure the resources of hardworking Alaskans are being spent responsibly. The pathway to a secure future for Alaska’s families is to keep our communities safe from crime, greatly accelerate the growth of the private sector economy, and to re-tool state government so that it lives within its means and provides vital services with greater efficiency. We’re honored to play a part in pursuing these objectives, and we’re confident this will create the rising tide that improves the lives of ALL Alaskans. Julie Anderson is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. Nancy Dahlstrom is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Corrections. Corri A. Feige is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Dr. Tamika L. Ledbetter is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Amanda Price is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Kelly Tshibaka is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration.
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Elections and voting are always important and guide the direction of our cities, boroughs, states and nation in every way. Many of us work to make sure our elections are free and fair and open to all eligible voters. Alaska has worked to make voter registration easy and it is for many. If you applied for a permanent fund dividend online you are registered to vote. If you applied by mail you need to make sure you can register before the deadline. Many important elections are coming up in 2020: Presidential, House of Representatives (nationally and in Alaska), one-third of the U.S. Senate and one half of the State Senate. It’s also our year to be counted in the U.S. census. This is important for congressional representation as well as qualifying for federal dollars. There will be multiple ways to participate: by door to door, by mail or by phone. There are only 10 questions and it promises to be a simple process. This is also the centennial of women’s right to vote. The 19th amendment was ratified in 1920. Redistricting will also occur after the census is completed. In 2021 a board will decide the future of our voting districts based on the census. Thanks for participating in our democracy. It takes all of us to make our government effective and represent all of us. — Sammy Crawford, Kenai
Recently I have considered the question if I will live long enough to see the better world I know we are capable of creating. I turned 87 this year and am halfway through “All the President’s Women” by Barry Levine and Monique El Faizy. I keep looking for true answers to understanding how we arrived at the point of electing a sexual predator to be our president and how could anyone at this point in the impeachment inquiry have closed their mind to considering his removal from office. I am politically unaffiliated because of my unreal expectations of both political parties. This morning I am energized and inspired with hope by news of the people marching in support of the impeachment of Donald J. Trump and by an article in New York Times by the four Republicans who formed the Lincoln Project. George Conway III, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver and Rick Wilson are four Republicans who recognize our need to do better at supporting the value of integrity in our government and the values of equality and justice. As I learned 75 years ago the truth eventually comes out and we eventually self correct even though it seems to take a long time for some of us to get the message. My next question is how long will it take Mitch and our other senators to get the message? — Hugh R. Hays, Veteran for Integrity, Equality, Justice and Peace Soldotna
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Cope’s ‘Burst’ show sparks light By Michael Armstrong Homer News
For self-described “mom artist” Carla Cope, her new mural, “Burst,” at K-Bay Caffé in Homer could be a metaphor for where she sees herself in her life and career. Cope just turned 39, and said of nearing 40, “It’s not a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife reckoning.” The 16-foot mural on K-Bay’s west wall comes in two pieces and shows a star blazing in the center and the halves of a black hole at the ends. It also can be flipped, so the black hole — a collapsed star — could be in the middle. That shining star could be her. “At this point in my life I can focus, use my hyperfocus, and make the work I want to be making,” she said. “It’s a lifelong path. It’s this doubling down moment.” But the black hole also could be everyone. Black holes, Cope pointed out, get balanced by the combined gravity of other stars. “It’s not like we’re falling toward this whirlpool,” she said. “We’re also suspended by the things around us. To me, that’s a metaphor for our community.” Cope has been an almost lifelong artist who knew from age 2 she wanted to create. The “art kid” in classes, Cope was born and raised in Homer, the daughter of Tom and Sue Klinker. Homeschooled in high school, she was one of the early Connections students. That gave her the opportunity to do things like take art classes at Kachemak Bay Campus with artist and teacher Karla Freeman — “awesome,” Cope called it. She earned her bachelor of fine arts from Oregon College of Art and Craft and lived and painted in Oregon, Wisconsin and California before returning to Homer to raise a family. Cope is married to Dan Cope and they have two girls — Elaina, 6, and Nova, almost 4. “It’s interesting being in the town I grew up, marrying someone from here,” she said. “Burst” came about after Halloween while Cope had been playing around with the idea of light and color in her art. “I wandered into K-Bay one evening, and (K-Bay owner) Michael (McGuire) asked me if I had any work about light that would be good in the month of December,” she said. “… I thought about it a day. I looked at that big huge wall. I came up with the idea of one big painting on that wall that’s about light.” Cope said she got “thinking about gravity, especially this time of year when we’re weighted by the darkness, but there’s also this spark of inspiration and beauty and quietness.” The show at K-Bay also includes smaller works on the theme of light and stars. Over the past decade, Cope’s reputation as an artist has quietly grown. A member of the Bunnell Street Arts Center board of
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Carla Cope’s “Light in the Water Sketch I and II,” is on display at K-Bay Caffe, as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 16 in Homer.
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Carla Cope and her daughter, Nova, pose next to their paintings at left at the Nov, 8 opening of the 10x10 show at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer. Nova painted the background elements to the paintings and her mother added to that.
directors, she regularly shows there, with a show last May and pieces in shows like November’s 10x10 exhibit. Cope also has helped facilitate community murals, including a recent piece at her daughter’s school, Fireweed Academy, and at the Homer Council on the Arts and the South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Complex, or SPARC. Creating art for sale can enhance her career, she said, but so can community contributions. “This idea of giving, fostering this idea of connection among people — I get a lot of satisfaction out of that,” she said. Being a mother and an artist also has its challenges. At last May’s show at Bunnell during her artist talk, someone asked her how she found time to be an artist and a mother. “That was a big spark for me. I said, ‘You have to fight for it,’” she said of her art. “I had to make that a priority. It’s easy not to do that. It’s easy to put it aside and be a martyr. I’m not my best self that way.” The artist-mother conversation happens a lot among women artists who are mothers, Cope
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Whether or not there is a stopping off place named Purgatory, I know what my “forever job” would be. Sorting black socks from navy til eternity. Sock separation is in my playbook. The light spectrum ranges to dim, very dim, so dim it’s devilish. Sorting black from navy, a task not to relish. Navy socks fool you into seeing them as black, and visa versa. Leading to a mind gone bezerka!??
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Carla Cope’s “Stellar Maternity Ward” is on display at K-Bay Caffe, as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 16 in Homer.
their work on hold while they raise children, and that they can do art when their kids are grown or out of the home. That’s not for her, Cope said. “I want to be serious about work,” she said. “… I feel like there’s time lost there. There’s a lot of thinking and doing and practice in that time. … If you were to wait until your kids were out of school, there’s so much time there you could have been working.” That’s what Cope does and wants to do: work. Artists can have talent, but what makes an artist often has to do with “the drive and the want,” she said. “Those are the people who end
up getting somewhere, wherever that place will be,” she said. “….I think the drive and the practice, kind of single-mindedness you have to devote to anything, is where you gain skills and confidence.” Cope said she feels like she is on the cusp of change. “Sometimes I feel like we’re on this precipice. There’s this anxiety. Things are changing but there’s also hope and community,” she said. “… There’s this rapid change happening with me. I don’t know where it’s going, but I’m just following it.” Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@homernews.com.
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said. She listens to a podcast about artist moms. Right now she’s working on a project with another fellow mom artist. “I notice since having kids there’s this increased need to make and demand that, ‘Yes, I am an artist. I have to do this,’” she said. “…There’s also this looseness that happens. … You have to be selfless. At any time you might be interrupted.” Cope also is doing an open call for a show that’s about making work at night. She said that in some artist circles people say “you can’t be a serious artist if you’re making art on your kitchen table at night. This is the answer to that. Yes, I can.” Women’s work and being a mother also gets devalued, she said. “After I had my first daughter, somebody asked, ‘What do you do all day?’” she said. “How do you answer that? I’m caring for a human. I want to talk about the experience of being in a body, a female body, being a part of a community and raising somebody.” Some parent artists also have the idea that they should put
This job is so finite. Don’t expect decent working conditions below. There were better spots to go. Hell, this is Purgatory! Do not expect much. The sole thing I see is barely black, barely navy. This sight is such. Hell! This is Purgatory. No work regulations No OSHA. Basket after basket; I will never forget. I know I will always ask, “when do get an UPWARD assignment?” Then only then, will I be freed of one hundred shades of black. — Hedi-Jo Huss
■■ KDLL Adventure Talks presents Backcountry Backyard — Skiing the southern Kenai Peninsula, with Tony Doyle and Craig Barnard will take place at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Doyle and Barnard will share photos, trip reports and access tips for backcountry skiing on the southern Kenai Peninsula. Admission is free for KDLL members and $5 for nonmembers. Tune in for an interview with the skiers at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 on KDLL 91.9 FM. ■■ The Kenai Fine Art Center will host an opening for the January exhibit, “Rough Around the Edges” by Stephanie Cox and Anna Widman on Thursday, Jan. 2, 5-7 pm. Free and open to the public. The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic Cabins. 283-7040, www. kenaifineart.com. “Rough Around the Edges” will hang until Feb. 1. ■■ Kenai Performers announces auditions for the play, “Dancing at Lughnesa,” directed by Ian McEwen on Friday, Jan. 10, 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan.y 11, 4-6 p.m. at 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway
restaurant). Auditions are open to ages 18 and up. There are roles for three men and five women. Rehearsals start in March and performance dates are May 8-10 and 15-17. For more information, call Terri at 252-6808. ■■ Learn the ins and outs of writing effective grants. The City of Soldotna is co-sponsoring a workshop on Jan. 27 with expert Meredith Noble, founder of LearnGrantWriting.Org and author of the book “How to Write a Grant.” Participants will discover 100+ new grants and learn to filter the grants without endless web searching, guessing what the founder wants, and wondering if you have a chance of winning. Registration is $90 per person. If you’re interested in attending, the registration page is live www. learngrantwriting.org/kp.
Entertainment ■■ The Flats Bistro in Kenai presents live dinner music Thursday and Friday from 6:30-8:30 p.m., featuring Garrett Mayer on Thursdays and Mike Morgan & Matt Boyle on Fridays. For reservations (recommended) please call The Flats Bistro at 907-335-1010. Please watch this space for more music at The Flats
this winter. ■■ Don Jose’s Restaurant in Soldotna presents “All-You-Can-Eat Tacos” and live music every Thursday from 6-9 p.m. Please call 907-262-5700 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. ■■ 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.
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Oregon nips Wisconsin By The Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. — Justin Herbert scored his third rushing touchdown of the 106th Rose Bowl on a thrilling 30-yard run with 7:41 to play Wednesday night, and No. 7 Oregon held off No. 11 Wisconsin 28-27 to win its third straight trip to the Granddaddy of Them All. Brady Breeze returned a fumble 31 yards for an early touchdown for the Ducks (12-2). Herbert then made his go-ahead rambling run on the next snap after Breeze forced another fumble in yet another frenetic edition of this venerated bowl game. Oregon held on to cap its Pac-12 championship season with its 12th win in 13 games. The Ducks celebrated on the famous turf amid confetti and cheers after the fourth Rose Bowl victory in school history. A ro n C r u i ck s ha n k returned an early kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown for the Big Ten runner-up Badgers (10-4). They lost in their fourth consecutive trip to Pasadena over the last 10 years. Herbert passed for just 138 yards without a touchdown in his collegiate finale. Instead, Oregon improbably relied on the legs of its 6-foot-6 quarterback to grind out the fourth Rose Bowl victory in school history. Herbert had only 10 rushing touchdowns in the first 41 starts of his
career, but he turned into a big-play machine on the ground. After he scored on runs of 4 and 5 yards in the first half, he rambled through the defense for the go-ahead score in what’s sure to be the signature moment of the four-year starter’s career. Herbert eventually made a key 12-yard throw to Mycah Pittman for a first down with 1:51 to play, and his 28-yard throw to Juwan Johnson with 1:03 left allowed the Ducks to run out the clock. Jonathan Taylor rushed for 94 yards and Quintez Cephus caught seven passes for 59 yards and a score for Wisconsin, but quarterback Jack Coan’s offense couldn’t capitalize on its whopping advantages in time of possession (38:03-21:57) and total yards (322-204).
NO. 5 GEORGIA 26, NO. 8 BAYLOR 14 NEW ORLE ANS — George Pickens caught 12 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown as Georgia defeated Baylor in the Sugar Bowl. Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer, coming back from a concussion in the Big 12 title game on Dec. 7, was sidelined again in the fourth quarter when the back of his head appeared to hit hard on the turf as he was See BOWL, Page A7
Dallas storms past Predators DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars interim coach Rick Bowness had just seen a very similar comeback by his team, though the surroundings for this one were drastically different. While pigs raced during timeouts next to the outdoor rink, which was built in the middle of a historic football stadium and framed to appear as if it was under an oversized ranch entry, the Stars scored four goals in a span of just under eight minutes in a 4-2 win Wednesday over the Nashville Predators in an NHL Winter Classic that felt like a state fair. Well, it was played at the site of the annual State Fair of Texas, with the rides and games on the midway open just outside Cotton Bowl Stadium known for hosting big football games. “Let’s look at it from two sets of eyes. From a coaching perspective, we won the game. We battled back. We survived those early penalties and the guys kept battling and believing and doing what was necessary to get us back in the game,” Bowness said. “From a fan’s perspective, that was great hockey,” he said. “If I was out there watching that game and I was watching us on television, that was an awesome game. The whole thing was awesome.” Alexander Radulov scored the tiebreaking goal on a one-timer with just under 15 minutes left and Andrej Sekera quickly added another goal for the Stars, who were down 2-0 after an extended Nashville power play in the opening minutes when Dallas forward Corey Perry got a game misconduct and was ejected for an
elbow to the head of defenseman Ryan Ellis. “It was an awkward play. It was very unintentional,” Perry said after the game. “I didn’t mean to do it. I hope he’s OK.” Dallas reached the midpoint of its 82-game regular season with its third win in a row and in third place in the Western Conference. The Stars also overcame a 2-0 deficit in their previous game, with four goals in the third period of a 4-2 win at Arizona on Sunday. Nashville has lost three in a row, and is 11th in the West after making the playoffs last season — and losing in a six-game, first-round series against Dallas. “You’re involved in a game like this and you want a different outcome so that you can really take the day in for what it’s worth,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “So we sit here on the wrong side of it, makes it a little more difficult for us.” Dallas got its first goal with 1:08 left in the second period, when Jason Dickinson skated around the back of the net and passed across the front of goalie Pekka Rinne to Blake Comeau for the shot that made it 2-1. The Stars then scored three goals in a short span to start the third period before 85,630 at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, the second-largest crowd to attend an NHL game. “It was awesome. You don’t really know what to expect when you walk out for the start of the game, but the atmosphere, the fans, everything they had going on with the fireworks, the flyover, everything, was just awesome,” Comeau said. “It was nice to have a Texas feel.”
Kenai River Brown Bears forward Theo Thrun pressures the puck Dec. 6 against the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Thrun chooses Western Michigan By Jeff Helminiak Peninsula Clarion
Theo Thrun’s dream has come true. Thrun, a forward with the Kenai River Brown Bears of the North American Hockey League, announced his commitment Wednesday to play NCAA Division I hockey for Western Michigan University. Thrun, 18, said earlier this season Western Michigan was his dream school. Thrun’s father, Troy, was inducted into the Western Michigan University Hockey Ring of Honor in 2017 for a
career that ran from 1983 to 1986. Troy had 81 goals and 102 assists in 122 games, and still has the school record for game-winning goals in a season with six. Troy owns On Your Game, a hockey pro shop, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Having that pro shop at the rink allowed Theo to get as much ice time as he wanted growing up, and he spent that time on the ice working on skills that he hoped would one day land him at the school where his father starred. “My dad is the one who really got me into it,” Theo told the Clarion in early November.
“Our family is a huge hockey family.” Thrun, at 5-foot-11, 165 pounds, has been a big reason the Brown Bears are in first place in the Midwest Division. He is second on the team in scoring with 37 points, coming on 17 goals and 20 assists. Those 37 points are good for sixth in the NAHL, and Thrun’s 17 goals are tied for third in the league. This is Thrun’s first year in the league. “I’m thrilled to be going back home to play for Western Michigan,” Thrun said in a released statement. “The NAHL has made me a better player and I couldn’t have
done it without my coaches and teammates.” Brown Bears head coach Kevin Murdock discovered Thrun during Murdock’s first weekend on the job at the NAHL Combine in Detroit from April 12 to 14. “Theo has been very good for our team this first half of the season, he’s a smart player who continues to grow his game with the more experience he gains,” Murdock said in a released statement. “We couldn’t be more proud of the work he’s put in so far this season and are extremely excited for him to have earned this opportunity.”
Former commissioner Stern dies at 77 NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn’t work out. He never did.
Instead he went to Europe, Asia and plenty of other places around the world, bringing with him a league that was previously an afterthought in the U.S. and turning it into a global powerhouse. Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA’s
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scoreboard Football Bowl Glance Tuesday, Dec. 31 Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Arizona State 20, Florida State 14 Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Navy 20, Kansas State 17 Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz. Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17 Alamo Bowl San Antonio Texas 38, Utah 10 Wednesday, Jan. 1 Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Alabama 35, Michigan 16 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Minnesota 31, Auburn 24 Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27 Sugar Bowl New Orleans Georgia 26, Baylor 14 Thursday, Jan. 2 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Cincinnati (10-3) vs. Boston College (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Indiana (8-4) vs. Tennessee (7-5), 3 p.m. (ESPN) All Times AKST
HOckey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 41 24 7 10 58 138 105 Toronto 41 22 14 5 49 146 132 Tampa Bay 38 21 13 4 46 137 120 Florida 39 20 14 5 45 139 134 Montreal 40 18 16 6 42 131 131 Buffalo 41 17 17 7 41 121 131 Ottawa 40 16 19 5 37 111 132 Detroit 41 10 28 3 23 89 157 Metropolitan Division Washington 41 27 9 5 59 146 122 N.Y. Islanders 38 25 10 3 53 114 100
Pittsburgh 39 24 11 4 52 136 104 Carolina 40 24 14 2 50 136 112 Philadelphia 40 22 13 5 49 127 118 Columbus 40 18 14 8 44 105 112 N.Y. Rangers 39 19 16 4 42 129 132 New Jersey 39 14 19 6 34 102 138 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 41 26 9 6 58 128 107 Colorado 40 23 13 4 50 144 119 Dallas 41 23 14 4 50 111 103 Winnipeg 40 22 15 3 47 125 120 Minnesota 41 19 17 5 43 126 137 Nashville 39 18 15 6 42 134 131 Chicago 41 18 17 6 42 118 132 Pacific Division Vegas 43 22 15 6 50 134 125 Arizona 42 22 16 4 48 118 108 Vancouver 40 21 15 4 46 132 119 Edmonton 42 21 17 4 46 125 134 Calgary 42 20 17 5 45 114 127 Los Angeles 42 17 21 4 38 109 132 Anaheim 40 16 19 5 37 103 124 San Jose 41 17 21 3 37 109 139 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. Tuesday’s Games New Jersey 3, Boston 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 3 Vegas 5, Anaheim 2 Toronto 4, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 6, Buffalo 4 Carolina 3, Montreal 1 Columbus 4, Florida 1 Detroit 2, San Jose 0 Winnipeg 7, Colorado 4 Arizona 3, St. Louis 1 Chicago 5, Calgary 3 Edmonton 7, N.Y. Rangers 5 Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 3 Wednesday’s Games Dallas 4, Nashville 2 Thursday’s Games Columbus at Boston, 3 p.m. Edmonton at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 3 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. San Jose at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Toronto at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Arizona, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Vegas, 6 p.m. All Times AKST
Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 23 8 .742 -Toronto 23 11 .676 1½ Philadelphia 23 13 .639 2½ Brooklyn 16 16 .500 7½
New York 10 24 .294 14½ Southeast Division Miami 24 9 .727 -Orlando 15 19 .441 9½ Charlotte 13 23 .361 12½ Washington 10 23 .303 14 Atlanta 7 27 .206 17½ Central Division Milwaukee 31 5 .861 -Indiana 22 12 .647 8 Chicago 13 21 .382 17 Detroit 12 22 .353 18 Cleveland 10 23 .303 19½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 23 11 .676 -Dallas 21 12 .636 1½ San Antonio 14 18 .438 8 Memphis 13 21 .382 10 New Orleans 11 23 .324 12 Northwest Division Denver 23 10 .697 -Utah 21 12 .636 2 Oklahoma City 18 15 .545 5 Portland 14 21 .400 10 Minnesota 12 21 .364 11 Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 27 7 .794 -L.A. Clippers 24 11 .686 3½ Phoenix 13 21 .382 14 Sacramento 12 22 .353 15 Golden State 9 26 .257 18½ Tuesday’s Games Boston 109, Charlotte 92 Indiana 115, Philadelphia 97 L.A. Clippers 105, Sacramento 87 Toronto 117, Cleveland 97 Houston 130, Denver 104 San Antonio 117, Golden State 113, OT Oklahoma City 106, Dallas 101 Wednesday’s Games Orlando 122, Washington 101 New York 117, Portland 93 Milwaukee 106, Minnesota 104 L.A. Lakers 117, Phoenix 107 Thursday’s Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Denver at Indiana, 3 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Golden State at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Utah at Chicago, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AKST
Women’s Scores SOUTH Lipscomb 86, Queens University of Charlotte 45 UNC-Greensboro 84, Lenoir-Rhyne 59 MIDWEST South Dakota 62, Fort Wayne 41 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 63, Houston Baptist 39 FAR WEST Colorado St. 75, Nevada 70 Fresno St. 79, San Diego St. 54
North Dakota 90, Denver 82 San Jose St. 81, New Mexico 80 UC Davis 96, William Jessup 32 UNLV 60, Utah St. 46 Wyoming 73, Boise St. 68
Men’s Scores SOUTH ETSU 49, Wofford 48 Furman 89, VMI 73 Samford 69, The Citadel 68 UNC-Greensboro 72, Mercer 63 MIDWEST Cincinnati 67, UConn 51 Creighton 92, Marquette 75 Fort Wayne 70, South Dakota 59 Wichita St. 75, East Carolina 69 SOUTHWEST SMU 82, South Florida 64 FAR WEST Boise St. 65, Wyoming 54 Nevada 67, Colorado St. 61 San Diego St. 61, Fresno St. 52 San Jose St. 88, New Mexico 85 UNLV 70, Utah St. 53
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BASEBALL Frontier League NEW YORK BOULDERS — Signed INF Garrett Copeland and RHP Colin Kelly. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Jonathan Woodard to the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Eddie Yarbrough from Buffalo’s practice squad. Placed DT Armon Watts on IR. Signed DE Curtis Cothran and CB Kemon Hall to the practice squad. Released C John Keenoy from the practice squad. Placed DE Stacy Keely on practice squad IR. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed WR Shelton Gibson and RB Elijah Holyfield. Placed G Brandon Brooks and DE Daeshon Hall on IR. Signed OT Dieugot Joseph to the practice squad. Released LB Deshaun Davis from the practice squad. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DT Earl Mitchell. Waived DB Antone Exum Jr. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Ron Rivera coach. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DB Marcus Sayles. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Minnesota G Alex Stalock $2,000 for diving/embellishment during a Dec. 21 game again Winnipeg. ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled D Kyle Capobianco from Tucson (AHL). Assigned D Aaron Ness to Tucson. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned G Gilles Senn to Binghamton (AHL). Recalled G Louis Domingue from Binghamton. COLLEGE NORTH CAROLINA STATE — Named Tim Becks offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
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he brains of this pigskin pick ’em column, or lack-there-of, enters the wild card round of the NFL playoffs after a Week 17 sabbatical in Juneau. We’re well rested and ready for action. It’s been a difficult season against the spread, but as Seahawks legend and current running back, Marshawn Lynch, likes to say, “You know why I’m here.” It’s a new season with the playoffs kicking off on Saturday and we’re hoping to deliver winners free of charge to Clarion faithful. Let’s get to the games.
It’s really hard to win playoff games on the road with a great quarterback. Allen is in his second year and this will be his first playoff game. Allen, undeniably, is not a great quarterback. Houston doesn’t have any question marks at the QB position. Texans passer Deshaun Watson is that dude. Watson elevated Clemson to unimaginable heights as a collegian, expect him to do the same with this Texans franchise. Texans win 23-13
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Something is not right with this Patriots team. It’s been a long time since a Bill Belichick-led team limped into the playoffs as vulnerable as this team appears to be. Tom Brady seems to be a shell of his all-time great self. The once vaunted defense has revealed
This is the stone-cold lock of the week! Bills quarterback Josh Allen is not good at football. Allen’s passer rating is in the 80s and his QBR is a paltry 47.5. Those numbers don’t bode well for the Bills Mafia.
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taken down by two defenders along the sideline. Jake Fromm completed 20 of 30 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns without an interception for Georgia (12-2), which lost to Texas in the Sugar Bowl last season. Georgia was without about a dozen regulars, including three starting offensive linemen. Some players were hurt while others sat out to preserve their health for the NFL draft. Meanwhile, top running back D’Andre Swift saw only limited action because of an ailing shoulder. Zamir White carried 18 times for 92 yards and a touchdown. Richard LeCounte intercepted two passes, the second sealing the victory in the final minutes. Pickens, a freshman, was selected the game’s most outstanding player. Brewer completed 21 of 41 passes for 211 yards and one touchdown to Denzel Mims for the Bears (11-3).
NO. 9 ALABAMA 35, NO. 17 MICHIGAN 16 ORLANDO, Fla. — Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes, Jerry Jeudy became the first Alabama
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player to top 200 receiving yards in a bowl game and the Crimson Tide beat Michigan 35-16 in the Citrus Bowl. Jones connected with Jeudy for an 85-yard score on Alabama’s first snap, and DeVonta Smith and Miller Forristall added touchdown grabs in the second half for the Crimson Tide (11-2), which trailed 16-14 at the break. Jeudy finished with six catches for 204 yards. His previous career high was 147 set last season against Missouri, and the Alabama bowl record had stood for more than a half-century — Ray Perkins had 178 yards against Nebraska in the 1967 Sugar Bowl. Jones — who took over as Alabama’s starter when Tua Tagovailoa was lost for the season with an injury in November — completed 16 of 25 passes for 327 yards. Najee Harris ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns for Alabama. Shea Patterson completed 17 of 37 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown for Michigan (9-4), which dropped its fourth consecutive bowl game. Quinn Nordin kicked three field goals for the Wolverines, including a schoolrecord-tying 57-yarder to end the first half and give Michigan the lead.
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play. The Eagles are the better team, they have been all year. Eagles QB Carson Wentz is a great player and even better person. If we’re being honest, we can all acknowledge that Philadelphia has the best fan base. The stadium is packed each week with goodnatured folks who want both teams to have success and play good football. I have always been impressed by the kind people in Philly that support their own as if they were family and openly cheer for great plays by the visiting team. Good things happen to good people and that’s why it’s a virtual lock that Philadelphia wins this week in a hard fought, good-spirited contest. Eagles win 26-20
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cracks in the armor and suddenly the fear factor that used to accompany this team has vanished. Would you believe me if I told you that Titans QB Ryan Tannehill has a higher passer rating and QBR than Tom Brady? Would you believe that Tannehill has thrown only two less touchdown passes than Brady for the season while playing four less games? I’m not ready to predict a Tennessee victory, but the last month has felt like the end of the Patriots Dynasty. Patriots win a close one 20-17
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31, NO. 9 AUBURN 9 TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson had 12 receptions for 204 yards and two touchdowns to become Minnesota’s career receiving leader and help the Gophers beat Auburn in the Outback Bowl. Johnson broke Eric Decker’s school record for receiving yards on his second catch of the day and became Minnesota’s career leader for scoring receptions on a onehanded, 2-yard TD catch that put the Gophers (11-2) up 24-17 at halftime. His 73-yard catch-and-run put Minnesota head for good early in the fourth quarter. Minnesota finished with more than 10 wins for the first time since 1904. Auburn (9-4) concluded a season in which all four of its losses came against opponents ranked in the Top 25. Ta n n e r Morgan completed 19 of 29 passes for 278 yards and the TDs to Johnson, who finished with 3,305 receiving yards and 33 TD catches in his career. Receiver Seth Green tossed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Bryce Witham on fourth-and-inches in the second quarter. Noah Igbinoghene returned a kickoff 96 yards for Auburn’s first touchdown.
Hate to lay more than touchdown in a playoff game but this Saints team has the feel of a Super Bowl winner. Despite a fantastic 13-3 record, New Orleans dropped all the way down to the third seed in the NFC. I think that can play into the team’s advantage. Nobody is going to pass up a bye week, but sometimes continuing to play, and stay in rhythm, is the best thing for a football team. The Saints are my pick to win the Super Bowl. The Vikings feel like that team stuck in football purgatory. They’re always going to be tough as currently constructed. QB Kirk Cousins is good enough to get you to the playoffs year after year, but Minnesota just doesn’t seem to have that playoff gear necessary to reach the big game. Saints win 30-21
Pitching great Larsen dies at 90 NEW YORK (AP) — Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90. Larsen’s agent, Andrew Levy, said the former pitcher died of esophageal cancer in hospice care in Hayden, Idaho. Levy said Larsen’s son, Scott, confirmed the death. Larsen was the unlikeliest of characters to attain what so many Hall of Famers couldn’t pull off in the Fall Classic. He was 81-91 lifetime, never won more than 11 games
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not be what it is today,” Hall of Famer Michael Jordan said. “He guided the league through turbulent times and grew the league into an international phenomenon, creating opportunities that few could have imagined before.” Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage on Dec. 12 and underwent emergency surgery. The league said he died with his wife, Dianne,
in a season and finished an unsightly 3-21 with Baltimore in 1954, the year before he was dealt to the Yankees as part of an 18-player trade. In the 1956 World Series, won in seven games by the Yankees, he was knocked out in the second inning of Game 2 by the Brooklyn Dodgers and didn’t think he would have another opportunity to pitch. But when he reached Yankee Stadium on the morning of Oct. 8, he found a baseball in his shoe, the signal from manager Casey Stengel that he would start Game 5. “I must admit I was shocked,” Larsen wrote in
his autobiography. “I knew I had to do better than the last time, keep the game close and somehow give our team a chance to win. Casey was betting on me, and I was determined not to let him down this time.” The Dodgers and Yankees split the first four games and Stengel liked the deception of Larsen’s no-windup delivery. The manager’s instincts proved historically correct. The lanky right-hander struck out seven, needed just 97 pitches to tame the Dodgers and only once went to three balls on a batter — against Pee Wee Reese in the first inning.
and their family at his bedside. “The entire basketball community is heartbroken,” the National Basketball Players Association said. “David Stern earned and deserved inclusion in our land of giants.” Stern had been involved with the NBA for nearly two decades before he became its fourth commissioner on Feb. 1, 1984. By the time he left his position in 2014 — he wouldn’t say or let league staffers say “retire,” because he never stopped working — a league that fought for a foothold before him
had grown to a more than $5 billion a year industry and made NBA basketball perhaps the world’s most popular sport after soccer. “Because of David, the NBA is a truly global brand — making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time, but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation,” said Adam Silver, who followed Stern as commissioner. “Every member of the NBA family is the beneficiary of David’s vision, generosity and inspiration.”
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138 245
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140 206
(35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC
131 254
(46) TOON 176 296 (47) ANPL
184 282
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(51) FREE
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(55) TLC
183 280
(56) DISC
182 278
(57) TRAV
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(58) HIST
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(59) A&E
118 265
(60) HGTV 112 229 (61) FOOD 110 231 (65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent A restaurant critic is murdered. ‘14’ (:01) Mom ‘14’ Carol’s Second Act Packers Live Outdoorsman/Buck McNeely The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (N) Death in Paradise A zoo owner is murdered. ‘PG’
(:37) Nightline (N) ‘G’ (3) A
Dateline “Deadly Desire” An affair comes to a lethal conclusion. ‘14’ Evil David and Kristen go to an art commune. ‘14’ Fox 4 News at 9
2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls How I Met Pawn Stars ‘14’ ‘14’ Your Mother “Honest Abe” (6) M ‘14’ ‘PG’ KTVA 11 (:35) The Late Show With James Cor (8) C News at 10 Stephen Colbert (N) ‘PG’ den TMZ (N) ‘PG’ TMZ ‘PG’ Entertainment Two and a Tonight Half Men ‘14’ (9) F
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Can’t Be Held Accountable” ‘14’ Midsomer Murders ‘PG’
Channel 2 (:34) The Tonight Show Star- (:37) Late News: Late ring Jimmy Fallon ‘14’ Night With (10) N Edition (N) Seth Meyers Thou Shalt Not Kill ManAmanpour and Company (N) tovani family secrets unravel. (12) P ‘MA’
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Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Standing Standing Standing Standing Smart Start - Update for the New Year (N) (Live) ‘G’
Surviving R. Kelly Accusations of keeping girls imprisoned. ‘14’ NCIS The team suffers an emotional loss. ‘14’ Seinfeld “The Seinfeld “The Trip” ‘PG’ Trip” ‘PG’
Married ... Married ... With With Fitbit Charge 3 (N) (Live)
Surviving R. Kelly Women’s Surviving R. Kelly A gun groups target the singer. ‘14’ threat wreaks havoc. (N) ‘14’
Married ... Married ... With With The Szish List (N) (Live) ‘G’
(:06) Surviving R. Kelly Tiffany Hawkins breaks her silence. (N) ‘14’ NCIS An American couple is NCIS “Keep Your Friends NCIS A deal is struck with a attacked in Iraq. ‘14’ Close” ‘14’ murderer. ‘14’ The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘14’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’
How I Met How I Met Your Mother Your Mother Peace Love World - Fashion (N) (Live) ‘G’ (:15) Surviving R. Kelly A gun threat wreaks havoc. ‘14’
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Elementary “The Five Orange (8) W Pipz” ‘14’ Fitbit Charge 3 (20)
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(2:45) (:35) The (4:50) “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004, Action) Dennis “Signs” Making Of: Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm. Global warming leads to (2002) Tolkien ‘PG’ worldwide natural disasters. ‘PG-13’ (3:15) “Unknown” (2011, (:10) “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (2018, Biography) Suspense) Liam Neeson. Melissa McCarthy, Dolly Wells. New York author Lee Israel ‘PG-13’ forges letters by famous writers. ‘R’ (3:20) “A Good Year” (2006) Russell Crowe. (:20) “Black Knight” (2001) Martin LawA London banker inherits his uncle’s vineyard rence. A theme-park employee is transported in Provence. to medieval England. (3:45) “Girl, Interrupted” (1999, Drama) Winona Ryder, Shameless Frank uncovers Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall. A troubled young woman checks the truth about Faye. ‘MA’ into a psychiatric hospital. ‘R’ “11:55” (2016, Crime Drama) Victor Alman- “I’ll Take Your Dead” (2018, Horror) Aidan zar. Nelson charts a path to break the cycle of Devine. A man’s farm is a dumping ground for violence. ‘NR’ gang-related murders. ‘NR’
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(:01) Surviving R. Kelly Women’s groups target the singer. ‘14’ NCIS Parsons’ view of the NCIS A terrorist group buys NCIS Bomb materials are NCIS Sara Carter asks Gibbs team changes. ‘14’ bombs. ‘14’ found on the roof. ‘14’ for help. ‘PG’ American American Family Guy Family Guy Conan Actor Brooklyn Brooklyn Conan Actor Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ‘PG’ “Foreign AfAaron Paul. Nine-Nine ‘14’ Nine-Nine Aaron Paul. fairs” ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘PG’ ‘14’ Bones The murder of an as- Bones Serial killer strikes. ‘14’ Bones The murder of a young “Cast Away” (2000, Drama) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy. A courier company ex- “Sully” (2016, Drama) Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart. Heroic piring singer. ‘14’ British heiress. ‘14’ ecutive is marooned on a remote island. pilot Chesley Sullenberger faces an investigation. (3:00) College Football TaxSlayer Gator Bowl -- Indiana vs Tennessee. (N) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Football: TaxSlayer (Live) Gator Bowl High School Football College Basketball Oregon at Colorado. From Coors Events College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Around the Pardon the Now or Never College Football: TicketSmarter Birmingham Center in Boulder, Colo. (N) (Live) Horn Interruption (N) Bowl (3:30) College Basketball Colorado State Mark Few College Basketball Gonzaga at Portland. From Chiles Center In-Line Hockey College Basketball Gonzaga at Portland. From Chiles Center World Poker Tour at Nevada. Show in Portland, Ore. (N) (Live) in Portland, Ore. Two and a Two and a Two and a Two and a Two and a Two and a Movie Movie Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men “The Prin“Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. “Ghostbusters” (1984, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis. “Ghostbusters II” (1989, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd. A long-dead cess Bride” Kevin ends up in New York when he boards the wrong plane. Four paranormal investigators battle mischievous ghouls. Carpathian warlock attempts to return to Earth. American American Bob’s Burg- Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Robot Chick- Mike Tyson MommaAmerican American Bob’s Burg- Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ers ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ en ‘14’ Mysteries Sheriff Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ers ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Treehouse Masters “Nature’s Treehouse Masters “Hot Tub Treehouse Masters ‘PG’ Puppy Bowl Treehouse Masters: Branched Out Projects Treehouse Masters “TreeTreehouse Masters ‘PG’ Treehouse Masters: Super HQ” ‘PG’ Rumpus Room” ‘PG’ XVI Pre to help those in need. ‘PG’ house Utopia” ‘PG’ Branched Out ‘PG’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Sydney to the Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven’s Just Roll With Gabby Duran Jessie ‘G’ Coop & Cami Sydney to the Raven’s Just Roll With Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Max ‘G’ Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ Max ‘G’ Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob “Paddington” (2014, Children’s) Hugh Bonneville, Sally Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Hawkins, Julie Walters. (3:10) “Hotel Transylvania” (:15) “Despicable Me 2” (2013) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Gru and (:25) “The Game Plan” (2007) Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Madison Pettis. The 700 Club “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (2012, Children’s) his new partner hunt the perpetrator of a spectacular heist. A carefree football player learns he has a daughter. (2007) Jason Lee. Dr. Pimple Popper “A Lipoma Dr. Pimple Popper “The Li- Dr. Pimple Popper “Mic Drop Dr. Pimple Popper (N) ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper “Peh(:02) My Feet Are Killing Me (:04) 1000-Lb. Sisters (N) ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Is Born” ‘14’ poma Whisperer” ‘14’ Pop!” ‘14’ DUN-kyoo-LAY-ted” ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ Homestead Rescue: Decon- Homestead Rescue: Decon- Homestead Rescue: Decon- Homestead Rescue ‘PG’ (:02) Homestead Rescue (:03) Homestead Rescue Homestead Rescue ‘PG’ structed (N) structed (N) structed (N) “Savage Wilderness” ‘PG’ ‘PG’ Ghost Adventures “The Ghost Adventures “Mackay Ghost Adventures “Apache Ghost Adventures “PasaGhost Adventures (N) ‘PG’ Ghost Adventures (N) ‘PG’ Ghost Nation “The Apparition Ghost Adventures “PasaHaunted Museum” ‘PG’ Mansion” ‘PG’ Junction” ‘PG’ dena Ritual House” ‘PG’ of Amelia” ‘PG’ dena Ritual House” ‘PG’ American Pickers “Museum American Pickers ‘PG’ American Pickers “Space American Pickers A PittsAmerican Pickers “Big Dollar (:03) American Pickers “A (:05) American Pickers (:03) American Pickers “Big Man” ‘PG’ Ranger” ‘PG’ burgh time capsule. ‘PG’ Days” (N) ‘PG’ Bronx Tale” ‘PG’ “Picker’s Code” ‘PG’ Dollar Days” ‘PG’ Alaska PD “Call of the Wild” The First 48: Cold Blooded The First 48: Cold Blooded The First 48 “Taken” A man The First 48 A grandfather is 60 Days In “Should Have The First 48 “Tracked” A fa- The First 48 “Taken” A man Jaime Ramos meets a Kodiak Killer “Ashes and Snow” Killer A man is shot dead. and his fiancée are executed. gunned down. (N) ‘14’ Stayed a Fan” Sheriff Horton ther of three is executed. ‘14’ and his fiancée are executed. bear. ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ enlists civilians. ‘14’ ‘14’ Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Christina on Flip or Flop Hunters Int’l House Hunt- Hunters Int’l House Hunt- Christina on Flip or Flop ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ the Coast (N) ‘G’ ers ‘G’ ers ‘G’ the Coast ‘G’ Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Restaurant: Impossible Restaurant: Impossible Restaurant: Impossible Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Restaurant: Impossible ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ “Fight at Filomena’s” ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ Flay (N) ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank A socially interac- Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank Guest shark Ash- Shark Tank ‘PG’ Dateline “Strangers on a Dateline “Strangers on a tive party game. ‘PG’ ton Kutcher. ‘PG’ Train” ‘PG’ Train” ‘PG’ Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) The Ingraham Angle (N) Fox News at Night With Tucker Carlson Tonight Hannity The Ingraham Angle Fox News at Night With Shannon Bream (N) Shannon Bream (:10) The Of- (:45) The Of- (:15) The Office “Conflict (5:50) The Of- (:25) The Of- The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office fice ‘PG’ fice ‘PG’ Resolution” ‘14’ fice ‘14’ fice ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ (2:45) “Trem- (:45) “Planet of the Apes” (2001) Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth. An astronaut (:15) “Star Trek” (2009, Science Fiction) Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy. Chron- Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama ors” leads a human uprising against ruling simians. icles the early days of the starship Enterprise and her crew. ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’
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After Mediterranean honeymoon, man refuses to live with wife DEAR ABBY: My heart Some couples do better if is breaking for my friend they live separately. But if who was married just a what her husband has in month and a half ago. She mind was a surprise and is and her husband went unacceptable to her, she is on a two-week Mediterdoing the right thing. ranean cruise for their honeymoon. They have DEAR ABBY: I’m not not lived together since sure if anyone else has this then. Her husband says problem. My husband is he loves her, and I know constantly grabbing me, Dear Abby she loves him, but he has either my breasts or my Jeanne Phillips no immediate plans to crotch. It’s day and night. live with her! She’s heartWe have been married broken and is planning an annulment. almost 40 years, and I am sick of it. What advice do you have? If I say something, he says, “Oh, I bet – THROWN IN MARYLAND the guys you work with would love to be touching you!” Not once have my DEAR THROWN: I wish you had co-workers ever implied such a thing. I shared a few more details about their just don’t understand! Any suggestions situation. I’m surprised your friend on how I can make him understand I wasn’t aware of her husband’s feelings hate this? before she married him. – GROPED OUT WEST However, as sympathetic as you are about her situation, my advice is to DEAR GROPED: Your husband be there for her to lean on but refrain may consider what he’s doing as from giving her advice. She’s going foreplay or regard you not as a person to have to figure this out for herself. but his property. Touching someone
in this manner without consent could be considered sexual abuse. His comment about your male co-workers may be a back-handed compliment, but why you are sick of hearing it is understandable. If he doesn’t understand after 40 years that you dislike what he’s doing, it’s because he doesn’t want to, and your feelings are unimportant to him. A marriage counselor may be able to help you get through to him. If he won’t go, go without him.
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Please advise me because this is holding me back on trying to have a relationship. I don’t want to remain lonely because of this. – READY FOR SOMETHING IN D.C. DEAR READY: You state that you have a good job. If all that’s holding you back from finding a partner is embarrassment about your dentures, contact a dentist and ask if there are other options, such as implants, that might be a solution for you. If there are, it will give you the boost of confidence you are seeking. If not, keep in mind that if you are dating the right man in your age group or older, he shouldn’t have as much a problem with your teeth as you fear.
DEAR ABBY: I am 59 years old with a good job. I have a pleasant personality, and I have been told I am attractive. I would love to find someone who would be a very good friend or maybe even a love connection. The problem is, I wear partials because some of my teeth are missing. I’m very attractive with them in, but I’m afraid if I tell a man I have them, he won’t regard me as attractive anymore. Should I withhold that information until further down the line?
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.
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HHH Even if you felt out of sync yesterday, you seem to be able to pull out of the discomfort. Nevertheless, you might opt for a more private 24 hours than you initially anticipated. Make the change OK. Tonight: Surround yourself with inspiring people and music.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You prove to be nearly unstoppable, mainly because you are not discussing your plans or ideas; you are simply acting. Of course, you could experience a backfire of the first magnitude. If
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Zero in on a friend or a group of friends getting together. Do not be surprised if you find that some of your pals have a party as they wing it from store to store or swap undesirable gifts. Tonight: Maintain a sense of humor and all goes well.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH A sadness might weave into your day as you eye the fragments of one of your most loved holidays. Inevitably, you toss yourself into what others are doing but decide to get together to share New Year’s resolutions. Tonight: With some support, you just might make a resolution a reality.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Few signs have the capacity to be wickedly naughty and delightfully fun at the same time. Your skills emerge as you look at a potential mini-trip or consider opening up to a new person in your life. Tonight: You will not tolerate interference as you target a goal.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH One-on-one relating is your current forte. Others frequently do true confessions with you, but not to the extent you experience now. Attempt to identify with people rather than judge them. Tonight: Be with a favorite person.
Dear Heloise: When cleaning my cupboard, I found many pasta products with dates that had expired. I tossed them in the trash. A few didn’t have any expiration dates, and many were hard to read. I had to use a magnifying glass on those. I wish the expiration dates would be printed in plain sight on the products. Manufacturers need to take notice! – Annie, via email
ITCHY SCRATCHY Dear Heloise: I have a problem: My towels are scratchy! After washing them, I use fabric softener, and it doesn’t help. Any suggestions? – Sheila C., via email Sheila, this is right up my alley! The scratchiness may be from a detergent buildup, so let’s strip that
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HHHH You have a way about your life that is more precise and demanding than others realize. How you handle diverse situations comes down to your core principles. You often do not negotiate because of this reason. An opportunity appears that allows you to learn to flex better and not lose your values. Tonight: Happy at home.
HHHH You aspire to achieve a certain goal and will do just that. Staying focused could be the most significant part of the challenge. Others keep vying for your attention. You, too, love attention. Tonight: Do not lose sight of your intentions.
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HHHHH You might be overwhelmed by the list of to-dos from calls, note-writing and errands. Do not lose faith in your ability to complete what you must. A call of interest comes in. You could be evaluating your response. Tonight: Meet up with a friend.
HHHH You might be inspired to open up a debate about a matter that could impact you and others. Even with your magnetism and energy, others seem to easily get distracted. Accept that timing is not on your side and is unlikely to be. Tonight: Relax.
HHH Be aware of your financial limits, especially after the holidays. Though no one likes to say no, you might need to. Using your imagination finds yet another response or possibility. Know that it is there. Tonight: Brainstorm with a buddy.
HHHHH Your spunk and innovative spirit help end this holiday season well. You also might be keenly aware of what is in the offing. Some of you tap into your imagina-
CRISPY CHICKEN Dear Heloise: Pulverized flavored salad croutons make a wonderful coating when baking chicken. – Pat in Massillon, Ohio
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detergent out! Just add 1 cup white vinegar in the final rinse cycle. This should help to remove the detergent residue and make your towels soft and fluffy. Vinegar is a workhorse in the home. Safe, cheap and readily available, I’ve reached for it time and time again. I’ve compiled my favorite vinegar hints, helps and recipes into a handy pamphlet. Would you like to receive one? It’s easy! Visit www.Heloise. com to order, or send a long, stamped (70 cents), self-addressed envelope, together with $5, to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Avoid fabric softeners on towels. They coat the fibers of the towels and make them less absorbent. – Heloise
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This year, you make headway in your life, especially regarding a key personal goal. You might not choose to share this goal with many people. If single, enjoy the dating process. You might easily meet someone of significance. Be smart; let this bond form in its own timing. If attached, the two of you might opt to renovate your home or add to it. You could express enthusiasm over this possibility. ARIES can be pushy -- even with you! The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
so, smile and get into the moment anyway. Tonight: Consider an early getaway.
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Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping By GARY FIELDS and DAVID CRARY Associated Press
NEW YORK — When a machete-wielding attacker walked into a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, during Hanukkah and a gunman fired on worshippers at a Texas church 14 hours later, the two congregations in different regions of the country joined a growing list of faith communities that have come under attack in the U.S. It is a group that crosses denominations and geography and has companions around the world. The frequency of attacks has faith leaders and law enforcement grappling with how to protect people when they are at their most vulnerable. FBI hate crime statistics show that incidents in churches, synagogues, temples and mosques increased 34.8% between 2014 and 2018, the last year for which FBI data is available. “For a person bent on hate crime against a particular religion or race, you go to a place where you know a lot of people in that group will be congregating — and vulnerable,” said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston’s Northeastern University. “One place you can go to find people of a certain religion is where they worship.” Most congregations, he said, do not have security. Three of the deadliest attacks on congregation members have occurred since June 2015, when a gunman killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA TODAY
and Northeastern University. The database includes attacks where four or more victims are killed. However, the database wouldn’t include the most recent attacks that have refocused attention on the security vulnerabilities at religious institutions. The FBI’s hate crime highlights list a number of crimes, including a Colorado plot to blow up a synagogue, an Oregon man sentenced to federal prison for targeting a Catholic Church and two guilty pleas in the bombing of an Islamic Center in Minnesota where congregants were worshipping in the mosque. A five-year compilation of AP reports showed the frequency of attacks countrywide. Recent stories included the stabbing of an Orthodox Jewish man as he approached the driveway of his synagogue in Monsey in November, as well as a Las Vegas incident where a suspect torched a Buddhist temple, then shot toward at least one monk fleeing the fire. The data is definitive enough that the FBI invited faith leaders to its Washington, D.C., headquarters last June to discuss how to protect themselves and their congregants from biasbased attacks. Mark Whitlock Jr., pastor of Reid Temple AME Church in Glenn Dale, Maryland, said his own staff and volunteers have met five times in the last month to discuss safety. “Our first responsibility is to make sure our congregants have faith in God and second, that they are safe,” Whitlock said. “We must not create an environment of fear but we also must not
fail to recognize things do happen and evil is present.” Reid has a paid security staff of about 20 who wear uniforms and are armed. There are volunteers as well, made up of former and current federal agents, law enforcement officers and military who also provide security, Whitlock said. Even with the protection, he is watchful. On Sunday, he was in the pulpit and saw the security force reacting to something. They explained later it was a stranger they wanted to identify. “When you’re looking at thousands of people and you see your security force walking around, your mind begins to wonder,” he said. The new spate of antiSemitic attacks has added to the sense of urgency that’s been felt by Jewish security experts since the 2018 massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 people were killed. “The greatest adversary we truly face is not an external threat, it’s a sense of denial,” said Michael Masters, national director of the Secure Community Network. It was formed by leading Jewish organizations in 2004 to coordinate a response to security threats. “The conversation prior to Pittsburgh was whether safety and security was necessary,” Masters said. “Now it’s a question of how do we effectuate that — there’s now a reality that these events can happen anywhere.” Sunday’s attack in White Settlement, Texas, in which the gunman was shot dead by a highly trained leader of the church’s security team, came barely two years after more than two dozen people were killed
at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. That remains the deadliest shooting at a house of worship in the U.S. in modern times. The two Texas attacks have heightened worries among churchgoers in neighboring Oklahoma, said the Rev. Derrek Belase,
a former police officer turned pastor who coordinates security training for the more than 480 United Methodist churches in Oklahoma. “Texas is close to home for us,” Belase said. “People see it on the news and think, ‘That could be us.’”
Under Oklahoma law, houses of worship are among the places where adults are allowed to carry firearms, whether concealed or openly. Churches may ask worshippers not to bring guns with them, but Belase says that’s not a common request.
Today in History Today is Thursday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2020. There are 364 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 2, 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency. On this date: In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1900, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the “Open Door Policy” to facilitate trade with China. In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, New Jersey, on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was found guilty, and executed.) In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II. In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its space probe Luna 1, the first manmade object to fly past the moon, its apparent intended target. In 1965, New York Jets owner Sonny Werblin signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath to a contract reportedly worth $427,000. In 1967, Republican Ronald Reagan took the oath of office as the new governor of California in a ceremony that took place in Sacramento shortly just after midnight. In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour as a way of conserving gasoline in the face of an OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.) “Singing cowboy” star Tex Ritter died in Nashville at age 68. In 1981, police in Sheffield, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the “Yorkshire Ripper,” the serial killer of 13 women. In 1983, the original Broadway production of the musical “Annie” closed after a run of 2,377 performances. In 2006, a methane gas explosion at the Sago (SAY’-goh) Mine in West Virginia claimed the lives of 12 miners, but one miner, Randal McCloy, Jr., was eventually rescued. The roof of a skating rink collapsed in the German town of Bad Reichenhall (bahd RYK’-ehn-hahl), killing 15 people. In 2018, Sen. Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate a month after the Minnesota Democrat announced his plan to leave Congress amid a series of sexual misconduct allegations. NBC News announced that Hoda Kotb (HOH’-duh KAHT’-bee) would be the co-anchor of the first two hours of the “Today” show, replacing Matt Lauer following his firing due to sexual misconduct allegations. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama, in his weekly Internet and radio address, said an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the failed Christmas Day bombing plot against a U.S. airliner. Texas Tech rallied to beat Michigan State 41-31 in a shootout at the Alamo Bowl. Five years ago: The United States imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea, targeting the North’s defense industry and spy service in an attempt to punish Pyongyang for a crippling cyberattack against Sony. California began issuing driver’s licenses to immigrants who were in the country illegally. Little Jimmy Dickens, a diminutive singer-songwriter who was the oldest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry, died at age 94. One year ago: At a closed-door meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders, neither side budged on Trump’s demand for billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, as the partial government shutdown continued through a 12th day. Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a letter to shareholders, said demand for iPhones was declining and that revenue for the last quarter of 2018 would fall well below projections. Daryl Dragon, the cap-wearing “Captain” of the singing duo Captain & Tennille, died in Arizona at the age of 76. Today’s Birthdays: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is 78. TV host Jack Hanna is 73. Actress Wendy Phillips is 68. Actress Cynthia Sikes is 66. Actress Gabrielle Carteris is 59. Movie director Todd Haynes is 59. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher David Cone is 57. Baseball Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez is 57. Actress Tia Carrere is 53. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 52. Model Christy Turlington is 51. Actor Taye Diggs is 49. Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry is 49. Rock musician Scott Underwood is 49. Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is 45. Actor Dax Shepard is 45. Actress Paz Vega is 44. Country musician Chris Hartman is 42. Ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 42. Rock musician Jerry DePizzo Jr. (O.A.R.) is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelton Kessee (IMX) is 39. Pop singer-musician Ryan Merchant (Capital Cities) is 39. Actress Kate Bosworth is 37. Actor Anthony Carrigan is 37. Actor Peter Gadiot is 35. Jazz singer-musician Trombone Shorty is 34. Singersongwriter Mandy Harvey (TV: “America’s Got Talent”) is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer-rapper Bryson Tiller is 27. Thought for Today: “Love doesn’t grow on trees like apples in Eden — it’s something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.” — Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish author (1888-1957).
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Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iranbacked militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence. The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by the breach of the largest and one of the most heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic missions in the world. The attack and its volatile aftermath prompted the Pentagon to send hundreds of additional troops to the Middle East an d U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a European and Central Asian trip. In an orchestrated assault, hundreds of militiamen and their supporters broke into the embassy compound, destroying a reception area, smashing windows and spraying graffiti on walls to protest U.S. airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia over the weekend that killed 25 fighters. The U.S. blamed the militia for a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base in the northern city of Kirkuk last week that killed a U.S. contractor. The protesters set up a tent camp overnight and on Wednesday set fire to the reception area and hurled stones at U.S. Marines guarding the compound, who responded with tear
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Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters receive free meals from the back of a truck while Iraqi army soldiers and security forces are deployed in front of the U.S. embassy, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. Iran-backed militia have withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with American security forces.
gas. There were no injuries on either side and no American staff were evacuated from the compound. The Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group of state-allied militias — many backed by Iran — called on its supporters to withdraw in response to an appeal by the Iraqi government, saying “your message has been received.” By late afternoon the tents had been taken down and the protesters relocated to the opposite side of the Tigris River, outside the so-called Green Zone housing government offices and foreign embassies. U.S. Apache helicopters circled overhead. “After achieving the intended aim, we pulled out from this place triumphantly,” said Fadhil al-Gezzi, a militia supporter. “We rubbed America’s nose in the dirt.” Trump has vowed to exact a “big price” for an attack he blamed squarely on Iran.
Kataeb Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia targeted by the U.S. airstrikes, initially refused to leave but later bowed to demands to disperse. The militia is separate from the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, though both are backed by Iran. “We don’t care about these planes that are flying over the heads of the picketers. Neither do we care about the news that America will bring Marines,” said Mohammed Mohy, a spokesman for Kataeb Hezbollah. “On the contrary, this shows a psychological defeat and a big mental breakdown that the American administration is suffering from,” he said, before withdrawing from the area. The violence came as Iran and its allies across the region have faced unprecedented mass protests in recent months and heavy U.S. sanctions have cratered Iran’s economy.
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