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Sunday, January 5, 2020 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 50, Issue 73

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High-visibility enforcement data released Alaska State Troopers made 49 DUI arrests over the course of their holiday high-visibility traffic enforcement campaign.

During the focused traffic enforcement effort, which took place from Dec. 11 to Jan. 1, state and wildlife troopers issued 954 citations statewide, according to a Jan. 3 press release from the Department of Public Safety.

Of those citations, 377 were issued for speeding and 24 were issued for seat belt or other occupant restraint violations. Troopers made 48 misdemeanor DUI arrests and one felony DUI arrest, and 43 drivers were charged with driving with a suspended or revoked license. Troopers received 29 Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (REDDI) reports, with eight of those drivers contacted and determined to not be driving under the influence.

Troopers also investigated 166 damage-only crashes, 16 injury crashes and four fatal collisions.

Funding for increased highway patrol efforts came from the National DUI Events High Visibility Enforcement Campaign, and funds are issued through the Alaska Highway Safety Office.

State raises visiting, activity permit fees for state parks ANCHORAGE — Alaska park officials have announced visiting and recreational activity costs at state parks increased this week. The state Department of Natural Resources filed a public notice Thursday announcing a price increase is in effect for annual parking passes, boat launch passes and some public-use cabins, Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.

Prices are increasing because “we’ve been asked by the Legislature and the governor to become more self-sustaining,” said Matt Wedeking, division operations manager for Alaska State Parks.

More than half of the state parks’ operations budget is covered by the fees, officials said. Annual See NEWs, Page A3

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Town hall: LGBTQ safety a priority

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

At a town hall on Saturday, peninsula residents, law enforcement officials and elected representatives spoke at length about the issue of public safety for the LGBTQ community.

The event, which was organized in the wake of an assault on a local LGBTQ activist, drew over 100 people to the conference room of the Soldotna Public Library to reflect on the recent assault, as well as to hear stories from others who had experienced harassment or violence.

In addition to members of the LGBTQ community and their allies, those in attendance included Kenai and Soldotna City Council members, Soldotna Mayor Pete Sprague, members of the Soldotna Police Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members, State Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, and State Rep. Gary Knopp, R-Soldotna.

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Tammie Willis speaks at the LGTBQ Town Hall at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday.

Sens, Rep opt out of Roe v. Wade brief

By Peter Segall Juneau Empire

None of Alaska’s congressional delegation signed on to an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to visit Roe v. Wade, the court case which legalized abortion.

The brief was signed by a total of 207 lawmakers Thursday — 39 senators and 168 House Representatives representing 38 states — according to the text of the brief. Only two Democrats, Reps. Dan Lipinski, D-Illinois, and Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, signed the brief; the rest were Republicans.

The brief was written in support of a Louisiana state law requiring medical providers who perform abortions to be a licensed physician or have completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology or family medicine.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over that law March 4.

Absent from the list were all three of Alaska’s congressional representatives, including U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, both

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JUNEAU — A survivor of an Alaska crab boat sinking that left five fellow fishermen missing said the crew went from “sleeping to swimming” in minutes as rough seas and ice battered their vessel on New Year’s Eve. “On the 31st, we just started listing really hard on the starboard side,” Dean Gribble Jr. said in a YouTube video that he posted Thursday to answer questions about the disaster. “From sleeping to swimming was

Bag ban takes effect in Homer

By Michael Armstrong Homer News

locator beacon wasn’t working and complained about other safety equipment.

Gribble and John Lawler were the only survivors and suffered hypothermia, the Coast Guard said. They told rescuers that they were the only ones to make it into a life raft and had been able to get into survival suits, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The suits offer some flotation and hypothermia protection. “I just wish the other guys would have made it,” Gribble said in the video, shaking his head and looking down.

Seven years after Homer’s first single-use plastic-bag ban took effect, the city once again has prohibited the bags for retail use. The new law went into effect on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

A citizen initiative in 2013 overturned Homer’s first attempt at a plastic bag ban less than a year after it had started. This time around, Homer City Council member Caroline Venuti’s ordinance went straight to the voters for approval. They did so by an overwhelming majority vote in October’s election of 946 to 497 votes, or 65%.

Ulmer’s Drug and Hardware co-owner Patrick Mede said he thinks Homer shoppers will adapt well to the change.

“People will probably adjust their habits pretty quick,” he said. “… Just follow the letter of the ordinance and call it good.”

Former council members David Lewis and Beau Burgess sponsored the 2012 bag ban ordinance, but Venuti said she based the 2019 ordinance on a version passed by the city of Soldotna in 2018.

The Homer plastic bag ban applies to all city retail businesses providing carry-out bags, including grocery stores, convenience stores, general

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Alaska’s congressional delegation, from left to right: Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young, all Republicans.

Republicans who have stated their opposition to abortion.

In an email, Sullivan’s communication director Mike Anderson called the senator a pro-life Catholic.

“As a father of three daughters, Senator Sullivan believes there is no greater gift than that of life,”

Anderson wrote. “He has and will continue to support policies and legislation that value life and protect the rights of the most vulnerable.”

Anderson did not respond to questions asking why Sullivan did not feel See brief, Page A2

Survivor: ‘Sleeping to swimming’ in minutes

By Becky Bohrer and Martha Bellisle

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about 10 minutes. It happened really fast. Everybody was trying to get out.

Everybody was doing everything they could, and it was just really a (expletive) situation.”

Gribble, who’s appeared on the Discovery Channel documentary series “Deadliest Catch,” said the seven-member crew faced 20-foot seas, 40 mph winds and icy conditions. “I’ve fished for 20 years, I know that you do not make it,” he said.

“Everybody can die in those situations, and I knew that’s what we were going into. We were in the raft for about five hours.”

He said his emergency

Snowmachiners barred from some public lands

By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

Snowmachiners may need to take notice of recent closures and openings within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the Chugach National Forest before setting out on a winter adventure.

In a Friday press release, the Chugach National Forest announced an emergency closure to snowmachiners in certain areas within the forest, including the Seward and Glacier Ranger Districts of the Chugach National Forest, which

are areas near the towns of Seward, Cooper Landing, Moose Pass, Whittier and Girdwood.

The closure order, in effect until April 30 unless rescinded sooner, is due to inadequate snow conditions and is an effort to prevent resource damage. The emergency closure prohibits anyone from operating or possessing a snowmachine in the areas closed.

Residents looking to get outside and snowmachine can look to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. On Friday, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge announced partial openings

within the public lands to snowmachiners, a press release from the U.S. Department of the Interior said.

All areas of the refuge traditionally were opened to snowmachining lying north of the Kasilof River and Tustumena Lake on Saturday.

However, some portions of this area will be closed, including Swan Lake and the Swanson River Canoe Systems and all areas above timberline. Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area is also closed off to snowmachiners, with the exception of Hidden Lake, Kelly Lake, Petersen Lake and Engineer Lake, which are open to provide

snowmachine access for ice fishing pending sufficient ice.

The southern portion of the refuge, including the Caribou Hills, remains closed to snowmachining due to a lack of adequate snow cover.

Snowmachiners are encouraged to exercise caution, especially when traveling around lakes, rivers and streams, which may not be sufficiently frozen. In areas of inadequate snow accumulation, recreators should be aware of rocks and tree stump hazards.

For more information, contact Refuge Headquarters at 907-262-7021.

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“I kind of feel bad now that I’m here and they’re not.”

Some of the fishermen made calls to loved ones in the lead-up to the sinking that also revealed the rough conditions, including ice that did not seem to rattle the captain. Gary Cobban Jr. is among five fishermen who are feared dead after the 130-foot Scandies Rose sank late Tuesday in an area with warnings about strong winds and heavy freezing spray, officials said. The Coast Guard has not released details on a cause. Cobban’s ex-girlfriend, Jeri Lynn Smith, told the Anchorage Daily

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News that he called her in North Carolina about two hours before the boat sank to wish her a happy new year. “When I talked to him, he told me the boat was icing and it had a list to it, but he didn’t sound alarmed. He didn’t sound scared,” Smith said. “The boat ices. The boat ices every winter. It’s just something they deal with. I didn’t worry about it.” Also missing are the captain’s son David Lee Cobban, Arthur Ganacias, Brock Rainey and Seth Rousseau-Gano, the Coast Guard said. The agency used helicopters, planes and a boat to search for the men over 1,400 square miles before calling off the effort Wednesday evening.

Ashley Boggs of Peru, Indiana, said Rainey, her fiance

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The town hall was moderated by Suzie Smalley, who began the event by laying out general ground rules to ensure everyone who spoke was heard and treated with respect.

Smalley turned the mic over to Tammie Willis, who was the victim of the assault that occurred on Dec. 9, to give an update on her life and the ongoing investigation by Alaska State Troopers. Willis said she was overwhelmed by the turnout of Saturday’s Town Hall.

“My wounds have healed on the outside, and they’re starting to heal on the inside,” Willis said. “We still have a lot of healing to do, but when I look around and I see that my community consists of so much more support than I ever thought it did, it really means a lot. I feel safer and more secure knowing that there are people out there advocating for the LGBT community.”

Willis said that, since her assault, the FBI has been in contact with her about the possibility of the incident rising to the level of a federal hate crime.

Smalley opened the floor to hear testimonies from LGBTQ individuals, whether it was the challenges they face or the things they appreciate about the peninsula.

Some simply voiced their interest in seeing more LGBTQ-friendly places within the community. Others shared stories on behalf of others who were apprehensive about coming to the town hall and speaking publicly about their experiences.

One such example was Kaegan Koski, a high school student who told the story of his classmates being targeted with repeated homophobic slurs through anonymous Instagram accounts.

While reading the messages sent out loud, Koski censored himself and repeatedly pointed into the air each time a slur or profanity was used. Koski’s right hand pointed upwards for most of his recounting, and his left hand shakily held his notes as he

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the need to sign the brief.

Alaska’s other delegates, Young and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, did not immediately respond to request for comment.

who’s from Kellogg, Idaho, also called her shortly before the ship sank and said conditions were bad.

“I’m just praying and hoping they find him on land or something,” Boggs told The Associated Press on Thursday. Crabbing boats endure perilous conditions in Alaska waters that have been immortalized in “Deadliest Catch.” Workers face dangers like huge waves, harsh weather, long hours and massive crab pots that could crush them.

Commercial fishing is one of the country’s most dangerous occupations, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It said there were 179 deaths in Alaska fisheries between 2000 and 2014, the

struggled to repeat what had been said to his classmates.

“Coupled with the depression so often found among students placed in these horrifying situations, both students told me how compelled they were to self-harm, and how their friends felt the same,” Koski said. “And when these students found out the identity of some of the people making these terrible accounts, they went to school teachers and principals pleading for help but the teachers waved it off, saying they couldn’t do anything due to it being off school property.

That was the end of the conversation. No calls to parents, no attempt to console the student victims.”

Koski himself had also recently been the target of harassment when he and his friend were followed by a group of people in a car that shouted slurs at them while the two were riding their bikes.

“On Dec. 9, a horrifying event occurred, and the self-assuring words of sympathy I’ve heard from our Soldotna community is, ‘What a horrible thing to do, I can’t believe someone would do that here,’” Koski said. “I can. The 11 students who were involved in my stories can.

The many students who are too afraid to say anything at all anymore can.”

After hearing from those who had experienced harassment firsthand, those who considered themselves allies to the LGBTQ community spoke about what they feel their responsibility is to ensure the safety of others, as well as how they have sometimes failed in their allyship. Many of those who spoke were parents who shared what it was like to have a child in the LGBTQ community. One man admitted to his use of hateful and homophobic language in the past, and another woman shared an experience where someone around her had been using derogatory language and she didn’t speak up.

Many of those who spoke at the town hall said that they did not come with the intention of speaking, but felt compelled to do so after hearing from others.

At one point, Smalley asked the audience who considered themselves an ally to the LGBTQ community. Most people in the room

Young’s name was also not on the list of lawmakers. In a 2005 statement posted to his website, Young said his voting record shows he has been pro-life throughout his career.

“I believe that the loss of life through abortion is a great moral disaster, and I will continue to vote

against any bills that would in any way promote the use of abortion as a method of family planning,” Young said in the statement.

Murkowski has said she opposes tax-payer funded abortions, but supports a woman’s right to choose. In a C-SPAN debate during her 2016 reelection campaign,

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most recent numbers available. From 2010 to 2014, there were 66 vessel disasters in Alaska waters, including sinkings and fires, that killed 15 people, the agency said. The leading causes of fatal disasters were instability and being hit by large waves. Many of the incidents involved small boats. In 2017, six people died after the vessel Destination capsized and sank in the Bering Sea. An investigative report found stability, weight issues and excess ice accumulation from freezing spray were contributing factors.

Samantha Case, an epidemiologist in the agency’s commercial fishing research program, said efforts have been taken to make crab fishing safer in the Bering

Sea and Aleutian Islands.

They include Coast Guard stability checks for vessels; changes in fishery management that reduced some risks like competitiveness; and increased marine safety training.

The last known position of the Scandies Rose was 170 miles southwest of Kodiak Island, and it sank about 10 p.m. Tuesday, the Coast Guard said. The boat had sent a mayday call.

Rescue crews battled winds of more than 40 mph, 15- to 20-foot seas and visibility that was limited to a mile, Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa McKenzie said. She said the air temperature was about 10 degrees. The estimated water temperature was 43 degrees, the National

Weather Service said.

Bill Rose of Seattle, who used to work on fishing boats in Alaska, said the conditions can be brutal, even “terrifying for someone who had never done it. But if it’s all you can do to make a living, and you’re out there and you’re used to it, you really don’t think much of it.” He said on the right boat, a fisherman could make $150,000 a year. David Otness, a retired crab fisherman in Cordova, who spent more than 50 years in the industry, agreed it’s dangerous work that’s “known for its loss.” He said it appeals to people with a sense of adventure.

“The love of it is stronger than the fear of it. It’s something that gets into you. It’s all-consuming,” Otness said.

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Rep. Gary Knopp, R-Soldotna, speaks at the LGBTQ Town Hall at the Soldotna Public Library.

raised their hands. Smalley later asked how many people felt like they had failed as an ally at some point in their lives, to which many of the same people raised their hands.

Willis responded by thanking everyone for their honesty and said that no one can be perfect, even those within the LGBTQ community.

“There is no such thing as being a perfect ally,” Willis said. “The point is that you have a sense of self-awareness and self-reflection, and you’re willing to listen and learn from the community. That’s your greatest strength.”

After those who wished to share had spoken, Leslie Byrd, residence life coordinator at Kenai Peninsula College, encouraged everyone in attendance to participate in the upcoming Safe Zone training on Feb. 8 at the KPC Residence Hall. Safe Zone is a program that educates businesses, organizations and the general public on how to provide a space where LGBTQ individuals feel safe and welcome. Byrd also provides Safe Zone training for free on request, and anyone interested can email Byrd at lmbyrd2@alaska.edu for more information.

The final phase of the evening consisted

Murkowski said she recognizes that through Roe v.

Wade, the Supreme Court has ruled a woman has the right to choose. Murkowski said in the C-SPAN debate she also supports women’s access to other health care services that are sometimes provided by organizations like Planned Parenthood, which also perform abortions.

“I also recognize though that it is important that when it comes to federal funding, for those who cannot abide the thought that their tax-payer dollars would be directed towards abortions that there be a separation,” she said at the debate in Anchorage in Nov. 2016.

‘A radically unsettled precedent’ Murkowski’s pro-choice record was seen as pivotal during the deeply partisan confirmation hearings for

of a call to action to local elected officials.

Knopp said at the end of the town hall that he is planning to introduce legislation during the upcoming legislative session in Juneau that would amend Alaska’s existing hate crime statute to include gender identity and sexual orientation as protected classes.

Council members from the cities of Kenai and Soldotna including Bob Malloy, Jordan Chilson, Paul Whitney and Pamela Parker as well as Borough Assembly member Hal Smalley said that they would work to pass resolutions on the city and borough level in support of Knopp’s upcoming legislation. Audre Gifford, another organizer for the event, also asked Micciche to support SB82, which is legislation that would prohibit discrimination on the state level on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Micciche said that he is considering the legislation but would not promise to support it.

The final call to action was to ask the cities of Kenai and Soldotna as well as the Borough to pass a resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride month. A livestream of the town hall is available on the Soldotna Pride in the Park Facebook Page.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh has a record of anti-abortion decisions and pro-choice advocates warned that his confirmation could lead to Roe being overturned.

Murkowski voted against Kavanaugh’s confirmation, saying, “I believe Brett Kavanaugh’s a good man. It just may be that in my view he’s not the right man for the court at this time.”

Kavanaugh was ultimately appointed to the Supreme Court, the second conservative Justice to be appointed

by President Trump after Judge Neil Gorsuch, whom Murkowski voted for. Sullivan voted for both Kavanaugh and Gorsuch.

Lawmakers who signed the brief argued that the conditions for making abortions under Roe were so undefined as to be unworkable.

“Forty-six years after Roe was decided, it remains a radically unsettled

precedent,” lawmakers wrote.

The Louisiana law in question is similar to a Texas law requiring abortion clinics follow the same centers as surgical centers and the doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.

The Supreme Court stuck down that law in 2016 in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, saying the restrictions place unreasonable restrictions on women trying to obtain abortions, according to the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.

Lawmakers, “respectfully suggest the (court’s) struggle to … define what ‘burden’ on abortion access is ‘undue’ illustrates the unworkability of the ‘right to abortion’ found in Roe,” according to the brief.

The brief asks the court to take up Roe again and if appropriate, overrule the law.

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merchandise and liquor stores, restaurants, and temporary retailers such as farmers markets and fair vendors.

It defines a single-use plastic carryout bag as “a bag made from plastic that is neither intended nor suitable for continuous reuse and that is less than 2.5 mils thick, designed to carry customer purchases from the seller’s premises.”

A mil is 1/1,00th of an inch thick, or about the thickness of a human hair. The single-use plastic bags with handles are sometimes called “T-shirt bags.”

The ban does not apply to all thin plastic bags, though. The following types of plastic bags have not been banned: • bags used by customer to package bulk items such as fruit, vegetables and nuts; • bags used to package hardware

items such as nails and bolts; • bags used to contain dampness or leaks from items such as frozen foods, meat or fish, flowers or potted plants; • bags used to protect prepared foods or bakery goods; • newspaper, laundry or dry cleaning bags; • bags provided by pharmacists to contain prescribed drugs; • bags sold for consumer use off the seller’s premise for things like garbage or pet waste collection; • bags provided by charities at food banks; • bags used at garage sales, and • bags made of any material labeled as “biodegradable” or “compostable.”

The biodegradable or compostable exemption wasn’t in the 2013 version. Venuti said she took that exemption from the Soldotna law.

“It came about because some businesses were saying they used biodegradable plastic bags,” she said. “… It seemed like they were possibly allowed in most cities.”

More modern biodegradable bags look similar to petroleum-based

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parking passes increased from $50 to $60, annual boat launch passes increased from $100 to $150 and daily boat launches increased from $20 to $25, department officials said.

In addition, the cost to rent the Beluga, Kokanee and Yuditnu Creek cabins in Chugach State Park has increased from $90 a night to $100 a night, officials said.

Regulations cap the amount the state can charge, and all of the increased fees are in compliance with state laws, Wedeking said.

“We don’t want to price people out of parks. It’s their land, and we want them to come to visit,” he said. “Every dollar you put into the fee box or the electronic fee station goes right back into the parks, and we get to invest that into the maintenance and staffing and trail clearing, and plowing in the winter.”

Volcano briefly erupts on Alaska island, sends up ash cloud ANCHORAGE — A volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted Friday and sent up an ash cloud, prompting a warning for planes.

Shishaldin Volcano shot ash to more than 20,000 feet and possibly 24,000 feet, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.

The volcano is 679 miles southwest of Anchorage near the center of Unimak Island, the largest in the Aleutians and home to False Pass, a village of 40 people on the island’s east side.

David Fee, coordinating scientist for the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, said the ash cloud was not a threat to the village. The cloud drifted southeast over the ocean.

The volcano is a symmetrical cone that is 10 miles in diameter at its base. It rises to 9,373 feet and is the highest peak in the Aleutians.

Several pilots and satellite imagery saw the cloud after the eruption at 11:38 a.m., the observatory said. The National Weather Service issued an ash cloud warning for aircraft to 24,000 feet.

Shishaldin is at a heightened level of seismic unrest, and explosions could occur with little warning, the observatory said. The volcano is monitored with seismic and infrasound sensors, satellite data, a web camera and and distant infrasound and lightning networks.

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plastic, but are made of plant material like cassava root.

While the ordinance took effect on Jan. 1, retailers can use up and distribute existing stocks of singleuse plastic bags through Feb. 14, as long as they were purchased before Jan. 1. At its Dec. 9 meeting, the city council passed an ordinance making some technical changes to the plastic-bag ban and clarifying some points. It fixed a typographical error and also set the “use by” dates and clarified that a $50 fine for providing prohibited bags would apply by the day.

The Feb. 14 “use by” date might catch some summer businesses with single-use bags on hand they can’t legally distribute. City Planner Rick Abboud, whose department enforces the law, acknowledged that, but noted there could be some confusion if single-use bags continued to be given out into the summer.

“We just voted on this,” he said of why bags have to be used up by Feb. 14. “People expected this to be in effect.”

The city has been doing an

outreach campaign since last fall to let businesses know of the impending plastic-bag ban. The city website includes a full explanation, brochures, posters and other information.

“I’ve been trying to make it as straightforward and clear to businesses so we can minimize disruption and confusion,” said Jenny Carroll, special projects and communications coordinator for the city.

At Ulmer’s, Mede said the store will provide paper bags as an alternative to plastic bags. Ulmer’s also will sell at cost reusable bags with the store’s logo. The general merchandise store sells other types of reusable bags, like one that rolls up into a pocket-size pouch. Similar items are sold at Sustainable Wares and the Homer Bookstore.

“We’ll see how things go and adjust, and make sure we have enough offerings to make people happy,” Mede said. “I imagine it won’t be too much trouble.”

The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies has been making upcycled reusable bags made from old

SITKA — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a full-year closure of both commercial and personal fishing of two varieties of rockfish in southeast Alaska waters.

The moratorium is the result of a 60% decrease in rockfish biomass since assessments began in 1994, The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported Tuesday.

Demersal shelf rockfish and yelloweye rockfish fisheries in southeast Alaska are included in the ban, the fish and game department said.

The rockfish decrease occurred despite conservative management practices over the past decade, the department said.

In addition to the decline in the number of rockfish, annual biological data reveal the reproductive potential of the species has been reduced.

The yelloweye rockfish comprises more than 95% of the commercial and sport harvest and is the primary target compared to six other species, including quillback, copper, rosethorn, canary, China and tiger rockfish.

The department encouraged individual, personal-use fishermen to use rockfish deepwater release devices to decrease the mortality rate of yelloweye while fishing for other species.

New tariffs on commodities take effect at the Port of Alaska ANCHORAGE — The cost of operating some businesses at the Port of Alaska is expected to increase following new tariffs on commodities that took effect with the onset of the new year.

The Anchorage Assembly unanimously approved the tariff increases Dec. 17, The Alaska Journal of Commerce reported Tuesday.

The tariff hikes include charges on fuel that will increase 4 to 5 cents per year to reach 56.3 cents per barrel by 2029. The final tariff on cement will reach $5.72 per ton in 2029.

The tariff increases for fuels and cement are equal on a perton basis, port spokesman Jim Jager said.

The tariff increases are significantly greater than normal updates to account for inflation and port operational costs.

The tariffs are expected to help pay for the construction of a new $200 million petroleum and cement terminal. The project will be the first construction of new dock facilities at the port since 2010, when severe damage was discovered and the original port expansion project was halted.

About $300 million of public money was spent on the project.

Representatives from fuel and cement companies that use the port have consistently argued against immediate major tariff increases.

Those companies have insisted changes should not be made to tariff rates until a construction and funding plan is

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T-shirts through its Boomerang Bags. Ulmer’s and other participating stores have racks where people like tourists can take Boomerang Bags for free.

Save-U-More, one of Homer’s two large grocery stores, also will provide paper bags to give away, said manager Mark Hemstreet.

“We always have boxes available, which is a good option,” he said.

“We’ll definitely encourage people to use their reusable bags. It might take people awhile to get used to the habit.”

Mede said he thinks that for Homer shoppers, the transition will go smoothly.

“Locals will get used to it. They probably have a good assortment in their cars,” he said.

“Personally, I kind of like it,” Mede added. “I get the theory of it. … We’ll do our part.”

At press time, a corporate spokesperson for Safeway did not return phone calls asking how the Homer grocery store would provide alternatives to single-use plastic bags.

Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@homernews.com.

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State senator seeks delay in Alaska Real ID requirement ANCHORAGE — A rural state senator has called on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to seek a delay in the implementation of Alaska Real ID driver licenses.

Sen. Donny Olson, D-Golovin, on Thursday said Dunleavy should use his influence with President Donald Trump to delay the Real ID requirement, scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.

Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005 to increase driver license security standards.

Starting Oct. 1, Alaskans must have a Real ID, or another form of federal identification, such as a passport, to pass through security at airports and other federally secured areas. Alaskans without the REAL ID driver license could be barred from travel.

Olson noted in a press release that the state Department of Administration is seeking $60,000 in donations from Alaskans for an outreach program that could help rural Alaskans who don’t have Division of Motor Vehicle offices in their communities obtain REAL ID drivers licenses.

The deadline for implementation should be delayed until the state can figure out a proper path to reach all Alaskans, Olson said.

Iowa officer helping to equip colleagues on Alaska island DAVENPORT, Iowa — A six-member police force on an island in the Bering Sea soon will be equipped with stun guns, vests and other police equipment, thanks to the efforts of a fellow officer more than 3,400 miles away in Iowa.

Officer Peme Canas is a 16-year veteran of the Davenport Police Department who has a reputation for helping others.

“Any opportunity Officer Canas has to help people, he steps up,” police Major Jeff Bladel told the Quad-City Times. “He jumps in and goes all out. He is known in our department and throughout the community as someone who looks for opportunities to help others.”

And he wanted to help his distant colleagues in Savoonga, Alaska, which is perched on an edge of St. Lawrence Island, nearer to the Russian port city of Provideniya than it is to any point on the western Alaska mainland coast.

Last spring, while reading a story jointly produced by Pro Publica and the Anchorage Daily News about the challenges facing Alaskan forces, Canas was stunned to learn that the Savoonga force didn’t carry sidearms to protect themselves and Savoonga’s nearly 700 residents, no bulletproof vests — not even enough badges. Their only items for self-defense: pepper spray.

Canas called the Savoonga police number and pledged his support to Chief Michael Wongittlin.

“Chief Wongittlin was very appreciative, but he was very reserved,” Canas said. “He had heard that kind of stuff before, but nothing had ever come of it. I think he didn’t want to get his hopes up.”

Canas reached out to fellow officers, his church, his department leadership, the city of Davenport and others for help, and they did, he said.

A number of shipping companies stepped up after Canas learned it would cost at least $600 to ship the equipment: bulletproof vests, stun guns, personalized name tags, police badges and other gear.

“I have a positive outlook, and I believe in the kindness of strangers,” Canas said. “I knew all we needed was a spark and people would step up and help. I know the officers in Savoonga are moved by the kindness of people they will never meet.”

Reached at his home Friday, Wongittlin said domestic violence — often with alcohol involvement — is a major problem for him and his officers.

“When people are intoxicated they don’t like to comply,” he said.

“I end up wrestling with people half my age, twice my size.”

Wongittlin lamented the lack of sufficient state or local funding to properly equip his officers and expressed his gratitude for Canas’ efforts — Clarion staff and news services

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Time to raise the minimum wage

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pponents of minimum-wage laws have long argued that companies have only so much money and, if required to pay higher wages, they will employ fewer workers.

Now there is evidence that such concerns, never entirely sincere, are greatly overstated.

Over the past five years, a wave of increases in state and local minimum-wage standards has pushed the average effective minimum wage in the United States to the highest level on record. The average worker must be paid at least $11.80 an hour — more after inflation than the last peak, in the 1960s, according to an analysis by the economist Ernie Tedeschi.

And even as wages have marched upward, job growth remains strong. The unemployment rate at the end of 2019 will be lower than the previous year for the 10th straight year.

The interventions by some state and local governments, however, do not obviate the need for federal action. To the contrary. Millions of workers are being left behind because 21 states still use the federal standard, $7.25 an hour, which has not risen since 2009 — the longest period without an increase since the introduction of a federal standard in the 1930s.

Across much of America, the minimum wage is set to rise again in the next few days. In Maine and Colorado it will reach $12; in Washington, $13.50; in New York City, $15.

Workers in the rest of the country also deserve a raise. The time has come to increase the federal minimum.

House Democrats passed legislation in July that would gradually increase the federal standard, to $15 an hour in 2025 — likely raising the real value above the peak value in the late 1960s — and most of the Democrats running for president have endorsed the legislation. Last year, only about 430,000 people — or 0.5 percent of hourly workers — were paid the federal minimum. The share has fallen in recent years as state and local governments, and some employers, have stepped in. But a much larger group of workers stand to benefit, because they now earn less than the proposed minimum. The Congressional Budget Office estimated a $15 minimum hourly wage would raise the pay of at least 17 million workers.

Among the beneficiaries: people who work for tips. Federal law lets businesses pay $2.13 an hour to waiters, bartenders and others who get tips, so long as the total of tips and wages meets the federal minimum. The legislation would end that rule; the same minimum would apply to all hourly employees. Opponents of the change argue customers will curtail tipping and workers will end up with less money. But eight states, including Minnesota, Montana and Oregon, already have a universal minimum, including for tipped workers, and restaurant workers in those states make more money.

The simplistic view that minimum-wage laws cause unemployment commanded such a broad consensus in the 1980s that this editorial board came out against the federal minimum in 1987, calling it “an idea whose time has passed,” and citing as evidence “a virtual consensus among economists.”

The old critique is still put forward regularly by the restaurant industry and other major employers of low-wage workers.

But evidence that any such effects are relatively small has been piling up for several decades. A groundbreaking study published in 1993 by the economists David Card and Alan Krueger examined a minimum-wage rise in New Jersey by comparing fast-food restaurants there and in an adjacent part of Pennsylvania. It found no impact on employment.

This prompted other economists to test the standard theory. This year, the British government asked the economist Arindrajit Dube to review the results accumulated over the last quarter-century. Mr. Dube reported the sum total of the research showed minimum-wage increases raised compensation while producing a “very muted effect” on employment.

The patchwork nature of recent minimum-wage increases — the rate rising in some jurisdictions while staying the same in adjacent areas — is offering new opportunities for research.

For most companies, the bill is relatively small, and it can be defrayed by giving less money to shareholders, or by raising prices. Opponents often argue minimum-wage increases will encourage automation, but the point is easily overstated.

Companies constantly invest in technology: McDonald’s is installing self-order kiosks across the United States, not just at places with higher minimum wages. And instead of replacing workers with robots, companies may choose to invest in technology that enhances the productivity of their work force.

More than doubling the current federal standard would be a significant change, and it is not without risk. It is possible that a national $15 standard would produce the kinds of damage critics have long predicted; the Congressional Budget Office puts the potential increase in unemployment somewhere between zero and 3.7 million people, essentially acknowledging the effects are unpredictable. Workers may be most vulnerable in areas where prevailing wages are relatively low.

One simple corrective, proposed by Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, would be to include exemptions from the $15 standard for low-wage metropolitan areas and rural areas.

But the successful increases in minimum-wage standards across a diverse range of states and cities suggest the broader risk is worth taking. The American economy is generating plenty of jobs; the problem is in the paychecks. The solution is a $15 federal minimum wage.

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alaska voices | Gov. Mike Dunleavy

Working together, Alaskans will come up with long-term budget solutions

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n a matter of weeks, our Legislature will begin deliberations on our state’s budget for the next fiscal year. There is no doubt we have challenges. The reserve funds that once held over $16 billion lie nearly empty.

Unlike the federal government, Alaska possesses no cash printing machines. Any solution to our fiscal crisis must come from within the revenues we generate and the current programs and services on which we spend money.

However, we have much to look forward to as well. According to economists, our three-year recession is finally at an end. Our private sector economy is leading the way with a 4.1% increase in gross domestic product — the third-highest in the nation.

Unemployment remains at historic lows, and 1,600 new jobs have been created over the past year. Perhaps most telling, hundreds of these jobs are in the construction industry.

On the North Slope, a renaissance is underway. Private investment has increased by $1.1 billion, and last year was the region’s busiest in over a decade. Oil industry wages also grew at 7% — nearly double the national average. In fact, wages all across Alaska increased by $355 million during the first half of 2018.

Economic growth will remain a key part of our recovery in the years to come. That’s why I formed the Alaska Development Team. Tasked with identifying and recruiting businesses and investment to Alaska that will result in more jobs here in our state, they are currently working with Anchorage Airport staff to develop over $500 million in proposed projects that will capitalize on recent air cargo growth. This includes 1.4 million square feet of new warehouse space that will create 1,000 construction jobs next summer.

Many of our future economic opportunities will complement our nation’s push for a cleaner environment. Our state is rich in resources like zinc and rare earth metals — critical components in the batteries and electronics of most electric vehicles. In fact, Tesla is already active in

Alaska with a testing facility in Delta Junction and a battery energy storage project in Homer.

But, economic growth alone will not solve our budget issues in the short term. Shared sacrifice will be required as we regain our fiscal footing. The proposed budget I have submitted to the Legislature for their review and discussion acknowledges this reality while also protecting the priorities of Alaskans — the same priorities that I promised to fight for when I was elected last November.

That means continuing our path toward a safer Alaska. After passing landmark sexual assault legislation and hiring more troopers than any other year in the past decade, my proposed budget funds an additional 15 troopers and three prosecutors. The Department of Corrections budget will see an increase of 7%, and the judiciary will see extra funding for public defenders and guardians.

It also means fully funding K-12 education. Having spent decades as both a teacher and school administrator, it pains me to see our state consistently ranked as one of the worst for K-12 education. Funding, however, is just one piece of the education puzzle — our delivery of education services must be improved.

I recently met with federal officials to discuss how we can move forward with tribal compacting in education as well as ideas to boost reading performance. I believe that our children must be reading at grade level by the third grade and proficient in algebra by the eighth grade. We must achieve these milestones to ensure our children can pursue any career they set their sights on. We must insist proficiency in reading and algebra be a moral imperative for Alaska’s children.

Finally, it means protecting the Permanent Fund as well as the PFD. My budget calls for a full Permanent Fund dividend plus complete payment for last year’s partial dividend. Until Alaskans decide otherwise, I am committed to honoring the statutes that calculate the PFD. Alaskans have important decisions

to make in the days ahead. The upcoming year represents the final time we can rely on budget reserves to make ends meet, meaning hard decisions must be made. To that end, I will be back in the air beginning this month, visiting with communities in every corner of our state, and gathering more of your critical input as to what Alaska should like look going forward. In order to build that Alaska together, we will need your thoughts on questions such as: Do we want to continue to grow government with little or no controls on spending, or do we want a spending limit?

How do we want to pay for government going forward if oil revenue is not enough to pay for the government we have?

Which programs and services do we wish to preserve?

What should the PFD look like going forward?

Are we committed to developing our resources to provide jobs, wealth, and revenue for Alaskans or not?

What sacrifices are we as Alaskans willing to make in order to leave a better Alaska for our children and grandchildren?

In preparation for these conversations, my staff has compiled and published extensive budget data. This includes an unbiased set of scenarios that could be used to balance our budget. I truly hope you spend some time reviewing this information ahead of these discussions.

Most importantly, I urge Alaskans to not lose sight of the big picture.

Our present budget woes are not simply a math exercise. The longterm solutions will come from people like you — Alaskans with ingenious ideas and a commitment to delivering better government services with less resources. Alaskans who understand that the decisions we make today will shape the world we leave our children.

I’m confident that, together, we will secure for them a safer and more prosperous Alaska.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is the 12th governor of Alaska.

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Ghosn’s escape underscores system failures

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hen a former auto bossturned-suspect does a Houdini act and vanishes from Japan, and mysteriously reappears in Lebanon, questions will be raised. So how did Carlos Ghosn, the former Renault-Nissan chief, pull off such an audacious escape from right under the noses of security agencies in Japan, a country where he is being investigated for corruption?

Why was security so lax ahead of his trial? Ghosn is a familiar face and it is surprising how he managed to give officials the slip. His lawyer said he is ‘shocked’ by the development. If some reports are to believed, Ghosn sneaked into musical instrument box aboard a private plane to Lebanon where he holds citizenship and remains a respected figure despite his fall from grace on the other side of the world.

The former automobile titan also

has a French passport but he decided against heading to the country as it has an extradition treaty with Japan where he is being tried for white collar crimes. This getaway appears to be an inside job and Ghosn’s connections in higher echelons seemed to have helped him flee the country.

But Japanese prosecutors are not commenting and the country’s courts are closed for the New Year break.

The flight happened at an opportune moment for Ghosn when the system was caught napping during the holiday season.

The former corporate hero was jailed on two occasions last year and the high profile case in Japan has been followed closely by world media. Ghosn rose to fame after he did the impossible by bringing Nissan and Renault together for a successful partnership. Mitsubishi became the third partner to make it

a behemoth. But the fall was swift for Ghosn, the revered corporate saviour, who has since maintained his innocence which raises another question: why did he flee justice if his hands were clean? The system in Japan was rigged, he said. He had escaped “injustice and political persecution,” he claimed. Lebanon, where he is now based, faces a harsh winter of discontent. The economy is on its knees and there is political chaos. A fugitive in its midst makes matters worse. Talk about flying from the frying pan to the fire. To locate and extricate Ghosn will, therefore, be a gargantuan task, but the accused has promised to become more active on social media in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the quest for justice continues. The system clearly failed to stop Carlos Ghosn from fleeing because it was rigged.

— The Khaleej Times, Dec. 31

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Fast-response force flies to Mideast Sarah Blake Morgan and Jonathan Drew Associated Press

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.

Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, told The Associated Press 3,500 members of the division’s quick-deployment brigade, known officially as its Immediate Response Force, will have deployed within a few days. The most recent group of service members to deploy will join about 700 who left earlier in the week, Burns said.

A loading ramp at Fort Bragg was filled Saturday morning with combat gear and restless soldiers. Some tried to grab a last-minute nap on wooden benches. Reporters saw others filing onto buses.

The additional troop deployments reflect concerns about potential Iranian retaliatory action in the volatile aftermath of Friday’s drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who has been blamed for attacks on U.S. troops and American allies going back decades.

President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike near Baghdad’s international airport. Iran has vowed retribution, raising fears of an all-out war, but it’s unclear how or when a response might come.

Reporters weren’t able to interview the soldiers leaving Fort Bragg on Saturday, but an airman loading one of the cargo planes told an Army cameraman he was making New Year’s plans when he got a call to help load up the soldiers, according to video footage released by the military.

“We’re responsible for loading the cargo.

Almost our whole squadron got alerted. Like a bunch of planes are coming over here,” the unnamed airman said. “I was getting ready to go out for New Year’s when they called me.”

In the gray early morning light Saturday, Army video showed soldiers dressed in camouflage fatigues filing into planes, carrying rucksacks

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U.S. Army soldiers with their gear head to an awaiting bus Saturday at Fort Bragg, N.C., as troops from the 82nd Airborne are deployed to the Middle East as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

and rifles. Humvees were rolled onto another cargo plane and chained in place for the flight to the Middle East.

Burns said the soldiers within the Immediate Response Force train constantly to be ready to respond quickly to crises abroad. When called by their superiors, they have two hours to get to base with their gear and must maintain a state of readiness so that they can be in the air headed to their next location within 18 hours.

“So whether they were on leave, whether they were home drinking a beer, whether they were, you know, hanging out, throwing the kids up in the yard, you get the call and it’s time to go,” he said.

He said that soldiers typically keep individual “go-bags” of their personal gear with them at their living quarters.

The wife of a member of the 82nd Airborne

who deployed earlier this week said his departure was so abrupt she didn’t have the chance to say goodbye in person or by phone.

April Shumard said she was at work on New Year’s Eve and he was watching their five children when he texted her that he had to rush to base. He wasn’t sure if it was a drill or a deployment. She said her husband has been in the military since 2010 and has already deployed twice to Afghanistan. But with those prior deployments, the family had much more time to prepare and say goodbye. This time, she got a second message confirming he was leaving, and he departed in a plane on the afternoon of New Year’s Day. “The kids kept going, ‘When’s Dad going to be home?’” said Shumard, 42. “It’s literally thrown me for a loop. And him as well. He’s still in disbelief of where he’s gone. Our heads are spun.”

Protests across U.S. condemn action in Iran, Iraq Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Demonstrators in dozens of cities around the U.S. gathered Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s killing of an Iranian general and decision to send thousands of additional soldiers to the Middle East.

More than 70 planned protests were organized by CODEPINK and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, a U.S.-based anti-war coalition, along with other groups.

From Tampa to Philadelphia and San Francisco to New York, protesters carried signs and

chanted anti-war slogans.

President Donald Trump ordered Friday’s airstrike near Baghdad’s international airport that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who has been blamed for attacks on U.S. troops and American allies going back decades. Iran has vowed retribution, raising fears of an all-out war, but it’s unclear how or when a response might come.

Protest organizers said the Trump administration has essentially started a war with Iran by assassinating Soleimani.

In Miami, nearly 50 protesters gathered.

Drivers heard people shouting, “No more drone murders,” “We want peace now” and “What do we want? Peace in Iran.”

A few hundred demonstrators gathered in Times Square on Saturday chanting “No justice, no peace, U.S. out of the Middle East!”

“The United States is trying to use Iraq as a proxy war,” said Russell Branca, 72, of Queens.

“If the United States and Iran are going to fights it’s not going to be in the United States and it’s not going to be in Iran, it’ll be in other places. And it’s just crazy because none of this is necessary.”

New vehicle sales fell 1.3% in 2019 but still healthy Associated Press

DETROIT — New vehicle sales in the U.S. fell 1.3% last year, but the numbers still passed the healthy 17 million mark for the fifth straight year.

Automakers sold 17.05 million new cars, trucks and SUVs in 2019. Although buyers spent more on vehicles, companies had to prop up sales with record discounts, according to analysts.

Following a long trend, 69% of new vehicles sold last year were trucks or SUVs, with truck sales up 2.6% from a year ago. Car sales fell once again, by 10.1%, according to Autodata Corp.

Sales at General Motors fell 2.5% for the year as a 40-day strike by the United Auto Workers union cut into inventories in the fourth quarter. Ford sales fell 3.2%, while Fiat Chrysler sales dropped 1.4%. Sales at Toyota fell 1.8% and Nissan sales tumbled almost 10%.

The Edmunds.com auto pricing site predicted that more than half the new vehicles sold last year were SUVs, passing 50% market share for the first time.

Also for the first time, Fiat Chrysler’s Ram

pickup beat the Chevrolet Silverado in full-year sales as GM retooled factories to built a new version of the Silverado.

Electric vehicle sales rose almost 37% last year to just over 236,000, Autodata reported.

Tesla reported global sales on Friday without singling out the U.S. The Palo Alto, California, electric vehicle company said sales rose over 50% to 367,500.

Last year turned out to be strong as uncertainty waned in talks over a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and progress toward a trade deal with China, said Jeff Schuster, president of global vehicle forecasts for LMC Automotive, a consulting firm.

Schuster predicted stability this year but wrote that sales could be a bit lower than in 2019.

Last year’s sales numbers defied the odds, especially because high interest rates and record prices squeezed some buyers, said Jeremy Acevedo, senior manager of industry insights for Edmunds. “If 2019 taught us anything, it’s that you can’t underestimate the power of a strong economy,” he said. Edmunds provides content

for The Associated Press.

The average new-vehicle sale price in December hit an estimated $34,602, setting a record, according to J.D. Power and LMC. Truck and SUV prices hit an estimated $36,935, rising $655 from 2018. Car prices averaged $27,461, a small increase from a year earlier.

But the average incentive, or discount, per vehicle was expected to reach $4,600, a record figure that’s up almost 7% from 2018, according to LMC and J.D. Power.

Thomas King, president of analytics at J.D. Power, said the record sale prices shows that automakers are building the types of vehicles that people want to buy. But the record incentive level “signifies that there is still too much supply relative to overall demand.”

Other major automakers reporting sales Friday included Honda, which rose 0.2%, and Hyundai, which was up 4.7%. Subaru sales rose 2.9%, with the maker of all-wheel-drive vehicles reporting record sales for the 11th straight year.

Volkswagen Group sales also rose in 2019, by 1.8%.

Two inmates escaped from troubled prison Associated Press

Mississippi authorities were searching for two prisoners believed to have escaped Saturday from one of several prisons rocked by violence that has left at least five inmates dead in the past week.

Gov. Phil Bryant on Saturday said via Twitter that he has directed “the use of all necessary assets and personnel” to find the two inmates who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

The state Department of Public Safety has deployed state troopers and the highway patrol’s special operations group to help the Department of Corrections find the two inmates and to help restore order at the troubled facility that they escaped from, Bryant said.

The Corrections Department said in a Facebook posting that David May, 42, and Dillion Williams, 27, were discovered missing from Parchman during an “emergency count” about 1:45 a.m. May is serving a life sentence for two aggravated assault convictions in

Harrison County, and Williams is serving a 40-year sentence for residential burglary and aggravated assault in Marshall County.

The department said via Twitter Saturday afternoon that there were no major disturbances occurring at Parchman.

“There was a minor fire at Unit 30 earlier this week. That fire, set by an inmate, was immediately extinguished. Like other facilities in the prison system, the prison has limited movement,” the department tweeted.

Five inmates have died in prison violence since Sunday; three of those deaths have occurred at Parchman. The prison is a series of cell blocks scattered across thousands of acres of farmland in Mississippi’s Delta region. Inmates who escape their cells sometimes don’t make it off the property.

Mississippi’s outgoing prisons chief said Friday that four of the five killings of inmates since Sunday stem from gang violence, as guards struggle to maintain control of restive inmates.

Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall said the department won’t confirm the names of

the gangs “for security purposes,” but relatives of inmates who spoke to The Associated Press and other news outlets said there’s an ongoing confrontation between the Vice Lords and Black Gangster Disciples.

It wouldn’t be the first time the two gangs have warred behind bars in Mississippi, with previous confrontations at Parchman and other prisons over the past 15 years. A 2015 survey found nearly 3,000 Black Gangster Disciple members and nearly 2,000 Vice Lords in prisons statewide.

“These are trying times for the Mississippi Department of Corrections,” Hall said Friday.

All state prisons statewide remained locked down Saturday, Bryant said, with inmates confined to cells, and no visitors allowed.

T he first of five inmates identified as dying was Terrandance Dobbins, 40, who died Sunday at the South Mississippi Correctional Institute in Leakesville. Two days later, Walter Gates, 25, was stabbed and several other inmates were injured at Parchman during a fight that spread to multiple units of the sprawling prison.

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Autopsy: Man shot by troopers struck 16 times DALLAS — The autopsy of a man fatally shot by two state troopers following a Dallas traffic stop shows he had 16 gunshot wounds, including shots to the head, front and back torso and both legs.

The Dallas Morning News obtained the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s autopsy report for 27-year-old Schaston Hodge.

Troopers Joshua Engleman and Robert Litvin shot him Aug. 17 following what police described as a short pursuit after the troopers attempted to stop Hodge for failing to use a turn signal.

“They killed my son like he was an animal. They shot my son 16 times, they almost blew his head off,” Hodge’s mother, Shandra Brackens-Hodge said in a statement to the newspaper.

Lt. Lonny Haschel, a spokesman with the state’s Department of Public Safety, said Texas Rangers investigated and turned a report over to the Dallas County District Attorney’s office and a grand jury declined to indict the troopers.

“The entire incident, captured on video, was presented to a Dallas County Grand Jury and returned a No Bill,” Haschel said in an email, the newspaper reported.

DPS has declined to release videos of the shooting.

The pair were working in Dallas as part of Gov. Greg Abbot’s decision to send troopers to help Dallas police during an increase in violent crime.

Idaho man’s home searched for wife’s death, missing stepkids REXBURG, Idaho — Authorities have searched the home of an Idaho man linked to the suspicious death of his first wife and the disappearance of his two new stepchildren.

On Friday, investigators with the Rexburg police, Fremont County sheriff’s office and FBI executed a search warrant on the house Chad Daybell shared with Tammy Daybell, who was found dead at home in October. Initially thought to be a natural death, Tammy Daybell’s remains have since been exhumed in Utah, where she was buried. Autopsy results are pending.

The search warrant was also in connection to the disappearance of Joshua Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17, who haven’t been seen since September.

The children’s mother, Lori Vallow — who is also now known as Lori Daybell — married Chad Daybell shortly after the other wife’s death. Lori Daybell’s former spouse, Charles Vallow was killed in July in Arizona in a confrontation with her brother, Alex Cox. Cox, who died on Dec. 12, said he shot Vallow in selfdefense. Authorities haven’t said why they got the warrant or what they found.

Rexburg police have said Chad and Lori Daybell are named as persons of interest because they never reported the kids missing, have repeatedly lied about where their children are — initially saying the boy with special needs was in Arizona — and aren’t cooperating with the investigation. The couple has since issued a statement through an attorney, saying they love their son and daughter and look forward to addressing “allegations once they have moved beyond speculation and rumor.”

Woman accused of using Muslim student’s hijab to attack her PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for a woman accused of trying to choke a Muslim student with her headscarf and then harassing her by stripping down at a train station in Portland, Oregon. Jasmine Renee Campbell, 23, has been indicted on hate crime, attempted strangulation, harassment and criminal mischief charges for the Nov. 12 attack at a downtown MAX station.

The warrant was issued after she failed to appear in court on Friday.

The Multnomah County district attorney’s office described the attack, saying Campbell grabbed the religious head cover worn by the Portland State University student to try to choke the student with it.

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Rockets fired after day of mourning for slain leader

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sarah El Deeb Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Thousands took to the streets of Baghdad for the funeral procession of Iran’s top general Saturday after he was killed in a U.S. airstrike, as the region braced for the Islamic Republic to fulfill its vows of revenge.

The day of mourning in the Iraqi capital ended Saturday evening with a series of rockets that were launched and fell inside or near the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. Embassy.

Iran has vowed harsh retaliation for the U.S. airstrike ordered early Friday by President Donald Trump that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force and mastermind of its regional security strategy, and several senior Iraqi militants. The attack has caused regional tensions to soar, raising fears of an all-out war, and tested the U.S. alliance with Iraq.

Trump says he ordered the strike, a high-risk decision that was made without consulting Congress or U.S. allies, to prevent a conflict. U.S. officials say Soleimani was plotting a series of attacks that endangered American troops and officials, without providing evidence.

Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s regional policy of mobilizing

militias across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, including in the war against the Islamic State group. He was also blamed for attacks on U.S. troops and American allies going back decades.

Though it’s unclear how or when Iran may respond, any retaliation was likely to come after three days of mourning declared in both Iran and Iraq. All eyes were on Iraq, where America and Iran have competed for influence since the 2003 U.S.led invasion.

After the airstrike early Friday, the U.S.-led coalition has scaled back operations and boosted “security and defensive measures” at bases hosting coalition forces in Iraq, a coalition official said on the condition of anonymity according to regulations. Meanwhile, the U.S. has dispatched another 3,000 troops to neighboring Kuwait, the latest in a series of deployments in recent months as the standoff with Iran has worsened.

In a thinly veiled threat, one of the Iran-backed militia, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, called on Iraqi security forces to stay at least 1,000 meters (0.6 miles) away from U.S. bases starting Sunday night. However, US troops are invariably based in Iraqi military posts alongside local forces.

“The leaders of the security forces should protect their fighters and not allow them to become human

shields to the occupying Crusaders,” the warning statement said.

An Iraqi security official said there were no injuries reported from the series of rockets launched Sunday evening. A Katyusha rocket that fell inside a square less than one kilometer from the U.S. embassy, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

Another rocket in Baghdad landed about 500 meters from As-Salam palace where the Iraqi President Barham Salih normally stays in Jadriya, a neighborhood adjacent to the Green Zone, the official said.

Another security official said three rockets fell outside an air base north of Baghdad were American contractors are normally present. The rockets landed outside the base in a farm area and there were no reports of damages, according to the official.

Also on Saturday, a spokesman for the Iraqi armed forces said the movement of coalition forces, including U.S. troops, in the air and on the ground will be restricted, conditioned on receiving approval from Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, the commander in chief of the armed forces.

It was not immediately clear what the new restrictions would mean, given that coalition troops were already subject to limitations and had to be coordinated with the Joint Operation Command of top Iraqi

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Mourners march during the funeral of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani, 62, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces and fellow militant leaders, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday.

military commanders.

NATO temporarily suspended all training activities in Iraq due to safety concerns, Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said Saturday.

Iraq’s government, which is closely allied with Iran, condemned the airstrike that killed Soleimani, calling it an attack on its national sovereignty. Parliament is meeting for an emergency session Sunday, and the government has come under mounting pressure to expel the 5,200 American troops based in the country, who are there to help prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group.

In Baghdad, thousands of

mourners, mostly men in black military fatigues, carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Soleimani at Saturday’s ceremony. They were also grieving for Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander who was killed in the same strike.

The mourners, many of them in tears, chanted “No, No, America,” and “Death to America, death to Israel.” Mohammed Fadl, a mourner dressed in black, said the funeral is an expression of loyalty to the slain leaders. “It is a painful strike, but it will not shake us,” he said.

‘Not safe to move’: Fire threats intensify Down Under

By Shonal Gangulhy and Steve McMorran Associated Press

SYDNEY — A father and son who were battling flames for two days are the latest victims of the worst wildfire season in Australian history, and the path of destruction widened in at least three states Saturday due to strong winds and high temperatures.

The death toll in the wildfire

crisis is now up to 23 people, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said after calling up about 3,000 reservists to battle the escalating fires, which are expected to be particularly fierce throughout the weekend.

“We are facing another extremely difficult next 24 hours,” Morrison said at a televised news conference.

“In recent times, particularly over the course of the balance of this week, we have seen this disaster

escalate to an entirely new level.”

Dick Lang, a 78-year-old acclaimed bush pilot and outback safari operator, and his 43-yearold son, Clayton, were identified

by Australian authorities after their bodies were found Saturday on a highway on Kangaroo Island. Their family said their losses left them “heartbroken and reeling from this double tragedy.”

Lang, known as “Desert Dick,”

led tours for travelers throughout Australia and other countries. “He loved the bush, he loved adventure and he loved Kangaroo Island,” his family said.

Clayton Lang, one of Dick’s four sons, was a renowned plastic surgeon who specialized in hand surgery.

The fire danger increased as temperatures rose Saturday to record levels across Australia,

surpassing 109 Fahrenheit in Canberra, the capital, and reaching a record-high 120 F in Penrith, in Sydney’s western suburbs.

Video and images shared on social media showed blood red skies taking over Mallacoota, a coastal town in Victoria where as many as 4,000 residents and tourists were forced to shelter on beaches as the navy tried to evacuate as many people as possible.

60 dead in landslides, flash floods in Indonesia’s capital

By Niniek Karmini Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital, as rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said Saturday.

Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged a dozen districts in the greater Jakarta area and caused landslides that buried at least a dozen people.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Agus Wibowo said most of the fatalities included those who had drowned or been electrocuted since rivers broke their banks early Wednesday after extreme torrential rains hit on New Year’s Eve. Three elderly people died of hypothermia.

It’s the worst flooding in the area since 2007, when 80 people were killed over 10 days.

Rescuers recovered more bodies as flash floods and mudslides destroyed several villages in Lebak, a district in neighboring Banten

province, Wibowo said. Rescuers were still searching for two villagers reportedly missing in the landslide, he said.

The number of fatalities was expected to increase, with rescuers and villagers also searching for at least three people believed to be buried in another landslide in Cigudeg village in Bogor district, said Ridwan, the village’s secretary, who goes by a single name.

Ridwan said bad weather, blackouts and mudslides were hampering rescue efforts. He said rescuers on Saturday managed to reach eight

hamlets that had been isolated for days by cut-off roads and mudslides and rescued more than 1,700 villagers in weak condition.

Four days after the region of 30 million people was struck by flash floods, waters have receded in many middle-class districts, but conditions remain grim in narrow riverside alleys where the city’s poor live.

Government data showed that some 92,200 people were still unable to return home and were crammed at damp emergency shelters, mostly in the hardest-hit area of Bekasi. The number was sharply

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Today in History Today is Sunday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2020. There are 361 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.

On this date: In 1589, Catherine de Medici (MEHD’-uh-chee) of France died at age 69.

In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated.)

In 1896, an Austrian newspaper, Wiener Presse, reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen (RENT’-gun) of a type of radiation that came to be known as X-rays.

In 1914, auto industrialist Henry Ford announced he was going to pay workers $5 for an 8-hour day, as opposed to $2.34 for a 9-hour day. (Employees still worked six days a week; the 5-day work week was instituted in 1926.)

In 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election.

In 1933, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, died in Northampton, Massachusetts, at age 60. Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Work was completed four years later.)

In 1943, educator and scientist George Washington Carver, who was born into slavery, died in Tuskegee, Alabama, at about age 80.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Elizabeth Dole to succeed Drew Lewis as secretary of transportation; Dole became the first woman to head a Cabinet department in Reagan’s administration, and the first to head the DOT. In 1994, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, former speaker of the House of Representatives, died in Boston at age 81.

In 1998, Sonny Bono, the 1960s pop star-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing at the Heavenly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California state line; he was 62.

In 2004, foreigners arriving at U.S. airports were photographed and had their fingerprints scanned in the start of a government effort to keep terrorists out of the country.

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama scolded 20 of his highest-level officials over the thwarted Christmas Day terror attack on an airliner bound for Detroit, taking them jointly to task for “a screw-up that could have been disastrous” and should have been avoided. The U.S. and British embassies in Yemen reopened their doors after a two-day closure prompted by security concerns.

Five years ago: The price of oil plunged again, falling below $50 a barrel for the first time since April 2009.

Jury selection began in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (Tsarnaev would be convicted of all 30 charges against him and sentenced to death.) Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel presided over Florida’s first legally recognized same-sex marriages hours before the ban on such unions formally expired.

One year ago: Talks between White House officials and congressional aides failed to bring a breakthrough to end a two-week government shutdown. Mourners gathered in California for the funeral of police officer Ronil Singh, an immigrant from Fiji who had been shot to death on the morning after Christmas after pulling over a suspected drunk driver. (A two-day manhunt led to the arrest of a man who authorities said was in the country illegally and was preparing to flee to Mexico.)

Today’s Birthdays: Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale is 92. Actor Robert Duvall is 89. Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, is 82. Singer-musician Athol Guy (The Seekers) is 80. Former talk show host Charlie Rose is 78. Actress-director Diane Keaton is 74. Actor Ted Lange (lanj) is 72. Rhythm-and-blues musician George “Funky” Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 71. Rock musician Chris Stein (Blondie) is 70. Former CIA Director George Tenet is 67. Actress Pamela Sue Martin is 67. Actor Clancy Brown is 61. Singer Iris Dement is 59. Actress Suzy Amis is 58. Actor Ricky Paull (correct) Goldin is 55. Actor Vinnie Jones is 55. Rock musician Kate Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson) is 54. Actor Joe Flanigan is 53. Talk show host/dancer-choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba is 52. Rock musician Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) is 52. Actress Heather Paige Kent is 51. Rock singer Marilyn Manson is 51. Actor Shea Whigham is 51. Actor Derek Cecil is 47. Actress-comedian Jessica Chaffin is 46. Actor Bradley Cooper is 45. Actress January Jones is 42. Actress Brooklyn Sudano is 39. Actor Franz Drameh is 27.

Thought for Today: “It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.” — Herbert Samuel, English political leader (1870-1963).

reduced from 173,000 as the muddy waters which submerged much of the city up to 6.5 feet high were receded.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said that more downpours were forecast for the capital in the coming days, and that the potential for extreme rainfall will continue until next month across the vast archipelago nation. The government on Friday started cloud seeding in an attempt to divert rain clouds from reaching greater Jakarta to prevent possible flooding, the agency said.

14 civilians killed in bus explosion OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — At least 14 civilians, mostly students, died Saturday after their bus hit an explosive device in northwestern Burkina Faso on the way back from a school break, according to a local official.

At least four others were also injured in the explosion on the Tougan axis in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, according to regional communications director Moumoula Arsene Kayaba. The ages of the students wasn’t immediately known.

Saturday’s attack comes after gendarmeries on Friday killed at least a dozen gunmen who had attacked their units in Inata in the Soum province, according to a statement by Burkina Faso’s armed forces. Arms, ammunition and other materials were seized in the retaliation

by Burkina Faso, it said.

Extremists have been increasing attacks and gaining ground in Burkina Faso’s north and east, displacing at least half a million people last year because of the insecurity.

Knife attack near Paris treated as terror-related PARIS — French prosecutors said a knife attack on Friday that left one man dead and two women injured in a park in the Paris area is being treated as terror-related.

In a statement Saturday, they said investigations over the past few hours revealed that the assailant, who was shot dead by police, had been radicalized and had prepared the attack in Villejuif, in the southern suburbs of Paris.

They said their investigations now justify a probe into “murder and attempted murder in relation to a terrorist undertaking.”

Earlier Saturday, Creteil prosecutor Laure Beccuau described the assailant as a 22-yearold man with a long and serious psychiatric history.

Speaking at a news conference, she said he had converted to Islam between May and July 2019 and that he shouted “Allahu akbar” — “God is great” in Arabic — several times during the attack.

She added that investigators are also looking into the assailant’s phone calls and computer equipment. No accomplice has been identified.

Philippe Bugeaud, deputy director of the judicial police, said a letter — details of which were not revealed — and several books about Islam were found in the assailant’s bag, including some about Salafism, widely considered to be a strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.

Two women injured in the attack have left the hospital.

Italy expels Moroccan imam, cites his support for IS ROME — Italy on Saturday expelled a Moroccan imam back to his home country because of what it said was his support for the Islamic State group. Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese cited reasons of state security in sending the 41-year-old imam, identified only as M.G., back to Casablanca.

In a statement, the interior ministry said the imam had expressed support for the late IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and shared jihadi propaganda on Facebook. The ministry said his Moroccan wife had also filed a formal complaint against him for abusing her because she refused to wear the covering niqab.

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Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent.

■■ On Dec. 28 at 12:03 a.m., Alaska State Troopers Dispatch received a report of a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) vehicle on Kalifornsky Beach Road. Troopers contacted the vehicle driving near Mile 15 of Kalifornsky Beach Road and conducted a traffic stop. Michael Atkins, 50, of Kenai, who was found to be driving while under the influence of alcohol and was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

On Dec. 27 at 10:36 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to Mile 115 of the Sterling Highway in Kasilof for a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report. Investigation revealed that David Shell, 47, of Kasilof, had been driving while impaired by alcohol and that his license was revoked, with 15 prior convictions, making this a misdemeanor. Shell was arrested for driving under the influence and driving while license revoked and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $1,000 bail.

■■ On Dec. 28 at 1:03 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers was conducting regular patrol on Sandhill Crane Road when Lori Larue, 54, of Kasilof, was contacted. Investigation revealed that Larue had an outstanding warrant for her arrest from 2014.

She was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail.

■■ On Dec. 24 at 1:46 a.m., Alaska StateTroopers received a report of a female causing a disturbance at an address on Portlock Drive in Homer. Investigation led to the arrest of Robin Hicks, 40, of Homer, for trespassing. Further investigation showed that Hicks was on conditions of release for a separate criminal case. Hicks was taken to the Homer Jail, pending arraignment.

■■ On Dec. 29 at 6:37 p.m., the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team responded to a report of a domestic disturbance occurring in a vehicle on the side of the Kenai Spur Highway, near Mile 18. Investigation revealed that Derek R. Ludington, 50, of Nikiski, was involved in a physical altercation with a female. Ludington was charged with fourth-degree

assault (domestic violence) and fourth-degree criminal mischief (domestic violence) after causing more than $250 in damages to the vehicle they were in.

■■ On Dec. 30 at 4:14 a.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers stopped a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Gas Well Road near Helgeson Avenue, after recognizing the driver as Frank Marotta, 44, of Soldotna, who is known to not have a valid driver’s license.

Marotta was issued misdemeanor citations for driving while license suspended and no liability insurance. He was additionally issued a minor offense citation for operating a vehicle with expired registration.

■■ On Dec. 29 at about 1:10 p.m., Alaska State Troopers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation at Mile 133 of the Sterling Highway.

During the stop, Zoe Rivera, 18, of Eagle River, was found to be in possession of marijuana. Rivera was given a summons to appear in court and released.

■■ On Dec. 30 at about 8:40 p.m., the Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received a 911 call reporting that an individual was shooting a firearm in a residential area in Seward. Seward-based Alaska State Troopers and Seward Police Department responded to the residence and contacted Todd Curtis, 51, of Seward. Investigation revealed that Curtis was shooting in the direction of residences while he was under the influence of alcohol. Curtis was arrested and taken to the Seward Jail on one count of seconddegree weapons misconduct and two counts of fourth-degree weapons misconduct. Stoney Creek residents are encouraged to report any gunfire related damage to their homes to Alaska State Troopers at 262-4453. Reference case AK19093261.

■■ On May 27 at 8:46 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report that human remains had been located in an area off the Seward Highway, near the Hope Cut-off.

The remains were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office to determine the identity and autopsy. In early December, the deceased was identified through dental record comparisons as Shirley Skeek, 28, of Anchorage. Skeek had been reported missing to the Anchorage Police Department Jan. 2, 2019. Troopers received an autopsy report

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: ■■ Kevin Ray Andersen, 53, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Dec. 20. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $2,500 with $2,000 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended,, had his license revoked for 90 days, and was placed on probation for 24 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Robert Dean Antila, 51, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed Apr. 10. He was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Robert Dean Antila, 52, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed May 1. He was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Ashley Marie Eisenman, 35, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed July 26, 2018. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Canaan C. Fischer-Nelson, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 17. He was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Jordan S. Goracke, 29, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to one count of fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and one count of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Sept. 8. On the count of fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for one year. On the count of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, he was fined $300 and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Catherine Michelle Haakenson, 40, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 10. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $150 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $330 cost of imprisonment, unless time served on electronic monitoring, ordered to complete

Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year.

■■ Jonathan Junior Herrmann, 18, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (creating a hazardous condition), committed Nov. 3. He was sentenced to time already served and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Jerald A. Holweger, 51, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Jan. 30, 2019. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 100 days suspended (time served on electronic monitoring), fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for two years, and placed on probation for two years.

■■ Michael J. Kiely, 38, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of seconddegree harassment, committed Oct. 6. He was sentenced to 100 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with victim, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Denali Marie Laframboise, 18, of Wasilla, pleaded guilty to fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 10. She was fined $250 and a $100 court surcharge, forfeited items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

■■ Gary Leroy Lashbrook, 59, of Chugiak, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of violating condition of release for a misdemeanor, committed July 15, 2018. On count one, he was sentenced to 270 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 210 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, had his license revoked for three years, ordered ignition interlock for 18 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for three years, and was placed on probation for three years. On count two, he was placed on probation for 12 months, concurrent with time in count one.

■■ Dakota Lynn McAdoo, 27, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted third-degree misconduct involving weapons and one count of driving while license cancelled, revoked or

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police reports for the State Medical Examiner’s office in late December, indicating that Skeek’s death was the result of a homicide. Skeek’s next of kin has been notified. Investigation into the circumstances of Skeek’s death are under investigation by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation. Anyone with information regarding Skeek, her disappearance, or her death is asked to contact the Alaska State Troopers at 907-269-5611. Information can also be reported to Crimestoppers at (907) 561-7867 or online via http://www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

■■ On Dec. 30 at 7:54 a.m., Alaska State responded to a residence the Kasilof area. Investigation revealed that someone had broken into and burglarized the residence. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Alaska State Troopers at (907) 262-4453.

■■ On Dec. 30, Alaska State Troopers received a report of rolling disturbance headed from Homer to Soldotna. The vehicle was stopped in the Soldotna area and the driver identified as Kenneth Mack, 40, from King Cove. Investigation revealed that on Dec. 27, in the Homer area, Kenneth Mack assaulted another individual by strangulation and punching the individual multiple times. Mack broke a cell phone and interfered with the domestic violence report. Mack was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

■■ On Dec. 30 at about 10:40 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence off Tustumena Lake Road in Kasilof. While at the residence, Brittney Mackey, 30, of Soldotna, was contacted. Investigation revealed that Mackey was wanted for an outstanding warrant for violating conditions of release. Mackey was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $5,000 bail.

■■ On Dec. 22 at 6:17 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Fred Meyer store for a shoplifter.

Amber L. Erickson, 33, of Nikiski, had removed $824.97 worth of store merchandise without payment. She was arrested for second-degree theft and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

■■ On Dec. 23 at about 3:00 p.m., Soldotna police responded to

Fred Meyer store for a shoplifter.

Louis J. Redmon, 18, of Sterling, was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial for third-degree theft after he removed $686 worth of merchandise from the store without payment.

■■ On Jan. 1 at 1:42 a.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers responded to a domestic disturbance in the Sterling area. Investigation resulted in the arrest of Wasilie Bobby, 36, of Sterling. Bobby was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail, pending arraignment, on four counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of fourth-degree criminal mischief, and one count of interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime.

■■ On Jan. 1 at 2:47 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a disturbance in Kasilof. Investigation revealed that Leona Silook, 41, of Kasilof, had assaulted a individual at the residence. She was arrested for third-degree assault, fifth-degree criminal mischief, and violating conditions of release and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. Alcohol was factor.

■■ On Jan. 1 at 8:24 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a reported assault in the Kenai area. During the investigation, troopers contacted Ryan Simpson, 22, of Kenai, who had fled into the woods near the residence. Investigation revealed that Simpson was intoxicated, which was a violation of his release conditions from a prior case.

Simpson was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail.

■■ On Jan. 1 at about 2:30 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a domestic disturbance at a Soldotna residence. Investigation revealed that Curtis Waterbury, 44, of Soldotna, had assaulted a family member. Waterbury was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail.

■■ On Dec. 29 at 10:44 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a motor vehicle collision on the Sterling Highway near Self Street in Sterling. Troopers responded to the scene and contacted the occupants of the vehicles. Investigation revealed that Phillip Warren, 57, of Sterling, attempted to pass another vehicle and, while doing so, hit an oncoming vehicle, driven by

court reports suspended, committed Dec. 3, 2018. On count one, McAdoo was sentenced to 360 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $100 cost of appointed counsel, and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, McAdoo’s license was revoked for 90 days, and McAdoo was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Michael Del Ohms, 42, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one count of cruelty to animals (intimidate/threaten) and one count of violating a stalking or sex assault protective order, committed Aug. 28, 2018. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail and fined $2,500 on the count of cruelty to animals and to 360 days with 180 days suspended and fined $1,000 with $1,000 on the count of violating a stalking or sex assault protective order, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims or a Nikiski address, ordered to comply with treatment conditions in a separate felony judgment, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to provide a DNA sample if requested by an officer on the state’s behalf, forfeited items seized, ordered not to own, possess or have custody of animals for 10 years, and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Lydia Dee Reynolds, 33, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted second-degree theft, committed Dec. 31, 2018. She was sentenced to 12 months in jail with five months suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Home Depot or a specifically named person or a Kenai address, and was placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Lydia Reynolds, 33, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 17.

She was fined $500, a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Lydia D. Reynolds, 33, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 27. She was fined $500, a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Keith Jarrett Rice, 19, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to sixthdegree misconduct involving a

controlled substance, committed Oct. 21. Imposition of sentence was suspended for one year, and he was fined $150 and $100 court surcharge.

■■ Alicia Marie Ridge, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to thirddegree theft, committed Nov. 22, 2018. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Nikiski Tesoro, ordered to pay $500 restitution to Nikiski Tesoro, and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Alicia Marie Ridge, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to thirddegree theft, committed Jan. 8, 2019. She was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with a specific Nikiski address, and placed on probation for one year.

All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Alicia Marie Ridge, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree theft and one count of violating condition of release, committed Feb. 15.

On the count of fourth-degree theft, she was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. On the count of violating condition of release, she was sentenced to five days in jail. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Alicia Ridge, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed Mar. 11. She was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Christina Sawyer, 50, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 10. She was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Christina Ann Sawyer, 50, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release for a felony, committed Aug. 2. She was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Christina Sawyer, 50, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release for a felony, committed Sept. 24. She was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Elias Skiba, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed Mar. 25. He was fined $50, a $100 court surcharge, and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Elias Skiba, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree theft and one count of violating condition of release, committed Mar. 31. On

James Barkei, 46, of Anchorage.

Warren was issued a citation for failure to exercise due care to avoid a collision. The drivers did not report any injuries, and both vehicles were towed from the scene.

■■ On Jan. 1 at 10:03 p.m., the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team responded to a report of a vehicle that had driven into the ditch near Mile 91 of the Sterling Highway. Upon arrival, a male later identified as John A. H. McCord, 22, was seated in the driver’s seat and was peelingout, attempting to get the vehicle unstuck from the snow. Investigation revealed that McCord was driving under the influence.

A records check revealed that McCord has a revoked operator’s license for the original charge of driving under the influence and is on conditions of release out of Kodiak, which state that he is not to consume alcohol and is to obey all laws. McCord was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to the Soldotna troopers post for Datamaster processing, then taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail on charges of driving under the influence, driving while license revoked, and violating conditions of release.

■■ On Jan. 1 at 10:28 a.m., Kenai police responded to a residence on Davidson Drive for reports of a disturbance. After investigation, David W. Victoroff, 19, of Kenai, and Randee J. Johnson, 19, of Kenai, were arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

■■ On Dec. 31 at 9:17 a.m., Kenai police responded to a local business for a female who had warrants. Amanda M. Kivi, 31, of Nikiski, was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial for an Alaska State Troopers $1,000 felony failure to appear for arraignment warrant on original charges of first-degree hindering prosecution, fifth-degree misconduct involving a weapon, and an Alaska State Troopers warrant for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of petition to revoke probation.

■■ On Dec. 31 at 3:01 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway near Spruce Street. Richard L. Stauss, 30, of Kenai, was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial for a $100 Alaska State Troopers warrant for failure to appear for

pretrial conference warrant on the original charge of fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance.

■■ On Dec. 30 at 6:55 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop on Bridge Access Road near Tern Avenue. Richard Carattini, Jr., 25, of Kenai, was issued a summons for driving while license cancelled.

■■ On Jan. 2 at 2:16 a.m., Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Browns Lake Road in Soldotna. Investigation revealed that Dominic Allen, 41, of Funny River, had a suspended license and that he had 19 prior convictions for driving while license suspended, revoked or cancelled, making this a misdemeanor. He also had no insurance for the vehicle and was in violation of his conditions of release. Allen was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail.

■■ On Jan. 2 at 5:23 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) complaint involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee at Short Stop on Kalifornsky Beach in Soldotna. Troopers contacted the vehicle at Short Stop, and investigation revealed that Jodi Bellows, 47, of Nikiski, had operated the vehicle while impaired by a controlled substance.

Further investigation found three grams of methamphetamine and nearly one gram of heroin.

Bellows was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, third-degree misconduct involving controlled substances, and two counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving controlled substances. A passenger, Anthony Landford, 30, of Nikiski, was also arrested and charged with two counts of fifth-degree misconduct involving controlled substances. Both were taken to Wildwood Pretrial. Bellows was remanded without bail. Landford was later released on his own recognizance.

■■ On Jan. 2 at 10:37 p.m., Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Dividend Road in Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Laura Little, 26, of Nikiski, had a suspended license and that she had two prior convictions for driving while license suspended, revoked or cancelled, making this a misdemeanor. Little was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial, where she was released on her own recognizance.

count one, he was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. On count two, he was sentenced to five days in jail.

■■ Elias Skiba, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree theft, committed Apr. 11. He was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Jacob F. Moody, 27, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Sept. 29. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

■■ Daniel Joseph Dobson, 35, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to thirddegree theft, committed Aug. 28.

He was sentenced to 365 days in jail with 335 days suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with four specifically named people, and was paced on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Jeannie Dawn Young, 39, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Dec. 8, 2018. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days of monitoring

ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for 12 months.

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court: ■■ Jonathan Aaron Alexander, 24, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one felony count of second-degree theft (access device or ID document) and one misdemeanor count of fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed July 29. He was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 23 months suspended on the felony count and to 30 days in jail on the misdemeanor count, fined a $200 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $200 cost of appointed counsel, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana or synthetic drugs, ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, ordered to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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Kodiak 26/21

89 at Hollywood, Fla. -19 at Waverly, Colo.

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Sitka 35/29

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24 hours ending 4 p.m. yest. . 0.00" Month to date .......................... Trace Normal month to date ............ 0.14" Year to date ............................. Trace Normal year to date ................ 0.14" Record today ................ 0.48" (1994) Record for Jan. ............ 3.03" (1980) Record for year ........... 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours ending 4 p.m. yest. ... 0.0" Month to date .......................... Trace Season to date ........................ 24.2"

Seward Homer 13/6 17/12

Anchorage -1/-8

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Talkeetna -7/-13

Bethel -14/-25

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Kenai/ Soldotna 1/-8

Cold Bay 29/24

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Grizzlies blow past Clippers

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jae Crowder scored 27 points and the Memphis Grizzlies took advantage of Los Angeles star Paul George’s absence to rout the Clippers 140-114 on Saturday.

Jaren Jackson Jr. added 24 points, and Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks had 22 points each to help Memphis improve to 7-10 on the road with its highest scoring game of the season.

Montrezl Harrell led the Clippers with 28 points, and Kawhi Leonard and Lou Williams added 24 points each. The team appeared out of sorts from the start without George. He sat out with left hamstring tightness and Los Angeles clearly missed his defense.

The usually stoic Leonard complained to the referees, who hit him with a technical after the halftime buzzer. Coach Doc Rivers stayed on court discussing it and was unhappy about other calls in the game.

BUCKS 127, SPURS 118 Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant (12) dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 19 of his 32 points in the third quarter to help NBA-leading Milwaukee beat San Antonio.

The Bucks improved to 32-5 with their fifth straight victory since a Christmas Day loss in Philadelphia. Eric Bledsoe added 21 points.

Khris Middleton scored 20 points for the Bucks and backup center Robin Lopez had 14 points in 19 minutes.

RAPTORS 121, NETS 102 NEW YORK — Fred VanVleet had 29 points and 11 assists, Kyle Lowry scored 26 points and Toronto bounced back from its worst offensive performance of the season to beat slumping Brooklyn.

Serge Ibaka finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Raptors. They were held to season lows for points and shooting in their 84-76 loss in Miami, when they hit just 31.5% overall and went 6 for 42 from 3-point range (14.3%.). Toronto made 13 3s and beat Brooklyn for the 17th time in 18 meetings.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points for the Nets. They have lost five straight games.

CELTICS 111, BULLS 104 CHICAGO — Jayson Tatum scored 28

points, Gordon Hayward added 24 and Boston beat Chicago.

The Celtics hung on for their eighth win in nine games after a 16-point lead dwindled to three in the fourth quarter.

Tatum hit a 3-pointer with just over a minute left to bump the lead to seven, and the Atlantic Division leaders came out on top after rallying from 18 down to beat Atlanta on Friday night.

HORNETS 123, MAVERICKS 120, OT DALLAS — Terry Rozier scored 29 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime after his tying basket in regulation, and Charlotte outlasted Dallas.

Luka Doncic set a Dallas season record with his NBA-leading 10th tripledouble, finishing with 39 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

Devonte Graham had 27 points and 13 assists to help the Hornets win their second straight after a season-worst sixgame losing streak.

WIZARDS 129, NUGGETS 114 See nba, Page B3

Watson, Texans oust Buffalo

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson’s teammates talked all week about how they never feel as if they’re out of any game when No. 4 is on the field.

On Saturday Watson showed why the Houston Texans have so much trust in him, when the quarterback’s dazzling performance late after a tough start led them to a playoff victory.

Watson spun out of a would-be sack and coolly completed a pass that set up the winning field goal in overtime as the Texans rallied from a double-digit secondhalf deficit for a 22-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the playoffs.

DeAndre Hopkins was asked to describe Watson’s play on Saturday to somebody who might have missed the game.

“I hope everyone watched this today, but he’s amazing,” Hopkins said. “You can’t put too many words on it.”

Both teams punted on their first possessions of overtime — the first extra period in an AFC wild-card game since January 2012. On Houston’s next drive, Watson evaded a sack by wriggling away from one defender and bouncing off another before rolling out to find Taiwan Jones for a 34-yard reception to set up first-and-goal.

Watson flexed both arms as the crowd at NRG Stadium went wild — knowing their

team was in position to pull off another comeback win to Houston’s playoff history.

“I told myself to stay up. I mean, it’s do-or-die now. I just had to make the play,” Watson said.

Ka’imi Fairbairn then kicked a 28-yard field goal to lift Houston to the victory.

The Texans (11-6) advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs next weekend where they’ll face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

The Texans got a boost from the return of J.J. Watt, who had a sack that helped spark his team. Houston scored 19 straight points to take the lead before Stephen Hauschka’s 47-yard field goal tied it with 5 seconds left to force overtime.

“We never quit, regardless,” Watson said. “Whatever it takes to get the win. I mean, we’re going to keep fighting.”

Watt was wowed by the play of Watson.

“The play he made at the end of the game — nobody makes that play,” he said.

“The guy’s unbelievable.

I’m very thankful and lucky to have him as my quarterback. That’s why you play the whole game.”

It was Watt’s first game after sitting out since October with a torn pectoral muscle.

“This is why you come back,” Watt said. “I don’t know if I meant to come back for these many plays or this much extra time, but these See oust, Page B4

Tennessee Titans cornerback Logan Ryan celebrates his interception for a touchdown against the New England Patriots in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game Saturday in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Titans send Patriots packing

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — When the eerie Foxborough fog lifted, it became clear that New England’s reign atop the NFL was ending.

Derrick Henry ensured that with the kind of dominating playoff performance usually reserved for Tom Brady and the Patriots.

Henry rushed for 182 yards and a touchdown while Tennessee’s defense stymied Brady and perhaps ended his championship-filled New England career with a 20-13 wild-card victory Saturday night.

Brady vows to be back on an NFL field next season, but his contract with the

Brown Bears swept by Bulls Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept by the host Amarillo (Texas) Bulls on Friday and Saturday in North American Hockey League play.

The Bears lost 5-1 on Friday and 8-1 on Saturday to fall out of first place in the Midwest Division.

The Fairbanks Ice Dogs (24-9-1-2) now lead the division with 51 points, while the Brown Bears (22-10-13) have 48 points. The Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel are in third with 34 points.

The Bulls improved to 25-6-1-2 and have the second best record in the league.

Kenai River now stays on

the road to face the New Mexico Ice Wolves at 5:30 p.m. AKST on Friday and 5 p.m. AKST on Saturday.

Saturday, the Bears got off to a slow start and never recovered. Matt Allen, Gleb Murtazin and Jordan Venegoni all scored in the first period for a 3-0 lead.

Just 2 minutes, 57 seconds, into the second period, Peter Morgan got the Bears going with a goal on assists from Wasilla’s Porter Schachle and Cody Moline. Venegoni would score short-handed before the second was done for a 4-1 lead.

The Bears struggled on special teams in the game, giving up three power-play goals while going 0 for 2 on the power play.

The Bulls quickly closed the door in the third period, with Ty Black, Murtazin, Allen and Nick Trela scoring in the first 6:21.

Charlie Glockner had 28 saves for Amarillo. Landon Pavlisin stopped five for the Bears before being pulled after the first three goals.

Danny Fraga stopped 29 and yielded five goals.

Friday, the Bulls took a 2-0 lead after the first period on goals by Venegoni and Black.

In the second period, Kenai River cut the lead in half when Anchorage’s Skylar Gutierrez scored unassisted. Amarillo would score two goals, by Ryan Tucker and Gleb Murtazin, within See Bears, Page B3

Patriots is done.

“I love the Patriots,’’ the 42-year Brady said, adding about leaving the game after 20 seasons: “I would say it’s pretty unlikely, hopefully unlikely. I love playing football. I don’t know what it looks like moving forward.”

Doing the most moving forward Saturday night was Henry, who had a total of 184 yards rushing in two playoff games two years ago. He nearly got that against the league’s top-ranked defense in boosting the Titans (10-7) into the divisional round at No. 1 seed Baltimore.

“It’s a great win against a great team in a hostile environment,” Henry said on his 26th birthday. “Credit to my team.

I’m just happy we were able to advance.

“We were just locked in. That was our

mindset, just coming in here doing what we needed to do in all three phases, stay locked in no matter what happens in the game, and I feel like we did that.”

For sure.

As that dense fog that shrouded Gillette Stadium for the first half dissipated, the Patriots, who made the last three Super Bowls and won two, stalled repeatedly with the ball. They no longer were the bullies on the block — Henry was.

As for this defeat, the Patriots’ fourth as a wild card, Brady noted: “They kind of stopped us in the first half and the second half and we couldn’t get the job done.’’

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Kenai boys fall to Eielson in OT

By Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Eielson boys basketball team got 43 points from Christian Bolton in defeating Kenai Central 69-63 in overtime in the third-fifth place game of the Anchorage Christian Schools/Pepsi Invitational on Sunday.

Kenai led 12-7 after a quarter, but the game was knotted at 27 at the half. The Kards carried a 41-33 lead into the final quarter, but the Ravens were able to post a 23-15 advantage in the final eight minutes to extend the game.

Overtime saw Eielson roll up 13 points to Kenai’s seven.

Bolton put on a shooter’s clinic in the game, going 5 for 6 from beyond the 3-point line and 14 of 16 from the foul line.

Brandon Polesky added 11 points for the Ravens, hitting 3 of 6 from deep.

Evan Stockton had 22 points to pace the Kardinals, while Maison Dunham had 13 and Braedon Pitsch added 11.

The final order for the boys was Barrow in first, ACS in second, Eielson in third, Tikigaq in fourth, Kenai in fifth, Homer in sixth, Bethel in seventh and Kotzebue in eighth.

The MVPs of the tournament were Mikalla Pickard of ACS and Brenden Matthews of Barrow.

On the girls all-tournament team were Katelyn Kaleak of Astoria, Halle Helmerson of Astoria, Laveah Makiski of Kotzebue, Lewanne Brower of Barrow, Sunny Pedabone of ACS, Jenillee Donovan of Barrow, Tobias Paige of Eielson, Sayvia Sellers of ACS, Brooklyn Hankwitz of Astoria and Destiny Reimers of ACS. On the boys all-tournament team were Isiah Mongoyak of Barrow, Michael Hensley of Kotzebue, Evan Stockton of Kenai; Anthony Fruean of Barrow, Matt Sanders of ACS, Jalen Cannon of Tikigaq, Jamin Crow of Bethel, Henry Kowunna of Tikigaq, Christian Bolton of Eielson and Daekown Houston of ACS. See HOOPS, Page B3

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Gonzaga notches 32nd straight home win

By The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Killie Tillie scored 20 points and blocked a potential tying shot in the closing seconds to help top-ranked Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 75-70 on Saturday night for its 32nd consecutive home win.

Filip Petrusev scored 16 points and Joel Ayayi had 12 for Gonzaga (16-1, 2-0 West Coast). The Bulldogs have the longest home winning streak in the country. They have won eight consecutive overall since losing to Michigan.

Colbey Ross scored 24 points for Pepperdine (7-9, 0-2). The Waves have has lost 38 straight games to Gonzaga since their last win in 2002.

NO. 2 DUKE 95, MIAMI 62 CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Vernon Carey Jr. scored 24 points in 25 minutes playing against his hometown team for the first time, and Duke shot a season-high 60% to beat Miami.

It was Miami’s most lopsided home loss in Jim Larranaga’s nine seasons as coach.

Carey shot 11 for 14, and every basket drew cheers from a substantial portion of the less-than-capacity crowd. The Blue Devils freshman starred in high school in nearby Broward County, and his father played football for the Hurricanes.

Duke (13-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its seventh game in a row. Miami (9-4, 1-2) had a five-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time since November.

NO. 3 KANSAS 60, NO. 16 WEST VIRGINIA 53 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Udoka Azubuike had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Kansas, and Devon Dotson and Marcus Garrett made crucial plays down the stretch.

Dotson added 16 points and Garrett finished with 12 points and six assists for the Jayhawks (11-2, 1-0), who won their 28th straight conference opener by overcoming a sluggish first half. Kansas trailed by as many as 10 before leaning on defense and dunks to beat the Mountaineers (11-2, 0-1) for the

seventh time in their last eight meetings.

NO. 4 OREGON 69, UTAH 64 SALT LAKE CITY — Payton Pritchard scored 19 points for Oregon, and Will Richardson and Chris Duarte each had 14.

Pritchard drew most of the defensive attention as usual so the Ducks ended up moving the ball to Shakur Juiston and Chandler Lawson. They each had a pair of layups to erase Utah’s late lead and clinch the game for Oregon (12-3, 1-1 Pac-12).

Both Gach scored a career-high 24 points for the Utes (10-4, 1-1).

Timmy Allen had 19 points and 11 rebounds.

NO. 6 BAYLOR 59, TEXAS 44 WACO, Texas — MaCio Teague matched his season high with 21 points, and Baylor earned its 10th straight win.

After building a 36-23 halftime lead, the Bears (11-1, 1-0 Big 12) missed 18 of their first 20 shots in the second half before Matthew Mayer’s short jumper that made it 47-37 with 7 1/2 minutes left.

The Bears shot 22.6% (7 of 31) after halftime, and 31.3% (20 of 64) overall.

for the Tigers (13-0, 1-0), and Isaac Okoro finished with 14. McCormick went 9 for 17 from the field and 8 for 11 at the line.

Reggie Perry had 21 points and 12 rebounds for Mississippi State (9-4, 0-1) in his 16th career doubledouble. Nick Weatherspoon scored 18 points, and Robert Woodard finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

GEORGIA 65, NO. 9 MEMPHIS 62 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rayshaun Hammonds scored 15 points, Anthony Edwards had 13 and Georgia stopped Memphis’ 10-game winning streak.

Hammonds was 7 for 18 from the field, and Edwards went 4 for 17.

But Donnell Gresham Jr. scored 12 points for the Bulldogs (10-3), and Sahvir Wheeler added 10 points and seven assists.

Mountain West) has the longest winning streak in the country.

Auburn is the only other undefeated Division I team.

NO. 15 MARYLAND 75, INDIANA 59 COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Jalen Smith scored 19 points to help Maryland return to form.

Aaron Wiggins and Anthony Cowan Jr. had 13 apiece for the Terrapins (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten), who climbed to No. 3 in mid-December before losing successive games to Penn State and Seton Hall. An unimpressive win over Bryant followed on Dec. 29, but Maryland opened the New Year in dominant fashion against the Hoosiers (11-3, 1-2).

NO. 17 KENTUCKY 71, MISSOURI 59

MILWAUKEE — Markus Howard scored 29 points, Koby McEwen had 22 and Marquette snapped Villanova’s six-game win streak.

Howard was 7 for 20 from the field and 12 for 12 at the line. He also had eight rebounds for the Golden Eagles (10-3, 1-1 Big East).

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Immanuel Quickley scored a career-high 23 points, Nick Richards had 21 and Kentucky beat Missouri in the Southeastern Conference opener for both schools.

Richards went 9 for 13 from the field and grabbed 12 rebounds for his second consecutive doubledouble. The junior forward also blocked four shots before fouling out with 3:52 left.

NO. 18 FLORIDA STATE 78, NO. 7 LOUISVILLE 65

NO. 11 BUTLER 71, CREIGHTON 57

NO. 19 VIRGINIA 65, VIRGINIA TECH 39

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — M.J. Walker scored 23 points to help Florida State to the road win.

The Seminoles (13-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) also got a strong performance from Trent Forrest, who had 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting. Devin Vassell scored 14, and Malik Osborne finished with seven points and nine rebounds.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kamar Baldwin scored each of his 20 points in the second half, and Butler earned its fifth straight win.

Sean McDermott had 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (14-1, 2-0 Big East).

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Kihei Clark scored a career-best 18 points, Braxton Key also had 18 and Virginia dominated with its defense.

The Cavaliers (11-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 30-17 by halftime and built their lead to as many as 23 in the second half. Key scored 11 in the first half and Clark had 10 after halftime.

NO. 8 AUBURN 80, MISSISSIPPI STATE 68

LOGAN, Utah — Malachi Flynn scored 22 points, Matt Mitchell added 19 and San Diego State beat Utah State to improve to 15-0.

The Aztecs snapped the Aggies’ 15-game home winning streak and beat them for the 12th time in the last 14 games.

San Diego State (15-0, 4-0

STARKVILLE, Miss. — J’Von McCormick scored a career-high 28 points to help Auburn beat Mississippi State in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Samir Doughty had 15 points

MARQUETTE 71, NO. 10 VILLANOVA 60

NO. 13 SAN DIEGO ST. 77, UTAH STATE 68

NO. 21 PENN STATE 89, NO. 23 IOWA 86 PHILADELPHIA — Izaiah Brockington scored 23 points to lead Penn State to its fifth straight win.

Lamar Stevens and Myreon Jones each scored 16 points for the Nittany Lions (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten).

Luka Garza scored 34 points for the Hawkeyes (10-4, 1-2), but he missed three crucial free throws down the stretch that helped the Nittany Lions win in front of a raucous home crowd on Philly’s most famous court.

NO. 22 TEXAS TECH 85, OKLAHOMA STATE 50 LUBBOCK, Texas — Freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points, helping Texas Tech pull away for the win in its Big 12 opener.

The Red Raiders (10-3, 1-0) went ahead to stay with 11 points in a row late in the first half. After Lindy Waters III made a jumper for Oklahoma State right after halftime, Texas Tech scored 15 in a row.

TJ Holyfield added 17 points for the Red Raiders. Davide Moriette and Terrence Shannon each had 13.

Waters had 13 points for the Cowboys (9-4, 0-1), who shot 29 percent (15 of 52) from the field.

NO. 24 WICHITA STATE 74, MISSISSIPPI 54 WICHITA, Kan. — Erik Stevenson scored a career-high 29 points to help Wichita State to the victory.

Stevenson had 19 points in the first half, leading the Shockers (13-1) to a 39-24 halftime lead.

Jamarius Burton scored 16 points for Wichita State, and Grant Sherfield finished with 10.

Khadim Sy and Devontae Shuler each scored 12 points for Ole Miss (9-4), which shot 30.8% (16 for 52) from the field.

NO. 25 ARIZONA 75, ARIZONA STATE 47 TUCSON, Ariz. — Zeke Nnaji had 17 points and 11 rebounds, helping Arizona open the Pac-12 season with an overpowering win over rival Arizona State. The Wildcats (11-3) had a size advantage inside and used it, outscoring Arizona State 50-18 in the paint.

Arizona State (9-5) generated almost no inside game against Arizona’s length and struggled to get anything to fall from anywhere.

Schauffele maintains lead KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Xander Schauffele made his first bogey in 60 holes at Kapalua dating to his victory last year. He didn’t feel as though he did anything special Saturday in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

As it turned out, he didn’t have to.

Schauffele overcame a pair of bogeys that cost him the lead with consecutive birdies on the back nine and, more importantly, no mistakes over the final hour. It was good enough for a 2-under 71 that allowed him to keep a oneshot lead over Justin Thomas going into the final round.

“I was 2 under, then back to even, then finished at 2 under.

Overall, nothing to be too upset about,” Schauffele said as he tries to become the first player in 10 years to win backto-back against this winnersonly field on Maui.

Thomas, going for his third victory in his last seven starts on the PGA Tour, felt differently.

Never mind that he endured another day of strong gusts and rain that showed up and left without warning. Or that he made five birdies on the front nine and shot 69.

Thomas missed a pair of 6-foot par putts because he guessed wrong while trying to guess how much the wind would affect slope and grain.

He normally thrives on the back nine of the Plantation Course, and on this day shot 38.

He was in the final group.

He just knows what could have been.

“I felt like I really let a good one get away from me,” Thomas said.

Even so, it set up a compelling finish for the first tournament of the year. Schauffele is No. 9 in the world with a passion for winning that doesn’t always come through in his sly smile and easy gait.

Thomas is No. 4 in the world who has never been too far from the lead the last six months.

Xander Schauffele hits from the fourth fairway during third round of the Tournament of Champions golf event Saturday at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)

“We just both hate losing, pretty plain and simple,” Schauffele said. “He talks openly about how he hates to lose. I don’t know anyone else more competitive than I am. He’s probably argue the same way. We both want it, and fortunately we’re pretty good friends and we’re familiar with each other and we know each other’s games. We both have enough firepower to make some moves here and there.”

But it’s not that simple.

“It’s going to be what the course is willing to give when it’s blowing 25 mph,” Schauffele said.

And it’s not just them.

Schauffele was at 11-under 208, the highest 54-hole score to lead at Kapalua since Vijay Singh was at 11 under in 2007.

Nine players were within four shots of the lead.

Schauffele came from five shots behind last year when he closed with a 62

to beat Gary Woodland by one. Woodland shot a 69 on Saturday and was three shots behind.

The group at 7-under 212 included Jon Rahm, Kevin Kisner and Patrick Reed, along with a quartet of firsttimers at Kaplaua — Joaquin Niemann, Matt Wolff, Collin Morikawa and J.T. Poston.

Thomas wasn’t alone in his sloppy finish.

Patrick Cantlay ran off three straight birdies to get into the mix, only to hit a tee shot outof-bounds on the 14th and hit another tee shot into the waist-high weeds on the 18th, leading to bogey. He shot 39 on the back for a 73 and fell five shots behind.

Niemann, who opened with a 66 on Thursday, failed to birdie the two par 5s and made bogeys on the two par 4s between them. He shot 39 on the back and had to settle for a 74, leaving him four shots behind.

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32 seconds of each other before the second period to take control at 4-1.

With 25 seconds left in the game, David Hill added the last goal for Amarillo.

Landon Pavlisin had 46 saves for the Bears, while Max Gutjahr stopped 19 for the Bulls.

Friday Bulls 5, Brown Bears 1 Kenai River 0 1 0 — 1 Amarillo 2 2 1 — 5 First period — 1. Amarillo, Venegoni (Puikkonen, Sertti), pp, 5:09; 2. Amarillo, Black (Hill, Sertti), 18:49. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Amarillo 1 for 2:00.

Second period — 3. Kenai River, Gutierrez (un.), 6:55; 4. Amarillo, Tucker (Burke, Tongue),

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Tikigaq boys 71, Homer 66 The Harpooners recovered from a quick start by the Mariners to claim the fourth-sixth place game Saturday.

Homer jumped out to a 22-15 lead after the first quarter, then led 39-33 at halftime. The Harpooners won the third quarter 19-12 and the fourth 19-15.

Jalen Cannon paced Tikigaq with 28 points, while Henry Kowunna added 10. For Homer, Clayton Beachy had 19, Jonathan Raymond had 14 and Eyoab Knapp had 13.

Kenai girls 39, Tikigaq 18 The Kardinals dominated the second half to win seventh place Saturday.

The game was tied at eight after the first quarter, and Kenai had a 20-15 lead at halftime. The Kards then won the third quarter 10-2 and fourth quarter 9-1.

Logan Satathite had 13 points to pace the Kards, while Damaris Severson added 12.

Angela Lane paced Tikigaq with 13 points.

The final placement order for the girls was ACS in first, Astoria in second, Barrow in third, Kotzebue in fourth, Eielson in fifth, Bethel in sixth, Kenai in seventh and Tikigaq in eighth.

8:25; 5. Amarillo, Murtazin (Mesic, Puikkonen), 8:57. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Amarillo 2 for 4:00.

Third period — 6. Amarillo, Hill (Stapleton, Carlin), 19:35. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Amarillo 3 for 9:00.

Shots on goal — Kenai River 8-4-8—20; Amarillo 18-16-17—51.

Goalies — Kenai River, Pavlisin (51 shots, 46 saves); Amarillo, Gutjahr (20 shots, 19 saves).

Power plays — Kenai River 0 for 6; Amarillo 1 for 4.

Saturday Bulls 8, Brown Bears 1 Kenai River 0 1 0 —1 Amarillo 3 1 4 —8 First period — 1. Amarillo, Allen (Puikkonen, Murtazin), 1:05; 2. Amarillo, Murtazin (Dineen, Trela), pp, 3:21; 3. Amarillo, Venegoni (Sertti), pp, 10:36. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00.

Second period — 3. Kenai River, Morgan (Schachle, Moline), 2:57; 4. Amarillo, Venegoni (Carlin), sh, 12:35. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Amarillo 2 for 4:00.

Third period — 5. Amarillo, Black (Dineen, Trela), 0:30; 6. Amarillo, Murtazin (Carlin, Trela), pp, 3:27; 7. Amarillo, Allen (Murtazin), 6:11; 8.

Amarillo, Trela (Black), 6:21. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 22:00.

Shots on goal — Kenai River 6-9-14—29; Amarillo 11-15-16—42.

Goalies — Kenai River, Pavlisin (8 shots, 5 saves), Fraga (34 shots, 29 saves); Amarillo, Glockner (29 shots, 28 saves).

Power plays — Kenai River 0 for 2; Amarillo 3 for 4.

while Logan Satathite had 16 points and Jaiden Streiff added 11 for the Kardinals.

Homer boys 59, Kotzebue 36 The Mariners took a 17-7 lead after the first quarter and never looked back in winning a consolation game Friday.

Homer put nine different players in the scoring column, led by Jonathan Raymond with 16 points and Josiah Raymond with 10 points. Michael Hensley led Kotzebue with 20 points.

Friday girls Huskies 45, Kardinals 39 Kotzebue 5 12 12 16 —45 Kenai 12 6 10 11 —39 KOTZEBUE (45) — Makisi 9, Sheldon 0, Short 2, Martin 10, Schaeffer 7, Swanson 6, Thomas 3, Gallahorn 8.

KENAI CENTRAL (39) — Pierce 0, Hamilton 5, Hanson 3, Streiff 11, Satathite 16, Severson 4, Lauritsen 0.

3-point goals — Kotzebue 3 (Martin, Thomas, Gallahorn); Kenai 5 (Satathite 4, Hanson). Team fouls — Kotzebue 12, Kenai 15.

Fouled out — none.

Friday boys Mariners 59, Huskies 36 Kotzebue 7 7 11 11 —36 Homer 17 18 16 8 —59 KOTZEBUE (36) — Hensley 20, Williamson 3, Ivanoff 5, Baldwin 0, Booth 4, Allen 0, Kramer 2, Stalker 2.

HOMER (59) — Munns 3, Beachy 1, Etzwiler 5, Carroll 0, Lowney 5, Jon. Raymond 16, Anderson 8, Kuhn 0, Knapp 8, Mann 3, Jos. Raymond 10.

3-point goals — Kotzebue 4 (Hensely 2, Williamson, Ivanoff); Homer 6 (Jon. Raymond 2, Munns, Etzwiler, Lowney, Mann). Team fouls — Kotzebue 7, Homer 8. Fouled out — none.

Whalers 64, Kardinals 52 Kenai 10 10 15 17 —52 Barrow 14 7 21 22 —64 KENAI (52) — Dunham 0, McKibben 0, Tunseth 17, Kvasnikoff 2, Bezdecny 6, Stockton 18, Pitsch 6, Hanson 3.

BARROW (64) — Dias 0, Nobleza 2, Matthews 22, Kim 7, Nelson 2, Texeira 11, Mongoyak 2, Weyiouanna 5, Goodwin 0, Fruean 11, Gerke 2.

3-point goals — Kenai 4 (Tunseth 3, Hanson); Barrow 9 (Matthews 4, Texeira 3, Kim, Weyiouaana). Team fouls — Kenai 10, Barrow 14. Fouled out — none.

Barrow boys 64, Kenai 52 The Whalers pulled away from the Kardinals after halftime in a Friday championship semifinal.

Barrow led 21-10 at the half, but then got going offensively, outscoring the Kards 21-15 in the third quarter and 22-17 in the fourth quarter.

Brandon Matthews had 22 for Barrow, while Blaine Kainoa Texeira and Anthony Fruean each had 11.

For Kenai, Evan Stockton had 18 and Lucas Tunseth pitched in 17.

Kotzebue girls 45, Kenai 39 In a consolation game Friday, the Huskies were able to overcome a slow start against the Kardinals.

Kenai led 12-5 after the first quarter, but the lead was trimmed to 18-17 by halftime. The Huskies then led 29-28 after three quarters and then won the fourth quarter.

Ally Martin paced the Huskies with 10 points,

Saturday girls Kardinals 39, Harpoonerettes 18 Tikigaq 8 7 2 1 —18 Kenai 8 12 10 9 —39 TIKIGAQ (18) — M. Lane 2, A. Lane 13, K. Lane 3.

KENAI CENTRAL (39) — Koziczkowski 0, Pierce 0, Hamilton 6, Keyes 0, Hanson 3, Streiff 5, Satathite 13, Severson 12, Nash 0, Lauritsen 0.

3-point goals — Tikigaq 1 (A. Lane); Kenai 2 (Streiff, Satathite). Team fouls — Tikigaq 12, Kenai 10. Fouled out — none.

Saturday boys Harpooners 71, Mariners 66

HOMER (66) — Munns 6, Beachy 19, Etzwiler 0, Lowney 1, Jon. Raymond 14, Anderson 5, Knapp 13, Mann 8, Jos. Raymond 0.

TIKIGAQ (71) — Stone 3, Cannon 28, Oenga 3, Kowunna 10, Tuzroyluk 0, Frankson 6, Hill 21.

3-point goals — Homer 8 (Beachy 3, Munns 2, Mann 2, Knapp); Tikigaq 5 (Cannon 3, Stone, Kowunna). Team fouls — Homer 16, Tikigaq 12. Fouled out — Beachy.

Ravens 69, Kardinals 63, OT Eielson 7 20 6 23 13 —69 Kenai 12 15 14 15 7 —63 EIELSON (69) — Bolton 43, Tucker 4, Roberts 3, Moore 0, McIntosh 0, Scott 8, Polesky 11.

KENAI CENTRAL (63) — Dunham 13, McKibben 0, Jo. Kvasnikoff 6, Bezdecny 7, Stockton 22, Tunseth 4, Pitsch 11.

3-point goals — Eielson 9 (Bolton 5, Polesky 3, Roberts); Team fouls — Eielson 11, Kenai 19. Fouled out — Bezdecny.

Huff wins Freezer Food Series bike race Staff report Scott Huff won the Freezer Food Series on Sunday at the Slikok Trails.

The race was musical fat bikes, with Huff timing the clock best, Landen Showalter finishing second and Nathan Kincaid taking third. Jen Tabor was the top woman, taking sixth.

The Freezer Food Series now shifts to ski racing, with the first ski race at 2 p.m. today at the Skyview Middle School trail head.

Freezer Food Series Race #8

1. Scott Huff; 2. Landen Showalter; 3. Nathan Kincaid; 4. Carl Kincaid; 5. David EdwardsSmith; 6. Jen Tabor; 7. John Tabor; 8. Jen Showalter; 9. Morgan Aldridge; 10. Kari; 11. John; 12.

Jeff Helminiak.

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Golden Knights topple Blues

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Chandler Stephenson scored in overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from an early three-goal deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 Saturday.

Stephenson streaked in on a breakaway and beat goalie Jake Allen with a backhand 3:01 into overtime.

OILERS 4, BRUINS 1 BOSTON — Darnell Nurse and Gaetan Haas each had a second-period goal off poor Boston plays, Connor McDavid added an insurance score for Edmonton in the third after being stopped twice by Jaroslav Halak.

Mike Smith made 35 saves for the Oilers, who won for the second time in five games. Leon Draisaitl added an empty-net goal.

WILD 3, JETS 2, OT ST. PAUL, Minn. — Eric Staal poked home a rebound after a scramble in front of

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WASHINGTON — Ish Smith scored a career-high 32 points and Troy Brown added 25 and a career-high 14 rebounds in Washington’s victory over Denver.

After Denver took a 101-99 lead with 9:33 left on Mason Plumlee’s dunk, the Wizards scored the next 11 with the run eventually reaching 19-2 for a 118-103 lead with 4:48 remaining. Smith scored 11 points in that stretch, capping the surge with a 3-pointer.

Jamal Murray scored all 39 of his points after the first quarter for Denver. The Nuggets have lost two of three on their five-game trip.

the Winnipeg goal, sending Minnesota past the Jets.

Marcus Foligno and Luke Kunin also scored for Minnesota, which put up a seasonhigh 44 shots on goal. Devan Dubynk stopped 19 shots for the Wild, who finally solved Winnipeg’s league-worst penalty-kill.

for Tampa Bay. Curtis McElhinney stopped 25 shots.

SHARKS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2

CANUCKS 2, RANGERS 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Aaron Dell stopped 21 shots, and Barclay Goodrow, Evander Kane and Kevin Labanc scored for San Jose.

The Sharks won their second straight and are 3-1-1 in their past five.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tyler Myers scored with 1:29 left in the third period and Vancouver got its seventh straight win.

LIGHTNING 5, SENATORS 3

NEWARK, N.J. — Mikko Rantanen scored three goals, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and Colorado beat New Jersey.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Tyler Johnson scored with 1:30 left in regulation, and Tampa Bay got its sixth straight win.

Carter Verhaeghe, Kevin Shattenkirk, Brayden Point and Alex Killorn also scored

JAZZ 109, MAGIC 96 ORLANDO, Fla. — Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points and Georges Niang added 15 off the bench to help Utah beat Orlando for its fifth straight victory.

Bojan Bogdanovic had 14 points, Emmanuel Mudiay scored 12 points and Joe Ingles had 11.

Terrence Ross led Orlando with 24 points. Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 11 rebounds.

THUNDER 121, CAVALIERS 106 CLEVELAND — Dennis Schroder scored 22 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 20 and Oklahoma City beat Cleveland to run its winning

PENGUINS 3, CANADIENS 2, OT MONTREAL — Brandon Tanev scored in overtime and Pittsburgh rallied to beat Montreal.

AVALANCHE 5, DEVILS 2

MAPLE LEAFS 3, ISLANDERS 0 TORONTO — Michael

streak to five.

Danilo Gallinari added 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers, and Steven Adams grabbed 16 rebounds.

Collin Sexton scored 30 points for Cleveland.

PISTONS 111, WARRIORS 104 SAN FRANCISCO — Andre Drummond had 14 points and 18 rebounds before fouling out late, Derrick Rose scored 22 points off the bench and Detroit beat Golden State to snap a threegame losing streak.

Reserve guard Alec Burks contributed 27 points, seven rebounds and five assists in Golden State’s fourth straight defeat following a four-game winning streak. Draymond

Hutchinson stopped 33 shots for his first shutout in nearly a year, and Toronto pushed its point streak to 10 games.

FLYERS 6, COYOTES 2 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clayton Keller scored twice, including one during a three-goal first period by Arizona in a romp over Philadelphia.

PREDATORS 4, KINGS 1 LOS ANGELES — Rocco Grimaldi and Craig Smith each had a goal and an assist to help Nashville end a threegame losing streak.

SABRES 3, PANTHERS 2 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist, and Conor Sheary and Henri Jokiharju also scored for Buffalo in its second straight win. Linus Ullmark made 32 saves.

Green was ejected with 4:57 left in the third.

HAWKS 116, PACERS 111 ATLANTA — Trae Young scored 30 of his 41 points in the first half, Kevin Huerter added a season-high 26 points and Atlanta beat Indiana after blowing a 22-point lead.Domantas Sabonis had 25 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana. Justin Holiday added 18 points.

PELICANS 117, KINGS 115 SACRAMENTO, Calif.

— JJ Redick’s driving layup with 1.1 seconds remaining lifted New Orleans over Sacramento.

scoreboard Football NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT Tennessee 20, New England 13 Sunday, Jan. 5 Minnesota at New Orleans, 9:05 a.m. (FOX) Seattle at Philadelphia, 12:40 p.m. (NBC) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Philadelphia, Seattle or Minnesota at San Francisco, 12:35 p.m. (NBC) Tennessee at Baltimore, 4:15 p.m (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 Houston at Kansas City, 11:05 a.m. (CBS) New Orleans, Philadelphia or Seattle at Green Bay, 2:40 p.m. (FOX) All Times AKST

College bowls Friday, Jan. 3 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Ohio 30, Nevada 21 Saturday, Jan. 4 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Tulane 30, Southern Miss 13 Monday, Jan. 6 Lendingtree Bowl Mobile, Ala. Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (103), 3:30 p.m. AKST (ESPN)

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Basketball Men’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 74, Binghamton 62 Fairleigh Dickinson 77, Bryant 73 Hartford 61, New Hampshire 52 Harvard 77, UC Irvine 73 Hofstra 102, Elon 75 Liberty 65, NJIT 38 Maryland 75, Indiana 59 Mass.-Lowell 86, UMBC 73 Md.-Eastern Shore 78, Howard 66 Morgan St. 81, Delaware St. 68 Mount St. Mary’s 82, LIU 73 N. Illinois 73, Buffalo 72 North Texas 67, Marshall 64 Notre Dame 88, Syracuse 87 Penn St. 89, Iowa 86 Princeton 78, Penn 64 Robert Morris 69, Merrimack 58 Sacred Heart 81, Wagner 74 St. Francis (Pa.) 93, CCSU 69 Wake Forest 69, Pittsburgh 65 William & Mary 66, Northeastern 64 SOUTH Appalachian St. 74, Georgia Southern 72 Ark.-Pine Bluff 80, MVSU 76 Auburn 80, Mississippi St. 68 Austin Peay 82, UT Martin 63 Belmont 87, E. Illinois 55 Charlotte 68, Middle Tennessee 62 Chattanooga 70, Mercer 61 Clemson 81, NC State 70 Coastal Carolina 74, Georgia St. 72 Coll. of Charleston 85, James Madison 69 Duke 95, Miami 62 FAU 59, UTEP 56 FIU 90, UTSA 83 Florida 104, Alabama 98 Florida Gulf Coast 68, Lipscomb 61 Florida St. 78, Louisville 65 Furman 65, ETSU 56 Georgia 65, Memphis 62 Georgia Tech 96, North Carolina 83 Grambling St. 70, Alabama A&M 60 Hampton 92, Charleston Southern 85 Jackson St. 70, Alabama St. 67 Jacksonville St. 80, E. Kentucky 71 Kentucky 71, Missouri 59 LSU 78, Tennessee 64 Louisiana Tech 78, Southern Miss. 50 Louisiana-Lafayette 79, Troy 62 Louisiana-Monroe 69, South Alabama 49 Morehead St. 83, Tennessee Tech 72 Murray St. 81, SE Missouri 59 NC Central 61, Florida A&M 45 Norfolk St. 85, Bethune-Cookman 72 North Florida 81, North Alabama 65 Old Dominion 58, UAB 52 Presbyterian 68, Gardner-Webb 62 Radford 73, High Point 62 SC State 79, Coppin St. 75 SC-Upstate 73, Longwood 56 SMU 92, Vanderbilt 81 Samford 78, VMI 75 South Florida 75, UConn 60 Stephen F. Austin 87, New Orleans 68 Stetson 57, Kennesaw St. 54 Tennessee St. 79, SIU-Edwardsville 74 Towson 67, UNC-Wilmington 60 Tulane 76, Cincinnati 71 Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 39 W. Carolina 86, The Citadel 82 W. Kentucky 68, Rice 61

Winthrop 87, Campbell 72 Wofford 98, UNC-Greensboro 92 MIDWEST Akron 69, E. Michigan 45 Butler 71, Creighton 57 Cent. Michigan 93, Miami (Ohio) 82 Cleveland St. 82, Youngstown St. 74 Drake 80, Indiana St. 76 Kansas 60, West Virginia 53 Loyola of Chicago 62, Missouri St. 58 Marquette 71, Villanova 60 N. Iowa 69, Bradley 64 Nebraska-Omaha 74, Oral Roberts 67 Providence 66, DePaul 65 S. Dakota St. 91, W. Illinois 56 S. Illinois 67, Illinois St. 55 Seattle 86, Chicago St. 54 UMKC 68, Utah Valley 63 Valparaiso 81, Evansville 79 W. Michigan 77, Ohio 65 Wichita St. 74, Mississippi 54 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 74, Lamar 62 Arkansas 69, Texas A&M 59 Baylor 59, Texas 44 Cent. Arkansas 79, McNeese St. 69 Nicholls 70, Sam Houston St. 58 Oklahoma 66, Kansas St. 61 Prairie View 84, Alcorn St. 70 SE Louisiana 84, Texas A&M-CC 80 TCU 81, Iowa St. 79 Texas Southern 77, Southern U. 68 Texas State 70, Arkansas St. 67 Texas Tech 85, Oklahoma St. 50 UALR 92, Texas-Arlington 89 FAR WEST Arizona 75, Arizona St. 47 BYU 63, Loyola Marymount 38 CS Northridge 109, Saint Katherine 75 Colorado St. 72, Wyoming 61 E. Washington 71, Portland St. 69 Fresno St. 79, San Jose St. 64 Gonzaga 75, Pepperdine 70 Long Beach St. 76, Cal State Los Angeles 60 N. Arizona 72, Weber St. 64 N. Colorado 74, Montana 66 Nevada 83, Boise St. 66 Oregon 69, Utah 64 S. Utah 59, Montana St. 53 Sacramento St. 68, Idaho St. 49 Santa Clara 80, San Diego 63 UC Riverside 89, San Diego Christian 51 Washington St. 79, UCLA 71

Women’s Scores EAST Bryant 57, Fairleigh Dickinson 45 Canisius 71, Monmouth (NJ) 62 Columbia 77, Mercer 48 Cornell 71, ETSU 43 Dayton 98, La Salle 58 Delaware St. 69, Morgan St. 61 Fordham 79, St. Bonaventure 53 Holy Cross 58, Navy 49 Howard 79, Md.-Eastern Shore 58 Liberty 67, NJIT 53 Manhattan 68, Niagara 65 Marist 96, St. Peter’s 76 Mount St. Mary’s 75, LIU 57 Quinnipiac 66, Siena 52 Rider 81, Iona 37 Robert Morris 68, Merrimack 62 Sacred Heart 79, Wagner 65 Saint Joseph’s 67, Richmond 56 St. Francis (Pa.) 64, CCSU 52 UMass 81, Duquesne 77 VCU 75, Rhode Island 54 SOUTH Ark.-Pine Bluff 80, MVS 77 Belmont 69, E. Illinois 45 Cent. Arkansas 70, McNeese St. 57 Cleveland St. 73, N. Kentucky 68 Coastal Carolina 71, South Alabama 62 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Lipscomb 56 George Mason 70, George Washington 60 Georgia Southern 83, Louisiana-Lafayette 67 Georgia St. 68, Louisiana-Monroe 52 Grambling St. 69, Alabama A&M 59 Hampton 63, Gardner-Webb 58 High Point 85, SC-Upstate 46 Jackson St. 94, Alabama St. 62 Jacksonville St. 43, E. Kentucky 33 Longwood 71, Presbyterian 60 Middle Tennessee 83, Charlotte 59 Murray St. 70, SE Missouri 62 NC Central 66, Florida A&M 57 New Orleans 53, Stephen F. Austin 50 Norfolk St. 61, Bethune-Cookman 51 North Alabama 54, North Florida 51 Radford 72, Charleston Southern 35 SC State 71, Coppin St. 60 SE Louisiana 48, Texas A&M-CC 44 SIU-Edwardsville 76, Tennessee St. 63 Southern Miss. 66, Louisiana Tech 60 Stetson 67, Kennesaw St. 61 Tennessee Tech 75, Morehead St. 55 Troy 84, Appalachian St. 55 UAB 76, Old Dominion 65 UNC-Asheville 60, Campbell 52 UNC-Greensboro 80, Concord (WV) 45 UT Martin 69, Austin Peay 61 MIDWEST Ball St. 66, Kent St. 62 Buffalo 86, Miami (Ohio) 72 Butler 78, Xavier 70 Cent. Michigan 77, Akron 72 Davidson 65, Saint Louis 58 E. Michigan 78, Bowling Green 61

Green Bay 61, Milwaukee 48 IUPUI 82, Detroit 45 Ill.-Chicago 70, Oakland 64 Nebraska 72, Minnesota 58 Nebraska-Omaha 60, Oral Roberts 54 Ohio 87, N. Illinois 67 Rio Grande 87, California Baptist 68 S. Dakota St. 75, W. Illinois 45 W. Michigan 84, Toledo 72 Wisconsin 71, Penn St. 65 Wright St. 91, Youngstown St. 41 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 78, Lamar 72 Alcorn St. 68, Prairie View 63 Arkansas St. 56, Texas State 53 Baylor 77, Oklahoma 56 Marshall 68, North Texas 59 Oklahoma St. 67, Kansas 49 Rice 73, W. Kentucky 65 Sam Houston St. 87, Nicholls 71 Temple 74, Tulsa 65 Texas Southern 61, Southern U. 56 Texas-Arlington 65, UALR 58 UTEP 96, FAU 65 UTSA 60, FIU 45 FAR WEST Boise St. 54, Nevada 40 CS Bakersfield 59, Grand Canyon 54 Colorado St. 56, Wyoming 49 Fresno St. 85, San Jose St. 76 Gonzaga 57, San Diego 42 Idaho St. 80, Sacramento St. 62 Montana St. 91, S. Utah 65 N. Arizona 88, Weber St. 82 N. Colorado 67, Montana 58 Pacific 64, Pepperdine 63 Portland 57, BYU 48 Portland St. 75, E. Washington 58 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 86, Loyola Marymount 70 San Diego St. 66, Utah St. 62 Santa Clara 80, San Francisco 72 Seattle 80, Chicago St. 51 UNLV 67, Air Force 60 Utah Valley 62, UMKC 41

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 25 8 .758 -Toronto 24 12 .667 2½ Philadelphia 23 14 .622 4 Brooklyn 16 18 .471 9½ New York 10 25 .286 16 Southeast Division Miami 25 10 .714 -Orlando 16 20 .444 9½ Charlotte 15 23 .395 11½ Washington 11 24 .314 14 Atlanta 8 28 .222 17½ Central Division Milwaukee 32 5 .865 -Indiana 22 14 .611 9½ Chicago 13 23 .361 18½ Detroit 13 23 .361 18½ Cleveland 10 25 .286 21 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 24 11 .686 -Dallas 22 13 .629 2 San Antonio 14 20 .412 9½ Memphis 14 22 .389 10½ New Orleans 12 24 .333 12½ Northwest Division Denver 24 11 .686 -Utah 23 12 .657 1 Oklahoma City 20 15 .571 4 Portland 15 21 .417 9½ Minnesota 13 21 .382 10½ Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 28 7 .800 -L.A. Clippers 25 12 .676 4 Phoenix 14 21 .400 14 Sacramento 13 23 .361 15½ Golden State 9 28 .243 20 Friday’s Games Boston 109, Atlanta 106 Orlando 105, Miami 85 Portland 122, Washington 103 Houston 118, Philadelphia 108 Phoenix 120, New York 112 L.A. Lakers 123, New Orleans 113 Saturday’s Games Memphis 140, L.A. Clippers 114 Toronto 121, Brooklyn 102 Utah 109, Orlando 96 Atlanta 116, Indiana 111 Oklahoma City 121, Cleveland 106 Boston 111, Chicago 104 Washington 128, Denver 114 Charlotte 123, Dallas 120, OT Detroit 111, Golden State 104 Milwaukee 127, San Antonio 118 New Orleans 117, Sacramento 115 Sunday’s Games New York at L.A. Clippers, 11:30 a.m.

Portland at Miami, 2 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m.

Memphis at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Boston at Washington, 3 p.m.

Brooklyn at Orlando, 3 p.m.

Indiana at Charlotte, 3 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Denver at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

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

Golden State at Sacramento, 6 p.m.

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Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 43 24 8 11 59 140 111 Toronto 43 24 14 5 53 155 135 Tampa Bay 40 23 13 4 50 144 124 Florida 41 21 15 5 47 147 140 Buffalo 43 19 17 7 45 127 135 Montreal 42 18 17 7 43 134 136 Ottawa 42 16 21 5 37 117 143 Detroit 42 10 29 3 23 90 161 Metropolitan Division Washington 42 28 9 5 61 150 125 Pittsburgh 41 25 11 5 55 141 109 N.Y. Islanders 40 25 12 3 53 115 105 Carolina 41 24 15 2 50 139 116 Philadelphia 42 22 15 5 49 133 129 Columbus 42 19 15 8 46 109 116 N.Y. Rangers 41 19 18 4 42 133 138 New Jersey 41 15 20 6 36 106 144 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 43 26 10 7 59 135 119 Colorado 42 25 13 4 54 156 124 Dallas 42 24 14 4 52 115 104 Winnipeg 42 22 16 4 48 130 129 Minnesota 42 20 17 5 45 129 139 Nashville 40 19 15 6 44 138 132 Chicago 42 18 18 6 42 123 139 Pacific Division Vegas 45 24 15 6 54 144 133 Arizona 44 24 16 4 52 128 112 Vancouver 42 23 15 4 50 141 125 Edmonton 44 22 17 5 49 131 138 Calgary 43 21 17 5 47 118 130 San Jose 43 19 21 3 41 115 143 Los Angeles 43 17 22 4 38 110 136 Anaheim 41 16 20 5 37 105 128 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.

Saturday’s Games Edmonton 4, Boston 1 Buffalo 3, Florida 2 San Jose 3, Columbus 2 Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Vegas 5, St. Louis 4, OT Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 2, OT Colorado 5, New Jersey 2 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 3 Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Arizona 6, Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Nashville 4, Los Angeles 1 Sunday’s Games San Jose at Washington, 8:30 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Florida at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Winnipeg at Montreal, 3 p.m.

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

Edmonton at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m.

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Transactions

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Washington G Isaiah Thomas $25,000 for making inappropriate contact with a game official.

ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred F Charlie Brown Jr. from College Park (NBAGL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Re-signed DB Eddie Jackson to a four-year contract extension.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled RWs Kiefer Sherwood and Daniel Sprong from San Diego (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Placed D Joakim Ryan on IR, retroactive to Dec. 27. Recalled D Derek Forbort from a conditioning assignment with Ontario (AHL). Activated D Alec Martinez from IR. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Ben Street from Binghamton (AHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Worcester LW Yannick Turcotte indefinitely, Rapid City C Darian Romanko two games and Rapid City F Dexter Dancs one game.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed D Brooke Hendrix.

COLLEGE PENN STATE — Named Phil Trautwein offensive line coach.

RUTGERS — Named Sean Gleeson offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

WISCONSIN — RB Jonathan Taylor declared for the NFL draft.

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Sources: Cowboys talk to McCarthy, Lewis FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are talking to former head coaches Mike McCarthy and Marvin Lewis in the surest sign so far that they are moving on from Jason Garrett.

McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl and went to three other NFC championship games with Green Bay, was to interview Saturday, two people with direct knowledge of the situation said. Lewis spent time with the Cowboys on Friday and Saturday, one of the people said.

They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the club isn’t commenting publicly on its coaching situation, including the status of Garrett with his contract set to expire in 10 days.

One of the people said the Cowboys haven’t felt the urgency to

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There had been no scoring in the second half when All-Pro Brett Kern’s 58-yard punt that took up 10 of the final 25 seconds rolled down at the New England 1. Brady then was picked by former Patriot Logan Ryan for a 9-yard touchdown to finish off the Patriots (12-5), who at one point were 8-0.

The game’s first three possessions wound up as three long scoring drives.

A 29-yard screen pass to James White set up Nick Folk’s 36-yard field goal, but Tennessee answered with a 75-yard march built around Henry. He had no role on the touchdown, Tannehill’s pass to a Harvard man, tight end Anthony Firkser that made it 7-3.

Firkser is the first player from Harvard to score a playoff TD. New England counterpunched with its own 75-yard drive, taking temporary control of the game by victimizing Tennessee’s defense on the outside. The Titans looked slow trying to protect the flanks as Sony Michel broke off a 25-yard run and White had a 14-yarder.

Julian Edelman finished it with the first rushing touchdown of his 11 pro seasons, a 5-yard dash to the unprotected left side of the Tennessee D. New England appeared primed for another touchdown after Mohamed Sanu’s 14-yard punt return set up the Patriots at the Titans 47, and they steadily drove to first-and-goal at the 1.

All they got was Folk’s 21-yard field goal as three runs failed. It was the 13th time the Patriots had firstand-goal at the 1 in a playoff game in the Brady era and the first time they failed to get a TD on the drive.

Tannehill led the NFL with a career-best 117.5 passer rating and by

address Garrett’s status because of the expiring contract. Dallas missed the playoffs for the sixth time in Garrett’s nine full seasons by finishing 8-8 in a year that started with high expectations.

McCarthy won the championship with Green Bay in the 2011 Super Bowl at the home of the Cowboys.

The Packers won at least 10 games in eight of his first 11 seasons before going 7-9 in 2017. He was fired with the Packers at 4-7-1 last season.

The 56-year-old McCarthy has already interviewed with Cleveland, Carolina and the New York Giants.

Like McCarthy, Lewis was out of coaching this season after the 61-year-old spent 16 seasons in charge at Cincinnati.

The Cowboys haven’t addressed Garrett’s status publicly, and he

continued working at team headquarters in the week after the season ended.

With two-time MVP Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback, McCarthy went 125-77-2 in the regular season in 12-plus seasons with the Packers.

McCarthy’s teams made the playoffs nine times, going 10-8. Two of those wins were over Dallas.

The Cowboys believe they have their next franchise quarterback in Dak Prescott, who was the 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after replacing the injured Tony Romo and never relinquishing the starting job.

Prescott, whose rookie contract is expiring, and two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott have made the playoffs twice in four seasons and got their first playoff victory in 2018 after losing their postseason debut to

Rodgers and McCarthy with Dallas as the NFC’s top seed in 2016.

McCarthy was fired after an embarrassing loss at Lambeau Field to Arizona, a defeat that all but sealed a second straight year without a postseason trip for the Packers when they had made it the previous eight seasons.

The biggest knock on Lewis was his 0-7 playoff record with the Bengals.

He had a 131-122-3 record in the regular season and was fired after a third straight losing season in 2018.

With a mandate to get the Cowboys past the divisional round for the first time in nearly 25 years, Garrett couldn’t build on a 3-0 start.

Dallas went 4-8 in the next 12 games with a pair of three-game losing streaks.

The Cowboys still had a chance to

make the playoffs with a win at Philadelphia in Week 16, but the 17-9 loss handed their postseason fate to the Eagles for the final week. Philadelphia beat the New York Giants 34-17, eliminating Dallas despite its 47-16 win over Washington.

Dallas finished 8-8 four times under Garrett, who has an 87-70 record, including 2-3 in the playoffs, in nine-plus seasons.

Despite never winning more than one playoff game in a season, the 53-year-old Garrett has the club’s second-longest tenure behind Tom Landry.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer Landry led Dallas for the franchise’s first 29 seasons and won two Super Bowls before owner Jerry Jones fired him when he bought the team in 1989. Garrett is Jones’ seventh coach.

averaging 9.6 yards per pass attempt. But he didn’t do a whole lot Saturday night in his first postseason game: 8 of 15 for 72 yards. His awful decision to put the ball up for grabs on the first play of the fourth quarter resulted in Duron Harmon’s interception.

But New England’s spotty attack flopped and never revived. That has not been unusual during the second half of the schedule.

Tannehill’s passing yards were the fewest for a starter since the Ravens’ Joe Flacco had 34 in a wild-card win against the Patriots 10 years ago.

BIRTHDAY BOY Henry celebrated his birthday by getting the most rushing yards against a Bill Belichick-coached Patriots team in the playoffs. He set an early tone by rushing for 49 of the Titans’ 75 yards on their opening touchdown drive. On the Titans’ second 75-yard TD march, all Henry did was gain every yard: 22 on a screen pass and 53 rushing, including a 1-yard dive into the end zone for a 14-13 halftime lead. Those were Tennessee’s first points in the final two minutes of the opening half since Week 8.

He led the NFL in rushing this season with 1,540 yards in 15 games, the fourth-most rushing yards in franchise history. Henry also ran for 16 TDs, second most in team history.

BELICHICK DISCIPLE Titans coach Mike Vrabel, a star linebacker for New England who won three Super Bowl rings, is a rare member of the Belichick coaching tree to defeat the Patriots’ longtime coach head to head.

Another of those, Houston’s Bill O’Brien, also did it this season — and the Texans advanced to the divisional round earlier Saturday by beating Buffalo in overtime.

Houston Texans kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn (7) celebrates with teammates after kicking the game-winning field goal against the Buffalo Bills during overtime of an NFL wild-card playoff football game Saturday in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

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feelings, these emotions, these fans, these players, Deshaun Watson and all the guys on this team, this is why you come back.”

The win gives the Texans their first playoff victory since the 2016 season and extends Buffalo’s postseason losing streak to six games, with their most recent playoff win coming in 1995. It’s the first wild-card overtime game since the Broncos beat the Steelers 29-23 in the 2011 season.

The game conjured memories of another huge comeback in a wild-card game. The last time teams from Houston and Buffalo met in the playoffs it was in a game that is known as “The Comeback.” The Bills set an NFL record for the largest comeback in NFL history by rallying from a 32-point deficit for a 41-38 overtime win against the Houston Oilers in a wild-card game in 1993.

This time Josh Allen and the Bills (10-7) used a dominant first half to build a 13-point lead and were up 16-0 in the

third quarter, before Allen began to struggle.

“He was just trying to do too much and getting a little bit extreme with what he felt like we needed at the time,” coach Sean McDermott said. “But overall, we just didn’t make enough plays.”

Watson had 247 yards passing and ran for 55 yards and Hopkins had 90 yards receiving. Watson led the Texans to the victory despite being sacked seven times, led by three from Jerry Hughes, and hit 12 other times.

Allen threw for 264 yards, ran for 92 and caught a touchdown pass on a trick play in the first quarter, but often looked rattled late in his playoff debut.

Houston couldn’t get anything going on offense before halftime and had 81 yards in a first half where Hopkins didn’t catch a pass for the first time since Week 16 of the 2017 season.

They were finally able to sustain a drive on their second possession of the third quarter when Hopkins had receptions of 14 and 10 yards to help move the ball. The Texans cut the lead to 10 when Watson dragged two defenders into the

end zone on a 20-yard touchdown run.

Watson then dived into the end zone for a 2-point conversion that got Houston within 16-8 with about two minutes left in the third.

The Bills were driving early in the fourth quarter when Allen was sacked by Whitney Mercilus and fumbled, and it was recovered by Jacob Martin at the Buffalo 47. Houston cashed in on the miscue with a 41-yard field goal that cut the lead to 16-11 with about 11 minutes to go.

Watson connected with Carlos Hyde on a 5-yard touchdown pass and Hopkins on a 2-point conversion with about five minutes left to put the Texans on top 19-16. Hopkins had a 41-yard reception earlier in that drive.

The Bills were in field-goal range on their next drive when Allen got a 14-yard penalty for intentional grounding and Buffalo lost a down to bring up fourth down. They went for it and Allen was sacked by Jacob Martin for a 19-yard loss to give Houston the ball back with 1:41 left.

“We didn’t execute how we should have, and we didn’t

make as many plays as we should have,” Allen said.

“That’s what it really comes down to. They made one more play than us.”

The Texans trailed 13-0 at halftime and Hopkins fumbled on their opening drive of the third quarter to give Buffalo the ball at the Houston 32. Watt sacked Allen for a loss of 8 yards on third down and the Bills settled for a 38-yard field goal to extend the lead to 16-0.

Allen scrambled 42 yards for a first down on Buffalo’s first possession for its longest rush of the season. Two plays later, the Bills used some trickery to take the lead when John Brown threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Allen to make it 7-0. Brown’s pass was wobbly, but Allen was wide open despite having to slow down to grab it.

It was early in the second quarter when Allen appeared to fumble, and it was recovered by Houston. But the play was reviewed and overturned, giving Buffalo the ball at the Houston 32. The Bills were unable to move the ball after that and made a 40-yard field goal to make it 10-0.

Saints-Vikings brings back 10-year-old memories

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer

NEW ORLEANS — Ten years ago, when the Minnesota Vikings last visited New Orleans in the playoffs, Saints punter Thomas Morstead wasn’t prepared for what he saw.

“I remember after the game was over, I didn’t expect it to be as emotional as it was. I found my family and everybody was in tears and I was surprised,” Morstead recalled of the scene in the Superdome after the Saints beat the Vikings 31-28 in overtime in the NFC title game in January 2010.

“I knew I would be excited if we won, but I mean, you saw so many people that were crying,” Morstead continued. “I didn’t realize at the time, obviously, how big a deal it was to the whole city.”

Morestead was a rookie out of SMU in the 2009 season and is one of just two current Saints players — along with 40-year-old quarterback Drew Brees—— who played in that NFC title game. No Vikings players and only one assistant are left from that team.

This Sunday’s NFC wild-card round game between Minnesota and New Orleans in the Superdome

will be the third playoff meeting in the past decade between these teams.

While New Orleans’ last playoff clash with Minnesota was a thriller in its own right — the Vikings won on a last-second, 61-yard touchdown pass called the Minneapolis Miracle — that January 2018 game in Minnesota came in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. There was no Super Bowl berth in the balance; the Vikings lost the following week in the NFC title game at Philadelphia.

The NFC championship 10 years ago had an epic feeling going in, Brees recalled, because of how strong the Saints and Vikings had looked all season. The Vikings were led by eventual Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson was in his prime, having rushed for 1,383 yards and 18 TDs to go with 436 yards receiving that year.

“From the beginning of the year, you saw the track that they were on,” Brees said of the Vikings. “They were pretty dominant. So you just got the feeling that these roads were going to converge at some point and it was probably going to be in the NFC championship game. At least,

that’s what we all hoped, and sure enough it played out just the way we all thought.”

The pressure surrounding both clubs was immense, given the storylines. It was seen as possibly the last chance for Favre, who had turned 40 that season, to get back to a Super Bowl with a franchise that has never won one despite playing in four. The Saints were trying to get the Super Bowl for the first time and lift a city still rebuilding from widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina four years earlier.

While the Saints often looked like a team on a transcendent mission, the Vikings came excruciatingly close to ending New Orleans’ storybook run. Neither team led by more than seven points the entire game.

The Vikings took two first-half leads, with the Saints tying it each time. There was even one dramatic series in which the Vikings recovered Reggie Bush’s muffed punt deep in Saints territory, only to turn it right back over two plays later on a fumbled exchange between Favre and Peterson with the score tied shortly before halftime.

The Saints took two second-half leads, but the Vikings tied it each time.

“It was a great football game — great football game. Two great teams going at it, back and forth,” Brees said. “Tensions were high, a lot on the line, a lot at stake. Just guys playing their butts off.”

The Vikings were tantalizingly close to getting the ball deep in Saints territory in the final five minutes of regulation when Ray Edwards sacked and stripped Brees.

Saints guard Jahri Evans recovered and coach Sean Payton had to send out Morstead to punt soon after.

“We were backed up and really needing to have a good one, and I remember Sean yelling at me, ‘Give me some hang time,’” said Morstead, who booted the ball nearly 60 yards.

“That was one of the best punts of my career.”

The Vikings began their last series on their own 21, but were nearly in field goal range when Favre, during a scramble to his right, threw back to the left and Saints cornerback Tracy Porter intercepted. That set up overtime, in which the Saints got the ball first and narrowly converted a fourth-and-1 at the Minnesota 43 on the way to setting up Garrett Hartley’s winning 40-yard field goal.

Under overtime rules at the time, a team could win on a field goal

without the other team touching the ball.

Ear-splitting cheers filled the dome as Hartley’s kick split the uprights, but the noise began dissipating as drained fans — many having watched the Saints mostly lose all their lives — began embracing, tears welling.

“It was an emotionally exhausting game because the stakes couldn’t be higher and there were so many big plays in the game back and forth,” Morstead said. “I wasn’t as emotional from the city’s perspective because I didn’t understand it. I was a rookie. It was like, ‘How the hell did I wind up here? I’d won one game my junior year, one game my senior year.’ And it was just kind of crazy.”

Amid the locker room celebration, Morstead saw TV news footage of fans pouring out of bars onto Bourbon Street to celebrate the Saints’ first trip to a Super Bowl, which New Orleans would win over Indianapolis in Miami two weeks later.

Morstead couldn’t resist. He eventually made his way down to the French Quarter to witness the joy his team had brought to New Orleans.

“It was the greatest thing I’d ever seen,” he said.

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Consider easy, more sustainable alternatives to peat moss

By LEE REICH Associated Press

Lee Reich via AP

This undated photo shows a handful of peat moss in New Paltz, N.Y. Although peat moss is a useful soil amendment, such as in potting mixes, it is not indispensible.

It may be time to say goodbye to Pete in the garden. Peat Moss, that is.

Peat has been a great helper for years, especially with seedlings.

It’s made our potting mixes better able to hold both water and air, so important for confined roots, and it’s helped grab onto some nutrients that would have otherwise washed out the bottom of pots.

Out in the garden, peat has been similarly helpful. It’s helped acidify the soil for plants that need it. I credit peat, in part, with the luscious success of my blueberry bushes. (I mixed a bucketful into the planting hole for each bush, and then, for more dramatic acidification, when needed, added sulfur, a naturally occurring mineral.)

But Mr. Moss has to go, or at least be curbed. It has to do with where he comes from. Peat moss is

ecosystem, valuable in and of itself as well as for purifying water flowing through it. Harvesting peat moss destroys that ecosystem, and the supply will be depleted given the slow regeneration rate.

MORE SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES We can temper, to some degree, the bleakness of the above scenario. Researchers have found ways to reclaim a bog ecosystem if only part of the peat layer has been stripped away.

And much of the Earth’s peat remains intact. Canada has over 200 million acres left, or about a quarter of the world’s supply.

On the other hand, is peat so indispensable in the garden and landscape? No, it is not!

Are there other materials that could serve as well? Yes, there are!

Compost and leaf mold, for instance, can both be made in your own backyard. Or there’s

unsustainable.

A DARK SIDE OF PEAT Peat moss comes from bogs, those dank environments home to such unique creatures as insecteating pitcher plants, red-capped and long-necked sandhill cranes, and large heath butterflies. Peat was formed as plants died and were swallowed up in water to partially decompose. What was left, after thousands of years, was a thick layer of almost pure humus, valuable also for being relatively sterile and relatively stable to further decomposition.

Peat grew very, very slowly, about a yard deep every thousand years.

Now, so much peat moss has been harvested for use in gardens and landscapes that in many places there’s not much left.

Ninety-five percent of England’s bogs have been lost in the last hundred years, much of it burned for fuel.

A peat bog is a unique

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RIGHT AT HOME: It’s that ’70s (and ’80s) show in home decor

By KIM COOK Associated Press

You’ve probably noticed it in clothing stores: racks and shelves full of high-waisted flares, rib-knit turtlenecks, acid green sweatshirts and disco ball metallics. It’s that ’70s — and ’80s — show.

These two fashion trends have, as usual, worked their way into home decor as well.

“Right now, in home design, it feels like a total ’70s takeover,” says Apartment Therapy’s Danielle Blundell. “This time period had two pretty distinct things going on — boho hippie vibes and glam, glitzy disco feels.

Which means you can probably find a way to work something ’70s into your home no matter your aesthetic.” Watch for patchwork and peasant prints, fringe and earthy hues. Shaggy, textured woven rugs. Modernist wall art.

Rattan etageres and side tables.

One of the hallmarks of the 1980s was Memphis style. Started

by Austrian-born but Italianraised architect Ettore Sottsass, it was characterized by squiggle and geometric pattern, mixing of pastels with black and brights, and an overall playful, whimsical approach. Sottsass and his team designed for Fiorucci, Alessi and Esprit among others, and Karl Lagerfeld and Bowie were See decor, Page C2

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This undated photo shows the staircase inside the Kips Bay Showhouse in New York. New York-based designer Sasha Bikoff created the exuberant showstopper of a staircase for 2018’s Kip’s Bay Showhouse in Manhattan. Using Memphis Milano designers Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendinii as her inspiration, the space was filled with brights and pastels, mirrors, and a riot of pattern. The designer encourages home decorators to “be fearless,” and that confident, positive attitude is at the heart of the 70s/80s décor trend.

In a 24/7 food culture, periodic fasting gains followers

By CANDICE CHOI AP Food & Health Writer

NEW YORK — On low-carb diets, meat and cheese are OK. On lowfat diets, fruit and oatmeal are fine.

With the latest diet trend, no foods at all are allowed for long stretches of time.

A diet that forbids eating for hours on end might seem doomed in a culture where food is constantly available, but apps and Facebook groups are popping up for people practicing “intermittent fasting.”

Bri Wyatt, a 32-year-old Tennessee resident, tried it this summer.

“At first I was like, there’s no way,” she said.

But after reading more about it, she thought it might not be that hard. She started by skipping breakfast and night-time snacks, and later moved on to a 60-day challenge of fasting every other day. Melissa Breaux Bankston, a Crossfit instructor in New Orleans, Louisiana, also tried intermittent fasting as a way to curb her snacking. “I wanted to limit the amount of time that I was eating,” she said.

Studies on the potential health benefits of intermittent fasting are still limited, including for its effectiveness with weight loss. But heading into the new year, you may be wondering whether it could help you get in better shape.

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Melissa Breaux Bankston, a CrossFit athletic trainer at CrossFit Algiers in New Orleans, works out at the gym Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. She participates in an intermittent fasting diet.

WHEN, NOT WHAT Like other diets, intermittent fasting helps you lose weight by setting boundaries around food.

But instead of limiting what you eat, it restricts when you eat. “It’s really another way of fooling your body into eating less calories,” said Krista Varady, who studies intermittent fasting at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Proponents say intermittent fasting helps with weight loss in other ways. For instance, they say it forces your body to start burning its own fat for fuel after depleting the energy it normally gets from food. But any

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Regardless, people should consult their doctor before trying it. It’s not advised for children, people on certain medications and people with a history of eating disorders.

FASTING MENU One of the more popular approaches to intermittent fasting is to limit eating to an 8-hour window and to fast during the day’s other 16 hours. This is called time-restricted feeding and isn’t as difficult as some

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other approaches, since the fasting period can include the time you’re asleep. Many people tailor the eating window to be shorter or longer. Some eat just one meal a day, while others fast entire days a couple times a week.

On fasting days, people may allow themselves around 600 calories if needed. But Dr. Jason Fung, who has written books on intermittent fasting, says skipping food altogether might actually be easier, since eating small amounts could stimulate appetite.

Whatever the method, people aren’t supposed to gorge when they stop fasting. Fung says it’s a myth that fasting leaves you famished.

Sumaya Kazi, who posts about her intermittent fasting online and offers coaching services on the diet, says it seems more difficult than it is partly because overeating has become the norm. “Intermittent fasting is more of a mental challenge than a physical challenge,” she says. But people react differently to diets, and fasting may be a lot harder for some than for others, says Dr. Fatima Stanford, a Harvard Medical School obesity specialist.

“There’s no one size fits all,” she said.

may not be any better for weight loss than conventional calorie-cutting over the long term.

“Unfortunately, intermittent fasting gets a little hyped,” said Courtney Peterson, who studies the diet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Still, some fasting approaches may be more effective than others.

And Peterson notes the difficulty of designing studies that definitively capture a diet’s effects. That’s in part because so many other variables could be at play. For instance, researchers are looking at whether any benefits of intermittent fasting might be tied to when the eating period falls and fluctuations in how well our bodies process food throughout the day.

Some health experts say intermittent fasting might be too difficult for many people. They point to a study of 100 people where those placed in the alternate-day fasting group lost around the same amount of weight as those on conventional calorierestriction diets over time. But the fasting group had a dropout rate of 38%, compared with 29% for the conventional diet group. But intermittent fasting may be easier than other diets for people who already skip meals when they’re too busy, said Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago. To make weight loss stick, she said people should pick diets that resemble how they already eat.

FASTING ON TRIAL Obesity experts have become interested in intermittent fasting, but studies on the diet are still emerging.

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Bills aside, your 2020 budget can be a little F-U-N

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN NerdWallet

Reporting for jury duty.

Standing in line at the DMV. Going to the dentist. Making a budget.

What do all of these have in common? They’re activities you’d probably like to skip.

And while budgeting certainly isn’t exciting, breaking down your spending can give you the ability to do things you enjoy.

Here’s how to leave room for more than just bills in 2020. (These simple tips spell F-U-N.)

FIND YOUR 50/30/20 BALANCE There are countless budgeting techniques out there, but one is particularly effective and easy to remember.

It’s called the 50/30/20 budget. This plan accounts

for typical general expenses like your mortgage, rent, car payment and utility bills, as well as individualized discretionary spending such as travel, streaming services and more.

Here’s the gist: Start with your take-home pay.

Commit no more than 50% of that figure to needs and fixed expenses, like your mortgage. Use 20% for savings and debt repayment. The remaining 30% can be spent on wants and variable expenses. A 50/30/20 budget calculator will do the monthly math for you.

Katie Brewer (1)(2), certified financial planner (3) at Your Richest Life (4), likes the flexibility of this method.

“It’s a lot less restrictive than $200 in this category, $300 in this and $127.50 in this one,” Brewer says.

It’s also freeing to know that this method allows you to spend money on things that are important to

you, your family and your lifestyle.

“I really like for people to go through and tell me the top two things they really like to spend money on,” Brewer says. “Sometimes with a couple, those might be slightly different. We try to always have those be a priority in their spending plan.”

Your current spending percentages probably aren’t at exactly 50%, 30% and 20%. You’ll want to slowly modify until you get close to these levels.

UNDERSTAND YOUR MONEY FLOW Once you have an idea of your recommended spending, start tracking.

“Have your bills account and your spending account,” Brewer says. “There’s no cheating that. Whatever is in there is in there.”

Divide your money appropriately between them

when it first hits your bank account, she suggests.

Robert Lopez (5)(6), CFP (7) and founder of financial planning company FP Guidance (8), advocates a similar strategy. While some people may prefer to keep everything in one place, he says separate accounts can be helpful — especially if you name them. You can even create different accounts for different financial goals you have at the same time.

For example, if you call one account your “honeymoon fund,” you may be less inclined to pull money from it than if it were just an undesignated savings account.

But don’t stop there.

Implement more methods to ensure you’re not spending your mortgage money on subscription boxes.

Lopez recommends getting a different-looking (9) card for each one of your accounts, if your

2 new breeds get the American Kennel Club’s nod

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

NEW YORK — A powerful Argentine big-game hunter and a sociable French water dog have made the American Kennel Club’s list of recognized breeds.

The club announced Tuesday that the barbet and the dogo Argentino are now part of the 195-breed pack.

That means they can compete starting Wednesday in many traditional, breed-judging dog shows (many agility trials and other canine events are open to all dogs, purebred or not). The newcomers can’t vie for best in show at the famous Westminster Kennel Club show until 2021, however. The newcomers are “offering dog lovers very different choices,” AKC spokeswoman Gina DiNardo said in a statement.

The curly-coated, bearded barbet (pronounced “barBAY’) has a long history as a hunter’s helper in France, where accounts of it go back centuries. Traditionally finders and retrievers of waterfowl, barbets — like some other breeds around the globe — dwindled during the world wars, but fanciers eventually built their numbers back up.

The medium-size dogs have a cheery, friendly

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collectors.

Designer Sasha Bikoff created a buzz-worthy Memphis-inspired staircase for the 2018 Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse in Manhattan. New Yorker Raquel Cayre manages an Instagram account dedicated to all things Sottsass,

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In this undated photo provided by the Westminster Kennel Club is a dogo Argentino. The powerful Argentinian big-game hunter has made the American Kennel Club’s list of recognized breeds. The club announced that the dog can compete starting Wednesday, in traditional, breed-judging shows.

reputation and often take to agility contests, enthusiasts say.

The dogo Argentino,

developed by an Argentine doctor in the last century, is a large, strong and tenacious dog designed to

and even created a temporary space in Soho called Raquel’s Dream House, chock full of Memphis themed interior décor.

Memphis originals are pricey, but you can find referential decorative items that are affordable. Street brand Supreme offers clothing and skateboard decks; designer Ellen Van Dusen’s Brooklyn-based eponymous company makes clothing and home

goods featuring her own versions of Memphis pattern.

Surfaces Imola Ceramica has the Pop collection of ceramic tile, with Roy Lichtensteininspired art comics printed on subway-style tile.

Their Let It Bee collection features groovy, semi-circular, tone-on-tone designs in brick red, indigo, apple green and dark yellow.

Designer/architect Luca Andrisani has designed a collection for New York Cement Tile called Geometrika. Inspired by midcentury op art, there are retro hues, square and rectangular shapes, and

hunt animals as large as mountain lions and wild boars. Aficionados prize the breed’s loyalty and athleticism, but dogos also are among breeds that have been banned in some places. Even the AKC cautions that only experienced dog owners should get them. “They are affectionate and loyal, but owners do need to have caution to make sure a dogo fits with their lifestyle” and any local regulations, said club spokeswoman Brandi Hunter. The AKC opposes any breed-specific laws.

While dogos can be protective of their people, owners also need to take care to protect them — from sunburn, which can strike under their short, white coats.

Fans of particular breeds often spend years building up to recognition by the AKC, the nation’s oldest purebred dog registry.

The designation requires having at least 300 dogs of the breed spread around at least 20 states. Dog breeding is the subject of considerable debate. Critics say it leads to puppy mills and short-circuits pet adoptions. Defenders argue there’s a place in dogdom for conscientious breeders and for canines bred for certain traits or purposes.

eye-catching optical illusion patterns. . Walker Zanger has Australian designer Pietta Donovan’s hip new ’70s-patterned tile collection.

At www.spoonflower. com you’ll find several peel and stick wallpapers and fabric by the yard with Memphis style or leopard prints. Here as well are ’70s-style florals in wallcoverings and fabric.

European bathware designers have been featuring pedestal sinks, toilets and tubs in colors like cranberry, moss, mustard, teal and pink — colors that would have been destined for the bin a few years ago.

Here in North America, eBay and salvage sites like Retro Renovation are good places to source vintage wares. For new products, Aquatica USA has roomy resin tubs in dark red or moss green with white interior, while Bella Stone’s got a fun one in fire-engine red.

Accessories Check out www.

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sawdust, shredded bark or wood chips — all renewable resources.

The main contender stepping into peat’s shoes is a material called coir dust, or cocopeat. This waste

bank offers that option. So, for instance, your grocery shopping card might be red, but your entertainment card would be blue.

Depending on which card you use, you’ll be pulling money from the appropriate category.

Then, you can check your bank’s app to see where you stand.

NEVER STOP TRYING Remember that having a wants category in your budget isn’t an excuse to spend money on vacations or shopping sprees just because. Rather, Lopez says, it’s like a cheat day — a way to keep yourself motivated to follow the rest of your budgeting habits.

“If your whole budget is just things that you need and then paying down debt or investing … you’re never going to have any fun, and you’re not going to stick to it,” he says. “You’re going to

break that budget.”

Your budget will be a work in progress, and that’s OK. Your spending in some months may be higher than during others. You’ll probably spend more on gifts in December than in March, for example.

Brewer recommends starting to pay for your variable expenses with a debit card so you can be proactive (rather than reactive) about your spending.

Once you get the hang of it, you can switch back to using a credit card. Lopez says cash can be helpful, too. If you bring only $50 to a concert, for instance, that’s all you’ll be able to spend on merchandise and refreshments.

Find the method that works for you. As he puts it, a budget is something to grow with.

“If someone can build a perfect budget in January, they are in the wrong profession.”

Heterosexual couples form 1st civil partnerships in England

By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press

LONDON — England and Wales have marked a new era in which heterosexual couples can choose to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage.

The change, mandated

by Britain’s Supreme Court last year, took effect Tuesday. The groundbreaking case had been brought

by Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who were among the first to form a civil partnership under the new rules.

They were joined by their two children for the partnership formed at the Kensington and Chelsea Register Office in central London.

Steinfeld, 38, called it “a unique, special and personal moment for us” that had been “rooted in our desire to formalize our relationship in a more modern way, focus on equality and mutual respect.”

The new rules means that mixed-sex couples can opt for a civil partnership that will give them similar rights as married couples, including marriage allowance tax relief, inheritance tax exemption, and joint parental responsibility for children.

It is expected to be an attractive option for couples who believe marriage gives men the upper hand and also by couples who don’t want any religious element in their union.

The Supreme Court ruling means that civil partnerships, which have been available to same-sex couples since 2005, will be available to everyone.

Advocates of the change argued successfully in court that to deny heterosexual couples the same options available to samesex couples amounted to discrimination. Steinfeld and Keidan lost their bid in a lower court, but triumphed at the Supreme Court.

“Against all odds, we succeeded in a legal battle against the government and then, they did what we asked for all along,” said Keidan, 43.

He said the long legal battle had taken its toll on the couple’s mental health and strained their relationship.

Same-sex couples have been allowed to marry in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014. Same-sex marriages will be allowed for the first time in Northern Ireland early next year.

roostery.com for whimsical ’70s-style fruit and vegetable prints, geometrics and paisleys in soft goods like napery and throw pillows.

Sometimes it’s the little things that bring the look home. Atomic starburst knobs, for example; and www.zazzle.com has several patterns. Cabinet and doorknob backplates come in starry shapes at www.rejuvenation.com.

At www.dusendusen. com, find soft furnishings printed with bold check, dot, stripe, cutout and squiggle patterns. There are patterned pet beds, pillows and shower curtains, too.

Furniture In a collaboration with London-based Soho Home, Anthropologie offers the Adriana chair; in a deep terracotta velvet, the chubby, channel-seamed silhouette echoes Italian postmodern design.

Kardiel’s curvy Miranda gold-velvet two-seater has an Austin Powers flair.

At Beam, you’ll find

simple yet stylish chairs and tables made of powdercoated steel, hardwood and performance fabrics, part of a collaboration between Gus(asterisk)Modern and LUUM inspired by the Memphis Group’s color palette.

ModShop has a treasure trove of options, including the Chubby 2 lounge chair that swivels on a brass-clad base, and the St. Germain side table and credenza, with an abstract, patterned front in poppy colors, perched on chunky acrylic legs. Ball-shaped and half-dome lighting in matte and polished metallics reference the ’70s, as do embossed ceramic bases and cane and rattan fixtures. Look for combinations of pyramids, squares and balls, as well as thick glass circle shapes in ’80s-style fixtures. CB2, Urban Outfitters and All Modern have well-priced designs, while Chairish and 1stDibs are good places to hunt for vintage pieces.

product from the processing of coir, a fiber from coconut husks that finds its way into ropes, baskets, mats, packaging and other products, can now have a useful afterlife making gardens more colorful and productive. Its characteristics and even appearance are very similar to peat moss. Keep an eye out and ask for products

with coir; it’s available, as is peat moss, as part of potting mixes, and also straight-up in a bag or bale.

Neither coir nor the other substitutes for peat moss can necessarily be substituted 1 to 1 for peat; tweaking of potting mixes is needed. Then again, coconuts do grow a lot faster than peat.

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think I’ve outgrown hoodies.

I don’t mean that I’ve gotten too big for the sweatshirts filling a shelf in my closet — though there are a few of them that I “fill out” in a way that isn’t what it used to be.

What I mean is that I’ve reached a point in my life where, when I’m thinking casual wardrobe, a hooded sweatshirt isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.

Don’t get me wrong — I’m not going to stop wearing hoodies any time soon. It might not be possible. At last count, I have at least 10 of them, for every occasion. I’ve got hoodies with logos from work; hoodies for various sports teams; and hoodies from educational institutions I or a family member have attended.

My favorite hoodie, with a logo that matches my truck, might be on its last legs as the fabric is

starting to lose its elasticity. Then again, I’m starting to lose my elasticity, too.

In any case, there’s still plenty of occasions in Kenai, Alaska, where a hoodie is perfectly appropriate, especially when paired with my fanciest Carhartts.

Maybe I’m just showing my age. The hoodie is now a staple of the teen wardrobe, and I feel like I’m dressing too young. In fact, when I was in high school, crew neck sweatshirts were all the rage, and we actually cut the hoods off of sweatshirts. I can’t tell you why we did that, but I can tell you that my parents were not thrilled about cutting up brandnew clothes. (This was back when, if you wanted ripped jeans, you did it yourself. Like I said, I might be showing my age.)

As I said, it will be a while before I’m able to rotate all those hoodies out of my wardrobe.

will morrow Right now, I’m starting to look for a replacement. Initially, I thought a nice fleece quarter-zip pullover would be a good substitute.

They’re nice and comfy, and maybe a little more chic than a hoodie — especially if you get one of the fancy brands.

However, the fact that I have two Labrador retrievers who regularly ride in my truck (and jump on the couch) needs to be taken into consideration. I can’t make it out of the house without getting dog hair on whatever I’m wearing, and the truck is a lost cause. I have a fleece vest at work that I’ve never taken out of the office, and it’s somehow attracted

sunday, january 5, 2020 dog hair. So fleece is out.

They also make quarter-zip pullovers using “tech” fabrics, which don’t seem to attract as much dog hair. The problem there, though, is that the way those tech fabrics drape, they tend to accentuate those areas that were causing my hoodies to fill out. So no tech fabrics either.

Instead, I think I’m going to draw my inspiration from Hollywood. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers, hit the big screen a couple months ago. And with his closet full of cardigan sweaters, I think Fred Rogers was on to something.

As it turns out, the cardigan sweater originated in the mid1800s, when the Earl of Cardigan led his troops in a knitted wool jacket — and the cardigan was born. Lord Cardigan’s reputation did not age as well as the garment; he led the disastrous charge of the light brigade at the battle of Balaclava (which also lends its name to a knit

garment).

In fact, early on, cardigans were marketed as rugged and outdoorsy — the perfect replacement for a hoodie. And as a knit garment, they’re already made of animal hair, so if it attracts some dog hair, does it even matter?

Besides, I’m sure I can find one to match a yellow Lab. I’m not sure what the cardigan’s current fashion status is, but a quick google search says I can wear one with jeans and a T-shirt, or with a dress shirt for a more formal outfit. It even says I can wear one without looking like my grandfather.

Outerwear for all occasions?

No wonder Mr. Rogers was always so upbeat!

I bet I can even find one that will go with Carhartts. I have just one question: which hoodie do I wear while shopping for sweaters?

Will Morrow lives in Kenai.

Email him at wkmorrow@ptialaska.net.

January: A cold month of new beginnings J

anuary is considered the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This month is all about new beginnings, preferably these are positive in nature, such as goals for ones life.

Eating more nutritiously, getting exercise and more sunshine — or outside air at any rate. Treating people with more kindness — because when a person does this they’re treating themselves better.

Being more financially frugal — this is probably the most difficult, since prices on everything don’t go down but up or so it seems. So if New Year’s resolutions have been made, the challenge is to hold to it, have what it takes?

Astrological signs: Capricorn and Aquarius; Birthstone: garnet; Color: red; Flowers: carnation and snowdrop; Birds: black-capped chickadee and the great horned owl; Trees: apple, fir, elm and cypress; Days Observed: New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Capricorn is the 10th sign of the zodiac, with the symbol of the fishgoat hybrid. The element is Earth and the ruling planet is Saturn.

Capricorns people are hard working, very structured, high achievers with high goals. Aquarius is the 11th sign of the zodiac with symbol of water-bearer. The element is Air. The ruling planets are Uranus — the planet of freedom and vision, and is associated with mental studies, electricity and astrology.

Uranus rules Aquarius. The other ruling planet is Saturn — a planet of limitations and contradictions, and the trials of life experiences. Saturn rules Capricorn and is very disciplined, punctual and conserves material resources.

Saturians can be restricted by fears and lack of confidence.

Aquarians are independent, mysterious, free-spirited and eccentric.

Birthstone for January is the garnet, which is believed to cure depression, protect against bad dreams and relieve diseases of the liver, as well as hemorrhages.

It’s thought to keep the wearer safe during travel. This stone is symbolic of a quick return and separated love. Traditionally, this stone is given for the 19th anniversary of marriage. The garnet is a gift of love, and comes from the Latin word,”garanatus” meaning “seedlike” — a reference to a pomegranate. It’s a stone of posterity and abundance, encouraging motivation and inspiration. It comes in a variety of colors, red being the most popular. Besides being January’s birthstone, the garnet is the state mineral of Connecticut, state gemstone of New York and also Idaho. Its uses are dated back to the Bronze Age, 5,000 years ago.

The month’s color is red — symbolizing passion, power, fire and blood. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate and raises blood pressure.

January’s flowers are carnation — meaning anything from pure love, to a love not shared to rejection or disappointment. While the Snowdrop used to be considered bad luck because it always appeared to grow in graveyards, nowadays it signifies hope and beauty.

The birds are the black-capped chickadee meaning happiness and fulfillment we get from connecting to our natural surroundings and the great horned owl symbolizes trust, connecting you with the Source, even without physical proof.

The tree for Jan. 1 is the apple

bonnie marie playle Monthly musings tree — meaning knowledge, immortality, temptation and the fall of man. Jan. 2-11 is the fir tree — meaning springtime, fortitude and immortality. It’s an emblem of wisdom, learning and the moon.

These people are very intelligent. Jan. 12-24 is the elm tree — often associated with Mother and Earth Goddesses, meaning inner strength. Elm people have a high realm of intuition. Jan. 25-31st is the cypress tree — meaning understanding the role of sacrifice. Cypress people always think of others before themselves.

The first day observed in January is New Year’s Day. Signifying the first day of the new year, it was originally dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, and is celebrated annually. This day represents the fresh start of a new year after a period of remembrance of the passing year, often the new year is announced with fireworks or gunfire.

The last day observed in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is an American federal holiday marking the birthday and accomplishments of the civil rights leader. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

So what is there to do on the Kenai Peninsula in January?

If you weren’t able to view

Christmas Light Displays there are several around the peninsula still up for your enjoyment from Jan. 2-5. Anywhere from Soldotna, K-Beach, Nikiski and Kenai.

Don’t forget the 44th Annual Peninsula Winter Games being held at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Saturday Jan. 18. Come and enjoy fun for all of the family.

If a person enjoys being outside in the winter, there are plenty of trails to snowmachine on or crosscountry ski on or just walk or drive and look at all the beauty.

Now for around the state: Jan. 17 and 19 in Haines there will be the Alcan 200 — this year marks the 51st. This race starts at the Canadian border and goes to Dezadeash Lake which is about 75 miles and then turns around and goes back to the border, making it a 150-mile race.

In Willow there will be the 59th Annual Winter Carnival from Jan. 24-26 and Jan. 31-Feb.1. Surely fun for all.

How about some Alaska trivia: Jan. 2, 1966, the St. Michael’s Cathedral in Sitka was destroyed by fire.

Jan. 3, 1959, President Eisenhower proclaimed Alaska the 49th state.

Jan. 7 is the Orthodox Christmas Day. Jan. 12, 1948, Eielson Air Force Base was dedicated.

Jan. 14 Russian Orthodox observes the Old New Year.

Jan. 23, 1963, Ketchikan welcomed the arrival of the first ferry ship, Malaspina brought by the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Also, on this date but in 1971 Prospect Creek had the Alaska recordlow temperature of minus 80 F. Jan. 24, 1896, Mount McKinley was named.

Jan. 26, 1959, the first Alaska State Legislature convened in Juneau.

Also, on this date but in 1989 in Coldfoot there was a record-low temperature of minus 82 F. Jan. 27, 1925, first dog team leaves Nenana with diphtheria serum for Nome.

Jan. 31, 1989, Northway has a record-high air pressure of 31.85 inches.

The month of January is named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, because he had two heads looking both ways. Janus is the god of doors, doorways, archers, openings, closing and the like because this month is the year of the door.

This god represents all beginnings and possesses the ability to see all things past and future, kind of like a bellhop or doorman for the mansions within our soul. January was added to the Roman calendar by Numa Pompilius around 70 BCE so that the calendar would equal a standard lunar year of 355 days. This month became the first month of the year around 450 BCE, but March was originally the first month of the year in the Roman calendar. Originally there was 30 days when it was added to the 10-month Roman calendar. In 46 BCE Julius Caesar added a day, making it a 31-day month.

The original name for January is the Roman “lanuarus,” the Saxon term Wulf-monath (meaning “wolf month”) and Charlamagne’s definition Wintarmanoth (“winter-cold month”). Native Americans have dubbed January as Wolf Moon Month or Cold Moon Month.

As previously mentioned January is the month of new beginnings. Hope everyone has the best new month possible, only you can decide that.

Around The Peninsula Cook Inlet Council on Homer Fish and Game Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Committee

Cook Inlet Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. on Jan. 16 at the Kenai office at 10200 Kenai Spur Highway. The purpose of the annual meeting is to elect the board officers. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend.

The Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting at the KBRR Building at 2181 Kachemak Drive on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m.

Agenda topics will include elections for expired seats and other business as necessary. For more information contact Dave Lyon at 399-2340 or contact ADF&G Boards Support at 907-267-2354.

Soldotna Storefront Improvement Grant Sterling Senior Center application period opens breakfast The City of Soldotna is now accepting grant applications for its Storefront Improvement Program. This grant offers up to $7,500 for projects that rehabilitate Soldotna storefronts to promote a thriving local economy and an attractive streetscape. Applications are due no later than Feb. 7. For more information, email jczarnezki@ soldotna.org, or call the Planning Department at 262-9107.

For program guidelines and an application, please visit Soldotna’s webpage at https://www. soldotna.org/departments/ economic-development-andplanning/business-services/ storefront-improvement-program.

The Sterling Senior Center will be serving breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon. The menu includes; bacon, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs, and biscuits and gravy. Adults $10, Children $5. Everyone Welcome.

For further information call 262-6808.

Sterling Judo Club member registration Sterling Judo Club member registration for this school year will be open Jan. 7, 9, 14 and 16. Registration is only available two times during the school year. Teens, adults of all ages and youngsters starting at age 8 may enroll. Come

to the Sterling Elementary School on the Sterling Highway next to the Sterling Fire Station between 5:45 and 8 p.m. on any of these four scheduled practice nights to register. Class instruction and practices occur every Tuesday and Thursday during the school year from 6-8 p.m. There is an annual U. S. Judo Federation registration fee of $80 but class instruction is free.

For more information you can check the Sterling Judo Club Facebook pages or contact one of the four volunteer teachers. The teachers are Bob Brink, head sensei (242-9330), Bob Ermold, sensei (398-9544) and Clayton Holland, sensei or board members Terre and Marcus Lee (741-2055).

‘Rough Around the Edges’ by Stephanie Cox and Anna Widman The Kenai Fine Art Center’s January exhibit is “Rough Around the Edges” by Stephanie Cox and Anna Widman; textural contrast explored by two area artists. This dynamic show starts of Jan. 2 and runs through Feb. 1. Don’t miss “Rough Around the Edges” at the Kenai Fine Art Center located across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic Cabins.

283-7040, www.kenaifineart.com.

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 womenfocused 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.

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 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.

Freezer Food

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.

Hydroponic Gardening

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 See ATP, Page C5

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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 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.

Soldotna Historical Society board meeting Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead Museum 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: Backcountry Backyard 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 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.

Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee The Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting in Homer at the KBRR Building at 2181 Kachemak Drive on Monday, Jan. 7 and 9 at 6 p.m. Agenda topics will include Upper Cook Inlet Finfish proposals. For more information contact Dave Lyon at 399-2340 or contact ADF&G Boards Support at 907-267-2354.

Women in Ag Conference The 8th Annual Women in Ag Conference will be held on Saturday, Jan. 25.

The one-day gathering takes place simultaneously at locations throughout Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. This year’s theme is Healthy Farms and the Kenai Chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau is sponsoring the local venue at the Kenai River Center. Local start time for the event is 7 a.m. Other Alaska locations are Homer, Palmer, Anchorage and Fairbanks. More information and a link to registration can be found at womeninag.wsu.edu Registration is $30 until Jan. 17 and $35 after that. Contact kpchapterfb@gmail.com with questions.

Kenai Historical Society meeting Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Jan. 5 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center. After the business meeting Manny Linderman from Kaknu Kruzers will be guest presenter. He will be showing a video of the local classic cars and some of their road trips all set to oldies music. For more information call June at 283-1946.

‘Dancing at Lughnesa’ auditions 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. 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.

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge The Wilderness First Aid Class is happening Jan. 11-12. Of the 18 spaces, there are five spaces still available. Register at the Visitor Center. Cost is $185 + $40 for optional CPR. Half cost is due at registration.

Class is through SafetyEd (out of Eagle River) but will be in our Environmental Education Center.

The Kenai Refuge Visitor Center is open TuesdaySaturday from 10-5 p.m.

Grant writing workshop 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

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholic Anonymous meetings take place seven days a week. Call 907-2835722 or visit aakenaipeninsula.org for more information.

North Peninsula Recreation Service Area events Nikiski youth basketball, season starts Jan. 7 for first and second grade, games are held weekly on Tuesday nights.

Co-ed volleyball teams also available for fourth and sixth grade, registration going on now. And if you enjoy volunteering or coaching, we could use your help, come be a basketball or volleyball coach.

Let’s get dancing, come join our free line dance classes on Jan. 9 and 23 at 6 p.m., must be 18 years’ old or older to participate.

Other activities include Home School Gym, Tot Time, Yoga, Full Swing Golf, Senior Stride and Table Tennis. For more information, contact Jackie at 776-8800.

The Nikiski Community Recreation Center offers Daily Gym Activities and Fitness Classes. Fitness classes currently being offered are Yoga, Body Blast, Zumba Strong, Senior Stride and Spin Class. Gym activities include tot time and home-school gym time, and pickle ball is held twice a week in the evenings.

Full Swing Golf is available Monday through Saturday. For more information, please contact Jackie at 776-8800.

The Nikiski Pool will be offering Lifeguard Classes and Swimming Lessons.

American Red Cross Lifeguard Classes are a week long and will start Jan. 13.

Open registration for all Swimming Lessons begins Dec. 30. For more information, contact Nigel at 776-8800.

The Nikiski Pool will be offering Aqua Cardio Exercise/’HIIT’ High Intensity Interval Training. Low impact cardio exercise classes lead by instructor but you work out at your own pace. Held Tuesday’s and Thursday’s 10-11am starting Jan. 14. Class is free but pool admission rates will apply. For more information, contact Nigel at 776-8800.

Kenai Senior Center activities The Kenai Senior Center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday to Friday, and are open until 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Community meals are served Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost for lunch is $7 suggested donation for individuals 60 or older, $14 for those under 60. Call 907-283-4156 for more information.

Wii Bowling: Thursdays in January, 1-2 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 6-Friday, Jan. 10: All activities canceled Social Security: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

National Hat Day: Wear your favorite hat to lunch, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

No-host dinner at Louie’s: Monday, Jan. 20, 4:30 p.m., $3 Birthday lunch: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m., $7 suggested donation or free if your birthday is in January and you are more than 60 years old.

Riverside Band — lunchtime entertainment, Monday, Jan. 20, 11:30 a.m.

Kenai Peninsula Caregivers Group: Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1-3 p.m.

Living Well with Diabetes class: Thursdays, Jan. 16, 23, 30 and Feb. 6, 13, 20. Course books are free, six-week commitment, 12 people maximum Sterling pancake breakfast: Saturday, Jan. 25, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Leave at 9 a.m. from Vintage Pointe, $5 ride fee Bells, lunchtime

entertainment: Monday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m.

Super Bowl party: Friday, Jan. 31, 11:30 a.m. Over 60 — $7 suggested donation.

Under 60 — $14

Nikiski Senior Center Lunch is everyday from 11:30-1 p.m. Members $8, nonmembers $9, kids 6-10 year $4, kids 5 and under are free. Yoga is offered from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays, and pilates is offered on 10 to 11 a.m. on Mondays. The Nikiski Coloring and Craft Club meets to color over coffee and conversations after lunch on Wednesdays.

Thursdays: Pinochle, 12-303:30 p.m.; Bible study, 1-3 p.m. Game night potluck will be hosted weekly, in the downstairs area of the center. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite dish to share. 5:30 p.m., every Friday, Nikiski Senior Center. Games of Cribbage will be help upstairs weekly. 1 p.m., every Saturday.

Kenai Community Library January Social Security Retirement Readiness Workshop: Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m. Presenter Kimberly Herrmann, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist for Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho will be live via the Internet to discuss the ins and outs of the Social Security filing process. We know that navigating a government program can be overwhelming, intimidating and daunting. However, you will be amazed at how easy it is to work with Social Security, to navigate their planning resources, get your questions answered and utilize the online tools to ensure you make the right decision.

Eccentric Science: Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 4 p.m.

Learn about acids and bases by testing samples of everyday items to earn an Acids and Bases 101 certificate!

Acids and bases are found all around us. They have unique properties that help us clean, cook, grow strong, and even make some cool art! No registration required!

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

American Girl Sewing Project: Thursday, Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. We will be making Sleeping Bags and Pillows for your doll! This program is suitable for children ages 8 and up. Class size is limited to 12 participants so sign up early at the front desk. No experience needed!

Calendar Cube Craft: Friday, Jan. 10 at 4 p.m. Do you know what a dodecahedron is? Want to learn?

Come to this fun class where you will be assembling a 12 –sided 2020 Calendar Cube!

Class size is limited, so sign up early for this interesting (and slightly challenging) class. Ages 14 and up.

Start your year off with the coolest calendar on a block!

Family Reading Fort Night: Thursday, Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. Have fun making forts in the library and enjoying a good book with your family!

Bring your own sheets and blankets… limited extras available! For more information please contact James at 283-8210 or visit www. kenialibrary.org.

American Girl Club: Monday, Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. Join us at the Kenai Community Library for our monthly American Girl Club! We will be making a scarf for your doll! Bring your doll (doesn’t have to be an American Girl) or use one of ours! Meets at the same time and place as Lego Club. The dollhouse will be out for everyone to play with!

Let’s Draw!: Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. Have fun drawing GREEDO and IG-88 in this interactive class!

We will be learning shading techniques as we color our images using colored pencils! The Mandalorian isn’t the only bounty hunter in the galaxy! If you plan to attend, please sign up at the front desk! Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information please call James a

283-8210.

Sewing Machine 101 and Fleece Hats: Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. Geared for new and young sewers, this class will cover the basics of how to follow a pattern and basic sewing machine use.

Learn how to make an easy Polar Fleece Hat! Class size is limited to 12 people. Children under 10 must have a parent helper! Sign up today the front desk!

Infant Learning Program Play Group: Thursday, Jan. 23 at 10:30 a.m. ILP Play Groups are FREE and open to the community. Join us as we explore the many types of play through movement, art activities, sensory exploration, and so much more!

Come and participate in free play, a monthly themed activity created and led by a developmental specialist, and then gather for songs at farewell. This is a FREE ongoing community event held the 4th Thursday of every month to help raise healthy children, connect, and learn.

Teen & Tween Nerf Night!

Friday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m.

Bring your own NERF BLASTER* to this exiting AFTER-HOURS teen and tween event! Designed for ages 10 to 15. We will be hosting a variety of NERF activities including capture the flag! Snacks, nerf bullets and eye protection will be provided. Space is limited, so sign up today! *We will only be using nerf blasters that take standard nerf bullets.

Cook Book Club! Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m. Do you every find yourself reading a Cookbook? Do you like to cook? DO you want to meet other interested individuals? Then this is the place for you!

January 2020: Bring your favorite Cookbook along with your favorite dish out of it and tell us why! Bonus points if it’s a book in our collection! Microwave available for heating. Call Elizabeth at 283-4378 with any questions.

India Ink Art Class: Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 5 p.m. Have fun playing with India ink and learn how to make beautifully layered pictures. Class size is limited to 12 participants and is appropriate for ages 16 and older. Register at the front desk! Contact Ryanna Thurman at 283-8208 for more information.

Triwizard Escape Room Challenge!: Thursday, Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. Join a team and compete in the Triwizard cup. Win both honor for your wizarding school and the prestigious title of Triwizard Champion.

Solve the series of puzzles and riddles that will test your wizarding skills to the max while you race against competing schools to win the prize. Prizes will be given to the winning team.

Snacks and drinks will be provided. Designed for ages 10-15, must be registered to attend.

Raspberry Pi Club: Friday, Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. Come join us at the library to create games and inventions, learn how to program, make music with Sonic Pi, meet new friends, and more!

Whether you want to hone your skills or are learning about Pi for the first time, the Raspberry Pi club is the perfect place for you! If you plan to attend, please sign up at the front desk today!

Ongoing events:

Lego Maker Mondays, Mondays from 4-5 p.m.: Do you like LEGOs? Why not join us each week to create with LEGO based on themes inspired by children’s books! Best for children ages 6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Wee Read Story Time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.: Designed for children ages 0-3. Every Tuesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, finger play and more!

No registration required.

Chess Club, Tuesdays at 4 p.m.: Get ready to ROOK the HOUSE every Tuesday!

Do you like playing Chess or would you like to learn how? The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a casual program for chess

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players of all ages and skill levels. Chess boards will be provided.

Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.: Designed for children ages 3-5. Every Wednesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, movement and more! No registration required.

Soldotna Public Library activities January Winter BINGO: Dec. 21-Feb. 29: Don’t hibernate this winter! Pick up your BINGO sheet at the library and join us for fun activities and reading challenges.

Stay tuned for more details.

Kids Robotics STEM Program: Monday, Jan. 6 at 2 p.m. Come learn about robotics in this hands-on program with the staff of the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska. All ages welcome: children under 10 must bring a responsible buddy.

Disney Karaoke: Saturday, Jan. 25 at 10:30 a.m.

If you love to sing Disney songs, you don’t want to miss this! All ages are welcome (yes, adults too) and all singing abilities are encouraged! Bring the whole family to perform or listen to others. Themed costumes are welcome!

Soldotna Library Friends Book and Art Sale: Thursday, Jan. 30 from 2-6 p.m.

Join us for great deals on books and art! All proceeds benefit the Soldotna Public Library.

Movies @ the Library: Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m. Join us for a movie and popcorn! We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child, but he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil. Rated PG-13.

2020 U.S. Census Recruitment: Thursday, Jan. 2, 6-7 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 23, 6-7 p.m. Earn extra income while helping your community! Stop by for a few minutes and meet with local Census representative Mark Larson to learn more about working for the 2020 Census. Flexible hours: pay starts at $28 an hour.

Social Security Webinar: Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m.

This webinar will provide details on the Social Security retirement program, filing strategy options for spouses’ benefits, determining the right time to file, how to work and collect benefits at the same time, how deciding when to file for retirement benefits can affect widow(er)s benefits, and more. Presented by Public Affairs Specialist Kimberly Herrmann.

Coffee, Donuts, and a Show: Saturday, Jan. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Start your weekend off right! Relax and enjoy coffee and treats while watching a film on a Saturday morning. A high-schooler is accidentally transported in a time machine back to the 1950s, where he inadvertently interferes with his future parents’ budding romance.

Now, the boy must figure out how to set things right, or risk changing the future.

Rated PG. Grant Writing Workshop for Community Change Makers: Monday, Jan. 27 from 12:30-4 p.m.

Join Meredith Noble, founder of learngrantwriting.org, and discover 100+ new grants. Learn to find the grants worth your precious time without endless web searching, guessing what the founder wants, and wondering if you have a chance of winning. Registration is $90 per person. Please register at https://www.learngrantwriting.org/kp Tree Buying Workshop: Saturday, Feb. 1 at 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. Spruce bark beetles got your trees down? Join Forester Mitch Michaud to learn what kinds of trees to plant, where and how to buy them, and more. Stay tuned for a tree-planting session in April.​

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Applications for the $50K Residential, or Disabled Resident Exemptions must be delivered to the Assessor’s Office, or postmarked on or before JANUARY 15, 2020. $50K Residential: Requires a one-time filing by the owner of record and remains in effect until ownership or occupancy changes. Exempts up to $50,000 in assessed value of the property.

Disabled Resident Tax Credit: Requires annual filing by the owner of record. Max of $500 is credited toward the resulting taxes on the property.

Applications for the Senior Citizen or Disabled Veteran Exemptions must be delivered to the Assessor’s Office, or postmarked on or before MARCH 31, 2020.

Senior Citizen Exemption: Applicant must be 65 years of age or older as of January 1 of the filing year (or surviving spouse age 60 or older. Exempts the first $300K of assessed value related to the primary residence and land of the qualified senior.

Assistant/Associate Professor of Anthropology KPC’s Kenai River Campus in Soldotna, Alaska is seeking an excellent individual to fill its Assistant/Associate Professor of Anthropology position. It is a fulltime, 9 month per year, tripartite, tenure-track position.

The successful candidate will teach anthropology courses face-to-face and online, advise students, participate in research, and participate in university and community service.

Disabled Veteran Exemption: Requires a 1-time filing by the owner of record and remains in effect until ownership or occupancy changes. Exempts the value of the primary residence and residential use land.

Salary will be commensurate with experience, to begin August 2020.

Applications are available at: Borough Offices in Soldotna, Homer, Seward, City Hall locations, and on the web.

For more information and to apply for this position go to KPC’s employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu

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Jack Van Impe Presents (N) ‘G’ In Search

(3) ABC-13 13 (6) MNT-5

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Anchorage Baptist Temple The Gospel of Christ

The NFL Today (N) (Live)

(8) CBS-11 11

9 AM

A = DISH Smartech Power Kit

World of X Games (N)

(9) FOX-4

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College Basketball St. John’s at Xavier. From Cintas Center To Be Announced in Cincinnati. (N) (Live)

(10) NBC-2

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Greta Van Susteren

(12) PBS-7

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CABLE STATIONS (8) WGN-A 239 307 (20) QVC

137 317

(23) LIFE

108 252

(28) USA

105 242

(30) TBS

139 247

(31) TNT

138 245

(34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC

131 254

Cops ‘PG’

(55) TLC

183 280

(56) DISC

182 278

(57) TRAV 196 277 (58) HIST

120 269

(59) A&E

118 265

(60) HGTV 112 229 (61) FOOD 110 231 (65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC

205 360

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Graham Bensinger

Chicago P.D. A cold and unmoving baby is discovered. ‘14’ Rick Steves’ Family Travel Make It Artsy Europe ‘G’ Colleen Kelly ‘G’

CFB 150: Greatest

CFB 150: Greatest

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Paid Program “Good Burger” (1997, Children’s) Kel Mitchell, Kenan Paid Program Raw Travel P. Allen Mad Dog & ‘G’ Thompson, Sinbad. A fast-food chain aims to gobble up a ‘G’ ‘PG’ Smith Garden Merrill Mid- (6) M local burger joint.

Style west Grill’n College Basketball Michigan at Michigan State. From Breslin Texas Music Face the Na- Hope in the (8) C Center in East Lansing, Mich. (N) (Live) tion (N) Wild ‘G’ Last Man Standing Kristin announces her pregnancy. ‘14’ (9) F

Monster Energy Supercross PGA Tour Golf Sentry Tournament of Champions, Final Leverage “The Two Live Crew Golden Globes Arrivals SpeA1 Recap (N) Round. From The Plantation Course at Kapalua, Hawaii. (N Job” A crew of thieves. ‘PG’ cial (N) (Live) (10) N Same-day Tape) Cook’s Coun- 100 Days, Lidia’s Kitch- Pati’s Mexi- Sara’s Week- Christopher Simply Ming Mexico With NOVA The senses of dogs, try ‘G’ Drinks, en ‘G’ can Table ‘G’ night Meals Kimball’s Milk “Michael Rick Bayless sharks and birds. ‘PG’ (12) P Dishes ‘G’ Street Schlow” ‘G’

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Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man (8) W Standing Standing Standing Standing In the Kitchen With David (N) (Live) ‘G’ Nutrisystem Weight-Loss New Year, New Start (N) (Live) ‘G’ Total Gym Experience (N) Toni Brattin Hair Fabulous (20) Programs (N) (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ Wigs & Hairpieces ‘G’ Joel Osteen Paid Program Married at First Sight Supernanny “Braido Family” “A Student’s Obsession” (2015, Suspense) Louise Lom“A Teacher’s Obsession” (2015, Suspense) Mia Rose “Bad Sister” (2016, Crime Drama) Ryan Newman, Devon (23) ‘PG’ ‘G’ Couples have two weeks to The Braidos try to agree on bard, Ella Wahlestedt. A high-school teacher must protect her Frampton, Boti Bliss, Molly Hagan. A teacher becomes obWerkheiser. ‘14’ plan. ‘14’ parenting. ‘PG’ family from one of her students. ‘14’ sessed with a student athlete. ‘14’ Dare Me The new coach ar- Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Vic (28) rives in town. ‘MA’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit “Rage” ‘14’ tims Unit “Authority” ‘14’ tims Unit “Swing” ‘14’ tims Unit “Lunacy” ‘14’ tims Unit “Shadow” ‘14’ tims Unit “Bedtime” ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ “The Mummy” (1999, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Han- “The Mummy Returns” (2001, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” (2008, nah. A mummy seeks revenge for a 3,000-year-old curse.

John Hannah. Two evil forces pursue the son of adventurer Rick O’Connell. Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Jet Li. A young archaeologist (30) awakens a cursed Chinese emperor.

NCIS: New Orleans “Knock- “300” (2006, Action) Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham. Badly “300: Rise of an Empire” (2014) Sullivan Stapleton. Greek “Snow White & the Huntsman” (2012) Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron. A (31) out” ‘14’ outnumbered Spartan warriors battle the Persian army.

Gen. Themistocles battles invading Persians. huntsman sent to capture Snow White becomes her ally.

(6:00) Postseason NFL Football Play. Football Play. High School Football Under Armour All America Game.

Spartan Race From Glen Spartan Race SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (34) E Countdown (N) (Live) (N) (Live) Jean, W.Va. Women’s College Basketball Michigan State at Michigan. Women’s College Basketball Cincinnati at South Florida.

Women’s College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Football Play. Football Play. Professional Fighters (35) E From Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. (N) (Live) From Yuengling Center in Tampa, Fla. (N) (Live) League Championship.

Women’s College Basketball Virginia at NC State. From the Women’s College Basketball Florida State at Miami. From Women’s College Basketball West Virginia at Kansas State. Women’s College Basketball Baylor at Oklahoma. From the (36) R Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C. (N) Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla. (N) (Live) From Bramlage Coliseum in Mahnattan, Kan. Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.

(7:00) “Dumb & Dumber” (1994, Comedy) “Dirty Grandpa” (2016, Comedy) Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza. “The Hangover” (2009, Comedy) Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Three pals “The Hangover Part II” (2011, Comedy) (38) P Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels.

A lawyer brings his foulmouthed grandfather to spring break. must find a missing groom after a wild bash.

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms.

(7:00) “Mission: Impossible III” (2006, Action) Tom Cruise, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (2009, Action) Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel. Sam “X-Men” (2000, Action) Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen. Two (43) A Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames.

Witwicky holds the key to defeating an ancient Decepticon. groups of mutated humans square off against each other.

Teen Titans Teen Titans (46) TOON 176 296 Go! ‘PG’ Go! ‘PG’ North Woods Law “Last Days (47) ANPL 184 282 of Winter” ‘PG’ Big City Big City (49) DISN 173 291 Greens ‘Y7’ Greens ‘Y7’ SpongeBob SpongeBob (50) NICK 171 300 (51) FREE 180 311

CFB 150: Greatest

Manna-Fest Paid Program Soldotna Christian Worship Hour With Perry ‘G’ Church of Stone ‘G’ God NFL Football Wild Card: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

Paid Program A New Leaf ‘G’ “A Family Loss” ‘G’ Samantha Field Trip Rick Steves’ Brown Place With Curtis Europe ‘G’ Stone ‘G’

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9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 12 PM 12:30 1 PM

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World of World of Gumball Gumball North Woods Law “Circle of Life” ‘PG’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Coop & Cami

World of World of Unikitty ‘Y7’ DC Super Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans World of World of World of World of (46) T Gumball Gumball Hero Girls Go! ‘PG’ Go! ‘PG’ Go! ‘PG’ Go! ‘PG’ Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball North Woods Law Officers go North Woods Law “On the North Woods Law “Good Lone Star Law “The Eagle Lone Star Law Nuisance al- Lone Star Law “In the Nick of (47) A undercover. ‘PG’ Loose” ‘PG’ News, Bad News” ‘PG’ Has Landed” ‘14’ ligator; illegal fish. ‘14’ Time” ‘14’ Raven’s Just Roll With Gabby Duran Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Sydney to the Sydney to the Sydney to the Raven’s Raven’s Raven’s (49) D Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ Max ‘G’ Max ‘G’ Max ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Home ‘G’ Alvinnn!!!

Jurassic-Isla SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob The CasaThe Loud The Loud The Loud The Loud (50) N and Nublar grandes House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ (:10) “Pretty in Pink” (1986, Romance-Comedy) Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer. (:20) “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986) Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck. A (12:55) “Mr. Deeds” (2002, Comedy) Adam Sandler. A pizza “The Waterboy” (1998, Com (51) F A poor eclectic teen is romanced by a wealthy classmate. brash teen and his friends have an adventure in Chicago. maker inherits a fortune from a distant relative. edy) Adam Sandler.

Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to Say Yes to the Dress ‘PG’ Sister Wives “Aspyn’s Royal Wedding” Aspyn and Mitch are Sister Wives “Kody’s Secret Plan” The wives tell the kids (55) the Dress the Dress the Dress the Dress the Dress the Dress getting married. ‘PG’ they are moving. ‘PG’ Naked and Afraid “The Spirits Naked and Afraid “Playing Naked and Afraid “Fear the Naked and Afraid “Strength Naked and Afraid “Fire and Naked and Afraid “Honduran Naked and Afraid Survivalists Naked and Afraid “The Dan (56) D Are Angry” ‘14’ With Fire” ‘14’ Unknown” ‘14’ in Pain” ‘14’ Fury” ‘14’ Hell” ‘14’ face in Namibia. ‘14’ ger Within” ‘14’ Witches of Salem ‘14’ Witches of Salem ‘14’ The Holzer Files ‘PG’ The Holzer Files “Possessor’s The Holzer Files “Grave Se- The Holzer Files “Bloodline” Dinosaurs: Mysteries at the Vampires: Mysteries at the (57) T Curse” ‘PG’ crets” ‘PG’ ‘PG’ Museum ‘G’ Museum ‘PG’ Counting Cars “Ghost Rider” A ghost-hunting vehicle. ‘PG’ Counting Counting Counting Counting Counting Cars “Counts of Counting Cars “Burt Reyn- Counting Cars “Danny’s De (58) H Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Cars ‘PG’ Hazzard” ‘PG’ olds’ Rides” ‘PG’ troit Special” ‘PG’ Behind Bars: Women Inside Behind Bars: Women Inside Behind Bars: Women Inside Behind Bars: Women Inside 60 Days In “Should Have Live PD “Top 40 Moments of 2019, Part 1” The year’s top Live PD The year’s top 40 Gangbanger Baby D. targets Transgender Franklin attracts Missy must make a deciMissy meets with her lawStayed a Fan” Sheriff Horton moments recalled. ‘14’ moments recalled. ‘14’ (59) a rival. ‘14’ attention. ‘14’ sion. ‘14’ yer. ‘14’ enlists civilians. ‘14’ Christina on the Coast Christina on the Coast “My Christina on Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Good Bones Karen’s barn- Good Bones “Poltergeist Good Bones “The Shabbiest (60) H “Wedding Special” ‘G’ Perfect Paradise” ‘G’ the Coast ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ ‘G’ shaped guesthouse. ‘G’ Property” ‘G’ Townhouse” ‘G’ Mary McThe Pioneer The Pioneer The Pioneer Girl Meets Valerie Home Delicious Delicious The Kitchen “A Healthy Help- Guy’s Grocery Games ‘G’ Guy’s Grocery Games ‘G’ Guy’s Grocery Games ‘G’ (61) F Cartney Woman ‘G’ Woman ‘G’ Woman ‘G’ Farm (N) ‘G’ Miss Brown Miss Brown ing” ‘G’ Rare 1852 Paid Program Cooking with Smiley Smiley Paid Program Shark Tank Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Guest shark Troy Shark Tank Franchised art Shark Tank ‘PG’ Shark Tank Guest shark Troy (65) C Gold Coin ‘G’ Emeril Healthy Healthy ‘G’ seek investors. ‘PG’ Carter. ‘PG’ studios. ‘14’ Carter. ‘PG’ America’s News Headquar- America’s News Headquar- FOX News Sunday With The Journal Editorial Report America’s News Headquar- The Greg Gutfeld Show Fox Report with Jon Scott FOX News Sunday With (67) ters With Ed Henry ters (N) (Live) Chris Wallace (N) ters (N) (Live) (N) (Live) Chris Wallace (N) The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office (:05) The Of- (:40) The Of (81) C ‘PG’ “Trivia” ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘PG’ fice ‘14’ fice ‘14’

(81) COM

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(82) SYFY

The Twilight “Kill Switch” (2017) Dan Stevens, Bérénice Marlohe. A pilot (:35) “Abduction” (2011, Action) Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins. A youth learns (:01) “Gamer” (2009, Action) Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, (2:59) “Edge of Tomorrow” 122 244 Zone ‘PG’ (82) S fights to save his family and the planet itself. that the folks who raised him are not his real parents.

Amber Valletta.

(2014) Tom Cruise.

PREMIUM STATIONS ! HBO

303 504

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311 516

5 SHOW 319 546 8 TMC

329 554

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(6) MNT-5

4 PM Outdoorsman/Buck McNeely Small Town Big Deal ‘G’

(3) ABC-13 13 5

(8) CBS-11 11 (9) FOX-4

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(10) NBC-2

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(12) PBS-7

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(7:46) “Seventh Son” (2014) Jeff Bridges. (:45) “Wild Hogs” (2007, Comedy) Tim Allen, John Travolta, (:25) “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004, Action) Dennis (:45) “The Rundown” (2003, Adventure) The Rock, Seann “Scary Movie An apprentice prepares to fight a malevolent Martin Lawrence. Four friends take a motorcycle road trip.

Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm. Global warming leads to William Scott, Rosario Dawson. A bounty hunter must find his 3” (2003) ! witch. ‘PG-13’ ‘PG-13’ worldwide natural disasters. ‘PG-13’ boss’ son in the Amazon. ‘PG-13’ (:15) “Shazam!” (2019, Action) Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel.

“Glass” (2019, Suspense) Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, (:45) “The Mule” (2018, Crime Drama) Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, (2:50) “A Star Is Born” Shazam squares off against the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana. ‘PG-13’ Samuel L. Jackson. David Dunn collides with the evil Beast Laurence Fishburne. A DEA agent pursues a 90-year-old drug courier for a (2018, Romance) Bradley ^ H and Elijah Price. ‘PG-13’ cartel. ‘R’ Cooper. ‘R’ (:15) “Cold Mountain” (2003, Drama) Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger. A Con- (10:51) “A Good Year” (2006, Romance-Comedy) Rus(12:50) “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” (:45) “Daylight” (1996, Action) Sylvester federate soldier tries to reach his sweetheart. ‘R’ sell Crowe. A London banker inherits his uncle’s vineyard in (2018, Musical Comedy) Amanda Seyfried, Stallone. Explosion traps New Yorkers in the + Provence. ‘PG-13’ Lily James. ‘PG-13’ Holland Tunnel. ‘PG-13’ (7:55) “Stand by Me” (1986) Wil Wheaton. (:25) “Ghost” (1990, Fantasy) Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, “Little Women” (1994, Drama) Winona Ryder, Gabriel “On the Basis of Sex” (2018, Biography) Felicity Jones, The L Word: Boy and buddies go on hike to find dead body Whoopi Goldberg. A murder victim returns to save his beloved Byrne, Trini Alvarado. Four New England sisters embrace life Armie Hammer. Ruth Bader Ginsburg brings a case before Generation Q 5 S in 1959. ‘R’ fiancee. ‘PG-13’ during the Civil War. ‘PG’ the Supreme Court. ‘PG-13’ ‘MA’ (6:30) “Fair (:20) “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision (9:50) “Clue” (1985, Mystery) Eileen Bren- “Killing Hasselhoff” (2016, Comedy) Ken “Bad Company” (2002, Action) Anthony Hopkins, Chris “Young Guns” (1988, WestGame” Course” (2002, Comedy) Steve Irwin, Terri nan. Estate guests investigate the murder of Jeong. A man resorts to desperate measure Rock, Matthew Marsh. A hustler is recruited by the CIA to ern) Emilio Estevez. ‘R’ 8 Irwin, Magda Szubanski. ‘PG’ their host. ‘PG’ to pay off a loan shark. ‘R’ pose as his brother. ‘PG-13’

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America’s Funniest Home Kids Say the Darndest Videos Videos featuring twins. Things Tiffany stuns a brilliant (N) ‘PG’ boy. (N) ‘PG’ Engine Power Truck Tech Detroit Mus- Madam Secretary Terrorists ‘PG’ ‘PG’ cle ‘PG’ hold schoolgirls captive. ‘14’

Best Friends Modern Fam- Frontiers ‘G’ CBS Weekily ‘PG’ end News Paid Program Ocean Mys- FOX News Sunday With ‘G’ teries With Chris Wallace (N) Jeff Corwin The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards (N) (Live)

60 Minutes (N)

Nature “Animal Reunions” Wild animals and caregivers reunite. ‘PG’

PBS NewsHour Weekend

CABLE STATIONS

6:30

Native Voices Family Feud ABC World ‘PG’ News

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Born to Explore: Namibia -- Land of Cheetahs ‘G’

Entertainment Tonight (N)

Alaska Insight

Shark Tank Ensuring babies Shark Tank Redesigned sleep while traveling. (N) ‘PG’ men’s classic fashion staple.

‘PG’ Chicago P.D. “Kasual With Murdoch Mysteries Murdoch a K” Looking for an abducted investigates a covert comwoman. ‘14’ munity. ‘PG’ God Friended Me Miles dis- NCIS: Los Angeles “Ground- Madam Secretary ‘14’ covers a new clue. ‘PG’ work” (N) ‘14’ The SimpBless the Bob’s Burg- Family Guy TMZ (N) ‘PG’ sons (N) ‘PG’ Harts (N) ‘14’ ers (N) ‘PG’ “Connie’s Celica” ‘PG’ The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards Victoria on Masterpiece Vic- Victoria on Masterpiece toria makes a decision. ‘PG’ World watches the royal couple. ‘PG’

Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace ‘PG’

The American Access Hollywood (N) ‘PG’ Athlete ‘PG’ Forensic Files ‘PG’

Forensic Files ‘PG’

Outdoorsman/Buck McNeely Paid Program ‘G’

Soldotna Church of God KTVA Night- Castle A poisoning at an Old Major Crimes cast West-style resort. ‘PG’ ‘14’ The Big Bang The Big Bang Funny You Funny You Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘14’ Should Ask Should Ask ‘PG’ ‘PG’ Channel 2 Graham NCIS: New Orleans “Blue News: Late Bensinger Christmas” Christmas burglarEdition ies turn deadly. ‘14’ Downton Abbey on Master- Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Simon Bricker returns to piece ‘PG’ Downton. ‘PG’

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Person of Interest “Search Person of Interest “Terra (8) WGN-A 239 307 Standing Standing Standing Standing Standing Standing With With With With With With and Destroy” ‘14’ Incognita” ‘14’ Nutrisystem Weight-Loss Susan Graver Style (N) Nutrisystem Weight-Loss Total Gym Experience (N) Soma Intimates (N) (Live) ‘G’ Shoe Shopping With Jane Just Reduced “Fashion & Ac- Soma Intimates ‘G’ (20) QVC 137 317 Programs (N) (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ Programs (N) (Live) ‘G’ (Live) ‘G’ (N) (Live) ‘G’ cessories” (N) (Live) ‘G’ (3:00) “Bad Sister” (2016) “Sleeping With My Student” (2019, Suspense) Gina Holden, “Abducted on Air” (2020, Suspense) Perrey Reeves, Kim (:03) “From Straight A’s to XXX” (2017, Drama) Haley Pul- (:01) “Abducted on Air” Jessica Belkin, Mitchell Hoog. Kathy discovers her fling with Shaw, Gord Rand. A kidnapped reporter stages a dramatic los, Judd Nelson, Jessica Lu. A student endures cyberbullying (2020, Suspense) Perrey (23) LIFE 108 252 Ryan Newman, Devon Werkheiser. ‘14’ Ian was no accident. escape. when a secret is revealed. ‘14’ Reeves, Kim Shaw.

Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Vic(:01) Dare Me “Coup d’État” Dare Me Colette makes a (:01) Modern (:31) Modern (:01) Modern (:31) Modern (28) USA 105 242 tims Unit “Shattered” ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ ‘MA’ decision about Will. ‘14’ Family ‘PG’ Family ‘PG’ Family ‘PG’ Family ‘PG’ “Mummy: “Kong: Skull Island” (2017, Adventure) Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel. Two races of “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel. Two races of robots wage war on Earth.

Brie Larson. Explorers encounter a gigantic ape and monstrous creatures. robots wage war on Earth.

(30) TBS 139 247 Dragon Emp.” (:15) “The Wolverine” (2013, Action) Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Famke Janssen.

“Thor: Ragnarok” (2017, Action) Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston. Thor (:45) “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. A man (31) TNT 138 245 Wolverine confronts the prospect of real mortality. must battle the mighty Hulk and the all-powerful Hela. must unite a team of aliens against a cosmic threat.

NFL Rewind (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt NFL Rewind College Football (34) ESPN 140 206 (3:00) Professional Fighters League Championship. Featuring six world title fights. From Football Play. Football Play. UFC Fight Night SportsCenter With Scott SportsCenter With Scott (35) ESPN2 144 209 Madison Square Garden in New York.

Van Pelt (N) Van Pelt College Basketball Wyoming at Colorado State. From Moby World Poker World Poker College Basketball St. John’s at Xavier. From Cintas Center World Poker Tour Poker Night Red Bull Air (36) ROOT 426 687 Arena in Fort Collins, Colo. in Cincinnati. (N Same-day Tape) in America Racing (N) (2:30) “The Hangover Part II” “The Hangover” (2009, Comedy) Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Three pals “The Hangover Part II” (2011, Comedy) Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Phil, “Dumb & Dumber” (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey. Two witless (38) PARMT 241 241 (2011) Bradley Cooper. must find a missing groom after a wild bash.

Stu, Alan and Doug head to Thailand for Stu’s wedding. wonders take a cash-laden briefcase to Aspen.

“X-Men 2” (2003, Action) Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen. A power-mad milita- “X-Men: First Class” (2011, Action) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne. The “X-Men: The Last Stand” (2006) Hugh Jackman, Patrick (43) AMC 131 254 rist pursues the mutants. early years of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. (N) Stewart. A cure for mutations divides the X-Men. Bob’s Burg- Bob’s Burg- Joe Pera American American Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Mike Tyson MommaMetalocaAmerican Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Mike Tyson (46) TOON 176 296 ers ‘PG’ ers ‘PG’ Talks w/You Dad ‘14’ Dad ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Mysteries Sheriff lypse ‘MA’ Dad ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Morty ‘14’ Mysteries Lone Star Law “Trespassers Lone Star Law “High Desert Lone Star Law A video of an (:01) Lone Star Law “In Hot (:01) Lone Star Law “Lying (:02) Lone Star Law “In the (:03) Lone Star Law “Shrimp Lone Star Law “Lying Dogs” (47) ANPL 184 282 Beware” ‘14’ Drama” ‘14’ illegal hunter. ‘14’ Water” ‘14’ Dogs” (N) ‘14’ Crosshairs” (N) ‘14’ and Run” ‘14’ ‘14’ Big City Big City Big City (:25) “Home” (2015, Children’s) Voices of Jim Gabby Duran Gabby Duran Gabby Duran Gabby Duran Star Wars Big City Raven’s Just Roll With Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ (49) DISN 173 291 Greens ‘Y7’ Greens ‘Y7’ Greens ‘Y7’ Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin.

Resistance Greens ‘Y7’ Home ‘G’ It ‘Y7’ The Loud The Loud The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! Sing-Along Bikini “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” (2012, Children’s) Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ (50) NICK 171 300 House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ Bottom faces catastrophe.

Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine.

(3:00) “The Waterboy” (1998) (:05) “Pitch Perfect” (2012, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin. (:45) “The Notebook” (2004, Romance) Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner. A man tells a story (10:55) “Letters to Juliet” (51) FREE 180 311 Adam Sandler.

College students enter an a cappella competition. to a woman about two lovers.

(2010) Amanda Seyfried.

Sister Wives “Moving Melt- Sister Wives “Leaving Las 90 Day Fiancé “Pillow Talk: 90 Day Fiancé ‘14’ Sister Wives “Kicked Out” The family moves to Flagstaff, 90 Day Fiancé “Most Outra- 90 Day Fiancé ‘14’ (55) TLC 183 280 downs” ‘PG’ Vegas” ‘PG’ Judgement Day” ‘14’ Ariz. (N) ‘PG’ geous Moments” ‘14’ Naked and Afraid “Trouble in Naked and Afraid “Bite Naked and Afraid XL ‘14’ Naked and Afraid “Luke’s Journey” Luke McLaughlin shares Naked and Afraid “Alone: (:02) Naked and Afraid ‘14’ Naked and Afraid “Luke’s (56) DISC 182 278 Paradise” ‘14’ Club” ‘14’ insights. (N) ‘14’ Man Up or Bow Out” ‘14’ Journey” ‘14’ Loch Ness Monster Lives: Expedition Bigfoot “The Expedition Bigfoot “Did You Expedition Bigfoot “The Expedition Bigfoot Russell Expedition Bigfoot “Human Lost in the Wild “Amazon’s Expedition Bigfoot “The (57) TRAV 196 277 Mysteries at the Museum Search Begins” ‘PG’ Hear That?” ‘PG’ Nest” ‘PG’ falls ill. ‘PG’ Bait” (N) ‘PG’ Atlantis” (N) ‘PG’ Nest” ‘PG’ American Pickers ‘PG’ American Pickers ‘PG’ American Pickers “Ripe for American Pickers “One (:02) American Pickers “Cor- (:05) American Pickers (:05) American Pickers “Big (:03) American Pickers “One (58) HIST 120 269 the Picking” ‘PG’ Wheel Deal” ‘PG’ vette King” ‘PG’ “Frank Meet Brank” ‘PG’ Dollar Days” ‘PG’ Wheel Deal” ‘PG’ (3:00) Live PD The year’s top Live PD: Live PD: Live PD: Live PD: Live PD: Live PD: Live PD: Live PD: Court Cam “Top 10 Moments” Alaska PD “Call of the Wild” Live PD: Live PD: Police Patrol Police Patrol Police Patrol Police Patrol Police Patrol Police Patrol Police Patrol Police Patrol The best moments from Sea- Jaime Ramos meets a Kodiak Police Patrol Police Patrol (59) A&E 118 265 40 moments recalled. ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ son 1. (N) ‘14’ bear. ‘14’ ‘14’ ‘14’ Good Bones “Chop and Good Bones “Budget-Busting Holmes & Holmes (N) ‘PG’ Holmes & Holmes (N) ‘PG’ Holmes & Holmes (N) ‘PG’ Rehab Addict Rehab Addict Rehab Addict Rehab Addict Holmes & Holmes ‘PG’ (60) HGTV 112 229 Pop” ‘G’ Victorian” ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ Guy’s Grocery Games ‘G’ Food Network Challenge Guy’s Grocery Games ‘G’ Guy’s Grocery Games ‘G’ Worst Cooks in America Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Worst Cooks in America (61) FOOD 110 231 “Winter Sports Cakes” ‘G’ “Bottom’s Up” (N) ‘G’ Flay (N) ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ Flay ‘G’ “Bottom’s Up” ‘G’ Shark Tank Franchised art American Greed “Paul American Greed ‘PG’ American Greed “Black Mar- American Greed “Paul American Greed ‘PG’ Retirement Retirement Five Day Biz Fix “B&B Bo (65) CNBC 208 355 studios. ‘14’ Manafort” ‘PG’ ket Dirty Gold” ‘PG’ Manafort” ‘PG’ Income Income nanza” ‘PG’ Life, Liberty & Levin (N) The Next Revolution With Watters’ World Life, Liberty & Levin The Next Revolution With Watters’ World FOX News Sunday With MediaBuzz (67) FNC 205 360 Steve Hilton (N) Steve Hilton Chris Wallace (N) (:15) “Super Troopers” (2001, Comedy) Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffer- (:25) South South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park (81) COM 107 249 nan. Budget cuts threaten the jobs of five state troopers.

Park ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ ‘MA’ (2:59) “Edge of Tomorrow” (2014, Science (:27) “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982, Children’s) Henry Thomas, Dee “Hancock” (2008, Action) Will Smith. A scruffy superhero Futurama Futurama ‘14’ Futurama Futurama (82) SYFY 122 244 Fiction) Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt.

Wallace. A California boy befriends a homesick alien. carelessly wreaks havoc in Los Angeles.

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(3:30) “Scary Movie 3” “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” (2011) Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. ! HBO 303 504 (2003, Comedy) Anna Faris. A suddenly single 40-something needs help finding his groove ‘PG-13’ again. ‘PG-13’ (2:50) “A Star Is Born” (:10) “Black Swan” (2010, Drama) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel. A ballerina’s drive to succeed threat ^ HBO2 304 505 (2018, Romance) Bradley Cooper. ‘R’ ens to consume her. ‘R’ (2:45) “Day- (:40) “Fight Club” (1999, Suspense) Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bon + MAX 311 516 light” (1996) ham Carter. Men vent their rage by beating each other in a secret arena. ‘R’

“Tolkien” (2019, Biography) Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, “Unknown” (2011, Suspense) Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, “Tolkien” (2019, Biography) Colm Meaney. Author J.R.R. Tolkien writes “The Lord of the January Jones. An accident victim finds a man using his Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins.

Rings.” ‘PG-13’ identity. ‘PG-13’ ‘PG-13’ “Alien” (1979, Science Fiction) Tom Skerritt, Sigourney “Aliens” (1986, Science Fiction) Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael (:18) “Alien Weaver, John Hurt. A merciless horror stalks the crew of a Biehn. Space Marines battle an army of deadly monsters. ‘R’ 3” (1992) ‘R’ deep-space freighter. ‘R’ “Replicas” (2018, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves, Thomas (8:50) “Stay” (2005, Mystery) Ewan Mc(:35) “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” Middleditch, Alice Eve. A neuroscientist tries to clone his dead Gregor. A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal (2018, Adventure) Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas wife and children. ‘PG-13’ young student. ‘R’ Howard. ‘PG-13’ (3:30) The L Work in Prog- Shameless Frank uncovers Ray Donovan Mickey learns Ray Donovan Terry and Shameless “O Captain, My The L Word: Generation Q (9:53) Work in The L Word: Generation Q Shameless the truth about Faye. ‘MA’ the truth about the heist. ‘MA’ Bunchy head back upstate.

Captain” Frank goes back in Bette feels guilty about lying to Progress (N) Bette feels guilty about lying to ‘MA’ 5 SHOW 319 546 Word: Gen- ress ‘MA’ eration Q (N) ‘MA’ time. (N) ‘MA’ Angie. (N) ‘MA’ ‘MA’ Angie. ‘MA’ (3:00) “Young Guns” (1988, “Mimic” (1997, Horror) Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh “Hotel Artemis” (2018, Action) Jodie Foster. (:35) “The Happytime Murders” (2018, (:10) “Den of Thieves” (2018, Crime Drama) Gerard Butler, Western) Emilio Estevez.

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Chicago P.D. “Stepping Mike & Molly Stone” A series of brutal slay- ‘14’ ings. ‘14’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show KTVA 11 (N) ‘PG’ News at 5 Two and a Entertainment Funny You Half Men ‘14’ Tonight (N) Should Ask ‘PG’ Judge Judy Judge Judy Channel 2 (N) ‘PG’ ‘PG’ News 5:00 Report (N) Rick Steves’ Rick Steves’ BBC World Europe ‘G’ Europe ‘G’ News America

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(28) USA

105 242

(30) TBS

139 247

(31) TNT

138 245

(34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC

131 254

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Mike & Molly Last Man Last Man Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicDateline ‘PG’ ‘14’ Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ tims Unit “Pixies” A gymnast tims Unit “Consent” ‘14’ is found dead. ‘14’ CBS Evening KTVA 11 News at 6 The NeighBob Hearts All Rise Lola questions her- Bull Bull helps Marissa’s News borhood (N) Abishola (N) self. (N) ‘14’ friend sue a man. (N) ‘14’ Funny You The Big Bang The Big Bang 9-1-1 “Malfunction” A skating (:01) Prodigal Son “Family Fox 4 News at 9 (N) Should Ask Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ mishap at an ice show. ‘14’ Friend” Jessica worries about ‘PG’ her past. ‘14’ NBC Nightly Channel 2 Newshour (N) America’s Got Talent “The Champions One” Champions (:01) Manifest The Stones News With from around the world compete. (N) ‘PG’ have a foreboding calling.

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2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls How I Met Pawn Stars ‘14’ ‘14’ Your Mother ‘PG’ ‘14’ KTVA 11 (:35) The Late Show With James CorNews at 10 Stephen Colbert ‘PG’ den TMZ (N) ‘PG’ TMZ ‘PG’ Entertainment Two and a Tonight Half Men ‘14’ Channel 2 (:34) The Tonight Show Star- (:37) Late News: Late ring Jimmy Fallon ‘14’ Night With Edition (N) Seth Meyers “The Lavender Scare” (2017, Amanpour and Company (N) Documentary) Narrated by Glenn Close.

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Last Man Last Man Last Man (8) WGN-A 239 307 Standing Standing Standing (3:00) Fashion’s Night In (N) (Live) (20) QVC 137 317 (23) LIFE

Wendy Williams Show Hot Bench Hot Bench Court Court Protection Protection Young & Restless Mod Fam Bold Rachael Ray ‘G’ Paternity Live with Kelly and Ryan The Dr. Oz Show Dinosaur Cat in the Sesame St. Splash

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Charmed Charge. ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural “Bugs” ‘14’ Supernatural “Home” ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ “Run All Night” (2015) Liam Neeson, Ed Harris.

Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural “Faith” ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ “Geostorm” (2017) Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ NBA Basketball Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ SportsCenter (N) (Live) NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) Football SportsCenter (N) (Live) NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Basketball SportsCenter (N) (Live) NFL Live (N) (Live) NBA: The Jump (N) (Live) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) Sports.

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The Dan Patrick Show (N) ‘PG’ Pro Footvolley Tour (N) The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog.

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The Dan Patrick Show ‘PG’ College Football The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog.

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The Dan Patrick Show (N) ‘PG’ Short List Basketball The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog.

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The Dan Patrick Show (N) ‘PG’ College Basketball Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ King King King King King King King King King King Two Men Two Men “X-Men 2” (2003, Action) Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen.

“X-Men: First Class” (2011, Action) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender.

“Dante’s Peak” (1997, Action) Pierce Brosnan.

Stooges Stooges “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982) Richard Gere, Debra Winger.

“Dante’s Peak” (1997) Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton.

“Titanic” (1997) Kate Winslet “Death Warrant” (1990) Robert Guillaume “Mission: Impossible III” (2006) Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

“The Hunger Games” (2012) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

“Rambo III” (1988, Action) Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna.

“Braveheart” (1995) Mel Gibson. A Scottish rebel rallies his countrymen against England.

“Deep Impact” (1998) Tea Leoni Stooges “The Patriot” (2000, War) Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson.

“Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985, Action) “A Walk Among the Tombstones” (2014) Victor Victor Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans Gumball Infinity Train Victor Victor Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans Gumball Infinity Train Victor Victor Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans Gumball Infinity Train Victor Victor Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans Gumball Infinity Train Victor Victor Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Teen Titans Total Drama Total Drama Teen Titans Teen Titans Gumball Infinity Train Dr. Jeff: RMV The Vet Life ‘PG’ Crikey! It’s the Irwins Secret Life-Zoo The Zoo ‘PG’ Pit Bulls and Parolees Pit Bulls and Parolees Varied Programs Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Puppy Pals Puppy Pals Muppet Giganto Vampirina Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘G’ T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ “Home” (2015) Rihanna Big City Big City Big City Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Puppy Pals Puppy Pals Muppet Giganto Vampirina Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘G’ T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Amphibia Ladybug Ladybug Big City Big City Big City Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Puppy Pals Puppy Pals Muppet Giganto Vampirina Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Amphibia Ladybug Ladybug Big City Big City Big City Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Puppy Pals Puppy Pals Muppet Giganto Vampirina Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ T.O.T.S. ‘Y’ Amphibia Ladybug Ladybug Big City Big City Big City Mickey T.O.T.S. ‘G’ Puppy Pals PJ Masks The Rocketeer “X-Treme Hero; Hot on the Trail” ‘Y’ Fancy Elena Amphibia Ladybug Ladybug Gravity Falls Gravity Falls Gravity Falls Bubble Ricky Zoom PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol Ryan PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol Ryan PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol Jurassic SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol Ryan PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol Ryan PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol Jurassic SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Blue’s Clues Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blue’s Clues PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Superstore 700 Club The 700 Club Movie Varied Programs The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle Simpsons Simpsons Bloody Tears My Feet Are Killing Me Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress 900 Pound Man: Race Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life Brandon is a musician. ‘PG’ My Big Fat Fabulous Life Oldest Conjoined Twin Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ 1000-lb Sisters ‘14’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life “Jennifer & Marissa’s Story” ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ Tiny at 20 ‘PG’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ My Feet Are Killing Me Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life “Mercedes’ Story” ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress Obese and Pregnant ‘PG’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Dr. Pimple Popper ‘14’ Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life “Michael’s Story” ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress

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A 2020 Calendar for Kids

Japan’s Summer Games

Mini Fact:

The Games of the XXXII Olympiad will begin on July 24 in Tokyo, Japan. These are the second Summer Olympics to take place in Japan.

Athletes will compete in 42 sports during the games.

Will you watch?

Ten percent of voters in 2020 are expected to be between 18 and 23 years old.

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BY LAURA TAYLOR KINNEL / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ Laura Taylor Kinnel, of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia.

She got her interest in crosswords at a young age through her grandmother, who used to solve the Sunday Times puzzle and ask for Laura’s ‘‘help.’’ The first crossword Laura made was a year-in-review puzzle for a 2018 Christmas letter. This puzzle is her debut in The Times. — W.S.

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48 Where fans are often placed on high?

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Pariah living with relative finds safety but not security

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020: How you deal with others will reflect your true essence. You might be unusually open this year as you are about to cross into a new 12-year life and love cycle. If single, some people might respond to your generosity, but not to you. Use your sixth sense here. On the other hand, many of you will meet your life mate. If attached, the two of you move in a new direction you have often spoken of. This year will prove to be unusually significant to your bond. You will speak of this period often.

TAURUS helps ground you, but adds to your creativity.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Curb a need to be possessive or in control. You can control only yourself and no one else. Once you recognize this truth, you will be on cruise control, tossing manipulation in the garbage. Tonight: Make it your treat.

This Week: Remain responsive to questions and matters involving your home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH See and understand the possibilities that have opened up. Many people might not be able to look at a situation as positive if they are stuck in the status quo, which you seem to be able to let go of. Tonight: Reach out for a friend at a distance.

This Week: Speak your mind, and point to a certain decision you have been avoiding. Ask yourself, Why are you avoiding this effort?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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HHHHH One-on-one relating turns a situation around. You need to be sure that you want what you are creating. You might find it difficult to move away from something. Recognize a family member for his or her efforts. Tonight: Make it easy.

This Week: Speak your mind. Say what you need to. Refuse to be intimidated.

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HHHHH Your creativity emerges, allowing you to make some interesting decisions. A child or loved one goes out of his or her way to make you more easygoing and content, and you do the same for this person. Tonight: Make it easy.

This Week: Not until midweek do you recognize that you have the key to unlock a problem.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

mouthguards, been to the doctor, everything. He always feels bad when he wakes up and finds me out of the bed. I’ve told him that it doesn’t make me mad, I just get annoyed when I have to get up and go.

The only thing that seems to make a difference is when he loses weight. How do I tell him that if he lost some weight, he would snore less? I don’t want to hurt his feelings. — SLEEPING BADLY IN OHIO DEAR SLEEPING BADLY: If you have observed that your husband snores less when his weight is down, TELL him. It isn’t hurtful; it would be helpful. You say he’s been to see his doctor. Ask if he’s been checked for sleep apnea. If there are long pauses between a sleeping person’s breaths or gasping, it could be a symptom of sleep

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 15 years, married for six. We have the best relationship. Everybody tells us how great we are together. We don’t fight, and we support each other 100% with everything.

While my husband isn’t overweight, he does go back and forth from going to the gym to work out and eating healthy, to stopping and putting the weight right back on.

I honestly couldn’t care less about the number on his scale.

The problem is, he’s a horrible snorer. It’s awful! I usually end up moving to the couch in the middle of the night to get some sleep.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your ability to relate deeply to another person emerges. You seem to ask the right questions. You also know how to answer and when.

A sense of well-being forms between you and another. Tonight: Say “yes” to a question.

This Week: Juggling a problem might not work.

Solving it will.

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HHHHH One-on-one relating takes you down a new path without realizing it. You might enjoy the excitement of the moment and not see the implications, but others will. Be more direct with a close loved one. Tonight: Be a duo.

This Week: Listen to comments. Answer them with integrity. You are about to look at issues differently.

HHHH You could be too tired to continue on your present path. Ask for more support in how you handle an unusual opportunity. Ask a loved one for some help in order to cover all bases.

Tonight: Work on possibilities.

This Week: Listen to a partner. He or she has a valid idea and viewpoint.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

HHHH See what is happening with a loved one. This person might be acting self-centered, but he or she could be overwhelmed by recent events.

Your presence makes all the difference. Tonight: Be willing to play a fantasy game of “what if?”

This Week: A family member might not appreciate what you are doing. Keep communication flowing.

HHHHH Reach out for someone you really care about, and have a long-overdue discussion.

You cannot help but be aware that a lot of undercurrents surround you. What appears hush-hush is a special opportunity. Tonight: Confide in a loved one.

This Week: Push until midweek to get as much done as possible.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

HHHH Do not make a big deal out of what is going on right now. You might want to try another approach to calm down a friend or family member. What is happening simply does not work.

Tonight: Make it easy.

This Week: Defer to others and create more of what you desire. Allow others’ creativity to flow.

HHH Speak your mind. Know what it is you want. Clearly, you do not have all the needed answers. Be sure you are heading in your chosen direction. Friends surround you and want to celebrate — any excuse works for you. Tonight: As you like it.

This Week: Allow your imagination to run the show for at least a day.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Keep reaching out for a loved one at a distance. You could be questioning what is happening with your finances. What looks promising very well could be. You still need to be careful with investments. Tonight: Pay bills first.

This Week: One-on-one relating draws strong responses. Do not put down others.

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mental problems you are not equipped to deal with, which may become apparent in the near future when he acts out against someone else. You made the right choice. Your family members may be angry because they are now the ones who have to take care of him, which is why they have started the smear campaign.

People survive situations like yours by performing their jobs well enough to excel and making new friends along the way.

It’s called “creating a family of choice.” Most of the individuals who do it thrive because the relationships are healthy ones. You have much to live for and many happy times ahead, so please remember that and concentrate on a future filled with possibilities. If you do, it is what you will achieve.

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DEAR ABBY: I have dysfunctional parents. For the sake of my sanity, I made the decision to remove them from my life.

They have retaliated by spreading lies to immediate and extended family.

I was supposed to get an apartment with my father to help him now that he is aging.

However, he became violent and threatened to kill me. I moved away and am physically safe now. My problem is, I’m now completely alone and a pariah on both sides of my family.

These lodgings are temporary. I’m afraid they will fall through once family finds out where I am and poisons this very distant relative against me.

How am I supposed to survive this? I have a job, but big deal if I have nothing to live for and

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Leftover gofundme money should help others in need DEAR ABBY: I’m medical bills. — GLEN IN responding to the Oct. PENNSYLVANIA 25 letter from “Maria in DEAR GLEN: Thank California” regarding the you for your comment. leftover money in her Other readers disagreed late husband’s GoFundwith my answer and said Me account. that Maria and her family If more than enough should “pay it forward.” is contributed to help Read on: someone in need pay DEAR ABBY: Retheir medical expenses, garding which family that money is not Dear Abby member is “entitled” to intended to be “inleftover funds from Jeanne Phillips the come” for the recipiMaria’s terminally ill ent’s family. You rightly suggested husband’s GoFundMe account: I say considering her husband’s wishes, NONE OF THEM. People donated but the contributors’ intent was to money to help defray the costs of help a needy person pay MEDICAL treating the husband’s illness. Now expenses. Any leftover funds should those have been paid, it is unseemly be donated to a nonprofit organiza- (a money grab) and unethical tion with similar goals, perhaps a (fraud) to assume remaining funds free medical clinic for low-income can be used by either the widow patients or an organization that pro- or the daughter. The money wasn’t vides free or reduced-cost housing given to them! for families who travel to medical The solution is to donate the centers for a loved one’s treatment. remaining funds to the disease Family members should not profit research, hospice, medical facility, from generous donors who intended or any other cause near and dear to to help pay a needy individual’s the DECEASED’S heart. That way,

there is no conflict of interest, no impropriety, and it’s the right thing to do. — MO IN SAN DIEGO DEAR ABBY: “Maria in California” asked what to do with leftover money raised on GoFundMe for her husband who has passed away. I would have suggested she go back to the GoFundMe site and find some other families in need and donate the money to them. — MARION IN UTAH DEAR ABBY: My fiance and I have been together for four years. I love him very much, but there are times when he lectures me, and I get tired of it. Then about an hour later — maybe sooner — he will come and say, “I’m sorry.” I’m getting frustrated because he’s always “sorry.”

There are times I just roll my eyes and wait. What can I do or say when he comes back to apologize when he always makes it my fault? — FRUSTRATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR FRUSTRATED: What is going on is a red flag, and you should recognize it as such. That your

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fiance talks down to you, and then says he’s sorry but it was your fault, isn’t an apology. It’s a lame excuse for his bad (verbally abusive) behavior. Please carefully examine what is really going on in your relationship before it begins to affect your selfesteem, and possibly rethink this engagement.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might not understand the pressure you are feeling that is weighing you down. A discussion with an associate could clear the air, or at least give you a sense of support. Tonight: How stressed do you feel by the expectations of others?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You have the versatility, strength and savoir-faire to make what you want happen. You break past the status quo as you grasp new ideas that will blaze the path in your desired direction. Tonight: Read between the lines.

HHHHH You are dealing with a mixed bag of possibilities. A loved one or partner clearly seems to have all the eggs in his or her basket. Why not go along with his or her thinking and see what happens? Tonight: Going with the moment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You experience quite a few ups and downs. Stay focused on your goals and the goals of a group you might be associated with.

Understand that many different paths can lead to the same result. Be less fussy. Tonight: Work as late as you want.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could be on the verge of making a major change. It might be beneficial to discuss the potential of this period and your expectations. You will also want to hear others’ expectations. Tonight: Try to make sure everyone is on the same page.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH You tend to fuss when you do not get what you want. You might even fuss if you do! Unless someone knows you well, he or she

HHHH One-on-one relating takes you down a new path. How you handle an issue with a key person could define the outcome.

Listen to the other person’s perspective. Others respond more fully when their ideas have been appreciated. Tonight: Let a loved one call the shots.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Here are some new uses for things around the house: * Removing silk out of corn on the cob? Use a clean toothbrush. * No shoe polish? Try a little vegetable oil to shine and clean shoes. * Use a matchbox as a mini sewing kit.

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STATIC CLING Dear Heloise: I hate the static cling we get here during the winter months. I discovered that if I rub a light, fast-absorbing lotion into my legs, my clothing won’t stick to them. I can even rub it over pantyhose and it works! — June in Arizona SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001

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HHHHH You sometimes hold back. As a result, your words seem weighty when you finally speak. You might not be sure of the best way to proceed under the circumstances.

Friends have lots of great suggestions. Listen. Tonight: Go for what you want.

HHH You seem more efficient and determined than normal.

Whatever you are eyeing, you want to accomplish just that. Do not underestimate your energy.

Once directed, you could be nearly

Dear Readers: Today’s SOUND OFF is about the cellphone obsession that’s so present today.

— Heloise “Dear Heloise: I was dining out with a friend recently, and she said: ‘Look around the restaurant.

Nearly everyone is glued to their cellphone screen.’

It was true. There’s a time and place for everything, but in the company of friends, why do people feel the need to check their phones every two minutes?

“There’s a whole world out there waiting to be lived and discovered, but if you have your eyes and attention glued to a tiny screen half the time, you’ll miss an important part of life. You’ll drive away friends and family who wonder why your social media account was so much more important to you than they were.

“According to the National Safety Council, texting while driving causes over 1 million accidents each year. And talking on a cellphone while driving is equally dangerous because your attention is not

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on your driving.” — Meghan in Florida

HHHHH Your creativity could be soaring to new levels. You might want to jot down some of your ideas.

Think about what needs to happen in order to advance a heartfelt project. You might not be aware of your limits. Tonight: Unleash your imagination.

HHH Do not allow a family member to push you in a certain direction. You could experience considerable discomfort when creating what you most desire. Hold back and weigh the pros and cons.

Tonight: Not to be found.

HHHHH Speak your mind.

Others feel pressured to respond, but on the other hand, all of you gain understanding. Communication does not always run smoothly, yet it is instrumental to success.

Always listen to other perspectives.

Tonight: Shooting the breeze with a friend.

Look up at life!

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This year, you have the ability to skirt a problem no matter how big it is. You will come up with better ideas if you honor warning signs. If single, the real issue will be which one of your many wannabe sweeties to date. Follow your heart. This year could be significant to your love life.

If attached, the two of you might opt to add to your family or take on some other creative venture. Both of you will love the process. TAURUS supports you in your endeavors.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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