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US climate experts say 2019 was record warm year in Alaska ANCHORAGE — Alaska experienced its warmest year on record, according to federal climate officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in its U.S. Climate report said Alaska had a statewide average temperature of 32.2 degrees. That was 6.2 degrees above the long-term average. It also surpassed the previous record statewide average temperature of 31.9, set in 2016, the agency said. Four of the last six years in Alaska have been record warm years, NOAA said. Ten cities experienced their warmest years ever, including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Utqiagvik, Kotzebue, King Salmon, Bethel, Northway, McGrath, Kodiak and Cold Bay. Alaska set the record despite a December that featured temperatures closer to average, NOAA said. NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information compiled the annual summary. Among the other highlights was rainfall in other states. The contiguous 48 states experienced the second wettest year on record with 34.78 inches, just 0.18 inches less than the total for the wettest year set in 1973.

Law enforcement officers shoot, kill man sought on warrant ANCHORAGE — A man sought by federal and state law enforcement officers was shot and killed at Delta Junction, Alaska State Troopers said. Daniel Duane Jensen. Jr, 59, of Delta Junction, died in a shooting with officers Tuesday. Members of the U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force, which included U.S. marshals, troopers and police officers from the Anchorage and North Pole police departments, were in Delta Junction to apprehend Jensen on a felony warrant for counts of sexual abuse of a minor. A state trooper investigation led to the warrant, troopers said. See news, A3

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Gravel pit reg changes on hold The code-changing ordinance was voted down in December. By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly chose not to reconsider code changes affecting gravel pit operators at its Tuesday meeting. The code-changing ordinance, voted down at the Dec. 3 assembly meeting,

was brought to Tuesday’s meeting for reconsideration by assembly member Jesse Bjorkman. Bjorkman said he asked the ordinance be reconsidered after members of the public contacted him with the hope of offering input on the ordinance. “I think reconsideration will go a long way to informing and educating people about that process as well as potential changes to proposed ordinances and

ordinances moving forward having to do with gravel pits and material sites,” Bjorkman said at Tuesday’s meeting. Assembly member Brent Johnson also supported reconsideration of the ordinance, saying that it included a number of housekeeping items that weren’t controversial. Assembly member Hal Smalley said he agreed the ordinance had good, necessary components, but that

the planning department should continue to tinker with the ordinance and bring it back to the assembly. The planning department has 60 days to bring forth a new ordinance. Assembly member Norm Blakeley also did not support reconsideration and said that numerous residents contacted him about the ordinance with nothing “good to say about it.” The reconsideration failed 5-4, with assembly members

Bjorkman, Willy Dunne, Johnson and Tyson Cox voting in favor. Since reconsideration failed and was removed from the agenda, there was no immediate opportunity for public comment. After the vote, more than a dozen members of the public who came to speak on the ordinance and its reconsideration left the meeting. Bjorkman said the lack See gravel, Page A14

Cold snap to wane over the weekend By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

official said. There were no reports of casualties. Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that it was “perhaps too early to tell” if Iran will be satisfied that the missile strikes were sufficient to avenge the Soleimani killing. “We should have some expectation,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper added in a Wednesday briefing, “that Shiite militia groups, either directed or not directed by Iran, will continue in some way, shape or form to try

Residents wishing for subzero temperatures to subside may see some relief after the weekend ends. The rise in temperature will be slow and steady over the rest of the week and weekend, Michael Kutz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, said Wednesday afternoon. “It will be a slow rising of temperature, and not very strong,” Kutz said. Temperatures may reach the zero mark, or close to it, by Sunday, he said. The weather service forecasts that by Tuesday the temps will reach about 15 degrees above zero. Next week there’s also a chance for more snow, he said. The below zero temperature is being caused by outflow of high pressure, Kutz said, which he described as a big lump of cold air sitting over the interior of the Kenai Peninsula. The “big lump of cold air” is spilling its frigid air through nearby drainages, like the Kenai River. The Kenai area is no stranger to freezing January temperatures. In 1975, the central peninsula experienced its coldest recorded cold snap of a bone-chilling -47 degrees. Temperatures in January hit close milestones in 1972 with -46 degrees and in 1973 with -45 degrees. Things warmed up by 1974 with the coldest

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A protester waves the national flag while demonstrators set fire to close streets near Tahrir Square during a demonstration against the Iranian missile strike in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops in a major escalation between the two longtime foes.

US, Iran step back from the brink By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war on Wednesday as President Donald Trump signaled he would not retaliate militarily for Iran’s missile strikes on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. No one was harmed in the strikes, but U.S. forces in the region remained on high alert. Speaking from the White House, Trump seemed intent on deescalating the crisis, which spiraled after he authorized the targeted

killing last week of Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani. Iran responded overnight with its most direct assault on America since the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, firing more than a dozen missiles at two installations in Iraq. The Pentagon said Wednesday that it believed Iran fired with the intent to kill. Even so, Trump’s takeaway was that “Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.” Despite such conciliatory talk, the region remained on

Peninsula population grows slightly in 2019 By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

While Alaska’s population has decreased overall, the Kenai Peninsula Borough saw a slight uptick in population between 2018 and 2019, according to the latest estimates from the state. 2019 marked the third consecutive year of a declining population on the state level, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department

of Labor and Workforce Development. The state’s total population peaked in 2016 at 739,649, and as of July 2019 the state had an estimated population of 731,007. Between 2018 and 2019, Alaska’s population decreased by 3,048 people. By comparison, the Kenai Peninsula experienced population growth of about .14% between 2018 and 2019, with the population increasing from 58,285 to 58,367. This growth is lower than average for the last

edge, and American troops including a quick-reaction force dispatched over the weekend, were on high alert. Last week Iranianbacked militia besieged the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, and Tehran’s proxies in the region remain able to carry out attacks such as the one on Dec. 27 that killed a U.S. contractor and set off the most recent round of hostilities. Hours after Trump spoke, an ‘incoming’ siren went off in Baghdad’s Green Zone after what seemed to be small rockets “impacted” the diplomatic area, a Western

decade, during which the peninsula grew an average of .56% each year. There were 652 births and 481 deaths on the peninsula between July 2018 and July 2019 for a natural population increase of 171, however net migration to the peninsula between 2018 and 2019 was negative — meaning more people moved out of the borough than into it. Net migration for the state was also negative and has been for the past decade. Since 2010, 42,407 more people have moved out of the state than moved into it. The median age for the See population, Page A2

Coast Guard technician gets life for killing 2 co-workers By Dan Joling Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — A civilian antenna technician convicted of gunning down two Alaska co-workers at a U.S Coast Guard base in 2012 has been sentenced to life in prison. James Wells, 68, was convicted in October of killing Electrician’s Mate First Class James Hopkins, 41, and Richard Belisle, 51, a retired Coast Guard chief boatswain’s mate employed as a civilian. They were found dead at a Coast Guard communication

station about 3 miles from the Coast Guard’s sprawling main base in Kodiak. Wells continues to deny murdering his co-workers and said he will appeal. the Anchorage Daily News reported. “I still maintain my innocence because I know I did not commit these murders,” he said at sentencing Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said no person other than Wells, who worked at the station for more See life, Page A3

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna ®

Today

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Monday

Very cold with periods of sun

Mostly sunny and very cold

A little afternoon snow

Very cold; a little afternoon snow

Mostly sunny and very cold

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Lo: -4

Hi: 9

Kotzebue -8/-13

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Sun and Moon

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body.

10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

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Today 10:06 a.m. 4:18 p.m.

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Daylight Day Length - 6 hrs., 12 min., 5 sec. Daylight gained - 3 min., 6 sec.

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City Adak* Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cold Bay Cordova Delta Junction Denali N. P. Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Fort Yukon Glennallen* Gulkana Haines Homer Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak

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City Kotzebue McGrath Metlakatla Nome North Pole Northway Palmer Petersburg Prudhoe Bay* Saint Paul Seward Sitka Skagway Talkeetna Tanana Tok* Unalakleet Valdez Wasilla Whittier Willow* Yakutat

Nome 6/-2

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Talkeetna 0/-15

Bethel -3/-7

Today Hi/Lo/W -8/-13/s -30/-43/pc 36/31/sn 6/-2/pc -26/-33/s -32/-48/pc -1/-10/pc 26/20/sn -25/-30/s 38/34/r 17/6/c 28/23/sn 9/2/sn 0/-15/s -19/-31/s -33/-42/pc 0/-3/pc 6/-3/pc -2/-14/pc 15/8/c -9/-22/pc 17/10/sn

Anchorage -1/-9

Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

39/25/sf 50/18/pc 62/27/s 56/31/s 61/37/s 43/33/sh 71/24/pc 44/30/sn 50/22/pc 63/30/s 15/2/c 47/34/sh 45/34/sn 30/28/sf 43/32/sn 64/35/s 45/36/pc 62/29/s 24/15/pc 54/27/pc 40/32/s

28/23/s 48/29/c 62/32/pc 50/40/pc 62/51/pc 37/28/s 76/65/pc 39/29/s 30/7/sn 63/56/pc 22/-3/c 40/23/c 32/27/s 36/32/c 34/10/c 65/54/pc 57/43/c 54/40/pc 47/45/r 38/19/pc 56/49/pc

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47/43/pc 60/46/pc 49/44/pc 25/14/s 69/63/sh 52/46/pc 44/21/pc 54/24/c 42/41/r 24/9/sn 64/42/s 21/-3/c 36/14/sn 44/41/r 17/3/sf 31/22/s 29/9/sf 81/72/sh 76/66/sh 54/46/r 68/61/pc

Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Midland, TX Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix

Valdez 6/-3

Juneau 19/10

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Kodiak 36/25

79 at Hollywood, Fla. -30 at Kabetogama, Minn.

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73/61/pc 61/37/sh 78/73/pc 56/41/pc 60/57/r 63/44/pc 60/54/pc 62/57/pc 78/72/pc 72/44/s 46/40/r 36/15/i 62/55/pc 73/65/c 34/31/s 43/36/s 63/53/c 47/25/c 77/65/pc 36/30/s 62/42/s

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Ketchikan 32/28

42 at Dutch Harbor -51 at Nikolai

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43/38/pc 27/16/s 46/37/c 38/9/sn 45/24/c 56/33/sh 39/25/sf 76/64/pc 63/45/pc 57/42/sh 42/24/c 43/37/c 34/13/pc 34/23/pc 30/26/c 77/65/pc 62/32/c 64/41/s 63/56/sh 40/33/s 61/42/pc

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93/76/pc 48/43/pc 65/57/pc 66/47/sh 46/36/r 75/66/s 45/41/sh 78/64/c 54/53/sh 63/28/pc 5/-2/sn 70/39/pc 41/27/sn 34/30/sn 54/46/sh 59/37/s 41/36/c 88/77/c 78/70/c 46/41/r 41/41/sn

86/73/pc 51/38/s 70/60/pc 64/44/pc 51/47/r 72/67/pc 45/41/r 77/63/c 55/41/r 54/35/pc 9/1/pc 73/46/pc 16/13/pc 38/28/sn 54/44/r 57/37/s 37/22/s 86/77/sh 77/68/pc 56/42/pc 41/36/r

As cold air lingers in the Northeast, warmth will build in the South today. Rain will break out over the Mississippi Valley. Snow will spread over the interior West with rain along the West coast.

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation

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Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Sitka 28/23

State Extremes

World Cities City

24 hours ending 4 p.m. yest. . 0.00" Month to date .......................... Trace Normal month to date ............ 0.27" Year to date ............................. Trace Normal year to date ................ 0.27" Record today ................ 0.28" (1955) 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 17/6 19/8

Kenai/ Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 13/2

National Cities City

High ............................................... -6 Low .............................................. -21 Normal high ................................. 25 Normal low ..................................... 8 Record high ....................... 39 (1955) Record low ...................... -38 (1975)

Precipitation

Cold Bay 37/32

Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

Almanac

Kenai/ Soldotna 4/-16

Fairbanks -26/-32

Unalakleet 0/-3 McGrath -30/-43

Tomorrow 4:17 p.m. 10:27 a.m.

Unalaska 40/35 Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/ auroraforecast

Anaktuvuk Pass -13/-18

From Kenai Municipal Airport

First Feb 1

Yesterday Hi/Lo/W -22/-29/s -37/-46/pc 36/29/i -13/-21/s -37/-39/pc -20/-26/pc -8/-16/s 28/21/sn -23/-35/sn 35/22/sn 10/3/pc 32/27/sn 19/16/c -12/-31/s -39/-50/s -20/-27/pc -5/-18/s 20/7/pc -12/-18/pc 8/-5/pc -10/-18/pc 25/9/pc

Today’s activity: LOW Where: Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Utqiagvik to as far south as Talkeetna and visible low on the horizon as far south as Bethel, Soldotna and southeast Alaska.

Prudhoe Bay -25/-30

Temperature

* Indicates estimated temperatures for yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W 40/34/sn -1/-9/pc -22/-27/pc -3/-7/pc 37/32/sn 17/0/pc -16/-26/s -18/-27/s 13/2/c 41/36/sn -26/-32/s -44/-50/s 9/-3/pc -25/-43/s 8/0/sn 19/8/c 19/10/sn 32/28/sn -11/-15/s 21/2/c 33/30/sn 36/25/sf

Aurora Forecast

Readings ending 4 p.m. yesterday

Tomorrow 10:05 a.m. 4:20 p.m.

Today 3:12 p.m. 9:28 a.m.

Utqiagvik -22/-27

Missing woman is ‘a priority case,’ says Homer Police By Michael Armstrong Homer News

The search continues for missing Homer woman Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, 38. Murnane has been missing since Oct. 17 after she was last seen in a security camera image leaving her Main Street apartment. Murnane’s mother is Sara Berg and her step-father is Ed Berg. Ed Berg said in an email last week that the family might organize another canvass effort if the weather warms up, but that nothing has yet been scheduled. Homer Police Lt. Ryan Browning said the department continues to work with the FBI and Alaska State Troopers on the case. “It’s an active investigation.” he said. ” … It hasn’t gone away. We have had multiple people and multiple agencies who deal with this a lot. If it’s been thought of, it’s been covered. It is still a priority case.” Murnane’s family has added a $10,000 reward offered through Crimestoppers for any information leading to her return. Anonymous tips can be given to Crimestoppers by calling 907-283-8477. Information on the case is at the Peninsula Crime Stoppers page at www. peninsulacrimestoppers.com. Murnane’s family has a Facebook page, Bring Duffy Home, and a Go Fund Me account to raise money to assist the search. She disappeared on Oct. 17 after leaving her Main Street apartment for an appointment at the SVT Health & Wellness clinic on East End Road. The last confirmed sighting is a

Photo provided, Homer Police Department

A recent photo of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer.

security camera photo showing her leaving the Maintree Apartments, a supported housing complex, about 12:15 p.m. that day. Murnane had a 1 p.m. appointment at SVT Health and Wellness Center, about a 1-mile walk from her home. She did not show up for that appointment. Homer Police and Alaska State Troopers issued a Silver Alert on Oct. 19 for Murnane after she was reported missing that day. Anyone with information on her whereabouts can call Homer Police at 907-235-3150 or the Silver Alert hotline at 855-SILVR99 or 855-745-8799. A Silver Alert is for an adult considered a vulnerable person. Murnane was wearing a

Population From Page A1

Kenai Peninsula also increased slightly from the previous year, going from 41.5 in 2018 to 41.8 in 2019. The age groups

blue jacket, light-blue shirt and blue jeans the last time she was seen. She is almost 6 feet tall, weighs about 160 pounds and has shoulder-length brown hair and blue eyes. She carried a pink-and-black plaid purse with a shoulder strap and carried her wallet, cellphone and identification. Police said she does not drive or own a vehicle and got around by walking. The weekend after Murnane went missing, search and rescue dog teams from Anchorage tracked her in the downtown area, picking up scents from Main Street to Lee Drive, Svedlund Street, Pioneer Avenue and Kachemak Way. Search dogs followed strong scents to Pioneer Avenue

that saw the highest increase in population were from ages 40-44 and ages 65-69, which both increased by 193 from the previous year. The population of people age 40 and older saw a net increase of 247, while the population under 40 experienced a net decrease of 125. Complete population estimates for the

area near Cosmic Kitchen, in front of Homer’s Jeans and the Kachemak Bay Campus. There the dogs acted as if there had been what search dog handlers call a “car pick up.” Murnane’s family say they believe someone picked her up in a vehicle and that she has been abducted. Police feel confident they have ruled out Murnane disappearing in the downtown area near her home and getting lost because of illness or injury. Police haven’t found anything to suggest Murnane had suicidal or depressive thoughts or that she talked about disappearing. Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@homernews. com.

state, boroughs/census areas, cities and census designated places can be found at the Department of Labor’s website under the Research and Analysis Section. Estimates are available by age and sex for each borough and census area and for places with populations of 1,000 or more. New estimates by race and ethnicity will be released in August 2020.

Peninsula Clarion

Merle Dean Meisinger August 22, 1932 - January 3, 2020

Merle Dean Meisinger, formerly of Kenai Alaska died at home with his family by his side January 3, 2020. He was born August 22, 1932 to Dorothy and Bernard Meisinger in Mynard, Nebraska. He joined the USAF after high school and was honorably discharged to return home after his fathers sudden death to take care of the family and farm. He remained in active reserves until 1968. After the sale of farm, Merle became employed at Allied Chemical Plant in LaPlatte, Nebraska. He met Joan Pink and they were married in 1956 at Plattsmouth. They had two daughters, Sue and Karla Jo and infant son, James John. Merle, Joan and girls moved to Kenai, Alaska in 1968 in order to assist with start up of Colliers Chemical Plant in Nikiski. He worked at Unocal as unit coordinator until he retired in 1986, shortly after Joan’s death in 1985. Due to his love for Homer, he purchased Woodside B and B which he operated for a few years until selling and returning to Kenai. He then travelled to see family, friends and country. He was active in the American Legion, VFW, Amvets, 40 & 8, Moose, Cooties, Seam Squirrels, and Elks. In his younger years he enjoyed travelling, fishing, canoeing, hunting, and snow mobiling. He loved to dance, Karaoke, watch Nebraska Cornhuskers football , Tai Chi at Kenai Senior Center, walk laps at Nikiski pool, kick bike around Woodland Subdivision and visit his neighbors. He would often plow their driveways. He was a kind, loving gentleman, a friend who was loved by all. He was our Hero and will be missed greatly. He will live on in our hearts always. He would hand out Werthers candy to everyone. He loved to sell poppy’s for Veterans and Thank them for their service. He was a Korean War Veteran and proud of his service to and for his country. In Oct 2016 he was able to go on The Last Frontier Honor Flight with his daughter Karla. He said “It was the best week of his life”. He was able to see all the memorials. His daughters made him two photo books, two scrap books with trip mementos. He took those books everywhere and told everyone who’d listen to him about the trip of his lifetime. He was preceded in death by his wife of 29 yrs, Joan Meisinger, infant son James John, parents Dorothy (Sattler) Meisinger and Bernard Meisinger. He is survived by his daughters, Sue Hulsebus of Bellingham WA, Karla and son in law Chuck Tyler formerly of Anchorage AK, grandson, Joshua Dover of Medford OR, sister, Bev Johnson, nephews Chuck Johnson and family, and Jeff Johnson of Nebraska. Donations in his name can be made to The Last Frontier Honor Flight Box 520095 Big Lake, AK 99652. He has a stone plaque at the Leif Hansen Memorial Park in Kenai, AK. His final resting place will be Oak Hill Cemetery in Plattsmouth Nebraska. Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas. Visit an online obituary and guestbook at www.kirbyandfamily.com.

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than 20 years, could have known the range of security cameras and how to escape detection. Wells concocted a false alibi, drove to the station in his wife’s sport utility vehicle, killed his co-workers and later left phone messages reporting he would be late because of a flat tire, prosecutors said. “James Wells has received the sentence he deserves for snuffing out the lives of two fine men,” U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder said in a statement. “The thought of a Coast Guard employee plotting and killing two of his shipmates is shocking and abhorrent in an organization known for its core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty.” Wells was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder,

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Troopers released minimal details on the shooting Tuesday but said it occurred as officers attempted to contact Jensen. Officers from the North Pole Police Department and the troopers fired weapons. They will be identified three days after the shooting,

two counts of murder of an officer or employee of the United States and two counts of possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. An initial trial in 2014 also ended with a conviction. However, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the trial was flawed and reversed Wells’ conviction in December 2017. The day of the murders, all three men were scheduled to begin work at 7 a.m. in the station’s “Rigger Shop” where antennas were built and maintained. Belisle’s security card opened the shop at 7 a.m. A security camera recorded Hopkins’ pickup arriving at 7:08 a.m. Prosecutors said Wells drove onto the grounds out sight of security cameras, entered through a side door, shot his co-workers and fled within five minutes. Another Coast Guardsman reporting for work found the bodies at 7:30 a.m.

troopers said. Delta Junction is city of 1,177 at the crossroads of the Alaska and Richardson highways about 95 miles south of Fairbanks.

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Tommy Ray Nicholson, Sr. December 2, 1953 - December 28, 2019

Soldotna resident Tommy Ray Nicholson, Sr. passed away on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 at home in from a long battle with kidney failure surrounded by his loved ones. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Tommy was born Dec. 2, 1953 to Albert Hugh & Willie Mae Nicholson in Vicksburg, Ms. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. He moved his family to Alaska in the early

1990’s.

Tommy had an adventuresome life, growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river in Vicksburg. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. The enjoyed hunting deer and wild hogs, fishing for catfish in the Mississippi and fishing for halibut and salmon in Alaska. He prospected for gold around the state of Alaska. Tom enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren camping, fishing and hunting. He belonged to the Harley Davidson motorcycle club and the Gold wing club and was an honorary member of the Iron Warriors. As an avid motorcycle rider, he enjoyed riding around the state of Alaska as well as Canada and the lower states with friends. Tommy made many trips from Soldotna, Alaska to Mississippi making the trip in 5 days. With his love of travel, he traveled most of the United States and met many interesting people. He was loved and admired by many and will be greatly missed. Tommy is survived by his wife, Mary Nicholson; mother, Willie Mae Wooten; daughter, Tammy NicholsonGriffith; son, Tommy Nicholson Jr.; daughter, Timmie Norris; son, Thomas Nicholson; daughter, Thomasina Nicholson; 12 Grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.

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January temperature of -27 degrees. The warmest low temp for the Kenai area was recorded at 16 degrees in 1981. The overall average low temp for the Kenai area is -24 degrees. On Wednesday morning, Kutz said, the Kenai Airport recorded a frigid temperature of -21 degrees. Cold temperatures this week caused ice to jam up on the Kenai River. The ice jam — which occurred early Monday morning near Big Eddy in Soldotna — triggered a flood warning from the National Weather Service Monday afternoon. The warning was set to expire Tuesday afternoon but was extended until Friday afternoon. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Roads Department and Office of Emerg e n c y Ma n a g e m e n t responded to the ice jam and flooding Monday morning, and closed vehicle access past Amiyung Court on Eddy Lane. Ongoing cold temperatures could allow the ice jam to grow upstream and residents between Big Eddy

ANCHORAGE — The mayor of Anchorage has asked state legislators to consider giving part of the Alaska Permanent Fund to cities and boroughs. Ethan Berkowitz made a pitch to lawmakers Monday for municipalities to share a portion of the annual cash transfer from the fund to the state treasury. Lawmakers approved the transfer in 2018 but did not determine the specific split of

and the Sterling Highway Bridge in Soldotna should be prepared for rapidly rising water. With such cold temperatures, its important residents remain ready for any below-freezing emergencies. To keep pipes in your home from freezing, residents can keep cold water continuously running from a faucet. The City of Soldotna Utility Department is recommending customers on city water do just that 24 hours a day through April. The city recommends limiting the stream of water to the size of pencil and to take appropriate precautions to avoid flooding due to sewer backup. Drivers should take care to have cold weather gear in their car to stay warm should they get in an accident or stranded on the road. The state of Alaska Department of Transportation recommends a car cold weather travel kit to include a flashlight with batteries, a cellphone and charger, nonperishable food and water, warm clothes, hats and gloves, ice scraper, first-aid kit, flares, jumper cables, a shovel and blankets.

the money between government operations and the permanent fund dividend for residents. The Legislature is set to consider the issue again after the next session opens Jan. 21. The Legislature should consider splitting the transfer three ways, with one of the three shares consisting of a “community dividend,” Berkowitz said. The funds would cover

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Pauline (Polly) Carroll

October 17, 1927 - December 29, 2019 Pauline (Polly) Carroll, age 92, passed away peacefully December 29, 2019. She was born October 17, 1927 in Xenia, Ohio to Jesse and Vernie Shanks. She married Donald (Mickey) Carroll on July 23, 1948. For most of her life Polly was a housewife and mother of five children. Polly and Mickey moved around quite a bit having raised their family in Illinois, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Arizona and finally settling in Soldotna, Alaska. She was very close to all her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She worked at Western Auto in Flagstaff AZ, Soldotna Drug, Big K and D and A Grocery Stores. She enjoyed needlework and completed several pieces which are still treasured by her children and grandchildren. Polly loved people and her life was a living example of how to be kind and compassionate to one another. Polly was preceded in death by her husband Donald, and youngest son, Kevin. She is survived by her brother Roger Shanks, sister Jane Perkins; her two sons Doyle Carroll and Patrick (Mike) Carroll; her two daughters Colleen Bobbie and Helen Carroll; grandchildren James and Jeffrey Carroll; Ryan, Cory, Michael and Jeremy Carroll; Neil, Garrett and Bryce Gardner; plus 13 great grandchildren. All of whom she loved very much. There was a small memorial service for the immediate family on Thursday January 2nd, 2020 at Jansenn’s Evergreen Memorial Chapel, in Anchorage, Alaska.

around the peninsula T.O.P.S. meetings Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S), a nationwide nonprofit weight loss organization, has local area weigh-in meetings Monday through Friday around the Kenai Peninsula. Adults and teens are welcome. First meeting is free. Mondays at Sterling Senior Center, 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Kenai Senior Center, 9:30 a.m., Homer United Methodist Church, 9 a.m. Wednesdays: Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church, 11:45 a.m. Thursday: Kasilof Fire Station, 8:30 a.m., Soldotna Baptist Church, 10:45 a.m., Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church, 6 p.m. Fridays: Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church, 9:45 a.m. Contact Dawn Lesterson 907-262-7319, aktops@outlook.com or Marj Wiley 907-394-6085. For more information log on to www. tops.org or call 1-800 -932-8677.

Sterling Senior Center breakfast 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.

meeting at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 11. Location is the log building, Mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway. There will be a woodturning demonstration. Nonmembers are welcome. Questions? Call 801-543-9122.

Take-a-Break Ladies Luncheon The Take-a-Break Ladies Luncheon will take place Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 11-12:30 a.m. Inspirational speaker Judy Oyler. Luncheon $12 at the Solid Rock Conference Center, Mile 90.5 Sterling Highway. For further information call Susan at 907-4401319. Reservations required for complimentary child care.

Cardiac Support Group A new Cardiac Support Group will begin Thursday, Jan. 9. The meeting will be held in the Kasilof Room, which is located on the 2nd floor of River Tower at Central Peninsula Hospital. The meeting time will be from 2-3 p.m. and is open to the public.

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The Kenai Peninsula Woodturners will hold their monthly

Join the Performing Arts Society for a delightful blend of virtuosic music and humorous storytelling in Low & Lower, an internationally appreciated entertainment by Paul Sharpe, bassist, and Brooks Whitehouse, cellist. The fun erupts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18 at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students.

some of the state’s responsibilities, he said. “A community dividend, in essence, would mean you would divide the dividend payout between state government, the dividend itself and local government,” Berkowitz said. A community dividend would allow the state to eliminate school bond debt payments and require local governments to take a greater share of public works, Berkowitz said. “We could do things like plow some of the state road and that would do things like reduce costs at the state level, and at the same time give us

increased capacity locally,” Berkowitz said. Democratic state Rep. Andy Josephson of Anchorage said the measure would be politically difficult to accomplish. “There’s just been no momentum behind a community dividend,” he said. The state has repeatedly cut financial support for municipalities since 2014 while transferring some obligations to cities and boroughs. The Alaska Municipal League, a group that lobbies on behalf of boroughs and cities, has expressed support for the community dividend.

Red Cross volunteer Kenai Peninsula Red Cross volunteer orientation will take place Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11 a.m. at 450 Marathon Road, Floor 2 in Kenai.

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Puerto Ricans are Americans, and they need our help

uerto Rico is now dealing with the aftermath of a powerful 5.8 earthquake and equally powerful aftershocks. Casualties are low, and electrical power is slowly returning. But the quakes are just the latest natural disasters to cripple the U.S. commonwealth. Puerto Rico still is healing from the hit it took two years ago from Hurricane Maria. Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced has declared a state of emergency. President Trump has done the same. That’s the very least the Trump administration should do. It would be unconscionable for it to repeat its appalling response to Hurricane Maria’s destruction in 2017, when Trump practically mocked islanders’ pain and suffering, and recovery efforts became a political football between island leadership and Trump. Vázquez said that she expects more quakes, and called up the National Guard. Republican Florida lawmakers Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are facilitators for Puerto Rican aid. In a letter to the administration, Rubio, Scott and Puerto Rican officials urged the president to declare a state of emergency, which guarantees that federal resources are quickly disbursed. “We have distribution centers around the island and four warehouses stocked with items such as water, ready-to-eat meals, generators and other supplies” FEMA Press Secretary Lizzie Litzow said. Declaring a state of emergency is a no-brainer. This is also an election year, to be cynical, and Florida, whose population of Puerto Ricans soared after Hurricane Maria, is in play, as Rubio and Scott likely reminded Trump. But more than a year and a half after Maria hit, the president was still talking trash about Puerto Rican leaders, saying in 2019 that they “only take from the USA,” while a spokesperson referred to it as “that country.” No, Puerto Ricans are Americans. They vote in U.S. elections. The administration, which has yet to be held accountable for its ham-handed response to the Hurricane destruction, should also expedite the overdue release of unused funding for hurricane recovery. In December, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it was withholding an additional $8 billion in unmet-needs disaster relief from Puerto Rico. But in total, HUD is delaying the release of two tranches of aid, roughly $18 billion that Congress appropriated for the U.S. territory. The money is a combination of mitigation and the unmetneeds funds designed to upgrade infrastructure, hardening electrical grids, for instance, and rebuilding homes, businesses and bridges to better withstand natural disasters. But HUD fears the funds could fall victim to corruption. That’s a legitimate concern no matter what country needs our aid. The Trump administration was not alone in its bungled response to Maria — his throwing rolls of paper towels at people during a press conference was only the most absurd manifestation. Puerto Rico’s leaders come in for blame, too, unable to get an accurate casualty count, for example, for months after the storm. However, that fear should not stop progress in its tracks. Rather it should propel both administrations to establish rigorous checks and balances to ensure money does not go into grifters’ pockets. — Miami Herald, Jan. 8

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voices of the peninsula | Richard L. Burton

Village Public Safety Officer program needs reform

nformation concerning the Village Public Safety Officer program, through news reports and public media comments, are not totally accurate information that is being put out to the public. In the beginning of the program, Alaska State Troopers located in the rural areas supervised and worked closely with the VPSO officers; before the program plummeted to less than half of the positions that were filled at one time. The Department of Public Safety has the authority to adopt regulations relative to corporate participation including the role of supervision. That authority for supervision was relinquished to the corporations. The VPSO manual designates corporation employees, with little or no law enforcement qualifications, as supervises. The manual as approved or adopted by the Commissioner is authorized statue: AS 18.64.670 (c). The VPSO coordinator for Tlingit Haida corporation (TH) is advocating the program be taken away from the Department of Public Safety and placed within the corporations to manage. Private corporations have no authority to do so. Law enforcement is a function of government, not a private police department. Villages involved with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, ANCSA, were required to become incorporated municipalities. Those villages have the same power as every other municipality in the state. The city government of those communities may, by ordinance, establish public safety services including police and fire protection. The biggest reason why they do

not, is they have no a tax base from which to raise revenue to support their service needs. The only municipality operating as those who wrote our constitution envisioned is the North Slope Borough. That is due to one reason only: they were fortunate enough to be sitting in the middle of the oil patch. I recommend a repeal of the VPSO program statutes and establishing a law enforcement grant program within the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Create a law enforcement grant program, with grant money provided by the Department of Justice and the BIA, and contributions from the nonprofit corporations. The ANSCA communities, which are municipalities of the state, can then pass ordinances creating their own police department. They can apply for grants to fund hiring and support for their police department. The officers would report to the mayor and city council instead of a nongovernment, private corporation who takes an unknown amount of revenue off the top for administrative purposes. How much is unknown. This could go direct to funding the program for “village” public safety. The present costs for the nonprofit’s administration of the VPSO program could go directly to provide service. For the population of most villages eligible for a VPSO or VPO, there is an existing position already established, the Village Police Officer, for which the Alaska Police Standards Commission has a classification. This would be a good starting point to meet today’s rural

public safety needs. They would attend training and become certified by Alaska Police Standards Council. Grants could be made available for infrastructure, equipment and supplies as needed. I would suggest the position be reclassified to that of “Rural Police Officer,” RPO, and not have Village Public Safety Officers as there are communities that now have both. Once RPO positions are established we can look at a public safety position for the communities with need for a fire and/or EMS presence. This provides a career path and stability instead of the high turnover and difficultly experienced in recruiting. The most critical issue is to remove the corporations from the grant process and get funding directly to the communities. This empowers the communities to exercise supervisory authority and assistance from the Department Public Safety as needed. Such action will remove the political posturing from the process. These changes addresses village desires to have self-determination, and local influence over their own community, instead of a regional corporation that is the primary beneficiary of the grants and have no real skin in the game. There are options — you just have to think outside the box. It has been said; “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is a sign of insanity.” Richard L. Burton is a former Commissioner of Public Safety who worked in the Gov. Jay Hammond administration from 1974-78 and later with Gov. Wally Hickel from 197-74. He lives in Ketchikan.

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Impeachment standoff deepens, testing McConnell and Pelosi By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ALAN FRAM and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The standoff over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial deepened Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there will be “no haggling” with Democrats as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demands for more details and witnesses. McConnell’s Senate majority has the leverage Republicans need to launch Trump’s trial toward swift acquittal of the charges, but Pelosi’s reluctance to transmit the articles of impeachment leaves the proceedings at a standstill. What started as a seemingly minor delay over process and procedures is now a high-stakes showdown between two skilled leaders facing off over the rare impeachment trial, only the third in the nation’s history.

“There will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure,” said McConnell, R-Ky., who met later Wednesday with Trump at the White House. “We will not cede our authority to try this impeachment. The House Democrats’ turn is over.” Three weeks have passed since the House impeached Trump on the charge that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine’s new leader to investigate Democrats, using as leverage $400 million in military assistance for the U.S. ally as it counters Russia at its border. Trump insists he did nothing wrong, but his defiance of the House Democrats’ investigation led to an additional charge of obstruction of Congress. Senators from both sides are eager to serve as jurors for Trump’s day in court. The trial will be conducted in the Senate, where Republicans have a thin majority. But even as McConnell spoke from the Senate floor, Pelosi, D-Calif., was giving no indication of her willingness to agree to his terms. In a

closed-door meeting with the House Democratic caucus, she spoke instead about the crisis in the Middle East, with Iran’s retaliatory ballistic missile attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, according to several Democrats in the room. The impeachment timeline is complicating the political calendar, with the weekslong trial now expected to bump into presidential primaries. Several Democratic senators are running for the party nomination. Returning to Washington from the campaign trail, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told reporters she was confident in Pelosi’s plan. “I have no doubt that she will get this right,” Warren said. “Some things are more important than politics, and the impeachment of a president is certainly one of those. No one is above the law, not even the president.” Another 2020 hopeful, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: “Those articles will come over here for a vote in due time.” The showdown is expected

to be resolved this week, lawmakers said. Pelosi wants McConnell to “immediately” make public the details of his trial proposal, according to a letter to colleagues. She wants to know how much time will be devoted to the trial and other details about the “arena’’ before announcing her choice of House managers to try the case in the Senate, according to Democrats familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it. “Sadly, Leader McConnell has made clear that his loyalty is to the President and not the Constitution,” Pelosi wrote to colleagues late Tuesday. She said the process he is outlining is “unfair.” The confrontation over a Senate trial had been building for weeks. But McConnell gained ground when he announced Tuesday that he has support from the majority of senators to start a trial structured like the last one, against President Bill Clinton in 1999. Those proceedings also began without an

agreement on witnesses. “We have the votes,” McConnell told reporters. It takes 51 votes for agreement on the trial proceedings, and with Republicans holding a 53-47 Senate majority McConnell has a slight advantage if he can hold GOP senators together. Democrats are trying to peel off support from a few Republicans to support their demands. McConnell, who has resisted calling new witnesses, expects a speedy trial that will end with Trump acquitted of the charges. He complained about Pelosi’s “endless appetite for these cynical games’’ and said it will be up to senators to decide if they want more testimony. On the Senate floor Wednesday, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer promised he would force votes on witnesses, requiring senators to choose whether they want to hear from Trump former national security adviser John Bolton and others. “When the Senate has

votes on witnesses and documents, my Republican colleagues will have to answer to not just the president,” Schumer said. “The American people do not want a cover-up.” Some Senate Democrats have said the time has come for Pelosi to send the articles so the trial can begin. Pelosi has yet to choose House impeachment managers for the trial, a politically sensitive next step with many lawmakers vying to be candidates. But aides downplayed any riff between the leaders, saying senators are simply eager to have their say on Trump’s impeachment. Schumer, who talks daily with Pelosi, said the speaker is doing “a very good job and she is seeking to maximize our ability to get facts and evidence.” Pelosi told House leaders in a private meeting Tuesday that she believed the decision to delay the articles was working as a strategy to apply pressure on the Senate for a more fulsome trial, according to those in that meeting.

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Court to decide if private border wall can go next to river By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press

HOUSTON — For Tommy Fisher, a federal court hearing set for Thursday next to the U.S.-Mexico border could result in his company getting a chance to prove it can build President Donald Trump’s signature border wall faster and better than the government. For environmentalists and some landowners in South Texas, the hearing could clear the way for a project that they say could cause flooding and destroy their property. A federal judge in the South Texas city of McAllen is expected to decide whether to lift a temporary restraining order against a project to build a privately funded border wall next to the Rio Grande. Fisher’s construction company, which has already won a $400 million border wall contract in Arizona, wants to install 3 miles of steel posts roughly 35 feet from the U.S. bank of the river. The posts would go on private land,

with a concrete road behind them intended for law enforcement. Dating back to the Secure Fence Act of 2006, the U.S. has largely avoided building right next to the Rio Grande. The meandering river separating the U.S. and Mexico sustains wildlife in Texas and provides fresh water to both countries through a series of dams and canals, defined by international treaty obligations. To avoid violating those obligations by causing erosion or re-routing water from the river, the U.S. has built much of the border wall in South Texas a mile or more away from its riverbank. The U.S. sued to stop Fisher’s project, leading to U.S. District Judge Randy Crane issuing a restraining order. Also opposing the project is the National Butterfly Center, a nonprofit located just up-river from the private site. After hearing testimony last week, Crane will hear from more witnesses Thursday. If Crane lifts his restraining order, Fisher says his crews could start work as soon

as Sunday and finish in eight days. The project was originally announced by We Build the Wall, a Florida-based nonprofit founded in December 2018, when Trump demanded $5 billion in wall funding from Democrats in Congress. When Democrats refused, the resulting standoff led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Telling supporters that it would build new barriers on its own, We Build the Wall launched an online fundraising campaign and has raised $25 million. The group’s founder, Brian Kolfage, has promoted the South Texas project heavily on social media, exhorting donors to give more and attacking project opponents, including making baseless claims that groups such as the butterfly center support human trafficking. But the project has instead become a potential showcase for Fisher, who has promoted his company, Fisher Industries, heavily on Fox News and other conservative media. Fisher said Wednesday that

he’s prepared to invest $40 million or more to build the private barrier. We Build the Wall has only contributed $1.5 million. In one hearing last year, the group’s general counsel, former Kansas Secretary of State and Trump ally Kris Kobach, said it was mostly providing “social media cheerleading.” Fisher argues that the government is being overly cautious by building walls far away from the river. His crews plan to grade the riverbank and clear brush from the property, which he says will improve water flow and reduce erosion. “We’ve proved you can build right where the agents need it,” Fisher said. “It’s not border security when you’re a mile, two miles, three miles off the border.” Opponents sharply disagree. They discount a study conducted by Fisher Industries that claims water would flow harmlessly through the 5-inch gaps between the fence posts. They also worry that the 18-foot steel posts could break off in a storm and flow downstream

into communities in the U.S. and Mexico. “They cannot make an assumption that is contrary to all real world evidence without providing evidence of their own,” said Scott Nicol, a resident of South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and co-chair of the Sierra Club’s borderlands team. “An assertion is not enough.” The U.S. government sued Fisher Industries and We Build the Wall on behalf of the International Boundary and Water Commission, which oversees the river under treaty obligations. A commission spokeswoman said Wednesday that its engineers were still reviewing the Fisher Industries study and offering feedback. Javier Pena, a lawyer for the National Butterfly Center, argued that a ruling in favor of the private wall would have far-reaching consequences. “This would set a precedent that private citizens can violate the treaty with Mexico,” he said. “People can just start building whatever they want within the floodplain.”

Appeals court keeps block of Trump immigration rule in place By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected a motion from the Trump administration that would have allowed it to implement a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. The ruling from the 2nd U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals denied the administration’s motion to lift a temporary national injunction that had been issued by a New York district court in October after lawsuits had been filed against the new policy. The new rule would potentially deny green cards to immigrants over their use of public benefits including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers, as well as other factors. The New York injunction was one of several that were issued around

the time the rule had been scheduled to go into effect in October. But a regional injunction issued in California and another national injunction issued in Washington have already been lifted by other federal appeals courts. That left New York’s as the only nationwide bar to the Trump administration putting the new rule into practice. An injunction in Illinois also is in effect, but applies only to that state. The three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit had heard arguments over

the motion to lift the injunction on Tuesday. Judges questioned the government’s attorney on the timing — why the injunction needed to be lifted at this point when the lawsuit itself would be heard by a judge in coming months. Immigrants applying for permanent residency must show they wouldn’t be public charges, or burdens to the country. The new policy significantly expands what factors would be considered to make that

determination, and if it is decided that immigrants could potentially become public charges at any point in the future, that legal residency could be denied. Roughly 544,000 people apply for green cards annually. According to the government, 382,000 are in categories that would make them subject to the new review. Immigrants make up a small portion of those getting public benefits, since many are ineligible to get them because of their immigration status.

California governor seeks $1 billion to target homelessness By DON THOMPSON Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A billion-dollar investment last year has yet to curtail California’s growing homeless crisis, and with the state awash in revenue, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend a billion more on programs aimed at getting people off the streets. He signed an executive order Wednesday creating what he intends to be a $750 million fund that providers could tap to pay rents, fund affordable housing or aid boarding and care homes.

Newsom also wants to use vacant state property to house homeless people and is seeking changes to the state’s Medicaid program to increase spending on preventive health care. In addition, the Democratic governor said the final portion of $650 million in emergency homeless aid to cities and counties approved in June was being released Wednesday after a final federal homelessness count. The report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found California’s homeless population increased 16% last year, to about 151,000 people. That’s more than a quarter of the national total.

President Donald Trump continued his criticism of California’s Democratic leaders this week, and especially those in Los Angeles and San Francisco, for failing to adequately address homelessness. In a tweet, he called it a local issue but said that if city and state leaders “acknowledge responsibility and politely” ask for help, then his administration “will very seriously consider getting involved.” Newsom made no mention of Trump in his announcement but acted with an eye toward an inevitable economic downturn that wouldn’t allow the state to spend billions on the problem.

Although California is projected to have a $7 billion surplus, the state’s bipartisan legislative analyst said only $1 billion should be spent on programs that will last beyond the year. Because Newsom’s proposal on homelessness would eat up the bulk of that $1 billion, the governor proposed to “seed” the fund with one-time state revenue and called on philanthropic and private sector groups “to step up as well.” His order comes two days before he’ll unveil his annual budget plan, which he said includes $695 million of state and federal matching funds to increase spending on preventive

health care. The money would go to things that can prevent homelessness, like helping people find housing. A portion could even go to rent assistance if it helps people not use health care services as often. A group representing the directors of California’s county behavioral health programs praised Newsom’s proposed budget increases. Newsom said many of his proposals were inspired by advisers, including Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who said the governor is using California’s “real estate and human capital in ways never proposed before to confront this humanitarian crisis.”

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US to probe fatal crash involving Tesla Model 3 DETROIT — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is sending a special team to Indiana to investigate a fatal crash involving a Tesla electric vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that its team will check the crash scene and inspect the Model 3 vehicle involved in the Dec. 29 crash with a parked firetruck on Interstate 70 near Terre Haute. The crash, which killed the driver’s wife who was a passenger in the Tesla, is the second one to be investigated in the past two weeks by NHTSA. Also on Dec. 29, a Tesla Model S sedan left a freeway in Gardena, California, at a high speed, ran a red light and struck a Honda Civic, killing two people inside, police said. The agency dispatched its special crash investigation unit to the site on New Year’s Eve. Authorities have yet to determine in either case whether the Teslas were operating on Autopilot, a system designed to keep a car in its lane and a safe distance from other vehicles. Autopilot also can change lanes on its own.

Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah’s Witnesses HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a $35 million judgment against the Jehovah’s Witnesses for not reporting a girl’s sexual abuse to authorities. Montana law requires officials, including clergy, to report child abuse to state authorities when there is reasonable cause for suspicion. However, the state’s high court said in its 7-0 decision that the Jehovah’s Witnesses fall under an exemption to that law in this case. “Clergy are not required to report known or suspected child abuse if the knowledge

results from a congregation member’s confidential communication or confession and if the person making the statement does not consent to disclosure,” Justice Beth Baker wrote in the opinion. The ruling overturns a 2018 verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages to the woman who was abused as a child in the mid-2000s by a member of the Thompson Falls Jehovah’s Witness congregation. The woman had accused the church’s national organization of ordering Montana clergy members not to report her abuse to authorities.

Baby dies after being put in backpack; Texas man charged LUBBOCK, Texas — A West Texas man accused of putting his girlfriend’s 10-monthold daughter in a backpack and leaving her in a car trunk for five hours was charged Wednesday with capital murder. Trevor Marquis Rowe of Lubbock was arrested Tuesday night for the death of Marion Jester-Montoya. He was jailed in Lubbock County on $2 million bond. Jail records list no attorney for the 27-year-old man. Lubbock police say Rowe called 911 shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday to report an infant not breathing and that he was stopping his car to begin resuscitation efforts. The child was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A police affidavit says Rowe had “crammed” the child into a backpack and placed her on the front passenger floorboard of his car while he went to work. He returned later to check on the child, who had freed herself from the backpack. He put the child back in the bag and returned to work. According to the affidavit, Rowe told police he checked on her again at his lunch break and saw that she was lightly crying but breathing. He then put the pack containing the child in his trunk and returned to work. He returned around 5 p.m. and found that the child had stopped breathing.

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Australians urged to flee as fire risk escalates By NICK PERRY Associated Press

TOMERONG, Australia — Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don’t intend to defend their homes as hot and windy conditions are forecast to escalate the danger over the next two days. The Rural Fire Service in New South Wales state has told fireweary community meetings south of Sydney in the coastal towns of Nowra, Narooma and Batemans Bay that northwesterly winds were likely to once again drive blazes toward the coast. Vacationers have retreated to beaches and into the ocean in the area in recent weeks as destructive fires and choking smoke have encroached on the tourist towns, scorching sand dunes in some places. In neighboring Victoria state, fire-threatened populations were urged to act quickly on evacuation warnings. “We can’t guarantee your safety and we don’t want to be putting emergency services — whether it be volunteers or paid staff — we do not want to put them in harm’s way

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A firefighter manages a controlled burn near Tomerong, Australia, Wednesday, in an effort to contain a larger fire nearby. Around 2,300 firefighters in New South Wales state were making the most of relatively benign conditions by frantically consolidating containment lines around more than 110 blazes and patrolling for lightning strikes, state Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.

because people didn’t follow advice that was given,” Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said. The unprecedented fire crisis in southeast Australia that has claimed at least 26 lives since September, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and shrouded major

cities in smoke has focused many Australians on how the nation adapts to climate change. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has come under withering criticism both at home and abroad for downplaying the need for his government to address climate change, which

experts say helps supercharge the blazes. Last year was Australia’s hottest and driest on record. The Bureau of Meteorology’s head of climate monitoring, Karl Braganza, said while the country’s rainfall was expected to pick up a bit, it wouldn’t be enough to snuff out the blazes anytime soon. “Unfortunately, we’re not looking at widespread, above-average rainfalls at this stage,” he said. “That’s really what we need to put the fires out fairly quickly. It is going to be a campaign, in terms of the fires. We are not looking at a short and sharp end to the event — it looks like something that we will have to persist with for some time.” The New South Wales government responded to the crisis on Thursday by announcing an additional 1 billion Australian dollars ($690 million) to be spent over the next two years on wildfire management and recovery. The Australian disaster is seen by many as a harbinger for other countries of the future consequences of global warming. Pope Francis has joined world leaders in expressing solidarity with the Australian people.

Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines — A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics prayed for peace in the Middle East as they began an annual procession of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in one of Asia’s biggest religious events Thursday. The daylong procession of the wooden Black Nazarene draws massive numbers of mostly poor Catholic devotees who pray for the sick and a better life each year. But widespread fears over the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran were highlighted in a predawn Mass before Thursday’s raucous procession unfolded. “Let us remember that in other parts of the world, the threat of violence is brewing and, hopefully, this will not lead to war,” Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told the crowd at a Manila seaside park. The popular Manila church leader asked the tens of thousands of devotees clad in maroon shirts — the color of the Black Nazarene’s robe — to briefly pause in silence and pray for peace in the Middle East and the safety of its people, including many Filipino expatriate workers. “Let us pray ... that the desire to retaliate eases,” Tagle said. One of the world’s leading labor providers, the Philippines would face a gargantuan crisis if hostilities between the U.S. and Iran escalate and embroil other Middle Eastern countries that host many Filipinos, such as Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Philippine government on Wednesday ordered Filipino workers to leave Iraq and Iran. The military prepared to deploy

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Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jostle to get the rope that pulls the carriage of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day Thursday, in Manila, Philippines. A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics prayed for peace in the increasingly volatile Middle East at the start Thursday of an annual procession of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in one of Asia's biggest religious events.

navy ships, three air force cargo planes and one battalion each of marines and army troops to help the evacuations in case hostilities worsen. Organizers of the Black Nazarene events expect up to 4 million people to join the procession, which usually ends late at night when the life-size statue of Christ is returned to a church in Manila’s working-class district of Quiapo. More than 12,000 police, including bomb squads, were deployed to secure the procession, though authorities said they have not monitored any specific security threat to the event. Aside from ensuring devotees stay safe in the huge crowds, police also work to clear the streets in front of the carriage

bearing the statue, curbing considerably the time of the usually dawn-to-midnight procession. Guns and liquor were banned and cellphone signals were jammed in the vicinity. Devotees who were pushed back when they tried to touch the statue complained, but despite the security and the tropical heat, mobs of people dangerously squeezed into a tight pack of humanity around the carriage. They threw small towels at volunteers on the carriage, for them to wipe parts of the cross and the statue and return them, in the belief that the Nazarene’s powers cure ailments and ensure good health and a better life. Dozens of people fainted or sustained injuries and were carried away on stretchers by Red Cross

volunteers. Crowned with thorns and bearing a cross, the Nazarene statue is believed to have been brought from Mexico to Manila on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that carried it caught fire, but the charred statue survived. Some believe the statue’s endurance, from fires and earthquakes through the centuries and intense bombings during World War II, is a testament to its powers. The spectacle reflects the unique brand of Catholicism, which includes folk superstitions, in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. Dozens of Filipinos have themselves nailed to crosses on Good Friday in another tradition that draws huge crowds and tourists each year.

Taiwan leader gets election boost China By KEN MORITSUGU and RALPH JENNINGS Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A year ago, Taiwan’s leader was on the ropes. Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Polls indicate that President Tsai Ing-wen is poised to win a second four-year term on Saturday, a remarkable turnaround for a leader whose future was in doubt after voters dealt her Democratic Progressive Party a major loss in November 2018 local elections. Since then, Tsai has capitalized on three developments: the fears generated by China’s tough words on Taiwan, protests in Hong Kong that have reinforced those fears and U.S. government actions that reassure voters that America will have Taiwan’s back if the going gets tough. “All the factors that help Tsai Ing-wen are happening: the China

factor, the U.S. factor and the Hong Kong protests,” pollster You Yinglung, chairman of the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, said at a news conference late last month. A victory for Tsai and her independence-leaning party would likely herald continued tensions and a further souring of relations with China, which considers selfgoverning Taiwan a renegade province. Her main opponent, Han Kuo-yu of the Nationalist Party, won the mayor’s race in the Democratic Progressive Party stronghold of Kaohsiung in the 2018 local elections and held a comfortable lead over Tsai in early 2019. Tsai began chipping away at his lead in the spring and pulled ahead for good in August. She was the clear leader by the end of the year, according to an aggregation of polls by The News Lens, an independent youth-oriented media outlet. A Tsai victory is the last thing

that Xi wants, yet it was his major policy speech on Taiwan at the start of 2019 that many analysts point to as the starting point for her political recovery. The Chinese leader upped the pressure on Taiwan to join China under the “one country, two systems” framework that governs Hong Kong. He called for talks on the issue, while saying that China would not rule out the use of force to achieve unification. Tsai responded immediately, saying Taiwan’s 23 million people would never accept “one country, two systems” and launching a fourday media blitz. Three weeks later, her support rating was 10 percentage points higher than after the November 2018 election setback. She also benefited from a revamp of her public image that used memes, animation and social media to reach young voters. Campaign spokeswoman Lien Yi-ting credited the strategy with playing an important role in

boosting Tsai’s approval ratings. Then came the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, which erupted in June. Tsai has repeatedly pointed to the unrest as proof that the “one country, two systems” approach pushed by China doesn’t work. Taiwan’s presidential elections generally revolve around the island’s relationship with China. Voters have gone back and forth between the tough line that the Democratic Progressive Party says is best to defend Taiwan’s sovereignty and the cooperation with China that the Nationalist Party says will foster economic growth. “I think, because of the recent months of the Hong Kong protests and Tsai’s successful strategy of playing the anti-China card, these practical issues are played down and voters are swayed into this scare mentality,” said Jason Hsu, a Nationalist Party lawmaker who is a member of Han’s policy advisory team.

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Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ as senior UK royals LONDON — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, say they plan “to step back” as senior members of Britain’s royal family, a stunning announcement that underscores the couple’s wish to forge a new path for royals in the modern world. A statement issued Wednesday evening by Buckingham Palace, described as “a personal message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” said Harry and Meghan intend to become financially independent” and to “balance” their time between the U.K. and North America. “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,” the statement said. “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to full

Defiant fugitive exNissan boss vows fight to clear his name BEIRUT — Nissan’s fugitive ex-boss Carlos Ghosn made his first public appearance Wednesday since being smuggled out of Japan last week, saying he fled a “nightmare” that would not end and vowed to defend his name wherever he can get a fair trial. Ghosn spoke to a room packed with journalists for more than two hours in the Lebanese capital, where he arrived after jumping $14 million bail despite supposedly rigorous surveillance — a bold and improbable escape that embarrassed Japanese authorities and has allowed him to evade trial on charges of financial misconduct. Combative, spirited, and at times rambling, he described conditions of detention in Japan that made him feel “dead ... like an animal” in a country where he asserted he had “zero chance” of a fair trial. “For the first time since this nightmare began, I can defend myself, speak freely and answer your questions,” Ghosn said. “I didn’t run from justice, I left Japan because I wanted justice.”

EU chief warns UK must compromise to get Brexit trade deal LONDON — Three weeks before Britain is due to leave the European Union, the president of the European Commission warned Wednesday that the U.K. won’t get the “highest quality access” to the European Union’s market after Brexit unless it makes major concessions. In a friendly but frank message to the U.K., Ursula von der Leyen said negotiating a new U.K.-EU trade deal will be tough. She also said the end-of-2020 deadline that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed on negotiations makes it “basically impossible” to strike a comprehensive new agreement in time. Von der Leyen, who took over as head of the EU’s executive branch on Dec. 1, met Johnson at 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday for the first time since the British leader’s election victory last month.

It’s in the bananas: Portugal finds another big cocaine haul LISBON, Portugal — For the second time in 12 months, Portuguese police discovered a large stash of cocaine concealed in a shipment of bananas from Latin America. This time the haul was 825 kilograms with a street value of more than $33 million. Last year, the seizure was 430 kilograms and worth around $17 million. Cocaine hidden in bananas from South America is not uncommon. Over the past year, authorities in the United States, China and Germany have found large quantities of cocaine concealed in banana shipments. — Clarion news services

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‘Just Mercy’ swings hard at racist criminal justice By Robert Horton Movie critic

The town of Monroeville, Alabama is proud of its associations with Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Lee grew up there and may have based her beloved novel partly on real-life cases involving local black men railroaded for crimes they didn’t commit. Monroeville has a “To Kill a Mockingbird” museum and calls itself the literary capital of Alabama. It’s also a place that lives with a certain amount of irony, because right in the teeth of all that nice civil-rights nostalgia, Monroeville was home to a serious race-based miscarriage of justice. That one started in 1986, and put an innocent man, Walter “Johnny D” McMillian, on Death Row for six years. The case gets a movie treatment in “Just Mercy,” which is very aware of the “Mockingbird” connection. In fact, this movie hits its ironies all too hard — it isn’t subtle, but in the end it proves extremely effective. We discover the story along with Bryan Stevenson (played by “Black Panther” star Michael B. Jordan), an Ivy League lawyer setting up shop in Alabama. He takes on the case of McMillian (played with brooding commitment by Jamie Foxx), who’s embittered by the rigged system and the prospect of his impending execution. (The

“Just Mercy” HHH A true story about a crusading lawyer (Michael B. Jordan) working to get a convict (Jamie Foxx) off Alabama’s Death Row. The movie isn’t subtle, but it punches hard and hits the right notes for a legal drama. With Brie Larson. Rating: PG-13, for subject matter judge in the case ignored the jury’s recommended verdict of life in prison and imposed the death sentence all on his own.) The film follows the expected paths of the legal suspense picture, as Stevenson jostles the case along in the face of hostile authorities and trumped-up bureaucracy. It’s one of those infuriating stories in which the truth is repeatedly trashed and the people in charge are accomplished liars. In fact, part of the film’s power is its portrait of a world in which facts no longer matter—even a carefully-prepared argument can be thrown aside because of the corruption within the system. I’m guessing this might resonate with movie-goers in 2020. Oscar winner Brie Larson plays one of Stevenson’s associates, and Tim Blake Nelson is skincrawlingly good as a convict with a connection to McMillian’s case.

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Michael B. Jordan (left) plays a crusading lawyer who takes up the case of a Death Row inmate (Jamie Foxx) in “Just Mercy.”

If you go by the wisdom that flawed heroes are always more interesting than perfectly noble ones, it might explain why Jordan doesn’t have much to play with as Stevenson. The character is entirely admirable, which leaves the center of the movie a little bland—even if you’d want the real-life Stevenson on your side every time. “Just Mercy” works as a courtroom drama, but it doesn’t leave

WWI movie ‘1917’ uses technical bravura to get the audience’s pulses pounding By Robert Horton Movie critic

Hollywood has been wringing its hands over how to get people into theaters in the age of streaming. “1917” offers a clue. Part technical stunt, part mission movie, “1917” is nothing if not a spectacle best witnessed on a big screen. On Sunday it won Golden Globe awards for Best Drama and Best Director, and while the Globes are intrinsically silly, the wins do suggest an appetite for a kind of old-fashioned moviegoing experience, albeit one that could not have been made before the digital era. We’ll get to the technical part later. First, the story: It’s World War I, and two young British corporals receive a delicate, time-sensitive mission. If they don’t deliver a crucial message to an advance unit, hundreds of British soldiers will be massacred in a German counterattack. The soldiers are Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman, a onetime “Game of Thrones” regular). For the latter, the assignment is personal, as well as critical: His brother is in the unit about to be led into slaughter. They must cross the desolation of no man’s land — a fetid stew of corpses and booby traps — in order to deliver the message. They have until dawn. This story should be effective even if executed in a straightforward way. But Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, who made

“American Beauty” and the last couple of James Bond films, has a battle plan for this tale. Working with the all-universe cinematographer Roger Deakins, Mendes has staged “1917” so that the action appears to be unfolding in two long, unbroken shots. (There’s a very specific interlude at about the two-thirds mark.) The camera glides behind, in front of and alongside our heroes as they cover ground, while digital technology masks the edits. Yet this isn’t exactly “real time.” Mendes is doing something interesting with the way time (and distance) passes. The mission must take well over the two hours of screen time to achieve their goal, even with the one gap, so our brains adjust accordingly. The fog of war messes with how we experience time going by. The whole thing is a fascinating movie-watching experiment, although it’s legitimate to ask why “1917” had to be filmed this way. The technique does give us a sense of the dreary slog at the front lines, although at times there’s something mechanical about the effects and the series of death-defying coincidences that unfold like clockwork. The suspense is undeniable — it’s like watching a silent movie where the heroine is tied to the railroad tracks and the train is chugging away in the distance. Your pulse will pound, even if you’re aware of the manipulations. Mendes chose well in casting his little-known lead actors. Chapman conveys a cheerful, determined

“1917” HHH Sam Mendes directs this World War I suspense film as though it were unfolding in two long, unbroken shots — a technical marvel that sometimes overshadows the story itself. We follow two British soldiers (George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman) as they move through a pulse-pounding mission across No Man’s Land. Rating: R, for violence chap, optimistic by nature, while the scarecrow-shaped MacKay is more skeptical, his narrow eyes prepared for the worst. A few name actors flash by in brief turns along the way: Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong. As a cynical officer who sends our duo out of the trenches and into No Man’s Land, Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”) gives a brilliant demonstration of how a two-minute performance can leave an indelible impression. His character is the closest the movie comes to suggesting the absurdity of war itself; you have to go back to a different era (Stanley Kubrick’s unforgettable WWI film “Paths of Glory,” for instance) for that. The characters here do not reason why — they simply do, and sometimes die. Robert Horton is the movie critic for The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington, a sister paper to the Peninsula Clarion.

race aside. Among other things, there’s a strong implication that McMillian’s bogus arrest came about because he was having an affair with a white woman in Monroeville. Director Destin Daniel Cretton (who wrote the script with Andrew Lanham, from Stevenson’s book) takes a mostly straightforward approach, with the occasional grace note: the way an

‘Like a Boss’ is a laughter-free fiasco By Robert Horton

■■ KDLL Adventure Talks presents Backcountry Backyard — Skiing the southern Kenai Peninsula, with Tony Doyle and Craig Barnard will take place at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Doyle and Barnard will share photos, trip reports and access tips for backcountry skiing on the southern Kenai Peninsula. Admission is free for KDLL members and $5 for nonmembers. Tune in for an interview with the skiers at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 on KDLL 91.9 FM. ■■ The Kenai Fine Art Center’s January exhibit is “Rough Around the Edges” by Stephanie Cox and Anna Widman. The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic Cabins. 283-7040, www.kenaifineart. com. “Rough Around the Edges” will hang until Feb. 1. ■■ Kenai Performers announces auditions for the play, “Dancing at Lughnesa,” directed by Ian McEwen on Friday, Jan. 10, 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan.y 11, 4-6 p.m. at 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant). Auditions are open to ages 18 and up. There are roles for three men and five women. Rehearsals start in March and performance dates are May 8-10 and 15-17. For more information, call Terri at 252-6808.

■■ Learn the ins and outs of writing effective grants. The City of Soldotna is co-sponsoring a workshop on Jan. 27 with expert Meredith Noble, founder of LearnGrantWriting.Org and author of the book “How to Write a Grant.” Participants will discover 100+ new grants and learn to filter the grants without endless web searching, guessing what the founder wants, and wondering if you have a chance of winning. Registration is $90 per person. If you’re interested in attending, the registration page is live www.learngrantwriting.org/kp.

Entertainment ■■ The Place Motel Bar & Grill will show divisional playoffs 2:40 p.m. Jan. 12, NFL Divisional playoffs 4 p.m. Jan. 11. Karaoke starts at 9 p.m. Jan. 11. ■■ The Flats Bistro in Kenai presents live dinner music Thursday and Friday from 6:30-8:30 p.m., featuring Garrett Mayer on Thursdays and Mike Morgan & Matt Boyle on Fridays. For dinner reservations (recommended) please call The Flats Bistro at 907-335-1010. Please watch this space for more music at The Flats this winter. ■■ Don Jose’s Restaurant in Soldotna presents “All-You-Can-Eat Tacos” and live music with Mike Morgan tonight (Thursday, Jan. 9) from 6-9 p.m. Please call 907-262-5700 for reservations and info.

■■ Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. ■■ A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski. ■■ Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725. ■■ The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. ■■ An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. ■■ Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. ■■ AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. ■■ The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays.

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It’s entirely possible that a movie that begins with one main character explicitly recounting a sex dream about a former U.S. president could turn out to be an enjoyable, if crude, comedy. “Like a Boss” is not that film. Instead, this laughter-free opening sequence is an accurate harbinger of things to come, a movie in which the dead air that follows bad jokes sometimes threatens to swallow its actors whole. You know how people have been making fun of “Cats” since it first appeared in the litter box in December? Well, “Cats” is not a good movie, but at least its nuttiness exerts a very watchable kind of fascination. “Like a Boss” is worse in so many ways, and so lacking in distinction — nutty or otherwise — that it won’t be remembered after next week. The film strands some capable players in its tone-deaf vacuum. Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne play childhood friends now running a cosmetics boutique, where they sell their own products. The business is in the red, so when a make-up mogul (Salma Hayek) swoops in to buy a controlling stake in the company, the offer is tempting. But will the friendship be tested by the realities of big business, and can the women keep their ideals alive in the process?

A laughter-free movie about partners in a cosmetics boutique (Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne) who sell out their business and possibly their friendship. The movie, which has plenty of raunch, keeps floundering around in search of something. With Salma Hayek. Rating: R, for language, subject matter These feeble questions are batted around between slapstick scenes that appear to be set up so that Haddish might improvise her way toward something funny. She finds a couple of nuggets, but this is yet another movie that wastes her particular talent (even though the R rating leaves room for any and all raunchy improvisations — including explicit dreams about an ex-president). We also get Jennifer Coolidge as the boutique’s shop clerk, which guarantees a couple of the actress’s trademark spacey anecdotes-from-nowhere. Someday that shtick might get old, but not just yet. It clocks in at 83 minutes, including end credits, so there’s probably a lot on the cuttingroom floor. How bad must that material be? Does it include an explicit account of a sex dream about a non-ex-president? One shudders.

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old-fashioned steamboat casually drifts through the background of one intense conversation about race in America is undoubtedly a reminder of the bad old days. If this film doesn’t get everything right, it nevertheless lands its punches with authority. Meanwhile, the real Bryan Stevenson is still figuring out how many people are sitting in jail for the wrong reasons.

Old Man Winter Old man winter, finally came visual proof lays claim. He leaves his mark wherever he goes; it’s heaven, all this snow. This is when God, the guardian, cleans the Earth watch and see how winter unfurls. Temperature is harsh with little breeze; see the majestic, stately trees. The boughs hang low from snowy weight; like an aging back bent in pain. A lone wolf stalks barely making a sound; all the while continuous snowfall swirls around. The falling snowflakes are mesmerizing; all originals, no compromising. It’s calming, watching the snow, but after six months, it needs to GO. Bonnie Marie Playle

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Duke defeats Georgia Tech By The Associated Press ATLANTA — Tre Jones hit two key baskets down the stretch and No. 2 Duke extended its decade-long domination of Georgia Tech, holding off the Yellow Jackets 73-64 on Wednesday night. The Blue Devils (14-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) extended their winning streak to eight and their firm hold on this series goes back much further. Georgia Tech (7-8, 2-3) has lost 13 straight to Duke since its last victory over the Blue Devils on Jan. 9, 2010 — almost 10 years ago to the day.

NO. 3 KANSAS 79, IOWA STATE 53 AMES, Iowa — Devon Dotson had 20 points and six assists, David McCormack added 16 points and seven rebounds and Kansas routed Iowa State. The Jayhawks (12-2, 2-0 Big 12) closed the first half with a 21-3 run to take a 20-point lead. Kansas shot 52% from the field while limiting the Cyclones (7-7, 0-2) to 34%.

NO. 5 AUBURN 83, VANDERBILT 79 AUBURN, Ala. — Freshman Isaac Okoro scored 17 of his season-high 23 points in the first half and Auburn held off Vanderbilt. Ranked in the Top 5 for

the first time in nearly 20 years, the Tigers (14-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) withstood a late challenge by the Commodores (8-6, 0-1) after blowing a 13-point lead. Auburn and No. 7 San Diego State remain the nation’s last unbeaten teams.

NO. 7 SAN DIEGO ST. 72, WYOMING 52 LARAMIE, Wyo. — Malachi Flynn scored 19 points, Yanni Wetzell added 17 and San Diego State beat Wyoming to remain undefeated. San Diego State (16-0, 5-0 Mountain West) continued its hottest start since 201011, when it opened 20-0 behind Kawhi Leonard and reached the Sweet 16 for the first time, finishing a school-record 34-3.

NO. 10 FLORIDA ST. 78, WAKE FOREST 68 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Devin Vassell scored 17 points and No. 10 Florida State pulled away in the final 10 minutes. M.J. Walker scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half for Florida State (14-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Seminoles trailed early in the second half before going ahead for good on RaiQuan Gray’s 3-pointer at the 14:04 mark. They have won seven straight and 14 of 15.

Flyers nip Caps By The Associated Press PHIL ADELPHIA — Kevin Hayes scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period shorthanded to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night. Robert Hagg and Travis Konecny also scored for the Flyers, who improved their NHL-best home record to 14-2-4. The Flyers returned to Philadelphia after losing five of six games on a disappointing road trip.

JETS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3, SO TORONTO — Blake Wheeler scored the winner in a shootout and Winnipeg beat Toronto, spoiling a milestone performance by Toronto star Auston Matthews.

Nikolaj Ehlers, Mason Appleton and Mark Scheifele scored in regulation for the Jets, who won their second straight. Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves.

STARS 2, KINGS 1 LOS ANGELES — Jamie Benn and Blake Comeau scored 37 seconds apart during the second period as Dallas extended its winning streak to five with a victory over Los Angeles. Dallas has come from behind for all the wins on its current streak, and this was only the second time the Stars didn’t trail going into the third period. Anton Khudobin gave up a goal to Anze Kopitar on the Kings’ first shot before making 30 saves. Jonathan Quick stopped 30 shots for Los Angeles, which has dropped three straight and six of eight.

Fromm enters draft ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm is heading to the NFL, despite some struggles during a junior season that led to speculation he might return for one more year with the Bulldogs. Fromm announced his decision Wednesday in a statement on his Twitter page, one week after leading the Bulldogs to a 26-14 victory over Baylor in the Sugar Bowl. “This decision and process has been unbelievably difficult,” he wrote. “But through much prayer and counsel, I have decided that it is time for me to take on the next challenge in my life and pursue my lifelong dream of playing in the NFL.” Fromm threw for a careerhigh 2,860 yards this season, with 24 touchdowns and just five interceptions. But he posted the lowest completion percentage (60.8) and

quarterback rating (141.2) of his college career, leading to him dropping in many NFL draft projections. Late in the season, he had a stretch of five straight games where he failed to complete 50% of his passes. Once viewed as a potential top 10 pick, some analysts are now predicting that Fromm will fall into the second round. Still, Fromm will be remembered as one of the best quarterbacks in Georgia history. He was 35-7 record as the Bulldogs’ starter, including three straight appearances in the Southeastern Conference championship game. As a freshman in 2017, he took over in the season opener after Jacob Eason was injured, made his first college start at Notre Dame the following week and held the job for the rest of his career.

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Harden’s 41 lead Rockets past Hawks By The Associated Press ATLANTA — James Harden scored 41 points, including 22 in the first quarter, to lead the Houston Rockets over Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks 122-115 on Wednesday night. Harden had 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his second straight triple-double.

SPURS 129, CELTICS 114 BOSTON — DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points to lead San Antonio past Boston. The Spurs scored 22 of the first 25 points and held on through a slightly more competitive — and controversial — second half. Kemba Walker returned after missing three games with the flu and was ejected with back-to-back technical fouls when he argued a non-call in the third quarter. A full bottle or cup was thrown from the stands, landing in front of the San Antonio bench; no one was hit. The game was delayed briefly while the court was cleaned.

RAPTORS 112, HORNETS 110, OT CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Serge Ibaka made two free

throws with 5.1 seconds left in overtime and finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds as banged-up Toronto edged Charlotte.

HEAT 122, PACERS 108 INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Herro had 19 points, Duncan Robinson scored 11 of his 17 points in a decisive third quarter and seven Miami players scored in double figures in a win over Indiana. Bam Adebayo and Derrick Jones each scored 18 points, Goran Dragic and Kendrick Nunn added 15 each and Jimmy Butler pitched in 14 for Miami.

MAGIC 123, WIZARDS 89 ORLANDO, Fla. — Nikola Vucevic scored 29 points, Evan Fournier added 19, and Orlando beat Washington. Admiral Schofield scored 18 points, and Troy Brown, Jr. had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Wizards.

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7.9 seconds left, and Denver pulled out a win over Dallas. Jokic backed down Dorian Finney-Smith on the right side of the lane and got a favorable bounce on his lefthanded layup. On the Mavericks’ final possession, Finney-Smith’s pass from the baseline to Tim Hardaway Jr. was off the mark. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 27 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. The Mavericks played their fifth straight game without Kristaps Porzingis (right knee soreness).

PELICANS 123, BULLS 108 NEW ORLE ANS — Brandon Ingram had 29 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, and New Orleans dealt Chicago its fifth straight loss. JJ Redick hit six 3-pointers on his way to 24 points, while rookie Jaxson Hayes had 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks to help the Pelicans win for the seventh time in 10 games.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Emmanuel Mudiay scored a season-high 20 points against his former team, and Rudy

Duke 73, Georgia Tech 64 ETSU 64, UNC-Greensboro 57 Florida St. 78, Wake Forest 68 Furman 73, Chattanooga 66 LSU 79, Arkansas 77 Longwood 74, Charleston Southern 56 NC State 73, Notre Dame 68 New Orleans 86, Cent. Arkansas 78 Pittsburgh 73, North Carolina 65 Radford 67, Gardner-Webb 64 SC-Upstate 83, Hampton 73 St. Bonaventure 61, George Mason 49 W. Carolina 97, VMI 85 Winthrop 79, High Point 57 Wofford 67, Samford 62 MIDWEST Bradley 72, Evansville 52 Cincinnati 75, Tulsa 44 Fort Wayne 77, W. Illinois 69 Illinois 71, Wisconsin 70 Indiana 66, Northwestern 62 Kansas 79, Iowa St. 53 Nebraska-Omaha 66, North Dakota 62 Saint Louis 63, George Washington 58 Seton Hall 83, Xavier 71 SOUTHWEST McNeese St. 88, Abilene Christian 84 Nicholls 61, Lamar 52 Northwestern St. 72, Incarnate Word 66 Oklahoma 72, Texas 62 SMU 81, UCF 74 Sam Houston St. 67, SE Louisiana 62 Texas A&M-CC 73, Stephen F. Austin 72 FAR WEST Boise St. 73, UNLV 66 CS Northridge 95, Long Beach St. 77 California Baptist 83, CS Bakersfield 75 S. Dakota St. 80, Denver 68 San Diego St. 72, Wyoming 52 San Jose St. 70, Nevada 68 UC Santa Barbara 63, Cal Poly 45

SOUTHWEST New Orleans 49, Cent. Arkansas 37 Oklahoma 77, Oklahoma St. 75 Oral Roberts 70, N. Dakota St. 62 Stephen F. Austin 66, Texas A&M-CC 44 Temple 61, Houston 58 Texas Tech 80, TCU 76 FAR WEST Air Force 62, Utah St. 45 CS Bakersfield 66, California Baptist 61 Fresno St. 84, New Mexico 81 San Diego St. 67, Wyoming 60 San Jose St. 72, Nevada 70 UNLV 66, Boise St. 65

Gobert added 16 points and 16 rebounds to power Utah past short-handed New York. Mudiay, who played for the Knicks last season before signing with the Jazz in the summer, made 8 of 12 shots and added four assists. Bojan Bogdanovic also scored 20 points and Donovan Mitchell had 16 in limited minutes for Utah, which has won seven straight and 12 of 13. Frank Ntilikina had 16 points in 19 minutes and Bobby Portis added 13 points and 13 rebounds for New York.

BUCKS 107, WARRIORS 98 SAN FRANCISCO — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 12 rebounds while leading four Milwaukee starters in double figures, and the NBA-best Bucks held off Golden State. Khris Middleton added 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Milwaukee. Alec Burks scored 19 points and Glenn Robinson III and Damion Lee added 15 points apiece for the cold-shooting Warriors, who lost their sixth straight game and third in a row at home. Willie CauleyStein contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds.

scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 25 10 .714 -Toronto 25 13 .658 1½ Philadelphia 24 14 .632 2½ Brooklyn 16 20 .444 9½ New York 10 28 .263 16½ Southeast Division Miami 27 10 .730 -Orlando 18 20 .474 9½ Charlotte 15 25 .375 13½ Washington 12 25 .324 15 Atlanta 8 30 .211 19½ Central Division Milwaukee 33 6 .846 -Indiana 23 15 .605 9½ Detroit 14 24 .368 18½ Chicago 13 25 .342 19½ Cleveland 10 27 .270 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 25 11 .694 -Dallas 23 14 .622 2½ San Antonio 16 20 .444 9 Memphis 16 22 .421 10 New Orleans 13 25 .342 13 Northwest Division Denver 26 11 .703 -Utah 25 12 .676 1 Oklahoma City 21 16 .568 5 Portland 16 22 .421 10½ Minnesota 14 22 .389 11½ Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 30 7 .811 -L.A. Clippers 26 12 .684 4½ Sacramento 15 23 .395 15½ Phoenix 14 23 .378 16 Golden State 9 30 .231 22 Wednesday’s Games Miami 122, Indiana 108 San Antonio 129, Boston 114 Toronto 112, Charlotte 110, OT Orlando 123, Washington 89 Denver 107, Dallas 106 Houston 122, Atlanta 115 New Orleans 123, Chicago 108 Utah 128, New York 104 Milwaukee 107, Golden State 98 Thursday’s Games Boston at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 3 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. All Times AKST

Men’s Scores EAST American U. 68, Army 60 Binghamton 79, UMBC 75 Boston U. 84, Lehigh 67 Colgate 92, Loyola (Md.) 70 Duquesne 78, Saint Joseph’s 60 Georgetown 87, St. John’s 66 Hartford 80, Mass.-Lowell 68 Lafayette 82, Holy Cross 64 Marist 70, Fairfield 58 Navy 60, Bucknell 56 New Hampshire 57, Maine 51 Rhode Island 69, Davidson 58 Stony Brook 81, Vermont 77 UConn 67, Tulane 61 UMass 77, La Salle 69 SOUTH Alabama 90, Mississippi St. 69 Auburn 83, Vanderbilt 79 Campbell 64, UNC-Asheville 62

Women’s Scores EAST American U. 73, Army 57 Binghamton 61, UMBC 43 Bucknell 61, Navy 34 Colgate 76, Loyola (Md.) 74 Fairleigh Dickinson 56, St. Francis (Pa.) 47 George Washington 65, Duquesne 60 Holy Cross 57, Lafayette 56 Lehigh 51, Boston U. 34 Maine 67, New Hampshire 50 Mass.-Lowell 68, Hartford 63 Merrimack 78, Bryant 66 Sacred Heart 66, CCSU 58 Saint Louis 77, La Salle 61 St. Francis Brooklyn 88, LIU 63 Stony Brook 67, Vermont 49 Towson 86, Chestnut Hill 49 UMass 62, St. Bonaventure 52 SOUTH Abilene Christian 90, McNeese St. 73 Cincinnati 73, Memphis 66 Davidson 74, Fordham 62 Incarnate Word 69, Northwestern St. 67 Lamar 84, Nicholls 78 SMU 55, East Carolina 47 Sam Houston St. 84, SE Louisiana 69 Troy 72, Louisiana-Monroe 65 Tulane 64, Tulsa 62 VCU 47, Saint Joseph’s 40 MIDWEST Ball St. 86, Bowling Green 80 Cent. Michigan 73, Ohio 71 Dayton 59, George Mason 55 E. Michigan 74, Kent St. 69 Miami (Ohio) 66, N. Illinois 64 Toledo 71, Buffalo 59 W. Michigan 56, Akron 51 West Virginia 68, Kansas 49

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 44 25 8 11 61 146 113 Tampa Bay 42 25 13 4 54 156 127 Toronto 45 24 15 6 54 162 145 Florida 43 22 16 5 49 153 146 Buffalo 43 19 17 7 45 127 135 Montreal 44 18 19 7 43 139 143 Ottawa 43 16 22 5 37 118 149 Detroit 44 11 30 3 25 96 168 Metropolitan Division Washington 45 30 10 5 65 163 133 N.Y. Islanders 42 27 12 3 57 120 108 Pittsburgh 43 26 12 5 57 146 116 Carolina 43 25 16 2 52 145 123 Philadelphia 44 23 15 6 52 140 136 Columbus 44 21 15 8 50 117 121 N.Y. Rangers 42 20 18 4 44 138 141 New Jersey 42 15 20 7 37 109 148 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 44 27 10 7 61 138 121 Dallas 43 25 14 4 54 117 105 Colorado 44 25 15 4 54 159 130 Winnipeg 44 24 16 4 52 137 134 Minnesota 43 20 17 6 46 133 144 Nashville 42 19 16 7 45 144 143 Chicago 44 19 19 6 44 128 143 Pacific Division Arizona 45 25 16 4 54 133 114 Vegas 46 24 16 6 54 147 137 Edmonton 45 23 17 5 51 137 142 Calgary 45 23 17 5 51 125 135 Vancouver 43 23 16 4 50 143 134 San Jose 45 19 22 4 42 121 151 Anaheim 43 17 21 5 39 113 136 Los Angeles 45 17 24 4 38 113 142 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 Winnipeg 4, Toronto 3, SO Dallas 2, Los Angeles 1 Thursday’s Games Winnipeg at Boston, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Florida, 3 p.m. Edmonton at Montreal, 3 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Arizona at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Buffalo at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 5 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Vegas, 6 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times AKST

Transactions

BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Acquired C Eric Haase from Cleveland for cash considerations. Designated RHP Dario Agrazal for assignment. National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Extended the contract of Craig Counsell through the 2023 season. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with INF Asdrúbal Cabrera and 1B Eric Thames on one-year contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Golden State coach Steve Kerr $25,000 for verbally abusing a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following an ejection during a Jan. 6 game against Sacramento. Fined New York Knicks F/C Bobby Portis $25,000 for recklessly making contact above the shoulders of an airborne shooter during a Jan. 7 game. MIAMI HEAT — Signed G Gabe Vincent. Waived G Daryl Macon. FOOTBALL National Football League LOS ANGELES RAMS — Announced the resignation of special teams coordinator John Fassel to take the same position with Dallas. NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Joe Judge coach. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Extended the contract of DB Brian Walker. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Barrett Hayton. CALGARY FLAMES — Agreed to terms with D Rasmus Andersson on a six-year contract extension. SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Re-signed G Earl Edwards Jr., through the 2020 season. LOS ANGELES FC — Signed D Tristan Blackmon to a three-year contract extension through the 2022 season, with a club option for 2023. MEMPHIS 901 FC — Named Tim Howard sporting director. National Women’s Soccer League HOUSTON DASH — Acquired F Katie Stengel and the 22nd overall draft pick from Utah Royals FC for Houston’s natural second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 NWSL College Drafts. SKY BLUE FC — Acquired F Margaret “Midge” Purce and the natural 2021 first round draft pick from Portland Thorns FC for MF Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez. COLLEGE BIG 12 CONFERENCE — Fined West Virginia coach Bob Huggins $10,000 for referring to an officiating crew as “three blind mice” after a Jan. 4 loss at Kansas. ALBANY (NY) — Named Vic Cegles as deputy athletic director and Leslie Moore as associate athletic director for facilities, scheduling and game operations. EAST CAROLINA — Announced the retirement of defensive line coach Jeff Hanson. GEORGIA — QB Jake Fromm announced he will enter the NFL draft. MINNESOTA — S Antoine Winfield Jr. announced he will enter the NFL draft. OREGON STATE — Signed football coach Jonathan Smith to a three-year contract extension through the 2025 season. PITTSBURGH — Agreed to terms with men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel on a two-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season. SAN DIEGO STATE — Announced the retirement of Rocky Long football coach. Promoted defensive line coach Brady Hoke to football coach. WISCONSIN — C Tyler Biadasz announced he will enter the NFL draft.

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Black coaching hires still at dismal level in NFL By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist

A year ago, Richard Lapchick was at least willing to consider it might be cyclical. Not any longer. Not after all but one of the coaching vacancies in the NFL have been filled. Not after — in a league where 70% of players are minorities — blacks have been hired for only two of the 19 open head coaching spots over the last three years. “It’s very discouraging that this continues to happen,” said Lapchick, the director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida. “It’s not like there are no qualified candidates. These people are out there and ready.” They may be ready, but NFL owners apparently aren’t. Despite the adoption of the Rooney Rule in 2003 to increase the number of black head coaches, there are only three among the four minority head coaches (Washington’s

Ron Rivera is Hispanic) currently employed in the league. And, with only the Cleveland Browns still looking, that number won’t be changing much — if at all. “There’s not much to be optimistic about from this year’s results for sure,” said Lapchick, who annually gives sports leagues grades on their efforts to diversify. “This is a serious cause for concern that we’ve now gone three years with the lowest numbers we’ve had in a long time.” Just why those numbers are so low is open to debate, especially since the NFL has made efforts over the past two decades to promote minority hires. The Rooney Rule not only mandated that teams interview coaches of color for coaching vacancies but was later updated so that the general manager job was included. And before last season, the rule was toughened so that teams couldn’t skirt the requirements with sham interviews.

Still, the number of black head coaches stands at just three, down from a peak of eight. The situation in the GM’s office is even more bleak, with just one black general manager. Not exactly the type of progress envisioned when former Steelers owner Dan Rooney spearheaded the minority hiring rule nearly 20 years ago. The numbers are so bad on the GM side that Lapchick gave the league an F grade in that category for racial and gender hiring practices as part of an overall B grade. “It’s a serious problem,” Lapchick said. “It’s fair to say nobody is feeling pressured to diversify, especially at the club level.” If it’s a problem, it’s one that doesn’t get a lot of attention outside of the annual head coach hiring season. That might be, Lapchick said, because players themselves have been relatively silent on the subject even while speaking out on social issues outside the league.

It’s also true that as recently as the 2018 season there were eight black head coaches before five of them got fired. NFL defenders point to that stat and argue that the latest hirings are indeed cyclical and the low current number of minority coaches is an aberration. NFL owners are so desperate to win, they say, that they would hire their worst enemy if they thought he had the best chance of getting them to a Super Bowl. But while the Rooney Rule requires interviews, it doesn’t require hirings. It also doesn’t cover the offensive and defensive coordinator positions that have traditionally been stepping stones to the head coaching job and, on the offensive side at least, have traditionally been white. And, like it or not, the NFL remains a closed society where the good ol’ boy network remains powerful. It’s still somewhat startling that the league didn’t hire its first black

head coach of the modern era until 1989, when Al Davis named Art Shell in Oakland. It took 13 more years before Ozzie Newsome became the first black general manager in Baltimore. Not a great history to defend, and the lack of minority head coaches is just as indefensible. Indeed, the NFL deserves low grades for its hiring practice both on the sidelines and in the executive offices. The league is failing the very players who make billionaire owners even richer, and at some point the players are going to decide they want to have a say about it. There’s no debate that coaching is a brutal business no matter what color your skin is. Coaches are hired to be fired, and all but the most successful eventually lose their jobs for not winning enough. What isn’t debated is this: There’s plenty of good black coaches out there. And they deserve a chance to succeed.

5 Heisman winners suit up for Ravens-Titans By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The top prize for individual excellence in college football is the Heisman Trophy. For the first time in the Super Bowl era, five winners of that prestigious keepsake are expected to suit up in the same game, each in pursuit of the NFL’s most coveted team award — the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Baltimore will bring three Heisman winners (Lamar Jackson, Mark Ingram, Robert Griffin III) into Saturday night’s playoff game against Tennessee, which has a pair of players (Marcus Mariota, Derrick Henry) who accepted the trophy presented annually to the most outstanding performer in college football. “Five? I didn’t even think about that,” said Jackson, who won the 2016 Heisman with Louisville. “It’s going to be incredible.” For all he accomplished at Louisville during that amazing season three years ago, Jackson would gladly trade

his statue for the opportunity to hoist the trophy in Miami on Feb. 2. “That’s the trophy I want,” Jackson said. “That’s the best trophy you can get playing football. That’s what I want, that’s what the team wants, that’s what we’re going to get.” Jackson hopes to receive help from Ingram (Alabama, 2009) and backup quarterback Robert Griffin III (Baylor, 2011). Griffin will start on the bench against the Titans and Ingram is questionable with a calf injury, but earlier this season all three were in the backfield for what was dubbed “ The Heisman Package.” Could we see it again this weekend? “It could resurface but that’s not my decision,” Griffin said. “I know we’re focused on beating the Tennessee Titans, and if the Heisman package is part of that, that’s what we’re going to do.” Griffin chuckled when asked the significance of having Baltimore’s Heisman trio being joined at the

stadium by Mariota (Oregon, 2014) and Henry (Alabama, 2015). “I wouldn’t say we’re getting dressed and going out on the field and saying, ‘Oh man, there’s five Heisman Trophy winners out there.’ But it is a cool aspect of the game,” Griffin said. “Maybe we’ll get a picture after the game, but I know that’s not what we’re thinking about right now.” The Titans benched Mariota in mid-October after the offense managed only one touchdown in a 10-quarter span and was coming off a shutout loss in Denver. Since being replaced by Ryan Tannehill, Mariota has been playing the role of the opposing quarterback on the scout team, this week doing his best imitation of Jackson for the Tennessee defense. Mariota has played in each of the past two games, however, throwing a 24-yard pass to A.J. Brown in the regular-season finale win in Houston and a 4-yard toss to Dion Lewis in last week’s playoff win over New England. Mariota will hit the

free-agent market in March. Henry and Ingram both surpassed 1,000 yards rushing this year. The former Crimson Tide stars won’t necessarily have to seek each other before Saturday’s game because they just recently spoke. “I talked to Mark the other day, and we were just catching up,” Henry said. Winning the Heisman Trophy automatically makes the recipient part of a very special club. That’s why the modern football world has never before seen five Heisman winners in uniform at the same NFL game. “There are only so few of us, and every year there’s only one more,” Griffin said. “So this game, it’s something that you’ll reflect on later in life and think, ‘That was a really cool moment.’ But when you’re in the moment, it’s not as if we’re all walking around with HEISMAN on the back of our shirt or carrying our Heisman Trophies.” Like Jackson, Griffin wasn’t even aware he was on the brink of sharing in a historic moment.

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) carries the ball during an NFL wild-card playoff football game Saturday in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: ■■ Thomas V. Alley, 35, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (creating a hazardous condition), committed Nov. 23. He was sentenced to three days in jail with two days suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ Shane David Blumentritt, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, committed Mar. 19. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $5,000 with $4,000 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete substance/ alcohol abuse and anger management assessments and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 36 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ Tammi Jo Charlesworth, 38, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed Jan. 3, 2019. She was fined a $100 court surcharge and placed on probation for six months. ■■ Brian Keith Chunn, 37, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted second-degree theft (access device or ID document), committed Sept. 6, 2018. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 350 days suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and ordered to pay restitution. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ John Norwood Connell, 61, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, a domestic violence offense committed July 19. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Tristen Duane Eastham, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief, committed Oct. 10. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ John C. Hansen III, 44, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Nov. 9. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, fined $1,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days, and placed on probation for 24 months. ■■ Don Elvis Howell III, 44, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed July 21. He was sentenced to one day in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment or a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to complete 10 hours of community work service, and placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ Dmitri David Kimbrell, 47, of Anchor Point, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed Aug. 3. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 30 days, and placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ Christopher Lee Koso, 29, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of third-degree theft, committed June 10. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution,

and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ Kim Kathleen Lebrell, 61, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed Nov. 19, 2018. She was sentenced to five days in jail, fined a $50 court surcharge, and credited for five days of treatment completed. ■■ John Leo Lopez, 50, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Oct. 26. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ Jarred Frank Mahan, 39, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving in violation of restricted license, committed May 25. He was fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to perform 25 hours of community work service, and placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ Derek Ray Newton, 41, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to one count of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended and one count of no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Oct. 12. On count one, he was fined a $100 court surcharge, had his license revoked for 90 days, and placed on probation for 24 months. On count two, he was fined $500. ■■ Dawn Peters, 46, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to refusal to submit to a chemical test, committed Aug. 12. She was sentenced to 150 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 147 days suspended, fined $2,000, a $150 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $330 cost of imprisonment or cost of electronic monitoring, if approved, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months,

ordered to have no contact with a specifically named person or his property, forfeited all items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ Michael Polocz, 49, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, committed Jan. 4. On count one, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $150 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $1,467 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for three years, and placed on probation for three years. On count two, he was sentenced to one day in jail. ■■ Brandon J. Saltenberger, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Apr. 26. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $150 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, forfeited all items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ Brandon James Saltenberger, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of third-degree theft, committed Nov. 6. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with the Soldotna Sports Complex or with specifically named people, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

■■ Brandon J. Saltenberger, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and one count of violating condition of release for a misdemeanor, committed Nov. 9. On count one, he was sentenced to 80 days in jail with 30 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 all items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, he was placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ Frank Standifer, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree harassment, committed Mar. 13. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and ordered to admit the facts in the police report. ■■ Tavian Pearl Borowski, 28, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed Aug. 29. Borowski was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. ■■ Canaan Cole FischerNelson, 20, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourthdegree assault, a domestic violence offense committed Feb. 17. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 180 days suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with victims, ordered to complete substance/alcohol abuse and mental health assessments and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. ■■ The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court:

■■ Lamar Leroy Miller, 48, of Sterling, was found guilty of one felony count of firstdegree vehicle theft and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure) committed Jan. 11, 2018. On the felony count, he was sentenced to two years in prison, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, had his license revoked for 30 days, and ordered to have no contact with victim. On the misdemeanor count, he was sentenced to 365 days in jail. ■■ Brion Marquis Brown, 25, of Eagle River, was found guilty of two counts of thirddegree assault, committed Dec. 7, 2018. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison with 32 months suspended on each count, credited for time already served, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, recommended to participate in any rehabilitative programs made available to him while in custody, ordered to have no contact with victims, except as required during the course of official duties of the second victim, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, ordered to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of weapons, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and comply with treatment recommendations, and was placed on probation for five years. The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: ■■ A charge of violating condition of release against Kim K. Lebrell, 61, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Sept. 12, 2018. ■■ A charge of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor against Kenneth P. Oder, 50, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 30.

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KELLOGG, Idaho — Officials were searching Wednesday for a missing skier at an Idaho resort where a series of avalanches killed two skiers and injured five others the day before. The Silver Mountain Resort was closed Wednesday “to focus all available resources on the search,’’ the resort said on Facebook. The resort said it received a telephone call Wednesday morning from a concerned family member of the missing skier. “This person has been confirmed to be skiing yesterday at Silver during the time of the avalanche,’’ the resort posted on Facebook. “An intense search is currently underway with Silver Mountain Ski Patrol as well as multiple teams and dog units from various

agencies.’’ The resort said what appeared to be a series of three avalanches occurred about 11 a.m. Tuesday on Wardner Peak, an area of the resort where the ski runs are rated at the highest difficulty level. The runs had just been opened for a short period after crews performed avalanche control blasting in the area Tuesday morning, using explosives to trigger avalanches in hopes of leaving only the stable snow layers on the runs, officials said. Rescue crews and volunteers searched the avalanche area Tuesday with dogs and probes. Five people with minor injuries were found during the day, a sixth skier was discovered under about 10 feet (3 meters) of snow and did not survive. The final skier was found after

dark. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Names of the victims have not been released. Silver Mountain Resort is located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of Spokane, Washington, along Interstate 90 in the Idaho Panhandle. Skiers flocked to the area on Tuesday morning after reports of 13 inches (33 centimeters) inches of new snow. The snow was heavy and wet, causing some skiers to worry about avalanche conditions, The SpokesmanReview newspaper reported. “I thought conditions were kind of sketchy,’’ Bruce Rosenoff, 72, told the newspaper. He remembered an avalanche on the same peak in 1980. Wardner Peak had been open less than an hour when officials described a series of avalanches.

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SEATTLE — Family members of two of the four people killed in the April crane collapse site have filed wrongful death suits against companies involved in crane operations at the South Lake Union construction site. Gusting winds knocked the crane over April 27, after workers prematurely removed pins holding sections together, leading to a tragedy that state regulators called “totally avoidable.” Lawsuits have also been filed by two people

who were injured, and Seattle police continue to investigate. The collapse killed two ironworkers working on the crane, as well as Alan Justad, 71, a former city planning official, and Sarah Wong, a 19-year-old Seattle Pacific University student. The Seattle Times reports Justad and Wong’s families filed suits in King County Superior Court in late December against Morrow Equipment, GLY Construction, Northwest Tower Crane Service, Omega Morgan and Seaburg Construction, the

five companies responsible for operating and dismantling the crane. The lawsuits seek unspecified damages. Two other people, Sally Beaven and Ali Edriss, jointly sued the same companies in December. Beaven and Edriss claim they were injured as a result of the crane collapse. The state Department of Labor and Industries faulted and fined GLY, Northwest Tower Crane and Morrow for failing to adequately supervise the crane disassembly, train workers and follow manufacturer procedures.

E x p e r t s s ay m o s t avalanche survivors are dug out within 30 minutes. Wardner Peak is an area that is not served by a

chairlift, but is still patrolled and managed by the resort. Skiers ride a chair to its terminus and then traverse along a ridge to the peak,

which offers expert runs. During the 2018-19 winter, 25 people died in avalanches in the United States, the newspaper reported.

Today in History Today is Thursday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2020. There are 357 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 9, 1945, during World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces. On this date: In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, retreated because of artillery fire. In 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, California. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended after eight months with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew. In 1951, the United Nations headquarters in New York officially opened. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his State of the Union address to Congress, warned of the threat of Communist imperialism. In 1959, the Western series “Rawhide” premiered on CBS-TV. In 1987, the White House released a January 1986 memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon. In 1997, a Comair commuter plane crashed 18 miles short of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing all 29 people on board. In 2001, Linda Chavez withdrew her bid to be President-elect George W. Bush’s Secretary of Labor because of controversy over an immigrant in the U.S. illegally who’d once lived with her. In 2006, confirmation hearings opened in Washington for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. “The Phantom of the Opera” leapt past “Cats” to become the longest-running show in Broadway history (a record that still stands). In 2009, the Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich), who defiantly insisted again that he had committed no crime. (The Illinois Senate unanimously voted to remove Blagojevich from office 20 days later.) Ten years ago: In a video broadcast posthumously, the Jordanian doctor who’d killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan on Dec. 30, 2009, called on all jihadists to attack U.S. targets to avenge the death of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud (BEH’-tuh-luh mah-SOOD’). Peyton Manning became the first player to win The Associated Press’ NFL Most Valuable Player award four times. Five years ago: French security forces shot and killed two al-Qaida-linked brothers suspected of carrying the rampage at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that had claimed 12 lives, the same day a gunman killed four people at a Paris kosher grocery store before being killed by police. Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, a champion of the independent film movement and son of one of the founders of Hollywood, died in Los Angeles. One year ago: President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders as efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over his demand for billions of dollars to build a border wall. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced that they were divorcing, ending a 25-year marriage. Today’s Birthdays: Actress K. Callan is 84. Folk singer Joan Baez is 79. Rockabilly singer Roy Head is 79. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is 76. Actor John Doman is 75. Singer David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) is 70. Singer Crystal Gayle is 69. Actor J.K. Simmons is 65. Actress Imelda Staunton is 64. Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu is 61. Rock musician Eric Erlandson is 57. Actress Joely Richardson is 55. Rock musician Carl Bell (Fuel) is 53. Actor David Costabile is 53. Rock singer Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) is 53. Rock singer-musician Dave Matthews is 53. Actress-director Joey Lauren Adams is 52. Comedian/actor Deon Cole is 49. Actress Angela Bettis is 47. Actor Omari Hardwick is 46. Roots singer-songwriter Hayes Carll is 44. Singer A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) is 42. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is 38. Pop-rock musician Drew Brown (OneRepublic) is 36. Rock-soul singer Paolo Nutini is 33. Actress Nina Dobrev is 31. Actor Basil Eidenbenz is 27. Actress Kerris Dorsey is 22. Actor Tyree Brown is 16. Thought for Today: “Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.” — Swedish proverb.

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NOTICE TO CREDITOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at DOLIFKA & ASSOCIATES, P.C., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, AK, 99669. Dated this 7th day of Janurary, 2020. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE /s/NICHOLAS M TUROW Pub:January 9,16 & 23, 2020 886939

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Couple is target of ridicule for their healthy lifestyle DEAR ABBY: We need we don’t think our diet is advice about how to boring. We simply enjoy respond to friends and being healthy and know family who poke fun or that food is “medicine.” show disdain because of Should we continue to our healthy lifestyle. We keep our mouths shut? — are in our 60s. We rarely HEALTHY LIVING eat out, and when we DEAR HEALTHY: YEP! do, we avoid fast food. Your friends and family We cook most of our react the way they do bemeals with an emphasis cause seeing you eat the Dear Abby on vegetables, fruits, way you do makes them Jeanne Phillips fish and chicken. We feel self-conscious about exercise regularly and their own food choices. have occasional treats. We have no Continue laughing and shrugging chronic illnesses and aren’t on any to age 100. The others may not be as medications. fortunate as you. For some reason, our food choices DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend rub people the wrong way. If we are recently discovered that I am still asked why we are in good health, talking to another girl I used to date. we answer, “Over the years, we’ve I’ll call her Kyra. learned not to consume foods or Kyra and I had agreed we would beverages that make us feel bad.” If remain strictly friends, and the we’re invited out to eat and order breakup was before I started datthe baked salmon with broccoli ing my current girlfriend, “Jan.” instead of the burger and fries, we Jan is devastated by this, and I can hear, “Your diet is so BORING.” We somewhat understand why. She got usually laugh and shrug it off, but cheated on multiple times in her last

relationship. Do you think I was crossing a boundary by wanting to maintain the friendship with Kyra? Or should I have dropped it when I started dating Jan? I’m asking you because everyone I talk to agrees with me, and everyone Jan talks to agrees with her. I assume it’s because people agree with whoever is telling the story. You are unbiased, and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. — DOING THE RIGHT THING IN UTAH DEAR DOING: There’s nothing wrong with remaining friends after a breakup. Jan is insecure because her last boyfriend cheated on her, and who can blame her? However, that is her problem, and you shouldn’t make it yours. Your mistake was not telling Jan when you first started dating that you are still in touch with Kyra — and that she’s a platonic friend, nothing more. Jan does not have the right to control your friendships, and you shouldn’t let it happen.

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DEAR ABBY: How do you cut off a person who talks constantly without a break? By the time there’s a lull in her speech, I have forgotten what I wanted to add to the conversation. — WORD IN EDGEWISE IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR WORD: I have encountered compulsive talkers like her. They are exhausting. Remember, she has to breathe SOMETIME. The minute she starts to inhale, start talkin’! Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Good advice for everyone — teens to seniors — is in “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.” To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might feel pushed and pulled between different forces, all of which have different agendas. You might wonder how to handle the pressure. Assume a holding position until you are sure of yourself. Tonight: Happiest at home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You could be questioning yourself as to why you are continuing on a certain path. Without knowing why, you could be

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Your sense of humor is a tremendous asset that you must not underestimate. While others get upset, you stay clearheaded in search of the information you desire. You need to expect a push and pull between your work and personal life. Tonight: Up late.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Emotions soar, and you might feel out of control since a lot is being tossed at you. Slow down and refuse to make any fast decisions. Listen to a significant other and what he or she needs to share. Tonight: Evaluating your next move.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Take your time working through an innate resistance that appears to be affecting you as well as those around you. You could be juggling more than your share of demands and personal issues. Say little until you are sure of yourself. Tonight: Vanish quickly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You appear to be on top of your game and will not tolerate interference. You need to screen

Dear Heloise: Years ago, I jumped on the baking soda/vinegar bandwagon when reading Heloise I (the original Heloise, 1919-1977). Instead of using cellulose or foam sponges, I found one that is many times better. It is the melamine scrubbing sponge. These, used with or without a baking soda paste, are great. They are similar to a commercial-brand eraser but without the cleaning additive. That’s where the baking soda comes in. — Teresa C., Omaha, Neb. Teresa, is it possible we were separated at birth? I am with you! Baking soda is an effective scrubber; it gently removes stains and is a workhorse in the home. Nontoxic, safe, cheap and readily available, I keep boxes of this stuff on hand. I’ve compiled a collection of my favorite baking soda hints, recipes and helps into a handy pamphlet. Would you like to receive one? It’s easy. Send a long, stamped (70 cents), self-addressed envelope, along with $5, to: Heloise/Baking Soda, P.O. Box 795001, San

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HHHH Others defer naturally to you because you are such a commanding person. You also seem to have it more together than you have for a while. Pressure builds. Still, be spontaneous and open to different energy. Tonight: The only answer is yes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Take a stand if you think it will help. Others put a lot of pressure on you. They want certain results and want you to proceed in a certain direction. You might need to explain to others where you are coming from. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

HHH You could be wrapped up in a project that feels endless. You are tired of being so devoted and disciplined. Know that it might be wise to take a break or two. What you are working on will show the benefit. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

HHHH Feelings run high, and you might be more emotional than you think. Slow down and make careful choices that work for you. A relative or friend at a distance could give you powerful feedback. Tonight: Be willing to try a new spot.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You could be playful. Others — especially one specific person in your environment — refuse to have a long overdue talk. You know this conversation is a must, but timing is also critical. Tonight: Kick up your heels.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) HHHH Break past a self-imposed restriction that you cannot get under control. You need to be more realistic about what you are capable of. Follow through on that path and you will succeed. Tonight: Making the most of an offer.

CONTAINMENT Dear Heloise: I tape together empty and full tissue boxes to make disposal of used tissues easy. I keep one set in the car and one in the house when I have a cold. — Elisea F. in San Antonio Brilliant! — Heloise

ON THE BIAS Dear Heloise: What does “cut on the bias” mean? — A Reader in Florida Think about what a bias is: a strong feeling, coming from one side or another; a slanted opinion. When a pattern calls for material to be cut on the bias, it is to be cut on a 45-degree angle (slanted!). This will make the fabric more flexible, and easier to flow over the body. — Heloise

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This year, you have the ability to see both sides of an argument and understand where others are coming from. Trying to find a midpoint often can be challenging, even with this knowledge. If single, you meet people with ease, and you will know when you meet Mr. or Ms. Right. Creating this bond is likely this year. If attached, the two of you often are on a seesaw about situations. Respect each other’s views and you’ll come up with an excellent solution or compromise. CANCER often is too emotional for you to deal with. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

confusing others as well as yourself. You might want to slow down and do some solid thinking. Tonight: Return calls.

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of an immediate public comment period following the reconsideration vote was “not a win” for the assembly or the public process. “When we have a room full of people and all of them leave before they have the opportunity to get up and testify, I’m not sure that’s a great measure of progress,” Bjorkman said. “I’m not sure that’s a win for the assembly or a win for public policy when people show up to this chamber and they aren’t given a timely opportunity to talk about what they came here to talk about.” Cooper said that while the lack of public testimony might have seemed “cold,” she supported the borough’s process for public notice. “When we want people to be involved in this process,” Cooper said. “If we don’t have what’s lined up on what’s going to happen and when it’s going to happen, people who showed up here tonight — typically we wouldn’t even have a public hearing but I gave notice

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and undermine our presence there,” either politically or militarily. There is no obvious path to diplomatic engagement, as Trump pledged to add to his “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions. He said the new, unspecified sanctions would remain in place “until Iran changes its behavior.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the overnight strike was not necessarily the totality of Iran’s response. “Last night they received a slap,” Khamenei said. “These military actions are not sufficient (for revenge). What is important is that the corrupt

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meets inside in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers, on Tuesday, in Soldotna.

Material Site Workgroup, established in 2018 to engage in collaborative discussion involving the public and industry to make recommendations regarding the material site code, according to the ordinance. The work group explored recommendations for nearly two years, and discussions were long and emotional, assembly member and former work group member Brent Johnson said at December ’s assembly meeting. Assembly President Kelly Cooper brought up the work done on the ordinance by the work group, saying the ordinance “was not a rushed item.” Cooper, who voted against reconsideration, said any potential amendments to the ordinance are “beefy” and large enough to warrant some restructuring of the ordinance. “There were many items in it that were good — many housekeeping items,” Cooper said. The proposed ordinance takes into account comments from the community expressing concerns about gravel pits, including dust, noise and aesthetics.

“The planning department received numerous complaints regarding unreclaimed parcels registered as non conforming prior existing material sites which have not been regulated by KPB,” the ordinance said. “Certain additional conditions placed on material site permits would facilitate a reduction in the negative secondary impacts of material sites, e.g. dust, noise, and unsightliness of material sites.” At the Dec. 3 meeting, the assembly voted down the ordinance 6-3, with assembly members Kelly Cooper, Willy Dunne and Brent Johnson supporting the ordinance’s passage. At the end of the assembly meeting, however, assembly member Jesse Bjorkman moved to have the ordinance reconsidered at the next meeting. There are hundreds of material sites, including gravel pits, across the peninsula. At their Nov. 12 meeting, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission reviewed the proposed ordinance and recommended it unanimously along with a handful of amendments.

there would be a public hearing if it was reconsidered — but had we on the fly changed that, we haven’t given public notice. So the only people who would have had the advantage are the people here in the room. The people who thought they understood the process would not have had the opportunity to participate.”

Changes to material site code, including permits, applications, conditions and procedures, were first introduced in an ordinance at the Nov. 5 borough assembly meeting. The ordinance highlights a number of changes, including more detailed definitions throughout the material site code,

increasing groundwater testing, increasing the buffer from water bodies to 200 feet, decreasing the number of hours operators can process and crush rocks, new sound level conditions and a new white noise alarm requirement, among others. Several of the proposed code changes were first explored in the borough’s

presence of America in this region comes to an end.” Trump, facing perhaps the biggest test of his presidency, credited the minimized damage to an early warning system “that worked very well” and said Americans should be “extremely grateful and happy” with the outcome. The strikes had pushed Tehran and Washington perilously close to all-out conflict and left the world waiting to see whether the American president would respond with more military force. Trump, in his nineminute, televised address, spoke of a robust U.S. military with missiles that are “big, powerful, accurate, lethal and fast.” But then he added: “We do not want to use it.” Iran for days had been promising to respond

forcefully to Soleimani’s killing, but its limited strike on two bases — one in the northern Iraqi city in Irbil and the other at Ain al-Asad in western Iraq — appeared to signal that it, too, was uninterested in a wider clash with the U.S. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that the country had “concluded proportionate measures in self-defense.” Trump, who is facing reelection in November, campaigned for president on a promise to extract the United States from “endless wars.” On Wednesday, he said the United States was “ready to embrace peace with all who seek it.” That marked a sharp change in tone from his warning a day earlier that “if Iran does anything that they shouldn’t be doing, they’re going to be suffering

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