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‌R EEDSPORT — For high schools in Southwestern Oregon Community College’s tax district, excellent opportunities are offered to students living in the district, except for Reedsport students.

The college doesn’t have many services for the city, though residents are paying about the same tax rate as other communities in the college’s district.

In the past, the community college offered dual credit services through Reedsport Community Charter School, but now, the city’s high school students are missing out on the services.

Laura Davis, the principal of

Reedsport Community Charter School, said the school is in the process of getting the dual credit services back.

“It’s not SWOCC’s fault,” Davis said. “We do not have anybody here who is qualified to teach those classes.”

The college’s tax district encompasses Reedsport, and high school students are allowed to attend courses at the college’s Coos Bay campus or take dual credit courses at their home school.

Reedsport residents are currently paying about 68 cents per $1,000 in property valuation a year to the college. The tax rate is about the same in cities such as Coos Bay and Brookings, which both have campuses.

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Davis said the school had a teacher who was qualified to teach a dual credit course, but that teacher recently retired.

Dual credit classes are classes students can take in high school that count for credit at the high school and college level. These types of classes are free and are instrumental in students getting a head start on college.

Davis said in the past, about 20 students a year had enrolled in these classes.

Ross Tomlin, vice president of instruction and student services at the community college, said it’s a goal to get more faculty qualified to teach the dual credit courses.

“We require typically a master’s degree in the (subject) area you’re teaching in,” Tomlin said.

Tomlin said if a teacher has a master’s degree in another field, the college requires the teacher to get 12 graduate hours in the specific area.

“We’ve got to get more faculty qualified,” Tomlin said.

Tomlin said the college had professors come to Reedsport to teach courses, but it a had little luck getting a space for the classes and getting the classes filled.

For Davis, there have been other options for students in the past.

“There was a math class that was offered on Monday nights,” Davis said. “They didn’t have enough numbers (of students) this year.”

A college professor, who happened to live in Reedsport, taught

the class. With low enrollment, the class had to be canceled.

Although there are currently no qualified teachers for the dual credit courses, students still have the option of taking online courses, though they have to pay for it.

Davis said there is a teacher who is currently trying to get qualified to teach writing classes, and it shouldn’t be long until the dual credit courses are back.

“We should be able to have them next school year,” Davis said. ​ eporter Kurtis Hair can be R reached at 541-269-1222, ext.

240, or by email at kurtis.hair@ theworldlink.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KurtisHair.

House votes to extend tax breaks

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‌WASHINGTON — The House rushed through a last-minute measure Wednesday to extend a massive package of expired tax b reaks for banks, investment firms, commuters and NASCAR track owners.

T he bill would enable millions of businesses and individuals to claim the tax breaks on their 2014 returns. It would add nearly $42 billion to the budget deficit over the next decade.

The more than 50 tax breaks b enefit big corporations and s mall businesses, as well as teachers and people who live in states without a state income t ax. More narrow provisions include tax breaks for filmmakers, racehorse owners and rum producers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

“With the end of the year and a new tax filing season rapidly approaching, we need to act,” said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. “The IRS has been clear that unless Congress acts quickly, it will be forced to delay the start of the tax filing season.”

The bill passed 378-46. It now goes to the Senate, where Democratic leaders have been noncommittal about whether they would accept it or try to change i t. Time is short because the House plans to adjourn for the year next week, and the Senate could as well.

Congress routinely extends the package of tax breaks every

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‌PORTLAND — Spend a little more to put an Oregon salmon license plate on your vehicle, and your money is supposed to directly benefit the iconic fish.

O ne state agency promised to use the money exclusively

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to undo roadblocks impairing salmon streams across Oregon.

Culverts, the drains that carry creeks beneath roads, frequently stop salmon migration to rearing habitat.

But that promise is being broken, The Oregonian found.

S ince 2013, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

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hasn’t spent a cent of salmon p late money on fixing road impacts.

Instead, drivers have paid the s alary and office expenses of OWEB’s small grants administrator in Salem.

Drivers are also set to pay for a $150,000 website improvement to make it possible to apply

William Berman, Lakeside Larry Haga, Coos Bay

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Darian Wilson battles for the ball Wednesday night against Mikaela Siegel of Siuslaw in their non-league game in Coquille.

Coquille’s girls won their opener 63-22. See story, Page B1.

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‌COOS BAY — With the holid ay season in full swing, the E gyptian Theatre is hosting three sponsored movie days this month aimed at collecting food donations.

Kicking off the donations will be a showing of “Forrest Gump” at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday.

A dmission for the event, s ponsored by Ticor Title, is intended to be two cans of food for the Girl Scouts Bus Jam food drive, though the theater will accept cash for ticket sales.

Kara Long, executive director of the Egyptian, said the theater will direct all cash proceeds from ticket sales to charitable cause.

The theater will also host a donation for the original “Miracle on 34th Street” Saturday at 2 p.m.

T he movie, which Inland Point Assisting Living is coll ecting donations for, is also intended to carry special meaning for seniors, Lifestyle Coordinator Judith Smith said. “ Its our Christmas gift to our campus,” Smith said. “The whole concept for our residents is ‘Come home to Inland Point,’ but you have to realize that home is different for every person so it was really important for us to make Christmas special for seniors.”

S mith said that the donat ions, which are collected in conjunction with Bus Jam, will go to Goodwill and the local food bank.

The theater will hold the final food donation event, a showing of “Home Alone,” at 2 p.m. on Dec. 14.

S ponsored by Farr’s True Value, the event will collect food d onations for the Coos Food Cupboard.

With fewer groups donating to the food cupboard, the charit able organization looked at

online for grants from OWEB, another project that won’t retrofit a single culvert.

Across Oregon, nearly 32,000 people have salmon plates on their cars and trucks. They pay an extra $30 every two years to buy or renew them. When the

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Coos Library Board — 4 p.m., Owen Building, 201 N. Adams St., North Bend School Board — Coquille; regular meeting.

7 p.m., City Hall, 835 California Gold Beach Safety Committee — St., North Bend; regular meeting.

2 p.m., Courthouse Annex, 94235 TUESDAY, DEC. 9‌ Moore St., Gold Beach; regular Coos Bay School District — meeting.

9:30 a.m., Milner Crest EducaLakeside Planning Commission tion Center, 1255 Hemlock Ave., — 7 p.m., City Hall, 915 N. Lake Coos Bay; policy committee.

Road, Lakeside; regular meeting.

Lakeside Water District — 7 p.m., district office, 1000 N. FRIDAY, DEC. 5‌ Lake Road, Lakeside; regular Coos County Board of Commismeeting. sioners — 9 a.m., Coos County Courthouse, 250 N. Baxter St., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10‌ Coquille; work session.

Charleston Community Umpqua Soil and Water ConserEnhancement Corporation vation District — 6 p.m., Port of — noon, Charleston Marina RV Umpqua Annex, 1841 Winchester Park, 63402 Kingfisher Road, Ave., Reedsport; annual dinner Charleston; regular meeting. meeting.

Lower Umpqua Hospital — 7:30 a.m., Lower Umpqua HospiMONDAY, DEC. 8‌ tal, 600 Ranch Road, Reedsport; Southwestern Oregon Commuregular meeting. nity College Board of Education — 4 p.m., Tioga Hall, 1988 Bunker Hill Sanitary District Newmark Ave., Coos Bay; regular — 7:30 p.m., Bunker Hill Sanimeeting. tary District Office, 93685 E. Howard Lane, Coos Bay; regular Bandon School District — meeting.

6:30 p.m., district cafeteria,

‌COOS BAY — Southwestern Oregon Community College will host a meeting to allow for public comment regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s d ra f t e n v i ro n m e n ta l impact statement for the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector

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Highway 42 crash kills Coos Bay man The World ‌C OQUILLE — Oregon State Police identified the person killed in a crash on Highway 42 on Tuesday. as Terry A. Norris, 75, of Coos Bay. A t about 10:26 a.m.

Tuesday, OSP responded to a report of a single vehicle fatal traffic crash near milepost 45 on Highway 42 in Coos County.

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NAEYC accreditation of programs for young children began in 1985 with the goal of providing an accredi ting system that would raise the level of early childh ood programs. Oregon has 30 NAEYC accredited

investigation shows Norris’ white, 1999 Ford F-350 pickup was negotiating a curve eastbound on the highway when the truck left the road for unknown reasons and struck a guardrail.

The pickup went over the guardrail and down an embankment, coming to rest next to the Coquille River. The cause of the crash and safety belt use are undetermined at this time.

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‌COOS BAY — Following the Oct. 25 storm that caused extensive damage to the Empire boat ramp, the Oregon State Marine Board has approved Coos Bay’s emergency grant application for repairs to the debris boom.

The $2,200 in state boater grant funds will cover 80 percent of the total damage, which Billeter Marine, LLC, estimated at $2,750.

The remaining $550 for the repairs will come from the boat ramp maintenance fund, which was budgeted $22,500 for the calendar year.

Because of high winds and 20- to 30-foot waves from the storm, the hoop brackets on the pile broke off, causing the boom arm to become unstable.

As part of the grant’s conditions, the city must complete repairs by June 30.

In addition to the damage to the boom, the end of the crab dock collapsed.

Repairing the boom will help prevent further damage to the dock. ​ eporter Devan Patel R can be reached at 541269-1222, ext. 249, or by email at devan.patel@ theworldlink.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DevanJPatel.

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Early donation drop sites are in Lakeside, North Bend, Help Bus Jam collect Coos Bay, Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle Point. food, toys Those who don’t want to ‌COOS COUNTY — The shop can make out a check Rotary/K-DOCK Bus Jam to the Rotary Coos FoundaToy and Food Drive is under- tion. way. Volunteers will be stuffBus Jam is made possible ing the buses with donated t hrough a partnership of toys and food from 10 a.m. local Rotary clubs, the Oreto 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 gon Department of Human at the Coos Bay and North Services, South Coast Food Bend Bi-Marts and the Ban- Share, SWOCC, Bi-Mart, don U.S. Cellular store.

Bandon U.S. Cellular, First The Bus Jam Toy and Student Bus Company, the Food Drive serves families Bandon School District and in need during the holidays. K-DOCK Radio.

Food collected is distributed through South Coast Food Open house at Port Share to all food cupboards Orford pantry in the county, and a special distribution is also included ‌P ORT ORFORD — The Common Good, which in the city of Lakeside.

Toys will be distributed at supplies food and cloththe Bus Jam Distribution on ing to low-income people, Saturday, Dec. 13. Families will host an open house that meet income levels and from 2-3 p.m. Dec. 6 at its need will be able to register new home, located at 2015 soon for the distribution.

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Choral and orchestral concerts set

Christmas in Coquille has many events ‌COQUILLE — This year’s t heme for Christmas in Coquille is “Build a Snowman in Coquille.” Although events center on Dec. 5-6, some attractions will continue throughout the season.

Christmas Tree Lane: Decorated trees being auct ioned for charity will be o n display until after the Christmas in Coquille event, at which time bidding will end and winners will be contacted. For more information, contact Fran Capehart at 541-396-5131.

E agles Craft Bazaar: The bazaar will be held in t he community center’s large auditorium Dec. 5-6.

Vendors can register at 541396-4456.

Light Parade display: Dec. 6 at the corner of First Street and Central Boulevard. New animals will be on display, along with a Christmas trees with decorations by children.

L ight Parade: The parade will begin at 6 p.m.

Dec. 6 on Central Boulevard at 10th Street and will end at the Community Center, where Santa will be availa ble for pictures, cookies and hot cocoa in the small auditorium. For additional d etails, contact Coquillle Police Department at 541396-2114.

After the parade: In the Coquille Community Center’s small auditorium, 4-H will offer holiday craft projects for kids, and musicians will perform. At 7 p.m. in the large auditorium, there will be a drawing for a Lladro Nativity scene to benefit the Coquille Carousel. Carousel volunteers will give demonstrations. The Coquille Valley English Hand Bell Choir, t he Coquille High School band and the Myrtle Point

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G ingerbread Village: The Gingerbread Village will be on display through Jan. 1 at Whitney’s Arcade, 44 W. First St. Coquille Valley Art Ce n te r : T h e ce n te r will host an open house 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 6 at 10144 Hwy 42.

Extended store hours: Many stores will extend their hours Dec. 5-6.

Glass, pottery at North Bend open house ‌NORTH BEND — A group of local artists will join Lucy Varoujean at Classical Glass for the eighth annual open house and art sale. Susan Scott of Palouse Pottery and Cheryl Reed with her fused glass will display their work, along with other local arti sts. The open house will t ake place from 5-8 p.m. tonight, Dec. 4, at Classical Glass, 2269 Broadway Ave., North Bend. Stained glass windows and lamps, fused glass, wood-fired pottery, hand-crafted jewelry, knits, bags and more will be on display through Christmas Eve. Visitors can also enter a holiday raffle.

Join the Wild Women for a sing-along ‌CHARLESTON — Margery, Mel and Earla, the Wild Women of Charleston, dare you to join the Charleston Sweetie Pies Christmas carol s ing-along from 2-3 p.m.

Dec. 7, at the Wild Women o f Charleston Wine and Gift Shop, 63340 Boat Basin Drive, Charleston. Other holiday delights will be available.

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SWOCC Annual Student Art Sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Eden Hall Art Gallery, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Percentage of sale proceeds go to art scholarships and studio assistants.

Red Cross Blood Drive noon-6 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay. Schedule using sponsor code Coos Bay Community at 800-733-2767 or www. redcrossblood.org.

Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., Shore Acres State Park, 89309 Cape Arago Highway, Charleston. Refreshments and displays in the Garden House. Parking is $5.

Visit www.shoreacres. net for the entertainment schedule.

Eighth Annual Holiday Open House and Art Sale 5-8 p.m., Classical Glass, 2269 Broadway, North Bend. Lucy Varoujean will be joined by Susan Scott of Palouse Pottery and Cheryl Reed with her fused glass.

Girl Scout Troop 30407 Movie Night — Forrest Gump 6:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 229 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. Admission is two nonperishable food items.

Festival of Trees Auction 7 p.m., The Mill CasinoHotel Salmon Room, 3201 Tremont, North Bend.

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Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Red Cross Blood Drive 1-6 p.m., Center, 451 Winchester Ave., Church of Christ, 2761 Broadway, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Reedsport.

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Sea of Lights 6:30-9:30 p.m., projects.

87th Annual Christmas Bazaar Oregon Coast Aquarium, 2820 Bay Area Seniors Computer 2-6 p.m., Yachats Ladies Club, SE Ferry Slip Road, Newport.

Club Meeting 9:15-11 a.m., Glo286 W Third and Pontiac, YachAdmission is $2 and two cans ria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 ats. or pet or people food, or $8.

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‌I n recent weeks we’ve been writing news stories about the sorry state of our roads, bridges and other infrastructure – both locally and statewide.

We got more anecdotal evidence of how dire the problem is last week. On Thanksgiving, Reedsport public works crews spent the day not at the dinner table, but laboring to fix busted water mains. That’s no way for anyone to spend a holiday weekend.

The fact that our roads and water systems need attention is no revelation to anyone, but the still unanswered question is how

to pay the repair bill. We’re talking about billions of dollars just in Oregon.

There is no viable alternative.

We’re going to pay for crumbling infrastructure in one way or another. Oregon motorists currently enjoy a relatively low cost of vehicle ownership — what it costs in fuel, maintenance, etc.

But that won’t last as roads get worse and start beating up vehicles at a faster rate.

Same goes for aging water and wastewater systems. They end up costing us more when some vital system suddenly fails at the most inopportune times and we pay

higher call out wages to repair crews.

We already have a pretty good idea of what things need to be fixed. Engineers have already surveyed the landscape and can produce long lists of projects that need to be undertaken. They’ve already figured out what the bill might be.

So, two things need to happen.

First, we’d like to see the state legislature this session allocate more funds to infrastructure needs. State budget analysts suggest the state’s overall economic recovery should generate an additional $1.8 billion for the next

two-year budget. While Gov. John Kitzhaber has proposed increases in education funding, we think that he and lawmakers should also consider shifting more funds to the transportation department.

Second, taxpayers need to accept reality. The identified, itemized needs are already outlined. We know the work that needs to be done and what the cost estimates are. For those kinds of projects, we all should be willing to dig a little deeper and pay the bill now.

If we don’t, we’ll end up paying much more down the potholed road.

Great holiday recipes ‌T ired of trying to please everyone during the holidays? Are you working harder at home than you are at work, but still want that perfect, old-timey, No r m a n Ro c k we l l look for your table?

Then these simple recipes are for you!

Here’s a complete holiday meal you can put together in minutes.

Jim — Homemade TurMULLEN key with Stuffing: Drive to a big box Columnist store and buy a turkey that’s already been cooked and stuffed. Put it in the oven, reheat it, put it on your fanciest platter and serve. That delicious turkey smell will fill the whole house.

If anyone asks how you cooked it, simply say, “It’s a secret family recipe. I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you.”

— Homemade Cranberry Sauce: Buy some cranberry sauce. Dump it in a pretty dish and stir it up to make it look lumpy. Don’t let anyone see the jar. Go back out and watch a little TV with the family — maybe a movie like “It’s a Wonderful Life.” When anyone asks what they can do to help, say, “Pour me another glass of wine.”

— Scalloped Potatoes: Buy some frozen scalloped potatoes. Cook them in the microwave. Scoop them into a fancy serving dish. Tell the kids to set the table.

— Homemade Green Salad: Buy some fancy lettuce, already washed.

Put it in a large salad bowl. Throw in some stuff like olives and artichoke hearts that you bought at the grocery store salad bar. Stir it up with your fingers. Put your favorite storebought dressing in a plain bottle. Play a few rounds of Candy Crush on your tablet.

— Homemade Dinner Rolls: Buy some from that fancy bakery department down at the grocery store. But make it look like you did something special. Take three sticks of soft butter, put them in a small bowl and stir them up so it no longer looks like sticks of butter. Tell people you churned it yourself. No one really cares what the food tastes like; they just want to know that you worked your tush off.

— Homemade Gravy: Buy some gravy. Put it in a microwavable gravy boat. Microwave it until it’s hot.

Don’t let anyone see the jar. Dust some flour on your hands.

— Homemade Sweet Potatoes: Oh, come on. There’s enough food out there for 30 people. Forget the sweet potatoes. What do you think, that no one will show up next year because you didn’t have sweet potatoes? Give it a rest.

— Homemade Pumpkin Pie: This is the one thing you absolutely must make by hand. Just kidding. All pumpkin pies taste pretty much the same. Buy it from a store, warm it up, smother it in whipped cream. Oh yeah, do the same trick as we did with the butter: Squirt a bottle of whipped cream into a bowl, then whip it up a few times to look like it’s homemade.

People will say it’s so much better than store-bought.

— Homemade Holiday Cookies: Buy a bunch of different holiday cookies. The kind that look homemade. Chip a few of the edges so they don’t look perfect.

Unless you really enjoy cooking, don’t let the holiday spoil your holiday.

The only way this could possibly be easier is if you’re invited to someone else’s house for dinner. Then, do the right thing: Ask what you can bring.

Then go out and buy it. Just hope they haven’t read this first.

Contact Jim Mullen at JimMullenBooks.com.

Letters to the Editor BAH chases old debt

‌O n the day after Veterans Day, I met with a client who was a Vietnam veteran who received services from Bay Area Hospital over eight years ago. The V.A. had paid the majority of the charges and should have paid all of the charges but failed to do so.

My client was being sued on a debt that if the Bay Area Hospital had not been a public entity would have been barred by the applicable statute of limitations. Unfortunately, I had to give him the bad news that there was nothing that I could do for him. To add insult to injury, Bay Area Hospital was requesting interest for eights years, which had the effect of more than doubling the underlying debt.

Over the years, the billing department at Bay Area Hospital has gone through periods in which they were not the most competent at correctly billing entities such as the V.A. and insurance companies. However, since there is

no statute of limitations, and they can sit on debts for 10 to 20 years without ever trying to collect them, they don’t have to be.

That statute that allows Bay Area Hospital to get away with suing their patients in extraordinarily old situations is ORS 12.250. The legislature is going into session in February. One of the first actions they should take is to make entities such as Bay Area Hospital subject to the same statutes of limitations as the rest of us.

Dave Tilton Coos Bay

from the roughly 3 billion people in the third world are the single biggest source of greenhouse gasses. A woodburning cooking fire emits as much CO2 as an average automobile and, much worse, it also generates soot which has a greenhouse warming effect 700 times greater than that of CO2. One gram of soot approximately equals the warming effect from generating the electricity needed to run a 1,500-watt heater for a week, and the average wood cooking fire emits about 2,000 grams of soot per year.

Not sure what to do about that as a final solution, but for the time being if we could replace the need for those fires, even with dirty coal generated electricity, it would go a long way towards slowing ‌I would like to comment on global warming.

John Ward the Associated Press story in North Bend Monday’s World which made the statement that coal-fired power plants are ... “the biggest human source of carbon pollution.”

Actually, most experts agree that cooking and heating fires ‌In the wake of the marijuana

Globe warms from wood burning

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initiative passing, it would be prudent if our local officials took a proactive approach.

On the 16th, I plan to attend the commissioners’ meeting.

I’m going to propose that they hold a hearing prior to adopting a county ordinance that would make a five-year mandatory sentence for anyone convicted of providing any drugs to a juvenile. If we’re not proactive on this issue more juveniles than ever will become addicted to marijuana and other drugs.

Gordon Ross Coos Bay

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No waster opportunity to fight hunger ‌A story from almost everyone’s childhood involves being told they should finish eating all of their dinner. After all, the argument went, a child living in Somalia, Indonesia or even down in Honduras, is going without food as you sit there and waste yours.

Today in America, parents don’t have to point to a faraway, poor country. Almost anywhere, in rural communities and urban areas, they can point across town or down the street or, in many cases, right next door to someone who is going hungry.

In our nation’s capital, 28 percent of the children go without enough food. New Mexico has the highest number of hungry children at 29.5 percent. North Dakota does the best out of 50 states: Only 10 percent of its children are underfed. Thirty-seven states have between 20 to 30 percent of their children going without enough food. In Texas, a whopping 27.4 percent of children go hungry daily.

There’s a role for government to play in alleviating hunger and ensuring the most vulnerable in our country have supplemental income to pay for food. Derided by opponents as “handouts,” the federal government’s SNAP

program provides necessary help for families, veterans, the disabled, and the elderly to deal with food insecurity. In 2012, 45 percent of all SNAP participants were under 18, and 20 percent are elderly or have a disability.

The SNAP program has decreased fraud by threefourths in the past 15 years, ensuring that support goes to those who need it. And SNAP is a no-brainer economic a l l y : Eve r y Donna $1 in beneBRAZILE fits generates $1.73 in ecoColumnist nomic activity by infusing money into local economies and freeing up cash for other expenses.

Krista, of Leawood, Kansas, is a teacher (22.5 percent of Kansas children are hungry).

She told her story to the antihunger organization Feeding America: “I didn’t really think much about what childhood hunger looked like until I began working around it every day. ... Hungry kids look like other kids. Except they aren’t. They eat like no one is

watching, they lick their trays clean, they finish quickly and ask others if ‘they are gonna eat that.’

“The noise that you would expect in a busy school cafeteria is absent. These kids are eating. There is no playing or wasting because they know that this may be their best meal of the day.”

Krista’s experience is by no means unique. In 2013, more than 21.5 million low-income students received reducedprice or free meals in schools through the federal government’s National School Lunch Program.

While the logic of not wasting food might escape many 5-year-olds, the worry about wasted food is a real one. Even with 45.3 million people living in poverty in 2012, food waste topped 35 million tons. Further, food currently comprises 20 percent of what we put into landfills.

California Orange County health officer Dr. Eric Handler saw an opportunity to take the food that large establishments were throwing out and get it to hungry families.

Handler, a pediatrician, joined with Mark Lowry, head of the Orange County Food Bank, to found the WasteNot Orange Coalition. The

coalition’s goal is to “reduce hunger and solid waste by facilitating the donation of wholesome surplus food.”

Between just July and October of this year, the coalition partnered with restaurants, food vendors, businesses, hospitals and others to recover 28.6 tons of food. They directed that food to people in need.

Waste-Not Orange’s story is a powerful one for us as we enter the holidays. We are a nation of caring people — as we have proven time and again.

There are millions of families with parents working hard every day, children doing their very best in school who simply can’t keep up with the rising costs of food.

Connecting them with perfectly good food is smart for all of us.

Missing the opportunity to make a vital difference in people’s lives would seem such an unfortunate waste.

Read more about Waste Not Orange at wastenotoc.org.

Donna Brazile is a senior Democratic strategist, a political commentator and contributor to CNN and ABC News, and a contributing columnist to Ms. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine.

Thursday, December 4, 2014 • The World • A5

Obituaries and State Sad story has happy ending 14 years later ‌DEAR ABBY: You mentioned in a recent column that few people write to follow up on what happened s ince their o riginal Dear l etter was bby p ublished.

You printed m ine April 1, 2001.

I am “Hurting in H ouston,” the son who, w ith his was Jeanne partner, s uddenly Phillips n o longer w elcome in his parents’ home after they moved to a retirement community, because they w ere afraid their neighb ors would shun them if they discovered they had a gay son. You advised that I should live my own life and, maybe, someday they would come around — and that is what I did.

After a number of years, I received a call from a sibling informing me that my father was ill with only a short time left, and I should fly to their city to see him.

I asked if I was wanted, and he said, “It doesn’t matter, just come!” So I swallowed my pride, flew there and made my way to the hospice house.

A lthough my mother received me well, Dad did n ot, and we never had a g ood moment before he died a few days later. I told my mother I was staying for the funeral whether she liked it or not and had my partner fly in.

A fter the service there w as a gathering at my mother’s house with all their f riends. I introduced my partner to them and everyone was as kind as could be.

Many mentioned their own gay siblings or relatives.

When the event was over, m y mother said, “Wow, this has all been pretty silly, h asn’t it?” It was such a c olossal understatement that I could not find words to respond.

Ten years have passed; my mother is now in hospice care with only a short time left. We have built a great relationship, and she loves my partner of more than 20 years very much.

We are glad to be able to be there for her.

Much has changed in the world over these years and the acceptance of gays has b een remarkable, but for me, having these last years with my mother’s love will be a comfort I can hold onto for the rest of my life.

I have no great moral h ere, I just wanted to let you know what has happened. Thank you, Abby. — NO LONGER “HURTING IN HOUSTON” D EAR NO LONGER H URTING: And thank YOU for letting me and my readers know your story has a happy ending. I couldn’t b e more pleased to know you are doing well.

PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is an excellent resource for building bridges of understanding in families. Find it at pflag.org.

DEAR ABBY: I am the caregiver for my husband, who is in a wheelchair and has to be helped when using the bathroom. When we are out in public and he needs a bathroom, should I use the handicapped stall in the men’s or take him into the women’s? Unisex restrooms — one big room that can be locked — are wonderful. — CAREGIVER IN VIRGINIA D EAR CAREGIVER: I agree, but not all buildings and businesses provide unisex restrooms. If none is available, then the rule of thumb is the disabled person should use the restroom of his/her gender — in your case, the men’s room.

Dear Abby is written by A bigail Van Buren, also k nown as Jeanne Phill ips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA

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gunfight with Los Angeles police.

The Oregonian reports that a Los Angeles police spokeswoman says Dirck White is no longer using a breathing tube. He had been listed in critical condition after being wounded Sunday. Hollywood-area police say the man fired at them after they responded to a reported car burglary.

Relatives of Grady Waxenfelter said in a statement that they’re relieved by the arrest.

T h e 47-yea r- o l d E stacada man worked as a weighmaster, enforcing trucking regulations. He was shot Feb. 6 after pulli ng over a pickup truck h auling a trailer loaded with firewood. The driver fled.

D i g e s t Lawsuit: pregnant woman fired for restroom breaks

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Holly Grigsby, left, looks at her boyfriend, David “Joey” Pedersen, during an appearance in Yuba County Superior Court in Marysville, Calif. in 2011. An Oregon State Police detective, David Steele, who investigated the Northwest killing spree by the pair of white supremacists is expected to plead guilty to charges of forgery and official misconduct related to the case, a prosecutor said.

Prosecutor: Detective to plead guilty to forgery ‌PORTLAND (AP) — An Oregon State Police detect ive who investigated a 2 011 Northwest killing spree by a pair of white supremacists is expected to plead guilty to charges o f forgery and official misconduct related to the c ase, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Detective David Steele w ill enter the plea Friday at his arraignment in Salem and be sentenced, M arion County deputy d istrict attorney Paige Clarkson announced in a statement.

Further details of the apparent plea agreement w ere not immediately available.

Steele’s attorney, Mike S taropoli, declined to s peak about what he described as an open and pending case.

The charges stemmed from Steele’s work in the case against Joey Peders en and Holly Grigsby, who were convicted after a nine-day rampage that claimed the lives of Pedersen’s father and stepmother, an Oregon teenager the couple mistakenly thought was Jewish, and a black man in Northern California.

S teele was the lead i nvestigator until his removal in the fall of 2013.

The agency placed him on

Norma J. Norris

May 17, 1928—Nov. 24, 2014‌

paid administrative leave last December.

U .S. District Judge Ancer Haggerty sharply c riticized Steele and prosecutors in a 63-page s upervisory opinion filed after Pedersen and Grigsby received life sentences earlier this year.

T he judge wrote that S teele withheld and d estroyed evidence and backdated reports regarding evidence in the case.

Authorities say the detective also intercepted legal mail intended for Pedersen and listened to confidential jail calls between Pedersen and his attorneys. “ The most troubling aspect of the conduct in this case is that, in large p art, the government, which was aware of the problems to a substantial degree, did not alert the court of these problems of its volition,” Haggerty wrote.

The alleged actions were taken in what appeared to be an open-and-shut case. Grigsby and Pedersen were arrested Oct. 5, 2011, outside Yuba City, California, when a police o fficer spotted them in the car of one of the victims. Grigsby told officers they were on their way to Sacramento to “kill more Jews,’” court documents said. They also confessed

Bay State Park performi ng office work and as a c oncierge assisting park visitors. Norma had been a n active Coos Bay Elks Emblem Club member.

She is survived by her h usband, Sidney Norris of Coos Bay; sister, Joanne Hamilton Potts of Corona del Mar, Calif.; son, Eric N orris of Springfield, Va.; and granddaughter, Shannon Carter Norris of Brooklyn, N.Y. S he was preceded in death by her parents.

I n lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made out to the Salvation Army.

At her request, no public services will be held. Private cremation rites were held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory.

Arrangements are under t he direction of Myrtle G rove Funeral ServicesBay Area, 541-269-2851.

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to reporters in jailhouse interviews.

T he problems came to light after Pedersen’s l awyers alleged discovery violations during pretrial procedures. An auditor assigned to look into the matter quickly found d isorganization, and expressed “some bad gut feelings” before the issues fully surfaced.

P edersen’s lawyers, Richard Wolf and Renee Manes, said defense attorn eys often worry about police engaging in unethical conduct. “ Unfortunately, our concerns are rarely provable and are rarely taken seriously,” Manes said.

Neither Pedersen nor Grigsby can appeal their cases. They initially faced possible death sentences, but U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder decided in February 2014 — two months after Steele was placed on leave — that he would not seek that penalty.

Pedersen gained levera ge from the botched investigation, accepting a plea agreement that netted lighter sentences for a couple who helped him during the killing spree.

He personally benefited from the deal by getting a grilled salmon dinner in jail.

‌PORTLAND (AP) — An O regon woman is suing h er former high-tech e mployer for more than $ 400,000, contending she was fired while pregnant with her second child after being told she took too many restroom breaks.

The Oregonian reports t hat according to a lawsuit filed in Circuit Court, D awn Steckmann and other employees had never been told they needed to clock out before using the restroom at Maxim Integ rated Products, a company that produces wafers for wireless devices in the Portland suburb of Beaverton.

T he lawsuit says that w hen Steckmann was p regnant with her first child in 2011, she asked her s upervisor if she should clock out during restroom breaks because her pregnancy was causing her to u rinate more frequently.

T he suit states that her supervisor said that wasn’t necessary.

T he lawsuit says her restroom visits were even more frequent during her second pregnancy in 2013 because of a bladder condition.

M axim lawyer Melissa Healy declined comment, citing the pending litigation.

Cover Oregon boss steps down ‌SALEM (AP) — The state o fficial overseeing Oregon’s transition from the failed Cover Oregon health i nsurance website to the federal insurance exchange is stepping down.

T ina Edlund says in a memo dated Nov. 18 that she will be “taking time off and then will enjoy parttime retirement.”

G ov. John K itzhaber selected Edlund earlier this year to oversee the transition. The Statesman Journal reports that the first p art of the transition is complete, and Oregonians are able to enroll in private health insurance through the federal HealthCare.gov website.

B ut a separate effort t o transition Medicaid enrollment to the Oregon Health Authority has hit b umps as the state and t echnology contractor Oracle parted ways.

K itzhaber says in a statement that he’s gratef ul for Edlund’s work on the transition.

Man jailed in official’s death better ‌OREGON CITY (AP) — A man sought on a murder warrant in the Feb. 6 fatal s hooting of an Oregon weighmaster has improved t o serious condition after being wounded in a

Death Notices ‌Robert L. Thomas—91, of C oos Bay, passed away Dec. 1, 2014, in Coos Bay. A rrangements are pending with Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary, 541-267-4216.

D ale Louis Green—61, of C oos Bay, passed away Nov. 29, 2014, in Coos Bay. Arrangements are pending with Coos Bay Chapel, 541267-3131.

Louis Shadley—76, of Lakeside, died Dec. 2, 2014, in L akeside. Arrangements a re pending with Sunset Memorial Park Funeral Home, 541-267-7182.

W illiam Berman—80, of L akeside, died Nov. 26, 2 014, in North Bend.

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Larry A. Haga In 1970 Larry met and married Linda Puls. After Oct. 14, 1948 – Dec. 2, 2014‌ his return home from the Graveside services will service, Larry worked for be held for Larry A. Haga, Firestone Tire & Rubber 66, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Company for 17 ½ years.

Saturday, Dec. 6, at Sun- I n 1986 he quit Firesset Memorial Park in Mil- tone and opened his own lington. Cremation rites c ommercial tire busiwere held at Ocean View ness, Larry’s Tire Service.

M emory Gardens Cre- L ater opening Coos Bay matory. Connie Prince of O ff Road, to focus more Prince Officiate will offi- on the retail and aftermarciate. ket performance suspenLarry was born, the son sion industry, where Larry of Graydon and Faye Haga, and his son Brad were able Oct. 14, 1948, in Bandon. to work together for more He passed away peacefully, than 20 years. surrounded by his family, Larry is survived by his Dec. 2, 2014, following a w ife of 44 years, Linda; d aughter, Shelly Gulslong illness.

L arry enlisted in the e th and husband, Grant U.S. Army just out of high o f Coos Bay; son, Brad school. He served in the 187th Military Police BriBurial, Cremation & gade in Berlin, Germany.

Funeral Services Larry’s fondest memory of his military service was

Haga and girlfriend, Jayme Smith of Coos Bay; sister, Doris Doss and husband, Sam of Bandon; his only grandson, Trevor Gulseth of Coos Bay; brother-inlaw, Mike Puls and his girlfriend, Rondi VanBuren of Coos Bay; and his beloved dog, Shiloh.

H e was preceded in death by his parents, Grayd on and Faye Haga; and brother, David Haga.

I n lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made, in Larry’s name, to Coos Bay Police Department K9 Unit.

Arrangements are under t he direction of Myrtle G rove Funeral ServicesBay Area, 541-269-2851.

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Norma Jacqueline Norris, 86, of Coos Bay, passed a way Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, of natural causes.

S he was born May 17, 1 928, in Los Angeles, C alif., to Siegfried Wilhelm Frederick Grohse and Mary Elon (Stern) Grohse.

Norma grew up with her grandmother, Ethyl Stern; father, Siegfried; and stepm other, Mary Hamilton G rohse, in Huntington Park, Calif. She graduated f rom Huntington Park High School and attended classes at the University of Southern California.

I n 1950 she married Sidney E. Norris in South G ate, Calif. They lived together and raised their s on in Whittier, Calif., u ntil relocating to Coos Bay in 1984.

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2 doctors say hospital needs more volunteers ‌CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dr. John Fankhauser was quarantined for three weeks after returning to the United States from West Africa where an Ebola outbreak has killed thousands of people. But as soon as his isolation was over, he began making plans to return for the third time.

Dr. Dan Crawford has spent a good part of his career doing medical missionary work. By the end of this week, the 64-year-old doctor from Portland and Fankhauser will head to the Liberian capital of Monrovia to help Ebola-stricken patients and others seeking medical help.

The doctors are volunteers with Charlotte-based SIM USA, a Christian mission group that operates a 200-bed hospital in Monrovia, as well as a 50-bed isolation unit for Ebola patients.

Both said Tuesday they are going because there is still a need for doctors and health care workers.

“I don’t want to discount

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Dr. John Fankhauser, left, shows his temperature reading to Carmel Clements, a supervising nurse with the Mecklenburg County Health Department, outside his temporary home at the SIM headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. Fankhauser was quarantined for three weeks after returning to the United States from West Africa. the fact that there are many, many people volunteering,” said the 52-year-old Fankhauser of Ventura, California, who has treated many Ebola patients this year at SIM’s ELWA hospital in Monrovia, including two U.S. doctors and one

U.S. health care worker.

“But there is still a shortage of people and health care workers who are willing to come — in particular people who are willing to come for three months, six months.”

And while there are enough doctors treating

Ebola patients, there is a shortage of health care workers to treat illnesses such as malaria, typhoid, trauma, and complicated pregnancies, Fankhauser and Crawford said.

SIM President Bruce Johnson says the two doctors embody the spirit of International Volunteer Day, which is Friday. The day was established by the United Nations nearly 30 years ago to celebrate volunteerism around the globe.

“Since the start of the Ebola outbreak, we have seen numerous people make the decision to go in at great personal sacrifice and provide critical care,” Johnson said.

“Like so many issues, it’s tough to parse out what is it that deters some people from volunteering,” said Fankhauser, who has been quarantined twice “I understand the need to quarantine ... but it does have the potential to deter people from responding to the crisis,” he said.

Protests erupt after decision in chokehold death ‌NEW YORK (AP) — The cellphone video of the last moments of Eric Garner’s life was watched millions of times on the Internet, clearly showing a white police officer holding the unarmed black man in a chokehold, even as he repeatedly gasped, “I can’t breathe.”

But despite that visual evidence, and a medical examiner’s ruling that the chokehold contributed to the death, a Staten Island grand jury decided Wednesday not to bring

any charges against the officer involved, prompting protests across the country and sending thousands onto New York’s streets, where they marched, chanted and blocked traffic into the next morning.

While legal experts note it’s impossible to know how the grand jurors reached their conclusion, they say the Garner case, like Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, once again raised concerns about the influence local prosecutors have over the process of charging

the police officers they work with on a daily basis.

“The video speaks for itself,” said Jeffrey Fagan, a professor at Columbia Law School. “It appears to show negligence. But if we learned anything from the Brown case, it’s the power of prosecutors to construct and manage a narrative in a way that can shape the outcome.”

Ekow N. Yankah, a professor at Cardozo School of Law, agreed that, “It is hard to understand how a jury doesn’t see any probable

cause that a crime has been committed or is being committed when looking at that video, especially.”

U.S. Attorney Eric Holder said federal prosecutors would conduct their own investigation of Garner’s July 17 death as officers were attempting to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes on the street. The New York Police Department also is doing an internal probe which could lead to administrative charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who remains on desk duty.

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B R I E F S ‌ YC mayor cites N family experience NEW YORK (AP) — He is a white man with a black son, a mayor elected on a campaign centered on mending relations between the nation’s largest police force and the communities of color who feel mistreated and, at times, endangered by the police.

As Bill de Blasio spoke Wednesday night, his voice halting, in the aftermath of a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death a black Staten Island man, he drew upon the experiences of his own family to connect with disheartened New Yorkers.

He said he and his wife, Chirlane, have had to have painful conversations with their teenage son, Dante, about “how to take special care with any encounter he may have with police officers.”

“I’ve had to worry over the years, Chirlane has had to worry: Is Dante safe each night?” he said.

“And not just from some of the painful realities of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods but safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors.”

He recalled how Presi d e n t B a ra c k O b a m a turned to him last week during a White House meeting following the violence that exploded in Missouri last month after a grand jury there did not indict a white officer in the shooting death of another black man, Michael Brown.

“And the President of the United States — he had met Dante a few months ago — said Dante reminded him of what he looked like as a teenager,”

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de Blasio said in a speech on Staten Island carried nationally on the cable news networks. “He said ‘I know you see this crisis through a very personal lens.’ I said to him I did.”

Gun battle kills 9 in Chechnya GROZNY, Russia (AP) — A gun battle broke out early Thursday in the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, leaving at least three traffic police officers and six gunmen dead, authorities said. The fighting punctured the patina of stability ensured by years of heavy-handed rule by a Kremlin-appointed leader.

The violence erupted hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin began his annual state of the nation address in Moscow. In his address, Putin said he was confident that local Chechen forces were capable of dealing with the “rebels,” who he suggested were receiving support from abroad.

Security officials said militants traveling in three cars entered the republic’s capital, Grozny, at 1 a.m. local time, killing three traffic police at a checkpoint. The Moscow-based National Anti-Terrorist Committee, a federal agency, said the militants then occupied the multi-story Press House in central Grozny, which was later destroyed by fire, killing six gunmen. Russian news agencies quoted unidentified Health Ministry sources as saying at least 10 officers were killed, but the number wasn’t officially confirmed.

T h e A n t i -Te r ro r i s t Committee said more gunmen had been found in a nearby school and an operation was underway to “liquidate” them. No students or teachers were in the school when it was seized by the militants, RIA Novosti quoted vice principal Islam Dzhabrailov as saying.

The mood was tense in Grozny on Thursday with heavy-caliber gunfire heard in the background and the area around the Press House and the school building cordoned off.

Putin: Russia just guarding itself

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin in his annual speech on Thursday defended the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign policy, saying the actions are necessary for his country’s survival.

Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in March and was later accused of supplying pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine with ammunition and manpower.

Putin in his annual state-of-the-nation address at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Thursday defended the annexation of Crimea, describing the peninsula as Russia’s spiritual ground, “our Temple Mount,” and added that national pride and sovereignty are “a necessary condition for survival” of Russia.

“If for many European countries, sovereignty and national pride are forgotten concepts and a luxury, then for the Russian Federation a true sovereignty is an absolutely necessary condition of its existence,” he told a full room of Cabinet ministers, lawmakers and community leaders. “I want to stress: either we will be sovereign, or we will dissolve in the world.

And, of course, other nations must understand this as well.”

More than 4,300 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in what the West and the Ukrainian government says is a conflict fueled by Russian money.

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News Wind, valves stall launch of new Orion spacecraft ‌CA P E CA NAV E R A L , Fla. (AP) — NASA stood poised to usher in a new era of exploration Thursday with the premier launch of its new Orion spacecraft, but the countdown was repeatedly stalled by gusty winds and then a rocket problem.

After halting the countdown twice because of wind gusts, NASA pushed ahead, only to be thwarted by b a l k y ro c k e t - f u e l valves. The latest countdown was stalled with just 3:09 to go as launch controllers rushed to fix the problem before the midmorning launch window expired.

The valves control the flow of the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen in the three first-stage booster engines. The propellants combine to ignite with the explosive force needed to thrust the rocket toward space.

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The NASA Orion space capsule is seen atop a Delta IV rocket ready for a test launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Wednesday.

Rain falls for a second day on parched California

‌LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm that saturated California for a second day Wednesday was just what the dry state needed, adding water to depleted reservoirs, quenching crops and even awakening picturesque waterfalls.

There was some flooding and evacuations in areas where hillsides were left barren by wildfires, but major damage was avoided despite some huge rainfall totals. One location, Yucaipa Ridge in the San Bernardino Mountains, received 9.8 inches o f ra i n , t h e Na t i o n a l Weather Service said.

Most other parts of the state received totals between 2 and 4 inches.

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to the state’s water supply, and it made signature waterfalls flow at Yosemite National Park, including the 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls that had slowed to a trickle by mid-July.

“With the precipitation, they are looking good.

They are flowing nicely,” park spokeswoman Ashley Mayer said.

There were problems.

The storm was the likely cause of a pair of sinkholes in San Francisco, including a 20-by-30 foot chasm in a residential neighborhood on the city’s west side.

A n d S a c ra m e n t o ’s rush-hour commute was d i s r u p te d by f re eway flooding. The California Highway Patrol reported that roadway flooding

blocked two of three lanes along Highway 51, known as Capital City Freeway, and affected lanes farther north along Interstate 80.

On Tuesday, gushing water and muddy debris poured from hillsides about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, forcing the evacuation of about 75 homes in Camarillo Springs for much of the day.

When the order was lifted, authorities urged people to stay away voluntarily. No major damage was reported.

I n O ra n ge C o u n t y, about 60 homes in rural Silverado Canyon remained under a voluntary evacuation notice.

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University of Texas: Missing brains were destroyed ‌ OUSTON (AP) — H Dozens of human brains seemed to be missing from a research lab at the University of Texas in Austin. One professor guessed students either pulled a Halloween prank or went looking for an odd home decoration in the form of formaldehydepacked jars.

Turns out, the story wasn’t so mysterious.

T h e u n ive rs i ty sa i d Wednesday that environmental workers disposed of between 40 and 60 jars, some of which contained multiple brains, about 12 years ago after faculty members said they weren’t in good enough condition

Court grants Texas prisoner execution reprieve ‌H UNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court halted Wednesday’s scheduled execution of a Texas killer whose attempt to subpoena Jesus Christ as a trial witness and other behavior led his attorneys to argue he is too mentally ill for capital punishment.

Scott Panetti, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia some 14 years before fatally shooting his estranged wife’s parents in 1992, was granted the reprieve less than eight hours before he was set to receive a lethal injection.

In stopping the execution, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged the legal complexity of putting a mentally ill inmate to death.

In a two-sentence ruling, the court said it needs time to “fully consider the late arriving and complex legal questions at issue in this matter” and that it will schedule briefings and hearings to consider arguments.

The Texas attorney general’s office said it has no immediate plans to appeal and that state attorneys will present arguments to the 5th Circuit once the court sets a date for them.

P a n e t t i ’s l a w y e r s described him as delusional and argued that he was too mentally ill to qualify for capital punishment and they sought the delay so Panetti could undergo new competency examinations.

Panetti, who acted as his own trial lawyer, testified as an alternate personality he called “Sarge” to describe the slayings of Joe and Amanda Alvarado. He wore a purple cowboy outfit, including a big cowboy hat, during trial and largely ignored a standby attorney the judge appointed to assist him.

Appeals also were before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has said mentally ill people cannot be executed if they don’t have a factual and rational understanding of why they’re being punished.

for research or teaching.

The questions were promoted by a recently released book about a brain collection that the university received 28 years ago from the Austin State Hospital.

The thought-to-be missing specimens were part of the original collection of 200 brains and had been stored at the campus’ Animal Resources Center.

On Tuesday, psychology professor Tim Schallert, a co-curator of the collection, told the Austin American-Statesman it wasn’t clear what had happened to about half of the collection. Fellow professor and co-curator Lawrence

Cormack said it was “possible word got around among undergraduates and people started swiping them for living rooms or Halloween pranks.”

The university then investigated. On Wednesday, the school said it couldn’t provide a specific number of how many brains were destroyed. It also said a committee would be appointed to investigate the decision to destroy some of the brains and how all the specimens have been handled since the school received the collection.

“As researchers and teachers, we understand the potential scientific value

the site of previous mudslides.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, the rain expected to last through Thursday brought the region close to or beyond normal annual rainfall totals for the first time in years.

Just before the storm arrived, the Sierra Nevada snowpack — which counts for most of the state’s water supply — was at just 24 percent of normal for this time of year. But snow was building rapidly with reports of 10 inches of snowfall at elevations of 8,000 feet.

That good news was tempered by a stark reality: California needs many more such storms to pull itself out of a three-year drought.

of all of our holdings and take our roles as stewards of them very seriously,” the university said in a statement.

The school’s preliminary investigation also found no evidence to support claims that the brain of Charles Whitman, who fatally shot 16 people from the university’s clock tower in 1966, was ever part of the collection.

“It may have been an urban legend that developed over the years,” university spokesman Gary Susswein said Wednesday. He also said the school was still investigating whether any of the brains were shared with other institutions.

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Lawmakers from both political parties said the s hort-term measure is the product of a divided Congress that has trouble p assing routine legislation. “ This on-again, offagain style of legislating on a temporary basis is a terrible way to make tax policy,” Camp said.

H ouse Republicans a nd Senate Democrats were negotiating to make s ome of the tax breaks permanent. But talks faltered last week after the White House threatened to veto an emerging package, saying it too heavily favored big corporations over families.

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Other provisions benefit commuters who use public transportation and teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies.

S ome Democrats are u nhappy the package leaves out two provisions: a tax credit that helps s ome laid-off workers pay for health insurance, and a tax credit for buying electric motorcycles. “ The House proposal on a number of important p articulars really clobbers working-class families,” said Sen. Ron Wyden D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committ ee. “For example, the health care tax credit is p articularly important to people who may have been laid off.”

Wyden is also a champion of the tax credit for e lectric motorcycles, w hich helps Oregonbased Brammo, a maker of electric motorcycles. “ First of all, I think that’s anti-innovation,” Wyden said of the omission. “The reality is that this is an opportunity to keep an industry in the United States rather than having it go overseas.”

The credit for electric motorcycles was left out because of “an oversight,” Camp said.

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As flu season begins to ramp up, officials say the vaccine does not protect well against the dominant strain seen most commonly so far this year. That strain tends to cause more deaths and hospitalizations, especially in the elderly. CDC o fficials say the vaccine should still provide some protection, but it won’t be a s good as if the vaccine

strain was a match.

Flu vaccine effectiveness tends to vary from year to year. Last winter, flu vaccine was about 60 percent e ffective overall, which experts consider good.

The Centers for Disease C ontrol and Prevention issued an advisory to doct ors about the situation Wednesday evening.

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disease, weakened immune systems or certain other chronic conditions.

Such patients should be seen promptly, and perhaps treated immediately with antiviral medications, the CDC advised.

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now down to four,” Coos Food Cupboard President Brian Sullivan said.

While the food organization realizes it can’t completely fill the community’s food needs, its donations are important to more people than the public realizes.

“The food cupboard does what it can to care for the needs of our community, and it’s just not people who

aren’t working, but for people who don’t have enough,” Sullivan said. “Many of the f olks are working in our community, but just don’t have enough food to make it through the month.”

With more local organizations and groups looking to sponsor events at the Egyptian, Long said the public can look forward to these types of events in the future.

“ If we can give back, raise awareness and have some fun watching movies, we’d like to make sure we do this a couple of times a month,” Long said.

That hasn’t been happening.

R enee Davis, OWEB’s d eputy director, said the idea to fund staff salaries with salmon plate money d idn’t come from her agency but from the state L egislative Fiscal Office, w hich advises the state Legislature on budgeting.

Even if the money isn’t going to projects in the field, Davis said: “I think that it is doing good, and it’s directly related to the expectation of those investments around conserving water quality and habitat.”

Davis said the online reference hadn’t been written by her agency and would b e corrected after The Oregonian’s inquiry. It has since been changed, now promising the money will be “granted by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement B oard to activities that support the restoration and protection of watersheds, native fish and wildlife, and water quality.”

But even that new promise is misleading, suggesting that drivers’ money will be awarded as grants when it’s being used for staff salaries and a website project.

Terry Thompson, a former state legislator from L i n c o l n C o u n ty wh o authored the 1997 bill crea ting the salmon plate, said the money was meant for projects on the ground, not a Salem bureaucrat’s salary. He was infuriated to hear how the money was now being spent. “ That wasn’t what it was designed to do at all,” Thompson said. “If they’re going to do that, I’ll go to t he Legislature and get them to fix it.”

T here are signs the plate’s popularity is wani ng. Of the 11 percent of Oregon drivers with specialty plates, far more now choose the state’s Crater Lake plate, which benefits t he national park. That p late requires drivers to pay only a one-time $20

surcharge, not the recurr ing $30 fee for salmon plates.

T hompson said he’s proud to have a salmon plate — COHO 1 — on his pickup.

But not all fish advocates are as enthusiastic.

Jim Myron, a Native Fish Society lobbyist, doesn’t h ave one. He said he’d rather spend the money supporting environmental g roups. “There are more important things for me to be spending my money on,” he said.

S teve Pedery, conservation director at Oregon W ild, doesn’t have one, e ither. He said it’s well known that the state was u sing salmon plate revenue to paper over declining lottery revenue instead of finding a new source, a p ractice known as backfilling. “ There’s this hocus p ocus in the budget,” he said. “It’s something anyone who cares about salmon should be frustrated by.”

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f inding ways to improve community involvement. “ There used to be 11 churches involved with the food cupboard and that is

PLATE Bill’s creator is not happy Continued from A1

plate was created in the late 1990s, the state had just begun developing plans to help salmon recover from the brink of extinction. The plate was a small way for drivers to help.

Since then, plate fees have raised more than $9.5 million, divided equally between OWEB and state parks.

State parks have used the money on dozens of restoration projects.

State law allows OWEB to spend the money on a range of watershed conservation activities. But online, drivers considering which plate to buy were promised that O WEB would send their money “directly to projects that address road-related impacts to salmon and trout streams.”

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Obama plan aims to help young American Indians Obama plan aims to help young American Indians better prepare for college, careers BLAKE NICHOLSON and NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press‌

‌WASHINGTON (AP) — Pledging to fulfill a “sacred responsibility,” President Barack Obama unveiled an initiative Wednesday aimed at improving dire conditions and creating opportunities for American Indian youth, more than a third of whom live in poverty.

Obama’s Generation Indigenous initiative calls for programs focused on

better preparing young American Indians for college and careers, and developing leadership skills through the Department of Education and the Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth. Members of the president’s staff also plan to visit reservations next year.

“Nothing gets me angrier than when I get a sense that our young people early in life are already feeling like opportunities are foreclosed to them,” Obama said. “Because that’s not who we are.”

The White House did not provide a cost estimate for the initiative, but a spokeswoman said the administration plans to fund it with existing money and the help of nonprofit and

philanthropic organizations.

The announcement, made as part of the White House Tribal Nations Conference that Obama hosted on Wednesday, comes five months after the president and his wife visited the impoverished Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas.

The 3,600-square-mile reservation is home to about 8,500 people, many of whom live in run-down homes, and where the unemployment rate runs as high as 20 percent. The suicide rate for American Indians aged 15 to 24 is more wthan twice the national rate.

Vice President Joe Biden said in a morning appearance before the conference

that for Obama, helping Indian youth is “something that he came back from his June visit fired up about doing something about.”

Obama reflected on that visit during his own speech to the conference, recalling stories that children told him there about challenges they faced on the reservation, such as depression and alcohol abuse.

“We walked away shaken, because some of these kids were carrying burdens no young person should have to carry, and it was heartbreaking,” Obama said.

Wednesday’s conference involved leaders from 566 federally recognized tribal nations, along with 36 White House Youth Ambassadors chosen from around the country through an

‌WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian jets have carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq in recent days, Pentagon officials and independent analysts say, underscoring the strange alliances generated by the war against the extremist group that has beheaded Americans and killed and terrorized Iraqi civilians.

Washington and Tehran are locked in tough negotiations over Iran’s n u c l ea r p rog ra m . B u t the two adversaries have been fighting parallel campaigns on the same side in Iraq to defend the

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‌TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is calling on Taiwan to stay the course on deepening exchanges between the sides following a stunning electoral defeat for the island’s ruling proChina Nationalist Party.

The statement posted to the website of the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday followed Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s announcement that he is stepping down as party chairman to take responsibility for the loss of nine city and county elections over the weekend.

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‌B ERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says a navigation satellite that ended up in the wrong orbit has completed a corrective maneuver.

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Best-butt runner-up hospitalized ‌R IO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 27-year-old Brazilian reality TV star who was runner-up in a best-buttocks competition has been hospitalized with complications from a cosmetic procedure to enlarge her thighs.

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Indians mark 30th anniversary of Bhopal disaster ‌B HOPAL, India (AP) — Indians marked the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy Wednesday with protests demanding harsher punishments for those responsible and more compensation for the victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster.

On the morning of Dec. 3, 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide leaked about 40 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air of Bhopal, quickly killing about 4,000 people. Lingering effects of the poison raised the death toll to about 15,000 over the next few years, according to government estimates.

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Nation and World Mass killings raise security concerns ‌NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight Islamic extremists, the al-Qaida-linked group alShabab threatened to retaliate by bringing down Nairobi’s skyscrapers.

The buildings still stand, but a series of mass killings in which non-Muslims were singled out for slaughter has increased pressure on Kenya to improve security along a porous border and explain why its army should remain in Somalia.

Al-Shabab quickly claimed responsibility for the latest chilling assault: Gunmen invaded a quarry in northern Kenya, lined up 36 non-Muslim laborers, and killed them early Tuesday. That followed a similar massacre on Nov. 22, when al-Shabab killed 28 Kenyans on a bus, again sparing the Muslims among the passengers.

The group’s most notorious attack was on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last year, when it also targeted non-Muslims, although the four gunmen killed people of all faiths. At least 67 died in that siege in the capital of the East African nation.

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But because the border is so long and unguarded, that’s not even necessary.

Al-Shabab once controlled most of Somalia’s capital, but has steadily

been losing territory to the African Union forces. That makes the group more likely to hit back elsewhere, and Kenya’s ethnic and political disunity and its illequipped security forces make it an easy target, said Sarah Tzinieris, an analyst at Maplecroft, a risk assessment firm.

The border area will remain susceptible to alShabab attacks due to its remoteness and inadequate security patrols, Tzinieris said. “Soft targets” like the Westgate Mall also remain vulnerable, she said.

2 killed in bombing Three protest leaders ‌SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A car bomb planted by alQaida militants exploded Wednesday near the home of Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, killing two people amid a Shiite power grab in the impoverished Arab country believed to be supported by the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, Hossein Niknam, was not at home when the bomb exploded at the residence in the capital, Sanaa, killing a security guard and his son, security officials

said. The blast heavily damaged several nearby buildings and punched a hole into the residence. An Iranian flag later lay on the debris.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir A b d o l l a h i a n to l d t h e semi-official Tasnim news agency that the ambassador was unharmed.

“The Sanaa explosion didn’t harm any Iranian diplomats. Only material damage was inflicted,” Tasnim quoted Abdollahian as saying.

surrender to police ‌H ONG KONG (AP) — Three founders of a civil disobedience campaign that helped spark Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests surrendered to police Wednesday, saying they want to take responsibility for their actions and that time has come to end the increasingly violent street demonstrations.

Professors Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kinman and the Rev. Chu Yiu-ming haven’t been charged and left the police station later Wednesday after being warned by authorities that protests that have blocked streets

in the Asian financial center for more than two months are illegal.

Police said in a statement that those who surrendered for the offense of taking part in an unauthorized assembly “were explicitly told ... that illegal occupation of public places was an unlawful act and they should stop such act immediately.” Police said they will conduct follow-up investigations.

“The concept is to end the civil disobedience, we need to take the responsibility,” said Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, who accompanied the three democracy leaders.

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Makala Edgar gets the ball knocked away by Siuslaw defender Mikaela Siegel Wednesday night in Coquille. Most of the night, the Red Devils were the aggressors on defense, forcing 41 Siuslaw turnovers.

Coquille girls defeat Vikings JOHN GUNTHER The World‌

‌COQUILLE — What Coquille’s girls basketball team lacks in size the Red Devils more than make up for with speed.

At least that was the case in the season opener, when the Red Devils forced 41 turnovers while beating visiting Siuslaw 63-22 on Wednesday.

Employing a line shift system more often seen in hockey, Coquille kept fresh players on the floor to continually push the pace against the Vikings.

“They’ve bought in to the five in, five out, give it your all for four minutes,” said Coquille coach Tim GeDeros, who for the most part switched in a new five players midway through each quarter.

The result was that the Red Devils were

regularly able to force turnovers with fresh legs allowing them to keep up the pressure.

“We’re not tall,” said Darian Wilson, adding that the coaches have been preaching the concept of team defense.

The players shined in that department Wednesday.

“We were communicating,” Wilson said.

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Siuslaw boys rally to beat Coquille JOHN GUNTHER The World‌

‌COQUILLE — Siuslaw’s boys basketball team is trying to create a culture of winning after a couple of down seasons.

The Vikings got off to a good start, rallying from eight down in the fourth quarter to beat host Coquille 51-47 in the season opener for both teams.

“It’s good to start on a win,” said Siuslaw senior Joe Dotson, who had a game-high 19 points, including the Vikings’ last eight.

Siuslaw rallied, he said, by staying patient in its offense and playing fundamental basketball.

The Vikings spoiled the first game for new Coquille coach Johnny Begin by erasing an 11-point deficit in the third quarter and then scoring 13 straight after the Red Devils went in front 45-37 midway through the fourth.

Keoni Castro had three baskets to pull the Vikings within one point and Dotson hit a pair of free throws to put Siuslaw in front 46-45 with 2:01 to go.

Castro finished with 12 points and Preston Mitchell scored 13.

Coquille, meanwhile, couldn’t overcome its second shooting drought of the second half—the Vikings also finished the third quarter on a 15-5 run.

“I feel like we could have played better,” Coquille senior Brandon Bowen said. “We got killed on the boards. We need to rebound better.”

Begin came away encouraged, though, especially with his team’s effort.

“The kids played extremely hard,” he said. “That’s what I want to see.”

He told the players the close game was good for them.

“We need teams that are going to come in and play us tough,”

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New Coquille coach Johnny Begin encourages Austin Layton, right,a s he defends against Siuslaw’s Preston Mitchell during Wednesday’s season opener.

he said. “That’s what we need to Joe Scolari led the Red Devils prepare for league.” with 15 points and Bowen added For a first outing, the Red 10 points.

Devils played fairly well, he said.

Seth Waddington and Aus“They’re trying to learn a new tin Layton, a freshman and system,” Begin said. “It’s going to take time.”

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Philadelphia avoids dubious record with first win ‌MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers were 16 seconds into their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Henry Sims was stepping to the free throw line when referee Zach Zarba blew his whistle and stopped the game.

Turns out the Sixers were going in the wrong direction, just like they have been all season long. The foul was wiped away, the teams switched sides and the game was restarted and the Sixers got pointed the right way.

The 76ers avoided tying the record for the worst start to a season in NBA history, ending their 0-17 skid with an 85-77 victory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

A loss to the Timberwolves would have tied the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets for the worst start to a season in league history at 0-18. Many of these Sixers, including point guard Michael Carter-Williams and coach Brett Brown, were part of the team that lost 26 straight games last

we got a win.”

Particularly the first one for a team with the youngest roster in league history.

“We feel like this validates the work they’ve put in,” Brown said. “I just have a tremendous amount of respect for the fact that they never once quit on themselves, short-circuited a practice, and they were rewarded tonight.”

Carter-Williams had 20 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and Robert Covington added 17 points in a game between two of the worst teams in the league.

The Sixers shot just 39 perThe Associated Press‌ cent against the poorest defense Philadelphia 76ers center Drew Gordon, left, forward JaKarr Sampson (9), forin the NBA, turned the ball over ward Jerami Grant (39) and guard Hollis Thompson watch from the bench in the 19 times and scored only nine fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, points in the second quarter.

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in Minneapolis. The 76ers avoided tying the record for Gorgui Dieng had 15 points the worst start to a season in NBA history, ending their 0-17 skid with an 85-77 and 16 rebounds for the Timbervictory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night. wolves. But Minnesota shot just 35.7 percent and turned the ball season, which tied the record for “For me personally, I think it’s over 19 times to lose for the 11th consecutive losses. a big relief off my chest,” Carter- time in 13 games.

One-and-17 never felt so Williams said. “And the same is See 76ers, B2 good. for the rest of the guys now that

‌North Bend’s girls swimming team dominated host Grants Pass in the season opener on Wednesday with a standout group of veterans and newcomers.

The Bulldogs won every race while beating the host Lady Cavers 121-47.

North Bend senior Alyssa Bennett won the 50- and 100yard freestyle races while junior teammate Cassie Dallas took the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly.

Both Bennett and Dallas are past state champions for the Bulldogs.

Sophomore Liliana Bennett won the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke while freshmen Hailey Hyde (500 freestyle) and Vianka Hoyer (100 backstroke) both won races in their first high school meet.

North Bend also swept the relays with various combinations including the Bennett sisters, Dallas, Hyde, Hoyer, sophomore Alyssa Monohon and freshmen Zaraya Estrada and Makayla Proett.

Grants Pass won the boys meet 85-49, but North Bend got victories in both the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle from junior Karl StuntznerGibson.

North Bend also won both the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay with the team of Stuntzner-Gibson, sophomores Matthew Perry and Danny Woodruff and freshman Mitchell Yost.

They were the only four boys who competed for North Bend on Wednesday.

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Powers 47, Mapleton 28: The Cruisers opened the season with a win at Mapleton on Wednesday.

Jackson Stallard scored 18 points and Devin MacKensen had six points and 11 rebounds for Powers. Tye Jackson scored nine points.

“It was great to get the first win,” Powers coach Ted Stallard said. “Overall, I thought we played pretty well for our first game.”

Tucker Ford had 14 points for the Sailors.

Powers travels south Friday to face Gold Beach.

Myrtle Point 31, Camas Valley 30: The Bobcats edged the Hornets in the season opener.

Jake Miller scored 19 points for Myrtle Point, which outscored Camas Valley 11-9 in the final quarter to win on the road.

Victor Colvin had 12 points for the Hornets.

Myrtle Point hosts rival Coquille on Friday.

Crow 74, Pacific 57: The Cougars used relentless pressure to pull away for the win after leading by just one point at halftime.

“Crow is pretty good,” Pacific coach Ben Stallard said. “They pressed us the whole time.”

Kyle Schwin scored 23 points, Gunnar Lasson added 14 and Tristian Basel had 11 for Crow.

Stallard said he was pleased with the play of several youngsters in their first varsity games.

Senior Cole Kreutzer led the way with 20 points, while freshman John Keeler scored 15.

The Cruisers play Lowell in the Yoncalla tournament on Friday.

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Crow 47, Pacific 35: The Pirates fell at home in their first game under new coach Riley Wahl.

“I thought we did pretty good for a first game,” Wahl said.

Pacific led 25-21 at halftime, but was hit by foul trouble in the third quarter and outscored 17-2 by the Cougars.

“It was a really good learning game for us to find out what we need to work on,” Wahl said.

“Our goal for the whole season is to improve each game. Hopefully we can do that.”

Alecia Finley had 12 points to lead the Pirates. Breanna Mattox scored a game-high 14 for Crow and Whitney Anderson added 11.

Myrtle Point 54, Camas Valley 36: The Bobcats opened the season with a win on the road.

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Celtics snap skid with OT win The Associated Press ‌BOSTON — Jeff Green scored 32 points, including a 3-pointer as Boston opened overtime with eight straight points and snapped a five-game losing streak with a 109-102 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday The loss was the 10th in a row for Detroit. Greg Monroe scored 15 of his 29 points after the 3:13 mark of the fourth, when the Pistons erased an 11-point deficit. But Detroit never recovered after giving up the first three baskets — including a pair of 3-pointers — to start the extra period.

Andre Drummond had 27 points, 14 rebounds, four steals and five blocked shots, including Green’s potential game-winner at the end of regulation, for Detroit. Brandon Jennings had 12 assists and one point on 0-for-11 shooting.

Kelly Olynyk had 20 points and seven rebounds for Boston, which had lost six in a row at home.

NETS 95, SPURS 93, OT: Mirza Teletovic had a season-high 26 points and a career-best 15 rebounds starting in place of Kevin G a r n e t t , a n d B ro o klyn snapped San Antonio’s eight-game winning streak. The Nets regrouped in overtime after blowing a 14-point lead in the final 5 minutes of regulation and beat a team with a winning record for the first time this season.

Danny Green had 20 points, 10 rebounds and the tying 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left in regulation for San Antonio.

HAWKS 112, HEAT 102: Jeff Teague scored 27 points, Kyle Korver scored 18 and Atlanta handed Miami another home loss.

Dwyane Wade scored 28 points and Chris Bosh

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Boston Celtics center Kelly Olynyk drives to the hoop while guarded

by Detroit Pistons forward Josh Smith during the second half Wednesday finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds for Miami, which has lost six of its last eight home games.

CLIPPERS 114, MAGIC 86: Blake Griffin scored 21 points and J.J. Redick had 20 before both sat out the fourth quarter, and the Clippers won their sixth straight.

Tobias Harris scored 16 points for the Magic, who had only four offensive rebounds and no secondchance points through the first three quarters.

MAVERICKS 107, BUCKS 105: Monta Ellis hit a wild, fallaway jumper at the buzzer, lifting Dallas past Milwaukee.

A night after Ellis starred in a double-overtime win at Chicago, he scored 23 as the Mavericks won their fifth in a row while resting Dirk Nowitzki because of a sore back. Coach Rick Carlisle called it a “precautionary” move.

Brandon Knight scored 25 points and Khris Middleton added 21 for the Bucks in their third straight loss.

BULLS 102, HORNETS 95: Pau Gasol had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Joakim Noah and Nikola Mirotic each posted double-doubles, and Chicago handed Charlotte its 10th straight

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Noah had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Mirotic added 11 points and 12 rebounds as the Bulls bounced back from a double- overtime loss to Dallas on Tuesday night.

Kemba Walker had 23 points for the Hornets.

RAPTORS 123, JAZZ 104: Kyle Lowry scored a seasonhigh 39 points on 13-of-22 shooting as Toronto sent Utah to its seventh straight loss.

Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter scored 19 points apiece for Utah.

ROCKETS 105, GRIZZLIES 96: James Harden scored 21 points, and Trevor Ariza and Jason Terry added 16 each to help short-handed Houston cruise past Memphis.

Houston played without three starters, including Dwight Howard who missed his seventh straight game with a strained right knee.

WIZARDS 111, LAKERS 95: Bradley Beal scored 27 points, John Wall had 17 points and 15 assists, and Washington beat Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.

Bryant finished with 29 points — including 15 in the first quarter when he shot 6-for-11. He missed nine of his final 11 shots.

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‌The city of Coos Bay will honor former Marshfield great Mel Counts when it dedicates a portion of the Coos River Highway as Mel Counts Corridor on Saturday.

The dedication begins at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on 6th

Avenue, just east of the Isthmus Slough Bridge.

The public is invited to come to the ceremony and meet Counts.

The corridor stretches from the Isthmus Slough Bridge on the west end of Eastside to the Catching Slough Bridge on the east end.

Counts is considered Marshfield’s best-ever basketball player.

The 1960 graduate went on to earn All-American honors at Oregon State University, help the United States win a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics and play for12 years in the NBA.

Riley leaves Beavers for Nebraska The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has hired Oregon State’s Mike Riley as its new football coach, replacing the fired Bo Pelini.

Athletic director Shawn Eichorst announced Riley’s hiring on Thursday. Riley has spent 14 seasons over two tenures at Oregon State, leading the Beavers to 93 wins and a 6-2 record in bowl games.

Riley is a native of Idaho and a graduate of Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant. Riley will be introduced at a news conference Friday.

He’ll take over immediately but will not coach the Cornhuskers in their bowl game.

Nebraska assistant Barney Cotton is interim head coach.

Oregon State finished this season 5-7 overall, 2-7 in the Pac-12.

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sophomore, respectively, combined for 15 points and nine assists.

Scolari and Bowen each grabbed five rebounds, but as a team, the Vikings had a 38-21 edge on the boards.

“Tomorrow we’ll go to work,” Begin said. “We need to implement some things on rebounding.

“That’s our Achilles’ heel—our small size.”

Coquille Wilson scores 14 for Devils Continued from B1

Coquille finished the night with 27 steals, including seven by Tara Edwards, six

by Makala Edgar and four

by Wilson. All 10 players who saw time had at least one steal.

“Defense wins games,” GeDeros said. “That’s what we keep telling them.”

As for the offense?

“It will come around,” Edgar said. “We need some more work.”

The Red Devils were tentative early and shot just 3-for-15 in the first

76ers Philadelphia gets first win Continued from B1

“That’s what makes it bad,” Wolves forward Corey Brewer said. “They play that bad and we still lose? We have to look at ourselves, man. It’s tough. We can’t lose that game, period.”

The Sixers were missing leading scorer Tony Wroten and backup point guard Alexey Shved (hip), leaving them with one healthy point guard.

But the Timberwolves were ripe for the taking without injured starters Ricky Rubio, Kevin Martin and Nikola Pekovic and playing their fourth game in six nights.

The teams combined for 66 points, 55 missed shots and 25 turnovers in the first two quarters. The Sixers led

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Braves sign OF Keane earns MVP Markakis to contract‌ honor for MLS ATLANTA — Moving to fill an outfield void after the trade of Jason Heyward, the Atlanta Braves agreed to a four-year contract with free agent Nick Markakis.

The 31-year-old Markakis spent the first nine years of his career with the Baltimore Orioles. This past season, he batted .276 with 14 homers and 50 RBIs. Meanwhile, the Toronto Blue Jays sent pitcher J.A. Happ to Seattle for left fielder Michael Saunders.

Seattle also finalized a $100 million seven-year contract with third baseman Kyle Seager.

And Torii Hunter is returning to Minnesota, his home away from home, to play for former teammate Paul Molitor, signing a oneyear, $10.5 million contract.

LOS ANGELES — Irish striker Robbie Keane was n a m e d m os t va l u a b l e player for Major League Soccer after a season that included leading the Los Angeles Galaxy to Sunday’s championship game against the New England Revolution.

New E n g l a n d ’s L e e Ng uye n a n d Sea t t l e ’s Obafemi Martins were the other finalists, but Keane beat them out with his most impressive season since arriving in Southern California in 2011. The 34-year-old Keane had 19 goals and 14 assists in 29 games while leading the Galaxy’s MLS-best offense, providing dangerous attacking and steady leadership for the MLS Cup finalists.

The Red Devils shot well in the first half, but went just 6-for-23 from the floor in the final two quarters.

They hit seven 3-pointers as a team, including three by Scolari and two by Bowen.

Begin said he wasn’t upset by the shot selection, but added “we didn’t get to the line enough.”

Siuslaw ended up with 15 more free throw attempts t h a n t h e Re d D ev i l s.

Coquille went 6-for-10 from the line, but two of the misses came on the front end of one-and-one opportunities in the final

two minutes.

Begin said he was pleased with the team’s attitude.

“When you have a kid come up after the game and say, ‘Sorry coach, I wanted to get you the win,’ that means a lot,” he said.

“It means the kids have bought into the program.”

The Vikings feel the same way about where they’re headed, Dotson said.

“We have a lot of players that really want to make something happen this year,” he said. “This gets the ball rolling.”

quarter.

“We had first-game jitters coming out,” Edgar said.

They warmed up some in the second quarter, when they used a 19-4 run to turn a three-point lead into a 26-8 advantage. Edgar hit back-toback 3-pointers and Wilson added another during the spurt and the game wasn’t in doubt the rest of the way.

The defense began to generate fast break opportunities, which Coquille feasted on, in the second and third quarters.

The Red Devils got their best ball movement in the fourth, when they pulled back from the press and got several inside hoops

from their regular offense.

Wilson finished with a team-best 14 points and nine rebounds. Tori Renard added 12 points — all in the second half — and Edgar had 10 points and six assists.

E lyssa Rose l e d t h e Vikings with eight points and 13 rebounds. Mikaela Siegel had eight rebounds and three assists.

“We saw a lot of things we need to work on,” said Siuslaw coach Carl Johnson, whose team was missing three injured players.

“I think the kids are disappointed. They think they can do a little better.”

Coquille is back in action Friday night, when the Red Devils visit Myrtle Point.

by 10 points after the first quarter — their first double-digit, first-quarter lead of the season — and 12 in the second quarter before the Wolves got going.

They closed the period on a 13-1 run to take a 34-32 lead into the break, but both teams spent most of the night clanking shots, fumbling passes and squandering opportunities.

Carter-Williams hit 9 of 20 shots and Covington, a call-up from the D-League, hit two big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to give the Sixers a 69-64 lead.

Mo Williams capped an 11-2 spurt with a 3-pointer that gave the Wolves a 75-73 lead with 2:18 to play. But K.J. McDaniels, who airballed his first two 3-pointers of the night, came right back with a 3 of his own and Covington’s third 3 of the quarter with 1:15 left sealed it. “Congrats lil homies,” Sixers great Allen Iverson tweeted. “Keep fighting and

stay strong.”

TIP-INS 76ers: Brown improved to 20-80 in his first 100 games as coach, narrowly avoiding becoming just the fifth coach in NBA history to win fewer than 20 in his first 100. ... The Sixers missed their first 12 3-pointers. ...

McDaniels finished with 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. ... The win snapped a string of 23 straight losses to Western Conference opponents.

Timberwolves: Andrew Wiggins was chosen Western Conference rookie of the month for November.

He had 11 points and five rebounds. ... The Wolves held the Sixers to nine points in the second quarter, the second-lowest number in franchise history. ... Anthony Bennett played just less than four minutes in the game, with coach Flip Saunders saying he was upset with Bennett’s effort.

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Oregon dominates NAIA school Concordia Payton leads Beavers past Delta Devils ‌E UGENE (AP) — The closer they got to the rim, the better things looked for Joseph Young and his Oregon teammates on Wednesday night.

Young scored 20 points and Elgin Cook added 19 to lead the Ducks to a 94-63 victory over Concordia with their best shooting effort since a season-opening win over Coppin State.

Oregon (5-2) scored 66 points in the paint as Young was 10 of 13 inside the 3-point line and Cook, the only starter to pass up a 3, was 9 of 10. The Ducks were 37 of 54 (68.5 percent) inside the arc against the Cavaliers (8-2), an NAIA team from Portland.

Beyond it, they missed 18 of their first 20 attempts and finished 5 of 26 (19.2 percent). Young, who was 2

of 16 in his last two games, missed all five of his 3s.

“He’s got to pick and choose, he’s got to get back on track, he’s got to get back in the gym and get some shots up,” said Oregon coach Dana Altman, whose senior guard spent 30 minutes after the game on the court doing just that. “Every shooter goes through it.”

Thomas Pierce led Concordia with 16 points, and Kory Kirwan added 12 off the bench.

Two Oregon freshmen finished with doubledoubles for the second consecutive game. Dillon Brooks had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Jordan Bell added 10 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.

“Dillon’s got really good instincts,” Altman said.

“He’s got a knack for scoring. He’s just scratching the surface, and it’s just a matter of how good he wants to be, how hard he wants to work.

“He’s got to play a lot harder, but there’s no one arguing his talent or his ability to score or his basketball savvy.”

Oregon stuck with its rotation of eight scholarship players until the 8-minute mark of the second half with a 75-52 lead.

The Ducks’ largest lead was 92-58 on Young’s final field goal with 3:45 left.

Oregon made plenty of noise from close range in the first half for a 47-26 lead at the break, but it still couldn’t resist the temptation of the 3-point line.

Even though 36 of their points came in the paint,

the Ducks also jacked up 16 3s and made just one while going 20-for-29 on their other attempts.

Dwayne Benjamin, who missed the last two games with an ankle injury suffered during a loss to Michigan, came off the bench for 11 points and six rebounds in 20 minutes. With Benjamin’s return, Altman said he’s pleased with his team’s depth as it prepares to face Mississippi and Illinois over the next 10 days. Oregon defeated both the Rebels and Illini last season.

“We’re going to have our hands full and have to make sure we’re preparing for the future,” he said. “We’ve got plenty of depth. Our guys have got to concentrate on playing a heckuva harder in the minutes they’re getting.”

Pilots win the battle of Portland ‌PORTLAND (AP) — Alex Wintering scored a careerhigh 27 points to lead Portland to an 83-71 win over rival Portland State on Wednesday night.

The Pilots (6-1), off to their best start since going 6-0 in 1995-96 when they

last made the NCAA Tournament, were up 27 when the Vikings (4-2) went on a late 18-2 run to trail by 11 with 3:22 left, forcing Portland starters back into the game.

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14 rebounds for Portland, which had a 44-27 rebounding advantage w i t h i ts 16 o f fe n s ive rebounds matching PSU’s defensive total.

DeShaun Wiggins and Tieqbe Bamba had 13 each for PSU, which trailed

41-24 at the half. Bryce White and Tim Douglas had 12 apiece.

The Vikings made 17 of 33 shots in the second half to finish at 40 percent but the Pilots shot 31-62 for the game, 16 of 28 in the second half.

‌CORVALLIS (AP) — On an Oregon State basketball team without a senior player, junior college transfer Gary Payton II said he decided he was going to be a leader.

“I just took the initiative to step up, be one of those vocal players and also (lead) by example in practice and games,” he said.

On Wednesday night, Payton stepped up bigtime with a career-high 24 points and 16 rebounds as Oregon State beat Mississippi Valley State 74-50.

Daniel Gomis added 11 points, six rebounds and five blocks for the Beavers (4-2).

Gomis called Payton a “great teammate, just motivating people when things don’t go their way, and just the energy he brings every day in practice. He’s always talking, and it translates to the game every time.”

J o rd a n Wa s h i n g to n scored 17 and DeAngelo Priar had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Delta Devils (1-7).

The Beavers used a considerable height advantage to dominate the boards, and outrebounded MVSU 53-36.

The Delta Devils’ tallest

starter was 6-foot-7.

“Really, our game plan offensively was to punish them for their lack of size and pound it inside. We did that in the second half,” Oregon State Coach Wayne Tinkle said.

The Beavers jumped ahead 12-7 with 16:21 remaining in the first thanks to 10 quick points

by Payton, including two 3-pointers.

Oregon State led 40-28 at the break. The Beavers went on a 22-3 run to close the first half and open the second half, capped by Payton’s rebound-dunk.

Payton is the son of former Oregon State AllAmerican Gary Payton, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.

He came into the game leading the Beavers in points, rebounds, blocks a n d s tea l s p e r ga m e .

Wednesday was his second 20-point effort in a row, and he also notched four steals and two blocks.

“He’s strung together a couple of complete and very dominating performances,” Tinkle said. “We’re going to need that from him every night.”

San Francisco at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m.

New England at San Diego, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 8‌ Atlanta at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 11‌ Arizona at St. Louis, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14‌ Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Miami at New England, 10 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Denver at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 1:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15‌ New Orleans at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Boston at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. ‌Friday’s Games Anaheim at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. ‌Saturday’s Games Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Toronto, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 4 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Dallas, 4 p.m.

Boston at Arizona, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Scoreboard ‌On the Air ‌Today

NFL Football — Dallas at Chicago, 5:25 p.m., NFL Network and KHSN (1230 AM).

Men’s College Basketball — LSU at West Virginia, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Arkansas at Iowa State, 6 p.m., ESPN2.

NBA Basketball — Cleveland at New York, 5 p.m., TNT; New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m., TNT. College Football — Central Florida at East Carolina, 4:30 p.m., ESPN. Golf — Hero World Challenge, 11 a.m., Golf Channel; European Tour Nedbank Golf Challenge, midnight, Golf Channel.

Friday, Dec. 5

High School Girls Basketball — Newport at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m., KMHS (1420 AM).

High School Boys Basketball — Newport at Marshfield, 7 p.m., KMHS (91.3 FM).

College Football — MAC Championship, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Pac-12 Championship, Oregon vs. Arizona, 6 p.m., Fox and KWRO (630 AM and 100.3 FM) Men’s College Basketball — Texas at Kentucky, 4 p.m., ESPN; Florida International at Louisville, 4 p.m., Root Sports; Florida at Kansas, 6 p.m., ESPN. Golf — Hero World Challenge, 11 a.m., Golf Channel; European Tour Nedbank Golf Challenge, midnight, Golf Channel.

Saturday, Dec. 6

High School Girls Basketball — Philomath at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m., KMHS (1420 AM).

High School Boys Basketball — Philomath at Marshfield, 7 p.m., KMSH (91.3 FM).

College Football — Iowa State at TCU, 9 a.m., ABC; Houston at Cincinnati, 9 a.m., ESPN; Conference USA Championship, Louisiana Tech at Marshall, 9 a.m., ESPN2; Oklahoma State at Oklahoma, 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; SEC Championship, Alabama vs. Missouri, 1 p.m., CBS; Temple at Tulane, 4:30 p.m., ESPN2; Kansas State at Baylor, 4:45 p.m., ESPN; ACC Championship, Florida State vs. Georgia Tech, 5 p.m., ABC; Big Ten Championship, Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, 5 p.m., Fox; Mountain West Championship, Fresno State at Boise State, 7 p.m., CBS. Men’s College Basketball — Rutgers at Seton Hall, 9 a.m., Root Sports; Wisconsin at Marquette, 9:30 a.m., CBS; Saint Joseph’s at Villanova, 10 a.m., Fox Sports 1; SC Upstate at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m., Root Sports; Kansas State at Tennessee, 12:15 p.m., ESPN2; Northwestern at Butler, 1;30 p.m., Fox; Gonzaga at Arizona, 2:15 p.m., ESPN; St. John’s at Syracuse, 2:15 p.m., ESPN2.

NBA Basketball — Golden State at Chicago, 5 p.m., WGN. Women’s College Basketball — Connecticut at Notre Dame, 12:15 p.m., ESPN. Women’s Soccer — FIFA Women’s World Cup Daw, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — Hero World Challenge, 9 a.m., Golf Channel, and 11:30 a.m., NBC; European Tour Nedbank Golf Challenge, midnight, Golf Channel.

‌Local schedule ‌Today

High School Boys Basketball — Riddle at Reedsport, 7:30 p.m.

High School Girls Basketball — Riddle at Reedsport, 6 p.m.

High School Swimming — Marshfield at North Valley, 4 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 5

High School Boys Basketball — Newport at Marshfield, 7 p.m.; Coquille at Myrtle Point, 7:30 p.m.; Powers at Gold Beach, 7:30 p.m.; Pacific vs. Lowell at Yoncalla tournament, 4:30 p.m.

High School Girls Basketball — Newport at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m.; Coquille at Myrtle Point, 6 p.m.; Powers at Gold Beach, 6 p.m.; Pacific vs. Lowell at Yoncalla tournament, 3 p.m.

Men’s College Wrestling — SWOCC at Clackamas, 7 p.m.

College Swimming — SWOCC at Comfort Suites Oregon Senior Open, Corvallis, all day.

Saturday, Dec. 6

High School Boys Basketball — Philomath at Marshfield, 7 p.m.; Bandon at Illinois Valley, 5:30 p.m.; Pacific at Yoncalla tournament, TBA; Phoenix at Siuslaw, 6 p.m.

High School Girls Basketball — Philomath at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m.; Bandon at Illinois Valley, 4 p.m.; Phoenix at Siuslaw, 4:30 p.m.; Pacific at Yoncalla tournament, TBA. High School Wrestling — Marshfield, North Bend at Del Norte, 10 a.m.

Men’s College Basketball — SWOCC at Coach Tregs Classic, Eurka, Calif., TBA. Women’s College Basketball — SWOCC at College of the Redwoods, 8 p.m.

Men’s College Wrestling — SWOCC at Warner Pacific and Pacific, TBA. College Swimming — SWOCC at Comfort Suites Oregon Senior Open, Corvallis, all day.

‌High School Results ‌BASKETBALL

BOYS S‌ iuslaw 51, Coquille 47 Siuslaw 14 8 15 14 51 Coquille 13 15 10 9 47 SIUSLAW (51): Joe Dotson 19, Preston Mitchell 13, Keoni Castro 12, Reese Siegel 4, Seth Campbell 2, Billy Jones 1, Trey Cornish, Nick Dodson.

COQUILLE (47): Joe Scolari 15, Brandon Bowen 10, Seth Waddington 8, Austin Layton 7, Zach Breitkreutz 4, Brad Romine 3, Noah Hyatt, Tim Smith. ‌Powers 47, Mapleton 28 Powers 15 9 10 13 47 Mapleton 4 10 7 7 28 POWERS (47): Jackson Stallard 18, Tye Jackson 9, Devin MacKensen 6, Austin Stallard 6, Sean Martinez 4, Aaron Pedrick 4, Sean Bartlett, James Clauson, Ethan Gregario, Connor Kellogg, Jack Lehnherr, Lucas Middlebrook.

MAPLETON (28): Tucker Ford 14, Chris Free 8, Daniel

Collins 2, Hunter Simington 2, Dominic Wells 2, Tyler Packebush. ‌Myrtle Point 31, Camas Valley 30 Myrtle Point 8 7 5 11 31 Camas Valley 6 10 5 9 30 MYRTLE POINT (31): Jake Miller 19, Anthony Wynn 5, Cass Hermann 3, Billy Strain 2, Damion Price 1, Kenden Findley 1, Kelly Caffey, Jack Isenhart, Tristan Mussatti.

CAMAS VALLEY (30): Victor Colvin 12, Bentley Grove 9, Stephen Grove 3, Jake Gallagher 2, Nick House 2, Dylin Weickum 2, Darren Bringhurst, Richard Powell. ‌Crow 74, Pacific 57 Crow 15 13 24 22 74 Pacific 7 20 17 13 57 CROW (74): Jason Towers 2, Gunnar Lasson 14, Tristian Basel 11, Jordan Macklin 9, Taylor Dowdy 6, Rylan Larsen 7, Kyle Schwin 23, Lawson Brooks 2, Cameron Schwartz, Dalton Bowman, Michael Sisson, Tanner Wickwire.

PACIFIC (57): Jake Engdahl 4, Josh Engdahl 2, Angel Lopez 8, Ian Hickey 2, Justin Hall 6, Cole Kreutzer 20, John Keeler 15, Garrett Phillips, Damian Austin, Marcus Scaffo.

GIRLS ‌Coquille 63, Siuslaw 22 Siuslaw 4 9 7 2 22 Coquille 7 22 15 19 63 SIUSLAW (22): Elyssa Rose 8, Stevie Miller 4, Mikaela Siegel 3, Destinee Tatum 3, Sierra Potter 2, Claire Waggoner 2, Nikki Launius, Andie Ruede.

COQUILLE (63): Darian Wilson 14, Tori Renard 12, Makala Edgar 10, Tara Edwards 7, Katie Davidson 6, Esabella Mahlum 5, Kyra Howard 4, Marina Wilson 3, McKenna Wilson 2, Cydnee Mock. ‌Crow 47, Pacific 35 Crow 12 9 17 9 47 Pacific 7 18 2 8 35 CROW (47): Breanna Mattox 14, Whitney Anderson 11, Amber Mattox 7, Chesney Wickwire 6, Vanessa Oldale 5, Jade Basel 4, Mariah Knettle, Leah Perry.

PACIFIC (35): Alecia Finley 12, Jessica Martinez 6, Aum’ai Wills 5, Marina Byrne 4, Brittany Figueroa 4, Sarah Sax 2, Brittany Kreutzer 2, Julie Walker, Amanda Finley, Claire Kelly.

‌SWIMMING

BOYS G‌ rants Pass 75, North Bend 49 200 Medley Relay: 1. North Bend (Mitchell Yost, Matthew Perry, Karl Stuntzner-Gibson, Danny Woodruff), 1:58.44.

200 Freestyle: 1. Danny Woodruff, NB, 2;07.89.

200 Individual Medley: 1. Karl Stuntzner-Gibson, NB, 2:08.73.

50 Freestyle: 1. Churchill, GP, 23.10; 2. Mitchell Yout, NB, 27.08.

100 Butterfly: 1. Bald, GP, 1:01.25; 2. Danny Woodruff, NB, 1:02.43.

100 Freestyle: 1. Churchill, GP, 52.47; 2. Matthew Perry, NB, 1:00.30.

500 Freestyle: 1. Karl Stuntzner-Gibson, NB, 5:06.19.

200 Medley Relay: 1. North Bend (Danny Woodruff, Mitchell Yost, Matthew Perry, Karl Stuntzner-Gibson), 1:41.56.

100 Backstroke: 1. Bald, GP, 1:05.16; 2. Mitchell Yost, NB, 1:12.96.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Snook, GP, 1:17.48; 3. Matthew Perry, NB, 1:21.17.

GIRLS ‌North Bend 121, Grants Pass 47 200 Medley Relay: 1. North Bend (Zaraya Estrada, Cassie Dallas, Vinka Hoyer, Alyssa Bennett), 1:57.78; 3.

North Bend (Damie Zomerschoe, Alissa McCord, Makayla Proett, Anna Langlie), 2:13.69.

200 Freestyle: 1. Liliana Bennett, NB, 2:10.96; 3. Anna Langlie, NB, 2:26.66; 5. Shaelynn Brierley, NB, 2:45.00.

200 Individual Medley: 1. Cassie Dallas, NB, 2:17.80; 2. Makayla Proett, NB, 2:30.32; 4. Zaraya Estrada, NB, 2:37.50.

50 Freestyle: 1. Alyssa Bennett, NB, 25.84; 2. Alyssa Monohon, NB, 27.58; 6. Molly Joyce, NB, 32.00.

100 Butterfly: 1. Cassie Dallas, NB, 1:04.02; 2. Zaraya Estrada, NB, 1:08.46; 3. Anna Langlie, NB, 1:29.00.

100 Freestyle: 1. Alyssa Bennett, NB, 58.27; 2. Makayla Proett, NB, 1:02.86; 6. Emma Powley, NB, 1:36.00.

500 Freestyle: 1. Hailey Hyde, NB, 5:44.38; 2. Vianka Hoyer, NB, 5:52.11; 3. Alissa McCord, NB, 6:08.00.

200 Freestyle Relay: 1. North Bend (Makayla Proett, Alyssa Monohon, Liliana Bennett, Hailey Hyde), 1:54.61; 4. North Bend (Shaelynn Brierley, Makenna Crocker, Abby Knight, Kaia Martin), 2:25.39.

100 Backstroke: 1. Vianka Hoyer, 1:05.66; 2. Alyssa Monohon, NB, 1:13.13; 4. Damie Zomerschoe, NB, 1:15.50.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Liliana Bennett, NB, 1:17.00; 2.

Alissa McCord, NB, 1:20.72; 3. Hailey Hyde, NB, 1:21.66.

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. North Bend (Vianka Hoyer, Cassie Dallas, Liliana Bennett, Alyssa Bennett), 3:59.29; 2. North Bend (Zaraya Estrada, Alyssa Monohon, Alissa McCord, Hailey Hyde), 4:16.24.

‌Central Division L.A. Lakers 19 2111 111.1

W L Pct GB‌ Individual Leaders Chicago 12 7 .632 — ‌Scoring Cleveland 9 7 .563 1½ G FG FT PTS AVG Milwaukee 10 10 .500 2½ Bryant, LAL 19 166 133 494 26.0 Indiana 7 11 .389 4½ Harden, HOU 18 127 155 450 25.0 Detroit 3 16 .158 9 Davis, NOR 16 154 91 399 24.9 ‌WESTERN CONFERENCE James, CLE 16 136 102 399 24.9 ‌Southwest Division Curry, GOL 17 137 75 403 23.7

W L Pct GB‌ Anthony, NYK 17 150 74 399 23.5 Memphis 15 3 .833 — Cousins, SAC 15 126 100 352 23.5 Houston 14 4 .778 1 Griffin, LAC 18 161 79 405 22.5 Dallas 15 5 .750 1 Aldridge, POR 17 149 75 381 22.4 San Antonio 13 5 .722 2 Bosh, MIA 18 137 92 393 21.8 New Orleans 8 8 .500 6 Butler, CHI 17 118 118 367 21.6 Irving, CLE 16 116 78 344 21.5 ‌Northwest Division‌ Gay, SAC 16 116 90 337 21.1

W L Pct GB‌ 57 334 20.9 Portland 14 4 .778 — Thompson, GOL 16 116 20 162 70 414 20.7 Denver 9 9 .500 5 Ellis, DAL 19 132 97 392 20.6 Oklahoma City 5 13 .278 9 Lowry, TOR 16 128 63 319 19.9 Utah 5 14 .263 9½ Gasol, CHI 18 118 70 355 19.7 Minnesota 4 13 .235 9½ Lillard, POR Jefferson, CHA 19 161 51 373 19.6 ‌Pacific Division‌ Nowitzki, DAL 18 132 57 352 19.6

W L Pct GB‌ ‌ F G Percentage Golden State 15 2 .882 — FG FGA PCT L.A. Clippers 13 5 .722 2½ 79 108 .731 Phoenix 11 8 .579 5 Wright, DAL 66 91 .725 Sacramento 9 9 .500 6½ Jordan, LAC 90 130 .692 L.A. Lakers 5 14 .263 11 Chandler, DAL Varejao, CLE 70 116 .603 ‌Wednesday’s Games Howard, HOU 73 127 .575 Washington 111, L.A. Lakers 95 Favors, UTA 121 212 .571 Chicago 102, Charlotte 95 Mozgov, DEN 71 125 .568 Atlanta 112, Miami 102 Speights, GOL 82 145 .566 Boston 109, Detroit 102, OT Horford, ATL 105 188 .559 Brooklyn 95, San Antonio 93, OT Gortat, WAS 103 185 .557 Houston 105, Memphis 96 ‌Rebounds Dallas 107, Milwaukee 105

G OFF DEF TOT AVG Philadelphia 85, Minnesota 77 Cousins, SAC 15 46 143 189 12.6 Toronto 123, Utah 104 Drummond, DET 19 79 149 228 12.0 L.A. Clippers 114, Orlando 86 Jordan, LAC 18 56 158 214 11.9 ‌Thursday’s Games Chandler, DAL 20 87 150 237 11.9 Cleveland at New York, 5 p.m.

Vucevic, ORL 19 64 159 223 11.7 Indiana at Portland, 7 p.m.

Gasol, CHI 16 36 147 183 11.4 New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Randolph, MEM 18 65 140 205 11.4 ‌Friday’s Games Davis, NOR 16 49 131 180 11.3 Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Duncan, SAN 16 42 124 166 10.4 Denver at Washington, 4 p.m.

Asik, NOR 12 46 75 121 10.1 New York at Charlotte, 4 p.m. ‌Assists Cleveland at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

G AST AVG L.A. Lakers at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Rondo, BOS 15 164 10.9 Atlanta at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Lawson, DEN 17 175 10.3 San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Wall, WAS 17 164 9.6 Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Paul, LAC 18 171 9.5 Phoenix at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Curry, GOL 17 129 7.6 Miami at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

James, CLE 16 118 7.4 Orlando at Utah, 6 p.m.

Jackson, OKC 15 109 7.3 Indiana at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Teague, ATL 17 123 7.2 ‌Saturday’s Games Lowry, TOR 19 129 6.8 Philadelphia at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Lillard, POR 18 121 6.7 Golden State at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

‌Pro Football

‌NBA Team Statistics

‌Team Offense

G Pts Avg Dallas 20 2203 110.2 Toronto 19 2084 109.7 Golden State 17 1811 106.5 L.A. Clippers 18 1901 105.6 Denver 18 1894 105.2 Phoenix 19 1997 105.1 Portland 18 1877 104.3 Atlanta 17 1772 104.2 Boston 16 1661 103.8 Cleveland 16 1660 103.8 L.A. Lakers 19 1970 103.7 Chicago 19 1950 102.6 Sacramento 18 1830 101.7 New Orleans 16 1619 101.2 Memphis 18 1803 100.2 San Antonio 18 1793 99.6 Minnesota 17 1690 99.4 Washington 17 1682 98.9 Brooklyn 17 1676 98.6 Milwaukee 20 1960 98.0 Houston 18 1763 97.9 Utah 19 1831 96.4 Miami 18 1729 96.1 Orlando 21 1980 94.3 Indiana 18 1687 93.7 Charlotte 19 1780 93.7 New York 19 1774 93.4 Detroit 19 1761 92.7 Oklahoma City 18 1650 91.7 Philadelphia 18 1640 91.1 ‌Team Defense

G Pts Avg Houston 18 1674 93.0 ‌OSAA/U.S. Bank/Les Schwab Tires Memphis 18 1675 93.1 San Antonio 18 1678 93.2 ‌FOOTBALL Oklahoma City 18 1696 94.2 ‌Class 6A Washington 17 1631 95.9 Championship Indiana 18 1736 96.4 Saturday, Dec. 6 Golden State 17 1641 96.5 At Hillsboro Stadium Portland 18 1739 96.6 Central Catholic vs. Tigard, 1 p.m.

Miami 18 1761 97.8 L.A. Clippers 18 1772 98.4 New York 19 1883 99.1 New Orleans 16 1586 99.1 Detroit 19 1887 99.3 Milwaukee 20 1987 99.4 ‌NBA Brooklyn 17 1692 99.5 ‌EASTERN CONFERENCE Toronto 19 1894 99.7 ‌Atlantic Division Cleveland 16 1598 99.9

W L Pct GB‌ 19 1898 99.9 Toronto 15 4 .789 — Chicago 21 2113 100.6 Brooklyn 8 9 .471 6 Orlando Charlotte 19 1922 101.2 Boston 5 11 .313 8½ Sacramento 18 1828 101.6 New York 4 15 .211 11 17 1729 101.7 Philadelphia 1 17 .056 13½ Atlanta Dallas 20 2035 101.8 ‌Southeast Division Utah 19 1951 102.7

W L Pct GB‌ 19 1959 103.1 Washington 12 5 .706 — Phoenix Philadelphia 18 1877 104.3 Atlanta 11 6 .647 1 18 1894 105.2 Miami 9 9 .500 3½ Denver 16 1717 107.3 Orlando 7 14 .333 7 Boston Charlotte 4 15 .211 9 Minnesota 17 1864 109.6

‌High school playoffs

Pro Basketball

College Football ‌NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Glance

Second Round‌ Saturday, Dec. 6‌ Fordham (11-2) at New Hampshire (10-1), 10 a.m.

Indiana St. (8-5) at Chattanooga (9-3), 10 a.m.

Richmond (9-4) at Coastal Carolina (11-1), 10 a.m.

Northern Iowa (9-4) at Illinois St. (10-1), 11 a.m.

Sam Houston St. (9-4) at Jacksonville St. (10-1), 11 a.m.

South Dakota St. (9-4) at North Dakota St. (11-1), 12:30 p.m.

Montana (9-4) at Eastern Washington (10-2), 1:30 p.m.

Liberty (9-4) at Villanova (10-2), 1:30 p.m.

‌NCAA Division II Football Playoff Glance

Quarterfinals‌ Saturday, Dec. 6‌ Bloomsburg (11-1) at Concord (W.Va.) (12-0), 9 a.m.

West Georgia (11-2) at Valdosta State (10-2), 9 a.m.

Minnesota-Duluth (13-0) at Minnesota State-(Mankato) (12-0), 10 a.m.

Ohio Dominican (11-1) at Colorado State-Pueblo (11-1), 11 a.m.

‌NCAA Division III Football Playoff Glance

Quarterfinals‌ Saturday, Dec. 6‌ Hobart (12-0) at Wesley (11-1), 9 a.m.

Linfield (10-1) at Widener (12-0), 9 a.m.

John Carroll (11-1) at Mount Union (12-0), 9 a.m.

Wartburg (12-0) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-0), 10 a.m.

‌NAIA Football Playoff Glance

Semifinals‌ Saturday, Dec. 6‌ AMERICAN CONFERENCE‌ Marian (Ind.) (10-2) at Morningside (Iowa) (11-1), 10 a.m.

East‌ Southern Oregon (11-2) at Saint Xavier (Ill.) (10-2),

W L T Pct PF PA‌11 a.m.

New England 9 3 0 .750 378 253 Miami 7 5 0 .583 301 232 Buffalo 7 5 0 .583 264 217 N.Y. Jets 2 10 0 .167 190 319 South‌ ‌National Hockey League

W L T Pct PF PA‌ ‌EASTERN CONFERENCE Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 382 283 ‌Atlantic Division Houston 6 6 0 .500 287 247 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tennessee 2 10 0 .167 213 338 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 186 329 Tampa Bay 26 17 6 3 37 92 69 Montreal 27 17 8 2 36 70 68 North‌

W L T Pct PF PA‌Detroit 25 14 6 5 33 77 65 Cincinnati 8 3 1 .708 260 247 Toronto 24 13 8 3 29 81 72 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 328 242 Boston 26 14 11 1 29 63 63 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 320 298 Florida 23 10 7 6 26 50 58 Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 252 245 Ottawa 24 10 9 5 25 63 66 Buffalo 25 9 14 2 20 45 77 West‌ Metropolitan Division‌

W L T Pct PF PA‌

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Denver 9 3 0 .750 361 276 San Diego 8 4 0 .667 279 249 Pittsburgh 24 17 5 2 36 82 55 Kansas City 7 5 0 .583 277 224 N.Y. Islanders 25 18 7 0 36 80 67 Oakland 1 11 0 .083 176 337 N.Y. Rangers 24 11 9 4 26 71 70 Washington 24 10 10 4 24 68 69 NATIONAL CONFERENCE‌ New Jersey 25 9 12 4 22 58 72 East‌

W L T Pct PF PA‌Philadelphia 25 8 13 4 20 66 81 Philadelphia 9 3 0 .750 375 285 Carolina 24 8 13 3 19 56 69 Dallas 8 4 0 .667 302 273 Columbus 24 7 15 2 16 54 84 ‌WESTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Giants 3 9 0 .250 257 319 Washington 3 9 0 .250 244 322 ‌Central Division South‌

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

W L T Pct PF PA‌Nashville 24 16 6 2 34 65 48 Atlanta 5 7 0 .417 291 299 St. Louis 25 16 7 2 34 67 55 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 323 318 Chicago 25 16 8 1 33 78 49 Carolina 3 8 1 .292 228 331 Winnipeg 26 13 9 4 30 55 58 Tampa Bay 2 10 0 .167 220 314 Minnesota 24 14 9 1 29 67 56 North‌ Dallas 25 9 11 5 23 73 89

W L T Pct PF PA‌Colorado 25 9 11 5 23 67 79 Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 380 267 ‌Pacific Division‌ Detroit 8 4 0 .667 231 207 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 5 7 0 .417 253 337 Anaheim 27 16 6 5 37 76 72 Minnesota 5 7 0 .417 233 257 Vancouver 25 17 7 1 35 79 69 West‌ Calgary 26 16 8 2 34 83 66

W L T Pct PF PA‌Los Angeles 25 13 7 5 31 67 57 Arizona 9 3 0 .750 258 224 San Jose 26 12 10 4 28 70 71 Seattle 8 4 0 .667 298 221 Arizona 26 10 13 3 23 64 81 San Francisco 7 5 0 .583 231 244 Edmonton 26 6 15 5 17 58 90 St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 261 285 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday, Dec. 4‌ ‌Wednesday’s Games Dallas at Chicago, 5:25 p.m.

Anaheim 5, Philadelphia 4, SO Sunday, Dec. 7‌ Minnesota 2, Montreal 1 N.Y. Giants at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Chicago 4, St. Louis 1 Carolina at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Winnipeg 3, Edmonton 2, OT N.Y. Jets at Minnesota, 10 a.m. ‌Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 10 a.m.

Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m.

New Jersey at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

Columbus at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 5 p.m.

National Football League

Hockey

Soccer Major League Playoffs

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP‌ Eastern Conference‌ New England 4, New York 3‌ Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 23: New England 2, New York 1 Leg 2 — Saturday, Nov. 29: New York 2, New England 2 Western Conference‌ LA Galaxy 2, Seattle 2‌ Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 23: LA Galaxy 1, Seattle 0 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 30: Seattle 2, LA Galaxy 1, LA Galaxy advances on away goals MLS CUP‌ Sunday, Dec. 7: New England at LA Galaxy, Noon

Transactions ‌Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

‌BASEBALL MLB — Announced the resignation of executive vice president, business and CEO of MLB Enterprises Tim Brosnan, effective at the end of January 2015.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Eddie Gamboa on a one-year contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Luke Hochevar on a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with OF Torii Hunter on a one-year contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded OF Michael Saunders toe Toronto for LHP J.A. Happ.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with 1B Justin Smoak on a one-year contract.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jim Johnson on a one-year contract and OF Nick Markakis on a four-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with LHP Clayton Richard on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled F-C Jarnell Stokes from Iowa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed K Jay Feely. Waived/injured WR-KR Chris Williams.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Shaun Draughn.

Placed WR Miles Austin on injured reserve.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed OT Austin Pasztor on injured reserve. Signed LB A.J. Edds.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB Justin Green, LB Deontae Skinner and DB Daxton Swanson to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed DL Kona Schwenke to the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DB Jemea Thomas from the St. Louis practice squad. Waived CB Brandon Ghee.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Pittsburgh D Robert Bortuzzo two games for interference against New Jersey F Jaromir Jagr during a Dec. 2 game.

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to terms with D Alec Martinez on a six-year contract extension.

COLLEGE BUFFALO — Named Brian Borland defensive coordinator, Andy Kotelnicki offensive coordinator, Daryl Agpalsa offensive line coach and Alan Hensell offensive assistant coach. Retained running backs coach Matt Simon and defensive line coach Chris Cosh.

VANDERBILT — Fired offensive coordinator Karl Dorrell, wide receivers coach Marc Lubick and conditioning coach Bill Hughan.

B4 • The World • Thursday, December 4, 2014

Sports

Boise State is in line for a major bowl game RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press‌

‌T he College Football Playoff selection committee will need to stay up late Saturday night.

The last game to kick off on championship Saturday is the Mountain West title game between No. 22 Boise State and Fresno State.

The Broncos (10-2) are 22nd in the latest playoff rankings, the only team outside the Big Five conferences, putting them in position to earn a guaranteed bid to the New Year’s Day bowls associated with the playoff.

The selection committee must pick the best champion from the so-called Group of Five conferences, which also includes the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Sun Belt and Mid-American

Conference.

If Fresno State (6-6) pulls the upset, the committee is going to have to find another team.

American Commissioner Mike Aresco is not shy about touting his conference, particularly Memphis (9-3).

The Tigers have already earned at least a share of the conference title in an impressive turnaround season. Cincinnati (8-3) and UCF (8-3) also can earn a share of the conference crown this weekend.

Memphis beat Cincinnati but didn’t play UCF. All three played at least two nonconference games against teams from the Big Five. UCF also played BYU. Boise State played one against the Big Five (Mississippi) and BYU. The Sagarin ratings have the Mountain West’s Mountain

division, which includes Boise State, Utah State and Colorado State, rated significantly ahead of the American. The computer rating also gives Boise State a big edge in strength of schedule against Memphis.

Aresco sees it differently.

“What troubles me is I think unfortunately right now we’re almost paying the price for playing such really tough schedules, which we’ve all been asked to do,” Aresco said.

Memphis lost 42-35 at No. 16 UCLA, and lost 24-3 at No. 13 Mississippi in a game that was 7-3 in the fourth quarter. “(The Tigers) were at Oxford, they didn’t play them on a neutral field,” said Aresco, referring to Boise State’s 35-13 loss to Ole Miss at the Georgia Dome the opening weekend of the season.

The Tigers might want to Tigers upset could leave SEC out of first College stay up late, too.

Football Playoff ... ALAThe picks: BAMA 31-14.

FRIDAY FIGHTS NO. 2 FLORIDA STATE (MINUS NO. 3 OREGON (MINUS 13 3 ½) VS. NO. 12 GEORGIA TECH, 1/2) VS. NO. 8 ARIZONA, PAC- ACC CHAMPIONSHIP AT CHAR12 CHAMPIONSHIP AT SANTA LOT TE, NORTH CAROLINA: CLARA, CALIFORNIA: Ducks Seminoles won’t drop with QB Marcus Mariota can another win, but winning just about wrap up the won’t be easy; then again, Heisman with one more it never is for ‘Noles ... big game; Winner goes FLORIDA STATE 28-27. to the playoff? Maybe ...

IOWA STATE (PLUS 33 1/2) AT NO. 4 TCU: Horned Frogs OREGON 42-28.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS (MINUS have easiest weekend of 6 1/2) VS. BOWLING GREEN, playoff contenders, though MID-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP a close call against lowly AT DETROIT: Fifth straight Cyclones could be costly MAC title game appear- ... TCU 58-14. ance for Huskies. They are 2-2 in previous four UPSET SPECIAL ... NORTHERN ILLINOIS NO. 9 KANSAS STATE (OFF) AT NO. 5 BAYLOR: Baylor QB 30-21.

Bryce Petty (concussion) SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT says he’s ready to roll; NO. 1 ALABAMA (MINUS 14 Coach Bill Snyder’s Wild1/2) VS. NO. 14 MISSOURI, SEC cats can bail out the selecCHAMPIONSHIP AT ATLANTA: tion committee with a

Resurgent chargers face big test Sunday ‌ AN DIEGO (AP) — S Philip Rivers hardly ever loses down the stretch, having amassed a 33-6 record in his career in regular-season games in December and January.

Rivers and the rest of the San Diego Chargers (8-4) will be tested this month, starting with Sunday night’s home game against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (9-3).

Rivers is 1-5 against the Patriots, with the lone victory coming in 2008, when Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener. Rivers threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns in a 30-10 victory against the Patriots, who had Matt Cassel at quarterback.

There have been three losses in the regular season and two gut-wrenching defeats in the playoffs — the pratfall at home in the divisional round following the 2006 season that led to coach Marty Schottenheimer getting fired and the loss at New England in the 2007 AFC championship game, when Rivers gamely played on a torn ACL in his right knee.

As he often does, Rivers is looking at the present, not the past.

“I’ve never played them by myself, thank goodness,” Rivers said.

“We’ve never played this Patriot team. We’re 0-0 against this group.

There’s a lot of guys in that locker room that have never played the Patriots in their life. You can’t really say this team is 1-5 against them. We’re 0-0 against them but I think the one thing that does

The Associated Press‌

San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers acknowledges fans as he jogs off the field after the Chargers beat Baltimore on Sunday. hold true about a Patriots team is that over the last how many years, they’ve had a great quarterback, they’ve had great coaches and they’ve always had the players and the scheme and they’ve always been a team that’s tough to deal with.”

Sunday night should be no different. The Patriots are coming off their first loss in eight games, a 26-21 defeat at Green Bay. The Patriots flew straight to San Diego, mostly to cut down on travel. They didn’t get much of a break in the weather because it’s been raining the last two days.

Asked about his relationship with Brady, Rivers said: “I can’t say there’s a relationship there. He’s one guy I don’t

really know. I’ve had very brief conversations the years we’ve played against him. The respect I have for him as a quarterback is utmost.”

Rivers led the Chargers to a thrilling comeback at Baltimore on Sunday, throwing for 383 yards and three touchdowns, including the winning 1-yarder to Eddie Royal with 38 seconds left that gave San Diego a 34-33 victory.

The Chargers are confident after winning three straight.

“We’re excited about the challenge. We know it’s not going to be easy but we do believe we can win the game. We’re going to prepare like crazy all week and go out there and cut it loose,” Rivers said.

T h e te a m s h a ve n ’ t met since 2011, when the Patriots won 35-21.

The Chargers practiced in the rain Wednesday.

Coach Mike McCoy, who hates discussing injuries, said guard Ryan Miller was hurt when he slipped coming out of the locker room.

McCoy said he’d have more information Thursday. When asked if Miller was hospitalized, McCoy said: “Are we tomorrow yet?”

Also missing practice were nose tackle Ryan Carrethers (elbow), outside linebacker Dwight Freeney (rest), defensive tackle Corey Liuget (knee) and rookie center Chris Watt (calf). Inside linebacker Andrew Gachkar (knee) was limited.

victory ... KANSAS STATE 35-24.

NO. 6 OHIO STATE (PLUS 4) VS. NO. 11 WISCONSIN, BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT INDIANAPOLIS: Buckeyes try to make one last statement with a backup quarterback ...

OHIO STATE 31-28.

OKLAHOMA STATE (PLUS 20) AT NO. 18 OKLAHOMA: Bedlam is pretty boring this season outside of Oklahoma ... OKLAHOMA 35-21.

BEST BET FRESNO STATE (PLUS 20) AT NO. 22 BOISE STATE, MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP: Bulldogs have won two straight MW championships ...

BOISE STATE 45-17.

LOUISIANA TECH (PLUS 12 1/2) AT MARSHALL, CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP: Thundering Herd hoping Boise State loss sends them to New Year’s bowl ... MARSHALL 56-42.

Pick the Cowboys in Chicago tonight BARRY WILNER

The Associated Press‌

‌A rare Thursday night game that is not part of a short week has Dallas at Chicago.

B o t h tea m s l o s t o n Thanksgiving Day, and the Bears are headed for a double whammy.

Dallas (8-4) is in the midst of a tight NFC East battle with Philadelphia, as well as in the conference wild-card race. Chicago (5-7) is going nowhere.

Plus, the Cowboys are 5-0 on the road, while the Bears have a 2-3 mark at Soldier Field, with the victories over weaklings Minnesota and Tampa Bay. “It’s hard to get to this point in the year and be 8-4 and right in the middle of the hunt,” veteran tight end Jason Witten said. “I think you play long enough like I have you respect the opportunity that you have and where you are positioned. So I am excited about that.”

Not so exciting is that Dallas has struggled out of the gate in recent games, and has lost three of five, with the wins over the Jaguars and Giants.

Still, Dallas is a 3 1-2point favorite over Chicago. That should be more than manageable ... COWBOYS, 27-20 ATLANTA (PLUS 11) AT GREEN BAY: Packers on quite a roll at Lambeau. Lots of leaps upcoming Monday night ... BEST BET: PACKERS, 37-17 KANSAS CITY (PLUS 1 1/2) AT ARIZONA: Sad to see how injuries have crippled the Cardinals ... UPSET SPECIAL: CHIEFS, 20-19 SEATTLE (PLUS 1) AT PHILADELPHIA: Winner here will be a postseason force.

Both teams could be ...

SEAHAWKS, 22-21

NEW ENGLAND (MINUS 3) AT SAN DIEGO: Patriots won’t get soft after a week in southern California ...

PATRIOTS, 27-20 BALTIMORE (PLUS 3) AT MIAMI: Ravens will run, run and run some more against soft Miami ground defense ... RAVENS, 19-17 BUFFALO (PLUS 10) AT DENVER: Bills’ rush will get to Peyton, just not often enough for an upset ...

BRONCOS, 28-20 SAN FRANCISCO (MINUS 8) AT OAKLAND: These are the kind of road trips any coach likes — across the Bay to face league’s worst team ...

49ERS, 23-10 PITTSBURGH (PLUS 3) AT CINCINNATI: Two befuddling teams who stunk it up last week. The difference: Cincinnati won ... BENGALS, 21-20 INDIANAPOLIS (MINUS 3) AT CLEVELAND: This won’t be easy for Colts, but it is doable ... COLTS, 24-23 HOUSTON (MINUS 5) AT JACKSONVILLE: Jaguars will be sky high after rallying past Giants. No repeat ...

TEXANS, 26-16 NEW YORK GIANTS (PICK ‘EM) AT TENNESSEE: A mess, Big Apple style, vs. a mess, Music City style ...

GIANTS, 23-21 CAROLINA (PLUS 9 1/2) AT NEW ORLEANS: Saints get a home win — and within reach of the .500 level ...

SAINTS, 30-16 TAMPA BAY (PLUS 9 1/2) AT DETROIT: Lions know a playoff spot is there for the taking without any screwups ... LIONS, 31-17 ST. LOUIS (MINUS 2 1/2) AT WASHINGTON: Difficult to go with Rams as a road favorite. But not impossible ...

RAMS, 16-14 NEW YORK JETS (PLUS 6) AT MINNESOTA: Vikings making a push toward respectability. Jets are not ...

VIKINGS, 20-10

Cleveland sticks with Hoyer at quarterback ‌B EREA, Ohio (AP) — Brian Hoyer came dangerously close to losing his dream job for good.

But after getting them into playoff contention, the Browns decided that despite his imperfections and recent mistakes, Hoyer is still their starting quarterback over rookie Johnny Manziel, who may be their future but isn’t ready to handle the present.

The Browns are Hoyer’s team for at least one more Sunday.

“I want to see this thing through,” Hoyer said. “I want to finish this strong.”

Cleveland’s struggling veteran will start again this week against Indianapolis after first-year coach Mike Pettine and his staff decided Hoyer would be the better option down the stretch than Manziel, who flashed some Johnny Football magic last week in a loss at Buffalo.

Hoyer’s poor performance against the Bills — he was pulled for Manziel with 12 minutes left in a 26-10 loss — raised the possibility that Cleveland (7-5) would make another switch at the position. The Browns have had 20 starting quarterbacks since 1999.

Hoyer spent an anxious 48 hours waiting to learn his fate.

“They weren’t the easiest days of my life, that’s for sure,” he said. “I’ve been through a lot, and this is one more thing to handle some adversity and it makes you stronger. It’s back to business as usual.”

Pettine described the decision as difficult because of Hoyer’s performance, but said coaches put more value on his experience and success.

“It wasn’t perfect and he’s made his share of mistakes, but he’s gotten

the lion’s share of reps in practice and virtually all of them in games and has us in the thick of a playoff hunt,” Pettine said. “That, to me, was probably the biggest determining factor.”

Pettine said he told both quarterbacks his decision on Wednesday.

Manziel, who led the Browns on an 80-yard to u c h d ow n d r ive h e capped with a 10-yard run last week, was understandably disappointed.

But the first-round draft pick was encouraged by his time on the field and knows his chance may not be far off.

“Obviously, that’s a decision that’s made by Coach Pettine,” he said.

“And this week his answer was, ‘No’ so moving forward whatever transpires, m ayb e n ex t t i m e t h e answer will be, ‘Yes.’” Pettine said there was

some “lively” discussion before the coaching staff agreed to stay with Hoyer, who has thrown just one touchdowns pass and six interceptions in his last three games. Hoyer will not be on a “short leash” and Pettine is confident the five-year veteran and the rest of Cleveland’s offense can bounce back after a rough stretch.

Before finalizing his decision, Pettine spoke with several players, who offered their support of Hoyer.

“He’s a resilient competitor,” Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas said, “and that says everything you need to know about him because he’s not the type of guy that will feel sorry for himself. He’s not going to lay down. He’s going to prepare even harder.”

Manziel said he felt good about the way he played and figured he had done

enough to make the decision tough on Cleveland’s coaches.

“Just being competitive, there’s a little bit of disappointment,” said Manziel.

“But at the same time I completely trust Coach Pettine with this team and I believe he’s put us in the right situation going forward consistently.”

Comebacks aren’t new for Hoyer.

A lifelong Browns fan, the Cleveland-area native had his boyhood wishes come true last season when he was given the starting job. He made three starts before tearing a knee ligament against the Bills.

Hoyer rehabbed tirelessly to get back and while he expected the Browns to draft a quarterback, he never imagined it would be Manziel, the immensely popular former Texas A&M quarterback and college football legend.

Hoyer beat out Manziel in training camp and has held him off again.

“I always have a fire lit,” Hoyer said. “Anytime someone questions you, you want to prove them wrong. I’m sure there are people questioning me all along, not just this week, throughout the entire season.”

NOTES: Pettine’s not concerned about the reaction of Browns fans. The city seemed split between Hoyer and Manziel. “The Dawg Pound is happiest when we’re winning,” he said. “Therefore, it’s what this business is all about. I think opinions will be very divided on this regardless of what had happened.” ...

Starting RB Isaiah Crowell was held out of practice with a hip injury. He leads the team with seven touchdowns. ... TE Gary Barnidge has a rib injury and remains day-to-day.

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BRIDGE Hattie McDaniel, an actress who died in 1952, said, “When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a knife and fork. The trouble is that Mother forgot to teach me how to stop using them!”

We have a fork play in bridge, named after Cardinal Morton, who was made the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 and Lord Chancellor of England in 1487 by Henry VII. Whichever you turn, you lose. It is highlighted in this deal.

South blasted into six spades.

West led the club queen. What should

declarer have done?

After North’s three-spade gameforcing rebid that showed three-card support, South wondered if a grand slam were makable, but sensibly settled for the uninformative leap to six spades.

South had 10 top tricks: six spades, two hearts and two clubs. He needed to establish his heart suit to gain the extra tricks. That would have been easy if the five missing cards were splitting 3-2, but what if they were 4-1?

Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s king and drew two rounds of trumps with dummy’s honors. When West turned up with three, South sensibly decided that if either opponent had a singleton heart, it was more likely to be West than East.

Declarer played a heart to his ace and returned a heart toward the dummy.

What could West have done?

Nothing! If he had ruffed, dummy would have played low. Then South would have taken the next club, unblocked dummy’s heart king, ruffed a diamond in his hand, and ruffed a heart to establish his suit. And when West discarded, declarer won in the dummy and conceded a heart trick to East.

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PUBLISHED: The World- December 04, 2014 (ID-20264534) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, December 15, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 62347 Catching Slough, Coos Bay, OR 97420. The court case number is 13CV0193, where Consumer Solutions 3, LLC is plaintiff, and Michael L. McGinnis is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Oregon State Courts.

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2014 Annual Meeting The Coos Soil and Water Conservation District 2014 Annual Meeting will be held Friday, December 19th, from 6:30-9:30 PM, at the Coos County OSU extension building at 631 Alder St, Myrtle Point, OR 97458. There will be dinner and refreshments followed by presentations from guest speakers David Bower of Ewing Irrigation on Conserving Water and Energy through Automated Irrigation; and Cassie Bouska, Agriculture Extension Faculty; on Pasture Management Strategies to Promote Water Quality. The District will also award prizes to the

On Monday, December 15, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 93342 Upper Loop Rd. Coos Bay, OR 97420.

The court case number is 13CV0288, where Bayview Loan Servicing, is plaintiff, and Franklin W. Osinski, is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Oregon State Courts. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World - November 13, 20, & 27 and December 04, 2014 (ID-20263241)

250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 1139 N. Dean Street, Coquille, OR 97423. The court case number is 13CV0746, where Nationstar Mortgage LLC, is plaintiff, and Yula L. Pifher; James Strader, is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Oregon State Courts.

For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World-November 13, 20,& 27 and December 04, 2014 (ID-20263173) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, December 15, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 1875 22nd Street Myrtle Point, OR 97458.

The court case number is 14CV0160, where OneWest Bank, FSB, is plaintiff, and Billy G. Terhune is defendant.

The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Oregon State Courts. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World - November 13, 20, & 27 and December 04, 2014 (ID-20263180) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, December 15, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 1135 Lakewood Lane, Coos Bay, OR 97420. The court case number is 14CV0472, where Northwest Community Credit Union, is plaintiff, and Robin B. Marsh; Michelle M. Marsh, is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, December 15, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 2606 Broadway, North Bend OR 97459. The court case number is 13CV0727, where Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, is plaintiff, and Daniel G. Coleman; Sage W. Coleman, is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Oregon State Courts. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World-November 13, 20,& 27 and December 04, 2014 (ID-20263172) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, December 15, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse,

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The Coquille Indian Housing Authority has prepared an Annual Performance Report for the Coquille Indian Tribe’s housing programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian Housing Block Grant during the fiscal period ended September 30, 2014. The report is available for public review online at www.coquilleiha.org or during normal business hours at:  Coquille Indian Housing Authority, 2678 Mexeye Loop, Coos Bay, OR 97420  Coquille Indian Tribe, 3050 Tremont Avenue, North Bend, OR 97459  Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Street, Coos Bay, OR 97420  North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Avenue, North Bend, OR 97459

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PUBLIC COMMENT IS INVITED and will be received through 2:00 p.m., December 18, 2014. Please address all requests and comments in writing to Anne Cook, Executive Director, Coquille Indian Housing Authority, 2678 Mexeye Loop, Coquille Tribal Lands, Coos Bay, OR 97420; (541) 888-8266 fax; annecook@coquilleiha.org.

PUBLISHED: The World- December 04, 2014 (ID-20263971)

Public Notice On-Air Announcement On November 4, 2014, an application was filed with the Federal Communications Commission seeking consent to the Assignment of Broadcast License of Radio Station KYSJ (FM), Coos Bay, Oregon. Assignor is Lighthouse Radio Group and Assignee is Post Rock Communications, LLC. KYSJ (FM) operates on an assigned frequency of 105.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 15,000 watts.

The General Partners of Lighthouse Radio Group are Harry Abel and Michael Gaudette. The shareholders, officers, and directors of Post Rock Communications, LLC is Charles A. Contreras.

A copy of the application is available for public inspection during regular business hours at 580 Kingwood Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 PUBLISHED: The World - November 25. 27, December 02 and 04, 2014 (ID-20264076)

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2014 Stay calm and plan every move in advance when dealing with money matters. Resist the pleas from anyone asking for a loan or handout. A strict budget will keep you from getting in over your head and allow you to save for something special.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — Keep anyone trying to persuade you to do something that goes against your morals or beliefs at arm’s length. Don’t give in to temptation or you will damage your reputation and confidence.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Business and pleasure will go hand-in-hand. You will make a favorable impression on your peers with your friendly and relaxed manner. Useful advice will come from an unexpected source.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You will be overtly emotional to remarks or gestures made in your presence. Step away from the situation before a heated discussion breaks out.

It’s better to retreat than to have regrets.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Take time to have some fun. Spend the day at a spa, take a hike or listen to music.

Time spent alone or with someone you love will ease your jangled nerves.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Your earning potential can increase if you are willing to learn new skills. Take a close look at the qualifications you need to land a top position and start the ball rolling.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Difficulties while traveling will be aggravating. Keep a level head during traffic delays or poor weather conditions. It’s best to slow down and let everything around you unfold naturally.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Get out and interact with people who appreciate your attributes and stimulate your senses. Beneficial personal and professional connections will be made if you network. Share what you have to offer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can reduce your stress level if you refuse to let others take advantage of you.

Following your intuition will enable you to make the best

choice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t be tempted to reveal your personal secrets. Deal with unfinished projects and chores.

You will accomplish all you set out to do and still have time left over for relaxation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — The key to a current situation can be resolved if you discuss your dilemma with someone you trust and respect. The expertise offered will ensure that you are on the right path.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Decisions regarding your financial future should take top priority. Make a list of everything you already have in place and set realistic goals to achieve your desired outcome.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Deception is evident.

Someone will keep important information from you. Don’t believe everything that you are told or shown. Get the facts firsthand and you won’t make a costly mistake.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6, 2014 Be receptive to information offered to you and quickly incorporate what is usable into your everyday routine. Observation and listening will help you glean the most important details of any enterprise, allowing you to advance steadily. Experience will give you valuable problemsolving skills.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — You are a crusader and unlikely to stand by while others are mistreated. Your concern and helpfulness will be recognized and honored by your peers, friends and family.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your romantic or family situation is undergoing change.

Personal issues can be solved if you have a heart-to-heart talk with those concerned.

Compromise will be possible as long as everyone contributes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Stick to your own agenda. Helpful friends may offer unsolicited advice regarding your personal or professional life. Follow your instincts. You are the best judge of what is

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Your heightened intuition will keep you on top of any situation. Your attention to detail and ability to see the whole picture will win approval from your superiors.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t allow others to overlook or stifle your abilities. Be an active participant both inside and outside the workplace. Your outstanding ideas will be wasted if you don’t speak up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Don’t be too self-critical.

Improvements and changes need time to develop. Be patient, and your hard work will pay off. Stick to simple plans with realistic goals, and success will be yours.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Keep an eye on your spending habits. Trying to impress or outdo your neighbors will backfire, as an unexpected expense will leave you strapped for cash.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Someone will misinterpret your attentiveness. Don’t lead anyone on. If you are not experiencing the same depth of feeling, you are best to be blunt about your intentions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You have a lot to offer. Get involved in an organization or agency that provides help to the underprivileged. A casual meeting will have a profound effect on your future.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Problems with a partner or loved one will surface. Keep a handle on your temper. If you are not careful in what you say, your words may be used against you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You are craving companionship and mental stimulation. Get together with friends who inspire you. Take part in unusual cultural activities that bring insight into different lifestyles.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Do your best to finalize a pending situation. Put all your cards on the table and be firm about what you expect in return.

Real estate or investment deals are looking good.

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Dilbert

Dilbert

Frank And Ernest

Frank And Ernest

The Born Loser

The Born Loser

Zits

Zits

Classic Peanuts

Classic Peanuts

For Better or For Worse

For Better or For Worse

Rose is Rose

Rose is Rose

Luann

Luann

Grizzwells

Grizzwells

Kit ’N’ Carlyle

The Family Circus

Herman