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TODAY 'S REABiRBOA RB BRIEFING day night at the RE/MAX Gold offices in downtown Sonora tohearabout the plan for several Northern California A movement to split California into and Southern Oregon counties to form two separate northern and southern a new state that would be called Jefstates is gaining traction in Tuolumne ferson.

"I am so encouraged to see so many County.

More than 75 people gathered Tues- patriots here tonight," said JamesBy ALEX MacLEAN The Union Democrat

Pell'klllg —So nora Police Department in process of training new parking-enforcement officer.A2

town resident Mark Banks, one of the key organizers behind movement in Tuolumne County. 'We only started about a month ago, and we' ve seen a groundswell of support."

Tuolumne and Calaveras are two of at least 13 Northern California counties expected to file declarations

for the State of Jefferson at a rally in Sacramento scheduled for Jan. 6. Six other counties have already filed declarations.

Supporterssay rural counties lack enough representation at both the See JEFFERSON / Back Page

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By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

Twins used to be a novelty,but these days doppelgangers have hit an all-time high.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its 2014 birth report which said twin births were higher than ever — 33.9 per every 1,000 live births in the U.S. The rate increased slightly from 2013, where the rate was 33.7 per 1,000 live births.

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Zach Bragdon, of Diamond Springs (above), talks about his overnight ordeal Sunday near Ebbetts Pass. A stuck snowmobile is nearly buried near Ebbetts Pass (right), where Bragdon and a friend were stranded overnight. The pair were photographed by a camera attached to CHP Valley Division Air Ops helicopter (below).

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the national trend. There have been five sets of twins born in Tuolumne County so far this year and four sets born in 2014. Two sets were a boy and a girl ,two sets were boy-boy, and one set was girl-girl.

There's no birth center in Calaveras County, so only a few home births (all singles) were reported in 2014 and 2015. There were 533 deliveriesat Sonora Regional Medical Center,according to its 2014 annual report.

The triplet and higherorder multiple birth rate dropped 5 percent in 2014 to 113.5 per 100,000 births and is down by more than 40 percentsince its 1998 high, the CDC reports.

The twin birth rate rose 76 percentfrom 1980 to 2009 (from 18.9 to 33.2 per 1,000 live births). In Tuolumne County there were six sets of twins born in 1980. Of those, three sets were boy-girl and three sets were boyboy. All six sets were born from May to August.

The national twin birth rate was generally stable between 2009 and 2012, and rose 2 percent from 2012 to 2013, the CDC reported.

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Snowmobilers survive sub-zero mountain ordeal near Ebbetts Pass Stranded in deep snow, two men in their 20s endure afreezing night near the crest ofthe Sierra Nevada Rescuers respond on the.ground and in the air

By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat

Zach Bragdon and Josh Seidel knew it was going bad when their gloves and boots began melting in flames they'd lit in a snow pit they dug to survive a freezing night near Ebbetts Pass.

Their ordeal already included getting two high-performance hillclimbing snowmobiles stuck multiple

times in deep snow in a remote canyon, and mechanical problems with one of the machines. They'd lost communication with a third buddy on a ridgetopabove them. They'd dangled a beer koozie on a string into one of their stranded machine's gas tanks

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"It's been like 17 hours or somefor fuel to start their fire. thing like that since we' ve been stuck Search-and-rescue personnel on out in, I'm going to call it Hell Hole, more snowmobiles from Markleeville because it sucks out here," Bragdon found the terrain too steep and spent the nightcamped above. Would-be See SURVIVAL / Back Page

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Training underway for parking enforcement The class remains the hardest part of his training to schedule, with course listJoel Battle may soon be ings not posted until after the facepeoplelovetohate. the first of the year, Stinson He has been hired as the said, adding there is no tarparking enforcement officer get date for Battle to finish in downtown Sonora. training.

"It all depends how fast it The new Sonora Police D epartment recruit is i n takes him to learn," Stinson training after the agency said. hired him this fall to help Battle was hired as a with plans to ramp up park- part-time community sering enforcement over the vice officer with no prior next year. law enforcement experience.

City parking laws are The choice is typical for the now enforced with a compli- entry-level position with ant-basedapproach. Ifa citi- none of the last hires holdzen reports an unlawfully ing any prior experience eiparked vehicle, the police ther, Stinson said. will issue a citation, Chief of Patrol hours and days will Police Mark Stinson said. vary, but remain limited to Battle will do random pa- less than 30 hours a week. trolsofthe street on foot or The new position comes in the department's three- just after the Sonora City wheeled parking-enforce- Council extended parking ment vehicle. times in downtown from two The increased enforce- to three hours. ment will target no-parking The extension ties into red zones and timed-park- the Vision Sonora Plan, aping violations. proved by the city in 2013 Battle still needs to com- and funded by a $250,000 plete two classes through stategrant,to improve aesoutside law enforcement thetics, traffic flow and comagencies and finish learn- merce along Washington ing the report, computer Street and Stockton Road. and citations systems at the Battledeclined to comSonorastation beforehispo- ment on his training and sition will go into full effect, the position Tuesday, referStinson said. ring all questions to Stinson.

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Sierra Club day hike, meet 9 a.m., Mary Laveroni Community Park, Highway 120, Groveland,.

Storytime and Craft, chilTODAY dren through age 5, 10:30 a.m., Tuolumne Talkers, Toast- Tuolumne County Library, 480 masters, 6:45 a.m., Papa's New Roost, 20049 Highway 108, East Sonora, 586-4705.

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The program traces its roots to the year 1930. An article in Yosemite Nature Grown-ups who work at Yo- Notes published in J u ne semite National Park realize 1937 states, "The 1936 sumchildren are the future, and mer meeting of the Yosemthey say the Junior Ranger ite Junior Nature School Program is a time-tested way showed an increase in the to engage young people as numbers ... with a total enstewards for the park and its rollment of 410 children." natural wonders.

This year, Yosemite emp loyees have s worn i n 22,600 Junior R a ngers.

That's a record number for one year.

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a.m. to 4 p.m., 88 Bradford Ave., Sonora, 588-1597; 10 a.m. to 2 TODAY p.m., Tuolumne County Senior Storytime, 11 a.m., CalavCenter, 540 Greenley Road, Soeras Central Library, 891 Mounnora.

Mother Goose storytime, tain Ranch Road, San Andreas. children to age 2, 10:30 a.m., Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Road, Sonora, 5335507.

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Sharon Kay Brandau June 27, 1947 — Dec. 23, 2015

NEWS OF RECORD

when called upon. Ifyou Through her strong work ever had the good fortune ethicand striving for excelto meet her, you' re a bet- lence, Shirley inspired her ter person for it. I cannot family to do their very best. express in words how much Shirley lovingly described she wa loved and how much them as a "family of overshe will be missed. achievers."

Sharon was preceded in Shirley served as Vicedeath byher father,Marion President and co-owner of Harris an d m o t her, Ethel A.U. Morse and Company, a Fern Matthews. wall-covering distributor, in She is survived by her Burlingame from 1972 until h usband R i c hard; he r the time of her retirement in daughter Kathleen; her sis- 1989. ter Ann (Dale) Bartoletti of Shirley volunteered with Salinas; and her niece Elise the Cub Scouts and B (Vic) Sias of Campbell. She Scouts and Little League in had many relatives living in Burlingame. She was a memKansas, Missouri, Arkansas ber atthe First Presbyterian and Arizona who conveyed Church in Burlingame and to Ann their sorrow in Sha- Mount Calvary Lutheran ron's passing.

Church in Sugar Pine.

The family has requested Her hobbies included gethat no services will be held nealogy, sewing, quilting, at this time. A celebration needlework, playing games, of her life will be planned by traveling, entertaining and her familyat a later date. spending time with family and &iends.

Shirley and her family are Shirley Verlea deeply grateful for the comKavanaugh passionate and attentive care June 18, 1929 —Dec. 21, 2015 she received by the caregivers at Avalon Care Center, where

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Sharon Kay Brandau was born on June 27, 1947, and passed away December 23, 2015. Far too early, at the age of 68, but she took with her the love of her husband Richard afternearly 44 years in marriage. Her daughter Kathleen lost a

following serious i njuries from a fall.

A celebration for Shirley's faith and life will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 24176 Pine Lake Drive, Sugar Pine, CA 95383 on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made

mother and closest friend.

to Mount Calvary Lutheran

She will always be remembered in our hearts for her uncommon love for family and friends.

Sharon and Rich resided for most oftheir married life in Salinas. After working in the banking industry for a number of years, she retired from Cabrillo Community College in Aptos.

She loved to spend time at our cabin in Pine Crest and so fell in love with the area that there was no that Twain Harte would be our final r esidence following retirement. She made many friends in the area over the last 10 years and was active in various groups that utilized her many talents.

Above all else, Sharon loved to read,and her book list rivaledthe best. She loved to wander through antique shops in hopes of finding small collectibles. She had an uncannyeyeforfinding a simpleyet special treasure.

She also had a great love for the many cats that were fortunate enough to grace her lap throughout her life and a birding book was always close by to identify a new bird that happened to

Church, P.O. Box 280, MiWuk Village, CA 95346-0280.

rest among our trees.

She was a private person but always open to help out

Shirley Verlea Kavanaugh passed away on Dec. 21, 2015, at Avalon Care Center in Sonora. She was 86 years old.

Shirley was born on June 18, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri to her parents Orville and Hazel Trowbridge. Shirley was the eldest of four daughters, Joan of Chula Vista, and Jessie Carol and Donna Marie, who both died as toddlers.

Shirley was the beloved wife and " sweetheart" of Gordon Kavanaugh for 67 years. She was the beloved mother of Debra Campbell (Scot) of Foster City, Rev. Dr. Janet Bower (Todd) of Hillsborough and Mark Kavanaugh (Sheri) of Twain Harte; the beloved grandmother of Michael Campbell (Melissa) of San Francisco, Matthew Campbell (Tania) of Houston, Texas, Brian Bower (Emily) of Chicago, Dr. Jennifer Dawson (Scott) of San Carlos, and Brianna Kavanaugh of Soulsbyville. Shirley was also the beloved great-grandmother of Skylar and Drew Campbell, Nathaniel and Madeline Dawson and Charlotte and Theodore Bower.

Elizabeth (B elli Cook June 13, 1934 — Dec. 13, 2015

son-in-law, Rebecca and James Wade, of Fresno; and her son and daughter-inlaw, Ken Cook and Sherri, of Oakd ale.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Cook.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Sierra Bible Church, 15171 Tuolumne Road, Sonora, CA 95370.

Kathleen (Weston) Huebner Dec. 6, 1919 — Dec. 16, 2015

Kathleen (Weston) Huebner, 96, passed away in her home in Stockton on the morning of December 16, 2015. She was born in Oakland, to Emil King and Beatrice Weston and returned to Sonora at the age of three months.

Kathleen attended Sonora Elementary and graduated from Sonora High School in 1938. She resided in Stockton for the past 75 years working as a supervisor for Pacific Bell and raising two daughters.

Kathleen was a gracious lady who loved to travel, read and work in her beautiful garden.

Kathleen is survived by daughters Kimberly Huebner Berggren, of Stockton and Tara Huebner Spafford (Skip), of Gait; her brother Allan Weston (Dorothy), of New Hazelton British Columbia; her s i ster-in-law Arlene Weston, of Sonoma; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Kathleen is predeceased in death by her loving husband of 41 years, Paul F. Huebner; her brothers Leonard Weston and E ugene Weston; and her sister Alice Mae Bird.

Private graveside services were held December 28, 2015, atMountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora, California. Heuton Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Death notices Elizabeth (Bell) C ook passed away on Dec. 13, 2015, in Clovis, California.

She was born June 13, 1934, in Bluford, Illinois. On Feb. 6, 1954, she married Charles Cook.

She attended Sierra Bible Church and was a member of the Desoto Club, California Chapter, and the Chris-

Death Notices in The Union Democrat are published free of charge. They include the name,age and hometown of the deceased, the date of death; service information; and memorial contribution information. The deadline is 2 p.m. the day before publication.

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PERKINS — Janice PerElizabeth is survived by kins, 67, died Monday at her son and daughter-in- home inSonora.Heuton Melaw, Ed and Janice Cook, of morial Chapel is handling arSonora; her daughter and rangements. tian Motorcycle Association.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY

A woman was detained in a Mono Way businessforshopThe Sonora Police Depart- lifting.

1:31 p.m., Jamestown ment reported the following: Mail was stolen on Petticoat Junction Drive.

MONDAY 1:38 p.m., Sonora area4:40 a.m., suspicious circumstances — A suspicious Two men walked around Sallooking man was near a South lander Drive knocking on doors and looking inside windows.

Washington Street business.

3:21 p.m., Sonora area — A 8:02 a.m., suspicious circumstances — A Wall Street Dusty Trail person was threatwoman located a carjack that ened by her neighbors.

3:56 p.m., Twain Harte — A was stolen from her residence storage container was broken in the back of a vehicle.

9:58 a.m., trespass — A into on Lava Road.

4:29 p.m., Sonora area — A man wearing a Raiders jacket disrupted the peace on South 7-year-old child was left alone inside a Mono Way laundry for Washington Street.

10:38 a.m., disorderly con- at least 45 minutes while the duct —A man wearing a black child's parents were shopping.

5:12 p.m., Twain Harte — A jacket and gloves chased transients while swinging a stick wheelbarrow was stolen from at them on South Washington a Manzanita Drive backyard.

7:18 p.m., Groveland — A Street.

11:12 a.m., theft — A West Pine Mountain Drive garage Jackson Street man reported window was broken.

9:06 p.m., Jamestown his cell phone as stolen.

11:44 a.m., theft — A man Someone threw rocks at a Jim and a woman attempted to Brady Road residence. steal a basket full of groceries Felony bookings at a Mono Way grocery store.

Upon trying to leave the propMONDAY erty, their vehicle broke down 11:11 a.m., Sonora — Roband an arrest was made.

2:21 p.m., theft — A Roble ert Patrick Klein, 52, of the 300 Drive man reported items were block of Pasadena Avenue, taken from his unlocked ve- was booked on suspicion of hicle. burglary after an arrest on Tu4:46 p.m., harassment — A olumne Road.

6:41 p.m., Sonora —Desiree woman saw another person videotaping her at a M ono Natasha Boulanger, 31, transient, was booked on suspicion Way business.

5:58 p.m., burglary —A man of burglary after an arrest on found a woman burglarizing Stockton Road. his home on West Bradford Arrests Avenue.

8 p.m., theft —Someone atCited on suspicion of driving tempted to steal from a Mono under the influence of alcohol Way businessSunday night.

10:24 p.m., trespass — A ol' drugs: woman refused to leave a South Washington Street busiMONDAY None reported. ness.

The Sheriff 's 0fffce reported the following: MONDAY 7:34 a.m., Twain Harte — A woman was scammed out of $360 from a virus on her computer.

9:21 a.m., Groveland —Numerous tools were stolen from a Highway 120 construction site.

9:23 a.m., Sonora area — A Highway 49 residence was burglarized.

10 a.m., Sonora area — A Longeway Road man reported that his Volkswagen Bug was vandalized.

10:11 a.m., Sonora area — A Tuolumne Road church worship center was broken into.

10:15 a.m., Sonora areaA person was threatened at a Mono Way bank.

11:57 a.m., Columbia — A Gold Springs Drive home was burglarized.

12:04 p.m., SoulsbyvilleNumerous mailboxes were found open on Willow Springs Drive.

12:45 p.m., JamestownSomeone attempted to break into a High School Road business over the last weekend.

1:09 p.m., Sonora area-

CALAVERAS COUNTY The Sheriff's Office reported the following: MONDAY 8:11 a.m., San AndreasTwo bottles of shampoo were stolen from an East Saint Charles Street business.

8:35 a.m., Valley SpringsA Highway 26 business was broken into.

3:57 p.m., San Andreas — A Mariposa Street business was broken into.

6:02 p.m., Jenny Lind — A Knoll Drive person reported someone posted harassing things on a social media website.

7:54 p.m., San AndreasA West Saint Charles Street resident was concerned that someone tampered with their telephone.

Felony bookings MONDAY None reported.

Arrests MONDAY None reported.

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John Njirich and Ashley Dawn Rains Marriages recorded zn Dec. 10, Hailey Marie McTuolumne County from Nay, a girl, born to Craig Dec. 19 through Dec. 28 Robert McNay and Ashley Allison Villamor (znedChng date given): Dec. 19, Schyler Christian Dec. 11, Timothy AlexanJohnson and Mallay Sandra der Kreger, a boy, born to Crownover Timothy Robert Kreger and Dec. 21, Taylor Francis Joan Lopez Posica Barrett and Doria Renee Dec. 13, Henry Alexander Curry Sipe, a boy, born to Thomas Dec. 22, Bonnie Marie El- Martin Sipe and Jamie Elizlis and Brian Michael Cozad abeth Falk Dec. 23, Brittni Renee Dec. 14, Piper Lory StorHicks and Donavin Payton ment, a girl, born to SoloJuwan Lingley mon Ray Storement and Brittainy Lauren Green Births r e corded i n Dec. 15, M alia C l aire Tuolumne County from Moyle, a girl, born to Josh Dec. 1 through Dec. 28 James Moyle and C alee (mother's maiden name Jayne Blume Dec. 16, Jesse Alexander given in most entries): Dec. 1, Camden Phillip Burkhart, a boy, born to Rains, a boy, born to Andrew Michael Joel Burkhart and

Khrystian Sue Thomas Dec. 16, Koa Robert Cox, a boy, born to Kyle Tyler Cox and Demitra Margurite Perkins Dec. 16, Lexie Louise Cox, a girl, born to Kyle Tyler Cox and Demitra Margurite Perkins Dec. 17, Victoria Renee Bottemiller, a girl, born to Cody Lewis Bottemiller and Taylor Melanic Marie Cle-

Robert Woodman and Brandy Michelle Gwinn

D eaths r e corded i n Zholumne County from Dec. 14 through Dec. 28r Dec. 14, J ohn D a niel Horner Sr. Dec. 18, Vincent Paul Vela Dec. 18, Dan Earl Virden Dec. 19, Kathryn A nn Dorsey Dec. 20, Rose Messina ments Agerter Dec. 17, Scarlett Rose ViDec. 20, Clyde Ian Melgnola-Machado, a girl, born ville to Austin Daniel Machado Dec. 20, Leonar Scott and Savannah Leigh Vi- West Dec. 21, Shirley Verlea gnola Dec. 19, L ucas Moyle Kavanaugh Armbright, aboy, born to Dec. 21, Lois Arlene LaJames Joseph Armbright mar and Jessica Marie Grajeda Dec. 22, Shirley William Dec. 19, Bellablue Clau- Campbell dia Woodman, a girl, born to Dec. 22, Stoney Campbell

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grapples with redistricting Fifty-one years ago the Supreme Court handed down its one-person-one-vote decision, requiring that within each state congressional and legislative districts must have equal populations.

That gaveredistricters a relatively easy standard to meet. Census data provides block-by-block population counts every 10 years, and it's possible now to draw lines for districts so that their populations are identical or vary by just one person.

But redistricting cases keep making their way to the Court nonetheless.

One reason is that the Voting Rights Act amendments of the 1980s have been interpreted as requiring the creation of a maximum number of districts with majorities or near-majorities of black or K spanic r esidents. This h a s produced many gro-< <~ Bgl.ogg tesquely shaped constituencies and much litigation.

This month the Court heard two other redistricting cases. One, Evenwell v. Abbott, was brought in Texas. The plaintifFs argue that districts should be equal not in total population but in number of eligible voters. They live in areaswhere almost alladultresidents are citizens,but in other areas — the Lower Rio Grande Valley particularly— a majority ofresidents aren't,because they are non-citizens or children.

As a result some districts have two to three times as many eligible voters as others. That's not equal representation, plaintiffs argue.

This was not a situation foreseen in 1964. Due to restrictive immigration laws, depression and war, the nation's population had the lowest percentage of non-citizens since the 1830s. And in that baby boom era, just about every part of the country had similar percentages of adults and children. Equal population districts thus tended to generate districts with equal numbers of eligible voters.

Plus, the courts have made exceptions to the equalpopulation rule, so that prison populations and military basesare not counted for state legislative representa-

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tion. You don't want to create a district where no one is

eligible to vote.

Today some heavily immigrant districts come close to that. California's congressional districts had equal total populations in the 2010 Census. But in November 2012, 337,634 people voted in the low-immigrant-population 4th district in the northwest Sierra and only 119,234 in the heavily Kspanic 21st district in the Central Valley.

So there's an intellectually respectable argument that districts should be based on eligible voter population rather than total population.

Or, as Justice Anthony Kennedy suggested, could be.

Texas' position is that its Republican legislature chose to use total population (even though using eligible voters would help Republicans) and that that is at least permissible as well, if not mandatory.

There's one other problem for the Evenwell plaintifFs. The Census taken every 10 years provides fine grain detail on total population. The Census' American Community Survey and other sources provide estimates and

2016- KE7 th C NU V,ooo GUEST COLUMN

Clearing the desk before turn of the year Here are a few admittedly random opinions and thoughts, more or less collected from my bedside table and pants pockets.

If the country in 2016 is to actually debate about whether to send Americans into harm's way in combat in the Middle East, let's remember the words of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who candidly wrote in 'The Age of Turbulence," his 2007 autobiography, "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: The Iraq war is largely about oil."

Memo to presidential campaign folks and presspeople:N ationalcampaigns are not about the candidates; campaigns are — and should be — about the voters and the people.

Sen. John McCain said it best: "I don' t see why a good teacher should be paid less money than a bad senator."

Every presidential debate is a job interview, and the voters are the boss who hires or denies the candidates applying for the job.

There is something really wrong about our national priorities when presidential candidates repeatedly promise to eliminate any federal taxes on unearned income from stocks or dividends but have

Mark

Shields absolutely nothing to say about the national shame of looking the other way while more than 16 million vulnerable American children — an increase of about 3 million in just five years — live among us in poverty, with inadequate food, shelter and guidance. The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among developed nations.

There is a big difference between fame alld success.

election identified themselves as "white born-again Christians." According to the Gallup Poll, New Hampshire residents rank 49th in weekly church attendance, whereas Iowans are tied for 23rd.

As war is debated or recommended in this campaign year, let us remember what Gen. Norman Schwarzkopfsaid when he was repeatedly praised forhis leadership of U.S. troops in 1991's successful Gulf War: "It doesn't take a hero to order men intobattle.It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."

If Las Vegas is so darn smart, then why is it in a place where the average daytime high temperature in July is 106 degrees?

My personal Oscar pick for best actress — for her heart-touching portrayal in "Brooklyn" of a young, homesick Irish immigrant in the 1950s — is Saoirse (it' s pronounced SEAR'-shuh, honest) Ronan.

Do yourself a favor and see her.

Let's allagreeto seek outandvisitaforgotten friend, to keep a promise, to make a child laugh, to speak our love, to be grateful.

For example, consider Kim Kardashian and Mother Teresa.

Why are Iowa Republicans — who in the past have flocked to the religiously and culturall y conservative candidacies of televangelist Pat Robertson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Sen. Rick Santorum — so different from New Hampshire voters, who, just a week later, gave a cold shoulder to each of those candidates? One explanation: Almost four Mark Shields isa syndicated columnist times as many Hawkeye voters as Gran- and a political analyst for t jre NetesHour iteStatersin the most recent presidential on PBS.

lessdetail.That leaves more room fordistricters to draw

linesforpartisan advantage — gerrymandering.

So it seems unlikely that the Court will require use of eligible voters. But if a majority of justices indicate they'll permit it, that could have repercussions — mostly in favor of Republicans — in redistricting following the 2020 Census or if, as permitted, they redraw their lines before that.

The other redistricting case heard last month, Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, raises the issue of whether a plan in which district populations vary by 10 percent can be invalidated because it favors one party. Here the Court has an opportunity to set a

standardthatwillcutback on itsredistricting caseload.

Arizona's reputedly nonpartisan commission, like California's, was successfully stacked by Democrats and drew lines that tended to pack large numbers of Republicans into a few districts with above-average populations. The commission says it acted to align districts with countyli nes,asiflegislators are supposed to represent governmental units rather than people.

In 2012, Republicans carried Arizona's vote for U.S. House of Representatives by a 52 to 44 percent margin.

But under the commission's plan Republicans won only four districts and Democrats five. Winning Republicans

won 61 to 67 percent of the vote. Three winning Democrats won margins averaging of 2.9 percent.

The Court has refused to overturn even blatantly partisan plans, notably one by Pennsylvania Republicans.

But allowing districts to be 10 percent larger or smaller than averageprovides redistricterswith far greater opportunity for gerrymandering than a requirement that distri ctscome very closeto equalpopulations.

Courts can't stop partisan gerrymandering entirely. But they can limit its efFectiveness by enforcing strict numerical equality, by simple arithmetic. Supreme Court justices weary of redistricting cases might keep that in mind.

Michael Barone isa syndicated columnist and a Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner.

He is the author of two books on American politics.

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Tribe to reopen casino after a year FRESNO — A Central Californiatribe is set to reopen its casino Thursday, more than ayear after a faction attempted an armed takeover, sending gamblers scrambling with chips left on the tables.

The Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino near Coarsegold will reopen in time for New Year's Eve celebrations.

A formal grand opening is planned Jan. 15, casino officials said in a statement.

The casino in the foothills 40 miles northeast of Fresno was closed in October 2014 following a fi ght b etween factionsof the tribe that led to the armed takeover. The National I n dian G aming Commission, which regulates Indiancasinos,and a federal judge shut down the casino, citing safety concerns.

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Vets warn: 'Dogs eat crazy things' LEVITTOWN, Pa. — A Philadelphia puppy is getting back to his bouncy self after two plastic squeaky toys were removed from his stomach.

Doctors at Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center in Levittown say the only sign that 6-month-old Jasper was having problems was he couldn't keep food down. He otherwise seemed energeti-

cally normal.

They say X-rays showed the two balls were taking up most of the space in the Cane Corso's stomach.

Dr. Scott Joudrey, who surgically removed the red-andgreen balls on Saturday, says "dogs eat crazy things."

In the last year, the suburban Philadelphia practice treated a bulldog named Elvis that ate three pacifiers and a m ixed-breed dog that scarfed down apairofcalf-high boots.

Jasper's owner, Michael Ehrlich, of Philadelphia, says he thinks the dog swallowed the toys weeks ago.

LOS ANGELES — Au- WORLD thorities say former "Glee" star Mark Sailing has been arrested in Los Angeles for in-

vestigation of possessing child pornography.

Police Officer Tony Im says the 33-year-old actor was taken into custody Tuesday after a warrant was served at his home inthe Sunland area.

Im says Sailing had been investigated by the LAPD's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, but he did

Gains in Ramadi come at a high cost BAGHDAD — The advance of Iraqiforces into the heart of Ramadi,a restive city that fell to the Islamic State group earlier this year, in some ways vindicated the U.S.-led coalition's strategy for rolling back the extremists — but victory has come at a high cost, and the same tactics might not

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Representatives for Sailing did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Im didn't know if Sailing has a lawyer.

Sailing is best known for playing bad-boy Noah 'Puck" Puckerman on TVs musical dramedy "Glee," which aired on Fox from 2009 until earlier this year.

The battle for Ramadi was waged by the Iraqi military — rather than Shiite or Kurdish militias — with elite counterterrorism units advancing under the cover of coalition airstrikes and raising the Iraqi national flag over the main government complex in the provincial capital on Monday.

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Trump's latestbroadsides PESHAWAR, Pakistanon the Clintons — a potential A suicide bomber blew himpreview ofa nasty,personal self up outside a government generalelection — appear office in a n o r t hwestern beneficial to both as they seek Pakistani city on Tuesday, to energize voters leading into killing at least 26 people and the first primary contests. But, wounding 45 in an attack some observers warn, they claimed by a breakaway Talicouldpose a long-term risk for ban group.

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Many of the country's most prominent national

parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Zion, set visitation records in 2015 andare bracing forwhat could be an even busier new year.

The National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday in 2016 and has been urging Americans to rediscover the country's scenic wonders or find new parks to visit through marketing campaigns that include giving free passes to every fourth-grader and their families.

So the attendance records could be short-lived, with even bigger crowds expected next year.

"Everybody's getting psyched and ready for it," Yellowstone spokeswoman Sandra Snell-Dobert said. "We want people to have a good experience when it comes to our national parks. We' re trying to keep that wonderful experi-

SeaWorld sues over orca whale breed ban SAN DIEGO (AP) SeaWorld fileda lawsuit Tuesday challenging a C alifornia

commission's ruling that bans the company from breeding captive killer whales at its San Diego park.

The suit filed in San Diego County Superior Court says the California Coastal Commission was outside its authority when it made the ruling on breeding in October.

The commission endorsed a $100 million expansion of the tanks known as "Blue World" that SeaWorld uses to hold orcas, but in a surprising and serious blow to the park, included a ban on breeding at the planned facility and prohibitions on the sale,trade ortransfer of the whales.

The commission had to approve the project as it does all major building plans in coastal cities, but the park's attorneys argued the

agency's a u thority should have ended with the structureitself.

"This last-minute 'no

breeding or transfer' condition is u n precedented," S eaWorld said in th e l awsuit, which claims the commission's action is illegal because it has no jurisdiction over the orcas.

ence while managing large numbers of people."

Overall visitation to national parks is on track to hit 300 million in 2015, besting last year's all-time high of nearly 293 million. Absent December totals, the GrandCanyon in northern Arizona hit almost 5.3 million visits. Zion in Utah is over 3.5 million. Yellowstone, which stretches into Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, is nearing 4.1 million.

Yosemite in California is about 220,000 visits shy of the 1996 record 4.2 million — with November and December still leS to count.

The past year has meant some adjusting for parks as they manage the crowds. Yosemite lowered the entrance fees during the late fall and winter partly to encourage visitors to consider times other than the busy summer. Zion extended its shuttle bus service when

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Belgium:Two suspected of plotting attacks arrested BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities announced T uesday they h av e a r rested two men and seized military-type uniforms and Islamic State group propaganda in connection with a

suspected plot to unleash holiday s eason a t t acks against p o l ice, s o ldiers and celebratedlocations in Brussels.

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The two suspects were arrestedfollowing searches

Sunday and Monday in the Brussels area, the eastern Liege region and Flemish Brabant, the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. It did not dis-

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"On the Grand Place, there propaganda material and computer equipment were are a lot of people, as well as impounded and are being soldiers and police who are examined, the prosecutor's patrolling, as well as a police office said. stationnearby,"said the ofiiIt said the case was un- cial, who spoke on condition related to th e b r azen and of anonymity because he was bloody extremist actions in not authorized by the judge Paris a month and a half ago leading the investigation to but that the investigation, make public statements. which is still ongoing, has As of Tuesday, police and revealeda "threat ofserious soldiers in Brussels are beattacks that would target ing orderedto take special several emblematic places in precautionsto ensure their Brussels and be committed own safety, Benoit Ramacker, during the end-of-year holi- spokesman for the Belgian days." government's Crisis Center, The p s office SBld.

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Parts of n orthern New England already had about 6 inches of snow by early eve-

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Continued from Page Al tributed to expanded use of fertility therapies like in vitro fertilization and women having children at later ages, the CDC said. Changes to fertility treatments has caused a decline in triplet and higher birth rates, the CDC said.

Elizabeth Shockley, of Jamestown, said twins run in her and her husband' s families, and that she was 31 when she gave birth to fraternal twin girls Sage and Sydney. She said she knows of at least six other sets of twins locally who were natural, non IVF babies and all moms were in their 30s at conception.

Research has shown that older moms are more likely to have twins because their bodies produce higher amounts of the hormone that triggers the maturation of an egg-producing follicle. So a woman in her 30s is more likely to have two eggs available for fertilization during a cycle than a woman in her 20s.

Shockley said she and her husband, Danny Shockley, knew there was a possibility of having twins and, in fact, hoped for it.

Sage and Sydney, now almost 3, are best friends but are like night and day, Shockley said.

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Fraternal twins Sydney (above, left) and Sage Shockley, 2, are as "different as night and day" said their mother, Elizabeth Shockley, of Jamestown. Identical twins Jessica Williams (left, at left) and Jennifer Bourgoin, of Sonora, believe that their similar giving hearts are the reason they both wound up working in the healthcare field.

in two pony tails and carry around two

dolls, while Sage prefers one pony tail and one doll to carry. Both love to catch the family's chickens, Shockley said.

Shockley has noticed the girls share better than their peers but are behind in language development because they "havetheirown language" and communicate a lot through body language and just being really attuned to each other.

She estimates she changed at least 6,000 diapers that first year. She said she carried one baby in a front pack, the other in a back pack. Shockley jokes that she always said she wasn' t going to buy two of everything and that the girls would have to just deal with it and share, but she's since given in, and now there' stwo ofeverything,and in pink.

The best thing about having twins is "there's never a dull moment," Shockley said. "I can't imagine not having twins. The two of them together all of the time is the cutest possible thing."

Identical twins Jessica Durkee Williams and Jennifer Durkee Bourgoin, 33, of Sonora, say being twins has been a blessing that they wouldn't trade.

Their bond runs deep. They were born different weights — Jessica was eight pounds and Jennifer was five — but they' ve grown up to be almost indistinguishable. They are about the same height, 5 feet 9 inches, but Jennifer is a tad taller and has a thinner face. Both wore glasses growing up but, nowadays, Jennifer switches between contacts and glasses while Jessica

got LASIK eye surgery. Their mother could always tell them apart, but others have a hard time. They sound alike and have similar interests. Sometimes their mom can't tell who is who on the phone.

In secondgrade,Jessica took a spelling test for Jennifer, but the girls got caught changing their clothes. They say they haven't tried to switch places since.

Unlike what the Shockley girls will experience once in school, and other twins born these days, the Durkee girls were the only twins at Sonora Elementary School.

Both sisters went into the healthcarefi eld and work at Sonora Regional Medical Center, sometimes delivering babiestogether.Jennifer is a respiratory therapist and Jessica is a nurse in

sister. Twins run on their maternal grandmother's side of the family. Their grandmother and her sister are also identical twins, named Lillie Mae and Millie Fae, who are 83.

The twins say they' ve always been best friends and only hit and bit each other once. They both have sonsJessicahas fourboys and Jennifer has two, plus three stepsons — and their sons are close as well.

People ask them questions about being twins all the time, such as, "Do you feel pain when the other is hurt?"

The answer is yes, but not in a long time. Once Jennifer sprained her right ankle and Jessica said her left one

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According to survivor and law enforcement accounts, Bragdon and Seidel started out with Spencer Davies, 23, of Placerville, about 1:30 p.m.

Saturday. They left their vehicles on Wolf Creek Road, designatedparking forsnowmobilers.

"It'sabout 13 miles to the pass from there," Minder said. "It'sreally steep terrain, then it's almost straight down to the bottom of what they call Noble Canyon."

Bragdon said he and Seidel are experienced snowmobilers but new to the Ebbetts Pass area. They were scouting remote locati ons for a documentary, to be produced

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bad we decided to call it a night," Bragdon said. "We dug a hole in a tree well to the ground. Most of the wood around was wet because we

were in a creek ....

"We pulled some gas out of the tank with a beer koozy," Bragdon said. "Tied a string and dangled it in so it could absorba lotofgas.Used that to start flame for the fire."

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and give the cities more," Baird said. 'What they should

revenues from the state than

they collect locally.

"In my county, 50 percent of the funding for schools comes from the state of California," she said. "We' re very dependent on the taxes generated in urban areas to support social services, education, law enforcement, roads and all those sortsofthings."

Ellsmore and other members of the PAC, formed in April, have been traveling to the various counties that would be part of the new

pand the representation so everybody has one."

Supporters say this has resulted in the lives of rural citizens being governed by the urbanareas,pointingtoregulations on industries such as timber and the state's voterapprovedState Responsibility Area fire fee as examples.

Talks of partitioning Cali- stateto advocate forconductfornia into separate states ing complete financial evaludate back to the 1850s. ations before formally supA state of Jefferson com- porting the concept. prised of some Southern OrA better way to improve egon and Northern California representationin rural areas counties was originally pro- is forresidents to organize posed in 1941, but the plan and educate urban legislafailed when the U.S. became tors about the unique chalinvolved in WWII and atten- lenges they face, according to tion became focused on the Ellsmore.

"It's really kind of a romanwar effort.

In 1992, 54 percent of Tu- tic idea to think you can start olumne County v oters ap- all over again, but the world proved an advisory ballot has moved on and life is commeasure proposed by then plicated," she said. "I think Assemblyman Stan Statham, we'd all like to start our lives R-Redding,to form a north- over and do them perfectly, but ern state with 30 other rural it just doesn't work like that." counties.

Another issue raised by Though t h e me a sure several people in attendance gainedsupportfrom allofthe at Tuesday's meeting is the countiesproposed to become lack of opportunities for a a part of the northern state, higher education because Statham's bill ultimately died none of the universities in in committee. the University of California Venture capital investor system arelocated in counTim Draper launched an ef- ties that would be part of the fortas a ballot measure for state of Jefferson. the 2016 state elections in U ltimately, a n y sp l i t 2013 to divide the state six would have to be supported ways. The measure failed to by both the State Legislaget enough signatures from ture and U.S. Congress. If registered voters. the proposalfails, supportAlthough the state of Jef- ers say they would file a ferson was included as one lawsuit against the governof the proposed six states ment in hopes of getting the in Draper's initiative, Baird Supreme Court to consider said he got involved with the overturning the 1964 decimovement earlier after hear- sion on state legislature dising a speech by Statham in tricts.

August 2013.

Titchenal said he's been Baird and others in the encouraged by the response movement have successfully to the proposal from Tuconvinced six county boards olumne County residents, of supervisors to adopt decla- particularly younger people. rations for joining the state of He attributed much of the Jefferson, including Siskiyou, growth in local support to Modoc and Yuba. social media.

David Titchenal, of SoulsThose in attendance Tuesbyville, said he was inspired day night represented a wide to help launch the Tuolumne age group, from pre-teens to County Committee for join- seniors. Many were donning ing the state of Jefferson af- cowboy hats, ball caps, camter learning about the move- ouflage jackets and denim ment during a meeting of the jeans, while others wore ties, Calaveras County Commit- button-up shirts and slacks.

"This is entirely grassteeinlateOctober.

In the past week, the group roots," Titchenal said. "Peohas begun gathering signa- ple are really fi red up about tures for a petition they plan the whole idea of restoring to present to the Tuolumne what they see as the CaliforCounty Board of Supervisors nia they grew up in, which is sometime in the next year. gone and can hardly be re"Our goalis to get signa- claimed by the rural people."

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learned Bragdon and Seidel had handheld radios, dialed theirfrequency in and made contact with them. " Next morning i t w a s so steep our snowmobiles

them their lives."

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However, the California StateLegislature was capped at 120 legislative seats in 1879 when the population was fewer than 1 million.

"Because we have a cap, they have to take away rep-

The weirdest question they ever got was in high school. Someone asked Jennifer if she got confused as to which twin she was when she woke up in the morning. Her answer: No. "I think it's a really special gift from God. I think it's the best thing, only a certain percentage of the population gets toenjoy.It's just extra special you get to have a soul connection with someone your entire life," Jessica said.

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capable of making it down there and back out."

Bragdon and Seidel got into thick brush and snow 2 feetto6 feetdeep.

"Some parts you could stand and some parts there were holes under the snow," Bragdon said. "You could take a step and sink to your waist. It stayed freezing all day. Snow conditions continued to hold up."

But their machines began to bog down in the snow.

B ragdon had to di g h i s snowmobile out. Seidel went looking for a route. They had handheld radios to stay in contact with each other.

Bragdon had to leave his machine. It was getting dark.

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Finally, on Sunday afternoon, searchers from Bear Valley arrived on snowmobiles and helped lead Bragdon andSeidelback to safety.

Alpine County sherifFs Sgt. Tom Minder, who responded &om Markleeville, drove a snowmobile from Ebbetts Pass and spent the night out for the incident, said the men were fortunate to get out of the mountains uninjured.

"These guys are v ery lucky," Minder said. 'That terrainis by far for experts, they never should have been in there. They thought there's a road in the bottom of that canyon but there isn' t.

It very easily could have cost

said. "It's going to take a couple months to do that."

Continued from Page Al Five of the official committee members signed the decstate and federal levels to laration to ensure Tuolumne have a meaningful voice in County is represented when the political process when the State of Jefferson orgacompared to other more popu- nizers file their declarations lous areas of California, such forseparation from the state as Los Angeles and San Fran- on Jan. 6. cisco.

Titchenal said he's spoken ''We can't possibly win any with a county supervisor who fight regarding any single is- expressed support, though sue because weal never have he declined to identify which enough representation to hold one until the group makes a our own," said Mark Baird, a formal presentation to the retired airline pilot in Siskiy- board.

"The reason we' re going to ou County who serves as the main spokesperson for the gathersignatures is because Jefferson movement. we want to show the superviBaird said California State sors how many people in the Senate District 1, where he county are going to support resides, has one senator (Ted them if they sign off on it," he Gaines, R-El Dorado Hills) said. 'When we know we' ve representing 11 c o unties, got at least 8,500 to 9,500 while more than a dozen sen- signatures, then we' ll do the ators represent various por- officialpresentation and the tions of Los Angeles County. board can make a decision at State Senate District 1 that point." has a combined population Not everyone who would of about 935,000, according livein the proposed state of to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jefferson is getting behind while Los Angeles County has the idea. more than 10 million.

The Lake County Board of The erosion of represen- Supervisorsrecently rescindtation for rural counties in ed a resolution supporting Northern California, Baird the movement aRer receiving said, can be traced back to a millions of dollars from the 1964 United States Supreme state in the aftermath of the Court decision that r uled Valley Fire, which destroyed state legislature districts had more than 1,000 homes in to be roughly equal in popula- the area. tion.

Opponents of the splitPrior to the decision, Cali- stateplan have alsoformed a forniadivided state senate non-partisan political action districts so that any given committee, Keep It Califorcounty could hold only one nia. seat at most, similar to how Cindy Ellsmore, the PAC's the federal government op- chairwoman, served as trea-

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them," Minder said. "The sheriff and three volunteers &om the Bear Valley side responded, and we brought them up the way they went down.

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Minder said Bragdon and Seidel were lucky to have avoided &eezing to death.

"They didn't have snowshoes and the snow was six feet deep," Minder said. "It's a 40-degreeincline,about2,000 feet vertical top to bottom.

CHP, they couldn't even get them out of that canyon with their chopper. The terrain was too tight and the canyon was too narrow in the bottom.

"If we couldn't get them out by snowmobile, we'd have Minus 2 degrees had to walk down in there.

Bragdon said he learned Going down it's steep, and the next day they'd endured getting back up would be overnight temperatures exhausting at that point. We around minus 2 d egrees lucked out and we got them out."

Fahrenheit.

Meanwhile, Davies had Heavier snowfall so far realized Bragdon and Seidel this winter is incentive for were stuck. He'd made his s nowmobilers an d a nyway back to their vehicles one else venturing into the but he didn't have keys. He mountains to plan for the unbroke a car window to re- expected, CHP Offi cer David trieve Bragdon's &eezing White of the Valley Division said.

Corgi, Calvin.

Davies was able to flag Bragdon advises anyone down a passing motorist, got heading to higher elevations a ride back to Markleeville this winter to know specifics and summoned help. Alpine about the location. ''Wedidn'tknow the area County sheriff's personnel, including Minder, started out or the terrain very well," before midnight and called Bragdon said. "Don't go for California Highway Pa- alone. Bring some necessary trol Helicopter 20 early Sun- safety gear. Shovel, lighter, day. extra gloves,tools for your Minder and two others snowmobile, a hand saw for stayed overnight about a cutting wood, radios, backhalf-mileabove where Brag- country beacon, of course don and Seidel were freezing the proper clothing. Just be next to their fire. The CHP preparedto get yourselfout. helicopter launched at dawn Prepare for the worst just in from Auburn. The air crew case." ''We melted snow in a shovel we had and were able to refill the bottles," Bragdon said. "We drank the bottles and filled them up once....

It was absolutely key having the fire. We had snow attire on, but our gloves were wet and some of our gear ended up melting as we slept and continued keeping warm by the fire through the night."

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The aggregate consideration paid by the Company in the acquisition, including cash consideration to holders of outstanding stock options, was approximately $73 million in exchange for all outstanding common stock shares, a press release stated.

As announced on Aug. 27, the company entered into an agreement to acquire Mother Lode Bank, a California-state chartered bank having $78 million in assets and two branches in Sonora.

Oak Valley Community Bank opened its second branch in Sonora earlier this month and plans to close the two Mother Lode Bank branches as of Jan. 29. Mother Lode Bank customers will be serviced by the two existing Oak Valley Community Bank branches.

H. Randolph Holder, a director of Mother Lode Bank, joined the boards of directors of the company and Oak Valley Community Bank upon the closing. Holder is president and CEO of Clarke Broadcasting Corp., which owns and operates KVML, KZSQ and KKBN, Sonora's local radio stations since 1986.

means if you invested in a fund that tracks the Standard & Poor's 500 inThe U.S. stock market took inves- dex, you have little to show for the tors for a wild ride in 2015, but in the past 12 months.

"It's been mildly disappointing," end it was a trip to nowhere.

Despite veering between record said Michael Baele, managing direchighs and the steepest dive in four tor at the Private Client Reserve at years, the stock market is on track U.S. Bank. "Any time that you come in to end the year essentially flat. That toward the end of the year close to flat

you always want a little bit more."

Markets overseas had their own challenges.

China's market surged in the late spring and then fell sharply in the summer despite several efforts by China's government to stem the decline, while Japan's market was on track to end moderately higher for the

Mortgage outlook Is good for 2016

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Mortgage credit is still tighter today than it was during the lead-up to the h ousing bust, but i t h a s loosened alittle every year since 2009.

Whether you' re buying or refinancing, it's easier to get amortgage at rates that are still at historically low levels. The average 30-year fixed rate hovered around 4 percent in the past year;

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The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations for its 201 5Community Recognition Awards.

Categories includes Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Professional ofthe Year, Nonprofit Organization of the Year and Citizen of the Year.

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year after that country's government stepped up its economic stimulus program. In Europe, Britain's market was headed for a decline for the year, while indexes in Germany and France were on their way to big gains.

In the U.S., the market got 2015

Too ill to work? Many people, and especially those with paid sick leave, stay home.

However, even people with sick leave regularly engage in "presenteeism" — going to work while ill.

It'sthe opposite ofabsenteeism, and its impact on the workplace has beena topic long sequestered in academic journals.

As we head into winter's cold and flu season, presenteeism is gaining interest in the Ameri-

can workplace for good reason: More costly than absenteeism, it is detrimental to employees and employers alike.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor says 39 percent of all American workers — or 41 million people — do not have paid sick leave. That means a lot of people are showing up for work while under the weather.

In September, President Barack Obama signed an executive order forcingcompanies holding federal contracts to provide paid sickleave benefits to their employees.

'This issue is multifaceted, and I think people who ignore it do it with their heads in the sand. Iheimpact on employeesis tremendous when they show up at work sick. Ihe stressmakes them sicker, and their performance level at work is in the gutter."

Scott Wallace, distinguished fellow, Geisel School of Medicine, Darthmouth University

low 5 percent, and the pattern won't change in 2016.

Kiplinger expects the 30year fixed rate to end the year at 4.4 percent.

The interest-rate premium for conforming jumbos (loans of $417,000 to $625,500) that lenders added during the financial crisis has mostly disappeared.

Jumbos (loans of more than $625,500), which l ender s typically hold on their own books, occupy a sweet spot, says Guy Cecala, publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance.

This past fall, lenders offeredjumbo rates as low as 3.6 percent. They consider jumbos to be relatively low risk b e cause b orrower s typically have a high credit score and a large down payment.

On the face of it, being sick at work might sound like something employers might favor, with some work preferable to none at all.

Besides, such employees display a strong work ethic, job dedication and loyalty. But research generally finds health consequences for present-but-ill employees, with higher medicalcosts and greater reductions in productivity than absenteeism would cause.

A Society for Human Resource Management online article said presenteeismcostsare "higher than the combined costs of medical care, prescription drugs and absenteeism," with estimated annual costs of $150 billion to $250 billion a year. That represents 60 percent

of all productivity losses.

"Unhealthy workers are unproductive workers — and they' re expensive," stated Scott Wallace, a distinguished fellow at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University. And the cost of poor health, he said, can be three to 10 timesthe totalcostofallem ployee benefits.

That's why focusing on wellness rather than absenteeism represents a progressive workplace trend.

"This issue is multifaceted, and I think people who ignore it do it with their heads in the sand," Wallace said. "The impact on employSee SICK/Page B2

Borrowers who want to buy or refinance will find fixed-rate and adjustablerate loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that require just 5 percent down. Freddie Mac offers a 3 percent down payment program to home buyers with low to moderate incomes, which can provide a lesscostly alternative to loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration that require 3.5 percent down but impose up-front mortgage insurance costs.

B ecause a s m all r a t e change can make a big difference in t h e p a yment See MORTGAGE / Page B2

U.S. home prices climb, helped by solid job market WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady whole made great progress in 2015, job growth, low mortgage rates and as the big and occasionally volatile tight inventories helped fuel rising bounce off the bottom we experiU.S. home prices in October. enced from 2012 through 2014 gave The Standard & P o or's/Case-way to a more stable and sustainShiller 20-city home price index able environment," said Svenja rose 5.5 percent in the 12 months Gudell, chief economist at the real ending in October,up from a 5.4 estate firm Zillow. percent pace in September, accordRising demand, however, hasn' t ing toa report released Tuesday. been met with an increase in sales Home values have climbed at listings, causing prices to rise much a roughly 5 percent pace during faster than inflation or wages this much of 2015, as strong hiring has year. This could limit the number bolstered areal estate market still

recovering from a housing bust that triggered a recessioneight years ago. Home sales have increased this year as the 5 percent unemployment rate has strengthened confidence in the economy.

"The U.S. housing market as a

Borrowing costsare expected to But the gains have been uneven. rise shortly after the Federal Re- San Francisco, Denver and Portserve this month raised a key short- land, Oregon, led with r eported term interestrate for the first time increasesof 10.9 percent over the in nearly a decade. Yet the federal past year. Prices in Chicago and funds rate — what banks charge Washington, District of Columbia each other to lend overnight — re- rose less than 2 percent. The 20-city mains low at 0.25 percent to 0.5 index remains 11.5 percent below percent, such that mortgage rates its peak in July 2006, with metro are unlikely to return to their his- areas such as Cleveland, Detroit, toric averages.

Miami, Minneapolis and Tampa When the Fed previously hiked still significantly below their prethisratefrom 1 percent to 5.25 per- recession highs. of first-time buyers coming into the cent through the middle of 2007, Sales of existing homes did slow market next year. Still, many buy- mortgage ratesincreased a mere in November, although that apers are also benefiting from 30-year, 0.75 points. pears to largely reflect new mortixed-ratemortgages averaging less f "These data suggest that poten- gage disclosure rules rather than a than 4 percent, making it cheaper tial homebuyers need not fear run- decline in demand. to borrow for a home. Mortgage away mortgageinterest rates,"said The National Association of Realrateshave historically been closer David Blitzer, chairman of the into 6 percent. dex committee at S&P Dow Jones.

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aggregate, it appears that a lot more productivity is lost to presenteeisrnthan absenteeism."

ees is tremendous when they show up at work sick. The stress makes them sicker, and their performance level at work is in the gutter.

"People around them get sick, and it increases stress and gets into a death spiralfor employers," he said. "I'm mystified that employers can't figure this out in 11 seconds."

Employees who recover at home are more productive than persistently ill employees struggling at work to meet job demands, research shows. " Organizations need t o t h i n k about this, develop policies and get first-level managers involved who are closest to the source," said Gary Johns, a Department of Management professor at Concordia University in Montreal. He's reviewed the academic literature addressing corporateand employee impacts of

Gary Johns, professor, Concordia University Department of Management

"It takes a sensitive hand," he said.

ture are among the factors promoting

His own published studies note that "a sore throat will stimulate absenteeism for a singer and presenteeism for a pianist." Reaction from colleaguesand clientsalsoaffectpresenteeism, both as encouragers and discouragers. Teamwork and interdependent work tends to encourage presenteeism.

People earning higher wages generally exhibit less absenteeism. People facing financial difficulties generally were more likely to show up for work when sick.

Bl employees make more mistakes and communicate less effectively and produce lower quality work.

"Giving employees accommoda- Presenteeism among pharmacists, tion and support can be good all one study found, resulted in more the way around," he said. "They are prescriptionerrors.Downsizing acunder so much pressure to go to tually increases absenteeism. In a work that they are contaminating real twist, research shows a higher the placeor are affecting their own propensityformedical workers to be health downstream. But this needs on the job, even with contagious illto be managed so you do not burn nesses. people out physically and abuse Job insecurity, strict attendance them and create problems. policies, teamwork, demanding cli-

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Continued from Page Bl Worries about s l owing growth in China and elseoff to a slow start as inves- where gave reason for the tors worried about falling Fed to pause and for invescrude oil prices, flat earnings tors to fret, even as the U.S. growth and when and how economy continued to create quickly the Federal Reserve jobs and consumer confiwould begin raising interest dence improved. Weak comrates. pany earnings, largely due to

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presenteeism. That, in turn, can exacerbate existing medical conditions, damage the quality of work life and lead to impressions of ineffectiveness because of declines in productivity.

"There's one thing we seem to know about this," Johns said. "In the aggregate, itappears that a lot more productivity is lost to presenteeism than absenteeism."

A delicatebalance exists between absenteeism and presenteeism: Are

co-workers and superiors aware that a person's medical condition and productivityare connected? Are accommodations ever made in job design or adjusted performance appraisals?"

While many companies still lack absenteepolicies beyond forbidding it, few companies have presenteeism policies despite growing evidence of its impact on productivity, said Johns, who holds a Ph.D. in organizational psychology.

"Excitement concerning the subject has been fueled by claims that working while ill causes much more

three major U.S. indexes went into a correction, commonly defined as a loss of at least 10percent from a recent peak, for the first time in four years.

That slide didn't last long, either.

Within several weeks, the market had mostly bounced back. The NASDAQ composite returned to positive territory for the year, while the Dow average and S&P 500 remained slightly in the red until December.

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Including dividends, the S&P 500 is on track to return 2 percent, following a return of 13.7 percent in 2014.

"There was a lot of news that kept hitting the market and the market kept shrugging it all off and hung in there," said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade. "I'd say, given all that the marketfaced thisyear,it was pretty strong."

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"On the face of it, this suggests an iceberg effect in which the one visible portion of work loss (absenteeism) is dwarfed by that portion beneath the surface(presenteeism),"he stated in one study. "That might result from more sanctions against not attending work vs. taking it easy on the job."

tors turned their focus to 25, and another, less steep June, only to be disappointed drop in late September, the again. market began to struggle Eventually, i n De cem- higher. By late November it ber, the Fed took action. It had recouped all the losses nudged its benchmark over- from its late summer swoon. night borrowing rate higher, Once investors determined its first increase in interest that China's slowdown would rates in nearly a decade. not spillover to the U.S. and The Fed made it clear that European economies, "then it was expressing a vote of we had a very rapid recovery confidence in the U.S. econ- from thatvery sharp decline," omy by doing so and that Jeremy Zirin, chief equities future increases would be strategist at UBS Wealth gradual. That helped reas- Management Americas. sure investors that the Fed

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The bull market had racked up six years of annual gains by the time the calendars turned to 2015. The last time ithad a correction was 2011.

Historically, that's an unusually long time for the market to go without a meaningful pullback. That plus a string of record highs in late 2014 led many to think the market Waiting for the Fed was overdue for a drop.

Wall Street watched few The long-awaited correcthings more closely this year tion finally arrived in August. than the Federal Reserve. Late in the month indexes Traders had been predict- dropped sharply as investors ing early on that the central worried that a slowdown in bank would begin raising China's huge economy could its benchmark interest rate spreadtoother countries. as early as March. When Yet afteran 11 percent that didn't happen, inves- plunge between Aug. 17 and

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Johns said there's considerable agreement across studies that presenteeism accounts for more aggregateproductivity loss than absentee-

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"It r eally w a s c entral banks looming large over the market," Baele said. "The market had a fairamount of fear that the Fed raising rates was a risk to the market. It's turned around now."

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A big r eason why t h e market finished flat in 2015 is that company earnings growth has also been largely flat.

That was due primarily to the impact of falling oil prices on energy sector earnings. Also, the rapid appreciation of the dollar constrained earnings for companies that do alotofbusiness overseas, including Procter & Gamble, Tiffany, Gap and Avon.

As a r e sult, e arnings growth for companies in the S&P 500 index went from 7 percent in 2014 to essentially zero in 2015, Zirin said.

Excluding energy, earnings for the rest of the S&P 500 would be up about 7 percent this year, Zirin said.

With so few companies producing meaningful growth, investors homed in on those that did. Among the biggest gainers: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet, Google's parent company.

"There's only been a handful of really strong performers on a market cap-weighted index that have driven us to performance while the majority of the indices and the m ajority ofthe stocks are actually negative for the year," said Darrell Cronk, president of Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Justice have reached a $22 million settlement to clean up a former industrial site 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

The EPA reports 40 former customers of Cooper

Drum have agreed to pay $15 million to construct a groundwater treatment system and $7 million to reimburse the agency for past cleanup work at the site.

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'Momzilla' owed an apology from own mom DEAR ANNIE: My 5 - year-old granddaughter was here for a few days and neededher eveningbath.Thelast time she stayed overnight with me, her mother sent bath products that got in her eyes and burned. So this time, I used my own baby shampoo and some moisturizing body wash. Everything went well, but when my daughter saw that I had used those products, she went ballistic.

Later that evening, she sent me a textmessage sayingIhad disrespected her authority as a parent. Annie, the baby shampoo didn't hurt my granddaughter one iota and neither did the body wash. From my daughter's reaction, you would have thought I threw acid on the child. We had a huge disagreement via text, and my blood pressure spiked so high I thought I was having a stroke. We haven't corresponded since.

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She believes she is the only one who knows how to raise a child. I guess my 50 yearsof child rearing experience mean nothing. She acts this way even toward her husband, as if he is a total idiot, and he won't stand up for himself.

When I have my granddaughter at my house, I don't want my daughter around because she can be so unpleasant, snapping and biting at the least little thing.

My husbandand Ihave helped my daughter's family from the day the child was born. I have never been disrespectful toward her. This is the first time we haven't been on speak-

ing terms. Will she ever change?MOMZILLA'S MOTHER DEAR MOTHER: Probably not until her daughter is older and rejects Mom's overprotectiveness. Until then, however, please stop creating a tug-of-war over who is the more sensible parent.

She is the child's mother and has her best interests at heart, even though she isoverbearing. When she says to respect her, she means that you don't get to undermine her decisions unless you feel they are a danger to the child, which they arenot.Yes,the baby shampoo was fine, but Mom specifically asked you touse something else and you should have done so.

You owe her an apology. Really. Her nitpicking attitude is exhausting, we know, and it isn' t particularly helpful to her daughter, either. But you absolutely must bite your tongue and allow her to make these decisions. You

raisedyour IDd, Mom. Now it' sher turn. Let her be.

DEAR ANNIE: This is for "Suffocating in Saskatchewan," whose co-worker has a terrible body odor.

My son used to have body odor, but I noticed it only after he showered. It turned out to be his aftershave. When I got up the courage to speak to him about it, the problem was solved and he thanked me for letting him know.

It could be that the co-worker's soap, aftershave,cologne or other product doesn't mix well with his body chemistry. That might be an approach to use when speaking to him about it.

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PSC a serious diagnosis that requires confirmation DEAR DR ROACH:I am a 58-yearold male. Two years ago, after a routine physical, my bloodwork came back abnormal for liver function, especially the alkaline phosphatase. Prior to this, my bloodwork numbers were normal. Since then, I have had liver ultrasounds, an MRI and even a liver biopsy. They showed some slight inflammation of the liver but nothing major; it just seems the bloodwork numbers are oK I'm 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weigh 175 pounds.

I'm still very active and in good health exceptfor this liverfunction number.I do have ulcerative colitis, and I'm taking Lialda. My doctor thinks I have primary sclerosing cholangitis, and I'm currently taking ursodiol (Actigall). She does not really know if PSC is what I have, but feels we need to try this. I have never been a heavy drinker, and in the past two years I' ve cut back even more on my beerdrinlung tomaybe one or two, twice a week aiter golf. I totally stopped drinking for a couple of months, but it made no difference in my blood test results. I get a full metabolic blood panel every six to eight weeks, but the

To Your Good Health Keith Roach, M.D. numbers don't change much. What can I do? — L.S. ANSWER: Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory disease of the liver. It is strongly associated with inflammatory bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis, and it is more common in men. The diagnosis usually is made by cholangiogram, which is most often done now via MRI. Liverbiopsy is sometimes also necessary.I am concerned that your doctor isn't sure of the diagnosis. It might be appropriate to get your MRI and liver biopsyreviewed byan expert,sincethis isaveryseriousdiagnosisand thereare other conditions that PSC may be confused with.

PSC typicall y progressesover 10 to 12 yearsto severe liver disease,and when theliver disease becomes serious, liver transplantation becomes the best treatment option. Although some treatments, especially ursodeoxycholic acid (Actigall) are commonly tried and might reduce the abnormal blood levels, there is no clear evidence that they slow down the progressionofthe disease.Alcohol may speed up progression, so I would recommend complete cessation.

One additional point is that there are some complications that may occur with PSC, the most worrisome of which is cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile duct). Many experts in PSC recommend periodic screening, although the bestmethod forthisisnotclear.

There are many educational resources and support groups for PSC. One is found at www.pscpartners.org.

DEAR DR. ROACH:A friend from Thailand with prostate cancer treated with radical surgery recently came to the U.S. to be evaluated for an increasing PSA level, up to 0.65, and losing

I ORSSC SPE Birthday for December 30.Dream for your heart' s desire this year. Reflect and set long-term plans. Restore resources. Start a new chapter next spring, for a career boost. A discovery phase settles into a year of professional growth after Jupiter enters Libra (9/9). Autumn trips inform your research. Talk about love.

and family. Enjoy domestic puzzles this month. Transform and renovate your space. Figure out what needs to be done.

Get clear on what's wanted before attempting to provide it.

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Libra (Sept. 234ct. 22):Today is s 6 — Old assumptions get challenged by what you' re learning this month. Follow a passionate thread. Gracefully and respectfully stand with auTo get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the thority. Use your own good sense with someone who thinks easiest day, 0 the most challenging. differently than you. Find commonslities.

Aries (March 21-April 19):Today is an 8 — Get into the Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Today is an 8 — This month endgame. Choose stability over a pretty illusion. Travels gets lucrative, but it may require giving up something. and adventures call to you this month, with Venus in Sag- Align priorities with your team. Postpone family time for ittarius. Follow your heart, as long as your team aligns. after work. Gather new income, and track it carefully. It' s You need your support system. easy to lose cash in the shuffle.

Taurus (April 20-May 20):Today is an 8 — Wait until Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):Today is an 8 — Take on a disagreement blows over. Publicity is based on an more responsibility, and income rises. Teach what you' re illusion. Guard and grow your savings this month, with learning. You' re especially beautiful with Venus in your Venus in Sagittarius. Family comes first ... keep your plan. sign this month. Tiy a new style. You' re gaining respect Fantasies prove flimsy. Find a great deal. and influence. Wait to make your move.

Gemini (May 21 June 20): Today is a 7 — Rely on a supCapricorn (Dec. 224an. 19):Today is a 7 — Balance portive collaboration. Don't argue with an older person, from mundane chaos with quiet alone time. Stretch even if you know you' re right. Give extra love to your into some yoga or meditation. Consider where you' ve been and where you' re going. Avoid risky business or partnerships, with Venus in Sagittarius. Drink plenty of water ... it helps you think clearly. controversy. There's no need for great expense. Settle Cancer (June 214ulyK):Today is an 8 — Love is in somewhere peaceful and recharge. the air, with Venus in Sagittarius. Discover new passion.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Today is a 6 — Social life Add beauty and sensitivity to your work, and income flourishes this month, with Venus in Sagittarius. Particiimproves. Welcome contributions from others. Resuppate with your community. Public activities and gatherings benefit your career. Share your vision. Join up with a ply locally. Savor delicious flavors shared with beloved people. great team. Your friends inspire you to reach new levels.

Leo(July 23-Aug. 22):Today is a 7 — Artistic efforts Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20):Today is a 7 — Profeswork in your favor this month. Pay extra attention to sional breakthroughs are possible this month. Take on color, texture and pattern. Resist the temptation to natter leadership, and it's easier to advance your agenda. Take into a stupid argument. Ignore irritations and they dison more responsibility, with Venus in Sagittarius. Smile, sipate.

Obstacles are past,and you can go now. wave and update your portfolio, as someone's checking Virgo(Aug.23-Sept.22):Today isan8— Focuson hom e it out.

weight. The doctors here can't 6nd anything wrong with him. Have you heard of tins? — C.P. ANSWER: A rising PSA level after surgery almost always means recur-

rence of disease, which can be either in the area ofsurgery or at distantsites, usually in the bone. Unfortunately, even the most sensitive techniques sometimes cannot find the areas of cancer

in thevery earliest stages.There are experimental drugs (such as monoclonal antibodies) that can find recurrent diseaseearlier than standard imaging tests, and it might be worthwhile having your friend look at some ongoing studies. Clinicaltrials.gov is a good placetostart.

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TOdayin hiStOry Today is Wednesday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2015. There is one day left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 30, 1940,

California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.

On this date: In 1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

In 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which lasted nearly seven decades before dissolving in Dec. 1991.

In 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first "sit-down" strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan.

(The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.)

In 1989, a Northwest Airlines DC-10, which had been the target of a telephoned threat, flew safely from Paris to Detroit with 22 passengers amid extra-tight security.

In 1994, a gunman walked into a pair of suburban Boston abortion clinics and opened fire, killing two employees. (John C. Salvi III was later convicted of murder; he died in prison, an apparent suicide.)

In 1999, former Beatle George Harrison fought off a knife-wielding intruder who' d broken into his mansion west of London and stabbed him in the chest. (Michael Abram was later acquitted of attempted murder by reason of insanity.)

In 2006, Iraqis awoke to news that Saddam Hussein had been hanged; victims of his three decades of autocratic rule took to the streets to celebrate.

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2 V Pass 4V All Pa s s South is in four hearts. West leads the diamond king and continues with the diamond Openinglead:t K jack. East, thinking that his partner had started with a doubleton, overtakes with his ace and returns the suit to West's queen. West exits with a spade. What should happen after that?

When North uncovered the 4-4 heart fit, he happily jumped to game.

South has to play the trump suit without loss. He wins the spade shift in his hand with the ace and plays a heart to dummy's jack. If both opponents follow low, declarer will cash dummy's aceand be happy when West's king drops. Eastmust be ready — under dummy's jack, he drops the nine or 10. If South assumes it is from 10-nine-doubleton, he will return to hand and lead the heart queen, going down with this layout. In fact the percentage play for South is to run the heart eight on the second round of the suit, but here the king appears and his troubles are over.

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Unless I am mistaken, Jim Tomsula kinda sorta fired himself Monday.

Tomsula did not mean to do it, of course. But at his Monday media session, the 49ers' head coach faced a question about how he and his stafF are doing.

He replied by basically admitting that the scoreboard (Detroit 32-17 in the latest delightful installment) does not work in their favor.

"We' re in a performance-based business," Tomsula said. 'We' ve got four wins, man. It's volatile.

I understand that, everybody understands that. When you' re a coach, the minute you sign the contract, boom, clock starts."

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Sonoragirls win 49-35 The Sonora Wildcats girls' basketball team got a 49-35 semifinal win over Pitman Tuesday at the Pitman Holiday Classic.

The Wildcats got off to a hot start, outscoring Pitman 17-5 in the first quarter.

Even though Sonora had an early lead, it slowed down when the team fouls began to pile up. 33 fouls were called in the game, which would often kill momentum.

"Because of all the fouls being called, it was really hard to get any kind of rhythm," Sonora head coach Amy Emerald said.

A strong 16-11 fourth quarter was enough to give Sonora the win.

"We had a better start tonight than we did the night before," Emerald said. "But then we hit the wall. We had some players in foul trouble and that made things pretty hard. But we started and ended really well.

Michelle Reis had a game-high 17 points.

Makenna Poole scored 13 and also had five rebounds and five assists.

Riley Henington scored six points, Adrianna Albanez scored four and had four rebounds.

Haylie Santos had three points, while Elyse Quenneville, Delaney Ditler and Gabby Stewart each scored two.

Sonora plays in the championshipgame today at 8 p.m.

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The cost is $84 per team and six to eight players are allowed per team.

Players must be 16 or older to compete.

One hundred percent of the proceeds go towards the Tuolumne County Recreation Departments Youth Center programs.

Online registration begins Jan. 4 and ends Feb. 18.

For more information, call 533-5663.

Tioga High 5K Run/Walk 3an. 2 Tioga High School's 2nd annual New Year 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Jan. 2.

The event begins at 9 a.m. and starts and

finishes at Tioga High.

The cost is $30.

All proceeds go to the Timberwolves basketball and track teams.

For more information, call 925-7195687.

Tomsula sounds ready to be fired

sula said there was "no excuse"

for the seven neutral zone penaltiesby the 49ers'defensive unit in Sunday's game. He called the performance "no good." Tomsula said that he could not "sit up here and defend it any way," even though he was standing and not sitting.

What else? Tomsula also admitted that the 49ers' sloppy tackling issues are not "nailed down" and that his staff "obviously doesn't have the right answers yet" for that problem.

And there was this: I asked why Tomsula's team, which began December with an uplift ing overtime victory in Chicago, could not build on that result and whathe might have done as a coach to make things go better over the past three weeks.

In response, Tomsula referenced the loss in Cleveland, which he acknowledged was "no good" and a "big step down."

Then, after he talked about how he still saw some good signs of the coaches and younger players

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Maggie Beck/union Democrat

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Sonora sophomore Jace Decker goes up for a basket in the first half against Merced Tuesday evening during the Columbia College Holiday Classic basketball tournament.

Player vs. fan brawl ends game Game called with 17 second left

Sonora loses to Merced 58-54

By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

With 17 seconds remaining in the game between the Sonora Wildcats and the Merced Bears, Sonora junior Nate Patterson missed a shot in trafFic and quickly fouled a Merced player to stop the clock. With Sonora trailing 58-54 in the second round of the Columbia College Holiday Classic, it still had a chance to tie the game or possibly take the lead.

But shortly after Patterson made his intentional foul, pushing and shoving began to take place underneath the Sonora basket by the 'Cats bench. Double technicals were given to each team, but before another second could be run ofF the clock, a Merced player attacked a fan who was sitting in the front row at mid court.

The fan, who is an older brother of a Sonora player, had been heckling that specific Merced player all game and perhaps enjoyed antagonizing him. However, the remarks that the fan was making were nothing more than juvenile one liners that can often be heard at any basketball game.

But following the double technicals, the Merced player had heard enough.He walked to the stands, exchanged a few words, and then cold-cocked the fan in the jaw. The moment that knuckles hit skin, players from both benches stormed the court. More pushing and shoving took place, but no punches between players were thrown.

Columbia College head basketball coach Rob Hoyt ~ from his seat and was the first one to attempt to separate the Mercer player and the fan. As Hoyt tried to separate the players, other fans in the stands began to throw threats back and forth at each other. Verbal threats were made, and a number offans had tobe separated.

With all the commotion, there were still 17 seconds remaining on the clock. As coaches and administrators separated the

Even though the Sonora Wildcats and Merced Bears game ended in controversy in the final 17 seconds, until that moment, the action was tight and intense.

Sonora started the game hot, and junior Nate Patterson scored the first eight Wildcat points. With 2:50 remaining in the first quarter, Parker Ashton capped a 5-0 Sonora run to give the 'Cats a 10-6 lead. Sophomore Damian Kress knocked down a 3-point basket and Sonora led 13-7 at the end of the first quarter.

Merced cut into the Sonora lead, and with 6 minutes remaining in the first half, Sonora had a 16-12 advantage.

But Jace Decker and Patterson combined to make four free throwstogiveSonoraa 20-14 lead.

The Bears cut the Wildcats lead to two following a 6-0 run with 3:14 remaining in the second quarter.

Drxker made a deep 3, while Ashton made a shot in traffic and Kress scored on a rebound and basket to push the Sonora lead to 27-18.

Merced ended the first half on a 5-0 run, but Sonora still led 27-23.

Kress scored the first basket of the second half, but there wouldn' t be another Sonora point scored until 2:57 remaining in the quarter.

With 2:57 showing on the clock, and Sonora down 34-29, Decker took a 3 in front of the Sonora bench, made the shot and was fouled in the process. The sophomore had a chance for a 4-point play. He made the free throws to bring the 'Cats to within one point of Merced.

Sonora tied the game at 39-39 with 10 second remaining in the third quarter on a basket from Elvin Wance. The score remained tied at 39 heading into the final quarter.

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See SONORA/Page C2

Summerville

hoops win at Columbia Classic The Union Democrat Reports

The Summerville Bears defeatedGolden Valley 76-60Tuesday afternoon at the Columbia College Holiday Classic.

Ethan McLaurin led Summerville with 18 points. Braden Anderson scored 14, Eli McLaurin scored 13, Cameron Saunders had 10, Kole Elkins scored seven, Ben Richardson and Jake Noonan each scored six, and Chad Sweitzer scored two.

The Bears face El Capitan today in the final round with a 12:30 p.m. tip-off

Bret Harte basketballwins 45-39 on road The Bret Harte Bull&ogs beat Wallenburg, of San Francisco, 4539 Tuesday evening.

Bret Harte led 11-4 after the firstquarter and took a 24-14

score into the locker room at halftime.

The Bull&ogs limited Wallenburg to seven third quarter points, while they put up 13. Wallenburg See ROUNDUP / Page C2

C2 — Wednesday, December 30, 201 5

Sonora, California

THE UN' DEMO CRAT

BRAWL Continued from PageC1 BASKETBALL

players and sent them to their

Today 5:30pm (CSBA) NBA BasketballGolden State Warriors at Dallas Mavericks.

7:00pm (CSN) NBA BasketballPhiladelphia 76ers at Sacramento Kings.

respective benches, the offi-

FOOTBALL

"I didn't even know the decision (to end the game) was made," said Sonora head coach Dan Dona. "Nobody came to me. The officials did not do their job to explain what was happening. I don't think they did a very good job in controlling the game and explaining to us, as coaches, what happened. Maybe he told the other coach, but I had no idea what was going on."

Merced head coach, Hector Nava, like Dona, was left in the dark as to the ending of the game.

"No explanation was given," Nava said. 'Things got too competitive and they just called the game. They just said the game was called."

Following the game being called, both teams were told to go to their respective locker rooms.Fans stayed insideOak Pavilion, taM~ t o one another about the event they had just witnessed. Sonora athletic director, Karen Sells, stood at midcourt and much like the majority of the spectators, had a tough time trying to comprehendwhat transpired only minutes before.

"It's really an unfortunate thing when the players on the court and the fans have an altercation and that can obviously spiral to something much larger than we ever want to have happen," Sells said. "This wasn't a good way to endthe game in any way, shape or form. I'm sure there will be lots of things that follow up because of this."

The fan, a 20 year old male,

Today 9:00 am(ESPN) College FootballBirmingham Bowl — Auburn vs. Memphis.

12:30 pm(ESPN) College FootballBelk BowlNorth Carolina State vs.

Mississippi State.

4:00 pm(ESPN) College FootballFranklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl — Texas A&M vs.

Louisville.

7:30 pm(ESPN) College FootballNational Funding Holiday Bowl — USC vs.

Wisconsin.

HIGH SCHOOL Today Boys — Basketball: Summerville vs. El Capitan at Columbia College Tournament, 12:30 p.m.; Sonora vs.

Escalon at Columbia

College Tournament,2 p.m.; Wrestling:Calaveras at Sierra Nevada Classic, Reno, 9 a.m.

Girls — Basketball:Sonora at Pi tman Tournament, Turlock, TBA Saturday Boys — Basketball: Calaveras vs. Liberly Ranch, Mike Flock Gym, 7 p.m.; Bret Harte at Mariposa, TBA Girls — Basketball:Bret Harte at Mariposa, 12:30 p.m.

COLLEGE o ay Men's — Basketball: Columbia vs. Skyline College, The Oak Pavilion, 6 p.m.

ROUNDUP Continued from PageC1

cials decided to run the final seconds off the clock to give Merced the 58-54 win.

For both head coaches, no explanation for the final 17 second was given to them from the

8/Upper,

two game officials.

Maggie Seek /Union Democrat

Sonora's Parker Ashton (above) drives to the hoop Tuesday against Merced. Nate Patterson (right) shoots for two of his 18 points. was escorted out of the gymnasium and law enforcement was not called.

Merced left Oak Pavilion first, and Dona waited an extra

five minutes before dismissing his players so there would be no further altercations.

Though there were a number of in-game incidents that took place before the final seconds of the game, Dona believes the majority of the blame fall s on the game referees.

"I think this could have been avoided if the officials had an idea of what was going on," Dona said. "I think they separated themselves from the game to really understand what was going on. I wish it would have been difFerent...

The referees, I thought, didn' t know what to do. They had no clue of what to do. Really, if you look at it, what they did really hurt us. You have the two technicals, which should have canceled each other out. The kid running into the stands should have resulted in a technical and an ejection. We should have got free throws and the ball with 17 second left."

Perhaps the genesis of the

SONORA Continued from PageC1

outscored Bret Harte 18-8 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough to overcome a strongthree quarter of play by the 'Frogs.

Kyle Olsen led Bret Harte with 12 points and he also pulled down 16

rebound s. Mike Ziehlke scored 11 points. Colin Preston scored eight and James Brechtel knocked down two 3-pointers in the

Calaveras girls' hoops StBQS P8lf8Ct The Calaveras Redskins girls' basketball team beat the defending CIF-Sac Joaquin Section Division VI Champion St. Bernard, of Eureka, 53-36 Monday in the first round of the Vern Piver Holiday Classic at Fort Bragg High School.

Brookelyn Larkin led the Redskins with 17 points.

Emily Jasper scored 12, Tori Wood scored nine, and Laney Evans finished the game with eight points.

"We got off to a slow start playing unsettled and not rotating well on defense, butthe girls did a good job of responding and adjusting to the game and opponent," said Calaveras head coach Jeremy Malamed. "We outscored them in each of the last three

quarters."

NFL Raiders promote DB from practice squad ALAMEDA (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have signed defensive back Dewey McDonald from the practice squad.

McDonald fills the open roster spot created when

fullback Marcel Recce was suspended four games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

McDonald has played in 14 games over his career with the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots. He played one game for New England this season before being signed to the Raiders practicesquad earlierthis month.

In the fourth quarter, Merced would takethe lead, and Sonora would answer right back to tie it. But the Wildcats could not take the lead.

Trailing50-47, Kress made a basket in the lane and was fouled in the process. He drained his free throw, tying the game at 50 with 1:55remainiilg.

Sonora stayed close, but down 5554 with 24 seconds left in regulation, Merced guard, Alexander Ray Stewart, was fouled shooting a 3-pointer.

He made all three free throws togive the Bears a 58-54 lead.

That is when the game got out of hand.

Patterson drove to the hoop and

physicality, which led to the fight, came early in the third quarter. Sonora sophomore Damian Kress fouled the Mercedplayer,whowo uldlaterattack the fan. The foul, though rough, was u n intentional.

From that moment, the Merced player played with extra aggression motivation.

"Both teams were really playing aggressive the whole game," Kress said. "There was a point where I fouled him and accidentally got him pretty good. I tried to tell him that it was unintentional, but that stirred up a little bit of anger. That's where I feel it all started. But, both teams were playing physical, so I can't say it was bound to happen, but it lookel like it was going to hap- from the Merced player, and he pen." could sense something could With the Merced player vis- happen.

"Everybody in the gym could ibly upset the remainder of the game, the fan in stands contin- see that, except for the two guys ued to direct comments his way. in the stripes," Dona said.

While at the free throw line, Many times a basketball the fan could be heard yell- game can turn physical and ing, "No. 10 can't shoot." If the technicals are handed out, but player made the shot, he would for most in attendance, they often look at the fan in disgust. had never seen a game turn to Though Dona did not hear violence.

"In my 20 plus years of anything the fan was saying, he could see the body language coaching, I' ve never seen

something like this," Dona said. "I have, in the past, talked to teams about what to do, in case a situation like this happens. I haven't talked to my team this year about that.

But, they responded really well when I got them back to the bench. My coaching staff did a good job getting between the players. I thought we responded well and quickly during that time, as well as the tournamentdirector(H oyt).e

11, Ashton had six, Rico Sanchez finished with five, and Wance had two.

Even in the loss, Sonora head coach Dan Dona hopes to use what happened as a learning experience and a way to grow as a team.

"Every type of adversity you run into is a learning experience," Dona said. "If you don't have adversity, you aren't going to grow. I don't think, in any way, this should be what the tournament is about. This is a great tournamentand we are really happy to be in it. We are not happy that we don't have the opportunity to play in the championship game."

Sonora will play in the final round today against Escalon at 2 p.m.

Tuesday's results Summerville 76, Golden Valley 60 El Capitan 61, James Lick 19 Liberty Ranch 80, Escalon 36 Merced 58, Sonora 54

didn't get the foul call he was hoping for. He intentionally fouled a Merced player to stop the clock and as a reToday's games sult, an altercation transpired.

A shoving match on the court Golden Valley vs. James Lick; 11 turned into a fight between a Merced a.m. player and a Sonora fan. The game El Capitan vs. Summerville; 12:20 Maggie Beck/Union Democrat Sonora's Rico Sanchez moves the ball down the court Tuesday against was called and Merced won 58-54. p.m.

P atterson led Sonora with 1 8 Sonora vs. Escalon; 2 p.m.

Merced in the Columbia College Holiday Classic Tournament. points, Kress had 12, Decker scored Merced vs. Liberty Ranch; 3:30 p.m.

49ERS Continued from PageCl starting to egel,e he answered

my question. ''Whatcould Ihave done?"

Tomsula said. "Probably, in Cleveland I put a lot of emphasis on starting fast in terms of throwing the ball, getting it down the field and things like that. And that' s just not how we' re built right now. So, that's a Jimbo.e

He did not go on to precisely define what a "Jimbo" is.

But my presumption is that it was a personal mess-up. Future historians may use the word to describethe entire 2015 season.

So to review: Tomsula said there was no excuse for the 49ers' defensive "Jimbos" on Sunday. He said his staff can find no answers for the missed tackles. Also, he likely messed up the game plan in Cleveland himself by proposing that the 49ers offense try to do something it did not have the personnel to do.

To paraphrase a certain 49ers

g e n era l man a ger,

somewhere in there I think Tomsula said that he couldn' t give us much evidence that he should return in 2016.

Although just for the record, Tomsula said he had not discussed his job situa-

D. Ross Cam aron/BayArea News Group/TNS

San Francisco49ers head coach Jim Tomsula looks up at the scoreboard in the second quarter against the Baltimore Ravens Oct. tion with the front office and A) they don't want to admit stated: "I'm going to coach un- they were wrong in hiring til somebody tells me I'm not." him and B) they believe he Count m e a m ong t h ose had an impossible task bewho believe the 49ers will cause of last season's key retell him he's not. They almost tirements and this season' s have no choice. key injuries.

I know, I know. Common I am ofthe exact opposite wisdom says that owner Jed view. The 49ers are in a disYork and GM Trent Baalke combobulated and dreadful will retain Tomsula because state. York does not need air-

plane banners to tell him this.

He must make many tough and radicaldecisions to get the franchise back on any sort of playoff contending path. He may or may not make those tough moves. But the easiest decision and simplest move is always to change head coaches. So that's the first thing the 49ers will do.

Tomsula has indeed endured some u n fortunate breaks. And he was inheriting an 8-8 team, not a division champion. Another .500 season would have been understandable and maybe even acceptable. But the recentlossesto Cleveland and Detroit, two beatable teams that have had their own issues, were... well, no good and not excusable. They were Jimbos. ARer Tomsula is dismissed, who knows? Everything should be on the table.

That includes Baalke's position and the entire front office structure. York may only be willing to go so far. But he once fired Mike Singletary at the end of a six-win season

alsoa false one.Forinstance, I have good information that Mike Holmgren, who coached both the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks to the Super Bowl, is interested in talking about the job. Holmgren has been out of the game since 2012. But as a San Francisco native and former 49ers offensive coordina-

tor, he has an affection for the franchise.

None of that may lead to anything. Holmgren is likely to make demands about personnel matters that the 49ers are reluctant to meet. But

why not at least kick the tires on Holmgren's comeback vehicle? He is 67 years old. But here are four other current

NFL head coaches in their 60's: Tom Coughlin, Pete Carroll, Bill Belichick and Bruce Arians. Three of the four have won Super Bowls. The fourth may win the next one. Plus, if Holmgren is interested in the gig, others surely would be under the right conditions.

Meanwhile, Tomsula does have one more game to coach — two more than Tomsula this season, Sunday against has earned so far — and then St. Louis at Levi's Stadium. m ade a bold move by hiring It would be nice to see him Jim Harbaugh. Don'tauto- go out without a Jimbo. But matically assume something I can't see it making a differlike that can't happen again. ence in whether there's a new The notion that no mean- 49ers coach in 2016. Tomsula i ngful candidates will b e himself keeps making the interested in the position is bestcase for it.

Sonora, California

NFL

BRIEFS Fournette's 5 TDs lead Tigers over Texas Tech56-27 HOUSTON (AP) Leonard Fournette scored five touchdowns and ran

for 212 yards as No. 22 LSU used a big third quarter to pull away for a 56-27 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night in the Texas Bowl.

Texas Tech (7-6) cut the lead to 1 early in the third quarterbefore the Tigers (9-3) scored 21 straight points, with two touchdowns by Fournette, to make it 42-20 entering the fourth.

Fournette had two rush-

ing touchdowns of 2 yards, ran for TDs of 43 and 4 yards and took a screen pass 44 yards for another score.

Patrick Maho m es threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns for Texas Tech, but was under heavy pressure all night and was sacked six times and scrambledaway from probably 10 more. Jakeem Grant set a Texas Tech bowl record with three receiving touchdowns.

It was the 10th 100-yard rushing game and fourth of 200 this season for Fournette, who extended his LS U s i ngle-season rushing record with 1,953 yards. LSU o u trushed Texas Tech 384-29 as the Tigerstook advantage ofa run defense that is one of the worst in the nation.

Brandon Harris threw for 254 yards with a touchdown and an interception and ran for another score for LSU.

Nevada beats Colorado State 28-23 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)The inaugural Arizona Bowl was ridiculed for having two teams from the same conference, both with mediocre records. The stands had vast empty spaces. Many TV viewers were unsure where to find the game.

It ended up being quite a show, particularly the closing flourish.

James Butler scored on a 4-yard run with 1:06 left and Nevada benefited &om a late gafFe by Colorado State's Jordon Vaden to beat the Rams 28-23 in the Arizona Bowl Tuesday night.

Especiall y atthe end.

Colorado State (7-6) trailedmost of the game before taking the lead on Wyatt Bryan's 38-yard field goal with just under 4 minutes left.

The Wolf Pack (7-6) responded quickly, marching 72 yards in eight plays to set up B utler's tacklebreaking touchdown run.

Nick Stevens orchestrated a qu i ck-hitting drive in the final minute

with no timeouts, but Vaden was unable to get out of bounds at Nevada's 12yard line and time ran out on the Rams.

UNC can't match Baylor's olYense ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For most of this season North Carolina was able to distinguish itself as the more dominant offensive team on the football field.

For the second straight game, though, the Tar Heels ran into a squad thatwas a step faster.

Johnny Jeff e rson rushed for three touchdowns and a record 299 yards, and No. 18 Baylor ran past No. 10 North Carolina 49-38 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Tuesday night.

Despite missing two quarterbacks, an awardwinning receiver, and a 1,000-yard running back, the Bears' No. 1-ranked scoringoffense stayed creative, pounding out 645 yards rushing and 756 total yards — both records for this bowl.

Devin Chafin added 161 yards and a touchdown, and Terence Williams rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears (10-3).

Wednesday, December 30, 201 5 — C3

THE UN' DEMO CRAT

Multiple teams in mix for stadium plan Jan. 12-13 in Houston are expectedtodecide ifasm any A task force empaneled by as two of the teams will be alMissouri's governor made its lowed to move. formal financing pitch TuesOakland city officials reday tothe National Football peatedly have said they won' t League for a billion-dollar s tick taxpayers with t h e stadium along the Mississip- bill for a new stadium, and pi River, hoping to keep the they told the San Francisco St. Louis Rams from bolting Chronicle that no plan from for suburban Los Angeles or them about a new Raiders attract a new team if they do. stadium was coming.

The n e arly 40 0 -page Oakland and A l ameda tome sent off by the group County still are $100 millate Monday arrived at the lion in debt from an overhaul s New York offices of the Coliseum's east end Tuesday, said Brian McCar- 20 years ago. Oakland's Asthy, an NFL spokesman. The sistant C it y A d m i nistrator league had set a Wednesday Claudia Cappio said the city deadline for local govern- will send a letter to league ofments in St. Louis, Oakland ficials updating them on the and San Diego to submit Oakland'seffortsto persuade their plans for new stadiums the Raiders to stay put. The amid the possibility of reloca- city of San Diego plans to istion as early as next season. sue a statement Wednesday.

League owners meeting Rams owner Stan Kroenke

By JIM SUHR The Associated Press

league'

to annual terms aAer saying

for a stadium about 13 miles away, in Carson, California.

The St. Louis proposal for the open-air, $1.1 billion stadium along the Mississippi north of the iconic Gateway Arch calls for $150 million from the city, $250 million &om the team owner, at least $200 million from the league, and $160 million in fan seat l icenses. The rest of t h e

"St. Louis has faithfully s upported the NF L a n d, in particular, the St. Louis Rams since their arrival in 1995" from Los Angeles, said Bob Blitz, who along with Dave Peacock co-chaired the task force."Our proposal this week to the NFL personifies that support."

Critics in St. Louis and elsewhere in Missouri say taxpayers shouldn't have to footthe bill for yet another football stadium. Last month, Republican Missouri House Speaker Todd Rich-

money comes from the state,

ardson sent Nixon, a Demo-

stadium on ou r

either through tax credits or bonds.

Members of the St. Louis stadium task force commissioned by Gov. Jay Nixon have said that even if the Rams move, a new stadium could lure another team.

crat, alist of 120 House members opposed to funding the stadium.

The Edward Jones Dome — the Rams' current homeopened in 1995, built entirely with taxpayer money.The Rams converted their lease

riverfront that the NFL and the St. Louis Rams will be extremely proud to call their own" culminated a 13-month eA'ort "to deliver on the certainty that has understandably been requested by the NFL."

is part of a group planning a $1.8 billion stadium in Inglewood, California. The Chargers and Raiders have teamed up on a joint venture

the facility was not deemed among the top 25 percent of NFL stadiums based on various criteria. The city's Convention and Visitors Commis-

sionproposed improvements of less than $200 million with the Rams picking up half of the cost, and the team counteredwith a more elaborate plan with aprice tag of at least $700 million. The impasse helpedprompt formationofthe task force.

Peacock said the St. Louis plan for "an ultra-modern d o wntown

Cbip Kelly gets fired after Eagles misses playoffs PHILADELPHIA (AP) — GM Chip Kelly cost coach Chip Kelly his job.

The Philadelphia Eagles fired Kelly Tuesday night with one game left in his third season, dumping the coach/ personnel boss after missing the playoffs in consecutive years.

Kelly was released beforethefinale of a disappointing season that began with Super Bowl expectations. The Eaglesare 6-9 after going 10-6 two years in a row. They were eliminated &om playoA' contention after losing to Washington at home on Saturday night.

Eagles CEO J Lurie issued a

But Kelly's reputation took a hit anyway.

Shortly after Kelly was fired, former Eagles linebacker Emmanuel

The Eagles also fired Ed Marynowitz, who was vice president of player personnel. Longtime NFL executive Tom Donahoe will assume the role of

All-Pro running back LeSean McCoy, didn't re-sign 2014 Pro Bowl wideout Jeremy Maclin, cut two-time Pro Bowl guard EvanMathis and traded quarterback Nick Foles and a 2016 secondrounddraftpick for Sam Bradford.

He also gave big money in free agency to running back DeMarco Murray and cornerback Byron Maxwell. Murray has been a bust and Maxwell has underperformed. Kelly even signed Tim Tebow, but released him after he won the competition for the No. 3 quarterback job.

A person familiar with the decision to fire Kelly told The Associated Press Tuesday night that the team didn' t consider only stripping him of personnel control, opting to part with him entirely. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Lurie will address Kelly's dismissal on Wednesday.

Kelly didn't want players perceived as "me-first" guys. He alienated some of his players, though the only ones who spoke out against him did it after they were gone.

McCoy, the &anchise's all-time lead-

it had fired Kelly, after most players had left the team's practice facility for the day.

Kelly replaced Andy Reid and led the Eagles to an NFC East title in 2013 after they were 4-12 a year earlier. The Eagles lost at home to New Orleans in the playoA's and missed the postseasonin 2014 following a 9-3

the cafeteria and playing loud music during practices. Players had protein shakes waiting for them after practice and the team took the field on Tuesdays, which is a day off for the rest of the NFL. Kelly's offense was dynamic his first season and set several &anchise records. It steadily declined the next two years. The defense has been the worst in the NFL for three seasons.

Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur will coach the team in the season finale at the New York Giants on Sunday.

Lurie told fans President Don Smolenski and Roseman, the executive vicepresident of football operations, will assist him in the search for a new coach.

Roseman helped convince Kelly to take the job after he initially decided to stay at Oregon. Kelly ended up taking Roseman's job without the titlethe Eagles technically didn't have a GM this season. But Roseman is the last one standing in Philadelphia.

Many fans are thrilled Kelly's gone, celebrating publicly and on social net-

seniordirector ofplayer personnel.

ing rusher and afan favorite,made

start.

works.

They were 7-12 in Kelly's last 19 games.

Kelly was considered one of the most innovative coaches in college when the Eagles lured him away from Oregon in2013. He brought his uptempo off ense and a unique approach that included monitoring players' sleep habits, changing the menu in

Dane Lawrence, of Philadelphia, saw the news on his phone while walking down a downtown street and celebrated on the sidewalk.

"Chip Kelly got fired!" he shouted, gleefully, smiling and shaking his fists like Tiger Woods after sinking a winning putt. "He got fired! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yesl"

ersey

one-sentence statement to reporters

saying heappreciates Kelly's contributions and wishes him success going forward.

Lurie told fans in an email that he decidedtomake a change after"evaluating the many factors involved in our performance asa team."

Kelly gained full control of personnel decisions last offseason, winning a power struggle with then-general manager Howie Roseman. But Kelly

headlines when he said there's a reason Kelly got rid of "all the good black players." Cornerback Brandon Boykin, who was traded to Pittsburgh, said tore apart a winning team and several Kelly was "uncomfortable" around of his bold moves backfired. black players.

Since March 2014, Kelly released Other players supported Kelly and three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver moves such as signing Murray and De Sean Jackson, traded two-time Maxwell contradicted McCoy's claim.

Acho tweeted: "Power tends to cor-

rupt,and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon tweeted: "Shady, Maclin, Foles, Djax.. Smh." Two current Eagles players, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team was not publicly discussing the firing, told the AP that several players had met in groups in recentweeks todiscuss their frustration with Kelly. They said they expressed relief in text exchanges with teammates after the team announced

NBA

Horford scores 30 in Hawks win over Rockets HOUSTON (AP) — Al Horford had 30 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 121-115 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night.

Atlanta trailed by 19 early in the game before rallying for the victory. Kent Bazemore added 26 points and Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague both had 22 as the Hawks won for the seventh time in eight games.

Dwight Howard led Houston with 30 points and 16 rebounds, while James Harden had 26 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

Atlanta took a lead late in the fourth quarter and employed the hack-a strategy, intentionally fouling Howard and Clint Capela repeatedly.

The strategy was largely successful until Howard made a free throw to take the lead with just over two minutes remaining.

Atlanta then scored the fi-

nal nine points of the game to snapped a four-game losing stealtheroad victory. streak with a win over the Pistons.

Thunder 131, Bucks 123 Jose Calderon added 15 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) points, Kyle O'Quinn had 12, — Russell Westbrook scored Robin Lopez scored 11, and 27 points and Kevin Durant Kristaps Porzingis finished added 26 to lead the Thunder with 10. to a win over the Bucks.

Ersan Ilyasova led the PisEnes Kanter added 23 tons with 19 points. Marcus while rookie Cameron Payne Morris and Reggie Jackson had a career-high 16 for the each had 17.

Thunder.

The Knicks led by only four Westbrook and D ur ant points, 80-76, early in the both scored more than 20 fourth quarter, but went on a points for the 25th time this 25-11 run to take an 18-point season as Oklahoma City lead on Williams' long jumper overcame an early eight- with 1:42 left in the game. point deficit to win for the Williams scored 16 of his 11th time in its last 14 games. points in the final quarter, Khris Middleton scored a hitting 5-of-6 shots &om the career-best36 points to lead field.

Milwaukee.

Grizzlies 99, Heat 90, Ot Knicks 108, Pistons 96 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Car- Mare Gasol scored seven of melo Anthony scored 24 his 23 points in overtime to points and Derrick Williams help the Grizzlies pull away added 18 to lead six Knicks in theextra period for a vicin doublefiguresasNe w York tory over the Heat.

Zach Randolph added 17 points for Memphis. Mike Conley and Jeff Green had 16 apiece, and Mario Chalmers scored 12 points. Gasol would add eight rebounds, six assists and four blocks, including a pair of rejections in the closing minutes.

Gasol's overtime performance included a stumbling move in the lane where he Qipped the ball to the basket as he was fouled. The shot bounced through, Gasol converted the ensuing free throw and the Grizzlies were up 96-88 with 1:22 lett — a lead Memphis would not relinquish.

Chris Bosh led Miami with 22 points, while Dwyane Wade finished with 19. Goran Dragic had 16 points.

The teams were tied at 83 at the end of regulation.

eve of his 31st birthday, Iman Shumpert added a seasonhigh 16 and the Cavaliers beat the Nuggets.

Kevin Love ha d e ight points and 14 rebounds to help Cleveland finish off a four-game West Coast swing with a 2-2 mark. The Cavaliers rested Kyrie Irving on the second night of a backto-back as he works his way back from a fractured left kneecap.

Reserve Will Barton had 29 for the injury-riddled Nuggets, who've now dropped six of seven. They were once again without Danilo Gallinari (sprained left ankle) and rookie Emmanuel Mudiay (sprained right ankle).

Trailing by 11 with 3:07 remaining, the Nuggets resorted to fouling Tristan Thompson, who's a 56 percent free throw shooter. Thompson Cavaliers 93, Nuggets 87 struggled at the line, hitting DENVER (AP) — LeBron 1 of 4, but Denver couldn' t James scored 34 points on the capitalize

ChicagoBlackbawks topArizona Coyotes 7-5 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)Patrick Kane scored a goal, assisted on two others and raised his NHL-leading point total to 53 in helping Chicago beat Arizona.

Andrew Desjardins scored twice for the Blackhawks, who overcame Shane Doan's hat trick and set a season high for goals in a game.

Artem Anisimov scored his 13th of the season, Brent Seabrook had two assists and Duncan Keith added a goal

and an assist for Chicago.

Doan scored three times for the Coyotes, tying Dale Hawerchuk for the franchise record with 379 career goals.

Doan's third of the night came on a power play with 27.1 seconds left.

Corey Crawford stopped 32 shots for Chicago.

BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Hayes scored three goals, Patrice Bergeron and Matt Beleskey had two apiece, and Boston beat Ottawa to end a three-game losing streak.

Torey Krug and Loui Eriksson each had two assists for the Bruins.

Tuukka Rask made 29 Oliver E k man-Lars son saves, including 12 in the and Tobias Rieder had three third period as the Bruins assists apieceforthe Coyotes. held off the Senators. Boston scored three power-play goals Bruins 7, Senators 3 and split the home-and-home

series with the Senators, who beat the Bruins 3-1 on Sunday in Ottawa.

Ottawa trimmed Boston's lead to one early in the third period, but the Bruins closed it out with three goals in the

Zibanejad and Mike Hoffman also scored.

final 4:11. There were several

tory overToronto for a split

Islanders 6, Maple Leafs 3 TORONTO (AP) — John Tavares was one of six New York players to score in a vic-

late fights, including multi- in the home-and-home set. ple serums during a stoppage Brock N e lson, F r ans with 27 seconds remaining Nielsen, Nikolay Kulemin, that featuredallfive skaters Matt Martin and Anders Lee paired off with an opponent. also scoredfor the IslandChris Neil had a goal and ers (20-12-5). Thomas Greiss an assist for Ottawa. Mika turned aside 30 shots.

C4 — Wednesday, December 30, 201 5

Sonora, California

THE UN' DEMO CRAT

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Goff tosses 6 TDs in Armed Forces Bowl victory FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — If Jared Goff is headed to the NFL early, California's junior quarterback replaceda couple ofpretty big names in the record books in his final college game.

How about Aaron Rodgers and Marcus Mariota.

Goffthrew for467 yards and six touchdowns and the Bears won in the postseason for the first time in seven years, beating Air Force 5536 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-4 Goff was already the season leader two times over in passing yards and touchdowns at Rodgers' alma mater.

Now he has Mariota's Pac-12 record for touchdowns with 43 a year after the former Oregon star threw 42 in leading the Ducks to the national championship game before going No. 2 overall in the NFL draft to Tennessee.

Not enough? OK, how about breaking Rodgers' Cal record for passing yards in a bowl game394 yards in a 52-49 win over Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight Bowl.

That was a full season before Green Bay drafted Brett Favre's eventual replacement in the first round.

"He isdefinitely a good guy to idolize," Goff said of Rodgers. "He did alotofgreatthings here."

As for the obvious question, Goff says he will discuss the NFL decision with the parents and "should know soon." Cal fans were chanting "One more year!" while celebrating the victory.

three touchdowns for Cal, which dropped his head as the announcelastmade the postseason in a 21-10 ment was made, and coach Troy loss to Texas in the Holiday Bowl Calhoun angrily waved his arms at in 2011. The Bears' last bowl win officials.

"I didn't see the replay," Calhoun was 24-17 over Miami in the 2008 Emerald Bowl near their Bay Area said. "If that's the call, that's the Calllpus. call."

Weakened by the targeting ejecKarson Roberts threw for two tion of secondary anchor Weston touchdowns and had 69 yards rushSteelhammer on Air Force's third ing and another score for Air Force. defensive play, the Falcons (8-6) lost Jacobi Owens, the leader of one of for the fourth time in five Armed the nation's best rushing attacks, Forces appearances since 2007. had 83 yards and a touchdown.

'Vile tried a little bit of everyThe Falcons lost their last three thing," Air Force coach Troy Cal- games, including the Mountain houn said.

West Conference championship to Goff who was Cal's first fresh- San Diego State,and dropped to man starting quarterback in 2013, 1-9 at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stahas startedall 37 games as the dium.

Bears bounced back from 1-11 his Cal took control on a sequence first year to 5-7 last year. He was that started with Goff's perfect 25 of 37 with no interceptions while deep throw to Maurice Harris, who breaking Armed Forces records for reached out with his left hand to passing yards and touchdowns. redirectthe ball to his body and While Goff fell short of his career cradled it on his way out of bounds record of seven touchdown passes for a40-yard gain to the Air Force in a game from a 59-56double- 5. overtime win against Colorado last Goff found Darius Powe on the season, he added another Pac-12 next play for one of Powe's two Khampha Bouaphanh/FortWorth Star Telegram/TNS mark with 4,719 yards. scores and a 21-14 lead. The Bears California quarterback Jared Goff takes a snap Tuesday during the It was another successful Texas got the ball back immediately on a fourth quarter of the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. homecoming for Dykes, the son fumble when Roberts lost control of former Texas Tech coach Spike trying to run the option, and Goff "I was chanting that, too," coach Goff had three of his scoring Dykes. The Bears won for the sec- hit Lawler in stride in the end zone Sonny Dykes said, drawing laugh- tosses in a span of five plays in the ond time this season in the Lone fora 24-yard score.Lawler had fi ve terfrom reportersin the postgame second quarter as the Bears (8-5) Star State after beating Texas 45- catches for 75 yards. news conference. broke a 14-14 tie and cruised while 44 in September.

After an Air Force punt, Goff "It's funny," Goff said. "I was one setting aschool postseason scorSteelhammer, Air Force's leader moved the Bears 78 yards on three of those kids chanting for DeSean ing record in a rematch of the 2007 in tacklesand interceptions atsafe- completions, with a 55-yarder to Jackson about 10 years ago. It' s Armed Forces Bowl, also won by ty, was ejected after hitting Bryce Treggs setting up a 14-yard score to funny how that comes all the way Cal (42-36).

Treggs moments after a pass had Lawler. Treggs had 143 yards and a around."

R eceiver Kenny Lawler h ad gone by the Cal receiver. The junior touchdown.

SCORES & MORE Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OTPtsGF GA 3 7 21 12 4 4 6 101 S t 3 9 21 15 3 4 5 111 9 6 3 6 20 12 4 4 4 115 9 7 37 16 12 7 4 3 9 4 96 37 16 13 6 4 2 111 112 37 16 15 4 4 0 9 5 66 36 15 17 4 3 4 6 5 94 3 5 13 15 7 3 3 9 2 1 0 0 Mehopolitan Division GP W L OTPtsGF GA Washington 35 2 7 6 2 56 1 10 72 N .Y. Islanders 37 2 0 1 2 5 4 5 103 6 6 N .Y. Rangers 3 7 2 0 1 3 4 4 4 107 9 6 NewJerssy 37 16 1 4 5 41 6 7 92 Pittsburgh 35 17 1 5 3 3 7 7 9 66 Philadelphia 3 5 15 13 7 37 76 9 6 Carolina 3 7 15 17 5 3 5 6 7 1 0 6 C olumbus 39 14 2 2 3 3 1 9 6 1 2 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OTPtsGF GA Dallas 3 6 27 6 3 57 1 3 2 9 7 Sz Louis 39 23 12 4 5 0 9 9 93 Chicago 36 21 13 4 4 6104 9 4 Minnesota 35 19 10 6 4 1 9 5 64 Nashville 3 7 16 12 7 4 3 100 9 6 Colorado 37 16 17 2 3 6 106 102 Winnipeg 3 6 17 17 2 3 6 9 7 1 0 5 Pacihc Division GP W L O T PtsGF GA LosAngeles 36 23 11 2 46 96 6 1 Arizona 36 17 16 3 3 7 100 116 V ancouver 39 14 1 5 9 3 7 9 3 1 09 S an Jose 35 17 1 6 2 3 6 9 6 1 00 Calgary 3 6 17 17 2 3 6 9 6 1 1 7 A naheim 35 14 15 6 34 6 7 67 E dmonton 36 15 2 0 3 33 9 7 1 1 6 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday's games Boston 7, Ottawa 3 N.Y. Islanders 6, Toronto 3 New Jersey 3, Carolina 2 Columbus 6, Dallas 3 Florida 3, Montreal 1 St. Louis 4, Nashville 3, OT Winnipeg 4, Detroit 1 Anaheim 1, Calgary 0 Los Angeles 5, Edmonton 2 Chicago 7, Arizona 5 Today's games Toronto at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington,4 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, rk30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 1 9 13 .59 4 Boston 1 6 13 .56 1 '/z New York 1 5 16 455 e ' / z Brooklyn 9 22 .290 9 /' z Philadelphia 2 31 .061 1' 7/z Southeast Dkrision W L Pct GB Atlanta 2 1 13 .61 6 Miami 16 13 .5 6 1 1 y a Orlando 16 13 .5 6 1 1 y a Charlotte 17 1 3 .5 6 7 2 Washington 14 1 5 463 4/ z Central DMsion

Pct GB .700 .6 0 0 3 17 12 .5 6 6 3 ' / z Detroit 17 1 5 .5 3 1 5 12 2 1 .3 6 4 1(7/z Milwaukee WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 6 .616 Dallas 16 13 .5 6 1 6 Memphis 16 16 .5 2 9 9 ' / z Houston 16 1 7 A65 11 New Orleans 10 2 1 .3 2 3 16 Northwest Division W L Pct GB 22 1 0 .669 13 1 6 A46 F/z 13 2 0 .3 9 4 ( F /z 12 20 .37 5 10 11 2 0 .3 5 5 1(FA PacTiic Division W L Pct GB Golden State 29 1 .96 7 LA Clippers 19 1 3 .5 9 4 11 Sacramento 12 19 .3 6 7 1 7 / z Phoenix 12 2 1 .3 6 4 1(F/z LA Lakers 5 2 7 .1 5 6 25 Cleveland Indiana Chicago

W L 21 9 16 1 2

Tuesday's games New York 109, Detroit 96 Memphis 99, Miami 90, OT Atlanta 121, Houston 115 Oklahoma City 131, Milwaukee 123 Cleveland 93, Denver 67 Today's games Brooklyn at Orlando, 4 p.m.

LA Clippers at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

LA Lakers at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Phoenix atSanA ntonio,5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 7 p.m.

Football National Football League American Confwence East W L T P c t PF PA y-New England 12 3 0 . 6 00455 295 N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 . 6 67370 292 Buffalo 7 6 0 A 6 7357 342 Miami 5 10 0 .333 290 379 South W L T Pc t PF PA Houston 6 7 0 .5 3 3309 307 Indianapolis 7 6 0 A 6 7303 394 Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 370 416 Tennessee 3 12 0 . 200275 393 North W L T P c t PF PA y-Cincinnati 11 4 0 . 7 33395 263 9 6 0 . 6 0 395 0 307 Pittsburgh Baltimore 5 10 0 .333 312 377 Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 266 404 West W L T P c t PF PA x-Denver 11 4 0 . 7 33326 276 Kansas City 10 5 0 . 6 67392 270 Oakland 7 9 0 A 6 7342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 National Conference East W L T P c t PF PA y-Washington 6 7 0 . 5 33354 356 Philadelphia 6 9 0 A 0 0342 400 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 A 0 0390 407 Dallas 4 11 0 . 267252 340 South W L T P c t PF PA

y-Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

14 1 0 6 7 0 6 9 0 6 9 0 North W L T 10 5 0 10 5 0 6 9 0 6 9 0 West W L T y-Arizona 13 2 0 x-Seattle 9 6 0 St. Louis 7 6 0 S an Francisco 4 11 0 x — clinched playoff spot y —clinched division

. 9 33462 296 .5 3 3322 325 A 0 0332 379 A 0 0366 459 P c tPF PA . 6 6 7355 303 . 6 67346 269 A 0 0334 360 A 0 0315 373 P c tPF PA . 667463 277 . 6 0 367 0 271 A 6 7264 311 .2 6 7219 371

Sunday's games Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.

Washington at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

New England at Miami, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Pitts burghatCleveland,10a.m .

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

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

St Louis at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1:25 p.m.

M innesota atGreen Bay,5:30 p.m.

201 5 — 16NCAA Bowl Glance Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas California 55, Air Force 36 Russell Athletic Bowl, Orlando, Ra. Baylor 49, North Carolina 36 Arizona Bowl, Tucson Nevada 26, Colorado State 23 Texas Bowl, Houston (SU 56, Texas Tech 27 Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6 — 6) vs. Memphis (9 — 3), 9 a.m.

(ESPN)

Balk Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7 — 5) vs. Mississippi St. (6 — 4), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville (7 — 5) vs. Texas AtkM (6 — 4), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl, San Diego Wisconsin (9 — 3) vs. Southern Cal (6 — 5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl, Atlanta Houston (12 — 1) vs. Florida State (10 — 2), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff SemiTinal) Miami Gardens, Ra. Clemson (13 — 0) vs. Oklahoma (11 — 1), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Cath>n Bowl Classic (Playoff Semilinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12 — 1)vs. Michigan State (12 — 1), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10 — 2)vs. Tennessee (6 — 4), 9 a.m. (ESPN2) Cihus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9 — 3) vs. Florida (10 — 3), 10 a.m.

(ABC) Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz.

Notre Dame (10 — 2)vs. Ohio State (11 — 1), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl, Pasadena lowe (12 — 1) vs. Stanford (11 — 2), 2 p.m.

(ESPN)

Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Oklahoma State (10 — 2) vs. Mississippi (9 — 3), 5t30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7 — 5) vs. Georgia (9 — 3), 9 a.m.

(ESPN) uberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.

Kansas St. (6 — 6)vs. Arkansas (7 —5), 12:20

p.m. (ESPN)

Ahmo Bowl, San Antonio

Oregon (9 — 3) vs. TCU (10 — 2), 3:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Cactus Bowl, Phoenix West Virginia (7 — 5)vs. Arizona State (6 —6), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz.

Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner,

5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Winter Sports Women's World Cup Giant Slalom Results M onday, at Lienz,A ustria 1. Lars Gut, Switzerland, 2 minutes, 06.00 seconds.

2. Tins Weirather, Liechtenstein, 2:06.12.

3. Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany, 2:06.30.

4. Eva-Maria Brem, Austria, 2:06.36.

5. Federica Brignone, Italy, 2:06.64.

6. Michaela Kirchgasser, Austria, 2:07.37.

7. Francesca Marsaglia, Italy, 2:07.52.

6. Frida Hansdotter, Sweden, 2:07.70.

9. Irene Curtoni, Italy, 2:07.69.

10. Elena Curtoni, Italy, 2:07.90.

11. Tease Worley, France, 2:07.97.

12. Nina Loeseth, Norway, 2:06.00.

13. Ragnhild Mowinckel, Norway, 2:06.00.

14. Marie-Pier Prefontaine, Canada, 2:06.02.

15. Kajsa Kling, Sweden, 2:06.06.

16. Marts Bassino, Italy, 2:06.13.

17. Taina Barioz, France, 2:06.13.

16. Nadia Fanchini, Italy, 2:06.25.

19. Alexandra Tilley, Great Bditain, 2:06.34.

20. Wendy Holdener, Switzerland, 2:06A6.

21.Coralie FraseeSombet,France,2:06.67.

22. Emi Hasegawa, Japan, 2:06.74.

23.Anemone Marmottan, France,2:09.06.

24. Clara Direz, France, 2:09.10.

25. Megan McJames, United States, 2:09.15.

26. Estelle Alphand, France, 2:10.72.

World Cup %endings After 5 of 9 races 1. Lars Gut, Switzerland, 350 points.

2. Eva-Maria Brem, Austria, 342.

3. Federica Brignone, Italy, 265.

4. Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany, 210.

5. Tins Weirather, Liechtenstein, 210.

6. Nina Loeseth, Norway, 200.

7. Tessa Worley, France, 1 64.

6. Frida Hansdotter, Sweden, 156.

9. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 120.

10. Maria Pietilae-Holmner, Sweden, 102.

Overall World Cup &endings 1. Lars Gut, Switzerland, 656 points.

2. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 500.

3. Frida Hansdotter, Sweden, 376.

4. Eva-Maria Brem, Austria, 367.

5. Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany, 324.

6. Tins Weirather, Liechtenstein, 314.

7. Nina Loeseth, Norway, 306.

6. Mikaela Shiffrin, United States, 296.

9. Cornelia Huetter, Austdia, 274.

10. Federica Brignone, Italy, 265.

Favorite Open 0 /U Unde n log Detroit 1 (196) A t New York At Memphis O f (O ff ) Miami At Oklahoma City 14 (204) Mil w aukee A t Houston 2/z ( 2 10kk) At lan t a Cleveland PA (19 7 ) At D e nver College Basketball Favorite one Underdog A t Memphis 12'/ z Tulane At Cincinnati 12 Temple Smu 4t/z At Tulsa 16t/z At Miami Princeton George Washington 5 At UCF A t Georgia Tech 9 Duquesne At Nc State 5kk Nort h eastern At Florida 5 Florida St At Buffalo 6'/z Delaware Purdue 6 At Wi s consin AtWilliam&Mary 7 Cent M i chigan N. Illinois 6 At II I.-Chicago At Kansas St 13 Saint Louis At Texas AtkM 15 Cal Poly At Lsu ty/z W ake Forest At Texas Tech 4'/z Richmond At Texas Pk Uconn At Kansas 16 Uc Irvine At lowe 3 Michigan St NHL Favorite Line Un d erdog Line At Columbus O ff Dallas Off Ny Islanders -115 At T o ronto +105 Carol i na +125 At New Jersey -135 At Boston -165 Ottawa +155 At Florida -140 Montr eal +130 At Winnipeg -125 Detroit +115 A t St. Louis Of f Nashvi l l e O f f Chicago -160 At Ad zona +150 -120 Anah eim +110 At Calgary At Edmonton Of t Los A ngeles Off College Football Bowl games Saturthy, Dec. 26 Favorite Op e n Todayo/U U nderdog Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth California 6 7 (66) Air F o rce Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando North Carolina +2kk 3A (70) Arizona Bowl At Tucson C olorado St 3 3 (56) Nevad a Texas Bowl At Houston LSU 7 7 (74) Te x as Tech NFL Sunday Favorite Ope nTodayo/U Underdog NY Jets +1 3 ( 4 2'/6 At Buffalo At Carolina 11 t( F A (4716) Tampa Bay NewEngland 4 9 (47 16) At M i a mi At Cincinnati 1 0 7 (42) B a ltimore At Atlanta 3 4 (52) N e w Orleans At Houston 6 6 (45) J a cksonville P ittsburgh St/z 10 (47) At Cleveland At Kansas City 7 7 (43t/6 Oak l and At Indianapolis 3t/z 6 (O ( t ) T e nnessee At Dallas 3 Off (O( t ) Washington A t Chicago 1 1 6 1 (45) Detro i t At Ny Giants 3 3 (52) P h iladelphia At Green Bay 5 t/z 3t/z (46) Minnesota At Denver 9 1 6 6 (O ff ) S a n Diego St. Louis 3 316 (47) At SF A t Arizona + 2 4' / z ( 4 6 ) Seat t l e

Transactions BASEBALL

Nations I League

The Line Pregame.corn NBA

CINCINNATI REDS — Traded LHP Aroldis Chapman to the N.Y. Yankees for RHPs Caleb Cotham and Rookie Davis and INFs EricJagielo and Tony Rends.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Ryan Lashley.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Memphis F Matt Barnes two games for engaging in a physical altercation with and threatening New York coach Derek Fisher on Oct. 3, in Redondo Beach, Calif.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Montrezl Harrell and G-F K.J. McDaniels from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Reassigned F Jarell Martin to lowe (NBADL).

PHOENIX SUNS — Fired assistant coaches Jerry Sichting and Mike Longabardi. Promoted Nate B)orgken to defensive coordinator and Earl Watson to bench coach.

FOOTBALL Net tonal Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Cam Johnson from the practice squad.

Waived RB Daryl Richardson. Released DB De'Ante Saunders from the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed G Hugh Thornton and QB Charlie Whitehurst on injured reserve.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed FB Roosevelt Nix on injured reserve. Signed LB L.J. Fort from the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Placed Ss Eric Weddle and Darrell Stuckey, TE LadariusGreen and NT Sean Lissemore on injured reserve. Signed TE Sean McGrath and S Matt Daniels from the practice squad. Re-signed Gs Craig Watts and Michael Huey to the practice squad.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with DL Richard Clebert.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled FShee Theodore from San Diego (AHL) CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled O Erik Gustafsson from the Rockford (AHL). Placed F Marcus Kruger on injured reserve.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled LW Eric Tangradi from Grand Rapids (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Traded F Zack Kassian to Edmonton for G Ben Scrivens. Recalled G Eetu Laurikainen from HPK (Finland) and assigned him to Bakersfield (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Cotton Sissons to Milwaukee (AHL).

Activated F Mike Fisher from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned Fs Mike Angelidis and Mike Blunden to Syracuse (AHL).

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Reassigned G J ake Paterson to T o l edo (ECHL). Signed G Jeff Lerg to a professional tryout agreement.

LACROSSE National lacrosse League BUFFALO BANDITS — Acquired D Mitch de Snoo from Calgary for T Brandon Goodwin.

COLLEGE FAYETTEVILLE STATE — Named Richard Hayes Jr. football coach.

INDIANA — Announced RB Jordan Howard will enter the NFL draft.

MIAMI — Announced DB Artie Burns will enter the NFL draft.

RUTGERS — Named Aaron Henry assistant defensive backs coach.

TV SPORTSPROGRAMS BASKETBALL Thursday 2:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball Gonzaga at Santa Clara.

4:00 pm (CSBA) NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets.

Friday 4:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball North Texas at Texas-San Antonio.

6:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball Rice at Texas-El Paso.

Saturday 9:00 am (CSN) College Basketball Charlotte at Old Dominion. Women's College Basketball Ohio State at Maryland.

11:00 am (KOVR) (KPIX) College Basketball Tennessee at Auburn.

1:00 pm (CSBA) College Basketball Portland at Santa Clara. College Basketball Bay)or at Kansas.

2:00 pm (CSN) NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Sacramento Kings.

3:00 pm (CSBA) College Basketball BYU at Pacific.

7:30 pm (CSBA) NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors.

Sunday t0:00 am(CSN) College BasketballWestern Kentucky at Marshall.

4:00 pm (CSN) College BasketballWestern Kentucky at Marshall.

Monday 4:00 pm (ESPN) College Basketball North Carolina at Florida State.

5:00 pm (CSN) NBA Basketball Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder.

6:00 pm (ESPN) College Basketball Oklahoma at Kansas.

7:30 pm (CSBA) NBA Basketball Charlotte Hornets at Golden State Warriors.

Tuesday 4:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball VCU at Saint Joseph' s.

(ESPN) College Basketball Wisconsin at Indiana.

5:30 pm (CSN) NBA Basketball Sacramento Kings at Dallas Mavericks.

6:00 pm (ESPN) College Basketball Kentucky at LSU. 7:30 pm (CSBA) re BA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lake rs.

Wednesday 4:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball St. Bonaventure at George Mason. (ESPN) NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Miami Heat.

6:30 pm (ESPN) NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder.

BOWLING Sunday 10:00 am(ESPN) PBA Bowling Chameleon Championship.

BOXING Sunday 8:00 pm (CSN) Boxing Premier Boxing Champions.

Danny O' Connor (26-2) faces

Gabriel Bracero (23-2) in a 147-pound rematch.

FOOTBALL Thursday 9:00 am (ESPN) College Football Chick-fil-A Peach BOWI — HOuStOn VS. FIOrida

State.

1:00 pm (ESPN) Capital One Orange Bowl Oklahoma vs.

Clemson.

5:00 pm (ESPN) Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic MiChigan State VS. Alabama.

Friday 10:00 am (ESPN) BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl Notre Dame vs. Ohio State.

(KGO) (KXTV) College Football Buffalo Wild Wings CitruS BOWI — MiChigan VS.

Florida.

2:00 pm (ESPN) Rose Bowl StanfOrd VS.

5:30 pm(ESPN) Allstate Sugar Bowl Oklahoma State VS. MiSSiSSiPPi.

Saturday 9:00 am (ESPN) College Football TaxSlayer BowlPenn State vs. Georgia.

12:20 pm(ESPN) College Football AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Kansas State vs.

Arkansas.

3:45 pm (ESPN) College Football Valero Alamo Bowl — Oregon vs. Texas Christian.

7:15 pm (ESPN) College Football Motel 6 Cactus Bowl — West Virginia vs.

Arizona State.

Sunday 10:00 am(KOVR) re FL Football Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs.

(KTXL) NFL Football Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys.

1:25 pm (KOVR) (KPIX) rtrFL Football san Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos.

(KTXL) NFL Football St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers. 5:20 pm (K C RA) (KSBW) NFL Football Teams TBA. (Nl (Live)

10:00 am(KCRA) (KSBW) NHL Hockey Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins.

Saturday 7:00 pm (CSN) NHL Hockey Winnipeg Jets at San Jose Sharks.

HOCKEY

LeiCeSter City FC VS AFC

Friday

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Thursday 7:00 am (SPlKE) Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2015 From Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

SOCCER Thursday 7:00 pm (CSN) English Premier League Soccer Southampton FC vs Arsenal FC. Saturday 9:30 am (KCRA) (KSBW) English Premier League Soccer Watford FC vs Manchester City FC. Wednesday 8:30 pm (CSN) English Premier League Soccer Bournemouth.

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Burn permits are required both inside andoutside of the Sonora city limits. For burn-day information and rules, call 533-5598 or7546600.

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Yosemite NationalParkas of 6 p.m. Tuesday: Wawona, BigOakFIat, ElPorlaland HatchHetchy roadsare open. GlacierPoint RoadandTioga Roadareclosed for the season.MariposaGrove Roadis closed until spring 2017. Forroadconditions or updates in Yosemite, call 372-0200 orvisit www.nps.gov/yose/.

Passes asof 6 p.m. Tuesday: SonoraPass (Highway 108) is closed from 26.4 miles east of Strawberry to the Junction of US 395 for the season. TiogaPass (Highway 120) is closed from CraneFlat to 5 miles west of the junction of US 395for the season. Ebbetts Pass (Highway 4) is closed from 0.5 miles east of the junction of Highway 207/Mt. Rebaturnoff to the junction of Highway 89 for the season. Goonline to www.uniondemocrat.corn, www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/ roads.cgi orcall Ca)transat 800427-7623for highway updates andcurrent chain restrictions.

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Boulder Plaza, 13945 Mono Way, Sonora, CA

209.533.9630 l ww w .son oradentist.corn

New Patients Welcome