SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — From a pot shop in Santa Cruz that hung a banner pro-claiming “Prohibition is Over!” to one in San Diego handing out T-shirts showing the first moon landing and declaring a “giant leap for mankind,” the Golden State turned a shade greener with its first sales of recreational marijuana.

Ceremonial ribbon cuttings marked the occasion Monday as the nation’s biggest pro-ducer of illicit marijuana moved from the shadows toward a regulated market. Freebies and food greeted those who waited in long lines to get their hands on weed with names like “Oh G e e z u s ” a n d “ B a n a n a Breath.”

“I’m scared, I’m excited, I’m relieved,” exclaimed Kimberly Cargile, director of a Sacramento shop that has sold medical pot since 2009.

Cargile’s shop, A Therapeu-tic Alternative, opened at 9 a.m. with the celebratory cut-ting of a red ribbon — a sym-bolic gesture that could be

seen as a nod to those who cut through red tape in time to open the doors to a new era.

First-day sales were brisk in shops lucky enough to score one of the roughly 100 state licenses issued so far. But would-be customers in some of the state’s largest cities encountered reefer sadness.

Riverside and Fresno out-lawed sales and Los Angeles and San Francisco did not act soon enough to authorize

shops to get state licenses by New Year’s Day.

California’s state and local governments still have a lot of work ahead to get the mas-sive industry running that is projected to bring in $1 bil-lion annually in tax revenue within several years.

Charles Boldwyn, chief compliance officer of Show-Grow in Santa Ana, which opened to retail customers Monday, said he is concerned that a delay in local and state approvals could create short-ages of products for consum-ers.

“We’re looking at ... hun-dreds of licensed cultivators and manufacturers coming out of an environment where we literally had thousands of people who were cultivating

and manufacturing,” Bold-wyn said. “So the red tape is a bit of a bottleneck in the supply chain.”

Bureau of Cannabis Control regulators worked through the holiday to try to process 1,400 pending license applica-tions for retail sales, distribu-tion, testing facilities and other businesses, bureau spokesman Alex Traverso said.

A flood of applications for shops in Los Angeles and San Francisco is expected after being approved locally. Because Los Angeles is the biggest market in the state, some of those shops will be licensed by the state more

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In this Dec. 29, 2017 photo, Khalil Moutawakkil, co-founder and CEO of Kind-Peoples, poses with some marijuana plants in his dis-pensary in Santa Cruz, Calif. AP photo

Photo by Bill Whittle/Cooke City Search and Rescue Hasty Team Members of Cooke City’s Search and Rescue team assist an injured snowmobiler near Cooke City on Sunday. The 25-year-old man was transported to Livingston HealthCare via a Reach Air Medical Services helicopter dispatched out of Belgrade.

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Breaking his silence over nationwide protests that included calls for his ouster, Iran’s supreme leader on Tues-day blamed the demonstrations on “enemies of Iran,” saying they were meddling in its internal affairs.

The remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the demonstrations — the largest seen in Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election — came after a bloody night that saw protesters try to storm a police station and the first deaths among its security forces. The unrest has killed at least 21 people in the past six days.

The protests began Dec. 28 in Mashhad over the weak economy and a jump in food prices. They have since expanded to cities and towns in nearly every province. Hundreds have been arrested, and a prominent judge warned that some could face the death penalty.

Speaking to black-chador-clad women who were relatives of veterans and war dead, the 78-year-old Khamenei warned of an enemy “waiting for an opportunity, for a crack through which it can infiltrate.”

“Look at the recent days’ incidents,” he said. “All those who are at odds with the Islamic Republic have utilized various means, includ-ing money, weapons, politics and (the) intelli-gence apparatus, to create problems for the Islamic system, the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolution.”

Khamenei avoided identifying any foreign countries, although he promised to elaborate in the coming days. Undoubtedly high on his list is the U.S., where President Donald Trump has tweeted his support for the protests for several days.

On Tuesday, he wrote that “the people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime.”

“All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their ‘pockets,’” Trump wrote, apparently referring to the nuclear deal reached under his predecessor. “The people have little food, big inflation and no human rights. The U.S. is watching!”

It is unclear what effect Trump’s tweets are having on the protests. Iran’s state TV report-ed on his tweets in its news broadcasts, and some people have shared them online, but many in Iran distrust him because he has refused to re-certify the 2015 nuclear deal and his travel bans have blocked Iranians from getting U.S. visas.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi urged Trump to stop tweeting and focus on his own country’s problems.

“It is better for him to try to address the U.S.’ internal issues like the murder of scores killed on a daily basis in the United States during armed clashes and shootings, as well as millions of the homeless and hungry people in the country,” Ghasemi said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

Khamenei, who has final say over all state matters, has blamed foreign adversaries for domestic unrest in the past. In 2009, as Green Movement demonstrations rattled his govern-ment, he said the postelection unrest was cal-culated by Iran’s enemies “whether or not its leaders know.”

Iran protests: Supreme leader blames ‘enemies’ for meddling

AP photoIn this picture released by an official web-site of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday.

Minnesota man airlifted out after snowmobile injuryBy Liz Kearney

Enterprise Staff Writer

A Minnesota man’s New Year’s Eve plans changed suddenly when he was airlifted out of the Cooke City area Sunday after sustaining injuries while snowmobiling.

The 25-year-old was snowmobiling with friends north of Cooke City in the Lulu Meadow area, Park County Sheriff Scott Hamilton said Tuesday. The man was injured after a 15-foot fall.

Friends snowmobiled back to Cooke City to make the emergency call, which came in about 10:50 a.m. Cooke City’s Search and Rescue Hasty Team members Bill and Kate Whittle and Bob Vance were on scene

within minutes, by 11:06 a.m., Hamilton said.

The team assessed the man’s leg injury, which was not life-threatening, but were concerned about transporting him out via snowmobile litter, so requested a helicop-ter. A helicopter team from Cody, Wyo-ming had to decline a response due to incoming bad weather, but Reach Air Med-ical Services, based in Belgrade, was able to respond.

The flight was originally scheduled to head to Billings, but weather conditions dictated diverting to Livingston Health-Care, Hamilton said.

Hamilton said the “Plan B” for the emer-gency response included ambulances

standing by in Cooke City for transport to Livingston and at the Pilot Creek Parking Lot, 15 miles east of Cooke City via snow-mobile, for transport to Cody, in case flight transport had not been available.

In addition to the Park County Search and Rescue team and the Park County Sheriff’s Office, assistance was also pro-vided by the National Park Service, Life-Flight and Cody Ambulance, Hamilton said.

“I am extremely proud of our SAR volun-teers and their willingness to train hard and respond at a moment’s notice to help those in need,” Hamilton said. “This mis-sion was a great example of outstanding teamwork by multiple agencies.”

Bozeman lawmaker pullsout of race

BOZEMAN (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Tom Woods of Bozeman has pulled out of the U.S. House race, cit-ing a lack of financial support.

Lee Newspapers of Montana reports Woods announced his decision on his Facebook page Monday, saying if he were to continue with his campaign he would have to go into debt.

Five other candidates continue to seek the Democratic nomination to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte in November 2018. They are Billings attorney John Heenan; Grant Kier of Missoula, the former executive director of the Five Valleys Land Trust; former Billings lawmaker Lyn-da Moss, Bozeman attorney Jared Pet-tinato and former Bozeman lawmaker Kathleen Williams. The primary is June 5.

Woods said he would announce next week whether he would seek re-elec-tion to his state House seat.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat.

Hatch, 83, said he’s always been a fighter, “but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves.”

Hatch is the longest-serving Republican in the Senate. He chairs the powerful Sen-ate Finance Committee and was a major force in getting a tax overhaul through Con-gress and signed into law in December.

He also played a key role in persuading President Donald Trump to sign proclama-tions scaling back two sprawling national monuments in Utah that Hatch and other conservative considered example of gov-ernment overreach.

In a statement, Hatch said he decided to retire at the end of his seventh term after “much prayer and discussion with family and friends” over the holiday break.

He says “I may be leaving the Senate, but the next chapter in my public service is just beginning.”

Romney, the former Massachusetts gov-ernor who now lives in Utah, has been eye-ing a Senate run, but Trump has encouraged Hatch to seek re-election. In his statement, Hatch cited as accomplishments work to help create the Americans with Disabilities, expand children’s health insurance and expand use of generic drugs.

Orrin Hatch retiring; opens door for Mitt Romney to fill seat

AP photoSen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 20.

COLUMBIA FALLS (AP) — Everyone recognizes the fact that history runs deep in Gla-cier National Park.

They see it in the park’s grand, century-old hotels and the Red Jammers that first began double-clutching on the steep Going-to-the-Sun Road in the 1930s.

But there’s another piece of history that people some-times miss even though they’re standing right on it.

The tour boats that ply the waters of the park’s larger lakes have a history that stretches back to a time

before people depended on automobiles to get from one place to the next.

“Most people get on a boat and think ‘great, it’s a boat ride,’ but they don’t realize that boat they are riding in has been plying the waters for 80 years,” said John Boughton of the Montana State Historic Preservation Office. “That might bring a new twist to it if they knew.”

That recognition is coming.For the second time in two

years, historic boats operat-ed by the Glacier Park Boat Company have been added to

the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places.

Last year, the 1920s-era tour boat originally named the Rising Wolf was added to the national register.

In December, its sisters, the 45-foot-long Little Chief and the 56-foot DeSmet, were accepted.

They were the first boats in Montana to be added to the prestigious historic register.

The 56-foot DeSmet was bui l t in Kal ispel l and launched on Lake McDonald in 1930. Stored in the winter

in a boat house that was con-structed that same year, the DeSmet has never left the park.

The Little Chief is four years older than the DeSmet. It was renamed the Sinopah in the 1940s. The boat pro-vides scenic tours and trans-portation to trails at Two Medicine Lake.

“The Glacier Park Boat Company is doing a fantastic job of getting their historic resources out there for peo-ple to see and acknowledge just how important they real-ly are,” Boughton said.

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OBITUARIESLouis Morrish Green

Louis Morrish Green, age 87 of Liv-ingston was welcomed into eternity by his Savior and Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Morrish was born to Leonard and Ella Maye (Morrish) Green on April 30, 1930 at Mrs. Robinson’s Maternity Hospital in Livingston. He lived his first thirteen years in Wilsall, then the family moved to Livingston. Morrish was in Wilsall Public School through seventh grade, then he was in Liv-ingston schools, graduating from Park County High School in 1948. Morrish and Verna Yeager were married in 1947, the mar-riage ended in 1970. Children from that marriage were John (Sandra) Green and Steve (Carol) Green. Morrish and Donna (Jones) Green were married in 1974 and had one child, Matthew (Kathryn) Green. Through the years, Morrish was employed in a variety of jobs—driver for Mellor Produce, Butte from 1948 to 1951; Williams Texaco in Bozeman for eight years; school bus driv-er in Bozeman; State Liquor Store during the Tim Babcock administration; and rancher for many of these years. He moved to Phoenix in the late 1960s and retired from Sears in 1990 after twenty years of service. Gardening and woodworking were two of Morrish’s favor-ite things to do. Morrish was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Steve. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Donna; sons, John and Matthew; daughters-in-law, Sandra, Carol and Kathryn; brother, Ron; four grandchildren, Shawna (David) Pass, Marnee (Brian) Rosson, Peter Green, Chad Green; and four great-grandchildren, Taylor Pass, Ryan Pass, Kilie Rosson, Neelie Rosson. There will be a celebration of Morrish’s life by family and friends at the family home. Arrangements are under the care of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory. Online condolences may be shared at Franzen-davis.com.

Ernest Duane ‘Snook’ Reinhardt Ernest Duane “Snook” Reinhardt, 78, of Wilsall passed away suddenly of natural causes, at home, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. Cremation has taken place; no service will be held at his time. Snook was born on March 8, 1939 in Livingston to parents, Ernest and Margaret (Heath) Reinhardt. As a youth, his time was split between Livingston and Wilsall. The family eventu-ally made Wilsall their home and Snook graduated from Wil-sall High School in 1957. In 1961, Snook entered active military service in the United States Army. He served stateside until his honorable dis-charge in 1967. Snook was married to Marietta Marx, and was blessed with three wonderful children, Todd, Becky and Mike. They later separated. In 2002, he married Gail Knottingham and they spent their lives together in Wilsall. Snook enjoyed woodworking and was very talented at it. Some Wilsall residents have his creations in their homes, which he was proud of. For Snook, family was his number one priority. He loved his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and siblings, nieces and nephews, all very much. Snook is survived by his wife Gail; his siblings, sister, Linda Redick and brother, Ron Reinhardt; his children, Todd, Becky and Mike; his grandkids and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Marga-ret, sister, Frieda Palmer and brother, David. Arrangements are under the care of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory. Online condolences may be shared at franzen-davis.com.

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p.m., director Kory Gunder-son will hold open auditions for Sophocles’ “Antigone” at the Blue Slipper Theatre. Roles are available for 8-12 men and women, ages 20 and over. No prepared audition m a t e r i a l i s r e q u i r e d . Rehearsals for this produc-tion will take place weekday evenings from Jan. 8 through Feb. 15. “Antigone” runs weekends at the Blue Slipper from Feb. 16 through March

4. For more information or for a copy of the script, con-t a c t K o r y G u n d e r s o n at livantigone@gmail.com.

The Livingston City Com-mission moved its regularly scheduled first meeting of the month. The commission generally meets on the first and third Tuesday, but, fol-lowing the Jan. 1 holiday, voted to move its meeting to Thursday, Jan. 4. The meet-ing takes place beginning at

6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the City-County Complex, 414 E. Callender St. The meeting is open to the public.

The Gardiner Resort Area District will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Gardiner Visitor Center. The public is welcome to attend. For further information, vis-it www.gardinerresorttax.com.

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Michael Dennis MooreMichael Dennis Moore, 67, of Emigrant died on Sunday,

Dec. 25, 2017. A celebration of life will be held 11 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at the Franzen-Davis Funeral Home. This will be a casual get-together, come share a story and enjoy some refreshments. Arrangements are under the care of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory. Online con-dolences may be shared at franzen-davis.com.

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Montana deputy’s vehicle totaled at scene of crash

BOZEMAN (AP) — A Mon-tana sheriff deputy’s patrol vehicle was totaled after it was struck by a tractor-trail-er while it was parked along Interstate 90 east of Boze-man at the scene of an earli-er crash.

Gallatin County Deputy Randy Schott had responded to a crash Saturday morning on Bozeman Pass. His patrol vehicle was parked behind the crashed vehicle and the driver was in the officer’s sport utility vehicle.

Glacier Park boats placed on National Register of Historic Places

AP photoThis May 2016 photo shows the DeSmet tour boat at Gla-cier National Park in Montana.

Mont. revises feared revenue hit from tax bill

BILLINGS (AP) — Feder-al tax cuts passed into law will deliver less of a blow to Montana revenue than first expected, state officials say.

The Montana Department of Revenue initially fore-cast a $72 million a year loss due to the legislation. That’s after the Legislature recently met to address a $227 million hole in the state’s two-year budget.

The state funding outlook is improving, however: Montana State Revenue Director Mike Kadas no longer expects to lose $24 million in federal royalty

payments for at least a year. State officials now forecast only a $46 million hit to state funding in 2018, the Billings Gazette reports.

Montana tax law will still be in need of changing to avoid a revenue loss due to a deduction allowed for pass-through businesses, said Department of Reve-nue tax analyst Ed Caplis.

But Rep. Jeff Essmann, R-Billings, doubted that would indeed be necessary for pass-through business-es, or small businesses whose proprietors pay indi-vidual rather than corpo-rate income tax.

State officials seek investigation of food-inspection agency

BUTTE (AP) — Montana’s congressional delegation wants an independent investigation of the Food Safety and Inspec-tion Service.

The Montana Standard reports Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines and U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte outlined their concerns about what they termed “alleged misconduct” within the agen-cy in a jointly signed letter to the Inspector General of the United States Department of Agriculture.

The delegation is seeking an investigation of the way the agency has treated Montana meat plants from the Inspector General’s office.

Supreme Court won’t hear rule on immigration detainer

BOZEMAN(AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has dis-missed a petition seeking the release of a Mexican citizen who had remained jailed in Gallatin County on a misdemeanor charge since June out of fear that if he posted bail, he would be deported.

The court ruled Thursday that since Arturo Valerio-Gonza-les was recently released from jail and taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, his petition was moot.

Attorney Annie DeWolf argued her client’s unexpected release on Dec. 6 was coordinated by jail staff and federal officials to render his petition moot. She unsuccessfully asked the court to rule on the argument that federal immigration holds were being used as a threat to illegally keep people in jail.

2 snowboarders killed in separate accidents in Montana

KALISPELL (AP) — Two snowboarders were killed in sepa-rate weekend accidents in northwestern Montana.

Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says 22-year-old Con-ner Heidegger of Rollins died Saturday when he intentionally jumped off a cliff while boarding out of bounds near a ski area near Lakeside. Curry says Heidegger and his friend had been snowboarding at Blacktail Mountain and were heading toward their vehicle when they spotted the cliff.

Also Saturday, 28-year-old Scott Robert Hornstra of Alberta died at Whitefish Mountain Resort after falling into a tree well — an area with little or no snow around a tree.

By Enterprise Staff

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold a number of meetings around the region to discuss proposed changes in the upcoming 2018-2019 hunting season.

The Livingston meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 at the Yellowstone Pioneer Lodge, 1515 W. Park St.

There are no proposals to discuss Yel-lowstone National Park-area grizzly bear hunting, local FWP Wildlife Biolo-gist Karen Loveless said Tuesday. The species was removed from the Endan-gered Species List last year. Delisting shifts management of a species from federal to state control, which typically includes a hunting season.

Some of the proposed changes in the Livingston area, according to informa-tion provided by Loveless, include:

Elk-

less B licenses to private land only, increase the B license quota to 500, and add antlerless opportunity for holders of the Permit To Hunt From a Vehicle — PTHFV — south of Big Creek.

to the general license. Previously only youth and PTHFV holders could har-vest antlerless elk on the general license.

outside of national forest during the general and late shoulder season. This license will continue to be valid only on

private lands during the early shoulder season. This license is valid in hunting

Mule Deer B licenses:

from 50 to 100

quota of 85, and a quota range of 25-150

from 50 to 100

Antelope -

posed to be expanded to Interstate 90 with a quota increase from 10 to 20 licenses.

Bighorn Sheep

with a quota of one either-sex license offered, with a proposed quota range of one to three animals.

Mountain Goat Quota Adjustments

license quotas in response to lower goat numbers and low kid recruitment to 15 either-sex and 5 nanny-only licenses.

quota in response to increased goat

licenses.

license quotas in response to low goat numbers and poor harvest success from three to one either-sex license.

Some of the statewide or multi-

region changes being proposed include:

ungulate urine scents.

license a first and only choice with a separate earlier drawing.

seasons in 2016 on an annual basis rath-er than biennial to facilitate evaluation of their effectiveness and revisiting

mountain goat accompanying a kid or a female mountain goat in a group that contains one or more kids.

season, instead of the current two-day, in years when Montana Education Asso-ciation conference days — when stu-dents are not in school — do not imme-diately precede the opening of the gen-eral big game season.

Other nearby meetings include Boze-man from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan.

Thursday, Jan. 18, also from 6 to 8 p.m., in the Gardiner School.

FWP is accepting public comments on the hunting season proposals until Jan.

submitted online at http://fwp.mt.gov, where there is also additional informa-tion on proposed season changes in regions and hunting districts across the state.

Final regulations will be adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission in February.

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Ringing in the New YearABOVE: Daniel Kosel of the Daniel Kosel Band, from Roberts, Montana, performs a mix of country and blues music at The Murray Bar on New Year’s Eve.

TOP RIGHT: Zoe Eaton, right, celebrates her 21st Birthday with friend Sum-mer Satre, left, just minutes into New Year’s Day at The Murray Bar.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Scott Schaefer and friends toast as the clock strikes mid-night on New Year’s Eve at the Murray.

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FWP to hold hunting season-setting meetings Montana Supreme Court disbars attorney over campaign actions

HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court dis-barred an attorney after finding he violated provi-sions of the Montana Rules of Professional Conduct by making false claims against his opponent during a 2016 campaign for a district judgeship.

The disbarment came Thursday in one of three complaints filed against law-yer Robert C. Myers of Hamilton between July 2016

The Commission on Prac-tice found that Myers sent mail and purchased ads in which he made false claims that District Judge Jeffrey Langton used drugs and had a conflict of interest in a court case.

Myers, who had argued the ads were protected political

speech, told the Ravalli Republic on Friday he stood by his claims. He also said he planned to file a petition for a rehearing on his dis-barment.

The first complaint alleged Myers mishandled a divorce case before Langton, who fined him $10,000. That case brought a seven-month sus-pension.

In the second case — which brought a three-year suspension — the commis-sion found Myers made or caused to be made state-ments he knew were false concerning Langton’s integ-rity.

The sanctions mean Myers will not be able to petition for reinstatement for eight years and seven months

his disbarment is effective.

STATE SHORTS! "

Opinion Tuesday, January 2, 2018Page 4, Livingston Enterprise

WASHINGTON — “I , Tonya” is a movie that is, in places, very difficult to watch. But it is also impossi-ble to look away.

This biopic about the briefly famous, then infa-mous Tonya Harding has offended some reviewers by putting child abuse and domestic violence in close proximity to comedy. But it would be difficult to tell Harding’s story without both elements.

Harding’s mother, LaVona, (the way the movie portrays it) motivated her young daughter’s dedication to skating with beatings and demeaning cruelty and eventually threw a kitchen knife into her daughter’s arm. LaVona (played with vicious charisma by Allison Janney) also excels at emo-tional violence. At one point — after the attack on Hard-ing’s main skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan — LaVona finally tells her grateful, tearful daughter how proud she is of her achievements on the ice. But Harding dis-covers that her mother is actually recording the con-versation in a ploy to sell a confession to the tabloids. Harding’s husband, Jeff Gil-looly, not to be outdone, smashes his wife’s head into a wall and shoots a gun at her. Nearly everyone who is supposed to love Harding hurts and betrays her.

But who could possibly invent a stranger comic sto-ry than the conspiracy against Kerrigan’s knee? Gillooly plots with self-described international counterterrorism expert Shawn Eckhardt (actually a professional loser and Star Trek nerd who lives with his parents) to send death threats to Kerrigan. This somehow morphs into the hiring of two hit men (quite literally in this case) to strike Kerrigan’s leg with a retractable baton, in an attempt to disable her before the 1994 Olympics. This caper has all the hall-marks of comic exaggera-tion: the insanely bad plan-ning, the utterly transparent cover-up, the panting eager-ness of the participants to turn against each other. But none of this was fiction. Eckhardt, in particular, is a reminder that cartoon char-acters actually walk among us.

This mix of malice and absurdity results in a darkly humorous movie. There is a danger in laughing at cruel-ty — the risk of becoming hardened against horrors. It is less problematic to laugh

at horrible people. There are instances — as in this movie — where contempt and mockery meet.

The moral core of “I, Tonya” is clear enough. Har-ding is a difficult, occasion-ally obnoxious person, for whom we end up rooting without reservation. She emerges from a crucible of dysfunction and abuse as a remarkable figure — at one point, the best in her field. In a world where the judges wanted a princess, she was an athlete. Their preference for “artistry” was revealed as snobbery. Harding’s working-class background and hand-sewn costumes were noted at the time — now (amazingly to me) 25 years ago. But the real story was how a flawed, vulnera-ble young woman managed to show such strength and excellence even while sur-rounded by abusive fools.

The foo ls eventual ly brought her down. There is little evidence that Harding participated in planning the plot against Kerrigan. There is plenty of evidence that she trusted the wrong peo-ple.

But “I, Tonya” is ambi-tious beyond these details. The movie points to the dan-ger of imposing a simple narrative on events. I vivid-ly recall the Harding/Kerri-gan scandal and Olympic showdown, which occupied the country for months. Before I saw the movie, I honestly could not remem-ber if Harding was innocent or guilty.

Yet in the back of my mind, I thought she exempli-fied guiltiness. The country had created a drama with a villain and a victim. There was no room for humanizing complexity. It is possible, it turns out, for a story to have two victims.

In the cause of our narra-tives, it is our tendency to draw massive conclusions based on scant evidence. The movie indicts tabloid television — which was a rising force at the time — as particularly prone to this destructive form of simplifi-cation. But Harding eventu-ally turns to the camera and accuses the audience sitting in the theater of the same thing. When she says , “You’re all my attackers, too,” it is a moment of genu-ine discomfort.

Elsewhere in the movie, Harding argues, “There is no such thing as truth. Everyone has their own truth.” It is facile and destructive to claim that truth itself is relative. But all of us see truth from our own angle, and there is wis-dom in recognizing that our view can be skewed. As “I, Tonya” demonstrates, the world is often more complex — and more interesting — than our narratives.

————EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael

Gerson’s email address is michaelgerson@washpost.com.

Keep biofuel benefits flowingTwelve years ago the United States

began a program to support the pro-duction of biofuels. The goals were to decrease dependence on foreign oil, create renewable sources of energy, combat global climate change and boost rural economies.

The program, the Renewable Fuel Standard, has been a success. That’s why, despite a massive lobbying effort to cut the standard, the Trump administration last month renewed the program for the next two years. The country will be better for the decision.

The Renewable Fuel Standard, RFS, mandates the blending of renewable fuels with gasoline. To be classified a renewable fuel, a source must show a life-cycle greenhouse gas profile at least 20 percent lower than that of the fossil fuel it replaces.

The renewable fuel used to meet most of the standard is ethanol pro-duced from corn. Corn ethanol is con-

troversial because of its impact on corn markets and on land use. Conse-quently, several conservation groups have joined with the oil industry in an odd alliance to roll back the RFS.

Opponents of the RFS are equipped with studies, including a recent one from UW-Madison, arguing corn eth-anol is a bad idea. The studies are useful in understanding corn etha-nol’s shortcomings. But no current energy source — solar, wind, water, oil or nuclear — is free of negative effects. Corn ethanol may be far from perfect. But much is good about corn ethanol, compared to gasoline.

A study conducted for the U.S. Agriculture Department found corn ethanol’s life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, by 2022, will be 43 percent lower than gasoline baseline emis-sions if ethanol plants continue as usual. If ethanol production makes improvements with available tech-nologies, emissions reductions could

total 76 percent. Corn also may be a bridge to better ethanol-producing biomass crops.

Domestic corn ethanol enhances national security by reducing depen-dence on foreign nations for energy. And corn is a renewable source of energy, compared to a dwindling sup-ply of petroleum.

Corn ethanol production in 2016 provided nearly 75,000 jobs in rural America and supported an additional 265,000 spin-off jobs. It also added $42 billion to the gross domestic product, $23 billion to household income and $9 billion in tax revenue.

Furthermore, many of corn etha-nol’s negative factors turn out to be not so negative after all. As much as 40 percent of U.S. corn is used for ethanol rather than food. But thanks to yield improvements and increases in acres farmed, food prices have remained affordable, and America has exported more corn over the past

five years than in the five years before the RFS took effect.

Farmers have cleared land for cornfields, reducing wildlife habitat and increasing ethanol’s carbon foot-print. But ethanol is a small part of the incentive to clear more land. Low prices for an array of crops are forc-ing farmers to look for economies of scale, which leads to planting more acres. In fact, if a rollback in ethanol production further reduces corn prices, farmers may be pressured to clear even more land.

A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is good. Less dependence on foreign oil is good. Renewable energy is good. More jobs and income for rural areas is good. Earli-er this year that evidence convinced China to announce plans to use corn ethanol nationwide by 2020. The evi-dence means U.S. support of ethanol deserves to go forward as well.

— Wisconsin State Journal

GUEST EDITORIAL

The tale of Tonya Harding

Our sore presidentDuring his winning cam-

paign to capture the White House, Democrat Barack Obama was harshly critical of the White House record of his predecessor George W. Bush. But once in office, Obama — like nearly all p r e s i d e n t s before him — heeded the sage advice o f a g r e a t chief execu-t i v e a l s o from Illinois, A b r a h a m Lincoln, who, when faulted for speaking kindly about the South during the Civil War, countered, “Madam, do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

President Obama said about Bush: “To know the man is to like the man, because he’s comfortable in his own skin. He knows who he is. ... He takes his job seriously, but he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He is a good man.”

Obama was a hard-hitting opponent, as a string of defeated Democratic and Republican opponents can attest, but when he was re-elected Nov. 6, 2012, he paid tribute to his opponent’s father, a former governor of Michigan who supported civil rights, and to his oppo-nent’s mother, a popular Michigan first lady who ran as a moderate Republican nominee for U.S. Senate: “From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through public service, and that is

the legacy we honor and applaud tonight.”

Of the man who won more popular votes than he did, only to end up on the short end of a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, President George W. Bush could quip in good

humor later: “After he left office, Vice P r e s i d e n t Gore won an O s c a r a n d t h e N o b e l Peace Prize. Hey, I don’t know, I might win a prize — P u b l i s h e r s C l e a r i n g

House or something.”In so many instances,

Donald Trump has stood as a dramatic exception to the presidential practice of offering an arm around the shoulder of or even a civil handshake to the person vanquished in a campaign. Time and again, when his White House has been con-fronted with bad news — for example, after his first national security adviser, former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI — Presi-dent Trump has switched the subject to the woman whom he defeated. He has tweeted, “Many people in our Country are asking what the ‘Justice’ Depart-ment is going to do about the fact that totally Crooked Hillary ... deleted and ‘acid washed’ 33,000 Emails.” Since he was inaugurated, Trump has continued to allege that “Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst (and biggest) loser of all time,” asking after the indictment

of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, “But why aren’t Crooked Hillary and the Dems the focus?”

By lash ing out (e .g . , “After years of Comey, with the phony and dishon-est Clinton investigation ... running the FBI, its reputa-tion is in Tatters — worst in History!”), Trump seeks to distract the public from negative news coverage of h is administrat ion and appointees. While insisting that his relatively modest electoral vote victory (the 46th-smallest out of 58 Electoral College wins) was a “landslide,” President Trump has officially ques-tioned the legitimacy of the 2016 election — recall that Clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 million — by appointing a presiden-

tial commission to investi-gate the integrity of the voting.

What we have now in the White House is our first “sore winner” president. Forget everything you have ever learned about the vir-tue of being proud in defeat and humble and gracious in victory.

Previous presidents have understood that Americans expect and value national leaders who can bind up our nation’s wounds and do not twist political opponents into personal enemies. Suc-cessful American leaders, who are able to remind their fellow citizens about why we are all proud to be Americans, realize that poli-tics is a matter of addition, not subtraction. Respected and successful presidents are not sore winners.

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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — It turns out that the galaxy far, far away of “Star Wars” legend is quite close by in the Klamath Basin, as Luke Skywalker’s aunt is alive and well living in Klamath Falls.

Linda (Hamill) Cooper, a teacher at Mazama High School, has lived in Klamath Falls since 1974. Her late brother, Bill, one of five sib-lings, was Mark Hamill’s father — the famed actor best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” series. As new films are released, including the latest, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” that prominently features her nephew, Cooper takes great pride in seeing family connections become so revered globally.

“I really identify, all kid-ding aside, with the idea of the force,” said Cooper. “I truly believe there is a con-nection between us all. The theology of ‘Star Wars,’ tak-ing bits and pieces of vari-ous religions, is kind of a good thing.”

The Hamill family is vast, both geographically and chronologically. Bill and Bob Hamill were the oldest, then a nine-year gap followed until Jack and Nancy were born, then an 11-year gap until Linda. Of the Hamill siblings, only Linda and her sister Nancy are still alive. They grew up in Alaska, and after graduating from high school, Bill married his school sweetheart and joined the Navy. Mark was the fourth of seven children, and the family moved around often due to military demands.

“We don’t have any family

reunions, the only time that I was together with all of my siblings in one place was at my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary,” recalled Coo-per. “We were so wide-spread. I don’t know if the family has stayed in connec-tion through Mark’s career, but it’s been fun for me to follow.”

At the film premiere for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Mark Hamill was accompa-nied by four of his siblings as part of a larger group of Hamill family in attendance.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado authorities were contacted with concerns about the mental health of Matthew Riehl over a month before he shot and killed a deputy and wounded four others. But the 37-year-old man was never held for a mental health evaluation.

Authorit ies say Riehl fired more than 100 rounds in his suburban Denver apartment before he was killed by a SWAT team on Sunday.

Wyoming College of Law students had been warned about Riehl, a former stu-dent, because of social media posts critical of pro-fessors at the school in Laramie, reported KTWO-AM in Casper, Wyoming.

A Nov. 6 email from Assis-tant College of Law Dean Lindsay Hoyt told students to notify campus police if they spotted Riehl or his car near campus. In addition, security on campus was increased for several days.

Campus officers called police in Lone Tree, Colora-do, in mid-November to warn them about Riehl, sug-gesting his rants were indic-ative of mental illness, UW Police Chief Mike Samp told The Denver Post.

Samp said it’s possible that Colorado authorities faced the same issue as Wyoming officials when an apparently mentally ill, dan-gerous person makes indi-rect threats.

“Wyoming statutes are pretty clear: If someone is not making an immediate threat, they cannot be held for a mental evaluation. They are very tough cases,” Samp said.

Riehl, an attorney and an Iraq war veteran, had also posted videos criticizing Colorado law enforcement officers in profane, highly personal terms.

Early Sunday, authorities responded to a complaint of a verbal disturbance involv-ing two men at an apart-ment building in Highlands Ranch, 16 miles south of Denver. A caller said Riehl was acting bizarre and might be having a mental breakdown, but responding deputies found no evidence of a crime and left.

W h e n d e p u t i e s w e r e called back to the scene, a man who had left gave them a key and granted permis-sion to enter the apartment.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said deputies came under fire almost

immediately after trying to talk with the suspect, who was holed up inside a bed-room.

“They al l went down almost within seconds of each other, so it was more of an ambush-type of attack on our officers,” Spurlock said.

The wounded deputies tried to pull the fallen offi-cer, Zackari Parrish, out of the line of further gunfire but were unable to because of their own injuries and only managed to “crawl to safety,” Spurlock said. Two civilians also were injured.

All of the wounded except Deputy Jeff Pelle, 32, have been treated at hospitals

and released. The son of Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle was in fair condition.

Hundreds gathered Mon-day night for a candlelight vigil for Parrish inside Mis-sion Hills Church in Little-ton, Colorado — the church he attended with his wife and two young daughters.

“I’ve heard from so many different people that he just loved his community and being a police officer,” Mis-sion Hills Pastor Craig Smith told KDVR-TV.

“Zack didn’t see law enforcement as a job. He saw it as a calling, as a way to serve his community and a blessing.”

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Authorities warned about gunman’s mental state

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Yelm logger Walter Reichel was crushed by a tree on June 2.

He was flown to Harbor-view Medical Center in Seat-tle, where he underwent two surgeries. He had broken eight ribs and his sternum. His pelvis was busted into numerous pieces.

Given that, people are usu-ally pretty surprised to see him up and about — without the assistance of a wheel-chair or walker.

“My life is up to almost p r e t t y m u c h n o r m a l , ” Reichel said during a recent interview. “It’s a struggle, you know, but I’m grateful.”

After his treatment at Har-borview, Reichel spent about six weeks at the Nisqually Valley Care Center in McK-enna. In early August, the staff gave him a wheelchair to take for a spin.

That didn’t last long.“I told the nurses, ‘I’m

going to go camping, and I’m going to be walking in 10 days,’” Reichel said. “And I did it.”

The graduation to a walker was quick, but difficult. What were those first few steps like?

“I made 12 steps, and I was sweating — and it wasn’t hot outside,” Reichel recalls. “It

was just really hard. I was weak and it was hard to keep balance.”

He continued to use a walker for several more weeks, and until recently he had twice-weekly physical therapy appointments.

His left leg continues to be weak, and has some numb spots, but he’s working on strengthening it every day.

Reichel does yoga at a Yelm gym, and that’s helped him with strength and bal-ance. He’s also put on most of the 20 pounds that he lost immediately after the acci-dent — but he says he doesn’t know if that’s a good thing.

Here’s what Reichel does know: Life is precious, and it’s good.

“If I didn’t get any better, I could live with that,” he said. “I can walk. I survived.”

Reichel credits his quick recovery to all of the support he received from his wife, his family and friends. He said he’s grateful for all of his doctors and nurses, too.

“Apparently they sewed me up pretty good,” Reichel said with a chuckle.

On the day of the accident, Reichel had been thinning dead trees on his mom’s 50-acre property in the Law-rence Lake area near Yelm.

He knew the mature Doug-las fir was dangerous. So did his friend Harry Miller.

“It grew out from a bank, and it had a real wicked, good-sized branch that went off to the side,” Miller said.

Miller thought Reichel should leave it alone, and tackle it another day. Reichel decided to take it down any-way.

After he cut the tree, it spun around and began fall-

ing in a different direction than he expected. Reichel was boxed in with fencing on both sides.

“I remember looking back and thinking: I’m not going to make it — the tree’s going

to get me,” he told The Olympian in July. “I knew exactly how bad I messed up when I saw that tree coming, and I knew I couldn’t outrun it — I knew.”

After they called 911, Reichel’s sons, who are 18 and 23, and his father-in-law Anthony Jackson chained the 28-inch diameter log and used an excavator to lift it off him.

“We did good, I think,” Jackson told The Olympian in July. “We didn’t stand there and freak. Everybody did something.”

Miller, a commissioner with the Bald Hills Fire Dis-trict, was one of the emer-gency responders who came to the scene. Crews used a pelvic wrap, which Miller describes as sort of a “medi-eval girdle,” to load Reichel into a medic unit. Then he was transported two miles to Cougar Mountain Airfield where he waited about 10 minutes for the helicopter to arrive to take him to Harbor-view.

Since the accident, Reichel said he’s been contacted by a couple of buddies who work in the woods. They told him that they’ve thought about what happened to him, and that’s helped them make saf-er decisions.

AP photoIn this July 7 photo, Harry Miller looks at the tree that nearly killed his friend, Walter Reichel, near McKenna, Wash.

Fossil found in Nevada cave holds clues of ancient horse

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A well-preserved horse skull collected more than 86 years ago from a cave near Las Vegas is helping scientists identify a new type of extinct, stilt-legged horse that died out during the last ice age.

Scientists are calling it Haringtonhippus francisci after Richard Harington, an accomplished paleontologist who spent his career study-ing the ice age fossils of northern Canada and first described the stilt-legged horses in the early 1970s, the Las Vegas Review-Jour-nal reported Tuesday.

A team of researchers led by famed archaeologist Mark Harrington discov-ered the bone in the 1930s inside the Gypsum Cave east of Las Vegas.

The fossil was initially mistaken for a modern spec-imen because it looked so fresh, said Paleontologist Eric Scott.

“It looked like last week’s lunch,” he said.

It turns out the horse skull is actually 13,000 years old.

It was put away in muse-um collections, and was not revisited until recently.

Scott tracked down the skull on a shelf at the Natu-ral History Museum of Los Angeles County. He found it mislabeled.

“Someone had even writ-ten in pencil across the top of the skull: ‘modern sam-ple, wild horse or burro,’” he said.

The new genus of horse was a lightly built horse

with long, thin leg bones, according to a study by an i n t e r n a t i o n a l t e a m o f researchers including Scott published Nov. 28 in the journal eLife.

Using the skull found in the Nevada cave and other fossils found in Wyoming and Canada, researchers determined that the extinct horses were not closely related to any living popula-tion.

“The evolutionary dis-tance between the extinct stilt-legged horses and all living horses took us by sur-prise, but it presented us with an exciting opportunity to name a new genus of horse,” said the study’s senior author, Beth Shapiro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Mark Harrington’s expedi-tion in the Gypsum Cave almost 90 years ago also uncovered evidence of the extinct Shasta ground sloth.

After finding so many sloth skulls, backbones, claws and even reddish-brown hair, Harrington con-cluded that the cave may have served as an ice age den for the animal.

From a thick layer of sloth dung that covered the cave floor, scientists were able to identify what the sloth liked to eat and what was growing in the area at the time.

The cave’s historical importance was recognized in 2010 when it was added to the National Register of His-toric Places.

AP photoIn this Dec. 19 photo, archaeologist Justin DeMaio speaks while touring the Gypsum Cave east of Las Vegas.

Woman takes pride in nephew Mark Hamill

Woman seeks culprits who threw breadfruit at bus

HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist is asking the public for help finding the culprits she said threw a breadfruit through a bus window, leav-ing her face bloodied and bruised in Hawaii.

Valerie Zaugg of Utah was sitting on a tour bus leaving the Polynesian Cultural Cen-ter when a heavy breadfruit the size of a baseball crashed through a window and hit her in the face, she said.

A shard of glass went in her eye, she said.

The registered nurse believes her nose was bro-ken and some bones around her eye were fractured dur-ing the incident, two Hawaii TV stations reported Sunday.

Before the incident, she had asked a family to switch seats with her, Zaugg said.

Had they not, a small child with the family could have been sitting in the seat where she was hit, she said.

Zaugg f i led a pol ice report, but as of Sunday, police had not arrested a suspect.

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American Funds AmrcnBalA m 62,823 27.15 +1.9 +15.2/B +11.3/A 5.75 250American Funds CptWldGrIncA m 56,785 51.11 +1.6 +24.4/C +11.2/C 5.75 250American Funds CptlIncBldrA m 72,013 62.82 +1.3 +14.1/C +7.9/A 5.75 250American Funds FdmtlInvsA m 53,451 62.21 +2.7 +22.7/A +15.9/B 5.75 250American Funds GrfAmrcA m 85,356 49.54 +1.9 +25.4/D +16.5/B 5.75 250American Funds IncAmrcA m 77,239 23.37 +1.9 +13.1/D +9.8/C 5.75 250American Funds InvCAmrcA m 63,338 40.39 +2.6 +19.1/D +15.3/B 5.75 250American Funds NwPrspctvA m 41,755 43.16 +0.4 +28.4/A +12.9/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMtInvsA m 57,332 45.65 +2.6 +19.7/A +15.1/A 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Inc 53,560 13.76 +0.1 +4.6 +3.0 NL 2,500Dodge & Cox IntlStk 64,913 46.32 +1.3 +23.8/D +8.8/A NL 2,500Dodge & Cox Stk 69,876 203.61 +3.0 +17.9/B +16.7/A NL 2,500DoubleLine TtlRetBdI 44,866 10.64 -0.2 +3.9 +2.9 NL 100,000Fidelity 500IdxIns 34,737 93.45 +2.0 +21.2/B +16.1/A NL 5,000,000Fidelity 500IndexPrm 74,522 93.45 +2.0 +21.2/B +16.1/A NL 10,000Fidelity Contrafund 90,869 122.47 +1.3 +31.3/A +16.8/B NL 2,500Fidelity ContrafundK 33,749 122.39 +1.3 +31.4/A +17.0/B NL 0Franklin Templeton IncA m 46,005 2.38 +1.3 +8.9 +6.8 4.25 1,000Metropolitan West TtlRetBdI 48,455 10.66 0.0 +3.7 +2.5 NL 3,000,000PIMCO IncInstl 46,970 12.39 -0.1 +8.6 +6.4 NL 1,000,000PIMCO TtlRetIns 54,928 10.25 -0.1 +5.4 +2.2 NL 1,000,000T. Rowe Price GrStk 40,595 63.03 -0.1 +33.3 +18.5 NL 2,500Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl 231,836 246.82 +2.0 +21.2/B +16.1/A NL 10,000Vanguard HCAdmrl 38,025 86.68 +0.9 +19.4/D +18.0/C NL 50,000Vanguard InTrTEAdmrl 52,060 14.13 +1.1 +4.7/C +2.7/B NL 50,000Vanguard InsIdxIns 141,099 243.46 +2.0 +21.2/B +16.1/A NL 5,000,000Vanguard InsIdxInsPlus 92,555 243.48 +2.0 +21.3/B +16.2/A NL 100,000,000Vanguard InsTtlSMIInPls 42,668 59.47 +1.8 +20.6/C +16.0/A NL 100,000,000Vanguard MdCpIdxAdmrl 37,374 191.55 +1.5 +18.9/A +15.4/A NL 10,000Vanguard PrmCpAdmrl 53,941 133.61 +2.0 +28.8/B +19.9/A NL 50,000Vanguard STInvmGrdAdmrl 42,332 10.63 0.0 +2.1/B +1.8/A NL 50,000Vanguard SmCpIdxAdmrl 33,641 70.78 +0.9 +15.8/A +14.9/B NL 10,000Vanguard TrgtRtr2025Inv 38,749 18.50 +1.3 +15.9/B +9.6/A NL 1,000Vanguard TtBMIdxAdmrl 81,616 10.75 +0.3 +3.8/C +2.0/C NL 10,000Vanguard TtBMIdxIns 38,482 10.75 +0.3 +3.8/C +2.0/C NL 5,000,000Vanguard TtInBIdxAdmrl 36,976 21.70 +0.1 +2.3/E NA NL 10,000Vanguard TtInSIdxAdmrl 66,445 30.52 +2.0 +27.8/B +7.3/C NL 10,000Vanguard TtInSIdxInsPlus 89,457 122.05 +2.0 +27.8/B +7.4/C NL 100,000,000Vanguard TtInSIdxInv 118,325 18.24 +1.9 +27.7/B +7.2/C NL 3,000Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl 187,806 66.72 +1.8 +20.6/C +15.9/A NL 10,000Vanguard TtlSMIdxIns 112,203 66.73 +1.8 +20.6/C +16.0/A NL 5,000,000Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv 126,701 66.70 +1.8 +20.5/C +15.8/B NL 3,000Vanguard WlngtnAdmrl 87,135 72.58 +1.6 +14.7/B +11.1/A NL 50,000Vanguard WlslyIncAdmrl 41,500 65.30 +1.3 +10.2/C +7.4/A NL 50,000Vanguard WndsrIIAdmrl 36,362 67.12 +2.7 +16.5/B +13.7/C NL 50,000

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST

Daily YTDName Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgNvidia .60 .3 55 197.66 +4.16 +2.1Oracle .76 1.6 20 46.51 -.78 -1.6PG&E Cp 2.12 4.8 10 44.09 -.75 -1.7Paretem rs ... ... ... 2.35 +.28 +13.5Penney ... ... 17 3.48 +.32 +10.2Petrobras ... ... ... 10.60 +.31 +3.0Pfizer 1.28 3.5 15 36.35 +.13 +.4RangeRs .08 .4 19 17.87 +.81 +4.7RegionsFn .36 2.1 18 17.33 +.05 +.3RiteAid ... ... ... 2.13 +.16 +8.3SiriusXM .04 .8 29 5.22 -.14 -2.6SnapInc A n ... ... ... 14.96 +.35 +2.4SwstnEngy ... ... 42 5.92 +.34 +6.0Sprint ... ... ... 5.98 +.09 +1.4Square n ... ... ... 35.59 +.92 +2.7SynrgyPh ... ... ... 2.44 +.21 +9.2TOP Shi rs ... ... ... .24 -.01 -5.2TevaPhrm .73 3.9 6 19.00 +.06 +.3Transocn ... ... 10 10.79 +.11 +1.021stCFoxA .36 1.0 22 35.58 +1.05 +3.0Twitter ... ... ... 24.44 +.43 +1.8USSteel .20 .5 ... 37.13 +1.94 +5.5Vale SA .29 2.3 ... 12.73 +.50 +4.1ValeantPh ... ... 5 21.58 +.80 +3.8Vereit .55 7.1 14 7.74 -.06 -.7VerizonCm 2.36 4.4 11 53.35 +.42 +.8Vipshop ... ... 26 12.52 +.80 +6.8WalMart 2.04 2.1 22 99.03 +.28 +.3WeathfIntl ... ... ... 3.48 -.70 -16.7WellsFargo 1.56 2.6 15 60.97 +.29 +.5Yamana g .02 .6 ... 3.25 +.13 +4.0Zynga ... ... ... 3.95 -.05 -1.3

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

MUTUAL FUNDSTotal Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init

Name ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

24,876.07 19,677.94 Dow Industrials 24,778.59 +59.37 +.24 +.24 +24.63 10,740.17 8,744.36 Dow Transportation 10,763.36 +151.07 +1.42 +1.42 +19.28 778.80 648.34 Dow Utilities 715.11 -8.26 -1.14 -1.14 +8.79 12,886.11 11,034.05 NYSE Composite 12,878.53 +69.68 +.54 +.54 +15.46 7,003.89 5,371.89 Nasdaq Composite 6,992.29 +88.90 +1.29 +1.29 +28.79 3,292.15 2,520.05 Nasdaq Global Sel 3,284.95 +41.71 +1.29 +1.29 +28.97 1,195.25 989.13 S&P 100 1,191.20 +8.05 +.68 +.68 +19.05 2,694.97 2,233.62 S&P 500 2,690.80 +17.19 +.64 +.64 +19.18 1,916.71 1,657.28 S&P MidCap 1,913.99 +13.42 +.71 +.71 +14.62 27,969.89 23,368.50 Wilshire 5000 27,938.43 +144.26 +.52 +.52 +18.31

52-Week Net YTD 12-mo High Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg

DOW24,778.59 +59.37

NASDAQ6,992.29 +88.90

S&P 5002,690.80 +17.19uu uu uu

Gainers ($2 or more)Name Last Chg %chgMidatech n 2.15 +1.31 +156.6CmstkH rs 2.52 +.82 +48.2Chantic rs 3.77 +1.14 +43.3NetElem rs 13.65 +2.52 +22.6LexnFint n 16.92 +3.02 +21.7Youngevt n 4.96 +.83 +20.1Renren rs 12.35 +1.96 +18.9LI IcedT n 6.03 +.93 +18.3VikngTh wt 2.98 +.45 +17.8LoneRs n 4.67 +.70 +17.6

MARKET SUMMARYLosers ($2 or more)

Name Last Chg %chgKoss h 2.10 -.99 -32.2TechComm 8.90 -2.55 -22.3Menus n 16.00 -3.40 -17.5WeathfIntl 3.48 -.70 -16.7AmpioPhm 3.41 -.66 -16.2Boxlight n 5.01 -.78 -13.4LibMSirB n 39.27 -5.23 -11.8Cyclacel pf 6.55 -.85 -11.5Verso Cp 15.68 -1.89 -10.8HebronTc n 2.37 -.26 -9.9

Actives ($1 or more)Name Vol (000s) Last ChgGenElec 46639 17.91 +.43WeathfIntl 43418 3.48 -.70BkofAm 32479 29.75 +.23Penney 27432 3.48 +.32AMD 26864 10.95 +.67MicronT 25611 43.08 +1.96RiteAid 22506 2.13 +.16ChesEng 20661 4.15 +.19SiriusXM 19219 5.22 -.14AT&T Inc 16485 38.47 -.41

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf =Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percentwithin the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants.Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures as of 2:00 pm E.T. are unofficial.

NYMX = New York Mercantile Exchange. CBOT =Chicago Board of Trade. COMX/CME = CME Group.ICE = Intercontinental Exchange.

Gold (oz) COMX Feb 18 1316.10 +6.80Silver (oz) COMX Mar 18 1720.6 +6.1Platinum (oz) NYMX Apr 18 947.80 +9.50Copper (lb) COMX Mar 18 327.80 -2.25

METALSExch Contract Settle Chg Exch Contract Settle Chg

AG FUTURES

Lt Sweet Crude NYMX Feb 18 60.42 ...Corn CBOT Mar 18 350.75 ...Wheat CBOT Mar 18 433.50 +6.50Soybeans CBOT Mar 18 961.75 ...Cattle CME Feb 18 123.35 +1.80Sugar (world) ICE Mar 18 15.32 -.01Orange Juice ICE Mar 18 137.05 +.50

COMMODITIES

Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f= front load (sales charges). = - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee.NA = not available. p - previous day´s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distributionduring the week. Source: Morningstar and The Associated Press. Figures as of previous day.

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quickly than others already in line, Traverso said.

The status of Los Angeles shops highlights broad con-fusion over the new law.

Los Angeles officials said they will not begin accepting license applications until Wednesday and it might take weeks before any licenses are issued. That has led to widespread concern that long-established businesses would have to shut down in the interim.

Attorneys advis ing a group of city dispensaries have concluded those busi-nesses can legally sell medicinal marijuana as “col-lectives,” until they obtain local and state licenses under the new system, said Jerred Kiloh of the United Cannabis Business Associa-tion, an industry group.

It was not immediately clear how many of those shops, if any, opened.

“My patients are scared, my employees are scared,” said Kiloh, who owns a dis-pensary in the city’s San Fernando Valley area.

With sales starting around California, the most popu-lous U.S. state joined a growing list of others, and the nation’s capital, where so-called recreational mari-juana is permitted even though the federal govern-ment continues to classify pot as a controlled sub-stance, like heroin and LSD.

California banned what it called “loco-weed” in 1913, though it has eased criminal penalties for use of the drug since the 1970s and was the first state to legalize mari-juana for medicinal purpos-es in 1996.

California voters in 2016 made it legal for adults 21 and older to grow, possess and use limited quantities of marijuana, but it was not legal to sell it for recreation-al purposes until Monday.

The signs that California was tripping toward legal pot sales were evident well

before the stroke of mid-night.

C a l i f o r n i a h i g h w a y s flashed signs before New Year’s Eve that said “Drive high, Get a DUI,” reflecting law enforcement concerns about stoned drivers. Weed-maps, the phone app that allows customers to rate shops, delivery services and shows their locations, ran a full-page ad Sunday in the Los Angeles Times that said, “Smi le Cal i fornia . I t ’s Legal.”

In shops where recreation-al weed was on the menu, former medical marijuana patients got in line with pot-heads and hippies, as well as first-timers willing to give legal weed a chance.

Heather Sposeto, 50, who is not a marijuana user, wanted to see the hype around legal weed, so she went to Northstar Holistic Collective in Sacramento with her boyfriend, who is a

daily pot smoker.She said it felt surreal to

be in a shop with options ranging from chocolate edi-bles to the green flower. Sposeto was considering tak-ing a toke now that it’s not illicit.

“I come from the era where it was super illegal,” she said.

At San Diego’s Mankind Cooperative, lines were 40 minutes long and buyers from as far away as Iowa, Kansas and Canada waited with their California canna-bis brethren to ogle offer-ings such as “Island Sweet Skunk” and a particularly potent strain called, “The Sheriff.”

“We’re insane down here. And it’s still going on, girl-friend,” said marketing retailer Cathy Bliss.

Outside KindPeoples dis-pensary in Santa Cruz, which tacked up the end of prohibition sign, people

gathered in shorts and sweat shirts, winter coats and wool hats while waiting to get inside. A gray-bearded pro-fessor emeritus at the Uni-versity of California, Santa Cruz, wearing a blue sport coat was the first customer.

In Orange County, shops in Santa Ana received approval over the weekend to open and a steady flow showed up at ShowGrow.

Ellen St. Peter, 61, shopped with her son, Bryce St. Peter, 23, both medical mari-juana users.

She said she smoked pot until she had kids and fanta-sized in her teens about pot shops but “couldn’t have dreamed of this place.”

Her son said he hoped legalization would change the image of pot users.

“I work hard and I play hard,” Bryce St. Peter said. “There shouldn’t be this stigma of people being lazy stoners.”

AP photoMargot Simpson, right, and Diana Gladden wait in line to purchase marijuana at Harbor-side marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year’s Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

California pot, from Page 1 New York City to install hundreds of barriers to protect pedestrians

NEW YORK (AP) — Hun-dreds of new protective bar-riers will be permanently installed in Times Square and other locations around New York in an effort to block vehicles from hitting pedestrians after deadly attacks last year on crowds.

The city is spending $50 million on protective mea-sures including the installa-tion of 1,500 metal barriers, or bollards, in key locations around the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.

Known around the world for the New Year’s Eve ball drop, Times Square is crowded most days with tourists, costumed charac-ters, sightseeing bus hawk-ers and office workers.

In May, a man said by police to be high on drugs drove through crowds for more than three blocks, kill-ing an 18-year-old tourist from Michigan. The vehicle was eventually stopped by one of the squat metal barri-ers.

Te m p o r a r y c o n c r e t e blocks were put up along the Seventh Avenue side-walk while city officials weighed a long-term solu-tion and considered banning vehicle traffic from the area all together.

Then, on Halloween, an Is lamic State - inspired attacker drove down a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center, authorities said. He killed eight people before he wrecked his rent-ed truck and was shot by police.

Barriers were also placed there to keep cars out of the bike path.

“In 2017, New Yorkers witnessed the horrible capacity of people willing to do us harm, whether it was in our subways, on our bike paths or in Times Square,” the Democratic mayor said. “We know we have to do even more to keep people safe and that’s why we con-ducted a review on how best to secure our streets and public spaces, and we for-mulated a plan of action.”

The rollout will begin in March. Meanwhile, the tem-porary blocks already set up will remain in place.

“People have to be able to get around but they have to be safe at the same time,” de Blasio said.

City officials didn’t speci-fy what other locations will be fortified, beyond the bike path and Times Square, but said there would be barriers set up in all five boroughs.

NBC names Hoda Kotb as Matt Lauer replacement

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News opened the new year Tuesday by appointing Hoda Kotb as co-anchor of the “Today” show’s first two hours with Savannah Guth-rie, replacing Matt Lauer following his firing on sexu-al misconduct charges in late November.

Kotb, 53, will continue to co-host the show’s fourth hour with Kathie Lee Gif-ford. It will be the first all-female team headlining “Today” in the show’s 65-year history. Diane Saw-yer and Robin Roberts blazed that path for ABC’s “Good Morning America” in the 2000s, but morning shows have traditionally paired a man and a woman as host. With an audience dominated by women in an era where news of badly behaving men is frequent, the Guthrie-Kotb pairing may be particularly timely.

“Today” won’t be an all-female zone in its first half, however, with longtime weather forecaster Al Roker and correspondent

Carson Daly as regulars. Megyn Kelly hosts the show’s third hour.

“I am pinching myself,” said a beaming Kotb, sitting beside her. “I think we should send some medics to Alexandria, Virginia, where my mom has likely fainted.”

Lauer’s eventual replace-ment had long been the sub-ject of internal angst but with a sudden decision forced upon the network, Kotb’s performance made it easier. She’s subbed for Lau-er since the day he was fired and “Today” has won four straight weeks in the ratings, after having spent much of the past few years in second behind ABC.

“Hoda has seamlessly stepped into the co-anchor role alongside Savannah, and the two have quickly hit the ground running,” NBC News Chairman Andy Lack said in a memo to staff on Tuesday. “They have an undeniable connection with each other and most impor-tantly, with viewers, a hall-mark of ‘Today.’”

Tax on medical devices to resume after suspensionBOSTON (AP) — While

much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought hard but so far unsuccessfully to avoid. A 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manu-facturers went back into effect Monday after a two-year hiatus. It was originally imposed in 2013 as one of sev-eral taxes and fees in the Affordable Care Act that pay for expanded health insur-ance under the law. The tax was strongly opposed by the $150 billion a year industry that produces everything from catheters to heart stents to artificial joints. In Con-

gress, it was unpopular not only with Republicans but many Democrats from states like Massachusetts and Min-nesota with large numbers of medical device companies.

Congress voted to suspend the tax for 2016 and 2017 with the widespread expectation it would be permanently abol-ished before 2018. But various GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the taxes associated with it failed, and the sweeping federal tax overhaul recently signed by President Donald Trump didn’t eliminate the medical device tax either. Industry g r o u p s I n c l u d i n g t h e Advanced Medical Technolo-

gy Association (AdvaMed) and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance warn the tax will take a $20 billion bite out of the industry over the next decade.

“What we have seen from past experience is that it comes out of funding for p r o d u c t d e v e l o p m e n t , research and the jobs associ-ated with those things,” said J.C. Scott, AdvaMed’s head of government affairs. The slashing of the overall corpo-rate tax from 35 percent to 21 percent may soften the blow for some manufacturers, industry officials say, but not for all. As the excise tax is applied to sales and not

income, it will fall harder on smaller firms and startups with promising new products that have yet to yield profits.

Supporters of the tax con-tend manufacturers have overstated both the harm suf-fered while the tax was in effect, and the potential impact of its resumption. They argue expansion of health coverage under the ACA benefited medical device makers by boosting the poten-tial market for their products and note other sectors — including private insurers and pharmaceutical companies — also pay taxes and fees toward the health law and complain less about them.

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— Dr. Marty Becker, Kim Camp-bell Thornton and Mikkel Becker

Q&A

Q: I have the sweetest, most lov-ing cat. She is 5 years old and lives indoors. I will be baby-sitting my newborn granddaughter, and my daughter wants me to get rid of my cat. What should I do? A: The old wives’ tale that fami-lies with infants should get rid of their cats because the cat will harm the baby still persists, un-fortunately. It’s just not true that a cat will suck a baby’s breath be-cause she’s attracted to the scent of milk or that she’ll lie on the baby and smother her. Millions of women have lived with cats for thousands of years without their babies coming to harm. We think the myth about cats being harmful to babies probably got started because cats may have been found snuggled next to babies who died from other causes, and the cats received the blame for the death. You should be able to take some steps that will allow you to keep your cat while protecting your baby granddaughter and keeping your daughter happy. Keep your cat out of the room where the baby sleeps, and don’t allow her to nap in the bassinet, even if the baby isn’t in it. It should be a simple matter to check the room for the cat before closing the door so the cat can’t get in. A baby monitor with a microphone and camera will allow you to hear and see the baby when you’re not in the room with her. You may also consider using a crib tent to keep the cat out of baby’s bed. You may find that your cat stays away from the baby on her own because she’s unfamiliar with the crying sounds the baby makes. If your cat does show interest in the baby, let them interact only while you’re holding the baby. — Dr. Marty Becker and Mikkel Becker Do you have a pet question? Send it to askpetconnection@gmail.com or visit Facebook.com/DrMartyBecker.

By Kim Campbell ThorntonAndrews McMeel Syndication

If you’re like me, the new year is a time to count your many blessings and to look back at the highs and lows of the previous year.

The replay is not an exercise designed to arbi-trarily whipsaw emotions, and it’s been de-cades since I’ve made New Year’s resolutions (I just try and live a life of self-improvement). Rather, it’s an effort to sear into my conscious-ness the things for which I want to remember every detail. The most special of all these memories involve the loss of pets. I know I open myself up to attack when I say this, but I honestly grieve more for the loss of pets than I do people — even the deaths of family and friends. I love people, so maybe I need counseling to figure out this paradox, but I bet if I joined group counseling for the same problem, we’d fill the largest sports stadium you could find. I think that’s because when pets die, we face a loss of unconditional love, limitless affection, daily doses of smiles and laughter and to-die-for loyalty. When pets die, we tend to think the gifts given are always lopsided on their side of the ledger. Pets swell our hearts with their unfettered joy, then break them when they go before us. This year we lost an amazing dog, our precious Quora. She was a 15-pound fawn-colored canine cocktail (Pomeranian, Shar-Pei and Cairn terrier), whose most unique gift was her love of shoes. We’re not talking the stereotypical leather-chomping puppy; no, Quora possessed a talent so unique that we should have had her on the hit show “America’s Got Talent.” Quora would go into an open closet or mudroom and take all the shoes out and put them in another room. We’re not talking a pile of shoes, or dropped helter-skelter. No, the dog we nicknamed Imelda Barkos or Shoebacca would transfer the shoes in the exact order she found them. Let’s say there were three pairs of shoes — one pair of tan sandals, one pair of red heels and a pair of black boots — side-by-side on the floor of the closet. Quora would pick up a shoe, prance proudly with it in her mouth through the house to a random room, then place it right side up, in the same order, left to right like she found it (always with the right and left in perfect place). I know what you’re thinking: Hard to believe.

I probably wouldn’t believe it if I were reading it, but it’s true. So as the year closes, our family goes through the highlight reel of Quora’s 14 years on Earth. I could write thousands of words about her, and in fact, I did. It’s one of the ways I grieve. But I know that many of you, too, have had to say goodbye or give the final grace to a four-legged family member who left too soon. Know that I understand the depth of your loss and pray for you to find comfort. I want to leave you with three thoughts: Greatest pet in the world. I used to end a radio show by saying, “There’s only one great-est pet in the world ... and every family has her.” This is true. Better too early than too late. Most pet owners agonize over the decision to euthanize a pet. My advice is always, “I’d rather be a month too early than a day too late.” Warm memories. Over my four decades in practice, I’ve signed thousands of sympathy cards for pet owners who’ve lost a pet. Here are the words I find most comforting and use: “May the times you shared forever be the warmest of memories.”

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Outdoors Tuesday, January 2, 2018Page 8, Livingston Enterprise

Photo by Mark Davis/Powell Tribune via APIn this Dec. 4, 2017 photo, a bighorn sheep ram is moved to the “Ewe Haul” for transport as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department works to capture bighorn sheep from the Devil’s Canyon herd at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, near Lovell, Wyo., to be moved to a struggling herd in the Ferris Mountains.

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — One Mon-day before sunrise, Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Leslie Schreiber was stationed at a small camp-ground 5 miles off the highway on a dusty dirt road east of Lovell. A stiff breeze made the low tempera-tures uncomfortable, stinging Sch-reiber’s cheeks and fingers, but she was pleased with the cold weather.

Bighorn sheep overheat when they’re stressed — and being net-ted and transported on the end of a tether by helicopter causes a lot of stress.

When a school bus carrying some of Wendy Smith’s students from Powell High School arrived in the sheep transition area, Schreiber jumped on board to go over the day’s work: Numerous Game and Fish biologists and game wardens and a contractor would capture 20 bighorn sheep by helicopter, then test and measure each captured animal and move them to Miner’s Canyon, in the Ferris Mountains north of Rawlins.

Schreiber went through the list of tests and measurements with the students, explaining the importance of controlling the population of the thriving herd in the Bighorn Can-yon National Recreation Area while at the same time augmenting a growing herd in the Ferris Moun-tains.

She spoke with passion while the students listened intently.

Schreiber is impressed — if not a little jealous — by the opportunity the students had to join in on the work.

“What Mrs. Smith is doing at Powell High School is not stan-dard,” Schreiber said. “Growing up in northwest Indiana, I didn’t have the opportunities these students have here. She can open doors — open their eyes to these careers.”

From an early age, Schreiber was inquisitive about the natural world around her. She spent much of her youth contemplating questions like which bird made the songs she heard or which species of trees grew near her home.

Schreiber was raised in Crown Point, Indiana, an industrial area on the southern shores of Lake Michi-gan known more for its steel mills than beautiful beaches and natural beauty.

She loved to watch nature pro-grams on television, amazed by the featured scientists and the work they did.

“I couldn’t believe people were getting paid to do this,” Schreiber said.

She didn’t make the connection between her education and voca-tion until she enrolled at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indi-ana. Her high school science cours-es were limited — almost entirely classroom lessons. Schreiber remembers taking only two field

trips during her four years in high school. She doesn’t remember receiving much encouragement from her high school teachers to follow her dreams of a career in science.

Schreiber credits Professor Har-mon Weeks for her jump from childhood dreams to becoming a scientist. Weeks taught a couple of her required classes at Purdue.

“He believed wildlife and humans could coexist. And he wasn’t afraid to tell you the reality and challeng-es of being a biologist,” she said.

His words were important to Sch-reiber, motivating her to continue. After finishing her master’s, she came to Wyoming to work as a sea-sonal employee for the Game and Fish. Following six years of season-al work, Schreiber was hired as the Greybull area wildlife biologist.

She now speaks to both high school and Northwest College stu-dents.

Smith — who’s taught at Powell High School for 27 years — brought a few dozen of her environmental science pupils. They were on one of

several field trips they take throughout the school year.

Smith’s natural resources class students did an overnight trip to Yellowstone National Park to do cli-mate research on pikas, a small rodent that lives on the rocky slopes of the park.

“Pika are a species that are help-ful in identifying climate change. They don’t thermoregulate very well, so as it gets hotter, they move higher in elevation,” Smith said.

Her class has been doing the research for four years, figuring out where pikas are located and gathering food samples. They share their results with the park.

Classes also have traveled to the South Fork to do bighorn sheep counts, studied aquatic habitats at area fish hatcheries, tested water at the Powell sewage ponds and traveled to oil fields and a refinery in Montana for research. When in the classroom, Smith invites experts to speak to her classes and students are constantly challenged with projects. Students in her envi-ronmental science classes are cur-

rently working on designs to help transform acreage near the school into good pheasant habitat.

Smith knows field trips are a good way to keep her students’ attention.

“How many kids in Wyoming are motivated to be outside? Field trips help keep them motivated,” Smith said between classes.

Matt Jones, a junior, hopes to spend part of his career in the out-doors. He’d like to be an outfitter or a guide — at least part-time. He’s already harvested a buck and a doe this year during bow season. He also bagged a pheasant recently.

“If I could work in the outdoors doing what I love, it’ll be time well spent,” Jones said.

He helped steady sheep while biologists took samples before being shipped to their new home. Jones was shocked by the species’ strength, despite the sheep being mildly sedated. And he relished the opportunity despite the brutal con-ditions. It’s an experience he’ll nev-er forget.

“I love her class,” Jones said.

Alyssa Gould, a junior who splits her spare time between choir and cheerleading, credits Smith with helping her prepare for her future career.

“Mrs. Smith has really helped me. I have friends in other schools that haven’t even heard of environmen-tal sciences and they don’t even think of going on field trips,” Gould said. “They’re just in awe of our educational programs.”

Once she graduates, Gould plans to earn a college degree in wildlife management. From there she might work on a master’s degree before looking for a position as a game warden.

“I’d be the first in my family to go into the law enforcement field,” she said. “The outdoors has always been a big part of my life. My fami-ly are big hunters.”

Gould has harvested deer and elk, and is also in FFA and shows pigs in 4-H. She credits her experiences in Smith’s class for helping her nar-row down her vocation. She initially wanted to be an FBI agent, but then she took Smith’s class.

Powell high schoolers help relocate bighorn sheep

Photo by Mark Davis/The Powell Tribune via APIn this Dec. 4 photo, Wildlife biologist Leslie Schreiber talks to Powell High School students before including them in the process as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department works to capture bighorn sheep from the Devil’s Canyon herd at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, near Lovell, Wyo., to be moved to a struggling herd in the Ferris Mountains.

Sports Tuesday, January 2, 2018Page 9, Livingston Enterprise

FRIDAYPark boys basketball

at Belgrade, 7:30 p.m.

at Belgrade, 6 p.m.

- Home games are in bold

PREP SPORTS WATCH

Harden out at least two weeks with hamstring injury

HOUSTON (AP) — Rockets star James Harden will miss at least two weeks with a left hamstring strain.

The team announced Monday that the NBA’s leading scorer has a grade 2 strain and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

Harden was injured on a missed layup late in the fourth quarter of Houston’s 148-142 double-overtime win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. He said after the game that he didn’t think the injury was serious, but the guard was walking with a pronounced limp.

The Rockets have the second-best record in the Western Conference behind Golden State at 26-9, and Harden leads the NBA with his scoring average of 32.3 points per game. He also is averaging 9.1 assists, ranking third in the league.

Harden, who has played every game this season, has been extremely durable during his career, missing just two games since the start of the 2014-15 season.

Thompson out as Packers GM, moved to adviser role

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Ted Thompson is out as general manager of the Green Bay Packers, but will remain as senior adviser of football operations.

It’s a big change after one of the league’s most successful teams missed the playoffs and finished with a losing record (7-9) for the first time since 2008.

President/CEO Mark Murphy announced the move on Tuesday. The Packers’ Super Bowl victory in 2010 was the highlight of Thompson’s 13-year tenure.

“Under his guidance, the Packers enjoyed a remarkable run of success, one that included our 13th world championship, four NFC Championship appearances and eight consecutive postseason berths,” Mur-phy in a statement. “The organization, our fans and our community were fortunate to have had one of the NFL’s all-time great general managers leading our football operations.”

Green Bay lost its season finale 35-11 on Sunday to the Detroit Lions. Green Bay slipped below .500 this season after quar-terback Aaron Rodgers missed nine games with a collarbone injury.

The offense struggled with backup Brett Hundley, and a defense stocked with high draft picks failed to improve again.

“This is a special place and we’ve had some success along the way, but it’s the relationships that I value most,” Thompson said in a statement. “This is the players’ game and I appreciate all the sacrifices they have made for the Packers. “I look forward to supporting this team in my new role as we strive to win another champion-ship.”

Several players spoke about the transi-tion as they cleaned out their lockers on Tuesday.

Kicker Mason Crosby, one of the longest-tenured players, said he “hoped the new guy likes what he sees.”

Georgia beats Oklahoma in Rose BowlPASADENA, Calif. (AP) —

After ending the first overtime Rose Bowl, one of the greatest Granddaddies of Them All, Sony Michel was swarmed by Georgia teammates as he broke down in tears.

The senior tailback had gone from possible goat to all-time hero for Georgia, sending the Bulldogs to the national champi-onship game with one last burst in a game full of them.

Michel raced 27 yards for a touchdown in the second over-time to give No. 3 Georgia a 54-48 victory against No. 2 Okla-homa in the College Football Playoff semifinal Monday night.

Michel, who had a fumble in the fourth quarter returned for a go-ahead Oklahoma touchdown, ran for 181 yards and three scores for the Bulldogs (13-1), but none bigger than the last one.

“I made plays. I gave up plays. My team just had faith in me,” said Michel, who did all that damage on just 11 carries and got a hug from former Bulldogs great tailback Garrison Hearst after scoring the winning TD. “That’s what this team is all about. They showed true charac-ter today.”

In the final game of his great career, Oklahoma’s Baker May-field threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns, and caught a touch-down pass that gave the Sooners a 17-point lead with 6 seconds left in the first half.

But the Heisman Trophy win-ner could not get the Sooners (12-2) into the end zone in the first overtime when a touchdown would have ended the game.

“It’s tough to describe right now,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said of the loss. “It’s a hell of a college football game. You know, an epic Rose Bowl game.”

The Bulldogs will play Ala-bama on Jan. 8 fin an all-South-eastern Conference national championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, about 70 miles from their campus. After Georgia made its first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1943 a heart-stopping success, the Bull-dogs will play for their first national title since 1980.

“We got to get back to work. It’s not done,” Michel said. “Now we got to finish. Let’s just finish this season off right.”

The 104th Rose Bowl was also the highest-scoring, surpassing last year’s 52-49 USC victory against Penn State. There was a lot more on the line in this one,

the first CFP game to go to over-time as well.

After an offside penalty on Georgia gave Oklahoma a first down on third-and-five in the sec-ond OT possession, the Sooners stalled again and Austin Seibert came out for a 27-yard field goal. Leaping through the line, Loren-zo Carter got his outstretched hand on the kick and the ball flut-tered down short of the uprights.

Any score would have ended it for the Bulldogs, and on the sec-ond play Michel slipped one tack-le and was home free. The Bull-dogs sprinted off the sideline and toward the corner of the end zone to mob Michel. Confetti rained down. Meanwhile, May-field stood motionless on the sideline for several seconds, bent over with his hands on his knees and head down. Mayfield battled flu-like symptoms the week lead-ing into the game, but he played just fine.

“I can’t believe it’s over. It’s been a wild ride,” said Mayfield with a hoarse voice before he started to cry.

Michel and his roommate and running mate Nick Chubb were awesome for Georgia. Chubb ran for 145 yards and two touch-downs, including a 2-yarder on a direct snap with 55 seconds left

in regulation to tie it. The Soon-ers had taken a 45-38 lead when Steven Parker returned Michel’s fumble for a TD with 6:52 left in the fourth.

“I told him that he had to keep running and trying to hit the cor-ner,” Chubb said. “We had a long game and after the fumble, we went down and he made up for it with that run to win the game.”

Both teams settled for field goals in the first overtime. First, Georgia’s Rodrigo Blankenship hit from 38 to make it 48-45.

Then it was Mayfield’s turn. A touchdown would have sent the Sooners to Atlanta, but on a third-and-2 from the 17 Georgia All-America linebacker Roquan Smith nailed Jordan Smallwood a yard short of the first down.

Seibert kicked a 33-yarder and the Bulldogs and Sooners played on, but not for much longer.

THE TAKEAWAY: Georgia: The Bulldogs came in with the sixth-best defense in the country, but Mayfield and the Sooners sliced it up in the first half, including a nifty reverse pass to the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback that made it 31-14 with 6 seconds left in the second quarter. Oklahoma had 360 yards in the first half, the second-most the Bulldogs had allowed in a

game this season.Coach Kirby Smart said the

defense “stunk it up” in the first half, but there were no dramatic changes in the second. Smith and company just played better. Oklahoma managed only 171 yards and one touchdown in the second half and OT.

Oklahoma: The Sooners ’ defense has been an issue all sea-son, but it did look for a while like it might make the decisive play. Linebacker Caleb Kelly low-ered a shoulder into Michel try-ing to turn the corner on a sweep and the ball popped loose. Parker picked it up on the bounce, tight-roped the sideline and sprinted 46 yards for the score.

But with a chance to close out the game with 3:22 left in the fourth, Georgia freshman quar-terback Jake Fromm led a game-tying drive. Fromm finished 20-for-29 for 210 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.

UP NEXT: Georgia: It’s back to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the Bulldogs, where they beat Auburn to win the SEC champi-onship and get in the playoff a month ago. Oklahoma: The Soon-ers start the post-Mayfield era next fall at home against coach Lane Kiffin’s Florida Atlantic team.

AP photoGeorgia running back Sony Michel (1) scores a touchdown in overtime against Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl on Monday in Pasadena, Calif.

Alabama dominates Clemson 24-6 in Sugar BowlNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nick

Saban is back in his comfort zone. Let others run up the points. He’ll take a defensive slugfest every time. Especially when it gives Alabama another shot at a national title.

In a game where every yard was a struggle, the Crimson Tide defenders took matters into their own hands. They accounted for a pair of touchdowns just 13 sec-onds apart in the third quarter to turn an offensive slog into a 24-6 rout of defending national cham-pion Clemson in the Sugar Bowl semifinal game Monday night.

“This game was about our identity as a team,” Saban said. “I don’t think anybody would doubt our relentless attitude out there. We had a warrior-like mentality.”

He was clearly pleased.Sure, it was quite a contrast to

the first two meetings in the Ala-bama-Clemson trilogy, both high-scoring classics with the national title on the line , not to mention the Rose Bowl semifinal that preceded it. Georgia knocked off Oklahoma 54-48 in a double-over-time thriller that wasn’t decided until the Alabama was on its sec-ond possession in the Big Easy.

There would be no drama in the nightcap. With Deshaun Wat-son off to the NFL, top-ranked Clemson (12-2) simply had no answer for the Tide’s latest group of defensive standouts, setting up an all-Southeastern Conference showdown for the national title — with Saban matched against his former defensive coordinator, Georgia coach Kirby Smart.

“I’m proud of the job he’s done,” Saban said. “I’m sure it will be a great football game.”

Leading only 10-6 after a turn-over to start the second half handed Clemson a field goal, the fourth-ranked Tide (12-1) quick-ly snuffed out any thoughts of a repeat title for the Tigers.

It began with 308-pound defen-sive tackle Da’Ron Payne pick-ing off a wobbly pass after besieged Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant was hit as he threw.

Payne rumbled 21 yards on the return, shedding one would-be tackler with a deft open-field move and drawing a 15-yard per-sonal foul penalty when he was finally dragged down with a horse collar tackle.

After Alabama drove to a first down at the Clemson 1, Payne re-entered the game — presumably to add another big body for blocking purposes. Instead, he slipped open near the right pylon on a play fake and hauled in a touchdown pass, even managing to get both feet down before the celebration commenced beyond the sideline.

“I’ve got gold hands,” quipped Payne, who was picked as the game’s defensive MVP.

A bit shell-shocked by that turn of events, Clemson was thoroughly demoralized after its next offensive play. Bryant’s pass deflected off the hands of

Deon Cain and was intercepted by linebacker Mack Wilson, who returned it 18 yards for another TD.

They could’ve called it right then.

“Just incredibly disappointed in our performance,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “But congratulations to Alabama. They were the better team today. No doubt about it.”

The Tide, which began the sea-son in Atlanta beating Florida State , will return to Mercedes-Benz Stadium next Monday night to face No. 3 Georgia and give Saban a shot at his sixth title, which would match Bear Bryant.

Saban has four championships in the last eight years at Ala-bama, along with a BCS title at LSU during the 2003 season.

This is eerily reminiscent of Alabama’s run to the 2011 cham-pionship, another season when

the Tide didn’t even win its own division or play for the SEC title. That year, Saban’s team lost at home to LSU during the regular season but got a second chance against the top-ranked Tigers with the biggest prize on the line — in the Sugar Bowl, no less.

On that night in the Big Easy, Alabama defense didn’t allow LSU to cross midfield until the closing minutes of a suffocating 21-0 victory. This defensive per-formance was nearly as impres-sive.

Clemson was held to 188 yards — 260 yards below its season average — and never reached the end zone. Bryant was sacked five times and the Tigers were held to 64 yards on the ground.

Alabama played it tough right to the end, denying Clemson on a fourth-down pass into the end zone with just over a minute remaining.

AP photoAlabama defensive lineman Raekwon Davis (99) gestures after a stop in the first half of the Sugar Bowl against Clemson in New Orleans on Monday.

Tuesday, January 2, 2018Page 10, Livingston Enterprise

FootballNFL All Times EDT

Wild-card PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 6Tennessee at Kansas City, 4:35 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)Atlanta at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. (NBC)Sunday, Jan. 7Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1:05 p.m. (CBS)Carolina at New Orleans, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 13New Orleans/Carolina/Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:35 p.m. (NBC)Kansas City/Tennessee/Buffalo at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS)Sunday, Jan. 14Jacksonville/Kansas City/Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m. (CBS)Los Angeles Rams/New Orleans/Carolina at Minnesota, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)Conference ChampionshipsSunday, Jan. 21AFCTBD, 3:05 p.m. (CBS)NFCTBD, 6:40 p.m. (FOX)Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 28At Orlando, Fla.AFC vs. NFC, 3 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)Super BowlSunday, Feb. 4At Minneapolis, Minn.AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)

BasketballNBAAll Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBBoston 30 10 .750 —Toronto 25 10 .714 2!Cleveland 24 12 .667 4Detroit 20 15 .571 7!Washington 21 16 .568 7!Milwaukee 19 16 .543 8!Miami 19 17 .528 9Indiana 19 18 .514 9!New York 18 18 .500 10Philadelphia 17 19 .472 11Brooklyn 14 23 .378 14!Charlotte 13 23 .361 15Chicago 13 24 .351 15!Orlando 12 26 .316 17Atlanta 10 26 .278 18WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBGolden State 29 8 .784 —Houston 26 9 .743 2San Antonio 25 12 .676 4Minnesota 24 14 .632 5!Oklahoma City 20 17 .541 9Denver 19 17 .528 9!Portland 19 17 .528 9!New Orleans 18 18 .500 10!L.A. Clippers 16 19 .457 12Utah 16 21 .432 13Phoenix 14 24 .368 15!Dallas 13 25 .342 16!Sacramento 12 24 .333 16!Memphis 12 25 .324 17L.A. Lakers 11 25 .306 17!

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Monday’s GamesBrooklyn 98, Orlando 95Toronto 131, Milwaukee 127, OTMinnesota 114, L.A. Lakers 96Portland 124, Chicago 120, OT

Tuesday’s GamesPortland at Cleveland, 7 p.m.San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Charlotte at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesHouston at Orlando, 7 p.m.New York at Washington, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Cleveland at Boston, 8 p.m.Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m.Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesGolden State at Houston, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesDetroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m.New York at Miami, 8 p.m.Toronto at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Utah at Denver, 9 p.m.Washington at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.Atlanta at Portland, 10 p.m.Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

College BasketballAll Times EDT

BIG SKY CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCTz-N. Colorado 2 0 1.000 11 4 .733Montana 2 0 1.000 9 5 .643Montana St. 2 0 1.000 9 6 .600Idaho St. 1 0 1.000 6 6 .500Sacramento St. 1 0 1.000 4 10 .286Idaho 1 1 .500 9 5 .643E. Washington 1 1 .500 6 9 .400Portland St. 0 1 .000 10 4 .714Weber St. 0 1 .000 7 6 .538S. Utah 0 2 .000 6 7 .462North Dakota 0 2 .000 4 9 .308N. Arizona 0 2 .000 3 13 .188z-ineligible for post-season play___

Thursday’s GamesN. Arizona at Weber St., 9 p.m.N. Colorado at Montana St., 9 p.m.North Dakota at Montana, 9 p.m.S. Utah at Idaho St., 9 p.m.Portland St. at E. Washington, 9:05 p.m.Sacramento St. at Idaho, 10 p.m.

HockeyNHLAll Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay 38 28 8 2 58 144 93Boston 37 21 10 6 48 114 94Toronto 40 23 15 2 48 135 118Florida 38 17 16 5 39 108 121Detroit 38 15 16 7 37 104 119Montreal 39 16 19 4 36 100 122Ottawa 37 12 17 8 32 98 128Buffalo 39 10 20 9 29 86 129Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 40 24 13 3 51 123 113New Jersey 38 22 10 6 50 121 113N.Y. Rangers 39 21 13 5 47 123 109Columbus 40 22 15 3 47 113 114N.Y. Islanders 39 20 15 4 44 136 139Carolina 38 18 13 7 43 106 114Pittsburgh 40 19 18 3 41 111 128Philadelphia 38 16 14 8 40 106 109WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWinnipeg 40 23 11 6 52 134 110Nashville 38 23 10 5 51 123 104St. Louis 41 24 15 2 50 119 102Dallas 40 22 15 3 47 122 112Minnesota 39 20 16 3 43 110 113Chicago 38 18 14 6 42 112 106Colorado 38 19 16 3 41 123 120Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVegas 37 26 9 2 54 132 106Los Angeles 39 23 11 5 51 115 91San Jose 36 20 12 4 44 98 92Anaheim 40 18 14 8 44 109 115Calgary 39 19 16 4 42 108 114Edmonton 39 17 19 3 37 114 126Vancouver 39 16 18 5 37 106 127Arizona 41 9 27 5 23 94 146NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.__

Monday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OT

Tuesday’s GamesBoston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.San Jose at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Nashville at Vegas, 10 p.m.Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesOttawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesFlorida at Boston, 7 p.m.Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Vegas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m.Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.Nashville at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Friday’s GamesPittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Florida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.San Jose at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.Vegas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

TransactionsSaturday’s transactions

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled F Ivan Rabb from Memphis (NBAGL).

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueGREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed C Corey Linsley to a contract extension. Signed FB Joe Kerridge from the practice squad. Placed LB Nick Perry on injured reserve.MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed C Cornelius Edison from the practice squad. Placed LS Kevin McDermott on injured reserve.NEW YORK GIANTS — Fired vice president of player evaluation Marc Ross. Signed OL Adam Bisnowaty, OL Nick Becton and TE Ryan O’Malley from the practice squad.NEW YORK JETS — Placed RBs Matt Forte and Akeem Judd on injured reserve. Signed WR-KR Lucky White-head and RB Jahad Thomas from the practice squad. Signed WR Dan Williams to the practice squad.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned D Andy Welinski to San Diego (AHL).NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Placed LW Filip Forsberg on injured reserve. Recalled F Frederick Gaudreau from Milwaukee (AHL).NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Acquired G Eddie Lack from Calgary for D Dalton Prout and reassigned him to Bing-hamton (AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned D Jordan Schmaltz to

San Antonio (AHL).American Hockey LeagueAHL — Suspended Cleveland F Joe Pendenza one game for his actions in a De. 29 game at Grand Rapids.SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Tommy Van-nelli to Tulsa (ECHL).

COLLEGEIOWA STATE — Announced senior DB Kamari Cotton-Moya was suspended for a violation of team rules and senior DB Evrett Edwards was ineligible for the Liberty Bowl.

Sunday’s transactionsBASKETBALL

National Basketball AssociationNBA — Fined Oklahoma City F Patrick Patterson $10,000 for public criticism of the officiating.CHICAGO BULLS — Assigned G Zach LaVine to Windy City (NBAGL).

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueHOUSTON TEXANS — Announced general manager Rick Smith will take an immediate extended leave of absence.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Fired coach Chuck Pagano.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCALGARY FLAMES — Recalled F Andrew Mangiapane from Stockton (AHL). Placed F Michael Frolik on injured reserve.NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Frederick Gaudreau to Milwaukee (AHL).American Hockey LeagueHARTFORD WOLF PACK — Released F Branden Troock from his professional tryout agreement.STOCKTON HEAT — Recalled G Mason McDonald from Kansas City (ECHL).

COLLEGEDUKE — Announced freshman F Jordan Tucker will transfer.NORTH CAROLINA — Announced junior LB Andre Smith will enter the NFL Draft.

Monday’s transactionsBASKETBALL

National Basketball AssociationCHICAGO BULLS — Recalled G Zach LaVine from Windy City (NBAGL).

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS — Announced the retirement of

coach Bruce Arians.BALTIMORE RAVENS — Announced the retirement of defensive coordinator Dean Pees.BUFFALO BILLS — Signed WR Rod Streater to a reserve-futures contract.CHICAGO BEARS — Fired coach John Fox.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR C.J. Board, LB Aus-tin Calitro, DB Trevon Hartfield, WR Bug Howard, RB Josh Rounds, OL Victor Salako, DB B.W. Webb and WR Kasen Williams to reserve-future contracts.DETROIT LIONS — Fired coach Jim Caldwell. Signed CB Adairius Barnes, TE Brandon Barnes, DE Alex Barrett, WR Dontez Ford, DT Toby Johnson, C Leo Koloamatangi, S Rolan Milligan, T Dan Skipper, QB Alek Torgersen and DE Jeremiah Valoaga to reserve-future contracts.LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed TE Braedon Bow-man, G Brett Boyko, DB A.J. Hendy, LB James Onwualu, DE Whitney Richardson and C Cole Toner to reserve-future contracts.NEW YORK JETS — Signed G Ben Braden, T Korren Kir-ven, WR Jalin Marshall, WR Tre McBride, DL Claude Pelon, DB Terrell Sinkfield, QB Joel Stave, WR Damore’ea Stringfellow and WR Dan Williams to reserve-future deals.TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed CB Jeremy Boykins to the practice squad.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Quinton Dunbar to a multiyear contract extension. Signed OL Alex Bal-ducci, DL Tavaris Barnes, TE Chris Bazile, RB Kenny Hill-iard, OL Cameron Jefferson, OL John Kling, LB Alex McCalister, LB Cassanova McKinzy, DL Ondre Pipkins, DB James Sample and S Orion Stewart to reserve-future contracts.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled D Kyle Capobianco from Tucson (AHL). Assigned D Andrew Campbell to Tucson.COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled F A.J. Greer from San Antonio (AHL).NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F Tanner Fritz from Bridgeport (AHL). Assigned F Anthony Beauvillier and F Steve Bernier to Bridgeport.American Hockey LeagueBRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Recalled D Mike Cornell from Worcester (ECHL).

COLLEGETEXAS TECH — Fired women’s basketball coach Candi Whitaker. Named Shimmy Gray-Miller women’s interim basketball coach.

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Milton powers UCF to Peach Bowl win over AuburnATLANTA (AP) — McKenzie Milton wanted

to throw a blanket of 13 wins and no losses over the College Football Playoff.

After Milton and Central Florida capped a perfect season, he suggested it was time to respect the Knights, even if they weren’t invited to the playoff.

Milton threw two touchdown passes and ran for 116 yards with another touchdown, lead-ing No. 10 UCF to a 34-27 Peach Bowl win over No. 7 Auburn on Monday.

Then it was time to boast.“I said on the podium you can go ahead and

cancel the playoffs,” Milton said. “I’m not changing my mind.”

UCF (13-0) led 34-20 before having to stop a late Auburn comeback. Antwan Collier’s interception in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining clinched the win.

The UCF players launched a joyous post-game celebration, rolling around in confetti on the field while wearing T-shirts that read “Champions.”

The Knights won in their final game with coach Scott Frost, who stayed with the team through the bowl game after accepting an offer to become the new coach at Nebraska , his alma mater. Frost will bring most of his UCF assistants to Nebraska.

“It was the right thing to do to come coach these guys,” Frost said, holding the game ball. “I’m not happy for me. I’m so happy for these guys.”

The Knights thought they deserved a high-er ranking after winning the American Ath-letic Conference and leading the nation in scoring. They made a strong statement by beating Auburn (10-4).

Frost said “it wasn’t right” for UCF to not receive more consideration for the four-team playoff.

“They deserve more credit from the com-mittee than they got,” he said.

Auburn was held to 90 yards rushing on 44 carries.

“That was probably the main stat that was

disappointing for me,” Tigers coach Gus Mal-zahn said.

More dominance: The Knights sacked Jar-rett Stidham six times. Auburn had only one sack.

After Auburn took a 20-13 lead in the third

quarter on a 4-yard run by Kerryon Johnson, Milton threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Otis Anderson to tie the game. Milton, under pressure, zipped an 8-yard scoring pass to Dredrick Snelson early in the fourth to give the Knights the lead.

Chequan Burkett’s 45-yard interception return for a touchdown pushed the lead to 14 points.

Auburn suffered its second straight loss at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where it was beaten by Georgia in the Southeastern Conference championship game one month ago.

Johnson, who said he was almost fully recovered from a late-season shoulder injury, ran for 71 yards.

UCF led 13-6 at halftime despite being held under 14 points at the break for the first time this season.

TROPHIES: Frost lofted the football-shaped Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl trophy before passing it on to his players. Milton was named offen-sive MVP. Shaquem Griffin, who had 12 tack-les including 1! sacks, was defensive MVP.

TAKEAWAYS: UCF: The Knights passed every test, including on the line of scrim-mage, as they proved they could match speed and strength with the Tigers. Milton over-came a slow start after completing only 3 of 17 passes for 30 yards in the first half. He completed 16 of 35 passes for 242 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.

Auburn: The Tigers couldn’t maintain momentum after opening the second half with two touchdowns for a 20-13 lead. Auburn insisted motivation would not be a problem after the crushing loss in the SEC champion-ship game, but after the game, cornerback Javaris Davis said the Knights “just wanted it more and they came out and played like it.” Stidham completed 28 of 43 passes for 331 yards with one touchdown and two intercep-tions.

UP NEXT: UCF: The Knights will begin a new era with coach Josh Heupel , the former Missouri offensive coordinator. Their opening game has not been set, but they will play at North Carolina on Sept. 15. Auburn: The Tigers will return for their third straight game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium when they play Washington on Sept. 1 to open the 2018 season.

AP photoCentral Florida quarterback McKenzie Milton (10) runs out of the pocket against Auburn during the first half of the Peach Bowl, Monday in Atlanta.

Boykin rallies Notre Dame to Citrus Bowl win over LSU, 21-17ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Notre Dame

receiver Miles Boykin lived up to Brian Kelly’s expectations.

The Fighting Irish’s head coach told the junior during a practice leading up to Mon-day’s Citrus Bowl game against LSU that Boykin was going to win the MVP trophy.

Boykin made not only one of the top plays of this bowl season but one of the more memorable catches in Notre Dame bowl history. He made a dynamic one-handed grab and raced down the sideline for a 55-yard touchdown with 1:28 remaining to give the 14th-ranked Fighting Irish a 21-17 victory over No. 16 LSU.

The win by Notre Dame (10-3) is its first in a New Year’s Day bowl since the 1994 Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M and snaps a nine-game skid in January postseason games.

“He looked at me like I had two heads. But I felt like he had a chance,” said Kelly about his prediction. “He’s got the ability, if we could get him the football. And Ian got him the football and Miles made a great individual play and, lo and behold, I’ve got the MVP sitting next to me.”

Boykin had only nine catches for 151 yards and a TD coming into the game, but he got his first start after starters Chase Claypool (shoulder injury) and Kevin Ste-phenson (suspension) were ruled out.

Boykin showed off his wide-catch radius on what proved to be the game-winning play. On first-and-10 from the Irish 45, Ian Book lofted a pass up the right sideline that Boykin was able to snag with his right hand at the LSU 33, eluding corner Donte Jack-son. Boykin then broke a tackle attempt by Donte Jackson at the LSU 26 before finding a clear path to the end zone.

“Ian put it in place where only I could reach it,” said Boykin, who finished with three receptions for 102 yards and a touch-down. “It was a great pass and I was just lucky enough to pull it down on one hand. I’ve got pretty big hands.”

LSU coach Ed Orgeron said that Boykin made a great grab but lamented his defense’s other struggles on the play.

“We had our best cover guy on him (Jack-son) but he’s a big receiver,” he said after the Tigers finished the season 9-4. “We had two guys on him and missed the tackle. That’s what I’m mostly disappointed with.”

Book entered the game in the second quarter after Brandon Wimbush struggled moving the offense. The sophomore was 14 of 19 for 164 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.

Book’s first touchdown came early in the fourth quarter. With Notre Dame trailing 14-6, he found Michael Young in the back of the end zone for a 6-yard score. Josh Adams

then scored on a two-point conversion to tie it.

“It was an awesome opportunity, such a surreal moment that last play with Miles,” Book said. “We knew it was going to be a close game. We just had to stay composed and do what we have been doing since Janu-ary.”

The game lacked drama the first three quarters. It was scoreless until four sec-onds remained in the first half when a Jus-tin Yoon 46-yard field goal gave Notre Dame a 3-0 halftime lead.

LSU’s Danny Etling was 19 of 33 for 229 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns to Derrius Guice. Guice, who was the MVP of last year’s game, had 98 yards on 21 car-ries.

THE TAKEAWAY: Notre Dame: Kelly joins Knute Rockne, Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz as the only Fighting Irish coach-es to have three double-digit win seasons at the school.

LSU: Guice, who said after the game that he hasn’t made a decision on whether to leave early for the NFL draft, joins Charles Alexander, Dalton Hilliard, Kevin Faulk and Leonard Fournette as the only players in school history to rush for more than 3,000 yards. He has 3,065 yards in 36 games.

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: The Tigers

had it twice on the Irish 1 and managed just three points. In the second quarter they had fourth-and-goal before being called for a false start which resulted in a missed 22-yard field goal by Connor Culp.

In the fourth quarter a Guice 2-yard reception put the Tigers in another fourth-and-goal at the 1. Orgeron decided to go for the 3-point lead and a Jack Gonsoulin 17-yard field goal, which gave the Tigers a 17-14 lead.

“We shot ourselves in the foot too many times,” Etling said. “We executed pretty well every possession, but made one or two bad plays, false starts that put us five yards back and all the sudden we’re in a tougher situation.”

TOUGH DAY FOR ADAMS: Adams, who came into the game averaging 115.5 yards per game, was held to 44 yards on 15 car-ries. In three of the Irish’s last four games he was held to under 50 yards.

UP NEXT: Notre Dame: The Irish open next season with a home game against Michigan on Sept. 1. During spring practic-es, Kelly will have to replace three starters on an offensive line that was considered the nation’s best.

LSU: The Tigers will have to replace six starters on offense, including Etling and likely Guice, leading into the Sept. 1 opener against Miami in Dallas.

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Kim: US should know N. Korean nuclear force a realitySEOUL, South Korea (AP)

— North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday that the United States should be aware that his country’s nuclear forces are now a reality, not a threat. But he also struck a conciliatory tone in his New Year’s address, wishing success for the Winter Olympics set to begin in South Korea in Feb-ruary and suggesting the North may send a delegation to participate.

Kim, wearing a Western-

style gray suit and tie, said in h i s c u s t o m a r y a n n u a l address that his country had achieved the historic feat of “completing” its nuclear forces and added that he has a nuclear button on his desk.

“The U.S. should know that the button for nuclear weap-ons is on my table,” he said during the speech, as trans-lated by The Associated Press.

“The entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nucle-ar strike range. ... The Unit-

ed States can never start a war against me and our coun-try,” Kim said.

H e a l s o c a l l e d f o r improved relations with the South, an idea mentioned in speeches more often than it i s m e t . H e s a i d t h e Pyeongchang Winter Olym-pics would be a good oppor-tunity to showcase the status of the Korean nation.

He also said the two Kore-as could meet urgently to discuss the North sending a delegation.

“The Winter Olympic games that will be held soon in the South will be a good opportunity to display the status of the Korean nation and we sincerely wish that the event will be held with good results,” he said.

South Korea’s presidential office said it welcomed the proposal to hold ta lks between government offi-cials over the issue of North Korea sending a delegation to the Olympics.

The office of President

Moon Jae-in said the success-f u l h o s t i n g o f t h e Pyeongchang Olympics would contribute to peace and harmony not only on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, but in the entire world.

The New Year’s address is an annual event in North Korea and is watched closely for indications of the direc-tion and priorities Kim may adopt in the year ahead.

This year’s speech was seen as particularly impor-

tant because of the high ten-sions over Pyongyang’s fre-quent missile launches and its nuclear test in 2017. The tests were the focus of fiery verbal exchanges between North Korea and President Donald Trump, who has deri-sively called Kim “little rocket man.”

Kim also stressed North Korea’s economic achieve-ments during the speech, and noted the importance of improving the nation’s stan-dard of living.

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Highway crash in northern Italy kills 6 when tanker ignites

ROME (AP) — Italian news reports say a fiery highway crash in northern Italy has killed six people.

RAI state TV quoted firefighters in Brescia as saying that five of the dead, including two children, were in a car, and the sixth victim was a truck driver.

RAI said A21 highway traffic had already slowed to a crawl because of an earlier accident Tuesday when a truck loaded with sand struck the car in front of it, which in turn slammed into a tanker truck whose flammable liquid cargo caught fire.

Authorities didn’t immediately identify the liquid.Firefighters were on the highway about 1.5 kilometers

(nearly a mile) north of the crash site dealing with the earli-er accident when the tanker truck caught fire. Thick, dark smoke was visible for miles.

German conservatives call for tougher migrant age checks

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative politicians in Germany are calling for tougher age checks on young migrants amid doubts over the age of an Afghan asylum-seeker suspected of fatally stabbing a 15-year-old girl.

However, the chairman of the German Medical Associa-tion questioned the idea Tuesday, arguing that medical tests are laborious, costly and of dubious effectiveness. Frank Ulrich Montgomery said he opposes the idea of obligatory age tests, telling the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung they would be “an interference in people’s well-being” if performed on all migrants.

Bavaria’s interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, has called for checking the ages of all incoming asylum-seekers “who are not clearly recognizable as children.” Other conserva-tives also back age tests.

US soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed fighting in eastern Afghan-istan.

A military statement issued Tuesday said four other sol-diers were wounded in the Jan. 1 battle in the Achin district of Nangarhar province. It said two of the wounded were in stable condition and the other two have returned to duty.

Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghani-stan, expressed condolences, saying “we are deeply sad-dened by the loss of one of our own.”

The United States formally concluded its combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of 2014 but still carries out opera-tions against the Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate, both of which are active in Nangarhar.

Russian army demonstrates latest weapon: Cuddly puppies

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Armed Forces has unveiled its latest cutting-edge weapon in a New Year’s greetings vid-eo: cuddly puppies.

After a year of showing off its military might in Syria, the Defense Ministry has taken a softer approach in a one-min-ute video showing dozens of puppies sharing food and cud-dling with each other. Older dogs are shown playing with unidentified officers.

In the Chinese calendar, 2018 is the year of the dog, so many Russians are using dogs in their holiday greetings this season.

Over 3,000 dogs are employed in the Russian armed forc-es.

Dogs from the 470th Dog Breeding Center outside Moscow are among the most decorated in Russia. The center won an international competition last summer against the canine forces of Belarus, Egypt, Iran and Uzbekistan.

Not-so-happy new year for UK commuters as fares rise

LONDON (AP) — British commuters are facing stiff increases in rail fares on the first work day of the new year.

Travelers on Tuesday faced average fare hikes of 3.4 per-cent, prompting howls from activist groups and London’s mayor amid complaints of unreliable rail service.

Anthony Smith, chief of the independent group Transport Focus, said fares are going up as workers’ wages stagnate, placing an unfair burden on commuters.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said it was wrong to burden commuters with “eye-watering fare hikes today after suf-fering 12 months of delays, cancellations and poor service.”

Israel gives African migrants 3 months to leave or face jail

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is notifying thousands of Afri-cans who entered the country illegally that they have three months to leave or face incarceration.

The Population and Immigration Authority called this week on migrants from Sudan and Eritrea to leave “to their country or to a third country,” meaning Rwanda or Uganda. Those who leave by the end of March will be given $3,500, along with airfare and other incentives.

APIn this Sunday photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives for a New Year’s Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump slams Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in New Year’s tweet

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pres-i d e n t D o n a l d Tr u m p slammed Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in a New Year’s Day tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for ‘fools.’

‘No more,’ Trump tweeted.Trump in his tweet said the

U.S. had given Pakistan $33 billion in the last 15 years, yet Afghanistan and the U.S. have long accused Pakistan of providing safe havens for militants. Meanwhile, Paki-stan had no official comment but Foreign Minister Khawa-ja Asif tweeted that his gov-ernment was preparing a response that ‘will let the world know the truth.’

Pakistan’s Urdu language Geo Television quoted Asif as saying: “We have already said ‘no more’ to America, so Trump’s ‘no more’ has no importance. We are ready to

give all account for every single penny to America in public.”

Asif said Trump’s tweet was borne out of frustration and that the United States should pursue dialogue with Afghanistan’s insurgents rather than military force.

“America is frustrated over defeat in Afghanistan. America should take the path of dialogue instead of using military might in Afghani-stan,” Asif was quoted as saying.

The Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. Hamdullah Mohib welcomed Trump’s tweet.

“A promising message to Afghans who have suffered at the hands of terrorists based in Pakistan for far too long,” Mohib tweeted.

The uneasy relationship between the United States and Pakistan has been on a

downward spiral since the 2011 U.S. operation that located and killed Osama bin Laden in the military garri-son town of Abbottabad.

Trump ratcheted up the pressure last year when he announced his Afghan strate-gy that called out Pakistan for harboring Afghan Taliban insurgents warning it would have to end.

In August, the United States said it would hold up $255 million in military assis-tance for Pakistan until it cracks down on extremists threatening Afghanistan. On Monday, the Trump adminis-tration’s National Security Council said that was still the plan although the U.S. would continue to reassess the situ-ation.

“The president has made clear that the United States expects Pakistan to take

decisive action against ter-rorists and militants on its soil, and that Pakistan’s actions in support of the South Asia Strategy will ulti-mately determine the trajec-tory of our relationship, including future security assistance,” according to the U.S. statement

Vice President Mike Pence in a surprise visit to Afghani-stan on Dec. 22 said the U.S. administration was putting Pakistan on notice to end its support for Taliban insur-gents, a comment that gener-ated a chorus of criticism from the Pakistani civilian and military establishment, which has denied harboring Afghan militants.

In a news conference last Thursday the Pakistani mili-tary spokesman, Gen. Asif Ghafoor sa id Pakistan wouldn’t bow to coercion.

Israel indicts teenager who slapped soldiersRAMALLAH, West Bank

(AP) — An Israeli military court on Monday indicted a teenage Palestinian girl who was filmed last month in the West Bank slapping Israeli troops who refused to respond.

Palestinians have since hailed Ahed Tamimi, 16, as an icon in their fight against Israel. In Israel, the footage sparked debate about the sol-diers’ refusal to react.

The court indicted Tamimi on several accounts including attacking soldiers as well as for previous altercations with Israeli forces. It extend-ed her remand for eight days.

She was filmed in Decem-ber outside her family home, pushing, kicking and slap-ping the soldiers, who fended off the blows without retaliat-ing. Her father Bassem has said she was upset when she approached the soldiers after her 15-year-old cousin had been shot with a rubber bul-let. The military confirmed rubber bullets had been used

following what it said was a violent demonstration, but had no information about who was shot.

Bassem called Monday’s indictment a “political trial” saying Israel dug up old inci-dents as well as the one filmed in order to “justify

her arrest.”Tamimi was arrested at her

home in a pre-dawn raid three days after the confron-tation, amid an uproar in Israel.

Tamimi has made headlines in the past, most famously in 2015 when she bit a soldier’s

hand as he held her brother in a chokehold in an attempt-ed arrest. She is from Nebi Saleh is a village of about 600 people, most of them mem-bers of Tamimi’s extended family. For eight years, vil-lagers along with Israeli and foreign activists have pro-tested weekly against Israeli policies in the West Bank.

In a separate case, the fam-ily of a female Palestinian lawmaker who has been jailed without charge since July said her detention has been extended for another six months.

Khalida Jarrar has been held under an Israeli policy called administrative deten-tion, which allows Palestin-ians to be arrested for months at a time without any charges being filed.

Jarrar, who is in her mid-50s, is a popular figure among Palestinians and is known for fiery speeches against Israel. In 2015, Israel sentenced her to 15 months for incitement to violence.

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ACROSS1 More hot under

the collar7 Topper with a

tassel10 Managed care

gp.13 Repetitive World

Cup cheer14 Commuter

vehicle15 Alley __16 Celebrate with

abandon18 Boring routine19 Teen sleuth

Nancy20 Exchange for

cash21 Deep opera

voice23 Razor sharpener25 Corn serving26 “Uh-huh”27 Lift a few weights31 “Wheel of

Fortune”purchase

34 High-priority task35 __ Jones’ locker36 Mob enforcer38 Girls in the family40 Island off

Tuscany41 Arts and __:

summer campactivity

45 Before, poetically46 Sunday NBC

public affairsshow

49 “The Well-TemperedClavier”composer

50 Long-armedprimate

51 Bit of prevention55 Soak in the tub56 Ignoring, with “to”58 Parliament

member59 Ride for Jesus on

Palm Sunday60 Like a shirt

conditionsuggested by theends of 16-, 27-and 46-Across

63 Edge of a glass64 One shaken to

seal a deal65 Keen judgment66 SSW’s opposite

67 Tweeter’s “Wow!”68 Parable

messages

DOWN1 Jell-O shapers2 Warn3 Ward off4 “Grease” music

genre5 Munchkin kin6 Gridiron zebras7 Nuclear reactor

tube8 H-like Greek

vowel9 “Shaun of the

Dead” creature10 Kentucky Derby,

e.g.11 Position the

cursor withoutclicking

12 Vision: Pref.14 “About time!”17 Goes (through)

slowly22 “All kidding

__ ... ”24 Saucony rival28 Chew noisily29 Three-card game30 Wall St.’s “Big

Board”31 “Pardon me”

32 River drainageregion thatcovers 11 Africancountries

33 “I haven’t a clue!”37 Fire lighter39 “That __

awesome!”42 Poetry

performance43 Add as a

supplement44 Flip (out)

47 “Pinball Wizard”band

48 Gunpowderelement

52 Bellini opera53 Angler’s basket54 Utopian places55 Place for a

Deere, but notdeer

57 Hoax61 Crash into62 Green prefix

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WeatherThursday

Mostly Sunny

40 29Winds:

14-­15 mph SW

Saturday

Mostly Cloudy

37 30Winds:

18-­23 mph SW

Tomorrow ThursdayCity Hi LoWx Hi LoWxHavre 26 9 pc 27 13 s

Helena 27 16 mc 33 19 s

Kalispell 28 17 mc 29 23 pc

Lewistown 35 14 pc 39 22 s

Miles City 23 8 pc 27 11 s

Missoula 29 18 sn 32 21 pc

Sidney 17 6 mc 23 8 pc

W. Yellowstone 27 2 mc 29 14 pc

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Tomorrow ThursdayCity Hi LoWx Hi LoWxAnchorage 28 20 ss 27 19 pc

Atlanta 39 20 mc 32 17 s

Boston 26 20 s 27 11 sn

Chicago 14 3 ss 11 0 s

Dallas 44 25 s 47 26 mc

Denver 49 23 s 52 25 pc

Peak gust for

last 24 hours:

40 mph

(Recorded at

Mission Field)

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Tomorrow ThursdayCity Hi LoWx Hi LoWxLos Angeles 74 53 mc 71 54 pc

New York 29 19 pc 26 10 sn

Phoenix 71 50 mc 73 52 s

Salt Lake City 40 27 mc 43 30 mc

Seattle 45 38 mc 46 40 ra

Washington, D.C. 32 22 mc 28 12 sn

Last New First Full

1/8 1/16 1/24 1/31

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Temperatures

Precipitation (as of 4 p.m.)

Tomorrow ThursdayCity Hi LoWx Hi LoWxBelgrade 23 2 mc 28 14 s

Billings 33 20 pc 36 22 s

Bozeman 27 16 mc 33 18 s

Butte 31 15 mc 33 20 pc

Dillon 30 18 mc 35 19 pc

Glasgow 16 7 pc 21 5 s

Glendive 20 8 pc 25 10 s

Great Falls 35 15 pc 37 26 s

Friday

Mostly Cloudy

39 27Winds:

17-­22 mph SSW

Wednesday

Mostly CloudyPrecip Chance: 5%

39 23Winds:

11-­15 mph SW

Tonight

ClearPrecip Chance: 0%

18Winds:

9-­16 mph SW

Livingston Area 5-­Day Forecast

Montana Weather

Billings9/33Bozeman

6/27 Broadus7/31

Butte9/31

Cut Bank7/32

Glasgow-­3/16

Glendive2/20

Great Falls11/35

Havre9/26

Helena7/27

Kalispell13/28

Lewistown13/35

Libby18/31

LIVINGSTON18/39

Miles City3/23

Missoula15/29

Red Lodge13/36

Sidney-­1/17

WestYellowstone-­8/27

Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are

tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.

Livingston StatisticsAs recorded through yesterday.

Livingston OutlookTonight, expect clear skies with an overnight

low of 18. Southwest wind 9 to 16 mph. The

record low temperature for tonight is -­23 set

in 1959. Wednesday, skies should be mostly

cloudy with a high temperature

Sun and Moon Moon Phases

National WetherForecast map for Jan. 3, 2018

Legend: Wx-­weather, s-­sunny, pc-­partly cloudy, cl-­cloudy, sh-­showers,t-­thunderstorms, ra-­rain, fl-­flurries, rs-­rain/snow, sn-­snow, i-­ice, w-­windy, R-­Record.

Wind Sock

Yellowstone River

Tuesday, January 2, 2018Page 14, Livingston Enterprise

NEW YORK (AP) — The sky was sunny and the water was freezing at Coney Island, where several hundred peo-ple, cheered on by hundreds more, ran into the ocean Mon-day to mark the start of 2018.

While some dressed in dino-saur or penguin outfits, others wore nothing but underwear or bathing suits at the annual Coney Island New Year’s Day Polar Plunge, a New York tra-dition since 1903.

“It started on my bucket list. It’s a rush, a shock. It’ll wake you up,” said Louie Forte, 65, of Brooklyn, who took part in his seventh plunge. “This year is the cold-est year yet.”

With the temperature sit-ting at a frigid 17 degrees, some said the water was warmer, at 37 degrees.

Pete Johnson said it was a great way to start the year.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into until last year,”

the 48-year-old said. “And I was just like, ‘I’m going to do it every year.’”

Supporters stood by with towels and warm robes as the hardy souls returned from the sea.

“It was really great. My nose is running really bad,” said Matt Ferraro, 30, donning a blue “Doctor Who” robe.

Allie Szyba, 32, was franti-cally rubbing her shoulders in an attempt to warm up.

“It’s horrible, just horrible. It’s not fun at all,” she said laughing.

The event raises money for charities including, the Alli-ance for Coney Island, The New York Aquarium, and oth-ers.

Organizers raised $80,000 last year, when temperatures were about 50 degrees.

Dennis Thomas, president of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, conceded that par-

ticipation was down this year because of the cold, but he had no final estimate on how much was raised.

“Jumping into the cold water really kind of puts a period at the end of the sen-tence of 2017,” said Thomas, who has been involved with the club for 30 years.

Swimmers gather every Sunday from November through April, as well as on New Year’s Day.

Hundreds take part in frigid Polar Bear plunge

Baltimore breaks city record for homicide

BALTIMORE (AP) — Bal-timore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback - or no appar-ent reason at all.

A surge of homicides in the starkly divided city resulted in 343 killings in 2017, bringing the annual homicide rate to its highest ever - roughly 56 killings per 100,000 people. Baltimore, which has shrunk over decades, currently has about 615,000 inhabitants.

“Not only is it dishearten-ing, it’s painful,” Mayor Catherine Pugh told The Associated Press during the final days of 2017, her first year in office.

The main reasons are the subject of endless interpre-tation. Some attribute the increase to more illegal guns, the fallout of the opi-oid epidemic, or systemic failures like unequal justice and a scarcity of decent opportunities for many citi-zens. The tourism-focused Inner Harbor and prosper-ous neighborhoods such as

Canton and Mount Vernon are a world away from large sections of the city hobbled by generational poverty.

Others blame police, accusing them of taking a hands-off approach to fight-ing crime since six officers were charged in connection with the 2015 death of Fred-die Gray, a black man whose fatal spinal cord injury in police custody triggered massive protests that year and the city’s worst riots in decades.

“The conventional wisdom, or widely agreed upon spec-ulation, suggests that the great increase in murders is happening partly because the police have withdrawn from aggressively address-ing crime in the city’s many poor, crime-ridden neighbor-hoods,” said Donald Norris, professor emeritus of public policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Even as arrests have declined to their lowest level in years, police say their officers are working hard in a tough environment.

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APPeople taking part in Coney Island’s annual New Year’s Day Polar Plunge frolic in the surf in New York, on Monday.

Vegas rings in 2018 under unprecedented securityLAS VEGAS (AP) — Las

Vegas welcomed 2018 with fireworks, big-ticket musical acts and unprecedented secu-rity in the wake of the deadli-est mass shooting in U.S. modern history just three months ago.

Law enforcement officers kept a close eye Monday on the estimated 330,000 people who traveled from all over the U.S. and beyond to pack in the Las Vegas Strip and down-town’s Fremont Street. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department had every officer working throughout the weekend and was aided by the Nevada National Guard and federal agents.

Rosy-cheeked visitors took selfies and livestreamed the celebration amid tempera-tures in the mid-40s, much warmer than most of the U.S. They wore glittery hats, tiar-as and other 2018-themed paraphernalia as they hugged and cheered on the new year.

“One bad incident is not going to deter us from having a good time,” Honolulu resi-dent Pettra Stark, who planned her trip after the Oct. 1 shooting, said while stand-

ing underneath the massive video canopy on Fremont Street.

For Stark, the heavy pres-ence of armed officers was reassuring. But not everyone felt the same way, including Adrian Dominguez, who trav-eled for the festivities with 10 other relatives.

“It’s not pleasant to see so many officers,” Dominguez, a

resident of the northern Mex-ico border city of Ciudad Juarez. “They are every-where.”

The heightened security comes after a high-stakes gambler killed 58 and injured hundreds more after he shat-tered the windows of his suite on the 32nd floor of the Man-dalay Bay hotel-casino on the Strip and unleashed gunfire

on a country music festival below before killing himself.

On Saturday, two security guards were fatally shot while investigating a distur-bance at Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, a hotel-casino just west of the Strip. Police said the suspect was hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities described it as an isolated incident and assured that it was not terror-ism-related.

A roughly eight-minute fireworks display at the top of seven of the city’s world-famous casino-hotels started at the Stratosphere 10 sec-onds before midnight Monday and continued to Venetian, Treasure Island, Caesars Pal-ace, Planet Hollywood, Aria and MGM Grand. More than 80,000 pyrotechnic firings that illuminated the sky in gold, red and green.

Megastars performed at venues up and down the Strip. The Foo Fighters played at The Chelsea at The Cosmo-politan, Maroon 5 was at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and Britney Spears per-formed at The Axis at Planet Hollywood.

APEric Loeding of Onalska, Wisc., dances during a New Year’s Eve party at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday.