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CLEVELAND, TN 24 PAGES • 50¢JANUARY 11, 2017162nd YEAR • No. 218

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Back to business forbasketball, wrestling

The holidays are over and it’stime to get serious as basketballand wrestling picked back upTuesday night. Cleveland, WalkerValley and Bradley Central wereall back in action on the basket-ball court. The Bears began theirstretch run on the wrestling matwith a victory over Ooltewah. SeeSports, Pages 9-11.

Coats for the Colddeadline is Monday

An annual program dedicated tokeeping Cleveland and BradleyCounty residents warm in the winteris continuing to be embraced by thecommunity. Coats for the Cold,which accepts new and gently usedwinter coats and jackets, will contin-ue to accept contributions throughMonday, Jan. 16. See the editorialon 2 of today’s edition.

Today’s forecast calls for mostlycloudy skies and a 70 percentchance of rain, with a high near 59.Tonight should be mostly cloudy,with a low around 52. Thursdaycalls for mostly cloudy skies and ahigh near 67. South winds of 10 to15 mph could gust as high as 20.Thursday night should be mostlycloudy, with a low around 54.

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Jonathan Higdon expecting asummer delivery ... LynnaeRoberts back in the classroom ...Pat Collins discussing a sale inprogress.

Rotariansare takinga lead rolein helpingGatlinburg

By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Banner Staff Writer

The Bradley Sunrise RotaryClub is among the many Rotaryclubs which have been helpingwith relief efforts after the wild-fires which swept through theGatlinburg area last November.

Fred Heitman, district governorfor Rotary District 6780, recentlyvisited the club and shared howRotarians have been helping fam-ilies in Gatlinburg get back ontheir feet.

In the aftermath of the wild-fires, the area’s Rotary clubs setup a large distribution center inthe former Boyd’s Bear outletstore in Pigeon Forge. Heitmansaid this has allowed volunteersto help those who lost everything,thanks to many generous donors.

“I want you to stop and thinkfor a moment that you have losteverything and all you have iswhat you have with at this verymoment,” Heitman said.“Everything else is gone.”

He went on to describe howfamilies had lost so much thatday-to-day tasks were made hard-er. While many families were pro-vided with hotel rooms, he notedmany lacked everything fromextra clothes to equipment theycould use to prepare food.

The distribution later became aplace where wildfire victims could“shop” for what they needed forfree. People donated not onlyitems like canned food but alsoitems like can openers and cut-lery.

The Bradley Sunrise club is inthe process of collecting suppliesto assist with the ongoing reliefefforts. In December, the club alsodonated $2,000 to the cause.

“We’re serving 2,000 people aday and more — because of you,”Heitman said.

While the Rotary organizationhas been spearheading some ofthe relief efforts, Heitman notedanyone can help with volunteer

District governorgives local update

BCPEF credits board for ‘investment’ in educationBy CHRISTY ARMSTRONG

Banner Staff Writer

The Bradley Cleveland PublicEducation Foundation is grateful for the“investment” local school boards aremaking.

That was the assessment of MattBentley, the BCPEF’s executive commit-tee president, when he spoke to theBradley County Board of Education onThursday.

“Our children have truly benefitedbecause of your support,” Bentley said.

Bentley shared many of the founda-tion’s efforts over the past year, stress-ing none of it would have been possiblewithout help from local school boardsand community members.

Teachers received thousands of dol-lars in grants for their classrooms.Some also went on international profes-sional development trips through FundFor Teachers, a national organization.

The foundation also assisted schoolsas they wrote thousands of dollars ingrants and held community fundraisingefforts. Results of these included TaylorElementary School receiving a nearly$50,000 Leonore Annenberg SchoolFund for Children grant and BradleyCentral High School raising funds tobuild a new athletic weight room facili-ty.

It also funded the distribution of“Plickers” cards, tech-related tools

teachers can use to quiz their students,to 486 local classrooms.

“This was not just a budget line item;it was an investment,” said Bentley.

Bradley County Schools’ budget forthe 2016-17 year included a $25,000donation to the BCPEF for its operatingexpenses. This was a jump from$15,000 in the 2015-16 year.

The county board’s only votingactions during its Thursday meetingwere the approval of a consent agenda

and a single board policy change.The consent agenda included things

like field trip approvals, while the policychange had to do with how high schoolstudents’ end of course testing affectstheir final grades.

Up until Thursday night, board Policy4.700 stated high school students’ endof course exam scores “comprise 25percent of the student’s second semes-

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

‘Operation: Temptation’ sting nets 23 arrestsBy BRIAN GRAVESBanner Staff Writer

The Bradley County Sheriff’s Officerecently completed “Operation:Temptation” which resulted in 23arrests, all dealing with prostitution anddrugs.

The official announcement ironicallycomes on what is now designated“Human Trafficking Awareness Day,”which began in 2010 by presidentialproclamation.

This is the second concentrated efforton human trafficking by the departmentsince its first, “Operation: Clean Sweep,”which netted 13 involved in the sex anddrugs trade — some from as far away asNew York.

“Human trafficking,” according to theTennessee Bureau of Investigation andstate laws, makes patronizing prostitu-tion from a person younger than 18 afelony; restitution must be paid to vic-tims, by defendants, for the offenses ofpatronizing prostitution, trafficking forcommercial sex acts, solicitation of aminor for sexual purposes, and enlistingor paying a minor to engage in childpornography; promoting the prostitutionof a child is a Class A or B (the mostserious) felony.

Sheriff Eric Watson said almost with-

out exception these cases involve drugs.The sheriff said with Bradley County

located on Interstate 75, a stretch ofroad recognized by most law enforce-ment agencies as a main artery for ille-gal drugs, the BCSO “keeps a watch forcriminals who either pass through ourarea on the interstate or attempt to setup shop here.”

Watson said his department recentlyreceived intelligence suggesting humantrafficking was coming back into thecounty.

“I created a special Streets Crime Unitto look into the problem,” Watson said.“The BCSO conducted a non-consecutive72-hour undercover sting we called‘Operation Temptation,’ with the mainobjective to spotlight individuals whooffered sexual acts for hire and the solic-itors of those acts.”

Watson said the operation began lastmonth, resulting in the arrests of nineindividuals for various prostitution

charges.“During the first phase of the opera-

tion, one of the incidents involved twopeople who were found with numerousdrugs and possession of a stolen vehiclefrom Missouri,” the sheriff said.“Additionally, one of the two was a malethat undercover deputies observed drivea woman to a motel room where theinvestigation revealed the female’s‘pimp.’”

The second phase of the operation,which was coordinated just within thelast few weeks, arrested and charged 13people for their roles in prostitutionactivity and/or drug charges.

“During the operation, many of thesuspects offered to exchange drugs forsexual favors, not just money,” Watsonsaid.

In total, the BCSO operation resultedin the confiscation of approximately 14grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams ofmarijuana, 80 assorted medication pills,six grams of crack cocaine and fourgrams of MDMA (also known asEcstasy).

Five vehicles were also seized duringthe operation.

“One of the problems law enforcementagencies face is the transportation of

Jones Negron High Rogers Hubbard Jaynes Wilson Mosbey

Scott Wiley Hilliard Uffner Torbett Culpepper

Roberts Pierce Thorpe Smith Turner Anderson Franklin Wilkes

“During the operation, manyof the suspects offered to

exchange drugs for sexualfavors, not just money.”

— Sheriff Eric Watson

Taylor Spring Park fundraiser targets $250,000 goal

Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS

CATHY BARRETT, left, and Toby Pendergrass of JonesManagement communicate online with Allan Jones during Tuesday’smeeting of the Taylor Spring Park Committee meeting. A fundraiseris being planned to raise funds for the new city park, located on 1stStreet at what is generally accepted as the birthplace of Cleveland.


CONTRACTOR DEE BURRIS holds a fewbrick pavers which the Taylor Spring ParkCommittee anticipates will be sold for the creationof the new city park on 1st Street. A kickofffundraiser is being scheduled for Saturday, Feb.4, the 175th anniversary of the founding of thecity of Cleveland.

Social event setSaturday, Feb. 4

By LARRY C. BOWERSBanner Staff Writer

Members of the Taylor Spring Park Committee,charged with raising funds and engineering the con-struction of the historic community park at the birth-place of the city of Cleveland, is making preliminaryplans for a kickoff fundraiser which is being billed asone of the showplace social events of the year.

The park committee met Tuesday afternoon in theoffices of Jones Management in The Village Green,going over some of these preliminary plans for thekickoff event,

The fundraiser is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 4, at the home of Cleveland business-man, historian and entrepreneur Allan Jones and hiswife, Janie. The gala event will kick off the commit-tee’s effort to raise around $250,000 for the construc-tion of the downtown park. The social will be an RSVP

“Drug activity andprostitution both lead

to the worldwideproblem of human

trafficking.”— Sheriff Eric

Watson

See TAYLOR, Page

See BCPEF, Page 6

See GATLINBURG, Page 6See TRAFFICKING, Page 6

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Winfrey Arthur BaxterWinfrey Arthur Baxter, better

known as Art, 88, of Chatsworth,Ga., passed away Tuesday, Jan.10, 2017, at Hamilton MedicalCenter.

He was born and raised inCrandall, Ga., and was a mem-ber of Sumach CumberlandPresbyterian Church. He workedat Duracell Industries as amachinist for more than 30 years.

He was preceded in death bythe love of his life, Helen BryantBaxter; parents, David O. andFlorence Bookout Baxter; sib-lings: Lorene Headrick, MildredPetty, Dee and Stella Baxter,Olen and George Baxter.

Survivors include his daughterand son-in-law, Brenda and AllanJ. Ensley; granddaughter, AllanaEnsley; special nephew, SteveBaxter; and other nieces andnephews in Cleveland.

The funeral to celebrate his lifewill be held Thursday, Jan. 12,2017, at 3 p.m. from the chapel ofPeeples Funeral Home inChatsworth with the Rev. TomClark and George Bryant officiat-ing.

Interment will follow inChatsworth Heights Cemetery.

The family will receive friendsat the funeral home Thursdayfrom noon until the service hour.

To submit an obituary, have the funeral home or cremationsociety in charge of arrangements e-mail the information to [email protected] and fax to 423-614-6529, attentionObits.

Alma BeardAlma Beard, 73, of Cleveland,

died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in aChattanooga health care facility.

Survivors and funeral arrange-ments will be announced byRalph Buckner Funeral Homeand Crematory.

Carlos CartwrightCarlos Cartwright, 58, of

Chattanooga, died Tuesdayevening, Jan. 10, 2017, at hishome.

Survivors and arrangementswill be announced by CompanionFuneral Home.

Martha B. EvansMartha B. Evans, 92, a resi-

dent of Cleveland, passed awayon Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

She was born on Oct. 5, 1924,to the late Adolphus Brown andSallie Lawson Brown.

She was a member of theChilcutt United Methodist Churchin Cleveland. She was an avidbowler and thoroughly enjoyedtraveling with her team. She wasalso known for her great love ofsports. She was dearly loved andwill be deeply missed by all thatknew her.

Along with her parents, she ispreceded in death by her hus-band of 64 years, John R. EvansJr.

She leaves behind to cherishher memory, her children: JanisWilkey (Boofer), Peggy Lowe,and Debby Waddell (Steve);stepson, Gale Patrick Evans(Jean); grandchildren: JonathanBaugh, Amanda Waddell, Nick

Lowe, Monica Stephens,Stephanie Barefield, and BrettWaddell; step-grandchildren:Cynthia Evans, Kimberly Evans,Michael Evans, and Scott Evans;along with numerous great-grandchildren, and many belovednieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life service isplanned for 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan.12, 2017, in the chapel ofCompanion Funeral Home, 2419Georgetown Road N.W.

Burial is to follow the service inthe Chilcutt United MethodistChurch Cemetery.

Prior to the service, the familywill receive friends, from 1 untilthe 3 p.m. service time at thefuneral home.

You are encouraged to share amemory of Martha and/or yourpersonal condolences with herfamily by visiting her memorialweb page and guestbook atwww.companionfunerals.com.

Billy R. FradyBilly R. Frady, 88, of Ocoee,

died Tuesday evening, Jan. 10,2017, at his home.


William Douglas GrantWilliam Douglas “Doug” Grant,

57, a longtime resident ofCleveland, passed away onSunday morning, Jan. 8, 2017, athis home.

He was born on July 16, 1959,a son of the late Frances EatonOwensby. He was a local house-painter for many years. He wasof the Baptist faith and memberof Maple Street Baptist Church.

He is survived by his lovingwife, Diane Sullivan Grant; threesisters; several nieces andnephews; and other extendedfamily members and a host ofspecial friends.

A Celebration of His Life isplanned for Friday, Jan. 13,2017, at 3 p.m. in the chapel ofCompanion Funeral Home, 2419Georgetown Road with the Rev.Blake Tinsley officiating.

The family will receive friendsFriday from 1 until the 3 p.m.service time in the funeral homeparlor.

You are encouraged to share amemory of Doug and/or your per-sonal condolences with his familyby visiting his memorial webpageand guestbook at www.compan-ionfunerals.com.

Roy E. HairRoy E. Hair, of Cleveland,

passed away Monday, Jan. 9,2017, in a Chattanooga HealthCare Facility.

He was the son of the lateRobert and Geneva Fann Hair.He was also preceded in deathby his wife, Geneva Hair; his son,Roy Hair Jr.; and his sister,

Frances Pulliam.He was a well-known car deal-

er owning and operating RHused cars for more than 50years. He enjoyed anything to dowith auto racing; NASCAR, dirtracing, and go carts. He lovedthe outdoors, going camping,Sunday drives and most of all heloved spending time with his fam-ily. He was of the Church of Godfaith.

Survivors include his daugh-ters: Donna Brock and TeresaWampler, both of Cleveland; hisgrandchildren: Michelle Beavers,Tim Hogg, Tiffany Fendley, andNathan Hair; and his great-grandchildren: Brent and TylerBeavers, Hailea Bennett, Jakeand Kyle Hogg, Maddox,Makayla and Mason Fendley.

A Remembrance of Life serv-ice will be held at 11 a.m.Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at JimRush Funeral and CremationServices North Ocoee Chapelwith the Rev. Sammy Hughesofficiating.

The interment will follow in theFort Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friendsthis evening, from 4 until 8, atthe funeral home.

We encourage you to shareyour memories and or condo-lences with Roy’s family by goingto www.jimrushfuneralhomes.com.

C. Eugene ‘Gene’ LawsonC. Eugene “Gene” Lawson, 83,

of Cleveland, died Tuesday after-noon, Jan. 10, 2017, at his home.


Glenda Charlene Riden Glenda Charlene Riden, 73, of

Cleveland, passed away,Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in a localhospital surrounded by her fami-ly.

She was a true blessing to allthat had the privilege to knowher. Her child-like spirit and con-tagious smile taught us lessonsin life that her family and friendswill always cherish. She had agreat love for her family andfriends, and never met astranger. She loved her EastsideChurch of Christ family.

She is reunited with her par-ents, William “Bill” and LoisPresswood Riden; brother,James “Jim” Riden; sister,Barbara Parkinson; brother-in-law, Norman Buckner; andnephew, Gary Davis.

She is survived by her sister,Martha Buckner of Cleveland;nieces and nephews: SandyDavis, Kathy Bandy and hus-band, Mark, Patti Hafley and hus-band, Larry and Mark Riden, allof Cleveland, Cyndi Butler andhusband, Charlie, of Nashvilleand Keith Buckner and wife,Jennifer, of Ooltewah; brother-in-law, Mansel Parkinson and sis-ter-in-law, Helen Riden; severalgreat-nieces and great-nephewsand great-great-nieces andgreat-great nephews; andnumerous extended family mem-bers and special friends and staffof Life Bridges, who took care ofher and loved her like family.

The funeral will be held at 1p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, inthe chapel of Ralph BucknerFuneral Home with Minister JeffArchey and Minister Bill Maynardofficiating.

Interment will follow in Fort HillCemetery with Mark Bandy, DrewBandy, Keith Buckner, LarryHafley, Charlie Butler and BrianBrock serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friendsfrom 4 to 8 p.m. today, Jan. 11,2017, at the funeral home.

We invite you to send a mes-sage of condolence and view theRiden family guestbook atwww.ralphbuckner.com.

Audrey RileyAudrey Riley, 59, of Dayton,

died Tuesday night, Jan. 10,2017, at her home.


Martha Iola SimsMartha Iola Sims, 92, of

Ooltewah, passed away onTuesday, Jan. 10, 2017.

She was born on April 5, 1924,to the late Jessie and BessieSmith. She was a member ofMeadowview Baptist Church,where she enjoyed spendingtime with her Sunday Schoolclass and the “Meadow Larks.”Martha also enjoyed genealogyand wildflowers, but most of allspending time with her family.

In addition to her mother andfather, she is preceded in deathby her husband, Louis H. SimsSr.; sisters: Helen, Ollie, Buddie,Etta, Minnie, Dorothy; and broth-ers: Robert and “Son.”

She leaves behind to cherishher memory two sons: JonathanSims (Niki) and Louis Sims(Dayle); two grandchildren: DavidSims (Whitney) and ZacharySims (Heather); step-grandchil-dren: Tim Jahnke and SteveJahnke; three great-grandchil-dren: Brantley, Bryler, and oneyet to be named that is due inJuly; step-great-grandson:Trenton Jahnke; and numerousextended family members andfriends.

A memorial service will be heldat 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12,2017, at Companion FuneralHome, 2419 Georgetown RoadNW, with the Rev. Al Miller offici-ating.

The family will receive friendsfrom 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday atthe funeral home.

You are invited to share a per-sonal memory of Martha or yourcondolences with her family ather online memorial located atwww.companionfunerals.com.

Sterling TerrySterling Terry, 69, of Benton,

passed away on Friday, Jan. 6,2017, at his home.

He is survived by his mother,Gladys Pike, of Athens; wife of 31years, Gaila Terry of Benton; sonand daughter-in-law. Clay andAnna Terry of Benton; sister,Charolette Akins of Athens; twostepsons: Scott Godfrey ofBenton, Darrell Godfrey ofCharleston; and a special cousin,Janie Hicks; five grandsons; onegreat-grandson; and lots ofnieces and nephews.

There will be a memorial serv-ice held at later date at his home.

You are encouraged to share amemory of Sterling and/or yourpersonal condolences with hisfamily by visiting his memorialweb page and guestbook atwww.companionfunerals.com.

Companion Funeral Home andthe Cody family are honored toassist the Terry family with hisarrangements.

(AP) — These lotteries weredrawn Tuesday:

TennesseeCash 3 Evening: 6-2-5, Lucky

Sum: 13Cash 3 Midday: 5-3-0, Lucky

Sum: 8Cash 3 Morning: 4-5-6Cash 4 Evening: 3-3-4-4,

Lucky Sum: 14Cash 4 Midday: 7-2-7-0, Lucky

Sum: 16Cash 4 Morning: 1-4-2-4Mega Millions: 11-20-40-41-

59, Mega Ball: 15, Megaplier: 5

Georgia 5 Card Cash: QH-AH-7H-6S-

7SAll or Nothing Day: 02-04-06-

08-10-11-12-14-16-20-22-23All or Nothing Evening: 03-04-

05-06-09-10-12-15-17-18-19-21All or Nothing Morning: 05-07-

08-09-10-11-12-14-16-19-23-24All or Nothing Night: 03-04-08-

12-15-16-18-19-20-21-23-24Cash 3 Evening: 5-5-5Cash 3 Midday: 0-1-7Cash 4 Evening: 2-8-3-5Cash 4 Midday: 7-3-4-6Fantasy 5: 12-15-18-30-38Georgia FIVE Evening: 7-8-4-

1-1Georgia FIVE Midday: 2-5-3-8-

2Mega Millions: 11-20-40-41-

59, Mega Ball: 15, Megaplier: 5

Bobbie Harris, Michele Trotter,Kaitlyn Posey, Tammy Bryson,Brian Sells, Patrick Sandidge,Cindy Rapier, Penny Alford,Kenny Thompson and KennethAuberry, who are celebratingbirthdays today.

IT’S A SPECIALDAY FOR ...

LOTTERY NUMBERS

CHURCHACTIVITIES

The Browders will be at SouthCleveland Church of God, 1846Volunteer Drive, Sunday at 10:30a.m.

The Bradley CountyDemocratic Party meeting will beheld Tuesday at 7 p.m., in theCleveland/Bradley County PublicLibrary’s Community Room.There will be discussions onBCDP preparation of the requiredtwo-year reorganization for theelection of new officers and infor-mation about bylaws. For moreinformation, call 423-336-1129.

———The Democratic Women’s Club

will meet Thursday at 5 p.m., inthe Carmichael Room upstairs inthe Cleveland Public Library.

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Emma and William are topnames for babies in Tenn.

Special to the Banner

Emma and William were themost popular names chosen bynew Tennessee parents for theirbabies born in 2016.

Names chosen for babies arerecorded and tallied by the dedi-cated team in the TennesseeDepartment of Health’s Office ofVital Records, which registerssome 240,000 new records ofbirths, deaths, marriages anddivorces every year.

William has remained the topname chosen for baby boys bornin Tennessee for a decade, comingin as the most popular choice for10 straight years.

Emma has been the most pop-ular name for Tennessee babygirls since 2011. There are ties forthe top choices in three slots onthe list of boys’ names this year.

The top 10 names Tennesseeparents chose for their new babiesborn in 2016 are as follows:

Girls — 1. Emma 2. Olivia 3.Ava 4. Harper 5 Isabella 6. Amelia7. Elizabeth 8. Ella 9. Charlotte10. Abigail.

Boys — 1. William 2. (tie) Elijahand James 3. Mason 4. Noah 5.(tie) Jackson and Liam 6. (tie)John and Michael 7. Benjamin 8.Aiden 9. Jacob 10. Carter.

Both the boys and girls namelists include new entries in the top10 this year: Amelia, Ella andCharlotte are all new additions tothe top 10 names for girls inTennessee.

Michael, Benjamin and Aidenare all newcomers in the top namechoices for baby boys.

All other names on the 2016top 10 list are unchanged fromthe previous year, although somehave moved in the rankings. Thetop four choices for girls’ names in2016 are the same as in 2015.The boys’ names in the top fivespots for 2016 were those in thefirst seven spots on the 2015 list.

Data on Tennessee’s most pop-ular baby names are pulled frombirth certificates, which areissued by the TennesseeDepartment of Health Office ofVital Records.

This office is charged withmaintaining the integrity ofapproximately 15 million records,which can include issuance andamending records such as birthand death certificates and recordsof marriages and divorces thatoccur in Tennessee.

The Office of Vital Recordsprocesses an average of morethan 14,000 requests for suchcertificates every month, provid-ing service to an average of 650customers each week. Theserequests are submitted in person,

by mail, online and via telephone;Vital Records staff members han-dle an average of 15,000 phonecalls every month and issue morethan 700 certificates every singleday.

This office registers approxi-mately 240,000 new records ofevents for birth, death, marriageand divorce annually.

The Tennessee Office of VitalRecords is located on the firstfloor of the Andrew JohnsonTower at 710 James RobertsonParkway in Nashville. Walk-inhours are available Monday,Wednesday and Friday from 8a.m. to 4 p.m., and Tuesday andThursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.Central time.

Some Tennessee vital recordsmay also be obtained from localcounty health departments. Learnmore about the Tennessee Officeof Vital Records including howyou may request these records athttp://tn.gov/health/section/vital-records.

Tennessee families are alsoencouraged to visit kidcentraltn, aone-stop shop to connect themwith important information andresources provided by state gov-ernment departments and agen-cies. The website features a com-prehensive directory of state serv-ices for children and families.Learn more at kidcentraltn.com.

The mission of the TennesseeDepartment of Health is to pro-tect, promote and improve thehealth and prosperity of people inTennessee. TDH has facilities inall 95 counties and providesdirect services for more than onein five Tennesseans annually aswell as indirect services for every-one in the state.

Foster grandparents are need-ed in Bradley County Head Startclassrooms.

Susan Kroll, field supervisor,Foster Grandparent Program, isseeking individuals age 44 orolder who love working with chil-dren and helping them reachtheir full potential, and who have20 hours or more to assist one-on-one in a classroom.

Call Kroll at 423-643-6418 tofind out more information aboutthe benefits available, including anon-taxable stipend, accruedpersonal leave, vacation, trans-portation assistance, ongoingtraining and more.

Head Startneeds foster grandparents


The House Armed ServicesCommittee, which oversees theU.S. Department of Defense andnational security policy at relat-ed agencies, has named U.S.Rep. Scott DesJarlais its newsmember. Committee ChairmanMac Thornberry announced theappointment today.

“A thoughtful, consistentadvocate for military membersand their families, CongressmanDesJarlais is a welcome additionto the House Armed ServicesCommittee,” said Thornberry (R-Texas). “He brings a wealth ofexperience from the ForeignAffairs Committee, as well asstrong conviction that Americanleadership is the lynchpin ofglobal security. I look forward toworking with him to ensure our

military is properly funded,spending its resources wisely,and above all prepared torespond to rising threats aroundthe world.”

DesJarlais representsTennessee’s 4th District, hometo Arnold Air Force Base, anadvanced testing facility. Localmilitary leaders praised hisappointment.

“I would like to congratulateCongressman Desjarlais on hisappointment to the HouseArmed Services Committee,”said Col. Rodney Todaro, com-mander, Arnold EngineeringDevelopment Complex. “As theonly active duty military baseheadquartered in Tennessee, welook forward to working with theCongressman and his staff insupport of the men and womenof the U.S. Armed Services at

home and abroad.”“The addition of Congressman

Scott DesJarlais to the HouseArmed Services Committee is apositive step forward in the re-evaluation of America's mili-tary,” said Maj. Gen. Terry M.“Max” Haston, adjutant generalof the Tennessee NationalGuard. “Congress' first respon-sibility is the defense of ournation, and [he] has demon-strated his commitment to thatresponsibility by his sponsor-ship of bills enhancing safety atmilitary installations, support-ing the rights of retired militarymembers and increasing aware-ness of post-traumatic stressdisorder [commonly known asPTSD]. He is always a greatsupporter of the TennesseeNational Guard and the MilitaryDepartment, and we are pleasedthat this appointment will allowhim to continue his efforts tosupport, rebuild and reformAmerica's military.”

In Congress, DesJarlais alsoserves on the House Oversightand Agriculture Committees,overseeing waste, fraud andabuse in the civil service and amajor Tennessee industry,respectively. He thanked thechairman and other members of

his new committee.“The Volunteer State has a

proud military tradition, andTennessee’s 4th District lies atthe center of the Aerospace andDefense Technology Corridorthat includes Fort Campbell,Redstone Arsenal, Arnold AirForce Base and Oak RidgeNational Laboratory. I’m hon-ored to serve the patriotic menand women who call our districthome, and for the opportunity tostrengthen our country’s defens-es,” said DesJarlais.

“I’m eager to get to work in thenew Congress, in partnershipwith a new administration, onthe most urgent security mat-ters facing the United States,including global terrorism, mod-ernizing military technology,and rebuilding our armedforces. The best military in theworld deserves the best support.My goal is to ensure their suc-cess and the safety of theAmerican people.”


Deadline to purchase ticketsfor the 91st Annual Meeting ofthe Cleveland/Bradley Chamberof Commerce is Thursday, Jan.19. The meeting will conveneTuesday, Jan. 24, at 6:30 p.m.at Peerless Road Church, 3301Peerless Road.

Outgoing Chamber Chairmanof the Board ShannonRitzhaupt, owner/chef of CaféRoma, will highlight the 2016program year and recognize vol-unteers at the annual conclave.

“Each year the Chamber ofCommerce outlines goals anddetermines action steps to guideits day-to-day operations, whichreflect a commitment to the eco-nomic and community develop-ment of Bradley County,”Ritzhaupt said. “The annualmeeting gives us an opportunityto present the outcomes of thoseefforts and to recognize the lead-ership team that ensuresprogress in each program area.”

He added, “2016 was an excit-ing year with a significantincrease in membership, theintroduction of a new investmentstructure and reaccreditation.This year’s annual meeting is atime for us to celebrate ouraccomplishments and to talkabout our bright future.”

Incoming Chairman RogerPickett, owner of MurMaidMattress Inc., will introduce theChamber’s focus for 2017.

“Membership retention andgrowth, along with member serv-ices, are always a part of ourprogram of work,” Pickett says,“but ensuring continued eco-nomic and community develop-ment for Cleveland and BradleyCounty is also vital. We wantgood jobs, an educated work-force and amenities that makeour community a great place tocall home.

Other highlights of theevening will include presentationof the prestigious M.C. HeadrickFree Enterprise Award and theRobert W. Varnell Jr. LeadershipAward.

The Headrick Award com-

memorates the ideals of the lateM.C. Headrick and recognizes abusinessperson who exemplifiesthe best of the free enterprisesystem. Last year’s recipient wasStephen Wright, president ofWright Brothers ConstructionCompany Inc.

The Varnell Award, named forthe late Robert W. Varnell Jr.,honors selfless leadership inprofessional, religious and civicendeavors. Cheryl Dunson, vicepresident of marketing forSantek Waste Services Inc., wasthe 2016 recipient.

To purchase tickets, whichwill be available through Jan.19, members may call theChamber of Commerce at 423-472-6587 or register through theChamber’s events calendar atwww.clevelandchamber.com.

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Lucy is newest additionto the BCSO’s K-9 Unit


The Bradley County Sheriff’sOffice has recently expanded itsK-9 Unit with Lucy, who is aBelgium Malinois.

BCSO Deputy Chris Shope,Lucy’s K-9 handler, recently com-pleted over 800 hours of trainingwith the police dog that incorpo-rated numerous certifications.

A 16-week school hosted bythe Chattanooga PoliceDepartment’s K-9 Unit certifiedthe 3-year-old female canine innarcotics detection, fugitiveapprehension and officer protec-tion.

Additionally, Lucy also hasbeen certified in evidence recov-ery, and is the only police dog inthe area to complete this special-ized certification.

She also received further certi-fications from “The United StatesPolice Canine Association, Inc.”and “American Working DogsAssociation” which include PatrolDog I, Tracking Dog/Patrol DogII, and Narcotic Detector.

Lucy was named “Top Dog” atUSPCA’s certification event sinceshe scored first overall whencompared to other participatingcanines.

Currently out of all the caninesat the Bradley County Sheriff’sOffice, Lucy holds the highestcertification.

Lucy, who is known for herspeed by personnel at theBradley County Sheriff’s Office,has nicknamed Lucy “PocketRocket.”

“Lucy is a great addition to thisdepartment who will be utilizedin several capacities whileassigned to the patrol division,”said Sheriff Eric Watson.

“Deputy Shope and Lucy havethoroughly completed highlydistinguishable certificationsthat will be a great benefit tothe Bradley County Sheriff’sOffice. Each of the four patrolshifts at the Bradley CountySheriff’s Office has beenassigned a K-9 unit which willassist deputies with their inves-tigations.”

Cedar Ridge Bluegrassto be at Cowboy Jubilee

Cedar Ridge, the BluegrassMusic band from Athens, willheadline the Cowboy GospelJubilee on Jan. 13, at 7 p.m.

“Cedar Ridge is a very capablegroup of musicians,” said StevePoteet, producer of the free week-ly musical show. “The CowboyGospel Jubilee is excited aboutbringing this band to our stage.They bring traditional bluegrassmusic with progressive sound totheir show.”

Mike Daniels, guitarist andlead vocalist, adds a strong driveto the Cedar Ridge sound, whileacoustic bassist Merielle Floodsings leads and harmony vocals.She also brings original blue-grass songs to the group.

Kevin Jago is their talentedbanjo picker. While Wesley Wilderplays mandolin and EmeraldButler plays the fiddle.

The Cowboy Gospel Jubilee isheld at the Cleveland CowboyChurch in the Dockery Heightscommunity, between BlueSprings and Blackburn Roads. Itfeatures both gospel and moralsecular music.

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Jubilee stage is Elmer Bramlett,Joel Moore, and the CowboyChurch Band, featuring PastorWally Varnell, on the electric gui-tar. Steve Poteet is host andannouncer.

The Cowboy Gospel Jubilee isheld at the Cleveland CowboyChurch in the Dockery Heightscommunity at 3040 Blythe Road,off Dockery Lane, between BlueSprings and Blackburn Roads.

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Ocoee Region BeekeepersAssociation will hold its initial2017 meeting Jan. 17 at 7 p.m.,the third Tuesday of the month,at the Benton Municipal Buildinglocated at 6496 Highway 411,Benton TN 37307.

Everyone interested in raisinghoney bees is encouraged tocome learn from the guest speak-ers.

Harlan Breeden will be theguest speaker this month. Harlanis an assistant to Mike Studer,Tennessee State apiarist. Harlanwill discuss new beekeeper start-up information and provide theState of the State for TennesseeBeekeeping.

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American Funds AmBalA m MA 55,379 25.01 +0.4 +13.2/B +10.5/A 5.75 250American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 68,574 58.02 +1.0 +11.6/B +7.4/A 5.75 250American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 50,623 44.74 +1.5 +15.3/B +10.1/B 5.75 250American Funds FnInvA m LB 47,307 55.22 +0.5 +21.4/B +14.0/B 5.75 250American Funds GrthAmA m LG 74,183 43.20 +1.1 +19.4/A +14.9/A 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m AL 74,093 21.86 +0.8 +15.8/B +9.3/B 5.75 250American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 58,402 36.84 +0.7 +23.3/A +13.9/B 5.75 250American Funds NewPerspA m WS 34,972 36.16 +1.2 +11.7/D +11.1/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 52,859 41.27 +0.2 +21.2/D +13.0/B 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Income CI 46,632 13.64 +0.9 +5.7/A +3.8/A NL 2,500Dodge & Cox IntlStk FB 54,186 39.21 +1.6 +21.6/A +8.3/A NL 2,500Dodge & Cox Stock LV 61,600 187.52 -0.1 +32.3/A +16.6/A NL 2,500Fidelity 500IdxPr LB 61,231 79.44 +0.6 +20.6/B +14.3/A NL 10,000Fidelity Contra LG 73,241 101.29 +1.2 +13.7/C +13.6/B NL 2,500FrankTemp-Franklin IncomeA m CA 45,222 2.32 +1.3 +22.0/A +7.6/A 4.25 1,000Harbor IntlInstl FB 31,240 59.75 +1.8 +10.0/B +4.7/D NL 50,000T Rowe Price GrowStk LG 36,213 55.26 +2.4 +13.5/C +15.3/A NL 2,500Vanguard 500Adml LB 181,512 209.46 +0.6 +20.6/B +14.3/A NL 10,000Vanguard DivGr LB 30,720 23.70 0.0 +14.8/E +12.3/D NL 3,000Vanguard HltCrAdml SH 33,299 81.55 +5.3 +0.9/D +17.5/C NL 50,000Vanguard IntlStkIdxAdm FB 46,083 25.18 +1.3 +14.4/A +5.5/C NL 10,000Vanguard MidCpAdml MB 29,853 165.75 -0.5 +20.9/D +14.0/B NL 10,000Vanguard MuIntAdml MI 45,313 13.97 +0.8 -0.1/B +2.9/B NL 50,000Vanguard PrmcpAdml LG 40,686 111.81 +2.4 +21.5/A +16.8/A NL 50,000Vanguard STGradeAd CS 38,151 10.65 +0.2 +2.7/A +2.3/A NL 50,000Vanguard TgtRe2025 TG 32,158 16.54 +0.8 +13.1/B +8.7/B NL 1,000Vanguard TotBdAdml CI 72,592 10.69 +0.9 +2.2/D +2.3/D NL 10,000Vanguard TotIntl FB 90,763 15.05 +1.3 +14.3/A +5.4/D NL 3,000Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 151,612 56.90 +0.4 +21.8/A +14.3/A NL 10,000Vanguard TotStIdx LB 103,932 56.88 +0.4 +21.7/A +14.2/A NL 3,000Vanguard WellsIAdm CA 35,748 61.93 +0.9 +10.2/B +7.3/A NL 50,000Vanguard WelltnAdm MA 75,781 68.08 +0.8 +16.5/A +10.3/A NL 50,000Vanguard WndsIIAdm LV 32,703 63.22 +0.1 +22.8/C +13.0/B NL 50,000

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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, CS -Short-Term Bond, FB -Foreign Large Blend, IB -World Bond,IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend,MI -Muni National Intermediate, SH -Health, TE -Target Date 2016-2020, TG -Target Date 2021-2025,WS -World Stock, TotalReturn: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%,E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

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REGIONAL BRIEFSWoman, 81, run over, killed

during robbery in MemphisMEMPHIS (AP) — Police in

Memphis are investigating thedeath of an 81-year-old womanwho was run over by a man whotried to steal her purse.

Police said a man pulled upbehind a car belonging toCatherine Wicker on Sunday.Police said he exited his car andgrabbed Wicker’s purse.

Wicker, who was outside hercar, began yelling and struggled.Police said another person tried tointervene, and the suspect fled.

Police said the suspect got backinto his car and drove towardWicker, hitting her and pinningher against another vehicle.Wicker fell under the car and wasdragged for several feet.

The suspect then rammedanother vehicle, backed overWicker, and left. Wicker was takento a hospital, where she died.

No one has been arrested.

Lawmakers to vote on new terms

for 3 constitutional officersNASHVILLE (AP) — A joint con-

vention of the Tennessee GeneralAssembly is scheduled to voteWednesday on new terms for threeconstitutional officers.

Secretary of State Tre Hargett isup for another four-year term,while Comptroller Justin Wilsonand Treasurer David Lillard areup for two year terms.

All three were first elected in2009 after Republicans took con-trol of the Legislature fromDemocrats.

Hargett is a former chairman ofthe Tennessee RegulatoryAuthority and represented Bartlettin the state House from 1997through 2006. Wilson is aNashville tax attorney who as atop aide to then-Gov. DonSundquist, a Republican.

Lillard is a former member ofthe Shelby County commissionerand financial and tax attorney.

Retailer pays back wages afterinquiry questions timesheets

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — AMississippi-based tire retailer ispaying $27,000 in back wages anddamages to 14 employees at itsMontgomery, Alabama, store foraltering employee timesheets tocut wages.

The U.S. Labor Department, ina news release Tuesday, said aninvestigation shows the Rent-n-Roll franchisee, which sells andrents custom wheels and tires,changed records in ways thatmeant some employees ended upworking for less than minimumwage. Others worked more than40 hours a week without receivingovertime pay.

Gulf Coast L&P Inc., based inMoss Point, Mississippi, hasagreed to comply with the law,pay $13,583 in back wages, andanother $13,582 in damages. Thecompany has stores in Alabama,Louisiana, Florida andTennessee.

The Birmingham district officeof the Labor Department’s Wageand House Division performed theinvestigation.

Regulators: gasoline pipe leak

didn’t reach Tennessee RiverCHATTANOOGA (AP) —

Tennessee environmental officialssay the gasoline that leaked from apipeline in Chattanooga has notreached the nearby TennesseeRiver.

On Tuesday, TennesseeDepartment of Environment &Conservation spokesman EricWard also said that the gasolinesupply in Nashville, which theColonial Pipeline feeds, is nearcapacity.

Colonial Pipeline spokesmanSteve Baker says the ChattanoogaFire Department was notified of agasoline smell near its pipelineSaturday. The company found asheen on Shoal Creek, whichfeeds into the Tennessee River.

Baker says the gasoline lineremained shut down Tuesday asthe company narrowed the sus-pected leak site to a small pipesection that includes the creek. Aprotective boom was placed on thecreek.

The company initially estimated630 gallons of gasoline spilled.Baker said it was likely less.

Teen sentenced to 5 years

in fatal Jackson crashJACKSON (AP) — A woman has

been sentenced after pleadingguilty to vehicular homicide, reck-less endangerment and recklessdriving in a wreck that claimed thelives of two people.

Media outlets report thatMonday, Judge Roy Morgan gave19-year-old Makarious Searcy afive-year sentence — with sevenmonths to be served in custodyand the rest on state probation.Searcy will also lose her driver’slicense while serving her sentence.

Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt.Jason Boyd testified that Searcyhad been racing a friend, JordanBailey, on July 30, 2015 inJackson. The two could have beendriving around 80 mph.

Boyd said Searcy hit a vehiclecarrying 44-year-old Jay Hoganand 32-year-old Julie Hogan,killing them.

Searcy apologized to the victims’family in court.

It’s unclear whether Bailey willgo to trial or if she has an attorney.

Deal: Expansion on 2 Georgia

interstates to begin soonATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan

Deal says expansion projects willbegin soon on stretches of inter-state highway in metro Atlantaand Savannah.

Deal told a breakfast of theGeorgia Chamber of Commerce onTuesday that work to widen por-tions of Interstate 85 in GwinnettCounty and I-16 in Savannah isslated to begin in the 2018 fiscalyear that starts July 1.

The projects will add lanesalong six-to-seven mile stretchesof each interstate. The governortold executives, lobbyists and law-makers at the chamber’s annualEggs & Issues breakfast that theexpansions will significantlyreduce traffic congestion alongeach route.

Johnson & Johnson to reveal drug price increasesBy LINDA A. JOHNSON,

AP Medical Writer

Johnson & Johnson plansnext month to disclose averageprice increases of its prescrip-tion drugs, as the industry triesto calm the storm over soaringprices.

The health care giant willdivulge its 2016 averageincreases in list price and netprice, or what middlemen suchas insurers and distributorspay J&J after discounts andrebates.

Analysts say that will help J&J’simage more than patients initially,but could push other drugmakers

to tame future price increases andbe more transparent.

“We hope that can create abetter understanding of theindustry and ... ultimatelyimprove patient access to medi-cines,” Joaquin Duato, head ofJ&J’s prescription drug busi-ness, said in an interviewTuesday.

With annual price tags top-ping $100,000 for many newdrugs for cancer and rare dis-eases, some patients have beenunable to afford their medi-cines. Huge price hikes on oldproducts with little competi-tion, like Mylan’s EpiPen emer-gency allergy injectors, also

have left some patients scram-bling.

High and rising prices havealso infuriated doctors, insur-ance companies and politi-cians, and triggered govern-ment probes into the industry’spractices. The government hasno power now to regulateprices, but the industryappears to be starting to moveto deflect further scrutiny andavoid price controls.

Last summer, Allergan Plcannounced a “social contract”under which the maker ofBotox is limiting list priceincreases to a single annualincrease of less than 10 percent

while expanding financial aidfor patients. Diabetes drugmaker Novo Nordisk alsopledged to keep increases below10 percent.

While that’s well above infla-tion, many drugmakers havelong raised prices two or threetimes annually by 10 percent ormore, and some boosted pricesthreefold or more for productswith no competition.

Next month J&J will issue itsfirst annual report listing theaverage list and net priceincreases — but not the figuresfor individual drugs, as the dis-counts it gives middlemen arecompetitive information.

HArwell winS in HouSe

McNally is new Tennessee Senate speakerNASHVILLE (AP) — Randy

McNally was elected as the newspeaker of the Tennessee Senateon Tuesday, and fellowRepublican Beth Harwell unani-mously won a fourth term incharge of the House.

The votes came as lawmakersconvened the first session of thetwo-year 110th TennesseeGeneral Assembly.

The legislative session isexpected to be dominated bydebate over Republican Gov. BillHaslam’s efforts to boost trans-portation funding, likely throughthe first gas tax hike since 1989.

That discussion comes as sev-eral sitting lawmakers — includ-ing Harwell — are consideringbids to succeed the term-limitedgovernor next year. Harwell saidshe wants to concentrate on thelegislative session before makingup her mind about a gubernato-rial bid.

“We are waiting on the gover-nor’s proposal and it will be fullydebated and vetted in this cham-ber,” Harwell told reporters. “ThisGeneral Assembly does not takeraising taxes lightly, so I predictthat if we look at increasing theuser tax on gas, we would alsolook at lowering the tax some-where else.”

McNally succeeds SenateSpeaker Ron Ramsey, who chosenot to seek re-election. Ramseybecame the first RepublicanSenate speaker sinceReconstruction when he waselected to the upper chamber’stop post in 2007. The GOP hassince built supermajorities inboth chambers of the Legislature.

McNally was sworn in as 87thspeaker of the Senate, a positionthat also carries the title of lieu-tenant governor. The pharmacistfrom Oak Ridge spread thethanks around in his acceptancespeech.

“It’s a big job, and I’m certainlyhumbled by the trust you placedin me,” McNally said. “I’m confi-dent that my journey to this timeand place was prepared well inadvance by the many interactionsI’ve had with you and other peo-ple and friends and family. But Irecognize that I can’t completethat job alone.”

While lawmakers convened inthe House and Senate chambers,a few dozen protesters gatheredin the lobby to chant about pro-tecting the rights of the poor,women, LGBT people, refugeesand immigrants, people who needhealth care, Muslims and othergroups.

“This was called a call to con-science, because we are callingour legislators to lift up our high-er values, not values of xenopho-bia or racism or sexism, but val-ues of showing that there’senough for all to have healthcare, for all to be welcome, for allto be treated with respect inTennessee,” said Justin Jones, a21-year-old Fisk University stu-dent who led the protest.

In the Senate vote for speaker,29 of 33 members voted forMcNally, who in turn cast a cere-monial vote for Ramsey. All 99House members voted forHarwell, who faced a harder-than-expected path for the GOPnomination when her caucusvoted 40-30 in her favor lastmonth.

House Minority Leader CraigFitzhugh of Ripley saidDemocrats were encouraged byHarwell telling them “she’s thespeaker not for the Republicancaucus or the Democratic cau-cus, but for the House of

Representatives.”“We believed that and want to

show our support for her going

forward,” he said. “You know,we’ll have differences, but wesupported her unanimously.”

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SenAte SPeAker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, presides overthe Senate opening session after succeeding Ron Ramsey asSenate Speaker on Tuesday in Nashville. Lawmakers convened forthe 110th Tennessee General Assembly with new leadership in theSenate and a House speaker eying a gubernatorial bid.

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SenAte MeMberS and guests salute the flag as it is carried through the Senate chamber Tuesdayin Nashville. State lawmakers convened for the 110th Tennessee General Assembly with new leadershipin the Senate and a House speaker eying a gubernatorial bid.

HARLESTON, S.C. (AP) —Families of the nine people killedin a racist massacre at a SouthCarolina church have expresseda broad range of feelings when itcomes to how the convicted killershould be punished.

Some think there is no justifi-cation for the death penalty,while others believe in the bibli-cal Old Testament justice of aneye for an eye.

Dylann Roof will soon be off tofederal death row, but the fami-lies he shattered when heentered Emanuel AME Church inCharleston and fired 77 shots atthe end of Bible study get onelast chance to confront himWednesday as U.S. DistrictJudge Richard Gergel verifies the

jury’s sentence at a hearing.It’s the only chance for them to

speak to Roof and the courtdirectly, without having toanswer specific questions.

The willingness to forgive dom-inated the news in the days afterthe June 17, 2015, shootings asvictims’ families and survivorsoffered Roof forgiveness at hisbond hearing. But there aremany like Melvin Graham whosaid forgiveness is still a work inprogress and he will forevergrieve the death of his sisterCynthia Hurd.

He told reporters he has strug-gled because he feels like it isn’tquite right to see someoneordered to die, but he also knowsRoof must be punished asseverely as possible for what hedid on earth.

“It’s hard to say a personshould live when nine othersdied,” Graham said.

And while forgiveness hasbeen offered from one side, Roofhas shown no remorse for theslaughter during weeks in court.He had a final chance to ask thejury to spare his life Tuesday.

“I still feel like I had to do it,”the 22-year-old avowed whitesupremacist told the juryinstead.

Roof told FBI agents when theyarrested him that he wanted theshootings to bring back segrega-tion or perhaps start a race war.Instead, the slayings had a unify-ing effect as South Carolinaremoved the Confederate flagfrom its Statehouse for the firsttime in more than 50 years.Other states followed suit, takingdown Confederate banners andmonuments. Roof had posedwith the flag in photos.

Roof specifically selectedEmanuel AME Church, theSouth’s oldest black church, tocarry out the cold, calculatedslaughter, Assistant U.S.Attorney Jay Richardson said.

The gunman sat with the Biblestudy group for about 45 min-utes. During the final prayer —when everyone’s eyes were closed— he started firing. He stood oversome of the fallen victims, shoot-ing them again as they lay on the

floor, Richardson said.“They welcomed a 13th person

that night ... with a kind word, aBible, a handout and a chair,”Richardson said during his clos-ing argument. “He had come witha hateful heart and a Glock .45.”

The jury convicted Roof lastmonth of all 33 federal chargeshe faced, including hate crimes.He never explained his actions tojurors, saying only that “anyonewho hates anything in their mindhas a good reason for it.”

Roof insisted he was not men-tally ill and did not call any wit-nesses or present any evidence.

After he was sentenced, Roofasked a judge to appoint himnew attorneys, but the judge saidhe was not inclined to do sobecause they had performed“admirably.”

“We are sorry that, despite ourbest efforts, the legal proceedingshave shed so little light on thereasons for this tragedy,” theattorneys said in a veiled refer-ence to the mental health issuesthey wanted to present.

Felicia Sanders survived theshooting. Roof spared her afterhearing her pray loudly, sayingshe could go tell the rest of the

world why he slaughtered blackpeople in a church. She offeredforgiveness at Roof’s bond hear-ing, but has since not said if shewanted him to get life in prisonwithout parole or death. Heraunt and son died.

Sanders husband, Tyrone,acknowledged his own strugglebetween earthly and eternal jus-tice after Roof was found guilty ofhate crimes and obstruction ofreligion charges in December.

“My thoughts were if I couldget to him, what would I do,”Tyrone Sanders said. “But theLord kept me from charging.”


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Pew survey: Officers more reluctant to use force, make stopsATLANTA (AP) — The so-called

“Ferguson effect” — officers back-ing off of policing out of fear thattheir actions will be questionedafter the fact — has been talkedabout but never really quantified.A new study suggests the effect isa reality, with three-quarters ofofficers surveyed saying they arehesitant to use force, even whenappropriate, and are less willing tostop and question suspicious peo-ple.

The nonpartisan Pew ResearchCenter questioned at least 8,000officers from departments with atleast 100 officers between May 19and Aug. 14 last year — most of itahead of the fatal shootings of fiveofficers in Dallas and three offi-cers in Baton Rouge.

What it found was a significantfear among police about theirsafety and about carrying outsome of the everyday acts of polic-ing.

It also shows a stark differencein how white and black officersview the protests that have takenplace after some of the high-profileshootings of black suspects in thepast several years, with black offi-cers believing the protests aregenuine acts of civil disobediencedesigned to hold police account-

able, while white officers are moreskeptical of the protesters’motives.

“White officers and black offi-cers have very different viewsabout where we are as a countryin terms of achieving equalrights,” said Kim Parker, the direc-tor of social trends research forthe Pew Research Center.

Some of the key findings:— 86 percent of officers said

that fatal encounters betweenblacks and police have madepolicing more difficult

— 93 percent said they’re moreconcerned about safety

— 76 percent said they’re morereluctant to use force when appro-priate

— 75 percent said interactionsbetween police and blacks havebecome more tense

— 72 percent said they or theircolleagues are more reluctant tostop and question people whoseem suspicious

In 2014, a white officer inFerguson, Missouri shot andkilled black teen Michael Brown,setting off a movement drawinggreater scrutiny of police use offorce, particularly against blackcitizens. In the years since, otherfatal encounters with police in

such cities as Baltimore, BatonRouge, Milwaukee, Chicago andNew York have put officers underthe microscope, especially asvideo has captured more of theseevents.

There has been a concern,largely shared in anecdotes, ofofficers holding back on stoppingsuspicious people or other polic-ing out of concern that they’d becast as racist. But the Pew surveyprovides the first national evi-dence that those concerns may behaving a real impact on how offi-cers do their jobs.

“Officers are concerned aboutbeing the next viral video and sothat influences what they do andhow they do it and how they thinkabout it,” said Darrel Stephens,executive director of the MajorCities Chiefs Association. He addedthat he doesn’t believe it’s rampantor that officers are turning a blindeye, “but I still have to believe itmay be in a marginal-call situationwhere there’s a reasonable suspi-cion on the bubble ... that thoseare the ones they pass up.”

The survey also suggested adivide between police and thecommunities they serve on somesocial issues of the day.

For example, two-thirds of all

AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File

In thIs FIle Photo, police and Missouri National Guardsmen stand guard as protesters gather infront of the Ferguson Police Department, in Ferguson, Mo. The so-called “Ferguson effect” — officersbacking off of policing out of fear that their actions will be questioned after the fact — has been talkedabout but never really quantified. A new study suggests the effect is a reality, with three-quarters of offi-cers surveyed saying they are hesitant to use force, even when appropriate, and are less willing to stopand question suspicious people.

Dylann Roof sentenced to death

for killing 9 church members

Families say forgiving the church shooter doesn’t mean sparing life

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Anunrepentant Dylann Roof wassentenced to death Tuesday forfatally shooting nine blackchurch members during a Biblestudy session, becoming the firstperson ordered executed for afederal hate crime.

A jury deliberated for aboutthree hours before returning withthe decision, capping a trial inwhich the 22-year-old avowedwhite supremacist did not fightfor his life or show any remorse.He served as his own attorneyduring sentencing and neverasked for forgiveness or mercy orexplained the massacre.

Hours earlier, Roof threw awayone last chance to plead for hislife, telling jurors, “I still feel likeI had to do it.”

The slain included the Rev.Clementa Pinckney, the churchpastor and a state senator, aswell as other pillars of the com-munity: a high school trackcoach, the church sexton, alibrarian and an aspiring poet.They all shared deep devotion tothe church, known as MotherEmanuel, and passed that faithalong to their families, many ofwhom offered Roof forgivenesswhen he appeared in court justdays after the attack.

As Roof spoke Tuesday forabout five minutes, every jurorlooked directly at him. A few nod-ded as he reminded them thatthey said during jury selectionthey could fairly weigh the fac-tors of his case. Only one ofthem, he noted, had to disagreeto spare him from a lethal injec-tion.

“I have the right to ask you togive me a life sentence, but I’mnot sure what good it would doanyway,” he said.

When the verdict was read, hestood stoic. Several family mem-bers of victims wiped away quiettears.

Roof told FBI agents when theyarrested him after the June 17,2015, slayings that he wantedthe shootings to bring back seg-regation or perhaps start a racewar. Instead, the slayings had aunifying effect, as South Carolinaremoved the Confederate flagfrom its Statehouse for the firsttime in more than 50 years.Other states followed suit, takingdown Confederate banners andmonuments. Roof had posed with

the flag in photos.Malcolm Graham, whose sister

Cynthia Hurd was slain, said thejury made the right decision.

“There is no room in America’ssmallest jail cell for hatred,racism and discrimination,” hesaid from his home in Charlotte,North Carolina. “The journey forme and my family today hascome to an end.”

One of Hurd’s other brothers,Melvin Graham, said the jury’sdecision “was a very hollow victo-ry” because his sister is stillgone.

“He decided the day, the hourand minute my sister was goingto die. Now someone is going todo it for him,” he said.

Roof specifically selectedEmanuel AME Church, theSouth’s oldest black church, tocarry out the cold, calculatedslaughter, Assistant U.S.Attorney Jay Richardson said.

The 12 people he targetedopened the door for a strangerwith a smile, he said. Three peo-ple survived the attack.

“They welcomed a 13th personthat night ... with a kind word, aBible, a handout and a chair,”Richardson said during his clos-ing argument. “He had come witha hateful heart and a Glock .45.”

The gunman sat with the Biblestudy group for about 45 min-utes. During the final prayer —when everyone’s eyes were closed— he started firing. He stood oversome of the fallen victims, shoot-ing them again as they lay on thefloor, Richardson said.

The prosecutor remindedjurors about each one of the vic-tims and the bloody scene thatRoof left in the church’s lowerlevel.

Nearly two dozen friends andrelatives of the victims testifiedduring the sentencing phase ofthe trial. They shared cherished

memories and talked about afuture without a mother, father,sister or brother. They shedtears, and their voices shook, butnone of them said whether Roofshould face the death penalty.

The prosecutor remindedjurors that Clementa Pinckneywould be remembered for singinggoofy songs and watching car-toons with his young daughters.In a sign of perhaps how impor-tant that testimony was, jurorsre-watched a speech by Pinckneyin which he talked about the his-tory of Emanuel and its mission.

The jury convicted Roof lastmonth of all 33 federal chargeshe faced, including hate crimes.He never explained his actions tojurors, saying only that “anyonewho hates anything in their mindhas a good reason for it.”

Roof insisted that he was notmentally ill and did not call anywitnesses or present any evi-dence.

In one of his journals, he wrotethat he did not believe in psy-chology, calling it “a Jewishinvention” that “does nothing butinvent diseases and tell peoplethey have problems when theydon’t.”

His attorneys said he did notwant to present any evidencethat might embarrass him or hisfamily.

After he was sentenced, Roofasked a judge to appoint himnew attorneys, but the judge saidhe was not inclined to do sobecause they had performed“admirably.”

“We are sorry that, despite ourbest efforts, the legal proceedingshave shed so little light on thereasons for this tragedy,” theattorneys said in a veiled refer-ence to the mental health issuesthey wanted to present.

A judge will formally sentencehim during a hearingWednesday. Roof also faces adeath penalty trial in state court.

The last person sent to federaldeath row was Boston Marathonbomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in2015.

AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File

In thIs June 18, 2015 file photo, Charleston, S.C., shooting sus-pect Dylann Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthousein Shelby, N.C. A federal jury has sentenced Roof to death for killingnine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015.

“They welcomed a13th person that night ...

with a kind word, aBible, a handout and a

chair. He had come witha hateful heart and a

Glock .45.”— Assistant U.S.

Attorney JayRichardson

officers say deadly encounterswith blacks are isolated incidents,

but 60 percent of the general pub-lic said they believe they are signs

of a broader problem betweenpolice and blacks.

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drugs, both illegal substancesand illegally obtained prescrip-tion medication,” Watson said.“Another problem is prostitu-tion. Drug activity and prosti-tution both lead to the world-wide problem of human traf-ficking.”

The sheriff said recent num-bers released by the FBI showhuman trafficking for the use ofprostitution is the fastest grow-ing business of organized crimeand the third largest criminalenterprise in the world.

Watson has associated him-self with the issue of humantrafficking during his days as astate legislator, introducing leg-islation as well as participatingin a White House seminar onthe subject.

“A measureless number ofindividuals who engage in pros-titution exploit the internet tosearch for opportunities toengage in illegal sexual activi-ty,” Watson said.

“Our agency will continue toconduct covert operations in thefuture to curb the trend ofhuman trafficking and prostitu-tion activity in this area,” thesheriff continued. “It’s our goal tonot only decrease these acts, butto put an end to these crimesaltogether in this community.”

One of the 23 facing chargeswho may have familiarity with-in the community is CameronMegail High, 22, who is a mem-ber of the Lee University men’sbasketball team.

When asked for comment, aspokesperson for the universitysaid they “do not have informa-tion on the situation and there-fore do not have a statement atthis time.”

The following is the completelist of those arrested during“Operation Temptation” includ-ing the name, age, town of resi-dence, and the charges againstthem. All are presumed inno-cent until proven guilty in a

court of law:— Derwin Pershun Mosbey,

28, Cordoba, Tenn.: Promotionof prostitution, possession ofstolen property over $1,000,Schedule I for resale, ScheduleII for resale, Schedule IV forresale and Schedule VI forresale.

— London Rene Pierce, 19,Memphis, Tenn.: Prostitution,possession of stolen propertyover $1,000, Schedule I forresale, Schedule II for resale,Schedule IV for resale andSchedule VI for resale.

— Jerome Arthur Uffner, 55,Marietta, Ga.: Solicitation ofprostitution.

— Thomas Adam Franklin,35, Cleveland, Tenn.:Solicitation of prostitution.

— Cameron Megail High, 22,Cleveland, Tenn.: Solicitation ofprostitution.

— Dean Wilson, 52,Chattanooga, Tenn.:Solicitation of prostitution.

— Tineisha Norelle Wilkes,25, Riverdale, Ga.: Solicitationof prostitution.

— Adrianna Bronte-NicoleJones, 22, Allen, Texas:Prostitution and possession ofSchedule IV.

— Ashley Marie Negron, 24,Dayton, Tenn.: Prostitution.

— Kenneth Dale Roberts, 58,Ringgold, Ga.: Patronizing pros-titution and delivery of

methamphetamine.— Gary Claude Hilliard, 51,

McDonald, Tenn.: Patronizingprostitution and delivery ofSchedule VI.

— Christopher John-MelvinRogers, 38, Lake City, Fla.:Patronizing prostitution, deliv-ery of methamphetamine anddelivery of Schedule VI.

— Jonathan Allen Torbett,38, Delano, Tenn.: Patronizingprostitution, delivery ofmethamphetamine and drugparaphernalia.

— Steven Edward Turner Jr.,25, Cleveland, Tenn.:Patronizing prostitution, pos-session of legend drugs, pos-session of methamphetamineand drug paraphernalia.

— David Wayne Jaynes, 28,Cleveland, Tenn.: Prostitution.

— Nathan Jackson Thorpe,32, Cleveland, Tenn.:Patronizing prostitution.

— Elise Victoria Wiley, 21,Cleveland, Tenn.: Prostitution.

— Dusty Lee-Ray Scott, 34,Rossville, Ga.: Patronizingprostitution, prohibitedweapon, delivery of metham-phetamine and drug parapher-nalia.

— Tamiko Leeshay Anderson,21, Chattanooga, Tenn.:Prostitution, possession ofSchedule II and possession ofSchedule VI.

— Danielle Tierra Hubbard,21, Chattanooga, Tenn.:Prostitution, possession ofSchedule II and possession ofSchedule VI.

— Jonathan Scott Culpepper,38, East Ridge, Tenn.:Patronizing prostitution, deliv-ery of methamphetamine, deliv-ery of Schedule VI and drugparaphernalia.

— O’Brian Dashon Smith, 55,Cleveland, Tenn.: Criminalimpersonation.

— Jessica Holiday, 30,Outstanding criminal warrantfrom Hamilton County, Tenn.

hours or donations. Current items said to be in demand are toaster

pastries, microwavable macaroni-and-cheese,canned meat, canned fruit, canned pasta meals,paper towels, over-the-counter medications, chil-dren’s multivitamins, children’s socks and under-wear, bed sheets and pillows.

Heitman said the Rotary-run distribution centerhas received many donations, allowing volunteers todrastically shorten the list of in-demand items. Forexample, there was a large donation of mattressesfor those settling into new homes. Now, those fami-lies just items like sheets to make their beds.

Heitman said the list of needed items changesregularly. However, he noted financial donationshave perhaps proven to be the most valuable.

When people evacuated their homes, not every-one had time to pack. This means some left itemslike vital daily medications behind. Funds donatedby the community are being used to assist wildfirevictims with expenses like getting their prescrip-tions refilled.

Those interested in giving financially can do soonline through the Oak Ridge Rotary CommunityFund athttps://portal.icheckgateway.com/RotaryCommunityFund.

Heitman thanked the local club for its support,noting its efforts are making a difference.

He added the local club’s efforts are helping peo-ple everywhere from Tennessee to Togo.

“You are doing so many things,” Heitman said.“You are working all over the world.”

The Rotary district governor also helped the localclub celebrate a special award. The Bradley SunriseRotary Club has just officially been named a “100Percent Paul Harris Fellow Club.”

In the Rotary International organization, a personcan receive the honor of becoming a “Paul HarrisFellow” by donating $1,000 to the RotaryInternational Foundation. A person can also receivethe fellowship when someone else donates in his orher honor.

When a Rotary club is awarded a “100 PercentPaul Harris Fellow Club” distinction in the event,every single member of a club has been named a

“Paul Harris Fellow.” Heitman said this accomplishment is “truly rare

indeed.” “We have 65 clubs in the district. We have had a

surge of clubs trying to do this in the last coupleyears. We’re still fewer than 10,” Heitman. “This isone of the best-giving districts in the world. We’rerenowned for how we support the Rotary founda-tion, yet not every club is a ‘Paul Harris Club.’”

There was another reason to celebrate at theRotarians’ recent meeting. The club presented a$3,000 donation to Spirit Horse at Black Fox, a localtherapeutic horseback riding program for childrenwith special needs.

The club every year hosts a fundraising gala.Funds from that gala are then given away to localcharitable causes throughout the year.

ter average.” However, this school year, it

will only count for 10 percent.During the 2017-18 year, it willrise to 15 percent. In the 2018-19 year, it will once again returnto 20 percent.

Director of Schools Dr. LindaCash said this change was beingmade because of recent changesin state testing. When theTennessee Department ofEducation rolled out its currentTNReady tests, it allowed provi-sions like this to help studentsas they get used to the tests.

The board approved both thepolicy change and the consent

agenda with unanimous votes. During her director’s report,

Cash also recognized DamonFloyd, head football coach atBradley Central High School.

For years, Floyd has led foot-ball players in volunteering tohelp with the distribution forWilliam Hall Rodgers ChristmasBasket Fund.

Though Cash presented Floyd

with a certificate for his efforts,he noted thanks was also due tothe players who gave of theirtime early on a Saturday morn-ing.

“It’s neat to see our kids actu-ally giving back,” said Floyd.

Susan Wilcutt, finance direc-tor for Bradley County Schools,also spoke to the board brieflyabout the need to begin thinkingabout the 2017-18 budget.

Priorities for the upcomingbudget are among the topics theboard plans to discuss during itsannual retreat this month. Theboard’s next regular meeting willbe Feb. 9.

affair.The Joneses are opening their

home to invitees at 450 AnatoleLane N.W., off North LeeHighway.

There will be a short programat the fundraiser. There will alsobe posters of the tentative designof the new city park, drawn byUniversity of Tennessee stu-dents, and information about thehistory of the area where thepark will be located.

An added incentive will be theappearance of author Michael T.Slaughter, who wrote the book“Andrew Taylor: Man of Mystery.”Slaughter will be selling signedcopies of his book.

Taylor Spring, or Taylor Placeas it was known when theCleveland area was first settled,is believed to be where early set-tlers came to live in Clevelandduring its infancy. Several fami-lies lived around the spring.

Members of the Taylor SpringPark Committee include Jones,former Bradley County

Commissioner Jeff Morelock,Cleveland Council memberRichard Banks, Cleveland histo-rian Bob George, and ClevelandPublic Works Supervisor TommyMyers.

Several others will be assistingwith the park project, and mostattended Tuesday’s meeting.

They include Dee Burris, alocal contractor and chairman ofthe Cleveland PlanningCommission. Burris is volunteer-ing his time and expertise in get-ting the design of the park com-pleted.

Also attending the meeting wasDennis Black, a local contractorwho is expected to be in charge ofall the concrete work, TobyPendergrass of JonesManagement, City Manager JoeFivas and Assistant City ManagerShawn McKay.

Spearheading the committee’sfundraising effort will be CathyBarrett, president of theCommunity Foundation. Barrettand her organization were instru-

mental in raising funds for theCleveland Dog Park, and much ofthat effort and information willbe used in the ongoing campaignto raise monies for the iconic citypark.

Taylor Spring is located on 1st

Street, halfway between theBradley County Courthouse andThe Village Green center to thewest — at the KeithStreet/Inman Street intersection.

The longtime spring was cov-ered up for years by the formerlaw offices of the late JamesWebb. Webb donated the proper-ty to the city of Cleveland beforehe died, and the city purchasedan adjacent tract.

Jones then purchased a thirdparcel to the west of the spring,which he in turn donated to thecity. This parcel will be used forpark construction vehicles dur-ing the work phase, and is pro-posed for entrance and exit sitesat the park when it is completed.

Most of Tuesday’s committeemeeting was used to discussplans for the kickoff fundraiser.

A tentative design for the invi-tation to the fundraiser was cir-culated, and Burris discussedthe potential sale of engravedpaver bricks and other itemssuch as benches, trees, andrecognition items which will beused in the construction of thepark.

A definite cost of these itemshas not yet been determined, butthey will probably be about thesame as for the Cleveland DogPark.

Barrett’s list of dog park items

included engraved bricks at a$125 suggested price, trees witha plaque, $1,000; plaques next toa bench, $2,000; and sponsor-ships in varying amounts:Bronze-$2,500, Silver-$5,000,Gold-$7,500, Platinum-$1,000,and Diamond-$25,000.

It was discussed that thebenches being offered at TaylorSpring Park will be much moreformidable than those at the dogpark, and should probably belisted at a higher cost — perhaps$3,000.

Another possible item will berecognition medallions for majorsponsors, which will probably beplaced in construction concretesuch as at the dog park.

It was also suggested that a feeof $100 be charged for atten-dance to the Feb. 14 fundraiser,and Banks said the committeecould also decide to provide abrick to those attendees. “Severalmay want more than one brick,”said Banks.

Burris and the committee aremaking preliminary plans to pur-chase several hundred bricks foruse in the new city park’s con-struction, and Jones anticipatesthis effort will be well receivedsince the engraved bricks will bea part of a permanent historicalpark.

The bricks can be used as a

memorial to your children, par-ents or grandparents, grandchil-dren, or any other family mem-bers or even a friend.

Jones told a story of when thedowntown Cleveland YMCA wasbuilt in 1962. He said his fatherpurchased two bricks, one for hissisters and the second for him.He emphasized that his brick isstill there, and is something ofwhich he continues to be proud.He believes they will sell manymore bricks for Taylor SpringPark than they did for the dogpark.

Jones is also excited about theofferings of a tree and plaque,and the inscribed benches.“These benches are heavy, andshould last for 1,000 years,” hesaid.

Additional meetings will bescheduled before the fundraisingkickoff, and committee membersare hoping construction of thenew park can begin later thisyear.

Fivas suggested design plansfor the new park include some ofthe history of the city and theregion. He feels it should includesignificant eras of the communi-ty’s growth, from the first use ofTaylor Spring to modern-daytimes, with information aboutsome of the people who have con-tributed to that growth.



THE TAYLOR SPRING Park Committee met Tuesday at the Jones Foundations offices in The Village Green to make additional plans fora kickoff fundraiser scheduled on the 175th anniversary of the city of Cleveland’s founding. Going over some of the preliminary planningwere, from left, Cathy Barrett, Toby Pendergrass, Richard Banks and Dee Burris.

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“This was not just abudget line item; it was

an investment.”— Matt Bentley

Banner photo, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG

FRED HEITMAN, district governor for RotaryDistrict 6780, speaks to the Bradley SunriseRotary Club recently.

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CELEBRATING a big milestone, Fred Heitman, Rotary district governor, right, honors the BradleySunrise Rotary Club for becoming a “100 Percent Paul Harris Fellow Club.” Joining him, from left, areclub Rotary International Foundation chairman Andy Anderson and Kevin Mendel, club president.

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“Our agency willcontinue to conduct

covert operations in thefuture to curb the trend

of human trafficking andprostitution activity in

this area. It’s our goal tonot only decrease these

acts, but to put an end tothese crimes altogether

in this community.”— Sheriff Eric Watson

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Worth set to die WednesdayHUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) —

Lawyers for a Texas death rowinmate who killed two men afterone of them mocked him forfalling for a fake drug deal arelooking to the U.S. SupremeCourt to keep him from becomingthe first prisoner executed in thenation this year.

Christopher Wilkins, 48, is setfor lethal injection Wednesdayevening.

Wilkins explained to jurors athis capital murder trial in 2008how and why he killed his friendsin Fort Worth three years earlier,saying he didn't care if they sen-tenced him to death.

In an appeal pending beforethe high court, Wilkins' attorneyscontended he had poor legal helpat trial and during earlierappeals and that the courtsimproperly refused to authorizemoney for a more thoroughinvestigation of those claims tosupport other appeals and aclemency petition.

State attorneys said courtshave rejected similar appeals andthat defense lawyers are simplyemploying delaying tactics.

Wilkins was released fromprison in 2005 after serving timefor a federal gun possession con-viction. He drove a stolen truckto Fort Worth, where he befriend-ed Willie Freeman, 40, and MikeSilva, 33.

Court records show Freemanand Silva duped Wilkins intopaying $20 for a piece of gravelthat he thought was a rock ofcrack cocaine. Wilkins said heshot Freeman on Oct. 28, 2005,after Freeman laughed about thescam, then he shot Silva becausehe was there. Wilkins' finger-prints were found in Silva'swrecked SUV and a pentagrammatching one of Wilkins' numer-ous tattoos had been carved intothe hood.

Wilkins also testified that theday before the shootings, he shotand killed another man, GilbertVallejo, 47, outside a Fort Worthbar in a dispute over a payphone, and about a week laterused a stolen car to try to rundown two people because hebelieved one of them had takenhis sunglasses.

Police: Mother, child found dead

in apparent murder-suicideFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)

— Authorities in Florida say amother and her 9-year-olddaughter have been found deadafter a murder-suicide in FortLauderdale.

Local news outlets report thatdetectives say a family memberfound the bodies of 46-year-oldEricka Joseph and her daughter,Akili Joseph, inside their homeon Tuesday morning.

Investigators believe ErickaJoseph shot and killed herdaughter before turning the gunon herself.

Ericka Joseph's brother, TonyWilliams, told news outlets thatshe was divorced and retiredfrom the military. He says Akililived with her father in Bogota,Colombia, and was visiting forthe holidays.

The SunSentinel reports thefather was supposed to pick herup Tuesday to return home.

California DA finds police were

justified in shooting deathSAN DIEGO (AP) — No crimi-

nal charges will be filed against apolice officer in a San Diego sub-urb in the shooting death of amentally distressed black manthat prosecutors found was justi-fied, but the man's family saysthey won't be swayed in theirsearch for justice.

The El Cajon officer had rea-son to believe he was in dangerwhen 38-year-old Alfred Olangosuddenly raised both hands andpointed what appeared to be aweapon but actually was an e-cigarette device at him, SanDiego County District AttorneyBonnie Dumanis said Tuesday.Her office determined "the onlyreasonable conclusion was theofficer's actions were justified,"she said.

Olango's father and othershave said they doubted that thedistrict attorney's office couldconduct an impartial investiga-tion.

At his own news conferenceafter the district attorney's,Richard Olango said he wouldcontinue to pursue legal actionover his son's shooting.

"Nobody should think we areagainst the police," he said. "Weneed police but what we areagainst is the wrong way they aredoing things."

The Rev. Shane Harris of thecivil rights group National ActionNetwork called for a special pros-ecutor to investigate the killing.

"The family's going to get pay-back but we don't just want pay-

back, we want justice," Harrissaid. "We will continue to put thisfront and center."

Olango's shooting inSeptember prompted days ofprotests and his relatives filedwrongful-death claims with thecity, which usually precede law-suits. They said Olango, a nativeof Uganda, had a breakdownafter the death of a close friend.

Federal judge who pushed rights

of prisoners, gays retiringSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fed-

eral judge who lost his job as aJustice Department attorneyafter loaning his car to the Rev.Martin Luther King Jr. and thenpushed for gay rights, policereform and health care for pris-oners during his time on thebench is retiring.

More than five decades ago,Thelton Henderson became thefirst African-American attorneyin the U.S. Justice Department'scivil rights division — a positionthat brought him close to Kingand other civil rights leaders.

Henderson later went into pri-vate practice and served as adean at Stanford Law Schoolbefore President Jimmy Carterappointed him to the federalbench in 1980. He will retire inAugust.

Henderson said Tuesday heanticipates more civil rights bat-tles under the administration ofPresident-elect Donald Trump,but it's time for him to move onand travel with his wife.

Henderson, 83, is sufferingfrom an autoimmune diseasethat has weakened his muscles.He said he has found it more dif-ficult over the years to get to andfrom court.

His departure will not trigger anew appointment since he hadalready vacated his seat by tak-ing senior status in 1998 — asort of semi-retirement for feder-al judges.

On the federal bench in 1987,he threw out DefenseDepartment regulations thatsubjected gay applicants for cer-tain security clearances togreater scrutiny, saying the rulesviolated the Constitution's equalprotection clause.

He oversaw reforms at theOakland Police Departmentstemming from a 2003 lawsuitclaiming police beat and frameddrug suspects. He expressed hisfrustration when he thought thedepartment was lagging andthreatened a federal takeover.

Officer won't be charged in

killing of unstable black manSAN DIEGO (AP) — A subur-

ban San Diego police officerwon't face criminal charges forfatally shooting a disturbed blackman, a prosecutor announcedTuesday, saying the officer hadreason to believe he was in dan-ger when the man suddenlyraised both hands and pointedwhat appeared to be a weaponbut actually was an e-cigarettedevice.

The shooting of 38-year-oldAlfred Olango last fall in El Cajonwas a reasonable use of force,San Diego County DistrictAttorney Bonnie Dumanisannounced.

"The law recognizes police offi-cers are often forced to makesplit-second decisions in circum-stances that are tense, uncertainand rapidly evolving," Dumanissaid.

Her office determined "the onlyreasonable conclusion was theofficer's actions were justified,"she said.

Olango's shooting inSeptember prompted days ofprotests and his relatives filedwrongful-death claims with thecity, which usually precede law-suits. They said Olango, a nativeof Uganda, had a breakdownafter the death of a close friend.

Olango's father and othershave said they doubted that thedistrict attorney's office couldconduct an impartial investiga-tion.

Junk in trunk: Flier charged in

gift-wrapped heroin bustLOS ANGELES (AP) — A pas-

senger flying from Los AngelesInternational Airport to Ohio lastmonth wasn't toying aroundwhen he checked a bag withpackages gift wrapped inChristmas paper, authoritiessaid.

The Yuletide bundle included13 pounds of heroin with a streetvalue of more than $2 million,federal prosecutors said Tuesdayas the man was charged withdrug trafficking.

James Mitchell, 25, whoworked for a private contractor atthe airport, checked a duffel bagDec. 10 for a Frontier Airlinesflight to Cincinnati, but neitherhe nor the bag made the trip,according to court records.

The bag was intercepted by aTransportation Security

Administration officer whodetected dense material during ascan and found the gift-wrappedcache of heroin inside.

The incident shut down a sec-tion of Terminal 3 when the offi-cer detected a vinegar-like odorand hazardous materials teamhad to assess it for a chemicalthreat.

When airport police tried totrack down Mitchell, they foundhe had not caught the flight. Anairlines representative thencalled him to collect his bag andMitchell said he was in a rest-room and feeling ill, according tofederal prosecutors.

Surveillance cameras latershowed Mitchell walking out ofthe terminal around that time.He removed a Raiders footballbeanie from his head andexchanged a black and graysweater with the letters"RCKLSS" on it for a green topand left the airport on foot.

Mitchell was arrested morethan a week later at his homeand remains in custody. Hecould face a mandatory mini-mum of 10 years in prison if con-victed.

North Dakota rejects changes to

reflect gay marriage rulingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North

Dakota's Republican-led Senaterejected a measure Tuesday thatwould have changed state law toreflect the U.S. Supreme Court'sdecision that same-sex coupleshave the right to marry.

The bill failed 15-31. It wouldhave changed dozens of refer-ences, such as "husband andwife," to gender-neutral terms.North Dakota law lists "one man,one woman" or "husband andwife" for everything from mar-riages and divorces to fishinglicenses.

The measure got a hearing lastweek in the Senate JudiciaryCommittee, which voted 4-2 torecommend against passage.

North Dakota had state lawsdefining marriage as between aman and a woman, and 73 per-cent of North Dakota votersapproved a state constitutionalamendment in 2004 limitingmarriage rights to man-womancouples.

The Supreme Court in 2015declared that same-sex coupleshave the right to marry nation-wide, and a federal judge ruledshortly afterward that NorthDakota's ban on gay marriagewas unconstitutional.

Democratic Sen. JohnGrabinger worried that notchanging state law to reflect thehigh court decision could leavethe state open to lawsuits

"Same-sex marriage is thesupreme law of the land," hesaid.

GOP Sen. Kelly Armstrong,chairman of the JudiciaryCommittee and a lawyer, saidrejecting the measure is onlysymbolic since same-sex mar-riage is now legal nationwide.

Brother of San Bernardino shooter

guilty in immigration caseLOS ANGELES (AP) — The

brother of one of the shooters inthe San Bernardino terror attackpleaded guilty Tuesday in animmigration fraud case stem-ming from the probe into thekillings.

Syed Raheel Farook enteredthe plea in federal court inRiverside to one count of con-spiracy to commit immigrationfraud, the U.S. attorney's officesaid.

The 31-year-old is the brotherof Syed Rizwan Farook, who waskilled along with his wife in ashootout with police after theDec. 2, 2015 attack in which 14people were slain and 22 injured.

Syed Raheel Farook, his wifeand Russian sister-in-law wereaccused last year of conspiring toarrange a fraudulent marriagebetween the sister-in-law andEnrique Marquez Jr., who ischarged with plotting with SyedRizwan Farook to carry out earli-er attacks and with supplyingguns used in the 2015 killings.

U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Deckersaid her office continues to seekjustice for the victims of the SanBernardino killings.

"As I have said many times, weare committed to leaving nostone unturned in this investiga-tion," she said in a statement.

Syed Raheel Farook is sched-uled to be sentenced Nov. 13. Hefaces up to five years in federalprison, three years of supervisedrelease and a $250,000 fine, thestatement said.

A message was left for defenseattorney Ron Cordova seekingcomment.

Federal authorities said themarriage was a sham thatsought to help Syed RaheelFarook's sister-in-law MariyaChernykh obtain legal status inthe U.S. after overstaying a visi-tor visa.

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CAlifoRniA StAte Parks Supervising Ranger Tony Tealdi walks to the fallen Pioneer Cabin Tree atCalaveras Big Trees State Park, Monday in Arnold, Calif. Famous for a "drive-thru" hole carved into itstrunk, the giant sequoia was toppled over by a massive storm Sunday.

Weakened by drought, trees are falling in rainy California

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) —Drenching winter rains combinedwith the punishing effects of sixyears of drought are causing treesto topple across California, insome cases with deadly results. Atleast two people have been killedin the past month.

Seemingly sturdy oaks, palmtrees in Southern California andgiant sequoias farther north havebeen collapsing. Experts say thatin some instances, the dry spellhad weakened or killed the rootsor trunks, and the soggy soil andwind caused the trees to tip over.

One woman who struck andkilled by a tree while walking on aNorthern California golf courseSaturday. A woman posing forphotographs as part of a weddingparty was killed and five otherswere injured by a falling eucalyp-tus tree in Southern Californialast month.

A towering conifer in front ofJoe Lauri's home in Fresno camecrashing down during the week-end storm, giving in to shallowroots and the weight of rain-soaked pine needles. Lauri said hewas relieved the damage wasn'tworse.

"What can you do?" he said. "Itcould have landed on the house."

Another wet, blustery stormheaded for California on Tuesdaynight threatened to knock downmany more trees in the SierraNevada and neighborhoodsthroughout the state.

"Pay attention to your sur-roundings and watch those trees,"said Battalion Chief Scott McLeanof the California Department ofForestry and Fire Protection. "It isa hazard you need to be aware of."

Days of back-to-back stormshave brought the heaviest rain ina decade to parts of NorthernCalifornia and Nevada, floodinghomes, roads and vineyards.Some areas got more than a footin the 72-hour period that endedearly Monday, and then got rainedon again on Tuesday.

In a state park near the town ofArnold, a beloved giant sequoiathat became a drive-thru touristattraction decades ago when atunnel was cut through its trunkcrashed to the ground during theweekend storm. The ancient treewas sickly and barely alive beforethe storm.

Authorities had no immediateestimate of how many trees havetoppled.

The epic drought grippingCalifornia has killed more than

102 million trees in the SierraNevada, in many cases by weak-ening them so much that theybecame vulnerable to attack bybark beetles.

A huge effort is underway in theSierra Nevada to cut down deadtrees near roads and homes beforethey fall. There are also fears thatthe deadwood could fuel cata-strophic wildfires.

William Libby, a retired profes-sor of forestry and genetics at theUniversity of California, Berkeley,said that after a heavy rain, treesweakened by drought have beenknown to die suddenly instead ofrebounding. He likened it to givinga starving person too much foodtoo fast.

"When you're really weakened,trying to come back in a hurry, itis probably not a good idea," hesaid.

Lisa Smith, an arborist andpresident of the Western Chapterof the International Society ofArboriculture, downplayed therole of drought in knocking overtrees.

She said that even healthy treescan give way if the ground is softand their leaves catch the wind,pushing over the tree and leavingtheir leafless neighbors standing.

CHICAGO (AP) — PresidentBarack Obama has bid farewellto the nation in an emotionalspeech that sought to comfort acountry on edge over rapid eco-nomic changes, persistent secu-rity threats and the election ofDonald Trump.

Forceful at times and tearfulat others, Obama’s valedictoryspeech in his hometown ofChicago was a public meditationon the many trials the U.S.faces as Obama takes his exit.For the challenges that are new,Obama offered his vision forhow to surmount them, and forthe persistent problems he wasunable to overcome, he offeredoptimism that others, eventual-ly, will.

“Yes, our progress has beenuneven,” he told a crowd ofsome 18,000. “The work ofdemocracy has always beenhard, contentious and some-times bloody. For every twosteps forward, it often feels wetake one step back.”

Yet Obama argued his faith inAmerica had only beenstrengthened by what he’s wit-nessed the past eight years, andhe declared: “The future shouldbe ours.”

Brushing away tears with ahandkerchief, Obama paid trib-ute to the sacrifices made by hiswife — and by his daughters,who were young girls when theyentered the big white home onPennsylvania Avenue and leaveas young women. He praisedfirst lady Michelle Obama fortaking on her role “with graceand grit and style and goodhumor” and for making theWhite House “a place thatbelongs to everybody.”

Soon Obama and his familywill exit the national stage, to bereplaced by Trump, a manObama had stridently arguedposes a dire threat to thenation’s future. His near-apoca-lyptic warnings throughout thecampaign have cast a continu-ing shadow over his post-elec-tion efforts to reassureAmericans anxious about thefuture.

Indeed, much of what Obamaaccomplished during his twoterms — from health care over-haul and environmental regula-tions to his nuclear deal withIran — could potentially beupended by Trump. So even asObama seeks to define what hispresidency meant for America,his legacy remains in question.

Even as Obama said farewell— in a televised speech of justunder an hour — the anxietyfelt by many Americans aboutthe future was palpable, and notonly in the Chicago conventioncenter where he stood in front ofa giant presidential seal. Thepolitical world was reeling fromnew revelations about anunsubstantiated report thatRussia had compromising per-sonal and financial information

about Trump.Obama made only passing

reference to the next president.When he noted he would soonbe replaced by the Republican,his crowd began to boo.

“No, no, no, no, no,” Obamasaid. One of the nation’s greatstrengths, he said, “is thepeaceful transfer of power fromone president to the next.”

Earlier, as the crowd of thou-sands chanted, “Four moreyears,” he simply smiled andsaid, “I can’t do that.”

Still, Obama offered whatseemed like a point-by-pointrebuttal of Trump’s vision forAmerica.

He pushed back on the isola-tionist sentiments inherent inTrump’s trade policies. Hedecried discrimination againstMuslim Americans and lament-ed politicians who question cli-

mate change. And he warnedabout the pernicious threat toU.S. democracy posed by pur-posely deceptive fake “news”and a growing tendency ofAmericans to listen only toinformation that confirms whatthey already believe.

Get out of your “bubbles,”said the politician who rose to aprominence with a message ofunity, challenging divisions ofred states and blue states.Obama also revived a call toactivism that marked his firstpresidential campaign, tellingAmericans to stay engaged inpolitics.

“If you’re tired of arguing withstrangers on the internet,”Obama said pointedly, “try totalk with one in real life. “

With Democrats still strainingto make sense of their devastat-ing election losses, Obama tried

to offer a path forward. Hecalled for empathy for the strug-gles of all Americans — fromminorities, refugees and trans-gender people to middle-agedwhite men whose sense of eco-nomic security has been upend-ed in recent years.

Paying tribute to his place asAmerica’s first black president,Obama acknowledged therewere hopes after his 2008 elec-tion for a post-racial America.

“Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic,”Obama said, though he insistedrace relations are better nowthan a few decades ago.

The former community organ-izer closed out his speech byreviving his campaign chant,“Yes we can.” To that, he addedfor the first time, “Yes we did.”

He staunchly defended thepower of activists to make a dif-ference — the driving factorbehind Obama’s optimism inthe face of so much anxiety, hesaid. Though the coalition ofyoung Americans and minoritieswho twice got Obama electedwasn’t enough to electDemocrat Hillary Clinton toreplace him, Obama suggestedtheir day was still ahead.

“You’ll soon outnumber any ofus, and I believe as a result thatthe future is in good hands,” hesaid.

Steeped in nostalgia, Obama’sreturn to Chicago was less a tri-umphant homecoming than abittersweet reunion bringingtogether loyalists and staffers,many of whom have long sinceleft Obama’s service, moved onto new careers and started fam-ilies. They came from across thecountry — some on Air ForceOne, others on their own — tobe present for the last majormoment of Obama’s presidency.

Unexpectedly absent wasObama’s younger daughter,Sasha, who had been expectedto join sister Malia at thespeech. The White House saidSasha stayed in Washingtondue to a school examWednesday morning.

After returning toWashington, Obama will haveless than two weeks before heaccompanies Trump in the pres-idential limousine to the Capitolfor the new president’s swear-ing-in. After nearly a decade inthe spotlight, Obama willbecome a private citizen, anelder statesman at 55. He plansto take some time off, write abook — and immerse himself ina Democratic redistricting cam-paign.


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An emPloyee of Wal-Mart lights a candle at a makeshiftmemorial, Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., at the parking lot where Orlandopolice officer Debra Clayton was shot and killed. A manhunt contin-ues as law enforcement officials search for the suspect in the shoot-ing.

Suspect in shooting of Orlando officer has lengthy record

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A sus-pect who is the focus of a manhuntfollowing the fatal shooting of anOrlando police officer has alengthy criminal record datingback two decades, and authoritieshad been searching for him in theweeks leading up to the sergeant'skilling for questioning in the slay-ing of his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

Deputies had come close tocatching 41-year-old MarkeithLoyd but he had eluded them, andarrest warrants were being pre-pared for people who likely helpedhim, Orange County Sheriff JerryDemings said.

"There have been times when wejust missed him. He has been ableto avoid capture," Demings said.

As the third day of the manhuntfor Loyd started Wednesday,authorities had raised the rewardfor information leading to hisarrest from $60,000 to $100,000.

Master Sgt. Debra Clayton wasfatally shot Monday morning aftershe approached Loyd in the park-ing lot of a Wal-Mart store innorthwest Orlando. Many of hercolleagues immediately joined thepursuit; among them was a sher-iff's deputy who died when he wasthrown from his motorcycle in anaccident.

More than 300 tips from thepublic have been made, said BarbBergin, executive director ofCrimeline, the tip-line servicewhich is offering the reward andwarns in notices that Loyd is"armed and extremely dangerous."

"We will not identify you. We justneed to know where he is so noone else is hurt," Bergin said in aplea for more tips.

Court documents show Loyd'scriminal record goes back twodecades.

He was arrested in 1996 on amurder charge that was later

dropped. Loyd was arrested forbattery on an officer in 1998 andsentenced to more than four yearsin prison.

While behind bars, he pleadedguilty to cocaine possession from aprior case and was transferred tofederal prison. Federal recordsshow he was released in July2014.

More recently, his wife whom heis in the process of divorcing, hadfiled a request for a temporaryinjunction against him in 2015,and he followed with a similarrequest against her three dayslater. Both requests were eventual-ly dismissed in court. He also hadpaternity suits from three differentwomen filed against him.

His Facebook profile had videosof him working out at a gym andhanging out at a nightclub. Hesaid in a November post, "Goals!!!!To be on Americas (sic) most want-ed," followed by a series of laugh-ing-with-tears emojis.

Orange County Sheriff's Officedeputies in metro Orlando hadbeen looking for Loyd since hispregnant ex-girlfriend, SadeDixon, was killed last December.

"Certainly it's upsetting he wasout and about and killed DebraClayton, our first homicide in thecity of Orlando this year, one of theofficers protecting our communi-ty," Orlando Police Chief JohnMina said.

A vigil was held for Clayton onTuesday night, and in the Wal-Mart parking lot, shoppers laidmore than two dozen bouquets offlowers, teddy bears and candlesin a makeshift memorial. Someshoppers, like Hal Shore, stoppedto say a prayer or take a photo.

"It's important that the countryis aware that there is a war againstpolice officers," said Shore, a cabi-net maker.

U.S. cancels final 2 energy leases in area sacred to tribes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S.officials on Tuesday announcedthe cancellation of the final twooil and gas leases in a wildernessarea bordering Glacier NationalPark that's sacred to theBlackfoot tribes of Montana andCanada, more than three decadesafter the tribes said the leaseswere illegally sold.

Lease owners in Nebraska andTexas were notified of the cancel-lations in a letter from DeputyInterior Secretary MichaelConnor and offered refunds ofabout $30,000 each.

The move is subject to a poten-tial court challenge. A lawsuitagainst another lease cancella-tion in the area last year is pend-ing before U.S. District JudgeRichard Leon in Washington,D.C.

The undeveloped leases wereissued in the 1980s in the Badger

Two-Medicine area, the site of thecreation story for Montana'sBlackfeet Nation and theBlackfoot tribes of Canada. Tribalmembers had argued that theleases were sold improperly andwithout due consideration of thearea's cultural significance.

Blackfeet Tribal ChairmanHarry Barnes said his peoplewere grateful for the cancellation.

“This area is like a church toour people,” Barnes said. “We'velived for 30 years under the threatthat it might be industrialized.”

The leases cancelled Tuesdaywere held by W.A. Moncrief withMoncrief Oil and Montex Drillingof Fort Worth, Texas, and the J.GKluthe Trust of Elgin, Nebraska.

The cancellations were not vol-untary, and it was uncertain ifthe owners planned to challengethem, said Alyse Backus, aspokeswoman for the Interior

Department's Bureau of LandManagement

Representatives of Moncriefand the Kluthe trust did notimmediately respond to telephonemessages left by The AssociatedPress seeking comment.

The Badger-Two Medicine areais part of the Rocky MountainFront, a scenic expanse of forest-ed mountains that's been subjectto a long campaign to block oiland gas development and mining.

Congress in 2006 provided taxbreaks and other incentives thatprompted 29 lease holders torelinquish their drilling rights,but some leaseholders declinedthe offers.

In November, fifteen leases inthe area were given up voluntarilyby Devon Energy.

Still, the possibility lingers oflimited drilling in the Badger-TwoMedicine area. Another lease,cancelled in March and now sub-ject to the pending court chal-lenge, was held by Solenex LLC ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana.

Solenex still wants to drill andis represented by the MountainStates Legal Foundation, a con-servative property rights law firm.It says the lease was issued prop-erly and that federal officials fordecades have unfairly delayedattempts to drill.

An attorney for several con-servation groups that haveintervened in the litigation saidthe company's arguments arenot supported by U.S. SupremeCourt decisions in similarcases.

SPARTA, N.J. (AP) —Authorities say a New Jerseypolice officer rushed to help ahomeowner whose house was onfire, but the man didn’t believehim and slammed the door in hisface.

Sparta police told NJ.com thatCpl. Frank Schomp rushed to letthe homeowner know that hishouse was partially engulfed inflames. Sgt. Dennis Proctor says

Schomp knocked on the man’sdoor to tell him, but the man did-n’t believe him.

Schomp then went inside andled the man to safety.

Two of the man’s dogs died inthe blaze and he was taken to ahospital out of precaution.

Proctor says the fire appears tohave been accidentally caused bydiscarded embers from a woodburning stove.

Man rebuffs, then accepts officer’s fire rescue attempt

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DOUBLE-DOUBLE tallier Mullek Bradford, left, of Cleveland, takes a shot over a defender in the second half of a 79-70 road win overEast Hamilton. The junior point guard scored 13 points and dished off 13 assists to help the seventh-ranked Blue Raiders improve to 15-2overall and 5-0 in District 5-AAA.

Bradford, Curry dynamic as Blue

Raiders remain perfect in 5-AAABy PATRICK MacCOONBanner Sports Writer

COLLEGEDALE — While Jason McCowanhas a lot of coaching experience under hisbelt, Cleveland’s 10th-year head coach enjoysthe fact his No. 7 ranked team can pull awayin tough contests with plays he simply cannot imitate in practice.

Rim-rocking, 6-foot-5 junior KK Curry tookover with 19 of his game-high 28 points inthe second half of a 79-70 road win for theBlue Raiders, now the only undefeated boysteam left in District 5-AAA after its defeat ofthe East Hamilton Hurricanes Tuesday night.

With springs in his legs, Curry ignited thevisiting fan base and brought his teammatesup off the bench with loud screams after hisback-to-back dunks to begin the fourth quar-ter gave Cleveland a 64-51 advantage and its

first double-digit lead to take full control.“When KK dunks it’s a big momentum

play, because our bench gets excited and itreminds our guys we have some pretty goodpieces right here,” McCowan said. “It’s nice tohave some players who can play above therim because they are doing stuff that I cannoteven teach. Some of those emotion plays helpyou play a little harder even when you aretired.”

The district’s top scorer, who has scoredover 28 points on six occasions this season,combined with another teammate for the tophighlight reel play of the night and what heconsiders to be his third best dunk of theseason.

On a fastbreak after his fourth steal of thecontest, Curry handed the basketball offbriefly to teammate Romeo Wykle who fol-

lowed with a perfect touch on his left-handedpass off the backboard to assist Curry for atwo-handed alley-oop jam. The momentumwas never lost.

“When I passed it to Romeo I knew he wasgoing off the glass and I was ready for it,” saidCurry, who also had 11 rebounds despite 24minutes of game action as he picked up threefouls in the first half. “We came togetherdown the stretch and we knew it was overafter we grabbed the momentum there.Coach told me not to worry, that the guyswould get the ball in my hands.”

Although Cleveland (15-2, 5-0) was tied athalftime 36-all and only led 47-46 with 2:52left in the third period after East Hamilton(12-5, 2-1) made technical free throws for a

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BRADLEY CENTRAL freshman Saylor Clark (25) splits a trio ofSoddy-Daisy defenders for two of his six points in Tuesday evening’s79-46 Bear victory at Jim Smiddy Arena.

Bradley blows out Trojan squadsBy JOE CANNON

Banner Assistant Sports Editor

Playing their only home gamesin a 35-day span, BradleyCentral gave the Black-and-Goldfans plenty to enjoy with a pair oflopsided District 5-AAA basket-ball victories over visiting Soddy-Daisy Tuesday evening at JimSmiddy Arena.

The nationally rankedBearettes put up their largestpoint total in more than a decadewith a 93-15 shellacking ofSoddy before the Bears trailedtwice in the nightcap’s first eightpoints prior to ripping theTrojans with a 19-6 streak ontheir way to a 79-46 blowout.

“No disrespect to Soddy-Daisy,but we’ve just got a more talent-ed team than they do. We’ve got astrong nucleus and a good sup-porting cast,” head coach JasonReuter said of his Bearettes, whoare atop the CoachT.com statepoll and second in the initialAssociated Press rankings of theseason.

“Halle (Hughes) and Rhyne

(Howard) played just nine min-utes apiece,” the coach said ofhis talented “Double-H Duo.”

“None of our starters playedmore than 14 minutes. We didn’thave a JV game tonight, so weplayed those girls a lot of min-utes. Our JV team hasn’t playedin 24 days. We didn’t try to runthe score up, but I can’t askthose girls not to play hard whenthey are in there,”he added.

Completing anevening whereBradley varsityteams outscored atrio of opponents236-68, the top-ranked Bearwrestling squad blastedOoltewah 64-7 (See related story,this section).

The Bradley hoops squads,who won’t play at home againuntil Jan. 24 when EastHamilton comes calling, will trav-el to Ooltewah Friday evening fortheir next contests.

BEARS 79, TROJANS 46Seeing their first action since a

rough showing in the MaryvilleChristmas Tournament, theBradley boys (9-6, 2-2 District 5-AAA) got off to a strong startwith senior Ty Beavers drilling atrio of 3-pointers, including oneat the buzzer, and a fast-breakdunk in the opening period for 11of his 26 points on the evening.

Doubling up the visitors 22-11in the first eight minutes, the

Bears added threemore points to theiradvantage in thesecond frame for a38-24 edge at theintermission.

The hosts kept upthe pressure afterreturning from the

break, netting 12 of the first 16ponts in the second half.

Senior all-stater Cole Copelandsizzled for a dozen of his game-high 28 points in the third periodas the lead swelled to more than20 points five times in the frame.

Bradley capped off the one-sided outcome with an 18-3 runin the final eight minutes asfreshman Saylor Clark came off

the bench to net a half dozenpoints.

“We haven’t played since Dec.30, so we were a little rusty,”assessed Bear head coach ChuckClark. “Our offense was fine, butwe didn’t play very good defense.

“The guys did a good job ofpicking me up. I’ve been sick, socoaches (Patrick) Spangler and(Drew) German have been incharge of getting us ready for thisgame, and the players respondedwell,” he added.

Copeland passed JimmyWhaley (class of 1954) to moveinto ninth place on the Bears’ all-time scoring list. His 28-pointoutput gives him 1,630 careerpoints, just 59 behind his olderbrother Bryce, who is next on thelist.

The two-time District 5-AAAPlayer of the Year cleared theglass for 11 rebounds to main-tain his double-double averagefor the season, plus he dished offa trio of assists, blocked a pair ofshots and swiped the ball twice.

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THREE-TIME state champion Knox Fuller, back, stretches outOoltewah’s Marek Banks before getting a pin at the 3:17 mark of the145-pound match in Tuesday evening’s dual meet in Ooltewah. TheBears claimed a 64-7 victory over the Owls.

Top-ranked Bear wrestlers shoo Owls out of barnFrom Staff Reports

OOLTEWAH — Getting thereferee to slap the vinyl seventimes in a row, top-rankedBradley Central made quickwork of Ooltewah on thewrestling mat Tuesday eveningin “The Barn.”

Ranked atop one state polland second in the other, CoachBen Smith’s squad tuned up forThursday evening’s showdownwith archrival Cleveland High byshooing the Owls 64-7.

The reigning double statechampion Bears will try toavenge their lone defeat of the

season when they invade RaiderArena tomorrow night to take onthe Blue Raiders, who are alsoranked first in one state poll andsecond in the other, vice versa ofBradley.

Cleveland was able to get pinsin the final two matches for a34-33 victory when the twoteams met for the championshiptitle of the Cleveland Duals inmid December. The varsityaction will begin at 7 p.m.Thursday.

After the crosstown show-down, Bradley will head toJohnson City on Friday for theMoffett Duals against 11th-

ranked Science Hill and No. 4Christian Brothers Fridayevening, before participating inthe prestigiousFandetti/Richardson BrawlSaturday.

On Tuesday evening, theBears got pins from state cham-pion Ryan McElhaney two min-utes into the 132-pound match,before Andy Robinson put his138-pound opponent’s shoulderto the mat at the 3:03 mark.

Three-time state champ KnoxFuller remained unbeaten onthe season with a pin at the 3:17point of the 145-pound match,followed by third-rank Austin

Mathews “sticking” his 152-pound opponent in just 43 ticks.

Second-ranked 160-pounderCaleb Adkins needed just 65seconds to pin his man, beforeHenley Headrick ended the 170-pound match at the 2:43 mark.

Fifth-ranked Ed Elkinswrapped up the seven-pin streakwhen he put his 182-poundopponent on his back in just 20seconds for the quickest “stick”of the night.

Gaven Hughes earned a 6-1decision in the 120-poundmatch for the Bears, while

Banner photo, LYNNAE ROBERTS

WALKER VALLEY’S Zach Eslinger powers to the hoop in thefirst half against McMinn Central Tuesday, at Walker Valley.

Mustangs’ 3-bombs putChargers away early

By RICHARD ROBERTSBanner Sports Editor

Walker Valley basketballcoach Bob Williams needn’thave worried about the extralayoff after last week’s post-ponement of a game withSoddy-Daisy delayed the post-Christmas portion of theschedule another four days.

The Mustangs came out fir-ing from long distance to take a27-5 lead over McMinn Centraland went on to demolish theChargers, 83-59.

The Lady Mustangs werenever able to break the fourquarter full-court pressure bythe Central girls in the openerand eventually dropped a 67-56 decision.

“I was worried about us hav-ing such a long layoff. Wehaven’t played since Dec. 21,with the game against Soddy-Daisy being postponed Friday.I was a little worried about howwe would start out. We’ve beenhaving some pretty good prac-

tices during the time off but it’snot the same,” said Williamsafter the win. “I was pleasedwith the way we started thegame.”

The Mustangs put a quickend to Williams’ concern in thefirst quarter with a barrage offive 3-pointers. DakotaMurphy and Bryce Nunnellyopened with back-to-back-to-back 3s and Kolten Gibsonadded a fourth trey to make itan 18-0 game before theCentral boys were able to final-ly drop in a single point fromthe free-throw line. Gibsonadded a second 3 with 1:49 leftin the first to help push theMustangs to a 27-4 lead at thebuzzer.

Central picked up the pacein the second quarter, outscor-ing the Mustangs 17-13. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Murphykept Walker Valley comfortablyout front 40-21 at halftime.

Murphy led the Mustangs

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See CLEVELAND, Page 11

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SCOREBOARD

on tAPthursday, Jan. 12

BAsKetBAllLee University at Christian Brothers University, 6Walker Valley at Tyner, 6 (BJV, 4:30)Oakwood Christian at TCPS, 6

wrestlInGBradley Central at Cleveland, 7 (JV, 6)Walker Valley at Soddy-Daisy, 7 (JV, 6)

friday, Jan. 13BAsKetBAll

Bradley Central at Ooltewah, 6 (JV, 3:30)Walker Valley at East Hamilton, 6 (JV, 3:30)Polk County at Loudon, 6 (JV, 3:30)

wrestlInGmoffatt Duals

in Johnson CityBradley Central at Science Hill, 4:30Bradley Central vs. Christian Brothers, 6

saturday, Jan. 14BAsKetBAll

Cleveland State at Chattanooga State, 2Lee University at Union University, 3

BowlInGGirls tssAA sectionals

Walker Valley vs. Blackman (at Smyrna), 12wrestlInG

Cleveland in Halls TournamentWalker Valley Duals

fandetti/richardson Brawlin Johnson City

Bradley Central participating, 9:30 a.m.fulton Varsity Duals

in KnoxvilleBradley Central (JV/9th) participating

on AIrsports on tV

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts.wednesday, Jan. 11

ColleGe BAsKetBAll6 p.m.

ESPN2 — George Washington at VCUESPNEWS — Houston at East Carolina

6:30 p.m.SEC — South Carolina at Tennessee

7 p.m.BTN — Minnesota at Michigan St.CBSSN — Dayton at UMassESPNU — Georgia at MississippiFS1 — Seton Hall at Marquette

8 p.m.ESPN2 — North Carolina at Wake ForestESPNEWS — Memphis at Tulsa

8:30 p.m.SEC — LSU at Texas A&M

9 p.m.BTN — Michigan at IllinoisCBSSN — Temple at UConnESPNU — Iowa St. at Oklahoma St.FS1 — Butler at Creighton

Golf2:30 p.m.

GOLF — Web.com Tour, The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic,final round, at Great Exuma, Bahamas

3 a.m. (thursday)GOLF — European PGA Tour, BMW South African Open, firstround, at Gauteng, South Africa

motor sPorts6:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Dakar Rally, Stage 8 (Uyuni, Bolivia to Salta,Argentina) (taped)

nBA BAsKetBAll8 p.m.

ESPN — Memphis at Oklahoma City10:30 p.m.

ESPN — Cleveland at PortlandnHl HoCKeY

8 p.m.NBCSN — Pittsburgh at Washington

women's ColleGe BAsKetBAllnoon

NBCSN — St. Bonaventure at Saint Louis

BAsKetBAllnational Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBToronto 25 13 .658 —Boston 23 15 .605 2New York 17 21 .447 8Philadelphia 10 25 .286 13½Brooklyn 8 29 .216 16½

Southeast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 22 16 .579 —Washington 19 18 .514 2½Charlotte 20 19 .513 2½Orlando 16 23 .410 6½Miami 11 29 .275 12Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 28 9 .757 —Indiana 20 18 .526 8½Milwaukee 19 18 .514 9Chicago 19 20 .487 10Detroit 18 22 .450 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 30 8 .789 —Houston 31 9 .775 —Memphis 24 16 .600 7New Orleans 15 24 .385 15½Dallas 11 27 .289 19

Northwest Division W L Pct GBUtah 24 16 .600 —Oklahoma City 23 16 .590 ½Portland 17 23 .425 7Denver 14 23 .378 8½Minnesota 12 26 .316 11

Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 33 6 .846 —L.A. Clippers 26 14 .650 7½Sacramento 16 22 .421 16½L.A. Lakers 15 27 .357 19½Phoenix 12 26 .316 20½

tuesday's GamesWashington 101, Chicago 99Atlanta 117, Brooklyn 97Toronto 114, Boston 106Houston 121, Charlotte 114Milwaukee 109, San Antonio 107Utah 100, Cleveland 92Golden State 107, Miami 95Portland 108, L.A. Lakers 87Sacramento 100, Detroit 94wednesday's GamesNew York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Washington at Boston, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Portland, 10:30 p.m.Orlando at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.thursday's GamesIndiana at Denver, 3 p.m.New Orleans at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at New York, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Detroit at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.friday's GamesCharlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 8 p.m.Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m.Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Orlando at Portland, 10 p.m.Cleveland at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.Detroit at Utah, 10:30 p.m.saturday's GamesL.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.New Orleans at Chicago, 5 p.m.San Antonio at Phoenix, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m.

nBA leADers THROUGH JANUARY 10Scoring FG FT PTS AVGWestbrook, OKC 401 333 1216 31.2Davis, NOR 388 281 1078 29.1Harden, HOU 332 352 1141 28.5DeRozan, TOR 385 287 1071 28.2Cousins, SAC 348 273 1037 28.0Thomas, BOS 292 273 950 27.9Lillard, POR 301 234 926 26.5James, CLE 332 167 893 26.3Durant, GOL 355 229 1013 26.0Butler, CHI 292 320 950 25.0Curry, GOL 318 181 965 24.7Irving, CLE 285 126 773 24.2Leonard, SAN 284 225 866 24.1McCollum, POR 354 137 946 23.6Antetokounmpo, MIL 302 209 839 23.3Wall, WAS 299 176 812 23.2Walker, CHA 313 146 878 23.1George, IND 242 140 696 22.5Lowry, TOR 268 190 852 22.4Hayward, UTA 235 198 732 22.2

FG Percentage FG FGA PCTJordan, LAC 184 273 .674Gobert, UTA 170 259 .656Capela, HOU 151 236 .640Howard, ATL 187 296 .632Adams, OKC 197 325 .606Jokic, DEN 173 295 .586Gortat, WAS 187 322 .581Kanter, OKC 211 372 .567Plumlee, POR 182 325 .560Whiteside, MIA 267 481 .555

Rebounds OFF DEF TOT AVGWhiteside, MIA 143 377 520 14.4Jordan, LAC 135 406 541 13.5Drummond, DET 154 369 523 13.4Howard, ATL 160 294 454 13.4Gobert, UTA 142 350 492 12.3Davis, NOR 89 363 452 12.2Gortat, WAS 117 324 441 11.9Chandler, PHX 96 256 352 11.7Towns, MIN 136 306 442 11.6Love, CLE 82 277 359 10.9

Assists AST AVGHarden, HOU 472 11.8Westbrook, OKC 407 10.4Wall, WAS 359 10.3Paul, LAC 324 9.8James, CLE 279 8.2Teague, IND 299 7.9Green, GOL 278 7.5Rubio, MIN 243 7.4Lowry, TOR 273 7.2Rondo, CHI 212 7.1

nCAA men’s Basketball toP 25 fAreD

tuesday1. Baylor (15-1) lost to No. 10 West Virginia 89-68. Next: at No.25 Kansas State, Saturday.2. Kansas (15-1) beat Oklahoma 81-70. Next: vs. OklahomaState, Saturday.3. Villanova (16-1) beat No. 15 Xavier 79-54. Next: at St.John's, Saturday.4. UCLA (16-1) did not play. Next: at Colorado, Thursday.5. Gonzaga (15-0) did not play. Next: vs. Loyola Marymount,Thursday.6. Kentucky (14-2) beat Vanderbilt 87-81. Next: vs. Auburn,Saturday.7. Duke (14-3) lost to No. 9 Florida State 88-72. Next: at No.14 Louisville, Saturday.8. Creighton (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 12 Butler,Wednesday.9. Florida State (16-1) beat No. 7 Duke 88-72. Next: at No. 11North Carolina, Saturday.10. West Virginia (14-2) beat No. 1 Baylor 89-68. Next: atTexas, Saturday.11. North Carolina (14-3) did not play. Next: at Wake Forest,Wednesday.12. Butler (14-2) did not play. Next: at No. 8 Creighton,Wednesday.13. Oregon (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. Oregon State,Saturday.14. Louisville (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh,Wednesday.15. Xavier (13-3) lost to No. 3 Villanova 79-54. Next: at No. 12Butler, Saturday.16. Arizona (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. Arizona State,Thursday.17. Purdue (14-3) did not play. Next: at Iowa, Thursday.18. Wisconsin (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. Ohio State,Thursday.19. Virginia (12-3) did not play. Next: at Clemson, Saturday.20. Notre Dame (14-2) did not play. Next: at Miami, Thursday.21. Saint Mary's (14-1) did not play. Next: at Portland,Thursday.22. Cincinnati (13-2) did not play. Next: vs. SMU, Thursday.23. Florida (13-3) beat Alabama 80-67. Next: vs. Georgia,Saturday.24. Minnesota (15-2) did not play. Next: at Michigan State,Wednesday.25. Kansas State (13-3) lost to Texas Tech 66-65. Next: vs. No.1 Baylor, Saturday.25. Southern Cal (15-2) did not play. Next: at Utah, Thursday.

nCAA women’s BasketballtoP 25 fAreD

tuesday1. UConn (15-0) beat No. 20 South Florida 102-37. Next: atSMU, Saturday.2. Baylor (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. TCU, Wednesday.3. Maryland (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. Penn State,Wednesday.4. Mississippi State (17-0) did not play. Next: vs. Florida,Thursday.5. South Carolina (13-1) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia,Thursday.6. Notre Dame (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh,Thursday.7. Florida State (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 Louisville,Thursday.8. Washington (16-2) did not play. Next: at Arizona, Friday.9. Louisville (15-3) did not play. Next: at No. 7 Florida State,Thursday.10. Oregon State (15-1) did not play. Next: at No. 17 UCLA,Friday.11. Ohio State (14-5) lost to Michigan State 94-75. Next: atPurdue, Sunday.12. Duke (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. North Carolina,Thursday.13. Stanford (13-3) did not play. Next: at Utah, Friday.14. Miami (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 15 Virginia Tech,Wednesday.15. Virginia Tech (15-0) did not play. Next: at No. 14 Miami,Wednesday.16. Texas (11-4) beat Oklahoma State 66-35. Next: at No. 18West Virginia, Saturday.17. UCLA (11-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 10 Oregon State,Friday.18. West Virginia (14-2) did not play. Next: at Texas Tech,Wednesday.19. Arizona State (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. WashingtonState, Friday.20. South Florida (13-2) lost to No. 1 UConn 102-37. Next: vs.East Carolina, Saturday.21. DePaul (14-4) beat St. John's 78-66. Next: vs. Butler,Friday.22. Oklahoma (12-4) did not play. Next: at Iowa State,Wednesday.23. N.C. State (13-4) did not play. Next: at Syracuse, Thursday.24. California (13-3) did not play. Next: at Colorado, Friday.25. Kansas State (12-4) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas,

Wednesday.

footBAllnfl Playoff Glance

wild-card Playoffssaturday, Jan. 7

Houston 27, Oakland 14Seattle 26, Detroit 6

sunday, Jan. 8Pittsburgh 30, Miami 12N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)

Divisional Playoffssaturday, Jan. 14

Seattle at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. (FOX)Houston at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS)

sunday, Jan. 15Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:05 p.m. (NBC)Green Bay or N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)

Conference Championshipssunday, Jan. 22

nfCTBD, 3:05 p.m.

AfCTBD, 6:40 p.m.

Pro Bowlsunday, Jan. 29At orlando, fla.

AFC vs. NFC, 8 p.m. (ESPN)super Bowl

sunday, feb. 5At Houston

TBD, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

2016 AP All-Pro team VotingNew York (AP) — Results of The Associated Press 2016

NFL All-Pro balloting selected by a national panel of 50 mediamembers:

offenseQuarterback

Matt Ryan, Atlanta, 29; Tom Brady, New England, 15; AaronRodgers, Green Bay, 5; Derek Carr, Oakland, 1.

running BacksEzekiel Elliott, Dallas, 47; David Johnson, Arizona, 3.

tight endTravis Kelce, Kansas City, 44; Greg Olsen, Carolina, 5; RobGronkowski, New England, 1.

wide receiversAntonio Brown, Pittsburgh, 43; Julio Jones, Atlanta, 30; OdellBeckham Jr., New York Giants, 16; Mike Evans, Tampa Bay, 6;Jordy Nelson, Green Bay 5.

flexDavid Johnson, Arizona, 24; Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh, 18;Odell Beckham Jr., New York Giants, 3; Antonio Brown,Pittsburgh, 1; Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona, 1; LeSean McCoy,Buffalo, 1; Jarvis Landry, Miami, 1; Travis Kelce, Kansas City,1.

left tackleTyron Smith, Dallas, 27; David Bakhtiari, Green Bay, 8; JoeThomas, Cleveland, 7; Trent Williams, Washington, 3; JasonPeters, Philadelphia, 2; Taylor Lewan, Tennessee, 1; DonaldPenn, Oakland, 1; Andrew Whitworth, Cincinnati, 1.

right tackleJack Conklin, Tennessee, 27 1-2; Mitchell Schwartz, KansasCity, 6; Marcus Cannon, New England, 6; Bryan Bulaga,Green Bay, 5 1-2; Zach Strief, New Orleans, 2; RyanSchraeder, Atlanta, 2; Marcus Gilbert, Pittsburgh, 1; LeftGuardsKelechi Osemele, Oakland, 47; Marshal Yanda, Baltimore, 2;James Carpenter, New York Jets, 1.

right GuardZack Martin, Dallas, 40; David DeCastro, Pittsburgh, 5;Marshal Yanda, Baltimore, 4; Kevin Zeitler, Cincinnati, 1.

CenterTravis Frederick, Dallas, 29; Alex Mack, Atlanta, 14; RodneyHudson, Oakland, 5; Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh, 1,Brandon Linder, Jacksonville, 1.

Defenseedge rushers

Khalil Mack, Oakland, 46; Vic Beasley Jr., Atlanta, 30;Cameron Wake, Miami, 3; Olivier Vernon, New York Giants, 3;Jadeveon Clowney, Houston, 3; Brandon Graham,Philadelphia, 3; Michael Bennett, Seattle, 2; Cameron Jordan,New Orleans, 2; Danielle Hunter, Minnesota, 2; Cliff Avril,Seattle, 2; Everon Griffen, Minnesota, 1; Joey Bosa, SanDiego, 1.

Interior linemenAaron Donald, St. Louis, 47; Damon Harrison, New YorkGiants 16; Ndamukong Suh, Miami, 12; Calais Campbell,Arizona, 7; Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay, 7; Fletcher Cox,Philadelphia, 6; Geno Atkins, Cincinnati, 5.

linebackers-zBobby Wagner, Seattle, 48; Von Miller, Denver, 47; Sean Lee,Dallas, 41; Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo, 4; Luke Kuechly,Carolina, 2; C.J. Mosley, Baltimore, 1; Zach Brown, Buffalo, 1;Zachary Orr, Baltimore, 1; Alec Ogletree, Los Angeles, 1;Dont’a Hightower, New England, 1; Bernardick McKinney,Houston, 1; Lavonte David, Tampa Bay, 1; Whitney Mercilus,Houston, 1.

CornerbacksAqib Talib, Denver, 27; Marcus Peters, Kansas City, 23;Janoris Jenkins, New York Giants, 17; Malcolm Butler, NewEngland, 8; Casey Hayward, San Diego, 8; Richard Sherman,Seattle, 7; Xavier Rhodes, Minnesota, 5; Chris Harris Jr.,Denver, 4; Dominique-Rodgers-Cromartie, New York Giants,1.

safetiesLandon Collins, New York Giants, 47; Eric Berry, Kansas City,31; Devin McCourty, New England, 4; Ha Ha Clinton-Dix,Green Bay, 4; Earl Thomas, Seattle, 3; Harrison Smith,Minnesota, 3; Reggie Nelson, Cincinnati, 2; Kam Chancellor,Seattle, 2; Malcolm Jenkins, Philadelphia, 1; Eric Weddle,Baltimore, 1; Quintin Demps, Houston, 1; Darian Stewart,Denver, 1.

Defensive BackChris Harris Jr., Denver, 14; Dominique-Rodgers-Cromartie,New York Giants, 6; Malcolm Butler, New England, 5; EricBerry, Kansas City, 3; Casey Hayward, San Diego, 3; MalcolmJenkins, Philadelphia, 3; Patrick Peterson, Arizona, 2; MarcusPeters, Kansas City, 2; Xavier Rhodes, Minnesota, 2; Ha HaClinton-Dix, Green Bay, 2; Janoris Jenkins, New York Giants,2; Aqib Talib, Denver, 1; Darius Slay, Detroit, 1; DevinMcCourty, New England, 1; Brent Grimes, Tampa Bay, 1;Richard Sherman, Seattle, 1; Eric Weddle, San Diego, 1.

sPeCIAl teAmsPlacekicker

Justin Tucker, Baltimore, 50.Punter

Johnny Hekker, Los Angeles, 42; Marquette King, Oakland, 4;Pat McAfee, Indianapolis, 2; Brad Wing, New York Giants, 1;Sam Martin, Detroit, 1.

Kick returnerCordarrelle Patterson, Minnesota, 41; Tyler Lockett, Seattle, 5;Tyreek Hill, Kansas City, 5.

Punt returnerTyreek Hill, Kansas City, 50.

special teamerMatthew Slater, New England, 14; Nate Ebner, New England,12; Dwayne Harris, New York Giants, 6; Justin Bethel, Arizona,3; James Develin, New England, 3; Michael Thomas, Miami, 3;Chase Reynolds, Los Angeles, 3; Eric Murray, Kansas City, 2;Chris Maragos, Philadelphia, 1; Eric Weems, Atlanta, 1; JoshBellamy, Chicago, 1.

College Bowl GlanceCollege football Championship

tampa, fla.Clemson 35, Alabama 31

saturday, Jan. 21east-west shrine Classic

At st. Petersburg, fla.West vs. East, 3 p.m. (NFL)

nflPA Collegiate BowlAt Carson, Calif.

National vs. American, 4 p.m.saturday, Jan. 28

senior BowlAt mobile, Ala.

South vs. North, 2:30 p.m. (NFL)

Golfworld Golf ranking

through Jan. 81. Jason Day AUS 10.572. Rory McIlroy NIR 9.643. Dustin Johnson USA 9.364. Henrik Stenson SWE 8.565. Jordan Spieth USA 8.006. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 7.987. Adam Scott AUS 6.448. Patrick Reed USA 5.499. Alex Noren SWE 5.3010. Bubba Watson USA 5.0211. Danny Willett ENG 5.0012. Justin Thomas USA 4.8813. Rickie Fowler USA 4.8614. Sergio Garcia ESP 4.6515. Paul Casey ENG 4.6216. Justin Rose ENG 4.3317. Brooks Koepka USA 4.2618. Branden Grace SAF 4.2419. Russell Knox SCO 4.1720. Jimmy Walker USA 4.0321. Matt Kuchar USA 4.0322. Phil Mickelson USA 4.0223. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 3.6324. Charl Schwartzel SAF 3.6225. Emiliano Grillo ARG 3.5626. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.5227. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.4928. Rafael Cabrera Bello ESP 3.4529. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 3.3430. J.B. Holmes USA 3.3131. Ryan Moore USA 3.3132. Daniel Berger USA 3.1833. Francesco Molinari ITA 3.1734. Yuta Ikeda JPN 3.1435. Kevin Chappell USA 3.1336. Scott Piercy USA 3.0337. Jim Furyk USA 2.9038. Zach Johnson USA 2.7639. Chris Wood ENG 2.7240. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.7041. Bill Haas USA 2.6342. William McGirt USA 2.5943. Lee Westwood ENG 2.5944. Shane Lowry IRL 2.5745. Andy Sullivan ENG 2.5746. Kevin Na USA 2.5547. Byeong Hun An KOR 2.5448. Thomas Pieters BEL 2.5449. Soren Kjeldsen DEN 2.5350. Gary Woodland USA 2.51

trAnsACtIonstuesday's sports transactions

BAseBAllAmerican league

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP CodySatterwhite on a minor league contract.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released LHP Edwin Escobar.DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHPs A.J. Achter,Collin Balester, Jake Brigham, Waldis Joaquin, Jorge Marban,Edward Mujica and Thad Weber; LHPs Travis Blackley andAnthony Vasquez; INFs Omar Artsen, Zack Cox, Sean Halton,Efren Navarro, Brett Pill, Gabriel Quintana, Brendan Ryan andLogan Watkins; and OFs Jim Adduci, Quincy Latimore, RonnieMitchell, Juan Perez and Alex Presley on minor league contracts.

TCPS takes two from RheaSpecial to the Banner

Tennessee ChristianPreparatory School’s high schoolbasketball teams opened uppost-Christmas break play athome against Rhea CountyAcademy on Tuesday, afterMonday’s games were cancelled.

The Lady Hawks started theevening off with a strong per-formance, controlling the gamefrom the tipoff and running awaywith a 33-9 win. The Hawks fol-lowed with a 66-49 victory.

Coach Natalie Calfee comment-ed, “This was a great first gameback from break, we played wellas a team.”

Leading the way for the LadyHawks was senior MerrittJenkins with 19 points, 15rebounds, eight steals, twoassists and four blocked shots.Whitney White followed witheight points, three rebounds, twosteals and two assists. EleanorJenkins added four points, fourrebounds, three steals and anassist. Makenzie White addedtwo points, a rebound and anassist, while Raylee Evans camethrough with seven reboundsand four assists in the win.

The Hawks followed up with

much of the same in the secondgame of the evening. The Hawkstook control early and main-tained a lead throughout thegame. The lead allowed TCPShead coach Frank Walker theopportunity to play his entirebench in the game.

“This was our best game of theseason. We showed a lot ofimprovement and this was a greatall-around win,” coach FrankWalker said after the game.

Leading the Hawks was BarrettPope with 15 points, fiverebounds, and one assist.Solomon Smith helped out witheight points, five rebounds, asteal and three assists, whileNate Boyd scored eight pointswith five rebounds, two stealsand two assists.

Also adding to the final totalsfor TCPS were Evan Gaffney witheight points, six rebounds, threeassists; Reid Berger seven points,three rebounds and one assist.Berger also lifted in the only 3-pointer for the Hawks. SilasPippenger added seven points,five rebounds, three steals andtwo assists.

The Hawks take the courtagain Friday against OakwoodChristian.

AP photo

Clemson’s DesHAun wAtson leaps for the goal line against Alabama in the NationalChampionship game Monday, in Tampa, Fla.

Clemson fans turn outfor national champions

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — About6,000 Clemson fans turned outTuesday to welcome their nation-al champion Tigers, capping agiddy day of celebration aftertheir team toppled Alabama.

People screamed as the busespulled up, calling out “DE-SHAUN” over and over as Tigers’star quarterback DeshaunWatson walked with his luggageand national championship hatinto Clemson’s football building.

“This means a lot,” said receiv-er Mike Williams, who likeWatson will forego his final yearin college and enter the NFLdraft.

And what a way to leave.Watson accounted for 463 yardsand four touchdowns in the 35-31 win over the top-ranked andseemingly unbeatable CrimsonTide. Watson’s final college passwas a two-yard throw to HunterRenfrow for the game-winningscore with a second left.

Watson walked to the crowd,which was kept behind metalbarriers, to sign a few auto-graphs and share a few hugsbefore waving and heading off.Clemson fans will get one morechance to see Watson and therest of the Tigers on Saturdayduring a parade through townthat will end inside Clemson’sDeath Valley.

After that, Watson, Williamsand many of the Tigers whohelped Clemson overcome a 14-point deficit win its national titlerematch with Alabama will scat-ter to train for their next show-case: Clemson’s pro timing day infront of NFL executives andscouts in early March.

But on Tuesday it was time forthem to take another bow infront of a happy crowd.

Fans waved all kinds of signs,some simply saying “Thank You,Tigers,” to more pointed onesthat read “We Want Bama” withthe “Want” crossed out andreplaced by “Beat.” There waseven a sign asking if head coachDabo Swinney’s son, high-schoolsenior Will, would take the sigh-holder to prom.

“We couldn’t do this withoutthese people,”said BenB o u l w a r e ,Clemson’s lead-ing tackler whogave a stirringspeech thankingthe team’s pastplayers as theconfetti fell inTampa, Florida,at RaymondJames Stadium.“They’ve been here for all of it.”

There was a sizeable crowd ofClemson fans in Tampa with asmaller, but just as thrilled,group that watched the game onlarge screens in the middle of theblocked-off College Avenue onMonday night. After the dramaticwin, the celebration lasted wellinto the morning. Clemson policesaid there were no serious inci-dents or vandalism, although sixpeople were arrested on alcohol-related charges.

Fans spent much of Tuesdayswarming souvenir shops intown, snapping up whatever“national champions” apparelthey could find. They filtered overto the stadium around midday,awaiting the buses to pull infront. Artavis Scott, who becamethe Tigers’ all-time leader in passcatches this year, was first offand pumped his fist as fansshouted back.

“We have the best fans in col-lege football,” Boulware said. “Iknow when Alabama won it lastyear, they didn’t have fans showup like this. The culture atClemson is uncommon, so I’msuper happy for our community.”

Boulware is among four seniordefensive starters who will beleaving. Clemson is also losingthe team’s sacks leader in defen-

sive tackleCarlos Watkinsand two mem-bers of the sec-ondary — cor-n e r b a c kC o r d r e aTankersley andsafety JadarJohnson. Thelosses onoffense are even

more dauntingwith Watson, Williams, Scott,tight end Jordan Leggett, single-season rushing leader WayneGallman and Jay Guillermo allentering the NFL draft.

Defensive end ChristianWilkins, however, believesClemson’s run at the top is notover.

“We’ve always recruited well.People had questions about thedefense the past couple of yearsand you can see what we’vedone,” said Wilkins, a sopho-more. “We think the same thingcan happen on offense.”

Wilkins, who’s celebratorypostgame split in Tampa wentviral, was glad to celebrate backhome with fans who’ve supportedhim throughout his career.

“We just dream of this momentforever and that’s why you cometo Clemson,” he said. “We showedthe world what we’re made of lastnight.”

Swinney: Penalty on final scoreshould’ve been called on Bama

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Clemsoncoach Dabo Swinney says thereshould have been a foul called onthe Tigers’ game-winning touch-down against Alabama, and itshould have been called on theCrimson Tide.

Swinney said Tuesday thatthere was defensive pass inter-ference on Clemson receiverArtavis Scott, who made contactwith his defender and createdsome traffic that anotherAlabama defensive back gotcaught in on Hunter Renfrow’s 2-yard TD catch with a second leftMonday night.

Clemson beat Alabama 35-31in the College Football Playoffchampionship game to win its

first national title since 1981.“Yes, it’s a rub play, it’s a pick

play,” Swinney said Tuesday.“Artavis was actually trying to gopick the guy, but he couldn’t getthere because he got tackled. Imean, literally, the guy tackleshim.”

NCAA coordinator of footballofficials Rogers Redding, whowas in the television booth forthe game, said he has not stud-ied the play but after watching itseveral times he called it a “sen-sible no call.”

“What the officials are lookingfor is who initiates the contact,”Redding said. “If the receivercomes out and clearly blocks onthe defender and the other

receiver cuts off that block, thenit’s offensive pass interference.

“What we saw was the contactwas either initiated by thedefense or mutually initiated. Itwasn’t a play where the offensiveplayer clearly came out andblocked on them.”

Alabama players and fans didnot quite see it that way, andthought Clemson should havebeen flagged for offensive passinterference.

“Usually, on a pick route,you’re not supposed to chopsomebody,” Alabama linebackerTim Williams said.

Scott never made contact withTony Brown, the defender whowas guarding Renfrow. Brownhad to go around Scott andMarlon Humphrey, like a basket-ball player going over a screen,and who could not get there intime. Renfrow was wide open.

The official rule is this:Offensive pass interference by aTeam A player beyond the neu-tral zone during a legal forwardpass play in which a forwardpass crosses the neutral zone iscontact that interferes with aTeam B eligible player. It is theresponsibility of the offensiveplayer to avoid the opponents.

“I mean, if you really watch theplay, we never even got a chanceto really rub the guy (Brown),”Swinney said. “But he had toplay over the top. That’s the waythe play is designed.”

AP photo

Clemson’s Hunter renfrow caught the winning touch-down pass in front of Alabama’s Tony Brown with one second left inthe national championship game Tuesday, in Tampa, Fla.

“We just dream of thismoment forever and

that’s why you come toClemson. We showed the

world what we’re madeof last night.”

— Clemson defensivetackle Carlos Watkins


Jarnkrok’s OT winner leads

Predators over Canucks

NASHVILLE (AP) — TheNashville Predators were over-due for an overtime win, andthey got one in dramatic fash-ion.

Calle Jarnkrok scored ashort-handed goal with 1.5seconds remaining in overtimeto lift the Predators to a 2-1win over the VancouverCanucks on Tuesday night.

With time ticking down inthe extra period, Roman Josiblocked a shot from TroyStecher just outside the creaseof Nashville goalie PekkaRinne. Josi immediately tookpossession of the puck andwent up ice on a two-man rushwith Jarnkrok and Stecherfuriously skating in pursuit. Inthe low slot, Josi slid a pass tohis right, where Jarnkrok wasthere to one-time the puck pastVancouver goalie Ryan Miller.

Prior to Tuesday, Nashvillewas 2-16 in overtime since theNHL moved to the 3-on-3 for-mat prior to last season. Theyhad lost their first four gamesdecided in that fashion thisseason.

Since Nashville’s Mattias

Ekholm was penalized late inovertime, the Canucks had a4-on-3 advantage on the icewhen the game-winner wasscored.

Vancouver entered Tuesdaywith the NHL’s 27th rankedpower play at 14.1%. Theywere 0 for 3 with the manadvantage and allowed the oneshort-handed goal.

Austin Watson had the otherNashville goal and Rinne fin-ished with 29 saves for thePredators, which snapped atwo-game losing streak.

Brandon Sutter had the lonegoal for Vancouver, losers oftwo-straight following theirseason-high six-game winningstreak. Miller made 24 saves.

With under a minute left inthe third and Miller pulled infavor of an extra attacker,Nashville’s Colton Sissons car-ried the puck up ice, butVancouver’s Alex Edlerknocked it loose, and it waspicked up by Sven Baertschi.Baertschi sent Sutter the otherway, and at the right faceoffdot, he snapped a wrist shotbetween Rinne’s pads.

Falcons’ Ryan looking to fillpostseason void on resume

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP)— Matt Ryan’s poise under pres-sure has produced 25 fourth-quarter comebacks, a “Matty Ice”nickname and his first All-Proselection.

The Atlanta Falcons’ quarter-back also is a leading MVP candi-date .

The glaring void on Ryan’sresume is his 1-4 postseasonrecord. At 31, Ryan may not havemany more chances to changehis reputation as a quarterbackwho comes up short in the play-offs.

Ryan’s only playoff win cameagainst Seattle after the 2012

regular season, and he’ll haveanother shot at the Seahawks inSaturday’s NFC divisional roundgame.

Ryan said Tuesday he hasnever been better prepared forthe playoffs.

“I feel like as you get experi-ence throughout your career, youtry to learn from all of it and youtry to use it to make you better,”Ryan said. “I feel like I’ve donethat throughout my career. Bothpositive and negative, I’velearned from all of those experi-ences and ... I feel like I’m justplaying my best and playing bet-ter than I ever have.”

No matter his stats, Ryan ulti-mately will be judged by histeam’s success. The Falcons ledthe NFL in scoring while winningthe NFC South, but a loss intheir playoff opener would leadsome critics to conclude theywere just another regular-seasonfad that was not built for thepostseason.

A loss also would leave an evenlarger void on Ryan’s record.

Falcons coach Dan Quinn saidhe talked with Ryan about theextra playoff pressure placed onthe quarterback.

Quinn said this is a differentRyan than the one who lost tothe 49ers in the NFC champi-onship game after the 2012 sea-son and also suffered one-and-done playoff losses to Arizona inhis 1998 rookie season, to GreenBay in 2010 and to the Giants in2011.

Quinn believes Ryan is readyfor postseason success.

“For him I think you can’t trulybe relentless until you’ve beenright close to it and you didn’t getit,” Quinn said Tuesday. “I knowfrom my experience you learn somuch from a loss and what yougain from it. What I can tell youis Matt’s a far different quarter-back today than he was a fewyears ago.”

Quinn said Ryan’s “ability toattack, his ability to be ready” inthis season’s offense “has noth-ing to do with” past playoff fail-ures.

Ryan said he doesn’t dwell onpast playoff letdowns.

“I don’t worry about it too

much,” he said. “One thing I’velearned throughout my career isif you spend time worrying aboutthat, you’re not spending timeworrying about the things thatare going to make a difference onSunday.”

The approach is working forRyan. He had a career-high 38touchdown passes and a lowwith only seven interceptionsthis season. He finished secondin the league in TD passes andyards passing. His 117.1 passerrating leads the NFL.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll saidRyan’s success following a star-tling dip in production in 2015 isa natural progression for his sec-ond season with offensive coordi-nator Kyle Shanahan. The suc-cess has made Shanahan a tar-get for at least four teams lookingfor head coaches.

“The word we use is chemistrybetween throwers and catchers,”Carroll said in a telephone inter-view. “There really is a lot to that.You can see just the benefit ofthe years together and the bene-fit of being in the same schemefor two years.”

Carroll said the Falconsoffense led by Ryan is “as good asyou can get.”

Ryan wouldn’t say if thisoffense will be a better fit for thepostseason.

“I know this team that we’re apart of right now,” Ryan said.“We’re good enough to get the jobdone every week. I really feel thatway. We just need to continue todo the same things we’ve done upto this point.”

AP photo

ATLANTA FALCONS quarterback Matt Ryan, right, huddles withhis teammates before their game against the New Orleans Saints inAtlanta. The obvious void on Ryan’s career record is his 1-4 mark inthe playoffs, a mark the MVP candidate will look to improve whenAtlanta plays Seattle in the divisional playoffs on Saturday.

player accidentally running intoa referee, Mullek Bradford closedthe quarter in style.

The junior floor general wasnot only sharp with his passesand excellent in his decisionmaking, which helped him tie aseason best with 13 assists, buthe shot 5-of-7 from the field andhit a leaning 18-foot jumper overdefenders as the buzzer soundedfor a 60-51 lead.

“Mullek makes great decisionsand he hardly turns the ballover,” McCowan said. “If the guysare going to run the floor he isgoing to reward them and he alsocan hit some big shots. You canreally tell that he has put a lot ofwork into it over the years and itmakes it easier as me and ourcoaching staff to have a pointguard playing so well as just ajunior.”

Bradford was the second high-est scorer for the Blue Raiderswith 13, and helped key a strongoffensive second half with the

ball in his hands. He scored 10points and had six assists fromthe 1:30 mark in the third untilthe end of the victory.

“I just try to take the bestshots,” said Bradford, who land-ed his fourth double-double ofthe season. “If I am open I willshoot it, but usually I have peo-ple like KK on my team who willscore 30 a game. I do whateverthe defense gives me. There aresome games I may have threepoints and double-digit assists.It just so happened today I hadmy shot going for me.”

Sophomore Dionte Warescored six of his 12 points in thethird quarter while juniorDeontae Davis finished with ninepoints and five rebounds andWykle added five points andthree assists as a part of thestarting lineup.

Freshman backup point guardJacobi Wood and senior KreggWare made back-to-back 3-pointers in the final minute of

the first quarter to helpCleveland to a 26-21 lead. Wareand Davis each made a pair ofthe Blue Raiders’ five 3-pointers.

East Hamilton never led in thesecond half after leading twice inthe first half. Noah Fager andDaVae Hughley scored in doublefigures for the Hurricanes, with14 and 11, respectively.

“I think they are the second-best team in the district,”Bradford said. “They are a greatteam and they are almost a lotlike us. They are fast and have alot of athletic guards who canjump high. We will get their bestnext time around, too.”

Cleveland will look to remainundefeated in district play whenit travels to Walker Valley nextThursday. The Blue Raiders arejust three wins away from tyingthe win total the program hashad over the past four seasons.

“We had not played since Dec.30, so you could tell we were alittle rusty to begin with,”McCowan said. “But it’s big forus to come on the road and getthis big district win. Our goal isto qualify for the region. We areputting ourselves in a good posi-tion and we just have to continueto play tough on the road.”LADY HURRICANES 48

LADY RAIDERS 46

Freshman standout Madison

Hayes came away with the game-winning offensive putback with3.1 seconds left and scored 20points to help her East Hamiltonsquad remain undefeated inDistrict 5-AAA play and spoilTony Williams’ first trip back tohis former school.

The late rally for the LadyHurricanes (6-9, 3-0 5AAA), whotrailed 43-34 at the end of thethird quarter, dampened whatwas a strong night on the courtfor Cleveland’s Sofia Stamatiadisand Emma Flowers. It was thesecond straight loss for the LadyRaiders (8-9, 2-3) at the finalbuzzer, as they fell to HunterGremore’s team who also beat an11-3 Baylor team Jan. 3.

From the 2:44 mark in the firstquarter to the 2:31 left beforehalftime, a time frame of 8 min-utes and 13 seconds,Stamatiadis scored 16 of theLady Raiders’19 points and was8-of-10 from the free-throw line.

The senior guard helpedCleveland lead 33-27 at halftime,as she scored 19 of her game-high 22 points.

“Sofia was just brilliant in thefirst half,” CHS head coach TonyWilliams said. “I knew she wasgoing to play well after the prac-tice she had yesterday. She isvery crafty and has a quickrelease and gets fouled since she

always jumps towards the basketwhen she shoots. Typically, youfeel very good about yourchances to win when she isshooting a lot of free throws.”

Flowers picked up a double-double with 4:48 left in the thirdquarter and finished with 15points and 12 rebounds (sixoffensive). She and Stamatiadisaccounted for 80 percent ofpoints scored by Cleveland.

“Emma is big, physical andshe has good moves and foot-work,” Williams said. “You can’tsay enough about her progres-sion this year. We are superexcited to see where she goes asthe season continues.”

Hayes capped a 7-0 run for theLady Hurricanes with a clutchright corner 3-point jumper toonly trail 45-44 with 4:53remaining.

A Maleiah Moon jumper tied itat 46-all with 1:15 left. Clevelandonly scored three points in thefinal quarter and its sixthturnover of the period with 13.8seconds left allowed EastHamilton the winning posses-sion.

Hayes also finished with sevenrebounds and four steals to goalong with her game-winningbasket. The Lady Raiders wereled in steals by a freshman aswell with Bailey Anderson, who

contributed four swipes andscored the last point forCleveland with 3:07 left to play.

“When I coach basketball Ibuild relationship with kids andit was really hard to work awayafter one year, but they allunderstood,” Williams said.“Those kids are all mature youngladies. They understood the rea-sons why I was leaving and com-ing to Cleveland.

“I told our kids in the lockerroom after the game, I wouldn’tchange the decision for a milliondollars. You’re the team that I amdestined to coach and I want tocoach and even though they beatyou I wouldn’t trade it to gocoach that group of girls overthere.”

GAME SUMMARIESBOYS

BLUE RAIDERS 79, HURRICANES 70Cleveland 26 10 24 19 — 79East Hamilton 21 15 15 19 — 70BLUE RAIDERS (79) — KK Curry 28, Mullek Bradford 13,Dionte Ware 12, Davis 9, K. Ware 6, Wykle 5, Wood 3,Berry 3, HURRICANES (70) — Justin Dozier 23, Noah Fager 14,DaVae Hughley 11, Montgomery 7, Wilson 7, Williams 6,Wingard 2.3-point goals: Cleveland 5 (Davis 2, K. Ware 2, Wood);East Hamilton 4 (Fager 2, Wilson, Dozier).Free throws: Cleveland 12-of-22; East Hamilton 17-of-23.Records: Cleveland 15-2, 5-0 District 5-AAA; EastHamilton 12-5, 2-1 5-AAA

GIRLSLADY HURRICANES 48, LADY RAIDERS 46

Cleveland 18 15 10 3 — 46East Hamilton 14 13 7 14 — 48LADY RAIDERS (46) — Sofia Stamatiadis 22, EmmaFlowers 15, Morman 4, Anderson 3, Reed 2. LADY HURRICANES (48) — Madison Hayes 20, Laccy 8,Moon 7, Laboo 6, Gray 5, Wood 2.3-point goals: Cleveland 4 (Stamatiadis 4); East Hamilton4 (Moon, Hayes, Gray, Lacy).Free throws: Cleveland 10-of-15; East Hamilton 6-of-12.Records: CHS 8-9, 2-3 5-AAA; EH6-9, 3-0 5-AAA.

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Copeland hit 71 percent from thefield in the contest, sinking 8-of-11 shots from in front of the arcand 4-of-6 beyond it.

Beavers connected on 67 per-cent of his attempts from thefield, drilling 6-for-7 from two-point land and half of his eightshots from distance. He alsosnagged four caroms and handedoff a pair of helps.

Junior point guard LamericTucker helped out with ninepoints, hitting 4-of-5 shotsincluding a fast-break tomahawkslam, plus he dropped a pair of“dimes.”

Saylor Clark added a trio ofboards and two assists to hisnight’s work.

BEARETTES 93

LADY TROJANS 15

Scoring the most points sincethey beat Soddy-Daisy 95-46back on Jan. 31, 2006, Bradley(17-0, 4-0) netted what is techni-cally the game-winning pointmidway through the openingperiod when Hughes drilled a 3-pointer to cap a 17-0 game-open-ing run.

The Lee University signee blis-tered the nets for 14 of her game-high 18 points in the openingframe, while fellow senior EmmaKate Brown scored a dozen andHoward eight in the period.

Claiming their 35th straighthome victory, the Bearettes (17-0, 4-0) opened with their mostprolific scoring period of the sea-son for a 34-6 advantage at thefirst horn.

With all of the starters on thebench to open the second frame,the hosts continued to stretchtheir advantage with a 25-5 scor-ing advantage in the period for a59-11 halftime edge.

Soddy-Daisy (5-12, 1-3) only

managed a pair of buckets in thesecond half of the contest, whilethe Bearettes reserves netted 34more points.

Hughes dished out four assistsand copped a trio of steals, whilehitting 6-of-7 shots from the fieldand all five of her free throws.

Howard finished with 14 pointson 7-of-9 shooting from the field,handed out four helps andswiped four thefts. Brown hadtwo assists and blocked a shot.

Sophomore Kimia Carter cameoff the bench for a dozen points,four helps and a trio of thefts.

Senior Sydney Morgan helpedout with seven points, hitting allthree of her shots from the field,and copped four steals

Junior Hannah Lombard net-ted eight points, cleared a halfdozen ricochets, dropped a pairof “dimes,” and swiped two thefts.

Bradley took advantage of 36Lady Trojan turnovers to score57 of its points.

GAME SUMMARIESGIRLS

Soddy-Daisy 6 5 2 2 — 15Bradley Central 34 25 24 10 — 93LADY TROJANS (15) — Trimiar 6, Dent 4, Branam 3,Kearney 2, Williams, Hall, M. Davis, Pruett, Prestwood,Hamby, B. Davis.BEARETTES (93) — Halle Hughes 18, Rhyne Howard14, Kimia Carter 12, Emma Kate Brown 12, Lombard 8,Morgan 7, K. Hughes 5, Mayo 5, Walker 4, McRee 4,Roberts 2, Davis 2, Hullender 2, Koger, Reuter. 3-POINTERS: SD 1 (Branam); Bradley 3 (H.Hughes,Brown, Morgan).FREE THROWS: SD 0-of-3; Bradley 14-of-19.RECORDS: Soddy-Daisy 5-12, 1-3 District 5-AAA;Bradley Central 17-0, 4-0 District 5-AAA.

BOYSSoddy-Daisy 11 13 19 3 — 46Bradley Central 22 16 23 18 — 79TROJANS (46) — Jake Flippo 20, Humphreys 7,Burke 7, Volker 6, Perez 6, Branum, Massengale,Coffett, Davis, Patton, Chambers, Durain.BEARS (79) — Cole Copeland 28, Ty Beavers 26,Tucker 9, Clark 6, Wesley 4, Cartwright 3, Brown 2,Ferguson 1, Duggan, Floyd, Elrod, Cook. Wesley-Walker, Boyd.3-POINTERS: SD 5 (Flippo 2, Perez, Humphreys,Volker); Bradley 9 (Copeland 4, Beavers 4, Tucker).FREE THROWS: SD 5-of-11; Bradley 10-of-18.RECORDS: Soddy-Daisy 1-14; 0-4; Bradley Central9-6, 2-2 District 5-AAA.

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with 19 points in limited actionin the second half. Gibson andNunnelly added 12 points eachand also took an extended restalong with Murphy, who hit fiveof Walker Valley’s nine 3-point-ers. Gibson chipped in with three3s and Nunnelly also added atrey.

“The second quarter theyoutscored us and I told them athalftime we had to get back tolike we were in the first quarter,and win the third quarter,”Williams said.

The Mustangs took the adviceand powered to a 53-24 lead witha 14-3 run that included more 3sfrom Gibson and Murphy.Defensively, the Mustangs wereable to turn turnovers into pointsand led 68-32 to begin the finalperiod.

“We put pressure on thempretty much all night. We weretrying to get some easy offensewith our defense. When we exe-cuted I thought we took somegood shots,” stated Williams,who substituted liberally in thefinal eight minutes.

The Tuesday win is the first ofwhat the Mustangs hope will be avery productive, although diffi-cult, week on the basketballcourt. The team travels to Tyneron Thursday before returning tothe floor Friday against East

Hamilton for a second consecu-tive road game.

“We’ve got one practice tomor-row for two games Thursday andFriday against Tyner and EastHamilton. We’ve seen Tyner once,but we haven’t seen EastHamilton and they are two toughteams on the road,” saidWilliams. “We’ve got to be readyto go. Four games in three days,right back into it. But it is what itis, we’ve just got to play.”

CHARGERETTES 67,

LADY MUSTANGS 56A bevy of turnovers and 3-

point shots that missed the markcombined with 32 minutes offull-court pressure proved to betoo much for the Lady Mustangsto overcome in Tuesday’s loss tothe McMinn Central girls.

“We had 18 turnovers. That’stoo many. They like that uptempo. I like to think we can playup tempo but I wanted to bemore patient than we were,” saida disappointed Lady Mustangshead coach Paul Cretton afterthe loss. “I also think we are agood 3-point shooting team butwe sure haven’t demonstratedthat. We were 1 of 15 from the 3s.You can’t shoot 7 percent. Weshot 64 percent from 2s. But Idon’t want to quit shooting 3s.We’ve got good 3-point shootersand we’re going to keep playing

that way.”Haley Jones led the Lady

Mustangs with 18 hard-earnedpoints. Jones was followed byAbby Davis who fought for all ofher 14 on a tough night for theLady Mustangs.

“I thought Haley Jones playedreally well tonight. She was 7 for11 from the floor and shot herfree throws well and reboundedwell. We got into some foul trou-ble in the first half but that’s allpart of the game,” said Cretton.

Facing a continuous full-courtpress from Central, the LadyMustangs battled theChargerettes from the openingtip and pushed to an early 11-5lead before an 11-point Centralrun forced Walker Valley to gointo catch-up mode. Central heldan 18-13 lead after the firstquarter and led 24-18 beforeMacy Clark’s 3 from the left cor-ner made it a 24-23 game.

Davis cut the McMinn lead toone point twice more before half-time, at which point the LadyMustangs trailed 35-31.

Central took over in the thirdquarter scoring 18 points to onlyeight for the Lady Mustangs. TheWalker Valley girls trailed by 16early in the fourth and were ableto close the gap to 11 but couldget no closer before the buzzershowed triple zeros.

“That’s the way he plays all thetime. He’s been doing that for 40years,” said Cretton of the full-time Central pressure. “There’sno question you know what youare going to get when you playMcMinn Central. They are goingto face you and play man-to-manand double team the ball and tryto get you in that up-tempo play.I think we have people who canplay with them. It’s a good teamto play and I’m glad we got theopportunity to play them.”

“We could have pressed. Theyare very good ball handlers andwe are not that deep. I didn’t subenough. We’ve got a press teamand that’s something I didn’t do.I probably should have whenHaley got three fouls on herearly.”

CHARGERETTES 67, LADY MUSTANGS 56McMinn Central 18 17 18 14 — 67Walker Valley 13 18 8 17 — 56McMinn Central (67) — Jacobi Lynn 20, Bailey Martin 10,Baker 7, Coleman 4, Cherry 8, Plaster 5, Jordan Wright 12.Walker Valley (56) — Haley Jones 18, Abby Davis 14, Lay9, Anderson 8, Clark 5, Walker 2.3-point goals: McMinn Central 5 (Wright 2, Lynn 2, Baker);Walker Valley 1 (Clark).Free-throws: McMinn Central 20 of 28; Walker Valley 11 of 19.Records: McMinn Central 14-3; Walker Valley 9-6.

MUSTANGS 83, CHARGERS 59McMinn Central 4 17 14 24 — 59Walker Valley 27 13 28 15 — 83McMinn Central (59) — Bryce Mason 18, Devin Jenkins 12,Allen 6, Holley 2, Long 6, J. Thacker, Davis, Carter 7,Trentham, Blakely 5, M. Thacker, Powers 3.Walker Valley (83) — Dakota Murphy 17, Kolten Gibson 12,Bryce Nunnelly 12, Johnson 9, Eslinger 9, Westfield 6,Melton 6, Munck 4, Swafford 4, Zakkas 2, Hambright 2,Valenzuela, Rathburn, Wallace, B. Gibson.3-point goals: McMinn Central 6 (Allen 2, Jenkins, Mason,Carter, Blakely); Walker Valley 9 (Murphy 5, Gibson 3,Nunnelly).Free-throws: McMinn Central 10 of 15; Walker Valley 13 of21.Records: Walker Valley 9-6.

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heavyweight Chris Cash claimeda 7-4 decision.

BEARS 64, OWLS 7106 — Wesley Devaney (BC) by forfeit; 113 — Kobe Prater (BC)won by forfeit; 120 — Gaven Hughes (BC) dec. Gavin Carroll, 6-1; 126 — Ethan Anderson (BC) tech. fall Justice McClure, 16-0;132 — Ryan McElhaney (BC) pinned Tucker Passons, 2:00; 138

— Andy Robinson (BC) pinned Easton Norris, 3:03; 145 — KnoxFuller (BC) pinned Marek Banks, 3:17; 152 — Austin Mathews(BC) pinned Tay Paris, :43; 160 — Caleb Adkins (BC) pinnedJordan Davis, 1:05; 170 —Henley Headrick (BC) pinned EthanRetelaff, 2:43; 182 — James Elkins (BC) pinned FransciscoGallardo, :20; 195 — Blake Wright (O) major dec. AlexShoemaker, 12-2; 220 — Victor Bednarski (O) dec. Devin Gibson,5-4; 285 — Christopher Cash (BC) dec. Kevin Chang, 7-4.

WrestlersFrom Page 9


Were astronaut Neil Armstrong'sactual first words upon setting foot onthe surface of the moon "Good luck,Mr. Gorsky"? This urban legend hasbeen circulating since Armstrongwalked on the moon. But, is it thetruth or a joke the famed Americanastronaut used for the general public’sconsumption more than two decadeslater.

This tale was distributed online foryears, and can be found on any num-ber of blogs and websites accompaniedby the claim that it really happened.Others say it didn't happen, and canbe easily verified by checking the offi-cial lunar landing transcript on NASA'sApollo 11 site (audio and video clipsare included).

In spite of the ease with which thispart of the Apollo moon landing andmoonwalk is debunked, it will doubt-less be with us for decades (and gener-ations) to come.

Another legend popular amongMuslims, claims that Armstrong hearda voice say "Allahu akbar" ("God isgreat") the moment he stepped on themoon and was inspired to convert toIslam. Also not true.

Others claimed Armstrong’s "GoodLuck, Mr. Gorsky," was not a hoax.

They say that when Apollo MissionAstronaut Armstrong first walked onthe moon, he not only gave his famous"one small step for man, one giant leapfor mankind" statement, but also fol-lowed it with several other remarks,

usual communication between him andthe other astronauts, and MissionControl. Just before he re-entered thelander, however, they claim he madehis “Mr. Gorsky" remark.

Many people at NASA thought it wasa casual remark concerning some rivalSoviet cosmonaut. However, uponchecking, there was no Gorsky ineither the Russian or American spaceprograms. Over the years many peoplequestioned Armstrong about the "Goodluck, Mr. Gorsky,” alleged quote, buthe always just smiled without a reply.

Armstrong was known as a jokester,but some of his statements sincebecoming the first man on the moonhave stirred controversies. Some asserthe and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin claimedthey saw aliens and unidentified flyingobjects on that first journey (and land-ing) on the moon. But, “unidentified”simply means something that was notexplained, not that it was necessarilyalien in origin.

On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay,Fla., while answering questions follow-ing a speech, a reporter brought up the26-year-old question to Armstrong,and this time he finally responded.

According to Armstrong, Mr. Gorskyhad finally died, so he felt he couldanswer the question.

Armstrong said that when he was akid, he was playing baseball with afriend in the backyard. His friend hit afly ball which landed in the front of hisneighbor's bedroom windows. Hisneighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

He related that when he leaned downto pick up the ball, he heard Mrs.Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Sex!You want sex? You'll get sex when thekid next door walks on the moon!"

Was this a little humor Armstrongcreated from the old rumors, or was itthe truth?

According to snopes.com, “Anydoubts about the veracity of this leg-end are laid to rest by the NASA tran-scripts of the Apollo 11 mission, whichrecord no such statement having beenmade by Armstrong. Armstrong himselfsaid in late 1995 that he first heardthe anecdote delivered as a joke bycomedian Buddy Hackett inCalifornia.”

Are other stories and comments byformer astronauts fact, or fiction? Haveour space explorers seen evidence ofaliens? Has our government beenguilty of cover-ups?

You decide.———

This one we’re sure is the truth.Astronaut John Glenn, who diedrecently at the age of 95, claimed hisgreatest hero was his wife, Annie.

Always in the public eye, she had tocope for years with the fact she stut-tered.

She told the Washington Post in a1984 interview, that people oftenthought she was deaf or special needs,but John always went to bat for her,performing routine tasks in her stead.

In 1973, Annie found an intensethree-week treatment program for stut-terers; she signed up and called Johnwhen she finished. "When I calledJohn, he cried," she said. Annie wenton to give speeches during Glenn'sSenate runs and became a vocal dis-ability advocate.”

———In December 1965, Gemini astro-

nauts James Lovell and Frank Bormanalso claimed they saw a UFO duringthe second orbit of their record-break-ing 14-day flight. Borman reported hesaw an unidentified spacecraft somedistance from their capsule.

Gemini Control, at Cape Kennedytold him he was seeing his own boosterrocket. He agreed he could see thebooster, but that he could also seesomething completely different.

———In June 1965, astronauts Ed White

(the first American to walk in space)and James McDivitt were passing overHawaii in a Gemini spacecraft whenthey reportedly saw a strange-lookingmetallic object. They said the UFO hadlong arms sticking out of it. McDivittallegedly took pictures, but those pho-

tos were never released.———

On July 17, 1962, Maj. Robert Whitereported a UFO during his 58-mile highflight of an X-15. White reported, "I haveno idea what it could be. It’s grayish incolor and about 30 to 40 feet away."

Then according to a Time Magazinearticle, White exclaimed over the radio,"There are things out there! Thereabsolutely is!"

———On May 11, 1962, NASA pilot Joseph

Walker said one of his tasks was todetect UFOs during his X-15 flights. Heclaimed to have filmed five or six UFOsduring his recordbreaking 50-mile-highflight in April 1962.

During a lecture at the SecondNational Conference on the PeacefulUses of Space Research in Seattle,Walker said: "I don't feel like speculatingabout them. All I know is what appearedon the film developed after the flight."

———Former Astronaut Scott Carpenter

has reported, "At no time, when theastronauts were in space were theyalone: There was a constant surveillanceby UFOs."

———As a fan of science fiction, there are

many things I find convincing in myreading ... but in all probability, they’renot real. What about claims attributedto our astronauts? They are our child-hood heroes! Would they fabricate suchclaims?

Editorial“A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring

starts from within.” — Eudora Welty, American author (1909-2001)

DEARANNIE

TODAY IN HISTORY

Last weekend’s first majorcold snap of the wintertold us what we already

knew about ourselves inCleveland and BradleyCounty: When forecasters say“snow,” there’s not a loaf ofbread nor gallon of milk safefrom the clutches of a circum-spect consumer.

The nearly single-digit temper-atures also taught us this: Thevalue of a coat should never betaken for granted.

Such reasoning points to theimportance — and to the human-itarianism — of the annual “Coatsfor the Cold” initiative, a much-beloved longtime project coordi-nated again by the BradleyCounty Sheriff’s Office (LitterGrant Program) which is teamingwith Chick-fil-A and a host ofother businesses, services andprofessional offices that are serv-ing as collection points.

Founded in 1999 by Sheriff EricWatson — before he was thesheriff — Coats for the Cold cameabout because of a law enforce-ment professional who not onlywitnessed need, he chose to dosomething about it.

In his BCSO role at the time,Watson made it a point to stay intouch with the community theSheriff’s Office served.

“I was patrolling around theOcoee Village Apartments oneday,” he told our newspaper in arecent interview. “It was very cold.I saw two kids on the playgroundwho did not have a jacket on.”

The sight prompted Watson tolook a little deeper by finding theparents, only to discover bothwere involved in substanceabuse and thereby had little inter-est in assuring their children hadproper winter clothing.

“That inspired me to start this,”he said.

He hasn’t let up since.Coats for the Cold accepts new

or gently used winter garmentsfor children and adults. Once thecoats are collected, the usedones are repaired and cleaned;much of the work is done bytrustees at the Bradley CountyJustice Center.

Since its inception, Coats forthe Cold has distributed morethan 10,200 coats and jackets.

This year’s drive, which kickedoff on a cold Tuesday morningeight days ago at Chick-fil-A onnorth Keith Street, will continue toaccept coats and jackets throughMonday, Jan. 16.

Those wishing to make clothingdonations may visit any of thesecollection points:

n Chick-fil-A, located at 3890Keith St. N.W.;

n Any Bradley County BB&Tbanking location;

n The Village Tire Center,located at 232 3rd St. S.W.;

n The office of Bradley CountyTrustee Mike Smith, located onthe first floor of the BradleyCounty Courthouse;

n Family Tire & Auto Center,located at 215 West Inman St.;

n Logan-Thompson lawoffices, located at 30 2nd St.N.W.; and

n Bradley County Sheriff’sOffice lobby, located at 2290Blythe Ave. S.E.

Once the collection period iscompleted, and the coats andjackets are repaired and cleaned,they are handed over to BCSO’sschool resource officers, whowork with a list of students andfamilies in need. Garments arealso provided to others whoseneed is legitimate, whether or nottheir names appear on the schoollists.

Watson wrote about the pro-gram on New Year’s Day in hisweekly column in the ClevelandDaily Banner.

He reflected on the incidentyears ago when he discoveredchildren playing outside in thecold, but who had no coats.

“I determined two things backthen ... that I wanted to do what Icould to help children who had nowinter wear, and that why thefamily couldn’t afford the warmthof a coat wasn’t an issue,” heexplained. “To me, what wasimportant was the children had nowinter wear.”

The sheriff stressed, “I mademy concern for these childrenknown to friends and family.Soon, Coats for the Cold wasunderway.”

Since its inception, theCleveland and Bradley Countycommunity has continued toembrace the Coats for the Coldprogram. Similar winter-garmentinitiatives operate here as well,and each has succeeded.

Why? Because of the generos-ity of the people of this communi-ty.

Whether it’s Coats for the Cold,or community drives operated bylong-respected local cleaningservices or others, people herewill respond when they’re giventhe chance.

That’s why Coats for the Coldsucceeds. That’s why Coats forthe Cold will continue to succeed... because the residents ofCleveland and Bradley Countystand behind it.

Remember the deadline:Monday, Jan. 16.

To some, it is just a used coat.But to those who are cold, it islife.

(AP) — Today is Wednesday,Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2017.There are 354 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 11, 1927, the creation

of the Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences was proposedduring a dinner of Hollywoodluminaries at the AmbassadorHotel in Los Angeles.

On this date:In 1861, Alabama became the

fourth state to withdraw from theUnion.

In 1908, President TheodoreRoosevelt proclaimed GrandCanyon National Monument (itbecame a national park in 1919).

In 1913, the first enclosedsedan-type automobile, aHudson, went on display at the13th National Automobile Showin New York.

In 1935, aviator AmeliaEarhart began an 18-hour tripfrom Honolulu to Oakland,California, that made her thefirst person to fly solo across anypart of the Pacific Ocean.

In 1942, Japan declared waragainst the Netherlands, thesame day that Imperial Japaneseforces invaded the Dutch EastIndies.

In 1946, the People’s Republicof Albania was proclaimed afterKing Zog was formally deposedby the Communists.

In 1964, U.S. Surgeon GeneralLuther Terry issued “Smokingand Health,” a report which con-cluded that “cigarette smokingcontributes substantially to mor-tality from certain specific dis-eases and to the overall deathrate.”

In 1966, Swiss artist AlbertoGiacometti, 64, died in Chur.

In 1977, France set off aninternational uproar by releasingAbu Daoud, a PLO official behindthe massacre of Israeli athletes atthe 1972 Munich Olympics.

In 1989, nine days before leav-ing the White House, PresidentRonald Reagan bade the nation

farewell in a prime-time address,saying of his eight years in office:“We meant to change a nationand instead we changed a world.”

In 1995, 51 people were killedwhen a Colombian DC-9 jetlinercrashed as it was preparing toland near the Caribbean resort ofCartagena — however, 9-year-oldErika Delgado survived.

In 2003, calling the deathpenalty process “arbitrary andcapricious, and thereforeimmoral,” Illinois Gov. GeorgeRyan commuted the sentences of167 condemned inmates, clear-ing his state’s death row twodays before leaving office.

Ten years ago: PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s plan to sendmore troops to Iraq ran into awall of criticism on Capitol Hillfrom both Democrats andRepublicans. Democrats selectedDenver as the site of their 2008presidential convention. Englishsoccer star David Beckhamannounced a five-year deal toplay for the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Five years ago: Joran van derSloot, the longtime suspect in thestill unsolved disappearance ofAmerican Natalee Holloway inAruba, pleaded guilty in Lima tothe 2010 murder of a Peruvianwoman, Stephany Flores; he wassentenced to 28 years in prison.French TV cameraman GillesJacquier was killed while filminga pro-government rally in Homs,Syria; he was the first Westernjournalist to die in the Syrianuprising.

One year ago: Gunmenstormed into a Baghdad mall,killing 18 people; the IslamicState group claimed responsibili-ty. Northern Ireland lawmakersappointed Arlene Foster as thefirst female leader of their unitygovernment. No. 2 Alabama out-lasted No. 1 Clemson in a 45-40victory in the College FootballPlayoff championship game.Baseball Hall of Famer MonteIrvin, 96, died in Houston.William A. “Bill” Del Monte, the

last survivor of the devastatingSan Francisco earthquake andfire of 1906, died at a retirementhome in nearby Marin County at109 years old.

Today’s Birthdays: The for-mer prime minister of Canada,Jean Chretien, is 83. ActorMitchell Ryan is 83. Actor FelixSilla is 80. Movie director JoelZwick is 75. Country singerNaomi Judd is 71. World GolfHall of Famer Ben Crenshaw is65. Singer Robert Earl Keen is61. Actress Phyllis Logan is 61.Musician Vicki Peterson (TheBangles) is 59. Actress Kim Colesis 55. Actor Jason Connery is 54.Former child actress Dawn Lyn(TV: “My Three Sons”) is 54.Contemporary Christian musi-cian Jim Bryson (MercyMe) is 49.Rock musician Tom Dumont (NoDoubt) is 49. Movie directorMalcolm D. Lee is 47. SingerMary J. Blige is 46. MusicianTom Rowlands (The ChemicalBrothers) is 46. Actor MarcBlucas is 45. Actress AmandaPeet is 45. Actor RockmondDunbar is 44. Actress Aja NaomiKing is 32. Actress KristolynLloyd is 32. Reality TV star JasonWahler is 30. Pop singer CodySimpson is 20.

Dear Annie: I am decentfriends with a couple who arecurrently in a long-distancerelationship. They have a greatrelationship, and our group offriends has been tight for a longtime. A few weeks ago, I walkedin on the girl with another guy.It was during a house party,and upon walking in on them, Iquickly removed myself fromthe situation.

The girl called me the nextday super upset. She said thatshe was drunk and that it was amistake that she regrets andwould never do again. She isafraid that it would destroy herrelationship if her boyfriendfound out. I am decent friendswith both and am stuck decid-ing what I should do. Should Ilet the guy know what I saw orjust mind my own business? —What Do I Do?

Dear WDID: That ugly truthwill out itself in time. Keep yourhands clean.

Dear Annie: You could not bemore wrong in your answer to“Scratching My Head in NH,”whose husband’s family staysin touch with his ex-wife butdoes not include the ex in familyaffairs that this new wifeattends. This is perfectlyacceptable. Many people whohave formed deep, loving bondsof friendship with an ex’s familyshould not be expected to dropthe ex because two people findthey cannot live together. Manypeople in the position of endinga marriage also stay in touch forthe sake of children and otherfamily members. You reallyneed to rethink your answer. —Remaining a Friend

———(Editor’s Note: Send your

questions for Annie Lane to [email protected]. To find outmore about Annie Lane and readfeatures by other CreatorsSyndicate columnists and car-toonists, visit the CreatorsSyndicate website at www.cre-ators.com.)

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WASHINGTON (AP) —Friend of Russia and foe ofsanctions in his corporate life,President-elect DonaldTrump's pick for secretary ofstate, Exxon Mobil CEO RexTillerson, is an unorthodoxchoice for a Republican WhiteHouse. He may feel perfectly athome in Trump's iconoclasticadministration.

Likely to face pointed ques-tions from both sides of theaisle at his Senate confirma-tion hearing Wednesday,Tillerson represents a break ina longstanding tradition of sec-retaries of state with extensivemilitary, legislative, political ordiplomatic experience. Yet hissupporters, including formerGOP grandees CondoleezzaRice and Robert Gates, pointto the oil man's lengthy careeras a senior executive in amammoth multinational com-pany as proof he has the man-agement and negotiating skillsto succeed as America's topdiplomat.

Democrats and even tradi-tional GOP hawks are expect-ed to zero in on Tillerson's rolein orchestrating businessdeals with Russia, which led toPresident Vladimir Putinawarding him the Order ofFriendship in 2013. Exxonand its subsidiaries' activitiesin Iran and Iraq, and his envi-ronmental views are also likelyto be covered, as are suspi-cions that Tillerson's focus willbe driven by corporate inter-ests at the expense of thenation's.

The severity of any chal-lenge to Tillerson's nominationis unclear. Already, some lead-ing Democrats who met pri-vately with him have voicedrelief at his views on Russia,climate change and trade,even if they appear not tomesh with those of the presi-dent-elect.

Russia is sure to be fore-most on everyone's mind. Withallegations of Russian interfer-ence in the presidential elec-tion roiling the nation, severallawmakers have spoken aboutscrutinizing his and Exxon'stwo-decade relationship withPutin and others in Moscow.

In prepared opening com-ments for his testimony beforethe Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee, Tillerson sought toallay fears about his ties toRussia, saying the former Cold

War adversary "poses a dan-ger" that must be taken seri-ously.

"We must also be clear-eyedabout our relationship withRussia," he will say, accordingto a statement from the Trumptransition. "Russia todayposes a danger, but it is notunpredictable in advancing itsown interests. It has invadedUkraine, including the takingof Crimea, and supportedSyrian forces that brutally vio-late the laws of war. Our NATOallies are right to be alarmed ata resurgent Russia."

At the same time, Tillersonplans to say that an absence ofAmerican leadership openedthe door to Russia's increasingassertiveness, according to theprepared remarks. He will alsocall for an "open and frank dia-logue" with Moscow and urgethat Russia be held account-able for transgressions.

"Where cooperation withRussia based on commoninterests is possible, such asreducing the global threat ofterrorism, we ought to explorethese options," he will say."Where important differencesremain, we should be stead-fast in defending the interestsof America and her allies.Russia must know that wewill be accountable to ourcommitments and those ofour allies, and that Russiamust be held to account forits actions."

Yet, Tillerson opposed sanc-tions championed by bothDemocrats and Republicanson Russia imposed after itsannexation of Ukraine'sCrimean Peninsula in 2014.The sanctions banned thetransfer to Russia of advancedoffshore and shale technology,and Exxon was ordered to stopdrilling in the Kara Sea, leav-ing the site's potential richesuntapped. Tillerson's mainRussian business partner,Rosneft boss and close Putinconfidant Igor Sechin, wasadded to a U.S. sanctionsblacklist. Exxon ended up los-ing hundreds of millions ofdollars.

"We do not support sanc-tions, generally, because wedon't find them to be effectiveunless they are very wellimplemented comprehensiblyand that's a very hard thing todo," Tillerson said at Exxon'sannual meeting in 2014.


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In ThIs DEc. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trumplistens to a question as he speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, inPalm Beach, Fla. Trump says he owns a "great" company but reallyone of the few things outsiders know for certain is that it is complexand opaque, a hodgepodge of holdings spread around the world.Trump is scheduled to discuss how he will deal with such conflicts ata news conference on Wednesday.

Chao: Privateinvestors canhelp boost transportation

WASHINGTON (AP) — TheTrump administration is lookingto “unleash the potential” of pri-vate investors to boost thenational transportation networksthat underpin the U.S. economy,transportation secretary-desig-nate Elaine Chao plans to telllawmakers at her confirmationhearing Wednesday.

Economic gains are being jeop-ardized by infrastructure “inneed of repair, the specter of ris-ing highway fatalities, growingcongestion, and by a failure tokeep pace with emerging tech-nologies,” according to preparedtestimony Chao plans to deliverto the Senate Commerce, Scienceand Transportation Committee.

Chao, 63, is expected to beeasily confirmed by the Senate.She was labor secretary duringGeorge W. Bush’s administration,and deputy transportation secre-tary under President George H.W.Bush, making her better knownthan some nominees. She is alsothe wife of Senate MajorityLeader Mitch McConnell, andmany senators have a personalrelationship with her.

But she hasn’t been immunefrom criticism. Unions say thatas labor secretary she mostlysided with industry when enforc-ing labor and safety rules.

In her testimony, Chao advo-cates using “innovative financingtools” that can “take full advan-tage of the estimated trillions incapital that equity firms, pensionfunds and endowments caninvest.” She says private invest-ment should be “incentivizedwith a bold, new vision.”

She doesn’t detail those incen-tives, but a paper written by twoeconomic advisers to President-elect Donald Trump recommendsproviding $137 billion in taxcredits to infrastructureinvestors. His advisers predictthat will generate about $1 tril-lion in investment over 10 years.

But transportation expertsnote that investors are interestedonly in transportation projectsthat produce revenue, like tollroads, and there are relativelyfew large projects like that. Theysay states need help with a grow-ing backlog of maintenance andrepair projects for aging high-ways, bridges and transit sys-tems. Providing tax incentivesalso runs the risk of providing awindfall to investors for projectsthat would have been built any-way.

Trump repeatedly promisedduring the campaign to spend $1trillion on roads, bridges, rail-ways, airports and other types ofinfrastructure. It’s one of theprincipal ways he said he wouldcreate jobs. But he has said littleabout this since the election.

Republican congressional lead-ers have said they’ll wait to seewhat Trump proposes beforetackling an infrastructure bill.Trump has said he expects to beoccupied early in his administra-tion with cutting taxes andrepealing President BarackObama’s health care overhaul.Infrastructure isn’t expected tobe dealt with until late spring.

As transportation secretary,Chao would be responsible forregulating auto, truck, train,transit, pipeline and aviationsafety. The department frequent-ly faces pressure from industry torelax safety rules and block newones.

Rex Tillerson

Russia friend and sanctions foe,Tillerson gets hearing

Official: Trump briefed on potentially compromising reportWASHINGTON (AP) — Top intelligence offi-

cials last week told President-elect DonaldTrump about an unsubstantiated report thatRussia had compromising personal and finan-cial information about him, a U.S. officialsays.

The briefing about the document was firstreported by CNN. A summary of the allega-tions was separate from a classified assess-ment of Russia’s suspected attempts to med-dle in the U.S. presidential election. Trumpand President Barack Obama were briefed onthe intelligence community’s findings lastweek.

Shortly after news reports were publishedabout the briefing, Trump tweeted: “FAKENEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!”

And in Moscow, a spokesman for PresidentVladimir Putin denied the report. SpokesmanDmitry Peskov on Wednesday dismissed it asa “complete fabrication and utter nonsense.”He insisted that the Kremlin “does not engagein collecting compromising material.”

A U.S. official told The Associated Press onTuesday that intelligence officials hadinformed Trump about an unsubstantiatedreport that Russia had compromising person-al and financial information about him.Trump was holding a previously schedulednews conference Wednesday to discuss hisfuture plans regarding his role with theTrump Organization. The official who dis-

cussed the briefing by intelligence figuresspoke on condition of anonymity because theofficial was not allowed to publicly discuss thematter.

The unsubstantiated dossier on Trump wascompiled by a former Western intelligenceoperative as part of an opposition researchproject originally financed by a Republicanclient who opposed Trump, and later fundedby Democrats, according to Mother Jones,which published an article about the report inOctober and said the operative had turnedover the report to the FBI. The New York Timesreported the operative had previously workedfor British intelligence. The Associated Presshas not been able to substantiate the informa-tion in the dossier, which misspelled the nameof Russia’s largest bank.

The dossier contains unproven informationabout close coordination between Trump’sinner circle and Russians about hacking intoDemocratic accounts as well as unprovenclaims about unusual sexual activities byTrump among other suggestions attributed toanonymous sources. The Associated Press hasnot authenticated any of the claims.

It’s unclear why the intelligence officialsdecided to brief the president and Trump onthe uncorroborated information at this time,but lawmakers and others have repeatedlynoted that Russia collects intelligence on bothDemocrats and Republicans.

“The Russians also hacked systems associ-ated with the Republicans. They just chosenot to release that material yet,” Sen. MarkWarner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat onthe Senate intelligence committee, saidTuesday. “There’s nothing that prevents themfrom doing so at a time of their choosing in thefuture.”

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said in aninterview Tuesday on NBC’s “Late Night withSeth Meyers” that “nobody has sourced it.They’re all unnamed, unspoken sources in thestory.” She said it may have originated with aRussian investigator or groups that wantedHillary Clinton to win the White House.

The report had been circulating inWashington for months. In October, formerSenate Minority Leader Harry Reid wrote theFBI asking the bureau to publicly disclosewhat it knew about the Trump campaign’s tiesto Russia. Reid was aware of the dossierbefore he wrote the letter, according to a per-son knowledgeable about the subject whospoke on condition of anonymity because thisperson was not authorized to speak publiclyabout the matter.

FBI Director James Comey refused earlierTuesday to say whether the FBI was investi-gating any possible ties between Russia andTrump’s presidential campaign, citing policynot to comment on what the FBI might ormight not be doing.

Things to know about Trump’s Cabinet confirmation hearings

By The Associated Press

Under the U.S. Constitution,the Senate has sole authority toconfirm a president’s nominee toserve in the Cabinet. And whilePresident-elect Donald Trumpcan’t officially nominate anyoneuntil he becomes president onJan. 20, the Senate is getting anearly start this week on his choicesfor several top jobs in his adminis-tration.

The action began Tuesday withTrump’s pick for attorney general,Jeff Sessions, a longtime senatorfrom Alabama, and retired MarineGen. John Kelly, named by Trumpto head the Department ofHomeland Security.

By holding hearings beforeInauguration Day, the Senate canmove quickly once Trump takesthe oath of office and formally sub-mits his Cabinet nominees forapproval.

Republicans have a narrowmajority in the Senate, meaningthe hearings are unlikely to makeor break nominations. Most, if notall, will go through.

But the hearings offer senatorsan opportunity to explore thebackgrounds of Trump’s team andplans for the agencies they willsoon lead. For Democrats, thehearings offer a high-profile stageto challenge Trump’s proposals.

Here’s a look at this week’s con-firmation hearings:

ATTORNEY GENERAL

The lead-off confirmation hear-ing was Alabama Sen. JeffSessions, one of the most conser-vative members of the Senate anda pick that has generated some ofthe strongest Democratic opposi-tion.

Sessions promised that asAmerica’s top law enforcementofficer, he would crack down on

illegal immigration, gun violenceand “radical Islamic terrorism.” Hesaid he opposes barring Muslimsfrom entering the United States, aTrump campaign proposal fromwhich the Republican later backedaway.

Sessions also promised torecuse himself from any investiga-tion into former Democratic presi-dential candidate Hillary Clinton,citing comments he’d made duringthe campaign. The FBI concludedlast year that Clinton should notface criminal charges for using aprivate email system while servingas secretary of state.

Democrats have questionedSessions’ commitment to civilrights and oppose his hard lineposition on immigration. OneDemocratic senator, Cory Bookerof New Jersey, plans to testifyagainst Sessions — a rare instanceof a senator testifying against acolleague seeking a Cabinet post.

HOMELAND SECURITY

Trump’s pick for HomelandSecurity secretary isn’t controver-sial, unlike the issues he’ll poten-tially face in office.

Retired Marine Gen. John Kellyis well-regarded by Democrats andRepublicans alike and his confir-mation is almost assured. Hejoined the Marines in 1970, servedthree tours in Iraq and is the for-mer head of U.S. SouthernCommand, which works closelywith Homeland Security on issuesthat include drug smuggling andillegal immigration. His son,Marine 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, waskilled in Afghanistan.

As Homeland Security secre-tary, Kelly would have a key role inadvancing Trump’s agenda onimmigration and border security,including the president-elect’spromise to build a wall on theMexican border and to deport mil-

lions of immigrants living in theU.S. illegally.

Kelly told lawmakers that pre-venting the “illegal movement ofpeople and things” would be histop priority if confirmed.

Republicans and Democratscame away from a confirmationhearing Tuesday singing Kelly’spraises.

Democratic Sen. ClaireMcCaskill of Missouri said she wascomforted and confident he will bea moderating influence onPresident-elect Trump.

Kelly would be the fifth personto lead the Department ofHomeland Security, whichincludes agencies that protect thepresident, respond to disasters,enforce immigration laws, protectthe nation’s coastlines, fight drugsmuggling and secure air travel.

WEAKENED DEMOCRATS

Most, if not all, of Trump’s picksare expected to win confirmation.While Republicans only hold a 52-48 advantage in the Senate,Democrats changed the Senate’sfilibuster rules in 2013. Thatmeans Trump’s choice can winconfirmation on a simple majorityvote along party lines.

Still, Democrats are pressing formore information about several ofthe nominees who are some of thewealthiest people in America. SaidSenate Minority Leader ChuckSchumer, D-N.Y.: “So many ofthem are billionaires and corpo-rate titans with complex financingholdings that raise the possibilityof conflicts of interest, whichrequires careful scrutiny.”

The independent Office ofGovernment Ethics, responsiblefor ensuring that nominees avoidany conflicts of interest, told theSenate late last week that in somecases it hadn’t received even draftfinancial disclosure reports.

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Afterweeks of airstrikes and artilleryfire, Mosul’s al-Salam hospital islittle more than a burnt-outshell. Retaken from the IslamicState group by Iraqi forces thismonth, the building’s top floorswere almost completelydestroyed.

The gardens around the com-plex are strewn with medicalrecords and supplies. Bright bluehospital bedsheets hang fromnearby trees.

The hospital in eastern Mosulwas the scene of one of the mostsignificant setbacks for Iraqitroops in the nearly 3-monthoperation to retake Iraq’s sec-ond-largest city. On Dec. 6, afteradvancing too quickly, Iraqiforces found themselves sur-rounded by IS fighters in thehospital complex. Pummeled bywave upon wave of militantcounterattacks, dozens werekilled and wounded, according toIraqi military and hospital offi-cials, eventually forcing a with-drawal.

Some Iraqi army officersblamed the setback on insuffi-cient air support by the U.S.-ledcoalition. Others faulted poorleadership and a lack of coordi-nation among the many dis-parate Iraqi forces participatingin the Mosul offensive, includingtribal and militia fighters whomaintain their own commandstructures.

Following the December with-drawal, Iraq’s elite rapid-response unit joined the Iraqiarmy on Mosul’s southeast front

and the U.S.-led coalitionincreased its air campaign,despite an initial reluctance touse airstrikes against IS in thevicinity of the hospital.

Over the past month, coalitionplanes dropped 25 bombs on thehospital complex, according to aPentagon statement provided toThe Associated Press. Afterweeks of static front lines, therenewed air and ground assaultbrought Iraqi forces to the edgeof the Tigris River. Since theMosul operation was launched inOctober, Iraqi forces have slowlyclawed back about a third of thecity.

“We have more experience inurban areas,” said Brig. Gen.Mehdi Abbas Abdullah, a com-mander of the rapid-responseunit, explaining why his forceswere able to eventually retakethe hospital. Before joining theMosul fight, he led men inFallujah and Khaldiya in Iraq’sAnbar province.

But one of his men said airpower rather than ground forcesplayed the key role.

“Honestly, the battle was 75percent fought from the air,” saidSgt. Maj. Hassan Ali Jalil,acknowledging the military’scontinued reliance on coalitionairstrikes despite months ofcoalition training.

The Iraqi army’s 9th division,which led the fight for the hospi-tal until being forced to withdrawlast month, is an armored unitdesigned to fight on open terrainrather than in dense urban envi-ronments.

On Tuesday, half a dozendestroyed Iraqi army tanks filleda parking lot beside the hospital.The large, cumbersome vehicleswere captured by the IS fighterswho were moving around thebattlefield, across rooftops andthrough tunnels connecting thebasements of buildings.

The commander of the 9thdivision, Lt. Gen. Qassim JassimNazal, visited the hospital com-plex Tuesday for the first timesince he was forced to withdrawlast month. Walking past thebombed-out buildings, he askedto be shown the destroyed vehi-cles left behind by his unit.

“This is like a revenge toreturn to this place,” said Nazal,adding that his men were unableto fight back against the IS fight-ers and the waves of car bombsthey unleashed without heavy air

support. “They were not normalcar bombs. Each one was like anatomic blast,” he said.

The hospital basement hadbeen transformed into an ISbunker. Dozens of mattressesfilled rooms, ammunition andbody armor lined hallways andIslamic religious texts were piledatop shelves.

There was no evidence to sug-gest the complex was being usedas a hospital to treat civilians atthe time of the attack: medicalrecords viewed by an AP team atthe scene were dated more thana year ago.

Coalition spokesman U.S.Army Col. John Dorrian said itwas “clear” the hospital wasbeing used by IS as a headquar-ters and was no longer beingused as a facility to treat civil-ians.

“If the enemy is going to usefacilities like (hospitals) as astorage place for weapons or asan operations headquarters, wewill strike those kinds of facili-ties,” Dorrian said, adding thatthe practice is consistent withthe laws of armed conflict.

Retaking the hospital hasallowed Iraqi forces to punchdeeper into Mosul and reach theedge of the Tigris River thatdivides the city’s east and west.

The city’s Yarimjah neighbor-hood, just a few hundred yards(meters) from the banks of theTigris, is now the front line in theMosul fight. Children played inits narrow streets on Tuesday,scattering and hiding at thesound of mortars and rockets fly-ing overhead.

“We learned what that soundmeans,” said 13-year-old Hamid

Mahmood, playing in front of hishome with his younger brothers.

Over the past three months,Saif Ahmed, 23, estimates thatmore than 30 people from hisneighborhood alone have died inthe clashes between Iraqi troopsand IS fighters.

In just the past week, his fam-ily has buried his sister-in-lawand her infant daughter. Thewoman was killed in a mortarattack. Days later, her 10-day-old baby died after contractingdiarrhea.

Iraqi Capt. Mazin Mohammad,stationed in Yarimjah, said Iraqiforces there are especially vul-nerable to mortar attacksbecause of the open fields sepa-rating his men from IS positionson the far bank of the Tigris.

“It’s an open area and they cansee us coming,” he said.


Fierce battles leave hospital in Iraqi city of Mosul guttedAP photo

IrAqI securIty forcesflash V signs for victory outsideal-Salam hospital in Mosul, Iraq,on Tuesday. The Mosul hospitalhas been left almost completelygutted by the battle to retake it.Al-Salam hospital was the sceneof one of the most significantsetbacks for Iraqi troops in theMosul operation, but was retak-en this month after a stepped-upcampaign of U.S.-led coalitionairstrikes, despite the coalition’sinitial reluctance to use airstrikesagainst IS there.

Jewish-American pros look to boost baseball in Israel

AP photo

In thIs Photo MAde on JAn. 5, Ryan Lavarnway, an American professional baseball player, signsautographs to Israeli fans before the practice at the Baptist Village sport complex near Petah Tikva,Israel. Israel has just one proper baseball diamond, and most Israelis know next to nothing about thegame. Yet the country has emerged as a potential spoiler in the upcoming World Baseball Classic thanksto quirky regulations that allow it to pack its squad with American pro players of Jewish descent.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) —Israel has just one baseball-spe-cific field, and most Israelis knowlittle about the game. Yet thecountry has emerged as a poten-tial spoiler in the upcoming WorldBaseball Classic thanks to quirkyregulations that allow it to packits squad with American pro play-ers of Jewish descent.

Major leaguers Ike Davis, SamFuld and Ryan Lavarnway wereamong 10 team members who vis-ited Israel for the first time thismonth to get a glimpse of thecountry and people they will rep-resent — and to boost a sport thatremains on the fringes of the localathletic scene.

It’s a match that benefits bothsides. For Israel, the option of tap-ping into a deep pool of Jewish bigleaguers offers a rare opportunityto compete internationally againstpowerhouses like the U.S., Japanand the Dominican Republic andlift baseball out of its longtimeobscurity in the Holy Land. Forthe players, it’s a chance to playin the high-profile tournamentand connect with roots many did-n’t even realize they had.

“It was just really weirdbecause it’s not something that Ireally ever associated much with,”said New York Mets infielder TyKelly, whose mother is Jewish. “Ihope that I am not taking it toolightly. It’s definitely an honor,and I definitely appreciate the factthat it is a possibility.”

Tournament rules allow coun-tries to field players who are eligi-ble for citizenship — even if theyare not actual citizens. Israelgrants automatic citizenship toanyone with at least one Jewishgrandparent.

It’s hardly the only country totap into foreign talent under theso-called heritage clause. Italy,South Africa and the Netherlandsall managed to field U.S. majorleaguers in the 2006, 2009 and2013 tournaments through simi-lar citizenship rules. Italy’s roster,for example, has previouslyincluded Hall of Famer MikePiazza and Chicago Cubs All-StarAnthony Rizzo. The Boston RedSox’s All-Star shortstop Xander

Bogaerts, born in the DutchCaribbean island of Aruba, isplanning to play for theNetherlands in this year’s tourna-ment.

The Israeli team has reliedalmost exclusively on players withthe loosest of links to their sup-posed homeland to advance to theshowcase tournament, wherethey are the lowest ranked team(#41 in the world) and the last ofthe 16 to qualify.

Peter Kurz, president of theIsrael Association of Baseball,said the weeklong visit was aimedat creating a closer bond.

“It’s true. Many of them didn’thave bar mitzvahs,” he said. “Butthey are getting much more incontact with their heritage playingfor Israel and being here.”

During their brief stay, theplayers got a crash course onIsrael, visiting holy sites inJerusalem, trendy Tel Aviv and anIsraeli Air Force base — wheresome got to sit in the cockpit of afighter jet. They climbed Masada,dipped in the Dead Sea and puton a brief clinic for local kids,wowing the crowd with moonshothomers.

Baseball has historically beenone of the most popular sportsamong American Jews, and therehas consistently been a Jewishpresence in the major leagues,from Hall of Famers HankGreenberg and Sandy Koufax tomodern day All-Stars like RyanBraun, Ian Kinsler and JocPederson. But in sports-madIsrael, soccer and basketball reignsupreme while baseball is stillmostly a curiosity.

For decades, it was the domainof a small but loyal group ofAmerican immigrants and failedto catch on with the rough-and-tumble native-born Israelis who,when it came to importedAmerican sports, took more of aliking to the hard-hitting natureof football. In 2007, a group ofAmerican supporters launchedthe Israel Baseball League, a pro-fessional league comprised almostentirely of foreign players thatfolded after just one season.

Davis, a former New York Mets

first baseman, said he hoped theexposure that comes with playingagainst the world’s best will final-ly elevate baseball in Israel. Davis,whose mother is Jewish and lostmuch of her family in theHolocaust, said the experiencehas made him feel closer to Israeland want to connect deeper to hisroots.

“I feel like that’s what basicallyIsrael was born on,” he said.“Jewish people have a home hereno matter where they live.”

As for wearing Israel across hischest?

“It’s representing your past,your heritage, your history.What’s in your blood,” said Davis,29.

Members of the team that wonthe qualifying round inSeptember agreed to wear aJewish skullcap for the nationalanthem during the first game ofthe tournament. But then —superstitious ballplayers thatthey are — they continued the rit-ual as they rode a winning streakuntil beating Great Britain toadvance to the tournament.

It is not yet clear whether theteam will continue the practicewhen they head to Seoul in Marchto play host South Korea, ChineseTaipei and The Netherlands inPool B.

Kurz said there are about 1,000active players in Israel, and prizemoney from the WBC should helpfinance two additional regulationfields being built. In the mean-time, he is continuing hissleuthing efforts to identify poten-tial Jewish ballplayers who canhelp the cause and verify theirheritage. In one case, to prove oneplayer’s eligibility, he said he hadto track down a picture of thegravesite of a grandparent toshow there was a Jewish Star ofDavid on the headstone.

“They are all legitimate playerswho have Jewish blood andJewish heritage,” he said.

For Kelly, the thrill of suitingup for Israel was comparable tofulfilling his lifelong dream whenhe was called up to the bigleagues last year after eight sea-sons in the minors.

Dozens killed as fighting rages at Yemen’s Red Sea strait

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Heavyfighting continued to rageWednesday near the strategicRed Sea strait of Bab al-Mandab in western Yemen,leaving dozens dead andwounded, security officials said.

Since Monday, fightersaligned with Yemen’s interna-tionally recognized PresidentAbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi havebeen making advances and seiz-ing more territory from Yemen’sHouthi rebels, the officials said.Warplanes from the Saudi-ledcoalition provided air cover forHadi’s forces, they said, speak-ing on condition of anonymitybecause they were not author-ized to speak to the media.

The battles are part of the so-called Golden Spear operationlaunched by the coalition andHadi’s government and aimedat uprooting Houthis and alliedforces from the western coast,starting from the strait of Babal-Mandab and extending to thevital Red Sea ports of Mokhaand Hodeida. The coalition

accuses Houthis of using theseports to receive supplies ofarms and ammunition fromIran.

Fadl Hassan, commander ofthe 4th Military District, toldThe Associated Press that anadvanced phase of the operationwould be the liberation of theembattled city of Taiz, which isdivided between Houthi rebelsand pro-Hadi forces.

The war in Yemen is enteringits second year after Houthisseized the capital Sanaa andforced Hadi to flee the country.The Saudi-led coalition haswaged an extensive air cam-paign since March 2015 aimedat restoring Hadi’s government.The northern region remainsunder Houthi control.

In Sanaa, officials and wit-nesses said that two airstrikeshit a gas station near a schoolin the Nihm district outsideSanaa, the capital. Theairstrikes killed at least sixcivilians including children.They said that the school itself

wasn’t targeted in Tuesday’sairstrikes.

Meritxell RelaÃ±o, theUNICEF representative inYemen, condemned the attacks,saying that one child was con-firmed dead and four otherswere wounded.

The coalition has come underheavy criticism by internationalrights groups for carrying outattacks against civilians includ-ing schools, markets, hospitalsand residential areas. More than4,200 civilians have been killedand the fighting has left morethan three million people dis-placed.

Relao said in a Wednesdaystatement that a total 1,400 chil-dren have been killed and morethan 2,140 wounded since thewar started. She said about 1,400of them had been recruited by thewarring parties. Over 2,000schools are no longer being usedbecause they were destroyed,used as shelters for the displacedor occupied by fighters and usedfor military purposes.

AP photo

In thIs Photo tAken MondAy, pregnant Sharon Andisi, 23, crouches down outside the PumwaniMaternity Hospital, after being turned away because of a month-long strike by state doctors, in Nairobi,Kenya.

Despite suffering without doctors, Kenyans support strikeNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A wave

of contractions forces SharonAndisi to crouch by the dusty taxirank outside a hospital. Althoughshe is about to give birth, she hasjust been turned away fromKenya’s only public maternityhospital because of a month-longstrike by state doctors.

As a crowd gathers around heroutside the Pumwani MaternityHospital, a taxi driver offers totake Andisi to a private hospital.Like most Kenyans, Andisi, 23,an out-of-work teacher, cannotafford the $100 fee the privateclinic charges for a delivery with-out complications, compared tothe $15 charged in public facili-ties, but she has no choice.

Just as she makes it to thereception at Edna Clinic, Andisigives birth to a baby girl shenames Rosa.

Andisi was lucky. A localbroadcaster, Citizen TV Saturday,followed a pregnant womanwhose baby died after she wasturned away from Pumwani hos-pital, where more than 350 moth-ers give birth a week during nor-

mal operations.Such scenes have become fre-

quent across Kenya as the doc-tors’ strike stretches into a sec-ond month. The strike began onDec. 5. The doctors are adamantthat President Uhuru Kenyatta’sgovernment must honor a collec-tive bargaining agreement itsigned in 2013 to increase theirsalaries by 180 percent.

The strike has caused a near-total paralysis in the health sec-tor and dozens are believed tohave died from a lack of emer-gency services. Early inDecember, Kenyatta said at least20 people had died as a result ofthe strike.

Kenyatta has twice asked thedoctors to return to work, firstappealing to their humanity forthe suffering masses and thenoffering a partial increase of thesalary hikes negotiated in agree-ment with doctors in 2013.

The Kenya MedicalPractitioners Pharmacists andDentist Union rejected both offersand urged the government to paythe salary increases it promised

three years ago.In 2012, doctors went on strike

to protest the dilapidated state ofpublic health care. Emergencyrooms in some of Kenya’s publichospitals frequently don’t havegloves or medicine, and poweroutages sometimes force doctorsto use their cell phones to provideadequate light for a surgical pro-cedure.

“We are totally fed up,” saidunion official Dr. Nelly Bosire.Despite the high level of academicqualifications required to becomea doctor, doctors in public hospi-tals earn a basic monthly salaryof $400, compared to a Kenyanlegislator who earns about$13,600 a month, Bosire said.She said doctors have been press-ing for pay increases since 1984.

Kenyatta’s administrationargues that the doctors’ demandswill set off pay hike demandsfrom other civil servants.Meanwhile, Kenya’s health min-istry is being investigated by theEthics and Anti-Corruption com-mission for the loss of millions ofdollars.

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MIAMI (AP) — Two more tropi-cal disease-carrying mosquitoeshave been found on the U.S.mainland for the first time,caught in traps near Florida'sEverglades.

The scientists involved say thiscould raise the risk of mosquito-borne viruses reaching peopleand birds, but health officials sayit's too early to sound an alarm.

The new arrivals from LatinAmerica and the Caribbean —Culex panocossa and Aedeomyiasquamipennis — were trapped inOctober in rural areas borderingEverglades National Park byUniversity of Florida Institute ofFood and Agricultural Sciencesentomologist Nathan Burkett-Cadena and Florida MedicalEntomology Laboratoryresearcher Erik Blosser.

Their research is being pub-lished in the Journal of MedicalEntomology and the journal ActaTropica.

In the traps, they discoveredthat native species were crowdedout by thousands of Culexpanocossa mosquitoes and hun-dreds of Aedeomyia squamipen-nis mosquitoes.

Both species can be found on afew Caribbean islands as well asfrom Mexico into South America.They lay their eggs on water let-tuce — invasive weeds that float

in the canals, drainage ditchesand other waterways crisscross-ing Florida neighborhoods.

"'Hundreds' is substantial, par-ticularly when you get a hundredfrom a single trap. This is not asingle specimen that blew in froma storm — this is a reproducingspecies," Burkett-Cadena said.

About 15 invasive mosquitoesnow live in Florida, including ninethat have arrived in the lastdecade. One, Aedes aegypti, isblamed for spreading the Zikavirus, along with dengue feverand chikungunya.

The new arrivals are anothersign that climate change, alongwith increased tourism and globaltrade, has made Florida morehospitable to exotic species,Burkett-Cadena said.

Health officials downplayed theimmediate cause for concern,saying more research was need-ed.

"We have seen in Florida someinvasive mosquito species thathave become significant and oth-ers that have not," FloridaDepartment of Health spokes-woman Mara Gambineri said inan email Tuesday.

One of roughly 200 mosquitospecies worldwide known totransmit diseases to humans,Culex panocossa can spreadVenezuelan equine encephalitis,

a family of viruses that includesthe Everglades virus.

The native Florida mosquitoBurkett-Cadena and Blosserwere hoping to trap also caninfect humans with Evergladesvirus, but it rarely has the oppor-tunity to do so because humansrarely venture into its remotewetlands habitat.

The new Culex species inFlorida lives closer to civilization,potentially increasing the risk ofEverglades virus exposure,Burkett-Cadena said.

Aedeomyia squamipennisspreads bird malarias, includingthe kinds that have devastatedHawaii's native bird populations.These parasites already arefound in Florida, but the intro-duction of a new carrier thatfeeds predominantly on birdscould be worrisome for strugglingFlorida birds, Burkett-Cadenasaid.

Gambineri said many factorscan determine whether a dis-ease-carrying invasive speciesbecomes a significant concern,such as its choice of host, itshabitat, its tolerance of coolertemperatures and competitionfrom other species.

Janet McAllister, a medicalentomologist with the U.S.Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, said other species

capable of transmittingVenezuelan equine encephalitisalready live in the country. Themost recent U.S. outbreak was inthe 1970s, infecting humans andhorses in Texas and Louisiana.

"It's pretty complex and prettydifficult for virus transmission tooccur, which is a good thing,"McAllister said.


NEW YORK (AP) — Thehottest Broadway show isshining its spotlight on a col-lection of historic Americandocuments: AlexanderHamilton's letters, being auc-tioned at Sotheby's.

Javier Munoz, who playshim in the Broadway musical,got teary-eyed Tuesday as heheld the only known letterfrom Hamilton's son Philip tothe man addressed as "Papa."The son asks his father foradvice on a written presenta-tion, noting that his mentorhad deleted a sentenceHamilton liked best.

"I'm overwhelmed," saidMunoz, who held the delicateold piece of paper unprotected,asking permission to flip itover. "It's sort of like walkinginto someone's apartment andlooking at the desk where theywork. And that's so revealingabout how their mind works."

Dozens of the letters pennedby one of the nation's foundingfathers will go on the blockJan. 18, with an estimatedworth starting at $1.4 millionand topping $2 million. ButSotheby's expects the feverishinterest in the megahit"Hamilton" likely will driveprices up.

The most valuable item ofthe auction, estimated at$300,000 to $500,000, is oneof Hamilton's "Pacificus"essays probing a contentiousissue — George Washington's

declaration of his nation's neu-trality in the conflict betweenFrance and Great Britain.

"This is a unique conjunc-tion of historical material withthe popular zeitgeist," saidSelby Kiffer, the auctionhouse's expert on books andmanuscripts. "I have not expe-rienced anything like thisbefore."

The designer of the show'ssets, David Korins, also creat-ed parts of Sotheby'sAmericana exhibit space thatincludes the kind of furnitureand art that surroundedHamilton in his daily life.

Above the displays, Korinsstrung bunjee-like tensioncords in red, white and blue aslinks leading visitors around,reflecting the threads of anAmerican flag.

Munoz said that readingHamilton's private thoughts oneverything from his love lifeand political career to war andeven gardening will have adeep effect on his perform-ance, especially details thatdon't appear on Broadway.

"Part of the awe for me ishow casual so much of this is,"said Munoz, who with Korinsgiggled as they pored over oneletter in which Hamilton writesflirtatious words to his sister-in-law, Angelica Church.

People expect every wordand letter of such manuscriptsto be lifted to historical dimen-sions, Munoz said, "mean-

while, it's like, 'hey, how areyou?' — you know, like mytweet to somebody, or I just

texted my mom."The letters belong to

Hamilton's descendants.

Alexander Hamilton's letters are to be auctioned in NYC

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

A locK of Alexander Hamilton's hair displayed with an auto-graphed letter written by Elizabeth (Eliza) Schuyler Hamilton pre-senting the hair from her late husband to sister-in-law Mary AnnSawyer Schuyler is displayed, Tuesday at Sotheby's in NewYork. It is part of a collection of letters penned by one of theAmerica's Founding Fathers to be offered up for auction Jan. 18.This lock and letter is are part of a trove of artifacts related toAlexander Hamilton, including love letters to his wife Eliza, withan estimated worth starting at $1.4 million and topping $2 million.

VW emissions-cheating deal could put someemployees in hot seat

DETROIT (AP) — The imminentcriminal plea deal betweenVolkswagen and U.S. prosecutorsin an emissions-cheating scandalcould be bad news for one groupof people: VW employees who hada role in the deceit or subsequentcover-up.

VW on Tuesday disclosed thatit is in advanced talks to settlethe criminal case by pleadingguilty to unspecified charges andpaying $4.3 billion in criminaland civil fines, a sum far largerthan any recent case involvingthe auto industry. The govern-ment scheduled a news confer-ence Monday afternoon toannounce settlement details.

It’s likely that VW will agree tocooperate in the probe of individ-ual employee wrongdoing, whichwill continue. The company prob-ably has agreed to turn over doc-uments and other information,said David M. Uhlmann, a formerchief of the Justice Department’sEnvironmental Crimes Sectionwho is now a University ofMichigan law professor.

“Companies often face thedilemma of whether to protecttheir employees or cooperate withgovernment investigations, butalmost always end up deciding inthe company’s best interest toshare what information theyhave,” Uhlmann said.

That appeared to be the per-ception among investors, whosent company shares up nearly 3percent in afternoon tradingWednesday in Frankfurt.

Although VW’s communica-tions with lawyers may beexempt, emails between employ-ees and company executivesshould help prosecutors reachas far up VW’s organizationalchart as the scandal went, hesaid. Prosecutors now havethree witnesses giving theminformation and have arrestedOliver Schmidt, VW’s formerhead of U.S. environmental com-pliance who dealt with the EPAand California Air ResourcesBoard after the scandal wasuncovered.

The cooperation of witnessesand the company should helpinvestigators determine if thescandal went beyond VW’s engi-neers, Uhlmann said. But extra-

diting any executives fromGermany would be a problem.

Volkswagen has admittedequipping diesel cars withsophisticated software thatturned on emissions controlswhen engines were being testedby the Environmental ProtectionAgency, then turned them offduring normal driving. The soft-ware, called a “defeat device”because it defeated the emissionscontrols, improved engine per-formance but spewed out harm-ful nitrogen oxide at up to 40times above the legal limit.

Volkswagen has reached a $15billion civil settlement with envi-ronmental authorities and carowners in the U.S. under which itagreed to buy back up to 500,000vehicles. The company also facesan investor lawsuit and criminalprobe in Germany. In all, some11 million vehicles worldwidewere equipped with the software.

The criminal investigation like-ly will continue into the adminis-tration of President-elect DonaldTrump and attorney generalnominee Sen. Jeff Sessions.Uhlmann, who served underRepublican and Democraticattorneys general, doesn’t thinkthe new administration will backoff from the VW prosecution.

“All administrations want to betough on crime, including corpo-rate crime,” he said. “I doubt theTrump administration will be anydifferent.”

A draft of the VW settlementwith the government calls for theappointment of an independentmonitor to oversee complianceand control measures for threeyears. The draft still must beapproved by Volkswagen’s boardsand U.S. courts.

The scandal was revealed inSeptember 2015, when WestVirginia University tested on-road diesel emissions. The EPAissued a notice of violation, andVW apologized and brought inU.S. law firm Jones Day to inves-tigate.

If finalized, a $4.3 billion set-tlement would eclipse Toyota’s$1.2 billion penalty over unin-tended acceleration problems aswell as General Motors’ $900 mil-lion payment to resolve a deadlyignition-switch scandal.

2 new invasive mosquitoes found in Florida

Thousands urged to flee ahead of flooding SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —

Authorities urged thousands ofpeople in Northern California toevacuate homes as rivers swollenby four days of heavy rain threat-ened to crest above flood level,even as another day of showerswas forecast for Wednesday.

About 2,000 people in Wilton,a rural California communitynear Sacramento, were asked toleave their homes Tuesdayevening, as emergency crews andofficials worked to try to bolster aCosumnes River levee inSacramento County. The riverwas projected to overflow itsbanks Wednesday morning.

Sacramento County emer-gency services official Mary JoFlynn said water was expected tostart spill over the levee, floodinglow-lying roads and buildingswith up to 1 foot of water.

Flynn pointed out many of thehomes along the path of a possi-ble flood are built on berms or siton relatively higher ground.

An evacuation center openedTuesday evening in neighboringElk Grove but some residentssaid they plan to stay put.

"We have no concerns," LillNichols, who with her husbandruns a horse farm near the river,told the Sacramento Bee. "Wehave animals and can't evacuateanyway."

Some 3,000 Sonoma Countyresidents were under an evacua-tion advisory as the Russian

River rose again under poundingrain. Officials red-tagged sevenhomes, ordering residents out,when a rain-soaked embank-ment came crashing down.

Johna Peterson was one of fewresidents who ventured out inthe remote Sonoma County townof Monte Rio. Walking on thebridge across the Russian River,Peterson worried about what thecoming hours and days wouldbring.

"I think it's going to go higher,"Peterson said. "There's nowherefor this water to go."

In nearby Forestville, KathyGranados huddled with twoother people under an awning atthe River Bend RV Park, watch-ing the downpour.

"We're waiting it out," she said."Yesterday the water dropped,but it's going to get higher. We'rejust sitting here. We have no elec-tricity, no heat."

North of San Francisco, peoplewere evacuated Tuesday eveningfrom businesses and homes indowntown San Anselmo after arain-swollen creek broke itsbanks. The Corte Madera Creekwas flowing 1 foot over floodstage, the Marin County Sheriff'sOffice said.

Tuesday's storm was the latestof back-to-back systems —buffered by a brief respiteMonday — that have brought theheaviest rain in a decade to partsof Northern California and

Nevada. More showers were fore-cast for Wednesday morning.

The storms are part of an"atmospheric river" weather phe-nomenon that draws precipita-tion from the Pacific Ocean as farwest as Hawaii. Its impact can becatastrophic.

A blizzard warning was ineffect for parts of the SierraNevada, the first issued in thepast nine years, said ScottMcGuire, a forecaster for theNational Weather Service basedin Reno, Nevada.

"This is definitely a dangerous,life-threatening situation goingon up there," he said. "Peopleshould not attempt to travel atall."

Forecasters warned of up to 10feet of snow in the highest moun-tains, with up to 7 feet of snowaround the resorts of LakeTahoe, high risk of avalanches,and wind gusts to 60 mph. TheSierra ridge had gusts of morethan 100 mph.

Many ski resorts shut downTuesday because of the storm. Anumber of main roads in theSierra were closed, includingInterstate 80, or required chains.

Nearly 3 feet of new snowalready was reported Tuesdaymorning at the top of the MountRose ski resort between Renoand Lake Tahoe. A series ofstorms already has added 33 bil-lion gallons of water to LakeTahoe since Jan. 1.

By WILLIAM WRIGHTLifestyles Editor

Weight loss and a healthierlifestyle are at the top of mostpeople’s list for a great start to anexciting new year.

According to the World HealthOrganization, it is estimated thenumber of overweight and obesepeople has more than doubledover the past 30 years, from 857million in 1980 to more than 1.9billion, 18 and over, in 2014.

In Cleveland, young and oldalike are taking fitness seriously,and making needed changes intheir diet and exercise to improvetheir health. There are a widevariety of local health and well-ness programs to get a person inshape. These programs offerindividual and group supportthat can be used with or withouta personal trainer.

Experts say exercising for 30minutes every day burns calo-ries, decreases stress, improvessleep and builds muscle. TheYMCA is the nation’s largestprovider of health and wellnessprograms. The Cleveland FamilyYMCA offers a wide range ofgroup exercise classes. Whetherit’s aerobics, cardiovasculartraining, strength and resistancetraining or Yoga and Pilates,there’s something for all levels offitness from beginner toadvanced. The classes are notonly a proven way to get inshape, but also a great way tomeet new people, according toDominique Craigmiles andTiffiny Guardia, two YMCA mem-bers who transformed them-selves through diet and exercise,and are now staff members train-ing others.

At one time Craigmilesweighed as much as 440 pounds.But in 2012, he decided to adjusthis eating habits, added cardio-vascular exercise and weightlift-ing to his daily workout and lost213 pounds in 12 months. Todate, the Cleveland native haslost more than 250 pounds andis now inspiring others to shedtheir weight.

Explaining his fitness modifi-cation, he said, “Nutrition iswhat keeps me fit more thananything. Working out keeps memobile. Fitness, honestly, theresult — is physical. But thedrive and the push is all mental.”My motto is: ‘Faith is your guide.Fitness is your drive.’”

Guardia has also seen phe-nomenal changes in her mind,body and spirit. Since embarkingon her weight loss journey twoyears ago, Guardia has shed 142pounds and is still losing weightdue to her diet and exercise rou-tine at the Y. She also teachesZumba at the Y.

According to MembershipDirector Princess Snyder,Guardia is one of the favoritekids’ coaches in the YMCA’sYouth Activity Center. This areais exclusively for boys and girlsages 6-12, and features kid-sizeworkout equipment. Guardiaand other coaches lead kids invarious games, classes and activ-ities that help to get and keepthem fit.

According to the AmericanAcademy of Child and AdolescentPsychiatry, “In the absence of a

physical disorder, the only way tolose weight is to reduce the num-ber of calories being eaten and toincrease the level of physicalactivity. Lasting weight loss canonly occur when there is self-motivation. The reason mostobese adolescents gain backtheir lost pounds is that theytend to go back to their oldhabits of eating and exercising.An obese adolescent must there-fore learn to eat and enjoyhealthy foods in moderateamounts and to exercise regular-ly to maintain a desired weight.”

With the alarming rise in Type2 diabetes in children, expertsare encouraging youths to loseweight by eating healthy andexercising. The National Instituteof Diabetes and Digestive andKidney Disease estimates aboutone-third of children and adoles-cents ages 6 to 19 are consideredto be overweight or obese.According to the AmericanDiabetes Association, “Even asmall amount of weight loss canhelp prevent or delay diabetes.”

The YMCA’s DiabetesPrevention Program is a 12-month program that educatesindividuals on how to adopthealthy eating and physicalactivity habits that have beenproven to reduce the risk ofdeveloping Type 2 diabetes. It isspecifically for people who areoverweight and have “pre-dia-betes” or are at risk for acquiringType 2 diabetes. Open to mem-bers and non-members.

One of their newer programs,“Healthier You In 2,” is beingcalled “a ‘user friendly’ educa-tional program for any healthseeker who is wanting helpdeveloping motivation to lead ahealthier lifestyle.” The programis delivered in two one-hour ses-sions on basic nutrition and theimportance of physical activity.The goal is to help participantsestablish healthy habits and ahealthy lifestyle through nutri-tion and physical activity. The

program is free to members.Wellness Coaches at the Y are

available to discuss health andfitness goals. Whether you areinterested in group exerciseclasses, functional strengthtraining, cardio machines,strength training or aquatics,they will help develop a fitnessplan that best suits you and yourschedule. Children ages 12 to 15can enter the Fitness Center withtheir parents.

Others have found that beingable to work out anytime at a 24-hour fitness facility like WorkoutAnytime is exactly what theyneed to suit their busy lifestyle.Ryan Strother, owner and opera-tor of Workout Anytime inCleveland, said, “At WorkoutAnytime, we want to see youinvest in yourself and reach yourfitness goals in a friendly, clean,and safe environment. We oper-ate a fitness center that pridesitself on having a positive atmos-phere above all else.

“We truly appreciate and try toget to know our members asindividuals. They’re not just anumber in a system. We alsohave on staff several nationallycertified personal trainers to helpyou reach both short and long-term goals. Our staff is friendlyand knowledgeable and arealways willing to give tours andhelp with learning the state ofthe art equipment. All threemembership options allow mem-bers 24/7 access to our facilityand the cost is very budgetfriendly!”

Still others are drawn to a per-sonal training studio likeSpectrum Health and Fitness inCleveland to reach their physicalfitness goals. Gina Tolbert,owner and personal trainer atSpectrum said, “Doing some-thing is better than nothing.Even if it’s not five days a week —doing something — any kind ofexercise is best.”

Married couple David andEllen Smith said they enjoyworking out together atSpectrum. The Cleveland couplesaid having a personal trainerhas been just what they neededto feel better and improve theirhealth.

David joked, “We come so wecan keep eating! We learned dietis 85 percent of the battle. It’s 85percent eating right and 15 per-cent is getting exercise. So we’rehere just doing the 15 percent,”he said with a laugh.

Ellen said, “I worked out hereyears and years ago. I’ve knownGina a long time. I’ve been over-weight most of my life. When I’mhappy I’m overweight. When I’mworried I don’t eat. Well, I’ve beenhappy lately! I’ve lost weight withGina before. Recently, David andI put on weight. We’ve been com-ing here for years. We have fun.Gina is patient and very goodwith people. We like the privacyof a personal trainer.”

Regardless of your age whenyou start, experts say everyonecan benefit from moderate phys-ical exercise. Still, it is recom-

mended that you consult withyour health care provider as animportant first step. Unhealthyweight gain due to poor diet andlack of exercise is responsible formore than 300,000 deaths eachyear. A combination of exercisingand eating right is considered theonly healthful way to succeed inlasting weight loss goals.

To accomplish this, it is sug-gested that you think about whatkind of exercise you’re likely tostick with — whether it be ten-nis, swimming, walking, cyclingor something else — as long asyou make it your regular routine.It’s also important to rememberthat nothing tastes as good asbeing healthy feels. So, if youhaven’t already, make it yourgoal to lengthen your life and addto your joy by eating healthierand getting more exercise.


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William WrightLifestyles Editor

WEDNESDAY

Weight loss and the shape of things to come

Banner photo, WILLIAM WRIGHT

TRAINERS Dominique Craigmiles and Tiffiny Guardia work at theCleveland Family YMCA to help others get in shape and adopt alifestyle of health and fitness. Craigmiles, who trains in functionalstrength training, has lost more than 250 pounds and Guardia, whoteaches Zumba classes, has lost nearly 150 pounds.

Banner photos, WILLIAM WRIGHT

PERSONAL TRAINERS arevery popular for many people try-ing to get in shape. Left, GinaTolbert, owner and personaltrainer at Spectrum in Cleveland,said offering appointments givesmany of her clients exactly whatthey want — one on one atten-tion without distractions. Whilemany people find the supportand social environment receivedduring group exercise is whatthey need, others, like David andEllen Smith, left and right, preferthe privacy of working out with anexclusive personal trainer tobring out their personal best.


BARBELL BLAST is a group exercise, strength training class withhigh energy, heart-pumping music while using a variety of functionalequipment, including some barbell weightlifting, as seen above. Theclass is taught Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Senior fitnessand pickle ball are also health and wellness programs at the YMCA.

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CLEVELAND’S YMCA has a Functional Strength Training pro-gram (FST) designed to promote movements that produce a moreefficient and safe performance of daily and sports activities. FSTincludes biking, as seen above, running, swimming, Pilates, yogaand much more.


MANY PEOPLE want to be able to work out anytime, when considering fitness center activities.Above, Dennis Greene, left, and Lisa Bandy, posed with Ryan Strother, the owner and operator of theWorkout Anytime fitness center in Cleveland. The 24/7 workout schedule is a huge plus for the facility,according to Strother. It seems more and more people in Cleveland are taking their health seriously anddeveloping an exercise routine.


Wright Way

Youths leaving the church?By WILLIAM WRIGHT

Lifestyles Editor

Why are so many young peopleleaving mainline churches withno end to the trend in sight?That’s the question being askedas a result of some surprisingreports from the Association ofReligious Data Archives and a2016 Faith Communities Todaysurvey.

In his February 2016 onlinecolumn titled “Ahead of theTrend,” David Briggs wrote, “Newresearch suggests that not only isthere no end in sight, but thereare few signs of hope for revivalin rapidly aging, shrinkinggroups such as the EpiscopalChurch, the United MethodistChurch and the PresbyterianChurch (U.S.A.) Consider thesefindings from two of the largestsurveys of U.S. congregations:

In just the last five years, thepercentage of mainline Protestantcongregations where more thanone-fifth are ages 18 to 35 hasdecreased dramatically. In 2010,some 4.8 percent of mainlinecongregations reported havingthat large a proportion of youngadults in the pews; by 2015, just1.3 percent reported that high apercentage, according to initialfindings from the 2015 FaithCommunities Today, or FACT,survey. Sociologist David Roozen,a FACT study director, reportedthe findings at the annual meet-ing of the Religious ResearchAssociation.”

Some statistics show 79 per-cent of cradle Catholics are nolonger Catholic by the age of 23and only 30 percent of Americanswho were raised Catholic are stillpracticing. Roozen stated, “Justhow many of today’s strugglingmainline churches will survive inthe next half-century will dependon their ability to embraceyounger generations.”

But younger generations arebecoming disillusioned withorganized religion. Many do notsee religion as progressive whenit comes to social changes in racerelations, gender equality, same-sex relationships, abortion andscientific findings. Many feel thatreligion puts too much emphasison money while religious leaders— unlike their flocks — enjoyextravagant lifestyles. Also, sexscandals involving religious lead-ers and religiously sanctionedviolence have youths more willingto speak out against religioushypocrisy.

Sociologist Scott Thumma ofthe Hartford Institute of ReligionResearch said for many church-

es, it’s no longer “a matter oftweaking a few things. It’s a mat-ter of reinventing yourself, almostrevitalizing yourself, from groundzero.”

Can religious institutions rein-vent themselves to stop thedownward spiral of meetingattendance by youths? Nearly2,000 years ago, Jesus Christprovided the answer to drawingpeople of all ages and nationali-ties to a spiritual movement thatcontinues to thrive today.

Jesus spoke the truth andexposed religious hypocrisy(John 4:24; 8:32; 14:6, Matthew7:15-23). He shared a message oflove, enlightenment and inclu-sion for all those willing to listen,learn and make changes toplease the true God (Matthew11:28-29; 16:24-27, John 17:21-23). Many young people todayexperiment with drugs and sex orbecome members of a clique or agang in an effort to belong and beloved. They need to fill a void.

This void is best filled by par-ents and spiritually mature peo-ple guiding children into a realand meaningful relationship withGod and His only-begotten son,Jesus Christ (John 17:3). Youngones need to be helped to see Godas real and interested in them(1Peter 5:7). They need to betaught the importance of how topray and be heard by God (1John5:14). This takes time, patience,sympathy and love from someonewho also has a close personalrelationship with God and JesusChrist. Do you? Why not askyour child if you can work on thistogether? Make it an excitingfamily project.

Unless parents and teachers ofGod’s Word reach the heart ofyouths and help them feelengaged in their worship, youngadults will continue to turn awayfrom attending Christian meet-ings. They need to feel included,wanted and appreciated. We alldo.

Some children may even aban-don their faith but later come totheir senses. Never give up onyour children. Many youths canattest to the truthfulness ofProverbs 22:6: “Train up a childin the way he should go: andwhen he is old, he will not departfrom it.” — King James Version.

Do all you can to reach out toyour children and make them feela part of God’s diversified family.Remember, each one is trying tofind their way, their place in life,and each one of them is asimportant to God as each one ofus (Luke 15:3-7). Always makethem feel that important to you.

Bruschetta, 3 ways, for a satisfying main dishBy SARA MOULTONAssociated Press

There are few dishes more ele-mental and satisfying thanbruschetta. A mainstay at manyItalian restaurants, it’s an appe-tizer comprising slices of grilledbread adorned with any numberof toppings.

I like to make bruschetta onmy stovetop grill at home duringthe colder months. It’s a winningaccompaniment to just aboutany soup or stew and a reliablefavorite with the family.

Bruschetta is simple to make,but you need to work with high-quality ingredients if you want itto turn out beautifully. Start witha loaf of fresh and crusty rusticbread. Then brush each slice ofbread with your very best extra-virgin olive oil. When the breadcomes off the grill, and while it’sstill hot, rub one side of eachslice with a cut clove of garlic.Then top it off with a light sprin-kling of sea salt.

This recipe spells out three dif-ferent toppings, all vaguelyMediterranean: a white beansalad with fresh fennel thickenedwith mashed beans so that thefilling sticks to the bread;smoked salmon rillettes — finelychopped salmon flavored withcapers, lemon and fresh herbsand bound with sour cream; anda chopped Greek salad. Again, Irecommend using your bestextra-virgin olive oil for thedressings. Each topping yieldsroughly two cups, which shouldbe ample to top four large slicesof grilled bread.

Bruschetta is nothing if notbasic, meaning that just aboutany filling you’d ordinarily putbetween two slices of bread willalso work as a topping forbruschetta: egg salad, tunasalad, runny cheese, hummus,grilled vegetables, you name it.

——SALMON RILLETTESStart to finish: 25 minutesServings: 48 ounces smoked salmon, fine-

ly chopped¼ cup sour cream or Greek

yogurt2 tablespoons minced shallot2 tablespoons finely chopped

fresh chives, tarragon or dill or amix

2 tablespoons well-drainedcapers, chopped

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice2 teaspoons Dijon mustardBlack pepper to taste

In a bowl combine all theingredients and stir gently untiljust combined. Chill until readyto serve.

Nutrition information per serv-ing: 214 calories; 61 caloriesfrom fat; 7 g fat (2 g saturated; 0g trans fats); 89 mg cholesterol;195 mg sodium; 3 g carbohy-drate; 0 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 36 gprotein.

WHITE BEAN SALADStart to finish: 25 minutesServings: 41/3 cup minced red onionOne 15½-ounce can white

beans1/3 cup finely diced fresh fen-

nel or celery1 teaspoon minced garlic2 tablespoons extra-virgin

olive oil2 tablespoons fresh lemon

juice2 tablespoons finely chopped

fresh oregano½ teaspoon hot pepper flakes

(optional)Kosher saltIn a bowl of ice and water, soak

the onion for 15 minutes, drainand pat dry

Drain and rinse the white

beans and pat them dry. In amedium bowl, mash the beansusing a potato masher, leavingabout half in large pieces and therest mashed. Add the onion, fen-nel, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice,oregano, hot pepper flakes, andsalt to taste and stir well. Chilluntil ready to serve.

Nutrition information per serv-ing: 199 calories; 67 caloriesfrom fat; 7 g fat (1 g saturated; 0g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 73mg sodium; 25 g carbohydrate; 5g fiber; 1 g sugar; 8 g protein.

CHOPPED GREEK SALADStart to finish: 20 minutesServings: 41 cup coarsely chopped cherry

tomatoes1/2 cup ¼-inch dice seedless

cucumber½ cup finely cubed or crum-

bled feta1/3 cup coarsely chopped pit-

ted Kalamata olives¼ cup chopped pepperoncini2 tablespoons extra-virgin

olive oil2 tablespoons shredded fresh

basilKosher salt and black pepper

to taste

In a medium bowl, combine allingredients and stir gently untiljust combined. Chill until readyto serve.

Nutrition information per serv-ing: 175 calories; 139 caloriesfrom fat; 15 g fat (4 g saturated;0 g trans fats); 17 mg cholesterol;691 mg sodium; 6 g carbohy-drate; 1 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 4 gprotein.

BRUSCHETTAStart to finish: 10 minutesServings: 412 slices ½-inch thick rustic

breadExtra-virgin olive oil for brush-

ing the bread1 garlic clove, halvedKosher saltPreheat a grill pan over high

heat. Brush both sides of thebread slices with the oil. Add thebread to the preheated grill,reduce the heat to medium, andcook until bread is nicelybrowned on both sides (about 1minute a side).

Remove the bread from thepan and, while it’s still hot, rubone side of each slice with a cutclove of garlic, then sprinkle itvery lightly with kosher salt.

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THIS PHOTO shows salmon salad in a jar, left, next to the white bean salad and chopped greek saladon grilled bread in New York. This recipe spells out three different toppings, all vaguely Mediterranean:a white bean salad with fresh fennel thickened with mashed beans so that the filling sticks to the bread;smoked salmon rillettes, finely-chopped salmon flavored with capers, lemon and fresh herbs and boundwith sour cream; and a chopped Greek salad.

A parade of pinks on the Golden Globes red carpetBy LEANNE ITALIEAssociated Press

The pinks had it Sunday onthe Golden Globes red carpet,from Ryan Michelle Bathe on thearm of hubby Sterling K. Brownto a stunning Lily Collins inprincessy Zuhair Murad, hair upin a loose, dramatic bun.

Collins’ couture gown was alight shade with a floral design.She went with her first choice togo with Harry Winston jewels.

“I love this color. It’s fun, it’sfresh, it’s great,” Collins told E!Entertainment from LosAngeles.

Bathe shimmered in pink nextto her man, who was dressed ina blue tuxedo as was his “This isUs” dad, played by MiloVentimiglia. Dad wore RalphLauren.

Angela Bassett, accompaniedby husband Courtney B. Vance,went for a deeper, reddish shadeof pink in an off-the-shoulderlook, while Karrueche Tranpopped in a neon pink Dolce &Gabbana strapless gown thatthreatened to swallow her whole,tight top knot and all.

Doing frothy, FROTHY pinkwas presenter CarrieUnderwood. It was full-on in thesticky-outy floral embellishmentdepartment on the front, split inmiddle with cutouts at the waistand barely a back.

Presenter Felicity Jones was inbusy, busy pink, courtesy ofGucci. It came with a not-so-good-together shade of nude, infact, with black ruffles at the neckand a black bow at the waist.

Zoe Saldana also wore Guccipink paired with scarlet in silkchiffon. It had an asymmetricaltiered ruffled skirt and blushsatin bow. Emma Stone woreValentino in pale pink with a sil-ver star design.

Those in yellow were led by

“Jackie” queen Natalie Portman,baby bump draped in a three-quarter sleeve dress from Pradawith vintage Tiffany jewelry. Hermatronly look had a high waistand her loose hair was back-swept, worthy of her 1960scharacter.

Emily Ratajkowski was in awhole different kind of yellow, asexy loose gown with slits at theleg and neck. Kerry Washingtonwas golden in Dolce & Gabbanacouture with floral embellish-ment and a touch of crusted sil-ver jewels. Viola Davis went one-shoulder in shimmering dande-lion yellow.

Mandy Moore, who plays wifeto Ventimiglia’s Jack on NBC’s“This is Us,” brought the dramawith a caped gown with a plung-ing black neckline by NaeemKhan. Also in low-cut, oldHollywood black: Kristen Bell.

Ruth Negga, short hair slickedback, was up for a statue andsort of resembled one in a shim-mery silver short-sleeve numberthat hugged her like a bodyglove, from Louis Vuitton. Oneobserver said emergency blanket(like the one in your car trunk)came to mind.

Watery slick hair — short,loose and in tight ponytails —was abundant, including onMillie Bobby Brown.

Velvet, a persistent trend onrunways and red carpets, repre-sented on Chrissy Metz, anothersibling on “This is Us.” She woreit in deep purple, belted in silverat the waist.

Like Negga, Amy Adams wentfor metallic in a Tom Fordsequined gown in inky black andblood red. It was strapless,severely cut across her chest,showing off her fair skin andloose red hair.

“I’m really thrilled because Igot to do ‘Nocturnal Animals’with him,” she said of the

designer. “He’s such a brilliantwriter and director.”

Evan Rachel Wood, in an odeto David Bowie and others,decided on a sharply tailoredcustom tux by Altuzarra. Shehas nothing against gowns. It’s

just: “I want to make sure thatyoung girls know they’re not arequirement.”

Octavia Spencer agreed, walk-ing the red carpet in a classicallycut blue tux designed by afriend.

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RYAN GOSLING, left, and Emma Stone pose in the press roomwith the award for best performance by an actor and actress in amotion picture — musical or comedy for “La La Land” at the 74thannual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sundayin Beverly Hills, Calif.

Mars buying pet health care company VCA in $7.7B dealNEW YORK (AP) — Mars is

buying the pet health care com-pany VCA in a deal valued ataround $7.7 billion.

Mars will pay $93 for eachshare of VCA Inc. That’s a 31percent premium to the Los

Angeles company’s Friday clos-ing price of $70.77.

The companies said Mondaythat the deal also includes $1.4billion in debt.

VCA’s stock is surging morethan 28 percent before the open-

ing bell.VCA has nearly 800 animal

hospitals and 60 diagnostic lab-oratories in the U.S. andCanada.

Mars Inc., based in McLean,Virginia, is the food and drinks

company that owns the Wrigleybrand, and it also has a pet caredivision. VCA will operate as aseparate unit of Mars’ pet carebusiness.

The deal still needs approvalfrom VCA shareholders.

You can use your treadmill formore than a boring walk

MIAMI (AP) — Just because it’stoo cold for your normal three-mile outdoor run doesn’t meanthe treadmill has to be a monoto-nous exercise in staring at ablank wall.

Los Angeles-based trainersJeanette Jenkins and Massy Ariasoffer the following tips for gettingout of the treadmill rut. Vary thespeed and incline, add armweights and use the treadmillwhen it’s not running for circuittraining moves.

—-Massy Arias has more than 2

million Instagram followers, offer-ing up various moves and inspira-tional messages on how workingout has helped heal her depres-sion. And even though she’s near-ly eight months pregnant, she’sstill doing some seriously hard-core workouts.

“Treadmills don’t have to beboring and don’t need to keep youstagnant. If you are creative, youcan turn your steady cardio runinto effective workouts that canpush even the most advancedathletes.”

SPEED TRAININGSprinting can be one of the best

exercises for building muscle anddecreasing body fat. Try sprintingfor one-minute intervals at aspeed between 10 and 12 mph.Use a two-minute jog at four mphto recover. Repeat eight times.

TREADMILL PUSH-OFFSThe treadmill doesn’t have to be

running in order to be effective.Incorporate treadmill push-offs byholding onto the treadmill heartbeat sensors and pushing off thebelt as fast as you can for 60 sec-onds. It is extremely challengingand works the legs and glutes.

CIRCUIT TRAINGrab a mat and some moder-

ate- to high-resistance dumbbells.Pair two strength exercises withsprint intervals or a simple fast

run. Here are two options:Perform 12 to 15 repetitions of

dumbbell squats followed by 12-15 reps on each leg of one-leggedlunges with your back foot restingon the treadmill. Follow it with a30-second run at 10 mph. Repeatthree times.

Perform eight to 10 widepushups with feet on the back ofthe treadmill followed by planksor tricep dips using the treadmillhandle bars or modify it using theback of the treadmill. Follow itwith a one-minute run at six mphwith a 2.0 incline. Repeat threetimes.

——Founder of The Hollywood

Trainer Club with clients like Pinkand Alicia Keys, Jeanette Jenkinsloves to mix up her treadmill rou-tines with various speeds, inclinesand weights. She has more than adozen workout DVDs, including“Sexy Abs” with singer KellyRowland.

“Changing up your pace, speed,incline and exercises every two tofive minutes keeps the workoutinteresting so the time flies andbefore you know it you will havecompleted a total body kick buttworkout.”

Jenkins suggests the following45- to 60-minute workout:

1. Jog at a speed between sixand eight mph or at a comfortablewarm-up pace for one mile

2. Walk uphill at a 10.0 inclinefor two minutes then add dumb-bell exercises using three- to five-pound weights. As you walk, do25 repetitions of each: shoulderpress, tricep kickbacks andupright rows

3. Pause treadmill, step off anddo 25 pushups

4. Get back on the treadmilland sprint for 30-45 seconds at aspeed of 10 to 12 mph or yourbest pace. Recover for 30-60 sec-onds. Repeat five times.

CHATTANOOGA — TownsendAtelier announces visitinginstructor Seth Haverkamp willconduct a portrait-paintingdemonstration at the southsidestudio and school on Friday,from 6:70 to 7:30 p.m. at the ArtsBuilding, 301 East 11th St.,Chattanooga. Light refreshmentswill be available.

The artist demo and talk willbe open to the public, free ofcharge. Artists, art lovers andstudents are encouraged toattend. Haverkamp will be paint-ing from a live model whileanswering questions from theaudience and talking about hispainting process. This is histhird visit to Chattanooga toteach at Townsend Atelier.

Haverkamp is an award-win-ning, contemporary, figurativepainter who has been drawing aslong as he can remember. Hegraduated with a bachelor in finearts from Carson-NewmanCollege after a year each at theCleveland Institute of Art andMemphis College of Art. In 2005,he studied with internationallyknown artist Nelson Shanks atStudio lncamminati.

Upon leaving lncamminati, hemoved to Northern Virginia,where he had a number of one-man shows and studied withrenowned artist Robert Liberace.

Haverkamp has done many

commissioned portraits, but sayshis chief subject and love is hiswife and children. He said theyalways take him to new heights ofcreativity and beauty. It was aportrait of his daughter Echo thatearned him Best in Show in the2008 Portrait Society of America’sInternational Portrait competi-tion.

Other honors include a certifi-cate of excellence in the 2011

show. Also in 2011, he was a finalist

in the Art Renewal CentersInternational Competition.

Recently, Haverkamp won“People’s Choice Award” in the2013 Portrait Society ofAmerica’s International PortraitCompetition for a painting of hisdaughter Essie as well as “TopHonors” in the same competitionin 2013 and 2014. He was a

finalist and also received anaward from the 2013 ARC inter-national painting competition, inthe portraits category.

Haverkamp is represented byHaynes Gallery in Nashville andThomaston, Maine, and RutledgeStreet Gallery in Camden, SouthCarolina.

For more information aboutTownsend Atelier, visit website:www.townsendatelier.com.

Gloria and Robert Gentry ofEnglewood, along with Lucas,Angel, David and Sophia,announce the bith of NaomiMellie, their 19 1/2-inch, 6-pound, 2-ounce daughter, onDec. 31, 2016, at TennovaHealthcare. Grandparents areSherry Morogan of Englewood,James “Burt” Gentry ofEnglewood and Frances Gentry ofEtowah.

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COLINI more and more in storesand served in restaurants. Whatexactly is it? — Jay M. inDelaware

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umn faithfully and really appreci-ate the hints, recipes and otherinformation. I opened a can ofkippered fish a couple of daysago, and the smell was verystrong. It seems to linger in thehouse. Is there some way to getrid of the odor? — Beverly S.,Cheney, Wash.

Try boiling 1/2 cup vinegarand 1/2 cup water in a saucepanon low heat. If you don’t havetime to stay in the kitchen watch-ing over a cooking pot, try sittinga dish of vinegar on the kitchencounter overnight. This shouldhelp not only with fish odor, butwith any cooking odor.

There are so many uses forvinegar, and I have a pamphletfilled with some of my favoritehints and recipes using it, whichyou can order online atwww.Heloise.com, or by sending$5 and a long, self-addressed,stamped (68 cents) envelope to:Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001.

For fish odors on hands, washwith vinegar or lemon juice. —Heloise

Condiment alternativeDear Heloise: I love hummus.

With so many different flavorsavailable, even those who thinkthey don’t like hummus arebound to find one they like.

My hint is to use hummus inplace of mayonnaise as a condi-ment on sandwiches. It’s deli-cious! Plus it’s healthier and highin fiber and protein while havingfewer calories, which makes iteven better! — Susan K.,Hazleton, Pa.

As Susan suggests, hummusadds wonderful flavor to hot orcold sandwiches. If you’ve con-sidered it only a dip made fromground chickpeas that can beenjoyed with chips, pita bread orsliced vegetables, be sure to giveit a try on your next sandwich. —Heloise

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on sandwiches. Sometimes I needto save a tomato that I’ve slicedone or two pieces from yet stillhave the majority left. I take thefirst slice, with the stem, andsave it to place back on the cutpart of the tomato. Then I wrapthe entire tomato in plastic wrap,which keeps the tomato freshuntil next time. — Debra Y. inGeorgia

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NEW YORK (AP) — AniDiFranco has a book deal, and awhole lot to write about.

The million-selling musicianand longtime activist has signedwith Viking for a memoir thatwill reflect upon her “eventfuland radical life.”

DiFranco left home at age 15,started her own record labelthree years later and releasedher first album at 20.

Now 46, she has released morethan 20 albums and has advo-cated for numerous feministcauses.

Viking told The AssociatedPress on Tuesday that the bookis untitled and does not yet havea release date.

DiFranco plans a carefulapproach. In a statement issuedthrough Viking, she likened writ-ing to chipping away at a “hugeslab of timeless stone” and wait-ing for a shape to emerge.

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seth hAveRkAmP will conduct a portrait-paint-ing demonstration at Townsend Atelier Friday.These two portraits represent his award-winningwork. At right is his portrait, “Blue Eyes.”

An evening with the artist

Portrait artist to be presented at Townsend Atelier

A Night to Remember is honored to be cele-brating its 30th anniversary on April 8 with anight of entertainment planned. To mark thishistoric occasion A Night to Remember willhonorChattanooga’s own The Impressions asthis will be their final show in Chattanooga.The organization wants to recognize theirmajor accomplishments in music historysuch as being inducted into the Rock andRoll Hall of Fame. The night wouldn’t be com-plete without bringing back one of the favoriteperformers from previous galas, GrammyNominated R & B singer Eddie Levert.

The show begins at 8 p.m. April 8 at theChattanooga Convention Center. Tickets goon sale Jan. 25 at the Bessie Smith CulturalCenter, Mary’s Lounge and online atwww.anighttoremember.org. Ticket pricesrange from $35 to $100. Corporate sponsor-ships are available by contacting 423-463-0687. A Night to Remember is a much-antici-pated annual event whose mission is to raisefunds to help support urban youth organiza-tions in Chattanooga.

The Impressions were inductees into boththe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and VocalGroup Hall of Fame. They are 1998 Grammy

Hall of Fame inductees for their hit “PeopleGet Ready” and winners of the Rhythm andBlues Foundation’s Pioneer Award.

Sam Gooden, founding member of thegroup and Fred Cash who joined the group in1960 are both natives of Chattanooga.Jermaine Purifory of Cleveland will join themon stage that night.

Levert is one of the founders and leadsingers of the legendary R&B group, TheO’Jays. With a career that spans over 50years, Eddie Levert has done and seenenough to write many books, one of whichhim and his late son Gerald have alreadycompleted (“I Got Your Back” pub. 2008). Hehas received numerous awards and honorsover the years including being nominated fourtimes for a Grammy Award, nominated fourtimes for an American Music Award, inductedto the 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame andreceived the 2009 Black EntertainmentTelevision Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 29 years, A Night to Remember hasraised more than $4 million through itsannual gala. The board of directors of A Nightto Remember has recently been evaluatingthe needs of our community as it relates to

the youth and meeting with many differentindividuals and organizations that areinvolved with the youth of Chattanooga andour surrounding area. We have been gather-ing information from the school system; cul-tural centers, non-profit organizations andcommunity leaders to see how best A Night toRemember can make a difference. In doing sowe have determined that there is a need forassistance with ninth-grade literacy inHamilton County, a need for increased fund-ing for STEM programs, as well as funding forarts and cultural programs for the youth.

NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna,Emma Stone, Willow Smith andfirst lady Michelle Obama areamong 150 women chosen by edi-tors of Harper’s Bazaar as theworld’s most fashionable.

The magazine’s first-ever suchlist comes in celebration of its150th anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Glenda Bailey said Monday.Madonna was chosen as cover girlfor the group in the Februaryissue.

The list, released Tuesday, iscomprised of Hollywood A-listers,music elite, fashion designers,celebrity stylists, Instagram Itladies and other mavens.

Star power definitely prevails:Rihanna, the former KateMiddleton, Liu Wen, KristenStewart, Naomi Campbell,Miranda Kerr, Kendall Jenner andbig sister Kim Kardashian West,Kaia Gerber and her mother,Cindy Crawford, Beyonce,

Zendaya, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift,Adele, Gwen Stefani, RileyKeough, Lupita Nyong’o, AmalClooney, Gia Coppola, CindySherman, Roopal Patel and OliviaPalermo.

Editors of the Hearst magazinearound the world — it has 32 edi-tions worldwide — voted for theirfavorites.

“Our lists were more or less thesame,” Bailey said in an interview.“These women are renowned forstyle around the world. And theyall have such very different styles.This is in praise of the individual.”

The magazine plans a cocktailparty to celebrate that fact and itslistees the weekend of the ScreenActors Guild Awards ceremonyJan. 29. A series of other events tomark its 150th year are planned.

———Online:

www.harpersbazaar.com/mostfashionable

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this imAge provided by Harper's Bazaar shows the first cover ofthe magazine dated Nov. 2, 1867. Madonna is one of 150 womenchosen by editors of the Hearst magazine's 32 editions worldwide asthe most fashionable women around the globe. The magazine's first-ever such list comes in celebration of its 150th anniversary.

Harper’s Bazaar marks 150th yearwith listing of fashionable women

‘Grown and Bred in East Tennessee’ exhibit to open Friday, 10 a.m., at the Museum Center

The Museum Center at FivePoints will display agriculturalartifacts pertaining to our OcoeeRegion in “Grown and Bred inEast Tennessee,” an exhibitabout Tennessee agriculture andfarming in our region.

The exhibit will take a look atTennessee agriculture and farm-ing and how agricultural products

were and continue to be grownand bred in this region.

Join us to discover more aboutour local agriculture, how foodwas produced before the 21stcentury and today. This exhibitwill be on view from Jan. 13through May 27.

A members-only openingreception will be on Thursday.

BOOKPREVIEW

Ani DiFranco working on bookabout ‘eventfuland radical life’

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A Night to RemembeR will be honor-ing Chattanooga’s own The Impressions asthis will be their final show in Chattanooga.

A Night to Remember celebrates 30 years


AP Photo/Paul Sancya

The 2018 gMC Terrain debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday. AP Photo/Paul Sancya

The vOlkSwAgen Tiguan is unveiled before the North American International Auto Show in Detroit,Sunday.

AP Photo/Tony Ding

A newly unveileD Kia Stinger sports sedan is on display at the North American International AutoShow, Monday in Detroit.

Wheels to Watch: BMW 5 Series, Kia sports car, Mercedes GLA

DETROIT (AP) — From hot-selling SUVs of all sizes to the aredesign for the Toyota Camry,the top-selling car in the U.S.,the 2017 North AmericanInternational Auto Show has adiverse lineup of new vehicles.

The show opens to the publicon Saturday, and automakersgave the media a sneak peek attheir newest cars and trucks onSunday and Monday. Here aresome of the buzz-worthy newcars and trucks at the show:

BMW 5-SERIESBMW boasts luxury and

power in its 2017 BMW 5 Series.The cars’ advanced personaldriver connectivity features anoptional gesture control, latestgeneration head-up display andremote 3D viewing. The 5-seriesalso has remote control parkingand advanced driver assistancesystems. The BMW 540i xDrivegoes from 0 to 60 mph in 4.7seconds. The M550i xDrive runson an 8-cylinder gasoline engineand produces 456 horsepower.There is also a 530eiPerformance plug-in hybrid.BMW says the vehicles areexpected to begin arriving inshowrooms next month.

LEXUS LSLexus introduced its LS flag-

ship at the Detroit auto show in1989. On Monday, it unveiledthe latest version. The 2018 LSis longer, lower and wider thanits predecessor. It also weighs200 pounds less, thanks togreater use of lightweight mate-rials. Under the hood is a new,415-horsepower turbochargedV6. Other new features includea system that will automaticallybrake and steer away fromobstacles and seats that providepassengers with Shiatsu mas-sages. The LS goes on sale at theend of 2017.

AUDI CONCEPT SUVAudi unveiled a concept ver-

sion of the Q8 SUV hybrid,which it says will roll out in2018. Audi officials said it willopen a new segment for thebrand.

The Q8 is sleek, features adownward sloping front end andhas as sporty yet elegant look.The concept was created underAudi Chief Designer MarcLichte’s direction. His descrip-tion of the vehicle also can beapplied to an Olympic athlete orworld-class race horse. “ ... thewaistline is very lean and themuscles extremely powerfullydefined,” Lichte said in an inter-view in Audi’s technology maga-zine.

MERCEDES GLAThe 2018 model year will kick

off the redesigned Mercedes-Benz GLA compact SUV.Mercedes says the GLA will offerLED high-performance head-lamps characterized by a colortemperature similar to daylight,and new seat covers and trimparts as well as chromed controlpanels in the interior.

It also features a 360-degreecamera that records the directsurroundings of the SUV. TheGLA also offers autonomousbraking and is standard-equipped with an “attentionassist” features that can detecttypical signs of drowsy behavior.

KIA STINGERKia Motors heads into new

territory with the Stinger sportssedan. Designed in Germanyand based on Kia 2011 GT con-cept, the Stinger has the elegantlooks of a European fastback.Engines are still in develop-ment, but Kia says a tur-bocharged 2.0-liter four-cylin-der will produce 255 horsepow-er; an optional 3.3-liter V6pushes that up to 365 horse-power.

Kia is targeting a 0-to-62 mphspeed in 5.1 seconds. TheStinger goes on sale in late

2017. Pricing hasn’t beenannounced.

GMC TERRAIN, CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

General Motors went smallwhen it started revamping itsaging midsize people-haulingSUVs last year with the GMCAcadia. But it going bigger withthe e Acadia sibling, the ChevyTraverse. The company saysChevrolet buyers want morespace, so the Traverse will seatup to eight and have more cargoroom. It comes standard with anew 3.6-liter V6 engine andnine-speed automatic transmis-sion. A 2-liter turbo four isavailable.

There also a new GMC Terrainsmall SUV with sleeker looksand smaller engines including1.5-liter and 2-liter tur-bocharged four cylinders withnine-speed transmissions.There’s also a diesel option.

VOLKSWAGEN TIGUANVolkswagen stretches out its

Tiguan SUV by 11 inches tomeet American demand for morespace. The 2018 Tiguan alsohas more cargo space, slidingsecond-row seats and an option-al third row.

New safety options includeautomatic emergency brakingwith pedestrian detection and alane departure warning system.Under the hood is an updated2.0-liter turbrocharged four-cylinder engine that makes 184horsepower.

The bigger Tiguan goes onsale in the U.S. this summer.Europe will offer both short andlong versions.

TOYOTA CAMRYToyota unveiled the eighth-

generation Camry at the Detroitauto show Monday, at a timewhen car buyers in the U.S. areflocking to SUVs. The 2018Camry has a more roundedlook, new engines and transmis-sions with sportier handling.

AP Photo/Tony Ding

The new hOnDA Odyssey minivan is unveiled at the North American International Auto Show,Monday in Detroit.

HONDA ODYSSEYThe minivan segment has got-

ten smaller, but is still hotlycontested. Honda is giving the

Odyssey its first extensivemakeover since 2011, addinghigh-tech innovations such asan intercom and a system that

allows the driver and front pas-senger to monitor backseat pas-sengers via display audioscreen.

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

The 2018 TOyOTA Camry is presented at the North American International Auto show, Monday inDetroit.

As Toyota Camry getsredesigned, reign as topU.S. car is in jeopardy

DETROIT (AP) — America’sfavorite car is under attack.

The Toyota Camry has beenthe nation’s top-selling vehiclefor 15 years, if you exclude pick-up trucks. Now it’s in danger oflosing its crown, a potential vic-tim of the SUV craze. And even amuch-anticipated revampunveiled Monday at the Detroitauto show may not be enough tokeep the competition at bay.

Toyota’s own RAV4 small SUVand Honda’s CR-V have rackedup impressive sales gains asbuyers shift away from passen-ger cars toward the higher-sit-ting and more versatile SUVs.The CR-V, for instance, outsoldthe Camry an uncharacteristicfive months last year.

The Camry, last reworked fouryears ago, has made a living bybeing a solidly reliable if dullride for people who simply wantto get from place to place. It’s notmuch fun to drive, and in thepast some analysts compared itslooks to an appliance. Althoughstyling has improved, it’s stillsquare-looking when comparedto competitors such as theHonda Accord or ChevroletMalibu.

Toyota says it increased thedistance between the wheels onthe new version by 2 inches andlowered the hood and roofheight. The result is a lower cen-ter of gravity and a wider look

that the company calls “beauti-ful and futuristic.” Toyotadescribes the new interior ascockpit-like.

The revamped Camry gets twoall-new engines, a 3.5-liter V6and a 2.5-liter four, both pairedwith a new eight-speed automat-ic transmission. There’s also agas-electric hybrid version.

All 2018 Camrys come stan-dard with a suite of safety sys-tems that includes automaticemergency braking.

Horsepower, gas mileage andprice weren’t released. The newKentucky-built Camry will beavailable late in the summer.

Dealers have been promisedgame-changing updates before,such as with the 2013 modelyear. But Toyota executives con-ceded they didn’t want too muchchange, fearing that they’d alien-ate loyal Camry buyers.

Toyota North American CEOJim Lentz said the last genera-tion Camry was on older under-pinnings and there was little thecompany could do to improve itsride and handling. But the 2018version has an all-new architec-ture and is longer, wider andmore rigid than the old one. “Theability to now have a true drivingenjoyment type car is there,”Lentz said. “It’s for real. Trustme.”

Toyota also showed off a newversion of its NASCAR racing

Camry with appearances bydrivers Kyle Busch and DennyHamlin.

But the crisper handling andsportier looks may not help theCamry much in the face of aseismic consumer shift to SUVs.

Five years ago, midsize carsmade up 15.8 percent of U.S.auto sales, says Tom Libby, anindustry analyst with IHSMarkit. This year the marketshare fell more than three per-centage points to 12.5. Duringthe same five years, small SUVsrose from 12.7 percent of U.S.sales to 18.7 percent, Libby says.

A Camry with nicer styling,improved engines and reducedweight for better fuel economy

will help, but Libby sees no signof the trend away from carschanging. “That’s all they cando,” he says of Toyota, addingthat the company must be pre-pared should the market shiftback, perhaps if gas prices shoothigher.

The midsize car market is stillhuge, Libby says. Although salesfell more than 8 percent lastyear, Americans still bought over3.2 million of them. Toyota soldmore than 400,000 Camrysannually from 2012 to 2015, butsales dropped 9.5 percent toabout 389,000 last year, accord-ing to Ward’s Automotive. Bycomparison sales of the RAV4rose almost 12 percent in 2016

to 352,000, while Honda’s CR-Vposted a 3 percent gain to justover 357,000. If Camry salesthis year fall by the sameamount as 2016, and the CR-Vand RAV4 grow even slightly,both will pass the Camry.

Michael Kranjec, sales manag-er at Adams Toyota in Lee’sSummit, Missouri, near KansasCity, says that in the past,Toyota has discounted theCamry to keep it No. 1. But withthe market shift, he doubts thatwill be enough in the future.

Still, he hopes Toyota will setthe Camry apart from competi-tors, which he says all lookalike. “I’m hoping it’s waking upsome of the designers,” he said.

Deer caught in headlightsat dealership

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — A deercame barreling through the show-room of an Atlanta area car deal-ership after jumping through anopen window.

Local news outlets report thesurprise visitor startled employ-ees at Nalley Lexus in Roswell.

The dealership posted a videoMonday on Facebook that showsthe deer slipping and sliding onthe showroom floor before run-ning into the garage area and outone of the doors.

No one was injured.Nalley Lexus employees joked

that while the deer made it outsafely, the animal still hasn’treturned their follow up salescalls.

Cash trail leads toarrest in $110,000N.Y. bank robbery

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) —Authorities say they’ve made anarrest in a six-figure bank robberyin New York, thanks in part to thetrail of cash the suspect left behind.

Federal prosecutors say JosephPeeples III has been charged withrobbing a Chase Bank branch inRochester on Jan. 5.

Officials say he walked out withnearly $110,000. They say Peeplesthen took a cab to a bus station,leaving nearly $10,000 in a jackethe left in the taxi and dumping$43,000 in the garbage in the busstation restroom where he changedclothes.


Counting croutons: Restaurants tally items for calorie rulesNEW YORK (AP) — How might

a bread basket for the table becounted under America’s newcalorie posting rules? Whatabout seasonal items, croutonsfor salads, or pizza that’s cut intosquares?

Restaurant and grocery chainsscrambling to post calorie countson their menus by spring havepeppered the Food and DrugAdministration with queries thatoffer a window — often complex,occasionally comic — into theingredient riddles they are tryingto solve.

One example: If a pizza chaingets pepperoni from multiplesuppliers, which calorie countshould be used? The FDA’sadvice: Whichever is fattiest.

“You would not be penalizedfor over-declaring calories versusunder-declaring,” the agencyresponded last March, accordingto the correspondence obtainedthrough a public recordsrequest.

Some cities and states already

require restaurant chains todivulge calorie counts. But thefederal regulation, set to takeeffect in May for eateries with 20or more locations, would makethe information more widelyavailable. What’s more, itrequires supermarket and con-venience store chains to startposting calories for their pre-pared foods.

Whether President-electDonald Trump and the newCongress try to make anychanges to the regulation —passed as part of the health careoverhaul — isn’t yet known. Therestaurant industry associationfavors a national standard over apatchwork of local laws, thoughgrocery and convenience storegroups are hoping for a delay inenforcement and more flexibilityin how they can disclose thecalorie counts.

For now, the topics addressedby the FDA help illustrate whatdiners can expect to see on theirmenus.

Q: How should the caloriecounts be determined?

A: The FDA says food sellersneed to use a “reasonable basisfor determining the calorie infor-mation.” Lab analysis is oneoption, but businesses couldalso get the information fromdatabases, cookbooks, recipes,manufacturers, nutrition labels,or a combination of thoseoptions.

Q: What about that breadbasket? Or seasonal menus?

A: Calorie counts aren’trequired for items that are onmenus for less than 60 days ayear. And in general, restau-rants don’t have to cite the calo-ries for items that aren’t listedon menus. So a basket of dinnerrolls or the chips and salsaplaced on a table as a courtesywould also be exempt, as wouldany “secret menu” items thathave become trendy at placessuch as Starbucks.

Q: A circular pizza is dividedinto a “party-cut” grid, rather

than traditional slices. Can thechain provide an average caloriecount, even though the piecesare different sizes?

A: Initially, the FDA told aChicago-based pizza chain itwould need to declare caloriesfor the entire pizza, if the piecesweren’t uniform. But MarlaTopliff, president of Rosati’sPizza, said the agency subse-quently agreed to allow thechain to post calories for anaverage piece in a party-cut pie.Topliff said having to list calo-ries for an entire pie would beunfair to party-cut pies, if tradi-tionally cut pies were listed perslice.

“You could see where theywould be a disadvantage,” shesaid.

Q: How should calories be list-ed for customizable dishes? Forinstance, a fast-food salad thatcan come with grilled or friedchicken, a packet of croutonsand various dressing options.

A: Giving a range could be OK,

with the upper end including themost caloric options (yes,including the croutons).

But even as they comply withthe regulations, some restau-rant operators question howuseful a wide span would be.

“The value is kind of lost tothe consumer, if you’re tellingthe consumer the range could be400 to 1,200 calories,” AnnicaKreider, a representative forMellow Mushroom, an Atlanta-based pizza chain, said in aphone interview.

She was among those whoemailed with the FDA.

Q: For grocery stores, howshould serving sizes be deter-mined at hot food bars wherepeople serve themselves?

A: The FDA said utensils suchas ladles that can scoop a consis-tent amount each time can beconsidered a serving size. Withutensils such as tongs, the serv-ing size has to be by weight or acommon household measure,such as a half cup. Those serving

sizes and corresponding caloriecounts would have to be listednear the food, such as on thesneeze guard glass or on a sign.

Q: What happens at self-servedrink stations?

A: The calorie counts don’thave to be right on the drink noz-zles, but should be visible by dis-penser. What’s listed should befor filled cups, without ice. Theidea is to disclose the maximizenumber of calories people mightguzzle.

For fountain drinks filledbehind the counter, restaurantscan list the calorie count for acup with ice — as long as therestaurant always puts a stan-dard amount of ice in the cups.

Q: Do calorie counts need to belisted on coupons? “The issue ofcoupons has been a source ofsome confusion and uncertain-ty,” a regulatory lawyer wrote.

A: Nope. Coupons are general-ly considered marketing materi-als that do not require calorieinformation.

Katharina Kapetanopoulos/Max Planck institute for ornithology via aP

in this iMage provided by Katharina Kapetanopoulos via the Max Planck Institute forOrnithology, two male pectoral sandpipersare in a competitive, territorial display flight inBarrow, Alaska, in June 2012.

Long-Distance BirD caLL:

Sex-crazed pipers travel for tailWASHINGTON (AP) — You

fly more than 100 miles forlove. You get rejected. You flyanother 100 miles. Anotherrejection. And another.

That’s the high-flying butfutile sex life of the male pec-toral sandpiper looking forlove in northernmost Alaska,according to a new study.

Some males are more per-sistent than others.Researchers tracked one des-perate small shorebird thatlogged more than 8,100 miles(13,045 kilometers) in twodozen different hook-upattempts over a frenetic fourweeks.

“They’re definitely tryinghard to flirt and court,” saidbiologist Bart Kempenaers ofthe Max Planck Institute forOrnithology in Germany .“They are not particularlysuccessful most of them.Failed Don Juans mostly.”

Sandpipers migrate fromSouth America to breedinggrounds in the Arctic tundrain the summer. The males

tend to be sex crazy duringthis time because females areonly fertile for a few weeks.They flit all over the place,trying hard to seal the dealwith loud throaty hoots asmany times as possible. Theproblem for them is that thefemales only mate once ortwice a season.

“Copulations are incrediblyrare,” Kempenaers said. “Themales need to try and try andkeep at it.”

Researchers tracked theactivity of 100 male birdsduring a breeding season. It is“the most extreme example”of promiscuity in animalsseen yet, said Kempenaers,who led the study publishedMonday in the journal Nature.

The males mostly forgosleep as they embark on non-stop flights in search of amate, getting by on snatchesof shut-eye lasting severalseconds at a time,Kempenaers said.

The average bird flies about

110 miles (178 kilometers)between mating attempts. Ina breeding season, the maleslog on average about 1,900miles (3,060 kilometers), a bitfarther than flying from LosAngeles to Chicago.

Sandpipers can fly 40hours non-stop around 37mph (60 kph), but these longtrips often end up in rejec-tions. Those that successfullymate don’t have a role in rais-ing the offspring, Kempenaerssaid.

George Divoky, a biologistat the scientific group Friendsof Cooper Island that moni-tors the changing AlaskanArctic, said in general Arcticshorebirds are shrinking inpopulation.

He called the study on thisspecies of bird impressive,adding that it “will make methink differently about everypectoral sandpiper I see dur-ing the summer.”

—-Nature: http://www.

nature.com/nature

Medical fraud threatens driving licenses of some 6,600 truckers

ATLANTA (AP) — Medical cer-tificates given to truckersnationwide by a chiropractoroperating out of an Atlantatruck stop will soon be revoked,federal authorities said.

Prosecutors say AnthonyLefteris was authorized to per-form the exams, which aremeant to ensure that truckdrivers operate safely on thenation’s highways. But they sayhe skipped required tests suchas vision and hearing, and fal-sified records.

Now, the Federal MotorCarrier Safety Administrationsays it will revoke all the med-ical certificates signed byLefteris during the past twoyears, and truckers whoreceived their exams from himwill have to obtain new ones inorder to maintain theirCommercial Driver Licenses.

More than 6,600 truck diversfrom 48 states are affected,though most are based inGeorgia, authorities said. Oncethey’re notified by mail, they’llhave 30 days to get re-certified.

“Drivers that fail to obtainmedical requalification withinthe 30-day time period will bemedically disqualified fromoperating a commercial motorvehicle in interstate com-merce,” said Duane DeBruyne,a spokesman with the FederalMotor Carrier SafetyAdministration.

Two lawyers listed in courtrecords as attorneys for Lefterisdid not immediately returnemail and phone messages onMonday.

On Dec. 28, Lefteris pleadednot guilty to all eight counts ofan indictment accusing him ofmaking fraudulent entries onthe certificates, court recordsstate.

Prosecutors built their caseby sending undercover officersto Lefteris’ office in the PetroAtlanta truck stop nearInterstate 285, court recordsshow. It’s among several largetruck stops which have haddoctors available to do theexams for truck drivers andsign the required paperwork for

them.The probe began when feder-

al investigators learned thatLefteris was conducting anaverage of 360 medical examsper month, when other medicalprofessionals typically did 13 or14, prosecutors said in courtrecords.

Those numbers aroused sus-picions, which led to the inves-tigation and charges, prosecu-tors said.

Kids tie scarves, sweaters, fleeces up help those in need

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — A groupof children from HarvestfieldChurch braved the cold Dec. 15so they could help those in theGadsden area who have fewoptions for escaping it.

They tied scarves, sweaters andfleeces around trees, light polesand benches at the GadsdenPublic Library, and lined tops offence posts with toboggans. Allwere tagged with a card explain-ing the items were not lost; theywere there to help anyone whomight need their protectionagainst the cold, organizer CathyKruse said.

Harvestfield Pastor Eric Reavessaid church is blessed that Kruse,a dedicated volunteer at theSalvation Army, is leading thisministry effort directed at home-less people in the community.

“She keeps everything real forus,” Reaves said.

Kruse also works with a classat Harvestfield that takes plasticbags and knits them into plasticsleeping mats for the homeless.

The importance of this effort

may not be evident to most peo-ple, but the need is real. MichaelBennett, head of security for cityof Gadsden properties, watchedThursday as children and parentsput out the gloves and scarves. Hewondered if they considered put-ting items somewhere in theNoccalula Falls area, or atMoragne Park or the cityRiverwalk.

“We have people sometimes try-ing to sneak into the falls park,”Bennett said, looking for shelterat night. “Anywhere there arepublic bathrooms, we’ll find peo-ple inside.

“We’re supposed to run themout,” he said. “That’s hard to dowhen it’s this cold.”

Kruse instructed the kids onwhat to do with the baskets andtotes of cold weather wear thechurch has collected or pur-chased throughout the year sinceit began this effort in February2015.

For newly purchased items,they needed to take off tags orpackaging before securing the

items outside the library. The tagsthen were added to invite those inneed to help themselves.

This year, it took some time forit to get cold enough for the hat,glove and scarf ministry to beneeded. While temperatures con-tinued to fluctuate, Gadsden hasseen some bitter, cold and windydays, and more are coming.

Kruse and other church volun-teers already have placed scarvesand gloves out in the downtownarea, at the park across the streetfrom the library and at theAlabama City branch of the GPL.

She said she knows that peoplesometimes come by and takemore then they need of the free,unguarded items. While shehopes all the items donated anddistributed will go to people whotruly need them, she’s not dis-suaded by the knowledge thatsome may not.

Kruse is pleased to know thatHarvestfield’s members are ableto provide some warmth for peo-ple who so often find themselvesleft out in the cold.


THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 2017CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:

Zayn Malik, 24; Naya Rivera, 30; OliverPlatt, 57; Kirstie Alley, 66.

Happy Birthday: Think mattersthrough carefully. Your keen perceptionwill be required this year, as a host oftemptations will surface that leave you

uncertain or confused. When in doubt, itis best to stand still, reassess mattersand choose to move forward cautiously.Give emotional matters a positive spinand you will find that love, romance andimportant partnerships will improve. Yournumbers are 7, 12, 19, 22, 28, 37, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Problemswith partnerships will arise if you are toovocal about what you want. Show con-cern for others and offer incentives thatwill help you come to a workable compro-mise. Making a fuss will only make mat-ters worse.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Start anew project that will help you expandyour financial future. Work with the intentof spending less by doing the work your-self or downsizing and taking baby stepsto ensure that you can finish what youstart.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Travel,donations, entertainment and poorinvestments will all lead to financial loss.Practice simplicity, moderation andrestrict spending. Take time to think aboutthe consequence you'll face if you are tooimpulsive. Avoid making poor choices.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don't leta past relationship or emotional mishapbring you down. Concentrate on what youcan do to improve your life without over-spending. Romance is featured and willhelp to improve your personal life.Partnerships look promising.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don't make animpulsive move based on hearsay. Thedecisions you make now will affect yourstatus and position personally and pro-fessionally. Err on the side of caution andavoid having to go into damage controlmode. Abide by rules and regulations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Partnerships and the way you handle oth-ers will determine how much you accom-plish or how far you advance. Good for-tune will come through joint ventures andworking as a team player. Personal, men-tal and physical improvements are high-lighted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Say littleand do your best to live within yourmeans and keep your promises. Don'ttake on too much or let last-minutechanges others make affect your plans.Moderation and simplicity will help allevi-ate unwanted trouble.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A daytrip, meeting or passionate encounterwith someone special will make your day.Don't feel you have to go overboard toimpress someone. Offer information, nota donation or unnecessary expense.Love, romance and personal improve-ments are all highlighted.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Becareful how you handle work-related mat-ters. Negotiations, settlements or financialmatters are best dealt with methodically.Moderation, careful planning and han-dling your own affairs will be necessary.Confusion and uncertainty is apparent.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don'tget involved in a joint venture, impulsiveinvestment or anything else that mightimpact your financial future. Take a lead-ership position and call the shots. Yourjudgment will far exceed fast-talkingsalespeople.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A prob-lem with your bank or a governmentagency is best dealt with promptly andwithout making a fuss. Offer minimalinformation and you will avoid costlycharges. Cut back expenses in order tolower your overhead. Avoid joint ven-tures.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A cre-ative idea should be taken to the nextstep. As long as you don't go over budget,you will gain satisfaction and impresssomeone you love. Plan to do somethingthat will boost your confidence and makeyou stand out.

Birthday Baby: You are compassion-ate, loving and sincere. You are innova-tive and possessive.

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Shark Tank ’ Å Shark Tank ’ ÅMSNBC 40 MSNBC Live (N) Å MTP Daily (N) Å With All Due Respect (N) Hardball Chris Matthews All In With Chris Hayes (N) The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word 11th Hour Hardball The Rachel Maddow ShowCNN 41 The Lead With Jake Tapper Situation Room With Wolf Situation Room With Wolf Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) CNN Special Program Å CNN Tonight w/ Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 (N) CNN Special Program ÅHDLN 42 Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Situation Room With Wolf Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) CNN Special Program Å Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File CNN Special Program ÅFNC 43 Your World With Neil Cavuto The Five (N) Å Special Report Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) The O’Reilly Factor (N) The Kelly File (N) Å Hannity (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor (N) The Kelly File ÅHIST 44 American Pickers ’ Å American Pickers ’ American Pickers ’ American Pickers ’ Vikings “Crossings” ’ Vikings “The Great Army” Forged in Fire (:04) Vikings Å (DVS) (12:04) Vikings “Crossings”TRUTV 45 truTV Top Funniest Å Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Imp. Jokers Imp. JokersA&E 46 The First 48 ’ Å The First 48 ’ Å The First 48 ’ Å Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Wahlburgers Going Si-ral Leah Remini: Scientology Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck DynastyDISC 47 Alaskan Bush People Å Alaskan Bush People Å Alaskan Bush People Å Alaskan Bush People Å Alaskan Bush: Off Grid Alaskan Bush People (N) ’ Alaskan Bush People (:01) Alaskan Bush People Alaskan Bush PeopleNGC 48 Kentucky Justice Å Kentucky Justice Å Kentucky Justice Å Hard Time Å Hard Time Å Prison Women (N) Å Hard Time Å Surviving Maximum Security Prison Women ÅTRAV 49 Bizarre Foods/Zimmern Bizarre Foods/Zimmern Bizarre Foods/Zimmern Expedition Unknown Å Expedition Unknown Å Expedition Unknown (N) Expedition Unknown Å Expedition Unknown Å Expedition Unknown ÅFOOD 50 Worst Cooks in America Worst Cooks in America Worst Cooks in America Worst Cooks in America Cooks vs. Cons Å Cooks vs. Cons (N) Å Cooks vs. Cons Å Worst Cooks in America Cooks vs. Cons ÅHGTV 51 Property Brothers Å Property Brothers Å Property Brothers Å Property Brothers Å Property Brothers Å Property Brothers (N) Å Hunters Hunters Int’l Property Brothers Å Property Brothers ÅANPL 52 Tanked ’ Å Tanked “Making History” ’ Tanked ’ Tanked ’ (:01) Tanked ’ (:01) Tanked: Sea-Lebrity Edition “DJ Battle” ’ (:01) Tanked ’ Å (12:01) Tanked ’FREE 53 The Middle ›› “Uncle Buck” (1989, Comedy) John Candy. ’ Å ››› “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986) Matthew Broderick. ’ Å › “I Love You, Beth Cooper” (2009) Hayden Panettiere. The 700 Club ’ Å Gilmore Girls ’ ÅDISN 54 Jessie Å Bunk’d Å Liv-Mad. Cali Style Girl Meets Bizaardvark K.C. Under. Good-Charlie Stuck/Middle Good-Charlie Liv-Mad. Liv-Mad. Bunk’d Å Bunk’d Å Jessie Å Jessie Å Girl Meets Best FriendsNICK 55 SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House Loud House Henry Danger Henry Danger Paradise Run Thundermans Thundermans Game Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ (:33) FriendsTOON 56 My Knight Teen Titans Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare We Bare King of Hill King of Hill Cleveland Burgers Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Family Guy Family Guy Chicken Aqua TeenTVLND 57 Gunsmoke “Murdoch” Å Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith (:12) The Andy Griffith Show Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King KingAMC 58 Inside Man ››› “The Departed” (2006) Leonardo DiCaprio. An undercover cop and a criminal lead double lives. ›››› “The Dark Knight” (2008) Christian Bale. Batman battles a vicious criminal known as the Joker. “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” ‘R’TCM 59 (3:45) ›› “Countdown” (1968) Å (:45) › “The Green Slime” (1969) Robert Horton. Elvis Mitchell ›››› “Psycho” (1960, Horror) Anthony Perkins. Å ›››› “The Killers” (1946) Burt Lancaster. Å ››› “Days of Heaven”HALL 60 Home Imp. Home Imp. Home Imp. Home Imp. Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden GirlsOXYGEN 61 CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime SceneBRAVO 62 Vanderpump Rules Stassi and Ariana celebrate. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Real Housewives/Beverly Real Housewives/Beverly Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce Watch What Real Housewives/Beverly GuideSYFY 63 I Frankn ››› “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (2008, Fantasy) Georgie Henley. Å ›› “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” (2007) Nicolas Cage. Å Incorporated “Executables” › “Push” (2009) Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning. ÅSPIKE 64 ››› “The Rundown” (2003) The Rock, Seann William Scott. ’ Å ››› “Men in Black” (1997) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. ’ Å › “The Waterboy” (1998) Adam Sandler. ’ Å ›› “Bad Boys” (1995, Action) Martin Lawrence. ’ ÅCOM 65 South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park Workaholics Jeff & Aliens Daily Show At Midnight Futurama ’ WorkaholicsMTV 66 (3:40) ›› “Bring It On” (2000) Kirsten Dunst. ’ Å Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ Teen Mom 2 “100” (N) ’ Are You the One? ’ Å Are You One (:33) Teen Mom 2 “Deja Vu” (:33) Teen Mom 2 “100” ’ Are You OneVH1 67 Leave, Stevie Leave, Stevie Love & Hip Hop ’ Å Love & Hip Hop ’ Å K. Michelle K. Michelle K. Michelle K. Michelle Movie ’ Å › “My Baby’s Daddy” (2004) Eddie Griffin. ’ ÅCMTV 68 Reba Å Reba Å Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing ›› “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” (2004) Anne Hathaway. Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-StandingBET 69 “Madea’s Family Reunion” House/Payne House/Payne House/Payne Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Being Mary Jane (:03) Martin (:36) Martin (:09) Martin (:42) Martin (:15) Martin ’ Å Fresh Prince Fresh PrinceSCIENCE 83 Outrageous Acts of Science Outrageous Acts of Science Outrageous Acts of Science Outrageous Acts of Science Outrageous Acts of Science Outrageous Acts of Science Street Street Outrageous Acts of Science Outrageous Acts of ScienceCSPAN2 85 (3:00) U.S. Senate Coverage ’ Public Affairs Events ’ Public Affairs Events ’EWTN 100 Truth in Heart Behold Cross Train The World EWTN News Choice Daily Mass - Olam EWTN Live (N) Å EWTN News Holy Rosary Religious Vaticano The Catholic Women of Daily Mass - OlamWPXA ION 107 Law & Order “Magnet” ’ Law & Order ’ Å Law & Order ’ Å Law & Order “America, Inc.” Law & Order ’ Å Law & Order “Positive” ’ Law & Order “Kingmaker” Law & Order “Hindsight” ’ Law & Order “Invaders” ’DISXD 117 Yo-Kai Watch Star-For. Kirby Buckets Walk the Walk the Milo Murphy Star-For. Star-For. Kirby Buckets Right Now Lab Rats Lab Rats Lab Rats Kirby Buckets Spider-Man Star-Rebels Lab Rats Kirby BucketsGSN 144 The Chase “Oh Brother!” Deal or No Deal ’ Å Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family FeudCOOK 153 Donut Donut Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar Cupcake Wars Å Cupcake Wars Å Cupcake Wars “Hard Rock” Cake Hunters Cake Hunters Good Eats Good Eats Cupcake Wars ÅWE 163 CSI: Miami ’ Å CSI: Miami “About Face” ’ CSI: Miami “Caged” Å CSI: Miami “Paint It Black” CSI: Miami “G.O.” ’ Å CSI: Miami “Mayday” Å CSI: Miami ’ Å CSI: Miami ’ Å CSI: Miami “About Face” ’GALA 217 La Fuerza del Destino Como Dice el Dicho (SS) El Chavo El Chavo Vecinos Vecinos Vecinos Vecinos La Familia La Familia Noticias Los Cowboys Los Cowboys Hotel TodoTELE 223 María Celeste Suelta la Sopa ’ (SS) Decisiones Noticiero Caso Cerrado: Edición Silvana Sin Lana (N) (SS) La Doña (N) ’ (SS) El Chema (N) ’ (SS) Al Rojo Vivo Titulares La Doña ’ (SS)UNIV 224 El Gordo y la Flaca (N) Primer Impacto (N) (SS) Hotel Todo Noticiero Uni. La Rosa de Guadalupe (N) Despertar Contigo (N) Vino el Amor (N) El color de la pasión (N) Impacto Noticiero Uni Contacto Deportivo (N)NBCSP 311 Grudge Race Grudge Race Scan All 43 Scan All 43 Dakar Rally Dakar Rally NHL Live (N) ’ (Live) NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals. (Live) (:45) NHL Overtime (N) Sports Sports SportsDLC 319 Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Untold Stories of the E.R. ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Trauma: Life in the ER ’

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WRCBNBC 3 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Live at 5:00 Live at 5:30 News Nightly News Ent. Tonight Inside Edition Superstore Good Place Chicago Med (N) ’ The Blacklist (N) ’ Å News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Seth MeyersWELFTBN 4 John Hagee Grace Graham Billy Graham John Gray Unqualified Drive History Potters Praise Å Prince Hillsong TV Joel Osteen Lou Giglio Praise Å Max Lucado You areWTNB 5 Nancy’s Neighborhood WTNB Today Body Southern-Fit Tennova Talk Around Town First Baptist Church Perry Stone Around Town Around Town Texas Music Around Town Around TownWFLICW 6 Maury ’ Å Name Game Name Game Millionaire Millionaire Family Feud Family Feud DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Supernatural ’ Å Mod Fam Mod Fam Hollywood Paid Program Two Men Two MenWNGHPBS 7 Martha Speak Odd Squad Wild Kratts Arthur ’ (EI) PBS NewsHour (N) ’ Å Lawmakers Idols Georgia Trav. Miz Jones Agatha Raisin ’ Å (9:46) Masterpiece Mystery! English Gentleman (12:05) American ExperienceDAYSTAR 8 Green Room Bill Winston Mission Jewish Voice Guillermo Creflo Dollar Jewish Jesus John Hagee Rod Parsley Joni: Table Empowered By the Spirit Blessed Life M. Chironna New Level K. Copeland Robison Enjoying-LifeWTVCABC 9 Dr. Phil (N) ’ Å News News News World News Wheel Jeopardy! (N) American Baking Show Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories News (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (:37) NightlineWTCIPBS 10 Odd Squad Odd Squad Wild Kratts Arthur ’ (EI) World News Business Rpt. PBS NewsHour (N) ’ Å Chattanooga The A List The Amish Shunned: American Experience Å (DVS) A Chef’s Life World News Charlie Rose (N) ’ ÅWTVC2FOX 11 Harry (N) ’ Å Family Feud Family Feud Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Big Bang Big Bang Hell’s Kitchen (N) ’ (PA) (:01) My Kitchen Rules News at 10 Seinfeld ’ Last-Standing Last-Standing Paid Program 2 Broke GirlsWDEFCBS 12 The Dr. Oz Show (N) Å Judge Judy Judge Judy News 12 at 6 CBS News Prime News Andy Griffith Big Bang Great Indoors (:01) Mom (N) Life in Pieces Pure Genius (N) ’ Å News Late Show-Colbert CordenQVC 13 Fine Jewelry Gala (N) Å Simple Home Solutions Å Clarks Footwear Å Ace Your Space Å AnyBody Loungewear ÅCSPAN 14 (12:00) U.S. House of Representatives Legislative Business ’ Å U.S. House of Representatives Special Orders ’ Å Politics and Public Policy Today ’ Å Politics & Public PolicyWGN-A 15 Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops ÅHSN 16 Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Fashion & Accessories Lancome Paris Beauty (N)E! 23 The Kardashians The Kardashians The Kardashians E! News (N) Å Revenge Body With Khloé (:15) Revenge Body With Khloé Kardashian Botched E! News (N) ÅESQTV 24 NCIS: Los Angeles ’ NCIS: Los Angeles ’ NCIS: Los Angeles ’ NCIS: Los Angeles ’ ›› “Delivery Man” (2013) Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt. Å (DVS) ›› “Delivery Man” (2013) Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt. Å (DVS)LIFE 25 Grey’s Anatomy ’ Å Grey’s Anatomy ’ Å Project Runway: Junior Project Runway: Junior Project Runway: Junior (N) Project Runway: Junior (N) Tiny House Nation: Family (:02) Project Runway: Junior Project Runway: JuniorTLC 26 Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Project Dad (N) ’ Å My 600-Lb. Life ’ Å My 600-Lb. Life ’ Å My 600-Lb. Life: Supersized “Ashley R’s Story” (N) ’ Extreme Weight Loss Å (:01) My 600-Lb. Life: Supersized “Ashley R’s Story” ’TBS 27 Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ Seinfeld ’ Seinfeld ’ 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) Å Billy-Street Conan ÅTNT 28 Bones ’ Å Castle ’ Å (DVS) Castle ’ Å (DVS) Castle “Still” Å (DVS) NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks. (N) (Live) Å NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Golden State Warriors. (N) (Live) ÅUSA 29 (3:36) › “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009, Action) Å (:06) ›› “Fast & Furious” (2009, Action) Vin Diesel. Å (:15) ››› “John Wick” (2014) Keanu Reeves. Premiere. Colony “Eleven.Thirteen” Shooter Å (DVS) Law & Order: SVUFX 30 Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Mike & Molly ››› “Elysium” (2013) Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. ’ Å ››› “Avatar” (2009) Sam Worthington. A former Marine falls in love with a native of a lush alien world. ››› “Avatar” (2009) Sam Worthington.ESPN 31 SportsNation Questionable Around/Horn Interruption SportsCenter (N) Å College Basketball Notre Dame at Miami. (N) (Live) College Basketball Southern Methodist at Cincinnati. (N) SportsCenter (N) Å SportsCenter (N) ÅESPN2 32 Golf The Jump Questionable Around/Horn Interruption College Basketball Ohio State at Wisconsin. (N) (Live) College Basketball Arizona State at Arizona. (N) Å NFL Live (N) Å Basketball JalenFSTN 33 UFC Count. UFC Destination ACC Access Big East Driven XTERRA Adv. Predators NHL Hockey Boston Bruins at Nashville Predators. (N) (Live) Postgame World Poker Tour College BasketballSEC 34 (3:00) The Paul Finebaum Show (N) (Live) Å Women’s College Basketball Georgia at South Carolina. (N) Women’s College Basketball Florida at Mississippi State. SEC Storied Å SEC Storied ÅGOLF 35 Euro PGA PGA Tour Classic Inside PGA Golf Central Pregame (N) PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, First Round. (N) (Live) Golf Central PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, First Round.FS1 36 Undisputed Speak for Yourself Motorcycle Racing Monster Energy Supercross: Anaheim. Å College Basketball Washington at California. (N) Å College Basketball UCLA at Colorado. (N) (Live) ÅFSSE 37 Swing Clinic Running (N) Women’s College Basketball West Virginia at Texas Tech. Fight Sports: In 60 Fight Sports: In 60 Running (N) Polo Future Phen. Women’s College Basketball West Virginia at Texas Tech. Jimmy HanlinWEA 38 (3:00) Weather Center Live (N) Å (5:59) Weather Underground (N) Å Secrets of the Earth Å That’s Amazing “Pioneers” Secrets of the Earth Å Think You’d Survive? Think You’d Survive?CNBC 39 (3:00) Closing Bell (N) Å Fast Money (N) Å Mad Money (N) Å Blue Coll. Blue Coll. Shark Tank ’ Å Shark Tank ’ Å Secret Lives Secret Lives Secret Lives Secret Lives Secret Lives Secret LivesMSNBC 40 MSNBC Live (N) Å MTP Daily (N) Å With All Due Respect (N) Hardball Chris Matthews All In With Chris Hayes (N) The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word 11th Hour Hardball The Rachel Maddow ShowCNN 41 The Lead With Jake Tapper Situation Room With Wolf Situation Room With Wolf Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) CNN Town Hall: Paul Ryan CNN Tonight w/ Don Lemon CNN Tonight w/ Don Lemon CNN Town Hall: Paul RyanHDLN 42 Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Situation Room With Wolf Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) CNN Town Hall: Paul Ryan Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File CNN Town Hall: Paul RyanFNC 43 Your World With Neil Cavuto The Five (N) Å Special Report Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) The O’Reilly Factor (N) The Kelly File (N) Å Hannity (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor Å The Kelly File ÅHIST 44 Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Alone “The Lone Wolf” ’ Alone (N) ’ Å The Selection: Special (:03) Alone ’ Å (12:03) Alone ’ ÅTRUTV 45 Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Knockout Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside JokesA&E 46 The First 48 ’ Å The First 48 ’ Å The First 48 ’ Å The First 48 “Cranked” ’ The First 48 ’ Å The First 48 (N) ’ Å (:01) Nightwatch (N) Å (:03) The First 48 ’ Å (12:03) The First 48 ÅDISC 47 Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid ’ Å Naked and Afraid “23 Days” Naked and Afraid ’ ÅNGC 48 Kentucky Justice Å Kentucky Justice Å China’s Golden Monkeys Clever Monkeys Å Swamp of the Baboons Kingdom of the Apes Å Kingdom of the Apes Å Lemur Island Å Doomsday Preppers ÅTRAV 49 Mysteries at the Kremlin Buckingham Palace Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum White House: Mysteries- Mu. Mysteries at the Museum (N) Mysteries at the Museum White House: Mysteries- Mu.FOOD 50 Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Chopped Å Chopped “Double Trouble” Chopped Å Chopped “Healthy Rivalry” Chopped “Clean Eatin”’ Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Chopped “Clean Eatin”’HGTV 51 Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Hunters Hunters Int’l Hunters Hunters Int’l Flip or Flop Flip or FlopANPL 52 River Monsters ’ Å River Monsters ’ Å River Monsters ’ Å River Monsters ’ (:01) River Monsters ’ (:01) River Monsters Å (:01) River Monsters Å (:01) River Monsters Å (12:01) River Monsters ÅFREE 53 The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle › “I Love You, Beth Cooper” (2009) Hayden Panettiere. › “Because I Said So” (2007) Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore. ’ Å The 700 Club ’ Å Gilmore Girls “Kiss and Tell”DISN 54 Jessie Å Bunk’d Å Liv-Mad. Cali Style Girl Meets Bizaardvark K.C. Under. Good-Charlie Stuck/Middle Good-Charlie Liv-Mad. Liv-Mad. Bunk’d Å Bunk’d Å Jessie “G.I. Jessie” Å Girl Meets Best FriendsNICK 55 SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House Loud House Henry Danger Henry Danger Paradise Run Thundermans ››› “Dolphin Tale 2” (2014) Harry Connick Jr. Premiere. ’ Å Friends ’ Nashville ’ Å (DVS) Friends ’ (:33) FriendsTOON 56 My Knight Teen Titans Gumball Gumball Teen Titans Teen Titans We Bare We Bare King of Hill King of Hill Cleveland Burgers Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Family Guy Family Guy Chicken Aqua TeenTVLND 57 Gunsmoke “Pike” Å Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King KingAMC 58 Terminator 3 ›››› “The Dark Knight” (2008) Christian Bale. Batman battles a vicious criminal known as the Joker. ››› “Gladiator” (2000) Russell Crowe. A fugitive general becomes a gladiator in ancient Rome. ‘R’ ››› “Open Range” (2003) Robert Duvall.TCM 59 ›› “The V.I.P.s” (1963) Elizabeth Taylor. Å ›› “Marriage on the Rocks” (1965) Frank Sinatra. Å ››› “Johnny Belinda” (1948) Jane Wyman. Å (DVS) ›››› “The Yearling” (1946) Gregory Peck. Å (DVS) (12:15) “The Lost Weekend”HALL 60 Home Imp. Home Imp. Home Imp. Home Imp. Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden GirlsOXYGEN 61 NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS ’ Å (DVS)BRAVO 62 Top Chef Å Top Chef Å Top Chef Å Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Top Chef “Booty” (N) Å Real Housewives/Beverly Watch What Housewives/Atl. Top ChefSYFY 63 (2:30) › “Push” (2009) Å ›› “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” (2007) Nicolas Cage. Å ›› “The November Man” (2014, Action) Pierce Brosnan. Å (DVS) ››› “Salt” (2010, Action) Angelina Jolie. Å (DVS) ›› “The November Man”SPIKE 64 ›› “Bad Boys” (1995, Action) Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Tea Leoni. ’ Å › “The Waterboy” (1998) Adam Sandler. ’ Å Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Caraoke Awkward Caraoke Lip Sync Lip SyncCOM 65 (3:44) Tosh.0 (:17) Tosh.0 South Park South Park Futurama ’ Futurama ’ Futurama ’ Futurama ’ (7:55) ›› “Office Space” (1999) Ron Livingston. Å Workaholics South Park Daily Show At Midnight Futurama ’ Jeff & AliensMTV 66 (3:40) Teen Mom 2 ’ Å (4:50) Teen Mom 2 “100” ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends ’ Friends Are You the One? ’ Å Catfish: The TV Show Å Catfish: The TV Show Å RuPaul’s Drag Race Å (12:05) RuPaul’s Drag RaceVH1 67 K. Michelle K. Michelle T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny Leave, Stevie Leave, Stevie Leave, Stevie Leave, Stevie ›› “Space Jam” (1996) Michael Jordan. ’ Å “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”CMTV 68 Reba Å Reba Å Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing ›› “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” (2004) Anne Hathaway. Nashville (N) Å (DVS) Still The King Still The King Nashville ’ Å (DVS) Roseanne ’ Roseanne ’BET 69 (2:00) ›› “Preacher’s Kid” House/Payne House/Payne Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns ›› “Soul Men” (2008, Comedy) Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac. Å Martin Å (:35) Martin (:10) Martin The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh PrinceSCIENCE 83 How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made Impossible Engineering ’ Impossible Engineering ’ Impossible Engineering ’ Impossible Engineering ’ Impossible Engineering ’ Impossible Engineering ’CSPAN2 85 (3:00) U.S. Senate Coverage ’ Public Affairs Events ’ Public Affairs Events ’EWTN 100 Cat Chat Chaplet Kids Savoring Decision EWTN News Stories/Faith Daily Mass - Olam World Over Live (N) EWTN News Holy Rosary Father Spitzer’s Universe Defend Life Women of Daily Mass - OlamWPXA ION 107 Blue Bloods “The Job” ’ Blue Bloods “Leap of Faith” Blue Bloods “Parenthood” Blue Bloods ’ Å Blue Bloods ’ Å Blue Bloods ’ Å Blue Bloods ’ Å Blue Bloods ’ Å Blue Bloods “Working Girls”DISXD 117 Yo-Kai Watch Star-For. Kirby Buckets Walk the Walk the Milo Murphy Star-For. Star-For. Kirby Buckets Right Now Lab Rats Lab Rats Lab Rats Kirby Buckets Spider-Man Star-Rebels Lab Rats Kirby BucketsGSN 144 The Chase “Nothin’ to Lose” Deal or No Deal ’ Å Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family FeudCOOK 153 Unique Unique Unique Unique Unique Unique Carnival Eats Carnival Eats Carnival Eats Carnival Eats Carnival Eats Carnival Eats Cheap Eats Cheap Eats Good Eats Good Eats Carnival Eats Carnival EatsWE 163 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent (6:59) Ghosts in the Hood (7:58) L.A. Hair L.A. Hair (N) Ghosts in the Hood (N) L.A. Hair Ghosts in the HoodGALA 217 La Fuerza del Destino Como Dice el Dicho (SS) El Chavo El Chavo Vecinos Vecinos La Familia María Vecinos una familia La Familia Vecinos Noticias La Familia María La Hora PicoTELE 223 María Celeste Suelta la Sopa ’ (SS) Decisiones Noticiero Caso Cerrado: Edición Silvana Sin Lana (N) (SS) La Doña (N) ’ (SS) El Chema (N) ’ (SS) Al Rojo Vivo Titulares La Doña ’ (SS)UNIV 224 El Gordo y la Flaca (N) Primer Impacto (N) (SS) Hotel Todo Noticiero Uni. La Rosa de Guadalupe (N) Despertar Contigo (N) Vino el Amor (N) El color de la pasión (N) Impacto Noticiero Uni Contacto Deportivo (N)NBCSP 311 (1:30) Mecum Auto Auctions Classic car auction from Kissimmee, Fla. (N) Dakar Rally NHL Live (N) ’ (Live) NHL Hockey Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild. (Live) (:45) NHL Overtime (N) Dakar Rally Dakar Rally Dakar RallyDLC 319 Trauma: Life in the ER ’ Untold Stories of the E.R. ’ Boston EMS ’ Å Boston EMS ’ Å Boston EMS ’ Å Boston EMS ’ Å Boston EMS ’ Å Boston EMS ’ Å Boston EMS ’ Å

8 p.m. on (WRCB)Blindspot

A terrorist’s presence in New York worries the team in the new episode “Droll Autumn, Unmutual Lord.” Jane (Jaimie Alexander) and her colleagues team with the CIA to prevent the felon from setting an explosion with the potential to be devastating. Sullivan Stapleton, Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza, Ashley Johnson, Luke Mitchell and Archie Panjabi also star.

8 p.m. on (WTVC)The Goldbergs

Home from school during a “Snow Day” — which it is per the title of this new episode — Adam and Barry (Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile) learn that Murray (Jeff Garlin) is afraid of the white stuff coming down from the skies. If you think the siblings won’t use that information to their benefit, think again. Erica (Hayley Orrantia) isn’t happy when Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) finds her college application. George Segal also stars.

8:30 p.m. on (WTVC)Speechless

The aim of winning their insurance agent’s favor for JJ’s (Micah Fowler) benefit prompts the family to ask Dylan (Kyla Kene-dy) to make a major concession in this new episode. JJ initially resists becoming the source of Ray’s (Mason Cook) efforts in an essay contest, but another student’s actions make him reconsider. Guest stars include Jim O’Heir (“Parks and Recreation”). Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie and Cedric Yar-brough also star.

9 p.m. on (WNGH) (WTCI)NOVA

What lessons were learned from the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant? The new episode “The Nucle-ar Option” attempts to answer that question, as scientists and engineers reflect on the cleanup. They also discuss since-developed technologies designed to prevent similar accidents, and the telecast is particularly timely: In December, seaborne radiation from the Fukushima disaster reportedly was detected on America’s West Coast (in Oregon).

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Cream Cheese Chocolate Cake8 Inch, Single Layer, 24 Oz.

French Bread18.5 Oz., Fresh Baked

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New Potatoes & Baked Apples

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Kraft VelveetaCheesy SkilletsSelected Varieties11.3-15.66 Oz.

Hellmann’sMayonnaiseSelected Varieties15-30 Oz.

$399StarKistChunk Light TunaIn Oil or Water12 Oz.

$649

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Kellogg’sCerealSelected Varieties10.5-12.6 Oz.

Maxwell House Ground Coffee Wake Up Roast11.5 Oz.

Kellogg’sPop•TartsSelected Varieties6-8 Ct.

General MillsCerealSelected Varieties9-12.25 Oz.

McCafe Ground orK-Cups CoffeeSelected Blends4.12 -12 Oz. or 12 Ct.

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese or Velveeta Shells & CheeseSelected Varieties1.9-7.25 Oz.

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$299Charmin EssentialsBath TissueSelected Varieties12 Rolls

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$499

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$899

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2$5

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5$5

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2$7

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2$4

Nabisco Chips Ahoy!, Snack Crackers or Teddy GrahamsSelected Varieties3.75-13 Oz.

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$399

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2$4 88¢DannonOikos YogurtSelected Varieties5.3 Oz.

Kraft Dip or Snack TriosSelected Varieties1.5-8 Oz.

Stouffer’s Family SizeEntréesSelected Varieties32-38 Oz.

$699

SwansonPot PieChicken or Turkey7 Oz. 79¢

Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese40 Oz. Family Size

$599

Jimmy DeanBreakfast BowlSelected Varieties7-9 Oz.

2$5

BanquetBreaded Chicken Selected Varieties12-15 Oz.

2$4Ore•Ida Potatoesor Onion RingsSelected Varieties14-32 Oz.

2$5

Freschetta12 Inch PizzaSelected Varieties18.5-28.36 Oz.

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Blue BonnetSpreadRegular or Light15 Oz.

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1. In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, sour cream, mustard, salt, and black pepper. 2. Heat the butter in a 10-inch skillet until melted. 3. Add the onions and cook over medium-low heat until softened. 4. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet. As the eggs cook, lift the moisture from the bottom and sides of the pan so the uncooked part flows to the bottom. 5. Cook until the eggs are thick and creamy, throughout, but still moist.

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. 6 large eggs

. 1/4 cup Daisy Sour Cream

. 1/2 tsp dry ground mustard

. 1/4 tsp salt

. 1/8 tsp black pepper

. 1 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter

. 2 tbsp minced onion

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ListerineMouthwashSelected Varieties1 Liter

Pantene Shampooor ConditionerSelected Varieties12-12.6 Oz.

$499

$299

DialBody Wash Selected Varieties16 Oz.

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$599

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$449

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Boneless

Pork Cubed Steaks

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$499lb.

$379Top RoundRoast

lb.

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$189lb.

J i m m y ' s r e c i p e o f t h e w e e k !ROASTED BONELESSPORK SIRLOIN ROAST

ingredients:• 2 Lb. Boneless Pork Roast • 3 Cloves garlic, minced • 1 tbsp dried rosemary• Salt and pepper to taste • 1/4 cup olive oil• 1/2 cup white wine

instructions:1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.2. Crush garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper, making a paste. Pierce meat with sharp knife in several places and press the garlic paste into the openings. Rub the meat with the remaining garlic mixture and olive oil.3. Place pork roast into oven, turning and basting with pan liquids. Cook until the pork is no longer pink in the center, about one hour. An instant read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145ºF.4. Remove roast to a platter. Heat the wine in the pan and stir to loosen browned bits of food on the bottom. Serve with pan juices.

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TA S T E t h e C e r t i f i e d D i f f e r e n c e !

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Value PackFresh, Grade A

BonelessChicken Tenders

$299lb.

The Certified Angus Beef ® brand is the best Angus brand available. It’s a cut above USDA

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LondonBroil Steaks

$399

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80% LeanGround ChuckPatties

$359lb.

FreshGrade ASeasoned Split Fryers

$149lb.

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Gorton’sFrozen FishSticks or Fillets10-11.6 Oz.

$399JohnsonvilleFully Cooked Smoked SausageAndouille or Kielbasa14 Oz.

$329JohnsonvilleGround Italian Sausage orBrat Patties16 Oz.

$359Oscar Mayer Uploaded Lunchables Selected Varieties14-15 Oz.

$329

TysonBonelessChicken Tenders or Breast40 Oz.

$699Purnell’sOld FolksPork Sausage Regular, Hot or Smoked16 Oz.

$259

Oscar Mayer Bologna Regular, Thick or Thin12 Oz.

$179Carolina Pride Sliced BaconRegular or Thick12 Oz.

$289

$899North Carolina TroutFresh

lb.

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$799USA Wild HarvestedCodFillets

lb.$699USA Wild HarvestedMedium Shell-On Raw Shrimp31-35 Count

lb.$699USACatfishFillets

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Instructions:1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Cut four sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil or eight sheets of lighter foil into squares that are three inches longer than your fish. If using lighter foil, make four double-thick squares. Oil the dull side of the foil with olive oil, and place trout, skin side down, on each square. Season both sides with salt and pepper, and open them flat. Place two tarragon or dill sprigs (or one rosemary sprig) and two lemon slices down the middle of each, and fold the two sides together. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon olive oil over each fish.

Ingredients:• 4 Medium Rainbow Trout • Extra virgin olive oil • Salt• Freshly ground pepper• 2 lemons, one sliced, one cut in wedges• 8 fresh tarragon or dill sprigs,or 4 rosemary sprigs• Chopped fresh tarragon, dill or parsley for serving

2. Making sure that the trout are in the middle of each square, fold up the foil loosely, grabbing at the edges and crimping together tightly to make a packet. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 10-15 minutes, checking one of the packets after 10 minutes. The flesh should be opaque and pull apart easily when tested with a fork.3. Place each packet on a plate. Carefully cut across the top to open it, taking care not to let the steam from inside the packet burn you. Gently remove fish from the packet, and pour the juices over it. Sprinkle with tarragon, dill or parsley. Serve, passing the lemon wedges.

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Cul-de-Sac WineSelected Varieties750 mL

$299Bota BoxWineSelected Varieties3 Liter

$1899

Cook’sChampagne Selected Varieties750 mL

$729Michelob Ultra Beer 8 Pk./16 Oz. Aluminium Bottles

$1199

McKenzie’sHard CiderSelected Varieties6 Pk./12 Oz. Bottles

$799Budweiser, Bud Light,Miller Lite or Coors Light BeerSelected Varieties18 Pk./12 Oz. Bottles

$1699

At least four (4) boxes of 3 l i ter boxed wine.

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Mix and match case with same size only.10% discount is in addition to the best marked price.

$799Good PeopleBrewing CompanySelected Varieties6 Pk./12 Oz. Cans

Our offerings now include five year-round brews, four seasonals, and an occasional one-off. Good People is now enjoyed by folks in Alabama and Tennessee, most of whom we don’t actually know yet. And, according to BeerAdvocate, a leading voice in the beer community, the four highest-rated beers in the South are ours. We’re honored that people seem to think we know what we’re doing. See what you think. Give us a try.

Good PeopleStory?

GOOD PEOPLE BREWING COMPANY WAS BORN, WITH THE SALE OF OUR FIRST KEG ON JULY 4, 2008, IN OUR HOMETOWN OF BIRMINGHAM,

AL ABAMA. AND, SO FAR, SO GOOD.

B E E R & W i n e - F av o r i t e S e l e c t i o n s

SINCE 1936


SINCE 1936


LARGEST PICK 6 CRAFT BEER IN CLEVELAND

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Green GiantIdaho Potatoes10 Lb. Bag

Queso-MeltCheese DipSelected Varieties10 Oz.

$199FRIDAY

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$149Grade ABoneless SkinlessChickenBreast

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Folgers CoffeeCountry Roast 31 Oz.

TideLaundry Detergent Selected Varieties24-32 Use

Viva or BrawnyPaper Towels6-8 Rolls

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