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Shooter’s father to be sentenced Raymond Fryberg was convicted of illegally possessing firearms, including the one his son used to kill himself and fellow students.

By Scott North Herald Writer

SEATTLE — The Tulalip man whose teenage son killed four students and himself at Marysville Pilchuck High School in 2014

is scheduled to be sentenced Monday after being convicted of illegally possessing firearms, including the handgun used in the shootings. Assistant U.S. attorneys are seeking roughly three years in

prison for Raymond Fryberg, 42, the stiffest punishment under federal sentencing guidelines. Fryberg’s defense attorneys, however, say the man and his family have suffered enough and two years of probation, with

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no time behind bars, is more appropriate. A U.S. District Court jury in September convicted Fryberg of six counts of illegal firearm See SENTENCE, Page A2

A tail with a happy ending After 5 long years, a pooch-napped canine and her grieving human are reunited, thanks to a microchip and some work. By Eric Stevick Herald Writer

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Muralist Mozelle Spencer, of Mozelle by Design, paints a hillside mural along a wall at Dawson Place on Dec. 15 in Everett. Dawson Place, the center that serves sexually abused children and teenagers, is getting a facelift thanks to a grant from Boeing employees.

EVERETT — Beige walls are being transformed into bright underwater seascapes, rolling hillsides and sturdy trees. A puppy and kitten and bees and birds share space on walls in the medical examination room. A lot of healing can go on between those colorful walls. Kids can feel safe and they are taught that it’s not their fault that bad things happened to them. Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center in Everett has been getting a facelift thanks to some support from Boeing

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and Amazon employees. The center received a $40,000 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound. The money was used to hire muralist Mozelle Spencer, who is turning drab office walls into works of art. Dawson Place also was the first recipient of Amazon’s Local Love project. During the summer more than 100 volunteers painted, upgraded bathrooms and improved recording equipment. The volunteers logged more than 450 hours sprucing up the center. See MURALS, Page A2

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MONROE — Rosemary Murphy often wondered what happened to Mia, how her long lost Chihuahua-poodle mix was faring. It had been five years since the Sultan woman left her canine companion with a friend to watch for a few weeks. A neighbor of her friend took a liking to Mia. One day, the neighbor and Mia disappeared with no forwarding address. “I was heartbroken,” Murphy said. “I didn’t think I would see her again.” Last week, thanks to technology, a Good Samaritan, the help of two animal clinics and the Monroe Police Department, Mia and Murphy were reunited. On Tuesday, Mia was found at the Monroe Laundromat, but she had no collar or tags to identify her. The woman who found her asked around, but couldn’t find an owner. The dog was taken to the Cascade Animal Clinic, which determined it had an unregistered microchip

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Muralist Mozelle Spencer painted a seascape above an aquarium on a wall at Dawson Place on Dec. 15 in Everett.

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The work has transformed Dawson Place, making it more inviting, Executive Director Lori Vanderburg said. It’s not going unnoticed by the center’s small visitors. “I said to myself, ‘I like this place,’ ” a little girl was overheard saying as she walked down the hall with a child interview specialist. The girl is one of 1,250

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that was implanted by Kindness Animal Clinic, also in east Snohomish County. Kindness, in turn, worked with Monroe animal control officer

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Detectives, medical professionals, prosecutors, therapists and others providing services to victims all work under the same roof to limit the stress for crime victims. Dawson Place staff provide medical exams, community advocacy, preventative education, mental health assessments and counseling. The center also includes those involved in the criminal justice system,

including Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives, deputy prosecutors, interview specialists and state caseworkers. The center moved to its current location in 2010. The new paint and murals are welcome additions to a place that can be frightening for children, who often are asked to talk about the abuse they’ve endured. “We want to make it as good of an experience

as possible,” said Matt McLaughlin, the center’s director of development. The community support also means the nonprofit can spend more on expanding services for kids instead of buying paint and hiring plumbers. “We can focus on kids and their families,” Vanderburg said. Diana Hefley: 425339-3463; hefley@ heraldnet.com. Twitter: @ dianahefley/

LaDonna Whalen. She contacted Murphy, who was eager to get Mia back. At the police station Tuesday, Whalen watched intently when Mia was introduced to Murphy. For a moment, she was tentative and shy. When Murphy called her by her name, Mia instantly wriggled with recognition. “She just showered her

with dog kisses,” Whalen said. On the drive home, Mia curled up in Murphy’s lap. She has stayed close since. Murphy wonders what the past five years were like for Mia. Her fur was matted and she smelled bad. A volunteer plans to give Mia a good grooming. Mia’s is one of many reunions Whalen has

witnessed over her 15 years on the job. None have occurred after such a long separation. It is another reminder of the value of technology. “If there’s a microchip number, I can find the owner,” she said. Eric Stevick: 425-3393446; stevick@heraldnet. com.

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possession. He was the subject of a 2002 domesticviolence protection order in Tulalip Tribal Court that forbade him from owning guns. An investigation after the Oct. 24, 2014, shootings found the elder Fryberg repeatedly filled out federal forms while buying 10 different guns and never once answered truthfully that he was disqualified from making such purchases. The defendant’s son used his dad’s illegally acquired .40-caliber handgun to open fire in a high school cafeteria. Before taking his own life, the teen shot five of his friends and relatives. Only one boy, shot in the jaw, survived. Lying to skirt federal firearms laws is a serious offense and the consequence in this case contributed to the tragedy at Marysville Pilchuck, assistant U.S. attorneys Ye-Ting Woo and Bruce Miyake said in court papers. “The government recognizes that this court must impose a sentence commensurate with Fryberg’s unlawful possession of firearms, not for any other crimes,” they prosecutors wrote. However, they asked Judge James L. Robart to take notice that Fryberg

kept weapons where his son could gain access, and that guns still were unsecured inside the home months later when federal agents showed up with search warrants. Fryberg’s lawyers claimed that he never was served with the protection order. In addition, he was issued a concealed pistol license and was never questioned when game wardens checked his name during tribal hunting trips. The tribal protection order was not entered into a database that can be checked when screening firearm purchases or during contacts with police. Prosecutors demonstrated Fryberg had long been served with the order and understood its meaning. Seattle defense attorneys John Henry Browne and Michael Lee urged the judge to extend their client some mercy. After the high school shooting, “For a brief, stoic moment in life, Mr. Fryberg truly believed his circumstances could get no worse,” they wrote. “His son was gone, his family forever broken. He had lost everything but his sobriety and a single droplet of faith that somehow remained deep in his soul.”

Then the federal government came to arrest Fryberg, the attorneys wrote. Their client has since lost his job with the Tulalip Tribes, has been alienated from his community and “been painted by the media as a monster” as his case became fodder for the national debate over the adequacy of firearm background checks. They urged Robart to depart from federal sentencing guidelines that would see Fryberg locked up between 27 and 33 months. They urged a probation-only sentence, and no more than three months behind bars if some detention is deemed necessary. In support of leniency, the lawyers filed multiple letters from people supporting Ray Fryberg, including people who know him from coaching sports, from the Tulalip Indian Reservation and his large family. One letter was written by his dead’s son’s former girlfriend. Another was from his wife, Wendy Fryberg, a former member of the Marysville School Board. “My husband is the rock of my family, he has been the one constant to hold us together after the loss of our son in October 2014,” she wrote. Scott North: 425-3393431; north@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @snorthnews.

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Probation in boy’s shooting The teen pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and illegal gun possession after accidentally shooting his brother, 11. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

EVERETT — A ninth-grader who accidentally shot his 11-year-old brother in the face won’t serve any more time in

detention but he will be on probation for a year. The boy, 15, pleaded guilty late last month to third-degree assault and illegal gun possession in connection with the Nov. 29 shooting.

The teen’s brother survived the gunfire. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Eric Lucas declined the defense’s motion to give the boy a deferred sentence. That would have opened the door for the charges to be dismissed if the teen successfully completed a year of probation.

Lucas sentenced the boy to 26 days of detention, which he’d already served. The judge imposed a year of probation and ordered the teen to do 72 hours of community service. The Herald is not naming the boy because he was convicted as a juvenile. See PROBATION, Page A4

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A well-rounded personality By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

SNOHOMISH — Elly Rodriguez is a senior at Glacier Peak High School with a near perfect grade-point average and a heart for public service. Her teachers say the 17-year-old is a quiet leader who doesn’t waiver from her beliefs. Question: What is your favorite class? Answer: I have a lot, but probably ASB. I’ve been part of it for three years. It’s my favorite class just because we do a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff, like planning assemblies and food drives. It’s fun to help plan things and have a say in how activities are ran. Q: How are your grades? A: Good. I have a 3.99 GPA. I lost it my sophomore year in AP biology when I got an A-. My grades are something I take pride in. Q: How much time do you spend on homework? A: It depends. Maybe two to three hours a night. I try to prioritize my relationships above homework. I believe in a balanced life, not just spending all my time on homework. Q: Have you taken other Advance Placement classes? A: Yes. AP physics, AP U.S. history and AP language. I do that to earn as many college credits as I can for cheap. Q: What other activities are you involved with at school? A: I’ve been on the tennis team for three years. I hope to do that again this spring. National Honor Society, RAKE, which is the Random Acts of Kindness club. I’m also a senator for the student government. Q: What is the Random Acts of Kindness Club? A: We meet every week at lunch time. We think of ideas to bless people at school. During finals we hand out smarty pants notes. They’re notes, shaped like pants, with candy and say things like, “You can do this.” We write notes to teachers or bus drivers.

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Officials are offering a reward of $10,000 for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of the arsonist setting fires to Navy homes in Oak Harbor. “We take any threat to our families and loved ones very seriously,” said Capt. Michael Nortier, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station commanding officer. The Sunday after Christmas,

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Glacier Peak High School Super Kid Elly Rodriguez is interested in pursuing physical or occupational therapy.

They are just little things that are anonymous. Q: How long have you played tennis? A: I started my freshman year. I’d taken a couple of lessons beforehand. In the past they had never made cuts to the team so I thought that I could do it. My year they made 12 cuts. Q: What do you like about playing tennis? A: I really like the girls on my team. We’re all friends. It’s really relaxing to play. It’s gets your mind off of school. I’m kind of

a competitive person too, so matches are fun. Q: Are you competitive about other things? A: I’m competitive with my grades. I’m not vocal about it. I have two little brothers and I’m competitive when we play games. Q: What church do you attend and what activities are you involved in there? A: Mountain View Community Church on Seattle Hill Road. I’m a student leader in my youth group. I’m on the worship team.

I play piano and keyboard for our worship group. Sometimes I play Sunday mornings. Q: How long have you been playing piano? A: I think since the second grade. I really love music. It’s a different way to take my mind off of things. I like seeing how instruments come together to create a song. Q: Can you talk about the mission trips you’ve taken with your church? See SUPER, Page A4

Reward offered for tips about Navy arsons By Debra Vaughn

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someone set a military apartment located just outside the base on fire. No one was hurt, but five families who lived in the Whidbey Apartments lost their homes. This is at least the third fire set at Navy housing communities in Oak Harbor since September. The others happened at Crescent Harbor military housing east of town. In those cases, someone set fire to recycle and trash bins outside people’s homes. At least two

Six-week closure of Bothell-area road The Snohomish County Public Works Department plans to shut down 14th Drive SE north of Highway 524 through Feb. 19. The full closure will allow crews to work on the North Creek Interceptor project, a sewer line that serves por-

of the fires blossomed into bigger blazes. Navy officials were tight-lipped about the fires, declining to say how many were started. After the latest incident, the base CO bumped up security in Navy neighborhoods. Naval Criminal Investigative Service is leading the investigation, which involves other federal agencies. The money comes from NCIS, which added $5,000 to the pot, and the housing contractor

tions of Bothell, Mill Creek and unincorporated Snohomish County. Even emergency vehicles and school buses will not have access at all times. For more information, call 425-388-6453 or search for “roads central” online at www.snoco.org. Library volunteers needed: The Arlington Library is look-

Forest City Residential, which manages military housing. Anyone who notices anything suspicious should to report the activity by contacting the NCIS tip line at 360-257-3359; at texta-tip NCIS 274637 to make an anonymous tip via a smartphone text; or go to the NCIS website at NCIS.navy.mil to file an anonymous complaint via computer. Debra Vaughn: 360-6756611, ext. 5075; dvaughn@ whidbeynewsgroup.com.

ing for volunteers to help organize books, find lost items, manage bookshelves and help out with other tasks around the library. The opportunity can count for high school community service hours or help with job and volunteer experience. Hours are flexible. The library is located at 135 N. Washington Ave. Anyone interested in volunteering can

contact Michele or Debbie at 360-435-3033 or stop by the front desk at the library. Toll late fees waived: Have a late fee for an unpaid toll on I-405? The state will waive civil penalties for first-time offenses. You can request a one-time waiver of all unpaid late fees and penalties as long as you pay the original

eal relief for the north end of I-405 is a long way off. The express toll lanes are moving more cars per hour than their HOV predecessors. But that’s not true for every spot along the way, particularly the one-lane section of the northbound lanes in Snohomish County, according to a Street Smarts look at state data. Here, traffic volumes in the former HOV lanes have stayed unchanged or gone down northbound. And what bright spots there are going south are well short of dramatic. The challenge northbound is most pronounced at the end of the lanes — near the junction with I-5 — where the former HOV lane used to move 11 percent of all northbound vehicles. That share slipped to 9 percent a year later in December 2015. The state aims to help the north end in both the coming weeks and the coming years. In the short-term, crews will move back double-white striping by about 400 feet to give drivers more room to merge to I-5 — offering an incentive to stay in the lanes until they end rather than bail early to aid a slow-moving crawl across multiple lanes of heavy traffic. In the long-term, the state plans to use future toll revenue to create a second toll lane both northbound and southbound, eliminating a bottleneck caused when it further expanded the highway for a second toll lane at Kingsgate. Transportation officials also plan a direct access connection to Highway 522 with a new interchange. Together, the projects total an estimated $570 million. There’s no timeline for that work. Expanding tolling to Renton for a 40-mile network is the next step, and that likely won’t be completed until 2022 at the earliest. The state continues to tweak striping and stenciling to address concerns in other spots along the Lynnwood-to-Bellevue corridor. “We’ll continue to monitor access points and listen to driver feedback to identify challenging areas,” said Ethan Bergerson, a spokesman for the Washington State Department of Transportation. It is early in the project. State officials have said it will take six months to a year for tolling patterns to settle in on I-405. They are aware of problems in the north end, but remain committed to seeing tolling through its first two years before making any dramatic changes. With about 4 in 10 express toll lane users coming from Snohomish County, though, relief can’t come soon enough. See SMARTS, Page A4

tolls. Most penalties can now be removed by the first customer service representative you speak with, and you can dispute any part of the toll bill that you feel you are not responsible for due to mitigating circumstances. For more information, call 866-936-8246. Wait times are shortest Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings.

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Burn ban in Darrington SEATTLE — A burn ban for Darrington took effect at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency put in place a prohibition on burning in any wood fireplaces, wood stoves, fireplace inserts and pellet stoves in Darrington, unless it is the only source of heat. If it is the sole source of warmth, smoke should not be visible. Outdoor burning also is prohibited, including wood and charcoal-fueled recreational fires. Restrictions have been lifted for the rest of Snohomish County. A stronger weather front is expected by Monday and will likely bring better air quality into early next week. For more information, go to pscleanair.org/burn ban.

Arlington: Crash victim identified The Washington State Patrol has released the

name of the Lake Stevens woman who died after a car crash along Highway 9 near Arlington at around 5 p.m. Saturday. Maureen Darrow, 80, died at Providence Regional Medical Center Colby Campus in Everett after being injured when Toyota FourRunner crashed into the passenger side of the Buick Century she was riding in near 252nd Street. The driver of the Buick, Norman Darrow, 82, was also taken to Colby with injuries. Troopers said the Everett man who was driving the Four-Runner did not have his headlights on when he slammed into the Darrows. The 40-year-old was not injured. The Washington State Patrol is investigating.

Snohomish: City clerk retires City clerk Torchie Corey has retired after 21 years of service to Snohomish. Human Resources manager Pat Adams took on the clerk’s duties in January. The City Council combined the two jobs in December. It is expected to save Snohomish $120,000

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As a condition of his sentence the teen is prohibited from engaging in “assaultive or threatening behavior.” He told detectives he purchased the .38-caliber revolver and 15 bullets for $250 two months after he was shot in the chest during a gang-related drive-by shooting. He kept the weapon under his mattress but that day he tucked the gun and five bullets into a pocket in his pants. He

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A: Two summers ago my family went to Mexico for a week. We helped construct part of a house. We put on a (Vacation Bible School) for some local kids. We did prayer ministry and went around the community

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and prayed with different families. Last summer I went to the Dominican Republic with my youth group. We started construction on a camp and we did another Vacation Bible School for the kids. Q: What do you learn on those trips? A: I want to continue to do those trips throughout my life. I realized people have such a greater need

than I have. It gave me a new perspective how blessed we really are in America. Q: What are your plans after high school? A: I plan to attend a four-year university. I’m not sure which one yet. I want to major in public health. After college I’d like to go to grad school for physical therapy or occupational therapy. I really

want to work in a children’s hospital. Q: Why a children’s hospital? A: I love kids and I’ve done a lot of babysitting. It’s cool to see how kids grow up and progress. You can really make an impression in a kid’s life. Diana Hefley: 425339-3463; hefley@ heraldnet.com. Twitter: @ dianahefley.

Marysville, asks: “Simpson Sand and Gravel operates a large operation at the west end of 140th Street NW (Firetrail Road) in Marysville. Dozens of large dump trucks and pony trailers haul dirt, sand, and gravel from this facility and trash the road with dirt and mud. What responsibility does Simpson have as a company to keep 140th clean? It is worse than ever

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The 15 commissioners elected by voters in November to review the structure of Snohomish County government are getting to work, and are scheduled to meet again the evening of Jan. 20. At their first meeting Wednesday, members of the Charter Review Commission selected Mukilteo Mayor Jennifer Gregerson as

military-style rifle on top of his car and pointing it at the pickup. The trio threw a knife and metal baseball bat at him before speeding off. Beteran-Monrroy allegedly gave chase and shot at the truck. The 15-year-old was struck near the armpit and began coughing up blood. Beteran-Monrroy is charged with firstdegree assault and drive-by shooting. His trial is scheduled for March.

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their chairwoman. Former county Auditor Bob Terwilliger, of Brier, was elected first vice chairman and Raymond Miller, of Marysville, second vice chairman. The Jan. 20 meeting, like others, is open to the public. It’s scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. in county council chambers on the 8th floor of the Robert Drewel building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. That meeting is expected to focus on organizing the commission, including hiring staff to help carry out its work. The commission expects to forward recommendations to the County Council by June 30, Gregerson said. The council has until primary Election Day, on Aug. 2, to send proposals the county auditor for the November ballot. The commission convenes every 10 years. Commissioners can suggest changes to the structure of county government laid out in 1979. That can include getting rid of certain elected offices, tinkering with department structures and deciding whether county elected offices should be partisan or nonpartisan. Herald staff

home and confronted him. He “admitted that he knows guns can kill or injure someone,” Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Leanne Foster wrote in charging papers. He was shot in the chest in August during a drive-by shooting in south Everett. The round perforated his heart. The shooting happened when he and three other boys went looking for another teenager. They told police they planned to beat the 18-year-old up in retaliation for a gang-related beef. The group ended up stopped at a light next to him. Juan Beteran-Monrroy is accused of placing a

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and I have only witnessed a sweeper truck once and it only moves the dirt and dust around.” Snohomish County engineer Owen Carter noted that the pit, on Tulalip Tribes land, is required to clean any dirt and mud it tracks onto the roadway. “It is the goal of our joint transportation divisions to ensure compliance with all permits issued. The safe maneuverability of all who travel our joint network of roads is clearly our No. 1 priority. The issuance of a permit and its conditions within the Tulalip Reservation are enforced by the Tribal Community Development Compliance Division. In addition, the Snohomish County Sheriff has issued citations for trucks leaving material on the roadway. “Recently, the Snohomish County Road Maintenance staff was requested to drive through the site area this week and they found the roadway to be free of dirt and mud with the exception of the sand that Snohomish County placed during the past few weeks to deal with the icy roads. Once the weather warms up and the roads are no longer slick, the sand will be swept up.”

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on the A/C? Oh, right. Science. YouTuber and viral virtuoso Mark Rober explains the fastest way to de-fog a windshield in his latest video. You can find it at tinyurl.com/fast defrost. It’s a long one. If you want to skip the science and the snickers, go to the four-minute 20-second mark. The video tested the quickest method for getting rid of liquid condensation, or fog, on the glass — not for ice or frost. That doesn’t mean it still wouldn’t help speed the removal of our limp Pacific Northwest version of icy windshield matter. But we’re interested in your ideas. So here you go, Street Smarts readers: What’s your trick for quickly (and safely) getting rid of ice on the windshield? Bonus points for using the scientific method, visual aids and typing scores of explainer material really fast to sound superknowledgeable. Send what you’ve got to streetsmarts@ heraldnet.com and be sure to include your name and hometown. In the meantime, I’m going to investigate the best way proven by science to hold a hamburger. Have a question? You can email that to me, too, at streetsmarts@heraldnet. com. As always, include your first and last name and city of residence.

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Della Mae Hord

Sept. 16, 1937 - Dec. 29, 2015 Della Mae Hord, 78 of S n o h o m i s h , Wa s h i n g t o n , went to the Lord on D e c e m b e r 2 9 , 2 015 i n Harper, Kansas where she was being cared for by her daughter, Dawn Van Denburgh. D e l l a “ S i s s y ” H o rd w a s preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Helen Prater. She is sur vived by her husband, William “Bill” Hord; her children, Dawn VanDenburgh (Kenny), Debbie Olson (Don), Darrell Draper (Cindy), and Dale D r a p e r ( J e n n y ) ; grandchildren, Rachell, Brandon, Torre, Todd and Lisa along with stepchildren, step-grandchildren, sister and brothers. Della loved to travel and spent her winters in Yuma, Arizona. She loved to visit with family and friends and especially enjoyed playing card games and was an exc e l l e n t p l aye r o f m a ny games. A devoted mother and grandmother, Della enjoyed spending her time watching her kids and grandkids in all their extra curricular activities and sports events and enjoyed cheering for them from the stands. Of all her gif ts, her love and radiant smile will be missed by all of her family and friends. A memorial service will be held Januar y 16, 2016, at 2 : 0 0 p . m . a t C ro s s V i ew Church in Snohomish. In lieu of flowers please send donations to your favorite charity.

Claudia Marie Clough Claudia Marie Clough passed away peacefully on December 20, 2105, in her home with family and loved ones by her side. Claudia lost a very short battle with Myeloma. She was 75 years old, born on Februar y 29 1940, in Yakima, Wash. Claudia was matriarch and a friend to many. She was truly loved by all that knew her and will be missed dearly. Claudia is survived by her son, Kelly Clough; daughter, Kim Ackerman; her sister, Sherr y Parks; her brother, Vance Oliver; her two g r a n d c h i l d r e n , Ky l e a n d Sherice and her two great grandchildren, Biana and Jayden. A celebration of life will t a ke p l a c e J a n u a r y 16 , 2016.

Larry A. Kirchgessner

June 13, 1929-November 29, 2015 When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night L a r r y K i rc h g e s s n e r wa s born in Everett, Washington on June 13, 1929 to Robert and Lillie Kirchgessner. After 86 long and lively years, he died peacefully with family by his side on November 29, 2 015 i n G r e e n Va l l ey, Arizona. As a teen, Larr y loved horses and won many a Snohomish County barrel race on Calico. He met his wife, Joan at Snohomish High School and married her on February 27, 1949. They moved to Arlington, Washington, where they raised four children: Michael, Deborah, Mark and Kim, and he ran the local Shell service station. In 1966, the family moved to Everett, where Larr y o p e n e d a n ew b u s i n e s s , Larr y’s ARCO, at 19th and Wetmore. He loved being his own boss, and he loved his c u s to m e r s ( we l l , m o s t o f them). Larry captained three vessels, all named Jolare (26 f t., 32 f t., and 35 f t.) a ro u n d P u g et S o u n d a n d became Commodore of the Everett Yacht Club in 1972. He was also a member of the Elks Club. The lure of travel took Larry and Joan by RV across the western U.S., and eventually they went all over the world, to China, India, South America, Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia. In retirement they set anchor in the Arizona desert (Green Valley). Larr y d i s c ove r e d a p a s s i o n fo r arid gardening and produced many exquisite stained glass art pieces for family, friends and neighbors. He also found the time to be a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels. He will be remembered fondly and forever for his tooth-gapped smile, his stories, his humor, and his kindness. Larry is survived by his wife of 66 years, Joan; his children, Mike (Susan), Deb (Kur t), and Kim (Rhonda); his grandsons, Christopher, Kyle, Jordan and Cooper; three great-grandchildren; and his beloved dog Pixi. Larr y was preceded in death by his parents; his s i s te r, Ka t h l e e n ; a n d h i s son, Mark. Many thanks to the staff at the Beehive and the hospice folks at Gerinet Healthcare for their compassionate and h e a r t fe l t c a r e . M e m o r i a l donations may be made to the Community Food Bank of Green Valley or the American Cancer Society. At his request there were no services.

Warren R. McDanold Nov. 19, 1932-Nov. 18, 2015

A M e m o r i a l S e r v i c e fo r Warren R. McDanold, 82 of Mount Vernon, will be held on Saturday, Januar y 16, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 21 2 0 M a r k e t S t , M o u n t Vernon. Arrangements are under the care of Kern Funeral Home.

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Standoff fuel for GOP’s fire Ranchers’ cause, not tactics, gains support in Republican circles. By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press

DENVER — Republicans have widely condemned the armed standoff by a group of ranchers to reclaim federal land in eastern Oregon, but their goal of taking back some of Washington’s vast holdings in the West has gained traction in the GOP. The decades-old idea could garner even more momentum should the party recapture the White House this year. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has proposed preventing the federal government from owning more than 50 percent of the land in any state, which would require changes, for example, in Alaska, Nevada and other Western states. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has backed legislation to give states the ability to develop energy resources on federal land and told the Des Moines Register editorial board that “the federal government owns far too much land” in the West. Both senators backed an amendment offered by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski last year that would make it easier for federal land to be returned to state control. Meanwhile, an effort to force the federal government to hand over lands to the states has also gained momentum, with the Republican National Committee in 2014 issuing a resolution calling for Western states to reclaim the land. Republican legislatures in states such as Georgia and South Carolina have passed motions backing the concept, and several western states are studying the issue. “The people on the ground are so exasperated with this

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lock-down, hands-off management that it’s percolating up,” said Ken Ivory, a Utah state legislator who founded the American Lands Council, which advocates for western states reclaiming their land. “It’s one of those things that’s destined to be.” But both environmentalists and even some critics of federal control of western lands say politics will keep much of the West firmly under federal control. Many Westerners prize their ability to use federal land to hunt, hike or fish, and more people are moving to the region’s cities and fewer to rural areas where conflict with federal land management is rife. “It just ignites a firestorm” whenever large-scale land transfers are discussed, said Oregon Republican Rep. Greg Walden, a longtime critic of federal western land management, whose district includes the wildlife refuge where a handful of armed ranchers have been holed up since last

week, refusing to leave until the land is returned to local control. He noted that President George W. Bush had to backpedal on a plan to sell off surplus western land and argued that, if the GOP captures the White House this year, no large-scale land transfer would pass even a Republicancontrolled Congress. “We’re just outnumbered in the West,” Walden said, adding that Republicans from other regions would not necessarily join with Western ones. “We don’t have the votes.” Environmentalists are alarmed at the direction of the conversation, but they agree that large-scale transfers are unlikely. “It seems to be a popular issue in presidential primaries for capturing tea party support, but it lacks the popular support that is needed to actually happen and it carries with it all sorts of fiscal and practical problems,” said Matt Lee-Ashley of the liberal

Center for American Progress. The federal government owns nearly 1 million square miles in the West, and for more than a century conflicts between its priorities and those of the people who live there have helped define the region. In the 1970s and 1980s the backlash over new wilderness areas in the West was dubbed “the sagebrush rebellion.” Anger at federal encroachment flared again during the Clinton administration in the 1990s and has reignited during the Obama administration. Advocates of greater local control over Western lands often express exasperation at standoffs like the one in Oregon, which they see as undermining their cause. They argue that arcane federal rules can ensnare wellmeaning ranchers, off-road enthusiasts or others, and that some of the vast swathes of protected land prevent energy extraction that could be a boon to communities with few jobs.

FAA faulted for pilot training effort By Joan Lowy Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The government is falling short in ensuring airline pilots keep up their flying skills and get full training on how to monitor sophisticated automated control systems in cockpits, according to the Transportation Department’s internal watchdog. Most airline flying today is done through automated systems that pilots closely monitor. Pilots typically use manual flying skills only briefly during takeoffs and landings. Studies and accident investigations have raised concern that pilots’ manual flying skills are becoming rusty and that pilots have a hard time staying focused on instrument screens for long periods. But the Federal Aviation Administration isn’t making sure that airline training programs adequately address the ability of pilots to monitor the flight path, automated systems and actions of other crew members, the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General found. Only five of 19 airline flight simulator training plans reviewed by investigators specifically mentioned pilot monitoring. The FAA also isn’t well positioned to determine how often airline pilots get a chance to manually fly planes and hasn’t ensured that airline training programs adequately focus on manual flying, according to the report, obtained by The Associated Press. It has not been released publicly. In January 2013, the agency issued a safety alert to airlines encouraging them to promote opportunities for pilots to practice manual flying in day-to-day operations and during pilot training. But the FAA hasn’t followed up to determine whether airlines are

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following the recommendation, the report said. The FAA published new rules in 2013 requiring airlines to update their training programs to enhance pilot monitoring and manual flying skills, but the agency is still working on guidance to airlines on how to do that, the report said. Airlines aren’t required to comply with the rules until 2019, the report said. “Because FAA hasn’t

determined how carriers should implement the new requirements or evaluated whether pilots manual flying time has increased, the agency is missing important opportunities to ensure that pilots maintain skills needed to safely fly and recover in the event of a failure with flight deck automation or an unexpected event,” the report said. The rules on enhancing training were prompted in part

by the 2009 crash of a regional airliner while approaching Buffalo, New York. The crash killed all 49 people on board and a man on the ground. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the pilots weren’t closely monitoring the plane’s airspeed, which began to decrease to dangerously slow levels. Thus the captain was startled when a safety system called a “stick shaker” automatically went on, violently rattling the control yoke. Instead of pointing the plane downward to pick up speed, the captain pulled back on the yoke to increase altitude. That slowed the plane even more, leading to an aerodynamic stall. The plane fell from the sky and landed on a house. The board concluded that the monitoring errors by the flight crew demonstrated the need for more specific training on active monitoring skills. The U.S. and other countries are transitioning to satellitebased air traffic systems and reducing their reliance on radar. Among the advantages of satellite-based navigation is that pilots can fly planes closer together. That allows more takeoffs and landings, and reduces congestion to meet growing demands for air travel. But the precision of automation is necessary in order for planes to safely fly closer together. As automation increases, pilots have fewer opportunities to use manual flying skills. Industry studies and committees have found that pilots who don’t get to use their manual flying skills may not be prepared to handle unexpected events. Two of the nine airlines visited by investigators actively discouraged pilots from manual flying under normal conditions.

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Trump taunts Cruz on citizenship WAVERLY, Iowa — Donald Trump taunted fellow Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz over his eligibility to be president on Saturday, offering the following response to Cruz’s instance that he’s a natural born citizen: “You’re not.” “You can’t have a person running for office, even though Ted is very glib and he goes out and he says, ‘Oh, well, I’m a natural born citizen.’ The point is, you’re not,” Trump said during a rally in Clear Lake, Iowa. “I mean, you’ve got to get a declaratory judgment, you have to have the courts come up with a ruling or you have a candidate who just cannot run because the other side will immediately bring suit and you’ve got that cloud on your head.” Cruz, who has long maintained there is no issue with his Canadian birth since his mother was a U.S. citizen, repeated Saturday that “the laws and facts are quite straightforward.” The Constitution says only a “natural born citizen” may be president. Legal scholars generally agree the description covers foreignborn children of U.S. parents.

Calif.: Slight gas-price drop The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past three weeks, to $2.05 a gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that with the slight decline the price remains the lowest since 2009. Lundberg said prices may continue to go down as crude oil costs drop and refineries run at a high rate. The current gas price is 15 cents per gallon under its year-ago point. In the Lower 48 states, the highest average price of regular gasoline was $3.01 per gallon in Los Angeles. The lowest was $1.64 in St. Louis.

‘Star Wars’ still No. 1 “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” stayed on top of the North American box office for the fourth straight weekend, beating out Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant,” and becoming the thirdlargest grossing movie in the world ever. According to studio estimates Sunday, the adventures of Rey, Finn and stalwarts from the previous “Star Wars” films raked in $41.6 million in the U.S. and Canada and $104.3 million overseas, led by a record-breaking opening in China.

La.: Spillway opened The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened a major spillway near New Orleans for the first time in years, seeking to decrease the flow of the swollen Mississippi River. Heavy Mississippi Valley rain has sent the river to its highest stages since 2011, the last time the Bonnet Carre spillway was opened. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu praised the spillway for safeguarding the city, the NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reported Sunday. The National Weather Service said the river was cresting Sunday at Tunica, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas, amid reports of some flooding in low-lying areas near Vicksburg and Natchez in Mississippi. The spillway was built 28 miles upriver from New Orleans after a devastating 1927 flood as a relief valve to send diverted waters eventually to the Gulf of Mexico.

AROUND THE WORLD Mexico: Extradtion sought Mexican officials Sunday formally launched the process to extradite recaptured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, starting what could be a lengthy road full of legal appeals and maneuvering. Agents notified Guzman at the maximum-security Altiplano prison where he is being held after being recaptured on Friday — six months after he escaped through a tunnel out of the same lockup. The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that Guzman was informed that he was wanted in the U.S. The notification was done agents of the international police agency Interpol, who served two arrest warrants to the jailed drug lord.

Egypt: Parliament convenes Egypt’s first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held its inaugural session Sunday, signaling the completion of a political road map announced after the 2013 military overthrow of an elected Islamist president. The assembly is the first legislature since el-Sissi, as military chief, led the 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi following mass protests against the Islamist leader and his Muslim Brotherhood. The new parliament replaces one dominated by Islamists that was dissolved by a court ruling in June 2012. From Herald news services

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Whistle Workwear in Everett moved into a new store at 10203 Evergreen Way, a space that’s more than three times bigger than its former site in the same shopping center.

Going beyond work apparel Whistle Workwear expands in Everett, caters to a wider audience By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal

EVERETT — Whistle Workwear started 20 years ago in Puyallup, but one of its busiest stores has always been the location in Everett. That’s why the business moved into a new spot at 10203 Evergreen Way, filling the storefront once occupied by Pacific Fabrics. At 18,800 square feet, the new store is more than three times the

size of the former site just a short distance away in the same shopping center. “This has always been one of our highest volume locations,” said Scot Deide, Whistle Workwear’s co-owner. “We found we needed more room to cater our local customers.” The chain has eight stores from Bellingham to Olympia that specialize in work boots, rain gear, and safety and work apparel. It was started in 1995 by Del Deide, Scot’s father,

who remains a co-owner. With the expansion, the Everett store will now employ 19 full- and part-time workers, up from 14. And the store is looking to add a few more employees. The inventory at the new store has also been expanded. The Everett store will carry a selection of Western wear for men and women, new workwear from Timberland Pro, a new section devoted to women, and scrubs and

expanded safety gear and Dickies workwear. The store also expanded its offering of footwear to almost 300 different styles of shoes and boots. “If you’re an outdoor person, there’s a lot of crossover type gear and lifetstyle clothing as well,” Scot Deide said. One of the things that the business brought with it during the move is its personality. The store has added a Model A with the extra space.

The store kept fallingthrough-the-ceiling Joe, the legs of a mannequin that’s wearing jeans and boots and looks like a worker dropped from the roof. And Stanley the Bear came along with the move and is situated near the entrance. “I can’t tell you how many times people have taken their pictures with Stanley,” store manager Russ Weaver said. “I can’t count that high.”

Manna Mills to close after seeing ‘niche vanish’ By Jennifer Sasseen For The Herald Business Journal

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MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — A rising tide of gluten-free foods into mainstream stores, along with the popularity of Amazon. com, has cost a local natural food store its livelihood. Manna Mills Natural Market in Mountlake Terrace will close its doors at the end of this month, owner Choon Park said. The store in its current incarnation has been a fixture at 21705 66th Ave. W., off 220th Street, for more than 20 years, said Park, 63. She bought it at the height of the market 10 years ago, weathering the recession with the help of what the Manna Mills website touts as the “largest selection of gluten-free products in Seattle”.

“But now, gluten-free is everywhere,” Park said. “We had our niche vanish,” said store employee Kyle Morin, 25. And Park points to Amazon. com as the reason she’s found it almost impossible in recent years to move vitamins and supplements off the shelves. People have switched to ordering them online, she said. The store at one time offered 200 different types of products in bulk, from coconut, almond and soy flours, to beans, grains and rice. Over the years, the store attracted a small but loyal following and many of them are taking the store’s closure hard, said employee Jessica Strong, 25.

Edmonds Community College’s Board of Trustees has gained two new members, Tia Benson Tolle, and a new student trustee, Omar Abdulla. Benson Tolle will serve a term that will run through September 2020. She replaces board member Dick Van Hollebeke, who finished his term in September. Abdulla will serve a term that will run through June 2016. He

“I’ve seen all the stages of grief since we’ve been telling people we’re closing,” Strong said. Park said she’s had customers come to her in tears and she’s been tearful herself, but she held on to the store as long as she could. She’s lost money for the past four years, she said. “We had known the store had been struggling for years,” Morin said, “and it finally came to a head.” One of the store’s biggest sellers was its raw cows’ milk and customers have been wondering where to find it. The store is helping people find alternative locations for its goods. People can either call the store at 425-775-3479 or come in to find out about this and other products.

replaces Girish Chummun. Bothell-based CEO Randall Schatzman of Alder Biopharmaceuticals has ranked at No. 6 in a list of top U.S. CEOs compiled by ExecRank. The list ranks the CEOs of small market capitalization firms in industries ranging from consumer brands to energy companies. A list of the rankings can be found at tinyurl.com/hx2g99g.

Mountlake Terrace’s Manna Mills Natural Market is closing after glutenfree products became widely available at other stores.

Port of Everett Commissioner Troy McClelland was elected in November as president of the Washington Public Ports Association, which means the Port will now have a role in addressing policy issues at the highest level in the state. McClelland first joined the commission in 2009 and was re-elected to the position last fall.

To better meet increasing public demand for its services, the Permit Center at Edmonds City Hall will be open five days a week, instead of being closed Wednesdays, effective mid-February. Last month, the City Council approved a 2016 budget that restores some staffing that had been cut during the recession. Since then, the city has focused on recruiting for the positions.

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Licenses not only ID concern there is no federal database of driver information. Since it’s difficult to argue against any of the main requirements — anti-counterfeit technology, verifying an applicant’s identity, and conducting background checks for employees involved in issuing licenses — some states have made upgrades, but concerned with the Real ID part of the equation, made them so they specifically don’t work with the national system. For example, on Thursday, Montana’s Attorney General Tim Fox said that enhanced security measures included in the state’s new driver’s licenses are not meant to comply with federal standards that threaten to create an “Orwellian national ID system,” The Washington Times reported. States can’t be forced to comply, The New York Times reported, but the government can encourage change by doing other things, such as requiring that visitors to military bases, nuclear plants and federal facilities produce a driver’s license from a state that complies with the law, or show another form of government ID, like a passport. All of which the government did in October.

But the biggest scare was the threat that the non-compliant licenses wouldn’t be accepted by TSA at airports as ID. After getting everyone’s attention, the threat was rescinded and the two-year extension given. Washington needs to come up with a workable model; perhaps Montana’s anti-Orwellian licenses could be acceptable here, balancing needed security improvements with built-in privacy against the feds. And now that privacy experts, civil liberty organizations and libertarian groups are all abuzz about the prospect of a national identification card, perhaps they can address the abuse of our Social Security card numbers, which come closer to a national ID card than our licenses. The cards were never meant to be used as identification, as Credit.com reports, “but were made to track how much money people made to figure out benefit levels. The numbers only started being used for identification in the 1960s when the first big computers made that doable. They were first used to identify federal employees in 1961, and then a year later the IRS adopted

the method. Banks and other institutions followed suit. And the rest is history.” Social Security numbers are a hacker’s paradise, with a recent history of huge breaches and theft. Fraud is beyond rampant. From April 2011 through the fourth quarter of 2014, the IRS stopped 19 million suspicious tax returns and protected more than $63 billion in fraudulent refunds. Still, $5.8 billion in tax refunds were paid out to identity thieves. And it’s expected to get worse, Credit.com reported. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration projects that criminals will net $26 billion into 2017. And of course it’s not just the IRS. Banks and credit card issuers make it easy for you to be ripped off. According to a Javelin Research study, 80 percent of the top 25 banks and 96 percent of the top credit card issuers provide account access to a person if they give the correct Social Security number. So while we fret about the prospective loss of privacy with driver’s licenses, let’s remember to howl about privacy already lost through our current de facto national ID card.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■ UNITED STATES

Nation can’t turn backs on God What has happened to our country? We have thrown God out of our classrooms, we have taken down the 10 Commandments, and crosses that honored those who gave their last measure of devotion. Christians are called bigots because they believe what the Bible says. Tea Party members are referred to as right-wing radicals. Republicans and Democrats alike just had enough and try to do something about it. Rembember the original Boston Tea Party? Those brave folks were patriots, not right-wing radicals. President George Washington met with members of Congress for prayer on April 3, 1789 on his first inaugural and made this statement: “If we as a nation turn our backs on God, he will take his blessings from us.” That ought to tell us something. Please people, open your eyes, look beyond the facades, pray before you make decisions. A grateful American, German immigrant, veteran and high school teacher, Ernest Brockman Everett

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UW would run two stations In his letter about the sale of KPLU, John Woltjer suggests that the University of Washington could conceivably sell its own KUOW station if it eventually were to acquire KPLU. (Dec. 30, “Station sale would diminish quality.”) I want your readers to know that that is not even

remotely possible. Were the UW to end up as the owner of KPLU, it would operate two public radio stations, one exclusively news and information and the other exclusively jazz, blues, and related music genres. There is no possibility in any scenario of selling KUOW. Norm Arkans Associate Vice President Media Relations and Communications University of Washington

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Success of Mexico’s soda tax worth a look By Bloomberg View editors

ne of the world’s highest soda taxes appears to be working. After just one year, purchases of sugary drinks in Mexico are down 12 percent, a new study shows. Even better, the biggest reductions have occurred among the poor, who can least afford health care. Other governments — including in the U.S. — should be encouraged to impose similar taxes and take other strong actions to curb soda drinking. Sugary drinks are among the primary drivers of obesity, and Mexico’s obesity rate is the second-highest in the developed world, trailing only the U.S. But increasingly, obesity is becoming a global epidemic — and it’s catching governments flat-footed.

Some have encouraged children to exercise and eat healthy foods — which is worthwhile advice. Others have conducted weight-loss competitions. Yet the epidemic worsens. Without bolder actions, the spread of diabetes and other weightrelated diseases will continue. If current trends keep up, in 15 years, half of American adults will be obese. The results of the Mexico study (which was funded in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies) are encouraging but not surprising. Raising the price of alcohol and tobacco through so-called “sin taxes,” which nearly all governments do, has proven to be an effective way to discourage their use. More study of Mexico’s tax is still needed — correlation is not causation — particularly about what impact, if any, the decline in soda sales has

had on obesity. But the initial evidence should lead other governments to seriously consider adopting similar taxes. Berkeley, California, became the first U.S. municipality to adopt a tax on sugary drinks in 2014. (Michael Bloomberg, majority owner of Bloomberg LP, supported the referendum.) Other cities and states should follow. And they should take up other strategies, as well. They could start by eliminating sugary drinks from the federal food stamps program. Every dollar a family spends on cola is a dollar that can’t be spent on carrots — or even cookies. Cookies at least have some nutritional value and help fill the stomach. Sugary drinks are the very definition of empty calories, providing no sustenance and doing nothing to alleviate hunger. A taxpayerfinanced nutrition program

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IN OUR VIEW | Social Security numbers and privacy

The news that The Department of Homeland Security has given six states and territories (including us, Washington state) two more years to comply with federal requirements for driver licenses has renewed concerns that what the federal government really wants to do is establish a national identification card. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico and the territory of American Samoa are the others out of compliance with the Real ID Act of 2005; 23 states are compliant and 27 states and territories have been granted extensions. To comply, states must include anti-counterfeit technology in its driving licenses, verify an applicant’s identity and conduct background checks for employees involved in issuing driver’s licenses. These changes will eventually allow users’ information to be shared more easily in a national database, The New York Times reported, which has led privacy experts, civil liberty organizations and libertarian groups to fear that the law will lead to something like a national identification card. The government says that’s not true, and that

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shouldn’t leave people both hungry and sick. Unfortunately, the Obama administration has thus far refused to allow cities and states to adopt this restriction. If they want to be serious about reducing obesity, both the president and Congress will need to be more open to such ideas. New federal dietary guidelines suggest Americans should consume less sugar, but the agency that wrote them has ignored advice from its own panel of doctors, which encouraged action on a drinks tax like Mexico’s. It’s true that people need to eat more peas and broccoli and consume far less sugar, but they’ll have more success in doing that if sugary drinks are taxed rather than subsidized. The above editorial appears on Bloomberg View at www. bloomberg.com/view.

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hen you dance with the devil, the choreography can get awkward. Ted Cruz last week made his latest appeal to America’s nativist fringe by naming Rep. Steve King of Iowa as a national co-chairman of his presidential campaign. King, called a “courageous conservative” DANA MILBANK and “incredible leader” by Cruz, is the anti-immigrant hard-liner who spoke of Mexican immigrants having “calves the size of cantaloupes” and who was a prominent birther. King raised questions about President Obama’s birth certificate, voiced doubts that Obama had been born in America, floated the idea that Obama’s birth announcement in Hawaiian newspapers may have been placed “by telegram from Kenya,” and alleged that Obama “was not raised with an American experience.” So we’re entitled to savor some schadenfreude now as Cruz himself gets caught in the birther web. Donald Trump’s questioning of Cruz’s status as a natural-born American, and therefore his eligibility to be president, is rough justice. Cruz, like Trump, has stoked the fires of resentment and xenophobia, so it’s entirely fitting that he gets burned. But however tempting it is, I’m not joining in the Cruz birtherism; it was wrong when done to Obama, and it’s wrong now done to Cruz. Cruz, I am convinced, would make a truly awful president, but he is perfectly eligible to serve. Rep. Alan Grayson, a Democratic gadfly running for the Senate in Florida, vows to file a lawsuit challenging Cruz’s eligibility if he wins the nomination. Grayson would try to argue that both parents of Cruz, who was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father, had to be American citizens for Cruz to be considered a “natural born” citizen under the Constitution. “The Obama birthers are loons,” Grayson told U.S. News this week. But “there’s a very good legal argument that Ted Cruz is not qualified to be president.” Like Cruz foe John McCain (the 2008 Republican presidential nominee said Cruz’s eligibility is a “legitimate question”), Democratic leaders have been happy to see Cruz twist in the wind. “I do think there is a distinction between John McCain being born to a family serving our country in Panama than someone born in another country,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. But that’s not really so. Neal Katyal, who was Obama’s acting solicitor general, joined Paul Clement, a George W. Bush solicitor general, in a Harvard Law Review piece last year arguing that it’s not even a close call: The constitutional evidence back to the founding makes clear that “an individual born to a U.S. citizen parent — whether in California or Canada or the Canal Zone — is a U.S. citizen from birth and is fully eligible to serve as president.” More broadly: Do Democrats and liberals and all those who howled about the injustice and the outrage of Obama’s birtherism really want to join the cause of Cruz birtherism, simply because he’s a Republican, or a conservative? No doubt it would be satisfying to give conservatives a taste of their own medicine, but that would mean embracing the nativism that is turning the Republican Party into a fraternity of old white men from rural areas. The right is uniquely ill-behaved these days. Why join them? It wasn’t always this way; in the early days of the Obama presidency I argued that the left was more ill-tempered. But now there’s nothing equivalent to the right’s rage. When I wrote about the overt racism injected into the campaign by Trump, conservative critics countered by citing the history of race-baiting by the Rev. Al Sharpton, a minor Democratic candidate in the 2004 race. When I wrote last week about Republican officeholders’ support for the armed men who took over a U.S. government facility in Oregon, conservatives argued that this was no different from Obama’s tolerance of Sanctuary Cities — though sanctuary policies have existed for decades without successful legal challenges. Then there’s the birther movement, led by Trump, which sought to portray the first African-American president as a foreigner. Now Trump is, with his disregard for truth, attempting to turn the same nativist forces against his nearest competitor in the Republican primary. There is no equivalent on the left these days to such nasty stuff. Democrats should keep it that way. Dana Milbank is a Washington Post columnist.

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Powerball jackpot world’s largest at $1.3 billion By Josh Funk Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don’t be.

Lottery officials say the prize has now swelled to an estimated $1.3 billion — the world’s largest. Ever. “Biggest jackpot in the history of the world. Absolutely confirmed,” Texas

Lottery executive director Gary Grief said. The jackpot is so big that billboards in Texas and around the country have to advertise the price as $999 million because they’re

not built to show billions. The lottery computers will handle the decimal point without a problem. No one matched all six Powerball numbers Saturday night, leading to the

astronomical prize. And that is all but certain to grow before the next drawing Wednesday, according to lottery officials. “We’ve never been at these levels,” said Grief,

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Bruce Hardcastle caught this peaceful view across Holmes Harbor between storms on Whidbey Island in December.

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Three south Everett teens honored The South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club honored three Students of the Month for December. Kamiak High School senior Abra Lindstrom is an active student who has been part Patrick of the school’s Potter dance team and History Club in addition to volunteering with several causes. After graduation, she plans to attend Brigham Young University and major in Uri neuroscience or Cervantes languages. ACES High School senior Patrick Potter takes precision machining classes at the Sno-Isle Skills Center and loves working on high performance cars, taking pride in having the loudest car in the ACES parking

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Kamiak High School senior Abra Lindstrom (center) was honored by the South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club as one of its Students of the Month for December. She is pictured with the club’s scholarship chairwoman, Alison Brynelson (left) and club President Martin Cross.

lot. Potter plans to attend ITT Tech or Wyotech Fabrication to pursue a career in metal fabrication.

ACES High School senior Uri Cervantes is active with her church choir and once a month helps feed the hungry

Marysville on AP Honor Roll

Everett foundation awards teachers $33K for supplies

The Marysville School District was one of 425 school districts in the U.S. and Canada, and 10 in Washington state, honored by the College Board with placement on the annual AP District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.

Testing director honored Pete Bylsma, the Mukilteo School District’s director of assessment and program evaluation, was recently presented with the Gordon B. Ensign Award by the Washington Educational Research Association. Bylsma has been a member of WERA for more than 15 years, has often presented papers at the organization’s December conferences, and has served two terms as the organization’s president.

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Foundation awards $40K to two Snohomish programs The Snohomish Education Foundation recently donated to two Snohomish School District programs. The Foundation gave $20,000 to the Summer Arts and Science Academy, providing scholarships for low-income students to attend the program aimed at preventing the “summer slide.” Another $20,000 went to a Reading Readiness Program, allowing all children from preschool to third grade to attend

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at homeless shelters. She dreams of becoming an architect, and enjoys reading and math.

Hawthorne Elementary School teacher Kim Demetre and her fifth-grade ukulele players perform at an April 2015 celebration that honored donors and the classroom projects they funded through the Everett Public Schools Foundation. This year’s Everett Public Schools Foundation breakfast benefit will feature similar demonstrations. The foundation this year awarded $33,000 in classroom grants for 201516, including one to expand Hawthorne’s ukulele program. The breakfast is set for March 9.

programs aimed at helping them learn to read. Learn more about the Snohomish Education Foundation at www.snoed.org.

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The Everett Public Schools Foundation is awarding 48 classroom grants for the 201516 school year that total more than $33,000. The grants will help teachers at 21 of the Everett School District’s 28 schools buy equipment or books for special programs focused on reading, writing, science, technology and more. Examples of funded projects include an aquaponics system at Cascade High School, using iPads in PE classes at Eisenhower Middle School and creating some first-grade toymaking engineers at Emerson Elementary School. Each year, the foundation holds a breakfast that includes demonstrations of some of the previous year’s funded projects. This year’s fundraiser is at 7 a.m. March 9 at the Xfinity Center. The suggested minimum donation to attend is $100. Find out more at www.everettsd.org/epsf.

Rotary honors PE teacher Julie Walker, PE and health teacher at Alderwood Middle School, was named November’s Alderwood-Terrace Rotary Educator of the Month. Walker has taught at Alderwood Middle for 27 years and chairs her department. She also is a member of the instructional and site councils, technology committee, and works as the girls basketball coach. To submit items for School Winners, email newstips@heraldnet.com.

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AAUW Everett: The American Association of University Women Everett branch meets 10:30 a.m. second Saturdays (September to May) at the Everett Public Library Evergreen Branch, 9512 Evergreen Way. More info: 425-760-9704, everett@aauw-wa.org AAUW Edmonds: The SnoKing Branch of the American Association of University Women generally meets 10 a.m.-noon second Saturdays (except December, March, July and August) at Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood. More info: aauw.esk@gmail.com, esk-wa.aauw.net Business and Professional Women: The Greater Everett chapter meets 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. fourth Mondays (except July and August) at Bob’s Burgers and Brew, 1611 SE Everett Mall Way, Everett. Women age 18 and older welcome. More info: Joyce Robins at 206-9096815 Everett Area Newcomers Club: For women who are new to the area, or who would like to make new friends. A luncheon is set for Jan. 14 and a coffee social for Jan. 21. More info: 425-337-3989, lorober@comcast. net, www.eancclub.org MOMS Club: Meets 10 a.m. third Thursdays in the Stilly Conference Room at Haller Park, 1100 West Ave., Arlington. Moms Offering Moms Support is a non-religious nonprofit offering play dates, Moms Night Out, baby-sitting co-op, and more. More info: arlstanmoms@ gmail.com Republican Women: The Washington Federation of Republican Women has local chapters in Everett (the Evergreen club meets 6:30 p.m. third Thursdays; the Snohomish County club meets 11 a.m. second Thursdays) and on Camano Island (12 p.m. fourth Tuesdays). More info: www.wfrw.org/club-meetings.htm Soroptimist International Marysville: Meets 7 a.m. first and third Tuesdays at Fanny’s Restaurant, 505 Cedar Ave., Suite A1. More info: Renae, 425-971-0031 Utsalady Ladies Aid: The charitable and historical group meets 1 p.m. second Wednesdays at 78 Utsalady Road, Camano Island. Social hour at 11:30 a.m.; complimentary lunch at noon. More info: bytheseay@yahoo.com Zonta Club, Everett: Meetings are held once or twice a month at Legion Memorial Golf Course Greenside Grill, 144 West Marine View Drive, Everett. The group of professionals focuses on advancing the status of women and girls. Reservations required. More info: info@ zontaeverett.org

YOUTH Beekeeping, youth: Snohomish Youth Beekeeping Education meets 6-7:30 p.m. second Mondays (except December) at the Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Ave. Free community service group for ages 5-19 with hands-on educational activities about pollinators. Underserved and special needs groups encouraged. RSVP required one week before meeting. More info: snohoybe@gmail.com Show Biz Kids 4-H: Meets 6:30-8 p.m. second Tuesdays at the Horseshoe Grange, 16424 Broadway Ave., Snohomish. Students in grades K-12 explore various areas of performing arts. More info: 360-668-6681 or 425-357-6044 Other interest groups are listed throughout the month. Send calendar items to newstips@ heraldnet.com.

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How big of a deal should kids be?

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ended a recent column by proposing that “while their proper upbringing is a big deal, children themselves are not.” As I figured would happen, I’ve received some complaint from folks who insist that children are definitely a big deal. Invariably, however, they go on to defend what is already established: The raising of children is a big deal. A few examples will, hopefully, suffice: “Parents need to always show unconditional love to their children. You shouldn’t even be writing a parenting column.” “Have you lost your mind? Children are our future! No investment in children is too big.” “I was with you until the end, then I read the last sentence and just sat there, speechless. Of all people, you should know how valuable children are and how important it is they know they’re cherished.” Yes, unconditional love is vital to a child’s sense of well-being because if parental love was conditional on proper behavior, significant numbers of children wouldn’t get much love at all. And yes, no investment in our children’s future is too big (begging, for the moment, the issue of the nature of any specific

JOHN ROSEMOND LIVING WITH CHILDREN “investment”). And yes, children should know they are cherished. As I said, but will repeat, the proper raising of children is a big deal. It is the biggest of all responsibilities. For better or worse, child rearing shapes culture. Proper parenting is an act of love for one’s neighbor. But along with all of that, children should also know that they, themselves, are no big deal. This is a point-of-view issue, I realize. I further understand that America’s parenting point of view has changed, and radically so, since I was a child and I was no big deal. (I don’t think I knew any other child whose parents thought he or she was a big deal either). The point of the column in question was that over the past two generations, children have become a big deal, to their collective detriment. Today’s child, for example,

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Producer Grant Tinker is 91. The former prime minister of Canada, Jean Chretien, is 82. Actor Mitchell Ryan is 82. Actor Felix Silla is 79. Movie director Joel Zwick is 74. Country singer Naomi Judd is 70. World Golf Hall of Famer Ben Crenshaw is 64. Singer Robert Earl Keen is 60. Actress Phyllis Logan (TV: “Downton Abbey”) is 60. Musician Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) is 58. Actress Kim Coles is 54. Actor Jason Connery is 53. Former child actress Dawn Lyn (TV: “My Three Sons”) is 53. Contemporary Christian musician Jim Bryson (MercyMe) is 48. Rock musician Tom Dumont (No Doubt) is 48. Movie director Malcolm D. Lee is 46. Singer Mary J. Blige is 45. Musician Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) is 45. Actor Marc Blucas is 44. Actress Amanda Peet is 44. Actor Rockmond Dunbar is 43. Actress Aja Naomi King is 31. Actress Kristolyn Lloyd is 31. Thought for today: “Je sais que je ne sais pas ce que je ne sais pas.” (I know that I don’t know what I don’t know.) — Marguerite Youcenar, French author (1903-1987). Associated Press

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is considerably more likely to experience a serious emotional setback before age 16 than was his 1950s statistical counterpart. No measure of well-being that I’m aware of favors today’s kids. They are an underachieving, emotionally vulnerable lot. Many of them, for example, claim to shrivel up inside at hearing or reading certain words. In the 1950s, the husband-wife relationship was the centerpiece of the family and parents were clearly the most important people in one’s family. Today, children sit front and center in their families. Their parents may obtain one-tenth of what they dream of having. Today’s kids — pretty much independent of their parents’ standard of living — feel entitled to have most of their dreams come true. Their parents try to protect them from disappointment, struggle, frustration, and failure — the very things, by the way, that build strong character. The problem is that kids who are treated as if they are big deals are in grave danger of coming to believe that they are, in fact, BIG DEALS. Being a big deal may feel good at the time, but in the final analysis, it’s a burden, an albatross. Tribune Content Agency

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Uncertainty prevails after wife’s infidelity Dear Abby: Thirty years ago when I was an Army officer, my wife “went crazy.” She had an affair and wound up getting pregnant. When I got out of the Army, she saw the man one time more before we moved and got pregnant again! We had a child together later. When I found out my eldest son didn’t have the correct blood type, I confronted her and she admitted it. I then had all my children tested and realized only the last one is mine. I love the other two as well as my son, and I would not destroy his or the other boys’ lives. My wife and I had counseling and it helped some. The problem is, I feel like my life has been destroyed and I don’t know what to do. — Counseling Helped ... But Dear C.H.B.: Feeling as you do, it’s time for you to PRIVATELY discuss your feelings with another mental health professional. After that, you will be better equipped to rationally decide how to move forward. Dear Abby: My sisterin-law is getting married soon. Originally, she asked my 4-year-old daughter, “Emma,” to be her flower girl. Emma was very excited. A few weeks ago, I asked when my daughter needed to be fitted for her dress. My sister-in-law then informed me they had chosen my niece to be the flower girl the day after she asked Emma. It was left to me to tell my daughter, and she was devastated. She still cries about it. I am holding in so much anger and hurt that I have been avoiding the family so there won’t be any fighting close to the “big day.” Am I wrong to RIP HAYWIRE

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DEAR ABBY be upset with my sister-inlaw and mother-in-law for excluding my little girl and not telling her themselves? — Miffed In Alabama Dear Miffed: No, you’re not. The way it was handled was extremely insensitive. Your sister-in-law owes you an explanation for what happened and your daughter an apology. Dear Abby: I will be receiving some money from a court settlement soon. Only five friends were true friends and stood by me. They assisted me during the two years I was totally destitute. They all know I’m involved in a lawsuit and that I will receive compensation. My question is, should I tell them how much I’m getting? I don’t like to lie, but the idea of revealing my monetary status makes me uncomfortable. I never promised any of them money, so that’s not an issue. I will cheerfully compensate them all for their loyalty in ongoing daily ways. What should I do or say when they ask how much I received? — Uncertain In The South Dear Uncertain: The amount you will be receiving is really nobody’s business. It would not be rude to say that you’d prefer not to discuss it because it makes you uncomfortable, and change the subject. Universal Uclick

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â€˜The Revenant,â€™ â€˜The Martianâ€™ shine at Golden Globes By Jake Coyle Associated Press

Two star-led tales of frontier survival triumphed at the 73rd annual Golden Globes, where Alejandro Inarrituâ€™s bloody 1820s thriller â€œThe Revenantâ€? swept three of the top honors, and Ridley Scottâ€™s stranded astronaut tale â€œThe Martianâ€? answered with a pair of its own. At a bleep-filled, irreverent Beverly Hills, California, ceremony Sunday, Ricky Gervais presided over a Globes that seemed to risk unraveling before the Hollywood Foreign Press Associationâ€™s show coalesced its support for â€œThe Revenantâ€? and â€œThe Martian.â€? In an upset, â€œThe Revenantâ€? won best film, drama, as well as best director for Inarritu and best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio. Though Inarritu had a similar run at the Academy Awards last year with the best-picture winning â€œBirdman,â€? he won only a share of best screenplay at last yearâ€™s Globes. Referring to the filmâ€™s arduous shoot in the Canadian Rockies, Innaritu said: â€œPain is temporary. A film is forever.â€? This award season has lacked definition and two of the top critical picks â€” the journalism procedural â€œSpotlightâ€? and Todd Haynesâ€™ lesbian romance â€œCarolâ€? â€” went home empty-handed. Instead, it was â€œThe Revenantâ€? â€” made with the same seamless

cinematography of â€œBirmanâ€? that emerged triumphant â€” on the same weekend it nearly toppled the box-office Leonardo juggernaut DiCaprio â€œStar Wars: The best actor, drama Force Awakensâ€? with a $37 million opening. DiCaprio, who appears headed for his first Oscar, dedicated his award to Native Americans. Brie Larson â€œI want to best actress, share this drama award with all the First Nations people represented in this film and all the indigenous peoples around the world,â€? said DiCaprio. â€œIt is time that we recognize your history and that we protect your indigenous lands from corporate interests and people out there to exploit them.â€? Questionably nominated in the comedy categories (a theoretically easier route to statuettes), â€œThe Martianâ€? took best film comedy and best actor in a comedy for Matt Damon, who also suffered withering jabs from Gervais. Taking the podium, Scott wondered â€œComedy?â€? and answered with a skeptical wave

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of his hand. Nominated for the same character that earned him his only other Golden Globe nod, Sylvester Stallone took best supporting actor for the â€œRockyâ€? sequelreboot â€œCreed.â€? The crowd greeted him with a standing ovation. Though security was especially tight to guard against terrorism, the Gervais-led Globes, evidenced little of seriousness that marks most award shows, or the teary-eyed acceptances speeches. Instead, the Globes had a particularly unraveled atmosphere that included Jonah Hill dressed as the bear from â€œThe Revenant,â€? copious discussion of â€œTransparentâ€? star Jeffrey Tamborâ€™s male anatomy by Gervais, and much buzzing about Sean Pennâ€™s escapade with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin â€œEl Chapoâ€? Guzman. Gervais greeted the crowd (which he labeled â€œpill-popping sexual deviant scumâ€?) with a predictably astringent opening, setting the tone for a muchbleeped night that was at turns irreverent and frivolous. â€œI want to do this monologue and then go into hiding. Not even Sean Penn will find me,â€? he said, pausing for a swig. â€œSnitch.â€? In his fourth time hosting, Gervaisâ€™ act dominated the evening, often drawing loud laughs from the Beverly Hilton hotel audience, but also the expected criticism. In a particularly

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Smith, Jimmy Napes), â€œSpectreâ€? TELEVISION Series, drama: â€œMr. Robotâ€? Actor, drama: Jon Hamm, â€œMad Menâ€? Actress, drama: Taraji P. Henson, â€œEmpireâ€? Series, comedy: â€œMozart in the Jungleâ€? Actor, musical or comedy: Gael Garcia Bernal, â€œMozart in the Jungleâ€? Actress, musical or comedy: Rachel Bloom, â€œCrazy Ex-Girlfriendâ€? Movie or limited series: â€œWolf Hallâ€? Actor, limited series or TV movie: Oscar, Isaac, â€œShow Me a Heroâ€? Actress, movie or limited series: Lady Gaga, â€œAmerican Horror Story: Hotelâ€? Supporting actor, series, limited series or TV movie: Christian Slater, â€œMr. Robotâ€? Supporting actress, series, limited series or TV movie: Maura Tierney, â€œThe Affairâ€? Cecil B. DeMille Award: Denzel Washington

List of Golden Globe winners: MOTION PICTURES Drama: â€œThe Revenantâ€? Musical or comedy: â€œThe Martianâ€? Actor, drama: Leonardo DiCaprio, â€œThe Revenantâ€? Actress, drama: Brie Larson, â€œRoomâ€? Director: Alejandro Inarritu, â€œThe Revenantâ€? Actor, musical or comedy: Matt Damon, â€œThe Martianâ€? Actress, musical or comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, â€œJoyâ€? Supporting actor: Sylvester Stallone, â€œCreedâ€? Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, â€œSteve Jobsâ€? Foreign language: â€œSon of Saulâ€? Animated film: â€œInside Outâ€? Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, â€œSteve Jobsâ€? Original score: Ennio Morricone, â€œThe Hateful Eightâ€? Original song: â€œWritingâ€™s on the Wallâ€? music and lyrics by Sam awkward encounter, he and Mel Gibson stood arm-in-arm after exchanging insults. â€œI love seeing Ricky once every three years because it reminds me to get a

colonoscopy,â€? Gibson said. Best actress went to Brie Larson, the breakout star of the captive mother-son drama â€œRoom.â€?

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Today is Monday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2016. There are 355 days left in the year. Todayâ€™s highlight: On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued â€œSmoking and Health,â€? a report which concluded that â€œcigarette

smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases and to the overall death rate.â€? On this date: In 1861, Alabama became the fourth state to withdraw from the Union. In 1908, President

Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919). In 1927, the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was proposed during a dinner of Hollywood

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CITY OF ARLINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby posted that the City of Arlington Community & Economic Development Department, Planning and Land Use Division has received a Conditional Use Permit Application for a Multi-Family Development: Applicant: Doug Hofius of Dykeman Architects on behalf of WD Arlington Investments, LLC File Name & Number: Park 77 - PLN#193 Date of Application Submittal: November 24, 2015 Application Process: Decisions on Conditional Use Per mit applications are made by the Hearing Examiner after a public hearing on the project. Any person has the right to comment on this application. Parties of record may appeal the decision of the Hearing Examiner to the Snohomish County Superior Court. Date of Notice of Complete Application: December 24, 2015 Neighborhood Meeting: A neighborhood meeting was held on December 15, 2015 at 5:30 pm Date of Notice of Application Filed: January 11, 2016 Project Location: This project is located at 20201 77th Avenue NE, Arlington, WA 98223. Tax Parcel Numbers: 00829100000103, 00829100000104, 00829100000105, 00829100000106, 00829100000107, 00829100000108 and 00829100000109 Project Description: The applicant is proposing a 177-unit MultiFamily Development on an 8.03 acre site. Per the submitted Conditional Use Permit, the Applicant is proposing the following improvements: series of mini-parks, landscaping, walking and bicycling paths, community room with an exercise area, and street frontage development with sidewalks, street trees and planting strips. The property is located within the Residential High Density zone. City Approvals Required: Conditional Use Permit, Design Review Board, SEPA, Site Civil Permit, Right of Way Permit, and Building Permits. Comment Period: There is a 14-day comment period for the Conditional Use Application. If you would like to comment on Conditional Use Application, written comments/requests must be received prior to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 25, 2016. Staff Contact: Amy Rusko, Associate Planner, arusko@arlingtonwa.gov How to Reach Us: The Permit Center for the City of Arlington Community and Economic Development Department is located at the Arlington Airport OfďŹ ce, 18204 59th Avenue NE, Arlington, WA 98223. For information about the project, contact City of Arlington Community and Economic Development Department, Planning Division, at 360-403-3551. A copy of the Application is available from the City at no charge to any person who requests it. Published: January 11, 2016. EDH677353

NOTICE OF MEETING SNOHOMISH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD The Snohomish County Canvassing Board or its duly authorized representatives will convene on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 1:00pm in the Snohomish County Auditorâ€™s Office, 3000 Rockefeller Ave, 1st floor Administration Building West, Everett, Washington, to review the roles and responsibilities of the Board and to delegate certain duties to the Auditorâ€™s Office staff. This delegation is done on an annual basis and allows staff to perform their duties of processing returned ballots. This notice is in accordance with RCW 42.30, Open Public Meetings Act. Carolyn Weikel Snohomish County Auditor Citizens who require ADA accommodations please call (425) 3883372 (Voice). Please provide at least 24 hours advance notice.TDD users please call 711. Published: January 11, 2016. EDH677302

PUGET SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING A special meeting of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, beginning at 1:30 p.m. by conference call. Members of the public who wish to listen to the meeting can do so at the agencyâ€™s ofďŹ ce at 1904 3rd Ave, Ste 105, Seattle WA 98101. The only agenda item will be a budget amendment regarding wood stove program funding. For further information contact Judith White-Crow at 206-689-4079 or check our website at www.pscleanair.org. The Agency will make reasonable accommodations for any person who needs assistance to participate in the Board of Directorsâ€™ meeting, or to access our services. Our meeting facilities are ADA accessible. Sign language services, language translation and interpretation, and communications materials in alternative formats can be made available given sufďŹ cient notice by contacting Judith White-Crow at 206-689-4079, or you may reach her by dialing 800552-3565, ext. 4079. Published: January 11, 2016. EDH677293

No. 15-2-05873-6 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-NC2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007- NC2, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF DAVID ALADINO ROMANI; DAVID ALLEN ROMANI; VICKY L. ROMANI; BOEING EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION; CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS Unknown Heirs and Devisees of David Aladino Romani, and Occupants of the Premises: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the ďŹ rst publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after December 21, 2015, and defend the real property foreclosure action in Snohomish County Superior Court, and answer the complaint of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2007-NC2, Mor tgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007- NC2, (â€œPlaintiff â€?). You are asked to serve a copy of your answer or responsive pleading upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at its ofďŹ ce stated below. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. The purpose of this lawsuit is to obtain a judgment, and if not immediately paid, to be satisfied through the foreclosure of real property located in Snohomish County, Washington, and legally described as follows: LOT 4 OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY SHORT PLAT NO 531(1277), RECORDED UNDER RECORDING NO 197801260253, RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON. Commonly known as: 12811 Machias Cutoff Road, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 DATED this 17th day of December, 2015. RCO LEGAL, P.S. By: LAURA COUGHLIN, WSBA #46124 Attorney for Plaintiff 13555 SE 36th Street, Ste 300 Bellevue, WA 98006 EDH674757 Published: December 21, 28, 2015; January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016.

CITY OF GOLD BAR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Date: Tuesday, January 12 at 6:30pm Permit Type: Conditional Use Permit Project Location: 16810 415th Ave SE, Gold Bar, WA 98251 (Tax Parcel No. 00534400201100, 00534400200701) Project Description: The applicants seek a Conditional Use Permit for the production, processing and retail sale of marijuana. The complete application and findings are available for review at City Hall. Published: January 4, 11, 2016. EDH676183 CITY OF MUKILTEO CALL FOR 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN and DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT DOCKET APPLICATIONS The City of Mukilteoâ€™s annual review process of its Comprehensive Plan starts with a call to residents and interested parties for applications proposing amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and/or development regulations. This process is referred to as â€œdocketingâ€? which ensures citizens and other interested parties have the opportunity to be involved in the shaping and planning of the City. The City is accepting docket applications for 2016 amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and/or development regulations until February 11, 2016. State law allows cities to amend their comprehensive plans only once a year but there is no requirement to do so. This call for docket applications is for potential 2016 amendments. All applications submitted will be considered for placement on the 2016 Final Docket by the City Council at a public hearing in mid-2016. Placement on the final docket does not mean the application will be approved. It only means there will be further analysis by city staff and will be considered for adoption by the City Council. Only items placed on the ďŹ nal docket may be considered for adoption. If you have any questions regarding the docketing process, contact Associate Planner Anita Marrero at (425) 263-8044 or amarrero@ci.mukilteo.wa.us. Application packets are available on t h e C o m p r e h e n s i ve P l a n p a g e o f t h e C i t y â€™s w e b s i t e a t www.ci.mukilteo.wa.us or at City Hall, located at 11930 Cyrus Way, M u k i l t e o, WA 9 8 2 7 5 . P l e a s e t a ke n o t e o f t h e s u b m i t t a l requirements and criteria used to evaluate amendment requests. Published: January 11, 25, 2016. EDH677345

1VCMJD /PUJDFT PUBLIC NOTICE D.R. Horton, 12910 Totem Lake Boulevard NE Suite 220, Kirkland, WA 98034, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecologyâ€™s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Maple Rock II, is located at 1510 & 1524 99th Avenue SE in Lake Stevens, in Snohomish County. This project involves 10 acres of soil disturbance for stormwater, sewer, water, and dry utility construction activities. The receiving water is an unnamed tributary of Stitch Lake. Any persons desiring to present their views to the department of Ecology regarding this application may do so in writing within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Comments shall be submitted to the department of Ecology. Any person interested in the departmentâ€™s action on this application may notify the department of their interest within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater PO Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published: January 11, 18, 2016. EDH677278

1VCMJD /PUJDFT PUBLIC NOTICE SSHI, LLC dba D.R. Horton, 12910 Totem Lake Boulevard NE, Suite 220, Kirkland, WA 98034, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Depar tment of Ecologyâ€™s Constr uction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Cowen Court, is located at 13018 Seattle Hill Road in Snohomish, in Snohomish County. This project involves 4.03 acres of soil disturbance for stormwater, Sewer, Water, and dry utility construction activities. The receiving water is an unnamed tributary of the Snohomish River. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Department of Ecology regarding this application may do so in writing within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Comments shall be submitted to the Department of Ecology. Any person interested in the departmentâ€™s action on this application may notify the department of their interest within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater PO Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published: January 11, 18, 2016. EDH677283

4VNNPOT No. 15-2-05522-2 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4N, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF RALPH GRAHAM WARNER; SUSAN J. NORTON; KENNETH G. WARNER; GREGORY WARNER AKA GREGGORY G. WARNER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.; STATE OF WASHINGTON; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Ralph Graham Warner, Susan J. Norton, Kenneth G. Warner, Gregory Warner aka Greggory G. Warner, and Occupants of the Premises: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the ďŹ rst publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after December 21, 2015, and defend the real property foreclosure action in Snohomish County Superior Court, and answer the complaint of U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Lehman XS Trust Mortgage Pass-Through CertiďŹ cates, Series 2007-4N, (â€œPlaintiffâ€?). You are asked to serve a copy of your answer or responsive pleading upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at its ofďŹ ce stated below. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been ďŹ led with the Clerk of said Court. The purpose of this lawsuit is to obtain a judgment, and if not immediately paid, to be satisfied through the foreclosure of real property located in Snohomish County, Washington, and legally described as follows: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 13, B L O C K 2 , FA I R M O U N T, AC C O R D I N G TO T H E P L AT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 10 OF PLATS, PAGE 91, RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THENCE NORTH 181 FEET, T H E N C E W E S T 8 6 F E E T TO T H E T RU E P O I N T O F BEGINNING, THENCE EAST 86 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 181 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 13, THENCE WEST 150 FEET, THENCE NORTH 143 FEET, THENCE EAST 39 FEET, THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH, STATE OF WASHINGTON Commonly known as: 1121 113th Street Southwest, Everett, WA 98204 DATED this 17th day of December, 2015. RCO LEGAL, P.S. By: LAURA COUGHLIN, WSBA #46124 Attorney for Plaintiff 13555 SE 36th Street, Ste 300 Bellevue, WA 98006 EDH674758 Published: December 21, 28, 2015; January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016.

4VNNPOT No. 15-2-06434-5 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN AND FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON JOE ROGERS and MICHELL ROGERS, Plaintiffs, vs. LAKE CONNOR PARK INC., a Washington non-proďŹ t corporation, and CHERYL SCOTT, an unmarried individual, Defendants. The State of Washington to the said CHERYL SCOTT: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 4th day of January, 2016, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled cour t, and answer the complaint of the Plaintiffs Joe Rogers and Michell Rogers, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiffs, Philip A. Haas, at his (or their) ofďŹ ce below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The objection of this civil action is to seek relief from the Court for the Defendantsâ€™ breach of contract, intentional inďŹ‚iction of emotional distress, and trespass. Dated this 31st of December, 2015. HAAS LAW, P.S. PHILIP A. HAAS, WSBA # 46959 506 Second Avenue, Suite 1400 Seattle, WA 98104 Attorney for Plaintiffs Published: January 4, 11, 18, 25; February 1, 8, 2016. EDH676213

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Location: This project is located at 20201 77th Avenue NE, Arlington, WA 98223. Township 31, Range 05, Section 14, Quarter NE. Tax Parcel ID # 00829100000103, 00829100000104, 00829100000105, 00829100000106, 00829100000107, 00829100000108 and 00829100000109 Applicant: Doug Hofius of Dykeman Architects on behalf of WD Arlington Investments, LLC Staff Contact: Amy Rusko, Associate Planner, arusko@arlingtonwa.gov Date Checklist Prepared: November 24, 2015 Approvals Required: Conditional Use Permit, Design Review Board, SEPA, Plat Elimination, Site Civil Permit, Right of Way Permit, and Building Permits. SEPA Threshold Determination: The City has determined that with the mitigation measures identified herein, this proposal would not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2) (c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request. However, we have identified impacts by the proposed project that requires mitigation. In addition to the requirement that the development must comply with all City of Arlington zoning and development regulations, the following conditions of approval of the permit decision apply: (B)(1) Earth In order to mitigate for potential earth impacts, the Applicant shall implement Best Management Practices per Department of Ecology for Stormwater Pollution Prevention. (B)(2) Air In order to mitigate for potential air impacts, the Applicant shall implement dust control measures to reduce fugitive dust emissions during construction. (B)(3)(b) Ground Water In order to mitigate for potential impacts to ground water the Applicant shall utilize Low-Impact Design techniques to manage stormwater on-site. (B)(4) Plants Per AMC 2 0.76.120(d) all Significant Trees that are removed shall be replaced with 5-gallon sized native evergreen species at a ratio of 3:1. If the number of mitigating trees can’t all be planted on-site, a fee-in-lieu may be paid for the number of mitigating trees not planted. (B)(7) Environmental Health City of Arlington noise standards found in AMC 9.20.060 shall be complied with. Specifically, in section 9.20.060(8) noises resulting from any construction or development activity or the operation of heavy equipment from 7:00pm to 7:00am Monday through Saturday shall be prohibited UNLESS specifically permitted by the city’s building official. (B)(10) Aesthetics The proposed multi-family development shows a five (5) foot tree buffer zone along the northern and eastern edges. This buffer shall be used to screen the development from neighboring properties. Street trees shall be installed along all new and improved streets associated with the plat in accordance with AMC 20.76.110. (B)(12) Recreation City of Arlington Resolution No. 2015-003 requires payment of a Community Park Impact Fee and Neighborhood/Mini Park Fee be paid per dwelling unit. This impact fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of any building permit for a residential dwelling. Because the applicant is proposing multiple neighborhood mini parks, the Neighborhood/Mini Park in Lieu Mitigation Fee shall be waived for each dwelling in the subdivision (Community Park Impact Fee still applies). (B)(13) Historic and Cultural Preservation In order to mitigate for potential impacts to cultural resources t h a t m ay ex i s t o n - s i t e, t h e A p p l i c a n t s h a l l s u b m i t a n Unanticipated Discovery Plan (UDP) to the City prior to any c o n s t r u c t i o n a c t i v i t i e s, a n d s h a l l c o o r d i n a t e w i t h t h e Stillaguamish Tribe to allow Tribal Monitors on site during grading and excavation activities associated with this project. (B)(14) Transportation In order to mitigate for potential impacts to the City’s transportation network, the Applicant shall pay City of Arlington traffic mitigation fees as calculated using the submitted Traffic Impact Analysis. The developers may be obligated to pay their proportionate share for certain State projects for those average daily trips from this development. Traffic mitigation fees, if any, s h a l l b e p a i d t o t h e Wa s h i n g t o n S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation (WSDOT), and the developers shall provide the City of Arlington with documentation of compliance with this state requirement prior to issuance of the Building Permit. Consistent with the terms of the Snohomish County Interlocal Agreement with the City of Arlington, the developers shall mitigate impacts on the capacity of the County road system by making a proportionate share mitigation payment, if any. Traffic mitigation shall be paid to the Snohomish County Department of Planning and Development Services (PDS), and the developers shall provide the City of Arlington with documentation of compliance prior to issuance of the Building Permit. Disclaimer: The determination that an environmental impact statement does not have to be filed does not mean there will be no adverse environmental impacts. The City of Arlington codes governing noise control, land use performance standards, constr uction and improvements of roads, off site road improvement obligations, drainage control, traffic, school, park, stormwater, and utility mitigations, fire protection; and building practices will provide substantial mitigation of the aforementioned impacts. The issuance of this MDNS should not be interpreted as acceptance or approval of this proposal as presented. The City of Arlington reserves the right to deny or approve said proposal subject to conditions if it is determined to be in the best interest of the city and/or necessary for the general health, safety, and welfare of the public to do so. Date of Determination of MDNS: January 11, 2016 Comment Period: There is a 14-day comment period for this MDNS. If you would like to comment on this Threshold Determination, written comments must be received prior to 5:00 p.m. on Januar y 25, 2016. The Responsible Official may incorporate any substantial comments into the MDNS. If the MDNS is substantially modified, it will be reissued for further public review. How to Reach Us: The Permit Center for the City of Arlington Community and Economic Development Department is located at the Arlington Airport Office, 18204 59th Avenue NE, Arlington, WA 98223. For information about the project, contact City of Arlington Community and Economic Development Department, Planning Division, at 360-403-3551. A copy of the SEPA Threshold Determination is available from the City at no charge to any person who requests it. Published: January 11, 2016. EDH677356

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MONDAY, 01.11.2016

WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS

Seattle Seahawks 10, Minnesota Vikings 9

Seahawks survive

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Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin and quarterback Russell Wilson (3) celebrate Baldwin’s 4-yard TD catch as Jermaine Kearse looks on during the second half of Sunday’s game.

Vikings miss field goal as Seattle escapes with win in below-zero weather that tied for the third-coldest NFL game INSIDE ✓ Seahawks punter Jon Ryan ‘‘got messed up,’’ C4 ✓ Seahawks game stats, C4 ✓ Seahawks stop Vikings’ Adrian Peterson all day, C4 ✓ Seahawks’ Doug Baldwin underestimated the weather, C5 ✓ Seahawks put themselves into a position to be lucky, C5 ✓ Seahawks’ Cristine Michael focuses on hanging onto ball, C5 ✓ Seahawks grades, C5

By Gregg Bell The News Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — Cornerback Richard Sherman just collapsed on the turf. He was too shocked to do anything else. Doug Baldwin stared in amazement on the sideline at Jermaine Kearse. Seconds earlier Baldwin’s fellow Seattle Seahawks receiver had predicted this unfathomable ending, the memory of which will last around here as long as Minnesota winters

SUNDAY’S GAME

Divisional Playoffs Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m.

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have ice. Most Seahawks ran around the field frantically, in every direction, as if they’d just stolen something.

Which they had. With the season on the line Minnesota had driven into position for kicker Blair Walsh to win Sunday’s NFC wild-card playoff game. It was merely a 27-yard field goal. That’s 6 yards shorter than an extra point. Walsh had already made all three of his kicks, including one from 47 yards through the subzero air. But this time his holder Jeff Locke failed to spin the laces away, as kickers prefer. And Walsh missed, hooking it badly wide left with 26 seconds to play

in the game. That’s how Seattle improbably rallied with 10 points in the final 12 minutes then held on for 10-9 victory over some stunned Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium in the third-coldest game in NFL history. “Thank you, Jesus!” was Sherman’s reaction while he was face-down after the sure-kick sure went wide. “I couldn’t believe it,” Seahawks defensive tackle Ahtyba Rubin See SEAHAWKS, Page C3

Did divine intervention save Seahawks?

n the history of the United States, Sunday has traditionally been the day for church, a time for those of a Christian persuasion to rest, reflect and worship. In the last 50 years that’s changed. The church has lost some of its grip on Sunday, being forced to share the day with the NFL. Much of the nation has traded its pews and hymnals for couches and television remotes. I’m hesitant to compare football in any way to religion, despite the fervor with which some approach the sport. But

watching the Seattle Seahawks’ game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday was a spiritual experience. It’s hard not NICK PATTERSON to think some higher power intervened in Seattle’s 10-9 wild-card playoff victory over Minnesota on Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

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“Thank you, Jesus!” Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman bellowed during his postgame press conference. It felt like there was more than a touch of divine intervention on Seattle’s side Sunday. How else to explain Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson’s crazy play early in the fourth quarter? Sure, Wilson is known for his ability to improvise something from the direst of circumstances. But when the ball was snapped 15 yards past him, See PATTERSON, Page C4

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Seahawks tackle Russell Okung sits on the bench during the second half of Sunday’s frigid playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings.

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Tips top Chiefs, 3-1 Everett earns five of a possible six points in three weekend games. Herald Staff

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SPOKANE — If the Everett Silvertips are going to successfully defend their U.S. Division title from a season ago and advance in the playoffs, their ability to utilize their offensive depth will be of paramount importance. The Tips got a taste of that could be like Sunday as thirdline forward Dario Winkler and fourth-line counterpart Brandon Ralph each scored his third goal of the season as the Silvertips defeated the Spokane Chiefs 3-1 in a Western Hockey League game in front of 4,134 fans at Spokane Arena. Defenseman Tristen Pfeifer added his second goal of the season as the Silvertips (2412-1-2, 51 points) rebounded from Saturday’s overtime loss at Seattle with a decisive victory to move four points ahead of the second-place Thunderbirds in the U.S. Division standings.

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from Yan Khomenko with a quick wrister from the left side at 9:19 of the second period. Pfeifer scored Everett’s final goal at 11:08 of the third period as Graham Millar and Patrick Bajkov earned assists. Verhelst finished with 22 saves in the loss. The Silvertips return to Xfinity Arena for a rare Tuesday night game when they play host to the Regina Pats. The faceoff is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. For the box score from Sunday’s game, see the Scoreboard on Page C6.

Notes The WHL trade deadline arrived at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Tips made a minor move as they shipped 17-year-old center Jaeger White to the Brandon Wheat Kings for a 2017 conditional sixth-round bantam pick. Everett acquired White from Lethbridge in December for another sixth-round bantam pick. White played in three games, but had been scratched in eight straight before he was dealt to Brandon. … Everett reassigned 15-year-old defenseman Montana Onyebuchi to the Eastman Selects of the Manitoba Midget Hockey League. Onyebuchi spent the past week practicing with the Tips.

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The Tips concluded a run of 10 road games in 12 contests with an 8-1-1-0 road record, and finished the three-game weekend with a 2-0-1-0 mark to pick up five of a possible six points. The reeling Chiefs (19-17-32, 43 points) lost their fourth straight game and fell to 1-5 against the Tips this season. The Silvertips never trailed in Sunday’s game, and as the minutes ticked down in the third period the only question became whether Everett goaltender Carter Hart could hang on to record his seventh shutout of the season. Wyatt Johnson ended Hart’s shutout bid at 13:28 of the final period, but Hart finished with 29 saves en route to first-star honors for Everett. The Tips scored once in each period. Everett took the lead at 4:33 of the opening period when Spokane goaltender Tyson Verhelst was unable to corral Pfeifer’s shot from the point, and Winkler was at the right side of the crease for the tap-in goal. Ralph scored Everett’s second goal thanks to an assist

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PREPS Alabama head coach Nick Saban speaks during a news conference Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.

Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Jordan Spieth brought his old form to the new year, winning the Hyundai Tournament of Champions on Sunday. Spieth closed with a 6-underpar 67 for an eight-shot victory over Patrick Reed. Spieth finished at 30-under 262, joining Ernie Els as the only players in PGA Tour history to finish a 72-hole event at 30 under or lower. Els set his record of 31-under at Kapalua in 2003 with an eight-shot win. “I felt like it was short threeweek break and continue what we were doing last year,” said Spieth, coming off a five-win 2015 season that included the Masters and U.S. Open. “That’s the way I’ll keep on thinking about it. It worked this week. All parts were firing.” Reed, the defending champion at Kapalua, got within three shots with a birdie on the par-5 ninth. Spieth answered with a two-putt birdie in the group behind him, and then rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 10th and was on his way. Spieth, who began the day with a five-shot lead, had talked about setting 30-under as a goal because in such gorgeous conditions, he might need it to hold off anyone making a big run. Turns out he didn’t need it. Reed stalled on the back nine, ended his bogey-free week on the 15th hole and closed with a 69. Brooks Koepka, playing with Spieth in the final group, never got closer than the five-shot deficit he faced at the start.

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Saban, Tide on the verge of an unprecedented run By Ralph D. Russo

Spieth opens new year with 8-stroke victory

Conf. All Team W-L W-L Arizona State 4-0 13-3 UCLA 3-1 11-4 Stanford 3-1 13-3 Oregon State 3-1 12-3 Utah 3-1 11-4 Washington 3-2 12-4 USC 2-2 14-2 Washington State 2-3 11-5 California 1-3 10-5 Arizona 1-3 10-6 Oregon 0-4 11-4 Colorado 0-4 5-10 Sunday’s games Washington 63, Arizona 47 Arizona State 63, WSU 45 Stanford 71, Colorado 56 Utah 84, California 79 Oregon State 59, Oregon 45 USC 71, UCLA 68

Plum leads UW women past Arizona Associated Press SEATTLE — Kelsey Plum scored 26 points, Chantel Osahor grabbed 19 rebounds and Washington beat Arizona 63-47 in Pac-12 women’s basketball action Sunday for its seventh straight win in the series. Plum had 18 points in the first half and Talia Walton added 10 as the Huskies built a 38-27 lead. Both teams shot below 39 percent in the first half but Washington pulled ahead by making all nine of its free throws and forcing 10 turnovers. Walton’s 3-point play at the start of the fourth quarter put UW up 53-41 and the Huskies led by double figures the rest of the way. The Wildcats did not score in the final period until the 3:47 mark. Walton finished with 18 points. Dejza James led Arizona with 10 points.

Arizona State 63, WSU 45

HOCKEY Regina at Everett

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Regardless of the outcome of Monday night’s College Football Playoff championship game between No. 1 Clemson and No. 2 Alabama, a case can be made that no program in the history of the sport has had a better run than the Crimson Tide under coach Nick Saban. If Alabama beats the Tigers to win a fourth national title in seven seasons, the argument may be settled. There was talk early in the season after Alabama lost to Mississippi that the Tide dynasty was in decline. Now Alabama (13-1) is one victory away from an unprecedented achievement. The Tide can become just the third school in college football’s poll era, dating back to the creation of The Associated Press media poll in 1936, to win four championships in a 10-year span. Notre Dame won four in seven seasons from 1943-49, but big-time college football is hardly comparable now to then. Those Fighting Irish didn’t play in bowl games and never needed more than nine victories to be the best in the country. Miami won four championships in nine seasons (1983-91), but none of those teams had to play more than 12 games. Alabama’s four championships under Saban, who took over in 2007, have all come in at least 13-game seasons. “I mean, it’s incredible,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday during a news conference with Saban. Swinney heaped so much praise on his counterpart during the half-hour session with reporters that Saban looked a little uncomfortable. “Coach Saban, what he’s done, I mean, he’s one of the greatest coaches that ever coached the game,” Swinney said. Saban also has a BCS title from his time at LSU, giving him four overall. Only former Alabama coach Bear Bryant with six has more. “This is the first one I’ve sniffed as a coach, and he’s going for his fifth,” said Swinney, who is in his eighth season at Clemson. “It’s incredible.” Clemson has one national championship to its credit. Behind Danny Ford, an Alabama native and former Tide player for Bryant, the Tigers won the title in 1981 by beating Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. The Tigers are back on the biggest stage and again being led by an Alabaman and former Tide player. Swinney grew up near Birmingham and played for

Keys to the game Dual-threat Deshaun If Clemson is going to beat Alabama and break down a ferocious Crimson Tide defense, Heisman Trophy finalist Deshaun Watson will lead the way. The sophomore is the most talented quarterback Alabama has faced and he poses a threat both running and passing. Watson set the Atlantic Coast Conference mark for total offense with 4,731 yards, 1,032 of those coming on the ground. Heisman Henry The Crimson Tide used Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry, who set Southeastern Conference records for rushing yards (2,061) and touchdowns (25), as a complimentary part of its offense in beating Michigan State 38-0 in the Cotton Bowl. Henry had 20 carries for 75 yards. Don’t be surprised if the Tide goes back to a heavy dose of Henry — who carried 90 times combined in the final two regular-season games — to help control the clock and keep the ball away from Watson and Clemson’s up-tempo spread offense. Associated Press

Alabama when Gene Stallings was the coach in the early 1990s. He was on the Tide team that won a national championship in 1992, upsetting Miami in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama then went through a long dry spell until Saban arrived. “People will say, well, anybody can go win at Alabama,” Swinney said. “Not everybody can coach a great team. Not everybody can coach a great player, and I think he has a gift to be able to do that.” Under Swinney, the Tigers have won at least 10 games each of the past five seasons, just like Alabama. And Clemson has its own shot at history: If the Tigers win the national title, they would become the first team to achieve a 15-0 season. “We want to be a program that is competing at this level on a consistent basis and I think to do that, you’ve got to be a top-10, top-15 type program year in and year out,” Swinney said. Alabama has been even better than that. Since going 7-6 in Saban’s first season, the Tide is 97-12 and has never finished out of the final AP top 10.

PULLMAN — Sabrina Haines scored a career-high 19 points, including eight in the pivotal third quarter, as 14th-ranked Arizona State won its 10th straight. The contest was tied at halftime before the Sun Devils outscored the Cougars 25-9 in the third quarter for a 16-point lead.

Stanford 71, Colorado 56 STANFORD, Calif. — Kaylee Johnson scored a career-high 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Erica McCall added 16 points and 11 rebounds for ninth-ranked Stanford, which won for the seventh time in eight games. Haley Smith scored 17 points to lead Colorado, which lost its fifth straight.

Oregon State 59, Oregon 45 EUGENE, Ore. — Ruth Hamblin and Gabriella Hanson scored 12 points apiece, and Jamie Weisner added 11 for No. 11 Oregon State. Liz Brenner led Oregon with 13 points. Oregon State ended Duck forward Jillian Alleyne’s 29-game streak of double-doubles when the team’s played Friday night. On Sunday, the Beavers held Alleyne to six points, ending her 30-game double-figure scoring streak.

Utah 84, California 79 BERKELEY, Calif. — Utah overcame a 19-point third-quarter deficit to beat No. 21 California. Utah snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Golden Bears and beat a ranked opponent for the first time since March 2, 2008, against No. 24 Wyoming. Kristine Anigwe led Cal with 23 points and 11 rebounds.

USC 71, UCLA 68 LOS ANGELES — Temi Fagbenle scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Southern California held on in the closing minutes to defeat No. 15 UCLA. Jordin Canada scored 26 points to lead UCLA, which lost its first conference game and snapped a four-game winning streak.

Oregon men best Stanford Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — Dillon Brooks had 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Oregon pulled away in the second half to beat Stanford 71-58 in Pac-12 men’s basketball action Sunday night. Tyler Dorsey and Dwayne Benjamin added 12 points apiece for Oregon (13-3, 2-1 Pac-12), which has won 18 consecutive home games. Michael Humphrey led the Cardinal (9-6, 2-2) with 18 points. Rosco Allen scored 13.

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Packers oust Redskins

Rodgers leads Green Bay to 35-18 victory over Washington By Howard Fendrich Associated Press

LANDOVER, Md. — For Aaron Rodgers and the rest of the Green Bay Packers’ offense, the first quarter of their playoff game Sunday looked quite similar to the stagnant way their regular season wound down. Not a lot of progress. Not a lot of points. Not a lot of fun. Rodgers opened the NFC wild-card game against the Washington Redskins by going 1-for-8, and the Packers’ first four drives went: punt, safety, punt, punt. They gained all of 11 yards heading into the second period, and they trailed by double digits. And then, spurred by using the hurryup approach he loves, Rodgers played like a two-time NFL MVP. Drawing defensive penalties with quick snaps, making adjustments at the line of scrimmage, and running the show the way few QBs can, Rodgers threw for a pair of TDs while Eddie Lacy and James Starks each ran for a score, and Green Bay came back to overwhelm the NFC East champion Redskins 35-18. “We got the tempo up, and they couldn’t keep up,” said Rodgers, who finished 21 for 36 for 210 yards and no turnovers. “We became a snowball, kind of going downhill, and it was tough for us to stop.” That was missing while the Packers were losing their final two games and six of their last 10 after a 6-0 start, letting the NFC North title slip away. And it was missing early Sunday, when Washington grabbed an 11-0 lead. “I talked a lot the last couple weeks about being able to turn it on, and a lot

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said. “I mean, it’s was a pretty routine kick.” Linebacker K.J. Wright invoked Seattle’s Super Bowl win over Denver in January 2014. “That one felt a little bit better than the Super Bowl, I can’t lie,” Wright said, shaking his head 20 minutes after Walsh’s kick went haywire. “The way we won it, in the fashion we did ... we found a way.” The nearly impossible finish sends the Seahawks (11-6) on to top-seeded Carolina (15-1) in the divisional round next Sunday at 10:05 a.m. PST. “This will go down as one of the best games I’ve ever played in,” said Baldwin. He caught a 4-yard pass from Russell Wilson with 11:37 to play in the fourth quarter for the game’s only touchdown. Sunday game-time temperature was minus-6, with a 12-mph wind creating a wind chill of minus-25. That neutralized both teams’ offenses. The only games colder in the league’s 96-year history: the 1967 “Ice Bowl” league title game between the Cowboys and Packers in Green Bay when it was 13 below; and the Chargers-Bengals 1982 AFC championship in Cincinnati (minus 9, with a wind chill of minus 59). “It was probably three or four times colder than it looked,” Seahawks running back Fred Jackson said. And he played nine years in Buffalo. “Terribly cold,” is how native Texan Christine Michael described it after the Seahawks’ running back’s 70, determined yards on 21 carries in place of Marshawn Lynch, who decided on Friday he couldn’t play Sunday or make the trip to this unforgettable event six weeks after abdominal surgery. “The elements were about as challenging as they can get! We will never, ever play in another game like that!” head coach Pete Carroll roared to his giddy, thawing players in the locker room minutes after it ended, according to video on the team’s website. “Your attitude about it was freakin’ strong!” Wilson said it was so cold he couldn’t yell because “my mouth froze.” He struggled all day in almost inhumane temperatures (13 for 26, 142 yards, interception). That endangered the Seahawks’ season. Then he made two, immortal plays to save it. Wilson stayed almost miraculously poised after a shotgun snap by center Patrick Lewis for which he wasn’t ready sailed over his head early in the fourth quarter. Wilson was trying to yell to change the play but he couldn’t be heard as well as usual because, as he said, his mouth was frozen. Seattle’s unflappable quarterback ran back 10 yards to the ball at the Seattle 45. There, 16 yards behind the line of scrimmage, the former minor-league baseball second baseman executed a pop-up slide, recovered the loose ball, popped up — and found three charging Vikings in his face. “Uh, oh,” Wilson thought. “Seemed like a whole bunch of bears chasing me.” Wilson escaped to the right of those bears. He then found receiver Tyler Lockett — who had started the play basically standing still, supposedly run blocking — for a 35-yard catch and run. Instead of the ball on Seattle’s half of the field, it was at the Minnesota 4-yard line. Two plays later Wilson threw in the right flat to the wide-open Baldwin for this

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Wild-card Playoffs Saturday Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Next Saturday Kansas City (12-5) at New England (12-4), 1:30 (CBS) Green Bay (11-6) at Arizona (13-3), 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Next Sunday Seattle (11-6) at Carolina (15-1), 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh (11-6) at Denver (12-4), 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif. TBD, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

of you probably thought that was lip service,” Rodgers told reporters. “But we just needed a game like this to get our mojo back and get our confidence going. I said this week that it just takes one. It just takes one performance to get us going back in the right direction and believing that we can make a run.” Green Bay (11-6) will play at the No. 2 seed Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night. It’s a rematch of a Week 16 game that Arizona dominated 38-8. “The main thing is everybody just needs to realize the taste they had in their mouth last time,” Packers receiver James Jones said. In the other NFC game next weekend, the No. 1 seed Carolina Panthers will host the wild-card Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. With the Packers and Seahawks joining the AFC’s Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs, it’s the first time road teams went 4-0 in the wild-card round under the current NFL playoff format, which started in 1990.

frozen day’s only touchdown. “Magic.” That’s what Carroll called Wilson’s play. What made it possible was that the play called was a “tight zone-read run,” right tackle Garry Gilliam said. That kept the Seahawks’ offensive line along the line of scrimmage, instead of beyond it as in normal run blocking. Had any of the blockers been past the line when Wilson threw the pass it would have been a penalty. “As soon as I picked it up I just peeked to see where the linemen were,” Wilson said. “And fortunately they weren’t downfield for us. So that’s when I really started to look to throw the ball.” Yeah, that’s a bit much to process with a pack of bears chasing you. “Sure enough, Tyler Lockett did a great job scrambling and making the play,” Wilson said. Lockett put the credit back on his quarterback. “It’s all about reaction. I mean, you don’t have time to think,” the rookie wide receiver said. “I just ran to a spot to try to get open. The credit really all goes to Russell for being able to keep it alive. I mean, the first thing you want to do in that moment is fall on it.” Baldwin’s reaction: “Unbelievable. That’s the epitome of Russell Wilson.” Then, with Seattle now down 9-7, safety Kam Chancellor stripped Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson of the ball after a catch. Chancellor said he thinks Wright’s simultaneous hit on Peterson distracted the league’s rushing champion (held by Seattle again to 45 yards on 23 carries) from Chancellor’s two-hand rip at the ball. Defensive tackle Ahtyba Rubin, an eightyear veteran playing his first playoff game, recovered the fumble at the Vikings 40 with 10:37 left. “It’s pretty awesome,” Rubin said. “Definitely a momentum swing, and it got us the win.” That’s because of Wilson’s second, stupendously savvy play. He dropped to pass then kept his wits with Vikings’ top pass rusher Everson Griffen pulling him down by the waist. It was about to be a sack that could have pushed Seattle out of field-goal range. But the 206-pound Wilson dragged the 273pound defender outside the tackle box and only then chucked the ball into the sideline for a sack-saving throwaway. Wilson’s awareness and grit avoided an intentionalgrounding foul that would have made a field goal too long to try. Instead Steven Hauschka kicked the go-ahead field goal from 46 yards into the closed end of the stadium, where the rocklike ball was traveling far better Sunday. Improbably, Seattle led 10-9 with 8 minutes left. Chancellor then got flagged for pass interference on Minnesota tight end Kyle Rudolph. And he allowed Rudolph the 24-yard catch and run that got the Vikings into position for Walsh’s final, fateful miss. Until Minnesota’s final march from its own 39 to the Seattle 9, the Seahawks’ defense more than did its job. The Vikings started drives at or past midfield three times as the result of Seahawks mistakes. That’s how Minnesota got all its points. When the Vikings needed the final ones, from point-blank range, a higher power seemed to intervene. On the side of the Seahawks. “I was pointing up to the sky,” Chancellor said. “That’s called grace. I don’t believe in luck. Grace.”

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Seahawks shut down Peterson

Game statistics Seahawks 10, Vikings 9 Seattle Minnesota

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Scoring summary

First Quarter Min—FG Walsh 22, 1:01. Drive: 10 plays, 25 yards, 5:52. Key Plays: Peterson 2 run on 3rd-and-1; Bridgewater 6 pass to Diggs on 3rd-and-4. Minnesota 3, Seattle 0. Third Quarter Min_FG Walsh 43, 7:04. Drive: 5 plays, 28 yards, 2:45. Key Plays: Waynes 24 interception return to Minnesota 46; Bridgewater 11 pass to Line; Avril 15-yard roughing the passer penalty. Minnesota 6, Seattle 0.

By Gregg Bell The News Tribune

Min—FG Walsh 47, :02. Drive: 8 plays, 19 yards, 4:39. Key Plays: Terrell 15-yard horse collar tackle penalty; Bridgewater 4 pass to Diggs on 3rd-and-2. Minnesota 9, Seattle 0. Fourth Quarter Sea—Baldwin 3 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 11:37. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:25. Key Plays: Wilson 14 pass to K.Smith; Wilson 14 pass to Michael on 3rd-and-2; Wilson 35 pass to Lockett. Minnesota 9, Seattle 7. Sea—FG Hauschka 46, 8:04. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards, 2:33. Key Plays: Sherman fumble recovery (Peterson); Wilson 8 pass to Kearse on 3rd-and-7. Seattle 10, Minnesota 9. A—52,090.

Team stats

Sea 13 2 9 2 5-14 0-0 226 56 4.0 97 28 3.5 129 2-13 142 13-26 1 4.6 3-2-0 5-35.4 0 0-0 22 3-10 1-12 0-0 6-65 2-0 27:34

FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty THIRD DOWN EFF FOURTH DOWN EFF TOTAL NET YARDS Total Plays Avg Gain NET YARDS RUSHING Rushes Avg per rush NET YARDS PASSING Sacked-Yds lost Gross-Yds passing Completed-Att. Had Intercepted Yards-Pass Play KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB PUNTS-Avg. Punts blocked FGs-PATs blocked TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions PENALTIES-Yds FUMBLES-Lost TIME OF POSSESSION

Min 14 4 6 4 3-13 1-1 183 56 3.3 58 29 2.0 125 3-21 146 17-24 0 4.6 4-3-3 5-34.4 0 0-0 96 2-7 3-65 1-24 2-46 1-1 32:26

Passing Seattle Minnesota C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT SACKS QBR RTG Teddy Bridgewater17/241466.1 0 0 3-21 43.3 86.5

Rushing Seattle Car 21 5 1 1

Christine Michael Russell Wilson Jon Ryan Fred Jackson

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TD 0 0 0 0

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Adrian Peterson Jerick McKinnon Stefon Diggs Teddy Bridgewater

Yds 45 7 6 0

Receiving Seattle Doug Baldwin Tyler Lockett Fred Jackson Jermaine Kearse Christine Michael Kevin Smith Chase Coffman

Rec Yds 5 42 1 35 2 19 3 18 1 14 1 14 0 0

Stefon Diggs Kyle Rudolph MyCole Pruitt Jerick McKinnon Matt Asiata Adrian Peterson Mike Wallace Jarius Wright Zach Line Adam Thielen

Rec Yds 4 26 1 24 2 22 3 22 1 13 2 13 1 10 1 9 2 7 0 0

Avg TD 8.4 1 35.0 0 9.5 0 6.0 0 14.0 0 14.0 0 0.0 0

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Tyler Lockett

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Cordarrelle Patterson

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Bobby Wagner K.J. Wright Richard Sherman Ahtyba Rubin Cliff Avril Bruce Irvin Earl Thomas DeShawn Shead Brandon Mebane Kam Chancellor Michael Bennett Jeremy Lane Jordan Hill Mike Morgan Kelcie McCray Cassius Marsh Frank Clark Fred Jackson Derrick Coleman

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Eric Kendricks Everson Griffen Chad Greenway Xavier Rhodes Anthony Barr Sharrif Floyd Captain Munnerlyn Andrew Sendejo Josh Robinson Linval Joseph Harrison Smith Trae Waynes Brian Robison Terence Newman Mike Wallace Zach Line Tom Johnson Jerick McKinnon Danielle Hunter Edmond Robinson

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Ryan ‘got messed up’ Seahawks punter Jon Ryan ‘got his nose busted’ following a bad snap. By Dave Boling The News Tribune

C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT SACKS QBR RTG Russell Wilson 13/26 142 5.5 1 1 2-13 21.3 63.3

Steven Hauschka

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Seahawks punter Jon Ryan flies through the air as he tries to hurdle the Vikings Casey Matthews (59) in the first quarter. Ryan was forced to run with the ball after a bad snap.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Clint Gresham said he’s been longsnapping for 10 years and never had a ball drop at the feet of a punter like the one that floated through the frozen air in the first quarter of the Seattle Seahawks playoff game against Minnesota on Sunday. And for most of the game, the field goal the Vikings scored after the subsequent short-field possession looked like it might be enough to defeat the scoreless Seahawks. In the end, Seattle rallied to a 10-9 win, which made Gresham feel like one lucky Seahawk. It didn’t help his buddy, punter Jon Ryan, who was forced to run after fielding the low snap and ended up being upended and landing on his face short of a first down. “He got his nose busted on that play, so he got messed up

a little bit,” head coach Pete Carroll said of Ryan, before adding that he wasn’t sure if it was actually broken. “It looks terrible.” Carroll would have preferred Ryan had tried to elude defenders rather than jumping over them. But it should be remembered that Ryan appeared last season on the television show “American Ninja Warrior” (even though he’s a native Canadian), and trying to leap over obstacles is apparently a pastime. Ryan was off getting his nose X-rayed after the game and was unavailable for comment. But Gresham commented for him. “I patted him on the shoulder and said, ‘My bad, man.’ That guy is a soldier; I have so much respect for that guy.” Wind chills of minus-25 made the ball difficult to handle for everyone on Sunday, and that was true for Gresham, who has the disadvantage of

having to throw it while upsidedown and peering through his legs. “The ball was so cold it was just difficult to get a good grip on,” said Gresham, a TCU product who has never had a costly errant snap in his six-year NFL career. “It’s frustrating and it’s a little embarrassing because nobody wants to have a snap like that,” he said. “But I also realize there were some things that played into it and I was able to bounce back and figure out what I needed to do.” Gresham positioned his hands around an invisible football to demonstrate how he altered his grip. “I really had to roll my hands over to make sure I had more contact on the ball,” he said. “No, it wasn’t a perfect game, but I’m so thankful for the rest of the team; we were able to rally together and put together the win.”

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even the most devout of followers would have struggled to believe Wilson had the power to slide and corral the ball, get back to his feet, scramble away from the oncoming defenders, and deliver an awkward pass to Tyler Lockett for a 35-yard gain to set up the game’s only touchdown. Which deity aligned all the circumstances perfectly for the Seahawks to pull that play off? How else to explain the improbable events at the game’s end? Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh had the easiest of 27-yard chip shots to win the game. Walsh had made all three of his field goals earlier in the contest, including two much more difficult kicks from 40-plus yards. Did a hand from above reach down to help usher the fieldgoal attempt wide left? “God showed us tons of grace,” Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor said while being interviewed on the television broadcast. “We stand committed, love one another, and we’re just keeping the faith alive.” For most of Sunday’s game it seemed Mother Nature was the supernatural being who was going to have the final say in the result. The historically cold temperatures — the minus-6 degrees at kickoff tied it for the third-coldest game in NFL history — favored the home side. Minnesota, which was slapped down by Seattle 38-7 five weeks earlier when it was a relatively balmy 36 degrees at TCF Bank Stadium, was the beneficiary as Seattle’s offense seemed incapable of handling the harsh conditions. Wilson’s passes sailed high in the chilly midwest air. The receivers’ freezing hands had difficulty gripping the ball. Even the Seattle’s equipment couldn’t handle the conditions, as the Seahawks’ headset radios malfunctioned, forcing Seattle to burn timeouts as the play clock wound down. The weather was the price Seattle paid for starting the season 2-4, thereby having to hit the road for the playoffs, and it seemed the collection date had arrived on those debts. But, at least on this day, the power of the spiritual was greater than the power of the temporal. The key aspect of any religion is belief. Wilson, who’s renown for his faith, talks about his belief on a regular basis, and he was at it again following Sunday’s game. “We kept believing in one another,” Wilson said. “The commitment to each other, the commitment to play for 60 full minutes, the mental fortitude it took to come into a tough

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Seahawks defensive linemen Michael Bennett (72) and Frank Clark (55), along with strong safety Kam Chancellor (31), combine to stop Vikings running back Adrian Peterson during the first half.

environment, it wasn’t easy. But that’s playoff football, anything can happen, and we kept believing in one another.” Wilson’s words can often seem rote and repetitive when they’re heard each and every week. But they sure felt appropriate Sunday. Seattle now heads to Charlotte, N.C., next Sunday to take on the NFC’s top seed, the Carolina Panthers. The same Carolina Panthers who finished the season 15-1 and beat the Seahawks 27-23 at CenturyLink Field when the teams met in October. But Seattle will head to Carolina with no fear. The Seahawks are on a roll, having won seven of their past eight. They have the playoff experience from having reached the Super Bowl each of the previous two years. They even have confidence from having had the Panthers beat in Week 6, only to succumb to the type of dramatic fourthquarter collapse Seattle has since stamped out of its game. And now the Seahawks head there with the knowledge that someone up above is watching out for them, too. Check out Nick Patterson’s Seattle Sidelines blog at http://www.heraldnet.com/ seattlesidelines, and follow him on Twitter at @ NickHPatterson.

MINNEAPOLIS — If Adrian Peterson faced the Seattle Seahawks more, he wouldn’t be the NFL’s rushing champion. And if Seattle’s defense continues to keep opponents out of the end zone like this, its season may go on a while. The Seahawks did on Sunday what it had done when the Seahawks and Vikings played here last month. They throttled Peterson “all day,” to borrow the seven-time Pro Bowl running back’s and 2012 league most valuable player’s nickname. Peterson gained just 45 yards on 23 carries as the sixth-seeded Seahawks rallied late to beat the third-seeded Vikings 10-9 in the NFC wild-card playoffs on a frigid afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium. “Just getting a body on him. Tackling him,” Seahawks Pro Bowl middle linebacker Bobby Wagner said after he had a teamhigh eight tackles and a sack Sunday. “Not letting just one guy tackle him. Just getting all on him.” As they had Dec. 6 in a 38-7 win here, the Seahawks stayed disciplined inside their assigned gaps, and patient in staying in those gaps instead of chasing Peterson. That limited Peterson’s ability to make cuts into the open field, one of his specialties he used to gain 1,485 yards in the regular season and 11,675 yards in his nine-year career. Peterson had 63 yards on 31 rushes in the two games these teams played this season. That — and Sunday’s luck at the end of the contest — are why the Seahawks won both games and are playing this coming weekend in the divisional round at Carolina, the NFC’s top seed. “He’s a great player, Wagner said. “But we feel we have a great defense.” Indeed, the respect was all over the Seahawks’ defense. Peterson said Seattle Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas approached him on the field immediately after the game and said: “Hey, man, I have so much respect for you, because each game you know that teams are coming in and are focusing on stopping the run, and you still come in and continue to chop. That’s why I love and respect you.” Speaking of respect: The Seahawks have allowed just one offensive touchdown during their six-game winning streak on the road, which is where they will stay as long as they stay alive in this postseason. Seattle has allowed just 43 points in those last six away games. The only points Minnesota scored Sunday, three field goals, came off three mistakes by Seattle’s offense and punting team. The third mistake came late in the third quarter. Derrick Coleman had Minnesota punt returner Marcus Sherels corralled in Vikings territory. But then Coleman was flagged for a horse-collar tackle. That 15-yard foul resulted in Minnesota starting its drive at the Seattle 48. And that resulted in the Vikings’ third field goal, from 48 yards by Blair Walsh. The game’s only score of the first half, a short field goal by Walsh, came after Seattle’s Clint Gresham dribbled a snap back to punter Jon Ryan, who tried to run and was tackled short of a first down. Seattle’s defense held again following the turnover on downs at its own 29, forcing the field goal. The Seahawks had the NFL’s No. 1 rush defense in the regular season, allowing an average of 81.5 yards per game. They have given up an average of just 36 yards per game in their last four road games. “Fantastic,” coach Pete Carroll said. “A great football player on the other side and we totally respect everything about Adrian. ... “Our guys are capable of playing run defense like this; we’ve been doing it for some time now. That’s what we expected to do — and it was awesome they could carry it out all day long.”

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Hawks’ Baldwin underestimated Minnesota cold

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COMMENTARY

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By Gregg Bell

The Seahawks’ Richard Sherman greets fans following Sunday’s game.

The News Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — Who said the cold wouldn’t matter? “Personally, I underestimated it,” Seahawks leading receiver and Florida native Doug Baldwin said following Seattle’s grinding, 10-9 win over Minnesota Sunday in the NFC wild-card playoffs. They played Sunday’s game with the temperature 6 below zero and a wind chill of minus-25. It was the third-coldest game in the history of the NFL — which has been around since 1920. “I was able to push through it, but it was a lot tougher than I thought it would be,” said Baldwin, who scored the game’s only touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 4-yard pass from Russell Wilson. “We had to focus on it.” It took only minutes in Minnesota’s first frigid air of this winter before ears were stinging then numb. So the Seahawks’ equipment staff taped the helmet openings. Under the helmets, most players wore ski-like masks. It made them appear more equipped for a day at Crystal Mountain resort than an NFL playoff game. Some made statements — manhood ones, not fashion — by defiantly going sleeveless. Those included: running back Fred Jackson, who played nine years in Buffalo, rookie wide receiver Tyler Lockett, right guard J.R. Sweezy, safety Kam Chancellor and linebackers K.J. Wright, Bobby Wagner and Bruce Irvin (who had said he couldn’t be a punk and wear sleeves and that he would rag any teammate that did). Wilson didn’t wear the gloves his Minnesota quarterbacking counterpart Teddy Bridgewater did. He, like most backs and receivers, had a muffler-like pocket around his waist under his jersey that Wilson used between plays and right up to each snap. He said the cold didn’t bother his throwing; he was 13 for 26, far below his team-record completion rate of 68.1 percent in the regular season. He said one pass that fluttered to Baldwin who’d been wide open at the goal line that ended up broken up was affected by him getting nudged from behind by a Viking. Wilson said the cold did affect his ability to change plays at the line. He said he couldn’t yell to teammates because his mouth was frozen. The extreme cold was why head coach Pete Carroll decided not to try a 48-yard field goal on fourth and 13 from the Vikings 30 in the second quarter with Minnesota leading 3-0. He said the pregame determined Steven Hauschka was unlikely to make it from that far at that, open end of the field, the side closer to the frozen-over Mississippi River nearby. Carroll chose to pass instead, and Fred Jackson caught a short throw then got tackled well short of the first-down line. Baldwin said his fingers turning numb was the biggest issue. That didn’t prevent Baldwin from making the most ridiculous catch of this Seahawks season and his five-year career. Wilson sent one of his many high throws over the middle on the third play of the third quarter. Baldwin leaped and snared the ball with his one, outstretched, right hand — with the tips of his middle three fingers, in fact — for a 17-yard gain. “The best catch I’ve ever seen,” Wilson said.

Report Card Here’s how the Seahawks grade out in their 10-9 victory over the Vikings in Sunday’s wild-card playoff game:

Offense

For three quarters the CSeahawks accomplished almost nothing offensively. Seattle

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) chases the ball after a bad snap in the fourth quarter. Wilson recovered the ball and completed a 35-yard pass to Tyler Lockett, moving the ball to the Vikings’ 4-yard line.

Hawks put themselves in position to be lucky By Dave Boling The News Tribune

INNEAPOLIS — After winning in the most improbable way, many of the Seattle Seahawks sprinted off the field. To find relief from the frigid sub-zero wind chill, likely, but maybe to hurry and buy tickets for that billion-dollar lottery. Yes, they conceded, they were feeling lucky. As they packed up their rabbits’ feet and horse-shoes and four-leafed clovers, the Seahawks granted that the 10-9 win over the Vikings in the wild-card round on Sunday was unquestionably a matter of good fortune. The Vikings’ missing a 27-yard field goal with 22 seconds to play in the game was an extraordinary turn of events. But they were quick to remind that they also put themselves in position to be lucky with some equally extraordinary displays of athleticism, determination and stubborn will. Down 9-0 with the offense in a cryogenic coma, the Hawks rallied with 10 fourth-quarter points. But the Vikings drove to the Seattle 9 for the presumptive game-winning field goal. Kicker Blair Walsh, who made more field goals than any kicker in the NFL this season (34), and scored all of the Minnesota points on Sunday, yanked it wide left. With a divisional-round meeting with Carolina on the docket next Sunday, the Seahawks focused on their dramatic comeback rather than the rocky start and fortunate escape. Cornerback Richard Sherman, who said his eyelashes froze during warmups in the minus-25 wind chill, claimed that doubts never entered the Seahawks’ minds. “Here’s 53 guys willing to fight until the last second,” Sherman said. “A lot of people

would have folded it up and said ‘that’s it,’ but we’ve got a team full of fighters.” Fighters? Oh yeah, quite a few of them, actually. Fighters like quarterback Russell Wilson, who turned a botched fourth-quarter play into a 35-yard completion to Tyler Lockett. The ball was snapped before Wilson was ready, and as defenders closed in on him for what was about to be a 15-yard sack, Wilson recovered the ball, regained his feet and had the presence of mind to find Lockett open downfield. Head coach Pete Carroll had a word to describe some of Wilson’s episodes of inspired improvisation like this: “Magic.” That works. Fighters like wide receiver Doug Baldwin, who gave the Seahawk offense its first spark of life in the third period when he leaped up into the jet stream to pull down a 17-yard pass to convert a third-and-long. It didn’t lead to a score, but it triggered a pulse. Fighters like free safety Earl Thomas, who was such an effective center-fielder all day, and strong safety Kam Chancellor, who ripped the ball away from Viking running back Adrian Peterson to create the turnover that set up the Hawks’ go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter. Fighters like punter Jon Ryan. What? Oh, yeah, Ryan had to try to run the ball after a low snap in the first quarter. He got flipped in the air and came down on his face, getting his nose “busted,” according to Carroll. Ryan came back, though, as both punter and holder for Steven Hauschka place kicks. Think that’s not important? Let’s remember that it looked like the Viking holder didn’t spin the laces away, as is generally expected, from Walsh on his missed chipped shot that decided the game.

Fighters like running back Christine Michael, who spent the week taking reserve reps behind starter Marshawn Lynch all week only to get the start on Sunday because Lynch decided he was unable to play after practice on Friday. Michael rushed for 70 yards on 21 carries, which was far more productive than his AllPro counterpart on the other side, Adrian Peterson (23-45 yards). Don’t think 71 yards isn’t much to tout? The most important stat is Michael held onto the ball on each of those 21 carries, whereas Peterson’s fumble helped the Hawks back into the game. And fighters, finally, like defensive tackle Ahtyba Rubin, a 325-pound defensive tackle whose hustle downfield allowed him to be in position to recover Peterson’s fumble that Chancellor caused. “It’s his first playoff game,” Sherman said of Rubin. “It was a phenomenal play by Kam and great effort, but to have a D-lineman 10 or 15 yards down the field recovering the fumble ... his hustle got him there. He deserves a lot of credit and respect for that.” These were plays of physical effort, but also examples of the kind of mental toughness needed in historically dreadful weather conditions, when every instinct is telling rational human beings to forget football and find shelter. This group of Seahawks, like the previous few editions, is best when it is tasked, challenged, facing impediments. It’s possible on Sunday that they viewed Mother Nature as just another of the many haters they love to defy. That mental toughness, Sherman said, was a huge factor. “It takes men to play this game,” Sherman said. “It takes men to play four quarters in this game.” And maybe a little luck is the reward for it.

was shut out in the first half for the first time this season. Quarterback Russell Wilson had issues throwing the ball in the cold, and the Seahawks finished with just 226 yards of offense, by far a season low. However, Wilson’s improvisational ability saved Seattle’s bacon, and Christian Michael (70 yards on 21 carries) at least gave the Seahawks some semblance of a running game.

Defense

Wilson’s magic and MinAnesota’s missed field goal at the end will get the headlines, but it

was the defense that won this game for Seattle. The Seahawks allowed the Vikings just 183 yards, limited Adrian Peterson to 45 yards on 23 carries, and all three Minnesota scores came on short fields. Strong safety Kam Chancellor’s forced fumble in Vikings territory set up the fourth-quarter field goal that gave Seattle a 10-9 lead. The only blip was allowing Minnesota to get in field-goal range at the end. Special teams

Seattle had issues on special C teams, with a botched punt snap and Derrick Coleman’s personal foul in punt coverage setting up two of Minnesota’s field goals. Kicker Steven Hauschka, who wasn’t allowed to attempt a 47-yard field goal in the cold conditions in the first half, nailed a 46-yarder for the eventual winning score. Neither team was particularly effective in the return game as both coverage teams did their job for the most part.

Coaching

Seattle had all kinds of problems C with clock management, particularly in the first half, and was forced

to burn timeouts — though it was revealed that issues with the headsets was part of the problem. Defensively the Seahawks dialed up the right things at the right times, particularly in choosing when to blitz in the second half. But the game’s decisive plays had little to do with coaching.

Overall

The historic cold conditions — it B was minus-6 degrees at kickoff, tying for the third-coldest game in NFL history — played a huge role in the way this game went, making conventional evaluation irrelevant. But while it wasn’t pretty, any victory in the playoffs looks good. Now the Seahawks head to top-seeded Carolina next Sunday for the divisional round with the notion that fate is on their side. — Nick Patterson, Herald Writer

Seahawks’ Michael fills in for Lynch, hangs on to ball in freezing cold By Dave Boling The News Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — Occupying the depth chart behind Marshawn Lynch, Christine Michael had never carried the ball in the post-season. He was inactive in 2013 and didn’t see the field in 2014. But when Lynch decided on Friday that he was not able to play because of residual effects of the stomach surgery he underwent in November, Michael got his opportunity. Sunday, against a stingy

Minnesota Vikings defense, Michael led all rushers with 70 yards on 21 carries, and also pulled in a pass for 14 yards in Seattle’s 10-9 win in the wildcard playoff round. Michael said he wasn’t at all fazed by being cast into the starter’s role after watching Lynch get most of the snaps during the week. “No, of course not, not at all,” Michael said. “The thing is, it’s all about the team. It’s got to be about the team, whether it’s Marshawn or Fred (Jackson), somebody has got to get the job

done.” Michael is delighted he has the job to do. A second-round draft pick who failed to live up to the Seahawks’ expectations, Michael was traded to Dallas this season only to be cut by the Cowboys and picked up by Washington. When the Redskins decided to cut him, too, the Seahawks brought him back to help fill the void left by injuries to Lynch and his replacement, Thomas Rawls. Maybe the most important statistic for Michael was the absence of fumbles on a day when the

wind chill reached minus-25. “We’re not used to this environment,” said Michael, a native of Beaumont, Texas. “It was so cold, but we fought through it and got a tremendous win.” Michael picked up 102 yards on 17 carries last week in the regularseason finale against Arizona. Several times, when he broke into the open field, it was clear how tenaciously he was holding onto the football. Is that a point of focus? “Ab-so-lute-ly,” Michael said with emphasis. “I’m focusing on that every play. Not just making

the plays, and holding onto it, but making the right reads on every play, and just contributing to the team in every way I can.” Michael and the offense had a difficult challenge most of the day as they ended up scoring all their points in the fourth period. “It was an ugly win, but we got it done,” Michael said. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was asked about Lynch’s prospects for returning next week for the game at Carolina. “I don’t even know,” Carroll said. “Just wait and see and take it one day at a time.”

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through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 48/28 Normal high/low ....................... 45/37 Records (2010/2013) ................. 51/23 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.25 F 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 0.31” Normal month to date ............... 1.96” Year to date ................................. 0.31” Normal year to date ................... 1.96”

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Men’s College Basketball Sunday’s Games EAST Michigan St. 92, Penn St. 65 Richmond 93, Fordham 82 Saint Joseph’s 72, Rhode Island 67 SOUTH Cincinnati 54, South Florida 51 Clemson 66, Louisville 62 Tulsa 81, Tulane 67 Wake Forest 77, NC State 74

Today Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 43/40/r Athens 65/51/s Baghdad 62/43/pc Bangkok 90/75/sh Beijing 28/7/s Berlin 38/32/sh Buenos Aires 87/69/pc Cairo 69/53/s Dublin 42/35/sh Hong Kong 67/58/sh Jerusalem 57/40/s Johannesburg 82/59/t London 47/38/c

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Women’s College Basketball Sunday’s Games EAST Boston College 73, Yale 60 Delaware 59, Northeastern 52 Duquesne 55, Fordham 40 Iona 79, Canisius 56 Misericordia 63, CCNY 61 Monmouth (NJ) 60, Marist 52 NC State 78, Pittsburgh 76, 3OT Niagara 67, Rider 57 Siena 60, Manhattan 59 St. Bonaventure 66, UMass 41 St. Peter’s 56, Fairfield 46 Syracuse 60, Virginia Tech 39 Temple 74, Cincinnati 51 UNC Wilmington 52, Towson 49 Xavier 62, Providence 54 SOUTH Abilene Christian 71, Nicholls St. 68 Centre 76, Hendrix 75, OT Drexel 67, William & Mary 50 Florida 85, Mississippi 65 Florida St. 75, Georgia Tech 69 George Mason 79, La Salle 70 Hofstra 62, Coll. of Charleston 58 James Madison 81, Elon 76, OT Kentucky 64, Georgia 53 Louisville 65, Duke 48 Miami 83, Clemson 49 Millsaps 56, Berry 53 Mississippi St. 80, Arkansas 55 Saint Joseph’s 66, VCU 63 Saint Louis 79, Davidson 50 Sewanee 75, Rhodes 56 South Carolina 83, Missouri 58 Tennessee 79, Auburn 52 Texas A&M 53, LSU 35 Tulane 75, UCF 54 Tulsa 65, Memphis 59 UConn 75, South Florida 59 Vanderbilt 54, Alabama 48 Virginia 52, Wake Forest 50 MIDWEST Bemidji St. 79, St. Cloud St. 74 Creighton 77, Butler 49 Drake 87, Wichita St. 56 Evansville 62, Bradley 46 George Washington 62, Dayton 61 Indiana St. 63, Illinois St. 56 Loyola of Chicago 69, S. Illinois 68, OT Marquette 87, Georgetown 72 Maryland 76, Iowa 56 Michigan 93, Minnesota 86 Michigan St. 74, Northwestern 51 Minn.-Crookston 74, Minn. Duluth 60 N. Iowa 65, Missouri St. 60 Nebraska 73, Illinois 57 Notre Dame 88, North Carolina 54 Ohio St. 90, Rutgers 78 Purdue 63, Indiana 53 Villanova 64, DePaul 60

Feet 9.3 6.3 8.1 -1.6

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 48/36 Normal high/low ....................... 46/36 Records (1986/1949) ................. 58/16 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.28 F 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 0.06” Normal month to date ............... 0.73” Year to date ................................. 0.06” Normal year to date ................... 0.73”

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FOOTBALL NFL Playoffs Wild-Card Playoffs Sunday’s Games Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Kansas City at New England, 1:35 (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle at Carolina, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif. TBD, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

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Kelowna 42 29 10 3 0 154 Victoria 44 25 15 1 3 146 Prince George 42 25 15 1 1 141 Kamloops 41 21 14 4 2 142 Vancouver 43 17 21 3 2 130 EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 42 26 12 2 2 162 Prince Albert 42 24 14 3 1 142 Moose Jaw 42 22 15 4 1 149 Regina 42 18 18 3 3 135 Saskatoon 41 15 23 3 0 124 Swift Current 42 12 25 4 1 99 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Lethbridge 42 30 12 0 0 182 Red Deer 43 28 13 1 1 166 Calgary 44 26 16 1 1 146 Edmonton 42 17 20 5 0 118 Medicine Hat 41 15 22 3 1 132 Kootenay 43 8 32 3 0 88 Today’s Games Moose Jaw 4 Swift Current 3 Kamloops 3 Portland 0 Everett 3 Spokane 1 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Saskatoon at Kootenay Seattle at Prince George Regina at Everett Wednesday’s Games Lethbridge at Swift Current Red Deer at Moose Jaw Kamloops at Medicine Hat Prince Albert at Edmonton Regina at Portland Seattle at Prince George Saskatoon at Spokane Friday’s Games Calgary at Swift Current Red Deer at Brandon Kamloops at Lethbridge Prince Albert at Kootenay Edmonton at Medicine Hat Saskatoon at Tri-City Kelowna at Victoria Portland at Spokane Everett at Vancouver Regina at Seattle

121 111 122 123 149

61 54 52 48 39

GA 126 135 135 151 171 139

Pt 56 52 49 42 33 29

GA 126 128 137 137 161 182

Pt 60 58 54 39 34 19

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LINE College Football FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG National Championship Game At Glendale, Arizona Monday Alabama 6½ Clemson NFL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Saturday at NEW ENGLAND 5 Kansas City at ARIZONA 7 Green Bay Jan. 17 at Carolina 2½ Seattle at Denver 7 Pittsburgh

DEALS

BASEBALL National League CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHPs Pedro Villarreal and Ryan Mattheus on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BROOKLYN NETS—Fired coach Lionel Hollins. Reassigned general manager Billy King. Named assistant coach Tony Brown interim head coach. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Signed general manager Doug Whaley to a three-year contract extension. Named Rob Ryan assistant head coach/defense. DETROIT LIONS—Named Ernie Accorsi special adviser to the team president. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES—Recalled F Justin Kea from Elmira (ECHL) to Rochester (AHL). DALLAS STARS—Reassigned C Radek Faksa to Texas (AHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Recalled F Matia Marcantuoni and D Harrison Ruopp from Wheeling (ECHL) to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS—Signed F A.J. Jenks to a professional tryout agreement. HERSHEY BEARS—Returned F Cam Reid to Reading (ECHL). PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Assigned F Eric Neiley to Atlanta (ECHL). ROCHESTER AMERICANS—Recalled F Matt Garbowsky from Elmira (ECHL). WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS—Assigned Fs John McCarron and Patrick McGrath to Wheeling (ECHL). ECHL BRAMPTON BEAST—Released G McIntyre Reamey. Signed G Cody Rosen. CINCINNATI CYCLONES—Released F Connor Toomey. IDAHO STEELHEADS—Released G Doug Melvin as emergency backup. RAPID CITY RUSH—Signed F Tyler Scofield. COLLEGES PENN STATE—Promoted assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brent Pry to associate head football coach and defensive coordinator. Added assistant head coach to defensive recruiting coordinator and cornerbacks coach Terry Smith’s title. Added run game coordinator to defensive line coach Sean Spencer’s duties. UNLV—Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Dave Rice. Named men’s associate head basketball coach Todd Simon interim coach.

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