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BY GAIL ELBER I First two funerals for The World shooting victims today NORTH BEND — As business owners and other interested citizens approached the Mill Casino-Hotel BY MATT APUZZO for Friday morning’s Economic Outlook Summit, they AND PAT EATON-ROBB had to wait for a trainload of lumber to pass along the The Associated Press newly refurbished tracks in front of the parking lot. When the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay NEWTOWN,Conn. — A grieving bought the Coos Bay Rail Link, many predicted that no Connecticut town braced itself such train would ever roll on any such tracks. today to bury the first two of the 20 The train’s passage was a good omen for the 20th small victims of an elementary annual summit, sponsored by the Coos Bay Area school gunman and debated when Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Bank, and attended classes could resume — and where, by about 175 people. given the carnage in the building and But the bottom line was this: Although big new the children’s associations with it. industries have been proposed here, they’ll succeed or The people of Newtown weren’t fail according to factors entirely out of local control. yet ready to address the question Meanwhile, several more modest local projects are just three days after the shooting prospering. at Sandy Hook Elementary School, It’s all connected and a day after President Barack Obama pledged to seek change in David Koch, CEO of the Oregon International Port memory of the children and six of Coos Bay, reviewed the Port’s efforts to coordinate adults ruthlessly slain by a gun- development of a marine terminal at Jordan Cove in man packing a high-powered rifle. “We’re just now getting ready to SEE PROSPERITY | A8 talk to our son about who was killed,” said Robert Licata, the father of a student who escaped harm during the shooting. “He’s Sign of the times not even there yet.” Newtown officials couldn’t say In 1969, a year after Tracy Mueller was born, his whether Sandy Hook Elementary, father started Art Signs. Mueller watched the business where authorities said all the vic- evolve from hand-painted signs to crane-installed tims were shot at least twice, signs, neon and vinyl lettering. He took over the busi- would ever reopen. State police Lt. ness in 2007,and it continues to evolve, he told Friday’s Paul Vance said today at a news economic outlook summit. conference that it could be months You wouldn’t believe what people use a sign crane for. before police turn the school back He’s moved safes,freezers,barbecues,trusses and even a over to the district. frozen baby whale. He’s not above trimming a tree or Today’s classes were canceled cleaning a gutter while he’s installing a sign. In fact, and Newtown’s other schools were going the extra mile has won him customers from Lin- to reopen Tuesday. The district coln City to Crescent City and inland to Roseburg and was making plans to send surviv- Eugene. He’s been told he got jobs because he was the ing Sandy Hook students to a for- only contractor who showed up for the appointment. mer school building in a neighbor- He’s seen changes in his business because of hard ing town, but they didn’t say when By Lou Sennick, The World times. Contractors who never bothered to put the that would happen. Tracy Mueller, owner of Art Signs in Coos Bay, poses with a few neon signs his company is fixing up for The gunman, 20-year-old Adam customers. Lanza, was carrying an arsenal of SEE SIGN | A8 hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition, authorities said Sunday — enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, raising the chilling possibility that the blood- bath could have been even worse. The shooter decided to kill him- self when he heard police closing in about 10 minutes into Friday’s attack, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said on ABC’s “This Week.” At the interfaith service in Newtown on Sunday evening, Obama said he would use “what- ever power this office holds” to engage with law enforcement, mental health professionals, par- ents and educators in an effort to

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COOS BAY — Clad in a black hoodie,his silver beard blowing atop a ’58 Harley- THE WORLD Davidson Shovelhead, Walt Evans doesn’t look like your typical Santa. COOS BAY — High winds toppled trees and His elves fare little better by traditional cut power to thousands of homes in in North standards. His crew prefer leather to tinsel. Bend, Coquille and Myrtle Point on Sunday And, like Evans, evening. they’d just as well Winds 30-40 mph were recorded at the ditch the reindeer and North Bend airport during the night, with gusts of 45-50 mph around midnight. See related photo stick with two gallery at: wheels. Wind speeds should abate today, but wind theworldlink.com But this weekend and rain will continue from the west-south- wasn’t about tradi- west, with rain and snow showers increasing. Snow level will be at 1,000 feet inland, with tion; it was about 85 bikers and an urge to By Lou Sennick, The World bring Christmas to needy kids. little accumulation expected. Snow level is Grizz Haggard, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to the throng of motorcycles and other vehicles for the expected to drop to 700 feet Tuesday, and rain On Sunday, Evans and his crew deliv- annual Toy Run caravan of Christmas bikes and presents.They started at Coos Cycle, where the donat- is expected the rest of the week. ered $13,000 worth of bikes, board games ed gifts were gathered, and headed to the Salvation Army headquarters in Empire on Sunday. A tree that that fell across state Highway 42 and other toys to the Salvation Army in five miles east of Myrtle Point shortly before 9 Empire. Those goodies will be bandied out as a child. ing anew each year. p.m. delayed traffic for about an hour. Anoth- to 500 children Wednesday. “This was where I hung out after school Evans still remembers the inaugural er fallen tree closed Coos River Highway at For 12 years, Evans has been the ring- on weekdays and played basketball,” he year, when he came across one mother and master of “South Coast Bikes for Tykes,”a said. her son after the gift giving. toy drive motivated by his desire to repay The gratitude of children and families SEE WEATHER | A2 the Salvation Army for giving him a refuge has kept Evans, and other bikers, fundrais- SEE TOY RUN | A8

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F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Monday, December 17,2012 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Reedsport has talent Another item off the bucket list REEDSPORT — Rotary tal- of Steve Miller, Attorney, 320 ent show has moved to Febru- Fir Ave., Reedsport, OR ary. Deadline to apply for par- 97467. All types of talent are ticipation in the annual Rotary eligible to audition. The event Club of Reedsport’s talent is open to both adults and show is Jan. 8. The Coastal children. Submit applications Douglas Has Talent! talent to KDUN Radio Station or show is scheduled for 6 p.m. Steve Miller’s office. Feb. 2, at Pacific Auditorium, Tickets for the event are $5 2260 Longwood Drive, Reed- at the door.For more informa- sport. tion contact Kathleen Miller Applications are available at kkmiller@reedsport from any Rotarian or the office law.com.

responded to wind-induced WEATHER alarms at businesses. Continued from Page A1 On Monday morning, Pacific Power reported scat- milepost 4. Drivers picked tered outages remaining their way along U.S. High- throughout western Oregon, way 101 through a darkened including parts of Coos North Bend and past fallen County, and Coos-Curry wires south of Coos Bay. No Electric Cooperative person- injury accidents were nel were working to restore reported, but police cleared power to 200 homes in the debris from roads and Coqulle area.

CONTACT THE NEW SPAPER CornerofFourth Street& CommercialAvenue,CoosBay P.O.Box18 4 0 ,CoosBay,OR 97420 By Lou Sennick, The World 541-269-1222 or800-437-6397 Scratch off No. 28 from Natalie Hill’s bucket list: The Marshfield High School teen battling cancer had a tattoo created on her arm Saturday. Hill © 2012 Southwestern Oregon Publishing Co. and her friend Samantha Ring both turned 17 on Saturday, and each had a tattoo done by Lisa Johnson, owner of Inspired Ink in Coquille. Hill’s News department Localnew s Ryan Haas x 239 new s@ theworldlink.com reads “To Infinity...,”and Ring’s reads “...and Beyond.”Hill is now more than halfway through her list of 51 items to do while she battles cancer.She Sports John Gunther x 241 sports@ thew orldlink.com records her progress on her Facebook page, Natalie Hill Updates. 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But as the need contin- public meeting. ues to rise, the local econo- my has continued to drop, making it tougher and tougher for them to make ends meet. That is why, even as they prepared to distribute food boxes to another 1,000 fami- By Timothy Novotny, The World lies the weekend, the Knights Hundreds of boxes await food for distribution bythe Knights of Columbus. of Columbus hoped to find more individuals able to day morning. “But we just be taken directly to the Ecu- donate to the cause. trust in God. You have to menical Food Cupboard at “This year we are right on trust in God.” the Emmanuel Episcopal the line if we are going to be This year, 960 families Church in Coos Bay. able to pay our bills or not, signed up in November, It is an expensive effort, and that’s tough,” said club through Oregon Coast Com- Even in the best of times. The member Mike Main, as they munity Action for the boxes work out to a cost of finished up some boxes Fri- Christmas Food Basket pro- about $41 dollars per box, gram. Main, who was joined leading to an estimated by Jim DeLong, Terry Evans expense this year of between and Tom Chase on the com- $41,000 and $50,000. mittee that heads up the Unfortunately, donations effort, said they make extra have dipped this year. Coos Bay Division boxes for anyone who may “One of the issues that we ALDER WANTED not have signed up but is still have is that we got donations Also MAPLE and ASH in need. from all of the businesses Those folks can come by that normally donate,” Main ••• Saw Logs the Coos Bay National Guard said, “but this year the ••• Timber Armory after 2:30 p.m. Sun- donations were smaller, and ••• Timber Deeds day, located just off New- that just kills us.” mark Avenue, and anything While financial donations Contact our Log Buyers at that is left will be distributed. have been down, donations Ed Groves: 541-404-3701 After that, any leftovers will of time from volunteers has Pat: 541-206-4105 been on the rise. The Knights also are get- HUGE ting help again from the kids and adults that make up the Perrydale FFA, who arrived BOOK SALE! Saturday with a truckload of Sale ends Dec.21st Build about 80,000 pounds of BOOKS* fresh produce, including anticipation things like potatoes, carrots with $ 00 and apples. The Night “Volunteers from a lot of 10/ 1 different organizations come Before *Sale applies to $1.00 Books or less. and help us ... . We had some from Hauser Community Christmas Church came down and help us ...; it’s just awesome.” But right now, he said, they are more in need of funds than anything else. Thrift Store Donations are being accept- 306 S. 2nd St., Coos Bay ed through Holy Redeemer 541.269.9704 Catholic Church in North Bend, 2250 16th Avenue, 97459. Write on the check memo line that the money is by Clement Moore for the Christmas Food Bas- …and Relive ket program for the Knights of Columbus. your Memories Cuisine

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COOS COUNTY — The Bend area or if living out of MONDAY WEDNESDAY son Ave., Coos Bay. “Historical Coos County Cultural the area. The applicant must Buildings of Coos County” by Coalition is offering more BAY AREA provide high school tran- Cancer Survivors Support Group Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., Hilary Baker. 541-269-1101 Potluck 10 a.m. to noon, South Shore Acres State Park, 89039 than $11,000 in the 2013 REPORTS scripts from Marshfield High Coast Hospice Education and Cape Arago Highway, “The Wizard of Oz” 7 p.m., grant cycle and your project School or North Bend High Bereavement Center Building, Charleston. Refreshments and Marshfield High School Audito- could be next to be funded. libraries. School. Applicant must be rium, 10th and Ingersoll, Coos 1620 Thompson Road, Coos displays in the Garden House. The coalition offers fund- Applications must be enrolled as a full-time stu- Bay. 541-756-5464 Parking is $5. Bay. Adults $8 and students ing opportunities to mem- dent in a professional or $5. mailed to the Coos County Chamber Business After Hours bers of the local arts, music, Cultural Coalition, P. O. Box technical certificate pro- You Wanna Be A Star Sign-ups theater, writer, cultural and gram. 5-7 p.m., Evergreen Court, 451 1091, Coos Bay, OR 97420, 1:30-3 p.m., Ocean Crest Ele- FRIDAY natural history, and crafts Soroptimist members and O’Connell St., North Bend. 541- postmarked no later than mentary School, 1040 Alleghe- communities. their immediate families are 756-4466 Home for the Holidays Ginger- Feb. 28. Let us help you bring ny Ave., Bandon. Variety show Individuals and non- not eligible for this award. for kids K-12. 541-347-2517 Christmas at Billy Smoothboar’s bread Village and Breakfast your passion to the public. with Santa 9 a.m. Florence profit groups planning a spe- Applications are available at Blood Drive 1-6 p.m., Masonic Restaurant 5-8 p.m., 3030 Ore- cial project, a topical exhibit Coos Bay and North Bend gon Ave. SW, Bandon. Santa, Events Center, 915 Quince St., Soroptimist group Temple, 626 Winchester Ave., reflecting local culture or public libraries, or by calling Mrs. Claus, elves, carolers, Florence. Limited seating, offers grants Reedsport. Schedule at 800- RSVP at 888-968-4086. Cost is some other creative endeav- Stacy Rose at 541-808-1002. clowns, goodies and ginber- BAY AREA — Soroptimist 733-2267. $20 for adults and $10 for ages or that incorporates local The deadline for applications bread cookie decorating. Treats International of the Coos Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., for ages 12 and younger. 541- 6-12. Proceeds benefit Florence culture, should consider is March 20. Events Center. applying for grant funds. Bay Area invites applications The local group is cele- Shore Acres State Park, 89039 347-2373 for a $750 professional- Cape Arago Highway, The deadline for grant brating 71 years of service to Shield Family’s Annual Christ- Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., technical grant that is made Charleston. Refreshments and applications is Feb. 28. Grant this community. This is one mas Train Display 6-10 p.m., Shore Acres State Park, 89039 possible by the service club’s displays in the Garden House. Cape Arago Highway, selections will be decided in of four scholarships offered Charleston Rural Fire Protec- fundraising efforts in the Parking is $5. The Carolers 4-5 Charleston. Refreshments and March and awards will be annually. In past years, the tion, 92342 Cape Arago High- presented April 18. To learn community. club has made donations to p.m.; Port Orford Christian way, Charleston. Admission is displays in the Garden House. Center 5:30-7 p.m. Pavilion Parking is $5. Clint Guevara more about grant require- The Professional many local agencies includ- by donation and refreshments Technical Award will be pre- entertainment. are provided. and Friends 7-8 p.m. Pavilion ments and download an ing South Coast Hospice, application form, visit the sented to a person selected Women’s Safety and Shield Family’s Annual Christ- entertainment. Bingo 6:30 p.m., Bay Area Coos County Cultural from the applicant pool who Resource Center, Boys & mas Train Display 6-10 p.m., National Homeless Persons’ Senior Activity Center, 886 S. Coalition website at is a graduate from Marshfield Girls Club of Southwestern Charleston Rural Fire Protec- Memory Day Candlelight Vigil Fourth St., Coos Bay. Cost: www.ccculturalcoalition.org High School or North Bend Oregon, Bob Belloni Ranch, tion, 92342 Cape Arago High- 5:30-6:30 p.m., Coos Bay Early bird, 25 cents; regular, $5 . Applications also are avail- High School currently resid- Inc. and Wineva Johnson way, Charleston. Admission is Boardwalk Shelter, U.S. High- pack and $1 specials. 541-269- able at Coos County public ing in the Coos Bay/North Center for Girls. by donation and refreshments 2626 way 101 and Anderson, Coos are provided. Bay. Bring cookies and clean Lab Band Program Association items to donate to homeless. General Election and Holiday 541-266-8739 TUESDAY Party 7 p.m., Lab Band Studios, the Grandparents ROCK Christmas Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., 1875 Virginia Ave., North Bend. Fun 5:30-7 p.m. Faith Lutheran Shore Acres State Park, 89039 www.labband.com Bulletin Board Church, 2741 Sherman Ave., Cape Arago Highway, “The Wizard of Oz” 7 p.m., North Bend. 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Editorial Board Clark Walworth, Publisher & Editor Opinion Ryan Haas, City Editor Ron Jackimowicz, News Editor theworldlink.com/opinion In the aftermath of horror Our view Whenever horrific car- sight, just as a precaution?) preparation. finally killed himself, and nage shocks Americans, Among regular folk, As The World reported the threat to students was Preparation can’t prevent responses from politicians without political agendas, Saturday, local schools and not extreme. But school every school shooting, but and commentators are pre- Friday’s tragedy was simply police have devoted con- officials’ heads-up response it’s the best reasonable dictable to the point of chilling. Parents wondered siderable energy to the was comforting. strategy. being ritualistic. whether they safely could issue. The Coos Bay School But let’s be realistic. If a After last week’s school entrust their children to District has a crisis man- heavily armed gunman What do you think? shootings in Connecticut, public schools. agement team that plans wants to attack a public The World welcomes gun-control advocates Perspective is in order. The for various kinds of emer- school or a shopping mall, letters. Email us at renewed their proposals to Associated Press reminded gencies, including armed even the best preparations [email protected]. ban assault rifles and high- us over the weekend that invasions of schools. Police can only limit the blood- capacity magazines. (As if mass shootings are not new, practice maneuvers inside shed, not prevent it alto- the inconvenience of reload- nor are they becoming more school buildings, and the gether. ing might deter a madman.) frequent. Children are far district has lockdown pro- So the gun control On the other extreme, a more likely to die from other cedures. debate will rage, and com- state legislator from Medford perils of everyday life. This kind of preparation is mentators will bemoan revived the idea of arming Rather than despair or useful in smaller incidents, various cultural evils. In teachers. (Wouldn’t such a political overreaction, the such as September’s school practical terms, we can strategy compel future gun- most rational response to lockdown in Reedsport. The only make rational prepa- men to kill every teacher in these tragedies is prudent gunman in a motel standoff rations — and pray. Enough with the made- for-TV ‘cliff’ hysteria

As yet another make-believe Washing- ton “crisis” looms, it’s tempting to suspect that the most fraught interludes in Ameri- can politics derive from turning govern- ment into a TV show. Artificial deadlines, imaginary cliffs, villains and heroes — a state of permanent emergency.These well- worn dramatic devices have been the stuff of serial melodrama from “The Perils of Pauline” through “24.” No sooner was the 2012 presidential elec- tion blessedly ended than journalists started handicapping the 2016 presidential election. Next, a new crisis was declared. OMG! The Fiscal Cliff! OMG! Without a conflict, see, there’s no story. Must we, therefore, govern the country according to the narrative Winter of conservative discontent conventions of spy thrillers to boost cable news net- work ratings and to ensure As the white flag rises above Nixon would see the opening and immigrants, legal and illegal — Republicans stand for bring- pundits and politicians Republican redoubts, offering a seize the opportunity to disman- are growing in number. And in ing entitlements under control. GENE plenty of TV face time? surrender on taxes, the mind tle FDR’s coalition and cobble 2012, people of color voted for But the primary beneficiaries of LYONS Apparently so. Howev- goes back to what seemed a together his New Majority. Obama 4 to 1. the big entitlements, Social er, is it really good for our worse time for conservatives: Today,the GOP strength in the The GOP trump card — we are Security and Medicare, are sen- Columnist democracy that many December 1964. House, Senate and governorships the party of Reagan, who led us to iors, the party’s most reliable otherwise normal Ameri- Barry Goldwater had suffered is far greater than anything victory in the Cold War — ceased voting bloc. cans recognize figures like Rep. Eric Cantor, a defeat not seen since Alf Lan- Republicans had in the 1960s. to work 20 years ago. Then, On foreign policy, the most R-Va., or Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., on don. Republicans held less than The difference is that, then, we George H.W. Bush, a war hero visible Republican spokesmen sight? To put it another way: If I weren’t a one-third of the House and Sen- could visual- who had presided over the fall of are Sens. John McCain and Lind- subscriber to the NBA League Pass, would I, ate and only 17 governorships. ize a new the Berlin Wall and dissolution of sey Graham. Both were unhappy too, stand in danger of turning into a “fiscal The Warren Court was remaking majority of the Soviet Empire, the victor of with the withdrawals from Iraq cliff” junkie between now and Jan. 2, fever- America. c entrist Desert Storm, won 38 percent of and Afghanistan. Both want to ishly flipping from MSNBC to Fox seeking In the arts, academic and Republicans, the vote against a draft-evader intervene in Syria and Iran. fresh excitement and outrage? entertainment communities, and Goldw ater named Bill Clinton. What does America want? To In his 1997 book “Breaking the News: national press corps, conserva- conservatives, Culturally, the causes of the come home and do our nation- How the Media Undermine American tives were rarely seen or heard. It N orthern 1960s’ revolutions — no-fault building here in the United States. Democracy,” James Fallows explained a lot was Liberalism’s Hour, with Catholic eth- divorce, legalized drugs, “repro- The bedrock values of Reagan about what drives such coverage. “Why do America awash in misty memo- nics and PAT ductive rights,”teenage access to — work, family, faith — still hold ries of Camelot and great expec- Southern birth control, gay rights and gay an appeal for tens of millions. But (journalists) want to appear (on TV), when BUCHANAN so many reporters make fun of the shows?” tations of the Great Society to Protestant marriage — have either been the faith of our fathers is dying, he asked. “The most immediate payoff is come in 1965. Democrats. Columnist embraced or become acceptable the family is crumbling, and the simple thrill of being noticed and That year,however,saw escala- And we to most of America’s young. work is less desirable when the known. Political-journalistic Washington tion in Vietnam, campus protests could see the issues that might As a result of the sexual revo- social welfare state offers a cush- functions much like a big high school, with and civil disobedience against the bring them into the tent: a new lution promoted by the counter- ioned existence for life. cliques of the popular kids, the nerds, the war. That August, there exploded Supreme Court, law and order, culture of the 1960s, the domi- Conservatives need to redis- rebels, the left-outs, and so on. To be on TV the worst race riot in memory in peace with honor in Vietnam. nant culture today, 40 percent of cover what they wish to conserve is to become very quickly a cool kid. Friends the Watts section of Los Angeles, When the Liberal Establish- all births in the United States are and how, in a climate every bit as call to say they’ve seen you. People recog- with arson, looting, the beating of ment collapsed during the now to single moms. hostile as 1964 — then await the nize you in stores. Whether people agree or whites, and sniper attacks on cops 1960s, unable to end the war in With no husband, these moment when the country turns disagree with what you said (or whether and firemen. Vietnam or the war in the streets, women look to government to again to an alternative. they even remember), they treat you as A year after LBJ’s triumph, national leadership passed to the help feed, house, educate, med- As it will. For our economic ‘realer’ and bigger than you were before.” black militants and white radi- party of Nixon and Ronald Rea- icate and provide income sup- course is unsustainable. And our And that was back when 24/7 cable TV cals were savaging the Liberal gan. From 1968 to 1988, the GOP port for themselves and their regnant elite are more arrogant political programming barely existed. Establishment from the left, won five of six presidential elec- children. For sustenance and the than the establishment of the Since then, print reporters have quit dis- while Gov. George Wallace had tions, two of them in 49-state survival of their families, they 1960s, though less able to satisfy missing TV. (Most were only pretending to come north in 1964 to win a third landslides. depend on that same Big Gov- the clamors of their bawling con- be snobs about it anyway.) Now they pon- of the vote in the major Democ- The crisis of the GOP today is ernment that Republicans stituencies for more and more der how to become the next Ezra Klein. ratic primaries with an assault demographic, cultural and polit- denounce at their rallies. from a country that is approach- The rewards, Fallows made clear, can be from the populist right. ical. As to the GOP’s strongest ing an end of its tolerance and an heady. Celebrity journalists “have that extra, Below the surface, the Demo- Demographically, people of appeal — we are the party that inevitable crash. sizzling experience of seeing strangers’ heads cratic Party was disintegrating color are nearing 40 percent of will cut taxes — half the country Patrick J. Buchanan is the flip back for a second look (‘Is it really him?’) on ethnic, cultural and political the U.S. population and 30 per- does not pay income taxes, and author of “Suicide of a as they walk into restaurants or through air- lines. Law and order and Viet- cent of the electorate. These the GOP is about to surrender to Superpower: Will America port corridors .... (T)he recognition is almost nam were the issues. Richard folks — 85 to 90 percent of all Obama even on the tax front. Survive to 2025?” entirely judgment-free .... TV’s effect is mainly to make you bigger than life. For each hundred acquaintances who will say, ‘I saw you on the show,’only one will say,‘I agree (or disagree) with what you said.’” So pundits start coasting, gradually drawing down their stock of genuine expertise — such as it is. Next comes fak- ing. On camera, some talking head asks the journalist to opine about a topic that, strictly speaking, he knows bugger-all about. Instead of saying so, our hero clev- erly paraphrases something he heard some other savant say on a different channel. So heighten the contradictions. Ramp up the conflict. The Fiscal Cliff! OMG! It’s not a budget debate, it’s good vs. evil! Civ- ilization hangs in the balance! Except, no it doesn’t. It’s a budget fight that President Obama wins. He’s holding all the high cards, Republi- cans are playing a weak hand badly, and people are getting really fed up with the fake hysteria. Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner . You can email Lyons at [email protected]. C M C M Y K Y K

C M C M Y K Monday, December 17,2012 • The World • A5 Y K State and Nation Man buying Feds use forfeiture laws his own gifts is against Ore. pot growers selling his MEDFORD (AP) — Feder- al authorities are increasing- wife short ly using asset-forfeiture laws STATE to seize money and property DIGEST DEAR ABBY: Twice in from people involved in Ore- recent years my husband has gon’s medical marijuana bought a gift for himself for program. reach four cell phone tower Christmas, wrapped it, put it A review of U.S. District construction workers strand- under the tree and then Court records by the Medford ed since Saturday on Steens opened it on Christmas Mail Tribune newspaper Mountain near Andrews in morning, gleefully exclaim- shows that in 2010, prosecu- southeast Oregon. ing that it was a great gift and tors filed just one forfeiture KOIN reports their snow just what he wanted. case to seize money related to cat became stuck in a drift, The first time he did it, he marijuana that was grown and the four took shelter wrote my name on the gift card under the program. Last year, there until Sunday. Then as the giver. The second time The Associated Press there were a dozen such they waded through waist- he didn’t bother. When I asked In this Aug.5 photo,a man wipes away tears outside a Sikh temple in Oak Creek,Wis.after a shooting.Awhite cases, and there were 11 in the deep snow to a heated shelter him why, he said it was some- supremacist killed six worshippers and injured four other people before taking his own life. first 11 months of this year. with electricity. thing he saw Civil forfeiture laws allow Search and rescue coordi- DEAR in the store police to seize the proceeds of nator Matt Fine says rescuers ABBY and wanted. illegal activity without neces- were forced to turn back When I No rise in mass killings, sarily filing criminal charges Sunday afternoon by white- asked why against those involved. out conditions in the rough he didn’t In one 2011 case, police terrain. just ask me seized more than $120,000 One of the four stranded to get it, he but their impact is huge in cash and nearly $34,000 workers is Brandon Seaver of didn’t have worth of precious metals Tigard. His father John an answer. from a registered Grants Pass Seaver has been in cell phone He has HELEN O’NEILL Once again there were Oikos University in Oakland, medical-marijuana grower contact and told KOIN they also bought AP Special Correspondent scenes of chaos as rescuers Calif. We saw gunmen in accused of shipping pot to are at the 9,000-foot level of JEANNE cards for and media descended on the Seattle and Minneapolis the East Coast. the mountain. He says they PHILLIPS himself for A gold plaque hangs next scene. Once again there were each kill five people and then In another case, investi- are tired and hungry but safe. Valentine’s to a bullet hole in the Sikh pictures of weeping sur- themselves. We saw the gators took $6,600 in cash Man with sword delays Day. On temple in Oak Creek, Wis., vivors clutching one another, midnight premiere of “The after it was mailed in March both of them he wrote, “To where a lone gunman killed of candlelight vigils and Dark Knight Rises” at a the- 2012 from Oklahoma to a firefighters on a call Larry from ‘Hon,’” his pet six worshippers and injured teddy bears left as loving ater in Aurora, Colo., devolve medical-marijuana grower PORTLAND (AP) — A name for me. three others last August. It is memorials. And once again a into a bloodbath, as 12 people in Eugene. The grower was man waving a sword delayed I was flabbergasted and engraved with the words, chorus of pundits debated died and 58 were wounded; seemingly in compliance firefighters who arrived at upset and asked him why he “We Are One.” gun control and violence as 24-year-old James Holmes with state grow rules, but he burning home in North Port- would do such a thing. He said “It frames the wound,” society attempted to make was arrested outside. furnished what police con- land. he ran across the “perfect says Pardeep Kaleka, son of sense of the senseless. And yet those who study sidered to be conflicting and KATU-TV reports that the card” for him while looking former temple president “Are there any sanctuaries mass shootings say they are hazy reasons for the ship- firefighters had to wait for for one for me. Satwant Singh Kaleka, who left?” Kaleka asked. “Is this a not becoming more common. ment of cash. police to detain the man Sat- I don’t know what to make died in the massacre. “The fact of life, one we have “There is no pattern, there urday evening. He was also of his behavior, but it is wound of our community, become content to live with? is no increase,” says crimi- Gun-control gains holding a shield. demeaning and I feel angry for the wound of our family, the Can we no longer feel safe nologist James Allen Fox of support of lawmakers Sgt. Greg Pashley with the days afterward. He has a habit wound of our society.” going Christmas shopping in Boston’s Northeastern Uni- PORTLAND (AP) — Ore- Portland Police Bureau says of comparing my gifts with In the past week, that a mall, or to temple, or to the versity, who has been study- gon gun-control advocates firefighters first encountered those from his son or those he wound has been ripped open movies? What kind of socie- ing the subject since the have gained support among the 69-year-old man on the bought for himself, and it with shocking ferocity. ty have we become?” 1980s, spurred by a rash of Oregon state lawmakers after front porch. Officers tried to makes me feel as if mine don’t In what has become sick- As this year of the gun mass shootings in post calling for a ban on semi- talk to the man, but he kept measure up. My husband is 77. eningly familiar, gunmen lurches to a close, leaving a offices. automatic weapons on the swinging the sword and What’s wrong with him? — opened fire on innocents in bloody wake, we are left to The random mass shoot- same day as the Connecticut yelling incoherently. PERPLEXED IN FLORIDA what should be the safest of wonder along with Kaleka: ings that get the most media school massacre. Police fired a Taser to sub- DEAR PERPLEXED: It places — first, at a shopping What is the meaning of all this? attention are the rarest, Fox Members of a gun-control due the man. Firefighters appears you married someone mall in Oregon, and then, Even before Portland and says. Most people who die of group circulated through the went inside and rescued a who likes to buy on impulse unthinkably, at an elemen- Newtown, we saw a former bullet wounds knew the state Capitol Friday and dog that was suffering from and is insensitive to how his tary school in Connecticut. student kill seven people at identity of their killer. gained 12 co-sponsors of a smoke inhalation. They used words and actions affect oth- bill that would ban semi- a special dog oxygen mask to ers. Look on the bright side: automatic rifles classified as help the animal. He’s solved the problem of assault weapons, according Firefighters got the fire what to get the man who has Indiana man wanted to kill as many to The Oregonian . under control in about 20 everything for you! Lawmakers who signed on minutes. There was around However, because this is a are Democrats and all but $40,000 in damage to the recent change in his behav- as he could at elementary school one are from Portland or its house. ior, consider reporting it to inner suburbs. Oregon men injured in his doctor. CEDAR LAKE (AP) — police could with law enforcement offi- Ceasefire Oregon began DEAR ABBY: I have While the tragic shooting of possible cials to increase security planning for the effort follow- accidental shooting received several invitations to children was unfolding at a stop him. measures at all Cedar Lake ing the shootings at Clacka- ALBANY (AP) — Two parties recently in which I Connecticut school Friday, Meyer’s schools Friday. mas Town Center, where a Lebanon, Ore., men were was asked to do part of the Cedar Lake police and the home is Upon learning Meyer, a gunman killed two people injured when a handgun Lake County Sheriff’s located member of the Invaders work or participate in some Tuesday and then himself. accidentally discharged. Department were busy deal- within Motorcycle Gang, had a large of the expenses. Ceasefire Oregon said the Sheriff Tim Mueller of The one that really took ing with reports a man 1,000 feet of number of weapons and group wants to “ban the sale Linn County says the bullet the cake was to a party host- threatening to kill “as many the school ammunition hidden of military-style assault grazed the hand of 23-year- ed by my boss. She had people as he could” at Jane Von I. Meyer and con- throughout the two-story weapons — weapons whose old Brandon Butler and shat- decided to celebrate her Ball Elementary School. Suspect nected home, Cedar Lake Police and only purpose is to kill as tered a bone in the forearm of birthday at her house, and Interim Cedar Lake Police through a set of trails and the Lake County Sheriff’s many people as possible very 31-year-old Anthony Catullo. when I and my co-workers Chief Gerald A. Smith said walking paths, Smith said. Tactical Team executed a quickly.” The incident occurred on RSVP’d, we were asked what his officers were called to the Inside his home, authorities search and arrest warrant Seven states currently a logging road late Friday as type of dish we planned to home of Von Meyer, 60, in found 47 guns and ammuni- shortly after noon Saturday, have such laws on the books. Butler demonstrated how to bring. We also discovered the 9300 block of West 93rd tion worth more than Smith said. A federal law existed from disassemble the firearm. He that only invited EMPLOY- Avenue on Friday morning. $100,000. Meyer was charged Satur- 1994 until Congress let it had offered to trade the EES were asked to bring food. Smith said Meyer alleged- A check of Lake County day with four counts of expire in 2004. handgun to Catullo in Her “real friends” weren’t ly threatened to set his wife Clerk records showed no felony intimidation and mis- exchange for tires. asked to bring anything. on fire after she fell asleep. prior criminal charges demeanor domestic battery 4 cell tower workers Both men were taken to Needless to say, all but one A police statement says against Meyer. and two counts of resisting stranded on mountain Lebanon Community Hospi- employee remembered they Meyer also said he would Smith said police notified law enforcement. If convict- BURNS (AP) — Harney tal in personal vehicles. had a “conflict.” enter Jane Ball Elementary the school resource officer ed of all charges, Meyer faces County rescuers are waiting He added that alcohol was If someone doesn’t have School and “kill as many and Hanover School offi- a maximum sentence of 15 for a break in the weather to a contributing factor in the the time or money to host a people as he could” before cials, who worked closely years in prison. make another attempt to shooting. party, there are plenty of inexpensive foods, dispos- able tableware, etc., that can be used in a pleasant, cost- 137 police shots, 2 dead in Ohio • Cremation effective event without bur- • Funeral Service dening — financially or oth- CLEVELAND (AP) — A “You just can’t help but crowded residential neigh- erwise — invited guests. chase that ended with 13 offi- wonder how so many officers borhoods, then reversed Locally What matters is getting cers firing 137 rounds, killing were able to shoot so many course, headed east onto “Our family Owned together to celebrate and two people, began with a pop bullets at these two people in busy I-90 and through parts & Operated socialize and have a good — perhaps a gunshot or this vehicle,” said Paul of Cleveland and eventually serving your family” time with friends and family. backfire from a car speeding Cristallo, an attorney repre- East Cleveland, ending with 541-267-4216 Abby, your thoughts? — past police headquarters. senting Russell’s family. the car blocked in the rear of 405 Elrod • Coos Bay John & Tanya Nelson UNHAPPY “GUEST” IN For the next 25 minutes Protesters yelled “execu- a school. MISSOURI late in the night of Nov. 29, tion” at a community meet- By police accounts, at DEAR “GUEST": I’m glad the car crisscrossed Cleve- ing called by Mayor Frank least 30 patrol cars were you asked. I agree with your land tailed by officers, head- Jackson to quell rising ten- involved in the chase, sentiments. Your boss should ed along Interstate 90 and sions. The city tried to defuse including Cleveland and East be ashamed of herself for wound up near the back the outrage by reaching out to Cleveland police, sheriff’s trying to use you and the entrance of a school in East federal officials for help. deputies and state troopers. other employees in the guise Cleveland, where police There was no immediate fed- As the chase ended along of having you as guests at her opened fire. eral decision to intervene. hillside driveways heading to birthday party. How tacky! Police don’t know why the The officers involved in the school in John D. Rocke- DEAR ABBY: I’m attend- driver, Timothy Russell, 43, the shooting have been feller’s old neighborhood, ing a wedding in a few refused to stop. Russell had a assigned to desk duties, Russell allegedly rammed a months. The bride has criminal record including which is standard procedure patrol car and drove toward requested that all female convictions for receiving after a shooting. They want an officer on foot. Then the guests not wear heels stolen property and robbery. to avoid talking to the media gunfire erupted: 137 rounds, Suunsetnset MemorialMemorial ParkPark because they’re a short cou- His passenger, Malissa while subject to the state and Russell shot 23 times and Established in 1914 by the Independent Order of Odd ple. I don’t have any flats that Williams, 30, had convictions internal investigations, their Williams 24 times and their Fellows (I.O.O.F.) & relocated from the Marshfield will go with my dress, so I will for drug-related charges and union president said. car pockmarked. Pioneer Cemetery. The 40 acre park is the home of the have to either buy new shoes attempted abduction. The scene of the deaths Jeff Follmer, president of only mausoleum, columbarium & cremation garden in the Bay Area. or “disappoint” the bride. The fallout from their has turned into a memorial, the police union, defended I’ve been hearing stories deaths has cast the Cleve- with small vigil candles the officers’ actions and said • Simple cremation & burial. about wedding guests being land police department in an arranged in the shape of a officers used force to confront • Private or public graveside or mausoleum chapel told what colors to wear.I think uneasy light amid communi- heart and the number 137 a driver using his vehicle as a services. brides (and couples) like this ty complaints about what’s and stuffed animals piled potentially deadly weapon. • Large selection of burial/cremation spaces, are going too far. What do you been called a racially moti- together with a frost- That was an acceptable headstones, monuments, burial & urn vaults, think? — PUT OUT IN B.C. vated execution of two peo- encrusted poinsettia. police response, said David caskets, urns, cremation jewelry, printed materials, DEAR PUT OUT: I think ple with no evidence they The chase began about Klinger, a former Los Angeles video tributes & more is available at the time of that if the bridal couple would were armed. 10:30 p.m. when an officer and Redmond, Wash., need or in advance by preplanning. like to feel a few inches taller The state took over the thought he heard a gunshot patrolman who teaches • Pet cremation. on their big day, and buying a case and families for both from a car speeding by the criminal justice at the Uni- • Payment terms & options. new pair of shoes would victims and civil-rights police and courts complex in versity of Missouri-St. Louis. • All funeral & insurance plans accepted. stretch your budget, you groups have demanded a downtown Cleveland and “Police officers are Locally owned by Tom Boynton should consider having an old federal investigation. 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C M C M Y K A6• The World • Monday, December 17,2012 Y K We’ve come a DILBERT long way — or have we? If we sang it once, we sang it a thousand times. “Sixteen Tons” was No. 1 on my elementary school’s hit parade, holding the record as the most-requested song in fourth-grade music class. FRANK AND ERNEST To be perfectly candid, I hadn’t thought much about the old EVERYDAY miner CHEAPSKATE and his doleful lament. A couple of years ago, I was din- ing with friends THE BORN LOSER when the subject Mary of the Hunt “compa- ny store” came up. I knew I’d heard that phrase somewhere. In a flash, I was back in class, belting out that old familiar chorus: “You haul 16 tons, wha- daya get? Another day older and a-deeper in debt. Saint ZITS Peter don’t cha’call me cause I can’t go — I owe my soul to the company store.” What was this company store, and more important- ly, why did this guy owe his soul to it? Must be serious if his debt could forestall his death. As I’ve always said, if you need an answer, find a teacher. Welcome Richard Joyce, history teacher at Wilmington High in CLASSIC PEANUTS Wilmington, Ill., who taught me that soon after the discovery of extensive THE FAMILY CIRCUS coal fields in the 1860s, large corporations bought huge tracts of land, mines were sunk and “boom- towns” exploded in size, as miners flocked from Eastern states and Europe. Life was horribly difficult for the miners and their families. The underground FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE work was dangerous, dirty and damp. Miners picked and shoveled the coal for 10 hours a day, breathed stale, dusty air, and many devel- oped black lung. The most common com- plaint of the miners, how- ever, concerned their pay and the total control that the companies had over their financial well-being. Most mining towns were ROSE IS ROSE “company towns.” The coal company owned the land. They built, rented or sold the houses to their workers. If the miners quit or went on strike, the company could evict them. They often forced workers to buy at “company stores,” where credit was readily available but the prices higher. Companies sometimes paid in scrip that was taken in trade only at the company LUANN store. At times, men who refused to buy from the company store were dis- missed. Well, that certainly explains things. “Sixteen Tons” isn’t only a song — it’s a history lesson. Makes me thankful to be living in 2012 and not 1898. I mean, really, can you even imagine living under such intolera- ble and unfair economic GRIZZWELLS conditions? Companies would never charge usurious fees or think of offering credit to the point that a customer could ever become overex- tended. How could a company hope to stay in business these days if it was encour- aging — or even enabling — its customers to purchase goods and services beyond their means? We can only imagine what that would feel like — to owe your soul to a company. Or a store. MODERATELY CONFUSED KIT ’N’ CARLYLE HERMAN You know, it’s good to take time for reflection now and then, to make sure we’ve learned from the mis- takes of the past. After all, we sure wouldn’t want to repeat them. Oh, we’ve come a long way, baby! Or have we? Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 22 books, including her 2012 release, “7 Money Rules for Life.” You can email her at mary@everydaycheap- skate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. To find out more about Mary Hunt and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Cloudy Showers Rain Snow 70°68° | 84°81° Wednesday: A chance of snow. Snow level rising to Weather Underground• AP 2000 feet. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Fronts Pressure Oregon Temps Local high, low, rainfall Cold Warm Stationary Low High Willamette Valley Tonight: Rain showers. Snow level lowering to 800 Temperature extremes and precipitation Friday: High 50, low 37, 0.31 inches feet. Low around 33. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. for the 24 hours ending at 5 a.m. today. Saturday: High 50, low 36, .26 inches Hi Lo Prec. Sunday: High 54, low 45, 0.79 inches Tuesday: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain. Total rainfall to date: 48.87 inches High near 39. South southwest wind around 8 mph. Astoria 53 44 1.69 Brookings 53 47 M Rainfall to date last year: 36.45 inches Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s100s 110s Corvallis 52 42 1.03 Average rainfall to date: 59.62 inches 37. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. Eugene 52 43 0.86 Wednesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Klamath Falls 41 35 0.08 The Tide Tables Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph. La Grande 36 32 0.47 To find the tide prediction for your area, add or Temperatures indicate Sunday's high and Fairbanks B37 48B clr Philadelphia 51 46 .06 rn Medford 50 39 0.65 subtract minutes as indicated. To find your esti- overnight low to 5 a.m. Fargo 24 17 sno Phoenix 59 45 pcdy Portland area mated tidal height, multiply the listed height by Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice Newport 52 45 0.57 Hi Lo Prc Otlk Flagstaff 32 21 cdy Pittsburgh 56 46 rn the high or low ratio for your area. Tonight: Rain and snow showers. Snow level 600 Pendleton 49 39 0.13 Albuquerque 41 20 clr Fresno 60 52 rn Pocatello 32 30 .03 sno Location High time ratio Low time ratio feet. Low around 32. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. 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Baltimore 50 47 .08 rn Indianapolis 55 37 cdy Richmond 55 53 .02 rn Port Orford -0:28 .86 -0:23 .99 the strong Pacific storm of the West drops southward into the Wednesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Reedsport +1:05 .79 +1:20 .75 Billings 39 21 clr Jackson,Miss. 67 59 1.53 pcdy Sacramento 53 50 .14 rn Umpqua River -0:01 .81 -0:01 .91 BirminghamSouthwest 62 56and 1.45 Rockies cdy Jacksonville with heavy 78 snow. 57 cdy St Louis 54 40 cdy South wind 15 to 21 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. Extended outlook Boise 38 35 .02 rn Kansas City 37 34 cdy Salt Lake City 38 35 sno North Coast HIGH TIDE A.M. P.M. Boston 37 36 .33 rn Key West 80 73 pcdy San Angelo 71 47 clr Date time ft. time ft. Weather Underground • AP Tonight: Showers. Low around 35. West wind 13 to 20 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Buffalo 57 46 .04 cdy Las Vegas 51 43 cdy San Diego 60 56 cdy 17-Dec 3:24 8.6 2:51 8.6 Burlington,Vt. 32 31 .24 sno Lexington 61 52 .23 rn San Francisco 56 55 .06 rn mph, with gusts to 31 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. 18-Dec 4:11 8.5 3:49 7.7 Casper 37 16 clr Little Rock 60 48 pcdy San Jose 58 54 rn Tuesday: Showers. High near 41. West wind around 11 Charleston,S.C. 75 61 rn Los Angeles 55 54 .04 cdy Santa Fe 34 15 pcdy mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. 19-Dec 4:59 8.5 4:53 6.8 Charleston,W.Va. 61 49 rn Louisville 64 55 .17 rn Seattle 41 41 .97 rn Tuesday Night: Rain. Low around 38. West wind 11 to 20-Dec 5:49 8.5 6:08 6.2 Charlotte,N.C. 58 52 .55 rn Madison 44 31 cdy Sioux Falls 26 20 .01 cdy 18 mph. Winds could gust to 26 mph. 21-Dec 6:39 8.5 7:34 5.9 Cheyenne 35 20 clr Memphis 63 56 .02 cdy Spokane 33 31 .35 sno Wednesday: Rain. High near 47. Windy, with a south Rain Rain LOW TIDE A.M. P.M. Chicago 46 37 cdy Miami Beach 80 66 .02 cdy Syracuse 48 36 .19 cdy wind 31 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. 43/40 47/42 Cincinnati 61 43 .01 rn Midland-Odessa 65 37 clr Tampa 78 63 pcdy Date time ft. time ft. Cleveland 57 42 rn Milwaukee 45 36 cdy Toledo 54 40 cdy Central Oregon 17-Dec 8:57 2.9 9:23 -0.2 Colorado Springs 45 22 pcdy Mpls-St Paul 33 20 cdy Tucson 55 37 .19 clr Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. THURSDAY FRIDAY 18-Dec 9:59 2.8 10:10 0.6 Columbus,Ohio 61 43 .02 rn Missoula 35 25 .04 sno Tulsa 68 37 clr Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. 19-Dec 11:07 2.7 10:59 1.6 Concord,N.H. 24 22 .29 rn Nashville 63 54 .05 rn Washington,D.C. 51 48 .08 rn Tuesday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a 20-Dec 12:19 2.5 11:52 2.5 Dallas-Ft Worth 74 44 clr New Orleans 79 63 .01 rn W. Palm Beach 78 65 cdy high near 30. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. 21-Dec - - 1:30 2.1 Daytona Beach 76 60 pcdy New York City 47 40 .56 rn Wichita 48 28 clr Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly Sunrise, sunset Denver 41 26 cdy Norfolk,Va. 57 55 .29 rn Wilmington,Del. 51 47 .10 rn cloudy, with a low around 20. Des Moines 38 25 cdy Oklahoma City 64 33 cdy National Temperature Extremes Dec. 16-22 — 7:44, 4:45 Detroit 53 42 .25 cdy Omaha 32 22 .06 cdy High Sunday 86 at Harlingen, Texas Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, Rain Rain Moon watch El Paso 55 36 clr Orlando 80 62 pcdy Low Monday -11 at Alamosa, Colo. with a high near 35. South wind 10 to 18 mph. 46/40 48/42 First Quarter — Dec. 20

PROSPERITY Airport ups and downs SCHOOL Southwestern Oregon Port, hospital Regional Airport, too, has a Continued from Page A1 stake in the Jordan Cove airport reported project. Coos County Air- prevent more tragedies like Newtown. Continued from Page A1 port District Board Chair- man Joe Benetti told the “What choice do we gathering the airport needs a have?” Obama said on a stark North Bend, involving facili- 400-foot runway extension stage that held only a small ties for exporting liquefied to serve larger jets, and it’s table covered with a black cloth, candles and the presi- natural gas and coal. hoping to get the necessary dential podium. “Are we Though the port has material when Jordan Cove really prepared to say that brought the partners together, Energy Partners dredges the we’re powerless in the face of it can now only wait to see if bay to create a ship berth and such carnage, that the poli- the project becomes reality. turning basin. The liquefied natural gas ter- tics are too hard?” In the shorter term, the minal and gas pipeline are As Obama read some of airport district has a limited awaiting federal approval, and the names of victims early in window of time to spend a both projects have opponents. his remarks, sobs resonated federal grant to help con- By Alysha Beck, The World A $6.5 million study of the throughout the hall. He vince Delta Air Lines to start A Coos Bay Rail Link train slowly moved through downtown Coos Bay earlier this month while workers tossed environmental impact of closed by slowly reading the summer jet service to Salt rail ties from the cars.The Port of Coos Bay is restoring the rails in hopes the rail line will underpin a shipping deepening the channel is not first names of each of the 20 Lake City, which would renaissance. yet complete. Pollution from children. enable connections to the coal trains has been ques- “God has called them all East Coast. tioned by communities along home,”he said. “For those of the rail route from coal-rich But Benetti said if that us who remain, let us find the Wyoming to the sea.And from deal isn’t finalized by Janu- Ship shaper strength to carry on and North Bend, the coal and gas ary, the service won’t hap- make our country worthy of would be launched into an pen this summer. their memory.” unpredictable world market. The district continues to When Ray Cox called to ask about buying The first funerals were Nevertheless, the port is seek a partner interested in Tarheel Aluminum 11 years ago, he was planned today for Jack Pinto, investing $31 million in developing the property it thrilled to hear about the company’s line of a 6-year-old New York grants and loans to repair the owns west of the airport. business. Giants fan who might be tracks and bridges, gambling Hospital is healthy “You work on drag boats?” he said. “I’ll buried in wide receiver Victor that the interconnected be right there.” Cruz’s jersey, and Noah projects will succeed. To Bay Area Hospital is pros- Even after he found that by “drag boats” Pozner, a boy of the same age remove one obstacle, Koch pering and will throw a grand they meant fishing vessels instead of high- who liked to figure out how urged his hearers to exert opening for its $45 million speed racing craft, he sold everything he things worked mechanically. what influence they could on addition Feb. 16, said CEO had and bought the company, living in his “He was just a really lively, the regulatory process. “We Paul Janke. camper for eight months. smart kid,”said Noah’s uncle need you to help us tell our The addition increases the When he’d put the business on a prof- Alexis Haller. “He would story, so politicians and the hospital’s size by half, and itable footing, he learned that boat builder have become a great man, I regulatory community don’t adds numerous updates and Don Giddings wanted to retire. “I decided think. He would have grown stand in our way,”he said. improvements to its facili- to roll the dice again and take this chance,” up to be a great dad.” Meanwhile, the Coos Bay ties. The biggest change is a Cox said. Rail Link’s engines are bene- $4 million investment in Since then, he’s grown his business from seven employees to 27 — “family wage fiting local industries, haul- facilities and equipment for TOY RUN jobs,” he said. Recently he took the plunge ing steel for American Bridge cardiology services. A cardi- into building fishing boats from the ground Continued from Page A1 in Reedsport, feed for ologist recruited from Sacra- mento, Calif. will inaugurate up. “It’s the first time since 1999 that a Coquille Valley dairies, and boat has been built in Charleston,” he said. lumber for local mills. his practice in February, and “She was crying because full services will be available “It builds self-esteem.” her son has never had a new in May or June. He’d like to build still more and bigger bicycle,”he said. By Gail Elber, The World vessels, and he’s hoping his landlord, the SIGN Ray Cox bought Giddings Boat Works in 2007.The business Kevin Pope, the Salvation Recovery will be slow Port of Coos Bay, can help him get the trav- Army’s pastor, can under- recently expanded from seven employees to 27 and is hop- el lift — a large crane — he needs to Service is key stand that reaction. In addition to the heads of ing the Port can help it acquire equipment it needs to take maneuver them. in sign business the port, airport and hospi- on bigger projects. “A lot of the families can’t tal, the forum’s audience afford to even put food on the Continued from Page A1 heard from Ray Cox, the table, let alone buy a bike for owner of Giddings Boat their child,” Pope said. “This name of their business on Works in Charleston, and Tauer said the Federal Reserve employment — about 1,900 avoid the “fiscal cliff” of year,there’ll be 80 kids riding their truck now want the Tracy Mueller, the owner of has set a goal of 6.5 percent, jobs — and has gained back spending cuts and tax around on bikes on Christ- extra advertising. Businesses Art Signs in Coos Bay, each and will keep interest rates only 500 — an increase of 2.1 increases, the nation — and mas morning.” want to explore ways to of whom delighted the crowd low until it is reached. percent in total employment. Oregon — would continue to Richard Clemons, 57,a log- spruce up their facades inex- by telling the story of his That would translate to a Employment in Coos County experience slow growth, at ger and avid biker, says that’s pensively. thriving business. rate of 7 or 8 percent in Coos should grow by 1 percent a about 2 percent a year. why — even if their sleighs Mueller said he sticks to a Two economists also County, Tauer said. Some of year for the next 10 years, Regarding that necessary might have more chrome than couple of principles. He addressed the group, saying our unemployment is sea- Tauer said. compromise, he quoted traditional — they’ll be back spends locally, buying vehi- slow growth is likely in Coos sonal or “structural” — At the close of the session, Winston Churchill: “We can next Christmas. cles and fuel from people he County’s future. caused when workers live John Mitchell, an economic always count on the Ameri- “I got a big family and I does business with. And he Guy Tauer, regional econo- too far from jobs or don’t consultant with U.S. Bank, cans to do the right thing, came from a big family,” passed along a maxim that mist for the Oregon Employ- have the needed skills — and put the county’s prospects after they have exhausted all Clemons said. “It’s just a would work well in any ment Department, said wouldn’t be affected by into national and internation- the other possibilities.” good thing, you know?” industry: “Always do the best unemployment in our area is interest rates. al perspective, outlining some Reporter Gail Elber can be Reporter Daniel Simmons- you can, even if it’s 10:00 on just over 10 percent. Tauer said that between hopeful economic indicators. reached at 541-269-1222, ext. Ritchie can be reached at 541- a Friday night and it’s rain- National unemployment in 2007 and 2009, Coos County He predicted that if Congress 234, or at gelber@the- 269-1222, ext. 249, or at ing.” October was 7.9 percent, and lost 7 percent of its total could find a compromise to worldlink.com. [email protected].

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Bowl games | B2 Sports Ducks fall in final | B3 B theworldlink.com/sports I Sports Editor John Gunther I 541-269-1222, ext. 241 MONDAY, DECEMBER 17,2012 Coquille girls win tourney

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

COQUILLE — Coquille’s girls started each half fast and beat Gold Beach 40-29 for the title in the Winter Lake Classic on Saturday night. “We took it to them right at the start and right at the third quar- ter,” said Coquille coach Tim GeDeros. Gold Beach’s Morrigan Clifford scored the opening hoop, but the Red Devils then scored 10 straight, including 3-pointers by both Emily Lack and Taylor GeDeros. The Panthers pulled within 10- 9 at the end of the first quarter, but Coquille outscored Gold Beach 15- 4 in the second and then had a 9-2 run to start the third quarter, sparked by a 3-pointer from Lack on the opening possession. The closest the Panthers got after that was 11 points, failing to take advantage of the Red Devils getting just two free throws from GeDeros for their only scoring in the fourth quarter. The Associated Press “We played better, except for Portland guard Damian Lillard celebrates after hitting the game-winning shot against the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday. the fourth quarter,” Tim GeDeros said. Lack finished with a game-high 13 points and was named to the all- Rookie hits game-winner for Blazers tournament team. Taylor GeDeros, meanwhile, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tion. There was not time for us to you need .04 to get set and get a Davis, the top pick in last June’s had another strong all-around get a shot off, with them grabbing shot off.” draft, is still getting his legs back game, with 12 points, six steals, six PORTLAND — There was a and holding Ryan it was going to Aldridge had 20 points before after missing 11 games with a left rebounds and six assists, and was split-second as his shot arced over be tough for him to get a shot off, leaving the game and the team ankle injury. In the first three named the tournament’s most a defender’s hands that Trail so we were working on execution,” later said that X-rays were nega- games off the bench since his valuable player. Blazers rookie Damian Lillard Hornets coach Monty Williams tive. Lillard finished with 16 return, he averaged 11.7 points and All-tournament pick Eliza realized his game-winning 3- said. “According to the rules you points. 6.3 rebounds for the Hornets. Lander had nine points, four steals pointer was going to fall. need .04 to get a shot off. It was a “I was excited to win the game. Against the Blazers he had 15 and eight rebounds for the “I looked. And it looked good,” situation where we worked on We had a big lead, we let them points. Before the stress reaction Panthers. Jessica Young, who had he said. something we would need in the fight back and tie the game up and in his ankle, Davis was averaging six points and eight rebounds, also Lillard’s 3-pointer with 0.3 future.” we were looking at overtime, so I 16 points and 8.3 rebounds. was on the all-tournament team. seconds left helped Portland hand However, the NBA’s so-called was kind of relieved and excited at Lillard, the sixth overall pick in “Overall, I’m happy with the New Orleans its sixth straight loss Trent Tucker rule says there has to the same time,”Lillard said. the draft, has been the Western tournament,” said Gold Beach with a 95-94 victory over the be at least 0.3 on the clock for a Wesley Matthews, who hit a 3- Conference’s rookie of the month coach Chris Clark. “It’s good to see Hornets on Sunday night. player to gain control of a rebound pointer to open the night for the for both October and November, Coquille and see where we’re at.” After trailing by as many as 16, or inbound pass and shoot a field Blazers, was making his return to and was leading all rookies with an The Sunset Conference foes the Hornets tied it at 92 on Austin goal. The only type of field goal the starting lineup after missing average of 18.9 points going into will meet twice in league play, Rivers’ 3-pointer with 50.9 sec- which may be scored if the clock is two games because of a strained Sunday night’s game. though Clark said his bigger focus onds left. The Blazers then at 0.2 or less is a tip-in or high lob. left hip. The injury put him on the Hickson pushed Portland’s will be on Myrtle Point and absorbed a blow when LaMarcus J.J. Hickson had a season-high bench in street clothes for the first first-half lead to 51-38 with a Reedsport, the two teams the Aldridge suddenly came up limp- 24 points and added 16 rebounds time in his four-year NBA career. layup and the Blazers went into Panthers are battling with for the ing and headed to the locker room for the Blazers, who have won He had played in 250 straight the break ahead 54-43. Class 2A District 1 playoffs. with what appeared to be a left three straight. Hickson has five games, second-most among Aldridge’s dunk made it 67-53 ankle injury, but Lillard came straight double-doubles and 13 active players behind Oklahoma midway through the third quarter. SEE GIRLS | B4 through to give Portland the win. overall this season. City’s Russell Westbrook. But it was Hickson’s 11 points that The winning shot appeared to Anderson had 26 points, Matthews was replaced by helped put the Blazers up by as come at the buzzer but a review including seven 3-pointers, for Victor Claver less than five min- many as 16 in the period. put the 0.3 fraction back on the New Orleans — so why he didn’t utes into the game and did not Anderson’s putback layup Knights clock. Lance Thomas made an take the final shot was perplexing. return. The Blazers said there was closed the Hornets to 82-75 with alley-oop layup from Ryan “There was not a lot of time on no specific injury, he just “didn’t 7:55 left, but Luke Babbitt Anderson as time ran out for the the clock,” Anderson said. “It feel right.” answered for the Blazers with a 3- top Devils final margin. would have been tough, I don’t Lillard stole the show in the pointer. “You need .04 to get the shot even know if we could have got a battle of the rookies with Anthony off, so we just ran a play for execu- shot off in time. Coach was saying Davis. SEE NBA | B4 for title

BY JOHN GUNTHER Packers, Texans secure division crowns The World COQUILLE — In a busy pre- season featuring a number of tal- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ented teams from larger schools, Coquille got a learning experience The Green Bay Packers and Houston Texans Saturday night. clinched their divisions, while the Baltimore North Valley, the top-ranked Ravens earned a playoff spot despite another team in Class 4A, beat the Red lousy loss. Devils 56-39 in the championship The jumbled NFC East? Well,that will come game of the Winter Lake Classic. down to the final week of the season. What bothered Coquille coach The New York Giants were humiliated 34-0 Dan Cumberland wasn’t the out- by the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, falling into a come of the game, but the path to first-place tie with the Dallas Cowboys and the final score, he said. Washington Redskins, who both won to “They’re a very good team; improve to 8-6. there’s no doubt about it,” he said. The Redskins did it without Robert Griffin “I thought we could give them a III, who sat out with a sprained right knee and better game.” wasn’t happy about having to stand on the What the Red Devils didn’t do, sideline and watch his teammates play. But fel- at least for most of the contest, low rookie Kirk Cousins stepped in and threw was try to get the ball inside for 329 yards and two touchdowns, leading against the taller Knights. Instead, Washington to its fifth straight win, 38-21 over the Red Devils resorted to 3-point the Cleveland Browns. attempts and other outside shots “We’re in first place in our division now,and for most of the first three quar- it was a great business trip for us,”Griffin said. ters. “I got healthier by not playing. We won the The results weren’t favorable. game and put ourselves in position to control Coquille was barely better than 20 our own destiny.” The Associated Press percent shooting for the opening Cousins connected with Leonard Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler is sacked by Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews during the second half Sunday. three quarters, and finished at 27 Hankerson for both TDs in his first career start, percent. The Red Devils shot just and the Redskins barely missed a beat without a one-car accident that led to manslaughter 4) have won 12 straight against NFC North 2-for-16 from 3-point range. the talented and multi-dimensional RG3. Last charges against teammate Josh Brent. After opponents, the longest streak in the NFL. “They shot the ball well, we week, Cousins came off the bench after Griffin Carr’s interception, Tony Romo took a 2-yard Brandon Marshall had a 15-yard TD catch didn’t,” Cumberland said, sum- got hurt, and delivered a performance in this loss to put the kicker in better position for the for the Bears (8-6), who have lost five of six and marizing the contest. one that extended Washington’s longest win- Cowboys. are in danger of missing the playoffs after The game was close for a quar- ning streak since 2007. The Steelers (7-7) lost for the fourth time in beginning the year 7-1. ter, with North Valley leading 13- “I talked to him about being cool, calm and five games and trail AFC North rival Cincinnati Texans 29, Colts 17: At Houston, Andre 9. collected and not to freak out,”Griffin said.“He by a game for the conference’s second wild- Johnson had 151 yards receiving and a touch- Wilson Hodge scored the first did a good job of staying poised and staying card spot. They host the Bengals next week. down, Bryan Braman scored on a blocked punt basket of the second quarter to confident in there.” Roethlisberger is 0-2 since returning from a and Shayne Graham kicked five field goals to pull the Red Devils within two, but Rookie Trent Richardson had a pair of TD three-game absence with shoulder and rib clinch the AFC South for the second straight North Valley scored the next 14 runs for the Browns (5-9). injuries. year. points to take control. Cowboys 27, Steelers 24, OT: At “There won’t be any quit from us, especial- J.J. Watt had three sacks for the Texans (12- The Knights attacked Arlington, Texas, Dallas’ Brandon Carr inter- ly from me,” Roethlisberger said. “This one is 2) as Houston’s defense got back on track a Coquille’s defense with efficient cepted a pass by Ben Roethlisberger in over- going to sting real bad. It will hopefully make week after a 42-14 loss to New England. ball movement, getting open looks time, returned it 36 yards to the 1, and Dan me and make us better.” The Colts (9-5) had won three straight and both inside and outside. Bailey kicked a 21-yard field goal for a win over Packers 21, Bears 3: At Chicago, the needed a win to clinch a playoff berth a year Wyatt McCue scored 12 of his 15 Pittsburgh. Packers clinched their second straight NFC after going 2-14. points in the first half and “Those are the plays you dream about in the North title with a victory over the archrival Broncos 34, Ravens 17: At Baltimore, Cameron Lyon was effective both backyard, making the game-winning intercep- Chicago Bears. Chris Harris returned an interception 98 yards inside and outside on the way to a tion or touchdown,”Carr said. James Jones caught all three touchdown for a momentum-turning touchdown, and team-high 19 points, connecting Bailey’s kick — 1:24 into OT — won a game passes thrown by the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers. Denver won its ninth straight. on three 3-pointers. for the second straight week since Dallas prac- Green Bay has now won six straight in the NFL’s tice squad linebacker Jerry Brown was killed in oldest — and fiercest — rivalry.The Packers (10- SEE NFL | B2 SEE BOYS | B4 C M C M Y K Y K

C M C M Y K B2 •The World • Monday,December 17, 2012 Y K Sports Arizona Blue Jays seek gets wild trade for Dickey victory THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vail, Colo., last month. Hoedlmoser says the tim- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The ing of Vonn’s return Toronto Blue Jays tried to “depends on how she’s feel- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — close a trade for New York ing and exactly what her Matt Scott watched help- Mets ace R.A. Dickey, with condition is.” lessly as Nevada kicked a the deal hinging on whether field goal to pad its lead. The the NL Cy Young winner TENNIS Arizona quarterback had could work out a new con- ATP opposes Monday already thrown two intercep- tract. finish at U.S. Open tions, and now needed two The Mets would get quick scores and some luck — prized catching prospect LONDON — The ATP in a hurry, too — to somehow Travis d’Arnaud. There was opposes the U.S. Open’s win the New Mexico Bowl. speculation Toronto also switch to a Monday final in Scott even admitted he would receive catcher Josh 2013 and is not satisfied with didn’t have “positive” Thole while the prize money increase for thoughts before returning to s ending the tournament. the field. catcher Sports The governing body of But in the final 46 sec- John Buck men’s tennis said “the ATP and onds, Scott threw two short and minor Shorts its players have made it clear to touchdown passes and col- The Associated Press league the U.S. Open that we do not lege football’s postseason Arizona’s Tyler Slavin comes down with a touchdown catch in the end zone in front of Nevada’s Bryson Keeton pitcher Noah support a Monday final.” started with a wild one as to tie the New Mexico Bowl in the closing seconds Saturday.The Wildcats kicked the extra point to win 49-48. Syndergaard to the Mets. The U.S. Tennis Arizona rallied past Nevada Dickey, a 38-year-old Association announced last 49-48 Saturday. leader, Ka’Deem Carey, Nevada linebacker Albert time in nearly 20 years. knuckleballer, was 20-6 with Friday that the women’s final Overcoming a slow start gained 172 yards for the Rosette said. “I’m still in The victory capped the a 2.73 ERA last season. He is would be moved to Sunday and three big turnovers, Wildcats and but fell short of shock right now.” best season in Utah State his- signed for $5.25 million next and the men’s final to Arizona (8-5) recovered an becoming only the 16th run- Nevada head coach Chris tory. The Aggies finished 11- year, and the Mets started Monday next year. onside kick in the last ning back in NCAA history to Ault said the team pass 2, won the Western Athletic exploring trades after they The ATP said today “we minute, setting up Scott’s 2- reach 2,000 yards in a sea- defense just didn’t make a Conference title outright and couldn’t agree to a contract strongly believe the U.S. yard toss to Tyler Slavin with son. play when it was needed. had their first bowl victory adding two years. Open should keep a similar 19 seconds left for the win- Arizona receiver Austin “Well, it’s a sick feeling,” since 1993. schedule to the other Grand ning score. Hill caught eight passes for he said. “Congratulations to Chuckie Keeton scored on Andruw Jones will play Slams, with the men’s semi- “It’s not easy to come 175 yards and two touch- Arizona. They held in there a 62-yard run to put Utah for Japanese team finals completed by Friday and the final on Sunday.” back from that situation,” downs. The teams combined and did it, but it’s a sick feel- State up 7-3, and Williams, TOKYO — Andruw Jones Scott said. “You’re not nec- for 1,237 total yards. ing.” the game’s MVP, sparked a is headed to Japan. PRO BASKETBALL essarily going to think the Cody Fajardo threw for Ault said a late injury to 28-point fourth quarter for The five-time All-Star most positive thing at the three touchdowns and ran for Fajardo also hurt Nevada’s Utah State when he broke outfielder has finalized a $3.5 NBA suspends Bucks time, but we went out there another score to lead the running game in the last six through the defense and million, one-year contract center Przybilla and took care of business. It Wolf Pack (7-6). He had 256 or so minutes of the game. raced 63 yards for a touch- with the Rakuten Eagles of NEW YORK — Milwaukee was just a big drive. I still yards passing and 140 yards “He ran it one time, just down to put the Aggies up Japan's Pacific League. The can’t believe it.” rushing and controlled most tucking it up in there,” Ault 20-9. Williams, who had 18 Bucks center Joel Przybilla team announced the move on has been suspended one Arizona trailed 21-0 in the of the game, completing 22 of said. “But we could not run carries, followed that with TD Sunday. first quarter and was down 32 throws. our read game at that partic- runs of 5 and 25 yards. Keeton game without pay for throw- The 35-year-old Jones ing a basketball that hit a ref- 45-28 entering the final peri- Stefphon Jefferson, the ular time.” ran for 92 yards and was 21- became a free agent after od. Scott threw for 382 yards nation’s second-leading Rodriguez, who took a of-31 passing for 229 yards. eree during a game against spending the past two sea- the Los Angeles Clippers. and marched his team back rusher, ran for 180 yards for year off from coaching after a Toledo (9-4) was able to sons as a part-time player into the game despite those Nevada and also seemed disappointing stint at move the ball and made five Stu Jackson, the NBA’s with the New York Yankees. executive vice president for two earlier interceptions. unstoppable as the Wolf Pack Michigan, is now 3-5 in bowl trips inside the red zone. But He appeared in 94 games this “I mean, it’s improbable,” took a big lead and held on to game appearances. He called penalties and miscues forced basketball operations, year, batting.197 with 14 announced the suspension first-year Arizona coach Rich it for most of the game. his New Mexico Bowl win the Rockets to settle for home runs. Rodriguez said. But after forcing Nevada among his best career wins as Jeremiah Detmer’s three field Sunday. “Certainly, I’ve had some to kick a field goal with 1:48 a coach. goals. SKIING The incident occurred games come down to that left that made it 48-35, Scott “It’s the latest and the The Rockets’ only touch- with 1:36 remaining in the end,” he said. “But to have drove the Wildcats down 75 greatest so far,” Rodriguez down came when Bernard Ligety gives U.S. ski fourth quarter of everything, the defense mak- yards in about a minute. said. Reedy returned a fourth- team weekend sweep Milwaukee’s 111-85 loss to ing the stop, to the field goal, Arizona then recovered an quarter kickoff 87 yards. the Clippers on Saturday ALTA BADIA, Italy — Ted night. Matt leading the quick drive onside kick and Scott Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Reedy was the only big pro- Ligety cruised to his third down there, getting the marched his team into the Utah State 41, Toledo ducer on a Toledo offense giant slalom win of the sea- GOLF onside kick ... and then Matt end zone after three plays 15: Kerwynn Williams ran for held to 315 total yards. Reedy son by a large margin after an leading down again. It just and 51 yards. 235 yards and three touch- had 51 yards rushing and opening run that left his fel- Garcia wins with fast doesn’t happen very often.” “They scored 14 points in downs and No. 18 Utah State caught six passes for 62 low skiers in awe, giving the finish in Malaysia The nation’s rushing less than two minutes,” won a bowl game for the first yards. U.S. team two wins in two JOHOR, Malaysia — days. Sergio Garcia won the rain- Ligety sliced his way shortened Johor Open, clos- down the classic Gran Risa ing with an 11-under 61 for a NFL course in a two-run com- three-stroke victory in the bined time of 2 minutes, 37. 27 Asian Tour’s season-ending From Page B1 seconds. Defending overall event. World Cup winner Marcel The 32-year-old Spanish Peyton Manning threw for 204 yards Hirscher finished second, star finished at 18-under 198 and a score in his ninth consecutive win 2.04 seconds behind, and at Horizon Hills for his sec- against Baltimore, the first with the Thomas Fanara of France was ond victory of the year and Broncos (11-3). third, 3.27 back. 24th international title. He The Ravens (9-5) were playing their With Aksel Lund Svindal also won the PGA Tour’s first game under offensive coordinator finishing ninth, Ligety nar- Wyndham Championship in Jim Caldwell, who replaced the fired rowed the gap behind the August. Cam Cameron. Baltimore clinched a Norwegian in the standings. Garcia had the lowest playoff spot by virtue of Pittsburgh’s Svindal now has 614 points, final round by a winner in overtime loss to Dallas. Ligety is next with 508 and Asian Tour history. American Falcons 34, Giants 0: At Atlanta, Hirscher is third with 460. Jonathan Moore also shot a Matt Ryan threw three touchdowns Steven Nyman, another 61 to finish second. passes and the Falcons’ defense handed American, won the downhill John Daly finished with a the Giants their first regular-season in nearby Val Gardena on 65 to tie for 15th at 8 under. shutout since 1996. Saturday, making it the first South Africa’s Ernie Els “We love the haters, man,” said time two American men won closed with a 72 to tie for Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel, The Associated Press Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan looks for an open receiver against the NewYorkGiants on Sunday. races on consecutive days 48th at 3 under. who had the first of two interceptions since Marco Sullivan and against Eli Manning. “The haters keep Bode Miller achieved the feat Schwartzel captures us going. So keep your hate coming. We the Vikings (8-6), leaving him 294 shy first player in NFL history with consec- in Chamonix, France, in second straight title love it. It makes us play with a chip on of breaking the NFL’s single-season utive 1,600-yard receiving seasons and January 2008. MALELANE, South our shoulder.” record of 2,105 by Eric Dickerson of the tied an NFL record with his seventh Africa — Charl Schwartzel Julio Jones caught a couple of scoring Los Angeles Rams in 1984. Peterson, straight 100-yard receiving game. Maze extends lead in was a runaway winner for the throws from Ryan, who broke his own less than a year removed from a serious Panthers 31, Chargers 7: At San World Cup standings second straight week, coast- franchise records for completions and knee injury, has two games left — at Diego, Mike Tolbert scored twice COURCHEVEL, France — ing to a 12-shot victory at the passing yards in a season. He finished 23 Houston and home against Green Bay — against his former team and DeAngelo Tina Maze won her fourth Alfred Dunhill of 28 for 270 yards. to top Dickerson. Williams turned a tipped pass from straight grand slalom race to Championship on the The Falcons (12-2), who have already Former Oregon State standout Cam Newton into a 45-yard touchdown extend her overall World Cup European Tour. clinched the NFC South, moved a step Steven Jackson went over 10,000 yards reception. lead — and more importantly The 2011 Masters cham- closer to home-field advantage for his career on a 9-yard run in the Carolina (5-9) won consecutive create a bigger gap to Lindsey pion finished with a total throughout the conference playoffs. third quarter, and finished with 73 yards games for the first time since last score of 24-under 264 at Manning had his lowest-rated game on just eight carries for the Rams, giving December. The loss knocked the Vonn,the defending champi- on who had another disap- Leopard Creek Country since 2007 for New York (8-6), which him 909 yards for the year and keeping Chargers (5-9) out of playoff contention Club. He won by 11 strokes in went 0-for-3 on fourth down and him within range of his eighth straight for the third straight year, and clinched pointing day and failed to finish. Thailand last weekend. missed a short field goal. 1,000-yard season. their first losing season since 2003, Schwartzel won for the The Rams fell to 6-7-1. when they were an NFL-worse 4-12. Maze had a comfortable “Atlanta was very, very good. We eighth time on the European Seahawks 50, Bills 17: At Toronto, Saints 41, Buccaneers 0: At New lead of 0.63 seconds over were very, very bad,” New York coach Tour. The South African also Seattle rookie quarterback Russell Orleans, Drew Brees passed for 307 yards Frenchwoman Tessa Worley Tom Coughlin said. “There’s no excuse captured this tournament in for what happened here.” Wilson ran for three touchdowns and and four touchdowns, and New Orleans after her first run and the 29- 2004, his first title on the 49ers 41, Patriots 34: At threw for another in leading the posted its first shutout since 1995. year-old Slovenian then held tour. Foxborough, Mass., San Francisco Seahawks to their second straight rout. Brees connected on his scoring pass- off Austria’s Kathrin Zettel in earned a playoff berth by withstanding Wilson scored on runs of 14, 25 and 4 es with tight end David Thomas, run- the second to win by 0.22. Maze, who was second Loves team to win the a stunning comeback by Tom Brady and yards and then hit Zach Miller for a 4- ning back Darren Sproles and receivers Father-Son Challenge New England from a 28-point deficit to yard touchdown in helping the Lance Moore and Joe Morgan. Mark overall behind Vonn last year beat the Patriots. Seahawks (9-5) score 31 points on their Ingram added an 11-yard touchdown by 578 points, let out a whoop ORLANDO, Fla. — Davis Michael Crabtree took a short pass first five possessions. The defense forced run for the Saints (6-8). of joy as she won. Vonn trails Love III had a nice pitch shot from Colin Kaepernick and sped around three consecutive turnovers to start the Josh Freeman endured one of his Maze by 385 points with on No. 18 and son Dru fin- cornerback Kyle Arrington for a 38-yard second half, including Earl Thomas worst outings of the season for Tampa more of the Slovenian’s ished off the birdie to capture touchdown with 6:25 to go, then David scoring on 57-yard interception return. Bay (6-8), throwing four interceptions favored technical events the Father-Son Challenge Akers made a 28-yard field goal to The Bills (5-9) were knocked out of and losing a fumble. coming up in the Swedish title. clinch it. San Francisco (10-3-1) owns at playoff contention for a 13th consecu- Dolphins 24, Jaguars 3: At Miami, resort of Are later this week. With Larry and Josh Nelson already in at 22 under least a wild-card spot and plays at tive season. the Dolphins (6-8) kept former team- Vonn returns to U.S. to Seattle next week with a chance to win Cardinals 31, Lions 10: At mate Chad Henne out of the end zone, for the two-day scramble the NFC West. Glendale, Ariz., Greg Toler returned an made three fourth-down stops deep in recover from illness format, both Loves misfired AFC East champion New England interception 102 yards for a fourth- their own territory and benefited from ALTA BADIA, Italy — in trying to reach the green in (10-4), which had won seven in a row, quarter touchdown as Arizona ended a an odd penalty. Lindsey Vonn is heading home two at the par-5 finishing trailed 31-3 at one point and lost for the nine-game losing streak. The Dolphins turned back three to the United States for an hole. Dru, an Alabama fresh- first time at home in December in 21 The Cardinals (5-9) intercepted scoring threats, and a go-ahead touch- unexpected break in the mid- man who won five Georgia games. The Patriots also had won 21 in a Matthew Stafford three times, return- down for the Jaguars (2-12) came off the dle of the World Cup ski sea- state titles in high school, row in the second half of the schedule ing two for touchdowns and setting up a board because of an illegal-substitution son, and is unlikely to return went long and right near the before San Francisco somehow TD with the other. penalty. to Europe until January. grandstand at the Ritz- regrouped late in a game it seemingly The Lions (4-10) lost their sixth Raiders 15, Chiefs 0: At Oakland, U.S. women’s head coach Carlton Grande Lakes. Davis had clinched long before. straight. Rashad Johnson brought back Calif., Sebastian Janikowski kicked five Alex Hoedlmoser told The watched his ball roll onto the Vikings 36, Rams 22: At St. Louis, a pick 53 yards for a touchdown to cap field goals and Darren McFadden rushed Associated Press that Vonn’s bank of a greenside pond. Adrian Peterson ran for a season-best Arizona’s 21-point second quarter. for 110 yards. heavy schedule has not But the elder Love found 212 yards, including an 82-yard touch- Patrick Peterson’s interception set up The Raiders (4-10) overwhelmed the allowed her to recover from the right touch on his pitch down. another score. Chiefs (2-12) to snap a six-game losing the intestinal illness that from Dru’s position and his Peterson has 1,812 yards rushing for Detroit’s Calvin Johnson became the streak. landed her in the hospital in son made the winning putt. C M C M Y K Y K

C M C M Y K Monday, December 17,2012 • The World • B3 Y K Sports Soccer league announces name

Hamm for the U.S. record. I U.S. women’s Megan Rapinoe and team caps season Sydney Leroux also scored with 4-1 victory for the Olympic champion Americans in their third con- secutive match against China CHICAGO (AP) — in the finale of a 10-game Fan National Women’s Soccer Tribute Tour. The U.S. ran its League will be the name of unbeaten streak to 23. the new league run by the “It was an unbelievable U.S. Soccer Federation. year for us, coming off the The USSF announced the World Cup,” U.S. captain name of the league Saturday Christie Rampone said. “It night when the women’s was a whole journey to get to national team played its final the Olympics and the battles. game of the year, a 4-1 exhi- The good and bad days of bition win over China. training all paid us for us.” The NWSL will start play Morgan, who finished the next spring and replaces the year with 28 goals, and Women’s Professional Soccer Wambach combined to tie league, which folded in May the U.S. scoring record by after three seasons. Its pred- two players in one year. ecessor, Women’s United Michelle Akers (39 goals) and Soccer Association, lasted Carin Jennings (16) had the only three seasons, from previous record in 1991. 2001-03. “It means so much to me The eight teams in the because Alex and I spend so new league are: Boston much time encouraging each Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, other in practice, drill after FC Kansas City, Portland drill,”Wambach said. “When The Associated Press Thorns FC, Sky Blue FC, Alex scores, it lights some- Texas players Khat Bell,left,Megan Futch and Halewy Eckerman celebrate with the championship trophy following their victory over Oregon in the Washington Spirit, Western thing inside me and when I NCAA volleyball championship game Saturday. New York Flash and Seattle, score it lights something which has yet to announce its inside her.” name. Jill Ellis guided the U.S. in In the Amercans’ win over her last game as interim head China at Boca Raton, Fla., coach on Saturday. Ellis had a Texas beats Ducks for NCAA title Abby Wambach scored two 5-0-2 record after taking more goals. over for Pia Sundhage. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Webster, who finished with a sophomore middle blocker year and lead the Longhorns The 32-year-old Former Australia coach Tom Bailey Webster played little .500 hitting percentage and Khat Bell jumping on coach and enter this year’s Final Four Wambach has 152 interna- Sermanni will take over in in Texas’ previous NCAA four block assists and was Jerritt Elliott’s back. with a .519 postseason hitting tional goals, six behind Mia January. volleyball championship voted the tournament’s most “I’ve been in this thing a percentage. game appearance three years outstanding player. “I really lot of times and finally we On Saturday Webster was ago but became quite experi- think we won this because we broke through,” Elliott said part of a Texas effort that shut Lochte wins six golds enced with the postseason as were such a team out there.” about winning his first title down AVCA Division I player the Longhorns reached two Texas (29-4) has been a as a coach. “This has been a of the year Alaina Bergsma, ISTANBUL (AP) — Ryan of Kenneth To of Australia more semifinals. recent regular at volleyball’s long time coming.” whose nine kills were also Lochte won two more races at and George Bovell III of That seasoning paid off Final Four, making its fourth But the Longhorns ended matched by nine errors. Many the short-course world Trinidad and Tobago. for the junior Saturday night appearance in five years and up making quick work of the of her attempts were blocked championships on Sunday, Lochte then joined the when she helped Texas win a playing in its first title game Ducks by dominating the net, as the Longhorns’ defense finishing the event with six U.S. team of Matthew national championship. since 2009. The Longhorns outblocking Oregon 15-1. keyed on her. golds and one silver. The Grevers, Kevin Cordes and Webster had 14 kills, Haley lost to Penn State in five sets Texas also outhit the Ducks Liz Brenner and Katherine result matched his medal Thomas Shields to win the Eckerman added 12 and the after leading 2-0. .438-.202. Fischer each had 13 kills for total from the last champi- 4x100-meter medley relay in third-seeded Longhorns This time they took care Leading the way was fifth-seeded Oregon (30-5), onships, in Dubai in 2010. 3:21.03, with Russia second. swept Oregon for its first of business for their second Webster, a first-team AVCA which made its first title- Lochte won the 100- “All the races I have done NCAA title since 1988. Texas title in four tries, recording All-American outside hitter. game appearance. meter individual medley, a last week are starting to catch won 25-11, 26-24, 25-19. their third sweep in the past She was injured during Texas’ “I don’t know what it day after he broke the world up,”he said. “But it is the last “All I remember about four matches. When it ended 2010 semifinal appearance but means to Texas; I know that it record in the event. The five- day of the tournament and this match is that we did the the Longhorns swarmed the bounced back to be the 2011 hurts for us to lose it,”Ducks time Olympic champion fin- there is always something whole thing together,” said court to celebrate, with Big 12 Conference player of the coach Jim Moore said. ished in 51.21 seconds, ahead left in the tank.” Scoreboard

1 Derik Cox 2, Mason Berry, Tristian Davidson, Golden State 16 8 .667 1⁄2 South W L T Pct PF PA Friday, Dec. 28 (ESPN) On The Air Robert Martino, Maison Menser, Tyler Wiprud. L.A. Lakers 11 14 .440 7 y-Atlanta 12 2 0 .857 371 259 Independence Bowl Monday, Jan. 7 1 SANTIAM CHRISTIAN (50): Jordan Risinger 18, Phoenix 9 15 .375 8⁄2 New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 389 379 At Shreveport, La. BCS National Championship Today Jantzi 11, Hall 8, Archer 4, Brown 2. Fullbright 2, Sacramento 7 16 .304 10 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 354 349 Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 11 a.m. At Miami NFL Football — New York Jets at Tennessee, Horn 2, Rodrick 2, Ropp 1, Crosby, Patterson, Saturday’s Games Carolina 5 9 0 .357 296 319 (ESPN) Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m., ESPN. Shelby. Golden State 115, Atlanta 93 North W L T Pct PF PA Russell Athletic Bowl (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 18 GIRLS New York 103, Cleveland 102 y-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 344 292 At Orlando, Fla. College Playoffs Orlando 107, Charlotte 98 Minnesota 8 6 0 .571 319 308 Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 2:30 p.m. High School Boys Basketball — Marshfield at Winter Lake Classic NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Cottage Grove, 5:45 p.m., KMHS (91.3 FM). Indiana 88, Detroit 77 Chicago 8 6 0 .571 321 240 (ESPN) Championship Semifinals High School Girls Basketball — Marshfield at Miami 102, Washington 72 Detroit 4 10 0 .286 330 380 Meineke Car Care Bowl Friday, Dec. 14 Cottage Grove, 7:30 p.m., KMHS (1420 AM). Coquille 40, Gold Beach 29 Chicago 83, Brooklyn 82 West W L T Pct PF PA At Houston North Dakota State 23, Georgia Southern 20 Men’s College Basketball — Richmond at Kansas, Gold Beach 9 4 10 6 — 29 Minnesota 114, Dallas 106, OT x-San Francisco 10 3 1 .750 357 218 Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 4 p.m.; Stanford at North Carolina State, 6 p.m. Coquille 10 15 13 2 — 40 San Antonio 103, Boston 88 Seattle 9 5 0 .643 350 219 (ESPN) Sam Houston State 45, Eastern Washington 42 Women’s College Basketball — Tennessee at GOLD BEACH (29): Eliza Lander 9, Morrigan L.A. Clippers 111, Milwaukee 85 St. Louis 6 7 1 .464 258 315 Saturday, Dec. 29 Clifford 6, Jessica Young 6, Clara Herbage 4, Memphis 99, Utah 86 Arizona 5 9 0 .357 224 302 Armed Forces Bowl Championship Baylor, 5 p.m., ESPN. Saturday, Jan. 5 Wednesday, Dec. 19 Lacy Lang 2, Makayla Stone 2, Hailey Timeus. Sunday’s Games x-clinched playoff spot At Fort Worth, Texas At Frisco, Texas Men’s College Basketball — Xavier at Cincinnati, COQUILLE (40): Emily Lack 13, Taylor GeDeros Toronto 103, Houston 96 y-clinched division Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 8:45 a.m. (ESPN) North Dakota State (13-1) vs. Sam Houston 4 p.m., ESPN2; North Carolina at Texas, 6 p.m., 12, Kaitlyn Hyatt 5, Makala Edgar 4, Maddy Grant Denver 122, Sacramento 97 Sunday’s Games Fight Hunger Bowl State (11-3), 10 a.m. ESPN2; Campbell at Gonzaga, 6 p.m., Root Sports. 2, Mikayla Schepp 2, Bayli Waddington 2, Jessica L.A. Lakers 111, Philadelphia 98 Green Bay 21, Chicago 13 At San Francisco NBA Basketball — Brooklyn at New York, 4 p.m., McElravey, Hannah Royal. Portland 95, New Orleans 94 New Orleans 41, Tampa Bay 0 Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (7-4), 12:15 p.m. NCAA Division III ESPN; Milwaukee at Memphis, 6:30 p.m., ESPN. Consolation Today’s Games Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22 (ESPN2) Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl North Valley 54, Yoncalla 45 Minnesota at Orlando, 4 p.m. Houston 29, Indianapolis 17 Pinstripe Bowl Friday, Dec. 14 Local Schedule North Valley 5 21 5 23 — 54 Houston at New York, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta 34, N.Y. Giants 0 At New York At Salem, Va. Yoncalla 16 6 11 12 — 45 L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Washington 38, Cleveland 21 Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 12:15 p.m. Mount Union 28, St. Thomas (Minn.) 10 Miami 24, Jacksonville 3 Today NORTH VALLEY (54): Kenzi Schmoll 24, Lexi Chicago at Memphis, 5 p.m. (ESPN) NCAA Division II Denver 34, Baltimore 17 High School Boys Basketball — Gold Beach at Pittman 22, Mikala Mohr 10, Mikayla Dart, Alexis San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Alamo Bowl Championship Carolina 31, San Diego 7 Riddle, 7:30 p.m. Scott, Kasey Werner. Sacramento at Phoenix, 6 p.m. At San Antonio Saturday, Dec. 15 Arizona 38, Detroit 10 High School Girls Basketball — Gold Beach at YONCALLA (45): Tabitha Shaw 14, Salista Tuesday’s Games Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 3:45 p.m. At Florence, Ala. Seattle 50, Buffalo 17 Riddle, 6 p.m. Williams 12, Brianne Johnson 9, Sonya Walker 4, Toronto at Cleveland, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Valdosta State 35, Winston-Salem 7 Oakland 15, Kansas City 0 Valley of the Sun Bowl Tuesday, Dec. 18 Karen Wickman 2, Brandi Joslyn 1, Michaela Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. NAIA Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 24, OT At Tempe, Ariz. High School Boys Basketball — North Bend at Stevens, Emily Wickman. Utah at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Championship San Francisco 41, New England 34 Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 7:15 p.m. Coquille, 7:30 p.m.; Marshfield at Cottage Grove, Minnesota at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Thursday Nonleague Today’s Game (ESPN) 5:45 p.m.; Reedsport at Oakridge, 7:30 p.m.; Boston at Chicago, 5 p.m. At Rome, Ga. Oakland 53, Pacific 24 Indiana at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 Brookings-Harbor at Myrtle Point, 7:30 p.m.; Marian (Ind.) 30, Morningside (Iowa) 27, OT Oakland 14 14 13 12 — 53 Saturday, Dec. 22 Music City Bowl Newport at Siuslaw, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Pacific 7 5 6 6 — 24 Atlanta at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. At Nashville, Tenn. High School Girls Basketball — North Bend at San Antonio at Denver, 6 p.m. OAKLAND (53): Brooke Spencer 18, Cora Sunday, Dec. 23 Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 9 a.m. Transactions Coquille, 6 p.m.; Marshfield at Cottage Grove, New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Gallup 8, Samantha Spencer 8, Jesse Herbert 5, Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Tennessee at Green Bay, 10 a.m. (ESPN) 7:15 p.m.; Reedsport at Oakridge, 6 p.m.; BASEBALL Savannah Swan 4, Gabby Arts 2, Mikayla Blazers 95, Hornets 94 Indianapolis at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Sun Bowl Brookings-Harbor at Myrtle Point, 6 p.m.; New Orleans at Dallas, 10 a.m. American League Groothuis 2, Katie Westbrook 2, Hannah Wisser NEW ORLEANS (94): Aminu 0-1 0-0 0, At El Paso, Texas Siuslaw at Newport, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 10 a.m. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with 2, Emily Lytle, Beth Patt, Mariah Young. Anderson 9-16 1-2 26, Lopez 4-8 0-0 8, Vasquez Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 Oakland at Carolina, 10 a.m. OF Josh Hamilton on a five-year contract. PACIFIC (24): Riley Engdahl 22, Hannah 9-20 3-3 23, Rivers 3-8 1-2 8, Davis 5-10 5-6 15, (CBS) High School Boys Basketball — Powers at Buffalo at Miami, 10 a.m. National League Fortune 2, Hailey Bowman, Mirina Byrne, Henry 0-2 0-0 0, Mason 1-4 0-0 3, Thomas 4-5 0- Liberty Bowl Coquille JV, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Claimed LHP Amanda Finley, Brittany Figueroa, Amanda 0 8, Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, McGuire 1-5 1-2 3. Totals At Memphis, Tenn. High School Girls Basketball — Powers at New England at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Mauricio Robles off waivers from Seattle. Finley, Dune Fougerolles, Andee Keeler, Caitlin 36-80 11-15 94. Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 12:30 p.m. Coquille JV, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. BASKETBALL Happeny, Heather Hardcastle, MaKenna Hickey. PORTLAND (95): Batum 4-11 0-0 11, (ESPN) High School Wrestling — Marshfield and North St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. National Basketball Association Santiam Christian 52, Bandon 34 Aldridge 8-17 4-4 20, Hickson 10-14 4-6 24, Chick-fil-A Bowl Eugene at Churchill, 6 p.m. San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. NBA — Suspended Milwuakee F Joel Przybilla Bandon 4 7 3 19 — 34 Lillard 5-14 2-2 16, Matthews 1-1 0-0 3, Claver At Atlanta Cleveland at Denver, 1:05 p.m. one game for throwing the basketball and hit- Santiam Christian 17 10 15 10 — 52 1-2 0-0 3, Babbitt 4-7 0-0 10, Barton 1-6 0-0 LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chicago at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. ting a referee during a Dec. 15 game against the High School Results BANDON (34): Hailey Iverson 11, Raelyn 2, Price 1-2 0-0 2, Leonard 0-0 0-0 0, Pavlovic Tuesday, Jan. 1 N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 1:25 p.m. the Los Angeles Clippers. Freitag 6, Kady Valentine 6, Riley Wahl 6, Jessica 2-6 0-0 4, Jeffries 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-80 10- Heart of Dallas Bowl San Francisco at Seattle, 5:20 p.m. HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Terrence BASKETBALL McGeehon 3, Hannah Smith, Krista Peters, Toni 12 95. At Dallas Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 9 a.m. Jones from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). Signed F BOYS Hall, Kori Nemec. New Orleans 19 24 20 31 — 94 Dominic McGuire. Winter Lake Classic SANTIAM CHRISTIAN (52): Jessi Seumalo 20, Portland 25 29 21 20 — 95 (ESPNU) College Football Gator Bowl FOOTBALL Championship Schroeder 9, Wonsley 6, Magnuson 4, Suderman 3-Point Goals_New Orleans 11-20 (Anderson 7- National Football League At Jacksonville, Fla. National Football League North Valley 56, Coquille 39 4, Griner 3, Kessi 2, Kubler 2, Whitney 2, Kier, 10, Vasquez 2-7, Rivers 1-1, Mason 1-2), Portland ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released WR Stephen Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3), 9 North Valley 13 14 15 14 — 56 Maupin, Thompson. 11-29 (Lillard 4-10, Batum 3-9, Babbitt 2-5, Bowl Schedule Williams and OL Mike Gibson. Signed DT Ricky a.m. (ESPN2) Coquille 9 5 9 16 — 39 Matthews 1-1, Claver 1-2, Barton 0-1, Pavlovic 0- Saturday, Dec. 15 Lumpkin from the practice squad. Capital One Bowl NORTH VALLEY (56): Cameron Lyon 19, JJ 1). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_New Orleans 51 New Mexico Bowl CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed FB Chris Pro Basketball At Orlando, Fla. Chirnside 15, Wyatt McCue 15, Chris Morsa 5, (Vasquez 8), Portland 42 (Hickson 16). Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Pressley on injured reserve. Signed FB John Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 10 a.m. (TBA) Tristan Burke 2, Frank Calzada, Rickey Pina, NBA Assists_New Orleans 21 (Vasquez 11), Portland 25 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Conner. Shane Tappan, Connor Vodicka. (Batum 10). Total Fouls_New Orleans 15, At Boise, Idaho Outback Bowl EASTERN CONFERENCE DETROIT LIONS — Released WR Lance Long. COQUILLE (39): Larry Bowen 19, Terrence Portland 12. Flagrant Fouls_Lopez, Batum. Utah State 41, Toledo 15 At Tampa, Fla. Signed RB Shaun Chapas from the practice Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Edwards 7, Caleb Owens 4, Matt Miranda 3, Mo A_18,772 (19,980). Thursday, Dec. 20 South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), 10 a.m. squad. New York 18 5 .783 — Faith 2, Wilson Hodge 2, Kevin Mast 2, Austin Poinsettia Bowl (ESPN) JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released WR Kevin Brooklyn 13 10 .565 5 Arrant, Drew Piburn. At San Diego Rose Bowl Elliott. Signed G Austin Pasztor from the prac- Boston 12 11 .522 6 Pro Football San Diego St. (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) At Pasadena, Calif. Consolation 1 tice squad and WR Jerrell Jackson to the practice Philadelphia 12 12 .500 6⁄2 Friday, Dec. 21 Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN) squad. Gold Beach 52, Yoncalla 29 Toronto 6 19 .240 13 NFL St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Orange Bowl NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed T Charles Gold Beach 18 15 11 8 — 52 Southeast Division W L Pct GB AMERICAN CONFERENCE Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) At Miami Brown and S Malcolm Jenkins on injured Yoncalla 6 9 8 6 — 29 Miami 15 6 .714 — East W L T Pct PF PA Saturday, Dec. 22 Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), reserve. Signed G Ricky Henry and S Jerico GOLD BEACH (52): Garrett Litterell 19, Garrett Atlanta 14 7 .667 1 y-New England 10 4 0 .714 506 315 New Orleans Bowl 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Nelson from the practice squad. Dolan 13, Dustin Carter 12, Colton Pearson 6, Orlando 10 13 .435 6 N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 245 306 East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-4), Wednesday, Jan. 2 NEW YORK GIANTS — Released OL Selvish Jimmy Edwards 2, CJ Belanio, Mauricio Charlotte 7 16 .304 9 Miami 6 8 0 .429 264 279 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl Capers. Signed CB Terrence Frederick from the Boydston, Brandon Hensley, Jalen Robison. Washington 3 18 .143 12 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 306 402 Las Vegas Bowl At New Orleans practice squad. YONCALLA (29): Alex Anderson 9, Jalen Central Division W L Pct GB South W L T Pct PF PA Boise State (10-2) vs. Washington (7-5), 12:30 Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 5:30 p.m. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released T Mike Walton 5, Will Shaw 4, Wyatt Van Loon 4, Zack Chicago 13 9 .591 — y-Houston 12 2 0 .857 394 280 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN) Gibson. Van Loon 4, Ben Opfer, Jorge Pacheco. Milwaukee 12 10 .545 1 Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 309 358 Monday, Dec. 24 Thursday, Jan. 3 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed DE Logan Nonleague Indiana 13 11 .542 1 Tennessee 4 9 0 .308 271 386 Hawaii Bowl Fiesta Bowl Harrell to the practice squad. Detroit 7 19 .269 8 Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 219 383 SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) At Glendale, Ariz. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released WR Chad Oakland 65, Pacific 35 1 Cleveland 5 20 .200 9⁄2 North W L T Pct PF PA Wednesday, Dec. 26 Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 5:30 p.m. Hall from the practice squad. Oakland 22 10 18 16 — 65 WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 348 307 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (ESPN) SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed WR Charly Pacific 9 11 6 9 — 35 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 355 293 At Detroit Friday, Jan. 4 Martin on injured reserve. Re-signed WR Deon OAKLAND (65): Colton Reber 15, Roy Benzel San Antonio 19 6 .760 — Pittsburgh 7 7 0 .500 302 291 Central Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Kentucky (7- Cotton Bowl Butler. 13, Jeb Harper 8, Austin Nix 8, Logan O’Hara 4, Memphis 15 6 .714 2 Cleveland 5 9 0 .357 280 310 5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) At Arlington, Texas TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed G Toby Blum 3, Michael Yard 3, Austin Baimbridge Houston 11 12 .478 7 West W L T Pct PF PA Thursday, Dec. 27 Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 5 p.m. Hayworth Hicks to the practice squad. 2, Jordan Bailey 2, Connor Dolan 1, Joey Dixon— 1 Dallas 11 13 .458 7⁄2 y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 409 274 Military Bowl (FOX) SOCCER Magnus. New Orleans 5 18 .217 13 San Diego 5 9 0 .357 299 312 At Washington Saturday, Jan. 5 U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION — Announced the PACIFIC (35): Tyler Cline 14, Ethan Cline 9, Nick Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oakland 4 10 0 .286 263 402 Bowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose State (10-2), BBVA Compass Bowl new women's professional league will be called Scaffo 5, Tim Hunter 2, Cole Kreutzer 2, Mike Oklahoma City 19 4 .826 — Kansas City 2 12 0 .143 195 367 noon (ESPN) At Birmingham, Ala. the National Women's Soccer League. Wagner 2, Tanner Colton 1. Minnesota 12 9 .571 6 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Belk Bowl Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 10 a.m. COLLEGE Santiam Christian 50, Bandon 35 Denver 13 12 .520 7 East W L T Pct PF PA At Charlotte, N.C. (ESPN) MICHIGAN — Suspended CB J.T. Floyd, P Will Bandon 6 7 11 11 —35 Utah 13 12 .520 7 Washington 8 6 0 .571 381 350 Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 6 Hagerup and LB Brandin Hawthorne for the Santiam Christian 14 13 7 16 — 50 Portland 11 12 .478 8 Dallas 8 6 0 .571 327 338 Holiday Bowl GoDaddy.com Bowl Outback Bowl. BANDON (35): Logan Shea 12, Evan Henson 8, Pacific Division W L Pct GB N.Y. Giants 8 6 0 .571 373 304 At San Diego At Mobile, Ala. TENNESSEE — Named Zach Azzanni wide JJ Witte 6, Shawn Peters 4, Quentin Coomer 3, L.A. Clippers 17 6 .739 — Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 253 375 Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 6 p.m. receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. C M C M Y K Y K

C M C M Y K B4 •The World • Monday, December 17,2012 Y K Sports BOYS Red Devils also will have Ducks, three games against larger Panthers take schools in the Les Schwab South Coast Holiday Beavers third place Basketball Tournament at From Page B1 Marshfield after Christmas. “The competition is great and is getting better,” get wins North Valley also was able Cumberland said. “I’m to get the ball to 6-foot-9- guessing our character will inch post JJ Chirnside, who get a real test.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS had a huge game with 15 Gold Beach 52, Yoncalla EUGENE — Oregon cen- points, 15 rebounds, four 29: Garrett Litterell had 19 ter Tony Woods scored 14 blocks and four assists. points and two other team- points and the Ducks over- Chirnside even nailed a 3- mates also finished in double came a sluggish performance pointer for the Knights, who figures as the Panthers won on offense to defeat Nebraska shot just over 50 percent (23- the consolation game. 60-38 on Saturday. for-45) overall, including five Garrett Dolan had 13 Forward Arsalan Kazemi 3-pointers. points and Dustin Carter also had 10 points and a sea- The Red Devils got a few added 12 for Gold Beach. son-high 17 rebounds for the nice looks inside to Larry Alex Anderson had a Ducks (9-1). Oregon started Bowen for baskets early in the team-best nine points for the week one spot out of the third quarter, but didn’t con- Yoncalla. top 25. sistently get good shots until Litterell and Anderson With the win, Oregon also the fourth. They cut the lead were named to the all-tour- improved to 8-0 at home this to 42-29 with six straight nament team. points to start the quarter,and season. Nonleague E.J. Singler scored 13 for had four possessions with a the Ducks, who were held The Associated Press chance to get closer, but came Oakland 65, Pacific 35: 19.4 points below their sea- Oregon’s Johnathan Loyd flies through the air as Nebraska’s Ray Gallegos stuffs the ball Saturday. up dry on all of them. The Pirates got off to a rough son average, including a sea- Chirnside got North start and couldn’t recover at son-low point total in the Ducks dominated inside, ing Chicago State in the sec- scoring easily inside and Valley’s first points of the home. first half, though Oregon still outscoring the Cornhuskers ond half Sunday. drawing the defense away final quarter on a dunk with “We came out and spotted led 27-18 at the break. 40-12 in the paint, and out- Nelson scored 22 points in from him. 5:07 to go and the Knights them 14 right off the bat,” “Well,we probably set the rebounding them 41-25. the second half and set a new “The 3-point shots I’m quickly reasserted control of said Pacific coach Ben game back about 10 years “I’m just playing with career high with six 3-point- getting are just wide-open,” the contest. Stallard. “When we settled there,” Oregon coach Dana confidence and feeling good ers. He has 12 3-pointers in said Nelson, who also had North Valley also finished down and were composed Altman said. “Our shooting about my offense,” said the last three games. three rebounds and three with a 40-30 rebounding and ran our stuff, we made a and ball movement wasn’t Woods, who scored six Devon Collier added 25 steals. edge, the first time a team has little run.” what we wanted. It was a straight midway through the points and eight rebounds for With Oregon State scor- topped the Red Devils on the Tyler Cline had 14 points win, but we didn’t take the first half to give Oregon an Oregon State (7-2). ing leader Ahmad Starks boards all season. and Ethan Cline added nine step we needed to. We’ve got 18-6 lead. Quinton Pippen, the struggling for a second “Our effort was lacking,” for Pacific. a long ways to go.” Dylan Talley scored 11 nephew of former NBA great game, the Beavers were look- Cumberland said. “I think it Colton Reber had 15 The Ducks also missed on points to lead the Scottie Pippen, had 13 points ing for someone to fill the was more mental than physi- points and Roy Benzel added their first 11 3-point attempts Cornhuskers (6-3), who shot and seven rebounds for void. cal.” 13 for Oakland. before Singler made a pair in just 30.6 percent from the Chicago State (3-9). Starks, averaging 14.9 Bowen had a strong game, The Pirates committed 37 the final seven minutes of the floor with 16 turnovers while Nelson, who shot 10 of 14 points coming in, was held with 19 points, 12 rebounds turnovers, Stallard said. game. scoring a season low. overall, has averaged better scoreless. and four steals, and was “They played pretty good Oregon had 16 turnovers, Oregon State 87, than 23 points in the past “We needed somebody to named to the all-tournament defense, but we’ve got to fig- including 10 in the first half. Chicago State 77: Roberto four games. step up there, and Roberto team, along with Caleb ure out how to fix that,” he But led by Woods, who Nelson tied a career high Nelson credits his recent answered the challenge,” Owens, who had 20 points in said. “We’re way better than was 7 of 11 from the field with with 34 points and Oregon success to his team’s post Oregon State coach Craig the opening win against we were last year. They play four dunks, and Kazemi, the State pulled away from visit- players, whom he says are Robinson said. Yoncalla and four Saturday. hard — period. You can’t ever Chirnside was the tour- be disappointed with the nament’s most valuable effort.” player and Lyon also was on Santiam Christian 50, Big East faces uncertain hoops future the all-tournament team for Bandon 35: The host Eagles North Valley. held off a second-half come- VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Villanova’s Coquille turns around back attempt by the Tigers to Big East banner that hangs in the rafters Tuesday to host another top win on Saturday. already has a white patch stitched over Class 4A team, North Bend, Logan Shea had 12 points for Bandon. Jordan Risinger West Virginia. and hosts much-improved scored 18 for the Eagles. The Wildcats can now start putting Siuslaw on Thursday. The Xs over most of the rest of the confer- ence schools, as well. The Big East — a proud league built named to the all-tournament on basketball moments like the 1985 GIRLS team. Wildcats stunning conference rival From Page B1 Georgetown in the national champi- Phoenix Invitational onship game — will soon become “We’ve got some young Klamath Union 55, extinct, even if the name lives on in ones,”Clark said, referring to Reedsport 37: The Pelicans some unrecognizable form. freshman guard Hailey topped the Braves in the On Saturday, Villanova, Timeus and sophomore post third-place game at Phoenix Georgetown, St. John’s, DePaul, Morrigan Clifford. “We’re on Saturday, outscoring Marquette, Seton Hall and Providence The Associated Press Marquette coach Buzz Williams watches from the sideline during his team’s game against still trying to find ourselves a Reedsport 36-8 in the middle all decided to officially separate from little bit.” two quarters. the conference many of them helped to Savannah State Saturday. Marquette is one of seven Big East schools that have decided to leave the conference and pursue a new basketball framework. The Panthers travel to Kayla Doane had 21 points build, so they can construct a league Riddle today and then com- to lead Reedsport. focused on basketball in this ever- Seton Hall and Providence helped form more year in the Big East or figure out a pete in a three-day tourna- The Braves lost to eventu- changing landscape of college athletics. the Big East, which started playing bas- way to get started on their league a sea- ment at Klamath Falls start- al champion Phoenix in the The breakaway from the Big East was ketball in 1979. Villanova joined in 1980, son early. No one wants to deal with the ing Thursday. semifinals Friday. only the first step. It will be weeks and and Marquette and DePaul in 2005. The uncertainty and nastiness that can lead Coquille, meanwhile, is months of uncertainty, and possibly Big East began playing football in 1991. from a split for any more time than nec- home against North Bend on Nonleague lawsuits, before the final structure over “I just like the fact that our schools essary. Tuesday and visits Siuslaw Oakland 53, Pacific 24: this transition period falls into place. are being proactive and moving in a The breakup, however, is almost on Thursday. The Pirates got 22 points The seven schools must decide who direction that I think will be just great,” guaranteed to get messy. The Big East Tim GeDeros said he from Riley Engdahl, but only will join them in the new hoops-heavy DePaul coach Oliver Purnell said. “I’ve name, after all, will be up for grabs in expects a bigger challenge two from the rest of the conference, when they want to depart, always said DePaul will be fine because negotiations. from the Panthers next team, falling at home to the where they’ll play a conference tourna- we’ll be in a terrific basketball league “The association has served us well, month. Oakers. ment, and whether they will attempt to and nothing’s transpired in the last for sure,” Villanova Athletic Director “Chris is a good coach,”he “We couldn’t throw it in keep the Big East name. Plus, the league week or so that’s changed my mind.” Vince Nicastro said. “It’s been part of said. “When we have them the ocean,” Pacific coach Ben will need a commissioner. For most of the schools, leaving is the fabric of our programs. But we’re down there, he’ll have them Stallard said. “I thought we There is no true timetable for any of bittersweet, but it is a move necessitat- looking forward.” ready.” could play with that team. those decisions. Like so many of these ed by earlier defections like Syracuse Villanova coach Jay Wright, a native North Valley 54, We were getting good shots. reshaped conferences that stretch from (ACC), Pittsburgh (ACC) and West of the area, and raised on the Big East, Yoncalla 45: The Knights It was just one of those nights coast to coast, this new league won’t be Virginia (Big 12), and the heavy empha- said the time was right for a change. scored 21 points in the second when they wouldn’t fall.” confined to eastern teams. Xavier, sis on the cash-cow football programs. “All of us basketball schools (are quarter and 23 in the fourth Brooke Spencer had 18 Butler,Dayton, Creighton, and Gonzaga, “I think the tipping point in the mind now) able to get together and say, ‘OK, to beat the Eagles in the con- points to lead the Oakers. way out in Spokane, Wash., also don’t of all seven of us was the most recent where are we going to go? How are we solation game. Stallard said he’s looking play major college football and would be departure of Louisville and Rutgers,” going to do this?’” he said. “Not sit back Kenzi Schmoll had a forward to a break from natural fits to align with these Catholic said Villanova’s president, the Rev. Peter and say, ‘Let’s wait and see what the game-high 24 points and games — Pacific doesn’t play schools. The league also will consider M. Donohue. “There was a concern on football schools decide, then let’s see Lexi Pittman added 22, again until the Crow tourna- non-denominational schools, as well. all of our parts about where the confer- where we’re going to go.’” including three 3-pointers, ment after Christmas. “They don’t necessarily have to be ence was heading and where basketball The latest hit to the Big East leaves for North Valley. Mikala “It will be nice to have a Catholic, but it could happen,” Patrick was playing a part in the conference.” Connecticut, also a founding member, Mohr was the only other full week of practice,” he said. Lyons, Seton Hall’s athletic director, Big East bylaws require departing Cincinnati, Temple and South Florida — North Valley player to score, Santiam Christian 52, said. “We’re not restricting it. We also members give the conference 27 the four current members with FBS foot- finishing with 10 points. Bandon 34: The Tigers fell have to consider our football-playing months’ notice, but the league has ball programs — as the only schools cur- Tabitha Shaw had 14 behind 42-14 on the road Big East partners and what they plan to negotiated early departures with rently in the Big East that are scheduled to points and Salista Williams against the Eagles before fin- do. But we’re extremely excited about Orange, Panthers and Mountaineers be there beyond the 2013-14 school year. added 12 for the Eagles, who ishing strong in the final being able to shape our future.” over the past year. Those schools all had The Big East is still lined up to have a led by 11 points after the first eight minutes. The seven departing schools have to pay exit fees. Big East rules do allow 12-team football conference next season quarter, trailed by four at Hailey Iverson had 11 won three men’s basketball national schools to leave as a group without with six new members, including Boise halftime and led by two points for the Tigers. Jessi championships with 18 Final Four being obligated to pay exit fees. State and San Diego State for football entering the fourth. Seumalo led the Eagles with appearances. Georgetown, St. John’s, The seven schools could play one only. Schmoll and Shaw were 20 points.

Friday night, won two in a James Harden scored 28 NBA row for the first time since a points for the Rockets and Raptors build three-game streak from Nov. Marcus Morris added 19. 16-20. Nuggets 122, Kings 97: win streak Even without injured Reserve JaVale McGee scored From Page B1 stars Steve Nash and Pau 19 points, Danilo Gallinari Gasol, the Lakers hardly had 18 and Denver built a big Anderson made a pair of resembled the team which lead in the first half to cruise free throws to close New entered the night four games past Sacramento. Orleans to within 85-80. His below .500. The Nuggets scored 16 3-pointer pulled the Hornets Nick Young paced the straight points to snap a to 90-87 with 3:21 left. Lance reeling Sixers (12-12) with 30 first-quarter tie and take Thomas got them closer with points. control. a putback but Aldridge had a Raptors 103, Rockets Isaiah Thomas had 20 step-back jumper with 1:04 96: Jose Calderon had 18 points and DeMarcus to make it 92-89. points, 14 assists and 10 Cousins had 19 points and 11 Lakers 111, 76ers 98: rebounds, and Toronto won rebounds for the Kings. • Total Mobile Audio • XM & Sirius Systems Kobe Bryant scored 34 consecutive games for the Sacramento’s Aaron • Video Entertainment Systems • Pandora Internet Radio points, Metta World Peace first time in eight months Brooks committed a hard foul added 19 points and a career- with a victory over Houston. against Andre Miller late in high 16 rebounds, and the Alan Anderson had 24 the first quarter and a mild Los Angeles Lakers won con- points and DeMar DeRozan altercation ensued involving Stereo-To-GoStereo-To-Go secutive games for the first added 19 for the Raptors (6- Cousins and Kenneth Faried time in nearly a month. 19), who hadn’t won consec- of the Nuggets. All four play- 541-756-1475 • 2229 1/2 Newmark Ave., North Bend The Lakers (11-14), who utive games since April 13 ers were given technical Open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm beat Washington 102-96 on and 15 of last season. fouls. C M C M Y K Y K