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BRIEFS Inmate attacks Jones officially declared guard with makeshift winner in U.S. Senate race weapon at MONTGOMERY (AP) — Democrat Doug concede and even filed a last-ditch lawsuit state prison Jones’ historic victory over Republican Roy hours before the certification, but a judge re- SPRINGVILLE Moore was declared official Thursday as Al- jected his claims. Alabama election officials abama election officials certified him the also found no evidence of voting irregulari- (AP) — Authorities winner of the special Senate election earlier ties. say an inmate con- this month, despite claims of voter irregu- A spokesman for Jones earlier called victed of murder at- larities from his opponent. Moore’s lawsuit a “desperate attempt ... to tacked a Jones defeated Moore on Dec. 12 by about subvert the will of the people.” 22,000 votes in a stunning victory in a “The election is over. It’s time to move on,” correctional officer deeply red state. It was the first Democratic Sam Coleman wrote in an email. AP Photo/John Bazemore, File at an Alabama Senate victory in a quarter-century in Ala- Jones will be sworn in on Jan. 3, narrow- In this Dec. 12 file photo, Democrat Doug prison. bama. Moore was dogged by accusations of ing the GOP’s advantage in the U.S. Senate Jones speaks in Birmingham. Jones was of- The Alabama De- sexual misconduct involving teenage girls to 51-49. He takes over the seat previously that occurred decades ago. ficially certified as winner of the U.S. Senate partment of Correc- The state’s former chief justice refused to See ELECTION, A5 race Thursday in Montgomery. tions said in a news release that 27- year-old Daryl Row- SALVATION ARMY OF WALKER COUNTY INSIDE ell attacked the officer who was es- corting him to a housing area inside St. Clair Correc- tional Facility with a makeshift weapon around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The officer was cut in the attack and treated at a local hospital. His injuries are not life threaten- Higher energy costs ing. accompany bitter cold snap in U.S. 4-year-old PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — boy dead after Plunging temperatures across accidentally half the country on Thursday shooting self underscored a stark reality for low-income Americans who A young boy died rely on heating aid: Their dol- Thursday in Bibb lars aren’t going to go as far County after author- this winter because of rising ities say he found a energy costs. / A3 gun and shot him- self in the face. The shooting hap- Daily Mountain Eagle - file photo pened at the home The Salvation Army of Walker County surpassed its 2017 Red Kettle campaign goal of of the 4-year-old in $100,000 with a little more than $103,000 donated this holiday season. Spectrum Brierfield, said Bibb County District At- torney Michael increases Jackson. Red Kettle campaign Internet speed DEATHS in county Leland Thomas Glaze, 77, tops $100,000 goal By ED HOWELL Somerville Daily Mountain Eagle Sarah Ruth Chaffin, 83, Nauvoo Charity donations likely to drop fundraiser’s success, adding that it took all the Walker County customers of Spec- next year due to tax law / A8 bell ringers and other volunteers working in trum Internet can now see an im- Full obituaries / A2 Walker, Winston and Marion counties to help the provement in their service. By LEA RIZZO campaign become such a success. On Wednesday, Spectrum Daily Mountain Eagle Around $41,000 came from Winston and Mar- (www.spectrum.com) confirmed in- WEATHER ion counties, while the rest of the amount came creased download speeds for the com- The Salvation Army of Walker County has sur- from Walker County. Morman credited the kettle pany’s internet service in the passed its 2017 Red Kettle Campaign coordinators in each county for helping Birmingham area also include Walker High Low goal of $100,000. make bell ringing a good experience for County customers. A spokeswoman, 51 29 This year’s campaign total was volunteers Jennifer Candler, said customers in $103,337, thanks to both kettle dona- She also thanked everyone who helped Jasper will be part of that action. tions and kettle sponsorships. Approxi- out as volunteers and bell ringers, which The company has increased the mately $20,000 of the amount was included “little bitty kids to senior citi- speeds in this area from 60 Mbps to INDEX raised in the campaign’s final three zens. We were just excited that every- 100 Mbps, which amounts to a 66 per- days, according to the Walker County lo- body wanted to participate. cent increase, according to a release Classifieds...... B6 cation’s executive director Saderia Mor- “People wanted to ring [the bells] and the company issued last week. Comics...... A4 man. See RED KETTLE, A5 See SPECTRUM, A5 Dear Abby...... A4 “I’m pretty pumped,” she said about the Horoscope...... A4 Money & market.....A7 Opinion...... A6 Sports...... B1 Aderholt: Time to plan Two sections, 16 pages for trips to Washington Check out our By ED HOWELL Facebook Daily Mountain Eagle page at Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt is urging those thinking of coming to Washington, D.C., in the spring and summer to start making plans now in order to have time to process the tours. “While many people still have their Christmas deco- rations up, spring is just around the corner. And now is the time to start planning your family’s trip to Wash- ington, D.C.,” Aderholt said in a release. “Our nation’s Daily Mountain Eagle - Ron Harris capital is an excellent choice that is filled with great his- tory, great monuments and great sites. An added bonus One stop that’s a must in Washington, D.C., is Arlington National Cemetery, where you can witness the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of See WASHINGTON, A5 the Unknown Soldier. A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Fri., Dec. 29, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Friday, December 29, 2017 TENN. Leland Thomas Glaze Sarah Ruth Chaffin Oxford Funeral services for Leland Thomas Glaze, 77, of October 20, 1934 – December 27, 2017 43/25 Huntsville ARK. 46/27 Somerville, will be held today, Dec. 29, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Sarah Ruth Chaffin, 83, of Nauvoo, passed away Union Church of Christ. Tom Larkin will officiate. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at Princeton Baptist Medical Burial will be in Antioch Methodist Church Cemetery. Center. She was a member of Lupton Baptist Church. GA. Visitation will be held today, Dec. 29, 2017, from 1 until 2 The family will receive friends Saturday, Dec. 30, p.m. at Union Church of Christ. 2017, at 10 a.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Greenville Birmingham Glaze passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at his Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, at 11 44/28 51/30 residence. He was born January 12, 1940, in Jefferson a.m. in the Collins-Burke Chapel, with burial at Walker County to Dennis Thomas Glaze and Charlotte Alice Memory Gardens. Dave Saxton will officiate. Brogdon Glaze. He was employed as a salesman for Sears Chaffin was preceded in death by her parents, Johnny prior to his retirement. and Virgie Burton; mother-in-law and father-in-law, He was preceded in death by his parents. Cleve and Mary Chaffin; and brother, Jack Burton. Jackson Montgomery 53/32 He is survived by his wife, Barbara Glaze of Somerville; She is survived by her husband, Glenn C. Chaffin; 53/33 two sons, Kevin Glaze (Beth) of Somerville and Shane daughters, Margaret Scurlock (David) and Phyllis Up- Glaze (Rebecca) of Somerville; one daughter, Mitzi Dun- tain (Dennis); sisters, Marie Kimbrell, Barbara Rollo away (David) of Somerville; one brother, Euel Glaze of and Patricia Phillips; special friend, Larry Swindle; Brookhaven Hattiesburg 52/34 53/34 Jasper; five sisters, Betty Faye Ryland of Jasper, Peggy granddaughter, Nikki Higginbotham (R.J); and great- Whitfield (Ronnie) of Jasper, Glynace McCurry (Larry) of grandchildren, Henslee Higginbotham, Roman Higgin- Mobile Cordova, Denise Whitehurst (Franklin) of Panama City, botham, Adrun Higginbotham, Lucas Higginbotham 57/38 Fla., and Eunice McKnight (Jake) of Panama City, Fla.; and Lauren Higginbotham. LA. FLA. nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Special thanks to Lakewood Assisted Living. Pallbearers will be Jacob Dunaway, Caleb Dunaway, Kevin Thomas Glaze, Jeff Carter, Nick Anderson and Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 David Levin.

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©2017 AccuWeather, Inc. In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicine

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to treat cancer and even pull off the biblical-sounding feat of helping the blind to see were approved by U.S. regulators, estab- AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file lishing gene manipulation as a new In this Dec. 18 file photo, cars from an Amtrak train mode of medicine. Almost 20 years ago, a teen’s lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below alongside death in a gene experiment put a smashed vehicles as some train cars remain on chill on what had been a field full of the tracks above in DuPont, Wash. Dozens of 911 outsized expectations. Now, a series call recordings released by South Sound 911 Dis- of jaw-dropping successes have re- newed hopes that some one-time patch provide a vivid account of the Dec. 18 wreck fixes of DNA, the chemical code that from survivors and witnesses. governs life, might turn out to be cures. “I am totally willing to use the ‘C’ AP Photo/Bill West, File word,” said the National Institutes 911 calls show of Health’s director, Dr. Francis In this Oct. 4 file photo, Dr. Albert Maguire, right, checks the eyes Collins. of Misa Kaabali, 8, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Misa Gene therapy aims to treat the chaos of Washington root cause of a problem by deleting, was 4-years-old when he received his gene therapy treatment. On adding or altering DNA, rather than Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the therapy state train derailment just treating symptoms that result which improves the vision of patients with a rare form of inherited from the genetic flaw. blindness, another major advance for the burgeoning field of genetic The advent of gene editing — a SEATTLE (AP) — Whimpering in pain, bleeding from more precise and long-lasting way to medicine. head injuries and dazed by the enormity of the crash, do gene therapy — may expand the victims in the Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle number and types of diseases that at the back of the eye that converts The Associated Press after doctors begged 911 dispatchers for help and said “tons of people” can be treated. In November, Cali- light into signals to the brain, en- sent viruses containing a corrective had been hurt. fornia scientists tried editing a gene abling sight. The therapy injects a gene and an editing tool through an Dozens of emergency recordings released Wednesday inside someone’s body for the first modified virus containing a correc- IV into his body. by South Sound 911 Dispatch provided a vivid account time , using a tool called zinc finger tive gene into the retina so the cells The hope is that the gene and the of what happened during the deadly Dec. 18 crash. nucleases for a man with a meta- can make the protein. editing tool would enter some of his “My abdomen hurts really bad. I don’t feel good,” said bolic disease. It’s like a cut-and- Children who received the treat- liver cells and insert the instructions a crying woman identified as Angela who was bleeding paste operation to place a new gene ment told what it was like to gain vi- needed to start making an enzyme from her head and wailed in panic each time she in a specific spot. Tests of another sion. he lacks. couldn’t find an answer to a dispatcher’s questions. “I editing tool called CRISPR, to genet- “Oh yikes, colors. Colors are super It’s not known yet if it worked. don’t know how old I am off the top of my head. I’m ically alter human cells in the lab, fun,” said 13-year-old Caroline Sangamo Therapeutics is testing its sorry!” may start next year. Carper of Little Rock, Arkansas. therapy in several studies, and inde- Angela was in Car 5 with her 14-year-old son as the “There are a few times in our lives “And the sunshine is blinding.” pendent monitors will help decide passenger train barreled through a curve at 78 mph when science astonishes us. This is Gene therapies also showed some when results are released. (126 kph) in a 30 mph zone, derailing along both sides one of those times,” Dr. Matthew promise against a variety of diseases “It’s a pretty exciting milestone,” of the tracks and toppling some cars onto Interstate 5 Porteus, a Stanford University gene including hemophilia , a blood clot- Collins said, because it shows a way below. editing expert, told a Senate panel ting problem; “bubble boy” disease, to treat more diseases than ones Angela begged for help and ordered her bleeding son discussing this technology last where a flawed immune system that can be addressed now by alter- to lie still because he had neck and back pain. He took month. leaves patients vulnerable to fatal ing blood cells in the lab or injecting a hit to his face. They got slammed into a table. She It’s a common path for trail-blaz- infections, and sickle cell disease, a genes into the eye. couldn’t find her shoes. ing science — success initially seems serious and painful blood disorder “You can imagine having a scala- “Everybody’s getting off but I’m afraid to move my within reach, setbacks send re- common among black people. ble approach to thousands of genetic son,” Angela said, adding that “tons of people are hurt!” searchers back to the lab, new un- It’s not all good news, though. The diseases,” he said. Authorities say it could take more than a year to un- derstandings emerge over years, and therapies don’t work for everyone. derstand how the inaugural run of the train carrying 85 studies ultimately reveal what is They’re shockingly expensive. And WHAT’S NEXT passengers and crew members ended in disaster along safe and effective. no one knows how long some results Top of Collins’ list: muscular dys- a new 15-mile (24-kilometer) bypass route. Here is a look at what’s been will last, though scientists say the trophy and sickle cell. Friends Jim Hamre, 61, and Zack Willhoite, 35, died achieved and what lies ahead. aim is a one-time repair that gets at There’s been so much progress of brain and skull injuries. Benjamin Gran, 40, died of the root cause. that the NIH has modified an over- multiple traumatic injuries. A STRING OF FIRSTS “The whole promise ... is to cure sight panel that just a few years ago Another 911 caller said there were bodies everywhere. The year started with no gene diseases. It’s based on the rationale reviewed every gene therapy exper- A dispatcher said there were at least 12 bodies on the therapies sold in the U.S. and only a of fixing the problem,” not just im- iment in the U.S. Most are consid- tracks. couple elsewhere. Then the Food and proving treatment, said Dr. Carl ered safe enough to go ahead One man called seeking information about his wife Drug Administration approved the June, a University of Pennsylvania without the Recombinant DNA Ad- after learning she hit her head while on the train. He first CAR-T cell therapies, which scientist who pioneered CAR-T ther- visory Committee’s review. The said he was driving to the scene, but the dispatcher alter a patient’s own blood cells to apy. panel hasn’t even met for a year. urged him to avoid the area so he didn’t get stuck on the turn them into specialized cancer When the panel was formed road. killers. They’re only for certain types A NEW FRONTIER: decades ago, “there was a lot of con- of leukemia and lymphoma now, but GENE EDITING cern that a graduate student could more are in the works for other In mid-November, Brian Madeux, take some of this home and create a blood cancers. a 44-year-old Phoenix man with a monster in his basement,” said one VOLUME 56 NUMBER 204 Last week, the FDA approved metabolic disease called Hunter syn- panel member, Boston scientist Dr. Luxturna, the first gene therapy for drome, had just become the first per- Howard Kaufman. an inherited disease, a form of blind- son to try an experimental gene Those fears have eased, he said. Daily Mountain Eagle ness. People with it can’t make a editing treatment. “There’s no monsters that have protein needed by the retina, tissue “I believe in science,” he texted materialized from this.” - Main Office - 1301 E. 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ABBY: I GARFIELD started BY JIM DAVIS seeing a new doc- tor six months ago to be treated for a seri- ous med- Dear Abby ical By Abigail condition. Van Buren I respect his medical opinion and the fact that many doctors BLONDIE treating my condition would be judgmental and lack compassion. He has offered both. While I ap- preciate his skills as a BY DEAN YOUNG & DENIS LEBRUN doctor, I have started to develop romantic feelings for him. I realize telling him would put him in an awkward position and possibly jeopardize our professional relationship because of the ethical im- plications. I don’t want to move on to another doctor PEANUTS because I value his serv-

ices. How do I get over it? BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ — ANONYMOUSLY IN LOVE DEAR IN LOVE: Your romantic feelings for your doctor are not as unusual as you may think. When a person needs ongoing medical care as you do, it’s nat- ural to feel vulnerable

and dependent. When MARVIN that happens, some-

thing called “transfer- BY TOM ARMSTRONG ence” can occur. The emotions associated with one person — such as a parent — be- come transferred to the doctor. If you keep this in mind, it may help you to better han- dle your emotions. DEAR ABBY: I was THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME adopted at a year old by by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek loving parents. Through a Unscramble these four Jumbles, lifetime of hard work, WALKER BY MORT one letter to each square, BEETLE BAILEY they have become to form four ordinary words. wealthy. Their generosity allowed my husband and XEPLI me to buy our first home and start married life debt-free. My problem is, ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC their community and All Rights Reserved. friends, including some of AOOCC my husband’s and my own, often feel compelled to bring the subject up. I always thought it was rude to ask questions GIMSAT BY JOHN ROSE

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DEAR GRATEFUL: CRANKSHAFT Remember this. You do By Eugenia Last not have to answer HOROSCOPES By Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers By Tom every question that is asked of you. When CELEBRITIES BORN that lay ahead. Expand questions about your ON THIS DAY: Jude your awareness and con- home or finances are Law, 45; Patricia Clark- sider how you want to raised, reply, “That’s son, 58; Ted Danson, 70; live your life. very personal. My par- Jon Voight, 79. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. ents are generous, and Happy Birthday: 22): People from your my husband and I are Don’t get down; get mov- past will come back into grateful.” PERIOD! ing. If something isn’t the your life. Be wary of any- way you like, look for a one trying to smooth-talk DEAR ABBY: My hus- way to make positive you into something you band and I disagree about changes that will encour- don’t really want to pur- HI & LOIS how to handle taking our age you to live a better sue. By Chance Brown children shopping with life. SCORPIO (Oct. 23- us. 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Eugenialast.com, or join Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or 22): Think big and con- Eugenia on Twitter/Face- P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. sider all the possibilities book/LinkedIn. DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Fri., Dec. 29, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com — A5 Drought recedes Universities facing #MeToo some in county, region By ED HOWELL movement over sexual harassment Daily Mountain Eagle WASHINGTON (AP) — The drought in Alabama and Walker County re- When Celeste Kidd was a ceded some over the past week. graduate student of neuro- A map released by the U.S. Drought Monitor on science at the University of Thursday, showing the situation as of Tuesday, indi- Rochester she says a pro- cated that the bottom third of the county was in the fessor supervising her lightest status, abnormally dry, while only the south- made her life unbearable ern tip of the county had the next status, moderate by stalking her, making de- drought. The northern two-thirds of the county had no meaning comments about drought. her weight and talking The agency’s website indicated that “abnormally about sex. dry” is used for “areas showing dryness but not yet in Ten years on and now a drought, or for areas recovering from drought.” professor of neuroscience The area of moderate drought receded to the south- at the university, Kidd is ern ends of Lamar, Fayette and Jefferson counties, al- taking legal action. She though most of Tuscaloosa and all of Pickens counties has filed a federal lawsuit were in moderate drought. Several western counties against the school alleging below that area also were in moderate drought, as was that it mishandled its sex- the southeastern corner of the state, where the ual harassment investiga- drought expanded to Coffee County and the western tion into the professor’s edge of Geneva County. actions and then retaliated against her and her col- While areas of Winston County were abnormally AP Photo/Brett Carlsen dry last week, none were this week. Half of Marion leagues for reporting the County had no drought, while last week it was divided misconduct. Professor Celeste Kidd is photographed at University of Rochester in between abnormal and moderate areas. Fayette “We are trying to bring Rochester, N.Y. When Kidd was a graduate student at the University of County was almost all in moderate drought last week, transparency to a system while the top two-thirds is now abnormally dry. Jef- that is corrupt,” Kidd told Rochester, she says a professor supervising her made her life unbearable ferson County was almost all moderate drought last The Associated Press. by stalking her, making demeaning comments about her weight and talking week, while the bottom third this week is moderate Academia — like Holly- about sex. Ten years on and now a professor of neuroscience at the univer- and most of the rest is abnormally dry. wood, the media and Con- sity, Kidd is taking legal action. She has filed a federal lawsuit against the The U.S. Drought Monitor noted 61 percent of the gress — is facing its own state is at least abnormally dry, down from nearly 71 #MeToo movement over al- school alleging that it mishandled its sexual harassment investigation into percent last week, and the area that is in moderate legations of sexual miscon- the professor’s actions and then retaliated against her and her colleagues drought has decreased from 18 percent to nearly 17 duct. Brett Sokolow, who for reporting the misconduct. percent. The area that is not in any drought increased heads an association of from 29 percent to about 39 percent. sexual harassment investi- they know about or have guistics professor at the ment complaint. The uni- An overview noted rains brought improvements to gators on campuses, esti- heard about because a pro- New York university’s cog- versity investigated but northern Alabama and Georgia and South Carolina, mates that the number of fessor is bringing in a big nitive sciences department found the allegations un- where moderate to heavy rains brought anywhere reported complaints has grant or is adding to the who was one of her aca- substantiated. The profes- from 1 to 4 inches of precipitation. About 2 to 4 inches risen by about 10 percent stature of the university,” demic advisers in 2007, sors say the university were measured in northern Alabama. since the accusations said Neena Chaudhry, sen- pressured her to rent a then began a retaliation against Hollywood mogul ior counsel at the National room in his apartment for campaign against them. In Harvey Weinstein surfaced Women’s Law Center. a year. She says he then August, Kidd together with in early October, spurring Activists say young constantly intruded in her group of faculty members more women to speak out women pursuing graduate private life, demoralized filed a complaint with the Utah deputy recalls against harassment in var- studies are especially vul- her and talked to her about Equal Employment Oppor- ious fields. The increase is nerable to sexual miscon- oral sex and other sexually tunity Commission, a fed- breaking through frozen mostly from women com- duct because they depend explicit topics. eral agency in charge of plaining of harassment by heavily on their academic “I begged him to stop workplace discrimination faculty members who are adviser to complete their and to just advise me pro- issues. In December, Kidd pond to pull out boy their superiors. degrees, pursue research in fessionally and he said and her colleagues filed a But the Trump adminis- their field of study and get that was impossible, that federal lawsuit. By The Associated Press Crouse said the boy was tration has viewed the recommendations for fu- wasn’t his mentorship The university re- hospitalized in Salt Lake issue of sexual harassment ture jobs. Reporting mis- style,” Kidd said in a phone sponded by placing Jaeger, NEW HARMONY, City but he didn’t have on campus in a different conduct could endanger an interview. “There were now a tenured professor, on Utah — A Utah sheriff’s details on his condition. light. Education Secretary academic career. And be- many moments where I administrative leave and deputy said Tuesday he Thompson said Betsy DeVos has scrapped sides damaging the went to sleep in the lab commissioning an inde- was desperate and numb deputies were hopeful. Obama-era regulations on women’s mental health and I wondered what I had pendent investigation. Re- from the cold as he The boy fell through investigating sexual as- and well-being, sexual ha- done to deserve the hell I sults are expected in early punched and stomped his the ice in the town of New sault, arguing that they rassment can chase some was living in every day.” January. way into a frozen pond on Harmony, north of St. were skewed in favor of the of them out of academia al- When Kidd protested, University President Christmas Day to pull George. accuser. together. Jaeger made it understood Joel Seligman said in a out an 8-year-old boy who After arriving at the New instructions allow “Often professors who that he could derail her ca- statement that the school had fallen through the ice scene, Thompson, who universities to require are advising graduate stu- reer. “He had a lot of con- is committed to creating a while chasing his dog. had served on a search higher standards of evi- dents are the students’ trol over my work life, he safe and respectful envi- With cuts on his fore- and rescue dive team, dence when handling such gateway to their degree at- had the ears of everybody ronment, but vowed to arms, Washington began searching an area complaints. tainment and their career in the field,” she recalled. “vigorously defend” himself County sheriff’s Sgt. where a woman reported A forthcoming study of prospects,” said Anne “He reminded me con- and the university provost Aaron Thompson said at seeing the boy’s hand flail nearly 300 such cases in Hedgepeth with the Amer- stantly that they know against some personal a news conference that about four minutes ear- the Utah Law Review ican Association of Univer- him, that he was a big shot claims made against them rescuers believe the child lier. found that one in 10 female sity Women. “That’s an and that I was no one.” in the suit. was in the 37-degree The deputy stomped to graduate students at major immense amount of power In the end, Kidd moved Jaeger did not respond to water for about 30 min- break through the ice and research universities re- that professors hold. It’s out of Jaeger’s apartment an email seeking comment. utes until the deputy res- work his way deeper, ports being sexually ha- also an immense amount and abandoned language But shortly after the case cued him. pounding with his hands rassed by a faculty of risk that students take research so that she would- was made public this fall, “I couldn’t feel any- and fists. member. And in more than when coming forward n’t have to be supervised he emailed his students to thing. I didn’t notice any- “As the ice got thicker, I half of those cases, the al- when future prospects are by Jaeger. She now studies say that while some of the thing when I was doing couldn’t break it with my leged perpetrator is a re- on the line.” attention and general online comments about it,” Thompson said. “I arms and my fists any- peat offender, according to That sums up what hap- learning. him were painful to read, “I knew that time was of the more, so I had to jump up the study. pened to Kidd, according to Last year, two professors am glad that there is now essence. I had a very on top of the ice, putting “Often schools might the lawsuit. at the department, in generally so much support short window to get that my weight on it, and then turn a blind eye toward Kidd says Florian whom Kidd eventually con- for people who speak up child out of the water.” pound on it to get it to sexual harassment that Jaeger, a distinguished lin- fided, filed a sexual harass- against discrimination.” Sheriff’s Lt. David break,” he said.

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Kennedy are will be in town, adding he The money raised from the Red Kettle campaign — He said one major rea- the place where I work, the buried at Arlington, along hopes to see them soon in the Salvation Army’s largest annual fundraiser — will son to start planning now U.S. Capitol Building. His with the graves of the as- Washington. stay within the local communities, which is something is to make plans for tour- actual office is at 235 Can- tronauts of the Space Aderholt’s web page for Morman said a lot of people don’t realize. The funds ing the White House, not- non House Office Building, Shuttles Challenger and tours and tickets allows will go towards the Salvation Army’s angel tree, dis- ing the tours of the at 27 Independence Ave. Columbia. one to check off the govern- aster aid and back-to-school program, among other president’s house are SE. His Washington office “The different Smithson- ment tourist sites they things. It will also go towards the organization’s food available through his of- phone number is (202) ian museums are free, and want to see. bank, which has served over 1,500 people since June fice for free. However, he 225-4876. hold some of our nation’s It also has a page to 2017 and 185 people in October alone. noted important details “Tours of the Capitol most treasured artifacts, more extensive informa- Morman said that until she started looking more also have to be kept in also have no entrance fee from the Wright Brother’s tion on government and closely at the numbers that “we started to realize how mind. and are available through plane, to the Apollo 11 non-government tourist back of an impact the Salvation Army has. We’ve had “Due to security, we can- my office,” he said. “Your crew capsule to Dorothy’s sites in the D.C. area, in- huge numbers that have been coming through. not process requests that tour will include the Capi- ruby slippers from ‘The cluding museums, historic “Our tagline is ‘doing the most good.’ That’s what we come to us less than 21 tol Visitor Center, Crypt, Wizard of Oz.’” homes, theaters, major strive to and that’s what we’ll do with these dona- days from your visit. In Rotunda, Statuary Hall, Aderholt also recom- league sports, public trans- tions,” she concluded. fact, we recommend re- and the gallery of the mended seeing many of portation and maps. questing tickets approxi- House Chamber where the memorials along the mately three months in you can see lawmakers at National Mall, which in- Editor’s Note: An additional site advance because they are work.” clude the Washington Me- near the Capitol that is not listed on Spectrum From A1 Aderholt’s website is the Newseum, granted on a first come, Aderholt also recom- morial, the Lincoln which is dedicated to the history of No price increase will for streaming, surfing and first served basis,” Ader- mended a number of other Memorial and the Jeffer- journalism, free expression and the be charged for the im- social media, all with no holt said. sites to see while in Wash- son Memorial, among oth- five freedoms of the First Amend- proved service, which is change in the price of You can request tickets ington. ers. ment: religion, speech, press, as- sembly and petition. 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He attached a Alabama Secretary of State John the release it has also au- tomers will need a new sions. The term expires in January statement from a poll worker that Merrill said he had not found any tomatically increased modem to receive the 2021. she had noticed licenses from Geor- evidence of voter fraud, but that his speeds for current resi- faster speeds, and af- Jones is a former U.S. attorney gia and North Carolina as people office will investigate any complaint dential customers with fected customers will be best known for prosecuting two Ku signed in to vote. Moore submits. new Spectrum Internet contacted directly with Klux Klansmen responsible for The complaint also noted the Rick Hasen, an election law expert packages and for clients details on exchanging Birmingham’s infamous 1963 higher-than-expected turnout in the and professor at the University of with new Spectrum Busi- their modem. church bombing. race, particularly in Jefferson California, Irvine, said Moore’s com- ness Internet service. Customers with legacy Moore’s campaign was deeply County, and said Moore’s numbers plaint did not raise the sort of issues “More than 99 percent Spectrum packages will wounded by the sexual misconduct were suspiciously lower than that lead courts to overturn an elec- of our customers now receive the faster speeds accusations. Moore denied the accu- straight-ticket Republican voting in tion. have access to Spectrum automatically in 2018, ac- sations and said in the lawsuit that about 20 Jefferson County precincts. He said Moore’s complaint might Internet with starting cording to the release. he had passed a polygraph test to The complaint asked for a fraud in- just be a way for him to fundraise speeds of 100 Mbps,” said Spectrum is the name prove they are false. vestigation and eventually a new and throw “red meat to his loyal sup- Joe Pell, assistant vice of the broadband services Moore’s attorney wrote in the election. porters.” president of field opera- offered by Charter Com- wide-ranging complaint that he be- “This is not a Republican or Demo- Moore has sent several fundrais- tions for Alabama. “We’re munications, the second lieved there were irregularities dur- crat issue as election integrity ing emails to supporters asking for delivering internet cus- largest cable operator in ing the election, including that should matter to everyone,” Moore donations to investigate claims of tomers even more speed the United States. voters may have been brought in said in a statement Wednesday. voter fraud. 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Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 OPINION A6 EDITORIALS Trump, Trump and more Trump Between his “American carnage” inau- true but unflattering. He set up a voter gural address in January and the eco- integrity commission to investigate non- nomic carnage promised by his tax-cut existent election fraud. bill passed last week, Donald Trump be- Trump shocked the nation by blaming strode our editorial pages like a colossus. violence “on many sides” for deadly con- The trail of political and social destruc- frontations in Charlottesville, Va. He tion he left in 2017 leaves little hope for said marchers on the KKK and neo-Nazi less turmoil in 2018. side of the dispute included “some very Every president dominates the news, fine people.” These statements, like of course, but Trump — by virtue of his scores of others spoken or tweeted in ego, his need for attention, his uneasy re- haste on major national or international lationship with truth and casual disre- issues, underscore how Trump is his own gard for the institutions of American worst enemy. His public approval ratings democracy — dominated like no other. are abysmal because of his frightening Even natural disasters like hurricanes impulsiveness. and cultural tsunamis like the #MeToo Trump has destroyed longtime al- movement could not escape Trump’s spe- liances across Europe, Canada and Aus- cial touch. tralia. His tweeted insults about North Not since 1933, when Franklin D. Roo- Korea’s Kim Jong-un were childish and sevelt upended government to pull the dangerous. nation out of the Depression, has a pres- His ineffectual response to the hurri- ident been such a force in his first year. cane victims in Puerto Rico called into In Trump’s case, it was not a force for question Trump’s managerial skills. He good. tried but failed to ban Muslim immigra- ‘Boxfish’ as orite book of His inaugural address was long on tion. He was quick to blame Islam for w my fav 2017 populist promises to halt the nation’s ex- terrorism involving Muslim suspects but ploitation by the rich and powerful: “For offered no leadership whatsoever after I have a confession in the world. (Margaret Fishback, the too long, a small group in our nation’s the slaughter of 58 concert-goers in Las — I judge books by real woman upon whom Boxfish’s char- capital has reaped the rewards of gov- Vegas in October and 26 churchgoers in their cover. acter is based, also held this distinc- ernment while the people have borne the Sutherland Springs, Texas, in November. Without this finely tion.) cost. ... Politicians prospered, but the jobs Those massacres were carried out nei- honed system based The standards of the day dictated left and the factories closed.” ther by Muslims nor immigrants, depriv- on snap judgments, I that her ad career end once she married And yet politicians and the wealthy ing Trump of the crucial wedge that he might never have and had a child. However, she continued elite who fund them have prospered as typically uses to exploit tragedy for po- read my favorite book to fuel her creativity by writing books of never before in Trump’s first year, their litical gain. of 2017. Out of poetry. I had so many ques- When we are introduced to her, she is bidding served throughout the executive Congress, as usual, did nothing about the Blue branch by the wealthiest Cabinet in his- these horrors, enabled by easy access to tions about the title a woman of moderate means living tory. A taste for private jets cost Health high-powered weapons and accessories character of “Lillian By Jennifer alone in the city. and Human Services Secretary Tom such as “bump stocks” that convert as- Boxfish Takes a Cohron She enjoys taking daily walks and Price his job and embarrassed Interior sault rifles into military-style killing ma- Walk” the first time talking to strangers. Secretary Ryan Zinke (who has his own chines. A brief flirtation with banning that the cover popped up on Libby, an She disapproves of TVs in bars and special flag) and Treasury Secretary bump stocks went nowhere, aided by a app for library ebooks and audiobooks. cutesy ad catchphrases like “Where’s Steve Mnuchin. president who tried his best to hide from Where is she walking? Why is she the beef?” Until the tax-cut bill that Trump the issue rather than exercise leader- alone? What does she hope to find on She is fascinated by break-dancing signed Friday, he could claim no major ship. this walk? and rap music and undaunted by legislative accomplishments. His re- Trump remains immersed in the ongo- The simple explanation is that Ms. nightly news reports of murders and peated attempts to repeal the Affordable ing investigation into Russian meddling Boxfish, 85, is walking through the muggings. Care Act failed. As if to advertise his own in the 2016 presidential election. Unable streets of New York City on New Year’s She thinks the point of living is to ignorance about health care and the leg- to accept the possibility that agents of Eve night in 1984. stay interested, which makes it all the islative process, he admitted in Febru- the Russian government may have She doesn’t intend to walk over 10 more painful when a young man dying ary, “Nobody knew health care could be helped him win election, Trump fired miles when she leaves her apartment of AIDS gives her the nickname Nancy so complicated.” In May, he held a Rose FBI Director James Comey in May and clad in a mink coat and wearing her sig- Reagan. Garden ceremony to celebrate the pas- then lied about the reason. When Attor- nature orange lipstick, which she has He has assumed (incorrectly) because sage of a House health care bill, then ney General Jeff Sessions recused him- had stockpiled for years. she is a privileged white woman of a turned around and called it “mean.” That self from the decision to hire a special The night offers her several opportu- certain age that she is out of touch with attempt died in the GOP-controlled Sen- prosecutor, he was labeled “disloyal,” too. nities to turn back and crawl under the the times. ate. Trump couldn’t even get his own The investigation forges ahead despite covers before the clock strikes mid- However, we know better once we party on board with his program. Trump’s best efforts to derail it or to as- night. Turning back would be quite out have walked with her through literal On the regulatory side, Trump had a sert, as he has on multiple occasions, of character for her, however. and personal darkness. major impact by using his executive that the probe is wrapping up and that Though all of her friends have either Like Boxfish’s son, I worried that the powers to roll back dozens of regulations his exoneration is imminent. died or moved away and crime is ram- streets she loved to traverse would ulti- imposed by President Barack Obama. Putting Sessions into the Cabinet cre- pant, Boxfish stubbornly clings to the mately be her undoing. Trump withdrew from the Trans-Pacific ated an open Alabama U.S. Senate seat city that looms large in all of her memo- Every time a stranger offered her a Partnership, announced plans to with- that a racist, homophobic ex-judge ries. ride or a friend invited her to stay for draw from the Paris Climate Accords named Roy Moore stood ready to fill. Al- “I love it here, this big rotten apple,” the evening, I silently pleaded with her and demanded that the North American legations surfaced that Moore, then in she says near the beginning of the to take herself out of harm’s way. Free Trade Agreement be renegotiated. his 30s, had stalked teenage girls in the novel. Ultimately, Lillian Boxfish’s walk is His Federal Communications Commis- late 1970s. Moore’s problems surfaced Author Kathleen Rooney uses the about the art of living, not dying. sion nuked net neutrality. just as the nation became immersed in Latin phrase “Solvitur ambulando” (“It The readers who join her on her jour- The Environmental Protection Agency scandalous reports of sexual harassment is solved by walking”) to explore the ney will have a hard time forgetting undid clean water rules and the Clean by major political, media and entertain- various incarnations of Boxfish and her. Power Plan. The Consumer Financial ment figures. Alabama’s staunchly Re- NYC throughout the 20th century. In a former life, Boxfish was the high- Jennifer Cohron is the Daily Mountain Eagle’s features Protection Bureau was recast to protect publican electorate ultimately decided editor. the very banks whose abuses prompted that despite Trump’s endorsement of the est paid female advertising copywriter the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Financial ex-judge, it would be better to have a De- advisers received a break on putting mocrat representing the state in the their clients’ interests first. Any decision Senate than to send Moore to Washing- where the public’s interest conflicted ton. It was the right choice for the right TODAY IN HISTORY with corporate interests was decided for reasons. the elites. Some populist. Another victim of the #MeToo move- Today is Friday, Dec. In 1972, Eastern Air Dolphins to win every Trump named a corporate conserva- ment is Trump himself, who for years 29, the 363rd day of 2017. Lines Flight 401, a Lock- game on the schedule.) tive justice, Neil Gorsuch, to the has faced similar accusations of sexual There are two days left in heed L-1011 Tristar, Five years ago: Supreme Court and then had second harassment. Trump went so far as to the year. crashed into the Florida Maine’s same-sex mar- thoughts because Gorsuch criticized deny to aides that it was his voice on the Today’s Highlight in Everglades near Miami riage law went into effect. Trump’s attacks on the federal judiciary. sleazy 2005 “Access Hollywood” record- History: International Airport, Shocked Indians mourned Gorsuch wasn’t being loyal, Trump com- ing, even though he had already apolo- On Dec. 29, 1170, killing 101 of the 176 peo- the death of a woman plained, exposing his misunderstanding gized for it. Twice. Thomas Becket, the Arch- ple aboard. who’d been gang-raped of the separation of powers. Trump’s business conflicts of interest bishop of Canterbury, was In 1975, a bomb ex- and beaten on a bus in Loyalty is everything to Trump. He remain unresolved. He still won’t share slain in Canterbury ploded in the main termi- New Delhi nearly two sent his first press secretary, Sean his tax returns, even while he asserts Cathedral by knights nal of New York’s weeks earlier; six sus- Spicer, out to lie about the size of his in- with no foundation in fact that the GOP loyal to King Henry II. LaGuardia Airport, pects were charged with augural crowd. He sent adviser tax cut will hurt him financially. On this date: killing 11 people (it’s murder. (Four were later Kellyanne Conway out to explain It should be no surprise that Ameri- In 1808, the 17th presi- never been determined sentenced to death; one Spicer’s use of “alternative facts.” Spicer cans are turning away in droves from a dent of the United States, who was responsible). died in prison; the sixth, a got tired of taking bullets and resigned president who lies with reckless disre- Andrew Johnson, was In 1986, former British juvenile at the time of the in July. Conway remains, which is more gard and who stokes his massive ego by born in Raleigh, North Prime Minister Harold attack, was sentenced to a than can be said about top advisers exaggerating his scant successes at Carolina. Macmillan died in Sus- maximum of three years Stephen Bannon, Reince Priebus and every turn. In 1845, Texas was ad- sex, England, at age 92. in a reform home.) Michael Flynn. That Trump continues to dominate mitted as the 28th state. In 1992, David and One year ago: The Trump’s own lying was epic, so much headlines should come as no surprise to In 1890, the Wounded Sharon Schoo of St. United States struck back so that news organizations began keep- anyone. Nor should his embarrassingly Knee massacre took place Charles, Illinois, were ar- at Russia for hacking the ing track — 1,628 to date, according to low 35 percent approval ratings. in South Dakota as an es- rested at O’Hare Interna- U.S. presidential cam- The Washington Post. He invented the — The St Louis Post Dispatch timated 300 Sioux Indi- tional Airport upon their paign with a sweeping set “fakenews” hashtag to describe anything ans were killed by U.S. return from a Mexican of punishments targeting troops sent to disarm vacation for leaving their Russia’s spy agencies and them. 4- and 9-year-old daugh- diplomats; Moscow called In 1916, James Joyce’s ters at home, alone. (The the Obama administra- first novel, “A Portrait of Schoos pleaded guilty to tion “losers” and threat- Daily Mountain Eagle the Artist as a Young child neglect and were ened retaliation. ESTABLISHED 1872 Man,” was first published sentenced to probation; Today’s Birthdays: in book form in New York the children were put up ABC newscaster Tom Jar- after being serialized in for adoption.) riel is 83. Actress Barbara E DITOR & P UBLISHER L EGAL A DS - Barbara Haynes S PORTS W RITER London. Ten years ago: Aus- Steele is 80. Actor Jon - James Phillips - W. Brian Hale In 1934, Japan formally tralian David Hicks, Voight is 79. Country A D C OMPOSITOR renounced the Washing- who’d fought alongside singer Ed Bruce is 78. S TAFF R EPORTERS M ANAGING E DITOR - Brenda Anthony ton Naval Treaty of 1922. the Taliban in Singer Marianne Faith- - Ron Harris - Elane Jones - Nicole Smith In 1940, during World Afghanistan, was freed full is 71. Hall of Fame G RAPHIC D ESIGNER - Lea Rizzo War II, Germany dropped E XECUTIVE A DVERTISING - Malarie Brakefield from prison in Adelaide Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. is IRECTOR incendiary bombs on Lon- after completing a nine- 71. Actor Ted Danson is D - Jake Aaron A DVERTISING S ALES N EWS E DITOR - Tammy Wood don, setting off what came month sentence struck 70. Actress Patricia P RODUCTION M ANAGER - Ed Howell - Renee Holly to be known as “The Sec- under a plea deal that fol- Clarkson is 58. Comedian - Michael Keeton - Zach Baker ond Great Fire of Lon- lowed more than five Paula Poundstone is 58. F EATURES E DITOR don.” years’ detention without a News anchor Ashleigh O FFICE M ANAGER / B OOKKEEPER - Jennifer Cohron C IRCULATION D EPARTMENT In 1957, singers Steve - Kenneth Skinner trial at Guantanamo. The Banfield is 50. Actor Jude - Charlette Caterson Lawrence and Eydie New England Patriots Law is 45. Actor Mekhi C IRCULATION M ANAGER - Chuck Downs S PORTS E DITOR - Tia Jones - Zac Jones Gorme were married in ended their regular sea- Phifer is 43. Actress Ali- - Johnathan Bentley - Alex Boshell Las Vegas (the marriage son with a remarkable 16- son Brie is 35. - Jessica Keeton M AILROOM S UPERVISOR lasted until Gorme’s 0 record following a 38-35 Thought for Today: - Shawn Pilkington C LASSIFIED A DVERTISING M GR . - Brian Parrish death in 2013). comeback victory over the “The wise man must be - Donna Hicks P RESSROOM In 1967, Hyundai Motor New York Giants. (New wise before, not after.” — A DVERTISING S ECRETARY - Charles Baker Co. was founded in Seoul England became the first Epicharmus, Sicilian A CCOUNTS R ECEIVABLE M GR . - Liz Steffan - Brian Parrish (sohl), South Korea. NFL team since the 1972 Greek comic poet. - Judy Brown - Shannon Preston DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Fri., Dec. 29, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com — A7 Money&Markets

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2,400 21,000 JASOND JASOND StocksRecap HIGH LOW CLOSE CHG. %CHG. WK MO QTR YTD DOW 24839.23 24797.13 24837.51 +63.21 +0.26% s s s +25.68% s s s NYSE NASD DOW Trans. 10685.24 10601.50 10660.11 -37.10 -0.35% +17.87% s t s AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File DOW Util. 724.10 719.66 723.89 +3.48 +0.48% +9.75% Vol. (in mil.) 2,053 1,253 NYSE Comp. 12853.92 12823.56 12853.12 +31.13 +0.24% s s s +16.25% IAmerican flags fly in front of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock Pvs. Volume 2,020 1,308 NASDAQ 6954.80 6936.75 6950.16 +10.82 +0.16% t s s +29.11% Advanced 1906 1710 S&P 500 2687.66 2682.69 2687.54 +4.92 +0.18% s s s +20.04% markets were mixed Thursday in quiet post-Christmas holiday trading. Declined 994 1167 S&P 400 1911.68 1902.11 1911.28 +5.76 +0.30% s s s +15.10% Strong economic data from Asia and the U.S. boosted investor confidence New Highs 133 108 Wilshire 5000 27923.81 27860.00 27920.95 +56.36 +0.20% s s s +19.19% New Lows 26 28 Russell 2000 1549.04 1542.52 1548.93 +4.99 +0.32% s s s +13.93% in some markets. Stocks of Local Interest Stocks wrung out modest gains YTD YTD U.S. stocks close higher in light during another quiet session on Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg Wall Street Thursday. Banks and AFLAC 1.80f 2.0 14 88.23 +.52 +26.8 LiNiuTc rs ...... 4 3.12 +1.79 +85.7 other financial stocks accounted AT&T Inc 2.00f 5.1 15 39.18 +.29 -7.9 Lowes 1.64 1.8 21 92.86 +.75 +30.6 trading; a new high for Dow for much of the market’s gains. AllegTch ...... dd 24.51 -.07 +53.9 McDnlds 4.04f 2.3 29 173.10 +.43 +42.2 Natural gas prices jumped Alphabet A ...... 32 1055.95 -4.25 +33.3 MicronT ...... 9 41.81 -.67 +90.7 Altria 2.64f 3.7 23 71.27 -1.16 +5.4 Microsoft 1.68 2.0 30 85.72 +.01 +37.9 By ALEX VEIGA yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.43 nearly 7 percent as temperatures Amazon ...... cc 1186.10 +3.84 +58.2 NorthropG 4.00 1.3 27 308.29 +2.13 +32.6 AP Business Writer percent from 2.41 percent late Wednes- dropped across much of the U.S. Apple Inc 2.52 1.5 20 171.08 +.48 +47.7 Paretem rs ...... dd 1.88 -.62 -37.3 day. BkofAm .48 1.6 17 29.80 +.07 +34.8 Penney ...... 16 3.29 +.05 -60.4 U.S. stock indexes wrung out a modest That helped lift shares in banks and ChesEng ...... 7 4.04 +.16 -42.5 PepsiCo 3.22 2.7 24 119.35 +.05 +14.1 gain during another quiet session on Wall other financial companies. Northern Range Resources RRC CocaCola 1.48 3.2 28 45.72 -.21 +10.3 PhilipMor 4.28 4.1 22 104.81 +.10 +14.6 Street Thursday, nudging the Dow Jones CrackerB 4.80 3.0 28 162.33 -.06 -2.8 PwShs QQQ1.52e .7 q 156.73 +.19 +32.3 Trust added $1.64, or 1.7 percent, to Close: $17.61 0.65 or 3.8% Cummins 4.32f 2.4 24 177.20 +.96 +29.7 RegionsFn .36 2.1 18 17.38 +.08 +21.0 industrial average to a new high ahead of $100.32. Natural gas companies continued to Disney 1.68f 1.6 19 107.77 +.13 +3.4 RiteAid ...... cc 2.00 -.01 -75.7 the final trading day of 2017. The price of natural gas rose sharply as rise as cold weather boosted the Energous ...... dd 31.57 +7.87 +87.4 S&P500ETF4.13e 1.5 q 267.87 +.55 +19.8 price of natural gas. Financial stocks accounted for much of an arctic blast gripped a large swath from FedExCp 2.00 .8 21 248.32 -1.71 +33.4 SearsHldgs ...... dd 3.60 -.12 -61.2 FstHorizon .36 1.8 20 20.19 +.10 +.9 SPDR Fncl .46e 1.6 q 28.11 +.11 +20.9 the market’s gains. The sector benefited the Midwest to the Northeast, sending $25 from rising bond yields, which help banks temperatures plummeting. It climbed 18 Flowserve .76 1.8 24 41.96 +.16 -12.7 SynovusFn .60 1.2 22 48.47 +.17 +18.0 20 FordM .60a 4.8 11 12.58 +.08 +3.7 Textron .08 .1 24 57.00 +.03 +17.4 because it enables them to charge higher cents, or 6.7 percent, to $2.91 per 1,000 GenElec .48 2.8 14 17.36 -.02 -45.1 TractSupp 1.08 1.4 22 75.08 +.20 -1.0 interest rates on loans. cubic feet. 15 HomeDp 3.56 1.9 26 189.78 -.41 +41.5 US Bancrp 1.20f 2.2 16 53.95 +.18 +5.0 Some energy stocks got a boost from The increase gave some energy compa- 10 iShEMkts .59e 1.3 q 46.90 +.32 +34.0 US NGas ...... q 5.76 +.37 -38.3 OND IBM 6.00 3.9 12 154.04 +.91 -7.2 VerizonCm 2.36 4.4 11 53.43 +.15 +.1 natural gas prices, which jumped nearly nies a boost. Chesapeake Energy was the 52-week range 7 percent as temperatures dropped IntPap 1.85 3.2 19 57.83 +.18 +9.0 WalMart 2.04 2.1 22 99.40 +.14 +43.8 biggest gainer in the S&P 500 index, 15.33 36.4 Kroger s .50 1.8 14 27.65 -.06 -19.9 Wendys Co .28 1.7 40 16.53 +.04 +22.3 across much of the U.S. Crude oil prices climbing 16 cents, or 4.1 percent, to $4.04. Vol.: 6.3m (1.0x avg.) PE: 14.2 also closed higher. Range Resources rose 65 cents, or 3.8 per- Mkt. Cap: $4.37 b Yield: 2.6% Money Rates Currencies Consumer-goods makers lagged the cent, to $17.61. broad rally, which gave the market its Netflix also contributed to the market’s J.B. Hunt Transport JBHT Last Pvs Week US $ in Foreign Currency Pvs Day second higher finish in a row. The stock gains Thursday. The video-streaming Close: $115.24 -0.23 or -0.2% Prime Rate 4.50 4.25 Australian Dollar 1.2829 1.2857 market seldom declines this time of year, The trucking company gave a weak Discount Rate 2.00 1.75 British Pound .7438 .7467 service picked up $6.47, or 3.5 percent, to Federal Funds Rate noted John Serrapere, director of re- fourth-quarter profit forecast and 1.25-1.50 1.00-1.25 Canadian Dollar 1.2573 1.2638 $192.71. said it will take $40 million in Treasuries Chinese Yuan 6.5335 6.5558 search at Arrow Funds. 3-month 1.38 1.32 Several packaged food, beverage and one-time charges. Euro .8367 .8404 “It’s a light, light, light calendar,” Ser- 6-month 1.50 1.50 other consumer-goods makers declined. $120 5-year 2.24 2.24 Japanese Yen 112.87 113.26 rapere said. “Normally between Christ- Monster Beverage slid $1.31, or 2 per- 10-year 2.43 2.48 Mexican Peso 19.7335 19.7203 mas and New Year’s you get a positive, cent, to $62.92. 110 30-year 2.76 2.84 Swiss Franc .9783 .9865 muted upslope in the markets.” Traders also sold off shares in compa- 100 Mutual Funds The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose nies that delivered unimpressive results OND 4.92 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,687.54. or outlooks. 52-week range Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init The Dow gained 63.21 points, or 0.3 per- Calumet Specialty Products Partners 83.35 115.74 Name ($Mlns) NAV Chg 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt cent, to 24,837.51. The 30-company aver- tumbled 9 percent after the oil and sol- Vol.: 1.3m (1.5x avg.) PE: 22.6 AB GrB m 11 39.19 +.07 +0.6 +32.6/A +17.0/B 4.00 2,500 age has closed at a record high 71 times vents processor reported disappointing Mkt. Cap: $12.61 b Yield: 0.7% AB IntlGrB m 1 17.22 +.07 -0.3 +35.1/B +5.9/E 4.00 2,500 this year. AB SstnlGlbThtcB m 9 96.92 +.31 +0.3 +36.7/A +12.7/B 4.00 2,500 third-quarter results. The stock gave up AllianzGI FocedGrC m 237 37.01 +.05 +0.2 +30.5/B +17.0/B 1.00 1,000 Royal Gold RGLD The Nasdaq added 10.82 points, or 0.2 80 cents to $8.05. American Century ValInv 2,164 8.96 +.01 +4.0 +8.6/E +13.4/C NL 2,500 percent, to 6,950.16. The Russell 2000 Benchmark U.S. crude rose 20 cents to Close: $82.05 -4.68 or -5.4% American Funds AmrcnBalA m 62,823 27.21 +.03 +2.0 +15.4/B +11.3/A 5.75 250 index of smaller-company stocks picked settle at $59.84 per barrel on the New The precious metals royalty compa- American Funds CptWldGrIncA m 56,785 51.15 +.16 +1.4 +25.1/C +11.3/C 5.75 250 up 4.99 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,548.93, ny said operations at a mine in Can- American Funds CptlIncBldrA m 72,013 62.78 +.09 +1.2 +14.6/C +7.9/A 5.75 250 York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, ada have been suspended because American Funds FdmtlInvsA m 53,451 62.44 +.16 +2.7 +23.0/A +16.0/B 5.75 250 matching its most recent all-time high which is used to price international oils, of a lack of water. American Funds GrfAmrcA m 85,356 49.80 +.18 +1.8 +25.8/D +16.6/B 5.75 250 set early last week. gained 28 cents to $66.72 per barrel in $90 American Funds IncAmrcA m 77,239 23.37 +.03 +1.9 +13.4/D +9.8/C 5.75 250 The S&P 500 and Nasdaq, meanwhile, London. American Funds InvCAmrcA m 63,338 40.54 +.08 +3.1 +19.6/D +15.4/B 5.75 250 are hovering just below their all-time In other energy futures trading, whole- 85 American Funds NwPrspctvA m 41,755 43.27 +.13 -0.4 +29.0/B +12.9/A 5.75 250 highs. All the indexes are on track to end sale gasoline was little changed at $1.79 American Funds WAMtInvsA m 57,332 45.83 +.11 +3.3 +20.1/A +15.2/A 5.75 250 80 Dodge & Cox Inc 53,560 13.75 ... +0.1 +4.6/B +3.0/A NL 2,500 the 2017 with double-digit gains. a gallon. OND Dodge & Cox IntlStk 64,913 46.26 +.07 +1.3 +24.3/E +8.7/A NL 2,500 Bond prices fell as yields recovered par- Heating oil inched up a penny to $2.05 52-week range Dodge & Cox Stk 69,876 204.70 +.43 +4.4 +18.2/B +16.8/A NL 2,500 tially from a big drop a day earlier. The 61.0 94.39 DoubleLine TtlRetBdI 44,866 10.65 ... -0.2 +4.2 +3.0 NL 100,000 Fidelity 500IndexPrm 74,522 93.93 +.19 +2.5 +21.8/B +16.3/A NL 10,000 Vol.: 2.7m (6.2x avg.) PE: -64.6 Fidelity BCGrowth 17,670 88.36 +.14 +0.5 +35.6/A +19.3/A NL 2,500 Mkt. Cap: $5.36 b Yield: 1.5% Fidelity Contrafund 90,869 123.19 +.33 +0.4 +31.9/B +17.0/B NL 2,500 Fidelity Magellan 15,004 105.20 +.21 +1.7 +26.4/D +17.0/B NL 2,500 ’Obamacare’ sign-up tally dips slightly to 8.7M Synchrony Financial SYF Franklin Templeton FrgnA m 3,290 8.02 ... +2.2 +17.0 +6.6 5.75 1,000 Close: $38.97 0.37 or 1.0% Franklin Templeton IncA m 46,005 2.38 ... +1.3 +8.9/D +6.8/B 4.25 1,000 WASHINGTON (AP) — mand, despite a shortened Some of those dropouts Banks and financial companies Janus Henderson EnterpriseT 4,632 117.48 +.31 +0.3 +26.4/B +16.9/A NL 2,500 moved higher as interest rates re- Lord Abbett AffiliatedA m 5,851 15.96 +.03 +3.4 +16.3/C +14.6/B 5.75 1,000 More than 8.7 million peo- sign-up season and big are likely to be people covered from a steep drop on MFS GrB m 140 73.56 +.14 +0.1 +29.1/C +15.9/C 4.00 1,000 ple signed up for coverage cuts in the ad budget. whose current plans were Wednesday. MFS HiIncA m 479 3.44 ... +0.1 +6.1/D +4.7/C 4.25 1,000 next year under the Ahead of open enroll- cancelled for next year, $40 MFS TENMuniBdA m 89 10.38 +.01 +0.6 +4.0/C +1.9/C 4.25 1,000 Obama-era health care ment, analysts had pre- and who were reassigned MFS TtlRetA m 4,835 19.20 +.02 +1.7 +12.4/D +9.6/B 5.75 1,000 35 Nuveen TNMnBdA m 271 11.79 +.01 +1.1 +5.3/A +2.8/A 4.20 3,000 law, the government re- dicted somewhere around to coverage that they Oppenheimer CptlIncA m 1,574 10.26 +.01 +0.8 +7.1/E +5.5/D 5.75 1,000 ported Thursday, as the 1 million to 2 million fewer didn’t like. Pioneer A m 4,753 28.94 +.06 +2.8 +21.5/B +14.8/C 5.75 1,000 30 program that President people would sign up for A complete national OND Prudential JsnBlndB m 8 18.75 +.06 +1.8 +20.8/E +12.7/E 5.00 2,500 Donald Trump has repeat- subsidized private cover- tally may not be available 52-week range Putnam EqIncA m 8,473 24.63 +.07 +3.4 +18.8/A +14.6/B 5.75 0 edly pronounced “a disas- age through the Affordable until March, as states run- 26.01 38.965 Putnam MltCpGrA m 3,958 89.97 +.15 +0.3 +28.8/C +17.0/B 5.75 0 T. Rowe Price GrStk 40,595 63.03 +.13 -0.1 +33.3/A +18.5/A NL 2,500 ter” exceeded expectations. Care Act. ning their own health in- Vol.: 3.5m (0.6x avg.) PE: 10.1 Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl 231,836 248.09 +.50 +2.5 +21.8/B +16.3/A NL 10,000 The final tally for the 39 But the latest numbers surance markets are Mkt. Cap: $30.5 b Yield: 4.0% Vanguard HCAdmrl 38,025 87.07 +.22 +1.7 +20.2/D +18.1/C NL 50,000 HealthCare.gov states indicate that new cus- continuing to sign up con- Vanguard InTrTEAdmrl 52,060 14.12 +.01 +0.8 +4.7/C +2.7/B NL 50,000 showed about 80,000 fewer tomers kept showing up as sumers. In California and Freeport-McMoRan FCX Vanguard PrmCpAdmrl 53,941 134.29 -.05 +1.9 +29.3/B +20.1/A NL 50,000 sign-ups than an initial the Dec. 15 enrollment New York, enrollment sea- Close: $19.27 0.58 or 3.1% Vanguard STInvmGrdAdmrl 42,332 10.63 ... -0.1 +2.3/A +1.8/A NL 50,000 Copper prices continued to climb Vanguard TrgtRtr2025Inv x 38,749 18.53 -.42 +1.3 +16.3/A +9.6/A NL 1,000 count provided last week, deadline closed. More than son ends Jan. 31. and reached their highest levels in Vanguard TtBMIdxAdmrl 81,616 10.74 -.01 0.0 +3.9/C +2.0/C NL 10,000 before the Christmas holi- 66,000 new customers While Trump says he’ll about four years. Vanguard TtInSIdxAdmrl 66,445 30.50 +.12 +1.5 +28.5/B +7.3/C NL 10,000 day. A spokesman for the were added since the pre- still try to repeal and re- Vanguard TtInSIdxInv 118,325 18.23 +.07 +1.5 +28.4/B +7.2/C NL 3,000 Centers for Medicare and Christmas enrollment re- place “Obamacare,” $20 Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl 187,806 67.08 +.16 +2.4 +21.3/B +16.1/A NL 10,000 Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv 126,701 67.06 +.16 +2.3 +21.2/C +15.9/B NL 3,000 Medicaid Services said the port. prospects in Congress ap- Vanguard WlngtnAdmrl 87,135 72.73 +.11 +2.1 +14.9/B +11.2/A NL 50,000 slight dip was due to late The dip in enrollment pear dim with Republicans 15 Vanguard WlslyIncAdmrl 41,500 65.32 +.04 +1.2 +10.5/C +7.5/A NL 50,000 cancellations. appears to be due to re- losing a Senate seat in Al- 10 Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late Still, HealthCare.gov en- turning customers drop- abama. A bipartisan bill to OND filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within rollment reached nearly 95 ping out. There were about shore up the health law’s 52-week range the last year. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. percent of last year’s level, 145,000 fewer of those markets is also pending, 11.05 19.06 Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemp- tion fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset outperforming projections since the pre-Christmas but faces an uncertain out- Vol.: 18.2m (1.1x avg.) PE: -1.0 value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. in a show of consumer de- report. look. Mkt. Cap: $27.9 b Yield: 5.4% Source: The Associated Press and Morningstar. Sales figures are unofficial.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Then there was the Ala- Donald Trump’s unpre- bama special election to dictable, pugnacious ap- fill the seat of Attorney proach to the presidency General Jeff Sessions. Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP often worked against him Establishment Republi- as Republicans navigated cans such as McConnell In this Nov. 22 file photo, a patron donates a tumultuous but ulti- swung forcefully behind money in a Salvation Army red kettle in Wilkes- mately productive year in appointed Sen. Luther Barre, Pa. In this season of giving, charity seems Congress. Strange, but firebrand con- Trump’s major accom- servative Roy Moore still to be getting an extra jolt because the popular plishments, confirmation took the nomination. Then, tax deduction for charitable donations will lose a of conservative Supreme after several women said lot of its punch. Court Justice Neil Gor- he’d molested or dated such and a major tax cut, them as teenagers more actually came with rela- than four decades ago, Charity donations likely to tively little drama. But Re- Moore lost the long-held publicans often struggled GOP seat to Democrat drop next year due to tax law to stay on the rails, partic- AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File Doug Jones. ularly with a big pratfall In this Dec. 20 file photo, President Donald Trump That evoked parallels to WASHINGTON (AP) — In this season of giving, on health care and re- surrounded by members of congress and support- the 2010 Senate win of Re- charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because next peated struggles to accom- publican Scott Brown in year the popular tax deduction for donations will lose plish the very basics of ers as he speaks during an event on the South Massachusetts, which pre- a lot of its punch. governing. Lawn of the White House in Washington, to ac- saged the 2010 tidal wave, Traditionally generous Americans may have less in- Several shutdown dead- knowledge the final passage of tax overhaul leg- that time against Democ- centive to give to charitable causes next year because lines came and went, and a islation by Congress. Trump’s unpredictable, rats. of the newly minted tax law. The changes that will default on the govern- The longstanding goal of make it less advantageous for many people to donate ment’s debt was averted, pugnacious approach to the presidency often repealing “Obamacare” to charity in 2018 may be sparking a year-end stream thanks to a momentary worked against him as Republicans navigated a consumed Republicans for of fattened contributions in anticipation, charity ex- rapprochement with top tumultuous but ultimately productive year in Con- months. The effort ecutives and experts say. Democrats, House Minor- gress. squeaked through the Starting next year, the millions of relatively small ity Leader Nancy Pelosi House — after being left donations from moderate-income people to main- and Sen. Chuck Schumer. for dead at least once — in stream charities could be sharply reduced, they say. But a promised solution to ing fights with fellow Re- against the Senate’s a process that exposed fis- That means charity could become less of a middle- the plight of young immi- publicans: Arizona’s two health care bill. sures in GOP ranks and class enterprise and a more exclusive domain of the grants brought to the senators John McCain and The nation’s debate on whipped Democrats and wealthy, who tend to give to arts and cultural institu- country illegally as infants Jeff Flake; Tennessee’s sexual misconduct swept their political base into a tions, research facilities and universities. Their use of or children was delayed, Bob Corker and Majority over the Capitol as well, frenzy. But in the Senate, the charitable tax deduction is less likely to be af- while a routine reautho- Leader Mitch McConnell forcing the resignations of it was clear from the start fected by the new law. rization of a program pro- of Kentucky. Rep. John Conyers, D- that the “repeal and re- The sweeping Republican tax overhaul, delivered viding health care to 9 Onetime Republican ri- Mich. and Sen. Al place” push faced a slog, by the GOP-dominated Congress and signed into law million low-income kids vals such as Sens. Ted Franken, D-Minn. Several and afterward it seemed by President Donald Trump, doesn’t eliminate or even stalled as well. Cruz of Texas and Lindsey other lawmakers an- as if several moderate Re- reduce the deduction for donations to charitable, reli- Often it seemed as if Graham of South Carolina nounced premature retire- publicans simply didn’t gious and other nonprofit organizations. Charitable Trump were more inter- came firmly into Trump’s ments and the somnolent want to get to “yes.” giving should be encouraged with a tax incentive, con- ested in picking fights on fold — even as Corker and Ethics Committee After the GOP’s health gressional Republicans crafting the plan said early Twitter than the nuts and Flake, both facing poten- launched a handful of in- care debacle, failure wasn’t on, and the cherished deduction — though costing bolts of legislating. tially difficult primary vestigations, too. an option on taxes. some $41.5 billion a year in lost federal revenue — A catchall spending deal races, announced their re- Retirements, often evi- The effort was far more wasn’t struck even as other longstanding deductions in May got relatively little tirements. dence that lawmakers focused and organized — fell or were scaled back. attention for what it ac- Several mass shootings think a wave election may and it paid off. Senate But it might as well have been, charity experts and complished, overshadowed around the country and be looming, came in GOP leaders largely advocates say. by Trump’s threat to shut the near-assassination of bunches, with more likely passed off the measure to A central pillar of the massive tax law doubles the the government down if he House GOP Whip Steve after lawmakers spend worker bees such as Pat standard deduction used by two-thirds of Americans, didn’t get a better deal the Scalise of Louisiana failed time with their families Toomey, R-Pa., Tim Scott, to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for married next time. But there was to dislodge legislation on over the holidays. R-S.C., and Rob Portman, couples. That means many taxpayers who now item- no next time — and about background checks or so- Democrats eyed the dis- R-Ohio, while in the ize deductions will find it’s no longer beneficial for $1.2 trillion in unfinished called bump stocks, though tricts of GOP Reps. 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Giants hire for Curry Gettleman as new GM EAST RUTHER- Sumiton Christian FORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Gi- ants have hired for- makes semifinals mer Carolina By JOHNATHAN BENTLEY and W. BRIAN HALE Panthers executive Eagle Sports Dave Gettleman as their general man- SUMITON — Sumiton Christian used a torrid first quarter to jump out to a double-digit lead ager. and Curry never recovered as The Giants (2-13) the Eagles earned a 74-58 vic- PREP announced the hir- tory over the Yellow Jackets in BASKETBALL ing of the 66-year- the nightcap of the Sumiton Holiday Classic on Thursday. old Gettleman on Sumiton Christian led by as Thursday and many as 20 points in the sec- planned to introduce ond half and had four players him at a news con- score in double figures. Next up for the host team is ference Friday. a game against Oak Grove set Gettleman has a for 7:30 p.m. tonight. Other opening day winners history with the Gi- were Lindsay Lane and Thorsby — who will meet ants. He spent 15 in today’s other semifinal game at 6 p.m. Against Curry, seven different players scored seasons with the points in the first quarter for the Eagles (9-3). franchise before be- Isaiah Wright led the way with five points, Jud- coming Carolina’s son Laird and Blaine Sharpston each added four general manager and both Will Short and Josh Marshall knocked from 2013-2016, a down 3-pointers as Sumiton Christian built a 23- 12 lead going into the second quarter. span in which the Short added two more 3-pointers in the second Panthers played in quarter and J.C. Sheffield put in four points for the Super Bowl after the Eagles, who led 37-27 at the half. Sumiton the 2015 season. He Christian opened the third quarter with a 10-0 run to push the lead to 20 points at 47-27. Wright was fired after the ended the run with a pair of free throws. Curry following season. cut the lead back to 10 points at 51-41 with 2:20 Gettleman replaces left in the third quarter, thanks to seven straight Jerry Reese, who points from Jakob Hicks. The Eagles countered with an 8-0 spurt to end held the job for 11 the quarter. Brown converted a 3-point play, seasons before he Laird made a 3-pointer and Ethan Morgan added was dismissed on a basket. Sumiton Christian led 59-41 going into Dec. 4 along with the final quarter. coach Ben McAdoo. For the Eagles, Laird led the offense with 16 points, Wright added 15, Short put in 12 and Sharpston had 11 points. Curry’s John Moon led all scorers with 16 points. The Yellow Jackets (4-8) play Falkville at Sports on TV 4:30 p.m. in the consolation bracket. ——— Daily Mountain Eagle - Johnathan Bentley College Football Thorsby 86, Oakman 84 Belk Bowl Thorsby scored 32 points in the fourth quarter Sumiton Christian’s Isaiah Wright (4) goes to the basket as Curry’s Caleb Wake Forest vs. Texas to make up a six-point deficit and earn an 86-84 Woodard (25) defends during their game in the Sumiton Holiday Classic on Thurs- A&M, noon, ESPN SEE PREP, B2 day. Sumiton Christian won 70-58. The Eagles play Oak Grove at 7:30 p.m. today. Sun Bowl NC State vs. Arizona St., 2 p.m., CBS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Music City Bowl N’western vs. Kentucky, 3:30 p.m., ESPN Arizona Bowl SEC basketball taking N. Mexico St. vs. Utah St., 4:30 p.m., CBSSN Cotton Bowl step forward this season USC vs. Ohio State, 7:40 p.m., ESPN By STEVE MEGARGEE spect. The RPI has four SEC teams in AP Sports Writer the top 20: Texas A&M (7th), Tennessee College Basketball (9th), Arkansas (14th) and Missouri Southeastern Conference men’s bas- Louisville at Kentucky, (17th). Other SEC teams in the top 40 ketball coaches love to talk about how include Auburn (28th), Alabama (31st), noon, CBS their league is more balanced than its Kentucky (36th) and South Carolina Cleve. St. at Mich. St., national reputation (40th). 5 p.m., BTN suggests. “The difference is our league’s playing Early returns back W. Virginia at OK State, a better non-league schedule,” Ten- up their statements nessee coach Rick Barnes said. “Top to 6 p.m., ESPNU and indicate there bottom, there’s no question our league Kansas at Texas, will be a wide-open is playing a much more demanding non- 8 p.m., ESPN2 race for the SEC title conference schedule. Like we’ve all said, as league play begins Kansas St. at Iowa St., we’ve got to win some of those games. Saturday. We’ve done that this year probably 8 p.m., ESPN2 “The league is as good as it has been more so than any year since I’ve been in Utah at Oregon, in a number of years,” Georgia coach the league.” 9 p.m., FS1 Mark Fox said. The SEC is hoping to follow up its It’s definitely less predictable. Wash. State at UCLA, breakthrough in last season’s NCAA Traditional powers Kentucky and Tournament by getting more teams in- 10 p.m., ESPN2 Florida haven’t looked invincible during vited this year. Colorado at Oregon nonconference play, while the rest of the This league hasn’t sent as many as St., 10 p.m., ESPNU league has stepped up its performance. six teams to the NCAA Tournament in AP Photo The Top 25 doesn’t necessarily show a single year since 2008. The SEC NHL Kentucky head coach John Calipari communicates the SEC has gotten much better. Only earned five NCAA Tournament bids last three teams are ranked: No. 5 Texas year, with South Carolina making its Predators at Wild, with his players in a game against UCLA on Satur- A&M, No. 16 Kentucky and No. 19 Ten- first Final Four appearance while Ken- 7 p.m., NBCSN day. Along with Kentucky, Texas A&M and Ten- nessee. tucky and Florida reached regional fi- nessee are ranked in the top 25. But the RPI gives the league more re- SEE SEC, B2 B2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Fri., Dec. 29, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com SPORTS DIGEST COLLEGE BOWL GAMES

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ex-Auburn RB Lester arrested TCU tops Stanford in thriller on child pornography charge The Associated Press (9-4), including a rush that got Vir- LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A former Auburn ginia Tech within 27-21 with 5:40 re- SAN ANTONIO — Kenny Hill University football player has been arrested on a maining. passed for two touchdowns, ran for ——— child pornography charge in Georgia. another and even caught one as No. HOLIDAY BOWL The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 32- 13 TCU rallied from a big early No. 18 Michigan State 42 year-old Brad Lester remained jailed Wednesday deficit to beat 15th-ranked Stanford No. 21 Washington State 17 in Gwinnett County following his arrest last week. 39-37 in the Alamo Bowl on Thurs- At San Diego, Brian Lewerke Lester played running back for Auburn between day night. threw for 213 yards and three touch- Cole Bunce’s 33-yard field goal 2004 and 2008, scoring 20 career touchdowns. downs, and LJ Scott ran for 110 with just over 3 minutes to play won yards and two scores for No. 18 Jail records show Lester was jailed last Thursday it for the Horned Frogs (11-3), who Michigan State, which took advan- on charges of unlawful eavesdropping or surveil- trailed 21-3 before storming back be- tage of Luke Falk’s absence to rout lance and distribution of child pornography. hind big plays from Hill and a 76- No. 21 Washington State 42-17 in Arrest warrants obtained by the newspaper say yard punt return from Desmon the Holiday Bowl on Thursday Lester is accused of using his cellphone to surrep- White. TCU rallied from 31 down in night. titiously record a boy in a bathroom stall at a restau- to beat Oregon in the 2015 Alamo Lewerke also rushed for 73 yards Bowl. rant on Nov. 6. for Michigan State (10-3), which re- Stanford (9-5) running back Bryce bounded from a dismal 3-9 record The newspaper says an attorney for Lester de- Love, a Heisman Trophy finalist, last year to reach double digits in clined to comment. rushed for 145 yards and had a 69- wins for the eighth time in program yard touchdown run in the third history. quarter. K.J. Costello had three ——— Nebraska QB Tanner Lee tweets touchdown passes to J.J. Arcega- AP Photo MILITARY BOWL he’s declaring for NFL draft Whiteside, the last one giving Stan- Navy 49, Virginia 7 ford a 37-36 lead. TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor At Annapolis, Md., backup quar- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska quarterback Hill then drove TCU to Bunce’s scores on a 93-yard touchdown terback Zach Abey scored five touch- Tanner Lee is forfeiting his final year of eligibility game winner. The Horned Frogs de- reception against Stanford dur- downs, Malcolm Perry ran for 114 and will enter the NFL draft. fense sealed it with an interception ing the second half Thursday. yards and two scores and Navy beat Lee tweeted Thursday “after weeks of prayer and by Innis Gaines with 2:01 left. Virginia in a surprisingly lopsided ——— consideration with my family, I’ve decided to enter Washington caught five passes for Military Bowl. CAMPING WORLD BOWL 126 yards, giving him 4,472 for his After Virginia’s Joe Reed took the the NFL draft and pursue an opportunity that I feel No. 17 Oklahoma State 30, career and passing Rashaun Woods opening kickoff 98 yards for a touch- is the best for myself and my family at this time.” No. 22 Virginia Tech 22 for the school mark. Justice Hill ran down, the Midshipmen (7-6) got two Lee thanked teammates and fans along with for- At Orlando, Fla., Mason Rudolph for 120 yards and another score for TDs apiece from quarterbacks Perry mer coach Mike Riley. Riley was fired after the reg- threw for 351 yards and a pair of the Cowboys (10-3), who have won and Abey in taking a 28-7 halftime ular season, and Scott Frost was named head touchdowns, and James Washington 10 games in each of the last three lead. Perry left in the third quarter coach Dec. 2. Lee said the Cornhuskers are in became No. 17 Oklahoma State’s ca- seasons — another Oklahoma State with a foot injury, leaving Abey to reer receiving yards leader in a 30- first. score on runs of 5 and 20 yards to “great hands” with Frost. 22 victory over No. 22 Virginia Tech Josh Jackson ran for two scores make it 42-7 in a game Navy en- Lee transferred from Tulane and was the in the Camping World Bowl. and threw for another for the Hokies tered as a 1½-point favorite. Huskers’ starter in 2017. He completed 57.5 percent of his passes for 3,143 yards, with 23 touchdowns and 16 intercep- From B1 tions. SEC nals. there are a lot of teams that will be 3 but lost to Illinois State, Temple Kentucky has won at least a share positioned for that top spot. And and Clemson . The Gamecocks will of the SEC’s last three regular-sea- Florida has been a top 10 team.” need to come on strong in conference From B1 son titles and was the favorite again ——— play to return to the NCAA Tourna- Prep this season according to a preseason Here’s a look at the SEC heading ment. win over Oakman in their first-round tournament poll of the league’s media. into conference play. FANTASTIC FRESHMEN: The game on Thursday at Sumiton Christian. That same poll had Florida finish- SURGING AGGIES: Texas A&M SEC’s freshman class suffered a Oakman led through the first three quarters. ing second. has overcome adversity to earn a No. major blow with the loss of heralded The Wildcats were up 22-16 after the first quarter, Yet Florida has struggled to an 8- 5 ranking that matches its highest Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr., 42-33 at the half and 60-54 after three quarters. 4 start after being ranked as high as spot ever in the Top 25. Robert who has played just one game due to Oakman will play Westminster Christian-Oak fifth while Kentucky lost its two Williams missed two games with a a back injury that is expected to Mountain at 3 p.m. today in their consolation bracket highest-profile games against concussion, Admon Gilder has been knock him out for the rest of the sea- game while Thorsby advances to play Lindsay Lane Kansas and UCLA this season. In out with a knee injury and D.J. Hogg son. But plenty of other freshmen at 6 p.m. in the semifinals. the meantime, Texas A&M, Auburn will miss the Aggies’ first two SEC have made a major impact in the Skylar Hice led the Wildcats (3-5) with 24 points on and Mississippi State have just one games as he completes a three-game league. The SEC’s leading scorer is Thursday, Peyton Hill and Christian Hubbard each loss each and Tennessee has deliv- suspension. Alabama newcomer Collin Sexton . had 17 and Denzell Chatman added 14. ered some quality nonconference TEAMS ON THE RISE: Ten- LSU’s Tremont Waters and Ken- Christian Fortner had 38 points for Thorsby (5-2). wins after being picked to finish nessee returned to the Top 25 this tucky’s Kevin Knox and Hamidou ——— 13th out of 14 teams . month for the first time since De- Diallo are each averaging over 15 FSB Shootout So nobody knows what to expect cember 2010. Auburn has won nine points. Central-Clay 63, No. 2 Cordova 59 in league competition. straight and is off to its fastest start ADVERSITY FOR VANDY: The second-ranked Cordova Blue Devils fell to the “There’s a lot up at the top there since 1999-2000. After finishing last After making the NCAA Tourna- Central Clay County Volunteers 63-59 on Thursday and it could go a variety of ways,” in the SEC three straight years, Mis- ment last year, Vanderbilt (5-7) is at Gadsden State in day two of the FSB Shootout. Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew said. souri has raced to a 10-3 start under trying to avoid just its second losing Isaac Chatman led with 26 points and Jayce Will- “Texas A&M is playing at a really new coach Cuonzo Martin. season in the last 15 years. The ingham had 15 points. high level. Kentucky keeps getting REGROUPING GAMECOCKS: Commodores do have a bright future Cordova led 18-14 at the end of the first period and better, and as the season goes South Carolina replaced the nucleus after signing two of the nation’s top held a 30-27 lead at halftime. The Blue Devils they’re going to keep getting better, of its Final Four team, including 13 Class of 2018 prospects in for- outscored the Volunteers 13-12 in the third period for and they’re playing really well. Ten- 2016-17 SEC scoring leader Sindar- ward Simisola Shittu and guard a 43-39 advantage, but Central Clay clinched the 63- nessee is off to a great start, and ius Thornwell. The Gamecocks are 9- Darius Garland. 59 victory. The Blue Devils (11-4) play defending state cham- pion South Atlanta (Georgia) today at 5 p.m. at Gads- FOR THE RECORD den State. ——— Bowl Glance ——— Annapolis, Md. Fiesta Bowl West Point Christmas Tournament Saturday, Dec. 23 Navy 49, Virginia 7 Glendale, Ariz. Meek 70, West Point 51 2017-18 Bowl Glance By The Associated Press Birmingham Bowl Camping World Bowl Washington (10-2) vs. Penn Meek stormed back from a nine-point halftime South Florida 38, Texas Tech Orlando, Fla. State (10-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) deficit to stun West Point 70-51 in the semifinals of Saturday, Dec. 16 Celebration Bowl 34 Oklahoma State 30, Virginia Orange Bowl the West Point Christmas Tournament on Thursday. At Atlanta Armed Forces Bowl Tech 21 Miami Gardens, Fla. Meek will play for the tournament championship North Carolina A&T 21, Gram- Fort Worth, Texas Alamo Bowl Wisconsin (12-1) vs. Miami (10- against either Corner or Brewer at 7:45 p.m. today. bling State 14 Army 42, San Diego State 35 San Antonio 2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) The Tigers trailed by nine points at the half, but New Orleans Bowl ——— TCU 39, Stanford 37 ——— outscored the Warriors 44-16 in the second half to Troy 50, North Texas 30 Dollar General Bowl Holiday Bowl Monday, Jan. 1 earn the blowout victory. Cure Bowl Mobile San Diego Outback Bowl Appalachian State 34. Toledo 0 Michigan State 42, Washington Tampa, Fla. Meek (11-3) trailed 16-6 after the first quarter and Orlando, Fla. Georgia State 27, Western ——— State 17 Michigan (8-4) vs. South Car- 35-26 at the half. The Tigers connected on five 3- Sunday, Dec. 24 ——— olina (8-4), Noon (ESPN2) pointers in the third quarter, scoring 23 points to take Kentucky 17 Las Vegas Bowl Hawaii Bowl Friday, Dec. 29 Peach Bowl a 49-44 lead into the final period. Boise State 38, Oregon 28 Honolulu Belk Bowl Atlanta For Meek, Caleb Aaron had 15 points, Peyton Key New Mexico Bowl Fresno State 33, Houston 27 Charlotte, N.C. UCF (12-0) vs. Auburn (10-3), added 11, John Mark Abercrombie had 10 and both Albuquerque ——— Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Texas 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Jacob Woodard and Kevin Chino added nine. Marshall 31, Colorado State 28 Tuesday, Dec. 26 A&M (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Citrus Bowl ——— Camellia Bowl Heart of Dallas Bowl Sun Bowl Orlando, Fla. Montgomery Utah 30, West Virginia 14 El Paso, Texas Notre Dame (9-3) vs. LSU (9- Tharptown Invitational Quick Lane Bowl NC State (8-4) vs. Arizona 3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Varsity Girls Middle Tennessee 35, Arkansas State 30 Detroit State (7-5), 3 p.m. (CBS) Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal) Carbon Hill 69, Brilliant 43 Duke 36, Northern Illinois 14 Music City Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Carbon Hill split its first two games of the Tharp- ——— Tuesday, Dec. 19 ——— Nashville, Tenn. Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Georgia town Invitational, losing to Rogers in the opener on Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Cactus Bowl Kentucky (7-5) vs. Northwest- (12-1), 5:10 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday and following with a win over Brilliant FAU 50, Akron 3 Phoenix ern (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal) on Thursday. ——— Kansas State 35, UCLA 17 Arizona Bowl New Orleans Against Brilliant, the Bulldogs earned a 69-43 win. Wednesday, Dec. 20 ——— Tucson, Ariz. Clemson (12-1) vs. Alabama Molly Kate Atkins had 25 points in the game, in- Frisco (Texas) Bowl Wednesday, Dec. 27 New Mexico State (6-6) vs. (11-1), 8:45 p.m. (ESPN) Louisiana Tech 51, SMU 10 Independence Bowl Utah State (6-6), 5:30 p.m. ——— cluding 18 in the third quarter, along with five assists Shreveport, La. (CBSSN) Monday, Jan. 8 and five steals. ——— Thursday, Dec. 21 Florida State 42, Southern Mis- Cotton Bowl Classic College Football Carbon Hill (8-7) led 25-13 at the half and 55-33 sissippi 13 Arlington, Texas Championship after three quarters. Gasparilla Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Pinstripe Bowl Southern Cal (11-2) vs. Ohio Atlanta Cagejia Hosey added 13 points and seven rebounds Temple 28, FIU 3 Bronx, N.Y. State (11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl winner vs. Sugar for the Bulldogs, Makindle McGough had 10 points, ——— Iowa 27, Boston College 20 ——— Bowl winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Abby Martin added six points, Alayna Ivie and Ricki Friday, Dec. 22 Foster Farms Bowl Saturday, Dec. 30 ——— Jill Burrough each added four and Lacey Evans had Bahamas Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. TaxSlayer Bowl Saturday, Jan. 20 12 rebounds. Nassau Purdue 38, Arizona 35 Jacksonville, Fla. East-West Shrine Classic Ohio 41, UAB 6 Texas Bowl Louisville (8-4) vs. Mississippi At St. Petersburg, Fla. Carbon Hill opened the tournament with a 61-20 Houston State (8-4), Noon (ESPN) East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) loss to Rogers. Evans had 10 points and six rebounds Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Texas 33, Missouri 16 Liberty Bowl NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in the game. ——— Memphis, Tenn. At Carson, Calif. The Bulldogs face Oakman (6-8) at 1 p.m. today in Wyoming 37, Central Michigan 14 Thursday, Dec. 28 Iowa State (7-5) vs. Memphis American vs. National, 4 p.m. the fifth-place game. Military Bowl (10-2), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) (FS1)

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. rector, Sam Haskell; its will name a former state The emails already cost (AP) — Trashed by emails president, Josh Randle; title holder to the panel. the pageant its television sent by pageant officials, board chairwoman Lynn These five individuals production partner and former Miss Americas will Weidner, and one other and two board members raised questions about the help choose the new lead- board member to resign. “will begin their exhaus- future of the nationally tel- ers of the Miss America Dan Meyers, the group’s tive search in a matter of evised broadcast from At- Organization. interim board chairman, days,” a statement from lantic City’s Boardwalk The group told The Asso- said former Miss Americas the board read. Hall the week after Labor ciated Press Wednesday and state directors will The committee will con- Day each year. Dick Clark night that it is enlisting recommend members for a sider what form the Productions told the AP the help of former Miss search committee that will group’s leadership should last Thursday that it cut Americas and state direc- determine the organiza- take: whether it needs an ties with the Miss America tors to recommend the tion’s leadership structure, executive director, a presi- Organization over the next generation of leaders and choose individuals to dent and a CEO. It also emails, calling them “ap- for the pageant. fill those roles. will search for individuals palling.” In emails that were pub- “The board wanted to to fill whatever leadership Meyers said the group lished last week by the have a process that was positions it decides the has spoken with ABC, the Huffington Post, pageant unprecedented in terms of group should have. There television network sched- officials ridiculed the ap- openness, transparency are currently two vacan- uled to broadcast the Sep- pearance, intellect and sex and inclusion,” he said. cies on the 14-member AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File tember 2018 pageant, as lives of former Miss Amer- “Given the turbulent na- board, and there will be at well as with pageant spon- icas. The emails included In this Jan. 2013 file photo, Miss New York Mallory ture of leadership transi- least two more when the sors. None has ended its one that used a vulgar Hytes Hagan reacts as she is crowned Miss Amer- tions, asking all the resignations of Randle and relationship with the Miss term for female genitalia stakeholders to be a part of Weidner become effective America Organization, he to refer to past Miss Amer- ica 2013 in Las Vegas. Trashed by emails sent by this process was the best in a matter of weeks. said. ica winners, one that pageant officials, former Miss Americas will help way.” The organization hopes Independent messages wished that a particular choose the new leaders of the Miss America Or- Former Miss Americas to have the nominations in sent by the AP over the former Miss America had ganization. and state directors collec- hand by Jan. 3. The groups past two days seeking died and others that spec- tively will name four peo- were being notified of the comment from ABC and ulated about how many America Mallory Hagan The ensuing uproar led ple to the search board’s decision late pageant sponsors have sex partners former Miss has had. to the group’s executive di- committee, and the board Wednesday night. gone unanswered.

NATION IN BRIEF Shkreli’s ex-lawyer found guilty of financial fraud NEW YORK (AP) — A Shkreli defraud investors, he did get prison time it jail that houses terrorism Vanity Fair: Video mocking lawyer accused of helping FBI assistant director-in- would be just a few and mob suspects, the Hillary Clinton 'missed the mark' pharmaceutical entrepre- charge William F. Sweeney months at a minimum-se- Metropolitan Detention neur Martin Shkreli cover said. curity “Club Fed.” Center, where his lawyer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanity Fair is trying to up financial fraud was con- “While it’s become in- His online rantings said in September he was defuse criticism of a video mocking Hillary Clinton victed Wednesday, a result creasingly more evident about Hillary Clinton in with the general popula- and her presidential aspirations. a prosecutor said should that Greebel exploited his prompted a judge to re- tion and was “doing rea- In a statement Wednesday, the magazine said send a “powerful message” knowledge of the law in his voke his bail and put him sonably well under very the online video was an attempt at humor that re- through the legal profes- efforts to break the law, in a fortress-like federal difficult circumstances.” grettably “missed the mark.” sion. today we finally see justice Posted last weekend, the video shows editors of After an 11-week trial, served in a case that’s Vanity Fair’s Hive website offering toasts and New Evan Greebel was con- spent no shortage of its You Can Trust Us For victed by a federal jury in time in the spotlight,” said Year’s resolutions to Clinton. 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MOSCOW (AP) — The FSB, that agents who en- pects linked to the Islamic explosion at a supermar- counter resistance from State group were arrested ket in Russia’s second- terror suspects should “liq- in connection to the al- largest city was a terror uidate bandits on the leged plot. The Kremlin attack, President Vladimir spot.” said the suspects had Putin said Thursday, No one has claimed re- planned to bomb Kazan adding that he has ordered sponsibility for the super- Cathedral and other security agencies to kill market bomb. Eight of the crowded sites. terror suspects on the spot injured remained hospital- In April, a suicide bomb- if they resist arrest. ized. ing in St. Petersburg’s sub- Officials said 13 people Putin’s spokesman, way left 16 people dead were injured Wednesday Dmitry Peskov, would not and wounded more than when an improvised explo- offer any specifics on what 50. sive device went off at a led Putin to declare the at- Russian authorities storage area for customers’ tack an act of terrorism. identified the bomber as a bags at the supermarket The shrapnel that was 22-year old Kyrgyz-born in St. Petersburg. Investi- part of the explosive device Russian national. gators said the device con- proved the explosion “was During his remarks at tained 200 grams (7 a terror attack anyway.” the Kremlin awards cere- ounces) of explosives and Storage boxes at all mony, Putin said Russia’s was rigged with shrapnel Perekrestok supermarkets 2-year military campaign to cause more damage. in St. Petersburg were re- in Syria helped eliminate While Russian law en- moved following the at- militants who threatened forcement agencies tack. Other chains said Russia. stopped short of immedi- they would tighten secu- He has previously said ately describing the blast rity measures. that over 4,000 citizens as a terror attack, Putin Earlier this month, from Russia and some did not mince words AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky Putin telephoned Presi- 5,000 people from other Thursday at a Kremlin People walk past the scene of an explosion at a supermarket in St. Peters- dent Donald Trump to ex-Soviet nations have awards ceremony for Russ- burg, Russia, Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Wednesday's thank him for what the joined the Islamic State ian troops who fought in Kremlin described as a group in Syria and Iraq. Syria. explosion at a supermarket in the country's second-largest city was a terrorist CIA tip that prevented “What would have hap- “You know that yester- attack, at least 13 people were injured. more bombings in St. Pe- pened if those hundreds, day a terror attack was tersburg, Putin’s home- thousands ... had come conducted in St. Peters- tack was thwarted re- St. Petersburg that a CIA Putin said he told the town. back to us, trained, armed burg,” Putin said. He went cently, a reference to an al- tip helped prevent, accord- chief of Russia’s main do- The Federal Security and well-prepared?” Putin on to note that another at- leged series of bombings in ing to the Kremlin. mestic security agency, the Service said seven sus- said.

Israel passes law that critics say Islamic State kills 41 in attack on Afghan cultural center is meant to shield Prime Minister KABUL, Afghanistan blew himself up among the JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has (AP) — An Islamic State participants. passed legislation curbing a police practice of recom- suicide bomber struck a More bombs went off mending indictments in high-profile cases before Shiite cultural center in just outside the center as charges are pressed. Kabul on Thursday, killing people fled. The bill was pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s at least 41 people and un- The IS-linked Aamaq party as he faces corruption allegations, and critics derscoring the extremist news agency said four said it was designed to shield the long-ruling prime group’s growing reach in bombs were used in the as- minister. Afghanistan even as its sault, one strapped to the The so-called “recommendations bill” passed early self-styled caliphate in suicide attacker. It said the Thursday after days of filibustering. It stops police Iraq and Syria has been center was funded by Iran from recommending to prosecutors whether to indict dismantled. and used to propagate Shi- suspects upon completing their investigations. It also The attack may have ite beliefs. aims to stop leaks to the media from the investiga- targeted the pro-Iran Ali Reza Ahmadi, a jour- tions themselves. Much of the details of police inves- Afghan Voice news agency nalist with Afghan Voice, tigations of Netanyahu that have been published housed in the two-story said he leaped from the stem from such leaks. building. The Sunni ex- AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul window of his second-floor Critics say the law muzzles police and other insti- tremists of IS view Shiite Security personnel arrive outside the site of a sui- office after the first bomb tutions. Some opponents, including an opposition Muslims as apostates and went off and saw flames party and an activist group, said they plan to chal- have repeatedly attacked cide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday. Au- pouring from the base- lenge the law in court. An initial version was watered Afghanistan’s Shiite mi- thorities say an attack took place on a Shiite ment. down after an uproar and the law as passed does not nority and targets linked cultural center in the Afghan capital killing 41. “I jumped from the roof apply to current investigations, including those con- to neighboring Iran. toward the basement, cerning Netanyahu. The attack wounded burns. dada said the bomber yelling at people to get Opposition leader Isaac Herzog called it “an imme- more than 80 people, many Local Shiite leader slipped into an academic water to put out the fire,” diate and explicit threat” to law enforcement. of whom suffered severe Abdul Hussain Ramazan- seminar at the center and he said. Hyundai Hyundai HolidaysHolidays SalesSales EventEvent

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Qualified persons may 140 Transportation AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the phone calls please. EOE apply at 045 Pets & Supplies mortgagee, nor the officers, di- The Arc of Walker County 2BR/1BA HOUSE '90 F350 1 Ton, factory long rectors, attorneys, employees, 3 FREE BEAUTIFUL KITTENS, 306 8th Street West, Jasper. DRIVERS- 745 Russell Dairy Road bed. $3,000;(205)275-8532 agents or authorized represen- Jasper, AL 35503 or fax 2 months old. 2 white, litter LR/DR., extra dining area, tative of the mortgagee make SOUTHERN Wood Trucking trained. Ready to go! family room, basement. Now Accepting Applications for a resume to 205-387-0567. 150 Legals any representation or warranty (205)544-7290 $850/mo. (205)213-7951 relating to the title or any physi- Truck Drivers. 3yrs. experience E.O.E. & Drug Free Workplace. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT cal, environmental, health or required, Class-A CDL. Must WELDER NEEDED FOR SALE: 4 (M) Pomeranian 2BR/1BA MH, nice condition. OF WALKER COUNTY safety conditions existing in, on, pass DOT Drug Screen and at Jasper Electric Motors, Inc. Puppies. (205)275-5922 No Pets. $300 dep. $450 mo. ALABAMA at or relating to the property of- Physical. Must have acceptable Must Mig & Tig Steel & Alu- (205)384-3681 CHILDERS, ROGER JOE & fered for sale. Any and all re- MVR. Benefits include BC/BS FREE CALICO Kittens to good minum also brazing. Education STAR CHILDERS sponsibilities or liabilities arising Health and Dental, 401K and homes. Litter box trained. and or experience preferred. 3BR/1BA 1704 Frank Evans Plaintiffs out of or in any way relating to Life. Drivers are home every (205)265-0303. BCBS Insurance, paid holidays Road. $500mo. $500dep. Back- V. any such condition, including night. Applications can be re- and vacations. Drug Testing Re- ground/Credit Checks. No Pets CLARK TIFFANY LEE those suggested by Code of Ala. ceived from the Security Guard FREE PUPPY (F, 10wks old) to (1975) § 35-4-271, expressly quired. Apply at Jasper Electric Allowed. (205)300-4324 Defendant at Jasper Lumber Company a good home. (205)530-4010 are disclaimed. This sale is sub- Motors office, 175 Curry High- CASE NO: 2700 Hwy. 78 W, Jasper AL ject to all prior liens and encum- way. 205-384-6071. BEAUTIFUL 7-ROOM DR-2017-900374.00 35501. NO Calls Please. EOE 047 Livestock Executive Home. One Block brances and unpaid taxes and ORDER assessments including any from Park School. No Pets. HAY FOR SALE: Bahia Grass & NOTICE OF CUSTODY transfer tax associated with the FULL TIME position available $$$$$$$$$$$$ $950mo. Deposits and Refer- ACTION for CDL/Hazmat Truck Driver. Fescue Mix. Square Bales, $5 foreclosure. The successful bid- each. (205)300-1993 ences required. (205)221-1999 Tiffany Lee Clark, the mother of der must tender a non-refund- Benefits available. Apply in per- Earn Extra Cash the minor child, NSSA, born Au- son @ Boren Explosives Co., lo- able deposit of Five Thousand The Daily Mountain Eagle is CAMPER 32FT. $130 PER gust 4, 2007, is placed on notice Dollars and no/100 ($5,000.00) cated on Hwy 269, Parrish. Pay 095 Merchandise WEEK. Includes all utilities. that Star Childers and Roger in certified or cash funds at the based on experience. No phone currently seeking to fill Carrier Positions FIREWOOD- SEASONED Oak, (205)435-0434 leave mesg/text. Joe Childers have filed for cus- time and place of the sale. The calls please. $85; (205)602-0548 John currently available in the tody of the minor child. The Par- balance of the purchase price CORDOVA MANOR 1BR. to ent must answer the Plaintiff's must be paid in certified funds JASPER LUMBER Co., Inc. areas listed below. LIKE NEW 5 brick Vanguard 4BR total electric Apartments. petition within 30 days after the by close of business on the next now accepting applications for propane gas heater; $125. Water furnished. $200 dep. last publication of this notice or business day thereafter at the General Labor, positions are Dovertown Area (205)544-5410. (205)595-1701. a default judgement may be en- Law Office of Shapiro and Ingle, full-time and would require over- tered against her. LLP at the address indicated time. Competitive wages, Potential Profit SEASONED/GREEN SUMITON, MOBILEHOME Done this 8th day of Decem- below. Shapiro and Ingle, LLP BC/BS medical and dental, life, OAK/HICKORY $1200 per month Small 2BR/1.5BA. No pets. ber, 2017. reserves the right to award the 401k. Applications may be re- Bar-B-Q firewood. Cut to bid to the next highest bidder, or $435mo. plus deposit. /s/ Gregory M. Williams ceived from the guard at Length. Business Welcome!! to reschedule the sale, should (205)669-5195, (205)531-7898 Circuit Judge 2700 Hwy 78 W, Jasper AL. Oakman/Townley Delivered anywhere! the highest bidder fail to timely *Dec. 15, 22, 29, 2017; NO Phone Calls please. EOE (205)435-1715, leave message. tender the total amount due. Area 120 Mobile Homes *Jan. 5, 2018 Alabama law gives some per- LPN POSITION available sons who have an interest in Potential Profit 115 Rent or Lease 2000 (14X50) 2BR/1BA; $9,000 MORTGAGE at NWAMHC. Apply at property the right to redeem the (205)275-8532 FORECLOSURE SALE nwamhc.com $1,100 per month ROOMS FOR rent in home. property under certain circum- (205)295-9302. Default having been made in the stances. Programs may also 122 M.H. Wanted payment of the indebtedness LPN/RN NEEDED in the exist that help persons avoid or Apply in person at Daily secured by that certain mort- delay the foreclosure process. Residential Program at *BUILDING FOR RENT* I BUY Mountain Eagle Located on HWY.195 across gage executed on November An attorney should be consulted The Arc of Walker County. MOBILE HOMES 12, 2008 by James Shawn Wil- from Oakhill Cemetary, and to help you understand these Full-time position is available. 1301 Viking Drive (205)282-1409 son and Charlotte M Wilson, a rights and programs as a part of Candidates must have a current Jasper, Alabama behind the Oakhill Barber Shop married couple, originally in (purple building). Former Hot the foreclosure process. nursing license with the State of 124 Land for Sale favor of West Alabama Bank & MidFirst Bank, and its or call 205-221-4626 Spot location. 1200 SQ.FT Alabama, current Alabama dri- Trust, and recorded in DML successors and assigns ver’s license, and an insurable All Daily Mountain Eagle Recently Remodeled. 88 ACRES- Fall City Rd. $2,250 Book 2156 at Page 377 on No- Mortgagee or Transferee driving record. This position pro- Carriers are independent Wheelchair Accessible. per acre. (205)295-8151 vember 12, 2008, in the Office SHAPIRO AND INGLE, LLP vides direct care and medical contractors and are not $500 month $250 deposit of the Judge of Probate of 10130 Perimeter Parkway, needs in a Residential setting employees of the Daily 1yr lease REQUIRED. 125 Real Est. Sales Walker County, Alabama, and Suite 400 for persons with intellectual and Mountain Eagle. Applicants Contact Rick Waldrop secured indebtedness having Charlotte, NC 28216 2BR/1BA HOUSE developmental disabilities. must have dependable, at 205-221-4217 been transferred or assigned to 704-333-8107/ 17-014675 306 8th Street West Jasper. Hiring Bonus within 90 days. economical transportation, MidFirst Bank as reflected by in- Attorneys for Mortgagee (1) SINGLEWIDE 3BR/2BA, LR/DR., extra dining area, strument recorded in DML Book Qualified persons may apply at a valid driver’s license and or Transferee DORA. No Pets. $550mo. family room, basement. 2154, Page 435; DML Book The Arc of Walker County automobile insurance. *Dec. 22, 29, 2017; Good Rental Ref's. $85,000; (205)213-7951 2154, Page 553 and of the *Jan. 5, 2018 745 Russell Dairy Road (205)823-3301 (205)213-0916. same Office. Shapiro and Ingle, Jasper, AL 35503 or fax a L.L.P., as counsel for Mortgagee resume to 205-387-0567 020 Announcements E.O.E. & Drug Free Workplace.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) mediately. It was sort of vation, Swift said. About Amelia Fowler, a well- Camille Myers Breeze is has been installed here for — The curator of the U.S. dark, but you could see the 250 of them are trophy known flag preserver who working on a new conser- 100 years for Naval Acad- Naval Academy Museum colors — the vibrant colors flags seized in battle. The restored the original Star- vation process for the flags emy students and visitors wasn’t exactly sure what — of them having not been museum also houses sea- Spangled Banner in 1914, as director of an independ- to appreciate and learn would be found: records in- in light for 100 years, and faring instruments, naval was contracted in 1912 to ent conservation studio, from,” she said. “It’s really dicated five display boxes so it was exciting.” uniforms, medals, photo- conserve the academy’s Museum Textile Services, our favorite kind of proj- long used to exhibit cap- The flags, covered by the graphs, art and items re- collection of trophy flags. based in Massachusetts. ect.” tured British flags from others in boxes with large calling past naval She worked with dozens of She said Fowler’s work has Swift said funding for the War of 1812 actually plate-glass lids, speak to expeditions and explo- other women in the mu- enabled her crew to handle the conservation, about concealed more banners an earlier era of U.S. inter- rations. seum’s Mahan Hall, using the flags without risk of $40,000, came from the underneath. vention overseas. They in- “We are ultimately stew- a patented stitching damage. U.S. Naval History and But not until all 61 ban- clude one taken from a ards of these objects that method to help preserve “For us to conserve a col- Heritage Command, which ners were painstakingly Chinese pirate fort off tell important stories,” the fabric. All told, they lection of flags like this is tasked with preserving removed in December for a Macau dating to 1854 and said Swift, whose museum stitched up enough flags to that’s historical — not only artifacts, documents and conservation effort did cu- another captured in Korea boasts more than 100,000 cover two football fields, for its use, but for how it other items of that mili- rator Charles Swift, who is in 1871, according to Swift. visitors a year. Swift said. was preserved and how it tary branch. also the museum’s manag- There were even some ing director, actually see replicas of Revolutionary what was hidden. And he War-era flags among them. Happy 19th Birthday In Loving Memory of was gratified to learn that He said no one had at- conservationists had un- tempted to open the boxes Kati covered dozens of other for so long until it came Chad Ernsberger flags — many captured by time for needed conserva- the Navy in other conflicts tion. On His of the 19th century. “It was mostly the recog- We love 30th year in Heaven The 46 newly discovered nition that after 100 years, you! flags — including banners these things really needed from battles in Asia and to be taken down, because We Love from the Spanish-Ameri- hanging like this places and Miss You! can War — had originally stresses on the flags,” said been put on display in Swift. “It can tear them. Your Loving Family, 1913. But seven years They can be damaged. So, Frank Ernsberger, later, they were covered up they’re getting a well-de- 12/29/1712/29/17 the late Georgetta Barnett & by the 15 flags from the served vacation.” the late Helen Ernsberger, War of 1812 — and sealed In 1849, then-President up for nearly a century. James K. Polk designated Bill Hayes & Cassidy Barnett No one alive had seen the academy in Annapolis, May all your wishes come true! and the late the flags long hidden from Maryland, as the reposi- Sarah and ALL your family 7/16/69 - 12/29/87 Albert & Maxine Pike view. tory of flags captured in “More importantly than battle by the Navy. The just seeing them was see- museum is now home to ing the colors,” said Swift. about 800 flags and “It is what struck me im- trusted with their conser-

AP Photo/Brian Witte In this Dec. 7 photo, Charles Swift, managing di- rector and curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Mu- seum in Annapolis, Md., looks up from a British flag of the HMS Landrail, which was captured in 1814 by American privateers sailing in the English Channel. It is one of 61 flags recently removed from glass cases at the U.S. Naval Academy for preservation.

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