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FEB. 12, 2017 JASPER, ALABAMA — SUNDAY — WWW.MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM $1.50 INSIDE BRIEFS Search continues for suspect in Security Federal bank robbery Jasper police are continuing their search for a man who robbed Secu- rity Federal Bank in Jasper on Nov. 30. The robbery oc- curred at approxi- mately 1:20 p.m. The suspect, a Oakman hosting white male in his sub-region game early 20s, was car- rying a handgun Oakman’s Heather Thompson and got away with (14) puts up a shot Friday in an undisclosed the Lady Wildcats’ win over amount of cash, ac- Carbon Hill. Oakman will host cording to Jasper J.B. Pennington beginning at 6 Police Chief J.C. p.m. Monday in a Class 2A sub- Poe. region game. For more on the The suspect was game, see A9 of today’s Eagle. wearing a blue Daily Mountain Eagle - Dale Short hooded sweatshirt Sharon and Chris Hand with one of their shop’s cycles. with a tan shirt and was last seen flee- Trump, Japan’s ing on foot toward The Bluffs apart- Abe share ment complex. HEARTS LIKE No one was in- high-five on jured. Anyone with TWO WHEELS Fla. golf course information is asked to call the Jasper Police Department Report says North Korea test fires Jasper couple bonds over love of motorcycles missile, challenging U.S. / A8 at (205) 221-2121 or the FBI at (205) By DALE SHORT JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — President 326-6166. Daily Mountain Eagle Donald Trump has long boasted about his prowess on the golf course. Now he’s putting his unny November days game to work. DEATHS S are perfect for riding The president motorcycles, but at sun- spent a good part of Kenneth Wallace Jr., 48, down the air quickly turns his Saturday golfing Empire chilly. Which is why Chris with Japanese Pamela Ann Davidson, 70, Hand and his buddies parked Prime Minister Jasper their bikes and drove Hand’s Shinzo Abe as he Virginia Lee Anshutz, 78, Colorado Springs, Colo. car to get a hamburger at hosted his first for- Nan Randolph Cox, 83, Jack’s that evening in 1971. eign leader at his Parrish “Of course in those days you winter estate in Clarence Eugene Price, 76, circled around the hamburger Palm Beach, Florida. Arley stand,” Hand recalls, “and I After a rocky President Mildred Jenkins, 85, Jasper saw this blonde girl in a ‘68 diplomatic start that Trump Donnie Wilburn Handley Chevelle 396. So I thought, included contentious Jr., 79, Carbon Hill ‘hmmm, OK,’ and I backed in Photo courtesy of Chris Hand phone calls with the leaders of Mexico Nellie Mae “Nell” Neal Reid, alongside her, just like Joe and Australia, the friendly weekend of 89, Jasper Chris Hand racing on the 'Red Neck Express' James Benton Cool. We started talking, and meetings, dinners and golf suggested Evelyn Day, 87, Jasper that was it.” For most of those years there you go. Even when we the new president was willing to invest Ethel Brown, 60, “And here we are, 45 years they’ve shared the same work- get on each other’s nerves and time in developing close personal rela- Hamilton, Ohio later,” says Sharon Hand, from places, which is an arrange- you want to thump their ear or tionships with leaders he feels he can her seat behind the parts ment not all couples are cut something. work with. Full obituaries / A2 counter of Hand’s Performance out for. “But that’s the beauty of it. The president and first lady Melania Motorcycles in Jasper. “That “We’ve got this far and When we get home I go and do Trump hosted a delegation dinner with was November, and we got haven’t killed each other,” WEATHER married the next June.” Sharon says with a laugh. “So See HAND, A8 See TRUMP, A8

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Classifieds...... B8 along walking track Dear Abby...... B6 Horoscope...... B6 By LEA RIZZO Lifestyles...... B1 Daily Mountain Eagle Opinion...... A6 Sports...... A9 In the coming months, Sumiton will light up its portion of East Walker’s walking track so Two sections, 22 pages people can still take advantage of the track in the evenings. Check Mayor Petey Ellis said work will likely begin out our within the next 30 to 60 days and take around Facebook three months to complete. page at “A lot of people don’t get home in time to walk on the track before dark or don’t get up in time Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle to walk on the track during the daytime,” Ellis said of the reason the city pursued this grant. “Putting lights on the track just gives people a larger time frame to use it.” Daily Mountain Eagle - Ron Harris The City of Sumiton received a $100,000 grant through ADECA’s Recreational Trails West Ridgewood Road in Jasper will be closed to traffic — except for residents Program to fund the lighting project. The pro- who live along the road — for three days beginning Monday for work to replace gram is funded by the U.S. Department of Tran- a culvert. Jasper public works director Joe Matthews said crews will begin work portation. Monday morning to replace a metal culvert that lies under a portion of the road. See SUMITON, A8 Work crews will replace the metal culvert with one made of concrete.

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ARK. 73/37 Memorial services will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, Donnie Wilburn Handley Jr., 79, of Carbon Hill, passed at 3 p.m. at Owens Chapel Church of God located at 2290 away Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at Ridgewood Health Care Coon Creek Road in Empire. Mark Brand will officiate. Center in Jasper. GA. Wallace was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Visitation will be held Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, from Shirley June Wallace; and brother, Larry Wallace. noon until 1 p.m. in the Collins-Burke Funeral Home Par- Greenville Birmingham 72/41 74/41 He is survived by his devoted wife, Terri; daughter, Brit- lor, with funeral services following at 1 p.m. Burial will tany; son, Cody; father, Kenneth Wallace Sr.; sister, Be- take place at Pisgah Baptist Church in Sipsey. Wayne linda Wallace; brother, Bobby Wallace (Paula); brother, Williams will officiate. Paul Wallace; uncles; aunts; and a host of family and Handley was preceded in death by his father, Donnie friends. Wilburn Handley Sr.; mother, Lorene Roberts Handley; Jackson Montgomery son, Andy Jermone Handley; and sister, Sandra Faye 78/50 79/47 Handley. Pamela Ann Davidson He is survived by his daughter, Tammy Dannell; son, Joey Terrell Handley (Lynne Black); sister, Carol Ann Brookhaven Hattiesburg Aug. 17, 1946 - Feb. 9, 2017 78/50 Mathews (Raymond Perry); brothers, Ronnie Gerald Han- 80/52 Pamela Ann Davidson, 70, of Jasper, passed away dley (Betty Jo) and Larry Gene Handley; grandchildren, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at Brookwood Baptist Health - Miranda Shae Handley, Brandon Matthew Handley, Mobile Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper. Nicholas Freeman Handley, Joy Hilda Handley, Destin LA. 78/55 FLA. The family will receive friends Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, Higginbothan and Cole Higginbothan; and great-grand- at 1:30 p.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Funeral children, Bayleigh Handley, Kinslee Handley, Bryson services will be held Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. Handley, Lainee Handley, Brylee Handley, Khaliecee in the Collins-Burke Chapel, with burial at Zion Church Handley and Livee Handley. of Christ Cemetery. Roy Prescott will officiate. Davidson was preceded in death by her parents, John Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 D. and Margaret L. McNeeley; son, Randall Lee Burton; two brothers; and one son-in-law. ©2017 AccuWeather, Inc. She is survived by her husband, Timothy L. Davidson Nellie Mae ‘Nell’ of Jasper; daughters, Sandra S. Marsh (Bill Kuroski) of Ohio, Teresa A. Burton of Texas, and Marie L. Reese Neal Reid (Aundra) of Jasper; grandchildren, Randy L. Burton, Nellie Mae “Nell” Neal Reid, 89, of Jasper, passed away Melany Leggio of Texas, Aundra D. Reese Jr. and Trey Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at Ridgeview Health Service in D. Reese of Jasper; sisters-in-law, Cindy Smith (Mike) Jasper. Lawyer: Pro-Trump and Becky Ramos (Rapheal) of Jasper; brothers-in-law, Visitation will be held Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, from 10 Ricky Davidson (Tammie), Chris Davidson (Heather) to 11 a.m. in the Collins-Burke Funeral Home Parlor, and Brian Davidson of Jasper; mother-in-law, Geraldine mindset behind 8-year with funeral services following at 11 a.m. Burial will take Davidson; a host of friends; and special buddy, Chico. place at New Prospect Cemetery in Jasper. Willie Harbi- son will officiate. voter fraud sentence Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 Reid was preceded in death by her father, Frank Wilson AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A lawyer for a Mexican na- Neal; mother, Suela Brown Neal; husband, Leon Virgil tional sentenced to eight years in prison for voter fraud Reid; sister, Eunice Johnson, Beatrice Neal, Melba Kim- in Texas said that President Donald Trump’s widely de- Virginia Lee Anshutz prell and Fay Posey; and brothers, Roland Neal, Irick bunked claims of election rigging was February 17, 1938 - August 2, 2016 Neal, Latham Neal and Jack Neal. “the 800-pound gorilla” in the jury Virginia Lee Anshutz, of Colorado Springs, Colo., She is survived by her daughters, Susie Upton and box. passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 2, 2016, at the age of Debbie Thomas; son, Jeff Reid; sister, Charlotte Ramey; Rosa Maria Ortega, 37, was con- 78. sister-in-law, Eva Neal; grandchildren, Jamie Butler victed in Fort Worth this week on two She was preceded in death by her (Laura), Chris Thomas (Jeannie), Brandy Felts (Chris), felony counts of illegal voting over al- son, Jeffrey Anshutz. Sharae Robinson (Shawn), and Dusty Reid (Jessica); legations that she improperly cast a Anshutz is survived by her son, great-grandchildren, Riley Butler, Clay Butler, Summer ballot five times between 2005 and Chad Anshutz; daughter-in-law, Mag- Thomas, Sani Thomas, Selina Thomas, Shelby Felts, Jesse 2014. gie; granddaughters, Vivian and Felts, Oliver Robinson, Remington Reid and Gage Reid; Her attorney, Clark Birdsall, said Nyshie; sister, Joi Kunkel and her hus- and her special caregivers at Ridgeview Nursing Home. Friday that Ortega was a permanent band, Bill Kunkel; nephews, Joe Fant resident who was brought to the U.S. and Clay Baggett; many nieces, Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 as a baby and mistakenly thought Rosa Maria nephews, great-nieces and great- she was eligible to vote. Ortega nephews; as well as many other cher- He said she voted Republican, in- ished family members. James Benton She was born in Cordova, Ala., on Feb. 17, 1938, to cluding for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose James Benton went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Earnest and Era Tuggle. office helped prosecute her. Feb. 11, 2017. Benton was born on July 20, 1941. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was The sentence was stark — voter fraud convictions, He is survived by his wife and soulmate for 37 years, a competitive bowler and an artist who enjoyed trans- which are rare, many times result in probation. And as Shirley Benton; his children, daughter, Tammy Benton forming her yard — wherever she lived — into beautiful a convicted felon, Ortega will very likely be deported Hart and her husband John of Houston, Texas, son, Tim flower and vegetable gardens, as well as hiking in the after serving her sentence. Benton and his wife Doris of Eldridge, daughter, Teresa Rocky Mountains. Tarrant County prosecutors say jurors made clear and her husband Tony of Carbon Hill, daughter, Lisa Ben- A memorial service will be held Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, they value voting rights, but Birdsall said he believes ton of Carbon Hill, step-daughter, Cindy Brown of Dora, at 4 p.m. at Barney Cemetery in Cordova. Ortega would have fared better in a county with fewer step-son, Steve Mayes of Sumiton; sister, Francis Wyma “pro-Trump” attitudes. and her husband Jimmy, sister, Becky Rogers, brother, Trump carried North Texas’ Tarrant County with 52 Bud Benton and his wife Joyce; and a host of grandchil- percent of the vote in November. Birdsall said he Nan Randolph Cox dren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. wanted to steer the jury of 10 women and two men from Nan Randolph Cox, 83, of Parrish, passed away on Fri- He was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence Ben- any lingering thoughts about Trump’s unproven claims day, Feb. 10, 2017, at St. Vincent’s Hospital. ton; mother, Ruthie Tidwell; and daughter, Jina Benton that 3 million people illegally voted in 2016 but the Funeral arrangements will be announced by Kilgore- Beam of Haleyville. judge wouldn’t allow him. Green Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at Dora Church of God “It was the 800-pound gorilla sitting in the jury box,” Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, with visitation at 2 p.m. and fu- Birdsall said. “I would have said, ‘You cannot hold this Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5533 neral at 3 p.m. Interment to be at Wells Celestial Gardens woman accountable for Donald Trump’s fictitious 3 mil- following. lion votes.’” The steps of a righteous man are ordered of the Lord Birdsall said the Texas attorney general’s office had Clarence Eugene Price and he delighteth in his way. — Psalm 37:23 agreed to leniency in exchange for Ortega testifying to Clarence Eugene Price, 76, of Arley, entered into rest lawmakers about illegal voting, but said Tarrant Bell Funeral Home, Sumiton; 205-648-6611 County District Attorney Sharon Wilson quashed those on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at his home surrounded by his talks. loving family. A Wilson spokeswoman acknowledged plea negotia- Price was born on Jan. 12, 1941, in Sweetwater, Tenn. Evelyn Day tions but would not divulge details. A spokesman for Visitation will be held today, Feb. 12, 2017, from 5 to 8 the attorney general did not respond to an email seek- p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home in Addison, where services Evelyn Day, 87, of Jasper, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, ing comment. will be held Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at 2 p.m. Bobby Smith at Ridgewood Health Care. Birdsall said Ortega has lived in the U.S. since she and Pastor Robert Partridge will officiate. Burial will be Funeral arrangements will be announced by Collins- was a baby and has four teenage children. He said Or- at Arley Congregational Church Cemetery. Burke Funeral Home. tega had learning disabilities and only a sixth-grade Friends may sign the guestbook online at www.nichols- education. funeralhomes.com. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 Sam Jordan, a spokeswoman for Wilson, said the de- cision to prosecute had “absolutely nothing” to do with Nichols Funeral Home, Haleyville; 205-486-2204 immigration. Ethel Brown “This is a voter rights case. Does she consider voter Mildred Jenkins Ethel Brown, 60, of Hamilton, Ohio, formerly of rights important? Yes she does,” Jordan said of the dis- Jasper, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at her res- trict attorney. “And she thought it was important Mildred Jenkins, 85, of Jasper, died Saturday, Feb. 11, idence. enough to go forward to a jury and let the jury of citi- 2017, at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Faith zens decide, and they decided pretty clearly how impor- Funeral arrangements will be announced by Collins- Chapel Funeral Home in Jasper. tant they think voting rights are.” Burke Funeral Home. Texas is one of many Republican-led states that have Faith Chapel Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9680 pushed for tighter requirements on voters to show iden- Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 tification at the polls. Supporters say such measures are necessary to combat voter fraud and increase public confidence in elections. But research has shown that in-person fraud at the polls is extremely rare, and critics of these restrictions Study shows invasive warn that they will hurt mostly poor people, minorities and students — all of whom tend to vote Democratic — as well as the elderly. bugs found in fallen trees years after major storm VOLUME 55 NUMBER 248 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) The emerald ash borer — They may be down but alone, now in 30 states, they’re not out: Damaging has killed hundreds of mil- Daily Mountain Eagle insects can emerge from lions of trees and has the - Main Office - fallen trees and logs for potential to cause $12.7 1301 E. 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But this study made to get a copy of the paper to you that morning. through 2027 and carry a Researchers were sur- cost of several billion dol- prised to find that wood the time of the tornado or shows that some of this Jasper, Alabama 35501 SUBSCRIPTION 3 6 1 lars annually in dead tree harvested even three years wind storm. downed wood still harbors Telephone 221-2840 RATES BY MAIL MONTHS MONTHS YEAR removal, declining prop- after the tornado produced Instead, there is a range insects several years Periodical Postage Paid at Jasper, AL Walker County $28.50 $57.00 $114.00 of damage and pockets of later,” said Gary Lovett, a USPS NO. 144-040 erty values and timber in- a significant number of in- Outside Walker County $39.50 $74.00 $138.00 dustry losses, according to sects. living trees that create in- senior scientist at the Cary MOTOR ROUTE SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside Alabama $46.50 $89.00 $166.00 the peer-reviewed study “It was a little surpris- sect habitat over time, re- Institute of Ecosystem Monthly ...... $10.50 6 Months ...... $63.00 Visa, Mastercard & Discover Cards Accepted. last year in Ecological Ap- ing that even after three searchers said. 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SEATTLE (AP) — Anti- abortion activists embold- ened by the new administration of Presi- dent Donald Trump staged rallies around the country Saturday calling for the federal government to cut off payments to Planned Parenthood, but in some cities counter-protests dwarfed the demonstra- tions. Thousands of Planned Parenthood supporters, many wearing the pointy- eared pink hats popular- AP Photo/Jim Salter ized by last month’s A Planned Parenthood supporter and opponent try women’s marches, turned out for a rally in St. Paul, to block each other's signs during a protest and Minnesota, separated by counter-protest Saturday in St. Louis. barricades from an anti- abortion crowd of a couple $ hundred people. In Detroit, REWARD - 1,000 about 300 people turned up AP Photo/Ed White outside a Planned Parent- For the arrest and conviction of the hood office, most of them People march in support of Planned Parenthood in Detroit Saturday . The supporting the organiza- event drew more than 300 people. person who shot this dog at his home: tion. In St. Louis, about 9096 Hwy. 195 • Jasper, AL 35503 150 abortion opponents month banned U.S. fund- cluding cancer screenings. ages 5 and 3, and said she slightly outnumbered a ing to international groups The nonpartisan Con- was pleased about Trump’s group carrying pink signs that perform abortions or gressional Budget Office election and the prospect of that read, “I stand with even provide information says defunding plans cutting Planned Parent- Planned Parenthood.” about abortions. Vice Pres- would cut roughly $400 hood’s funding. She and “They do a lot of work to ident Mike Pence strongly million in Medicaid money the girls held signs saying help women with repro- opposes abortion, citing his from the group in the year “Pray to End Abortion,” ductive health — not just Catholic beliefs, and the after enactment and would though she said they’re too abortions, obviously — but newly confirmed health result in roughly 400,000 young to understand what they help with birth con- secretary, Tom Price, has women losing access to it means. trol and cancer screenings supported cutting off tax- care. Nearby, Anthony Hodg- and counseling and a payer money to Planned Republicans would redi- son, 57, held a sign with whole variety of services, Parenthood. rect the funding to commu- the same message. and it seems they’re under Federal dollars don’t pay nity health centers, but “I believe it’s not right. Call (205) 300-3960 attack right now, and that for abortions, but the or- Planned Parenthood sup- God told us, ‘Thou shalt not concerns me greatly,” said ganization is reimbursed porters say women denied kill,’” he said. Kathy Brown, 58, a sup- by Medicaid for other serv- Medicaid services from In Detroit, Jill Byczek, porter of the organization ices, including birth control Planned Parenthood may 59, said she felt empow- 420 Hwy. 78 who attended the St. Paul and cancer screening. not be able to find replace- ered after attending the re- Saltys Jasper, AL rally. Anti-abortion conserva- ment care. cent women’s march in Andy LaBine, 44, of tives have long tried to cut Outside a Planned Par- Washington. Wearing a Steak and Seafood Ramsey, Minnesota, rallied Planned Parenthood funds, enthood clinic in the Dallas pink shirt that said “My with abortion opponents in arguing that the reim- suburb of Plano, about 20 Body My Choice,” she said St. Paul. LaBine, who was bursements help subsidize anti-abortion protesters Planned Parenthood there with his family, said abortions. gathered — a few more stands for “so much more” he believes Planned Par- Planned Parenthood than a typical Saturday, at- than abortion services. enthood is hiding “under a says it performed 324,000 tendees said. They bore “This is a way women get veil of health care.” abortions in 2014, the most signs reading “Abortion educated, get protected,” “I personally believe that recent year tallied, but the Kills Children,” ‘’Pray to she said. “This shows peo- Dinner for Two abortion is a profound in- vast majority of women End Abortion” and “Men ple are upset about what’s Combination Platters justice to the human race,” seek out contraception, Regret Lost Fatherhood.” happening. ... We are LaBine said. testing and treatment of Maria Nesbitt, 47, par- scared. We are worried. 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SAN DIEGO (AP) — one of the most fortified BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An ice jam that was blocking U.S. Homeland Security stretches of border, is often the Weiser River near the Idaho-Oregon border has Secretary John Kelly told cited as an example of how begun to break up, allowing flood waters to start to law enforcement officials walls can slow illegal recede. on a tour of nation’s border crossings, but critics say “Once this ice gets through, that should put an end with Mexico Friday that he fencing only forced people to the threat,” said Steve Penner, spokesman for couldn’t define a sanctuary to more remote areas, par- Washington County’s disaster services department. city, which President Don- ticularly in Arizona, where A flash flood damaged several homes in Weiser, ald Trump has targeted for many have died in extreme Idaho, and forced residents to flee to the tops of their withdrawal of federal heat. cars and roofs to escape the icy waters Friday morn- funding for refusing to co- Kelly later told reporters ing. Emergency workers used a large front-end loader operate with immigration that he worried about a to rescue four adults and five children, along with sev- authorities. federal appeals court’s re- eral horses and other animals, from one property out- Trump’s executive order fusal to reinstate Trump’s side of the southwestern Idaho town of Weiser. on immigration last month ban on travelers from Two people remained trapped inside their homes by says a “sanctuary jurisdic- seven predominantly Mus- the flood Friday afternoon, Penner said. One man ap- tion” defies federal law by lim countries. peared to be unharmed and told officials he didn’t want to be rescued. Emergency workers had been un- shielding people in the AP Photo/Denis Poroy He said vetting practices country illegally and that in those countries “are able to make contact with the other man, Penner said, they have caused “immea- Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks loose at best” and that the and they were unsure of his status. surable harm to the Amer- at news conference as cars enter the United countries include failing or Later Friday, an Idaho National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was sent to assess damage and fly over the ican people and to the very States from Mexico at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, faltering states. fabric of our Republic.” “I am concerned in that house of the man who didn’t respond to authorities, While sanctuary cities are Friday in San Diego. we are unable to vet these Penner said. broadly understood to “I promise you we’ll work ington, put in the blender folks who are coming here A 68-year-old man in his flooded home was subse- mean a refusal to cooper- with you and will make no and come up with a solu- in a more meaningful way,” quently rescued. Maj. Chris Borders, guard ate with the federal gov- Draconian moves until I tion,” he told federal, state he said. spokesman, couldn’t confirm it was the same man ernment on immigration fully understand what a and local law enforcement Asked about reports deputies tried to contact earlier in the day, the Idaho enforcement, a precise def- given locale might be doing officials at San Diego’s San from advocacy groups that Statesman reported. The man was taken to the Weiser inition has eluded many, or not doing,” he told Zim- Ysidro port of entry, the U.S. Immigration and Cus- hospital. including in law enforce- merman and other local nation’s busiest border toms Enforcement agents Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Oregon Gov. Kate ment. police chiefs and sheriffs. crossing. did a large roundup of peo- Brown also flew over the area Friday afternoon. “I don’t have a clue,” Kelly spoke near the end On Tuesday, Kelly told ple in the country illegally “We saw a lot of devastation,” Otter said after the Kelly told San Diego Police of a two-day tour of the lawmakers that he would in Southern California and tour, speaking to reporters in Payette. Chief Shelley Zimmerman border in Arizona and Cal- like to see wall construc- made arrests elsewhere, The town, like much of Idaho, was hit hard with a when she asked for a defi- ifornia. tion “well underway” Kelly said authorities are series of snowstorms in December and January, and nition. In San Diego, he joined within two years, but he executing the law. snowfall reached historic levels across much of the The blunt-spoken, re- agents on two house visits held open the possibility He didn’t specifically ad- state. tired four-star general to deport people in the that it wouldn’t extend to dress the reports but re- Quickly rising temperatures and rainfall caused the went on to say it was in- country illegally and areas where there are nat- jected the term ‘roundup’ accumulated snow to begin to rapidly melt, swelling conceivable why any juris- toured a cross-border drug ural physical barriers. and said officials cannot ig- rivers, creeks and irrigation canals and causing many diction wouldn’t want tunnel. Last week he San Diego, which has nore federal laws. to overflow their banks. criminals removed from toured the border in south their communities. “I’m Texas. stunned when people say, The secretary said he got ‘Well, we’re not going to co- “an earful” of suggestions operate with you even in from his employees on the event of convicted where to extend a border criminals,” he said. wall with Mexico, which Kelly said it would be currently covers about 700 difficult to justify immigra- miles of the 2,000-mile in- tion enforcement grants to ternational divide. cities that refuse to cooper- “I’ll take that on board, ate. we’ll bring it back to Wash- NATION IN BRIEF

Too much self-tanning lotion? Orange gator puzzles HANAHAN, S.C. — No one seems to know why there’s an orange alligator in a pond near Charleston. Residents joke the gator used too much self-tan- ning lotion. Or maybe it’s a fan of the Clemson Tigers, who are known for their orange colors. Residents living near the pond in Hanahan say they’ve seen the orange or rust-colored alligator a number of times. Photos show the 4- to 5-foot-long alligator on the banks of a retention pond at the Tanner Plantation neighborhood. Jay Butfiloski with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says the color may come from where the animal spent the winter, perhaps in a rusty steel culvert pipe. Experts say the alligator will shed its skin and prob- ably return to a normal shade soon. Deer runs amok inside grocery store, wrangled by shoppers MANCHESTER, Pa. — Pandemonium broke out at a southern Pennsylvania supermarket when a rogue deer smashed through its glass entrance and briefly ran amok. The doe burst into a Giant grocery store in the bor- ough of Manchester on Monday, The York Daily Record reported. Once surprised shoppers figured out what the noise was, they worked together to wrangle the ani- mal and force it outside. Robert Beck III, of Conewago Township, was in the store at the time with his wife. He said he heard a loud bang then people screaming “Deer!” He caught a glimpse of the animal as it scampered toward the bakery section. “When I seen it, it was game on,” he said. An avid hunter, Beck grabbed the deer around its neck and forced it outside with help from two other men. The animal was in the store for about 50 sec- onds. “That’s like a rodeo record,” Beck said, adding, “I think she was scared from all those peo- ple.” Police generally advise the public not to get in- volved in animal control when wild animals venture into populated places. Yale drops slavery proponent Calhoun from college name NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After years of debate, Yale University is changing the name of a residential col- lege named after a 19th century alumnus who ar- dently supported slavery. The university said Saturday it’s renaming Calhoun College after trailblazing computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper, a mathematician-turned-Navy rear admiral. Yale says it’s the final decision on a controversy that boiled over with campus protests in 2015. Yale President Peter Salovey says John C. Cal- houn was a white supremacist at odds with the uni- versity’s values. Salovey had announced in April that the school would keep Calhoun’s name in order to not erase history, but says this is an exceptional case because promoting slavery was Calhoun’s principal legacy. Calhoun was a vice president and senator from South Carolina who contended that slavery was a “positive good.” — The Associated Press DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Sun., Feb. 12, 2017 www.mountaineagle.com — A5 GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?

WASHINGTON (AP) — low-income people, or taining others. Partici- ployer-provided health in- Republicans love cutting carve savings from pants say Obama’s taxes surance that exceeds an taxes, especially if they Medicare, which serves the on medical device makers unspecified level. The were authored by a presi- elderly? Might they raise and on insurance and blueprint says it would af- dent named Barack other taxes, something pharmaceutical companies fect “only the most gener- Obama. But as they push that’s been anathema to seem among the likeliest ous plans.” their wobbly effort to erase Republicans for decades? to go. Such coverage is cur- his health care overhaul, “There’s going to be a Still, with solid Demo- rently not taxed, and sup- they’re divided over temptation for policymak- cratic opposition a cer- porters say the idea would whether to repeal the ers to take the easy way tainty, GOP leaders such prod companies and work- levies the law imposed to out” and simply let deficits as House Speaker Paul ers away from overly finance its expanded cov- rise, said Maya Ryan, R-Wis., face pres- costly insurance. Its fate is erage for millions of Amer- MacGuineas, president of sure to find a tax sweet uncertain. icans. the bipartisan Committee spot without enraging part Besides financing their It’s a trillion-dollar for a Responsible Federal of their party or threaten- replacement programs, Re- dilemma — actually closer Budget. She said for Re- ing the entire effort. publicans will need addi- to $1.1 trillion. That’s the publicans promising for Last summer, Ryan of- tional billions to deliver on 10-year price tag the non- decades to improve the na- fered a campaign proposal their pledge to not partisan Congressional tion’s fiscal health, that with scant detail to replace abruptly halt coverage for Budget Office puts on rev- choice “is going to look Obama’s law with tax the 20 million people re- enue the government hypocritical.” credits, expanded health ceiving it under Obama’s would lose if the law’s The GOP has different savings accounts and other law. That means covering AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File taxes on wealthy people, options for preserving rev- steps. It would repeal all of them during a transition the insurance and phar- In this Feb. 2 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan enues, like phasing in re- the statute’s tax increases. period of perhaps two maceutical industries and of Wisconsin speaks during a news conference on peals of taxes or It also proposed new years or more until new others were eliminated. eliminating some while re- taxes on the part of em- GOP programs begin. Republicans and Presi- Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans love cut- dent Donald Trump have ting taxes, especially if they were authored by a been edging away from president named Barack Obama. But as they push their promise to quickly their wobbly effort to erase his health care over- JAPANESE eliminate Obama’s entire law. Still, annulling its haul, they’re divided over whether to repeal the RESTAURANT taxes would be a partial levies the law imposed to pay for its expanded victory and is irresistible coverage for millions of Americans. 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