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mine deal
Santa’s back in town
Today could be the
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CHARLESTON – Commissioner Cam
Parry says he supports an agreement that
would give a mining company access to a parcel of county-owned forest.
Parry’s backing means at least two of Coos
County’s three commissioners are likely to
approve a deal with Oregon Resources Corp.
that would let it mine chromite on a 465-acre
parcel.
The board will discuss, and potentially
vote on the agreement, in a public hear- Not to be
ing tonight.
Commissioner Bob confused
Main is the board’s
The lease currently
lone skeptic of the under discussion is sepagreement. Last week, arate from a lease that
he told The World that Coos County has been
the document may negotiating with
need to be “tweaked” Oregon Resources Corp.
but declined to elabo- for several years.
rate.
Under that deal, ORC
Parry says Main’s would explore for
stance is surprising chromite on stretches
given that all three of county-owned forest
commissioners had and pay royalties to the
approved the docu- county if it began
ment’s wording before mining.
it was sent to ORC. He
is uncertain what Main now wants to alter.
“I don’t understand from the sense that
Bob had every opportunity to bring that up
when we were in negotiations,” Parry said.
If the surface lease is approved, the county
will permit ORC to access the parcel for mining. In exchange, ORC will compensate the
county for trees that are damaged.
Parry says the lease may be the county’s
best deal because the board has limited ability
to stop ORC from mining on the land.
While the county owns the parcel, the mineral rights are owned by Kimberly-Clark, a
BY MAE ANDERSON
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Bye-bye Black
Friday. So long Small Business
Saturday. Now, it’s Cyber Monday’s turn.
Cyber Monday, coined in 2005
by a shopping trade group that
noticed online sales spiked on the
Monday following Thanksgiving,
is the next in a series of days that
stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season.
It’s estimated that this year’s
Cyber Monday will be the biggest
online shopping day of the year for
the third year in a row: According to
research firm comScore, Americans
are expected to spend $1.5 billion,
up 20 percent from last year on
Cyber Monday, as retailers have
ramped up their deals to get shoppers to click on their websites.
Amazon.com, which started its
Cyber Monday deals at 12:01 a.m.
today, is offering as much as 60
percent off a Panasonic VIERA 55inch TV that’s usually priced higher than $1,000. Sears is offering
$430 off a Maytag washer and
dryer, each on sale for $399. And
Kmart is offering 75 percent off all
of its diamond earrings and $60
off a 12-in-1 multigame table on
sale for $89.99.
Retailers are hoping the deals
will appeal to shoppers like Matt
Sexton, 39, who for the first time
plans to complete all of his holiday
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By Lou Sennick, The World
Santa Claus greets youngsters on the Coos Bay Boardwalk on Friday evening for the city’s tree lighting ceremony. The man in red arrived a few minutes earlier onboard the towboat Coos Bay for the ceremony. The
evening started with songs from Teen Idol contestants. After the tree was lit, youngsters had the chance to
deliver their wish lists in to Santa.
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7-year-old gets medical pot
to combat chemotherapy
Sand racing is no
drag in Bay Area
The World
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NORTH SPIT – What would
make a person spend $15,000 for a
five-second thrill?
Ask a dragster.
On Saturday, showers couldn’t
deter 40 sand-junkies from an
organized “play day” at the Oregon
Dunes Raceway, a testament to the
track’s growing popularity among
locals and tourists.
“We are the only true sand track
on all of the West Coast,” organizer
Pam Palmer screamed proudly
over a dozen thundering engines.
In less than two months, Palmer
and her husband will celebrate the
track’s first birthday. The couple
hopes to cement the strip as a cornerstone of coastal tourism in the
year ahead.
Kyle Hedley is proof of the
sport’s reach. The 29-year-old
drove from Jefferson for a weekend
that he estimated would cost him
$300 to $400.
“I don’t worry about the money
thing,” he said.“I just like to have fun.”
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DEATHS
BY DANIEL SIMMONS-RITCHIE
Edward Lindquist, North Bend
Baxter Baird, North Bend
Ernest Knutson, Coos Bay
Henry Scheirman, North Bend
The Associated Press
Mykayla Comstock, 7, one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients, admires
her dress while her dog, Chase, looks on. The dress was made for her by a family
friend. The dress contains 1,000 folded origami paper cranes.
with Mykayla in August.
“She was stoned out of her
mind,” said Comstock, 26. “All she
wanted to do was lay on the bed
and play video games.”
Comstock, who works in a North
Dakota oil field, pays child support
to Purchase and covers Mykayla’s
health insurance. He said he
observed strange behavior during
an August visit and took Mykayla
to a private lab, where technicians
detected THC levels of an adult
Ramona Williamson, Coos Bay
Norman O’Dea, Bandon
Ronald Tedford, Grants Pass
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FORECAST
By Lou Sennick, The World
Jack Bone, from Battle Ground, Wash., lines up two racers on the sand drag strip at Box
Car Hill on Saturday. Despite the wet weather, sand drag racers came to check out their
machines on the sand and have some fun during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
PORTLAND (AP) — A 7-yearold girl suffering from leukemia is
one of Oregon’s youngest medical
marijuana patients.
Her mother says she gives her
daughter marijuana pills to combat
the effects of chemotherapy, but her
father, who lives in North Dakota,
worries about the effects of the drug
on her brain development.
Mykayla Comstock was diagnosed with leukemia last spring.
Her mother treats her with a gram
of cannabis oil daily, The Oregonian reported.
Mykayla’s mother credits the
drug for the leukemia’s remission.
“As a mother, I am going to try anything before she can potentially fall
on the other side,” said Erin Purchase, 25, who with her boyfriend
administers Mykayla’s cannabis.
The girl says the drug helps her
eat and sleep but also makes her
feel “funny.”
“It helps me eat and sleep,”
Mykayla said. “The chemotherapy
makes you feel like you want to stay
up all night long.”
Mykayla’s father, who is divorced
from the girl’s mother, was so disturbed by his daughter’s marijuana
use that he contacted child welfare
officials, police and her oncologist.
The father, Jesse Comstock, said his
concerns were prompted by a visit
daily marijuana user.
Gladstone police contacted the
girl’s mother, examined Mykayla’s
medical marijuana paperwork,
then told Comstock there was little
they could do.
Comstock, who used pot in the
past, said he doesn’t object to people over 16 using medical marijuana. But he worries about his
daughter’s well-being and the
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Thefts & Mischief
COOS COUNTY
Nov. 23, 9:11 a.m., theft of bike,
90800 block of Caraway Lane.
Nov. 23, 9:42 a.m., assault, 57300
block of Valley View Road.
Nov. 23, 2:06 p.m., ATV accident,
67000 block of Spinreel Road,
Nov. 23, 5:13 p.m., dispute, Gladewood Lane.
NORTH BEND
Nov. 23, 9:38 a.m., unlawful entry
into vehicle, 1900 block of Hayes
Street.
Nov. 23, 10:51 a.m., theft of wallet
from purse, 2100 block of Newmark Ave.
Nov. 23, 11:46 a.m., theft of bike,
3200 block of Sherman Ave.
Nov. 23, 12:31 p.m., theft, 1900
Meetings
TODAY
North Bend City Council — 4:30
p.m., council chambers, city hall,
835 California St.; regular meeting.
Oregon Virtual Academy — 6 p.m.,
400 Virginia Ave., Suite 210,
North Bend; regular meeting.
New teachers boost MHS
block of Sheridan Ave.
Nov. 23, 2:36 p.m., theft, 1700
block of Virginia Ave.
Nov. 23, 4 p.m., dispute, 1700
block of Arthur Street.
Nov. 24, 4:58 a.m., assault, 2500
block of Broadway Ave.
Nov. 24, 10:46 a.m., assault, Montana Avenue and Meade Street.
Nov. 24, 11:29 a.m., female jumping up and down screaming, Oak
Street and Virginia Avenue.
Nov. 25, 8:46 a.m., theft of large
brass deer, statuary and bird
bath, 3100 block of Chester
Street.
COOS BAY
Nov. 23, 1:36 p.m., burglary 1300
block of Crocker Street.
Nov. 23, 1:48 p.m., shoplifter, 100
block of North Cammann Street.
Nov. 23, 3:12 p.m., shoplifter, 100
block of South Seventh Street.
Nov. 23, 9:13 p.m., hit-and-run
collision, 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Nov. 24, 10:22 a.m., unlawful
entry into motor vehicle, 800
block of South Fifth street.
Nov. 24, 10:46 a.m., theft, 1000
block of South Seventh Street.
Nov. 24, 2:09 p.m., theft of bike,
300 block of Fourth Avenue.
Nov. 24, 3:38 p.m., hit-and-run
collision, Fourth and Hall Street.
Nov. 24, 9:27 p.m., burglary, 800
block of John Avenue.
Nov. 25, 4:40 a.m., hit-and-run
collision, 500 block of South
Empire Boulevard.
Star of Hope
receives $5,000
COOS BAY — Star of Hope
Activity Center, Inc. was
awarded a $5,000 grant from
Three Rivers Foundation, the
giving arm of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower
TUESDAY
Oregon Coast Community Action — Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
10 a.m., conference room, North for the Star of Hope Customized Employment ProBend/Coos County Housing
Authority, 1700 Monroe St.; reg- gram.
Star of Hope was one of 30
ular meeting.
recipients of the total of
Coquille Rural Fire Protection Dis$100,000 in grants awarded
trict — 7 p.m., fire hall, 89 W.
Nov. 8 to Oregon nonprofits.
Third St.; regular meeting.
The Star of Hope cusMyrtle Point Planning Commistomized employment prosion — 7 p.m., meeting room,
gram assists adults diagnosed
Flora M. Laird Memorial Library, with developmental disabili435 Fifth St.; regular meeting.
ties in finding employment in
the community.
WEDNESDAY
It involves several processDouglas County Board of Commis- es including job coach trainsioners — 9 a.m., Room 216,
ing, skills training for job cancourthouse, 1036 S.E. Douglas
didates, assisting the
Ave., Roseburg; weekly meeting. employer with on-the-job
training, job coaching with
North Bend City and Coos-Curry
the candidate until they are
Housing Authorities — 4 p.m.,
able to work and be produc1700 Monroe St.; special joint
board meeting.
tive on the job and ongoing
follow-up with job candidates and employers for as
THURSDAY
long as needed.
Coquille Valley Hospital — 7:15
The Employment Speciala.m., 42 North Central Blvd.; regist
finds a job candidate match
ular meeting.
for the employer that resolves
their employee needs and
creates a win-win situation
for both. All job candidate
Available
match services are completed
November 27th at no cost to the employer.
Cold Days
Star of Hope thanks the
Three Rivers Foundation for
assisting in making this program a reality and thereby
helping people find the
employment they want and
need.
The Three Rivers Foundation exists to improve, enrich
and enhance the health and
welfare of the land and people
of the historical homelands of
the Coos, Lower Umpqua,
and Siuslaw people.
The Three Rivers Foundation supports innovative
ideas,
collaborative
approaches and grassroots
efforts in the following areas:
education, health, public
safety, problem gambling, the
arts, the environment, cultural activities, and historic
preservation. Learn more
about the foundation at
www.threeriversfoundation.org.
Contact Pam de Jong,
employment specialist at Star
of Hope, for more information on the customized
employment program or to
set an appointment to hire
one of our fantastic individuals for your company. Please
contact us at 541-888-8893
ext 56,
www.star-ofhope.com
or
Pdejong@SOHoregon.org
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BY CHELSEA PETTETT
AND NATALIA TAYLOR
The Marshfield Times
COOS BAY — There are
several new faces around
Marshfield High School.
After a number of staff
members left Marshfield the
previous school year due to
retirement or pursuing other
professional opportunities,
eight new staff members
were added to the Pirate
crew.
The new members consist of choir teacher Tony
Baker, registrar Lori Croff,
physical education teacher
Doug Fendall, math teachers
Megan Free and Corey Goll,
English teacher David Kline,
special education teacher
Paula Smith and physical
education teacher Brooke
Toy. They were carefully
interviewed and handpicked by a committee,
including Principal Greg
Mulkey, or transferred from
another school in the district.
“I’m very pleased and
excited about our new additions,” Mulkey said. “They
were the right fit for
Marshfield.”
Fendall, who has been in
the district for 19 years,
enjoys seeing the students he
taught in the past.
“I like seeing the differences in the students and
how much they’ve grown
up,” Fendall said.
For some, working in a
school with both high school
students and eighth-graders
has been an exciting change.
“It’s fun working with the
different levels and I’m
excited to keep going,” Goll
said. “It’s a nice place to be
and I don’t want to leave.”
While some already had
teaching jobs before coming
to Marshfield, several had
other occupations.
“I was not doing what
most people were doing,”
Kline said. “I previously
worked at two bars in
Portland.”
Working at MHS is
Kline’s first professional
teaching job aside from previous student teaching. He
tried for two years to find a
permanent teaching job.
“I was actively trying
every day and applying constantly,” Kline said.
Kline also believes that
fellow staff members, as well
as students, have been very
welcoming.
“People are really nice
here,” Kline said. “I was surprised at how nice everyone
is.”
Not only do staff members appreciate Marshfield,
some are enjoying their new
Reedsport seeks significant
community involvement
BAY AREA
R E P O R T S
REEDSPORT
—
Currently, there are 20
vacancies in various
Reedsport departments and
committees. Volunteers also
are needed for the Dial-aRide program, the Umpqua
Discovery Center and
Adopt-a-Park and the animal shelter.
The budget committee,
comprised of seven members plus the city councilors, has two vacancies.
The term ends on Dec. 31,
2015.
The City Parks committee has two vacancies with a
three-year term commitment. The term is scheduled
to end on Dec. 31, 2015.
The Dangerous Building
Abatement committee has
six vacancies with stacked
terms. Two terms end on
Dec. 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The Reedsport Branch
Library has two four-year
vacancies open. These
terms end Dec. 31, 2016.
The
Planning
Commission has three
vacancies. The first opening
ends December 2015 and the
two additional vacancies
end December 2016.
The Umpqua Experience
Steering Committee has two
vacancies with a three-year
term each. The three-year
terms will expire December
2015.
The Urban Renewal
District Advisory Board has
three vacancies for stacked
four year terms. The terms
are set to expire in
December 2013, 2014 and
2016.
For more information or
to find out how to apply for
any of the open positions
contact City Recorder
NORTH BEND — An
unexpected and very welcome gift of $10,000 to the
Coos County Historical
Society has been announced
by the recently-established
Fred W. Fields Fund of The
Oregon Community Foundation.
“This is quite an honor for
us,” says museum Executive
Director Annie Donnelly,
“especially because only two
other county historical
groups were selected for gifts
of this size.”
The Fred W. Fields Fund
was established in May 2012
to support educational and
arts programs. Formal grant
applications will not be
accepted until next spring,
but in the meantime 136
Oregon nonprofit organizations, including CCHS, were
selected as recipients of
unsolicited grants. These are
“a testament to the excellence and diversity of Oregon’s arts and education
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COOS BAY — The United
Filipino Assistant Association is holding a fundraiser
to help homeless and hungry victims of hurricane
Sandy. At 5 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 29 at the Coos Bay
Eagles Lodge, 568 S. Second
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$10 and it includes live
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hometown and moved here
simply because they love the
environment.
“I want to know more
about Coos Bay,” Kline said.
“I’ve always loved the
Oregon Coast.”
Toy, who grew up in
Drain, enjoys Coos Bay
because of its proximity to
her hometown.
“I feel at home,” Toy said.
“I’ve never felt uncomfortable.”
Although MHS has been
welcoming, Mulkey believes
the new staff members are
under some pressure.
“There’s always nervousness,” Mulkey said. “Being in
a new environment is always
something one can have a
difficult time coping with.”
Students have a positive
outlook on the new teachers.
Some like the different
teachers, while others, such
as freshman Rosa GutierrezCamacho, do not have set
expectations for them and
their way of teaching.
“I just expect them to be
like any ordinary teacher,”
Gutierrez-Camacho said.
Though there may be difficulties in being a new addition, Free said she still enjoys
the job.
“This is like my dream
job,” Free said.
According to Mulkey, the
new members have been a
pleasure to have and
Marshfield as a whole will do
great with a change.
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organizations,” said Max
Field, OCF president and
CEO.
Donnelly said the grant
will most likely be used to
support CCHS school programs, which this year will
serve a record number of
more than 1,500 fourth- and
fifth-graders. CCHS’ education programs and
approach to community
service were recently commended by the state Legislative Task Force on Oregon
Heritage Vitality, which
characterized the organization as “thinking smarter for
continued solvency and relevancy.”
The OCF, now the largest
foundation in Oregon, works
with individuals, families
and businesses to create
charitable funds that support community causes of
interest to those donors. The
Fred W. Fields Fund was
established with a gift of
$150 million, the largest ever
made to OCF, and one of the
largest single donations to
any community foundation
in the country.
Income from the Fields
Fund will annually provide
millions of dollars to support
essential education and arts
programs in communities
across the state.
“Fred loved business, he
loved engineering and he
loved Oregon. He was a generous person in his lifetime
and wanted to establish this
permanent fund to continue
that support in perpetuity,”
said OCF Board Chair Eric
Parsons. “We are thrilled
that he chose to place his
fund at OCF.”
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TODAY
Festival of Trees Decorating
Party 4 p.m., The Mill CasinoHotel Salmon Room, 3201
Tremont, North Bend.
Shield’s Annual Christmas Train
Display Opening 6-10 p.m.,
Charleston Rural Fire Protection, 92342 Cape Arago Highway, Charleston. Admission is
by donation and refreshments
are provided.
Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m.,
Shore Acres State Park, 89814
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Refreshments and
displays in the Garden House.
Parking is $5. Visit
www.shoreacres.net for the
entertainment schedule.
SWOCC Symphonic Choir Christmas Concert 7 p.m., Hales Center for the Performing Arts,
1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
SWOCC music depart holds a
Winter Concert under the
direction of David Aakre.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is by nonperishable
food donation for Bay Area
Community Food Banks. 541888-7242
TUESDAY
Umpqua Discovery Center Member Shopping Day and Columbus Day Storm Presentation 10
a.m. to 6 p.m., Umpqua Discovery Center, 409 Riverfront
Way, Reedsport. Discounts and
refreshments. 3 p.m. presentation of Columbus Day Storm
50th Anniversary. Cost is $2.50
for adults and $1 for children.
Limited seating. RSVP 541-2714816
Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m.,
Shore Acres State Park, 89814
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Refreshments and
displays in the Garden House.
Parking is $5. Visit
www.shoreacres.net for the
entertainment schedule.
Reading with Jost Zetzsche on
“Found in Translation” 6 p.m.,
Pacific Auditorium, Reedsport
Community Charter School,
2260 Longwood Drive, Reedsport. Topics include: Valentine’s Day in Japan, Soccor
Stars in Nightgowns and Trash
Talk. Partial proceeds of book
sales support Reedsport High
School Spanish language pro-
gram. 541-271-2103
Shield’s Annual Christmas Train
Display 6-10 p.m., Charleston
Rural Fire Protection, 92342
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Admission is by
donation and refreshments
are provided.
Bingo 6:30 p.m., Masonic Temple, corner of Virginia and
Union Avenues, North Bend.
Earlybird starts at 6:45 p.m.,
blackout jackpot $300.
Refreshments available. 541297-0086
SWOCC Orchestra Winter Concert 7 p.m., Hales Center for
the Performing Arts, 1988
Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Mark
Allen leads 18-20th century
favorites. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. Admission is by nonperishable food donation for Bay
Area Community Food Banks.
541-888-7242
WEDNESDAY
Festival of Trees Display all day,
The Mill Casino-Hotel lobby,
3201 Tremont, North Bend.
Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m.,
Shore Acres State Park, 89814
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Refreshments and
displays in the Garden House.
Parking is $5. Visit
www.shoreacres.net for the
entertainment schedule.
Bingo 6:30 p.m., Bay Area
Senior Activity Center, 886 S.
Fourth St., Coos Bay. Cost:
Early bird, 25 cents; regular,
$5 pack and $1 specials. 541269-2626
Business Connection Luncheon
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Mill
Casino-Hotel, Salmon Room,
3201 Tremont St., North Bend.
No host buffet $12. Guest:
Dungeness Crab Commission.
541-266-0868
Chamber After Hours at Portland Bagel Company, 3385
Broadway, North Bend. 541756-2221
Shield’s Annual Christmas Train
Display 6-10 p.m., Charleston
Rural Fire Protection, 92342
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Admission is by
donation and refreshments
are provided.
Comedy with Kul Black and
Hannibal Thompson 7 and 9
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p.m., The Mill Casino-Hotel,
3201 Tremont, North Bend.
SWOCC Vocal Jazz Ensemble 7
p.m. Hales Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark
Ave., Coos Bay. Brett Aakre
directs; accompanied by Charlotte McLauchlin on piano.
Oregon Coast Lab Band Evolution also performs under the
direction of Mike Turner. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is
by nonperishable food donation for Bay Area Community
Food Banks. 541-888-7242
THURSDAY
Festival of Trees Display all day,
The Mill Casino-Hotel lobby,
3201 Tremont, North Bend.
Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m.,
Shore Acres State Park, 89814
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Refreshments and
displays in the Garden House.
Parking is $5. Visit
www.shoreacres.net for the
entertainment schedule.
Shield’s Annual Christmas Train
Display 6-10 p.m., Charleston
Rural Fire Protection, 92342
Cape Arago Highway,
Charleston. Admission is by
donation and refreshments
are provided.
“Suffrage Succotash: A History
of Voting in America” 7 p.m.,
Coos Bay Public Library, 525
Anderson Ave., Coos Bay.
Informative historic figures,
presented by the Dolphin
Players, celebrate 100 years of
women’s right to vote in Oregon. 541-756-7290
Committee spots open in NB
BAY AREA
NORTH BEND — The City
of North Bend is accepting
applications to fill vacancies
on the following committees:
budget committee, two openings; library board, two openings; North Bend Housing
Authority, one opening; planning commission,three openings; and parks & recreation,
two openings.
Interested individuals may
obtain a committee application at the North Bend City
Hall reception area, 835 California St.; by visiting
http://www.northbendcity.or
g; or by calling 541-756-8529.
Completed applications
should be sent to: Joann
Thompson, City Recorder,
City of North Bend, P.O. Box
B, North Bend, OR by Dec. 6.
The North Bend City
Council will review the applications and fill the vacancy
during their regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 11.
Learn basics of
Facebook at library
COOS BAY — Coos Bay
R E P O R T S
Public Library offers Facebook for the Curious, a class
for novice Facebook users.
These sessions are
designed for users who wish
to learn what Facebook is
and how to use its basic features, such as adding a photograph to their profile.
Users may bring a digital
picture or a photo can be
taken during the class.
A free two-hour session is
scheduled for 9:30 to 11:30
a.m. Friday, Dec. 7 and Dec.
14 at the Coos Bay Public
Library. Students should
meet at the front door at 9:15
a.m.
Minimum requirements to
register:
■ Must be comfortable
using the keyboard, the
mouse and an Internet
browser.
■ Must have a active
working email address that
can be accessed online from
the library computers.
■ Must be 13 years or
older.
Seating is limited, so preregistration is required; call
Dolores at 541-269-1101,
ext. 222.
Seniors can develop
computer skills
COOS BAY — The Coos
Bay Public Library will be
co-hosting the Bay Area
Senior Computer Club’s free
computer workshop. The
workshop will be held from
10 a.m. to noon Tuesday,
Dec. 11 in the Cedar Room of
the library, 525 Anderson
Ave.
Laptops will be available
for use or attendees can
bring their own. The workshop will answer hardware
and software questions and
BASCC members will be on
hand to teach or help troubleshoot computer programs.
For more information, call
541-269-1101.
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Festival of Trees Display all day,
The Mill Casino-Hotel lobby,
3201 Tremont, North Bend.
Holy Redeemer 34th Annual
Holiday Bazaar 9 a.m. to 7
p.m., Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church, 2250 16th St., North
Bend. Crafts, lunch and dinner, desserts, Santa’s Village
for kids.
Florence Nativity Festival 1-6
p.m., Church of the Latter-day
Saints, North Fork and Munsel
Road, Florence. Hundreds of
nativity scene displays. Live
music at 1 p.m., 3/4 String
Quartet and 2 p.m., The Chancel Choir of Presbyterian
Church of the Siuslaw.
What’s Up features one-time events and limited engagements in The World’s coverage area.
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Clark Walworth, Publisher & Editor
Ryan Haas, City Editor
Ron Jackimowicz, News Editor
theworldlink.com/opinion
End stalling on mining rights
Our view
Continuing to dither over a
chromite mining agreement would be an outrageous obstruction of private property rights
What do you think?
The World welcomes
letters. Email us at
letters@theworldlink.com.
First, let’s be clear about
who owns what. Coos
County has never owned the
mineral rights on 456 disputed acres of county forest.
Kimberly-Clark and its
predecessor, Scott Paper,
have owned those rights for
decades. When the county
argued otherwise in court,
a federal judge ridiculed the
county’s case.
Yet now, seven months
after the county lost its
laughable lawsuit, and two
years after Kimberly-Clark
signed a mining exploration
deal with Oregon Resources
Corp., one county commissioner still isn’t ready to let
Kimberly-Clark exercise its
adjudicated property rights.
Outrageous.
Commissioners Cam
Parry and Fred Messerle
appear ready to approve a
surface lease, to let ORC
reach Kimberly-Clark’s minerals. They say the deal protects the county forest while
letting Kimberly-Clark exercise its property rights.
But last week,
Commissioner Bob Main
said the agreement still
needed to be “tweaked.” He
refused to give any specifics.
Translation: Main wants
to keep stalling.
Negotiations involving
this property have gone on
for years, and they recently
became urgent. ORC has
become desperate for
access to Kimberly-Clark’s
mineral rights in order to
show investors the company has ample mining
reserves to stay afloat.
ORC has invested tens of
millions of dollars in its
Bunker Hill plant and has
been a good corporate citizen. But a global economic
downturn has weakened
markets and put the company in peril. Absent new capital, it may fold, taking with
it 60 well-paid local jobs.
That’s good news to the
company’s enemies, most
notably Main. For reasons
unknown, Main has fought
ORC for years.
Understandably, the company donated $5,000 this
year to a group opposing
Main’s re-election.
Strangling the company
might be sweet revenge for
Main, but it would send a
clear signal to other industries: Locate in Coos
County if you dare.
ORC and Kimberly-Clark
don’t need favors from the
county — just fairness.
Main’s fellow commissioners need to elbow him aside
and finish the deal.
Searching
for answers
in America
Even as professional Republicans hasten
to turn Mitt Romney into an unmentionable nonentity like George W. Bush, journalists are fanning out into the hinterlands
like anthropologists to study the impact of
President Obama’s re-election upon the
GOP candidate’s dedicated supporters.
A friend who watched the election
results in an Arkansas county courthouse
described the reaction: “When ‘OBAMA
AGAIN!!’ flashed across my iPad, you
should have seen the looks. Utter blank
stares. Devastation. They
couldn’t process the fact
that the president had
won. It was like a couple
looking over a burnedout house, with nothing
left but a chimney and a
pile of ashes. It was quite
revealing and a bit eerie.”
The Washington Post’s
GENE
Eli Saslow profiled a
LYONS
Romney campaign workColumnist
er in Hendersonville,
Tenn., struggling to contain her disappointment (“GOP’s Red
America forced to rethink what it knows
about the country,” The Washington Post,
Nov 11, 2012). It’s a terrific piece of reporting. Having confidently planned a victory
dance, Beth Cox had trouble grasping the
magnitude of the Republican defeat. It
astonished her that even “Southern-values
Virginia” had voted for President Obama.
Fox News pundits and right-wing talk
radio had her persuaded that even historically Democratic-leaning states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would support the
GOP. “And Colorado?” she said. “Who the
heck is living in Colorado? Do they want
drugs, dependency, indulgence? Don’t they
remember what this country is about?”
It’s interesting that Cox sees President
Obama, personally the straightest-shooter
to occupy the White House since Jimmy
Carter, in such terms. But then to the married, 44-year-old mother of two teenage
daughters, the election was less a political
event than an extension of what she calls
her “Godly life” — an existence theologically and sociologically limited to persons
who look and believe exactly like her.
Everybody outside that circle strikes her
as suspect; Democrats as moochers, deadbeats and enemies of God.
It’s a mindset straight out of John Bunyan’s
17th-century Puritan allegory “The Pilgrim’s
Progress,” as annotated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Some of her friends,
she told the Post, have concluded that only
God can save America from itself.
But if Cox won’t let her girls read “Harry
Potter” for fear of witchcraft, politically
she’s no fool. She thinks the GOP has gotten “way too white,” and should field more
minority candidates. She believes tea party
extremists alienated voters and that “crazy
immigration talk and legitimate rape”
comments did Romney’s campaign
irreparable harm.
It was also brave of Cox to speak so
frankly to a Washington Post reporter. Over
time, it may gradually dawn on her that the
Obama-as-Antichrist theme Fox News and
Glenn Beck have sold her is every bit as
phony as their election predictions.
As it’s all about Mitt’s mythical 47 percent, let’s go over the numbers again: Fully
23 percent of that cohort are retired individuals drawing Social Security benefits
their taxes paid for; according to the Tax
Policy Foundation, another 60 percent
work at low-paying jobs for employers
such as Wal-Mart. Even so, they remit payroll taxes comparable to the 13.9 percent
Federal income taxes Romney reported.
Most of the remaining 17 percent who pay
no federal income taxes are unemployed; the
majority temporary victims of hard times.
Any chance we could change the channel and get back to work on the nation’s real
problems?
Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons
is a National Magazine Award winner and
co-author of “The Hunting of the President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). You can
email Lyons at eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.
Kudos
Write to us
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Write to letters@theworldlink.com,
Thanks S/nipped
and volunteers
I see you now have room for a
sincere thank you, as the election is over.
May I thank S/nipped for the
opportunity and volunteers for
time given for the neutering of
all the cats that think my house
is home.
The mother was left by someone who moved from one of the
rentals here. We fed her, and she
decided this was a great place to
have her kittens. We tried to find
homes for them while we could.
Unfortunately, I fell, broke a hip
and spent several months in the
hospital and rehab. When I came
home, the kittens had become
feral but still thought this was
home.
We are so grateful to all of
these wonderful volunteers and
their fine organization. We will
continue to keep our promise.
They will be cared for.
Patricia Curwen
Coos Bay
or P.O. Box 1840, Coos Bay, 97420.
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Need second Declaration of Independence
My spirits were temporarily
lifted when, last week, the
Washington, D.C.-based Daily
Caller website reported “more
than 675,000 digital signatures
appeared on 69 separate secession petitions covering all 50
states, according to ... requests
lodged with the White House’s
‘We the People’ online petition
system” (“White House ‘secede’
petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation”).
Not all citizens have given up
their identities as free, self-governing Americans.This is encouraging, despite the greatly expanding unilateral powers of the only
president in our history who alone
is judge, jury and executioner in
deciding, for national security,
what is permissible under
ried over to the presidenthe Constitution.
tial campaign.
Now that Obama can
Last year, the ABA
do whatever he wants
Journal published an
without any concern
article that questioned
about competing in
our future as a selffuture elections, his
governing democracy,
decisions will not only
citing Stephen Zack,
deeply affect us for four
then president of the
more years, but may NAT
American Bar Associaendure for generations.
tion, who documented
HENTOFF
First, to underscore
that “two-thirds of all
why this new generation Columnist
Americans can’t corand those that follow
rectly identify the three
must push the Constitution back branches of government, and
into our lives, we must recognize that three out of four people
why a large percentage of Ameri- don’t know that the Bill of Rights
can adults had so little interest in protects religious freedom.”
challenging the president’s constiSince leaving the Supreme
tutional lawlessness during his Court, former Justice Sandra Day
first term.This lack of interest car- O’Connor has devoted much of
her time and energy to creating
and supervising ways in which
the Constitution does become a
lively, fulfilling part of the lives of
our nation’s students. This is to
ensure that they will not be as
forgetful of their American identities and responsibilities as too
many of their parents are.
Patrick Henry used to shout:
“Give me liberty or give me
death!” But a lot of our newer
generations — and even some of
us in the older ones — ain’t dead
yet, despite Obama having won
re-election!
Nat Hentoff is a member of
the Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press, and the
Cato Institute, where he is a
senior fellow.
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Man can’t trust
woman who’s had
one marriage
too many
D E A R A B B Y : I’m a 51year-old man. Three years
ago, my first and only marriage ended after 20 years.
Over the past two years, I
have been in a wonderful
relationship with a very
bright woman, “Toni,” who
told me she
had been
DEAR
married
t w i c e
before.
A year
ago, her job
required
that she
move out of
state, but
we
have
successfully
JEANNE
PHILLIPS maintained
the longdistance
relationship with frequent
visits and daily phone calls.
A few days ago, I learned
by chance that she was
briefly married a third time
while she was in her early
20s. I’m having a difficult
time with this news — not for
the additional marriage, but
for the fact that she chose not
to share it with me. I have
bared my soul to her and
thought she had done the
same. I’m sad and disappointed.
Toni doesn’t know that I
know this, but it has changed
my feelings for her. Trust
issues are in question. Do I
bring this up now? If so,
how? Do I wait for her to
bring it up someday in the
future? How do I reconcile it
in the meantime? — LET
DOWN IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR LET DOWN: You
say you visit each other frequently, so I assume you plan
to be together soon. When
you see her, tell her you were
told she had been briefly
married a third time. She
may have told you she was
twice DIVORCED, and if the
marriage in her 20s was
annulled, that may be the
reason she didn’t mention it.
If you were deliberately lied
to, you will know by her reaction.
DEAR ABBY: Two years
ago, I dated this guy, “Craig.”
I tried to be the perfect girlfriend, and I was extremely
close to his grandfather.
When Craig went away to the
Army, I would visit his
grandfather regularly, and we
developed a special bond.
When Craig got back, we
were supposed to get married, but he dumped me. The
next day he had a new girlfriend.
Craig was hard to get over,
and I didn’t handle the
breakup well. Because his
grandfather asked, I tried to
maintain a relationship with
him, but Craig’s then-wife
didn’t like it and asked him to
end my contact with his
friends and family.
Sometimes I wonder if I
could have changed things.
When Craig broke up with his
wife, we exchanged emails on
a dating website where we
both apologized for what
happened between us.
I just heard that his grandfather died. Would it be
wrong of me to reach out to
him? We don’t talk. — STILL
NOT OVER HIM IN MASSACHUSETTS
DEAR STILL NOT OVER
HIM: I see no reason why you
shouldn’t extend your sympathy to Craig for the loss of
his grandfather, with whom
you were close. However,
keep in mind that there is a
reason you haven’t been talking and that communication
is supposed to be two-way.
Also, as much as you may
wish it would, it may not resurrect your romance.
D E A R A B B Y : We are a
small group of senior women.
Whenever we go to a restaurant, one member of the
group insists on changing
tables that are offered by the
host/hostess. This can happen two or three times, and I
find it embarrassing and
annoying. It seems like some
kind of control issue to me,
and I don’t want to be part of
it. Any suggestions? — TIRED
OF THE MUSICAL CHAIRS
DEAR TIRED: I agree with
you that it’s a control issue.
Because you find it embarrassing and annoying, ask the
other women in the group if
it bothers them, too. If the
answer is yes, then the
woman needs to be told to cut
it out, or she’ll be invited to
join you less often.
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Proponents of pension reform face steep hurdles
BY JONATHAN J. COOPER
The Associated Press
SALEM — Oregon lawmakers who want to lower
the costs of pension benefits
for government employees
face a difficult dance to craft
changes that produce meaningful savings without
reneging on iron-clad promises made to workers in years
past.
A number of ideas have
been suggested, but any significant legislation that
makes it through the
Legislature and earns the
governor’s signature is likely
to land quickly in a courtroom, where previous
attempts to cut pension
costs have been overturned.
The push to cut pension
benefits is driven by a steep
rise in the burden on taxpayers to make up for investment losses in 2008, when
the Great Recession eroded
27 percent of the pension
fund’s value. It left an
unfunded liability that was
last measured at $16 billion
at the end of 2011.
Government agencies
will spend $3 billion on pensions in the next two-year
budget, up 45 percent from
what they’re paying now.
The added costs will
directly contribute to larger
class sizes and less money
available for a host of other
public services, government
officials have said. The
Oregon School Boards
Association has promised to
push for changes so districts
can spend less money on
retirement benefits for their
employees.
“Catastrophic is probably
not too strong a word,” said
Republican Rep. Mark
Johnson of Hood River.
“There is no fat left in any of
those budgets. It’s strictly
coming out of classrooms,
it’s coming out of personnel.”
Johnson, who is also a
school board member, said
he’ll introduce a bill to curb
pension costs next year.
Democratic Gov. John
Kitzhaber also has said he’d
like to see changes.
On average, government
employers will pay 21 percent of their payroll toward
pensions, up from 12 percent
before the recession.
Public employee unions
say legislators need to be
careful not to renege on
decades of promises to
workers.
Specific proposed legislation hasn’t yet been made
public, but discussion has
centered on a few proposals:
■ Capping the annual
cost-of-living increases,
allowing them to apply only
to the first $24,000 of annual income. The average
retirement benefit is just
under $26,000 annually, so
many workers would be
unaffected. In a 2010 analysis, Public Employees
Retirement System officials
estimated the change could
save $576 million for each
two-year budget cycle.
However, the state Supreme
Court overturned a past
attempt to temporarily
freeze the cost-of-living
adjustment.
■ Ending or curtailing a
common practice known as
the 6-percent pickup, where
government agencies pick up
their workers’ required 6-
percent retirement contribution. PERS estimates full
elimination of the pickup
would save $750 million per
biennium, but actual savings
would be less because many
employees would bargain for
a corresponding salary
increase.
■ Eliminating for retirees
living outside Oregon a supplemental pension payment
intended to cover Oregon
income taxes. Since nonOregon residents don’t pay
Oregon income taxes, critics
say it’s unfair to give the supplemental payments to those
retirees. PERS estimates the
move would save $72 million
per budget period.
Despite the loud demands
for a pension-system overhaul, the political and legal
path is precarious. It will
require support in a
Legislature that will be dominated by Democrats, many
of whom were elected with
significant financial support
from public-employee
unions that have aggressively fought cuts in pension
benefits and the politicians
who support them.
Proponents face a challenging conundrum. The
only way to generate substantial and immediate savings is to cut benefits for
existing workers and
retirees, but the Oregon
Supreme Court has thrown
out several attempts to do
that. The court in 2005 did,
however, uphold some benefit cuts that the justices did
not view as a contract
between the state and public
employees, and the proponents are hopeful they’ll find
more savings that pass court
muster.
Becca Uherbelau, a
spokeswoman for the
Oregon
Education
Association, said any pension overhaul should meet
three criteria: It should save
money now, be constitutional and be fair.
Legislators should boost
school funding and overhaul
the state tax system,
Uherbelau said “but we recognize PERS has to be part of
that discussion.”
The teachers union is the
state’s largest publicemployee group.
$5,000 reward
offered in jail escape
STATE
MEDFORD (AP) — The
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Department is offering a
$5,000 reward to help find a
bank robber who escaped
from jail last week.
Authorities are searching
for 42-year-old Bradley
William Monical, who was
awaiting trial in March for a
2010 bank robbery in
Ashland. Investigators say he
stood on another inmate’s
shoulders, removed a piece
of metal mesh from the roof
covering, and jumped into
the nearby tree.
The Mail-Tribune says
deputies and search and rescue volunteers have been on
the hunt for Monical every
day since his brazen escape
Nov. 19.
The tree Monical jumped
into has been cut down, along
with several others nearby.
The roof cover, atop a recreation area, is being replaced
with a stronger material.
College workers must
report suspected abuse
BEND (AP) — The Oregon
Legislature has mandated
that college workers are now
mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse, and
Central Oregon Community
College is changing its policy
to fit the rules.
The Bend Bulletin reports
the policy requires employees to report suspected child
abuse to law enforcement or
the Oregon Department of
Human Services.
The college also will provide training for employees
that will give guidance on
Webcams in
central Ore.
help wildfire
spotters
D I G E S T
how to assess situations.
The law applies to college
employees regardless of
whether or not they are on
the job.
Failure to report can lead
to a fine of $2,000.
Medford man’s death
investigated as homicide
MEDFORD (AP) — A
Medford man found dead at
the bottom of a cliff last
week may have been the victim of a homicide.
Michael C. MacCallum
was reported missing by
friends and family earlier
this week. The 34-year-old
was last seen in the area of
Hilt in Siskiyou County.
The Medford Mail
Tribune reports Siskiyou
County Sheriff Jon Lopey
says evidence points to the
possibility of a homicide. He
did not identify the evidence.
Police are trying to determine whether MacCallum
was camping in the area or if
he met with people there in
the hours leading to his
death.
Pickup driver dangles
from overpass
BEAVERTON (AP) — A
38-year-old Beaverton driver dangled from a bridge several feet above Highway 217
for nearly an hour after his
pickup crashed through a
guard rail.
Matthew Alan Hamilton
The Associated Press
A red pickup dangling from the Denney Road overpass near highway 217
outside Beaverton, as emergency workers respond to the scene
Saturday afternoon. The driver has been identified as Matthew Alan
Hamilton 38 years old of Beaverton. He was taken to the hospital with
unkown injuries after being plucked from the truck by firefighters.
Hamilton has been arrested for DUI, driving while suspended for a previous misdemeanor DUI.
was hospitalized Saturday
afternoon after firefighters
plucked him from the hanging truck using a ladder with
a basket.
Beaverton police say he
was arrested for DUI and
would be taken to jail when
he leaves the hospital. His
injuries were not believed to
be life-threatening.
The crash shut down part
Parents swept to sea in
effort to save son, dog
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) —
Family members trying to
rescue their dog from powerful surf in Northern
California were swept out
to sea, leaving a couple dead
and their 16-year-old son
missing, authorities said.
Waves reaching 10 feet
in height pulled the dog into
the ocean as it ran to
retrieve a stick at Big
Lagoon, a beach north of
Eureka, said Dana Jones, a
state Parks and Recreation
district superintendent.
Jones said the boy went
after the dog, prompting his
father to go after them. She
said the teenager was able
to get out, but when he didn’t see his father, he and his
mother went into the water
looking for him.
“Both were dragged into
the ocean,” Jones said of
Saturday’s tragedy.
The T imes-Standard
reports the couple’s daughter called police.
Jones said a park ranger
had to run a half mile to get
to the beach because his car
wasn’t made to handle the
terrain. When he arrived, he
wasn’t able to get to them
because of the high surf,
she said.
Rescuers eventually
retrieved the mother’s body
and the father’s body
washed up.
The dog got out of the
water on its own, Jones
said.
The Coast Guard
deployed a helicopter and
two motor life boats to
search for the teenager, but
the aerial search was suspended by thick coastal fog.
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23, 2012, in Coos Bay.
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Baxter Lee Baird — 75, of
North Bend, died Nov. 22,
2012, in North Bend.
Arrangements are pending
with Coos Bay Chapel, 541267-3131.
Ernest S. Knutson — 80,
of Coos Bay, passed away
Nov. 24, 2012, in Coos Bay.
Arrangements are pending
with Coos Bay Chapel, 541267-3131.
Henry T. Scheirman —
88, of North Bend, passed
away Nov. 24, 2012, in Coos
Bay. Arrangements are
pending with Coos Bay
Chapel, 541-267-3131.
Ramona Williamson —
53, of Coos Bay, passed away
Nov. 24, 2012, in Coos Bay.
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with Coos Bay Chapel, 541267-3131.
Norman R. O’Dea — 85,
of Bandon, died Nov. 17,
2012, in Coos Bay.
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with Amling Schroeder
Funeral Service, Bandon,
541-347-2907.
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of the busy roadway for several hours until the truck
could be removed with a
large crane.
The Oregonian reports
that the wheels of the truck
caught on part of the overpass and apparently kept it
from falling.
There was no immediate
word on how the crash
occurred.
BEND (AP) — Two webcams mounted on the top of a
new 90-foot communication
tower are helping firefighters
scan for wildfires in central
Oregon.
Crews with Lake Chinook
Fire & Rescue will be able to
access the camera images
from a smartphone or laptop
computer, the Bulletin
reported.
The webcams provide a
360-degree view of the 40square-mile district near Lake
Billy Chinook and Culver, as
well as the edges of the
Crooked River National
Grasslands,
Deschutes
National Forest and Warm
Springs Indian Reservation.
“It gives us a pretty good
view,” Lake Chinook Chief
Don Colfels told the Bulletin.
“No matter where I am at I can
pull it up and take a look-see.”
The webcams are the first
to be used as fire lookouts in
Central Oregon, but more are
coming, said George Ponte,
district forester for the
Oregon Department of
Forestry in Prineville.
The department has plans
for eight webcam lookouts in
Grant, Hood River, Wasco and
Wheeler counties. At least
two could be up and running
by the next fire season, the
newspaper reported.
For now, the department
will rely on human lookouts to
scan for wildfires in Crook,
Deschutes and Jefferson
counties. That may change in
the next decade, Ponte said.
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The gift
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If you’re looking for a
unique gift — one that will
have a great deal of meaning
for both you and your recipient — I have an idea. It’s
called “Journal in a Jar.”
The idea is to assemble in
a glass canning jar (or a box
or other creative container)
everything your recipient
needs to write the story of
his or her life: journal and
pens, or fancy computer
paper and a notebook.
Possibly the most fun element of
EVERYDAY
this gift
CHEAPSKATE is the
yea r ’s
worth of
specific
questions that
will act
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Mary
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journal
writing.
Questions like: Why was
your name chosen for you?
What was happening in the
world when you were born?
What is your personal secret
to happiness? You can
include as many questions or
prompts as you like, but 365
insures a very complete
journal that touches on all
areas of a person's life.
Once you’ve completed
packaging the gift, you will
want to add a tag or card that
explains what this is and how
the recipient will use it:
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CLASSIC PEANUTS
THE FAMILY CIRCUS
Recipe for your life
history.
The purpose of this gift is
to help you preserve a written account of your life.
Instructions: Combine a
generous slice of your life
history, a dash of nostalgia,
several cups of facts and
feelings, and (the number
you come up with) deliciously interesting questions. Draw one slip of paper
each day until all are gone.
Paste or write the question at
the top of a blank page. Fill in
your answer. Enjoy the
memories that celebrate
something very important —
you!
Not just a great gift idea
f o r p a r e n t s a n d gr a n d p a r ents, this is an idea for kids,
too. Kids will love: Draw a
picture of your favorite pet
or animal. Draw a picture of
your favorite thing to do in
the summertime. Draw a
picture of your favorite place
to go. Draw a picture of your
favorite thing to do with
Grandma or Grandpa.
For an older child or teen:
Tell about your favorite pet
— what kind of animal is it?
When did you get him/her?
Tell about your hardest day
at school. What is your
favorite musical group?
Adapt your questions and
prompts so the result will be
more detailed and the
answers more complete and
specific. Make it fun by
including questions you
know will make the person
laugh because the answers
are so hilarious. Add a nice
blank journal with plenty of
pages. Attach one or more
nice pens.
To help you get going, I
have posted hundreds of
questions and prompts for
all age groups — as young as
5 and as old as 105 — in the
Holiday Central section of
my website, debtproofliving.com. Include these or
ones you’ve created with
your gift.
Like other jar gift ideas,
Journal in a Jar is not a gift
you can make on Christmas
Eve. You need to get started
now.
And while you’re at it,
make one for yourself. Your
finished journal will be your
life history and a legacy for
your children.
Mary Hunt is the founder of
www.DebtProofLiving.com
and author of 22 books,
including her holiday 2012
release, “Debt-Proof Your
Holidays: Celebrating the
Holidays Without Breaking
the Bank.”
You can email her at
mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to
Everyday Cheapskate, P.O.
Box 2099, Cypress, CA
90630.
To find out more about
Mary Hunt and read her past
columns, please visit the
Creators Syndicate Web
page at www.creators.com.
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Huge insider
trading case
in court today
NEW YORK (AP) — A former hedge fund portfolio
manager charged in one of
the biggest insider trading
cases in history was due in a
New York federal court after
an investigation that touched
on the activities of one of the
nation’s wealthiest financiers.
Mathew Martoma’s court
date Monday was expected to
be largely procedural, though
there could be some discusThe Associated Press
sion of the $5 million bail set Carrie Ann Lucas, right, mother of four disabled adopted children, holds up a mirror for her daughter,
for him last week in Florida. Adrianne, 13, at their home in Windsor, Colo., before going on an outing on Nov. 14. Carrie Ann Lucas herself
He was arrested at his home uses a power wheelchair and is reliant on a ventilator due to a form of muscular dystrophy.
in Boca Raton, Fla., but the
case is based in New York.
Disabled parents face
bias, loss of custody
While working for CR
Intrinsic Investors LLC
between 2006 and 2008, Martoma exploited an acquaintance with a medical school
professor to get confidential,
advance results from tests of
an Alzheimer’s disease drug,
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet
Millions of Americans
Bharara’s office said.
with disabilities have gained
Then Martoma used the
information to make more
than $276 million for his fund
and others, prosecutors said.
First he led other investment
advisers to buy shares in the
drug companies, and then he
and the others ditched their
investments before the public found out about the drug
trial’s disappointing results,
allowing them all to make big
profits and avoid huge losses,
according to prosecutors.
Defense lawyer Charles
Stillman said Martoma simply worked hard and vigorously pursued public information.
Stamford, Conn.-based
CR Intrinsic Investors is an
affiliate of SAC Capital Advisors, a firm owned by Steven
A. Cohen. Cohen’s net worth
is estimated at $8.8 billion on
the Forbes 400 list of the
richest people in the U.S.
Court papers in Martoma’s
case repeatedly allude, without using Cohen’s name, to
his dealings with Martoma in
the lead-up to an announcement about the drug trial.
innumerable rights and
opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in
1990. And yet advocates say
barriers and bias still abound
when it comes to one basic
human right: To be a parent.
A Kansas City, Mo., couple had their daughter taken
into custody by the state two
days after her birth because
both parents were blind. A
Chicago mother, because she
is quadriplegic, endured an
18-month legal battle to keep
custody of her young son. A
California woman paid an
advance fee to an adoption
agency, then was told she
might be unfit to adopt
because she has cerebral
palsy.
Such cases are found
nationwide, according to a
new report by the National
Council on Disability, an
independent federal agency.
The 445-page document is
viewed by the disabilityrights community as by far
the most comprehensive ever
on the topic — simultaneously an encyclopedic accounting of the status quo and an
emotional plea for change.
“Parents with disabilities
continue to be the only distinct community that has to
fight to retain — and some-
times gain — custody of their
own children,” said autismrights activist Ari Ne’eman, a
member of the council. “The
need to correct this unfair
bias could not be more
urgent or clear.”
The U.S. legal system is
not adequately protecting
the rights of parents with
disabilities, the report says,
citing child welfare laws in
most states allowing courts
to determine that a parent is
unfit on the basis of a disability. Terminating parental
rights on such grounds
“clearly violates” the intent
of the 1990 Americans with
Disabilities Act, the report
contends.
Manhattan
recovering
from Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) — The
hum of massive mobile generators, boilers and pumps
emerges blocks from Manhattan’s Financial District
and turns into a steady din
south of Wall Street — the
now-familiar sound of an
area laboring to recover from
Superstorm Sandy.
Other parts of the city have
gotten mayoral visits and
media attention after the Oct.
29 storm killed dozens of residents and tore apart homes in
coastal neighborhoods. Less
obvious were the millions
upon million gallons of sea
water that wreaked havoc on
subterranean electrical panels
and other internal infrastructure throughout lower Manhattan, making them unusable even after power was
restored to the area.
“There were waves on Wall
Street, and it all ended up
here,” Mike Lahm, a building
engineer who rode out the
storm at 120 Wall Street, said
during a recent tour of the
skyscraper’s basement.
Nearly a month later,
some of the high-rises that
are home to investment
banks, large law firms and
luxury apartments have
bounced back quickly. But
others buildings remain eerily dark and vacant.
Landlords have warned
full power won’t be back for
weeks, if not months, leaving
businesses and residents displaced and uncertain about
when — and even whether —
they’ll return. JP Morgan
Chase, the Daily News and
the American Civil Liberties
Union are among tenants still
operating in satellite locations after getting washed
out of their headquarters in
lower Manhattan.
Heavy flooding also hit a
complex of multimilliondollar apartments along the
Hudson River, whose wellheeled owners — reportedly
including Gwyneth Paltrow
and Meryl Streep — could
quietly retreat to second or
third homes on higher and
drier ground.
“What you’re looking at
here is a mass exodus,”
downtown resident Gail
Strum said as she retrieved
some files and other belongings from a rental apartment
building that’s still without
power. “It feels like there’s
no coming back.”
On paper, Strum’s assessment sounds too pessimistic.
The city Buildings Department
declared only nine buildings in
lower Manhattan unsafe
because of structural damage
from the storm, and the power
company, Consolidated Edison, says all buildings citywide
had access to electricity and
steam power by Nov. 15.
Natural gas drillers target U.S. truck, bus market
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — If
the trash truck or bus rolling
down your street seems a little quieter these days, you’re
not imagining things. It’s
probably running on natural
gas.
Surging gas production
has led the drilling industry
to seek out new markets for
its product, and energy companies, increasingly, are setting their sights on the
transportation sector.
Touting natural gas as a
cheaper, cleaner-burning
alternative to gasoline and
diesel, drillers, public utili-
ties and government officials are trying to boost
demand for natural gas
buses, taxis, shuttles, delivery trucks and heavy-duty
work vehicles of all sorts,
while
simultaneously
encouraging development of
the fueling infrastructure
that will be needed to keep
them running.
The economics are compelling. Natural gas costs
about $1.50 to $2 per gallon
equivalent less than gasoline
and diesel. That can add up
to tens of thousands of dollars in savings for vehicles
that guzzle the most fuel.
Fleet managers are taking
notice. Companies as diverse
as AT&T, Waste Management and UPS are converting all or parts of their fleets
to natural gas, as are transit
agencies, municipalities and
state governments.
Bangladesh workers
protest after 112 killed
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP)
— Thousands of Bangladeshi
workers blocked the streets
of a Dhaka suburb Monday,
throwing stones at factories
and smashing vehicles, as
they demanded justice for
112 people killed in a garment-factory fire that highlighted unsafe conditions in
an industry rushing to produce for major retailers
around the world.
Some 200 factories were
closed for the day after the
protest erupted in Savar, the
industrial zone where Saturday’s deadly fire occurred.
Protesters blocked a major
highway.
The government announced that Tuesday will
be a day of national mourning, with the national flag
flying at half-mast in honor
of the dead.
Investigators suspect that
a short circuit caused the
fire, said Maj. Mohammad
Mahbub, fire department
operations director. But he
said it was not the fire itself
but the lack of safety measures in the eight-story building that made it so deadly.
Emissions, climate aid
focus on climate talks
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.N.
talks on a new climate pact
resumed Monday in oil and
gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting
global warming and helping
poor nations adapt to it.
The two-decade-old talks
have not fulfilled their main
purpose: reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are warming the
planet.
Attempts to create a new
climate treaty failed in
Copenhagen three years ago
but countries agreed last
year to try again, giving
themselves a deadline of 2015
to adopt a new treaty.
A host of issues need to be
resolved by then, including
how to spread the burden of
emissions cuts between rich
and poor countries. That’s
unlikely to be decided in the
two-week talks in the Qatari
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capital of Doha, where negotiators will focus on extending the Kyoto Protocol, an
emissions deal for industrialized countries, and trying
to raise billions of dollars to
help developing countries
adapt to a shifting climate.
Egyptians divided over
president’s powers
CAIRO (AP) — Supporters
and opponents of Egypt’s
president on Sunday grew
more entrenched in their
potentially destabilizing battle
over the Islamist leader’s move
to assume near absolute powers, with neither side appearing willing to back down as the
stock market plunged amid the
fresh turmoil.
The standoff poses one of
the hardest tests for the
nation’s liberal and secular
opposition since Hosni
Mubarak’s ouster nearly two
years ago. Failure to sustain
protests and eventually force
Mohammed Morsi to loosen
control could consign it to
long-term irrelevance.
Clashes between the two
sides spilled onto the streets
for a third day since the president issued edicts that make
him immune to oversight of
any kind, including that of
the courts.
Israeli Defense
Minister quits politics
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli
Defense Minister Ehud Barak
on
Monday
abruptly
announced he was quitting
politics, shaking up the country’s political system just weeks
ahead of general elections.
Barak, a decorated former
general and one-time prime
minister,said he would stay on
in his current post until a new
government is formed following the Jan. 22 balloting.
Barak’s resignation could
mean the departure of the
most moderating influence
on hawkish Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Forecast highs for Tuesday, Nov. 27
Sunny
Pt. Cloudy
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. South
wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. East
southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Tuesday Night: Rain. Low around 48. Southwest wind
6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Wednesday: Showers. High near 57. South southeast
wind 14 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Cloudy
Seattle
39° | 54°
Billings
23° | 46°
San Francisco
52° | 64°
Minneapolis
16° | 36°
Denver
21° | 61°
Curry County Coast
Chicago
23° | 34°
New York
36° | 45°
Detroit
28° | 37°
Washington D.C.
37° | 48°
Los Angeles
50° | 66°
Atlanta
45° | 57°
El Paso
39° | 66°
Houston
55° | 66°
Fronts
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s 30s 40s
50s 60s
Warm Stationary
70s
WASH.
Portland
36° | 50°
Newport
43° | 59°
80s
Pressure
Low
High
Willamette Valley
90s 100s 110s
Temperatures indicate Sunday’s high and Fairbanks
B14 23B
clr Philadelphia
41 28
overnightShowers
low to 5 a.m.
Fargo
02
pcdy Phoenix
82Ice56
Rain
T-storms 29 Flurries
Snow
Hi Lo Prc Otlk Flagstaff
59 25
clr Pittsburgh
39 28
Albuquerque
62 35
clr Fresno
67 45
cdy Pocatello
40 31 .06
Anchorage
16 02
clr Green Bay
33 22
cdy Portland,Maine
38 22
Atlanta
60 36
clr Hartford Spgfld
40 31
pcdy Providence
41 30
A
frontal
system
will
reach
northeastward
from
the
Gulf
Coast
Atlantic City
43 24
pcdy Honolulu
81 74
pcdy Raleigh-Durham
51 into
31
Austin the Mid-Atlantic
77 59
cdy rain
with
showers,75thunderstorms,
Houston
58
cdy Renoand high 60 28
Baltimore
41 snow
25
pcdy Indianapolis
46 30
cdy Richmond
35
elevation
showers.
Meanwhile,
more lake
effect snow 49
Billings
33 22 .30 pcdy Jackson,Miss.
63 41
cdy Sacramento
65 40
showers
are
expected
downwind
of
the
Great
Lakes.
Birmingham
59 34
pcdy Jacksonville
66 31
clr St Louis
58 34
Boise
47 26 .01 clr Kansas City
56 27
pcdy Salt Lake City
48 29
Boston
40 32
pcdy Key West
69 59
pcdy Weather
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Buffalo
32 31 .15 cdy Las Vegas
70 47
clr San Diego
61 58
Burlington,Vt.
32 27
pcdy Lexington
52 34
cdy San Francisco
58 47
Casper
43 26 .15 cdy Little Rock
63 40
cdy San Jose
57 42
Charleston,S.C.
62 35
clr Los Angeles
71 58
pcdy Santa Fe
59 26
49 29
pcdy Louisville
Charleston,W.Va.
56 33
cdy Seattle
47 35
Charlotte,N.C.
53 27
clr Madison
40 20
cdy Sioux Falls
36 19
Cheyenne
59 24
cdy Memphis
59 46
rn Spokane
39 26
Chicago
43 27
cdy Miami Beach
77 59
cdy Syracuse
36 33 .03
Cincinnati
48 28
pcdy Midland-Odessa
78 45
clr Tampa
71 48
Cleveland
40 27
cdy Milwaukee
40 25
cdy Toledo
40 23
Colorado Springs 58 22
pcdy Mpls-St Paul
30 12
pcdy Tucson
82 50
Columbus,Ohio
45 32
pcdy Missoula
41 23
pcdy Tulsa
65 36
Concord,N.H.
37 21
pcdy Nashville
59 40
cdy Washington,D.C.
43 32
76 59
cdy New Orleans
Dallas-Ft Worth
66 50
rn W. Palm Beach
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61 34
Denver
63 24
cdy Norfolk,Va.
48 35
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partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind.
Tuesday: Patchy fog. Patchy freezing fog. Otherwise,
partly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 38. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 51.
East wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Portland area
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. East
northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 38. Wind around 6 mph.
Wednesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high
near 50. East wind around 8 mph.
Pendleton
23° | 45°
Bend
30° | 52°
Salem
36° | 55°
Klamath Falls
CALIF. 30° | 52°
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Local high, low, rainfall
Temperature extremes and precipitation
for the 24 hours ending at 5 a.m. today.
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Astoria
48 40 0.00
Brookings
58 42 0.00
Corvallis
42 31 0.00
Eugene
43 39 0.00
Klamath Falls
53 28 0.00
La Grande
45 19 0.08
Medford
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48 34 0.00
Pendleton
46 27 0.00
Portland
50 38 0.00
Redmond
44 21 0.00
Roseburg
48 42 0.00
Salem
43 29 0.00
Friday: High 61, low 45, 0.26 inches
Saturday: High 55, low 43, 0.83 inches
Sunday: High 52, low 39, none
Total rainfall to date: 42.36 inches
Rainfall to date last year: 35.99 inches
Average rainfall to date: 51.84 inches
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WEDNESDAY
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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. North
wind around 6 mph becoming south in the evening.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South
wind 7 to 11 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly
cloudy, with a high near 41. South wind 13 to 15 mph.
Rain
55/50
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57/51
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. South
southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. South
southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 41.
Wednesday: Rain. High near 54. East southeast wind
9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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Medford
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Tonight: Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, increasing
clouds, with a low around 35. Calm wind.
Tuesday: Areas of dense fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny,
with a high near 53. Light southeast wind.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Southeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts to 24 mph.
Wednesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high
near 55. South southeast wind around 24 mph.
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southeast wind around 6 mph.
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wind 6 to 9 mph.
Tuesday Night: Rain. Low around 48. Southeast wind
around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Wednesday: Showers. High near 56. Breezy, with a
south wind 18 to 23 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
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‘12 Days of Christmas’ will cost you
Photos by Lou Sennick, The World
J.T. Parker, from Coos Bay, kicks up sand during one of his starts Saturday at Box Car Hill.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Add
seven swans, six geese and five
golden rings to the list of
Christmas gifts that cost more
than they did a year ago.
And if you get all 364 items
repeated throughout “The
Twelve Days of Christmas”
carol, you’ll pay 6.1 percent
more this year, according to
the so-called Christmas Price
Index that PNC Wealth
Management updates annually.
That comes to $107,300.
“The rise is larger than
expected considering the
modest economic growth
we’ve had,” said Jim Dunigan,
managing executive of investments for PNC. He noted the
government’s Consumer
Price Index has risen just 2
percent in the 12 months
before September.
Thrifty shoppers may find
some reasons for cheer. Six
items mentioned in the song
haven’t gone up in price:
maids-a-milking, ladies
dancing, lords-a-leaping,
calling birds, turtle doves and
the partridge. The eight
maids-a-milking still cost
just $58 because the minimum
wage hasn’t risen.
Twelve drummers drumming ($2,775.50) and eleven
pipers piping ($2,562) might
also be considered relative
bargains compared to seven
swans, which will set you back
$7,000. Nine ladies dancing
will cost you $6,294.03.
The $15 partridge is the
cheapest item, and swans the
most expensive, at $1,000
each.
ONLINE
gifts,” he said.
How well retailers fare on
Cyber Monday will offer
insight into Americans’
evolving shopping habits
during the holiday shopping
season, a time when stores
can make up to 40 percent of
their annual revenue. With
the growth in high speed
Internet access and the wide
use of smartphones and
tablets, people are relying
less on their work computers
to shop than they did when
Shop.org, the digital division
of trade group The National
Retail Federation, introduced the term “Cyber Monday.”
“People years ago didn’t
have ... connectivity to shop
online at their homes. So
when they went back to work
after Thanksgiving they’d
shop on the Monday after,”
said Vicki Cantrell, executive
director of Shop.org. “Now
they don’t need the work
computer to be able to do
that.”
As a result, the period
between Thanksgiving and
Cyber Monday has become
busy for online shopping as
well. Indeed, online sales on
Thanksgiving Day, traditionally not a popular day for
online shopping, rose 32 percent over last year to $633
million, according to comScore. And online sales on
Black Friday were up 26 percent from the same day last
year, to $1.042 billion. It was
the first time online sales on
Black Friday surpassed $1
billion.
Even though Cyber Monday is expected to be the
biggest shopping day this
year, industry watchers say it
could just be a matter of time
before other days take that
ranking.
“Of all the benchmark
spending days, Thanksgiving
is growing at the fastest rate,
up 128 percent over the last
five years,” said Andrew
Lipsman, a spokesman with
comScore.
The law instead invests
authority in parents to
decide the dosage, frequency
and manner of a child’s marijuana consumption.
Many doctors worry about
introducing a child to marijuana when they say other
drugs can treat pain and
nausea more effectively.
Purchase believes marijuana
heals, and credits the drug
for curing her stepfather’s
skin cancer.
She herself is an Oregon
medical marijuana patient,
and her boyfriend is Mykayla’s grower. She is so convinced of the drug’s safety
that she consumed it during
the pregnancy and while
breastfeeding her second
child.
When her symptoms are
especially bad, Mykayla’s
mother and her mother’s
boyfriend will feed her
cannabis-infused food.
She’s had up to 1.2 grams of
cannabis oil in 24 hours, the
rough equivalent of smoking
10 joints.
Purchase said Mykayla’s
first oncologist called the
marijuana use “inappropriate.”
With marijuana, Purchase
said her daughter has been
able to fight past the
chemotherapy and return to
a sense of normalcy.
“She’s like she was
before,” her mother said.
“She’s a normal kid.”
Internet sales
up big already
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DRAGS
Racers out to
have a good time
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Jack Bone, 62, a racer and
volunteer from Washington,
says Hedley’s attitude is typical in a sport where engines
alone can cost $15,000.
“I have three jeeps,” he
said. “It’s a sickness.”
A few people watch as two sand drag trucks head down the track
Bone has been racing on
mud and sand tracks for 13 Saturday at Box Car Hill. It was a day to tune, test and hit the track, even
years. He was attracted to the in the rainy conditions.
adrenaline rush, but became
permanently attached to the even extended to the sidelines. don’t ride with him when we
sport’s emphasis on cama- Dani Hanson, seated in a yel- race. But we are each other’s
raderie.
low Chevrolet pickup with her best cheering crowd out
“Everybody’s here to have husband, says she can’t stand there.”
Reporter Daniel Simmonsa good time,” he said. “It’s racing with her partner.
“We get into our own little Ritchie can be reached at 541not just to win, but have a
zone,” she laughed. “So, he 269-1222, ext. 249, or at
good time.”
On Saturday, that spirit doesn’t ride with me and I dritchie@theworldlink.com.
ORC
Lease wording
is still an issue
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national paper producer. The
company signed a deal with
ORC to mine the area in 2010.
“If they wanted to, they
could go ahead and start
mining,” Parry said. “Our
option would be to sue them,
but we would probably lose
because we have already
been through that route in
the courts.”
But some critics argue
that the county should push
for tighter language in its
agreement with ORC. The
Bandon
Woodlands
Community Association
says, if ORC goes bankrupt,
the lease could change hands
to an unknown player, putting the county at risk.
Parry argues the opposite: He says the lease may be
the county’s best protection
if ORC goes bankrupt.
Without it, he says, a new
player might begin mining
under its contract with
Kimberly-Clark without any
form of compensation to the
ORC hearing
There is a public hearing regarding the Coos County contract with
Oregon Resources Corp. at 6 p.m.
tonight in the Owen Building, 201
N. Adams, Coquille. Public attendance and testimony is welcome.
county for damaging trees.
However, Parry said he
would listen to all viewpoints
at tonight’s hearing.
Reporter
Daniel
Simmons-Ritchie can be
reached at 541-269-1222,
ext. 249, or at dritchie@theworldlink.com.
shopping online this year on
his iPad tablet computer.
Sexton, who plans to spend
up to $4,000 this season,
already shopped online on
the day after Thanksgiving
known as Black Friday and
found a laptop from Best Buy
for $399, a $200 savings,
among other deals.
“The descriptions and
reviews are so much better
online so you can compare
and price shop and for the
most part get free shipping,”
said Sexton, who lives in
Queens, N.Y., and is a manager at a utility company.
Sexton also said that it’s
easier to return an online
purchase to a physical store
than it had been in previous
years. “That helps with
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No monitoring
is necessary
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potential for addiction.
“She’s not terminally ill,”
Comstock said. “She is going
to get over this, and with all
this pot, they are going to
hinder her brain growth.
“It’s going to limit her
options in life because of the
decisions her mother has
made for her,” he added.
Oregon law requires no
monitoring of a child’s medical marijuana use by a pediatrician.
NORTHWEST STOCKS
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Frontier. . . . . . . . . . . 4.49
Intel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.72
Kroger . . . . . . . . . . . 24.98
Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.26
8:30
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19.72
24.61
1.22
Microsoft . . . . . . . . . 27.70
Nike . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.75
NW Natural . . . . . . . 42.17
Safeway. . . . . . . . . . 16.96
SkyWest . . . . . . . . . . 11.21
Starbucks. . . . . . . . . 51.19
27.21
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Umpqua Bank . . . . . 11.78 11.77
Weyerhaeuser . . . . 26.72 26.54
Xerox. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.66 6.61
Dow Jones closed at 13,009.68
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No winner of $4.0 million jackpot.
Next jackpot: $4.2 million.
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Saturday’s winning numbers:
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1 p.m.: 5-0-2-6
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theworldlink.com/sports ■ Sports Editor John Gunther ■ 541-269-1222, ext. 241
North Bend reaches championship game
Bulldogs face Baker
at 1 p.m. Saturday at
Hillsboro Stadium
■
BY RACHEL FINNEY
The World
HILLSBORO — For the first
time, the North Bend football
team is headed to the Class 4A
state championship game.
With a dominant defensive
effort Saturday, the Bulldogs beat
Ontario 29-8 in the semifinals at
Hillsboro Stadium for a berth into
the title game. The Bulldogs will
play Baker at 1 p.m. Saturday, also
at Hillsboro Stadium.
North Bend had never made it
past the state quarterfinals before,
and the Bulldogs just keep rewriting history. They don’t want to
stop now.
“We are very excited and very
grateful to be here,” said North
Bend coach Gary Prince. “We’re
playing for a state championship.
“We’ve never been here. I’ve
never been here. We’re going to
enjoy it.”
The Bulldogs intercepted
Ontario quarterback Trampis
Waite six times Saturday — two
picks courtesy of sophomore Drew
Matthews, who was charged with
defending impressively athletic
Ontario receiver Joe Delgado.
“He really took charge back
there,” Prince said of Matthews.
“He wasn’t playing like a sophomore.”
Prince added that he was proud
Championship Saturday
At Hillsboro Stadium
Class 4A
North Bend vs. Baker, 1 p.m.
Class 2A
Portland Christian vs. Oakland, 4:15 p.m.
Class 5A
Sherwood vs. Marist, 7:30 p.m.
At Cottage Grove High School
Class 1A
St. Paul vs. Camas Valley, noon
Class 3A
Cascade Christian vs. Dayton, 4 p.m.
Admission: $10 adults, $5 students
of how the defense played as a
whole.
“They just did what they’ve
been doing all year,” he said. “Just
in great position, disciplined.”
The defense got off to a quick
start. Clayton Duryee intercepted
Waite on the Ontario 39-yard line
and returned it to the 33, setting
up a 31-yard touchdown pass from
Mateski to Matthews for a 7-0
lead.
On the Tigers’ next two possessions, the Bulldogs forced a punt
sparked by a Marshall Giles sack
and Jake Buck intercepted Waite.
The Bulldogs couldn’t convert
either opportunity into points.
Then Ontario turned it over on
downs after gambling on a fourthand-one rush on its own 39, and
North Bend made the Tigers pay.
Mateski connected with Cameron
Lucero on a 13-yard pass for a first
down, then he hit Duryee for a 21yard touchdown pass to put the
Bulldogs ahead 14-0.
The Tigers didn’t score until
late in the second quarter. Giles
had another sack, but Waite
marched Ontario down the
field, capping the drive with a
30-yard pass to Delgado just as
Giles hit him again. North Bend
blocked the extra-point kick
attempt and held a 14-6 lead at
halftime.
The third quarter was a defensive battle, and North Bend was
able to keep Ontario off the scoreboard again. Matthews had another interception on the Tigers’ first
possession, but an illegal block
penalty called back his 59-yard
return to the Ontario 40-yard line.
Soon after that, Mateski threw his
only interception of the game.
SEE BULLDOGS | B3
Coaching
carousel
heats up
Auburn fires Chizik
two years after BCS
title and Embree is out
after Colorado goes 1-11
■
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press
Oregon running back Kenjon Barner dives in for a touchdown past Oregon State defender Rashaad Reynolds during the second half Saturday. Barner ran for 198 yards and two
touchdowns in Oregon’s 48-24 win.
Ducks dominate Civil War again
BY KEVIN HAMPTON
Corvallis Gazette-Times
CORVALLIS — This Civil War game had all
the makings of a classic.
Oregon was playing for another Bowl
Championship Series bowl berth. Oregon State
was looking to cap a surprise season with its
first win over UO since 2007 and a chance at a
BCS game.
Miscues and a relentless UO run game
turned it into a 48-24 rout in front of a record
47,249 fans in Reser Stadium on Saturday
afternoon.
“This has a huge meaning for us,” UO coach
Chip Kelly said. “For some reason the fans
don’t seem like they like us much when we’re
up here, but that’s OK. I think our guys do a
great job of blocking that out and playing
against a real good team.”
The Beavers turned the ball over six times in
the game, most coming in the second half. The
Ducks have been opportunistic all season and
took full advantage, ripping off big runs and
finishing drives to pull away.
Oregon (11-1, 8-1) finished with 430 yards
on the ground, led by Kenjon Barner with 198
yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns and
De’Anthony Thomas with 122 yards on 17
attempts with three scores.
“They run sideline to sideline,” OSU cornerback Jordan Poyer said. “Kenjon Barner and
De’Anthony Thomas are fast and so when we’d
over-pursue they’d put their foot in the ground
and go the other way. We needed to tackle better and over-pursuit, we emphasized that all
week. They’re two good running backs and we
let them get (going).”
Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota also
made it tough on OSU’s defenders. When the
Beavers had the running backs in check,
Mariota kept it and slipped through for several
big plays.
Mariota rushed for 85 yards and passed for
140.
“He’s really a great player,” OSU coach
Mike Riley said. “He’s a gifted athlete. I like
how he throws the ball. He’s perfect for their
offense.”
The game certainly seemed to be headed in
an exciting direction when the Beavers scored
on the opening drive of the second half to cut
Oregon’s lead to 20-17.
The Beavers (8-3, 6-3) proceeded to cough
up five turnovers in the second half and the lead
ballooned to 31.
“It’s one of those things that can get out of
hand fast,” Riley said.
SEE CIVL WAR | B4
Blazers lose opener of long road trip
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn
Nets looked as if they were thinking ahead to their first matchup
against the crosstown New York
Knicks for the first three quarters
Sunday.
Deron Williams had 15 points,
12 assists, four blocked shots and
three steals, and the Nets used a
run early in the fourth to break
open a tie game and beat the
Portland Trail Blazers 98-85.
Reserve forward Reggie Evans
said “we didn’t have no energy, no
life” until he and his teammates
turned up their offensive and defensive effort in the fourth quarter just
like they did on Friday in a victory
against the Los Angeles Clippers.
“It goes to show when it comes
time to buckle down and get stops,
we can make something happen.
We just have to try to do that in the
first three quarters and not just in
the fourth,” said Joe Johnson, who
scored 21 points.
The Nets’ much talked about
first game in their new home
The Associated Press
Brooklyn’s Kris Humpries, right, and Portland’s Meyers Leonard fight for a rebound in
the second quarter Sunday.
against the Knicks was postponed
on opening day because of
Superstorm Sandy and was
rescheduled for tonight.
Kris Humphries had 14 points
and 10 rebounds for Brooklyn,
which was looking forward to the
Knicks and a crowd that they hope
will be on their side as opposed to
past few years when the teams met
in New Jersey.
“There’s going to be more
energy. Each play is going to be
bigger. So I think it’s tough
because of the atmosphere but we
have to come out and execute, not
get caught up in the Nets-Knicks
thing,” Humphries said.
The Knicks are 9-3 and have
the best record in the Eastern
Conference. The Nets are right
behind them at 8-4.
Brook Lopez had 15 points for
Brooklyn, which has won five
straight games at Barclays Center.
The 6-1 beginning on the new
home court is the Nets’ best start
since the 2002-03 season when
they won 18 of their first 19 at
home in New Jersey.
Brooklyn headed into the
fourth quarter tied 70-all after
reserve guard Marshawn Brooks’
layup with 1.7 seconds left in the
third. Both teams quickly
exchanged leads in the opening
minutes of the final quarter before
the Nets went on a 9-0 run and
never looked back.
“We kind of let it slip away in
the fourth quarter. The rebounding hurt us. Brooklyn is a big physical team and that may have had an
effect on us on offense late in the
game,” Portland coach Terry
Stotts said.
Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani
and Danny Hope got the pink slips
many expected were coming after
disappointing seasons.
North Carolina State getting
rid of Tom O’Brien took more than
a few people off guard. So did
Colorado letting Jon Embree go
after only two seasons.
Sunday was a tumultuous one
around college football, with five
coaches losing their jobs to bring
the total openings in FBS to 12 —
including four in the Southeastern
Conference.
Chizik was fired by Auburn
after one of the most stunning and
dramatic falls in college football
history. The Tigers won the second national championship in
program history behind Cam
Newton in 2010. This season,
Auburn finished 3-9 and did not
win an SEC game. The Tigers lost
the Iron Bowl 49-0 to rival
Alabama.
Auburn endured the worst
slide within two years of winning
a national championship of any
team since The Associated Press
poll started in 1936, and hadn’t
lost this many games since going
0-10 in 1950. The decision came
17 months after Auburn gave
Chizik a contract worth some $3.5
million annually through 2015
with a hefty buyout of $7.5 million.
“When expectations are not
met, I understand changes must be
made,” Chizik said in a statement.
He was 33-19 in four seasons
and 15-17 in SEC games.
More than 6-6 was expected
from Purdue this season, but Hope
and the Boilermakers needed a late
rush just to get bowl eligible.
Hope won’t get to coach
Purdue’s latest bowl game. He
went 22-27 in four seasons.
Spaziani’s Boston College
teams have had progressively
worse records in each of his four
seasons. The Eagles went 2-10 this
season. He finished 22-29 as the
head coach.
North Carolina State finished
7-5 this season, and 4-4 in the
Atlantic Coast Conference,
including an upset of Florida
State. Not great, but not all that far
away from expectations.
Still, it wasn’t enough to get
O’Brien a seventh season.
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Meet the Pirates is
Tuesday at MHS
Winter Meet the Pirates
Night will be held Tuesday
inside Pirate Palace at
Marshfield High School.
A Marshfield Booster Club
barbecue starts at 5 p.m. and
the program opens with the
national anthem and fight
song by the pep band at 5:30 in
the gymnasium.
That will be followed by
introductions and scrimmages/performances by the
girls basketball, dance,
wrestling, swim and boys basketball teams.
There is no admission fee.
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Vettel wins third
Formula One title
SAO PAULO (AP) —
Sebastian Vettel captured his
third straight Formula One
championship title Sunday,
overcoming a first-lap crash
to finish sixth in a Brazilian
Grand Prix won by Jenson
Button in pouring rain.
“It’s difficult to find the
right words,” said Vettel, who
at 25 became the youngest
three-time champion in F1.
“It’s unbelievable. I’m still
full of adrenaline. It was an
incredible race.”
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher,
F1’s most successful driver,
finished seventh in his final
race after 19 seasons.
Minutes before the race, he
lapped the track with a flag
with the words “Thank You.”
He used the radio to thank
the mechanics and engineers
he has worked with as well as
his fans watching on TV.
Vettel appeared in big
trouble after he was bumped
shortly after the first lap and
spun. He dropped to last
place before he could turn his
car around and start a difficult pursuit. But he steadily
worked his way up the field
and did what he had to —
holding off Ferrari’s Fernando
Alonso, the only other driver
contending for the title.
“You are the man, you are
a triple world champion,” a
team official told Vettel on
the radio after he crossed the
line.
Vettel is the first driver
with three titles in a row
since Schumacher won five
straight from 2000-04. The
only other driver to win at
least three consecutive
championships was Juan
Manuel Fangio from 1954-57.
He needed to finish fourth
or better to clinch the title
regardless of where Alonso
crossed the line. The Spaniard
would only have a chance by
finishing on the podium.
Alonso had a superb start
on a hectic first lap at
Interlagos and finished second, but that wasn’t enough
to erase Vettel’s 13-point lead
in the standings.
Alonso’s Ferrari teammate
Felipe Massa was third in
front of his home crowd, and
cried on the podium after
finishing a difficult season on
a high note.
Lewis Hamilton was leading in his final race with
McLaren when Nico
Hulkenberg crashed into him
while trying to pass on a slippery track with 17 laps to go.
Hamilton received a standing
ovation from his McLaren
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The Associated Press
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel steers his car through the rain during
the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. Vettel won his third
straight series title while Jenson Button won the season’s final race.
team when returning to the
garage.
“Mixed emotions, but I’m
happy,” he said.
The race was dramatic
from the start but had an
anticlimactic finish behind
the safety car after Paul Di
Resta crashed just before the
final lap.
It rained on and off
throughout the race at
Interlagos, making conditions difficult and forcing
drivers to come in and out of
the pits several times.
“It was more or less was
what we wanted, mixed conditions,” Alonso said. “But it
was one of the most difficult
races we ever drove. You feel
you are with the wrong tire
on every lap. It was a risk to
crash and have an accident
on every lap. Obviously you
are not in control of what
your rivals do. We were hoping for a little miracle.”
It was dry at the start, but
it was a chaotic first lap, and
a perfect one for Alonso.
The Spaniard moved from
seventh to fifth after the first
corner, while Vettel dropped
from fourth to seventh. Vettel
then was hit from behind by
the Williams of Bruno Senna
and spun at the end of the
back straight, dropping to last
place after sitting backward
on the track with several cars
having to go around him.
Moments later, Alonso
passed Massa and Vettel’s Red
Bull teammate Mark Webber
at the same time to move to
third. Had they stayed in
those positions, Alonso
would have won the title.
Vettel — without significant damage to his car —
began making his way back to
the front, easily passing the
slower cars near the end of
the pack. He was already
sixth by lap 15.
The Trail Blazers were
out-rebounded 48-34 by
Brooklyn and had 16
turnovers, including seven in
the final quarter.
Wesley Matthews scored
20 points and J.J. Hickson
had 19 points and 10
rebounds for the Trail
Blazers, who were without
LaMarcus Aldridge. The AllStar forward was out with a
stiff back.
Rookie Damion Lillard
added 13 points, six rebounds
and seven assists. The
Blazers selected Lillard with
the first-round draft pick
they acquired in the Gerald
Wallace trade with the Nets
last spring.
“They made shots and we
didn’t. I think we fought the
whole game and we kept ourselves in position to win the
game,” Lillard said.
Portland’s game in
Brooklyn was the first of a
seven-game, 11-day road
trip, their longest this season.
Knicks 121, Pistons
100: Carmelo Anthony
scored 29 points in just 32
minutes, and the New York
Knicks ended a two-game
losing streak. Steve Novak
added a season-high 18 and
JR Smith had 15 points and 10
rebounds for the Knicks.
Brandon Knight scored 21
points and Charlie Villanueva
had 17 for the Pistons, who
have lost six straight games
at Madison Square Garden.
Spurs 111, Raptors 106:
Tony Parker scored six of his
32 points in the second overtime, Tim Duncan had 26
and the San Antonio Spurs
beat Toronto for the fourth
straight time.
DeMar DeRozan led
Toronto with 29 points, while
rookie Jonas Valanciunas had
22 for the Raptors, who have
lost their past three games by
a combined seven points.
76ers 104, Suns 101:
Jrue Holiday had a careerhigh 33 points and 13 assists,
leading the 76ers over the
Suns.
Michael Beasley led the
Suns with 21 points while
Marcin Gortat added 18.
Celtics 116, Magic 110,
OT: Kevin Garnett had 24
points and 10 rebounds, Paul
Pierce added 23 points and
Rajon Rondo was one
rebound shy of a triple double with 15 points and 16
assists as Boston outlasted
Orlando in overtime.
J.J. Redick scored 21 and
Jameer Nelson had 20 for the
Magic, whose loss snapped a
two-game win streak.
Nuggets 102, Hornets
84: Andre Iguodala scored 23
points, Kenneth Faried had
his eighth double-double of
the season with 14 points and
12 rebounds and the Nuggets
beat the struggling Hornets.
Reserve Brian Roberts led
New Orleans with 17 points.
Scoreboard
On The Air
Today
NFL Football — Carolina at Philadelphia, 5:30
p.m., ESPN.
NBA Basketball — New York at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.,
TNT.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Men’s College Basketball — Vermont at Harvard,
4 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Minnesota at Florida
State, 4:15 p.m., ESPN2; North Carolina State at
Michigan, 4:30 p.m., ESPN; Maryland at
Northwestern, 6:15 p.m., ESPN2; North Carolina at
Indiana, 6:30 p.m., ESPN.
Wednesday, Nov. 28
Men’s College Basketball — Virginia at Wisconsin,
4 p.m., ESPN2; George Washington at James
Madison, 4 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Michigan
State at Miami, 4:30 p.m., ESPN; Georgia Tech at
Illinois, 6 p.m., ESPN2; Mercer at New Mexico, 6
p.m., Root Sports; Ohio State at Duke, 6:30 p.m.
Local Schedule
Today
No local events scheduled.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
High School Sports — Meet the Pirates night,
5:30 p.m., Marshfield High School.
Wednesday, Nov. 28
H i g h S c h o ol B oy s B a s k e t b a l l — Sunset
Conference: Coquille at Reedsport, 7:30 p.m.
Nonleague: Brookings-Harbor at Pacific, 7:30
p.m.
H i g h S c h o o l G i r l s B a s k e t b a l l — Sunset
Conference: Coquille at Reedsport, 6 p.m.;
Nonleague: Brookings-Harbor at Pacific, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 29
High School Boys Basketball — North Valley at
Marshfield, 7 p.m.
High School Girls Basketball — Marshfield at
North Valley, 7 p.m.
High School Results
Football
Class 4A Semifinals
North Bend 29, Ontario 8
North Bend
14 0 0 15 — 29
Ontario
0 6 0 2 — 8
Scoring Summary:
NB: Drew Matthews 31 pass Hamilton Mateski
(Michael Hobson kick)
NB: Clayton Duryee 21 pass from Mateski
(Hobson kick)
Ont: Joe Delgado 30 pass from Trampis Waite
(kick blocked)
Ont: Tristan Wishard safety
NB: Cameron Lucero 42 pass from Mateski
(Lucero pass from Mateski)
NB: Mason Laird 6 pass from Mateski (Hobson
kick)
Team Statistics
NB
Ont
17
16
First Downs
37-105
38-139
Rushes-Yards
Passing
255
205
Comp-Att-Int
16-35-1 20-38-6
1-0
0-0
Fumbles-Lost
Penalties-Yards
10-141
9-80
Individual Statistics
RUSHING—NB: Clayton Duryee 12-45, Mason
Laird 6-33, Cameron Lucero 2-6, Hamilton
Mateski 15-21, Drew Matthews 1-0, Team 1-0.
Ont: Jake Lande 22-95, Dax Poston 3-20, Max
Maeda 3-8, Trampis Waite 8-15, Derek Martin 1-1,
Jason Haueter 1-0.
PASSING—NB: Hamilton Mateski 16-35-1. Ont:
Trampis Waite 20-37-6, Joe Delgado 0-1-0.
RECEIVING—NB: Cameron Lucero 6-109, Drew
Matthews 6-68, Levi Rider 1-41, Clayton Duryee
1-21, Alex Dew 1-10, Mason Laird 1-6. Ont: Joe
Delgado 7-76, Jason Haueter 5-37, Derek Martin
4-46, Max Maeda 4-46.
High School Playoffs
FOOTBALL
Class 6A
Semifinals
Saturday, Dec. 1
At Jeld-Wen Field
Tigard vs. Lake Oswego, noon
Sheldon vs. Jesuit, 4 p.m.
Class 5A
Semifinals
Friday
Sherwood 46, Silverton 19
Marist 40, Redmond 8
Championship
Saturday, Dec. 1
At Hillsboro Stadium
Sherwood vs. Marist, 7:30 p.m.
Class 4A
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 24
North Bend 29, Ontario 8
Baker 35, Cascade 29, 3 OT
Championship
Saturday, Dec. 1
At Hillsboro Stadium
North Bend vs. Baker, 1 p.m.
Class 3A
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 24
Dayton 32, Santiam Christian 18
Cascade Christian 29, Scio 14
Championship
Saturday, Dec. 1
At Cottage Grove High School
Cascade Christian vs. Dayton, 4 p.m.
Class 2A
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 24
Oakland 34, Central Linn 28
Portland Christian 25, Lost River 13
Championship
Saturday, Dec. 1
At Hillsboro Stadium
Portland Christian vs. Oakland, 4:15 p.m.
Class 1A
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 24
St. Paul 88, Lowell 40
Camas Valley 40, Imbler 12
Championship
Saturday, Dec. 1
At Cottage Grove High School
St. Paul vs. Camas Valley, noon
Pro Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pct
9
3
.750
New York
8
4
.667
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
8
6
.571
Boston
8
6
.571
Toronto
3
11
.214
Southeast Division W
L
Pct
.769
3
10
Miami
Atlanta
8
4
.667
Charlotte
7
5
.583
8
.385
5
Orlando
0
11 .000
Washington
Central Division
W
L
Pct
Milwaukee
6
5
.545
Chicago
6
6
.500
Indiana
6
8
.429
10 .231
3
Cleveland
Detroit
3
11
.214
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division W
L
Pct
2
.818
9
Memphis
San Antonio
11
3
.786
7
7
.500
Dallas
6
7
.462
Houston
3
9
.250
New Orleans
Northwest Division W
L
Pct
.714
10 4
Oklahoma City
6
.571
8
Denver
Utah
7
7
.500
Portland
6
7
.462
Minnesota
5
7
.417
Pacific Division
W
L
Pct
8
5
.615
L.A. Clippers
8
6
.571
Golden State
7
7
.500
L.A. Lakers
6
8
.429
Phoenix
Sacramento
4
9
.308
Saturday’s Games
Atlanta 104, L.A. Clippers 93
Oklahoma City 116, Philadelphia 109, OT
Charlotte 108, Washington 106,2OT
Miami 110, Cleveland 108
L.A. Lakers 115, Dallas 89
Chicago 93, Milwaukee 86
Sacramento 108, Utah 97
Golden State 96, Minnesota 85
Sunday’s Games
New York 121, Detroit 100
San Antonio 111, Toronto 106,2OT
Brooklyn 98, Portland 85
Philadelphia 104, Phoenix 101
Boston 116, Orlando 110, OT
Denver 102, New Orleans 84
Today’s Games
San Antonio at Washington, 4 p.m.
New York at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Portland at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Phoenix at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Houston, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
GB
—
1
2
2
7
GB
—
11⁄2
1
2 ⁄2
5
9
GB
—
1
⁄2
1
1 ⁄2
4
1
4 ⁄2
GB
1
⁄2
—
4
41⁄2
7
GB
—
2
3
1
3 ⁄2
4
GB
—
1
⁄2
11⁄2
1
2 ⁄2
4
College Polls
Pro Football
NFL
Pct
.727
.455
.364
PF
407
211
221
PA
226
285
262
252
PA
216
254
304
243
PA
175
245
249
280
PA
155
185
254
227
The Associated Press Top 25
PORTLAND (85): Batum 5-13 1-1 12, Leonard 610 0-0 12, Hickson 8-11 3-4 19, Lillard 4-12 2-2 13,
Matthews 8-18 1-2 20, Freeland 0-2 0-0 0, Price
0-4 0-0 0, Jeffries 0-3 2-2 2, Barton 1-3 0-0 2,
Babbitt 0-0 0-0 0, Pavlovic 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 1-1 12 3. Totals 34-78 10-13 85.
BROOKLYN (98): Wallace 1-8 0-0 2, Humphries
7-9 0-1 14, Lopez 7-14 1-1 15, D.Williams 4-13 5-6
15, Johnson 10-19 0-1 21, Bogans 2-4 0-0 5,
Blatche 3-11 7-8 13, Watson 2-6 0-0 5, Evans 0-1
2-2 2, Brooks 2-5 0-2 4, Childress 0-0 0-0 0,
Taylor 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 39-92 15-21 98.
Portland
27 23 20 15 — 85
Brooklyn
25 21 24 28 — 98
3-Point Goals—Portland 7-17 (Lillard 3-5,
Matthews 3-7, Batum 1-5), Brooklyn 5-17
(D.Williams 2-5, Bogans 1-2, Watson 1-2, Johnson
1-4, Blatche 0-1, Wallace 0-3). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Portland 45 (Hickson 10), Brooklyn
61 (Evans 14). Assists—Portland 22 (Lillard 7),
Brooklyn 26 (D.Williams 12). Total Fouls—
Portland 19, Brooklyn 11. Technicals—Hickson,
Jeffries, Brooklyn defensive three second. A—
16,542 (18,103).
T
0
0
0
319
PA
211
273
335
308
PA
219
210
247
248
PA
221
237
356
301
College Football
Nets 98, Blazers 85
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
New England
8 3
Miami
5 6
4 7
N.Y. Jets
Buffalo
4 7 0 .364 243
South
W L T Pct PF
Houston
10 1 0 .909 327
Indianapolis
7 4 0 .636 230
Tennessee
4 7 0 .364 238
Jacksonville
2 9 0 .182 188
North
W L T Pct PF
9 2 0 .818 283
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
6 5 0 .545 231
6 5 0 .545 282
Cincinnati
Cleveland
3 8 0 .273 209
West
W L T Pct PF
Denver
8 3 0 .727 318
4 7 0 .364 245
San Diego
Oakland
3 8 0 .273 218
Kansas City
1 10 0 .091 161
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF
7 4 0 .636 305
N.Y. Giants
Washington
5 6 0 .455 295
Dallas
5 6 0 .455 242
Philadelphia
3 7 0 .300 162
South
W L T Pct PF
Atlanta
10 1 0 .909 294
6 5 0 .545 310
Tampa Bay
5 6 0 .455 308
New Orleans
Carolina
2 8 0 .200 184
North
W L T Pct PF
Chicago
8 3 0 .727 277
Green Bay
7 4 0 .636 273
Minnesota
6 5 0 .545 248
Detroit
4 7 0 .364 267
West
W L T Pct PF
San Francisco
8 2 1 .773 276
6 5 0 .545 219
Seattle
4 6 1 .409 205
St. Louis
Arizona
4 7 0 .364 180
Sunday’s Games
Denver 17, Kansas City 9
Chicago 28, Minnesota 10
Cincinnati 34, Oakland 10
Cleveland 20, Pittsburgh 14
Indianapolis 20, Buffalo 13
Jacksonville 24, Tennessee 19
Atlanta 24, Tampa Bay 23
Miami 24, Seattle 21
Baltimore 16, San Diego 13, OT
St. Louis 31, Arizona 17
San Francisco 31, New Orleans 21
N.Y. Giants 38, Green Bay 10
Today’s Game
Carolina at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 29
New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
Seattle at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 10 a.m.
Carolina at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Detroit, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
New England at Miami, 10 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Denver, 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 5:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 5:30 p.m.
PA
244
226
290
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 24, total points
based on 25 points for a first-place vote through
one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous
ranking:
Record Pts Pv
1
12-0 1,500
1. Notre Dame (60)
2
11-1 1,400
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
11-1 1,331
3
4. Ohio St.
12-0 1,294 4
6
11-1 1,262
5. Florida
6. Oregon
11-1 1,242
5
7. Kansas St.
10-1 1,079
7
8. Stanford
10-2 1,061 11
9. LSU
10-2 1,056 8
10-2 1,043 9
10. Texas A&M
11. South Carolina
10-2
916
13
12. Oklahoma
9-2
834 14
13. Florida St.
10-2 764 10
14. Nebraska
10-2 704 17
15. Clemson
10-2 667 12
16. Oregon St.
8-3
528 16
9-3
505
15
17. UCLA
18. Kent St.
11-1
355 23
349 24
11-1
19. N. Illinois
10-2
274 25
20. Utah St.
8-4
217 20
21. Michigan
22. Northwestern
9-3
189 NR
23. Texas
8-3
185
18
7-4
174
22
24. Oklahoma St.
25. Boise St.
9-2
145 NR
Others rec eiv ing vote s: San Jose St. 78,
Louisville 73, TCU 67, Penn St. 61, Rutgers 50,
Vanderbilt 48, San Diego St. 15, Fresno St. 12,
Southern Cal 7, Arkansas St. 5, Arizona 4,
Cincinnati 3, Ball St. 1, Mississippi St. 1, North
Carolina 1.
USA Today Top 25
The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll,
with first-place votes in parentheses, records
through Nov. 24, total points based on 25 points
for first place through one point for 25th, and
previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1
12-0 1,469
1. Notre Dame (56)
2
11-1 1,398
2. Alabama (2)
3
11-1 1,341
3. Georgia (1)
4. Oregon
11-1 1,277
4
5. Florida
11-1 1,265
6
6. LSU
10-2 1,124
7
7. Kansas State
10-1 1,114
8
8. Texas A&M
10-2 1,076 10
9. Stanford
10-2 1,008 11
10. South Carolina
10-2
972
12
11. Oklahoma
9-2
878 13
10-2 829
5
12. Florida State
10-2
765 14
13. Nebraska
10-2
720
9
14. Clemson
479 22
9-2
15. Boise State
445 16
9-3
16. UCLA
17. Oregon State
8-3
410
17
18. Northern Illinois
11-1
377 23
11-1
337 25
19. Kent State
9-3
314 NR
20. Northwestern
21. Texas
8-3
312
15
22. Utah State
10-2 264 NR
23. Louisville
9-2
184 18
24. Michigan
8-4
158 20
25. Rutgers
9-2
152
19
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 129;
San Jose State 105; Vanderbilt 94; Fresno State
39; TCU 34; San Diego State 28; Cincinnati 17;
Arizona State 13; Arkansas State 13; Mississippi
State 11; Middle Tennessee 7; Central Florida 5;
Louisiana Tech 5; Arizona 3; Toledo 2; Baylor 1;
Southern California 1.
Harris Top 25
The Top 25 teams in the Harris Interactive
College Football Poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, records through Nov. 24, total
points based on 25 points for a first-place vote
through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Notre Dame (109)
12-0 2869
1
2. Alabama (6)
11-1 2740
2
3. Georgia
11-1 2599
3
4. Oregon
11-1 2507
4
5
11-1 2435
5. Florida
7
10-1 2229
6. Kansas State
7. LSU
10-2 2142
8
8. Stanford
10-2 2059 11
10-2 2038 10
9. Texas A&M
10. South Carolina
10-2 1862 12
9-2 1706 13
11. Oklahoma
12. Florida State
10-2 1614
6
13. Nebraska
10-2 1493 14
14. Clemson
10-2 1446
9
15. Oregon State
8-3
975
15
16. UCLA
9-3
919 16
17. Boise State
9-2
817
21
18. Kent State
11-1
705 25
19. Northern Illinois
11-1
619 24
20. Texas
8-3
564 17
21. Northwestern
9-3
479 NR
22. Utah State
10-2 438 NR
23. Michigan
8-4
434 20
24. Louisville
9-2
394 18
25. Oklahoma State
7-4
392 22
Others receiving votes: Rutgers 302, TCU 134,
San Jose State 118, Vanderbilt 67, Southern Cal
57, San Diego State 39, Fresno State 36, Baylor
31, Mississippi State 26, Louisiana Tech 19,
Cincinnati 12, Arizona State 11, Syracuse 10,
Tulsa 10, UCF 9, Arizona 6, Toledo 6, East
Carolina 4, Arkansas State 1, Louisiana-Monroe
1, Washington 1.
Saturday’s Scores
EAST
Penn St. 24, Wisconsin 21, OT
Pittsburgh 27, Rutgers 6
SOUTH
Alabama 49, Auburn 0
Florida 37, Florida St. 26
Georgia 42, Georgia Tech 10
Louisiana-Lafayette 52, South Alabama 30
Louisiana-Monroe 23, FIU 17, OT
Memphis 42, Southern Miss. 24
Miami 52, Duke 45
Middle Tennessee 24, Troy 21
Mississippi 41, Mississippi St. 24
NC State 27, Boston College 10
North Carolina 45, Maryland 38
South Carolina 27, Clemson 17
Tennessee 37, Kentucky 17
UCF 49, UAB 24
UConn 23, Louisville 20, 3OT
Vanderbilt 55, Wake Forest 21
Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 14
W. Kentucky 25, North Texas 24
MIDWEST
Michigan St. 26, Minnesota 10
Northwestern 50, Illinois 14
Ohio St. 26, Michigan 21
Purdue 56, Indiana 35
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 52, Texas Tech 45, OT
Houston 40, Tulane 17
Oklahoma 51, Oklahoma St. 48, OT
Rice 33, UTEP 24
SMU 35, Tulsa 27
Texas A&M 59, Missouri 29
UTSA 38, Texas St. 31
FAR WEST
BYU 50, New Mexico St. 14
Colorado St. 24, New Mexico 20
Fresno St. 48, Air Force 15
Hawaii 48, UNLV 10
Notre Dame 22, Southern Cal 13
Oregon 48, Oregon St. 24
San Diego St. 42, Wyoming 28
San Jose St. 52, Louisiana Tech 43
Stanford 35, UCLA 17
Utah St. 45, Idaho 9
Pac-12 Standings
North Division
Oregon
Stanford
Oregon State
Washington
California
League
W L
8 1
8 1
6 3
5 4
2 7
All Games
W L
11 1
10 2
8 3
7 5
3 9
Washington State
South Division
1
8
3
9
League
All Games
W L
W L
UCLA
6 3
9 3
Arizona State
5 4
7 5
7 5
5 4
Southern Cal
Arizona
4 5
7 5
3 6
5 7
Utah
1 11
1 8
Colorado
Friday’s Games
Utah 42, Colorado 35
Washington St. 31, Washington 28, OT
Arizona St. 41, Arizona 34
Saturday’s Games
Oregon 48, Oregon State 24
Stanford 35, UCLA 17
Notre Dame 22, Southern Cal 13
Friday, Nov. 30
UCLA at Stanford, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
Nicholls State at Oregon State, 11:30 a.m.
Oregon 48, Oregon State 24
Oregon
6 14 14 14 — 48
Oregon State
7 3 7 7 — 24
First Quarter
Ore—Mariota 42 run (pass failed), 13:14.
OSU—Woods 7 run (Romaine kick), 1:28.
Second Quarter
Ore—D.Thomas 2 run (Maldonado kick), 13:19.
Ore—Barner 1 run (Maldonado kick), 8:02.
OSU—FG Romaine 36, :00.
Third Quarter
OSU—Woods 2 run (Romaine kick), 10:41.
Ore—D.Thomas 5 run (Maldonado kick), 6:59.
Ore—D.Thomas 29 run (Maldonado kick), 5:15.
Fourth Quarter
Ore—Barner 1 run (Maldonado kick), 12:51.
Ore—Kelley 2 pass from Mariota (Maldonado
kick), 10:29.
OSU—Hatfield 6 pass from Mannion (Romaine
kick), :20.
A—47,249.
Ore
OSU
First downs
25
22
Rushes-yards
64-430
25-82
140
311
Passing
17-24-0 31-49-4
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
4
1
Punts-Avg.
4-43.0
3-45.0
Fumbles-Lost
1-0
4-2
Penalties-Yards
9-86
4-26
31:37
28:23
Time of Possession
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Oregon, Barner 28-198, D.Thomas
17-122, Mariota 8-85, Marshall 7-28, Bassett 2-1,
Bennett 1-(minus 2), Team 1-(minus 2). Oregon
State, Woods 16-70, Ward 6-13, Wheaton 1-4,
York 1-1, Mannion 1-(minus 6).
PASSING—Oregon, Mariota 17-24-0-140.
Oregon State, Mannion 31-49-4-311.
RECEIVING—Oregon, Huff 5-62, Murphy 5-35,
Hawkins 3-11, Lyerla 2-26, D.Thomas 1-4, Kelley 12. Oregon State, Wheaton 7-98, Woods 6-42,
Cooks 5-74, Hamlett 4-26, Mullaney 2-21, Hatfield
2-17, Ward 2-15, K.Cummings 2-12, York 1-6.
College Playoffs
NCAA Division III
Second Round
Saturday, Nov. 24
Wesley 56, Cortland State 6
Hobart 35, Wittenberg 10
Widener 28, Salisbury 7
Mount Union 55, Johns Hopkins 13
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 37, Bethel (Minn.) 14
St. Thomas (Minn.) 24, Elmhurst 17
Mary Hardin-Baylor 63, Franklin 17
Linfield 30, North Central (Ill.) 14
Quarterfinals
Saturday, Dec. 1
Widener (11-0) at Mount Union (12-0), 9 a.m.
Wesley (10-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (12-0), 10
a.m.
Hobart (12-0) at St. Thomas (Minn.) (12-0), 10
a.m.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh (12-0) at Linfield (11-0),
noon p.m.
NAIA
Quarterfinals
Saturday, Nov. 24
Marian (Ind.) 45, St. Francis (Ind.) 34
Morningside (Iowa) 47, Southern Oregon 44,
OT
Saint Xavier (Ill.) 35, Cumberlands (Ky.) 21
Missouri Valley 10, Bethel, Tenn. 7
Semifinals
Saturday, Dec. 1
Saint Xavier (Ill.) (11-1) at Morningside (Iowa)
(12-0), 10 a.m.
Marian (Ind.) (10-1) at Missouri Valley (12-0),
11 a.m.
NCAA Division II
Second Round
Saturday, Nov. 24
West Texas A&M 33, Ashland 28
Indiana (Pa.) 17, New Haven 14
Valdosta State 49, West Alabama 21
Carson-Newman 38, Lenoir-Rhyne 35
Winston-Salem 37, Shippensburg 14
Minnesota State Mankato 38, Northwest
Missouri State 35
Missouri Western State 45, Henderson State
21
Colorado State-Pueblo 28, Indianapolis 7
Quarterfinals
Saturday, Dec. 1
Indiana (Pa.) (12-1) at Winston-Salem (12-0), 9
a.m.
Carson-Newman (9-2) at Valdosta State (9-2),
9 a.m.
Missouri Western State (12-1) at Minnesota
State Mankato (12-0), 10 a.m.
West Texas A&M (11-2) at Colorado StatePueblo (12-0), 11 a.m.
NCAA Football Championship Subdivision
First Round
Saturday, Nov. 24
Wagner 31, Colgate 20
Coastal Carolina 24, Bethune-Cookman 14
South Dakota State 58, Eastern Illinois 10
Stony Brook 20, Villanova 10
Second Round
Saturday, Dec. 1
New Hampshire (8-3) at Wofford (8-3), 11 a.m.
Central Arkansas (9-2) at Georgia Southern (83), 11 a.m.
Coastal Carolina (8-4) at Old Dominion (10-1),
11 a.m.
Illinois State (8-3) at Appalachian State (8-3),
11 a.m.
Cal Poly (9-2) at Sam Houston State (8-3), 1 p.m.
South Dakota State (9-3) at North Dakota
State (10-1), 1 p.m.
Wagner (9-3) at Eastern Washington (9-2), 3
p.m.
Stony Brook (10-2) at Montana State (10-1), 4
p.m.
Auto Racing
Formula One
Brazilian Grand Prix
Sunday
At Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)
Sao Paulo
Lap length: 2.68 miles
1. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 71 laps,
1:45:22.656, 108.229 mph. 2. Fernando Alonso,
Spain, Ferrari, 71, 1:45:25.410. 3. Felipe Massa,
Brazil, Ferrari, 71, 1:45:26.271. 4. Mark Webber,
Australia, Red Bull, 71, 1:45:27.592. 5. Nico
Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 71,
1:45:28.364. 6. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red
Bull, 71, 1:45:32.109. 7. Michael Schumacher,
Germany, Mercedes, 71, 1:45:34.563. 8. Jean-Eric
Vergne, France, Toro Rosso, 71, 1:45:51.309. 9.
Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Sauber, 71,
1:45:53.906. 10. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Lotus,
70, +1 lap. 11. Vitaly Petrov, Russia, Caterham,
70, +1 lap. 12. Charles Pic, France, Marussia, 70,
+1 lap. 13. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Toro
Rosso, 70, +1 lap. 14. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland,
Caterham, 70, +1 lap. 15. Nico Rosberg, Germany,
Mercedes, 70, +1 lap. 16. Timo Glock, Germany,
Marussia, 70, +1 lap. 17. Pedro de la Rosa, Spain,
HRT, 69, +2 laps. 18. Narain Karthikeyan, India,
HRT, 69, +2 laps. 19. Paul di Resta, Scotland,
Force India, 68, +3 laps, retired.
Not Classfied: 20. Lewis Hamilton, England,
McLaren, 54, accident. 21. Romain Grosjean,
France, Lotus, 5, accident. 22. Pastor Maldonado,
Venezuela, Williams, 1, spin. 23. Bruno Senna,
Brazil, Williams, 0, accident. 24. Sergio Perez,
Mexico, Sauber, 0, accident.
Drivers Standings (Final): 1. Sebastian Vettel,
Germany, Red Bull, 281 points. 2. Fernando Alonso,
Spain, Ferrari, 278. 3. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland,
Lotus, 207. 4. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLaren,
190. 5. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 188. 6.
Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 179. 7. Felipe
Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 122. 8. Romain Grosjean,
France, Lotus, 96. 9. Nico Rosberg, Germany,
Mercedes, 93. 10. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Sauber,
66. 11. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 63.
12. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Sauber, 60. 13.
Michael Schumacher, Germany, Mercedes, 49. 14.
Paul di Resta, Scotland, Force India, 46. 15. Pastor
Maldonado, Venezuela, Williams, 45. 16. Bruno
Senna, Brazil, Williams, 31. 17. Jean-Eric Vergne,
France, Toro Rosso, 16. 18. Daniel Ricciardo,
Australia, Toro Rosso, 10.
Constructors Standings: 1. Red Bull, 460
points. 2. Ferrari, 400. 3. McLaren, 378. 4. Lotus,
303. 5. Mercedes, 142. 6. Sauber, 126. 7. Force
India, 109. 8. Williams, 76. 9. Toro Rosso, 26.
Pro Soccer
Major League Soccer Playoffs
MLS CUP
Saturday, Dec. 1
Houston at Los Angeles, 1:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F/C Donatas
Motiejunas from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released WR Carlton
Mitchell.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Released WR Andre
Holmes.
DENVER BRONCOS — Released RB Jeremiah
Johnson from the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed RB Will
Ta’ufo’ou from the practice squad.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived OL Rich
Ranglin. Signed WR Jamar Newsome from the
practice squad.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Kaelin
Burnett from the practice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Released OL Kyle
DeVan. Signed RB Darren Evans from the practice squad.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS — Announced football coach John
L. Smith will not return next year.
AUBURN — Fired football coach Gene Chizik.
BOSTON COLLEGE — Fired football coach Frank
Spaziani.
COLORADO — Fired football coach Jon Embree.
N.C. STATE — Fired football coach Tom O’Brien.
PURDUE — Fired football coach Danny Hope.
UCLA — Announced junior G Tyler Lamb has
been released from the men’s basketball team
and will transfer.
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sharpens
Seahawks CBs
face suspension
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RENTON, Wash. — The
Seattle Seahawks say they
“are aware” of a report that
cornerbacks
Richard
BY BARRY WILNER
Sherman and Brandon
The Associated Press
Browner are facing fourgame suspensions for violatAs the NFL heads into December,
ing the NFL’s policy on pernearly every division race has an outformance-enhancing drugs.
right favorite. Some — Denver, Atlanta,
The Seahawks released a
New England, Houston and Baltimore
short statement
— are on the verge of clinching playoff
late Sunday
spots.
after arrivThe Broncos, Falcons, Ravens,
ing back in
Texans and Patriots took big steps
Seattle foltoward making the postseason with viclowing their
tories this week. Denver in the AFC
24-21 loss in
West and Atlanta in the NFC South both
Miami. ESPN.com first
have four-game leads after
reported Sunday afternoon,
tight road wins Sunday,
citing unnamed sources, that
while Baltimore went
Seattle’s starting cornerto overtime to secure a
backs had tested positive and
three-game margin in
were planning to appeal the
the AFC North.
suspensions.
Houston and New
Shortly after returning to
England did their work on Thanksgiving
Seattle, Sherman posted on
Day to grab three-game cushions in the
his Twitter account, “This is
AFC South and East, respectively. San
issue will be resolved soon
Francisco’s victory and a loss by Seattle
1
and the truth will come out.
pushed the 49ers’ edge to 2 ⁄2 games in
Not worried.”
the NFC West. The New York Giants are
Browner, a former Oregon
up two games in the NFC East and
State University standout,
dropped Green Bay to one game behind
and Sherman are the key
Chicago in the NFC North. Bearscomponents of Seattle’s
Packers is the only truly close chase
aggressive, physical secondthrough 11 games.
ary. The report came shortly
Denver (8-3) had it much tougher
The Associated Press after the Seahawks gave up 17
than expected at Kansas City (1-10), but
rallied for its sixth straight win as Denver tight end Jacob Tamme drags Kansas City strong safety Eric Berry into the end zone as fourth-quarter points to the
Dolphins in a loss that could
Peyton Manning threw for 285 yards he scores a touchdown during the first half Sunday.
damage Seattle’s playoff
and two touchdowns.
“It’s a division opponent; you have Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks for scores, runs of 48 and 39 yards — the longest of hopes.
to win,” Broncos cornerback Champ and Ahmad Bradshaw had a combined 119 his career — to set up scores for the
Holmgren leaves Browns
Bailey said. “You have got to win those yards, including a 59-yard sprint on a Bengals (6-5).
Palmer had a tough time all-around after Sunday victory
games. It is what is going to prepare you screen pass to begin the onslaught.
Mathias Kiwanuka had two of the in his return to Cincinnati, going 19 of
for the playoffs.”
CLEVELAND — Browns
Manning hit tight end Jacob Tamme sacks as Rodgers never got comfortable. 34 for 146 yards with four sacks and an president Mike Holmgren
late in the first half and wide receiver Green Bay (7-4) had its five-game win- interception as Oakland (3-8) lost its left the organization followfourth in a row.
Demaryius Thomas in the third quarter ning streak snapped.
ing Cleveland’s 20-14 win
Falcons 24, Buccaneers 23: At
Browns 20, Steelers 14: At over the rival Pittsburgh
for scores, and that was more than
enough to overcome three field goals by Tampa, Fla., Matt Ryan threw for 353 Cleveland, the Steelers (6-5) committed Steelers on Sunday.
the Chiefs’ Ryan Succop as Kansas City yards and overcame two big turnovers eight turnovers and third-string quarA Browns spokesman said
lost its eighth straight. Knowshon by leading another late touchdown terback Charlie Batch struggled as the the game was Holmgren’s
Moreno added 85 yards rushing in place drive to end Tampa Bay’s four-game Browns (3-8) beat Pittsburgh for just last with the team.
the second time in 18 games.
of Willis McGahee, who went on injured winning streak.
Holmgren has indicated
Michael Turner’s 1-yard TD run put
Chris Rainey’s fumble with 2:25 left he’s still interested in coachreserve this week with a knee injury.
The victory, combined with San Atlanta ahead for good with 7:55 left. was recovered by Cleveland’s Phil ing. There have been rumors
Diego’s 16-13 home loss to Baltimore, Connor Barth missed a 56-yard goal for Taylor to clinch it.
about him joining the Dallas
Batch, starting for Pittsburgh Cowboys.
put the Broncos in position to win the Tampa Bay (6-5) in the closing minutes,
and Josh Freeman’s desperation pass fell because of injuries to Ben
division next week.
Ravens 16, Chargers 13, OT: At incomplete in the end zone with no time Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich, was Pioneer tight end
picked off three times and the Steelers Warlick dies after illness
San Diego, the Ravens pulled off a remaining.
The win enabled the Falcons (10-1) lost five fumbles, the last on the final
fourth-and-29 conversion to stay alive,
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ernie
then Justin Tucker kicked a 38-yard to keep pace with Houston for the NFL’s play of the game.
Warlick, among pro football’s
Dolphins 24, Seahawks 21: At first pass-catching tight ends
field with 1:07 left in overtime to com- best record.
“Ten-and-1 is great, but I’ll tell you Miami, Dan Carpenter kicked a 43-yard and a member of the Buffalo
plete a stunning comeback.
San Diego (4-7) led 13-3 on Nick what I’ve said since the beginning of the field goal on the final play, capping a Bills’ two AFL championship
Novak’s 30-yard field goal and seemed season: We’re just jockeying for posi- rally by Miami (5-6), which scored 17 teams in the 1960s, died after
headed for its first win against a team tion,” tight end Tony Gonzalez said. points in the last 8:08.
a brief illness. He was 80.
Leon Washington returned a kickoff
with a winning record this season. But “We just want to put ourselves in the
His death was confirmed
Ray Rice caught a short pass from Joe best position, playing the best football. for a touchdown for the eighth time to by Amigone Funeral Home in
Flacco and weaved through the defense Right around this time is when you want tie the NFL career record and put Amherst, N.Y. Warlick died
to the San Diego 33 with 1:37 to play. to start jelling as a team and take it on Seattle ahead with eight minutes left. Saturday at his home in
After a review, the ball was moved back into the playoffs because that’s the most Miami answered with an 80-yard drive Williamsville, N.Y. The cause
capped by Ryan Tannehill’s 29-yard of death was not known.
to the 34 and the refs measured. The important thing.”
Bears 28, Vikings 10: At Chicago, scoring pass to Charles Clay, making it
new spot gave the Ravens a first down
Toronto tops Calgary to
Jay Cutler threw for 188 yards and a 21-21.
by the length of the ball.
The Seahawks (6-5), who are win 100th Grey Cup
Six plays later, Tucker kicked a 38- touchdown after missing a game
yard field goal to tie the game as regula- because of a concussion as Chicago (8- unbeaten at home this year, lost for the
TORONTO — Chad
fifth time in six road games.
3) ended a two-game losing streak.
tion expired.
Owens, Pacino Horne and
Adrian Peterson had 108 yards rushRams 31, Cardinals 17: At Dontrelle Inman scored in
The Ravens (9-2) won their fourth
Glendale, Ariz., Janoris Jenkins became the first half and the Toronto
straight and for the eighth time in nine ing for Minnesota (6-5).
The win could prove costly. The Bears the first player in Rams history and the Argonauts beat the Calgary
games.
49ers 31, Saints 21: At New lost wide receiver Devin Hester (concus- first NFL rookie since 1960 to return Stampeders 35-22 on Sunday
Orleans, the San Francisco defense sion), running back Matt Forte (ankle), two interceptions for touchdowns in the in the 100th Grey Cup.
stymied Drew Brees and ended the cornerback Charles Tillman (ankle) and same game and St. Louis (4-6-1) handAndre Durie added a
ed the Cardinals (4-7) their seventh loss touchdown in the second half
Saints’ three-game winning streak. both starting guards to injuries.
Colts 20, Bills 13: At Indianapolis, in a row.
Ahmad Brooks and Donte Whitner each
for the Argonauts, who built
Jenkins’ returns of 36 and 39 yards a 24-6 halftime lead and
returned interceptions for touchdowns T.Y. Hilton scored on a 75-yard punt
and the 49ers (8-2-1) sacked Brees five return and caught an 8-yard TD pass emphatically ended the Rams’ streak of never trailed while playing in
from Andrew Luck. He is the first play- five straight games without an oppo- front of a loud home crowd of
times.
Colin Kaepernick ran for one score er in franchise history to score by punt nent turnover. Arizona rookie Ryan
that he made look easy and threw for a return and pass reception in the same Lindley was intercepted four times in
his first NFL start.
touchdown in another performance game.
Luck was 20 of 37 for 240 yards with
Sam Bradford had a pair of 37-yard
that validated coach Jim Harbaugh’s
decision to start him ahead of Alex a TD and an interception as Indy touchdown passes to Lance Kendricks
improved to 7-4.
and Chris Givens as the Rams snapped a
Smith.
Buffalo fell to 4-7, moving closer to five-game winless streak. Steven Jackson
Brees finished with 267 yards and
extending their string of non-playoff rushed for 139 yards on 24 carries.
three TDs for New Orleans (5-6).
Jaguars 24, Titans 19: At From Page B1
Giants 38, Packers 10: At East seasons to 13.
Bengals 34, Raiders 10: At Jacksonville, Chad Henne threw two
Rutherford, N.J., Eli Manning threw for
The Tigers nearly took
three touchdowns, giving him 200 for Cincinnati, Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, sparking the NFL’s
his career, a team record, and New York touchdown passes in outdueling worst offense for the second consecu- advantage of the turnover,
getting into field goal range.
Cincinnati’s former quarterback, tive week.
sacked Aaron Rodgers five times.
The Jaguars (2-9) snapped a seven- But Jason Haueter missed his
Coming off their bye, the Giants (7-4) Carson Palmer.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 129 game losing streak and were competi- 38-yard attempt, and the
put to rest concerns about a dormant
offense and a tired arm for Manning. He yards and a touchdown against the tive at home for the first time this sea- Bulldogs held onto their
eight-point lead heading into
connected with rookie Rueben Randle, NFL’s most generous defense. He had son. Tennessee fell to 4-7.
the fourth quarter.
North Bend’s offense
sputtered early in the final
quarter after forcing the
No. 22 Cincinnati 77, added 20 and No. 20 Tigers to punt. Mateski was
11.3 points and 8.5 rebounds
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
in Oregon State’s first four Oregon 66: Cashmere Oklahoma State (5-0) cruised chased down in the Bulldogs’
Wright made five 3-pointers to a victory over Portland end zone and tried to throw it
CORVALLIS — Joe Burton games.
“Angus is a big part of the and scored 17 points to lead State on Sunday in its first away, but he was called for
scored a career-high 21
points and Oregon State team. He just brings a lot of No. 22 Cincinnati to a win game as a Top 25 team in five intentional grounding, handing the Tigers a safety and
pulled away from Montana energy, even off the court,” over Oregon in the champi- years.
Renado Parker and making it a six-point game.
State in the second half said Burton, emotional about onship game of the Global
Prince said the team washis teammate’s injury. “It was Sports Classic on Saturday Michael Harthun led the
Sunday for a 78-65 win.
Vikings (1-3) with 12 points n’t worried after the safety,
Ahmad Starks added 14 just hard seeing him on the night.
as he expected Ontario to
The Bearcats (6-0) led by apiece.
points and nine rebounds for sideline with crutches knowNew Mexico 69, make the game close.
Oregon State (4-1), which also ing I’m not going to play with nine at the break but Oregon
“We didn’t have any
opened the second half with Portland 54: Behind a dougot 11 points and 10 rebounds him this season.”
Burton, a 6-foot-7 center, a 21-10 surge to move in ble-double from post Alex thoughts of panic,” he said.
from Eric Moreland.
Antonio Biglow scored 14 also had a season-high 10 front. Cincinnati eventually Kirk, New Mexico pulled “They did what we expected.
points and Flavien Davis had rebounds and three assists in settled down and closed the away from Portland in the Our kids didn’t hang our
12 points and nine rebounds 28 minutes. Moreland had his game with a 25-12 stretch to second half Sunday. Kirk fin- heads about it.
ished with 14 points and 11
second double-double of the secure the win.
for Montana State (1-3).
“We made a lot of misCarlos Emery led Oregon rebounds for the Lobos (6- takes tonight and we didn’t
Oregon State was playing season.
The Bobcats came within (5-1) with 15 points and nine 0), and Jamal Fenton added 12 let those mistakes affect
its first game without center
Angus Brandt, who went down 58-51 with 11:13 remaining rebounds. E.J. Singler added in his first start of the season. the game.”
Kevin Bailey, who fouled
with a season-ending right when Xavier Blount made a 11 points.
Luckily for the Bulldogs,
Oklahoma State 81, out with 11 minutes remain- Matthews stepped up again.
knee injury in the Beavers’ 66- pair of free throws. The
58 win against Purdue on Nov. Beavers’ Olaf Schaftenaar Portland State 58: Markel ing, and Korey Thielke each He intercepted Waite on the
answered with a 3-pointer to Brown scored a season-high scored 11 to lead the Pilots North Bend 30 and had a 1016 in New York.
Brandt, a senior, averaged restore the double-digit lead. 23 points, Le’Bryan Nash (2-3).
yard return, setting up
Sports
Shorts
NFL
Recap
BULLDOGS
Mateski has
four TD passes
Oregon State men top Bobcats in basketball
53,208 at Rogers Centre.
Toronto earned its 16th Grey
Cup title and first since
2004.
Toronto running back
Chad Kackert was awarded
outstanding player of the
Grey Cup, and Argonauts
defensive end Ricky Foley
was the most outstanding
Canadian in the CFL’s marquee game.
GOLF
McIlroy wins Dubai
World Championship
DUBAI, United Arab
Emirates — Rory McIlroy
won the Dubai World
Championship by two
strokes after shooting a 6under 66 on Sunday, ending
a year in which he won the
PGA Championship and the
European and PGA tour
money titles.
The top-ranked McIlroy
overcame early putting woes
to finish with five straight
birdies in a 23-under 265 at
the season-ending tournament to beat Justin Rose of
England, who shot a courserecord 62.
PRO BASKETBALL
Daughter of Houston
coach McHale dies
HOUSTON — The daughter of Houston Rockets coach
Kevin McHale died Saturday.
Alexandra
“Sasha”
McHale was 23. The team
disclosed no other details
Sunday.
Kevin McHale has been on
leave since Nov. 10 to deal
with what the team called a
personal family matter.
During his absence, Kelvin
Sampson has been the interim
coach. There is no timetable
for McHale’s return.
SKIING
Svindal sweeps World
Cup stop at Alberta
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta —
Aksel Lund Svindal of
Norway won a super-G
Sunday, completing a sweep
at Lake Louise.
won
also
Svindal
Saturday’s downhill, making
him the first man to win both
events at Lake Louise since
Bode Miller in 2004.
Austrian takes title in
slalom as Vonn rests
ASPEN, Colo. — Austria’s
Kathrin Zettel held off teammate and training partner
Marlies Schild to win a World
Cup slalom Sunday, skiing a
blazing second run on a
course on which she is much
at home.
Zettel finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 42.46
seconds to edge Schild by 0.67
seconds.Tina Maze of Slovenia
was third in a race Lindsey
Vonn skipped as she recovers
from an intestinal illness.
On Saturday, Maze won
her second straight World
Cup giant slalom race, while
an exhausted Vonn finished
21st.
another North Bend score.
The Bulldogs went for it
on fourth-and-2 on the
Ontario 42-yard line, and
Mateski tossed a 42-yard
touchdown pass to Lucero
with a little more than seven
minutes left. Mateski connected with Lucero for the
two-point conversion to give
the Bulldogs a 22-8 lead.
North Bend tacked on
another score following an
interception from Zach
Hawk. Mateski threw a 6yard scoring pass to Mason
Laird with 4:26 remaining in
the game, and Ontario couldn’t catch up. Lucero intercepted Waite on the Tigers’
final possession.
Mateski led the Bulldogs’
offense, passing 16-for-35
for 255 yards and four touchdowns. Lucero had six receptions for 109 yards, and
Matthews had six catches for
68 yards. Duryee led the
Bulldogs’ slow ground game
with 45 yards rushing, and
Laird added 33 yards.
Baker reached the championship game by beating
Cascade 35-29 in three overtimes in the other semifinal
Saturday.
Baker quarterback Braden
Phillips accounted for all five
touchdowns — three passing
and two rushing, including
the game-winner from 5
yards out in the third overtime.
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Beavers
look ahead
to Colonels
CORVALLIS (AP) — When the
Oregon State Beavers gathered to discuss the wreckage that was a 48-24 loss
to Oregon Saturday, there was really no
need for a post-mortem. The causes of
the disaster were obvious.
The Beavers never gave themselves a
chance. Six turnovers — four interceptions and two fumbles — buried the
Beavers as much as Oregon’s otherworldly spread offense, which rolled up
570 yards. Oregon State trailed 20-17 in
the third quarter before the Ducks
scored 28 unanswered points.
No. 16 Oregon State (8-3, 6-3 Pac12) was left mourning a lost opportunity
to do something no current Beaver
player had done: defeat the sixthranked Ducks, who won the Civil War
for the fifth straight year Saturday.
“It hurts. I wanted this — we wanted
it — really bad,” senior receiver Markus
Wheaton said.
That leaves Oregon State looking
ahead to a game that to this point was
considered an afterthought. In fact, the
Beavers’ Dec. 1 matchup with Nicholls
State of Thibodaux, La., was a few
weeks ago seen as an impediment that
the school considered canceling
because of fears that it might drag down
the strength of schedule and inhibit the
team’s chances at making a Bowl
Championship Series Bowl.
After losing its third game of the season — the Beavers’ previous two losses
were by a total of seven points — a BCS
bowl is out of reach for Oregon State.
The Holiday Bowl appears to be the
most likely destination.
Now, Saturday’s matchup with the
Colonels of the Football Championship
Subdivision is something the Beavers
can look forward to, providing them
with a chance to end the regular season
on a positive note and not this bitter one
while waiting several weeks to play in a
bowl.
“That’ll be a good thing,” senior cornerback Jordan Poyer said after the
BCS Standings
Nov. 25, 2012
Harris
USA Today
Computer
BCS
Rk Pts
Pct
Rk Pts
Pct
Rk Pct Avg Pv
1. Notre Dame
1 2869 .9979
1 1469 .9959
1 1.0000 .9979 1
2. Alabama
2 2740 .9530
2 1398 .9478
3 .8700 .9236 2
3. Georgia
3 2599 .9040
3 1341 .9092
4 .8600 .8911 3
4. Florida
5 2435 .8470
5 1265 .8576
2 .9600 .8882 4
5. Oregon
4 2507 .8720
4 1277 .8658
5 .8500 .8626 5
6. Kansas St.
6 2229 .7753
7 1114 .7553
6 .7900 .7735 6
7. LSU
7 2142 .7450
6 1124 .7620
8 .7000 .7357 7
8. Stanford
8 2059 .7162
9 1008 .6834
6 .7900 .7299 8
9. Texas A&M
9 2038 .7089
8 1076 .7295
11 .6200 .6861 9
10. South Carolina 10 1862 .6477
10 972 .6590
8 .7000 .6689 12
11. Oklahoma
11 1706 .5934
11 878 .5953
10 .6500 .6129 13
12. Nebraska
13 1493 .5193
13 765 .5186
12 .5800 .5393 14
13. Florida St.
12 1614 .5614
12 829 .5620
19 .2700 .4645 10
14. Clemson
14 1446 .5030
14 720 .4881
14 .3800 .4570 11
15. Oregon St.
15 975 .3391
17 410 .2780
13 .5200 .3790 15
16. UCLA
16 919 .3197
16 445 .3017
15 .3700 .3304 17
Computer Rankings
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CM
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AH
RB
CM KM
JS
PW
1. Notre Dame
1
1
1
1
1
1
2. Alabama
5
3
5
3
7
4
3. Georgia
4
5
7
5
4
3
4. Florida
2
6
2
2
2
2
5. Oregon
6
2
4
6
3
7
6. Kansas St.
3
4
6
11
6
9
7. LSU
10
8
9
4
9
8
8. Stanford
7
7
3
7
5
6
9. Texas A&M
12
11
10
10
11
10
10. South Carolina 9
10
8
9
8
5
11. Oklahoma
8
9
12
8
10
12
12. Nebraska
11
12
11
12
13
11
13. Florida St.
22
16
16
23
21
18
14. Clemson
16
13
14
20
16
15. Oregon St.
13
14
13
13
12
13
16. UCLA
15
23
17
15
16
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Explanation Key
The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA
Today Coaches and Computer polls. Team percentages are derived by dividing a team’s actual voting points by a maximum 2875 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1475
possible points in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Six computer rankings are used to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided to produce a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are
Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter
Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its formula.
The Associated Press
Oregon State running back Storm Woods breaks into the open during the first half against
Oregon on Saturday. Woods had two touchdowns, but the Ducks dominated the game 48-24.
game. “I want to take this out on somebody. This hurts.”
Oregon State was supposed to host
the Colonels Sept. 3 in the seasonopener, but the game was postponed
when Hurricane Isaac swept in and
closed the Nicholls State campus.
The Colonels are enduring a miserable 1-9 season (they are 0-7 in the
Southland Conference), tallying their
only win against Evangel University of
Missouri, which competes in NAIA. In
short, Nicholls State is in no way a
threat to upset Oregon State.
However, just its upcoming presence
in Corvallis gives the Beavers a game
to get prepared for rather than dwell
on the Ducks debacle.
“We have another opponent. There
is no time to pout, feel sorry for yourself,” Oregon State quarterback Sean
Mannion said.
One area the Beavers will have an
opportunity to work on is in the passing
game. Mannion’s four interceptions
brought his season total to 13. Mannion
blamed some bad decisions and his
attempt to force some passes late in the
game once the Beavers fell behind.
“Turnovers are absolute killers,”
Oregon State coach Mike Riley said. “I
felt like had we just taken care of the
football we could have made an attempt
to keep pace.”
Stanford earns spot in Pac-12 title game
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PASADENA, Calif. —
Stepfan Taylor rushed for 142
yards and two touchdowns,
Kevin Hogan passed for 160
yards and another score, and
No. 11 Stanford beat No. 15
UCLA 35-17 Saturday to win
the Pacific-12 Conference
North title and a rematch
with the Bruins in the conference championship game.
The Cardinal (10-2, 8-1
Pac-12) found out about 10
minutes before the opening
kickoff that No. 5 Oregon (111, 8-1) had beaten No. 16
Oregon State 48-24, meaning
they had to win to qualify for
another shot at UCLA — a
game Stanford will host
Friday.
The Cardinal, who have
three straight 10-win seasons for the first time, handed Oregon a 17-14 overtime
setback last weekend to put
themselves in position to win
the Pac-12 North title with a
victory over the Pac-12 South
champion Bruins (9-3, 6-3),
who earned their berth in the
title game by beating
Southern California 38-28
last weekend.
The win was the sixth
CIVIL WAR
From Page B1
Trailing 20-10, the
Beavers needed a big drive to
start the second half. They
got one.
OSU went 77 yards in nine
plays, taking advantage of a
pass interference call on
third-and-11 and a 37-yard
pass to a wide open Markus
Wheaton to the UO 2. Storm
Woods scored from there to
make it 20-17.
The Ducks responded by
driving 66 yards and scoring
on a 5-yard run by Thomas. A
squib kick, a fumble and the
Ducks were right back in
business. Facing a fourthand-5, UO caught the
Beavers looking for a pass
and Thomas raced 29 yards
for the score and a 34-17 lead
with 5:15 to go in the third.
“I was just trying to get
the first down for our team
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O’Brien went 40-35 after
coming to Raleigh from
Boston College following the
2006 season. He took the
Wolfpack to three bowl
straight for Stanford and their
fourth in a row over UCLA,
which had a five-game winning streak snapped — its
longest in seven years.
Taylor, a 5-foot-11, 215pound senior who carried 20
times, didn’t play in the
fourth quarter. He raised his
career rushing total to 4,134
yards and will need 36 yards
in the rematch with UCLA to
break the Stanford career
rushing record of 4,169 yards
set by Darrin Nelson in 197781.
Hogan, a redshirt freshman making his third start at
quarterback for Stanford,
completed 15 of 22 passes
without being intercepted
and was sacked twice. He has
guided the Cardinal to wins
over three straight ranked
opponents, something they
had never accomplished
before.
Brett Hundley, UCLA’s
redshirt freshman quarterback, was 20-of-38 for 261
yards and a TD with one
interception while being
sacked seven times, and
Johnathan Franklin, the
Bruins’ leading career rusher,
was held to 65 yards on 21
carries. Stanford entered
ranked second nationally in
sacks and rushing defense.
No. 1 Notre Dame 22,
USC 13: Theo Riddick
rushed for 146 yards and a
touchdown, Kyle Brindza
kicked five field goals, and
No. 1 Notre Dame secured a
spot in the BCS championship game with a victory
over Southern California on
Saturday night.
Everett Golson passed for
217 yards as the Fighting Irish
(12-0) completed their first
perfect regular season since
1988, earning a trip to Miami
on Jan. 7 to play for the storied program’s first national
title in 24 years.
Although they did little
with flash on an electric
night at the Coliseum, the
Irish woke up more echoes of
past Notre Dame greats with
a grinding effort in this
dynamic intersectional rivalry with USC (7-5), which has
lost three of four.
Notre Dame’s hard-nosed
defense appropriately made
the decisive stand in the final
minutes, keeping USC out of
the end zone on four plays
from the Irish 1 with 2:33 to
play.
and then it just popped
open,” Thomas said. “I tried
to make the best of it.”
A muffed punt by
Wheaton set up Oregon at
midfield. The Beavers held,
but faced a 17-point deficit
going into the fourth.
An interception by Ifo
Ekpre-Olomu at the start of
the fourth set up a short
touchdown drive and it was
41-17. The Ducks followed up
with another pick and quick
score.
Sean Mannion threw for
311 yards but had the four
interceptions.
The Ducks started the
second quarter with a 12play, 68-yard touchdown
drive, kept going when
Mariota slipped a sack
attempt and hit Will Murphy
for eight yards on a fourthand-7. A 13-yard strike to
Josh Huff got the ball to the
OSU 6 and it took two carries
by Thomas to get into the end
zone for a 13-7 lead.
After a stop, the Ducks
wasted little time in making
it 20-7. A 1-yard touchdown
run by Barner capped an
eight-play, 67-yard drive
that took all of 2:36.
Brian Jackson came up
with a diving interception at
the 5 when Mannion overthrew Wheaton deep but the
Ducks’ drive fizzled at their
35. That gave the Beavers a
final shot at scoring before
the half.
OSU came up through with
a 36-yard field goal by Trevor
Romaine on the final play of
the half. The Beavers converted a crucial fourth-and-7 from
the 45 as Mannion hit Connor
Hamlett on a tight end screen
for 14 yards that got them
within field goal range.
UO got on the board
quickly to start the game,
going 62 yards in five plays
with Mariota sprinting up
the middle untouched for a
42-yard score. The twopoint try failed and the Ducks
settled for a 6-0 lead.
“It was a design that
coach (Kelly) had,” Mariota
said. “They came out in a
look we had practiced against
all week and it just so happened the offensive line
opened a hole and I got to run
through it.”
The Ducks seemed to be on
the brink of adding to the lead
on the following possession
when they drove to the OSU
13, but the Beavers dumped
Mariota for a seven-yard loss
and Alejandro Maldonaldo’s
field goal try missed left.
The Beavers kept up the
defensive pressure and
forced a three-and-out, setting up the offense at their
45. Mannion hit Brandin
Cooks with a strike for 30
yards and OSU went to
Woods on three run plays,
the last a 7-yard TD for the 76 lead at the end of the first.
games, but won’t coach in a
fourth when N.C. State
receives its bid next week. He
went 22-26 in ACC play with
not nearly enough marquee
victories.
Athletic director Debbie
Yow said O’Brien’s buyout
would be $1.2 million over
four years.
“Coach O’Brien and I
agree on the goal of becoming
a Top 25 program. We just
don’t agree on what it takes
to do that, how to get there,”
Yow said.
Colorado finished this
season 1-11 and Embree was
4-21 in his two seasons since
replacing Dan Hawkins.
Arkansas announced
Saturday that John L. Smith
won’t return as head coach.
The Razorbacks finished 4-8
and 2-6 in the Southeastern
Conference, falling 20-13 to
LSU in the finale Friday.
The Associated Press
Stanford linebacker Kevin Anderson sacks UCLA quarterback Brett
Hundley during the fourth quarter Saturday.
Notre Dame will face
SEC champ for title
NEW YORK (AP) — Two
years before the playoffs start
in college football, the
Southeastern Conference is
staging a semifinal to determine who plays Notre Dame
in the BCS title game.
Alabama (.9236) was second and Georgia (.8911) third
in the BCS standings released
Sunday. The Crimson Tide
and Bulldogs play Saturday in
Atlanta for the SEC championship.
The winner will advance
to the national championship
game in Miami on Jan. 7
against the Fighting Irish
(.9979), who locked up their
spot Saturday with a 22-13
victory against Southern
California.
“If you think about what
the game means, this that
and the other, it doesn’t really help you win the game,”
Georgia coach Mark Richt
said. “The only thing that
helps you win the game is
preparation and getting your
mind ready to go to battle.
That’s what you’ve got to do.”
Florida (.8882) is fourth in
the standings, but with no
games left, looks stuck
behind their SEC rivals. The
good news for the Gators is
they are likely to get an atlarge BCS bid to the Sugar
Bowl, while the SEC runnerup is out of the big games all
together.
“For either one of these
teams, it’s not really a great
scenario,” Alabama coach
Nick Saban said.
One way or another, the
SEC will get a shot at its seventh straight BCS championship.
The Bowl Championship
Series is in its second-to-last
season. It will be replaced by
a four-team playoff in 2014.
While the race for the BCS
title game is now fairly
straight forward heading into
championship weekend in
college football, there’s some
intrigue to watch for involving potential BCS busters.
Kent State is 17th in the
standings and Northern
Illinois is 21st. They’ll meet in
the Mid-American Conference
championship game on Friday
night in Detroit.
Because it is almost a certainty that the Big East
champion — Louisville and
Rutgers will determine who
that is on Thursday night in
New Jersey — will be ranked
behind the MAC champion in
the final BCS standings, if
either Kent State or NIU can
get into the top 16, they
would receive an automatic
BCS bid. The MAC has never
sent a team to the BCS.
Neither Louisville nor
Rutgers is in the BCS top 25
this week.
Boise State from the
Mountain West is 20th in the
standings and also still in the
mix for that BCS buster bid if
it can jump ahead of the MAC
teams and into the first 16.
The Broncos play Nevada on
Saturday to earn a share of
the MW title.
The team that could be
hurt most if a BCS buster
emerges is Oklahoma. The
Sooners are sitting 11th in the
standings with a game left
against TCU. With another
victory, they would seem to
be in good shape to get into
the BCS even if Kansas State
clinches the Big 12 by beating
Texas.
But that at-large spot
could get gobbled up by a
BCS buster.
Other BCS automatic bids
will be determined this
weekend in the Pac-12, Big
Ten and Atlantic Coast
Conference.
UCLA plays at Stanford in
the Pac-12 title game with
the winner going to the Rose
Bowl.
Wisconsin and Nebraska
will play for the Big Ten’s
Rose Bowl berth.
Florida State and Georgia
Tech play for the ACC title
and a spot in the Orange
Bowl.
Raiders eliminated
in overtime loss
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Oregon
Southern
University made a big comeback to force overtime against
Morningside in the NAIA
football quarterfinals on
Saturday, but fell 47-44 when
the Mustangs scored a touchdown in the extra session on
Saturday at Sioux City, Iowa.
The defeat ended
Southern Oregon’s season.
The Raiders finished with a
school record nine wins and
also set an NAIA record with
an average of 642 yards of
offense per game.
On Saturday, Southern
Oregon had 587 yards,
including 444 yards passing
and three touchdowns by
Austin Dodge, who surpassed
5,000 yards for the season.
After trailing 35-14 in the
second quarter, Southern
Oregon scored 24 straight
points. Morningside went in
front 41-38 on a touchdown
pass from Joel Nixon to Kyle
Schuck midway through the
final quarter, but Colin
Amsler tied the game for the
Raiders with a field goal with
five seconds remaining.
Amsler had a 37-yard field
goal on Southern Oregon’s
overtime possession, but Joel
McCabe scored on a 4-yard
pass from Nixon to end the
game during Morningside’s
possession in the extra session.
Coquille graduate Heston
Altenbach had eight total
tackles for the Raiders in the
final game of his red shirt
sophomore season.
Linfield 30, North
Central 14: The Wildcats
forced seven turnovers to stay
alive in the NCAA Division III
playoffs, advancing to next
week’s quarterfinals.
Michael Link had two
interceptions deep in Linfield
territory and Dominique
Forrest returned another
interception 73 yards for a
touchdown.
Linfield will host
Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the
quarterfinals next Saturday.
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