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In the news Man found dead after Seward sailboat fire A man is dead following a fire on a sailboat in Seward Harbor Saturday morning.

Seward Fire Department responded to the fire on the Perspective, moored in Seward Harbor’s B float, just after 11 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The cause of the fire is unknown and authorities have not yet identified the victim.

This is second vessel fire in the Seward Harbor this winter.

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Knopp speaks at chamber breakfast

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Rep. Gary Knopp (R-Kenai/Soldotna) addressed his efforts to build a coalition in the state House of Representatives and the governor’s proposed budget to the community Friday morning at a Special Kenai/Soldotna Joint Chamber Breakfast.

Knopp’s efforts to organize the House have been criticized by some residents.

At the breakfast, Knopp said his goal was to create a functioning House, where both parties are working together.

“The House needs to function,” Knopp said in his

Rep. Gary Knopp speaks to a sold-out Joint Chamber Breakfast On Friday, in Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

short chamber presentation.

Knopp dug into the local “It had no chance of func- impacts of Gov. Dunleavy’s tioning or succeeding with proposed budget, which was our makeup.” released Wednesday.

Proposed education cuts to the foundation formula for education spending was cut by about $300 million.

For the Kenai Peninsula Borough, that would equate to a loss of about $20 million, Knopp said.

“About every million dollars for the education system is about 10 teaching positions,” Knopp said. “So if you lose about $20 million, you do the math, you can see the impacts to employment. Pretty substantial. The fact of the matter is it could resolve in closing and consolidating schools and some pretty drastic changes.”

presentations from the Department of Law and the Department of Corrections, Hoffman said he was shocked to see the state spending less money on these departments after the governor made clear he wants to combat crime.

The DOL presentation showed that the governor’s proposed budget would spend $1.8 million less on the department next year if the budget remained unchanged.

Hoffman asked DOL Administrative Services Director Anna Kim how the department can do its job better while spending less money.

Kim pointed to a $1.1 million fiscal note that See SAFETY, page A3

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JUNEAU — Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy is offering President Donald Trump the use of the Alaska National Guard to patrol it, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

Dunleavy says in a video message that the soldiers would “stand ready to support the national security crisis on the U.S. southern border.”

“While the southern border may seem far away and distant, this crisis is real and a potential threat to every American, including Alaskans,” he said in the message released Friday.

Dunleavy press secretary Matt Shuckerow tells that Daily News that no movement of the Alaska National Guard is planned. He says that if the soldiers were sent there, the federal government would pay most of the cost.

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Senators baffled at public safety cuts

By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

When Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a “war on criminals” in his State of the State speech, many around the state were encouraged.

Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, was among them. When Hoffman read through Dunleavy’s proposed budget this Wednesday, Hoffman was befuddled. According to presentations to the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday and Friday, Dunleavy’s budget proposes cuts of about $29 million from the Department of Corrections, $3 million from the Department of Public Safety, $1.8 mil-

Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, poses questions to Department of Corrections and Office of Management and Budget officials during a Senate Finance Committee meetingon Friday. (Alex McCarthy/Juneau Empire)

lion from the Department of Law, $900,000 from the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs and a $3.5 million increase in

spending for the Alaska Courts System.

At Friday’s Senate Finance Committee meeting, which included

By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

Recent history might repeat itself if Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget comes to fruition.

Included in the plan for the Alaska Department of Corrections is a money-saving measure that would send at least 500 inmates from Alaska prisons to prisons outside the state, according to a presentation to the Senate Finance Committee on Friday.

Doing this would provide a savings of $12.8 million, according to the presentation from DOC officials and Office of Management and Budget Director Donna Arduin.

The governor’s budget also proposes closing down a wing of Wildwood Correctional Center to save money.

Kelly Goode, deputy commissioner for DOC, said in the presentation Friday that the department has begun to reach out to Outside prisons to see if there’s room for Alaskans.

“We just wanted to know if there were even beds available outside, but beyond that, no, we haven’t started a process,” Goode said.

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Budget proposes $3.5 million cut to public media

By KEVIN BAIRD Juneau Empire

The state of Alaska contributes about $3.5 million annually to support public radio and television programs across the state. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget proposal would cut this state assistance out completely.

Last week, Dunleavy released his budget, which followed up on his campaign promise to align the state’s revenue and expenditures rather than dip into savings. To do so, he proposed an unprecedented $1.6 billion cut to the operating budget.

By cutting out public media funding, Alaska would save $3.5 million in

Bethany Lowrance, left, of Gavel Alaska, and Rashah McChesney, a reporter with the Alaska Energy Desk (a collaboration between stations of the Alaska Public Radio Network), cover a Senate Finance Committee meeting at the Capitol on Thursday. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)

the next fiscal year. This equates to roughly 0.22 percent of total proposed cuts.

But what would Alaskan’s lose?

Each year this $3.5 mil-

lion grant is distributed in varying amounts to Alaska’s 27 public radio stations and seven television stations.

For example, KTOOTV received an allocation of $75,700 for the current year. The KTOO radio station received $77,041, according to an an Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission document.

This state grant is not the sole source of funding for public media in Alaska.

The state grant accounts for about 7 percent, or $400,000 of Alaska Public Media’s total funding. Alaska Public Media includes KSKA 91.1 FM in Anchorage and produces a number of radio shows including the “Midnight Oil” podcast. Alaska

Public Media also receives federal funding, about $1 million or 18 percent of its budget. The vast majority, 75 percent, or $4.2 million of Alaska Public Media’s funding comes from community donations.

It’s difficult to say how these cuts might affect the different public media organizations in Alaska.

“A station like the KTOO complex will probably survive,” Rep. Sara Hannan, D-Juneau said. “The more rural parts of public radio may not…I of course oppose these cuts. I will fight for that small subsidy. Public broadcasting in Alaska has been a lifeline to rural Alaska.”

Hannan said public radio

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Man arrested in murder cold-case Kenai woman charged with cashing $17,000 ANCHORAGE (AP) — A suspect has been arrestin fraudulent checks ed in Maine in connection with the sexual assault and murder of a 20-year-old woman whose body was found in a dorm bathtub at the University of Alaska Fairbanks nearly 26 years ago, Alaska State Troopers said Friday.

Steven Downs of Auburn, Maine, was arrested in Auburn on Friday on charges of first-degree murder and sexual assault in the April 1993 death of Sophie Sergie of Pitkas Point, troopers said.

New DNA technology led to Downs, according to troopers. The technology, called genetic geneal-

By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

Col. Barry Wilson, director of the Alaska State Troopers, speaks at a press conference Friday, in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

ogy testing, was also used to make an arrest last year in the Golden State Killer case in California. For-

mer police officer Joseph James DeAngelo faces 13 rape-related charges and See COLD, page A7

A Kenai woman has been charged with writing and cashing fraudulent checks, according to an affidavit filed by the Kenai Police Department on Feb. 14.

Stephanie Davis, 43, had allegedly been writing unauthorized checks to herself for several months while working at the Main Street Hotel in Kenai in 2018. The manager of the establishment made a report of the

theft to the Kenai Police Department on Nov. 21, 2018 and gave police 36 photocopied checks as evidence. The checks had all been written out to Davis and totaled $17,010, according to court documents. The manager pointed out to officers that on one of the checks the signature of authorization did not match the signatures found on the other checks. On Nov. 23, 2018, the manager additionally gave police a video recording that See CHECK, page A7

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Alaska court strikes down ‘medically necessary’ abortion law

By BECKY BOHRER The Associated Press

JUNEAU — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday struck down as unconstitutional a state law and regulation seeking to define what constitutes medically necessary abortions for purposes of Medicaid funding.

The court, in a 4-1 decision, upheld a 2015 lower court ruling that had also barred the measures from being enforced.

Both the law, passed in 2014, and regulation, penned during the administration of then-Gov. Sean Parnell, sought to define medically necessary abortions. Supporters argued the state should not be required to pay for elective abortions.

The measures were challenged by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands.

The majority opinion written by Justice Susan Carney states that disparate restrictions on government funding for women based on their choice of abortion or childbirth deter the exercise of a fundamental right because rejection of one option entails embrace of the other.

The state argued the feasibility of a program like Medicaid depended on the ability to set limits, according to the decision.

However, the legislative record contained no evidence that Medicaid had actually funded non-medically necessary abortions, the ruling states.

The law and regulation violate the state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection, the court ruled.

Justice Craig Stowers dissented, saying he believes the Legislature can

constitutionally determine as a matter of state policy what is medically necessary for purposes of Medicaid funding.

He said the court in the majority opinion “goes to great lengths in construing the statute and regulation to ensure that the conclusion of unconstitutionality is inevitable.” The order listed Stowers as chief justice, a title he held at the time of arguments.

Jessica Cler, Alaska state director for Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, praised the court for striking down “this cruel, inequitable restriction on abortion access for low-income women. Politics have no place in the exam room, and today Alaska’s highest court agreed, again.”

State Department of Law spokeswoman Cori Mills had no immediate comment.

The law defined medically necessary abortions as those needed to avoid a threat of serious risk to a woman’s life or physical health from continuation of a pregnancy. That could mean a serious risk of death or “impairment of a major bodily function” because of one of 21 different conditions, such as congestive heart failure, seizures and epilepsy.

It also included a more general category: “another physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy that places the woman in danger of death or major bodily impairment if an abortion is not performed.”

The regulation is similar but also included consideration of psychiatric disorders.

Sitka hosts conference of Southeast farmers SITKA (AP) — Farmers in southeast Alaska are set to meet for a weekend of networking and workshops that aim to better equip the food growers.

The Southeast Alaska Farmers Summit begins Friday in Sitka, bringing together local farmers and outside commercial agriculture experts, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported .

The biennial summit started in 2015, with organizers hoping for it to be place for farmers to

share advice about producing food in a challenging growing environment.

The previous two summits were held in Petersburg and Haines.

The conference serves as a resource for commercial growers and gardeners who want to take their skills up a notch, said organizer Laura Schmidt, lead gardener for the Sitka Local Foods Network.

Farmers in southeast Alaska can learn from meeting with each other, she said.

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Fishing boat rescues 5 from life raft south of Aleutians ANCHORAGE — Five crew members of a commercial fishing boat were rescued after their vessel sank in Alaska waters.

The Coast Guard says the five from the Pacific 1 were picked up from an inflatable life raft about 40 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor by a second commercial fishing boat, the Kona Kai. The Kona Kai transported the five in good condition to Dutch Harbor.

After the Pacific 1 reported taking on water and listing heavily, the Kona Kai relayed the distress signal to the Coast Guard and motored to the last known location of the stricken vessel.

Coast Guard helicopters searched, spotted the raft and deployed a data marker buoy. An “inflight problem” forced the helicopter to fly back to its base.

Ketchikan power customers urged to cut back on electricity KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan’s power utility is asking customers to throttle back their electrical usage.

Freezing temperatures and low water levels in lakes, the source of hydropower for Ketchikan Public Utilities’ electric division, has maxed out power production, the Ketchikan Daily News reported.

A 30-megawatt demand is putting stress on the system during peak hours. The utility is also juggling repairs, sending power to northern communities and dealing with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation permit limitations, said electric division manager Andy Donato.

“I don’t know if it’s a real big challenge,” Donato said.

“It may be a fun one, you know. Depends how you want to look at this.”

Peak usage rates are from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

“These mornings we’ve broke 30 (megawatt hours),” Donato said. “And when we get up to around 31, we get close to the extreme (where) we don’t have any more generation.”

The utility suggests lower temperatures on thermostats, turning off lights and taking shorter showers.

“I just think that if more people are cognizant, we can diminish those peaks in those two periods and we’ll get through this, this tight time.” Donato said.

KPU is encouraging local businesses that have alternative fuel options to change over. The utility might shave another megawatt off demand if they do, he said.

“Everyone’s doing exactly what you’re doing, and they’ve problem solved a lot of things,” Schmidt said. “It’s very inspiring. It’s extremely helpful. … Instead of digging by yourself, you have a team to help make sense of what you’re doing better.”

Andrea Fraga, co-owner of Middle Island Gardens, runs one of Sitka’s three commercial agriculture businesses that grow produce for consumption.

Fraga and co-owner Kaleb Aldred grow numerous vegetables, including garlic, root crops, lettuce and kale, which they distribute to members of their Community Supported Agriculture business. They are participating in the summit.

“For me it’s surprising how many folks in southeast are doing commercial agriculture,” Fraga said.

“At the first one, it was really inspiring. There was a lot of good information for home gardeners as well.”

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infrastructure make that impossible in some places.

“Certainly in certain parts of Alaska the idea of just beaming it out there won’t work,” Hannan said of internet radio.

Hannan called the proposed cut “short sighted.”

“They’ve found there’s a public safety element. In most of Alaska there is no network service that will provide weather forecasts

and tsunami warnings that public broadcasting puts into every corner of Alaska.

Much like the University of Alaska system that is facing a $155 million cut, leaders at the different networks will have to make difficult decisions on how to implement the cuts at their respective radio stations. That could result in cuts to programming, job positions or other areas.

Of course, the budget is not final and the House and Senate will work on the budget.

Other Southeast Alaska radio station grant allocations for the current fiscal year include: KCAW in Sitka received $78,123; KSFK, Petersburg received $76,499; KHNS, Haines received $74,876; KRBD, Ketchikan received $78,123; KSTK, Wrangell received $75,417.

have.”

Local seniors could experience a lack of benefits if the governor’s budget is passed. Knopp said the senior benefit program supports 11,000 seniors across the state, and 1,171 seniors on the peninsula. Benefits range from $76 to $250 a month. Knopp said many of these seniors are lowincome.

Knopp said cuts to the university are another major concern. With a nearly 50 percent cut to the university budget, Knopp said it is more than likely the Kenai Peninsula College could be closed, or at best, be “reverted back to a community college-type deal.”

With cuts to the budget, the state is poised to lose 700 jobs at the state level, and 1,300 jobs in the uni-

versity system. However, Knopp said anywhere from 14,000 to 20,000 jobs could be lost indirectly.

Knopp said he has concerns with the governor’s approach to the budget.

“He wants to wield the big axe and do it all in one fell swoop and I think it takes a more analytical and methodical approach to minimize these impacts and have these conversations about what we want our communities to look like,” Knopp said.

Knopp said he did agree with the governor and the budget does need to be balanced.

“The governor is correct,” Knopp said. “You can’t keep deficit spending, whether you’re an individual or a government or a corporation, you can’t sustain

that. You have to fix it,” After his presentation, several residents commented and questioned Knopp’s decisions when it came to House organization. He said his focus was simply on the success of the House.

“My fear was that we got to Juneau, organized as 21, and when we got to the policy decisions — constitutional amendments, PFD payments and repayments — I said our divide would be so great we will never fix it,” Knopp said.

“It’s better to deal with this right now then in two months or three months into session and completely implode.

That’s what we were on track to do. There was no chance of success.”

During the event, a petition was being passed around the room asking for Knopp to be recalled.

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is especially important to rural communities because these markets are not ideal for private radio to be successful. Hannan noted that some have argued that rural Alaskans can just use the internet to stream the radio, but high costs and lack of

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A loss of $20 million would result in the loss of about 200 teaching positions.

The Alaska Marine Highway system faces a $96 million reduction, Knopp said, which would go into effect in October if passed.

“After that, they might bring in a consultant and look at privatizing the entire ferry system,” Knopp said.

“Southeast will be devastated by the marine highway system. For us in Southcentral — Valdez, Cordova Whittier, Homer to Kodiak routes — it will impact us on the peninsula.”

Knopp said he was concerned about cuts to corrections, and the potential closure of one wing of Wildwood Correction Center in Kenai. The Department faces about a 10.5 percent reduction.

“For us, Wildwood is proposed to close one wing,” Knopp said. “It results in 46 people losing their jobs. That’s 46 families who may move without work and it trickles down into the schools.”

Knopp also noted the budget for Alaska Public Broadcasting had been “completely zeroed out,” which prompted applause from one resident in the audience.

“Some of us like public radio; some of us enjoy it,” Knopp said. “Some of us not so much. In other parts of the state, it’s all they

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Suzanne Pittavino Weigner March 3, 1951 - February 8, 2019

Sterling resident, Mrs. Suzanne Pittavino Weigner, 67, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at her home in Sterling with her family by her side.

Private services will be held at a later date.

Suzanne was born March 3, 1951 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. She moved to Alaska in 1995 living in Sterling. Suzanne along with her husband, operated Weinger’s Backcountry Guiding and Otter Trail Dog Boarding for many years. She was affiliated with the Calvary Baptist Church in Kenai. Suzanne also loved her dogs, which was her passion. She was also an avid hiker and loved canoeing.

She was preceded in death by her father, John Pittavino and brother, Stanley Pittavino.

She is survived by her husband, W. Mark Weigner of Sterling; mother, Mabel Pittavino of Zelienople, PA; brothers, Rodney Pittavino of N. Huntingdon, PA and Bentley Pittavino of Hookstown, PA; step-son, W. Mark Weigner, Jr. of Quakertown, PA; step-daughter, Heidi Long of Wasilla; 5 nephews and 2 nieces and 7 stepgranddaughters.

Memorial donations may be made in memory of Suzanne to The Moody Bible Institute – 820 N. LaSalle Blvd – Chicago, IL 60610 or to Paws with A Cause – www. pawswithacause.org.

Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please visit or sign her online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

Obituary announcement Cynthia Lou McCullough Cynthia Lou McCullough, born April 4, 1953, passed away Nov. 29, 2018 in Grants Pass, Oregon.

She was a longtime Alaskan living in Anchorage, then in Funny River. Preceded in death her son Jeremy, parents Jack and Audrey Stafford, and sister Annette Christiansen. She is survived by her daughter Jessica, granddaughter Caitlin McCullough, sisters Susan Stafford of Kenai, Jackie Helgevold of Soldotna and Pam Waldon of Grants Pass, Oregon.

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would go to the department if Senate Bill 32 (which extends sentences for offenders) is passed by the Legislature. She said that money can help offset the state cuts.

“We’ll still continue to do the things that we do in the department,” Kim said. “We’ll still continue to prioritize things in the department as we have in the past and we’ll manage within the resources we have. We feel that positive fiscal note will have an impact on the activities that will be tough on crime.”

Hoffman wasn’t satisfied with the response.

“The fiscal note doesn’t cover the total amount,” Hoffman said. “The explanation seems lacking to me for the general public. There is a reduction that is to me a substantial amount and the people of Alaska deserve an answer for what is not going to be performed as a result of this reduction.”

Hoffman and his fellow committee members repeatedly expressed frustration with the budget proposal in presentations Thursday and Friday. Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, said in Friday’s meeting he was surprised that the state is pondering closing down a wing of Wildwood Correctional Center in his district. Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, said in Thursday’s meet-

ing that he was surprised at a $3 million cut to the state’s Village Public Safety Officer program.

Presenters, including deputy commissioners and other department officials alongside Office of Management and Budget Director Donna Arduin, kept telling the senators that they felt they could continue to operate their departments well with less state funding.

They also emphasized that while funding from the state’s General Fund might be decreasing, funding from federal sources and from legislation might be increasing. For example, a fiscal note (an estimate of state costs) from Dunleavy’s Senate Bill 32 (which increases sentences for offenders) estimates that the state will have to spend $1.1 million on the DOC if the bill goes through.

OMB Deputy Director Laura Cramer said in an interview after Friday’s meeting that she expected the senators to provide tough feedback. She said this is only a warm-up for when they talk about cuts to education, where the governor’s budget proposes the state make much more significant cuts than the cuts to public safety departments.

“I think that they should be critical,” Cramer said. “(These are) some significant changes to the budget, maybe it’s just a sampling of what we’ll see for the Department of Education and the university and those programs that are seeing larger cuts.”

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Around the Peninsula Sterling Senior Center breakfast The Sterling Senior Center will be serving breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Menu includes bacon, sausage, ham, scrambled eggs, pancakes, and biscuits and gravy. $10 adults, $5 children. Everyone welcome! All proceeds benefit the center. Further info, call 262-6808.

Al-Anon support group meetings Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 2520558 for more information.

Hospice Spring Volunteer Training

Registration is open for Hospice of the Central Peninsula’s Spring Volunteer Training. Training is over two The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly weekends, March 22-23 and 29-30 at Christ Lutheran Board meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday, Church in Soldotna. Volunteers must be 18 years or oldFeb. 27. The meeting is open to the public and begins at er and be able to pass a background check. Lunch and snacks are provided. Call the office at 262-0453 or visit 6:00 pm. For further information call 283-9479. www.hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com for more info.

LeeShore Center monthly meeting

4-H Rally Day Kenai Peninsula District 4-H hosts an annual 4-H Rally Day and invites all community youth to attend and see some of the learning opportunities that are available through 4-H! This year’s Rally Day is Feb. 23, and registration is now open and is free. Classes are: The Horse’s Foot, Backyard Poultry, Rock Painting, Drones, Fuzzy Wuzzy Fiber Fun, The Thing called JML, All Things Collage, Contest Clarity, Goat Milk Soap Making Class, Space Themed Cloverbuds Camp: Ages 5-8.

Caregiver Support Meeting Training

Caregiver Support Meeting Training: Part 2 of DVD presentation with Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA: Progression of Dementia Seeing Gems-Not Just Loss will take place Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Senior Center. Training covers which level of dementia your care partner experiences to customize your caregiving techniques. Teepa Snow explains the appropriate levels of care needed during different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, appropriate activity, and much more. Please join us to share your experiences as Electronics Recycling Event a caregiver, or to support someone who is a caregiver.

Come help plan the Electronics Recycling Event this Please call Sharon or Judy at (907) 262-1280, for more May at the ReGroup meeting Monday, March 18 at 6:30 information. p.m. at the Hope Community Center off K-Beach Road.

There will also be reports about the ReGeneration proj- Soldotna Historical Society meeting ects in the schools. All interested community members Get involved in Soldotna History! 2019 General are invited. For more questions call 252-2773.

Membership Meeting will take place on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Donald E. Gilman, Kenai River Center, Funny River Road. Speaker — Clark Fair. QuesClassical chamber music with pianist tions? Carmen 262-2791.

Eduard Zilberkant

The Performing Arts Society is pleased to announce the return of pianist Eduard Zilberkant, who has charmed our audiences several times in the past. Joining him are Bryan Emmon Hall, violin; Gail Johansen, viola; and Ryan Fitzpatrick, cello. They will be performing works

by Beethoven, Turina, and Arensky. Please join us for this classical chamber music on Saturday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students and may be purchased in advance in Soldotna at River City Books and Northcountry Fair or in Kenai at Already Read Books and Country Liquor or at the door.

Trick Dog class

Shamrock Shuffle Fun Run/Walk Shamrock Shuffle Fun Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, March 17 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on K-Beach Road in Soldotna. 1.5 Mile and 3 Mile runs. Registration 1-2 p.m. 2 p.m. start. Entry Fee $10 Youth, $20 Adult, $50 Family. *Age group awards * Door prizes. Proceeds to benefit the Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club. For more information call 262-1721 or 252-2959.

Tie One On: Fly Tying with Trout Unlimited Last month’s Tie One On was so much fun we are doing it again. Learn to Tie Flies at Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s popular fly tying night.

Family friendly. All skill levels welcome. Vices and fly tying equipment supplied. 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26 at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna.

Kenai Kennel Club will be offering a Trick Dog class beginning March 12 and ending April 16. This is an introductory class so no prior experience is necessary but it would be beneficial if the dogs already know basics like sit, down and can work on a flat collar and leash.

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Serving the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 Jeff Hayden Publisher ERIN THOMPSON......................................................... Editor DOUG MUNN........................................... Circulation Director FRANK GOLDTHWAITE......................... Production Manager

What Others Say

Warning signs from within the White House President Donald Trump likes to say that he hires only the best people and that his White House operates like a welloiled machine.

But a steady stream of insider accounts flowing out of the West Wing suggests there’s more madness than method to the president and his administration.

The most recent entries are two books that just hit best-seller lists, one by former White House aide Cliff Sims, the other by ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a onetime Trump adviser.

Sims dishes about Oval Office back-stabbing in his explicitly titled “Team of Vipers.”

Christie’s “Let Me Finish” laments Trump’s choice of “amateurs, grifters, weaklings, convicted and unconvicted felons … hustled into jobs they were never suited for.”

The authors join a pantheon of disgruntled leakers or tattling ex-staffers telling tales of incompetence at the highest executive levels. Last week, someone handed Axios three months of Trump’s daily schedule, revealing in mortifying detail how the president spends more than half of his workday in “executive time” activities such as watching TV, tweeting and making calls.

The consistent and growing evidence of internal dysfunction is growing increasingly difficult to ignore or explain away. Remember, these accounts aren’t coming from Democrats or anti-Trump pundits. They’re from people who have worked inside the administration and seen White House operations up close and personal: — A senior Trump administration official, writing an anonymous column in The New York Times, characterized the president as “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective,” with decisions that are “half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless.”

— Journalist Bob Woodward, in his bestselling book “Fear,” diagnosed a White House suffering a “nervous breakdown,” with aides stealing papers off Trump’s desk to deter bad policy. Former Chief of Staff John Kelly was quoted as saying: “We’re in Crazytown.”

— “Fire and Fury” by writer Michael Wolff and “Unhinged” by Omarosa Manigault Newman, the ex-White House aide and former television reality star, questioned the president’s mental well-being.

Sprinkled throughout these tell-all tomes are unflattering assessments of the president by some of his top-drawer executives. ExDefense Secretary James Mattis, according to Woodward, said Trump comprehends like a “fifth- or sixth-grader.” And former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has never denied multiple reports that he labeled Trump a “moron.”

Trump and his supporters have questioned the credibility of some writers, or dismissed their accounts as sour grapes. But you have to wonder how so many aides who were hailed as brilliant choices on their way into the administration suddenly became incompetent hacks on their way out.

With more books in the pipeline, the Trump campaign is eager to try to enforce nondisclosure agreements signed by ex-staffers. What doesn’t the White House want the public to know?

People who’ve served inside the Trump administration keep trying to warn the world that something is terribly awry. Americans ignore them at their peril.

— USA Today, Feb. 12

The hard truth about Medicaid expansion

It’s time for a reality check. Since Alaska expanded Medicaid to ablebodied adults in 2015, our state has experienced cost overruns, unexpected — but predictable — over-enrollment, and is facing a dependency crisis. Some — local lawmakers and local lobbyists included — would have you believe that Medicaid expansion has benefited our state. But it’s time to face the facts: Medicaid expansion is failing Alaskans.

In 2017, the Walker administration projected that 23,273 able-bodied adults would enroll in Medicaid expansion at a cost of $7,500 per person. Actual enrollment in 2017 reached over 35,000 adults, and the cost per person was nearly $10,500 — nearly a $200 million cost overrun. While it’s true that the federal government is responsible for a portion of Medicaid expansion costs, Alaska lawmakers would be foolish to think our federal government will subsidize the program indefinitely.

Medicaid costs are growing across the nation, not just here, and the federal debt already stands at more than $21 trillion. Pair that with the federal government’s poor record of keeping its funding promises and passing on more Medicaid costs to the states doesn’t seem so far fetched. In the meantime, Alaska is diverting more and more of our own sparse funds to prop up Medicaid expansion, using public dollars that would otherwise go to education, public safety, infrastructure, and the truly needy.

Instead, these funds are going directly to able-bodied adults — the majority of whom are not working.

A recent opinion editorial by Becky Hultberg uses a previously debunked Kaiser Family Foundation report in an attempt to build a case that proves these adults are working. The reality paints a more grim picture: there are

A laska V oices B ethany M arcum

jobs created and the economic impact from Medicaid expansion has been significantly lower than forecasted … The reality is that Medicaid expansion does not pay for itself.”

The solution for Alaska, isn’t more welfare — it’s more work.

Common-sense work requirements for able-bodied adults can help Alaskans break free from the Medicaid expansion trap and regain their self-sufficiency, while preserving state resources for the truly needy instead.

Research shows that work requirements — requiring able-bodied adults to work, train, or volunteer at least part-time in order to receive benefits — offer enrollees a better future through the power of work.

When work requirements were implemented in welfare programs, able-bodied adults leaving welfare found work in diverse industries and more than tripled their incomes — more than offsetting any lost benefits.

Adding a common-sense work requirement to Alaska’s Medicaid program makes sense. We should be encouraging these able-bodied adults to move off the sidelines and back into the workforce, not the opposite.

By implementing a Medicaid work requirement, we can emphasize the power of work to transform lives and break the cycle of dependency while preserving resources for truly needy Alaskans and shoring up our state budget for the future.

It’s not too late for Alaskan policymakers to do the right thing — if they’re willing to face the facts.

over 12 million able-bodied adults in the U.S. dependent on Medicaid as a result of expansion, and the majority do not work at all.

The Kaiser report cited in the editorial used inaccurate numbers in every single state it pulled data from — in Nevada alone, Kaiser claims that “only” 35 percent of able-bodied adults on Medicaid aren’t working. The truth is that 60 percent report no income in Nevada.

The number of able-bodied adults not working here in Alaska isn’t currently available from the state — but given what every other state is experiencing, it’s not difficult to imagine how many able-bodied Alaskans aren’t working.

That’s not the only misconception touted by those who think able-bodied adults should be prioritized over the truly needy. The recent editorial also claims that Medicaid expansion has acted as a stimulus to the economy — but the truth is, Medicaid expansion discourages work and shrinks the economy. The jobs that were promised by ObamaCare supporters have yet to materialize, and instead, more able-bodied adults have been trapped in a downward spiral of dependency than were ever anticipated.

Consider what the state of Kentucky experienced: “The reality is, the number of Kentuckians who have enrolled in Medicaid expanBethany Marcum is the executive sion is more than double the number projected, while the number of new director of the Alaska Policy Forum.

Letters to the Editor Standing for principles We are so pleased to be represented by a man of such integrity, Rep. Gary Knopp. He stood by his principles, above partisan politics and made sure that all of us will benefit from a bipartisan coalition willing to work across the aisle to do what is best for all Alaskans.

— Bud and Sammy Crawford, Kenai

The governor kept his word When people ask me what being a conservative means, my first response is always that “people are more important than government.” The last four years we had a state administration that didn’t think that way. Instead of using a glideslope approach to decreasing the huge state budget, the largest per-

capita in the U.S., it refused to make the hard decisions and kept trying to squeeze blood out of Alaskans with a litany of taxes. They succeeded in implementing a tax on the PFD, which mathematically affects those with a lower income more than those with a higher income.

This last year, the voters had had enough and put Gov. Mike Dunleavy in office to protect Alaskans from an insatiable government, to be the adult in the room and bring us a sustainable, balanced budget. He kept his word, and brought forth a budget that doesn’t require dipping into savings. Because he had to do in one year what should have been done in five, it is a very different, smaller budget than anyone is used to. This has created stress among the affected user groups, and they will all be testifying to the Legislature on how they’d like that changed. That is

representative government, and they should be encouraged to do so.

What I’d like to recommend is that those who voted for Gov. Dunleavy, because they wanted an honest politician with that kind of approach, to send emails or call the Legislature and ask them to keep the real fiscal goals in mind: a sustainable, balanced budget, a full PFD and no new taxes. You don’t have to agree with every decision the governor made in the budget, don’t worry, the Legislature will surely modify it and end up taking money out of savings to cover the difference. In the end though, we definitely have to keep moving towards the goal or we’ll always have a government that thinks the people are only there to supply it money.

— Lance Roberts, Fairbanks

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National emergency sparks GOP divide Police: Aurora

attacker used gun he shouldn’t have owned

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build his long-promised border wall ends one political problem for the White House and its allies on Capitol Hill, but launches another.

Republicans are deeply torn over Trump’s decision to invoke executive power after Congress denied him money he wanted for the wall along the Southern border. Some are backing the president, while others are vehemently opposed to what they see as constitutional overreach, setting up a potential showdown that adds to the already expected legal challenges.

“I don’t believe a national emergency declaration is the solution,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who warned of taking the country down a “rabbit hole” with future presidents seizing unchecked executive power.

“No crisis justifies violating the Constitution,” said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Sen. Lamar Alexander, RTenn., said, “Declaring a national emergency is unnecessary, unwise and inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution.”

It’s an outcome Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership warned Trump against. For days, they publicly urged him not to declare an emergency.

But with Trump’s signature Friday on the action, the Republican leaders are largely falling in line behind Trump.

As Democrats are quick to call for oversight and investigation, they are also almost

By DON BABWIN and CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

certain to seek a vote of disapproval that will force Republicans to stand with the president — or against him.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., says his committee will investigate the “serious constitutional and statutory issues” raised by the declaration and will ask White House officials to appear for testimony.

Nadler said Trump’s decision shows “reckless disregard for the separation of powers and your own responsibilities under our constitutional system.”

The ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, said that while he supports Trump’s commitment to securing the border, “a national emergency is a

serious act with deep implications, and it’s disappointing that partisan politics have brought us to this point.”

Congress has specific ability under the National Emergencies Act to halt the president by a simple majority vote of disapproval in both chambers. That makes the outcome uncertain, especially in the Senate where Republicans now hold a narrow 53-47 majority.

Trump would almost certainly threaten to veto such a resolution, if it passed, and Congress would then be faced with the difficult task of mounting the votes to override.

Trump’s decision creates an “important moment for constitutional democracy,”

said Chris Edelson, assistant professor of government at American University and author of a book on presidential power.

“Congress has the tools available to stop this if it chooses to act,” Edelson said. “All eyes should be on Republicans in Congress, some of whom are clearly troubled by this action, including the precedent it could set.”

Top Trump allies are splintering. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, once resistant to an emergency declaration, told Fox News he’s all for it. “We would be idiots as Republicans not to support Donald Trump to try to build this wall anyway he can,” Graham said.

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick

By FRANCES D’EMILIO, NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and defrocked, as calls rose Saturday for Pope Francis to reveal what he knew about the once-powerful American prelate’s apparently decades-long predatory sexual behavior.

The announcement Saturday, delivered in uncharacteristically blunt language for the Vatican, meant that the 88-year-old McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., becomes the highest-ranking churchman and the first cardinal to be punished by dismissal from the clerical state, or laicization.

He was notified Friday of the decision, which was upheld upon his appeal and approved by Pope Francis.

The pontiff next week leads a summit of bishops from around the world who have been summoned to

Rome help him grapple with the entrenched problems of clerical sex abuse and the systematic cover-ups by the Catholic church’s hierarchy.

Decades of revelations about priests who have sexually preyed on minors and their bosses who shuffled abusive clergy from parish to parish instead of removing them from access to children have shaken the faith of many Catholics. They also threaten the moral authority of Francis and even the survival of his papacy.

McCarrick, who in his prestigious red cardinal robes hobnobbed with presidents, other VIP politicians and pontiffs, is now barred from celebrating Mass or other sacraments including confession and from wearing clerical garb. He is to be referred to as Mr. McCarrick.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Holy See’s guardian of doctrinal purity, issued a decree on Jan. 11 finding McCarrick guilty of “solicitation in the sacrament of confession,

and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and adults, with the aggravating factor of the abuse of power,” the Vatican said.

That commandment forbids adultery.

On Wednesday, Congregation officials considered his appeal and upheld the decree.

The pope “recognized the definitive nature of this decision made in accordance with (church) law, rendering it as ‘res iudicata,’” the Vatican said, using the Latin phrase for admitting no further recourse.

The McCarrick scandal was particularly damning to the church’s reputation because it apparently was an open secret in some ecclesial circles that he slept with adult seminarians. Francis yanked McCarrick’s rank as a cardinal in July after a U.S. church investigation found credible an allegation he fondled a teenage altar boy in the 1970s.

McCarrick’s civil lawyer, Barry Coburn, said Saturday that his client had no comment on the defrocking.

Coburn declined to say if McCarrick would stay at the residence in Kansas where he moved after Francis ordered him to live in penance and prayer while the investigation into his actions continued.

But the Salina, Kansas, diocese, said “Mr. McCarrick will continue to reside at the St. Fidelis Friary in Victoria until a decision of permanent residence is finalized.”

AURORA, Ill. — The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers including the plant manager, human resources manager and an intern working his first day at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse, took a gun he wasn’t supposed to have to a job he was about to lose.

Right after learning Friday that he was being fired from his job of 15 years at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora, Gary Martin pulled out a gun and began shooting, killing the three people in the room with him and two others just outside and wounding a sixth employee, police said Saturday.

Martin shot and wounded five of the first officers to get to the scene, including one who didn’t even make it inside the sprawling warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, a city of 200,000 about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Chicago.

After that flurry of shots and with officers from throughout the region streaming in to help, he ran off and hid in the back of the building, where officers found him about an hour later and killed him during an exchange of gunfire, police said.

“He was probably waiting for us to get to him there,” Aurora police Lt. Rick Robertson said. “It was just a very short gunfight and it was over, so he was basically in the back waiting for us and fired upon us and our officers fired.”

Like in many of the country’s mass shootings, Friday’s attack was carried out by a man with a violent criminal history who was armed with a gun he wasn’t supposed to have.

Martin, 45, had six arrests over the years in Aurora, for what police Chief Kristen Ziman described as “traffic and domestic battery-related issues” and for violating an order of protection. He also had a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi that should have prevented him from buying his gun, Ziman said.

He was able to buy the Smith and Wesson .40-caliber handgun on March 11, 2014, because he was issued a firearm owner’s identification card two months earlier after passing an initial background check. It wasn’t until he applied for a concealed carry permit five days after buying the gun and went through a more rigorous background check using digital fingerprinting that his Mississippi conviction was flagged and his firearm owner’s ID car was revoked, Ziman said.

Once his card was revoked, he could no longer legally have a gun.

“Absolutely, he was not supposed to be in possession of a firearm,” she said.

But he was, and on Friday he took it and several magazines of ammunition to work.

Scott Hall, president and CEO of Mueller Water Products Inc., which owns Henry Pratt, said that Martin came to work for his normal shift Friday and was being fired when he started shooting.

“We can confirm that the individual was being terminated Friday for a culmination of a various workplace rules violations,” he told a news conference Saturday.

He gave no details of the violations by Martin at the plant that makes valves for industrial purposes.

A company background check of Martin when he joined Henry Pratt 15 years ago did not turn up a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi, Hall said.

The employee who survived being shot is recovering at a hospital, Ziman said Saturday. None of the officers who were shot received lifethreatening wounds, she said.

Police identified the slain workers as human resources manager Clayton Parks of Elgin; plant manager Josh Pinkard of Oswego; mold operator Russell Beyer of Yorkville; stock room attendant and fork lift operator Vicente Juarez of Oswego; and human resources intern and Northern Illinois University student Trevor Wehner, who lived in DeKalb and grew up in Sheridan.

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Merkel defends Iran deal, but Pence resists Tear gas, hate

speech marks 14th yellow vest protest

By DAVID RISING and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press

MUNICH — German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew lengthy applause Saturday for her spirited defense of a multilateral approach to global affairs and support for Europe’s decision to stand by a nuclear deal with Iran.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was not among the impressed, however, and he doubled down on American criticism of Europe.

Merkel’s comments at the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of world leaders and top global defense and foreign policy officials, followed days of acrimony between the U.S. and Europe over Iran.

Merkel told the group — which included the largest U.S. delegation ever with dozens of members of Congress, Ivanka Trump, Pence and others — that she shared American concerns about many Iranian efforts to increase its power in the region.

But while she said the split with the U.S. over Iran’s nuclear agreement “depresses me very much,” she defended it as an important channel to Tehran, stressing the need for international diplomacy.

“I see the ballistic missile program, I see Iran in Yemen and above all I see Iran in Syria,” she said. “The only question that stands between us on this issue is, do we help our common cause, our common aim of containing the damaging or difficult development of Iran, by withdrawing from the one remaining agreement? Or

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes United States Vice President Mike Pence, left, for a bilateral meeting during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

do we help it more by keeping the small anchor we have in order maybe to exert pressure in other areas?”

Germany, Britain, France, China, Russia and the European Union have been trying to keep the 2015 deal with Iran alive since President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of it last year.

The deal offers Iran sanctions relief for limiting its nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that, so far, Tehran is sticking to the agreement.

But the U.S. argues that the deal just puts off when Iran might be able to build a nuclear bomb. Speaking after Merkel, Pence pushed

for Europeans to end their involvement in the nuclear deal, calling Iran “the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world.”

“The time has come for our European partners to stop undermining U.S. sanctions against this murderous revolutionary regime,” Pence said.

“The time has come for our European partners to stand with us and with the Iranian people, our allies and friends in the region. The time has come for our European partners to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.”

Merkel’s speech was warmly received, while Pence’s was met with polite applause.

“This was a big and sayit-as-it-is Merkel speech,”

Daniela Schwarzer, the director of the German Council on Foreign Relations think tank, wrote on Twitter.

“Minutes of applause and standing ovations for a powerful commitment to picking up the pieces of a shattered (world) order and working on a European and (international) order that creates win-win situations.”

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who was in office when the Iran nuclear deal was negotiated, went out of his way to thank Merkel and defended the Iran deal as a “significant agreement.”

Biden told the group that many Americans did not agree with the Trump administration’s “America first” approach.

Nigeria’s candidates blame each other in surprise vote delay

By HILARY UGURU, CARA ANNA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press

KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s top candidates on Saturday condemned the surprise last-minute decision to delay the presidential election for a week until Feb. 23, blaming each other but appealing to Africa’s largest democracy for calm.

The decision, announced five hours before polls were to open, is a costly one, with analysts at SBM Intelligence estimating an economic hit of $2 billion, plus a blow to the country’s reputation. Authorities now must decide what to do with already delivered voting materials in a tense atmosphere where some electoral facilities in recent days have been torched.

Electoral commission

chairman Mahmood Yakubu told observers, diplomats and others that the delay had nothing to do with insecurity or political influence. He blamed “very trying circumstances” including bad weather affecting flights and the fires at three commission offices in an apparent “attempt to sabotage our preparations.”

If the vote had continued as planned, polling units could not have opened at the same time nationwide. “This is very important to public perceptions of elections as free, fair and credible,” Yakubu said, adding that as late as 2 a.m. they were still confident the election could go ahead.

The new Feb. 23 election date is “without equivocation” final, he said.

Bitter voters in the capital, Abuja, and elsewhere who traveled home to cast their ballots, including from Nige-

ria’s vast diaspora, said they could not afford to wait another seven days, and warned that election apathy could follow. Some anguished over rescheduling weddings, exams and other milestones.

If the electoral commission knew about complications, why wait until the final moment to announce a delay, asked Godspower Egbenekama, spokesman for the Gbaramatu kingdom in Delta state in the restive south. “This shows that someone is pulling the strings from somewhere.”

The party backing top opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of “instigating this postponement” with the aim of ensuring a low turnout.

It urged Nigerians to turn out in greater numbers a week from now.

“You can postpone an elec-

tion, but you cannot postpone destiny,” Abubakar tweeted.

Buhari said he was “deeply disappointed” after the electoral commission had “given assurances, day after day and almost hour after hour that they are in complete readiness for the elections.” His statement appealed for calm and asserted that his administration does not interfere in the commission’s work.

A spokesman for the president’s campaign committee, Festus Keyamo, accused Abubakar’s party of causing the delay to try to slow Buhari’s momentum.

But a ruling party campaign director in Delta state, Goodnews Agbi, said it was better to give the commission time to conduct a credible vote instead of rushing into a sham one “that the whole world will criticize later.”

PARIS — Police fired tear gas and brought in water cannons and a horse brigade to disperse several thousand yellow vest protesters Saturday massed near a Paris landmark at the end of a march through the French capital, the 14th straight weekend of demonstrations.

Anti-Semitic remarks hurled by a few at a noted philosopher on the protesters’ route were the bitter finale to a day of tension.

Acrid clouds of tear gas filled the esplanade of Les Invalides monument, obscuring the gold dome that crowns the monument housing Napoleon’s tomb.

Tension also marked demonstrations in other cities.

In Rouen, in Normandy, a car blocked by demonstrators pushed through the crowd, slightly injuring four people, the all-news channel BFMTV reported.

Police used tear gas and water cannon in Bordeaux, a stronghold of the yellow vest movement, and other cities on the 14th straight Saturday of protests. Another demonstration in the capital was planned for Sunday to mark three months since the movement held its first nationwide protests Nov. 17.

In Paris, an array of insults, some anti-Semitic, by a handful of yellow vest protesters targeted a wellknown French philosopher, Alain Finkielkraut, underscoring excesses that surge within an increasingly divided movement with radical fringes.

President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that “the anti-Semitic injuries he received are the absolute negation of what we are and of what makes us a great nation.”

The president’s was among a chorus of tweets, with Interior Minister Christophe Castaner denouncing “the surge of pure hate,” while government spokesman Benjamin Griveau tweeted that “the ugly beast lurks in the anonymity of the crowd.”

The insults included words like “Zionist!” and “Go back to Tel Aviv!” and “We are France!”

Finkielkraut once showed sympathy for the movement but criticized it in a recent interview with Le Figaro daily. Some yellow vest protesters have expressed racist or anti-Semitic views

online and on the sidelines of protests.

“I felt an absolute hate,” Finkielkraut told the Sunday paper Le Journal du Dimanche. He expressed relief that police intervened.

Lines of riot police used tear gas and an impressive backup, a special horse brigade and water cannons — apparently not used — to force the agitated crowd to disperse.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said 15 people were detained for questioning, far less than the scores detained in earlier, larger demonstrations that degenerated into scattered rioting and destruction.

Violence has marked most of the protests that started against fuel taxes and grew into a mass movement against Macron and his pro-business policies.

However, the increasingly divided movement is having trouble maintaining momentum, and support from the public that initially massively backed protesters, polls showed.

French media quoted the Interior Ministry as saying that 41,500 protesters nationwide turned out Saturday, some 10,000 less than the previous week, with 5,000 in Paris.

“No social peace without equitable sharing … The people aren’t a milk cow,” was the message scrawled on a wooden cross, carried by a protester dressed in monk’s garb.

In Paris, tensions mounted as the more than fourhour march ended at the Invalides, with projectiles thrown at police, some by masked individuals dressed in black, a uniform for the ultra-leftist Blackblocs.

BFM showed people running after moving police cars, hitting the windows.

The march — one of seven yellow vest demonstrations in Paris on Saturday — began hours earlier at the Arc de Triomphe at the top of the Champs-Elysees, the stage of past rioting, and wound through Paris, from moneyed Right Bank streets with high-fashion boutiques to Left Bank student quarters.

Many French are asking aloud how long the yellow vest movement will keep up its protests, which drain security forces and have dented the French economy.

Emilie Bidois, from the Normandy town of Gisors, who was taking part in the Paris protest, admitted she was growing tired — but remaining determined.

Bulgarian nationalists march in honor of pro-Nazi general

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garian nationalists have for his anti-Semitic and promarched through Sofia, the Nazi activities. country’s capital, to honor a The annual Lukov SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bul- World War II general known March, staged by the farright Bulgarian National Union, attracted hundreds of dark-clad supporters who walked through downtown Sofia holding torches and Bulgarian flags and chanting nationalist slogans.

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The city mayor had banned the rally but organizers won a court order overturning the ban.

A heavy police presence blocked any clashes between nationalists and their opponents.

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World Jewish Congress warned about the rise of far-right activities across Europe aimed at promoting anti-Semitism, hatred, xenophobia and Nazi glorification among young people.

“We urge governments across Europe to prioritize the introduction of administrative bans against such marches. This is not just a problem of the Jewish communities, but of European citizens and governments at large,” the organization’s CEO Robert Singer said.

In Sofia, the marchers praised Gen. Hristo Lukov, who had supported Germany during World War II and was killed by an antifascist resistance movement on Feb. 13, 1943. The general served as Bulgaria’s war minister from 1935 to 1938, and led the pro-Nazi Germany Union of Bulgarian Legions from 1932 until 1943.

Organizers deny that Lukov was an anti-Semitic

fascist or that they are neofascists, but claim that the descendants of the murderers of Lukov are afraid of the event.

Zvezdomir Andronov, leader of the Bulgarian National Union, says the group’s main objective is “the salvation of the Bulgarian people” from the social and economic crisis the country has been facing for many decades.

Nationalists from other European countries voiced anti-globalist and anti-EU slogans at the march and called on their peers from across the continent to join forces.

“We want to get in contact with other nationalists in Europe, as we strongly believe that free, independent countries are very important. We want to regain the power from the globalists — the people who are running the EU, the people who are devastating Europe,” said Per Sjogren of Sweden’s Nordic Resistance Movement.

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Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart

By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer

NEW YORK — In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering billions in tax incentives and lighting the Empire State Building in Amazon orange.

Even Governor Andrew Cuomo got in on the action: “I’ll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that’s what it takes,” he joked at the time.

Then Amazon made it official: It chose the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens to build a $2.5 billion campus that could house 25,000 workers, in addition to new offices planned for northern Virginia. Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Democrats who have been political adversaries for years, trumpeted the decision as a major coup after edging out more than 230 other proposals.

But what they didn’t expect was the protests, the hostile public hearings and the disparaging tweets that would come in the next three months, eventually leading to Amazon’s dramatic Valentine’s Day breakup with New York.

Immediately after Amazon’s Nov. 12 announcement, criticism started to pour in. The deal included $1.5 billion in special tax breaks and grants for the

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reportedly showed Davis stealing a check from the hotel, police reported.

Officers located Davis on Nov. 24, and she alleg-

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It costs about $150 a day to incarcerate someone in Alaska, while it costs about $95 to do it in the Lower 48, according to a release from the governor’s office.

According to the presentation Friday, Dunleavy’s budget proposes that the state cut $29 million in funding for DOC. These cuts would be cut in part by a combined $11 million from federal funding and from “other” sources. Robb said a large amount of this “other” category comes from Permanent Fund Dividends that some inmates apply for but don’t receive because they’re ineligible. She said this money usually goes to health care in prisons.

Estimated state costs (fiscal notes) from Dunleavy’s proposed crime bills will also help offset cuts, presenters said to the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday and Friday.

The state used to send inmates out of state and stopped a few years ago, as Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, pointed out during Friday’s meeting.

In an interview after the meeting, DOC Administrative Services Director Sylvan Robb said the department started phasing out of sending prisoners out of state in 2012 or 2013.

The main reason the state stopped sending inmates out of state, Robb said, was because Goose Creek Correctional Center north of Anchorage was built, so the state had room to keep everyone in state.

Now, as the Dunleavy administration aims to cut $1.6 billion from the

In this Nov. 14, 2018 file photo, protesters hold up anti-Amazon signs during a coalition rally and press conference of elected officials, community organizations and unions opposing Amazon headquarters getting subsidies to locate in Long Island City, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

company, but a closer look at the total package revealed it to be worth at least $2.8 billion. Some of the same politicians who had signed a letter to woo Amazon were now balking at the tax incentives.

“Offering massive corporate welfare from scarce public resources to one of the wealthiest corporations in the world at a time of great need in our state is just wrong,” said New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris and New York City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Democrats who represent the Long Island City area, in a joint statement.

The next day, CEO Jeff Bezos was on the cover

of The New York Post in a cartoon-like illustration, hanging out of a helicopter, holding money bags in each hand, with cash billowing above the skyline.

“QUEENS RANSOM,” the headline screamed. The New York Times editorial board, meanwhile, called the deal a “bad bargain” for the city: “We won’t know for 10 years whether the promised 25,000 jobs will materialize,” it said.

Anti-Amazon rallies were planned for the next week.

Protesters stormed a New York Amazon bookstore on the day after Thanksgiving and then went to a rally on the steps of a courthouse near the site of the new

headquarters in the pouring rain. Some held cardboard boxes with Amazon’s smile logo turned upside down.

They had a long list of grievances: the deal was done secretively; Amazon, one of the world’s most valuable companies, didn’t need nearly $3 billion in tax incentives; rising rents could push people out of the neighborhood; and the company was opposed to unionization.

The helipad kept coming up, too: Amazon, in its deal with the city, was promised it could build a spot to land a helicopter on or near the new offices.

At the first public hearing in December, which turned

edly admitted to cashing the unauthorized checks as well as forging the manager’s signature. Davis initially told officers that she used the checks to pay rent, bills, and other household expenses, but eventually added that she purchased a flat screen TV and a fu-

ton with the funds, both of which were found in her apartment, according to police.

Davis has been charged with one count of firstdegree forgery, a class B felony, and one count of second-degree theft, a class C felony.

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state’s spending in order to balance the budget without any new revenues, OMB and DOC are considering bringing back the program of sending inmates out of state.

Kara Nelson, the former director of Haven House in Juneau (a faithbased home for women entering society after leaving prison) and a longtime advocate for reentry efforts in Alaska, told the Empire in a phone interview Friday that the conditions of many of the prisons people were sent to out of state were “horrendous.”

Nelson, who spent time in prison herself, said the father of her children was sent to prisons in Colorado and Arizona and that it was extremely difficult for her and her children to stay in touch with him. Nelson was particularly critical of private prisons.

“It’s big business, and it’s unfortunate that people are making money off the backs of socially, economically challenged, marginalized communities,” Nelson said. “Especially in Alaska, when we have so many rural areas, we’re already at a disadvantage when they have to go to prison in our larger communities, let alone taking them out of state.”

In the long run, she said, sending people out of state will harm them and harm the state. In her reentry work, Nelson has heard many stories about how poor the health care is in private prisons and how little oversight and transparency there is in the prisons.

When people come back to Alaska after stays at bad prisons outside the state, she said, many of them haven’t received treatment they need for mental health or substance

abuse disorder issues. She said it’s not surprising that this administration is proposing this.

“It’s devastating,” Nelson said. “Our state right now, especially because of the exploitation that you’re seeing in our political government of people’s fears at the moment, which is my view of it, it’s really a shame because the effects of this are not going to be worth any dollars that they think that they’re saving.”

A connection to the industry?

The issue of private prisons has woven through this legislative session already, as lawmakers have called attention to Arduin’s previous ties to the industry.

Arduin has held positions with organizations connected with private prison company GEO Group, according to a 2005 report from the LA Times.

In a tense exchange at Friday’s presentation, Wielechowski specifically asked Arduin about her connections to the private prison industry, and said Arduin had been on the board of GEO Group.

“I was not on the board of GEO,” Arduin said. “I have no connections with private prisons and I have not had any conversations with them.”

In a statement recently emailed to the Empire, OMB Deputy Commissioner Laura Cramer provided some clarification about Arduin’s connections to GEO Group.

“She was an independent trustee for a publicly traded company, Centrcore Properties Trust (a REIT) during 2005-2006,” Cramer’s statement read.

“GEO was one of Centrcore’s leasing customers.

She never had a financial interest with GEO or GEO Care.”

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13 murder counts stemming from crimes in the 1970s and 1980s across six counties in the state.

Encouraged by the new investigative method, the Alaska Troopers’ Cold Case Unit (CCU) submitted the unknown DNA profile from Sophie’s case in July of 2018 to Parabon Nanolabs, a Virginia-based company which utilizes extracted DNA to perform the genetic genealogy testing.

Downs, 44, was a UAF

into a hostile, three-hour interrogation of two Amazon executives by city lawmakers, the helipad was mentioned more than a dozen times. The image of highpaid executives buzzing by a nearby low-income housing project became a symbol of corporate greed.

Queens residents soon found postcards from Amazon in their mailboxes, trumpeting the benefits of the project. Gianaris sent his own version, calling the company “Scamazon” and urging people to call Bezos and tell him to stay in Seattle.

At a second city council hearing in January, Amazon’s vice president for public policy, Brian Huseman, subtly suggested that perhaps the company’s decision to come to New York could be reversed.

“We want to invest in a community that wants us,” he said.

Then came a sign that Amazon’s opponents might actually succeed in derailing the deal: In early February, Gianaris was tapped for a seat on a little-known state panel that often has to approve state funding for big economic development projects. That meant if Amazon’s deal went before the board, Gianaris could kill it.

“I’m not looking to negotiate a better deal,” Gianaris said at the time. “I am against the deal that has been proposed.”

Cuomo had the power to block Gianaris’ appointment, but he didn’t indicate

whether he would take that step.

Meanwhile, Amazon’s own doubts about the project started to show. On Feb. 8, The Washington Post reported that the company was having second thoughts about the Queens location.

On Wednesday, Cuomo brokered a meeting with four top Amazon executives and the leaders of three unions critical of the deal. The union leaders walked away with the impression that the parties had an agreed upon framework for further negotiations, said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union.

“We had a good conversation. We talked about next steps. We shook hands,” Appelbaum said.

An Amazon representative did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

The final blow landed Thursday, when Amazon announced on a blog post that it was backing out, surprising the mayor, who had spoken to an Amazon executive Monday night and received “no indication” that the company would bail.

Amazon still expected the deal to be approved, according to a source familiar with Amazon’s thinking, but that the constant criticism from politicians didn’t make sense for the company to grow there.

“I was flabbergasted,” De Blasio said. “Why on earth after all of the effort we all put in would you simply walk away?”

student at the time of the killing and lived at the dorm where Sergie’s body was found, troopers said.

Sergie was a former UAF student, but she was not enrolled when she went to stay with a friend at the UAF dorm shortly before her death, according to charging documents. She was last seen alive when she left to smoke a cigarette and her friend suggested she smoke near exhaust vents in the women’s tub room to avoid the cold outside, the court papers said.

Janitors found Sergie’s body in a tub in a shower room at the dorm the af-

ternoon of April 26, 1993.

Charging documents say she was sexually assaulted, shot in the back of the head and stabbed numerous times.

Biological evidence was collected, but at the time, DNA technology was not in used in Alaska, according to the court papers. Investigators later developed a DNA profile to compare the DNA of possible suspects over the years, to no avail.

Downs will be extradited to Alaska, troopers said. Online court files do not list an attorney for Downs.

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AccuWeather® 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna Today

Monday

Not as cold with snow, 2-4"

Mostly cloudy

Hi: 32

Lo: 28

Hi: 36

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Lo: 23

RealFeel

Intervals of clouds and sunshine Hi: 33

Lo: 15

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Hi: 26

Hi: 32

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Last Feb 26

Daylight Day Length - 9 hrs., 18 min., 9 sec.

Daylight gained - 5 min., 29 sec.

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Kotzebue 23/17

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Today 3:13 p.m.

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Bethel 32/23

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Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

33/29/sf 49/39/pc 68/23/pc 58/48/pc 63/55/sh 47/39/s 55/43/c 47/38/pc 16/10/sn 50/47/c 11/-4/sn 41/31/sn 44/36/pc 29/23/pc 36/23/sf 74/55/pc 45/30/pc 59/54/r 29/13/c 34/16/pc 37/24/pc

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Glennallen 31/26

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Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Midland, TX Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix

Valdez 35/29

Juneau 29/23

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Kodiak 43/35

91 at Zapata, Texas -28 at Cotton, Minn.

80/53/c 26/14/sn 84/69/pc 54/41/sh 40/32/c 60/45/s 43/28/pc 42/31/c 81/61/pc 80/36/pc 28/12/c 21/-1/c 44/33/c 77/65/c 43/34/s 48/47/r 33/21/c 20/1/pc 81/55/pc 46/36/s 63/49/pc

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Sitka 34/31

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24 hours ending 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.01" Month to date .......................... 0.27" Normal month to date ............ 0.51" Year to date .............................. 1.04" Normal year to date ................. 1.47" Record today ................ 0.24" (1968) Record for Feb. ............ 2.80" (1955) Record for year ........... 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours ending 4 p.m. yest. ... 0.2" Month to date ............................ 6.0" Season to date ........................ 26.7"

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Ketchikan 34/23

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Cold Bay 40/35

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Nome 26/13

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Seward, Nikiski split Bulldogs girls, Seahawks boys triumph

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Friday’s Southcentral Conference matchup between host Nikiski and Seward featured a pair of blowouts — one not-sosurprising and the other surprising.

The Nikiski girls notched a 66-20 win in the game that falls into the not-so-surprising category. The Bulldogs are now 6-0 in the league and 18-2 overall, while the Seahawks have just two

wins this season, both out of league. On Jan. 10, Nikiski topped Seward 66-38.

The Seward boys came back with a 55-26 victory in the contest that was surprising. On Jan. 10, Nikiski took a 48-45 decision in Seward.

The teams also have comparable records — Seward at 4-3 and 11-11 after a Saturday victory at Kenai, and Nikiski at 4-2 and 6-10.

“I thought Seward came ready to play,” Nikiski boys head coach Reid Kornstad said. “They played with in-

tensity and we were never able to match that intensity.”

Seward led 8-0 before Nikiski scored and then 15-4 with 2 minutes, 59 seconds, left in the first quarter.

The earlier season result had the feel in the air that a Nikiski run would come eventually, but the lead kept climbing. 20-7 after a quarter. 32-10 at the half. 46-19 after three quarters.

“We worked really well together as a team,” Seward head coach Al Plan said.

See SPLIT, page B4

Seward’s Sequoia Sieverts taps the ball away from Nikiski’s Bailey Epperheimer on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Bears blow out Steel Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears continued the upswing they had been on before former head coach Josh Petrich resigned for personal reasons last weekend.

The Bears had earned six points in four games before Petrich resigned. Thursday and Friday at the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel, the Bears got three more points with an overtime loss Thursday and a 5-0 victory Friday.

“The kids have been working hard all week in practice,” interim head coach Dan Bogdan said.

“Despite the loss, I thought we played well (Thursday), and tonight we won in convincing fashion.”

Kenai River is now 16-

Soldotna’s Ituau Tuisaula (13) looks at the rim against Wasilla’s Bella Hays Friday night in a conference meeting at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

SoHi girls sweep Wasilla Stars boys take 1 of 2 NLC contests from Warriors

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

When it’s your year, it’s your year. And right now, the Soldotna girls are having a year.

The Stars ticked another overdue win off their list Friday night in Soldotna with a 56-41 victory over the Wasilla Warriors, then Saturday notched a dramatic, come-from-behind, 49-47 victory over Wasilla.

The Stars clinched the top seed at the Northern Lights Conference tour-

nament, which is March 7 to 9 at Soldotna, and ran their record to 8-0 in the league and 20-2 overall.

Not to be outdone, the Soldotna boys then also came back to pull off a victory over the Warriors on Saturday, winning 3833 after losing 54-40 on Friday. SoHi moves to 5-3 in the league and 11-9 overall, while Wasilla is 4-2 in the NLC. The Wasilla boys had a 10-3 lead after the first quarter, then the game was tied at 17 at the half.

SoHi grabbed a 30-26

lead after three quarters and was able to hang on for the win.

Brock Kant had 12 for the Stars, while Jersey Truesdell had 11. Daniel Headdings paced Wasilla with 18 points.

Friday’s triumph for the SoHi girls was the first win over Wasilla in five years, and the first with Kyle McFall as their head coach. SoHi’s most recent win over Wasilla came Feb. 21, 2014, the last year with Doug Blossom as head coach, when the Stars bested the Warriors

46-31.

That, combined with another five-year victory drought snapped earlier this season over the Colony Knights, has given the Stars a legit team-to-beat feel.

“It’s pretty nice,” said senior guard Brittani Blossom. “It’s just a good feeling knowing that everyone else doubted us going into the season and we’ve proven them wrong every time.”

Blossom drained three 3-pointers to finish with See STARS, page B2

23-3-2 and 13 points out of the final playoff spot in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division.

Chippewa is last in the division at 15-28-2-1.

The Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues have been red hot of late and have rocketed up the Midwest standings into a tie with the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets for third place. Kenai River travels to Springfield for games Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Chris Hedlund, associate general manager, joined Bogdan on the bench this weekend. Justin Adams, an assistant who had been helping out at home games, will join the Bears for the rest of the trip.

Kenai River’s defense and goaltender Gavin EnSee BEARS, page B3

Kenai girls top Palmer, Seward Seward boys nip Kards Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The host Kenai Central girls basketball team notched a 49-37 nonconference victory over Palmer on Friday.

The Moose led 17-16 at the half, but Kenai won the third quarter 19-9 and the fourth 14-11.

Jaycie Calvert paced the Kardinals with 16 points, hitting five 3-pointers. For Palmer, Abriana Busbey had 11 points.

Seward boys 48, Kenai 42 Somebody from the Southcentral Conference finally figured out how to top the host Kardinals in a close

Hoops roundup game, as the Seahawks dropped Kenai to 5-1 in the league with the Saturday loss.

Seward led 16-12 after the first quarter, but Kenai led 25-22 at the half. The end of three saw Kenai clinging to a 33-32 lead, but the Seahawks won the final frame 16-9.

For Seward, Connor Spanos had 14 points, while Sam Koster pitched in 10.

For the Kardinals, Adam Trujillo had 13.

Palmer boys 55, Kenai 42 The visiting Moose domSee HOOPS, page B3

Soldotna boys, Homer girls net borough titles

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Saturday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Nordic ski championships offered a small dose of redemption for the Soldotna boys team and a clutch victory for the Homer girls.

The Soldotna boys won convincingly while the Homer girls prevailed with a late pass on the final leg of the day at Tsalteshi Trails, in a meet designed just for peninsula programs Kenai Central, Soldotna, Homer and Seward.

The overcast day began with a thin layer of fresh snow that had fallen in the morning, then transitioned

to near whiteout conditions by the time the boys relay was finishing up, as several inches of powder layered the trails.

The boys relay was dominated by the Stars, beginning with senior Jeremy Kupferschmid’s blazing classic leg that put SoHi out front by over a minute when he tagged to the next skier.

“Motivation was just trying to stay smooth, stay calm,” Kupferschmid said about racing up front by himself. “I just wanted to stay relaxed and breathing good.”

Kupferschmid broke his pole last week at the Region III meet at the Government Peak Ski Area in Palmer, a

moment of bad luck that resulted in Kupferschmid skiing for about two full kilometers with one pole while he searched for a coach to hand him a new one from the sidelines.

At the end of the day, the SoHi boys lost the Region III team race by a slim margin of eight seconds after two days of racing, leaving the Stars lamenting what could have been a fourth straight region crown.

By the time Kupferschmid, Foster Boze and Jack Harris turned Saturday’s relay race over to anchor leg Bradley Walters, the SoHi boys had a daunting lead over the rest of the See SKI, page B4

Kenai’s Josh Foster races Saturday afternoon in the boys relay at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Nordic ski meet at the Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/ Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna’s Danica Schmidt drives against Wasilla’s Harmony McSorley (right) Friday night in a conference meeting at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

. . . Stars Continued from page B1

18 points Friday, taking over after teammate Aliann Schmidt keyed a fast start with 13 of her game-high 19 points in the first quarter. Junior forward Ituau Tuisaula also chipped in 12 points.

The Warriors have won five of the last eight Class 4A girls state championships but have experienced a roller-coaster season in 2019 with the loss of several key players to graduation, plus the absence of superstar player Olivia Davies to injury.

The inconsistent year for Wasilla coinciding with a rise in production for Soldotna has resulted in a breakout campaign for SoHi, but trying to beat any team that is coached by Wasilla legend Jeannie Hebert-Truax is no small task.

“It’s a big win but we’ve got to do it again (Saturday),” said SoHi head coach Kyle McFall, who picked up his first win (1-9) against Hebert-Truax in his coaching career with the Stars.

Schmidt had 17 of the team’s first 25 points, and hit two triples as part of a rapid barrage of points in the opening period, helping SoHi out to an 11-6 lead.

However, Schmidt was mirrored by Wasilla’s dangerous freshman Bella Hays, whose 6-foot-3 frame in the post helped her score eight points for the Warriors in the first quarter, which ended 16-12 with SoHi in front.

“We just want to try to put teams away and not give them any confidence,” Blossom said about the fast start.

McFall has a knack for

spotting key matchups, and said Schmidt had a big mismatch on the perimeter early with her speed and agility against some of Wasilla’s less experienced guards.

McFall added that once the Warriors began rotating players to defend Schmidt, that opened up the rest of the offense to Tuisaula and Blossom.

“There’s only so many (players) you can take away,” McFall said.

A late 8-0 run by SoHi to close the first half left the Stars with a 33-17 halftime lead. Blossom notched six of those points herself, including a trey with 58 seconds to go, and Danica Schmidt put back an offensive rebound with five ticks left to send SoHi to the locker room with momentum.

Hays kept Wasilla in striking range in the third quarter with an early putback layup and was joined by teammate Sheridan Green in cutting the lead back to 35-21, but Tuisaula and Aliann Schmidt answered back with two buckets on Wasilla turnovers, and Blossom joined the party with a deep 3 and a layup off of a steal in the final two minutes of the third, pushing the SoHi lead to 48-26 after three quarters.

Wasilla strung together a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter, but SoHi took the sting off by draining the clock on each possession with tough defense.

Hays led the Wasilla offense with 16 points. SoHi held one of Wasilla’s top scoring threats, Cheyenne Green, to just two points.

ed attack in Daniel Headdings and Luke Devine as the Warriors forged a Friday night split with a convincing NLC victory on SoHi’s home court.

Devine tallied 18 points to lead the Warriors and Headdings notched 10 of his 15 points in the first quarter as Wasilla netted the first nine points of the game and staved off each Soldotna attack.

The Stars got a game from junior Jersey Truesdell, who shot a game-high 26 points thanks to seven 3s, but it wasn’t enough to push SoHi to an upset victory.

“They’re good, and they’ve been good for a decade,” said SoHi coach Nolan Rose. “We didn’t start the game with the kind of purposeful effort that we needed to. I’m not saying we didn’t play hard, but if you play hard without direction, you’re a chicken with your head cut off.”

Soldotna was also without junior guard Ray Chumley, who was out due to flu symptoms that caused him to miss Friday’s classes, according to Rose.

Rose said Chumley’s absence hurt SoHi’s depth, leaving the spotlight on Truesdell to perform.

“If you spot a team like that, that kind of advantage, you’re playing uphill the whole time and it’ll be difficult,” Rose said.

Headdings and Devine are the only two returning players from last year’s 4A boys state championship team that hold significant varsity experience, but Wasilla head coach Ryan Engebretsen said the Warriors’ defensive attitude Wasilla boys 54, helped force turnovers early Soldotna 40 that put the Stars out of their The SoHi boys felt the groove, and it helped the brunt of Wasilla’s two-head- Wasilla offense get into its

Soldotna’s Tyler Morrison (4) puts up a shot against Wasilla’s Daniel Headdings Friday night in a conference meeting at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/ Peninsula Clarion)

groove.

“It’s the same key to every game with this group,” Engebretsen said. “It’s about the entire team buying in and playing well with five guys, finding a way to click offensively and stay engaged.”

Wasilla went up 9-0 early and led 18-9 after one quarter, which was capped with a deep trey from Headdings just before the buzzer.

Wasilla scored at the end of long possessions in each of the first three quarters.

The first half was decided on a series of blinding quick passes that led to an open look under the rim by Kody Campbell to cap a 90-second possession, with the Warriors leading 26-18.

Then, the third quarter finished with more efficient ball movement by the Warriors, who managed to end a near minutelong possession with a bucket by Andrew Devine for a 41-29 lead.

Truesdell drained a 3 in the first minute of the third quarter to keep SoHi within range of Wasilla, but the Warriors recorded another 9-0 run midway through the quarter that ended on a Campbell 3-pointer with 2:00 to go. Wasilla led 3723 at that point.

An 8-0 run helped push Wasilla to the win in the fourth quarter.

Soldotna girls 49, Wasilla 47 The Stars trailed 32-22 at the half Saturday and were down 15 in the third quarter before they started to work their way back into the game, trailing 41-38 at the end of the third quarter.

Wasilla had the lead back up to seven with three minutes left in the game before the Stars made a final push.

Brittani Blossom, on her 18th birthday, hit the goahead 3-pointer with a little over a minute left. Wasilla’s Bella Hayes then had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer, but missed.

McFall said in an email his girls stepped up and played lockdown defense for the final two possessions, showing great composure down the stretch.

“Crowd was awesome and gave the players great energy,” McFall wrote.

Bella Hays had 15 points to lead Wasilla, while Harmony McSorley and Sheridan Green each pitched in 11. For Soldotna, Aliann Schmidt had 15, while Brittani Blossom and Ituau Tuisaula had 11 apiece.

0, Lawhead 0, Wagle 1, A. Devine 6.

SOLDOTNA (40) — Rich 0, Morrison 4, Hanson 4, Truesdell 26, Kant 0, Wells 0, Rosin 0, Michael 6.

3-point FG — Wasilla 4 (Headdings 3, Devine 1); Soldotna 7 (Truesdell 7).

Team fouls — Wasilla 12; Soldotna 4.

Fouled out — none.

Friday girls Stars 56, Warriors 41 Wasilla 12 5 9 15 —41 Soldotna 16 17 15 8 —56 WASILLA (41) — Mears 0, McSorley 9, Anderson 0, Lawhead 8, S. Green 6, C. Green 2, Cox 0, Hays 16.

SOLDOTNA (56) — McGillivray 3, Buckbee 0, Blossom 18, A. Schmidt 19, Bouschor 2, Tuisaula 12, Holland 0, Crosby-Schneider 0, D. Schmidt 2.

3-point FG — Wasilla 0; Soldotna 5 (Blossom 3, A. Schmidt 2).

Team fouls — Wasilla 13; Soldotna 10.

Fouled out — none.

Saturday girls Stars 49, Warriors 47 Wasilla 15 17 9 6 — 47 Soldotna 11 11 16 11 — 49 WASILLA (47) — McSorley 11, Anderson 2, Lawhead 4, S. Green 11, C. Green 4, Cox 0, Hays 15. Totals — 20 6-12 47.

SOLDOTNA (49) — McGillivray 2, Buckbee 0, Blossom 11, A. Schmidt 15, Bouschor 0, Tuisaula 11, Holland 0, Crosby-Schneider 2, D. Schmidt 8.

Totals — 18 10-15 49.

3-point goals — Wasilla 1 (S. Green); Soldotna 3 (Blossom, A. Schmidt, D. Schmidt). Team fouls — Wasilla 12, Soldotna 9. Fouled out — none.

Saturday boys Stars 38, Warriors 33 Wasilla 10 7 9 7 — 33 Soldotna 3 14 13 8 — 38

WASILLA (54) — Devine 18, Campbell 10, Kaufman 4, Headdings 15, Koval

WASILLA (33) — L. Devine 7, Campbell 4, Kaufman 2, Headdings 18, Koval 0, Lawhead 0, A. Devine 2. Totals — 10 11-13 33.

SOLDOTNA (38) — Morrison 4, Hanson 0, Chumley 6, Truesdell 11, Kant 12, Rosin 0, Michael 5. Totals — 13 7-11 38.

3-point goals — Wasilla 2 (Headdings 2); Soldotna 5 (Chumley 2, Kant 2, Truesdell). Team fouls — Wasilla 9, Soldotna 13. Fouled out — none.

Pacific Division Golden State 41 16 .719 L.A. Clippers 32 27 .542 Sacramento 30 27 .526 L.A. Lakers 28 29 .491 Phoenix 11 48 .186

Colorado 58 Chicago 59 Pacific Division Calgary 58 San Jose 59 Vegas 60

Friday boys Warriors 54, Stars 40 Wasilla 18 8 15 13 —54 Soldotna 9 9 11 11 —40

Scoreboard Basketball Men’s Major Scores EAST Brown 65, Columbia 63 Colgate 83, American U. 81, OT Coppin St. 58, Md.-Eastern Shore 55 Duquesne 85, George Washington 69 Fairleigh Dickinson 97, Bryant 84 Fordham 66, Rhode Island 63, OT Harvard 75, Penn 68, OT Holy Cross 72, Bucknell 71 Iowa 71, Rutgers 69 LIU Brooklyn 92, Sacred Heart 84 Lehigh 84, Boston U. 79 Navy 79, Army 68 North Florida 64, NJIT 63 Princeton 69, Dartmouth 68 St. Francis (Pa.) 72, Robert Morris 69 St. Francis Brooklyn 90, CCSU 79 Stony Brook 66, New Hampshire 64 Towson 92, Drexel 77 UMBC 70, Mass.-Lowell 66 Vermont 77, Hartford 75 Virginia Tech 70, Pittsburgh 64 Wagner 58, Mount St. Mary’s 56 Xavier 75, Providence 61 Yale 98, Cornell 92 SOUTH Alabama St. 68, Alabama A&M 62 Appalachian St. 88, Coastal Carolina 79 Auburn 64, Vanderbilt 53 Austin Peay 73, Morehead St. 70 Belmont 93, Tennessee Tech 65 Bethune-Cookman 98, SC State 73 Charleston Southern 53, Radford 52 Coll. of Charleston 88, Northeastern 79, OT Duke 94, NC State 78 ETSU 88, Mercer 69 FAU 60, Rice 41 FIU 69, North Texas 59 Florida 71, Alabama 53 Florida A&M 78, Savannah St. 74 Florida St. 69, Georgia Tech 47 Furman 96, VMI 62

Gardner-Webb 64, Winthrop 60 High Point 86, Hampton 81, OT Jacksonville St. 84, Tennessee St. 65 James Madison 68, Delaware 61 Kentucky 86, Tennessee 69 LSU 83, Georgia 79 Liberty 80, North Alabama 70 Lipscomb 83, Kennesaw St. 67 Longwood 83, SC-Upstate 79, OT Louisiana Tech 72, UTSA 67 Louisiana-Lafayette 83, LouisianaMonroe 76 Louisville 56, Clemson 55 MVSU 76, Alcorn St. 68 Marshall 98, Middle Tennessee 93 Mississippi 75, Missouri 65 Murray St. 102, E. Kentucky 70 NC A&T 85, Howard 81 New Orleans 68, Texas A&M-CC 58 Norfolk St. 75, NC Central 71, OT North Carolina 95, Wake Forest 57 Northwestern St. 87, Stephen F. Austin 72 Old Dominion 73, Charlotte 60 Prairie View 79, Jackson St. 66 Presbyterian 76, Campbell 71 SE Louisiana 88, McNeese St. 52 Samford 80, Chattanooga 76, OT South Carolina 84, Texas A&M 77 Southern Miss. 77, UTEP 47 Stetson 67, Florida Gulf Coast 55 Temple 70, South Florida 69, OT Texas Southern 86, Grambling St. 85 UAB 68, W. Kentucky 60 UCF 79, Memphis 72 UNC-Wilmington 87, Hofstra 79 Virginia 60, Notre Dame 54 W. Carolina 103, The Citadel 82 William & Mary 84, Elon 74 Wofford 80, UNC-Greensboro 50 MIDWEST Ball St. 57, Akron 56 Bowling Green 87, N. Illinois 67 Bradley 65, Illinois St. 59 Butler 91, DePaul 78 Cent. Michigan 87, Ohio 80 Cleveland St. 89, IUPUI 86 Drake 84, Valparaiso 79

Grand Canyon 90, Chicago St. 59 Green Bay 82, Detroit 73 Iowa St. 78, Kansas St. 64 Kansas 78, West Virginia 53 Kent St. 71, E. Michigan 58 Michigan 65, Maryland 52 Minnesota 84, Indiana 63 Nebraska 59, Northwestern 50 Nebraska-Omaha 74, Purdue Fort Wayne 71 North Dakota 85, Oral Roberts 73 Oakland 89, Milwaukee 73 Purdue 76, Penn St. 64 S. Dakota St. 78, N. Dakota St. 77 S. Illinois 79, Indiana St. 57 SE Missouri 88, E. Illinois 79 Saint Louis 62, La Salle 49 South Dakota 80, W. Illinois 67 UMKC 75, CS Bakersfield 67 UT Martin 73, SIU-Edwardsville 69 Utah Valley 76, Rio Grande 64 VCU 69, Dayton 68 W. Michigan 84, Miami (Ohio) 79, OT Youngstown St. 81, Ill.-Chicago 73 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 68, Incarnate Word 48 Ark.-Pine Bluff 61, Southern U. 45 Arkansas St. 83, Texas-Arlington 79 Houston Baptist 88, Nicholls 82 Lamar 75, Sam Houston St. 72 Mississippi St. 77, Arkansas 67 Oklahoma 71, TCU 62 Texas 69, Oklahoma St. 57 Texas State 67, UALR 60 Texas Tech 86, Baylor 61 FAR WEST Arizona St. 98, Utah 87 BYU 70, Loyola Marymount 62 Cal St.-Fullerton 78, CS Northridge 71 E. Washington 88, N. Colorado 78, OT Fresno St. 81, New Mexico 73 Gonzaga 79, San Diego 67 Montana 80, Idaho St. 68 N. Arizona 78, Sacramento St. 66 Nevada 82, Wyoming 49 New Mexico St. 59, Seattle 53 Oregon St. 72, Oregon 57

Portland St. 78, S. Utah 69 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 72, Pepperdine 65 San Diego St. 71, Boise St. 65 San Francisco 68, Portland 63, OT Santa Clara 64, Pacific 59 Southern Cal 89, California 66 Stanford 104, UCLA 80 UC Davis 77, Long Beach St. 73 UNLV 71, San Jose St. 64 Utah St. 76, Air Force 62 Washington 72, Washington St. 70 Weber St. 94, Montana St. 82

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 43 16 .729 — Boston 37 21 .638 5½ Philadelphia 37 21 .638 5½ Brooklyn 30 29 .508 13 New York 11 47 .190 31½ Southeast Division Charlotte 27 30 .474 — Miami 26 30 .464 ½ Orlando 27 32 .458 1 Washington 24 34 .414 3½ Atlanta 19 39 .328 8½ Central Division Milwaukee 43 14 .754 — Indiana 38 20 .655 5½ Detroit 26 30 .464 16½ Chicago 14 44 .241 29½ Cleveland 12 46 .207 31½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 33 24 .579 San Antonio 33 26 .559 Dallas 26 31 .456 New Orleans 26 33 .441 Memphis 23 36 .390 Northwest Division Denver 39 18 .684 Oklahoma City 37 20 .649 Portland 34 23 .596 Utah 32 25 .561 Minnesota 27 30 .474

— 1 7 8 11 — 2 5 7 12

— 10 11 13 31

Friday’s Games Team USA 161, Team World 144 Saturday’s Games No games scheduled.

Sunday’s Games 2019 NBA All-Star Game Team LeBron West vs. Team Giannis East at Charlotte, N.C., 4 p.m.

All Times AST

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Tampa Bay 59 44 11 4 Boston 59 34 17 8 Toronto 58 36 19 3 Montreal 58 31 20 7 Buffalo 57 28 22 7 Florida 56 24 24 8 Detroit 59 23 28 8 Ottawa 58 22 31 5 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 58 35 17 6 Washington 58 32 19 7 Columbus 57 33 21 3 Carolina 59 31 22 6 Pittsburgh 58 30 21 7 Philadelphia 58 27 24 7 N.Y. Rangers 57 25 24 8 New Jersey 58 22 28 8

11 9

57 186 192 57 192 216

35 16 35 17 32 24

7 7 4

77 212 174 77 214 184 68 180 169

Vancouver

60 26 27

7

59 170 188

Arizona

58 26 27

5

57 152 167

Edmonton

58 24 29

5

53 163 195

Anaheim

58 22 27

9

53 128 185

Los Angeles 58 23 29

6

52 141 179

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 6, Buffalo 2 Carolina 3, Edmonton 1 New Jersey 5, Minnesota 4, OT Boston 3, Anaheim 0

Pts GF GA 92 232 159 76 175 150 75 206 164 69 173 168 63 167 177 56 171 194 54 167 196 49 179 211

Saturday’s Games

76 169 138 71 197 184 69 185 172 68 173 165 67 200 179 61 173 195 58 165 188 52 169 203

Carolina 3, Dallas 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Winnipeg 59 Nashville 61 St. Louis 57 Dallas 58 Minnesota 58

23 24 24 26

Calgary 5, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 6, Detroit 5, OT St. Louis 3, Colorado 0 Arizona 2, Toronto 0 Ottawa 4, Winnipeg 3, OT N.Y. Islanders 5, Edmonton 2 Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 0 Columbus 5, Chicago 2 San Jose 3, Vancouver 2 Vegas 5, Nashville 1 Boston 4, Los Angeles 2 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 8:30 a.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

36 19 34 22 30 22 29 24 27 25

4 5 5 5 6

76 202 171 73 186 160 65 170 162 63 145 149 60 164 172

Philadelphia at Detroit, 2 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 3 p.m.

Washington at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

All Times AST

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. . . Hoops Continued from page B1

inated the second half in picking up a nonconference victory Friday. Kenai led 27-25 at halftime, but Palmer won the second half 30-15.

Jacob Titus and Kenny Marshall had 18 points for Palmer. For Kenai, Adam Trujillo led with 16 points, while Andrew Bezdecny had 10 points.

Kenai girls 47, Seward 10

Daniel Bennett had 22 for the Archangels, while Brendon Gregory and Andrew Howard had 10 points apiece. For CIA, Mason Zeigler had five points.

Lady Grizzly Hardwood Classic The Homer girls lost to Bartlett’s junior varsity 42-25 on Saturday in the fourth-sixth place game of the tournament in Anchorage.

The Homer girls advanced to the fourth-sixth place game with a 56-51 victory over Aniak on Friday.

The host Kardinals cruised to Lumen Christi girls 28, a Southcentral Conference vicNinilchik 25 tory Saturday, leading 12-3 after a The host Archangels came back quarter and 25-4 at the half.

Brooke Satathite had 18 to in the fourth quarter for a Peninlead the Kardinals, while Sequoia sula Conference victory Friday.

Ninilchik led 9-8 after a quarSieverts had six for the Seahawks. ter, but Lumen went up 16-12 at Lumen Christi girls 27, Cook halftime. The Wolverines led 2120 going into the final quarter.

Inlet Academy 26 Jaime Martin had 13 for the The host Archangels held off Archangels, while Sophia Duthe Eagles for a Peninsula Confer- pras had 12. Isabella Koch had 10 ence victory Saturday. points for the Wolverines before CIA led 11-5 after a quarter, but fouling out.

Lumen led 17-16 at halftime. CIA came back for a 22-20 lead after Lumen Christi boys 57, three quarters before the ArchanNinilchik 52 gels finished strong.

The host Archangels notched a Sophia Dupras paced Lumen with 11 points. For CIA, Anna close Peninsula Conference vicHenderson led the way with 10 tory Friday.

Brennan Gregory had 24 points points. for Lumen, while Daniel Bennett Lumen Christi boys 51, Cook and Andrew Howard added 13.For Ninilchik, Garrett Koch led the Inlet Academy 15 way with 16 points, while George After a slow start, the host Nelson had 15 and Jake Clark Archangels cruised to a Peninsula added 10.

Conference victory Saturday.

The game was tied at 4 after a Susitna Valley Crowley Classic quarter, but Lumen then won the The Nikolaevsk boys took third second quarter 19-2 to take conplace at the tournament Saturday, trol.

while the Warriors girls nabbed fourth place.

The Nikolaevsk girls were defeated 57-46 by Tri-Valley in the third-place game. Nikolaevsk led 14-9 after a quarter, but Tri-Valley led 24-21 at halftime and 45-26 after three quarters.

Rachel Cockman pumped in 25 points, 20 of which came in the crucial second and third quarters, while Jazmyn Byfuglien had 16.

Markiana Yakunin poured in 19 points for Nikolaevsk, while Elizabeth Fefelov had 14 points.

Also Saturday, the Nikolaevsk boys notched a 56-32 victory over Fort Yukon in the third-place game. The Warriors led 24-16 at halftime, when won the third quarter 18-6.

Lukah Kalugin had 19 points to lead Nikolaevsk, while Isaak Fefelov added 17. Michael Trail collected 16 rebounds.

Friday, the Nikolaevsk girls notched a 54-31 victory over Sand Point. Elizabeth Fefelov had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Warriors, while Markiana Yakunin had 15 and Sophia Klaich had 10.

Also Friday, the Nikolaevsk boys defeated Sand Point 73-57.

Michael Trail led a balanced scoring attack with 21 points and 22 rebounds, while Isaak Fefelov had 19, Justin Trail had 11, and Kosta Nikitenko and JD Mumey each had 10. Nikitenko had 12 rebounds.

Elizabeth Fefelov and Markiana Yakunin made all-tournament for the girls, while Lukah Kalugin, Michael Trail and Isaak Fefelov made all-tournament for the boys.

Both the Nikolaevsk girls and boys won the sportsmanship award, while Sophia Klaich won the heart and hustle award for the girls, and Lukah Kalugin took that same award for the boys.

Friday boys Moose 55, Kardinals 42 Palmer 8 17 12 18 — 55 Kenai 11 16 6 9 — 42 PALMER (55) — Osiensky 6, L. Marshall 3, Maclean 2, Titus 18, Rankin 2, C. Helm 3, K. Marshall 18, E. Helm 3. Totals — 19 11-14 55.

KENAI CENTRAL (42) — Efta 3, Felchle 5, Baker 3, Bezdecny 10, McEnerney 4, Stockton 0, Trujillo 16, Pitsch 0, McKibben 0. Totals — 14 11-15 42.

3-point goals — Palmer 6 (Titus 4, Osiensky, E. Helm); Kenai 2 (Trujillo 2). Team fouls — Palmer 11, Kenai 16. Fouled out — none.

Archangels 57, Wolverines 52 Ninilchik 12 8 17 15 — 52 Lumen 15 13 18 11 — 57 NINILCHIK (52) — Nelson 15, Hadro 1, Koch 16, Clark 10, Moore 0, Devila 0, Lemons 3, Moto 2, Mumey 5. Totals — 21 4-11 52.

LUMEN CHRISTI (57) — Gregory 24, Cruz 0, D. Bennett 13, Nagel 6, T. Bennett 1, Howard 13. Totals — 22 10-23 57.

3-point goals — Ninilchik 6 (Nelson 3, Koch 2, Lemons); Lumen Christi 3 (Gregory 2, Nagel).

Team fouls — Ninilchik 17, Lumen 11. Fouled out — none.

Friday girls Kardinals 49, Moose 37 Palmer 6 11 9 11 — 37 Kenai 5 11 19 14 — 49 PALMER (37) — Maclean 2, Busbey 11, Pettingill 12, Lunden 6, Uschmann 3, Benshetler 0, Russell 3, Fatton-Meyer 0, Toro 0, Umbarger 0, Omatak 0. Totals — 14 7-15 37.

KENAI CENTRAL (49) — Calvert 16, Galloway 0, Hamilton 0, Maw 0, Hanson 12, Streiff 5, L. Satathite 9, Severson 0, B. Satathite 7. Totals — 17 7-18 49.

3-point goals — Palmer 2 (Busbey, Uschmann); Kenai 8 (Calvert 5, L. Satathite 3). Team fouls — Palmer 18, Kenai 18. Fouled out — none.

Archangels 28, Wolverines 25 Ninilchik 9 3 9 4 — 25 Lumen Christi 8 8 4 8 — 28 NINILCHIK (25) — Koch 10, Cooper 2, Jasper 2, Corey 0, Ra. Okonek 5, Robuck 6, A. Calabrese 0, Ofstad 0, Re. Okonek 0. Totals — 10 2-4 25.

LUMEN CHRISTI (28) — Estes 1, Thorsness 0, Warren 2, Dupras 12, Martin 13. Totals — 11 4-14 28.

3-point goals — Ninilchik 3 (Koch 2, Ra. Okonek); Lumen Christi 2 (Dupras, Martin).

Team fouls — Ninilchik 14, Lumen Christi 7.

Fouled out — Koch.

Saturday girls Viking Warriors 57, Warriors 46 Nikolaevsk 14 7 5 20 — 46 Tri-Valley 9 15 21 12 — 57 NIKOLAEVSK (46) — Klaich 4, Z. Fefelov 0, Lasiter 0, Yakunin 19, Kalugin 0, J. Fefelov 0, E.

Fefelov 14. Totals — 14 15-29 46.

TRI-VALLEY (57) — Titus 0, Mayo 0, Lusby 4, Pryzbylski 5, Byfuglien 16, Usibelli 0, Pennington 7, Tomeo 0, VanDeventer 0, Cockman 25.

Totals — 22 6-8 57.

3-point goals — Nikolaevsk 2 (Yakunin 2); Tri-Valley 7 (Byfuglien 4, Cockman 2, Pryzbylski). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 8, Tri-Valley 19.

Fouled out — none.

Archangels 27, Eagles 26 CIA 11 5 6 4 — 26 Lumen Christi 5 12 3 7 — 27 COOK INLET ACADEMY (26) — Henderson 10, Hyatt 0, Nelson 2, Dohse 0, Nelson 4, Castenholtz 0, Cizek 6, Hammond 0, Warren 4. Totals — 10 6-11 26.

LUMEN CHRISTI (27) — Estes 8, Thorsness 2, Warren 0, Dupras 11, Marten 4, Howard 2.

Totals — 11 0-0 27.

3-point goals — Lumen Christi 5 (Dupras 3, Estes 2). Team fouls — CIA 3, Lumen Christi 8.

Fouled out — none.

Kardinals 47, Seahawks 10 Seward 3 1 4 2 — 10 Kenai 12 13 10 12 — 47 SEWARD (10) — Lemme 3, Ambrosiani 0, Schilling 0, VonBorstel 0, Sieverts 4, Jackson 2, Dougherty 0, Casagranda 0, Sewell 0, Siemanski 1. Totals — 3 4-12 10.

KENAI CENTRAL (47) — Calvert 9, Gallaway 5, Hamilton 2, Maw 0, Hanson 5, Streiff 0, L. Satathite 6, Severson 0, B. Satathite 18, Reis 0, Lauritsen 0. Totals — 17 7-18 47.

3-point goals — Kenai 4 (Calvert 2, Hanson, L. Satathite). Team fouls — Seward 13, Kenai 14.

Fouled out — none.

Saturday boys Archangels 51, Eagles 15 CIA 4 2 4 5 — 15 Lumen Christi 4 19 12 16 — 51 COOK INLET ACADEMY (15) — Johnson 4, Cragg 2, Beard 0, Leaf 1, Walsh 2, VanDeGrift 0, Zeigler 5, Boyd 1. Totals — 4 7-14 15.

LUMEN CHRISTI (51) — Gregory 10, Cruz 5, D. Bennett 22, Lynch 0, Nagel 2, Renfro 0, Bernert 0, T. Bennett 2, Howard 10. Totals — 21 9-17 51.

3-point goals — none. Team fouls — CIA 12, Lumen Christi 17. Fouled out — Zeigler, Boyd.

Seahawks 48, Kardinals 42 Seward 16 6 10 16 — 48 Kenai 12 13 8 9 — 42 SEWARD (48) — Basalo 0, Koster 10, Moriarity 3, Cronin 0, Ingalls 6, Pfeiffenberger 9, Spanos 14, Jarvis 3, Nillson 3. Totals — 15 13-21 48.

KENAI CENTRAL (42) — Efta 2, Felchle 9, Baker 2, Custodio 0, Bezdecny 7, McEnerney 4, Stockton 0, Trujillo 13, Pitsch 5. Totals — 13 15-27 42.

3-point goals — Seward 5 (Ingalls 2, Koster, Pfeiffenberger, Spanos); Kenai 1 (Pitsch). Team fouls — Seward 18, Kenai 19. Fouled out — none.

Shiffrin battles through illness for ‘sweetest’ win of career ARE, Sweden (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin couldn’t breathe. She felt like she was suffocating. She had no energy, and self-doubt had set in.

Then came some words of encouragement from her coaches: “The reality is you have to push for 60 seconds. Everything else doesn’t matter. Just 60 seconds.”

They were the sweetest 60 seconds of her career.

Fighting off a lung infection, Shiffrin delivered her most resilient performance yet to capture the slalom title at the world championships and become the first Alpine skier —

male or female — to win the same event at four straight worlds.

The drama added another layer of legend around a 23-year-old American who is on course to be the greatest skier of all time.

“I was just not feeling very good for the whole day,” she said, her voice noticeably croaky, “except for the 60 seconds that it mattered.”

After crossing the line, she collapsed to the snow for a while. She roused herself to get up only because she thought she was being disrespectful to the two skiers yet to come down.

First it was Anna Swenn Larsson, who

finished 0.58 seconds behind Shiffrin to take silver. Then came first-run leader Wendy Holdener, who went round a few gates before going off the course.

Just like that, it was official: Shiffrin was a world champion for the fifth time — and the second time at these championships after winning the super-G on the opening day of competition in Are. She barely had any energy to celebrate.

“A testament to her grittiness,” Shiffrin’s coach, Jeff Lackie, told The Associated Press, “and what she was able to accomplish in that second run was nothing short of incredible.”

Kentucky upsets Tennessee LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — No. 5 Kentucky got the strong start it sought against No. 1 Tennessee and for a moment was blowing out the Volunteers.

Most important was that the Wildcats finished off the Vols on a national stage, just what they needed days after

letting one slip away.

PJ Washington scored 23 points, Keldon Johnson added 19 and Kentucky beat Tennessee 86-69 Saturday night to end the Volunteers’ schoolrecord, 19-game winning streak.

The Wildcats used a 25-7 surge over

a little more than seven minutes for a 62-38 lead, providing a cushion that withstood the Volunteers’ 13-0 spurt soon after that cut the advantage in half. Kentucky maintained a doubledigit lead to win the highly anticipated matchup of top-five schools.

McCormick stars for UAA track

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna middle distance runner Dani McCormick ran to two top-five finishes this weekend at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference In-

door Track and Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho.

McCormick, competing for the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, was part of the winning women’s distance medley relay team Friday, which dominated the

event with a time of 11 minutes, 23.47 seconds, nearly 38 seconds ahead of runnerup Seattle Pacific University, then finished fifth in the women’s mile Saturday with a time of 5 minutes, 11.31 seconds. The 2015 Soldotna

High graduate teamed up with UAA teammates Ruth Cvancara, Vanessa Aniteye and Caroline Kurgat in the distance medley relay, helping the UAA women to a third-place team finish overall in the meet.

Vanderford gets another win Vanderford, a Ninilchik native who was making his Bellator MMA debut, submitted Cody Jones in less Mixed martial arts pro fighter than five minutes in the 175-pound Austin Vanderford picked up another catchweight division on the main career win Friday night at Bellator card.

215 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The win also kept Vanderford’s

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

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right continued to be stingy, giving up just two goals in the two-game series. Heading into the Chippewa series, the Bears were coming off a 5-0 loss to the Corpus Christi (Texas) IceRays.

Enright had 33 saves for his third shutout of the season.

“Our defense is something that’s been great all year and especially lately, except last Saturday against Corpus,” Bogdan said. “Our defensive corps stepped up again tonight. It was the best win so far this season on both sides of the puck.”

Offensively is where the

Bears have struggled, scoring the second fewest goals in the league. Kenai River is showing signs of turning that around, having scored five goals in two of its last four games.

“We’ve preached all season that’s it’s about skill development and it’s not just about wins and losses,” Bogdan said. “It’s a tough process, taking on a new skill, but they’ve taken it to heart and it’s paying dividends.”

Connor Scahill led the Bears on Friday with two goals. He now has eight goals and 11 assists in 42 games. His first came just 1 minute, 26 seconds, into the game after he got the puck off of a faceoff on a set play and scored. He then put

unblemished record alive, improving to 7-0 in all MMA bouts.

Vanderford forced Jones to tapout 4 minutes, 49 seconds, into the match by wrestling him to the floor and catching Jones in an arm triangle choke.

the Bears up 5-0 midway through the third period on a one-timer.

“His teammates got him the puck in a good spot and he did a good job reading the play and getting open,” Bogdan said. “He’s got a great release — a lot of our guys do.”

Justin Daly, JJ Boucher and Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik also scored, while newcomer Lukass Sicevs added a pair of assists.

Bogdan said his squad had the best forecheck of the season and that helped generate chances and kill off all eight power plays.

In the playoff race, Bogdan said the Bears can only continue to focus on themselves.

“The rest of the divi-

sion can play out the way it wants,” he said. “We want to continue to win and control our own destiny as all the skill development we’ve done starts to pay off.”

Friday Brown Bears 5, Steel 0 Kenai River 2 1 2 — 5 Chippewa 0 0 0 — 0 First period — 1. Kenai River, Scahill (Nauss, Sicevs), 1:26; 2. Kenai River, Krajnik (Spethmann, Sicevs), 10:37.

Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Kenai River 1 for 2:00.

Second period — 3. Kenai River, Daly (Moline), 3:21. Penalties — Kenai River 7 for 22:00; Chippewa 3 for 6:00.

Third period — 4. Kenai River, Boucher (un.), 7:37; 5. Kenai River, Scahill (Krajnik, Boucher), 11:49. Penalties — Kenai River 4 for 30:00; Chippewa 4 for 22:00.

Shots on goal — Kenai River 8-6-19— 33; Chippewa 5-16-12—33.

Goalies — Kenai River, Enright (33 shots, 33 saves); Chippewa, Samokhvalov (9 shots, 6 saves); Langford (24 shots, 22 saves).

Power plays — Kenai River 0 for 3, Chippewa 0 for 8.

This was the kind of situation that Lindsey Vonn, Shiffrin’s idol, used to revel in: Battling adversity, proving the critics wrong, coming from behind. Now Vonn is retired , Shiffrin is center stage — the poster girl of Alpine skiing whether she likes it or not. This is some way to kick off the post-Vonn era.

Shiffrin woke up on Saturday with a terrible cold, feeling sick, and with trouble just breathing. Rumors started to swirl about her feeling under the weather, and they were confirmed after the first run of the slalom in which she finished in third place — 0.15 seconds behind Holdener.

Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2019. There are 317 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 17, 1864, during the Civil War, the Union ship USS Housatonic was rammed and sunk in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, by the Confederate hand-cranked submarine HL Hunley in the first naval attack of its kind; the Hunley also sank.

On this date: In 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president.

In 1815, the United States and Britain exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

In 1865, during the Civil War, Columbia, South Carolina, burned as the Confederates evacuated and Union forces moved in.

In 1897, the forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, convened its first meeting in Washington.

In 1933, Newsweek magazine was first published under the title “News-Week.”

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces invaded Eniwetok Atoll, encountering little initial resistance from Imperial Japanese troops.

(The Americans secured the atoll less than a week later.)

In 1947, the Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet Union.

In 1968, the original Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located on the campus of Springfield College in Massachusetts, was opened to the public.

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon departed the White House with his wife, Pat, on a historic trip to China.

In 1986, Johnson & Johnson announced it would no longer sell over-the-counter medications in capsule form, following the death of a woman who had taken a cyanide-laced Tylenol capsule.

In 1988, Lt. Col. William Higgins, a Marine Corps officer serving with a United Nations truce monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon by Iranian-backed terrorists (he was later slain by his captors).

In 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM supercomputer “Deep Blue,” winning a six-game match in Philadelphia (however, Kasparov lost to Deep Blue in a rematch in 1997).

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama signed a mammoth, $787 billion economic stimulus package into law in Denver; he also approved adding some 17,000 U.S. troops for the war in Afghanistan.

Five years ago: The co-pilot of an Italian-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 locked his captain out of the cockpit, commandeered the plane, then headed to Geneva, where he was arrested upon landing by Swiss authorities (no one was injured). Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the gold medal in ice dance at Sochi, the first Olympic title in the event for the United States. (Davis and White finished 4.53 points ahead of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, the 2010 champions.) Jimmy Fallon made his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show.”

One year ago: President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, told a conference in Germany that there was now “incontrovertible” evidence of a Russian plot to disrupt the 2016 U.S. election; the statement stood in stark contrast to Trump’s claim that Russian interference in his election victory was a hoax.

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu made Olympic figure skating history in the men’s free skate event in South Korea, becoming the first man to repeat as Olympic champion since Dick Button in 1952 after also winning in Sochi in 2014; his gold medal was the 1,000th to be awarded in Winter Games history.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Hal Holbrook is 94. Actor-comedian Barry Humphries (aka “Dame Edna”) is 85. Country singer-songwriter Johnny Bush is 84. Actress Christina Pickles is 84. Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown is 83. Actress Brenda Fricker is 74.

Actress Becky Ann Baker is 66. Actress Rene Russo is 65. Actor Richard Karn is 63. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 57. Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is 56. Actor-comedian Larry, the Cable Guy is 56. TV personality Rene Syler is 56. Movie director Michael Bay is 55. Singer Chante Moore is 52. Rock musician Timothy J. Mahoney (311) is 49. Actor Dominic Purcell is 49.

Olympic gold and silver medal skier Tommy Moe is 49. Actress Denise Richards is 48. Rock singer-musician Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) is 47. Rock musician Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) is 47. Actor Jerry O’Connell is 45. Country singer Bryan White is 45.

Actress Kelly Carlson is 43. Actor Ashton Holmes is 41. Actor Conrad Ricamora is 40. Actor Jason Ritter is 39. TV personality Paris Hilton is 38. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 38. TV host Daphne Oz is 33. Actor Chord Overstreet is 30. Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is 28. Actress Meaghan Martin is 27. Actress Sasha Pieterse is 23.

Thought for Today: “People show their character by what they laugh at.” -- German proverb.

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Soldotna’s Sonora Martin (left) tags off to teammate Cameron Blackwell in a relay race Saturday afternoon at the Kenai Peninsula Borough nordic ski meet at the Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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field, and all Walters had to do was bring it home, which he did in a team time of 1 hour, 17 minutes, 2 seconds, nearly eight minutes ahead of the second-place team, the Soldotna C relay.

The Kenai boys relay of Josh Foster, Samuel Roberts, Tristan Summers and Tyler Hippchen took third place with a time of 1:25:11.

“I just wanted to make sure I get the best out of these races because of how little races we’ve had this year,” Walters said about his leg.

Peninsula skiers have raced only a handful of times this year due to inconsistent snow conditions, and until last week’s region meet, no competition had featured all seven Region III programs together.

By the time the boys relay started, the snow was falling heavier and really adding to the mix, but Walters said the conditions likely helped him.

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“When we do that, we put points on the board and play tough defense.

“We get disjointed when we try to do too much as individuals.”

The Seahawks were strong on the offensive glass all night, leading to multiple second-chance points. Plan said Connor Spanos (14 points), Bjorn Nillson (14 points), Max Pfeiffenberger (13 points) and Josh Jarvis led the rebounding parade.

Plan said the Seahawks don’t have a lot of height or bulk, so they’ve worked hard on rebounding in practice. Kornstad said his team usually scores in the 40s, so offensive execution has been the focus in practice.

“We’ve been working on offensive execution, but maybe this says, ‘Coach, wake up and work on rebounding,’” Kornstad said.

Plan said the win was special because all but two or three of his nine players were in the various stages of a bout with the flu.

“A bunch of the guys were sick, but they didn’t play like it,” he said.

Seward even pressed, getting some key turnovers early, before falling back into a 1-3-1 zone to conserve energy. Kornstad said his team missed outside shots early attacking the zone and never got confident, failing to hit 10 points in any of the periods.

Plan also said Nikiski is different without Noah Litke, the 5-foot-11 junior who missed the game due to injury.

“It’s not a 29-point difference, but he’s the kind of kid who can change the momentum when you’re on an 8-0 run,” Plan said.

Despite a night where nothing went right, Korn-

“This wet snow is good for skating, especially if you have the right wax on,” Walters said. “It was challenging but fun.”

In the girls relay, the opening classic leg was dominated by two skiers — Homer’s Katia Holmes and Soldotna’s Sonora Martin, and it was Martin reaching the end of the first lap ahead of Holmes.

The SoHi team of Martin, Cameron Blackwell, Hannah Delker and Erika Arthur held serve at the front, but Homer had one more trick up its sleeve when anchor leg Autumn Daigle took to the course.

When Homer’s Zoe Stonorov tagged off to Daigle to begin the final leg, the Mariners girls were trailing the Stars by over a minute, but Daigle immediately began to reel in Arthur.

“She’s definitely a lot faster skier than I am by far,” Arthur said. “But I just had to try my hardest and that’s all I could do.”

Daigle said she didn’t catch sight of the lead until the latter portion of the leg, which dives into the woods

south of the school and onto flatter terrain.

“It’s always harder being chased,” Daigle said.

“It’s so much harder to find that speed because skating is about being smooth, and if you’re tense, it’s really hard.”

“I tried to stay with her but I was so mentally and physically done,” Arthur added.

Daigle said she passed Arthur with less than a kilometer from the finish on the flatter Squirrel and Owl loops, and beat Arthur to the line by 10 seconds, racing to a total team time of 1:27:08.

The Kenai girls team of Mickinzie Ticknor, Summer Foster, Leah Fallon and Maria Salzetti finished third in 1:34:21.

Daigle said she had been dealing with a sickness in the days prior to the race, which actually helped put her in the right mind-set for the event.

“I didn’t really go into the race with a lot of nerves, and I was so far behind,” Daigle said. “I think that helped because I just stayed super relaxed and focused on my technique, and I didn’t think about the com-

Kenai’s Jaala Lopez (left) leads teammate Abby Moffett during the second leg of Saturday’s girls relay at the Kenai Peninsula Borough nordic ski meet at the Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

petition.”

Borough Nordic ski chammpionships

Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails GIRLS Relay results — 1. Homer (Holms, Restad, Stonorov, Daigle), 1:27:08; 2.

Soldotna (Martin, Blackwell, Delker, Arthur), 1:27:18; 3. Kenai (Ticknor, Foster, Fallon, Salzetti), 1:34:21; 4.

Soldotna B (Ruffner, Birch, Dement, Dammeyer), 1:36:06; 5. Soldotna C (Strausbaugh, Meijer, Mendoca, Reese), 1:45:59; 6. Kenai B (Koppes, Lopez, Moffett, Tews), 1:48:54; 7. Kenai C (Matturro, Moffett, Hall, Morton),

1:55:17; 8. Soldotna D (Barkman, Cunha-Maciel, Juliensen, Foster), 1:55:30.

Individual skate times (Top 5) — 1. Autumn Daigle, Hom, 19:27; 2. Hannah Delker, Sol, 20:05; 3. Maria Salzetti, Ken, 20:22; 4. Zoe Stonorov, Hom, 20:45; 5. Erika Arthur, Sol, 20:47.

Individual classic times (Top 5) — 1.

Sonora Martin, Sol, 22:58; 2. Katia Holmes, Hom, 23:08; 3. Cameron Blackwell, Sol, 23:28; 4. Brita Restad, Hom, 23:48; 5. Mickinzie Ticknor, Ken, 24:46.

BOYS Relay results (Top 5) — 1. Soldotna (Kupferschmid, Boze, Harris, Wal-

ters), 1:17:02; 2. Soldotna C (Pritchet, Grinestaff, Boots, Martin), 1:24:52; 3. Kenai (Foster, Roberts, Summers, Hippchen), 1:25:11; 4. Kenai B (Carranza, Mueller, Gamen, Haakenson), 1:29:22; 5. Seward (Foutz, Petersen, Super, Byden), 1:30:48.

Individual times (Top 5) — 1. Jack Harris, Sol, 17:46; 2. Bradley Walters, Sol, 18:42; 3. Ryder Giesler, Sol, 19:18; 4. Trenton Boots, 19:56; 5. Tyler Hippchen, Ken, 20:03.

Individual classic times (Top 5) — 1.

Jeremy Kupferschmid, 19:39; 2. Foster Boze, Sol, 20:55; 3. Joseph Dammeyer, Sol, 21:32; 4. Josh Foster, Ken, 21:39; 5. Quinn Cox, Sol, 22:00.

‘It was our best 3-point shooting performance of the season.’

— Rustin Hitchcock, Nikiski girls coach

stad sees hope.

“As much adversity as we went through, the team didn’t turn on each other,” he said.

Nikiski girls 66, Seward 20 Coming off a heady 57-49 over Class 4A powerhouse Wasilla on Thursday, Nikiski head coach Rustin Hitchcock successfully guarded against a letdown Friday.

Hitchcock used the “Return of the Jedi” clip of Admiral Ackbar saying, “It’s a trap,” to set the tone for the game.

The coach wanted to keep the mood light but also stress the importance of continuing to improve as the postseason nears.

Nikiski came out and led 20-6 after the first quarter and 44-11 at halftime in totally avoiding the trap.

The Seahawks tried a box-in-one to contain Bethany Carstens.

Carstens got the rest of the team involved quickly and the Bulldogs rained eight 3-pointers on the night.

Bethany Carstens still got her 16, while Lillian Carstens hit three treys en route to 15, Emma Wik hit two treys and finished with eight points, and Kelsey Clark found the space for 11 points.

“It was our best 3-point shooting performance of the season,” Hitchcock said.

Seward coach Curtis Berry said trying to stop a great player like Bethany

Nikiski’s Jace Kornstad is trapped by Seward’s Trey Ingalls and Bjorn Nillson on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Carstens requires leaving other things open.

“They took advantage of the opportunities we gave them,” Berry said.

Hitchcock said his squad executed up and down the lineup, with super substitutes Lillian Carstens and Kaitlyn Johnson once again doing their jobs.

“They can play any position and that’s why they’re so valuable,” Hitchcock said. “They make the starters that much more effec-

points. tive.”

Both coaches agreed the Friday girls young Seahawks are on the Bulldogs 66, Seahawks 20 rise. Berry said his team is Seward 6 5 5 4 — 20 improving on the funda- Nikiski 20 24 18 3 — 66 mentals and getting better SEWARD (20) — Lemme 0, Ambroat not panicking with the siani 3, Schilling 0, Von Borstel 8, Sieverts 0 Jackson 4, Dougherty 0, ball.

Casagranda 3, Sewell 3, Siemanski 2.

“We were down 40 Totals — 5 9-16 20.

(66) — Jeffreys 1, Wik 8, L. points and they were still NIKISKI Carstens 15, Johnson 2, B. Carstens all on the floor for loose 16, B. Epperheimer 2, Clark 11, balls and tie-ups,” Berry Druesedow 5, Mullin 0, Reichert 3, 3, S. Epperheimer 0. Tosaid. “What else can I ask Zimmerman tals — 21 16-22 66. of them?”

3-point goals — Seward 1 (Von BorRiley Von Borstel paced stel); Nikiski 8 (L. Carstens 3, Wik 2, B. Druesdow, Reichert). Team the Seahawks with eight Carstens, fouls — Seward 21, Nikiski 17. Fouled

out — Sieverts.

Friday boys Seahawks 55, Bulldogs 26 Seward 20 12 14 9 — 55 Nikiski 7 3 9 7 — 26 SEWARD (55) — Basalo 0, Koster 7, Moriarity 2, Cronin 0, Ingalls 3, Pfeiffenberger 13, Spanos 14, Jarvis 2, Nillson 14. Totals — 24 4-5 55.

NIKISKI (26) — Mysing 10, Weathers 0, Smith 0, Kornstad 8, White 0, Handley 2, Payne 0, DeSiena 0, Gray 0, Malston 0, Eiter 6, McCaughey 0.

Totals — 10 3-4 26.

3-point goals — Seward 3 (Koster, Ingalls, Pfeiffenberger); Nikiski 3 (Kornstad 2, Mysing). Team fouls — Seward 5, Nikiski 10. Fouled out — none.

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RIGHT AT HOME: What will kitchens of the future look like?

L ee R eich

Are your seeds saved in old packets worth sowing? Test them Depending on where you store them and what types of seeds they contain, your old, dog-eared seed packets may or may not be worth using this season.

Seeds are alive they do not live forever. Sprinkling dead seeds out in the garden or into seed flats is a waste of time.

When you buy a packet of seeds, government standards assure you that a minimum percentage of them are alive. The packing date is usually stamped on the packet and, if below the standard, the percentage germination. I write the year on any seed packets on which the date is not stamped.

OPTIMUM STORAGE Low temperature, low humidity, and low oxygen slow biological and chemical reactions and so also slow aging of seeds. My seeds find their low-temperature and low-humidity home in sealed canning jars in the depths of my freezer in spring and summer. By fall, frozen fruits and vegetables claim freezer space, so I move the jars filled with seed packets into my refrigerator.

An easy way to keep the humidity low in the jars is to sprinkle powdered milk from a freshly opened box in the bottom of the jars. Renew the powdered milk each year.

There’s no practical way for us backyard gardeners to store seeds in a low-oxygen atmosphere. Some seed companies market their seeds in hermetically sealed, plastic-lined foil packets, although I have never noted better germination from these foil packets than from plain old paper packets.

TO SOW OR NOT TO SOW Seeds differ in how long they remain viable. Even with the best storage conditions, it’s generally not worth sowing celery, parsley, parsnip or salsify seeds after they are more than a year old. Two years of sowings can be expected from packets of carrot, onion and sweet corn seed three years from peas and beans, peppers, radishes and beets and four or five years from cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cucumbers, melons and lettuce.

Among flower seeds, the shortest-lived are delphinium, aster, candytuft and phlox. Packets of alyssum, Shasta daisy, calendula, sweet peas, poppies, and marigold can be reused for five or 10 years before their seeds get too old.

TEST THEM A yearly germination test is a definitive measure of whether an old seed packet is worth saving. Each spring, count out at least 20 seeds from each packet to be tested, and then spread the seeds between two moist paper towels on a plate. Invert another plate over the first plate to hold in moisture and put the whole setup where the temperature is warm, around 75 degrees.

After one to two weeks, peel apart the paper towels and count the number of seeds with little white root “tails” emerging. Figure the percentage, and if it is low, toss the seed packets into the wastebasket (don’t give them away!) or adjust your sowing rate accordingly.

No one knows exactly what happens within a seed to make it lose viability. Besides lack of germination, old seeds undergo a slight change of colour, lose their lustre and are more susceptible to fungal infections.

The record for seed longevity was thought to be held by a species of lupine, Lupinus arcticus, whose seeds germinated after 10,000 years. Great story, but further research showed the seed to be much younger — only a few decades old!

The current valid record now for the oldest viable seeds is held by a 2,000-year-old date palm seed recovered near the Dead Sea. At the other extreme in longevity are seeds of silver maple, which retain their capacity to germinate for only about a week.

This undated photo shows seeds being tested in New Paltz, N.Y. Seed testing, which involves sprouting about twenty seeds, is a good way to know whether a packet of seeds is worth re-using this coming growing season. (Lee Reich via AP)

This photo provided by Signature Kitchen Suite shows a kitchen showcasing Signature Kitchen Suite appliances.

(Signature Kitchen Suite via AP)

By KIM COOK Associated Press

Today’s home kitchen doesn’t look anything like it did a century ago. But for the most part, it doesn’t look a lot different than 50 years ago.

Appliances are sleeker, materials are better, color palettes are broader. But the room is still the hard-working heart of the home.

So what might the kitchen of the future be like?

At the upcoming Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas and the Architectural Digest Design Show in New York, insiders will get a peek at where we’re headed.

First, that open-plan layout. Here to stay?

Not necessarily, says Sam Cochran, features director for Architectural Digest magazine.

“Kitchens will continue to be gathering spaces, with dining nooks and multipurpose work surfaces where you can both roll your dough or type on your laptop,” he says. “But it’s no longer a universal truth that a dream kitchen must be an open kitchen. We’re seeing more and more people embrace doors and walls as they warm to the idea of the kitchen as a separate sphere, one that you can move in and out of over the course of the day.”

Andrew Shead, marketing manager for the appliance maker True Residential, doesn’t see open-plan kitchens going away. “But many of our high-end clients are adding a second kitchen to serve as a working kitchen,” he says.

Especially popular with those who entertain a lot, the backstage workhorse kitchen keeps messy prep out of sight, allowing the frontof-house kitchen to serve as more of a showy entertaining and gathering space.

Kitchen designers are incorporating fashion-forward features like glass fronts and LED lights on fridges, chic leather and metal hardware on appliances and cabinetry, and backsplashes with unusual finishes like shagreen,

This photo provided by True Residential shows refrigerated columns creating a wine vault. (True Residential via AP)

metal, raw wood or artful murals.

Tech is also the talk of the kitchen-design crowd. “The future of kitchen appliances is undeniably digital,” says Jon Hall, product and marketing director for JennAir. “We’re already charging at a fast clip in that direction,” he says, noting that JennAir has developed over 110 new products with what he refers to as “an enhanced digital backbone.” That means dishwashers that respond to voice commands, and ovens that help craft a menu.

Both LG Signature Kitchen Suite and Miele are working on appliances that could communicate with each other to create shopping lists, meal recommendations and cooking instruction. Zach Elkin, general manager of Signature, says they’ve coined a term for the next generation of forward-thinking cooks: “technicureans.”

“These homeowners are far more tech-focused than previous generations.

They’ve upped their culinary expectations to include precise prep and flexible cooking experiences, along with their desire for leading-edge design,” he says.

Cochran acknowledges the inspired advances, but

thinks there’s a practical end point.

“I think we’ll only see smart kitchen technology become more sophisticated and easier to use,” he says.

“Already there are products like Brizo’s SmartTouch faucets that turn on and off with just a tap. And companies like Samsung and Liebherr have developed refrigerators that feature integrated cameras that allow you to check your grocery stock from anywhere. I can imagine the day when your fridge will automatically order milk when you’re running low.”

But there has been some consumer pushback.

People still value reliability and performance most in appliances, Shead says, and “consumers have expressed concern about the technology quickly becoming outdated and unsupported in an appliance they expect to have for 10 to 20 years.”

True will focus more on advancing the production and design of kitchens rather than unnecessary smart tech in appliances that can actually hinder a product’s lifespan, he says.

There’s also consumer concern over privacy vulnerabilities with integrated microphones and cameras.

“There is such a thing as smart tech simply for smart tech’s sake,” says Cochran.

“I think the more extravagant ideas will be weeded out as the market coursecorrects for functionality.”

Personalization is a trend everyone seems to agree on.

Shead has seen residential clients create smoothie station fridge drawers; fridge drawers below a coffee bar; and several wine fridges joined to create a wine vault.

“People are so proud of their kitchens — they want them to be distinctive,” Cochran says. “So I think we’ll see people rewriting the rules. Fewer huge islands.

More color. More tile. More character.”

He’s also not a fan of hiding a kitchen’s purpose.

“The idea that every counter must be constantly cleared and all appliances hidden is a thing of the past,” he says. “I once toured a kitchen with a bespoke cappuccino maker integrated into the fine millwork. I just thought, some day that machine will break or be replaced by a better model and you will have to rip out the whole mahogany wall.

Enough is enough. Kitchens are real life.”

Quick and simple ways to make a front door pop Visitors’ impressions of a home are often dictated by the home’s entryway. Must as one may judge a book by its cover, the same can be said about the impression that a front door and entryway can create, regardless of how accurate that impression is.

Making certain changes to an entryway can go a long way toward improving curb appeal. Entryways also can set the

scene for a home’s interior. Whether one chooses to be classic or bold, modern or traditional, there are various ways to quickly transform a home’s entryway.

• Bold front door color: Color can dramatically enhance an entryway.

Painting an existing door or replacing it with a more vivid option can do the trick. The DIY Network says certain colors stand out as favorites. These

include turquoise, yellow, red, indigo, orange, and black. The door color should complement the other shades of the home, such as those on siding and trim.

• Custom walkway: Guide guests right to the front door with an attractive (and safe) walkway.

Stamped concrete or decorative paver blocks may fit the bill. This walkway can extend to the street or to the driveway.

• Contain plants. Landscaping around the entryway should be neat and well-tended. Overgrown plants or shrubbery may give off an air of neglect.

Container plants and carefully curated shrubs can create a neat and inviting aura.

• Highlight the address.

Make sure the home can be found easily with bold and decorative house numbers. Consider two different address signs:

one illuminated and easily viewed from the curb, and another closer to the front door.

• Utilize high-end materials. The relatively small area of real estate by the front door enables homeowners to splurge on more opulent materials that can really add a feeling of luxury. These can include colorful tiles, ornate planters, decorative wooden doors, or elaborate knobs and lighting fixtures.

• Add architectural details. Find out which architectural elements will meld with the style of the home and then incorporate them. Moldings, columns, shutters, and trim are areas to consider.

The entryway to a home garners a lot of attention.

Homeowners can enhance their spaces with entryways that really make a statement.

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Highlights from the NY NOW homes show

By KIM COOK Associated Press

NEW YORK — On Manhattan’s West Side early this month, buyers and designers of home and lifestyles products were happy to trade frosty winds for fresh ideas at the biannual NY NOW show.

The show gives industry insiders an early look at what’s new, with more than 2,300 exhibitors from across the globe. Some highlights:

DRAMA CLASS Luxe, elegant finishes and materials, and pieces with a dramatic scale or silhouette, reflected a trend we’ve been seeing in the pages of many home decor magazines.

Bungalow 5’s swanky booth featured a luxe, creamy palette stocked with soft upholstered furniture and an array of textures, including hammered-metal, gold-leafed animal sculptures, and tables and consoles dressed in papyrus, shagreen and grasscloth.

Miami-based Brazilian designer Roberta Schilling showed tables and buffets crafted of wood, lacquer, glass and titanium, oversize floor lamps with tripod bases and enormous wood veneer shades. Her unique lounge chairs included one made of undulating waves of plywood.

Kartell had Ferruccio Laviani’s neo-Baroque Kabuki lamp, a marvel of colored polymer molded into a faceted neo-Baroque fixture.

Equine motifs popped up in a few booths, but they were far from traditional horsey portraiture. These renditions had power and energy; among the best were at Tozai , where illustrations of wild, thundering herds decorated stools and artwork.

Dunes and Duchess , known for putting a playful spin on traditional New England-style pieces, showed candelabras in bright Kodachrome hues.

Robin Baron’s well-curated vignettes showed off luxe upholstered seating and lacquered casegoods in freshly trending coral and mustard yellow.

Several retailers showed tabletop accessories that played with scale; there were ceramic and metal sea urchins the size of cats, and interesting links of chain fashioned from driftwood or hammered iron.

OBJECTS OF NATURE We’ve been watching geodes, crystals and marble find favor as objets d’art for a year or two. Now decor buyers are discovering other natural elements that make great display pieces.

Look for chunks of raw minerals like onyx carved into geometric form. Shattered glass, concrete, shell and petrified wood fragments are honed or left in their natural finish. Charred wood, teak roots, baskets made of tightly rolled paper, and chunky woolen knits all suggest artisanal stories that elevate the materials into art forms.

Homart displayed intriguing garlands made of smooth wooden balls linked with fibers, feathers or little bells. MadeGoods had a macramé-inspired wall hanging formed of raffia and coco beads. Boxes and lampshades made of whole oyster shells set in resin spoke of the sea, while horn boxes and giant chain links made of polished stone referenced earth and animalia.

Palm motifs, coming on the scene last year, are holding their popularity for 2019. You’ll see oversize prints, photoprints, faux fronds, and stylized versions on textiles, wallpaper and rugs.

This Feb. 3, 2019 photo shows pieces at the NY NOW Show in New York. (Kim Cook via AP)

MODERN MEETS VINTAGE The 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus modernist art school inspired several artisans at this month’s show. London-based studio Wallace Sewell showed a collection of textiles in richly hued graphic patterns inspired by the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveauinfluenced style.

Margo Selby Studio from Whistable, England, also offered rugs, fabrics and towels in the vintage prints. And Sally Blair , a

This Feb. 3, 2019 photo shows pieces showcased at the NY NOW show in New York. (Kim Cook via AP)

This Feb. 3, 2019 photo shows pieces by Tozai at the NY NOW Show in New York. (Kim Cook via AP)

potter from Lubbock, Texas, showed eye-catching, hand-painted vessels and plates, again inspired by the Bauhaus.

At Middle Kingdom , the Memphis movement was evoked in a collection of vibrantly hued, matte-finished

ism of clocks, lamps and objects inspired by vintage technologies like ship and aircraft controls, propellers, dashboards and timepieces.

And at Muzen , Victor Wang has taken his love for vintage radios to the next level with a collection of

vases with a bold swirl pattern. At Rosanna Inc, designer Francesca Rosati’s “Artists Loft: Cocktails on the Roof” collection featured Matisse-like original ink drawings on tableware.

At Pendulux , buyers commented on the real-

speakers and devices. Each beautifully finished piece, equipped with modern tech, is clad in warm wood, retro-hued baked enamel or leather. The OTR portable radios are an homage to Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road.”

Six tips for transforming a fixer upper

The real estate market will always have its ups and downs, but real estate is an oft-profitable investment.

Real estate investors do their investing for various reasons. Some see a house as a place to hang their hats for years and years, while others look at properties as nothing more than investments.

Buying a home with the intent to fix it up and resell it is called a “fix and flip.”

In such situations, inves-

tors buy homes at belowmarket prices before refurbishing the homes with the goal of recouping their initial investment and then some when the homes are ultimately put back on the market. Flipping has become popular for both expert remodelers and novice investors. RealtyTrac®, the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, noted in its “Year-End and Q4 2015 U.S. Home Flipping” report that 5.5

percent of all single family home and condo sales during the year were flipped properties. This marked an increase from the same time the previous year.

Investing in a fixer-upper requires a leap of faith and a vision of what the home can look like in the future. Turning a real estate lemon into lemonade requires certain skills and a good measure of patience.

The following are some guidelines to get anyone started.

• Don’t bite off more than you can chew. Make an honest assessment of your abilities and which renovations, if any, you can handle. If you are unskilled or inexperienced working with your hands, then it can be easy for an investment property to quickly become a money pit. Before purchasing a property, hire a trained home inspector to tour the home with you and point out all of the areas that will need renovation.

With this list, begin getting estimates on how much money the work will entail.

Determine if this fits with your budget or not. You do not want to invest so much that it exceeds what you could feasibly recoup when it comes time to sell.

• Overlook cosmetic things when visiting properties. Cosmetic issues include all of the easily replaceable items in a home, such as carpeting, appliances, interior paint colors and cabinetry. Focus on the bones of the house — the architectural integrity and those little touches that you envision having a “wow” factor.

• Seek the help of experts. Some flippers think they’ll save the most money by doing all of the work themselves. This isn’t always the case. Professional architects, designers and contractors may help you save money. Contractors have an intimate knowledge of where to buy materials and may be able to negotiate prices based on wholesale or trade costs. In addition, experts can help you avoid common pitfalls because they’ve already done this type of work time and again. It’s smart to rely on expert advice, even if it means investing a little bit more.

• Save money by doing some work yourself.

While the pros may tackle the more complex parts of a given project, such as rewiring electricity or changing

the footprint of a home, you can still be involved. Ask to participate in demolition, such as taking down walls or removing old materials from the home. Such participation may be fun, and it can save you substantial amounts of money on labor.

• Recognize that not everything must be completely redone. Realize that, in some instances, a coat of paint and some new accents may be all you need to transform a space. For example, if kitchen cabinets are in good condition, see if they can be refaced or painted instead of replaced entirely. Install new door pulls/handles to add visual

interest. Look for some ready-made items, such as bookshelves, instead of installing custom carpentry.

• Think about what the buyer wants and not what you want. Renovate with an eye toward prospective buyers’ needs. Keep things neutral and accommodating. Research the latest trends to understand what buyers might be seeking in a home. You want potential buyers to envision themselves moving right in.

Renovating a fixer-upper takes time, but it can be a worthwhile project, and one that can help anyone turn a profit in a booming real estate market.

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Deadly blue ‘Mexican oxy’ pills take toll on US Southwest

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentanyl smuggled from Mexico into the Southwest — a profitable new business for drug gangs that has pushed the synthetic opioid to the top spot for fatal U.S. overdoses.

Three others at the party in Tucson also took the pills nicknamed “Mexican oxy” and police flagged down by partygoers saved them by administering naloxone overdose reversal medication. But the treatment came too late for Chavez, who died at age 19.

The four thought they were taking oxycodone, a much less powerful opioid, investigators believe.

The death of Chavez and many others, officials said, illustrate how Arizona and other southwestern states bordering Mexico have become a hot spot in the nation’s fentanyl crisis.

Fentanyl deaths tripled in Arizona alone from 2015 through 2017.

“It’s the worst I’ve seen in 30 years, this toll that it’s taken on families,” said Doug Coleman, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in charge of Arizo-

na. “The crack (cocaine) crisis was not as bad.”

With plenty of pills and powder sold locally from the arriving fentanyl shipments that are also distributed around the U.S., the drug that has surpassed heroin for overdose deaths has touched all Arizona demographic groups.

Chavez’ family says he was working at a restaurant as a prep cook with dreams of becoming a chef and trying to turn his life around after serving prison time for a robbery conviction.

Also killed in the state over the last year by the pills that go for $9 to $30 each were a 17-year-old star high school baseball pitcher from a Phoenix suburb and a pair of 19-year-old best friends and prominent former high school athletes from the mountain town of Prescott Valley. The parents of one, Gunner Bundrick, said their son’s death left “a hole in our hearts.”

Popping the pills at parties “is a lot more widespread than we know,” said Yavapai County Sheriff’s Lt. Nate Auvenshine.

“There’s less stigma to taking a pill than putting a needle in your arm, but one of these pills can have enough fentanyl for three people.”

Stamped with “M”on one side and “30” on the other to make them look like legitimate oxycodone, the pills started showing up in Arizona in recent years as the Sinaloa cartel’s

newest drug product, said Tucson Police Lt. Christian Wildblood.

The fentanyl that killed Chavez was among 1,000 pills sneaked across the border crossing last year in Nogales, Arizona by a woman who was paid $200 to tote them and gave two to Chavez at the party, according to court documents. It’s unknown if he took one or both.

At the same crossing last month, U.S. officials announced their biggest fentanyl bust ever — nearly 254 pounds (115 kilograms) found in a truckload of cucumbers, enough to potentially kill millions.

Valued at $3.5 million, most was in powder form and over 2 pounds (1 kilogram) was made up of pills.

The tablets in most cases are manufactured in primitive conditions with pill presses purchased online and the amount of fentanyl in each pill can vary widely, Wildblood said.

The amount of fentanyl in counterfeit pills can vary from 0.03 to 1.99 milligrams per tablet, or almost none to a lethal dose, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

“There is no quality control,” Wildblood said.

While Chinese shipments were long blamed for illegal fentanyl entering the U.S., Mexico’s Army in November 2017 discovered a rustic fentanyl lab in a remote part of Sinaloa state

Seanna Leilani Chavez, the sister of Aaron Francisco Chavez, pauses as she looks at family photos as she stands next to a shrine for Aaron, including images of Aaron on the wall, at the family home Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Phoenix Division shows a closeup of the fentanyl-laced sky blue pills known on the street as “Mexican oxy.” (Drug Enforcement Administration via AP)

and seized precursors, finished fentanyl and production equipment — suggesting some of it is now being synthesized across the U.S. border.

Most fentanyl smuggled from Mexico is about 10 percent pure and enters hidden in vehicles at official border crossings around Nogales and San Diego, Customs and Border Protection data show.

A decreasing number of smaller shipments with purity of up to 90 percent still enter the U.S. in packages sent from China.

Although 85 percent of the fentanyl from Mexico is seized at San Diego area border crossings, the DEA’s 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment said seizures have surged at Arizona’s border and elsewhere around the state.

DEA statistics show Arizona fentanyl seizures rose to 445 pounds (202 kilograms), including 379,557 pills, in the fiscal year ending in October 2018, up from 172 pounds (78 kilograms), including 54,984 pills, during the previous 12-month period.

The Sinaloa cartel’s ability to ramp up its own production of fentanyl and label it oxycodone shows the group’s business acumen and why it remains among the world’s top criminal organizations, despite the conviction in New York this week of cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, Coleman said.

“If they see a market for their stuff, they’ll make it and bring it up,” he said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fentanyl is now the drug involved in the most fatal overdoses in the U.S., with fatalities from synthetic opioids including fentanyl jumping more than 45 percent from 2016 to 2017, when they accounted for some 28,000 of about 70,000 overdose deaths of all kinds.

Fentanyl was also involved more than any other drug in the majority of overdose deaths in 2016, the year the pop artist Prince died after taking fake Vicodin laced with fentanyl. Heroin was responsible for the most drug overdose deaths each of the four years before that.

CDC figures for Arizona show the statewide deaths involving synthetic opioids excluding methadone, largely from fentanyl, rose from 72 in 2015 to 123 in 2016 and then skyrocketed to 267 in 2017.

In the first federal conviction of its kind in Arizona that linked a death to distribution of any drug, a woman from a Phoenix suburb last year got 12 years in prison for selling fentanyl tablets that killed a 38-year-old Arizona man.

And in Tucson, Chavez’ relatives wonder why the woman accused of smuggling the pills across the border allegedly decided to

hand them out at the party, saying they were Percocet, which contains oxycodone and acetaminophen, and “something else,” according to court documents.

The woman, Jocelyn Sanchez, denied describing them that way and was charged with transporting and transferring narcotics.

Her lawyer, Joel Chorny, declined to discuss the case.

Nicknamed “Sonny Boy, Chavez was the third of 10 children born to Leslie Chavez, who was brought to the U.S. as an infant and deported back to Mexico last year, two months before he died. In a phone interview, she said Mexican officials arranged to have her son’s body brought across the border so she could say goodbye.

She said she had “heard about how these pills were killing people” but never thought it would happen to one of her children.

Chavez had a 2-year-old daughter and despite his robbery conviction “was trying to get his life together, he was trying to be good” for the toddler, said his sister, Seanna Leilani Chavez.

The dealers, she said, are only interested in profits.

“They will sell you poison, take your money, and not think twice about how they could possibly be killing someone’s son, father, brother or grandson,” she said.

Chemicals contaminating US water supplies focus of EPA plan

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MICHAEL CASEY and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The chemical compounds are all around you. They’re on many fabrics, rugs and carpets, cooking pots and pans, outdoor gear, shampoo, shaving cream, makeup and even dental floss. Increasing numbers of states have found them seeping into water supplies.

There’s growing evidence that long-term exposure to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, or PFAS, can be dangerous, even in tiny amounts.

The Environmental Protection Agency released a plan Thursday that includes moving toward setting a maximum level for PFAS in drinking water nationwide.

At hearings around the country last year, local and state officials said such an action would be needed to stop contamination and hold polluting parties responsible.

But environmentalists, Democratic members of Congress and state officials said the agency wasn’t moving quickly enough to address the issue.

WHAT ARE PFAS? Industries use the chemicals in coatings meant to protect consumer goods from stains, water and corrosion.

DuPont says its scientists invented the earliest form of the nonstick compound in 1938. They were

impressed with how water and grease slipped off the new substance and how it seemed never to break down — winning it the name “forever compound.”

Various types soon were on the market, first in Teflon products. Thousands of variants have been produced since then, for a host of uses.

By the 1970s, manufacturers conceded that PFAS were building up in the bodies of employees who worked with them. Recent scientific reports have estimated that nearly all people in the U.S. have some PFAS chemicals in their blood. Studies of workers exposed on the job and people who drank contaminated water, in addition to lab analyses of animals, have pointed to ties between some PFAS types and human illness.

Industries have phased out two of the most-studied versions of PFAS. Manufacturers say newer forms are safer and don’t remain in the human body as long as older types. Some researchers say too little is known about them to be sure of that.

WHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SAY? DuPont agreed to a court-supervised public health study after a farmer in Parkersburg, West Virginia, brought a lawsuit blaming runoff from a PFAS facility for the deaths of his cattle. The 20052013 study monitored and tested nearly 70,000 people who had been drinking water tainted with PFOA, one of the two kinds of

PFAS since phased out of production.

The study found “probable links” between high levels of PFOA in the body and excessive cholesterol levels, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, testicular and kidney cancer, and problems in pregnancies.

The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry said last year that medical studies pointed to “associations” between the industrial compounds and those ailments, and also to liver problems, low birth weight and other health issues.

The federal toxicology report also says EPA’s “advisory level” of 70 parts per trillion of PFOA and PFOS — the two older, phased-out versions — in drinking water is too weak.

Before the report was released, a White House email disclosed by Politico called it a “potential public relations nightmare.”

HOW WIDESPREAD IS EXPOSURE? EPA-mandated testing of about 5,000 of the roughly 150,000 public water systems in the U.S. that was completed in 2016 found dangerous levels of the same two PFAS compounds in 66 systems. Local and state testing since then has identified high levels in scores of additional systems.

Contaminated materials are disposed of in landfills and sewage treatment systems. Firefighting foams are sprayed on the ground.

The chemicals seep into soil, waterways, sediments

and groundwater; some are incinerated, generating air pollution.

Many states aren’t waiting for the EPA, particularly regarding groundwater and, more recently, drinking water.

New Jersey and Vermont are among those that have set standards more stringent than the EPA’s; New Hampshire may join them.

New York is considering the toughest standard yet. In December, a state drinking water commission recommended a maximum limit of 10 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS. That follows revelations of widespread PFAS contamination in several communities.

Other states are trying to determine the extent of the contamination, according to the National Conferences of State Legislatures.

North Carolina lawmakers approved money for monitoring and treatment. Washington state’s health department plans to test hundreds of water systems for any trace of the chemicals.

Legislation in other states has proposed things such as banning use of PFAS in food packaging and prohibiting its use in firefighting foam.

Dozens of military installations have been affected. Tests found drinking water contamination exceeding the EPA’s health advisory for a lifetime of exposure for two PFAS compounds, PFOS and PFOA.

WHAT ABOUT WILDLIFE? Unsurprisingly, the chemicals have turned

up in a variety of wildlife species, including fish, bald eagles and mink.

Michigan agencies plan to sample a variety of wild game, such as ducks and other waterfowl, for the chemicals. They already test fish and deer. The state issued a “do not eat” advisory last October for deer taken near a marsh polluted with PFAS — probably from a former Air Force base — after one of the animals registered 5,000 parts per trillion in its body.

Michigan, Minnesota and New Jersey include PFAS chemicals in fish advisories, warning people to limit consumption of such popular game species as bass, walleye and brook trout.

“If it’s affecting human beings, it will be affecting wildlife as well,” said Cheryl Murphy, a Michigan State University biologist.

The harm to wildlife is unclear, partly because PFAS chemicals don’t necessarily accumulate in animals the way other chemicals do, she said.

Older, larger fish have higher levels of mercury and PCBs because those contaminants are passed up food chains, from smaller species to bigger ones. But high levels of PFAS are being found in medium-sized fish such as bluegill.

Casey reported from Concord, New Hampshire, and Flesher reported from Traverse City, Michigan.

In this file photo the Rogue River flows underneath Algoma Ave. NE in Algoma Township, Mich. (Garret Ellison/ The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

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Community Learning for Life

The Recycling Bin Medaling in metals

Kenai Peninsula Youth are Invited to 4-H Rally Day!

The winners of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will receive gold, silver and bronze medals made of precious metals that have been carefully mined from discarded electronics. The Medal Project in Japan has secured enough material to produce more than the 2,500 medals needed for the 2020 Olympic Games — 66 pounds of gold, 9,000 pounds of silver and 6,000 pounds of bronze. Beginning in the Spring of 2017 and until the Fall of 2018 Japan had collected more than 47,000 tons of electronic devices.

That’s a lot to be proud of.

Because of its origins in the Midwest farmland, 4-H has historically been an organization associated with agriculture. While there is still a large degree of focus on agricultural clubs and projects, in more recent years, 4-H has broadened to include an emphasis on projects and clubs in the areas of STEM, shooting sports, nature preservation, international exchange, and community service. Almost anything a youth member or group of youth is interested in can be incorporated into a 4-H project or 4-H club, and here in Alaska, we have approximately 1,500 youth members enrolled, with an additional 600 youth from military families.

We have a unique opportunity here on the Kenai each year to explore what 4-H is all about with local 4-H members and volunteers when they host the annual Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Rally Day. Rally Day 2019 is being held at KPC on Saturday, Febr. 23! Check-in is at 9:20 a.m., and classes run all day until 2:30 p.m. Youth attending should bring a sack lunch and will have a time to eat and visit with other youth and 4-H leaders at noon.

Classes offered this year are: Healthy Hooves: The Care and Anatomy of Horse Feet; Backyard Poultry: How to Raise Poultry for 4-H and Food; Soap Making with Goat Milk; Finger Knitting and Fiber Arts; Drone Fundamentals; Contest Clarity: Taking the Fear and Confusion out of Contests; All Things College: What You Need to Do For College Admission and a Tour of KPC; Designs on Rocks: Painting Rocks for Fun and for Trade; Introduction to JML: Marketing an Animal in the KP 4-H Junior Market Livestock Program; and Cloverbud Camp: An Outer Space Adventure for youth ages K-2nd grade. (Cloverbud Camp requires a parent to stay.)

All community youth are invited to attend Rally Day! Pre-registration is required.

Call the Cooperative Extension Office today at 262-5824, or email crankin4@alaska. edu to get your child registered for KP 4-H Rally Day 2019. See you at Rally Day! Submitted by Cassy Rankin, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, 4-H Program Assistant, Kenai Peninsula District.

Special Announcement 2015 Nikiski High School Graduate named to the President’s Honor Roll 2015 Nikiski High School graduate Rachel Thompson has been named to the President’s Honor Roll for Fall 2018 at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. To be eligible for honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point average of 3.75 or earn a 3.0 cumulative GPA on 15 cumulative hours of graded work.

Thompson is also a member of the WSU women’s soccer team and was recently selected as a captain for the 2019 Washington State University women’s soccer season.

Around the Peninsula Electronics Recycling Event Come help plan the Electronics Recycling Event this May at the ReGroup meeting Monday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hope Community Center off K-Beach Road.

There will also be reports about the ReGeneration projects in the schools. All interested community members are invited. For more questions call 252-2773.

Classical chamber music with pianist Eduard Zilberkant The Performing Arts Society is pleased to announce the return of pianist Eduard Zilberkant, who has charmed our audiences several times in the past. Joining him are Bryan Emmon Hall, violin; Gail Johansen, viola; and Ryan Fitzpatrick, cello. They will be performing works

by Beethoven, Turina, and Arensky. Please join us for this classical chamber music on Saturday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students and may be purchased in advance in Soldotna at River City Books and Northcountry Fair or in Kenai at Already Read Books and Country Liquor or at the door.

Trick Dog class Kenai Kennel Club will be offering a Trick Dog class beginning March 12 and ending April 16. This is an introductory class so no prior experience is necessary but it would be beneficial if the dogs already know basics like sit, down and can work on a flat collar and leash. Class is at 5:30 p.m. for Novice & Intermediate Levels. Please Pre-Register by emailing aknewberrys@gmail.com. More information about Trick Dog can be found at http://www. akc.org/about-trick-dog/

Soldotna Little League baseball clinics Soldotna Little League will be starting baseball clinics on Mondays and Wednesdays through April from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Skyview Middle School. You must be registered with Soldotna Little League for the 2019 season. We have early bird savings if you register before March 31.

You can save up to $50 per person.

Soldotna Little League umpire training Soldotna Little League will host umpire training clinics on Thursdays, starting Feb. 21 at the Little League office. in Four D Carpet One in Soldotna. For more info contact Jerry at 398-7850. To register go to soldotnalittleleague.org.

Ninilchik Community Neighborhood Watch The Ninilchik Community Neighborhood Watch would like to give public notice that we are now working together for a safer community. We encourage support and participation. Contact your local nonprofit organization at 907202-2103 or 907-398-8067.

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: February Winter visitor center hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday -Saturday.

—CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW CONDITIONS: Fire and Ice Winter Fun Day at Dolly Varden Lake for all ages.

Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

—PEEPs (Preschool Environmental Education Program) Enjoy an hour of hands-on wildlife games, crafts, storytime and more. For ages 2-5. Thursday, Feb. 21. Two sessions: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

—Winter Walks, 1-hour guided snowshoe walks every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Snowshoes provided with pre-registration. Call 907-260-2820.

—Saturday Wildlife Movies: “Refuge Film” at 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. “Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom” at 1 p.m.

“Alone in the Wilderness” at 3 p.m

Al-Anon support group meetings Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more information.

Hospice Spring Volunteer Training Registration is open for Hospice of the Central Peninsula’s Spring Volunteer Training. Training is over two weekends, March 22-23 and 29-30 at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. Volunteers must be 18 years or older and be able to pass a background check. Lunch and snacks are provided. Call the office at 262.0453 or visit www.hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com for more info.

Caregiver Support Meeting Training Caregiver Support Meeting Training: Part 2 of DVD presentation with Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA: Progression of Dementia Seeing Gems-Not Just Loss will take place Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. at the Kenai Senior Center. Training covers which level of dementia your care partner experiences to customize your caregiving techniques. Teepa Snow explains the appropriate levels of care needed during different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, appropriate activity, and much more. Please join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone who is a caregiver. Please call Sharon or Judy at (907) 262-1280, for more information.

Soldotna Historical Society general meeting Get involved in Soldotna History! 2019 General Membership Meeting will take place on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Donald E. Gilman, Kenai River Center, Funny River Road. Speaker — Clark Fair. Questions? Carmen 262-2791.

Shamrock Shuffle Fun Run/Walk Shamrock Shuffle Fun Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, March 17 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on K-Beach Road in Soldotna. 1.5 Mile and 3 Mile runs. Registration 1-2 p.m. 2 p.m. start. Entry Fee $10 Youth, $20 Adult, $50 Family. *Age group awards * Door prizes. Proceeds to benefit the Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club. For more information call 262-1721 or 252-2959.

Tie One On: Fly Tying with Trout Unlimited Last month’s Tie One On was so much fun we are doing it again. Learn to Tie Flies at Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s popular fly tying night. Family friendly.

All skill levels welcome. Vices and fly tying equipment supplied. 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26 at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna.

Central Peninsula Hospital Health Fair Central Peninsula Hospital is holding a Health Fair on March 23 from 8 a.m. to Noon in the River Tower on the CPH campus. Blood Chemistry Panels, Thyroid, Prostate, Vitamin D (D2&D3) and A1C tests will be available. You must be 18 years or older to have blood work done. Community health partners are invited to participate as a vendor. Contact Camille Sorensen at 714-4600 or csorensen@ cpgh.org for an application. Deadline for vendor registration is March 18.

Antarctica and back with KDLL Adventure Talks Join KDLL Adventure Talks at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center for photos and stories from Soldotna Dr. Kristin Mitchell, who just returned from a monthlong trip to Antarctica. And tune in to KDLL 91.9 FM at 10 a.m. Feb. 27 for an on-air interview with Dr. Mitchell about the Homeward Bound program, a leadership collaboration between women working in STEMM. Admission is free for KDLL members or $5 for nonmembers. For more information, visit www.kdll.org or KDLL 91.9 FM on Facebook, or call Jenny at 283-8433.

Fireweed Fiber guild meeting The public is welcome to join the Fireweed Fiber guild meeting Saturday, Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Soldotna Public Library. Bring your projects to work.

There will be spindle demonstrations and spinning wheel demonstrations. The guild is a non-profit organization which promotes crafts and artistry in the fiber industry.

Soldotna Library Friends needs a board member Join the Soldotna Library Friends Board. We have board positions waiting for a volunteer to fill them. Contact 907-252-5812 for more information. Come to the Annual Meeting on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. at the Soldotna Public Library Joyce Carver Community Room.

AKC Star Puppy class Kenai Kennel Club will be offering an AKC Star Puppy class beginning Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. We are also offering a Family Dog Obedience class beginning Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. Please contact instructor Melinda at alaskamelinda@gmail.com with any questions or to register.

Classes are limited to 8 students in each class.

KPC Showcase: “Have I Heard of You?” KPC Showcase presents: “Have I Heard of You?”: Writing What You Love and Publishing In An Ever Changing

Market on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the McLane Commons at Kenai Peninsula College. When you tell someone you are a writer, common follow up questions usually include “Have I heard of you?” and “Can I find your stuff on Amazon?” If you aspire to be a published author, Dr. Casey J Rudkin and her writing and life partner James Rudkin have some suggestions for plotting a path through the uncertainty that is the ever changing publishing market. Writing under the pen name JC Rudkin, they will also have a short reading from their story “Your Plaintive Cries” from the recently published The Living Pulps edited by Oscar De Los Santos.

Humanist Happy Hour Humanist Happy Hour will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21 at Pizza Paradisos in Kenai at 6 p.m. Happy Hour is an informal gathering where freethinkers can get together and chat while enjoying good food and fine libations.

No set topic or philosophical challenges, just a way to connect and to get to know one another! For more information please contact info@lastfrontierfreethinkers.org.

Meet the Author Last Frontier Freethinkers will be hosting a luncheon for Dan Barker, co-president of Freedom from Religion Foundation, at Odies Deli on Friday, March 1 at 2 p.m.

Dan has written a new book called “Mere Morality” and will be discussing God and Government: Protecting the wall between church and state. For more information please contact info@lastfrontierfreethinkers.org.

Sterling Community Rec Center annual meeting Attention Sterling residents! Would you like to meet new people, have fun, and help make decisions on new and old programs for the Sterling Community Rec Center?

The annual meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Sterling Community Center at 6 p.m. We need people that are interested in being on the Board of Directors to call the Center at 262-7224.

Sterling Community Rec Center Daily Event Schedule February —Pickleball: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 a.m.12 p.m.

—Weight room: Open 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m.

Monday-Friday (Free weights, squat rack, rowing machine, cardio bikes, tread mill, elliptical, and yoga balls/ mats) —Zumba: Mondays at 6 p.m.

—Teen Center: Air hockey, fosse ball, video games, Wi-Fi, and gym time.

—Home school gym time: Fridays at 12-2 p.m.

—After school red program: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Registration anytime Call for information 907-262-7224. Adults $3 per visit, seniors $2 per visit, teens $2 per visit, and children $1 per visit

Land Management Division letters of interest The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Land Management Division is calling for letters of interest from people looking for new agricultural land. The hope is that people will share some details that the borough can use to inform the program design. The kinds of major points officials think would be helpful in a letter include the size and general location needed, along with any other criteria that would be essential for the person’s production plans, and maybe an indication of the time frames that people are thinking if they were to take on an area of land with production goals.

Letters should be addressed to KPB Land Manager, 144 North Binkley St., Soldotna AK 99669. More information can be found at kpb.us/land

KCHS 1969 reunion The KCHS 1969 50th High School Reunion will take place on July 26 at 6 p.m. at Pizza Paradisos. Dorothy Lou Hermansen, Maryam Gray House and Sheryl House Martin are serving as the event’s planning committee. Visit the Facebook page “KCHS 1969 50th Reunion” for more information. Graduates may register through that page, or by emailing Dorothy Hermansen at hootowl@chugach.net.

Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association Meeting Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association Board of Directors will meet Saturday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m., in the conference room at its Kenai office located at 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road. The meeting is open to the public and an agenda will be posted at www.ciaanet.org.

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, February 17, 2019 | C5

Barking has its limits

PET PAL Dear Readers: Trina S., via email, shared a picture of her kitten “Smudgie,” adopted from Animal Care Services in Long Beach, California.

Smudgie loves her red yarn toy. Every day she deposits little pieces of red yarn all over the house as she tears it apart. I’m sure Trina is busy vacuuming!

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Relationship with mr. Right goes wrong as values collide DEAR ABBY: Nine months ago I met this incredible guy and we fell in love.

We got along so well. He’s smart, goodlooking, has a great career and there didn’t seem to be any problems.

Six months later, he casually mentioned that we are political opposites.

Now I’m not that big on politics, and we all have reasons for being conservative or liberal, but when I asked him to explain his ideology, his answer was simply to slam the other side.

Is it ridiculous for me to end my relationship based on this? To me it indicates that we have very different morals and values. I made my position on social issues clear from the beginning, but he thinks I’m foolish to worry about things that “aren’t true” and/or “won’t affect me personally.”

I feel misled and betrayed, but I miss him a lot. I don’t fall in love easily, and getting over this has been difficult. Am I overreacting?

-- PRINCIPLED IN TEXAS

room and not my own. It is made of big, bulky, dark, heavy oak that does not fit my style. I feel like getting rid of it is getting rid of him, but I also don’t want to live in a “museum.” How do I resolve this?

Abigail Van Buren

-- CAN’T DECIDE IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR CAN’T DECIDE: Your grandfather has been gone only three months, and the rule of thumb is to make no important decisions while you are still grieving. It’s practical advice, and those who follow it usually have fewer regrets than those who jump the gun.

For the time being, make no decisions about what to do with the bedroom furniture, which, although it may be somewhat dated, could be valuable, and someone may love to have it (a relative, an antique dealer, etc.). For now, move it into the room you have been using, and move yourself into the master bedroom. Allow yourself more time to make your decision, and when you fiDEAR ABBY: I used to take care of nally do, you may find yourself ready to my grandparents. When my grandmother make some other updates to your proppassed away 10 years ago, I took over erty as well. cooking, paying the bills, laundry, etc. so Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van my grandfather could stay in his home. He passed away three months ago and left ev- Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and erything to me. I have lived in their house was founded by her mother, Pauline Philfor 24 years. I’m sleeping in the same bed- lips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbroom I had when I first moved in. I like the by.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. neighborhood, and I plan on staying.

To order “How to Write Letters for All Now that my grandfather is gone, Occasions,” send your name and mailing people say I should move into his (master) bedroom. And therein lies the question: address, plus check or money order for What should I do with his bedroom furni- $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby -- Letter ture? On one hand, it holds special memo- Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL ries, so I’m hesitant to get rid of it. On the 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are other hand, using it will feel like I’m in his included in the price.

DEAR PRINCIPLED: While some couples can discuss their differences -political and otherwise -- in your case your “incredible guy” seems unable to intelligently discuss them or articulate the reasons for his beliefs without denigrating yours. Without mutual respect, relationships usually fail.

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STOP IT UP! To see Smudgie and our other Pet Pals, visit www.Heloise.com and click on “Pet of Dear Heloise: When I put on jewelry, parthe Week.” ticularly earrings, and look in the mirror over -- Heloise the bathroom sink, I make sure the stopper is closed. Those tiny stud earring backs are gone EAGLE-EYED forever if dropped!

Dear Heloise: I live in an adult community.

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-- Mary, via email -- Heloise This can help lessen neck strain, too!

-- Heloise LETTER OF LAUGHTER WIPE IT OUT Dear Heloise: For the past eight or 10 years, I’ve always made the same two New Dear Heloise: After cleansing my face with Year’s resolutions. The first is not to procras- a makeup wipe, I use the wipe to touch up the tinate, and the second is to become more or- sink basin, too! This keeps the sink clean in ganized. between washings. As I’ve told family and friends each year, I - Jennifer R. in Pennsylvania

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019: This year, you become more sensitive and caring with friends and loved ones. If single, you express the same traits; however, if someone pulls in too close, you could split. You still like your space. If you’re attached, seeing both sides of an argument gives you a choice: either go along with or challenge your sweetie’s thinking. LEO adds spice to life.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You respond intuitively to a child or loved one.

The response you get can only surprise you. Recognize that something is going on beneath the surface. Meanwhile, allow your childlike side to emerge. Work through anger or frustration by pursuing a physical activity. Tonight: Let out the wild child within.

This Week: Don’t push too hard. Spend some time internalizing feelings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You might be determined to have your way about a real-estate or home-related issue. However, others might be feisty and not as flexible as you’d like. Postpone this attempt. Tonight: Play it the way the majority would like.

This Week: You know what you want. Don’t lose your focus midweek.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Make calls early in the day. Catching up on friends’ and loved ones’ news could be fun and somewhat enticing. You might want to change your plans. If you don’t go along with already-set plans, a friend might be upset. Tonight: Where the action is.

This Week: Tension builds. You might need to get into some stress-busting activity for a while.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Your need to feel equal to others often can push you out the door and into shopping. Be wise; even if you see an irresistible item, honor your budget. Listen to someone’s anger, but don’t allow this person to trigger you. Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

This Week: Emotions run high and come out in a conversation. Choose your words with care.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH As the day progresses, you seem to blossom. You will need to deal with unanticipated news from someone at a distance. Don’t hesitate to ask questions in order to get a better sense of what’s going on. A parent or older friend could become demanding. Tonight: All smiles.

This Week: Flow with other concerns. If you can, get a head start on your taxes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Be sensitive to what’s going on behind the scenes. You might not want to open up a conversation,

but you will be responsive to another person’s attempt.

Until you learn more, keep some of your opinions to yourself. Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep.

This Week: Tuesday through Wednesday, the Moon highlights you in a positive light. Use this period well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Even in an uncomfortable moment or discussion, friendship prevails. Don’t push too hard to get your way. If you do, you’ll receive some hard feedback. Stay centered. Accept an invitation to get together with friends later. Tonight: As you like.

This Week: Before finalizing any decision, do some thinking.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others come forward with their opinions. A respected authority figure might draw a strong reaction from one of your loved ones. Look for a place of agreement. As a result, you will find the day more peaceful.

Tonight: A force to be dealt with. Others check you out.

This Week: Pursue an important goal until Thursday.

At that point, relax.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Reach out for a loved one or a friend at a distance. You might love to hear some good news. Allow impulsiveness to play a role in your decisions. You have a lot of energy to expend. Choose to be active. Tonight: Acting as though tonight is the beginning of the weekend.

This Week: Be more enthusiastic and fierier, but be careful not to irritate a boss or loved one.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH A partner or close loved one has a lot to share. He or she would appreciate having some personal alone time with you. Be smart; make time. You need to invest more of yourself in this relationship. Tonight: Getting into the moment.

This Week: To resolve an issue, look to different types of thinking.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Go along with another person’s desires. You might not always agree with this person or bend to his or her desires. However, you need to indulge him or her more often. Caring builds. Tonight: Bring others together for a fun dinner.

This Week: Others dominate. Don’t fight city hall.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You want to handle some routine matters that surround your life. Although you might get an angry response, let a loved one know what you’re doing. Make time for this person later in the day. Tonight: Respond to a need for a talk.

This Week: After Monday, defer to others. Enjoy some extra personal time.

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Dear Readers: A BARKING DOG can be a good “alarm system” in your home, but a dog barks for many reasons: When a stranger approaches, when the dog hears a noise outside or when the dog hears other dogs barking, among many other triggers. Barking is good, but too much can be annoying.

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (www.aspca. org), there are many ways to limit a dog’s barking. Here’s an easy one: Allow the dog to bark two or three times, then say (don’t shout), “Quiet,” calmly but firmly. Touch the dog’s muzzle and say, “Quiet” once more. Step away, and call the dog to you.

Give a small treat after the dog sits. This should help your pet understand not only that it’s OK to bark to alert, but also that it is pleasing you.

-- Heloise

By Dave Green

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The first president

Mini Fact:

First Leader

Washington was elected unanimously, or with all agreeing, as our first president in 1789. He served for two terms (1789-1797).

After his presidency, Washington returned to Mount Vernon. On Dec. 12, 1799, he went on a horseback ride. The day was cold and snowy. He became sick and died on Dec. 14.

This famous painting shows the general crossing the Delaware River in 1776 to surprise British forces on the other side.

You know George Washington was our first president. You may even know that he was a general during the Revolutionary War. There is much more to learn about President Washington! We celebrate Presidents Day, Feb. 18, by getting to know him better.

Early days

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732, in Virginia. His great-grandfather had migrated to Virginia from England in 1657.

He studied geography and Latin, and he learned surveying, or taking measurements to determine the size and position of land holdings. He was also taught how to grow tobacco and raise animals.

Family life

Washington was 26 when he married Martha Custis on Jan. 6, 1759. She was a widow. Her son, Jacky, was 4 years old. Her daughter, Patsy, was only 2.

Mount Vernon, their home near Washington, D.C., had Martha six rooms when George and Washington Martha moved in, in 1759.

Washington increased the number to 20. He helped to design the house and grounds.

Washington loved to read. His library at Mount Vernon had about 1,100 books, and he wrote more than 40,000 letters in his lifetime.

Patsy died at the age of 17. Jacky died at the age of 27 while serving in the Revolutionary Army.

This painting of Washington on the plantation was made by Junius Brutus Stearns in 1851.

Military man

George Washington’s first experience as a military leader was as a colonel in the French and Indian War. The war was fought because the French wanted to take over more territory in the British colonies. Washington fought on the side of the British.

Although he made some battlefield mistakes, he learned much from them. One of the most important lessons was that the British could be defeated.

Washington was chosen to lead the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was known as a courageous leader who often won his victories by using surprise attacks.

Washington inspired This likeness of his soldiers. His troops Washington by Rembrandt Peale was often fought against larger armies of better- painted in 1795 when Washington equipped British was 63. This is one of soldiers. He became Washington’s most world-famous. Some famous portraits. people wanted to make him a king, but Washington refused.

Washington went home to Mount Vernon after the war, in 1783. After five years, he was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and served as president of the convention.

Mount Vernon

Every year, about 1 million visitors tour Mount Vernon. Washington spent 45 years trying to improve the house and the land.

The plantation included stables, a gristmill for grinding wheat, gardens, greenhouses, an icehouse and other structures.

George Washington owned slaves.

During his time, slavery was accepted by many. However, he changed his mind about it as he grew older. In his will, he asked that his slaves be freed after Martha’s death.

Resources On the Web:

• bit.ly/MPGeorge

At the library:

• “When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots” by Lynne Cheney • “Our Country’s Presidents: All You Need to Know About the Presidents, From George Washington to Barack Obama”

by Ann Bausum

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Try ’n’ Find

Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of George Washington are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward and some letters are used twice. See if you can find:

Cook’s Corner Raspberry Flummery You’ll need: • 2 cups raspberries, fresh or frozen* • 1/2 cup cold water • 1 cup sugar

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Flummeries were fruit puddings made with berries in George Washington’s time.

• 1/2 teaspoon salt • 4 tablespoons cornstarch

What to do: 1. Wash the raspberries. Remove stems and leaves.

2. Put berries in a 2-quart saucepan with 1/2 cup cold water. Cover and cook over medium heat until berries are soft, about 10 minutes.

3. Mix sugar, salt and cornstarch in a small bowl. Slowly add mixture to berries, stirring.

Turn heat to low. Cook, stirring, until mixture thickens, about five minutes.

4. Spoon the flummery into pretty glasses. Chill in the refrigerator. Makes 4 servings. * You can substitute other kinds of berries.

7 Little Words for Kids Use the letters in the boxes to make a word with the same meaning as the clue. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in the solution. Each letter combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle.

1. at all times (6) 2. game Serena Williams plays (6) 3. places to visit animals (4) 4. marmalade-loving bear (10) 5. milk and butter (5) 6. person in charge in a courtroom (5) 7. collect (6)

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Garrett: What does a laughing archaeologist find most often?

Grace: Funny bones!

Female butterflies lay their eggs on a plant for a good reason.

The caterpillar that hatches from the egg uses the plant as food, eating almost enough for a lifetime. During the chrysalis stage, the caterpillar transforms into an adult. Then, the adult butterfly feeds on fruits or the nectar of flowers.

You can plant a butterfly garden to attract the beautiful insects. Find a book or website describing the native plants of your location. Then, find a nursery or website that sells the seeds or the plants. adapted from climatekids.nasa.gov

For later: Look in your newspaper for items about Presidents Day events.

Teachers: For standards-based activities to accompany this feature, visit: bit.ly/MPstandards. And follow The Mini Page on Facebook!

Answers: always, tennis, zoos, Paddington, dairy, judge, gather.

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