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Thursday, November 1, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 49, Issue 28
Ballot Measure 1 spending tops statelevel record By JAMES BROOKS Juneau Empire
The electoral fight over Ballot Measure 1 is the most expensive state-level campaign in Alaska history, according to new filings from the Alaska Public Offices Commission. Tuesday was the deadline for campaigns of all kinds to submit their last major financial report before the Nov. 6 general election. According to those filings, the principal group opposing Ballot Measure 1, Stand for Alaska, has received $12 million in cash and in-kind contributions. The principal group supporting the measure, Yes for Salmon, reported $1.7 million in contributions by Oct. 27, then added another $131,000 on Monday. Stand for Salmon, a separate political group that will remain active after the election, reported receiving more than $715,000 in contributions during the campaign. Campaign fundraising doesn’t always decide elections, but it can be a barometer of support for a particular cause or candidate. It almost always determines the amount of advertising in a campaign. In 2014, approximately $14 million was spent by proponents and opponents of a referendum attempting to repeal a just-passed reform of Alaska’s oil and gas tax law, setting a record for a state-level campaign. (Federal elections have resulted in more spending: more than $57 million was spent on Alaska’s U.S. Senate race that year.) Many of the same oil and gas firms that opposed the 2014 referendum are also opposing this year’s ballot measure. Those companies include firms such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhilips. In addition to the big fish, a spread of small fry have joined the spending spree ahead of the vote. A few examples: Mike Chihuly, a Ninilchik retiree who spent $1,860 with his wife on a newspaper ad to support the initiative. In Juneau, the Salmon Project is spending $925 in time and effort on social media, it reported. The Alaska Free MarSee SPEND, page A2
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Poll: Begich, Dunleavy tied By JAMES BROOKS Juneau Empire
The governor race between Mike Dunleavy and Mark Begich is tighter than ever. A new tracking poll from Alaska Survey Research shows the two leading candidates almost dead even, with the decision possibly remaining in the hands of the state’s few undecided voters. According to the poll, 42.5 percent of Alaskans support Dunleavy and 42.3 percent support Begich. The Begich campaign, which has consistently trailed during the election, issued a press release stating that “momentum continues to build on Begich’s side.” Asked about the poll, Dunleavy campaign manager Brett Huber said by email, “The only poll that counts is the one on November 6.” A week and a half after he announced his withdrawal from the governor’s race, incumbent independent Gov. Bill Walker still holds a measure of support among voters. Just under 8 percent of Alaskans said they will vote for him. Support for Libertarian candidate Billy Toien, polled for the first time by Moore, measured
Official: Kenai Peninsula College enrollment down By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
Former state Senate Mike Dunleavy, left, Gov. Bill Walker, center, and former U.S. Senator Mark Begich shake hands after a debate at a Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Centennial Hall on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
3.3 percent. Slightly over 4 percent of Alaskans are undecided. The poll of 500 likely voters was fielded between Oct. 26 and 29 using cellphones and landline telephones. The data was weighted to generate a representative sample of all Alaskans and has a
4.4 percent margin of error with a 95 percent confidence interval. The poll was not funded by either campaign, said Ivan Moore, director of Alaska Survey Research, in a press release accompanying the poll results. The poll also asked respon-
dents if they had already voted, then asked who people had voted for. Among the 67 people who had already cast their votes, 34 said they had voted for Begich, 32 for Dunleavy and one for Walker. Among the 433 people who See POLL, page A3
After years of growth, Kenai Peninsula College is seeing a decline in student enrollment. Enrollment decreased 4 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to an update given by Suzie Kendrick, KPC advancement programs manager, at Wednesday’s Soldotna Chamber Luncheon. “It was years before we saw red numbers like this,” Kendrick, has worked at the college for more than 17 years, said. We grew, and we grew and we grew. Then the economy flattened out. I don’t think I need to explain to you how things are a little bit different than they were five or more years ago.” Kendrick said the 92-bed See KPC, page A3
Candidate Spotlight: Senate District O Editor’s note: Ahead of next week’s election, the Clarion is publishing interviews with candidates vying to represent peninsula communities. In today’s paper, we feature candidates running for the Alaska Senate District O seat. Republican Sen. Peter Micciche, who currently represents District O, is facing two challengers: write-in candidates Ron Gillham and Willow King. District O includes central and upper peninsula communities, including Kenai, Soldotna, Nikiski, Sterling, Funny River, Cooper Landing, Hope and Seward.
By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
Question: Should you be re-elected, what would your first priority be as Senator? Answer: I have several that are right at the top of the list. Obviously, Alaskans are very concerned with the opioidrelated crime and the increase we’ve been seeing. We have a lot of work to do in repealing and replacing SB 91 with more Sen. Peter Micciche. (File) effective measures that hold criminals accountable. I have people for a vote so that it can a resolution that I will draw up be protected in the constitution that puts the PFD in front of the See PETER, page A3
Question: What would your first priority be as the senator, should you get elected? Answer: One of the first priorities will be trying to get the PFD into the constitution, that way the politicians can’t ever get into it again. I want to save it for future generations. Q: Why did you start your Ron Gillham. (Courtesy photo) write-in campaign? Well, after the primary, I me and ask me to do a writesort of thought it was all over. in. And after about three I had so many people contact See RON, page A3
2nd write-in candidate looks to topple District O incumbent By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion
With election day around the corner, Soldotna’s Willow King has launched a write-in campaign for Senate District O. Incumbent Senator Peter Micciche’s name will be on the ballot unopposed, but after a tight Republic primary race in August, his challenger Ron Gilliam launched a write-in campaign. King, who had al- Willow King. (Courtesy photo)
most applied for the primary, has now followed suit in hopes of becoming a state senator. “When Ron and Peter split the vote pretty well, I decided it might be the right time,” King said. “I, and many people I talk to, don’t feel adequately represented.” Besides a small portion of her childhood spent living in Hawaii, King has lived on the central peninsula. She would spend the summers fishing with her father, a commercial
fisherman. King said that Ballot Measure 1, which asks votes to approve updates to Alaska’s habitat laws for fish, is particularly important to her. “I feel strongly about protecting the environment and our representatives are pretty strongly development based,” King said. “I’d like to see responsible development and the idea of diversification of Alaska’s economy. Lawmakers of old knew petroleum was a fi-
nite resource, but that seems to have been lost.” She doesn’t want to lean on the environmental issue, though. “I think it’s important to get back to the idea of Alaskans being able to take care of themselves and each other through all the issues that tie into that, from SB 91, Ballot Measure 1 to health insurance,” King said. “I want to see us prepared for the future because it seems See KING, page A2
Analysis: Minor permits under Ballot Measure 1 By KEVIN GULLUFSEN Juneau Empire
Ballot Measure 1, up for a vote during the statewide election Nov. 6, provides three tracks for development projects on salmon habitat in Alaska. Some projects are minor, some major, and others can received what’s called a general permit for common activities done by many people. Proponents have said that responsible development won’t face undue permitting hurdles. Opponents have said even routine projects like road widening would screech to a halt.
In a three-part series, the Juneau Empire is taking a look at how Ballot Measure 1 changes Alaska law in an effort to provide voters with an unbiased look at the permitting process — for everything from an ATV crossing, to a personal dock or a massive mine. An article published in the Clarion on Monday looked at general permits, which apply to things like skiff launches, stream crossing and recreational suction dredging in certain locations — everyday activities which a large number of people do with a minimal effect to habitat.
So, what type of development could receive a minor permit? The difference between a major and minor permit comes down to what Ballot Measure 1 calls “significant adverse effects” to fish habitat (more on that A8). Minor permits could apply to things like personal docks, temporary water use permits and boat ramp maintenance. Right now, anyone building on fish habitat has to apply for a Fish Habitat Permit. The measure doesn’t change that. Permits are approved or denied See PERMIT, page A2
Sockeye salmon splash their way up Juneau’s Steep Creek in 2012. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)
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by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Habitat Division, which has three offices around the state. Approval or denial hinges on whether or not it can provide for the “proper protection of fish and game.” (That phrase here refers to wildlife, not the state agency.) Ballot Measure 1 doesn’t change this. What it does change is the definition of proper protection. Current law doesn’t specify what proper protection means. Habitat biologists have so far defined proper protection using their expertise. Ballot Mea-
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ket Coalition, headquartered in Ward Cove, reported spending $2,500 in time and effort opposing the measure. In Haines, a group of local residents got together to spend $701 on advertising and hosting a question-and-answer session about the measure. “Yeah, we support Stand for Salmon, but we thought it had more weight to create our own group,” said photographer Katie Craney, who organized the effort. She said Haines is “split down the middle” politically, but the gathering “sparked debate amongst our friends and amongst our neighbors, and
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uncertain at times.” On the topic of Senate Bill 91 — the contentious criminal justice reform bill — King believes the bill is well intentioned. “I wouldn’t like to repeal SB 91,” she said. “…There are some really good issues around that helping our society. I
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sure 1 outlines fish protection in legal language. That section (which would appear as AS 16.05.867 under the measure) is vague enough to allow managers some latitude. Basically, it codifies into law how development would be allowed to permanently change anadromous fish habitat (habitat for fish, like salmon, that live in both salt and freshwater). Things like water quality and temperature would have to stay largely intact before and after building occurs. Stream flow, fish passage, bank and bed stability and habitat diversity — anyone building would have to ensure that those could be completely restored in a reasonable timeframe under Ballot
Measure 1. This differs from current practice. Habitat managers sometimes alter or divert streams permanently if they believe the work won’t harm fish populations. A stream could be rerouted around a project, or fish habitat could be added somewhere off-site to make up for the loss of habitat. Both major and minor permits would have to meet this bar. If they can’t, that doesn’t mean a permit will be denied, but developers would be required to take a few extra steps to help avoid harming habitat. The difference between major and minor Fish Habitat Permits comes down to what projects pose “significant adverse effects.”
About a half page of the 8-page measure defines what’s significant. If a project impairs or degrades any habitat characteristics listed under the “proper protection” section, that’s significant. Interfering with spawning, rearing or migration of anadromous fish, or increases in fish death at any life stage — all these are considered significant adverse effects under Ballot Measure 1. Anything at risk of significantly changing fish habitat would receive more scrutiny, both from the public and government agencies, under a major permitting track. Minor permits would also receive their own public comment period, something required of major, minor and general permits.
they started asking questions. … Those were the kinds of conversations we were hoping to happen.” Alaska’s neck-and-neck governor’s race is already the most expensive in state history, but it involves much less money, even with the two principal candidates apparently near a tie as they sprint toward the Nov. 6 finish line. Republican candidate Mike Dunleavy has reported raising $482,308 and spending $309,654 since his campaign began. Democratic candidate Mark Begich has reported raising $731,078 and spending $616,079. Begich trailed Dunleavy in fundraising until a recent surge that coincided with incumbent independent Gov. Bill Walker’s withdrawal from the race. Between Oct.
6 and Oct. 27, Begich raised $334,433 and Dunleavy raised $220,374. Though Dunleavy’s campaign has received less direct support than Begich’s, Dunleavy is receiving far more help from independent expenditure groups that operate outside a campaign. The Republican Governors’ Association, Republican State Leadership Committee and a handful of other big donors have given more than $2.8 million to Families for Alaska’s Future, a pro-Dunleavy group. Another pro-Dunleavy group, called Dunleavy for Alaska, has collected nearly $1.8 million in contributions for its campaign. That group has a wide variety of contributors, but most recently received $200,000 from the Pacific Seafood Processors
Association and $200,000 from Alaska Frontier Constructors, an Anchorage firm. Backing Begich is Begich for Alaska, which has received less than $337,000 in contributions; Alaskans Opposing Dunleavy, a group stocked with funds left over from a group that supported Walker for governor; Defeat Dunleavy, which has been funded with a half-million dollars from the Democratic organization in Washington, D.C.; and Educators Against Dunleavy, a group backed by the National Education Association’s Advocacy Fund. Filings with the Federal Communications Commission show Alaska’s TV and radio stations will be filled with political advertising in the days before the election.
know people feel strongly on both ends. I know people who have just, pardon the pun, got locked into the justice system and have had a really hard time getting out with just minor offenses. I think that getting people who are not a threat to the community, back into the community to be productive will help us cut costs to social services.” As for health insurance, King’s personal medical history has helped shape her view
on the subject. After breaking her ankle this summer, even with good health insurance coverage, King said she found herself owing several thousand dollars. “I think everyone should be able to get health insurance,” she said. “I don’t want medical bills to cripple families any more than incarceration can cripple families. If I can end up with $10,000 in debt on a good insurance plan, imagine where someone who doesn’t
have insurance ends up.” King isn’t looking to split this year’s votes, though. She’s excited to give people another option and to enable community engagement. “I’d like to see more people on more ballots,” King said. “I figured the best way to do that is to put my name out there.” Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Reach Kat Sorensen at ksorensen@peninsulaclarion.com.
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Around the Peninsula Ninilchik Senior Center November events —Bingo Wednesdays after lunch —Holiday Bazaar Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 10-11 —Close for Veteran’s Day Monday, Nov. 11 —Board meeting Thursday, Nov. 15 at 9:30 a.m. —Sew Saturday on Saturday, Nov. 17 —Closed for Thanksgiving Thurday-Friday, Nov. 22-23
The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council meeting The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council’s Environmental Monitoring Committee (EMC) teleconference meeting will be hosted in Kenai on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Cook Inlet RCAC Office, 8195 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai, AK 99611. The public is welcome to attend. For directions or more information call 907-283-7222 or 800-652-7222.
Cardiac Support Group cancelled
True Tales, Told Live: “Risky Business: Tales of taking the leap” True Tales, Told Live presents live music and storytelling on the theme “Risky Business: Tales of taking the leap,” at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Ode’s Deli in Soldotna, in conjunction with Startup Week Alaska. Admission is free. Local storytellers share a true tale based on the night’s theme, live, with no notes. Storytellers wanted. Contact Jenny at jneyman@kdll. org or 907-394-6397 for more information.
North Star United Methodist Church craft fair The Nikiski North Star United Methodist Church will host a craft fair on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 9-10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church grounds. Donations and proceeds from the event will annual Thanksgiving and Christmas food boxes that we pass out. Vendor spaces are still available. Contact Deanna at 598-2369 for more information.
Jim Evenson Day 2018
The monthly Cardiac Support Group is cancelled until further notice. I do appreciate and want to thank all of the attendees who have been participating. You are welcome to call me with questions or concerns. You can reach me at 262-5547 or 252-1018.
Celebrate artist Jim Evenson through his extraordinary. Some of Jim’s finest originals will be available for purchase starting Oct. 6 at Home Gallery in Kenai. The gallery is located at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway across from the Kenai Visitors Center. For more information call 907-335-4663.
The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board meeting
Kenai Peninsula College Council meeting
The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gilman River Center on Funny River Road, Soldotna. Agenda topics include committee and agency reports. The public is welcome to attend. If you have any questions about the meeting you can contact Jack Blackwell at 907-262-5581, Ext 21.
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and not cut in the future by a future governor. The budget continues to be my key issue. When I got into office the budget was around $8 billion for UGF (unrestricted general fund) spending. Now it’s about $4.5 billion. I think we have to continue to make sure we make it as tight as we possibly can and pass a spending limit so we have a manageable and sustainable budget in the future. Those are my key issues. I continue to hammer on the social issues that plague our state as well. That includes (the fact that) we are number one for sexual assault, domestic violence, suicide. All of those items are related. We have a tendency to put them in silos, but they’re related to issues around Alaska. It requires our key focus so we’re not number 1 in those areas any longer. Q: You narrowly won the primary race. What was the message you got from voters and what do you think they expect of you now? A: Alaskans have made it very clear that they expect their dividend to be protected. What they don’t understand was that there was not a way for a single legislator to deliver that when it was vetoed by the governor and kept down by the governor and other budgets in the House. The only way to solve that is to protect it in the constitution. I do have the position, the power and the organization in the Senate, and hopefully, we have the House and someone in the administration in the governor’s seat that will help support that so it will get to the people and
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weeks we gathered a bunch of people together and had a meeting on it. And it was unanimous that everybody wanted me to do a write-in. So since there was no Democrat running, we decided to go ahead and pursue it. Q: Do you support the annexation efforts the city of Soldotna is currently pursuing? A: No, I do not. Q: Where do you see the future of the Permanent Fund Dividend? A: Well, if things don’t change in Juneau then I see it going away. It’s going to take more than just the governor to get it into the constitution. If it doesn’t get into the constitution then I can see it gradually go
give them chance to weigh in. Q: Do you support the annexation efforts the city of Soldotna is currently pursuing? A: I have met with the city and I have met with landowners outside of the city and what I demand from the city administration is that they spend as much time as possible with the folks outside of the city to make sure that those people are heard. I don’t have an answer right now, but what I continue to do is pressure city administrators and the council and mayor to not move forward without greater communication with those outside of the city. I think it’s an important issue. I think it’s important because I understand both sides. But ultimately folks who don’t live in the city, don’t live in the city for a reason. I think their voices really matter and have to be heard through the entire process. Q: Where do you see the future of the Permanent Fund Dividend? A: I see the PFD being protected by the constitution. We are extremely fortunate that our forefathers had the foresight to create the permanent fund. A part of the permanent fund that became our reality and expectation for Alaskans is that their full statutory Permanent Fund Dividend is paid to them. I see the political demands as we saw in the results of the primary. To me, that was a clear message that Alaskans have an expectation for their full statutory PFD, the same statutory calculation that we’ve seen since 1982. Q: Would you repeal SB 91, why or why not? A: I would. We began repealing it two years ago. The key bills are SB 54 and HB 312, and what those bills did is rollback large portions of SB 91. In
away. Q: Would you repeal SB 91? A: Yes. That’s my second priority. Get law and order back in the state. Q: What do you hope to accomplish should you be elected? A: Well, I’d like to get the crime down. One thing I’d like to do is get more Alaskans to work. There are more people leaving the state now because they can’t afford to stay here. I work on the Slope right now and there’s going to be a lot of work up here and I would like to see it go to Alaskans. About 36 percent of the people up here are out-of-staters and I think that’s too many. I think we should get more Alaskans working. If you do vote for me, make sure my name is spelled right. I hope to represent the people on the peninsula.
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The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8 at KPC’s Kenai River Campus in Soldotna inWard room 116. The meeting is open to the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact the director’s assistant at 262-0318 orvisit this link: http://www.kpc.alaska. edu/about/college_council/reports/.
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said they will be voting later, 41.6 percent said Dunleavy, 41 percent said Begich, 8.8 said Walker, 3.8 percent said Toien, and 4.8 percent were undecided. For the 39 people who said they will be voting for Walker, the person conducting the poll by phone informed them that Walker has dropped out of the race but will still appear on the ballot. “Knowing this, if the 2018 general election for governor of Alaska was held today … for whom would you vote for governor?” the poll asked. Of those 39 people, 20 said Begich, four said Toien, five were undecided and eight said they would still vote for Walker. None said Dunleavy. Most of the 39 had heard of the governor’s withdrawal from the race; only eight had not. That question changed the results of the poll: When prompted that Walker had withdrawn, his support dropped to 2 percent. Begich’s support rose to 46.3 per-
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some cases stronger than they were before. We have additional things that must be done. One of the things that we have to do since most of the crime we are seeing is drug related, we absolutely have to significantly stiffen the minimum sentencing for drug traffickers. Like any market, it’s supply and demand. If we can choke off the supply, and then we can reduce the demand, that market will become not worth the risk for people that have likely moved here from other markets like Seattle and Los Angeles. We put them in prison for decades for trafficking drugs. We put them in prison for decades or there’s enough of a deterrent that they leave the state and go back to other places where it’s been more successful. The reality is they are destroying lives and should pay a similar price. We have increased the minimum sentencing, but I think it needs to go much further. Q: What do you feel you accomplished last session? A: Well, we accomplished a lot of things. What we were able to do when the administration tried to stop a temporary funding issue because oil had crashed from $107 to $29, we stopped all of those permanent impacts called taxes on Alaskans. There were 13 attempts. I simply refused to over fund the government. Now, we’re back in the $80 range where we actually balance even with a full dividend. The key going forward is to continue that effort. We passed a spending limit last year, the budget did. The house wouldn’t hear it and the governor wasn’t interested. We passed a work requirement for Medicaid; so that healthy adults can pull their own weight and one day succeed and not have the need for some of those pro-
grams. It wasn’t heard in the House. We have a lot of accomplishments. Unfortunately, the way the system works is that you need 11 votes in the Senate, 21 in the House and the governor has to sign it to become law. The places we were most successful was stopping taxes and getting some reductions over the last four years. Where we can be far more successful in the future is where we have a team that can work together on a sustainable budget, a spending limit going forward. I think what’s most important to me is that Alaskans realize that this simply isn’t an entry-level job. We have some important issues facing us. We’ve been successful. I’ve cut $400 million out of the operating budget and I was able to do that by even selling it to the Democrats, which is required. It’s a team sport. Going forward, we have some very difficult decisions to make. Paying a full dividend is a key issue; making Alaska safe again is a key issue. Dealing with the social issues that are causing a lot of the dependence on opioids or that are driving people into this lifestyle that eventually turn to crime is so important. We have a lot of work to do and the reality of it is that I have the experience, the dedication, and the history to be able to bring people together to make these solutions. Being an island in the legislature does not work. We have a few of them and they simply have no way to be effective. It requires the ability to garner 11 senate votes, convincing the House to support it and then getting the governors signature. So, I respectfully ask the support of District O constituents on Nov. 6.
capacity resident halls are also just over half full. Summer enrollment was also down by 1 percent. Last academic year, the college-graduated students enrolled in 121 associates degrees, 16 one-year certificates, 33 welding certificates, and 35 general education development programs. The most popular degree was the associates’ degree in process technology, which had 56 graduates. Kendrick said the college offers something for everyone. She said the college offers many opportunities for residents interested in a career change, high school juniors and seniors and people across the state who are interested in attending a small community campus. “You can get started on any four-year degree, and you can even get four degrees right here at Kenai Peninsula College, and a lot of people don’t know
cent, and Dunleavy’s support was unchanged. It is not yet clear whether the Alaska Survey Research poll is an outlier or represents a significant swing in the governor’s race. Since the summer, Dunleavy has consistently led in polls of Alaska’s governor’s race. On Oct. 19, Walker declared to a crowd at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference that he was withdrawing from the race, saying, “In the time remaining, it has become clear we cannot win a three-way race.” Walker’s announcement came days after the resignation and withdrawal of his running mate, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott for “inappropriate comments” addressed to an unknown woman. At that time, there were four candidates on the ballot: Walker, Dunleavy, Begich and Toien. In the first poll after Walker’s withdrawal, which was taken between Oct. 19 and Oct. 22, Alaska Survey Research found the margin between Dunleavy and Begich was four points. Now, that margin appears to have disappeared. that,” Kendrick said in her presentation. She specifically pushed the school’s certified nursing aide class, which is a one semester, six-credit course. “You successfully complete that program, take the state exam and boom, you’re a certified nurses aide,” Kendrick said. “They are in high, high demand on the Kenai Peninsula and all over the United States.” Kendrick said many local high school students could take advantage of the campus’ Jumpstart program, which gives Kenai Peninsula Borough high school students significantly reduced tuition. “You need to get started on college,” Kendrick said. “We’ve had quite a few borough students who have graduated with their associate’s degree in tandem with their high school diploma. You can do it, and you can do it at a much lower rate than you’re going to have to pay when you come as a non-high school student.” Spring semester begins Jan. 14.
Today in History Today is Thursday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2018. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 1, 1952, the United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb, code-named “Ivy Mike,” at Enewetak (en-ih-WEE’-tahk) Atoll in the Marshall Islands. On this date: In 1512, Michelangelo’s just-completed paintings on the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel were publicly unveiled by the artist’s patron, Pope Julius II. In 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists. In 1861, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln named Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies, succeeding Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott. In 1870, the United States Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations. In 1936, in a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin. In 1949, an Eastern Airlines DC-4 collided in midair with a Lockheed P-38 fighter plane near Washington National Airport, killing all 55 people aboard the DC-4 and seriously injuring the pilot of the P-38. In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C., in a failed attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. (One of the pair was killed, along with a White House police officer.) In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America unveiled its new voluntary film rating system: G for general, M for mature (later changed to GP, then PG), R for restricted and X (later changed to NC-17) for adults only. In 1973, following the “Saturday Night Massacre,” Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appointed Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox. In 1989, East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West. In 1991, Clarence Thomas took his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court. In 1995, Bosnia peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio, with the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia present. Ten years ago: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House; McCain poked fun at his campaign’s financial shortcomings and his reputation as a political maverick in an appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Machinists union members ratified a new contract with The Boeing Co., ending an eight-week strike. Five years ago: A man carrying a bag with a note that said he “wanted to kill TSA” opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a TSA officer and wounding two others. (Gerardo Hernandez, 39, became the first TSA officer in the agency’s 12-year history to be killed in the line of duty. Paul Ciancia pleaded guilty to murder and 10 other charges in exchange for prosecutors dropping efforts to seek the death penalty; he was sentenced to life plus 60 years.) A U.S. drone strike killed Hakimullah Mehsud (hah-keeMUH’-lah meh-SOOD’), leader of the Pakistani Taliban. One year ago: Federal prosecutors brought terrorism charges against the man accused in the Manhattan truck rampage a day earlier that left eight people dead; prosecutors said Sayfullo Saipov had asked to display the Islamic State group’s flag in the hospital room where he was recovering from police gunfire. President Donald Trump tweeted that the suspect in the truck attack should get the death penalty. Prompting celebrations in a city still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, the Houston Astros won their first World Series championship, beating the Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7 in Los Angeles. Today’s Birthdays: World Golf Hall of Famer Gary Player is 83. Country singer Bill Anderson is 81. Actress Barbara Bosson is 79. Actor Robert Foxworth is 77. Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is 76. Country singerhumorist Kinky Friedman is 74. Actress Jeannie Berlin is 69. Music producer David Foster is 69. Actress Belita Moreno is 69. Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 67. Country singersongwriter-producer Keith Stegall is 64. Country singer Lyle Lovett is 61. Actress Rachel Ticotin is 60. Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (The Alarm) is 59. Apple CEO Tim Cook is 58. Actress Helene Udy is 57. Rock singer Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 56. Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) is 56. Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 55. Country singer “Big Kenny” Alphin (Big and Rich) is 55. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 54. Rapper Willie D (Geto Boys) is 52. Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 49. Actress Toni Collette is 46. Actresstalk show host Jenny McCarthy is 46. Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 46. Actor David Berman is 45. Actress Aishwarya Rai (ash-WAHR’-eeah rye) is 45. Rock singer Bo Bice is 43. Actor Matt Jones is 37. Actress Natalia Tena is 34. Actor Penn Badgley is 32. Actor Max Burkholder is 21. Actor-musician Alex Wolff is 21. Thought for Today: “Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.” -Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964).
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What the numbers say about Alaska Numbers can tell stories, as is made clear once again by Alaska’s annual report of vital statistics. On Thursday, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ Health Analytics and Vital Records Section released the 2017 report, which contains more than 60 pages of numbers and other information about births, deaths, marriages and separations that occurred in Alaska during that year. Included within the report, for example, are the most popular baby names bestowed that year. According to the report, Emma was the most popular name given to baby girls in 2017, followed by Olivia, Aurora, Isabella, Evelyn and Sophia. James was the most popular name on the boys side, followed by Liam, William, Wyatt, Noah, Oliver and Logan. 2017 was less productive, so to speak, than the preceding year. Alaska mothers delivered 10,447 live births during 2017 — down from 11,216 in 2016, according to the report. A total of 755 of the 2017 live births occurred in the Southeast Alaska public health region, which was sixth among the state’s seven public health regions. Anchorage topped the list with 4,128 live births that year. The 2017 month with the most deliveries was September, with a total of 934, according to the report. That’s just scratching the surface of detail available about Alaska births in the 2017 report. The other categories also have significant levels of detail, but here are a few basics. The old saw about Alaska having more males than females continued to be true in 2017, with the estimated overall population of 737,080 containing 379,423 males and 357,657 females. There were 5,123 marriages and 2,680 separations in Alaska during 2017, according to the report. A total of 4,415 deaths were recorded, with cancer noted as the leading cause of death in the state. Cancers were deemed responsible for 908 deaths during 2017, an age-adjusted rate of 136.2 deaths per 100,000 population, according to the report. Heart disease was second, responsible for 799 deaths during 2017 in Alaska. It’s appropriate that the State of Alaska collects and maintains databases of these types of information. A one-year report like the one published on Thursday provides an interesting snapshot. Combining that data with information from previous years provides trends — the stories about the cycles of life here in the Last Frontier. This can inform our understanding of Alaska society and help us identify and develop solutions to issues that we face. Take a look for yourself. The Alaska Vital Statistics 2017 Annual Report is available in the Data and Statistics page of the Alaska Division of Public Health website at http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/VitalStats/Pages/ data/default.aspx. You might be amazed at what can be learned. — Ketchikan Daily News, Oct. 26
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America has a loser problem
It’s not any less awful for being so familiar. The last three high-profile attacks that have convulsed the nation, two in just the past week or so, have been carried out by fringe loners who fit the stereotype of the perpetrators of such crimes precisely — they didn’t fit in, they were “off,” they kept to themselves. The word that comes up again and again in accounts of their lives is “alone,” always alone. The life of Cesar Sayoc, who mailed crude pipe bombs to Democrats ranging from George Soros to Hillary Clinton to Robert De Niro, was a pitiable wreck. His father abandoned his family as a child, and after dropping out of college, Sayoc lived with his grandmother. Then he went from place to place, performing as a male stripper. He compiled a record of petty crime, lost his home, declared bankruptcy and carried around what money he had in a briefcase, because he didn’t trust the banks. He was estranged from his family and resisted its pleas for him to get help. Sayoc lived out of his van, bizarrely festooned with pro-Trump stickers. Not much is known about Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, besides his vile social media postings. A childhood friend called him “pretty much a ghost.” He may have dropped out of high school. As an adult, he lived alone in an apartment, and no one ever came to see him. One neighbor said she couldn’t
remember Bowers ever talking to anyone. “I don’t know,” another said, “if he had any friends, anywhere.” The Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was left with no parents after the death of his Rich Lowry adoptive mother. He was expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he was an outcast. He was reportedly depressed and had other behavioral problems. Police were called constantly to his home. A defense attorney called him “a broken child.” None of this, of course, is to excuse in the slightest the heinous crimes of these men, or to deny the existence of pure, unadulterated evil. Murderous haters and kooks have been with us forever, as has anti-Semitism. Yet the social pattern is clear. The phrase “deaths of despair” has entered the nation’s vocabulary the past few years to denote the rise of mortality among a subset of working-class whites from suicide, drugs and alcohol. Its declining longer life expectancy is one of the most stunning trends in American life. The at-risk population tends to be unmarried, disconnected from civil society, marginally employed and largely on their own. One way to look at recent mass killings
(or attempted killings) is as the handiwork of a very small, violent fringe of the socially disconnected. Their destructiveness is directed outward, in cowardly acts of mindless malice, rather than inward. They marinate in hate and proudly share their lunatic obsessions online, in a twisted simulacrum of community. They seek their identity in political extremism, Jew-hatred or the hellish idolatry of school shootings. Their crimes are, in their diseased view, feats of grandeur. They make up for the sting of failure and rejection. They give them a chance at perverse consequence and notoriety otherwise not available to them in their marginal lives and social isolation. Yes, Cesar Sayoc might have been eking out an existence as a homeless strip club DJ, but he might kill or maim, or at least frighten, a titan of international finance. Yes, Robert Bowers might be the man living in shabby one-bedroom apartment whom no one knew or cared to know, but he would act to save his race from “genocide.” Yes, Nikolas Cruz might be a miserable kid obsessed with video games, but his name will now long live in infamy. It’s evil and pathetic, infuriating and sad, and, by the looks of it, a persistent feature of 21st-century American life. What Emile Durkheim called anomie has been weaponized, and it’s horrifying to behold. Rich Lowry can be reached via email at comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
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I’ll be voting for Paul Seaton’s reelection, knowing he will continue representing all constituents, regardless of political party. I don’t expect to agree with him on every issue, but with Paul, I know his leadership, experience, integrity, and willingness to make tough decisions will bring a stable fiscal plan to the state. His efforts will give us a positive economic outlook for many years to come.
many other reasons I will NOT be voting for “Independents” Alyse Galvin, Shawn Butler or Paul Seaton. Do you trust the wolf?
A state representative for all District 31 is made up of a politically diverse and savvy population. We are outspoken on issues and I love that about our part of this great state. It has been difficult to wade through the negative ads — some are distortions and some are downright lies. Before you go to the ballot box on election day, I ask you to research the facts for yourself. For example, consider the mailer we received regarding Representative Seaton’s proposal to cut $50 million in funding to our schools. Distortion alert! He was not proposing to reduce funding to schools. He suggested cutting $50 million from the governor’s budget of $116 million to boroughs for a program that helps pay for construction bonds. Paul Seaton has been the strongest of advocates for early and forward funding for education. That mailer also says Paul said no to a proposal to cut $14,000 from legislator expense payments. Not true! In fact, Paul’s committee didn’t have the authority to act on this and sent the proposal to the joint bipartisan Legislative Council, where it belonged. Representative Seaton’s efforts to bring a fiscal plan forward during our state’s financial crisis deserve a great deal of credit. He advocates for the following: a sustainable permanent fund that will be there for our children and grandchildren, reducing the oil tax credits which contribute to our deficit, and reducing our budget to levels that existed when our state was almost half the current population.
— Kelly Cooper, Homer
Independents, wolves in sheep’s clothing I cannot support Ballot measure 1 as it was poorly written by outside environmental activist. We already have the most stringent environmental laws in the nation, written and approved by Alaskans, and that is good enough for me. In addition, I could never vote for Mark Begich because of what happened to Sen. Ted Stevens. However, to his credit, he is running as a Democrat. I make this distinction because so many politicians this year are not embracing their true political ideology. You may have noticed there is a host of candidates calling themselves “Independent.” But if you look at their campaign contribution/expense reports it becomes abundantly clear these “Independents” are really Democrats trying to fool voters. It reminds me of the old idiom of Biblical origin “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Even as a child I remember thinking that it was unwise to trust the wolf and still feel that way to this day. For that and
— Mike McBride, North Kenai
Ballot Measure 1 is bad for the Arctic Alaskans have always been territorial and rightfully so. After all, even pre-statehood, D.C. lawmakers and Lower 48 special interests worked hard and spent heavily to influence what we could or couldn’t do on our land — local, state, Native or otherwise. Enter Ballot Measure 1, the latest attack on Alaskans’ rights. By attempting to replace our current development regulations with a permitting process designed to predominantly prevent development, initiative supporters are jeopardizing our rural communities’ ability to fund basic community services, which in the bush are almost wholly reliant upon resource projects. And it’s not just basic services that are in jeopardy. Visions for a deepwater port in the Arctic, infrastructure to support emerging shipping and tourism opportunities and even the sustainability of North Slope oil fields are on the line here. The future of our state is at stake and Alaskans should know what they’re up against. I vote “no” on Ballot Measure 1, and “yes” to a promising future for Alaska. — John Hopson Jr.. Vice Chairman, Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat
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Nation/World Synagogue rampage suspect indicted
Pakistan acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, and members of a grief-stricken Jewish community endured another round of funerals for victims of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history. Robert Bowers, a 46-yearold truck driver who authorities say raged against Jews as he gunned down 11 and wounded six, was charged in a 44-count indictment with murder, hate crimes and other offenses that could bring the death penalty. The indictment, which was expected, was announced on the second day of a weeklong series of funerals for congregants who perished in the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue. “Today begins the process of seeking justice for the victims of these hateful acts, and healing for the victims’ families, the Jewish community, and our city,” U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said in a statement. “Our office will spare no resource, and will work with professionalism, integrity and diligence, in a way that honors the memories of the victims.” One after another, services were held for three more vic-
Pittsburgh police stand guard as pallbearers carry the casket of Irving Younger, 69, from Congregation Rodef Shalom after his funeral. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
tims of the rampage: Joyce Fienberg, 75; Melvin Wax, who was in his late 80s, and Irving Younger, 69. “It can’t be fixed,” Robert Libman said at his sister’s funeral, clutching his chest as he described the pain of losing her. “My sister is dead. My sister was murdered. There was no one I know like her. Pure goodness. … She was the most tolerant and gentle person that I’ve ever known.”
Fienberg’s sons, Anthony, of Paris, and Howard, of Vienna, Virginia, said she spent five years caring for their father as he battled cancer, then, after his death a few years ago, devoted more of her time and energy to Tree of Life. She was a retired researcher at the University of Pittsburgh. “My mom would be very angry that her funeral wasn’t able to be at Tree of Life, and that her friends lost Saturday
couldn’t be here,” Howard Fienberg said. Younger had a small realty office in Squirrel Hill, the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, and coached baseball for more than 20 years. He loved to talk, and would gladly share his life story or stop strangers on the street to show them pictures of his grandson in California. One friend called him “a kibbitzing, people-loving man.”
Supply shortages plague Canada’s cannabis marketplace
In this photo, people check out the sample counter at a cannabis store in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP, File) By ROB GILLIES and TRACEY LINDEMAN Associated Press
TORONTO — The name of the store is High North, but it might as well be named High and Dry because for all but about four hours of the first two weeks since marijuana was legalized in Canada, there was no pot to sell.
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Trevor Tobin, one of the owners of the Labrador City shop in Newfoundland and Labrador, said they went 10 straight days without supply. “The producers keep saying there will be some bumps in the road, but right now it’s not a bump in the road. It’s a big pothole,” he said. His mother, Brenda Tobin, is a part-owner and said that
after she tells customers there’s nothing to buy, “a lot of them are saying, ‘Oh, well. I guess it’s back to the black market.’” Legalization arrived Oct. 17, and Canada became the world’s largest national marketplace for so-called recreational marijuana. But for now, it’s a superlative in name only. The first weeks have felt more like a soft opening with few retail outlets operating and rampant supply shortages. It’s not because Canada can’t produce enough cannabis products — licensing those producers has been slow, and the federal government is taking steps to speed up the process. The provinces are handling the sales and most of the regulations. Reports from around the country are similarly discouraging when it comes to supply. Quebec closed its government-run shops for three days this week because of a lack of
pot and will continue to keep them shut Mondays through Wednesdays until availability is stabilized. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries said it expects product shortages in both brick-and-mortar and online stores could last six months. Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, won’t have any stores open until April at the earliest as the new conservative government writes regulations. Meantime, police have shut down at least 11 illegal dispensaries in the province.
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges, a landmark ruling that could ignite mass protests or violence by hard-line Islamists. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced the verdict to a packed courtroom and ordered Asia Bibi released. She has been held at an undisclosed location for security reasons and is expected to leave the country. The charges against Bibi date back to a hot day in 2009 when she went to get water for her and her fellow farmworkers. Two Muslim women refused to drink from a container used by a Christian. A few days later, a mob accused her of blasphemy. She was convicted and sentenced to death. The mere rumor of blasphemy can ignite mob violence and lynchings in Pakistan, and combatting alleged blasphemy has become a central rallying cry for hard-line Islamists. Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province, was shot and killed by one of his guards in 2011 for defending Bibi and criticizing the misuse of the blasphemy law. The assassin, Mumtaz Qadri, has been celebrated as a martyr by hard-liners since he was hanged for the killing, with millions visiting a shrine set up for him near Islamabad. Ahead of the verdict, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, a hard-line cleric who has brought tens of thousands of people into the streets for past rallies, called on his supporters to gather in all major cities to express their love for the prophet and to protest if Bibi is released. Authorities have stepped up security at churches around the country. Shortly after the ruling, hundreds of Islamists blocked a key road linking the city of Rawalpindi with the capital, Islamabad. Islamists in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi and in the northwestern city of Peshawar were also gathering for the protests. Similar rallies were held elsewhere. Police urged demonstrators to disperse peacefully. Bibi’s family and her lawyer say she never insulted the prophet. In previous hearings her attorney, Saiful Malook, pointed to contradictions in testimony from witnesses. The two Muslim women who pressed charges against Bibi denied they quarreled with her, saying her outbursts against Islam were unprovoked.
Suspect in grocery store shooting indicted on murder charges LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The man accused in the shooting deaths of two grocery store patrons in Kentucky has been indicted on two counts of murder. Prosecutors say Gregory Bush was indicted Wednesday by a Jefferson County grand jury in the shootings a week ago at a Kroger store in suburban Louisville. Bush also was indicted on one count of criminal attempted murder and two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Bush’s case will proceed to Jefferson County Circuit Court in Louisville. Bush was seen on surveillance video trying to enter a historically black church minutes before the shootings at the grocery store. He was not able to enter the church, police said. ‑ The Associated Press
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SoHi eyes state spot at region volleyball tourney By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
The easiest thing for the Soldotna volleyball team to do to earn a second straight Class 4A state berth will be to defeat Palmer today at 3 p.m. in the first round of the Northern Lights Conference volleyball tournament at Colony High School. Problem is, that’s not going to be easy. The Stars swept two matches from the Moose in early September, but also lost to the Moose in the finals of the Grizzly Invitational in Anchorage in early October. There will be three state berths up for grabs among the five teams at the tournament. Soldotna is the No. 2
seed at 5-3 in the conference, while Wasilla is No. 1 at 8-0, Palmer is No. 3 at 3-5, Kodiak is No. 4 at 2-6 and Colony is No. 5 at 2-6. The Stars lost twice to Wasilla and once to Colony in conference play. “It’s going to be tight,” said head coach Sheila Kupferschmid, who led the Stars to a tie for fifth place at state last season for the team’s best finish in the coach’s SoHi tenure, now in its fifth year. “It’s going to be the teams that get the breaks and get the calls. All the teams are pretty equal. They really are.” If the Stars lose to Palmer, they will have to win two straight matches to get a state berth. “It’s a tough Palmer team we’re
going to face,” Kupferschmid said. “They have the home-area advantage and that is an advantage. “I’m excited. I have a good group of athletes and hopefully they’re going to play well and play together at this tournament.” The coach said serving can be crucial. She said Soldotna has the ability to build momentum with tough serving, but missed serves can be as much of a momentum killer. “Defense is important,” Kupferschmid said. “Our setters need to connect with our hitters. If our team can get swings, they will be tough, but they need to keep the ball off the floor.” The coach said middles Aliann
Schmidt and Bailey Leach have been important all season, but outside hitters Kodi McGillivray, Brittani Blossom and Serena Foglia must provide a threat to allow the middles to operate. Libero Holleigh Jaime will lead a defense that also will call on Kylie Ness, Kalyn McGillivray, Ituau Tuisaula and Blossom to keep the ball off the floor. Setting will be Carsen Brown, Kalyn McGillivray and Paulyne Catacutan. “I could go with a lot of different avenues with the lineup,” Kupferschmid said. “I have a lot of good volleyball players. It will depend on which kids perform at the tournament.”
Northern Lights Conference volleyball tournament at Colony High School Thursday’s games Game 1 — Kodiak vs. Colony, 1 p.m. Game 2 — Soldotna vs. Palmer, 3 p.m. Game 3 — Wasilla vs. Game 1 winner, 5 p.m. Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7 p.m. Friday’s games Game 5 — Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 1 p.m. Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 loser, 3 p.m. Game 7 — Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 winner, 6 p.m. Saturday’s games Championship — Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, noon If-necessary game, 2 p.m.
2 days, 2 state spots available for Southcentral squads By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
There are only two state berths available at the eightteam Southcentral Conference volleyball tournament Friday and Saturday at Anchorage Christian Schools. And then there is the matter of the at-large berth to the state tournament, which goes to a team in one of the four Class 3A conferences in the state based on things like head-tohead record and winning percentage. The team that finishes third at the Southcentral Conference — the largest 3A conference in the state — would appear to have the inside track on the at-large berth, but the at-large berth is not reliable. For instance, last season, Seward missed being one of the top two teams in the conference tourney by losing to Grace Christian 15-11 in Game 5 in the semi-
finals. The Seahawks missed the at-large berth to state when Mt. Edgecumbe was upset by Sitka in the two-team Southeast Conference, meaning that conference got the same amount of berths as the Southcentral Conference, then at seven teams. “I’ve done research and looked at all the teams and I think we would get in,” said Nikiski coach Stacey Segura, whose team has the top seed out of the South Division. “But I’ll be nervous until we get to the championship.” Getting to the championship match — and a lock on one of the two state berths — means a team must win its first two matches. Nikiski starts with Redington, the No. 4 seed from the North, at 9 a.m. The winner of that match plays the winner of South No. 3 Seward and North No. 2 ACS in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. The Bulldogs defeated all three of those teams
Southcentral Conference volleyball tournament
At Anchorage Christian Schools Friday’s games Game 1 — Nikiski vs. Redington, 9 a.m. Game 2 — ACS vs. Seward, noon Game 3 — Homer vs. Houston, 1:30 p.m. Game 4 — Grace vs. Kenai, 10:30 a.m. Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m. Game 6 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 4:30 p.m. Game 7 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 8 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Game 9 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 11 a.m. Game 10 — Game 6 loser vs. Game 7 loser, 9 a.m. Third-place match — Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m. Championship — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 5 p.m.
in conference play. “We’re not looking past anyone,” Segura said. “We’re going to show up and play at 9 and use that game to work on
some things. “We’re definitely not looking past Seward and ACS. Anything can happen at regions.” Last season, Nikiski finished 12-0 in the conference in the regular season, but lost the conference title game and then the Bulldogs dropped their first two games at state. This season, the Bulldogs may have timed a dip in performance better. Nikiski was riding a three-game nontournament losing streak before defeating Seward and Homer last weekend. Segura said the squad is peaking at the right time. “I think the girls did get out of a funk,” Segura said. “We changed a few things on offense and it made a huge difference. It gave them something else to focus on.” Segura, in her seventh season, has been to state in four of the past six years. The Bulldogs were 8-2 in the conference and 9-4 in nontournament play this
season. The coach said senior Bethany Carstens will be important for her ability to put the ball down from the middle, while junior Kaitlyn Johnson stands out for her versatility and her improving ability to attack. Senior libero Kelsey Clark runs the defense, while senior Emma Wik and junior Kaycee Bostic also will be a key part of the offense. Homer earned the No. 2 seed out of the South, also finishing with an 8-2 record in the league, but losing the tiebreacker to Nikiski. The Mariners went to state in 2014 and 2015 and are looking to return under firstyear coach Sara Pennington. The Mariners open up with a match against Houston, No. 3 from the North, at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The winner of that match plays the winner of Grace Christian, No. 1 from the North, and Kenai Central, No. 4 from the South, at 8:30 p.m. in
the semifinals. Homer swept Houston in the conference match Sept. 29. In conference play against Kenai, the Mariners notched 3-1 and 3-0 victories. Homer lost in five games on Sept. 7 to Grace. Kenai Central plays Grace Christian at 10:30 a.m. The Kardinals, who do not have any seniors on the team, were swept by the Grizzlies in the conference match this season on Oct. 12. Kenai does own a 3-2 victory on Sept. 8 over potential semifinals opponent Houston. The Kardinals are in their first year at Class 3A. Kenai hadn’t been to state at the Class 4A level since 2005. Seward, which last went to state in 2016, opens up with ACS at noon Friday. The Seahawks own a 3-1 victory over the Lions in conference play. As for potential opponents in the semis, Seward defeated Redington and lost twice to Nikiski.
Revamped state title format has hockey teams hungry for success By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
At the end of the 2018-19 Alaska prep hockey season, there will be two state champion teams crowned, but every team will have a shot at the top. The reshuffling of the high school state hockey scene by the Alaska School Activities Association introduced a concept earlier this year that has been talked about in hockey circles but has never been implemented until now. With two distinct divisions in prep hockey — Division I and Division II — this year’s Division II state champion, which will be determined Feb. 2, 2019, at the Curtis Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla, will continue its season with a spot in the Division I state tournament the following week, essentially being added into the “large-schools” tournament as a wild-card team. It’s a move that’s being widely applauded from coaches on the peninsula. “I think it’s awesome,” said Soldotna head coach Indy Walton. “It’s super hard for small schools to compete with the big schools, but the one year you might have the team to compete with them, you might have the opportunity to compete with them. The reward is big.” “In the big scheme of things, that’s great,” added Homer head coach Steve Nevak. “It gives us something to reach for.” Nevak was an assistant coach on last year’s breakout Homer team that won 17 games but missed out on playing in the first Division I state tournament in school history on a heartbreaking semifinal loss at the region tournament to Wasilla. This year, Homer is one of a handful of teams that were dropped into the Division II level due to school population numbers. Nevak said while he disagrees with the change that put Homer in Division II, at least the Mariners have the chance to prove themselves against the best in the state. “I would love to stay in Division I,” Nevak said. “It’s the best hockey in the state, and we only get better playing the best in the state. Down here, we’re able to produce a lot of talent with our youth programs.” The old North Star Confer-
S eason P review ence that housed Soldotna, Kenai and Homer for years has been scrapped in favor of the Railbelt Conference, the new home of all three peninsula programs. Additionally, the Railbelt will not determine its season champion with the traditional region tournament. The three state spots up for grabs will instead be decided by regular season standings, something that Kenai Central head coach Jacob Newton is anxiously waiting to see how it affects the outcome. “I think it gives us an opportunity to make it to state without necessarily needing the region tournament,” Newton said. “If you take away that playoff tournament and make every game in the conference really important, it’s that much harder to get into that top three.” The six teams in the Railbelt — SoHi, Kenai, Homer, Juneau, Palmer and Houston — will battle for three state spots, with another two at-large bids available. The other sixteam conference in Div. II is the Aurora Conference, which houses Delta Junction, Glennallen/Kenny Lake, Hutchison, Monroe Catholic, North Pole and Tri-Valley. That conference also automatically qualifies three teams to state.
brought, that quiet leadership that Menke brought, but a style of hockey I’m accustomed to, and they know my different style of playing and my different attitude to working hard.” Nevak takes over the head position after spending last year as an assistant. The 35-year-old has spent the previous decade coaching at the club level of Homer’s productive hockey scene, and has developed a lot of the current high school talent himself. The Mariners contended for the NLC title last year but Colony beat them to it with a 9-1-0 mark to lay claim to the top seed. Homer finished 8-20 in conference and was 17-50 overall, a season highlighted by an 11-game win streak but one which fell short of making its first ever state tournament appearance with a 4-2 semifinal loss to Wasilla in the tourney. “Through the summer, that’s been the question asked to myself,” Nevak said about the heartbreaking end to 2017. “After that loss, Chance and I went our separate ways and we didn’t want to bring it up. We knew we left something on the table and were absolutely puzzled.” Nevak said the 2018 Homer contingent has firmly put that tough loss behind them and is looking ahead to more success, including that elusive debut trip to state, and said he likes his team’s chances of postseason success.
“I think we’re in a really good position to bring home our first state championship,” he said. The Mariners do return a big piece of last year’s talent in senior goaltender Hunter Warren, who was Homer’s third member on the 2017 first-team allconference list. Homer also returns senior forward Ali McCarron, who Nevak said was named this year’s team captain, along with junior forwards Ethan Pitzman and Alden Ross. Nevak said his two likeliest starting defensemen will be seniors Tucker Weston and Brenna McCarron. Nevak said other defenders getting significant time will be junior Isaiah Nevak, Austin Shafford and freshmen Casey Otis and Kazden Stineff. KENAI KARDINALS Newton is back for a second go-around with Kenai, and said he is looking forward to the younger players stepping up and taking control of the team this year. “We’d like to keep the camaraderie of the team and discipline of the team at the forefront,” he said. Like Homer, the Kardinals graduated several key talents, including a trio of Kenai stalwarts in Levi Mese, Matt Hagel and Jakeb O’Brien. Mese and Hagel were first-team all-conference players, while O’Brien was a second-teamer. Another blow to the roster
comes with the transfer of last year’s starting goalie Josh Tree moving to the Soldotna program. Newton said with 30 names on this year’s roster, however, he thinks he has the numbers to rebound from such losses, and pointed to a narrow loss in a JV game earlier this week to the Homer program, a game that Kenai held the Mariners scoreless until the third period. “I like our chances, just like I liked them last year,” Newton said. “We’ve got the crew and the discipline. We’re planning on going (to state).” Replacing Tree in goal will be freshman Carson Koppes, Newton said, who will be joined by senior captain Jude Gabriel, junior winger Jordan Knudson and senior defenseman Jacob Keels. SOLDOTNA STARS Indy Walton returns for his second season as head coach at Soldotna with 36 players in the program, a big increase from last year’s roster in the low 20s. “We’re turning some heads and attracting some talent,” Walton said. “People want to come play for us.” Walton gave a lot of the credit for the participation bump to the SoHi booster club, which he praised for its efforts this year thus far. Walton said the addition of Tree from Kenai has added depth to an already stacked goaltending crop this year. Tree
joins a mix of six goalies in the Stars program, which finished 1-9-0 in conference play during a rebuilding season in 2017. “It’s a tossup,” Walton said. “We have some good competition.” Walton said Tree will battle incumbent goaltender Corbin Wirz and Kenzie Powell for the starting goalie spot, along with newcomer Kate Harris. “They’re pushing each other right now in practice,” Walton said. “We’ve had goalie eliminations that’s tough on them, they’ll see 500 pucks a day. It’s a stressful day but it pushed every one of them.” Other returning players in front of the blue line include Galen Brantley III, Wyatt Medcoff, Braxton Urban, Alex Montague, Dylan Walton, Gavin Haakenson and Journey Miller. The defensive core includes J.D. Schmelzenbach and Lucas Kline, the latter of which is recovering from an injury. The Stars finished on a strong kick in 2017, a year that included a highlight upset victory over Anchorage powerhouse Dimond midway through the season, and Walton said he sees the Stars continuing on that upward trajectory. “We’re not quite where we finished the year last year,” Walton said. “But we’re not too far from it already.” Walton will be joined by assistant coaches Benny Christianson, Jonas Perletti, Matt Thompson and Clayton Glick.
HOMER MARINERS The departure of 2017 head coach Chance Rockett, who left after one year on the job netted him conference Coach of the Year, is unfortunately not the biggest loss for the 2018 Mariners. Homer graduated a talented core of five seniors that carried the bulk of the Mariners’ scoring output last year, including first-team all-conference members Dimitry Kuzmin and Charlie Menke. “We couldn’t have picked a better group of seniors as far as leadership qualities in the locker room,” Nevak said. “Losing them is a big hit, but with this next group of seniors, we gain a lot in a different dynamic. We’re not going to have the bulldogged style that Dimitry
Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 7 1 .875 — Boston 5 2 .714 1½ Philadelphia 4 4 .500 3 Brooklyn 3 5 .375 4 New York 2 6 .250 5 Southeast Division Charlotte 4 4 .500 — Miami 3 4 .429 ½ Orlando 2 5 .286 1½ Atlanta 2 5 .286 1½ Washington 1 6 .143 2½ Central Division Milwaukee 7 0 1.000 — Indiana 5 3 .625 2½ Detroit 4 3 .571 3 Chicago 2 6 .250 5½ Cleveland 1 6 .143 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division
San Antonio 5 2 .714 — Memphis 4 2 .667 ½ New Orleans 4 3 .571 1 Dallas 2 6 .250 3½ Houston 1 5 .167 3½ Northwest Division Denver 6 1 .857 — Portland 5 2 .714 1 Utah 4 3 .571 2 Minnesota 4 4 .500 2½ Oklahoma City 2 4 .333 3½ Pacific Division Golden State 8 1 .889 — Sacramento 5 3 .625 2½ L.A. Clippers 4 3 .571 3 L.A. Lakers 3 5 .375 4½ Phoenix 1 6 .143 6
Thursday’s Games Denver at Cleveland, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Sacramento at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
9 2 4 3 7 28 35 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 10 6 2 2 14 43 32 N.Y. Islanders 11 6 4 1 13 36 28 12 6 5 1 13 36 34 Carolina Washington 10 5 3 2 12 39 37 Columbus 11 6 5 0 12 39 43 New Jersey 9 5 3 1 11 31 28 Philadelphia 12 5 7 0 10 35 48 N.Y. Rangers 12 4 7 1 9 32 41
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Wednesday’s Games Brooklyn 120, Detroit 119, OT Denver 108, Chicago 107, OT Indiana 107, New York 101 Minnesota 128, Utah 125 Golden State 131, New Orleans 121 L.A. Lakers 114, Dallas 113 San Antonio 120, Phoenix 90
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 11 8 2 1 17 41 30 Toronto 12 8 4 0 16 42 37 Boston 12 7 3 2 16 37 29 Montreal 11 6 3 2 14 34 29 Buffalo 12 6 4 2 14 31 35 Ottawa 11 4 5 2 10 36 44 Detroit 12 3 7 2 8 30 46
Central Division 12 9 3 0 18 42 29 12 7 3 2 16 35 35 12 7 3 2 16 41 27 12 7 4 1 15 35 32 13 6 4 3 15 43 47 11 6 5 0 12 34 30 10 3 4 3 9 36 39 Pacific Division Vancouver 14 8 6 0 16 40 44 San Jose 12 6 3 3 15 41 36 Calgary 13 7 5 1 15 41 42 Edmonton 11 6 4 1 13 32 34 Arizona 11 6 5 0 12 31 21 Anaheim 13 5 6 2 12 32 37
NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Nashville Minnesota Colorado Winnipeg Chicago Dallas St. Louis
Vegas 12 5 6 1 11 27 34 Los Angeles 11 3 7 1 7 22 39 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.
Wednesday’s Games Vancouver 4, Chicago 2 Thursday’s Games Winnipeg vs. Florida at Helsinki, FIN, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Dallas at Toronto, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Vegas at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 5 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
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Pigskin Pick‘em Battle of Bay? More like battle for top NFL draft pick
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he Battle of the Bay Area in prime time is more like a skirmish for a high pick in next April’s draft, perhaps even the first overall selection. Yep, that’s how bad the Raiders and 49ers have been so far. When they meet in Santa Clara, California, on Thursday night, how much of the nation will show interest is problematic. How much the folks by the bay and its environs would care is debatable. The 49ers (1-7) are ranked 31st in the AP Pro32, ahead of only the Raiders (1-6). San Francisco is a 3-point favorite over its neighbor. “We’re looking for more consistency. We’re looking for somebody to step up, not only on game day but during the week,” says Raiders coach Jon Gruden, whose return to his dream job has turned very sour. “We’re still working through who are the best corners, who is the best combination for us in every situation. Hopefully we can settle on it soon.” The Niners would settle for any sort of victory. My goodness, they’ve been swept by Arizona, which hasn’t beaten anyone else. At least they have been close in
many of their defeats. TEXANS, 28-22 “It’s something we’ve got to do to get better and get over that hump,” ro icks No. 25 Tampa Bay (plus 7) at coach Kyle Shanahan says. “It comes No. 6 Carolina down to, you can do a lot of things Panthers coming off two impresthroughout a game, but when it comes B arry W ilner sive victories. down to the end when we need to close PANTHERS, 35-30 people out and we need some closers UPSET SPECIAL: STEELERS, to do that. We’ve had some opportuni23-20 ties to do it.” No. 15 Chicago (minus 8 1-2) at Opportunity knocks this week for No. 28 Buffalo ... No. 1 Los Angeles Rams (plus 2) at Wonder if Bills will be favored RAIDERS, 20-13 No. 4 New Orleans again this season. KNOCKOUT POOL: KANSAS Saints will put the Big Hurt on unBEARS, 22-6 CITY made it a little closer than we expected, but survived. Next up: how beaten Rams in the Big Easy. SAINTS, 36-32 about CHICAGO? No. 2 Kansas City (minus 8 1-2) at No. 27 Cleveland No. 17 Atlanta (plus 2) at No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers (plus 1 KC’s not exactly the team for any No. 8 Washington 1-2) at No. 11 Seattle new coach to make debut against. Strange line; Redskins should be CHIEFS, 30-24 Seahawks getting physical, remain resourceful, should handle this one at bigger favorite. What does Las Vegas know? home. No. 12 Green Bay (plus 6) at REDSKINS, 21-20 BEST BET: SEAHAWKS, 27-20 No. 3 New England
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First of three straight division tests for Vikings. They’ll barely pass this one. VIKINGS, 27-24 No. 21 Tennessee (plus 6 1-2) at No. 18 Dallas, Monday night Man, has Tennessee been a disappointment. COWBOYS, 20-19 No. 26 New York Jets (plus 3) at No. 20 Miami
As usual, New England’s patsies are sinking in AFC East. DOLPHINS, 30-16 2018 RECORD: Last Week: Against spread (8-6). Straight up (12-2) Season Totals: Against spread (5658-4). Straight up: (81-38-2) Packers aren’t scared of anyone. No. 10 Houston (plus 2 1-2) at No. 7 Pittsburgh (plus 3) at Best Bet: 3-5 against spread, 7-1 Neither are Patriots. No. 23 Denver No. 16 Baltimore straight up PATRIOTS, 37-27 Upset special: 5-3 against spread, Another strange line; Texans are far Steelers hitting their stride in time 4-3-1 straight up better, but altitude a factor here. for NFL’s best rivalry renewal.
Vikings’ Thielen nearing records after hot start to season By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
Adam Thielen is doing things even Hall of Famers Cris Carter and Randy Moss didn’t accomplish in Minnesota. The former undrafted wide receiver from NCAA Division II Minnesota State is the first player in NFL history with at least 100 yards receiving in eight straight games to start the season. Calvin Johnson also
had an eight-game streak in 2012. Thielen already has 74 catches, putting him on pace to break Marvin Harrison’s single-season record of 143. Carter holds the Vikings record with 122 catches in 1994 and 1995. Thielen has 952 yards receiving. At this rate, he’d break Moss’ team record in 14 games. Moss had 1,632 in 2003. Johnson holds the NFL record with 1,964 yards receiving.
Thielen also has a touchdown catch in five consecutive games. No players since 1970 has 100 yards receiving and a TD catch in six straight games. Thielen is closing in on becoming the sixth undrafted player with back-to-back seasons of 80 catches and 1,000 yards. Here’s a look inside more numbers going into Week 9: KING ADAM: Colts kicker
Adam Vinatieri became the NFL’s all-time scoring leader, surpassing Hall of Famer Morten Anderson. Vinatieri has scored 2,550 total points during his 23-year NFL career. AGELESS AP: Adrian Peterson became the oldest player, at 33 years and 221 days old, to rush for more than 100 yards and also have a rushing and receiving touchdown in Washington’s win over the Gi-
ants. Peterson is also only the fourth player age 33 or older to have 140-plus yards rushing in a game. MAHOMES MASTERY: Patrick Mahomes has thrown four touchdown passes in three consecutive games for Kansas City, joining Drew Brees (2011), Dan Marino (1984) and Peyton Manning (2004) as the only quarterbacks to do that. Marino’s streak was four games. Manning’s was five.
Mahomes also has passed for 300 yards in seven straight games. Only Andrew Luck (2014) and Brees (2011) have done that. Luck reached eight games. ELITE COMPANY: Carson Wentz is the second quarterback in NFL history with at least 30 pass attempts and a passer rating of at least 115 in four consecutive games, joining Peyton Manning, who did it with Denver in 2012.
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What’s Happening Events and Exhibitions n Celebrate artist Jim Evenson through his extraordinary. Some of Jim’s finest originals will be available for purchase starting Oct. 6 at Home Gallery in Kenai. The gallery is located at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway across from the Kenai Visitors Center. For more information call 907-335-4663. n Kenai Peformers will present “The Ballad of Kenai” to celebrate its 50th anniversary Nov. 15-18. General admission $26, children/seniors/military $21. Showtimes at 7 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 15-17 and 2 p.m. on Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 17-18. For more information visit kenaiperformers. org. n The Peninsula Art Guild presents “Fact and Fiction,” an art show by James Adcox and Chris Jenness. A show opening will beheld on Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Kenai Fine Arts Center from 6-8 p.m. The show will run for the months of November and December at Kenai Fine Arts Center. n High 5s and Hugs with Dave Hale Sylvester: Since losing a lifelong friend in the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, David Hale Sylvester has done the unfathomable by traveling throughout the planet and hugging over 250,000 people! He will be here to share this incredible story, described in his recent book “Traveling at the Speed of Life” on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the McLane Commons at Kenai Peninsula College. n The Performing Arts Society is pleased to present two favorite local musicians in concert on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. The concert features Tomoka Raften and Maria Allison performing flute and piano classics from around the world. Guest artist Mark Wolbers will add the tones of the Basset horn. Tickets are $20 general, $10 student.They are available at River City Books, Northcountry Fair, Already Read Books, Country Liquors, and at the door. n The KPC Showcase and River City Books presents “From the Inner Frontier to the Last Frontier: Thomas Merton’s 1968 Alaska Journey” with author Kathleen Tarr on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mclane Commons, Kenai River Campus, Kenai Peninsula College. Kathleen Witkowska Tarr is the author of “We are all poets here,” a blend of spiritual memoir and biography involving the world-famous spiritual writer, teacher, and Trappist monk, Thomas Merton. n The Sterling Community REC Center will host a holiday craft and vendor fair on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Vendors still welcome. Call 262-7224. Booth spaces are $45. n The Anchor Point Annual Holiday Bazaar will take place Saturday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Over 45 vendors! Stop by the Senior Center and reserve a table today. Contact 2357786. Entertainment
n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725.
n The Flats Bistro presents Mike Morgan on Fridays starting at 6:30 p.m. n The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. n Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays starting at 5 p.m. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. See EVENTS, page B2
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‘Fact and Fiction’ art show to showcase contrasting styles
Paintings hang on the walls of the Kenai Fine Arts Center in advance of the “Fact and Fiction” showing that begins Thursday. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion) By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
Tonight’s opening reception for the “Fact and Fiction” art showcase is expected to have something for everybody. The reception, hosted tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, is set to showcase the aesthetic contrasts between local artists Chris Jenness and James Adcox. The duo are presenting an array of more than 30 individual pieces that illustrate two separate ideas. Chris Jenness, a 1996 computer graphics major at Stephen F. Austin State University (Texas), has been a graphic designer for 20 years, and after moving to the peninsula in 1999 earned a teaching degree. The Nikiski artist currently works as a freelance graphic designer and is an art teacher at Soldotna High School. Jenness said his love of science fiction culture helped spur his creativity. “I’ve always loved science fiction art, old book covers, movie poster art and the like,” he said. “I was looking to emulate that sort of style.” James Adcox was also raised in Texas, and said his love of art was cultivated with his identical twin brother at a young age,
The Bookwork Sez “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood” by Rose George It didn’t hurt at first. At least not for a second and then — yow, that knife/scissors/serrated edge was sharp! There’s a cut that’s going to leave a nice scar. There’s a cut that needs covering, pronto. And in “Nine Pints” by Rose George, there’s a story inside that cut. What was on the screen above her head wasn’t nearly as interesting as the clear bag near her elbow, and so Rose George studied the latter. Healthy and willing, she watched as one-ninth of the blood she had in her body moved up to three miles per hour around her limbs and out to a collection bag for donation. Once upon a time in history, blood was a commodity, the giving of which could make a person a decent living; there was a
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One more day I rise to find another act of hate. One more day to suffer shock and offer prayers and comfort to family and friends.
I shudder in alarm as members of the LGBTQ community are attacked for being themselves. I tremble in fear as minority Americans are ridiculed for their color and race. I take it personally for my family and my friends include all of God’s children. I believe Understanding overcomes ignorance and acceptance overcomes intolerance. As we embrace the warmth of love we extinguish the flames of hate. Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.
pieces offer some kind of narrative, and I hope they enjoy them.” Adcox said the exhibit is not divided clearly between the two clashing displays, but is meant to be a constant swing from naturalism to surrealism. One minute, the viewer might be enjoying a moody offering of a slice of life, the next they could be faced with an explosion of color that paints a far-off galaxy. While Adcox’s work savors the simple moments of reality, Jenness’ work fashions a world of fantasy. Jenness said he usually works with pastels and computer graphics, but decided to exit his own comfort zone and try his hand at oil painting with Adcox. “I also do watercolor and linoleum block prints, but oil painting I personally feel is the most liberating medium,” Jenness said. “I feel like I have the most control with that medium.” Jenness said his partner’s style is reflected in his naturalistic oil paintings that depict real world occurrences, while his own paintings construct wild narratives and depict scenes of cosmic imagery that sends the viewer to another world. “I knew the direction he’d probably be going, so thought (it would be) fun for me See SHOW, page B2
‘Nine Pints’ — Following the trail of blood
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I watch in horror as bombs are sent to public officials. I scream in disbelief as worshipers are murdered in their house of God,
but it was not until his time spent at Collin College (formerly Collin County Community) in Plano that he began dabbling in oil paints. “I consider it a hunger or thirst,” Adcox said. “If we’re not creating, we want to do it. We need that.” Adcox has spent a combined 18 years in Fairbanks, Nome and Kenai, and currently works as a children’s librarian at the Kenai Community Library. Jenness said he sees his and Adcox’s conflicting art pieces as a clash between naturalism and science fiction. “James’ style is very meticulous and very calm in a lot of ways,” Jenness said. “It’s very detailed and rich, so I wanted to do something big, and not necessarily loud, but vast. His work is very close up and personal, and mine is pulled way back.” Adcox said he hopes people will be able to relate to his side, the “fact,” on a personal level. “Whether it be between mother and child, a 6-year-old boy in a costume, I think some things people will see and reflect on and add memories of their own to the pieces,” Adcox said. “I hope they relate to them on a human level. I think the
time when unions were formed for bloodgivers but we know now that blood-forbucks is considered less safe than relying on donors. Safety is key, since that anonymously donated blood is needed “every three seconds, somewhere in the world…” That’s important news for American blood donors who contribute to one of the safest blood supplies in the world. Even so, bad things can happen, as George discovered: she looks at the history of tainted blood, unsafe sex, and how both caused the AIDS virus to be passed from person to person. Sadly, it doesn’t stop there: paid plasma donors may have contributed to a tainted plasma supply and contributed to the spread of Hepatitis C. Obviously, we need more healthy blood donors. But, of course, human blood is not just used for medical purposes or research. In her quest to get to the bottom of what keeps us upright, George traveled to Nepal where teens and women endure a monthly See BOOK, page B2
Everything is good in ‘The Good Place’ R eeling It In C hris J enness
This week marks a bit of a departure from my usual review. Over the years, I’ve drifted from strictly theatrical films to streaming films, or even, on rare occasions, a streaming series, such as “Jessica Jones” on Netflix. This week, however, I’m going to recommend the first regular network series. TV has gotten better and better over the last 10 years, and this week’s show proves the trend isn’t only on exclusive platforms like Amazon or Netflix. “The Good Place” on NBC is as funny and smart as some of that network’s best, which has included high points in “Cheers,” “Seinfeld” and “The Office.” What makes it
different, however, is that it also has the scope and subversive perspective that are usually confined to pay-to-play channels. Full disclosure — even though the first two seasons of “The Good Place” aired regularly on NBC, I did watch them all over the course of a couple of weeks on Netflix. The story revolves around Kristen Bell’s Eleanor Shellstrop, a self-obsessed, selfish lout who happily sells worthless supplements to unsuspecting rubes over the phone. That is, until she’s unceremoniously flattened by a combination of shopping carts and a Viagra truck in the parking lot of her local grocery store. Eleanor finds herself in a comfortable waiting room and is ushered in speak to Michael, a friendly managerial type played by Ted Danson. “Eleanor, you’re in the Good Place,” he announces much to her relief. Apparently, she is told, it is exceedingly difficult to get See REEL, page B2
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into the Good Place, and the vast majority of humanity’s historical populaContinued from page B1 tion is languishing in the Bad Place, undergoing any number of insidious tortures. Eleanor is taken outside to meet, not only her fellows, but also her actual soul mate, a Senegalese ethics professor names Chidi Anagonye. However, after listening to details from the valuable lives led by Chidi and her fellow Good Place denizens, including British socialite/philanthropist Tahani Al-Jamil and silent Tibetan monk Jianyu Li, Eleanor realizes there has been a terrible mistake. She doesn’t belong. She tells Chidi and, after convincing him that there would be no ethical upside to reporting her, she agrees to take ethics lessons in order to become the kind of person that would be allowed to stay. Meanwhile, Eleanor’s subterfuge is causing ripples that could shake the Good Place to its very foundations. One of the things I like most about this show is that it is able to expertly balance humor and cosmic scope without relying on special effects. Sure, there is the occasional CGI bit, but those are few and far between. And yet, the show doesn’t feel small. The showrunners nail the tone the way Albert Brooks did in “Defending Your Life,” a film that surely influenced “The Good Place” even though their story lines are completely different. The humor is sweet, but surprisingly sharp, and the show goes dark in interesting and unexpected ways. Bell anchors the show expertly and is in nearly every scene. Despite being the sort of everyman character, she gets lots of opportunities to play it delightfully deplorable. Taking place in the afterlife, the show exists out of time, and the writers have a lot of fun with flashbacks and resets. In addition to Bell, the principal cast is great, including William Jackson Harper as Chidi, Jameela Jamil as Tahani, D’Arcy Carden as Janet and Manny Jacinto as Jason. None of these actors are currently household names, but the show provides them with ample opportunity to shine and it’s no doubt this will make their careers. Rounding out the cast is Ted Danson who is doing really great work here. He’s become so much more animated in his later years, similar to the way Alec Baldwin has grown into a fully comedic actor. Danson’s Michael is, in some ways, the most complex character in the show, even though he is supposed to be playing an archetype. I’m going to be interested to see where this show goes, and if it has the legs to stay in the race. The new model for shows on pay platforms is to run somewhere between two and five season, but the old network shows ran much longer than that. “The Good Place” started season three this year and I find it kind of remarkable that the show is able to maintain its freshness and creativity as well as it has. Every episode ends with a surprise and season two had such a satisfying finale that I wouldn’t have been sad if the show had ended there. I hope it is able to maintain, if only because I really enjoy spending time with the characters, but honestly, I have no idea how it can keep up the kind of surprising and insightful output. There is a ton of good TV out there, I know, and you just can’t watch it all. But if you’re looking for a light, 22-minute commitment that is able to sneak some very insightful philosophy in amongst the comedy, “The Good Place” is where you want to be. Grade: A “The Good Place” includes some adult themes, including discussions of sex and violence, though in a relatively gentle tone. Chris Jenness is an art teacher and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.
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to go opposite,” Jenness said. “What I’m doing is based in science fiction.” Continued from page B1 Jenness said his display consists of 15 pieces of work, most paintings but a collection that also includes an “altered book that the audience is encouraged to look through,” along with a larger 8-foot-long canvas piece that is made up of 44 smaller canvases. Adcox will have 18 pieces on display, the majority of them depicting people, although he added there are about four landscape pieces as well. Adcox and Jenness said they have worked on the collection for nearly two years, a journey that began when Adcox was approached by Kenai Fine Arts Vice President Marion Nelson, who suggested his work would be a great addition to Jenness’ for a show. Once the pair got to talking, the creative juices began flowing and the name organically sprung from the two styles that each man possessed. “It was a labor of love for two years,” Adcox said. “And as a husband and father with a full time job, it was wonderful and a challenge, and I wanted my children to know their dad does paint and produce artwork. It was a show or deadline that helped motivate me.” “Fact and Fiction” runs through the holiday season. The show will be on display during normal hours at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays through Saturdays. The show will also see a second reception date Dec. 6.
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ritual called chaupadi, which demands total isolation from family and friends. Because Continued from page B1 products for “catamenial flow” are expensive in developing countries, she met with a male “sanitary pad superstar.” And finally, George examines what happens when blood spills… and nothing can be done about it. In the average day, your blood travels 12,000 miles in a circuit around your body. And that paper cut you got at work today? Your blood is splendidly capable of fixing it, all by itself. No wonder you’re tired, so go lie down — and take “Nine Pints” with you. With a strong vein of humor, total candor, and a willingness to dig in deep, author Rose George takes readers on a journey tailored to the curious: into laboratories, Nepalese huts, and several countries to examine how blood fits in with health, culture and science. It’s a trip to open eyes and inform, but it’s never boring: along the way, George drops fact-nuggets like bread crumbs on a path, making even the most squeamish want to follow. So whether you’re a red-blooded patriot, a bit of a blue-blood, or you know what’s thicker than water, this book will be near to your heart. For inquisitive readers and fans of Mary Roach, “Nine Pints” is a cut above. The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Email her at bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
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n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Continued from page B1 Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays.
Rami Malek explains how he dug deep to find Freddie Mercury
Actor Allen Leech, left, musician Brian May, actor Rami Malek, musician Roger Taylor, actor Joe Mazzello and actor Gwilym Lee pose together at the premiere of “Bohemian Rhapsody” at The Paris Theatre in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press
NEW YORK — Rami Malek says he identified with the immigrant side of Freddie Mercury while tackling the role of the legendary Queen frontman. The first-generation American spoke about his starring role at the New York premiere of “Bohemian Rhapsody” on Tuesday. The “Mr. Robot” star connected with Mercury’s outsider passion for success. “I set out to be an actor some, I don’t know, over a decade ago. I think something was possibly burning inside the both of us. We had aspirations to live our dream. And I’m getting a chance to do that right now in this very moment,” Malek said. While many aspects defined Mercury, including being one of the best vocalists to front a rock band, his flamboyant presence and a penchant for taking chances, Malek felt like he had to dig deeper to find the beating heart of the Tanzania-born Mercury, who arrived in London at 18. “In some way he became the Freddie Mercury superstar that overcame every obstacle imaginable to be the guy that we all know can command the stage, and hold us in the palm of his hand like no other,” Malek said. “My family is from Egypt. I’m a first-generation American. And somehow I thought there were strings that I could tether together with him.” Malek’s performance has more than impressed fans; it
has impressed members of the band too. Current Queen lead singer Adam Lambert even feels the resemblance between the two is uncanny. “I love the heart that he brings to the role, the sensitivity. I love that the music of this band affects people in a way. And I know it firsthand, you know, being on tour with them for the past six years,” Lambert said. “You play one of these hit songs and just watching the audience light up and go through all their nostalgia and all of their memories that they’ve shared over this piece of music and they knew every word and they’re laughing and they’re crying and they’re dancing. That’s what you want, it really unites people. So I think the film is going to have that power as well,” Lambert said. And Malek has also captivated guitarist Brian May, who says the actor’s performance, “suspends disbelief.” “You believe he’s Freddie,” May said. Mike Myers, known for head-banging to “Bohemian Rhapsody” in his own film “Wayne’s World,” has an ironic cameo playing a record executive who tries to tell the band nobody will play the song on the radio. “I spent so hard fighting to get ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ into ‘Wayne’s World’ that I thought there was unbelievable irony, and such a crazy honor,” Myers said.
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Concern over woman’s health grows to the point of action thing. Four of them hide in our dressing rooms, bathroom and anywhere else they won’t be seen to smoke e-cigarettes. My one close friend asked me once if I wanted to try it. When I said no, she knew better than to press further. Other friends keep telling me it’s fun. I know if I did it and my parents found out, they would kill me. Plus, I don’t want to get caught up in that deadly Abigail Van Buren cycle. What should I do? Tell my teacher and risk losing friends or leave it alone? After all, it’s only hurting them, right? -- BAFFLED AT BALLET DEAR BAFFLED: You are an intelligent young lady to recognize that “sampling” tobacco products can lead to addiction. Good for you! When the government, in its wisdom, finally clamped down on the tobacco companies in an attempt to prevent yet another generation from becoming addicted, I thought that would be the end of it. Imagine my consternation when they came
out with flavored vaping fluids to seduce more young people. It’s shameless! Rather than tell the teacher, talk to your parents about what’s going on so they can quietly mention it to the parents of the other girls. DEAR ABBY: Why has the word “veggies” replaced “vegetables”? When people say “veggies,” to me it sounds like they are talking to a child. -- GROWNUP EATER IN GEORGIA DEAR EATER: It’s probably because “vegetables” has at least three syllables and people have a tendency to shorten words that have more than one syllable. It may also be because parents think it’s a way of making them appear more palatable to small children. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order “How to Have a Lovely Wedding. Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)
Hints from Heloise
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018: This year you have too much energy at times to contain. Sometimes you find that you get annoyed or angry with those who are less enthusiastic than you are. Your ability to get down to the basics remains high. If you are single, you could stumble into a passionate relationship that has many highs and lows. It’s possible that you might choose not to be involved because of the intensity. If you are attached, you might fight more with your sweetie. Nevertheless, you will kiss and make up more often. LEO often gives you helpful advice. 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) HHHH You might not intend to hit the extremes you could reach today. Perhaps you have been holding in your feelings for too long. You will find that your irritation builds. Try to discharge negative energy before the problem becomes bigger. Tonight: Enjoy a loved one’s company. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be in a situation where you must deal with several difficult people, and might feel as if you have no other option. Someone close to you has been extraordinarily difficult for several months. Deal with this issue now. Tonight: Listen to a dear friend. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could feel overwhelmed, as someone insists on approaching you and clearing the air. You might have difficulty staying calm when dealing with this person, as he or she knows how to get under
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your skin. Try to work through your intense feelings. Tonight: Get some exercise. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might have your hands full dealing with a loved one over an issue that involves both of you. Try not to get triggered. If you do, recognize what in you gets charged that way and why. You will find one-onone relating to be more successful at present. Tonight: Out on the town. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might hit a disagreement and find that you are a lot angrier than you had thought. Try to tame your tone and your words, because the other party has similar feelings. Later in the day, you are more likely to have a reasonable conversation to resolve a problem. Tonight: Say “yes.” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Your nerves could be fried from having too much to do. More and more to-dos are dumped on your plate. Be willing to say “no” to the next few requests. Consider canceling some appointments or engagements. Tonight: Listen to a loved one’s request, and opt for closeness. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your friends surround you. You are likely to join them whenever your pace slows down, perhaps after several meetings. You have a lot on your mind. Relaxing with a friend seems to help you let go of recent stress. Tonight: Consider getting into weekend mode early. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You have a way and a style about you that draws many people toward you. Today, however -- whether intentionally or not -- you could trigger quite a disagreement,
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especially if someone you are supposed to respect becomes difficult. Tonight: Be especially gracious! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You could feel unusually drained and exhausted because of a recent heavy conversation that started out as an argument. You certainly will have a lot to think about over the next few days. You see yourself and someone else quite differently as a result. Tonight: Do your thing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Connect with someone you have a lot of dealings with, especially those involving money. You might want to divulge some private information about a financial matter. You appreciate the diversity of opinions that surround you. Tonight: Make the most of the night with loved ones. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You need to take charge of your mood. The tension between you and a close friend could be very strong, if you are not careful. Try to detach and not get triggered. You will find the other parties involved to be more responsive if you do that. Tonight: Enjoy the admiration of a partner. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Reach out to someone at a distance or an expert who is always full of great ideas. Decide to brainstorm with this person as long as you both deem necessary. The less you discuss your anger or resentment for the moment, the better. Tonight: Digest all the feedback you get. BORN TODAY Musician Anthony Kiedis (1962), actress Natalia Tena (1984), actor Penn Badgley (1986)
DELICATE SITUATION Dear Heloise: I purchased some undergarments that are made with 94 percent polyamide and 6 percent elastane. Should I air-dry these garments rather than put them in a hot dryer? Can the heat of the dryer break down the elasticity of the garment and lose that stretchiness? I never dry my bras in the dryer; should I do the same with these undergarments? -- H.G., via email Great question. It’s best to choose the dryer heat setting carefully. If it’s too hot, the elastic may break down, and the tumbling action can really do a number on your clothes. To be on the safe side, drying your undergarments for a longer period of time at a lower heat setting may be a better option. You also could line-dry, or lay delicates flat to dry. -- Heloise STASH LIST Dear Heloise: I live in an apartment. When moving in, I had to “stash’’ items in different dresser drawers, etc. I created a document titled “Where is it?” since I knew I would not remember where everything was. As I put items in drawers, on shelves and under skirted chairs, I logged them in my “Where is it?” document. Now, when I need to get something, I go into my document and “search’’ for the item I need. Voila! -- Dee in California Great timesaver! -- Heloise BOX ART Hi, Heloise: A shoebox and its lid are perfect frames and shadow boxes! This is especially fun for kids on a rainy day. Scraps of yarn, colored paper and fabric, buttons, sequins, confetti, even rocks and twigs can combine to make a wonderful picture. Attach with glue sticks or rubber cement. What’s neat is that the lid and the box can stand on their sides to make a threedimensional diorama (model). -- Granny May, Columbus, Ohio
SUDOKU
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Mother Goose and Grimm
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DEAR ABBY: I have a co-worker I work closely with. Almost every day I hear her throwing up in the bathroom. It happens like clockwork. It’s gotten to the point where I’m extremely concerned. Although it has been going on for years, it seems to have gotten worse. I don’t feel comfortable enough to bring this up to her, but something has to happen. I’m afraid I’ll embarrass her, make her quit, etc., but her life is more important than that. We are both in management positions, but I am not her superior (in case that changes your advice about what to do or who to tell). Do I mention this to HR? Our boss runs his mouth a lot, and I don’t know if I can say anything without it getting around. -- WORRIED FOR HER DEAR WORRIED: I wonder if anyone else you work with has noticed what you have. Talk to someone in HR and explain that you’re concerned that a fellow employee (unnamed) may suffer from a life-threatening illness and need help. Point out the time the person goes into the bathroom “like clockwork,” and let HR try to get her the medical intervention she so desperately appears to need. Throwing up repeatedly can result in damage to the digestive tract. DEAR ABBY: I am a young teenage dancer. My friends in dance class are wonderful except for one
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