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Thursday, September 6, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 48, Issue 291
In the news Fairbanks police see high identification rate with Facebook FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police say scores of crime suspects have been identified through the department’s robust Facebook presence. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the police department maintains a photo album that currently has 210 pictures taken from video surveillance systems or sent by residents of people possibly involved in crimes. The department asks residents to identify the person through the Facebook photo album. Officer Doug Welborn says about 90 percent of the photos posted get identified, helping to solve crimes ranging from thefts to assaults. Welborn monitors the album and answers policerelated questions sent to the page by residents. He says the album was started in 2016 after numerous calls from residents wanting to stay in the loop of what’s going on the city.
Federal aid available for flood recovery JUNEAU — The federal government says it is making disaster assistance available to assist in recovery efforts in an area of south-central Alaska affected by late-spring flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says President Trump approved a major disaster declaration stemming from May flooding in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The agency says funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and to certain nonprofits on a cost-share basis for emergency work and to fix and replace facilities. — Associated Press
Correction The Peninsula Clarion’s Sept. 5 coverage on the results of 2018 primary election misprinted the difference in votes in the District O race between Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) and Ron Gillham. Micciche won by 72 votes, not by 57 votes as printed in the Clarion. The Clarion apologizes for the error. The Clarion would also like to clarify that Shawn Butler is a nonpartisan candidate, and is not a member of the Democratic party.
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Borough approves resolution opposing Soldotna annexation without public vote By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted Tuesday night to oppose the city of Soldotna’s plan to annex surrounding areas without giving residents the ability to vote on the issue. The resolution to oppose annexation without voter approval was adopted as written with a vote of 5-4, according to the assembly clerk. The resolution came in the wake of testimony from borough residents who oppose the annexation process. In an Aug. 23 memo, assembly member Norm Blakely and Mayor Charlie Pierce told the assembly that they oppose annexation through the legislative process, and asked the city to seek voter approval. “The affected property owners are not all voters, but all voters in the existing limits of the city of Soldotna and who reside in the proposed areas for annexation will be impacted by the annexation, if it is approved,” the memo states. The letter goes on to say that the borough has received comments from residents who have asked the borough to formally oppose the city of Soldotna’s process and allow voter ap-
A stretch of Kalifornsky Beach Road near East Poppy Lane between Kenai and Soldotna is photographed on Wednesday. The highly trafficked business corridor is one of seven areas that could potentially be annexed by the city of Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
proval. “We have received numerous requests, publicly and privately, from affected residents
asking the borough to oppose this annexation if the voters are not allowed to vote on it,” the memo states. “One young man
privately indicated that he went residents in the areas selected to fight in Iraq for the freedom for annexation intentionally to vote and now won’t have that chose to live outside of the city freedom on this issue. Many See ANNEX, page A8
2018 pink salmon harvest lowest in 40 years By Kevin Gullufsen Juneau Empire
With the closure of directed pink salmon fisheries last week, commercial seine salmon season is effectively over in Southeast Alaska. But for many seiners, it never really began. This year’s pink salmon harvest has been dismal, the lowest since 1976. Just over 7.5 million pinks have been harvested to date, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game pink and chum salmon project leader for Southeast Andy Piston. From 1960-2018, the average has been 30 million. “There were a lot fewer fish,” Piston said. Even in an off year — region pinks spawn in number only every two years — 2018’s pink run has been a bust. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game set its pre-season forecast at 23
million fish, more than three times the catch. The last directed pink salmon fishery closed in Southeast last week. Commercial salmon seiners, the few that are still working in Southeast, are targeting a few chum salmon fisheries still open. It’s possible the pink salmon caught at Annette Island in the Ketchikan area will push the total over 8 million fish for the year. But Piston said that’s unlikely. “I doubt we’ll hit 8 million,” Piston said. Pinks don’t act uniformly across Southeast, Piston noted, but region wide, harvests on even-numbered years tend to be lower than odd-numbered years. In southern Southeast, the bread and butter for the majority of the seine fleet, harvests on even-numbered years have been good lately. That was
A male pink salmon makes its way upstream to spawn in August of 2010. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
one reason fishery managers believed, despite some indication otherwise, that this year’s harvest wouldn’t be as low as it turned out. The problem area is inside waters in northern Southeast. Returns were especially poor
near the Juneau area. To protect the few fish that did return, fishery managers cut back on the amount of time fishermen were allowed to fish in northern Southeast. “We’re doing the only thing we have any control over, and
that is we’re just not having any harvest in those areas,” Piston said. Piston said they don’t know yet what’s causing the low harvest on northern Southeast inside waters, but they did have some indication that this year’s run would be poor. The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration trawl survey of juvenile pink salmon last year — the fish that grew to return this year — showed the lowest number of juvenile pinks in survey history, Piston said. Southern Southeast and the northern outer coast, “for the most part,” returned numbers within management targets, Piston said, meaning Fish and Game has reason to believe this year’s poor harvest won’t result in low reproduction in those areas. “There may be a few weak areas, but for the most part, See PINK, page A8
Meth, heroin and marijuana top Anchorage buys lots from list of peninsula drug seizures man feuding with city over homeless shelter
By ERIN THOMPSON Peninsula Clarion
Peninsula police departments confiscated about $150,000 in illegal drugs — the majority heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana — in 2017, according to a new Alaska State Troopers report. Released Wednesday by the Alaska State Troopers Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU), the 2017 Annual Drug Report compiled information on illegal drug trafficking from a number of agencies, including local police departments, Trooper detachments, the fed-
eral Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Homeland Security and the SDEU. During the 2017 calendar year, law enforcement agencies across the state seized 151,886 grams, approximately 152 kilos, of the three most prevalent illegal drugs — cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, according to the report. Although the amount of cocaine seized has remained relatively steady since 2013, seizures of heroin in 2017 declined significantly from 2016. Methamphetamine seizures, however, showed a marked rise from 2016 to 2017.
The report noted that seizures of fentanyl — a synthetic opioid that can be 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine — were also on the rise in 2017, during which law enforcement agencies seized 24,235 lethal doses of the drug. And while number of overdose deaths from heroin and prescription opioids both dropped in 2017 — from 49 to 36 and 53 to 50, respectively — deaths related to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids rose from eight in 2016 to 37 in 2017. On the peninsula, police departments in Homer, Soldotna,
See DRUG, page A8
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Anchorage has purchased two lots from a man who has filed lawsuits and complained for years that a downtown homeless shelter and nearby soup kitchen have hurt his business. The $750,000 purchase last month is the first step in a plan for the city to buy all of auctioneer Ron Alleva’s land in the area, including his auction yard next to the Brother Francis Shelter, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The Anchorage Assembly authorized the purchase earlier
this year of the two fenced-in lots, which the city electric utility has leased for about a decade. The lots might be developed for expanded homeless services, said Robin Ward, the city’s chief housing officer. “He wants out,” Ward said. “This gives him the first step of getting out.” Alleva, who owns Grubstake Auction Co., has clashed with the city, shelter and soup kitchen in recent years. He claims the shelters allow bad See FEUD, page A8
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Weakening Gordon moves inland By JAY REEVES and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Blamed for the death of a Florida baby and intense wind and rain that pummeled parts of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, Tropical Depression Gordon weakened Wednesday but still spread bands of heavy rains across a swath of the South as it swirled over central Mississippi. It promised more of the same on a forecast track expected to take it northeast into Arkansas, which was forecast to get heavy rain from the system by Wednesday night. By Saturday, what’s left of the storm was forecast to hook to the north, then northeast on a path toward the Great Lakes. National Weather Service offices in Missouri and Oklahoma said Gordon’s remnants could add to the rain caused by a frontal boundary already causing heavy rains in parts of the Midwest. Flash flood watches stretched from the Florida panhandle, through parts of southwest Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. Gordon never reached hurricane strength by the time it came ashore Tuesday night just west of the MississippiAlabama line. Its maximum sustained winds reached 70 mph (112 kph). It knocked out power to at least 27,000 utility customers in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. By Wednesday afternoon the numbers were down to about 5,800 in Alabama, 3,000 in Mississippi and a little more than 2,000 in Florida. Pictures on social media showed damaged roofs and debris-strewn beaches and roads. However, no major damage or serious injuries were reported, other than the one fatality — a baby in a mobile home, struck by a large tree limb in Pensacola late Tuesday. Neighbors told the newspaper the victim was about 10 months old, but the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office con-
A Jackson, Miss., resident deals with a steady rain and blowing wind as he walks along a downtown street Wednesday. Parts of the state are expected to have rain throughout most of the week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
firmed the child was 2 years old. Michael Barradas told The Pensacola News Journal he heard the loud crack and ran out of his mobile home and yelled, “Is everyone OK?’” He says the mother said, “No my baby’s in there.” Barradas said he ran back in his home to get a flashlight, but by the time he got to the neighbor’s home the baby had stopped crying. The Escambia County Sheriff’s office posted on its Facebook page that responding deputies discovered the child had been killed. Officials haven’t released the child’s identity. Rain spun around the storm’s center in the Jackson, Mississippi, area Wednesday afternoon. And bands swept up from the Gulf, dropping more rain on northwest Florida — where 10.48 inches (26.6 centimeters) had already fallen at Florida’s Pensacola International Airport by Wednesday morning — through the center of Alabama and into Tennessee. New Orleans, which had braced for severe flooding, was unscathed. And residents along the Mississippi Gulf
Coast, which expected a serious hit, were largely spared. A dozen casinos that shut down were allowed to reopen at noon Wednesday. Boaters and fishermen returned to marinas after having fled inland a day before. “We are happy to report that hotels, casinos, attractions and restaurants have resumed business as usual,” Milton Segarra, CEO of the tourism organization Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast, said in a Wednesday news release. “It was fine, just like a thunderstorm,” said Pascagoula resident Trey Casey, who had been given the day off from work in anticipation of more serious damage. “This is the price you pay to look at this beautiful water and enjoy the coast,” Pascagoula resident Richard Whitlock said as he raked leaves and branches from his yard overlooking the Gulf. Driftwood and other debris made for hazardous driving early Wednesday on the causeway to Dauphin Island, Alabama, which was partly flooded by seawater overnight. Siding was peeled off some houses, but Mayor Jeff Collier said “for
the most part, we did OK.” Dominic Carlucci drove back to his home on the barrier island in his Hummer, and found no damage, just a sagging wooden fence. It wasn’t nearly as bad as when Nate, the last hurricane to strike the U.S., came ashore last October in nearby Biloxi, Mississippi. “We’re good,” he said. A storm surge covered barrier islands as the storm blew through, and some inland roadways were flooded by the rain. “I just hope I don’t have to throw out everything in my refrigerator when I get home,” said Jerome Richardson, spending the morning at a Mobile Waffle House after losing power the night before at his home. With Gordon diminishing, there were new tropical weather concerns: Hurricane Florence has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, on a path toward Bermuda, and lining up behind it, another potential storm was likely to form not far off the coast of Africa. “It’s the peak of hurricane season,” Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said. “Now is the time to get your plans all set.”
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Around the Peninsula Coast Guard boating safety class The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer “About Boating Safely” class on Tuesday Sept. 11 from 6-9 p.m. and on Saturday, Sept. 15 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $35. This two-day boating course is designed to educate boaters in the skills needed to safely handle and operate a boat. Whether you are a new boater or have been boating for many years you may discover that you can still learn something new “about boating safely.” Topics Include: Know Your Boat; Before You Get Underway; Navigating; Operating Safely; Legal Requirements; Boating Emergencies. For more information please either text or otherwise contact: Marion Parrish (907) 420-7179 or register online at the Kenai Flotilla website.
Nikiski Senior Center fall fundraiser The Nikiski Senior Center will be hosting its annual Fall Fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 6. Doors open at 4 p.m. The first drawing for the Wall of Guns is at at 5 p.m. Dinner is at 6 p.m. There will also be live and silent auctions, ladies and men’s grab bags, mystery wine pull and a quilt raffle. Cost of the prime rib or chicken cordon bleu dinner is $40 per person. Tickets are available at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call 907-776-7654 for more information. Proceeds from the event go toward needed services to seniors in the Nikiski community and scholarships for high school seniors.
Nikiski Senior Center bingo nights Bingo and Pulltabs are back at the Nikiski Senior Center! Bingo and pulltabs will be on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.), Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. after lunch and Saturday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 pm). Saturday bingos are potluck so bring your favorite dish! Call 907-776-7654 for more information.
Trapping and snaring orientation classes scheduled The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will hold its 2018 trapping orientation class and snaring seminar on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Refuge Environmental Education Center on Ski Hill Road in Soldotna. To obtain a permit to trap on the Refuge, it is mandatory to attend at least one Refuge trapping orientation. Trappers who have previously attended the trapping and snaring orientation do not need to re-attend; however, all Refuge trappers are welcome. Starting October 5, trapping permits for the 2018-19 season will be available at the Refuge Headquarters, on Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. For additional information, please contact Refuge Officer Joe Williams at (907) 260-2852.
Kenai Peninsula College Council seeks new members Kenai Peninsula College is seeking interested community members to fill a Seward-area at-large seat and a Central Peninsula-area at-large seat on its College Council. The boroughwide council serves as an advisory board to the college director and advocates for the interests of the college to the community and legislature; members serve 3-year terms. Seward area and Central Peninsula residents interested in serving should submit a letter of interest and resume by Oct. 1, 2018 to: College Director, Kenai Peninsula College, 156 College Rd., Soldotna AK 99669. Interested individuals with questions can call 262-0318.
City of Kenai, Valhalla Heights Neighborhood Cleanup The City of Kenai will provide dumpsters in the right-of-way of North Dogwood Road across from Phillips Drive and Standard Drive for the FREE collection of trash and debris from Thursday, Sept. 6 to Saturday, Sept. 9. Two dumpsters will be provided for general household waste and one dumpster will be provided for construction/demo debris, including building materials, insulation, roofing materials and plywood. Please do not drop off hazardous waste; NO oil, paint, batteries. To inquire about limited assistance for the removal of bulky items or to volunteer for this event, please contact the City of Kenai at 283-8235.
Mental health first-aid course
Caregiver Support meeting The Caregiver Support Meeting: Part 2 Training DVD from The Pines of Sarasota Education and Training Institute will take place Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. at the Soldotna Senior Center. Learn with dementia expert Teepa Snow about “Designing a Supportive Dementia Care Environment.” Join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone who is a caregiver. Call Sharon or Judy at 262-1280 for more information.
Sterling Judo Club registration open Registration for the Sterling Judo Club new beginners’ class will run from Sept. 11-20. Members must be at least 8 years old. Teens and adults may register and begin instruction any time, although everyone interested is encouraged to start with the new beginners now. The next youngster’s beginning signup should occur in early January 2019. A parent or adult participant must come to the class any Tuesday or Thursday evening between 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. to register. There is no charge to participate in the program, but an annual registration required by our national judo organization to cover program insurance, sanction, etc. This non-refundable annual fee is $80. For more information visit the Sterling Judo Club’s Face Book page or contact one of the class teachers: Senseis Bob Brink at 242-9330, Clay Holland at 714-8881, Bob Ermold, or one of our other board members: Sensei Kati Gibler, Bob Ermold, Marcus and Terre Lee and Carrie Fairbanks.
Kenai Historical Society meeting Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitor Center. A potluck dinner will precede the business meeting. After the meeting, Ray Rowley will be the speaker. The meeting is open to the public. Bring your favorite dish to share and join us to hear Ray speak about the old days in Kenai. For more information call June at 283-1946.
First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. at Soldotna Creek Park. Early registration is encouraged and is available at hospiceofcentralpeninsula. com. There will be a .5K Dash and a 1.6K Race and Root Beer as our treat. Bring the whole family and join us. If you don’t want to run, come along as a cheerleader! Contact Lee at 2620453 for questions or additional information.
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Kenaitze suicide awareness talk The Kenaitze Indian Tribe will host safeTALK suicide awareness and prevention training on Sept. 11 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center from 9–11 a.m. This free workshop is open to the community. SafeTALK training is appropriate for community members 15 and older. No prior experience is necessary. Training materials will be provided. Suicide is preventable, and participants will learn how to make a difference with life-saving skills. For more information, call Dagmar Mayer at 335-7514 or email dmayer@kenaitze.org.
Nikiski Recreation Center activities —The Nikiski Pool will be closed for annual maintenance from September 3–24. The pool will reopen Sept. 26 for our normal winter hours. For more information, please check our Facebook page or our website. —Fall swim lessons: Swim lesson registration will begin Monday, September 24 at noon. Classes are offered for: Beginners, Advanced Beginners, Intermediates, Semi-Privates, Tiny Tots and Log Rolling. For more information, call 776-8800 —Youth flag football: 4th-8th grade boys and girls flag football season begins August 20 and will run through September. Games are held Monday and Thursday nights at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center Fields. For more information, please call 776-8800. — Artsy toddler time: Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting and Artsy Toddler Story time on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. for 2-5 year olds. Kids will get to do an art project based on a story read during the event. For more information, please contact 776-8800. — Toddler time: The Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting Toddler Time on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays from 11am-12:30pm. For more information, please contact 776-8800. — Women’s league basketball: Games will be held on Tuesday &/or Friday nights with games beginning in September. For more information, call 776-8800. —Open gym nights: Teen Center, Monday–Friday, 2:30–8 p.m. Full Swing Golf, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Diabetes support group to meet The Diabetes Support Group meets the last Tuesday of every month in the River Tower of Central Peninsula Hospital. Meetings are free and open to the public. The group often has speakers on a variety of relevant topics. Please call Ruth Clare at 714-4726 if you have questions or need more information.
City of Kenai plans trash cleanup
New Kenai River rotary meeting place
Looking for an opportunity to exercise with a purpose? The City of Kenai is sponsoring three separate lunchtime hikes we’re dubbing “TRASHersize.” Join us as we enjoy the city’s trail system and help keep our community clean at the same time. All hikes are from Noon – 1 p.m. The city will provide bags, gloves and water. Maps will be available upon arrival. This is a child friendly event. The events are dependent on suitable weather conditions. The next TRASHersize Hike is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 from Noon – 1:00 p.m. Meet at the Kenai Library. The hikes will take place at noon on Thursday, Sept. 20, and Thursday, Oct. 4.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, the Kenai River Rotary Club will meet at Siam Noodles in Soldotna.
School immunizations available Talk to your healthcare provider or your local public health center to make sure your child’s vaccinations are current. For more information call Kenai Public Health Center at 335-3400.
Narcan kits available at Kenai Public Health Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an easy medication you can give to someone who is overdosing. It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal spray kits at the Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Way, Suite A, in Kenai. For additional information call Kenai Public Health at 335-3400.
Garden club to discuss growing fruit
The Kenai Peninsula Woodturner’s Chapter will hold its September meeting at 1 p.m.this Saturday, Sept. 8. Location is the log building, Mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway. There will be a woodturning demonstration. Non-members are welcome. Questions? Call 801-543-9122.
The Soup Supper Gala will be held at the Soldotna Sports and Recreation Center on Sept. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m. BuyIt-Now from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Buy a raffle ticket for your chance to win two Alaska Airlines tickets. There will be games, music, locally made soups, craft beers, wine, live and silent auction items and so much more!
Our volunteers touch lives in the community every day. They are the heart and soul of the Red Cross and represent every age, gender, religion, race and ethnicity. There are so many ways you can help. Start your Red Cross story today. The Red Cross will host a Kenai Peninsula New Volunteer Open House on Friday, Sept. 7 from 6-8 p.m. in Central Peninsula Hospital’s Denali Room. Call 907-232-2698 or email pam.laforest@redcross.org.
The Sierra Frost and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host adult and youth mental health first-aid courses New Life Assembly of God classes in Kenai on Sept. 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more inforThe Kenai New Life Assembly of God church is offering the mation contact nvitationwellness@gmail.com or call 970-818- following two classes this fall on Wednesdays, Sept. 12–Dec 19 1271. Register at www.invitationwellness.com/mhfaak. at 6:30 p.m. at Kenai New Life Assembly of God 209 Princess St.. Childcare provided. Register at office@kenainewlife.org or call 907-283-7752. —DivorceCare: A 13 week class for those who Ladies’ Night Out are separated or going through divorce. —Single&Parenting: A Peninsula Take-A-Break will host a Ladies’ Night Out on 13-week class for those who are experiencing parenting alone. Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Featured guest Kenda Blanning of Soldotna’s Orange Poppy will be speaking on the latest and greatest in home decor. Inspirational speaker Jessie Suicide awareness walk in Kenai Ruffrige will give a talk on “Jumping for Joy.” Dinner cost is The second annual Kenai Out of the Darkness Community $12. For reservations contact Susan at 335-6789 or 440-1319. Walk, an event to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevenReservations must be made by Saturday, Sept. 15. tion, is Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center, 508 Upland Street in Kenai. Check-in and registration on the day of the walk begins at noon at the Dena’ina Wellness Center. There Community Wellness Convention will be an opening ceremony at 12:45 p.m., with the walk to Geneva Woods Health Supplies and Geneva Woods Pharma- start at 1 p.m. Participation is open to the community. There is cy proudly presents our second-annual “Community Wellness no registration fee for the walk, but participants are encouraged Convention” at the Peninsula Center Mall Soldotna on Saturday, to fundraise. Those raising $150 by Sept. 8 will receive an Out Sept. 29, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to join of the Darkness Walk T-shirt. Register in advance at www.afsp. us for this free, fun and informative community event! We have org/kenai. Online registration closes at noon on Friday, Sept. 7. invited many local community exhibitors and speakers for this Participants also may register in person at the walk. For more ingreat one-day event! The Alaska Health Fair group will be at the formation, contact Audré Gifford at 907-335-7355 or agifford@ event to provide health screenings and testing. No appointment kenaitze.org. necessary. Call Christie Gibbs (Geneva Woods) 907-262-2540 or Betty Rieth (Alaska Health Fair) 907-278-0234.
Kenai Peninsula Woodturner’s meeting
The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank to host gala
The Central Peninsula Garden Club monthly program on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. will be “Growing Fruit Inside and Out,” presented by Mike O’Brien, owner of O’Brien Garden & Trees. He will share his expertise with us about growing fruit, both inside a green house or high tunnel and outdoors. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and sometimes door prizes are provided. Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at mile 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment). Membership and general club information is available at www.cenpengardenclub.org, on facebook, or contact Renae Wall, cenpengardenclub@gmail.com.
Potters’ guild offers classes The Kenai Potters Guild will be offering a pottery class beginning on Sept. 14. The class will meet on Friday evening from 6–9 p.m. for eight weeks. The cost of the class is $225. This class will be taught by the Laura Faeo. For more information or to sign up call Laura at 776-4008.
Soldotna Senior Center fundraiser Soldotna Senior Center’s Fall Round-Up will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a hearty prime rib dinner with all the trimmings, featuring the famous boot stomping, hand clapping, get-up-and-dance music of the Spur Highway Spankers. There will be door prizes, a grand door prize, and awesome items in our silent and outcry auctions. Tickets are $28 for adults and $14 for children under 12. This event is open to the public. For tickets, reservations, or information, please contact the Senior Center at 907-262-2322.
KPC college council meeting The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at KPC’s Kenai River Campus in Soldotna in Wardroom 116. The College Council is advisory in nature and members are recruited from all sectors of the Kenai Peninsula to provide input to KPC administration. The meeting is open to the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact the director’s assistant at 262-0318 or visit this link: http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/about/ college_council/reports/.
Registration open for ESL classes The KRC Learning Center is holding fall registration for nonnative speakers of English seeking to enhance their language and work-readiness skills. Students may register anytime, MondayThursday, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. in the KRC Learning Center, room 191, Brockel Building on the Soldotna campus of KPC. Evening registration will be held on Thursday, Sept. 6 until 7:30 p.m. All classes are free and begin Monday, Sept.10. The English as a Second Language program is designed to meet the needs of adults wishing to become more fluent English speakers. Students may take classes in basic English, reading, vocabulary, and workplace readiness to further enhance their English proficiency to pursue college and career opportunities. All ESL classes are free, and students may enroll at any time. Stop by the KRC Learning Center, Brockel room 191, to register today! For more information, contact Bridget Clark, (907) 262-0327, or bmclark2@alaska.edu.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge activities The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center is open every day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Ski Hill Road near Soldotna. For more information, call 260-2820. All events are free. —Grandparents Day Sunday, Sept. 9: Digital photography trail experience (cameras provided) and scrapbook page creation for youth and their elders. Pre-registration required for this event. —Little PEEPS (ages 2-5 and their adult), Sept 20, 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.: Slugs and Snails for September, with story time, active games, snacks and crafts. ~ from the bush to the bottle ~ — Drop-in craft and self-guided trail walk, different each week Long Alaska winters and midnight—Wildlife movies daily through Sept 10, then Saturdays only: sun summers allow us to produce Sept. 15, 22, and 29. All events are FREE!! —The Refuge Visitor Center is currently open daily from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. but will switch to winter hours on Sept. 11. Winter hours are Tuesdays through Saturday (closed Sun/Mon) from 10 a.m-5 p.m. The Headquarters/Administrative office will continue to be open 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Supreme Court confirmation process too important to rush Sniping about Brett M. Kavanaugh’s
paper trail dominated Day One of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the judge’s Supreme Court nomination. Republicans pointed out that a very large number of documents have been disclosed. Democrats countered that, regardless of the number, they still represent a small fraction of the files that could have been released. The Democrats have a point: The Republicans are running a rushed review of a man who is on track to occupy a seat on the nation’s highest court. Committee Republicans never even requested papers from Mr. Kavanaugh’s time as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush, which Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has deemed irrelevant. In fact, Mr. Kavanaugh has said that serving as staff secretary prepared him more than any other past job for his service as a judge, and other previous staff secretaries have insisted that the post is more substantive than Republicans have claimed. Even if it took more time, there should have been a nonpartisan process to release all staff-secretary documents that would have been germane to Mr. Kavanaugh’s hearings. The Trump administration also withheld more than 100,000 pages of documents under the president’s authority to protect sensitive executive-branch communications. It’s true that releasing certain files would risk harming White House decision-making, by making presidential advisers fear that frank private counsel might be exposed during or shortly after their tenures. But the vast number of hidden documents raises questions about abuse of this authority. Even when the committee has received documents, many came with strict conditions on their use: More than 100,000 pages were designated for senators’ eyes only. Usually, relatively few records are deemed “committee confidential.” Worse, a private lawyer working for Mr. Bush has been deciding which documents receive the designation. Senators may have questions stemming from committee-confidential documents that they cannot ask, or that might seem strange outside of the factual context that inspired them. The National Archives should have made all of these decisions, even if it delayed the hearings. Finally, the Bush team dropped more than 42,000 committee-confidential pages on Monday — the day before Mr. Kavanaugh’s hearings were set to begin. That Mr. Grassley’s committee staff was apparently able to sort through them at lightning speed does not mean it was reasonable to expect every other senator to do so. Whatever the Democrats’ intentions in seeking more documents — they have been accused of trying to delay the hearings — there is no good excuse for truncating the committee’s vetting. Records should be public so that Americans can know more about a judge who will be determining so many weighty questions that affect them. Questions — even from hostile senators — should be informed for the same reason. Republicans are wrong to rush the committee’s consideration just so they can ram through Mr. Kavanaugh’s confirmation before the November elections. It’s a process that will leave many Americans wondering, with reason, what they are not being told. — The Washington Post, Sept. 4
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Neil Armstrong didn’t forget the flag
History is usually airbrushed to remove a figure who has fallen out of favor with a dictatorship, or to hide away an episode of national shame. Leave it to Hollywood to erase from a national triumph its most iconic moment. The new movie “First Man,” a biopic about the Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, omits the planting of the American flag during his historic walk on the surface of the moon. Ryan Gosling, who plays Armstrong in the film, tried to explain the strange editing of his moonwalk: “This was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement. I don’t think that Neil viewed himself as an American hero.” Armstrong was a reticent man, but he surely considered himself an American, and everyone else considered him a hero. (“You’re a hero whether you like it or not,” one newspaper admonished him on the 10th anniversary of the landing.) Gosling added that Armstrong’s walk “transcended countries and borders,” which is literally true, since it occurred 238,900 miles from Earth, although Armstrong got there on an American rocket, walked in an American spacesuit and returned home to America. Apollo 11 was, without doubt, an extraordinary human achievement. Armstrong’s famous words upon descending the ladder to the moon were apt: “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” A plaque left behind read: “HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST
SET FOOT UPON THE MOON, JULY 1969 A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND.” But this was a national effort that depended on American derring-do, sacrifice and treasure. It was a Rich Lowry chapter in a space race between the United States and the Soviet Union that involved national prestige and the perceived worth of our respective economic and political systems. The Apollo program wasn’t about the brotherhood of man, rather about achieving a national objective before a hated and feared adversary did. The Soviets putting a satellite, Sputnik, into orbit first was a profound political and psychological shock. The historian Walter A. McDougall writes in his book on the space race, “The Heavens and the Earth”: “In the weeks and months to come, Khrushchev and lesser spokesmen would point to the first Sputnik, ‘companion’ or ‘fellow traveller,’ as proof of the Soviet ability to deliver hydrogen bombs at will, proof of the inevitability of Soviet scientific and technological leadership, proof of the superiority of communism as a model for backwards nations, proof of the dynamic leadership of the Soviet premier.” The U.S. felt it had to rise to the challenge. As Vice President Lyndon Johnson
put it, “Failure to master space means being second best in every aspect, in the crucial arena of our Cold War world. In the eyes of the world first in space means first, period; second in space is second in everything.” The mission of Apollo 11 was, appropriately, soaked in American symbolism. The lunar module was called Eagle, and the command module Columbia. There had been some consideration to putting up a U.N. flag, but it was scotched — it would be an American flag and only an American flag. The video of Armstrong and his partner Buzz Aldrin carefully working to set up the flag — fully extend it and sink the pole firmly enough in the lunar surface to stand — after their awe-inspiring journey hasn’t lost any of its power. The director of “First Man,” Damien Chazelle, argues that the flag planting isn’t part of the movie because he wanted to focus on the inner Armstrong. But, surely, Armstrong, a former Eagle Scout, had feelings about putting the flag someplace it had never gone before? There may be a crass commercial motive in the omission — the Chinese, whose market is so important to big films, might not like overt American patriotic fanfare. Neither does much of our cultural elite. They may prefer not to plant the flag — but the heroes of Apollo 11 had no such compunction. Rich Lowry can be reached via email at comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
Senior Trump official pens anonymous op-ed By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
NEW YORK — The New York Times took the unusual step Wednesday of granting anonymity to a senior Trump administration official to write a searing column that said people who work for the president are trying to protect the country from his worst impulses. The essay was published against the backdrop of a president who frequently rails against “fake news” and the “failing New York Times,” to the delight of many fans. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders called the decision a “new low” for the Times, saying the newspaper should apologize and the writer resign. The column veered in tone between a hostage note and a bid to reassure Americans that, as the writer put it, “there are adults in the room.” In introducing the piece, the newspaper said anonymity was granted at the request of the author, whose identity is known to the newspaper and whose job would be jeopardized by disclosure. “We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers,” the newspaper said. While unusual, the move is not unprecedented. In June, the Times published a piece from an asylum seeker who was in a Trump administration family detention center, not identifying her because of gang-related threats she received. In 2014, a woman from Pakistan was not identified for writing an editorial page blog item to protect her from the Taliban. But in Wednesday’s case, the person was from the highest reaches of the U.S. government. “It’s extraordinary,” said Frank Sesno, director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University. “I have never seen anything like this. I can only imagine the conversations at the New York Times about publishing such a
thing. If there’s any question about the role that journalism plays in a democracy, this puts it to bed.” Sesno said the Times’ credibility is on the line “if this person turns out to be a window-washer somewhere. “But there’s no way a responsible news organization would do that,” said Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief. “I have to believe that the top people at the Times were part of this decision, because it was so unusual and so explosive.” The decision was in the purview of James Bennet, editorial page editor, and James Dao, op-ed editor, with publisher A.G. Sulzberger weighing in, a Times spokeswoman said. The newspaper’s executive editor, Dean Baquet, was not involved because the news pages are his responsibility, and the column appeared in the Times’ opinion section. That led to a Times reporter, Jodi Kantor, tweeting that “Times reporters must now try to unearth the identity of an author that our colleagues in Opinion have sworn to protect with anonymity?” The author wrote that “there were early whispers within the Cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis.” That speaks to the writer either being in the White House or having access to people who are there regularly. Kyle Pope, editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, said the decision was akin to the newspaper’s news pages protecting a source with anonymity. “What’s different here is the scale of it,” he said. “I do think it’s a powerful statement. I wonder how the editorial side is keeping (the source’s identity) from the news side.” He said it’s a situation in which the rules have to be made on the fly. “If I was in this decision-making process, I would take the risk,” Pope said. “It’s a risk worth taking because the message is so powerful.” Sanders said the administration was “dis-
appointed, but not surprised, that the paper chose to publish this pathetic, reckless and selfish op-ed.” She called it another example of the liberal media’s effort to discredit Trump. “The individual behind this piece has chosen to deceive, rather than support, the duly elected president of the United States,” Sanders said. “He is not putting country first, but putting himself and his ego ahead of the will of the American people. This coward should do the right thing and resign.” While she identified the author as a “he,” the Times has not done so. The newspaper said that a tweet suggesting the author was male was sent in error. “We are incredibly proud to have published this piece, which adds significant value to the public’s understanding of what is going on in the Trump administration from someone who is in a position to know,” said the newspaper’s spokeswoman, Eileen Murphy. The article was a coup for the Times in its endless fight for supremacy with The Washington Post, coming a day after the Post published excerpts from an upcoming book on the Trump administration by Post legend Bob Woodward. Some of what was written in the Times column, in fact, echoes material from Woodward’s book. The book said Defense Secretary James Mattis has purposely not acted on a presidential directive to assassinate Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, and that former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn once removed a document from the president’s desk that would have ended a trade deal with South Korea. The Times column said that those working for Trump made sure sanctions were placed on Russia for poisoning a Russian spy in Britain, despite the president’s reluctance to do so. “We fully recognize what is happening,” the anonymous author said. “And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t.”
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Nation/World Trump disputes portrayal of White House By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unloaded Wednesday against an explosive new book from journalist Bob Woodward, labeling the tellall memoir “a work of fiction” as West Wing staff scrambled to rebut its vivid depictions of White House dysfunction. “The book means nothing,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. He said the early release of information from the book this week was designed to interfere with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, “which I don’t think it’s done.” Venting for a second day, Trump tweeted that “Fear: Trump in the White House” was the “exact opposite of the fact.” He also revisited a call to change libel laws, though he has no authority to do so. The book features current and former aides calling the president an “idiot” and a “liar” and depicting him as prone to rash policy decisions that aides worked furiously to derail or stall. Within the West Wing, aides increasingly numb to drama still were shaken by the in-depth re-
porting, which included interviews with numerous aides and copies of internal memos. The White House press office appeared caught off guard when The Washington Post published a story about the book on Tuesday, a week before its Sept. 11 release date. The office was unable to quickly procure an advance copy of the book. Key allies have pushed back against the book, which quotes Trump aides disparaging the president’s judgment and claiming they plucked papers off his desk to prevent him from withdrawing from a pair of trade agreements. Those issuing denials, at least in part, included Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and chief of staff John Kelly. Underscoring the aggressive response, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Wednesday that Woodward “got played,” adding that “most of these stories are made up from low confidence under performing people that have fallen flat on their faces because they didn’t have the talent or intelligence to be successful.” In a statement to the Post, Woodward said, “I stand by my reporting.” He did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders evaded questions
UK charges 2 Russians in absentia in nerve agent attack
This 2012 file photo shows former Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward speaking during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Watergate in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
Wednesday on Fox News about whether it was a mistake for the communications department not to have Trump sit for an interview with Woodward. Trump and Woodward spoke after the book was sent to the publisher. In a transcript and audio of the call released by the Post, Woodward tells Trump he made repeated efforts to get an interview, while a clearly irritated Trump says he would have participated if he had known. Allies said some of the ire in Trump’s orbit was focused on former staffers such as ex-staff secretary Rob Porter and one-
time economic adviser Gary Cohn, who are sympathetically portrayed. “I don’t think Woodward made anything up. It’s who he talked to,” said former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg, adding that Cohn and Porter “look like unsung heroes.” Trump and aides pushed back on a series of incendiary scenes in the book, including Kelly calling the White House “crazytown,” Mattis telling associates Trump had the understanding of “a fifth- or sixthgrader” and Cohn plucking key documents off Trump’s desk so he could not sign them.
Canada’s foreign minister leads trade talks By ROB GILLIES Associated Press
TORONTO — She is many things that would seem to irritate President Donald Trump: a liberal Canadian former journalist. That makes Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland an unusual choice to lead Canada’s negotiations over a new free trade deal with a surprisingly hostile U.S. administration. Recruited into politics by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Freeland has already clashed with Russia and Saudi Arabia. Those who know her say she’s unlikely to back down in a confrontation with Trump. “She is everything the Trump administration loathes,” said Sarah Goldfeder, a former official with the U.S. Embassy in Canada. Freeland, a globalist negotiating with a U.S. administration that believes in economic nationalism and populism, hopes to salvage a free trade deal with Canada’s largest trading partner as talks resumed Wednesday in Washington. The 50-year-old Harvard graduate and Rhodes scholar speaks five languages and has influential friends around the world. “I have enormous sympathy for her because she is negotiating with an unpredictable, irrational partner,” said CNN host Fareed Zakaria, a friend of Freeland’s for 25 years. Freeland cut short a trip to Europe last week after Trump
reached a deal with Mexico that excluded Canada. Talks with Canada resumed but Trump said he wasn’t willing to make any concessions. The Trump administration left Canada out of the talks for five weeks not long after the president vowed to make Canada pay after Trudeau said at the G-7 in Quebec he wouldn’t let Canada get pushed around in trade talks. Freeland then poked the U.S. when she received Foreign Policy magazine’s diplomat of the year award in Washington. “You may feel today that your size allows you to go mano-amano with your traditional adversaries and be guaranteed to win,” Freeland said in the June speech. “But if history tells us one thing, it is that no one nation’s pre-eminence is eternal.” Despite being the chief negotiator with the Trump administration, Freeland has criticized it when few other leaders of Western democracies have. “She’s an extremely strongwilled and capable young woman, and I think Trump generally has a problem with that,” said Ian Bremmer, a longtime friend and foreign affairs columnist and president of the Eurasia Group. “She’s not going to bat her eyelashes at Trump to get something done. That’s not Chrystia. She doesn’t play games.” After Freeland and her department tweeted criticism of Saudi Arabia last month for the arrest of social activists in the
In this Aug. 31 file photo, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a news conference at the Canadian Embassy after talks at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
kingdom, Canada suffered consequences. The Saudis suspended diplomatic relations and canceled new trade with Canada and sold off Canadian assets. Peter MacKay, a former Canadian foreign minister, said public shaming like that doesn’t work and said some Americans viewed her June speech in Washington as something less than diplomatic. “It was around that time, within days, that the U.S. threw Canada out of the room,” MacKay said. “There is sometimes concern that she is taking the lead from her prime minister by playing a little bit to a domestic audience.” Trudeau personally recruited Freeland to join his Liberal Party while it was the third party in
Parliament in 2013. Freeland had a senior position at the Reuters news agency but was ready to move on after setbacks in her journalism career, said Martin Wolf, an influential Financial Times columnist and longtime friend. Freeland previously had risen rapidly at the Financial Times where she became Moscow bureau chief in her mid-20s during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Freeland also served as deputy editor of the Globe and Mail in Toronto and the Financial Times. She had designs on becoming editor of the Financial Times but left after a clash with the top editor. She was familiar to many TV viewers in the U.S. because of her regular appearances on talk shows like Zakaria’s.
Pakistan PM ‘optimistic’ after talks with Pompeo By KATHY GANNON Associated Press
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Islamabad on Wednesday, saying he was “optimistic” he could reset the relationship with Washington after the U.S. suspended aid over the country’s alleged failure to combat militants. “You know I’m a born optimist,” said Khan, a former star cricket player who was sworn in last month. “A sportsman always is an optimist. He steps on the field and he thinks he’s going to win.” Pompeo spent just four hours in Pakistan, his first visit to the country. At the airport before leaving for neighboring India, he said he was “hopeful” that a foundation had been laid to move forward. “We’ve still got a long way to go, lots more discussion to be had,” he said. “It’s time for us to begin to deliver on our joint commitment… We’ve had lots of times where we’ve talked and made agreements, but we haven’t been able to actually execute those.”
Pompeo held meetings with Khan, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the powerful Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa. “We talked about their new government, the opportunity to reset the relationship between our two countries across a broad spectrum, economic, business, commercial,” Pompeo said. He said they also discussed “the work that we all know that we need to do to try to develop a peaceful resolution in Afghanistan that benefits certainly Afghanistan, but also the United States and Pakistan.” “I’m hopeful that the foundation that we laid today will set the conditions for continued success as we start to move forward,” he said on the tarmac before leaving. The United States last weekend canceled a $300 million Coalition Support Fund payment to Pakistan after long complaining that it was not doing enough to combat the Taliban and other militants who attack Afghan and U.S. forces across the porous border. Pakistan has rejected those allegations, saying it has played
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In this photo released by Press Information Department, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hand with Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (Press Information Department via AP)
a key role in the U.S.-led campaign against extremists that began after the 9/11 attacks. “In all of his meetings, Secretary Pompeo emphasized the important role Pakistan could play in bringing about a negotiated peace in Afghanistan, and conveyed the need for Pakistan to take sustained and decisive measures against terrorists and militants threatening regional peace and stability,” the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said in a statement issued after Pompeo’s departure.
On the plane to Pakistan, Pompeo announced his appointment of Zalmay Khalilzad, a veteran diplomat who is unpopular in Pakistan, as the new U.S. special adviser on Afghan reconciliation, which could further complicate relations with Islamabad. Khalilzad “has been very critical of Pakistan in the past and his appointment will not help move things forward,” said Zahid Hussain, a defense analyst and the author of two books on militancy in the region.
LONDON — Britain deepened its diplomatic feud with Moscow on Wednesday, charging two men it says are Russian military intelligence officers with the nerve-agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a double agent who betrayed the service by spying for the West. But U.K. authorities acknowledged there was little chance Russia would hand over the suspects, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, to face justice in Britain. Prime Minister Theresa May said the use of a chemical weapon in the city of Salisbury, which left a British woman dead and four people, including Skripal and his daughter, seriously ill, was carried out by officers of the GRU intelligence service and almost certainly approved “at a senior level of the Russian state.” “This was not a rogue operation,” she told lawmakers after police released photos of the suspects as they traveled through London and Salisbury before flying back to Moscow from Heathrow Airport on the evening of March 4, hours after the Skripals were poisoned. Moscow strongly denies involvement in the attack, and Russian officials said they did not recognize the suspects. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the names and images of Petrov and Boshirov “say nothing to us.” British prosecutors said the two were being charged in absentia with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder and use of the nerve agent Novichok. Sue Hemming of the Crown Prosecution Service said the U.K. wouldn’t ask Moscow to hand the men over because Russian law forbids extradition of its citizens. Britain has obtained domestic and European arrest warrants for the suspects, meaning they can be detained if they leave Russia for another European country. Neil Basu, Britain’s top police counterterrorism officer, conceded it was “very, very unlikely” police would be in a position to arrest them any time soon. But, he said, “we will never give up.” Sergei Skripal, 67, is a former colonel in the GRU who was convicted in 2006 of spying for Britain and imprisoned. He was freed in a 2010 spy swap and settled in the U.K. Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury, 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of London, on March 4. They spent weeks hospitalized in critical condition and are now recovering in a secret location for their own protection. A police officer, Nick Bailey, was also hospitalized. British authorities and the international chemical weapons watchdog say the victims were exposed to Novichok, a type of military-grade nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The poisoning ignited a diplomatic confrontation in which hundreds of envoys were expelled by both Russia and Western nations. Six months after the chemical weapons attack rocked the quiet cathedral city, police released new details about what Basu called “one of the most complex investigations” the force had ever seen. — The Associated Press
Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2018. There are 116 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 6, 1997, a public funeral was held for Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in London, six days after her death in a car crash in Paris. On this date: In 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later; Czolgosz was executed on Oct. 29.) In 1909, American explorer Robert Peary sent a telegram from Indian Harbor, Labrador, announcing that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier. In 1943, 79 people were killed when a New York-bound Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed and crashed in Philadelphia. In 1944, during World War II, the British government relaxed blackout restrictions and suspended compulsory training for the Home Guard. In 1970, Palestinian guerrillas seized control of three U.S.-bound jetliners. (Two were later blown up on the ground in Jordan, along with a Londonbound plane hijacked on Sept. 9; the fourth plane was destroyed on the ground in Egypt. No hostages were harmed.) In 1972, the Summer Olympics resumed in Munich, West Germany, a day after the deadly hostage crisis that claimed the lives of eleven Israelis and five Arab abductors. In 1975, 18-year-old tennis star Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia, in New York for the U.S. Open, requested political asylum in the United States. In 1985, all 31 people aboard a Midwest Express Airlines DC-9 were killed when the Atlanta-bound jetliner crashed just after takeoff from Milwaukee’s Mitchell Field. In 1995, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record by playing his two-thousand-131st consecutive game. In 1997, weeping masses gathered in Calcutta, India, to pay homage to Mother Teresa, who had died the day before at age 87. In 2002, meeting outside Washington, D.C. for only the second time since 1800, Congress convened in New York to pay homage to the victims and heroes of September 11. In 2006, President George W. Bush acknowledged for the first time that the CIA was running secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation had forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies. Ten years ago: In the wake of Russia’s military standoff with Georgia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that now was not the right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia. (President George W. Bush canceled the deal two days later.) More than 100 people died in a rockslide that crashed into a shantytown just outside Cairo, Egypt. Actress Anita Page died in Los Angeles at age 98. Five years ago: NASA’s newest robotic lunar explorer, LADEE, rocketed into space in an unprecedented moonshot from Virginia that dazzled sky watchers along the East Coast. One year ago: Hurricane Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, pounded Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds; authorities said more than 900,000 people were without power. A California parole panel recommended parole for Leslie Van Houten, who at 19 was the youngest of Charles Manson’s murderous followers in 1969. (California Gov. Jerry Brown later blocked her release.) Pope Francis was welcomed by jubilant crowds along the road from the airport into Bogota, Colombia, where he encouraged Colombians to reconcile after five decades of armed rebellion. Two French companies among the world’s biggest makers of luxury goods - including the owners of brands like Dior and Gucci - agreed to stop working with fashion models who are unhealthily thin. Today’s Birthdays: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 83. Country singer David Allan Coe is 79. Rock singer-musician Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 75. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 74. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 71. Rock musician Mick Mashbir is 70. Country singer-songwriter Buddy Miller is 66. Actor James Martin Kelly is 64. Country musician Joe Smyth (Sawyer Brown) is 61. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 60. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow is 60. Rock musician Perry Bamonte is 58. Actor Steven Eckholdt is 57. Rock musician Scott Travis (Judas Priest) is 57. Pop musician Pal Waaktaar (a-ha) is 57. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is 56. Rock musician Kevin Miller is 56. ABC News correspondent Elizabeth Vargas is 56. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 55. Actress Betsy Russell is 55. Actress Rosie Perez is 54. Rhythm and blues singer Macy Gray is 51. Country songwriter Lee Thomas Miller (Songs: “The Impossible” ‘’You’re Gonna Miss This”) is 50. Singer CeCe Peniston is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 49. Actress Daniele Gaither is 48. Actor Dylan Bruno is 46. Actor Idris Elba is 46. Actress Justina Machado is 46. Actress Anika Noni (ah-NEE’-kuh NOH’-nee) Rose is 46. Rock singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 44. Actor Justin Whalin is 44. Actress Naomie Harris is 42. Rapper Noreaga is 41. Actress Natalia Cigliuti is 40. Rapper Foxy Brown is 40. Actor Howard Charles is 35. Actress/singer Deborah Joy Winans is 35. Actress Lauren Lapkus is 33. Rock singer Max George (The Wanted) is 30. Thought for Today: “The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.” -- Ernest Dimnet (deem-NAY’), French priest, lecturer and author (1866-1954).
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Djokovic cuts down Millman to reach semis By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic put aside all of it, from his opponent’s unheardof, middle-of-a-set chance to change out of sweat-soaked clothes and shoes, to consecutive time violations because he let the serve clock expire, to the 16 break points he wasted. All that mattered, really, was that Djokovic managed to do what Roger Federer could not two nights earlier: beat 55thranked John Millman at the U.S. Open. Djokovic moved a step closer to a third championship at Flushing Meadows and 14th Grand Slam title overall by eliminating Millman 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to get to the tournament’s semifinals for an 11th appearance in a row. He sat out last year because of an injured right elbow. The No. 6-seeded Djokovic, who won Wimbledon in July, had been drawn to face Federer in the quarterfinals. But Millman scuttled that showdown by stunning the 20-time Grand Slam champ in four sets in the
fourth round on a hot and humid evening that Federer said sapped his energy and made it hard to breathe. “I was, alongside many other people, anticipating the match against Federer,” Djokovic said. This night was cooler, as the temperature dipped into the 70s, but the humidity was above 80 percent, so with Millman drenched, he sought permission for a wardrobe change at 2-all in the second set. It was odd enough to see a player be allowed to do that during, instead of after, a set, but even odder for it to happen after an even number of games, rather than at an odd-game changeover. “I was struggling. He was struggling. We were all sweating. Changing a lot of T-shirts, shorts,” said Djokovic, who will face 2014 U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori on Friday. “Just trying to find a way to hang in there.” When Millman apologized for leaving the court at that juncture, Djokovic replied, “I’m fine to have a little rest,” then sat down on his sideline bench without a shirt on and
cooled off. “I didn’t even know the rule,” said Millman, whose request to leave briefly was permitted based on something called the “Equipment Out of Adjustment” provision in the International Tennis Federation guidelines, because his sweat was making the court slippery. Widely considered the best returner in the game, Djokovic kept accumulating chances — and then failing to cash them in. He was able to come through on only four of his 20 break points. There were other issues for him, too, including in the third set when, ahead by a break, he was called by the chair umpire for allowing the 25-second serve clock, making its Grand Slam debut at this tournament, to run out on back-to-back points. After the first, he double-faulted, and he wound up getting broken there. But he broke back in the match’s next-to-last game, then served out the victory at love. “I think the guy’s beat a brick wall once,” Millman said, “because he makes you work hard for every point and it’s relentless.”
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts during his quarterfinal against John Millman, of Australia, in the U.S. Open tennis tournament Wednesday in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Earlier Wednesday, Nishikori defeated the man he lost to in the final four years ago, Marin Cilic, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4.
Add that to No. 20 Naomi Osaka’s 6-1, 6-1 win over unseeded Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, and Osaka and Nishikori give Japan
semifinalists in both men’s and women’s singles at the same Grand Slam tournament for the first time in tennis history.
Ohtani receives bad news, clubs 2 homers in Angels win By The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Shohei Ohtani homered twice on a huge night at the plate after getting bad news about his pitching arm, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 9-3 on Wednesday. Perhaps headed for Tommy John surgery, the two-way rookie sensation went 4 for 4 with three RBIs, four runs and a stolen base to power the Angels. About two hours before the game, the team announced Ohtani has new damage in his right elbow and ligamentreplacement surgery has been recommended. The club said the Japanese star had an MRI earlier in the day that revealed the problem in his ulnar collateral ligament. Ohtani’s homers were towering drives into the right-field seats. With his second twohomer game, the designated hitter tied Kenji Johjima’s 2006 major league record of 18 homers by a Japanese rookie. Andrelton Simmons also homered for the Angels and drove in three runs. Adrian Beltre hit a tworun shot for Texas, the 472nd homer of his career, in the sixth inning against Jim Johnson. Three of Beltre’s 10 homers this season have come in the last five games. Los Angeles rookie Jaime Barria (10-8) beat Texas for the third time and 45-year-old Bartolo Colon (7-12) for the second. RED SOX 9. BRAVES 8 ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Phillips hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning, highlighting his long-awaited season debut and capping Boston’s biggest comeback of the season. The Red Sox overcame a late six-run deficit to sweep the threegame series between division leaders. Major league-leading Boston scored six times in the eighth to make it 7-all. After Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer with two outs in the Braves eighth, the Red Sox bounced back for their 97th win. The 37-year-old Phillips sat out the first half of this year, signed a minor league contract with Boston in late June and was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday. He didn’t play that night, but started at second base in the final game of the interleague set. After becoming the first player in Red Sox history to wear No. 0, in one swing the guy with the zero became a game-day hero. Andrew Benintendi singled with one out off A.J. Minter (4-3) and Steve Pearce struck out, bringing up Phillips. On the first pitch, Phillips homered deep into the left field seats.
ASTROS 9, TWINS 1
Houston has won 12 of its last 15 games entering a three-game series in major league-leading Boston. Bregman gave the Astros a 2-0 lead in the third inning with his 29th homer of the season, a linedrive shot off Jake Odorizzi into the left-field Crawford Boxes. He added a three-run double off the left-field wall with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, his 47th double, to put Houston up 9-1.
INDIANS 3, ROYALS 1 CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber became the first 18-game winner in the majors this season, striking out 10 in Cleveland’s victory over Kansas City. The Indians moved closer to the third straight AL Central title, reducing their magic number for clinching the division to nine. Kluber (18-7) allowed one run and two hits in 6 2/3 innings. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was pulled after 105 pitches. Cleveland used three relievers to complete the two-hitter. Brad Hand struck out the side in the ninth for his eighth save since being acquired San Diego and 32nd this season. Jason Kipnis had the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth and two hits.
METS 7, DODGERS 3 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zack Wheeler stayed in the game after getting hit in the chest by a line drive, pitching seven sharp innings to lead New York over Los Angeles. Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger homered for the playoff-contending Dodgers, who lost for third time in their past 12 games. Los Angeles finished with three hits. Wilmer Flores had a pair of RBI singles and Amed Rosario got three hits for the Mets. They went 5-4 on their road trip to Wrigley Field, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Wheeler (10-7) retired the first 11 batters before Justin Turner hit a liner in the fourth inning that struck the pitcher. The exit velocity on Turner’s ball was clocked at 91 mph. Wheeler got a visit from the Mets’ medical staff and gave up a home run to Muncy three pitches later.
CUBS 6, BREWERS 4 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Daniel Murphy and Kyle Schwarber homered to back a solid start from Jose Quintana, and Chicago held off Milwaukee to avert a three-game sweep. Pedro Strop closed out a tense ninth inning as Chicago boosted its NL Central lead to four games over the second-place Brewers. Quintana (12-9) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings, improving to 3-1 at Miller Park with the Cubs. Strop allowed a walk and a single to open the ninth but got the final three outs, striking out Curtis Granderson with two runners on to preserve the win.
HOUSTON (AP) — Alex CARDINALS 7, Bregman homered and had five NATIONALS 6 RBIs, and Evan Gattis hit his 25th home run to help Houston rout WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Minnesota. Adams homered twice against his The defending champs have former team, Marcell Ozuna tied won five straight, finishing a 10- his career high with four hits and game homestand with a 7-3 record.
St. Louis held off Washington. One night after bashing five homers against Washington, St. Louis settled for three in the rubber game of the series as Yairo Munoz had a solo shot in the sixth.
sweep. Billy McKinney added a solo homer as Toronto had 16 hits and improved to 3-9 against the Rays this season. Tampa Bay’s fourgame winning streak was snapped. Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier hit two solo home runs for his BLUE JAYS 10, RAYS 3 third career multihomer game. He TORONTO (AP) — Aledmys also did it against the Blue Jays on Diaz hit a three-run homer in a Aug. 23, 2017. seven-run first inning, Aaron Sanchez won for the first time in three MARLINS 2, PHILLIES 1 months and Toronto beat TamMIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcanpa Bay to prevent a three-game
tara pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning in his second career start, Austin Dean drove in a pair of runs and Miami beat Philadelphia. Alcantara (2-0) allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six. Drew Steckenrider allowed a walk and a single with one out in the ninth, but finished off his fourth save with a pair of strikeouts. Nick Pivetta (7-11) was the loser. The Phillies have lost four of five. They remained three games behind Atlanta in the NL East race.
PIRATES 3, REDS 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jameson Taillon pitched five effective innings and helped send Homer Bailey to yet another loss in Pittsburgh’s victory over Cincinnati. Taillon (12-9) allowed only one run as he scattered eight hits and walked none to help the Pirates sweep the three-game series. Felipe Vazquez survived a shaky ninth inning, allowing Dilson Herrera’s pinch-hit RBI double with none out, before earning his 30th save.
Scoreboard baseball National League
East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 76 63 .547 — Philadelphia 73 66 .525 3 Washington 69 71 .493 7½ New York 63 76 .453 13 Miami 56 84 .400 20½ Central Division Chicago 82 57 .590 — Milwaukee 79 62 .560 4 St. Louis 78 62 .557 4½ Pittsburgh 69 71 .493 13½ Cincinnati 59 81 .421 23½ West Division Colorado 77 62 .554 — Los Angeles 76 64 .543 1½ Arizona 75 64 .540 2 San Francisco 68 73 .482 10 San Diego 55 86 .390 23 Wednesday’s Games Boston 9, Atlanta 8 Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2 St. Louis 7, Washington 6 Miami 2, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Mets 7, L.A. Dodgers 3 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 4 Colorado 5, San Francisco 3 Thursday’s Games San Diego (Lauer 5-7) at Cincinnati (Castillo 8-11), 2:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 11-10) at Washington (Strasburg 7-7), 3:05 p.m. Atlanta (Sanchez 6-5) at Arizona (Greinke 13-9), 5:40 p.m.
American League
East Division W L Pct GB Boston 97 44 .688 — New York 87 53 .621 9½ Tampa Bay 75 64 .540 21 Toronto 63 76 .453 33 Baltimore 41 99 .293 55½ Central Division Cleveland 79 60 .568 — Minnesota 63 76 .453 16 Detroit 57 83 .407 22½ Chicago 56 84 .400 23½ Kansas City 46 93 .331 33 West Division Houston 87 53 .621 — Oakland 84 57 .596 3½ Seattle 78 62 .557 9 Los Angeles 68 72 .486 19 Texas 61 79 .436 26 Wednesday’s Games Boston 9, Atlanta 8 Cleveland 3, Kansas City 1 Toronto 10, Tampa Bay 3 L.A. Angels 9, Texas 3 Detroit 10, Chicago White Sox 2 Houston 9, Minnesota 1 Oakland 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 5, Baltimore 2 Thursday’s Games Cleveland (Bieber 8-3) at Toronto (Gaviglio 3-7), 3:07 p.m. All Times ADT
Indians 3, Royals 1 K.C. 000 100 000 —1 2 2 Cle. 010 010 01x —3 11 0 Keller, Flynn (8) and Viloria; Kluber, O.Perez (7), C.Allen (8), Hand (9) and Gomes. W_Kluber 18-7. L_Keller 7-6. Sv_Hand (32).
Blue Jays 10, Rays 3 T.B. 020 001 000 — 3 6 0 Tor. 700 011 10x —10 16 0 Glasnow, Kittredge (1), Nuno (3), Faria (6) and Ciuffo; A.Sanchez, Tepera (7), Mayza (8), Giles (9) and D.Jansen. W_A.Sanchez 4-5. L_Glasnow 1-5. HRs_Tampa Bay,
Kiermaier 2 (6). Toronto, McKinney (4), Diaz (17).
Angels 9, Rangers 3 L.A. 202 110 120 —9 16 0 Tex. 000 002 010 —3 6 2 Barria, Johnson (6), Alvarez (7), M.Almonte (8), Ramirez (9) and F.Arcia; Colon, Bibens-Dirkx (5), Pelham (7), Butler (7), Moore (9) and Chirinos, C.Perez. W_Barria 10-8. L_Colon 7-12. HRs_Los Angeles, Ohtani 2 (18), Simmons (10). Texas, Beltre (10).
Tigers 10, White Sox 2 Det. 100 603 000 —10 16 1 Chi. 000 000 200 — 2 5 0 Zimmermann, Farmer (6), Stumpf (7), Coleman (8), V.Alcantara (9) and J.McCann; Kopech, Covey (4), Frare (6), Ruiz (6), Minaya (7), Vieira (9) and Castillo, Narvaez. W_Zimmermann 7-6. L_Kopech 1-1. HRs_Detroit, Mahtook (7), Jones (10), Rodriguez (4), Candelario (17).
Astros 9, Twins 1 Min. 000 010 000 —1 6 0 Hou. 002 211 03x —9 9 0 Odorizzi, Vasquez (5), Curtiss (6), Drake (7), Rogers (7), Belisle (8) and Garver; Valdez, Harris (6), J.Smith (7), Peacock (8), Sipp (9), Deetz (9) and B.McCann, Stassi. W_Valdez 3-1. L_Odorizzi 5-10. HRs_Minnesota, Astudillo (2). Houston, Bregman (29), Gattis (25).
Athletics 8, Yankees 2 N.Y. 000 000 200 —2 5 0 Oak. 402 101 00x —8 11 0 L.Severino, Holder (3), Cessa (5), Tarpley (8), Kahnle (8) and G.Sanchez; Fiers, Y.Petit (7), Trivino (8), Gearrin (9) and Phegley. W_Fiers 11-6. L_L.Severino 17-7. HRs_New York, Sanchez (15).
Mariners 5, Orioles 2 Bal. 000 020 000 —2 8 1 Sea. 001 020 20x —5 10 3 Cashner, Scott (5), Wright Jr. (6), Gilmartin (7), Meisinger (7), M.Castro (8) and Joseph; Leake, Armstrong (7), Colome (8), Diaz (9) and Zunino. W_Leake 9-9. L_Cashner 4-14. Sv_Diaz (53). HRs_Seattle, Cruz (34), Span (7), Haniger (24).
Red Sox 9, Braves 8 Bos. 010 000 062 —9 11 0 Atl. 200 050 010 —8 10 2 Velazquez, Pomeranz (5), Cuevas (5), Poyner (7), Workman (8), Kimbrel (9) and C.Vazquez; Foltynewicz, Biddle (7), Winkler (8), Venters (8), Brach (8), Minter (8) and Flowers. W_Workman 4-0. L_Minter 4-3. Sv_Kimbrel (38). HRs_Boston, Phillips (1). Atlanta, Acuna (24), Freeman (21).
Marlins 2, Phillies 1 Phi. 000 000 010 —1 6 0 Mia. 010 100 00x —2 4 0 Pivetta, Hunter (5), Dominguez (7) and Alfaro; S.Alcantara, Conley (8), Barraclough (8), Steckenrider (9) and Realmuto. W_S. Alcantara 2-0. L_Pivetta 7-11. Sv_Steckenrider (4).
Pirates 3, Reds 2 Cin. 100 000 001 —2 11 0 Pit. 012 000 00x —3 6 0 Bailey, Sims (6), Peralta (7), Romano (8) and Casali; Taillon, Brault (6), E.Santana (8), F.Vazquez (9) and Cervelli. W_ Taillon 12-9. L_Bailey 1-14. Sv_F. Vazquez (30). HRs_Cincinnati, Peraza (10).
Mets 7, Dodgers 3 N.Y. 000 320 200 —7 14 0 L.A. 000 200 100 —3 3 1 Wheeler, S.Lugo (8) and Plawecki, Nido; Ryu, Madson (7), Venditte (8), K.Jansen (9) and Grandal. W_Wheeler 10-7. L_Ryu 4-2. HRs_Los Angeles, Bellinger (22), Muncy (32).
Cardinals 7, Nationals 6 S.L. 320 011 000 —7 15 2 Was. 000 011 400 —6 16 0 Mikolas, Hudson (7), C.Martinez (8) and Molina, Pena; Roark, McGowin (6), Suero (7), Miller (9) and P.Severino. W_Mikolas 144. L_Roark 8-15. Sv_C.Martinez (1). HRs_St. Louis, Adams 2 (2), Munoz (8).
Cubs 6, Brewers 4 Chi. 000 411 000 —6 13 0 Mil. 000 101 200 —4 8 3 Quintana, Chavez (7), Cishek (8), Wilson (8), Strop (9) and Contreras; Chacin, Jennings (5), Burnes (6), Cedeno (8), Barnes (8) and Kratz. W_Quintana 12-9. L_Chacin 14-6. Sv_Strop (12). HRs_Chicago, Schwarber (25), Murphy (4). Milwaukee, Granderson (1).
Rockies 5, Giants 3 S.F. 101 100 000 —3 9 0 Col. 200 101 10x —5 7 0 Suarez, Melancon (7), Black (8) and Ar.Garcia; Senzatela, Musgrave (6), Y.Almonte (7), Oberg (8), Ottavino (9) and Iannetta. W_Musgrave 2-3. L_Suarez 6-10. Sv_Ottavino (6). HRs_San Francisco, Garcia (2). Colorado, Story 3 (31)
tennis US Open
Wednesday from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses) Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Kei Nishikori (21), Japan, Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (6), Serbia, John Millman, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.
def. 6-4, def. 6-4,
Women’s Singles Quarterfinal Madison Keys (14), United States, def. Carla Suarez-Navarro (30), Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Naomi Osaka (20), Japan, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-1.
soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Atlanta U. FC
W L T Pts GF GA 17 7 4 55 50 29 16 5 6 54 56 33
NYC FC Columbus Philadelphia Montreal New England D.C. United Toronto FC Orlando City Chicago
14 8 6 48 50 37 12 8 7 43 35 34 12 11 4 40 39 41 11 14 3 36 37 45 8 10 9 33 40 42 8 11 6 30 42 43 7 14 6 27 45 52 7 16 3 24 40 61 6 15 6 24 37 52
WESTERN CONFERENCE FC Dallas 14 6 7 49 47 37 Los Angeles FC 13 7 7 46 54 42 S. Kansas City 13 7 6 45 48 33 Real Salt Lake 13 10 5 44 48 46 Seattle 12 9 5 41 35 27 Portland 11 7 8 41 38 36 11 9 7 40 45 52 Vancouver LA Galaxy 10 10 8 38 51 54 Minnesota U. 9 15 2 29 38 52 Houston 7 13 7 28 43 42 Colorado 6 14 6 24 31 48 4 15 8 20 41 52 San Jose NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday, September 2 D.C. United 3, Atlanta United FC 1 Wednesday, September 5 New England 1, New York City FC 0 Saturday, September 8 D.C. United at New York City FC, 12:55 p.m. Orlando City at Sporting Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Portland, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Released OF Craig Gentry. Recalled INF Steve Wilkerson from Norfolk (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS — Assigned RHP Evan Marshall outright to Columbus (IL). K ANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated LHP Eric Stout for assignment. Claimed RHP Ben Lively off waivers from Philadelphia. Recalled LHP Jerry Vasto and RHP Glenn Sparkman from Omaha (PCL). Announced a player development contract extension with Wilmington (Carolina) through the 2020 season. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP Deck McGuire from Salt Lake (PCL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Assigned LHP Danny Coulombe outright to Nashville (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Assigned RHP Rob Whalen outright to Tacoma (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed RHP Joe Biagini on the 10-day DL. Designated RHP Mike Hauschild for assignment. Selected the contract of OF Jonathan Davis from Buffalo (IL). Recalled RHP Jake Petricka, OF Dwight Smith Jr., 1B Rowdy Tellez and SS Richard Urena from Buffalo. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed RHP Zack Godley on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Matt Andriese from Visalia (Cal) and SS Ildemaro Vargas from Reno (PCL). ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent RHPs Arodys Vizcaino and RHP Jose Ramirez to Rome (SAL) for rehab assignments. CHICAGO CUBS — Placed OF Mark Zagunis on the 60day DL.
CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP Austin Brice from Louisville (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Signed working agreements with Oklahoma City (PCL), Tulsa (TL), Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) and Great Lakes (MWL). MIAMI MARLINS — Placed 3B Martin Prado on the 60day DL. Reinstated LHP Jarlin Garcia and RHP Elieser Hernandez from the 10-day DL. Recalled OF Christopher Bostick from New Orleans (PCL). Selected the contracts of RHP Tyler Kinley and OF Peter O’Brein from New Orleans. Transferred OF Garrett Cooper to the 60-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Assigned 3B Jesmuel Valentin outright to Lehigh Valley (IL). Recalled SS J.P. Crawford from Lehigh Valley. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Waived DE Anthony Zettel. Released S Rolan Milligan, LB Darnell Sankey and OT Dan Skipper from the practice squad. Claimed DE Romeo Okwara off waivers from the N.Y. Giants. Signed LB Trevor Bates, C Leo Koloamatangi and RB Donnel Pumphrey to the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed S Jack Tocho on the practice squad injured list. Signed CB Jalen Myrick to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived RB Boston Scott. Signed OL Michael Ola. NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived RB Robert Martin. Signed LB Nate Stupar. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed RB Byron Marshall on injured reserve. Terminated the practice squad contract of QB Nic Shimonek. Signed LB Josh Keyes. Signed TE J.P. Holtz to the practice squad. SOCCER Major League Soccer MIAMI MLS OWNERSHIP GROUP — Announced the name of the new franchise is Club Internacional de Futbol Miami. COLLEGE BROWN — Named Antone Grayhas assistant men’s basketball coach. CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE — Named Carissa Sherman graduate assistant softball coach. HOFSTRA — Named Lindsay Mayer assistant softball coach. MINNESOTA STATE-MANK ATO — Promoted assistant men’s hockey coach Todd Knott to associate head coach. NYU — Named Sam Petersen assistant men’s and women’s swimming coach and Eric Tarakjian assistant men’s and women’s golf coach. OKLAHOMA — Announced DE/LB Addison Gumbs will transfer. TEMPLE — Promoted associate athletics director Lee Roberts to senior associate athletics director for facilities and event management.
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Pigskin Pick‘em Eagles rehash divisional game with Falcons to open season By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer
The last time the Eagles opened a season as NFL champions, it was 1960 and, well, who remembers what folks did then in Philadelphia? What they’ll certainly do Thursday night at the Linc when the Falcons come to town is roar with approval at the site of the Lombardi Trophy and the championship banner. Fans will sing many, many choruses of “Fly Eagles Fly.” And then the guys on the field will get down to business, defending the title they took away from New England last February. That defense will be difficult, particularly in the NFC, a stronger conference than the AFC. “Quite honestly, it’s going to be a great night from that standpoint,” coach Doug Pederson says of the season opener. “The fans that are in attendance are going to be crazy and they’re going to be excited. It’s going to be great for the banner to be dropped in Lincoln Financial (Field). It’s going to be a great atmosphere. “I think with this football team, though, they understand this is a different season, it’s a new team, new year. We’re sitting here 0-0 with a great opportunity against a great op-
ponent — a playoff/Super Bowl-caliber team coming in here. Quite honestly, that’s their focus.” It had better be, because the Falcons barely lost in Philly in the divisional round last winter, and they’ve upgraded on both sides of the ball. Atlanta, No. 8 in the AP Pro32, comes in as a 2½-point underdog to top-ranked Philadelphia. Pro Picks goes out on a limb early. UPSET SPECIAL: FALCONS, 2220 KNOCKOUT POOL We didn’t stick around for too long last year, so consider that when we choose the SAINTS to win this weekend.
No. 29 Tampa Bay (plus 9 1-2) at No. 6 New Orleans Almost went with this as BEST BET. Saints have Super Bowl-level talent. SAINTS, 33-16 No. 4 Los Angeles Rams (minus 5) at No. 21 Oakland, Monday night The return of Jon Gruden to the Black Hole. Raiders could struggle after Chucky traded his best player. RAMS, 27-25 No. 28 Chicago (plus 7 1-2) at No. 9 Green Bay
ready for special season. But they Not feeling good vibes about the rarely play well in Foxborough. Cowboys right now. PATRIOTS, 30-20 PANTHERS, 30-24 No. 26 Buffalo (plus 7) at No. 14 Baltimore
No. 22 Washington (pick-em) at No. 24 (tie) Arizona
Sean McDermott didn’t want inTwo of the NFL’s most mysterious experienced Josh Allen at QB against teams this year. Go with the hosts. this defense. Smart man. CARDINALS, 24-20 RAVENS, 18-7 No. 18 Seattle (plus 3) at No. 23 Denver
No. 24 (tie) Cincinnati (plus 3) at No. 30 Indianapolis
Two more of the NFL’s most mysAndrew Luck returns at last. He terious teams. Go with the ... you get doesn’t have much surrounding him. the drill. BENGALS, 22-14 BRONCOS, 20-13
No. 7 Jacksonville (minus 3) at Khalil Mack surfaces in Chicago. No. 20 New York Giants More significant: Aaron Rodgers is back at QB for Packers. How satisfying will this win be for Jimmy Garoppolo is undefeated PACKERS 27-13 Tom Coughlin? as a starting quarterback. Streak ends JAGUARS, 20-19 Sunday. No. 13 Kansas City (plus 3) at BEST BET: VIKINGS, 27-16 No. 10 Los Angeles Chargers No. 17 Tennessee (minus 1) at No. 27 Miami Lots of people like the Chargers in No. 5 Pittsburgh (minus 5 1-2) at the AFC West. So do we. No. 31 Cleveland Not feeling good vibes about the CHARGERS, 21-13 Titans right now. The Browns are defeated in 17 DOLPHINS, 21-20 straight. That streak continues, even if No. 12 Houston (plus 6 1-2) at Le’Veon Bell is a no-show. No. 2 New England No. 16 Dallas (plus 2 1-2) at STEELERS, 23-20 No. 11 Carolina If healthy, the Texans could be No. 15 San Francisco (plus 6) at No. 3 Minnesota
No. 32 New York Jets (plus 6 1-2) at No. 19 Detroit, Monday night Sam Darnold’s debut gives this game some intrigue. So does Matt Patricia’s as Lions coach. LIONS, 23-19 2017 RECORD: Super Bowl: Against spread (1-0). Straight up (0-1) Season Totals: Against spread (124125-10). Straight up: (167-98) Best Bet: 10-9 against spread, 11-8 straight up Upset special: 10-8 against spread, 9-9 straight up
Steelers losing patience with Bell as star RB stays on sidelines By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH — Le’Veon Bell’s teammates spent the offseason and all of training camp brushing off his absence, confident in their belief that the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro running back would eventually let the business side of things play out, sign his
franchise tender and be at work when things start to get real. He’s one of the best in the league and earned the right to take his time, they said. He’ll show up when it starts to matter, they said. We’re not worried, they said. Time to worry. And vent. Bell’s chair remained tucked neatly into his locker on Wednesday, mean-
ing he will almost certainly not be available when the Steelers open the season in Cleveland this weekend. And while Bell’s agent took to the airwaves to vaguely explain Bell’s reasoning for staying away, the men Bell has played alongside for the past five years are starting to run out of patience. “Honestly it’s a little selfish,” said
center Maurkice Pouncey, a captain who had predicted Bell would arrive by Wednesday. “I’m kind of (ticked) right now. It sucks that he’s not here. We’ll move on as a team. It doesn’t look like he’ll be in the game plan at this point.” Veteran offensive guard Ramon Foster poked a little fun at Bell on social media, tweeting out a picture of
Bell’s head attached to the body of the character from the “Where’s Waldo” line of children’s books . “What do you do?” Foster said. “Here’s a guy who doesn’t give a damn, so I guess we’ll treat it as such. I just hate it came to this.” Bell and the Steelers spent each of the past two springs failing to come to terms on a new contract.
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Police reports n On Sept. 3 at about 2:00 a.m., Chase Sedy, 30, of Sterling, turned himself in at the Soldotna Police Department on an outstanding arrest warrant and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Sept. 2 at 12:01 a.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Rockwell Avenue for a disturbance. Jay Guilliam, 33, of Soldotna, was arrested for second-degree and fourthdegree assault and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Aug. 29 at 12:12 p.m.,
Court reports The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n A charge of driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended against Lanny Luke Perrill, 30, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Jan. 27. n A charge of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injury) against Lanny Luke Perrill, 30, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was May 16. The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Chase Preston Poole, 20, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Mar. 21. He was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six moths, and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Daniel Kale Rankin, 39, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal trespass (on land, intend crime), committed Mar. 31. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim or victim’s property, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Daniel Kale Rankin, 39, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to second-degree failure to stop at the direction of an officer, committed Apr. 26. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for 12 months. n Athena Marie Claire Robinson, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed Dec. 3. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, had her license revoked for 30 days, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Robert Lee Scheetz, Jr., 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of seconddegree harassment, committed Apr. 17. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete an anger management program (not online), ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Jeremiah Terrel, 32, of Willow, pleaded guilty to one count of violating condition of release and one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief, a domestic violence offense committed May 4. On count one, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 30 days suspended. n Derick M. Williams, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure), a domestic violence offense committed Feb. 3, 2017. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for three years, ordered to complete a domestic
Soldotna police responded to the Soldotna Visitor Center for a trespassing complaint. Dobois Pitts, 51, of Anchorage, was arrested for second-degree criminal trespass and violating conditions of release and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 28 at 1:48 a.m., Soldotna police contacted Emanuel Bradford, 27, of Kenai, arrested him on an outstanding warrant, and took him to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 25 at 3:39 p.m., Soldotna police received a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report involving an intoxicated
driver last seen on the Kenai Spur Highway. Soldotna police located the vehicle on Big Eddy Road, and the driver, Keith Snarey, 50, of Soldotna, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Sept. 1 at about 10:20 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop on Redoubt Avenue and contacted the driver, Rachelle M. Armstrong, 59, of Kenai. Records indicated that Armstrong had an outstanding warrant, a misdemeanor $100 for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of driving in violation
of a restricted license. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Sept. 1 at 2:43 a.m., Kenai police contact Ronald T. Dolchok, 43, of Kenai, at a local business. Records indicated that Dolchok had an outstanding arrest warrant for fourth-degree assault and failure to change address on the Sex Offender Registry, no bail, plus CACOR. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. nOn Sept. 4 at about 9:00 a.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers received a report of a suspicious white van on Foreland Street in Nikiski. Troop-
ers responded to the area and contacted the occupant, Norman Neil Sylvester, 50, of Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Sylvester had failed to register as a sex offender and was in possession of a handgun, as well as a small amount of a scheduled drug. Sylvester was arrested on charges of failure to register as a sex offender in the first degree, fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons, and fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Sept. 3 at 8:27 a.m.,
Soldotna Alaska State Troopers received a call from a local business off Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna, reporting that a male had entered the business and caused damage inside. Investigation revealed that Vincent Scott Woodgeard, 51, of Soldotna, had caused a substantial inconvenience to the employees, who had to clean up a mess Woodgeard had created. Woodgeard was contacted and issued a mandatory court citation for fifthdegree criminal mischief and trespassed from the business.
violence intervention program and a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Kayla Kae Anderson, 21, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fraud (use of expired, cancelled or revoked access device), committed Jan. 16. She was fined $1,000 with $500 suspended and a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with the Caribou Restaurant in Soldotna, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Gabrielle Alexis Browning, 26, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of first-degree endangering the welfare if a minor (driving under the influence with a child), committed May 27. On count one, she was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. On count two, she was fined $500 and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Keegan Solanzo Dotomain, 24, address unknown, pleaded guilty to reckless driving, committed Mar. 18. Imposition of sentence was suspended and Dotomain was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Candace Linn Ann Peterson, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 8. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to possess, consume or buy controlled substances for 12 months, unless with a valid prescription, taken only as prescribed, and kept in original container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Garrett Cody Tikka, 25, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 1. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Brenda I. Woofter, 48, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor (driving under the influence with a child), committed Aug. 5. On count one, she was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $6,000 with $4,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for one year, and placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, she was fined $2,500 with $2,000 suspended, credited Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and ignition interlock device from count one, and placed on probation for 12
months. n Joshua Freel, 29, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree assault, a domestic violence offense committed Aug. 8. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail with 30 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Kyle J. Groleske, 27, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Jan. 29. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n Jill C. Schaefer, 33, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of negligent driving, committed July 15, 2017. She was fined $300 and a $10 court surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Noah Dale Price, 23, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (refusal to disperse), committed Aug. 11. He was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n James D. Perkins, 33, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, committed June 27. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized (firearm to be returned to him), and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Johnny Ernest Riddle, 69, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourthdegree criminal mischief, committed Aug. 13. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with individual victim or with Homer Electric Association watershed, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Brent Matthew Yoh, 34, of Hooper, Utah, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 6, 2017. he was sentenced to 160 days in jail with 140 days suspended, credited for time served in custody and for 20 days on electronic monitoring, fined $6,000 with $3,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 12 months, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Charles Adrian Earwood, 26, address unknown, pleaded no contest to violating condition of release, committed Aug. 4. He was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Curtis A. Mauldin, 36, of Long Beach, California, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 1. He was sentenced to 30 days on electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended (completed), fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on proba-
tion for 12 months. n Alyssa Marie Baldwin, 19, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed Mar. 10. She was fined $500, a $50 court surcharge, and a $50 jail surcharge. n Alyssa Marie Baldwin, 19, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of seconddegree harassment, committed Mar. 31. She was sentenced to 10 days in jail with nine days suspended (time served), fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Jeannie Joanne Elder, 46, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked, or suspended, committed July 28. She was fined $1,000 with $750 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n George Clint O’Guinn, 64, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed Nov. 30. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Ryan Lee Simpson, 20, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed Jan. 7. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Brittany Foster, 26, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed May 16, She was sentenced to five days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for six months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Laurissa Y. Cox, 35, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Feb. 5, 2017. She was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment (completed), had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n Tobias Ryder Mueller, 41, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, a domestic violence offense, and one count of interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime, committed Aug. 10. On count one, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited the sword, and was placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, he was ordered to complete a mental health assessment, forfeited the sword, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Michayl Hazen Wilshusen, 18, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, committed July 25. He was fined $200 and a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Peter E. Basargin, 40, of Homer, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Jan. 5. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with
$500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Diana P. Westover, 38, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed May 26. She was sentenced to time served and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Diana P. Westover, 38, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed May 27. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation
for 12 months. n Jean Baptiste Aguerre, 20, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to reckless driving, committed Sept. 15, 2017. He was fined $1,000 with $250 suspended and a $50 court surcharge, had his license revoked for 30 days, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Shawna Anne Connolly, 49, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 20, 2016. She was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for 12 months.
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whichever comes first. In 2014, the city of Soldotna began gathering information about changing its boundaries through the legislative process. Earlier this summer the Soldotna City Council voted to draft a petition for the annexation of seven areas surrounding Soldotna. The draft would need to be approved before being sent to the Local Boundary Commission — a process that would not allow residents to vote on the issue. Tuesday night’s resolution seeks to allow residents who live in the proposed annexation areas to vote on the issue. The borough assembly is formally encouraging the city of Soldotna to seek voter approval on the issue and will be sending copies of the resolution to Mayor Nels Anderson and Soldotna City Council members. Reach Victoria Petersen at vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. com.
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limits. Those people and many residents of the city want to be able to vote on this question.” The memo ended by saying the assembly has a duty to consider the issue and convey resident concerns to the city of Soldotna. State law allows municipalities to expand their boundaries through the legislative review process or through voter approval. The legislative process requires municipalities to send a petition to the Local Boundary Commission, and from there the Local Boundary Commission may present proposed changes to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular session. Unless the recommendation is denied, any changes will be approved 45 days after the initial presentation or at the end of the session,
. . . Pink we’re getting fish into the streams,” Piston said. One bright light this year has been a one-day harvest of chum salmon at Crawfish Inlet. On Aug. 30, 90 seine vessels in the Baranof Island inlet caught a region record 900,000 chum salmon. Those chum were the first hatchery-produced class to return to Crawfish Inlet after the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture began seeding the
inlet with chum salmon four years ago. Two years ago, seiners harvested 18 million pinks. That was declared a disaster by the federal government, which announced $56 million in disaster relief funds for fishermen, processors and municipalities affected by the humpy no show. How that money will be spent is still being decided. A draft report, which is currently under an extended public comment period, awards the biggest portion of the money, $32 million, to fishermen.
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behavior and crime from their clients. Alleva said he plans to use the money from the land sale to support his lawsuit against the city and the social services agency. In the lawsuit filed in April, he claimed the city has effectively condemned his property by not controlling illegal activity at the shelter. Alleva still owns three lots near the shelter. The city is in negotiations to purchase the lots, but the transaction is still many months away, Ward said. The city is planning to transfer ownership of the lots to a nonprofit agency to develop, which could include more housing and other services for homeless people, Ward said.
Seward and Kenai confiscated about 344 grams — or about a third of a kilo — of the heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. Peninsula police departments confiscated an additional 666 grams of illegal marijuana, worth approximately $19,000. Kenai and Soldotna far outstripped other areas of the peninsula for drug-related arrests and seizures. The Kenai Police Department investigated 58 drug-related incidents, and seized $65,565 worth of drugs. While the majority of drug seizures were split evenly between heroin and methamphetamine in Kenai, in Soldotna, methamphetamine seizures were responsible for approximately $59,540 of the $69,845 worth of drugs confiscated by police. Reach Erin Thompson at ethompson@peninsulaclarion. com.
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What’s Happening Events and Exhibitions n The Kenai Fine Art Center presents its September exhibit, "Harvest Art Auction." The exhibit opens Sept. 6 with a First Thursday preview of the art available at the annual Harvest Art Auction event. Silent bidding on the pieces opens on Sept. 6. The finale is the Harvest Art Auction event on Saturday, Sept. 29. Auction tickets are available for purchase. At the cution, there will be live music and a gourmet appetizer and adessert buffet. Come to First Thursday to enjoy music, refreshment and preview the art. The event is free and open to the public from 5–7 p.m. Sept. 6 at the gallery in Old Town Kenai across from the Oiler's Bingo Hall and next ot the Historica Cabins. For more information, call 283-7040. n ARTspace Drawer is on display at the Soldotna Library, the first annual collection of locally created 2D art. The first of its kind in Alaska, this display is made possible by a partnership between Soldotna Rotary, ARTspace Inc., and the Soldotna Public Library. n Kenai Performers present a murder mystery dinner theatre titled, “Girls’ Night Out,” by D’Ann and Rick Artis, directed by Terri Zopf-Schoessler, on September 21 & 22. The event will take place at the Kenai Senior Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and show at 8 p.m. Ticket prices $45 per person. Show rating PG. Menu includes: Antipasto platter, salad, pasta with homemade beef meatballs and dessert. There will also be gluten and vegetarian options. No-host bar by the Upper Deck. Tickets available at River City Books, Kenai Senior Center, Curtain Call Consignment Boutique, and The Flats Bistro. For more information call 398-4205. n The 40th annual Burning Basket event on the Homer Spit wil take place Sunday, Sept. 9 in Homer. The annual event brings people together to construct a basket that will later be burned in a community ceremony. This year, the basket is entitled DREAM. The building week will begin Sept. 2
Entertainment n Vagabond Inn Live Music K-Beach Rd. Troubadour North Saturday September 8th @ 9:00 pm Harp Daddy and the Back Country Mojo Saturday September 15th @ 9:00 pm Shuffledawgs Saturday September 22nd @ 9:00 pm Troubadour North Friday September 28th @ 9:00 pm n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Mike Morgan and Friends will play Saturday, Sept. 1 from 6:30–8 p.m. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725. 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 is 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. n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky 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. nThe Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays.
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Gratitude, Obedience, Discipline By Bonnie Marie Payle, Kenai Grateful, for having a job; for without one a person might have to rob or dress like a slob To be obedient, isn’t always easy; if requests are harsh, just listen and do the best completely To discipline, is to train; lead by example, don’t be better than the humble attitude will lessen the strain If all these attitudes are projected, a good employee will be respected With God’s help, all of this is possible; making employees unstoppable Always rely on God, He’s always there to lend a helping hand and care. Don’t forget on this Labor Day to say Thank You, to all the workers for all they do 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.
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Anchor Point writer publishes second novel By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Homer News
When a former journalist writes a novel with an unreliable narrator about the editor of a weekly newspaper going gonzo, the subject will come up. How much is based on real life? Just to set the record straight, in her new novel, “Bury the Lead,” Cassondra Windwalker: • Has not written about someone she knows, • Might have been inspired by her five years working as a deputy sheriff at a county jail, and • Was as surprised as readers might be to discover the dark direction her novel took her. “When I first conceived of the book I thought I knew what was going to happen,” Windwalker said in an interview last Friday. “Something was going on I hadn’t realized was going on it the plot.” Windwalker, the latest author to join the lower Kenai Peninsula’s growing cohort of published fiction writers, will celebrate the release of her second book at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Soldotna Public Library. She will do another talk at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Homer Public Library and a signing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 22 at Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Anchorage. Published this month by Black Spot Books, “Bury the Lead” will be available for sale at her Homer appearance and at the Homer Bookstore. Joining her at the Homer Public Library event is Betty Epps Arnett, for the release of her memoir, “22 and the Mother of 11,” about working as a house mother at the Jesse Lee Home for Children in Seward right after she graduated from college. Windwalker, 43, moved to Anchor Point in October 2017 with her husband, Thomas Klingensmith, an engineer at KNLS, a radio station with World Christian Broadcasting. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and most recently living in Fort Collins, Colorado, Windwalker also lived in Claremont, Indiana, where she worked at the Westside Flyer, a weekly newspaper near Indianapolis, Indiana. In Fort Collins she worked as a deputy sheriff at the Lar-
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Cassondra Windwalker, author of “Bury the Lead,” poses for a photo on Aug. 31 at the Homer News Office in Homer.
imer County Jail. Windwalker said the most interesting thing she learned about working there “was the nobility of the human spirit in the worst of circumstances.” In “Bury the Lead,” her fictional, first-person narrator, Jeff, starts blurring the line between truth and lies when his girlfriend, Ada, decides to leave him. The title refers to the journalism phrase, “bury the lede” for putting the main point of an article toward the middle or end of a story. “Lede” is the spelling journalists use for an article’s introduction. Jeff strays into ethically questionable territory with the idea of having advertising embedded in the stories of his weekly paper in the fictional town of Brisby, Colorado. His placement of two stories on the front page about a homeless man and a series of dog kill-
ings gives readers the wrong idea about the homeless man. Things get really weird when Jeff writes a false story about a body found near a trail. Windwalker said her editor at the Weekly Flyer was not Jeff. “My editor was fabulous,” she said. “If Jeff came from anywhere, he probably came from the minds of the people I was working with in jail.” As a child, Windwalker said she knew she wanted to be a writer. In fourth grade, her teacher in a gifted and talented program, Caroline Hamilton, entered one of Windwalker’s poems in a state poetry contest and she won. “I got to start off my writing career with apSee Book, page B2
Sting operation recovered stolen ruby slippers BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday. The slippers were on loan to the Judy Garland Museum in the late actress’ hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, when they were taken in 2005 by someone who climbed through a window and broke into a small display case. The shoes were insured for $1 million. The FBI said a man approached the insurer in summer 2017 and said he could help get them back. Grand Rapids police asked for the FBI’s help and after a nearly year-long investigation, the slippers were recovered in July during a sting operation in Minneapolis. The FBI said no one has yet been arrested or charged in the case, but they have “multiple suspects” and continue to investigate. As they unveiled the recovered slippers at a news conference Tuesday, they asked anyone with information about the theft to contact them. “We’re not done. We have a lot of work to do,” Christopher Myers, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, said. Myers said he would handle any pros-
A pair of ruby slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)
ecution. The North Dakota link to the case wasn’t evident and authorities declined to explain it. The slippers had been on loan to the Garland museum from Hollywood mem-
orabilia collector Michael Shaw. Three other pairs that Garland wore in the movie are held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian and a See Oz, page B2
‘Alpha’ — a harsh but beautiful surprise R eeling It In C hris J enness I like dogs, though I have to admit I’m not usually the first one in line to the cuddly, family-friendly man’s-best-friend movie. I caught both “Marly and Me” and “A Dog’s Purpose” at home, and most of the rom-com versions, ala “Must Love Dogs” I skip altogether. So, while I figured I’d see this week’s “Alpha” eventually, I had no plans to rush right out and see it. My kids wanted to see it, though, and when it’s a choice between a caveman and his dog or “The Happytime Murders,” the choice was easy. Turns out I made the right decision. “Alpha” isn’t the best movie of the year, but it is far, far better than I thought it would be, and somewhat different than I was expecting. The film opens with a group of Paleolithic hunters stalking a herd of longhorned prehistoric bison grazing in a field on the edge of a cliff. The signal given, the hunters rise and begin a furious charge, spears raised, towards their prey. The hunters in the front throw their spears in to the ground ahead, forming a makeshift barrier in front of the bison. The herd veers and, in an attempt to escape in the other direction, a dozen or so plummet
over the edge of the cliff, hundreds of feet into the valley below. One boy, our hero, Keda, is distracted by the carnage and, becomes separated from the group. Seeing it’s chance, a huge bison charges him, first tossing him up then, in a beautiful shot, flips the boy over the cliff. For a film that is basically billed as “a cave-boy and his cave-dog” this is a pretty ambitious way to begin. Before I go further on the plot, I have to say, “Alpha” is a beautiful movie. I’m sure much of the environment is CGI, but the lighting, the landscapes, and the alien and dramatic beauty of the stone-age world is on full-display. There are plenty of other creatures besides bison and dogs, but wisely, the filmmakers keep them as mostly background. Massive rhinos and wooly mammoths dot the landscape, but never do we see Keda trying to ride or pet one. The scenes, including the one described above, have the same gorgeous intensity as does Zack Snyder’s “300,” only without the swaggering testosterone. There are moments in this film where the melodrama gets a little much, but I never tired of looking at it. The film flashes back to the week before Keda’s encounter with the bison, and we get to see the entire journey of the hunt. It’s a brutal trip, full of danger, but necessary for the survival of the tribe. Thinking his son is dead after he goes over the cliff, the chief leads his hunters home with their kills, harvested from the valley floor. Keda, however, having survived by
landing on a narrow cliff face, wakes a day later, and has to make his way down alone. Now, if he can keep from becoming some other predator’s lunch, he must make his way home, alone. When a pack of wolves show up, Keda’s chances look slim. He manages to wound one animal while climbing a tree, and waits the rest of the pack out. When he wakes the next morning, the wounded animal is left – the rest have moved on to greener pastures. See Alpha, page B2
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Markets, Fairs and Bazaars n Local farmers markets will be held across the Kenai Peninsula this summer. Locations are as follows: —The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank hosts the Farmers Fresh Market on Tuesdays from 3–5 p.m. through Sept. 11. —The Homer Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 10 a.m.– 3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2 p.m.–5 p.m. through Sept. 29. —The Soldotna Saturday Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. in the lot next to Soldotna Elementary School on the Kenai Spur Highway through Sept. 8.
Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 or visit http://www.orcatheater.com for listings and times. n Visit Kenai Cinema at www.catheatres.com for listings and times.
Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is from noon-5 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday. Fo more information, call 907-435-3334, or go online at www.prattmuseum.org Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com.The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.
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A kind-hearted sort, Keda can’t bring himself to kill the wolf, opting instead to care for it. AdContinued from page B1 ventures ensue. As I said, this film is different than what I expected, and you should probably know that going in. I took my kids to it, and they were fine at eight and ten, but a cozy, cuddly kids film this is not. In fact, my mother-in-law, who I found out later hadn’t seen the trailers, thought that was exactly what she was in for. After the second trampling scene, she leaned over and whispered disgustedly, “I thought this was a kid’s movie. Where’s the dog?!” Fair question. More “Quest for Fire” than “Rin-Tin-Tin,” “Alpha” has very little dialogue, and what there is all subtitled. The language spoken in the film was created by a linguistics professor based on early, proto-languages that we have evidence for today. So much about the world of “Alpha” is harsh but beautiful. The actual relationship between the two main characters is well-done, but probably the weak link of the movie. I enjoyed their interactions – healing, hunting, and surviving, but as is usually the problem with an origin story like this, many of the big reveals are clumsy and obvious. Here’s where dogs learn to beg. Here’s where dogs learn to come to a whistle. For a movie that prides itself on being more than just a cutesy look and man and pooch, it’s annoying when it devolves into being so basic. Of course, entertaining as the movie is, the whole concept is a little iffy. More likely, man and wolves gradually became acclimated to each other, and there probably was no “first” dog. So I guess I shouldn’t nitpick. The movie does have some pretty melodramatic parts that, if you’re not 100% invested in, will draw some giggles. My apologies to the people I sat near who had to hear my kids and I whispering at every near-death event “…and then the dog eats him. Credits roll.” My mother-in-law, on the other hand, walked out before the dog ever shows up, so I’ll just say, be patient. They’ll get there. The film is entertaining and amazing to look at, and worth the wait. And if you’re like us, even the not so great parts can be a lot of fun. Grade: A“Alpha” is rated PG-13 for some rough prehistoric violence and frightening scenes of animals in peril.
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proval and not rejection,” she said. Windwalker got a bachelor of arts in letters from the University of Continued from page B1 Oklahoma, Norman, a classical degree in which students take classes in literature, history, philosophy, and modern and ancient languages. She has written six novels, publishing the last two. Her first novel, “Parable of Pronouns,” a contemporary work of magical realism published in January by Solstice Publishing, follows the reincarnation of Adam and Eve and Lillith. Like a lot of new writers, Windwalker kept getting rejections for “Bury the Lead.” One editor sent her a personal rejection letter, saying she really liked the novel, but planned to retire and thought Windwalker’s book was “really angry and it wasn’t the book she wanted to go out on,” she said. In October 2017, Windwalker started to use Twitter under the name @windwalkerwrite. “I was very reluctant,” she said. “… Since I got on there, I found this supportive writers community.” Windwalker wrote on Twitter about the “really angry” rejection, asking, “Any large, angry presses out there?” An editor with Black Spot replied, “Maybe not so large or angry, but certainly curious.” She sent them the novel and Black Spot accepted it. As she wrote “Bury the Lead,” Windwalker said she got into the character’s head by doing things like cutting out newspaper headlines the same way Jeff does. The novel’s titles are all headlines, and horoscopes, crossword puzzle clues and more headlines in the text seem to echo some of her narrator’s thoughts. “My walls looked like the walls (where) Jeff pasted up random clippings,” she said. Windwalker even drank Jeff’s favorite drink, gin martinis with cocktail onions — not her favorite. “People talk about method actors,” she said. “I’m a method writer. I will become who I’m writing. … A writer’s whole job is to become someone they aren’t.” This summer, Windwalker has been working at the Normal Lowell Gallery near Blackwater Bend. She’s looking forward to spending more time writing after the gallery closes soon. She also writes poetry and has finished a collection, “The Almost Children,” about dealing with grief and loss and the person someone could have become had they not died. Windwalker also is writing a mystery novel she describes as “a little bit of satire wrapped up in a murder.” For more on her writing, visit her Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/cassondrawindwalkerwrite. Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@homernews.com.
NBC’s ‘Law & Order’ franchise adding new hate-crimes drama The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — NBC’s “Law & Order” franchise is adding what the network calls a “relevant” new series about hate crimes. The network said Tuesday that it’s ordered 13 episodes of “Law & Order: Hate Crimes.” The drama from “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf is based on New York state’s Hate Crimes Task Force. The fictional version of the task force will be introduced in the upcoming 20th season of sister program “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Wolf said in a statement that he wants to shine a light on the wide range of crime victims in big U.S. cities and show that justice can prevail. A debut date hasn’t been announced for “Law & Order: Hate Crimes,” created and produced by Wolf and Warren Leight.
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private collector. The stolen slippers’ authenticity was verified by comparing them with the pair at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History in Washington. The ruby slippers are key in the 1939 movie. After mysteriously landing in the colorful Land of Oz after a tornado hit her farm in Kansas, Garland’s character, Dorothy, has to click the heels of her slippers three times and repeat “there’s no place like home” to return. Rhys Thomas, author of “The Ruby Slippers of Oz,”
called the slippers “the Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia.” “They are maybe the most iconic cinematic prop or costume in movie history, and in fact, in cultural history,” Thomas said. “They are a cultural icon.” Thomas estimated that this particular pair could be worth between $2 million to $7 million. He said it’s not clear in which scenes they were used, but he was “99 percent” sure that they appeared in the film. Thomas said the slippers then went unseen for 30 years until Shaw, acting as a middleman, bought them for someone who intended to sell them to the
late actress Debbie Reynolds, but Shaw ended up keeping them and often loaned them for exhibits. Law enforcement offered a $250,000 reward early in the case, and a fan in Arizona offered another $1 million in 2015. The shoes are made from about a dozen different materials, including wood pulp, silk thread, gelatin, plastic and glass. Most of the ruby color comes from sequins but the bows of the shoes contain red glass beads. The genre-busting Wizard of Oz — presented in black and white, and color — was a box office smash and was nomi-
nated for multiple Academy Awards, with wins for Best Song and Best Original Score. Garland, who was born Frances Gumm, lived in Grand Rapids, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Minneapolis, until she was 4, when her family moved to Los Angeles. She died of a barbiturate overdose in 1969. The Judy Garland Museum , which opened in 1975 in the house where she lived, says it has the world’s largest collection of Garland and Wizard of Oz memorabilia. ——— Associated Press writer Jeff Baenen contributed to this story from Brooklyn Center, Minne-
Warner Bros. and HBO adopt inclusion policy By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
LOS ANGELES — Six months after Frances McDormand introduced the world to the concept of an inclusion rider in her Oscars speech, Warner Bros. and its sister companies are announcing a companywide commitment to diversity and inclusion, becoming the first major entertainment company to do so. WarnerMedia says Wednesday that it is pledging to use its “best efforts” to make sure that diverse actors and crews are considered for film and television projects at all stages of the production process going forward and to work with directors and producers with similar goals. WarnerMedia companies include Warner Bros., HBO and Turner. The first production to fall under the policy will be the Michael B. Jordan film “Just Mercy,” which begins shooting this week under the direction of Destin Daniel Cretton. Jordan was an early advocate of the idea of inclusion riders at his production company, Outlier Society, and helped craft the framework for WarnerMedia. “Inclusivity has always been a no-brainer for me, especially as a black man in this business.
It wasn’t until Frances McDormand spoke the two words that set the industry on fire — inclusion rider — that I realized we could standardize this practice,” Jordan said in a statement. “The WarnerMedia family has introduced an approach that accomplishes our shared objectives, and I applaud them for taking this enormous step forward.” Jordan added: “This is a legacy-bearing moment.” The company will work with other production companies, networks, guilds, unions, talent agencies to consider people from underrepresented groups for jobs in front of and behind the camera. The policy mentions women, people of color, the LGBTQ community and those with disabilities. WarnerMedia will also issue an annual report on its progress. “Our policy commits us to taking concrete action to further our goals, to measure the outcomes and to share the results publicly,” said Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO in a statement. McDormand earlier this year shone a spotlight on the idea that companies could consider quotas or contract addendums with an eye toward diverse and inclusive hiring, which the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
In this 2018 file photo, Michael B. Jordan arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
explained in a December 2017 paper from the University of Southern California’s Stacy L. Smith and employment attorney Kalpana Kotagal. Since then some celebrities, including Jordan, director Paul Feig, and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, have said that they would adopt inclusion riders for their production companies. But the major studios have for the most part been quiet on the matter and some have worried about the legality of inclusion riders. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said earlier this year that his company was trying to do things creatively and
not just through agreements. While the WarnerMedia policy is not the same as an inclusion rider, stopping short of hiring requirements, it is a landmark step in an industry that has been under scrutiny for its lack of diversity at all levels. “This is the next logical step to improve our content and cement our leadership in contributing to positive change in the industry,” said WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey. ——— Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr
Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen over TV prank By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Wednesday sued comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation and emotional distress after being pranked on the actor’s television show. The lawsuit appears to be the first actually filed by one of the string of politicians who were duped and humiliated by Baron Cohen on the show “Who is America.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses Baron Cohen of defaming Moore and says Moore “suffered extreme emotional distress” as a result of “being falsely portrayed as a sex offender and pedophile” on the show. Moore was duped into appearing on a segment where Baron Cohen demonstrated a supposed pedophile detecting device that beeped when it came near Moore. During last year’s Senate race, Moore faced accusations that he pursued romantic and sexual relationships with teens as young as 14 when he was a prosecutor in his 30s. He has denied the misconduct allegations. Larry Klayman, founder of the conservative group Freedom Watch, is representing Moore and his wife Kayla in the lawsuit. The complaint
names CBS and Showtime as defendants in the case. “Sasha Baron Cohen, who is not only low class but also a fraudster, will now, along with Showtime and CBS, be held accountable for his outrageous and false, fraudulent and defamatory conduct which callously did great emotional and other damage to his great man and his wife and family,” Klayman said in a statement. Representatives of Baron Cohen did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the lawsuit. A Showtime representative wrote in an email that they do not comment on pending litigation, and to their knowledge they had not been served with the complaint. Klayman said Moore thought he was receiving an award for supporting Israel when he agreed to appear on the show. In the segment, Baron Cohen appeared as the bushy eyebrowed faux counterterrorism instructor “Col. Erran Morad” discussing bogus military technology, including a supposed pedophile detector. The device repeatedly beeped as it got near Moore, who sat stone faced. The lawsuit asks for $95 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Baron Cohen’s latest show, which began airing in July, has zinged several other political figures.
This combination photo shows Sacha Baron Cohen, left, at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 4, 2018, and former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore at a news conference in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 16, 2017. (AP Photo)
In one episode, former Arizona sheriff and Senate candidate Joe Arpaio argued the benefits of gun ownership to a tiny toy doughnut. Another episode led a Georgia state representative to resign after he shouted racial slurs and exposed his rear end in a supposed anti-terrorism self-defense drill. Baron Cohen has faced past lawsuits over similar pranks, but those actions faltered because the individuals had signed releases. A New York judge in 2008 tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said they were duped into ap-
pearing in the movie “Borat” in which Baron Cohen plays an awkward foreign journalist traveling the United States. The judge said they accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. Moore’s lawsuit suggests that he too signed a release, but contends it was fraudulently obtained. Moore’s lawyer wrote that as they trying to stop the segment from airing, “defendants CBS, Showtime and thus Cohen were informed that the release that Judge Moore had signed was obtained through fraud, and was therefore void and inoperative.”
Surprise: Publisher to celebrate Salinger centennial By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
NEW YORK — With J.D. Salinger’s centennial coming next year, the big news so far is that his publisher is planning to celebrate it. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that new editions of “The Catcher in the Rye” and his three other works of fiction — “Franny and Zooey,” ”Nine Stories” and “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction” — would be released in November. Nationwide events will be announced later this year, Little, Brown said. The anniversary editions will include paperbacks with new covers and a bound set of
unjacketed hardcovers. Little, Brown did not mention any releases of books Salinger reportedly left unpublished at the time of his death in 2010. “We’re thrilled to be publishing these beautiful new editions to coincide with Salinger’s centennial year,” Little, Brown publisher Reagan Arthur said in a statement. “J.D. Salinger had a unique ability to connect with readers through a character’s voice — readers have often said, upon encountering his fiction for the first time, that they felt as if it had been written just for them. We hope these reissued editions will help a new generation of readers discover the immense pleasures of reading his work.” According to Little, Brown,
the New York Public Library will have an exhibition in October 2019, featuring “manuscripts, letters, books and artifacts from Salinger’s archive.” Salinger readers may regret that no new work has been announced, but it’s a surprise that his publisher will do anything. In his lifetime, Salinger gave few interviews and had no use for anniversaries or reissues or anything that might attract publicity, such as allowing e-books or audio editions. Little had changed since his death. “My father hated birthdays, holidays, and pretty much any planned or culturally mandated celebrations, and he’d certainly hate this centennial — but he loved writing and he loved his readers, and I hope
his readers will be glad for an excuse to remember him in this way,” Matt Salinger, the author’s son, said in a statement. “I would also love for more people to read his last two books, ‘Franny and Zooey’ and ‘Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction,’ for I hear his voice the clearest in these,” Matt Salinger said. “He once said that he wrote his first two books with at least part of an eye on selling them, whereas he wrote the last two because he longed to READ them. I hope that over the course of the year more people will join him in loving to read these books, and will come to know his work even better.”
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Boy’s treatment of animals causes alarm among family Your grandson may be acting out of anger, because he has been physically or sexually abused himself or has witnessed domestic violence. This is why it’s extremely important he be seen by a licensed mental health professional, who can advise his parents -- and you -- about how this should be handled. Without inter- Abigail Van Buren vention, the boy’s behavior could escalate, and he could seriously injure another child. DEAR ABBY: I am a 64-year-old woman; my sister is 68. A few months ago, she was shopping and saw a man who looked EXACTLY like our father. (Dad passed away in 2008.) A conversation ensued, and he subsequently came to visit her at her home. He’s 69. She snapped a picture of him and sent it to me, and the resemblance is uncanny. He was born in the same state as our father, was adopted and never knew his birth parents. We never had a brother; it was always just the two of us and our parents. She wants me to meet him.
He’s married and doesn’t want to tell his family about us. I would be happy to meet him, brother or not, but I need to know the truth before getting involved. It would be too weird for me to just wonder. He seems reluctant to take the DNA test. My sister and I are in the AncestryDNA system already, so it would be easy for us all to confirm. What should I do? -- GETTING INVOLVED DEAR GETTING INVOLVED: Because this man doesn’t want his family to know he may have siblings, is reluctant to take the test and you would prefer not to meet him unless you know his status, do nothing. The next move should be his. 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 an excellent guide to becoming a better conversationalist and a more sociable person, order “How to Be Popular.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Popularity 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, Sept. 6, 2018. This year you make many changes quickly. To others, your decisions might seem impulsive. What people do not recognize is how long you have mulled over certain issues. If you are single, you might not be sure what type of person best suits you. As a result, you could date a lot and not commit. If you are attached, you and your partner need to express your feelings before they evolve into anger. Your bond will improve enormously as a result. LEO gives you important feedback. 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 have kept an issue or problem to yourself. At this point, others will discover what is happening; however, you also can finally resolve the matter. Your anger could rise when dealing with a difficult person in a meeting. Tonight: Allow your playfulness to emerge. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You might have been quite verbal as of late, but at the moment you find that you’d rather say nothing. A situation around the workplace or in your immediate community could become volatile. You sense that a new approach is needed. Tonight: Say what you feel. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You have mulled over a problem for some time. Take action to undo a hassle before it becomes even more difficult. Detaching from the issue would be helpful. A friend might be unusually expressive. Try to understand what is happening.
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Tonight: Your feelings could surprise you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH A partner might be in the process of making a major decision. Let this person express his or her feelings. Many of your thoughts revolve around money and your dealings. Let go of harsh words that someone says; he or she will be sorry soon enough. Tonight: Tend to weekend plans. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH No matter why you feel that a change might be needed, you’ll use your assets to the max. Your ability to see past the obvious comes through once more. Others might have a hard time understanding your logic, as they seem to work on a different level from you. Tonight: Out late. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You have been very goaloriented; however, the time has come to ask yourself why a certain outcome remains a high priority. Take some personal time. Consider signing up for a class to help soothe your nerves, which often get frayed. Tonight: Do not push to the wee hours. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH Friendship feels important to your well-being. You are a sign that loves romance and values friendship. You support a loved one in getting past his or her anger. A key person in your life continues surprising you with his or her words and actions. Tonight: Where the crowds are. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You might be too tired to continue at such a hectic pace, but you could feel as if you don’t have a choice. Remember, you are only human. A family member could be
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upset with a swift change of events. Give this person some space. Tonight: Don’t hold back; speak your mind. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You know what you want, and you’ll zero in on it. You might encounter someone who is unusually upset. This person’s anger could be directed toward you, but he or she really is upset about something else. Stay cool, calm and collected. Tonight: Speak your mind over munchies. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You feel different than you have in a while. Try to let go of self-imposed restrictions. Carefully consider a new expenditure. Be clear about what is important to you in a changeable situation. You might make more out of an issue than is necessary. Tonight: Shake up the status quo. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH If your energy is misdirected, you might become angry and explosive. You could feel as if you have absorbed a lot of people’s moodiness as of late and have had enough. A loved one or a dear friend helps you sort through an issue. Tonight: Do some jogging or walking, then decide. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Be available, but also observant. You might see a friend or associate make an important decision that could be attached to a recent revelation. Your interactions will flow more readily. Funnel your energy into a project that is long overdue. Tonight: Soak away stress in a hot tub. BORN TODAY Journalist Elizabeth Vargas (1962), actor Idris Elba (1972), singer/songwriter Roger Waters (1943)
Brushes need to comb clean Dear Heloise: What is the proper way to CLEAN HAIR COMBS AND BRUSHES? -- Katherine in Houston Katherine, it’s pretty easy! Comb the brushes thoroughly to remove loose hairs, then soak the brushes and combs in a solution of 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of shampoo per cup of water. Let them soak for 30 to 60 minutes, then rinse well in hot water. Baking soda is a workhorse around the house. Cheap, safe and readily available, I’ve used it for my entire career in household management! Would you like to know my other favorite hints for cleaning and baking with baking soda? It’s easy -- I’ve compiled them into a handy pamphlet. To order, visit www.Heloise.com, or send a stamped (71 cents), long, selfaddressed envelope, along with $5, to: Heloise/Baking Soda, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Don’t soak wooden brushes; scrub them with a nailbrush. -- Heloise THE ‘SKIN-NY’ ON TOMATOES Dear Heloise: Thought you might like a hint I got from my mom. We always had lots of fresh tomatoes. Mom said that to get the peel off easily, just use the dull side of a paring knife and press it against the skin as if peeling. Do this all over the tomato, which causes the skin to loosen and then it peels right off. -- Janice L., Bella Vista, Ark. STRAWBERRY SHORTCUT Dear Heloise: I needed to clean and hull lots of strawberries for shortcake for a group. I grabbed my melon baller and used the small end. One quick swipe for each berry and the top was gone. Voila much faster and safer than a knife. -- Carol K., Omro, Wis.
SUDOKU
By Tom Wilson
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.
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DEAR ABBY: My 3-year-old grandson hurts animals. He’s intelligent and articulate. He understands many concepts about all kinds of things. Frankly, I’m scared. It’s because he is so intelligent and high-functioning. I feel he should have more empathy than he does. He has been doing this off and on for the last couple of years. My daughter, my husband and I have been discouraging it the whole time. He gets timeouts, stern talks and toys taken away. It doesn’t work. My daughter has started swatting his bottom or his leg hoping he will understand it is unacceptable. She isn’t comfortable hitting him and neither am I. My grandson knows better. I know he does. My daughter called me this afternoon, upset because he hurt their dog again. Must we get rid of these pets? No one wants to do that. When is it too much? How can we make it stop? -- AGHAST IN ALABAMA DEAR AGHAST: It is already “too much.” Your grandson’s behavior isn’t normal. Because he seems unable to appropriately interact with these helpless animals, he shouldn’t be allowed to be around them without constant supervision. For the dog’s own safety, another home should be found for it before it’s hurt again.
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