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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 48, Issue 283
In the news Police identify pedestrian killed in weekend crash ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a pedestrian killed in a weekend traffic accident. Police say 58-year-old Gerald Turner Jr. died as he tried to cross the Seward Highway in midtown Anchorage near Fireweed Lane. Anchorage police responded to the crash at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Turner was not in a crosswalk when he was struck. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The female SUV driver was not injured.
Police arrest 2 suspects in 2017 kidnapping, beating ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested two suspects in an August 2017 beating that left a man with brain, skull and hand injuries. Police on Sunday arrested 28-year-old Faamanu Vaifanua (fah-ah-MAH-noo vif-fan-OO-ah), who goes by “Junior,” and 29-year-old Macauther Vaifanua. A third suspect, 25-yearold Rex Faumui (fah-ooMOO-ee), remains at large and was described as armed and dangerous. The three were indicted on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping and assault in the beating of 34-year-old Abshir Mohamed, who was stomped, beaten with a baseball bat and metal broom handle and delivered to a hospital in an animal cage. Police found Junior Vaifanua at a home near Lake Otis Parkway and 88th Avenue. He was arrested as he tried to flee. Macauther Vaifanua turned himself in a few hours later at the Anchorage jail.
Police identify man killed in weekend shooting ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died in a weekend shooting. Police say 37-year-old Kevin Napier was shot in the upper body at an apartment in the 3500 block of west 88th Avenue in southwest Anchorage. No arrests have been made. Investigators say the shooting was a homicide and are asking witnesses to contact them. — Associated Press
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Dead Alaska voters try to cast ballots By JAMES BROOKS Juneau Empire
The Alaska Division of Elections is investigating why seven dead people requested absentee ballots for the closefought primary election in Anchorage’s House District 15. The issue was among several irregularities that have arisen in a race featuring incumbent House Rules Chairwoman Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, and former KTUU-TV cameraman Aaron Weaver. Both are seeking the Republican nomination for the district, but little-known Weaver leads LeDoux by three votes despite raising little money and doing little campaigning. In an email Monday, the division said that in addition to the dead-voter presence, it found an unusually large number of absentee ballot forms were returned as undeliverable by the U.S. Postal Service, and the division received two
Elections workers hand count ballots after the 2016 statewide primary election. (Michael Penn /Juneau Empire)
completed ballots from people within the district who said they didn’t vote in the election. “Now it’s being handed over
to the criminal division (of the Alaska Department of Law) to see how they want to proceed,” said Division of Elections
spokeswoman Samantha Miller. Anyone attempting to vote illegally could be prosecuted under the state’s voter mis-
Everything Bagels: Bringing a big city favorite to small-town Alaska By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
What started as a way to pass time has flourished into Pamela and Matt Parker’s full-time gig. When the two moved to the peninsula over three years ago their house didn’t have internet, so in their spare time, instead of streaming or internet surfing, they were testing recipes for bagels. “One day we were going on a hike and we were thinking about what to pack for the day,” Pamela Parker said. “We thought a bagel sounded good because we ate them a lot where we are from on the East Coast. We looked up bagel places near us and the closest place was the bagel shop in Homer. We were headed the other direction so that wasn’t going to work. So we kind of joked around about starting a bagel shop here in town. Since we didn’t have internet we were going to sit and talk about this and it came into fruition from there.” In their own kitchen, they
Shop Talk started to make the dough at night, and bake in the morning — testing out recipes they found from Google searches. As things started to pick up, they began to deliver bagels to homes and offices. Next, they sold their bagels at the Kenai Saturday Market. By mid-summer of 2016, they opened their doors to Everything Bagels’ first brick and mortar location inside the Blazy Mall in Soldotna. After about six months inside the mall, the couple decided to open a second location in Kenai. As the business grew they decided to close their Kenai and Blazy Mall locations. They moved to their current location in Soldotna, near Beemun’s Variety and True Value, in October of 2017. Q: Did you know how to make bagels before coming up with Everything Bagels? A: Pamela Parker: We knew what they tasted like. We wanted to make sure we
Everything bagels offer an assortment of bagels and sandwiches, including a special bagel and cream cheese flavor every week on Wednesday in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
were doing it right. We didn’t want those smooshy, bread-like ones you get at the store. We’re millennials, so we googled, watched a couple Youtube video, found a couple recipes that we tweaked for what we could
find in the area and went from there. The first batch we took on a hike with the Kenai Peninsula Outdoor Club. That was the first time we went on one of those hikes and we gave a bagel to See BAGEL, page A2
conduct statute. A violation is considered a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 or 30 days in jail. (Punishment would be longer if the criminal has prior convictions.) The problem ballots represent less than 12 percent of the total absentee ballots cast in the district. According to figures released Wednesday morning by the division, 243 absentee ballots have been completed and received by the division. Of those, 15 were rejected and 14 were partially accepted. They nevertheless are critical because the race is so close and because LeDoux is one of three Republicans who joined the Democrat-led coalition House Majority last session. The Alaska Republican Party strenuously campaigned against those three Republicans. Alaska’s absentee balSee DEAD, page A2
NOAA to work on Arctic marine navigation JUNEAU (AP) — A federal panel that helps shape marine navigation in the U.S. Arctic and other Alaska locations is meeting this week in Juneau. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel will convene Tuesday morning for three days, the Juneau Empire reported . The panel meets twice each year. Experts on navigation and marine transportation develop priorities for NOAA navigation services, including the creation of charts, tide tables, and coast surveys that mariners use. With the melting of sea ice in Arctic waters, ship traffic has increased north of the Bering Strait. However, the United States lacks maritime infrastructure in the region.
See NOAA, page A6
State budget cuts hit magistrates 3 Soldotna women By JAMES BROOKS Juneau Empire
State budget cuts are again hitting the Alaska Court System. In a Friday meeting with the Juneau Bar Association, court system administrator Neil Nesheim said the state will leave several Southeast Alaska magistrate positions vacant and staff some rural offices with clerks alone. “We’ve been in a fiscal crisis for the last few years,” he said during the bar association’s weekly luncheon. Magistrates are the lowestlevel judicial positions in the Alaska Court System. They handle routine work that can be time-sensitive, such as issuing a search warrant or protective order. They also preside over small-claims court, minor offenses and some misdemeanors. Two years ago, the state had nine magistrates in Southeast Alaska outside Juneau. After the latest changes, it will have five.
Those who remain will find themselves supervising cases in multiple, widespread communities. Magistrate Mary Kay Germain, for example, is in charge of cases in Hoonah, Skagway and Haines, all from Yakutat, which she also oversees. “That worries me,” said Haines Police Chief Heath Scott. Scott said there’s a huge deterrent effect when a criminal goes in front of a judge. “When you go into a courtroom that is properly staffed with a judge, and that judge has control of their environment, that is not a place you want to return to,” he said. With so many cases conducted telephonically, that isn’t happening, he said. Often, the only two people in the courtroom are the arresting officer and the defendant. Everyone else — the judge, public defender and district attorney — is participating by phone. “That makes for a very un-
productive courtroom, in my sense,” he said. Speaking to the bar association, Nesheim said the cuts “obviously (have) an impact in how we do business.” Last year, Chief Justice Craig Stowers, then head of the Alaska Court System used the annual State of the Judiciary address to suggest limited cuts to the state’s judicial system, one of three independent branches of government in Alaska. The Legislature duly followed suit, cutting the courts’ budget from $107.1 million to $105.4 million. This year, Stowers did not request any additional budget cuts and instead addressed the consequences of prior budget cuts. The judicial branch’s staff has been cut 11 percent since 2015, from 750 employees (and 70 judges) to 690 employees and 70 judges. By phone on Monday, Nesheim said the cutbacks have had another side effect See CUTS, page A6
indicted for forgery, theft By ERIN THOMPSON Peninsula Clarion
Three Soldotna women are facing 153 criminal counts for allegedly stealing credit cards, forging and stealing checks and illegally opening mail earlier this year. Bridget Lee Marie Samson, 28, and Savanna Marie Enix, 33, were indicted Wednesday on 50 counts each: six counts of second-degree forgery, a class C felony; 13 counts of second-degree theft, a class C felony; 29 counts of opening sealed letters without permission, a Class A misdemeanor; and two counts of fourth-degree theft, a class B misdemeanor. Joanna Lee Samson-Sills, 44, was indicted on six counts of second-degree forgery, 13 counts of seconddegree theft and 29 counts of opening sealed letters without permission and one count of fourth-degree theft. SamsonSills was indicted in February
in the same case for one count of second-degree forgery, two counts of second-degree theft, and one count of attempted third-degree theft. The women are accused of altering or possessing a number of stolen checks totaling nearly $2,000, stealing at least four credit cards and opening and reading other people’s mail — which contained checks, credit cards, financial information, personal and business paperwork, according to an Aug. 22 indictment filed in Kenai Superior Court. The three women were charged in a separate case — along with five others — for allegedly using stolen credit cards to charge more than $8,000 on purchases at a number of local businesses, including Walgreens, Walmart, Fred Meyer and Tesoro beginning in late 2017. Reach Erin Thompson at ethompson@peninsulaclarion. com.
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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.04" Month to date ........................... 3.09" Normal month to date ............. 2.31" Year to date ............................ 10.34" Normal year to date ................. 9.20" Record today ................. 0.60" (2014) Record for August ........ 5.39" (1966) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)
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Dillingham 62/46
Juneau 60/49
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the guide we were hiking with and told him we were thinking about selling these as a business. He ate it and was like ‘It’s OK.’ Man, that’s not the feedback we were hoping for. We went back to the drawing board and tried again. I don’t want to say perfect because I don’t believe you could ever perfect what you do, but we’ve gotten to the point where we got a good recipe. It all started with Googling ‘How do you make a bagel.’ Q: How did the community react to this new product? A: Pamela Parker: We had good feedback. We surprisingly have a lot of East Coasters that live in Alaska. So we’ll have people come in and say ‘Oh I lived in New York and I could never get a good bagel here.’ We’ve also had some people come in and say ‘These are really chewy on the inside and really crunchy on the outside. I don’t like it.’ That’s cool. You’re used to bagels from the store. This is different. This is not what you’re used to. There’s been a little bit of training in the area. If you’ve never had an East Coast bagel it’s totally different than what you’d get at the grocery store. We make everything by hand. We don’t have a machine that’s doing all the work. We use our hands to make the bagels and we price accordingly. Some people see the price, $2 a bagel, and they say ‘That’s ridiculous,’ but when you see the work that goes into it, it’s a lot. We’ve actually got a person back there lovingly making them every day.
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Q: Why did you decide to close your Kenai location? A: Pamela Parker: We were doing both stores for about eight months. As a new business, we quickly realized that it was a horrible idea to try and open up a second location. We had the opportunity to move to our current location next to The Fitness Place and Beemun’s and we thought it was a great time to move out of the Blazy Mall and close our Kenai store. I’m sure everybody else knows this, but one of the things we’ve learned is that location is huge. You could have the greatest product in the world, but if people can’t easily find you and get to you it’s not going to help. We’ve been much more visible in our current location than we were at our two previous ones and I think the proximity to the highway really helps. The foot traffic we also get being next to established businesses really helps. People would ask where we were when we were in the Blazy Mall and we’d say ‘Oh we’re in the Blazy Mall’ and they’d say, ‘I’ve lived here for 40 years and I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ Now you say Beemun’s and people say ‘Oh I know exactly where that is. I’ll be there in a couple minutes.’ Q: How do you keep your menu varied? A: Pamela Parker: The menu itself stays the same, and every week we try and do a special bagel flavor and a special cream cheese flavor. One thing we realized when we first got started was that we were biting off more than we could chew by trying to do a special soup, sandwich, cream cheese and bagel every week. It’s like, let’s stick
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Pamela Parker, co-owner of Everything Bagels, started the bagel shop with her husband, Matt Parker, and friends, Brooke and John Campbell, in 2016 on Wednesday in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
to what we’re good at. Keep it simple, and the more proficient we get with producing our product then we can start to add extras. Once we nail down our recipe, then we can add a special flavor every week, which we’ve done and we’ve been really successful with that. It was something we noticed early on that we were trying to take on too much trying to be so unique and new every single week. Some of the menu has evolved based on what our customers ask for. We can’t be everything for all people. So sure, if customers come in and ask for a glutenfree bagel, we did that because so many customers were asking
for it. But if one person comes in and asks if we can do a spinach wrap, we’re probably not going to add a spinach wrap to our menu because we do bagels and we try to do them as well as we can. We’re not a spinach wrap company. We have a lot of other businesses in town that do everything, and because they have expanded their menu to do so many different cuisines and items, it’s like, what are you actually good at? It’s like, let’s just do what we do and do it really well. Reach Victoria Petersen at vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. com.
ballots into two categories: ones that “raise authenticity concerns” and ones that do not. Ballots without concerns will be counted Tuesday and added to the Election Day total. Ballots that raise concerns will be counted separately and undergo additional verification throughout the week. All that past muster will be added to the tally on Saturday, the divi-
sion’s deadline to certify the election results. “The integrity of our elections is vital to our democracy,” said Division of Elections Director Josie Bahnke in a prepared statement. “The division will continue to look into this matter throughout the week and remove any ballots that we determine should not be counted.”
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lot process includes multiple steps. Voters who cannot cast an ordinary ballot on Election Day may request to print a blank ballot or have one sent to them through the mail. A voter fills out the ballot, then returns it to the Division of Elections in a special envelope whose
label contains information that allows the division to verify the person is legitimately registered. That envelope must be mailed by Election Day. If the person is not legitimately registered, the envelope is not opened and the vote does not count. In light of the issues, the division said in a statement that it will separate the District 15
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Around the Peninsula Pride Dancers return
Roy Moore Roy Moore, beloved pastor, husband, father and friend, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Aug. 25. A memorial service will be held at Mt. Redoubt Baptist Church on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 5 p.m. Lee Moore will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the church or Cook Inlet Academy.
William J. Nelson Nikiski resident William J. Nelson, Jr., 58, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. The family will be scattering his ashes 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Charlie Young’s beach in Kihei, Maui. Willy was born Aug. 30, 1959 in Savannah, Georgia. He moved to Alaska in 2009 and worked for ASRC on Alaska’s North Slope. The family wrote, “Everyone knew him as Willy. He was very energetic and full of life. Everyone who met him just loved him. He was always the life of the party and he will be surely missed. His words he lived by…Live Aloha Always – Love Hawaiian.” Willy was preceded in death by his parents, Mary and William Nelson. He is survived by his wife, Charleen Nelson of Kahului, Maui; daughter, Rochelle Rodriguez Nelson of Waianae, Oahu; and sons, William “Bulla” Nelson of Reno, Nev., William “Willy Boy” nelson of Waimanalo, Oahu, and Michah Tucker of Kahului, Maui. Condolences may be sent to his family at P.O. Box 2607, Kenai, AK 99611. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. n Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 1 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 9:30 a.m. n Aqua Zumba classes held at the Nikiski Pool. 10 a.m. n Full Swing Golf is held until 8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. 10:30 a.m. n Take Off Pounds Sensibly, for all ages, meets at the Kenai Senior Center. For more information call 907-283-3451. n Toddler Story Time (18 Months-PreK) in the Children’s Area at the Soldotna Public Library. Get up and get moving with stories, songs, and silly fun that encourages your toddler’s language skills! For more information, call 907-262-4227. n Wee Read Story Time: Designed for children ages 0-3. Enjoy a program full of stories, songs, finger play and more at the Kenai Community Library. No registration required. 11 a.m. n Tot Time is held until 12:30 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. 11:30 a.m. n Wise Elders Living Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.). Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745 for details. Held at the Nikiski Pool. Come join them! Noon n Overeaters anonymous, a 12-step program for eating disorders, meets Tuesdays from 12-1 p.m. at the Soldotna United Methodist church, 158 S. Binkley St. For more information, call Chris at 322-2778. n Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Group, St. Francis by the Sea, 110 South Spruce Street (Beach Access Road). Call 2823777. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 2:30 p.m. n The Teen Center is open until 8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. 4 p.m. n LEGO Club (Ages 6 and up) on Tuesdays in the Community Room at the Soldotna Library. Tell your stories and build your world with Legos. Bring a friend with you and let your imagination go wild. Adult supervision needed for those under the age of 10. n Chess Club at the Kenai Community Library. Get ready to rook the house. The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a casual program for chess players of all ages and levels. Chess boards will be provided. 5 p.m. n Board game night in the Conference room at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. 6 p.m. n Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. Call 907262-4892. n ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) meets in Old Town Kenai. Contact Niki at 394-9166 for directions. Kids are welcome at this potluck type event.
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The Native Pride Dancers, an indigenous dance group based Nikiski Recreation Center activities in St. Paul, Minnesota, will return to Kenai for a high-energy —The Nikiski Pool will be closed for annual maintenance performance at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Kenai Middle from September 3–24. The pool will reopen Sept. 26 for our School. Admission is free and the event is open to the com- normal winter hours. For more information, please check our munity. Facebook page or our website. —Fall swim lessons: Swim lesson registration will begin Monday, September 24 at noon. Classes are offered for: BeginKenai Historical Society meeting ners, Advanced Beginners, Intermediates, Semi-Privates, Tiny Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Sept. 9 at Tots and Log Rolling. For more information, call 776-8800 1:30 at the Kenai Visitor Center. A potluck dinner will precede — Youth flag football: 4th-8th grade boys and girls flag footthe business meeting. After the meeting, Ray Rowley will be ball season begins August 20 and will run through September. the speaker. The meeting is open to the public. Bring your fa- Games are held Monday and Thursday nights at the Nikiski vorite dish to share and join us to hear Ray speak about the old Community Recreation Center Fields. For more information, days in Kenai. For more information call June at 283-1946. please call 776-8800. — Artsy toddler time: Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting and Artsy Toddler Story time on Tuesday, First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. for 2-5 year olds. Kids will get to do an art First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run will be held on project based on a story read during the event. For more inforSaturday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. at Soldotna Creek Park. Early reg- mation, please contact 776-8800. istration is encouraged and is available at hospiceofcentralpen— Toddler time: The Nikiski Community Recreation Center insula.com. There will be a .5K Dash and a 1.6K Race and Root will be hosting Toddler Time on Mondays, Tuesdays & ThursBeer as our treat. Bring the whole family and join us. If you days from 11am-12:30pm. For more information, please condon’t want to run, come along as a cheerleader! Contact Lee at tact 776-8800. 262-0453 for questions or additional information. — Women’s league basketball: Games will be held on Tuesday &/or Friday nights with games beginning in September. For more information, call 776-8800. Become a Red Cross volunteer! —Open gym nights: Teen Center, Monday– Friday, 2:30–8 Our volunteers touch lives in the community every day. p.m. Full Swing Golf, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. 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 Diabetes support group to meet Cross will host a Kenai Peninsula New Volunteer Open House The Diabetes Support Group meets the last Tuesday of evon Friday, Sept. 7 from 6-8 p.m. in Central Peninsula Hospi- ery month in the River Tower of Central Peninsula Hospital. tal’s Denali Room. Call 907-232-2698 or email pam.laforest@ Meetings are free and open to the public. The group often has redcross.org. 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
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 first TRASHersize Hike is scheduled for Thursday, August 30, 2018 from Noon – 1:00 p.m. Meet at the Kenai Library. The hikes will take place at noon on Thursday, Aug. 30, Thursday, Sept. 20, and Thursday, Oct. 4.
New Kenai River rotary meeting place Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, the Kenai River Rotary Club will meet at Siam Noodles in Soldotna.
KPC College Council seeks member
Kenai Peninsula College is seeking an interested community member to fill a Seward-area at-large seat on its College Council. The borough-wide 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 residents interested in serving should submit a letter of interest and resume by Aug. 28 to: College DirecAlaska Democratic Party office to open tor, Kenai Peninsula College, 156 College Rd., Soldotna AK The Grand Opening of the Alaska Democratic Party Coordi- 99669. nated Campaign Office for the Kenai Peninsula will be held on Interested individuals with questions can call 262-0318. August 29, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The office is located at 508 S. Willow, Suite C (in the Designer Building directly behind the Seaman Bldg.) Hot dogs and beverages will be served. Meet Soldotna Senior Center fundraiser some of the candidates and pick up yard signs and literature. 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 School immunizations available boot stomping, hand clapping, get-up-and-dance music of the Talk to your healthcare provider or your local public health Spur Highway Spankers. There will be door prizes, a grand center to make sure your child’s vaccinations are current. For door prize, and awesome items in our silent and outcry aucmore information call Kenai Public Health Center at 335-3400. tions. 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. LeeShore Center board to meet The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly board meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge activities The meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For furThe Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center is open ther information call 283-9479. every day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Ski Hill Road near Soldotna. For more information, call 260-2820. —Daily wildlife movies at the visitors center. 11 a.m., noon Quilters guild event and 2 p.m.—Refuge film, 1 p.m.—Raptor force, 3 p.m.— Gudrun Erla of GE Designs will be the featured quilt artist Moose: Life of a twig eater Friday, Aug. 31, starting at 7 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in —Sept. 1— Cuba’s endemic birds— Guides speaker ErnesSoldotna. Gudrun’s Trunk Show of amazing quilts highlights to Reyes. 2 p.m. her innovative techniques, which create patterns that appear complex and stunning. This trunk show is sponsored by the Kenai Peninsula Quilting Guild and is open to the public free of Update your records at Kasilof cemetery charge. There will be a book signing by Gudrun Erla Saturday, The Kasilof-Cohoe Cemetery Association is updating their Sept. 1 from 5–6 p.m. at Bearly Threaded Quilting Too, 44332 records. If you have a reserved plot or a family member inSterling Highway, Suite 8 in Soldotna. For more information, terred at Spruce Grove Memorial Cemetery in Kasilof, please call 2623262. notify us with your contact information, so we can keep our records current. Updated rules and regulations are also available. Email SpruceGroveCemetery@gmail.com or send information Suicide awareness walk in Kenai to Kasilof Cohoe Cemetery Association, P.O.Box 340, Kasilof, The second annual Kenai Out of the Darkness Community AK, 99610. Walk, an event to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention, 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 will be an opening ceremony at 12:45 p.m., with the walk to start at 1 p.m. Participation is open to the community. There is no registration fee for the walk, but participants are encouraged to fundraise. Those raising $150 by Sept. 8 will receive an Out of the Darkness Walk Garages • Decks • Additions • Siding T-shirt. Register in advance at www.afsp.org/kenai. Online registration closes at noon on • Roofing • Concrete • Lawn & Yard Care Friday, Sept. 7. Participants also may register in person at the walk. For more information, contact Audré Gifford at 907335-7355 or agifford@kenaitze.org. LLC GENERAL CONTRACTING
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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!
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
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Don’t let apathy keep you from the voting booth Alaska’s primary election has come
and gone and voter turnout was abysmal. Fewer than 1 in 5 registered voters in Alaska participated. The upshot? The 2018 primary election voter turnout of 18.2 percent was nearly 1 percent higher than the 2016 primary election. That’s an improvement, but still sad. There is generally a giant leap in excitement and participation from the primary to the general election. With only one contested local legislative primary — Bart LeBon handily dispatched his opponent, Wolfgang Falke — it’s easy to see why participation was lacking. It should be noted these numbers are with 98.64 percent of votes being counted. Even so, the Daily News-Miner remains ever optimistic in its resolve to encourage voter participation and civic engagement. History reveals a heartening trend that voter participation will increase dramatically for the coming Nov. 6 general election. In 2016, the Alaska general election saw 60.77 percent voter turnout, up from 17.22 percent in the primary that year. Even in 2014, a year without a presidential election, there was a near 20 percent increase from 39.02 percent to 56.08 percent. The high turnout in 2014 may have been from the marijuana legalization initiative. Hopefully history will repeat itself and Alaska’s voter turnout will improve markedly in the general election, which offers the following ballot choices: It should not surprise anyone that U.S. Rep. Don Young won the Republican primary with more than 70 percent of the vote in a three-way primary. He has 22 elections of campaign experience under his belt. At age 85, he is the longest-serving member of the House, and he seems sharp as ever. His challenger is Alyse Galvin, an independent who secured the Democratic primary with more than half the votes in a four-way race. Her following appears to be a threat to Rep. Young but will it be enough? It appears that Democrats, some moderates and some independents, are already chafing at the idea of former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and Gov. Bill Walker splitting the vote. This, the argument goes, gives GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Dunleavy the upper hand. Under the current circumstance, is Mr. Dunleavy’s campaign for governor good as won? Supporters of Mr. Begich and Gov. Walker have a valid argument. Locally, the general election will feature more contests than the primary. Mr. LeBon will face Assemblywoman Kathryn Dodge for House District 1 in Fairbanks. In House District 2, east Fairbanks, Assemblyman Van Lawrence, a Democrat, is challenging four-term GOP Rep. Steve Thompson. Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson is unopposed for House District 3 in North Pole. In House District 4, Ester and Goldstream, Democrat Grier Hopkins and Republican Jim Sackett will compete for a spot left vacant by Rep. David Guttenberg who announced his retirement after the legislative session. In District A, Senate President Pete Kelly is being challenged by Rep. Scott Kawasaki, who is house majority leader. Of all the legislative races, this one could offer the most fireworks since it pits these two legislative leaders — each of them have brought contrasting political ideologies to Juneau — against each other. Republican Sen. Click Bishop will run unopposed in Senate District C. And there is icing on the cake: the controversial Stand for Salmon initiative. The initiative seeks to enact salmon and wildlife habitat protections. Those in opposition believe it goes too far in protecting the salmon, to the point that it would harm future developments in Alaska. If you were not able to vote in the primary election, you have until Oct. 6 to register to vote in the general election. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Aug. 23
Double standards in Washington
Finding someone in Washington who is nonpartisan and puts the nation’s interests ahead of their own is so rare these days that he or she, if found, might well qualify as an endangered species. But once in a while — call it the law of averages — someone speaks the truth. It happened last week when Mark Penn, former adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton, wrote a column for The Hill newspaper in which he claimed there is a big difference between how Hillary Clinton and President Trump have been treated when it comes to allegations of criminal behavior. Penn then appeared on Fox News where he spoke of the “double standard” applied to Trump and his associates compared to how Clinton was exonerated by FBI Director James Comey over her private email server and her handling of classified information. “The investigations related to the email were handled with kid gloves, and the investigations related to Trump … with all-out prosecutorial force of government and deep state might,” Penn said. It doesn’t matter. The long knives have been drawn by those who want to reverse the results of the 2016 election and put themselves back in power. They will not be sheathed until blood is drawn, preferably the blood of the president, whose personality might not win him any good deportment citations on a grade school report card, but whose policies are making the nation stronger. Neither does it matter that no evidence of Russian “collusion” by the Trump campaign has yet to be uncovered. That train
seems to have long ago left the station, replaced by other strategies to bring down the president, none of which were part of the special counsel’s original mandate. Indeed, on July Cal Thomas 13 when Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of 12 Russians for their alleged roles in hacking computers at the Democratic National Committee and other sites, he said: “There’s no allegation in this document that any American citizen committed a crime. There’s no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote count or affected any election result.” Rosenstein knows the indicted Russians will never be extradited and tried, so it looks to most conservatives like a public relations stunt designed to show that Robert Mueller was pursuing what he had been tasked with discovering. Having failed to achieve that objective, the tentacles of his office have spread out in other directions, now reaching the Trump organization where its CEO has been granted full federal immunity and will likely be required to divulge anything — perhaps even those long-hidden Trump income tax returns, which Democrats have wanted made public since the 2016 campaign. President Trump needs to refocus and stop attacking his political enemies, and
Letters to the Editor
• The purported justification of increasing recruitment and retention defies the comments on the Department of Public Safety social media page. At last count there were 243 negative responses to 1 positive. • The department has a high number of vacant trooper positions and asked the legislature for funding to fill them; spending dollars on decals is not fiscally responsible. • In a year the residents of Alaska were asked to take a cut in their PFD to help fund State operations this expenditure appears superfluous at best. • The new image the director’s office selected closely resembles one from Titan Bear Gaming, an online gaming group, hardly one would expect as a source for a professional law enforcement agency. We assure you that present and past field personnel remain focused on the real public safety issues confronting the State. It is our objective to stop the nonsensical decal action and redirect attention to traditional law enforcement activities. — Richard L. Burton, Commissioner Retired
State rebranding efforts unnecessary, go against Alaska Trooper tradition Very recently it was announced by the Director’s Office of the Alaska State Troopers that the patrol car door decals and motto was being changed. The motto: “Loyalty, Integrity, Courage” will now be “Guardians of the 49th.” • We retired members of the Department object strenuously to this change for several reasons:It is unnecessary, the present motto, “Loyalty, Integrity, Courage,” has been part of the Alaska State Troopers since the 1960s; it is a cherished part of our history. • The present decal was new in early 2005; it then replaced the more popular blue diagonal slash with the image of a Trooper’s badge. • The current action is taken by a commissioner and his director without a clear reason for change other than their legacy.
even his friends, and start worrying about his most pressing problem. As The Wall Street Journal editorialized, “The biggest political threat to Mr. Trump is a Democratic election victory in November, which will trigger a drive for impeachment. Mr. Trump isn’t going to persuade anyone to vote for Republicans by railing against a Republican attorney general he selected.” He should stop publicly admonishing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who early on recused himself from all things Russian. After the president’s latest criticism of Sessions, Sessions issued a statement defending the law and the integrity of the Department of Justice against the president’s constant criticism. Yes, the DOJ has behaved differently under Sessions (and Rosenstein) than it did when Eric Holder, described as President Obama’s “wing man,” held that post, but nothing can be done about that now. The president should concern himself with what is being done on other fronts where he can credibly claim success. The problem is that his constant attacks on others, which achieve little, have obscured many of his accomplishments. Americans want to be happy about the present and optimistic about the future. This president — any president — should see that as his main calling and pull back on his Twitter barrages. There should be only one standard for a president’s behavior. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.
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US and Mexico set to replace NAFTA By PAUL WISEMAN, LUIS ALONSO LUGO and ROB GILLIES Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Snubbing Canada, the Trump administration reached a preliminary deal Monday with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement — a move that raised legal questions and threatened to disrupt the operations of companies that do business across the threecountry trade bloc. President Donald Trump suggested that he might leave Canada, America’s No. 2 trading partner, out of a new agreement. He said he wanted to call the revamped trade pact “the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement” because, in his view, NAFTA had earned a reputation as being harmful to American workers. But first, he said, he would give Canada a chance to get back in — “if they’d like to negotiate fairly.” To intensify the pressure on Ottawa to agree to his terms, the president threatened to impose new taxes on Canadian auto imports. Canada’s NAFTA negotiator, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, is cutting short a trip to Europe to fly to Washington on Tuesday to try to restart talks. “We will only sign a new NAFTA that is good for Canada and good for the middle class,” said Adam Austen, a spokesman for Freeland, adding that “Canada’s signature is required.” “There is still a great deal of uncertainty —.. trepidation, nervousness — a feeling that
we are on the outside looking in,” said Peter MacKay, a former Canadian minister of justice, defense and foreign affairs who is now a partner at the law firm Baker McKenzie. Critics denounced the prospect of cutting Canada out a North American trade pact, in part because of the risks it could pose for companies involved in international trade. Many manufacturers have built complex but vital supply chains that cross all three NAFTA borders. Trump was quick to proclaim victory, though, pointing to Monday’s surge in stock prices, which was fueled in part by the apparent breakthrough with Mexico. “We just signed a trade agreement with Mexico, and it’s a terrific agreement for everybody,” the president said. “It’s an agreement that a lot of people said couldn’t be done.” Trump has frequently condemned the 24-year-old NAFTA trade pact as a job-killing “disaster” for American workers. NAFTA reduced most trade barriers between the three countries. But the president and other critics say it encouraged U.S. manufacturers to move south of the border to exploit low-wage Mexican labor. The preliminary deal with Mexico might encourage more manufacturing in the United States. Yet it is far from final. Even after being formally signed, it would have be ratified by lawmakers in each country. The U.S. Congress wouldn’t vote on it until next year — after November midterm elections that could end Republican control of the House of Representatives.
Experts meet in Geneva to discuss ‘killer robots’
President Donald Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“There are still a lot of questions left to be answered,” MacKay said. He noted, for example, that Trump said nothing Monday about dropping U.S. tariffs on Mexican or Canadian steel — tariffs that were imposed, in part, to pressure those countries to reach an agreement on NAFTA. But at least initially, it looks like at least a tentative publicrelations victory for Trump, the week after his former campaign manager was convicted on financial crimes and his former personal attorney implicated him in hush money payments to two women who say they had affairs with Trump. Before the administration began negotiating a new NAFTA a year ago, it notified Congress that it was beginning talks with Canada and Mexico. So Monday’s announcement raises the question: Is it authorized to reach a deal with only one of those countries?
A senior administration official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said yes: The administration can tell Congress it had reached a deal with Mexico — and that Canada is welcome to join. But other analysts said the answer wasn’t clear: “It’s a question that has never been tested,” said Lori Wallach, director of the left-leaning Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. Even a key Trump ally, Rep. Kevin Brady, the Texas Republican who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, expressed caution about Monday’s apparent breakthrough. Brady said he looked forward “to carefully analyzing the details and consulting in the weeks ahead to determine whether the new proposal meets the trade priorities set out by Congress.” And the No. 2 Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, while hailing Monday’s news as a “positive step,” said Canada needs to be party to a final deal.
Turkey warms to Russia as US ties unravel By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press
ISTANBUL — Relations between Turkey and Russia are cozy, prompting worries in the West of a potentially critical rift in the NATO alliance. But Turkey’s president may be engaged in a balancing act, tactically turning to Russia as ties with the United States further deteriorate over the detention of an American pastor. President Donald Trump tweeted this month that U.S.Turkey relations “are not good at this time!” and announced tariff hikes on the NATO ally, precipitating a nosedive in the Turkish currency. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on the phone with Russia’s Vladimir Putin that same afternoon, when they promised more cooperation in the areas of defense, energy and trade. Switching partners is becoming a familiar dance for Turkey, which is strategically situated between Asia and Europe and often caught in the geopolitical push and pull of the turbulent Mideast region. Despite his country’s economic vulnerability, Erdogan seemed to be signaling that it had alternatives to the traditional alliances that date from its Cold War role as a regional bulwark against Soviet power. In Turkey’s view, “the U.S. has become even more threaten-
ing than Russia” due to strains over critical issues, Sener Akturk, an associate professor of international relations at Koc University in Istanbul, said. The perceived threat makes the U.S. “an ally that has to be paradoxically kept at arm’s length and even balanced against with Russian cooperation.” Points of contention between the U.S. and Turkey include American military support for Kurdish fighters in Syria who are considered terrorists by Turkey; Turkish appeals to the U.S. to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric Turkey accuses of plotting a failed 2016 coup; and American pastor Andrew Brunson, who is being prosecuted in Turkey on terrorrelated charges. A lever in Turkey’s diplomatic maneuvering is its pledge to buy a Russian S-400 surfaceto-air missile defense system, with deliveries starting next year. U.S. and NATO officials say the Russian system conflicts with NATO equipment and would lead to security breaches. Trump signed a defense bill this month that would delay delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. Separately, the U.S. president has criticized NATO allies, saying they should pay more for their defense and rely less on American support. Koc University’s Akturk said the missile deal with Rus-
KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. strike over the weekend killed a senior Islamic State commander in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan and U.S. officials said Monday. The strike in Nangarhar province killed Abu Sayeed Orakzai, a senior leader in the extremist group, according to Shah Hussain Martazawi, deputy spokesman for the Afghan presidency. He said the operation showed the government’s “determination to fight terrorism.” Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said American forces launched a counterterrorism strike in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday that targeted a “senior leader of a designated terrorist organiza-
tion.” He did not provide further details. “These efforts target the real enemies of Afghanistan, the same enemies who threaten America,” he said. Orakzai, who also known as Abu Saad Erhabi, was the head of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters. Erhabi was killed alongside nine other members of the militant group in the attack, the official said. An IS affiliate that emerged in Afghanistan in 2014 has carried out scores of attacks targeting security forces and the country’s Shiite minority. Even with U.S. and NATO support, Afghan security forces have struggled to combat IS and the more wellestablished Taliban.
GENEVA — Experts from scores of countries are meeting to discuss ways to define and deal with “killer robots” — futuristic weapons systems that could conduct war without human intervention. The weeklong gathering is the second this year at U.N. offices in Geneva to focus on such lethal autonomous weapons systems and explore ways of possibly regulating them, among other issues. Some top advocacy groups say governments and militaries should be prevented from developing such systems, which have sparked fears and led some critics to envisage harrowing scenarios about their use. As the meeting opened Monday, Amnesty International urged countries to work toward a ban. Amnesty researcher on Artificial Intelligence Rasha Abdul Rahim said killer robots are “no longer the stuff of science fiction,” warning that technological advances are outpacing international law.
Kushner Cos. fined $210K by New York for false documents NEW YORK — The Kushner family real estate company has been fined $210,000 by New York City regulators following an Associated Press investigation that showed it routinely filed false documents with the city claiming it had no rent-regulated tenants in its buildings when it, in fact, had hundreds. The city buildings department on Monday fined the Kushner Cos. for filing 42 false applications for construction work on more than a dozen buildings when presidential adviser Jared Kushner ran the business. The false documents allowed the company to escape extra scrutiny during construction that watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative has said led to harassment of low-paying, rent-regulated tenants to get them to leave.
Judge orders neighbor to stay away from Sen. Rand Paul BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s neighbor to stay away from Paul and his family while a lawsuit is pending. The Daily News in Bowling Green reports Special Judge Tyler Gill issued a temporary injunction Monday against Rene Boucher (boo-SHAY’). Boucher served 30 days on a federal charge of assaulting a congressman after Paul was tackled outside his house last fall. Paul sued Boucher in state court. Gill also held Boucher liable for Paul’s injuries in a partial motion for summary judgment. Boucher is under federal order to have no contact with Paul. Now he must stay at least 200 feet (60 meters) away from the Pauls while Boucher is on his property and at least 50 feet (15 meters) away everywhere else. Boucher’s lawyer says his client has complied with the federal order. — The Associated Press
Today in History In this 2018 file photo, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan left, walks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, centre, during a welcome ceremony, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)
sia makes sense since Western allies have sometimes suspended military deals with Turkey because of political disputes and concerns about the country’s human rights record. Meanwhile, Russia and Turkey have come a long way in restoring their rapport since the Turkish military shot down a Russian military jet in 2015 along the Turkish-Syrian border. Erdogan and Putin have met at least 11 times since August 2016. Outgrowths of the frequent contact between the two regional powers include the resumption of a deal for a natural gas pipeline through Turkey and Russian plans to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey.
The rapprochement “demonstrates a striking level of pragmatism in this relationship,” Anna Arutunyan, a Moscowbased senior analyst for the International Crisis Group, said. “The prospect of a friendly NATO member is very valuable for Moscow” as it aims to bolster its influence in the Middle East, Arutunyan said. “Turkey is a good avenue to do that. Syria has been a good avenue to do that.” Russia, along with Iran, supports Syrian President Bashar Assad in his country’s long war. Turkey backs some groups fighting Assad. Despite their support for opposing sides, the two countries are working together.
US strike kills Islamic State commander in Afghanistan By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press
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Separately in northern Faryab province, three Afghan army soldiers were killed and five others wounded after their convoy was ambushed by Taliban insurgents, said Hanif Rezaie, an army spokesman for the country’s north. Several army vehicles were damaged in the attack and dozens of insurgents were killed during air strikes conducted by the army, Rezaie said. He added that an army unit has been deployed to Qaisar district to prevent further Taliban attacks on Faryab province. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack. He said that in addition to “killing and wounding tens of troops” and setting several military vehicles on fire, their fighters also seized munitions from the army convoy. Less than two weeks ago the Taliban attacked the Camp
Chinaya army base in Ghormach district. Spokesman for the Defense Ministry Ghafoor Ahmad Jawed confirmed at the time that 17 troops were killed and at least 19 others wounded. The Taliban had besieged the base, which housed about 140 Afghan troops, for three days before their assault, according to the local provincial council chief, Mohammad Tahir Rahmani. Taliban spokesman Mujahid claimed responsibility for that attack. Also Monday, two military pilots were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in the capital Kabul, according Mohammad Radmanish, deputy spokesman for the Defense Ministry. The attackers were able to flee and an investigation is underway, added Radmanish.
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2018. There are 125 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. On this date: In 1609, English sea explorer Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, reached present-day Delaware Bay. In 1862, the Second Battle of Bull Run (also known as Second Manassas) began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory. In 1916, Italy declared war on Germany during World War I. In 1941, Japan’s ambassador to the U.S., Kichisaburo Nomura, presented a note to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Japan’s prime minister, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, expressing a desire for improved relations. In 1955, Emmett Till, a black teen-ager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle’s home in Money, Mississippi, by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later. In 1968, police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. In 1972, Mark Spitz of the United States won the first two of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter butterfly and anchoring the 400-meter freestyle relay. The Soviet women gymnasts won the team all-around. In 1988, 70 people were killed when three Italian stunt planes collided during an air show at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein (RAHM’-shtyn), West Germany. In 1990, an F5 tornado struck the Chicago area, killing 29 people. In 1995, a mortar shell tore through a crowded market in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, killing some three dozen people and triggering NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs. In 1996, Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago. The troubled 15-year marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially ended with the issuing of a divorce decree. In 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (NAY’-gin) ordered everyone in the city to evacuate after Hurricane Katrina grew to a monster storm. Ten years ago: Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd at Invesco Field in Denver, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, promising what he called a clean break from the “broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.” Former U.S. Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr., accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in Riverside, Calif. Five years ago: A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives. On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, President Barack Obama stood on the same steps as he challenged new generations to seize the cause of racial equality. One year ago: Floodwaters reached the rooflines of single-story homes as Hurricane Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day; thousands of people had been rescued from the flooding. The Navy said divers had recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who had been missing after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore nearly a week earlier. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Sonny Shroyer is 83. Actress Marla Adams is 80. Actor Ken Jenkins is 78. Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen is 78. Actor David Soul is 75. Former pop singer-musician Honey Lantree (The Honeycombs) is 75. Former MLB manager and player Lou Piniella is 75. Actress Barbara Bach is 72. Actress Debra Mooney is 71. Singer Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) is 67. Actor Daniel Stern is 61. Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton is 60. Actor John Allen Nelson is 59. Actress Emma Samms is 58. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is 57. Movie director David Fincher is 56. Actress Amanda Tapping is 53. Country singer Shania (shah-NY’-uh) Twain is 53. Actor Billy Boyd is 50. Actor Jack Black is 49. Actor Jason Priestley is 49. Actor Daniel Goddard (TV: “The Young and the Restless”) is 47. Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans is 47. Actor J. August Richards is 45. Rock singer-musician Max Collins (Eve 6) is 40. Actress Carly Pope is 38. Country singer Jake Owen is 37. Country singer LeAnn Rimes is 36. Actress Kelly Thiebaud is 36. Actor Alfonso Herrera is 35. Actress Sarah Roemer is 34. Actor Armie Hammer is 32. Rock singer Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) is 32. Actress Shalita Grant is 30. Country-pop singer Cassadee Pope (TV: “The Voice”) is 29. Actress Katie Findlay is 28. Actor/singer Samuel Larsen is 27. Actor Kyle Massey is 27. Actress Quvenzhane (kwuh-VEHN’-zhah-nay) Wallis is 15. Reality TV star Alana Thompson, AKA “Honey Boo Boo,” is 13. Thought for Today: “The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” -- Muhammad Ali, American boxing champion (1942-2016).
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Police reports n On Aug. 11 at 4:48 p.m., Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to a two-vehicle collision on the Seward Highway, just north of Herman Leirer Road in Seward. Jamie Campbell, 23, of Seward, was northbound on the Seward Highway in a Dodge Ram 2500, when she stopped to avoid a dog that was in the roadway. Eric Haugh, 22, of JBER, was northbound behind Campbell in a GMC Canyon pickup, which rear-ended the Dodge Ram. The GMC Canyon received likely total damage, and airbags deployed. Occupants of both vehicles reported wearing seat belts, and two toddlers in the Dodge Ram were properly secured in child restraint seats, likely preventing injury. All occupants declined Emergency Medical Services at the scene. Haugh was issued a citation for failure to use due care to avoid a collision. Alcohol was not a factor in the collision. n On Aug. 7 at 6:31 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received reports of a suspicious male attempting to get inside vehicles at a business on the Kenai Spur Highway. A short time later, the same individual, Lamar Miller, of Sterling, stole a vehicle from the same business. Soldotna police observed the vehicle inside the city limits and attempted to stop the vehicle. The vehicle failed to stop. Soldotna Police pursued the vehicle north on the Sterling Highway. At about Mile 91, the city limits of Soldotna, Soldotna police terminated their pursuit. Alaska State Troopers continued the pursuit and caught up with the vehicle
on the Sterling Highway. The vehicle turned down a trail, continued a short distance, and stopped. Miller exited the vehicle and was arrested and charged with first-degree vehicle theft, driving under the influence for suspicion of drugs, failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer, and reckless driving and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 22 at about 9:50 a.m., Alaska State Troopers contacted Colton Douglas, 24, of Seward, on Nautical Avenue. Investigation revealed that Douglas had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for theft. He was arrested and taken to the Seward Jail on $250 bail. n On Aug. 21 at about 12:00 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault. Seward troopers contacted a female, who reported she had been assaulted earlier in the morning off Nash Road. Troopers interviewed the female, along with Devin Loomis, 35, of Seward. Investigation revealed that Loomis had committed the crime of fourth-degree assault. He was arrested and taken to the Seward Jail without bail. n On Aug. 22 at 5:36 p.m., Soldotna police responded to the area of the Kenai River Bridge for a report of two people possibly spray painting graffiti under the bridge. Responding officers contacted Lanny Perrill, 30, of Soldotna, and a female. Perrill had court ordered conditions of release not to be in contact with the female. Perrill was arrested for violating his conditions of release and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Aug. 17 at 10:05 a.m.,
In brief Wildwood inmate dies after suicide attempt A 33-year-old Alaska man in state custody on a felony assault charge has died. The Department of Corrections says Kendall Barrett died two weeks ago of injuries suffered in a suicide attempt at Wildwood Pretrial Facility in Kenai. Barrett was booked Aug. 11. Two days later, a corrections officer found him unresponsive in his cell. Officers and medical staff attempted life-saving measures and Barrett was transported to a hospital. He died Aug. 14. The death will be reviewed by Alaska State Troopers and the state medical examiner. The Correction Department’s professional conduct unit will conduct an internal investigation. The department reported the death Monday. Spokeswoman Megan Edge says by email she was on leave when Barrett died and there was confusion about who would handle death notifications in her absence. — Associated Press
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in Southeast Alaska: “At one time, we used to have 25 percent of our magistrate judges were Alaska Native, and now we don’t have any, as of Aug. 29,” he said. The court system isn’t entirely abandoning its rural offices. The courthouses in places like Kake, Angoon and Skagway will remain in place, but they will be unoccupied except for a part-time clerk and the occasional local trial, Nesheim said. In addition, the court system is stepping up its “e-filing” efforts, which are being prototyped on the Kenai Peninsula. “We’re not going to need as many judicial officers in those locations,” Nesheim said, when e-filing is extended to Southeast Alaska. Nick Polasky, a defense attorney in Juneau, asked
voting members and four nonvoting members. A meeting between the panel and the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Advisory Committee will take place Tuesday. The Integrated Ocean Observing System is a nationalregional partnership that provides new tools and forecasts to improve safety, enhance the economy, and protect the environment, according to its website. It strives to enhance delivery of information on coastal events such as storms, wave heights and sea level change.
Nesheim if these cutbacks will eventually lead the court system to close rural courthouses. In Kake, for example, the court system hasn’t been able to find a person to hire for the part-time clerkship there. That has effectively closed the courthouse. “We still have the keys,” Nesheim said, and the state isn’t planning to permanently close the Kake courthouse. In the long term, more changes are coming. When Germain retires in 2020, that magistrate position will move to Haines. Nesheim is also keeping an eye on the caseload through the Hoonah office. If the three-year average of cases filed in a particular office exceeds 100, then the state will station a magistrate there. Right now, the average is about 85, he said. “I expect in the next year or two, the numbers would go up,” he said.
Soldotna police contacted Anthony Hays, 65, of Kodiak, and arrested him on an outstanding warrant. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $50 bail. n On Aug. 17 at 6:59 p.m., Soldotna police received a report of an assault that had occurred near the Sterling Highway and Kalifornsky Beach Road intersection. Investigation led to Dobois Pitts, 51, of Anchorage, being arrested for fourth-degree assault and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Aug. 17 at 9:31 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Mile 92 of the Sterling Highway for a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report. Morgan Hodsdon, 26, of Anchorage, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 11 at 11:45 p.m., Soldotna police responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Kalifornsky Beach Road and Gaswell Road. Investigation led to the arrest of one of the drivers, Andrew Supple, 27, of Soldotna, for driving under the influence. Supple was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 8 at 11:05 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle near the Sterling Highway and Birch Street. The driver, Cody Little, 18, of Soldotna, was found to be in possession of marijuana. Little was issued a criminal citation for fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance and released. n On Aug. 6 at 4:16 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Fred Meyer for a shoplifter. Tamsen Brewer, 34, of Kenai, exited the store without paying
for $252.04 worth of merchandise. Brewer was issued a criminal citation for third-degree theft and released. n On July 22 at 9:35 a.m., Soldotna police took a report about a 1996 Ford Explorer being stolen from the area of Birch Street. On July 29, the missing vehicle was recovered in the Sports Lake Road area. Several items had been stolen from the vehicle. Investigation led to George Carpenter, 23, of Kenai, being issued a criminal citation for third-degree theft and released. n On Aug. 23 at about 8:40 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a singlevehicle rollover near Mile 155 of the Sterling Highway. Investigation showed that Ryan Cotney, 25, of Anchorage, had been driving a truck at a high rate of speed around a curve in the road. The vehicle went into the ditch, where it rolled several times. None of the occupants were wearing seat belts, and one of the passengers in the vehicle was ejected. Cotney was found to be intoxicated, and he was arrested. The two passengers were taken by Emergency Medical Services to the Homer Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Cotney was taken to the Homer Jail on multiple charges, where he was held, pending arraignment. n On Aug. 22 at about 8:30 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a burglary at a fish processing business in Ninilchik. Investigation showed that at about 2:50 a.m., a male entered the business and stole money and food. The male then accessed the commercial freezer where the business stored fish and stole over
$85,000 worth of fish and crab. Through information gathered by the business owner and investigation by the troopers, the burglar was identified as Garrett Fitzgerald, 53, of Homer. Fitzgerald was located and arrested by troopers on Aug. 24 in Soldotna. Some of the stolen fish was located and recovered at the scene. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Alaska State Troopers. n On Aug. 24 at 11:38 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a reported burglary on Sibson Drive in Homer. Investigation revealed that an unknown person(s) entered the residence and stole a 22 rifle, a MacBook computer and jewelry. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Alaska State Troopers at 262-4453. n On Aug. 25 at 9:54 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of two lost hikers on Bear Mountain. Investigation revealed that Daniel Hodek, 22, of Czechoslovakia, and Patricia Meckouska, 19, of Czechoslovakia, were hiking Bear Mountain and became lost. Daniel and Patricia attempted to hike down, but they became disoriented and got wet when crossing a creek. Daniel was able to provide his GPS coordinates, which plotted them about .12 miles west of Lowell Point Road. Bear Creek Fire Department responded, but they were unable to reach the party, due to difficult terrain. The Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) was contacted and requested to respond. As RCC was preparing to launch, Daniel and Patricia walked out of the woods. Both parties declined Emer-
gency Medical Services and reported no injuries. n On Aug. 24 at 4:39 p.m., Soldotna Public Safety Dispatch was notified of an injured hiker on Byron Glacier Trail in Portage Valley, outside of Anchorage. The hiker was identified as Emily J. McLeod, 67, of Anchorage. Troopers along with the Girdwood Fire Department responded to the trailhead with an ATV. Girdwood Fire Department assisted McLeod out of the field, and she was taken to Anchorage for medical treatment. n On Aug. 21 at about 1:40 p.m., Alaska State Troopers stopped a vehicle at Lee Avenue and the Kenai Spur Highway for speeding. Investigation revealed that Gary Dean Sanders, 24, of Nikiski, was driving while impaired by alcoholic beverages, and he was arrested for driving under the influence. Sanders was also charged with two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. n On Aug. 21 at about 9:40 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received two complaints of a male walking along the Sterling Highway, cussing and grabbing at passing vehicles near Mile 65 of the Sterling Highway. Troopers responded to the area and contacted Leif Andrew Rydberg, 35, of Seward. Investigation revealed that Rydberg was in violation of his probation for a prior, out of state driving under the influence conviction. Rydberg was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail.
Court reports
offense committed June 21. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with all but time suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 24 months, ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program, and placed on probation for 24 months. n Rachel Ann Thomas, 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed Apr. 28. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Walmart, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Rachel Ann Thomas, 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 9. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Soldotna Fred Meyer store, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Gail Marie Waterbury, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed Dec. 14. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Gail Marie Waterbury, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed Feb. 6. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, and placed on probation for 12 months. n A jury found Kevin J. Johnson, 20, of Soldotna, guilty of refusal to submit to a chemical test, committed June 16, 2017. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $1,500, 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. He was found not guilty of all other charges in this case. n Matthew Shane Lay, 22, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed Apr. 11. He was 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 Gregg William McCord, 33, of Tyonek, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure) and one count of resisting or interfering with arrest (by force), committed May 23. On count one, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended. On the count of resisting or interfering with arrest, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution. n Alphonsus Pete, Jr., 20, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed May 3. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. n Oscar Ray Villasenor, 21, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed June 17. 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 one year. n Jesse Stephen Waltemyer, 35, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment (anonymous, obscene, threatening call), committed June 28. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail with nine days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Robert R. Backstrom 36, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed June 8. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Walmart, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Raelynn Gates, 43, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to violation of custodian’s duty, committed May 30. She was fined $100 and a $50 court surcharge. n Glenn Clayton Hollars, 28, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), commit-
ted June 11. He was fined $50 and a $50 court surcharge. n Jonathan Paul Avery, 34, address unknown, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Apr. 27. He was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to consume, possess, or buy controlled substances unless with valid prescription by a doctor, taken as prescribed, and kept in original container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Bradley Robert Bates, 30, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 3. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to possess, buy or consume controlled substances unless prescribed by a doctor, taken as prescribed, and kept in original container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited interest in items seized, firearm may be returned upon proof of ownership, and ordered to have only conditional, court-approved contact with a specifically named person. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Donna Renee Juliussen, 31, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to first-degree harassment (offensive contact with fluids), committed June 22. She was sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Benjamin Lewis Sobotta, 28, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to failure to give immediate notice of an accident, committed Mar. 18, 2017. He was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution regarding light and power outage, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jesse Earl Taylor Bass, 32, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Oct. 7. He was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to possess, make, grow or administer controlled substances unless with valid prescription from doctor, taken as prescribed, and kept in original container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with four specifically named people, and placed on probation for 12 months.
The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Charges of one count of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) and one count of violating condition of release against Noah Dale Price, 23, of Soldotna, were dismissed. Date of the charges was Aug. 12. n Charges of one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count of fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, against Kody Michael Salinas, 10, of Soldotna, were dismissed. Date of the charges was June 2. n A charge of violating condition of release against Brittany Foster, 26, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 13. n A charge of violating condition of release against Brittany Foster, 26, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was May 13. n A charge of violating condition of release against Brittany Ann Foster, 26, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 2. The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court: n Daniel James Tegoseak, 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, committed Mar. 4, 2017. He was sentenced to three years in prison with two years suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $500 cost of appointed counsel, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume intoxicating liquor to excess, not to use, possess or consume any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana or synthetic drugs, to comply with sex offender registry conditions, and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Bradly M. Luke, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to thirddegree theft, committed Apr. 30. 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 NAPA Auto Parts in Kenai, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Thomas L. Schanrock, 40, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure), a domestic violence
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Bears begin camp loaded with experience By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
The glass surrounding the ice Monday at the Kenai MultiPurpose Facility was a biz hazy due to condensation. But the view through the 365-day window of Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich could not have been clearer as the team started training camp building toward the Sept. 14 season opener at the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets. “I like to look at things through a 365-day window, and the level has been raised so much,” Petrich said. “We’ve done our job in the last year.” The coach said the scouting staff, as well as former assistant Nick Sova and current assistant Dan Bogdan, deserve credit for the collective talent of the 32 players in camp. Petrich said all 32 players will get the full two weeks to prove they belong among the 25 that will make the first road trip, making for a tough decision for the coaches. “That’s what you want out there,” Petrich said. “You don’t want to look out there on the first day and say, ‘We’re going to cut this guy and this guy and this guy.’” There are 13 players at camp returning from last year’s team, while forward Lukas Millen of Anchorage is missing camp while rehabbing an injury. In addition, Petrich said a handful of other players have experienced high levels of junior hockey, meaning over half of the players at the camp have the pace and strength that Petrich says a year at a high level bestows. “It’s what we said all of last year,” Petrich said. “You have to learn to play in this league.” With Petrich back for a second season and so many players returning, this camp isn’t about getting to know you as much as it is getting to know you better. The coach has already named defenseman Preston Weeks, of Soldotna, and forward Michael Spethmann, of St. Cloud, Minnesota, as cocaptains. Weeks will wear the “C” at home, while Spethmann gets the honor on the road. Weeks, who also was captain last year, begins his third full season with the Brown Bears, and fourth overall. He still has one year of junior eligibility after this season.
The Soldotna High School product is seeing the results of Petrich’s plan to bring in the players early and do some team bonding before training camp. “It’s the first time I’ve known everybody’s name before the first skate with the coaches,” Weeks said. “We’re close already. It’s pretty amazing.” Weeks said half the team did a hike up Hideout Mountain and saw a black bear. Half of the players also have taken advantage of the solid run of silvers and pinks and landed fish. Saturday, the team was at Industry Appreciation Days, where the Bears picked up the award for Outstanding Support Business in Tourism. Sunday, the team rafted the upper Kenai River with Alaska Rivers Company. With so many returners, Weeks said leadership is plentiful and drills are running smoothly. He is more than happy to share some of it with Spethmann, who is in his final year of eligibility and had 12 goals and 13 assists last season. Spethmann has shown his affinity for the outdoors with 30and 40-day canoe trips heading north from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, under his belt. “I love it here,” he said. “I definitely stay busy when I’m not working on hockey.” Spethmann showed his commitment to hockey by spending the entire summer with a hockey stick, and not a paddle, in his hands. Like the rest of the returners, he wants to improve on the 1838-1-3 record of a year ago, the second worst in the league. He focuses on the team finishing with a 3-0-1 spurt against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. “I think everybody saw what we can do in those last few games against Fairbanks,” Spethmann said. “It’s going to be an exciting year.” When Petrich had each player stand up and give team goals, the aspirations were either ending a four-year drought in the playoffs or winning the Ravn Cup for the first time. The Ravn Cup is the seasonlong battle with the Ice Dogs. “When they were going around the room saying team goals, they weren’t saying it because that’s what the coaches wanted to hear,” Petrich said. “They were saying it because they believed it.” Bogdan is ready to use his
Halep departs quickly at Open NEW YORK (AP) — Some players, like top-ranked Simona Halep, freely acknowledge they don’t deal well with the hustleand-bustle of the U.S. Open and all it entails. Others, like 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi, take to the Big Apple and its Grand Slam tournament. Put those two types at opposite ends of a court at Flushing Meadows and watch what can happen: Halep made a quick-as-can-be
On Tap Peninsula high school sports Thursday Swimming Kenai at Wasilla, TBA Soccer CIA at Tri-Valley, TBA Friday Football West Valley at Soldotna, 6:30 p.m. Homer at Houston, 7 p.m. Ketchikan at Nikiski, 5 p.m. Cross-country Soldotna, Kenai, Homer, Nikiski at Dieckgraeff Invite in Seward, 2 p.m. Swimming Soldotna at Kodiak, 5 p.m. Volleyball Soldotna at Kodiak, 7:30 p.m. Homer, Nikiski, Seward at North/South at Houston, 9 a.m. Soccer CIA at Nenana in Anderson, TBA Saturday Football North Pole at Kenai, 2 p.m. Seward at Valdez, 1 p.m. Swimming Soldotna at Kodiak, 10 a.m. Volleyball Soldotna at Kodiak, 1:30 p.m. Homer, Nikiski, Seward at North/South at Houston, TBA Running Homer Mariner Tri; facebook.com/homermarinertri, 8 a.m. Soccer CIA at Delta, 11 a.m.
exit Monday, overwhelmed by the power-based game of Kanepi 6-2, 6-4 to become the first No. 1-seeded woman to lose her opening match at the U.S. Open in the half-century of the professional era. On a Day 1 that featured the major tournament debut of 25-second serve clocks, Halep blamed opening-round jitters, a recurring theme throughout her career. The reigning French Open champion has now lost her first match at 12 of 34 career major appearances, a stunningly high rate for such an accomplished player. “It’s always about the nerves,” said Halep, who was beaten in the first round in New York by five-time major champion Maria Sharapova in 2017. “Even when you are there in the top, you feel the same nerves. You are human.” She also offered up an explanation tied to this particular site. “Maybe the noise in the crowd. The city is busy. So everything together,” said Halep, who was coming off consecutive runs to the final at hard-court tuneup tournaments at Cincinnati and Montreal. “I’m a quiet person, so maybe I like the smaller places.” Her departure means she can’t stand in the way of Serena Williams, who could have faced Halep in the fourth round. Williams, the 23-time major champion who missed last year’s U.S. Open because she gave birth on Sept. 1, returned with a flourish with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Magda Linette under the lights.
Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich instructs the team Monday at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility during the first day of training camp. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
technical expertise in order to help the team achieve those goals. Bogdan played Division III hockey with Framingham State University in Massachusetts, graduating in 2014. As a sophomore, he started doing skating coaching. “His skill work and individual skating work are second to none,” Petrich said. Last season, Bogdan served as the on-ice strength and conditioning coach for Division I University of Connecticut. Onice strength and conditioning coach is NCAA speak for skating coach. Bogdan plans to use 10 to 15 minutes each day to focus on details like edgework, stride and explosiveness. “It’s not that their skating and skill isn’t already good, but the game is only getting faster,” Bogdan said. “The NHL is faster and faster every year.” Bogdan also will use his expertise in the gym and nutrition to help the players maintain strength during the season. Last season, the Bears didn’t have a gym, but this year they get to use The Fitness Place. Bogdan has skating clients from youth hockey to pros, so he also wants to help the Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association groom good skaters. In that vein, Petrich said the whole organization once again wants to be involved in the community. While last year’s team didn’t pile up wins on the ice, Petrich said the team set a
high bar for community service that he wants to eclipse this season. Finally, Petrich said the team is making good on being Alaskans’ first choice for junior hockey by currently having eight players from Alaska. They are Weeks, Millen, Connor Canterbury of Eagle River, Zach Krajnik of Eagle River, Kevin Lake of Anchorage, Sutton McDonald of Eagle River, Ryan Reid of Anchorage and Porter Schachle of Wasilla. “We are nonprofit,” Petrich said. “The community owns us. We want to make sure the community knows we appreciate the opportunities given to players and coaches.” All practices are open to the public and at the Multi-Purpose Facility. This week, the team practices from 8:45 to 10 a.m. and 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. today, Wednesday and Friday. Thursday, practice is from 8:45 to 10 a.m. with an intrasquad scrimmage at 1:15. Saturday, the team practices from 8:30 to 10 a.m., Monday practice is from 6 to 7 p.m. and Sept. 4 practice is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 5 practices are 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 to 2:45 p.m., while Sept. 6 practice is from 9 to 10:30 a.m., and Sept. 8 practice is from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The big day is Sept. 7, when the Bears practice from 9 to 10 a.m., then have the Brown-Gold Game at 6:30 p.m., followed by a skate with the Bears.
Kenai River Brown Bears co-captain Preston Weeks, of Soldotna, skates up the ice Monday at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility during the first day of training camp. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion) Brown Bears training camp roster
Johan Bok, Sweden; JJ Boucher, Ottawa, Canada; Connor Canterbury, Eagle River; Jack Conroy, Chicago; Justin Daly, Delano, Minnesota; Gavin Enright, Farmington, Minnesota; Emils Ezitis, Latvia; Sacha Guillemain, France; Filip Karlsson, Sweden; Alex Klekotka, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Markuss Komuls, Latvia; Zach Krajnik, Eagle River; Kevin Lake, Anchorage; Josh Maucieri, Crosby, Minnesota; Sutton McDonald, Eagle River; Cody Moline, North Branch, Minnesota; Patrik Peltola, Finland;
Joey Petronack, White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Bradley Postula, Portage, Michigan; Ryan Reid, Anchorage; Logan Ritchie, St. Louis, Missouri; Chris Rubenach, Denmark; Connor Scahill, Port Huron, Michigan; Porter Schachle, Wasilla; Michael Spethmann, St. Cloud, Minnesota; Alex Stuckert, Woodbury, Minnesota; Andrew Walker, Mason, Michigan; Thomas Walker, Orono, Minnesota; Andrew Warhoftig, Dallas, Texas; Preston Weeks, Soldotna; Dennis Westergard, Sweden; Findlay Wood, Australia.
Scoreboard Baseball AL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB Boston 90 42 .682 — New York 83 48 .634 6½ Tampa Bay 70 61 .534 19½ Toronto 60 71 .458 29½ Baltimore 38 94 .288 52 Central Division Cleveland 74 56 .569 — Minnesota 61 69 .469 13 Detroit 53 78 .405 21½ 52 79 .397 22½ Chicago Kansas City 40 91 .305 34½ West Division Houston 81 50 .618 — Oakland 79 53 .598 2½ Seattle 74 57 .565 7 Los Angeles 64 68 .485 17½ Texas 58 74 .439 23½ Monday’s Games Baltimore 7, Toronto 0 Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 11, Oakland 4 L.A. Angels 10, Colorado 7 Tuesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-15) at N.Y. Yankees (Lynn 8-9), 3:05 p.m. Toronto (Pannone 1-0) at Baltimore (Rogers 0-0), 3:05 p.m. Miami (Urena 4-12) at Boston (Johnson 4-3), 3:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 7-10) at Cleveland (Carrasco 15-7), 3:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Stanek 2-3) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 3:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 6-4) at Texas (Jurado 2-3), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (Jackson 4-3) at Houston (Morton 13-3), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Boyd 8-11) at Kansas City (Junis 6-12), 4:15 p.m. Colorado (Freeland 11-7) at L.A. Angels (TBD), 6:07 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 8-11) at San Diego (Nix 1-2), 6:10 p.m. All Times ADT
NL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 73 57 .562 — Philadelphia 70 61 .534 3½ Washington 66 66 .500 8 New York 58 73 .443 15½ Miami 53 79 .402 21 Central Division Chicago 77 53 .592 — St. Louis 73 58 .557 4½ Milwaukee 73 59 .553 5 Pittsburgh 64 67 .489 13½ Cincinnati 56 75 .427 21½ West Division Arizona 72 59 .550 — Colorado 71 60 .542 1
Los Angeles 70 61 .534 San Francisco 66 67 .496 San Diego 50 83 .376
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Monday’s Games Washington 5, Philadelphia 3 Chicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 4 L.A. Angels 10, Colorado 7 San Francisco 2, Arizona 0 Tuesday’s Games Washington (Scherzer 16-6) at Philadelphia (Nola 15-3), 3:05 p.m. Miami (Urena 4-12) at Boston (Johnson 4-3), 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Guerra 6-8) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 6-4), 3:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Stanek 2-3) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 3:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 6-4) at Texas (Jurado 2-3), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-8) at Chicago Cubs (Hamels 9-9), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Nova 7-8) at St. Louis (Flaherty 7-6), 4:15 p.m. Colorado (Freeland 11-7) at L.A. Angels (TBD), 6:07 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 8-11) at San Diego (Nix 1-2), 6:10 p.m. Arizona (Buchholz 7-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-5), 6:15 p.m. All Times ADT
Orioles 7, Blue Jays 0 Tor. Bal.
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Gaviglio, Barnes (6), M.Smith (7) and Maile; Hess, Castro (7), Fry (8), Givens (9) and Joseph. W_ Hess 3-8. L_Gaviglio 3-7. HRs_ Baltimore, Mancini (19).
White Sox 6, Yankees 2 Chi. NY
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Rodon, Minaya (8), Cedeno (9) and Narvaez; Tanaka, Kahnle (8), A.Cole (9) and Higashioka. W_Rodon 6-3. L_Tanaka 9-5. HRs_New York, Torres (20).
Astros 11, Athletics 4 Oak. 022 000 000— 4 6 1 Hou. 005 000 06x—11 16 0 B.Anderson, Petit (3), Mengden (4), Trivino (8), Pagan (8) and Lucroy; G.Cole, McHugh (7), Pressly (8), J.Smith (9) and Maldonado. W_G.Cole 12-5. L_B.Anderson 3-4. HRs_Oakland, Chapman (21), Semien (11). Houston, White (9), Bregman (25).
Nationals 5, Phillies 3 Was. 110 201 000—5 9 0 Ph. 002 000 010—3 6 1 Strasburg, Collins (7), Madson (8), Miller (9) and Wieters; Eflin, Avilan (6), Garcia (6), Morgan (8) and Ramos. W_Strasburg 7-7. L_Eflin 9-5. Sv_Miller (1). HRs_ Washington, Wieters (6). Philadelphia, Hoskins (27).
Cubs 7, Mets 4 NY Chi.
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Syndergaard, Blevins (7), D.Smith (7), Zamora (8) and Plawecki; Lester, Cishek (7), Edwards Jr. (8), Strop (9), Wilson (9), Chavez (9) and Contreras. W_Cishek 4-1. L_Blevins 1-2. Sv_Chavez (3). HRs_New York, Plawecki (5), Conforto (19). Chicago, Rizzo (22).
Giants 2, Diamondbacks 0 Ari. SF
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Corbin, Diekman (8), Ziegler (8) and Avila; Stratton, Watson (9), Strickland (9) and Hundley. W_Stratton 9-7. L_Corbin 10-5. Sv_Strickland (14). HRs_San Francisco, Duggar (2).
Angels 10, Rockies 7 Col. LA
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Gray, McGee (7), Ottavino (8), Oh (8) and Wolters, Iannetta; Despaigne, Buttrey (5), Alvarez (6), J.Anderson (7), Jerez (8), Johnson (8), Ramirez (9) and Arcia. W_Johnson 5-3. L_Ottavino 6-3. Sv_Ramirez (1). HRs_Colorado, Wolters (3), LeMahieu (12). Los Angeles, Trout (31), Ohtani (15).
Basketball WNBA Playoffs
Semifinals (x-if necessary) (Best-of-5) Seattle 1, Phoenix 0 Sunday, Aug. 26: Seattle 91, Phoenix 87 Tuesday, Aug. 28: Phoenix at Seattle, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31: Seattle at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Washington 1, Atlanta 0
Sunday, Aug. 26: Washington 87, Atlanta 84 Tuesday, Aug. 28: Washington at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31: Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. All Times ADT
Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball Players Association MLBPA — Named Bruce Meyer senior director, collective bargaining & legal. American League BOSTON RED SOX — Sent C Christian Vazquez on a rehab assignment to Portland (IL). DETROIT TIGERS — Activated LF JaCoby Jones from the 10-day DL. Optioned CF Mike Gerber to Toledo (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent C Gary Sanchez on a rehab assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Signed RF Quintin Berry to a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Daniel Mengden from Nashville (PCL). Optioned RHP Chris Bassitt to Nashville. SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed LHP Marco Gonzales on the 10day DL. Recalled OF Guillermo Heredia from Tacoma (PCL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned LHP Max Fried to Gwinnett (IL). CINCINNATI REDS — Sent RHP Rookie Davis outright to Louisville (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Signed RHP Zach McAllister to a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated RHP Ryan Madson from the 10-day DL. Placed RHP Kelvin Herrera on the 10-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SAN ANTONIO SPURS — G Manu Ginobili announced his retirement. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Tim Ellis chief marketing officer. ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed K Giorgio Tavecchio. DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Robert Ayers. Waived CB Josh Okonye. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed CB Kayvon Webster. Waived NT Marcus Hardison.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed LB Brandon Chubb. Waived RB Tion Green. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived C Jacob Judd. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released WR Eric Decker and DB Eddie Pleasant. Signed RB Kenneth Farrow, WR K.J. Maye and RB Khalfani Muhammad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Agreed to terms with WR Odell Beckham Jr. on a five-year contract extension. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Traded WR Ryan Switzer and a 2019 sixth-round draft pick to Pittsburgh for a 2019 fifth-round draft pick. Signed CB Jarell Carter and DT Connor Flagel. Released OT Breno Giacomini. Placed WR Griff Whalen on injured reserve. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with RB Lenard Tillery. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Announced a three-year extension of their affiliation agreement with Toledo (ECHL) through the 202021 season. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with RW Troy Brouwer to a one-year contract. OLYMPIC SPORTS U.S. ANTI-DOPING AGENCY — Named Dr. Jennifer Royer TrueSport and athlete education director. Announced weightlifter Robert Ortiz accepted a 16-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. COLLEGE ARIZONA — Dismissed LB Santino Marchiol. GUILFORD — Named Adam Crawford men’s golf coach. MISSISSIPPI STATE — Suspended senior QB Nick Fitzgerald one game for a violation of team policy. PITTSBURGH — Announced graduate QB Jeff George Jr. has transferred from Michigan. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE — Named Frank Holbrook baseball coach. UCLA — Suspended OL Boss Tagaloa and TE Devin Asiasi three games each, RB Soso Jamabo two games and DL Osa Odighizuwa, DB Mo Osling and DL Moses Robinson-Carr one game each for unspecified rules violations.
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Anne P. Barrett, Beneficiary, First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee, Dustin Leavitt a married man, Trustor(s). NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee originally named or upon substitution under the below described Deed of Trust HEREBY GIVES NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND OF ELECTION TO SELL pursuant to the provisions of AS 34.20.070 as follows: 1. The Trustor’s name is Dustin Leavitt a married man. and is not a member of the Armed Forces of the United States protected by the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended or the Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003, (SCRA) 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq. (117 Stat 2835). 2. The Deed of Trust dated September 11, 2015 to secure payment of a promissory note of the same date, was recorded on September 14, 2015 as Serial # 2015008066-0 in the records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska; 3. The trust property is described as: Lot 8 KISKA Subdivision, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 77-49, Records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska The trust property is located at: 53220 Jahwa Avenue, Nikiski Alaska 99635. 4. A breach of the obligation for which the Deed of Trust is security has occurred. 5. The nature of the breach is that the Trustor has failed to satisfy a certain indebtedness according to the terms thereof as evidenced by written promissory note dated September 10, 2015 the payment of which is secured by said Deed of Trust; 6. The sum presently owing on the obligation is Eighty four thousand seventy dollars and eighty cents/100 Dollars ($84,070.80) together with accruing interest since December 3, 2017 , plus late payment charges of $0.00 and costs and attorney’s fees. 7. Upon the basis of the sworn statement of beneficiary and demand for sale, the Trustee hereby gives its notice of election to sell the above-described property at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States, payable at time of sale, to satisfy the said obligation, interest, costs and attorney’s fees. 8. The said sale shall be held at the main door of the Alaska Court Building, 125 Trading Bay, Kenai, Alaska at the hour of 10:00 AM o’clock a.m. on November 26, 2018. 9. The default having arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale under this section terminated if the sum in default, which is principal in the amount of $84,070.80 as of the audit report date of July 20, 2018 and late payment fees if applicable together with principal from the audit report date until date of payment, together with accrued interest of $2774.06 as of the audit report date plus interest until the date of payment at the per diem rate of 12.0923 per cent, together with attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default, is made before the sale date stated herein or to which the sale is postponed. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid without cash in an amount equal to the balance owed on the obligation at the time of sale, including all sums expended by Beneficiary and Trustee under the Deed of Trust with interest thereon. Any inquiries regarding the sale should be directed to Phil N. Nash, Attorney at Law, 110 S. Willow Street, Suite 104, Kenai, Alaska, 99611, telephone (907) 2837514, facsimile (907)-283-7429. DATED this 15 day of August, 2018. First American Title Insurance Company By Kristin Larson Its: Authorized Signer Pub: 8/28,9/4,11,18/2018 822965
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST This document has serious legal consequences. Please read it carefully and consult your attorney with any questions. Original Trustee: Stewart Title of the Kenai Peninsula, Inc. Trustor: Christopher R. Dimick, a married man Beneficiary: David A. Silva and Debra K. Silva, husband and wife NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Deed of Trust was recorded on February 7, 2014 under serial number 2014-000999-0, in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, describing: Lots Twenty (20), Twenty-one (21) and Twenty-two (22), Block Three (3), WHISPERING SPRUCE SUBDIVISION, according to Plat No. 84-20, in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Street Address: 19165 Linda Lane, Kasilof, Alaska 99610. Breaches of the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust have occurred in that: Trustor has failed to pay when due the principal and interest owing Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said promissory note, failed to pay real property taxes when due as required by the Deed of Trust, failed to keep the property in good condition and repair, committed and permitted waste thereon the property, and failed to carry fire insurance on the house located on the property. By reason of said breach, the Beneficiary has declared all sums secured by said Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable. There is now owed and unpaid the following (as of July 9, 2018). Current balance: $63,477.75 Interest: $991.00 Late Charges Due: $400.00 Foreclosure Costs to Date: $566.00 Foreclosure Fees to Date: $990.00 -------------------Total Amount Currently Due: $66,424.75 The amount due will increase hereafter by the amount of interest incurred at 6.0% per annum after 07/13/2018 (currently $10.43 per diem), and by future late charges, foreclosure fees and/or foreclosure costs, and by any sums properly advanced or expended under the terms of the Deed of Trust with interest as therein provided. WHEREFORE, upon demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the property at public auction and to the highest and best bidder for cash and lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale upon closing of bids to satisfy the above-mentioned indebtedness, together with any interest which may hereafter accrue, together with all sums properly advanced or expended under the terms of said Deed of Trust, and together with all necessary expenses incurred. In this Notice, “cash� means currency of the United States, United States Post Office money orders, or cashier’s checks issued by a bank having a branch in the state of Alaska. Beneficiary shall have the right to bid by offset without cash in an amount not greater than the balance owed on the obligation at the time of sale including all sums expended by Beneficiary and Trustee under the Deed of Trust, with interest thereon. Except for said offset bid, no one will be permitted to bid until the person conducting the sale for the trustee has verified that the prospective bidder has “cash� funds (as defined above) equal to their bid amount, on hand at the time of sale. WHEREFORE, the above-described real property will be sold at public auction in the main lobby of the Kenai Courthouse, Third Judicial District Courthouse in Kenai, located at 125 Trading Bay Drive, Kenai, Alaska 99611, on the 10th day of October, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 a.m. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid without cash in an amount equal to the balance owed on the obligation at the time of sale, including all sums expended by Beneficiary and Trustee under the Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, and further including all other sums then secured thereby. Conditions of reinstatement: If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the Deed of Trust, the default may be cured and the foreclosure terminated if (1) at any time before the sale date stated herein or a date to which the sale is postponed, payment is made of the sum then in default, other than principal that would not be due if the default had not occurred, plus attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the Beneficiary and Trustee due to the default, and (2) if the Trustee does not elect to refuse payment and proceed with the sale if the recording of a notice of default and reinstatement have occurred two or more time previously under the Deed of Trust described above. Direct inquiries to the Law Offices of Ehrhardt, Elsner & Cooley, Attn: Joshua Bryan Cooley, at 215 Fidalgo Ave., suite 201, Kenai, Alaska 99611, (907) 283-2876. DATED this 10th of July, 2018 STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC. BY: Chris Hough Authorized Signatory Pub: 8/14,21,28,9/4/18 821322
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE 3071746 NAMING TRUSTEE: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TRUSTOR: KENT L. TOMPKINS, a single person BENEFICIARIES: RONNIE L. ALDRIDGE and CHRISTINE ALDRIDGE, husband and wife OWNER OF RECORD: KENT L. TOMPKINS Said Deed of Trust was executed on the 27th day of June, 2017, and recorded on the 5th day of July, 2017, Serial No. 2017-004931-0. Said Deed of Trust has not been assigned by the Beneficiaries. Said documents having been recorded in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, describing: LOT ONE (1), LAKE VIEW TERRACE, #3, PHASE ONE, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 87-66, Records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska (Parcel No:063293-05). The physical address of the real property described above is 36866 St. Theresa Road, Soldotna, Alaska. The undersigned, being the original, or properly substituted Trustee hereby gives notice that a breach of the obligations under the Deed of Trust has occurred in that the Trustor has failed to satisfy the indebtedness secured thereby: ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT AND 49/100TH DOLLARS ($118,128.49), plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder. Said default may be cured and the sale terminated upon payment of the sum of default plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder, prior to the sale date. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously and default has been cured, the trustee may elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. Upon demand of the Beneficiaries, the Trustee elects to sell the above-described property, with proceeds to be applied to the total indebtedness secured thereby. Said sale shall be held at public auction at the ALASKA COURT SYSTEM BUILDING, 125 TRADING BAY DR., #100, KENAI, ALASKA, on the 2nd day of October, 2018, said sale shall commence at 11:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in conjunction with such other sales that the Trustee or its attorney may conduct. DATED this 29th day of June, 2018. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY By: Kristi A. Larson Title: Authorized Signer Pub: 8/14,21,28,9/4/18 832338
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Assistant Professor of Math KPC’s Kenai River Campus in Soldotna, Alaska is seeking an excellent individual to fill its Assistant Professor of Math position. It is a fulltime, 9 month per year, bipartite, tenure-track position. This enthusiastic individual will teach 100-200 level math courses, develop and teach courses online, advise students, and participate in university and community service. Salary will be commensurate with experience, to begin August 2019. For more information and to apply for this position go to KPC’s employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.
KPC’s Kachemak Bay Campus is looking to hire a Campus Director that demonstrates leadership, strong communication skills, integrity and vision to lead the campus into the future. The KBC Director is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the campus and reports to the KPC Director/CEO. Expected hire date is December 2018. Review date is 8/29/18; posting may close on or after the review date. Salary is commensurate with experience, excellent benefits include health and life insurance, retirement and tuition waiver benefits. For more information and to apply for this position go to KPC’s employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination
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attending, but how should I tell her I’m not coming? We haven’t been close in years, but she was a bridesmaid in my wedding. Should I just send the RSVP card back with a “no,” or should I let her know upfront? -- CAUGHT OFF GUARD IN VIRGINIA DEAR CAUGHT: I assume that after Katie marries the “friend” who sexually assaulted you, your relationship will be over. While you may have repressed the memory until now, I find it hard to believe that all three of you had an attack of amnesia. There’s no need to contact her at this point to remind her of what her fiance is capable of. Just say no. If she contacts you to ask why, explain it to her then. 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. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby -- Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018: This year you might note that some of your friends are looking at you twice. You are capable of coming up with two opposing ideas and solutions at once. This dichotomy directly reflects the wholeness of your thinking and your lack of bias. If you are single, you draw many wannabe suitors toward you. You might enjoy dating this year, at least through early summer. If you are attached, don’t play devil’s advocate with your sweetie, as it isn’t likely to work out in your favor. Schedule some more one-on-one time as a couple. PISCES envies your ability to relate. 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) HHHHH The constriction you felt in the morning could vanish by the afternoon. At that point, you won’t care less about what was going on in the morning. Don’t be too cavalier, or it could backfire. If you seem too chipper, others could get jealous. Tonight: Be more easygoing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Focus on what is significant to you in the morning; you will want the rest of the day for research and reflection. A close loved one might not be as supportive as you would like him or her to be. Remember that we all come from different experiences. Tonight: Catch some zzz’s. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be wondering what is going on. First, you run into a demanding boss or key person in your life. Your instincts tell you to try logic, but that is not likely to work
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right now. In fact, for some people, frustration and anger could be building. Tonight: Be more diplomatic. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Follow your instincts in the morning. In the afternoon, you’ll have to deal with someone’s irritable mood. Tension could be so high that an argument breaks out between you. Try not to hit this person below the belt with a sharp comment. Tonight: Choose a favorite stress-buster. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could find that a discussion propels you into nevernever land. What you visualize as a potential possibility might be impossible for others to wrap their minds around. You might want to follow through on your idea and test it out. Tonight: Work with the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Others will seek you out early on. You might feel as if you are dealing with the impossible. By noon, if not earlier, you’ll decide to deal with each individual directly. Others appreciate what you are doing and let you know. Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner and drinks. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Be more supportive of yourself. Understand what you need to do in order to finish a project. You might not have as much control over your life in the afternoon, when others seek you out. Be selective in your choices. You have tasks to complete! Tonight: Celebrate a change. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could have a problem with a boss or someone who has a big impact on your life. Stay upbeat, and try to understand the core issue. Your positive attitude defines
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the results. Don’t make problems where there aren’t any. All’s well that ends well. Tonight: Don’t lose your focus. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You are full of get-upand-go. You’ll handle a personal matter in the morning. Clear out as much as you can, yet be OK with needing to continue the resolution later. Note the creative surge you experience in the afternoon. Use it to your advantage. Tonight: Go full speed ahead! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Stay centered, knowing full well what is too much to take on. You gain success through perseverance; forget being a superhero. Focus your energy on resolving an important domestic issue later in the day. You’ll be glad that you did. Tonight: Go for a power nap if you need it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Your grumbling over a monetary issue could point to a constructive outcome. Too much generosity will not serve you well. Be sensitive to your budget. How you see an impending interaction could define the results. Tonight: Visualize positive possibilities. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Clear out a hassle quickly in the morning. If you can identify with the other party involved, the solution will appear easily and let you see the matter in a new light. Go buy a token of appreciation that is long overdue. Tonight: Try not to overspend while out shopping! BORN TODAY Singer/songwriter Shania Twain (1965), musician Florence Welch (1986), singer/songwriter Jake Owen (1981)
A STICKY SITUATION Dear Readers: Got a helium balloon that’s floated to the top of your cathedral ceiling? Grab another helium balloon tied to a long length of string, and get some tape rolled sticky-side out. Adhere the tape to the balloon, and release enough string to meet the wayward balloon. Both balloons should come down together! -- Heloise PURSE POLICE Dear Heloise: I am a retired police officer and do the family grocery shopping. I’ve observed ladies’ purses open in their shopping carts. Purses should be closed to avoid theft of a wallet. Take the “seat belt” strap and thread it through the purse strap and click it. This will prevent a thief from stealing your purse and save you the frustration and angst of replacing its contents. Should someone try to make off with the purse, the person will get only a few inches away, drag the cart, alert you to the attempt and abandon the theft. -- Jim C., Dayton, Ohio THE BRUSHOFF Dear Heloise: Feeding hummingbirds is fun and rewarding, but keeping feeders clean is so important to prevent spreading disease. The little feeding holes are hard to clean, but the tiny brushes designed to clean between teeth make the job easy. Find them in the dental supplies section. I read your column in The (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review. -- Janet L., Kellogg, Idaho SLEEP SCENT Dear Heloise: When I’m getting ready for bed, I spritz on some light fragrance. The scent relaxes me, it’s fresh and clean, and the sheets and pillows end up smelling good, too! I’m not going to save my perfumes for just the daylight! -- Judy B., Anderson, Ind.
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: I have reached a crossroads with my career. I used to love my job. I play an important role at my company, and I’m good at what I do. Long term, it provides job security. However, the pay is subpar, and my recent request for a raise was denied. I haven’t received a raise in several years. I couldn’t get a straight answer about the denial. I was told it wasn’t my work performance. I have started looking elsewhere, and I have several interviews scheduled. All of them will give me a $15,000-per-year salary increase over what I currently make for doing what I do. I wasn’t asking that much for a raise, not even close. But what makes this difficult is my co-workers. They are devastated at the thought of me leaving. One of them, someone I’m fairly close to, was so angry he went to our boss himself without my knowledge. I don’t know what he said, but he got me a raise, albeit a very small one. However, my heart is set on leaving. While I appreciate his going out on a limb for me, I now feel “obligated” to stay. Abby, I’m having a hard time with this. Can you help? -- MOVING ON IN THE EAST DEAR MOVING ON: Have a private conversation with the friend who went to bat for
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Although some cat owners still let their pets roam free, the felines are a leading cause of bird mortality, and bird and cat proponents agree that both species are safer if cats are reined in.
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cats kept indoors has increased dramatically in recent years, she says. Cats kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds in the United States and Canada every year, according to researchers from the Smithsonian and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Worldwide, they’ve contributed to the extinction of dozens of species of birds, researchers say. Besides birds, cats also are a serious threat to many small mammals and other wildlife.
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people opting for walking cats on a leash, or putting in a catio,� says Bays. Catios are screened-in outdoor enclosures, often featuring shelves or ramps, intended as safe outdoor areas for pet cats. Catios vary widely in size and style, and some even have room for people, too. There are catio kits and building designs available online. Bays says catios are a good option for cats who dash out the door at every opportunity. They don’t have to be fancy. “Even a window-box catio can
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