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Tuesday, August 21, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 48, Issue 277

In the news Body of man found floating off Southeast island JUNEAU (AP) — An Alaska fisherman found the body of a man floating off Yakobi Island.

Alaska State Troopers say the state medical examiner will conduct an autopsy and attempt to identify the remains.

The Coast Guard on Saturday night took a call from a fishing vessel saying the body was floating about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) off shore near Cape Cross on the west side of Yakobi Island.

Yakobi Island is off the northwest corner of Chichagof Island.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers on fisheries patrol recovered the body.

Troopers say the victim was an older white man.

They could not make an initial identification.

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Voters take to ballots boxes in primary

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

Tuesday ushers in the election season in earnest in Alaska with the primary election for state and national offices.

Voters registered in one of Alaska’s official political parties get to cast their first ballot of the season Tuesday. On the Kenai Peninsula, the major races are for the three districts in the state House of Representatives and Senate, lieutenant governor, governor and for Alaska’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representa-

tives.

Governor For Democrats, there’s only one candidate on the ballot — Mark Begich. After Begich entered the race just before the registration deadline, incumbent governor Bill Walker withdrew from the Democratic primary and chose to run in the general as an Independent on a joint ticket with incumbent lieutenant governor Byron Mallott.

Republicans have a choice of seven candidates for governor — Darin Colbry of Anchor-

age, Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla, Thomas Gordon of Wasilla, Gerald Heikes of Palmer, Merica Hlatcu of Anchorage, Michael Sheldon of Petersburg and Mead Treadwell of Anchorage.

Treadwell and Dunleavy have emerged as the leaders in the Republican race, vying for votes on the peninsula with appearances at most of the major summer events on the Kenai Peninsula and both earning support the area’s Republicans.

The peninsula could go either way, and the candidates have put in a lot of face time to win votes

in the area, said Alaska Republican Party chairman Tuckerman Babcock.

“I think there’s not going to be a very tight race here for Begich, but I think it could be a very tight race for the Republicans.”

Dunleavy’s campaign has been gathering support across Southcentral in the days leading up to the race. Voters remain focused on crime and the Permanent Fund Dividend as major issues, said Kristie Babcock, the co-chair for Dunleavy’s campaign in the state.

Lieutenant Governor

Fish counts Estimated late run kings in the Kenai River: n Sunday: 242 n So far: 16,672 Estimated Kenai River reds: n Sunday: 28,742 n So far: 899,130 Russian River reds weir count: n Sunday: 1,528 n So far: 51,399

Alaska Natives believed whale hunt was legal

By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Indigenous hunters in Alaska initially believed they were legally hunting a beluga whale when they unlawfully killed a protected gray whale with harpoons and guns after the massive animal strayed into a river last year, a federal investigative report said.

After the shooting began, the hunters then believed the whale to be a bowhead, according to the report released to The Associated Press last week through a public records request.

“The hunters also believed that if they were the first ones to shoot or harpoon the whale, the kill would be theirs,” it states. “This comes with a large amount of community pride.”

Federal law prohibits killing gray whales, though Alaska Natives are allowed to kill other whales. The hunt underscores He’s swallowed all of the tension between animal them at some point. rights activists who want to “This is the one that alsafeguard at-risk species and most killed me in June,” he indigenous residents who desays casually, holding up the pend on subsistence fishing and sword with the cupped hilt. hunting as part of their ancient It’s longer than a dagger but culture and traditions. shorter than Excalibur, about The whale strayed into the two feet total. He cleans it Kuskokwim River near the expertly and replaces it with TOP: Sword swallower Dan Meyer demonstrates the technique Yup’ik village of Napaskiak the others, some of which during a show at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday in Ninion July 27, 2017. The 37-foot have also nearly killed him. lchik. (Photos courtesy Ben Boettger) whale was cut up, with about “I just swallowed it yester- ABOVE: Sword swallower Dan Meyer shows a sword to his audience during a show at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday 20,000 pounds (9,100 kiloday.” grams) of meat and blubber See FAIR, page A2 in Ninilchik. reportedly distributed among Alaska Natives in more than five communities.

U.S. officials didn’t prosecute the hunters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sent letters to officials in three communities advising Native leaders about the law and limits to subsistence whaling. ily of the Year. They will receive NOAA officials had dea plaque in a ceremony at the clined to say which communiAlaska State Fair in Palmer later ties received the March 2018 this month. The award was creletters, which also warned that ated in 2000 as a way to honor a future offenses would be dealt farming family. The recipient is with more severely. The docuchosen by an award committee ments show the letters were that from the Alaska Division of sent to tribal leaders in Bethel, Agriculture.

Napaskiak and Oscarville.

Their wine received four Vivian Korthuis, CEO of the medals from the NorthWest wine Bethel-based Association of summit this spring as well. Their Village Council Presidents, got blueberry, red currant, goosea letter and said in a statement berry and rhubarb wine won two Monday that the organization silver and two bronze medals. respects national laws and inAt the 2017 NorthWest Wine ternational treaties to protect Summit, they won gold and silLaurie and Brian Olson at their farm on Wednesday, near Solwhales. ver medals for their haskap and dotna.

The couple was recently named Farm Family of the Year “We have provided edublack currant wines. The summit focuses on wines, ciders, by the Alaska State Fair. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula cational presentations about Clarion) See TALK, page A2 See HUNT, page A2

On the edge Learning to overcome fears and swallow swords

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

The swords of various length and width glitter from atop the black tablecloth on the back of the stage.

Some look like props from a Shakespearean drama, complete with cupped hilts recognizable from any movie about pirates. These swords are very real, though, and Dan Meyer knows every inch of them.

Estimated Kasilof River reds: n Aug. 14: 1,227 n As of Aug. 14: 394,288

Alaska Berries wins family farm award

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3 Tuntutuliak residents die in Kuskokwim River boating accident ANCHORAGE (AP) — Three residents of an Alaska village died in a riverboat accident.

Alaska State Troopers say the bodies of three residents of Tuntutuliak were pulled Sunday pulled from the Kuskokwim River.

Tuntutuliak is 40 miles from the Bering Sea coast and 440 miles west of Anchorage.

Troopers identified the dead as 50-year-old Peter Joseph Jr., 43-year-old Jennifer Joseph and 44-year-old Nettie Evan.

A family member on Saturday afternoon spoke by phone to Jennifer Joseph, who reported that the Josephs and Evan were on the Kuskokwim River between Napaskiak and Napakiak and heading home.

The Josephs’ unoccupied boat at about 6 p.m. Saturday was spotted on a sandbar.

Democrats again have one choice for the lieutenant governor’s seat in the primary — Debra Call of Anchorage.

Republicans have multiple choices, a number of them women: Lynn Gattis of Wasilla, Edie Grunwald of Palmer, Sharon Jackson of Eagle River, Kevin Meyer of Anchorage, Gary Stevens of Kodiak and Stephen Wright of Wasilla.

Neither Dunleavy nor Treadwell has formally identified a lieutenant governor runningmate yet. Sheldon, another

Alaska Berries is exactly what it sounds like. Owners Laurie and Brian Olson cultivate a large variety of berries, from saskatoons to haskaps and everything between.

Their farm off Poppy Lane outside Soldotna is also home to their winery and tasting room.

Alaska Berries is the only certified Alaska Grown winery in the state.

The couple both come from multi-generational farming families in the midwest. They moved to Alaska in 1990 from Montana.

They began farming in the area in 2002, selling their produce at local farmers markets.

This year they were named the Alaska State Fair Farm Fam-

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Republican gubernatorial candidate, has identified Wright as a runningmate.

Congress

In the sole race where they have multiple candidates on the ballot, Democrats will choose between four candidates for their favorite to run against incumbent Rep. Don Young: Dimitri Shein of Anchorage, Alyse Galvin of Anchorage, Christopher Cumings of Ketchikan and Carol Hafner of Box Elder, South Dakota.

Galvin and Shein have emerged as the leaders in the race, though Galvin is technically an undeclared candidate running in the Democratic primary.

Republicans have three candidates: Young, John Nelson of Chugiak and Jed Whittaker of Anchorage. Young has served in office for 43 consecutive years and is currently the longest-serving member of the House.

Legislature

In House District 29, Republicans will choose between Wayne Ogle and Ben Carpenter, both of Nikiski. Democrats have a single candidate, Shawn Butler of Hope. The winner of the general election will replace outgoing

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sakes and spirits made in Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Their tasting room is open noon - 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday until the end of December.

Q: How long have you been farming?

A: Brian Olson: We’ve always had our fingers in the soil.

Laurie Olson: We began planting and selling our vegetables at the farmer’s markets around 2002. Then we worked our way into berries around 2004. In 2012 we got licensed for the wine, and we opened our tasting room in 2014. From there it evolved into

representative Mike Chenault, who had thrown his hat in the ring for the gubernatorial race but withdrew for personal reasons before the filing deadline.

In District 30, incumbent Republican representative Gary Knopp is the sole candidate.

In District 31, incumbent Paul Seaton is running a nonpartisan candidate in the Democratic primary. Seaton has identified and run as a Republican since 2002, but the party ousted him after he joined the bipartisan House Majority Caucus in 2016, taking control of the House away from Republicans.

Republicans will choose between three primary candidates in the southern peninsula district: Sarah Vance of Homer, John Cox of Anchor Point and Henry Kroll of Anchor Point.

Central Kenai Peninsula Republicans will also have a choice of two Republicans for Senate District O: incumbent Peter Micciche and challenger Ron Gillham, both of Soldotna. Because there are no other candidates, the winner of the primary will effectively win the race.

Polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Find Kenai Peninsula polling locations on the Alaska Division of Elections’ website.

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Meyer doesn’t match the traditional image of sword swallowers, who were frequently found in circus sideshows in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

He doesn’t have a single tattoo, and during his performance at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, he wore jeans, sneakers and a tasseled Southwest Native American-style jacket.

He found himself at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik this weekend as a side trip connected with his upcoming performances at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer from Aug. 23–Sept. 3. Despite the rain, a crowd gathered before the stage to watch as he paced through a routine, gradually swallowing larger and larger blades, including a pair of hedge clippers and a large straight razor.

Sword swallowing is real magic — while there’s some showmanship involved to make a good show, there’s a lot of skill and technique associated with it.

“I do a lot of medical associations, science events, science festivals, science fairs, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Reach Elizabeth Earl at ee- universities all over the world,” he said. “So I like being clean arl@peninsulaclarion.com. cut, showing up in a suit, doing a keynote and then pulling out a sword at the end, and nobody really believes I’m really going what it is today. to swallow it … There’s a lot of Q: Why berries?

A: Laurie Olson: We thought there wasn’t much available at the farmers market and we thought we could provide that.

Q: What does Alaska Berries offer?

A: Laurie Olson: Our wines Continued from page A1 and cider, berries, berry plants, jams, vinaigrette, syrups and whaling last October in our anjuice. We also raise bees, chick- nual convention to help educate ens and ducks. We also do U- the region we serve,” Korthuis Pick days when we have more wrote. “NOAA and other federthan we need. We have one this al agencies are always encourweek for our haskap berries. aged to interact with the tribes Q: What’s your favorite on a government-to-governpart about farming? ment basis.”

A: Laurie Olson: Interacting Napaskiak tribal administrawith people and working outside tor Sharon Williams said the with the plants.

Native council discussed the issue about two months ago.

Reach Victoria Petersen at “The incident came and vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. went,” Williams said. “We got com. reprimanded and that’s it.”

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science involved in sword swallowing, where it goes, a lot of history. I love doing it.”

The act is only part of a lifetime of defying his fears. In the 1970s, he found himself in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where he was serving as a missionary. That was where he witnessed sword swallowing for the first time, in the area where it was invented nearly 4,000 years ago.

But when a bout of malaria took him close to death, he made a list of life goals that he’d pursue if he made it through.

Making a deal with death, he told himself that if he survived, he’d accomplish goals like seeing Mt. Everest at sunrise and learning seven languages. He grew up with extreme fears but wanted to do real magic. Eventually, he learned juggling, fire eating, glass eating, unicycle riding and stilt walking.

Over the next 20 years, he moved from place to place ticking items off his list. But in 1997, he heard that there were less than a dozen sword swallowers left in the world. In a TED talk he delivered in Maastricht, the Netherlands in 2013, he said he added to his list.

“I met a sword swallower who I asked to give me some tips,” he said. “He said, ‘Sure, I have two tips for you. Number one, it’s extremely dangerous — people have died doing this.

Number two, don’t try it.’ So I added to my list.”

He practiced for years, and with no teacher or textbook, he

had to figure it out as he went.

There aren’t many sword swallowers left where it originated in India, and though American circuses displayed it in sideshows in the 19th and 20th centuries, the last circus sword swallower died in 1979.

Sword swallowing isn’t strictly swallowing — it’s actually suppressing the normal muscle movements involved to allow the throat to stay open and the sword to reach down to the stomach. He successfully swallowed his first sword in 2001.

At least 29 people have reportedly died from unsuccessful sword swallowing, largely through lacerations to internal organs. Meyer’s had his own injuries and close calls.

“I went through my stomach swallowing five swords at once,” he said. “That was the first time I’d done multiples. I got a little bit overconfident …

My stomach was punctured.

I was in the hospital for about three weeks — almost quit, almost died.”

Less than a month later, he was back at it, swallowing five swords on a documentary shoot.

By compiling research and studying practitioners, he published a medical research study on sword swallowing and its side effects published in the British Medical Journal in 2006, tracking the history and potential injuries and side effects of the practice.

For about the last 20 years,

he’s given shows at fairs and expositions all over the world, from Kazakhstan to Arizona and appeared on America’s Got Talent in 2008 and in 2016. But a major highlight for him is giving talks on stages like the TED talk in Maastricht, encouraging people to overcome their fears.

“I try to downplay me and inspire them that they can do the impossible in their lives,” he said. “It’s not so much about me showing off, it’s trying to inspire them. For me, that’s a big challenge, to get inside of people’s heads and get in their hearts. A lot of people will come up and they’ll be in tears, they’ll give me hugs. That’s what makes it worthwhile for me.”

The traces of that fearful, socially anxious man are gone.

After his afternoon performance Saturday, he walked the pathways among the crowds and food vendors at the Kenai Peninsula Fair cheerfully, occasionally stopping to offer an enthusiastic greeting to someone in the crowd. Children who’d seen him perform came scampering up to tell him they’d loved his act and to offer hugs.

“You’re not going to try that, though, right?” he asked a group of girls.

Bright eyes and smiles wide, they shook their heads with an emphatic “no.”

The other leaders who received the letters could not immediately be reached for comment Monday.

The Washington, D.C.-based Animal Welfare Institute criticized NOAA for not pushing for charges over a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Institute wildlife biologist DJ Schubert also questioned the claim that the hunters originally believed the gray whale to be a much smaller, white beluga, and then a bowhead.

Subsistence hunting of smaller beluga whales is allowed in the region. Bowheads, however, can only be legally hunted by 11 villages farther

north that are authorized by the International Whaling Commission.

And the commission only allows a small number of gray whales to be harvested by Russian hunters.

“We have laws in this country. Laws have to be followed,” Schubert said. “If laws are not going to be followed, why have them?”

In a similar case in 2016, Native Alaska villagers in Toksook Bay killed a protected humpback whale. It also prompted a NOAA investigation that did not result in prosecution.

Killing the gray whale last

year helped Native Alaska residents who got its meat and blubber after much of the salmon they had harvested was ruined by heavy rains, Williams said last year. The rain prevented the fish that was being dried outside from preserving properly.

Eastern Pacific gray whales, also called California gray whales, are protected by federal rules. They feed in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas in summer and migrate down the West Coast each winter to breed, mostly in the bays of Baja California. The whales were removed from the endangered species list in 1994.

Reach Elizabeth Earl at eearl@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Around the Peninsula Election return watch party The Republican Women of the Kenai wil lhost a primary election return watch party at the Kenadall Chrysler Jeep dealership at 44055 Sterling Highway in Soldotna on Tuesday form 7–10 p.m.

There will be free pizza and snacks and a silent auction.

School immunizations available

Before school starts is a great time to talk to your healthcare provider or your local public health center to make sure your child’s vaccinations are current. For more information call Kenai Public Health Center at 335-3400.

CIRCAC to hold meeting The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council’s Environmental Monitoring Committee (EMC) teleconference meeting will be hosted in Kenai on Friday, August 24th at 8am to 9.30am at the Cook Inlet RCAC Office, 8195 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai, AK 99611. The public is welcome to attend. For directions or more information call 907-283-7222 or 800-652-7222.

Cook Inlet RCAC is a non-profit corporation mandated by Congress in 1990 to provide citizen oversight of the production and transportation of crude oil in Cook Inlet. Keeping citizens of Cook Inlet informed of our meetings is an important mandate, and we appreciate your willingness to help us promote our public meetings for our Board.

LeeShore Center board to meet The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly board meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For further information call 283-9479.

Nikiski Recreation Center activities —The Nikiski Pool will be closed for annual maintenance from September 3–24. The pool will reopen Sept. 26 for our normal winter hours. For more information, please check our Facebook page or our website.

—Fall swim lessons: Swim lesson registration will begin Monday, September 24 at noon. Classes are offered for: Beginners, Advanced Beginners, Intermediates, Semi-Privates, Tiny Tots and Log Rolling. For more information, call 776-8800 — Youth flag football: 4th-8th grade boys and girls flag football season begins August 20 and will run through September. Games are held Monday and Thursday nights at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center Fields. For more information, please call 7768800.

— Artsy toddler time: Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting and Artsy Toddler Story time on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. for 2-5 year olds. Kids will get to do an art project based on a story read during the event. For more information, please contact 776-8800.

— Toddler time: The Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting Toddler Time on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays from 11am-12:30pm. For more information, please contact 7768800.

— Women’s league basketball: Games will be held on Tuesday &/or Friday nights with games beginning in September. For more information, call 776-8800.

—Open gym nights: Teen Center, Monday– Friday, 2:30–8 p.m.

Full Swing Golf, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

Caregiver support group The Caregiver Support group will meet Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 1 p.m. at the Kenai Senior Center. The topic will be “Part 1 Training DVD from The Pines of Sarasota Education and Training Institute.” Learn with dementia expert Teepa Snow about “Designing a Supportive Dementia Care Environment.” Please call Judy or Sharon at 262-1280 for more information, or just join.

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

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death.

We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge.

Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries.

Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy. com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department.

How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium.

Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services.

Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format.

For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

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community and legislature; members serve 3-year terms. Seward- ours! The dollhouse will be out for everyone to play with. Meets at area residents interested in serving should submit a letter of interest the same time and place as LEGO Club. and resume by Aug. 28 to: College Director, Kenai Peninsula Col—Fireweed Jelly Workshop: Thursday, Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m. lege, 156 College Rd., Soldotna AK 99669.

Come learn how to make delicious jelly out of the beautiful Interested individuals with questions can call 262-0318. fireweed that blooms on the peninsula! Class size is limited to 12 people, and children must have an adult helper. Free but must preregister at the front desk. For more information call Ryanna at 2838208. ——Crackle Glass Earrings: Friday, Aug. 24 at 4 p.m.

Soldotna Senior Center fundraiser Learn an easy beading technique and take home a pair of beautiSoldotna Senior Center’s Fall Round-Up will be held on Satur- ful earrings! Class size limited to 12 participants ages 12 and older, day, Sept. 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a hearty prime sign up at the front desk or call Lilly at 283-4378. This is a FREE rib dinner with all the trimmings, featuring the famous boot stomp- class! ing, hand clapping, get-up-and-dance music of the Spur Highway —Let’s Draw! Dinosaurs: Thursday, Aug. 30 at 4 p.m.

Spankers. There will be door prizes, a grand door prize, and aweHave fun drawing Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, and more some items in our silent and outcry auctions. Tickets are $28 for dinosaur friends in this interactive class. We will also be learning adults and $14 for children under 12. about skeletons and how they relate to drawing dinosaurs. If you This event is open to the public. For tickets, reservations, or plan to attend please sign up at the front desk. information, please contact the Senior Center at 907-262-2322.

—DIY Bath Bombs: Friday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m.

Learn how to make your own soothing and energizing bath bombs!

Made with sweet almond oil, baking soda, Epsom salt, esKenai National Wildlife Refuge activities sential oils, and dried lavender flowers!

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center is open every day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Ski Hill Road near Soldotna. For Soldotna Public Library activities more information, call 260-2820.

—Daily wildlife movies at the visitors center. 11 a.m., noon and For more information, contact the library at Soldotna Public Li2 p.m.—Refuge film, 1 p.m.—Raptor force, 3 p.m.— Moose: Life brary at 262-4227. of a twig eater — YA Café, every Wednesday at 4 p.m., for middle school and —Aug. 25 — Tale of Two Cabins — Hear stories of life high school students. Snacks provided. one the Kenai and explore two renovated log cabins from the 1920s — Toddler story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for children ages 18 and 1940s. Easy, short walk on a gravel path. 2 p.m. months to 3 years.

—Sept. 1— Cuba’s endemic birds— Guides speaker Er— Bouncing babies story time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, for nesto Reyes. 2 p.m. children up to 18 months.

— Preschooler story time, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, for children 3 to 5 years old.

Grief recovery methods workshop available — LEGO Brick Club, 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Tell your story and build Peninsula Community Health Services will host a nine-week a world with LEGO. Adult supervision needed for children under program on “The Grief Recovery Method Workshop: The action 10.

Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses” Book Club on Wednesday evenings from 6–9 p.m. from Aug. 29–Oct. 24.

— Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. — This month we will be discussThe program is a closed group that meets at Peninsula Community ing “The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir” by Jennifer Ryan. For more inHealth Services in Soldotna at 230 E. Marydale Ave. The program formation about the book club and a full reading list, contact Reilly costs $95, and there are scholarships available. To register or for at rselmser@soldotna.org. futher information, call Gail Kennedy at 602-9944.

Alaskan Authors on Tour —Thursday, Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. — Join local authors Mike Chihuly, George Harbeson, McKibben Jackinsky, Mary Perry, and Bill Pickleball tournament Richardson for an evening at the library. Meet the authors, discuss The Second Annual Kenai River Pickleball Tournament will be their books and chat about the writing process! The authors will held on Aug. 25 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. This is also be selling and signing copies of their books. a round robin tournament with a single elimination finals bracket.

Documentary Screening: NOVA’s Decoding the Weather MaThere will be three skill divisions that include Advanced (4.0-5.0), chine Intermediate (3.5), and Novice (2.0-3.0). This is an non-sanctioned Thursday, Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. — Disastrous hurricanes. Widetournament but USAPA rules will be used. Women’s doubles tour- spread droughts and wildfires. Pervasive heat. Extreme rainfall. It’s nament will be from 8:00 am to noon and the Men’s Doubles Tour- hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather. And nament will be 1– 5 p.m. For more information or to register visit the vast majority of scientists agree that this trend toward unusual www.soldotna.org or call 907-714-1211. and extreme weather is not just a coincidence. It’s the result of the weather machine itself—our climate—changing, becoming hotter, more erratic. Climate change is arguably the defining challenge of Sterling to host Saturday breakfast our time, yet widespread misunderstanding and misinformation The Sterling Senior Center will be serving breakfast on Satur- have hampered the public’s ability to understand the science and day, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon. The menu will include bacon, address the issue. In this two-hour documentary, NOVA will cut sausage, scrambled eggs, pancakes and biscuits and gravy. Cost is through the confusion and help define the way forward. Why do $10 adults, $5 children. Everyone welcome. All proceeds to benefit scientists overwhelmingly agree that our climate is changing and the center. Further info, call 262-6806. that human activity is the cause? How will climate change affect us through the weather we experience, and when? And what will it take to bend the trajectory of planetary warming toward more Fundraiser Dinner benign outcomes? Join scientists around the globe on a quest to The second annual fundraiser for the “Saturday Lunch” program better understand the workings of the weather and climate machine for Ninilchik students (pre-k through 6th grade), will be held on we call Earth, and discover how they are finding that we can be Sept. 22 from 5–7 p.m. at the community center on Kingsley Road resilient—even thrive—in the face of enormous change. For more in Ninilchik. There will be two delicious dinner options (one is information about the film, visit bit.ly/weathermachine. vegan). A $10 donation is suggested. All proceeds go to support a Everyday Computer Skills for Beginners: Fridays at the Soldotweekend food program for elementary students. na Public Library, Sept. 14–Nov. 2 at 12:30, Tuesdays and WednesThere will be a silent auction and dessert auction. Feel free to days at Kenai Peninsula College from Sept. 11–Oct. 31 at 12:30 bring items for either one. Call 240-5212 for additional informa- p.m. Do you want to learn how to use a computer or the internet, tion. but just don’t know where to start? We’re offering free courses in partnership with KPC focusing on learning how to use computers for everyday tasks such as using documents, finding information HAVE-Alaska dinner/fundraiser/live music online, filling out forms, and connecting with friends and famHAVE-Alaska, an Alaska-based nonprofit dedicated to promot- ily through email or social media. Register in person at the KPC ing the physical and psychological rehabilitation of American Vet- Learning Center or by phone 262-0327. erans injured in service to our country through outdoor activities Book Signing with Cassondra Windwalker: Thursday, Sept. 5 at and travel, will host a dinner/fundraiser event at the Kenai Elks 6 p.m. Join local author Cassondra Windwalker for a book signing.

Lodge on Aug. 25 from 5–9 p.m. All proceeds will go to our 2019 Ms. Windwalker recently published a psychological thriller titled Veteran events. All money is used in Alaska for Alaska events. “Bury The Lead.” The author will be selling and signing copies of Tickets are $30. her book.

Community transportation meeting Change 4 the Kenai will host a public meeting on community transportation needs on Oct. 9, 2018 from 3–5 p.m. at the Kenai Public Library. Call in number 1-888-392-4560 Code 5749741. For more information, call 714-4521 or visit http://www.change4kenai. org/s-3-contest.html.

Harvest Moon Farm Tour Wondering what it takes to produce and sell food on the Kenai Peninsula? On Saturday, Sept. 8, tour three local farms that have met the challenge in unique ways. Taste a variety of Alaska Grown wines to complete the tour. This tour, sponsored by Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District and Kenai Local Food Connection, is the special kick-off event for Harvest Moon Local Food Week.

Tickets: $50, include a wine tasting at Alaska Berries. See the full schedule of Harvest Moon events at www.KenaiLocalFood.org.

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Lego Makers, Mondays from 4–5 p.m. Designed for children ages 6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

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What Others Say

Space Force may not be a bad idea, just not a high priority Earlier this month, President Trump’s

administration doubled down on his earlier proposal to create a Space Force as a new branch of the United States military. The suggestion, as before, was met with much eye-rolling and plenty of snarky remarks from the president’s critics.

We have argued before that space is a uniquely bad place to wage war. But Mr. Trump seems serious about the idea, so perhaps it’s worth seriously weighing.

And besides, it wouldn’t be the first time that pushing the military into a new frontier drew skepticism. Military officials at the start of World War I were famously critical of the usefulness of airplanes in combat. That turned out to be a shortsighted opinion, to say the least.

Certainly, the Air Force has helped make the world a safer place. It’s possible that boosting our military capabilities in space would do the same. But there are also a lot of ways things could go wrong.

For one thing, when something blows up in the air, it falls to the ground. When something blows up in space, it turns into millions of tiny bullets that whiz around the planet faster than the speed of sound until they burn up in the atmosphere or crash to Earth, sometimes many years later.

High-speed junk in orbit makes it harder to keep satellites safe, which threatens communications, scientific research, GPS service and, of course, military technology. All of that mess in space also makes it harder for us to get off of Earth, which is important for studying our home planet — and possibly for one day traveling to a new one.

So far, we don’t know how to clean up space. So if satellites — or missiles — started smashing into each other, the chain reaction could wipe out so much crucial technology that it could plunge us into a virtual Dark Age for many years.

That’s something called the Kessler Syndrome, and it’s not entirely hypothetical. In 2007, China tested an anti-satellite technology that created at least 150,000 pieces of debris — thousands of which are large enough to be tracked from the ground — that will orbit the Earth for decades.

In other words, the less stuff we blow up in space, the better.

Besides, the United States already has significant military capabilities in space. We blew up a satellite too, in 1985, for example. And each branch of the military already has operations dedicated at least in part to space-based warfare. Even the Coast Guard plans to launch satellites this year.

Mr. Trump and his administration have been decidedly light on details of how a Space Force would be any different from current operations. Perhaps it would be prudent to combine different areas of expertise under one command. But no one has effectively articulated what’s wrong with the existing setup.

The more immediate concern is that talk about a Space Force distracts from some significantly more pressing challenges facing the United States — not the least of which is growing aggression from North Korea, Russia, Iran and other dangerous regimes that still commit or facilitate plenty of violence here on Earth.

President Trump’s Space Force proposal is less a punchline than the reaction on late-night television would suggest. In fact, it’s not necessarily a preposterous idea at all, just one that ought to be very low on the priority list.

And our ultimate goal — whether we pursue it with a Space Force, existing military efforts, treaties or some combination thereof — ought to be preserving space as a place for exploration, learning and international cooperation, not yet another frontier for destruction and conflict.

—The Post and Courier of Charleston, Aug. 15

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

How to keep Aretha’s music playing

What does a white boy from the white suburbs of Washington, D.C., have to say about the passing of soul singer Aretha Franklin?

At 16, I was a DJ on a local radio station, playing the rock ‘n’ roll and doo-wop recordings of the day. Many of the artists were black. Richard Penniman (aka “Little Richard”) tells a funny story about white kids back then. In “Hail, Hail, Rock ‘n’ Roll,” the 1987 documentary about Chuck Berry, Little Richard noted that white kids would have Pat Boone’s albums on the top of their dressers to fool their parents, but the records of black artists hidden inside the dresser drawers.

The music of black artists like Aretha Franklin was soulful, and some of it was incredibly sexy, like Fats Domino’s “I Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill.” Black artists, especially gospel singers, influenced Elvis Presley and other white singers of the day, who mimicked their style and artistry, sanitized it, and then presented it to white audiences, many of whom would not have accepted music sung by blacks.

Aretha Franklin began singing in church, and her music, her soaring voice, which touched every part of one’s anatomy from head, to heart, to soul, soon became a vital part of the civil rights songbook.

It was my privilege to see many of these performers in person, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Duke Elling-

ton and their orchestras, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway in the all-black cast of “Hello, Dolly” starring Pearl Bailey, and many others on TV and in film, such as Nat “King” Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Di- Cal Thomas ana Ross and The Supremes, The Platters and the doo-wop singers of the ’50s.

These performers and their stories of racism and injustice helped form my positive views of the civil rights movement, along with my time at NBC News in Washington where I listened to stories brought back by reporters who had covered demonstrations in the South, meant to be peaceful, but which quickly devolved into violent confrontation, and even acts of murder perpetrated by racists, a word that today is too lightly and too often overused.

Little Richard tells a story about how he and other black artists would writes songs only to see the name of a white label owner or producer credited with their authorship, resulting in royalties going to them, leaving black artists with little to nothing.

Aretha Franklin suffered similar inequities. Take her most famous song,

“Respect.” It was written by the late Otis Redding, but as The New York Times reported, “…every time the song is played on the radio, Mr. Redding’s estate … has been paid. Ms. Franklin never was.”

I count two of Franklin’s performances among my favorites. One is her role as a waitress in the cult hit “The Blues Brothers,” starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, which also included knockout performances by Ray Charles and Cab Calloway. Franklin sings “Think” in a scene so fantastically choreographed that it would have been a showstopper on the Broadway stage.

My other favorite performance is a duet with Tony Bennett titled “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” If you haven’t seen it, go to YouTube. I tear up every time I watch.

The opening lyric goes: “How do you keep the music playing?

How do you make it last?

How do you keep the song from fading Too fast?

How will we keep Aretha Franklin’s music from fading? By playing it over and over again and introducing future generations to it, as we might any other classic.

Hers is a story in song and a life that inspired and influenced millions.

That’s not a bad epitaph for anyone.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Why it matters that teens are reading less

By JEAN TWENGE San Diego State University

Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago.

But today’s teens have come of age with smartphones in their pockets. Compared to teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like books and movies is fundamentally different.

My co-authors and I analyzed nationally representative surveys of over one million U.S. teens collected since 1976 and discovered an almost seismic shift in how teens are spending their free time.

Increasingly, books seem to be gathering dust.

It’s all about the screens

By 2016, the average 12th grader said they spent a staggering six hours a day texting, on social media, and online during their free time. And that’s just three activities; if other digital media activities were included, that estimate would surely rise.

Teens didn’t always spend that much time with digital media. Online time has doubled since 2006, and social media use moved from a periodic activity to a daily one. By 2016, nearly nine out of 10 12thgrade girls said they visited social media sites every day.

Meanwhile, time spent playing video games rose from under an hour a day to an hour and a half on average. One out of 10 8th graders in 2016 spent 40 hours a week or more gaming – the time commitment of a full-time job.

With only so much time in the day, doesn’t something have to give?

Maybe not. Many scholars have insisted that time online does not displace time spent engaging with traditional media. Some people are just more interested in media and entertainment, they point out, so more of one type of media doesn’t necessarily mean less of the other.

However, that doesn’t tell us much

The Conversation about what happens across a whole cohort of people when time spent on digital media grows and grows. This is what large surveys conducted over the course of many years can tell us.

Movies and books go by the wayside

While 70 percent of 8th and 10th graders once went to the movies once a month or more, now only about half do. Going to the movies was equally popular from the late 1970s to the mid-2000s, suggesting that Blockbuster video and VCRs didn’t kill going to the movies.

But after 2007 – when Netflix introduced its video streaming service – moviegoing began to lose its appeal. More and more, watching a movie became a solitary experience. This fits a larger pattern: In another analysis, we found that today’s teens go out with their friends considerably less than previous generations did.

But the trends in moviegoing pale in comparison to the largest change we found: An enormous decline in reading. In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that wasn’t assigned for school.

By 2016, only 16 percent did – a huge drop, even though the book, newspaper or magazine could be one read on a digital device (the survey question doesn’t specify format).

The number of 12th graders who said they had not read any books for pleasure in the last year nearly tripled, landing at one out of three by 2016. For iGen – the generation born since 1995 who has spent their entire adolescence with smartphones – books, newspapers and magazines have less and less of a presence in their daily lives.

Of course, teens are still reading. But they’re reading short texts and Instagram

captions, not longform articles that explore deep themes and require critical thinking and reflection. Perhaps as a result, SAT reading scores in 2016 were the lowest they have ever been since record keeping began in 1972.

It doesn’t bode well for their transition to college, either. Imagine going from reading two-sentence captions to trying to read even five pages of an 800-page college textbook at one sitting. Reading and comprehending longer books and chapters takes practice, and teens aren’t getting that practice.

There was a study from the Pew Research Center a few years ago finding that young people actually read more books than older people. But that included books for school and didn’t control for age. When we look at pleasure reading across time, iGen is reading markedly less than previous generations.

The way forward

So should we wrest smartphones from iGen’s hands and replace them with paper books?

Probably not: smartphones are teens’ main form of social communication.

However, that doesn’t mean they need to be on them constantly. Data connecting excessive digital media time to mental health issues suggests a limit of two hours a day of free time spent with screens, a restriction that will also allow time for other activities – like going to the movies with friends or reading.

Of the trends we found, the pronounced decline in reading is likely to have the biggest negative impact. Reading books and longer articles is one of the best ways to learn how to think critically, understand complex issues and separate fact from fiction. It’s crucial for being an informed voter, an involved citizen, a successful college student and a productive employee.

If print starts to die, a lot will go with it.

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Nation/World Official faces trial over Flint deaths

Colorado man charged with murder says wife killed daughters

By ED WHITE Associated Press

FLINT, Mich. — A judge on Monday ordered Michigan’s health director to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in two deaths linked to Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, the highest-ranking official to face criminal charges as a result of the city’s tainted water scandal.

Nick Lyon is accused of failing to issue a timely alert about the outbreak. District Court Judge David Goggins said deaths likely could have been prevented if the outbreak had been publicly known. He said keeping the public in the dark was “corrupt.”

Goggins found probable cause for a trial in Genesee County court, a legal standard that isn’t as high as beyond a reasonable doubt. Lyon also faces a charge of misconduct in office.

When the judge announced his decision, a woman in the gallery said, “Yes, yes, yes.”

“It’s a long way from over,” Lyon told The Associated Press.

He declined further comment.

Some experts have blamed Legionnaires’ on Flint’s water, which wasn’t properly treated when it was drawn from the Flint River in 2014 and 2015.

Legionella bacteria can emerge through misting and cooling systems, triggering a severe form of pneumonia, especially in people with weakened immune systems.

At least 90 cases of Legionnaires’ occurred in Genesee County, including 12 deaths.

More than half of the people had a common thread: They

Flint resident Ariana Hawkins celebrates with Katrina Petri after Genesee District Judge David J. Goggins gave his decision during Nick Lyon’s preliminary examination on Monday at Genesee District Court in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

spent time at McLaren Hospital, which was on the Flint water system.

The outbreak was announced

by Gov. Rick Snyder and Lyon in January 2016, although Lyon concedes that he knew that cases were being reported many months earlier. He is director of the Health and Human Services Department.

Nonetheless, he denies wrongdoing. Lyon’s attorneys said there was much speculation about the exact cause of Legionnaires’ and not enough solid information to share earlier with the public.

The investigation by state Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office is part of a larger probe into how Flint’s water system

became contaminated when the city used Flint River water for 18 months. The water wasn’t treated to reduce corrosion. As a result, lead leached from old pipes.

“We’re not looking at today as a win or a loss. We’re looking at today as the first step and the next step for justice for the moms, dads and kids of Flint,” said Schuette spokeswoman Andrea Bitely, who specifically mentioned the families of two men whose deaths the prosecution blames on Lyon — 85-year-old Robert Skidmore and 83-year-old John Snyder.

An additional 14 current or former state and local officials have been charged with crimes, either related to Legionnaires’

or lead in the water. Four agreed to misdemeanor plea deals; the other cases are moving slowly.

“Normally we don’t see government officials accused of manslaughter based on what they didn’t do,” said Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University law school in Detroit. “That does make it an unusual case, and it will make government officials be much more cautious. Maybe that’s the message here.”

Defense attorney John Bursch said the judge’s decision was “mystifying.” Goggins spent more than two hours summarizing evidence from weeks of testimony, but he didn’t specifically explain what swayed him to send Lyon to trial.

Brief Korean reunions bring tears for families

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — The 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday, their first meeting since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 195053 Korean War. “How many children do you have? Do you have a son?”

Lee Keum-seom asked her son Ri Sang Chol during their long-awaited encounter at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort.

The emotional reunion came after dozens of elderly South Koreans crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea to meet temporarily with their relatives. The weeklong event, the first of its kind in nearly three years, was arranged as the rival Koreas boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve a standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Hugging the woman he’d last seen when he was 4, Ri showed his mother a photo of her late husband, who had stayed behind in North Korea with him after being separated from his wife while fleeing south. “Mother, this is how my father looked,” Ri said.

Before leaving for North Korea, Lee said she wanted to ask her son “how he grew up without his mom and how his father raised him.”

Most of the participants in the reunions are in their 70s or older and are eager to see their loved ones once more before they die. Most have had no word on whether their relatives are still alive because they are not allowed to visit each other across the border or even exchange letters, phone calls or email.

About 90 elderly South Koreans, accompanied by their family members, will have three days of meetings with their North Korean relatives before returning to the South on Wednesday. A separate round of reunions from Friday to Sunday will involve more

Frustration rules as Venezuela unveils new currency CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Saul Jimenez just wanted to buy bread from his neighborhood bakery in Venezuela’s capital on Monday. It did not go well.

Banks and most other businesses were closed for the day as Venezuela launched a series of dramatic economic reforms, beginning with the release of a currency with five fewer zeros in a bid to tame soaring inflation.

Rampant inflation means it would take a fistful of bills to pay for a loaf of bread, so many Venezuelans like Jimenez rely on bank cards.

But with banks closed to reset their systems for the change, Jimenez’s cards wouldn’t work — in a scene that played out across Caracas.

“It wasn’t just mine. Others’ didn’t work either,” said the attorney, who left the bakery empty-handed and frustrated.

“Neither the debit card nor the credit card.”

The currency conversion

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is among the less controversial parts of President Nicolas Maduro’s economic plan.

He’ll next hike the minimum wage by more than 3,000 percent and raise gasoline prices — now less than a penny to fill up — to international levels.

Critics say the package of measures will only make the economic crisis worse.

Opposition leaders are seizing on tension among residents, calling for a nationwide strike and protest on Tuesday.

They hope to draw masses into the streets against Maduro’s socialist ruling party — something they’ve failed to do in over a year.

The closed banks spent Monday preparing to release the new currency: the “sovereign bolivar.” Maduro’s government says it will raise gasoline prices in late September to curtail rampant smuggling across borders. The dramatically higher minimum wage will go into effect starting Sept. 1.

than 300 other South Koreans, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry.

During Monday’s meeting, many elderly Koreans held each other’s hands and wiped away tears with handkerchiefs while asking how their relatives had lived. They showed photos of family members who couldn’t come to their meetings.

Han Shin-ja, a 99-year-old South Korean woman, was at a loss for words after she reunited with her two North Korean daughters, both in their early 70s. Not knowing their separation would be permanent, she left them behind in the North during the war while fleeing south with her third and youngest daughter.

She could only say “Ah” and “When I fled …” before choking up with tears.

Kim Sun Ok, an 81-year-old North Korean woman, said she found that she and her 88-yearold brother from South Korea resembled each other a great

deal. “Brother, it would be really good if Korean unification comes. Let’s live together even at least one minute after unification before we die,” the woman said tearfully.

Before this week’s reunions, nearly 20,000 people had participated in 20 rounds of faceto-face reunions since 2000.

Another 3,700 exchanged video messages with their North Korean relatives. None have had a second chance to see or talk with their relatives.

During the three years since the reunions were last held, North Korea tested three nuclear weapons and multiple missiles that demonstrated they potentially could strike the continental United States.

North Korea has shifted to diplomacy in recent months.

Leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a son of North Korean war refugees, agreed to resume the reunions during the first of their two summits this year in April.

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DENVER — A Colorado man told police that he killed his pregnant wife in “a rage” when he discovered she had strangled their two daughters after he sought a separation, according to an arrest affidavit released on Monday.

Colorado prosecutors, though, filed formal charges earlier in the day, accusing the former oil and gas worker of murdering his entire family days before he was interviewed by local television stations and pleaded for his missing family’s safe return home.

Christopher Watts, who is being held without bail, is due back in court on Tuesday morning to be advised of the charges filed against him.

District Attorney Michael Rourke declined to answer most questions about the case Monday but said his office has three prosecutors assigned to it. Rourke also said it was too early to discuss whether he will seek the death penalty.

Under state law, the top punishment for homicide is the death penalty or life in prison.

The arrest affidavit was sealed at prosecutors’ request until Monday, a frequent request in Colorado as prosecutors determine what charges to file after someone has been arrested.

After filing charges, prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to unseal it — revealing Watts’ confession that he had killed his wife and his accusation that she was responsible for the deaths of 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste.

The document also says police confirmed that Christopher Watts was having an affair with a co-worker, something he denied in earlier conversations with investigators.

Brazil rules out closing border to Venezuelan immigrants SAO PAULO — Brazil won’t close its border with Venezuela despite tensions that led to attacks on migrants who had fled to the border town of Pacaraima in the northern state of Roraima, an official said Monday.

Institutional Security Minister Gen. Sergio Etchegoyen told a news conference that closing the border would be illegal and wouldn’t help ease the situation in the border town.

Residents of Pacaraima attacked Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local storeowner was robbed, stabbed and beaten in an assault the Brazilians blamed on four immigrants. The owner — 55-year-old Raimundo Nonato de Oliveira — was discharged from hospital on Sunday.

“The closing of the border is unthinkable because it is illegal,” Etchegoyen said.

Political and economic turmoil has driven tens of thousands of Venezuelans across the border, straining the capacity of small towns in the area to cope.

About 510,000 Brazilians live in Roraima and 12,000 of those are in Pacaraima, a city that has received five times its population in Venezuelan migrants.

Roraima state Gov. Suely Campos has pressured Brazil’s federal government and judicial authorities to close the border with Venezuela or send enough help.

—The Associated Press

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2018. There are 132 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia resulting in the deaths of at least 55 whites. (Turner was later executed.)

On this date: In 1609, Galileo Galilei demonstrated his new telescope to a group of officials atop the Campanile (kahm-pah-NEE’-lay) in Venice.

In 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place.

In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting was recovered two years later in Italy.)

In 1912, the Boy Scouts of America named its first Eagle Scout, Arthur Rose Eldred of Troop 1 in Rockville Centre, N.Y. In 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in a Mexican hospital from wounds inflicted by an assassin the day before.

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

In 1961, country singer Patsy Cline recorded the Willie Nelson song “Crazy” in Nashville for Decca Records. (The recording was released in October 1961.)

In 1963, martial law was declared in South Vietnam as police and army troops began a violent crackdown on Buddhist anti-government protesters.

In 1983, Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport. The musical play “La Cage Aux Folles” opened on Broadway.

In 1987, Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, the first Marine court-martialed for spying, was convicted in Quantico, Virginia, of passing secrets to the KGB. (Lonetree ended up serving eight years in a military prison.)

In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.

In 1992, an 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.

In 2000, rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush issued a federal disaster declaration for parts of Florida affected by Tropical Storm Fay. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials. Twin Taliban suicide bombings at Pakistan’s largest weapons complex killed at least 67 people. At the Summer Olympics, Japan defeated the U.S. softball team, 3-1, to win the gold medal. Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball, beating Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China. The U.S. women’s soccer team won the gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 in extra time.

Five years ago: Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced at Fort Meade, Maryland, to up to 35 years in prison for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets. (The former intelligence analyst, now known as Chelsea Manning, was later sentenced to up to 35 years in prison. The sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama in his final days in office.) The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions showing how in one of its surveillance programs, it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years.

One year ago: Americans witnessed their first full-blown coast-to-coast solar eclipse since World War I, with eclipse-watchers gathering along a path of totality extending 2,600 miles across the continent from Oregon to South Carolina. In a national address, President Donald Trump reversed his past calls for a speedy exit from Afghanistan and recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old conflict, saying U.S. troops must “fight to win.” A collision between the destroyer USS John McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore left ten U.S. sailors dead. London’s Big Ben bell atop Parliament’s clock tower fell silent for four years of repair work that would keep it quiet on all but a few special occasions.

Today’s Birthdays: Former NFL player and general manager Pete Retzlaff is 87. Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 86. Playwright Mart Crowley is 83. Singer Kenny Rogers is 80. Actor Clarence Williams III is 79. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 79. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 79. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 77. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 73. Actress Patty McCormack is 73. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese (jee-ah mah-REE’-see) is 71. Actress Loretta Devine is 69. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 67. Singer Glenn Hughes is 66. Country musician Nick Kane is 64. Actress Kim Cattrall is 62. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is 59. Actress Cleo King is 56. Retired MLB All-Star John Wetteland is 52. Rock singer Serj Tankian (TAN’-kee-ahn) (System of a Down) is 51. Figure skater Josee Chouinard is 49.

Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 48. MLB player-turned-manager Craig Counsell is 48.

Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 47. Actress Alicia Witt is 43. Singer Kelis (kuh-LEES’) is 39. Actor Diego Klattenhoff is 39. TV personality Brody Jenner is 35.

Singer Melissa Schuman is 34. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain (yoo-SAYN’) Bolt is 32. Actor Carlos Pratts is 32. Actor-comedian Brooks Wheelan is 32. Actor Cody Kasch is 31. Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 30. Actress Hayden Panettiere (pan’-uh-tee-EHR’) is 29. Actor RJ Mitte is 26. Actor Maxim Knight is 19.

Thought for Today: “Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.” -- Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (1893-1957).

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Trump ready to ease rules on coal power plants

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

A plan to be announced Tuesday would give states broad authority to determine how to restrict carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. The Environmental Protect Agency announced late Monday that acting administrator Andrew Wheeler planned to brief the news media by telephone Tuesday on what the administration is calling the “Affordable Clean Energy” rule — greenhouse guidelines for states to set performance standards for existing coal-fired power plants.

President Donald Trump is expected to promote the new plan at an appearance in West Virginia on Tuesday.

The plan is also expected to let states relax pollution rules for power plants that need upgrades, according to a summary of the plan and several people familiar with the full proposal who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the plan publicly.

Combined with a planned rollback of car-mileage standards, the plan represents a significant retreat from Obama-era efforts to fight climate change and would stall an Obama-era push to shift away from coal and toward less-polluting energy sources such as natural gas, wind and solar power. Trump has already vowed to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement as he pushes to revive the coal industry.

Trump also has directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take steps to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants to keep them open, warning that impending retirements

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to salute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

of “fuel-secure” power plants that rely on coal and nuclear power are harming the nation’s power grid and reducing its resilience.

A three-page summary being circulated at the White House focuses on boosting efficiency at coal-fired power plants and allowing states to reduce “wasteful compliance costs” while focusing on improved environmental outcomes. Critics say focusing on improved efficiency would allow utilities to run older, dirtier power plants more often, undercutting potential environmental benefits.

The White House rejects that criticism.

“Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector will continue to fall under this rule, but this will happen legally and with proper respect for the states, unlike” the Clean Power Plan, the summary says.

The AP obtained a copy of the summary, which asserts that the Obama-era plan exceeds the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. Obama’s plan was designed to cut U.S. carbon dioxide emissions to 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The rule dictated specific emission tar-

gets for states based on powerplant emissions and gave officials broad latitude to decide how to achieve reductions.

The Supreme Court put the plan on hold in 2016 following a legal challenge by industry and coal-friendly states, an order that remains in effect.

Even so, the Obama plan has been a factor in a wave of retirements of coal-fired plants, which also are being squeezed by lower costs for natural gas and renewable power and state mandates that promote energy conservation.

Trump has vowed to end what Republicans call a “war on coal” waged by Obama.

“This is really a plan to prop up coal plants — or try to,” said David Doniger, a climate expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group.

The Trump plan “will make no meaningful reductions” in greenhouse gas emissions “and it probably will make emissions worse,” Doniger said.

Gina McCarthy, who served as EPA administrator when the Clean Power Plan was created in 2015, said that based on draft proposals and news reports, she expects the plan

will not set specific federal targets for reducing emissions from coal-fired plants. The plan is expected to address power plants individually rather than across the electric grid as the EPA proposed under Obama.

The new plan would give utilities and states more flexibility in achieving emissions reductions, but critics say it could harm public health.

“They are continuing to play to their base and following industry’s lead,” McCarthy said of the Trump administration and its new acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist. “This is all about coal at all costs.”

Michelle Bloodworth, president of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a trade group that represents coal producers, called the new rule a marked departure from the “gross overreach” of the Obama administration and said it should prevent a host of premature coal-plant retirements.

“We agree with those policymakers who have become increasingly concerned that coal retirements are a threat to grid resilience and national security,” she said.

Peninsula Clarion | Tuesday, August 21, 2018 | A7

Sports

Kluber pitches Indians past Red Sox

By The Associated Press

BOSTON — Greg Allen hit a tiebreaking homer right after Boston pitcher Rick Porcello was struck in the midsection by a line drive, and Corey Kluber tied for the major league wins lead as the Cleveland Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4 Monday night.

Kluber (16-6) pitched into the seventh inning and matched Washington’s Max Scherzer and the Yankees’ Luis Severino for the most victories in the majors. Michael Brantley and Melky Cabrera also homered to help the AL Central-leading Indians improve to 14-4 in August.

Xander Bogaerts had an early tworun single and an RBI single in the ninth for East-leading Boston. Ian Kinsler flied out with two runners on base, leaving the Red Sox with just their fifth loss in 22 games.

BRAVES 1, PIRATES 0

Wilson (1-0) allowed three hits, struck out five and walked three as Atlanta increased its NL East lead to one game over idle Philadelphia while ending its fourgame skid.

Dan Winkler pitched the ninth, working around a leadoff single for his second save.

Pittsburgh has allowed exactly one run in five straight games, but has lost three of them. The organization hasn’t done that since July 13-18, 1888, when they were the Alleghenys, according to Stats.

six in six innings and Chicago spoiled Stephen Gonsalves’ major league debut.

Playing without manager Rick Renteria, Chicago won for the fourth time in five games in the makeup of snowed-out April contest. Davidson drove in three runs, and Jose Abreu had two hits and two RBIs.

Shaw’s two-run homer off Homer Bailey put the Brewers up 3-2 in the sixth. Jesus Aguilar singled to open the inning and Shaw followed with his 25th homer, lining an 0-2 pitch into the right-field seats.

Anderson (8-7) entered tied for the NL lead with 24 homers allowed and gave up second-inning solo shots to Eugenio Suarez and Phillip Ervin as the Reds took a RAYS 1, ROYALS 0 2-0 lead. Anderson then retired the final 14 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ryan Yar- hitters he faced. brough helped extend Tampa Bay’s shutGIANTS 2, METS 1 out streak to 23 innings, and the Rays got their only run via video replay.

NEW YORK — Mets left fielder Yarbrough (12-5) pitched 5 1/3 innings Dominic Smith readily took the blame in relief of opener Hunter Wood. The for plowing into shortstop Amed Rosario rookie left-hander gave up two hits and on the potential inning-ending play in the a walk while striking out six, earning his 13th inning that ended up costing his team major league-leading 10th relief win. the game.

Jose Alvarado pitched the ninth for his Smith, a highly touted prospect who fifth save and stretched the Rays’ streak of has been envisioned as the Mets’ firstscoreless innings, which included 14 over baseman of the future, was positioned in the weekend in Boston. deep left field after a double-switch an inning earlier when San Francisco’s Brandon Crawford lifted a lazy popup with BREWERS 5, REDS 2 runners on first and third and two outs.

MILWAUKEE — Travis Shaw and Christian Yelich homered, Chase AnderATHLETICS 9, RANGERS 0 son settled in after giving up two solo homers and Milwaukee rallied for a vicOAKLAND, Calif. — Khris Davis hit tory. a long home run after letting a young fan

BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 3 TORONTO — Kendrys Morales homered twice, Marco Estrada pitched 5 1/3 innings to win his second straight start and Toronto improved to 8-0 at home against Baltimore.

Morales hit a one-out solo homer in the fourth, then added a three-run drive in the fifth — both off Baltimore right-hander Andrew Cashner (4-11) — for his 22nd career multihomer game.

PITTSBURGH — Bryse Wilson WHITE SOX 8, TWINS 5 worked five solid innings, becoming the third 20-year-old pitcher to start in his big MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Davidson league debut for Atlanta this season. homered, Lucas Giolito (9-9) struck out

Sports Briefs Ravens crash Luck’s homecoming INDIANAPOLIS — The Baltimore Ravens spoiled Andrew Luck’s Indianapolis homecoming.

They picked him off before allowing a completion, and Terrell Suggs nearly chopped the ball out of Luck’s hands on a sack. The Ravens then secured a 20-19 preseason win over the Colts by stopping a late 2-point conversion run.

Luck was just OK in his first home start since Jan. 1, 2017. But he did receive a roaring ovation from the crowd when he took the field, led the Colts to one score and apparently emerged unscathed after going down twice on sacks.

“Not too sharp, certainly red-zone turnovers are a negative, missed a couple of throws I’d like to hit,” he said. “And I didn’t feel like we, as an offense, got into any semblance of a sustained rhythm.”

Expectations were high following a solid start in Seattle.

This time, the Colts (1-1) looked sloppy.

Luck missed his first three throws, the third winding up in the hands of Ravens safety Anthony Levine Jr. Luck rebounded to finish 6 of 13 for 50 yards and set up 45-year-old Adam Vinatieri for a 57-yard field before leaving in the second quarter.

If Luck had his way, he might have played longer. But first-year coach Frank Reich wasn’t taking any chances with Luck’s surgically repaired arm.

“We just never found a rhythm for him and some of his balls were not his best balls,” he said. “But I still have a lot of confidence we’re headed in the right direction.”

— The Associated Press

Trustees to discuss future of coach Meyer

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State trustees set a private meeting for Wednesday to talk about the future of coach Urban Meyer as the university seeks to quickly move past a scandal that has consumed the football program for nearly a month.

Meyer has been the subject of an investigation into the handling of domestic-abuse allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith.

The university said factfinders briefed the board on Monday. The panel will convene in a public session on Wednesday morning before going behind closed doors to discuss the next steps. President Michael V. Drake will have the final say on whether Meyer keeps his job or faces other consequences. “(Monday’s) briefing is to ensure that board members are adequately prepared to discuss this matter at Wednesday’s meeting,” Ohio State spokeswoman Emily Caldwell said Monday in an email.

No timetable was given for final resolution of the matter, which has overshadowed the team’s preparation for the 2018 season that begins at home Sept. 1. The trustees hired an outside law firm for $500,000 to do the investigation, which took two weeks.

The investigation centers on what Meyer knew and did about allegations of abuse against Smith, who was fired July 23 after his wife sought a protective order. Smith hasn’t been charged or convicted of abuse, but his ex-wife Courtney Smith alleged her husband shoved her against a wall and put his hands around her neck in 2015.

Meyer has said he handled the accusations properly when he found out about them, but acknowledged he lied to reporters at first when he said he

hadn’t heard of the incident.

Ohio State put Meyer under investigation after Courtney Smith went public, giving a reporter text messages and pictures she traded with Meyer’s wife, Shelley Meyer, in 2015.

Drake, the Ohio State president, is rarely in the public spotlight, unlike his predecessor, Gordon Gee, who prided himself on his reputation as a fasttalking, ubiquitous, and sportsloving Ohio State fanatic. Drake surprised Ohio State fans in 2014 when he fired the school’s marching band director after an investigation uncovered band traditions and rituals that were racy, raunchy or suggestive.

The band director, Jonathan Waters, said he had been trying to change many of the activities before he was terminated, but Drake stood his ground despite intense criticism over the firing.

He and the university insisted that Waters controlled the band at the time of the probe and was answerable for all of its practices, even those that evolved out of old traditions.

On Tap Peninsula high school sports

Thursday Volleyball Ketchikan at Seward, 5 p.m.

Friday Football Soldotna at Lathrop, 8 p.m.

Palmer at Kenai, 6:30 p.m.

Redington at Nikiski, 5 p.m.

Swimming Soldotna, Kenai, Seward at Homer Quad, 5 p.m.

Volleyball Soldotna at Seward, 5 p.m.

Kenai, Homer at Shayna Pritchard tourney at Nikiski, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday Football Monroe at Homer, 2 p.m.

Eielson at Seward, 2 p.m.

Cross-country Soldotna, Kenai, Homer, Seward at Bartlett State Preview, 10 a.m.

Volleyball Kenai, Homer at Shayna Pritchard tourney at Nikiski, 9:30 a.m.

from the Make-A-Wish Foundation sign his jersey, Ramon Laureano hit the first two homers of his career, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-0 on Monday night.

MARINERS 7, ASTROS 4 SEATTLE — Robinson Cano hit his first home run since returning from an 80game suspension, a three-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning and lifted the Seattle Mariners to a key 7-4 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night.

Seattle won its fifth straight against the Astros, thanks to a huge night from Cano.

He doubled twice earlier in the game — his first two extra-base hits since coming back from his suspension for violating baseball’s joint drug policy. But those were precursors to his drive to left-center field off Houston’s Collin McHugh (5-2) with one out in the eighth.

CARDINALS 5, DODGERS 2 LOS ANGELES — Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen allowed ninth-inning homers to Jedd Gyorko and Matt Carpenter in his return from the disabled list, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles 5-3 on Monday night.

Alabama tops preseason poll

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Alabama will begin its quest for a second consecutive national championship with a rare three-peat.

The Crimson Tide is just the second team to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll for three straight seasons. Alabama received 42 out of 61 first-place votes.

No. 2 Clemson received 18 first-place votes. Georgia is

No. 3 and Wisconsin is fourth.

The Badgers received one firstplace vote. Ohio State was ranked No. 5.

The preseason AP poll started in 1950 and since then only Oklahoma from 1985-87 had started No. 1 in three straight years until now.

Ring up another milestone for coach Nick Saban’s Tide dynasty. Alabama has won five national championships since 2009 and now has been No. 1 to start the season five times under Saban. Last season was the first

time Saban’s team started and finished the season No. 1.

The Tide enter this season with a question at quarterback, but there appears to be two good answers from which Saban has to choose: Tua Tagovailoa won the College Football Playoff championship game for Alabama with a second-half comeback and overtime touchdown pass. Jalen Hurts has led the Tide to the national title game in each of his two seasons as a starter.

Whoever is quarterback, Al-

abama’s offense should be potent with running back Damien Harris working behind a powerful line anchored by tackle Jonah Williams.

The Tide’s always tough defense will have all new starters in the secondary, but defensive end Raekwon Davis and linebackers Mack Wilson and Dylan Moses are primed to be Alabama’s next AllAmericans.

The machine never stops in Tuscaloosa. One again, everybody is chasing Alabama.

Scoreboard Football AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and 2017 final ranking:

Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (42) 13-1 1505 1 2. Clemson (18) 12-2 1476 4 3. Georgia 13-2 1350 2 4. Wisconsin (1) 13-1 1271 7 5. Ohio St. 12-2 1256 5 6. Washington 10-3 1215 16 7. Oklahoma 12-2 1173 3 8. Miami 10-3 1027 13 9. Auburn 10-4 1013 10 10. Penn St. 11-2 1012 8 11. Michigan St. 10-3 877 15 12. Notre Dame 10-3 804 11 13. Stanford 9-5 778 20 14. Michigan 8-5 773 NR 15. Southern Cal 11-3 543 12 16. TCU 11-3 533 9 17. West Virginia 7-6 511 NR 18. Mississippi St. 9-4 450 19 19. Florida St. 7-6 384 NR 20. Virginia Tech 9-4 351 24 21. UCF 13-0 312 6 22. Boise St. 11-3 292 22 23. Texas 7-6 216 NR 24. Oregon 7-6 148 NR 25. LSU 9-4 106 18 Others receiving votes: South Carolina 96, Florida 68, Utah 60, Oklahoma St. 51, FAU 38, Arizona 28, NC State 22, Texas A&M 21, Boston College 18, Northwestern 13, Kansas St. 10, Iowa St. 8, Houston 6, Memphis 3, Troy 2, Iowa 2, Kentucky 1, Arkansas St. 1, Fresno St. 1.

Basketball WNBA Playoffs

First Round Tuesday, Aug. 21 Dallas vs. Phoenix at Tempe, Ariz., 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m.

Second Round Thursday, Aug. 23 TBD at Washington, 2:30 p.m.

TBD at Connecticut, 4:30 p.m.

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Monday’s Games Baltimore 20, Indianapolis 19 Thursday, Aug. 23 Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 24 New England at Carolina, 3:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 3:30 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 3:30 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Green Bay at Oakland, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 25 Kansas City at Chicago, 9 a.m.

Tennessee at Pittsburgh, noon Houston at L.A. Rams, noon San Francisco at Indianapolis, 12:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Jacksonville, 3 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 3 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Chargers, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 26 Cincinnati at Buffalo, noon Arizona at Dallas, 4 p.m.

All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB Boston 88 38 .698 — New York 78 46 .629 9 Tampa Bay 64 61 .512 23½ Toronto 56 69 .448 31½ Baltimore 37 88 .296 50½ Central Division Cleveland 72 52 .581 — Minnesota 59 65 .476 13 Detroit 51 74 .408 21½ Chicago 47 77 .379 25 Kansas City 38 87 .304 34½ West Division Houston 75 50 .600 — Oakland 75 50 .600 — Seattle 72 54 .571 3½ Los Angeles 63 63 .500 12½ Texas 56 71 .441 20 Monday’s Games Toronto 5, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 5 Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1, Kansas City 0 Oakland 9, Texas 0 Seattle 7, Houston 4 Tuesday’s Games Baltimore (Bundy 7-11) at Toronto (Gaviglio 2-6), 3:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-9) at Detroit (Zimmermann 5-5), 3:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Bieber 6-2) at Boston (Eovaldi 5-4), 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Sparkman 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Snell 14-5), 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-4) at Miami (Lopez 2-3), 3:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Berrios 11-8) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Pena 1-3) at Arizona (Corbin 10-4), 5:40 p.m.

Texas (Jurado 2-2) at Oakland (Anderson 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (TBD) at Seattle (Leake 8-7), 6:10 p.m.

All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 69 55 .556 —

Philadelphia 68 56 .548 Washington 62 63 .496 New York 54 70 .435 Miami 50 76 .397 Central Division Chicago 71 52 .577 Milwaukee 70 57 .551 St. Louis 69 57 .548 Pittsburgh 63 63 .500 Cincinnati 55 70 .440 West Division Arizona 69 56 .552 Colorado 68 56 .548 Los Angeles 67 59 .532 San Francisco 62 64 .492 San Diego 49 78 .386

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Monday’s Games Atlanta 1, Pittsburgh 0 San Francisco 2, N.Y. Mets 1, 13 innings Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 2 St. Louis 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Gausman 7-9) at Pittsburgh (Nova 7-7), 3:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-9) at Washington (Roark 8-12), 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-9) at Detroit (Zimmermann 5-5), 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-4) at Miami (Lopez 2-3), 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Stratton 8-7) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-10), 3:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Romano 7-10) at Milwaukee (Guerra 6-8), 4:10 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 2-3) at Colorado (Anderson 6-5), 4:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Pena 1-3) at Arizona (Corbin 10-4), 5:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Poncedeleon 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 3-0), 6:10 p.m.

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Sv_C.Allen (25). HRs_Cleveland, Allen (2), Brantley (14), Cabrera (5).

White Sox 8, Twins 5 Chi. Min.

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L_Gonsalves 0-1. HRs_Chicago, Davidson (18). Minnesota, Cave (6), Kepler (17).

Athletics 9, Rangers 0 Tex. Oak.

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HRs_Cincinnati, Suarez (28), Ervin (4). Milwaukee, Yelich (20), Shaw (25).

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Cardinals 5, Dodgers 3 SL LA

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Gomber, Hudson (6), Hicks (7), Cecil (8), Norris (9) and Pena; A.Wood, Chargois (5), Baez (5), Maeda (7), K.Jansen (9) and Barnes, Grandal. W_Cecil 1-1.

L_K.Jansen 0-4. Sv_Norris (25).

HRs_St. Louis, Martinez (15), Carpenter (34), Gyorko (11).

Transactions BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Purchased the contract of RHP Bryse Wilson from Gwinnett (IL). Designated INF Ryan Flaherty for assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated RHP Kenley Jansen from the 10-day DL. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned RHP Ray Black to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Derek Law from Sacramento.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed G-F Daniel Hamilton and F Alex Poythress.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Chicago CB Deiondre’ Hall for the season opener for a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed FB Jalston Fowler and WR Julian Williams. Waived FB Luke McNitt and WR Taj Williams.

DENVER BRONCOS — Placed G Menelik Watson on injuredreserve.

DETROIT LIONS — Placed LB Steve Longa on injured reserve.

Released DL Cornelius Washington. Waived CB Antwuan Davis.

Signed CBs Dexter McDougle and Sterling Moore and OL Beau Nunn.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Activated OT Martinas Rankin from the PUP list.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Cobi Hamilton.

Waived RB Tion Green.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Agreed to terms with OL Rob Havenstein on a four-year contract extension through the 2022 season.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released K Kai Forbath. Placed DE Ade Aruna on injured reserve.

Waived-injured OT Cedric Lang, TE Josiah Price and FB Johnny Stanton. Signed FB Kobe McCrary and G Kareem Are. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed RB Jhurell Pressley and LB Warren Long. Waived S Mike Basile.

Waived-injured LB Thurston Armbrister.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released P Jon Ryan.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed DT Jerel Worthy. Waivedinjured LB Shaheed Salmon.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed CB Kalen Reed on injured reserve. Agreed to terms with CB Josh Kalu.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed RB Adrian Peterson.

Waived-injured OT Cameron Jefferson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Acquired F Kerby Rychel from Montreal for F Hunter Shinkaruk. Signed F Kerby Rychel to a two-way contract.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed D Ty Smith to a three-year, entrylevel contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with G Dustin Tokarski on a one-year contract.

Canadian Hockey League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed WR Sam Giguere.

SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Loaned M João Pedro to Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis (Greece).

COLLEGE BROWN — Named Andre Reis women’s volunteer assistant soccer coach.

CHATTANOOGA — Named Megan Betsa softball pitching coach.

CONCORDIA (ORE.) — Named Concordia Lindsay Aho director of golf.

FLORIDA STATE — Announced the resignation of athletic director Stan Wilcox to become executive vice president of regulatory affairs at the NCAA. LOUISVILLE — Placed tight ends coach Chris Klenakis on administrative leave following his arrest for driving under the influence and other charges.

WISCONSIN — WR Quintez Cephus announced he is taking a leave of absence from the football team.

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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

Snowplowing RFP Ninilchik Traditional Council is requesting proposals for snowplowing services for several locations in Ninilchik, including our Housing Clients located in Kasilof and Ninilchik. The contract will run from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020. Must be insured. We adhere to Indian preference hiring. Bid opens August 20, 2018 @ 9:00am and closes September 18, 2018 @ 5:00pm. Please contact Diane Reynolds for Bid Packet at diane@ninilchiktribe-nsn.gov Pub: 8/20-27/2018 821676

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

LEGALS Sanding RFP Ninilchik Traditional Council is requesting proposals for sanding services for several locations in Ninilchik, including our Housing Clients located in Kasilof and Ninilchik. The contract will run from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020.

Must be insured. We adhere to Indian preference hiring. Bid opens August 20, 2018 @ 9:00am and closes September 18, 2018 @ 5:00pm.

Please contact Diane Reynolds for Bid Packet at diane@ninilchiktribe-nsn.gov Pub: 8/20-27/2018 821680

EMPLOYMENT Operating Engineers Apprenticeship Heavy Equipment Operators and HD Mechanics The Alaska Operating Engineers/Employers Training Trust is pleased to announce recruitment for Heavy Equipment Operator and HD Mechanics. To be eligible, applicants must submit all required documents: Completed application; HS Transcripts & Diploma or GED test scores & Certificate; Birth certificate (proof of 18 years of age); Valid AK Driver’s license (Rural Alaskans without driver’s license may contact our office); 5 year DMV Driving Record (showing no DUIs in the past 3 years); Background Check (minimum 5 years); Social Security card; DD214 (for veterans); Work Keys test scores (taken at Job Center) Graphic Literacy, Applied Mathematics, and Workplace Documents, each passed at a minimum of level 4. $30.00 non-refundable application fee; rÊsumÊ, letters of recommendation & certificates of training (optional); Note: pre-indenture hair follicle drug testing required. Applications will be available for pick up and turn-in August 20th through September 7th, 2017 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at: Alaska Operating Engineers Employers Training Trust, 5400 N Cunningham Rd / PO Box 0989 Palmer, AK 99645 1-877-746-3117, www.aoeett.org

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Woman’s old sweetheart still can’t win her dad’s approval to anyone in the family to suggest to her that there are other flower names besides Daisy -- Dalia, Daphne or even Desert Rose?

(Her nickname could be “Desi,” which is cute.) If you haven’t, please do before the baby arrives.

However, if she refuses to change her mind, it’s time for you to start memorizAbigail Van Buren ing the Serenity Prayer.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 22 years. He’s a diamond in the rough. My grown children, three boys, have always just tolerated him. They say he talks too much, doesn’t listen and still treats the younger two like children. I know he can be overbearing at times.

They have now ganged up and will no longer allow the grandchildren to come stay with me. They say my husband is too harsh in correcting them, which isn’t true. The only time he is loud and fast to correct is if the parents aren’t here to do it. They have offered no alternative solution.

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quietly filing away certain tidbits that are particularly relevant. Maintain an upbeat attitude when getting into the issue with the person involved. Tonight: Full of fun.

CANCER (June 21-July 22 HHHH Defer to someone else, and stay open to his or her ideas.

The unexpected piques your imagination. This quality will help you visualize the possibilities that are likely to emerge. Stay open to conversation with others. Tonight: Help a loved one perk up.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Stay as centered as possible when dealing with a difficult friend. This person’s behavior could throw your plans off. Make sure that handling this type of issue really works for you. Make time to deal with this type of situation. Tonight: Express your relief.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your playfulness might be unusual for several people to witness. The unexpected occurs when dealing with a loved one.

You might want to comment less and listen a lot. This person tends to be unpredictable. Sort fact from fiction. Tonight: Be naughty.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You express a lively side to your personality. When you let go of tension and enjoy the moment, your upbeat attitude becomes contagious. Do not allow a difficult conversation to color your mood. Let go of tension and concern. Tonight: Out and about.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Understand why someone is so touchy. Juggling your creativity when hitting an unbelievably confusing situation could take

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some extra energy. Dealing with this person takes talent, fortunately you have the skill set. Tonight: Play it light and easy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Understand what is happening with your finances. You might need to go over your budget with care. Figure out your debts and your needs, and you’ll be happier in the long run. Ask a friend for help when you deal with the materialistic world. Tonight: Out late.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your wisdom comes forward, and you gain the approval of many people. Do not be surprised by all the requests for help or feedback you receive. Remain confident, but listen carefully. You are likely to gain others’ respect.

Tonight: Be the powerhouse you are.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Kick back and relax, if you can. You have your share of news and happenings to deal with, and responding to these could be overwhelming. Take your time, do some yoga and brainstorm with a confidant. Tonight: Take some time off for yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your playfulness emerges, despite the moodiness of others. The unexpected could upend your plans, though you might be happier about the change. Try not to allow an older friend to cast a shadow of negativity. Tonight: Kiss all seriousness goodbye.

BORN TODAY Actress Hayden Panettiere (1989), author Robert Stone (1937), singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves (1988)

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Dear Readers: The PLASTIC STRAW: We grab one every day without a thought, but let’s rethink this. Experts say that Americans use and dispose of upward of half a billion plastic drinking straws EVERY DAY. Plastic straws can’t ordinarily be recycled (they’re too lightweight), and their final resting place can be, sadly, in the oceans, often consumed by marine life, especially birds and turtles.

How can we curb the use of plastic straws? National quick-serve restaurants are developing lids that have a built-in spout, and many amusement parks don’t offer straws or lids on drinks. Paper straws that can decompose are in development, or how about a reusable straw?

For those of us who can go without the straw, let’s make this the last straw.

-- Heloise COMPANIES, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS! Dear Heloise: It irks me when companies offer a “no questions asked” return policy. If I am returning something, I want the company to ask: “Why aren’t you satisfied?” “What can we do to make it right?”

“What didn’t you like about this product or service?”

The feedback would help the company, and it would help me to feel better to know they are listening, and I may possibly remain their customer!

-- Shelley W. in San Antonio WATER WARRIOR Dear Heloise: I just read in The Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury your article about houseplants in offices. Another idea I use related to houseplants is one that saves water.

I keep a watering pot by my kitchen sink and in the shower, and fill it as the water is getting hot, rather than letting it go down the drain.

-- Joan S., Manhattan, Kan.

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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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Leo and a Moon in Capricorn.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018: This year you will get used to the many ups and downs that a partner or friend adds to your life.

You will need to ride the crest of a wave frequently, remaining confident that all will end well. Many friends support your style and want to know you better. If you are single, you could discover how desirable you are. You will have to make a commitment to remain single, if that’s what you desire. If you are attached, the two of you might decide to add to your family or home. This action will bring on even more bonding. CAPRICORN likes playing devil’s advocate.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might have a stunning insight about a person. Keep your impression to yourself for a while. Test it out through observation. You continue taking the lead on a project, though it might be more than you can handle. Eye a change. Tonight: In the limelight.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH What you hear could be disconcerting. Detach and view the whole situation. You will surprise yourself with how a friend’s comment hits you. Work with this person’s insight. You might not get all the facts for a few days. Tonight: Listen to favorite music.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be more connected to a conversation than you would like to share. You might be

By Eugene Sheffer

Two have expressed to my husband how they feel. My husband is trying to acknowledge their feelings and wants to do better. How do we proceed as a family? I’m afraid they will withhold the grands each time they disagree with us. Counseling is out since we live in separate cities. Any words of wisdom for us?

-- HURTING HEART IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR HURTING HEART: Look at this from your sons’ perspective. When they hear from your grandchildren that your grouchy (but wellmeaning) husband yelled at them, as parents, their first instinct is to protect their kids.

I can’t guarantee that your sons won’t use emotional blackmail in the future, but I can offer two suggestions: Your husband should take a deep breath and count to 10 before he reacts, and he should defer the discipline to Grandma. And if that isn’t enough to satisfy your sons, then you will have to visit them instead of having them visit you.

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.

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DEAR ABBY: I come from a small, close family.

Last year, we suffered a devastating loss. My cousin and her two children were killed in a car accident. We have all been profoundly affected by this loss, especially my aunt and uncle.

Fast forward: Another cousin is pregnant with her second child. She wants to name her daughter “Daisy” because she wants all her children to have flower-themed names. “Daisy” is the name of one of the children who died. I, and others in the family, are upset by her decision because her reason for choosing the name has nothing to do with honoring our lost family member.

I understand no one “owns” a baby name, and she can choose whatever name she wants for any reason.

But I am having trouble getting past the fact that I’ll see this child at family gatherings and have to call her by my dead cousin’s name for no reason other than it was a cute flower name.

My cousin is set on using this name despite family protests, and I can’t help but foresee bitterness ahead for us when we’ve already dealt with so much. What, if anything, can we do to make this situation more positive?

-- NAME GAME IN NEW YORK DEAR NAME GAME: Your cousin appears to have the empathy of a garden snail. Did it occur

Crossword

Peninsula Clarion | Tuesday, August 21, 2018 | A11

Pets A dog’s life: fitness trackers help put fat pets on a diet

By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press

PRAGUE — When Czech entrepreneur Robert Hasek began jogging with his dog, Darwin, the three-mile runs were making the bull terrier sick with fatigue.

Hasek was surprised, thinking his dog led a healthy lifestyle. To solve the mystery, he strapped a Fitbit to Darwin and discovered he was actually only active in his

presence. Otherwise, Hasek says, “he is lying, sleeping and doing nothing. He’s lazy!�

The businessman sensed an opportunity and developed one of the world’s first dog fitness trackers. His product is part of a growing industry of gadgets for pets that includes GPS trackers, automatic feeders, ball throwing machines for dogs to fetch, and self-cleaning litter boxes for cats.

People in the U.S. will spend

This pet is available at the Kenai Animal Shelter

$72.1 billion this year on pet products and care, up 3.6 percent on the year in an industry that has grown steadily since the mid90’s, according to the American Pet Products Association. Worldwide spending in 2017 was $109 billion dollars, according to Euromonitor International.

Hasek first sought funding on Kickstarter and then reached out to private investors. He moved to San Francisco for three months,

It faces competition from a range of products, from the more basic fitness monitors to more advanced technologies.

The Wagz, for example, is also able to record and stream HD video from the collar. It sells for $495 apiece.

That may be a lot for a collar, but some pet owners are willing to splurge. Among them are Millennials who put off having kids or decided against having any and

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have the extra income to spend, says Harrison Forbes, a dog trainer and pet products expert. “Pet tech has been a hugely explosive part of the industry the past five or six years,� he said while attending the Superzoo industry conference on pet products in Las Vegas. Technology for pets has tended to follow innovations that were meant for humans and this is an example of that, he says.

This pet is available at the Kenai Animal Shelter

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tracked down Czech manufacturers and a customer service subcontractor.

Two years later, production and sales of the Actijoy fitness trackers have begun, with one unit costing about $300. On top of the GPS tracking device that a variety of pet collars already offer, it tracks the intensity of the dog’s activity and comes with a internet-connected bowl that monitors food and water consumption.

HAPPINESS IS....

GIVING A PET A HOME. PLEASE ADOPT A PET FROM ONE OF YOUR LOCAL SHELTERS Kenai Animal Shelter-283-7353 Soldotna Animal Shelter-262-3969 Alaska’s Extended Life Animal Sanctuary 776-3614 Please visit WWW.PETFINDER.COM for available pets at these & other shelters or check the Peninsula Clarion Classified Ads.

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