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Thursday, August 16, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 48, Issue 273
In the news Strong earthquake rocks remote western Aleutian islands ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Alaska Earthquake Center says a strong earthquake rocked an area of the remote Aleutian Islands. The center recorded the quake at a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and its depth at 7 miles (11 kilometers). The epicenter was 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Adak in the Andreanof Islands, an island group near the west end of the Aleutians. No damage was reported. The epicenter was more than 1,200 miles (1930 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.
Marijuana board taking comments for onsite use draft
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Candidates finalized for municipal election By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion
Election season is underway in earnest on the Kenai Peninsula now, with the candidate names finalized for the regular municipal election in October and the state primary less than a week away. Candidate registrations closed for local government seats in Kenai, Soldotna, the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Wednesday afternoon. Only four races will be contested, with many seats only receiving one candidate registration. The local government seats will be decided in the election Oct. 2.
Kenai Peninsula Borough
The Kenai Peninsula Borough has three open seats of its nine-seat assembly this year as well as a number of service area board positions. On the assembly, two incumbents — Brent Hibbert of Soldotna and Kenn Carpenter of Seward — both filed for reelection as the sole candidates. A third incumbent, Willy Dunne of Homer, filed for reelection and will face Troy Jones of Homer in the Oct. 2 election for the seat representing District 9, a large district including areas from Anchor Point to Port Graham. Some of the open service area board seats did not receive any applicants — which has been a chronic problem for the service area boards — and most of those that did have only a single candidate. A single seat, Seat F on the Nikiski Fire Snow clings to a sign marking a polling place at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on See RACE, page A9 Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 in Soldotna. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
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JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska marijuana regulators will take public comment on the latest draft proposal for allowing onsite use of marijuana in authorized stores. The Marijuana Control Board voted Wednesday for a 60-day comment period and to hold a public hearing. Regulators have gone back and forth on onsite use for several years, adopting rules that contemplate onsite use but never finalizing how that would work. The draft calls for consumption areas separated from other areas of a retail store by walls and a secure door, a smoke-free place for employees and a special ventilation system. The draft also allows for outdoor consumption areas if the board finds that compatible with neighboring uses. Local governments, via ordinance or a ballot question, could bar onsite use or aspects of it, such as smoking.
Inside ‘My principles are worth far more than clearances. I will not relent.’ ... See page A5
Correction The Aug. 15 article “Surgeon General tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part of statewide tour” mistakenly referred to Kenaitze Tribal Court Chief Judge Susan Wells as Superior Court Judge Jennifer Wells. The Clarion regrets the error.
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Measles found on cruise ship By KEVIN GULLUFSEN Juneau Empire
This July, 2018 photo from video provided by Project Recover shows a gun shows a portion of the coral-encrusted stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read in the waters off Kiska Island. (Project Recover via AP)
WWII shipwreck found off Alaska By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North American soil.
The explosion, which ripped the stern off the USS Abner Read, also covered many of the men in oil, which prevented some from being rescued. “They were so slippery, you couldn’t get ahold of them,” the 94-year-old Weathers said this week from his home in Los Angeles. The remaining 250 crew members made the ship watertight, and it limped
back to the West Coast for repairs. Only one body among the 71 men killed was recovered. Nearly 75 years later, scientists using multi-beam sonar have discovered the 75-foot stern about 290 feet (88 meters) below the Bering Sea. The scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the See SHIP, page A9
A teenager visiting Alaska on a cruise ship last week had the measles, health officials say, prompting concern that passengers may spread the rarely-seen virus further. A group of passengers who may have contacted the patient disembarked in Seward from the Norwegian Jewel on Monday. On Tuesday, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services warned health care providers to look out for measles symptoms like rashes, runny noses, fevers and red eyes from passengers who may have contracted the disease. Health officials called the risk of secondary cases low. The patient was at the tail end of infectiousness when she boarded, officials said, and was placed in medical isolation shortly after boarding the ship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug. 6. “The reason why we notify health care providers in a situation like this, even though it’s a low-risk, is measles is so highly contagious,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin told the Empire in a Tuesday phone interview. “It spreads through the air through respiratory secretions: coughs, sneezes.” See SICK, page A9
District 29 candidates weigh in at chamber forum By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
In less than a week, Alaskans will select their party nominees in the primary election. All three candidates running for the District 29 state Senate seat, which encompasses Nikiski, Hope and Seward, debated issues from the liquid natural gas project to state income tax to funding education in a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday. Shawn Butler of Hope, who is running as an Independent, and Republican candidates Ben Carpenter and Wayne Ogle of Nikiski are hoping to replace long-time represen-
tative Mike Chenault in the Legislature. Butler is a retired Lt. Colonel Army officer who has been living in Alaska since 1991. She has worked for the University of Alaska Anchorage as an adjunct computer science professor. For several years, Butler served on the Kenai Borough Hope and Sunrise Advisory Planning Commission. She is also the president of Hope’s Chamber of Commerce. Carpenter, who has lived in Alaska for more than 30 years, is a business owner. He lives in Nikiski on a peony farm with his family. For the last 20 years, he served as a member of the Alaska Army National Guard.
Wayne Ogle is a Nikiski resident who has lived in Alaska for 14 years. He served for 24 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and worked as the public works director for the City of Kenai from 2008 until his retirement. In 2013 he was elected to represent Nikiski on the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly and currently serves as president of the assembly. When asked what their first priority in the House seat position would be, Butler emphasized a need to look at issues in health care. “We can do a lot better job at bringing the costs down,” she said. “Health care is number one and comes with a longterm fiscal plan.”
Ogle said his focus would be on the Alaska LNG Project — a megaproject set to bring a large natural gas liquefaction plant to Nikiski — while Carpenter said his priority is to reduce the overall cost of government. All of the candidates said they do not support the Stand for Salmon campaign. Both Ogle and Butler agreed that ballot initiatives are important, while Carpenter said initiatives can be a double-edged sword. The candidates all agreed the LNG project will succeed if it is backed by partners and investors and if risks can be mitigated. “The state needs to not do this alone,” Carpenter said.
“We need our business partners involved.” “Any issues with the project need answers,” Ogle said. All three believe the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has benefits for Alaska. “ANWR is a good thing for the state,” Butler said. “I think we can open it up responsibly.” On the question of taxes, both Ogle and Carpenter opposed a state income tax. “We don’t need to be punishing our producers,” Ogle.”I think it’s abusive for people who are supporting their families.” Carpenter agreed and said money generated from a state See HOUSE, page A9
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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ............................ 1.79" Normal month to date .............. 1.22" Year to date .............................. 9.04" Normal year to date .................. 8.11" Record today ................. 0.97" (1967) Record for August ........ 5.39" (1966) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)
Juneau 61/48
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Sitka 58/50
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Vital reservoir OK for now, but shortages loom By DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — A vital reservoir on the Colorado River will be able to meet the demands of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest for the next 13 months, but a looming shortage could trigger cutbacks as soon as the end of 2019, officials said Wednesday. A forecast from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation echoes previous warnings that a nearly 20-year trend toward a drier regional climate coupled with rising demand could drain so much water from the Lake Mead reservoir that cutbacks would be mandatory. The report increases the pressure on seven U.S. states that rely on the river to finish a long-delayed contingency plan for a shortage. “If these projections materialize, we’re very quickly going to lose control of how to manage the deteriorating conditions on the Colorado River,” said John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which serves 2.1 million people, including the city of Las Vegas. The Colorado River system — including the giant Lake Mead and Lake Powell reservoirs — serves about 40 million people and 6,300 square miles (16,300 square kilometers) of farmland. Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming rely on the river, along with native American reservations and northwestern Mexico. The water is divided under international treaties, court rulings and interstate agreements. If there’s not enough water to go around, Mexico, Arizona and Nevada would be the first to see their shares reduced. The Bureau of Reclamation forecast says all the users will get their usual share through September 2019. But the report projects that by October 2019, the surface of Lake Mead could fall below 1,075 feet (330 meters) above sea level, the agreed-upon point that would trigger an announcement
of cutbacks that would occur sometime in the following 12 months. The bureau operates on a water year that runs from October through September, tied to the cycle of winter snow and spring runoff. “If everything holds true and the hydrology matches the models, then that’s probably where we’re going to be,” agency spokesman Marlon Duke said. The chances of a shortage in late 2019 remain at 52 percent, the same odds the bureau announced in May, he said. Lake
Mead has never had a shortage and if next winter provides enough snow in the mountains that feed the river, it could be averted, Duke said. “It really depends on what kind of snowpack and precipitation we get across the basin throughout the coming winter,” he said. The Colorado River states agreed to come up with contingency plans to conserve water and avoid mandatory cutbacks in the event of a shortage. But negotiations have been slow and difficult, in part because Arizona’s largest river users are
still trying to agree on a unified state position, water experts said. “Right now the thing that’s holding it up is Arizona and the inability to come together,” said John Fleck, director of the University of New Mexico’s Water Resources Program. “The whole system is at risk.” A spokeswoman for the Central Arizona Project, the state’s largest water supplier, declined to comment. Officials of the Arizona Department of Water Resources did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
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Around the Peninsula
Obituary Thomas M. Ackerly Thomas M. Ackerly of Crossville, TN (also known by many as “Ack”) passed way on May 28, 2018 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Bunny, daughter Lorry Brown and graddaughter Jacki Swilley of Lithia, FL, and his sister Judy Davidson and her husband Doug of Anacortes, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Jewel Ackerly of Brandon, FL. Tom’s fondest memories wer of the 30 years he spent in Kenai, AK, his many friends and the student he taught. Many of the students he still kept in contact with. After moving to Crossville, Tom went through cardiac pulmonary rehab. He then joined a group of volunteers known as Cardiac Pulmonary Rehab/Alumni (CPR/A) to raise money for those who were either underinsured or who could not afford rehab. This group still works diligently to help those in need.
Community Calendar
Soldotna United Methodist 50th anniversary celebration
Grief recovery methods workshop available
Join the Soldotna United Methodist Church Sunday, Aug. 19 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The event will be held at 158 S. Binkley. A special worship begins at 10 a.m. followed by a potluck picnic lunch from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. Everyone is invited. The dinner Saturday night is full and not accepting reservations any longer.
Peninsula Community Health Services will host a nine-week program on “The Grief Recovery Method Workshop: The action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses” on Wednesday evenings from 6–9 p.m. from Aug. 29–Oct. 24. The program is a closed group that meets at Peninsula Community Health Services in Soldotna at 230 E. Marydale Ave. The program costs $95, and there are scholarships available. To register or for futher information, call Gail Kennedy at 602-9944.
School immunizations available
Mountain View registration
Mountain View Elementary’s class lists will be posted at 4 p.m. Before school starts is a great time to talk to your healthcare provider or your local public health center to make sure your on Friday, Aug. 17. Students are invited to come meet their teacher child’s vaccinations are current. For more information call Kenai on Monday, Aug. 20 from 5–6 p.m. The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 21. Doors open and morning recess begins at 8:20 a.m. If Public Health Center at 335-3400. you have any questions, please call 283-8600.
Sterling Street Fair
KPC College Council seeks member
Sterling Senior Center is hosting a Sterling Street Fair on SaturKenai Peninsula College is seeking an interested community day, Aug. 18 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Music by Conway Seavey and Troubadour North, activities include sip and paint, wine and beer member to fill a Seward-area at-large seat on its College Council. garden, artisan marketplace and food trucks. Free concert. Bring a The borough-wide council serves as an advisory board to the colchair! For further info contact sterlingseniors.org or call 262-6808. lege director and advocates for the interests of the college to the community and legislature; members serve 3-year terms. Sewardarea residents interested in serving should submit a letter of interest The Kenai Peninsula Food to host gala and resume by Aug. 28 to: College Director, Kenai Peninsula ColThe Soup Supper Gala will be held at the Soldotna Sports and lege, 156 College Rd., Soldotna AK 99669. Interested individuals with questions can call 262-0318. Recreation Center on Sept. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m. Buy-It-Now from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Buy a raffle ticket for your chance to win two Alaska Airlines tickets. There will be games, music, locally made Harvest Moon Festival vendor applications open soups, craft beers, wine, live and silent auction items and so much Kenai Local Food Connection is accepting vendor applications more! for its Harvest Moon Local Food Festival, to be held 10 am – 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15 at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna. It’s Fundraiser Dinner the Kenai Peninsula’s biggest local food celebration of the year, The second annual fundraiser for the “Saturday Lunch” program with live music, food demonstrations, guest speakers, kids’ activifor Ninilchik students (pre-k through 6th grade), will be held on ties, food trucks featuring healthy, local ingredients, and all sorts of Sept. 22 from 5–7 p.m. at the community center on Kingsley Road Alaska Grown and Made in Alaska food and wellness products. In in Ninilchik. There will be two delicious dinner options (one is keeping with the festival mission, the festival is open to vendors of vegan). A $10 donation is suggested. All proceeds go to support a food (grown, harvested or made in Alaska) and medicinal/wellness/ personal care products made from locally grown or wild-harvested weekend food program for elementary students. There will be a silent auction and dessert auction. Feel free to ingredients. The Early Bird rate is $10 per 10’ x 10’ tent space. bring items for either one. Call 240-5212 for additional informa- Fees double after Sept. 1 and space is limited, so please apply early. The vendor application is on-line at https://www.kenailocalfood. tion. org/projects.
Today 8 a.m. n Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 1 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 3989440. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 8:30 a.m. n TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 2627319 or 252-3436. 9:30 a.m. n Zumba, held at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. For more information call 776-8800. 10 a.m. n TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 10 a.m. Call 262HAVE-Alaska dinner/fundraiser/live music 7339. n Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur HAVE-Alaska, an Alaska-based nonprofit dedicated to promotHighway, Unit 71, Kenai. ing the physical and psychological rehabilitation of American Vet n Men’s Wellness Group С A group for male combat erans injured in service to our country through outdoor activities veterans at the Kenai Vet Center. and travel, will host a dinner/fundraiser event at the Kenai Elks n Full Swing Golf is held at the Nikiski Community RecLodge on Aug. 25 from 5–9 p.m. All proceeds will go to our 2019 reation Center. Veteran events. All money is used in Alaska for Alaska events. n Kenai Peninsula Homeschool Activities Committee Tickets are $30. fall Craft Fair at the Kenai Peninsula Center Mall. Contact 513-9469. 1968 Kenai Central High School 50-year 10:30 a.m. n Preschool Story Time (3-5 Years) at the Soldotna class reunion Public Library. Come share stories, songs, and other The event starts at 5 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Paradiso’s in Kenai, with learning fun! dinner orders at 6 p.m. Price range is $25–$28, plus drinks if de 11 a.m. sired. On Saturday, Aug. 18, the event will continue at the Soldotna n Tot Time, held at the Nikiski Community Recreation Regional Sports Complex on Kalifornsky Beach Road from 6–11 Center. p.m with a potluck with soft drinks if desired, a catered bar and live Noon music. All classes are welcome. There is a $10 cost per persn at the n Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kedoor Saturday. For more information call 394-1850. nai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, 35260 Kenai Pickleball tournament Spur Highway. The Second Annual Kenai River Pickleball Tournament will be 12:30 p.m. held on Aug. 25 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. This is n The local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis a round robin tournament with a single elimination finals bracket. Society meets at Heritage Place in Soldotna, 232 RockThere will be three skill divisions that include Advanced (4.0-5.0), well Ave. Call Terrie Butcher at 907-756-1282 or Tim Reed Intermediate (3.5), and Novice (2.0-3.0). This is an non-sanctioned at 907-252-0432. tournament but USAPA rules will be used. Women’s doubles tour 1 p.m. nament will be from 8:00 am to noon and the Men’s Doubles Tour n Home School Gym is hosted at the Nikiski Communament will be 1– 5 p.m. For more information or to register visit nity Recreation Center. www.soldotna.org or call 907-714-1211. 2:30 p.m. n The Teen Center is open until 8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge activities 6 p.m. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center is open ev n Alcoholics Anonymous Step Sisters women’s meetery day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Ski Hill Road near Soldotna. For ing at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, O’Neill more information, call 260-2820. Hall, 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna. Call 262-2304. —Daily wildlife movies at the visitors center. 11 a.m., noon and n TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran 2 p.m.—Refuge film, 1 p.m.—Raptor force, 3 p.m.— Moose: Life Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting of a twig eater starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. —Aug. 18 — Wild Berry fun day — Drop in for ID walks, 6:30 p.m. indoor exploration stations and kids crafts. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. n The Soldotna Lions Club meets at Don Jose’s at —Aug. 25 — Tale of Two Cabins — Hear stories of life 44109 Sterling Highway, Soldotna. For more information, one the Kenai and explore two renovated log cabins from the 1920s call 776-5339. and 1940s. Easy, short walk on a gravel path. 2 p.m. 6:45 p.m. —Sept. 1— Cuba’s endemic birds— Guides speaker Er n Water volleyball at the Nikiski Pool. nesto Reyes. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. n Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Homeschool fall fundraiser n Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. The the Kenai Peninsula Homeschool Activities Committee will n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group/“Men’s Stag,” at host a fall Craft Fair Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Kenai 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. Peninsula Center Mall. The fair will include vendors and crafters. n AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Admission is free. Vendors interested in participating contact 513Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 907-398-0670. 9469. n Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at ~ from the bush to Sterling the bottle ~ United Methodist Church, 15811 Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574. Long Alaska winters and midnight sun summers allow us to produce The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.
Kenai Senior Center activities —Aug. 16, 10:30 a.m.: Old Timer’s Luncheon, $7 suggested donation —Aug. 17, 1–6:30 p.m. (ish): Ninilchik Fair. $15.
Update your records at Kasilof cemetery The Kasilof-Cohoe Cemetery Association is updating their records. If you have a reserved plot or a family member interred at Spruce Grove Memorial Cemetery in Kasilof, please notify us with your contact information, so we can keep our records current. Updated rules and regulations are also available. Email SpruceGroveCemetery@gmail.com or send information to Kasilof Cohoe Cemetery Association, P.O.Box 340, Kasilof, AK, 99610.
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Political sign enforcement justified Understanding the wisdom of a
recent Department of Transportation enforcement action removing illegal campaign signs from road rights of way is as easy as taking a drive across town. As the Aug. 21 primary election approaches, signs are sprouting alongside Southcentral roads like bird vetch. And although they’re not as difficult to remove as invasive weeds, the signs are considerably worse about cluttering the visual landscape — and sometimes dangerously obstructing drivers’ view. Alaska has a particularly restrictive set of laws that govern advertising on or near the roadway. A voter initiative passed in 1998 set severe limits on campaign signs and other billboards. As DOT officials remind campaigns in a statement issued each year, “Alaska laws apply to signs on public or commercial property either within 660 feet of the state’s public right of way or beyond 660 feet and legible from the main traveled way. These signs may be removed by the state at the expense of the property owner.” It’s rare, however, for the law to be enforced, and campaigns and property owners flagrantly flout the restrictions, placing signs the size of a mattress or larger well within the right of way on major thoroughfares. Sometimes this is merely an annoyance for drivers who dislike seeing ads during their commute, but in some cases, large signs near intersections or access to businesses can impede drivers’ ability to see oncoming traffic or other cars about to enter the roadway. Typically, the only signs removed by DOT are ones about which they receive many complaints, and even then, tight budgets mean quite a few problem signs will remain. Too often, those providing and placing the signs exploit that lack of enforcement. This isn’t to say that the law should always be enforced to the letter; indeed, few laws are. But in its crackdown on illegal signs thus far, DOT officials haven’t flagged every sign legible from the roadway, as they could. Instead, they have wisely opted to focus on ones that are obvious offenders and those that pose potential hazards, much as state troopers don’t try to pull over every speeding driver, only those most likely to present safety hazards. What’s more, although DOT has the option of performing the removals at property owners’ expense, they have opted instead to use their own funds. So far, they estimate a cost of $3,600 for sign removals. If one fender-bender is prevented, the expense of sign removal will have been more than justified. There has been predictable grousing from campaigns whose signs have been removed, and even allegations that Gov. Bill Walker has orchestrated the sign removal campaign to disadvantage his opponents. Mudslinging is par for the course during campaign season, but these attacks don’t hold water. It’s not as though Walker’s campaign somehow benefits unduly from everyone having to play by the same rules. And from a practical perspective, arguing that signs should be placed more directly in drivers’ field of vision probably isn’t politically wise for campaigns — the voters, after all, were the ones who overwhelmingly approved the sign ban in the first place. There’s no need for stringent sign enforcement that unfairly restricts Alaskans’ rights to engage in political speech. But the DOT sign removal campaign has so far balanced the right to campaign for candidates with Alaskans’ rights to get around Anchorage safely and not be unduly barraged by billboard-style signs close to the road. Who can take issue with that? — Anchorage Daily News, Aug. 12, 2018
The Turkish hostage crisis
It’s never a good idea to negotiate with a hostage-taker, but when it’s a NATO ally, there isn’t much choice. The Trump administration has been trying to get back a Christian pastor detained in Turkey since October 2016, and when a possible deal at the sidelines of the NATO summit fell through, decided to drop the hammer. A couple of weeks ago, the administration sanctioned Turkey’s justice and interior ministers — remember, these are top officials of a fellow NATO country. The action hit the Turkish currency and stock market hard. Then President Donald Trump intervened in his inimitable style, with a tweet promising a doubling of aluminum and steel tariffs against the country and pointedly noting the drop in the value of the lira. As always, the president’s shoot-fromthe-lip style is open to question, but Turkey deserved every last character — including the two exclamation points — in that presidential tweet. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not Justin Trudeau or Angela Merkel, a leader firmly within the liberal West who annoys Trump. He’s an Islamist authoritarian who is fundamentally changing the character of an erstwhile ally. Erdogan’s resort to hostage-taking as a tactic to gain leverage over allies — it’s not just us — is a barbarous throwback and a disgusting homage to rogue states like Iran and North Korea. He also has grabbed a Turkish-American NASA sci-
entist and local employees of American consulates. The case against the pastor, the highest-profile case, is ludicrous. Andrew Brunson lived with his family in a seaside city, Izmir, for Rich Lowry more than 20 years until the government, after Erdogan survived a coup, decided that he was guilty of aiding terrorist organizations and carrying out military espionage. The alleged supporting evidence is a collection of absurdities that could have been assembled by the Turkish equivalent of Alex Jones — a video of a traditional Arab dish sent to Brunson by his daughter, a church member telling the pastor by text that he couldn’t make it to a service, a photo of him with a man in a scarf bearing certain colors, and so on, all of which supposedly implicates him in dire crimes against the Turkish state. What this clearly is about is holding Brunson to try to get Fethullah Gulen, a former Erdogan ally and cleric who lives on a farm in Pennsylvania. With great fervency but little evidence, the Turkish government accuses Gulen of being behind the shadowy July 15, 2016, coup that became an occasion for Erdogan to seize emergency powers and purge the state and civil society of his political enemies.
Letters to the Editor Volunteers make book sale at the Kenai Community Library a success The Friends of the Kenai Community Library greatly appreciate those who bought books at our sale July 19-21. The funds raised will be used to support special library programs. Our sincere thank you to the volunteers who worked at the sale and made the sale possible: Margaret Simon, Donna Steele, Lee Tanner, Kari Mohn, Larry and Satorene Jackson, Barb Christian, Nora Satathite, Dale and Barb Sandahl, Connie Jung, Sherry Lewis, Marj Wiley, Eileen Bryson, Mary Ann Dyke, Deanna Beauchamp, Jean Taylor, Susan Smalley, MJ Loveland, Jane Fuerstenau, Virginia Walters, Paul Morin, John Straughn, Carolyn Ostrander, Harriet Seibert, Joy Morgan, Paula Bute, Fox Michaud, Terri Burdick and granddaughter, Truly Hondel. Additional thanks to everyone who donated books for the sale, to Mary Jo Joiner and the library staff for collecting those donations and allowing us to use the meeting rooms at the library for the sale. Thank you to Rachel Stone and staff of the Oaken Keg for saving the cardboard flats for us to use to organize the books, and to Lee and Dee Cassell of the Home Gallery for allowing us to store materials at their store and to their employee Martin Vanderburgh for his help moving books and other materials. Again our sincere appreciation to the community and the volunteers for their support. Kathy Heus, Member Friends of the Kenai Community Library
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Erdogan isn’t even subtle about the agenda behind the seizure of Brunson. In a talk to police officers last year, he said, “They say, ‘Give us this certain pastor,’” meaning Brunson, to which Erdogan’s rejoinder was, “You have another pastor in your hands; give him to us.” This isn’t a trade the U.S. should be willing to make, but a swap of a Turkish woman held in Israel for links to Hamas in exchange for Brunson was reportedly discussed at the last NATO summit. When nothing ultimately came of it — although Brunson was released into house arrest — the crisis escalated to a different level. Erdogan blames an “economic war” for his country’s dire economic straits. He should instead blame his own mismanagement. Turkey was already vulnerable to an end of the era of cheap capital, even before it pursued a course of confrontation with a country vastly richer and more powerful than it is. There were always going to be stresses in the U.S.-Turkish alliance; Turkey views the Kurds as a threat, and we consider them allies. But the chief cause of the radical deterioration in the relationship is Turkey’s rank anti-Americanism, a paranoia stoked at every turn by Erdogan for his own cynical purposes. He is now reaping what he sowed, and if Erdogan wants relief, his first step should be releasing the hostages. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
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Nation/World Trump yanks ex-CIA chief’s clearance By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly revoked the security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday, an unprecedented act of retribution against a vocally critical former top U.S. official. Trump also threatened to yank the clearances of eight former officials and a current one, mostly top intelligence and law enforcement officials from the Obama and previous administrations. Trump denounced Brennan’s criticism and spoke anxiously of “the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. The president described his own action as fulfilling his “constitutional responsibility to protect the nation’s classified information.” However, Democratic congressmen said it smacked of an “enemies list” among fellow Americans and the behavior of leaders in “dictatorships, not democracies.” Brennan tweeted: “My principles are worth far more than clearances. I will not relent.” Trump’s action, critics and nonpartisan experts said, marked an unprecedented politicization of the federal government’s security clearance process. It also was a clear escalation in Trump’s battle with members of the U.S. intelligence community he inherited and has attempted to reorient since he took office. And it came in the middle of the president’s latest controversy — accusations of racism by former assistant Omarosa Man-
igault Newman and his bitter reaction to them. Trump’s statement, distributed to reporters, was dated July 26, 2018, suggesting it could have been held and then released when needed to change a damaging subject. Trump, in a statement read by his press secretary and distributed by the White House, accused Brennan of having “leveraged his status as a former high-ranking official with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations, wild outbursts on the internet and television about this administration.” “Mr. Brennan’s lying and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with access to the nations’ most closely held secrets,” the statement said. Brennan has indeed been deeply critical of Trump’s conduct, calling his performance at a press conference last month with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland “nothing short of treasonous.” He said of Trump’s order on Wednesday, “This action is part of a broader effort by Mr. Trump to suppress freedom of speech & punish critics. It should gravely worry all Americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out.” Brennan said he learned of Trump’s action only when the White House announced it. Former intelligence officials are wondering how far Trump will go, according to a former senior intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity to share private conversations he’s had with people who have worked in the field.
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In this May 23, 2017, file photo, former CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
They said Trump has moved from threatening to revoke security clearances of former intelligence officials who have not been involved in the Russia investigation to former officials who did work on the probe. Trump’s statement said the Brennan issue raises larger questions about the practice of allowing former officials to maintain their security clearances, and said that others officials’ were under review. They include former FBI Director James Comey; James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence; former CIA Director Michael Hayden; former national security adviser Susan Rice and Andrew McCabe, who served as Trump’s deputy FBI director until he was fired in March. Also on the list: fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, whom the president has tweeted about recently.
At least two of the former officials, Comey and McCabe, do not currently have security clearances, and none of the eight receive intelligence briefings. Trump’s concern apparently is that their former status gives special weight to their statements, both to Americans and foreign foes. Ohr is the only current government employee on the list. Former CIA directors and other top national security officials are typically allowed to keep their clearances, at least for some period, so they can be in a position to advise their successors and to hold certain jobs. The office of the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats declined to comment on Trump’s decision to revoke Brennan’s security clearance. The CIA referred questions to the White House. Clapper, reacting on CNN, said he didn’t plan to stop speaking out when asked about the Trump administration.
Puerto Rico officials: all of island has power The Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Power has been restored to all of Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 11 months ago, officials said Tuesday. The island’s electric utility announced that crews working in the southern city of Ponce reconnected the last neighborhood that had been offline since the Sept. 20 storm knocked out the U.S. territory’s power grid. Ponce resident Charlie Colon Nazario told El Nuevo Dia that he was looking forward to no longer having to use a generator to light his house. “No more lamps, no more candles, no more extension cords,” he said as about two dozen power workers com-
pleted the connection to his home. The Ponce neighborhood was the last to be reconnected to the grid because landslides and rough terrain made it difficult for crews from the electrical authority or contractors to reach the area to make repairs, said Carlos Alvarado, chief of technical operations for the power authority. Utility crews used a helicopter to replace wooden power poles knocked down in the storm with steel ones that officials hope will do a better job staying up during future storms. “They will have a more robust system,” Alvardo said. Power company spokesman Gerardo Quinones said that some individual homes around Puerto Rico may still be with-
WASHINGTON — Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. “Just like we have heat waves on land, we also have heat waves in the ocean,” said Art Miller of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Between 1982 and 2016, the number of “marine heat waves” roughly doubled, and likely will become more common and intense as the planet warms, a study released Wednesday found. Prolonged periods of extreme heat in the oceans can damage kelp forests and coral reefs, and harm fish and other marine life. “This trend will only further accelerate with global warming,” said Thomas Frolicher, a climate scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, who led the research. His team defined marine heat waves as extreme events in which sea-surface temperatures exceeded the 99th percentile of measurements for a given location. Because oceans both absorb and release heat more slowly than air, most marine
heat waves last for at least several days — and some for several weeks, said Frolicher. “We knew that average temperatures were rising. What we haven’t focused on before is that the rise in the average comes at you in clumps of very hot days — a shock of several days or weeks of very high temperatures,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University climate scientist who was not involved in the study. Many sea critters have evolved to survive within a fairly narrow band of temperatures compared to creatures on land, and even incremental warming can be disruptive. Some free-swimming sea animals like bat rays or lobsters may shift their routines. But stationary organisms like coral reefs and kelp forests “are in real peril,” said Michael Burrows, an ecologist at the Scottish Marine Institute, who was not part of the research. In 2016 and 2017, persistent high ocean temperatures off eastern Australia killed off as much as half of the shallow water corals of the Great Barrier Reef — with significant consequences for other creatures dependent upon the reef. “One in every four fish in the ocean lives in or around coral reefs,” said Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, a marine biologist at the University of Queensland. “So much of the ocean’s biodiver-
VICTORIA, British Columbia — The Canadian province of British Columbia has declared a state of emergency due to hundreds of wildfires burning across the Pacific Coast province. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Wednesday’s declaration applies to the entire province and ensures federal, provincial and local resources can be delivered in a coordinated manner. The province says 566 wildfires were burning across British Columbia on Tuesday, with evacuation orders covering more than 1,500 properties and affecting about 3,000 people. The wildfire service says more than 1,800 wildfires have been recorded since the season began on April 1, charring nearly 3,800 square kilometers (1,467 square miles) of timber and bush. The federal government has approved the deployment of about 200 members of the armed forces to help with firefighting efforts.
Cuba and Canada sign agreement to fight sex trafficking HAVANA — Cuba and Canada have signed an agreement to reinforce cooperation on sex trafficking of minors and women, pledging to track and apprehend citizens from either country engaged in exploitation of children and adolescents for pornography or sexual abuse. A superintendent of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police charged with tracking sexual abuse of minors by Canadian citizens says the agreement will enhance the efforts by both sides to monitor and impede sexual crimes against women and minors in both countries. Marie-Claude Arsenault says it provides a legal framework for pursuing cases leading to prosecution for such crimes. The agreement signed Wednesday calls for greater information sharing, joint investigations, and prosecution of suspects by either country. A million Canadians travel to Cuba on holiday every year.
Vandals flood historic submarine, plaques stolen HACKENSACK, N.J. — Vandals have flooded a World War II-era submarine that has been part of the New Jersey Naval Museum since 1972. Submarine Memorial Association vice president Les Altschuler tells The Record locks were cut and hatches were open on the USS Ling between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Four bronze plaques honoring submarines and crews that were lost during the war also were stolen. Altschuler says the Ling did not sink even though it was flooded with several feet of water. However, artifacts inside were damaged. The sub is stuck in several feet of mud and in a section of the Hackensack River that is too shallow for the vessel to float. — The Associated Press
Today in History In this May 16, 2018 file photo, a worker from the Cobra Energy Company, contracted by the Army Corps of Engineers, installs power lines in the Barrio Martorel area of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
out power because of repairs residents need to make and that the island of Vieques continues to rely on generators. The island-wide outage was
the longest continuous blackout in U.S. history. Repair crews are still working to make upgrades and outages are regular occurrences.
Not just land heat waves: Oceans are in hot water, too By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer
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In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, a Guadalupe fur seal, foreground, passes by as SeaWorld animal rescue team member Heather Ruce feeds a California sea lion at a rescue facility in San Diego, with rescue crews seeing a higher than average amount of stranded sea lions. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
sity depends upon a fairly small amount of the ocean floor.” The latest study in Nature relied on satellite data and other records of sea-surface temperatures including from ships and buoys. It didn’t include the recent record-breaking measurements off Scripps Pier in San Diego — which reached 79.5 degrees Fahrenheit on August 9 — but Frolicher and Miller said the event was an example of a marine heat wave. Miller said he knew something was odd when he spotted a school of bat rays — which typically only congregate in pockets of warm water — swimming just off the pier earlier this month.
Changes in ocean circulation associated with warmer surface waters will likely mean decreased production of phytoplankton — the tiny organisms that form the basis of the marine food web, he said. Marine biologists nicknamed a patch of persistent high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean between 2013 and 2016 “the Blob.” During that period, decreased phytoplankton production led to a cascading lack of food for many species, causing thousands of California sea lion pups to starve, said Miller, who had no role in the Nature study.
Today is Thursday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2018. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 16, 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit; the sole survivor was 4-year-old Cecelia Cichan (SHEE’-an). On this date: In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states that were in rebellion -- i.e., the Confederacy. In 1920, Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was struck in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees; Chapman died the following morning. In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In 1962, The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr. In 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. In 1987, people worldwide began a two-day celebration of the “harmonic convergence,” which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind. In 1991, Pope John Paul II began the first-ever papal visit to Hungary. In 2003, Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; he was believed to have been about 80. Ten years ago: At the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps touched the wall a hundredth of a second ahead of Serbia’s Milorad Cavic (MEE’-lohrahd KAH’-vihch) to win the 100-meter butterfly, giving Phelps his seventh gold medal of the Games, tying Mark Spitz’s performance in the 1972 Munich Games. Usain (yoo-SAYN’) Bolt of Jamaica ran the 100-meter dash in a stunning world-record time of 9.69 seconds. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi were married at their Beverly Hills home. Five years ago: In a spacewalk lasting seven hours and 29 minutes, Russian cosmonauts rigged cable outside the International Space Station for a new lab that was due to arrive in a few months. One year ago: The University of Florida denied a request by white supremacist Richard Spencer to rent space on the campus for a September event. (The university later allowed Spencer to appear in October, saying it was legally obligated to allow the expression of many viewpoints.) President Donald Trump disbanded two White House business councils, amid criticism from CEOs for his remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Ann Blyth is 90. Actor Gary Clarke is 85. Actress Julie Newmar is 85. Actress-singer Ketty Lester is 84. Actor John Standing is 84. College Football Hall of Famer and NFL player Bill Glass is 83. Actress Anita Gillette is 82. Actress Carole Shelley is 79. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 79. Movie director Bruce Beresford is 78. Actor Bob Balaban is 73. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 73. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 72. Rock singer-musician Joey Spampinato is 70. Actor Marshall Manesh is 68. Actor Reginald VelJohnson is 66. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer J.T. Taylor is 65. Movie director James Cameron is 64. Actor Jeff Perry is 63. Rock musician Tim Farriss (INXS) is 61. Actress Laura Innes is 61. Singer Madonna is 60. Actress Angela Bassett is 60. Actor Timothy Hutton is 58. Actor Steve Carell (kuh-REHL’) is 56. Former tennis player Jimmy Arias is 54. Actor-singer Donovan Leitch is 51. Actor Andy Milder is 50. Actor Seth Peterson is 48. Country singer Emily Robison (The Dixie Chicks) is 46. Actor George Stults is 43. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 38. Actor Cam Gigandet is 36. Actress Agnes Bruckner is 33. Singer-musician Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) is 33. Actress Cristin Milioti is 33. Actor Shawn Pyfrom is 32. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 32. Actor Okieriete Onaodowan is 31. Country singer Dan Smyers (Dan & Shay) is 31. Actor Kevin G. Schmidt is 30. Actress Rumer Willis is 30. Actor Parker Young is 30. Rapper Young Thug is 27. Actor Cameron Monaghan is 25. Singer-pianist Greyson Chance is 21. Thought for Today: “The most persistent threat to freedom, to the rights of Americans, is fear.” -- George Meany (born this date in 1894, died in 1980).
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Braves, Marlins scuffle after 1st-pitch beaning By The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Slugging rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. was hit by a pitch before he could take the Marlins deep again, but Dansby Swanson filled the power void for Atlanta, hitting a tworun homer that led the Braves to a 5-2 win over Miami on Wednesday night. Acuna, who had hit leadoff homers in the last three games and homered in five straight overall, didn’t get a chance to extend the streak. Jose Urena plunked him on the left elbow with a fastball on his first pitch of the day, triggering a melee. Benches and bullpens for both teams emptied onto the field twice after the pitch. No punches were thrown. Urena and Braves manager Brian Snitker were ejected.
Acuna instead became the 11th batter to be hit by a pitch from Urena this season, tied for the most in the National League. Trainer George Poulis hovered over Acuna, who sat on the ground near the batter’s box while players swarmed near the mound. Acuna left the game in the second inning. He took his position in left field and then walked off the field. There was no immediate update on Acuna’s apparent injury. The NL East-leading Braves, who began the night two games ahead of Philadelphia, have won five straight. The last-place Marlins have lost five straight and eight of nine. Kevin Gausman (7-9) allowed two runs in six innings. A.J. Minter pitched
Nick Martini had three hits for the A’s mos had three extra-base hits and three a perfect ninth for his 11th save in 12 opportunities. Jarlin Garcia (1-2) was and Matt Olson added two. Oakland en- RBIs, helping Philadelphia beat Boston in tered the day one game behind first-place his first game with his new team. the loser.
MARINERS 2, ATHLETICS 0, 12 INNINGS OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Lighthitting Dee Gordon homered off Yusmeiro Petit in the 12th inning to break a scoreless tie and Seattle beat Oakland to avoid a three-game sweep. Jean Segura had four hits to help Seattle close within 2 1/2 games of the A’s for the second AL wild card. Seattle’s Mike Leake pitched eight innings of two-hit ball with six strikeouts and one walk. Oakland’s Brett Anderson went 7 2/3 without allowing a run in his longest outing since June 16, 2015.
Houston. Both teams squandered numerous scoring opportunities before Seattle scraped together two runs on one hit. After Petit (5-3) got leadoff man Denard Span to ground out, Mike Zunino walked. Gordon hit the next pitch over the right-field wall. Gordon’s only other home run was a solo shot against Cleveland on April 1 in Seattle’s third game of the season. James Pazos (3-1) retired one batter for the victory. Edwin Diaz pitched the 12th for his major league-leading 47th save in 50 opportunities.
PHILLIES 7, RED SOX 4 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wilson Ra-
The Phillies remained two games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East. They split a two-game interleague series with the major league-leading Red Sox for the second time in three weeks. Ramos, the two-time All-Star catcher acquired from Tampa Bay on July 31, made a big impact after missing a month because of a strained hamstring. He hit his second career triple and first in seven years leading off the bottom of the sixth, chugging around the bases after his liner off Joe Kelly (4-1) to right-center took an odd bounce off the wall. Ramos scored on pinch-hitter Scott Kingery’s sacrifice fly to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead. He hammered a two-run double with two outs in the sevSee MLB, page A7
Peninsula Cup gets opening act in Kenai Hetrick opens 1st day with hole-in-one By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
The Walker Cup is back as the Peninsula Cup. Jeff Hetrick got the newly named event started with a bang Wednesday at Kenai Golf Course. Hetrick, playing for Birch Ridge, jarred a hole-in-one at the par-3 10th. Hetrick was the first one in his group to tee off, and the tee box at No. 10 is the closest to the clubhouse, so it’s very possible the first shot of the event was a hole-in-one. The Peninsula Cup is a contest that pits Kenai Golf Course against Birch Ridge in a Ryder Cup-style event that includes four ball, alternate shot and singles. The event used to be called the Walker Cup and was played until 2014, at which time Kenai had a 5-4-1 lead. Kenai took a 4-2 lead after the first day of play. There will be six more points available Friday in alternate shot and 12 more available in Sunday’s singles. Wednesday’s format was four ball. In this format, in each group, each of four players plays his ball for the entire hole. The player with the best score at the end of the hole wins that hole for his team of two. “When you play this format, you go for it,” Hetrick said of his approach on the 142-yard hole. “It was the perfect yardage for an 8-iron.” When Hetrick hit the ball, he knew it would be close. But he had to rely on partner Trevor Baldwin for the official word. “I heard it hit the pin, and Trevor said it went in,” Hetrick said. “I don’t see that well anymore.” The ace was the third in Hetrick’s career, though the last one came 30 years ago in Oregon. The other came in Maryland. Like all competitors, Hetrick, who is from Moose Pass, was glad to see
the event return. “I drove over for this,” he said. “I like this kind of event. I like the team competition.” Hetrick and Baldwin lost 2 and 1 (two holes down with one to play) to Kenai’s Todd Eskelin and Jerry Norris. Hetrick said his team was down three holes at one point and came back to tie it up, but then went down again. Kenai also got a 6 and 5 victory from Aaron Cooper and Tom Reese against Mike Hollingsworth and Darell Jelsma. “It was good competition out there,” Cooper said. “Those guys played well. If it wasn’t for a few missed putts, we’d still be playing.” Also for Kenai, Bill Davis and Kirk Hyman topped Pedro McCall and Mike Rose 3 and 2; and Chris Morin and Noel Widmayer topped Bill Engberg and Jake Eubank 2 and 1. Zac Cowan and C.J. Henley got Birch Ridge in the winners column with a 4 and 2 triumph against Jason Woodruff and Rene Alvarez. Cowan is a pro who owns Birch Ridge with his wife, Anna Cowan. Pros were not allowed in the old format, while this new format allows each course to use two pros. Cowan said the key to the match was he put his driver away and started getting the ball in the fairway. “It’s good to have camaraderie back between the two courses,” Cowan said. “The industry and the towns are too small for us to be segregated.” Birch Ridge’s other victory came from George Stein and Max Conradi, who topped Charlie Kahakauwila and Mike Kebschull 2 and 1. The event continues with alternate shot at 5:00 p.m. Friday and concludes with singles play at 11 a.m. Sunday. All play is at Kenai Golf Course.
Gotsis case dropped ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors in Atlanta are dismissing a rape case against Denver Broncos defensive end Adam Gotsis that stemmed from an alleged assault more than five years ago while he was at Georgia Tech. Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. said in a statement Wednesday that “after a careful and thorough investigation” his office had decided not to proceed with the case. “My office understands the sensi-
tivity and significance of these investigations, but the evidence presented does not warrant any further action in this case,” Howard said. A 30-year-old woman went to Atlanta police headquarters on Feb. 1 and told an investigator that Gotsis had raped her on March 9, 2013. The woman said she went to a party with Gotsis and then he took her to his home and assaulted her. Gotsis turned himself in March 7 and he was released that day on $50,000 bond.
Birch Ridge’s Jeff Hetrick tracks his putt on the third green at Kenai Golf Course during the Peninsula Cup on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Hetrick dunked a hole-in-one on No. 10, his first shot of the tournament. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Seahawks 1st-rounder Penny to miss ‘couple weeks’ after surgery By CURTIS CRABTREE Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks first-round pick Rashaad Penny had surgery Wednesday to repair a broken finger. Head coach Pete Carroll said the surgery went well and Penny isn’t expected to miss more than a couple of weeks. “He can already move it and it’s not going to be in a cast or any of that kind of stuff, so he’s in pretty good shape,” Carroll said. “We got a great report on it. He’s not going to be out very long at all.” The rookie running back out of San Diego State was injured during passblocking drills Monday and left the field with trainers. Carroll said he believes Penny can
still be ready for the start of the regular season. “I don’t have any doubt about what he’s capable of doing. I really don’t,” Carroll said. “We just got to make sure he’s in great shape and let him play ball.” Penny carried eight times for 16 yards in his preseason debut Thursday against the Indianapolis Colts. He also caught two passes for seven yards. He has been the second backup in the team’s rotation behind Chris Carson, who had gained the starting job last year after being a seventh-round selection out of Oklahoma State. “It was tough,” Carson said of Penny’s injury. “You could tell by the look on his face that he was hurt about it. But he’s a tough kid. He’ll bounce back.” Seattle has been trying this offsea-
Minnesota met the night before, a group of 12 trusted players from both the Jaguars and Vikings convened before the two teams took the field for their first joint practice. The goal of the gatherings could be boiled down to this: No fighting. Please. “We really don’t want to end up being on TV like some of these other things,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “We just want to get out there and get some work done and try to get each of us better.” There’s no reason for the Jaguars and Vikings, who only play each other in the regular season every fourth year, to bring any grudges to these dual inJags, Vikes convene for dividual drills and simulated game joint practices situations. EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — After the Jaguars coach Doug Marrone spent coaching staffs for Jacksonville and three years as an assistant coach with
son to fix a rushing attack that netted just one rushing touchdown from a running back all last season. It was a group that also had to use 11 different ball carriers in 2016 due to a number of injuries at the position. Penny’s addition was both a move to increase production and add quality depth. He had been impressing early in camp before the injury. “He’s shown us all the instincts. His want-to is great. His learning ability is excellent. ... Carrying the football instinctively, how to catch it and run with it, he’s done all that stuff. We’ve seen plenty,” Carroll said.
the New Orleans Saints, when Zimmer’s son and current Vikings linebackers coach Adam Zimmer was also on staff. Jaguars assistant offensive line coach Tony Sparano Jr . is the son of the late Vikings offensive line coach, who died suddenly of heart disease right before training camp . “I think they’re an excellent football team. They’re well-disciplined. They’re well-coached,” Marrone said, speaking of the Vikings. “Those are the type of teams you want to come and practice against.” This was Marrone’s idea, proposed to Zimmer shortly after the exhibition game schedule was finalized in April with the Jaguars playing the Vikings on Saturday. Zimmer acknowledged some hesitation, citing his preference to follow See NFL, page A7
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enth off Drew Pomeranz to extend the lead to 6-3 and scored on Maikel Franco’s single. Seven relievers combined to allow one unearned run in 6 2/3 innings. Tommy Hunter (4-2) earned the win by getting one out in the sixth. Seranthony Dominguez got the last four outs for his 13th save.
CUBS 8, BREWERS 4
nings to win his sixth straight start. The right-hander was removed from the game by manager Mickey Callaway after the Mets sent 12 batters to the plate in a lengthy sixth against Dylan Bundy (7-11) and three relievers. In the eighth, Mets backup third baseman Jack Reinheimer got his first major league hit, a single up the middle off Cody Carroll.
RAYS 6, YANKEES 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Mallex Smith hit a two-run homer, rookie Brandon Lowe got his first two major league hits and Tampa Bay beat New York. Kevin Kiermaier, who was mired in a 4-for-46 slump in August, had two hits, scored a run and drove in one for the Rays. They have won seven of their past nine games against New York. Reliever Ryan Yarbrough (115) then entered and was credited with the win after shutting down the Yankees over four scoreless innings. He allowed only two hits and struck out three. Tampa Bay took advantage of an ineffective Luis Cessa (1-3), who was recalled from Triple-A before the game to make a start in place of an injured CC Sabathia. Miguel Andujar homered for New York.
CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Rizzo homered, drove in three runs and stole two bases in his return to the cleanup spot, and Chicago beat Milwaukee to restore a three-game lead in the NL Central. Jason Heyward added three hits and two RBIs to help Chicago bounced back from a 7-0 loss in the opener of the two-game series. David Bote had two hits, scored twice and made barehanded play at third base in his first action since he hit a game-ending grand slam Sunday night against Washington. Kyle Hendricks (9-9) struck out eight in six-plus innings on his bobblehead day. Wild card-leading Milwaukee had a chance to inch closer to Chicago, but instead lost for the fourth time in six games. Junior Guerra ASTROS 12, ROCKIES 1 (6-8) lasted just 3 2/3 innings, and HOUSTON (AP) — Evan Gatfirst baseman Eric Thames committed an error that helped set up tis and Tyler White hit two homers each, Yuli Gurriel added a two-run a run. shot and Houston routed Colorado to snap a five-game skid. METS 16, ORIOLES 5 Gerrit Cole (11-5) struck out 12 and the defending World Series BALTIMORE (AP) — Kevin champions stopped a nine-game Plawecki hit his first career grand home losing streak with their first slam during a nine-run sixth inwin in Houston since July 14, ning, Brandon Nimmo went 5 for their last game before beginning a 5 with three RBIs and New York 10-game road trip. Houston’s five pounded Baltimore. home runs were a season high, and Todd Frazier homered and the run total was more than the drove in four runs to help the Mets Astros managed in their last four earn a split of the two-game ingames combined. terleague series. A home run by The win, combined with OakWilmer Flores in the ninth enabled land’s loss to Seattle, helped the the Mets to reach a season high in Astros extend their lead in the AL runs. West to two games, with a series Zack Wheeler (8-6) gave up against the Athletics coming up one run and five hits over five innext.
Tyler Anderson (6-5) was the Pittsburgh. loser. Oliver Drake, Gabriel Moya (30), Tyler Duffey and Taylor Rogers scattered five hits and struck out BLUE JAYS 6, ROYALS 5 three before Trevor Hildenberger KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) picked up his third save in four — Curtis Granderson hit a grand chances. Minnesota is 16-4 in its last 20 slam, Marco Estrada pitched effectively into the seventh inning and home games. Forsythe’s two-run single off Toronto beat Kansas City. Jorge Lopez (0-2), who was reliever Edgar Santana (2-2) highmaking his Royals debut after be- lighted a three-run sixth as the ing acquired July 27 from Milwau- Twins took a 5-4 lead. Bobby Wilkee as part of the Mike Moustakas son homered in the seventh. trade, threw a 2-0 fastball that Granderson drove over the Royals’ ANGELS 3, PADRES 2 right-field bullpen gate with two SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rene Riouts in the fourth inning. It was Granderson’s 10th ca- vera hit a go-ahead homer in the reer grand slam and his second ninth inning in his return from a this year, both against the Royals. long stay on the disabled list, and The first was April 18 in Toronto. Los Angeles Angels completed a He has 19 home runs and 50 RBIs three-game sweep of San Diego. Reinstated from the 60-day DL in 106 games against Kansas City. Royals pitchers have yielded a ma- before the game, Rivera connectjor league-leading 10 grand slams. ed for a solo shot into the second deck in left field against San Diego closer Kirby Yates (4-1). The CARDINALS 4, former Padres catcher had missed NATIONALS 2 76 games with right knee inflamST. LOUIS (AP) — Mar- mation. cell Ozuna homered and Austin Gomber tossed six shutout innings WHITE SOX 6, TIGERS 5 to lead St. Louis past Washington DETROIT (AP) — Jose Abreu for its season-high eighth straight and Matt Davidson each hit twovictory. The Cardinals are 18-9 since run home runs to lift Chicago past the All-Star break and have won Detroit. The White Sox have won two in sixth successive series. Daniel Murphy homered in the a row after losing six of seven. The ninth for Washington, which has lost Tigers have lost nine of 12. Carlos Rodon (4-3) improved four in a row and seven of nine to fall below .500 and nine games behind to 3-0 in his last seven starts, giving up three runs on five hits and a first-place Atlanta in the NL East. Ozuna homered in the second walk in eight innings. Luis Avilan inning, his 14th of the season and got Victor Reyes to fly out to shallow center, earning his second his first since July 30. Gomber (3-0) gave up three save. hits, struck out six and walked four. Bud Norris pitched the ninth INDIANS 4, REDS 3 to pick up his 23rd save. Jeremy Hellickson (5-3) was the loser. He CINCINNATI (AP) — Melky left in the fifth inning after collid- Cabrera lofted a go-ahead twoing with Harrison Bader on a play run homer into the left-field seats at the plate following a wild pitch. in the sixth inning, and Cleveland beat Cincinnati for its fifth straight victory. TWINS 6, PIRATES 4 The Indians held the Reds scoreMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lo- less after a three-run first. In the gan Forsythe had three RBIs, the sixth, Cody Reed (0-1) walked YonMinnesota bullpen tossed 5 1/3 der Alonso before allowing Cabreshutout innings and the Twins beat ra’s third homer of the season.
National League
East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 68 51 .571 — Philadelphia 66 53 .555 2 Washington 60 61 .496 9 New York 51 67 .432 16½ Miami 48 75 .390 22 Central Division Chicago 69 50 .580 — Milwaukee 68 55 .553 3 St. Louis 66 55 .545 4 Pittsburgh 61 60 .504 9 Cincinnati 52 69 .430 18 West Division Arizona 66 55 .545 — Colorado 64 56 .533 1½ Los Angeles 65 57 .533 1½ San Francisco 61 61 .500 5½ San Diego 48 75 .390 19 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 6, Pittsburgh 4 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 4 N.Y. Mets 16, Baltimore 5 Philadelphia 7, Boston 4 Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 5, Miami 2 Houston 12, Colorado 1 St. Louis 4, Washington 2 L.A. Angels 3, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3, 12 innings Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Oswalt 1-2) at Philadelphia (Suarez 1-0), 12:05 p.m., 1st game Chicago Cubs (Lester 12-5) at Pittsburgh (Nova 7-6), 3:05 p.m. Washington (Roark 7-12) at St. Louis (Weaver 6-10), 3:15 p.m. Colorado (Gray 9-7) at Atlanta (Teheran 8-7), 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-9) at Philadelphia (Eflin 8-4), 3:35 p.m., 2nd game Arizona (Buchholz 5-2) at San Diego (Nix 1-0), 6:10 p.m.
American League
East Division W L Pct GB Boston 86 36 .705 — New York 75 45 .625 10 Tampa Bay 61 59 .508 24 Toronto 55 65 .458 30 Baltimore 36 85 .298 49½ Central Division Cleveland 69 51 .575 — Minnesota 56 63 .471 12½ Detroit 50 71 .413 19½ Chicago 44 76 .367 25 Kansas City 36 84 .300 33 West Division Houston 74 47 .612 — Oakland 72 49 .595 2 Seattle 70 52 .574 4½ Los Angeles 62 60 .508 12½ Texas 53 69 .434 21½ Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 5 Minnesota 6, Pittsburgh 4 Seattle 2, Oakland 0, 12 innings N.Y. Mets 16, Baltimore 5 Philadelphia 7, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 3 Houston 12, Colorado 1 Toronto 6, Kansas City 5 L.A. Angels 3, San Diego 2 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay (Stanek 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-3), 9:05 a.m. L.A. Angels (Skaggs 8-8) at Texas (Jurado 2-2), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Liriano 3-7) at Minnesota (Santana 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Gaviglio 2-5) at Kansas City (Sparkman 0-1), 4:15 p.m. All Times ADT
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By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Wayne Rooney scored two goals and D.C. United beat the Portland Timbers 4-1 on Wednesday night to move out of last place in the Eastern Conference. D.C. (6-9-6) won its third consecutive home game. Portland (10-5-7) has lost two straight after going unbeaten in its previous 15 matches. Rooney, the English star who joined the Washington club in June, tied it at 1 in the 43rd minute by running past the defense for Yamil Asad’s through ball and rolling it by Jeff Attinella. Rooney bent in a free kick in the 68th for his third MLS goal. Oniel Fisher and Darren
Abreu (21).
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Rays 6, Yankees 1 T.B. 012 210 000 —6 11 0 N.Y. 010 000 000 —1 5 0 Faria, Roe (4), Yarbrough (5), D.Castillo (9) and M.Perez; Cessa, Holder (4), Gray (5), Green (8) and Au.Romine. W_Yarbrough 115. L_Cessa 1-3. HRs_Tampa Bay, Smith (2). New York, Andujar (19).
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Twins 6, Pirates 4
Pitt. 010 300 000 —4 12 1 Min. 020 003 10x —6 9 2 Archer, E.Santana (6), Kela (7), Crick (8) and Cervelli; Berrios, Drake (4), Moya (6), Duffey (7), Rogers (8), Hildenberger (9) and B.Wilson. W_Moya 3-0. L_E.Santana 2-2. Sv_Hildenberger (3). HRs_Pittsburgh, Diaz (9). Minnesota, Wilson (2).
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Wheeler, Blevins (6), T.Peterson (7), D.Smith (9) and Plawecki; Bundy, Scott (6), E.Phillips (6), Gilmartin (6), Carroll (8), Wright Jr. (9) and Wynns. W_Wheeler 8-6. L_Bundy 7-11. HRs_New York, Flores (11), Plawecki (4), Frazier (12). Baltimore, Villar (2).
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Indians 4, Reds 3 Cle. 020 002 000 —4 5 1 Cin. 300 000 000 —3 10 0 Bieber, O.Perez (5), Otero (5), T.Olson (6), C.Allen (7), Hand (9) and R.Perez; Stephenson, Reed (2), Hughes (6), D.Hernandez (8), R.Iglesias (9) and Barnhart. W_ Otero 2-1. L_Reed 0-1. Sv_Hand (28). HRs_Cleveland, Cabrera (3). Cincinnati, Tucker (1).
Astros 12, Rockies 1 Col. 000 100 000 Hou. 331 030 20x
—1 5 0 —12 11 0
T.Anderson, Musgrave (5), Rusin (7) and Iannetta; Cole, Pressly (7), Harris (8), C.Perez (9) and Stassi. W_Cole 11-5. L_T.Anderson 6-5. HRs_Houston, White 2 (7), Gattis 2 (23), Gurriel (7).
Angels 3, Padres 2 L.A. 100 001 001 —3 10 0 S.D. 100 000 100 —2 4 0 Pena,
Bedrosian
(7), Alvarez
(8), Parker (9) and Rivera; Erlin, J.Castillo (7), Stammen (8), Yates (9) and Hedges. W_Alvarez 5-3. L_Yates 4-1. Sv_Parker (12). HRs_Los Angeles, Rivera (4). San Diego, Spangenberg (7).
Cubs 8, Brewers 4 Mil. 000 200 200 —4 9 1 Chi. 202 300 10x —8 13 1 Ju.Guerra, Jennings (4), T.Williams (5), Burnes (6), Jeffress (8) and Pina, Kratz; Hendricks, Edwards Jr. (7), J.Wilson (7), Cishek (7), Strop (9) and Contreras. W_Hendricks 9-9. L_Ju.Guerra 6-8. HRs_Chicago, Rizzo (18), Almora (5).
Braves 5, Marlins 2 Mia. 100 100 000 —2 4 1 Atl. 000 302 00x —5 8 0 J.Urena, E.Hernandez (1), Garcia (4), Ja.Guerra (5), Rucinski (6), Graves (7) and Realmuto; Gausman, Venters (7), Brach (8), Minter (9) and Flowers. W_Gausman 7-9. L_Garcia 1-2. Sv_Minter (11). HRs_Miami, Castro (10). Atlanta, Swanson (10).
Cardinals 4, Nationals 2 Was. 000 000 002 —2 7 1 S.L. 010 021 00x —4 7 0 Hellickson, Collins (6), Grace (7) and Kieboom; Gomber, Poncedeleon (7), Norris (9) and Molina. W_Gomber 3-0. L_Hellickson 5-3. Sv_Norris (23). HRs_Washington, Murphy (6). St. Louis, Ozuna (14).
basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta x-Washington x-Connecticut Chicago New York Indiana
W L Pct GB 22 10 .688 — 21 11 .656 1 19 13 .594 3 12 20 .375 10 7 25 .219 15 5 27 .156 17
WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Seattle 24 8 .750 — x-Los Angeles 19 13 .594 5 x-Phoenix 18 14 .563 6 x-Minnesota 17 15 .531 7 Dallas 14 18 .438 10 Las Vegas 14 18 .438 10 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday’s Games Washington 76, Indiana 62 Las Vegas 85, New York 72 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Los Angeles at Washington, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Connecticut, 3 p.m. Las Vegas at Dallas, 4 p.m. New York at Seattle, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 6 p.m. All Times ADT
soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta United FC 14 4 6 48 50 28 New York 15 6 2 47 45 23 New York City FC 14 5 5 47 48 31 Columbus 11 7 6 39 31 29 Philadelphia 9 11 3 30 32 39 Montreal 9 13 3 30 31 41 New England 7 8 8 29 38 38 D.C. United 6 9 6 24 37 39 Orlando City 7 15 2 23 37 57 Toronto FC 6 12 5 23 39 44 Chicago 6 14 5 23 35 49
WESTERN CONFERENCE FC Dallas S. Kansas City Los Angeles FC LA Galaxy Portland
12 5 6 42 37 30 11 6 6 39 42 30 11 7 6 39 47 39 10 8 7 37 48 42 10 5 7 37 35 31
Real Salt Lake 10 10 5 35 34 43 9 9 6 33 38 47 Vancouver Seattle 9 9 5 32 26 26 Minnesota United 9 13 2 29 38 48 Houston 7 10 6 27 39 34 Colorado 6 12 6 24 31 40 3 13 7 16 33 43 San Jose NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday, August 15 D.C. United 4, Portland 1 Los Angeles FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0 Saturday, August 18 LA Galaxy at Seattle, 12 p.m. New York at Vancouver, 3 p.m. New York City FC at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. Minnesota United at FC Dallas, 4 p.m. Portland at Sporting Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Houston, 5 p.m. Toronto FC at San Jose, 6 p.m. All Times ADT
racing NASCAR Cup Schedule (winners)
Feb. 18 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Austin Dillon) Feb. 25 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. (Kevin Harvick) March 4 — Penzoil 400, Las Vegas (Kevin Harvick) March 11 — TicketGuardian 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Kevin Harvick) March 18 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Martin Truex Jr.) March 26 — STP 500, Martinsville, Va. (Clint Bowyer) April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Kyle Busch) April 15 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) April 21 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch) April 29 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. (Joey Logano) May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. (Kevin Harvick) May 12 — KC Masterpiece 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Kevin Harvick) May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open, Concord, N.C. (AJ Allmendinger) May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick) May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Kyle Busch) June 3 — Pocono 400, Lond Pond, Pa. (Martin Truex Jr.) June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Clint Bowyer) June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Martin Truex Jr.) July 1 — Overton’s 400, Joliet, Ill. (Kyle Busch) July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Erik Jones) July 14 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Martin Truex Jr.) July 22 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Loudon, N.H. (Kevin Harvick) July 29 — Gander Outdoors 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Kyle Busch) Aug. 5 — GoBowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Chase Elliott) Aug. 12 — Consumers Energy 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kevin Harvick) Aug. 18 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sept. 2 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 9 — Big Machine Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Sept. 16 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Sept. 22 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 30 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 7 — Cup Series Race at Dover, Dover, Del. Oct. 14 — 1000Bulbs.com 500, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 28 — First Data 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth Nov. 11 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 18 — Ford Ecoboost 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race Points Leaders Through Aug. 12 1. Kyle Busch, 986. 2. Kevin Harvick, 924. 3. Martin Truex Jr, 842. 4. Kurt Busch, 750. 5. Clint Bowyer, 732. 6. Joey Logano, 723. 7. Brad Keselowski, 709. 8. Ryan Blaney, 687. 9. Denny Hamlin, 684. 10. Kyle Larson, 681. 11. Chase Elliott, 647. 12. Aric Almirola, 639. 13. Erik Jones, 596. 14. Jimmie Johnson, 572. 15. Alex Bowman, 542. 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 480. 17. Paul Menard, 472. 18. Daniel Suarez, 460. 19. Ryan Newman, 456. 20. Austin Dillon, 451.
transactions BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP Odrisamer Despaigne and C Jose Briceno to Salt Lake (PCL). Reinstated C Rene Rivera from the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Akeel Morris for assignment. NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Luis Cessa from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated RHP George Kontos for assignment. SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed LHP James Paxton on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Christian Bergman from Tacoma (PCL). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Resigned S Harlan Miller. Waivedinjured CB Lou Young III. BUFFALO BILLS — Claimed DL Albert Havili off waivers. Signed FB Sam Rogers. Designated DT Marquavius Lewis and Fb Zach Olstad on waived/ injured list. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DL Blaine Woodson. DENVER BRONCOS — Claimed WR DeAndrew White off waivers from Houston. Signed DL DeQuinton Osborne. Waived-injured WR Corey Brown and DL Paul Boyette. NEW YORK JETS — Placed OT Ben Ijalana on injured reserve. Signed OL Gino Gradkowski. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Claimed DT Gabe Wright off waivers from Miami. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Re-signed RW Ondrej Kase to a three-year contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer LOS ANGELES FC — Loaned D Tristan Blackmon to Phoenix (USL). COLLEGE CENTENARY — Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach David Foley to become the women’s basketball coach at Saint Mary’s (Minn.). CHOWAN — Named Luke Staatsas men’s assistant soccer coach. CITADEL — Named Mike Capaccio athletic director. LSU — Announced graduate QB Justin McMillan and junior QB Lowell Narcisse are leaving the football program.
Mattocks also scored for D.C. Samuel Armenteros scored for Portland. LOS ANGELES FC 2, REAL SALT LAKE 0 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Ramirez scored his first two goals since joining Los Angeles FC in a trade last week, helping the expansion team beat Real Salt Lake. LAFC acquired the highscoring forward from Minnesota United on Aug. 6. LAFC (11-7-6) ended a fivegame winless stretch, including two straight losses. Salt Lake (10-10-5) has just one win in its last six games, with three draws.
Mystics finish strong By The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points, Kristi Toliver added 19 and the Washington Mystics used an 18-2 fourth quarter to beat the Indiana Fever 76-62 on Wednesday night. Washington (21-11) has won seven straight and is one game behind second-place Atlanta (22-10), with the top two seeds getting double-byes in the playoffs. Monique Currie added 14 points. She made backto-back 3-pointers to start Washington’s 12-2 gameopening run. The Mystics were 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the first quarter and finished 9 of 22. Natalie Achonwa led Indi-
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training camp routine, but he agreed to include his team in an exercise that has long been common around the league. The workouts at Minnesota’s gleaming new facility will feature two teams that reached the conference championship games in January. “I figured, ‘OK, they’re a good team. Let’s go and do it,’” Zimmer said. The purpose is to break up the monotony of two-a-days and providing extra opportunities for evaluation of bottomof-the-roster candidates. The Vikings joined the Bengals for practices two years ago in Cincinnati where Zimmer used to be the defensive coordinator, a trip that conveniently allowed him to stay at his ranch retreat in rural Kentucky. “After going against the same defense, the same schemes, the same players every day, at some point it gets a little old,” Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen said. The excitement and, thus, the intensity have ramped up for these sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. That’s why the pre-practice conversations took place about keeping the competition healthy and respectful. “I’ve done it almost every year I’ve been a head coach in this league so I’ve seen great results from that if it’s done properly,” Marrone said. The New York Jets and Washington Redskins had a multiplayer melee on Sunday spill into the crowd of fans . The Jaguars had their own scuffle to sort out, with a scrap between defensive ends Dante Fowler and Yannick Ngakoue that prompted Marrone to keep Fowler and star cornerback Jalen Ramsey home from this trip . Zimmer banished wide receiver Stefon Diggs and cornerback Xavier Rhodes from practice one day last week after their trash-talking antics angered him. The Vikings had some testy joint practices with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2003 and again in 2004, when pro wrestler Brock Lesnar made his ill-fated tryout with the Vikings as a defensive lineman and stirred up his share of shouting and shoving in scrimmages. So even the best of intentions can be cast aside in the heat of the moment when it’s, literally, as hot outside as it’ll be all season.
ana (5-27) with 15 points. Candice Dupree added eight points and became the ninth player in WNBA history to reach 6,000 points. ACES 85, LIBERTY 72 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 18 of her 19 points in the first half, Kayla McBride scored all 15 of her points in the fourth quarter and Las Vegas beat short-handed New York to move into a tie for the final playoff spot. Las Vegas (14-18) and Dallas are tied for eighth — with a series meeting Friday in Texas. The Wings own the tiebreaker. Kia Nurse and Bria Hartley scored 14 points apiece for New York (7-25). Diggs and Thielen, for their part, were disappointed by Ramsey’s absence and the lost opportunity to test their skills against an All-Pro. The Vikings still faced plenty of challenges against the Jacksonville defense, which ranked second behind the Vikings last season in fewest yards and points allowed. “We came here to work. We came here to get things done,” Diggs said. “So as far as anything extra, we’re not interested.” The first session on Wednesday came and went without any drama, as both sides intended. “This is a good team to go against, a good team to get us right and to see where we are,” Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith said afterward. “Hopefully we push each other in the right way and we’ll be seeing each other in the right game later on.”
Cardinals wrap up short training camp GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals wrapped up their shortest training camp in recent memory Wednesday with a workout at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Cardinals reported on July 27 for their first camp under new coach Steve Wilks and scattered a handful of outdoor practices in the desert heat with workouts inside the air conditioned stadium. “I thought we really came down here and accomplished a lot,” Wilks said, “most importantly trying to emphasize and focus on the fundamentals and techniques of the game, trying to create that mindset, the physicality and most importantly the effort that’s going to sustain us throughout the year.” Arizona plays its second preseason game at New Orleans on Friday night and will resume practices Sunday on the other side of suburban Phoenix at the Cardinals practice facility in Tempe. The camp lasted less than three weeks. “My mindset is to try to frontload on the front end,” Wilks said. “I want to get back to Tempe so I can get these guys into a routine of how it’s going to be during the season and really starting to get their mind right and most importantly get their legs back underneath them.” Rookie quarterback Josh Rosen, who figures to get some time with the first unit against the Saints, said he learned a lot in the camp and he’s looking forward to getting a chance to play with the starters.
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University of California, San Diego, and the University of Delaware found it last month during a research mission funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The researchers confirmed
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the discovery with a remotely operated craft, which provided high definition video in real time to those on the research ship. “To hit success is obviously extremely joyous for everybody. There’s lots of cheering you know, it’s like scoring a touchdown,” said Andrew Pietruszka, an underwater archaeologist with Scripps. The euphoria ended with
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the realization that it was the final resting place for U.S. service members. Those aboard the research vessel held a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the dead. There are no plans to raise the stern. “We take the protection of these wrecks seriously because we believe that they are war graves,” said Paul Taylor with the Naval History and Heritage Command. The original stern of the Fletcher-class destroyer named for a naval officer killed in the Civil War lay on the seafloor near Kiska Island for three-quarters of a century. The area is a crowded
underwater remnant of the Battle of Attu, which became known as WWII’s forgotten battle, though it was the only fought in North America. Japanese forces took Attu Island in June 1942 and captured about 45 Aleuts as prisoners of war. U.S. forces reclaimed Attu on May 30, 1943, after a bloody battle that left nearly 2,500 Japanese and 550 Americans dead. The Abner Read was sent to look for Japanese submarines. During one of the ship’s figure 8 maneuvers, the explosion blew off the stern. “We thought it was a submarine that got us with a torpedo,” Weathers said. “We
were waiting for another torpedo.” Weathers said the crew put boats in the water to help rescue the men. “So many,” he said. “We couldn’t find them all.” It was nearly impossible to pull the men covered in oil into boats unless they were wearing life jackets, which gave rescuers something to grab onto. “The water was so cold, you were only good for a few minutes in there, then you had hypothermia,” Weathers said. “They just give up. I seen the guys just say, ‘Oh, forget it,’ and just quit swimming.”
After getting a new stern, the ship fought in the South Pacific until Nov. 1, 1944, when a Japanese plane dropped a bomb on the rear engine room and then divebombed the deck, striking the gun Weathers had been manning. The kamikaze attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines sank the destroyer, killing 22 sailors. Weathers said he knows he’s one of the lucky ones, twice surviving attacks on the Abner Read. First launched in 1942, the ship had a “short life, but it was very active,” he said.
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the correct processes are taken to determine the effect of the mine on the landscape and the cooperation of mining companies with the state. “If you can’t achieve Pebble Mine without damaging the ecosystem then don’t do it,” Carpenter said. “We need sound science.” When it came to criminal justice reform and the recent increase of crime in Alaska, Butler said it would be important to increase the budget for public safety, allowing for more troopers and prosecutors. Carpenter said the recent crminal reform omnibus needs to be repealed. Ogle said he
was a huge believer in the broken glass theory, in that if the small crimes are managed it will have an effect on larger crimes and create a safer place to live. “The train has left the station for repealing SB 91,” Ogle said. Ogle and Butler agreed the cost of funding education is expensive for the quality. Carpenter said he supports privatizing schools. When it came to Alaska’s opioid crisis, Butler and Ogle supported increased awareness and treatment and decreased accessibility to opioids.
“We need to make sure opioids aren’t dispensed like candy,” Ogle said. “Centers that help people are super important,” Butler said. Carpenter, who said his family lost two lives to heroin, supports keeping drug dealers in prison longer. “The solution is hope for the hopeless,” Carpenter said. “Don’t look at the government to stop this problem.” The primary election will take place Aug. 21.
Three candidates will compete for Kenai’s two open council seats. Council members in Service Area Board, has two Kenai are elected at large, with candidates — Todd Paxton and the two top candidates claiming the open seats. Voters will Peter Ribbens. The winning candidates on choose from among incumbent both the assembly and service Bob Molloy and newcomers area boards will each serve Teea Winger and Robert Peterthree-year terms. More infor- kin II. The two winning candidates mation on the assembly candidates is available on the bor- will serve three-year terms on Continued from page A1 the council. More information ough’s website. on each candidate is available Board of Education income tax is unnecessary. on Kenai’s website. “I can think of a lot betThree seats on the Kenai Soldotna ter ways to raise money if we Peninsula Borough School Disneeded to,” Carpenter. “We Soldotna’s city council, with trict’s Board of Education will should never have to talk about three open seats, will neatly be up for grabs in the upcoming election. One incumbent, Mike fill each of them with one can- an income tax.” Butler said she supported a Illg of Homer, will go into the didate without a contest. Two progressive wage tax, which incumbents, Paul Whitney and election unchallenged. Voters she said would leave more Justin Ruffridge, each filed to in the Kenai area will choose between incumbent Tim Na- retain his seat. A third, Jordan money in Alaskans’ pockets in varre and challenger Matthew Chilson, filed for the third seat the long run. The candidates all agreed on Morse to represent District 2 on with no other candidates. the importance of an uncapped Whitney and Chilson filed the board. Seward, Sterling and Funny for seats A and C respectively, Permanent Fund Dividend. River voters will have a choice both three-year terms. Ruf- Ogle said he thought Gov. Bill of four candidates for their fridge, who was appointed this Walker’s decision to cap the area’s seat on the board: Nissa year to fill a seat vacated by dividend amount was a slap in Fowler, Greg Madden, Karyn former council member Keith the face to Alaskans. Carpenter Griffin or incumbent Marty Baxter, filed for Seat F, a two- said the money would be best used in the hands of the people Anderson. More information year term. and not the government. Butler More information on each was not available on the candidate on the borough’s website candidate is available on Sol- said new revenue sources will keep the dividend from being dotna’s website. on Wednesday night. capped. The winning candidates will “We need to keep the diviReach Elizabeth Earl at eeeach serve a three-year term on dend because it’s a huge ecoarl@peninsulaclarion.com. the board. nomic boost,” Butler said. While Butler said she supports the expansion because it Election cheat sheet helps Alaskans who need it, Carpenter and Ogle said the Primary election: Aug. 21 Medicaid expansion should Alaska Legislature party nominees be repealed and often leads to Alaska governor/lieutenant governor party nominees residents taking advantage of U.S. House of Representatives party nominees the system. “We need to find a solution Municipal regular election: Oct. 2 to medical care problems that doesn’t involve government,” Local government seats (borough, cities, school disCarpenter said. trict, service areas) All candidates said they City and borough propositions would support Pebble Mine if General election: Nov. 6 Alaska Legislature (Senate District O, House districts 29, 30, 31) Alaska governor/lieutenant governor U.S. House of Representatives Statewide ballot propositions Continued from page A1
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The ship docked in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Glacier Bay before the cruise ended in Seward. Several days prior to the cruise, the patient reported waking up with a rash, fever and cold-like symptoms after a trip to Thailand, according to DHSS. The patient’s parents, traveling with her, reported that she had never received the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. On Aug. 8, the patient, a 16-year-old non-U.S. citizen whose name is being withheld, was transferred to PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center for care. Doctors diagnosed her with measles Aug. 10, several hours after her discharge from the hospital. At that point, she was no longer considered contagious. Though the disease is highly contagious, the risk of passing it on is very low after four days after the onset of a rash, according to DHSS. Health officials believe the patient boarded the ship the fourth day after rash symptoms began, giving them reason to believe she wasn’t highly contagious while in contact with anyone who may still be in Alaska. The disease has a 7-21 day incubation period. The first day a passenger may show symptoms would have been Monday, seven days after encountering the measles patient. Anyone who contracted the virus is expected to show symptoms before Aug. 27. Thanks to vaccines, the measles were declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, McLaughlin said. It’s rare now to see a case that doesn’t originate from outside of the country.
The last two recorded cases of measles in Alaska both occurred in middle-aged people, McLaughlin said, who may not have been vaccinated for measles (MMR vaccines weren’t required until 1957). In 2000, a middle-aged Anchorage resident contracted a case. In 2015, a middle-aged Fairbanks resident was diagnosed after a trip to Mongolia Alaska’s MMR vaccination rates for measles are below the national average. The CDC recommends routine vaccination with a two-dose series of MMR, the first at 12–15 months old and the second at four-six years old. According to the latest numbers, from 2016, 86 percent of Alaska children age 19-35 months had received one or more doses of the MMR vaccine. The national average is 91 percent. Alaska requires two doses of the vaccine for school entry at kindergarten, though there are religious and medical exemptions. According to the latest numbers, 89 percent of Alaska kindergartners had received two MMR doses in 2016. The national average is 94 percent. Earlier this year, Alaska suffered an outbreak of mumps, another illness the MMR vaccine has been showed to prevent. McLaughlin stressed that measles, though considered eliminated in the U.S., can be very dangerous. Out of 1,000 people who contract the virus, two to three will die from it. A higher rate will experience lifechanging complications. “It’s really important for all Alaskans to understand the tremendous benefit of vaccinating their children and making sure they’re vaccinated. Not only against measles, but all of the vaccine-preventable diseases that we currently have vaccinations for,” he said.
Reach Victoria Petersen at vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. com.
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Anglers focus in on silvers and pinks on Kenai By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion
Between the anglers lining the banks and the darkheaded seals bobbing up and down in the water, salmon headed up the Kenai River to spawn have an obstacle course before them. With sockeye salmon runs are tapering off and king salmon fishing closed on the Kenai River for the year, anglers are turning their attention primarily to silver salmon. From the banks at Kenai’s Cunningham Park at low tide Wednesday afternoon, fishermen weren’t having too much trouble hooking into silver salmon using weights and eggs. Many of the salmon that surfaced were large and bright, having just come into the river from the ocean. The Kenai Peninsula’s runs of sockeye and king salmon were poor this year, with slow fishing and stop-and-start fishing restrictions that eventually led to closures. The Kenai River particularly saw a much smaller sockeye run than usual, leading to a complete sockeye fishing closure effective Aug. 4. However, the silver salmon run is shaping up to be a decent one so far. Anglers in the middle and lower river are reporting having decent luck making the bag limit of two silvers per day, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s sportfishing report for the Kenai River reports the silver salmon fishing as good. Down on the lower peninsula, anglers are hitting the fishing lagoon on the Homer Spit for silvers, where snagging is open. There are pink salmon moving through the river in pulses as well, mixed in with the silvers in the Kenai. Though many anglers aren’t particularly aiming for pinks — they generally don’t fight as hard as silvers and the meat is not considered as good — some anglers do keep them, with a bag limit on the Kenai of 10 per day with 10 in possession for fish shorter than 16 inches and six per day with six in possession for those 16 inches or greater. Fishermen who are looking for sockeye can still head to the Russian River, where more than 1,000 fish are passing the weir on Lower Russian Lake most days. As of Tuesday, 41,960 sockeye had passed the weir, well ahead of the 28,673 that had passed the weir on the same day in 2017 and well within the escapement goal of 30,000–110,000 late-run sockeye, according to Fish and Game’s online counts. Sockeye salmon fishing is still open on the Kasilof River as well, where the bag limit has been doubled to six sockeye per day with 12 in possession, only two of which may be coho. As of Tuesday, 394,288 sockeye had passed the sonar on the Kasilof River, with the numbers tapering off since Aug. 7. As the summer wanes into fall, trout fishing becomes a major attraction as well. Rainbow trout fishing on the Kenai River has been reported as good so far. Anglers often use bead arrangements meant to look like salmon eggs, as trout feed on salmon eggs during spawning season. Over in Seward, the silver salmon derby continues through Sunday. The current leader, Dallas Cholly of Apple View, California, holds the top spot with a 15.44-pound fish caught in Resurrection Bay. Prizes are awarded each day, with prizes for heaviest fish awarded on Sunday. Tickets are available at the Seward Boat Harbor at the weigh-in station. Reach Elizabeth Earl at eearl@peninsulaclarion.com.
Weekend Almanac Friday
60/47 High tides: 8:40 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Low tides: 2:35 a.m. 2:44 p.m.
16.5 feet 18.2 feet 1.6 feet 3.4 feet
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Saturday
60/50 High tides: 9:52 a.m. 10:03 p.m. Low tides: 3:38 a.m. 3:45 p.m.
14.8 feet 17.0 feet 2.7 feet 5.4 feet
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Sunday
60/51 High tides: 11:19 a.m. 11:18 p.m. Low tides: 4:49 a.m. 4:59 p.m.
14.0 feet 16.3 feet 3.3 feet 6.8 feet
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TOP: Clay Copenhaver of Montana holds up the pink salmon he caught in the Kenai River just downstream of the Warren Ames Bridge on Wednesday in Kenai. (Photos by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion) CENTER: An angler’s silver salmon lies on the bank of the Kenai River near Cunningham Park on Wednesday in Kenai. LEFT: The sun greets anglers on the boardwalk on Kenai River just downstream of the David A. Douthit Veterans Memorial Bridge on Aug. 8 in Soldotna. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai River early run kings: The daily sonar passage estimate for Tuesday was 229 kings. The cumulative estimate through Aug. 14 is 15,525. Kasilof sockeye: Monday: 3,651 Tuesday: 1,227 Since June 15: 394,288 Russian sockeye: Monday: 1,968 Tuesday: 1,821 Since July 15: 41,960 Kenai sockeye: Monday: 16,205 Tuesday: 6,692 Since July 1: 790,517 — Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Marine Forecast Lower Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede: Friday: South wind, 10 knots, seas 2 feet. Saturday: Northeast wind, 30 knots, seas 8 feet. Sunday: Northeast wind, 30 knots, seas 8 feet. — National Weather Service
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What’s Happening Events and Exhibitions n The Kenai Fine Art Center presents August exhibit, “Art Quilts Extraordinaire,” a judged show with multiple Alaksan fiber artists. The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall in downtown Kenai. n ARTspace Drawer is on display at the Soldotna Library, the first annual collection of locally created 2D art. The first of its kind in Alaska, this display is made possible by a partnership between Soldotna Rotary, ARTspace Inc., and the Soldotna Public Library.
Entertainment n The Vagabond Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has live music Friday and Saturday nights. n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725. n The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. n The Goody2Shoes Dancehall and Cafe at Milepost 132.6 Sterling Hwy in Ninilchik will have live music Saturday from the Tune Weavers Band between 6–9 p.m. Doors open at 5. Serving great food, beer and wine. To see the complete weekly schedule, www.goody2shoes.us or call 907-252-6326 for more information. The Goody2Shoes is a nonsmoking establishment. n Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays starting at 5 p.m. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. nThe Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays.
Markets, Fairs and Bazaars n Local farmers markets will be held across the Kenai Peninsula this summer. Locations are as follows: —The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank hosts the Farmers Fresh Market on Tuesdays from 3–5 p.m. through Aug. 29. —The Homer Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2 p.m.–5 p.m. through Sept. 29. —The Soldotna Saturday Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. in the lot next to Soldotna Elementary School on the Kenai Spur Highway. — Ninilchik Farmers Market is open Mondays, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik July 2–30. n The Sterling Community Center is launching a new See HAPPENING, page B2
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Listen By Bonnie Marie Playle, Kenai All the beauty and positive not the negative stuff.
Hear the wind rustling in the trees; enjoy the calming effect of the breeze. Relx while the waters make their move; whether it’s the ocean, lake or stream they all make a groove. Oh, the beautiful melody of all the birds; what an orchestra if left undisturbed. Enjoy the warmth of the sun or the cool of the moon; not noisy, but peaceful and none too soon. Pitter patter, pitter patter of the rain; the sound on the metal roof pleasing once again. Even total quiet, has a sound listen closely, little critters moving around. If all this you can hear, you’re one with God, you know He’s near. Take the time to listen, NEVER fear. Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.
Sydney Johnson helps her brother Tristan with an art project at an Alaska Native culture camp on Thursday, Aug. 2. (Courtesy Rose Willard)
Blending heritage and inspiration Young artist stands out with formline designs, drawings By Alex Mccarthy JUNEAU EMPIRE
On her first day of preschool, Sydney Johnson had a decision to make. During drawing time, she and other students had a wide array of utensils. As her classmates grabbed brightly colored crayons or markers, Johnson reached for something different. “I felt like I was a weird kid because I chose a pencil over crayons and markers,” Johnson said. It turns out that might have been the right choice. Johnson, now 14, uses pencils and markers now and has impressed teachers, elders, family members and others with her artistic talent. Throughout her
time at Harborview Elementary School and Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School, Johnson has had her artwork featured in contests and in displays. Johnson’s interest in art began even before preschool, her mother Violet Johnson recalls. Sydney began drawing when she was only three years old, Violet said, and it was immediately clear that she had natural talent. “She was actually pretty detailed form the beginning,” Violet said. “You know how most kids draw stick figures and whatnot? She was drawing full-on faces and bodies.” Violet said she believes there’s another motivating factor in her daughter’s work. Early in her life, Sydney began getting
severe ear infections, and lost a decent amount of her hearing as a result. Art, Violet said, seemed to become Sydney’s way to escape from the pain and frustration of her ear infections and hearing loss. Sydney acknowledged that too, saying her art has become a refuge of sorts. “I get annoyed,” Sydney said, “so I just start drawing.” She has a spiral notebook full of drawings, with figures that range from celebrities to household items to Bart and Lisa Simpson to formline artwork. Sydney’s Tlingit and Tsimshian heritage has always been close to her heart, she said. Her mother said Sydney was drawing ovoids — a primary shape that is imporSee ARTIST, page B2
Homer couple publish new books together By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Homer News
Homer has long been known for its support of new and established authors. Through college classes, readings, workshops and writers groups, local literary artists teach and nurture each other. Two writers with books out this summer have taken that to a new level: they’re married. Joan Brown Dodd and Doug Dodd last month published two new books. The author of several memoirs about living in remote Alaska, Brown Dodd’s “The Beggar’s Gift and Other Stories” marks her first foray into fiction. Dodd’s “Man in Hole” is a gripping memoir about growing up in rural Montana and his struggle with addiction. Dodd will sign “Man in Hole” from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Homer Bookstore in Homer and at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Soldotna Public Library. Brown Dodd, 85, grew up in Missouri, got her bachelor’s degree from Western New Mexico University, and came to Alaska in 1958 to teach high school English in Seward. A registered nurse, she also worked as director of nurses at the Joan Brown Dodd, left, and Doug Dodd pose for a photo at the Homer News on Aug. See BOOKS, page B2 7 in Homer. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
In the spirit of B-movies, ‘The Meg’ is simple entertainment R eeling It In C hris J enness “The Meg” I’ve done a lot of thinking about B-movies lately, and how much of what makes a bad movie good is actually bad. When I say B-movies, I’m talking specifically about low-rent genre films, in this case creature features, that come along and seem to have nothing to offer but an entertaining hour- This still released by Apelles Entertainment, Di Bonaventura Pictures and Flagand-a-half at the movies. ship Entertainment Group shows Shuya Sophia Cai in “The Meg.” (Photo courtesy See REEL, page B2 Apelles Entertainment, Di Bonaventura Pictures and Flagship Entertainment Group)
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tant in Alaska Native artwork — when she was just four years old. She has also performed in a dance group with her grandmother since she was young, and has taken the stage at Celebration many times. She said she speaks a little Tlingit and is hoping to learn more. One of her most recent projects stemmed from her Tlingit roots, and came about during a class project. Sydney was taking an intensive math class with Dzantik’i Heeni teacher Jeannie Wolfe when Wolfe proposed Films they do an art project. Though she wasn’t excited about the n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 or visit http://www.orca- class at first, Sydney started to theater.com for listings and times. warm up to it when she began n Visit Kenai Cinema at www.catheatres.com for listings working on her newest project. and times. “She just helped me get out of my comfort zone,” Sydney Down the Road said of Wolfe. “When I first n The Pratt Museum in Homer is from noon-5 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday. Fo more information, call 907-435-3334, or go online at www.prattmuseum.org summer event, the “Sterling Friday Market,” beginning June 15 and continuing on every Friday through July. Spaces will be available for $10. The market will offer fruit and vegetable vendors, crafters, vendors, and second hand booths. Plus, entertainment for the kids. For more information call 2627224. n Music in the Park and the Wednesday Markets will run in Soldotna Creek Park on the Sterling Highway in Soldotna every Wednesday from June 6–Aug. 29, with music beginning a 11:30 a.m. A beer and wine garden is available for those 21 or older. The market opens at 11 a.m. n Kenai Saturday Market is open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., in the Kenai Visitor & Cultural Center parking lot, 11471 Kenai Spur Highway, through Sept. 1.
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you out of the sea. But, I kept thinking, haven’t any of these people seen “Jaws?!” “Don’t pretend to put your head in a dead shark’s mouth!” “Don’t swim after it!” “Don’t try and catch it with the giant crane on your ship!” Of course, that’s why it’s fun. Because we like to believe we’re smarter than the people on screen, even though we’re probably not. “The Meg” has its problems, sure. The acting is fine, but the dialogue is pretty bad. And the film struggles with a few stereotypical tropes that, though par for the course for a film like this, are probably left in the past. The “scared black man” who can’t swim is straight out of the 1970s and does this film no favors. That said, there’s one aspect of this movie that is getting all kinds of criticism from the online fans – the rating. “The Meg” is rated PG-13, and it fits solidly in that genre. Sure, there’s some blood — how could you have a giant shark movie without it? But most of the deaths are either off-screen or quick, and as a result, you have a movie that’s closer in tone to “Jurassic Park” than to the kind of horror movie that some were expecting. But, honestly, what really good movie in this vein is rated R? I can think of one, “The Ghost and the Darkness,” but that’s almost not a B-movie at all. “Snakes on a Plane,” is rated R, but it’s awful – and not in a good way. Even “Jaws” is rated PG. Limitations force filmmakers to think creatively, and the result is usually a better movie. Think about “Star Wars.” When George Lucas had to figure out how to tell his story without a massive budget and computer generated effects, you end up with a classic. I don’t need to mention what happened when he was able to make a “Star Wars” film without constraints. “The Meg” is appropriately scary, but not so disturbing that you feel nauseous having sat through it. After all, these movies are meant to leave you with nothing but a smile, and “The Meg” accomplishes that. Grade: B+ “The Meg” is rated PG-13 for scary shark violence and some language.
I’m not talking prestige monster pics like the $200 million “Godzilla” or even serious essays on man vs. nature like “The Grey.” I’m talking “The Blob.” I’m talking “Piranha.” I’m talking “Kingdom of the Spiders” with a webbed up William Shatner crying to the heavens as if he thought Scotty could beam him up out of this nightmare. Seriously, if you haven’t seen that poster, look it up. These are the kind of movies that are made on the cheap, usually, and feature a secondtier cast struggling with thirdtier dialogue. What these movies want is to offer silly chills and thrills with no real requirement of the viewer. They wear their earnest escapist hearts on their sleeves and it’s hard not to love them for it. “The Meg” is the latest entry into this proud tradition. “The Meg” follows action star Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, deep-sea rescue diver whose experience with a mysterious creature at the far depths of the ocean has left him jaded and scarred. When he is approached by representatives of a billion-dollar underwater research facility to deal with an emergency at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, his first answer is an absolute no. That is, until he finds out that it’s his exwife trapped in a disabled submersible, having been attacked by what may be the very same creature that ruined his career. The opening act of the film is thrilling, and probably not a spoiler to say that Jonas comes out alive. But what did he bring back from the bottom of the sea? The largest shark anyone has ever seen. A Meg - or Carchardon Megalodon, if you want to be specific. Thought to be extinct for 2 million years, actually lying in wait in a hidden pocket of ocean, the Meg is a shark larger than a whale, one that makes Jaws look like a goldfish. One of the joys of a movie like this is the act of shouting at the characters on screen. Of course, I mean that metaphorically. If you’re seeing this in Chris Jenness is an art a crowded theatre, keep your shouts for one of the several teacher and movie buff who times the shark leaps straight at lives in Nikiski.
Seward General Hospital. In the 1960s she and her first husband, the late Charlie Brown, moved with their family to the Aleutian Islands. For 13 years they lived between Akutan and Dutch Harbor. Out of that experience she wrote “Cow Woman of Akutan” and “Welcome to 1960s Dutch Harbor.” Dodd, 72, grew up on a remote ranch deep in the mountains of western Montana. In 1968 he received a degree in history and political science from the University of Montana. Dodd worked at a variety of jobs, eventually managing a municipal water system. What he rationalized as “recreational” drug use became even worse when he started smoking crack cocaine, he said. He lost his job and family, became homeless and wound up living in a rescue mission. As he strived toward recovering from his addiction he came to Akutan in 2001 to work at a fish processing plant. “Divorced and destitute, I needed a change in scene,” Dodd said. “I needed a job where no one would know me.” That Akutan connection lead him to Brown Dodd. On Akutan he heard about a mysterious feral cattle herd there. “I didn’t believe that, so I went to look for them, and sure enough, they were there,” he said. Then he wanted to find out how the cattle got to Akutan. Someone told him it had been a woman, Joan Brown, in Homer. All he could find was an address for her at Gold Rush Realty. Even though the business had closed, he wrote her there and his letters found their way to Brown Dodd. “All I wanted to do was find out about those cows,” Dodd said. “It’s boring there.” In August 2001 they began corresponding. “Before the end of the year, before we ever spoke, we both wanted to get married to each other,” Dodd said. They finally met after Christmas in 2001 and married in June 2002. Those letters about Akutan lead to Brown Dodd writing her first book. She also took writing classes at Kachemak Bay Campus. “As I wrote to Doug I wrote about my experiences,” Brown Dodd said. “…He encouraged me to put it in the book. I was his encouragement. I didn’t want to do that much work.” The five short stories in “The Beggar’s Gift” came from classes Brown Dodd took at the
went to that class, I kind of didn’t want to be there.” Wolfe proposed that each of the students take a pair of white Vans sneakers and draw a design on them. The shoes served as a blank canvas, and Sydney grabbed a few markers and got to work. She drew a raven, representing her moiety, and a frog, representing her clan. Her artwork has drawn the attention of peers, family members and local elders, Sydney said. Comments from elders have been particularly meaningful, she said, and she understands the importance of carrying on both artwork and language. “I hear elders and they’re like, ‘Make sure our culture never dies,’” Sydney said, “because seriously, a lot of kids don’t know how to speak it so I can see why they teach how to speak the language.” Sydney Johnson’s white Vans carry formline designs of a raven and a frog, representing her moiety and clan. (Courtesy Sydney Johnson)
college with instructors Nancy Lord, Rich Chiappone and Michael Armstrong. (Disclaimer: Brown Dodd took classes from Homer News editor and reporter Armstrong in the 1990s before he began working at the paper.) Subtitled “Fables for These Times,” Brown Dodd said her brother, John Calhoun, told her “They have an O’Henry twist.” “They all have a quirky ending,” she said. Dodd said “Man in Hole” came about from a longer memoir he started writing. He said he didn’t get serious about writing the book until 2010. “I realized the life I had, not so much the addiction, the life I grew up in didn’t exist anymore,” he said. “It was in an isolated, rural setting with no electricity — typical for maybe for Alaska, but not Outside.” But then “the story took control of itself,” Dodd said. “It became about addiction. When I left the ranch, I wanted to leave the ranch so bad it turned out I hated it.” Brown Dodd said “Man in Hole” has received a lot of positive comments. Other people have told him the book disturbed them, Dodd said. “They haven’t been critical. They just said it caused them some pain,” he said. A man Dodd knows whose wife died of cancer, and who has cancer himself, told Dodd “My book arrived when he was getting chemo. It helped him deal with his unhappiness and made him not feel sorry for himself. It’s hard to predict the effect our writing has on people.” Dodd also has used his experience to help people through the Homer Community Food Pantry. He started out bagging beans. “For the past five years, the people who need more than food — which is all of them, but they don’t ask — they come to me and I interview them,” Dodd said. “Joan says it’s like a social worker, but they don’t pay me.” Dodd said he helps people because when he hit bottom people helped him. “I feel like people dig themselves a hole. They can’t get out of it on their own,” he said. “People need to know that. These addicts aren’t werewolves. They have a disease. They can be helped sometimes.” The couple have learned how to live together as writers. In their three-bedroom home, each has their own office. “Joan is a little bit better at leaving me alone than leaving her alone,” Dodd said. They read each other’s
ABOVE: Doug Dodd’s “Man in Hole.” TOP: Joan Dodd;s “The Beggar’s Gift.”
works and offer advice. “We just do that back and “He’s a good editor with forth,” she replied. words,” Brown Dodd said. “Not so much with punctuaReach Michael Armstrong at tion,” Dodd said. marmstrong@homernews.com.
Debt forces hunt for Lincoln-item auctioneers By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The hunt for auctioneers to settle a $9.7 million debt by selling off parts of a valuable collection of Lincoln artifacts, including an iconic stovepipe hat and gloves bloodied the night he was assassinated, began Wednesday, but the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation cautioned a sale isn’t imminent. The foundation voted in a private meeting to begin seeking an auction house to dispose
of parts of the Taper collection of 1,400 items related to Lincoln in a move that foundation CEO Carla Knorowski said is necessary to meet the debt’s due date, not as a tactic to scare up state funding. But state officials, including the representative who holds the Illinois House seat in which the 16th president began his political career, raised questions about the timing of the foundation’s action and cautioned there’s still time before Lincoln lore is shipped out Illinois’ door. The top hat purportedly belonging to the Great Emancipator and the blood-stained kid
gloves are the crown jewels of an extraordinary bevy which also includes the quill pen left on Lincoln’s desk when he died; his presidential seal, replete with wax left on it from its last use; a book with his earliest known writings; notes between Lincoln and his wife, Mary; and Lincoln White House china. “Lincoln is an economic engine. He always has been,” Knorowski told The Associated Press. “He’s what people look for, he’s who people look to. To this day, they ask, ‘What would Lincoln do?’ These items, whether it’s the hat or the gloves or a lock of his hair, they tell the
story of the leader among leaders.” The $25 million collection was purchased in 2007 by borrowing $23 million — Taper donated $2 million worth of items. There’s a $9.7 million balance due in October 2019 on a loan that’s been re-financed and has strained the patience of private contributors. While no one wants to see Illinois lose any of the items, Knorowski said, the process for preparing to sell has to begin now. It took ten months to arrange and auction off Tapercollection items which belonged to movie star Marilyn Monroe. Rep. Tim Butler, the Spring-
field Republican who represents largely the same area Lincoln did in the House for four terms beginning in 1834 , isn’t convinced the move is necessary. “This is a really bad sign that they’ve started these proceedings,” Butler said. “I realize they’ve got to do some planning, but I would hope that the foundation wouldn’t move to that step until the absolutely last minute.” There’s no question that the brash action serves as a wakeup call to anyone, including state officials, who might think it couldn’t happen. It could bol-
ster foundation hopes to tap $5 million in tourism promotion funds — paid for by hotel occupancy taxes — that could serve as a “challenge” grant to inspire private contributors to put up the rest. “After 11 years of fundraising for a specific campaign, there comes a point at which you have donor fatigue,” Knorowski said. “They need a new song, they need a new angle. ... A tourism grant would break the logjam.” Butler called turning to the state budget a “last step” after the foundation has “exhausted every avenue.”
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Loss of job also puts end to man’s affair with co-worker by you once, your former lover has a point. Give up and move on and you will save yourself, your wife, Jamie and her husband a lot of pain. DEAR ABBY: I’m a pediatric RN at a large hospital. Sadly, I have seen too many young children die. I have learned to keep a professional distance, so that I Abigail Van Buren can take care of the children and their families. I never give out my phone number, social media or email address, and I try not to let the parents ever see my struggle. But every once and a while, I can’t help caring beyond “professional.” We just lost a beautiful little one who had spent a year and a half receiving care off and on in the hospital, and I’m heartbroken. The family has asked for nurses and doctors to attend the funeral, and I really want to. But how do I explain why I go to some funerals and not others? -- HEARTBROKEN ONCE AGAIN
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you cut the complaining and effectively complete a project. Listen to suggestions. Tonight: Pressure builds around you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might need to have a slow morning, because you could be out of sorts. By the afternoon, a problem will not appear as big, and you will feel as if it can be solved. Your sense of humor returns later in the day. You feel better than you have in a while. Tonight: Accept an offer. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Use the morning for important calls. Despite some uproar, your sense of humor peaks through. Understand what is happening around you. Recognize your options rather than the blockages that have been created. Time could be your ally. Tonight: Entertain at home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Get your finances in order. You will have a lot of ground to cover in the next few days, whether you want to or not. Loosen up in the afternoon. You could be amazed by what you hear, and may end up disconcerted by someone’s response. Just let it go. Tonight: Return a call. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your upbeat personality could make the morning easier, but by the afternoon, you could be wading in murky waters. Be careful when dealing with the afternoon and the choices you make. A family member or a domestic issue could drag you down. Tonight: Stay relaxed. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You perk up in the afternoon. Spending some time with a friend could be necessary. This person helps you relax. You feel as if pursuing an even course might
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be impossible, as you see potholes everywhere. A discussion will help eliminate a problem. Tonight: Let the games begin. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH The morning opens up a new possibility. By the afternoon, you once again see restrictions. The solution might not be instantaneous. A close friend or family member could be full of information. Ask questions, if need be. Distance yourself if you have to. Tonight: Make it easy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You could be slow in creating more of what you want. Someone’s temper could cost you a pretty penny. The unexpected is likely to slow you down or create a blockage. Don’t worry so much. Relax, and you’ll find the right answer. Tonight: At a favorite place with favorite people. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You bounce from one topic to another. So much is going through your mind that to others, you might appear fragmented. Open up discussions and honor your feelings. A friend understands you and helps you sort through different issues. Tonight: Could be a late night. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You might be looking at a situation differently from how others are. Getting a mutual agreement could be difficult if various parties are not on the same page. Eye what is similar rather than different. Consider detaching from the situation for a bit. Tonight: Follow the music. BORN TODAY Singer/songwriter Madonna (1958), TV host Kathie Lee Gifford (1953), actress Angela Bassett (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE P.O. BOX FOR HELOISE GOING FORWARD: P.O. BOX 795001. THE 795000 P.O. BOX IS NO LONGER VIABLE. A bunch of banana facts Dear Readers: What do you know about the BANANA? Available year-round, bananas can be a healthy addition to your diet. The common supermarket banana has about 100 calories and 12 grams of sugar. High in fiber and low in fat, bananas are a good source of potassium, which can help the heart. Bananas can be a smart choice for athletes to help rebuild expended energy, and for dieters, because bananas taste sweet and promote a feeling of fullness. Bananas, with a good amount of tryptophan, can help with sleep problems and depression. They also have a high vitamin A count, so your eyesight can benefit too! “Check out” bananas at the grocery store today! -- Heloise THE BUZZ ON HUMMINGBIRDS Dear Heloise: I feed hummingbirds yearround. I use 1 cup sugar to 4 cups water, heated to boiling, then cooled. I have many flowers they enjoy, but the hummingbirds continue to drink the syrup in the summer. I will be leaving this summer. Would it be OK to fill extra feeders and store them in the fridge so our neighbor could swap them out while we are gone? -- Paula F., Salem, Ore. Hi, Paula! It’s so important to help our flying friends, and according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, your recipe for homemade nectar is a good one. Making extra and storing it in the fridge should not be a problem. -- Heloise P.S. The hummingbirds need extra “fuel” this time of year to help them migrate and to get strong for breeding season.
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.
6 9 5 1 3 8 2 7 4
4 2 1 9 6 7 3 8 5
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7 3 8 2 5 4 6 1 9
8 7 4 3 1 9 5 6 2
2 1 9 6 8 5 7 4 3
3 5 6 7 4 2 8 9 1
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9 4 3 8 2 6 1 5 7
5 8 2 4 7 1 9 3 6
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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018: This year you open up to some fast changes that come in from out of left field. Actually, had you been more aware, you could have predicted some of the year’s happenings. Thankfully, you deal with the unexpected well and greet change positively. If you are single, you might be delightfully surprised by what starts out as a spontaneous introduction. You will be happy once you get to know this person better. If you are attached, the two of you will enjoy each other more and more. You often can be found snuggled up at home together. SCORPIO often challenges you, but he or she also respects you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Others might act like jack-in-the-boxes. Your feeling that you need to strap on your seatbelt might not be wrong. Your instincts will guide you through any emotional minefields. Know that those around you are also dealing with emotional stuff. Tonight: In the limelight. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Prepare to agree or be docile if objecting. You could run into a group of touchy, arrogant people, and might not like their style or agree with their words. Still, you will want to avoid a collision. Plan on being calm and unruffled by what you hear. Tonight: Defer to a loved one. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH The morning could flow more easily than the afternoon. You will need to buckle down and have a very serious chat with an associate. This person could help
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DEAR HEARTBROKEN: You don’t have to explain. I can’t imagine anyone actually counting the number of funerals/memorials you attend and asking a question like that. However, if anyone should, say that you can’t attend them all because the loss of these little angels takes such a heavy toll on your heart. It’s the truth. DEAR ABBY: My late wife passed away two years ago. We always had a dog in our house. He died a year ago. I now have a new lady love in my life, but she doesn’t want a pet in her house. I’m dying to have another dog, and I don’t know what to do. Please advise. -- PETLESS IN TEXAS DEAR PETLESS: Eligible widowers are a prized commodity. If your idea of happiness is having a house dog, find yourself a lady who loves animals as you do. It shouldn’t be difficult. 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: Back in 2013, a co-worker, “Jamie,” and I fell in love. Both of us were married to other people, but everything felt perfect. It was a feeling I never had for anyone in my life before. Three years later, I lost my job. The day I was terminated, my wife found out I had been cheating, so I ended the affair. I have found full-time work and I’m still married, but I’m not in love with my wife like I am with Jamie. I have tried to stay in contact with her to prove to her that I’m a better man, with little success. She told me I was her only love, but I broke her heart. She doesn’t want to see me, even after several years of my trying to prove that I am the man she fell in love with. Her husband doesn’t know anything. She’s afraid I may break it off again. Should I continue pursuing her or give up and move on? I thought I could handle it on my own, but I need some advice. -- MISSING HER IN ONTARIO, CANADA DEAR MISSING HER: If you and Jamie really loved each other, you would no longer be married to your spouses. Having been dumped
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