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Friday, August 10, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 48, Issue 268
In the news Murkowski: Weeks to go before she states position on nominee SITKA — Don’t expect U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee anytime soon. The Alaska Republican told a chamber of commerce audience in Sitka that there are “many more weeks to go” before she will publicly weigh in on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports that Murkowski says she plans to visit Kavanaugh sometime in mid-August. She acknowledges the pressure that’s being placed on her by those who want Kavanaugh confirmed and those who don’t. But she says she intends to do her homework on the nominee and take into consideration the views of Alaskans. Alaska’s junior U.S. senator, Dan Sullivan, has said he plans to support Kavanaugh.
Alaska man uses teeth in selfdefense, bites suspect’s nose ANCHORAGE — An Alaska man used his teeth to defend himself and his property. Anchorage police say the man bit off part of the nose of a suspect who attempted to steal the man’s bicycle. Police just after 5 a.m. Wednesday received a report of an assault. A man and his wife were sleeping in their motorhome when they heard a sound on the roof. The man went outside and confronted a 38-year-old suspect taking a bike from a rack on the motorhome. The suspect attacked, stabbing the motorhome owner with a sharp, pointed instrument and biting him on the arm. The motorhome owner bit back. Police say he removed “a large chunk” of the suspect’s nose. Both men were treated at a hospital. Police have a warrant for the suspect’s arrest. — Associated Press
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ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska health care providers discussed rural telehealth systems this week with the Federal Communications Commission, which provides subsidies that help keep the systems in operation. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr met with the providers in Anchorage and told them the commission is raising the subsidy cap and working to process the payments more effectively, Alaska Public Media reported . Telehealth services are vital for rural health care providers in Alaska, like Dr. Rachel Lescher, a pediatric endocrinologist. Lescher is able to diagnose patients, who may be hundreds of miles away in communities not connected to the road system and unable to regularly see a doctor in person. “Trying to make people fly in with their parent escort for a Three of this year’s five Republican gubernatorial candidates — Mead Treadwell (left), Michael Sheldon, and Mike Dunleavy — half-hour, 45-minute visit evwhen it takes speak to members of the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce on Wednesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Com- ery three months, See FCC, page A2 plex in Soldotna. In the primary election on August 21, voters will choose a candidate to run on the party ballot in the November 6 general election. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion) By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion
Three of this year’s five Republican gubernatorial candidates discussed their plans for state finance, capital spending, and the Alaska LNG project during a Wednesday forum organized by the Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce. Candidates Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla, Mead Treadwell of Anchorage, and Michael Sheldon of Petersburg spoke Wednesday
at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Republican candidates Darin Colbry of Anchorage and Merica Hlatcu of Anchorage were invited but did not attend. Gerald Heikes of Palmer is also running for the nomination. Voters will choose from these candidates in the Aug. 21 primary elections, determining which will be the Republican candidate for governor in the Nov. 6 general election. Sheldon, a mechanic and fisherman who in 2016 unsuccess-
fully challenged Republican Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka), has served on the Tribal Board of the Petersburg Indian Association. Dunleavey, a former state Senator, represented the MatanuskaSusitna Valley before resigning in January 2018 to focus on his gubernatorial campaign. Treadwell was Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor from 2010 to 2014, when he unsuccessfully ran for the U.S Senate, being defeated in that year’s Republican primary by present U.S Senator
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Capital spending State finances were a focus of the questions that Chamber members had submitted. Each of the candidates proposed to increase the state’s capital spending, which has dropped sharply since oil prices fell in late 2014. The fiscal 2015 budget — which went into effect July 2014 — contained capital spending of $680.9 million in unrestricted general funds. By the next year that number had fallen to $183.3
million, and the year after to $124.2 million. The present fiscal 2019 budget spends $189.4 million of unrestricted general fund money on capital. Dunleavy said he’d seek a minimum of $200 million to $300 million in capital spending, Sheldon proposed $935 million, and Treadwell “at least $500 million a year and growing.” “I’ll grow the capital budget by, one, recycling capital,” Treadwell said. “We have projSee GOV, page A2
Police: Father and son caught on video killing mother bear and screaming cubs By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — A father and son skied to a remote bear den on an Alaska island, shot a mother bear in front of her two cubs and then one of them turned his rifle on the shrieking newborns, killing them, authorities said Wednesday. The men didn’t know that the black bears were part of an observation program and the slaughter was caught on video by a motion-activated camera
outside the den. Andrew Renner, 41, and son Owen Renner, 18, have been charged with multiple counts, including the illegal killing of a bear and both cubs in the April incident. Under state law, it’s illegal to kill black bear cubs or sows with cubs in most of Alaska, including where the shooting occurred. Online court records don’t list attorneys for the men from Palmer, a city near Anchorage, and a message left at a number listed for an Andrew Renner in
Palmer wasn’t immediately returned Wednesday. The video camera that captured the shooting was placed on Esther Island in Prince William Sound as part of a bear study by the U.S. Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Troopers later obtained the camera, which contained multiple 30-second video clips. The clips from April 14 show Andrew and Owen Renner approaching the den and noticing the female bear, court docu-
ments say. “Owen Renner shoulders a rifle and fires as least two shots at the bear. Cubs begin shrieking in the den after the initial shots are fired,” the documents say. “The defendants listen for several minutes and eventually realize that it is not the dead sow, but the orphaned cubs, making the sounds. “The defendants then move closer to the den where Andrew Renner takes aim through his rifle scope only feet away and fires several more shots, killing
the newborn bear cubs,” according to the court papers. The camera then catches the elder Renner saying, “It doesn’t matter. Bear down.” The father and son then drag the mother bear from the den and realize it has a Fish and Game collar. “Undeterred, Andrew Renner states, ‘I’m gonna get rid of these guys’ while tossing the cubs’ limp carcasses onto the snow outside the den,’” the See CUBS, page A2
Nonprofit brings chess to central peninsula children By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
A local nonprofit that’s teaching children to play chess is expanding its reach to the central peninsula. The nonprofit, Alaska Chess, began as a chess club in the Homer Library after cofounder Colleen Evanco’s son learned to play. Her son, Sebastian, was homeschooled and she wanted to give him the opportunity to play with kids his own age. Two summers ago, she reached out on Facebook and was able to organize a group of kids and parents who
wanted to play. Then a formal club at the library was formed. “We’re hoping to replicate the success here that we had in Homer,” Andy Haas, a defense attorney in Homer and cofounder of Alaska Chess, said. Haas got involved when he heard about the club at the library, where he is a member of the Friends of the Homer Library organization. Last year, the two brought boards to West Homer Elementary, gave some instruction and now the school has its own club. Haas now has plans to expand into Homer Middle School. “Teaching (chess) in schools
in Homer, I found, is a great way for students to feel smart and happy and allow others to hang out with kids of similar interests,” Haas said. “As a criminal lawyer, I’ve seen a lot of issues in the community with drugs and I see (learning to play chess when you’re young) as a way to prevent that.” Evanco, who now lives in Soldotna, is planning on spreading the skill of chess to central peninsula schools. “It seems like there is a demand and we’re excited to pro- Attendees enjoy a game of chess at an Alaska Chess Club funvide it,” Evanco said. draiser on July 29 at Fireweed Meadows Golf Course in Anchor The nonprofit formed in Point. (Photo courtesy of Colleen Evanco) See CHESS, page A2
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ects the state has paid for that others will now buy from us. The state may have been in it to get it started. The second thing is, I will look for more public-private partnerships. And the third thing is we will grow the capital budget directly as a state and match federal funds and do more.” Dunleavy said the key to funding capital budgets is cutting the operating budget, which he called “the enemy of the capital budget,” to about $4.1 billion and limiting it to two percent growth. For the operating budget —
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documents say. In another video clip, the younger Renner says, ‘We got the collar off,” the court papers say. “Andrew Renner says, ‘We’re gonna skin it that way,’” and points away from the den. Owen Renner agrees, saying, ‘They’ll never be able to link it to us.’ They proceed to butcher the sow and place it in game bags, then ski away.” Subsequent video shows the Renners returning two days later. They retrieve the collar and talk about disposing of the cubs. “I gotta go in the den and make sure there aren’t any little
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a day to travel here and they spend a night at a hotel, then they spend the next night in a hotel, then they travel home and they’re missing three days of work and school. is not very practical,” Lescher said. The providers rely on subsidies from the FCC to help pay their sometimes hefty internet bills for the telehealth services. Providers had to shut down some services this year after the committed subsidies were
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which pays for Medicaid, education, law enforcement, and other administrative and regulatory functions — the state’s present budget spends $5.4 billion of unrestricted general funds. Since the oil price drop, this number has fallen from $7.74 billion in fiscal 2015, hitting a low of $5.01 billion in fiscal 2017. Sheldon, a Tlingit Native, proposed a specific project for capital spending. “I think what we should do is get refineries on tribal land,” he said. “Being that I’m a Native of Alaska, I should be able to bridge the gap between those two areas, and give incentives to the tribal governments as we use their land, and we get infrastructure in here, parts,” one of them says about the cubs. They pick up the shell casings, place the cubs’ bodies in a bag and ski away. Andrew Renner took a black bear sow to a state wildlife office on April 30, claiming he and his son had killed it near Granite Bay in Prince William Sound on April 14. Troopers interviewed Renner, who said he skinned the bear and brought the collar in. He said he had no knowledge of the sow having cubs and no cubs were in the area. Authorities say Renner also falsified documentation about killing the animal when it was his son who did so and failed to note the number of bears illegally killed.
less than one percent of what providers were anticipating. The commission voted earlier this year to raise the cap from $400 million to $571 million, Carr said. “For years, the program was under-subscribed, meaning we weren’t hitting the cap on the support that we would provide through the Universal Service program,” Carr said. “Last year, and the year before that, for the first time, we started hitting and going over that cap, and so the FCC voted a couple months ago to raise the cap so we can provide the necessary funding to support these deployments.”
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refineries. We need refineries so we can service the people first with low fuel, low gas, low stove kerosene and what have you.” Taxes The candidates unanimously denounced income tax proposals. Sheldon said a sales tax “would be good, to a certain extent, but how in the world is our state going to be able to figure out how to do an income tax without goofing it all up?” Treadwell said sales tax is “up to municipalities, and we should not be taking from municipalities’ revenue, that leaves it back on property owners.” He said he wouldn’t favor any form of taxation. Dunleavy again spoke unfavorably of the operating budget, saying taxes would expand it, and that developing North Slope oil finds would make taxation unnecessary. LNG Regarding the project to export North Slope natural gas to Asia via a planned 807-mile pipeline to a liquefaction facility and export terminal in Nikiski, Dunleavy and Treadwell spoke
of the need to get the three oil majors BP, Exxon Mobile, and ConocoPhillips back aboard. These companies were once 25 percent partners in the project alongside the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), which has been the sole project proponent since the private companies pulled out after an unfavorable economic analysis in late 2016. Treadwell said the project “has to be more economical.” AGDC is funded entirely with legislative appropriations and has been under an austerity program since taking over the project in January 2017 with $106 million remaining from previous appropriations, according to the Alaska Journal of Commerce. AGDC began June 2018 with a fund balance of $53.69 million, according to a financial report to be presented at its upcoming board meeting, and plans to spend the balance down to $7 million by July 2019. In the recent legislative session, lawmakers concerned about losing control over the project denied it the ability to accept funding from other sources.
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“Majority of people I’ve talked to about chess have something spark in them when we talk about it. Majority of us were introduced to it at some point in our lives. … It really takes very little start. It’s not that hard to learn.” Earlier this summer Alaska Chess hosted a fundraiser at Fireweed Meadows Golf Course in Anchor Point, where they raised money for chess boards to give to schools for students to use. “My goal is to get so much saturation in school programs, so that we can host (chess) tournaments, even in the villages,” Haas said. Now, Evanco, Haas and Singler are working on setting up chess events at local coffee shops, and in local schools on the central peninsula. “There are no head concussions in chess,” Haas said. “No knee pads either,” Evanco added. To learn more about the project visit www.Alaskachess.org.
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April and was founded by Haas, Evanco and Jonathan Singler, a graduate student at Alaska Pacific University and chess expert whose graduate project is to create programs in chess education. As part of his graduate project, Singler is hoping to make chess accessible and beneficial for children and adults alike. “One of the most beautiful aspects of chess is that it’s not age dependent,” Singler said. “The nonprofit is focused on kids. It’s important to not simply create an endpoint. Because once most youth graduate 12th grade they put down chess. My goal is to provide a continuation for chess. I want the Alaska community to benefit from this.” Evanco said that there’s something in chess for everyone. “I think everybody is a chess player at heart,” Evanco said.
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James Arnold Parret Longtime Alaskan, James Arnold Parret, 77, passed away Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 in Soldotna. He was born Sept. 5, 1940 in Morton, Wash. and began his adventure with Alaska when the family moved in 1941. James worked as a painter, mostly in the Anchorage area. For a short period of time, he worked in the mines of northern Idaho. After a disaster in the Sunshine Mine, he realized that it wasn’t the place for him and he returned to Alaska where he remained. Often, you would see James’ van parked along the highway and know that he was out hiking one more trail. He also enjoyed riding his motorcycle up and down the peninsula and taking his old “cronies� out for coffee at the nearest McDonald’s. He loved sitting around talking about his rides and places he had been and others he wanted to see. James was a man of strong opinion, loyal friendships and love of family. One friend summed it up with, “I’ve never had another friend like Jim!� We loved him unconditionally; he will be in our thoughts continually. James was preceded in death by his parents, Burl and Lelah Parret; sister, Geraldine Shane; brother, Jack Parret; and daughter, Nettie Hickman. He is survived by daughter, Susie Joiner of Soldotna; sisters, Phyllis Lovejoy and Shirley Edmonson; and brother, “Bob� Parret. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
Around the Peninsula
Today 8 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, at 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 9:45 a.m. TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Christ Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Candy at 420-7292. 10 a.m. Full Swing Golf is held until 8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. Noon Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, at 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 2:30 p.m. The Teen Center is open until 8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous Young At Heart BB Study, at College Heights Baptist Church, on K-Beach Road. This is not available this summer and be resume in the fall. Life Recovery Group, a 12-step Biblically based group, at Freedom House, 185 Shady Lane, Soldotna. Step study at 6:30 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m. AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655.
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The Kenai Peninsula Food to host gala
The Soup Supper Gala will be held at the Soldotna Sports Woodturners meeting Complex on Saturday, Sept. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m. Buy-ItThe Kenai Peninsula Woodturner’s Chapter will hold its AuNow runs 5:30-6:30 p.m. Buy a raffle ticket for your chance to gust meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.11. Location is the log win two Alaska Airlines tickets. There will be games, music, building, Mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles locally made soups, craft beers, wine, live and silent auction. south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway. There will be a woodturning demonstration. Non-members are welcome. Questions? Call 801-543-9122. Diabetes support group to meet The Diabetes Support Group meets the last Tuesday of every month in the River Tower of Central Peninsula Hospital. Homeschool fall fundraiser Meetings are free and open to the public. The group often has The the Kenai Peninsula Homeschool Activities Committee speakers on a variety of relevant topics. Please call Ruth Clare will host a fall Craft Fair Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the at 714-4726 if you have questions or need more information. Kenai Peninsula Center Mall. The fair will include vendors and crafters. Admission is free. Vendors interested in participating contact 513-9469. New Kenai River rotary meeting place Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, the Kenai River Rotary Club will meet at Siam Noodles in Soldotna.
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 inHeritage Place garage sale terred at Spruce Grove Memorial Cemetery in Kasilof, please Heritage Place will host a garage sale Friday and Saturday notify us with your contact information, so we can keep our refrom 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the facility at 232 W. Rockwell Ave. in cords current. Updated rules and regulations are also available. Soldotna. All proceeds go to support the Resident Council. Email SpruceGroveCemetery@gmail.com or send information to Kasilof Cohoe Cemetery Association, P.O.Box 340, Kasilof, AK, 99610. Disabled American Veterans event A Department Service Officer for the Disabled American Veterans organization will be providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Kenai Vet Center on August 15 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please call 907-257-7426 to get an appointment or just walk in.
Grief recovery methods workshop available
Peninsula Community Health Services will host a nineweek 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 availRun for Women able. To register or for futher information, call Gail Kennedy The LeeShore Center’s 31st Annual Kenai Peninsula Run at 602-9944. for Women will be held Saturday, August 11, 2018. Main Street Loop between Cohoe Avenue and Barnacle Way to Willow Street will be closed from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Please watch for road closure signs, barricades, cones, and people flagging. Please contact the Education & Training Assistant at 283-9479 for further information.
Saturday 8 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, at 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 9 a.m. Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Kasilof Room on the second floor of the new building, Soldotna. Call 907-9534655. Alcoholics Anonymous Cooper Landing Group, at Kenai Lake Baptist Church. 9:30 a.m. Spin class at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. Adult Open Gym is held at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. 10 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, at 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. 7 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,� URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Alcoholics Anonymous Young at Heart Speaker, at College Heights Baptist Church on K-Beach Road. AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 907-398-0670.
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Trump immigration policy about bigotry, not practicality The issue of illegal immigration, however legitimate, provides a convenient hiding place for bigotry. But the Trump administration is not hiding. The White House’s next reported move to prevent lawful immigrants from becoming permanent residents or citizens is another strike in its escalating war on immigration regardless of legality. In targeting the immigrants who are least likely to be wealthy or white, these policies dispense entirely with any pretense that President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda is about law, order or anything other than xenophobia. The proposal at hand would make it more difficult for immigrants who have used any of a range of public services, including the Affordable Care Act, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and nutritional assistance, to obtain a green card or citizenship, NBC News reported. Attributed to the Mephistophelian White House adviser Stephen Miller, a glowering anti-immigration zealot associated with the administration’s inhumane family separations, the proposal would target law-abiding immigrants of modest means. Potentially affecting tens of millions of legal immigrants, this would be among the more ambitious but far from the first of the administration’s efforts to reverse the United States’ fundamental embrace of immigration. In June, for instance, the administration announced that it would hire dozens of lawyers and immigration officers in an accelerated effort to “denaturalize” citizens who obtained their status improperly. While officials claimed that the initiative would have a narrow focus, it sent a troubling signal that even naturalized citizens, traditionally thought to have acquired all the rights of other Americans, are newly vulnerable. The administration has also sought to discourage and alter legal immigration by reducing the overall allotment of green cards by half; favoring better-educated, English-speaking immigrants; eliminating an immigration lottery for those from underrepresented nations, known infamously to the president as “shithole countries”; curtailing legal residents’ ability to sponsor the immigration of close relatives, the family reunification policy that Trump has rechristened “chain migration”; limiting refugee admissions, particularly from Muslim-majority countries; and adding a question about citizenship status to the 2020 census. Trump’s response to illegal immigration, from caging children to constructing neo-medieval fortifications, has never been justified by the problem it supposedly addresses. Unlawful border crossings were at their lowest ebb in decades when he was sworn in, and the U.S. employment he claims to be protecting is close to an 18year high. A Government Accountability Office report this week questioned the wisdom of Trump’s beloved border wall project, citing a lack of information and analysis that increases the risk it “will cost more than projected, take longer than planned, or not fully perform as expected.” The administration’s broader immigration crackdown reveals that such rational concerns are beside the point. This is a sustained appeal to the irrational forces of fear and hatred. — San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 7
Quotable ‘Trump’s response to illegal immigration, from caging children to constructing neo-medieval fortifications, has never been justified by the problem it supposedly addresses.’
Letters to the Editor More needs to be done in fight against addiction Addiction is a disease that has plagued our state for decades and ranked us at the top for too many undesirable statistics including domestic violence, suicide, and the spread of infectious disease. Recent news reports have shown yet another troubling result of addiction: rising rates of property crime throughout Alaska. Stories about cars being stolen and homes being robbed have become all-too-common in the newspaper. Many Alaskans are now asking how they can protect themselves and their communities. While stronger enforcement of drug laws and cracking down on property crime are critical to solving this problem, access to treatment and behavioral health services are equally important. Addiction knows no socioeconomic or cultural boundaries. Each of us probably knows someone in our own family or circle of friends who has struggled with this disease. Just like diabetes requires insulin and cancer requires chemotherapy, addiction requires treatment to get people healthy and back on their feet. As a part of his Public Safety Action Plan, Governor Walker obtained $12 million from the legislature this year to fund new substance use disorder treatment programs in Alaska. The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) will distribute these funds to community organizations to create more detox and treatment beds and to create a 72-hour emergency response center that takes pressure off hospital emergency departments. While these funds will provide muchneeded services to people struggling with addiction, more needs to be done. We know we don’t have enough treatment services
in Alaska, and current resources focus on urban-based, crisis-driven services. Eliminating addiction and the troubling crimes that go along with it require preventative and intervention services in communities across our state – including rural Alaska. Whether we are talking about opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, or any other drug, we have to get to the root of the problem – why are people self-medicating in the first place and how can we stop them before they start? Trauma experienced early in life can have lasting impacts on one’s physical and mental health. To address trauma, we need a behavioral health system that meets Alaskans where they are. Our current system has significant gaps that make prevention and early intervention difficult. Through Senate Bill 74 and Governor Walker’s Public Safety Action Plan, DHSS is working with stakeholders and federal partners to redesign Alaska’s behavioral health system to make more of these prevention and intervention services available at the local level. When we provide culturally-relevant care as close to home as possible, we have better outcomes. DHSS is in the process of negotiating the terms of its behavioral health reforms with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The department seeks to receive approval to move forward in the next year. While these changes will not occur overnight, our goal is to make lasting improvements to Alaska’s behavioral health system so we can address the disease of addiction before a crime is committed. Being the victim of any crime leaves you feeling vulnerable and scared. Alaskans have every reason to be concerned about the crime associated with our state’s opioid epidemic. While there is no one solution that will eliminate this problem, we can all work together – the state, local communities, providers, advocacy groups, families, and more – to come up
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with innovative ways to tackle this epidemic. After all, a healthier Alaska is a safer Alaska. And that is something we can all fight for. Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson is the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
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Nation/World Puerto Rico: 1,400 died from hurricane The Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is estimating in a report to Congress that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, though an island official said Thursday that the confirmed toll remains frozen at 64 pending a scientific review due out soon. The government, relying on updated statistics it first reported in June, said in a report to Congress detailing a $139 billion reconstruction plan that there were 1,427 more deaths from September to December 2017 than the average for the same time period over the previous four years. The territory’s government said that the additional deaths resulted from the effects of a storm that led to a “cascading failures” in infrastructure across the island of 3.3 million people. The administration of Gov. Ricardo Rossello stopped updating its official death toll months ago and ordered an investigation amid reports
that the number was substantially undercounted. Public Safety Department Secretary Hector Pesquera said the new total will reflect the findings of the investigation, which is expected in the coming weeks. The figure of more than 1,400, Pesquera said, “is simple math” based on the number of excess deaths. “This is not the official number of deaths attributable to Hurricane Maria,” he said. Hurricane Maria, which came just two weeks after Hurricane Irma passed near enough to cause damage to the island, knocked out power and water across Puerto Rico and caused widespread flooding that left many sick and elderly people unable to get medical treatment. “The hurricanes’ devastating effects on people’s health and safety cannot be overstated,” the government said in the report seeking assistance from Congress to help rebuild an island that was al-
In this June 1 photo, a child shines a light on hundreds of shoes at a memorial for those killed by Hurricane Maria, in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol in San Juan. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
ready struggling from a deep economic crisis at the time of the storm. In the weeks after the storm, Puerto Rican officials said the storm directly caused 64 deaths, many in landslides or flooding. But they have also said that more people likely died due to indirect effects of the powerful storm.
“We always anticipated that this number would increase as more official studies were conducted,” Pesquera said. The government commissioned an independent epidemiological study by George Washington University and the Milken Institute of Public Health that is due in coming weeks.
Argentine Senate rejects legalized abortion By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion, a defeat for a grassroots movement that came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalization of the procedure in the homeland of Pope Francis. Lawmakers debated for more than 15 hours before voting 38-31 against the measure that would have allowed abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. The decision could echo across Latin America, where antiabortion forces remains strong even if the Roman Catholic Church has lost influence due to secularization and an avalanche of sex abuse scandals. For long hours, thousands of supporters wearing green handkerchiefs that represent the effort to legalize abortion and opponents wearing light blue braved the heavy rain and cold temperatures in Argentina’s winter to watch the debate on large screens set up outside Congress.
The demonstrations were largely peaceful, but after the vote, small groups of protesters clashed with police, throwing firebombs and setting up flaming barricades. Police officers responded with tear gas. Pushed by a wave of demonstrations by women’s groups, the lower house had already passed the measure and conservative President Mauricio Macri had said that he would sign it, even though he is anti-abortion. After the decision, Macri said that the debate would continue. The government is also expected to include a measure in the penal code that would decriminalize abortion, although it would not legalize the practice. “We’ve shown that we have matured as a society, and that we can debate with the depth and seriousness that all Argentines expected … and democracy won,” Macri said after the vote. In Argentina, abortion is only allowed in cases of rape and risks to a woman’s health. Thousands of women, most of them poor, are hospitalized
Pro-life demonstrators against decriminalizing abortion celebrate outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday. (AP Photo/Luisa Balaguer)
each year for complications linked due to unsafe abortions. Backers of the measure said legalizing abortion would save the life of many women. The Health Ministry estimated in 2016 that the country sees as many as half a million clandestine abortions each year, with dozens of women dying as a result. The Catholic Church and other groups opposed it, saying it violated Argentine law guar-
anteeing life from the moment of conception. In recent years, Argentina has been at the forefront of social movements in the region. In 2010, it became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. More recently, the Ni Una Menos, or Not One Less, movement that was created in Argentina to fight violence against women has grown into a global phenomenon.
Saudi coalition airstrike in north Yemen kills 50 By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press
SANAA, Yemen — An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77, Yemen’s rebel-run Al Masirah TV said citing rebel Health Ministry figures. The Saudi-led coalition, meanwhile, said it targeted the rebels, known as Houthis, who had fired a missile at the kingdom’s south on Wednesday, killing one person who was a Yemeni resident in the area. Al Masirah TV aired dramatic images of wounded children, their clothes and schoolbags covered with blood as they lay on hospital stretchers. The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Twitter that its team at an ICRC supported hospital in Saada received the bodies of 29 children, all under 15 years old. It also received 48 wounded people, including 30 children, it said. The attack took place in the Dahyan market in Saada province, a Houthi stronghold. The province lies along the border with Saudi Arabia. The bus was ferrying local civilians, including many children, according to Yemeni tribal leaders who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. There was no breakdown in the casualties and it was not immediately clear how many of the victims were on the bus itself and how many were pedestrians in the immediate area around it. It was also unclear if there were other airstrikes in the area.
Col. Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said the attack in Saada targeted the rebels who had fired a missile at the kingdom’s south, killing one person and wounding 11 others. The coalition said Wednesday’s projectile, fired toward the southwestern Saudi city of Jizan, was intercepted and destroyed but its fragments caused the casualties. The statement, carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, also said the missile was launched “deliberately to target residential and populated areas.” Al-Malki insisted Thursday’s attack carried out in Saada is a “legitimate military action” and is “in accordance with international humanitarian law and customs.” He also accused the Houthis of recruiting children and using them in the battlefields to cover for their actions. Saudi Arabia backs Yemen’s internationally recognized government and has been at war with the Houthis since March 2015. The rebels control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. “Scores killed, even more injured, most under the age of ten,” the head of the ICRC in Yemen, Johannes Bruwer, said on his Twitter account, adding that the ICRC in Yemen is “sending additional supplies to hospitals to cope with the influx.” Later on Thursday, airstrikes hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and sounds of the blasts reverberated across the city’s southern and western neighborhoods. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties in those strikes.
Yemen’s stalemated, threeyear war has killed over 10,000 people, badly damaged Yemen’s infrastructure and crippled its health system. The coalition faces widespread international criticism for its airstrikes in Yemen that kill civilians. Impoverished Yemen, on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is now in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 22.2 million people in need of assistance. Last week, Yemeni medical officials said the coalition conducted airstrikes in the rebelheld port city of Hodeida, killing at least 28 people and wounding
70. But the coalition denied carrying out any attacks in the city, saying it follows a “strict and transparent approach based on the rules international law.” The fight for the port of Hodeida, a key lifeline for supplies and aid for Yemen’s population on the brink of starvation, has become the latest battleground in the devastating war. The Iran-aligned Houthis regularly fire into Saudi Arabia and have targeted its capital, Riyadh, with ballistic missiles. They say their missile attacks on the kingdom are in retaliation for air raids on Yemen by the Western-backed coalition.
Around the World Report: Montenegro seeks ex-CIA agent in failed coup PODGORICA, Montenegro — Montenegro on Thursday issued an international arrest warrant for a former CIA agent for alleged involvement in what the government said was a failed pro-Russia coup designed to prevent the Balkan country’s NATO membership. Montenegro’s state TV said that prosecutors want the extradition of Joseph Assad, a U.S. citizen born and raised in Egypt, on charges of participating in a criminal enterprise led by two Russian military spy agency officers. The Russians and 12 others, mostly Serbs, are on trial in Montenegro over the alleged election day plot in October 2016 that included plans to assassinate then-Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, storming parliament and taking over power. The Russians are being tried in absentia. Montenegro’s prosecutors are investigating whether Assad was hired to help the 14 suspects on an escape plan. He was named during testimony by another former CIA agent at the trial. Assad has reportedly refused to testify and denied wrongdoing. Assad and his wife, Michele, both former U.S. counterterrorism officers, gained international attention when U.S. media said they helped more than 100 Iraqi Christians to escape Islamic State group violence and flee to Europe as refugees in 2015. Assad’s whereabouts are currently unknown. He is said to be heading an Abu Dhabi-based security agency. Montenegro joined NATO last year despite strong opposition from its longtime Slavic ally Russia. Moscow has denied accusations that it took part in the plot.
British Museum to return antiquities to Iraq LONDON — The British Museum said Thursday that it is returning to Iraq eight 5,000-year-old antiquities that were looted after the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of the country. The museum said the items, which include stamp seals, clay cones with cuneiform inscriptions and a bull-shaped marble pennant, were seized by British police in 2003 from a now-defunct London art dealer. Police handed them over to the museum, where experts determined they came from a temple at Tello, in southern Iraq. The museum said it would give the artifacts to Iraq’s ambassador to Britain at a ceremony on Friday. In a statement, Iraqi Ambassador Salih Husain Ali thanked the museum staff “for their exceptional efforts in the process of identifying and returning looted antiquities to Iraq.” “Such collaboration between Iraq and the United Kingdom is vital for the preservation and the protection of the Iraqi heritage,” he said. Ancient Mesopotamia — modern-day Iraq — was the cradle of urban civilization, and pre-war Iraq’s museums held priceless collections from the Assyrian, Sumerian and Babylonian cultures. Many artifacts disappeared during and after the 2003 war. Iraq’s ancient sites also suffered major destruction during the Islamic State group’s occupation of a swath of the country a decade later. The British Museum is working with Iraqi archaeologists to help preserve the country’s ancient sites.
French rescuers evacuate 750 campers amid flash floods PARIS — French rescuers with helicopters have evacuated 750 people, including many children and tourists, from campsites in southern France after torrential rain swelled rivers in the Gard region. One person was reported missing. A top Gard official, Thierry Dousset, told BFM-TV about 750 people were evacuated from five campsites. BFM-TV reported the missing person was a 70-year-old German, a monitor at one campsite who was allegedly swept away inside his van. The Gard government also said four German children were hospitalized Thursday for hypothermia in Bagnolssur-Ceze. The mayor of Bagnols, Jean-Yves Chapelet, told BFM-TV many Dutch tourists were among the 350 campers evacuated there. Authorities also said 119 children in nearby Saint-Juliende-Peyrolas were sent to an emergency shelter. Hundreds of firefighters backed by four helicopters helped in the evacuation. — The Associated Press
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Christian heartland opens window into fight for China’s soul By YANAN WANG Associated Press
NANYANG, China — The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church come true — a brick house with a sunny courtyard and spacious hall with room for 200 believers. But in March, about a dozen police officers and local officials suddenly showed up at the church on his property and made the frightened congregants disperse. They ordered that the cross, a painting of the Last Supper and Bible verse calligraphy be taken down. And they demanded that all services stop until each person, along with the church itself, was registered with the government, said the shopkeeper, Guo. Without warning, Guo and his neighbors in China’s Christian heartland province of Henan had found themselves on the front lines of an ambitious new effort by the officially atheist ruling Communist Party to dictate — and in some cases displace — the practice of faith in the country. “I’ve always prayed for our country’s leaders, for our country to get stronger,” said Guo,
who gave only his last name out of fear of government retribution. “They were never this severe before, not since I started going to church in the 80’s. Why are they telling us to stop now?” Under President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, believers are seeing their freedoms shrink dramatically even as the country undergoes a religious revival. Experts and activists say that as he consolidates his power, Xi is waging the most severe systematic suppression of Christianity in the country since religious freedom was written into the Chinese constitution in 1982. The crackdown on Christianity is part of a broader push by Xi to “Sinicize” all the nation’s religions by infusing them with “Chinese characteristics” such as loyalty to the Communist Party. Islamic crescents and domes have been stripped from mosques, and a campaign launched to “re-educate” tens of thousands of Uighur Muslims. Tibetan children have been moved from Buddhist temples to schools and banned from religious activities during their summer holidays, state-run media report. This spring, a five-year plan to “Sinicize” Christianity in particular was introduced,
Church Briefs Soldotna United Methodist plans 50th anniversary celebration The Soldotna United Methodist Church will host a celebration in honor of the 50th anniversary of the church’s charter on Saturday, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. at the church. The event is free and includes dinner and entertainment, and a potluck lunch will be held after the service Sunday.
United Methodist Church food pantry
along with new rules on religious affairs. Over the last several months, local governments across the country have shut down hundreds of private Christian “house churches.” A statement last week from 47 in Beijing alone said they had faced “unprecedented” harassment since February. Authorities have also seized Bibles, while major e-commerce retailers JD.com and Taobao pulled them off their sites. Children and party members are banned from churches in some areas, and at least one township has encouraged Christians to replace posters of Jesus with portraits of Xi. Some Christians have resorted to holding services in secret. A dozen Chinese Protestants interviewed by the Associated Press described gatherings that were raided, interrogations and surveillance, and one pastor said hundreds of his congregants were questioned individually about their faith. Like Guo, the majority requested that their names be partly or fully withheld because they feared punishment from authorities. After reporters visited Henan in June, some interviewees said they were contacted by police or local officials who urged them not
to discuss any new measures around Christianity. The party has long been wary of Christianity because of its affiliation with Western political values. Several Chinese human rights lawyers jailed for their work, including Jiang Tianyong and Li Heping, are outspoken Christians. So too are many Hong Kong prodemocracy activists, not least among them 2014 protest leader Joshua Wong. “Chinese leaders have always been suspicious of the political challenge or threat that Christianity poses to the Communist regime,” said Xi Lian, a scholar of Christianity in China at Duke University. “Under Xi, this fear of Western infiltration has intensified and gained a prominence that we haven’t seen for a long time.” ——— Guo, who keeps a small storefront selling ornate doors in a riverside district, once had eyesight so poor that he could not distinguish the sky from the earth. But after finding God at 27 years old, he made a seemingly miraculous recovery that he attributes to his faith. For decades, he, like many Christians in China, shuttled from one unregistered house
‘Celebrate Recovery’ at Peninsula Grace Brethren
In this photo taken June 4, Chinese calligraphy which reads “All nations belong to the Lord arising to shine” at left and “Jesus’s salvation spreads to the whole world” at right are displayed below a crucifix in a house church shut down by authorities near the city of Nanyang in central China’s Henan province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
church to another, where folding chairs served as pews and coffee tables as lecterns. Two years ago, he and 10 other Christians pooled their money to erect a permanent church on his property. They are part of what experts describe as a spiritual awakening in China. The number of Chinese believers of all faiths has doubled in two decades to an estimated 200 million, by official count, as the hold of the Communist party has weakened. Among them are an estimated 67 million Christians, including Catholics — a
number that is expected to swell to become the world’s largest Christian population in a matter of decades. This rapid growth has reinvigorated the party’s longtime mission to domesticate a religion traditionally aligned with the West. Historians believe that Christianity was known to China as early as the seventh century, and was later propagated by Jesuit missionaries starting in the 1500s. In recent decades the religion has faced by turns heavy persecution and tacit acceptance.
who would like to join this ministry, to perhaps pick up one of the other Sunday evenings in the month. Please call for information: 262-5542.
Celebrate Recovery meets each Wednesday, from 6:30-8 p.m., at Peninsula Grace Brethren Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church Soldotna Beach Road, Soldotna, upstairs in room 8 in the worship center. closed for summer Celebrate Recovery is a Biblically based 12-step program that The clothes closet at First Baptist Church in Soldotna will be provides a safe place to share your hurts, habits and hang-ups, closed for the summer. Donors are asked not to drop anything in a Christ-centered recovery atmosphere. Come early for cofoff. The church looks forward to reopening the service in the fee, served at 6:15 p.m. There is no charge, but donations are fall. welcomed. Questions? Contact: 907-598-0563.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets place at the
The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The Meth- table odist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry of Our Lady of Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Soldotna continues to offer a the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more informa- hot meal and fellowship, and blood pressure checks to anyone tion contact the church of ce at 907-283-7868. interested. The meal is every fourth Sunday of the month, from 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall, located on campus at 222 West ReClothes Quarters open weekly doubt Avenue, Soldotna. The Abundant Life Assembly of God church, Sterling, will Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of every be joining us in this ministry and providing a hot meal on the second Sunday of the month also, at 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall. month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help would like to invite other churches For more information, call 907-283-4555.
Soldotna Food Pantry open weekly
The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street, and all are welcome. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or on Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon. For more information call 262-4657. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com. Submissions are due the Wednesday prior to publication. For more information, call 907-283-7551.
Religious Services Assembly of God
Church of Christ
Church of Christ
Lutheran
Church of Christ
Soldotna Church Of Christ
Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Mile 1/4 Funny River Road, Soldotna
209 Princess St., Kenai 283-7752 Pastor Stephen Brown Sunday..9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.................6:30 p.m. www.kenainewlife.org
Peninsula Christian Center
161 Farnsworth Blvd (Behind the Salvation Army) Soldotna, AK 99669 Pastor Jon Watson 262-7416 Sunday ....................... 10:30 a.m. www.penccalaska.org Nursery is provided
The Charis Fellowship Sterling Grace Community Church
Dr. Roger E. Holl, Pastor 907-862-0330 Meeting at the Sterling Senior Center, 34453 Sterling Highway Sunday Morning ........10:30 a.m.
Catholic Our Lady of Perpetual Help 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna Oblates of Mary Immaculate 262-4749 Daily Mass Tues.-Fri. .................... 12:05 p.m. Saturday Vigil ........... 5:00 p.m. Reconciliation Saturday................4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Sunday Mass ............ 10:00 a.m.
262-2202 / 262-4316 Mile 91.7 Sterling Hwy. Minister - Nathan Morrison 262-5577 Sunday Worship ........10:00 a.m. Minister Tony Cloud Bible Study..................11:15 a.m. Sunday Services Evening Worship ........ 6:00 p.m. Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Wed. Bible .................... 7:00 p.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ....... 6:00 p.m. Kenai Fellowship Wednesday Service Mile 8.5 Kenai Spur Hwy. Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m
Church 283-7682
Classes All Ages ........10:00 a.m. Worship Service.........11:15 a.m. Wed. Service ................ 7:00 p.m. www.kenaifellowship.org
Episcopal
Nikiski Church Of Christ 50750 Kenai Spur Hwy (mile 24.5) 776-7660 Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Fellowship Meal....... 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Worship ... 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m
Mile ¼ Kenai Spur Box 568, Soldotna, AK 99669 262-4757 Meredith Harber Worship ............10 a.m. & 6 p.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month
Funny River Community Lutheran Church Andy Carlson, Pastor Missouri Synod 35575 Rabbit Run Road off Funny River Rd. Phone 262-7434 Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. www.funnyriverlutheran.org
Lutheran Sterling Lutheran Church LCMS 35100 McCall Rd. Behind Sterling Elementary School Worship: Sunday .... 11:00 a.m. Bill Hilgendorf, Deacon 907-740-3060
Non Denominational
Southern Baptist
Kalifonsky Christian Center
College Heights Baptist Church
Mile 17 K-Beach Rd. 283-9452 Pastor Steve Toliver Pastor Charles Pribbenow Sunday Worship .......10:30 a.m. Youth Group Wed. ..... 7:00 p.m. Passion for Jesus Compassion for Others
Kenai Bible Church
Kenai United Methodist Church
604 Main St. 283-7821 Pastor Vance Wonser Sunday School..............9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service .... 6:30 p.m.
Corner of Spur Hwy. & Bluff St., Kenai
North Kenai Chapel
Methodist
283-7868 Pastor Bailey Brawner Sunday Worship ........11:30 a.m. Food Pantry Mon...Noon - 3 pm
North Star United Methodist Church
Pastor Wayne Coggins 776-8797 Mile 29 Kenai Spur Hwy
Sunday Worship...................10:30 am Wed. Share-a-Dish/Video.....6:30 pm
“Whoever is thirsty, let him come”
776-8732 NSUMC@alaska.net Sunday Worship ..........9:30 a.m.
110 S. Spruce St. at Spur Hwy. - Kenai • 283-6040 Sunday Services Worship Service.........10:30 a.m. Eucharistic Services on the 1st & 4th Sundays
300 W. Marydale • Soldotna 262-4865 John Rysdyk - Pastor/Teacher Sunday:
283-6040
Star Of The North Lutheran Church L.C.M.S. Dustin Atkinson, Pastor Sponsor of the Lutheran Hour 216 N. Forest Drive, Kenai 283-4153 Worship Service.........9:30 a.m. You Are Invited! Wheelchair Accessible
Sunday School .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Morn. Worship .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening - Home Groups. Nursery provided
First Baptist Church of Kenai
12815 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai 283-7672 Sunday School..............9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ......10:45 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer ..... 6:30 p.m.
Non Denominational King James Bible Study and Chapel Pastor Jep Hansen 907-262-3509
Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Hwy, Nikiski
St. Francis By The Sea
44440 K-Beach Road Pastor: Scott Coffman Associate Pastor: Jonah Huckaby 262-3220 www.collegeheightsbc.com
Morning Worship ................9:30 a.m. Sunday School....................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship ..6:00 p.m.
Located on Echo Lake Rd ½ Mile off Sterling Hwy Bible Study at 6:00 pm Thursday Sunday Service 2:00 pm LIVE BROADCAST ON FACEBOOK
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Police reports n On Aug. 5 at 9:18 p.m., Kenai police received a call from a citizen regarding a possible shoplifter at a local business. As a result, Lisa K.D. Hileman, 23, of Soldotna, was arrested for second-degree theft and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Aug. 4 at 9:29 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received the report of a burglary at a residence in Moose Pass. Investigation revealed that sometime between June 1 and Aug. 4 an unknown person(s) forcefully entered the residence and stole items. The residence is owned by a 68-year-old male, of Anchorage. Investigation continues. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Alaska State Troopers at 907262-4453. n On Aug. 4 at 2:06 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers responded to a disturbance in Sterling. Investigation revealed that Ann Graybeal, 51, of Sterling, assaulted a individual and broke items at the residence. She was arrested for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), third-degree criminal mischief, and fourth-degree criminal mischief and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Aug. 4 at 10:42 p.m., Kenai police officers were called to a local RV park to a report of a male exposing himself. After investigation, Evan W. Ishnook, 33, of Anchorage, was arrested for first-degree and second-degree indecent exposure and one count of disorderly conduct and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 4 at 8:41 a.m., Kenai police received a report of a bike being stolen. A short time later, officers contacted a person matching the description with the bike. After investigation, Emmanual C. Williams, 36, of Kenai, was arrested on the charge of second-degree theft and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 4 at 6:40 a.m., Kenai police responded to a report of a person concealing merchandise at a local business. After investigation, Stephanie L. Bishop, 28, of Sterling, was charged with second-degree criminal trespass and conceal-
ment of merchandise and released at the scene. n On Aug. 3 at 6:41 p.m., Soldotna police responded to the Maverick Saloon for a report of a male refusing to leave the premises. Officers contacted Fred Baker, 55, of Soldotna, and arrested him for disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal trespass. During the investigation, Baker became assaultive with officers and was additionally charged with two counts of third-degree assault and a second count of disorderly conduct. Baker was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Aug. 3 at 8:28 a.m., Kenai police contacted Sean V. Neil, 37, of Kenai. State records indicated outstanding warrants. Neil was arrested for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of third-degree theft, $250 bail, and four counts of failure to appear for arraignment on original charges of petition to revoke probation, with $250 bail on each of the four counts, and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 2 at 12:16 p.m., Kenai police arrested a 17-year-old male juvenile on an outstanding Soldotna Alaska State Troopers warrant for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of failure to give notice of accident. The juvenile was turned over to the Court. n On Aug. 2 at 4:24 p.m., Kenai police responded to a residence on Wildwood Drive, following the report of a juvenile male out of control. Investigation led to the arrest of the 15-year-old male, of Kenai, on domestic violence charges of third-degree assault and fourthdegree criminal mischief. He was taken to the Youth Detention Facility. n On Aug. 2, after investigation into a burglary that took place on Aug. 1 at a residence on Beaver Loop Road, Kenai police arrested Shelly A. Saling, 47, of Anchorage, and Christopher J.H. Hansen, 20 of Anchorage, on felony charges of second-degree theft and firstdegree burglary. Both Saling and Hansen were booked into Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 2 at 4:53 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a possible drug overdose
at a residence on Browns Lake Road. Investigation revealed no medical emergency, but that Brittany Ann Foster, 26, of Soldotna, had violated her conditions of release from a previous misconduct involving controlled substance charge by using and being in possession of controlled substances. She was issued a misdemeanor citation for violating conditions of release. n On Aug. 1 at about 9:40 a.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Fireweed Street for a trespassing complaint. Renee P. Ross, 56, of Soldotna, was issued a mandatory court citation for firstdegree criminal trespass and released. n On Aug. 1 at 4:03 p.m., Soldotna police responded to the Safeway parking lot for a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report. Mary L. Lewis, 68, of Soldotna, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Aug. 1 at 5:27 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence on Meridian Avenue in Seward for the report of an assault. Investigation revealed that Felicia Cubley, 23, of Seward, had assaulted a family member. Cubley was arrested and taken to the Seward City Jail. n On Aug. 1 at 1:32 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of theft from a vehicle at Mile 14 of the Seward Highway. A female reported that her wallet, with all of her identification and $350 in cash, was stolen, along with a multi-colored camera bag. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Alaska State Troopers in Seward at 907-224-3346. n On Aug. 1 at about 3:50 p.m., Alaska State Troopers contacted David Wayne Pine, 39, of Clam Gulch, at a residence off Acys Avenue in Kasilof. Investigation revealed that Pine had two active arrest warrants for failure to appear for a change of plea hearings on original charges of seconddegree criminal trespass and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Pine was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,000 bail.
n On Aug. 1 at 10:04 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence on Kerry Circle in Soldotna for a report of disturbance. Investigation revealed that Nicholas D. Tuttle, 27, of Soldotna, had placed two family members in fear of imminent physical injury and had recklessly caused under $250 in damage. While on scene, Tuttle recklessly caused a hazardous condition by his actions and resisted arrest by force. Tuttle was arrested for three counts of fourth-degree assault, fifth-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Aug. 1 at 1:56 p.m., Kenai police responded to a business near Mile 11.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway, following the report of a stolen wallet. Investigation led to the arrest of Lisa K. Renshaw, 52 of, Kenai, on a charge of second-degree theft. n On Aug. 1 at 8:51 p.m., Kenai police responded to the corner of the Kenai Spur Highway and Willow Street on the report of a female trespassing. Officer response and investigation led to a summons to court for Diana P. Westover, 38, of Kenai, on a charge of second-degree criminal trespass. Westover had previously been permanently trespassed from the business. n On Aug. 1 at 1:01 a.m., Alaska State Troopers stopped a white 2007 Dakota for a traffic violation on Robinson Loop Road. Tonya Sue Fry, 44, of Sterling, was identified as a passenger in the vehicle. Investigation revealed that she had a warrant outstanding for her arrest for second-degree and fourth-degree theft. She was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $5,000 bail. n On Aug. 1 at 4:24 a.m., Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a blue Ford Bronco for an equipment violation near the intersection of Funny River Road and the Sterling Highway in Soldotna. Investigation revealed that Jacob F. Franklin, Jr., 26, of Soldotna, had an active arrest warrant on the original charge of a domestic violence protective order violation. Further investigation revealed that Moody,
Jr. provided false information to troopers when being served the arrest warrant to conceal his identity. Moody, Jr. was arrested for false information and the arrest warrant and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial, where he was held without bail and a court-appointed third-party custodian requirement. On July 31 at about 1:20 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault that had just taken place at a residence on Taku Avenue in Homer. Investigation showed that Nicholas Dufour, 33, of Homer, had assaulted another male over a property dispute. Dufour was arrested and taken to the Homer Jail on $1,000 bail. n On July 31 at 9:29 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence on Sports Lake Road in Soldotna to contact a subject with an active arrest warrant. Investigation revealed that Samantha J. Fry, 24, of Soldotna, had an active arrest warrant for second-degree and fourth-degree theft. Fry was arrested for the warrant and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $5,000 bail. n On July 30 at 2:56 p.m., Alaska State Troopers in Soldotna contacted Emelie Demidoff, 37, of Soldotna, at the Red Diamond Mall. Demidoff was arrested on a $1,000 arrest warrant on the original charge of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. n On July 30, Hans Pedersen, 43, of Seldovia, was issued a citation by Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Anchor Point Post, for aiding his clients in failing to log their halibut on their fishing license while on a charter trip. Bail was set at $110 in Homer Court. n On July 30, Jason Martinelli, 48, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was issued a citation by Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Anchor Point Post, for sport fishing in closed waters on the Anchor River. Bail was set at $110 in Homer Court. n On On July 30 at 10:17 a.m., Kenai police were notified by Alaska State Troopers of a hit-and-run vehicle en route to Kenai from Soldotna. Officers responded, and Brendan T. Harris, 19, of Nikiski, was
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arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated, third-degree assault, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, minor operating a vehicle after consuming alcohol, and possession/ consuming alcohol while under 21 years of age. Harris was booked into Wildwood Pretrial. n On July 27 at 3:24 p.m., Soldotna police responded to the area of the Sterling Highway and Tern Circle for a reported disturbance and property damage. Investigation led to Deborah Jarosz, 66, of Soldotna, being issued a criminal citation for third-degree criminal mischief and released. n On July 25 at 1:26 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway near Binkley Street. The driver, Cody Long, 18, of Soldotna, was in possession of marijuana. Long was issued a mandatory court citation for fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and released. n On July 22 at 10:01 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers responded to a 911 open line verbal disturbance at about Mile 164 of the Sterling Highway. A male and female were yelling at each other. Investigation revealed that there was no assault, but the male, who was later identified as William Emmert, 59, of Anchor Point, was impaired by alcohol and had driven to the area in a Ford truck. Emmert was arrested for driving under the influence. n On July 22 at 2:42 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet sedan at Mile 151 of the Sterling Highway. Investigation revealed that the passenger, Thomas Asila, 33, of Hooper Bay, had an outstanding warrant for parole violation. Thomas Asila was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On July 21 at 11:26 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway near Devin Drive after a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report was received. Kraig Morris, 28, of Anchorage, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to Wildwood Pretrial.
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lot has been said about love. A lot has been said about running, but I never thought I’d look for a way to say something about both in the same breath. I didn’t grow up loving to run. I don’t even know if I love to run now, but I do know that I’d love to run right now and I can’t. “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone,” is one of those tried and true statements about love, but it fits my current feelings about running too. I lost running on the Harding Icefield Trail with the twist of an ankle a few weeks back. I tried to shake it off, but by the time I reached the parking lot I knew that something had changed. Over the course of the next week my ankle swelled, my foot turned blue and I became more acquainted with an ice pack than the local trails on which I had just started to find speed. I didn’t realize how fond I had grown of being able to get outside and into the woods with just my feet to propel me. I didn’t realize how addicted to the thrill of running down a rooted trail, thinking six steps ahead to make sure that each step was successful, I had become until I ran into one unsuccessful step. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. I saw people running along the road at ungodly hours. I saw people running in the rain. I saw people running up mountains. I saw people running on treadmills. I saw all of this from the sidelines of a decidedly nonspectator sport while I rested, iced, compressed and elevated my sprained ankle. I yearned for a 5 a.m. run along the Seward Highway or a soaked jog to Tonsina Creek. I was willing to take running at its worst, if only I was at my best. I found replacements for running here and there. I swam and biked and swam and biked. Eventually I started walking, but mostly I rested, iced, compressed and elevated. Someone said love hurts, but so does trying to get back into running with a sprained ankle. Each time I went for a walk along the harbor in Seward, I’d think maybe today was the day I could run a little. I’d start jogging for a minute here and there, only to be sidelined by a sharp pain emanating from my ankle. Worse than the pain, though, was the fear. It was a week since I twisted it, then two weeks and three weeks, but each time I started to lightly jog the thought of having to start that recovery all over again made me apprehensive. I feared every misstep, even donning a wrap around my ankle during a light See BLUE, page B3
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Homer returns after tough title-game loss By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
The biggest moments in sports are the ones that matter the most to fans, players and coaches. The last-second buzzer-beater, the goal-line stand, the walk-off home run. A season is full of big plays and hard-earned wins, yet the moments that stick in the memory are the ones that decide a championship. For the Homer Mariners, a Division III state football title was just yards from their grasp last October on Palmer’s Machentanz Field. All they needed was a big play to punch the ball into the end zone. The big play never materialized, and having spent all their timeouts, the Mariners failed to score against the Barrow Whalers, who walked away with the big prize for the first time in their school history. For Homer, it left the team and community wondering what could
have been. But for first-year head coach Walter Love, the end result was just a pair of numbers that didn’t paint the whole picture. “I think about the track record in our three previous seasons, the injuries and declining wins,” he said. “It really was a Cinderella story. “I know we lost the game, we had some mistakes, but at the end of the day … it was a beautiful day to play football.” Love watched from the sidelines in 2016 as Homer missed the playoffs in an injury-riddled 2-6 season. Last year, he took the reigns and guided a healthy Mariners squad to the state title game in a playoff run that included a semifinal victory over three-time defending state champions Eielson. “More than anything, I was grateful to be there that day,” Love said. “It was a great football game.” The Mariners return this weekend See CATCH, page B4
Homer sophomore Noah Fisk (right) tries to evade a pair of Utqiagvik tacklers Oct. 14, 2017, in the ASAA First National Bank Division III state championship at Machetanz Field in Palmer. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Stars seek No. 60 Kardinals retool with new head coach Akana By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
Soldotna defenders Luke Trammell (5) and Jersey Truesdell team up to cover North Pole receiver Jamie Johnson (middle), Oct. 7, 2017, at the ASAA First National Bank state football semifinals at Palmer High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
It has been almost 10 months since the chain-link fence separating Justin Maile Field and the adjacent Soldotna neighborhoods has been changed to read “59” using small plastic cups. If things go right for the Soldotna Stars football team, that fence should be receiving an update tonight. The road to a seventh straight state title starts with an attempt at a 60th consecutive win for the Stars, who open their football season tonight at home against the West Anchorage Eagles at 6:30 p.m. It’s the fourth year in a row the Stars begin their season facing a Division I Anchorage powerhouse, and all four times have been against schools that played in the previous year’s Div. I championship game. SoHi beat South in 2015, and has defeated West each of the past two years, one at home and one away. This year begins anew with the same matchup. “(West is) either winning or at the doorstep each year,” said SoHi head coach Galen Brantley Jr., who enters his 11th year as Stars head coach. “Our staff has a tremendous reSee PREP, page B2
Hummingbirds take migration to a new level
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n my career as a bird bander, I have banded over 20,000 birds and probably closer to 30,000 birds. I have banded small ones like the 6-gram Ruby-crowned Kinglet, up to bald eagles measured in pounds. Recently, I was humbled when I went to Boise, Idaho, to get my hummingbird banding certification. Initially, I felt like a gorilla with a bunch of bananas for fingers, trying to safely handle hummingbirds that weighed 2.5 to 4 grams, or the weight of a single penny. It was no easy feat to get this qualification. Candidates must band with a certified trainer and handle enough birds to demonstrate competency in safe banding, measuring, aging and sexing hummingbirds. Fred Basset, one of the best trainers in the country, bands in Idaho and I arranged to travel across southern Idaho on a three-day road banding trip with him. I banded nearly 200 hummingbirds and the experience was incredible. I banded four different species, but the highlight was handling 50 Rufous Hummingbirds, a migratory species found back on the Kenai Peninsula. Now the trick will be to capture and An adult male Calliope Hummingbird captured and banded near Inkom, band Rufous Hummingbirds here with Idaho. This is the smallest breeding bird in North America. (Photo provided the hope of continuing to understand where our birds are wintering and by Todd Eskelin)
R efuge N otebook T odd E skelin what route they are taking to get there. Banding these birds will also give us insights about range expansion here, like what is seen in other areas of the country. The last week in July in Alaska is epitomized by the craziness of returning salmon runs, flower beds at peak color and fireweed blooms reaching for the sky to catch the last blast of full sunshine. It is also a time on the Kenai where our smallest bird is fattening up and beginning a LONG journey south. The Rufous Hummingbird is by far our smallest breeding bird and until recently all we knew was the direction was south and the timing was late July and early August. In 2010, a Rufous Hummingbird banded in Tallahassee, Florida, was recaptured in Chenega Bay, Prince William Sound. Since then there have been additional band returns linking Prince William Sound to Texas, Colorado and California. This is an incredible distance for a bird that only weighs 3.5 to 4 grams
(slightly smaller than a nickel). For more perspective, these birds are only about one-third the weight of a chickadee. In addition to Rufous, an increasingly common visitor to the Kenai Peninsula is the Anna’s Hummingbird. These hummingbirds also have been expanding their range and tend to show up in late fall after the Rufous have long departed. They have even seemingly overwintered in Homer, surviving at least through February. I can’t wait to band some of the Anna’s and see if they are returning each fall or if a new crop is finding its way to Homer and Seward each fall. There are a lot of myths about feeding hummingbirds, so I asked the experts while on my banding trip. They are very adamant that the presence of hummingbird feeders does not convince hummers to halt migration. They have already made choices. While the feeders and warming lights may extend their survival beyond what would have been normal, they will not convince birds to overwinter. Also, hummingbirds are surprisingly cold tolerant. We have this idea that with their high metabolic requirements and comfort in hot tropical climates, they just can’t survive when the See REGUGE, page B3
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spect for what they do,” Brantley Jr. said. “They’re extremely talented, they have probably one of the best D-lines that I’ve seen coaching in Alaska.” That’s high praise for a coach with a 107-5 career record as head boss of the Stars. The superlative numbers for SoHi read like a dream — six straight state titles, five straight undefeated seasons and a string of postseason awards that recognize the top players in the division, including each of the past three Defensive Player of the Year honors and the last two Offensive Player awards. SoHi may have to step up its game, however, if it wishes to keep winning. The secondary division in Alaska gained two new members over the offseason with the addition of former Div. I schools Lathrop and West Valley, which moved down a step. The two Fairbanks schools drop into Div. II this year, as does the entire Railbelt Conference. The Railbelt now features Lathrop, West Valley, North Pole and Palmer, which makes the move after years in the Northern Lights Conference. Opposite the Railbelt Conference, the NLC becomes a four-team conference with SoHi, Kenai Central, Kodiak and Eagle River. The Railbelt and the Northern Lights conferences will both qualify two teams to the state playoffs. SoHi will play West Valley and Lathrop in weeks 3 and 4 of the season, and Brantley Jr. said when it comes down to the playoffs, nothing is certain. “I think our level took a step up,” he said. “I think you throw a couple more schools with 1,000 kids in there, remove the Southeast (Conference) struggles, and the path to a championship just got harder.” Brantley Jr. likened the Wolfpack and Malamutes to the Anchorage powerhouse teams. “Both are extremely athletic, those schools have Cook Inlet (Conference) type athletes,” he said. “They’re dynamic and both run the spread (offense).” Palmer joins the Railbelt, making for two conferences that send two teams each. But before the Stars can think about the two Fairbanks schools, Brantley Jr. said they need to focus on Friday night, when the Eagles fly in to confront the Stars for a third straight year. Also returning in the NLC chase are the Kenai Kardinals, which will get a fourth new head coach in four years as Dustin Akana steps up to replace Ted Riddall, who now will be calling plays as an assistant. Riddall spent one year as head coach at Kenai, leading the Kards to a 3-5 overall mark in 2017. Akana played an assistant role in the past two seasons with Kenai, and in stepping up in his third year to take over the reigns from Riddall, said he
would like to bring the Kards back to the playoffs. “This year we’re trying to change the culture of the program,” Akana said. “We’d like to have a little more consistency. I’m not planning to go anywhere, so we’d like to get it back to where it was when we were winning championships.” Kenai won six state titles in the former small-schools division from 2002 to 2011 with coach Jim Beeson leading the charge. Akana said he has gained advice and confidence from Beeson, picking up tips when he could, and said his current staff at KCHS and his former coaches from his own playing days at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, and Utah State, have provided everything else. “I’ve talked to a lot of my coaches and mentors, and have gotten advice on how to lead a team from Riddall,” Akana said. Akana echoed the opinion of Brantley Jr. on the addition of West Valley and Lathrop, saying the two Fairbanks juggernauts will build depth in an already stacked conference. “It means we’ve got to work even harder,” he said. “SoHi and North Pole played us tough last year, and now we’ve got to step up our game. That’s where our core beliefs come in.” The following is an in-depth look at the 2018 season on the peninsula: SOLDOTNA STARS The SoHi juggernaut hasn’t lost a game since August 2012, and will try for a state recordextending 60th consecutive victory Friday night at home against the West Eagles. Brantley Jr. said the program will have a battle on its hands against one of the top teams in the state, which will play a Stars team short on depth. “For us, we just want to figure out a way to get things done Friday night,” he said. “It seems cliche, but we’ve been prepared since the schedule came out, and now we’re just a couple days away.” After opening week, SoHi will host North Pole before heading north to play Lathrop and returning home to host West Valley, with all four weeks being Friday night matchups. In the second half of the season, SoHi will play on the road against NLC foes Eagle River and Kodiak, before returning home to finish the regular season against Service and Kenai Central. While many familiar faces are returning to the program, the top line will feature a decidedly different look. The Stars graduated several notable players, including two-year starting quarterback Brandon Crowder, first-team guard Wendell Tuisaula and two-time Offensive Player of the Year and 2016 Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year Brenner Furlong. “Those players are kids you don’t replace,” Brantley Jr. said. “We’ll fill those by committee.”
Kenai Central quarterback Connor Felchle looks for an open receiver against Juneau while teammate Rykker Riddall (28) puts up a block Saturday afternoon at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Crowder’s spot as signalcaller will be taken over by junior Jersey Truesdell, a firstyear starter who is anything but unaccustomed to big-game moments. As a freshman, Truesdell was called up to start the 2016 Division II championship game against Palmer after Crowder went down to injury, and led the Stars to a dominant 49-13 win, throwing a touchdown pass along the way. Last year, Truesdell got sporadic snaps on varsity while Crowder led the Stars to another state title. This year, the team is all his. “He’s played a lot of football,” said Brantley Jr. “He doesn’t play like a first-year starter.” While the speed and power of Furlong will be tough to replace, a bevy of names will look to carry the ball this year, headlined by returning junior Aaron Faletoi, who burst onto the scene last year with 711 rush yards, second-most on SoHi behind Furlong’s 1,214. Junior Hudson Metcalf returns as a halfback this year after spending time as tight end in 2017, while junior Wyatt Medcoff will step up to varsity as a fullback, along with junior Cam Johnson. Brantley Jr. added that only five seniors are on the team, four of which are returners — cornerback Cy Updike, offen-
sive and defensive tackle Levi Benner, center Cody Nye and guard Brennan Werner. The SoHi offensive line will feature All-State tight end Galen Brantley III, Benner at tackle, Werner at guard, Nye at center, Trenton Walden at guard, Lucas Kline at tackle and Zach Hanson at tight end. Walden, Kline and Medcoff are newbies. Brantley Jr. said a sizable chunk of the offense will also play defense. The defensive line includes Benner and Faletoi, while Johnson, Brantley III and Hanson will make up a tough linebacking core. Truesdell, Updike and Medcoff will roam the defensive secondary. The defense will also include lineman Melvin Lloyd and linebacker Tyler Morrison. KENAI CENTRAL KARDINALS The new-look Kardinals are headed in a new direction utilizing an old, familiar system with a new head coach. They will put it all to the test Saturday at 1 p.m. against Lathrop in Fairbanks. Dustin Akana said the team has adopted a “Rise as One” mantra, which he hopes will be attained by strengthening the core of the team with strong team play and chemistry. “We’re not an individuals
team,” Akana said. “We want to strengthen the core and everything around us, and everything else will fall into place.” Kenai last played in a state championship game in 2015, when the Kards fell 33-18 to SoHi in the final. Consecutive 3-5 seasons have left the Kards out of the playoffs. After their season opener against Lathrop, the Kards stay on the road against Div. III opponent Homer, before heading home for two weeks against Palmer and a big Week 4 clash against North Pole. Another road game in Fairbanks comes in Week 5 against West Valley before Kenai plays host to Eagle River and Kodiak. The regular season will traditionally end against SoHi. The 2018 Kenai lineup will be headed by second-year starting quarterback Connor Felchle, whose debut experience at QB last year helped serve him well, Akana said. Felchle completed 42 percent of his passes in 2017 with four touchdowns and 10 picks. Akana said Felchle’s 2017 campaign paved the way for a promising 2018. “It gave him that much more experience,” Akana said. “He had to relearn a whole new offense with the Wing-T, and there were some growing pains, but this year puts him forward a lot.”
Although Felchle lost his No. 1 target in receiver Zack Tuttle — who led all peninsula schools with over 500 receiving yards in 2017 — behind Felchle stands a stable of backs that he can rely on. The backfield includes junior Titus Riddall, senior Tyrone McEnerney, junior Zach Burnett and junior Justin Anderson. Riddall posted the secondmost rush yards in 2017 for Kenai with 235, only behind older brother Rykker’s 439. McEnerney was fourth on the team yardage list, averaging five carries a game. On the offensive line, Kenai’s two tackles will be seniors Jarett Wilson and Jacob Grant, while the two guards are senior Bailey Maxson and junior Ben Grossl, and the line is anchored by junior center Hunter Beck. Wilson is a third-year starter. Wilson also serves as a defensive end, and will be joined on defense by Grant at tackle, Maxson at tackle and senior Andrew Carver at defensive end. The Kardinal linebacking crew consists of senior Billy Morrow, Anderson, Grossl and Tucker Vann on the outside. The cornerback slots will be filled by Riddall and Burnett, and the safety positions will be manned by Felchle and Braedon Pitsch.
Mayfield, Barkley have strong preseason debuts By The Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley lived up to early expectations as the top two picks in the NFL draft in their first action as the Cleveland Browns beat the New York Giants 20-10 on Thursday night. Replacing starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor late in the first quarter, Mayfield hit 11 of 20 passes for 212 yards, two touchdowns, and converted two fourth-down plays with his feet. The Heisman Trophy winner who was the No. 1 overall pick found tight end David Njoku on a 10-yard TD pass to cap a 14-play, 72-yard drive on his second series. He finished his debut with a completion on a 54-yard slant and run to fellow rookie Antonio Callaway. COLTS 19, SEAHAWKS 17 SEATTLE — Andrew Luck returned to game action for the first time since the final week of the 2016 season, leading Indianapolis on a pair of field-goal drives in just over a quarter. The reintroduction of Luck as the Colts’ leader started with a 17-yard swing pass to Marlon Mack on the first play. It concluded early in the second quarter when his pass intended for T.Y. Hilton was broken up. In between, Luck was bearhugged by Seattle All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner on a scramble run, sacked by Rasheem Green, and also showed flashes his surgically repaired right shoulder is ready to allow him to again be a premier
quarterback.
STEELERS 31, EAGLES 14 PHILADELPHIA — Landry Jones and Josh Dobbs each tossed touchdown passes and the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles rested several starters, including quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick Foles. Nate Sudfeld threw a pair of touchdown passes and two interceptions. Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown sat for the Steelers and Le’Veon Bell still hasn’t signed his franchise tender.
PANTHERS 28, BILLS 23 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills receiver Kelvin Benjamin’s feud with former teammate Panthers quarterback Cam Newton continued before and during Carolina’s preseason-opening win. First, the two exchanged words on the field about 90 minutes before kickoff. Then they each played key roles in touchdowns drives in the first quarter.
BENGALS 30, BEARS 27 CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton made a solid debut in Cincinnati’s revamped offense, throwing for a pair of touchdowns. The Bengals were last in the league on offense last season, the worst finish in franchise history. They overhauled their leaky offensive line, and coordinator Bill Lazor injected more diversity into the playbook. It showed the first time out. Dalton went 6 of 8 for 103 yards, completing four passes of at least 20 yards. He also had an interception that wasn’t his fault — John Ross fell on his route and
Kyle Fuller returned the pickoff 47 yards lion in incentives, the reigning NFL MVP to the end zone. sat out the team’s exhibition season opener. So did his Washington counterpart, Smith, who was traded to the nation’s capSAINTS 24, JAGUARS 20 ital in the offseason and received a fourJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Blake Bor- year, $94 million extension. tles completed 6 of 9 passes for 53 yards and scored on a short bootleg. Bortles was RAVENS 33, RAMS 7 poised in the pocket and nearly perfect in BALTIMORE — Joe Flacco threw a one series of work, a significant improvement from the way his preseason started touchdown pass on his only series of the a year ago. Bortles had a five-interception game and rookie quarterback Lamar Jackperformance during a training camp prac- son ran for a score. Baltimore led 17-0 after the first period tice in 2017 and continued to struggle during joint practices with New England. He and cruised to the finish against the Rams, was benched two weeks into the preseason who rested offensive stars Jared Goff and Todd Gurley. and had to earn the starting job. A year later, his starting spot is as solid as just about anyone’s on the team. It PACKERS 31, TITANS 17 showed against the Saints. GREEN BAY, Wis. — Marcus MariBUCCANEERS 26, DOLPHINS 24 ota looked sharp orchestrating yet another new offensive system for the Tennessee MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Bucca- Titans. Green Bay Packers receiver Daneers kicker Chandler Catanzaro made a vante Adams needed just one series to 26-yard field goal with 23 seconds left to show he was in midseason form. cap a 67-yard drive and give them the win. Mariota was 2 of 3 for 42 yards with Ryan Tannehill completed passes on a 4-yard scoring pass to Darius Jennings the first four plays in his return from two on the opening drive of Mike Vrabel’s first serious injuries to his left knee, sparking preseason game as Titans coach. Mariota a 40-yard drive that ended with a missed also had one carry for 7 yards before leavfield goal in his only series. ing after the nine-play series. It was a nice, if brief, start for Mariota. He’s picking up a new scheme under his PATRIOTS 26, REDSKINS 17 third head coach in four seasons. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Colt McCoy outplayed Brian Hoyer in a scrimTEXANS 17, CHIEFS 10 mage of backup quarterbacks, while Tom Brady and Alex Smith stayed on the sideKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Malines counting their money. On the day the Patriots reportedly homes finished 5 of 7 for 33 yards on two sweetened Brady’s contract with $5 mil- drives for the Chiefs as the Texans sat
many of their stars. Houston’s Deshaun Watson, coming back from a torn ACL, was used sparingly. He threw one pass — a 4-yard completion to wide receiver Bruce Ellington — during a five-play drive to midfield that featured four handoffs to running back Lamar Miller. Mahomes at No. 10 and Watson at No. 12 were taken in the first round of the 2017 draft. The Texans also sat DE J.J. Watt, who is returning from a broken leg suffered last October against the Chiefs, LB Jadeveon Clowney (knee), offseason addition S Tyrann Mathieu, CB Johnathan Joseph, and starting WRs DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller.
49ERS 24,COWBOYS 21 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Dak Prescott made the most of his brief appearance in the preseason opener for Dallas by throwing a 30-yard touchdown pass to rookie Michael Gallup before the 49ers rallied with two late touchdowns. Nick Mullens threw a 7-yard TD pass to Richie James Jr. with 18 seconds left to cap the comeback. Jeremy McNichols scored on a 1-yard run with 4:24 to go for San Francisco. San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t fare as well as Prescott in his first game action since signing a $137.5 million, five-year contract this offseason. Garoppolo completed 3 of 6 passes on his one drive. More concerning for the 49ers was the fact that five players left with injuries in the first 16 minutes of the game, including defensive starters Malcolm Smith and Solomon Thomas.
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temperature dips. In Homer, Seward and Cordova, we have repeatedly watched Anna’s Hummingbirds survive down to singledigit temperatures. They utilize a special ability to enter a nightly torpor or temporary hibernation. They lower their body temperature to just above a set
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walk on the beach. Pain and fear kept me off my feet longer than I probably needed to be, but it’s hard to jump back into something when apprehension is holding you back. (I think there’s a love metaphor in there too.) During one of my nights
point from which they could not recover. This reduces their metabolism up to 50 times slower than when they are active and feeding. When the nighttime temperatures and darkness retreat, Anna’s Hummingbirds simply warm their body back up by shivering for about 20 minutes and resume normal daytime activity. Their average daily caloric requirements transferred to a human body weight would equate to a 155,000-calorie diet each day!
We can marvel about these statistics for days, but I am excited to track their occurrence on the Kenai Peninsula and add to their remarkable migration statistics. If you see a hummingbird hanging around your flower garden and have a hummingbird feeder, go ahead and fill it up. No food coloring is needed, just one part sugar to four parts water. If you do get lucky enough to have a hummingbird stick around, get a photo and give me a call at 907260-2817. Maybe we can put a
little jewelry on these awesome birds and hope they reveal some of the still unclear mysteries of where they are heading each winter.
spent elevating, in between icing and compressing, I got around to reading “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running,” a memoir by Haruki Murakami. I wanted keep my motivation high and found a passage that helped spur me to my feet. “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoid-
able reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.” So I decided to see what I could stand on the Lost Lake Trail earlier this week. I’m signed up for the Lost Lake Run on Aug. 25, a 16-mile trail run from the Primrose Campground through to the Lost Lake trail head outside Seward. I hit the trail and started with a brisk walk.
Up the switchbacks, I started jogging more and more. I would stop, fear and a little bit of out-of-shape exhaustion taking over, but would start running again soon after. I ran so much that I decidedly called the outing a “run” versus “hike” on my Strava account. As I was running down the trail back to my car all I could think was, “This feels good. This feels like love.”
Todd Eskelin is a Wildlife Biologist at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999-present) at https://www.fws.gov/ Refuge/Kenai/community/Refuge_notebook.html or other info at http://www.facebook. com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.
Scoreboard Golf PGA Championship Scores
Thursday At Bellerive Country Club St. Louis Purse: TBA ($10.5 million in 2017) Yardage: 7,316; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round Gary Woodland 34-30—64 Rickie Fowler 31-34—65 Brandon Stone 33-33—66 Zach Johnson 33-33—66 Austin Cook 34-33—67 Ian Poulter 34-33—67 Pat Perez 34-33—67 Jason Day 33-34—67 Brian Gay 35-32—67 Stewart Cink 35-32—67 Ollie Schniederjans 34-33—67 Dustin Johnson 33-34—67 Kevin Kisner 33-34—67 Justin Rose 33-34—67 Thomas Pieters 34-33—67 Ryan Fox 33-35—68 Billy Horschel 33-35—68 Hideki Matsuyama 34-34—68 Yuta Ikeda 34-34—68 Webb Simpson 35-33—68 Branden Grace 35-33—68 Ross Fisher 34-34—68 Mikko Korhonen 33-35—68 Kyle Stanley 35-33—68 Marc Leishman 33-35—68 Francesco Molinari 37-31—68 Patrick Cantlay 34-34—68 Jon Rahm 35-33—68 Jason Kokrak 35-33—68 Joaquin Niemann 33-35—68 Chris Kirk 34-34—68 Andrew Putnam 33-35—68 Jim Furyk 35-34—69 Shane Lowry 34-35—69 Jimmy Walker 36-33—69 Keegan Bradley 35-34—69 Shubhankar Sharma 35-34—69 Ryan Armour 35-34—69 Justin Thomas 37-32—69 Ryan Moore 33-36—69 J.J. Spaun 34-35—69 Julian Suri 36-33—69 Kevin Chappell 34-35—69 Emiliano Grillo 35-34—69 Tommy Fleetwood 36-33—69 Brooks Koepka 37-32—69 Chris Stroud 34-35—69 Xander Schauffele 32-38—70 Rafa Cabrera Bello 33-37—70 Byeong Hun An 36-34—70 Rory McIlroy 35-35—70 Tiger Woods 33-37—70 Jhonattan Vegas 36-34—70 Chris Wood 35-35—70 Bubba Watson 33-37—70 Adam Scott 34-36—70 Sergio Garcia 35-35—70 Thorbjørn Olesen 32-38—70 Charl Schwartzel 33-37—70 Kevin Na 34-36—70 Anirban Lahiri 36-34—70 Jamie Lovemark 34-37—71 HaoTong Li 33-38—71 Martin Kaymer 35-36—71 Adam Hadwin 35-36—71 Padraig Harrington 36-35—71 Vijay Singh 35-36—71 Bryson DeChambeau 35-36—71 Troy Merritt 34-37—71 Sungjae Im 37-34—71 Luke List 34-37—71 Matt Wallace 35-36—71 Alex Noren 36-35—71 Matt Kuchar 35-36—71 Satoshi Kodaira 38-33—71 Brice Garnett 36-35—71 Tyrrell Hatton 36-35—71 Jordan Spieth 36-35—71 Chez Reavie 35-36—71 Russell Knox 33-38—71 Kelly Kraft 37-34—71 Ben Kern 35-36—71 Eddie Pepperell 37-35—72 Shugo Imahira 34-38—72 Craig Hocknull 34-38—72 Alexander Björk 36-36—72 Brandt Snedeker 37-35—72 Scott Brown 35-37—72 Kevin Streelman 36-36—72 Brian Harman 34-38—72 Matthew Fitzpatrick 37-35—72 Patton Kizzire 37-35—72 Danny Balin 36-36—72 Si Woo Kim 37-35—72 Patrick Reed 37-35—72 Jason Dufner 36-36—72 Charley Hoffman 37-35—72 Bill Haas 39-33—72 Justin Harding 37-35—72 James Hahn 36-37—73 Henrik Stenson 37-36—73 Danny Willett 35-38—73 Phil Mickelson 36-37—73 Peter Uihlein 38-35—73 Paul Dunne 35-38—73 J.B. Holmes 36-37—73 Dylan Frittelli 35-38—73 Beau Hossler 37-36—73 Ryan Vermeer 36-37—73 John Daly 37-36—73 Y.E. Yang 39-34—73 Shaun Micheel 35-38—73 Brendan Steele 37-36—73 Adrian Otaegui 39-34—73 Michael Kim 37-36—73 Daniel Berger 41-32—73 Mike Lorenzo-Vera 35-38—73 Andrew Landry 38-35—73 Ryuko Tokimatsu 35-38—73 Rich Berberian, Jr. 37-37—74 Sean McCarty 38-36—74 Tony Finau 34-40—74 Rich Beem 37-37—74 37-37—74 Jordan Smith 39-35—74 Scott Piercy Cameron Smith 39-35—74 Charles Howell III 38-36—74 Jason Schmuhl 38-36—74 Russell Henley 36-38—74
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Basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 20 10 .667 — x-Washington 19 11 .633 1 x-Connecticut 17 12 .586 2½ Chicago 10 19 .345 9½ New York 7 22 .241 12½ Indiana 5 24 .172 14½ WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Seattle 23 8 .742 — x-Los Angeles 18 12 .600 4½ x-Minnesota 17 13 .567 5½ x-Phoenix 16 14 .533 6½ Dallas 14 15 .483 8 Las Vegas 12 18 .400 10½ x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Games Washington 100, Seattle 77 Atlanta 79, Los Angeles 73 Minnesota 89, Las Vegas 73 Friday’s Games Connecticut at Chicago, 5 p.m. Indiana at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Dallas at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Indiana at Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
Baseball AL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB Boston 81 35 .698 — New York 72 42 .632 8 Tampa Bay 58 57 .504 22½ Toronto 52 62 .456 28 Baltimore 35 80 .304 45½ Central Division Cleveland 64 50 .561 — Minnesota 53 61 .465 11 Detroit 47 68 .409 17½ Chicago 41 73 .360 23 Kansas City 35 79 .307 29 West Division Houston 73 43 .629 — Oakland 68 47 .591 4½ Seattle 66 50 .569 7 Los Angeles 58 58 .500 15 Texas 51 66 .436 22½ Thursday’s Games Cleveland 5, Minnesota 4 N.Y. Yankees 7, Texas 3 Toronto 8, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4 Seattle 8, Houston 6 Friday’s Games Boston (Eovaldi 5-4) at Baltimore (Bundy 7-10), 3:05 p.m. Texas (Minor 8-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-2), 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 12-5) at Toronto (Estrada 5-8), 3:07 p.m. Minnesota (Santana 0-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 4-4), 3:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bieber 6-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Leake 8-7) at Houston (Cole 10-4), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Gomber 1-0) at Kansas City (Smith 1-3), 4:15 p.m. Oakland (Anderson 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Pena 1-3), 6:07 p.m. Saturday’s Games Boston at Baltimore, 9:05 a.m., 1st game Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 9:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 12:07 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 2:10 p.m. Boston at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m., 2nd game Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 3:10 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 3:15 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 5:07 p.m. All Times ADT
NL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 64 50 .561 — Atlanta 62 50 .554 1 Washington 59 56 .513 5½ New York 47 65 .420 16 Miami 47 69 .405 18
Central Division Chicago 66 48 .579 — Milwaukee 66 52 .559 2 St. Louis 60 55 .522 6½ Pittsburgh 60 56 .517 7 Cincinnati 50 65 .435 16½ West Division 64 52 .552 — Arizona Los Angeles 64 52 .552 — Colorado 60 55 .522 3½ San Francisco 57 59 .491 7 San Diego 46 71 .393 18½ Thursday’s Games Washington 6, Atlanta 3 San Diego 8, Milwaukee 4 L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 5 Pittsburgh 10, San Francisco 5 Friday’s Games Washington (Hellickson 5-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 8-9), 10:20 a.m. Arizona (Buchholz 5-1) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-3), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 6-6) at Miami (Urena 3-11), 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Peralta 5-2) at Atlanta (Gausman 5-9), 3:35 p.m. St. Louis (Gomber 1-0) at Kansas City (Smith 1-3), 4:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 7-7) at Colorado (Gray 9-7), 4:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Eflin 8-3) at San Diego (Nix 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Holmes 1-1) at San Francisco (Holland 5-8), 6:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington at Chicago Cubs, 12:05 p.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 2:40 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 3:10 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 3:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 5:05 p.m. All Times ADT
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Berrios, Moya (5), Rogers (7), Reed (8) and Wilson; Kluber, Hand (8), A.Miller (9) and R.Perez. W_A.Miller 2-3. L_Reed 1-6. HRs_Minnesota, Polanco (1). Cleveland, Alonso (20).
Yankees 7, Rangers 3 Tex. NY
000 120 000—3 5 200 311 00x—7 9
1 0
Sanchez, Parsons (3), McCreery (8) and Suzuki; G.Gonzalez, J.Miller (8), Madson (9) and Wieters. W_G.Gonzalez 7-8. L_Parsons 0-1. HRs_Atlanta, Acuna (13), Markakis (14). Washington, Taylor (6).
Padres 8, Brewers 4 SD Mil.
000 101 006—8 13 2 010 300 000—4 10 0
Erlin, Maton (6), Castillo (6), Yates (8), Stammen (9) and Ellis; Guerra, Jennings (7), Jeffress (8), Knebel (9), Soria (9) and Pina. W_Yates 4-0. L_Knebel 2-3. HRs_San Diego, Reyes (9), Galvis (7), Renfroe (12).
Dodgers 8, Rockies 5 LA Col.
010 000 223—8 13 0 000 100 400—5 10 1
Stripling, Baez (7), Ferguson (7), Alexander (9) and Grandal; Anderson, Oberg (7), Oh (8), W.Davis (8), B.Shaw (9) and Iannetta. W_Ferguson 3-1. L_W. Davis 1-6. Sv_Alexander (2). HRs_Los Angeles, Dozier (3), Pederson (18), Taylor (13), Bellinger (19), Muncy (25). Colorado, Iannetta (8).
Football NFL Preseason AMERICAN CONFERENCE W
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PF
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0 0 1.000
26
17
Miami
1 0 .000
24
26
0
0 0
Hess, Hart (6), Carroll (7), Wright Jr. (7) and Wynns; Wood, Y.Chirinos (3), Alvarado (8), Romo (9) and Sucre. W_Y.Chirinos 1-4. L_Carroll 0-1. Sv_Romo (14). HRs_Baltimore, Nunez (1). Tampa Bay, Choi (2).
Buffalo
0
1 0 .000
23
28
N.Y. Jets
0
0 0 .000
0
0
South Houston
1
0 0 1.000
17
10
Indianapolis
1
0 0 1.000
19
17
Jacksonville
0
1 0 .000
20
24
Tennessee
0
1 0 .000
17
31
North Pittsburgh
1
0 0 1.000
31
14
Baltimore
2
0 0 1.000
50
23
Cleveland
1
0 0 1.000
20
10
Cincinnati
1
0 0 1.000
30
27 17
West Kansas City
0
1 0 .000
10
Denver
0
0 0 .000
0
0
L.A. Chargers 0
0 0 .000
0
0
Oakland
0 0 .000
0
0
0
East
W
L T Pct
PF
Dallas
0
1 0 .000
21
24
N.Y. Giants
0
1 0 .000
10
20
200 020 001—5 10 1 211 031 00x—8 12 0
Porcello, Workman (5), Velazquez (6), Thornburg (8) and Leon; Borucki, Garcia (6), Clippard (7), Tepera (8), Giles (9) and Martin. W_Borucki 2-2. L_Porcello 14-5. HRs_Boston, Betts (27), Martinez (35). Toronto, Hernandez (18), Grichuk (16).
Washington
0
1 0 .000
17
26
0
1 0 .000
14
31
South Carolina
1
0 0 1.000
28
23
New Orleans
1
0 0 1.000
24
20
Tampa Bay
1
0 0 1.000
26
24
Atlanta
0
0 0 .000
0
0
Green Bay
1
0 0 1.000
31
17
Chicago
0
2 0 .000
43
47
Detroit
0
0 0 .000
0
0
Minnesota
0
0 0 .000
0
0 21
West San Francisco 1
0 0 1.000
24
Seattle
0
1 0 .000
17
19
L.A. Rams
0
1 0 .000
7
33
Arizona
0
0 0 .000
0
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Mariners 8, Astros 6 Sea. Hou.
330 002 000—8 14 1 002 002 101—6 9 0
Paxton, Vincent (6), Duke (7), Colome (7), Diaz (9) and Zunino; Verlander, Peacock (3), Harris (5), Sipp (7), J.Smith (8), Osuna (9) and Maldonado, Stassi. W_ Paxton 10-5. L_Verlander 11-7. Sv_Diaz (43). HRs_Seattle, Span (5), Segura (9), Haniger (19). Houston, White (5).
Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Minnesota at Denver, 5 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Arizona, 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 Philadelphia at New England, 3:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Washington, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17 N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 3 p.m. Kansas City at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Miami at Carolina, 3:30 p.m. Buffalo at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m.
Nationals 6, Braves 3
PA
Philadelphia
Thursday’s Games
Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 5 Bos. Tor.
PA
North
Rays 5, Orioles 4 030 000 100—4 8 001 101 20x—5 6
010 000 011—3 10 0 002 101 02x—6 11 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Jurado, Moore (6) and R.Chirinos; Happ, Robertson (7), Betances (8), Chapman (9) and Romine. W_Happ 12-6. L_Jurado 2-2. HRs_Texas, Profar (13). New York, Hicks (20), Andujar (16), Stanton (28), Walker 2 (6).
Bal. TB
Atl. Was.
Arizona at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18
Jacksonville at Minnesota, 9 a.m. Oakland at L.A. Rams, noon Cincinnati at Dallas, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 4 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 4 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Chargers, 6 p.m.
Theisen, Youngren notch victories Staff report Peninsula Clarion
Jordan Theisen and Megan Youngren won the fifth and final Salmon Run Series run of the summer Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails. Theisen blitzed the field in 17 minutes, 8 seconds, while Youngren crossed at 21:32. The race measured just over five kilometers. While the Salmon Run Series is done for the season, Wednesday night racing is not. The Fountain of Youth 5K will be Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Skyview trail head. The cost of the Kenai Peninsula Relay For Life event will be $15 for Tsalteshi Trails Association members and $20 for nonmembers. The pursuit-style race gives head starts based on age and gender, so anybody could win. To get the head start, racers must register on tsalteshi.org. Racers can also choose to start in the last wave if they want to run with a family member or don’t want to be pursued. Proceeds from the event go to the American Cancer Society. Salmon Run Series No. 5
Monday, Aug. 20 Baltimore at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. All Times ADT
Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed OF Leonys Martin on the 10-day DL. Recalled OF Greg Allen from Columbus (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated LHP J.A. Happ from the 10day DL. Optioned RHP Chance Adams to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). TEXAS RANGERS — Sent OF Nomar Mazara on rehab assignment to Round Rock (PCL). Assigned LHP Brandon Mann outright to Round Rock. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated LHP Chris Rusin from the 10-day DL. Optioned RHP Yency Almonte to Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated RHP Ross Stripling from the 10-day DL. Optioned RHP-LHP Pat Venditte to Oklahoma City (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Promoted Rod Higgins to vice president of basketball operations, Daniel Starkman to manager of basketball operations and Therian Williams to assistant video coordinator. Named Chelsea Lane executive director of athletic performance and sports medicine, Michael Irr strength & conditioning coach, John Dusel assistant athletic trainer/strength & conditioning, Ty Terrell assistant strength & conditioning coach, Dwight Lutz director of basketball strategy & analytics, Dipesh Mistry video coordinator, Larry Riley senior advisor, Nick Ressler coordinator of basketball operations and Victor Williams security consultant. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Waived WR Deontez Alexander from reserve/ injured. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed G Nick Easton on injured reserve. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed S Quincy Mauger. Waived C Drew Scott. Canadian Football League CFL — Suspended Winnipeg OL Qadr Spooner two games after testing positive for a banned substance, methasterone, under the drug policy of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Canadian Football League Players’ Association (CFLPA). HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed C Christian Dvorak to a six-year contract extension through the through 2024-25 season. SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Transferred F Janine Beckie to Manchester City (FA Women’s Super League). COLLEGE NCAA — Named Amy Reis director of women’s basketball. BROWN — Named Kate Refsnyder softball coach. COLUMBIA (MO.) — Promoted Tomas Brock to associate head men’s basketball coach. KANSAS STATE — Signed Bill Snyder, football coach, to a fiveyear contract through the 2022 season. LA SALLE — Named Tom Hyham men’s & women’s water polo coach. LSU — Suspended sophomore LB Tylor Taylor for a violation of team rules.
Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails 1. Jordan Theisen, 17 minutes, 8 seconds;
2. Bradley Walters, 18:33; 3. Mike Crawford, 19:21; 4. Brian Beeson, 19:37; 5. Zach Burns, 20:01; 6. Megan Youngren, 21:32; 7. Fox Michaud, 21:35; 8. Maison Dunham, 21:36; 9. Benjamin McGarry, 21:39; 10. Jeffrey Helminiak, 21:51; 11. Joey Klecka, 21:53; 12. Dustin Henkin, 21:55; 13. Jordan Strausbaugh, 22:39; 14. Sammy Anders, 22:54; 15. Andy Kircher, 22:55; 16. Scott Huff, 22:58; 17. Gabriel Smith, 22:59; 18. John Paul Dammeyer, 23:59; 19. Avery Willets, 24:00; 20. Jacob Strausbaugh, 24:00; 21. Ellie Burns, 24:46; 22. Luke Armstrong, 25:13; 23. Alice Main, 25:17; 24. Jake Streich, 25:18; 25. Joel Burns, 25:51. 26. Alek McGarry, 25:55; 27. Danny Anders, 25:55; 28. Carl Kincaid, 26:02; 29. Annie Burns, 26:15; 30. Carter Cannava, 27:21; 31. Ian McGarry, 27:27; 32. Dylan Hogue, 27:34; 33. Victoria Denison, 28:10; 34. Cole Nelson, 28:11; 35. James Dammeyer, 28:31; 36. Terese Schomogyi, 28:38; 37. Madeleine Tucker, 28:39; 38. Johna Degray, 28:53; 39. Sandi Yukman, 29:00; 40. Tom Yukman, 29:01; 41. Lean Fallon, 29:32; 42. Melita Efta, 29:32; 43. Leah Streich, 29:41; 44. Cooper Tallent-Darling, 30:48; 45. Ethan Hogue, 31:24; 46. Robert Carson, 31:25; 47. Jamie Nelson, 32:46; 48. Sharon Oyao, 33:31; 49. Sheilah MargaretPothast, 33:35; 50. John Pothast, 33:36. 51. Kate Swaby, 33:45; 52. Brad Stonecipher, 33:52; 53. April Chilton, 33:53; 54. Eliza Anders, 34:19; 55. Breanna McConnell, 34:29; 56. Noelle Lattin, 34:33; 57. EmmaClare Dammeyer, 34:34; 58. Maria Dammeyer, 34:35; 59. Terri Cowart, 35:22; 60. Angie Nelson, 35:29; 61. Maryjane Hadaway, 35:37; 62. Ryan Rampton, 35:56; 63. Rebecca Rampton, 35:57; 64. Maria Sweppy, 36:11; 65. Ariana Cannava, 36:24; 66. Roland Taylor, 36:25; 67. Katie Mae Tallent, 36:36; 68. Nicole Olender, 36:39; 69. Joshua Lattin, 36:40; 70. Anna Lattin, 36:41; 71. Mary Rhyner, 37:42; 72. Ayla Tallent, 38:03; 73. Tara Ruffner, 38:11; 74. Hadley Kornelis, 39:29; 75. Keziah Simons, 40:10. 76. Zoe Burns, 40:15; 77. Sarah Eskelin, 40:15; 78. Stephanie Burns, 40:19; 79. Tony Eskelin, 40:21; 80. Parker Cannava, 42:05; 81. Katrina Cannava, 42:06; 82. Sara Dennis, 42:23; 83. Etta Kornelis, 42:40; 84. Emily Kornelis, 42:41.
Sports Briefs NFL sees anthem demonstrations Player demonstrations took place during the national anthem at several early NFL preseason games Thursday night. In Philadelphia, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and cornerback De’Vante Bausby raised their fists during the anthem, and defensive end Chris Long placed his arm around Jenkins’ shoulder. Jenkins had stopped his demonstration last December. Defensive end Michael Bennett walked out of the tunnel during the anthem and walked toward the bench while it played. It appeared all the Steelers stood. “Everybody is waiting for what the league is going to do,” Jenkins said. “We won’t let it stop what we stand for. I was very encouraged last year with the direction and that obviously took a different turn. “I think it’s important to utilize the platform as we can because for whatever reason, we have framed this demonstration in a negative light, and often players have to defend why we feel the need to fight for everyday Americans, and in actuality we’re doing the right thing.” At Miami, Dolphins receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson and defensive end Robert Quinn protested during the anthem. Stills and Wilson kneeled behind teammates lined up standing along the sideline. Quinn stood and raised his right fist. There were no apparent protests by the Buccaneers. — The Associated Press
Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2018. There are 143 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 10, 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries (TWEE’-luh-reez) Palace, where King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for treason, and executed.) On this date: In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state. In 1846, President James K. Polk signed a measure establishing the Smithsonian Institution. In 1861, Confederate forces routed Union troops in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in Missouri, the first major engagement of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. In 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello. In 1949, the National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense. In 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain. In 1975, television personality David Frost announced he had purchased the exclusive rights to interview former President Richard Nixon. In 1977, postal employee David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being “Son of Sam,” the gunman who killed six people and wounded seven others in the New York City area. (Berkowitz is serving six consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences.) In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to still-living Japanese-Americans who were interned by their government during World War II. In 1991, nine Buddhists were found slain at their temple outside Phoenix, Arizona. (Two teen-agers were later arrested; one was sentenced to life in prison, while the other received 281 years.) In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2006, British authorities announced they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up 10 aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in hand luggage. Ten years ago: At the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps began his long march toward eight gold medals by winning the 400-meter individual medley in 4:03.84 -- smashing his own world record. The U.S. women’s 400-meter freestyle relay team, anchored by 41-year-old Dara Torres, took the silver behind the Netherlands. Stephanie Rice of Australia won the gold in the women’s 400-meter individual medley in a world record time of 4:29.45. Padraig Harrington rallied from three shots behind to win the PGA Championship in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Soul crooner Isaac Hayes, 65, died in Memphis, Tenn. Five years ago: In an address at the Disabled American Veterans’ convention in Orlando, Florida, President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans that his administration was making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims. A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended when FBI agents rescued 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and shot and killed 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness. (Authorities say in addition to kidnapping Hannah, DiMaggio killed her brother and mother at his home east of San Diego.) Singer Edyie Gorme, 84, died in Las Vegas. One year ago: President Donald Trump, continuing his criticism of Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell following the failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, suggested that McConnell might have to rethink his future as majority leader unless he could deliver on Trump’s legislative priorities on health care, taxes and infrastructure. North Korea’s military described as a “load of nonsense” Trump’s warning that the North would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Rhonda Fleming is 95. Singer Ronnie Spector is 75. Actor James Reynolds is 72. Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 71. Country musician Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio) is 69. Singer Patti Austin is 68. Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is 66. Folk singer-songwriter Sam Baker is 64. Actress Rosanna Arquette is 59. Actor Antonio Banderas is 58. Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 57. Singer Julia Fordham is 56. Journalist-blogger Andrew Sullivan is 55. Actor Chris Caldovino is 55. Singer Neneh Cherry is 54. Singer Aaron Hall is 54. Boxer Riddick Bowe is 51. Actor Sean Blakemore is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lorraine Pearson (Five Star) is 51. Singer-producer Michael Bivins is 50. Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 47. Actress Angie Harmon is 46. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 45. Actor-turned-lawyer Craig Kirkwood is 44. Actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher is 39. Singer Cary Ann Hearst (Shovels & Rope) is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nikki Bratcher (Divine) is 38. Actor Aaron Staton is 38. Actor Ryan Eggold is 34. Actor Charley Koontz is 31. Actor Lucas Till is 28. Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is 21. Thought for Today: “It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.” -- George Santayana, Spanish-born philosopher (1863-1952).
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to open the 2018 campaign in Kodiak with a Friday night showdown starting at 6 p.m. Other season-opening matchups for peninsula schools include the Nikiski Bulldogs in Barrow with a 1 p.m. Saturday kickoff, and the Seward Seahawks hosting Monroe Catholic on Saturday at 2 p.m. Division III football in Alaska features two groups, the Aurora and Peninsula conferences, both of which send two teams to the postseason. The division also received a few significant changes over the offseason. This year, Ketchikan joins the mix after dropping down from Division II. The Kings now occupy a spot in the five-team Peninsula Conference, along with Homer, Nikiski, Seward and Houston, the latter of which moves from the Aurora to Peninsula Conference. Love said the addition of Ketchikan is a win-win for the state. “We’d much rather see Ketchikan come down and be competitive than lose them as a football team,” he said. “The bigger loss to Alaska is to lose them as a team,” he said. “And Houston is competitive. They have a great coach and great kids, so we’re all stoked.” For Seward head coach Kelly Cinereski, the addition of a former Division II squad will make life tough for one of the smallest schools in Div. III with one of the smallest team rosters, but he said he appreciates the boost in competition. “For us to even make the playoffs … we have to beat three of those teams,” Cinereski said. “It makes us everyone’s homecoming game.” With Nikiski failing to make the Div. III championship game in each of the last two seasons after appearing five years in a row, Bulldogs head coach Paul Nelson said the team is ready for a title-game return, but Ketchikan and Houston in the conference gives no team a gimme playoff bid. “It makes it tougher, actually,” Nelson said. “We’re definitely the harder conference now, Houston has been in the mix each year, and the addition of Ketchikan … they have good athletes and size, they’re a (bigger) school, so they have the potential to do some damage. “It should be a tight conference this year.” With just two postseason spots available to five teams, the race begins in earnest this weekend. The following is a closer look at each peninsula school:
HOMER MARINERS Last year’s state runner-ups graduated nine seniors, eight of which were starters. The loss of senior talent has made for a new-look Mariners squad, which Love said is still tough to beat on offense. “I don’t think we’ll be playing the same kind of shutdown football on defense like last year because the level of experience is lower, but offensively, we still look pretty good,” he said. “We’re going to score a lot of touchdowns this year. There may be some games where he who scores last, wins.” The Mariners made off with three of the four big season awards last fall, claiming Offensive Player of the Year (Teddy Croft), Lineman of the Year (Levi King) and Coach of the Year (Walter Love). However, Croft and King graduated, leaving two big holes to fill. Love said Croft and King were part of what he called the “big eight”, a core group of seniors on the 2017 team that led the onslaught to the championship game. With Croft quarterbacking, the big eight included receiver and backup quarterback Dawson Felde, receivers Joe Ravin and Justin Sumption and linebackers Sean Love, Jack Heimbold, Chris Cudaback and Levi King. Between rushing and receiving, the eight players accounted for over 71 percent of offensive yardage on the 2017 Homer team. “Those guys were dominant personalities as big as their game play,” Love explained. “Not only were they good at the game, but they were good friends, and more importantly they were teammates. They really took that camaraderie and grabbed onto it and made it part of who they were. “When someone asks who they aspire to, those are kids I point to. They’re an example of what a football player is, including behavior and attitude.” The Mariners get their 2018 campaign started tonight at 6 p.m. at Kodiak. From there, Homer is home for a pair of contests against Division II opponent Kenai Central and Monroe Catholic, then will hit the road for games against Houston and Eielson. Homer is back home for Weeks 6 and 7 against Ketchikan and Seward, then will finish the regular season at Nikiski, with a possible playoff spot on the line. Looking at this year, Love said Homer’s roster of 34 players has 18 freshmen to just four seniors. Two of those seniors are center Jadin Mann and right tackle Finn Heimbold, both of whom were integral pieces to last year’s squad.
Taking over for Croft under center will be a Voznesenka transplant in junior Anthony Kalugin, who had quarterbacked the Voznesenka Cougars for the past two seasons. Voznesenka will not be fielding a team this year, instead focusing efforts on the school’s wrestling program. Love said Kalugin comes from a different team with a different playbook, and therefore has had to learn a new system at Homer. “When you play like Voz, you play like survival football,” Love said. “Every kid has to play every down, you can’t rest, you can’t make a lot of mistakes, so he’s used to tucking the ball and running. “He’s kind of like an early Teddy Croft, we’re kind of having to work through that with Anthony.” Among the returning cast on offense is junior Noah Fisk, a quick and agile running back that averaged almost 9 yards per carry in 2017. Joining Fisk in the Homer backfield will be junior Ryan Hicks and sophomore Josh Bradshaw, two relative newcomers in the backfield. Hicks played a guard last year. The Mariners receiving corps will include sophomores Cade Henchrir and Sylvester Gaona, both of whom are making varsity debuts. Gaona is also the team’s kicker, and made some varsity appearances kicking last year. Love tabbed the offensive line to be Mann at center, Heimbold and junior Ayrton Clifford as tackles, and junior Zach Condon and Josh Manwiller at guards. Hicks returns on the defensive line as well, joining with nose guard Austin Dash. Manwiller will take over for Love at middle linebacker, Gaona will be placed in a cornerback spot with senior Skyler Shadle. Love said the rest of the defense is still to be decided. NIKISKI BULLDOGS Nikiski’s march to an eighth consecutive playoff appearance begins Saturday at 1 p.m. against the defending Division III state champion Barrow Whalers. Nelson said the Bulldogs lost a few big pieces on the roster, but return some old faces that should inject more speed and power into the program. “We only graduated five seniors, so a lot of the players remain the same,” Nelson said. “It’s the same schemes, but we have a little more speed and more size, so we’re looking forward to seeing how that plays out on the field.” Nelson said the team’s goals shift to focus on each game like it’s a playoff game. Nelson said last year’s group made mistakes in key games that led to the second seed out of the Peninsula Conference, when the No. 1 seed
could have been attainable. “In the past, we’ve had a couple games that we’ve considered easy wins, or this is going to be a game for us we expect to win,” he said. “This year, every single game (we’ve) got to come out and battle, play tough and act like there’s a chance to lose every game on the schedule.” Among the big names lost to graduation are running back and linebacker Ian Johnson and lineman Tyler Litke. Johnson led Nikiski in 2017 with over half of the team’s rushing yards with 774 and eight touchdowns, while Litke provided a tough blocker to handle for opposing teams. Nelson said the returning group, though, includes many names with three and four years of starting experience, and Nelson himself is in his third year of coaching at Nikiski, so the players have now become entirely accustomed to his playbook. “It’s a little easier each year when the kids are used to expectations,” he said. “They know what things are supposed to look like.” With last year’s starting quarterback Michael Eiter expected to miss the first few games, Nelson said junior Noah Litke will begin the season as the team’s signal-caller. Nelson said Litke, a first-year starter at QB, may appear unassuming, but his ability to play under pressure will work for the team. “He’s done a pretty good job stepping up, I have great confidence in him,” Nelson said. “If he does a good job, and he does the deal, he’ll stay in there.” In the backfield, senior halfback Cody Handley will be joined by senior fullback Brock Sarks and Justin Harris later in the season, as the latter two are also expected to miss the early weeks of the season. Handley finished with the second-most rushing yards last year with 510, while Harris had 103 as a utility back. “In our scrimmage (last week), (Handley) kind of flipped his attitude,” Nelson said. “He’s going to be the man this year.” The Nikiski offensive line will feature junior guards Caleb Weeks and Hamilton Cox, sophomore tackles Koleman McCaughey and Quentin Oskolkoff and senior Dustin Mullins, who is a three-year starter. On the D-line, Handley and Mullins are expected to be effective defensive ends, while Weeks, Cox and Oskolkoff will be tackles. The Nikiski secondary includes middle linebacker Brock Sarks and junior cornerback Sam Berry and Litke as a safety. All other positions will be determined by game one, Nelson said. After facing Barrow on Saturday, the Bulldogs will continue their season with three straight home games
against Valdez, Redington and Ketchikan, then will take to the road for three straight against Seward, Monroe and Houston. The Bulldogs will cap the regular season with a home clash against Homer. SEWARD SEAHAWKS After a breakout 2016 season that saw Seward go 5-3 and clinch its first outright conference crown in school history, the Seahawks slumped to a 2-6 campaign last year and missed the postseason. Cinereski said he hopes to bring back some of the magic in 2018, starting Saturday at 2 p.m. against Monroe Catholic at home. “We’re expecting to do better than last year,” he said. “We had several games we should’ve won, but had sickness, or didn’t have the kids, but that’s what happens with only 15 to 20 kids out for the team. It changes everything.” Of the 22 players currently on the roster, Cinereski said four are seniors, which suggests a promising future without too much graduation loss following the year. Among the dynamic returning starters are senior running back Beau Freiberg, senior tailback Chris Kingsland (who is moving from the quarterback spot) and tight end and ballcarrier Gabe Schrock. Replacing Kingsland at QB is sophomore Gunnar Davis, who was the backup last year. Cinereski projected confidence in the first-year player. “He has a much better arm, he can throw the ball,” he said. Joining the backfield will be junior Shane Saulivan. The Seward offense will be led by a front line featuring sophomore center Jordan Swell, junior guard Dax Robertson, freshman guard Steven Harshman and freshman tackles James Milburn and Kakoa Albino. Chad Quinn will take up an outside end spot, along with tight end Tommy Cronin. The Seahawks defense returns Schrock, Frieberg, Harshman and Saulivan as the linebacking core, with Robertson, Swell, Quinn and Davis in front on the defensive line. Thomas Okaa and Cronin will man the cornerback spots, while Kingsland returns as a safety. After its opening game against Monroe, Seward plays a road game against Redington, a home game against Eielson and a road game against Valdez. The second half of the regular season starts with a pair of home clashes against Nikiski and Houston, and finishes with a pair of road games against Homer and Ketchikan.
Stanton hits monster home run to lead Yanks past Rangers By The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton hit the hardest homer ever measured by Major League Baseball’s Statcast system, Neil Walker hit two more home runs and the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Thursday night. Stanton’s 28th homer was measured at 121.7 mph, the fastest long ball tracked by Statcast since the system was introduced in 2015. Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks also went deep, helping the Yankees win their fourth straight since a five-game skid that included a four-game sweep at AL East-leading Boston. BLUE JAYS 8, RED SOX 5
in the first inning, tripled in the second and doubled in the fourth against starter Ryan Borucki (2-2). After walking in the sixth, Betts hit his 27th homer in the ninth off Ken Giles. The AL MVP candidate was 4 for 4 to raise his average to .347 with 59 RBIs and a 1.102 OPS.
DODGERS 8, ROCKIES 5 DENVER — Chris Taylor and Brian Dozier homered off closer Wade Davis in the ninth inning and Los Angeles exploited Colorado’s shaky bullpen to beat the Rockies. Taylor lined the first pitch he saw from Davis (1-6) — a knuckle-curve — into the left-center bleachers to make it 6-5. Two batters later, Dozier followed with a tworun shot to cap off another late-inning, flip-flopping game at Coors Field.
TORONTO — Mookie Betts homered for Boston in the ninth inning to complete MARINERS 8, ASTROS 6 his first career cycle, and Toronto held on to beat the Red Sox. HOUSTON — Mitch Haniger homBetts is the 21st Red Sox player to ered while Seattle jumped on Justin Verhit for the cycle and the first in the major lander for six runs in two innings, and the leagues this season. He singled and scored Mariners beat Houston.
Haniger, Denard Span and Jean Segura combined for 10 hits and seven RBIs with a homer each off Verlander. Verlander (117) was ejected for arguing a balk call after setting a season high for runs allowed and missing a chance for his 200th career victory.
Down 4-2 entering the ninth, San Diego came back against relievers Corey Knebel and Joakim Soria. Knebel (2-3) walked the bases loaded and allowed a run-scoring infield single to Travis Jankowski before Soria entered to try to escape the jam. Soria retired Eric Hosmer before Renfroe hammered a 1-2 pitch deep into the left-field bleachers for INDIANS 5, MINNESOTA 4 his grand slam. Renfroe became the first CLEVELAND — Michael Brantley’s Padres player to hit home runs and have ninth-inning single gave Cleveland its multiple RBI games in four consecutive second straight walk-off victory over Min- games. nesota. Brantley grounded a 2-1 pitch off AdNATIONALS 6, BRAVES 3 dison Reed (1-6) past the diving Miguel WASHINGTON — Gio Gonzalez Sano at first base to score Greg Allen. Francisco Lindor’s three-run homer in the pitched seven strong innings for his first ninth inning Wednesday gave Cleveland a victory since May 28 to help Washington 5-2 victory. Brantley’s hit set off another split a four-game series with Atlanta. Gonzalez (7-8) snapped a personal celebration as he was mobbed by his teamseven-game losing streak and had gone 11 mates. consecutive starts without a victory. He allowed three hits and one walk while strikPADRES 8, BREWERS 4 ing out three. Nick Markakis’ solo homer MILWAUKEE — Hunter Renfroe hit a to lead off the second was the lone run he go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning, allowed. his fourth straight game with a home run, Ronald Acuna Jr. homered for Atlanta. and San Diego rallied to beat Milwaukee. Wes Parsons (0-1) was the loser.
Washington outfielder Bryce Harper was scratched from the lineup with right knee soreness. Atlanta reliever Dan Winkler hit Harper just below the right knee in the seventh inning Wednesday night.
RAYS 5, ORIOLES 4 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jake Bauers drove in two of his three runs with a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning and Tampa Bay beat Baltimore.
PIRATES 10, GIANTS 5 SAN FRANCISCO — David Freese hit his 100th career home run, Elias Diaz and Josh Bell went deep on consecutive pitches and the Pirates beat the Giants. Ivan Nova (7-6) allowed two runs in six innings to continue a stellar stretch on the road for Pittsburgh’s starters. Adam Frazier added three singles and two RBIs, his fourth multi-hit game in the last six. The Pirates have won three straight overall and improved to 8-2 in their last 10 at AT&T Park.
Woodland leads with 64 By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
ST. LOUIS — Gary Woodland fell in love with Bellerive when he first played it a month ago. It’s a big golf course that would play into the hands of a power player. It would be soft from the stifling heat and humidity of summer, allowing him to be aggressive. Woodland delivered his best performance in a major Thursday at the PGA Championship. All because of his putter. Once he settled down while playing before so many family members and friends, the Kansas-bred Woodland ran off seven birdies and made five putts from 15 feet or longer for a 6-under 64, giving him a one-shot lead over Rickie Fowler in an opening round that otherwise went as advertised. Keep it in the fairway, and low scores were available. Woodland led 47 players who
broke par, with 15 players were separated by three shots at the top. Tiger Woods was not among them because he was in thick grass and at the bottom of a pond early on before rallying to salvage a 70. “If you can ball-strike your way around this golf course, you’ll walk off thinking it’s pretty simple,” Jason Day said after a 67. “If you struggle a little bit off the tee, then it obviously makes it harder.” Fowler missed only three fairways and putted for birdie on all but two holes for his 65 in the morning. Woodland is built like a player who grips and rips it, but the grip that mattered the most was on his putter. After starting work at the British Open with Europeanbased putting specialist Phil Kenyon, Woodland decided to put an oversized grip on his putter Tuesday at Bellerive. The stroke suddenly felt easy. It looked easy. He holed a 15-foot par putt on
No. 5 — “It’s the first time I’d seen a putt go in,” he said — and Woodland was on his way. Even sweeter was playing in front of 100 faces he recognized from home in Kansas — playing in Missouri, of all places. “This is as close as I’ll ever play to home,” he said. “So it’s nice to have the support.” Fowler played in the morning, when the greens were slightly smoother, and made five birdies over his last 11 holes for a 65. It was an important start for Fowler, who turns 30 this year and already is regarded as among the best without a major. The closest he has come to such a trophy is celebrating those won by his friends. “It’s not something I necessarily worry about,” Fowler said. “Keep putting ourselves in position, get in contention ... we have had plenty of runner-ups. Jack (Nicklaus) had a lot of runnerups. We’ll just keep beating down that door.”
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One-way friendship ends, but feelings of guilt remain DEAR ABBY: My “friend” from childhood, “Camille,” has never had my back. I have done the heavy lifting in our friendship our whole lives. While I was on vacation two years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer. I came home immediately and drove to the hospital at 1 a.m. to be by her side. I’ve always been by Camille’s side for everything, even though she hasn’t been there for me. I told her that several times, to no avail. I went to EVERY chemo and doctor appointment, and was there every day to rub her feet to make her feel better. I threw her a party for 100 people to “kick cancer’s butt,” took her on a vacation -- it goes on and on. I ended the one-sided friendship last year. My problem is, I feel guilty for doing it. I feel I left her with cancer. But I also feel that because someone is sick doesn’t give them the right to be abusive or inconsiderate. Camille hasn’t tried to contact me, either. In fact, she has told others that she will never speak to me again. I bent over backward for her, but if some other person sent a card, she would make a big deal out of it. I’m deeply hurt and don’t know how to move on. Help! -- WOUNDED ON THE EAST COAST DEAR WOUNDED: One way to stop feeling guilty and get on with your life would be to ac-
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