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Thursday, August 2, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 48, Issue 261

In the news Kenai man hit, killed by car on Kenai Spur Highway Police do not have reason to believe the driver involved in Tuesday’s fatal car accident was intoxicated, Kenai Police Lt. Ben Langham said.

Monte Necessary, 36, of Kenai, died after he was hit by a car around while he was crossing the Kenai Spur Highway about 50 yards west of North Spruce Street around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The driver of the car that hit Necessary, Kenai resident Robert Seibert, 75, was moving at “roadway speeds” in a 35-mile-per-hour zone, Langham said.

“Speeding was not a factor,” he said.

Langham said Necessary was not in a crosswalk when he was hit.

“The driver had the right of way, and did not have time to stop,” Langham said.

Police are waiting for the results of toxicology screens on both Siebert and Necessary.

Reach Erin Thompson at ethompson@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Kenai River sockeye fishing to close

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing the Kenai River entirely to sockeye salmon fishing for the rest of the season.

Effective Saturday at 12:01 a.m., the main stem of the Kenai River from the mouth upstream to the Sterling Highway Bridge at the outlet of Kenai Lake will be closed to sockeye fishing, with the exception of the waters of the mainstem around the confluence of the Russian River.

This year has proven exceptionally poor for sockeye on the Kenai, which typically produces one of the largest sockeye runs in the region. As of Tuesday, 453,136 sockeye had passed the sonar on the Kenai River, just over halfway to the bottom end of the sustainable escapement goal of 700,000– 1.2 million fish.

“The department doesn’t take this action lightly,” said Sport Fish Cook Inlet Management Coordinator Matt Miller in a release announcing the closure Wednesday. “This fishery is important economically

to the community and important to Alaskans trying to put salmon on the table; but when projections indicate we won’t make the escapement goal, we have to take that final action and close the fishery.”

The Russian River sockeye salmon fishery will remain open — projections show that the late run is likely to meet its escapement goal. Despite poor returns on the Kenai, the early run of Russian River sockeye came in strong, passing the upper end of the escapement goal A guide motors a boat full of anglers up the Kenai River near even with increased bag limits Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 in Soldotna, See FISH, page A9 Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Crash course Alleged carjacker scheduled for arraignment in incident that shut down part of Seward Highway

By ERIN THOMPSON Peninsula Clarion

Troopers seize 88 sockeyes snagged, netted in Wasilla creek WASILLA (AP) — Four men have been cited for illegally capturing sockeye salmon near Wasilla.

Alaska State Wildlife Troopers on Monday seized 88 sockeyes that were netted or snagged in Cottonwood Creek.

Troopers investigated after receiving a complaint of illegal fishing.

Two of the men listed Wasilla addresses, one was from South Carolina and one was from Washington state.

They were given court dates to appear on citations for fishing in closed waters, fishing without licenses in their possession and illegal possession of sockeye salmon.

The fish were donated to a charity.

Inside ‘My window turned red because of the flames.’

Lieutenant Governor candidates Debra Call (standing), Edie Grunwald, Sharon Jackson, Byron Mallot, Kevin Myer, and Stephan Wright answer questions at a Kenai and Soldotna Chamber of Commerce candidate forum on Wednesday at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center in Kenai. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Primary election closing in Lieutenant governor candidates debate issues in Kenai

By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

Six of this year’s eight lieutenant governor candidates answered questions on Wednesday about ballot initiatives, potential state taxes, the Permanent Fund Dividend, and the Alaska LNG Project in a Wednesday forum before members of the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce. Voters will choose from these candidates on Aug. 21, in the primary elections that will determine which will

move on to party tickets in the general election Nov. 6.

The two candidates absent from Wednesday’s forum were state Sen. Gary Stevens (R-Kodiak) and Lynn Gattis, a former state representative from the MatSu Valley, both running for the Republican nomination.

Four of those present were Republican: Sharon Jackson, a constituent liaison for U.S Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska); state senator and ConocoPhillips Investment Recovery Coordinator Kevin

Meyer (R-Anchorage); retired U.S Air Force Colonel Edie Grunwald; and 22year U.S Air Force veteran Stephen Wright. Wright is the only Republican candidate already attached to a runningmate, Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael Sheldon.

Candidate Debra Call, who has worked in various small business development positions and been an executive for Alaska Native organizations including the Calista Heritage Foundation and See FORUM, page A9

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Kenai Central High School music teacher earns national association’s recognition

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

When Deborah Sounart came to Alaska, she had a roundtrip ticket and a plan to leave one year later. She’s starting her 25th year teaching music at Kenai Central High School this month.

“It’s been a very long year,” Sounart said.

In April, the band teacher received a citation of excellence award from the National Band Association, the largest coalition of band educators in the country. Former Kenai Central High School choir teacher Renee Henderson presented Soun-

art with the award at her spring concert.

“I worked with her for 20 years exactly,” Henderson said.

“I hired her. She was a wonderful candidate. She had good credentials, and was even better than her credentials, actually.

She runs a superior classroom.

Her teaching techniques are top of the chart.”

Sounart said she was shocked when she first heard about the recognition. After making the decision to leave her home state of Florida in the summer of 1994, she said she didn’t think she would amount to any national success after a former mentor told her she

would be better off, professionally, in the Lower 48.

“To me, it was like this is where God put me and I’m supposed to be here,” Sounart said.

“I had kind of given up on any type of professional recognition in that setting, so when (I won the award) I was just in shock. Those type of awards goes to huge, huge programs in the Lower 48. Not little programs here in Kenai.”

Before moving to Alaska, Sounart taught music for eight years in Miami-Dade County in southern Florida. She found herself homeless in the wake of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Her home was ground zero for the

hurricane, and for the next two years, Sounart couch-surfed with friends and family while working full time as a music teacher.

“I wasn’t destitute,” Sounart said. “There’s a difference between being destitute and being homeless. I still had a full-time job and a full-time bank account, but I did not physically have walls and a roof. I bunked in a warehouse, I bunked at my grandma’s house after hers got reconstructed.”

Exhausted by reconstruction, Sounart decided to teach in Alaska for a year and experience her birth state. Her See MUSIC, page A9

A man who allegedly stole an Anchorage truck, rammed a parked SUV and carjacked a third vehicle before veering into a ditch along the Seward Highway was scheduled for arraignment in Anchorage jail court Wednesday afternoon.

Lance Colby Harrington, 41, was arrested by a vacationing U.S. Forest Service officer and “Good Samaritan” law enforcement officers near Mile 65 of the Seward Highway Tuesday afternoon, according to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch.

Troopers were notified at approximately 12:39 p.m. of a reckless driver who had failed to stop for the Anchorage Police Department, troopers reported.

The driver, identified as Harrington, was reported driving through Turnagain Pass “in a reckless manner” and heading south on the Seward Highway.

At Mile 72 of the highway, Harrington allegedly rammed into a parked Dodge SUV with five occupants — who suffered minor to no injuries.

Harrington then threatened the driver of a nearby Chevrolet pickup with a metal bar and smashed the pickup’s back window in an attempt to get into the truck, according to troopers.

The driver — a 46-year-old Palmer man — tried to head south on the highway, but Harrington allegedly pulled him from the truck near Mile 71 and sped southbound on the highway.

Harrington lost control of the pickup at Mile 65, and skidded off the roadway into a ditch, according to the dispatch.

He continued driving, however, until the truck hit a culvert and creek drainage ditch, troopers reported. The truck rolled multiple times, throwing Harrington from the vehicle into the woods. He then left the woods, ran to the highway and tried to take a car that stopped for the collision, according to the dispatch.

Harrington, who reportedly tried to leave the scene, was arrested by the off-duty officers.

Troopers received the report of the vehicle wreck at approximately 1:15 p.m., and See CRASH, page A9

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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11:21 a.m. (26.8) 11:46 p.m. (28.2)

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Precipitation From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.00" Normal month to date ............. 0.08" Year to date ............................... 7.25" Normal year to date ................. 6.97" Record today ................. 0.53" (1953) Record for August ........ 5.39" (1966) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 63/53

National Extremes Kodiak 55/52

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The risk of flooding downpours will extend from the Gulf coast to upstate New York and New England today. Storms are forecast for parts of the Midwest, Rockies and deserts. The rest of the West will be dry.

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Report: Warmer soil releasing more carbon, worsening climate change

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Even the dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds.

Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil where usually it stays for hundreds or thousands of years.

Observations from across the globe show that as temperatures have warmed, bacteria and fungi in the soil are becoming more active. These turbo-charged microbes are feeding on dead leaves and plants, releasing more heat-trapping carbon di-

oxide into the air, according to a study in Wednesday’s journal Nature .

Scientists call it a vicious cycle of warming. Burning of coal, oil and natural gas heats the air and soil, which worsens warming.

This uncontrolled cycle speeds up and amplifies climate change, said Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, who wasn’t part of the study.

Researchers found a significant increase in the amount of carbon since the 1990s coming out of microbes when compared to other releases of carbon. They analyzed sensor readings, soil

measurements, plant growth data and satellite observations in what’s the most comprehensive study yet of the climate change impacts of soil.

“The world really is showing an effect here,” said lead researcher Ben Bond-Lamberty of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “It’s a fingerprint of climate change.”

Overall, soil releases about nine times more carbon than human-caused activities, but that’s part of a natural cycle when the amount of carbon released into the air is about equal to the carbon taken out by oceans and plants. Fossil fuel emissions knock the atmosphere out of

balance by putting more in than comes out. Heated soil releases more carbon, further putting the cycle out of whack, Bond-Lamberty said.

Scientists said as the world continues to warm, the soil will release yet more carbon that it has been holding.

If something isn’t done, “we are really in trouble,” said Rattan Lal of Ohio State University, who wasn’t part of the study.

He added that proper soil conservation techniques — such as avoiding plowing, off-season cover crop and leaving crop residue on the ground — can help keep more of the carbon in the soil.

Death Valley sets tentative world record for hottest month LOS ANGELES (AP) — The natural furnace of California’s Death Valley was on full broil in July, tentatively setting a world record for hottest month ever.

The month’s average temperature was 108.1 degrees (42.28 Celsius), said Todd Lericos, a meteorologist in the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service.

That roasted the previous record, set in Death Valley in July 2017 when the average was 107.4 degrees (41.89 Celsius).

“It eclipsed the record by quite a bit,” Lericos said, adding that the data is considered preliminary and needs to be reviewed before it goes into official record books.

The temperatures are measured at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park, a vast, austere and rugged landscape in the desert of southeastern California that includes Badwater Basin, which at 282 feet (85.9 meters) below sea level is the lowest point in North America.

The valley got its morbid name from a group of pioneers who got lost there in 1849-1850 and thought it would be the end, according to the National Park Service. Only one died, however,

In this April 11, 2010 file photo, tourists walk along a ridge at Death Valley National Park, Calif.

Preliminary data show that Death Valley set the world record for hottest month in July 2018. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)

before they found their way out.

Summer heat is so routinely extreme that tourists are warned to drink at least a gallon (4 liters) of water each day, carry additional water in their cars, stay close to their vehicles and watch themselves and others for dizziness, nausea and other symptoms of potentially deadly heat illness.

Visitors are urged to “travel prepared to survive,” avoid hiking at low elevations and return

to their air-conditioned cars for a cool-down after just 10 to 15 minutes of exposure outdoors.

And amid the heat, thunderstorms bring the threat of flash floods.

The location holds the world record for highest temperature ever recorded — 134 degrees (56.67 Celsius) — set on July 10, 1913.

Even with that history, July was exceptional as a weather pattern stoked temperatures.

A very persistent high pressure system set up over the Southwest, restricting the movement of air vertically in the atmosphere and creating a heat wave, Lericos said. “It was fairly intense for this time of year,” he said.

Among the extreme conditions were four consecutive days reaching a high of 127 degrees (52.7 Celsius) and overnight lows that remained over the century mark.

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Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. n Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 3989440. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, 35260 Kenai Spur Highway.

8:30 a.m. n TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 2627319 or 252-3436.

9:30 a.m. n Zumba, held at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. For more information call 776-8800.

10 a.m. n TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 10 a.m. Call 2627339. n Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. n Men’s Wellness Group С A group for male combat veterans at the Kenai Vet Center. n Full Swing Golf is held at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center.

10:30 a.m. n Preschool Story Time (3-5 Years) at the Soldotna Public Library. Come share stories, songs, and other learning fun!

11 a.m. n Tot Time, held at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center.

Noon n Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai.

Call 262-1917. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group, 35260 Kenai Spur Highway.

12:30 p.m. n The local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society meets at Heritage Place in Soldotna, 232 Rockwell Ave. Call Terrie Butcher at 907-756-1282 or Tim Reed at 907-252-0432.

1 p.m. n Home School Gym is hosted at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center.

2:30 p.m. n The Teen Center is open until 8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center.

6 p.m. n Alcoholics Anonymous Step Sisters women’s meeting at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, O’Neill Hall, 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna. Call 262-2304. n TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557.

6:30 p.m. n The Soldotna Lions Club meets at Don Jose’s at 44109 Sterling Highway, Soldotna. For more information, call 776-5339.

6:45 p.m. n Water volleyball at the Nikiski Pool.

7 p.m. n Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. n Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. n Alcoholics Anonymous Unity Group/“Men’s Stag,” at 35260 Kenai Spur Highway. n AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 907-398-0670. n Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574.

The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

programs for the upcoming school year. Early Head Start is a no-fee, home-based program serving pregnant mothers, infants and toddlers up to age 3. Early Head Start staff schedule weekday home visits year-round. Head Start/Alaska Native Education Sterling Senior Center seeks vendors Preschool is a no-fee, classroom program for children age 3 or 4 Sterling Senior Center is also seeking vendors for its summer

by Sept. 1. Head Start preschool classes run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 craft fair scheduled for August 3-4. Tables cost $25 each. For p.m. Monday–Thursday at the Early Childhood Center during more information, call 262-6808 or Sandy Bailey at 260-3725. the school year. Early Head Start and Head Start services are open to Native and non-Native children, regardless of household National Night Out event looking for volunteers income. School tours are always available and staff is available to answer any questions may have about enrolling a child in the The Kenai PAL Club Chapter of the Boys and Girls Club of program. Applications are available at many community locathe Kenai Peninsula will be hosting a National Night Out event tions, as well as the Early Childhood Center, 130 North Willow on Tuesday, Aug. 7 from 5-8 p.m. at the Kenai Recreation Center Street in Kenai, and on the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s website, and is looking for members of the community who would like to www.kenaitze.org. volunteer for this fun event.

For more information, please contact the main line at 335National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign 7260. that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. N.P.A.L. Club, (National Police Athletic League), Kenai Community Library events is a sports-oriented club that serves as a youth crime prevention program that uses sports and recreation activities to create trust -Do you like LEGOs? Why not join us to build LEGO crebetween police officers and youth. ations based on new themes each week and inspired by chilThe event will include barbecue and refreshments, reduced dren’s books! Lego Makers, Mondays from 4–5 p.m. Designed price health physicals for student athletes, carnival games, face for children ages 6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied painting, cake walk, door prizes, a police obstacle course with by an adult.

McGruff the Crime Dog, public safety demonstrations from police -Wee Read Story Time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for and firefighters, a dunk tank, Alaska’s Wildest Magic with Don children ages 0-3. Every Tuesday enjoy a program full of stories, Russell, and meet and greet with athletes from the Kenai River songs, finger play and more! No registration required.

Brown Bears hockey team and Kenai River Wolfpack Rugby -Chess Club, Mondays at 4 p.m. Get ready to ROOK the Club. The event is free and open to the public.

HOUSE every Monday! Do you like playing Chess, or would For more information, contact Dan Balmer or Kim Dent at 907 you like to learn how? The Kenai Community Library is proud 283-2682 or email kdent@positiveplaceforkids.com to offer a casual program for chess players of all ages and levels.

Chess boards will be provided.

-Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed HAVE-Alaska dinner/fundraiser/live music for children ages 3-5. Every Wednesday enjoy a program full of HAVE-Alaska, an Alaska-based nonprofit dedicated to promot- stories, songs, movement and more! No registration required. ing the physical and psychological rehabilitation of American Vet—Summer Food Program for Kids: Mondays and Wedneserans injured in service to our country through outdoor activities days from 11:30am-12:30pm through Aug. 15. and travel, will host a dinner/fundraiser event at the Kenai Elks The Kenai Community Library will be offering a FREE Lodge on Aug. 25 from 5–9 p.m. All proceeds will go to our 2019 lunch for all children 18 and under. All meals must be eaten Veteran events. All money is used in Alaska for Alaska events. on site and are designated for children ONLY. This program is Tickets are $30. made possible by the Food Bank of Alaska. This institution and its partners are equal opportunity providers.

—Raspberry Pi Club: Friday, August 3 at 4 p.m.

Purple Heart Day event to come to Soldotna Join us at the library to create games, inventions, learn how The Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Military Order of the Pur- to program, make music with Sonic Pi, meet new friends, and ple Heart will hold an ceremony honoring Kenai Peninsula Purple more! Whether you want to hone your skills or are learning Heart recipients at Soldotna Creek Park’s Purple Heart Monument about Pi’s for the first time, the Raspberry Pi club is the perfect on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Peter place for you!

Micciche and Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs —Summer Reading Rock the House: With Dinosaurs! ThursDeputy Commissioner Doehl are scheduled to give remarks, with day, August 2 at 3 p.m. the Soldotna VFW Color Guard presenting the colors, offering Travel back in time and discover how the Dinosaurs lived in a 21-gun salute and sounding the TAPS. For more information, this interactive program. Test your knowledge of Dinosaurs and contact Jim at 980-5433. work as a team to build a colossal dinosaur of your own!

—Navy Winds Children’s Concert: Wednesday, August 8 at 11:30 a.m.

Soldotna Historical Society board meeting Enjoy a morning of lively music with special guests, Navy The Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead Museum board Band Northwest! This musical ensemble traces its history to meeting is on Saturday, August 4 from 9-10am. The meeting 1925 where it was unofficially known as the Third Battalion, will be held at the museum, 461 Centennial Park Road. For more U.S. Naval Reserve Forces, 13th Naval District Band. Navy information, call Carmen at 262-2791.

Band Northwest’s current mission is to provide musical support for official Navy functions and Navy Recruiting efforts, as well as community outreach performances!

Final Chef at the Market event

Around the Peninsula

Soldotna Saturday Farmers Market is hosting its final Chef at the Market event of the season, Saturday, Aug. 4, 11 am to 1 pm, at the corner of Kenai Spur Hwy and Corral St. in Soldotna. Delicious free samples!

For more information, contact the library at Soldotna Public Library at 262-4227.

— YA Café, every Wednesday at 4 p.m., for middle school and high school students. Snacks provided.

New Kenai River rotary meeting place — Toddler story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for children ages Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, the Kenai River Ro- 18 months to 3 years. tary Club will meet at Siam Noodles in Soldotna.

— Bouncing babies story time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, for children up to 18 months.

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

A Department Service Officer for the Disabled American Vet— LEGO Brick Club, 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Tell your story and erans organization will be providing free, professional assistance build a world with LEGO. Adult supervision needed for children to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services under 10. earned through military service and provided by the Department Navy Band Northwest Concert of Veterans Affairs at the Kenai Vet Center on August 15 from 9 Thursday, Aug. 9—4 p.m. — Listen to a wonderful summer a.m. - 4 p.m. Please call 907-257-7426 to get an appointment or concert with us. just walk in.

Back to School Crafts Friday, Aug. 10—2:30 p.m.—Join us as we get ready for Caregiver support group to meet school. We will be making pencil holders, bookmarks and a special book to take with you to school.

The Caregiver Support Group will meet Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1 Pizza Story Time & Party p.m. at the Sterling Senior Center. The topic will be “Part 1 TrainThursday, August 16— 10:30 a.m.—Papa Murphy’s Pizza is ing DVD from The Pines of Sarasota Education and Training partnering with us to have a fun pizza story time and party!

Institute” as we learn from dementia expert Teepa Snow about Movies @ the Library “Designing a Supportive Dementia Care Environment.” Please —Tuesday, Aug. 14— 5:30 p.m. — A poor teen competes join to share experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone in a contest to win control of a virtual-reality world called the who is a caregiver. Call Sharon or Judy at (907) 262-1280 for OASIS. After unlocking the first key to the prize, he is targeted more information. by an evil corporation and must enlist his friends’ help to fight back. Popcorn will be served. Rated PG-13.

Anchor Point Senior Center programs DIY Bullet Journals —Friday, Aug. 17 — 3 p.m. — Can’t find a journal or a plan—Annual fisherman memorial — all you can eat fish fry on ner that works for you? Come create your own to help you keep Aug. 4 from 3–7 p.m. Families welcome. Suggested donations are track of everything from homework to weird dreams to bucket $12 for adults and $6 for kids. lists. Snacks provided.

—Disaster brunch — Aug.5, 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Proceeds to benSoldotna Library Friends Board Meeting efit the Anchor Point Emergency Recovery Program. Suggested —Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 2:30 p.m. — Join the Soldotna donations are $10 for adults and $5 for kids.

Library Friends Board in their discussion of ongoing library fundraising efforts. Open to all members of the Soldotna Library Nikiski High School Class of ‘98 reunion Friends.

Coffee, Donuts, and a Show The Nikiski High Class of 1998 will hold a 20th year reunion —Saturday, Aug. 11 — 10:30 a.m. — Start your weekend off the weekend of August 3rd, 2018. Events include a dinner and a right!

Relax and enjoy coffee and donuts while watching a film family picnic and will be held in the greater Nikiski/Kenai area. on a Saturday morning. A frustrated composer finds his calling Class members can contact Moira Ireland at 907-398-3895 for in teaching while raising a hearing-impaired son. Rated PG. more information.

1968 Kenai Central High School 50-year class reunion The event starts at 5 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Paradiso’s in Kenai, with dinner orders at 6 p.m. Price range is $25–28, plus drinks if desired. On Saturday, Aug. 18, the event will continue at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Kalifornsky Beach Road from from the to the bottle ~a catered bar 6–11 p.m with ~ a potluck withbush soft drinks if desired, and live music. All classes are welcome. There is a $10 costand permidnightLong Alaska winters sun summers allow us to produce persn at the door Saturday. For more information call 394-1850.

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Opinion

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What Others Say

Pebble Mine review should proceed so Alaskans can decide its fate A review has a purpose — to weigh the pros and cons of an issue.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proceeding with an environmental review of the proposed Pebble Mine.

Mining for gold and copper in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region is controversial. About half of the world’s supply of sockeye salmon is harvested nearby.

Gov. Bill Walker has asked that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halt the review. Instead, Walker favors an economic assessment of which the Corps isn’t required to perform. But the review cannot be halted per Corps rules except by the applicant or for failure of the applicant to provide requested information.

The applicant, Pebble Limited Partnership, has made no such request. As recently as June, the Pebble partnership indicated it believes the mine can be operated responsibly.

Like many places in Alaska, Bristol Bay is a treasure.

The environmental scrutiny should be rigorous. Alaskans should find out what the environmental effects might be before deciding on the prospective mine.

A review conducted fairly will provide such information. Then Alaskans will be fully prepared to make a Pebble Mine decision.

The battle over socialism is joined It’s begun. We are having a debate over socialism.

Not over whether it’s fair to call Democrats socialists. Not over whether socialism has been good for Venezuela or some other faraway, unfortunate country. But no-kidding socialist policies right here in the United States.

The press attention to a new study of the costs of “Medicare-for-all,” or universal health coverage paid for by the government that goes much further than Obamacare, is a sign that it is a live issue.

Popularized by the socialist Bernie Sanders, Medicare-for-all is not just a fringy left-wing talking point anymore.

It’s a fringy plank of a growing element of the Democratic Party. A raft of prospective Democratic presidential candidates have endorsed the policy, while about a third of the Democratic members of the House have joined a caucus devoted to it.

The good news for Sanders and Co. is that, in the wake of the failure of an attempted GOP repeal of Obamacare, the health care debate is clearly moving left.

The bad news is that Medicare-for-all is still a completely batty, politically unserious idea.

The new study of its costs, from the conservative Mercatus Center, concludes that Medicare-for-all would increase federal spending by almost $33 trillion during the first 10 years. To put it in nontechnical terms: that’s a lot. The study notes that “it would be less expensive to the federal government to triple all projected appro-

Classic Doonesbury, 1990

care free of charge, it would create an incentive for more usage, and more health care expenditures.

All of this is why the natural gravity in a single-payer system is toward bruteforce price controls and rationing to control costs.

This wouldn’t be popular, nor would the radical change that Medicare-for-all would entail. President Barack Obama had to promise that if you like your health care you can keep it because any change to private insurance is so toxic. Medicare-for-all would replace the employer-based system entirely for more than 150 million people.

It wouldn’t matter how much they liked their insurance — it would be gone as a matter of definition.

It’s hard to see Medicare-for-all as a plausible health care agenda even if Democrats swept all elected branches of government in Washington in 2020. But the first step toward achieving any policy goal is creating a national debate over it and swinging one of the major political parties behind it. Bernie Sanders has had considerable success in that effort, and the allure of “free” health care — like free anything — can’t be discounted.

Republicans need to continue to develop and push their own ideas to reduce health care costs, and adjust to the new reality where socialism doesn’t simply represent a laugh line, but a battle that needs to be won.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Alaskans should stand for salmon, their resource

As Alaskans, we have a home to be proud of. We have more land per capita than most other inhabited places in the world and our land and waters provide food and livelihoods for those Alaskans who wish to harvest as well as many outsiders who are drawn to the mystique of the wilderness experience. An experience that is becoming harder to find in our developed world, and one that is becoming invaluable for providing therapy and tranquility to the modern mind. We are at a pivotal place in time where the decisions about land use, resources, and development will not only impact our own future and the future of our state, but also the lives of countless humans who will inhabit this place after we are gone. We have a responsibility to pass down the opportunity for future generations to live from this land.

For many that came before us, it was not a choice to pass down subsistence ways to their descendants; rather, this teaching was the first and foremost survival tool for humankind. The technological revolution made life for humans easier in some ways and more complex in more ways, and the lessons of time have taught us that even with the best intentions in mind, we don’t always make the best choices. As a of human development choices since —Ketchikan Daily News, July 30, 2018 result the late 1800’s, most of the wild salmon habitat in the Lower 48 and around the world has been depleted. This means that many people around the globe no longer have the option to go down to their local “The president is not obstructing, he’s fighting creek to catch dinner. They must rely on other people and other places to provide back.” for them, and Alaska is one of those places ­—Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House Press Secretary, on that provides. Bristol Bay alone provides President Donald Trump’s tweets calling for Attorney General something close to 100,000 tons of wild Jeff Sessions to end the Russia-Trump election collusion probe salmon protein to the world annually, by far the biggest supplier.

We are all plenty familiar with the threats that the proposed Pebble Mine brings to the Bristol Bay region. Thousands of concerned citizens have submitted public com

By GARRY TRUDEAU ments, campaigned for the salmon, even passed a vote for more protections in the region. Still, the fight continues. We have just completed our fourth public comment period on Pebble, leaving many residents wondering how many times they have to say, “Not here, not ever.” While I personally am still thankful that my opinion is being considered yet again, the past several years have brought confusion, flipflops and questions of how much input Alaskans have when it comes to managing our land and resources. The proposed Pebble Mine has taught us many lessons over the past decade. With the biggest lesson being that we as a state just don’t have the regulations in place to protect the biggest wild salmon producer on the planet, even though most of us agree it deserves to be.

Bristol Bay is far from the only remote Alaska wilderness that is potentially on the verge of a whole new ecosystem as a result of resource extraction. Since the Gold Rush of the late 1890’s, gold has been a leading economic driver of the state. Gone are the days of pickaxes and sluice boxes — new technology in the mining industry is opening up opportunities for very fine particles to be extracted from vast landscapes. This new technology comes with a price, toxic chemicals must be mixed in to separate the gold, open pits are dug to reach the materials and there is always waste. It seems, foreign owned mining companies are the ones up for the task. Both Pebble and Donlin are the two biggest gold projects on the

Quotable

priations,” and that “doubling all currently projected federal individual and corporate income tax collections would be insufficient to finance the added federal costs of the plan.”

Supporters of the Rich Lowry idea impeached the credibility of the findings based on their source, yet a study by the centrist Urban Institute in 2016 found exactly the same thing.

The costs aren’t merely a theoretical matter. Vermont, the home of Bernie Sanders, abandoned a single-payer proposal after the Democratic governor concluded that it wasn’t fiscally sustainable. Despite its Democratic supermajorities, California gave up on a single-payer proposal last year for the same reason — the projected cost was twice as much as the state budget.

The upside is that Medicare-for-all purports to save on overall health care spending by ratcheting down payments to health care providers. Medicare does indeed pay less to hospitals than private insurers, but it’s not clear that this would be sustainable if hospitals could only count on Medicarelevel payments. Regardless, hospitals are politically powerful and well-positioned to resist threats to their bottom line in Congress.

Since Medicare-for-all would eliminate insurance premiums and provide health

V oices of the

P eninsula M onica Z appa horizon (potentially being the world’s largest), and if they make it to the production phase, Canadian companies will be digging up Alaskan gold. As it stands, there is no way for these companies to access the gold without major impacts to the entire ecosystem of these places; the land, water and air will all be impacted to some degree.

The modern mining companies and their partners make bold promises. The Calista Corporation says they chose land to have mined “to provide economic opportunities for the region while safeguarding our resources for future generations.” The mining company they chose was Donlin Gold “because we trust they will do it right and we have confidence that the government agencies responsible for permitting will insist that it is done right.” To further validate their promises of stewardship the company “welcomes public scrutiny of our project because we want to protect our environment.” Who can argue with that? The very best intentions are in place. Whose job is it to ensure their promises are kept?

That is the very intent of the new initiative, Stand for Salmon. While the name is new, the concept has been brewing for decades. The people behind the initiative are not opposing mining or economic opportunity. As long as the development is not done at the expense of a renewable resource that has been a staple to sustain human and wildlife for thousands of years.

We are all impacted by the development choices of our generation and its time that we all take responsibility. Stand for Salmon can allow citizens, companies and government agencies to all work together and ensure that the best decisions are being made, and holds everyone accountable.

We, as citizens have a responsibility to get informed about projects, and practice our rights to vote and voice concerns on development. Development companies (foreign or domestic) have a responsibility to

uphold their promises to us as citizens and to integrate public input into the projects.

Government agencies have a responsibility to make unbiased and fair decisions that are truly good for the long and short future of humanity. Who can argue with that?

Some are already trying. Five mining companies have already contributed well over a million dollars against Stand for Salmon. None of these companies are Alaskan, four of the five are foreign owned and three are Canadian. The opposition has coined their campaign as Stand for Alaska. I’m sure there are a more than a few real Alaskans who might take issue with these facts. Can Alaskans not stand for themselves anymore? Seems to be exactly what these mining companies are aiming to achieve.

Monica Zappa is a commercial fisherman and dog musher who lives in Kasilof.

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Nation How the military will identify war remains

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press

HONOLULU — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is flying to Hawaii on Wednesday to receive 55 boxes of bones recently handed over by North Korea.

The remains are believed to belong to servicemen from the U.S. and other United Nations member countries who fought alongside the U.S. during the Korean War. Here’s a look at what will happen next: WHERE WILL THE REMAINS BE TAKEN? The remains will go to a lab in Hawaii run by the military agency that identifies missing servicemen and women from past conflicts. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identifies remains from battlefields around the world. The agency also has a lab at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, though the remains arriving this week will be analyzed at Hawaii’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The agency also sends DNA samples for analysis to the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Many families who are awaiting the return of their loved ones from

the Korean War have already submitted DNA samples to the agency to help in the identification process.

HOW WILL THE REMAINS BE IDENTIFIED? Typically, the agency’s forensic anthropologists study any evidence found with the remains for clues, such as military uniforms, identification tags and personal items like wedding rings. But North Korea provided only a single military dog tag with the 55 boxes.

The anthropologists also study remains to determine their sex, race, size and age.

Scientists search bones for evidence of trauma caused at the time of death and for previous injuries or conditions like arthritis.

Dental experts will compare dental records, including any X-rays, with the remains.

Three-quarters of the remains the agency identifies are determined with the help of mitochondrial DNA, which is a type of DNA that’s passed from mother to child.

The lab does this by taking DNA samples from bones and teeth. The DNA lab in Delaware extracts the mitochondrial DNA from the sample to determine its genetic sequence and compares

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The judge in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial warned prosecutors Wednesday against using the word “oligarchs” to describe wealthy Ukrainians, and admonished them for spending so much time documenting the former Trump campaign chairman’s extravagant lifestyle.

It’s not a crime to be wealthy, said U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III. And the pejorative term “oligarchs” and evidence of home renovations aren’t necessarily relevant to the charges in question, he added. At one point, Ellis even called out lawyers from both sides for rolling their eyes.

“Let’s move it along,” Ellis said repeatedly.

On the second day of the trial, jurors heard details of Manafort’s acquisition of more than $1 million in clothing, expensive cars and more than $3 million in home improvement work — nearly all paid for either in cash or by offshore wire transfers.

The defense has argued that the illegal conduct alleged by the government was carried out

by Manafort’s business associate Rick Gates, who has pleaded guilty and is now the government’s star witness. Gates also worked on the Trump campaign.

But a series of witnesses for the prosecution testified

Wednesday that they didn’t know Gates and he wasn’t involved in paying them. The witnesses instead testified Manafort personally directed them to be paid by wire transfers from offshore accounts that prosecutors say he hid from the IRS. The trial is the first courtroom test for special counsel Robert Mueller, who was tasked last year with investigating Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 election and to determine whether the Trump campaign was involved. So far, Manafort is the lone person to stand trial as a result of the ongoing probe, even though the charges of bank fraud and tax evasion are unrelated to possible collusion.

Still, the trial pulled back the curtain on the former lobbyist who steered Trump’s election efforts for a time, including descriptions of Manafort’s $15,000 jacket made of ostrich and the more than $6 million in cash he put toward real estate. One witness, Maximillian Katzman, testified that Manafort spent more than $900,000 at his boutique retailer in New York. He said Manafort was the only business client of his who paid via international wire transfer.

At one point, an FBI agent described the July 2017 raid on Manafort’s Virginia condominium. He said he knocked multiple times before entering

A grave marker for an unknown soldier from the Korean War is shown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu on Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

this with samples provided by relatives.

The agency uses mitochondrial DNA so often because it’s durable and each sample has a large number of copies, making it an effective way to identify bones. Though recent advances in DNA technology have made other types of DNA analysis possible as well.

HOW MANY U.S. SERVICEMEN ARE MISSING? There are 7,699 U.S. service members listed as unaccounted for from the 1950-53 Korean War, of which about 5,300 are believed to have died on North Korean soil. There

remainder are those who died in South Korea but have not been recovered; those who died in air crashes at sea or on ships at sea, as well as a number who are believed to have been taken to China.

The war killed millions, including 36,000 American soldiers.

Sixteen other United Nations member countries fought alongside U.S. service members on behalf of South Korea.

Some of them, including Australia, Belgium, France and the Philippines, have yet to recover some of their war dead from North Korea.

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort with his lawyers, the jury, and the U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, back center, listening to Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye, standing, during opening arguments in the trial Manafort’s on tax evasion and bank fraud charges. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

with a key after no one answered, only to find Manafort sitting inside.

The searches described by agent Matthew Mikuska found expensively tailored suits and documents related to other luxury items allegedly bought

by Manafort, including two silk rugs bought for $160,000 paid from offshore accounts.

But when prosecutors introduced photos of Manafort’s high-end condo and expensive suits, Ellis interrupted so as to limit the growing list of evidence jurors would have to consider.

“All this document shows is that Mr. Manafort had a lavish lifestyle,” Ellis said at one point. “It isn’t relevant.”

On the term “oligarchs,” El-

lis said use of the word implied that Manafort was associating with “despicable people and therefore he’s despicable.”

“That’s not the American way,” the judge said.

Prosecutor Greg Andres argued that Manafort’s spending was important to the case.

“Judge, this is not an effort to prove Mr. Manafort lived lavishly,” Andres said. “It’s evidence of his income.”

Ellis seemed to grow impatient after being told that attorneys on both sides were seen rolling their eyes after leaving the bench or in response to his rulings. The lawyers’ facial expressions, Ellis said, appeared to show them thinking “why do we have to put up with this idiot judge?”

US court: ‘Sanctuary cities’ order illegal

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold funding from “sanctuary cities” that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a judge went too far when he blocked its enforcement nationwide, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.

In a 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the order exceeded the president’s authority. Congress alone controls spending under the U.S. Constitution, and presidents do not have the power to cut off funding it approves to pursue their policy goals, the court majority said.

“By its plain terms, the executive order directs the agencies of the executive branch to withhold funds appropriated

by Congress in order to further the administration’s policy objective of punishing cities and counties that adopt so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies,” wrote Chief Judge Sidney Thomas, joined by Judge Ronald Gould.

The ruling came in a law-

suit from two California counties — San Francisco and Santa Clara.

Devin O’Malley, a spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department, said the president’s order was legal. He called the court’s ruling a victory for “criminal aliens in California, who can continue to commit crimes knowing that the state’s leadership will protect them from federal immigration officers whose job it is to hold them accountable and remove them from the country.”

“The Justice Department remains committed to the rule of law, to protecting public safety, and to keeping criminal aliens off the streets,” he said.

The court, however, also said there wasn’t enough evidence to support a nationwide ban on Trump’s order. It limited the injunction and sent the case back to the lower court for more arguments on whether such a ban was warranted.

The decision overall is a big victory for opponents of the executive order, but Trump could try to enforce it against jurisdictions outside the 10 Western states covered by the 9th Circuit, said David Levine, an expert on federal court procedure

Around the Nation Wells Fargo to pay $2.1 billion for role in housing bubble

Judge raps prosecutors in Manafort’s trial

By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

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FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, protesters take part in a rally to oppose a new Texas “sanctuary cities” bill that aligns with the president’s tougher stance on illegal immigration, in San Antonio, Texas, outside of the Federal Courthouse. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

at the University of California, Hastings, College of Law. “If they wanted to go after Chicago, if they wanted to go after Denver or Philadelphia, they would not be bound by an injunction,” he said. “Those places would have to bring their own lawsuits and whatever happens, happens in those cases.”

Trump signed the executive order in January 2017 — part of a push by his administration to crack down on cities and states that don’t work with U.S. immigration authorities.

The government also has moved to withhold a particular law enforcement grant from sanctuary jurisdictions and sued California over three laws that extend protections to people in the country illegally.

The Trump administration says sanctuary cities and states allow dangerous criminals back on the street. San Francisco and other sanctuary cities say turning local police into immigration officers erodes the trust needed to get people to report crime.

NEW YORK — Wells Fargo agreed Wednesday to pay a $2.1 billion fine to settle allegations it misrepresented the types of mortgages it sold to investors during the housing bubble that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis.

The amount is relatively smaller than the fines paid by Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other big banks in the years following the financial crisis to settle similar allegations. Wells Fargo is one of the last remaining big banks to settle charges related to its role in the subprime mortgage crisis.

The fine is unrelated to the more recent scandals that have plagued Wells in the last three years, such as the opening of millions of fake accounts for customers without their authorization in order to meet unrealistic sales quotas, or the bundling of auto insurance policies on to auto loans when customers did not need them.

The government accused Wells and many other big banks of understating the risk and quality of the mortgages they sold to investors at the height of the housing bubble, in Wells’ case between 2005 and 2007. These investors bought up tens of billions of dollars in mortgages from Wells and other banks, and experienced massive losses when borrowers failed to repay and housing prices collapsed nationwide.

The Department of Justice said Wells Fargo sold at least 73,500 loans that had poor underwriting standards to investors. Half of those loans defaulted, resulting in billions of dollars in losses to investors.

“This settlement holds Wells Fargo accountable for actions that contributed to the financial crisis,” said Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio, in a statement.

In earlier settlements with the Justice Department, Bank of America paid a $5 billion fine to authorities in 2014 for similar allegations, and Citigroup paid a $4 billion fine.

Wells Fargo said in a statement it was “pleased to put behind us these legacy issues” and said it had previously set aside the money to cover the settlement.

Colorado man fined $1K for repeatedly feeding bears DURANGO, Colo. — A Colorado man has been fined $1,000 for intentionally feeding bears for the third time in the past eight years.

The Durango Herald reports a resident reported to Colorado Parks and Wildlife that they had seen a man leaving out food in his backyard for bears.

Wildlife Manager Matt Thorpe says the resident took pictures and provided them to officials.

An investigation found that the man had previously been fined for the same behavior in 2010 and 2012.

In Colorado, it’s illegal to knowingly feed bears.

The first offense carries a $100 fine. The second violation gives a $500 fine.

Thorpe said Colorado Parks and Wildlife contacted the man on Sunday, who paid the fine on the spot.

He can be fined another $1,000 if he breaks the law again.

– The Associated Press

Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 2, the 214th day of 2018. There are 151 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.

On this date: In 1610, during his fourth voyage to the Western Hemisphere, English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay. In 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.

In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged.

In 1909, the original Lincoln “wheat” penny first went into circulation, replacing the “Indian Head” cent.

In 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president.

In 1939, President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act, which prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns.

In 1943, during World War II, U.S. Navy boat PT-109, commanded by Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, sank after being rammed in the middle of the night by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri off the Solomon Islands. Two crew members were killed.

In 1974, former White House counsel John W. Dean III was sentenced to one to four years in prison for obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover-up. (Dean ended up serving four months.)

In 1980, 85 people were killed when a bomb exploded at the train station in Bologna, Italy.

In 1985, 137 people were killed when Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seizing control of the oil-rich emirate. (The Iraqis were later driven out in Operation Desert Storm.)

In 2000, Republicans awarded Texas Gov. George W. Bush their 2000 presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia and ratified Dick Cheney as his running mate.

Ten years ago: Police in southern Afghanistan reported a bus carrying a wedding party had struck a mine, killing 10 people, including the bride and groom; meanwhile, two French humanitarian aid workers kidnapped on July 18 were released.

Five years ago: The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend.

One year ago: Former Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian died at his home in Granger, Indiana, at the age of 94.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 22,000 for the first time, after stocks spent five months gradually moving higher.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Nehemiah Persoff is 99. Former Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., is 96. Rock musician Garth Hudson (The Band) is 81. Singer Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 75. Actor Max Wright is 75. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 73. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 68. Actor Butch Patrick (TV: “The Munsters”) is 65. Rock music producer/drummer Butch Vig (Garbage) is 63.

Singer Mojo Nixon is 61. Actress Victoria Jackson is 59. Actress Apollonia is 59. Actress Cynthia Stevenson is 56. Actress MaryLouise Parker is 54. Rock musician John Stanier is 50. Writer-actor-director Kevin Smith is 48. Actress Jacinda Barrett is 46. Actor Sam Worthington is 42. Figure skater Michael Weiss is 42. Actor Edward Furlong is 41. Rock musician Devon Glenn is 38. TV meteorologist Dylan Dreyer (TV: “Today”) is 37. Actress Marci Miller is 33. Singer Charli XCX is 26. Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 26.

Thought for Today: “Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.” -- Midge Decter, American writer.

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Mexico crash survivors resume travel

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press

DURANGO, Mexico — Just a day after a harrowing escape from a crashed and burning Aeromexico jetliner, many of its 103 passengers and crew went to work on resuming their travel, with some even boarding new flights from the same airport in western Mexico.

Those who escaped serious injury scrambled to find clothing Wednesday, having lost their suitcases the previous afternoon when the plane plowed into a field shortly after takeoff during a violent storm. U.S. citizens who lost their passports met with consular officials who came to Durango to assist.

Some passengers spoke of one survivor who had sworn to never get on another plane and planned to buy a car and drive back to the United States.

Jose Luis Corral, a 52-yearold business owner from Portland, Oregon, still wore a neck brace from injuries he suffered in the crash.

“It’s so fast, terrifying to see all the people screaming,” recalled Corral, who was one of four people who helped the plane’s badly injured pilot escape the blaze.

The pilot suffered a serious neck injury and was in the hospital. Forty-eight others were also injured, and 22 remained hospitalized Wednesday. Miraculously, no one died.

Aeromexico CEO Andres Conesa said late Wednesday that the pilot couldn’t feel his feet when he was removed through a cockpit window, but after surgery had regained feeling throughout his legs.

Alberto Herrera, a 35-yearold webpage engineer from Chicago, said the violent storm shook the plane as it took off and seemed to come from nowhere.

“When we were sitting on

Chile begins to restrict tourism to protect Easter Island SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile’s government on Wednesday began restricting tourism to Easter Island, which is known for its stunning gigantic stone heads known as Moais.

The statues have attracted an ever-increasing flow of tourists to the fragile island in the middle of the South Pacific, stressing its limited resources.

Chilean officials have started limiting the number of visits from tourists and non-locals from 90 days to 30 days.

Tourism Minister Monica Zalaquett said the measure is being taken now to protect the island.

President Sebastian Pinera has fast-tracked a bill that seeks to change Easter Island’s name to Rapa Nui — as residents call the island.

Chile annexed the island in 1888. It is about 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers west of Chile.

Thieves steal Swedish royal jewels, escape by speedboat

Jose Luis Corral of Portland, Oregon, describes his experience of the crash of Aeromexico flight 2431 during an interview at an office where U.S. citizens who lost their passports in the crash and subsequent fire were receiving help from a consular official, in Durango, capital of Durango state, Mexico Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

the plane there was a little drizzle, but nothing to worry about.

It was just a little light rain, super light, like barely hitting the windows,” Herrera said.

But another passenger, Ramin Parsa, 32, of Los Angeles, said the weather was ominous even before takeoff.

“The airplane actually was shaking before we even moved so I knew it was dangerous weather,” he said. “I thought that we were going to have a delay until the weather clears up, but the pilot began to move, so I thought that he knows what he is doing.”

“I think it was a mistake by the pilot. He should not have taken off,” Parsa said.

Durango state Gov. Jose Aispuro said it was too soon to speculate on the cause of the crash. Mechanical failure and human error could be fac-

tors, but certainly the weather wasn’t favorable.

Herrera said the takeoff went wrong seemingly in an instant.

“You start gaining speed and as soon as you start taking off all of the sudden the plane starts struggling and it’s getting hit with hail. The higher up we went into the storm, the heavier the hail got and more wind got to us,” Herrera said.

“Then all of a sudden the plane starts rocking and it starts seriously, seriously moving around and then hitting the ground,” he said. “We skidded and hit a second time and you saw the flames. …You’re like ‘This might be bad.’”

Herrera had braced for impact and yelled for others to do the same. The woman seated next to him was able to hold onto her toddler, though

the little girl suffered some scratches and may have hit her head on a seat.

Officials said the impact ripped both engines off the Embraer 190 jetliner, and fire immediately broke out in the wings.

“My window turned red because of the flames,” Parsa said.

He said he tried to kick out a window but couldn’t. He searched for an exit and at first couldn’t find one because of all the smoke. Then suddenly he felt fresh air on his face. He was in front of the exit.

“Imagine you put 100 people in a room, in a dark room, pitch dark, filled with smoke and there’s a small door, everybody’s trying to find it.

That’s what the situation was,” Parsa said.

UN council to commemorate Rohingya

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is planning to commemorate the oneyear anniversary of Myanmar’s violent crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh at a meeting later this month.

British Ambassador Karen Pierce, the council president for August, said at a news conference Wednesday that SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres, who called the Rohingya crisis “ethnic cleansing,” is expected to brief the council at the session.

Pierce said Britain wants the Aug. 28 meeting to focus on gaining “unconditional access” to Myanmar for the U.N.

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refugee and development agencies so they can work with the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments “to make a credible plan to get the refugees back home in safety, dignity and security.”

She said it’s “a huge issue” that will also depend on Rohingya having “livelihoods” and places to live when they return.

She also cited two other major issues — accountability for what happened and citizenship for Rohingya.

Rohingya face official and social discrimination in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, which denies most of them citizenship and basic rights because they are looked on as immigrants from Bangladesh even though the families of many

settled in Myanmar generations ago. Dire conditions led more than 200,000 to flee the country between 2012 and 2015.

The latest crisis began with attacks by Rohingya insurgents on Myanmar security personnel last Aug. 25. The military responded with counterinsurgency sweeps and a scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya villages. It was accused of widespread human rights violations, including rape, murder, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes. Thousands are believed to have died.

The U.N. human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, has insisted that the possibility of genocide against Rohingya was real and has called for the issue to be referred to the International

Criminal Court.

Pierce said the plight of the Rohingya would have to be referred by the Security Council and at the moment “we are a hundred percent sure there would not be a positive decision.” China, a veto-wielding permanent council member close to Myanmar’s government, would almost certainly oppose a referral.

But, Pierce said, “there’s a lot of collection of evidence going on in Bangladesh in the camps — evidence to a sufficiently high investigative standard against the day when there might be an accountability mechanism, and this might lead to some form of justice.”

She said this is being done by independent lawyers and the issue of whether there should be

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Thieves carrying out a daring daytime robbery smashed a security case at a cathedral in Sweden and stole gold and jewel-encrusted crowns from the early 1600s before hopping on bicycles and escaping via a nearby lake, police said.

The two men pulled off the heist at Strangnas Cathedral at noon Tuesday and vanished aboard a speedboat or jet skis into the vast patchwork of lakes around the city, located 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of the Swedish capital of Stockholm, police said.

The stolen artifacts included a gold crown and an orb dating to 1611 that were made for King Karl IX’s funeral, as well as a jewel-encrusted crown dating to 1625 that was used in Queen Kristina’s funeral. The items were on display at an exhibition, and visitors were inside the cathedral when they were taken.

“The alarm went off when the burglars smashed the security glass and stole the artifacts,” Catharina Frojd, a spokeswoman for the 14th century cathedral, told The Associated Press.

Strangnas Cathedral said on its website that the stolen pieces were kept “in accordance with the prevailing safety regulations in locked and alarmed displays.” It gave no further details.

Police sent out a helicopter and boat to hunt for the thieves but found nothing. Authorities said no one was hurt in the robbery but didn’t provide further details.

Tom Rowell, a visitor who was eating lunch outside the Lutheran church, said he saw two men running from the cathedral toward a small nearby jetty where a motorboat was moored.

“The two men hurriedly jumped on board and it sped off,” Rowell said, adding that they “appeared non-Nordic.” He didn’t elaborate.

However, police spokesman Stefan Dangardt said “witnesses’ testimonies varied quite a bit” and it was also possible the thieves escaped on jet skis.

The men used two stolen black bicycles equipped with baskets and a child’s seat to race to the lake, Dangardt added.

On Wednesday, divers were looking for clues in and along the shores of Lake Malaren, Sweden’s third-largest freshwater lake. Police said the thieves could have fled further on jet skis.

While the stolen artifacts are of great historic and cultural value, police expressed skepticism about whether the burglary would bring the perpetrators financial gain.

The stolen pieces are “impossible to sell” because of their uniqueness and high visibility, Maria Ellior of the Swedish police’s National Operations Department told the Swedish news agency TT. —The Associated Press

a more formal process to collect evidence is expected to be discussed in the coming weeks.

One possibility is turning to the U.N. General Assembly. The 193-member world body, where there are no vetoes, established an investigative body in December 2016 to assist in documenting and prosecuting the most serious violations of international

law in Syria, including possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Pierce said the Aug. 25 council meeting will also review the humanitarian situation of Rohingya in Bangladesh, where they are currently struggling through monsoon rains, and encourage donors to help support them.

Leaked chats show alleged Russian spy seeking hacking tools

By RAPHAEL SATTER and MATTHEW BODNER Associated Press

MOSCOW — Six years ago, a Russian-speaking cybersecurity researcher received an unsolicited email from Kate S. Milton.

Milton claimed to work for the Moscow-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky. In an exchange that began in halting English and quickly switched to Russian, Milton said she was impressed by the researcher’s work on exploits — the digital lock picks used by hackers to break into vulnerable systems — and wanted to be copied in on any new ones that the researcher came across.

“You almost always have all the top-end exploits,” Milton said, after complimenting the researcher about a post to her website, where she often dissected malicious software.

“So that our contact isn’t one-sided, I’d offer you my help analyzing malicious viruses, and as I get new samples I’ll share,” Milton continued. “What do you think?”

The researcher — who works as a security engineer and runs the malware-sharing site on the side — always had a pretty good idea that Milton wasn’t who she

said she was. Last month, she got confirmation via an FBI indictment.

The indictment , made public on July 13, lifted the lid on the Russian hacking operation that targeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It identified “Kate S. Milton” as an alias for military intelligence officer Ivan Yermakov, one of 12 Russian spies accused of breaking into the Democratic National Committee and publishing its emails in an attempt to influence the 2016 election.

The researcher, who gave her exchanges with Milton to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said she wasn’t pleased to learn she had been corresponding with an alleged Russian spy. But she wasn’t particularly surprised either.

“This area of research is a magnet for suspicious people,” she said.

The researcher and Milton engaged in a handful of conversations between April 2011 and March 2012. But even their sparse exchanges, along with a few digital breadcrumbs left behind by Yermakov and his colleagues, offer insight into the men behind the keyboards at Russia’s Main Intelligence Di-

rectorate, or GRU. It isn’t unusual for messages like Milton’s to come in out of the blue, especially in the relatively small world of independent malware analysts.

“There was nothing particularly unusual in her approach,” the researcher said. “I had very similar interactions with amateur and professional researchers from different countries.”

The pair corresponded for a while. Milton shared a piece of malicious code at one point and sent over a hacking-related YouTube video at another, but contact fizzled out after a few months.

Then, the following year, Milton got back in touch.

“It’s been all work, work, work,” Milton said by way of apology, before quickly getting to the point. She needed new lock picks.

“I know that you can help,” she wrote. “I’m working on a new project and I really need contacts that can provide information or have contacts with people who have new exploits. I am willing to pay for them.”

In particular, Milton said she wanted information on a recently disclosed vulnerability codenamed CVE-2012-0002 - a

critical Microsoft flaw that could allow hackers to remotely compromise some Windows computers. Milton had heard that someone had already cobbled together a working exploit.

“I’d like to get it,” she said.

The researcher demurred.

The trade in exploits — for use by spies, cops, surveillance companies or criminals — can be a seedy one.

“I usually steer clear from any wannabe buyers and sellers,” she told the AP. She politely declined - and never heard from Milton again.

Milton’s Twitter account — whose profile photo features “Lost” star Evangeline Lilly — is long dormant. The last few messages carry urgent, awkwardly worded appeals for exploits or tips about vulnerabilities.

“Help me find detailed description CVE-2011-0978,” one message reads, referring to a bug in PHP, a coding language often used for websites. “Need a work exploit,” the message continues, ending with a smiley face.

It isn’t clear whether Yermakov was working for the GRU when he first masqueraded as Kate S. Milton. Milton’s Twitter silence — starting in 2011 — and the reference to a “new project”

in 2012 might hint at a new job.

In any case, Yermakov wasn’t working for the anti-virus firm Kaspersky — not then and not ever, the company said in a statement.

“We don’t know why he allegedly presented himself as an employee,” the statement said.

Messages sent by the AP to Kate S. Milton’s Gmail account were not returned.

The exchanges between Milton (Yermakov) and the researcher could be read in different ways.

They might show that the GRU was trying to cultivate people in the information security community with an eye toward getting the latest exploits as soon as possible, said Cosimo Mortola, a threat intelligence analyst at the cybersecurity company FireEye. It’s also possible that Yermakov might have initially worked as an independent hacker, hustling for spy tools before being hired by Russian military intelligence — a theory that makes sense to defense and foreign policy analyst Pavel Felgenhauer.

“For cyber, you have to hire boys that understand computers and everything the old spies at the GRU don’t understand,” Felgenhauer said. “Yo//u find a good

hacker, you recruit him and give him some training and a rank — a lieutenant or something — and then he will do the same stuff.”

The leak of Milton’s conversations shows how the glare of publicity is revealing elements of the hackers’ methods — and perhaps even hints about their private lives.

It’s possible, for example, that Yermakov and many of his colleagues commute to work through the arched entrance to Komsomolsky 20-22, a military base in the heart of Moscow that serves as home to the alleged hackers’ Unit 26165. Photos shot from inside show it’s a well-kept facility, with a czarist-era facade, manicured lawns, flower beds and shady trees in a central courtyard.

The AP and others have tried to trace the men’s digital lives, finding references to some of those indicted by the FBI in academic papers on computing and mathematics, on Russian cybersecurity conference attendee lists or — in the case of Cpt. Nikolay Kozachek, nicknamed “kazak” — written into the malicious code created by Fancy Bear, the nickname long applied to the hacking squad before their identities were allegedly revealed by the FBI.

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Oilers go extras with Bucs in ABL playoff game 1 Dramatic scoreless bout ends after 12 innings on walkoff single, Bucs take game 1 of best-of-3

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

It took 12 innings and over three hours, but the Anchorage Bucs finally broke the tension in game one of a best-of-three Alaska Baseball League playoff series for a 1-0 victory over the Peninsula Oilers and a 1-0 series lead at Mulcahy Stadium.

Brennan Breaux provided the

game-ending hit with a bases-loaded single lofted to right field off Oilers reliever Tre Brown in the bottom of the 12th.

Game two is slated for 7 p.m. tonight at Mulcahy, with the Oilers facing elimination.

Oilers starter Tevin Murray answered the call with a shutdown performance. Murray tossed a scoreless six innings of three-hit ball, whiffing

five and walking three in a sparkling outing for the Oilers.

The Bucs went with starter Preston Snavely, who spun a 3.56 ERA this summer. Snavely gave up two hits in four scoreless innings, recording four strikeouts and four walks.

When Murray was eventually pulled, the Oilers didn’t lose a step as reliever Matt Amrhein spun four innings of scoreless relief with just one base hit,

whiffing four along the way and facing the minimum number of batters.

However, Brown was given the loss with the late drama, giving up The top-seeded Mat-Su Miners rallied to defeat the Chugiak Chinooks 5-4 in the first game of that playoff series. The winner of each series will meet for the Top of the World Series.

Murray wiggled out of a jam in the bottom of the third, getting the Bucs

most dangerous hitter to ground into an inning-ending double play.

With the bases loaded an one out, Jake Vieth grounded out to first, and Koch relayed back to catcher Mackay at home plate to catch Logan Ehnes to end the threat.

The Oilers left the bases loaded in the first and second innings, first on a fly out by Ryan Novis in the first, then on a Grant Wood strikeout in the second.

NFL Hall of Fame game honors two defensive stars

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

New York Yankees starting pitcher Sonny Gray, left, leaves the mound as he is relieved during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Last-place Orioles topple Yanks Baltimore hits up New York starter Gray as Cobb gets the win

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Sonny Gray was chased in the third inning by the team with worst record in the majors, big league-loss leader Alex Cobb ended a nine-start winless streak and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 7-5 on Wednesday.

Despite what appeared to be a midgame lecture in the dugout by third base coach Phil Nevin during a rain delay, New York (68-38) dropped 5 1/2 games behind Boston (7534) heading into a four-game series at Fenway Park starting Thursday.

Gray (8-8) allowed seven runs, eight hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings, raising his ERA to 5.56. He was booed as he walked off the mound and was replaced by Lance Lynn.

Cobb (3-14) had been 0-7 since winning at the New York Mets on June 5, los-

ing his last five outings. He breezed against the Yankees with an early 7-1 lead, allowing one run and seven hits in six innings and stopping Baltimore’s streak of 11 consecutive road losses.

Gleyber Torres homered twice for New York, a solo drive in the second and a three-run shot in the ninth.

the middle of June, but has seen the entire lead disappear over the past six weeks.

Gonzalez hit a solo home run off Wade LeBlanc (6-2) with two outs in the second inning and added a two-run shot in the fourth. Jake Marisnick, recalled from the minors before the game, added a two-run shot off LeBlanc and Max Stassi greeted reliever Nick Vincent with a three-run homer in the fifth.

Dallas Keuchel (9-9) imASTROS 8, MARINERS 3 proved to 6-1 in his past nine SEATTLE (AP) — Marwin starts, throwing seven innings.

Gonzalez hit two of Houston’s four home runs, and the Astros CUBS 9, PIRATES 2 knocked Seattle Mariners from PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cole the lead for the second wild card Hamels had little trouble in his in the American League.

After a five-game losing return to the National League, streak, the Astros rebounded to keeping Pittsburgh in check over win the final two games of the five innings to lead Chicago.

Hamels (6-9), acquired in series. Houston has a five-game cushion over Seattle in the AL a trade with Texas last week, West and dropped the Mariners gave up one unearned run on into a tie with surging Oakland three hits. The four-time All-Star for the second AL wild-card spot. struck out nine and walked two Seattle led the A’s by 11 games in to pick up his first win for a Na-

tional League team in more than three years.

Willson Contreras went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Cubs. Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist had three hits apiece while Kyle Schwarber and Javy Baez each added two hits and an RBI for Chicago.

The Cubs wasted little time jumping on Pittsburgh rookie Nick Kingham (5-6), touching him for four runs in the first inning to give Hamels plenty of breathing room. Kingham needed 51 pitches to get through the first and didn’t come out for the second.

NATIONALS 5, METS 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Tommy Milone worked seven strong innings to get his first win in more than a year, Anthony Rendon homered and Washington beat New York to move back above .500.

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CANTON, Ohio — Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher, two of the NFL’s greatest linebackers, enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week. When their teams meet in Thursday night’s preseason opener, the game could very well honor them by being a defensive battle.

On one hand, the Chicago Bears are installing a new offense under first-year coach Matt Nagy. On the other side, few if any of the Baltimore Ravens’ starters at the offensive skill positions are likely to get much action.

So if this winds up 10-9 or something similar, well, the smiles on the faces of Lewis and Urlacher might get a bit broader.

Nagy has a secondyear quarterback, Mitchell Trubisky, who will be taking his first major steps running the new scheme Nagy brought from Kansas City. He seems unconcerned that the second overall pick in the 2017 draft will be overmatched — even though Trubisky has been an interception machine in practices.

“Our guys have picked up everything that we’ve asked them to do,” Nagy said. “There have been mistakes, but they’re way ahead of the learning curve. So that’s exciting and it tells me that once we get to the regular season we can do more than I initially thought. But we will be growing throughout the season.”

And the preseason.

As for the Ravens, don’t look for Joe Flacco in this one. The Hall of Fame game is an extra exhibition outing for the participants, and provides an opportunity for Baltimore coach John Harbaugh and his staff to look at first-round draft pick Lamar Jackson and veteran Robert Griffin III , who is attempting a comeback after not playing last year.

“We have that set,” Harbaugh said of the QB plans for Thursday night. “I never really talk about that. We just go do

it. But we have the quarterback rotation set, and then we’ll organize the rest of it ... There’ll be some guys who won’t play in that game, probably you might guess the guys who haven’t practiced as much that first week.”

Some other things to watch in the Hall of Fame game: A FIFTH GAME The extra preseason contest usually gives low draftees, non-draftees and guys trying to catch on an additional chance to show their stuff. This isn’t much different from the final exhibition game, when starters generally sit and others get a last chance to make a roster.

“When you have that extra game, the benefit is it gives you more reps for your players,” Nagy said. “The negative is there’s health risks, right?

So people can get hurt. There’s a fine balance of both of those and being able to understand which way you want to go, and right now I feel like our plan as a coaching staff for who we want to play and don’t want to play, I feel really good about it.”

O-LINE QUESTIONS Both teams have to find answers regarding their blockers.

Baltimore has one of the best in the league in right guard Marshal Yanda, but he’s coming off an injury-ravaged 2017 in which he made it into two games.

“That’s why they call it training camp,” Ravens OL coach Joe D’Alessandris said.

“You have an idea of who are going to be your so-called projected players and starters, but that could change overnight.

The same thing could happen during the season.”

Considering how stationary Flacco can be, Baltimore needs to solve the offensive line issues quickly if he is its starter.

Trubisky at least can move around, and there’s no question he will be the Bears’ firststringer. Guard Kyle Long’s assortment of health issues doesn’t help in the quest to solidify the line.

Ohio State football coach placed on paid leave amid investigation

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Urban Meyer’s job appears to be in jeopardy.

Ohio State placed Meyer, one of the most successful coaches in college football history, on paid administrative leave Wednesday while it investigates claims that his wife knew about allegations of domestic violence against an assistant coach years before the staff member was fired last week.

Courtney Smith, the ex-wife of fired Buckeyes assistant Zach Smith, gave an interview to Stadium and provided text messages to former ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy between her and Shelley Meyer in 2015 about Zach Smith’ behavior. Courtney Smith also provided threatening texts she said came from her ex-husband, and text messages between her and other wives of Buckeyes assistant coaches, discussing Zach Smith.

“Shelley said she was going to have to tell Urban,” Courtney Smith told Stadium. “I said: ‘That’s fine, you should tell Urban.’”

Zach Smith, who has never been convicted of any crimes, was fired last week after an Ohio court granted a domestic violence protective order to Courtney Smith. A message left by the AP for Zach Smith’s attorney, Brad Koffel, requesting comment was not immediately returned.

Meyer is heading into his seventh season at Ohio State, where he is 73-8 with a national title in 2014 and two Big Ten Conference championships. Shelley Meyer is a registered nurse and is employed as an instructor at Ohio State. Both Meyer and his wife could be in violation of Ohio State’s Title IX sexual misconduct policy on reporting allegations of domestic violence against university employees.

Violation of university’s policy could result in Meyer being fired with cause by the university, according to provisions placed in his contract when it was extended by two years in April. The new deal runs through 2022 and increases Meyer’s salary to $7.6 million in 2018, with annual six percent raises for the bulk of his compensation.

Hours after Courtney Smith’s interview was posted online Wednesday, Ohio State announced in a short news release it was conducting an investigation into the allegations and Meyer was being placed on leave.

Offensive coordinator Ryan Day will serve as acting head coach for the Buckeyes, expected to be one of the top teams in the nation again this season. Ohio State’s first preseason practice is scheduled for Friday. The season starts Sept. 1 with a game against Oregon State in Columbus, Ohio.

Meyer said in a statement he and athletic director Gene Smith agreed that his being on leave was best for the investigation.

“This allows the team to conduct training camp with minimal distraction. I eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter.” Meyer said.

Zach Smith was charged in May with misdemeanor criminal trespass.

At the time of the charge, Koffel said Courtney Smith had accused Zach Smith of driving to her apartment See CASE, page A8

In this April 14, 2018, file photo, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer watches the NCAA college football team’s spring game in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State has placed Meyer on paid administrative leave while it investigates claims that his wife knew about allegations of abuse against an assistant coach years before he was fired last week. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

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Sports Briefs Cueto to have season-ending surgery SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants say right-hander Johnny Cueto will have season-ending Tommy John surgery.

Cueto will be operated on by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on Thursday. San Francisco announced Wednesday that Cueto would need the surgery, two days after placing him on the disabled list.

Manager Bruce Bochy said earlier this week that Cueto’s elbow injury had “been lingering quite a while.”

The 32-year-old Cueto is 3-2 with a 3.23 ERA. He was on the 60-day DL earlier this year with an elbow injury.

Cueto will be out until at least late in the 2019 season. He signed a $130 million, six-year contract prior to the 2016 season, keeping him under contract through 2021.

Browns coach coping with family deaths BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Football’s giving Browns coach Hue Jackson refuge to cope with family loss.

Jackson, trying to turn around a Cleveland team that didn’t win a game in 16 tries last season, plans to remain with the team in training camp while mourning the recent deaths of his 83-year-old mother and brother in California.

A team spokesman confirmed Wednesday night that Jackson’s mother, Betty Lee, died over the weekend in Los Angeles following a long illness. Her passing came two weeks after Jackson’s brother, John Jr., died unexpectedly.

Jackson intends to stay with the Browns through next week’s exhibition opener against the New York Giants while the family finalizes funeral plans.

Jackson, who is in his third season with Cleveland, has not made any public comments about the deaths during camp, which opened last week. Beyond his daily duties, Jackson’s every move on and off the field as the Browns’ camp is being chronicled by cameras for HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”

Jackson’s agent, John Thornton, told Cleveland.com that the deaths have deeply affected the coach.

“It’s been really tough on him,” Thornton said. “He’s just trying to let football help him out.”

Although Jackson is just 1-31 in two seasons with the Browns, owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said last week that the coach still has their unwavering support.

New redshirt rule in place for college game For years college football coaches have labored, even agonized, over whether to play a freshman who might be able contribute immediately or hold him out of games to preserve a year of eligibility and hopefully cash in greater rewards down the road.

Those decisions are about to get a whole lot easier.

Rarely does the NCAA pass legislation that is both wholeheartedly endorsed by coaches and beneficial to players, but the new redshirt rule appears to be that kind of smash hit. Players will now be allowed to play in up to four games and still qualify for a redshirt season, maintaining four years of eligibility. In the past, playing just one game could cost a player an entire season of eligibility.

Coaches say the change will provide needed roster depth, improve player development and avoid many of those damned-if-you-dodamned-if-you-don’t situations where the choice becomes: Shortterm need or long-term goals?

“Brilliant. Love it. Greatest rule the NCAA has ever put in in the last 20 years,” Minnesota coach PJ Fleck said.

It’s a game-changer. But how, exactly?

“I don’t know if people on the outside or even maybe us on the inside understand how different that rule is. How much the game is going to be different, the strategy behind it,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said. “I think it’s going to be fun.”

All players, no matter their class year, can be redshirted. Medical redshirts are common in college football, giving a player back a season of eligibility that was mostly lost to injury.

But it is with the freshman class that teams need a redshirt plan.

Even before incoming recruits step on campus, coaches start mapping out who is likely to play and who will probably sit. Sometimes the depth chart makes that decision. In other cases, player performance forces the issue.

The evaluation process is constant, but former UCLA coach Jim Mora said by the start of the season the staff has identified the players who will play, those who will redshirt and what players were on the bubble.

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25-4 blowout of the Mets on Tuesday night by jumping on Noah Syndergaard (6-2) early. Bryce Harper singled in the first inning to drive in Trea Turner, who had stolen second. In the third, Rendon got hold of a hanging curveball for his 16th homer this season, scoring Turner.

Rendon has six RBIs in two games since returning after the birth of his first child.

INDIANS 2, TWINS 0

the loss of pitcher Mike Fiers to an early injury to beat Cincinnati.

Fiers left after the second with a bruised left shin, sustained on Mason Williams’ comebacker. X-rays on Fiers’ shin were negative, and it was unclear whether he will make his next scheduled start.

Drew VerHagen (2-2) followed as the first of six relievers and pitched three scoreless innings.

Shane Greene worked the ninth for his 23rd save in 26 chances.

RAYS 7, ANGELS 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Willy Adames homered and drove in two on the day Tampa Bay gave him the regular shortstop job.

Adames drove in a run with a two-out single off starter Nick Tropeano (4-6) in the fourth inning, then scored on Mallex Smith’s triple. Adames led off the sixth with his fourth home run to make it 4-2.

Jake Bauers added a two-run homer in the ninth for the Rays, his ninth of the season and third in three games.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Carrasco struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings, winning his fourth straight start since returning from the disabled list to carry Cleveland past Minnesota.

Brad Hand got the last five outs for his 26th save of the season and second for Cleveland. The Indians stretched their lead over the Twins in the AL Central to 10 games.

Carrasco (13-5), who missed ROYALS 10, WHITE SOX 5 three weeks with a bruised elbow CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Gorbefore his reinstatement July 6, has 63 strikeouts in his last eight starts. don hit a two-run homer and drove in four, helping Kansas City pound sloppy Chicago.

ATHLETICS 8, Jakob Junis (6-11) pitched 5 2/3 BLUE JAYS 3 innings of four-run ball in his first OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — win since May 18. The 24-year-old Sean Manaea pitched effectively right-hander was 0-8 with a 6.67 into the seventh inning, Jonathan ERA in his previous 10 starts.

Chicago lost for the sixth time Lucroy drove in four runs and Oakin seven games. Yoan Moncada land completed a season sweep of broke out of a slump with his fifth Toronto.

Manaea (10-7) allowed five career leadoff homer, two hits and hits, struck out five and walked two walks, but he also committed two. The A’s won all seven games one of two costly errors for the between the two teams for their White Sox. first season sweep of the Blue Jays.

Franklin Barreto homered and DODGERS 6, had three RBIs for the Athletics. BREWERS 4, 10 INNINGS Lucroy added three hits.

Toronto starter Marcus Stroman LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yas(4-8) allowed seven runs and 11 mani Grandal hit a two-run homer hits in five innings. Russell Martin — his second of the game — in the homered for the Blue Jays.

10th inning, rallying the Dodgers past the Brewers to snap a threegame skid.

TIGERS 7, REDS 4 The win was also highlighted DETROIT (AP) — Jose Igle- by Brian Dozier’s homer in his sias drove in three runs, Jim Ad- Dodgers’ debut after arriving from duci homered and Detroit survived Minnesota on Tuesday.

baseball National League

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East Division

W L Pct GB Philadelphia 59 48 .551 — Atlanta 57 47 .548 ½ Washington 54 53 .505 5 Miami 46 63 .422 14 New York 44 61 .419 14 Central Division Chicago 62 45 .579 — Milwaukee 63 48 .568 1 Pittsburgh 56 53 .514 7 St. Louis 55 53 .509 7½ Cincinnati 48 60 .444 14½ West Division Arizona 60 49 .550 — Los Angeles 60 49 .550 — Colorado 58 49 .542 1 San Francisco 55 54 .505 5 San Diego 42 68 .382 18½

Cobb, Carroll (7), Givens (8), Fry (8), Wright Jr. (9) and Joseph; Gray, Green (8), Holder (9) and Au.Romine. W_Cobb 3-14. L_ Gray 8-8. HRs_Baltimore, Mancini (14). New York, Torres 2 (17).

Wednesday’s Games Miami at Atlanta, ppd.

Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Detroit 7, Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 6, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Milwaukee 4, 10 innings Thursday’s Games Colorado (Senzatela 4-3) at St. Louis (Mikolas 11-3), 9:15 a.m.

Cincinnati (Mahle 7-8) at Washington (Scherzer 14-5), 3:05 p.m.

Miami (Lopez 2-2) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 6-9), 3:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Foltynewicz 7-7) at N.Y. Mets (Vargas 2-6), 3:10 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 3-4), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Chacin 10-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-5), 5:00 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-4) at Arizona (Greinke 12-5), 5:40 p.m.

Hou. 030 140 000 —8 15 0 Sea. 020 001 000 —3 9 0

American League

K.C. 002 152 000 —10 10 0 Chi. 100 003 010 — 5 9 2

East Division

W L Pct GB Boston 75 34 .688 — New York 68 38 .642 5½ Tampa Bay 55 53 .509 19½ Toronto 48 59 .449 26 Baltimore 33 75 .306 41½ Central Division Cleveland 59 48 .551 — Minnesota 49 58 .458 10 Detroit 47 62 .431 13 Chicago 37 70 .346 22 Kansas City 34 73 .318 25 West Division Houston 69 41 .627 — Seattle 63 45 .583 5 Oakland 64 46 .582 5 Los Angeles 54 55 .495 14½ 46 63 .422 22½ Texas Wednesday’s Games Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 5 Cleveland 2, Minnesota 0 Detroit 7, Cincinnati 4 Oakland 8, Toronto 3 Houston 8, Seattle 3 Tampa Bay 7, L.A. Angels 2 Kansas City 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels (Heaney 6-6) at Tampa Bay (Wood 0-0), 9:10 a.m.

Kansas City (Keller 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 4-9), 10:10 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 6-4) at Boston (Johnson 1-3), 3:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Cashner 3-9) at Texas (Gallardo 5-1), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (TBD) at Seattle (Hernandez 8-9), 6:10 p.m.

All Times ADT

Indians 2, Twins 0 Cle. 000 001 001 —2 8 0 Min. 000 000 000 —0 5 2 Carrasco, Hand (8) and Gomes; Mejia, Magill (6), Moya (7), Hildenberger (8), Rodney (9) and Garver. W_Carrasco 13-5. L_Magill 2-2. Sv_Hand (26).

Athletics 8, Blue Jays 3 Tor. 000 000 120 —3 8 0 Oak. 020 203 01x —8 13 0 Stroman, Barnes (6), Tepera (7), Petricka (8) and Martin; Manaea, Wendelken (7), Buchter (7), Trivino (8) and Lucroy. W_Manaea 107. L_Stroman 4-8. HRs_Toronto, Martin (9). Oakland, Barreto (4).

Astros 8, Mariners 3

Keuchel, Peacock (8), Harris (9) and Stassi; LeBlanc, Vincent (5), Warren (7), Pazos (8), Nicasio (9) and Zunino. W_Keuchel 9-9. L_ LeBlanc 6-2. HRs_Houston, Gonzalez 2 (8), Marisnick (8), Stassi (8). Seattle, Cruz (26).

Rays 7, Angels 2 L.A. 100 100 000 —2 6 2 T.B. 000 301 03x —7 9 1 Tropeano, Alvarez (6), Johnson (7), Robles (8) and F.Arcia; Glasnow, Faria (4), Stanek (7), Romo (8), Alvarado (9) and Perez, Sucre. W_Faria 4-3. L_Tropeano 4-6.

HRs_Los Angeles, Calhoun (14).

Tampa Bay, Bauers (9), Adames (4).

Royals 10, White Sox 5

Junis, Flynn (6), Sparkman (8), Maurer (9) and S.Perez; Covey, Cedeno (5), Danish (6), Vieira (7), Santiago (8) and K.Smith. W_Junis 6-11. L_Covey 4-7. HRs_Kansas City, Gordon (7). Chicago, Moncada (14).

Tigers 7, Reds 4 Cin. 000 000 400 —4 11 2 Det. 020 103 01x —7 14 0 Romano, Peralta (6), Lorenzen (6), Garrett (7), D.Hernandez (7) and Casali; Fiers, VerHagen (3), Stumpf (6), Wilson (7), Coleman (7), Jimenez (8), Greene (9) and J.Hicks. W_VerHagen 2-2. L_Romano 6-9. Sv_Greene (23). HRs_ Detroit, Adduci (2).

Nationals 5, Mets 3 N.Y. 000 010 011 —3 6 2 Was. 102 000 02x —5 7 0 Syndergaard, Lugo (8) and Mesoraco; Milone, Madson (8), K.Herrera (9) and Kieboom. W_ Milone 1-0. L_Syndergaard 6-2.

Sv_K.Herrera (16). HRs_New York, Flores (10), Reyes 2 (3).

Washington, Rendon (16).

Cubs 9, Pirates 2 Chi. 420 001 020 —9 15 3 Pit. 100 000 010 —2 7 2 Hamels, Kintzler (6), Edwards Jr. (7), Duensing (8), Chatwood (9) and Contreras; Kingham, Brault (2), McRae (5), Ri.Rodriguez (8) and Cervelli. W_Hamels 6-9.

L_Kingham 5-6. HRs_Chicago, Contreras (9).

Cardinals 6, Rockies 3 Col. 002 000 001 —3 7 0 S.L. 001 101 03x —6 13 0 Freeland, Oberg (6), B.Shaw (7), McGee (8), Almonte (8) and Ian-

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after she told him they would meet elsewhere so he could drop off their son. Zach Smith pleaded not guilty last month.

A hearing has been scheduled for Friday.

Zach Smith was also accused of aggravated battery on his then-pregnant wife in 2009 while he was a graduate assistant on Meyer’s staff at Florida. The charge was dropped because of insufficient evidence. Meyer brought Smith, the grandson of late Buckeyes coach Earle Bruce, to Ohio State in 2012. Meyer worked for Bruce and considers him a

netta; Weaver, Poncedeleon (3), Gomber (6), Hudson (7), Jor. Hicks (8), Mayers (9) and Molina.

W_Gomber 1-0. L_Freeland 9-7.

Dodgers 6, Brewers 4 Mil. 101 000 020 0 —4 10 0 L.A. 000 020 200 2 —6 10 1 (10 innings) C.Anderson, Burnes (7), Jennings (7), Jeffress (8), Knebel (9), Albers (10) and Pina; Hill, Chargois (7), Alexander (8), Jansen (9), Floro (10) and Grandal. W_Floro 4-2. L_Albers 3-3. HRs_Los Angeles, Dozier (1), Grandal 2 (19).

basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Atlanta 16 10 .615 — Washington 15 11 .577 1 Connecticut 15 12 .556 1½ Chicago 10 17 .370 6½ New York 7 19 .269 9 Indiana 3 23 .115 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle Minnesota Los Angeles Phoenix Dallas Las Vegas

20 7 .741 — 15 10 .600 4 15 11 .577 4½ 16 12 .571 4½ 14 12 .538 5½ 12 14 .462 7½

Wednesday’s Games Connecticut 92, New York 77 Phoenix 104, Las Vegas 93 Thursday’s Games Dallas at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

All Times ADT

racing NASCAR Cup Schedule (winners)

Feb. 18 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Austin Dillon) Feb. 25 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. (Kevin Harvick) March 4 — Penzoil 400, Las Vegas (Kevin Harvick) March 11 — TicketGuardian 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Kevin Harvick) March 18 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Martin Truex Jr.) March 26 — STP 500, Martinsville, Va. (Clint Bowyer) April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Kyle Busch) April 15 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) April 21 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch) April 29 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. (Joey Logano) May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. (Kevin Harvick) May 12 — KC Masterpiece 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Kevin Harvick) May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open, Concord, N.C. (AJ Allmendinger) May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick) May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Kyle Busch) June 3 — Pocono 400, Lond Pond, Pa. (Martin Truex Jr.) June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Clint Bowyer) June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Martin Truex Jr.) July 1 — Overton’s 400, Joliet, Ill. (Kyle Busch) July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Erik Jones) July 14 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Martin Truex Jr.) July 22 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Loudon, N.H. (Kevin Harvick) July 29 — Gander Outdoors 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Kyle Busch)

mentor. Smith was a walk-on player when Meyer coached at Bowling Green in 2001-02.

Two police reports filed in fall 2015 in Ohio, after the Smiths separated in June of that year, accused Zach Smith of abuse. Charges were never filed.

At Big Ten media days, Meyer said he knew of the incident in 2009 and that he and Shelley Meyer addressed it with the Smiths. He was also asked about the 2015 incident alleged by Courtney Smith.

“I can’t say it didn’t happen because I wasn’t there,” he replied. “I was never told about anything and nothing ever came to light. I’ve never had a conversation about it. I know nothing about it. First I heard about that

Aug. 5 — GoBowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 12 — Consumers Energy 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 18 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sept. 2 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 9 — Big Machine Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Sept. 16 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Sept. 22 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 30 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 7 — Cup Series Race at Dover, Dover, Del. Oct. 14 — 1000Bulbs.com 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 28 — First Data 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth Nov. 11 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 18 — Ford Ecoboost 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race Points Leaders Through July 29 1. Kyle Busch, 891 2. Kevin Harvick, 843 3. Martin Truex Jr., 762 4. Joey Logano, 690 5. Clint Bowyer, 677 6. Kurt Busch, 677 7. Brad Keselowski, 644 8. Kyle Larson, 626 9. Denny Hamlin, 618 10. Ryan Blaney, 612 11. Aric Almirola, 587 12. Chase Elliott, 569 13. Jimmie Johnson, 547 14. Erik Jones, 533 15. Alex Bowman, 496 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 440 17. Paul Menard, 440 18. Ryan Newman, 408 19. Austin Dillon, 402 20. Daniel Suarez, 400

transactions BASEBALL MLB — Suspended Baltimore Orioles RHP Ruben Garcia 50-games without pay after testing positive for Amphetamine, Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Eddison Polonia 72-games without pay after testing positive for Stanozolol and Washington Nationals OF Jonathan Pryor 76-games without pay after testing positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone all in violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP Donnie Hart from Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned OF Greg Allen to Columbus (IL). Activated OF Leonys Martin.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled OF Jake Marisnick from Fresno (PCL). Optioned OF Kyle Tucker to Fresno.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Actiavted RHP Lance Lynn. Signed RHPs Osiel Rodriguez and Jose Chambuco and SS Alexander Vargas to minor league contracts.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Activated RHP Brandon Kintzler. Optioned LHP Randy Rosario to Iowa (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Designated RHP Shawn Kelley for assignment. Recalled RHP Jimmy Cordero from Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Activated DE Randy Gregory from the NFI

was last night. No, and I asked some people back at the office to call and say what happened and they came back and said they know nothing about it.”

The Smiths divorced in 2016.

Meyer is on the short list of most accomplished coaches in college football history, with three national championships and an .851 winning percentage in 16 seasons at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and now Ohio State, the team he grew up rooting for in Northeast Ohio.

Meyer won national championships with Florida in 2006 and ‘08, but his teams also had more than two dozen players get into trouble with the law.

He resigned twice at Florida, citing health reasons. First in

list.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Announced the retirement of OL Jack Mewhort.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Promoted Don Becker to executive vice president of real estate development and strategic projects; George Paton to vice president of player personnel/assistant general manager; Eric Sugarman to vice president of sports medicine/head athletic trainer; Bob Hagan to vice president of football and media communications; Jeff Anderson to vice president of strategic and corporate communications; Theresa Baugus to MVC coach and manager; Luke Burson to manager of football information systems; John Dvorak to senior account executive; Michael Huiras to senior producer, live programming; Taylar Sievert to senior graphic designer; Nick Maurer to director, corporate partnerships; Stuart Morrow to senior account executive; Sam Newton to football communications manager; Craig Peters to senior editor; Kendall Peters to manager, sales and engagement analytics; Zach Royse to social media strategist; Genette Sekse to manager, engagement and sales analytics; Jordan Struck to studio operations manager; and Nate Vaughn to senior producer, original content. Announced pro scout Jeff Robinson has transitioned to youth football development manager.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed FB Henry Poggi. Released WR Jordan Matthews.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Activated WRs Brandon Tate and Michael Floyd and TE Mich ael Hoomanawanui. Added G Don Barclay.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Awarded T Victor Salako on waivers.

Waived T Jarron Jones WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Dadi Nicolas. Waived OL Alex Balducci.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Agreed to terms with Binghamton (AHL) coach Mark Dennehy.

OLYMPIC SPORTS U.S. Anti-Doping Agency USADA — Announced U.S. cyclist Bruce Mazur received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MINNESOTA UNITED — Acquired an international roster spot from Colorado for the 2018 season for $50,000 in General Allocation Money.

COLLEGE BROWN — Promoted Matthew Culp to athletic trainer.

COLLEGE of CHARLESTON — Named Ryan McEvoy athletic communications assistant.

DOANE — Named Malcolm Pearson defensive backs coach and John Reeves offensive line coach.

FURMAN — Named Dru Duke tight ends coach.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN — Named Nate Kopunek and Stephen Walmsley men’s assistant soccer coaches, Robert Flott goalkeepers coach, Emil Laursen student assistant coach and Kiera McCormack director of men’s soccer operations.

ST. NORBERT — Named Mike Wallerich interim baseball coach.

PRESBYTERIAN — Named Jenna Handshoe women’s lacrosse coach.

WAYNE STATE (MICH.) — Named Chris Calley wide receivers coach.

YALE — Named Lashay Banks women’s assistant basketball coach.

2009 season after the Gators lost the Southeastern Conference championship game while trying to repeat as national champs. He changed his mind soon after and coached another season. The Gators went 8-5 in 2010, and after Meyer stepped down for good.

Meyer was out of coaching for a season, but was hired by Ohio State in November 2011 to replace Jim Tressel, who was fired before that season for lying to the NCAA and university of about rules violation committed by some of his players.

Since returning to coaching, Meyer’s program has been one of the most dominant in college football and his players and coaches have mostly stayed out of major trouble.

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requests. Biologists are connecting the collapse possibly to the presence of an abnormally warm patch of water in the Gulf of Alaska when this year’s sockeye first outmigrated, nicknamed as “the Blob.” They also linked the disastrously low pinks salmon returns in 2016 to the effects of the Blob.

This is the first time in recent memory the sockeye salmon fishery has been completely closed on the Kenai, said Ricky Gease, the executive director of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association. Early in the season, the association asked Fish and Game to manage the river conservatively for kings because of poor returns, and then later asked Fish and Game and Gov. Bill Walker to restrict sockeye fishing until the escapement goal had been met in the Kenai River, Gease said.

Guides and anglers will likely be targeting silver salmon in the Kenai, as silver salmon fishing opened Aug. 1, as well as pink salmon and trout, he said.

“People are also directing (anglers) to go out to salt water, and I’m sure the guys flying to the west side of the inlet are fully booked,” he said.

and additional fishing areas.

The late run is about 20 percent through the weir, based on historical run timing, and with 19,232 fish through the weir on Lower Russian Lake s of Tuesday, the run looks likely to be strong, according to the release.

Fish and Game closed the Kenai River dipnet fishery two days early and restricted in the inriver sportfishery bag limit to one sockeye instead of the usual three for the same reason.

Commercial fishing hours in Cook Inlet were cut back after Fish and Game reevaluated the sockeye run July 24 as less than 2.3 million total fish.

Both the set gillnet and drift gillnet fleets in Upper Cook Inlet will be closed Thursday to reduce Kenai River sockeye harvest, according to an emergency order issued Wednesday. As of July 30, commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet had harvested 770,042 sockeye salmon.

Sockeye runs across the Gulf of Alaska have struggled or severely underperformed Reach Elizabeth Earl at eethis season so far, leading to abrupt closures and disaster arl@peninsulaclarion.com.

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took Harrington into custody shortly after, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Megan Peters said.

Harrington had minor to moderate injuries, and was transported by emergency medical services to Providence Hospital in Anchorage.

Peters said it’s unknown if alcohol or drugs were involved

Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court: n Keegan Joseph Lake Washburn, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary, committed June 12, 2017. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years, ordered to pay restitution, fined a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, and ordered, among other conditions of probation, to have no contact with victim in this case, Kenai Middle School, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of stolen property, and to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Victoria Lynn Smith, 38, of Clam Gulch, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of thirddegree theft, committed Aug. 17, 2017. She was sentenced to 360 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Soldotna Safeway, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Tyler Douglas Barrickman, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft, one count of first-degree criminal trespass (on land, intend crime), and one count of fifth-degree criminal mischief (damage under $250), committed Mar. 24. On the count of third-degree theft, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, joint and several with co-defendant, to Pollard Wireline, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with Pollard Wireline, and placed on probation for 12 months.

On the count of first-degree criminal trespass, he forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with Pollard Wireline, and placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of fifth-degree criminal mischief, he was ordered to perform 25 hours of community work service, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with Pollard Wireline, and placed

in the incident. Results from a toxicology screen take four to eight weeks, she said.

Harrington faces a charge of first-degree robbery, two counts of first-degree vehicle theft, two counts of third-degree assault, and charges of fourth-degree assault, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest, according to the trooper dispatch.

Reach Erin Thompson at ethompson@peninsulaclarion. com. on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Tyler Barrickman, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed May 16. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Emily Rose Oskolkoff, 42, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 16. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Denyka Powell, 40, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence, one count of resisting or interfering with arrest (by force), and two counts of amended charges of seconddegree harassment, committed Oct. 8. On the count of driving under the influence, she was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $6,000 with $3,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $50 jail surcharge and $1,467 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for two years, and placed on probation for 24 months. On the count of resisting or interfering with arrest, she was ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 24 months, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 24 months. On each of the two counts of second-degree harassment, she was ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation for two months. She was ordered to pay $100 cost of appointed counsel, and all other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sarah Jean Whitaker, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed May 19. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to follow all conditions of any protective order in effect, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

Soldotna woman accused of abuse, Medicaid fraud

By ERIN THOMPSON Peninsula Clarion

A Soldotna woman has been accused of fraud and abuse of a vulnerable adult for allegedly taking Medicaid funds while allowing her charge to live in an unheated, unkempt home.

Mercedes A. Baldwin, 25, allegedly falsely reported the hours she was working as a personal care attendant for a vulnerable adult in her home, failed to provide adequate care to that adult and did not report potentially harmful treatment of the adult to authorities, according to charges filed July 16 by the Office of Special Prosecutions in Anchorage. In February 2017, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit received a report of potential neglect or abuse of a vulnerable adult after the state removed several children from Baldwin’s home over concerns about the safety and condition

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father served in the Coast Guard in Cordova between 1955 and 1965, where she was born at the end of his 10 years.

“I always grew up with the mystique of being the only Alaskan in the family,” Sounart said. “My dad told me before I came up here, ‘You’re going to go there and you’re going to love it and you’re going to stay and then we’re going to lose you.’ I said ‘No, I’ll come back.’ Dad was right. I had a roundtrip ticket back to Miami and I never used the second half.”

That summer, Sounart was hired to teach at Kenai Central High School where she’s been working ever since. She is the district coordinator for high

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the Knik Tribal Council, is running with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich.

Incumbent Lt. Gov. Byron Mallot, a Democrat, will share the independent ticket with incumbent Gov. Bill Walker.

At the forum, the candidates responded similarly to some questions.

All said they disagree with the provisions of Ballot Measure One — commonly known as the Stand for Salmon initiative — which would tighten the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s fish habitat protection regulations and has provoked intense conflict between supporting conservation interests and opposing industry groups.

The lieutenant governor’s office is responsible for certifying ballot initiatives that Alaskans submit via petition.

When the Stand for Salmon initiative was submitted in September 2017, Mallott rejected it on the grounds that it made an unconstitutional appropriation of state assets, though a court overturned that decision in October 2017. After the state appealed, the Alaska Supreme Court is set to announce a decision which may allow the initiative on the ballot if it’s issued before Sept. 5.

The prospective sale of drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — allowed after decades of controversy by an amendment that U.S Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced to the December 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act — got

Police reports n On July 28 at 12:37 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to the Pit Bar at 11857 Seward Highway in Seward for the report of an active fight.

Investigation revealed that unknown persons were involved in a fight outside the bar in the parking lot. Two employees of the Pit Bar went out to break the fight up and were punched and kicked, resulting in injuries to them. One employee was taken to Seward Providence Medical Center for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries. The suspects left prior to being identified. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Alaska State Troopers at 907262-4453.

of the home, according to court documents.

Adult Protective Services investigators found the home “uninhabitable” and “exceptionally dirty,” with garbage and rotting materials piled up, no running water due to bad pipes, no heat and carpets saturated with dog and cat feces and urine, the documents state.

The APS investigators also reported that the person had been keeping warm using the oven and an electric blanket because of the lack of heat.

Baldwin had been certified to receive Medicaid funds through a personal care attendant agency from at least January 2014 to January 2017, according to the court. Medicaid typically pays about $24 an hour for personal care, with at least half that required to go to the person performing the assistance, the documents state.

Baldwin allegedly reported providing the maximum number of hours of care allowed throughout much of 2016 and into 2017, which in some cases was as much as 45 hours per week.

Prosecutors note that time sheets were nearly identical from one week to the next, with a similar pattern of activities claimed on each.

Approved care included a variety of tasks, including bathing, dressing, grooming, housekeeping, meal preparation and laundry.

In September 2017, Medicaid fraud investigators interviewed Baldwin and reported “a strong odor” of methamphetamine in her home. Baldwin, who alleged that she recorded the maximum number of hours at the behest of the personal care attendant agency, reportedly acknowledged that she was unable to carry

out some of the activities she listed on her time sheet, such as bathing, due to the lack of water in the house.

When interviewed in June of this year, Baldwin said she didn’t alert anyone at the personal care attendant agency about the condition of her home, reportedly telling investigators that if they knew she would be in jail and the adult would have been put in an assisted living facility.

Baldwin was charged with one count of medical assistance fraud, a class A misdemeanor; second-degree endangering the welfare of a vulnerable adult, a class A misdemeanor; and failing to report harm, a class B misdemeanor. She is scheduled for arraignment Aug. 21.

school band festivals. At Kenai Central High School, Sounart teaches the concert band class, along with several extracurricular band classes like the jazz band, the pep band and the drumline. In addition to her responsibilities at Kenai Central High School, Sounart also works with the band at Kenai Middle School.

Every year for the district music festivals, a guest composer is invited to work with the school bands. Marywood University professor of music David Romines worked with Sounart and her students during their spring music festival. Not shortly after, Sounart received a call from Romines congratulating her on her citation of excellence award, which he nominated her for.

“I got to see her band perform and her work and logistical effort on the festival,”

Romines said. “It was so wellrun I just thought she needed some recognition. She’s a real advocate for the band, an easy person to work with and she’s very professional in her approach to things.”

Although Sounart is thankful for the recognition, she said her students and community are a major part of her success.

“As much as this award comes to me personally, and it does, I have to turn around and recognize these kids have all been a part of it,” Sounart said. “We have a pretty special community here. I am very blessed to be a part of a very strong music community.”

Sounart’s drumline starts Aug. 13. She created it to take the place of larger marching bands that are common in Lower 48 schools. The Kenai Central High School drumline

performs at every home football game and even does a halftime show. The drumline also marches in three local parades: the Kenai Homecoming parade, the Christmas Comes to Kenai parade and the Fourth of July parade. It’s the only marching unit in the school district, and this year’s group is the largest Sounart has ever had with 31 students.

“We live in a very blessed community financially and educational wise and it’s been good to me,” Sounart said. “On the other hand, I’ve worked hard to make that Kenai program what it is. It was pretty small when I first took it on, but I fell in love with the Kenai school and the Kenai community and I stayed.”

unanimous support from the candidates. However, Jackson called the legislation “a doubleedged sword” because it would split ANWR lease revenue 5050 between the state and federal governments, while the 1959 Alaska Statehood Act gives the state government 90 percent of lease revenue from federal land. Wright agreed, saying “we need to make sure we’re not losing when we think we’re winning.” Meyer, however, said “50 percent is better than zero percent.”

The candidates were more divided in response to another question submitted by the chamber members: ““What will need to be done to further the AK LNG Project and terminus in Nikiski?”

“I love way you word your question — it isn’t ‘Do we want it or not?’ It’s ‘How do we fast-track it?’” Grunwald responded. “Right now there’s a glut in the market for gas — we’ve got Texas and Lousiana and also Russia is selling tons of gas to China … And we definitely don’t want to deal with the Chinese. Sorry, but they’re communists, and they want to get a hold into our country, and we would be a part of that process. So we want to get private industry involved in partnership with the state.”

Jackson described the gasline plan — on which the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has spent about $5 million a month in 2018 and which has an estimated final cost around $40 billion — as “a very expensive project for hopes, and whens, and ifs.” Wright said “the project is not profitable as it sits”

and that “it’s something that at this point we need to back off on.”

Mallott and Meyer, on the other hand, agreed that the project “needs to continue on the track that it’s on,” as Mallott said.

“The market will ultimately determine the reality of this pipeline,” said Mallott. “All forecasts so far show that with the state in control and the gas supplied by the owners, with the investment potential already being finalized, that this is the final project and should be strongly supported by all Alaskans.”

Responding to those who said the project needs more private sector involvement, Myer said the savings from tax deferrals justify a state-led project.

“The Legislature is supportive of this project, and we think it will work,” Myer said. “But we haven’t seen the financial numbers to know yet if it will work or not. We don’t know who the investors are… But the reason it makes sense for the state to do this instead of the oil companies is because the state gets some tax advantages, federal tax advantages, that the private sector doesn’t. If this project’s going to work, I think the current proposal the governor has is the one that’s going to work.”

The Republican candidates all declined to support an income tax. Grunwald and Wright emphasized the need to review and cut present government spending, Meyer said the state needs to focus on attracting capital from outside, and Jackson advocated a sales tax targeted at tourists rather than

an income tax.

Mallott, who for the past four years has been part of an administration that pitched a controversial sales tax proposal in the struggle with deficit budgets in the aftermath of the late 2014 oil price crash, said the state government isn’t out of the red yet and a tax could still be called for despite the capped 5.25 percent draw from the Permanent Fund earnings reserve the Legislature allowed in May’s Senate Bill 26.

“With Senate Bill 26, we have moved a tremendous way to removing completely the budget deficit,” Mallot said.

“Depending on oil prices, which are forecast relatively flat for as long as we’re able to forecast, we will still have a deficit. Depending on oil prices, we will still have a deficit that could range anywhere from $200 million to $700 million that needs to be filled.”

Call neither supported nor renounced the idea of state income tax, saying such a decision should happen as part of a broader look at what state spending should accomplish.

“We need a fiscal plan, and one of the things we need to go forward with is to ask what level of state services do we want?” Call said. “What is the quality of education that we want? Set our priorities as a state. Because once we determine those priorities and figure out how much it’s going to cost, are we wiling to invest in our state, and how are we going to invest?”

n On July 28, Tok wildlife troopers cited Pancho Decrito, 65, of Anchorage, for failing to record fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 28, Tok wildlife troopers cited Neshat Shabanoski, 50, of Anchorage, for failing to record fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 28, Tok wildlife troopers cited Jorge Azpilcueta Villa, 54, of Anchorage, for failing to record fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 28, Tok wildlife troopers cited Philip Kelley, 31, of Anchorage, for failing to record fish caught during a per-

sonal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 28, Tok wildlife troopers cited Laura Minerva, 32, of Fairbanks, for failing to record fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court.

On July 28, Tok wildlife troopers cited William Sparr, 65, of Anchorage, for failing to record fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 27, Tok Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Kevin Ivanoff, 44, of Anchorage, for failing to record fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 27, Tok wildlife troopers cited John Galley, 77, of Soldotna, for failing to record

fish caught during a personal use fishery. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 27, Fairbanks Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Whitney Andersen, 28, of Anchorage, for failing to record all harvested salmon on the 2018 Upper Cook Inlet personal use fishing permit before concealing fish from plain view and taking fish from the fishing site. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court. n On July 27, Fairbanks wildlife troopers cited Richard Baranow, 58, of Eagle River, for failing to record all harvested salmon on his 2018 Upper Cook Inlet personal use fishing permit before concealing fish from plain view and taking fish from the fishing site. Bail was set at $110 in Kenai District Court.

Reach Erin Thompson at ethompson@peninsulaclarion. com.

Reach Victoria Petersen at vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. com.

Reach Ben Boettger at bboettger@peninsulaclarion. com.

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Kasilof dipnet fishery hot, silvers reach the Kenai Weekend Almanac

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

Friday

Tuesday night brought a ray of sunshine, a high tide and a fresh bloom of fish into the mouth of the Kasilof River, straight into the nets of the fishermen waiting for them.

The personal-use dipnet fishermen lined both the north and south shores of the mouth and hardly a minute passed without one or two bounding out of the water with a fish in the net. Most of them were sockeye, with the occasional pink salmon or arrowtooth flounder tossed in. Almost as soon as the dipnetter freed the salmon, bonked or gilled it and cut the tail fins to mark it as a personal-use fish, he or she went back into the water so as not to miss the pulse coming through the river.

For the Pate family, it was a group effort. When Michael or Onya Pate hauled in a salmon from the river, they’d be met on the beach by daughter Aliah Schouweiler and son Epic, offering a bonker or a set of hands to carry the fish up the beach while the parents headed back out into the water.

The Kasilof River dipnet fishery usually plays second fiddle to the Kenai River dipnet, where the sockeye run is typically much larger, but not this year. A particularly poor sockeye run to the Kenai led the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to close the dipnet fishery two days early and restrict the sport and commercial fisheries, hoping to boost sockeye salmon passage to the Kenai. Effective Saturday, sockeye fishing will be completely closed on the Kenai River, with the exception of the area around the confluence of the Russian River.

The Kasilof, meanwhile, is seeing enough sockeye at a steady pace to meet its escapement goal. As of Tuesday, 299,092 sockeye had passed Fish and Game’s sonar on the Kasilof, well into the goal range.

Though most of the mainstem Kenai is closed to sockeye fishing, the Russian River’s late run is just getting going. As of Tuesday, 19,232 fish had passed the weir on Lower Russian Lake, with daily passage rate of more than 1,000 fish since July 26. Fish and Game is projecting the run to be greater than 70,000 fish, according to an announcement issued Wednesday.

Silver salmon fishing is also getting going on the Kenai River. Fish and Game doesn’t count the silver salmon the Kenai River with a sonar, but they typically start showing up in the river

67/50 High tides: 8:01 a.m.

8:33 p.m.

Low tides: 2:13 a.m.

3:05 p.m.

15.6 feet 17.3 feet 4.0 feet 4.8 feet

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Saturday

65/53 High tides: 8:59 a.m.

9:23 p.m.

Low tides: 3:09 a.m.

3:05 p.m.

14.5 feet 17.0 feet 4.0 feet 4.8 feet

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Sunday in late July and August and continue running into September and October.

Ray DeBardelaben, guide and owner of Long Live the Kings, said the silver fishing was the best he’d seen it for Aug. 1 on the Kenai, despite the poor runs of sockeye and king salmon this season.

“There’s some silvers out there around to be caught,” he said. “I had some guys get close to the limit today.”

There are pink salmon to be had, too. Pink salmon are fairly numerous in the Kenai River, though also not enumerated, returning largely in late July and August. They aren’t as popular to fish for as sockeye, silvers and kings, but have a bag limit of six per day with six in possession for fish 16 inches or longer and 10 per day with 10 in possession for smaller fish, and the season is yearround. Trout fishing will heat up as the summer ages into fall, too, in both the central peninsula and lower peninsula streams and lakes.

Reach Elizabeth Earl at eearl@peninsulaclarion.com.

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10:29 p.m.

Low tides: 4:16 a.m.

4:12 p.m.

13.8 feet 17.0 feet 3.8 feet 5.9 feet

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Fish Counts

Protect the banks!

Kenai River late run kings: The daily sonar passage estimate for Tuesday was 488 kings. The cumulative estimate through July 31 is 9,879.

Kasilof sockeye: Monday: 8,268 Tuesday: 8,526 Since June 15: 299,092 Russian sockeye: Monday: 2,188 Tuesday: 1,420 Since July 15: 19,232 Kenai sockeye: Monday: 14,879 Tuesday: 18,579 Since July 1: 453,136 — Alaska Department of Fish and Game

It’s salmon fishing season, and that means lots of anglers will be hitting the river banks. All that foot traffic can lead to damage, which provide habitat for juvenile salmon. Erosion can also send large amounts of silt into the water. In large river systems like the Kenai River, an estimated 80 percent of young chinook salmon are within 6 feet of the bank when water velocities are less than 1 foot per second, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. To prevent vegetation damage and erosion, use access stairways where possible, wear your backpack or stash gear on a platform rather than on the bank and don’t walk through fenced off or marked revegetation areas.

Lower Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede: Friday: North wind, 20 knots, seas 5 feet.

Saturday: Southwest wind, 15 knots, seas 3 feet.

Sunday: Southwest wind, 10 knots, seas 3 feet.

— National Weather Service

Marine Forecast

TOP: Michael Pate of Soldotna hoists a sockeye salmon out of the Kasilof River on Tuesday in Kasilof. (Photos by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion) MIDDLE: Lawrence Merley of Soldotna hauls in his dipnet with two sockeye salmon from the Kasilof River on Tuesday in Kasilof.

BOTTOM: A sockeye salmon caught in a dipnet from the Kasilof River lies on the beach on Tuesday in Kasilof.

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What’s Happening Events and Exhibitions n The Kenai Fine Art Center will host a First Thursday opening reception from 5–7 p.m. Aug. 2 for its August exhibit, "Art Quilts Extraordinaire," a judged show with multiple Alaksan fiber artists. The reception features live music, is free and open to the public. The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oiler's Bingo Hall in downtown Kenai. n ARTspace Drawer is on display at the Soldotna Library, the first annual collection of locally created 2D art. The first of its kind in Alaska, this display is made possible by a partnership between Soldotna Rotary, ARTspace Inc., and the Soldotna Public Library. n The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra begins its summer concert series this week. The performances are scheduled as follows: —Aug. 2: Flute trio at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 12–1 p.m.

—Aug. 3: Ragtime piano by Maria Allison, 12 p.m., Already Read Books, Kenai ­­—Aug. 3: Soldotna Chamber Concert, Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church, 7:30–9 p.m.

—Aug. 5: Homer Chamber Concert, Faith Lutheran Church, 7:30-9 p.m.

—Aug. 8: U.S. Navy Woodwind trio, Kenai Public Library, 11:30 a.m.

—Aug. 9: Anchorage Bowl Chamber Orchestra, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Kenai, 12 p.m.

—Aug. 9: U.S. Navy Woodwind trio, Soldotna Public Library, 4 p.m.

—Aug. 10: Homer Gala Performance, Homer Mariner Theater, 7:30–9 p.m.

—Aug. 11: Kenai Gala Performance, Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School, 7:30–9 p.m.

For more information, visit kpoalaska.com or call 2354899.

Entertainment n The Vagabond Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has live music Friday and Saturday nights. n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725. n The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. n The Goody2Shoes Dancehall and Cafe at Milepost 132.6 Sterling Hwy in Ninilchik will have live music Saturday from the Tune Weavers Band between 6–9 p.m. Doors open at 5. Serving great food, beer and wine. To see the complete weekly schedule, www.goody2shoes.us or call 907-252-6326 for more information. The Goody2Shoes is a nonsmoking establishment. n Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays starting at 5 p.m. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction.

Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, See HAPPENING, page B2

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“Two little maids from Skagway” looking southwest down Main Street, circa summer 1898. Mollie Brackett, left, and Mrs. Tuckerman sit on a wood stave pipe, which was about to be installed on Main Street, possibly at the cross street of 3rd Ave. Tuckerman is holding a woodbox camera probably similar to the one Brackett used. (Courtesy Photo | National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Brackett Family Collection, BRSGY089, KLGO SP-143-5368)

Mollie Brackett’s lost photo album Historic collection shows history of Southeast Alaska during Gold Rush

By KARL GURCKE For the Capital City Weekly

I have mentioned before how history sometimes seems to fall into our respective laps completely out of the blue. This was certainly the case a number of years ago when Mary (otherwise known as Mollie) Montgomery Brackett’s truly amazing gold rush photographic album did just that.

Mollie’s photographic album is amazing in three ways, first, that it even survived the over 100 years since it was put together being in such a fragile condition, second for its contents, an all embracing snapshot in the life of Skagway citizens during the Klondike gold rush of 1898-1899, and third for how it was rediscovered.

The Bracketts

Mollie Brackett was married to Tom Brackett, one of George Augustus Brackett’s seven sons.

From almost the start of the Klondike gold rush, the 61-year old George Brackett, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota and experienced railway builder, was a major player in Skagway’s early history and one of the prime movers and shakers about town. George Brackett arrived in gold rush Skagway intent on profiting by provisioning the horde of

prospectors then invading the town. One of his sons preceded him to Skagway and started Brackett’s Trading Post, a small building which still survives to this day and is now located on the east side of Broadway just a bit north of Fifth Avenue. Selling groceries and general merchandise, the Bracketts soon out grew this building and built a large two-story store, office and home on the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Main Street – the “Mansion House” as Mollie called it. The family also became involved in enterprises in both Atlin and Dawson but George Brackett soon realized that easy transportation to the Yukon was vital for Skagway’s economic survival and it could also be highly profitable. So Mr. Brackett started construction of the Brackett Wagon Road that turned out to be a major engineering feat.

When completed, it ran north from Skagway to White Pass City. Then it turned into a sled road from White Pass City to the Summit of White Pass and finally a trail that continued to Bennett, British Columbia.

In order to help him with his various enterprises, George Brackett called upon his seven sons and so on Feb. 4, 1898 The Skagway News reported that “Mr. and Mrs. T. T. [Thomas Thayer] Brackett are recent additions to Skaguay. Mr.

“Dear old Tom just as he was” looking southeast, circa August 1898. Tom Brackett standing on the west side of the Skagway River Valley with the valley floor below and the mountains surrounding Skagway behind him. Tom Brackett died of Typhoid fever on Feb. 26, 1901 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This note indicates that Mollie Brackett probably assembled her album sometime after Tom’s death. (Courtesy Photo | National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Brackett Family Collection, BRWHP184, KLGO WP-23-5366.)

Brackett is the son of George A. Brackett; Mrs. Brackett is an accomplished musician.”

Born into a prosperous musical family in 1870, Mollie grew up singing and playing the piano.

In her 20s she became a voice

teacher. When she started taking photographs is unknown, but it may have started with her arrival in Skagway.

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Heavens’ spirit/Earth’s land

By Bonnie Marie Playle

I love the breath of ownership, much more meaningful than friendship.

This ownership comes from Heaven, what a blessing I’ve been given.

This spirit is the breath of life; I’ll always be His, to His delight.

He keeps me on a path that’s straight and right.

All thru life, He has my back; if I forget, I’ll feel a gentle nudge by this action, I hold NO grudge.

I ask Him to take me where I”m supposed to go; if I listen, the advice will unfold.

Please get me in touch with people to meet; help my attitude to be nice and sweet.

Make my words be Yours’ spoken; have others see that our relationship is strong not broken.

When my days on earth are gone I’ll return to dust and with love be looked upon.

Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

‘Mission: Impossible–Fallout’ is annoyingly good, by the book R eeling It In C hris J enness “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” One has got to wonder — and I realize I’m not exactly unique in this observation — whether or not Tom Cruise has an actual death wish.

For a good part of his career, the obsessive actor has enjoyed doing many of his own stunts, but that quirk has taken on a life of its own with the “Mission: Impossible” movies. Last year he strapped himself on to the side of a plane. The year before that he climbed outside on the world’s tallest building. This year he takes a stratospheric sky dive and flies a helicopter after climbing a rope to the cockpit while airborne. That’s not to mention the motorcycle riding and roof jumping he does, one of which actually caused him a broken leg.

The guy is over 50 and is in far better shape than I am. Maybe he uses $100 bills as a This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows Tom Cruise in “Mission: ImposSee REEL, page B2 sible – Fallout.” (Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures)

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Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. nThe Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Satur- days.

Markets, Fairs and Bazaars n Local farmers markets will be held across the Kenai Peninsula this summer. Locations are as follows: —The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank hosts the Farmers Fresh Market on Tuesdays from 3–5 p.m. through Aug. 29.

—The Homer Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 10 a.m.– 3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2 p.m.–5 p.m. through Sept.

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—The Soldotna Saturday Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. in the lot next to Soldotna Elementary School on the Kenai Spur Highway.

— Ninilchik Farmers Market is open Mondays, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik July 2–30. n The Sterling Community Center is launching a new summer event, the “Sterling Friday Market,” beginning June 15 and continuing on every Friday through July. Spaces will be available for $10. The market will offer fruit and vegetable vendors, crafters, vendors, and second hand booths. Plus, entertainment for the kids. For more information call 2627224. n Music in the Park and the Wednesday Markets will run in Soldotna Creek Park on the Sterling Highway in Soldotna every Wednesday from June 6–Aug. 29, with music beginning a 6 p.m. A beer and wine garden is available for those 21 or older. The market opens at 11 a.m. n Kenai Saturday Market is open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., in the Kenai Visitor & Cultural Center parking lot, 11471 Kenai Spur Highway, through Sept. 1.

Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 or visit http://www.orcatheater.com for listings and times. n Visit Kenai Cinema at www.catheatres.com for listings and times.

Down the Road

n The Pratt Museum in Homer is from noon-5 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday. Fo more information, call 907-435-3334, or go online at www.prattmuseum.org Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com.The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.

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has to remain relatively close to Cruise the entire time. McQuarrie has a good sense as to how an action sequence should be put together, and Cruise — who produces these films — has had plenty of experience.

Between them, “Fallout” is a pretty thrilling ride.

There’s no question that this movie is entertaining. And it’s not dumb entertaining, the kind where you’ll have a great time as long as you turn off your brain. No, the plot may be convoluted, but it’s thought out. It’s funny, it has heart — all the pieces come together.

I guess I’m just a little concerned by how absolutely by the numbers it is. There are no real surprises here. Simon Pegg reliably brings the funny, just as teddy bear Ving Rhames brings the heart. You can guess how the story’s going to go, even if you don’t know all the twists and turns it’ll take to get there. And by now, even the characters in the film are starting to look at Ethan Hunt as some sort of unbreakable Superman. I don’t know exactly what’s wrong with all that, especially considering how much I like the Marvel movies, which have been accused of the same kind of “sameness,” but a part of me wants this series to take some risks. No, I don’t need an Rrated, gritty “Mission: Impossible,” but I don’t want to be spoon-fed, either. Ethan Hunt is much more interesting when he’s grappling with the weight of his impetuosity, doubting, instead of having nearly every character telling him that he will always be there to protect the world. There used to be other IMF teams — it was a large organization with worldwide resources. In this film you get the idea that Hunt and his rag tag bunch are it.

I liked this movie. I did. I’ll probably even see it again. It’s going to make plenty of money and probably fund even more interesting Tom Cruise projects in the future. But let’s shake it up a little for the next one, which, let’s face it, will probably feature Cruise landing on the actual moon. Grade: A“Mission: Impossible — Fallout” is rated PG-13 for action violence and brief language.

of today, taking pictures with the new amateur cameras that became available in the late 1890s from Eastman Kodak and other companies became quite the rage.

They even had a name for it: Kodakery The Hawkeye Junior Camera advertised in the 1897 Sears, Roebuck catalog may have been the kind of camera Mollie Brackett used.

That camera measured 4¼ by 4½ by 6 inches and weighed about 20 ounces and was covered with black grain leather. It had the ability to do time exposures and could hold both roll film and small glass plates. It took a picture measuring 3½ by 3½ inches. The speed of the lens could be regulated, which means it could take pictures in weak lighting conditions such as indoors. Price of the camera without the film was $7.20 while the price of a roll of sunlight film (12 exposures) was, 55 cents (that is around $208.80 and $15.95 in today’s dollars).

There are several pictures in Mollie’s album of others holding similar looking cameras.

On the front cover of Mollie’s worn black album is embossed the word PHOTOGRAPHS and inside, inscribed in fading ink but with a bold feminine hand is written “Mary Montgomery Brackett, Skagway, Alaska, begins in 1898.” The album contains hundreds of small, oddly trimmed blue images pasted on the album’s crumbling, yellowed pages. These are cyanotype images. Cyanotype is a contact printing process (the print is the same size as the negative – in other words not enlarged) that was popular among amateur photographers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries because they could make their own inexpensive prints with sunlight and water, without a darkroom or an enlarger, although the roll of film negatives had to be conventionally processed. Mollie and her friend Mrs. Tuckerman probably made their own prints from film possibly developed by Mr. Tuckerman (who was apparently also an amateur photographer) or by one of the professional photography studios in town.

cushion every time he jumps out a window.

His latest effort, the sixth installment of the series, “Fallout” is undeniably entertaining Glimpses of the past and hits the marks perfectly.

What is unusual about the In fact, by this time, Cruise images is that they have all reand co. — including returntained their color and clarity ing writer/director Christopher because they have been kept in McQuarrie — hit the nail on their original album, mostly in the head so many times it althe dark and in fairly good enmost feels calculated. This film vironmental conditions. What really feels like someone in a is also unusual about the photopitch meeting said, “Let’s go graphs is that below most of the back and look at all the other images, Mollie has written cap‘Mission: Impossibles’ and tions. Mollie’s album gives us James Bond movies and pick precious glimpses into the past, out the specific moments that like personal letters and diaries. people really like and just make Most professionally made phoa movie out of those.” And as tographs of the late 19th cenmuch as I want to be annoyed tury were carefully composed at yet another car chase down on the ground glass of a large a wrong way street or a bomb wood view camera mounted on deactivation that goes down to a sturdy tripod. These needlethe last second, these guys obviously know what they’re doing because it works.

In this film, Cruise, as überagent Ethan Hunt, is tasked with taking down the remains

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY of the Syndicate (from the last movie, now calling themselves Associated Press The Apostles) before they can use some rogue plutonium to NEW ORLEANS — Huge blow up three of the world’s sculptures of sea life are dotted major religious sites. In doing about New Orleans’ aquarium so, he has to rely on his old and zoo , all of them made team and cross paths with a from plastic trash that washed couple of characters he never ashore. There’s a great white thought he’d see again. One, shark made partly of bottle Ilsa (played by Rebecca Fergucaps and beach toys and a jelson) is on his side — he hopes lyfish made mostly of cut-up — and the other, the nefarious water bottles.

Solomon Lane, is decidedly The artwork, part of a projnot. ect called Washed Ashore : Art Also joining the cast is CIA to Save the Sea, is the creation brawler and assassin August of Angela Haseltine Pozzi, who Walker, played by Superman started making the pieces after himself — Henry Cavill. I seeing plastic heaped by the like Cavill quite a bit and am waves onto Oregon’s southern glad he is getting rave reviews coast. Pozzi was in the town of for this film, considering the Bandon, where her grandparhate directed toward “Justice ents had lived, mourning her League” and “Batman v Sufirst husband’s death. perman.” Those are not great “I’d known its beaches all movies, but its certainly not my life,” she said. “I went to his fault. Here he cuts quite the ocean to heal and found an imposing figure, especially that the ocean needed healconsidering how much taller ing.” he is than Cruise.

She wants the scale of her As usual, the plot in these creations to make people refilms is convoluted, complialize just how much plastic cated and largely unnecesgets into the ocean — and to sary at least, if quality action act on that knowledge. Signs set-pieces is all you came for. next to each piece suggest sim“Fallout” does not disappoint. ple ways to reduce the probThe aforementioned sky divlem, such as not using plastic ing sequence is amazing, esChris Jenness is an art straws, re-using water bottles, pecially considering the cam- teacher and movie buff who and picking up other people’s eraman is also sky diving and lives in Nikiski. litter.

sharp images generally were formally posed and seldom show the spontaneity reflected by the humble snapshots made by the amateurs. The sharpness and clarity of the snapshots from the pages of Mollie’s gold rush photo album do not begin to match the quality of professional photographs of the day, yet they offer us priceless windows into the past. They show us the forgotten faces of people who, without these pictures, might be lost to history. They show us places that for some reason were forgotten by the professional photographers.

They bring life to the past the way no professional image can. Mollie’s album provides a snapshot into her life with family and friends here in Skagway during the Klondike gold rush.

For example, there’s a picture of “Oscar after the horse kicked him” with his whole left side bulging out from his face. Boy, that must have hurt!

Then there’s “Two little maids from Skagway” with Mollie and Mrs. Tuckerman sitting on a wood stave water pipe about to be installed in Main Street.

Mollie was not the only woman with a camera, as her friend also had a small box camera.

Another picture shows “The way we slept at the Summit, six in a bed, July 1898.” This was taken at the summit of the White Pass and all you see is a sea of blankets outlining human sized lumps inside of a tent.

Mollie seemed to like to take pictures of people asleep because there are also two photographs of hospital patients in beds, another picture of the railroad strikers sleeping in the Presbyterian Church, and a photograph I particularly like, of George Brackett, the patriarch of the Brackett clan and a major figure in gold rush Skagway, sound asleep on the couch in his home on Main Street.

Then there is the photograph of two men holding up “A huge halibut caught near Skagway, 1898.” The halibut is taller than the men.

Then there is a picture of “Old Bob, one of the few survivors [of] the original trail horses’ – a small, rather pathetic looking horse that apparently survived the horrors of the Dead Horse Trail. Mollie seemed to have an affinity for the pack animals for she documented the overloaded horses, burros, goats, and dogs on the White Pass Trail. She also photographed the dead horses in the Skagway River near town on April 1899.

‘Just as he was’

One of the most poignant images in the album is a photograph of Mollie’s husband, Tom Brackett. A young man dressed for an excursion with his bow tie slightly askew and looking at the photographer, his wife, with the towering mountains surrounding him and the Skagway River well below.

Mollie wrote the caption to this fine snapshot of Tom: “Dear old Tom just as he was, August 1898” underlining “was.” Tom

“Writing desk corner – south-east / Father asleep on couch” circa 1898-1900. This room was probably on the second floor of the two-story Brackett’s Trading Post, otherwise known as the “Mansion House,” located on the northwest corner of 3rd Avenue and Main Street in Skagway. (Courtesy Photo | National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Brackett Family Collection, BRSGY049, KLGO BI-45-5246)

Brackett died of Typhoid fever on Feb. 26, 1901 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This indicates that Mollie probably put the album together sometime after Tom’s death although exactly how long after is unknown.

Sorely undercapitalized from the start, George Brackett built his wagon road but his dream of a railroad was crushed by the British-financed White Pass & Yukon Route, who bought him out. After that, and with the gold rush excitement over, the Bracketts left town.

Tom Brackett presumably along with Mollie left Skagway on Oct. 14, 1900, never to return. After Tom’s death Mollie lived the life of a widow but stayed in the West. Mollie Brackett died in La Jolla, California (near San Diego) on July 22, 1939.

Superintendent of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway, who in turn mentioned the album’s existence to David Curl.

Curl, a photography professor at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, had worked for the park as a seasonal interpreter for a number of years beginning in 1993 and most recently helped digitize the park’s newly acquired Rapuzzi collection of historical photographs in 2007.

Curl went to Anchorage in the spring of 1995, and (with Tom Morgan’s help) photographed just over 300 of the still-pristine cyanotype images and their captions with his Nikon FM-2 film camera and macro lens on a makeshift copy stand in a back room of the Anchorage public TV station (this was before digital scanning). So today we have a record of what ordiOrdinary life nary life in Skagway and on the What happened to her album White Pass Trail was like durfor the next several decades is ing those exciting years of the unknown.

Klondike gold rush.

Then it surfaced in the trunk of a car repossessed by a southKarl Gurcke is a Skagway ern California auto salesman historian who works at the Nanamed Robert Wilson, Robert tional Park Service. He can be gave the album to his brother, reached at karl_gurcke@nps.

Richard, who passed it on to gov. a friend’s daughter Pattilyn Information for this proDrewery, who lived in Alaska. gram was supplied by a book After Pattilyn’s untimely entitled One Woman’s Gold death in 1991, her family, Rush: Snapshots from Mollie knowing that she treasured the Brackett’s Lost Photo Album, album because of its histori- 1898-1899 by Cynthia Brackcal value, gave it to Pattilyn’s ett Driscoll and Dave Curl, close friend, Pat Worcester. Pat, published in 1996. If you have knowing that Anchorage Public or know about a photograph Television station KAKM was album like Mollie’s or know looking for pictures of the gold of any letters, diaries or other rush for a Centennial docu- information pertaining to Skagmentary they were planning, way’s history, please email the brought the album to the atten- author. An earlier version of tion of Tom Morgan, a produc- this article was read over the er and director for the station. air on KHNS, the Haines public Tom contacted Clay Alderson, radio station.

New Orleans features sea creature sculptures made of trash “Every piece of trash picked up and properly disposed of is a piece that will not cause harm to local environments and animals,” states the sign for “Greta the Great White Shark.”

Pozzi’s aim is art that is “beautiful, and a little horrifying.”

An army of volunteers in Oregon — about 10,000 since Pozzi started in 2010 — help her collect, prepare and assemble the beach trash into art.

One of their wash-basins for plastic is a bathtub also found on the beach.

She now has more than 70 pieces in three exhibitions currently traveling the U.S., and has requests from overseas. Her work has been displayed at zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens, and she has permanent exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and a gallery in Bandon.

The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is currently showing six sculptures, while one of a puffin is on display at the Audubon Zoo; more pieces will be added to both locations in October.

In addition to the shark and two jellyfish sculptures, there’s a walk-through whale ribcage made with bucket lids,

bottles, buoys and bait traps; a marlin with a beak made of fishing rods; and percussive “Musical Seaweed.” That statue’s long leaves include metal and plastic bottle caps strung on wires so they rattle when a leaf is hit lightly.

Robert and Lauryn Geosits of Mandeville, Louisiana, were visiting with their three children.

“This is such a great idea for people to visualize just how much trash is in the ocean,” said Lauryn Geosits.

Her husband read from a sign while their baby slept in a stroller and Chelsea, 7, and Preston, 8, searched the shark for the items he named: “There’s a toy car bumper, bottle caps, beach toys, a lighter ...”

Asked about the strangest piece she’s used, Pozzi said: “When you’ve processed more than 21 tons of debris into more than 70 pieces of art you’ve seen pretty much everything.”

“One of the most shocking are bleach bottles that have bite marks from fish,” Pozzi said.

A fish made entirely of fish-bitten plastic is among the pieces to be added in October.

Most of the pieces coming

to New Orleans this fall are on display at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, including a river otter, a seahorse and a clownfish in an anemone.

“We are very sad to see them go, because they’ve been very successful,” said Tynnetta Qaiyim (KY-im), vice president for planning and design at Shedd.

She said the response has been far beyond what she expected, both in the number of pictures patrons have posted on social media and in increased conservation awareness.

Qaiyim had thought the exhibit might be more interesting to coastal residents, but said it also connects Midwesterners to the Great Lakes.

“People are talking about plastics and the Great Lakes and the waterways in a way that we were hoping for but not really sure it would happen,” she said.

In New Orleans, the sculptures are in a variety of places and will stay up through April.

“Look! A jellyfish! A jellyfish!” Elliot Harold of Chalmette shouted as he approached a stairway below one of Pozzi’s creations.

“It’s the only thing he’s liked all day,” said his grandmother, Gera Mendel.

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The Dan Patrick Show (N) Undeniable Bar Rescue ‘PG’ Bar Rescue ‘PG’ (:12) Bar Rescue Varied Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Mom ‘14’ Mom ‘14’ Stooges M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H (9:50) “Groundhog Day” (1993) Bill Murray, Chris Elliott. (:20) “Caddyshack” (1980) Chevy Chase. (:25) “Lethal Weapon 3” (1992) Stooges M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H (9:55) “Pulp Fiction” (1994) John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson.

(12:55) “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” (2011) Robert Downey Jr. Stooges Stooges (8:50) “Heist” (2015, Action) Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

(10:50) “The River Wild” (1994) Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon. (:20) “The Gambler” (2014) Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman.

“Field of Dreams” (1989) Kevin Costner.

(9:55) “The River Wild” (1994) Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon. (:25) “Summer Rental” (1985) John Candy. (:25) “The Great Outdoors” (1988) Stooges (:25) “Superman Returns” (2006) Brandon Routh. The Man of Steel faces Lex Luthor.

(11:55) “Hancock” (2008, Action) Will Smith.

(1:55) “Men in Black II” (2002) Will Smith Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Summer Unikitty ‘Y7’ Craig Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Summer Unikitty ‘Y7’ Craig Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Summer Unikitty ‘Y7’ Craig (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Summer Unikitty ‘Y7’ Craig Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans Unikitty ‘Y7’ Teen Titans Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare Unikitty ‘Y7’ Summer Unikitty ‘Y7’ Craig Unikitty ‘Y7’ Gumball (:15) Teen Titans Go! ‘PG’ Unikitty ‘Y7’ We Bare My Cat From Hell ‘PG’ Hope for Wildlife Bondi Vet Bondi Vet Animal Cops Houston Animal Cops Houston Pit Bulls and Parolees Pit Bulls and Parolees Lone Star Law Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven Big City Bizaardvark Andi Mack Stuck Stuck Bunk’d ‘Y7’ Bunk’d ‘G’ DuckTales Big City Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven Big City Bizaardvark Andi Mack Stuck Stuck Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ DuckTales Big City Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven Big City Bizaardvark Andi Mack Stuck Stuck Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ DuckTales Big City Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘Y7’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven Big City Bizaardvark Andi Mack Stuck Stuck Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ DuckTales Big City Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Raven Big City Bizaardvark Andi Mack Stuck Stuck Bunk’d ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ DuckTales Big City Bizaardvark Bizaardvark Jessie ‘G’ Jessie ‘G’ Bunk’d ‘G’ Peppa Pig Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House Peppa Pig Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House Peppa Pig Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House Peppa Pig Bubble Bubble PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Blaze PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol Top Wing PAW Patrol PAW Patrol PAW Patrol SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Rise-Turtles Loud House The Nanny 700 Club The 700 Club Reba ‘PG’ Reba ‘PG’ Reba ‘PG’ Reba ‘PG’ The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle The Middle How I Met How I Met Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Four Weddings ‘PG’ Four Weddings ‘PG’ American Gypsy Wedding American Gypsy Wedding Rattled ‘PG’ Rattled ‘PG’ Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Four Weddings ‘PG’ Four Weddings ‘PG’ American Gypsy Wedding American Gypsy Wedding Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes My 600-Lb. Life Alicia fears her food addiction. ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ My 600-Lb. Life ‘PG’ Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Four Weddings ‘PG’ American Gypsy Wedding American Gypsy Wedding Four Weddings Four St. Louis brides compete. ‘PG’ Say Yes: ATL Say Yes Say Yes Four Weddings ‘PG’ Four Weddings ‘PG’ American Gypsy Wedding American Gypsy Wedding

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ABC News at (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live 10 (N) (N) ‘14’

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KTVA Nightcast Anger Management ‘14’

(:35) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ‘PG’ Two and a TMZ (N) ‘PG’ Half Men ‘14’

Pawn Stars “Fork It Over” (6) MNT ‘PG’ James Cor (8) CBSden Entertainment Tonight (9) FOX

Fox 4 News at 9 (N) Dateline NBC ‘PG’

Channel 2 News: Late Edition (N) American Masters This Is Bob Hope ... The career of entertainer Bob Hope. ‘PG’

Impractical Jokers ‘14’

(:34) The Tonight Show Star- (:37) Late ring Jimmy Fallon (N) ‘14’ Night With (10) NBC Seth Meyers Rick Steves’ Amanpour on NHK NewsDelicious PBS (N) line (12) PBS Europe ‘G’

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Clarion TV

July 29 - August 4, 2018

B6 | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Peninsula Clarion

Policeman dismayed by mom using him to discipline child DEAR ABBY: The media give us stories of racial conflict and the shooting of police officers almost daily, and every reporter and news anchor proposes solutions. As a Hispanic police officer in a small city, I have an observation.

I was having lunch the other day with two other officers. Sitting across from us was a young mom whose child was throwing a temper tantrum. I overheard her say, “If you don’t behave, I’m going to give you to those police officers and let them beat you!”

Abby, my parents taught me the police were my friends -- people I could go to if I had a problem. We work hard to interact with the community. I wonder how many other tired and frustrated parents have made their children afraid of the police and created distrust.

Like so many other “social problems,” maybe a lot of this really starts with how parents teach their children.

-- POLICE ARE MY FRIENDS DEAR POLICE OFFICER: It is the parents’ responsibility to discipline their children; it is not the job of the police! It is a huge mistake for parents to instill fear of authority figures in their children, because a day may come when the kid needs help from one of them.

And by the way, this doesn’t happen only with law enforcement officers. I have heard of

children who are terrified of doctors because their mothers threatened them by saying if they misbehaved, “the doctor would give them a shot.” To say these are prime examples of poor parenting is putting it mildly.

DEAR ABBY: I have lived next door to my late husband “Jack’s” 86-year-old mother for the last 26 years. Abigail Van Buren Jack died seven years ago.

Recently, she asked for my help changing an overhead light bulb. When she thanked me, I responded, “That’s what family is for!” She looked at me with a puzzled expression and finally said, “Hmm ... I guess we are family, in a way.”

I replied: “Your son and I were married 25 years.

You’re the grandmother of our children. I’m pretty sure that makes us family.” She then informed me she had stopped being my mother-in-law when Jack died.

I always thought she would remain my mother-inlaw until I remarried, if ever. Abby, I confess, I was not only floored by her remark, but also hurt. She used

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tial and is likely to have a profound effect on you. On the other hand, it appears that friends want your company. Get into the swing of the moment. Say “yes.” Tonight: Live it up.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Take charge of an important situation that affects you, possibly at work or in your personal life.

An adjustment or change might influence a loved one much more than you think. Make time for a talk. Just listening to this person helps him or her. Tonight: The spotlight is on you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Reach out to a loved one at a distance. You might have had your hands full dealing with a matter that affects your day-to-day life.

You might want to reorganize your schedule and at the same time avoid a power play. Tonight: Listen to some information, possibly even gossip.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You keep reaching out to a key person in your life. You grow through this relationship. You often transform your ideas because of the people who surround you. A child could be unusually demanding.

Don’t do anything you don’t want to do. Tonight: Spend time at home.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You cannot count on people lying back and doing nothing.

Others will come to you and ask you for what they want. You have a choice as to how to handle it. You know how to answer difficult questions without offending the other party. Tonight: Paint the town red with friends.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could be twisting and turning through a situation mentally as you try to find an appropriate response that makes you and others happy. Understand that

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to always tell me I was the daughter she’d always wanted, but since Jack passed away, it has been painfully obvious it was never true.

So who is right? Is she still my mother-in-law? Or is she now my “ex”?

-- UNWANTED “DAUGHTER” DEAR UNWANTED: Jack’s mother appears to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease. From your description of what happened, I don’t think she meant to appear rejecting. I think she may have been genuinely puzzled because she thought her in-law relationship with you ended with her son’s death. I am sure she was sincere when she said she loves you like the daughter she never had.

Revisit this with her and tell her how it made you feel. You both need to clear the air.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.

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Hints from Heloise

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018: This year you will not stand on ceremony; instead, you’ll take action.

Others could be taken aback by your more assertive nature. You experience life and its issues with unusual clarity. You will note a change in your friendships and romantic relationships. If you are single, the person you choose this year might be passionate and fun. Still, wait a year for a commitment. If you are attached, the two of you can be found giggling together or off on a date. Your sense of well-being is enhanced by the presence of your sweetie. ARIES understands your passion and impulsiveness.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You inadvertently might drift into someone else’s power play. Once you’re drawn in, you might not have the control you desire. Be aware of others and what they are really asking. Once a conversation starts, it could go on for hours and hours. Tonight: Listen to great music.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You might not feel up to snuff. Your intuitive sense could be right-on. What you are sensing needs to be verified. Proceed accordingly. If you feel overwhelmed, slow down and lighten your schedule. Tonight: Focus on your priorities, but make it an early night.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Meetings could play a significant role in the next day or two.

A discussion might be very influen-

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it is quite possible that you cannot make everyone happy here. Focus on your priorities. Tonight: Get some R and R. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You cannot resist an invitation that heads your way. The excuse you might need to conjure up to change your schedule may be a little over-the-top. Try to make the invitation possible without telling a white lie. Communication flourishes. Tonight: Now the wildness can begin!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You understand more than most signs the significance of structure, both physically and mentally, in your day-to-day life. Without trying to, you could create a power play of proportions that you would prefer not to deal with. Opt for a change of scenery. Tonight: Happily at home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might be considered verbal, yet you rarely spill the beans. Today, you could reveal way too much. Be careful to keep a secret or another person’s personal matters hush-hush. You would expect the same from him or her. Tonight: A neighbor might have a lot to share!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Whichever way you look at a problem, the damages could be costly. You might want to start up a talk with a friend, who could be very resourceful. You will be delighted by this person’s suggestions. Adjust your plans accordingly. Tonight: Pay bills and get your house in order.

BORN TODAY Author James Baldwin (1924), actor Peter O’Toole (1932), filmmaker Kevin Smith (1970)

Grease by the bagful Dear Heloise: Many of the foods we eat and enjoy are laden with fat or grease. To help prevent a clogged drain, I put chicken grease, fats, oils, butter, etc., in a PLASTIC BAG (used bread wrappers are excellent!), tie a tight knot in it and place it in my trash can.

-- John J., chemical engineer in Irvine, Calif.

John, city water-treatment plants advise this as well. Keeping grease out of the sewer system will help protect it.

Other items to keep out of the sewer system? So-called flushable wipes, cigarette butts and cat litter, among other things. Log on to your city’s website for more information, or dial 311.

-- Heloise WASTE NOT Dear Heloise: I had several hand soaps that I didn’t like. I poured all of them into an empty laundry soap bottle and labeled it “Mixed Soaps.” I’ll use it to wash rugs or other items.

Also, shampoos that I can’t use on my hair I use to wash out hairbrushes and combs; I fill the sink with hot water and let them soak.

-- Barb in Humble, Texas WHAT WATT? Dear Heloise: The cooking time on many microwavable items is based on the wattage of the microwave.

However, nowhere on my oven is this printed. How can I determine the wattage?

-- Nancy P., Newport, N.H. Hi, Nancy! The wattage of your microwave should be found in your owners manual, or sometimes it is printed on the back of the unit. It typically is not found inside the door, which can be frustrating.

What is a watt? A watt is, basically, a unit of power. A microwave with a wattage of around 1,000 should serve most people well; foods should heat up quickly and evenly.

-- Heloise

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

Previous Puzzles Answer Key

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