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Sunday, March 17, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 49, Issue 142

In the news

Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade today The 29th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place today. The Route begins at Bailey’s Furniture in Soldotna and goes to the Soldotna ‘Y’ at the corner of the Kenai Spur Highway and the Sterling Highway. Participation is encouraged, and residents can line up to be a part of the parade. The parade starts at 3 p.m., and the Kenai Spur Highway will be closed during the event.

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Homeless services may face cuts By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

Dave Bonilla has lived in homeless shelters all over the country, from Georgia to California. Since August of last year, he’s lived at the Glory Hall Homeless Shelter in Juneau. As Bonilla, 57, sat in his regular chair near the front door of the shelter Friday morning, he said the Glory Hall is “a hell of a lot better” than any shelter he’s lived in. In a few months, the Glory Hall might have to close its doors for at least part of the week. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget would slash funding for four key programs that help fund organizations fighting

A homeless person sleeps on the sidewalk along South Franklin Street on Friday in Juneau. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)

homelessness. According to research by the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (ACHH), that would

put about 50 organizations around the state — including the Glory Hall and Housing First in Juneau — in grave

danger of closing. “They’re looking at numbers, and not the people,” Bonilla said of the budget. “They’re not looking at the big picture of what happens when you take that money away.” Funding for the Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) will drop from $7.8 million to $950,000, according to ACHH. The Special Needs Housing Grant (SNHG) program will be cut from $1.7 million to $200,000. The Human Services Community Matching Grant (HSCMG) and Community Initiative Matching Grants (CIMGP) programs will be totally eliminated, taking $2.2 million away from shelters and

FAIRBANKS — The state has dismissed criminal charges filed last summer against the coordinator of Village Public Safety Officers for interior Alaska. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 41-year-old Jody JunebyPotts was charged in July with criminal mischief after using a truck to move a car that blocked her into a parking spot at the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area. Repairs for the car cost nearly $3,000. Potts' attorney, Frank Spaulding, says the car owner was compensated for damage through insurance and was satisfied with the case being dismissed. Spaulding said Potts did everything she believed she could do to contact the car owner and didn't realize the extent of the damage. Prosecutor Javier Diaz said prosecutors determined the resolution was appropriate and complied with the victim's wishes.

She said she thought the crown would be a good platform to stress See MISS, page A7

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A different kind of pageant Soldotna woman crowned Alaska’s Miss United States Agriculture By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Lisa Marie Goodroad isn’t your typical beauty queen. You’ll most likely find her with dirt under her fingernails and a tight braid to keep the hair out of her face. Last month, Goodroad, a resident of Soldotna, was crowned as Ms. Alaska United States Agriculture. When she applied for the crown in January she had never done a pageant before. While looking up agricultural opportunities for her daughter to get involved with, Goodroad stumbled upon the Miss United States Agriculture Program. “Immediately as a farm girl it sparked my interest because I have never been much on the beauty side of things,” Goodroad said. She said the pageant

Soldotna resident Lisa Goodroad is photographed on Wednesday in Kenai. Goodroad was crowned Alaska’s Miss United States Agriculture last month. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

has a strong focus on agriculture, buying locally and giving back to the community.

“I fell in love with it and saw there was a spot in my age group,” Goodroad said.

By MEGAN PACER Homer News

There are some days when food is the only thing on one’s mind. For those involved in Alaska’s food system and agriculture, last weekend in Homer was one of those times. Hundreds of participants from around the state and the Lower 48 converged at Land’s End Resort last Friday and Saturday for the 2019 Alaska Food Festival and Conference. It was two days of tasty food demos, presentations, and idea exchanges for how to improve upon Alaska’s food systems and security. The state currently imports the majority of its food from the Lower 48, though more and more, local farming on a small level is cropping up around the state. One huge boost to this effort was the high-tunnel system initiative by the United States Department of Agriculture, which provided high-tunnel design greenhouses to farmers to help make more land productive and extend growing seasons. Homer was a pioneering example of how high tunnels could be implemented back when the program launched in 2010. But food security was just one of many topics that conference participants dug into over the weekend. They talked about Alaska-caught salmon and how to get more of it into Alaska schools to feed students. They addressed farmers markets and how to make them more accessible to lowerincome families. Presenters discussed the importance of bringing indigenous and Native foods back into the public sphere in places like hospitals. Hosted by the Alaska Food Policy Council, the conference sought to strengthen Alaska’s food safety net and

— Victoria Petersen

State drops charges against official who damaged car

Alaskans talk all things food

DEC commissioner pick formerly worked on Pebble Project By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

During a public hearing for the governor’s pick for Department of Environmental Conservation commis-

sioner, Juneau resident Carl Brodersen chose an unconventional way to bring up the issue of a conflict of interest. “You wouldn’t put Willie Nelson in charge of regulating pot,” Brodersen said.

“Sure, he has a lifetime of experience and first-hand knowledge but oh my lordy, would he be biased toward the subject of his work. In a way, that makes him simply unfit to do it.”

The Willie Nelson in his comparison was DEC Commissioner designee Jason Brune, and the conflict of interest in the comparison was Brune’s past with the Pebble Mine project. Brune formerly

worked as a spokesperson for Anglo American, a company that sought to get the mining project up and running near Bristol Bay. The project is currently See DEC, page A7

Social media post over rifle sticker causes uproar By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

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JUNEAU — A social media post by an Alaska human rights official questioning the appropriateness of a sticker on the back of a truck reading “Black Rifles Matter” has

caused an uproar, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy calling for an investigation. Marti Buscaglia, executive director of the state Commission for Human Rights, said the truck was parked outside the commission’s building in Anchorage.

She said she thought the sticker was racist and posted a picture Thursday on the commission’s Facebook page asking, “In what world is this OK?” Buscaglia said she used her business card to write a note that was placed on

Job Fair connects workers, employers By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

The sun is back, the ice is melting, and the annual Peninsula Job Fair is right around the corner. Every year, the Peninsula Job Center and the Peninsula Clarion come together with local businesses to give employers and job seekers an opportunity to connect with one another. The event will take place on Thursday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex and feature almost 60 employers, training providers and

the truck, hoping the owner would call her. The note asked that the truck with the “offensive” sticker not be parked in the lot. Brent Linegar said when he found the note on his truck he chalked it up to people having opinions.

educators representing industries such as health care, retail, seafood, law enforcement and the mili-

tary. Hanah Burrell, business connections special-

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Homer council won’t help fund treatment project By MEGAN PACER Homer News

Gina Keith, office manager at Kachemak Electric, speaks with job seekers at the 2017 Kenai Peninsula Job Fair. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

But he said he was bothered when he learned of the post on the commission Facebook page, which he felt maligned him. Linegar had understood the stickers, which are on several of his trucks, to be about gun safety

After lengthy discussion and public comment, the Homer City Council voted not to help fund a program that seeks to bring a residential addiction treatment center for men to Homer. Set Free Alaska approached the city a few months ago after having conferred with the local Southern Kenai Peninsula Opioid Task Force on what the town’s biggest gap in services was. It was

identified to be residential treatment, so Set Free Alaska proposed a 16-bed facility within city limits for men. A potential location was the Refuge Chapel building on Pioneer Avenue. Set Free Alaska asked the city council for matching funds to assist the MatSu Valley-based organization win a state grant for $1.5 million to help get the project off the ground. An ordinance to give Set Free about $175,000 that was originally in the city’s See COUNCIL, page A2

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fund for the new police station had been postponed and re-written several times as the issue was debated. The ordinance failed in a 3-2 vote at Monday’s regular council meeting, and Set Free will not get the funds from Homer. Council members Tom Stroozas, Shelly Erickson and Heath Smith all voted in favor of funding Set Free, while Rachel Lord and Caroline Venuti voted against the measure. Anything voted on by the city council needs a minimum of four votes to pass; thus the ordinance failed. Council member Donna Aderhold had an excused absence. However, the project may still come to fruition. Set Free Alaska Executive Director Phillip Licht announced at the meeting that the faith-based organization has been awarded the state grant. Getting the grant was contingent on having the matching funds, so Set Free will have to raise the money another way, Licht said. If it doesn’t, Set Free will have to give the $1.5 million back to the state. “The project begin date for the grant is … April 1,” Licht said. “… And we’re hoping to launch the program by August, so I think August is really our target for the raising of the additional money.” Licht said that if Set Free isn’t able to raise the matching funds by that time, the organization would have to go back to the state and either revise the project proposal or give

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learn about what their businesses need, and potentially even get an onthe-spot interview. While the event mainly draws those who are looking for employment, others can benefit from the education and training made available by the different vendors. Burrell

said that it’s also a great opportunity for local high school students to learn about potential summer employment. Last year’s job fair saw more than 700 attendees and 45 vendors participate, Burrell said. The Job Center and the Clarion have organized this year’s event with the

help of Soldotna Parks and Recreation staff, and the job fair is also supported by the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce.

the money back. Several people in their comments at the meeting said they felt the Homer community would be generous in terms of helping Set Free meet its goal. “I don’t know the community as well, so I’m going to trust them and believe that we can pull it off,” Licht said. If it comes to fruition, the residential treatment center would also offer outpatient services for both men and women. Whether to fund it with public dollars has been a great source of debate among the council. In explaining her vote, Lord said her concerns were not based on the organization being faith-based, but rather on the precedent of giving public dollars to one social project over many others. “For the most part, I

am 100 percent in support of their project,” she said. “I am so thankful for it. I congratulate them on the funding from the state. I think that it’s a really great thing fundamentally for the community.” She called for looking at making a policy for the city getting involved in social services. “If we are in a position where we want to consider liberalizing the way that the city spends money, and if we want to include social service as one of our core functions, I would be first in line,” Lord said. “ That being said, I don’t see us living in that city, I don’t see us living in that state, I don’t see us living in that nation. That is not what I’m hearing from the people.” Mayor Ken Castner also cautioned the council to be careful in how

and where it gives out city money. “To take the plunge into social services is a big gulp,” he said. “And it’s something that we have to be very strategic about, and maybe this was our invitation to examine that big gulp.” Smith and Erickson both commented that they were in favor of the ordinance because the community is in great need of the service. The ordinance would have also allocated $10,000 to the Homer Foundation for it to give out through its grant process to local organizations already tackling addiction issues. At the end of the meeting, Licht told the council he appreciated their consideration and respects their decision. Reach Megan Pacer at mpacer@homernews.com.

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Donn (Buddy) Allan Way II

Arnold R. Moon, Sr.

David Michael Rochon

December 30, 1976 - February, 13, 2019

September 23, 1936 - March 10, 2019

September 2, 1977 - March 8, 2019

Buddy would like to let you all know that his work here is done. He received a call, a sort of “An offer you can’t refuse” for an appointment from which he will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus; a reunion with family and friends he has not seen in a long time. His new mission takes him to a wonderful place; Music, Laughter and Love are guaranteed. Buddy was born here in Soldotna, Alaska December 30, 1976. He was raised in the Kenai and Soldotna area. His younger years he attended Kalifonsky Beach Elementary and Soldotna Junior High. Moving on up to Skyview High School. He had a bit of a rebelious spirit in his adolescence and soon found himself Graduating from the Alaska Military Youth Acedemy at Fort Richardson spring of1995, at the top of his class. Adulthood soon took him to Arkansas and trouble came a knockin on his door yet again. This is where he found God’s love and he acquired an unshakeable Faith. He married the Preachers daughter Tara Burkhardt-Way and became a Youth Pastor. He loved taking his group paintball shooting at his father in-laws propery for some good ol’ “woodsball” team player recreation. As well as leading the youth group’s worship band rehearsal’s and show’s. After awhile home in Alaska was calling him back, the next chapter of his life Began. He found new love with a sweet young lady Latasha Ashworth and they had a son Liam Everett Way. His pride and joy. He started working for Stanley Ford in 2008 and Kendall D.C.J.R. of Soldotna and worked there for many years. He loved participating in many events at the Brown Bears games and Parades with his family and the best of friends. In 2010 he met Elisabeth Mullins their friendship grew into love and it is just to romantic of a story, really. They raised a son together Hatchr Warren Mullins. On June 17th 2017 Buddy and Elisabeth were married. His children and loved ones were the center of his universe and he loved them with everything he had. Buddy loved camping, music, poker, and long drives. He had a great sense of humor; a way with sarcasm and he was known for his quick wit. When you needed a hand he was the one you called. A special Thank You to everybody that called him friend, That helped him throughout his Journey. Love and friendship is truely the best gift anyone could ask for. Buddy is preceded in death by his father Donn Way Sr.(Tyke) Grandpa Harold (Papa) Grandma Virginia (Nanny) Piland, Grandpa Red and Grandma Fern Elkins, Uncle Allan Piland, Uncle Coleman Robert Preist, Uncle Daniel L. Elkins, Uncle Timothy Wayne Elkins and Buddy’s Bulldog Jake (aka Buddy’s Gardian Angel) He is survived by his wife Elisabeth Mullins-Way; son Hatchr. Son Liam; and his Mother Latasha Ashworth. Parents; Pamela and David Elkins, Sister; Amanda Elkins and Husband Robert Flood niece Jaydra and nephew Trenton Flood. Aunt Rhonda and Uncle Jim Hill, Aunt Bonnie Derryberry, Uncle Douglas Lewis Elkins, Aunt Dana and Uncle J.D. Megchelsen, Uncle Dusty and Aunt Danette Piland, Aunt Kathryn Baldwin-Hoskins. Many cousins, inlaws and out-laws. A Celibration of Life/Potluck will be held at 2pm Saturday March 30th at the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center. Condulences and donations may be sent to the family P.O. Box 567 Kenai A.K. 99611 Flowers arrangments may be delivered to the Kenai Visitors Center that day. More information will be available soon on social media Facebook. Any Questions please call 741-1189

Longtime Alaskan and Nikiski resident Arnold R. Moon, Sr., 82, passed away Sunday, Mar. 10, 2019 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. A family viewing was held at Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. Arnie was born Sept. 23, 1936 in Rozet, Wyo. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 until he was honorably discharged in 1960. He moved to Alaska in 1957 and had lived in Ouzinkie, Anchorage and Kenai before calling Nikiski his home. Arnie was preceded in death by his wife, Marie Moon and step-grandson, Allen Lageson. He is survived by his son and daughter-inlaw, Arnold R. and Susanna Moon, Jr. of Anchorage; granddaughters, Chrystal Moon of Tyonek, Amy and Amber Moon, both of Anchorage; grandson, Weslee Moon of Anchorage; great-granddaughters, Christy Moon of Tyonek, Sarina Lee, Dulcinea Moon and Bethany Moon all of Anchorage; great-grandsons, Dominic and Desmond Moon, both of Anchorage, Jimmie Mishakoff of Seattle, Wash., and Andres Moon, both of Tyonek, and Charles Bartels-Moon of Anchorage; great-great-grandson, Orlando Moon of Tyonek; stepsons, Eli Darien Jr. of Kenai, Jimmy Wolkoff, and Billy Wolkoff of Bemidji, Minn.; stepdaughters, Doris Lageson of Kenai, Beth Dillinger and Gail Muller both of Anchorage; stepgrandchildren, Clinton Lageson of Kenai, Alexis Lageson and Eddie Darien both of Anchorage, Chantilly and Lisa Hileman both of Kenai, Darren Muller Sr. and Jackie Muller Jr., both of Anchorage, Brothers Joe Moon of Minnisota and Ken Moon of Florida, and sister Gayle Parrish of Idaho. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.

Lifelong Alaskan and Kenai resident, Mr. David Michael Rochon, 41, died Friday, March 8, 2019 at his home in Kenai. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 16th, 2019 at the L.D.S. Church in Kenai off North Forest Drive. Bishop Craig Wilcox will be officiating. David was born Sept. 2, 1977 in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from Kenai Central High School and attended AVTEC in Seward. David worked for Frontier Community Services and H.O.P.E. from 2012 to 2019. He was a member of the L.D.S. Church in Kenai, loved computers, fishing. He also helped with caring for the Kenai and Wounded Hero’s. He was preceded in death by his mother Marilyn Rochon and father Michael Rochon. He is survived by his sisters, Michelle Rochon of Oak Harbor, Washington and Lisa Rochon-Martin of Kenai; niece, Catherine Martin; nephews, Maxwell Martin, Alexander Martin and Aiden Martin all of Kenai; brother in-law, Jacob Martin of Kenai. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign or visit his online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

Around the Peninsula LeeShore Center monthly board meeting The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly board meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday, March 28. The meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For further information call 283-9479.

Postcard Writing Project

Two students, Kaegan and Molly Koski, along with their supermom, Eva Knutson, will be hosting a Postcard Writing Project on Wednesday, March 20, from 3-5 p.m. at the Soldotna Library Community Room. All you need to do is bring yourself, a friend and kids and grandkids to write a note to legislators and ask them to STOP the deep cuts to the public education budget and SAVE OUR SCHOOLS! Visit the Facebook page for the Save Our Schools event at https://www.facebook.com/ events/572328866613372/.

Trauma Workshop

A Trauma Workshop will take place on March 30, 1-4 p.m. at Soldotna United Methodist Church with Trauma Specialist, Lisa Schmitter. This workshop will explain trauma and the physiological and psychological impact it can have. It will provide you with tools to regulate and begin to heal from the trauma. Traumas can be recent or from years ago. Lisa Schmitter, a trauma specialist who has 35 years experience, will share the latest research and neuro hacks for moving from PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) to Post Traumatic Growth. Visit the Facebook page for the Trauma Workshop at https://www. facebook.com/events/2327680134135110/.

KP Foundation grant cycle opening

Kenai Peninsula Foundation 2019 competitive grants cycle is open from March 6 to April 3. We are currently accepting applications. Please direct general questions to KPF’s Program Manager, Hadassah Knight, at hknight@ alaskacf.org. Please direct eligibility and technical questions about the online grant system to The Alaska Community Foundation at grants@alaskacf.org.

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maximize its current food system, both statewide and on a community system basis. Several local Homer businesses and food advocates were highlighted throughout the conference. Two Sisters Bakery presented a demonstration on baking with sourdough, while Kirsten and Mandy Dixon, owners of Tutka Bay Lodge and La Baleine on the Homer Spit, cooked up a Moroccan-style dish, but with Alaska ingredients. Jeff Lockwood, who hosts a KBBI Public Radio food show, led a hands-on workshop on pork sausage, while Nikki Place of Love Farm schooled participants in the art of fermented vegetables and kombucha. Kyra Wagner of the Homer Farmers Market led a discussion of food systems on the

southern Kenai Peninsula and how they interact with each other. Emily Garrity, owner of Twitter Creek Gardens, gave a presentation that pealed back the romantic ideas often associated with farming and small scale agriculture to reveal the hard work and sometimes harsh realities it involves. Over the next few weeks, the Homer News will publish a series of stories from the food conference that highlight changes on the Alaska agricultural frontier. They will focus on programs that get Alaska fish into Alaska schools, the trend of farmers markets working to be more accessible to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) users, how community food systems can use mapping to highlight or improve upon those systems, and the process of making indigenous foods more readily available in the public sphere. Reach Megan Pacer at mpacer@homernews.com.

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1:30 p.m.: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 14 Assault; Sex Offenses; Sentencing Aggravator and Confirmation: Trevor Shaw, Commission on Judicial Conduct. Testimony will be taken.

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9 a.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 30 College Credit For High School Students SB 6 Pre-elementary Programs / Funding. Testimony will be taken. 1:30 p.m.: The Senate Labor & Commerce Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Boards TBA (call the LIO for list of confirmees) SB 69 Exempt Charitable Gaming From Permit/Fees and SJR 8 U.S.Mexico-Canada Agreement on Trade. Testimony will be taken. 3:30 p.m.: The Senate Community & Regional Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 63 Fish Tax: Repeal Municipal Refunds / Revenue Share. Testimony will be taken.

SPEAK (Support Group for families of children who live though disabilities) will be meeting the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Love Inc. building 44410 K-Beach Rd. Parents, Grandparents, Guardians, and care givers service providers and resource representatives are encouraged and welcome to come and participate. This is great way to connect with others through their overcoming successes as parents, grandparents, and caregivers. SPEAK is a resourcebased group. Please no children, childcare is not available. Questions call 907-252-2558 or 907-953-6325.

Join the Kenai Watershed Forum at Snug Harbor Seafoods on K-Beach for the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Saturday, March 23 from 6-9 p.m. This year’s films combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation.The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a fundraiser for the Kenai Watershed Forum and a way to support our mission of working together for healthy watersheds on the Al-Anon support group meetings Playa-Azul Kenai Peninsula. Price is $25, Mexican Restaurant Salsa Bar Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the includes a Cooper Landing Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (sec- Brew, food and fun! ond floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 ontact: 907-598-0563. Great Food! p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park Great Ingredints! around back by the ER and enter through the River Girl Scout Reunion Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Tea On Tap (or Bottles) Oliver at 252-0558 for more information. Current and former Girl Free CIRCAC scholarship deadline Scouts in Service Unit 941, Salsa CIRCAC is giving away two $2,500 scholarships to formerly named Kalgin SerBar! graduating high school and college-age students pur- vice Unit on the Kenai Peninsuing coursework in environmental sciences or mari- sula, are invited to a Girl Scout time technical and vocational studies. Applications Reunion Tea to observe the Purchase Two Lunches can be filled in online at https://www.circac.org/out- 60th Anniversary of our Seror Dinners, receive reach/scholarship-program/. For more information, vice Unit on Sunday, March call 907-283-7222. The deadline to apply is March 31 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. at Soldotna Methodist Church, 26. Coupon Expires 4/30/19 Street. Bring your “Alaskans Choose Respect” Awareness Binkley Must present coupon. Scouting memorabilia. For Not valid with any other offer. The LeeShore Center cordially invites you to join more info contact Rosemary 283-2010 us for the 10th Annual “Alaskans Choose Respect” Pilatti at 907-776-8916 or Open 7 Days a Week Awareness Event March 27 in support of state-wide wrangell86@gmail.com. 12498 Kenai Spur Hwy efforts to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault. We will meet at noon in Kenai on the Frontage Road in front of the gazebo at Leif Hansen Park at noon and walk to the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact the Education and Training Assistant at 283-9479. Seeking host families

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Serving the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 Jeff Hayden Publisher ERIN THOMPSON......................................................... Editor DOUG MUNN........................................... Circulation Director FRANK GOLDTHWAITE......................... Production Manager

What Others Say

Bribery scandal is an indictment of a lopsided admissions system The indictment of dozens

of wealthy parents, including several Hollywood actresses and business leaders, along with the top college athletic coaches they allegedly bribed, tells a shocking story of corruption and deception in college admissions. If the charges are true, these privileged but desperate parents sought to ensure spots at elite schools for their children by pretending they were top flight athletes, helping them cheat on standardized tests, and paying off college officials, among other things. Well-known designer Mossimo Giannulli was among those charged, along with actress Felicity Huffman. Coaches allegedly pocketed millions of dollars in some cases for their role in helping get the children admitted. But let’s not kid ourselves. This is simply the extreme and egregious (and, prosecutors say, illegal) edge of a college admissions process that is already heavily weighted with subtle and unsubtle forms of favoritism for the rich, empowered and connected. The offspring of major donors generally receive favorable treatment at private colleges, as do the children of alumni, who tend to be a far more privileged group than other applicants. Furthermore, the parents of affluent children commonly hire private college-admissions counselors who sometimes edit or rewrite — or even write — student essays for them and coach them intensively through the process. These techniques are not illegal. In 2016, journalist Jia Tolentino wrote in the publication Jezebel about her years supporting herself by charging wealthy families $150 an hour to write or rewrite their teens’ essays. … Any students currently in college as a result of outright bribery should have their admission revoked. Whether or not they consciously participated, their presence at college is based on fraud — and the seats they’re filling could be taken by other students with legitimate credentials. But colleges cannot claim to be the hapless victims of parental manipulation of the admissions process. Despite their supposed belief in a system of merit-based admissions, the reality is that they have created and tolerated a lopsided system that, despite some efforts to the contrary, continues to benefit the rich over potentially more deserving students with lesser means. Colleges could start fixing this by eliminating the admissions preference for children of alumni, by demanding strong academic performance from all applicants including athletes and by forbidding students to use paid professional help to complete their applications. Students in better-funded schools would still have advantages, but not by as much as they do when they hire private outside counselors. Applicants should have to sign a statement that their essays represent solely their work, and that they understand their admission will be revoked if it’s found otherwise. Applicants would still lie here and there, and it is not clear what meaningful enforcement there could be. But at least students — and their desperate parents — might hesitate if they knew they’d be committing fraud. At the very least, it would send a message that colleges are serious about leveling the slanted playing field of admissions. — Los Angeles Times, March 12

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Actually, the college admission bribery case, where rich doting parents bribed their underachieving offspring into elite universities, is a possible scandal within a scandal. It is true that the U.S. Department of Justice indicted several wealthy individuals, including movie stars, for allegedly paying a fixer and athletic coaches, among others, to help their kiddies cheat their way into various prestige schools. But go back and reread the list of affected institutions at the highest levels of higher education. Notice which one is not mentioned. That’s right, Trump University is nowhere to be found. How could that be? Is there some hidden chicanery involved? Did the Trump administration’s Justice Department just turn a blind eye to please the boss? An inquiring mind wants to know. Oh wait, isn’t that similar to “An Enquiring Mind Wants to Know,” which was the slogan for the National Enquirer back in the days when it was “catching and killing” stories about Donald Trump fooling around? That’s still reverberating today, still being probed. Should Bob Mueller sic his investigators to determine if there was any collusion involved in the exclusion of Trump U? Or is there an innocent explanation, like the fact that T.U. is now defunct (D.T.U.)? Or that it wasn’t included in the U.S. News and World Report’s catalog of colleges even when it was still funct, unless U.S News had a scam category. Then again, the magazine didn’t

include Deep State University. Dabbling in seriousness for just an instant, can we consider the possibility that these charges of the rich using their whereBob Franken withal to game the system and get their unqualified sons and daughters into high status schools are relatively minor? Even in those cases where the accused coaches would allegedly agree to put them on phony lists of athletes to give them a leg up — to the extent that they’d edit their head onto the picture of a real jock — that might really be a small-time offense. After all, as many others have quickly pointed out, it is perfectly legal for Daddy or Mummy to make some major contribution to a university that just so happens to accept their offspring — even those who finished prep school but weren’t intellectually qualified enough to turn that advantage into meritorious admission at a college socially acceptable to their parents. Jared Kushner is frequently cited as one example of favored treatment. In Kushner’s case, his father coincidentally contributed $2.5 million to Harvard at the time that Jared, with his mediocre academic record, was nonetheless accepted. Of course it was his father-in-law who got him into the White House.

By now, most Americans have angrily concluded that the concept of upward mobility in the United States is fiction. Billie Holiday wrote and performed “God Bless the Child” back in 1939: “Them that’s got shall have, Them that’s not shall lose, So the Bible said, and it still is news.” It’s old news 80 years later. In the U.S. of A. The economic caste system has been cast in concrete. A recent Equality of Opportunity Project study showed that more of the entrenched 1 percenters enrolled their children in elite schools than the lower 60 percent. It’s a combination of factors. The wealthy can afford to enroll their kids in private academies, where an education can be pounded in most of their heads, while us riffraff must struggle with public schools that often are deficient or overwhelmed with society’s problems. Those fortunate heirs to great fortunes either start with that advantage or benefit from rich parents who are willing to pay the price of success their young ones haven’t earned. So the bribery story involving some celebs, coaches, etc., is really kind of chintzy and pales in comparison with an education system that fails overall to serve our entire population, part of an economic structure that keeps out all but the most prosperous. That’s the real scandal.

Statewide affordable pre-K is critical As Alaskans, we have a constitutional and moral responsibility to provide the best education possible for our children. Yet we remain one of the only states that do not provide affordable pre-kindergarten on a statewide basis. Our bill, SB 6, would establish voluntary, universal early education statewide, and would add Alaska to the ranks of most states that have recognized the need to invest in our greatest resource: the children of Alaska. SB 6 will be heard Thursday in the Senate Education Committee at 9 a.m. We encourage you to listen in and share your thoughts. According to one of the world’s leading early education researchers, Dr. James Heckman, every dollar invested in pre-K saves the state up to $7 in the long-term. Children who receive pre-K require less remedial and special education, are less dependent on welfare, are less likely to need substance abuse treatment, and are less likely to become involved in the costly criminal justice system. If we invest in early education now, Alaskans can expect to save up to $364 million per year in the long term. Investing in early education doesn’t just save the state money; it also builds the economy. The Perry Preschool Project, a multi-year study done on the long-term effects of early education, found children who benefit from early education are more likely to graduate high school, obtain a college education and earn higher incomes as adults. Dr. Heckman estimates early education creates a 13 percent return on investment. To put that in perspective, the Permanent Fund has earned

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out an affordable option. Governor Dunleavy’s FY20 would eliminate all funding for pre-K and those early learning programs designed to help support parent-led education. It even proposes eliminating state funding for Head Start, which is the largest provider of early education for low-income families across the state. That means less options for working parents and fewer educational opportunities for Alaska’s kids. Educating children should be more than just a financial decision. Providing education is about more than teaching classes on reading, writing and arithmetic. It is about creating the next generation of innovators, business owners and leaders. It is essential that we provide enough funding and support to make sure the children of Alaska can be competitive in the marketplace and lead healthy and fulfilled lives. Unless our education priorities match our education funding, then we are limiting the potential success of our students and hurting the future of Alaska. We all say that we want the next generation to have more opportunities than we did and the chance for a better life. Investing in early education that delivers on that promise is a significant step towards creating those opportunities. The Senate Democrats have made early education a priority because we know that Alaska can and must do better by its children. Our future leaders depend on it.

8.94 percent over the last five years. According to the Alaska Early Childhood Advocacy Group, Alaska’s early care and learning sector account for $343 million in annual spending and a workforce of 7,700. Because of early care and learning services, another 48,900 adults can participate in the labor force, generating $512 million in economic output. The positive results of early education cannot be overstated. The few state grant-funded early education programs show student improvement in critical skills like social engagement, language comprehension, and counting. Outside of a few school district classrooms, the state only provides structured early education through Head Start. The Alaska Head Start Association estimates that more than 50 percent of children who qualify cannot receive Head Start education due to insufficient funding. In Fairbanks alone, the Head Start and Early Head Start waitlist exceed 240 children. Best Beginnings estimates that more than 62 percent of young Alaskans (more than 43,000 children) have both parents in the workforce, yet Tom Begich is Democratic Alaska there are only just over 18,000 chil- senator representing Anchorage. Scott dren in licensed childcare programs Kawasaki is a Democratic Alaska senand more than 24,000 children with- tator representing Fairbanks.

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Death toll rises to 50 in mosque shootings By NICK PERRY and JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The death toll in the massacres at two New Zealand mosques rose to 50 on Sunday after police found another victim while removing bodies from the crime scenes, and authorities announced they do not believe three people who had been arrested were involved in the shootings allegedly carried out by a 28-year-old white supremacist. Police Commissioner Mike Bush also said that 36 people are still hospitalized and that two of them are in critical condition. New Zealand’s stricken residents have been reaching out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country, with a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain. The shootings suspect, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, appeared in court Saturday amid strict security, shackled and wearing all-white prison garb, and showed no emotion when the judge read him one murder charge. The judge said “it was reasonable to assume” more such charges would follow. Tarrant, who posted an anti-immigrant manifesto online and apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter in the city of Christchurch, appeared to make a hand sign, similar to an OK sign, that is sometimes associated with white nationalists. The massacre during Friday prayers prompted a heartfelt response from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who pronounced it “one of New Zealand’s darkest days” and said the shooter, an Australian native, had chosen to strike in New Zealand “because we represent

Indianapolis Children’s Museum removes Michael Jackson items INDIANAPOLIS — The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has removed three Michael Jackson items from exhibits after a new documentary renewed allegations of child sexual abuse against the late singer and Gary native. The Indianapolis Star reports a fedora and glove Jackson wore onstage and a Jackson poster are no longer on display at the museum. Chris Carron, the museum’s director of collections, says it wants items on display to tell stories of “people of high character.” The HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland” featured accounts from two men who say Jackson groomed them for sex and molested them when they were young. Allegations of sexual abuse shadowed Jackson throughout much of his adult life. Jackson was acquitted on child molestation charges in 2005. He died in 2009. Akhtar Khokhur, 58, shows a picture of her missing husband Mehaboobbhai Khokhar during an interview outside an information center for families, Saturday, in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

diversity, kindness, compassion.” Her fellow countrymen seemed to want to prove her right by volunteering acts of kindness. Some offered rides to the grocery store or volunteered to walk with their Muslim neighbors if they felt unsafe. In online forums, people discussed Muslim food restrictions as they prepared to drop off meals for those affected. “Love always wins over hate. Lots of love for our Muslim brothers,” read a handwritten card on a wall of flowers in a historic part of the city that stretched a full block. Still, Muslims were advised to stay away from mosques while the nation’s security alert remained at the second-highest after the deadliest shooting in modern New Zealand history. Outside one of the two mosques, 32-year-old Ash Mohammed pushed through police barricades in hopes of finding out what happened to his father and two brothers, whose cellphones

rang unanswered. An officer stopped him. “We just want to know if they are dead or alive,” Mohammed told the officer. Hungry for any news, families and friends of the victims gathered at the city’s Hagley College, near the hospital. They included Asif Shaikh, 44, who said he was among more than 100 people at the Al Noor mosque when the attacker came in. He said he survived by playing dead, but was desperate to know what happened to his friends who were there with him. “It’s been 36 hours, I haven’t heard anything about them,” he said. Nearby, Akhtar Khokhur leaned on the shoulders of her friend and cried as she held up her cellphone with an image of her husband. “I still don’t know where he is,” she said. Khokhur, 58, and husband Mehaboobbhai Khokhur, 65, had traveled from India to spend time with their son Imran, their first visit in the eight years

since he moved to New Zealand. The couple was due to fly out Sunday. Imran had dropped off his father, an electrical engineer, at the Al Noor mosque on Friday and was looking for a parking space when the shooting began. They have not heard from him since. The gunman had posted a jumbled, 74-page manifesto on social media in which he identified himself as an Australian and white supremacist who was out to avenge attacks in Europe perpetrated by Muslims. He livestreamed 17 minutes of the rampage at the Al Noor mosque, where, armed with at least two assault rifles and a shotgun, he sprayed worshippers with bullets, killing at least 41 people. More people were killed in an attack on a second mosque a short time later. Facebook, Twitter and Google scrambled to take down the gunman’s video, which was widely available on social media for hours after the bloodbath.

Venezuelan opposition leader takes campaign north By FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press

VALENCIA, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido embarked on a new stage of his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday as the rivals held competing rallies in the capital of Caracas, a pattern which has unfolded repeatedly as both sides attempt to convey strength. Addressing large crowds in the northern city of Valencia, Guaido pledged to deliver a better life for struggling Venezuelans as he began a planned tour of the country

gripped by an economic and political crisis. “We’re stronger than ever,” said U.S.-backed Guaido from a podium draped with a large Venezuelan flag. The leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly also drew cheers with his denunciations of Maduro, although he warned that difficult challenges still lie ahead. Earlier in the day, he visited a cathedral and a market in Valencia, where people flocked to take his picture and shake his hand. Since returning to Venezuela from a Latin American tour on March 4, Guaido has

led anti-government activities in the capital of Caracas and announced plans to take his message to other regions. But he has been unable to force Maduro to step down and hold elections. On Saturday, the government organized its own flag-waving demonstration in Caracas, attracting large numbers of people to the street. Many were clad in red, the color associated with the movement led by the late President Hugo Chavez, the former military officer who declared a socialist “revolution” after coming to power in 1999. He was succeeded after

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, killing 150 By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit by a vicious cyclone that has killed nearly 150 people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens of thousands who are cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas. Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in the three southern African countries, according to the U.N. and government officials. Hardest hit is Mozambique’s central port city of Beira where the airport is closed, electricity is out and many homes have been destroyed. The storm hit Beira late Thursday and moved westward into Zimbabwe and Malawi, affecting thousands more, particularly in eastern areas bordering Mozambique. Homes, schools, businesses, hospitals and police stations have been

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destroyed by the cyclone. Thousands were marooned by the heavy flooding and, only caring for their lives, abandoned their possessions to seek safety on higher ground. U.N. agencies and the Red Cross are helping with rescue efforts that include delivering food supplies and medicines by helicopter in the impoverished southern African countries. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi said the damage is “very worrisome” and said that the flooding made it difficult for aircraft to land and carry out rescue operations, according to Mozambique’s state radio. In Zimbabwe, 31 people have died from the floods so far, according to the government. The deaths are mainly in Zimbabwe’s Chimanimani, a mountainous area along the eastern border with Mozambique that is popular with tourists. No tourist deaths were recorded, said government spokesman Nick Mangwana.

Roads and bridges were swept away, slowing rescue efforts by the military, government agencies and non-governmental organizations, he said. The dead included two school students who were among dozens of children trapped in a dormitory after rocks fell from a nearby mountain, said Mangwana. Zimbabwe’s military is trying to rescue the 197 students at the school, although unsafe conditions are forcing the soldiers to use ground efforts rather than attempt an air rescue, the government’s ministry of information said later. Zimbabwe state television station, ZBC, reported that 150 people are missing. “We are receiving tragic reports of some people being swept away. We urge patience as rescue is on its way,” Zimbabwe’s information ministry said in a tweet, although power cuts and communications breakdown in affected areas means the warning might reach just a few.

his 2013 death by his protege, Maduro. Diosdado Cabello, a leading pro-government politician, evoked the defiant rhetoric of Chavez, denouncing the U.S. and declaring: “We won’t surrender.”

Bear cubs found by California highway may have been poached

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Wildlife officials say they believe someone illegally separated two bear cubs from their mother and left the young animals along a Northern California highway. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says its investigators are processing evidence discovered with the cubs March 9 along State Route 96. Game wardens say they couldn’t find the mother, so they took the cubs to be evaluated by wildlife veterinarians who determined they were healthy. The cubs were then transferred to a rehabilitation facility in South Lake Tahoe. Investigators from the department are seeking tips from the public. They said there are only a few hundred wildlife officers spread throughout California and they need help from residents to combat poaching.

Police: Body in Minnesota appears to be missing 2-year-old

MILWAUKEE — A child’s body found wrapped in a blanket along a Minnesota highway is believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom police have said was fatally shot by her former pimp, authorities announced Saturday. The discovery of the child’s body came hours after officials had put out a plea asking “the entire nation” to help find Noelani Robinson, whose father, Dariaz Higgins, is charged with killing her mom in Milwaukee on Monday. Police had said the child could be anywhere because her parents had traveled through numerous states. An off-duty public works employee found the body that’s believed to be Noelani’s while driving home Friday night, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales told reporters. The body was inside a blanket off the shoulder of Minnesota Highway 218 north of Austin, about 300 miles (483 kilometers) west of Milwaukee, Morales said. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement Saturday night that Higgins had stayed at a hotel in Austin at some point in the past week. How and when the child died is not yet known. An autopsy has not been conducted yet, but authorities believe the death did not occur in the last 24 hours and that the girl “had been there for quite some time,” Morales said. — Associated Press

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Police reports n On Mar. 12 at about 8:30 p.m., troopers arrested Aaron Williams, 24, of Soldotna, on an outstanding arrest warrant when he was contacted during an unrelated investigation. Williams was arrested without incident and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $2,500 bail. The arrest warrant was for failing to appear on an original charge of firstdegree vehicle theft. n On Mar. 6 at 5:11 p.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Redoubt Avenue, after it was reported that a male had pointed a firearm at people while inside the residence, then left in a vehicle. Kenai police stopped the vehicle near Mile 9 of Kenai Spur Highway. Bradley J. Conwell, 29, of Kenai, was arrested for three counts of third-degree assault, fifth-degree misconduct involving weapons, and first-degree criminal trespass, then taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Mar. 1 at 9:11 a.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Redoubt Avenue for a disturbance. Investigation led to a 17-year-old juvenile male being arrested for fourthdegree assault and taken to the Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility. n On Feb. 27 at 4:05 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Fred Meyer for a shoplifter. Nathaniel D. Myers, 19, of Kenai, had removed $343.95 worth of merchandise from the

Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Cody Dean Scroggins, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of third-degree theft, committed June 12. He was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 270 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact two specifically named people, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sarah Lorraine Urdahl, 26, of Ninilchik, pleaded guilty to amended charges of two counts of attempted third-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 14. On count one, 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

store without payment and was contacted by loss prevention employees. Myers attempted to flee the area on foot and was apprehended by other store customers. Myers was arrested for third-degree theft and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Mar. 6 at 3:14 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers received a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) complaint that a female in a white vehicle had driven her vehicle into a ditch on Robinson Loop in Sterling and was nodding-off inside the vehicle. Troopers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and identified the female as Brittney Fattore, 29, of Sterling. Investigation revealed that Fattore was driving under the influence and was also in possession of a controlled substance. Fattore was charged with driving under the influence and fourthdegree misconduct involving controlled substances and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. n On Mar. 5 at 7:29 p.m., Anchor Point Alaska State Troopers responded to a seasonal residence in Ninilchik after it was reported that unknown parties were on the property with flashlights. During that incident, Maranda Moore, 36, of Ninilchik, was contacted and arrested on two outstanding no-bail misdemeanor warrants for violating her conditions of release in a previous case and failure to ap-

pear in court. She was taken to Homer Jail without incident. n On Mar. 6 at 4:36 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers were dispatched to a disturbance at an address in the Ciechanski Road neighborhood. Investigation revealed that Garret Bishop, 28, of Palmer, had assaulted a member of the household and then fled the scene before troopers arrived. A search in the area was conducted for Bishop, but troopers were unable to locate him. Charges on Bishop for two counts of first-degree assault (domestic violence) and two counts of fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) were submitted to the District Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information about Garret Bishop’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Alaska State Troopers 907-262-4453 or Peninsula Crime Stoppers 907-283-8477. Tipsters can also report anonymously at www. peninsulacrimestoppers.com. n On Mar. 6, Eugene Dickerson, 52, of Homer, and Julie Bennett, 50, of Homer, were issued citations for making a false statement on their 2018 sport fishing license. Bail is set at $310 for each in Homer Court. n On Mar. 5 at 1:16 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a call from the Soldotna Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which reported a male inside the DMV who had a $500 arrest warrant. Troopers responded and contacted Aaron

Bullard, 55, of Soldotna, who was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on the warrant, which was for failing to post $500 bail. n Alaska Wildlife Troopers (AWT), Soldotna Post, received two complaints about a coyote that was running on the snowmachine trails off of Treasure Chest Drive in Kenai that had a leg hold trap secured on one of its legs. AWT responded to the area and tracked the coyote for about one mile, but was unable to locate it. Anyone with information on who may be trapping in the area is requested to contact the Wildlife Troopers, Soldotna Post, at 907-262-4573. n On Mar. 7, Alaska State Troopers received a report at about 10:00 a.m., that Justin Cooley, 35, of Soldotna, had assaulted a family member. Investigation revealed that Cooley had strangled his family member and hung the family member over the stairs by the ankles. Cooley was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Mar. 7 at about 7:00 p.m., Anchor Point Alaska State Troopers conducted a welfare check on an intoxicated female at a business in Ninilchik. During that interaction, the intoxicated female, later identified as Ginger Winter, 54, of Trapper Creek, spit in the responding trooper’s face and later caused a disturbance while receiving medical clearance at South

Peninsula Hospital. She was arrested and taken to Homer Jail without further incident. n On Mar. 1 at 2:12 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team arrived at 46188 Sterling Highway, Skyview Middle School after it was reported that a juvenile student was dealing controlled substances. The juvenile was arrested on charges of delivery of an imitation controlled substance and was taken to the Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility, where he is currently being held without bail. n On Mar. 8 at 12:41 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a disturbance at a Nikiski residence. Investigation found that Joseph Newton, 24, of Nikiski, had broken a window of the residence and had operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Newton was arrested on charges of third-degree criminal mischief (domestic violence) and driving under the influence and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Mar. 8 at 7:22 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received and responded to a report of a disturbance at a residence in Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Todd Bashaw, 45, of Nikiski, had assaulted a member of the household with a shovel. Bashaw is being charged with third-degree assault and violating conditions of release. n On Mar. 8 at 5:19 p.m., Alaska State Troopers were dis-

patched to a reported burglary at an address in the neighborhood of Rabbit Run Road in Soldotna. Investigation revealed that the front door to the residence was pried open and someone gained entry. Troopers cleared the residence, and no one was found inside the residence. n On Mar. 8 at about 7:50 p.m., the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers K-9 Team arrived on Inlet Drive for an arrest warrant service on James Ashley Johnson, Jr., 35, of Nikiski, who had an outstanding no bail warrant for the original charges of fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and first-degree harassment. Johnson was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail on the outstanding warrant and an additional charge of fourthdegree misconduct involving controlled substances, after controlled substances were located on his person. n On Mar. 8, Seward Alaska Wildlife Troopers, with assistance from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, investigated a violation of the Prince William Sound commercial tanner crab fishery size limit. Investigation revealed that the F/V Highliner, operated by Nikita Kuzmin, 49, of Delta Junction, had retained 41 undersized tanner crabs. Kuzmin was issued a mandatory appearance court citation. The undersized crabs were seized and were donated to charity.

suspended, ordered not to consume controlled substances unless with a prescription, taken as prescribed, and kept in original containers, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with three specifically named people, and placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, she was ordered not to consume or buy controlled substances for 12 months, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, ordered to have no contact with three specifically named people, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Sarah Lorraine Urdahl, 26, of Ninilchik, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted first-degree vehicle theft, committed July 30. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with

$100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy controlled substances without valid prescription, taken as prescribed and kept in original containers, ordered to complete a substance/ alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, ordered to have no contact with three specifically named people, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sarah Urdahl, 26, of Ninilchik, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating condition of release, committed Oct. 4. On count one, she was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, she forfeited all items seized and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Sarah Lorraine Urdahl, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of false informa-

tion or report and one count of violating condition of release, committed Feb. 14. On count one, she was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. On count two, she forfeited all items seized and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Samuel Buoy, 37, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of seconddegree harassment, committed Dec. 29. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Cody Garett Fine, Sr., 31, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed Oct. 1. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license suspended for 30 days, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Aaron Heckle, 40, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to no

motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Dec. 31. He was fined $150, a $50 court surcharge, and a $50 jail surcharge. n Elanor Olanna, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless endangerment, committed Nov. 16. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and anger management counseling, and placed on probation for 36 months. n Bradlee Sample, 19, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 21. Sample was sentenced to 30 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge, and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had license revoked for 90 days, ordered to complete an anger management program, ordered to have no contact with two specifically named people without written consent in the

court file, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Holly Nicole Smith, 21, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourthdegree assault (causing fear of injury with a weapon), a domestic violence offense committed Feb. 1. She was sentenced to 40 days in jail with 30 days suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete an anger management assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to have no contact with victim unless written permission is filed with the court, and was placed on probation for 36 months. n Kimberly Ranee Steinbach, 40, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to failure to give immediate notice of an accident, committed Nov. 12. She was fined $1,000 with $500 suspended and a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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food services. In total, according to ACHH, that would be a cut of nearly $11 million to homelessness services around the state. Juneau organizations in particular — Gastineau Human Services, Glory Hall, Juneau Cooperative Christian Ministry, Juneau Housing First Collaborative and REACH — that benefit from those four programs would lose about $1.3 million. This

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and “Second Amendment awareness,” he said. “I was like, man, I can’t let that slide,” he said. Linegar, who has a plumbing and heating business, posted a picture of the note on his Facebook page and asked if he was missing something:

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would be a crippling blow to these organizations, Glory Hall Executive Director Mariya Lovishchuk said. The Glory Hall, which has served Juneau’s homeless since 1982, would lose about $150,000 (more than 20 percent of its overall funding), Lovishchuk said. That means the shelter would have to cut down on the number of days it operates or just close down for months at a time. The cut to Housing First — a 32-unit housing facility that provides a place to stay for some of Juneau’s most vulnerable residents

— would be even more dramatic. Lovishchuk (who is also on the board for the Juneau Housing First Collaborative) said Housing First will lose almost 95 percent of its funding. Lovishchuk didn’t hold any punches in an email to the Empire about the possible future of Housing First. “If the governor’s budget passes, the project will close and all of the residents will become homeless again and will probably die on the streets,” Lovishchuk said. “All of the progress made to reduce emergency service utilization and suffering

will be lost. We will end up paying still, through emergency rooms, jails, trauma generated by finding our friends, neighbors, and relatives dead under bridges.” It will be challenging for those at the Glory Hall to find places to go. ACHH Executive Director Brian Wilson said closing down shelters would have a major impact on public safety as well. Housing First, for example, has cut down on the number of emergency calls and hospital visits, according to a study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Bonilla said he expects to see crime increase with people out on the streets in need of ways to get food without the shelter available. “You take that money away, and you’re basically saying, ‘We want more crime,’ because that’s what’s going to happen,” Bonilla said. “They don’t realize that.” Homelessness around the state has been rising in Juneau and the state as a whole in recent years. In the 2018 Point in Time Count (an annual head count of those living on the street) showed that there were 235 homeless people in January

2018, an increase of 20 people from the count in 2017. Bonilla came up to Alaska last year to try and take advantage of the hunting and fishing resources in the state while living his minimalist lifestyle. As he sat by the front window of the Glory Hall on Friday morning, he pointed to the rising homeless rates in the state. “They’re talking about the homeless problem that they have now on the streets … as being a problem,” Bonilla said. “Well, guess what’s going to happen if that bill passes? Everybody here is going to be on the streets.”

Alaska to work at a wilderness lodge about five years ago. Having a desire to create her own homestead, Goodroad bought 2 acres of land, ordered chickens and joined several agriculture-related clubs. She created Howling Heritage Homestead, which focused on selling heritage breed eggs, chicks and Alaska livestock.

“It was really important to me that I was keeping those species preserved, as well as helping create a line of poultry or goats or pigs that could do well here,” Goodroad said. This year, she’s taking a break from her business to focus on agricultural advocacy. She’s the vice president of the Alaska Farmer’s Association and the vice president

of Alaska’s Poultry Association. She also just received her state certificate to lead and train 4-H groups, including her daughter who is involved in the youth program that promotes health, science and agriculture. “I’ve got a lot on my plate,” Goodroad said. “So I took a step back from the breeding and the selling, so I could focus this year on

Alaska’s food security and our state of agriculture.” Goodroad will be competing in the national pageant in June. The pageant features an evening gown segment, a state fashion fun-wear segment and an interview with questions related to agriculture. The state fashion funwear portion encourages state queens to think cre-

atively about dressing up to represent where they are from. With a history of fishing with her father and living on the Kenai Peninsula, Goodroad said she wants to focus on an ensemble that incorporates items like Xtratuf boots or rain-proof coveralls. The national Miss United States Agriculture Pageant will be June 22 in Orlando, Florida.

with Brodersen, with the vast majority of them expressing similar concerns. The committee came back together that evening to take more comment, and Chair Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, said they would likely have to have another confirmation hearing for more public comment and to provide time for the legislators to ask questions. Brune worked for Anglo American as the public affairs

and government relations manager from June 2011 to March 2014, according to his resume. For eight months after that, he was the president of Think Globally, Develop Locally LLC, where he was consulting for Pebble and other mining projects. Though Brune no longer works on the Pebble project, he has gone on record in recent years in favor of it and has expressed that he believes it can

be done responsibly. One of the testifiers Friday read a tweet of Brune’s from April 19, 2018 where Brune wrote that he has “no doubt (Pebble) can be developed safely and will coexist with the salmon fishery.” When asked after Friday’s hearing if he still supports the Pebble Project, Brune didn’t tip his hand. “In my role as DEC commissioner, I would not be supportive of Pebble. I would not

be opposed to Pebble,” Brune said. “I would need to evaluate the project based on the permits that will be applied for. None have been applied for at the DEC level yet. No, I’m not currently a supporter or opponent of the project.” Brune, who has sat through multiple confirmation hearings that have featured overwhelmingly negative comments about him, said it’s always tough to hear people who have never

met him share such extreme criticisms of him. Many of the people who submitted letters in support of Brune or who spoke in support of him Friday are advocates for development. Their general sentiment was that commissioners are supposed to have a diverse background, and that Brune has worked for a number of organizations in a number of roles and has a well rounded knowledge of the issues facing the department.

“I thought this sticker was a pro-second amendment statement? Someone tell me if I’m completely wrong!” He also said there was an email calling the sticker racist. In an interview Friday, Linegar, who said he had been doing general repairs at the building, said Buscaglia wrote the building owner asking that the company be banned from the property. Buscaglia acknowledges

writing an email but said it included a number of complaints about Linegar or his employees. Buscaglia said she told the owner, who wasn’t sure how to respond, that they could hire a different heating and air company. The commission’s Facebook page has been inundated with comments. Buscaglia took down the initial post, writing on Facebook that it offended many gun owners who

saw the post as the commission being against the right to own guns. “Please know that is not the case,” the new post read. “Our concern was with the connotation of the statement to the Black Lives Matter movement.” Buscaglia said the commission’s aim is to seek out and eliminate discrimination, and she considered the sticker to be a discriminatory statement. She said she never intended to

step on anyone’s constitutional free speech or gun rights. “I think the line between being protected by the First Amendment and hate speech is very fine,” she said. “And frankly I wasn’t sure which one this was.” She said, in hindsight, she could have worded the initial post differently. She shared on the commission’s Facebook page Friday Dunleavy’s statement calling for

an investigation. She said in an interview that she will cooperate. Dunleavy spokesman Matt Shuckerow said by email that a “thorough, fair and impartial investigation is being conducted to ascertain all relevant facts that surround this matter.” Linegar said he considered the situation hurtful and inappropriate and hoped state officials would “make it right.”

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Sports

Bears take 5 points in series Kenai River wins Friday, Magicians take Saturday shootout By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears split Friday and Saturday games with the Minnesota Magicians at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, winning 4-1 on Friday before losing 3-2 Saturday in a shootout in North American Hockey League play. Kenai River is on a 9-5-1-1 run, including 6-4-1-1 under interim head coach Dan Bogdan. That has kept the Bears alive — barely — in the playoff race. Kenai River is 21-27-3-3 and is 11 points behind the Janesville

(Wisconsin) Jets in the race for the Midwest Division’s final playoff slot. Each team has six games left, with a win counting for two points. “We’ve been all buying in to what Dan has been coaching,” said Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik, who had two goals and an assist Friday and has seven points in his last three games. “We’re doing it for each other and the community around us.” Bogdan said focusing on the now and not the playoffs has been working, so there’s no reason to start worrying about the playoffs now.

“We were being hard on the puck and winning battles,” Bogdan said. “We’re just taking it shift by shift, period by period, game by game and focusing on the process.” Minnesota is 32-20-2-0 and is ahead of the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues by four points in the race for second place in the Midwest. The Magicians also have fallen six points behind division-leading Fairbanks. The Magicians clinched a playoff berth on March 2 with a 5-3 win over the Brown Bears and left on a trip to Alaska, where they See BEARS, page B2

Kenai River Brown Bears goaltender Gavin Enright makes a save on Minnesota Magicians forward John Keranen, in front of Bears forward Justin Daly, Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Cook Inlet Academy’s Adeline Nelson (left) guards Shishmaref’s Sonja Ningeulook Friday at the Class 1A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Area squads bow out Nikolaevsk girls, boys, CIA girls all go 1-2 at Class 2A state basketball tournament By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Beware the Ides of March. On a day known for misfortune, all three peninsula teams lost Friday at the Class 1A state basketball tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, ending their March Madness Alaska runs on the spot. The Nikolaevsk girls started the day with a 5538 loss to Buckland in the championship bracket fourth-place semifinals, and that was followed by the Cook Inlet Academy girls dropping a consolation game 33-22 to Shishmaref. The Nikolaevsk boys then fell 63-44 to Savoonga to cap the day for peninsula

teams. Each squad finished 1-2 at the big dance. “Most of my girls have moms that were very athletic and many of them never got to go to state,” said Nikolaevsk girls coach Bea Klaich. “It’s just a privilege that I don’t want them to take for granted.” Nikolaevsk boys head coach Steve Klaich echoed his wife’s thoughts and said he felt good about his team’s finish to the season despite multiple injuries dogging the squad this year, a campaign that included the first boys region title in program history. “Our youth and inexperience showed at state,” he said. “We showed it in spurts but our consistency wasn’t there. “But despite the injuries,

Kenai Central grad nabs relay gold Staff report Peninsula Clarion

Karl Danielson, a 2018 graduate of Kenai Central currently redshirting his freshman season at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, helped Team Alaska to victory in the Under-20 relay on Saturday at the U.S. Cross Country Junior Nationals at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. Danielson teamed up with Kai Meyers and Gus Schumacher for the victory in the 3-by-3-kilometer event. The squad finished at 22 minutes, 49.3 seconds, to defeat Far West by a little over 11 seconds. This was the fourth gold medal in four events for Schumacher at Junior Nationals, which features the top junior skiers in the country. Kendall Kramer anchored Team Alaska to first place in the Under-18 girls 3-by-3-kilometer event to also finish Junior

Nationals with four gold medals. In Friday’s Under-20 15-kilometer classic mass start, Danielson finished 15th at 39:35.6. The race was won by Schumacher at 36:54.9. Also Friday to lead Team Alaska, Zanden McMullen won gold in the 10-kilometer Under-18 boys race and Kramer won gold in the 10-kilometer Under-18 girls race. Schumacher and Kramer won gold in all three of their individual races. Alaska finished second in the race for the Alaska Cup, which goes to the top team in the competition. New England won with 1,427 points, while Alaska had 1,207 points. Also at Junior Nationals, Danielson finished fifth in the Under-20 classic sprints Wednesday and finished 62nd in the 10-kilometer individual freestyle Monday.

it was a good year. The kids played well and showed a lot of improvement.” The CIA girls also finished with a Peninsula Conference championship, which head coach Josh Hawley said helped ease the sting of going 1-2 at state. Hawley pointed out the growth the team made in 2018, just one year after the program was revived after a lost season. “This group of girls … with the amount of coaching they had and the amount of time in the gym, to come to state and pull within five points of (first-round opponent) Kake, we could’ve been talking about us playing for fourth place,” Hawley said. “You could be talking about See BOW, page B3

Nikolaevsk’s Lukah Kalugin ducks under the block of Savoonga’s Derek Seppilu (23) Friday at the Class 1A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Duke captures ACC Tournament By The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Zion Williamson had 21 points to cap a dominating three-game show at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, helping fifthranked Duke beat No. 12 Florida State 73-63 on Saturday night in the championship game. RJ Barrett added 17 points and nine rebounds and the Blue Devils (29-5) took control after halftime to add to their conference-record total with their 21st tournament title. Williamson was the tournament MVP. IOWA STATE 78, NO. 17 KANSAS 6 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Something about the Big 12 Tournament brings out the best in Iowa State. The fifth-seeded Cyclones raced to a big early lead against No. 17 Kansas, then leaned on some balanced scoring and enough stops down the stretch to beat the Jayhawks and remain unbeaten in five championship game appearances.

Tenn.

NO. 6 MICHIGAN ST. 67, NO. 19 WISCONSIN 55 CHICAGO — Cassius Winston scored 21 points and Kenny Goins keyed Michigan State’s fast start, helping the Spartans beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten semifinals. Seeking their sixth Big Ten tourney title, the Spartans (276) will face No. 10 Michigan in the final. Winston, the Big Ten Player of the Year, went 9 for 17 from the field and had six assists.

NO. 10 MICHIGAN 76, MINNESOTA 49

CHICAGO — Isaiah Livers scored a career-high 21 points and Michigan closed in on a record third straight Big Ten — Tournament championship.

NO. 8 TENNESSEE 82, NO. 4 KENTUCKY 78 NASHVILLE,

Lamonte’ Turner hit the goahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds left and Tennessee rallied to beat Kentucky in a Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinal thriller. Tennessee (29-4) trailed by eight with less than three minutes left before rallying to move a step closer to its first SEC Tournament title since 1979. The third-seeded Volunteers will face No. 22 Auburn (25-9) on Sunday.

Zavier Simpson added 15 points and nine assists to help Michigan (28-5) win its 10th straight Big Ten Tournament game — the conference’s longest streak. Amir Coffey had 14 points for Minnesota (21-13).

NO. 11 HOUTSON 61, MEMPHIS 58

had to play the final four minutes without center Nick Perkins after he fouled out when he was called for a technical.

NO. 22 AUBURN 65, FLORIDA 62 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jared Harper hit a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left and Auburn held off Florida to reach the Southeastern Conference championship game for the first time since 2000. Harper finished with 20 points, and Bryce Brown scored all 11 of his points in the second half for the Tigers (25-9). Kevarrius Hayes and Jalen Hudson each had 16 points for Florida.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Corey Davis Jr. scored 17 points and Houston weathered a late Memphis rally in the American Athletic Conference semifinals. Top-seeded Houston will face No. 24 Cincinnati in the title game. Jeremiah Martin led Memphis (21-13). On Memphis’ final possession, Tyler Harris missed a 3-pointer, then at- NO. 24 CINCINNATI 66, WICHITA STATE 63 tempted a final one that was blocked by Fabian White as MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — time expired. Nysier Brooks scored 13 points and Cane Broome hit the goahead layup with 23.5 seconds NO. 18 BUFFALO 87, BOWLING GREEN 73 left to lift Cincinnati past Wichita State in the American Athletic CLEVELAND — Jeremy Conference semifinals. Tre Scott added 12 points Harris scored 31 points, C.J. Massinburg added 17 and Buffa- and eight rebounds for Cinlo won its fourth Mid-American cinnati (27-6). Jarron Cumberland, the conference player Conference title in five years. Harris went 13 of 20 and was of the year was limited to 11 named the tournament’s MVP. points on 3-of-16 shooting. Jayvon Graves also added 17 Markis McDuffie had 18 for points for the Bulls (31-3), who the Shockers (19-14).

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struggled initially. Minnesota lost two to Fairbanks and two to Kenai River before winning the shootout. Minnesota assistant Gaven Bickford, in charge of the team because head coach AJ Bucchino stayed home due to the impending birth of his first child, said the Magicians are the second youngest team in the league. Bickford said peaks and valleys are expected, and the team was at a low point Friday. He added he expects the Magicians to be on the upswing for the playoffs. “I’m disappointed with our effort,” Bickford said. “I’d like to see us be a little harder on the puck and go to the net with more determination.” Kenai River’s line of Krajnik, Michael Spethmann and Andy Walker was a major factor in the game, with each finishing plusfour. Spethmann had a goal, while Walker had two assists. With the Bears winning the combined shot count in the first two periods 26-15, Krajnik struck 4 minutes,

21 seconds, into the second period, driving the net and beating Magicians goalie Ethan Haider five-hole. Markuss Komuls and JJ Boucher had assists. Just five minutes later, Krajnik again got to the net for a goal, with Boucher and Komuls assisting again. With 7:44 to play in the game, Minnesota’s Dawson Klein cut it to 2-1 on the power play. That would be all Bears goalie Gavin Enright would allow, making 34 saves while Haider had 35. Minnesota was 1 for 7 on the power play. “We got a goal on the power play, so I’m OK with it,” Bickford said. “We were moving the puck around really well, Enright just made some big saves when they needed them.” With 4:25 to play, Spethmann sniped a pass from Krajnik bar-down, short-side for a 3-1 lead, then Vincent Weis sealed it with an empty-netter for his first goal in a Brown Bears sweater. Krajnik said the Bears are feeling great right now, sticking to Bogdan’s systems but being creative within those systems. “We’re in it for each other,” he said. “We’re doing

Minnesota Magicians forward John Keranen and Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Connor Canterbury battle for the puck Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

it for the guys left and right of us. When you have that bond, you’re unbeatable.” Saturday, Minnesota jumped out to a 2-0 lead with second-period goals by Chris Konin and TJ Sagissor. The Bears jumped back to 2-1 a little over two minutes into the third period, when Komuls scored on as-

sists from Spethmann and day at 7 p.m. and Friday and Sutton McDonald. Boucher Saturday at 7:30 p.m. then tied it with 1:20 to play Friday on an assist from Walker. Brown Bears 4, Magicians 1 Jake Seitz and Konin Minnesota 0 0 1 — 1 then scored in the shootout Kenai River 0 2 2 — 4 for Minnesota, while Ma- First period — none. Penalties — Mingicians goalie Jack Robbel nesota 3 for 8:00; Kenai River 4 for stopped the first two Kenai 10:00. Second period — 1. Kenai River, Krajnik (Komuls, Boucher), 4:21; 2. Kenai River shooters. Krajnik (Boucher, Komuls), 9:25. The Bears host the Fair- River, Penalties — Minnesota 2 for 4:00; Kebanks Ice Dogs on Thurs- nai River 1 for 2:00.

Third period — 3. Minnesota, Klein (Kruse, Buhl), pp, 12:16; 4. Kenai River, Spethmann (Krajnik, Walker), 15:35; 5. Kenai River, Weis (Walker), en, 19:48. Penalties — Minnesota 2 for 4:00; Kenai River 4 for 10:00. Shots on goal — Minnesota 7-8-20— 35; Kenai River 11-15-13—39. Goalies — Minnesota, Haider (38 shots, 35 saves); Kenai River, Enright (35 shots, 34 saves). Power plays — Minnesota 1 for 7; Kenai River 0 for 4.

Killorn nets hat trick, Lightning topple Capitals Bergeron spun around and fed to win his fourth consecutive start for Marchand in the right circle, where the Panthers. Marchand one-timed a shot as he went to one knee for his 15th OT goal, most RED WINGS 2, ISLANDERS 1 in team history. DETROIT — Andreas Athanasiou scored twice and Jonathan Bernier BLUES 5, PENGUINS 1 stopped 41 shots in Detroit’s victory PITTSBURGH — Vince Dunn over New York. scored twice, Pat Maroon had a goal Anders Lee scored for New York. and an assist and St. Louis Blues ended a three-game losing streak. HURRICANES 4, SABRES 2 Former Pittsburgh draft pick Oskar Sundqvist and Jay Bouwmeester also RALEIGH, N.C. — Andrei Svechscored and Jordan Binnington made nikov and Justin Williams each scored 40 saves for St. Louis. Binnington has BRUINS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1 17 wins and five shutouts in his first goals, and Carolina won for the third time in four games. BOSTON — Brad Marchand 22 starts. scored 3:30 into the overtime and JETS 2, FLAMES 1 Boston snapped a three-game losing PANTHERS 4, KINGS 3 streak. WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mark Patrice Bergeron had a powerLOS ANGELES — Jonathan Hu- Scheifele scored his 34th goal of the play goal for the Bruins and set up berdeau scored with 1:56 remaining season, Mathieu Perreault had the the game-winner. Boston’s skid came and Florida beat Los Angeles for its winner and Winnipeg ended Calgary’s after it earned at least a point in 19 fourth straight victory. three-game winning streak. straight games. Sam Montembeault made 24 saves Connor Hellebuyck made 27

By The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Killorn scored three goals for his first career hat trick, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 Saturday night in the teams’ first meeting since last year’s Eastern Conference finals. Tampa Bay set team records for wins (55) and points (114) in a season, becoming the 12th team in league history to get at least 55 victories in a season.

Spence defeats Garcia ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Errol Spence Jr. had to go the distance to defend his IBF welterweight title for the third time. Still, the outcome was never in doubt for one of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers. Spence unanimously outpointed previously undefeated challenger Mikey Garcia, a skilled boxer who moved up two weight classes for what he considered a legacy fight Saturday night. “Throughout training camp, a lot of commentators thought he was too smart and I couldn’t box as well as him. I showed I can box and I can move my head if I want to,” Spence said. “The game is to be smart. It’s the sweet science. I had the size and reach advantage, so why not use it to take away the jab? It’s a weapon for me and it takes away one of his weapons.” Spence improved to 25-0 after all three judges awarded him every round. One card was 120-107, and the other two were 120108.

Thiem, Federer to meet for title INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Dominic Thiem outlasted Milos Raonic 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final after Roger Federer advanced when Rafael Nadal withdrew because of a knee injury. A somber Nadal announced his withdrawal a couple hours before he was scheduled to take the court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. “I warm up today in the morning, and I felt that my knee was not enough good to compete at the level that I need to compete,” he said. Federer was warming up on another court at the same time as Nadal and figured the match was on. However, Nadal soon texted him it wasn’t going to happen. “It’s a big letdown,” said Federer, who came on court in khaki shorts and a gray cardigan to address fans.

saves for the Jets, allowing only lost three of their past four games. Mark Jankowski’s goal. Mike Smith Garret Sparks stopped 38 shots. stopped 19 shots for the Flames.

WILD 5, RANGERS 2

BLACKHAWKS 2, CANADIENS 0

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ryan Donato scored two goals and Devan MONTREAL — Corey Crawford Dubnyk had 26 saves as Minnesota stopped 48 shots for his second shut- remained in the thick of the playoff out of the season and surging Chicago race. won its fifth straight. Connor Murphy and Brendan PerPREDATORS 4. SHARKS 2 lini scored for the Blackhawks. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Filip Forsberg scored the tiebreaking goal with SENATORS 6, 12:58 left in the third period and VikMAPLE LEAFS 2 tor Arvidsson added his second of the OTTAWA, Ontario — Magnus game into an empty net to help NashPaajarvi scored twice to lead last- ville beat San Jose. place past slumping Toronto. Cody Ceci, Brian Gibbons, AnthoOILERS 3, COYOTES 2, OT ny Duclair and Oscar Lindberg also scored for the Senators. Anders NilsGLENDALE, Ariz. — Connor son made 35 saves. McDavid scored two goals, including Morgan Rielly and John Tavares the winner in overtime, to lead Edscored for the Maple Leafs, who have monton.

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 49 20 .710 — Philadelphia 44 25 .638 5 Boston 43 27 .614 6½ Brooklyn 36 35 .507 14 New York 13 56 .188 36 Southeast Division Miami 32 36 .471 — Orlando 32 38 .457 1 Charlotte 31 37 .456 1 Washington 30 40 .429 3 Atlanta 24 46 .343 9 Central Division x-Milwaukee 52 17 .754 — Indiana 44 26 .629 8½ Detroit 35 33 .515 16½ Chicago 19 51 .271 33½ Cleveland 17 53 .243 35½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 43 26 .623 — San Antonio 41 29 .586 2½ New Orleans 30 42 .417 14½ Dallas 28 41 .406 15 Memphis 28 42 .400 15½ Northwest Division Denver 46 22 .676 — Portland 42 27 .609 4½ Oklahoma City 42 28 .600 5 Utah 40 29 .580 6½ Minnesota 32 37 .464 14½ Pacific Division Golden State 47 21 .691 — L.A. Clippers 40 30 .571 8 Sacramento 33 35 .485 14 L.A. Lakers 31 38 .449 16½ Phoenix 17 54 .239 31½ x-clinched playoff spot Friday’s Games Charlotte 116, Washington 110 Detroit 111, L.A. Lakers 97 Philadelphia 123, Sacramento 114 Houston 108, Phoenix 102 Milwaukee 113, Miami 98 Portland 122, New Orleans 110 San Antonio 109, New York 83 L.A. Clippers 128, Chicago 121 Saturday’s Games Boston 129, Atlanta 120 Phoenix 138, New Orleans 136, OT Washington 135, Memphis 128 Dallas 121, Cleveland 116 Golden State 110, Oklahoma City 88 San Antonio 108, Portland 103 Denver 102, Indiana 100 Utah 114, Brooklyn 98 Sunday’s Games L.A. Lakers at New York, 8 a.m. Charlotte at Miami, 9 a.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 11:30 a.m. Toronto at Detroit, noon Atlanta at Orlando, 2 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, 2 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 5 p.m. All Times ADT

Men’s Major Scores EAST

Buffalo 87, Bowling Green 73 Harvard 66, Penn 58 St. Bonaventure 68, Rhode Island 51 Vermont 66, UMBC 49 Villanova 74, Seton Hall 72 Yale 83, Princeton 77 SOUTH Auburn 65, Florida 62 Duke 73, Florida St. 63 Georgia St. 59, Texas State 46 NC Central 50, Norfolk St. 47 Old Dominion 62, W. Kentucky 56 Saint Louis 67, Davidson 44 Tennessee 82, Kentucky 78 MIDWEST Cincinnati 66, Wichita St. 63 Iowa St. 78, Kansas 66 Michigan 76, Minnesota 49 Michigan St. 67, Wisconsin 55 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 77, New Orleans 60 Houston 61, Memphis 58 Prairie View 92, Texas Southern 86 Texas-Arlington 67, Georgia Southern 58 FAR WEST Cal St.-Fullerton 64, UC Santa Barbara 58 Montana 68, E. Washington 62 New Mexico St. 89, Grand Canyon 57 Utah St. 64, San Diego St. 57

Women’s Scores EAST Penn 91, Harvard 62 Princeton 68, Cornell 47 Towson 53, Drexel 49 SOUTH Bethune-Cookman 57, Norfolk St. 45 Southern U. 45, Jackson St. 41 MIDWEST Buffalo 77, Ohio 61 Drake 65, Illinois St. 54 Missouri St. 89, N. Iowa 64 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 88, Lamar 79 Rice 69, Middle Tennessee 54 Texas A&M-CC 58, Stephen F. Austin 56 UALR 57, South Alabama 56 FAR WEST New Mexico St. 76, Rio Grande 73 UC Davis 58, Hawaii 50

Baseball Spring Training

Saturday’s Games Boston 6, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 8, Washington 5 Miami 11, N.Y. Mets 6 Minnesota at Tampa Bay, cancelled Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Yankees 17, Toronto (ss) 7 Houston 13, Philadelphia 5 Baltimore 4, Toronto (ss) 3 Milwaukee (ss) 5, Colorado 4

Cincinnati 5, Texas 2 Kansas City (ss) 6, Milwaukee (ss) 2 San Francisco (ss) 10, San Diego (ss) 3 L.A. Dodgers 2, Chicago White Sox 0 San Diego (ss) 10, Kansas City (ss) 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 1 Cleveland 7, L.A. Angels 2 Seattle vs. Yomiuri (ss) at Tokyo, JP, 7:05 p.m. All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Tampa Bay 72 55 13 4 114 283 190 Boston 72 43 20 9 95 216 185 Toronto 72 43 24 5 91 259 216 Montreal 72 37 28 7 81 212 212 Florida 71 32 27 12 76 232 239 Buffalo 71 30 32 9 69 196 230 Detroit 72 25 37 10 60 195 247 Ottawa 72 25 41 6 56 213 263 Metropolitan Division Washington 72 42 23 7 91 248 225 N.Y. Islanders 71 41 23 7 89 203 171 Pittsburgh 72 39 24 9 87 248 218 Carolina 71 39 25 7 85 212 196 Columbus 72 40 28 4 84 220 210 Philadelphia 71 34 29 8 76 220 240 N.Y. Rangers 72 28 31 13 69 202 241 New Jersey 72 27 36 9 63 204 246

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Winnipeg 71 42 25 4 88 243 211 Nashville 73 41 27 5 87 219 195 St. Louis 71 37 27 7 81 204 194 Dallas 71 37 29 5 79 179 175 Minnesota 72 34 30 8 76 197 211 Chicago 71 32 30 9 73 241 260 Colorado 71 30 29 12 72 226 223 Pacific Division Calgary 72 44 21 7 95 256 206 San Jose 72 43 21 8 94 258 222 Vegas 71 39 27 5 83 214 197 Arizona 72 36 30 6 78 195 200 Edmonton 71 32 32 7 71 201 231 Vancouver 71 29 32 10 68 193 221 Anaheim 73 29 35 9 67 170 225 Los Angeles 71 25 38 8 58 168 227 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. x-clinched playoff spot Friday’s Games Columbus 3, Carolina 0 Toronto 7, Philadelphia 6 Vegas 2, Dallas 1 Anaheim 5, Colorado 3 Calgary 5, N.Y. Rangers 1 New Jersey 3, Vancouver 2, SO Saturday’s Games Detroit 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1 Florida 4, Los Angeles 3 Boston 2, Columbus 1, OT Tampa Bay 6, Washington 3 Carolina 4, Buffalo 2 Chicago 2, Montreal 0 Ottawa 6, Toronto 2 Winnipeg 2, Calgary 1

Minnesota 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Edmonton 3, Arizona 2, OT Nashville 4, San Jose 2 Sunday’s Games New Jersey at Colorado, 11 a.m. St. Louis at Buffalo, 1 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 2 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m. Florida at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Vegas, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W D.C. United 2 Columbus 2 Montreal 2 New York 1 Toronto FC 1 NY City FC 0 Orlando City 0 Atlanta 0 New England 0 Chicago 0 Cincinnati 0 Philadelphia 0

L T Pts GF GA 0 1 7 7 0 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 6 6 4 0 1 4 5 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 4 7 1 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 1 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle 3 0 0 9 10 3 Houston 2 0 1 7 6 4 Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 6 6 2 Minnesota U. 2 1 0 6 8 5 LA Galaxy 2 1 0 6 5 5 FC Dallas 1 1 1 4 3 2 Real Salt Lake 1 1 1 4 2 6 S. Kansas City 1 1 0 3 3 2 Colorado 0 1 1 1 3 5 Portland 0 1 1 1 4 7 Vancouver 0 3 0 0 4 7 San Jose 0 3 0 0 2 9 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday, March 16 Seattle 4, Chicago 2 Columbus 1, FC Dallas 0 Houston 3, Vancouver 2 New York 4, San Jose 1 Montreal 3, Orlando City 1 D.C. United 5, Real Salt Lake 0 LA Galaxy 3, Minnesota United 2 Sunday, March 17 Los Angeles FC at New York City FC, 11 a.m. Portland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 3 p.m. New England at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 5 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Assigned RHP Juan Minaya outright to Charlotte (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Cody Anderson to Columbus (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP John Curtiss and LHP Williams Jerez to Salt Lake (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned

RHP Tyler Duffey to Rochester (IL). Reassigned RHP Chase De Jong to minor league camp. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned C Kyle Higashioka to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Released LHP Matt Marksberry and RHP Shane Watson. CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHPs Duane Underwood Jr., James Norwood and Rowan Wick to Iowa (PCL). Reassigned LHP Mike Zagurski; Cs Francisco Arcia and P.J. Higgins; RHPs Christian Bergman, Matt Carasiti, George Kontos and Dakota Mekkes; INFs Ryan Court, Phillip Evans, Trent Giambrone and Zack Short; and INF/OF Jim Adduci to minor league camp. COLORADO ROCKIES — Reassigned RHP Matt Pierpont, LHP Ben Bowden, C Dom Nunez and INFs Bret Boswell, Brian Mundell and Brendan Rodgers to minor league camp. NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHP Eric Hanhold to minor league camp. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned 3B Mitch Walding to Lehigh Valley (IL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reassigned LHP Hunter Cervenka, C Jeremy Martinez, INF Max Schrock and OF Randy Arozarena to minor league camp. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Max Garcia to a oneyear contract. ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with TE Logan Paulsen on a one-year contract. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed OL LaAdrian Waddle to a one-year contract. DENVER BRONCOS — Resigned DL Zach Kerr to a twoyear contract. DETROIT LIONS — Agreed to terms with CB Marcus Cooper on a one-year contract. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Chris Conley and OT Cedric Ogbuehi. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released OT Donald Penn. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Agreed to terms with OL Earl Watford. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Colton Point from Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Akil Thomas to a three-year contract. American Hockey League ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Assigned G Matt Tomkins to Indy (ECHL). COLLEGE TULANE — Fired men’s basketball coach Mike Dunleavy.

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us going deep at state.” For now, each squad will be looking ahead to next year.

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‘Most of my girls have moms that were very athletic and many of them never got to go to state. It’s just a privilege that I don’t want them to take for granted.’ — Bea Klaich, Nikolaevsk girls coach

Buckland girls 55, Nikolaevsk 38 Cold shooting and one too many turnovers in the third quarter doomed the Nikolaevsk girls to a Friday morning loss at the Alaska Airlines Center and ended the season for the Warriors. Klaich said injuries in the regular season made for a tough ride at state, but added the silver lining is seeing younger players receive valuable playing time. “The girls and I are really happy to be in the top eight in the state,” Klaich said. “That’s a great accomplishment because we had to overcome some things this season … the message for the juniors is we can get better and the difference will be what they do to improve in the offseason.” Nikolaevsk junior Elizabeth Fefelov notched another big day for the Warriors with 17 points and 22 rebounds, while junior teammate Markiana Yakunin had 13 and 10. Later, Fefelov would in the Queen of the Court 3-point Contest. However, Nikolaevsk struggled to keep up with Buckland’s dangerous transition game, and three Sissuani players finished in double figures — Mamie Kirk with 16 points, eight rebounds and five steals, Bethany Ticket with 15 points and Jacquelyn Berlin with 13. Overall, Buckland

pressured Nikolaevsk into 27 turnovers, 21 of those on straight steals of the ball. Buckland jumped out to an 18-8 lead early, but the Warriors won the second quarter 13-5 to close the gap to 23-21 by halftime. Yakunin was especially deadly in the second, finding the ball from teammates in a variety of ways as the passing game improved. Yakunin tallied eight of the team’s 13 points in the second quarter. “They showed they can play with any team,” Klaich said. “They showed that in the first half, they were even with them. They just need to be consistent.” Fefelov laid in a bucket immediately following the second-half tipoff to tie the game at 23 apiece, but that would be the last time Nikolaevsk shared the advantage. The Sissuani took charge from there, led by Mamie Kirk’s 10 points, to grab a daunting 39-26 lead entering the fourth quarter. Kirk and teammate Jacquelyn Berlin both connected from long range to build the lead while Nikolaevsk struggled to score. Overall, Buckland outscored Nikolaevsk 32-17 in the second half as the Sissuani ran away with the win. Kirk finished with a teamhigh 16 points for Buck-

land and also grabbed eight rebounds and five steals. Buckland also got 15 points from Bethany Ticket and 13 from Berlin. Nikolaevsk struggled from the court in the second half, hitting just 6 of 34 shots (17 percent) while going 0 for 15 in total from the 3-point line. Shishmaref girls 33, CIA 22 The Cook Inlet Academy senior class of Anna Cizek, Adara Warren, Adeline Nelson, Sophia Nelson and Brianna Hammond wrapped up their prep careers Friday with a loss to the Shishmaref Northern Lights in the consolation bracket. “It’s sad but it was a good way to end it,” Warren said. “Just sucks it’s like the last organized sport I’ll play.” Warren led the Eagles with seven points and 10 boards, while Cizek added six points. Warren said that while the team would be missing out on Saturday’s action, she was happy to come away with a March Madness victory. “I’m glad we won one of the games,” Warren said, referring to Thursday’s win over Newtok. “That first morning game wasn’t the See STATE, page B4

Nikolaevsk’s Michael Trail (left) attempts a shot under Savoonga’s Derek Seppilu on Friday at the Class 1A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Shiffrin ties Stenmark for slalom victories SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Citius, altius, 40th. Embodying the Olympic motto in a World Cup slalom Saturday, Mikaela Shiffrin went faster in her second slalom run and higher in the World Cup all-time lists by being stronger than Wendy Holdener to win an intense duel. Shiffrin’s 40th career victory in

World Cup slaloms tied her with Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark’s record for wins in the discipline. “It was just a really amazing day to be racing,” Shiffrin said in the sun-bathed finish area in Andorra, one hour after Alexis Pinturault also set a record winning the final men’s giant slalom of the season.

Pinturault became the most prolific French skier on the 52-year World Cup circuit with his 23rd career victory. Shiffrin had trailing 0.28 seconds behind first-run leader Holdener and won by just 0.07 after both racers visibly pushed their limits slicing through the gates. Holdener’s

unlucky defeat extended her own unwanted World Cup record with a 22nd career podium finish in slalom without a victory. That’s the most top-three placings in a single discipline without winning for any man or woman in World Cup history. “I can see the frustration in her eyes,” Shiffrin said. “I have a lot of

Spurs roll to 8th straight win Trail Blazers lose McCollum to leg injury, see win streak snapped By The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points and the San Antonio Spurs extended their winning streak to eight games with a 108-103 victory Saturday night over the Portland Trail Blazers, who lost C.J. McCollum to a left leg injury. Damian Lillard scored 34 points for Portland, which had won three straight. WARRIORS 110, THUNDER 88

Schroder added 15 points for the Thunder. Russell Westbrook scored just seven points on 2-for-16 shooting and missed all seven of his 3-point attempts. He had nine assists and eight rebounds.

points of Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA scoring list and Dallas ended a seven-game losing streak. Nowitzki got hot early in the fourth quarter and finished with 14 points to bring him to the cusp of Chamberlain for sixth SUNS 138, place on the career scoring list. He has another home game on PELICANS 136 Monday before the team leaves NEW ORLEANS — Josh on a three-game road trip. Jackson hit a tying 3-pointer with 2 seconds left in overtime, NUGGETS 102, the Pelicans were assessed a technical foul when they called PACERS 100 a timeout they didn’t have DENVER — Paul Millsap and Devin Booker hit the free hit a left-handed layup with throw to give Phoenix the lead 7 seconds remaining, Nikola for good. Booker finished with 40 Jokic scored 26 points before points to go with 13 assists, being ejected in the fourth and Jackson, who had 19 quarter for arguing and Denver points, scored the game’s final moved to the verge of its first point on a free throw after he playoff spot since 2012-13. The magic number for the was fouled on an inbound pass Nuggets dropped to one as they with less than a second on the remained in the No. 2 spot beclock. hind Golden State. Denver ran its home record to a Western MAVERICKS 121, Conference-leading 30-6.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Stephen Curry scored 33 points to help Golden State roll past Oklahoma City and clinch a playoff berth. Klay Thompson scored 23 points and DeMarcus Cousins added 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Warriors, who played without Kevin Durant for a second CAVALIERS 116 straight game because of a DALLAS — Tim Hardsprained right ankle. Paul George had 29 points away Jr. scored 22 points, Dirk and 13 rebounds, and Dennis Nowitzki closed within three

Donovan Mitchell scored 24 points, Rudy Gobert added 23 points and 17 rebounds, and Utah beat Brooklyn. Derrick Favors had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz. Jae Crowder and Ricky Rubio added 12 points apiece as Utah won its third straight game, holding Brooklyn to 35 percent shooting and finishing with a 65-44 advantage on rebounds.

CELTICS 129, HAWKS 120 BOSTON — Kyrie Irving just missed his second straight triple-double with 30 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, Jaylen Brown scored 23 points with a key 3-pointer and Boston held off Atlanta after blowing a 25-point, second-half lead.

WIZARDS 135, GRIZZLIES 128

WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal scored 40 points for JAZZ 114, NETS 98 the second straight night and SALT LAKE CITY — Washington beat Memphis.

Rahm leads Players PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jon Rahm can’t think of a shot he missed Saturday in his round of 8-under 64 that took him from five shots behind to one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood in The Players Championship. The one bogey he made stood out for two reasons. It was nearly perfect, of course, a sand wedge into No. 6 that tracked the flag and landed next to the pin, except that it took a hard bounce and rolled over the back of the green. And his reaction to a potential birdie turning into bogey spoke to the calm Rahm feels, even

on a course designed to fray nerves. There was no visible frustration, only more great golf. “I’ve been working so hard on the mental aspect of my game, trying to keep myself in check a little more,” said Rahm, the 24-year-old Spaniard so full of passion. “And I think that has been the key this week. I’ve been so balanced — nothing like I used to be, nothing like before. I’ve been really proud of how I’ve been handling myself. “And hopefully tomorrow, it shows how different it has been.”

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respect for Wendy. She is so strong.” Shiffrin, the 2014 Sochi Olympics gold medalist, earned 100 race points to lift her season-long total in the slalom standings to a remarkable 1,160 — more than every woman skier’s total over all disciplines, except for overall standings runner-up Petra Vlhova.

Today in History Today is Sunday, March 17, the 76th day of 2019. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 17, 1762, New York held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade. On this date: In 1776, the Revolutionary War Siege of Boston ended as British forces evacuated the city. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt first likened crusading journalists to a man with “the muckrake in his hand” in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington. In 1912, the Camp Fire Girls organization was incorporated in Washington D.C., two years to the day after it was founded in Thetford, Vermont. (The group is now known as Camp Fire.) In 1936, Pittsburgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood began as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and their tributaries, swollen by rain and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the high water was blamed for more than 60 deaths. In 1958, the U.S. Navy launched the Vanguard 1 satellite. In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India in the wake of a failed uprising by Tibtans against Chinese rule. In 1968, a peaceful anti-Vietnam War protest in London was followed by a riot outide the U.S. Embassy; more than 200 people were arrested and over 80 people were reported injured. I 1970, the United States cast its first veto in the U.N. Security Council, killing a resolution that would have condemned Britain for failing to use force to overthrow the whie-ruled government of Rhodesia. In 1973, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm, a freed prisoner of the Vietnam War, was joyously greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in California in a scee captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photograph. In 1988, Avianca Flight 410, a Boeing 727, crashed after takeoff into a mountain in Colmbia, killing all 143 people on board. In 2006, Federal regulators reported the deaths of two women in addition to four others who had taken the abortion pill RU-486; Planned Parenthood said it would immediately stop disregarding the approved instructions for the drug’s use. Fashion designer Oleg Cassini died on Long Island, New York, at age 92. In 2013, two members of Steubenville, Ohio’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl and sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison in a case that rocked the Rust Belt city of 18,000. Ten years ago: U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by North Koea while reporting on North Korean refugees living across the border in China. (Both were convicted of entering North Korea illegally and were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor; both were freed in August 2009 after former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition. Five years ago: Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula as an “independent and sovereign country,” ignoring sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries. Fashion designer L’Wren Scott, 49, was found dead in New York, a suicide. British cinematographer Oswald Morris, who’d won an Oscar for “Fiddler on the Roof,” died in Dorset, England, at age 98. One year ago: Superstore company Fred Meyer announced that it would stop selling guns and ammunition; in the aftermath of the Florida high school shooting, the company had earlier said it would stop selling firearms to anyone under 21. Russia said it was expelling 23 British diplomats in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. Today’s Birthdays: The former national chairwoman of the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 86. Former astronaut Ken Mattingly is 83. Singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly is 76. Singer-songwriter John Sebastian (The Lovin’ Spoonful) is 75. Former NSA Director and former CIA Director Michael Hayden is 74. Rock musician Harold Brown (War; Lowrider Band) is 73. Actor Patrick Duffy is 70. Actor Kurt Russell is 68. Country singer Susie Allanson is 67. Actress Lesley-Anne Down is 65. Actor Mark Boone Jr. is 64. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 64. Actor Gary Sinise is 64. Actor Christian Clemenson is 61. Former basketball and baseball player Danny Ainge is 60. Actor Arye Gross is 59. Actress Vicki Lewis is 59. Actor Casey Siemaszko (sheh-MA’-zshko) is 58. Writer-director Rob Sitch is 57. Actor Rob Lowe is 55. Rock singer Billy Corgan is 52. Rock musician Van Conner (Screaming Trees) is 52. Actor Mathew St. Patrick is 51. Actor Yanic (YAH’-neek) Truesdale is 50. Rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur is 47. Olympic gold medal soccer player Mia Hamm is 47. Rock musician Caroline Corr (The Corrs) is 46. Actress Amelia Heinle is 46. Country singer Keifer Thompson (Thompson Square) is 46. Actress Marisa Coughlan is 45. Rapper Swifty (D12) is 44. Actress Natalie Zea (zee) is 44. Actress Brittany Daniel is 43. Singer and TV personality Tamar Braxton is 42. Country musician Geoff Sprung (Old Dominion) is 41. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 38. TV personality Rob Kardashian (kar-DASH’-ee-uhn) (TV: “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) is 32. Pop/rock singer-songwriter Hozier is 29. Actress Eliza Hope Bennett is 27. Actor John Boyega is 27. Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky is 22. Actor Flynn Morrison is 14. Thought for Today: “Beagan agus a ra go maith.” (Say little, but say it well.) -- Irish saying.

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Cook Inlet Academy’s Anna Cizek looks for an open teammate Friday against Shishmaref at the Class 1A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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best.” CIA struggled against Shishmaref’s rabid defense in the second half, hitting just four buckets for an 18 percent clip. Overall, CIA sunk just 1 of 12 from beyond the arc. Things were tight early on. The Eagles trailed 12-6 midway through the second quarter but used a furious kick to take a 13-12 lead at halftime, a run that was capped by a Warren triple. The Shishmaref defense swamped the Eagles in the third quarter as Sonja Ningeulook heated up with a pair of 3s to give the Northern Lights a 2013 lead. When CIA began pushing out to defend the perimeter, it then allowed Rena Kiyutelluk to take over inside with three post

shots in a row, giving Shishmaref a 26-15 advantage entering the fourth quarter. Adeline Nelson got the final frame started with a nifty steal and layup in efforts to get a rally started, but Hayley Weyiouanna squashed it quickly with a 3-pointer from the top of the key. A pair of free throws and a transition layup by Ningeulook with 3:34 remaining effectively sealed the win at 33-20. Ningeulook led Shishmaref with 19 points, while teammate Sarah Stenek notched 14 rebounds. Savoonga boys 63, Nikolaevsk 44 The Nikolaevsk boys started hot with a doubledigit lead but saw it quickly disappear as the Savoonga Huskies dominated the second half 42-18. The Warriors bid adieu to seniors Michael Trail,

Randy Boquecosa and JD Mumey as Nikolaevsk’s season came to an end. Trail led the Warriors with 14 points, 16 rebounds and six steals, and shot 7 for 17. Teammates Kosta Nikitenko added nine points and seven boards, and Isaak Fefelov notched eight points. Nikolaevsk’s lead grew to 26-14 early in the second quarter, but Savoonga began to steadily flip the switch. “We were stagnant the last half of the second quarter,” said coach Steve Klaich. “We were stuck on 26 points for a long time.” Fefelov drained a 3-pointer early with 6:24 left in the first half, but Savoonga’s defense shut out the Warriors for the next 10 minutes of game time. By the time Nikitenko finally broke the offensive silence with a jumper at at 4:24 of the third quarter, the Huskies had tallied 15 straight

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Nikolaevsk’s Markiana Yakunin (15) drives to the rim over Buckland’s Charlene Brown Friday at the Class 1A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

points for a slim lead. Over- with 3:34 left following a all, Savoonga outscored pair of layups by Fefelov Nikolaevsk 27-2 from the and Justin Trail. second quarter to the final Friday girls stages of the third. Sissuani 55, Warriors 38 Klaich attributed the 8 13 5 12 —38 sluggish period to rebound- Nikolaevsk Buckland 18 5 16 16 —55 ing. Nikolaevsk lost the re- NIKOLAEVSK (38) — Klaich 0, Z. Febounding battle 20-13 in the felov 1, Lasiter 2, Yakunin 13, Kalugin second half after winning 1, Mametieff 0, J. Fefelov 4, E. Fefelov the glass over Savoonga 20- 17. BUCKLAND (55) — Ticket 15, Melton 5, Hadley 4, Kirk 16, Brown 2, Berlin 17 in the first. “Our second half was 13. 3-point FG — Nikolaevsk 0; Buckland rebounding, or the lack of,” 5 (Ticket 2, Melton 1, Kirk 1, Berlin 1). Klaich said. “Michael can’t Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 9; Buckland do it all on the boards. He 17. Fouled out — Hadley. needs teammates to get in Northern Lights 33, Eagles 22 there and help on that.” Shishmaref 8 4 14 7 —33 The closest the Warriors Cook Inlet 4 9 2 7 —22 got to the Huskies in the SHISHMAREF (33) — T. Stenek 3, Ki6, Weyiouanna 5, S. Stenek 0, fourth quarter was 52-40 yutelluk Sinnok 0, L. Sinnok 0, Ningeulook 19.

CIA (22) — G. Nelson 0, Hyatt 0, S. Nelson 2, Dohse 0, A. Nelson 5, Castenholz 2, Cizek 6, Warren 7. 3-point FG — Shishmaref 4 (Ningeulook 3, Weyiouanna 1); CIA 1 (Warren). Team fouls — Shishmaref 6; CIA 4. Fouled out — none. Friday boys Huskies 63, Warriors 44 Nikolaevsk 18 8 6 12 —44 Savoonga 12 9 20 22 —63 NIKOLAEVSK (44) — Brown 0, Fefelov 8, K. Nikitenko 9, J. Trail 7, Kalugin 0, D. Nikitenko 0, Mumey 6, M. Trail 14. SAVOONGA (63) — Noongwook 2, Gologergen 3, E. Noongwook 0, J. Noongwook 5, T. Gologergen 8, Kulowiyi 20, Kingeekuk 4, Seppilu 12, Iya 0, Kulowiyi 9. 3-point FG — Nikolaevsk 4 (Fefelov 2, K. Nikitenko 1, J. Trail 1); Savoonga 3 (Gologergen 1, J. Noongwook 1, Kulowiyi 1). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 10; Savoonga 7. Fouled out — none.

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Keeping cool: Sleeping plants fend off cold the best Each warm spell makes the next cold spell feel that much more frigid to me and — more importantly — to my trees and shrubs. These plants would be much better off if the weather would stay cold until it was ready to turn warm in earnest. This time of year, cold is the only thing keeping most trees and shrubs in their winter sleep.

GOING INTO DEEP SLEEP IN AUTUMN Such was not the case back in autumn. Short days and cooling temperatures put these plants into a kind of sleep from which they could not awaken until they felt that winter had passed. Plants mark time by the amount of cold they experience, each kind of plant requiring different amounts of cold before it can awaken. Even with warm temperatures, for example, apple trees will not start growing again until experiencing an accumulated total of about 1,000 hours of temperatures between 30 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit. (It is the amount of cold, not frigid temperatures, that triggers the hormonal changes that jolt plants awake.) Once that “cold bank” has been filled, warmth can awaken these plants, which is what I fear happening with early warm spells. New growth, being succulent and lush, is especially susceptible to cold. Frost biting at new stems weakens a plant, could even kill it, depending on the vigour of the plant and the timing and degree of cold. Early flowers are part of that awakening growth. If nothing more, cold threatens to turn colorful petals to brown mush. But dead flowers also cannot go on to become fruits, leading to further disappointment if the hope was for something luscious or again decorative.

YOU CAN HELP We gardeners can make our plants less susceptible to the ill effects of early warm spells. One way is to grow plants adapted to your region. Even within a species, individual plants vary in their winter cold requirement. A red maple native to Georgia, for example, is more likely to awaken prematurely in New York than would a red maple that is native to New York. New York red maples having “early wakening” genes would have died off or been overgrown by those with genes that kept them asleep longer. Most of what we plant, of course, is not native or necessarily perfectly adapted to where we garden we can help by trying to keep such plants asleep longer. Look around your yard and note how frozen snow lingers longest on the north side of your home or on northfacing slopes. Plants on north-facing slopes or on the north sides of buildings similarly feel less warmth, so begin growth later. Even a tree or shrub that needs sun can thrive on north-facing slopes or near north facing walls. These locations become sunnier as the season advances and the sun rises higher in the sky and wraps further around the horizon. I’ve even heard of gardeners keeping prized plants asleep by spraying their branches with diluted, white latex paint. The white colour reflects the sun’s heat. Water resists temperature changes, so proximity to large bodies of water or to air that’s travelled over large bodies of water keeps things cooler in late winter and early spring. That’s why gardeners near large lakes, in coastal regions and in western Europe have fewer problems with overly eager plants in the spring. Before you start packing up plants for a move to coastal Ireland, however, keep in mind that water masses also subdue summer heat, which makes ripening heat-lovers like peppers and cucumbers more of a challenge.

This undated photo shows peach buds in New Paltz, N.Y. (Lee Reich via AP)

This photo rendering provided by Modsy shows a furnished room in a home done by the online design service. (Modsy via AP) By Kim Cook THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Setting up home in a small apartment poses all sorts of challenges. First, there’s the floorplan: With small rooms come issues like storage, and where to put the bed. Then there’s the furniture: Will it fit up the stairs, and will you need a toolbox and an engineering degree to put it together? Retailers and design services have answers. Design-your-space websites can give you accurate floor plans and helpful decor suggestions. Cleverly designed furniture is scaled for smaller footprints, and might come to the door in easy-to-assemble formats, or with assembly service as part of the package. There are now more options than ever for the diminutive nest.

THE FLOORPLAN Sites like Modsy and Havenly give you a thorough questionnaire to pinpoint your style preferences. You can choose or attach pictures of favourite spaces, as well. Then designers will come up with a few plans from which you can choose. At Modsy, for example, you can get a 3-D rendering based on your photos and measurements. Click on furnishings throughout the layout to see if you want to buy them or switch them out for other options. You can also include pieces you already own or are thinking of getting, and your designer will position them in the plan for you. Fiona Byrne , an interior designer in New York City, says one way to tackle the challenging, long but shallow living rooms so common in the city is with space-saving furniture. “Look for narrower pieces such as console tables instead of deep credenzas, and instead of a coffee table, get end tables for either side of the sofa,” she advises. “Dual-purpose pieces are great — side tables that

can double as stools when guests come over, a console table that doubles as a desk, etc. Plug-in wall sconces eliminate the need for additional side tables and don’t require any wiring. All you need is a screwdriver.” She also likes wallmounted televisions: “People can install the cable box vertically slotted behind the TV so there’s no need for a piece of furniture under the TV.”

THE FURNISHINGS “Small spaces are tricky,” says designer Alison Pickart of Larkspur, California, who has done several apartment projects. “When I want a small space to feel larger, I keep the colour palette monochromatic. The eye is less ‘distracted’ and the space feels more seamless.” “Mid-century pieces work well in tight spaces because their scale is more petite,” she says. Check out small-space collections from West Elm , Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn . Sebastian Brauer, Crate & Barrel’s vice-president of product design and development, says smallapartment living is about striking a balance between function and style. “Consider pieces that contribute to a light and airy visual vibe, as well as options that maximize your vertical space,” he says. “And don’t shy away from bold colour especially if your space has limited light. Bright colours can bring warmth and energy to your space.” If you’re not quite ready to invest in furniture, consider renting it. In New York and San Francisco, Feather offers “furniture freedom”: rentals of three months or longer for couches, chairs, tables and other furnishings from name-brand furniture partners. You can renew the lease, or buy something if you fall in love with it. West Elm has just launched a partnership with Rent the Runway , where subscribers can choose from 26 bundles of soft fur-

This photo shows Crate & Barrel’s Tate 48” walnut desk with power outlet. (Crate & Barrel via AP)

nishings for the bedroom and living room, curated by style, print, texture and colour. Inside Weather lets you try out a piece of furniture for a year and return it if things just aren’t working out. They’ve got a selection of contemporary pieces, like apartment-size sofas, midcentury modern chairs, credenzas and tables of all sizes. Everything ships for free. Inside Weather tells you how your purchase is going to arrive — the number and weight of boxes — and how long it’s likely to take to put together. The company has a signature snap assembly feature that means a sofa can come out of its two boxes and be ready in about 10 minutes. Developments in memory foam technology have been a boon to the home shipping market. Instead of big, bulky mattresses that might not fit through apartment doorways, some companies are sending mattresses and pillows tightly rolled in compact boxes. Coddleme.com , Lull.com and Ghostbed.com are among the options.

Detroit-based furniture company Floyd was started by friends Alex O’Dell and Kyle Hoff, who noticed that millennials were mobile and less inclined to acquire major pieces of furniture. They offer just a few basic, easy-to-assemble pieces — a sofa, platform bed, some tables — and ship them free to select cities. They’ve also got a kit of four white or black metal legs and a roll of sturdy strapping material, so you can turn whatever you like into a bespoke table. If you need help putting something together, consider hiring a service like TaskRabbit.com . It finds local pros for tasks like assembly or breakdown of furniture, or pickup, delivery and moving, and repair/install jobs. First-time renter Lea Nesdale and her friends used the service in their new Manhattan flat. “We had two IKEA dressers, and the directions were really confusing,” she says. “On TaskRabbit, you can see the potential builder’s skill set, so we booked someone who builds these often. He did it all in two hours.”

Seven essentials for your DIY spa bathroom Relaxing at a spa each week may be a luxury reserved for celebrities and socialites. For many people, a day spa is a treat enjoyed on special occasions or while on vacation. However, home bathrooms can be designed to provide the same types of amenities offered at day spas right in the comfort of one’s home. The American Psychological Association says that money, work and the future of the country are particularly strong stressors today. Eighty percent of workers

feel stress on the job and learning how to manage stress is a top concern, according to the American Institute of Stress. Creating a Zen-like retreat at home can help alleviate stress and improve health. Homeowners whose renovation plans include turning a bathroom into a spa oasis will need to choose which features they desire most. These suggestions can spur on more ideas to create the ideal retreat. • Soaker bathtub: There’s something to be said about a

luxurious soak in a tub. Tubs come in different sizes and shapes, like the highly recognizable clawfoot tub and other freestanding units. These types of tubs, as well as corner tubs, can offer deep-seated luxury by way of a relaxing and restorative soak. Pair with scented bath bombs or salts for a true spa experience. • Steam shower: Steam showers are self-enclosed units that feature generators that deliver steam through steam heads. The steam fills the space and can help a per-

son unwind before a refreshing shower or bath. According to the retailer Modern Bathroom®, modern steam showers come with digital controls, which makes it easy for users to activate the shower, adjust the length of time that the shower will operate and adjust temperature controls. Extra features like music, mood lighting and aromatherapy can be included as well. • Heated floors: Heated floors provide the utmost in comfort when stepping out of the bath or shower.

They can warm the room and make using the space more comfortable in cold weather. • Vessel sinks: A vessel sink typically features a bowl or basin that looks like it was placed on top of the vanity. Vessel sinks can elevate the ambiance in spa bathrooms. • Plush towels and robes: In addition to fixtures and other functional components of the bath, linens are key. Soft-spun Egyptian or Turkish cotton towels and robes are a must-have lux-

ury for the full spa experience. • Comfortable seat: A bench or chair nestled by a bathroom window is the perfect spot for pedicures or catching up on some light reading. • Natural light: Skylights or privacy-ensuring windows are a must to create a relaxing space close to nature. A spa bathroom at home is within reach. With a few touches, any bathroom can be transformed into a luxurious oasis.

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Keeping kids’ rooms calm, colorful and (relatively) tidy Spring cleaning season is here, and some of us got a head start by taking Marie Kondo’s message to heart: You’ll be happier if you eliminate clutter. In many households, no room is a bigger magnet for clutter than a child’s bedroom. Designers say parents are increasingly interested in managing that clutter effectively — and attractively. “Everybody wants their house to look like a magazine and that includes the kids’ rooms,” says Los Angeles designer Betsy Burnham. But her advice to parents: Be realistic about how you and your kids actually live. Be honest, and really ask, “Are we a tidy family? Are we too busy? Do we have too much stuff? It’s OK if you’re not a tidy household.” Once you’ve got those answers, Burnham says, there are lots of storage options out there. Here, she and two New York-based interior designers — Deborah Martin and Fawn Galli — offer advice on creating great kids’ bedrooms that can stay relatively clutter-free.

COLORFUL, YET RELAXING Galli says she hears clients talking about Kondo’s anti-clutter message. But she says parents also want more restful bedrooms for their kids as a response to digital overstimulation and the pace of modern kids’ lives. She says a space can be colorful yet restful if it’s been planned with a consistent colour palette and materials that work well together. Martin agrees: Choose a neutral colour palette for the major design elements in the room, like furniture and wall colour, she says. Then you can add pops of colour through rugs, bedding and pillows. Burnham also likes the neutral palette for kids’ rooms, where, she says, it’s easy “to overdo it, and think that just because they’re kids they get a brighter palette.” Another way to create a relaxing feel for kids:

This photo provided by New York-based interior designer Fawn Galli shows a child’s bedroom designed by Galli in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Costas Picadas/Fawn Galli via AP)

Leave open play space. “To maximize their creativity and their imaginative play,” Martin says, “it’s important to have an area where they can actually play in the centre of the room.”

EASY, AMPLE STORAGE All three designers mentioned the value of beds with storage underneath. Bunk beds or loft beds can be perfect, especially for smaller bedrooms. They also suggest labeling bins and baskets, especially for younger kids. A bookcase with deep shelves is perfect for holding labeled bins and baskets when children are younger, with books on higher shelves. Martin suggests considering the room from a child’s-eye view and planning storage from the ground up. Keep the mostused items where the child can easily reach them. Double rods in a child’s

closet will maximize space and help keep clothing organized. For very young kids, you can even add dividers along the rods that specify clothing sizes, so you’ll know which ones they haven’t grown into yet. Keep your child’s habits in mind: Some kids will fold their clothing Kondostyle and tuck it neatly into drawers. If yours won’t, choose bins or baskets where items like socks and underwear can easily be tossed and kept sorted.

TIMELESS STYLE To keep a child’s room from having a “kiddie” vibe that they’ll quickly outgrow, Burnham suggests avoiding primary colours. Also, keep desks and dresser tops relatively clear, Galli says, to keep the space feeling calm and more organized. “It’s a clean canvas,” she says, “to just start fresh at whatever your next project is.”

That might be easier to achieve by having less space rather than more: Desks don’t have to be large, Martin says, since many kids end up doing homework or projects at a kitchen table. A big desk in a bedroom can end up being a multipurpose space where a range of things quickly piles up. One last bit of advice: Involve kids, especially older ones, in designing a space that fits their personalities. Have it reflect their hobbies and interests, and add items like a wall rail where they can post things like a rotating display of photos. If your child has his or her heart set on a wild wall colour, Martin says, it may be worth going for it. You can always repaint in a couple of years. Involving kids in their room’s design “creates what you can call ‘pride of place,”’ she says. And that might make it more likely they’ll keep the room tidy.

This photo shows a child’s bedroom designed by Betsy Burnham in Los Angeles, Calif. (Betsy Burnham via AP)

US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep ecigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores, gas stations, pharmacies and other retail locations. The new guidelines, first proposed by the Food and Drug Administration in November, are the latest government effort to reverse what health offi-

cials call an epidemic of underage vaping. E-cigarettes typically heat a flavored nicotine solution into an inhalable vapor. Federal law bans their sale to those under 18, but 1 in 5 high school students report using e-cigarettes, according to the latest survey published last year . Under proposed FDA guidelines released Wednesday, e-cigarette makers would need to restrict sales of most flavored products to stores that verify the age of customers upon entry or include a separate, age-restricted area for vap-

ing products. Companies would also be expected to use third-party, identityverification technology for online sales. The FDA will also prioritize removing vaping products that clearly appeal to kids, such as those with packaging that resembles juice boxes, candy or cookies. Companies that don’t follow the new requirements risk having their products pulled from the market, the FDA said. “The onus is now on the companies and the vaping industry to work with us to try and bring down these levels of youth use, which are simply intolerable,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in an interview. The restrictions won’t apply to three flavors that the FDA says appeal more

to adults than teenagers: tobacco, menthol and mint. The rise in teen vaping has been driven mainly by new cartridge-based products like Juul, a heavilymarketed brand that has become a scourge in U.S. high schools. The rechargeable, odorless device can be used discreetly in bathrooms, hallways and even classrooms. The Silicon Valley-based company voluntarily halted retail sales of its fruit and candy-flavored pods last year, ahead of the FDA announcement. Anti-smoking activists have questioned whether the new FDA restrictions will be enough to stop the teen vaping surge. The FDA has little authority over how stores display and sell vaping products. Instead, critics say the agency is essentially telling companies to self-police. “FDA continues to nibble around the edges and that will not end the epidemic,” said Erika Sward, of the American Lung Association, which has called on the FDA to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from the market. She said FDA’s decision to exempt menthol and mint flavors is a mistake, since survey data shows those flavors are used by roughly half of teens who vape. Health experts say nicotine is harmful to developing brains, and some researchers worry that addicted teens will eventually switch from vaping to smoking. Under regulations developed by the Obama ad-

ministration, manufacturers were supposed to submit e-cigarettes for safety and health review by August 2018. But Gottlieb delayed the deadline until 2022, saying both the agency and industry needed more time to prepare. Under the FDA’s update, the deadline will move to 2021. Still, the American Lung Association and several other anti-smoking groups are suing the FDA to begin reviewing the safety and health effects of e-cigarettes immediately. The new guidelines are expected to heavily impact gas stations and convenience stores, which have lobbied against the plan since it was floated last November. “They are picking winners and losers in the marketplace while handing a government monopoly to other channels of trade,” the National Association of Convenience Stores said in a message to members. The restrictions are expected to have less impact on vape specialty shops, because many already require an ID to enter. A separate proposal introduced Wednesday aims to ban flavored cigars that were launched after 2007 — the effective date for many of FDA’s regulatory powers. Cigars come in flavors like blueberry, cherry and chocolate, and regulators fear teens could switch to those products as flavored e-cigarettes are restricted. The FDA will accept comments on the guidelines for 30 days before finalizing them later this year.

Wednesday’s announcement comes a week after Gottlieb revealed he would leave the FDA. His planned departure next month has raised questions about the future of several ambitious anti-tobacco initiatives that have barely progressed beyond the earliest stages. Those plans include banning menthol cigarette flavoring and cutting nicotine levels in all cigarettes to make them less addictive. “There has never been a federal official who made bolder proposals to reduce tobacco use — the question was always going to be would he stick it out to get them done?” said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for TobaccoFree Kids. Gottlieb said the Trump administration is “extremely supportive” of the new restrictions on e-cigarettes. He also said he was meeting with executives from Juul and its partner, cigarette maker Altria, on Wednesday. The meeting follows letters Gottlieb sent questioning Altria’s purchase of a 35 percent stake in Juul and plans to begin distributing the company’s products to thousands of U.S. retailers. In a statement, Juul noted it has already taken steps to reduce youth use, including shuttering its Facebook and Instagram accounts. “We support categorywide action including the responsible, restricted sale of flavored products and will review today’s draft guidance as we continue to work with FDA,” the company said.

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Analog and then some: the allure of the fountain pen Goulet, who has posted over 2,000 fountain-penrelated YouTube videos, is something of a rock star of the fountain pen world. He spoke by phone from Tokyo, where he was attending the 100th anniversary celebration of the Japanese fountain pen company Platinum, some of whose pens feature delicate, traditional designs like koi or autumn leaves. “I started out as a pen turner, making wood rollerball pens by hand. But as soon as I discovered this fountain pen world, I started plugging into the community, posting videos that I hoped would be helpful to them, and building trust and loyalty among people passionate about fountain pens,” Goulet says. “We now have a company of 40 people and a real following.” He points out that fountain pens are a visual product, well served by social media platforms like YouTube, Reddit and Instagram. There’s a SubReddit for fountain pens, complete with its own lingo: “fps” is short for fountain pens and “npd” stands for new pen day, the day a person purchases a new fountain pen. Some examples of coveted fountain pens include clear models, where you can see the ink sloshing around; fancy Italian models by the Florence-based Visconti company (their “Homo Sapiens Bronze Age” fountain pen is made from hardened basaltic lava from the Mount Etna volcano in Italy); and Taiwanese-made TWSBI pens that come in limited-edition color schemes. “Fountain pens seem to be a weird thing that people find themselves getting into,” Goulet says. “The beauty of it is that these days you can have literally one person in their garage

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press

In an age of screens and keyboarding, when kids hardly learn cursive anymore, fountain pens — along with their old-timey accoutrements like blotters, bottled ink and fancy nibs — are making a comeback. There are jazzy new colors and styles, and an array of affordable options. It’s a trend driven less by nostalgic baby boomers than by an eco- and fashion-conscious younger set, many of them drawn to the analog attractions of pens, ink and paper. “Interest in fountain pens has really taken off in the 10 years we’ve been in business, especially among people ages 20 to 35,” says Brian Goulet, who owns the online site The Goulet Pen Company with his wife, Rachel. “Back in the ’90s and 2000s, what was the rage was expensive, limited-edition Montblanc and other luxury brands,” he says. “What’s happened is that with the rise of social media and entry-level fountain pens, a lot of companies have come out with pens in wild colors and styles.” Whereas standard ink colors were once limited to black or blue, colors now have evocative names like California Teal or Azurite, and the inks have features like quick-drying options, sparkles and sophisticated sheens. Kathleen Desaye, manager of the Goods for the Study stationery store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, said, “We just started a fountain pen club due to customer demand. The club meets once a month, and people can bring in their fountain pen collections or favorite inks and just share their love of pens.”

This undated photo provided by the Goulet Pen Company shows a LAMY Vista fountain pen and drawing made with the pen by Adam Schultz. (Sarah Mattozzi/The Goulet Pen Company via AP)

who wants to make an interesting fountain pen. People will stumble upon it and boom, you’re a brand.” Lamy, a fashion-forward, family-owned fountain pen company based in Heidelberg, Germany, opened boutiques in San Francisco and New York City last year. “People have a real passion for fountain pens now,” says Sam Agyemang, general manager for both Lamy boutiques. “They can be Zero Waste if you use bottled ink, which is important these days. They’re ergonomic and really well-designed. And they’re a great fashion accessory. You can have a few styles and colors of fountain pens to go with various outfits. They really make a statement.” “As we move toward this technological zeitgeist, there’s nothing better than the trifecta of a fountain pen in your hand, good pa-

This photo provided by The Goulet Pen Company shows the Namiki Emperor Dragon fountain pen. (Sarah Mattozzi/The Goulet Pen Company via AP)

per and your thoughts,” says Agyemang. Not only can fountain pens be inexpensive, Goulet says, but other stubborn

misperceptions about them should also be shelved. “They don’t have to be messy and they won’t explode in your pocket when

you get on an airplane,” he says. “But the most common question I get when I start talking about fountain pens, is: ‘They still exist?’”

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This photo provided by New York-based interior designer Fawn Galli shows a child’s bedroom designed by Galli in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Costas Picadas/Fawn Galli via AP)

Leave open play space. “To maximize their creativity and their imaginative play,” Martin says, “it’s important to have an area where they can actually play in the centre of the room.”

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US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer

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Perspective on an Alaskan winter How about this snow! It’s on everyone’s mind. Will Morrow wrote about it, and here I am! I think I have discovered something about us on the Kenai: when snow starts at Hallowe’en and continues until St. Patrick’s day, accumulating several feet over time, no one cares. Often you hear “What do you expect? It’s Alaska.” But when we get only dribs and drabs of snow from Nov. 1 on, and have only enough at Christmas to say “Oh yes, it’s a White Christmas” and collect only a smattering until Valentine’s Day, when Mother Nature laughs and sends days of snow just as we were beginning to believe in climate change and think SPRING, we don’t like it as much. About then, the first person to say “What did you expect? It’s Alaska” is likely to get his head chopped off with a snow shovel. How often did you snicker as reports of the Polar Vortex sweeping the Lower 48 brought news of closed schools and frozen water pipes? And when your brother/friend/distant cousin sent messages that Wherever South was colder than Kenai you smiled and said “Your point?” And it snowed in Arizona — admit it! You laughed. It’s perspective, I’m sure. The inches accumulated a little at a time are easily removed. A couple of swipes with the shovel (or a broom!) and we’re good to go. Even if it is necessary to do it every day or two, a couple of inches of dry fluffy snow is just good exercise. It’s when we haven’t had to move snow most of the winter, then get a dump at 30 degrees. It is impossible to move the car until the snow blower is fired up and run, or worse, until the neighborhood plow can get to us as he comes down the street a driveway at a time. That is when winter becomes the unwelcome visitor. And of course, just as the snow is cleared and the tools put away for the day, the city plow comes by and fills up the end of the driveway with a solid wall of heavy wet snow. A-h-h-h-laska (as my friend, the Purple Moose, says). Our daughter and son-in-law from Hawaii arrived at the beginning of that big snow storm. They drove down from Anchorage. S-I-L was in his glory. (Perspective?) He was dressed for the weather with boots and stocking hat and even gloves. Daughter was a little more “been there, done that” and just rolled her eyes when I asked why they hadn’t flown down rather than rent a car to drive in the snow. Luckily they were at the forefront, so the highway was still pretty good when they started out. No. 1 Son then flew down the next day on the only plane to leave Anchorage for the peninsula that day. It took 45 minutes in the air to get to Kenai. He said he wasn’t sure where he was going to be when they landed, it took so long. S-I-L was really into the snowstorm, so like any good father-in-law, Hubby taught him to run the snow shovel. And he learned fast. He really wanted a turn at the snowblower, but just as it would have happened, the shear pin broke, as is par for the course on a blizzardly day. I told him he is probably lucky because he would have really gotten a lesson in “winter” if he had been running the snowblower when the pin gave way. I learned every cuss word I know between outboard motors and winter tools. As an added bonus that week, Granddaughter No. 2 visited from Oregon. Having experienced the Polar Vortex, she was happy to come to Kenai. She and her dad (Youngest Son) went ice fishing and otherwise enjoyed the after-storm. She left on a bright sunny day hoping some of it would ride home with her. And even took a couple of fish with her. S-I-L was here to get pictures of the Aurora. They headed north as soon as the weather cleared, and enjoyed some Interior Winter, but no Aurora. He did get pictures of the snow moon, however, and, of course, of lots of snow drifts. Maybe next year. I emailed him he should have stayed an extra week. March came in like a lamb and typically, we are now experiencing cloudy days. Spring is right around the corner, and if you look hard, you can see it in the distance: more and more light. A new friend asked me last month “when do they turn off the lights on the trees and buildings?” I guess that is one of our signs of impending spring: when the twinkle lights go out around town. The Iditarod is running and daylight saving time is here. We may have seen the last of winter, but don’t count on it. Mother Nature will need to give us one more reminder that after all, this IS Alaska.

Learning for Life

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In 1913 William Stanley Jr., a physicist and engineer, created the first all-steel vacuum-insulated bottle. This invention changed the way we enjoy our favorite beverages. There are many stories from over the years about how the Stanley Thermos has survived mishaps like drops down rocky mountains and being rolled over by huge trucks, still usable and passed down from parents and grand parents. Besides making a very durable product, Stanley’s parent company PMI has been at the forefront of environmental and social responsibility for decades including worker safety, water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and solar energy use: ecological harmony. Information provided by ReGroup, a nonprofit organization of volunteers formed in 1989 to develop public awareness and participation in the benefits of waste reduction, reuse and recycling on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.

The sun is shining, the snow is slowly melting … this is the time of year Alaskan’s yearn for a bit of greenery. Do you know that 11 weeks from now we can start planting our seedlings outside? If you feel the urge to grow some garden seedlings but are unsure of where to start, swing by Cooperative Extension Service and pick up the FREE publication “Seed Starting & Transplanting.” Written with a view to Alaska’s seasons and climate, this handy brochure outlines seed starting time frames for a variety of vegetables and flowers. Get ready to garden! Keep “Learning for Life!” Submitted by Vicki Heinz, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Office Manager, Kenai Peninsula District. Cooperative Extension Service is located at 43961 K-Beach Rd., Suite A, Soldotna, AK 99669. Monday - Friday 8:00 AM 5:00 PM. Our publications can also be accessed online at: http://www.uaf.edu/ces.

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Soldotna Community Schools Program upcoming classes —Coffee Fundamentals: Explore the history, farm cultivation, home brewing methods and structured tastings with Declination Coffee Roasting Co. owner and head roaster Hollis Swan. Students will walk away with a vocabulary in tasting and describing coffees as well as an understanding of home brewing equipment and techniques. Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. $45 per person (includes free pound of coffee). —Survival Gardening: This is a oneday course on intensive organic gardening in our unique climate with Jackson Gardens Nursery owner Bobbie Jackson. Learn everything from planning, planting, harvesting and preserving the harvest. This class will demonstrate that anyone can grow their own vegetables, herbs, fruit, grains and flowers. Regardless of where you live, whatever the weather, experience level, garden size, finances, available time, age or physical ability. Seeds and supplies will be provided to make seed tapes and start some plants for your garden. Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. $50 per person. —Wilderness Living Skills: Learn hands-on training in the skills of wilderness living and modern survival. The focus of this class will be on clothing, fire, shelters, hazards and safety. Class will occur inside Centennial campground but will meet in the parking lot of the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Saturday, March 23 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. $20 per person. For more information and to registers call Soldotna Parks & Recreation at 907-714-1211.

The Nikiski Community Recreation Center —Spring clean community garage sale: The annual NCRC community garage sale will be held Saturday, March 29 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Make sure to pre-register for this event. Forms can be picked up from NCRC or the Pool or they can be printed off of the website. For more information, call 776-8800 or check out our Facebook page. —NPRSA spring craft fair: The annual NPRSA spring craft fair will be held Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m.4 p.m. Come see what local craftsmen and artisans have made! Vendor booths are available, but they fill up quickly so reserve your space today. Call 7768800 for more information. —Lifeguard prep class: Nikiski Pool will be hosting a Lifeguard Prep class for those 13 years and older from March 19 through April 4 on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-6 p.m. This class is for anyone interested in lifeguarding or wanting to work on their water skills. —Indoor soccer: NPRSA is now registering youth ages 4th through 5th grade for Indoor Soccer. Practices will start after Spring Break and games will begin in April. For more information or to register, please call 776-8800. —Fitness classes: NPRSA has many offerings to help you meet your health goals in 2019. The following fitness classes are held at NCRC: Strong by Zumba with Samantha Pate: Mondays at 9:30 a.m. and Fridays at 9:30 a.m.; Yoga with Lacey Stock: Mondays at 6 p.m. and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; Body Blast with Lacey Stock: Tuesdays at 6 p.m. —Spin Class with Teri Langston: Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 9:30 a.m. —Tuesday night log rolling: The Nikiski Pool hosts log rolling on Tuesday nights from 6:45-7:45 p.m. This FREE family-friendly event is for ages 5 and

up. Come try out your skills on the key log! For more information, please call 776-8800. —NCRC Open Gym Nights: Teen Center, Monday – Friday, 2:30-8 p.m. —Full Swing Golf, Monday – Friday. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Kenai Community Library events —Lego Maker Mondays from 4-5 p.m. Why not join us to build LEGO creations based on new themes each week and inspired by children’s books! Lego Makers, Mondays from 4–5 p.m. Designed for children ages 6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. —Wee Read Story Time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages 0-3. Every Tuesday enjoy a program full of stories,songs, finger play and more! No registration required. —Chess Club, Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Get ready to ROOK the HOUSE every Monday! Do you like playing Chess, or would you like to learn how? The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a casual program for chess players of all ages and levels. Chessboards will be provided. —Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages 3-5. Every Wednesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, movement and more! No registration required.

Kenai Senior Center activities The Kenai Senior Center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, and are open until 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Community meals are served Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost for lunch is $7 suggested donation for individuals 60 or older, $14 for those under 60. Call 907-283-4156 for more information.

Soldotna Public Library activities For more information, contact the library at Soldotna Public Library at 262-4227. —Soldotna Library Friends Book and Art Sale, Thursday, March 28 from 2-6 p.m. Join us for great deals on books and art! All proceeds benefit the Soldotna Library Friends. Gardening for Procrastinators, —Book to Action Climate Series, Thursday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m. Climate change is affecting Alaska faster than any other state in the nation. Join us for a solution oriented discussion focused on climate action and local solutions. We will begin this series by discussing the book Drawdown. The series will be held on the 4th Thursday of each month. Ongoing events: —Free AARP Foundation Tax Aide Preparation, FREE In-Person Tax Preparation will be offered by the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program again this year at the Soldotna Library. Tax counselors will be available from early February through mid-April. Tax-aide services are for taxpayers with lower incomes, with special attention to those age 60 and older. Our volunteers are trained and IRS-certified every year. Tax-aide counselors work hard to make sure you get every tax credit and deduction you’ve earned. The program is open to taxpayers of all ages. AARP membership is not required. For more information, call 907-420-4308 —Teen Lounge, every Wednesday at 4 p.m., for middle school and high school students. Join us for PS4, board games, Nerf battles, study sessions, and other fun! Snacks provided. —Toddler story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for children ages 18 months to 3 years. —Bouncing Babies story time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, for children up to 18 months. —Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays, for children 3 to 5 years old. —LEGO Brick Club, 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Tell your story and build a world with LEGO. Adult supervision needed for children under10. —Do you want to learn how to use a computer or the internet, but just don’t know where to start? We’re offering free courses in partnership with KPC focusing on learning how to use computers for everyday tasks such as using documents, finding information online, filling out forms, and connecting with friends and family through email or social media. Register in person at the KPC Learning Center or by phone 2620327.

Refuge Accepting Applications for Summer Youth Conservation Corps Jobs Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is accepting applications for summer jobs for the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). Eligible applicants will be youth 15-18 years of age and who live in or have lodging available in the local commuting area. Applications are available at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, the Alaska Employment Service Office in Kenai, or from local high school career counseling offices. Applications will be accepted from March 4 through April 12. All applications must be received at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Ski Hill Road by 4:30 p.m. (close of business), on April 12. The positions will be filled via a random selection process and selected applicants will be notified by phone no later than April 26. Youth will work 40 hours each week from June 3 through July 26, and receive $9.90 per hour. Job duties will include trail maintenance and rehabilitation, cabin restoration, campground maintenance, litter collection, biological assistance, and visitor information services. For additional information, please contact the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge office during regular business hours at (907) 2627021.

Sterling Community Rec Center Daily Event Schedule —Pickleball: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. —Weight room: Open 11 a.m.1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday (Free weights, squat rack, rowing machine, cardio bikes, tread mill, elliptical, and yoga balls/mats) —Zumba: Mondays at 6 p.m. —Teen Center: Air hockey, fosse ball, video games, Wi-Fi, and gym time. —Home school gym time: Fridays at 12-2 p.m. —After school rec program: 3:305:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Registration anytime Call for information 907-262-7224. Adults $3 per visit, seniors $2 per visit, teens $2 per visit, and children $1 per visit

Land Management Division letters of interest The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Land Management Division is calling for letters of interest from people looking for new agricultural land. The hope is that people will share some details that the borough can use to inform the program design. The kinds of major points officials think would be helpful in a letter include the size and general location needed, along with any other criteria that would be essential for the person’s production plans, and maybe an indication of the time frames that people are thinking if they were to take on an area of land with production goals. Letters should be addressed to KPB Land Manager, 144 North Binkley St., Soldotna AK 99669. More information can be found at kpb.us/land.

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Sister sets up shop in town, sweeps up couple’s friends DEAR ABBY: My sister “Blanche” and her husband moved to the small town where my husband and I settled 23 years ago. Blanche is 11 years older than I am. My husband and I like our space, but we do spend time with them. They are retired, but we are still working. Over the past three years they have not made any friends here in town to socialize with. They are now contacting my friends because we don’t go out on weekdays and see them multiple times a week. Frankly, it’s driving a wedge between all of us -- my family and my friends. I’m very resentful that they can’t find their own friends. Am I wrong? -- GO FIND YOUR OWN FRIENDS DEAR GO FIND: Feeling resentful is a waste of your time and energy. You can’t control the social lives of other adults, nor should you expect to. Your sister hasn’t kidnapped these individuals, so they must be socializing together willingly. This isn’t a competition. Your friends are still your friends. You will be happier if you try harder to quell your insecurity. DEAR ABBY: I love to cook. It’s my passion. Problem is, when I cook for people coming over for dinner, my wife likes to sample the food before they arrive. What really upsets me is when I make a cake or something that needs to be served whole, she cuts into it and it looks like I’m serving leftover food. It’s infuriating. To me, the presentation is important. She couldn’t care less. If I mark it “Do Not Eat” or hide the food, then I’m “wrong” or “going too far.” Help! -- FOOD FIGHT IN NEW YORK DEAR F.F.: Of course the presentation is important. Ask yourself why your wife would deliberately do something to ruin the meals you prepare for company. Could it be jealousy that you are the center of attention? What she’s doing is inconsiderate and disrespectful. If she’s so hungry she can’t control herself, she can make a peanut butter sandwich in an in-

stant, or peel a banana in even less time. Because you must go so far as to hide the dishes you don’t want “sampled,” then I have to disagree with your Mrs. You are NOT going too far at all. Abigail Van Buren Put your foot down! DEAR ABBY: My best friend since childhood, “Jeff,” died eight months ago; he was in a 57-year marriage. I have known his still-attractive widow, “Della,” since they were newlyweds. I have been divorced for decades. I have long admired Della at a distance, quietly, out of respect for Jeff. It helped that over the years we lived in different states. I believe she sensed my admiration for her. How long should I wait before I begin showing my interest in her as a potential partner in our golden years? -- WISHFUL IN THE EAST DEAR WISHFUL: Did you reach out to Della to express condolences when you learned of Jeff’s death? If not, do it NOW. If she responds, follow up with a phone call -- and possibly a visit to her community and dinner if she’s agreeable. Once you are in regular contact with her, you will be able to determine if the interest is mutual. TO MY IRISH READERS: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! “May the most you wish for “be the least you get. “May the best times you’ve ever had “be the worst you will ever see.” Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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MATH HYSTERIA By Adam Fromm. Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz

To see Chloe, Dora and our other Pet Pals, visit www.Heloise.com and click on “Pet of the Week.” it gets wet, of course expands, which can -- Heloise spell trouble for your pipes. As for the WHAT’S IN A NAME? baking soda and vinegar, this delightful duo may not clear a tough clog, but it can Dear Heloise: My friend who is a dog help drains to run smoother and smell trainer advised me about picking a name fresh. for my dog. He said to pick a name that Readers, I’ve compiled a collection of is pleasant and fun, and associated with my best vinegar hints, helps and recipes happy things. Easy, right? into a handy pamphlet. Would you like He also recommends a short name to receive one? It’s easy. Visit my newly with a strong consonant, for training purupdated website, www.Heloise.com, to poses. order, or send a long, stamped (70 cents), -- Rebecca W. in Pittsburgh self-addressed envelope, along with $5, NO FREEZE, PLEASE to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Heat your Dear Heloise: Here’s a new colder vinegar to heighten its cleaning power! weather suggestion I don’t ever remem-- Heloise ber hearing before: Open the doors below any sink on an outside wall to prevent PET PAL pipes from freezing. Dear Readers: Susan K. in Rochester, -- Richard E., via email N.H., sent a picture of her two Oriental Richard, yes! It’s still chilly in some shorthair cats, Chloe and Dora, who ap- parts of the country, so this is a good repear to have merged into one. They al- minder. ways sleep together, Susan says, but not -- Heloise quite like this!

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, March 17, 2019: This year, you seem destined to squeeze value from every moment. You could become quite flamboyant! If single, your attractiveness cannot be questioned. There’s always someone wanting to get to know you. Do not commit unless you are sure. If attached, the two of you have a great time -- as long as you willingly share the space with your sweetie and don’t steal the stage. LEO knows how to reel you in, even if you resist! The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH Whether you come from the land of shamrocks or not, you decide to join friends celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Your high energy combined with your natural enjoyment of life comes through. Tonight: Be Irish as long as you want. This Week: Each day gets more intense as your birthday time of year heads in. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Good sense or prior experiences encourage you to stay close to home. You also might be likely to get into an animated discussion that could verge on becoming an argument. You will appreciate the fact that only your inner circle hears it. Tonight: Go with spontaneous. This Week: Act on important matters before midday Wednesday. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You cannot be held back. Even if a sign says “Irish only,” you will swear up and down that you are Irish. You enjoy getting together with certain friends today. Choose your words with care, as an argument could break out. Tonight: Out and about. This Week: Resist being fussy Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday’s Full Moon kindles your social life. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You could be more out of whack than you know. If you notice you are going to extremes, pull back. You might not realize how wild you could become. Use caution around money as well. You easily could make a mistake counting your change. Tonight: Pull back. This Week: Feelings surface. Try to be less critical of yourself and others. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Not only do you have the good fortune of being a Leo (no sign loves a party like you), you also have a day of celebration ahead if you choose to go out. Only you can stop yourself. A conversation piques your interest. Tonight: Wind down slowly. This Week: Maintain a low profile through midday Wednesday. Your inner wildness emerges with the coming of Spring. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Kick back and accept the fact that you don’t need to go out and paint the town green every St. Patty’s Day. In fact, taking a lazy day at home might fit your needs better.

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Dear Readers: Does your DOG OR CAT DRINK TAP WATER? This could possibly lead to medical problems for the animal. Tap water can contain high amounts of calcium and magnesium, which can contribute to crystals forming in the urine, urinary tract infections and incontinence, among other issues. Veterinarians can’t say for certain that straight tap water (also called hard water) causes disease, but many recommend giving your pet filtered or bottled water. It’s something to discuss with your veterinarian. -- Heloise

By Dave Green

You can always change your mind. Tonight: As you like it. This Week: You flourish Monday and Tuesday. Don’t lose your self-discipline midweek! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You have some choices to make. Most likely, you have been invited to several parties and get-togethers. Decide what works best for you, and honor those needs. Know that you will have a good time wherever you are. Tonight: Avoid heavy or important discussions. This Week: Play recluse and get as much R and R as possible until Wednesday, when you opt to celebrate the arrival of Spring. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You like to be noticed, but you pretend it’s no big deal. You will be observed wherever you are. Someone might demonstrate a keen interest in you. Eventually, this person will come forward and share what is on his or her mind. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. This Week: Use the first two days of the week for any critical or important work. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You get into the flavor of St. Patty’s Day. You might decide it is time for you to visit Ireland soon, especially after today. Know that you are unusually fortunate right now. Keep the phone number of an intriguing person you meet, and call him or her soon! Tonight: Opt for a different experience. This Week: Make the most out of the moment. Others observe you and how you handle yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH One-on-one relating brings forth strong feelings and a reason to smile. Don’t get too detail-oriented right now; simply enjoy yourself and the people around you. Discussions could be very animated. Tonight: A child could become difficult. This Week: Your playfulness delights a person who might not live as close to you as you would like. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You will have little choice but to come out and be Irish today. If you accept an invitation and do not show up, don’t be surprised if someone knocks on your door to take you to the celebration. Tonight: Love the one you’re with. This Week: You enjoy another person’s company far more than you thought possible. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You could easily get into today’s celebrations. However, you might be the host or hostess of a gathering. Enjoy those around you, but stay present with the moment. Tonight: Before you know it, great music has you dancing! This Week: One-on-one relating draws others out. You might be surrounded by several wannabe sweeties. BORN TODAY Adult film actress Stormy Daniels (1979), actor John Boyega (1992), fashion designer Alexander McQueen (1969)

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Issue 11, 2019

Founded by Betty Debnam

Mini Fact:

Orphan Trains

By the end of the Orphan Train project, 47 states had accepted children.

Do you know the word “orphan”? An orphan is a child whose parents have died. Today, if a child’s parents are gone and no relatives can help, a foster family may take the boy or girl in. But in the mid-1800s, there wasn’t a foster care system. Many orphanages would only accept children whose families could pay. In New York City, thousands of children lived in the streets. They survived by stealing and begging for food, or selling matches or rags. They slept wherever they could and didn’t have enough clothes to keep them warm. Others had a parent or even two, but the parents couldn’t get work to support the family.

Trying to help

A minister named the Rev. Charles Brace and others started an organization called the Children’s Aid Society in 1853. They set up schools to teach the children a trade and the difference between right and wrong. But there were too many children to help that way. The Children’s Aid Society began sending these homeless city children to families in the rural Midwest, hoping they would find better lives. The trains taking them away from New York City’s poverty became known as the Orphan Trains.

Starting a new life

One family’s story

Most of the children stayed on the Orphan Trains for about three days. They slept in their seats or stretched out on the floor underneath. About 125 kids were on each train, with a few Children’s Aid agents traveling with them.

When Clara was about 7 years old, her parents and a sister were killed when they tried to cross a river in New York state. She and her two brothers, 5-year-old James and 3-year-old Howard, were sent to an orphanage in New York City. Soon after, all three children were sent on the Orphan Train to different families in Kansas. Each child ended up with a different, loving family. Clara and her brothers were lucky. They all were taken in by caring people. The siblings were able to keep in touch with one another throughout their lives. Clara was adopted by a minister’s family. Her new mother was a schoolteacher. When she grew up, Clara married and moved to Texas.

Saying goodbye

Orphan Train children had to have a lot of courage. Most were leaving behind at least one parent, and many were separated from their brothers and sisters as well. The Children’s Aid Society believed the children would be better off if their new lives were completely separated from their old ones. Children were not allowed to communicate with their living parent or other family members. Most children never knew what happened to their parents. Most parents never knew if their children ended up happy. Most Orphan Train children found good homes with loving families. But if a child was mistreated, Children’s Aid agents usually found him or her a new home. The Orphan Trains began about 10 years before the Civil War and lasted for about 75 years. In that time, roughly 200,000 children from 4 to 13 years old were placed in rural homes.

Resources On the Web:

• orphantraindepot.org/ history

At the library:

• “Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story” by Andrea Warren

Try ’n’ Find

Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of orphan trains are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: AGENT, AID, BEG, CARE, CHILDREN, COMMUNICATE, COURAGE, FOSTER, HOME, MIDWEST, ORPHAN, PARENTS, POVERTY, PROJECT, RURAL, SELL, SOCIETY, STATES, STEAL, TRAIN.

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• sea salt • bits of lettuce, kale, basil, parsley, cilantro, arugula, spinach or any other greens • olive oil

What to do: 1. In a big bowl, use a fork to mash together avocado, juice, onion or garlic and sea salt. 2. Add greens as desired and stir. 3. Taste and adjust flavors. If greens seem dry, add a splash of olive oil. Serves 1. Adapted from “The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids” by Ruby Roth with permission from Andrews McMeel Publishing (andrewsmcmeel.com).

7 Little Words for Kids Use the letters in the boxes to make a word with the same meaning as the clue. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in the solution. Each letter combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle.

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Answers: world, blank, unusual, corner, market, famous, hatch.

1. whole Earth (5) 2. like an empty space (5) 3. not ordinary (7) 4. where sides meet (6) 5. place to buy food (6) 6. well known (6) 7. break out of an egg (5)

You’ll need: • 1 avocado • 1 teaspoon (or more) lemon or lime juice • sprinkle of chopped red onion or garlic

Jungle Mash

* You’ll need an adult’s help with this recipe.

Cook’s Corner

In nature, plant and animal remains rot quickly with the help of an army of recyclers. Beetles, fungi and bacteria break down dead plants and animals into organic matter. The nutrients return to the soil to nourish plants, which are eaten by animals — and so the cycle begins again. Other materials decay at different rates. Natural substances, such as wool, cloth and wood, rot away quite quickly. But synthetic materials such as plastic, polyester and glass can take centuries to rot — or don’t rot at all. adapted with permission from “50 Things You Should Know About the Environment” by Jen Green, © QEB Publishing Inc.

For later: Look in your newspaper for stories about families.

Teachers: For standards-based activities to accompany this feature, visit: bit.ly/MPstandards. And follow The Mini Page on Facebook!

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Exciting carEEr OppOrtunitiEs Haul Road, Line Haul, Bulk, Local Drivers and Mechanics Meet us at the Job & Career Fair March 21, 2019

Marathon Petroleum’s Kenai Refinery

Apply at: https://jobs.marathonpetroleum.com/

NOW HIRING RN’s: PRE-OP, OR-CIRCULATOR, PACU

Current Openings:

The Better Way to School...

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907.262.4900

Direct Support Professionals Registered Nurse

The Better Way to School... 34234 Industrial St. Soldotna, AK 99669

www.applebuscompany.com

Speech Language Pathologist

907.262.4900

Full job descriptions available at www.fcsonline.org

907.262.4900 34234 Industrial St. Soldotna, AK 99669 907-260-5017

Competitive Pay and Excellent Benefits Submit Resumes to jeremy@kenaisurgery.com

Application packet may be returned to: FCS’ HR Department, 43335 K-Beach Rd., #36, Soldotna, AK 99669 or emailed to work@fcsonline.org

SUNDAY COMICS

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DILBERTÂ®/ by Scott Adams

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SALLY FORTH/ by Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe

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ZIGGY/ by Tom Wilson

DENNIS THE MENACE/ by Hank Ketcham

MORT WALKERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEETLE BAILEY/ by Mort, Greg & Brian Walker

MARVIN/ by Tom Armstrong

THE BORN LOSER by Art & Chip Sansom