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Monday, April 1, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 49, Issue 155

In the news Police: 1 dead, 2 injured after Anchorage shooting ANCHORAGE — Police say one man is dead and two others are hospitalized following a shooting outside an apartment building in east Anchorage.

The Anchorage Daily News reports police responded to Oklahoma Street to a report of gunshots early Sunday, finding one dead and two others injured.

Police say one man was shot in his upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

They found another man who also had been shot in his upper body. He was transported to the hospital with injuries considered life-threatening.

Police say a woman had been assaulted, and she was taken to a hospital with less serious injuries.

No arrests have been made. Police say multiple people are being questioned.

Anchorage airport reroutes planes as runway work resumes ANCHORAGE — The north-south runway at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport will be closed for repairs starting Monday, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

The airport is using its east-west runways for all flights, causing most planes to approach from over the water on the west side and take off to the east over the city. The planes normally take off over the water of the coastal city.

“We as the airport are going to do our best to mitigate the noise,” said Jim Szczesniak, the airport’s manager.

The airport will work with airlines on ways to reduce the noise, including having pilots pull back on throttles when they are above the city, then going back to full power once at a higher altitude, Szczesniak said.

The airport closed the runway last summer for renovations, leading some residents to complain about rattled homes and lack of sleep. The noise had jolted residents of the Hillside area, which was not accustomed to the aircraft sounds.

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The governor gets down to business

By VICTORIA PETERSEN and BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

Ahead of last week’s forum in Kenai, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his team sat down with Clarion reporters Brian Mazurek and Victoria Petersen to discuss his recently proposed budget, education, local industry, public safety and more. In the final installment of this series, we look at the governor’s approach to the economy.

Many aspects of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget would have impacts on local government and the economy. The governor has proposed a bill, SB 57, that would allow the state to absorb local taxes on oil and gas properties within municipalities. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly recently passed a resolution asking that the state modify the bill to allow the borough to maintain portions of the property taxes.

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Office of Budget and Management Director Donna Arduin, right, weighs in on a discussion of the Kenai Peninsula and state economies during an interview with Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday, in Kenai.

The borough has said losing the revenue the borough receives from local oil and gas property taxes could result in higher local taxes to cover the costs of essential

borough services.

Clarion reporter Victoria Petersen: Part of your campaign was creating no new taxes. Our local borough has said that SB 57

could drastically increase local property taxes, sales taxes and potentially cause new taxes. How do you expect local municipalities to make up for the shortfall

that could be coming from the loss of that revenue?

Dunleavy: I think we all have decisions we have to make. Again, the devil’s in the details. Is the local community looking at taking on all of the programs funded at the levels that they are funded right now, is that what they’re talking about? Because I’m not really sure what the local communities are wanting to take on, or willing to take on, or choosing to take on. These are questions I guess they would have to have a discussion with. My campaign commitment was no taxes and that was from a statewide perspective.

What they do at the local level — and I live in a municipality up in Mat-Su — that’s a discussion for those folks at the local level.

Clarion reporter Brian Mazurek: People have voiced their concerns about the budget as it’s proposed.

One of the biggest concerns See GOV, page A6

Judge rejects plan for Izembek refuge road Hospitals

in critical need of blood

By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — The Trump administration violated federal law with a proposed road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, a federal judge ruled Friday, saying the project would have reversed previous policy without explanation.

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected an Interior Department land exchange that would have led to a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, an internationally recognized habitat for migrating waterfowl.

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed a land exchange agreement for the road more than a

By MOLLIE BARNES Juneau Empire

Alaska hospitals need blood.

There’s a critical need for local hospitals, and In this Sept. 23, 2013, file photo, a driver passes a small boat harbor in King Cove. the Blood Bank of Alaska A federal court judge says Trump administration plans for a road through a national is encouraging donors to wildlife refuge in Alaska violates federal law. (James Brooks/Kodiak Daily Mirror via schedule an appointment to help patients in need.

AP, File) “Our donors are amazyear ago. Nine environ- the road was a reversal of findings without a reasoned ing and help save lives mental groups sued a week previous Interior Depart- explanation,” Gleason each day. We are currently later. ment policy and to provide wrote, quoting a previous in critical need for several In her written decision, an explanation. case. “But that is not what blood types such as O NegGleason said Zinke was re“An agency may not happened here.” ative and O Positive,” said quired to acknowledge that simply discard prior factual See ROAD, page A3 See BLOOD, page A2

Family donates ice classic clock to Museum of the North

By KYRIE LONG Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS — A clock from the beginning of the Nenana Ice Classic has come home to Alaska while the tripod still stands on the river for this year’s round of betting.

“The reason we’re donating the clock is because our family feels it’s a part

of Alaska history and that it needs to be up here, not with us,” Jim Hlavacek said.

Hlavacek, for whom the clock was a family belonging, donated it Thursday to the University of Alaska Museum of the North.

“It’s a clock — it’s actually a ships chronometer,” Hlavacek said. “It was manufactured by the Waltham Watch Company which, at

the time, was actually one of the largest clock manufacturing companies in the world.”

Waltham Watch Company shut down in the 1950s, and Hlavacek, of Salinas, California, wanted to know more about his own Waltham antique. So he sent it to clock collectors in Pennsylvania. Uncovering the serial number on

the back, they discovered the clock would have been made around 1913.

“This is the kind of thing that’s such a treasure here,” museum Director Pat Druckenmiller said to Hlavacek as they inspected the chronometer. Housed in a wooden box, the clock face is seated in gold and is protected by a screen, which can be lifted to turn the face

over and get the serial number off the back.

Hlavacek initially contacted the museum in November, when he spoke to Angela Linn, in collections.

Linn said it was “one of those cold calls that you just love to receive.”

The chronometer was used to keep time and mark when the tripod dropped See CLOCK, page A2

House majority leaders are ready to form state budget

By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

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After hearing from hundreds of Alaskans around the state, House and Senate leaders shed a little light on their budget outlook and process Thursday.

Rep. Neal Foster, DNome, the co-chair of the House Finance Committee, said around 1,800 Alaskans weighed in on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget during recent community meetings around the state organized by the committee and during House Finance Committee public testimony. Foster said that by a 5-to-1 margin, members of the public who spoke to the committee

people on the other side of the spectrum.

“It’s not to belie the fact that there are a lot of people out there who want a full PFD and would like to say deep cuts, probably deeper cuts,” Edgmon said, “but the vast majority of people we heard did not give us that message.”

Now, legislators continue their work of putting together their own version of the budget in response Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, sec- to Dunleavy’s proposal. ond from right, speaks during a House Majority press House Finance Committee conference at the Capitol on Thursday. (Michael Penn | meetings next week will dive deeply into formulatJuneau Empire) ing a budget proposal. were opposed to the state Bryce Edgmon, I-DillFoster said the commitmaking the extensive cuts ingham, said while most tee is starting not with the proposed by the governor. people were opposed to the governor’s proposed budSpeaker of the House cuts, they still heard from get but with last year’s bud-

get. They’re starting there and building from that, Foster said.

He also said the issue of Permanent Fund Dividends will not be addressed in the committee’s meetings next week. Representatives are looking at the budget and the PFD separately, he said.

“Once we’ve done that we’ll have a good idea at what we’re looking at in terms of the overall size of the budget, and what funds can be used for dividends,” Foster said. “That issue will be taken up later, separately from the operating budget.”

In a press conference later in the morning, Sen. Donny Olson, D-Golovin See STATE, page A2

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. . . Blood Continued from page A1

Bob Scanlon, CEO of the Blood Bank of Alaska in a press release.

On average, 100 donors a day are needed to ensure that Alaska hospitals are supplied with life-saving blood and blood products.

There is no substitute for

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(a member of the Senate Finance Committee), said the Senate Finance Committee will likely look at the budget and the PFD together.

“I think they’re going to do it all together, to see what comes over from the House on the budget and then see what kind of legislation’s going to be proposed by the governor,” Olson said.

“That’s how we in the Senate are looking at it and tak-

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through the ice in Nenana.

Linn was excited to acquire something so closely tied to the Interior.

“I was just blown away,” she said.

Hlavacek and Druckenmiller finalized the paperwork at 10:25 a.m. Thursday, shaking hands over the chronometer. Prior to the donation, the museum’s one other chronometer was from World War II. Hlavacek inherited the clock from his mother, Pegge Parker Hlavacek, who received it through unusual circumstances as a gift while working at the NewsMiner in the 1940s.

“One day an old-timer shuffled into the office of the News-Miner with a newspaper bundle under his

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blood when it is needed, Scanlon said.

Over 15,000 Alaskans donate blood each year to help fellow community members. These donations help a range of patients including people fighting leukemia and other cancers, trauma victims and mothers that suffer complications during child birth.

Blood Bank of Alaska is proudly celebrating 57

years of service helping patients in need, Scanlon said.

“Save a life and donate blood, you can make a difference,” he said in the press release.

Currently none of the blood from the BBA is used in Juneau, Scanlon said previously to the Empire.

Bartlett Regional Hospital receives blood from the Lower 48. But, BBA sup-

plies blood to 21 different hospitals throughout Alaska and to the military. Medical centers in bush Alaska always receive Type O negative blood, the universal donor, to guarantee that all residents can receive care, he said.

Blood Bank of Alaska has five centers in four cities, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla and the recently opened Juneau location.

ing it in that order.”

Rep. Tammie Wilson, RNorth Pole, raised an interesting possibility to members of the press Thursday morning, saying, “if there were ever a time for a two-year budget, this is probably it.”

This wouldn’t be a situation where the Legislature would put together two budgets or one budget for two years, she said, but it would be an overall approach of letting agencies and organizations know that these cuts are eventually coming and that they should take the time to find other funding sources.

“Although we won’t put a second budget together,” Wilson said, “I think what you’ll see is the talk will go this way on, ‘Here’s these funds, but next year, expect this.’”

Wilson said this idea was at the center of a Wednesday meeting about Medicaid funding, where lawmakers spoke about cuts to Medicaid happening in two phases.

Wilson said lawmakers have already been talking to the University of Alaska in these terms, asking university officials to explore other funding sources in the future as

state funding might drop in coming years in order to balance the budget.

While the senators who spoke Thursday were extremely critical of Dunleavy, the House leaders said they hope to work together with the governor.

“It’s certainly my hope and I think it’s the coalition’s hope that we do meet with the governor when he comes back into Juneau next week,” Edgmon said, “and that he’ll have heard some of what we heard as well that Alaskans want to have a certain level of essential services.”

arm,” Parker wrote in her book “Alias Pegge Parker.”

Her visitor was a man named Charlie Wilson, who presented her with the clock for her coverage of the annual Nenana Ice classics.

Supposedly, he should have thrown the clock into the river when the inaugural Ice Classic had concluded, but he took it home instead.

She had wanted to give the clock to the university, but, as Wilson had asked, she kept quiet about it until he died. The clock stayed with her for years.

It was after his parents’ deaths that Hlavacek inherited the clock, aware of its history from his mother’s stories. Hlavacek had visited Alaska twice before arriving Tuesday: once to take a cruise through the Inside Passage and another time, in 2012.

“We were here in 2012, and at that time we toured

the museum at the university (and) thought it was a wonderful place full of Alaska history,” Hlavacek said. “So when I decided this clock should be donated, I called the museum.”

He said it feels good about bringing the clock “to where it needs to be.”

“Otherwise it just ends up on a garage sale, an estate sale,” his wife, Monica Hlavacek, added.

The Hlavaceks went to Nenana while they were in town this week, on the hunt for more information about the clock’s history.

“The one thing Jim was hoping to confirm was, you know, a purchase receipt of that clock,” Monica said.

Hlavacek also wanted to find out what he could about Charlie Wilson, who had given the clock to his mother. The search, however, didn’t turn up the information he was looking for.

“They said they had a flood in the ’60s and that took away everything,” he said.

The venture was not entirely fruitless, however.

The couple were able to see a chronometer currently being used for the Ice Classics. It’s like seeing double: the same squat, wooden box holding a ship’s chronometer. Only the manufacturing company’s name seems to have changed over the decades.

“The clock that they use, one of the two, is so similar to mine,” he said.

More than 100 years after the Ice Classic began, the new tripod clock ticks on and Hlavacek’s clock will be in the museum, back in the state where Alaskans once waited to see what time it would stop.

“I’m very happy because finally, the watch is where it needs to be,” Hlavacek said.

Peninsula Clarion | Monday, April 1, 2019 | A3

Around the Peninsula Narcan kits available at Public Health Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an easy medication you can give to someone who is overdosing.

It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal spray kits at the Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Way, Suite A, in Kenai. For additional information call Kenai Public Health at 335-3400. Prevent dependence, get help, save a life.

Kenai Community Library: upcoming

—Social Security Disability, Tuesday, April 2 at 12 p.m.: A Free workshop from Social Security and Alaska OWL. This workshop will discuss Information about disability benefits and the application process: What are Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits and how do you qualify? What do you need to report when you receive SSI and what other Social Security programs are available and who qualifies.

Speaker is Kimberly Herrmann.

—Raspberry Pi Club, Friday, April 5 at 4 p.m.: Come join us at the library to create games and inventions, learn how to program, make music with Sonic Pi, meet new friends, and more! Whether you want to hone your skills or are learning about Pi for the first time, the Raspberry Pi club is the perfect place for you!

—Social Security 101, Tuesady, April 9 at 12 p.m.: Brought to you by Alaska OWL and the Social Security Administration, this hour and a half free workshop will discuss benefits, qualifications, early retirement, getting the most from your benefits, the future of Social Security, and when to file for Medicare. Also, learn about my Social Security online. You need to create an account and print your Social Security Statement before attending the workshop! Laptops and chargers are available for check out during the workshop.

—Let’s Draw Pokémon!, Wednesday, April 10 at 4 p.m.: Have fun drawing your favorite Pokémon characters! In this interactive class, we will be learning how to begin a drawing with gesture drawing and how to add beautiful lines to our artwork! If you plan to attend, please sign up at the front desk!

by-law changes. All Farm Bureau members and other inter- Kenai Soil & Water Board Meeting ested persons are invited to attend. A Zoom set-up will be The monthly meeting of the Kenai Soil & Water Conseravailable for those unable to attend in person. For sign on vation District’s Board of Supervisors will be held Wednesinformation, emailkpchapterfb@gmail.com day, April 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the District office loKenai Peninsula College Council meeting cated at 110 Trading Bay, Suite 140. For information, call The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 283-8732 x5. p.m. on Thursday, April 11 at KPC’s Resurrection Bay Extension Site in Seward High School. The College Council is Seward Fish & Game Advisory Committee advisory in nature and members are recruited from all sec- election meeting tors of the Kenai Peninsula to provide input to KPC adminThe Seward Fish & Game Advisory Committee will istration. The meeting will be held in the library and is open hold an election meeting on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at to the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact the director’s the City Council Chambers, located at 410 Adams Street assistant at 262-0318 or visit http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/ in Seward. Agenda will also include a review of the BOF about/college_council/reports/. meeting, discussion of BOF Cook Inlet proposals to submit, and any other items of business that may properly come beRed Cross open house fore the committee. For more information contact Jim McThe American Red Cross of Alaska will be hosting an Cracken at 362-3701. open house on April 5 from 12–4 p.m. at 450 Marathon Rd., Floor 2 in Kenai to celebrate a new Red Cross office space Kenai/Soldotna Fish & Game Advisory in Kenai! Grilled hot dogs and appetizers will be served and Committee election Red Cross volunteers, community members, members of The Kenai/Soldotna Fish & Game Advisory Committee the media and city officials are encouraged to attend and learn more about the Red Cross of Alaska programs and ser- will hold an election meeting on Thursday, April 4 at the vices available on the Kenai Peninsula. To learn more about Kenai River Center at 6 p.m. Also on the agenda will be the American Red Cross of Alaska, please visit redcross. preparing BOF proposals, and any other business that may come before the committee. For more information contact org/Alaska.

Mike Crawford at 252-2919.

Kenai Historical Society

30th Anniversary of Visual Feast

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Visual Feast, the annual districtwide student art show. Featuring work from across the peninsula, this show highlights the best high school and middle school artists from a wide variety of schools. This show is a revelation every year, showcasing the amazing talent that exists on the Kenai Peninsula in both 3-D and 2-D work. The show will run the month of April at the Kenai Community Education Series on Opioids Fine Arts Center with an opening reception on Thursday, PCHS & the Division of Public Health Nursing invite you April 4 at 5 p.m. to a Community Education Series focusing on Opioids & Narcan on Thursday, April 25 from 5:30 – 6 p.m. at PCHS at Fish Habitat Partnership Symposium 230 E. Marydale Ave., Soldotna. There will be a short presenThe Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership 2019 tation on the science of opioids and opioid addiction as well Symposium will take place on Thursday, April 18 from 9 as information about the lifesaving medication, Narcan. For a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cannery Lodge. RSVP required. Join more information, contact Fred Koski at 907‐262‐3119. All us for discussions about habitat protections on the Kenai those attending will receive a FREE Narcan Kit. Peninsula, including defining the future of fish habitats and few stories from Dr. Kristin Mitchell and Sue Mauger on Alaska Farm Bureau meets their trips to Antarctica. Lunch will be provided. This is a Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau FREE event but please register! Visit www.kenaifishpartmeets at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 4 at the Homer Public Li- nership.org. brary. There will be election of officers and consideration of

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Monday, April 1 1:30 p.m.: The Senate Health & Social Services Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 93 Medical Provider Incentives / Loan Repayment and SB 1 Repeal Certificate of Need Program. Testimony will be taken.

3:15 p.m.: The House Labor & Commerce Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 45 Extend Board of Dental Examiners, HB 79 Peace Officer / Firefighter Retire Benefits, Confirmation: Board of Nursing, Alaska State Board of Public Accountancy, Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Barbers & Hairdressers, Alaska Labor Relations Agency, Board of Marital & Family Therapy. Testimony will be taken.

Tuesday, April 2 9 a.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: University of Alaska Board of Regents - John Bania, Darroll Hargraves and State Board of Education & Early Development - Bob Griffin, Tiffany Scott, Sally Stickhausen. Testimony will be taken.

3:30 p.m.: The Senate State Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SJR 5 Constitutional Amendment: Permanent Fund & Dividend and Confirmation: Alaska Public Offices Commission - Rick Stillie; Alaska Parole Board - Edie Grunwald; Alaska Police Standards Council - Stephen Dutra, Burke Waldron, Rebecca Hamon, Joseph White; Chief Administrative Law Judge - Kathleen Frederick. Testimony will be taken.

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Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, April 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center. Business meeting Museum followed by Ray Rowley telling about growing up on the Our board meeting will be held April 2 at 9 a.m. at the Peninsula. For more information call June at 283-1946 museum, 461 Centennial Park road. Please consider volunteering! Questions? Contact Carmen at 262-2791.

The decision is the latest development in a long dispute over access in Izembek. Congress created the 486-square-mile refuge in 1980. Residents say they were not properly consulted before their access to the area was limited.

The road would split an isthmus as narrow as 3 miles on the southern border of Izembek Lagoon. It holds one of the world’s largest beds of eelgrass, a rich food source for Pacific brant geese, endangered Steller’s eider sea ducks and other migratory birds.

The isthmus separates King Cove, a fishing community of about 900 people sandwiched between ocean and mountains, and an allweather airport at Cold Bay.

Zinke, at the urging of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other Alaska officials, portrayed the road as a people-versuswildlife issue.

Strong winds at King Cove frequently prompt flight cancellations. Residents for decades have sought a road to Cold Bay, the site of an airport for emergency flights for patients. The facility was built during World War II and features one of Alaska’s longest runways.

Congress in 1997 addressed the King Cove transportation issue with a $37.5 million appropriation for water access to Cold Bay that included a $9 million hovercraft.

The Aleutians East Borough, the regional governing body, took the vessel out of service after deciding it was too expensive and unreliable.

CIRCAC board of directors meeting Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC) represents citizens in promoting environmentally safe marine transportation and oil facility operations in Cook Inlet. CIRCAC is holding its Board of Directors Meeting on Friday, April 5 at 9 a.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association building, 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road, Kenai, AK 99611. The public is welcome to attend. For an agenda, directions or more information, call 907-283-7222 or toll free 800-652-7222. Meeting materials will be posted online at www.circac.org.

Kenai Peninsula Foundation grant cycle 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.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2013 concluded that a road through the isthmus could cause irrevocable damage to the watershed. Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell agreed with a Fish and Wildlife analysis that found a land exchange could not compensate for the special qualities of existing wildlife refuge lands.

Zinke signed a land exchange swapping up to 0.8 square miles refuge land for land of equal value offered by King Cove Native Corp.

He said at a signing ceremony that the 12-mile section of the road through the refuge would cause no harm to wildlife but would make a difference to children or mothers who need to get to a hospital.

He said the road was a priority for President Donald Trump.

Environmental groups criticized the agreement, saying it was hatched in secret and the road would inevitably be

opened to commercial usage, severely damaging the refuge. They hailed Gleason’s decision Friday.

“The agency’s attempt to skirt the law to benefit private or commercial interests disregards the intention of Congress and the purpose of the Refuge System itself,” said Katie Strong, senior staff attorney with Trustees for Alaska, which represented the environmental groups in the lawsuit.

Della Trumble, spokeswoman for King Cove Corp., made up of members of two federally recognized Aleut tribes, called the ruling disappointing.

“The King Cove Group will never give up our fight for this land exchange,” she said in a statement. “It is so crucial for safeguarding the lives of our families. This access is truly a matter of life and death for us.”

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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

Gray wolves, another disappearing symbol The bald eagle is America’s symbol,

but 70 years ago it was nearly extinct. Once numbering as many as half a million, the population in the Lower 48 states had been reduced to fewer than 1,000 by pesticides, hunting and destruction of habitat. Under the Endangered Species Act, bald eagles made a comeback. There are now some 70,000 across North America, including every state but Hawaii.

That’s the definition of success in recovery of an endangered species. But it’s not one that the Interior Department wants to follow for another treasured American creature: the gray wolf.

The federal government once promoted eradication of wolves, an effort that came close to happening. But after gaining protected status in 1973, they, too, rebounded. There are now about 6,000 in nine states.

From the point of view of the Trump administration — and the Obama administration before it — that’s good enough. These iconic predators once numbered in the millions and inhabited virtually the entire area of the Lower 48. Today they exist in just a tenth of their historic range. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to remove them from the list of creatures deemed endangered or threatened.

The change, which has already happened in much of the West, would mean loss of protection in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin, which now have nearly 4,000 wolves. These states then could allow hunting, as all three did when wolves were temporarily delisted in 2012. Some 1,500 were killed. The same federal policy would apply in Washington, Oregon and California.

Gray wolves effectively would be limited to where they are now present, rather than be allowed to spread beyond that range. Remember the bald eagles? Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, told National Geographic, “We didn’t declare them to be recovered until they were found in every state.” …

Wolves could easily expand their territory in the absence of human predation, but some people prefer to keep their numbers down and their range tightly restricted. Farmers and ranchers regard them as a threat to livestock. There are also hunters who love the idea of killing wolves as trophies …

The Midwest once had lots of wolves, and eventually lost nearly all of them. Bringing them back has been a major achievement. But we’re not alone in thinking this part of the country would benefit from having more of these beasts — which Midwesterners have been known to travel to Yellowstone or Glacier National Park in hopes of glimpsing …

Allowing the wolves to expand their range and population would strengthen our tenuous connection to our wild past. Delisting them, however, would mean premature death — by extermination — for a lot of wolves. It would also be a big loss for people.

— Chicago Tribune, March 21

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Dunleavy asks fishing to subsidize oil and gas

In order to “balance” the budget Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to redirect local fish landing taxes from fishing towns, large and small across the state, to help cover his proposed $1.6 billion cuts to our state government. These revenues have helped fishing towns build infrastructure and support services that feed directly back into the community. That’s a very democratic and thought-forward use of tax revenue.

Dunleavy says he wants to start at zero (i.e. no funding for anything) and build our state’s budget from the ground up. One huge sector that didn’t start at zero was tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. How much did he propose cutting from those?

Well zero. The per barrel deductible tax credit that the industry got with Senate Bill 21 alone currently clocks in at $1.25 billion. That seems pretty darn close to what he has on the table for cuts.

So fishermen, see what Dunleavy wants your landing tax to cover: tax breaks for the wealthiest corporations on planet earth. Dunleavy and much of the Legislature will tell you over and over that our state needs to provide these tax breaks to incentivize the industry. But as soon as a study comes out (there have been numerous) that points out that Alaska is about the most profitable region for the oil and gas industry, they quickly sweep it under the rug.

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of free meals it can serve the homeless, and the number of books and materials for the existing Sunday school classes. Years go by and the wealthy man patches the roof, and draws up sketches for a new school wing, but nothing really happens.

Meanwhile the church’s infrastructure is failing, the number of homeless is increasing, fewer elderly are able to go to service, and the congregation’s children are falling behind because of reduced Sunday school programs.

Well, this would never happen in this setting, because it would be irresponsible and disrespectful to the congregation to maintain an agreement like that. Yet, this is exactly what our state government has been doing for years. Dunleavy is taking it to a whole ‘nother level though. He’s not only giving our state revenues away to multibillion-dollar corporations and asking everyone on both sides of the collection plate to pay for it, he also wants to reach deep into communities to tap into our local revenue.

The Legislature needs to move forward and pass SB14, “Repeal certain credits against the oil and gas production tax,” before moving forward on any budget cuts.

Alaska gives the oil and gas industry billions of dollars every year with the hope that the state will reap returns on the investment. Alaska doesn’t require a contract or really any concrete accounting on how well their investment did. But, if we look at the empirical data on how well the tax breaks have performed, there’s little evidence they’ve done anything, yet we continue to give billions away every year.

So, imagine if you will, an extremely wealthy man joins your local church and convinces the pastor that if he receives 50 percent of the collection every Sunday, he’ll invest that money into his business and in return renovate the church, supply transportation for the elderly on Sundays, expand the community food pantry, and start a new Sunday school program. This sounds great, so with a handshake the deal is done.

In the meantime while this man invests his new collection proceeds, Mike Byerly is a local resident the church has to put off repairs to a and “just another ticked-off Alaskan leaking roof, cut back on the number asking for reasonable leadership.”

30 years after Exxon Valdez, we are still recovering Thirty years ago on March 24, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker disastrously hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, disgorging 11 million gallons of oil over 1,300 miles of coastline, of which 200 miles were heavily or moderately oiled. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters in the world.

Today, under Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget, our ship of state, and subsequently our economy, is heading toward a “fiscal Bligh Reef.” How disastrous this collision will become is now up to the Alaska Legislature. Fortunately, like the Exxon Valdez, this shipwreck is preventable.

At the time of the spill, I served on the Executive Committee of United Fishermen of Alaska and remember the visceral outrage when fishing boats loaded with oil-absorbent booms were told by Exxon managers to “stand by” all because their oil skimmers were in transit. A full day of calm water was wasted. Fishermen had to watch the oil spread unchecked.

Today, with numerous demonstrations on the Capitol steps, the outrage over Dunleavy’s budget feels equally palpable.

When the governor cripples essential infrastructure like the Alaska Marine Highway System, guts the university system with a 40 percent cut, eliminates the power cost equalization payment for rural Alaska and eliminates 16,924 full-time jobs with benefits, the state’s economy becomes fully exposed to danger ahead. Respected economists at the Institute of Social and Economic Research estimate that job losses and budget cuts proposed by the governor’s budget could extend the state’s current economic recession.

Who is at the budget helm? Just like the absent Captain Joe Hazel-

A laska V oices K ate T roll wood, Dunleavy has a third mate in charge, Donna Arduin, director of Office of Management and Budget. She is a hired gun known for hacking apart state budgets. But unlike Captain Hazelwood, Dunleavy isn’t turning over the helm due to possible influence of alcohol. Instead, the governor is under the influence of a simple, ultra-conservative ideology — government is a burden and taxes are evil.

Asked to shed light on the budget, David Teal, the longstanding head of the nonpartisan Legislative Finance Division, surmised, “Maybe there’s some hope on the governor’s part that you’ll just throw up your hands and say, ‘We don’t have time to evaluate this.’ Or maybe, creating chaos is just a clever way to force a conversation that needs to happen.”

Creating chaos, intentionally or not, is akin to the third mate not looking at his radar. Did you know that Exxon’s management chose not to repair Exxon Valdez’s broken specialized Collision Avoidance Radar for more than a year before the disaster? It was just “too expensive” to fix. Instead of looking forward, instead of investing in community and safety, Exxon focused on its bottom line, cutting very costly corners. This is where overriding corporate interests got us 30 years ago.

Dunleavy not only lacks an economic collision radar — he is creating the hazardous fiscal reef. The legis-

lature must step up. Their first course adjustment should be to eliminate the $1.96 billion (Fiscal Year 2020) oil tax credit.

Former Fairbanks Sen. Joe Paskvan explains in a recent op-ed, “Alaska should stop giving costly oil tax credits,” that “oil credits obligate Alaska to pay the oil industry billions of dollars without a reciprocal return on Alaska’s investment expenditure. Alaska has not received its Senate Bill 21 promise. There has been no flood of oilfield workers to Alaska’s North Slope, and Alaska’s treasury is not replenished by increased oil production. All you need to remember is the SB 21 promise in 2014 of one million barrels per day oil production; this promise to Alaskans was not kept.”

Neither was Exxon’s promise kept to make Alaska fishermen “financially whole” after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Thirty years after the spill, the herring population in Prince William Sound has yet to recover. Thirty years later, Dunleavy submits a budget that holds the oil and gas industry harmless while slashing K-12 education. Dunleavy’s budget is poised to destroy not just our schools, but Alaska’s chance of an economic recovery. It is poised like a financial crash of the Exxon Valdez.

Now the legislature must reassess oil tax credits, stand up for communities and make vital course corrections while we still can.

Kate Troll is a former Juneau Assembly member with 22 years experience in climate and energy, fisheries and coastal management policy. She is the author of “The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled World.”

Schools Chance Percival

Soldotna High School SoHi PTSA is excited to announce that the PTSA voted to give out 3- $500 scholarships this year. PTSA is going to stick with the same application as last year so it should be a smooth process. There is a whole new PTSA board this year and things haven’t quite hit their stride yet. If you need anything from PTSA to get these applications out, please email Maryanne Rogers at mailto: qtpa2t76@gmail.com The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Visual Feast, the annual districtwide student art show. Featuring work from across the peninsula, this show highlights the best high school and middle school artists from a wide variety of schools.

This show is a revelation every year, showcasing the amazing talent that exists on the Kenai Peninsula in both 3D and 2D work. The show will run the month of April at the Kenai Fine Arts Center with an opening reception on Thursday, April 4 at 5 p.m.

Congratulations to the following students for their inclusion in the Art in the Capitol program. The artwork by these talented young ladies was hand-selected by Mr. Dusek and their pieces will be on display in Juneau during the 2019 Legislative session.

Cinderella’s Closet needs donations and a new home!

Soldotna High School is collecting gently used formal dresses, shoes, and accessories for Cinderella’s Closet 2019. This is a program which helps ALL area high school students (KPBSD and home-schooled) with free dresses, shoes, and accessories for prom and homecoming. SoHi has helped over 850 ladies in the past 11 years, 145 last year between prom and homecoming! SoHi accepts year around donations of prom and homecoming dresses, suits of all sizes, dress shirts, male dress shoes, and accessories. All sizes are welcome, however, SoHi is in particular need of dresses in size 12 to 18.

Items can be dropped off at the main office of Soldotna High School or Soldotna Prep School between 8 a.m.-3 p.m. If you are not in the central peninsula, drop items at the closest KPBSD school’s office and ask them to send them through KPBSD district mail to SoPrep, attention Cinderella Closet. Since the donations are made to a school, tax donation forms can be issued by SoHi upon request. If you have any questions, please email mailto:epokryfky@kpbsd.org for more info or visit and like us on Facebook: @cinderellacloset.kenai Over the years this project has received tremendous support from our community and local businesses, such as Walgreens, PayLess Shoes, Fred Meyer, Walmart, Summit Cleaner, and so many residents donating items and or their time. Unfortunately this year SoHi is in need of a new location for opening the Cinderella Closet to our students. It would be fantastic if SoHi could find a permanent location for storing and collecting donations year round and open the doors to students in need at regular times of the year, for Prom and Homecoming (or other formal school events). SoHi really cares about this project because SoHI sees year after year how many students that have been helped. SoHi confides in the support of our community for finding a suitable location for hosting the Cinderella’s Closet of our school district. Thank you on behalf of our students!

The after-school tutoring buses will start running on 8/28. There are 2 buses that leave at 4:15. You must be on the route list to ride the bus. See Ms. Wear in the library to find out more information and/or get on the bus list.

You can also email her at mailto:twear@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or call 260-7036.

Soldotna Stars Letterman Jackets are available to order at http://www.neffco.com. Click on Varsity Jackets, find our school by State, select Soldotna High School, starting at $149 you can personalize it anyway you would like. Makes a great Christmas gift!

SoHi Pool Schedule M,W,F Morning Lap 6:30-7:30 a.m.

Sport Calendar - http://www.arbiterlive.com/ Teams?entityId=21192 or http://www.asaa365.com/ There are two ways to order a transcript. Each way serves a different purpose.

If you need a transcript sent to a college or NCAA or a similar agency, then you will need to log on to: http:// www.parchment.com to order transcripts to be sent. The request is then forwarded to SoHi. After processing, it then goes through cyberspace. rather than the US mail. to get to its destination, which is much faster! ALL transcripts that are headed for NCAA, colleges, etc. have to be processed this way!

FINAL TRANSCRIPTS! A final transcript is one that shows your second semester grades. If you order your transcript when we are IN second semester, you will need to make sure you choose “next grading period” when you go on to Parchment. that way your transcript request will wait until the grades are in at the end of the year before it is sent.

Kaleidoscope The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Personal Best – To do one’s best given the circumstances and available resources.

Monday, April 1 – April 8; 3rd – 5th grade will be participating in PEAKS state wide testing. Please make sure your student has a good night’s sleep, healthy breakfast, water bottle.

Wednesday, April 3 · Early release @ 2:10 Upcoming Events April 8-April 12 - Sue Snyder will be working with our staff and students April 10 - Family Night with Sue Snyder @ 5:30 come sing, dance, and play with Dr. Sue Snyder, visiting trainer with the Total Learning Institute which focuses on arts integration. All families are invited to attend!

April 15 – APC meeting @ 4:15

April 15-April 18 - Registration week for new incoming Kaleidoscope students April 18 – After Testing Fun Night for 3rd-5th grade April 19 - Vacation day! No school April 25 – 5th grade will be visiting KMS; Bingo for Books @ TBD April 26 – Student placement forms are due to the office by 4 p.m.

April 29 – Safe Kids will be here with bike helmets for sale May 1 – Early Release @ 2:10; Bike Rodeo for 1st – 5th grade Volunteers Volunteers are welcome any time at Kaleidoscope!

Background checks and volunteer training are required for each school year to be an approved volunteer. Go to http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/volunteers for the links. Background checks may take up to 2 weeks to be processed. Volunteer Indemnification forms are to be completed 2 days before each study trip.

Connections Dates To Remember: · 04/09 - HOMER: SPARC every Tuesday 1:30-2:30 p.m. · 04/10 - High School Eligibility Due · 04/16 - CENTRAL PEN: Gym Time at Kenai Rec Center 12-2 p.m. · 04/16 - HOMER: SPARC every Tuesday 1:30-2:30 p.m. · 04/18 - Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4 p.m. (more info below) · 04/23 – CENTRAL PEN: GYM TIME: Earth Day clean up · 04/23 - HOMER: SPARC every Tuesday 1:30-2:30 p.m. · 04/30 – 2019 Homeschool Talent Show (more info below) · 05/03 & 05/04 – FULL: Overnight Trip to Kasitsna Bay Laboratory with Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies contact Derek Bynagle for more info · 05/06 – Kenai Fjords Marine Science Explorer Tour – Please Contact Julie Lindquist for More Details jlindquist@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or (907) 224-9035 Soldotna Office – Free Tutoring: Connections is very excited to have Sara Hadfield and Rebecca Weaver, from the Kenai Peninsula College, at the Soldotna office every week to offer free tutoring to families.

Sara specializes in language arts and English as a Second Language (ESL). Her schedule will be Wednesdays from 1:30-3 p.m. starting Wednesday, Feb. 13.

Rebecca specializes in a variety of subjects: math, physics, chemistry and science. Her schedule is Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If you are a parent or a student that needs help in any of these areas, please call our office at 714-8880 to schedule an appointment. Iditaread Ends Today: Connections annual Iditaread program started March 1st and ends today. When you’ve read your way to Nome and crossed the finish line, see your local office for a prize! If you have any questions, please call the Connections office (714-8880) or email: cnolden@kpbsd.org for more information.

Soldotna Office: Thursday Art Share: The Soldotna office is celebrating student art, grades K-12, every month! Paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography, digital art, etc… all are welcome and encouraged! Submissions can be dropped off anytime during the month, an art activity will start promptly at 3:15 on the Art Share day, see below for dates. · April: Green Earth theme! Thursday, April 18th from 3-4 p.m. **please note: any and all submissions are welcome regardless of theme** 2019 Homeschool Talent Show: The 2019 Homeschool Talent Show will be on Tuesday, April 30 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Soldotna High School Auditorium. Connections is looking for homeschool students to join the show and display their talents (singing, instrumental, art, skits, whatever!). Talents of all types and ability levels are encouraged and there will also be an art display at the entrance to show off Connections student’s artistic abilities as well. Please contact Mark Wackler at the Soldotna Connections office if you are interested in participating in the talent show, or to get more info – mwackler@kpbsd.org PEAKS: ALL CONNECTIONS FAMILIES: You can find, printable resources and additional information regarding the test here: https://education.alaska. gov/assessments/peaks/StudentPreparation And Online Training Tools Practice Tests here: https://wbte.drcedirect.com/AK/portals/ak The above tests are not “scored” and will not show whether students got questions correct or incorrect. If you would like a practice test with answers to score, please use the printable resources to score your own student (the test booklets are the printable version of the online tests).

CENTRAL PENINSULA FAMILIES: The Soldotna office is in the process of scheduling the Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (PEAKS), April 1thru April 12 at Soldotna Prep, for our Central Peninsula families. If you have any questions please call us at 714-8880.

HOMER FAMILES: Available testing dates are April 1, 2 and 3.

Please follow this SignUpGenius Link for testing information and to sign up for testing sessions. https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/5080c4ca9ab2ba1f85-homer2 If you are unable to use the link please give the office a call at 226-1880 to schedule your student’s testing sessions.

SEWARD FAMILIES: April 9 and 10 Testing Times for both days: • 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

• 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Make up testing on the 11th with Julie Lindquist in the Seward office. For more information or to schedule your testing time please call or email Julie @ 224-9035 or jlindquist@kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Middle Happy April Fool’s Day! Testing continues this week. Please make sure your students are well rested and have eaten a good breakfast.

We appreciate your efforts for your student’s testing success.

Mini Course descriptions are out. Be sure to start hav-

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ing conversations with your student about which mini course they will choose. Some have fees and some do not. Some are 1 day (they will choose 2) and some are 2-day courses. Students should have a first, second, and third choice in case their first choice is full.

Speaking of Mini Courses, it is ALMOST time for aluminum can collection days. Please do not bring cans early. Can collection is April 15, 16, 17 and 18. Students should bring a large garbage bag full in order to be counted.

Track Begins today with a meeting after school from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Students should bring their completed sports packet and fee to the meeting. Students must have a completed sports packet turned in prior to practicing.

Track is for all grades!

Wednesday, April 3 is an Early Release day. School is over at 12:57. Buses will accommodate the early release schedule. Enjoy!

On Thursday, the KMS Drama Class will perform PRINCESSES. Performance starts at 10:25. See you here in the KMS Library.

Have a great week and enjoy the sunshine!

K-Beach Elementary K-Beach will have Kindergarten Visitation for next year’s incoming Kindergartners on Wednesday, April 3 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Your child can ‘go to school’ while parents meet with the principal and register. Incoming kindergartners must be born before Sept. 1, 2014 to attend next fall. Please call the school at 260-1300 for more information and to sign your child up for visitation day. Mr. Daniels’s Class is submitting artwork to the Annual KBeach Art Show. This year, the 5th grade is learning how to take a black and white photo and photo editing. In addition to the photo, this year students are recording a narrative for each photo through the Seesaw App. Viewer will be able to use their device to follow a QR Code to listen to the student analyze their art.

Yearbooks are available for pre-order for $20. Visit www.inter-state.com/yearbook and enter this code: 32113Y or send cash or check payable to K-Beach Elementary.

Buy one Get one Free book fair is scheduled for April 29- May 3 in the K-Beach Library! · April 3rd Early Release: K-Beach will dismiss at 12:55 and busses will drop off students 90 minutes earlier than usual. Kindergarten Visitation will be from 1:30 – 2:30.

Redoubt Elementary Our next early release day is April 3 @ 1:45 p.m., there will be Boys & Girls club after school. Please make sure your child knows how they are getting home that day.

Dare Graduation will be April 5 @ 6 p.m. at Soldotna High School.

Kindergarten and new student registration for school year 2019/2020 will be held April 8 and 9 at our school.

Please make sure to have proof of address and birth certificate. Prior to new students starting in the fall they must be up to date on vaccinations and have a physical on file.

On April 12 we will be having our last Fun Fest for the year 3:30-5 p.m. All students that attend are school are welcome to come!

Open house for Kindergartners starting in the fall will be April 15th at 9 am. There will be a delayed start for current kindergartners, school will start at 11 a.m. and end at 3:18 p.m.

Site council meeting will be April 16 @3:45 in the teachers’ lounge, everyone is welcome to attend.

We have no school on Friday, April 19.

Soldotna Prep The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Student of the 3rd Quarter was awarded to Nate Johnson for his diligent and exceptional work, and going the extra mile by extending a helping hand and setting a good example.

Congratulations to Alissa Powell for being chosen as the Masonic Outstanding Student of the Year! Ali will be recognized at the awards ceremony on April 29 at the Renee’ C. Henderson Auditorium in Kenai. Carson Dement, Justin Hansen, Nate Johnson, Gabrielle Lane and Bethany Richmond deserve special recognition for also being nominated for this honored award. Due to testing and the early release day on Wednesday, there will be no after school tutoring this week. Tutoring will resume next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with the normal schedule. 3rd Quarter Honor Roll: 4.0: Chloe Armstrong, Katharine Bramante, Emma Brantley, Coen Braxling, Ivy Daly, Tessa Dearmore, Bo Gage, Nathanael Johnson, Zacharry Kitchen, Dianne Nasibog, Kellen Plate, Alissa Powell, Bethany Richmond, Jordan Strausbaugh, Lainey Wattam 3.5-3.99: Ashlee Anderson, Bobbi Barker, Trenton Boots, Rhys Cannava, Jayla Conrad, Quinten Cox, Tyler Cox, Dylan Davidhizar, Shraddha Davis, Carson Dement, Shaeley Derleth, Karmen Farrell, Caleigh Glassmaker, Simon Graham, Justin Hansen, Noah Harper, Blaine Hayes, Mackenzie Hoogenboom, Jessica Kimes, Gabrielle Lane, Lachlan McManus, Josephine Moore, Noah Moore, Adam Osborn, Micah Porter, Trenton Powell, Isabella Rodriguez, Thea Scanlon, Zekarias Schwartz, Kaidan Spies, Carly Sturman, Isabella Tough, Isabella Valenzuela, Jolie Widaman, Sarina Wilkinson, Brock Wilson, Aleena Zener, Rusty Zufelt 3.0-3.49: Robert Allain, Emily Barto, Ellie Burns, Ashlee Byers, Taylor Bynum, Korbin Carter, Anna Chadburn, Wyatt Conner, Dylan Dahlgren, Gage Davis, Sierra Domonoske, Tristan Edmondson, Aubrie Ehret, Montana Fischer, Hanna Giugler, Rhiley Halverson, William Hamby, Jordan Henley, Haylee Hodge, Caiden Johnson, Chloe Johnson, Ashton Jones, Cayden Kelly, Keegan Lorring, Cesar Mariscal, Adeline Miller, Jerrod Oberts, Snowy Pannell, Emmy Reese, Ayden See, Ethan Sewell, Kaidence Shaeffer, Kelsey Siefner, Tristan Sipes, Justine Thomas Students and parents are reminded to check Soldotna Prep’s Facebook page for school news and updated information: Soldotna Prep Facebook Page: https://www.facebook. com/SoldotnaPrep/ Soldotna Prep Web Page: http://soldotnaprep.blogs. kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ Dates to Remember: April 2-3 – PEAKS Testing April 3 – Early Release April 19 – Vacation Day, no school May 1 – Early Release May 22 – Last day of school Soldotna Elementary Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: See BRIEFS, page A6

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Nation

Trump’s ‘Obamacare’ battle moves to the courts

be struck down in its entirety.

That ruling is now on appeal.

At the urging of the White House, the Justice Department said this past week it will support the Texas judge’s position and argue that all of “Obamacare”

must go.

A problem for Trump is that the litigation could take months to resolve — or longer — and there’s no guarantee he’ll get the outcomes he wants before the 2020 election.

“Was this a good week for the Trump administration? No,” said economist Gail Wilensky, who headed up Medicare under former Republican President George H.W. Bush. “But this is the beginning of a series of judicial challenges.”

It’s early innings in the court cases, and “the clock is going to run out,” said Timothy Jost, a retired law professor who has followed the Obama health law since its inception.

“By the time these cases get through the courts there simply isn’t going to be time for the administration to straighten out any messes that get created, much less get a comprehensive plan through Congress,” added Jost, who supports the ACA. In the Texas case, Trump could lose by winning.

a decent economy during that time. We had an unemployment rate that at times, it was lower than it is today.

For 2007 until today, we have spent $29 billion above that 2-2.5 percent. That $29 billion could have built 14 Anchorage-sized ports. It could have fed the homeless forever, and could have provided free electricity, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Where am I going with this?

I’ve had conversations with businesses, industries, and investors down in Lower 48 and they said to me, they’re not really interested in coming to Alaska until we can get our spending under control. So we can talk about diversification of revenues, but the way you really provide more revenue is you grow your economy. You do that through a fiscal regime that isn’t going to say to anyone and everyone that wants to — including individual Alaskans — ‘come to Alaska, we’re going to tax you because we don’t want to control our spending. We don’t want to get it down.’

So we can talk about the diversification of revenues, but until we get our spending under control is going to want to invest in Alaska.

That’s the message I was given loud and clear down in the Lower 48. People in Alaska have told me if we’re going to diversify the revenue stream if we’re going to tax them and take their PFD, they’re going to seriously think about leaving. New York faces this. California faces this. Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, all those outfits are losing people be-

cause of their tax regime.

Mazurek: How can we diversify the economy, bring new industries to the state?

Dunleavy: The way we do that gets our spending under control, but also work on how we can lower the cost of health care and electrical rates, not just for Alaska but for potential business.

We’ve got to make sure we don’t add additional taxes because again, folks that invest want to make some sort of a profit or living in an environment that’s not going to take what they make. So it’s a combination of factors. One of the things that we’re doing in the Department of Commerce is we’re putting together a team that is working on going down to the Lower 48 and actually recruiting businesses, having conversations with them to see what it would take for them to come to Alaska and bring jobs to Alaska. That’s what we need in Alaska.

Petersen: There are a lot of people on the peninsula that use the ferry service regularly, such as in Seldovia and Homer. What alternative transportation do you envision for communities who rely on this system?

Arduin: We’re running a system that has boats that aren’t full, have one person on them. They’re supposed to be transporting automobiles. We now how barges to do that. We have competition of boats, competition from lower-cost airfare.

So the system that we have been running is very expensive and it loses about $100 million a year. We have to do something about it. It’s

subsidized greater than the other transportation that we provide anywhere else in the state. The department has already looked in and determined just by changing the way they might schedule ferries because they could run through the system at a quarter of the cost. We have a consultant to look at outside investment. Can we outsource operations?

For example, maybe sell some boats, maybe own infrastructure, but outsource some other routes. We believe private operators can do it better than we can. The state failed to make money on providing meal services, we failed to make money running bars, so we just warehoused all the liquor and stopped selling it. We failed to make money by providing housekeeping services. Again, there are alternatives. People aren’t really using them as much as they had, but we still see there’s a possibility to run the system better.

Petersen: And that would be privatizing it?

Arduin: Privatizing it, outsourcing operation …

We’ll see when the consultants come in.

Dunleavy: The consultants might also say there may be some runs we hang on to as a state. OK. We’ll take a look at that as well.

We’re looking at a whole host of ways to make this more efficient. The consultants are going to help us really take a look at this and come up with some ideas.

Arduin: There are alternative sources of transportation for all of the runs.

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off “Obamacare.” But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tries to score a big win for his reelection campaign.

Two federal judges in Washington, D.C., this past week blocked parts of Trump’s health care agenda: work requirements for some low-income people on Medicaid, and new small business health plans that don’t have to provide full benefits required by the Affordable Care Act. But in the biggest case, a federal judge in Texas ruled last December that the ACA is unconstitutional and should

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that I’ve found with people here on the peninsula — this is a very conservative district, people voted for you on a two to one ratio down here — is how Alaska can work on diversifying revenue sources going forward, so we don’t encounter these types of budget problems in the future. We all know that Alaska’s revenue is not very diversified. Most of it comes from oil and gas. I’m wondering what kinds of ideas you or your administration may have to simulate that diversification of revenue?

Office of Budget and Management Director Donna Arduin: Starting with diversifying the economy in order to have additional sources of revenue.

Dunleavy: The way you diversify the economy is you get your spending under control. Very few industries are going to want to come into an environment or a state, city, county, borough — doesn’t matter — in which there is a real possibility they will be taxed as soon as they get in there, to pay for spending that is not in control. We just mentioned that between 2007 and today, the spending has increased by about 5 percent a year and from 2007 to 2013 is increased by about 15 percent a year. Something to think about, from about 1988 until 2006, our spend increase every year was about 2-2.5 percent.

Basically flatlined. We had

In this March 26, 2019, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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April 3 Early Release Day 1:55pm April 19 Vacation Day (No School) April 22-26 Kindergarten Registration April 25 Kindergarten Round-Up 12:30-1:30 Parents can register kindergartners April 22-26 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Students must be 5 years old by September 1, 2019. Please bring birth certificates and immunization records.

Soldotna Elementary is currently accepting applications for its 2019-2020 Title 1 Pre-K program.

Students must be 4 years old by September 01, 2019 and live in the Soldotna Elementary boundary.

Applications are located at the front office.

Mountain View Elementary Applications are available now for the 2019-2020 Mountain View Pre-K Program. Screenings for this program will be held on Tuesday, April 30. Applications are available at the office at Mountain View Elementary. In order to be considered, a child must be 4 years old by Sept. 1, 2019, live in the Mountain View attendance area, and have a completed application returned to Mountain View Elementary. Screenings will be scheduled after applications are brought back to the school. For more information please call 283-8600.

Wednesday, April 3, is an Early Release Day for students. Students will be dismissed at 1:55 p.m.

Spring pictures are scheduled for Friday, April 5. Only those students returning the order form and payment will have their picture taken. Orders may also be placed online at mylifetouch.com. Please call us at 283-8600 if you need help with this process. The Kindergarten Spring Concert will be held on Thursday, April 18th at 2:00 PM in the gym at Mountain View.

There is no school on Friday, April 19.

The 4th and 5th grade, including 5th grade band, will be holding their Spring Concert on Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. in the KCHS Auditorium.

Skyview Track and Field begins today! Any student who wishes to join Track must turn in the required sports forms before participation. Please complete the forms and pay the participation fee as soon as possible.

Early release is Wednesday, April 3 – Skyview Middle School students end the school day at 1 p.m.

The Panther Student Council will be hosting a Birthday Bag Donation Drive today through Friday, April 5.

Items needed include: birthday candles, medium size gift bags for boys and girls, packages of balloons, cake mix and ready-made frosting, small toys/kids books/mittens for boys and girls, party plates and napkins, party hats and horns. Donations can be dropped off in the bin near the front office or in Mrs. Pothast’s classroom. Let’s help the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank provide some Birthday Cheer for our neighbors in need! Thank you for your generosity!

Congratulations to Ashley Dahlman - 2019 Skyview Middle School Masonic Student of the Year! Ashley demonstrates outstanding qualities in 5 areas: Character, Academic Achievement, Extra Curricular Activities, Leadership, and Community Volunteering. She was selected from a group including four other exceptional finalists: Regan Evans, Gavin Jones, Sydney Steadman and Avery Willets. Ashley will be recognized with other KPBSD recipients at the Masonic Lodge Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 26 at Kenai Central High School Auditorium.

The next Panther Student Council full membership meeting will be Wednesday, April 17 during FOL in the library. That FOL is available for sign up now! Please get your name on the meeting roster as soon as possible!

Spring events information and volunteer sign-up sheets

If former President Barack Obama’s health law is struck down entirely, Congress would face an impossible task: pass a comprehensive health overhaul to replace it that both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump can agree to.

The failed attempt to repeal “Obamacare” in 2017 proved to be toxic for congressional Republicans in last year’s midterm elections and they are in no mood to repeat it.

“The ACA now is nine years old and it would be incredibly disruptive to uproot the whole thing,” said Thomas Barker, an attorney with the law firm Foley Hoag, who served as a top lawyer at the federal Health and Human Services department under former Republican President George W. Bush. “It seems to me that you can resolve this issue more narrowly than by

striking down the ACA.” Trump seems unfazed by the potential risks.

“Right now, it’s losing in court,” he asserted Friday, referring to the Texas case against “Obamacare.”

The case “probably ends up in the Supreme Court,” Trump continued. “But we’re doing something that is going to be much less expensive than Obamacare for the people … and we’re going to have (protections for) preexisting conditions and will have a much lower deductible. So, and I’ve been saying that, the Republicans are going to end up being the party of health care.”

There’s no sign that his administration has a comprehensive health care plan, and there doesn’t seem to be a consensus among Republicans in Congress.

People are using air. If there are places where we should have additional roads available, then that should be a part of the transportation plan.

Mazurek: I would like to ask sort of a broader question. Given Alaska’s position with the fossil fuel industry and it’s precariousness in terms of how climate change could affect the state what is your administration going to do to address this issue?

Dunleavy: Well, we don’t have a smokestack industry in the state of Alaska.

Our contribution to the climate change footprint is incredibly small, probably smaller than any other state in the country. We don’t have manufacturing. We really don’t have an economy except for government and oil. So we know we’re dealing with a smoke issue in Fairbanks. The thing that I think we need to focus on is having a discussion as to what are we gonna do with some of our communities that are facing erosion. In terms of our contribution to carbon in the air, it’s minimal. We didn’t feel at this time, given what we have going on with the budget issue, that running a climate committee with an individual from outside in Seattle was worth the time and money at this point. Again, our contribution is minimal.

We’re more interested in focusing on what to do about those communities that are facing erosion Mazurek: I understand our impact may be minimal, but the impact that com-

munities are going to see, especially along the coast in Alaska, they’re going to see a lot of erosion as you mentioned. That’s happening here in Kenai. The bluff is eroding at the rate of 2 or 3 feet per year. Does your administration have anything in place or do they plan to propose anything that will deal with these coming issues?

Dunleavy: So there’s always been erosion and I’m not trying to be a wise guy, but there’s always been erosion. Rivers change, you see oxbow lakes, there are cut banks. What’s happened on western and northern Alaska, however, is the sea ice that used to come earlier and stay longer. It used to buffer some of the fall storms. I can’t speak to what’s happening on the Kenai River and that’s a different ballgame than what was happening in northern, western Alaska because of the sea ice. But again, we’re always going to have discussions.

Every state has discussions now. In Nebraska, Iowa, they’re experiencing a 100year flood. They’re going to have erosion. They’re going to have all kinds of issues.

We would just have to continue to have those discussions and see what resources we have available to deal with that issue and prioritize those issues. We’ve always had that. We’ve always done this. We’ve always looked at the issues, rank the issues, and then if we had the funding we would fund and try and address these issues.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

will be available at this meeting. This is an Enrichment FOL – be sure your grades are in good shape so you can sign up! If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Pothast.

7th graders interested in applying for Student Council Leadership Group for next school year should sign up for Mrs. Pothast’s FOL on Thursday, April 18. This FOL will be an information meeting where the Leadership application process and expectations will be explained and required paperwork distributed. The FOL is open now for interested 7th graders to sign up. This application process is open to all 7th graders.

Nikiski North Star This week will be the fourth grade PEAKS testing. The fourth graders will test on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Please make sure your child has a good night of rest, eats a healthy breakfast and arrives to school on time.

Wednesday, April 3rd is early release. NNS will dismiss at 2 p.m.

Title 1 Pre-K screening will be held on Wednesday, April 24. Please contact NNS for an application. Your screening appointment will be made when your application is received by the school. The purpose of the screening is to determine Kindergarten readiness. Transportation is not provided to and from the Pre-K program. Students must be 4 years old

by Sept. 1, 2019. If you need more information, please call the NNS office at 776-2600.

Spring pictures will be taken on Thursday, April 11th beginning at 9 a.m. in the school library. Sibling pictures should begin about noon.

Kindergarten registration and orientation is Wednesday, April 17 in the school library beginning at 9:15 a.m.

If your child will be five years old by Sept. 1, 2019, bring them along to have some fun while you enroll them at Nikiski North Star. Please remember to bring immunization records, birth certificate and any legal custody papers. For more information, please call the school secretary at 7762600.

Sports

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Michigan St., Auburn reach Final Four

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Cassius Winston missed an open jump shot but was right there for the rebound.

Without hesitating, he stepped back and swished a 3-pointer.

“Now is not the time to doubt yourself,” Winston said. “Now’s not the time to shy away from those big moments.”

The biggest moment for Michigan State is still to come after Winston led the Spartans back to the Final Four for the first time since 2015.

Michigan State beat Duke 6867 on Sunday to knock the overall top seed out of the NCAA Tournament in what likely was the end of Zion Williamson’s college career.

Winston took over the game when his team faced its biggest deficit, stealing the show from Williamson with 20 points and 10 assists in a do-it-all performance fittingly with Magic Johnson there to see it.

confetti was still swirling around Auburn coach Bruce Pearl when he gazed over a team headed to the first Final Four in school history and declared, “This one was for Chuma!”

“The next two,” Pearl added with a triumphant grin, “are for Auburn.”

Drawing inspiration from inAuburn 77, Kentucky 71, OT jured forward Chuma Okeke, the KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The No. 5 seed Tigers finished off a

Scoreboard Basketball NCAA Tournament EAST REGIONAL Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Michigan State 68, Duke 67 SOUTH REGIONAL Regional Championship Saturday, March 30 Virginia 80, Purdue 75, OT MIDWEST REGIONAL Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Auburn 77, Kentucky 71, OT WEST REGIONAL Regional Championship Saturday, March 30 Texas Tech 75, Gonzaga 69 FINAL FOUR At U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 6 Virginia (33-3) vs. Auburn (309), 2:09 p.m.

Michigan State (32-6) vs.

Texas Tech (30-6), 40 minutes after first game National Championship Monday, April 8 Semifinal winners, TBA All Times ADT

NCAA Women GREENSBORO REGIONAL Regional Championship Monday, April 1 At Greensboro, N.C. Iowa (29-6) vs. Baylor (34-1), 3 p.m.

PORTLAND REGIONAL Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 At Portland, Ore. Oregon 88, Mississippi State 84 CHICAGO REGIONAL Regional Championship Monday, April 1 At Chicago Notre Dame (33-3) vs. Stanford (31-4), 5 p.m.

ALBANY REGIONAL Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 At Albany, N.Y. UConn 80, Louisville 73 FINAL FOUR At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals Friday, April 5 Greensboro winner vs. Oregon (33-4), 3 or 5:30 p.m.

UConn (35-2) vs. Chicago winner, 3 or 5:30 p.m.

National Championship Sunday, April 7 Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.

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NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB x-Toronto 54 23 .701 — x-Philadelphia 49 27 .645 4½ x-Boston 45 32 .584 9 Brooklyn 39 38 .506 15 New York 14 62 .184 39½ Southeast Division Miami 38 38 .500 — Orlando 38 39 .494 ½ Charlotte 35 41 .461 3 Washington 32 46 .410 7 Atlanta 28 49 .364 10½ Central Division y-Milwaukee 57 20 .740 — x-Indiana 45 32 .584 12 Detroit 39 37 .513 17½ Chicago 21 56 .273 36 Cleveland 19 58 .247 38 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division y-Houston 49 28 .636 — x-San Antonio 44 33 .571 5 New Orleans 32 46 .410 17½ Memphis 31 46 .403 18 Dallas 30 46 .395 18½ Northwest Division x-Denver 51 25 .671 — x-Portland 48 28 .632 3 x-Utah 46 30 .605 5 x-Oklahoma City 44 33 .571 7½ Minnesota 34 42 .447 17 Pacific Division y-Golden State 52 24 .684 — x-L.A. Clippers 47 31 .603 6 Sacramento 38 39 .494 14½ L.A. Lakers 35 42 .455 17½ Phoenix 17 60 .221 35½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Atlanta 136, Milwaukee 135, OT Dallas 106, Oklahoma City 103 L.A. Lakers 130, New Orleans 102 Sacramento 113, San Antonio 106 Washington 95, Denver 90 Golden State 137, Charlotte 90 L.A. Clippers 113, Memphis 96 Monday’s Games Detroit at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 3:30 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 3:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

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HOckey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Tampa Bay 78 59 15 4 122 309 212 x-Boston 79 47 23 9 103 247 207 Toronto 78 45 26 7 97 277 237 Montreal 79 42 29 8 92 238 227 Florida 79 35 32 12 82 258 271 Buffalo 79 31 38 10 72 212 265 Detroit 79 31 38 10 72 221 265 Ottawa 78 28 44 6 62 232 285 Metropolitan Division x-Washington 79 47 24 8 102 273 240 x-N.Y. Islanders 79 46 26 7 99 222 193 Pittsburgh 79 43 25 11 97 265 232 Columbus 79 45 30 4 94 247 222 Carolina 79 43 29 7 93 234 218 Philadelphia 79 37 34 8 82 236 264 N.Y. Rangers 78 31 34 13 75 218 258 New Jersey 79 29 40 10 68 213 267

Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 5 Detroit 4, Toronto 3, 11 innings Tampa Bay 3, Houston 1 Minnesota 9, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 3 Texas 11, Chicago Cubs 10 Oakland 2, L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 10, Boston 8 Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Nova 0-0) at Cleveland (Clevinger 0-0), 12:10 p.m.

Detroit (Ross 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (German 0-0), 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Hess 0-0) at Toronto (Reid-Foley 0-0), 3:07 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Stanek 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

Houston (Peacock 0-0) at Texas (Smyly 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

Boston (Price 0-0) at Oakland (Brooks 0-0), 6:07 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Stratton 0-0) at Seattle (Hernandez 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division x-Winnipeg 78 45 29 4 94 261 231 x-Nashville 79 44 29 6 94 229 208 x-St. Louis 78 42 28 8 92 231 212 Dallas 79 41 31 7 89 200 194 Colorado 78 36 29 13 85 247 234 Minnesota 79 36 34 9 81 206 230 Chicago 78 34 33 11 79 255 279 Pacific Division z-Calgary 79 49 23 7 105 280 219 x-San Jose 79 44 26 9 97 279 253 x-Vegas 79 42 30 7 91 243 220 Arizona 79 38 33 8 84 206 215 Vancouver 79 34 35 10 78 217 246 Edmonton 78 34 35 9 77 224 261 Anaheim 80 33 37 10 76 191 248 Los Angeles 78 29 40 9 67 190 248 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 z-clinched conference Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 0 Arizona 4, Minnesota 0 Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 1 Columbus 4, Buffalo 0 Detroit 6, Boston 3 Calgary 5, San Jose 3 Monday’s Games Washington at Florida, 3 p.m.

Toronto vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 3 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Vegas, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

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Soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 3 0 1 10 9 1 Columbus 3 1 1 10 6 4 Toronto FC 3 0 0 9 10 3 Philadelphia 2 2 1 7 7 6 Cincinnati 2 2 1 7 7 7 Montreal 2 2 0 6 7 11 Orlando City 1 2 2 5 6 8 New York 1 2 1 4 5 4 Chicago 1 2 1 4 5 7 New England 1 3 1 4 5 9 NY City FC 0 1 3 3 4 8 Atlanta 0 2 2 2 2 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles FC 4 0 1 13 15 5 Seattle 3 0 1 10 10 3 Houston 3 0 1 10 10 5 FC Dallas 3 1 1 10 9 5 LA Galaxy 3 1 0 9 7 6 S. Kansas City 2 1 1 7 11 4 Minnesota U. 2 2 0 6 9 7 Real Salt Lake 1 3 1 4 5 12 Colorado 0 3 2 2 6 12 Vancouver 0 3 1 1 4 7 Portland 0 3 1 1 5 12 San Jose 0 4 0 0 2 14 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Sunday, March 31 D.C. United 2, Orlando City 1 LA Galaxy 2, Portland 1 Friday, April 5 LA Galaxy at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 6 Montreal at New York City FC, 9 a.m.

Chicago at Toronto FC, 11 a.m.

Los Angeles FC at D.C. United, 11 a.m.

Minnesota United at New York, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Orlando City, 3:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.

New England at Columbus, 3:30 p.m.

Portland at San Jose, 4 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Seattle, 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 7 Sporting Kansas City at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 3 1 .750 — Baltimore 2 1 .667 ½ Toronto 2 2 .500 1 New York 1 2 .333 1½ Boston 1 3 .250 2 Central Division Kansas City 2 1 .667 — Minnesota 2 1 .667 — Detroit 2 2 .500 ½ Chicago 1 2 .333 1 Cleveland 1 2 .333 1 West Division Seattle 5 1 .833 — Texas 2 1 .667 1½ Oakland 3 3 .500 2 Houston 1 3 .250 3 Los Angeles 1 3 .250 3 Sunday’s Games

NL Standings

East Division W Philadelphia 3 New York 2 Miami 2 Washington 1 Atlanta 0 Central Division Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 1 St. Louis 1 West Division Los Angeles 3 San Diego 3 Colorado 2 Arizona 1 San Francisco 1

L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 1 .667 1 2 .500 1½ 2 .333 2 3 .000 3

1 1

Porcello, Johnson (3), Workman (6), Brewer (7), Brasier (8) and C.Vazquez; LeBlanc, Rumbelow (6), Festa (7), Elias (8), Gearrin (9), Bradford (9) and Narvaez. W_LeBlanc 1-0.

L_Porcello 0-1. Sv_Bradford (1). HRs_Boston, Betts (1), Martinez (2). Seattle, Narvaez (2), Bruce (2).

Rangers 11, Cubs 10 Chi. Tex.

012 104 020—10 17 000 501 401—11 11

0 0

Hamels, Chatwood (6), Montgomery (7), Cishek (7), Strop (9) and Caratini, Contreras; Lynn, Chavez (6), K.Bird (6), C.Martin (7), Leclerc (8) and Mathis. W_Leclerc 1-0. L_ Strop 0-1. HRs_Chicago, Rizzo (1), Schwarber (2). Texas, DeShields (1), Cabrera (2), Mathis (1).

Col. 000 000 000—0 Mia. 000 200 10x—3

1 .750 1 .750 2 .500 3 .250 3 .250

J.Gray, W.Davis (8) and Wolters; Alcantara, Chen (9), Romo (9) and Alfaro. W_Alcantara 1-0. L_J.Gray 0-1.

Sv_Romo (1). HRs_Miami, Riddle (2).

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Rays 3, Astros 1 Hou. 001 000 000—1 TB 102 000 00x—3

3 8

0 0

Miley, James (7) and Stassi; Chirinos, Kolarek (8), Roe (8), Beeks (8), Castillo (9) and Zunino. W_Chirinos 1-0.

L_Miley 0-1. Sv_Castillo (1).

HRs_Houston, Marisnick (1).

Tampa Bay, Meadows (2).

Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3, 11 inn.

Det.000 000 300 01—4 Tor. 000 000 030 00—3

10 8

0 1

Moore, J.Jimenez (8), B.Farmer (9), Stumpf (10), Greene (11) and Greiner; Thornton, Gaviglio (6), Mayza (7), Guerra (7), Luciano (7), Giles (9), Biagini (10), Pannone (11) and Maile, D.Jansen. W_Stumpf 1-0. L_ Pannone 0-1. Sv_Greene (2).

HRs_Toronto, Tellez (1).

Twins 9, Indians 3 Cle. 000 000 030—3 6 Min. 010 250 01x—9 15

1 0

Carrasco, Ramirez (5), Otero (6), Bieber (7) and Plawecki; Pineda, M.Perez (5), Hildenberger (8), R.Harper (9) and Astudillo. W_M.Perez 1-0.

L_Carrasco 0-1. HRs_Minnesota, Cruz (1).

Orioles 7, Yankees 5 301 010 020—7 000 300 101—5

8 9

1 1

Bundy, Means (4), Givens (8), Fry (9) and Severino; Happ, Cessa (5), Tarpley (8), Kahnle (9) and G.Sanchez. W_Means 1-0. L_Happ 0-1. Sv_Fry (1).

HRs_Baltimore, Rickard (1), Nunez (1), Mancini (1). New York, Sanchez (1).

White Sox 6, Royals 3 Chi. KC

Mariners 10, Red Sox 8 Bos. 300 301 001—8 9 Sea. 027 100 00x—10 12

1 .750 — 1 .500 1 1 .500 1 2 .333 1½ 3 .250 2

Sunday’s Games Miami 3, Colorado 0 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 0 Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 5 Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 4 Texas 11, Chicago Cubs 10 L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 7 San Diego 3, San Francisco 1 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 1 Monday’s Games St. Louis (Wainwright 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Archer 0-0), 9:05 a.m.

Milwaukee (Davies 0-0) at Cincinnati (Roark 0-0), 2:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0) at Atlanta (Newcomb 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Stanek 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-0) at Miami (Smith 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 0-0) at San Diego (Strahm 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Pomeranz 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

All Times ADT

Bal. NY

Montas, Trivino (7), Soria (8), Treinen (9) and Hundley, Phegley. W_Montas 1-0.

L_Skaggs 0-1. Sv_Treinen (2).

HRs_Los Angeles, Calhoun (1). Oakland, Davis (4).

000 202 200—6 11 000 000 210—3 6

0 0

Giolito, Burr (7), K.Herrera (8), Colome (9) and J.McCann; J.Lopez, Hill (6), McCarthy (6), Zimmer (8), Ellis (9) and Maldonado. W_Giolito 1-0.

L_J.Lopez 0-1. Sv_Colome (1). HRs_Chicago, Alonso (1), Abreu (2).

Athletics 2, Angels 1 LA 000 001 000—1 Oak. 000 110 00x—2

3 7

2 0

Skaggs, Buttrey (5), H.Robles (7), L.Garcia (8) and K.Smith;

Marlins 3, Rockies 0 5 5

0 0

Pirates 5, Reds 0 Pit. Cin.

111 000 020—5 10 000 000 000—0 4

0 4

Tr.Williams, Musgrove (7), F.Vazquez (9), Kela (9) and Cervelli; S.Gray, Lorenzen (3), W.Peralta (6), Stephenson (7), Hughes (9) and Barnhart. W_ Tr.Williams 1-0. L_S.Gray 0-1.

Nationals 6, Mets 5 NY 001 001 030—5 13 Was. 003 011 001—6 11

1 0

Wheeler, Gsellman (6), Avilan (7), Peterson (7) and Nido, Ramos; Corbin, J.Miller (7), Sipp (8), Rosenthal (8), Doolittle (8) and Gomes. W_Doolittle 1-0.

L_Wilson 1-1. HRs_Washington, Turner 2 (2).

Brewers 5, Cardinals 4 SL Mil.

000 220 000—4 100 000 202—5

7 9

0 1

Wacha, A.Reyes (7), A.Miller (7), Jor.Hicks (8) and Molina; Burnes, Albers (6), Ta.Williams (8), Barnes (9) and Pina, Grandal. W_Barnes 1-0. L_Jor.Hicks 0-1. HRs_St. Louis, Goldschmidt (4), Carpenter (1), DeJong (1). Milwaukee, Yelich (4).

Padres 3, Giants 1 SF SD

000 010 000—1 000 010 11x—3

2 8

3 0

Samardzija, Vincent (6), S.Dyson (7) and Kratz; Paddack, Warren (6), Stammen (8), Yates (9) and Hedges.

W_Warren 1-0. L_Vincent 0-1.

Sv_Yates (3).

Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 7 Ari. LA

000 700 000—7 13 301 100 03x—8 8

3 0

Weaver, Y.Lopez (5), Bradley (7), Hirano (8) and Kelly; Buehler, P.Baez (4), Alexander (5), Y.Garcia (6), Ferguson (7), Floro (8), K.Jansen (9) and R.Martin. W_Floro 1-0.

L_Hirano 0-1. Sv_K.Jansen (1). HRs_Arizona, Weaver (1).

Los Angeles, Bellinger (4).

Phillies 5, Braves 1 Atl. Phi.

001 000 000—1 001 020 20x—5

4 5

0 0

Wright, Fried (5), Carle (6), Jackson (7) and B.McCann; Arrieta, Morgan (7), Neshek (8), Neris (9) and Realmuto.

W_Arrieta 1-0. L_Wright 0-1.

HRs_Philadelphia, McCutchen (2), Harper (2).

Racing O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Results

Sunday At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 0.526 miles (Starting position in parentheses) 1. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 334.

2. (25) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 334.

3. (4) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 334.

4. (11) Erik Jones, Toyota, 334.

5. (1) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 334.

6. (2) William Byron, Chevrolet, 334.

7. (21) Aric Almirola, Ford, 334.

8. (23) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 334.

9. (30) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 334.

10. (16) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 334.

11. (18) Ryan Newman, Ford, 334.

12. (20) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 334.

13. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 334.

14. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 334.

15. (15) Michael McDowell, Ford, 334.

16. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 333.

17. (8) Joey Logano, Ford, 333.

18. (24) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 333.

19. (14) Paul Menard, Ford, 333.

20. (19) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 333.

21. (9) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 332.

22. (27) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 332.

23. (10) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 332.

24. (29) Matt Tifft, Ford, 332.

25. (28) David Ragan, Ford, 331.

26. (26) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 331.

27. (33) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 330.

28. (31) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 330.

29. (35) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 329.

30. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 326 31. (34) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 325.

32. (38) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 325.

33. (7) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 324.

34. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 322.

35. (36) Bayley Currey, Ford, 320.

36. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 279.

37. (13) Ryan Blaney, Ford, Overheating, 225.

38. (39) Timmy Hill, Toyota, Clutch, 168.

39. (22) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Accident, 147.

RACE STATISTICS Average Speed of Race Winner: 153.224 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 16 minutes, 11 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 2.743 seconds.

Caution Flags: 5 for 29 laps.

Lead Changes: 27 among 13 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J. Johnson 1-59; J. Logano 60; A. Dillon 61-62; K. Busch 63-65; W. Byron 66-79; C. Bowyer 80-82; J. Logano 83-88; M. Truex Jr. 89-98; K. Busch 99-108; C. Elliott 109-143; J. Logano 144; K. Busch 145-155; D. Hamlin 156-172; R. Blaney 173-217; D. Suarez 218-220; K. Busch 221-238; J. Johnson 239; D. Suarez 240-245; K. Busch 246-257; A. Almirola 258-260; E. Jones 261-263; K. Busch 264-275; E. Jones 276-302; D. Hamlin 303-318; W. Byron 319; A. Dillon 320-322; D. Hamlin 323-334.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Kyle Busch 6 times for 66 laps; Jimmie Johnson 2 times for 60 laps; Denny Hamlin 3 times for 45 laps; Ryan Blaney 1 time for 45 laps; Chase Elliott 1 time for 35 laps; Erik Jones 2 times for 30 laps; William Byron 2 times for 15 laps; Martin Truex Jr. 1 time for 10 laps; Daniel Suarez 2 times for 9 laps; Joey Logano 3 times for 8 laps; Austin Dillon 2 times for 5 laps; Clint Bowyer 1 time for 3 laps; Aric Almirola 1 time for 3 laps.

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Signed F JaKarr Sampson to a 10-day contract.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed F Jemerrio Jones.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Vegas F Ryan Reaves $2,500 for high-sticking San Jose F Joe Thornton during a March 30 game.

Fined San Jose F Joe Thornton $2,500 for high-sticking Vegas F Ryan Reaves during a March 30 game.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Kaden Fulcher and C Dominic Turgeon from Grand Rapids (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Austin Watson from Milwaukee (AHL).

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Recalled G Pat Nagle from Toledo (ECHL). Signed D Kevin Tansey to a professional tryout.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Announced D Josh Wesley was reassigned to Maine (ECHL). Released F Greg Chase from his professional tryout agreement.

COLLEGE WASHINGTON — Announced G Jaylen Nowell will enter the NBA draft.

joyful romp through college basketball royalty by bringing down the winningest program of all.

Their 77-71 overtime win over second-seeded seed Kentucky in the finals of the Midwest Region on Sunday came after blowouts of Kansas and North Carolina that served notice: Auburn is more than a football school.

Sports Briefs Federer wins Miami Open MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Orange streamers rained down while Roger Federer held another championship trophy aloft, his familiar grin as wide as ever.

For the ageless Federer, winning never gets old.

Now 37, Federer became tennis’ first repeat champion of 2019 when he won his 101st career title Sunday by beating a hobbled John Isner in the Miami Open final, 6-1, 6-4.

Federer neutralized Isner’s big serve and won 32 of 35 points on his own serve. The 6-foot-10 Isner scrambled so desperately to stay in rallies that he hurt his left foot and limped badly through the final few points.

Kisner takes Match Play AUSTIN, Texas — Kevin Kisner made it to the Dell Technologies Match Play final for the second straight year, and this time he got it right.

A week that began with a loss ended with the biggest victory of Kisner’s career when he holed a 20-foot birdie putt to close out Matt Kuchar, 3 and 2, in the chilly championship match Sunday at Austin Country Club.

“It was a long week. I prevailed. And I’m a world golf champion,” Kisner said off the 16th green.

He became the first player to win Match Play after losing in the championship match the previous year. That one wasn’t close, as Bubba Watson raced out to a big lead and ended the match in 12 holes.

Hamlin triumphs at Texas FORT WORTH, Texas — Denny Hamlin had such a fast car at Texas that he was able to win even after two penalties on pit road and some other issues during green flag conditions.

While Hamlin was reviewing all that happened, crew chief Chris Gabehart interrupted — “I think you passed 327 cars by my count, but maybe not,” he said.

Hamlin, who once missed the entry to pit road and also ran out fuel during the race, did do a lot of passing to get to Victory Lane on Sunday. He led the final 12 laps and 45 overall to overcome those miscues and the penalties — one when he exited pit road too fast early in the day and another for a debatable tire violation against his team during a stop just past the halfway point.

— The Associated Press

Today in History Today is Monday, April 1, the 91st day of 2019. There are 274 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 1, 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.

On this date: In 1789, the U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York; Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House speaker.

In 1933, Nazi Germany staged a daylong national boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.

In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)

In 1954, the United States Air Force Academy was established

by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.

In 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days.

In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.

In 1983, tens of thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators linked arms in a 14-mile human chain spanning three defense installations in rural England, including the Greenham Common U.S. Air Base.

In 1984, Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay (cq), Sr. in Los Angeles, the day before the recording star’s 45th birthday. (The elder Gay pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and received probation.)

In 1987, in his first speech on the AIDS epidemic, President Ronald Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, “We’ve declared AIDS public health enemy no. 1.”

In 1988, the scientific bestseller “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes” by British physicist Stephen Hawking was first published in the United Kingdom and the United States by Bantam Books.

In 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama, in London for an economic crisis summit, sought to rally the world’s top and emerging powers to help cope with a global downturn; chanting protesters clashed with riot police in the British capital. Sixteen people, most of them oil workers, were killed when a Super Puma helicopter crashed into the North Sea off Scotland’s northeast coast. In a college baseball blowout, Eastern Kentucky was leading Kentucky State 49-1 when the teams stopped playing after five innings (they also agreed to cancel the second game of a scheduled doubleheader).

Five years ago: Mocking his critics, President Barack Obama boasted that 7.1 million people had signed up for his health care law, and said “the debate over repealing this law is over.” Congress demanded answers from General Motors’ new CEO, Mary Barra, on why the automaker had taken 10 years to recall cars with a faulty ignition switch linked at that time to 13 traffic deaths; Barra acknowledged that the company took too long to act.

One year ago: Writer and producer Steven Bochco, known for creating the groundbreaking TV police drama “Hill Street Blues,” died after a battle with cancer; he was 74. Authorities said the SUV that had carried members of a large, free-spirited family to their deaths several days earlier may have been driven intentionally off a scenic California cliff; six adopted children were killed along with their parents.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Jane Powell is 90. Actor Don Hastings is 85. Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro is 80. Actress Ali MacGraw is 80. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rudolph Isley is 80.

Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 71. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 69. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 69. Actress Annette O’Toole is 67. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 66. Singer Susan Boyle is 58. Actor Jose Zuniga is 57. Country singer Woody Lee is 51. Actress Jessica Collins is 48. Rapper-actor Method Man is 48. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 47. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 46. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 44. Actor David Oyelowo (oh-YEHLOH’-oh) is 43.

Actor JJ Field is 41. Singer Bijou Phillips is 39. Actor Sam Huntington is 37. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 37. Actor Matt Lanter is 36. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 34. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) is 33. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 32.

Actor Asa Butterfield is 22. Actor Tyler Wladis is 9.

Thought for Today: “The only sin is mediocrity.” -- Martha Graham, American modern dance pioneer (born 1894, died this date in 1991).

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Chicago P.D. An undercover How I Met officer goes missing. ‘14’ Your Mother ‘14’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show KTVA 5 p.m.

(N) ‘G’ First Take Two and a Entertainment Funny You 4 Half Men ‘PG’ Tonight (N) Should Ask (N) ‘PG’ Judge Judy Judge Judy Channel 2 ‘PG’ News 5:00 2 (N) ‘PG’ Report (N) Family Travel Rick Steves’ BBC World 7 Colleen Kelly Europe ‘G’ News ‘G’

CABLE STATIONS (8) WGN-A 239 307 (20) QVC 137 317 (23) LIFE 108 252 (28) USA 105 242 (30) TBS 139 247 (31) TNT 138 245 (34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC 131 254 (46) TOON 176 296 (47) ANPL 184 282 (49) DISN 173 291 (50) NICK 171 300 (51) FREE 180 311 (55) TLC 183 280 (56) DISC 182 278 (57) TRAV 196 277 (58) HIST 120 269 (59) A&E 118 265 (60) HGTV 112 229 (61) FOOD 110 231 (65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC 205 360 (81) COM 107 249 (82) SYFY 122 244

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Jeopardy!

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Wheel of For- American Idol “209 (Top 20 Solos)” (N) ‘PG’ tune (N) ‘G’

Last Man Last Man Standing ‘PG’ Standing ‘PG’ KTVA 6 p.m. Evening News The Big Bang The Big Bang Theory ‘14’ Theory ‘PG’ Channel 2 Newshour (N) PBS NewsHour (N)

The Fix “The Wire” Maya convinces an asset to wear a wire. (N) ‘14’ Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dateline ‘PG’ Arson leaves church worker A teacher and her underaged dead. ‘14’ student. ‘14’ The Neigh- Man With a Magnum P.I. “The Day It All Bull Bull’s romantic rival asks borhood (N) Plan ‘PG’ Came Together” ‘14’ for his help. (N) ‘14’ The Resident “Snowed In” 9-1-1 “Fight or Flight” The first Fox 4 News at 9 (N) A severe snowstorm strikes responders search for Maddie.

Atlanta. (N) ‘14’ (N) ‘14’ The Voice “The Battles, Part 2” The artists perform dueling The Enemy Within The CoInduets. (N) ‘PG’ tel team must stop a bomb.

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Time takes a toll on wife’s figure and husband’s interest Whether things work out between you and your first love is anyone’s guess, but if you need the emotional security of sharing your life with someone who values you for more than your looks, the person to whom you are currently married Abigail Van Buren doesn’t qualify.

P.S. Time is on your side. In another 20 years your husband will be in his 80s and still trying to find a size 4 who thinks he is sexually attractive, while you’ll still be in your prime.

DEAR ABBY: I’m almost sure my wife is cheating on me. On her ladies’ night out she has been getting home later and later. Someone drops her off at the corner and she walks to the house. The last time, I hid behind my Harley in the driveway to see if I could determine who is dropping her off. While crouching behind the bike, I noticed a puddle of oil on the driveway.

Should I try to fix it myself or should I take it to the dealer?

-- JIM IN IOWA FALLS

DEAR JIM: Jeez, that one’s older than the hills! As intelligent as you are, I’m sure you’ll make the right decision. Be careful not to slip on the oil while you’re deciding.

Happy April Fools’ Day to you, your wife and all my readers. And that’s NO joke! -LOVE, ABBY DEAR ABBY: A couple of days ago, my boss texted me to ask if I could work overtime.

I accidentally responded with a kissing emoji.

Before I could explain it was a mistake, my 9-year-old grabbed my phone and sent her five more kissing emojis, two vomiting emojis and 10 poop emojis. When I tried to apologize, I accidentally sent her the middle finger emoji and the bikini emoji.

I got a call from HR later that day and now I have to go to sexual harassment training. Is there anything I can do to fix this situation? I want to let my boss know how the whole thing was a ridiculous misunderstanding, but I’m afraid anything I text will only make things worse.

-- MISUNDERSTOOD IN MEMPHIS DEAR MISUNDERSTOOD: I think you have already done enough, don’t you? Pursue this further and you can grab your ankles and kiss your job goodbye. Happy April Fools’ Day to you, too.

Hints from Heloise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday April 1, 2019: This year you will notice that your temper could flare easily. You also drive yourself to achieve way beyond your normal level. You might be delighted by some of your achievements, while others might surprise you. If single, others find you most appealing, although your hot temper might frighten them at times.

When you are hurt, try speaking before you get too angry. If attached, tune in to your feelings. You might discover that you and your sweetie do not agree on a major goal. Respect your differences.

Act like an AQUARIAN. Be a friend, too.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might need to slow down.

An unexpected development could add an element of confusion. Work with the trend, rather than fight it. You might not realize how angry you are about a key issue. Tonight: With a favorite person.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Be more direct when speaking to someone at a distance. You care a lot about this person. The more direct you are, the more satisfying the interaction will be. A friend confuses the line between your friendship and another issue. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Forge a new path. With a new direction comes unusual, sudden insights that normally would not be so easily accessed. When you experience such openness, you cannot help but grow. Tonight: Let your imagination lead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH One-on-one discussions could be more important than you think.

Be the first to head in a specific direction -- something you have been trying to avoid! A boss or higher-up could play a significant role. Tonight: Don’t fight city hall!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH In the a.m. you have an urge to clear out a lot of work. You will do just that. However, you could become more aware of someone who seems to appear from nowhere. You feel as if you have no choice but to get to know this person better. Tonight: Intriguing times.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your creativity surges the moment you open your eyes. Why not be spontaneous and follow one of the suggestions in your head? The end results could open you up to an activity that you might want to pursue daily. Tonight: Know when to call it a night!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You cannot hold yourself back, nor do you want to. Let your interest in the process open you up to many new ideas. In hindsight, you will be delighted by this period and what happened. A partner or close friend reacts most unexpectedly. Tonight: With a favorite person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could become more agitated than you think. Sit back and approach a situation differently. If angry, find out what is ailing you and work through it with a partner or dear friend. Tonight: Happiest at home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Make the first move. You will be much happier that way. The other party might be difficult at first. You will witness a change quickly enough. A problem takes a quirky overtone. Tonight: Making the most out of every moment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You might be correctly under the impression that others are demanding they take the lead. You need to be very strong to handle the pressure. Go with the flow rather than be upset. In the long run, that attitude works better. Tonight: Use caution with your spending.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You could experience quite a sudden mood change. How you see a personal matter will transform things for the better. Trust your leadership skills to speak for themselves. Tonight: As you wish.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You suddenly might feel tired or need some time for reflection. Take it, as you will need it. You will want to take your time contemplating the impact of a realization. Use caution handling money.

Tonight: You pull the wild card -- anything can happen, especially around money.

BORN TODAY Singer Susan Boyle (1961), wrestler Randy Orton (1980), journalist Rachel Maddow (1973)

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NO THANKS Dear Heloise: I’ve noticed a new habit of couples who get married: They don’t bother to send out thank-you notes. Recently, two friends and I were invited to the same wedding, and two of us enclosed a self-addressed, stamped thank-you note with the wedding card and money. We both got our thank-you cards about a month later. The third person so far has received nothing in the way of a thank-you.

-- Ruth B., Fort Wayne, Ind. Ruth, a bride should start her thank-you notes within days of returning from her honeymoon. Thanking people for taking the time to shop for a gift is not only the classy thing to do, it’s just plain good manners.

-- Heloise FORTUNATE IDEA Dear Heloise: I went online to learn how to make fortune cookies (it’s not difficult), and then on a piece of paper 3 inches long and 1/2 inch in width I wrote out fortunes, such as: “Temptation is sometimes mistaken for opportunity” or “Take a much-needed vacation to a sunny place.” I placed the fortune cookies in a basket on the table during dessert. It was a big hit because so many “fortunes” hit home with my friends.

-- Mia D., Bristol, Conn.

Mia, what a clever and original idea!

-- Heloise MEMORABLE PILLOWS Dear Heloise: When my husband passed away, I took all his Western shirts and made pillows for my great-grandkids. I also gave each one a picture of him wearing that shirt when he was holding them through the years. To this day, they still treasure these pillows and the memories with him. Each one of them got a different shirt and photo.

-- Lylis Nelson, Canby, Minn.

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DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 20 years. I’m 43, and he’s 63. Our sex life has died. He is no longer attracted to me, and he has let me know it.

His love is physical, not emotional. I am not the size 4 I was when he met me. As long as my body looks like he wants it to look, he’s into me.

If I’m a size 8 or more, he is not at all into me. I have a hard time understanding how he can love me for how I look.

Long story short, my first love has popped back into my life. I have tested the waters with him, and I’m in over my head with the way he makes me feel. I haven’t slept with him yet, but I have done everything but. The chemistry between us is undeniable.

I know I’m betraying my husband, and I don’t want to hurt him. He is aware of this, and I don’t know what to do. Help!

-- MORE THAN LOOKS IN THE SOUTH DEAR MORE: Before this goes any further, make up your mind about what you want and need. If it’s a man who will love you for yourself, not your exterior, then free your husband to find a mate who will be a perpetual size 4. (Has HIS body changed over the last 20 years?)

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