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Thursday, April 4, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 49, Issue 158
In the news Seward chooses city manager Seward City Council has unanimously decided to offer Erin Reinders the city’s helm. Reinders, who currently serves as the assistant city manager of Unalaska, was the top choice of the seven council members over Scott Meszaros, the former town manager of Meeker, Colorado. The council, and many members of the public who spoke at a special meeting Monday night, said her experience working in Alaska and in a town similar to Seward was a big plus. Many community members and the council also showed excitement at having a fresh start when it comes to city leadership. Seward has had a tumultuous year, with former City Manager Jim Hunt resigning in August 2018 and interim City Manager Jeff Bridges leaving in March. “It is time to move forward and give this individual a clean slate,” said council member Jeremy Horn. “It’s been a tumultuous couple of years … Let’s move forward and do good, positive things for the community.” The council will now enter negotiations with Reinders and a negotiating committee, comprised of Mayor David Squires and council members Jeremy Horn and Suzi Towsley. — Kat Sorensen
Handgun handled by teen discharges; bullet strikes friend ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage teenager suffered a gunshot wound to the head when a gun discharged as it was being handled by a second teen. The injured teen was transported by medics to a hospital. Anchorage police say the wound was not lifethreatening. The accident occurred just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at a home in southeast Anchorage. Police say a teenage boy and three friends were inside and the resident teen retrieved a revolver. As he manipulated the handgun, it fired. The teens immediately called 911 and rendered aid to the injured teen. The other three teens were transported to the Anchorage Police Department for questioning by detectives. No one else was at home when the teen was shot. — Associated Press
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In face of budget cuts, teachers seek other opportunities resigns
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By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
Facing potential state, local and district budget reductions, many non-tenured teachers are considering employment elsewhere. At Monday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meeting, James Harris, an English teacher at Soldotna High School and the 2017 Alaska Teacher of the Year, offered public comment regarding his recent resignation. Harris said he felt he didn’t really have a choice. “With the mayor’s proposed cuts and the governor’s proposed cuts, we would be hurting and we would lose our home,” Harris said. “On top of that, there has been seemingly very little support from the community.” Harris has been teaching in Alaska for 13 years, start-
By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire
a while, especially among tier-three teachers, who have the least desirable re-
Quinlan Steiner, the director of Alaska’s Public Defender Agency, told the governor Tuesday that he plans on resigning as soon as the state can find a replacement for him. Steiner didn’t explain his reasoning for resigning in his two-paragraph letter. The Empire reached out to Steiner for comment but did not hear back. The resignation comes less than two weeks after The Associated Press reported that Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration denied a request from Steiner — who is based in Anchorage — to come down to Juneau to testify about crime bills. Specifi-
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First-year Chapman School teacher Malia Larson speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in support of an ordinance that will appropriate around $2.4 million to the school district in hopes of retaining some non-tenured teachers for the next school year in Soldotna on Tuesday. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
ing his career as a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He’s been with the district for nine years.
“I’ve really grown in this district,” Harris said. He said morale among teachers has been poor for
Bill tackles crisis of missing, murdered indigenous women By MOLLIE BARNES Juneau Empire
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is a part of a group of senators who introduced a bill in Congress on Wednesday that addresses the crisis of missing, trafficked and murdered indigenous women. The Not Invisible Act of 2019 is legislation that would engage law enforcement, tribal leaders, federal partners, and service providers and improve coordination across federal agencies, according to a press release. “Human trafficking is a horrifying reality across the state of Alaska and is disproportionately affecting our Alaska Native communities. Native women hold up red dresses to symbolize missing and murdered indigenous This legislation paves the way women during the Women’s March on Juneau in front of the Alaska State Capitol on for greater collaboration be- Jan. 19 (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire) tween federal agencies, law The bipartisan bill estab- stakeholders to make recomenforcement, and elected trib- oping methods to end these al officials, ensuring Alaska horrible crimes,” Murkowski lishes an advisory commit- mendations to the Department tee of local, tribal and federal of Interior and Department of Natives have a voice in devel- said in the release.
Justice on best practices to combat the epidemic of disappearances, homicide, violent crime and trafficking of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The National Institute of Justice estimates that 56 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women experience sexual violence in their lifetimes. In addition, murder is the third leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women, according to data in the legislation. • To combat that crisis, specifically, the Not Invisible Act: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to designate an official within the Office of Justice Services in the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate violent crime prevention efforts across federal agencies. • Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination See BILL, page A3
Red Cross opens Kenai office UA to recommend
closing education school
By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion
The Red Cross of Alaska is setting up a permanent volunteer office in Kenai and has invited the community to meet the volunteers and tour the new location on Friday during their open house. The event will take from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Kenai office is located at 450 Marathon Road on the second floor of the Beacon Fire Training Building. Cari Dighton, regional See RED, page A2
Kenai Peninsula Disaster Action Team Coordinator Dave LaForest deploys to Anchorage to assist with sheltering displaced Anchorage residents following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Abby Charles/American Red Cross)
Drivers injured in K-Beach collision By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion
At around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, a motor vehicle collision occurred near the intersection of Kalifornsky Beach Road and Judy Lynn Lane in Soldotna. Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene and reported that Julianne Barnes of Soldotna was
driving a Chevy Suburban and crashed into the back of a Ford F-150 driven by Thomas McCray of Soldotna. Troopers said that both drivers were injured and transported to Central Peninsula Hospital for treatment, and the injuries to both drivers were determined to be non-life threatening. According to the
trooper dispatch, Barnes did have to be removed from her vehicle as the front end had been crushed, leaving her pinned between the driver’s seat and the steering wheel. Drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash, but the dispatch states that the operation of a cellphone may have been a factor. An investigation is ongoing.
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The University of Alaska president will recommend that the University of Alaska Anchorage close its School of Education, according to university officials. President Jim Johnsen plans to make the recommendation to the University of Alaska Board of Regents April 8 so the education school can be closed by July 2020, Alaska Public Media reported Monday. Initial licensing programs for the school’s education department would be discontinued effective Sept. 1 under the proposal. Some education courses are still accredited and students already enrolled in those programs would be allowed to finish before the closing of the program, officials said. The university’s board of regents will decide whether the Anchorage campus will pursue reaccreditation, officials said. University officials were told in January that the Anchorage education de-
partment lost national accreditation for its seven initial licensing programs from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for failing four of five assessment categories, according to officials. They said the accreditation loss was due to a lack of data on student progress. “That is not to say that students weren’t meeting those standards, but the program did not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the accreditor that we were meeting those objectives,” said Paul Layer, University of Alaska Vice President for Academics, Students and Research. After Sept. 1, Anchorage students would need to take courses with instructors from the University of Alaska Fairbanks or the University of Alaska Southeast, which both have accredited education departments. This would include a mix of online courses and teachers from those programs teaching in Anchorage, Layer said.
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cally, Steiner was trying to come down to testify on House Bill 49, a bill proposed by Dunleavy that increases sentencing ranges. Steiner told The Associated Press that Dunleavy’s Chief of Staff Tuckerman Babcock denied him travel for the rest of session. At the same time, Dunleavy had refused to appoint a Superior Court judge in Palmer, which overshadowed the conversation about Steiner’s travel denial. Still, legislators expressed their displeasure at the administration’s denial of Steiner’s travel.
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communications director for the Red Cross of Alaska, said that the pool of volunteers on the peninsula has been growing steadily over the past few years. With the nearest Red Cross office currently in Anchorage, peninsula volunteers often have to do training sessions from their homes and use whatever facility would lend the Red Cross space for disaster relief efforts. To address these roadblocks, Regional Philanthropy Officer Melanie Leydon reached out to the city of Kenai for a potential location for their office. The Kenai City Council responded by voting unanimously in February to give Red Cross the office space on Marathon Road. Kenai Peninsula Action Team Coordinator Dave LaForest said that having a central office on the peninsula will increase their capabilities in terms of both disaster response and volunteer recruitment. LaForest said that one important use for the office will be as a place of tem-
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Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, said in a statement issued March 22 that limiting travel for public defenders while allowing prosecutors — such as the Department of Law Director John Skidmore — to travel freely is an imbalanced approach. “There appears to be no precedent in Alaska history in which the Governor authorized prosecutors to travel to Juneau to testify on criminal justice bills but refused the same courtesy to public defenders,” Fields, co-chair of the State Affairs Committee, said in the statement. “Having the perspective of both prosecutors and public defenders is crucial when reviewing bills related to public safety.”
Skidmore, for example, testified in person at a Feb. 7 meeting of the Senate State Affairs Committee about Senate Bill 34, another of the governor’s crime bills that deals with probation and parole. During a March 22 House Judiciary Committee meeting, Chair Matt Claman said the committee would only accept Anchorage-based lawyers telephonically until Steiner was allowed to travel. That way, the tables could be even. In his resignation letter, Steiner said he’ll remain in his position until the Alaska Judicial Council finds a replacement for him. “We wish Mr. Steiner the best and await the consideration of the Judicial
Council,” Dunleavy Press Secretary Matt Shuckerow said in a statement. Steiner, a fourth-generation Alaskan, has been an attorney with the State Public Defender agency since 1998 and was appointed as head of the agency in 2005. He’s been a member of the Criminal Rules Committee since 2006 and the Criminal Justice Working Group since 2008, according to his biography in the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission’s 2018 report. The Public Defender Agency provides legal representation to those who cannot afford to pay for their own. The agency has 13 offices throughout the state from Ketchikan to Utqiagvik.
porary refuge and respite being deployed by exploring children how to cope with for those who have just stress and trauma, working having parents deployed experienced a disaster. through anger and teaching overseas. “We were meeting people in dark corners of Safeway in the middle of the night,” LaForest said. The office will be open and staffed exclusively by volunteers Monday through Friday Ridgeway Kenai River from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., but volunteers are also Soldotna on call 24/7 to respond to emergencies. LaForest Turnagain Arm said that the most common emergencies on the peninsula are house fires, but volunteers are trained DETOUR ROUTE Kalifornsky to respond to a wide variety of disasters including fires, floods and earthquakes. Cohoe Coal Creek The Kenai location will also be a part of the Kasilof River Kasilof Service to the Armed CLOSURE Forces outreach that the Red Cross provides to members of the military, veterans and their families. These services include relaying emergency communications from families to service members overseas, facilAlaskaNavigator.org itating their return home and providing counselAlaskaNavigator.org ing and resiliency workshops. The resiliency AlaskaNavigator.org workshops are designed to help people struggling AlaskaNavigator.org with coming home after Kalifornsky Beach Road
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Around the Peninsula Take-A-Break Ladies Night Out “Hats on Parade, Tuesday, April 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Show your style with your own hat. Inspirational speaker Ronna Martin, “There Is Hope.” Dinner $12. At the Solid Rock Conference Center, Mile 90.5 Sterling Highway. For reservations call Susan at 335-6789 or 440-1319.
tion for anyone who purchases, uses or sells restricted pesticides. Certification is also required for anyone who acts as a pesticide consultant, engages in the commercial or contract use of pesticides or supervises their use at a public location. A $75 fee for the training includes study materials. Registration is available at http://bit.ly/PestInvasive. Participants are encouraged to become familiar with the materials and required math beforehand. For more information and to request another training location, contact Phil Kaspari at 907-895-4215 or pnkaspari@alaska.edu.
Refuge Game Warden Camp
Alaska Farm Bureau meets
Game Warden Camp will take place Saturday, May 11 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for current 5th, 6th, 7th graders. More information: Kelly_Modla@fws.gov or 907-260-2851. Registration packets can be picked up /returned at the the Visitor Center — space is limited & preregistration is required by April 20 (for T-shirt order). Cost is $20 and includes lunch and a T-shirt. Investigate a wildlife forensics crime scene and learn how to work a case, learn about wildlife management and enforcement, explore antlers, skulls and waterfowl ID. Practice outdoor survival and boating safety. Explore GPS/ map and compass, archery, and learn how drones are used as a wildlife management tool.
Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau meets at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 4 at the Homer Public Library. There will be election of officers and consideration of by-law changes. All Farm Bureau members and other interested persons are invited to attend. A Zoom set-up will be available for those unable to attend in person. For sign on information, emailkpchapterfb@gmail.com
Caregiver support meeting
Soldotna Senior Center will host Caregiver Support Meeting: It’s National Distracted Driving Awareness Month on Tuesday, April 9 at 1 p.m. We will have discussion centered around age-related issues and driving. Please join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone who is a caregiver. For more information, please call Sharon or Judy at (907) 262-1280.
Totem Tracers Genealogical Society
The Kenai Totem Tracers Genealogical Society will meet in the Kenai Community Library on Saturday, April 6 from 1-3 p.m. This month’s program,”Using a Genealogy Software Program” will be given by President Tracy Miller. Genealogy software is an intuitive and easy-to-use timesaver that may become your most valuable tool in genealogy research. If you have a laptop computer and a portable storage device (flash drive, etc.), please bring both to the April 6 meeting. These are helpful, but not absolutely necessary. Genealogy software programs to discuss: Legacy, RootsMagic, Gramps, FamilyTree Maker. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Kenai Senior Center activities, April
—Movie & Popcorn Night, Thursday April 4 at 6:30 p.m.: “Quartet” Rated PG-13, Starring Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay —M&M Knitting group, Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 from 1-2 p.m. —Card Making with Kimberley, Tuesday, April 9 at 1 p.m. —Egg Decorating, Monday, April 16 at 1 p.m. —“No-Host” Dinner to Rosco’s in Ninilchik, Tuesday, April 16 at 4 p.m. $7 Ride Fee —Kenai Peninsula Caregivers Group, Monday, April 16 at 1 p.m. —Birthday Lunch, Thursday, April 17, 11:30 a.m. $7 suggested donation or free if your birthday is in April and you are more than 60 years old. Easter Brunch, Friday, April 19 from 11:30-1 p.m. —Ring-a-Lings - Lunchtime entertainment, Monday, April 22 at 11:30 a.m. —Riverside Band – Lunchtime entertainment, Monday, April 29 at 11:30 a.m.
Pesticide training
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer pesticide applicator certification training April 9-11 in several Alaska communities. The training will take place by videoconference in Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Anchorage, Palmer, Soldotna and other communities as requested. Classes will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an exam scheduled after the training. The state requires certifica-
8 a.m.: The House Community & Regional Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 81 Prohibit Plastic Retail Bags and HB 60 Repealing Senior Benefits Payment Program. Testimony will be taken. 1:30 p.m.: The Senate Labor & Commerce Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 52 Alcoholic Beverage Control; Alcohol Regulation. Testimony will be taken. 1:30 p.m.: The Senate State Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss 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, SB 32 Crimes; Sentencing; Mental Illness; Evidence, SB 78 Establish May 31 as Katie John Day and SB 92 PFD Contributions to General Fund. Testimony will be taken. 3 p.m.: The House State Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 118 Offender Reentry Planning by Corrections and Confirmation: Commissioner Amanda Price, Dept. of Public Safety. Testimony will be taken. All teleconferences are held at the Kenai LIO 145 Main St Lp #217, Kenai, AK 99611 unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai. LIO@akleg.gov To listen / watch online go to http:// alaskalegislature.tv/.
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Opioids & Narcan Education Series
PCHS & the Division of Public Health Nursing invite you to a Community Education Series focusing on Opioids & Narcan on Thursday, April 25 from 5:30 – 6 p.m. at PCHS at 230 E. Marydale Ave., Soldotna. There will be a short presentation on the science of opioids and opioid addiction as well as information about the lifesaving medication, Narcan. For more information, contact Fred Koski at 907‐262‐3119. All those attending will receive a FREE Narcan Kit.
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The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 at KPC’s Resurrection Bay Extension Site in Seward High School. The College Council is advisory in nature and members are recruited from all sectors of the Kenai Peninsula to provide input to KPC administration. The meeting will be held in the library and is open to the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact the director’s assistant at 262-0318 or visit http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/ about/college_council/reports/.
Red Cross open house
The American Red Cross of Alaska will be hosting an 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 in Kenai! Grilled hot dogs and appetizers will be served and Red Cross volunteers, community members, members of the media and city officials are encouraged to attend and learn more about the Red Cross of Alaska programs and serAbout Boating Safely class vices available on the Kenai Peninsula. To learn more about The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the American Red Cross of Alaska, please visit redcross.org/ conducting an “About Boating Safely” class on Saturday, Alaska. April 6, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and continuing on Tuesday, April 9 from 6 p.m to 10 p.m. at the Cook Inlet Aqua- Share your home with a German college culture Center located at 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road, exchange student Soldotna. Please contact the Flotilla Education Officer, Mike The Kenai Peninsula College is looking for a host family Chase at 907-201-1792 for more information and class regfor the 2019-20 school year or semester. He/she will arrive istration. mid-August. The hosts receive a $225 monthly stipend and Sudden Theatre the German Exchange student will have their own car. For Kenai Performers presents Sudden Theatre, an evening of more information, please contact Diane Taylor 262-0328 or 10-minute plays on April 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7 p.m. Location: Mitch Michaud 907-252-5350. 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant). No Kenai Historical Society host beer/wine bar. PG-13 rating. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets $15 each and available at the door. For more inforKenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, April mation call Robby at 513-2215. 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center. Business followed by Ray Rowley telling about growing An Evening with Mar Ka and Monica Devine meeting up on the Peninsula. For more information call June at The KPC Showcase and River City Books presents will 283-1946 host An Evening with Alaskan authors Mar Ka, whose newly released book is “Be-hooved” and Monica Devine, whose lat- 30th Anniversary of Visual Feast est book is “Water Mask” on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is celin the McLane Commons at KPC. Mar Ka writes from the ebrating the 30th Anniversary of Visual Feast, the anfoothills of Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. As an indigenous nual districtwide student art show. Featuring work from rights attorney, she has travelled extensively throughout the across the peninsula, this show highlights the best state. Her poems have been published in national and interna- high school and middle school artists from a wide tional journals and anthologies, and on occasion set to music. variety of schools. This show is a revelation every Monica Devine is an author and artist living in Eagle River, year, showcasing the amazing talent that exists on the Alaska. Among her works are five children’s books, includ- Kenai Peninsula in both 3-D and 2-D work. The show ing “Iditarod: The Greatest Win Ever and Kayak Girl.” will run the month of April at the Kenai Fine Arts Center with an opening reception on Thursday, April Week of the Young Child 4 at 5 p.m. Week of the Young Child will be celebrated on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Peninsula Center Mall The Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat in Soldotna. If you have any questions, or would like to join us last minute as a vendor contact Lauralee Peterson at 252- Partnership Symposium The Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership 2019 9539. Symposium will take place on Thursday, April 18 from Narcan kits available at Public Health 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cannery Lodge. RSVP required. Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an Join us for discussions about habitat protections on the easy medication you can give to someone who is overdosing. Kenai Peninsula, including defining the future of fish It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal spray habitats and few stories from Dr. Kristin Mitchell and kits at the Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Way, Sue Mauger on their trips to Antarctica. Lunch will be Suite A, in Kenai. For additional information call Kenai Pub- provided. This is a FREE event but please register! Visit lic Health at 335-3400. Prevent dependence, get help, save a www.kenaifishpartnership.org. life. KPC Showcase: An Alaskan Doctor’s
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with the Attorney General, to establish an advisory committee on violent crime composed of members including tribal, state, and local law enforcement, service providers, representatives of relevant federal agencies, tribal leaders, and survivors and family
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tirement plan. “It would be very difficult to retire with dignity,” Harris said. “I think I’ve waited and hoped that our leadership would get their act together on presenting opportunities for teachers because we have a huge recruitment and retainment issue for teachers.” Despite the state’s fiscal situation, Harris said he is incredibly thankful for his time in the school district. “The board, the superintendent, my principal and colleagues are amazing, but the students have really changed my world,” Harris said. “They taught me more than I taught them.” Harris and his family have plans to move to Washington state later this year, where his wife has already accepted a position. An ordinance that could help retain some of the district’s non-tenured teachers was introduced at Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting. The assembly took public comment on the ordinance. The ordinance would appropriate $2,423,955 for
Perspectives on Antarctica
Dr. Kristin Mitchell will present An Alaskan Doctor’s Perspectives on Antarctica on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the McLane Commons, Kenai Peninsula College. Mitchell recently visited Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound initiative. She was one of 80 women hailing from 23 different nationalities that were a part of this program, with each of them specializing in various fields of science, engineering, technology and mathematics.
members. The Committee will identify legislative, administrative, training and staffing changes to increase reporting and prosecutions of relevant crimes. It will also develop best practices for tribes and law enforcement to better collect and share information across systems and agencies and then make recommendations to the DOI and DOJ on what more can be done to
combat violent crime. The Not Invisible Act is supported by the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) and is co-sponsored by two other U.S. senators, Catherine Cortez Masto, DNevada and Jon Tester, DMontana. “Through partnerships, coordination and pooling resources we can turn the tide of women and girls
falling victim to sex trafficking,” said Murkowski in a press release. “I am proud to work with Senator Cortez Masto to build upon our efforts to shine a spotlight and address the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and drive legislation that will help end human trafficking of our American Indian and Alaska Native populations once and for all.”
the school district’s fiscal year 2019 budget. After the joint assembly and school board meeting on March 5, Superintendent Sean Dusek submitted a letter to the assembly asking to fund the school district for 2019. The maximum amount allowable at this time is $2,423,955. “During that work session the school district provided information supporting its need for maximum funding from the borough for the FY 2019 budget based on proposals to significantly reduce state funding for education in both FY 2019 and FY 2020, as well as other state cuts in funding,” according to a memo from assembly members Willy Dunne and Hal Smalley, the ordinance sponsors. The memo says the additional funding would allow the school district to retain some non-tenured staff for the 2020 school year, and to also potentially provide a cushion to other potential state funding reductions. “There are many reasons to provide this, but one of the main reasons would be to retain some of the nontenured staff,” Dunne said at the meeting. “It’s really unfortunate that we have to go through this on an annual basis — giving pink slips to
non-tenured staff with the hopes that we will be able to hire them again in the following fiscal year.” Dunne said if state funding is reduced, the borough may not be able to fund to the same cap next fiscal year. He said this supplemental funding can provide some breathing room, or a cushion for the school district if more cuts come in the future. Dave Brighton, president of the Kenai Peninsula Education Association, said he doesn’t see the $2.4 million as a cushion for the district. “Right now we’ve got roughly 120 teachers that are spending their evening looking through the internet looking for other jobs,” Brighton said at the meeting. “They are looking to leave the state. Many of them have thought about this for years because this state has the worst retirement system for teachers in the nation. The Dunleavy budget was the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Brighton said he and his wife have discussed putting their house on the market. “Truthfully, I’m a specialed teacher and my job isn’t really at risk,” Brighton said. “But I have to ask myself, ‘do we want to live in a state that would cut roughly 25
percent of the education budget?’” A first-year teacher at Chapman School in Anchor Point, Malia Larson, said she would love to know if she has a job next year. “I want to be there for these kids and I want to know that my job is secure,” Larson said at the meeting. “I love being on the Kenai Peninsula. I hope this ordinance passes so that I might have security for next year.” Carl Kircher, principal of Mountain View Elementary in Kenai, told the assembly that passing the ordinance would send a positive message to the community. “People are in shock,” Kircher said at the meeting. “People don’t know what they’re going to do or what their next move is. I think it’s time for this body to take action. It’s time to send a positive message to this community about what’s important, a positive message to businesses that might want to relocate here. Send a positive message to employees that might want to move here, and a positive message to our non-tenured teachers.” The assembly will have another public hearing on the ordinance at their next meeting, on Tuesday, April 16 at the Seward City Hall.
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Medication for opioid addiction can save lives Walter Ginter began using heroin
in the early 1970s while serving in the Army. By 1977, desperate to kick the habit, he turned to daily doses of methadone, a synthetic opioid that eases withdrawal and decreases cravings. The treatment worked. “I have a good life today,” says Ginter, 69, project director for the New York-based Medication Assisted Recovery Support Project. “I wouldn’t have it without medication.” Ginter was a member of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee that examined the three medications — methadone, buprenorphine (typically sold under the Suboxone brand name) and extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) — that the government has approved to treat opioid addiction. Two days before the Mueller report landed at the Justice Department, the National Academies’ report was released March 20 with little fanfare and less attention than it deserves. Its recommendations, if more widely embraced, have the potential to significantly reduce the toll of the nation’s opioid epidemic. The findings are unambiguous: “These are highly effective medications, and they save lives,” says Alan Leshner, chairman of the panel that prepared the study. Yet most people who could benefit from the drugs don’t receive them. More than 2 million people in America are estimated to have opioid use disorder, but less than 20% are being treated with these medications. Of the residential treatment programs in the USA, only 36% offered any medications in 2016, and only 6% offered all three. The medications, of course, aren’t a panacea for the opioid epidemic that has ravaged the nation by increasing crime, reducing productivity, spreading infectious diseases, clogging emergency rooms, and taking an incalculable toll on families. It can be difficult to get people who are addicted to accept treatment, and to stick with it once they begin. Some people can succeed without medications, but the vast majority who try to do so end up relapsing. Like any medication, each of the three Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs has drawbacks. Methadone is typically administered only through doses given out daily at regulated clinics; areas around the clinics have been known to serve as magnets for heroin dealers looking for customers. Buprenorphine tablets and under-the-tongue films can be misused or diverted. Naltrexone can only be administered to people who’ve been off opioids for about a week, and it has high discontinuance rates. Even so, all of the drugs alleviate withdrawal symptoms, curb opioid cravings, and reduce relapse and death rates. For people who stay on the approved medications for the long term, the risk of mortality drops by 70%, according to Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which co-sponsored the National Academies report. Why aren’t these life-saving drugs used more widely? One reason is that opioid addiction is too often regarded as a moral weakness or failure of willpower, rather than a treatable chronic brain disorder. Other reasons include inadequate education and training of personnel who work with people who are addicted, excessive regulations surrounding distribution of the medications, and highly fragmented payment policies. Among the steps that can and should be taken: -Allow methadone to be distributed, by prescription, in settings such as drugstores or doctors’ offices. -Certify more doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, and loosen the unnecessarily strict training requirements. -Require prisons to offer the medications, and Medicaid to cover their cost. -Do more research into which combinations of medications and behavioral interventions are most effective in treating addiction. Overdoses of legally prescribed and illicit opioids killed more than 47,000 people in 2017 alone. An additional 500,000 lives could be lost in the next decade, more people than in the city of Atlanta. — USA Today, April 2
Malfeasance or misfeasance?
We often hear politicians saying that we need to “run government like a business.” This is particularly true of conservative politicians. This is what Gov. Mike Dunleavy and many of his well-heeled supporters said during the campaign. I spent 30 years as a development professional assessing and analyzing business cases. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the governor’s budget from a business analysis perspective. But before we can analyze a business we have to know something about the business itself. It appears to me that the authors of the Alaska Constitution envisioned our state to be established as a “beneficial trust.” No other state in the union is so organized. In the natural resources article of the Constitution, Article VIII at Sections 1, 2 and 3, the founders declare the collective ownership of state resources, which shall be developed “in the public interest” and for the maximum benefit of the people. Section 3, “Common Use”, is far-reaching. In his “Citizen’s Guide to the Alaska Constitution,” Gordon Harrison notes: “This section enshrines in the Alaska Constitution the common law doctrine that natural resources must be managed by the state as a public trust for the benefit of the people as a whole rather than for the benefit of the government, corporations or private persons.” This is a vastly different vision of the state than that which exists elsewhere in the Lower 48. Building Alaska’s public equity is the job of
A laska V oices E lstun W. L auesen the state. The vision was that these pools of public equity would produce robust income and they would, in turn, permanently fund the various “benefits” declared in the Constitution; these funds are apart from the Permanent Fund itself, which came years later. Analysis The first thing I notice is all of the “public equity funds,” those trusts and endowments, established over the years to become a renewable source of benefits, are being targeted for liquidation by the chief executive officer. What competent CEO of a beneficial trust would propose to “sweep” long-term assets enjoying a 7-8% return on investment into a liquidity pool generating less than 1%? Especially if the consequence of that liquidation is to terminate the recurring benefits called for in the charter and by-laws of the business? And then there is an operating deficit. When a business — any business — projects a negative cash flow in its operations, it will get a clue about what is going on by looking at its profit and loss. Here we see our company gets about $1.4 billion in royalties and $524 million in production taxes after allowing the
companies to deduct $1.25 billion in tax credits. That results in a 15% return rate on a commodity from which our company is supposed to be getting a 35% return — the nominal rate provided in Senate Bill 21. Analytically, this flags a problem with our “business.” David Teal, chief financial analyst for the Legislature, testified that while our expenditures are roughly at Fiscal Year 1980 levels, our revenues are significantly diminished. Teal put it simply, “Alaska does not have an expenditure problem, it has a revenue problem.” Yet Alaska’s CEO submitted a budget to the board of directors that calls for cutting expenditures, liquidating our beneficial trust funds while he completely ignores the revenue side of the ledger. Dunleavy seems confused about his constitutional role overseeing a beneficial trust, but the Constitution is clear: He is the governor of the public sector — not the private sector. Article IX, Section 6 makes clear the financing and taxation of the state is to be used for public, not private purposes. And Section 12 directs the governor to submit a budget that includes “a bill or bills covering recommendations in the budget for new and additional funds.” Dunleavy’s failure to submit a revenue plan and his refusal to contemplate one, together with his proposed liquidation of the trust, constitute either malfeasance or misfeasance. In either case, it is up to our board of directors, and ultimately, the people to set him straight. Elstun W. Lauesen lives in Anchorage.
Make Southeast Alaska America’s 51st state I’ve been involved in politics for most of the 36 years I’ve lived in Southeast Alaska. I believe compromising is great when you can do it, but sometimes the divide is just too wide. Take, for example, the many gaps between Southeast Alaska and the rest of the state. Nevertheless, there still is a chance for a win-win. I’m talking about SEXIT: Southeast Exit. Southcentral folks don’t believe Southeast is part of Alaska in the first place, and with Passover coming in a few weeks, I’m reminded of when Moses cried out to Pharaoh: “let my people go.” Well, it got me thinking, maybe it’s time to partition Alaska into two states. Southeast is geographically separate; you have to drive for hours through Canada just to get to the rest of the state. We support ourselves primarily on fishing and tourism, while the rest of the state’s economy depends on oil and mining. A majority of Southeast votes progressive — even many Southeast Republicans support education and Medicaid, while most Alaskans are conservative and all they seem to care about is cutting services and the promise of a big Permanent Fund Dividend. We float our highway. They drive on land. We have the Capitol down here, and god knows they want one
A laska V oices G ershon C ohen up there. I could go on, but you get the point. Rather than continue to be members of one uncivil family, why not amicably divorce and just try to be good neighbors? We could stop trying to change them, and they could stop trying to change us. Between fishing, tourism and a little mining, and our willingness to pass an income tax, we could make ends meet in Southeast. We have the infrastructure we need, and we could spend our highway dollars building a world-class ferry system. We’d give up our oil-based PFD (which would certainly make folks up north happy) and amend federal law to create a new PFD based on cruise ship tourism (I’ll bet Florida would want one too). Sure, our population would be considered very small for a state. There are only about 75,000 of us right now but we’d easily top 100,000 once some of the folks in Anchorage, Homer and Talkeetna
realize what a cool place this would be to live. Nevada only had 40,000 people when it became a state. OK, so that was in 1864, but is this really a numbers game? Rhode Island is just over 1,200 square miles and that’s a state, while the Haines Borough alone covers 2,700 square miles. And consider this: Wyoming has 500,000 people and two U.S. Senators. California has 40 million people and two U.S. senators. Do the math — we’d be a lot closer to Wyoming in per capita representation than Wyoming is to California. We clearly have different values and priorities from the people now running Alaska. After all, folks in Southeast support funding education, maintaining the ferries, protecting fisheries and taking care of the elderly, and we’re willing to pay an income tax to support those programs if necessary. I know SEXIT sounds like a radical idea, but it’s April 1, 2019; maybe it’s time to agree to disagree and go our own way. Imagine … America’s 51st state, the Great State of Chinook. Gershon Cohen has lived in Southeast Alaska since 1983. He works to protect public waters and coauthored the 2006 cruise ship ballot measure.
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Nation/World Mar-a-Lago arrest spotlights security risks at estate By JONATHAN LEMIRE, COLLEEN LONG and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. — As palm trees swayed in the ocean breeze, Yujing Zhang approached Secret Service agents in the Mar-a-Lago parking lot. She said she was going to the swimming pool at the Palm Beach presidential estate and presented agents with two Chinese passports in her name. That raised suspicions with her screeners, but a call to the front desk at Mar-a-Lago revealed a club member with a similar last name and with that, and a possible language barrier, reception waved her through. Not long after, Zhang was arrested carrying four cellphones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive containing computer malware in an incident that is shining a spotlight on the unique difficulty of fortifying the oceanside Florida estate of President Donald Trump — who was staying at the club that weekend but golfing elsewhere at the time. Zhang’s arrest has revived concerns about se-
curity — particularly cyber security — at a presidential refuge that mixes social functions, world diplomacy and extraordinary access to the president. Hundreds of members frequent Mara-Lago and the president’s other private clubs, which function as working resorts even when Trump himself visits, creating a series of challenges that test the Secret Service. Federal officials were looking into whether Zhang was part of a larger effort to gain access to the president and do potential harm, and were combing through her devices and treating the case as a “credible threat,” according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak about the ongoing probe and discussed the matter on condition of anonymity. Democratic lawmakers were inquiring about a possible connection to Li Yang, the Republican donor and spa owner who promised Chinese business leaders that her consulting firm could get them access to the president at Mar-a-Lago. Democrats on Wednesday called for an investigation into security at Mar-a-Lago, and whether
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This file photo shows President Donald Trump’s Mar-aLago estate behind mangrove trees in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
classified information stored there is at risk from hostile foreign governments. House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said he would get a briefing Thursday from the Secret Service. “We want to make sure that the Secret Service is being the very best that they can be, and we want to find out more about exactly what kind of security they had down there in Florida,” Cummings said. “I think it’s very, very, very, very important that the president be protected. And I feel very strongly about that.” Trump on Wednesday dismissed the incident, say-
ing it was “just a fluke situation.” “We have very good control,” he told reporters. With the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway to the west, Mar-a-Lago sits on the Palm Beach barrier island, a 128-room, 62,500-square foot symbol of opulence and power. Long a Trump favorite since he purchased it from the foundation of the late socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1985, the president travels to the estate every few weekends during its winter high season, abandoning Washington’s chill for Florida sunshine.
Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery
In this 2013 photo, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah speaks during the closing ceremony and handover of the ASEAN Chairmanship to Myanmar in Bandar Seri Begawan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press
SINGAPORE — New Islamic criminal laws that took effect Wednesday in Brunei that punish gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death have triggered an outcry from countries, rights groups and celebrities far beyond the tiny Southeast Asian nation’s shores. The penalties were provided for under new sections of Brunei’s Shariah Penal Code. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah instituted the code in 2014 to bolster the influence of Islam in the oil-rich monarchy of around 430,000 people, two-thirds of whom are Muslim. Even before 2014, homosexuality was already
punishable in Brunei by a jail term of up to 10 years. The first stage of the Shariah Penal Code included fines or jail for offenses such as pregnancy out of wedlock or failing to pray on Fridays. But under the new laws, those found guilty of gay sex can be stoned to death or whipped. Adulterers risk death by stoning too, while thieves face amputation of a right hand on their first offense and a left foot on their second. The laws also apply to children and foreigners, even if they are not Muslim. “Living in Brunei, we already knew that our sexual identity is taboo and should not be expressed. We already felt belittled before the law came to place,” said a 23-year-old member of the
LGBTQ community who wanted to be identified only as Kun out of fear of reprisal from the authorities. “Now with it, we feel even smaller and the ones who could potentially oppress us have more opportunity to harass us to say and do what they want,” he said. Celebrities including George Clooney, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres have voiced opposition to the new laws, and have rallied a boycott of nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe with ties to Hassanal, who is still sultan. “Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens?” Clooney wrote Thursday on Deadline Hollywood. Clooney said that while you can’t shame “murderous regimes,” you can shame “the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them.” Customers at two prestigious Paris hotels owned by the sultan expressed their support for a boycott. Outside the Le Meurice hotel, Philippe Ménager said he was no longer comfortable going to the spa after being a regular customer for 15 years. “I can’t continue to be a frequent visitor of the hotels of this savage to preserve the jobs of the people who work at Le Meurice — who are very nice and I like them,” he said.
A tourist from Norway, Anja Anderson, said she would have stayed at a hotel other than the Plaza Athenee had she heard about the boycott before making her reservation. There has been no vocal opposition to the new penalties in Brunei, where the sultan rules as head of state with full executive authority. Public criticism of his policies is extremely rare in the country. Hassanal, who has reigned since 1967, has previously said the Penal Code should be regarded as a form of “special guidance” from God and would be “part of the great history” of Brunei. The United Nations said Wednesday that SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres “stands clearly against any form of cruel punishment” and believes the Brunei legislation clearly violates the principles “that human rights are to be upheld in relations to every person everywhere without any kind of discrimination.” “So long as people face criminalization, bias and violence based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics, we must redouble our efforts to end these violations,” said Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric. “Everyone is entitled to live free and equal in dignity and rights.”
Autopsy: Migrant boy who died in US had flu infection By MARY HUDETZ Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An autopsy report confirmed Wednesday that an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died while in custody of the U.S. Border Patrol on Christmas Eve succumbed to a flu infection — one of two deaths of Central American children in December that drew attention to the plight of migrant families at the southern border. The New Mexico Office of the Medical Examiner released its autopsy findings for Felipe Gomez Alonzo two days after Guatemalan authorities said they had received a copy of the report disclosing the boy had a rapid, progressive infection that led to organ failure. An autopsy released last week for 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, the other Guatemalan child who died, showed she too had a bacterial infection that
quickly led to sepsis and organ failure. Their deaths, just over two weeks apart, spurred questions about Border Patrol’s ability to care for children at a time when the number of families crossing into the United States has climbed to record highs. In recent months, the government’s system for detaining migrants crossing the border has become severely overtaxed, pushing it to a breaking point. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has taken to social media in recent days, tweeting that Congress must confront what she called an emergency by giving border and immigration authorities the tools and resources needed to “fulfill our humanitarian and security mission.” She visited El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, marking her first stop on a border tour aimed at assessing the surge of migrants and the department’s response.
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“Our system and facilities were never structured to withstand the current influx of immigrants,” she said. Gomez Alonzo and his father, Agustin Gomez, were apprehended by the Border Patrol in mid-December after the family said the two left Guatemala because of the extreme poverty and lack of opportunity there were facing. The father said others from his community had been able to cross the U.S. border with children, and he figured he and his son would have the same luck. Felipe was chosen to go with his father because he was the oldest son. Once in Border Patrol’s custody, Gomez Alonzo and his father were taken to several facilities including the processing center at the Paso del Norte port of entry, then the El Paso Border Patrol station. Just after 1 a.m., the two were transferred 90 miles to the Border Patrol station
at Alamogordo, New Mexico. CBP said it moved them there “because of capacity levels” in El Paso. The day Felipe died, a border agent noticed the boy was coughing and had “glossy eyes,” and sent him to the hospital, the CBP said. He was found to have a 103-degree fever, officials have said. Felipe was held for observation for 90 minutes, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, before being released with prescriptions for amoxicillin and ibuprofen. But the boy fell sick hours later and was readmitted to the hospital, where he later died. New Mexico authorities had said the boy tested positive for the flu. The other Guatemalan child, Jakelin Caal, died Dec. 8 in El Paso, just over a day after she was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with her father after entering the U.S. illegally.
Former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement has made some women uncomfortable, and he promised to be “much more mindful” of respecting personal space. “Social norms have begun to change. They’ve shifted,” the 76-year-old Biden said in a cellphone video posted to Twitter . “And the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset. And I get it. I get it. I hear what they are saying. I understand.” Wearing a suit and open-collared shirt, Biden also teased an announcement of his political plans, promising to “be talking to you about a whole lot of issues.” Shortly after the video was released, a union announced Biden would speak at their conference in Washington on Friday. The video was Biden’s first direct comment on what has tripped up his preparations to enter the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign. He did not directly apologize but seemed to be seeking to ease some people’s discomfort, which has raised questions about whether he could wage an effective campaign. On Friday, former Nevada politician Lucy Flores wrote in New York Magazine that Biden approached her from behind, touched her shoulders and kissed the back of her head in 2014. Since then, another woman has said Biden grabbed her face when he was thanking congressional staff at a 2009 event. Biden, a former longtime U.S. senator from Delaware, first said in a statement that he did not recall the episode that Flores initially described in the magazine piece and then in subsequent weekend interviews. In the video Wednesday, Biden insisted that what he described as the compassion from where the affection comes will not change and again nodded to the steps he’s taking toward running. “But I’ll always believe governing — life, for that matter — is about connecting, connecting with people,” he said. “That won’t change.” Biden also said that he would be more careful about his actions in the future. “And I’ll be much more mindful. That’s my responsibility, my responsibility, and I’ll meet it,” Biden said. And in so doing, Biden was tacitly acknowledging a nagging concern for some voters: that he cannot adapt. “The idea that I can’t adjust to the fact that personal space is important, more important than it’s ever been, is just not thinkable,” he said in closing. “I will. I will.”
Japanese prosecutors bring in Nissan’s ex-chair Ghosn TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors took Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn for questioning Thursday, barely a month after he was released on bail ahead of his trial on financial misconduct charges. Japanese TV footage showed officials entering Ghosn’s apartment in Tokyo, and a car later going to the prosecutors’ office. He may face what will be his fourth arrest under Japanese law. He was first arrested in November on charges of under-reporting his compensation. He was re-arrested twice in December, including on breach of trust charges. The arrests prolong detentions without trial. The latest charge appears to be related to the investigation by Nissan Motor Co.’s French alliance partner Renault about payments in Oman to a major dealership, some of which is suspected of having been channeled for Ghosn’s personal use. Ghosn has denied any wrongdoing. On the Oman allegations, Ghosn’s representatives said: “The payments made by Renault to the distributor in Oman have not been diverted from their commercial objectives and under no circumstances has all or part of such payments benefited Carlos Ghosn or his family.” Ghosn has said the compensation at Nissan, allegedly promised for the future, was never decided or paid; Nissan never suffered losses for his personal investments; and the allegedly dubious payments were for legitimate services. He had tweeted he would hold a news conference April 11, where he would tell “the truth” on what was unfolding. A condition for his release on bail included not using the internet. It is unclear if the authorities are considering the tweet a technical violation. Ghosn was a star in the auto industry, having steered Nissan for two decades from the brink of bankruptcy to one of the largest groups in the industry, allied with Renault and smaller Japanese partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling DALLAS — Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the death chamber after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a man who argued his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser couldn’t accompany him. Effective immediately, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will only permit prison security staff into the death chamber, a spokesman said Wednesday. The policy change comes in response to the high court’s ruling staying the execution of Patrick Murphy, a member of the “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners. Texas previously allowed state-employed clergy to accompany inmates into the execution chamber, but its prison staff included only Christian and Muslim clerics. In light of this policy, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Texas couldn’t move forward with Murphy’s punishment unless his Buddhist adviser or another Buddhist reverend of the state’s choosing accompanying him. “The government may not discriminate against religion generally or against particular religious denominations,” the court’s newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, wrote in a concurring opinion. — The Associated Press
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Spurs coach lasts 1:03 before ejection Popovich gets thrown out early, San Antonio can’t stand up against high-powered Nuggets By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets ran San Antonio right off the court. Long before, the officials ran Gregg Popovich. Nikola Jokic scored 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out nine of Denver’s season-high 41 assists as the Nuggets routed San Antonio 113-85 on Wednesday night in a game in which the Spurs coach was ejected after just 63 seconds. Jamal Murray added 14 points and 11 assists for a Nuggets team that’s currently holding down the No. 2 seed in the West with four games remaining. The squad rebounded from a 116-102 loss to
top-seeded Golden State a night earlier. “We played,” Murray said, “the way we want to play.” Denver steadily built a commanding lead against the Spurs before emptying the bench with about 5 minutes remaining. Popovich was long gone and didn’t have to endure his team’s implosion. Popovich appeared livid over a non-foul call and called time out to argue with the officials. After two technicals, he was sent to the locker room at 10:57 of the opening quarter. The last time a coach was ejected within the first two minutes of a game was Washington’s Flip Saunders on Jan. 2, 2012, at Boston, according to research by
the Elias Sports Bureau. Saunders was ejected 1:46 into that game. Following the game, Popovich didn’t have much to say. “You’ll have to ask the officials,” he said. Soon after, Popovich joined the scrum where Nuggets coach Michael Malone was conducting his postgame interviews. The exchange between the coaches was nearly as long as Popovich’s appearance in the contest. Malone: “We were just talking about an NBA record that was set tonight.” Popovich: “What was the record? What happened?” Malone: “Somebody got thrown out in 63 seconds.” Popovich: “Are you serious? That
person must have hit somebody. Somebody get hit tonight? Somebody get cursed at or anything?” And just like that, Popovich was off for the exit. “That’s one of a kind right there,” Malone said. “I don’t know what to say after that.”
hottest team while playing their last back-to-back of the season.
JAZZ 118, SUNS 97
PHOENIX (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, leading the playoff-bound Utah Jazz past the Suns. Phoenix lost star guard Devin Booker with 4:28 left in the first quarROCKETS 135, ter when he landed awkwardly on his CLIPPERS 103 left ankle while jumping to receive a LOS ANGELES (AP) — James pass. Booker sprained his left ankle Harden scored 31 points, Chris Paul and left the game with eight points. added 29 points, and the Houston Rockets routed the Los Angeles ClipHORNETS 115, pers 135-103 on Wednesday night in a PELICANS 109 potential playoff preview. Clint Capela had 24 points and NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kemba 15 rebounds to help the Rockets win Walker scored 21 of his 32 points in their fourth in a row. They showed litSee NBA, page A7 tle fatigue in cruising past the NBA’s
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Washington Nationals’ Jake Noll, center, celebrates with his teammates after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, Wednesday in Washington. Noll drew a walk to force in the winning run. The Nationals won 9-8. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Nats end Phillies win streak Philly’s win streak ends at 4 to start season on walk-off WASHINGTON (AP) — David Robertson forced home the gameending run with a ninth-inning walk to Jake Noll, a rookie without a hit in his two previous major league at-bats, and the Nationals beat the previously unbeaten Phillies 9-8 Wednesday as Washington’s fans again booed Bryce Harper. Noll was sent to the minors after the game to make room for utilityman Howie Kendrick to come off the injured list Thursday. Robertson (0-1) gave up a leadoff single to Anthony Rendon, then walked three batters in a row. Nationals closer Sean Doolittle (2-0) worked the ninth. Philadelphia fell to 4-1 — it had been the last team in the majors without a loss. Making his second appearance against his former team since signing a $330 million, 13year deal with the Phillies, Harper hit a pair of singles and was walked
three times, twice intentionally.
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RED SOX 6, ATHLETICS 3 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mookie Betts’ two-out grounder hit the third base bag and popped into the outfield for a tiebreaking, two-run double in the ninth inning, and Boston broke a fourgame losing streak. After starting off 1-5, the World Series champion Red Sox caught a break and ended Oakland’s four-game winning streak.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado hit his first home run for San Diego, a two-run drive in the seventh off former Padres farmhand Matt Andriese. Machado is hitting .240 with three RBIs in his first seven games after signing a $300 million, 10-year contract. Joey Lucchesi (2-0) extended his scoreless innings streak to 10 1/3 innings to start the season as the Padres avoided a three-game sweep. Lucchesi allowed four hits in five innings, struck out six and walked one.
DODGERS 5, GIANTS 3 LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Freese’s two-run double in the seventh inning helped the Los Angeles Dodgers rally past San Francisco. The win capped a season-opening homestand in which the Dodgers won five of seven. Freese’s hit off Reyes Moronta (0-1) made it 4-3.
METS 6, MARLINS 4 MIAMI (AP) — NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom struck out a career-high 14 in seven shutout innings, hit a home run and ended his streak of five consecutive losses to Miami, helping the New York Mets complete a three-game sweep. See MLB, page A7
CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews scored the lone goal in the shootout after connecting for his careerhigh 35th in regulation, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Wednesday night. Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist to set a career high for points at 107. Cam Ward stopped 37 shots through overtime and all three Blues shooters in the tiebreaker. Tyler Bozak stuffed in a rebound with 38.9 seconds left to tie the game at 3 and send it to overtime as St. Louis rallied from a twogoal deficit in the third period. Ward stopped Bozak’s point-blank first deflection of Patrick Maroon’s pass from left wing, but Bozak jammed in a second attempt. The goal withstood a video review for goaltender interference. Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron also scored for St. Louis, which improved to 95 points, but missed an opportunity to climb into a tie for first place in the Central Division with idle Winnipeg and Nashville, both of which have 96. The three teams have all clinched playoff spots and each has two games remaining. Artem Anisimov also connected for Chicago. DUCKS 3, FLAMES 1 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rookies Sam Steel and Max Jones scored first-period goals and Anaheim continued its strong finish to a lost season with a victory over Calgary. Captain Ryan Getzlaf also scored and Ryan Miller made 25 saves in his first victory since March 5 for the Ducks, who responded to a 6-1 loss to first-place Calgary last week with their 10th win in 16 games overall. Anaheim’s streak of six straight playoff appearances will end next week thanks to its disastrous
5-21-4 midseason slump. Derek Ryan scored and David Rittich stopped 29 shots for the Pacific Division champion Flames, who will start the postseason next week as the top seed in the Western Conference. With nothing to gain from a win, the Flames rested several healthy regulars, including 82-point scorer Sean Monahan and 78-point scorer Elias Lindholm. Johnny Gaudreau got his 98th point with an assist on Ryan’s first-period goal, extending his scoring streak to five games and getting close to his first 100-point season. The Flames’ three-game winning streak ended, and they lost at Honda Center for the 32nd time in their past 33 games in Orange County. Calgary had lost 29 straight games in Anaheim since 2006 before a win early last season. The Flames have won their division for the first time since 2006, but they’ve won just one playoff series since 2004. The Ducks’ run of five straight Pacific titles ended last season, and they’re missing the playoffs this spring for only the third time since 2004.
SENATORS 4, RANGERS 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and Ottawa earned a win against New York. Bobby Ryan, Zack Smith and Brian Gibbons also scored while Anders Nilsson made 27 saves as the league-worst Senators picked up their second win in the past three games. Colin White also had two assists. Lias Andersson scored for New York and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 of 31 shots as the Rangers fell for the second straight game. Ottawa benefited from superior play on special teams, with two power-play goals a short-handed tally. Ryan opened the scoring when he sent a wrist shot past the glove of Lundqvist at 12:14 of the first period. Chris Tierney delivered the puck from below the goal line to set up Ryan for the power-play goal. Tkachuk also assisted on the play.
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harlie Ebersol was sure his new football league was different, even as it ventured into the dark hole that had swallowed up ventures like his before. I talked to him in November, before uniforms had even been ordered and one game had aired. The Alliance of American Football league was well financed and for real, he said, and ready to put on a show for a country supposedly starved for more football. “There is a massive amount of people in this country who watch only one sport on television and that league (the NFL) only plays a set period of time,” Ebersol said. “They stop watching sports on TV the day after the Super Bowl and don’t come back until the NFL returns.” It all sounded good, maybe too
good. Ebersol talked about television contracts, 50 people already working on technology alone in the league’s San Francisco office and a gambling deal with MGM Resorts that would take advantage of the explosion in sports betting around the country. A little more than four months later, it’s a wrap for the AAF. Put together in little more than a year, the league lasted only eight weeks. Turns out Americans weren’t all that hungry for spring football, at least the second-tier product put on the field by the AAF. The market for minor league spring football was minuscule, if not nonexistent. And a league that claimed to have learned from the past will become another case study for those in the future. The question now becomes, is
S ports V iews T im D ahlberg Vince McMahon paying attention? The WWE chief honcho plans to unveil the latest pro football league next spring under the banner of the XFL, another failed league. According to published reports, McMahon recently sold $272 million worth of WWE stock to fund the effort and plans to invest as much as $500 million to keep it going in its formative years. Big money, and even bigger plans. For less than the price of an NFL franchise, McMahon envisions owning an entire league.
But will he build one that people care about enough to actually watch? Well, as I pointed out in November after talking to Ebersol, the track record says no. A look in the stands at any of the AAF games should make any potential investor — or player — in a new league cautious. A look at the television ratings should send them fleeing to the next big thing somewhere else far, far away. The AAF wasn’t exactly a grand experiment, no matter what its founders said. Recent history is littered with leagues like the USFL, XFL and WFL that launched to great fanfare only to go under amid fan indifference and financial sinkholes. Spring football doesn’t work, and minor league football isn’t an appealing product. No one can go head to head with the NFL and, as
the AAF found out, no one particularly cares about the NFL’s castoffs. The marketing genius of the WWE isn’t enough to overcome that. Neither is sports betting, which AAF had counted on to ensure the league’s survival. The AAF was supposed to be different, but it really wasn’t. Take away celebrity coaches Steve Spurrier and Mike Singletary and there wasn’t a recognizable face in the league for fans. The game plan wasn’t to take on the NFL, but rather to become a development league for it. But the NFL wasn’t terribly interested, and its players’ union didn’t embrace the idea of players taking a beating over two seasons instead of one. See VIEWS, page A7
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the fourth quarter, and the Charlotte Hornets kept alive their slim playoff hopes with a victory over the Pelicans. The Hornets trailed by five in the middle of the fourth when Walker’s 3 ignited a 14-6 run that put Charlotte in front for good. He hit a pair of driving layups and a second 3 during the decisive spurt.
HAWKS 130, 76ERS 122 ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young had 33 points and 12 assists, John Collins added 25 points, and the Hawks handed the playoff-bound Philadelphia 76ers their second straight loss. The Sixers began the night needing one victory and a loss by Boston to secure the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, but they have dropped four of six, a stretch that began with a lastsecond setback at Atlanta 10 days ago.
TIMBERWOLVES 110, MAVERICKS 108 DALLAS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 13 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins hit the go-ahead bucket in the final minute and the Minnesota Timberwolves turned back a fourth-quarter rally by the Mavericks. Dallas rookie sensation Luka Doncic scored 27 points, but passed up a potential winning 3-pointer on another cold night from long range. Jalen Brunson took the pass and missed from 3 at the buzzer on a shot that would have required a replay to see if the fellow rookie got it off in time.
BULLS 115, WIZARDS 114 WASHINGTON (AP) — Walt Lemon Jr. scored a career-high 24 points, including two free throws with 1.8 seconds to play, to help the Chicago Bulls snap a five-game losing streak. Lemon, in just his third game with Chicago, was one of seven Bulls in double figures in the matchup of teams whose seasons will end without a playoff appearance. JaKarr Sampson added 18 points for the Bulls.
PACERS 108, PISTONS 89 DETROIT (AP) — Thaddeus Young scored 21 points, and the Indiana Pacers took advantage of Blake Griffin’s absence, beating the Pistons. Griffin missed a third straight game for the Pistons, who are in the middle of a tight race for the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The star forward has been dealing with left knee soreness.
CELTICS 112, HEAT 102 MIAMI (AP) — Gordon Hayward scored 25 points, Kyrie Irving added 23 and the Boston Celtics pulled away in the final minutes to beat the Heat.
RAPTORS 115, NETS 105 NEW YORK (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard added 26 points and nine boards and the Toronto Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets for their fifth straight victory.
MAGIC 114, KNICKS 100 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 13 rebounds, and Terrence Ross scored 23 points off the bench as the Magic beat the New York Knicks.
TRAIL BLAZERS 116, GRIZZLIES PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evan Turner had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists off the bench for his second consecutive triple-double and the Trail Blazers reached 50 wins.
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The AAF got a temporary lifeline with a cash infusion from Tom Dundon, who also owns the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes. But in the end, Dundon’s deep pockets weren’t enough as it became apparent that the league model simply wasn’t going to work. And the dream of Ebersol and cofounder Bill Polian, the former NFL executive who built a Super Bowl winner with Indianapolis, was over barely two months after it began. “I’m extremely disappointed,” Polian told The Associated Press. “On one hand it was kind of our wildest fantasies come true. It all came true and now it’s all come crashing down.” In the end, the collapse of the AAF was as inevitable as it was predictable. The appetite for football is not insatiable, it seems, when the football is not at the highest level. The AAF is gone, and those betting it wouldn’t last a season might be the only winners. Those funding the league certainly weren’t, and the players themselves never got to cash in on their three-year contract or the promise of one year of tuition that the league said it would pay for those who didn’t finish school. In the end it was just another bad bet for everyone involved.
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Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-Toronto 56 23 .709 — x-Philadelphia 49 29 .628 6½ x-Boston 47 32 .595 9 Brooklyn 39 40 .494 17 New York 15 63 .192 40½ Southeast Division Orlando 39 40 .494 — Miami 38 40 .487 ½ Charlotte 36 42 .462 2½ Washington 32 47 .405 7 Atlanta 29 50 .367 10 Central Division y-Milwaukee 58 20 .744 — x-Indiana 47 32 .595 11½ Detroit 39 39 .500 19 Chicago 22 57 .278 36½ Cleveland 19 59 .244 39 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division y-Houston 51 28 .646 — x-San Antonio 45 34 .570 6 New Orleans 32 47 .405 19 Memphis 31 47 .397 19½ Dallas 31 47 .397 19½ Northwest Division x-Denver 52 26 .667 — x-Portland 50 28 .641 2 x-Utah 48 30 .615 4 x-Oklahoma City 45 33 .577 7 Minnesota 35 43 .449 17 Pacific Division y-Golden State 53 24 .688 — x-L.A. Clippers 47 32 .595 7 Sacramento 38 40 .487 15½ L.A. Lakers 35 43 .449 18½ Phoenix 18 61 .228 36 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Wednesday’s Games Chicago 115, Washington 114 Indiana 108, Detroit 89 Orlando 114, New York 100 Atlanta 130, Philadelphia 122 Boston 112, Miami 102 Toronto 115, Brooklyn 105 Charlotte 115, New Orleans 109 Minnesota 110, Dallas 108 Denver 113, San Antonio 85 Portland 116, Memphis 89 Utah 118, Phoenix 97 Houston 135, L.A. Clippers 103 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. All Times ADT
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NCAA Tournament FINAL FOUR At U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 6 Virginia (33-3) vs. Auburn (30-9), 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
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Tampa Bay 80 60 16 4 124 316 218 x-Boston 80 48 23 9 105 253 209 x-Toronto 80 46 27 7 99 280 242 Montreal 80 43 29 8 94 242 229 Florida 80 36 32 12 84 263 274 Detroit 80 32 38 10 74 225 266 Buffalo 80 31 39 10 72 214 268 Ottawa 80 29 45 6 64 238 291 Metropolitan Division x-Washington 80 47 25 8 102 276 245 x-N.Y. Islanders 80 46 27 7 99 223 195 Pittsburgh 80 43 26 11 97 266 236 Carolina 80 44 29 7 95 238 219 Columbus 80 45 31 4 94 249 228 Philadelphia 80 37 35 8 82 238 270 N.Y. Rangers 80 31 36 13 75 221 266 New Jersey 80 30 40 10 70 217 269
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division 80 46 30 4 96 266 239 80 45 29 6 96 232 210 80 43 28 9 95 237 218 80 42 31 7 91 206 196 80 37 29 14 88 255 239 80 37 34 9 83 211 231 80 35 33 12 82 262 286 Pacific Division z-Calgary 81 50 24 7 107 288 224 x-San Jose 80 44 27 9 97 281 257 x-Vegas 80 43 30 7 93 246 221 Arizona 80 38 34 8 84 207 218 Vancouver 80 35 35 10 80 221 248 Anaheim 81 34 37 10 78 194 249 Edmonton 80 34 37 9 77 227 270 Los Angeles 80 30 41 9 69 195 256 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
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Wednesday’s Games Ottawa 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, SO Anaheim 3, Calgary 1 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 3 p.m. Ottawa at Buffalo, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 3 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 3 p.m. Detroit at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 3 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Colorado, 5 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Arizona at Vegas, 6 p.m. All Times ADT
BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Promoted Matt Bourne to senior vice president/communications. MLB/MLBPA — Announced the resignation of executive director of the Baseball Tomorrow Fund Cathy Bradley. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated RHP Pedro Araujo for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Matt Wotherspoon from Norfolk (IL) and optioned him back to Norfolk. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed SS Tim Anderson on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Jose Ruiz from Charlotte (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released RHP Ben Taylor. Signed manager Terry Francona to a twoyear contract extension. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated RHP Chris Ellis for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Homer Bailey from Omaha (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinsted LHP CC Sabathia from the suspended list and placed him on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Jonathan Loaisiga from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Nick Rumbleow to Tacoma (PCL). Transferred RHP Hunter Strickland to the 60-day IL. Sent RHP Shawn Armstrong to Tacoma (PCL) for a rehab assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Connor Sadzeck to Seattle for RHP Grant Anderson. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled OF Anthony Alford from Buffalo (IL).
National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with INF David Bote on a fiveyear contract for 2020-24. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Transferred RHP Jacob Nix to the 60-day IL, retroactive to Monday, April 1. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed SS Trea Turner on the 10day IL. Recalled SS Adrian Sanchez from Fresno (PCL). Optioned Jake Noll to Fresno. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SACRAMENTO KINGS — Recalled G BJ Johnson from Lakeland (NBAGL). FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S Kemal Ishmael and G Adam Gettis to one-year contracts. BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with G Quinton Spain on a one-year contract. CHICAGO BEARS — Re-signed LS Patrick Scales to a one-year contract. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed TE/FB Orson Charles. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WR Ryan Grant. Alliance of American Football AAF — Announced it has suspended operations. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned C Chase De Leo, RW Kiefer Sherwood and D Jake Dotchin to San Diego (AHL). ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Adin Hill from Tucson (AHL). CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled C Dillon Dube from Stockton (AHL) on an emergency basis. COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled G Joe Cannata from Utah (ECHL) to Colorado (AHL). OTTAWA SENATORS — Assigned F Aaron Luchuk from Belleville (AHL) to Brampton (ECHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed G Andrew Shortridge to a one-year contract and assigned him to San Jose (AHL) on an amateur tryout for the remainder of the season. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Los Angeles FC M Diego Rossi an undisclosed amount for simulation/embellishment during a March 30 match against San Jose. Fined Real Salt Lake M Damir Kreilach an undisclosed amount for not leaving the field in a timely and or-
derly manner following his red card during a March 30 match against FC Dallas. Fined Portland M Sebastian Blanco and LA Galaxy M Joe Corona undisclosed amounts for violating the league’s policy regarding hands to the face, head or neck of an opponent during a March 31. NEW YORK CITY FC — Traded a 2019 international spot to the LA Galaxy for allocation money. USL Championship USL — Suspended Austin D Sean McFarlane one game. COLLEGE NCAA — Granted a waiver to Indiana freshman QB Jack Tuttle to play next season. BROWN — Named Vinny Marino offensive coordinator, Tim Weaver defensive coordinator, Michael McCarthy offensive line coach, Ryan Mattison tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator, Mike Donovan defensive line coach, Darryl Jackson defensive back coach and special teams coordinator, Eric Bunker running backs coach, Willie Edwards outside linebackers coach, Seitu Smith quarterbacks coach and Paul Frisone coodinator of football operations and player personnel. EMORY & HENRY — Named Anne Crutchfield director of athletics. FAIRFIELD — Named Jay Young men’s basketball coach. HOFSTRA — Singed men’s basketball coach Joe Mihalich to a contract extension through the 2023-24 season. LSU — Freshman F Naz Reid declared for the NBA draft. MURRAY STATE — Sophomore G Ja Morant declared for the NBA draft. NORTH CAROLINA — Freshman G Coby White declared for the NBA draft. PENN STATE — Named Carolyn Kieger women’s basketball coach. ST. NORBERT — Announced it is joining the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. TEMPLE — Named Monte Ross associate head men’s basketball coach. TENNESSEE — Junior G Jordan Bone declared for the NBA draft. VANDERBILT — Freshman F/C Simisola Shittu declared for the NBA draft. VIRGINIA TECH — Announced men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams is leaving to take the same position at Texas A&M.
Murray State’s Morant to enter NBA draft MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Murray State says that All-American guard Ja Morant will enter the NBA draft following a recordbreaking season for the Racers. The school said Wednesday night on its website that Morant announced his decision at the team’s arena. The athletic 6-foot3 sophomore is projected as a lottery pick and could be chosen as high as second in the June 20 draft. Morant led Murray State to the Ohio Valley Conference regu-
lar season and tournament championships and was the league’s Player of the Year. In the Racers’ first-round NCAA Tournament win over Marquette, he had the ninth triple-double in tournament history with 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds. Morant, who averaged 24.5 points per game last season, is the first NCAA player to average 20 points and 10 assists since assists became an official statistic in the 1983-84 season.
Morant, Williamson among finalists for John Wooden Award LOS ANGELES (AP) — Duke teammates RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson are among the 10 players named to the John R. Wooden Award All American team, representing the top vote-getters to earn college basketball’s player of the year honor. Others on the team announced
Charge against Bennett dropped HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas said Wednesday they are dismissing a felony charge against NFL defensive end Michael Bennett, who was accused of pushing the arm of a paraplegic security guard while trying to get onto the field after the 2017 Super Bowl in Houston. Bennett, recently traded to the New England Patriots, was indicted by a grand jury in March 2018 on a count of injury to the elderly. The Harris County district
attorney’s office said the decision to dismiss came after an extensive review that included looking at video. “After looking at all the evidence and applying the law, a crime could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Vivian King, the DA’s chief of staff. “There was probable cause to warrant a charge initially, but after a careful review of all the pre-charge and post-charge evidence, we cannot prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“We dismissed this case in the interest of justice,” she said. Bennett, now 33, was a spectator at the 2017 game and a member of the Philadelphia Eagles when he tried to get onto the field after the Patriots’ victory to see his brother, Martellus Bennett, a tight end for New England at the time. Prosecutors said a security guard who used a wheelchair said Michael Bennett pushed her arm as he made his way through the crowd. The woman was 66 at the time.
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BRAVES 6, CUBS 4 ATLANTA (AP) — Johan Camargo hit a goahead, three-run double as Atlanta took advantage of five walks by Cubs relievers in the eighth inning.
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ROCKIES 1, RAYS 0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chris Iannetta homered off Chad Roe (01) in the 11th inning, and Colorado stopped a fourgame losing streak. Iannetta had the Rockies’ first hit since Raimel Tapia’s leadoff single in the fifth and second run in 41 innings.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Freddy Peralta (1-0) threw two-hit ball for a career-high eight innings, and Manny Pina singled home a run for Milwaukee’s only hit off WHITE SOX 8, Luis Castillo (0-1). The deINDIANS 3 fending NL champions comRANGERS 4, pleted a three-game sweep ASTROS 0 CLEVELAND (AP) — and improved to 6-1. Jose Abreu drove in three ARLINGTON, Texruns, Leury Garcia had four as (AP) — Mike Minor hits, and Yoan Mocada hit a TIGERS 2, pitched seven sharp innings two-run homer in the eighth. YANKEES 1 and Texas topped the frustrated Astros, whose starter NEW YORK (AP) Gerrit Cole immediately af— Matthew Boyd (1-1) TWINS 7, ROYALS 6 ter his final out went to the junk-balled his way to a KANSAS CITY, Mo. plate umpire who earlier career-high 13 strikeouts (AP) — Eddie Rosario hit a ejected Houston’s manager and Gordon Beckham hit a go-ahead single in the ninth and hitting coach for argutiebreaking solo homer in off Wily Peralta (0-1), ing balls and strikes. the eighth off Chad Green (0-1), his first homer since BLUE JAYS 5, Aug. 28, 2016 CARDINALS 5, The Yankees struck out ORIOLES 3 PIRATES 4, 18 times, a team record for 10 INNINGS TORONTO (AP) — a nine-inning game, and Randal Grichuk took over PITTSBURGH (AP) dropped to 2-4 — against — Tyler O’Neill capped Baltimore and the Tigers, from traded Kevin Pillar another St. Louis rally by who combined for 213 loss- in center and hit a pair of driving in Kolten Wong for es. Shortstop Troy Tulowit- solo home runs, a day after the go-ahead run in the 10th zki strained his left calf and agreeing to a $52 million, inning against Pittsburgh. will become New York’s ma- five-year contract.
Wednesday are: Brandon Clarke of Gonzaga, Carsen Edwards of Purdue, Rui Hachimura of Gonzaga, Markus Howard of Marquette, De’Andre Hunter of Virginia, Ja Morant of Murray State, Grant Williams of Tennessee and Cassius Winston of Michigan State. Barrett, Morant, Williams, Williamson and Winston have been invited to Los Angeles for the Wooden Award presentation at the College Basketball Awards on April 12.
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 4, the 94th day of 2019. There are 271 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; his slaying was followed by a wave of rioting (Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago were among cities particularly hard hit.) Suspected gunman James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming he’d been the victim of a setup. On this date: In 1841, President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaugural, becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office. In 1850, the city of Los Angeles was incorporated. In 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 82-6 in favor of declaring war against Germany (the House followed suit two days later by a vote of 373-50). In 1933, the Navy airship USS Akron crashed in severe weather off the New Jersey coast with the loss of 73 lives. In 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi concentration camp Ohrdruf in Germany. Hungary was liberated as Soviet forces cleared out remaining German troops. In 1949, 12 nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. In 1975, more than 130 people, most of them children, were killed when a U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Saigon. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1976, the film “All the President’s Men,” starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roared into orbit on its maiden voyage. (It was destroyed in the disaster of January 1986.) In 1988, the Arizona Senate convicted Gov. Evan Mecham (MEE’kuhm) of two charges of official misconduct, and removed him from office; Mecham was the first U.S. governor to be impeached and removed from office in nearly six decades. In 1991, Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., and six other people, including two children, were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz’s plane over a schoolyard in Merion, Pennsylvania. In 2008, Beyonce and Jay-Z were married during a private ceremony in New York. Ten years ago: A gunman killed three Pittsburgh police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call; Richard Poplawski was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Police in Washington state found the body of James Harrison, who’d apparently shot to death five of his children, ages 7 to 16, at their mobile home in Graham. NATO leaders appointed Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN’-derz fohg RAHS’-moo-sihn) the alliance’s new secretary-general during a two-day, 60th-anniversary summit in Strasbourg, France. Five years ago: An Afghan police officer opened fire on two Associated Press journalists inside a security forces base in eastern Afghanistan, killing prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus (AHN’-yuh NEE’-dring-hows) and wounding veteran correspondent Kathy Gannon. One year ago: Saying the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration. Facebook revealed that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in a privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-affiliated data mining firm. After the United States said it would impose 25 percent duties on $50 billion of imports from China, Beijing quickly retaliated by listing $50 billion of products it could hit with its own 25 percent tariffs. Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is 87. Recording executive Clive Davis is 87. Author Kitty Kelley is 77. Actor Craig T. Nelson is 75. Actor Walter Charles is 74. Actress Christine Lahti is 69. Country singer Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) is 68. Actress Mary-Margaret Humes is 65. Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 63. Actress Constance Shulman is 61. Actor Phil Morris is 60. Actress Lorraine Toussaint is 59. Actor Hugo Weaving is 59. Rock musician Craig Adams (The Cult) is 57. Talk show host/comic Graham Norton is 56. Actor David Cross is 55. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 54. Actress Nancy McKeon is 53. Actor Barry Pepper is 49. Country singer Clay Davidson is 48. Rock singer Josh Todd (Buckcherry) is 48. Singer Jill Scott is 47. Rock musician Magnus Sveningsson (The Cardigans) is 47. Magician David Blaine is 46. Singer Kelly Price is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Andre Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 45. Country musician Josh McSwain (Parmalee) is 44. Actor James Roday is 43. Actress Natasha Lyonne is 40. Actor Eric Andre is 36. Actress Amanda Righetti is 36. Actress-singer Jamie Lynn Spears is 28. Actress Daniela Bobadilla is 26. Pop singer Austin Mahone (muh-HOHN’) is 23. Thought for Today: “You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea.” -- Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (1926-1963).this date in 1991).
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What’s Happening Events and Exhibitions n Kenai Performers presents Sudden Theatre, an evening of 10-minute plays on April 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7 p.m. Location: 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant). No host beer/wine bar. PG-13 rating. Doors open at 6:00PM. Tickets $15 each and available at the door. For more information call Robby at 513-2215. n The KPC Showcase and River City Books presents will host An Evening with Alaskan authors Mar Ka, whose newly released book is “Be-hooved” and Monica Devine, whose latest book is “Water Mask” on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the McLane Commons at KPC. Mar Ka writes from the foothills of Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. As an indigenous rights attorney, she has travelled extensively throughout the state. Her poems have been published in national and international journals and anthologies, and on occasion set to music. Monica Devine is an author and artist living in Eagle River, Alaska. Among her works are five children’s books, including “Iditarod: The Greatest Win Ever and Kayak Girl.” n The KPC Showcase will presents An Alaskan Doctor’s Perspectives on Antarctica with Dr. Kristin Mitchell on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the McLane Commons, Kenai Peninsula College. Mitchell recently visited Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound initiative. She was one of 80 women hailing from 23 different nationalities that were a part of this program, with each of them specializing in various fields of science, engineering, technology and mathematics. n The Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership 2019 Symposium will take place on Thursday, April 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cannery Lodge. RSVP required. Join us for discussions about habitat protections on the Kenai Peninsula, including defining the future of fish habitats and few stories from Dr. Kristin Mitchell and Sue Mauger on their trips to Antarctica. Lunch will be provided. This is a FREE event but please register! Visit www.kenaifishpartnership.org. n 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 Fine Arts Center with an opening reception on Thursday, April 4 at 5 p.m.
Book tells story of Homer entrepreneur By Emilie Springer For the Homer News
Kate Mitchell’s 2018 memoir, “The Bag Lady at the End of the Road,” shares observations of what it was like to start and grow a business in the community that was initially based off of skills she had to offer as a seamstress. Commercial salmon fishermen participating in the Copper River, Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay regions needed improved gear to transfer and store salmon in their driftboat fish holds. It is also simply Mitchell’s story of her personal life experience, something she was encouraged to share. “Whenever I would think of something or mention it to my children I would jot it down,” Mitchell said of what inspired her to write the book. As she states on the back cover of the book, “My folks’ hard work and tenacity to survive and choose to be happy rubbed off, and this is my story to share.” The introductory dimension of the book and a feature that holds a core component of the story is Mitchell’s entrance into the U.S. Coast Guard at the age of 18 in 1964 and the influence of that life-history decision on how the family
eventually started the business of NOMAR in Homer. In the first few chapters, Mitchell shares what was expected of her as one of the few women in the Coast Guard training facilities and what it was like to succeed in military preparation and commit to the lifestyle dimensions that would eventually be required. There were varied emotional dimensions: excitement and some anxiety about what training was like and some resentment about how they were occasionally perceived by civilians during the Vietnam War era. Mitchell also shares elements of her husband, Ben’s, introduction and participation with the U.S. Coast Guard, but in her own phrasing. They did not begin in the same way — he has his own history of events that led to Coast Guard commitment. They were both originally stationed around Seattle and Puget Sound but together made arrangements to head towards Ketchikan. “We came up in 1970 and immediately fell in love with Alaska,” Kate Mitchell said. “It was there that we began trying to figure out how we could stay in the state, long-term. We knew we would stay and retire someplace up here.”
Ketchikan was where the Mitchells started marine canvas production for tops and upholstery. It was the beginning to the rest of the story, the push of a motivated businesswoman to de-
velop marine trade products while maintaining duty and requirements. “I was scared, but excited,” Mitchell wrote in her book. See BAG, page A9
‘Wild Bill’ — Busting myths about a Wild West icon The Bookwork Sez Ching. Ching. Ching. It’s high noon in your favorite Western movie, and that’s all you hear from the screen: seething wind and the ching of spurs on the ground as the hero slowstruts to the shoot-out. The music is tense. It’s oh-sodramatic. And it might’ve been (somewhat) true, as you’ll read in the new book “Wild Bill” by Tom Clavin. America’s first, most famous gunfighter was many things: raconteur, sure-shot, scout, gambler, and lawman. But for much of his life, he was not “Bill.” James Butler Hickok was born May 27, 1837, the last son of a shopkeeper who was in perpetually fragile health. Little is known about Jim’s childhood but as a teen, Hickok left his family’s Illinois farm in search of a new western homestead. Finding a job was his first task when he landed in Kansas but “Bleeding Kansas”
n The Performing Arts Society is pleased to announce the return of pianist Eduard Zilberkant, who has charmed our audiences several times in the past. Joining him are Bryan Emmon Hall, violin; Gail Johansen, viola; and Ryan Fitzpatrick, cello. They will be performing works by Beethoven, Turina, and Arensky. Please join us for this classical chamber music on Saturday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students and may be purchased in advance in Soldotna at River City Books and Northcountry Fair or in Kenai at Already Read Books and Country Liquor or at the door.
Entertainment n Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski. n The Flats Bistro in Kenai presents live dinner music every Thursday and Friday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., featuring Garrett Mayer on Thursdays, and Mike Morgan on Fridays. The Flats Bistro also presents after-dinner music on alternate Fridays and Saturdays from 9-11 p.m. Join us “Later on Saturday,” April 6, and dance to the classic music of The Shuffle Dawgs from 9-11 p.m. at The Flats. Watch this space for more LIVE MUSIC at The Flats. For reservations call The Flats Bistro at 907-335-1010. n Vagabond Inn, Spring music lineup: Retro-Aktive will play your favorite classic rock April 5 and 6. Music starts at 9 p.m. Troubadour North will play April 13. Music starts at 9 p.m. Shuffledawgs will play April 20. Music starts at 9 p.m.
The cover of Kate Mitchell’s “The Bag Lady at the End of the Road,” published in 2018 by Wizard Works. (Image provided)
was struggling with issues of slavery so Hickok, an abolitionist who’d by then adopted the name “Bill,” may have joined forces with antislavery Free-Staters. This meant for him that “nowhere in eastern Kansas was safe” so Hickok’s brother prodded Bill further west, where he became a stage coach driver and was known for his bravery even before joining the Union in the Civil War. When the war was over, “The country had changed and [Hickok] changed with it,” says Clavin. Hickok returned to the plains, seasoned and with more of an edge; he’d become a legend, a killer with lightning-fast, deadly-accuracy with any gun. Those, says Clavin, were all things that “marked” Hickok: every tenderfoot around wanted to prove his mettle against the “shootist.” And yet, Hickok continued to be a formidable force throughout his subsequent law career and his frontier See BOOK, page A9
‘Highwaymen’ takes a procedural approach to Bonnie and Clyde’s murderous rampage
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Corner SELDOVIA IN SPRING By John A. Anderson What do we do in Seldovia in spring A moonlight stroll by the sea Or make love beneath an Aspen tree The music plays away the hours While our eyes control the night As our passions build a frightened Tern take flight Then with my arm firmly about your waist Softly it clings as we dance the night away not in haste At dawn while walking from the outer beach a Robin begins to sing Where our hearts are not heard or told by the stars is what we do in Seldovia in the spring Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.
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Every time I write a new review of a Netflix or streaming movie, it feels less and less like cheating, and I’m still not sure how I feel about that. This week’s film is the latest from aging Hollywood superstars Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner and it is anything but a throwaway, straight-to-video affair. “The Highwaymen” chronicles the hunt for notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde, but does it from an entirely different point of view than the 1967 Arthur Penn classic. Costner plays Frank Hamer, the most decorated Texas Ranger in history and a man who was several years into his retirement when he is called back into service to join the manhunt for the infamous criminal duo. At his side is Maney Gault, also a well-known Ranger, also in retirement, though the term wasting away might be more applicable.
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The infamously cantankerous governor of Texas, Ma Ferguson, had disbanded the Rangers upon her ascendancy and was not eager to reinstate two of that organizations most well-known members. But, after Bonnie and Clyde slipped the net once again, the situation became desperate. Hamer and Gault spend the film trailing the pair, coming
close several times, but without anything to show for it. It’s only after they decide to widen their net that they end up in Louisiana, beyond their jurisdiction, at the wide spot in the road that would ultimately prove to be the end of the road for the criminals they are chasing. John Lee Hancock, who has taken on several other famous Texas stories, in-
cluding “The Alamo,” does an admirable job here depicting the hard work and dedication of the Texas Rangers. Whereas the Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway version of the story focuses entirely on the two young lovers, painting them more as rascals than cold-blooded murderers, Hancock’s story avoids showing the Bonnie See REEL, page A9
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Footage from ‘It: Chapter 2,’ ‘Joker’ debuts at CinemaCon By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
LAS VEGAS — Warner Bros. doled out a Godzilla-sized serving of new footage in a marathon presentation to promote its upcoming slate of films including “The Joker,” ”It: Chapter Two” and “The Goldfinch” to an audience of movie theater owners at CinemaCon Tuesday. The audience got some goosebumps after watching a scene from the “It” sequel where Beverly Marsh (Jessica Chastain) goes back to her father’s house and is surprised to find an older woman living there instead. The young cast of “It” stood aside their grown “Losers’ Club” counterparts of “It: Chapter Two” on stage, including Chastain, Bill Hader, James McAvoy and Isaiah Mustafa. Sophia Lillis, who played the young Beverly Marsh in the first film, laughed that she’d kind of predicted that Chastain would play the adult version of her. She’d worked with director Andy Muschietti, for one, and “we kind of look alike.” Director Todd Phillips, no stranger to Las Vegas or Caesar’s Palace, having
filmed “The Hangover” there, was on hand to introduce the first teaser trailer for “Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix. The chilling teaser, to be released widely on Wednesday, shows a pre-Joker Arthur Fleck, working as a clown on the street, helping his mother take a bath, possibly attempting to date and generally veering toward madness. Phillips said there’s been a lot written about the film and not much has been all that accurate. “But that’s what happens when you set out to make an origin story about a character who doesn’t have an origin,” he said of Batman’s nemesis. Plus, he’d rather it be a surprise for audiences when it hits theater in October. He’s even playing a little coy with his own studio, telling them he couldn’t describe it. When they asked for a genre, at least, he said, “It’s a tragedy.” The studio also showed the first trailer for “The Goldfinch,” an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Donna Tartt, about a boy mourning his mother’s death from director John Crowley. “I hope that people find a piece of themselves in
the story,” star Ansel Elgort said. “I hope that whatever drew people to that book draws them to the movie.” It hits theaters in September. Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy came out to promote something unexpected for the two comediennes — a ’70s-set mob drama called “The Kitchen,” from “Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff in her directorial debut, which comes out in August. “Everyone knows very strong women in challenging positions but you don’t often get to see that in film,” McCarthy said. Haddish added that she was excited to be in a film like this. “For me this was a dream come true,” Haddish said. “I’m from South Central Los Angeles. I grew up around gangster-like stuff. I always tried to join the gangs but they wouldn’t let me, I was too goofy.” There were glimpses of the star-studded “Motherless Brooklyn” adaptation from Edward Norton, a very brief look at “Wonder Woman 1984” and even the Harley Quinn spinoff “Birds of Prey,” starring Margot Robbie. Also on hand to promote
Melissa McCarthy, left, a cast member in the upcoming film “Superintelligence,” and her husband Ben Falcone, the film’s director, arrive onstage at CinemaCon 2019 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
the Warner Bros. slate: A hologram Pikachu (with the voice of Ryan Reynolds), a very real Helen Mirren who had one choice expletive to describe her feelings about Netflix and McCarthy in a fire-breathing dragon costume doing a bit about thinking that she was at Comic-Con. Despite coming off a record year at the box office last year, Warner Bros. has recently seen some dramatic changes to its lead-
ership ranks. Just over two weeks ago, its chairman Kevin Tsujihara stepped down following allegations of sexual misconduct after leaked texts revealed a quid pro quo relationship with an aspiring actress, who herself has not made claims against Tsujihara. The studio did not shy away from mentioning Tsujihara, however, and did so in glowing form. Toby Emmerich, the chairman of the Warner
Bros. pictures group said he, “Left his mark indelibly in Warner Bros. history. (He was) responsible for one of the greatest periods of financial growth … And he pushed to become more inclusive in our ranks and more importantly with our talent behind and in front of the camera.” “A big thank you from all of us at Warner Bros. and a special wish from me for godspeed to Kevin Tsujihara,” he added.
Game of Thrones takes over Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Winter came to Las Vegas. Fire-breathing dragons held court over the worldfamous fountains at the Bellagio casino-resort Sunday, as familiar elements from the TV phenomenon “Game of Thrones” were projected on the rising water. The jets danced to a score incorporating the recognizable theme song before one of the colossal beasts lit up the lake along the Las Vegas Strip in a blaze of pyrotechnics. The 3½-minute spectacle that left a crowd of onlookers cheering debuted two weeks ahead of the scheduled premiere of the HBO fantasy series’ final season.
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The streaming water formed the show’s iconic throne and crown. A towering 800-foot-long (244-meter) wall of water emerged from the lake. The display, however, intentionally did not reveal any elements of the new season. “We didn’t just want to portray literally scenes from ‘Game of Thrones’ here, not like a teaser or a preview of season eight,” said Mark Fuller, CEO of WET Design, the company that created the fountains and show. “We want to bring you the emotion.” At the heart of the fountain show is the giant wall of water. It represents the ice wall that defines the TV show, but also serves as a surface onto which the cre-
ators project falling snow, the series’ logo and the silhouettes of the dragons breathing orange and blue flames. The company worked with the series’ composer Ramin Djawadi to create a special score that along with the dancing water aimed to capture the excitement of the TV hit. The fountain show begins by dropping musical hints of the TV series, using Djawadi’s “Winter is Here” from the seventh season. It comes to full force as the show’s recognizable “Main Titles” theme song comes on. “We have to make sure that the fountain gives the same kind of energy, the same kind of drama, that people are associating this
music with,” said Peter Kopik, director of design and choreography for WET Design. “(That) was the hard part of the choreography because it’s continuously energetic and continuously up and loud and strong, and choreography had to reflect the same thing and not being tiring at the same time.” The spectacle ends as the shadow of the Night King appears one last time, and flames cover part of the roughly 9-acre (3.6-hectare) lake. Oklahoma resident Josh Elliott stopped by the lake with his wife Sunday as part of their anniversary trip. They were amazed by what they saw. “We have probably seen a hundred fountain shows, and this is by far the best,”
he said while waiting for the show to start for a second time. “Oh yeah, we are not moving.” Las Vegas resident Gaile Tiquia is re-watching all seasons ahead of the up-
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wasn’t that bad! Homer still has about a 30 percent turnover of residents these days. … These days, things are much more supportive for Coast Guard wives — that’s what 40 years shows you.” “We were tickled that the Coast Guardsmen liked the history of the building next to NOMAR,” she wrote in the book, referring to the Homer Mercantile, formerly Walli’s and then Inglima’s Store. “… They have been great neighbors. Fine young Coast Guard people with families, an asset for Homer.” Despite the first third of the book discussing how the Mitchells got to Homer, the remainder discusses the role of the industrial bags mentioned in the title of the book, “The Bag Lady at the End of the Road.” According to the story, it was 1982 when she was approached
by a fisherman who “thought I should be able to build a bag that would work to quickly offload the catch but not mark the fish,” she wrote. And, that marks the beginning of the business that carries on today. In addition to the explanations of business expansion and other varied sales through NOMAR, Mitchell does share many of her experiences of participating in local volunteer organizations such as the Homer Chamber of Commerce and the Homer Marine Trades Association. The book also discusses other personal transitions and strong sentiments she’s experienced over time, such as how the wall in front of NOMAR was designed. In some cases, the language she uses is brusque or salty and may not be suitable for all ages. For the most part,
but there’s more to it than you find in your run-ofthe-mill cops and robbers narrative. Hancock and his team are telling a story about aging and utility that, while isn’t exactly new, is very well done. Costner and Harrelson are older, but not so old that they really consider themselves old men. They feel it, however, every time there’s a foot race. Woody Harrelson, in particular, is playing broken down in a way that really resonates. Remaining useful is important, but it’s slipping through his fingers. “Highwaymen” also has a lot to say about celebrity and the cult following that can result from it. It’s disturbing how popular Bonnie and Clyde become and you can feel it emanating from our two heroes, both men coming
from a time before it was commonplace to become famous and beloved simply by being notorious. The most disturbing scene in the film, after the infamous execution of the criminals, is that of the mob that descends on the bullet-riddled car, still carrying the young corpses. The wailing mourners are crazed to get a piece of the pair, diving into the blood spattered wreck grasping at … what? Who knows. The scene is almost more reminiscent of a zombie movie than a 1930s crime film. Hancock knows what he’s doing, and I’m sure the comparison is intentional, but actual photos of the crowd and car from 1934 bear out what the film suggests. “The Highwaymen” is a solid, entertaining, and thought-provoking piece
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at 283-2725. n The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays. n Vagabond Inn has live music Saturday starting @ 9pm
The Mitchells transferred their Coast Guard post to Homer when Ben had about three years remaining. “We weren’t the first Coast Guard folks to retire here in Homer but we were some of the first!” she said. In Ketchikan, there were three Coast Guard cutters and the station. The community of Ketchikan was supportive of the Coast Guard because the agency had been there a long time. “In Homer, there wasn’t quite as much support around 1978,” Mitchell wrote in her book. “The town wasn’t very big and the merchants seemed generally wary about hiring Coast Guard wives because they were going to leave. But, a two-year tour really
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adventures, despite that he was suffering from rheumatism and was going blind. He hid his afflictions well, though – or tried to – and they didn’t stop him from falling in love with a woman who was not, despite the legends, Calamity Jane. No, what stopped him were carelessness and a good streak at cards… Looking at the cover of “Wild Bill,” you might expect that his tale is all you’d find in the pages here. Not so: author Tom Clavin also gives a nod to every gunslinger and scout of Hickok’s time, and if that’s not catnip to Western fans, nothing is. Indeed, this book sweeps cross-country,
around Indian villages and through decades as it busts myths and sets records straight, pulling readers into cowtowns and across prairies and putting mistruths to rest. We get dusty details, too — things like the accounts of the gushing idolization given to Hickok, and jawdropping tales of frontier exploits, whether they were true or not. That allows this to be more than strictly a history book: Clavin can also make this tale seem as comfortable as a Saturday afternoon sofa-and-blanket-session with an old black-andwhite western. Absolutely, “Wild Bill” is for fans of the Wild West, and it should also speak to anyone who likes frontier adventure. Look at that cover again. It should spur you to action.
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or Clyde at all, or at least their faces, until the very last few seconds of their lives. This accomplishes two things. One, it helps to demythologize the pair — the film also takes pains to reiterate the violent nature of their crimes. Focusing on Hamer and Gault makes sure that their disgust is our disgust. And, by withholding their faces until the very end, it makes the final scene all the more shocking. The audience gets to be just as shocked as our heroes at how young the couple truly is. The violence in the film is, indeed, shocking, though there isn’t that much of it. “The Highwaymen” is a solid police procedural,
A dragon is projected during a “Game of Thrones”themed show at the fountains at the Bellagio casinoresort, Sunday, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
coming premiere. She said she came to the casino-resort after seeing a mention on social media about the special show and wondering if it would include any spoilers.
Kate and Ben Mitchell shortly before they got married on Nov. 4; 1967; at McCord Air Force Base in Tacoma; Washington. The Mitchells are in uniform for the U.S. Coast Guard. (Photo provided)
“The Bag Lady at the End of the Road” shares family and business pride, and as she concludes, “this is not the end, just the end of this chapter.” Emilie Springer is a freelance writer from Homer. of entertainment, and, once again, my main complaint is that I had to see this movie on my television screen instead of the big one at the theater. It probably profits Netflix not at all to have regular theater screenings of their films, but I wish filmmakers would demand it. I’m sure this played on the big screen for a weekend in New York, if only to place it in contention for awards, but maybe Netflix should consider buying some theaters. That way they could control the product from production through projection. I don’t know if that’s a profitable idea — I just love going to the movies. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, too. Grade: A “The Highwaymen” is rated R for language and limited, but bloody violence.
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Footage from ‘It: Chapter 2,’ ‘Joker’ debuts at CinemaCon By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
LAS VEGAS — Warner Bros. doled out a Godzilla-sized serving of new footage in a marathon presentation to promote its upcoming slate of films including “The Joker,” ”It: Chapter Two” and “The Goldfinch” to an audience of movie theater owners at CinemaCon Tuesday. The audience got some goosebumps after watching a scene from the “It” sequel where Beverly Marsh (Jessica Chastain) goes back to her father’s house and is surprised to find an older woman living there instead. The young cast of “It” stood aside their grown “Losers’ Club” counterparts of “It: Chapter Two” on stage, including Chastain, Bill Hader, James McAvoy and Isaiah Mustafa. Sophia Lillis, who played the young Beverly Marsh in the first film, laughed that she’d kind of predicted that Chastain would play the adult version of her. She’d worked with director Andy Muschietti, for one, and “we kind of look alike.” Director Todd Phillips, no stranger to Las Vegas or Caesar’s Palace, having
filmed “The Hangover” there, was on hand to introduce the first teaser trailer for “Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix. The chilling teaser, to be released widely on Wednesday, shows a pre-Joker Arthur Fleck, working as a clown on the street, helping his mother take a bath, possibly attempting to date and generally veering toward madness. Phillips said there’s been a lot written about the film and not much has been all that accurate. “But that’s what happens when you set out to make an origin story about a character who doesn’t have an origin,” he said of Batman’s nemesis. Plus, he’d rather it be a surprise for audiences when it hits theater in October. He’s even playing a little coy with his own studio, telling them he couldn’t describe it. When they asked for a genre, at least, he said, “It’s a tragedy.” The studio also showed the first trailer for “The Goldfinch,” an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Donna Tartt, about a boy mourning his mother’s death from director John Crowley. “I hope that people find a piece of themselves in
the story,” star Ansel Elgort said. “I hope that whatever drew people to that book draws them to the movie.” It hits theaters in September. Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy came out to promote something unexpected for the two comediennes — a ’70s-set mob drama called “The Kitchen,” from “Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff in her directorial debut, which comes out in August. “Everyone knows very strong women in challenging positions but you don’t often get to see that in film,” McCarthy said. Haddish added that she was excited to be in a film like this. “For me this was a dream come true,” Haddish said. “I’m from South Central Los Angeles. I grew up around gangster-like stuff. I always tried to join the gangs but they wouldn’t let me, I was too goofy.” There were glimpses of the star-studded “Motherless Brooklyn” adaptation from Edward Norton, a very brief look at “Wonder Woman 1984” and even the Harley Quinn spinoff “Birds of Prey,” starring Margot Robbie. Also on hand to promote
Melissa McCarthy, left, a cast member in the upcoming film “Superintelligence,” and her husband Ben Falcone, the film’s director, arrive onstage at CinemaCon 2019 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
the Warner Bros. slate: A hologram Pikachu (with the voice of Ryan Reynolds), a very real Helen Mirren who had one choice expletive to describe her feelings about Netflix and McCarthy in a fire-breathing dragon costume doing a bit about thinking that she was at Comic-Con. Despite coming off a record year at the box office last year, Warner Bros. has recently seen some dramatic changes to its lead-
ership ranks. Just over two weeks ago, its chairman Kevin Tsujihara stepped down following allegations of sexual misconduct after leaked texts revealed a quid pro quo relationship with an aspiring actress, who herself has not made claims against Tsujihara. The studio did not shy away from mentioning Tsujihara, however, and did so in glowing form. Toby Emmerich, the chairman of the Warner
Bros. pictures group said he, “Left his mark indelibly in Warner Bros. history. (He was) responsible for one of the greatest periods of financial growth … And he pushed to become more inclusive in our ranks and more importantly with our talent behind and in front of the camera.” “A big thank you from all of us at Warner Bros. and a special wish from me for godspeed to Kevin Tsujihara,” he added.
Game of Thrones takes over Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Winter came to Las Vegas. Fire-breathing dragons held court over the worldfamous fountains at the Bellagio casino-resort Sunday, as familiar elements from the TV phenomenon “Game of Thrones” were projected on the rising water. The jets danced to a score incorporating the recognizable theme song before one of the colossal beasts lit up the lake along the Las Vegas Strip in a blaze of pyrotechnics. The 3½-minute spectacle that left a crowd of onlookers cheering debuted two weeks ahead of the scheduled premiere of the HBO fantasy series’ final season.
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The streaming water formed the show’s iconic throne and crown. A towering 800-foot-long (244-meter) wall of water emerged from the lake. The display, however, intentionally did not reveal any elements of the new season. “We didn’t just want to portray literally scenes from ‘Game of Thrones’ here, not like a teaser or a preview of season eight,” said Mark Fuller, CEO of WET Design, the company that created the fountains and show. “We want to bring you the emotion.” At the heart of the fountain show is the giant wall of water. It represents the ice wall that defines the TV show, but also serves as a surface onto which the cre-
ators project falling snow, the series’ logo and the silhouettes of the dragons breathing orange and blue flames. The company worked with the series’ composer Ramin Djawadi to create a special score that along with the dancing water aimed to capture the excitement of the TV hit. The fountain show begins by dropping musical hints of the TV series, using Djawadi’s “Winter is Here” from the seventh season. It comes to full force as the show’s recognizable “Main Titles” theme song comes on. “We have to make sure that the fountain gives the same kind of energy, the same kind of drama, that people are associating this
music with,” said Peter Kopik, director of design and choreography for WET Design. “(That) was the hard part of the choreography because it’s continuously energetic and continuously up and loud and strong, and choreography had to reflect the same thing and not being tiring at the same time.” The spectacle ends as the shadow of the Night King appears one last time, and flames cover part of the roughly 9-acre (3.6-hectare) lake. Oklahoma resident Josh Elliott stopped by the lake with his wife Sunday as part of their anniversary trip. They were amazed by what they saw. “We have probably seen a hundred fountain shows, and this is by far the best,”
he said while waiting for the show to start for a second time. “Oh yeah, we are not moving.” Las Vegas resident Gaile Tiquia is re-watching all seasons ahead of the up-
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wasn’t that bad! Homer still has about a 30 percent turnover of residents these days. … These days, things are much more supportive for Coast Guard wives — that’s what 40 years shows you.” “We were tickled that the Coast Guardsmen liked the history of the building next to NOMAR,” she wrote in the book, referring to the Homer Mercantile, formerly Walli’s and then Inglima’s Store. “… They have been great neighbors. Fine young Coast Guard people with families, an asset for Homer.” Despite the first third of the book discussing how the Mitchells got to Homer, the remainder discusses the role of the industrial bags mentioned in the title of the book, “The Bag Lady at the End of the Road.” According to the story, it was 1982 when she was approached
by a fisherman who “thought I should be able to build a bag that would work to quickly offload the catch but not mark the fish,” she wrote. And, that marks the beginning of the business that carries on today. In addition to the explanations of business expansion and other varied sales through NOMAR, Mitchell does share many of her experiences of participating in local volunteer organizations such as the Homer Chamber of Commerce and the Homer Marine Trades Association. The book also discusses other personal transitions and strong sentiments she’s experienced over time, such as how the wall in front of NOMAR was designed. In some cases, the language she uses is brusque or salty and may not be suitable for all ages. For the most part,
but there’s more to it than you find in your run-ofthe-mill cops and robbers narrative. Hancock and his team are telling a story about aging and utility that, while isn’t exactly new, is very well done. Costner and Harrelson are older, but not so old that they really consider themselves old men. They feel it, however, every time there’s a foot race. Woody Harrelson, in particular, is playing broken down in a way that really resonates. Remaining useful is important, but it’s slipping through his fingers. “Highwaymen” also has a lot to say about celebrity and the cult following that can result from it. It’s disturbing how popular Bonnie and Clyde become and you can feel it emanating from our two heroes, both men coming
from a time before it was commonplace to become famous and beloved simply by being notorious. The most disturbing scene in the film, after the infamous execution of the criminals, is that of the mob that descends on the bullet-riddled car, still carrying the young corpses. The wailing mourners are crazed to get a piece of the pair, diving into the blood spattered wreck grasping at … what? Who knows. The scene is almost more reminiscent of a zombie movie than a 1930s crime film. Hancock knows what he’s doing, and I’m sure the comparison is intentional, but actual photos of the crowd and car from 1934 bear out what the film suggests. “The Highwaymen” is a solid, entertaining, and thought-provoking piece
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at 283-2725. n The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays. n Vagabond Inn has live music Saturday starting @ 9pm
The Mitchells transferred their Coast Guard post to Homer when Ben had about three years remaining. “We weren’t the first Coast Guard folks to retire here in Homer but we were some of the first!” she said. In Ketchikan, there were three Coast Guard cutters and the station. The community of Ketchikan was supportive of the Coast Guard because the agency had been there a long time. “In Homer, there wasn’t quite as much support around 1978,” Mitchell wrote in her book. “The town wasn’t very big and the merchants seemed generally wary about hiring Coast Guard wives because they were going to leave. But, a two-year tour really
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adventures, despite that he was suffering from rheumatism and was going blind. He hid his afflictions well, though – or tried to – and they didn’t stop him from falling in love with a woman who was not, despite the legends, Calamity Jane. No, what stopped him were carelessness and a good streak at cards… Looking at the cover of “Wild Bill,” you might expect that his tale is all you’d find in the pages here. Not so: author Tom Clavin also gives a nod to every gunslinger and scout of Hickok’s time, and if that’s not catnip to Western fans, nothing is. Indeed, this book sweeps cross-country,
around Indian villages and through decades as it busts myths and sets records straight, pulling readers into cowtowns and across prairies and putting mistruths to rest. We get dusty details, too — things like the accounts of the gushing idolization given to Hickok, and jawdropping tales of frontier exploits, whether they were true or not. That allows this to be more than strictly a history book: Clavin can also make this tale seem as comfortable as a Saturday afternoon sofa-and-blanket-session with an old black-andwhite western. Absolutely, “Wild Bill” is for fans of the Wild West, and it should also speak to anyone who likes frontier adventure. Look at that cover again. It should spur you to action.
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or Clyde at all, or at least their faces, until the very last few seconds of their lives. This accomplishes two things. One, it helps to demythologize the pair — the film also takes pains to reiterate the violent nature of their crimes. Focusing on Hamer and Gault makes sure that their disgust is our disgust. And, by withholding their faces until the very end, it makes the final scene all the more shocking. The audience gets to be just as shocked as our heroes at how young the couple truly is. The violence in the film is, indeed, shocking, though there isn’t that much of it. “The Highwaymen” is a solid police procedural,
A dragon is projected during a “Game of Thrones”themed show at the fountains at the Bellagio casinoresort, Sunday, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
coming premiere. She said she came to the casino-resort after seeing a mention on social media about the special show and wondering if it would include any spoilers.
Kate and Ben Mitchell shortly before they got married on Nov. 4; 1967; at McCord Air Force Base in Tacoma; Washington. The Mitchells are in uniform for the U.S. Coast Guard. (Photo provided)
“The Bag Lady at the End of the Road” shares family and business pride, and as she concludes, “this is not the end, just the end of this chapter.” Emilie Springer is a freelance writer from Homer. of entertainment, and, once again, my main complaint is that I had to see this movie on my television screen instead of the big one at the theater. It probably profits Netflix not at all to have regular theater screenings of their films, but I wish filmmakers would demand it. I’m sure this played on the big screen for a weekend in New York, if only to place it in contention for awards, but maybe Netflix should consider buying some theaters. That way they could control the product from production through projection. I don’t know if that’s a profitable idea — I just love going to the movies. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, too. Grade: A “The Highwaymen” is rated R for language and limited, but bloody violence.
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Latest disagreement may end rocky five-year relationship DEAR WOMAN: If you see a life for yourself beyond this relationship, make up your mind to start living it NOW. Your boyfriend wants you to stop taking birth control pills because once you’re pregnant (oops!) you will be tied to him for Abigail Van Buren life, like it or not. Step back. View this for a moment from my perspective: Here is someone with whom you have religious-based disagreements, who doesn’t pull his weight financially, whom you can’t trust not to cheat, and who will bring with him a guaranteed mother-in-law problem. It’s time to do what you should have done years ago. Recognize that you can do much better than this and GET OUT OF THERE.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I live in Washington state. My son and his family live in South Carolina. I have decided I want to move close to my son and grandchildren. My husband doesn’t want to move there. He has never been -- YOUNG PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN to South Carolina, but he has preconceived no-
tions about what the people are like and has decided he wants to stay on the West Coast. I know what would make me happier, but I’d feel guilty about leaving my husband. We have been married 27 years. (He is my second husband; my first died when we were 36.) My son is from my first marriage. I need some objective advice. Am I being selfish? Is it wrong for me to want to move to be with my family?
-- GUILTY ON THE WEST COAST DEAR GUILTY: You ARE with your family -- your husband. Have you explored how your son and his wife would feel about you pulling up stakes and moving there alone? If you haven’t, you should, because they may not be comfortable feeling responsible for you and being your only social outlet. Since you asked, I think it would be foolish to sacrifice a marriage (I assume a happy one) that has lasted more than a quarter of a century. It’s possible that you could visit your son and grandchildren several times a year without jettisoning your spouse, and because planes fly both ways, they could visit the two of you as well. Hints from Heloise
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, April 4, 2019: This year, you often come off far more assertive than you think you do. Take a risk. If you’ve weighed the pros and cons of a situation, you’ll make a good decision. If single, you draw many admirers. Others feel your magnetism and energy. You have your pick of your admirers. If you’re attached, you and your partner often disagree. Respect your differences, and agree to disagree. ARIES can be combative. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH You say what’s on your mind. Don’t push another person too far. You could be surprised by how he or she reacts. You could walk through this person’s reaction. You might find that this person is more easygoing than you anticipated. Tonight: Be spontaneous. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Gather more information. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes that you prefer to ignore. You could find that the cost of a project or daily activity might be escalating before your very eyes. Tonight: Keep a secret just that. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You always exhibit energy and personality. At this point, you could be feistier than you have been in the recent past. Try not to fly off the handle. Use your insightful sarcasm effectively. Tonight: Choose your company and place. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Take your place in the limelight. Others seek you out and want your feedback. You might not realize how angry you are about a personal matter. Keep the restraint that you’ve had until now. Your anger could be more challenging than you initially thought. Tonight: To the wee hours. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You could be debating whether taking the lead on a matter that you feel strongly about is worthwhile. A friend cheers you on. Plunge in, knowing that this action works for you. Clear out a misunderstanding, but don’t lose sight of the big picture. Tonight: Where your friends are. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You could feel pressured by a
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boss or authority figure who wants what he or she wants. One-on-one relating proves more effective in clearing out a misunderstanding. Your sense of direction helps forge an agreement with a partner. Tonight: Be part of a team. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Defer to an assertive associate or friend. This person has good ideas, but won’t tolerate others playing devil’s advocate. Try to grasp where others come from. You’ll have a way of understanding some of the hot ideas kicking around. Tonight: Meet a friend for dinner. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Your effectiveness could be tested. You might not know which is the best way to proceed. You’re smart enough to be able to test out different theories or explanations. Direct your energy toward the person who can make a difference. Tonight: Share with a key loved one. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Another person charges toward you and has an idea that works for them. Your way to get past a problem with this person will be to acknowledge how the approach works for the party in question; also, state your case. Tonight: Let the other party decide. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could decide to head in a new direction. You have all the energy that you need to pursue a goal. If anyone blocks you, you’re likely to lose your temper. Use care around your home, investments and a personal matter. Tonight: Indulge in a favorite game. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You see a situation far differently from those around you. You’re willing to take a stand and manage a loved one or child with wit and emotion. Good feelings and caring flow back and forth. Your sense of caring and general friendship draws others. Tonight: At a favorite spot. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Stay in touch with your spending. It easily can get out of hand. Financial isssues could cause a problem with a personal or domestic matter. Once you loosen the reins on your checkbook, you might go overboard. Tonight: Keep your budget. BORN TODAY Actor Robert Downey Jr. (1965), music producer Clive Davis (1932), singer Jill Scott (1972)
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Don’t wash your hair as often? Dear Heloise: As I get up there in years, I find myself WASHING MY HAIR less and less. It has become shinier and even thicker! -- Helen T. in Ohio Helen, I concur! The natural oils in our hair can mean stronger and healthier hair. And wetting the hair makes it expand and contract, which can cause damage and breakage. Overly washed hair that is naturally dry can lead to frizz. Experts agree: Washing hair less frequently is best. Dry shampoo can help between shampooing to remove excess oil on the scalp. -- Heloise P.S. Believe it or not, the detergent in shampoos can actually trick your hair into producing more oils, so frequent washing can be counterintuitive. HOMEMAKER HELPER Dear Heloise: Here are some of my hints: * When cracking hard-boiled eggs, I put them in a plastic bag and crack away. I peel them in the bag, a fast rinse and I’m done. * When I’m running low on milk for cereal, I add some water. I never notice the difference. * Whenever a sponge has had it, I wash it, dry it and cut it in fourths. They come in handy for yucky little jobs in or out of the house. I toss them when I’m finished. -- Anne J., San Pedro, Calif. P.S. My favorite expression (I heard it years ago from a DJ on the radio): Doing housework is like stringing beads with no knot! Anne, I love it! My mother, the original Heloise, would surely have concurred! Thank you for your letter.
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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of nearly five years and I have been at odds during most of our relationship. We have had religious-based disagreements, arguments over my not giving him enough affection, his not providing financially, possible cheating on his part, and his wanting me to have a better relationship with his mother. For about a year he has been pressuring me to stop taking birth control pills. I was always adamant about taking them because I do not want to be pregnant before marriage. He claims I am “playing God,” and “I don’t know the potential harm the pills cause.” I don’t think the pills are harming me, and I feel I can do with my body what I please. When he told me to stop taking birth control, I asked, “When are you going to propose?” He says he’ll marry me once I trust him enough to stop taking the pills and believe he’ll step up to the plate. I trust that he wants to be with me, but I can’t help but feel he wants me to go against my morals and values and get pregnant before marriage. I see a life for myself, and he doesn’t seem to fit in my vision. I know no one is perfect, but I can’t help but feel we clash on too many issues. Should I be more positive and look at the good things in our relationship and try to ignore the negative?
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