Peninsula Clarion, January 03, 2014 by Sound Publishing

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In the news Era Alaska to change names ANCHORAGE (AP) — A regional air carrier in Alaska is undergoing a name change. Era Alaska says in a Thursday release that it will rename itself Ravn Alaska. Other airlines in the company also will get new names. Era Aviation will become Corvus Airlines. Hageland Aviation and Frontier Flying Service will now be known as Ravn Connect. The company says the change is to decrease confusion and distinguish the airline from others in the industry that also carry Era in their names. The new names will be phased in over the next few months. The company says it provides daily passenger and cargo flights to nearly 100 Alaska communities.

Inside Taking home a king salmon should be more than just a dream. ... See page C-1

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Low-income housing planned for Ninilchik By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

While MARAD had responsibility, major construction defects occurred on some of the work done through 2010, which will now have to be repaired. Some of the previous construction can be used, however, the mayor said. Sullivan said he hopes to get construction restarted by 2016 and that the rebuilding would likely take three to four years. Environmental permits will have to be acquired once again, he said. The $30 million contract is

With state and federal government funding, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has awarded money to seven projects in five communities including Ninilchik. AHFC awarded $924,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives for Inlet Ridge, a sixunit building for low-income families in Ninilchik. “The development that we funded in Ninilchik was funded in a large part because (the project) was really cost efficient,” Daniel Delfino, AHFC planner said. “It was located in a rural community, which is a priority under our allocation criteria, and it just hit on a number of targets for affordability and efficiency.” Steven Rouse, KPHI executive director, said the organization uses the highest quality construction materials possible and builds its housing facilities beyond five-star energy standards. He said construction on Inlet Ridge could begin as early as this construction season, but it is more likely to break ground in 2015. All of the ground-floor units

See PORT, page A-12

See HOUSE, page A-12

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Curling up with good book

Maura Johnson, 19, reads the fantasy book “Shadows” by Robin McKinley Thursday at the newly revamped public library in Soldotna.

CH2M Hill to head port project By TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

CH2M Hill has been selected by the Municipality of Anchorage to manage the design, engineering and reconstruction for the troubled Port of Anchorage expansion project, Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan announced Thursday. The company will take over management responsibility from MARAD, a federal agency that previously managed the project, and will help

the municipality develop a Request For Proposals for design and engineering services, select a firm to provide the services, and then manage the construction, Sullivan said. “The program manager responsibility is to provide dayto-day oversight of contractors and subcontractors, and does not include development of a design or engineering,” Sullivan said. CH2M Hill will help select a firm for the port construction design, although it could also be a firm to do a design/build

project, he said. Because the port is owned by the Municipality of Anchorage, municipal officials will retain overall responsibility for the port project, including legal issues, the mayor said. “The MARAD relationship has not ended, but the agency is not longer the program manager. The federal legislation that allowed MARAD to take on the project remains in effect, however, so any new federal money for the project would come through the agency,” Sullivan said.

Recounting life off the grid

Sam and Bonnie Rose Ward lived in a cabin on Caibou Island in Skilak Lake in the 1980s.

Author shares experience living on Skilak Lake By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Bonnie Rose Ward and her husband Sam Ward left a comfortable life in the suburbs of Ohio to pursue their dream of living in the wilderness of Alaska. For nearly a decade in the 1980s they lived on a remote island on Skilak Lake and embraced a self-sufficient lifestyle, which involved building their own cabin, hunting for food and surviving the trials and tribulations Mother Nature threw their way.

Bonnie Rose Ward shares their adventure in a newly released memoir titled, “Winds of Skilak,” on sale Tuesday at Cabin Fever Creations in Soldotna. Ward, who now resides in West Virginia with her husband of 40 years, said she always felt “compelled” to write about their move to Alaska and that her story is inspirational for others who may share their sense of adventure. “Most people cannot just do what we did,” she said. “We heard stories about people who

tried and failed. My message is: Whatever you put your mind to you can do it. It took a lot of faith in my husband and God.” Ward said moving to Alaska was a dream her husband kept talking about. After being fed up with sitting in three-hour traffic commutes to work, he decided to quit his job, put the house up for sale and make his fantasy a reality. With just enough money to buy some property, a used boat and supplies, the Wards settled on Caribou Island on Skilak

Photo courtesy Bonnie Rose Ward

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Database connects misplaced money with owners By KATIE MORITZ Juneau Empire

JUNEAU (AP) — We all know the old adage: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. That’s how Lisa White felt when a friend told her about missingmoney.com, a website that claims to connect people with long-lost checks. But, as White found, the site is legit — the Alaska Department of Revenue uses it to keep track of the approximately $83 million in unclaimed funds it holds on to, DOR special assistant Lacy Wilcox said. Alaska is one of 45 states that links its coffers of unclaimed checks to the site.

When White found out about missingmoney.com, she did a search for her own name. No luck there, but a search for her father and brother yielded more than $5,000 in old checks waiting to be claimed. Her dad’s checks were from an 80-yearold insurance policy, but his birth state was still holding on to them, White said. Although they were skeptical at first, White’s father and brother both successfully claimed their checks, she said. The website gives simple directions on how to claim funds from the state. “It is really hard to trust, but our family has tried it,” White said.

‘I may not have found any money on the website for myself, but it’s a pretty great feeling to be able to tell others that they have money that is rightfully theirs, waiting for them to claim.’ — Lisa White In 2012, Alaskans were reunited with more than $4 million in unclaimed property, kept in the state’s vaults, Alaska Unclaimed Property manager Rachel Lewis said. She said checks are lost in a “variety of ways.” “Moving and not changing C

addresses, stuck in magazines or other mail, misplaced, washed, accidentally thrown away,” Lewis said. “We had someone say, after a windy, snowy day, they accidentally ran it through their snow blower.” But how does the state come to possess these checks?

“Every company in the United States with uncashed payroll, vendor, over-payment, rental or utility deposits or refunds, insurance reimbursements and policy checks must remit these items to the state of the last known address of the owner,” Lewis said. “Types of property remitted also include stocks, bonds, mutual funds, dividend reinvestment plans and contents of safe deposit boxes.” White said she did searches for friends and extended family, and even figured out how to search for businesses and fishing vessels by entering the business or fishing vessel name in the “last name” box. She See MONEY, page A-12

A-2 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 1/-6

Today

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Some sunshine

Breezy with snow, 1-3"

A chance for a rain or snow shower

Cloudy

Snow or flurries possible

Hi: 32 Lo: 24

Hi: 32 Lo: 31

Hi: 35 Lo: 29

Hi: 34 Lo: 26

Hi: 34 Lo: 24

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, Sunrise humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, Sunset pressure and elevation on the human body.

10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

26 29 33 31

Daylight Length of Day - 5 hrs., 56 min., 44 sec. Daylight gained - 2 min., 14 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

City Adak* Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cold Bay Cordova Delta Junction Denali N. P. Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Fort Yukon Glennallen* Gulkana Haines Homer Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak

First Jan 7

Today 10:11 a.m. 4:08 p.m.

Full Jan 15

Moonrise Moonset

Last Jan 23

Today 10:45 a.m. 8:36 p.m.

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Kotzebue 19/13/pc 37/34/c 39/32/r McGrath 11/2/sn 32/27/sf 29/20/sn Metlakatla 41/37/pc 1/-4/pc 1/-6/pc Nome 20/13/sn 29/15/sn 36/21/sn North Pole 10/-7/sn 45/33/c 41/34/pc Northway -5/-15/c 38/31/sn 31/26/sn Palmer 28/24/sf 11/5/sn 9/0/sn Petersburg 36/34/sn 19/7/c 18/4/sn Prudhoe Bay* 1/-3/pc 28/16/sn 32/25/pc Saint Paul 39/35/sn 45/39/sn 40/37/sf Seward 36/31/sf 10/-11/sn 8/0/sn Sitka 42/37/sn 9/-9/sn -17/-25/sn Skagway 42/36/sn 15/0/sf 12/-3/sn Talkeetna 31/27/sf 14/4/sn 8/-5/sn Tanana 15/7/c 39/33/c 24/17/sn Tok* 0/-15/c 38/30/sf 36/28/pc Unalakleet 18/14/c 39/36/sn 29/23/c Valdez 31/23/c 41/36/sh 41/32/r Wasilla 30/28/c 10/2/pc 15/9/c Whittier 34/32/c 32/22/sn 34/27/pc Willow* 29/19/c 38/32/c 43/33/c Yakutat 41/33/i 40/29/pc 39/36/pc Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

City Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

4/2/sn 49/22/s 50/15/s 47/29/sh 52/38/sh 36/30/sn 53/35/pc 36/31/sn 38/24/pc 51/46/sh 2/-23/pc 37/22/s 26/8/sn 10/9/sn 34/11/pc 60/46/r 38/28/sn 48/37/sh 21/10/sf 38/10/pc 33/32/sn

6/-13/sn 52/32/pc 61/31/s 28/14/s 36/24/s 21/3/sn 55/39/s 20/8/s 42/15/c 36/22/s 39/-4/c 41/22/sh 14/-1/sn 8/5/sf 40/12/pc 44/26/s 22/11/s 36/18/s 15/13/s 48/19/c 20/15/s

Unalakleet McGrath 30/25 24/3

Tomorrow 11:05 a.m. 10:07 p.m.

16/11/c 24/3/sn 41/32/r 25/12/c 9/-4/sn 0/-14/sn 24/19/sn 35/28/sn -1/-5/pc 38/33/c 34/27/c 39/34/sn 27/19/sn 25/18/sn 8/0/sn 3/-14/sn 30/25/sn 24/17/sn 26/19/sn 33/30/sn 27/20/sn 30/24/c

High ............................................... 32 Low ................................................ 22 Normal high .................................. 25 Normal low ...................................... 9 Record high ........................ 44 (2011) Record low ....................... -39 (1975)

Kenai/ Soldotna 32/24 Seward 34/27 Homer 36/28

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.38" Month to date ........................... 0.44" Normal month to date ............. 0.07" Year to date .............................. 0.44" Normal year to date ................. 0.07" Record today ................. 0.34" (1984) Record for Jan. ............. 3.03" (1980) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ........................... Trace Season to date ......................... 32.8"

Anchorage 29/20

Bethel 36/21

Valdez Kenai/ 24/17 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 32/25

Juneau 29/23

National Extremes

Kodiak 39/36

Sitka 39/34

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

87 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -46 at Embarrass,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Cold Bay 41/34

Ketchikan 41/32

45 at Dutch Harbor and Cold Bay -27 at Arctic Village

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

As the snowstorm departs New England, gusty winds and frigid air will blast the Northeast today. Areas from the mid-Atlantic coast to California will be dry. Snow is in store for the northern Rockies.

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City Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS

23/22/sn 16/10/sf 53/45/sh 38/22/s 28/27/sn 16/13/s 10/7/sn 6/-17/sn 43/25/s 51/39/s 27/24/sn 18/13/s 42/11/pc 56/23/s 10/3/s 20/19/s 15/11/sn 15/9/pc 0/-19/s 10/3/sn 57/33/s 59/38/pc -7/-25/s 24/-6/c 53/18/pc 50/23/pc 13/11/sf 18/14/c 49/25/pc 39/13/sn 19/18/sn 10/-10/sn 42/23/c 39/19/sn 81/68/pc 79/66/r 60/39/pc 54/36/s 19/17/sf 20/14/s 55/49/pc 40/23/s

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Fairbanks 8/0

Talkeetna 25/18 Glennallen 12/-3

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Nome 25/12

National Cities Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

Almanac From Kenai Municipal Airport

New Jan 30

Unalaska 42/35

Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

Today’s activity: Active Where: Auroral activity will be active. Weather permitting, active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Anchorage and Juneau, and visible low on the horizon from King Salmon and Prince Rupert.

Temperature

Tomorrow 10:10 a.m. 4:09 p.m.

* Indicates estimated temperatures for yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W

Prudhoe Bay -1/-5

Anaktuvuk Pass 2/-5

Kotzebue 16/11

Sun and Moon

RealFeel

Aurora Forecast

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65/56/r 15/-1/pc 83/77/pc 64/42/pc 41/29/s 81/51/s 37/36/r 52/29/pc 84/72/pc 48/27/s 18/10/sf 4/-10/s 45/40/sn 58/50/pc 27/26/sn 48/39/r 40/16/s 9/-4/sn 83/61/r 34/32/sn 77/44/pc

48/32/s 32/24/pc 69/64/c 62/44/s 36/25/s 75/51/s 22/19/s 34/26/s 69/62/pc 57/35/s 14/13/s 19/9/pc 30/20/s 45/34/s 15/5/sn 32/20/pc 49/36/s 26/21/pc 56/47/pc 17/6/sn 71/47/s

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Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Rapid City Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Santa Fe Seattle Sioux Falls, SD Spokane Syracuse Tampa Topeka Tucson Tulsa Wash., DC Wichita

30/26/sn 15/7/sf 2/0/sn 12/-10/sn 47/34/r 46/32/c 34/15/s 46/12/pc 52/23/pc 54/27/s 67/34/s 64/36/s 39/18/pc 39/25/pc 58/41/pc 57/44/s 71/47/pc 71/54/s 61/43/pc 63/47/pc 47/18/s 48/26/pc 51/43/r 47/33/pc 0/-16/s 24/10/pc 38/30/i 36/18/sn 12/11/sn 2/-7/sn 77/61/r 57/44/pc 19/2/pc 34/25/pc 75/42/s 72/43/s 34/14/s 44/34/s 39/34/r 23/15/s 31/5/s 41/21/s

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Acapulco 91/74/pc Athens 55/48/pc Auckland 73/61/s Baghdad 59/48/pc Berlin 43/34/sh Hong Kong 71/61/pc Jerusalem 55/39/s Johannesburg 84/58/s London 52/43/s Madrid 54/48/r Magadan 21/17/pc Mexico City 63/45/t Montreal -11/-17/c Moscow 28/23/pc Paris 52/47/pc Rome 55/36/pc Seoul 43/25/s Singapore 88/77/c Sydney 99/72/sh Tokyo 55/41/s Vancouver 45/41/r

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Parts of California close out dry year By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer

LOS ANGELES — A swath of California closed out 2013 as the driest year on record, marked by above-normal temperatures and thirsty reservoirs. While a drought has not been declared, some communities urged residents to conserve water. Dozens of cities saw historically parched conditions this year, setting new marks in record-keeping that in some cases dates back more than a century. Downtown Los Angeles received a meager 3.60 inches of rain since Jan. 1, the driest calendar year since 1877. Normally, downtown would be soaked with about 15 inches of precipitation. Similarly, San Francisco recorded just 5.59 inches of rain since the beginning of the year, 18 inches below normal. Sacramento is 14 inches below aver-

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Thursday Stocks Company Final Change ACS.......................... 2.18 +0.06 Agrium Inc................91.39 -0.09 Alaska Air Group...... 73.18 -0.19 AT&T........................ 34.95 -0.21 BP ............................47.98 -0.63 Chevron...................124.14 -0.77 ConocoPhillips......... 69.78 -0.87 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,751.00 — Forest Oil.................. 3.68 +0.07 Fred Meyer.............. 39.28 -0.25 GCI........................... 11.19 +0.04 Harley-Davidson...... 68.56 -0.68 Home Depot............ 82.02 -0.32 Key Bank................. 13.29 -0.13 McDonald’s.............. 96.41 -0.62 National Oilwell........ 79.02 -0.51 Shell Oil................... 70.65 -0.62 Safeway................... 32.46 -0.11 Tesoro.......................57.96 -0.54 Walmart................... 78.91 +0.22 Wells Fargo............. 45.002 -0.38 Gold closed............1,224.22 +23.32 Silver closed............ 19.98 +0.62 Dow Jones avg..... 16,441.35 -135.31 NASDAQ................ 4,143.07 -33.52 S&P 500................ 1,831.98 -16.38 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

age after receiving 6.13 inches of rain this year. The records were not to become official until midnight, but there was not a drop of rain in the forecast for the next several days. “It’s been pitiful,” said Bob Benjamin, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Monterey, Calif. “It’s a concern, but we do have several months to catch up.” December is typically one of the wettest months, but a stubborn dome of high pressure has steered storms away from California for the past month. While the country shivered during Christmas, Californians flocked to the beach and basked in summer-like temperatures. The dry spell is not all good news. The lack of rainfall does not bode well for the winter’s first snow survey that will be released on Friday. Real-time readings of the water content in the snowpack — which sup-

‘We can get a miracle March that bails us out a little bit.’ — Michael Anderson, climatologist plies much of California’s water — reveal it’s only 20 percent of normal. Many of the state’s major reservoirs are below average for the month. Shasta Lake, the state’s largest reservoir, is currently at 37 percent of its total capacity. Folsom Lake recently dipped below 20 percent of its capacity, marking a historic low for the month. This triggered some communities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region to issue water conservation orders. The Northern California city of Folsom recently mandated that residents cut water con-

sumption by 20 percent. Sacramento County asked unincorporated areas to voluntarily reduce water use by the same amount. State water managers are also discussing transferring water from places with relative abundance to communities facing critical shortages. Even before the state was gripped by record dryness, several cities, including Santa Monica and Long Beach in Southern California, have planned to reduce their dependence on imported water in the coming years by maximizing groundwater supplies, harvesting stormwater and increasing recycled water distribution. Despite an arid year, forecasters said the rainy season is not over yet. In past years, a dry December gave way to storms in January. “Or we can get a miracle March that bails us out a little bit,” said state climatologist Michael Anderson.

‘SNL’ headed for China online By LOUISE WATT Associated Press

BEIJING — A popular online video site is bringing the irreverent, topical humor of “Saturday Night Live” to China. The late-night U.S. comedy sketch show that regularly mocks politicians, popular culture and celebrities is being shown exclusively on the website of Sohu Video, a unit of Chinese online media group and Nasdaq-listed Sohu.com Inc. Ten episodes from the current 39th season of “SNL” are available now. Future episodes will be available online without subtitles the Monday after airing in the United States, and a version with Chinese subtitles and explanations of cultural references will be available at 10 p.m. the following Saturday, Sohu said in its announcement Thursday. The NBC network show has been a comedy proving ground since its inception with Eddie

Murphy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell among its cast over the years. Many of its original sketches and musical performances have been made into movies — including the 1992 hit “Wayne’s World” — or gone viral online. Topics have featured China, including a sketch of a press conference with then Chinese President Hu Jintao berating President Barack Obama over the national debt. But Sohu Chairman and CEO Charles Zhang said he didn’t expect the show’s edgy themes to get them into trouble in China. “Things that are controversial in America are probably not controversial in China,” he said. “And this talk show is in the spirit of fun and humor. I don’t think there will be any problem.” Chinese films and TV shows are routinely censored to prevent criticism of leaders or so-

cially sensitive content, including sexually suggestive humor, and “SNL” frequently tests those boundaries. Zhang said the show, if popular in China, could inspire Chinese companies to produce shows with similar formats — although content was another matter. “It’s a different political setting,” he said at a news conference, also attended by American stand-up comedian Joe Wong and Beijing-born TV host and musician Kelly Cha. Sohu Video’s site, like many other Chinese online video sites, licenses many hit American TV shows alongside Japanese animation series, Chinese variety shows and in-house programs. Sohu’s early U.S. programs were “Lost” and “The Big Bang Theory,” and last year it obtained the exclusive online broadcast rights for the second season of hit reality show “The Voice of China,” which generated nearly 2 billion video views, according to the company.

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

Community Calendar Today 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage road in Kenai. Call 541-953-8335. Saturday 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous meeting, URS Club, 405 Overland Drive, Kenai. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Bingo, Funny River Community Center. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:

The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy.com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-2837551.

Around the Peninsula Hospital service area board to meet The Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board will hold a special meeting on Monday, at 5:30 p.m., downstairs in the Redoubt-Spur conference rooms at Central Peninsula Hospital. This special meeting has been called for the purpose of considering Resolutions 2014-006 and 2014-008.

Cardiac Support Group meets Monday The Cardiac Support Group will meet Monday from 5:307:00 p.m. in the Augustine Room at Central Peninsula Hospital. For more information, call 262-5547 or 252-1018.

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Fry Bread Friday in Old Town Kenai A Fry Bread Friday sponsored by the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church and National Historic Landmark is planned for today from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ft. Kenay in Old Town Kenai across from the Russian Orthodox Church. Fry bread is one for $2 or three for $5. Beef/sausage piroshky and salmon/sour cream/dill piroshky, Russian tea cakes, whole wheat bread, assorted goodies like fudge and cookies, plus tea and coffee also will be available. All proceeds will benefit the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church and National Historic Landmark.

Kenai Historical Society to meet

The Kenai Historical Society will host their monthly meeting at the Kenai Visitor’s Center Jan. 5 at 1 p.m. This meeting Caregiver Support Program plans for 2014 is open to the public; new members are encouraged. For more The Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program information contact June at 283-1946. will have the following meetings this month: — Sterling Senior Center, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1:00 p.m., Care- RurAL CAP accepting applications giver Peer Support Meeting RurAL CAP is now accepting applications for their 2014 — Soldotna Senior Center, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1:00 p.m., Mutual Self Help Housing Project. There will be 11 lots availCaregiver Peer Support Meeting — Kenai Senior Center, Monday, Jan. 20, 1:00 p.m., Care- able in the Soldotna City Limits. Space will fill up fast, so those interested should contact Mi’shell or Valerie at 260-3451 to giver Peer Support Meeting — Soldotna Senior Center, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1:00 p.m., apply and to obtain more information. RurAL CAP also offers credit counseling services for those who are interested in Caregiver Peer Support Meeting Meetings held in January are to plan for 2014. All Caregiv- participating in this program, but may need some additional ers are asked to attend and share training needs and areas of assistance in this area. All information is kept strictly confideninterest to your situation. If you are unable to attend please call tial. Please call 907-260-3451 or stop by their office at 131C Warehouse Avenue in Soldotna for more information. RurAL and give your input to Shelley or Judy at 907-262-1280. CAP is an equal housing opportunity program.

Hospice plans winter fundraiser Beginning Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. Hospice of the Central Peninsula will be selling tickets for its 18th annual Winter Wine Taste and Auction. Call the Hospice office at 262-0453 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday for more information and tickets. The Winter Wine Taste Event will be held Feb. 22 at the Kenai Senior Center at 6 p.m. The evening will be filled with gourmet appetizers, dinner and dessert along with paired wines for each course, as well as a silent and live auction and fun raffles. To donate to this event, please call Mary Green at 398-1600 or the Hospice office.

Central Peninsula Habitat opens home application period Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity is seeking qualified applicants for the 2014 summer build in Kenai. Local families in need of safe, affordable housing can see qualification details at www.hfhcentralpeninsula.org or call Sharon at 907283-7797 or 907-262-7534. The application period closes Feb. 14, 2014. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Bill Nye to make evolution case By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bill Nye “The Science Guy” is set to visit Kentucky to debate evolution and biblical creation with the founder of the Creation Museum. Ken Ham wrote on his Facebook page Thursday that he will square off Feb. 4 with Nye, the former host of a popular science TV show for youths. The event is likely to attract plenty of attention in scientific

and faith circles, as Nye is a high-profile advocate of science education and Ham is a respected leader among Christians who believe the Bible’s origin story is a factual account of the Earth’s beginnings. Ham had been hoping to attract the star of TV’s “Bill Nye The Science Guy” to the northern Kentucky museum after Nye said in an online video last year that teaching creationism was bad for children. The video was viewed nearly 6 million times on YouTube.

“Having the opportunity to hold a cordial but spirited debate with such a well-known personality who is admired by so many young people will help bring the creation-evolution issue to the attention of many more people, including youngsters,” Ham said in a release Thursday. The Creation Museum has been lauded by supporters and prodded by scientists for exhibits that assert the Earth was created in a few days about 6,000 years ago. It also has displays with di-

nosaurs and humans living alongside each other, in contradiction to scientific findings that the two species were separated by more than 60 million years. Nye said in an Associated Press interview in September that steering children away from evolution and teaching creationism would hurt scientific advances. Science has demonstrated that the Earth is billions of years old, and “if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs,” he told the AP.

Graffiti artist’s paintings vandalized By MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press

Two Utah paintings by the mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy were the targets of vandalism on New Year’s Eve, possibly ruining one of the works in the town that hosts the Sundance Film Festival. Brown spray paint Thursday covered a Park City mural that depicted a young boy with a pink halo and angel wings kneeling to pray behind a can of pink paint. The clear protective covering over the image had been shattered. The second piece, of a cameraman stooped to shoot video footage of a flower, was not

defaced, but the covering had been cracked. The murals have become local points of pride since they appeared three years ago, and Park City police said they don’t have a motive for the crime. Surveillance footage captured a lone white male suspect tampering with the art about 2 a.m. Tuesday, and authorities expect to release images of the man Friday to aid their search, according to police Sgt. Jay Randall. It’s not clear whether the

damaged mural can be restored, or how much the work was worth. “Because of the fact that they weren’t sanctioned, it could come down to a judge to determine the value of each of these,” Randall said. The unauthorized art first appeared in 2010, around the time Banksy was in Park City for the Sundance debut of his documentary, “Exit Through

the Gift Shop.” The works initially prompted outrage by people who considered them unwelcome graffiti, according to Alison Butz, executive director of the Historic Park City Alliance. But the city has come to embrace the murals. The alliance features the work prominently on its website, and the images are among the most-photographed sites in town, Randall said.

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Resolution for 2014: Elevate our dialogue With 2013 in the books, it’s time to

look forward to 2014. It’s also a good time to reflect on what we can do better, and ways we can move our community forward. When it comes to politics, making an effort to elevate out dialogue should be at the top of our list of resolutions. More and more, it seems that the vitriol coming out of Washington, D.C. is spilling over to the debate in the state and even local governments. Policies are being argued not on their merits, but on who is backing them. Ulterior motives are assumed. Even with our borough government — which is supposed to be non-partisan — some of the debate in 2013 was pointed, to say the least. While the borough mayor and assembly members are not identified by a particular political party, they have all been labeled by certain groups as conservative or liberal — the definition changing based on the agenda of the group. Accusations of overreach have been overreaching. The borough’s salmon habitat protection ordinance, for example, drew a great deal of comment in 2013. Unfortunately, a great deal of the comment, from public meetings to assembly chambers, was less than respectful. Indeed, when the issue was finally settled, the assembly had a session to discuss decorum. Certainly, there are topics that are going to be controversial. That’s nothing new. And on contentious issues, a spirited debate is an important part of working toward a reasonable solution. But there’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed in civil debate — focus on the issues and policies, don’t attack the person. We can all do a better job of that in the year ahead.

Quotable “I’m going to frame the receipt when I go home, to remind myself of what might be possible: Legal everywhere.” — Musician James Aaron Ramsey, 28, as the nation’s first legal recreational marijuana shops opened in Colorado. “There will be travel problems. It will be very cold.” — Hugh Johnson, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Albany, N.Y., as residents and emergency management officials in New England and parts of New York prepared for a major winter storm. “It’s not clear whether people were pushed out of the building from the explosion, or whether they fell or jumped out of windows to escape.” — Robert Ball, a spokesman for Hennepin County Emergency Medical Services, after a fire engulfed a three-story building with several apartments in Minneapolis, sending more than a dozen people to hospitals. “Surprisingly, all the passengers seem to be considering it the adventure of a lifetime.” — Alvin Stone, spokesman for an expedition to Antarctica, as plans emerge to rescue passengers from an ice-bound ship by helicopter.

Letters to the Editor Unemployment benefits need tighter controls

Sunday’s Clarion ran a front page story entitled, “6,500 losing federal benefits.” The article highlighted a personal story of a woman who quit her job so that she could take care of her aging grandmother and with the loss of her long term unemployment, she feared that she might lose her apartment. While her intentions to take care of her aging grandmother are admirable, she really isn’t qualified for unemployment insurance benefits; after all, she doesn’t seek or want a job because she would rather take care of her grandmother. I thought the whole point of unemployment benefits was to tide you over until you found another job. I am afraid that too many people now look upon unemployment benefits as a stipend while you pursue something other than work. I will admit to being on unemployment a couple of times in my life. In both cases, I quit my current job knowing full well that I could still get unemployment benefits after a 6 week penalty. I looked forward to the idea of being paid to take a break from work, which at the time was good for my mental health, however, had I known that I wouldn’t qualify for unemployment benefits, I would have thought twice before quitting. There should be money available to care for the eligible elderly by family members. It is usually better care and cheaper than a nursing home, however, it should not be unemployment benefits. I am afraid that if we continue to relax the rules and blurry the lines of unemployment benefits, it will no longer have any meaning. Just like the so-called unemployment rate. It means nothing. Does anyone really think that only 7 percent of the population is unemployed? Please encourage your congressmen and women to tailor legislation that encourages Community’s compassion people to work, not take a break on somehelps meet needs body else’s dime. Clifford Smith As Homeless Liaison for the KPBSD Kenai Students in Transition Program, I see firsthand how challenging day-to-day life can Response from mayor, be for many of our local families. The holiday season can be especially difficult, assembly appreciated as finances often become strained even for Thank you Mr. Mayor and Assembly. those without special housing concerns.

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Mayor Navarre and many assembly members (all but one) did contact me regarding the upcoming senior citizen exemption vote. We had the opportunity to exchange views about senior exemptions and the overall support of seniors of the KPB. Our assembly members have differing views, from a firm belief that all seniors have too many benefits from the state and borough, to full support of seniors and senior organizations in the KPB. Rather than mention names, I will let voting records and comments speak for themselves. Following the Jan. 7 assembly vote on raising taxes for some seniors a list of names and their votes will be on kpbseniors.com. The report will be simple, Yes or No in support of seniors. There is no middle ground, no maybe, no depends on a report and no we will take it up another time. Mayor Navarre does not have a vote. However, he did endorse the ordinance raising taxes on seniors. If he withdraws his support of the ordinance before the vote, it will be considered that he supports seniors. Unfortunately, assemblyman Haggerty did not wish to discuss the subject, but his vote on Jan. 7 will clearly state his position. Keep in mind that raising taxes on 20 percent of senior property owners is not a small thing, but could be a sign of more cuts to come. I encourage all seniors and seniors-tobe, to urge your assembly representative to vote no on Ordinance 2013-36. You can go to www.kpbseniors.com for more commentary or to share your own thoughts. I thank the Mayor and Assembly members for their time and wish all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Peter Zuyus Homer

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Many agencies and individuals recognized a need and offered their support. This support came in many forms, including beautiful handmade stockings and quilts, presents, gift cards for unaccompanied youth, numerous food boxes, hygiene products, crocheted hats, and a variety of miscellaneous supplies. These efforts resulted in needs being met, hearts being touched, and the chance for kids to be kids at Christmas. While no simple letter of thanks can suffice, I would like to recognize those who gave so generously: Peninsula Community Health Services, Central Peninsula Hospital, the Kenai Borough Employee’s Association and borough employees, the Kenai Peninsula Builder’s Association, Cabin Fever Creations/ numerous customers and community members, Jasmin’s Hair Design, Soldotna United Methodist Women, the Crocheting Your Way Women of Wildwood, Through the Seasons Quilters, Annette Weigle, Julie English and family, Janelle Plumridge and family, Angie Cramer and family, Rainy Kisena and family, the Cook Inlet Academy Honor Society, and Nicole Murphy. To these agencies and individuals: I am continually humbled by the compassion that exists in our community and am sincerely grateful for the relationships we have developed. Your time, resources and efforts are not taken for granted. You are truly making a difference in the lives of homeless students in our community, and your actions are what make me proud to call the Peninsula “home.” I wish you all the very best in the coming year. Kelly King With Tim Vlasak, KPBSD Director of K-12 Schools/ Federal Programs

Donation supports Soldotna seniors Soldotna Senior Center would like the thank First National Bank Alaska for their very generous donation to the Center’s Endowment Trust Fund. First National Bank Alaska has been a vital partner and contributor to the Center’s Endowment Trust Fund since its inception, for which we are truly grateful. Again, thank you so much for your wonderful donation, and support of Soldotna area seniors. Morris M. Breed President

By GARRY TRUDEAU

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

Court reports The following judgments recently were handed down in District Court in Kenai: n Jody E. Taylor, 50, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree harassment, committed July 20. Taylor was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to obtain a mental health evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for three years. n Jack Douglas Wright, 43, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 21, 2011. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $5,000 with $2,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year and placed on probation for five years. n Jack D. Wright, 43, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to reckless driving, committed Jan. 27. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 25 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 30 days and placed on probation for five years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jack D. Wright, 43, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of violating conditions of release from a misdemeanor, committed Feb. 20. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. The following judgments were recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai:

n Billie Jo Cubley, 40, of Seward, pleaded guilty to one count driving under the influence and one count of fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 17. On count one, Cubley was sentenced to 12 months in jail with eight months suspended, fined $6,000 with $2,000 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had license revoked for three years, ordered ignition interlock as required by law for

third offense, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for four years. On count two, Cubley was sentenced to 12 months in prison, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge and ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sherry M. Maestas, 37, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence, committed Nov. 7, 2012. She was sentenced to 30 months in prison with 24 months suspended, fined $10,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had her license revoked for life, ordered ignition interlock as required after regaining the privilege to drive, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including marijuana or synthetic drugs, not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present, not to enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, to complete substance abuse and psychological evaluations and comply with treatment recommendations and was placed on probation for 30 months after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Kevin S. Patterson, 42, currently of Wildwood pleaded guilty to seven counts of possession of child pornography, committed from Aug. 29, 2006 to June 4, 2009. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison with five years suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge on each count and $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended on each count, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess to complete a sex offender treatment program, to register as a sex offender, not to reside where a person under 18 years of age is residing, not to knowingly have an in-person contact with a person under 18 years of age unless in the immediate presence of another adult who knows the circumstances of his crime and only with written approval from the probation/parole officer, not to accept employment or engage in any volunteer community activity that involves unsupervised contact with minors under the age of 18,, to advise all members of the household in which he resides of his criminal history, not to possess any device capable of holding images without prior approval of his probation officer, not to possess pornography, diapers, toys or any paraphernalia or materials related to children, not to open an account or access the internet from anyone else’s computer without prior written ap-

proval of the probation officer, not to frequent public places where children gather, such as playgrounds and schools, not to adopt any children. He was placed on probation for seven years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Daman L. Riggins, address unknown, pleaded guilty to third-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed April 12, 2012. He was sentenced to 36 months in prison with credit for time served, forfeited all items seized, was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge and except wallet. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n James D. Rodgers, 52, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed July 11, 2912. He was sentenced to 42 months in prison with 36 months suspended, fined $1,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana and synthetic drugs, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to at any time have on his person, in his residence or in his control any paraphernalia normally associated with the growing, manufacturing or use of illegal controlled substances, not to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, evidence of controlled substance transactions or weapons, and was placed on probation for four years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. n Jordan W. Rodgers, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft, committed July 6. He was sentenced to 27 months in prison, fined a $100 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

Police reports n On Dec. 9 at 12:35 a.m., Soldotna police conducted a security check at Good Time Charlie’s and contacted Clifford Robinson, 31, of Kenai, who was restricted from purchasing alcoholic beverages due to a criminal conviction. Robinson was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. n On Dec. 7 at 12:14 a.m., Soldotna police contacted Maryah Showalter, 19, of Soldotna, and arrested her on an outstanding failure to appear warrant. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $250 bail. n On Dec. 7 at 4:34 a.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Birch Street for a disturbance. Stacy L. Nielsen, 44, of Soldotna, was arrested for fourth-degree assault and interfering with the report of domestic violence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Dec. 7 at 4:35 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Kenai Spur Highway at Cohoe Avenue. Sean Kendall, 31, of Anchorage, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Dec. 7 at 8:18 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway at the Kenai Spur Highway after a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report was received. Laura McKenna, 23, of Sterling, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Dec. 6 at 12:27 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway at the Kenai Spur Highway intersection. A passenger in the car, Sarah Guy, 21, of Soldotna, was arrested on an outstanding failure to show proof of community work service warrant, with 10 days to serve. Guy was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Dec. 6 at about 1:40 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Fred Meyer store for a shoplifter. Chase M. Jenson, 23, of Sterling, was arrested for thirddegree theft and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Dec. 5 at 4:29 p.m., Soldotna police received a REDDI report involving a vehicle that was currently parked at Trustworthy Hardware. Of-

ficers contacted Jenard Loken, 63, of Yuma, Arizona, who was arrested for driving while license revoked and an outstanding failure to appear warrant on the original charge of driving while license revoked. Loken was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $2,000 bail. n On Dec. 11 at 9:39 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) vehicle near Mile 20 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski. Troopers located the vehicle, a Toyota SUV, at a local bar parking lot. The driver was identified as Ivan Schoolcraft, 52, of Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Schoolcraft was driving while under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested and later refused to provide a breath sample as required by law. Schoolcraft was also found to be in possession of Oxycodone, a schedule IA drug, without a prescription. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held without bail. n On Dec. 11 at 7:55 p.m., troopers responded to a twovehicle collision on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Poppy Road in Soldotna. Investigation revealed that Harry Luna, 64, of Soldotna, was driving his Subaru sedan northbound on K-Beach Road, when another Subaru sedan, driven by Desirae Wilson, 32, of Soldotna, was exiting a parking lot onto K-Beach Road and hit Luna’s vehicle. No injuries were reported and all occupants reported wearing seat belts. Wilson was issued a citation for failure to yield to another vehicle. Both vehicles sustained major damage and were towed from the scene. n On Dec. 12 at 5:02 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Mazda sedan for failing to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of a private road and the Sterling Highway. Investigation revealed that Diana Hurn, 41, of Soldotna, was driving with a revoked license and was in violation of her license limitations. She was required to have an ignition interlock device (IID). She was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,000 bail. n On Dec. 9 at 9:48 a.m., Alaska State Troopers discovered a vehicle in distress near Mile 18 of the Kenai Spur Highway. Investigation re-

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vealed that Timothy Fleming, 18, of Nikiski, was driving with a suspended license. During the course of the investigation, Henry Braswell, 45, of Nikiski, arrived and claimed he was driving the1995 Pontiac. There was no evidence found placing Braswell inside or outside the vehicle at the time of the crash. Both Fleming and Braswell were issued summonses, Fleming’s for driving while license suspended and Braswell’s for false report. Both were released at the scene with court dates. n On Dec. 12 at 10:38 p.m. Kenai police were called to a residence on Fathom Drive regarding an intoxicated man refusing to leave after being asked to do so. Officer response led to the arrest of Jeffrey B Mills, 55, of Kenai, on charges of firstdegree criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. n On Dec. 13, Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Soldotna issued a basic speeding citation to a 17-year-old male, of Soldotna. Investigation revealed that traffic had slowed to a stop near Mile 17 of Kalifornsky Beach Road and that the 17-year-old was driving at a speed and at a distance that, due to the road and weather conditions, made him unable to stop in time to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of him. No injuries were reported and both involved vehicles sustained only minor damage. n On Dec. 15 at 1:21 a.m., Kenai police took a report of an intoxicated female at Walmart in Kenai. Officers contacted Elizabeth M. Segura, 41, of Kenai, who was arrested on two $250 Soldotna Alaska State Troopers misdemeanor warrants, one for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of first-degree criminal trespass and the second for failure to comply with Alcohol Safety Action Program requirements on the original charges of second-degree criminal trespass, petition to revoke probation and two counts of Alcohol Safety Action Program requirements. Segura was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Dec. 14 at 1:18 a.m., Kenai police made a routine traffic stop near Dolly Varden Street and Kaknu Way. As a result of the stop, Emmy J. King, 34 of Kenai, was arrested on a charge of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and taken to Wildwood Pretrial.

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Nation Northeast receives strong storm

Around the World California Supreme Court grants law license to man who has lived in US illegally for 20 years SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court granted a law license Thursday to a man who has been living in the U.S. illegally for two decades, a ruling that advocates hope will open the door to immigrants seeking to enter other professions such as medicine, nursing and accounting. The unanimous decision means Sergio Garcia, who attended law school and passed the state bar exam while working in a grocery store and on farms, can begin practicing law immediately. It’s the latest in a string of legal and legislative victories for people who are in the country without permission. Other successes include the creation of a path to citizenship for many young people and the granting of drivers licenses in some states. “This is a bright new day in California history and bodes well for the future,” the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles said in a statement. The court sided with state officials in the case, which pitted them against the White House over a 1996 federal law that bars people who are in the U.S. illegally from receiving professional licenses from government agencies or with the use of public money, unless state lawmakers vote otherwise.

The New York Times and Guardian newspapers call for clemency for Edward Snowden LONDON — The New York Times and Guardian newspapers have called for clemency for Edward Snowden, saying that the espionage worker-turned-privacy advocate should be praised rather than punished for his disclosures. The papers — both of which have played a role in publishing Snowden’s intelligence trove — suggested late Wednesday that the former National Security Agency contractor’s revelations about the United States’ world-spanning espionage program were of such public importance that they outweighed any possible wrongdoing. “Considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight,” the Times said, calling either for a plea bargain, some form of clemency, or a “substantially reduced punishment.” The Guardian said it hoped “calm heads within the present (U.S.) administration are working on a strategy to allow Mr. Snowden to return to the U.S. with dignity, and the president to use his executive powers to treat him humanely and in a manner that would be a shining example about the value of whistleblowers and of free speech itself.” But the paper also said it was hard to envision President Barack Obama giving the leaker “the pardon he deserves.”

Mideast peace accord still possible despite latest rifts between Israel, Palestinians JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted his Palestinian partner in peace-making efforts on Thursday, accusing him of embracing terrorists “as heroes,” harsh words that clouded the start of Secretary of State John Kerry’s tenth trip to the region to negotiate a peace deal he claims is “not mission impossible.” Kerry arrived in Israel to broker negotiations that are entering a difficult phase aimed at creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel. He had dinner with Netanyahu and planned to be in the West Bank on Friday to talk with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Kerry is asking both leaders to make tough, highly charged political decisions in hopes of narrowing differences on a framework that will outline a final peace pact. Netanyahu greeted Kerry at the prime minister’s office and joked that it had been a long time since he’d seen him. But after the initial small talk, the Israeli leader took aim at Abbas. He claimed Abbas’ homecoming for Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails earlier this week had led more Israelis to wonder if the Palestinians seriously want to find a way to end the decades-long dispute.

JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press

BOSTON — A storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow, stiff winds and punishing cold pushed into the Northeast on Thursday, extending Christmas break for some students while posing the first test for New York’s new mayor and perhaps the last challenge for Boston’s outgoing one. Some schools in New England and New York closed well ahead of the snow, while cities mobilized plows and salt spreaders, and state offices sent workers home early. Some major highways were ordered shut down overnight. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,300 flights nationwide on Thursday in advance of the storm. The heavy weather began rolling in just a day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in to lead the nation’s largest city and a few days before Boston Mayor Thomas Menino ends 20 years in office. Menino announced a parking ban and said schools would be closed Friday in Boston, where up to 14 inches of snow was expected. Boston’s airport said it would not handle any flights after 8:30 p.m. Thursday. “What a New Year’s gift, to receive one last snowstorm as mayor,” said Menino, whose successor takes office on Monday. De Blasio, who as public advocate in 2010 criticized his predecessor Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his handling of a post-Christmas storm, said hundreds of plows and salt spreaders would be on the streets as soon as the snow started falling Thursday night. “We have to get it right, no question about it,” de Blasio said. “We are focused like a laser on protecting this city and getting everyone ready. We have all hands on deck.” Snow began falling overnight Wednesday in parts of New England and New York state, but the brunt of the storm wasn’t expected until late Thursday. Forecasters said temperatures would plummet, with some areas seeing highs just above zero and wind-chill readings of minus-10 and colder. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Cape Cod, coastal areas north and south of Boston and

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Laurie Edwards clears snow from her car outside her house on Plum Street in Erie, Pa. on Thursday, Jan. 2, A winter storm promising significant snowfall, strong winds and frigid air bore down Thursday on the Northeast, making commutes hazardous for the first work day of the new year and giving some students an extra day off school following Christmas break.

part of Maine as well as New York’s Long Island, where 8 to 10 inches of snow could fall and winds could gust to 45 mph. Fourteen to 18 inches of snow were forecast, with up to 2 feet in some areas along the Massachusetts coast. “We’re going to see a lot of snow and a lot of wind,” forecaster Jason Tuell said. “We’re concerned about whiteout conditions possibly tonight with the blowing and drifting snow.” Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday night state offices that closed early Thursday would remain closed on Friday. He said National Guard members and state police were on standby for any high tide flooding overnight or Friday in vulnerable coastal areas, but no mandatory evacuations have been ordered. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered three major highways in New York, stretching from Long Island to Albany, to close overnight Thursday. He said the highways should reopen at 5 a.m. Friday. As the storm approached, a worker at a suburban Philadelphia salt storage facility was killed Thursday afternoon when a 100-foot-tall pile of road salt fell and crushed him. Falls Township police said the man was trapped while operating a backhoe. There was no

immediate word on what may have caused the accident. Interior southern New England and New York state could get up to a foot of snow. New York City was expecting 8 inches, while Philadelphia could see 3 to 7. In New York, Con Ed spokesman Sidney Alvarez said the utility was expecting the snow to be powdery rather than wet and heavy, “but with any type of snow, you’re looking at extra weight on branches that can snap and bring power lines down.” Douglass Bibule shopped for rock salt and other supplies at a home improvement store in Watertown, Mass. “Well, there will be some shoveling that I will have to do and some sanding. I’ve got to go home and do some stretching exercises to make sure I don’t hurt myself while doing that, and do a little shopping to make sure that we have all the supplies that we need. We need

food because we have three older children at home.” In Maine, the cold didn’t deter Andrew Kosak from swinging by Gelato Fiasco in Brunswick to take advantage of a cold-weather promotion: The price of a gelato drops 1 percent for every degree below freezing. “It’s never too cold for gelato,” Kosak quipped after receiving a 36-percent discount that reflected the minus-4 temperature during an outing with his wife and two daughters. As the storm pushed eastward on New Year’s Day and Thursday, it dropped as much as 18 inches on suburban Chicago and up to 10 inches on Michigan, prompting the cancellation Wednesday of hundreds of flights in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Below-zero cold is expected across the region over the next few days. AAA Michigan said it received 3,100 calls Thursday

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

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Confusion, relief mark start of new health reforms By JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The new year brought relief for Americans who previously had no health insurance or were stuck in poor plans, but it also led to confusion after the troubled rollout of the federal health care reforms sent a crush of late applications to overloaded government agencies. That created stacks of yetto-be-processed paperwork and thousands — if not millions — of people unsure about whether they have insurance. Mike Estes of Beaverton, Ore., finally received his insurance card on Dec. 27 after applying in early November. Still, the family was thrilled to have insurance through the Oregon Health Plan, Oregon’s version of Medicaid, because their previous $380-a-month premium “literally crushed our family’s finances,” Estes said. Obama administration officials estimate that 2.1 million consumers have enrolled so far through the federal and staterun health insurance exchanges

that are a central feature of the federal law. But even before coverage began, health insurance companies complained they were receiving thousands of faulty applications from the government, and some people who thought they had enrolled for coverage have not received confirmation. Tens of thousands of potential Medicaid recipients in the 36 states relying on the federal exchange also are in limbo after the federal website that was supposed to send their applications to the states failed to do so. Reports of other complications were scattered around the country. In Burlington, Vt., the state’s largest hospital had almost two dozen patients seek treatment with new health insurance policies, but more than half of those did not have insurance cards. Minnesota’s health care exchange said 53,000 people had enrolled for coverage through its marketplace, but it was unable to confirm the insurance status of an additional 19,000 people who created accounts

‘This is an unprecedented time, because there are a record number of people who have applied for coverage with an effective date of Jan. 1.’ — Donna Tommelleo but did not appear to have purchased plans. In Connecticut, officials were pleading for patience as call centers fielded calls from people who are concerned because they had yet to receive a bill for premiums or an insurance identification card. “This is an unprecedented time, because there are a record number of people who have applied for coverage with an effective date of Jan. 1,” said Donna Tommelleo, a spokeswoman for the Connecticut Department of Insurance. But the volume was no higher than usual on Thursday at the call center serving the federal health care exchange, where the vast majority of calls were from consumers seeking cover-

age starting Feb. 1, U.S. Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters said. The agency is coordinating with “insurers, providers, hospitals, and pharmacists to help smooth the transition for consumers who are using their new plans for the first time,” she said in an emailed statement. The major pieces of the Affordable Care Act that took effect with the new year mean people with pre-existing medical conditions cannot be denied coverage, yearly out-ofpocket medical expenses will be capped and new insurance policies must offer a minimum level of essential benefits, ranging from emergency room treatment to maternity care. Some parts of the law took

effect previously, such as the ability of young people to remain on their parents’ insurance policies until age 26. Minnesota and Rhode Island were among the states that extended their sign-up period to the final day of 2013, leading to a crush of new paperwork that government agencies and insurance companies were still scrambling to process. Many consumers have yet to receive bills or insurance cards. Julie Cadorette, 63, of Maynard, Mass., said she has spent dozens of hours on the phone trying to find out the status of her application through Massachusetts Health Connect, which she said she sent by certified mail three months ago. Her current plan ends Jan. 31. “It’s very hard to deal with them, they’re so behind,” she said Thursday. “When you call them, they ask you specific questions. You can’t ask them any questions.” Massachusetts consumers whose applications for subsidized insurance have not been processed by the time their coverage expires will be temporari-

ly covered under the state’s version of Medicaid, MassHealth spokesman Jason Lefferts said. The new year brings the most personal test yet for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul as millions of patients begin to seek care under its new mandates. The burden for implementing the law now shifts to insurance companies and health care providers. Dr. John Venetos, a Chicago gastroenterologist, said there was “tremendous uncertainty and anxiety” among patients calling his office. “They’re not sure if they have coverage. It puts the heavy work on the physician,” Venetos said. “At some point, every practice is going to make a decision about how long can they continue to see these patients for free if they are not getting paid.” New York is allowing a grace period for those whose policies start Jan. 1 but whose premiums are not due until later. In those cases, state health officials and insurers say people should pay the doctor’s bill and then submit it for reimbursement.

Marine Corps delay female fitness plan after half fail By PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — More than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the requirement, part of the process of equalizing physical standards to integrate women into combat jobs. The delay rekindled sharp debate in the military on the question of whether women have the physical strength for some military jobs, as service branches move toward opening thousands of combat roles to them in 2016. Although no new timetable has been set on the delayed physical requirement, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos wants training officials to “continue to gather data and ensure that female Marines are

provided with the best opportunity to succeed,” Capt. Maureen Krebs, a Marine spokeswoman, said Thursday. Starting with the new year, all female Marines were supposed to be able to do at least three pullups on their annual physical fitness test and eight for a perfect score. The requirement was tested in 2013 on female recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., but only 45 percent of women met the minimum, Krebs said. The Marines had hoped to institute the pullups on the belief that pullups require the muscular strength necessary to perform common military tasks such as scaling a wall, climbing up a rope or lifting and carrying heavy munitions. Officials felt there wasn’t a medical risk to putting the new standard into effect as planned across the service, but that the risk of losing recruits and hurting retention of women already

in the service was unacceptably high, she said. Because the change is being put off, women will be able to choose which test of upperbody strength they will be graded on in their annual physical fitness test. Their choices: —Pullups, with three the minimum. Three is also the minimum for male Marines, but they need 20 for a perfect rating. —A flexed-arm hang. The minimum is for 15 seconds; women get a perfect score if they last for 70 seconds. Men don’t do the hang in their test. Officials said training for pullups can change a person’s strength, while training for the flex-arm hang does little to adapt muscular strength needed for military tasks The delay on the standard could be another wrinkle in the plan to begin allowing women to serve in jobs previously closed to them such as infantry,

armor and artillery units. The decision to suspend the scheduled pull-up requirement “is a clear indication” that plans to move women into direct ground combat fighting teams will not work, said Elaine Donnelly, president of the conservative Center for Military Readiness and a critic of allowing women into infantry jobs. “When officials claim that men and women are being trained the same, they are referring to bare minimums, not maximum qualifications that most men can meet but women cannot,” Donnelly wrote in an email to The Associated Press. “Awarding gender-normed scores so that women can succeed lowers standards for all. Women will suffer more inju-

ries and resentment they do not deserve, and men will be less prepared for the demands of direct ground combat.” The military services are working to figure out how to move women into newly opened jobs and have been devising updated physical standards, training, education and other programs for thousands of jobs they must open Jan. 1, 2016, said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Christensen, a Defense Department spokesman. They must open as many jobs to women as possible; if they decide to keep some closed, they must explain why. Military brass has said repeatedly that physical standards won’t be lowered to accommodate female applicants. Success for women in training for the

upcoming openings has come in fits and starts. In fall 2012, only two female Marines volunteered for the 13week infantry officers training course at Quantico, Va., and both failed to complete it. But the following fall, three Marines became the first women to graduate from the Corps’ enlisted infantry training school in North Carolina. They completed the same test standards as the men in the course, which included a 12-mile march with an 80-pound pack and various combat fitness trials such as timed ammunition container lifts and tests that simulate running under combat fire. Officials had added specific training for female recruits when the pullup requirement

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World

Blast in Hezbollah-run area of Beirut kills 5 By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BEIRUT — An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing at least five people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. It was the latest in a wave of attacks to hit Lebanon in recent months as the civil war in Syria increasingly spills over into its smaller neighbor. The violence has targeted both Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods, further stoking sectarian tensions that are already running high as each community in Lebanon lines up with its brethren in Syria on opposing sides of the war. The Lebanese army said 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of explosives were placed in a dark green SUV. It said authorities were investigating how the explosives were set off. A security official said that human remains were found in and around the vehicle, and that authorities were investigating whether the blast could be a suicide bombing. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said a DNA test will be conducted to try identify the person who was in the car. Lebanon’s official National News Agency said at least five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the explosion, which left the mangled wreckage of cars in the street and blew out the windows of store fronts. The director of the Bahman Hospital, where dozens of the wounded were taken, said some of the injured were in critical condition. Images from Associated

AP Photo/Hussein Malla

Lebanese citizens gather at the site of an explosion in a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The explosion took place during rush hour in the Haret Hreik neighborhood, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline.

Press television showed firefighters putting out the smoldering hulks of several cars that had been set ablaze. Crowds swarmed around ambulances waiting for the wounded with their lights flashing. At least one building had part of its facade blown off, and several neighboring buildings were also damaged. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV

said the explosion occurred “a few hundred meters (yards) from the politburo of Hezbollah.” It said the political office was not the target of the attack. Hezbollah’s deputy chief Sheik Naim Kassim told al-Manar that the blast was aimed at “the whole of Lebanon.” “Suddenly, the whole area went bright and we started running away,” Ali Oleik, an ac-

countant who works in a nearby office building, told The Associated Press. “I saw two bodies on the street, one of a woman and another of a man on a motorcycle who was totally deformed.” Hezbollah security agents as well as Lebanese troops were trying to cordon off the area to keep the angry crowds away from the blast site. Authorities

brought out bomb sniffing dogs, and at one point announced over megaphones that there might be another bomb, setting the panicked crowd scattering. The explosion comes a week after a car bombing in downtown Beirut killed prominent Sunni politician Mohammed Chatah. The former finance minister and top aide to exPrime Minister Saad Hariri was critical of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Hezbollah allies. Hezbollah’s once seemingly impenetrable bastion of support — Beirut’s southern suburbs — also has been hit several times in recent months. In November, suicide bombers targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, killing at least 23 people. Iran is the chief patron of Hezbollah and an ally of Syria, and the Islamic Republic’s embassy is located in a Hezbollah district. Another blast in August killed around 20 people in the Beir al-Abed district, near the Haret Hreik neighborhood where Thursday’s bombing took place. Two weeks later, a double bombing outside two Sunni mosques in the northern city of Tripoli killed scores more. The attacks raise the specter of a sharply divided Lebanon being pulled further into the Syrian conflict, which is being fought on increasingly sectar-

ian lines pitting Sunnis against Shiites. Syria-based Sunni rebels and militant Islamist groups fighting to topple Assad have threatened to target Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon in retaliation for intervening on behalf of his regime in the conflict. Kassim said the blast underscored the need for Lebanon to break its political deadlock. “Lebanon is heading toward destruction if there is no political understanding,” he told alManar. The last government resigned in March, leaving a weak caretaker, and the country’s factions have been unable to agree on a replacement. Hezbollah and its allies are calling for a national unity Cabinet. The group’s Western-backed rivals refuse this, saying the militant group will have to pull out its fighters from Syria before that. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the targeting of south Beirut area, less than a week after the bombing that killed Chatah “proves that the hand of terrorism does not differentiate between the Lebanese.” “The fire burning in more than one region of Lebanon portends what is worse if we do not meet and deal with our problems away from the language of defiance and exclusion,” he said in a statement.

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

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Iraqis battle militant uprising in 2 Sunni cities QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces and allied tribesmen battled on Thursday to put down al-Qaida-linked gunmen who, in a coordinated surge, ran rampant in two of the country’s main Sunni cities, overrunning police stations and sweeping through the streets, emboldened by mounting sectarian tensions between minority Sunnis and the Shiite-led government. Troops hammered the militants with Hellfire rockets recently sent by the United States to help the government’s fight against al-Qaida’s Iraq branch, which also operates with increasing strength in Syria’s civil war across the border. The militants’ swift uprising a day earlier overwhelmed police forces in Ramadi and Fallujah, two cities in the Sunni heartland of Anbar province that were once strongholds for militants battling U.S. troops. The al-Qaida branch, known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, appeared to be trying to exploit Sunni anger after authorities over the past week arrested a senior Sunni politician accused of terrorism and dismantled a months-old sit-in

in Ramadi by Sunnis protesting discrimination the government. Those moves added new fuel to sectarian violence that has escalated since the American withdrawal. In new violence outside Anbar, a pickup truck laden with explosives blew up on a busy commercial street Thursday evening in the city of Balad Ruz, 45 miles (70 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, destroying several shops. At least 19 people were killed and 37 were wounded, according to the security officials and health officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. Al-Qaida militants have been presenting themselves as the Sunnis’ champions against the government. Still, major Sunni tribes in Anbar and elsewhere oppose al-Qaida and are fighting against it. In a concession to Sunnis after the dispersing of the sit-in, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday pulled military troops from Anbar, allowing local police to take over security duties. That was a main demand of discontented Sunni politicians who see the army as a tool al-Maliki uses to target his rivals and consolidate power. But soon after the pull-out,

the militants launched the simultaneous assaults in Ramadi, Fallujah and at least two other nearby towns. They seized police stations and military posts, freed prisoners and fanned out in the streets, setting up checkpoints. Some were seen cruising in captured security forces’ vehicles, waving black al-Qaida banners. Al-Maliki quickly ordered military reinforcements back in and called on Sunni tribesmen to help in the fight against the militants. The heaviest fighting Thursday came in Fallujah, 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, where two security officials said their forces were meeting particularly heavy resistance from al-Qaida fighters. In the provincial capital of Ramadi, security forces took back several police stations, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. There was no immediate word on casualties. Footage released by the military showed forces firing Hellfire missiles at militant positions. In another apparent move to maintain Sunni support, security forces arrested a controversial Shiite cleric who leads an Iranian-backed militia. Sunnis

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Iraqi federal policemen search a car at a checkpoint in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 2. The Iraqi government has tightened its security measures after security forces have arrested, Wathiq al-Batat, a controversial Shiite cleric who leads an Iranian-backed militia called Mukhtar Army.

have long accused the government of targeting only Sunni militant groups while blessing Shiite ones. Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan Ibrahim told The Associated Press that the cleric, Wathiq al-Batat, was arrested in Baghdad on Wednesday. He gave no further details.

Al-Batat has been wanted by the government since last year. He formed the so-called Mukhtar Army to protect Shiites from attacks by Sunni extremists, and claims to have more than 1 million members, a number that has not been independently verified. He took responsibility in November

for firing six mortar shells at a region of Saudi Arabia bordering Iraq and Kuwait, describing it as retaliation for Saudi religious decrees that allegedly insult Shiites and encourage killing them. He also claimed responsibility for attacks on a camp hosting an Iranian opposition group.

Rwandan leader accused in killing of ex-spy chief By MICHELLE FAUL and RAY FAURE Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — The suspicious death of Rwanda’s former spy chief in a plush Johannesburg hotel is resurrecting allegations that Western-backed President Paul Kagame is orchestrating a campaign to kill opponents at home and abroad. South African police opened a murder investigation after former Col. Patrick Karegeya’s body was discovered on New Year’s Day. “He was found in the hotel room dead on the bed,” said police spokeswoman Lt. Col. Katlego Mogale. “A towel with blood and a rope were found in the hotel room safe. There is a possibility that he might have been strangled.” Rwandan opposition leader Theogene Rudasingwa identified the hotel as the Michelangelo Towers and called the death an assassination that fit a pattern of attacks against prominent opponents of Kagame. “By killing its opponents, the criminal regime in Kigali (Rwanda’s capital) seeks to intimidate and silence the Rwandan people into submission,” he said in a statement. “The regime is hugely mistaken. Such criminal activities make Rwandan people more emboldened to struggle to remove the dictatorship.” Karegeya, 53, was a wartime ally from Kagame’s days as a rebel leader but later parted ways with the Rwandan president and reportedly fled to South Africa in 2007. Karegeya told an AP journalist a month ago that his work organizing the opposition to Kagame was risky and could cost him his life. He also said his daughter’s Rwandan passport was revoked on Kagame’s orders while she was trying to leave Uganda, where she grew up in exile, and that Kagame blocked his own quest for work with the United Nations. The Rwandan government vehemently denies targeting dissidents, and Rwandan High Commissioner Vincent Karega told local broadcaster eNCA on Thursday that talk of assassination is an “emotional reaction and opportunistic way of playing politics.” He urged people to wait for the police report in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest murder rates. Kagame’s spokesman and Rwanda’s foreign minister could not be reached by telephone and did not respond to emailed requests for comment. Kagame and his associates have governed Rwanda since his rebel forces took control 20 years ago, winning praise from Western leaders who point to how he has turned around an impoverished and war-ravaged nation into an efficient technology hub. Rwanda has reliable electricity and road systems

and some of the highest rates of literacy and good health in Africa. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the country with his daughter, Chelsea, in August, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a frequent guest. Critics, however, say those successes have come at the cost of a ruthless dictatorship. Kagame has won elections but without opposition, because its leaders were either jailed or in exile. Kagame has long been accused of extra-territorial killings, including ones committed when Karegeya was the feared

boss of Rwanda’s external security agency. In 1996, former Interior Minister Seth Sendashonga and businessman Augustin Bugirimfura were gunned down in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Kenya detained a Rwandan diplomat briefly and then released him — under pressure from Kagame, dissidents contend. Also in Nairobi, legislator and former government intelligence chief Theoneste Lizinde was killed in 1998. Two years later, presidential adviser Assiel Kabera was shot and killed in Rwanda, reportedly by men in military

uniform. Gunmen twice tried to kill Kagame’s former chief of army staff, Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa, while he was living in exile in Johannesburg in 2010. Nyamwasa told The Associated Press in 2012 that Kagame has hunted him and other dissidents around the world, “using hired killer squads.” Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front, made up of members of the Tutsi tribe, came to power in 1994 when it ended the genocide in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. Then the RPF invaded eastern Congo,

ostensibly to kill members of the Hutu tribe blamed for the genocide, leading forces in a war that pulled in eight African nations in what became a scramble for Congo’s fabulous mineral wealth. Inside Rwanda, opposition to the new government at first came almost exclusively from Hutus, who make up 84 percent of the country’s population of 12 million people. But in recent years, it’s increasingly come from former Kagame allies like Karegeya, Rudasingwa and others who contend that the brutal suppression of Hutus will inevitably lead to

another genocide of minority Tutsis. Karegeya and Nyamwasa were among four top former Rwandan Tutsi army officers who formed an opposition party in exile in 2010. The following year, they were sentenced in absentia to long jail terms for allegedly provoking ethnic tensions and endangering state security with grenade attacks in Kigali. Some analysts and Rwandan dissidents and analysts accuse Western leaders of pandering to Kagame because of their feelings of guilt over failing to end the genocide.

A-10 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

Religion

Learn to leave last year’s baggage behind

atchel Paige, the baseball diamond philosopher of another era, gained national recognition for his rules for successful living. The most frequently quoted of these was “Don’t look back. Something may be gaining on you.” Paul, the apostle, agreed, saying he had decided to forget things of the past that might hold him back, choosing instead to reach forward to the challenges before him (Philippians 3:13). He wanted to make the most of his future and knew this would be impossible if he allowed past mistakes to monopolize his mind and emotions. Leaving bad baggage behind may be questioned by some when the practice of scrutinizing every experience of the past for solutions to present problems is so accepted. But,

Voices of R eligion Roger C ampbell according to the Bible, some things are best forgotten. We can forget what God has forgiven. In his helpful article, “Pulling through Depression,” counselor Craig Massey, says “Many people are depressed because they dwell on some incident in the past, perhaps some mistake they made. Granted, in many cases the thing they did was wrong. But that sin should not destroy the future. God forgives and helps us to go on.” Forgiveness erases all guilt, assuring a clean slate for all our tomor-

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rows, placing the past forever behind us and turning away all accusing fingers, hopefully including our own. Why should we live with guilt over past sins when we have asked the Lord to forgive them? To do so is, in effect, calling God a liar. He has promised to forgive those who confess their sins to Him (1 John 1:9) and this should settle the question, clearing the record and enabling us to expect the New Year to be filled with promise rather than pain. We ought to leave all of our emotional wounds behind. The tragedy of carrying hurt feelings into a New Year is compounded by the number of losers it produces. You lose because the grudge you carry and coddle takes away your peace of mind, robbing you of sleep and making you less efficient in all you do. The object of

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Sterling church hosts AWANA Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second Sterling Baptist Church is starting an and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 AWANA program this year, every Wednesday a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to from 6-8 p.m. The club will meet at Sterling the public. Baptist Church. Children 3 years old through sixth grade are welcome. Call Sterling Baptist United Methodist Church for more information at 262-4711.

provides food pantry

Calvary Baptist hosts AWANA Calvary Baptist Church in Kenai is offering AWANA for kids ages 3 through 6th grade. AWANA (www.awana.org) is an international kids club. Each week, participants will memorize Bible verses, play games, hear Bible lessons, and earn rewards. Beginning Sunday, the club will meet at Kenai Middle School from 5:25-7:15 p.m. Use the back doors. To register or for more information, call 283-4781 or visit www.kenaicalvary.org.

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email kumcalaska@ gmail.com.

The Way Café serving dinner

The Way Café, is located at the Merit Inn, 260 South Willow St. in Kenai, will continue Food Pantry open weekly serving free meals to youth 18 and younger The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every from 5:30-8 p.m. Monday to Friday. Meals Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for resi- for adults are $3. For more information, call dents in our community who may be expe- 907-283-7672. riencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Clothes Quarters open weekly Church at 158 South Binkley Street. NonClothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Anperishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 gels Church is open every Wednesday from a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday of or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555. noon. Thank you for your support.

your bitterness loses your friendship. And your church loses the warmth and power that results from all the members of the congregation being united in love. Let’s leave last year’s failures behind. Only those who never attempt anything escape failure. To quote Craig Massey again: “Sometimes depression grows from dwelling on a past failure. A failure that has produced a great disappointment spawns a defeatist attitude and this in turn produces further failures.” We should live from victory to victory, not from defeat to defeat. Leaving last year’s baggage behind requires faith. We don’t know what the future holds, but we can know the One who holds the future. This kind of confidence in God will enable us to

break free from regrets about the past and focus on the opportunities this year will bring. Many waste their lives looking back and ever longing for a replay of the past so they can make adjustments. They’d like to rewind the tape of life in order to get a better education, enter a different field of business or employment, marry a different wife or husband; even refuse to move to the area in which they now find themselves. Looking back weighs us down with guilt and despair. Looking up to the forgiving One enables us to leave last year’s bad baggage behind. Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net.

Pope shares hopes for New Year By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, laying out his hopes Wednesday for the just-begun year, urged people to work for a world where everyone accepts each other’s differences and where enemies recognize that they are brothers. “We are all children of one heavenly father. We belong to the same human family and we share a common destiny,” Francis said, speaking from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, jammed with tens of thousands of faithful, tourists and Romans. “This brings a responsibility for each to work so that the world becomes a community of brothers who respect each other, accept each other in one’s diversity, and take care of one another,” the pope said. Setting aside his prepared text for a moment, he expressed impatience with violence in the world. “What is happening in the heart of man? What is happening in the heart of humanity?” Francis asked. “It’s time to stop.” He told the crowd this reflection was inspired by a letter he

received from a man — “maybe one of you” — who lamented that there are “so many tragedies and wars in the world.” “I, too, believe that it will be good for us to stop ourselves in this path of violence and search for peace,” Francis said. In his remarks to the oftenapplauding crowd, he also expressed hope that “the gospel of brotherhood speak to every conscience and knock down the walls that impede enemies from recognizing that they are brothers.” Earlier, during his homily at New Year’s Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis spoke of humanity’s journey in the year unfolding and invoked what he said were “words of blessing,” explaining that they are “strength, courage and hope.” “Not an illusory hope,” he added, “based on frail human promises, or a naive hope which presumes that the future will be better simply because it is the future.” In his first year as pope, Francis has charted a path for what he calls a “poor” church attentive to the needy. While offering new year’s wishes to the crowd in the square, Francis pressed his campaign on behalf

of the downtrodden. “We are also called to see the violence and injustices present in so many parts of the world, and which cannot leave us indifferent and immobile,” Francis said. “There is the need for the commitment of all to build a society that is truly more just and united.” Hearing “the cry of peace from peoples who are oppressed by war and by violence,” Francis prayed that “the courage of dialogue and reconciliation prevail over the temptation for vendetta, arrogance, corruption.” The Catholic church dedicates Jan. 1 to the promotion of world peace, and St. Peter’s Square, just as the pope appeared, marked the end of a peace march by thousands of people. The marchers included Lula Teclehaimanut from Eritrea. “The pope is truly our hope, not just for the Eritrean population but for the whole world, I believe,” she said, recalling Francis’ call for refugees to be welcomed and treated humanely. The refugees who risk their lives to flee to Europe, many of them by boat, include some from her homeland.

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in the two-story property will be equipped to house mobility-, visual- or hearing-impaired people, Rouse said. The complex will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and rent will vary not only based on the size of the unit but also on the tenant’s income and other factors, he said. KPHI plans to add a fourplex a couple years after the six-unit building is completed, Rouse said. Inlet Ridge and the other housing projects are funded through AHFC’s Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living grants program, which had a total of $33.2 million to put toward projects statewide. Delfino said the GOAL program combines in one application three gap funding sources — state grant funds to build rental housing for seniors, federal grant funds for low-income housing and federal tax credits that finance apartment complexes low-income families. He said the tax credits make up most of the funding. “The funding … is competitive, especially on the federal level and with a lot of other agencies pulling back their resources these days. … I would

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for five years with options for two extensions of two years, with $12 million for each extension. The contract must still be approved by the municipal assembly, which will take up the matter at its Jan. 14 meeting. Sullivan said the municipality has $130 million on hand for the project in remaining fed-

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said she recently found someone she knows in Juneau with 26 unclaimed checks, and gave him a call right away to let him know. “I may not have found any money on the website for myself, but it’s a pretty great feeling to be able to tell others that they have money that is rightfully theirs, waiting for them to claim,” White said. Companies remit property to the state around Nov. 1 of each year, Lewis said. “All year long we process claims to reunite owners with their unclaimed property,” she said. Wilcox said she herself checks missingmoney.com. “I even go and check my friends and family every six months,” she said. “When I have a little free time I’ll go look for legislators and staff and coworkers. There are some pretty cool stories of people finding a lot of money.”

say on average … every dollar that we have available under that program there are usually anywhere between $2 and $4 dollars in a request so the fundSenate committee OKs saving Alaska cabin ing is super competitive,” DelfBETHEL — A man from the southwest Alaska village ino said. of Saint Marys is one step closer to saving his remote cabin, Delfino said developing in thanks to a recent action by a U.S. Senate committee. rural communities — like NiniWilliam Alstrom’s cabin is about 31 miles northwest of his lchik — with less than 6,500 village. The federal Bureau of Land Management said the cabpeople and located more than in had to go because it is illegally located on the Andreafsky 50 miles from Anchorage or Wilderness in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Fairbanks can be challenging The BLM didn’t know about the wilderness when the aland expensive. He said AHFC lotment was granted to Alstrom in 2008. The agency in 2011 recognizes those issues, and said the plot was canceled, but by that time Alstrom had built a gives housing proposals in rural small subsistence cabin. communities preference. Alstrom contacted Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa MurkowsAHFC previously helped to ki about the matter, and the senator drafted an amendment to fund the Tovarish Manor project exempt the cabin. The amendment was attached to the Green in Ninilchik, which is a senior Mountain Lookout Act, originally introduced for a similar exrental project with some lowemption in Washington state. income units. The Ninilchik The Senate Energy Committee recently passed the legislaTraditional Council submitted tion and it’s expected to go to the full Senate for consideration, the first project application, and KYUK reported. KPHI developed it. “Basically it’s the government’s failure, it’s the government’s Rouse said KPHI has commistake, and they’ve acknowledged that,” Murkowski said. pleted more than 120 units in The senator thanked lawmakers for making the exception the past 10 years. for Alstrom. “There’s more than adequate demand and need for us to continue for a long time,” he said. Other projects awarded “My favorite place was the GOAL funding include: three little log cabin post office in Anchorage projects for a toSterling,” she said. “I would tal of 113 new units, a 32-unit write and receive letters from property in Haines, a 22-unit Continued from page A-1 my parents. That was my link facility in Juneau and six new Lake in June 1981. By the to loved ones back home.” rental units in Delta Junction. time the winter snow arrived, a While it was a dramatic adKaylee Osowski can be 16-by-18-foot cabin had been justment from their fast-paced reached at kaylee.osowski@ built and they survived without way of life to slow down and running water, electricity and live amongst nature, Ward said peninsulaclarion.com. no immediate communication they just fell in love with the off from the outside world. the grid lifestyle. Her husband Ward said the biggest adjust- would hunt moose and bear eral, state and port funds. The state has been asked to provide ment for her the first year was and catch salmon right out of an additional $100 million next the isolation, which she talks the lake and she would can the year but Sullivan said this was about in a chapter called, “Cab- meat and bake her own bread and only bought dry goods just a “placeholder” to keep the in Fever.” “There were times I would from the grocery store, stockproject in the minds of state go a couple months without ing up enough to last a year at legislators. The request will likely be seeing another person, except a time. Every night they would modified when engineering for Sam,” she said. “We didn’t burn a wood stove to cook and and designs are completed, and know anybody when we first radiate heat. Ward said waking up on a construction costs estimates arrived and there was no road from the lake to the highway. It cabin overlooking Skilak Lake can be made. was indescribably beautiful. Sullivan said he hopes to was like Timbuktu out there.” Without the convenience of “The best views — you cankeep the over cost of the reconstruction at $500 million or modern technology, their only not experience anything like it source of communication was until you are there,” she said. “I less. a radio station Northwinds loved watching the ice roll on KHAR, which they would turn the lake. We would drink right White said she searches the on every night to hear the news from the lake, the freshest wasite as an way to do something and were then able to transmit ter I’ve ever had.” nice for other people. out calls. With all the beauty and “Everyone who looks on it The most difficult change peaceful surroundings, Boncan pay it forward,” she said. for Ward was not having con- nie Rose Ward said there were “There’s a lot of people who’d tact with her family back in plenty of reminders of how appreciate it.” Ohio. dangerous wilderness life could

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Threat level of Alaska volcano upgraded ANCHORAGE (AP) — Scientists have increased the threat level of Alaska’s Cleveland Volcano from yellow to orange. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the volcano appears to have kicked up to an elevated unrest. In the past six days, three brief explosions from Cleveland Volcano were detected. The color designation indicates that sudden explosions could send ash above 20,000 feet, threatening international air carriers. Cleveland is not monitored with seismic instruments. Observatory officials say minor ash plumes were observed in satellite data after two of the explosions. The height of the plumes is not known. The volcano is located on an uninhabited island in the Aleutian Islands. Last May the volcano experienced a low-level eruption. Cleveland’s last significant eruption before that began in February 2011. C

“Very small deal, but for one family, they know the government is actually working with them rather than acknowledging they made a mistake and saying well, sorry, there’s not much we can do,” she said. “I just appreciate the willingness of colleagues at these smaller issues we deal with.” Alstrom, who served in the Air Force in Vietnam, had applied for the allotment as an Alaska Native veterans’ allotment. Alstrom said he was declining to comment until the matter is finalized. Saint Marys, a village of about 525 people, is located on the north bank of the Andreafsky River, 450 miles northwest of Anchorage.

Car strikes, kills man on bicycle in Anchorage ANCHORAGE — A man on a bicycle was struck and killed in a crash with a car Thursday in midtown Anchorage. Anchorage police say dispatchers took a call on the crash at 2:45 p.m. Police and medics found the bicyclist unconscious on Northern Lights Boulevard near Minnesota Drive. The injured man was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say the biker was traveling south across Northern Light Boulevard when he was struck in the middle lane by the westbound car. The name of the biker was not immediately released. — The Associated Press

be. Frigid sub-freezing temperatures and horrendous storms that would bring wind gusts up to 100 mph, made living in the wilderness a battle for survival. “The fall season is the worst,” she said. “One time we got our jeep stuck and for nine months we had to walk to Sterling. When the storms got real bad, we would have to wait them out, we had nowhere else to go.” Despite its beauty, Ward feared and respected Skilak Lake, which claimed the lives of 32 boaters during the time they lived on the island. Still, she felt safe in the arms of her loving husband. In time the couple met friends in the area and Sam Ward found work on the North Slope with an oil company, which gave them the income to build eight cabins on the island. The Wards moved off Caribou Island in 1990 but still keep in contact with friends from the area and a couple who now takes residence in one of their cabins at Skilak Lake. While Ward sees similarities in her life with people like the Kilcher family from the reality TV show, The Last Frontier,

which airs on the Discovery Channel, there still is more modern technology available today. Ward said it took about 10 years to complete the book. While she started a draft and wrote journals about daily experiences, life always seemed to get in the way. “A lot of people tell me they would love to write a book but don’t have time,” she said. “You never know what you have until you start writing.” Bonnie Rose Ward said she had encouragement from her mother who kept all of Ward’s letters she wrote back home and told her, “You may need this when you write your book.” While the official release date of her book was Tuesday, Ward started selling copies online through her website. She has sold 190 books since Dec. 2, 2013 and has received great feedback. “Winds of Skilak” can be purchased from the author’s website, www.windsofskilak. com. Dan Balmer can be reached at daniel.balmer@peninsulaclarion.com C

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Cutler signs 7-year deal with Bears GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — If the Bears make changes this offseason, it will not be at quarterback. Chicago signed Jay Cutler to a seven-year contract Thursday, ending speculation they might make a change after five seasons of good and bad from their talented signal-caller. Cutler clearly thrived under first-year coach Marc Trestman and now has some of the best complements on offense he’s had since arriving in Chicago in 2009. “It’s not always been easy,” Cutler said. “There’s been some ups and downs. There’s been some bad years there’s been some good years. I think it makes me appreciate the moment I’m in even more, with the offensive weapons we have,

with the type of leadership we have from the front office, with the type of coaching staff we have with the play calling and our (offensive) install. It makes me happy I’m here.” The Bears also signed cornerback Tim Jennings, who has led the team in interceptions in each of the past two seasons, and guard Matt Slauson to four-year deals. Like Cutler, both players were scheduled to become free agents. General manager Phil Emery said the team and Cutler’s agent, Bus Cook, completed contract discussions three days after the season ended Sunday with a 33-28 loss to the Green Bay Packers in a game that decided the NFC North title. Terms were not disclosed, but the deal for the 30-year-old Cutler is reportedly worth nearly $18 million per year over the

first three years and includes at least $50 million guaranteed. “I think whenever you have two groups who want to work in the same direction and want the same thing to happen it can happen relatively pretty easily,” Emery said. Cutler produced his careerbest passer rating of 89.2 in 2013, although he played in just 11 games due to ankle and groin injuries. He completed 224 of 355 passes for 2,621 yards and 19 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. Emery said he was sold on Cutler’s return after seeing him in Trestman’s offense early in the season. “After the first three games I definitely knew it was going in the right direction in terms of him putting the team in position to win games at the end of the game,” Emery said. “That says

a lot about the player. I think that Jay’s third-down passing and fourth-quarter quarterback rating are very high and have been high for a while. He was in the top 10 in both areas this year. I think it speaks of a guy that can be a guy, a player, that is a reason you win.” Still, Emery said he wanted to see how Cutler responded to some adversity. He saw it when Cutler came back from a groin strain to face the Detroit Lions in a 21-19 loss and from an ankle sprain to beat the Cleveland Browns 38-31. “How he handled the situation coming back from his second injury and the tremendous pressure that was on him because of the decision we had made to reinstate him as the starter, how he handled that as a person, pregame, game, within See NFL, page B-2

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In this Dec. 29, 2013 file photo, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler warms up before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Chicago. On Thursday, the Bears announced they have signed Cutler to a seven-year contract. It came after some speculation that the Bears might part with Cutler after five years. Terms were not disclosed.

SoHi girls start tourney with win By JEREMIAH BARTZ Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

Katelynn Kerkvliet scored 11 of her team-high 13 points in the second quarter to lead the Soldotna Stars to a 48-39 win over Galena during the first day of the Doc Larson Roundball Classic Thursday in Wasilla. Kerkvliet, who also pulled down a game-best 15 rebounds, helped Soldotna erase an early 14-11 deficit. Kelci Benson added a dozen points and six steals in the win. Benson hit a pair of threes and scored 10 of her points in the third quarter. Julie Litchfield added seven in the win. Shaina Burley scored a game-high 14 for the Hawks.

Soldotna continues Doc Larson play Friday at 2:30 p.m. against the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears and cap the tourney Saturday at 4:15 p.m. against host Wasilla, the threetime defending 4A state champion. Doc Larson Roundball Classic Thursday, Wasilla High School Stars 48, Hawks 39

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GALENA (39) — Burley 5 2-3 14, Buchanan 2 0-3 4, Reitan 5 0-0 11, George 1 0-0 2, Shayen 1 2-2 4, Carlo 0 4-4 4; Totals: 14 8-12 39. SOLDOTNA (48) — Benson 5 0-0 12, Shaw 1 0-0 2, Litchfield 3 1-3 7, M. Wong 2 0-0 4, L. Wong 2 0-0 4, Hendrick 1 0-0 2, Kerkvliet 6 1-4 13, Miller 2 0-0 4; Totals: 22 2-7 48. 3-point field goals: Galena 3 (Burley 2), Soldotna 2 (Benson 2); Total fouls: Galena 12, Soldotna 14.

SoHi boys snag win in overtime Sooners capture Sugar Bowl

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Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight holds the MVP trophy as he stands with Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops and the Sugar Bowl trophy after the NCAA college football matchup in New Orleans Thursday. Oklahoma won 45-31.

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Trailing for much of the contest, the Soldotna boys basketball team rallied to beat Bristol Bay 54-47 in overtime at the Joe Floyd Tournament in Kodiak on Thursday evening, the first day of the event. Nathan Spence and Brooks Furlong scored 11 of Soldotna’s 14 overtime points, as the Stars outscored Bristol Bay 14-7 in the 4-minute overtime period. Spence led Soldotna with 15 points, while Furlong had eight. Trailing 18-15 at halftime, SoHi managed to cut the Angels’ lead to two by the end of the third quarter. Soldotna’s Daniel McElroy scored six of

his 12 points in the fourth quarter, helping Soldotna to a 40-all tie with Bristol Bay after regulation ended. The Stars will face Unalakleet at 4:45 p.m. today before taking on the host team Kodiak Bears at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday. Joe Floyd Tournament

Thursday, Kodiak High School Stars 54, Angels 47 Soldotna 6 9 11 Bristol Bay 7 11 10

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SOLDOTNA (54) — Spence 5 3-4 15, Calloway 1 0-0 2, Kuntz 0 0-0 0, Young 2 0-0 4, Conradi 1 4-5 6, Furlong 2 2-4 8, Kruse 3 0-0 7, Fowler 0 0-0 0, McElroy 6 0-0 12. Totals 20 9-13 54. BRISTOL BAY (47) — Babiak 4 3-4 11, Pacheco 5 1-1 11, Moorcroft 5 5-9 15, A. King 4 1-1 10, M. King 1 0-0 2, Aspelund 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-15 47. 3-point field goals — Soldotna 5 (Furlong 2, Spence 2, Kruse 1); Bristol Bay 1 (A. King 1).

Oklahoma tops Crimson Tide despite entering as underdogs BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer

NEW ORLEANS — Hello, Trevor. Farewell, AJ. Trevor Knight’s final start as a freshman sent Oklahoma’s expectations soaring into 2014 while bringing a sour end to AJ McCarron’s otherwise charmed Alabama career. Knight completed a Sugar Bowl-record 32 passes for 348 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 11 Oklahoma took down the third-ranked Crimson Tide, 45-31 on Thursday night.

Former Vikings punter criticizes current staff JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Sports Writer

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota punter Chris Kluwe says his special teams coordinator made anti-gay comments while Kluwe was with the Vikings, an allegation the coach “vehemently denies.” In an article posted Thursday on the website Deadspin, Kluwe wrote that coach Mike Priefer made several anti-gay comments in objection to Kluwe’s outspoken support of a gay marriage amendment in Minnesota. Kluwe also says former Vikings coach Leslie Frazier and current general manager Rick Spielman encouraged him to tone down his rhetoric in an effort to reduce distractions to the team. At the same time, Kluwe said, Vikings owner Zygi Wilf expressed support for Kluwe’s championing of gay rights. Hours later, Priefer issued a statement disputing Kluwe’s portrayal of the events. “I want to be clear that I do not tolerate discrimination of any type and am respectful

of all individuals,” Priefer said. “I personally have gay family members who I love and support just as I do any family member.” The Vikings said in a statement that they take the allegations “very seriously and will thoroughly review this matter.” “As an organization, the Vikings consistently strive to create a supportive, respectful and accepting environment for all of our players, coaches and front office personnel,” the team said. “We do not tolerate discrimination at any level. “The team has long respected our players’ and associates’ individual rights, and, as Chris specifically stated, Vikings ownership supports and promotes tolerance, including on the subject of marriage equality. Because he was identified with the Vikings, Chris was asked to be respectful while expressing his opinions. Team ownership and management also repeatedly emphasized to Chris that the Vikings would not impinge on his right to express his views.” See VIKES, page B-2

“It’s huge for our program, to get a win like this after no one gave us a chance all year,” Knight said. “We’ve got to ride this into next year. We can’t settle with this. ... We want the big one.” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops declined to announce a starting quarterback before the game, and when Knight took the field on the Sooners’ first possession, Alabama’s defenders couldn’t have anticipated what was in store. Knight’s completion percentage entering the game was 52.2. He had completed

47 passes all season, before a breakout performance in which two of his TDs went for more than 40 yards. Oklahoma (11-2) needed him to play that well in the 80th Sugar Bowl, the first in which quarterbacks for both teams threw for more than 300 yards. The victory was a sweet one for Stoops, who last offseason called talk about the Southeastern Conference being the best league in college football “propaganda.” “I have the utmost respect for Alabama, and I think this

shows that obviously we can play with anybody,” Stoops said. “So, enough of that. And I just watched them go through their entire conference and play pretty well. I’m not pointing any fingers. But I think sometimes the comparisons aren’t necessarily very true.” His Big 12 team vanquished an Alabama (11-2) squad that had been ranked No. 1 much of the past three seasons, winning the previous two national titles before its shot at a third straight was derailed by AuSee SUGAR, page B-2

Hawks’ Harvin almost ready TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer

RENTON, Wash. — For the first time since the middle of November, the Seattle Seahawks saw No. 11 on the practice field Thursday. Whether Percy Harvin gets back on the field for Seattle in time for its divisional playoff game on Jan. 11 will be closely watched over the next week. But at least one important teammate thinks Harvin’s time to return has come. “He’s ready to go I think. But we’ll see. You’ve got to listen to the trainers and coach (Pete) Carroll and see how he’s feeling,” Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson said after Thursday’s practice. “That just adds another element to our game. If we can add Percy Harvin he’s explosive as can be. He has a great knack for the game. He’s very physical, loves to just to make big-time plays. If we can get C

him out there that will be great if that’s the case.” Harvin was not available to speak about his return and the team was not required to submit an injury report since they have a bye this week as the No. 1 seed in the NFC. But just seeing Harvin on the field is a stunning turn from a week ago when it was hinted that he could be headed for injured reserve and shelved until the 2014 season. Instead, the Seahawks could be getting a dynamic playmaker back in time for the postseason. “We want him at 100 percent. Whenever he’s ready to go, we want to make sure that Percy Harvin is ready to go,” Wilson said. “If he is, man that is something else. He can make a lot of plays for us, do a lot of special things like the rest of the guys.” Harvin missed the first 2½ months of the season following hip surgery in early August. He returned in Week 11 against Minnesota and caught one pass

and had a 58-yard kickoff return. Harvin was then sidelined again by what Carroll called “soreness” following his debut. One of the important moments in the decision to get Harvin back on the practice field was a 15-minute throwing session he had with Wilson on Monday morning. Carroll noted on Monday that Harvin had run well, but did not mention the time spent catching passes with Wilson. “Didn’t throw too much, just kind of caught the ball, threw with him, played a little pitchand-catch. He did a great job,” Wilson said. There is no guarantee that Harvin will play even with him practicing. The only week he’s practiced extensively the entire season was leading into the game against Minnesota when Harvin faced his former team. He was in for 19 offensive snaps and two on special teams, but was unable to get back on the field following Seattle’s bye in Week 12.

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Coaching spots linger as BCS game approaches Florida State and Auburn prepare to battle as both teams’ coaches stand a shot at Texas hire

RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

PASADENA, Calif. — A Texassized cloud of uncertainty looms over college football’s biggest game of the season. As No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Auburn prepare in Southern California to meet Monday in the last BCS championship game, the University of Texas is still looking for a new football coach. And until the Longhorns make a hire, just about every successful coach can be considered a candidate — including Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher and Auburn’s Gus Malzahn. “I’ve been amazed about how quiet this thing has been,” ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said earlier this week. “Because of that it leads me to speculate and believe that somebody still involved in coaching, whether it’s the NFL or college, must be one of their primary candidates.” “I think the longer this goes on I think it’s very, very clear that it’s somebody who’s still coaching. Who that might be, I have no idea.” Some leaks have sprung in the last couple of days, and it appears frontrunners are emerging. Published reports out of Texas stated the Longhorns were interested in Fisher, Baylor’s Art Briles, Vanderbilt’s James Franklin and Louisville’s Charlie Strong. Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio has also been mentioned as a coach Texas athletic director Steve Patterson is

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burn on the last play of the Iron Bowl in late November. But coach Nick Saban didn’t buy the notion that his team, favored by 16 points, was too deflated from its loss to Auburn to play up to its standard. “I actually thought that the players responded in practice pretty well for this game,” Saban said. “We put over 500 yards of offense up. Somebody had to do something right. I don’t think that we played as well on defense as we’re capable of or should have.”

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the game, after throwing a couple of picks, coming back and being a reason that you win the game,” Emery said. “How he handled the Packers and Lions ... that’s when I finalized the decision.” Cutler feuded with former offensive coordinators like Ron Turner, Mike Martz and Mike Tice, but he has steadily climbed the franchise statistical charts and guided the Bears to the NFC championship game in 2010. Under Trestman, he seemed to gain a new lease on life. “The mindset is right and the talent in the locker room is right, so I’m happy to be joining the rest of the guys, the

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Kluwe called Priefer “a bigot” and Spielman and Frazier “two cowards” for releasing him in May after eight seasons with the Vikings. He was due to make $1.45 million, which was more than the cap-strapped Vikings wanted to spend on a punter. So they drafted Jeff Locke in the fifth round and parted ways with Kluwe, bringing to an end his colorful and outspoken stay in Minnesota. “Any notion that Chris was released from our football team due to his stance on marriage equality is entirely inaccurate and inconsistent with team policy,” the Vikings said Thursday. “Chris was released strictly based on his football performance.” In his article, Kluwe alleged that Priefer grew more and more impatient with the various causes Kluwe supported and several times made anti-gay remarks during team meetings. Kluwe said wanted to post his article now in hopes of discouraging the Vikings, or any other team, from employing Priefer, who is widely respect-

looking at. Patterson said he wants the search complete by Jan. 15. “Texas, they’re going to be calling on everybody they possibly can because they’re going to try to get the best coach they possibly can,” Florida State AD Stan Wilcox said. “Meanwhile, everybody’s trying to keep their coaches because they all feel that the people that Texas is looking at are the best coaches out there.” Florida State hopes it has put all the speculation about Fisher’s future to rest. The fourth-year head coach and Nick Saban disciple finally got around on Tuesday to signing a new contract that runs through the 2018 season and pays him about $4.1 million annually. Auburn agreed to a new deal with Malzahn the day before the Southeastern Conference championship game last month. The six-year contract is worth $3.85 million annually to the first-year Tigers coach. Briles got a 10-year deal in November from Baylor. Michigan State is working on a new deal for Dantonio that could double his $1.9 million salary. The Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesmen reported Patterson has met with Strong and that Briles, now that Baylor’s season ended Tuesday night with a 52-42 loss to UCF in the Fiesta Bowl, could be next to interview. And, of course, Saban, the object of so many Longhorns desires, agreed to a new multiyear deal with Alabama

that will pay him $7 million a year after months of stories and speculation connecting the four-time national championship winning coach and Texas. But what do those extensions really mean? Are Fisher, Malzahn, Briles and even Saban truly off the market? “A contract is written to be broken,” said Kansas State athletic director John Currie, who doesn’t have to worry about his football coach, 74-year-old Bill Snyder, going anywhere. The trend in college sports, especially college football, is for schools to quickly lock up successful coaches and hand out raises. Mississippi extended Hugh Freeze’s contract after a 7-5 regular season and bumped his pay to $3 million per year. Washington State’s Mike Leach got the Cougars back into a bowl by winning six games in his second season at Pullman. He got a two-year extension for his work. Texas A&M made the boldest move of all this season with coach Kevin Sumlin, who was drawing interest from NFL teams last year. The Aggies made Sumlin (20-6 in two seasons at A&M) a $5 million-per-year coach with a new six-year deal. Arizona AD Greg Byrne said the contract numbers that make headlines can often be deceiving. “When you get down into the details the interesting numbers are what’s guaranteed, both sides. If the coach were to leave, what’s the buyout? And then if you were to dismiss your coach with-

McCarron passed for 387 yards and two TDs, but his two interceptions set up Oklahoma TDs, and his fumble, returned for a score in the final minute, sealed Alabama’s first twogame skid since its Sugar Bowl loss to Utah in January 2009. “Put it all on me. I had two turnovers, (Oklahoma) ended up scoring 14 points, and we lost by 14,” said McCarron, who won 36 of his first 38 games before losing his last two. “It’s football. It happens. I wish it wouldn’t have happened, but I’ll definitely take the loss and definitely take the blame, because a lot of it is probably my fault.” Freshman Derrick Henry’s

43-yard run in the third quarter pulled Alabama to 31-24, and the Crimson Tide forced four punts while giving up only one first down in the third quarter. But Alabama was unable to add another score before the Sooners starting moving the ball again. Knight lofted a perfect pass to Lacoltan Bester for a 34yard gain to the Alabama 9. Shortly after, Knight rolled left all the way to the sideline before rifling a touchdown strike to Sterling Shepard, making it a two-touchdown game again with 10:44 left. Henry, a 6-foot-3, 238-pound true freshman, pulled Alabama within in a score once more

rest of the coaches, the rest of the organization in pursuit of a championship,” Cutler said. Cutler wouldn’t call money the key reason for staying out of free agency, citing familiarity with Trestman’s offense as a big factor. He has only been in the same offense for consecutive years a few times in his NFL career, which started in 2006. Trestman found Cutler ran his offense efficiently, even if he had a reputation as a big-play, big-mistake type of player. “He’s been through a lot,” Trestman said. “I mean, part of what’s brought him to this point is the scars of the last five years and the adversity that he’s gone through in getting to know himself better over the last five years. I saw selflessness. I certainly saw mental

toughness. When you evaluate a quarterback, you say, does he have an inventory of passes? Can he make all the throws? Does he have mobility? Is he a quick decision maker? Jay has all that.” The Bears tabled a few major defensive questions, including the fate of defensive coordinator Mel Tucker and whether they should stick with a 4-3 scheme. Trestman and Emery did acknowledge the numerous injuries Tucker dealt with his first season. The Bears lost Pro Bowlers Henry Melton, Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman, as well as middle linebacker D.J. Williams, for big chunks of the season. “I will just tell you we’re going to be a younger defense,” Emery said. “The draft will be focused in that area.”

ed at Vikings headquarters and is viewed by some as a potential head coach one day. Priefer was hired by the Vikings in 2011. He served previously as the special teams coach in Denver and Kansas City. “If there’s one thing I hope to achieve from sharing this story,” Kluwe wrote, “it’s to make sure that Mike Priefer never holds a coaching position again in the NFL, and ideally never coaches at any level.” The Vikings did not respond directly to allegations against Priefer in their statement, but did say they “will have further comment at the appropriate time.” “The primary reason I entered coaching was to affect people in a positive way, Priefer said. “As a coach, I have always created an accepting environment for my players, including Chris, and have looked to support them both on and off the field. “The comments today have not only attacked my character and insulted my professionalism, but they have also impacted my family. While my career focus is to be a great professional football coach, my number one priority has always been to be a protective husband and father to my wife and children.”

Kluwe averaged 44.4 yards per punt over his career in Minnesota, including a career-high 39.7 yard net average in 2012. But he ranked just 17th in the NFL in punting that season before he was cut and he lost a competition for the punting job with the Oakland Raiders in the preseason in 2013. He had several tryouts during the season, but was never signed. Kluwe said he wanted to wait to air his grievances until after the season so as not to provide a distraction to his friends on the team during the season. The Vikings finished this year 5-10-1 and Frazier was fired Monday.

Simpson pleads guilty MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson avoided jail time after pleading guilty Thursday to careless driving and refusing to take a DWI test. In return, prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge of driving while impaired. Simpson was sentenced just for the careless driving misdemeanor, the Star Tribune reported. Sentencing on his refusal to submit to the test was stayed. C

out cause what percent of the contract is guaranteed?” Byrne said. “Sometime you’ll see someone with an eight-year contract, but half the contract is guaranteed, so in some ways it’s a four-year contract instead.” Currie said the NFL has played a major role in changing the salary structure for college coaches, but ultimately a school needs to decide what works best for it. “Everybody else is doing it is not a reason to make a bad decision for your institution,” he said. But market pressures can be strong and big openings — such as the one at Texas — can drive up that market. “I’m sure there’s been a time where a school’s reacted too slowly, but I think there have been times where a school has jumped ahead a little more in hindsight to where they want to be,” Byrne said. “It’s a challenging situation. I think the market place has gotten to such that there will be agents out there that will try to parlay one school against another. And I think that’s driven up some of the numbers we’re seeing today.” Florida State and Auburn have made their moves to protect their interests, and can spend this week focusing on what it takes to win a national championship. But until the Longhorns introduce a new coach, fans of the Seminoles and Tigers — and Bears and Cardinals, etc. — have reason to be at least a little distracted by what’s going on in Austin.

when he turned his first career reception into a tackle-shedding 61-yard TD with 6:22 still to go. But Oklahoma was able to burn several minutes off the clock, and then the Sooners registered their seventh sack when Eric Striker stripped McCarron, and Geneo Grissom returned it 8 yards for a score. Both teams entered the game with defenses ranked in the top 15 nationally, but quarterback play dominated a first half highlighted by five passing plays of 43 yards or longer, three of which went for scores. Alabama took the opening kickoff and scored in four plays. McCarron hit Amari Cooper for

Senior Bowl to be coached by Jaguars, Falcons MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars have been selected to coach the Senior Bowl, giving their staffs an up-close look at potential draft picks. The game is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 25 in Mobile. It’s the third time the Falcons have coached the Senior Bowl (1967, 1978) and the second time for the Jaguars (2009). The Falcons (4-12) will coach the North team. Coach Mike Smith says the week of practice “provides a great opportunity to get to know these players on a personal level.” The Jaguars (4-12) will coach the South team. Coach Gus Bradley calls it “a great evaluation tool. ... I don’t want to make a habit of it, but as long as we have this opportunity, we need to take advantage of it.”

Troy player killed TROY, Ala. (AP) — Troy football player Jadarius Garner was found dead on a Mississippi highway Thursday morning, and the state highway patrol is investigating the cause of his death. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Anthony Dunn said that the 20-year-old Garner was found lying on U.S. Highway 61 in Bolivar County at 2:27 a.m. after two cars had run over him.

15 and 53 yards, and T.J. Yeldon ran it in from the 1. It appeared to be getting worse for the Sooners when Alabama’s Landon Collins made a diving interception of Knight’s tipped pass, but Oklahoma got it right back when Gabe Lynn picked off McCarron’s pass on the next play. One play later, Knight found Bester down the right sideline for a 45yard score. The Sooners took their first lead when Knight found Jalen Saunders, who reached the ball across the goal line as he was being brought down. But McCarron’s pinpoint pass over the middle to DeAndrew White for a 67-yard TD

gave the Tide the lead right back early in the second quarter. The Sooners tied it at 17 on Michael Hunnicutt’s 47-yard field goal. Then cashed in on two more turnovers. Alabama appeared on the verge of a go-ahead score when Yeldon fumbled on the 8. The Sooners then reached mid-field, where they converted a fourthand-1. On the next play, Knight hit Saunders in stride down the right sideline for a 43-yard score. McCarron’s second interception, snagged by Zack Sanchez and returned to the 13, set up Shepard’s 13-yard TD around the right end. C

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Peninsula Clarion, Friday, January 3, 2014

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As the old saying goes, everyone starts at zero Four intriguing games set the tone for what appears to be another wild postseason By NOLAN ROSE For the Peninsula Clarion

Time for a couch coach pep talk. NFL Wild Card Weekend is here and we can’t afford to drop the ball. Here are some tips on how to win the weekend. Keep the remote within an arm’s length at all times. Set a small cooler filled with ice next to you with a minimum of three stored beers. Missing a big play while making a fridge run is a rookie mistake. We can’t have rookie mistakes! Not this time of year. Stay away from really spicy foods, nobody wants to spend the entire third quarter of great game in the bathroom because the chili was too strong. Be careful not to overeat or drink, you can’t fall victim to the afternoon nap. Utilize the DVR when necessary, it’s better to press pause too much than too little. Bathroom breaks are reserved for commercial breaks only, I shouldn’t have to coach you up on that. Make the simple decision, focus on process, and execute the viewing game plan. Do that and you’ll have a great weekend! Kansas City Chiefs @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS -3

Last January the 2-14 Kansas City Chiefs were busy making vacation plans. A year later, the result of a remarkable turnaround, the 11-5 Chiefs send a war party to Indiana to face Andrew Luck and the 11-5 Indianapolis Colts. It’s been an incredible season in Kansas City. A surprising 9-0 start to the schedule vindicated new head coach Andy Reid, who was booed out of Philadelphia a season ago. The team’s immediate success also validated new quarterback, former San Francisco 49er, Alex Smith as a winning passer in the NFL. Kansas City stumbled down the stretch losing five of its last seven contests to finish the year. The defense in particular has struggled. The Chiefs were allowing a league best 12.3 points per game during their 9-0 start. That number plummeted to 27.7 points per game over the remaining seven games. Do that for an entire season and you’re defense

would rank 27th in the NFL just ahead of the Jacksonville Jaguars. That’s not good. The Indianapolis Colts are a hard team to get excited about. The Colts have reached the postseason for a second consecutive season behind the play of wunderkind quarterback Andrew Luck and not much else. The receiving core was decimated by injuries to Reggie Wayne and Dwayne Allen. A mid-season trade for Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson has failed to help the rushing attack. Richardson, a former first round draft choice, produced an anemic 3.0 yards per carry as a Colt this season. The defense consists almost entirely of players deemed not good enough by other NFL franchises. Only defensive end Robert Mathis stands out as a pro bowl caliber player. Despite the obvious lack of star power Indianapolis is the only team that boasts victories over the Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, and San Francisco 49ers this season. They also lost at home to the St. Louis Rams by thirty! Go figure. The Colts and Chiefs faced each other two weeks ago with Indianapolis claiming an impressive 23-7 victory in Kansas City. The Chiefs offense, known for its conservative style, uncharacteristically committed four turnovers in the game. Kansas City found success on the ground, star running back Jamaal Charles gained 106 yards on just 13 carries. If the Colts expect to hold serve at home they’ll have to do a better job limiting the Chiefs star rusher. Expect a much closer contest this time but the Colts should be able to score enough points at home to cover against a Kansas City defense that has struggled greatly in recent weeks. Colts win 24-17

Brees, averages a whopping 34 points per game at home but only 17.8 as the visiting team. During the 3-game road slide to finish the year New Orleans was outscored 78-36. “Who Dat Gonna Beat Dem Saints?” Apparently everybody outside Louisiana. Chip Kelly’s first lap behind the wheel for the Philadelphia Eagles has been a fast paced success. The franchise had grown stale in the final years of the Andy Reid era. Kelly, who came to the NFL after a wildly successful run at the University of Oregon, turned the team around in just one season. Known for his innovative up-tempo passing attack Kelly has engineered the league’s top rush offense. That fact is hidden by Nick Foles breakout season filling in for an injured Michael Vick at quarterback. Foles produced Nintendo numbers for Philadelphia helping the team overcome a 1-3 start to the year. Defensively, the Eagles have a clear weakness that New Orleans may be able to exploit. Philadelphia’s pass defense is ranked 32nd in the NFL. There are only 32 teams. The Eagles allow 290 pass yards per game. In contrast, New Orleans surrenders 194 yards through the air. Philadelphia’s run defense is stout but how much will that come into play against Drew Brees and the pass-happy Saints? While New Orleans has certainly struggled as the visiting team their road woes are overblown. The Saints roads losses are to the Patriots, Seahawks, Panthers, Rams, and Jets. Those teams have a combined 55-27 record. It’s not like New Orleans is getting drubbed by the Little Sisters of the Poor every time they leave the bayou. Saints win 31-24 San Diego Chargers @ CINCINNATI BENGALS -7

The San Diego Chargers NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ enter the postseason riding an Philadelphia Eagles -3 impressive 4-game winning The New Orleans Saints streak. The last team to beat road woes are well document- the Chargers? The Cincinnati ed. The team carries a 3-game Bengals, the team San Diego road losing streak into Phila- must now defeat to advance in delphia to face Chip Kelly’s the playoffs. Cincinnati edged high flying Eagles. Mysteri- the Chargers 17-10 in San Diously, the Saints offense, led ego just over a month ago. Can by future Hall of Famer Drew the Chargers return the favor in

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Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy talks to quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in Chicago.

Cincinnati against the favored Bengals this Sunday? Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers experienced a career renaissance throwing passes for first year Coach Mike McCoy. This was following two subpar campaigns which had many questioning how much gas Rivers’ had left in the tank entering his 10th professional season. Rivers was aided by standout rookie receiver Keenan Allen. Allen caught 71 balls for over a thousand yards and eight touchdowns to lead the team. Cincinnati, the AFC North Division Champions, is desperate for a postseason victory. It’s been 23 years since the Bengals won a playoff game. The team has qualified for the playoffs four of the last five seasons but regular season success hasn’t carried over into January. Quarterback Andy Dalton in particular has struggled in backto-back season ending losses to the Houston Texans. Dalton has yet to throw a touchdown pass, but has connected with the opposing team four times in those contests. That’s not good. The Bengals saving grace may be home field advantage. The team’s two prior playoff defeats in the Dalton era were

road games. This contest will be played in frigid Ohio where Cincinnati went 8-0 this season. Sunday’s forecast calls for a low of -7 degrees and possible snow. How will the warm weather San Diego Chargers fair in such inhospitable conditions? Bengals win 33-20 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ Green Bay Packers +3 The fourth and final wild card game this weekend may be the most anticipated. The 12-4 San Francisco 49ers, last year’s runner-up, travel to Green Bay to face Aaron Rodgers and the 8-7-1 Packers. On records alone you’d think San Francisco would be a clear favorite, but as the old adage goes, records can be deceiving. Green Bay was without an injured Rodgers for eight games before the star quarterback returned to spark the team to a playoff clinching victory over the Chicago Bears last Sunday. Green Bay was an unsightly 2-5-1 minus Rodgers in the lineup. With Rodgers the Packers are Super Bowl contenders. San Francisco is playing their best ball of the season as they enter the playoffs. The team failed to win a third consecutive

NFC West title (Go Seahawks!) but is still positioned nicely to make a run at a return trip to the Super Bowl. Unlike last season, when the 49ers experienced remarkable health, this year’s group suffered a number of injuries at key positions. Michael Crabtree’s mid-season return from an Achilles injury gave quarterback Colin Kaepernick an outside weapon to pair with Vernon Davis and Anquan Boldin working the middle of the field. The 49ers don’t need to be great on offense, they just need to be consistent. That’s because San Francisco boasts one of the most fearsome defenses in the NFL. Led by the terrifying Smith brothers, Justin and Aldon, the 49ers rank fifth in yards allowed per game and third in points allowed per game. With a strong defense and rushing attack San Francisco is a warm weather team built for cold weather football. Any team with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback poses a threat, but this is a poor matchup for Green Bay. This will be the fourth contest between these two NFC powers in the last two years. San Francisco won the first three. There’s no reason to expect a different result this time. 49ers win 30-17

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No. 1 Arizona Curry, Lee help Warriors beat Heat tops Cougars The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — Kaleb Tarczewski scored 11 points and No. 1 Arizona opened its Pac-12 season with a 60-25 rout of Washington State on Thursday night, shattering the McKale Center record for fewest points by a team. The 25 points were the fewest for Washington State since the Cougars had that many at Idaho on Jan. 15, 1938. The previous McKale record for fewest points was 37 by Northern Arizona in 1989. The Wildcats (14-0, 1-0) took a 21-2 lead and were up 28-7 at halftime. The Cougars (7-6, 0-1) shot 9 for 45 from the field and they needed to make a series of shots late to reach that. Washington State was without leading scorer DaVonte Lacy, who underwent an emergency appendectomy on Saturday. Junior Longrus led the Cougars with six points. Tarczewski, back after missing two games with a sprained ankle, was the only Arizona player to score in double figures. No. 4 WISCONSIN 76, NORTHWESTERN 49 EVANSTON, Ill. — Freshman reserve Nigel Hayes had a careerhigh 19 points and Wisconsin remained unbeaten with an easy win in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Hayes went 8 for 12 from the field and had six rebounds. The prize recruit is averaging 15.3 points in his last three games. Sam Dekker scored 15 points and Traevon Jackson had 10 for the Badgers (14-0, 1-0), who earned their seventh consecutive win against the Wildcats. They shot 55 percent (32 for 58) from the field and enjoyed a 38-27 rebounding edge. Northwestern (7-7, 0-1) has dropped two straight after a threegame winning streak. Alex Olah had a career-high 23 points, and Drew Crawford finished with 10 points on 3-for-11 shooting. Wisconsin improved to 14-0 for the first time since the Badgers won each of their 15 games in the 1911-12 and 1913-14 seasons. It was their 11th straight win in a Big Ten opener.

No. 8 WICHITA ST. 82, S. ILLINOIS 67 CARBONDALE, Ill. — Fred VanVleet had 17 points, seven assists and two steals and Wichita State remained unbeaten behind 62 percent shooting in its Missouri Valley Conference opener. Cleanthony Early scored 23 points for the Shockers (14-0, 1-0), the preseason conference favorites coming off a Final Four appearance. The 14-0 start is five wins better than the school’s previous best and the 14-game winning streak matches the school mark set in 1953-54 under coach Ralph Miller. Sean O’Brien and Desmar Jackson had 19 points apiece for Southern Illinois (4-10, 0-1), which upset Wichita State at home last February the week after the

Shockers had been knocked out of the Top 25. Coach Barry Hinson returned after missing one game due to the death of his son-in-law on Christmas. Nick Wiggins added 13 points on 5-for-5 shooting for Wichita State.

No. 10 OREGON 70, UTAH 68, OT SALT LAKE CITY — Damyean Dotson stole a pass from Dallin Bachynski and raced untouched for a breakaway dunk with 1 second left in overtime for unbeaten Oregon in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. Richard Amardi had 14 points and Dominic Artis added 12 for the Ducks (13-0, 1-0) who are off to their best start since winning 13 straight games to open the 2006-07 season. Jordan Loveridge scored 21 points for Utah, while Delon Wright chipped in 14 and Bachynski added 11 points and 12 rebounds. The Utes (11-2, 0-1) led by as many as 10 points in the second half. Wright put the Utes ahead 6866 with consecutive baskets. But Dotson made two free throws to tie it in the final minute and then came up with the steal and winning basket. Loveridge got off a 3-point attempt before the buzzer, but it bounced off the rim.

CLEVELAND — Todd Bowles was on the last coaching staff to get the Browns to the playoffs. He might get a chance to take them back. Bowles will interview for Cleveland’s head coaching job Friday, NFL Network reported Thursday. Bowles, who spent the past season as Arizona’s defensive coordinator, was an assistant with the Browns from 2001-04, coaching defensive backs on Butch Davis’ staff. With Bowles, the Browns went to the AFC playoffs in 2002, their last visit and the only time they’ve been to the postseason since their expansion reboot in 1999. Now, the team is looking for its fourth full-time coach in six years <0x2014> and seventh in 15 years <0x2014> after Rob Chudzinski was fired last week after one season. Bowles certainly has an impressive, varied resume. In his first year with the Cardinals, the 50-year-old Bowles helped Arizona to a 10-6 record. He spent 2012 with Philadelphia, starting the season coach-

KNICKS 105, SPURS 101

SAN ANTONIO — Iman Shumpert scored a career-high 27 points, including the tiebreaking tip-in with 23.4 seconds left, and Carmelo Anthony had 27 points and 12 rebounds in his return from injury as New York surprised San Antonio. Amare Stoudemire added 11 points and Beno Udrih and Andrea Bargnani had 10 each for the Knicks (10-21), who snapped a three-game skid. Marco Belinelli had a careerNo. 20 COLORADO 64, high 32 points, but missed a pair OREGON ST. 58 of 3-pointers in the final minute for BOULDER, Colo. — Josh San Antonio (25-8). Scott, Askia Booker and Jaron Hopkins all scored 13 points for Colorado in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. Scott had 10 rebounds for Colorado (12-2, 1-0), which matched its best start since the 1979-80 season UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Kyle when the Buffaloes also opened 12-2. Colorado remained unbeaten Okposo scored 58 seconds into in 10 games at the Coors Events overtime, and the New York IsCenter this season. landers beat the Chicago BlackSpencer Dinwiddie had nine hawks 3-2 after blowing a twopoints, including three key free goal lead on Thursday night. throws in the late going, for the One day after Okposo was Buffaloes. disappointed by not being choRoberto Nelson, who is leadsen for the U.S. Olympic team, ing the league in scoring, had 23 he snapped a drive past goalie points for Oregon State, including hitting all 10 of his free throws. Corey Crawford, who finished Eric Moreland, reinstated after with 31 saves. serving a season-opening suspenCasey Cizikas scored in his sion for a violation of team rules, 100th NHL game, and Thomas had 10 rebounds for Oregon State Vanek added a goal for the Is(8-5, 0-1). landers. Defenseman Andrew

The Spurs dropped to 12-5 at home this season. They had won three in a row overall.

NETS 95, THUNDER 93 OKLAHOMA CITY — Joe Johnson hit a high-arching jumper as time expired to give Brooklyn a comeback victory over Oklahoma City. Johnson’s game-winning shot capped an improbable rally from a 16-point second-half deficit for the Nets (11-21), led by a season-high 29 points from point guard Deron Williams. Brooklyn trailed 77-61 late in the third quarter, but Williams scored 18 in the second half and helped set the stage for Johnson’s last-second shot. Paul Pierce added 18 points for the Nets. Kevin Durant led the Thunder (25-7) with 24 points. Oklahoma City was playing its fourth straight game without injured All-Star guard Russell Westbrook.

CAVALIERS 87, MAGIC 85, OT CLEVELAND — Anderson Varejao hit two crucial jumpers in overtime and tied a franchise record with a career-high 25 rebounds as Cleveland beat Orlando to snap a season-high six-game losing streak. The Cavaliers were playing without All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, who missed his first game this season because of a bruised left knee. Irving averages a teamhigh 22.2 points. Orlando couldn’t hold a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and Cleveland tied the game on Dion Waiters’ layup with .06 seconds remaining.

BULLS 94, CELTICS 82

CHICAGO — Joakim Noah had 17 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to help Chicago defeat Boston and snap a two-game skid. Carlos Boozer added 16 points, Luol Deng 14, Taj Gibson 12, Mike Dunleavy 11 and Jimmy Butler 10 for the Bulls. Noah had nine assists early in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t get another and fell just short of a triple-double. Butler missed a jumper with 8 seconds left, Noah’s last chance at reaching 10 assists.

GRIZZLIES 99, SUNS 91 PHOENIX — Jerryd Bayless scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, coming off the bench to help Memphis overcome Goran Dragic’s career-high 33 points in a win over Phoenix. Bayless helped the Grizzlies recover from the Suns’ 18-0 thirdquarter run, giving Memphis a 9484 lead on a 3-pointer with 4:30 to play. Zach Randolph had 20 points and 15 rebounds in helping the Grizzlies beat the Suns for the second time in two meetings this season. Ed Davis added 16 points and 11 rebounds.

TRAIL BLAZERS 134, BOBCATS 104 PORTLAND, Ore. — Wesley Matthews had 25 points, including five of Portland’s 21 3-pointers in a rout of Charlotte. The Trail Blazers hit their first seven 3s and made 63.6 percent of their 33 attempts in becoming the first NBA team to make 20 or more 3s twice in one season, according to STATS. Damian Lillard finished

with 24 points, hitting all six of his 3-point tries. The 21 3-pointers matched a franchise high, set in a 139-105 victory at Philadelphia on Dec. 14. Portland upped its record to 26-7 and moved back into the top spot in the Western Conference.

76ERS 113, KINGS 104 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thaddeus Young scored 28 points, Evan Turner had 24 and Philadelphia defeated Sacramento for its third straight victory. The suddenly surging 76ers took the lead early in the second quarter and never trailed again in winning their third consecutive road game after losing the previous 13. Reserve guard Tony Wroten had 21 points for Philadelphia, which ends its six-game road trip Saturday in Portland. Lavoy Allen and Spencer Hawes added 10 points apiece.

JAZZ 96, BUCKS 87 SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and Derrick Favors had 21 points and 11 rebounds to help Utah hold off Milwaukee, winning consecutive games for the third time this season. Hayward, Utah’s leading scorer, had failed to reach double digits in the previous two games but was efficient from the start against the Bucks with 18 points in the first half. Favors took his turn in crunch time with seven points in the final 2:02 to clinch the game. The Jazz made all 17 free throw attempts and outrebounded the Bucks 43-34 in a matchup of teams with the worst records in each conference.

Islanders’ OT goal beats Blackhawks

No. 24 GONZAGA 73, SAINT MARY’S 51 SPOKANE, Wash. — Przemek Karnowski had 15 points and nine rebounds for Gonzaga against archrival Saint Mary’s. Kevin Pangos added 15 points and eight rebounds for the injuryplagued Bulldogs (13-2, 3-0 West Coast Conference). Starting forward Sam Dower Jr. played sparingly as he continues to recover from a back injury, while Pangos is hampered with turf toe. Starting guard Gary Bell Jr. is out with a broken hand. Gonzaga has won three straight games since losing to Kansas State. The Zags have won 21 straight WCC games spanning three seasons. Saint Mary’s (10-4, 1-1) played without coach Randy Bennett, who is serving a five-game suspension for NCAA violations.

Browns searching TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer

MIAMI — Stephen Curry scored 36 points and handed out 12 assists, and David Lee scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Miami Heat 123-114 Thursday night and extended the NBA’s longest current winning streak to seven games. Curry was 13 for 22 from the field and 8 for 15 from beyond the arc for Golden State. Lee added 14 rebounds, Klay Thompson scored 16 points and Harrison Barnes added 15 for the Warriors. LeBron James scored 26 points and Dwyane Wade added 22 for the Heat, which had all five starters in double figures. Chris Bosh scored 19, Mario Chalmers had 17 and Shane Battier added 11 for Miami. But the Heat allowed Golden State to shoot 56 percent, make 15 of 29 tries from 3-point range and finish with a 40-31 rebounding edge.

ing the secondary before finishing as defensive coordinator when Juan Castillo was fired. He was Miami’s interim head coach for the final four games of the 2011 season after the Dolphins fired Tony Sparano. Bowles’ background with Cleveland will help his cause, so may his Arizona connection. Last season, the Browns hired former Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton, who improved the unit but isn’t expected to return. Bowles played safety for eight seasons in the NFL with Washington and San Francisco, winning a Super Bowl with the Redskins in 1988. An interview with Bowles would satisfy the Rooney Rule, requiring teams to meet with at least one minority candidate. Bowles also is expected to interview for Minnesota’s head coaching vacancy. The Browns are not commenting on their search or confirming any interviews. On Saturday, owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner are expected to meet with New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, considered the favorite to replace Chudzinski.

MacDonald had two assists, and Evgeni Nabokov made 37 saves. BRUINS 3, PREDATORS 2, OT

BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored 54 seconds into overtime, faking out a defender at the point and then wristing the puck into the net to give the Bruins a victory over the Predators. Marchand’s move past Predators forward Mike Fisher gave Bruins goalie Niklas Svedberg a victory in his NHL debut. Svedberg, who was called up from the AHL, stopped 33 shots.

six straight losses in regulation. Marco Scandella scored just 106 seconds before Pominville. Jason Zucker had the third goal in the WASHINGTON — Jeff Skin- second period against Ryan Miller, ner scored three goals, including one of the three goalies recently the winner in overtime, and Anton picked for the U.S. Olympic team. Khudobin made 38 saves in his first start in months, leading CaroBLUES 5, KINGS 0 lina over the Capitals. Skinner took a pass from Ryan ST. LOUIS — T.J. Oshie scored Murphy to cap a 3-on-1 break at twice and Brian Elliott made 30 1:20 of the extra period for his 19th saves to lead the St. Louis Blues goal of the season. to a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. St. Louis has won four in a row SENATORS 4, JETS 3 and six of seven. OTTAWA, Ontario — Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist BLUE JACKETS 2, and Clarke MacArthur scored the COYOTES 0 winning goal midway through the third period and the Senators beat GLENDALE, Ariz. — Nathan Winnipeg. Horton scored in his Columbus Kyle Turris stole the puck and debut, Curtis McElhinney made 34 passed to MacArthur, who scored saves for his second shutout of the and helped the Senators win for the season and the Blue Jackets beat third straight time. They had not the sluggish Coyotes 2-0. won back-to-back games in nearly R.J. Umberger also scored for seven weeks prior to the second the Blue Jackets, who snapped win of their current streak. a two-game losing streak with a burst of energy provided by HorWILD 4, SABRES 1 ton, Columbus’ $37 million offseason free-agent acquisition. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason Pominville scored another goal against AVALANCHE 2, FLYERS 1 his old team, and the Wild beat the to stop a franchise-record streak of DENVER — Semyon Var-

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lamov stopped 29 shots, Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn had a goal each and the Avalanche beat the Flyers. Steve Mason also had 29 saves and Wayne Simmonds scored for the Flyers, who had their fourgame winning streak stopped.

CANADIENS 6, STARS 4 DALLAS — Lars Eller broke a tie midway through the third period, Max Pacioretty had two goals C and two assists, and the Canadiens Y beat the Stars. P.K. Subban had a goal and three assists, and Brendan Gallagher and David Desharnais also scored for Montreal, which finished a season-high six-game road trip at 3-2-1.

SHARKS 5, OILERS 1 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored goals 49 seconds apart in the first period to lead the Sharks to their fifth win in six games. Bracken Kearns and Logan Couture added goals 1:27 apart in the second period to give each scores in three straight games as the Sharks beat the Oilers for the sixth straight time.

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 15 15 .500 — Boston 13 19 .406 3 Brooklyn 11 21 .344 5 Philadelphia 11 21 .344 5 New York 10 21 .323 5½ Southeast Division Miami 24 8 .750 — Atlanta 18 14 .563 6 Washington 14 15 .483 8½ Charlotte 14 20 .412 11 Orlando 10 22 .313 14 Central Division Indiana 25 6 .806 — Detroit 14 19 .424 12 Chicago 13 18 .419 12 Cleveland 11 21 .344 14½ Milwaukee 7 25 .219 18½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 25 8 .758 — Houston 21 13 .618 4½ Dallas 19 13 .594 5½ New Orleans 14 16 .467 9½ Memphis 14 17 .452 10 Northwest Division Portland 26 7 .788 — Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 ½ Minnesota 16 16 .500 9½ Denver 14 17 .452 11 Utah 11 24 .314 16 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 22 12 .647 — Golden State 21 13 .618 1 Phoenix 19 12 .613 1½ L.A. Lakers 13 19 .406 8 Sacramento 10 21 .323 10½ Thursday’s Games Cleveland 87, Orlando 81, OT Golden State 123, Miami 114 Chicago 94, Boston 82 Brooklyn 95, Oklahoma City 93 New York 105, San Antonio 101 Memphis 99, Phoenix 91 Utah 96, Milwaukee 87 Portland 134, Charlotte 104 Philadelphia 113, Sacramento 104 Friday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 3 p.m. New Orleans at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Golden State at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. New York at Houston, 4 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Denver, 5 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 41 27 12 2 56 Tampa Bay 40 24 12 4 52 Montreal 42 24 14 4 52 Toronto 42 21 16 5 47 Detroit 42 18 14 10 46 Ottawa 43 18 18 7 43 Florida 41 15 20 6 36 Buffalo 41 11 26 4 26 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 42 29 12 1 59 Washington 41 20 15 6 46 Philadelphia 41 20 17 4 44 New Jersey 41 17 16 8 42 N.Y. Rangers 41 20 19 2 42 Carolina 41 16 16 9 41 Columbus 41 18 19 4 40 N.Y. Islanders 42 14 21 7 35 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 43 28 7 8 St. Louis 40 28 7 5 Colorado 40 25 11 4 Dallas 40 20 13 7 Minnesota 43 21 17 5 Winnipeg 43 19 19 5 Nashville 41 18 18 5 Pacific Division Anaheim 42 29 8 5 San Jose 41 26 9 6 Los Angeles 42 25 13 4 Vancouver 42 23 12 7 Phoenix 40 20 11 9 Calgary 40 14 20 6 Edmonton 43 13 25 5 NOTE: Two points for a win, point for overtime loss.

Chicago at New Jersey, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Calgary, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

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Thursday’s Games Boston 3, Nashville 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 3, Chicago 2, OT Carolina 4, Washington 3, OT Ottawa 4, Winnipeg 3 St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 0 Minnesota 4, Buffalo 1 Montreal 6, Dallas 4 Colorado 2, Philadelphia 1 Columbus 2, Phoenix 0 San Jose 5, Edmonton 1 Friday’s Games

Wild-card Round Saturday, Jan. 4 Kansas City at Indianapolis, 12:35 p.m. (NBC) New Orleans at Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego at Cincinnati, 9:05 a.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Green Bay, 12:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Green Bay, San Francisco or New Orleans at Seattle, 12:35 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati, Indianpolis or Kansas City at New England, 4:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 Philadelphia, Green Bay or San Francisco at Carolina, 9:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis, Kansas City or San Diego at Denver, 12:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 11 a.m. (CBS) NFC, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) All Times ADT

Over/Under Picking Odds FAVORITE O/U UNDERDOG Orange Bowl, at Miami Ohio St. 3 (69½) Clemson Tomorrow BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt 2½ (53½) Houston

Sunday GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Ball St. 7½ (64½) Arkansas St. Monday BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif. Florida St. 8½ (67½) Auburn NFL Playoffs O/U UNDERDOG Tomorrow at Indianapolis 2½ (46½) Kansas City at Philadelphia 2½ (54) New Orleans Sunday at Cincinnati 7 (47) San Diego San Francisco 2½ (47) at Green Bay FAVORITE

Transactions BASEBALL MLB Suspended Los Angeles Angels C Carlos Ramirez for 100 games for a third positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of baseball’s minor league drug program. American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Downs on a one-year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS Signed OF Cole Gillespie, RHP Matt Palmer and RHP Ramon Ramirez to minor league contracts. National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Released 1B Brett Pill. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS Suspended G Andre Miller two games for conduct detrimental to the team. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Resigned C Philip Blake, WR Dan Buckner, LB Kenny Demens, C Tom Draheim, TE Darren Fells, RB Robert Hughes, S Orhian Johnson, DT Anthony McCloud, and LB Kenny Rowe to reserve/ future contracts. CHICAGO BEARS Signed QB Jay Cutler to a seven-year contract, and G Matt Slauson and CB Tim Jennings to four-year contracts. CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed RB Jamaine Cook and DB Brandon Hughes to reserve/future contracts.

HOUSTON TEXANS Named Bill O’Brien coach. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Resigned WR Austin Collie. Placed WR Josh Boyce on injured reserve. NEW YORK GIANTS Announced the retirement of offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride. OAKLAND RAIDERS Signed DT David Carter, QB Trent Edwards and DT Torell Troup to reserve/ future contracts. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Named Lovie Smith coach. Pro Football Hall of Fame PFHOF Named David Baker president and executive director. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Activated F Nathan Horton, G Sergei Bobrovsky and D Dalton Prout from the injured list. Reassigned F Jonathan Marchessault, D Tim Erixon and G Mike McKenna to Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS Recalled F Colton Sceviour from Texas (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD Recalled G Darcy Kuemper from Iowa (AHL). Activated D Clayton Stoner from the injured reserve list. Placed F Zenon Konopka on waivers. NEW YORK ISLANDERS Loaned D Aaron Ness to Bridgeport (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS Agreed to terms with F Anthony Duclair on an entry level contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS Re-signed D Zach Loyd. NEW YORK RED BULLS Mutually terminated the contract with D Markus Holgersson. COLLEGE MAINE Named Karlton Creech athletic director, effective Feb. 10. NEBRASKA Named John Jentz senior associate athletics director-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 13. OREGON STATE Announced junior WR Brandin Cooks will enter the NFL draft. PENN STATE Named Larry Johnson interim football coach. TEXAS A&M Announced sophomore WR Mike Evans will enter the NFL draft.

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n Tuesday night of this week, New Year’s Eve, I caught a 55-pound king salmon. The event was so exciting that I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. I’ve dreamed about fish and fishing before, but this time was different. It didn’t involve fishing, hooking or boating a big fish. Instead, it was only about having a king salmon in my possession, taking it home and eating it. It’s likely that I dreamed up this fish because I couldn’t have it in the real world. The only king salmon I caught in 2013 was a small “feeder” king, taken in March on a charter boat out of Homer. Like most other people who were concerned about the poor runs of Kenai River kings in recent years, I didn’t fish for them in 2013. Thinking about this dream on the day after, I realized that it focused on what was most important to me about salmon fishing: the use of salmon for food. It’s outrageous that salmon can be caught and released just for “sport,” killing about one for every 15 caught while having fun and getting a photo of a “trophy” fish. And it’s even more outrageous that catch-and-release of kings is allowed during runs when it’s doubtful that the spawning escapement is adequate to sustain the stock. Trouble is, a large and influential group not only wants to be able to catch and release king salmon, but needs to do so. In the 1970s, I considered commercial fishermen to be the main adversaries of those of us who like to fish with rod and reel, but no more. The biggest threat now is the sport-fishing industry, as represented by Kenai River guides and the Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA). So many guides now depend upon the Kenai River, they seriously impact other fisheries whenever the Kenai is restricted. Without catch-and-release fishing, fishing guides have little to sell their clients during years of poor runs. In years when an insufficient number of kings enter the Kenai to ensure an adequate spawning escapement, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game issues Emergency Orders. “EOs” that close the Kenai to king salmon fishing and EOs that allow only catch-and-release fishing make the fishery unpredictable. When it’s unpredictable for two or three years in a row, guides start looking for other ways to make a living. In 2002, Kenai River guides and the KRSA tried to ban all harvest, making the early run exclusively a “fun” fishery. “Catch-and-release only” for early-run Kenai River kings came very close to becoming regulation. Instead, with an aim to make the fishery more “stable and predictable,” the Board of Fisheries slashed nearly all of the early-run harvest. Together with a non-retenSee PALMER, page C-2

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Bird’s eye view from the office of Becky Uta, the new Administrative Officer at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Where did I come from? How did I get here? Why is it interesting to others? Being tasked with introducing myself, I realize it can be cumbersome. As I write and start over a few times, I laugh, as I look outside my window today, of all days, and I see three moose chomping on a tree, followed by conversations from the visitor center about delayed skiing because of them. I ponder this scene and know this is the reason I am here. Alaska is that place on everyone’s bucket list to experience and those who have expressed with gusto their intent to come back. I am Becky Uta, Administrative Officer for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. I track the Refuge budget and contracts, and supervise two employees who handle all things clerical: is-

R efuge N otebook B ecky U ta sue permits, triage incoming calls, and process Refuge employee personnel actions — the administration of administration. I started my career with the U.S. Army, later transferring to the Federal Aviation Administration, both out of Kansas City, Missouri, and earned many “admin” hats over my 10 years of service: Secretary, Records Manager, FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Specialist, to name a few. As an enlisted Soldier, now Veteran, I was trained to be an Aircraft Structural

Repairer. Nothing in my past really gave me the direct heading to how I came to the Refuge, like some of my co-workers in technical fields. I have a knack for details and multitasking, and I love to fine tune processes for time efficiencies. My life is my blended family, with a husband of 13-plus years and four children, ranging from 10 to 19 years. Word spread like wild fire at my former office concerning my move to Alaska, the number one comment received, “Wow that is quite a move, Why Alaska?” My response was always “Why NOT Alaska!” I am writing whilst the moose happily munch on the foliage outside my window. In the current winter state, covered in a foot of snow and sub-zero tem-

peratures, I still proclaim, why not Alaska! It is that elusive place I only saw in pictures and heard about in the adventures of Alex, my brother, who has lived in Wasilla for more than a decade. As my family prepared to leave the city I called home for 22 years, we were subjected to lots of advice and opinions about this hidden wonderland. Oh, we heard it all: All the advice about bears and moose, people shared songs about Alaska, and we heard every story about past trips to the state. A personal experience was with my brother when I visited for the interview. He said that my “Lower 48” money wouldn’t work here, indicating that I need not pay for dinner. But See REFUGE, page C-2

First Day Hikes get year off on the right foot By LISA TRIGG Tribune-Star

MARSHALL, Ind. (AP) — No bugs. No poison ivy. No crowds. First Day Hikes have become popular across the country as a great way to see state parks during a season when many people prefer to be warm at home on a holiday. At Turkey Run State Park in Parke County near Marshall, a First Day Hike - so named because it occurs on the first day of the new year - took about 50 people on a quest for eagles, along cliffs and across a suspension bridge, past waterfalls and icicles. “Hiking is not only wonderful for your physical health, but for your mental health, too,” Kristie Ridgway, the interpretive naturalist who led this year’s walk through the woods, told the Tribune-Star. “It’s a good way to breathe in what nature has to offer. So much of our landscape is breathtaking year-round.” The Division of State Parks and Reservoirs in the Indiana Department of Natural Resources hosted 30

‘We couldn’t have had better weather. Unfortunately, we saw no eagles, though we saw some songbirds and heard a woodpecker and saw a rabbit.’ — Kristie Ridgway, interpretive naturalist First Day events around the state on Wednesday. According to America’s State Parks, First Day Hikes were led in all 50 states. Last year, state parks across the country hosted 22,000 people who hiked a combined 43,911 miles. At Turkey Run last year, the guided hike drew about 20 participants in 20-degree weather. This year, that number more than doubled, perhaps in part because of warmer temperatures in the low 40s. “We couldn’t have had better weather,” Ridgway said. “Unfortunately, we saw no eagles, though we saw some songbirds and heard a woodpecker and saw a rabbit.”

Participating in a First Day Hike has become a tradition for many people. Rosedale area residents Kris Murphy and her 10-year-old son, Kyadan, chose to walk with family members on the trails at Turkey Run this year after doing a hike last year at McCormick’s Creek State Park in Owen County. “This year we decided to go to Turkey Run, and I’m glad we did,” Kris Murphy said. “The trail was better and the guide was really well-informed. We’re trying to make it a yearly tradition for us.” Kyadan said he enjoyed breaking the ice along the trails, and walking over the new suspension bridge, which

recently reopened after the previous bridge was replaced following flood damage that occurred last summer. He also enjoyed checking out the animal pelts exhibited from some of the natural creatures sharing the park. “I saw an otter when I was out hunting, and I saw a road kill bobcat once,” Kyadan said. Naturalist Ridgway said bobcats are common in west-central Indiana, especially in the state park, where the sandstone cliffs and crevices provide good shelter. River otters are also common in the streams that feed Sugar Creek, and groundhogs and beavers are also plentiful. Hiking is a year-round activity that requires only a solid pair of boots, some outdoor clothing and perhaps a backpack with supplies such as a water bottle and compass. The American Hiking Society and America’s State Parks estimated that more than 720 million people visit state parks each year, contributing more than $23 billion to the national economy.

Climate of change ahead for gardening By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press

industry now and growing in double digits every year. “There will be more food and fewer lawns. Urban food production will be up because a lot of open space is becoming available. With all the empty homes, you can create parks; you can create food production. Detroit is rebounding using not only open land but creating vertical hydroponic food production in abandoned industrial buildings.”

While many gardeners scan the newly arrived seed catalogs to plan their next growing season, the industry’s visionaries are pouring talent and resources into products and ideas they hope will be sown in years to come. Evolutionary biology is just one aspect of flora development; plant resiliency, landscape design and education also are part of the creative mix. So what are the prospects for gar- Houseplants dening in the year 2020 and beyond? Jose Smith, chief executive officer, Some responses from the long-term Costa Farms, Miami: thinkers: “We’re trying hard to bring more color to houseplants. Green is not a Organics color. We’re also trying to create plants Coach Mark Smallwood, executive so they’re more of a lifestyle — a livdirector, Rodale Institute, Kutztown, ing home decor.” Pa.: “Organic gardening won’t be sim- Trees ply a niche market. It’s a $31 billion

Greg Ina, vice president, The Davey Institute, Kent, Ohio: “We’re working to quantify the benefits of trees. People are beginning to go beyond the anecdotal understanding that trees are good — beyond beautification to natural functions like pollution and wellness. “Another big scientific topic is resiliency. Improving early detection. Dealing with the invasion of exotic pests. Building resistance to climate change. That impacts what we plant and where we plant trees.”

Flowers Anthony Tesselaar, president and co-founder, Anthony Tesselaar Plants, Silvan, Australia: “The gardening industry has been looking at plant size and multi-use aspects with increasing urbanization, and also such factors as increased disease resistance to reduce the needs for C

pesticides and other chemicals in a closed urban environment. “Dwarf and clump plants are being developed for smaller-space gardening. There is also work on establishing more fastigiated (slender) trees and shrubs.”

Vegetables/herbs George Ball, chairman and chief executive officer, W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Warminster, Pa.: “All roads lead to the garden. Almost everybody is into gardening and vegetable gardening is the focus. Flowers are almost on the sidelines. “Gardening feeds spinoff hobbies like cooking. People who grow things tend to become amateur cooks. If you cook at home, look at how much money you save. “Gardening also impacts health. If you go to any clinic and talk to any dietician, the effects of vege-

tables are obvious. Choosing a diet high in vegetables makes you a lot healthier.” “Parents of newborns are increasingly shying away from processed foods and are forcing companies such as Burpee to research high-yielding, relatively bland-tasting — still retaining all nutritious elements — softfruited elements. “More than just an accent, herbs will soon occupy a more prominent role in American home-cooked cuisine, with far more flavorful leaves that will change recipes and food for the table. We see this happening at top-tier restaurants in major cities. “Spurred by less space and the need to protect gardens from exploding populations of deer, every major home gardening company is working on developing a portfolio of vegetables for cultivation on patios and limited areas. Plants will be smaller but their yields higher.”

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Neither rain nor snow can stop these athletes By BRANDON MATHIS The Durango Herald

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — It was cold — almost freezing, actually. There was snow on top of ice and grass under the mud: Perfect conditions for a Four Corners Cyclocross Series race. Cyclocross is a growing sport, a blend of road biking, mountain biking and running — all part of the same event. Mixing skills from all three disciplines, the event presents obstacles on a twisting course designed to take down the best, and it’s gaining momentum from big city parks to small mountain towns. And Fort Lewis College’s campus is fast becoming a hot spot for the sport.

“It’s about the worst conditions possible to ride in,” said race official Garrett Alexander, also a youth cycling coach with Durango Devo. “You’re basically riding in snow and mud, and your bike is somewhat of a road bike with knobby tires. You’re jumping over barriers with your bike and running up stairs.” As he spoke last Saturday, riders slipped and slid across mucky hillsides and crunched through snowy sections on a course that rolled through Ray Dennison Memorial Field and other athletic fields. “It’s pretty much a testament of will,” he said. Cyclocross dates to early 20th century Europe, called “steeple chasing” as cyclists would race from town to town,

‘It’s a short race with lots of places to make mistakes.’ — Chad Cheeney cutting corners through farm fields and jumping fences off the beaten path — their only bearing the church steeple in the next town over. Before pedaling out on the course, Chad Cheeney, FLC cycling coach and Devo cofounder, said high intensity and battling the odds is what attracts people to cyclocross. “It’s a short race with lots of places to make mistakes,” he said. Hordes of local athletes

braved the cold for a morning of great pain and little glory. Carmen Small is no stranger to the saddle. The born-andraised Durangoan has cranked miles around the world, road racing with Team Specialized/ lululemon, bringing home two world championship medals in 2013. She said she races cyclocross for fun. “I love supporting the local stuff,” Small said. “I’m gone most of the season, racing with my international team, and I don’t get to be home that often.” She said once you get going, you forget you’re suffering. “You’re going so hard, you’re not cold,” she said after five 1.5-mile laps. “Three weeks ago, it was sub-20 degrees, and we all came out. We’re so lucky

to have this here.” Race and FLC cycling team director Dave Hagen said the show goes on - rain, sleet or shine - and some racers prefer to deal with all three elements. “The course is whatever it is, whatever someone is going to throw at you,” he said. He kept track of racers as they passed, gasping for air. “A few weeks ago it was pouring rain, and we raced. If it was snowing now, we’d still be racing.” He described the sport as endurance at maximum capacity. “Look, you can tell by the people going by, they’re crosseyed,” he said. “Two laps in, and you don’t want to be doing this anymore, and they’re still trying to keep it together in the mud.” The line up at the starting gate was a mixed bag of die-

hards and the fitness-conscious. Collegiate racers shouldered up next to emergency-room doctors. Professional athletes shook hands of local weekend warriors. Walt Axthelm had to race in the 50-and-older age group because no one else in his class showed. He’s in his seventh year of cyclocross and has a 55year career of motocross and competitive cycling. Oh, yeah, Axthelm is 80 years old. He plans to go to cyclocross nationals in Boulder next month. “It’s a fun game with a great bunch of people,” he said. After that, he starts training for the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. “I can’t seem to get it out of my system,” he said.

Study finds elusive carnivores after forest fire By PERRY BACKUS Ravalli Republic

DARBY, Mont. — There was no way of knowing what kind of critters might venture through the charred trees left last year in the wake of a wildfire in Soldier Creek. “The ground was basically dust,” said Bitterroot National Forest biologist Andrea Shortsleeve. Far up in the head of the West Fork drainage not far from Devil Creek, a team of Bitterroot National Forest researchers led by the biologist decided to set a photographic trap in an effort to see what might show up. So they tied a leg taken from road-killed deer high up on blackened tree with a stout piece of wire. And then they carefully placed a series of stiff wire brushes into the bark of the tree to capture some fur from passing carnivores.

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This undated image shows a wolverine feasting on a the leg of a road-killed deer that they had nailed to a tree at Bitterroot National Forest in Montana.

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I tried my bank card, it really didn’t work! Unbeknownst to me, the card was only blocked as a security feature because it was outside of the U.S. Yes, read “Outside the U.S.”! He responded, “See Little Sis’ Your Lower 48 money doesn’t work here.” Of course I began “collecting” these comments and tales. A few of my favorites: Do I like Snow? Am I ready for the cold? Am I prepared for the month of darkness? Do I have enough blankets? We need to brush up on dog sledding. The best joke was: If a bear charges, you only have to run faster than the person in front of you. Of course, I’ve since learned that is NOT what you should do if a bear charges! Check out our tips for outdoor safety: http://www. fws.gov/refuge/Kenai/visit/visitor_activities/safety.html Drawing in on final thoughts, since my arrival at the Refuge, I learned right away that this is a place full of life, commu-

nity, and passion for nature. As a newly transplanted resident of “The Last Frontier,” I am very fortunate to be a part of a place that my children and future generations will be able to enjoy. I have only seen the “tip of the iceberg” so far and, sorry, no penguins (another amusing comment received). Living in the area for only three months, I sit at my office window and watch the passing moose, the occasional chickadees flit by, and experience the beautiful sunrises. Simply beautiful! So why Alaska? This is why: Snow covered mountains that turn pink at sunset, the smell of crisp, cold, CLEAN air, and a skyline with colors that illuminate strange new places begging for me to explore, in time. But for now, it’s back to the budget system. Rebecca Uta is the new Administrative Officer at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. You can find more information about the refuge at http://kenai. fws.gov or http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.

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non-retention, 40- to 55-inch “slot limit,” the board slashed the annual early-run harvest to one-sixth of what it had been in prior years, from an average of 6,900 fish to less than 1,200. This action marked the first time ever that a traditional Alaskan salmon harvest fishery had been replaced by a catch-and-release fishery. This regulation triggered years of conflict and divisiveness in the community, some of which lingers still. At the February 2002 fishboard meeting, KRSA board member and fishing guide Pat Carter told the Anchorage Daily News, “The Kenai is so special it shouldn’t just be treated as another meat fishery.” In the Clarion (Feb. 15, 2002), KRSA executive director Brett Huber said about the Kenai’s king salmon fishery, “Perhaps it’s time to treat this like other trophy fisheries, like we do with rainbow trout.” When local residents became fully aware of the ramifications of the new regulation, that the fast-growing sport-fishing industry was now powerful enough to sway the board into making catch-

After that was done, they attached a trail camera to a nearby tree with its lens pointed at the bait. And just to make sure that a passing critter would know that a free meal was waiting, they hung two sponges pasted with a smelly concoction called Craven’s Gusto onto a couple of nearby branches. Shortsleeve said no one knew just what to expect. Not long after the photographic trap was set, the researchers were excited to see a series of images of an elusive wolverine clinging to the tree while it snacked on the red meat. “That surprised me,” Shortsleeve said. “We didn’t expect a wolverine to show up in an area that had been completely burned.” Last year was the first for a new forest carnivore study on the Bitterroot National Forest that

hopes to unlock some secrets about the elusive three: wolverine, fisher and Canada lynx. Shortsleeve took the lead in putting together the study after hearing about a similar effort in Idaho while attending a wildlife conference. “We don’t have a ton of information on some of these species and I’ve been kind of thinking about what we might do about that,” she said. “When I looked at their protocol, it seemed pretty basic and not very expensive.” Even better, it didn’t take the completion of a long drawnout, complicated research design before stations could be set up and information gathered. Last year, the small research team started with 10 trail cameras, which they used to record the scene at 33 different stations through the winter in the wilderness along the Selway corridor.

By the time the winter was over, they had more than 10,000 pictures to look through. “Some of them were pictures of moss moving in the breeze or snow falling, but those were easy to flip through,” she said. “We also had a chance to see a lot of photos of secretive critters. “It’s rare for anyone to see a wolverine or a fisher in the wilds,” Shortsleeve said. “We had a chance to see them in action in a series of photos.” The researchers also collected 250 samples of fur from the gun barrel brushes attached to the tree and sent those off for DNA analysis. “We are still waiting to get some of the analysis back,” Shortsleeve said. “We know we have four wolverines, three fishers and a ton of marten, bobcat and weasel hits.” There not any sightings of lynx.

and-release a priority for king salmon, they became deeply concerned. If the board would do this on the Kenai River, they could do it anywhere. Were we now going to start managing Alaska’s salmon like trophy trout, just catching and releasing them for sport? If so, as guide numbers increased, all accessible salmon fishing could end up being managed not for a harvest, but exclusively for fun fishing. Those of us who consider the catching and eating of salmon almost a holy ritual drew a line in the sand. Real-

izing that the guides were in it mainly for the money, and that state bureaucrats weren’t going to help, we set out to change the regulation and restore a reasonable opportunity for harvest. It took several months, but we eventually convinced the fish board that most Alaskans wanted to have an occasional salmon on their dinner table more than they wanted Kenai River fishing guides to have stable and predictable jobs. Eleven years have passed since the guides and KRSA tried to make playthings of

Kenai River kings. The danger that they could again convince the fish board to do this is greater than ever. If they decide to try when the board meets in Anchorage later this month, they should remember what happened in 2002. “Joe Fisherman” won’t idly sit by while the industry converts the Kenai River king salmon fishing to “catch-and-release only.” Taking home a king salmon should be more than just a dream. Les Palmer can be reached at les.palmer@rocketmail.com.

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Big G Electric & Engineering, Inc. is currently looking to fill the following positions for our North Slope operations:

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is recruiting for a Treasury/Budget Accountant.

Under the general direction and supervision of the Financial Planning Manager, the Treasury/Budget Accountant Performs advanced budgetary and financial and management analysis functions, acts as the Borough's primary interface with financial institutions for banking and investing, assists with, and provides training for, the borough's annual budget, maintains borough's debt service schedules as well as all required State of Alaska reports and reimbursement requests. This is a full time, classified position. Starting pay is $27.62, plus excellent benefits. For a complete job description and/or to apply, go to: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kenaiak/ default.cfm This position is opened until filled.

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Crescent Electric Supply Co., one of the nation's largest electrical distributors, has a job opening in Kenai, AK for a Clerical position. This position would be responsible for answering phones, greeting visitors, data entry, and handling general office duties such as filing, making copies, and sending correspondence. High school diploma or GED is required. One to three months related experience. Previous telephone experience preferred, but not required. Good communication skills and clerical skills. **This position will assist with deliveries as needed so the applicant must possess a valid Driver's License. Salary $12/hr. DOE. If interested apply on-line at https://jobscesco.icims.com/jobs/2705/ clerical/job. EOE.

Water & Sewer Operator. Pay $27.49 per hour. The Water and Sewer Operator is an employee of the Public Works Department, and is licensed by the State of Alaska to work in all phases of Water Treatment, Water Distribution, and Waste Water Collections. The functions of this position are performed for the Water and Sewer Division of the Public Works Department. The primary function of the Water and Sewer Division is to protect the public health by ensuring all USEPA and ADEC rules are followed. This position will be required to perform manual labor, occasionally in inclement weather and confined spaces. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the Alaska Job Center Network, (907) 283-2995. Submit resume, copies of Certifications, and City of Kenai application form by end of business on January 13, 2014 to Peninsula Job Service, 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Kenai, AK 99611. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page at http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us.

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EXPRO is currently offering Rotating Schedules for qualified candidates to complement our team for the following positions: CASED HOLE ELECTRIC WIRELINE OPERATORS & FIELD ENGINEERS As members of our team, you will be involved in the preparation, maintenance, and operation of Wireline operations, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. As potential candidates for these positions, the following training and experience are preferred: • Onshore and/or Offshore Wireline operations experience, to include: • Knowledge and skill to perform Wireline operations and trouble shoot any situation that arises related to Wireline. • Maintain and service Expro equipment as per company policy while on location. • Knowledge of running Real Time Cased Hole Service tools to include Production Logging Tools, Perforating, Plug Setting, CBL Tools. • Possession of the current NSTC card, TWIC card, and CDL would be beneficial In addition candidates will be required to submit to • A background check • A drug & alcohol screening • A full functional physical EXPRO will provide additional training as necessary to develop and enhance the skill set required to enable the selected applicants to perform successfully in the field. The successful candidates will be based out of our Kenai, AK facility, primarily to support operations statewide; however they may be requested periodically to assist with Expro operations in other locations. Qualified residents of the Kenai area will be given first consideration in the staffing of these positions. However, we are accepting applications from all areas. These will be permanent full-time positions offering a competitive pay and benefits package, as well as an opportunity to grow and develop as our company expands operations to support the local and global industry. Please submit your resume in confidence by E-mail or Fax: E-Mail: Employment.Alaska1@exprogroup.com Fax: (907)344-5079 EXPRO appreciates all responses however; only candidates under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please. The Company complies with equal opportunity legislation, unfair discrimination or harassment based on race, culture, nationality, disability, sex, sexual orientation, age or other non-job-related criteria are unacceptable. Instead, principles of equal opportunity, openness of communication and objectivity in selection and reward processes shall be followed. In the formulation of the criteria required for any vacancy please ensure that there is no direct or indirect infringement of these principles.

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Tight lips can keep tongues from wagging in the office My father now is asking me to move in with him to help out. Because of their financial state and their ages, I’m afraid this is a huge risk. If I tell him what my concerns are, I am sure he’ll think I’m heartless and stop talking to me. I don’t know what to do. Dad might not even be around to see those kids graduate from high school. What can Abigail Van Buren I do? — TROUBLED SON IN COLORADO DEAR TROUBLED SON: Unless you’re willing to give up your freedom I don’t recommend doing what your father is proposing. He should not expect you to assume child care or financial responsibility because his birth control method failed. That privilege rightfully belongs to him and his girlfriend. Tell your father you sympathize with his dilemma, DEAR ABBY: My father recently told me his girl- but the answer is no. DEAR ABBY: I read your column on the nights friend is pregnant with twins. She is in her 40s and he is in his 50s. She already has two kids who are quite a that I work, and I was wondering if you have had days handful. They both have low-paying jobs and I don’t when you just wanted to tell someone who has written to you to “suck it up and deal with it.” I am generally think they can handle two more children.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 27-year-old mom who has always been overweight. I have tried all sorts of diets and programs, and have lost a few pounds and then gained it all back and more. My boss has offered to pay for me to have weight loss surgery. It is something I have always wanted, but could never afford. My boss told me she knows the struggle I have had and the frustration I have experienced. My family is behind me and supports my decision to have it done. My concern is that once others in my office learn it was paid for by the boss, I’ll be treated differently. I’m concerned about possible catty comments. They are gossips, and I hate being the center of attention in situations like that. The truth is bound to come out, so how can I comment on the gift I’ve been given? — SO GRATEFUL IN TEXAS DEAR SO GRATEFUL: You have a generous and empathetic boss who obviously cares about you. Unless one of you reveals that she paid for your surgery, “the truth” is NOT bound to come out. How your operation is paid for is nobody’s business.

a nice person and would help the most helpless cases as best I could, but I know that I have days when I have been snarky. I was wondering how you deal with those days. — FEELING SNARKY TONIGHT IN VERMONT DEAR FEELING SNARKY: I write my column from an office away from my home. Because of that, it’s easier to leave distractions (or “problems”) on the other side of the door when I enter. I’m here to help people, not to make anyone feel worse. If for some reason I felt I was unable to do that, I would either go for a long walk or postpone writing for another day. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To receive a collection of Abby’s most memorable — and most frequently requested — poems and essays, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby — Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

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weekend mode, especially as you are likely to visit with a loved one at a distance. You might not be as sure of yourself as you might like with a financial matter. Seek advice from someone in the know. Tonight: Tap into your imagination. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Remember, you are more sensitive to others’ moods than many. You often pick up on someone’s feelings when he or she isn’t even conscious of them. If a discussion heads in this direction, back off. Make time for a friend. Tonight: With a favorite person. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Others will come forward and engage you in conversation. What you think and what you say could be vastly different. You might be uncomfortable not revealing all of your thoughts, but do your best to explain where you are coming from. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You could be overwhelmed by everything that is occurring in your daily life. You might need to screen your calls, as they could be far more distracting than you realize. A meeting might prevent you from running some errands, but you still must attend. Tonight: Play it easy. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You have a lot of suggestions that could help move a project along. A loved one will appreciate the feedback. Use your high energy to complete some work that has been holding you back. Be sure to return emails and calls. Tonight: Put on your dancing shoes. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could be overwhelmed

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Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Jan. 3, 2014: This year you often get feedback about your ideas, opinions and direction. You frequently will be found in a brainstorming session. You mentally grow by leaps and bounds. You will be especially concerned with your finances. You also could experience a sudden change or an unexpected addition to your home life. If you are single, you might not realize how much someone cares about you. Be more observant of others. If you are attached, the two of you spend a lot of time together, and sometimes your energy together produces a lot of excitement. AQUARIUS knows how to spend your money well. Be careful! 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 Your originality and drive will entice others to get involved in a personal project. If you have time, you might want to visit with a young person who might be facing tough choices in his or her life. A one-on-one chat might be just what the doctor ordered. Tonight: Hang with friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You could feel pressured by a situation and might not be able to pull away. If it is work related, you might be overwhelmed by everything that you need to do. A discussion with someone involved could ease the burden. Tonight: Feel free to nix getting together with others. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You’ll be raring to get into

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by a situation and its demands. A brainstorming session provides a solution, if you are ready to take it. You might want to let others know your limits, as too many suggestions at once will be overwhelming. Tonight: Take a walk and squeeze in some exercise. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You are not one to hold back your thoughts. When someone makes assumptions about your financial situation, you won’t hesitate to put this person in his or her place. A child or loved one continues to surprise you with his or her playful antics. Tonight: TGIF! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHSomeonewillshowappreciation for your feedback. There is an element of feeling overwhelmed by this person’s gratitude. Know that you need to stop the exchange before your funds get dragged into it. Maintain your budget. Tonight: Treat a friend to munchies and drinks. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHClaimyourpower.Howsomeone reacts to you could trigger a lot of thinking. You will get a clear sense of what this person thinks of you. Make an additional effort to complete errands and to finish a project before you call it a day. Tonight: Do absolutely what you want. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Someone close to you understands too well what is going on with you. This person might not choose to say anything unless you speak up first. He or she will be the right one with whom to have an important discussion about a choice in the near future. Tonight: Not to be found.

Splitting up is hard to do Dear Heloise: When I moved three years ago, I discovered that many of my PHOTOGRAPHS were all smashed together and inseparable. I tried to “tear” a couple apart and unfortunately completely ruined them. Do you have the solution? — Nancy A. in Houston Nancy, I don’t know if I have the “solution,” but I have a few hints to try. First, you can try freezing them. Just place the photographs in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer for a few days. This might dry them enough to allow you to gently peel them apart. Second, depending on the photos, you may be able to get them apart by soaking them in warm (not hot) water. Try with only a few first to be sure that this doesn’t harm them. Let them “swim” for a minute or two, then see if you can gently separate them (be careful not to damage). If you can’t, let them soak for a few more minutes and repeat. When they are apart, lay them on paper towels faceup to dry. Another suggestion is to trim down the photos, if possible, to remove the areas that are stuck together. However, if they are very old or really meaningful to you, you should take them to a photo shop or call a museum in your area for some suggestions. — Heloise Travel hint Dear Heloise: I save the little salt packages that come in the plastic silverware packets from restaurants. When we travel, we take them with us to use when we cook. — A Reader, via email

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

5 2 9 7 3 8 1 6 4

8 6 4 5 1 9 3 2 7

7 1 3 2 6 4 9 8 5

9 8 6 1 5 2 4 7 3

2 7 5 4 9 3 6 1 8

4 3 1 6 8 7 5 9 2

1 9 2 8 4 5 7 3 6

3 5 8 9 7 6 2 4 1

Difficulty Level

6 4 7 3 2 1 8 5 9

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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

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