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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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State adopts regulations for abortion payments By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

In the news CES battles residential blaze

A Soldotna home suffered heavy smoke damage following an early morning fire Tuesday. When Central Emergency Services responded to the West Riverview Avenue house fire shortly after 4:15 a.m., the attached garage had visible flames and the fire was starting to spread to the multi-story home, according to a CES press release. The two residents were alerted by smoke detectors and evacuated the house before CES arrived and no one was injured, Brad Nelson, CES health and safety officer, said. After knocking down the fire in the garage, crews discovered the fire had spread to the attic of the garage and house. Responders were able to access the attic and extinguish the blaze, according to the release. The fire and smoke heavily damaged the garage, and it is a total loss, Nelson said. Along with smoke damage the first floor of the home suffered moderate heat damage, but the house is structurally savable, Nelson said. The basement saw minor smoke and heat damage. Property loss is estimated between $75,000 and $100,000. Nelson said CES is confident the fire started in the garage, but the cause is under investigation. — Kaylee Osowski

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Photos by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Above, several thousand dipnetters converge on the mouth of the Kenai River to catch a share of the late run of sockeye salmon headed into the river July 20, 2013 in Kenai. The city of Kenai has released its report on the annual fishery. Below, variations on signs warning visitors that they cannot park or trespass on land near Cannery Road are liberally spread throughout the neighborhood where access to the south beach of the Kenai River causes consternation for area residents, shown Tuesday.

Kenai presents dipnet report Residents ask for more enforcement in fishery By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

For the past three years, Kenai resident Bruce Friend has had a front row seat to the frenzy of the Kenai River dipnet fishery and what he sees appalls him. Friend lives off of Old Cannery Road at the mouth of the river and likened the crowds to a gold rush with a greedy mentality to catch all the fish they can and not bother cleaning up the waste. With thousands of people spread out miles on the beach, access to facilities proved inconvenient in the south beach area. “My property was used as an outhouse for one month of the year,” Friend said. “I am embarrassed for these people and ask for help. The fishery is out of control.” The City of Kenai presented its report on the 2013 dipnet fishery season to the public on Monday and while findings showed vast improvements were made in beach cleanup and fewer citations issued,

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— Bruce Friend, Kenai the problem of catching violators who go over the harvest limit still remains. A parade of concerned citizens spoke on what issues need to be addressed as the city begins planning for the 2014 dipnet fishery season, which runs from July 10-31. Complaints centered on the city’s handling of parking, boating safety and an emphasis in increased enforcement in the south beach area. “As a sportsman I am embarrassed by See DIPNET, page A-14

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First baby of 2014 arrives early at CPH By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Jessie Huett’s due date was today — Jan. 8 — but apparently her baby didn’t want to wait that long. Instead, Calliope Isolde Huett decided to vie for the title of Central Peninsula Hospital’s first baby of 2014. Jessie Huett’s labor began at the couple’s Dawson Circle Road home outside of Kenai at about 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 1. She and her husband Robbie Huett didn’t realize they might have the first baby of the New Year until they were on their way to the hospital. When the couple got to CPH, Jessie

Huett said the nurses were excited and told them the hospital hadn’t delivered the first baby of the year yet. More than 24 hours after her labor started, Jessie Huett gave birth to a 5-pound, 8-ounce, 19-inch long baby girl at 10:42 p.m. on Jan. 2. The Huetts had a list of names, Jessie Huett said, and chose Calliope — Calli for short. “We try to be pretty unique,” Robbie Huett said about the name. CPH spokesperson, Camille Sorensen, said over the weekend the hospital had a “full house” of babies. Women’s Way Midwifery in Soldotna saw its first

Jessie Huett holds daughter Calliope, Central Peninsula Hosptial’s first baby of the New Year born on Jan. 2. Calliope was delivered a week before her due date. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/ Peninsula Clarion

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Energy authority wants more time for dam filing By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

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‘As a sportsman I am embarrassed by what people do. The limits are way too high, nobody needs 150 fish.’

JUNEAU — State regulations take effect next month further defining what constitutes a “medically necessary” abortion for purposes of receiving Medicaid funding. Notice was sent to the state health department Tuesday that the regulations had been filed by Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell last week. The new rules, blasted by critics as unconstitutional and an unnecessary government intrusion, are scheduled to take effect Feb. 2. The new certificate to request Medicaid funds features two boxes. Under the first, a provider would have to certify the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest or the abortion was performed to save the woman’s life. The so-called Hyde Amendment, attached to congressional spending bills, allows for federal funds to be used for this option. Under the second, a provider would have to indicate an abortion was medically necessary to avoid a threat of serious risk to the woman’s physical health from continuation of her pregnancy due to “impairment of a major bodily function.” Attached is a list of 23 such impairments, including eclampsia, congestive heart failure, coma and a psychiatric disorder that places a woman in “imminent

JUNEAU — The Alaska Energy Authority has requested more time to give federal regulators a progress report on the massive proposed Susitna-Watana dam project, citing funding concerns. Authority spokeswoman Emily Ford said Tuesday that the $10 million proposed by Gov. Sean Parnell for next year’s budget is not enough to

complete the work AEA had hoped to perform this year. AEA had wanted $110 million to complete its initial study report and prepare its license application for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during the upcoming fiscal year. While the Legislature might provide more funding, Ford said AEA will have to reprioritize its project plans based on available funds and Parnell’s budget proposal. The new legislative session begins later this

month and is scheduled to end in April. Parnell told reporters last month he wanted to see greater progress on land access agreements. Without major progress on those agreements, he said he wouldn’t be able to ask the Legislature for the kind of money AEA wants. Parnell spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said by email Monday that there is sufficient funding available for AEA to advance the licensing effort C

while the land access issues are negotiated. Ford said progress on the agreements may be slower than some expected, but progress is being made. Village corporation landowners plan to meet perhaps as early as this week to work on ironing out details, though the process could take some time to complete, said Debra Call, a spokeswoman for Tyonek Native Corp., one of the landowner interests. She also said

she believed progress was being made. Call said she spoke for Tyonek alone, not the other village corporations involved. AEA faces a Feb. 3 deadline to file with FERC an initial study report, which Ford described as a progress report. AEA has proposed filing a draft by then and a final report in June. If that timeline slips, the timeline for making an application would slip, too, from the end of 2015 to 2016, Ford said. See TIME, page A-14

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A long time in galaxies far, far away By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — The Hubble Space Telescope has peered back to a chaotic time 13.2 billion years ago when never-beforeseen galaxies were tiny, bright blue and full of stars bursting to life all over the place. Thanks to some complex physics tricks, NASA’s aging telescope is just starting to see the universe at its infancy in living color and detail. Images released by NASA on Tuesday show galaxies that are 20 times fainter than those pictured before. They are from a new campaign to have the 23-year-old Hubble gaze much earlier and farther away than it was designed to see. “I like to call it cosmic dawn,” Hubble astronomer Jennifer Lotz said at the American Astronomical Society convention in Washington. “It’s when the lights are coming on.” It was a time when star formation was ramping up, and it was far more hectic than now. “Imagine if you went back 500 million years after the Big Bang and looked around in the sky,” astronomer Garth Illingworth of the University of California Santa Cruz said. “Galaxies are closer. They’re smaller. They’re bright blue and they’re every-

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This undated image shows galaxies in the Abell 2744 cluster, and blue galaxies behind it, distorted and amplified by gravitational lensing.

where...They are probably blobby, small, nothing like our Milky Way.” There were probably no metals at this time, no Earths, said Illingworth, who was on the scientific team using Hubble. “Things look clumpy and kind of weird,” Lotz said. Most of the galaxies then were close to 1,000 times smaller than our Milky Way, but astronomers said they were surprised to discover a few brighter, bigger galaxies sparkling out there.

These first pictures showed nearly 3,000 galaxies. Astronomers are still trying to figure out which of those galaxies are ancient and which are more recent. Because light travels nearly 6 trillion miles a year, as telescopes look farther from Earth they see earlier into the past. While Hubble and other telescopes using different light wavelengths have seen this far back, this is the first complete set of photos in the visible light spectrum that the human eye sees. To do this, Hubble is using one of Albert Einstein’s concepts that massive clusters of galaxies have such super gravity that they magnify and stretch light, Lotz said. By focusing on clusters, astronomers use them as natural binoculars to see what’s behind them. The release of the images is significant and important, said Christopher Conselice, a professor at the University of Nottingham in England. Conselice was not part of the Hubble team. “It’ll tell us about how the universe is forming and evolving,” Conselice said after the astronomers’ presentation. “I think they understated it. It could be a fundamental thing.” Online: Hubble: http://hubblesite.org/

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Obituary William R. Krager William R. “Bill” Krager passed away on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 in St. Croix Falls, Wis. He was 83. A Memorial Service will be held at Grandstrand Funeral Home, 941 Wisconsin Highway 35, Osceola, Wisconsin, at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, followed with hors d’oeuvres and meal at The Dalles House Restaurant, 720 Wisconsin Highway 35, Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin. Private interment with military honors will be in the St. Croix Falls Cemetery. Bill was born on Aug. 28, 1930 in Mason City, Iowa to Author and Pearl Krager. After serving our country in the Korean War in the U.S. Navy, Bill attended and graduated from University of Wisconsin–Stout and became an industrial arts teacher. Bill was happily married to Jo Krager and enjoyed a life together which included big game hunting, commercial and sports fishing, gold mining, producing pure maple syrup and real estate investing. Bill was also an Alaskan Bush pilot and enjoyed his planes. Bill’s mother Pearl, father Author and sister Patricia preceded him in death. He is survived by his beloved wife Jo, daughter Sue Krager and grandson Brian Krager. Memorials are suggested to the Safari Club International.

Around the Peninsula Fish and Game AC meets today

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ing, 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road. The agenda for the meeting is located on CIAA’s website (ciaanet.org). The public is welcome to attend.

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee Central Peninsula Habitat will meet today at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building, located opens home application period on K-Beach Road at 6:30 p.m. Agenda will include continued Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity is seeking qualified discussion of the Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals as follows: applicants for the 2014 summer build in Kenai. Local famiguided sport fishing related proposals 260 thru 268 (9 proposlies in need of safe, affordable housing can see qualification als) and personal use proposals 269-289 (21 proposals). For details at www.hfhcentralpeninsula.org or call Sharon at 907more information contact Bob Ermold at 398-9544. 283-7797 or 907-262-7534. The application period closes Feb. 14, 2014.

Spaghetti feed and auction to benefit wrestling tournament

The Soldotna Whalers Freestyle Wrestling Club will host a Spaghetti Feed and Silent Auction on Friday, at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. in Soldotna from 6-9 p.m. There are more than 30 auction items generously donated from local businesses around the community available for bidding. Funds raised will be used to host a tournament on March 1. Tickets are $12 per person. Purchase them in advance or make a donation by calling Andrea Bock at 252-2559. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Citizens advisory council plans election, seeks membership applications

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council, a congressionally mandated citizens’ council for oversight of oil industry operations and safe marine transportation in Cook Inlet, represents regional stakeholder groups through its Board of Directors. The Board positions for Environmental interest groups and Alaska Native organizations become available in 2014. CIRCAC is accepting applications from environmental and Native groups that are currently not members. To become a certified member and participate in the upcoming election process to fill Recycling group gets together these Board seats, contact Jerry Rombach at jerryrombach@ circac.org, or call 907-283-7222. The deadline for submittal of Re-Group will meet today at 6:30 p.m. in the conference applications is January 24, 2014. There is no membership fee. room at K-Beach Subway. Plans for spring and summer events will be discussed. For more info contact Jan at 262-2773.

KPB residents can still apply for assistance

Community Calendar Today 10:30 a.m. • Pre-School Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. 11 a.m. • Redoubt Homemakers at Nikiski Fire Station No. 1. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive, Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-335-9456. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. 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. Pending service/Death notices are 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 are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. The deadline for Tuesday – Friday editions is 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. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

Cook Inlet Regional Planning Team meeting slated

For individuals and families on the Kenai Peninsula Borough who sustained damages to their primary residence and or personal property during the 2013 flood can still apply for State The Cook Inlet Regional Planning Team will meet on Jan. Disaster Assistance by calling the hotline at 1-855-445-7131 15 at 10 a.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association build- until Jan. 17, 2014.

1 in 4 young teens meet fitness guidelines By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO — Young teens aren’t exactly embracing the government’s Let’s Move mantra, the latest fitness data suggest. Only 1 in 4 U.S. kids aged 12 to 15 meet the recommendations — an hour or more of moderate to vigorous activity every day. The results are based on about 800 kids who self-reported their activity levels and had physical exams as part of the 2012 National Youth Fitness Survey. Government researchers won’t call the results disappointing, but lead author Tala Fakhouri of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “There’s always room for improvement.” The CDC released partial results Wednesday from the fitness survey, which involved kids aged 3 to 15. Other results from the same survey are pending and include fitness data based on more objective measures including treadmill tests. Fakhouri said the nationally representative results provide useful information for initiatives that aim to increase kids’ fitness, including the Let’s Move anti-obesity campaign launched by first lady Michelle Obama in 2010. Kids in the survey reported on which physical activities they did most frequently outside of school gym class — basketball for boys and running for girls. While few met guidelines established in 2008 for activity that raises the heart rate and makes you breathe harder, most said they did at least an hour of exercise at that level during the previous week. Overall, about 25 percent said they got an hour of that kind of exercise every day Obese kids were less active than normal-weight girls and boys. Overweight girls were slightly less active than normalweight girls, but levels were similar among overweight and

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Central and Mirror Lake Middle School cross-country runners, wearing pink for breast cancer awareness, climb the final hill of a cross-country race at Kincaid Park in Anchorage on Oct. 1, 2013. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 1 in 4 U.S. kids aged 12 to 15 meet the recommendations of an hour or more of moderate to vigorous activity every day.

normal-weight boys. “It’s definitely very concerning to see that our kids are engaging in such a limited amount of physical activity each day when we are still battling” an obesity epidemic, said Dr. Stephen Pont, an Austin, Texas, pediatrician and chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ section on obesity. Data suggest obesity may have decreased slightly among some kids but the overall rate for children aged 2 to 19 is 17 percent, or about 12.5 million obese kids. Pont said schools can do more to help by not cutting recess and giving kids more time for physical activity. He said

research suggests kids who get physical education at school may do better academically. Recent national data on kids’ fitness levels is limited. A 2009-10 CDC survey involving kids ages 6 to 11 found about 70 percent met the physical activity guidelines, although levels dropped off among older kids

in that age group. The results came from parents, who may be inclined to over-report how active their kids are because of “social desirability,” the researchers said.

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Obama must rein in the NSA President Barack Obama has a clearly

defined mission in 2014. Protect Americans from the wretched excesses of the National Security Agency. The NSA ostensibly was created to keep U.S. citizens from harm. Recently a panel of security and surveillance experts made it clear Americans must be shielded from unchecked invasions of privacy by the NSA. The Affordable Care Act was cursed with all manner of computer glitches, but the machinery to eavesdrop on millions of Americans hums along without credible judicial scrutiny or congressional oversight. No one is paying attention as the NSA vacuums up stunning amounts of telephone and online data every 90 days and stores it for five years, The New York Times reported. How the information is used and who has access to it is not well understood. Tensions are even surfacing with foreign allies who have varying security links. The phone companies, and other data sources, turn over the information on the broadest of directions from the NSA’s lap dog surveillance court. Is anyone acting on the basis of probable cause or some level of suspicion? No. The panel of experts briefed Obama. One can hope he will address the concerns of a former national security adviser in Democrat and Republican administrations, privacy and constitutional specialists, and a former deputy director of the CIA. The panel recommends more than 40 changes, including a separation of leadership roles between civilian and military cyber authorities. The president has already turned that down. The federal courts are of two minds. On Friday, a federal judge in New York found NSA data gathering to be legal and a valuable tool against terrorism. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., described the collection of telephone data as “almost Orwellian.” The trauma of 9/11 prepared Americans to accept some new, intensive level of security surveillance in dangerous times. The nation naively expected the newly created Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to scrutinize government requests to monitor telephone and online traffic. Apparently the FISA court plays an essentially rigged and weighted role that only serves the government. Obama must protect the country from internal security abuses. Congress has legislative powers of executive oversight and the budget. Use both to rein in the NSA. The NSA has a mission, but the agency cannot be allowed to ignore basic rights and freedoms. — Seattle Times, Dec. 27

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

Legalized mind numbing

Let’s face it, I am one boring person and, as you’ll soon discover, a bit preachy sometimes. I don’t drink, and I’ve only tried weed twice in my entire life. The only reaction I had was to get thirsty. And I certainly don’t need pot to get the munchies. Right now, you are probably asking yourself, “Why bother even telling you this?” Here’s why: A lot of commentators who are musing about the spectacle of Colorado’s decriminalization of recreational marijuana find it necessary to begin their reflection by fondly reminiscing about their own mellow times getting stoned. Apparently they think it bestows credibility on them, as they ponder the long lines in Denver to buy newly legalized pot. It’s now allowed in the state, but it’s still against federal law, and that’s why a debate has lit up anew. Shouldn’t the prohibitions be lifted everywhere in the country, so sales and use can be regulated by local officials and the feds in a joint effort (sorry, I had to say that)? Shouldn’t it be treated like alcohol? The answer is, of course it should be. The restrictions against a drug that is clearly less harmful are clearly absurd, particularly when studies show that brutal penalties against violators are enforced much more harshly in America’s poor and minority communities. Alcohol is an addictive drug that is demonstrably more destructive to individual health and to society as a whole,

it’s regulated and limited, but it’s sold to anyone who meets the age requirement. We should be able to lead our private lives as we want, as long as there’s no danger to society. Of course there is plenty of dan- Bob Franken ger, but we should be evenhanded. After all, what’s good for the booze should be good for the ganja. But here comes the preachy part: Why do we use the stuff? Why have we always indulged in substances that make us crazy, loud, destructive, you name it? Are we as a species so frightened of reality that we need to escape it by ingesting something mind-altering rather than just dealing with it? Obviously the answer is we do need chemical reinforcement, since we have drunk, inhaled, chewed or injected it since the dawn of time. As obnoxious as we inevitably get, we overlook all that and design subterfuges that make it hip to partake, a sign of maturity and/or sophistication. So we go out and get high or drunk or whatever word you want to use to describe obnoxious. For many, having a good time without a “toke” or a “pop” or a “snort” or whatever is just too much

work. It’s not just recreational use of drugs. If we’re feeling just the slightest bit sad, no matter what the good reason, there’s always some physician willing to prescribe Zoloft or Prozac, or some other SSRI, which messes with the brain’s chemicals in ways no one fully understands. Is your kid a bit scattered? Well, it’s not hard to find a doctor to prescribe Adderall, which is speed, by the way. It’s important to mention that these pharmaceuticals provide tremendous benefit to those who have a genuine medical or psychological problem, but the stuff is dangerous to those who don’t, whose only purpose is side-stepping responsibility for their performance. Instead of dealing with their issues, they want to cop out by becoming numbed. That’s the appeal of alcohol, marijuana and the other playtime substances — they numb us. But why do we want that? Yes, I’m sure this is being dismissed by many of you as a priggish attack on fun, but I’d love to think I enjoy a good time as much as the next person. I just don’t want to regret it afterward. I’d like to remember it the next day when I wake up. But we really do need to wake up. Sure, legalize this stuff, but realize what it does to us. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

Process no longer serving public’s interest The public interest is no longer being served by Alaska’s natural resources permitting system. When it comes to state resource development decisions, too little voice is given to Alaskans, project reviews are fragmented, local and tribal governments are sidelined, and too much power is concentrated in the executive branch, particularly the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Resource development projects often involve multiple activities, such as road and facility construction, water use, and material extraction. Each activity requires permits from different divisions within each resource agency. Since permitters act on their permitting authority separately, project reviews are piecemeal, and only public comments related to each individual activity are considered. There is no opportunity to analyze a project as a whole. DNR coordinates large project reviews, such as large-scale mining, but this is done mostly as a service to applicants who pay for the privilege. Under the state coastal management program, local governments played a significant role in working with the state and federal government on the best way to resolve conflicts between competing resource uses and local values. But with the termination of the program in 2011, local governments are now accorded no more deference in development decisions than the general public. Insufficient fish habitat protection threatens Alaska’s valuable fisheries. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has just two laws specific to fish habitat, one that prevents obstructions in fish-bearing streams and one requiring DFG approval prior to work in salmon streams. The defunct coastal program addressed other important fish habitat outside streambeds, including estuaries, offshore areas and tideflats. Now, fish habitat protection is mostly within DNR’s discretion as part of their land use permit. DFG is in the process of changing its special area management plans so that rather than prohibiting certain activities in special areas, DFG will have discretion C

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P eninsula L isa Weissler to permit activities without public notice. They also intend on putting multiple plans into a single review packet for public comment once a year, limiting the amount of public engagement on local issues. Recently passed legislation allows DNR to hold a public notice and comment period only once every ten years for oil and gas exploration or development in multimillion acre size areas. People will be required to comment without knowing the when, where, how, or what kind of exploration or development might occur in or near their community. The courts are the last check on overreaching executive power. But that’s under threat as well. The governor recently brought a lawsuit against respected statesman Vic Fischer and former first lady Bella Hammond for their public interest challenge of Pebble mine activities. And things could get worse. House Bill 77, currently pending before the legislature, will concentrate even more power in the DNR commissioner and further fragment project reviews. It will also make it harder to appeal DNR decisions to court. Then there’s Administrative Order 266, recently issued by the governor to establish regulatory “efficiency” guidelines. This may result in resource agencies loosening regulatory requirements, such as public notice, to reduce costs for developers. We need our legislators to act as a check on this overreach of executive power. They should stop or substantially change HB 77, and pass legislation enforcing an Alaska Supreme Court ruling that DNR has a constitutional duty to analyze and give public notice on cumulative impacts of oil and gas projects. The legislature should also

conduct oversight hearings on resource agency regulation changes proposed under Administrative Order 266. Other ideas to protect the public interest in permitting decisions include (1) providing for coordinated project reviews that give the public and local governments the opportunity to analyze projects as a whole; (2) giving local governments deference on issues of local concern; and (3) increasing statutory fish habitat protection. You can act as well. Tell your legislators you want this administration’s power grab stopped. And help elect a new governor; one that values Alaskans and local and tribal governments as partners in the development of this great state — someone like gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott. Contact your legislator. Vote. Make your voice heard. Lisa Weissler is an attorney with expertise in natural resource law and over 20 years experience with the State of Alaska. She has worked thirteen sessions for the Alaska state legislature; served as an assistance attorney general specializing in oil, gas and mining law and coastal management; and as a special assistance for the Department of Natural Resources and a project analyst for the Alaska coastal management program. She was the policy director for the coastal management program initiative.

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Alaska Alaskans share tips for staying warm

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By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Alaskans know a thing or two about handling day-to-day activities in freezing temperatures, where below-zero rarely means staying inside. While people in the Lower 48 are shivering in Alaska-like temperatures this week, residents of the coldest state offer these five tips: AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill

1. Less is more, if layered Piling on more clothes is not the best way to stay warm, said Staff Sgt. Zachary McGee, a Kentucky native who is a senior instructor at the U.S. Army’s Northern Warfare Training Center in Fairbanks. More clothes cause a person to sweat, and once you stop moving the moisture freezes. Instead, the secret is to dress in layers. And for your hands? “Mittens over gloves any day,” McGee said, noting gloves separate fingers while mittens keep them together and warm.

2. The right material Cotton kills, or so goes the old Army cold weather instructors’ saying. Cotton clothing soaks up sweat and moisture from snow and takes a long time to dry. “It’s like trying to keep your body warm wearing an icicle,” McGee said. Tim Doran, principal of Denali Elementary School in Fairbanks, runs outside all winter. He forgoes cotton underwear for “wind briefs,” which include a synthetic panel. After that, he dresses in layers and then tops it off with fleece to trap body heat. He has no qualms about

A plane rests in the northbound lane of Boniface Parkway following an emergency landing near Perry Drive south of DeBarr Road Tuesday in Anchorage.

Plane lands on Anchorage street median

AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Justin Connaher

In this Dec. 6, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, soldiers assigned to 6th Engineer Battalion utilize snow shoes during Arctic Light Individual Training on the Bulldog Trail in sub-zero conditions at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

running 90 minutes at minus 40 ment for anyone on an interior Alaska winter road trip is a to minus 50. sleeping bag in the back seat. Athletes on school-spon3. Don’t make contact sored trips across town or on a At 15 below, touching metal 400-mile trip to Anchorage are of any kind, even a gasoline required to pack a cold-weathpump, with bare hand can cause er emergency bag containing damage. It’s called contact boots, a warm coat and gloves frostbite. Shaun Kraska, princi- or mittens. pal of West Valley High School People on their way to work in Fairbanks, counsels her stu- might wear dress shoes, but dents to forget fashion and many carry a pair of boots in wear hats or hoods when winter case their car breaks down and arrives. Yes, a hat or hood will they have to walk or wait for muss hair, but an uncovered help. At minus 15, you’re not ear is susceptible to frostbite, going to do well even walking especially if it’s adorned with a a half mile in dress shoes worn metal earring. At extreme tem- over cotton socks or panty hose, peratures, don’t forget to cover said Lt. Col. William Prayner, noses and cheeks, too. head of the Northern Warfare Training Center.

4. Have a sleeping bag handy

Standard backseat equip-

5. Respect the cold “You can’t be afraid of the

cold but you have to respect it,” Prayner said. The Army tells soldiers to know their bodies and watch for symptoms in others, such as a white blotch on cheeks. If your toes or fingers become tingly, change your conditions or your clothing. An amazing number of Fairbanks residents run or bike all winter. Parents new to the area often ask how elementary school children can enjoy the playground at 20 below zero. The school keeps a supply of hats, mittens and snow pants around for children who forget or lose clothing but they don’t stay inside. “If you do that, the kids will never go outside in the winter,” Doran said. “They’ll go crazy and you’ll go crazy.”

Juneau developing social media policy JUNEAU (AP) — The City and Borough of Juneau is preparing to be “liked” and beginning work on a social media policy. City manager Kim Kiefer told KTOO Juneau is behind the curve with social media. Government needs to try to reach out to everybody in a community, she said, and the city probably is not connecting with a part of Juneau’s population because not everyone visits the city website for information. People want information “yes-

terday and I don’t know that we’re providing it in a way that they can get it,” Kiefer said. City and Borough clerk Laurie Sica said there’s a lot to consider when developing a social media policy, including how much staff time should go toward using it. The city is telling departments not to open accounts on sites like Twitter and Facebook until a social media policy is in place. Those who already use social media, though, such as Juneau Public Libraries and Ea-

glecrest ski area, can carry on. Juneau Public Libraries has had an internal social media policy since 2011. The public libraries have a blog and presence on Facebook and Twitter. Libraries Director Robert Barr said social media hasn’t been a burden on staff. “We just kind of lump it in to our typical promotional efforts,” he said. “This is just one more check box on the list. Just do a quick post on Facebook.” The City of Fairbanks has

been using social media since 2010 and has had an internal use policy for six months. The impetus for having a social media presence stemmed from Federal Emergency Management Agency workshops. City spokeswoman Amber Courtney, whose job duties recently shifted to make social media a primary responsibility, said she learned the public relied on Facebook and Twitter for government information about disasters and emergencies.

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police say a plane with three people on board made an apparent emergency landing on the median of a major street. Police spokeswoman Anita Shell says there were no injuries in the incident reported at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday. But she says the lanes closest to the median were blocked where the landing occurred at Boniface Parkway south of DeBarr Road.

Murkowski votes to move toward benefits debate JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted with the majority to proceed to debate on a renewal of benefits for the long-term unemployed. Murkowski was one of six Republicans who voted with Democrats on Tuesday to clear an initial Senate hurdle for the proposed renewal of jobless benefits. Sen. Mark Begich did not vote. A spokeswoman said the Democrat was on his way back to Washington. Murkowski, in a statement, said it is important to have compassion for those caught up what she called the Obama administration’s “economic policy failures.” But she says these kinds of benefit extensions cannot be unlimited. Instead, she says steps must be made toward greater job creation and restructuring existing programs while also seeking ways to not add to this U.S. deficit.

License plate left at damaged guardrail KETCHIKAN — Alaska State Troopers say a license plate that dropped off a vehicle that struck a Tongass Highway guardrail led to the driver, who did not report the incident. Troopers say 33-year-old Scott Kenyon of Ketchikan was cited for negligent driving and issued a summons to appear in court for leaving the scene of an accident. Troopers say they were notified Monday evening of damage to a guardrail near mile 12 of the highway. — The Associated Press

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Around the Nation Lawmakers put finishing touches on $1.1 trillion spending bill WASHINGTON — Funding for implementing the new health care law and other sticking points remain, but negotiators reported significant progress Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September. “We are looking at narrowing the differences, looking at ... how we can compromise without capitulation on both sides,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. After a meeting of the four principal negotiators — the top Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate Appropriations committees — Mikulski was cautiously optimistic of reaching agreement on the massive bill later this week in hopes of a vote next week. “Our subcommittee chairmen have really done 90 percent of the work. We are now at 10 percent, but this last 10 percent, like in any negotiation, is the toughest,” Mikulski said. A top aide accompanying Mikulski back to her office told reporters that the budgets for the Pentagon and the Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs and Transportation departments are “virtually wrapped up.” But the two sides remain at odds over funding to implement so-called Obamacare and a 2010 overhaul of financial regulations, and they’re still sorting through more than 130 policy items known as “riders” in Washington-speak, many of which are backed by conservatives seeking to derail Obama administration environmental and labor regulations.

Big chill spreads to the East and the Deep south; ‘I didn’t think the South got this cold’ ATLANTA — Fountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they almost never have to use. The brutal polar air that has made the Midwest shiver over the past few days spread to the East and the Deep South on Tuesday, shattering records that in some cases had stood for more than a century. The mercury plunged into the single digits and teens from Boston and New York to Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville and Little Rock — places where many people don’t know the first thing about extreme cold. “I didn’t think the South got this cold,” said Marty Williams, a homeless man, originally from Chicago, who took shelter at a church in Atlanta, where it hit a record low of 6 degrees. “That was the main reason for me to come down from up North, from the cold, to get away from all that stuff.” The morning weather map for the eastern half of the U.S. looked like an algebra worksheet: lots of small, negative numbers. In fact, the Midwest and the East were colder than much of Antarctica.

In coldest weather, recipe for safer roads goes beyond the usual sprinkling of salt BUFFALO, N.Y. — A splash of beet juice, a dollop of molasses, a squeeze of cheese brine. In the coldest weather, the recipe for safer roads often goes beyond the usual sprinkling of salt. Across the nation’s snow belt, transportation officials are in the market for cheap and environmentally friendly ways to make rock salt work better by keeping it on the roads longer and melting ice at lower temperatures. Plain salt is largely ineffective below 16 degrees. Additives can keep it working in temperatures as low as minus 25. — The Associated Press

Nation Obama war policies tested By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is confronted with a recent burst of strength by al-Qaida that is chipping away at the remains of Mideast stability, testing his hands-off approach to conflicts in Iraq and Syria at the same time he pushes to keep thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida-backed fighters have fought hard against other rebel groups in Syria, in a sideshow to the battle to unseat President Bashar Assad. Across the border in Iraq, they led a surprisingly strong campaign to take two of the cities that U.S. forces suffered heavy losses to protect. This invigorated front highlights the tension between two of Obama’s top foreign policy tenets: to end American involvement in Mideast wars and to eradicate insurgent extremists — specifically al-Qaida. It also raises questions about the future U.S. role in the region if militants overtake American gains made during more than a decade of war. In Afghanistan, Obama already has decided to continue the fight against extremists, as long as Afghan President Hamid Karzai signs off on a joint security agreement. Obama seeks to leave as many as 10,000 troops there beyond December, extending what already has become the longest U.S. war. But officials say he would be willing to withdraw completely at the end of this year if the security agreement cannot be finalized. That would mirror the U.S. exit from Iraq, the other unpopular war Obama inherited. A spike in sectarian violence followed the U.S. withdrawal at the end of 2011, and now followed by the recent, alarming takeover of Ramadi and Fallujah by an al-Qaida affiliate known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Marina Ottaway, a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said the

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In this Jan. 5, picture, a gunman aims his weapon during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq. Clashes continued late Sunday and early morning Monday between al-Qaida and Iraqi troops on the main highway that links the capital, Baghdad, to neighboring Syria and Jordan. Al-Qaida fighters and allied tribes are still controlling the center of the city where they are deployed in streets and around government buildings. A burst of strength by al-Qaida that is chipping away at the remains of Mideast stability now confronts President Barack Obama, testing his hands-off approach to conflicts in Iraq and Syria at the same time he pushes to keep thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

extremists taking hold in Iraq are a spillover from the conflict in neighboring Syria and have been bolstered by Obama’s reluctance to arm the more moderate rebels fighting Assad. “There is no doubt that the U.S. policy helped create a vacuum in which the only effective forces were the radical forces,” Ottaway said Tuesday. Syria’s bloody civil war had not yet begun when the U.S. was making plans to withdraw from Iraq. But White House officials contend that keeping American troops in Iraq would have done little to stop the current violence. “There was sectarian conflict, violent sectarian conflict, in Iraq when there were 150,000 U.S. troops on the ground there,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “So the idea that this would not be happening if there were 10,000 troops in Iraq I think bears scrutiny.” Still, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, a former

top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said al-Qaida and other insurgents are seeking to take advantage of sectarian tensions across much of the Mideast. “This is not just about Iraq,” Odierno told reporters Tuesday. “It’s something that we have to be cognizant of as we look across the Middle East: What’s going on in Syria, what’s going on in Lebanon, what’s going on inside of Iraq.” Iraq now seeks more U.S. weapons, aircraft and intelligence assistance to help battle al-Qaida. Iraqi Ambassador Lukman Faily said in an interview that while Baghdad does not want U.S. troops to return, perhaps Kabul should not reject plans for Americans to stay in Afghanistan. “The abruptness of the U.S. forces departing from Iraq, versus our own requirement to have sovereignty at any cost, was not something beneficial for all parties,” said Faily, Baghdad’s top envoy to the U.S. “And what we see now is the aftermath of that.

....There was no clear day-after scenario.” “There is an urgent need for U.S. support,” Faily said. “We see this as an issue of U.S. security being in jeopardy as well.” As many as 130,000 people have been killed in Syria, where an insurgency linked to al-Qaida has split rebel groups seeking to oust Assad. AlQaida attacks have also spread into Lebanon, and violence spawned by Islamic militants in Sunni-dominated Egypt has risen after last summer’s ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Cairo. The tumult has tested Obama’s opposition to American military intervention in the region’s constant conflict. Critics argue that Obama has lost focus on the Mideast, giving extremists space to strengthen. While Obama long opposed the Iraq war and has staunchly refused to send U.S. troops to Syria, he appears more comfortable leaving a small military force in Afghanistan.

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Former NYC workers charged in disability scam COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — One retired police officer who said he couldn’t work taught martial arts, prosecutors said. Another who claimed he was incapable of social interactions manned a cannoli stand at a street festival, they said. A third who said his depression was so crippling that it kept him house-bound was photographed aboard a Sea-Doo watercraft. All were wrongly receiving thousands in federal disability benefits, prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing a sweeping fraud case involving scores of retired officers, as well as former firefighters and jail guards. The retirees faked psychiatric problems, authorities said, and some falsely claimed their conditions arose after the Sept. 11 attacks. “The brazenness is shocking,” said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. Four ringleaders coached the former workers on how

to feign depression and other mental health problems that allowed them to get payouts high as $500,000 over years, Vance said. The ringleaders made tens of thousands of dollars in secret kickbacks, Vance said. The four — retired officer Joseph Esposito, 64; John Minerva, 61, a disability consultant with the detective’s union; lawyer Raymond LaVallee, 83; and a benefits consultant Thomas Hale, 89 — sat stolidly as they pleaded not guilty Tuesday to high-level grand larceny charges. All were released on bail, ranging from $250,000 to $1 million. Their lawyers said all four staunchly denied the accusations, and some noted that their clients had legitimate jobs helping people seek benefits. Minerva did “what he thought was being done in the correct fashion,” said his lawyer, Glenn Hardy. “I don’t think he was steering people or telling people what to say when they applied for those benefits.” Hale’s lawyer, Brian Griffin noted that according to pros-

‘We caution everyone to recognize that there are serious psychological illnesses resulting from the devastating work performed by first responders following the attack on the World Trade Center and in performing the dangerous and difficult work of police officers.’ — Patrick Lynch, president of Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association ecutors, many of the benefitseekers had been found eligible for city disability pensions before they got federal benefits. But prosecutors argued that eligibility for Social Security disability benefits is a higher bar — complete inability to work — than qualifying for a city worker disability pension. And they said the applicants strategically lied, with the ringleaders’ guidance, to make themselves appear to meet it. They were taught how to fail memory tests and how to

act like a person suffering from depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, prosecutors said. If they were claiming to be traumatized by 9/11, “they were instructed to say that they were afraid of planes or they were afraid of tall buildings,” Assistant District Attorney Christopher Santora told a judge. More than 100 were arrested, including 72 city police officers, eight firefighters, five corrections officers and one Nassau County Police Department officer.

Police Commissioner William Bratton said the arrests were an effort to ensure “the memories of those who did in fact contribute their lives or their physical well-being to dealing with 9/11 are not sullied.” Former police officer Louis Hurtado taught martial arts in Odessa, Fla., according to the studio’s website. Online photos showed onetime cop Joseph Morrone smiling at the cannoli stand during a TV interview during the San Gennaro Festival in 2009. In another photo, a smiling, tanned Glen Lieberman, a retired officer, gestures obscenely at the camera from aboard a watercraft. Morrone pleaded not guilty and was released without bail. There was no answer at Hurtado’s listed number in Florida. The Associated Press couldn’t locate a home phone number for Lieberman. Many of the defendants said they could not use a computer but had Facebook pages, Twitter handles and YouTube chan-

nels, prosecutors said. Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, said the union didn’t condone the filing of false claims, but “we caution everyone to recognize that there are serious psychological illnesses resulting from the devastating work performed by first responders following the attack on the World Trade Center and in performing the dangerous and difficult work of police officers.” Claims of government workers feigning injury to get disability benefits have been the focus of sprawling criminal cases before. Over the last two years, 32 people were arrested in a probe into Long Island Rail Road employees who collected federal railroad disability benefits; at least two dozen have pleaded guilty. The workers allegedly claimed on-the-job injuries, only to be spotted later playing golf and tennis, working out, and even riding in a 400-mile bike race.

American oil companies call for end to export ban By JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

NEW YORK — American oil companies have not been allowed to export crude for 40 years, but the industry wants to change that, even though the U.S. still consumes far more oil than it produces. A surprising surge in domestic production of light, sweet crude — a particular type of oil that foreign refiners covet — has triggered growing calls to lift the restrictions, which were put in place after the Arab oil embargo of 1973. But the idea is touching a nerve that remains raw four decades after oil shortages crippled the economy and led to the law that banned crude exports without a special license. “For 40 years, energy policy has been shaped by that experience of the 1970s,” says Daniel Yergin, energy historian, author and vice chairman of the research and analysis firm IHS. “But we are in a different

world. Neither our logistics nor our thinking has caught up with the dramatic changes in North America.” Skeptics worry that lifting the restrictions would lead to higher gasoline prices and decreased energy security. Economists and analysts argue that it would have little or no effect on prices, largely because the U.S. already exports record amounts of gasoline and diesel, which are not restricted. Some experts say allowing crude exports could actually improve energy security by encouraging more domestic production. Major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips, along with the American Petroleum Institute, an oil and gas lobbying group, are the biggest proponents of ending the ban. On Tuesday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski released a paper on energy exports describing the nation’s export laws as “antiquated” and urging Presi-

dent Barack Obama and the Senate to allow crude exports. Late last year, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz suggested at an industry gathering that it may be time to revisit export laws. But easing the restrictions will be politically difficult, especially in an election year. In a recent letter to Obama, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez made an argument that is likely to resonate with voters: “Crude oil that is produced in the U.S. should be used to lower prices here at home, not sent to the other side of the world.” Environmental groups have worries, too, mainly that by allowing U.S. companies to export crude to get higher prices, producers will be able to afford to go after oil deposits that require more elaborate, more environmentally damaging techniques. That the nation is talking about exporting oil at all is a result of a huge turnaround in domestic production in states such as North Dakota and Texas. The

U.S. is producing more crude oil than it has in 25 years, and the government predicts production will approach its 1970 peak of 9.6 million barrels per day in 2016. That’s still not nearly as much as we consume. The U.S. still imports an average of 7.5 million barrels of crude every day, more than any other country but China. The issue is that refineries around the world have spent billions of dollars to gear up to process specific types of crude oil they expected to receive. But a boom in U.S. production put the global refinery system “out of whack,” Yergin says. In the U.S., refiners expected to import more crude from Venezuela and the Middle East, a relatively thick oil that is high in sulfur and known as heavy, sour crude. Many refineries abroad can more easily handle light, sweet crude, which is thinner, lower in sulfur and easier to refine into gasoline and diesel.

But in a surprise, U.S. drillers are producing so much light, sweet crude that U.S. refiners can’t use it fast enough, and a relative glut has emerged. U.S. oil prices are lower than global oil prices by $10 per barrel or more. Foreign refiners would be willing to pay full price for that crude if U.S. producers were allowed to sell it. Refiners and others worried about domestic fuel prices say allowing exports would raise costs for the industry and for American consumers. If U.S. refiners lose the price advantage they have enjoyed, refineries might produce less fuel, invest less in the U.S. and hire fewer people. “It’s a jobs issue,” says Bill Day, a spokesman at Valero Energy, one of the nation’s biggest refiners. “The Gulf Coast of the

U.S. has become a refining hub for the rest of the world. That keeps American refineries open and American workers on the job.” But it’s not that simple, others say. If the ban were lifted, some U.S. refiners would probably have to pay more for American crude, but many U.S. costal refiners already depend on more expensive international crude. And eliminating the ban could lower costs for other refineries. Lifting the ban, experts say, is likely to have a bigger effect on individual refinery profits than on consumer prices. “It probably doesn’t change the retail price at the pump, but it may change the incentive for refiners,” says Kevin Book, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners.

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Rebels seize control of hospital; 42 killed By DIAA HADID Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels seized control a strategic hospital near Aleppo, giving a boost to beleaguered anti-government forces in the northern city after days of relentless airstrikes on opposition-held neighborhoods there, activists said Saturday. The rebels’ capture of Kindi hospital does not drastically alter the broader battle for Aleppo, which has been divided for more than a year between opposition and government forces. But it does provide a lift to a rebel movement that has been dogged in recent months by infighting that allowed President Bashar Assad’s forces to chip away at rebel-held territory on several fronts. For months, rebels had been trying to capture Kindi hospital, which is close to the besieged central prison on the edge of town and where the government is believed to be holding thousands of detainees.

‘The helicopters come. We stop and look. We keep looking until the barrel drops. We shout out God’s name. The civil defense comes to dig out people. The media activists go film.’ — Abu Raed, Aleppo-based activist

The hospital finally fell to the rebels on Friday, according to two activist groups — the Aleppo Media Center and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Aleppo-based activist Abu al-Hassan Marea said the rebels who overran the hospital included both conservative Muslim groups and al-Qaidalinked factions. Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman said at least 42 government troops were killed in Friday’s fighting, and at least 19 Syrian rebels and an unknown number of foreign fighters. A Syrian freelance photog-

rapher who worked for foreign news outlets, including Reuters, also was killed in the fighting, activists said. The photographer, Molhem Barakat, was with his brother, a rebel fighter, inside a carpet factory near the hospital when they were both killed, said Hassoun Abu Faisal of the Aleppo Media Center. Activists also circulated a photograph of Barakat’s corpse, which matched other images of him. Abu Faisal said Barakat, who activists said was 18 years old, began working as a photographer about five months ago, was considered talented and quickly sold photographs

to foreign media. Reuters said Saturday that Barakat had taken pictures for the news agency on a freelance basis. Media watchdog groups have ranked Syria the world’s most dangerous country for reporters. The Committee to Project Journalists says 22 journalists have been killed in Syria this year, not counting Barakat. More than 30 journalists are believed to be currently held by the Syrian government or rebel forces. Meanwhile, Syrian government forces continued dumping so-called barrel bombs — containers containing hundreds of pounds (kilograms) of explosives and fuel — over opposition-held parts of Aleppo. The British-based Observatory said at least six people were killed in Saturday’s air raids, but other groups gave higher death tolls. The aid group Doctors Without Borders has said that over four days this week government airstrikes killed at least 189 people and wounded 879 more.

Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, said in a statement Saturday that the airstrikes in Aleppo were indiscriminate and unlawful. “Government forces have really been wreaking disaster on Aleppo in the last month, killing men, women, and children alike,” said Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher at the New York-based group. “The Syrian Air Force is either criminally incompetent, doesn’t care whether it kills scores of civilians — or deliberately targets civilian areas.” Syria’s civil war, now into its third year, has killed more than 120,000 people, according to activists, while millions have been forced from their homes by the fighting. Syrian officials have not commented on the air raids in Aleppo, the country’s largest city and former commercial hub. Aleppo has been a major front in the civil war since the rebels launched an offensive there in mid-2012. The city has been carved into opposition-

and government-held areas. The escalation comes ahead of peace talks scheduled to begin on Jan. 22 in Switzerland. The timing has sparked speculation that Assad may be trying to strengthen his position on the ground and expose opposition weaknesses before sitting down at the negotiating table. “I think it will have the reverse effect,” Aleppo-based activist Abu Raed said via Skype. “The helicopters come. We stop and look. We keep looking until the barrel drops. We shout out God’s name. The civil defense comes to dig out people. The media activists go film.” Both Marea and Raed asked that they be identified only by their nicknames, fearing for their own security. In Damascus, the state news agency said the capital and much of southern Syrian plunged into darkness after a rebel attack struck a gas pipeline that supplies a power plant. Blackouts hit Damascus and other government controlled areas on a regular basis.

Iraqi government: airstrike kills 25 al-Qaida-linked militants By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press

BAGHDAD — A government airstrike killed 25 al-Qaida-linked militants in a besieged province west of Baghdad amid fierce clashes Tuesday between Iraqi special forces and insurgents battling for control of the key cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, Iraqi officials said. The al-Qaida gains in the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar — once bloody battlegrounds for U.S. troops — pose the most serious challenge to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite-led government since the departure of American forces in late 2011. Iraqi forces and fighters from government-allied Sunni tribes have been battling militants to try to recapture the strategic territory, seized last week by an al-Qaida-linked group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Iraqi military spokesman Gen. Mohammed al-Askari said the Iraqi air force struck an operations center for the militants on the outskirts of Ramadi, the

provincial capital, killing 25 fighters who were holed up inside. He didn’t give more details about how the death toll was confirmed but cited intelligence reports. It was not possible to independently verify the military’s claim. The airstrike came after clashes erupted about 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of Fallujah following the capture of an army officer and four soldiers in the area a day earlier, provincial spokesman Dhari alRishawi told The Associated Press. There was no immediate word on casualties for those clashes. Al-Maliki’s government has vowed to rout the militants, calling on Fallujah residents Monday to expel the al-Qaida fighters to avoid an all-out battle. Iraq’s Cabinet met Tuesday to discuss the situation in Anbar and called for the mobilization of all efforts “to support the army and security services in expelling terrorists,” according to a government statement.

Military operations would continue, the Cabinet statement added, until Iraq is “cleansed” of terrorism. In Washington, the Army general who led U.S. forces through some of the deadliest years of the Iraq war said he opposes sending U.S. combat troops in response to the recent gains by militants in Anbar province. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said he was disappointed by the Iraqi government’s loss of control of strategic territory, but the U.S. approach now should be to remain engaged diplomatically to help Iraqi government leaders get their political system back on track. Residents of Fallujah have been streaming out of the city, 40 miles west of Baghdad, fearing an impending assault, according to witnesses. A medical official in Fallujah said two civilians were killed and five were wounded, including two children, when they were caught Tuesday in

an exchange of fire between militants and Iraqi army troops south of the city. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information. The immediate trigger for the unrest was the Dec. 28 arrest of a Sunni lawmaker sought on terrorism charges, followed by the government’s dismantling of a months-old anti-government Sunni protest camp in Ramadi. Sectarian tensions in Iraq have been rising for much longer as Sunni complaints grew that the government was targeting the minority community unfairly with what they alleged were random arrests on terrorism charges and discrimination. It was a U.S.backed revolt by Sunni tribal leaders against al-Qaida that led to a decline in the sectarian violence that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, and the current unrest has raised fears the country was again

being pushed to the brink of civil war. Violence spiked after the government staged a deadly crackdown on a Sunni protest camp last April. Militants have also targeted civilians, particularly in Shiite areas of Baghdad, with waves of coordinated car bombings and other deadly attacks. The attacks continued Tuesday when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a police station in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing two people there and wounding 55, some critically, according to Maj. Raid Emad Rasheed. A roadside bomb struck an army patrol southeast of Bagh-

dad, in the Madain area, killing one soldier and wounding another, a police official said. Another bomb hit a patrol of pro-government Sunni militiamen in Baghdad’s southeastern suburb of Jisr Diyala, killing one fighter and wounding four, he added. A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to talk to the media. The death toll in 2013 was the highest in Iraq since the worst of the sectarian bloodletting began to subside in 2007, according to United Nations figures. The U.N. said violence killed 8,868 last year.

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Indian political brawling shows rape a voter issue By KATY DAIGLE Associated Press

NEW DELHI — The 16-year-old reported that she had been gang raped, only to be raped again by the same men the next day and later threatened for going to the police in eastern India. By the time charges were filed more than two months later, she had been set on fire and died from her injuries. The girl’s death on New Year’s Eve in West Bengal came more than a year after a deadly gang rape in New Delhi raised awareness and outrage over chronic sexual violence in India and government failures to protect women. The New Delhi rape was considered a major reason for why voters ousted the capital’s government last month, and a furious response to the West Bengal case suggests that with general elections just months away, politicians are anxious to impress voters who are demanding that women’s safety become a police priority. The teen’s family, allegedly run out of town by her assailants, accuses police of trying to cover up the crimes. Improving sensitivity by police officers and medical workers is crucial to improving women’s safety in this country of 1.2 billion, activists say. Even as the government has promised to improve justice for rape victims, some trying to report sexual crimes have said they were harassed by officers making lewd comments, demanding bribes or simply shooing them away. The girl reported being gang raped on Oct. 25 and 26, but Kolkata police did not arrest anyone until the girl ended up in a hospital Dec. 23 with severe burn injuries. Doctors then determined she was pregnant. Police initially told reporters she had attempted suicide, but the girl’s family disputed that, saying she was set on fire by associates of those who had gang raped her. After the girl’s death led to a public uproar, police arrested

and charged six suspects in the gang rapes and another two accused by the girl of setting her alight. A fast-track court will hold a first hearing in the both cases Jan. 15. Meanwhile, a forensic laboratory is determining the age of the girl’s fetus in order to establish whether she became pregnant from the rapes. The case has reinforced the widespread view in India that police are a major part of India’s chronic problem with sexual violence. Massive protests erupted in Kolkata, with critics including artists, rights activists and opposition politicians saying authorities ignored the family’s complaints of harassment and moved too slowly to arrest the suspects. Critics question why police filed a case over the first reported gang rape, but not the second. Both the opposition and the girl’s taxi driver father are demanding that federal investigators take over the case. “The fact that politicians and public figures are speaking in such strong terms is surprising,” said Abhilasha Kumari, a New Delhi-based sociologist and women’s right’s activist. “Historically, the concerns of women have never mattered much to the political community, but in the past year safety and security of women have become a political issue, and it will be even more so now with elections coming.” The girl’s family accused police of trying to cover up the crimes, and even of hijacking the hearse carrying his daughter’s body in an attempt to take it for cremation against the family’s wishes. A street brawl broke out as opposition supporters tried to block police from taking the body from the mortuary, where protesters had planned a rally to criticize a lack of sensitivity by authorities. Police said they had taken the highly unusual step of seizing the body in an attempt to help the family during a difficult time and to spare the city any more upset from the case.

AP Photo/Bikas Das, File

In this Jan. 3, file photo, activists of Indian National Congress with black bands around their mouths block traffic during a protest against a gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl at Madhyamgram, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) north of Kolkata in West Bengal, India.

The incident shocked Bengalis. Filmmaker Aparna Sen said she was “devastated.” The girl’s remains were eventually cremated Wednesday night with the family’s consent. “Those who have gang raped my daughter should be given death penalty,” the grieving father told reporters last week after meeting with the state’s governor to complain about a “tyrannical” police response. Neither the girl nor her father is being named by Indian media under laws guarding the identity of rape victims. The father said police threatened him, demanding that he leave the state or else have his taxi business shut down. West Bengal’s government, led by a woman chief minister, has said little about the case apart from defending its response. Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra pledged financial aid for the family and reiterated “our commitment for zero tolerance to attacks on women.” The state’s urban development minister accused critics of politicizing a tragedy. “The state government has taken appropriate action in the case,” Firhad Hakim said. The nationwide outcry over the 2012 gang rape in New Delhi led the federal government to rush legislation doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and

criminalizing voyeurism, stalking, acid attacks and the trafficking of women. The law also makes it a crime for officers to refuse to open cases. But the same gang rape case helped bring down New Delhi’s local government in a ballot last month, with many Delhiites questioning how a so-called “fast-track” court took more than seven months to deliver a guilty verdict.

Police in Mumbai earned praise for quickly rounding up five teenagers accused of raping a photojournalist within a day of her reporting the attack, but the death of the girl in West Bengal stoked public demands that police be held accountable for their response to sexual violence. “The girl should have been protected, and since there was no protection she was raped again and subsequently killed,” said Mamta Sharma, chairwoman of the National Commission for Women. “The public anger on the incident is genuine. All parents want to see their daughters are safe,” independent Kolkata political analyst Subir Bhowmik said. “The government wants to show that they are not at fault and working for the people. Opposition parties also want to reap benefit from this issue.” Some activists warn that political posturing could harm efforts to improve women’s safety by turning particularly savage cases like the one in West Bengal into opportunities for media hounds and voyeurs. Little publicity was given

to the case in the weeks after the girl reported being gang raped in October and left in a field near her home in the Madhyamgram suburb of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. A day later, while returning with her parents from reporting the crime to police, her family said she was abducted by the same men and gang raped again before being left unconscious by railway tracks. When the family fled to a new home in another suburb called Dum Dum, they said they were visited on Dec. 23 by associates of the girl’s attackers and threatened with violence if they didn’t withdraw their police complaint. Later that day, the girl was set on fire in her home. She died from her injuries on Dec. 31. “The West Bengal government is responsible for inaction, but the opposition is equally insensitive in terms of politicizing the rape of a child,” said Ranjana Kumari, a women’s activist with the Center for Social Research. “We need all parties to set politics aside and address an issue that affects us all.”

US Air Force copter crashes in England, killing 4 people By LOLITA BALDOR and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press

LONDON — A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in a coastal area of eastern England during a training mission on Tuesday night, killing all four crew members aboard, officials said. The helicopter crashed at about 6 p.m. local time near Salthouse on the Norfolk coast, a statement from the U.S. Air Force said. The aircraft was based at the Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath, Suffolk County, which hosts USAF units and personnel. The helicopter, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, was flying low at the time of the crash, the statement added. In Washington, a U.S. defense official said

the accident killed the four U.S. Air Force crew members aboard. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the crash publicly. Police in Norfolk County cordoned off the area where the crash occurred, and several vehicles from the fire brigade, coast guard and police are at the scene. Police said they do not believe anyone in the area has been injured. “An assessment is still being carried out around the munitions which may be on the aircraft and advice from the military is being taken,” the police force said. It added that family members will be notified before details on the victims can be released. Pave Hawks are often used for combat search and rescue missions, mainly to recover downed air crew members or other personnel during war.

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Seward, Kenai split on hardwood By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

After losing a seven-point lead late in Tuesday night’s nonconference basketball game against Kenai Central, the Seward boys won 47-45 on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer by Michael Wolfe at Kenai Central High School. Kenai had taken its first lead of the game with eight seconds to go on a long jumper from freshman Josh Jackman, and the ensuing inbounds pass was knocked out of bounds, then taken from midcourt, where Wolfe was able to find the ball and space from his defender and sink the perimeter shot. “It was kind of a blur, mainly because ... my team trusted me to take

the shot,” Wolfe said. “They were the ones to get us there. I think I just got lucky.” Wolfe led all scorers with 21 points — including five 3s — while Kenai was led by Jonah Theisen with 11 points. Jackman added 10 as well. “The final play was desperation, really,” said Seward coach Curtis Berry. “Really, where the game needed to be won, was when we were up by six or seven, our ball, and we made a couple of mistakes. “Having the ability to come back and keep our composure, that’s a good quality to have.” Kenai and Seward have not played each other in several years, but the visiting Seahawks have been able to

establish themselves as contenders for another Class 3A state tournament appearance with a 4-2 overall record this season. Kenai dropped to a 1-3 record. With 3:08 left in the game, Wolfe nailed a trey that put Seward up 4437, and with less than 90 seconds remaining, Seward led by five and it still looked as though the Seahawks would escape with the win. With 1:19 to go, Kenai’s Trevor Shirnberg hit a layup that closed the gap to three points, but Keith Ivy stole the ball on a Seward mistake on the inbounds pass for another quick layup, putting Kenai within one. That setup the late go-ahead bucket from Jackman, putting the home

crowd into a frenzy. “One thing we told the kids was we don’t guard the inbounds pass,” said Kenai coach Ken Felchle. “We fall back to the guy on the block and we double-team him because we don’t want a lob coming over the top. As soon as the ball comes into play, now everyone becomes a threat, and we have to find our man quickly. “We just allowed too much space and we stayed with that double team too long and didn’t find that man quick enough, and as a result he got a very high-quality shot.” When Wolfe was able to find some space at the top of the key, the shot went uncontested into the basket, and the other end of the gym had their turn

to go crazy. Kenai will get its first taste of Northern Lights Conference play this weekend with games against Palmer and Wasilla on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Kenai girls 26, Seward 24 The Kenai girls hoops team nearly suffered the same fate earlier in the evening, holding off a late charge from Seward to clinch a nonconference win Tuesday at Kenai. Senior Justice English led the home squad with 16 points, while Seward’s top scorer was Ashley VonBorstel with 13 points. VonBorstel led Seward’s See HOOPS, Page A-11

Jazz nip OKC Hayward scores 37 points for Jazz, while Durant has 48 for Thunder By The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward scored a careerhigh 37 points, including Utah’s final 17 points, to help the Jazz overcome Kevin Durant’s 48 points and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-101 on Tuesday night. After the Thunder sliced a 24-point Jazz lead to 99-94, Hayward made five straight jumpers — two of them 3-pointers — in his personal 17-7 run to clinch Utah’s fourth straight home win.

but his 25-footer fell short.

HEAT 107, PELICANS 88 MIAMI — LeBron James scored 32 points and Dwyane Wade had 22 to power Miami to the win. It was the 10th 30-point game of the season for James. The Heat are 9-1 when he scores that many.

PACERS 86, RAPTORS 79

INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert scored 22 points and Danny Granger matched his season high with 13, helping Indiana to its third consecutive win. CAVALIERS 111, 76ERS 93 The NBA-leading Pacers (28-6) CLEVELAND — C.J. Miles held the Raptors to a season low in set a team record with 10 3-point- points. ers and scored a season-high 34 points, leading the Cavaliers to the NUGGETS 129, victory. CELTICS 98 Miles made eight 3s in the first half, when the Cavs opened DENVER — Randy Foye a 26-point lead that allowed them scored a season-high 23 points, to coast to a rare easy win. He connecting on seven 3-pointers, notched his ninth with 9:53 left and Denver routed Boston for its and drained No. 10 with 9:17 re- third straight win after an eightmaining. He went 10 of 14 from game losing streak. outside the arc. Kenneth Faried had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Ty Lawson added 19 points and 13 assists for KINGS 123, the Nuggets, who sent the Celtics TRAIL BLAZERS 119 to their fifth loss in a row and reSACRAMENTO, Calif. — De- versed a 106-98 loss at Boston on Marcus Cousins had 35 points and Dec. 6. The Nuggets returned to 13 rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 32 .500 (17-17) with the victory. points and the Kings held off a furious rally to beat the Trail BlazMAVERICKS 110, ers. LAKERS 97 Cousins and Gay provided the spark for a 32-12 run at the end DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki of the third and beginning of the scored 27 points and Dallas avoidfourth quarters that put Sacramen- ed its longest home losing streak in to ahead by 19 points. Gay fouled 14 years. out with 4:12 remaining, and the The Mavericks had lost four Blazers nearly rallied back. straight at home, the last victory in their arena coming against MemWARRIORS 101, BUCKS 80 phis the week before Christmas. MILWAUKEE — David Lee had 22 points and 18 rebounds to lead Golden State to its 10th straight win. Lee was 10 of 12 from the field for the Warriors, who have their longest winning streak since their NBA-title season in 1975. Stephen Curry contributed 15 points for the Warriors despite connecting on just 5 of 18 shots. Klay Thompson also scored 15 points.

KNICKS 89, PISTONS 85

NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 13 of his 34 points in the third quarter, and then made the clinching free throws with 2.9 seconds left as the Knicks handed the Pistons a season-high fifth straight loss. Raymond Felton finished with 12 points and six assists in his return from injury for the Knicks, who came home from a 2-1 Texas swing and held on after blowing SPURS 110, most of the 17-point lead they built GRIZZLIES 108, OT while outscoring the Pistons 32-17 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Manu in the third quarter. Ginobili scored on a driving layup with 1.8 seconds left in overtime, BULLS 92, SUNS 87 lifting San Antonio to the road win. CHICAGO — Taj Gibson had Mike Conley had an opportu- 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the nity to win the game for Memphis, See NBA, Page A-11

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Michigan State’s Gary Harris, right, and Ohio State’s Aaron Craft chase a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 72-68 in overtime.

Syracuse drops Virginia Tech No. 5 Michigan St. edges No. 3 Ohio St. in overtime By The Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — C.J. Fair scored 17 points and No. 2 Syracuse used a 16-0 run to pull away in the second half and beat Virginia Tech 72-52 on Tuesday night. Tyler Ennis added 13 points, Jerami Grant had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Trevor Cooley scored 11 points for the Orange (15-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who were making their first visit to Cassell Coliseum since Jan. 30, 1978. C.J. Barksdale led Virginia Tech (8-6, 1-1) with 12 points and Ben Emelogu and Adam Smith had nine each. The Hokies were outrebounded 41-25 and shot 36.7 percent (18 of 49) to the Orange’s 46.7 percent (28 of 60) Syracuse went on its run just after five straight points by the Hokies pulled them within 44-40. But Ennis hit a

3-pointer to spark the surge, allowing Amir Williams’ putback mates take a two-point lead. The and the Hokies went scoreless dunk with 19 seconds left to tie rest of the Cyclones got untracked the game and send it to overtime. early in the second half and blew for 8 1-2 minutes. No. 5 MICHIGAN ST. 72, No. 3 OHIO ST. 68 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Keith Appling made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 29 seconds left in overtime and finished with 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help Michigan State, which had a 17-point lead in the second half. The Spartans (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) led 55-38 and the Buckeyes (15-1, 2-1) forced overtime with a 20-3 run to close regulation. Ohio State entered the day as one of six unbeaten teams in Division I. Aaron Craft’s three-point play with 2:02 left in the second half and his layup, after throwing an inbounds pass off Adreian Payne’s backside, with a minute left pulled Ohio State within one. Payne made one of two free throws on the ensuing possession,

Ohio State scored the first points of the extra period, taking its first lead since it was ahead 19-17, but gave up some pivotal 3-pointers. Michigan State redshirt freshman Kenny Kaminski made a season-high third 3-pointer to break a tie with 2:40 left in overtime and Payne connected on a shot beyond the arc on the Spartans’ next possession.

No. 9 IOWA ST. 87, No. 7 BAYLOR 72 AMES, Iowa — DeAndre Kane had a season-high 30 points with nine assists, eight rebounds and five steals as Iowa State set a school record with its 14th straight win. Melvin Ejim added 18 points for the Cyclones (14-0, 2-0 Big 12), who outscored Baylor 47-34 in the second half. Kane had 17 points in the first half, helping his struggling team-

past the Bears with a 28-12 run.

No. 16 DUKE 79, GEORGIA TECH 57 DURHAM, N.C. — Rodney Hood scored 15 of his 27 points in the second half for Duke. Quinn Cook added 13 points and slumping freshman Jabari Parker had 12 on 4-of-12 shooting for the Blue Devils (12-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

No. 25 KANSAS ST. 65, TCU 47 FORT WORTH, Texas — Thomas Gipson scored 19 points and freshman Marcus Foster added 16 as Kansas State ran its winning streak to 10 games. The Wildcats (12-3, 2-0 Big 12), who made their way into the Top 25 for the first time this season on Monday, played their first true road game of the season.

Knee injury will keep Vonn out of Winter Games HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writers

Less than two weeks after reconstructive surgery on her right knee in February 2013, Lindsey Vonn already was sounding a positive note, saying she was “really looking forward to Sochi” and defending her Olympic downhill gold medal. Along the way to the next Winter Games, though, Vonn began facing setbacks. As she’d move past one, another would surface. In the end, it was too much, even for Vonn, the most accomplished U.S. ski racer in history. Expected to be one of the biggest stars at these Olympics, Vonn announced Tuesday — exactly one month before the opening ceremony — she won’t be able to race

in Russia. In a Facebook posting, Vonn said she is “devastated” to miss the Olympics, “but the reality has sunk in that my knee is just too unstable to compete at this level.” Her personal publicist, Lewis Kay, said in a statement the 29-year-old from Vail, Colo., will have knee surgery again “shortly.” Like many in her risk-filled sport, Vonn has dealt with injuries often, particularly at major events. She withdrew midway through the 2011 world championships because of a concussion. She raced with a severely bruised shin at the last Olympics. She skipped a race at the 2009 worlds after slicing her thumb open on a champagne bottle. She hurt her knee in training and missed a pair

of races at the 2007 worlds. She took a scary fall during training at the 2006 Olympics, then left the hospital to compete. “She’s come back. She’ll be back,” Vonn’s father, Alan Kildow, said in a telephone interview. “You’ll see a lot of Lindsey Vonn in the future.” Vonn left the 2010 Vancouver Games with two medals: the first Olympic downhill gold for an American woman, and a bronze in the super-G. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion, by far the most recognized name in Alpine skiing at the moment — and, as it happens, the girlfriend of Tiger Woods. Add it all up, and she would have been the focus of plenty of media coverage in Sochi, certainly a main character in NBC’s coverage for a U.S. audience. C

“Without Lindsey Vonn, the races are just not the same,” Canadian women’s Alpine coach Hugues Ansermoz said last month. “She just attracts so much interest. When Lindsey Vonn is here, there are more people coming to watch the race, there is more interest on TV, more journalists are interested. And her relationship with Tiger Woods makes even more people interested.” But Vonn has rarely been present on the elite skiing circuit the past 12 months. She tore two ligaments in her right knee and broke a bone in that leg during a high-speed crash at the world championships last February. As Vonn neared a return, she re-tore her surgically repaired ACL in a crash during training in November. After finishing 40th, 11th and fifth in a trio of

World Cup races at Lake Louise, Alberta, in early December, Vonn sprained her MCL during a downhill at Val d’Isere, France, two weeks later. “I did everything I possibly could to somehow get strong enough to overcome having no ACL,” Vonn said Tuesday via Facebook. “I’m having surgery soon so that I can be ready for the World Championships at home in Vail next February,” she wrote. “On a positive note, this means there will be an additional spot so that one of my teammates can go for gold.” Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world champion in slalom, and Julia Mancuso, a three-time Olympic medalist, will now draw extra attention as American women trying to reach the Alpine skiing podium in Sochi.

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late charge with nine points in the fourth quarter. “We had an off night on offense,” said Seward coach Mark Clemens. “With nine seconds to go we had a shot there. Just didn’t go.” Kenai’s stingy defense once again showed its face, holding Seward to only 13 points after three quarters of play — Seward shot 10-of-40 in the game overall — but the Seahawks began to find a groove, and with 56 seconds left in the game, Lindsey Kromrey sank a jumper that closed Kenai’s lead to 25-24. With 27 seconds to go, Seward had a great opportunity to score denied by one of the unlikeliest of players. Seward’s inbounds pass from midcourt found Maria Jackson directly under the basket, but her layup was blocked by 5-foot-1 junior Allie Ostrander. Kenai’s Hannah Barcus converted one of two free throws with nine seconds left, giving the Kards a two-point cushion, and Seward’s shot from beyond the arc at the buzzer went wide. Kenai faces a challenging weekend of Northern Lights Conference action, starting with Palmer on Friday and Wasilla on Saturday. Skyview girls 29, Homer 28 Joanne Glaves made a pair of foul shots with three seconds remaining to provide the decisive points for the Panthers on Tuesday in Southcentral Conference action in Homer. Skyview moves to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the league. This is the Panthers’ first Southcentral win. The team went winless in its first year of Southcentral play last year. The Panthers were up 19-9 at halftime, but Homer stormed back in the third quarter. Skyview had the ball trailing

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by one point with 10 seconds left, and got up a shot. The shot missed, but Glaves got the offensive rebound and was fouled. Sierra Mahan added eight points for Skyview. With normal scorers Hayley Ramsell, Sam Reynolds and Meghan Powers quiet, coach Kyle McFall said Glaves, Jaci Rouse and Mahan stepped up. “It was huge, a road win and a conference win,” McFall said. “We don’t necessarily like how we played in the second half, but we were able to grind out a victory. “We won ugly, but the important thing is we are learning to win.”

Scoreboard Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 43 28 13 2 58 126 94 Tampa Bay 43 26 13 4 56 123 102 Montreal 44 25 14 5 55 114 103 Detroit 43 19 14 10 48 114 121 Toronto 44 21 18 5 47 122 132 Ottawa 44 19 18 7 45 126 141 Florida 43 16 21 6 38 102 136 Buffalo 42 12 26 4 28 74 118 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 45 32 12 1 65 147 107 Philadelphia 43 22 17 4 48 114 118 Washington 42 20 16 6 46 128 128 Carolina 43 18 16 9 45 105 124 N.Y. Rangers 44 21 20 3 45 108 119 New Jersey 44 17 18 9 43 103 113 Columbus 43 19 20 4 42 117 126 N.Y. Islanders 45 16 22 7 39 124 149

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Homer boys 52, Skyview 45 The host Mariners gradually pulled away for a Southcentral Conference win Tuesday. Micah Hilbish had 22 points for the Panthers, while Tim Duke added eight. Skyview coach Jesse Settlemyer said the Mariners gradually pulled away from the Panthers. He said Skyview was hurt by foul trouble, with Homer shooting 30 free throws. Tuesday boys

Seahawks 47, Kardinals 45 Seward Kenai

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SEWARD (47) — Wolfe 7 2-2 21, Marshall 1 0-1 3, Pahno 2 0-3 6, Berry 0 0-1 0, Sieverts 0 0-0 0, Broughton 4 1-2 9, Jackson 2 2-3 8. Totals 16 5-12 47. KENAI (45) — Theisen 4 0-0 11, Glushkov 1 0-0 2, Shirnberg 2 0-0 4, McKee 0 0-0 0, Jackman 5 0-0 10, Saavedra 2 0-0 6, Ivy 4 0-0 9, Sepulveda 0 0-1 0, Foree 0 0-0 0, Jones 1 0-0 2, Wortham 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 0-1 45. 3-point field goals — Seward 10 (Wolfe 5, Jackson 2, Pahno 2, Marshall 1); Kenai 6 (Theisen 3, Saavedra 2, Ivy 1). Tuesday girls Kardinals 26, Seahawks 24 Seward Kenai

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SEWARD (24) — VonBorstel6 0-0 13, I. Anderson 0 0-0 0, Kromrey 3 1-2 7, C. Anderson 0 1-2 1, Stallings 0 0-0 0, Jackson 0 0-0 0, Whiteshield 1 1-4 3. Totals — 10 3-8 24. KENAI (26) – Ostrander 0 0-0 0, English 7 1-2 16, Drury 1 0-0 2, A. Steinbeck 0 0-0 0, C. Steinbeck 1 0-0 2, Barcus 1 1-4 3, Beck 0 0-2 0, Every 1 1-2 3. Totals — 11 3-10 26. 3-point goals — Seward 1 (VonBorstel); Kenai 1 (English). Team fouls — Seward 10, Kenai 10. Fouled out — none.

Central Division Chicago 45 29 7 9 67 167 124 St. Louis 42 30 7 5 65 155 97 Colorado 42 26 12 4 56 123 108 Minnesota 45 23 17 5 51 108 114 Dallas 42 20 15 7 47 123 131 Nashville 44 19 19 6 44 105 131 Winnipeg 46 19 22 5 43 125 139 Pacific Division Anaheim 45 32 8 5 69 151 113 San Jose 44 27 11 6 60 144 114 Los Angeles 44 26 13 5 57 114 91 Vancouver 45 23 13 9 55 121 113 Phoenix 42 21 12 9 51 129 127 Calgary 43 15 22 6 36 100 137 Edmonton 46 14 27 5 33 119 161 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Vancouver 4, SO Minnesota 2, Los Angeles 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Toronto 3 Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT Nashville 3, San Jose 2 Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 2 Phoenix 6, Calgary 0 St. Louis 5, Edmonton 2 Anaheim 5, Boston 2 Carolina at Buffalo, ppd., inclement weather Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Colorado, 5:30 p.m. All Times AST

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 27 8 Houston 22 13 Dallas 20 15 New Orleans 15 18 Memphis 15 19 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 27 8 Portland 26 9 Denver 17 17 Minnesota 17 17 Utah 12 25 Pacific Division Golden State 24 13 L.A. Clippers 24 13 Phoenix 20 13 L.A. Lakers 14 21 Sacramento 11 22

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Tuesday’s Games Indiana 86, Toronto 79 Cleveland 111, Philadelphia 93 Washington 97, Charlotte 83 Miami 107, New Orleans 88 New York 89, Detroit 85 Chicago 92, Phoenix 87 Golden State 101, Milwaukee 80 San Antonio 110, Memphis 108, OT Dallas 110, L.A. Lakers 97 Denver 129, Boston 98 Utah 112, Oklahoma City 101 Sacramento 123, Portland 119 Wednesday’s Games Dallas at San Antonio, 3 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 3 p.m. Golden State at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 4 p.m. Washington at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 6 p.m. Boston at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Men’s Scores EAST Boston U. 55, Navy 32 Brown 72, New Hampshire 68 Hartford 68, Dartmouth 56 Saint Louis 59, Rhode Island 58 SOUTH

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Alabama 68, Vanderbilt 63 Coll. of Charleston 75, James Madison 61 Duke 79, Georgia Tech 57 Middle Tennessee 74, Tennessee St. 66 NC Central 74, Hampton 61 Syracuse 72, Virginia Tech 52 Tennessee 68, LSU 50

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Atlanta 18 Washington 15 Charlotte 15 Orlando 10 Central Division Indiana 28 Chicago 15 Detroit 14 Cleveland 12 Milwaukee 7

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Creighton 81, DePaul 62 Green Bay 98, Chicago St. 62 Iowa St. 87, Baylor 72 Michigan St. 72, Ohio St. 68, OT NC State 77, Notre Dame 70 Youngstown St. 75, Ill.-Chicago 62 SOUTHWEST Cincinnati 61, Houston 60 Kansas St. 65, TCU 47

Women’s Scores EAST Marist 78, Siena 60 New Hampshire 58, Yale 53 UConn 90, Houston 40 SOUTH Delaware St. 75, NJIT 72, OT South Florida 64, Temple 51 Winthrop 68, NC Central 46 MIDWEST E. Illinois 75, E. Kentucky 71 Rutgers 78, Cincinnati 58 W. Michigan 82, Buffalo 72 SOUTHWEST SMU 80, Memphis 75, 2OT FAR WEST Washington St. 82, Washington 80

Football AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press final college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (60) 14-0 1,500 1 2. Auburn 12-2 1,428 2 3. Michigan St. 13-1 1,385 4 4. South Carolina 11-2 1,247 8 5. Missouri 12-2 1,236 9 6. Oklahoma 11-2 1,205 11 7. Alabama 11-2 1,114 3 8. Clemson 11-2 1,078 12 9. Oregon 11-2 974 10 10. UCF 12-1 959 15 11. Stanford 11-3 936 5 12. Ohio St. 12-2 816 7 13. Baylor 11-2 778 6 14. LSU 10-3 717 14 15. Louisville 12-1 693 18 16. UCLA 10-3 632 17 17. Oklahoma St. 10-3 598 13 18. Texas A&M 9-4 459 20 19. Southern Cal 10-4 299 NR 20. Arizona St. 10-4 258 16 21. Notre Dame 9-4 256 25 22. Wisconsin 9-4 245 19 23. Duke 10-4 190 22 24. Vanderbilt 9-4 117 NR 25. Washington 9-4 109 NR Others receiving votes: Nebraska 107, Fresno St. 54, N. Illinois 22, N. Dakota St. 17, Texas Tech 14,

and 16 rebounds, helping the Bulls to their sixth victory in eight games. D.J. Augustin and Jimmy Butler each scored 13. Tony Snell Continued from page A-10 Seahawks could get Harvin back added 12 points, including backto-back 3-pointers during an 8-0 RENTON, Wash. — Wide receiver Percy Harvin and tight end Luke Willson have participated in practice for the Seattle Seahawks, raising Bulls won their first game after run early in the fourth quarter that the possibility of each playing in this weekend’s NFC divisional playoff parting with Luol Deng in a trade. extended the lead to 13. M Joakim Noah added 14 points Chicago dealt Deng to Clevegame against New Orleans. K

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mathieu Perreault scored two goals, Jonas Hiller made 30 saves in his 12th consecutive victory and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 Tuesday night for their 14th win in 15 games. Perreault, Corey Perry and Nick Bonino scored powerplay goals for the NHL-leading Ducks, who improved to 18-02 at home. Andrew Cogliano scored short-handed during the Ducks’ three-goal second period. Teemu Selanne added two assists in Anaheim’s eighth consecutive win at Honda Center, matching its 8-0 streak to open the season. Daniel Paille and Dougie Hamilton scored for the Bruins, who played without forward Milan Lucic for the first time this season due to an illness. PENGUINS 5, CANUCKS 4, SO VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Sidney Crosby tied the score with 55 seconds left in regulation and added the only goal in a shootout to rally Pittsburgh past slumping Vancouver. Crosby and Kris Letang scored 16 seconds apart late in the third period to tie it for Pittsburgh after the Canucks grabbed a 4-2 lead. Evgeni Malkin and Brian Gibbons also scored for the Penguins. Jussi Jokinen added two assists, and Crosby had one of his own. Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for the win. Chris Higgins, Zack Kassian and Christopher Tanev each had a goal and an assist for Vancouver, which lost its fifth in a row. Jason Garrison also scored and Eddie Lack made 31 saves.

WILD 2, KINGS 1, SO LOS ANGELES — Nino Niederreiter scored the tying goal early in the third period and netted the only goal in a four-round shootout to lead Minnesota over Los Angeles. The Wild, playing their first game since leading scorer Mikko Koivu broke his ankle Saturday at Washington, have won three straight for the first time since Nov.

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1-5. Nail Yakupov and Mark ArcoKoivu underwent surgery Mon- bello had goals for the Oilers (14day and is expected to miss at least 27-5), who have lost five of six four weeks. games and 11 of 14. Minor league call-up Darcy Kuemper made 17 of his 39 saves ISLANDERS 5, MAPLE during the first period in his third LEAFS 3 appearance this season and fifth NHL start. TORONTO — Frans Nielsen, Calvin De Haan and Cal ClutterPREDATORS 3, SHARKS 2 buck scored third-period goals to lead the Islanders to the victory. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mattias New York (16-22-7) kicked off Ekholm’s first NHL goal proved to a six-game road trip with their secbe the game winner as Nashville ond win in two nights with backup beat San Jose for its first victory in Kevin Poulin in goal. Poulin relieved four games. injured starter Evgeni Nabokov on David Legwand also had a goal Monday and backstopped the Isand an assist, and Shea Weber add- landers’ 7-3 win over Dallas. ed two assists for the Predators, Poulin made 23 saves against who have earned points in five of the Maple Leafs. six games. It was another frustrating loss Joe Pavelski and Patrick Mar- for Toronto (21-18-5), which outleau scored for San Jose, which has shot the Islanders 26-25 in its first lost two of three. game since being beaten 7-1 at The Predators took control home by the New York Rangers on against the Sharks by scoring three Saturday night. goals in the second period. Nashville is undefeated in regulation LIGHTNING 4, JETS 2 this season when scoring at least three times. WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Martin St. Louis scored the tiebreaking FLYERS 3, DEVILS 2, OT goal in the third period and added an empty-netter to help Tampa Bay get NEWARK, N.J. — Brayden the win in the penalty-filled game. Schenn scored at 1:50 of overtime Valtteri Filppula and Ondrej and the Flyers beat the Devils after Palat also scored for the Lightning, giving up a late short-handed goal who won for the sixth time in sevthat forced the extra session. en road games. They handed the Claude Giroux and Scott Hart- Jets their fourth consecutive loss nell also scored for Philadelphia, overall. which ended a six-game road trip Olli Jokinen and Dustin Byfugwith a 5-1 record. Ray Emery lien scored for Winnipeg, and goalmade 31 saves and won for the ie Ondrej Pavelec had an assist. eighth time in nine games. Michael Ryder tied it at 2 on COYOTES 6, FLAMES 0 a short-handed goal with 30 seconds left in regulation. It came GLENDALE, Ariz. — Thomas on a great feed from defenseman Greiss stopped 27 shots, Lauri KoMarek Zidlicky, with goalie Mar- rpikoski had a goal and two assists, tin Brodeur on the bench for an and Phoenix rolled to the way. extra skater. Coming off a disappointing loss Adam Henrique also scored for to Philadelphia, Phoenix took conNew Jersey, which is 0-2-1 in its trol of what was a tight-checking last three games. game with three goals in the second period. Unlike Saturday, when they BLUES 5, OILERS 2 blew a pair of two-goal leads, the EDMONTON, Alberta — Coyotes kept pushing behind GreVladimir Tarasenko had a goal and iss’ second career shutout to win in an assist, and the Blues won their regulation for the first time since season-high sixth straight game. beating the Islanders on Dec. 12. Chris Stewart, Maxim LapiMikkel Boedker, Shane Doan, erre, David Backes and Patrick Martin Hanzal and Michael Stone Berglund also scored for the Blues each had a goal and an assist for (30-7-5), who are 11-1-2 in their Phoenix. Rob Klinkhammer also last 14 games. They are two points scored, and Mike Ribeiro and behind Central Division-leading Radim Vrbata each had two asChicago. sists. C

Georgia 13, Iowa 13, Mississippi 10, Kansas St. 8, Arizona 5, Navy 3, East Carolina 2, Utah St. 2, Mississippi St. 1.

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with C Ramon Hernandez on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jesse Chavez on a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated OF Jerry Sands for assignment. Claimed LHP Pedro Figueroa off waivers from Oakland. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with OFs Shakir Albert and Julio Lugo, Cs Hendrik Clementina and Gersel Pitre and RHP Misja Harcksen. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with INF Robert Andino on a minor league contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned RHP Adys Portillo outright to San Antonio (TL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Valerie J. Camillo chief revenue and marketing officer. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Waived C Andrew Bynum. LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived F Shawne Williams. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Sent F Ryan Gomes to Boston and cash considerations to Memphis, who sent conditional second-round draft picks in 2014 and 2017 to Oklahoma City and G Jerryd Bayless to Boston. Boston sent G Courtney Lee and a 2016 second-round draft pick to Memphis. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived C Daniel Orton. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TEs Brett Brackett and Andre Hardy and G Christian Johnson to reserve/future contracts. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed OT Aaron Adams, CB Antonio Dennard, C Garth Gerhart, WR Alex Gillett, RB Orwin Smith, LB Chase Thomas, G Andrew Tiller and T Jeremy Vujnovich. HOUSTON TEXANS — Fired Rick Dennison, offensive coordinator; Perry Carter, assistant defensive backs coach; Karl Dorrell, quarterbacks coach; Dan Hammerschmidt, offensive assistant coach; Chick Harris, running backs coach; Reggie Herring, linebackers coach; Vance Joseph, defensive backs coach;

land late Monday night after the two-time All-Star turned down a proposed contract extension, a move that hurts in the short term but gives the Bulls flexibility to add to their roster down the road. It also could also help knock them into the lottery, although that’s far from a sure thing given the weak

Bobby King, assistant linebackers coach; Larry Kirksey, wide receivers coach; Marc Lubick, assistant wide receivers coach; Brian Pariani, tight ends coach; Jim Ryan, assistant offensive line coach; Matt Schiotz, assistant strength and conditioning coach; Cedric Smith, strength and conditioning coach and Jeff Zgonina, assistant defensive line coach. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Fired Jeff Ireland general manager. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LB Ja’Gared Davis from the practice squad and WR Reggie Dunn to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed TE Daniel Fells, WR Preston Parker, LB Spencer Adkins, OL Troy Kropog and PK/P Brandon McManus. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR David Gettis, P Robert Malone, RB Davin Meggett, LB Gabe Miller, CB Ryan Mouton, TE Richard Quinn, OL Tevita Stevens and DB Peyton Thompson to reserve/future contracts. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Placed D Bryan Allen on injured reserve. Recalled D Nolan Yonkman from Norfolk (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Tanner Pearson from Manchester (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD — Loaned D Matt Dumba to Portland (WHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Reassigned G Robert Mayer to Hamilton (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Acquired F Samuel on loan from Fluminese (BrazilSerie A). PORTLAND TIMBERS — Resigned F Frederic Piquionne. North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed M Danny Szetela to a contract extension. COLLEGE BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Suspended Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffrey one game and fined the school $10,000 for his violating the conference’s sportsmanship policy during Sunday’s game. AUBURN — Announced OT Greg Robinson will enter the NFL draft. HOFSTRA — Agreed to terms with men’s lacrosse coach Seth Tierney on a multiyear contract extension. MISSOURI — Announced RB Henry Josey will enter the NFL draft. NORTHWESTERN — Announced men’s basketball C Chier Ajou is transferring. OKLAHOMA CITY — Named Kyle Steele volleyball coach.

state of the Eastern Conference.

WIZARDS 97, BOBCATS 83 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bradley Beal scored 21 points, and Washington had five players score in double figures in the victory.

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Police reports n On Dec. 14 at t 3:06 a.m. Kenai police received an anonymous report of Anthony R. Diaz, 23, of Kenai, shoveling snow at an address on Gill Street. The caller stated that Diaz had an outstanding warrant. A records check showed Diaz having a $500 Soldotna troopers arrest warrant for leaving the scene of an accident as well as a U.S. Marshall’s Service extraditable no bail warrant for a probation violation on the original charge of money laundering. Diaz was taken Wildwood Pretrial for both warrants. n On Dec. 14 at 6:01 a.m., Kenai police received a report of a vehicle stuck in a snow berm on Redoubt Avenue near Maple Drive. The vehicle was reported to be running, with the transmission in reverse and nobody around. Officers arrived as the driver of the vehicle returned. Field sobriety tests were performed, and Sheldon D. McManamy, 24, of Anchorage, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Dec. 14 at 1:36 p.m. Kenai police received a report of threats being made near Mile 14 of the Kenai Spur Highway. As a result of the investigation, Michael P. Carlough, 31, of Kenai, was arrested on charges of fourth-degree assault and harassment and was taken into Wildwood Pretrial. n On Dec. 14 at 5:58 p.m. Kenai police received a report about an unlicensed driver. Officers responded and contacted John A. Olson, 23, of Soldotna, who was issued a summons to court for driving while license revoked. n On Dec. 13 at 2:57 a.m., Kenai police took a report of a verbal disturbance at an apartment complex in Kenai. Officers contacted Kohlina M. Bavilla, 25, of Kenai, who was arrested for violating conditions of release and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Dec. 13 at 12:52 p.m., Kenai police took a report of a motor vehicle accident at Kalifornsky Beach Road and Bridge Access Road. Officers contacted Crystal R. Greminger, 31, of

Kasilof, who was arrested for driving under the influence and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Dec. 13 at 4:42 p.m., Kenai police received a report of possible drug activity at the Safeway in Kenai. Officers contacted Valeri J. Cook, 35, of Kenai, who was arrested for second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Cook was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Dec. 13 at 10:03 p.m., Kenai police received a report of a female screaming and causing a disturbance at an apartment complex in Kenai. Officers contacted Solana S. Perrill, 24, of Kenai, who was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and attempted first-degree harassment and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Dec. 11 at 6:41 a.m., Alaska State Troopers stopped on a green Honda Civic near Mile 50.0 of the Sterling Highway, because the vehicle had its flashers activated while it was stopped on the side of the highway. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Craig Snook, 32, of Anchorage, by his Alaska identification card. A records check revealed Snook’s driver’s license was in suspended status. Snook was issued a misdemeanor citation for driving while license suspended and released. A licensed driver responded to drive the vehicle away. n On Dec. 12 at about 11:50 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers arrested Kayleen Wells, 22, of Wasilla, on an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to comply with conditions of release on the original charge of second-degree theft, after she was contacted at a residence in Sterling. Wells was taken into custody without incident and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Dec. 16 at 7:04 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence near Oil Well Road in Ninilchik for a disturbance and contacted Kenneth W. Kvasnikoff, 43, of Ninilchik. Investigation revealed that Kvasnikoff had assaulted a family member. He was arrested for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and taken to the Homer Jail, where he was held without bail.

Court reports The following judgment was recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n Kevin R. Smith, 32, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count felony driving under the influence (with two or more prior convictions), and one misdemeanor count of driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked, committed Dec. 22, 2012. On count one, he was sentenced to four years in prison with two years suspended, fined $10,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for life, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, including interest in the vehicle, 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 a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. On count two, he was sentenced to two months in jail, fined a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and forfeited interest in his vehicle. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

tenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Steven Wayne Bullock, 59, address unknown, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed June 21. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment (completed), had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Marshall Allen Byers, 35, of Seward, pleaded guilty to driving while license revoked, committed Nov. 20. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for two years. n Valerie Danene Cox, 48, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of refusal of breath test, committed Oct. 5, 2012. On count one, she was

sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. On count two, she was, sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended (active time consecutive to and suspended time concurrent with count one), fined $1,500, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Skyler L. Darbous, 27, of Eagle River, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of no valid operator’s license, committed Oct. 21, 2011. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Skyler Darbous, 27, of Eagle River, pleaded guilty to failure to appear, committed March 23, 2012. He was fined $100, a $50 court surcharge and $50 jail surcharge. n Matthew L. Fulton, 28, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving while license suspended, committed Dec. 7. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10

days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Geraldine Harrison, 52, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release, committed Nov. 19. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and placed on probation for two years. n Brandon Lee Jividen, 36, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed March 14. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for three years. n Kristy Lynn Leslie, 39, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed Nov. 13. She was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge.

The following charge was recently dismissed in District Court in Kenai: n A charge of driving in violation of instruction permit against Kristina M. England, 18, address unknown, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Nov. 2. The following judgments recently were handed down in District Court in Kenai: n Joshua M. Andrews, 36, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed June 15. He was sen-

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danger of medical impairment of a major bodily function” if an abortion is not performed. There is also what health commissioner Bill Streur called a “catchall” option, described as “another physical disorder, physical injury, physical illness, including a physical condition arising from the pregnancy.” He said the department has the right to check medical records to verify the need. The department in 2012 backed off language criticized as restricting the definition of a “medically necessary” abortion for purpose of payment under Medicaid. But Streur, in proposing the new regulations last year, said he decided to take another look at the issue when the department did not see any change in the request for state funds for abortions when officials had hoped to see reductions. He said Tuesday that the number of certificates requesting state funds continued to be ahead of 2012 levels at last check, which he believed was about October. He said the state hasn’t paid for any Hyde Amendment abortions in the last three years though the state has high incidences of rape. He said that could be attributed to a reluctance to report rape or incest, or privacy concerns. He said his intent with the regulations was to make sure the state was only paying for medically necessary abortions. He said he also wanted physicians to look “very carefully at why they are performing the abortions.” Streur said he took to heart constitutional concerns raised by Democratic lawmakers. He said he asked the Department of Law if the proposal was unconstitutional or infringed on an Alaska Supreme Court decision that held the state must fund medically necessary abortions if it funds medically necessary services for others with financial needs. He said the response he received was “a resounding no.” He said the guidance he received was not written. Several Democrats had asked Streur to withdraw the regulations after they were proposed. A legal memo from a legislative attorney, requested by Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage,

said the proposal would likely be found unconstitutional, noting that without a compelling state interest, a court would likely find the proposed new rule “unconstitutionally discriminatory.” French said Tuesday that it’s “inconceivable” someone like Planned Parenthood would not sue. “You’re still burdening this one medical condition, pregnancy, with a whole host of bureaucratic procedures that you don’t burden other medical conditions with,” he said. Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest said in a news release that it “condemns” the decision “to adopt an unconstitutional policy that interferes with women’s personal medical decision-making.” The group’s political and organizing director, Treasure Mackley, could not say whether the group might sue. Some Democrats labeled the regulations an unnecessary government intrusion into what should be a decision between a woman, her family and her doctor. “We in Alaska have a strong belief in, and a constitutional right to, privacy, and we don’t want government’s hands involved in personal decisions about our bodies,” House Minority Leader Beth Kerttula, DJuneau, said in a statement. The regulations are similar to a bill proposed during the last legislative session by Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, though the bill did not include language on psychiatric disorders and was amended to include a Democratic-led proposal to allow for a program for women’s health services. Coghill had said his bill was aimed at providing clarity to what “medically necessary” means, an issue he argued the court left for legislators to decide. Supporters also argued the public money should not be used for “elective” abortions. The bill passed the Senate but was held over in the House. Coghill said Tuesday he wants to study the comments surrounding the psychiatric disorder language, an issue that was debated on the Senate side. He said he was pleased the department pursued the issue but said he believed a law would probably have more authority if the issue gets taken to court, and he said he may continue to pursue a statutory change.

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what people do,” Friend said. “The limits are way too high, nobody needs 150 fish.” The harvest limit for the Kenai dipnet fishery is 25 salmon for a permit holder and an additional 10 salmon for each member of a household, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Garland Blanchard, a fishing guide from Homer, said he came across three cases of people from the Lower 48 that had at least four times the allotted limit of sockeye salmon. He met a guy from Las Vegas on a plane that showed him a picture of 500 pounds of sockeyes he caught from the Kenai River. “These are non-residents taking fish out of our river,” Blanchard said. “We have a serious issue with enforcement.” Kenai police chief Gus Sandahl said he staffed 18 officers, including six as temporary hires, to help with the flood of visitors in July, which was by far the busiest month of calls. Out of 8,313 calls throughout the year, 1,137 were in July with 137 being dipnet specific. Alaska State Troopers worked in coordination with Kenai in dipnet operations, he said. The police reported 12 citations for violating dipnet procedure compared to 106 in 2012. Sandahl

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two babies of 2014 on Saturday. Calliope has two older sisters, 9-year-old Taylor and 18-month-old Erin. Jessie Huett said Taylor was staying with her grandparents when she went into labor, but Erin

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Project manager Wayne Dyok, in a letter to FERC Secretary Kimberly Bose, said the state, through AEA, “remains fully committed to the timely licensing and development of the project.” He said more than $170 million has been appro-

credited the city’s maintenance department for their efforts in putting out 60 signs on north beach to inform visitors of the city fish waste code. Bob Frates, Kenai Maintenance Director, said the staff focused cleanup efforts in the evenings and did not see the high volume of fish carcasses left on the beaches as they had seen in previous years. Kenai Finance Director Terry Eubank said the city generated $440,185 in revenue as compared to $438,911 in expenditures, or roughly $40,000 less than what was budgeted. Still, the numbers showed 2013 was highest revenue season as a result of an increase in fees. The city charged $20 for parking, $25 camping fee and $25 to launch a boat from the city dock. The city implemented a new cash register computer system, which allowed people to pay fees with credit cards and provided real-time data collection. Eubanks said by having customers enter a zip code with the system they were able to determine that just five percent of dipnetters who volunteered that information were from Kenai, 12 percent were from the Kenai Peninsula and 82 percent from other parts of Alaska. To deal with the traffic congestion and parking problems for this season, the city is considering eliminating on-street parking in Old Town from

July 10-31. Kenai city manager Rick Koch said situations in this area were unsafe last year. The city is also looking to eliminate on-street parking along South Forest Drive and eliminate in-park parking without a permit in Municipal Park during the three-week dipnet season. In doing so the city may need to create more places for people to park. Koch said the city would look into management of parking at both Eric Hansen Scout Park, which he said became evident as the biggest problem area for parking last year, as well as increase access to south beach. Kenai resident Tom Thompson said parking has to be found for the dipnet crowds. “It’s like putting a quart of water in a one-pint bowl,” Thompson said. “It is going to spill over.” Thompson, who is on the Kenai Harbor Commission, said the wakes from all the boats in the Kenai River and Cook Inlet are destructive. Koch said the boat traffic on the Kenai River taking part in the fishery has made for unsafe conditions. The city has proposed a drift-boat only day and is developing a plan to institute a no-wake zone as well as request aid in regulation from the Coast Guard, Koch said. Despite the city’s best efforts, resident Jim Butler said

nothing would get better without more help. He said the council should look at how much law enforcement is used to patrol the Alaska State Fair. “I’ve seen vehicles on the beaches which demonstrate the gluttony for fish,” Butler said. “The agencies throw this mess in our laps. We are woefully under gunned.” Dwight Kramer, who is on the board of directors for the sport fishermen’s group Kenai Peninsula Fisherman’s Coalition, recommended the city council put together specific dipnet committee to further examine ways to improve the fishery experience. “There is an obvious need now more than ever,” Kramer said. “It behooves the city to get more involved.” Councilman Robert Molloy agreed with the idea to create a dipnet committee and said he would like to bring in more agencies to come together and develop some solutions to the problems. Friend said it is disappointing how the actions of a minority of participants can show such disrespect in the utilization of a natural resource. “We are fortunate to live by such a valuable resource,” he said. “It would be a shame to let it go to waste.”

got to come to the delivery, even though it was past her bedtime. “It was cool, she got to stay up late,” Jessie Huett said. The Huetts brought Calliope home on Saturday and Robbie Huett, operations and sales director at Industrial Instrument Service Company in Kenai and business student at Kenai Peninsula College, said he was able to work remotely for the week

to help with Calliope’s first few days at home. Jessie Huett, a stay-at-homemom, said adjusting to having a newborn in the house has been the hardest on Erin. Erin likes to try to share her snacks and toys with Calliope, Jessie Huett said, but not her mama time. “She’s used to having her mama all to herself,” Robbie Huett said.

Calliope isn’t the only one in the family with a holidayrelated birth. Big sister Taylor’s birthday is on the summer solstice and Jessie Huett when into labor with Erin on Father’s Day in 2012 and gave birth to her the next day.

priated for the project so far. The extension would benefit the process by allowing additional time to analyze data gleaned in studies during the 2013 field season and to work on plans for completing licensing studies next year, Dyok said. A critic of the project, the Susitna River Coalition, in a statement last month cast Parnell’s budget request as a “positive signal that the administra-

tion is placing a priority on better Railbelt energy sources.” The coalition is worried about the impact the dam could have on fisheries, among other things, and says a natural gas pipeline — which the state is also pursuing — would better help address energy concerns in the Railbelt region, Alaska’s most populous area. AEA, on its project website, said the Susitna-Watana dam

will generate half the Railbelt’s electricity once it comes online and “provide long-term stable power for generations of Alaskans.” Current plans call for a 735-foot dam built into the Susitna River Canyon and a reservoir that would stretch more than 40 miles. The cost estimate is about $5.2 billion, according to the site, though it isn’t clear yet how the project might be financed.

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t’s been a dizzying couple of weeks. Since before Thanksgiving, right up through New Year’s Day, those of us who cook have done more than our fair share of preparing elaborate holiday meals, cookie baking and flipping breakfast pancakes for overnight company. Now I’m ready to sit back, prop my feet up, catch up on some good cookbook reading and indulge in the comfort of homemade chocolate pudding. Should you prefer to be soothed in vanilla, there’s a darn good vanilla pudding recipe here, as well. Like all things luxurious, you won’t need much to feel comforted, about a half-cup will do it, so the recipes here are designed to make four to six servings each. The pudding recipes use corn starch for thickening, and if you’ve made homemade puddings in the past, the recipes will look very

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much look like the ones our grandmothers and our grandmothers’ grandmothers made. Our grandmothers, however, did not have to be concerned about the use of genetically engineered corn in the corn starch they used, so if it’s of concern for you, as it is for me, choose to buy only corn starch that is labeled “GMO” free; that is, corn starch that is made from non-genetically modified

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Combine milk with half-and-half; set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, corn starch, cocoa and salt. Gradually whisk in milk mixture, mixing until smooth. Over medium heat, heat milk mixture; stirring con-

/ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup corn starch, preferably non-GMO 1 8 / teaspoon salt 2 cups half-and-half, or 1 cup half-and-half and 1 cup whole milk 3 large egg yolks, slightly beaten 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 3

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With a taste far superior to that found in boxed pudding mixes, the proof of homemade chocolate pudding is all in the eating – and the comfort it provides. For an extra hit of chocolate, garnish pudding with chocolate curls. Pictured: Chocolate Corn Starch Pudding

/ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup corn starch, preferably non-GMO 3 tablespoons unsweetened natural cocoa* 1 8 / teaspoon salt 1½ cups whole milk 1½ cups half-and-half 2 tablespoons butter 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract Chocolate curls for garnish, optional

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corn. (Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, are created when DNA from one species is injected into another. Although studies have thus far concluded that the consumption of genetically engineered food is safe, many experts believe there to be a link between GMOs and certain health conditions such as diabetes, obesity and autoimmune disorders.) With a taste about a gazillion percent better than that found in boxed pudding mixes, the proof of homemade pudding is all in the eating, one luscious, comforting spoonful at a time.

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When it comes to comfort food, few things can top chocolate pudding, especially if it’s made from scratch. Use Milk Chocolate Corn Starch Pudding as filling for a 9-inch pie, too.

Recipe adapted from a recipe by King Arthur Flour for Chocolate Cream Pie filling smooth; whisk in egg yolks. Place the saucepan over medium heat and stirring constantly, bring mixture to a boil; cook for 1 minute. Strain mixture through a fine mesh sieve over the reserved chocolate and butter, whisking until chocolate and butter is melted and mixture is smooth and well combined. Pour into dessert dishes. (To prevent a skin from forming, lightly press a piece of plastic wrap on top of the pudding.) Chill for at least 2 hours before serving. Makes about six ½-cup servings. *Kitchen Ade note: for the purposes of this recipe, I used King Arthur Flour’s Triple CoPlace the chopped chocolate, butter and va- coa Blend. It can be used in recipes calling for nilla extract in a large mixing bowl; set aside. either natural cocoa or Dutch-process cocoa. In a medium, heavy saucepan, whisk to- Find it at www.kingarthurflour.com or by callgether the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa and salt. ing 1-800-827-6836. Whisk in the half-and-half until the mixture is

8 ounces good quality milk chocolate, chopped 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup granulated sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder* 1 8 / teaspoon salt 3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten 1 cup cold half-and-half 2 cups milk Chocolate curls for garnish, optional

Be wary of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) found in common pantry items such as corn starch, which is used in many recipes including those for the puddings pictured here. While there are no federal regulations on the labeling of food products containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients or genetically modified organisms at this time, many companies have taken the initiative to label their products as GE-free or non-GMO. Find non-GMO corn starch in natural food stores, or in the natural food aisle of your supermarket.

In a medium-sized saucepan, stir together 1½ cups of the half-and-half, the sugar and the salt. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. While the halfand-half is simmering, whisk the corn starch and egg yolks with the remaining ½ cup of

stantly, bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Remove pan from heat, stirring in butter and vanilla. Strain mixture through a fine mesh sieve into dessert dishes, using a whisk or flexible spatula to push the mixture through the strainer. (To prevent a skin from forming, lightly press a piece of plastic wrap on top of the pudding.) Chill at least 2 hours before serving. Makes six ½-cup servings. *Kitchen Ade note: for the purposes of this recipe, I used King Arthur Flour’s Triple Cocoa Blend. It can be used in recipes calling for either natural cocoa or Dutch-process cocoa. Find it at www.kingarthurflour.com or by calling 1-800-827-6836.

half-and-half in a separate bowl. Whisk some of the hot half-and-half mixture into the egg yolk mixture to temper. Through a fine mesh strainer, pour the hot half-and-half /egg mixture back into the pan of simmering half and half. Whisking constantly, bring mixture to a boil, then allow to cook for 1 to 2 minutes until mixture is very thick. Remove pan from heat and stir in the butter and vanilla extract, mixing until well blended. Pour pudding into dessert dishes. (To prevent a skin from forming, lightly press a piece of plastic wrap on top of the pudding.) Serve warm or after being chilled for at least 2 hours. Makes four ½-cup servings

Egg yolks, butter and pure vanilla extract contribute flavor to Rich Vanilla Corn Starch Pudding.

A vegetable peeler and chunk of milk or white chocolate is all you need for making attractive chocolate curl garnishes. Right, Chocolate curls and about 20 minutes in a warm across the softened chocoshavings give all kinds of place. (Chocolate will soften late, using a toothpick to pick desserts and beverages an nicely if held in the palm of up the curls. Don’t worry if the attractive extra hit of choco- your hand for few a minutes curls break into shards – they late. To make chocolate curls, – messy, but very effective.) can be used, too. Refrigerate allow a thick chunk of milk Using a vegetable peeler, the curls until ready to use. or white chocolate to soften scrape the blade lengthwise C

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Grannie Annie is the author of Grannie Annie Cookbook series, featuring Alaskan recipes and stories

About living on a homestead In Alaska North Nikiski at Boulder Point, 1985 to 1993

ered them and we canned them. Oh my, what nice bigbig tasty chickens they were! And she was always on the y daughter Gail and lookout for bears and moose. her husband Gary (But that is another story!) lived on a HomeShe drove herself off stead eight miles back on the the homestead one wintry tip of Boulder Point. If you January day in 1986 after she stand at Arness Dock and watered and fed the animals. look to your right the land Then she put chains on the that juts out into Cook Inlet truck to get out to the main is Boulder Point. road and meet Gary at his She has lots of stories Grannie Annie work place. They went off to about homesteading that are Soldotna Hospital where she fascinating! Some cannot be story to tell. was Medevaced to Provirepeated! They walked into Another time she took a dence Hospital. She said the their place at times or they shortcut across a lake to get Air-vac nurse was airsick. plowed themselves in and plowed themselves out of the home. She had snow shoes on Providence Hospital is where and was carrying a long pole my grandson, Arleigh was homestead at other times. “just in case.” The long pole born on January 6, 1986. He They were stuck more times saved her life. Her snowshoes was placed in the very new, that can be counted when broke through the lake and newborn ICU facilities. I am it came to break-up in the still in awe of the efficiency spring as the mud in the trail she went into the icy water up to her waist. By using of the nurses. This teeny tiny turned to Jell-O. baby was hooked up to wires Sometimes Gail walked in the pole she finally wiggle and oxygen tubes in an incuand out on a short cut trail in herself out. She stated that bator that was hooked up to a the middle of the winter with she was never cold but her Carhartts froze as she was large unit of blinking lights, a backpack to get groceries. walking home and by the switches and wires. He was Coming back from such a time she got home she was there 27 days. He was sent trip she had a sheepskin cap taking little tiny steps. home hooked up to a breathon. All of the sudden someShe planted beautiful, ing-heart monitor that made thing hit her from behind and bountiful, large gardens. him look like he was a little knocked her into the snow, robot for two years. His Mom face first. As she tried to roll We all benefited in the large quantities of green broccoli did not get much sleep! over to see what happened, and kohlrabi which Arleigh Now he is 28 yeas old and her big backpack was so has built his own home. He is heavy it pinned her down and called “cabbage apples” and other produce. She also tired a truck driver and heavy equipshe had to wiggle out of the her hand at raising mushment operator. Can you tell backpack and then roll over rooms. She had a horse, a how proud this old grandma to see what hit her. A large is! white owl had swooped down goat and pig (a birthday present from me and Bob one You had a wonderful and tried to carry her away year) and chickens for eggs. Happy Birthday Arleigh! in his talons. She had a big rip in the sheepskin cap and a Later in the year she butch-

he series is written by a 44 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from her Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. Grannie Annie can be reached at anninalaska@gci.net

Cookbooks make great gifts! The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Waters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at Fireweed Herb Garden and Gifts in Kenai and M & M Market in Nikiski.

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This Nov. 11, photo shows have-it-your-way celery salad in Concord, N.H. The humble celery stalk - high in fiber and low in calories - provides the foundation for this crunchy salad. Add a lemon vinaigrette, thin ribbons of real Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and the add-ins of your choice to tailor the dish to your taste.

UPSIDE DOWN BROWNIES 1/3 cup flour 3/4 cups old-fashioned oats 1/2 cup butter-room temp 1/3 cup Brown sugar 1/2 cup walnuts One box of your favorite fudge brownies

sprinkle into a 9 x 9 baking pan. Mix brownies according to directions and carefully spoon over the ingredients in bottom of pan. Add 10 min. to your baking time. Cool brownies about 15 min. and invert on foil-cut in squares and placed upside down back in baking pan to store or transport. Next time Mix all ingredients EXCEPT THE I will leave out the oats and use one cup of BROWNIE MIX, together in a bowl and crushed walnuts. Use your imagination!!

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 2 1/4 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter-room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 1 cup chopped nuts-walnuts or pecans One package chocolate chips 1-8 ounce red and green candied cherries chopped

BOB’S FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIE I like this because it does not require butter. 2 cups flour der and salt and mix until blended. Chill cov2 teaspoons baking powder ered for 30 min. or longer-at this stage store 1/2 teaspoons salt in the refrigerator for three or four days. Drop two large eggs by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on un3/4 cups sugar-additional sugar for top- greased baking sheet. Lightly butter the botping tom of a three-inch flat bottomed glass and 2/3 cups vegetable oil dip in sugar. Press onto dough lightly with 2 teaspoons vanilla or lemon or your favor- glass and flatten, dipping glass in sugar beite extract fore pressing each cookie. Bake cookies until 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest-optional lightly browned about 8 min. Cool on baking sheet for 2 min. and reWhisk eggs in a large bowl until blended move to wire rack. and add sugar oil, vanilla, and lemon zest if Store in airtight container or freeze or just using, and mix well. Add flour, baking pow- serve to Bob.

JELL-O SUGAR COOKIES A new fad going around-I baked them for Bob using orange Jell-O then baked another batch using lime Jell-O. 1 3/4 cups flour Mix the butter and sugar together. Add in 1/2 teaspoon baking powder egg and the vanilla. Mix well. Dump in 1-3 3/4 cup softened butter ounce package of your favorite Jell-O. Mix. 1 cup granulated sugar Add the flour and baking powder and combine. 1 egg Shape into balls and flatten onto an ungreased 1 teaspoon vanilla cookie sheet with a spoon or a fork-sprinkle 3 ounce packages of Jell-O-of your with colored sugar-sprinkles. Bake at 350° choice. for 10 min. Cool a couple of minutes before removing to cooling rack. Next for Valentines (I recommend doubling this recipe) I will use raspberry or strawberry - strawberry or lemon for Easter. Fun and easy!!

TURKEY OR CHICKEN NACHOS Use one rotisserie chicken or left over turkey - about 4 cups of diced chicken-turkey. In a cast iron skillet add 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1/2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon red paprika 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt Stir above seasonings into olive oil and add cooked chicken or turkey, heat slowly and stir often until all the spices are absorbed into the chicken-Turkey.Keep warm. Cut 4 - 8 to 10 inch tortillas into wedgesspread out on a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray.Bake 4 to 5 min. until golden

Vermont school cooks share recipes By LISA RATHKE Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Mac & trees — macaroni and cheese with broccoli — roasted parsnip chips, strawberry and spinach salad and green monster pops were already on the menu at some Vermont schools that have done away with frozen chicken nuggets and fish sticks. Now those creative cooks are sharing their healthful recipes with other schools. “New School Cuisine: Nutritious and Seasonal Recipes for School Cooks by School Cooks,” produced with help from a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, fundraising and the Vermont Department of Education. It was distributed last month to all Vermont public schools and to every state to spread the word about healthy eating. “This is the way we help kids learn by providing fresh, homecooked, local delicious food

every single day,” said Kathy Alexander, director of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Food Service Cooperative, who came up with the idea for the cookbook. The cookbook is a way to share those creative recipes that also meet USDA guidelines, celebrate the quality of food that can be served and to set an example, she said. “It’s hard enough to make this work for kids and to meet all these regulations and meet your budget but then to also have to reinvent the wheel every time never seemed like a good idea, especially when there’s so much wonderful work happening. So it was to share but also to celebrate,” she said. The cookbook also shows that local seasonal fresh foods — such as kale, beets and apples — can be used in schools affordably and accepted by students. Healthy and nutritious food is finding its way into schools across the country, buoyed in

part by a push from first lady Michelle Obama, said Ann Cooper, a chef, and founder of Food Family Farming Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping schools serve nutritious whole foods. “With Michelle Obama as the ultimate cheerleader, kids are experiencing salad bars, meatless Mondays and fresh fruits and vegetables every day. ‘New School Cuisine,’ the Vermont cookbook produced by school chefs, is a great example of the wonderful work that’s being done to grow this movement and help all of us serve our kids the best possible school food,” Cooper said. The cookbook, which can be downloaded for free online and will soon be available to order after a second printing, includes nutritional breakdowns, and all the recipes — including the chicken and bean enchilada bake, Swiss chard frittata, cheesy twicebaked potatoes and pumpkin pancakes — have been tested C

Beat butter, sugars and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy, add eggs, mix well. Add the flour, baking soda and salt, mix well. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts and chopped fruit. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 9 to 12 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheet 5 min. before removing to wire rack. Garnish with the half candied cherry.

multiple times. It’s divided by chapters on soups and salads, fruits and vegetables, grains, and meat and meat alternatives. It also includes a list of reasons to buy local food, tips for making local food affordable and having a successful farm-to-school program, incorporating USDA foods into cooking and adapting recipes for school meals. Kids already are asking again for the green monster pops — flavored ice made of pureed pineapple, bananas, spinach and kale, said David Horner, a contributing chef to the cookbook and a food service director at the Chittenden East Supervisory Union who came up with the recipe. They’ve also liked other new ones he’s trying from the book including the gardeners’ pie, Southwestern white bean soup and beef stew. “We’re going to work our way through it,” he said of the cookbook.

brown and crispy. In a shallow 9 x 15 baking pan, spray with cooking spray. Spread half baked tortilla wedges into the baking dish Top with: 1/2 package-8 ounce-shredded Mexican cheese blend-Set the other half aside Add half the chicken-turkey mixture Add 1/2 can-15 ounce black beans, rinsed and drained-Set aside remaining half Top with the rest of the tortilla wedges, then the chicken, beans, cheese and sliced black olives. Bake 8 to 10 min. until the cheese melts. Sprinkle with avocado, diced onion and tomato, salsa, and large dollops of sour cream. Sprinkle with green diced onions. Serve immediately with remaining salsa.

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Check out these warning signs of potential abusers DEAR ABBY: When my daughter was 20, she met a guy who one minute showered her with roses and the next would beat her up. She stayed with him thinking she could change him, and became pregnant. On her 21st birthday, she tried to get away from him. He chased her up the road and went to punch her in the stomach. When she turned tao avoid the blow, it landed, hitting the baby in the head and killed the child. Abby, once a beater, always a beater. I hope all women in abusive relationships will see this letter. My daughter is fine now, married and expecting. I pray for the women and girls out there who are going through what she once had to. — PENNSYLVANIA MOM DEAR PENNSYLVANIA MOM: I’m glad you wrote, because your letter reminds me that it has been some time since I printed the warning signs of an abuser. Here they are: (1) PUSHES FOR QUICK INVOLVEMENT: Comes on strong, claiming, “I’ve never felt loved like this by anyone.” An abuser pressures the new partner for an exclusive commitment almost immediately. (2) JEALOUS: Excessively possessive; calls constantly or visits unexpectedly; prevents you from going to work because “you might meet someone”; checks the mileage on your car. (3) CONTROLLING: If you are late, interrogates

you intensively about whom you talked to and where you were; keeps all the money; insists you ask permission to go anywhere or do anything. (4) UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS: Expects you to be the perfect mate and meet his or her every need. (5) ISOLATION: Tries to isolate you from family and friends; accuses people who are your supporters of “caus- Abigail Van Buren ing trouble.” The abuser may deprive you of a phone or car, or try to prevent you from holding a job. (6) BLAMES OTHERS FOR PROBLEMS OR MISTAKES: It’s always someone else’s fault if something goes wrong. (7) MAKES OTHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OR HER FEELINGS: The abuser says, “You make me angry” instead of “I am angry,” or says, “You’re hurting me by not doing what I tell you.” (8) HYPERSENSITIVITY: Is easily insulted, claiming hurt feelings when he or she is really mad. Rants about the injustice of things that are just a part of life.

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(9) CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OR CHILDREN: Kills or punishes animals brutally. Also may expect children to do things that are far beyond their ability (whips a 3-year-old for wetting a diaper) or may tease them until they cry. Sixty-five percent of abusers who beat their partners will also abuse children. (10) “PLAYFUL” USE OF FORCE DURING SEX: Enjoys throwing you down or holding you down against your will during sex; finds the idea of rape exciting. (11) VERBAL ABUSE: Constantly criticizes or says blatantly cruel things; degrades, curses, calls you ugly names. This may also involve sleep deprivation, waking you with relentless verbal abuse. (12) RIGID GENDER ROLES: Expects you to serve, obey, remain at home. (13) SUDDEN MOOD SWINGS: Switches from sweet to violent in minutes. (14) PAST BATTERING: Admits to hitting a mate in the past, but says the person “made” him (or her) do it. (15) THREATS OF VIOLENCE: Says things like, “I’ll break your neck” or “I’ll kill you,” and then dismisses them with, “Everybody talks that way,” or “I didn’t really mean it.” Readers, if you feel you are at risk, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or www.thehotline.org.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014: This year you will be authoritative when you need to be. People listen to you. You also will follow through on any project or job that appeals to you. Since you tend to go to extremes, you might act out in a relationship, especially if you are attached. Your significant other has the gift of flexibility. Praise him or her for that quality. If you are single, what appeals to you today might not be so desirable tomorrow. Listen to your yearnings, with the exception of a long-term commitment. TAURUS is as grounded as you are, but he or she is more stubborn! 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) HHHHYoucouldbeshockedbywhat goes down, especially after you hear from someone who knows the background of the events. Your fuse might be short because you view the situation as unnecessary. Evaluate what is happening. Tonight: Take a midweek break. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Observe what is going on behind the scenes. You might be surprised by how someone can say few words yet still reveal what is happening. Your sense of humor emerges later in the day, once you get some errands and/or work done. Tonight: Feel your Wheaties. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Others seem to be acting independently and not in unison with a project. Keeping everyone on

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to keep an even pace, but an important discussion demands your time. Know when to let go of rigidity. Step back and allow yourself to see the big picture. You can’t dictate every moment. Tonight: Do more listening. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Let your creativity help a situation involving your finances. You might want to reach out for more feedback. As a result, you could decide that a different course would be better. Way to not let your ego get involved! Tonight: Enjoy some downtime with loved ones. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Think in terms of what needs to happen and what will happen if you let someone run over your more grounded ideas. You could experience disappointment at not being understood, but the smart move would be to try a different approach. Tonight: Go for naughty and nice. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Keep reaching out to someone with whom you chat often. This person’s opinion means a lot to you, as he or she offers a different perspective. You will get interesting feedback. Others often are amazed by how easily the two of you can see eye to eye. Tonight: At home. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHCommunicationflourisheslater in the day, but know that a friend could dump his or her frustration on you. It serves you to say little, as this person will recognize on his or her own that he or she was being a bit outrageous. Tonight: Visit with a close loved one.

The good and bad pad Dear Heloise: Why do the people who put chicken pieces in foam trays put in the little ABSORBENT PADS? They do indeed absorb stray fluids, but they start stinking within 24 hours at room temperature. This isn’t good if it’s two or three days until garbage pickup. — C.K., via email I’m with you — they are yucky! But they do serve a purpose. The pad keeps the chicken (and meat) “looking good” by absorbing any liquid that may leak while it sits in the cold storage bin in the store. You are right that it can become smelly if it sits in the garbage can for too long. Try this classic Heloise hint: Wrap the liner in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer until garbage day! Many readers do this with any food that cannot go down the garbage disposal and that starts smelling if it sits in the garbage can until pickup day. Just remember to get it out of the freezer when garbage day arrives! — Heloise Individual servings Dear Heloise: I make many soups and stocks during the winter. A good hint for making individual-serving-size portions is to pour the soup or stock into the cups of a muffin tin before freezing. After the soup is frozen, it easily pops out. — Layla M. in Wisconsin This is a great way to freeze soups, especially if you have limited freezer space, while being able to have just one cup! After freezing, repackage the soups (in plastic freezer bags or containers) for a better fit in the freezer. Soup is my go-to meal for lunch or dinner, especially in the winter. — Heloise

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