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JANUARY 19, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 93

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AK Senate hopefuls weigh-in on federal minimum wage law

Custom chopped Sterling mechanic restores old classics to former glory

BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

At the end of a long, gravel drive in Sterling, Mobster sits quietly, guarded by Oscar Del La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins and Gary Muller — whose persistent obsession brought the 78-year-old classic back to life. Under Muller’s capable hands, the 1935 Hudson Terraplane sits in a cool garage, impeccably kept but covered in thin layer of dust and waiting for summer and long days of driving to town for dinner and a movie or sitting out at a car show for enthusiasts to admire. “My wife wanted a mobster car,” he said. And she got one. The Terraplane is all dramatic curves and immaculate cream and blood-red paisley interior. The obligatory gangsterstyle Tommy-Gun mounts are missing, but Muller kept plenty of the antique details including white wall tires, chrome accents, low sweeping curved bumpers, a chipped porcelain emblem on the front of the car’s tall chrome grill and even the original ash trays

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Middle: John Spinka, Jim Spinka and Gary Muller straighten a bumper on the front of Jim Spinka’s ‘55 Ford Friday in Soldotna. Top: A courtesy photo from Gary Muller of his 1935 Hudson Terraplane

set into the suicide doors. Despite its appearance, the car is not a period-restoration. Under the antique accents, a throaty hot rod engine, power seats and modified lights make the car a generation-straddling hybrid. “I wanted a comfort ride,” Muller said. He pointed to the cars seats,

which were modified to open up the interior of the car more than the original seats allowed. “I did have a front seat, but … your head was on the roof,” he said. “I took the front seats out of a Jeep Grand Cherokee and they were tall. I cut them off and redid them and then the back seats were out of a

Chrysler minivan. I chopped the plastic off and made the brackets on them to fit.” The car’s original instrument panel has been rewired to include new gauges and switched from a 6-volt to a 12volt power source. “I changed the gearing in the speedometer,” he said. “The car had 74,000 original

miles on it and that’s the same speedometer that’s in there and it works.” The work will be seen all over the country as mechanics open their 2014 Snap-on Tools calendar to November. “I’ve submitted photos twice and gotten picked both times,” he said. See CLASSIC, page A-2

Legislature hears from ADFG on UCIDA lawsuit By Rashah McChesney Peninsula Clarion

A joint House and Senate finance subcommittee on Tuesday met to hear a report on a lawsuit filed against the National Marine Fisheries Service by two Cook-Inlet commercial fishing entities. Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, and Rep. Bill Stoltz, R-Mat Su-Chugiak and others from the subcommittee, heard from the Alaska Department of Law and representatives from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on state intervention in the lawsuit; though the plaintiff, the United Cook Inlet Drift Association, declined to participate in the proceedings. The lawsuit challenges the validity of a 2011 decision which transferred salmon management from federal au-

thorities to the State of Alaska in Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound and Alaska Peninsula salmon fisheries. The final rule implementing the change went into effect Jan. 22, 2013 and the drift association along with the Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund, CIFF, ask for federal oversight of the fishery arguing that salmon runs in the Cook Inlet are being mismanaged by the state. Stoltze said the hearing was supposed to be informational and educational and said it was necessary to have the hearing in the subcommittee because the legislature’s fisheries committee was not going to do so. “They don’t have any interest on that is my assessment,” Stoltze said. He said he had perceived a lack of understanding on the part of legislators and his constituents on the implications

of the lawsuit. “I will not apologize for being a forum that brought information out that even seasoned legislators and seasoned forums do not know anything about,” he said. During the hearing ADFG Commissioner Cora Campbell and others advocated strongly for continued state management of the fisheries and said there was little support on the federal level for federal oversight of the fisheries — she used examples of how federal day-to-day management of the fisheries would be difficult. According to the lawsuit however, UCIDA says that the state should only be in charge of day-to-day management rather than the overall fisheries management plan which covers the area. “UCIDA is not asking for the federal government to manage the day-to-day

fishery,” said Roland Maw, executive director of UCIDA. “The majority of the drift fleet catch is in (federal waters). We would like the federal people at the table when decisions about our fishery are made. I want the state there too. I think, in the long term, the fish will be better off.” Several times during the two-hour hearing, Stoltze referenced the state’s large personal-use fishery and framed UCIDA’s lawsuit as a threat to that fishery. Though he could not cite specific language that threatened the widely used fishery. “It’s not directly stated,” he said. “There has been a concerted effort to try to eliminate the personal use fishery by these commercial groups.” Maw disagreed and said there was no See UCIDA, page A-2

Halibut commission cuts quota again By MOLLY DISCHNER Morris News Service-Alaska

SEATTLE — Commercial and charter halibut fishermen on the Kenai Peninsula will see a reduced catch in 2014 under limits announced Friday at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s annual meeting. The commission is the six-member body charged with regulating the halibut fishery from Northern California to the Bering Sea under the international

Pacific halibut treaty, including setting the catch limit each year. For Area 3A, or the western Gulf of Alaska including Homer, Seward, Valdez and Kodiak, commercial and charter anglers will have a combined catch limit of 9.43 million pounds, down from a commercial catch limit of 11.03 million pounds in 2013. The cuts are the result of declining mature halibut biomass, although the IPHC’s quantitative scientist, Ian Stewart, said it appeared that the stock was level-

ing out. Although the conference board, which is the advisory body that represents harvesters, had advocated for higher limits, some Alaska fishermen said they were happy to see the commission take a conservation-minded approach. “While it’s economically painful in the short term, I’m glad to see that the commission took most of the recommended cuts,” said Homer fisherman Malcolm See QUOTA, page A-2 C

JUNEAU (AP) — In the lead-up to this year’s elections, The Associated Press plans to publish an occasional list featuring the positions of the highest-profile Alaska U.S. Senate candidates on different issues. All the campaigns contacted — Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and Republicans Joe Miller, Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell — agreed to participate. The first subject is on increasing the minimum wage. President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address last year, called for raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. The White House more recently has expressed support for U.S. Senate legislation that would raise the minimum wage, in stages, to $10.10 an hour, as a way to strengthen the middle class. In Alaska, a citizen-led effort also is underway to raise the state’s minimum wage. The Associated Press asked these questions: Should the federal minimum wage be raised? Please explain your reasons for why or why not. If you support an increase, what level should it be brought to? If you do not support an increase, what steps, if any, should the federal government be taking to help working-class families? — Sen. Mark Begich, firstterm incumbent: “An Alaskan working full time at minimum wage earns $310 a week, barely putting them above the poverty line and not keeping up with Alaska’s high cost of housing, food, and energy. As I travel around our state talking with families and business owners, I repeatedly hear we must do more to help Alaska families get ahead, instead of constantly feeling like they are falling behind. “That’s why I co-sponsored legislation to raise the miniSee WAGE , page A-5

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It’s the second time he has been featured in the calendar. The first time was a picture of a bright yellow and red-flamed 1941 Willys Pro Gasser truck in the company’s 2007 calendar. The truck won “Best Truck” at a 2005 car show, one of several awards and trophies sitting on a shelf in his house. Just like his first time in the calendar, Muller’s car is the only one from Alaska to be featured. The same detail-heavy production of the Willys can be seen in all of the project cars Muller shows off. He is meticulous. Little things, like the too-long tail lights on the rear of the Terraplane that he replaced with a smaller “classier” style, or the difficult restoration of the original headlights, keep him awake at night. “I can see the final product and I want to get there,” Muller said. “The problem is I can’t sleep at night until it’s done. I’ll be laying in bed at two in the morning and I’ll think of something … my wife says, ‘What are you doing?’ I’ll say, ‘Oh, I’ve got an idea I’ve got to go out there and try out.’ She says ‘Lay down and go to sleep’ and I can’t … once I get my mind on something, I can’t stop.” Sometimes, working week-on, week-off shifts as a mechanic on one of Hilcorp’s offshore platforms in the Cook Inlet means the ideas have to wait. “When I come home, I have a kind of agenda of what I want done for that week,” he said. In the dim blue light of a recent winter morning, he laments the fact that one cannot see the hints of rose that pop out of the custom paint job on his Terraplane. “In the sunlight, this thing here on all the high spots, kind of like stand out in red, like a black rose looks,” he said. “All of the highlights are just red, glittery but only on the high points. The rest would be black and everything else turns red on the edges. This is just a piss-poor time to try to see it.”

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Milne, from the North Pacific Fisheries Association. “This will hopefully put us at the bottom and we can start rebuilding.” That catch limit in Area 3A will be divided between the two sectors under the new catch sharing plan being implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service this year. The commercial catch for Area 3A is 7.317 million pounds. Guided recreational

He is obsessed with the details, and it’s not just the classic cars that call his attention. “That’s a nice little rig you’ve got there,” is the first thing out of his mouth after admonishing his two Boxer breed and monikered dogs to stop jumping at the strange car in the driveway. “Be careful, the ice is slippery,” was the second thing he said. Muller’s house is a neat blue construction just at the edge of Longmere Lake. He stood on a recent raining morning, pointed toward the front door and insisted on coffee and small talk before delving into his obsession. Occasionally he yelled questions to his wife, Karlene Muller, as she moved about the home getting ready for work — she’s an acupuncturist in Soldotna. The two walk in and out of the kitchen, past a life-size painting of Buddha. The home smells of incense and every available space is filled with knick-knacks. Muller is a multi-tasker and can be impatient; often he moves on to the next subject before his wife can answer the questions he’s lobbing her way. In high school, Muller said, he drove everything. As he spoke, he paused several times to take a pinch out of a blue and white Silver Dollar snuff can. “I had a ’69 Mustang. That was cool,” he said. “All kinds of junk from Volkswagens to whatever else. Every car is cool, they all have their own neat detail.” He spent his first years in Alaska working on people’s cars for them. Two decades ago, Muller owned a mechanic’s shop in Soldotna, just after he moved to the state in 1974. The 52-year-old has been on the Kenai Peninsula since 1978. He still works on people’s cars, but stresses that the practice is a hobby. He’s built an orange, 1931 five-window Ford, and a red and black 1967 Camaro convertible for Soldotna-area enthusiasts. He’s the first one many people — including his daughter — call when they have a car problem. In fact, he’s interrupted several

fishermen will be limited to 761,280 pounds, including wastage, in Southeast and 1.782 million pounds, including wastage. The charter share of the catch means that guided anglers will be limited to two fish when fishing out of Southcentral Ports this summer, with the second fish limited to 29 inches or smaller in length. Charter vessels will also make only one trip. That’s somewhat stricter than last year, when there was no limit on the size of the second fish and vessels could make multiple trips in a day. The dai-

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Gary Muller installs a headlamp on a friend’s truck Friday in Soldotna.

times by his daughter Michelle Muller, of Sterling. “She ran her car off the road this morning,” he said as he put his hand over the speaker of his phone and yelled a few questions to his wife. Once out in his garage, there is an unmistakable note of pride in his voice and an underlying hint of mischievousness as he shows off the tools of his trade. The place is packed from floor to ceiling with car parts, manufacturing pieces, half-completed motors and other waiting projects. It smells strongly of motor oil, pipe lubricant and solvent — a mechanic’s garage. “It’s packed, I still get ‘er done though,” he said as he flipped latches on toolboxes and pointed toward two motorcycles from 1975 sitting in the corner — waiting to be restored. “See how light and limber those bikes are?” he said, pausing to reflect on his own memories of riding them as a child. “It’s a hill-climber. It’s hills and rocks, first gear is like a mile an hour. They go real slow. Top speed is only like 30 miles an hour on them.” They’ll be fixed and given to his

ly limit mostly affects operators on the Kenai Peninsula, where multiple trips are most common. The carcass of a filleted fish must also be retained on charter vessels now, because the size is limited. Alaska’s share of the coastwide limit is about 19.7 million pounds, down from 2014, but slightly higher than the preliminary estimate that had been discussed in December. The commercial fishery will run from March 8 to November 7 in Alaska and most of the coast, with a coastwide catch of about 27.515 million pounds from Northern California to the Bering Sea. By regulatory area, the 2014 catches in the other regulatory areas are as follows: n 2A (Northern CaliforniaWashington): 960,000 pounds down from 990,000 pounds in 2013 n 2B (Canada): 6.85 million pounds, down from 7.04 million pounds in 2013 n 2C (Southeast Alaska): 4.16 million pounds, up from 2.97 million pounds in 2013 n 3B (Western Gulf of Alaska): 2.84 million pounds, down from 4.29 million pounds in 2013 n 4A (Alaska Peninsula): 850,000 pounds, down from 1.33 million pounds in 2013 n 4B (Aleutian Islands): 1.14 million pounds, down

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grandkids. “They’re going to be brand-new looking when I’m done,” he said before turning to lead the way through the shop, stopping at each machine to explain its use. In between the parts washer, sandblaster, torches, three hot rod engines and an ancient chrome-accented microwave, Muller opened a drawer in a tall grey toolbox in a back corner of the shop. It was stuffed with photos of cars in the process of restoration, grandkids, dogs and memories Muller shared each time he touches one of them. “Oh!” he said as he pulls another calendar out of the drawer. His voice dropped an octave. “This is my ladycalendar.” The photo shows two scantily clad women leaning on one of his restorations at a local car wash. “It was 20 below zero, they changed clothes in my trailer,” he said, then he grinned. “I don’t know if we want to put that one in the newspaper.” On the way back inside, his daughter calls again. That mischievous grin flashes again

from 1.45 million pounds in 2013 n 4CDE (Bering Sea): 1.285 million pounds, down from 1.93 million pounds in 2013 The limits all passed unanimously. In Southeast Alaska, charter anglers will also face slightly tighter regulations than 2013. Guided anglers can keep one fish per day, and it will again be under a reverse slot limit: the fish must be 44 inches long or shorter, or at least 76 inches long. The decisions came Friday morning, after four days of staff and agency reports on the halibut fishery in the past year and updates on the stock status. Seattle’s Bob Alverson, one of three American commissioners, made the motion for the catch limit. The other American commissioners are Jim Balsiger, who heads the National Marine Fisheries Service in Alaska, and Don Lane, a commercial fishermen who lives in Homer. Balsiger served previously; Lane and Alverson were appointed for the first time in early January. Lane said he looked forward to continuing his work on the commission. “I enjoyed working with the industry, many of which I’ve known for years,” he said at the end of the meeting Friday. Lane and Balsiger had indi-

and he answered, “Here, talk to the reporter.” Michelle Muller laughed and said she always called her dad first when she was having car trouble. “That’s what you’re supposed to do,” she said. “You don’t call your husband, you call your dad.” None of his kids picked up his hobby, Muller said. “They like to drive them,” he said. “That’s it.” But the grandkids, all nine of them, enjoy being in the shop with Papa and then taking rides with him into town. “They know that they don’t stomp their dirty feet in the car. They know all about the cars, they don’t touch them,” he said. “Bust most of them, they’re riding in them before the car is See CLASSIC, page A-5

cated before the decision was made that they supported the preliminary estimate, and trying to give the stock an opportunity to rebuild. Although the coastwide catch is slightly higher than the estimate, it is lower than the 2013 catch. Alverson said the cuts weren’t surprising, and are necessary for the stock. “I knew going in that the resource is in trouble, and I knew that some tough decisions had to be made,” he said Friday after the meeting ended. The commission also ap-

proved other regulatory proposals and discussed its future meetings. Canadian Commissioner Paul Ryall will be the chair for 2014-2015, and the next annual meeting will be held in Vancouver, B.C Jan. 26-30. The commission is also looking at having the 2014 interim meeting, scheduled for Dec. 2-3, at a commercial facility rather than the IPHC offices, in part to help with the ongoing effort to make the process more open and transparent.

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“I’m hoping that the administration keeps a course and backs up Alaskan State management,” he said. “I’m looking forward to having another hearing and letting the public weigh in.” UCIDA is scheduled to file its last briefing Wednesday, the case will be judged by administrative record in U.S. District Court in Alaska.

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Molly Dischner can be reached at molly.dischner@

specific provision or language in the lawsuit which would affect the personal use fishery. “That is a complete fabrication on Representative Stoltze’s part. That’s from him and not based on anything that’s in the document,” Maw said. After the hearing Stoltze said he would continue to advoReach Rashah McChesney cate for a “state’s right’s” posi- at rashah.mcchesney@penintion when there’s a potential for sulaclarion.com federal management.

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Obituary

Around the Peninsula

Robert Dale Suder

AmVets meets Tuesday

When you have the opportunity to meet certain people, your life remains forever changed in amazing ways. For who they are inside, natural gifts they possess, the fact that all they want to do is give of themselves, to make others happy, improve the world, save a life if they can, and show each person they know light, laughter and love. That was Robert Dale Suder. He always was striving for the absolute best in life. He worked harder than anyone I’ve ever known to achieve his goals. When Robert graduated from his first four years of college here in Alaska, he did not go and walk with his graduating class. He said, “I wasn’t done yet.” He pressed forward and worked hard. He had a Walkman tape player, and would wear headphones to work each day. He would laugh and say; “Everyone thought I was listening to music like any other kid. I made study tapes, and listened to them all day while I worked.” When Robert took the exams for med school he got the highest scores in the nation on one of the most difficult exams. Regardless of what kind of doctor, all take the same exams. Robert then had an amazing opportunity; Berkeley called him up and wanted him to attend their university. He never even applied. Robert had a wife and a baby girl, he put his family first as he always has, and chose to attend Pacific University in Oregon, graduating May 22, 1994. He had so many interests, his mind never stopped absorbing information, life or knowledge. Rob loved to read. Not a day went by that he didn’t scour the newspaper, and save them for weekend leisure reading. He loved Stephen King, his favorite movies were “The Shining” and “Somewhere in Time.” Robert was born on February 24, 1964, he passed away on January 11, 2014. He was preceded in death by his sister Michelle Lynn Suder, both his paternal and maternal grandparents, and his grandson Levi. Robert is survived by his wife Amy Suder and children, Kidron Ansel, Joseph Perkins-Ansel, Emma Steffy, Parker Suder, and Daphne Suder; eldest daughters, Camille Suder and Genevieve Suder; extended family Xanthe Broyles Zidek; eldest son, Orion Suder; daughter Aurora Suder; and extended family Samantha Phelps Larsen. Robert is also survived by loving father, Dale Everett Suder, loving mother, Barbara Gunsolus, his brother Zachary Alex Clow, and his Aunt Georgie ‘Startraveler.’ Services were held at Trinity Christian Center Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. All were welcome to attend. He was loved by all, and all that loved him were honored by their attendence. Please address any envelopes to specific families, or family members. Thank you for your consideration on that matter. We appreciate all of our friends and family gathering around us in our time of inconsolable grief. In a time where words are not sufficient, our tears fall in plenty. So thankful for each of the precious children. To the moon ... see you in Heaven.

AmVets Post 4, AmVets Auxiliary and the Sons of Amvets meet Tuesday evening at Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center on Kalifornsky Beach Road. The ladies meet at 6:30 and the men meet at 7:00. For more information call 262-3540.

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.

Free swim session on the schedule The Central Peninsula Change Club invites the public to a free swim hosted by Central Peninsula Health Foundation Jan. 27, 3-6 p.m. at Skyview High School. Children under 5 years old are required to be accompanied by a swimming adult. Lap swimmers and play swimmers are welcome! For more information call the Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824.

Nikiski pool, rec center closed for holiday

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Fish and Game advisory committee to discuss fish board proposals The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet Monday at the Soldotna Sports Center, located on Kalifornsky Beach Road at 6:30 p.m. The agenda will include preparation of comments on Board of Fish upper Cook Inlet proposals included in Group 6 as follows: Drift Gillnet Fishing Management Plan Proposals 138 – 147; Fishing Periods and Permit Stacking proposals 122 and 127; Pink Salmon Management Plan proposals 173 – 180; and Coho salmon proposals 107-110; 116-117, 119-120, 131-132, 248, 263265, 319-320. The committee will meet Wednesday at the Soldotna Sports Center at 6:30 p.m. to prepare comments on sport fishing proposals. For more information contact Bob Ermold at 398-9544.

Travel ‘East of Everest’

The Nikiski Pool and the Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday. For more information call 776-8800.

North Kenai Chapel on the Kenai Spur Highway will host a presentation by author Jim Hale called “East of Everest” Sunday at 6 p.m. The slide show examines life and death while traveling through the remote and mysterious Hongu Valley of Nepal, home of snow leopards and Yeti encounters.

Kenai Peninsula College closed for Alaska Civil Rights Day

Shape up at Triumvirate book store

In observance of Alaska Civil Rights Day and Martin L. King Day, all locations of Kenai Peninsula College will be closed on Monday. Campuses and extension sites will re-open with normal hours on Tuesday.

The Triumvirate Theater Book Store in the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna is having a January Shape Up, with books on topics such as Adkins to Weight Watchers, Aerobics to “Ys” Ways For Your Heart, Children’s Health and Mental Health available.

Southern Peninsula Parks board to meet

Take-a-Break beats the winter blues

The Southern Kenai Peninsula State Parks Advisory Board is scheduled to meet on Wednesday in Ninilchik. The state parks advisory board will meet from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Ninilchik Traditional Council offices located at 15995 Sterling Highway. The public is welcome to attend. For more information call the Kenai Area State Parks office at 907-262-5581.

Peninsula Take-a-Break’s annual Cabin Fever Craft Extravaganza will be held on Jan. 25 from 1-4 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. Learn a new craft project through handson demonstrations. There will be plenty of door prizes and tea and coffee will be served. For further information, please call Linda at 262-4996 or Deanna at 398-6301.

Residents of eroding village seek federal help anymore to do clamming like we used to.” The small contingent met with Alaska’s congressional delegation and officials from federal agencies to talk about the effects of erosion on the community of 600. Weyiouanna said two houses have toppled over as the ground is eaten away and the shoreline comes ever closer to other homes. The sample of sod accompanying them on the trip was taken from the airport, near a road leading to the community landfill. The road was partially washed out by a storm last fall, and residents had to wait until the winter freeze to use it again. In response to the visit, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski sent a letter Thursday to President Barack Obama, telling him she learned Shishmaref has no federal funding available to deal with erosion. Murkowski noted a December announcement that Vietnam will receive $17 mil-

lion from the U.S. for erosionmitigation efforts. “In short, I ask that you put America first, especially the Alaskans who deal with this reality on a daily basis,” she wrote. “If the United States is making commitments to foreign nations, it cannot forget its own citizens.” Shishmaref, 600 miles northwest of Anchorage, is built on a narrow island just north of the Bering Strait. It has been identified as one of the state’s most eroded communities and among those that expect to ultimately require relocation. Old estimates run as high as $200 million to start from scratch with new infrastructure — and about half that amount to move residents to the coastal towns of Nome or Kotzebue. Relocating to another community, however, is unacceptable for many who believe that would amount to cultural death. Weyiouanna said residents

would like to get assistance for short- and long-term measures, including possible relocation. More immediately, Shishmaref would like to see completion of a 3,000-foot seawall that was put in place through U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects. Only half that length of the wall was built before funding dried up, Weyiouanna said. The Department of Interior is among the agencies visited by residents this week. Weyiouanna said agency representatives expressed interest in possibly dealing with Shishmaref as a model village for other U.S. communities facing similar problems. He said his group received no firm commitments on funding during this week’s visit. Nedra Darling, an Indian affairs spokeswoman for the Interior Department, said officials are in the early stages of working with the community.

The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have United Methodist Church, 158 S. your event listed, email organizaToday Binkley, Soldotna. 4 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous sup- 8 p.m. port group “Twisted Sisters” at • Narcotics Anonymous supURS Club, 405 Overland Drive, port group “Men’s Stag” at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive, Kenai. Kenai. 7 p.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous Freedom Group meets at the Soldotna

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ANCHORAGE — Tony Weyiouanna remembers a time when people played beach baseball in his village on Alaska’s storm-battered western coast. Now, there’s barely enough room for hopscotch on Shishmaref’s eroding waterfront. Erosion in the village and other coastal Alaska communities is an escalating problem blamed on climate change that has affected storm patterns in the region. The impact on their environment was the message carried by Weyiouanna and four other residents from the Inupiat Eskimo community who traveled to the nation’s capital, armed with stories and a clump of eroding sod. “We have barely any beach line anymore,” Weyiouanna said in a phone interview Thursday from Washington. “We can’t even walk the beach

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Public needs to weigh in on public records After years of relying on State of

Alaska code, the city of Soldotna is amending its municipal code to establish a process for responding to open records requests. In a city where some recent personnel decisions have attracted quite a bit of public scrutiny with very little substantive information released to the public — including the sudden 2012 removal of former police chief John Lucking, and the sudden termination of longtime librarian Terri Burdick in 2013 — continued access to the vast majority of the city’s records should be of paramount importance. Especially when those records could indicate how employees in the city are making decisions to manage a municipality funded primarily with money from the public. Decisions about hiring and firing are typically considered protected information. But without more transparent guidelines for communicating the potential reasons for an employee’s departure, city administration has established a pattern of refusing to explain decisions about the employment of people who — in the case of Burdick, drew broad support within the community. Federal and state laws require public institutions to be held to higher standards of disclosure specifically because they are funded using public money and the spirit of the “sunshine laws” is predicated on the idea that the public deserves to know what’s happening at all levels of government. The people of the state do not cede their right to open, transparent government when they hire public servants to administer that government, nor do those public servants have the right to decide which records are good for the public to have and which are not. City Clerk Shellie Saner said the new standards were written using state statutes and what is already in place in the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the city of Kenai. “Nothing has changed. We’ll still be handling everything the same, it’s just to put in our code how we’re handling requests,” she said. It’s a good start, but updates to the city’s open records code crafted without the step-by-step involvement of the public or legal counsel well versed in the code and spirit of the state’s open records laws is tantamount to allowing the fox watch over the henhouse. Public institutions in the state have not had the best track record of responding to records requests — especially in the face of national attention. A 2008 article by the Center for Public Integrity listed the most egregious shenanigans offices have attempted upon receiving open records requests including an attempt by the governor’s office to charge a state public employee union $88,000 for records that “may or may not have indicated (then) Governor Sarah Palin illegally accessed personnel files.” Emails between state employees and the McCain campaign headquarters would cost the Associated Press $15 million and another $15 million for access to emails between state employees and the National Park Service, according to the list. While the city may not ever try to charge millions for a request, changes made to the city’s code now could impact residents for years to come and it is incumbent upon the people affected to weigh in on the process — even if only to remind public servants that they are subordinate to the will of the people whose lives they govern. A public hearing on the ordinance, 2014-001, will be held Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers. Saner said a city council member is working on amendments to the proposed code. “If they’re substantive, we’ll ask for postponement so we can give the public more to digest the changes,” she said. The proposed code can be found on the city of Soldotna’s website at http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/agendas/ council_agenda/14ORD001.pdf.

A political bridge too far A multiple choice question: Select the scandal(s) that affects the most people and has long-term implications for the country in a time of war, a country with a struggling economy that last month produced the weakest job growth in decades. (According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), nearly 92 million Americans are no longer in the labor force.) A) The closing of traffic lanes in Ft. Lee, N.J., allegedly in retaliation for the refusal of a Democratic mayor to endorse New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie for a second term. B) The role of the president and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked on September 11, 2012, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans and the lies and possible cover-up about al-Qaida’s involvement. C) The IRS’ refusal to grant nonprofit status to numerous conservative groups during the 2012 election campaign for, allegedly, political reasons. D) President Obama’s repeated statements assuring Americans that if they like their insurance plans and doctors they may keep them under the new ACA. If you are honest you would have to select B, C and D, but who among the media are honest enough to do that? Governor Christie held a 107-minute news conference last Thursday, during

which he repeatedly denied knowing anything about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge. He fired Bridget Anne Kelly, his deputy chief of staff, and blocked the appointment of an- Cal Thomas other close associate to a state GOP chairmanship. Left-leaning Democrats and the establishment media see an opening to keep Christie from winning the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 and are salivating because they think the Fort Lee controversy might harm his chances against Hillary Clinton. One wishes the media would grill President Obama over far more important matters with the same zeal they have applied to Governor Christie. In light of A, B, C and D above, closing two lanes leading to a bridge is nothing. It does, however, again expose the media’s agenda and their intention to bring down anyone who is a potential threat to a Hillary Clinton presidency. On Monday, CNN reported that Christie is now the subject of a federal investigation into whether he misused $25 million in Superstorm Sandy relief money to fund

a marketing campaign to promote tourism at the Jersey Shore. Convenient timing? If wasted federal money is an indictable offense, most of Congress should be behind bars. Colin Reed, a Christie spokesman stated, “The Stronger Than the Storm campaign was just one part of the first action plan approved by the Obama administration and developed with the goal of effectively communicating that the Jersey Shore was open for business during the first summer after Sandy. Federal agency reviews are routine and standard operating procedure with all federally allocated resources to ensure that funds are distributed fairly. We’re confident that any review will show that the ads were a key part in helping New Jersey get back on its feet after being struck by the worst storm in state history.” End of controversy? Hardly. There may be more important reasons why Christie should not (or should) be the GOP presidential nominee in 2016, but the bridge lane fiasco ought not be a factor. Should Governor Christie be exposed as a liar about lane closures, would that be more serious than the lies the president has told about far more serious matters? Just asking. Readers may e-mail Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

The politics of stupidity To my knowledge, this memo has not been sent, but it should: From: Top Republican Officials To: Party 2014 Candidates People: Don’t do or say anything stupid. That is all. And from the same guy, a note to the GOP members of the House and Senate seeking re-election: A “do-nothing Congress” is a good thing. Or as one of them, Rep. Charlie Dent, told The New York Times: “It’s pretty clear to me in the House, we don’t want to make ourselves the issue.” Unless they make themselves the issue by going crazy doing something like forcing the nation into humiliating default when the government’s borrowing authority runs out by March, or taking other extremist tea-party-fueled positions or uttering Neanderthal comments on social issues that give the Democrats new ammunition, the R’s have a good chance of taking control of both sides of the Capitol and turning the White House into a bunker. Yes, this is an election year. All that happens on the Hill is nothing more than background music for a midterm congressional/pre-presidential campaign that will dominate everyone’s agenda from now till November and then beyond. Certainly, the D’s are going to try and goad the R’s and back them into the corners of their harsh policies. We’re getting an early taste of that with legislation to extend unemployment benefits to desperate Americans whose big sin is not finding a job for a long long time. Add to that a push by the president and his party allies to raise the minimum wage to a slightly larger pittance and paint the opposition as heartless champions of the rich. A few of the top Republicans realize that as they dig in against any meaningful increase, they’re on treacherous ground given the perception C

that they’re the defenders of inequality in the United States. The arguments are brought into even sharper focus right now as we mark 50 years of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty accompanied Bob Franken by charges from the Democrats that the right has really waged a war on the poor. So every GOP politician with presidential ambitions is trotting out to make speeches about how best to serve the have-nots. At its most basic, the debate comes down to this: Conservatives argue that improvements are best accomplished by keeping government out of the mix; liberals insist just the opposite. Of course, it’s not that the Republicans are just going into a passive mode. They, too, are trying to exploit what they can paint as failures on the other side. From the start, they will do everything they can to keep Obamacare on the front burner, starting with their legislation that will attempt to exploit security weaknesses that aren’t there. Obviously the strategy is to take advantage of the awful start of healthcare.gov and continue to bang the drum about shortcomings, real or imagined, as the Affordable Care Act lurches forward, or as House Majority Leader Eric Canto, the No. 2 guy in the GOP hierarchy, called it, a crusade “to protect the American people from the harmful effects of Obamacare.” The question is whether they’ll overplay the issue. That would be foolish, which is what party leaders are trying to avoid. Of course, that is easier said than done. Look at what’s happening in New Jersey. The Democrats are having a field day. Suddenly, Gov. Chris Christie is completely tangled in a bizarre scandal, desperately trying to sepa-

rate himself from the top aides who created those awful traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge, allegedly retaliation for not supporting Christie’s re-election, aimed at Fort Lee’s Democratic mayor. Granted that mind-boggling episode is more about 2016 politics and Christie’s presidential flirtations, but it just goes to show that moronic and hateful actions or comments are always lurking. Predicting this year’s election? Now that would be stupid. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

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Left: Gary Muller, John Spinka and Jim Spinka puzzle through a replacement fitting for a headlight to be set into Jim’s 1955 Ford pickup Friday in Soldotna. Jim Spinka owns the pickup but has been unable to work on the restoration as he has recurring heart problems. Muller stepped in to help with the project. Bottom: Jim Spinka laughs while watching Gary Muller install headlights and a bumper on Spinka’s 1955 Ford Friday in Soldotna. As Spinka and Muller work the two swap a steady stream of jokes, technical information and tools. Right: Gary Muller, of Sterling, strips a wire for a headlamp Friday in Soldotna. During the process of a restoration, Muller manufactures or customizes the pieces he wants for a vehicle.

fully built.” Michelle Muller agreed that she does not spend a lot of time fixing cars; she’s laid claim to a cherry-red 1966 Cobra her dad restored, however. “It’s probably the only Cobra that’s had a carseat in the back,” she joked. Though she doesn’t drive it as often as she used too because “three kids won’t fit in there,” Sterling mom said she can’t wait to get into it again. She couldn’t really pinpoint why she liked the car so much — it was her father’s dream car as well, he said. “It’s just mine. It goes fast,” she said. When asked about her father, her voice takes on the same mischievous tone as his. Tell her I like Waterloo Whiskey, Gary shouts toward the phone. “Did he tell you he couldn’t walk until he was 6? That he was born with a hole in his heart? Did he tell you that he was pretty much stuck in a wheelchair until he had the operation to fix it?,” she asked. Hearing her, Gary breaks in “Hey, that’s none of anyone’s business.” After she giggled through her dad’s admonitions, the con-

versation continues. “Did he tell you he used to be a professional boxer? Did he tell you he got the throttle stuck while he was drag racing in Soldotna?” she said. Gary broke in again before taking the phone back. “I just spun around a couple of times,” he said of the throttle-incident as he covered the mouthpiece. Then he lifted his hand, “You can’t just throw all my dirty laundry out there.” The tinny sounds of her laughter fill the room again and Gary is grinning when he hangs up the phone. Later that day, Gary walked into Jim Spinka’s Soldotna garage, ready to work. The two have been working on pickup truck that’s more than a half-century old. Spinka had been restoring the truck on his own, but said a recurring heart problem made it hard for him to continue. “Having Gary finish it for me is perfect because I can’t do the work myself,” he said. As soon as he arrived, Muller noticed something was off. The two were supposed to finish wiring the vehicle, but Muller got stuck on the headlights. “One thing I noticed last

night is we need to get yellow bulbs,” he said. Spinka glanced down at his full coffee cup. “Yeah, that’s why I opted to use the other bulbs instead this morning,” he said. “Unless you want to use the white lights,” Muller said, looking steadily at Spinka. “I prefer the yellow ones,” Spinka said. “I thought about that, but, it was real low on my list to do today.” Muller looked at the truck. “Well, it’d be easier to do them now,” his voiced trailed off. Spinka sighed and sat his coffee cup down. “Yeah, OK.” The two decided he would take Muller’s large red pickup and get the bulbs while Muller worked on rewiring the headlights. “That’s what I’m talking about,” he said after Spinka left, referring to an earlier conversation about being detailoriented. “I get stuck and then I can’t go any further.” Moving to a table in Spinka’s garage, Muller clipped a fastener off of a cord running to one of the truck’s headlights and stripped the wires as he spoke. While most of the paint and upholstery work on his resto-

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paign by Sen. Lisa Murkowski: “The minimum wage proposal does nothing to address the real causes of stagnating wages. While U.S. worker productivity has almost doubled since the 1970’s, real wages have flatlined. The average American household continues to grow poorer while families in other countries are seeing unprecedented increases in wealth. “Our decades-long wage stagnation is a result of a number of factors, including both parties’ unhealthy devotion to the demands of multinational corporations for cheap labor. Consequently, the U.S. has outsourced millions of jobs, turned a blind eye toward illegal alien workers, and subsidized for-

eign guest workers, all bringing down real wages of American labor. “Finally, less than 5 percent of Americans earn the minimum wage, mostly youth, many just starting out, and almost twothirds of them are part-time or not the primary wage earner for their household. Increasing the minimum wage is a superficial fix that does nothing to address the real causes of stagnating wages.” —Dan Sullivan, most recently served as Alaska’s Natural Resources commissioner: “Burdensome federal regulations continue to shackle Alas-

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mum wage to $10.10 an hour. I’ve done this while rejecting any pay raises for myself and members of Congress. A fair wage puts more dollars into Alaska communities, supports local businesses and reduces government spending. “Congress needs to pass a bipartisan bill like it did in 2007 to support working families, expand our economy and create new jobs. In August, Alaskans can weigh in on this debate by voting on the state ballot initiative.” — Joe Miller, Republican nominee in the 2010 U.S. Senate race won with a write-in cam-

rations is outsourced to local friends, Muller himself does most of the engine and body work. “A lot of the parts I build myself,” he said. Parts can be hard to come by, especially on a vehicle like the Hudson. But, while the parts are scarce, the projects cars themselves are always available. Muller said he was somewhat of a “finisher.” “Almost every one of my

cars that I’ve bought are from people who had ideas, or they started on them and it was too much for them and they just said they couldn’t do it,” he said. “The Cobra, it was sitting in a guy’s Conex. I bought the Willys and the Cobra from the same guy and for four or five years — since the Cobra was my favorite car of all time — I bugged the guy before he sold it to me ... it had sat there so long that the fiberglass on the body with the heat in the Conex

sagged and nothing fit. I had to heat it up and stretch it back into position.” That story, sent him off on another tangent. “Then I had to build a special trunk lid and hood because it was so twisted and then I had to order special wheels that are different sizes to keep everything square,” he said. “I want it to look like I want it to look, you know?” Clarion file material was used in this article.

ka’s potential to grow jobs and provide security to countless middle class families across the country — which is a testament to the anemic levels of economic growth under the Obama administration. “Simply raising the minimum wage isn’t an answer; it’s an acknowledgement of President Obama’s broken promises and failed economic policies. Strengthening job growth and wages in America begins with empowering small business owners, lowering taxes, cutting red tape and seizing upon an energy policy that promotes Alaskan resource development,

not undermine it.” —Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell: “As Senator, I would not support raising the federal minimum wage. I’m running to bring decision-making home. Alaskans can make this decision better than Washington, D.C. I strongly believe that Alaska ought to set the minimum wage based on our need. As lieutenant governor, I oversee elections and in that capacity I am barred from making an official statement on the state’s minimum wage due to a pending ballot initiative. “One thing is clear: We need more jobs in Alaska. In Alaska

that means access to our lands. We need access to ANWR (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), access to timber and Tongass lands that can support new power generation held up by the roadless rule, and access in NPR-A (National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska). Under the Obama Administration, access has been blocked or taken away. Sen. Mark Begich promised access to ANWR and to advocate for Alaska’s interests in DC but has failed. Alaska can create good, high paying jobs, but the federal government needs to get out of the way.”

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Nation Tech companies want more reform

Air Force says latest missteps don’t equate to failure; others cite worrying pattern

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers

WASHINGTON — At what point do breakdowns in discipline put the country’s nuclear security in jeopardy? And when does a string of embarrassing episodes in arguably the military’s most sensitive mission become a pattern of failure? Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is now concerned “there could be something larger afoot here,” according to his chief spokesman, and “wants this taken very, very seriously.” The disclosures of disturbing behavior by nuclear missile officers are mounting and now include alleged drug use and exam cheating. Yet Air Force leaders insist the trouble is episodic, correctible and not cause for public worry. The military has a well-established set of inspections and other means of ensuring the safety of its nuclear weapons. But as in any human endeavor, military or civilian, the key to success is the people, not the hardware.

SAN FRANCISCO — Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama’s speech on U.S. surveillance as a step in the right direction, but chided him for not embracing more dramatic reforms to protect people’s privacy and the economic interests of American companies that generate most of their revenue overseas. “The president’s speech was empathetic, balanced and thoughtful, but insufficient to meet the real needs of our globally connected world and a free Internet,” said Ed Black, president of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, a group that represents Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other technology companies upset about the NSA’s broad surveillance of online communications. On Friday, the president called for ending the government’s control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and ordered intelligence agencies to get a court’s permission before accessing such records. He also issued a directive that intelligencegathering can’t be employed to suppress criticism of the United States or provide a competitive advantage to U.S. companies. In addition, the president directed Attorney General Eric Holder and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to consider whether new privacy safeguards could be added to online data gathering. Although those activities are only meant to target people outside the U.S. as part of national security investigations, information on Americans sometimes gets swept up in the collection. Eight of the world’s bestknown technology companies underscored their common interest in curbing the NSA by releasing a joint, measured

Many refuse to drink W.Va. water; experts say fears are justified CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The smell lingers — the slightly sweet, slightly bitter odor of a chemical that contaminated the water supply of West Virginia’s capital more than a week ago. It creeps out of faucets and shower heads. It wafts from the Elk River, the site of the spill. Sometimes it hangs in the cold nighttime air. For several days, a majority of Charleston-area residents have been told their water is safe to drink, that the concentration of a chemical used to wash coal is so low that it won’t be harmful. Restaurants have reopened — using tap water to wash dishes and produce, clean out their soda fountains and make ice. But as long as people can still smell it, they’re wary — and given the lack of knowledge about the chemical known as MCHM, some experts say their caution is justified. “I would certainly be waiting until I couldn’t smell it anymore, certainly to be drinking it,” said Richard Denison, a scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund who has followed the spill closely. “I don’t blame people at all for raising questions and wondering whether they can trust what’s being told to them.” The Jan. 9 spill from a Freedom Industries facility on the banks of the Elk River, less than 2 miles upstream from Charleston’s water treatment plant, led to a ban on water use that affected 300,000 people.

Hopes fade for US families affected by Russia’s year-old adoption ban NEW YORK — A year after Russia imposed a ban on adoptions by Americans, some affected U.S. families are reluctantly looking elsewhere to adopt. Others refuse to abandon flickering hopes of uniting with the Russian children who won their hearts. Thirty-three of the families have filed appeals with the European Court of Human Rights, contending that the ban violates the rights of the orphans whose adoptions were thwarted. But there’s no tight time frame for the case, and even a favorable ruling might be unenforceable if Russia objects. Meanwhile, Russian authorities have spurned requests from U.S. officials to reconsider the ban, and the two governments have other volatile issues on their mutual agenda — including terrorism and various foreign policy differences — as the international community prepares for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, next month “I don’t see movement on the Russian side, and on the U.S. side we’ve heard nothing,” said Diana Gerson, a New York City rabbi who had her heart set on adopting a Russian toddler. “I feel in many ways we were abandoned.” — The Associated Press

This June 6, 2013, photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md.

critique of Obama’s proposal. They applauded the commitment to more transparency and more privacy protections for non-U.S. citizens, but also stressed that the president didn’t address all their concerns. “Additional steps are needed on other important issues, so we’ll continue to work with the administration and Congress to keep the momentum going and advocate for reforms consistent with the principles we outlined in December,” said the statement from Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and AOL. In his speech, Obama also directed Holder and Clapper to look into new restrictions on the length of time the U.S. can hold data collected overseas and the extent to which that data is used. He added that the U.S. won’t spy on regular people who don’t threaten national security. But nothing he said is likely to diminish the potential losses facing the U.S. technology industry, said Daniel Castro, a senior analyst for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington D.C. think tank. The ITIF estimates that the doubts raised by the NSA spying could cost U.S. companies as much as $35 billion over the next three years.

man rights on the Internet,” said Greg Nojeim, senior counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology. Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation believes there’s still a long way to go. “Now it’s up to the courts, Congress, and the public to ensure that real reform happens, including stopping all bulk surveillance — not just telephone records collection,” she said. Recent revelations about how much information the U.S. government has been vacuuming off the Internet threaten to undercut the future profits of technology companies that depend on the trust of Web surfers and corporate customers. U.S. Internet companies are worried that more people, especially those living outside the U.S., will use their products less frequently if they believe their personal data is being scooped up and stored by the U.S. government. Less online traffic would result in fewer opportunities to sell the ads that bring in most of the revenue at companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo. There is also concern that foreigners will be reluctant to do business with a wide range of U.S. companies that sell online storage and software applications that require an Internet connection. Obama’s proposal made “progress on the privacy side, but it doesn’t address the economic issues,” Castro said. “I don’t see anything in the speech that will prevent companies in other countries from using what the NSA is doing to gain a competitive advantage over the U.S. companies.”

In the aftermath of recent NSA leaks, the companies set aside their competitive differences to come together and urge Obama to curtail the NSA’s online snooping and lift restrictions that prevent companies from publicly disclosing specifics about how frequently they are asked to turn over their users’ personal information in the name of national security. Obama did agree to at least one major concession to the technology industry by pledging “to make public more information than ever before about the orders they have received to provide data to the government.” The companies are hoping greater transparency will show that the U.S. government has only been demanding information about a very small fraction of their vast audiences. But the promise of more disclosure didn’t satisfy two different groups focused on online privacy and other digital rights. “Far more needs to be done to restore the faith of the American people and repair the damage done globally to the U.S. Ortutay reported from New reputation as a defender of hu- York.

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Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. — The U.S. Election Assistance Commission found Friday that heightened proof-of-citizenship requirements likely would hinder eligible citizens from voting in federal elections, handing down a ruling that denied requests from Kansas, Arizona and Georgia to modify the registration form for their residents. The decision came just hours before a court-imposed deadline in a lawsuit filed in federal court by Kansas and Arizona that seeks to force the commission to modify state-specific requirements for registering to vote in those states. Georgia, which has a similar voter registration law, is not part of the litigation but was included in the commission’s decision. Those states have enacted

laws requiring new voters to provide a birth certificate, passport or other proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. People who register using the federal form only need to sign a statement, under penalty of perjury, that he or she is a U.S. citizen. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has championed his state’s proof-of-citizenship law to keep non-citizens from voting, particularly those in the U.S. illegally. But critics say voter fraud is extremely rare and contend such laws suppress the vote and threaten to keep thousands of citizens from casting ballots. Kobach said in an email that he had anticipated the adverse ruling from the commission and the states will now press their constitutional claims before the U.S. District Court in Kansas. He argues the decision

N.J. mayor claims Sandy aid withheld TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Christie administration withheld millions of dollars in Superstorm Sandy recovery grants from a New Jersey city because its mayor refused to sign off on a politically connected commercial development, the mayor said Saturday. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer alleged that Gov. Chris Christie’s lieutenant governor and a top community development official told her recovery funds would flow to her city if she allowed the project to move forward. Zimmer said Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno pulled her aside at an event in May and told her Sandy aid was tied to the project — a proposal from the New York Citybased Rockefeller Group aimed at prime real estate in

the densely populated city across the river from New York City. The mayor said the administration officials wanted Rockefeller’s plans for the property approved, while Zimmer said she preferred to go through normal channels and hear from all stakeholders, including the public and owners of adjacent property. Rockefeller Group owns about three blocks of the 19-block area. Christie’s office denied Zimmer’s claims, calling her statements politically motivated. Spokesman Colin Reed said the administration has been helping Hoboken secure assistance since Sandy struck.” Christie himself was raising money Saturday for fellow Republicans in Florida. The fundraisers were closed to reporters.

is unconstitutional because it prevents Kansas and Arizona from securing their voter rolls. “The EAC’s reasoning reflects the partisan view of the Obama Justice Department that requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship at the time of registration is undesirable as a policy matter,” Kobach said. “However, the EAC has no authority to second-guess the policy decisions of the sovereign states of Kansas and Arizona.” In its decision, the EAC found that added documentation burdens do not enhance voter participation and result in an overall decrease in registration of eligible citizens — undermining the core purpose of the National Voter Registration Act. It cited as evidence the problems Kansas already has experienced with its own enhanced voter registration requirements.

The voter registrations of 20,127 Kansans remained on hold Friday because they’ve not yet provided proof of their citizenship to election officials. States already have other means available to enforce citizenship requirements without requiring additional information from applicants, including access to national databases of birth certificates and naturalization information, the agency noted. Given the “paucity of evidence” provided by the states regarding noncitizens registering to vote, the new voter registration requirements enacted by the states reflect “legislative policy preferences” and are not based on any demonstrated necessity, the agency said. It also said that the heightened documentation requirements imposed by Kansas and Arizona have led to significant reductions in organized voter regis-

tration programs. “This is a significant decision for all eligible voters underscoring the purpose of the National Voter Registration Act to remove barriers such as documentary proof of citizenship that prevent eligible citizens from registering to vote and voting,” Michelle Kanter Cohen, a lawyer representing Project Vote in the states’ lawsuit in Kansas, said in an email Saturday. “What we have seen where these laws have been implemented in Arizona and Kansas is that tens of thousands of eligible Americans have been rejected or suspended from the voter rolls, and community voter registration drives have been significantly hampered,” Cohen said. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Arizona could not refuse to accept the national voter registration form, even though people who use it aren’t

required to provide citizenship documents. Kobach has said that if he cannot get a federal court to order EAC to modify the federal registration form with statespecific requirements, he would institute — on his own authority as Kansas secretary of state — a dual registration that limits Kansans who register with the federal form to voting only in presidential, U.S. Senate and congressional races. “We applaud the EAC’s decision to uphold this law and protect the right to vote,” said Wendy Weiser, director of the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program at NYU School of Law, which represents the League of Women Voters in the Kansas litigation. “We hope Arizona and Kansas abandon their quest to undermine federal law by making voter registration more complicated.”

Obama signs off on spending bill By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of September. Obama put his signature on the 1,582-page measure the day before federal funding was set to run out. He made the short walk from the White House to sign it at a nearby conference center, saying he wanted the ceremony held there because the bill is the product of the hard work of the many budget office employees who work there. “We would not be here and we would not be able to sign this legislation if it hadn’t been for your work and your dedication,” the president said. “And so this is my way of saying thank you.” He noted that many budget office employees were furloughed during last October’s

16-day government shutdown and that those who remained on the job had to pick up the slack. “Across the board, our government is going to be operating without, hopefully, too many glitches over the next year,” Obama told budget office employees who attended the bill signing. “And not only is that good for all of you and all the dedicated public servants in the federal government but, most importantly, it’s good for the American

people.” “It means that we can focus our attention where we need to, on growing this economy and making sure that everybody gets a fair shot as long as they try,” he said. The compromise measure passed both houses of Congress this week by overwhelming margins. It funds every agency of the federal government and also scales back automatic across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, that hit the Pentagon and major domes-

tic programs last year. The measure calls for less spending than Obama had proposed but more than Republicans sought. However, lawmakers of both parties were determined to avoid a repeat of the political showdown that caused the government shutdown. Before he sat down, Obama looked at the blue box that held the bill and exclaimed: “Goodness gracious, that is a big piece of business. That is a big bill.”

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Voters back Egypt constitution Turkish police By MARIAM RIZK Associated Press

CAIRO — Almost everyone who cast ballots supported Egypt’s new constitution in this week’s referendum, results announced Saturday show, but a boycott by Islamists and low youth turnout suggest the country is still dangerously divided. Nearly 20 million voters backed the new constitution, almost double the number of those who voted for one drafted in 2012 under the government of toppled Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Only a narrow sliver of voters — 1.9 percent — voted against the charter, after a massive government-sponsored campaign supporting it and the arrest of activists campaigning against it. “Despite a milieu of intense social upheaval and acts of terrorism and sabotage that sought to derail the process, Egyptians have now marked yet another defining moment in our roadmap to democracy,” presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said. “The outcome represents nothing less than the dawning of a new Egypt.”

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Holding national flags and portraits of military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egyptians celebrate the passage of a new constitution in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday.

The expected overwhelming support for the charter is seen as key to legitimizing Egypt’s military-backed interim government, and the political plan put in place since Morsi’s ouster in July. Analysts say it also suggests military chief Gen. AbdelFattah el-Sissi, who led the coup against Morsi, has enough popular support to make a rumored run for the presidency himself. It was the first vote since the

military removed Morsi following massive protests in July. Hundreds celebrated in the streets after officials announced the results, including Hoda Hamza, a housewife who waved an Egyptian flag in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and carried a picture of el-Sissi with an inscription reading: “By the order of the people, el-Sissi is president.” Hamza called the passage of the constitution a foregone con-

clusion. Now, “I wish el-Sissi will be president,” Hamza said. “We have no better man. ... If it weren’t for the army, we wouldn’t have food on the table.” Morsi supporters, who boycotted the vote, immediately challenged the results. Despite being outlawed and labeled a terrorist group, Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and its allies continue to hold near-daily protests that often devolve into clashes with police. “Even if 38 percent of the voters took part, that still means that 62 percent of the public rejects” the interim government, said Imam Youssef, a member of the Brotherhood’s coalition against the July coup and an ultraconservative Islamist party. “They are trying to legitimize their coup.” Egypt’s High Election Commission said 38.6 percent of the country’s more than 53 million eligible voters took part in the two-day poll Tuesday and Wednesday. Judge Nabil Salib, who heads the commission, called the participation of 20.6 million voters an “unrivalled success” and “an unprecedented turnout.”

break up violent Internet protest By BERZA SIMSEK and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Riot police on Saturday fired plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of people in Istanbul protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of the Internet. Police took action after some protesters hurled firebombs at officers. Plainclothes police were seen arresting some demonstrators and escorting them to police vehicles. There weren’t any immediate reports of injuries. Police broke up groups of protesters who gathered at the city’s main hub, Taksim, and along a main street to denounce the draft bill that would allow Turkey’s telecommunications authority

to block websites or remove content accused of privacy violations without a court decision, and force service providers to keep Internet users’ data for two years. Critics say that would expand the government’s already tight grip on the Internet. The government rejects accusations of censorship, saying the move aims to protect privacy. The measure comes as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is fighting a corruption probe targeting people close to him — the worst crisis it has faced during its 11 years in power. Erdogan says the probe is a conspiracy orchestrated by followers of an Islamic movement led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen to discredit the government ahead of local elections in March.

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Pope defrocked 400 priests in 2 years

Around the World Clashes, bombings kill 30 people in Iraq BAGHDAD — Violence across Iraq, including a series of car bombings and fighting between militants and government troops over control of the country’s contested Anbar province, killed at least 30 people Saturday, officials said. The bombings struck neighborhoods around the capital, Baghdad. A car bomb exploded near a restaurant in the western neighborhood of Mansour, killing four people and wounding 12, police said. Another exploded near a bus station in eastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding six, authorities said.

Suicide attack on Afghan restaurant kills 21 KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban attack against a popular Kabul restaurant killed 21 people, officials said Saturday, in the deadliest attack against foreign civilians since the war began nearly 13 years ago. The dead from Friday’s assault against La Taverna du Liban included 13 foreigners and eight Afghans, all civilians, in an attack that could mark a pivot point for international organizations operating in Kabul. It came as security has been deteriorating and apprehension has been growing among Afghans over the future security of their country as U.S.-led foreign forces prepare for a final withdrawal at the end of the year. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in reprisal for an Afghan military operation earlier in the week against insurgents in eastern Parwan province, which the insurgents claimed killed many civilians. The Taliban frequently provide exaggerated casualty figures.

Berlusconi agrees to help rival in Italy ROME — Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, booted out of Parliament last year after his tax fraud conviction, met Saturday with his chief political foe, the leader of the main government coalition party, and agreed to back reforms to finally make Italy more governable. Someone pelted Berlusconi’s chauffeured sedan with an egg and some catcalls went up as he was driven into the Rome headquarters of the Democratic Party, the political heirs of Italian communists the media mogul has spent decades loathing. Matteo Renzi, the brash new head of Premier Enrico Letta’s Democratic Party, defied critics in his own ranks to court the media mogul in what turned out to be a successful gambit for a pledge of support. Berlusconi promised that his center-right Forza Italia party would back legislation to change the electoral system, a reform which has been bogged down for years by squabbling across Italy’s fractious political spectrum and perpetuating a legacy of largely unstable governments.

French first lady leaves hospital PARIS — France’s first lady on Saturday ended a more than weeklong stay at a hospital where she went to rest after a gossip magazine’s report about an alleged affair between President Francois Hollande and an actress. Hours after Valerie Trierweiler left a Paris hospital, she thanked her supporters. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all who sent messages of support and recovery” by email or social media, Trierweiler tweeted. “Very touched.” — The Associated Press

By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — In his last two years as pope, Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests for raping and molesting children, more than twice as many as the two years that preceded a 2010 explosion of sex abuse cases in Europe and beyond, according to a document obtained Friday by The Associated Press and an analysis of Vatican statistics. The data — 260 priests defrocked in 2011 and 124 in 2012, a total of 384 — represented a dramatic increase over the 171 priests defrocked in 2008 and 2009. It was the first compilation of the number of priests forcibly removed for sex abuse by the Vatican’s in-house procedures — and a canon lawyer said the real figure is likely far higher, since the numbers don’t include sentences meted out by diocesan courts. The spike started a year after the Vatican decided to double the statute of limitations on the crime, enabling victims who were in their late 30s to report abuse committed against them when they were children. The Vatican has actually made some data public year

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A copy of an internal Vatican document used by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s U.N. ambassador in Geneva, during the Thursday hearing before the U.N. committee monitoring implementation of the Convention for the Rights of the Child.

by year in its annual reports. But an internal Vatican document prepared to help the Holy See defend itself before a U.N. committee this week in Geneva compiled the statistics over the course of several years. Analysis of the raw data cited in that document, which was obtained by the AP, confirmed the figures. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s U.N. ambassador in Geneva, referred to just one of the statistics in the course of eight hours of often pointed criticism and questioning Thursday from the U.N. human rights committee. He said 418

new child sex abuse cases were reported to the Vatican in 2012. The Vatican initially said the AP report seemed to be a misinterpretation of the 418 figure. However, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, later issued a correction based on confirmation of the AP calculations by the Vatican’s former sex crimes prosecutor, Monsignor Charles Scicluna. The Vatican’s annual report contains a wealth of information about the activities of its various offices, including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which handles sex

abuse cases. Although public, the reports are not readily available or sold outside Rome and are usually found in Vatican offices or Catholic university libraries. An AP review of a decade’s worth of the reference books shows a remarkable evolution in the Holy See’s in-house procedures to discipline pedophiles since 2001, when the Vatican ordered bishops to send cases of all credibly accused priests to Rome for review. Before becoming pope, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger took action after determining that bishops around the world weren’t following church policy and putting accused clerics on trial in church tribunals. Instead, bishops routinely moved problem priests from parish to parish rather than subject them to canonical trials — or turn them over to police. For centuries, the church has had its own in-house procedures to deal with priests who sexually abuse children. One of the chief accusations against the Vatican from victims is that bishops put the church’s procedures ahead of civil law enforcement by suggesting that victims keep accusations quiet while they were dealt with internally.

Syrian opposition to attend peace conference By AYSE WIETING Associated Press

ISTANBUL — The main Syrian opposition group voted Saturday in favor of attending a coming peace conference aimed at ending the country’s bloody civil war, paving the way for the first direct talks between the rival sides in the nearly threeyear conflict. The vote in Istanbul came as food supplies began entering a besieged rebel-held Palestinian refugee camp in Syria’s capital for the first time in months, an apparent goodwill gesture by President Bashar Assad’s government ahead of the peace conference, Palestinian and United Nations officials said. The Coalition was under huge pressure from its Western and Arab sponsors to attend the

peace talks, scheduled to open Wednesday in the Swiss city of Montreux. The Syrian government has already said it will attend the U.N.-sponsored talks. The Coalition’s leader, Ahmad al-Jarba, said in a speech late Saturday that they are heading to the conference “without any bargain regarding the principles of the revolution and we will not be cheated by Assad’s regime.” “The negotiating table for us is a track toward achieving the demands of the revolution — at the top of them removing the butcher from power,” Jarba said. But many Coalition members are hesitant to attend a conference that has little chance of success and will burn the last shred of credibility the group has with powerful rebels on the ground, who reject the talks.

Many members boycotted the Istanbul meetings that began on Friday, forcing the Coalition’s legal committee to approve the decision in a simple majority vote. Although Islamic rebel groups reject any talk with the government, the head of the Western-backed Supreme Military Council, Gen. Salim Idris, said in a statement that he backs

“a solution that guarantees a political transition of power.” He called upon Coalition officials heading to Geneva to demand that Assad and his top officials leave power, have no role in Syria’s future and set up a transitional government “with full powers” that include control of security agencies and open corridors to allow food into besieged areas.

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Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, January 19, 2014

n On Dec. 30 at 11:47 p.m., Kenai police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle near the Kenai Spur Highway and Swires Road. Officers contacted the vehicle in the area and, after investigation, Steven B. Perra, 33, of Kenai, was arrested for driving with a revoked license and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. The vehicle was released to a licensed driver. n On Jan. 2 at about 12:50 a.m., Alaska State Troopers stopped a 2010 Ford F-150 for speeding on Kalifornsky Beach Road near the Sports Center. Investigation revealed that Blassi Shoogukwruk, 32, of Anchorage, was driving with a revoked license and didn’t have an ignition interlock device installed in the vehicle as required. Shoogukwruk was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,000 bail. The vehicle was released to a licensed driver on scene. n On Jan. 1 at about 8:30 p.m., Kenai police received a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report of a vehicle crossing the centerline and almost driving into the ditch. Officers contacted the vehicle at a local gas station. The driver, Hunter K. Williams, 20, of Soldotna, was advised of the complaint and, after investigation, it was determined that Williams did not have valid vehicle insurance. Williams was issued a summons for failure to insure vehicle. n On Dec. 31 at about 9:50 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop at Kenai Spur Highway and Bidarka Street. A female juvenile, 17, of Kenai was issued a summons for driving while license revoked. n On Dec. 31 at 11:45 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop at Kenai Spur Highway near the Visitor’s Center. William D. Bushnell, 24, of Kenai, was arrested for driving under

Police reports the influence and failing to insure vehicle and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. The vehicle was impounded from the scene. n On Jan. 1 at 10:26 p.m., Officers responded to a disturbance at an apartment complex on North Forest Drive and arrested Nereid M. Henry, 37, of Kenai, for Assault 4th Deg (DV), Assault 4th Deg and Disorderly Conduct. Henry was transported to Wildwood Pre-Trial pending arraignment. n On Dec. 31 at 11:14 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers, Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to a disturbance at a residence in Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Diane Andersen, 44, of Nikiski, had assaulted a family member and broken items in the residence. Andersen was arrested for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and fifthdegree criminal mischief (domestic violence) and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on a no bail status. n On Dec. 27 at 12:12 a.m., the Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to a vehicle in the ditch near Mile 17 of the Kenai Spur Highway. Investigation revealed that David Rodgers, 41, of Nikiski, had driven his vehicle, a 2004 Toyota RAV4, into the ditch and then walked to a local hotel in Nikiski. Rodgers was found to have been driving while impaired and under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Dec. 27 at 6:21 p.m., the Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, conducted a traffic stop on a 2000 GMC Jimmy on Bernice Lake

Road for moving violations. Investigation revealed that Maryann Yerkes, 43, of Nikiski, was operating the vehicle while impaired and under the influence of alcohol. Yerkes was arrested for driving under the influence and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Dec. 21 at about 11:20 p.m., Alaska State Troopers were investigating a hit-andrun vehicle collision in Seward. Troopers contacted Hughie Wilder, 23, of Seward, at his residence in Seward as part of the investigation and discovered that Wilder had a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested for the warrant and taken to the Seward Jail. n On Dec. 21 at about 11:20 p.m., troopers were investigating a hit-and-run vehicle collision in Seward. Investigation revealed that Daniel Spiers, also known as Andy, 26, of Seward, had been operating a vehicle, had struck a parked vehicle and had left the scene, advising the owner of the vehicle he had struck not to call troopers. Troopers located Spiers at his residence in Seward. Investigation revealed that at the time of the collision he was impaired by alcohol, had a revoked license and did not have an ignition interlock device installed in his vehicle as required. Spiers was arrested for driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, driving while license revoked and violating a license limitation. When requested to provide a breath sample following the driving under the influence arrest, Spiers refused and was additionally arrested for refusing a chemical test. He was taken to the Seward Jail on $2,000 bail. n On Dec. 20 at about 5:10 p.m., troopers contacted William Saucier, 57, of Seward, in the parking lot of the Three Bears store in Seward, after

a trooper recognized him as operating a vehicle and had previous knowledge that his license was revoked. Investigation confirmed that the he was operating the motor vehicle while his license was revoked. It was also discovered that he had no ignition interlock device installed in his vehicle as required. Additionally, he was found in possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. He was arrested for driving while license revoked, violating license limitation and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and was taken to the Seward Jail on $1,250 bail. n On Dec. 20 at about 9:20 p.m., troopers conducted a traffic stop for an equipment violation on South Harbor Avenue in Seward. Investigation revealed that Jordan Moses, 25, of Seward, was operating the vehicle while his license was revoked. He was arrested for driving while license revoked and taken to the Seward Jail on $500 bail. n On Jan. 2 at 6:11 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a moose near Mile 119 of the Sterling Highway. Investigation revealed that a dark SUV-type vehicle had struck a moose in the highway, sending it crash-

ing into a second vehicle, a white 2012 Ford pickup, driven by Chad Robert McCaffrey, 22, of Eagle River. The initial vehicle left the scene and was never located. McCaffrey’s vehicle suffered only minor damage. No injuries were reported. McCaffrey and his passengers were all wearing seat belts. Alcohol was not a factor. n On Jan. 2 at 9:26 p.m., the Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a blue 1999 Ford Explorer near Mile 118 of the Sterling Highway for an equipment violation. Investigation revealed that Michael Brian Daniels, 62, of Clam Gulch, was driving while impaired and under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. n On Jan. 1, Alaska State Troopers arrested Kevin Jones-Jackson on two Soldotna AST $500 warrants. Jones-Jackson resisted arrest and was additionally charged with resisting arrest. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $1,500 bail. n On Jan. 2 at 4:06 p.m., Kenai police responded to Portlock Street on a report of a disorderly female. Cindy R, Nitsche, 61, of Kenai, was issued a summons for driving while license revoked and avoidance of ignition interlock device.

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n On Jan. 2 at 5:51 p.m., Kenai police responded to the Kenai Spur Highway and Ross Street on a report of a vehicle in the ditch. Tayler S. Cunningham, 21, of Kenai, was issued a summons for failing to insure vehicle. n On Jan. 1, Kenai police issued a summons to Brian A. Wrege, 39, of Kenai, for leaving the scene of an accident, stemming from a motor vehicle accident at Bridge Access Road and the Kenai Spur Highway on Dec. 14. n On Jan. 6 at 1:19 a.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers stopped to check on the occupants of a vehicle that was stopped alongside the Sterling Highway near Mile 64.5. Investigation found that Amber Blayney, 22, of Palmer, was driving without a valid license and that there were two outstanding warrants for her arrest, one for failing to appear for trial call on the original charge of second-degree criminal trespass and the second for failing to appear for trial call on the original charge of fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Both warrants had a $1,500 bail. Blayney was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without incident on the two warrants and the new charge of no valid operator’s license, with bail set at $3,250.

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow -13/-19

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

A chance for snow in the afternoon

Rain

Mostly cloudy

Cloudy

Rather cloudy with afternoon rain

Hi: 34 Lo: 32

Hi: 40 Lo: 32

Hi: 36 Lo: 25

Hi: 33 Lo: 29

Hi: 37 Lo: 30

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

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Daylight Length of Day - 6 hrs., 51 min., 41 sec. Daylight gained - 4 min., 17 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

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

Last Jan 23

Today 9:50 a.m. 4:42 p.m.

New Jan 30

Moonrise Moonset

Today 9:48 p.m. 10:16 a.m.

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Kotzebue 18/10/sn 28/19/c 31/25/sf McGrath 28/15/sn 42/36/r 33/30/pc Metlakatla 46/45/sh -13/-27/sn -13/-19/sn Nome 33/6/sn 38/28/sn 26/24/c North Pole 16/10/pc 38/28/pc 38/34/sn Northway 21/7/pc 41/36/sn 41/37/pc Palmer 42/37/c 38/30/pc 21/16/c Petersburg 55/41/sn 43/36/c 32/25/s Prudhoe Bay* -9/-20/sn 37/30/sn 34/32/sn Saint Paul 26/22/sn 36/29/pc 38/32/sn Seward 41/33/r 19/9/pc 18/7/c Sitka 46/43/r 0/-2/sn 7/-5/s Skagway 45/32/sn 37/28/sn 23/19/pc Talkeetna 38/32/sn 39/34/s 17/9/pc Tanana 8/5/c 46/33/sn 34/22/sn Tok* 19/7/c 44/36/sn 40/38/sn Unalakleet 25/19/c 50/41/sn 37/28/sn Valdez 36/33/c 49/38/r 42/37/c Wasilla 43/36/r 8/-10/sn 8/2/sn Whittier 40/37/c 42/32/pc 39/36/sn Willow* 38/33/c 51/43/r 45/38/c Yakutat 45/38/sn 42/36/sn 41/39/sn Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Unalakleet McGrath 24/22 16/12

Tomorrow 11:02 p.m. 10:29 a.m.

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34/21/sn 56/26/s 62/31/s 37/17/s 45/24/s 40/35/pc 69/25/s 31/30/s 52/27/s 49/22/s 38/30/pc 32/22/pc 38/32/r 21/19/sn 39/23/s 50/36/s 27/16/sn 41/27/s 21/10/sn 47/33/s 26/10/sn

33/20/sn 56/31/s 66/31/s 42/23/s 46/33/s 44/28/pc 67/40/s 44/26/pc 49/25/pc 48/30/s 36/12/pc 40/25/pc 38/27/sf 28/18/sn 42/18/s 56/32/s 38/26/sn 50/26/pc 30/22/pc 56/29/s 32/27/pc

Fairbanks 18/7

Today Hi/Lo/W 18/9/c 16/12/pc 43/37/c 23/19/c 16/4/pc 8/-7/c 33/25/pc 42/34/c -10/-13/c 34/27/pc 38/34/sn 42/38/c 36/27/sn 31/24/pc 14/10/pc 14/0/c 24/22/s 33/26/pc 32/26/pc 37/34/pc 32/27/pc 37/35/sn

High ............................................... 38 Low ................................................ 32 Normal high .................................. 24 Normal low ...................................... 8 Record high ........................ 43 (1980) Record low ....................... -41 (1951)

Kenai/ Soldotna 34/32 Seward 38/34 Homer 40/38

Talkeetna 31/24 Glennallen 23/19

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.09" Month to date ............................ 1.73" Normal month to date ............. 0.56" Year to date ............................... 1.73" Normal year to date ................. 0.56" Record today ................ 0.56" (2000) Record for Jan. ............. 3.03" (1980) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date ............................. 6.6" Season to date ......................... 39.4"

Anchorage 33/30

Bethel 26/24

Valdez Kenai/ 33/26 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 34/32

Juneau 37/28

National Extremes

Kodiak 41/39

Sitka 42/38

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

88 at Corona, Calif. -22 at Embarrass,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Cold Bay 38/34

Ketchikan 42/37

55 at Petersburg -41 at Atqasuk

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Snow showers and flurries will fly across the Northeast and upper Great Lakes today. A dry day will unfold across the Plains with the central Plains turning milder. California will stay dry.

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

Readings through 4 p.m. yesterday

Nome 23/19

Full Feb 14

Unalaska 38/31

Almanac From Kenai Municipal Airport

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

Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

Today’s activity: Quiet Where: Auroral activity will be quiet. Weather permitting, quiet displays will be visible directly overhead from Barrow to Fort Yukon and visible low on the horizon from Fairbanks to as far south as Nome, Talkeetna and Whitehorse, Canada.

Temperature

Tomorrow 9:48 a.m. 4:44 p.m.

First Feb 6

Prudhoe Bay -10/-13

Anaktuvuk Pass 8/-2

Kotzebue 18/9

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B Sunday, January 19, 2014

Skiers battle warmth Kenai gets 2 individual titles at Kenai Klassic By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Homer’s Audrey Russel leads the pack during the Kenai Klassic on Friday in Kenai.

Friday’s warm weather surge threw local high school ski teams for a loop as they forged ahead in the Kenai Klassic at the Kenai Golf Course. Kenai Central swept the individual wins but finished second in the team results to Grace Christian in both the boys and girls events. Both Soldotna teams finished third in the team standings. Kenai junior Alex Bergholtz took the girls 7.5-kilometer classic race, skiing to a 15-second win over Valdez’s Stephanie Allen in a time of 23 minutes, 16.6 seconds.

“Getting the kick wax right really helps,” Bergholtz said. “We didn’t have to use Klister.” Senior Fox Michaud also gave the Kardinals a win in the boys 10K race with a time of 31:58.5, edging Ivan David Isaacs of Grace in a photo finish by seven-tenths of a second. Although skiers were released in groups of four, 30 seconds apart, Michaud and Isaacs went out in the same group and stuck with each other until the end, when the two racers comically sprinted to the finish line, kicking their heels up and running, rather than skiing. “Going around the corner, I was like, screw this, I’m just

going to sprint it,” Michaud said. “It worked out.” Michaud’s teammate, Jordan Theisen, finished third among boys to help Kenai in the team standings, but it was not enough to overcome a Grace squad that placed five skiers in the top 10. The Grace girls won with four racers in the top 10. The flat land around the course encouraged most racers to double-pole their way through the course, and the 40-degree temperatures meant waxing was a struggle for coaches. Some schools, like Kenai and Grace, sandpapered the bottom of the racers’ skis. The See SKI, page B-4

Bears sweep Magicians By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears got the brooms out Saturday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, sweeping the Minnesota Magicians with a 4-2 win. The Brown Bears are now winners of four of their last five games, and with a 2117-3 record hold onto fourth place in the North American Hockey League Midwest division standings, a point behind third-place Minnesota Wilderness. Fairbanks continues to lead the division with a 29-12 record after topping Wenatchee (Wash.) 3-1 on Saturday. C

Matt Rudin scored twice to go along with goals from Alec Butcher and Jake Davidson. Rudin notched four goals this weekend, and bumped up his season total to 10. Rudin put the fish on the ice first with 49 seconds left in the first period, taking advantage of the Bears using an extra attacker to net the goal. After Colin Hernon’s power play goal early in the second period tied the game up at one apiece, Rudin slotted in the go-ahead goal with five minutes left in the period. Barely 90 seconds later, Butcher notched the insurance goal. “It was a good game to have, it was because of our preparaSee BEARS, page B-2

SoHi skaters go 2-1 in Valley Soldotna girls nip Dimond

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna’s Makayla Wong looks for an opening to pass during their game against Dimond on Friday in Soldotna.

Kardinals finish up trip 1-2 By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com

PALMER — As Soldotna skated into the locker room for the second intermission, the Stars held the slim 2-1 lead. But Soldotna was also tagged with a four-minute double-minor at the end of the period. With Palmer set to start the third with a four-minute power play, the game could have gone either direction. But Soldotna killed the long penalty, converted a penalty shot during the final period and held on for a 3-2 North Star Conference win

over the Moose on Saturday at the MTA Events Center in Palmer. “The four-minute penalty kill to start the third period that was successful for us, that was huge for us,” Soldotna head coach Aaron Swanson said after the win. “It really got things going for us.” The roller-coaster third period started with the Stars shorthanded, but Soldotna jumped to a 3-1 lead at the 12:46 mark of the period. Forward Nick Wrobel was awarded a penalty shot after he was pulled down near

Stars hang tough down stretch vs. Lynx to maintain perfect record

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The undefeated Soldotna girls basketball team has overcome a lot of obstacles this season — that includes beating the three-time defending Class 4A state champions Wasilla twice — and on Friday night, SoHi knocked down another formidable foe. The Stars beat last year’s Class 4A runner-up Dimond Lynx 56-51 at Soldotna High School to improve to a 9-0 overall season record.

Senior Katelynn Kerkvliet was lights out on Friday, hitting 12 of 18 shots from the floor for 24 points, and racked up a double-double along the way with 17 rebounds. “I think it was my pregame meal,” Kerkvliet quipped. “It was steak and potatoes.” Senior teammate Julie Litchfield also contributed 14 points and six assists. “Dimond’s a win that was kind of like Wasilla ... we haven’t beat them in a long time,” said Soldotna coach Doug Blossom. “Dimond in

The Kenai Central girls hoops team regularly flaunts a stingy defense, but Saturday at Kenai Central High School, it was the Dimond Lynx flaunting their defensive prowess. The Lynx beat the Kardinals 50-21 in a nonconference matchup one day after succumbing to Soldotna, and the win was extra special for Dimond coach Jim Young, a Kenai alumni. “We’re very fortunate with our program, we get invited to a lot of games, and I always like to come back to Kenai,” Young said. “I think it’s just great for us to get the opportunity to come down here and play. Good coaches win games but great coaches give kids chances to play.” The loss drops Kenai to a 4-3 season record. Young, a 1984 Kenai graduate, said Friday’s 56-51 loss to Soldotna left his team feeling down, and the low energy level

Lathrop replaced SoHi in the tournament. So far this year, the Stars are rolling through their schedule and look to be on pace to be one of the top-seeded teams at the state tournament in March. “I thought this was a good test for us,” Blossom said. “Beating Wasilla was great, but this was probably a better team. We have Colony next week, which’ll be a big game.” Soldotna travels to play See STARS, page B-4

See PUCK, page B-3

Nikiski girls nab own tournament

Lynx bounce back against Kardinals By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

my opinion, along with West Anchorage, is one of the two best teams up there. “WPI-wise, it’s a huge win, because Dimond will probably beat all the Anchorage teams.” The Winning Percentage Index is a mathematical formula that determines the two “wild card” teams that get to play in the state tournament each year. Last March, the Stars were the unfortunate team that was booted from state after two missed game scores were added to the mix.

was evident in the early minutes of Saturday’s matchup. “I don’t like to make a lot of excuses for my girls in this program, but you could tell that the first quarter and a half, we were just flat,” Young said. “The Soldotna game, that was a great game, and it kind of took the energy out of us.” Even though the Lynx started the game with a 14-0 edge, the Kenai defense continued to disrupt Dimond’s offensive game, leaving the visitors with only 15 points with less than 90 seconds to play in the first half. “We’re really a team of runs,” Young said. “We had some points at the end of the first half that really helped put the game away.” After Kenai found a short 6-1 spurt that put it within nine points of Dimond late in the first half, but Dimond quickly padded its lead with three straight layups from Dejha Canty and Rohyn Huss in the final minute that left the Lynx with a 23-6 Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion halftime lead. Kenai’s Hannah Drury looks for an opening to pass Saturday See KARDS, page B-4 during their game against Dimond High School in Kenai. C

Staff report

The Nikiski girls captured the 25th Annual Nikiski Tip Off Tournament on their home court Saturday with a 43-32 victory over the Houston Hawks. Junior Rachel Thompson led the way with 20 points — including 13 in the third quarter alone — while teammate Emily Lynch added 11. Tied at 14 apiece at halftime, the Bulldogs broke out in the third quarter with 17 points. Thompson nailed three 3’s in the quarter to help push the lead to 10. Thompson and Lynch both made the girls All-Tournament team, while Homer’s Tayla Cabana and Madison Akers joined them. Drew Carlos of Dillingham was named the girls tournament MVP. The Homer boys wrapped up the tournament title by topping Dillingham 65-42 on Saturday. Quinn Daugharty had 16 points to lead the Mariners, while Sheldon Hutt had 15 and Martin Molodih added 13. For Dillingham, Dylan Was-

sily poured in 25 points. Daugharty was named the boys tournament MVP, while Hutt and Kenneth Schneider were both named to the boys All-Tournament team. Nikiski’s Seth Carstens also made the team. Nikiski’s Katie Costello was crowned the girls free-throw champion. Houston boys 63, Nikiski 49 The Hawks topped the Bulldogs 63-49 on Saturday to grab runner-up honors at the Nikiski Tip Off tournament at Nikiski High School. Matt Barron topped all scorers with 28 points, including 19 in the second half. The Bulldogs were led by Seth Carstens with 18 points. Nikiski burst out with 20 firstquarter points, and took a 32-22 halftime lead, but the Bulldogs began running out of gas in the second half. Nikiski managed only 17 points in the second half while Houston put up 41. In the fourth quarter alone, the Hawks had 25. See HOOPS, page B-3

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tion,” said Brown Bears coach Geoff Beauparlant. “We’ve had a few good weeks of practice, and the guys have worked hard and executed, and done what we’ve asked them to do.” Kris Oldham got the win in net, his seventh of the season, saving 25 of 27 shots on goal. Minnesota goalie Bryan Nies saves 28 of 32 shots. On Friday, the Kenai River Brown Bears received four goals from rookies in notching their biggest home victory of the season at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The Bears topped the Minnesota Magicians 5-2 by taking a 3-0 lead and never letting the visiting side get within one goal in the North American Hockey League contest in front of 673. Of the Bears’ eight home wins as of Friday, six have come by one goal and one was by two goals. Minnesota got off to a bad start before the puck was even dropped Friday. The Magicians drew a penalty for crossing the red line during warmups. Rookie Tyler Andrews took advantage just 39 seconds into the game on a pass from Sebastian Fuchs.

Beauparlant said early power plays can go either way. A team can score and set the tone for the night, or the penalty can get killed off and give the opposition momentum. “It was a big moment for us,” Beauparlant said. “Andrews continues to be good for us on the power play and on the back end.” With 13:18 left in the first, Kenai River went up 2-0 when rookie Tommy Dierl scored the first goal of his NAHL career. Dierl had a two-on-one, and elected to keep the puck and score. “I don’t think anybody in the building thought he was going to pass,” Beauparlant said. “That’s a special moment for a player in this league.” Said Dierl: “I saw an opening on the right. My teammate was probably mad I didn’t pass it to him.” Beauparlant said Dierl has been on the verge of a tally for a few weeks. “I’ve had my chances, but I haven’t been able to bury,” Dierl said. “It feels good to finally bury one.” The Bears went up 3-0 with 11:46 left in the second period on a goal by a player accustomed to burying pucks. After a long time in the Minnesota zone, the line of Alec Butcher, Albin Karlsson and Nathan Colwell got a goal, with Butcher picking the

puck from two defenders and scoring from the slot. Butcher leads the league with 47 points. Beauparlant said he was thinking about pulling the line off the ice because it had been out there for over 50 seconds. He was told Butcher would never come off the ice when in the scoring position. “Five seconds later, he scores,” Beauparlant said. The coach said the biggest problem he had with the game was undisciplined penalties gave the Magicians too many power plays. Minnesota had two powerplay goals on six tries, the first tally coming by Cody Milligan in the second period to cut the gap to 3-1. With 14:31 left in the game, the Magicians were on another power play when Davidson and Jake Bushey were able to break up a play and get the puck out of the zone. Rookie Rudin was able to get the puck from a Minnesota defender and score on a breakaway. Rudin did not even know how he beat the goalie. “The past two weeks, I’ve been missing the net a lot,” he said. “I really just tried to put it on net.” Eetu Karvinen was able to score for the Magicians 29 seconds later on that power play for a 4-2 game. With 1:42 left, Rudin iced

the game with an empty-net goal from center ice. Minnesota goalie Atte Tolvanen had just left the net. “I didn’t even realize the goalie was out until after I released the puck,” Rudin said. “I got hit, and then I focused, and I realized the goalie was not there.” Tolvanen made 31 saves, while Zach Quinn had 35 saves for the Bears. “He makes the saves he has to make, then two or three big ones a game,” Beauparlant said of his netminder. “That’s the sign of a No. 1 goalie and a future Division I standout.” Friday Brown Bears 5, Magicians 2 Minnesota Kenai River

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First period — 1. Kenai River, Andrews (Butcher, Fuchs), pp, 0:39; 2. Kenai River, Dierl (Purcell, Bushey), 6:42. Penalties — Minnesota 1 for 2:00; Kenai River 2 for 4:00. Second period — 3. Kenai River, Butcher (Karlsson, Colwell), 8:14; 4. Minnesota, Milligan (Johnson), pp, 13:57. Penalties — Minnesota 4 for 14:00; Kenai River 5 for 16:00. Third period — 5. Kenai River, Rudin (un.), sh, 5:29; 6. Minnesota, Karvinen (N. Kuchera, Funk), pp, 5:58; 7. Kenai River, Rudin (Fuchs), en, 18:18. Penalties — Minnesota 1 for 2:00; Kenai River 3 for 6:00. Shots on goal — Minnesota 15-8-14—37; Kenai River 15-14-7—36. Goalies — Minnesota, Tolvanen (35 shots, 31 saves); Kenai River, Quinn (37 shots, 35 saves). Power plays — Minnesota 2 for 6; Kenai River 1 for 3.

Scoreboard Football NFL Playoffs

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 New England at Denver, 11 a.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Seattle, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) All Times AST

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 20 18 Brooklyn 16 22 New York 15 25 Boston 14 27 Philadelphia 13 27 Southeast Division Miami 29 11 Atlanta 20 19 Washington 19 20 Charlotte 17 25 Orlando 10 30 Central Division Indiana 32 7 Chicago 19 20 Detroit 17 23 Cleveland 15 25 Milwaukee 7 32

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Friday’s Games Charlotte 111, Orlando 101 Miami 101, Philadelphia 86 Washington 96, Chicago 93 L.A. Clippers 109, New York 95 Toronto 94, Minnesota 89 L.A. Lakers 107, Boston 104 Utah 110, Detroit 89 Memphis 91, Sacramento 90 Portland 109, San Antonio 100 Dallas 110, Phoenix 107 Cleveland 117, Denver 109 Oklahoma City 127, Golden State 121 Saturday’s Games Indiana 106, L.A. Clippers 92 Detroit 104, Washington 98 Miami 104, Charlotte 96, OT Chicago 103, Philadelphia 78 Minnesota 98, Utah 72 Houston 114, Milwaukee 104 Golden State 97, New Orleans 87 Portland 127, Dallas 111 Sunday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 9 a.m. Boston at Orlando, 2 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m. Milwaukee at San Antonio, 3 p.m. Denver at Phoenix, 4 p.m. All Times AST

Women’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 84, Maine 56 American U. 72, Lafayette 57 Bryant 72, LIU Brooklyn 66 Bucknell 56, Army 55 Buffalo 84, E. Michigan 83, OT CCSU 72, Fairleigh Dickinson 67 Columbia 71, Cornell 64 Dartmouth 48, NJIT 45 Duquesne 62, Rhode Island 47 Iona 64, Fairfield 59 Lehigh 87, Holy Cross 82 Mount St. Mary’s 89, Wagner 78 Navy 71, Colgate 40 New Hampshire 61, Hartford 56 Quinnipiac 70, Siena 49 Rider 56, St. Peter’s 55 Robert Morris 83, St. Francis (Pa.) 69 Seton Hall 73, Georgetown 62 St. Bonaventure 62, Saint Louis

60 St. Francis (NY) 69, Sacred Heart 49 VCU 81, UMass 51 Vermont 63, UMBC 59 West Virginia 77, Oklahoma 63 SOUTH Alabama St. 92, Alabama A&M 45 Arkansas St. 67, W. Kentucky 64 Campbell 46, Presbyterian 43 Chattanooga 75, Wofford 36 Coastal Carolina 77, Charleston Southern 63 Davidson 79, Georgia Southern 66 E. Kentucky 68, Jacksonville St. 61 East Carolina 86, Louisiana Tech 55 Florida Gulf Coast 69, Mercer 57 George Washington 94, George Mason 68 Georgia St. 61, UALR 59 Hampton 80, Coppin St. 52 High Point 81, Gardner-Webb 77 Howard 77, Md.-Eastern Shore 75, OT Jackson St. 83, Prairie View 82, 2OT Jacksonville 67, N. Kentucky 56 MVSU 70, Alcorn St. 55 McNeese St. 66, Houston Baptist 62 Memphis 48, Houston 40 Middle Tennessee 61, UAB 55 NC Central 75, Delaware St. 61 Nicholls St. 67, Texas A&M-CC 60 Norfolk St. 61, Morgan St. 52 North Florida 78, Lipscomb 66 Old Dominion 80, FAU 44 SC State 68, Florida A&M 57 SE Louisiana 67, Lamar 62 Sam Houston St. 78, New Orleans 47 Samford 59, Furman 58 Savannah St. 58, Bethune-Cookman 54 South Alabama 72, LouisianaMonroe 70 South Florida 63, UCF 38 Stetson 98, Kennesaw St. 75 Tennessee St. 64, Belmont 51 Texas Southern 77, Grambling St. 63 Troy 87, Louisiana-Lafayette 75 Tulane 73, Southern Miss. 71, OT UNC Asheville 83, Liberty 80, OT UT-Martin 74, Morehead St. 52 Winthrop 70, Longwood 49 MIDWEST Akron 77, Kent St. 51 Austin Peay 64, E. Illinois 56 Ball St. 79, Ohio 63 Butler 58, Creighton 52 Cent. Michigan 82, Bowling Green 79, OT Green Bay 90, Cleveland St. 72 IPFW 96, South Dakota 78 IUPUI 82, Denver 66 Ill.-Chicago 78, Oakland 65 Kansas St. 80, Iowa St. 74 Michigan 69, Illinois 60 Missouri St. 89, Drake 66 Montana St. 76, North Dakota 65 N. Dakota St. 83, W. Illinois 77 N. Illinois 69, Miami (Ohio) 66 Northwestern 74, Wisconsin 58 S. Dakota St. 80, Nebraska-Omaha 66 SIU-Edwardsville 71, Murray St. 67 St. John’s 49, Marquette 47 Temple 58, Cincinnati 47 W. Michigan 78, Toledo 72 Wichita St. 80, N. Iowa 47 Wright St. 79, Valparaiso 65 Xavier 75, Providence 52 Youngstown St. 87, Milwaukee 71 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 67, Abilene Christian 54 Charlotte 92, UTEP 86 Incarnate Word 67, Oral Roberts 64 Oklahoma St. 82, Texas Tech 56 Rice 74, Marshall 68, OT Southern U. 84, Ark.-Pine Bluff 70 Texas-Pan American 66, Chicago St. 44 Tulsa 78, FIU 73 UTSA 58, North Texas 56 FAR WEST Boise St. 71, Utah St. 68 CS Northridge 64, UC Santa Barbara 46 Cal Poly 107, Long Beach St. 102, OT Colorado St. 87, Air Force 49 E. Washington 78, Sacramento St. 65 Fresno St. 75, New Mexico 73 Hawaii 74, UC Riverside 61 Idaho 96, CS Bakersfield 69 Idaho St. 69, S. Utah 65 N. Arizona 88, Portland St. 67 N. Colorado 57, Montana 54 New Mexico St. 106, UMKC 77 Pacific 75, Pepperdine 64

Saint Mary’s (Cal) 78, Loyola Marymount 74 San Diego 60, BYU 45 San Jose St. 74, Wyoming 68 Seattle 75, Utah Valley 67 UC Davis 69, Cal St.-Fullerton 67, OT UNLV 74, San Diego St. 59

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Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 47 30 15 2 62 136 104 Tampa Bay 49 28 16 5 61 141 120 Montreal 49 27 17 5 59 126 120 Toronto 50 25 20 5 55 141 152 Detroit 48 21 17 10 52 121 130 Ottawa 49 21 19 9 51 139 155 Florida 48 18 23 7 43 111 147 Buffalo 47 13 27 7 33 86 133 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 48 34 12 2 70 156 115 Philadelphia 49 25 19 5 55 134 140 N.Y. Rangers 50 26 21 3 55 124 127 Columbus 48 24 20 4 52 138 135 Washington 48 22 18 8 52 141 146 New Jersey 50 20 19 11 51 115 123 Carolina 47 20 18 9 49 114 132 N.Y. Islanders 50 19 24 7 45 138 163

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 50 St. Louis 47 Colorado 48 Minnesota 51 Dallas 48 Nashville 50 Winnipeg 50

31 8 11 73 181 137 32 10 5 69 166 107 31 12 5 67 142 122 27 19 5 59 125 125 21 19 8 50 136 148 21 22 7 49 121 151 22 23 5 49 141 150

Pacific Division Anaheim 51 37 9 5 79 175 126 San Jose 49 31 12 6 68 158 121 Los Angeles 49 29 14 6 64 126 100 Vancouver 50 25 16 9 59 127 127 Phoenix 48 23 16 9 55 139 145 Calgary 49 16 26 7 39 109 156 Edmonton 51 15 30 6 36 131 181 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games Columbus 5, Washington 1 Chicago 4, Anaheim 2 Saturday’s Games Columbus 4, Buffalo 3, SO Detroit 3, Los Angeles 2, SO Vancouver 3, Calgary 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Ottawa 1 San Jose 5, Tampa Bay 4 Winnipeg 3, Edmonton 2, OT Toronto 5, Montreal 3 Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Islanders 4 Carolina 3, Florida 2 Anaheim 3, St. Louis 2 Colorado 5, Nashville 4 Phoenix 3, New Jersey 2 Minnesota 3, Dallas 2, OT Sunday’s Games Boston at Chicago, 8:30 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 3:30 p.m. All Times AST

Tennis Australian Open

Sunday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $29.72 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2. David Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. Women Fourth Round Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, def. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Li Na (4), China, def. Ekaterina Makarova (22), Russia, 6-2, 6-0. Ana Ivanovic (14), Serbia, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Transactions BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $100,000 for confronting the game officials on the court after the conclusion of the game on Wednesday, Jan. 15. HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Robert Covington from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE — Acquired G Dexter Strickland from the league’s player pool. Waived G Antoine Hood. FOOTBALL National Hockey League CINCINNATI BENGALS —Named Matt Burke linebackers coach. DETROIT LIONS — Named Ron Prince assistant head coach/tight ends coach. NEW YORK JETS — Re-signed defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman, assistant head coach/ running backs coach Anthony Lynn, defensive line coach Karl Dunbar, offensive line coach Mike Devlin and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal. Promoted Bobby April III to linebackers coach. TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Lou Spanos linebackers coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed G Steve Mason to a threeyear contract. COLLEGE CLEMSON — Signed football coach Dabo Swinney to an eightyear contract through 2021. INDIANA — Named Rob Judson director of men’s basketball operations. VANDERBILT — Named Derek Mason football coach.

No. 2 Syracuse tops Pittsburgh By The Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Freshman point guard Tyler Ennis scored 16 points, including two driving layups and two free throws in the final 2 minutes, and No. 2 Syracuse beat No. 22 Pittsburgh 59-54 on Saturday in a battle for first place in the ACC between the two former Big East rivals. Syracuse (18-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) entered the game 2-0 against former Big East rivals, with victories over St. John’s and Villanova. The Orange made it three straight and remained one of only three unbeatens in Division I.

zel Valentine pulled down 11 rebounds to lead Michigan State past Illinois. The Spartans (17-1, 6-0 Big Ten) stayed on top of the Big Ten with their 10th straight win. With the victory, Michigan State is also off to the best start in team history. No Spartans team has ever won 17 of its first 18. After opening conference play 2-0, Illinois (13-6, 2-4) has now lost four in a row.

No. 5 WICHITA ST. 68, INDIANA ST. 48

WICHITA, Kan. — Ron Baker scored 16 points and Fred VanVleet added 15 as Wichita State remained unbeaten. Darius Carter and Chadrack MICHIGAN 77, Lufile both scored 10 points for No. 3 WISCONSIN 70 the Shockers (19-0, 6-0 Missouri Valley), which extended school reMADISON, Wis. — Nik cords for winning streak and best Stauskus scored 23 points and hit start to a season. a key 3 with 48 seconds left, and Michigan fended off a late surge No. 6 VILLANOVA 88, for a win over Wisconsin. Caris LeVert added 20 for the DEPAUL 62 Wolverines (13-4, 5-0 Big Ten), VILLANOVA, Pa. — James who held on for their first road win Bell had 17 points and eight reat Wisconsin since 1999 after nearbounds and Ryan Arcidiacono ly squandering a 15-point lead. scored 14 points as Villanova won its fifth straight. No. 4 MICHIGAN ST. 78, The Wildcats (16-1, 5-0 Big ILLINOIS 62 East) made 19 of 26 shots (73 perCHAMAPIGN, Ill. — Gary cent) in the second half and tied a Harris scored 23 points and Den- season low with five turnovers.

Steffensen gets best of Alvarado Staff report

Kenai Central freshman Paul Steffensen pulled the hat trick on South Anchorage’s Gavin Alvarado on Saturday, winning a 3-1 decision at the 126-pound championship final at the Glenn Vandergaw Invitational at Dimond High School. It was the third time in three tries that Steffensen beat Alvarado, the reigning state Outstanding Wrestler. The Colony Knights took the team championship with 125.5 total points, edging Wasilla by 11 points. Kenai took seventh place as a team with 83.5 points. Glenn Vandergaw Invitational

Saturday, Dimond High Team scores: 1. Colony 125.5; 2. Wasilla 114.5; 3. South 111; 4. Lathrop 104; 5. East 101; 6. Kodiak 87.5; 7. Kenai 83.5; 8. Service 77.5; 9. West 73; 10. Eagle River 65; 11. Palmer 60.5; 12. Chugiak 52.5; 13. North Pole 52; 14. Ketchikan 36; 15. Bartlett 29; 16. West Valley 25; 17. Dimond 24.5.

Championship finals: 98 pounds — 1. B. Adams, Col p. S. Harris, Dim 4:46; 106 — G. Shack, Sou t.f. B. Abbott, Was 20-3; 113 — J. Valdez, Kod d. C. Booth, Col 8-3; 120 — A. Hendrix, Lat d. B. Girard, East 9-7; 126 — P. Steffensen, Ken d. G. Alvarado, Sou 3-1; 132 — J. Malnoske, East d. R. Pellumbi, Sou 5-3; 138 — G. Arnold, ER d. R. Haan, Col 7-0; 145 — E. Schumaker, NP p. N. Ottum, Sou 5:05; 152 — W. Booth, Col won by fft R. Huffer, Chu; 160 — J. Dickinson, Lat d. C. Guzman, East 6-2; 170 — C. Boatman, Was p. X. Horton, ER 4:00; 182 — J. Wharton, Lat d. L. Elliot, West 7-6; 195 — C. Deemer, Pal p. E. Hall, ER 5:20; 220 — Q. Wright, Was d. Z. Rockstad, Was 3-2 2OT; 285 — L. Sega, Kod d. N. Stevens, Ser 2-1. Third-place matches: 98 — V. Shuman, West p. A. Laliberte, Pal 4:42; 106 — W. Spencer, Lat d. Q. Lema, Ser 2-0; 113 — S. Hoffman, Ser d. W. Martin, Sou 8-6; 120 — A. Caballa, Kod m.d. C N. Ottum, Sou 11-3; 126 — A. Molesky, Pal won by fft J. Nero, Col; 132 — D. Nash, Col Y d. D. Rogers, 5-4; 138 — C. Eager, Lat m.d. T. Cole, East 16-2; 145 — C. Eide, NP d. J. Fricilone, WV 9-3; 152 — C. Elliot, Wesat d. B. Marks, Was 8-2; 160 — T. Thammavongsa, Ser t.f. D. Carter, Ken 16-0; 170 — D. Wake, Ket won by fft E. McLeod, Ser; 182 — N. Fousel, Ket d. K. Queja, East 10-8 OT; 195 — T. Brown, Ken p. B. Ferris, WV 1:32; 220 — R. Burroughs, Chu p. Z. Koziczkowski, Ken 2:12; 285 — T. Fehoko, West p. W. Bruso, Bar 2:36.

Sports Briefs Randall wins again SZKLARSKA POREBA, Poland — Kikkan Randall of Anchorage won her second straight freestyle sprint event on the crosscountry World Cup on Saturday to underline her status as a medal favorite at the Sochi Olympics. The American sprint specialist held off Denise Herrmann on the final straight to follow up on her victory in the Czech Republic a week ago. Vesna Fabjan of Slovenia was third in a field that was without several of the other top contenders for Sochi. Randall, last season’s sprint World Cup champion, said that “coming to the finish I actually had lots of energy in my legs because my big move for the win was on the home stretch.” In the men’s event, Alex Harvey of Canada won ahead of Josef Wenzl of Germany and France’s Baptiste Gros.

NBA fines Cuban NEW YORK — The NBA fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $100,000 on Saturday for confronting referees and using inappropriate language toward them. Cuban confirmed the fine on his Twitter feed, saying he couldn’t let Commissioner David Stern leave without a proper farewell. “Its been a fun 14 years of trying to create change and donating to the donut fund!” Cuban wrote. Cuban went onto the court and yelled at the officials after the Mavericks blew a 17-point lead in the final 5 minutes of a 129127 loss at the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. He called it “speaking his mind” in another Twitter post. He tweeted that he would donate an equal amount to charity once he reached 2 million followers, which he is about to reach. Cuban has been fined more than $1.5 million by the league, often for his outbursts about the officiating. Stern is retiring on Feb. 1. Cuban had told ESPN.com he wanted one more fine before Stern left. — The Associated Press

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NASCAR mulls making changes to Chase CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A 16-driver championship field that would be whittled down to create a winner-take-all season finale is among radical changes reportedly being considered by NASCAR. NASCAR chairman Brian France has repeatedly said he wants to place a greater emphasis on winning, and he’s never ruled

out tinkering with the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format in an effort to create the “Game 7 moments” he covets. The Charlotte Observer first reported Friday night a possible overhaul to the Chase format that France first introduced in 2004 and has made periodic changes to several times since. Citing anonymous sources,

the third, sixth and ninth races. The proposed eliminations would drop the lowest four drivers from title contention after the third, sixth and ninth races, leaving four drivers eligible for a “winner-take-all” race in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The four remaining drivers would go into Homestead with their points reset and tied in

the standings, The Observer said. A statement from NASCAR chief communications officer Brett Jewkes was non-committal on The Observer report. “NASCAR has begun the process of briefing key industry stakeholders on potential concepts to evolve its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship format,” Jewkes said. “This dia-

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while Jeff Baird added 11. Dylan en route to a 18-7 halftime lead. Soldotna on Saturday, and Bartlett Wassily paced the Wolves with 15 Another 17 points in the third boys at Soldotna on Saturday. points. quarter wrapped this one up early.

Daugharty 2, Beachy, Reutov). Team fouls — Dillingham 4, Homer 9. Fouled out — none.

The Observer outlined three major changes beginning with expanding the field from 12 drivers to 16 — meaning a win during the “regular season” would virtually guarantee a driver a spot in the field. Once the field is set, The Observer said NASCAR is considering eliminations during the 10-race Chase. The field would be cut after

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Dillingham girls 47, Homer 39 In early girls play Saturday, Dillingham wrapped up second place by toppling Homer. The Wolves finished 2-1, while Homer was 1-2. Tiara Schroeder had 14 points for the Wolves, while Drew Carlos had 12 and Ladonna George added 10. For Homer, Madison Akers notched a game-high 17 points.

Nikiski girls 60, Homer 35 Friday, the Nikiski girls cruised past Homer. Nikiski led 20-10 after the first quarter and rolled from there. Emily Lynch struck for 22 points, while Rachel Thompson and Alyssa Darch added 10 points apiece. -For Homer, Tayla Cabana had nine points. Dillingham girls 53, Houston 46 In other girls action, Dillingham defeated Houston. Savannah Wells had 16 for the Hawks, while Khristin Nida had 13 and Aspen Ruth added 10. For Dillingham, Ladonna George had 13 and Tiara Schroeder had 12.

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Also, Friday in the tournament, Homer notched a victory over host Nikiski. The Mariners grabbed a 20-7 lead after the first quarter and Nikiski tried to catch up the rest of the game. Quinn Daugharty poured in 27 points for Homer, while Filip Reutov and Kenneth Schneider had 10 points apiece. For Nikiski, Seth Carstens pumped in 22, while Luke Johnson pitched in with 10. In other boys action, Houston M topped Dillingham 47-23. Matt K Barron had 12 for the Hawks,

Seward boys 58, Kenai 37 The Seward boys topped Kenai for the second time this year with a dominant victory on Friday at the Delta tournament. The Seahawks’ Matthew Moore topped all scorers with 23 points, while Kenai was led by a wide variety of players. Tanner Wortham scored six points, while Jonah Theisen, Trevor Shirnberg, Austin McKee, Keith Ivy and Miles Jones each had five points. The Saturday results from the tournament were not available as the Clarion went to press.

Skyview girls 31, CIA 26 The host Panthers came back from a halftime deficit to notch a nonconference victory Friday. CIA outscored Skyview 10-0 in the second quarter to take a 13-10 lead. The game was tied at 17 heading into the final quarter before the Panthers posted a 14-9 advantage over the final eight minutes. Hayley Ramsell had 12 points for Skyview, while Nicole Moffis posted 11 for CIA.

Nikolaevsk girls 46, Newhalen 42 The host Warriors held on for a nonconference victory over the Huskies on Friday. Sophia Kalugin had 14 points and 21 rebounds, while Serafima Kalugin had 13 points and nine rebounds. Nianiella Dorvall added nine rebounds for the Warriors. For Newhalen, Ayla Rickteroff had 16 points and McKayla Anelon added 11.

Newhalen boys 74, Nikolaevsk 73 The Warriors lost a nailbiter in Newhalen Friday, as Jon Tretikoff rallied the home team to victory. After a seven-point first half, Tretikoff exploded with 24 in the second. Tretikoff had 31 points for the Warriors, while Lucas Zackor had 15 and Lee Clark added 11. For Nikolaevsk, Jaruby Nelson poured in 26 points, while Jonah Fefelov chipped in with 14 points and Neil Gordeev had 12.

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The host Panthers received 18 points from Micah Hilbish and 10 from Chad Harley in posting a nonconference victory Friday. Noah Leaf and Mylon Weems each had eight points for the Eagles. Nikolaevsk girls 43, Newhalen 31 Senior Nianiella Dorvall led the Warriors to the win over Newhalen on Saturday at the Nikolaevsk Thunderdome. Dorvall had 15 points while teammate Sophia Kalugin added nine. Ayla Richtenoff topped Newhalen with 13 points. Nikolaevsk started hot with 17 first-quarter points, but only managed a single point in the second

The Ninilchik girls took runnerup honors after dropping a 56-34 contest to Unalakleet in the Unalakleet Invitational championship game Saturday. Ninilchik coach Rod Van Saun wrote in an email that his team managed to stay within reach of the home team until the fourth quarter. On Friday, the Ninilchik girls topped Noorvik 37-26 to advance to the championship game. Also Friday, the Ninilchik boys fell to Brevig Mission 57-43 to fall to 0-2 in the tourney. Note: Three games were canceled this weekend due to weather and roads: Eagle River girls at Kenai on Friday, Eagle River girls at

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the Palmer goal. Wrobel snapped a shot from the inside edge of the left wing circle into the far side of the net. The goal ended up as the insurance goal Soldotna needed. Palmer sophomore Hayden Moistner cut the Stars’ lead to one goal with 9:32 left in the period. Just moments after Palmer called a timeout, sophomore Darren Fish sent a pass across the face of the crease to Moistner, who sent a shot into the net from the bottom of the left wing circle. Fish also helped give Palmer an early lead in the contest. After taking the puck from teammate Jarrett Johns, Fish crossed the blue line. Just behind the blue line, Fish was tripped up. He fell to the ice, but was able to reach out and get a pass to Josh Myers. Once Myers had the puck, he sent a quick wrist shot past Soldotna goalie Cody Harvey. “That was a nice little play by their guy,” Swanson said. The goal came just 30 seconds into regulation. “It caught Cody off guard, it seemed like,” Swanson said. Soldotna managed to tie the game late in the period. Defenseman Jake O’Lena knocked in the rebound off a Ty Fenton shot on the power play, with 2:23 left in the first period. Forward Kenny Griffin created the play, by walking the puck between the circles. Griffin gave the Stars a lead in the second period, scoring at the 9:47 mark. Soldotna outshot Palmer 34-19 in the win. Harvey made 17 saves. Freshman Cody Grogan stopped 31 shots for the Moose. Soldotna finished 2-1 during its weekend trip through the Valley. The Stars fell to Colony 3-0 on Thursday and rebounded to beat defending conference champion Wasilla 3-2 in overtime on Friday. Swanson said the Stars hoped to take at least two of the three games in the Valley. “That was our goal coming in for the weekend,” Swanson said. “We did it the hard way, losing the opening one. We’re happy to come back and get two wins after that.” It was the second straight one-goal win for the Stars, and the second onegoal win over the Moose this season. Soldotna also beat Palmer 3-2 earlier this year.

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NIKISKI (43) — Riddall 0 0-0 0, Cook 0 0-0 0, Costello 1 2-2 4, Litke 1 0-0 2, Lynch 4 3-6 11, Thompson 6 4-8 20, Darch 3 0-0 6. Totals 15 9-16 43. HOUSTON (32) — Malidore 2 0-0 4, Ruth 2 4-8 8, Wilkerson 1 0-0 2, Nida 1 0-0 2, Wells 4 2-2 11, Apargalook 0 0-0 0, Barber 0 1-3 1, Quincy 2 0-0 4, May-Thomas 0 0-0 0, Bohl 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 7-13 32. 3-point field goals — Nikiski 4 (Thompson 4); Houston 1 (Wells 1). Team fouls — Nikiski 12; Houston 15. Wolves 47, Mariners 39 Dillingham 9 14 4 20 —47 Homer 12 4 6 17 —39 DILLINGHAM (47) — S. Dray 1 3-6 5, Tennyson 0 0-0 0, T. Schroeder 5 3-3 14, Carlos 5 0-0 12, M. Dray 1 0-0 2, George 4 0-0 10, S. Schroeder 1 2-4 4. Totals — 17 8-13 47. HOMER (39) — Ramirez-Clark 1 0-0 2, Draves 0 0-0 0, Akers 8 0-2 17, Fellows 3 0-0 6, Waclawski 2 0-0 4, Luck 0 0-0 0, Kann 1 0-0 2, Cabana 3 2-4 8. Totals — 18 2-6 39. 3-point goals — Dillingham 5 (Carlos 2, George 2, T. Schroeder); Homer 1 (Akers). Team fouls — Dillingham 7, Homer 15. Fouled out — Waclawski. Warriors 43, Huskies 31 Nikolaevsk 17 Newhalen 5

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NIKOLAEVSK (43) — Ki. Klaich 2 2-2 7, Kr. Klaich 0 0-0 0, Fefelov 2 0-0 5, So. Kalugin 4 1-2 9, Se. Kalugin 2 0-1 4, Dorvall 6 3-7 15, Hickman 1 1-2 3. Totals 17 7-14 43. NEWHALEN (31) — Anelon 1 1-3 3, Cobb 0 0-0 0, Richtenoff 5 1-4 13, Nanalook 1 2-2 3, Si. Nanalook 3 0-0 7, Z. Anelou 1 0-0 2, B. Anelou 1 0-0 2, S. Anelou 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 4-9 31. 3-point field goals — Nikolaevsk 2 (Ki. Klaich 1, Fefelov 1); Newhalen 3 (Richtenoff 2, Si. Nanalook 1). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 11; Newhalen 14. SATURDAY BOYS Mariners 65, Wolves 42 Dillingham 5 17 6 14 —42 Homer 14 14 24 13 —65 DILLINGHAM (42) — Wassily 9 3-10 25, Miller 3 1-2 7, Luckhurst 3 0-0 9, Burkhardt 0 1-3 1, Smeaton 0 0-0 0, Napoli 0 0-0 0. Totals — 17 5-15 42. HOMER (65) — Beachy 2 1-2 6, Reutov 1 0-0 3, Daugharty 7 0-0 16, Schneider 3 0-0 6, Brown 0 0-0 0, Molodih 5 0-0 13, Walsworth 0 0-0 0, Harris 3 0-0 6, Hutt 7 1-1 15. Totals — 28 2-3 65. 3-point goals — Dillingham 7 (Wassily 4, Luckhurst 3); Homer 7 (Molodih 3,

Hawks 63, Bulldogs 49 Houston 7 15 16 25 —63 Nikiski 20 12 8 9 —49 HOUSTON (63) — Barron 9 9-11 28, Griffith 0 0-0 0, Baird 6 0-0 12, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Elson 1 0-2 2, Saechao 0 4-5 4, Ruta 3 3-4 9, Taylor 3 2-2 8. Totals 22 18-24 63. NIKISKI (49) — Stangel 1 0-2 3, Anderson 3 0-0 8, Johnson 3 1-1 7, Castro 1 0-0 2, Holloway 2 1-2 5, Tauriainen 0 0-0 0, Carstens 7 2-2 18, Riddall 0 0-0 0, Jackson 2 1-2 6. Totals 19 5-9 49. 3-point field goals — Houston 1 (Barron 1); Nikiski 6 (Carstens 2, Anderson 2, Jackson 1). Team fouls — Houston 16; Nikiski 20. Warriors 59, Huskies 51 Nikolaevsk 5 24 11 19 —59 Newhalen 10 13 13 15 —51 NIKOLAEVSK (59) — Nelson 8 5-6 23, Molodih 0 0-0 0, Trail 0 0-0 0, N. Fefelov 5 0-0 10, Gordeev 3 0-0 6, J. Fefelov 6 6-7 18, Anfim Kalugin 1 0-2 2. Totals 23 11-15 59. NEWHALEN (51) — Rickteroff 0 0-0 0, Tretikoff 8 4-5 26, Kalmbacher 2 0-0 4, Balluta 0 0-0 0, Clark 82-3 18, Johnson 1 0-0 3. Totals 19 6-8 51. 3-point field goals — Nikolaevsk 2 (Nelson 2); Newhalen 7 (Tretikoff 6, Johnson 1). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 10; Newhalen 15. FRIDAY GIRLS Panthers 31, Eagles 26 CIA 3 10 Skyview 10 0

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COOK INLET ACADEMY (26) — Hanna 0 0-0 0, Moffis 2 6-8 11, Hills 0 3-4 3, Brush 0 2-4 2, Hammond 1 2-4 5, McGahan 0 0-0 0, Orth 1 3-8 5. Totals — 4 16-28 26. SKYVIEW (31) — Powers 1 2-2 5, Ramsell 3 6-8 12, Mahan 0 0-0 0, Lawson 0 0-0 0, Reynolds 2 1-4 7, Rouse 0 0-0 0, Glaves 3 1-2 7. Totals — 9 10-16 31. 3-point goals — CIA 2 (Moffis, Hammond); Skyview 3 (Reynolds 2, Powers). Team fouls — CIA 16, Skyview 22. Fouled out — Ramsell, Rouse.

logue is the final phase of a multiyear process that has included the review of extensive fan research, partner and industry feedback and other data-driven insights. NASCAR has no plans to comment further until the stakeholder discussions are complete. We hope to announce any potential changes for the 2014 season to our media and fans very soon.” Bulldogs 60, Mariners 35 Homer 10 8 11 6 —35 Nikiski 20 14 16 10 —60 HOMER (35) — Ramirez-Clark 0 0-0 0, Alexander 2 0-0 4, Draves 0 0-0 0, Akers 3 2-4 8, Fellows 4 0-0 8, Waclawski 2 0-0 4, Luck 0 0-0 0, Kann 1 0-0 2, Cabana 3 3-4 9. Totals — 15 5-8 35. NIKISKI (60) — Riddall 1 2-2 4, Cook 1 0-0 2, Costello 4 0-0 8, Litke 1 0-0 2, Lynch 11 0-2 22, Thompson 4 0-0 10, Litzen 1 0-0 2, Darch 5 0-0 10. Totals — 28 2-4 60. 3-point goals — Nikiski 2 (Thompson 2). Team fouls — Homer 5, Nikiski 9. FRIDAY BOYS Panthers 55, Eagles 27 CIA 3 11 2 11 —27 Skyview 12 18 17 8 —55 COOK INLET ACADEMY (27) — Uchtman 0 0-0 0, Hammond 1 0-0 2, R. Smithwick 0 2-2 2, Barlow 0 0-0 0, Leaf 4 0-3 8, J. Solie 0 0-1 0, Lyons 0 1-3 1, R. Solie 1 4-9 6, Weems 1 6-8 8. Totals — 7 13-26 27. SKYVIEW (55) — Rice 0 0-0 0, Hill 2 0-0 4, Jones 1 0-0 3, Duke 3 0-0 6, Carlson 1 0-0 2, Cook 3 0-1 6, Kruse 1 0-0 2, Harley 5 0-0 10, Hilbish 9 0-0 18, Harshman 1 0-0 2. Totals — 26 0-1 55. 3-point goals — Skyview 1 (Jones). Team fouls — CIA 11, Skyview 25. Fouled out — R. Solie, Harley. Mariners 62, Bulldogs 55 Homer 20 11 16 15 —62 Nikiski 7 18 16 14 —55 HOMER (62) — Beachy 0 0-0 0, Reutov 3 3-4 10, Daugharty 11 4-4 27, Schneider 4 1-5 10, Brown 1 0-0 3, Harris 2 0-0 4, Hutt 3 2-6 8. Totals — 24 10-19 62. NIKISKI (55) — Stangel 0 2-2 2, Anderson 3 0-0 8, Johnson 4 1-2 10, Castro 0 1-2 1, Holloway 3 0-0 6, Tauriainen 0 0-0 0, Carstens 8 2-2 22, Riddall 0 2-2 2, Jackson 2 0-0 4. Totals — 20 8-10 55. 3-point goals — Homer 4 (Reutov, Daugharty, Schneider, Brown); Nikiski 7 (Carstens 4, Anderson 2, Johnson). Team fouls — Homer 11, Nikiski 17. Fouled out — none. Huskies 74, Warriors 73 Nikolaevsk 23 16 14 19 —73 Newhalen 15 15 20 24 —74

Warriors 46, Huskies 42 Newhalen 14 6 9 13 —42 Nikolaevsk 15 11 9 11 —46 NEWHALEN (42) — M. Anelon 3 3-4 11, Rickteroff 6 4-5 16, Sh. Nanalook 1 0-0 2, Si. Nanalook 2 0-0 4, Z. Anelon 2 0-0 5, B. Anelon 2 0-0 4, S. Anelon 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 7-9 42. NIKOLAEVSK (46) — Ki. Klaich 0 1-2 1, Kr. Klaich 0 0-0 0, Fefelov 1 0-0 2, So. Kalugin 6 2-5 14, Se. Kalugin 5 3-6 13, Dorvall 4 0-0 8, Hickman 4 0-0 8. Totals — 20 6-13 46. 3-point goals — Newhalen 3 (M. Anelon 2, Z. Anelon). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 13, Newhalen 14. Fouled out — Sh. Nanalook.

NIKOLAEVSK (73) — Molodih 0 2-2 2, Nelson 10 3-5 26, Trail 1 0-0 2, Yakunin 4 1-4 9, N. Fefelov 4 0-0 8, Gordeev 6 0-1 12, J. Fefelov 7 0-0 14. Totals — 32 6-12 73. NEWHALEN (74) — Zackor 6 0-0 15, Tretikoff 9 9-10 31, Kalmbacher 4 0-1 9, Clark 5 1-4 11, Johnson 3 1-2 8. Totals — 27 1117 74. 3-point goals — Nikolaevsk 3 (Nelson 3); Newhalen 9 (Zackor 3, Tretikoff 4, Kalmbacher, Johnson). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 10, Newhalen 9. Fouled out — Johnson.

Just prior to the goal, SoHi’s Bobo back on the power play, Toma Johnson “Night in, night out in this confer- shutouts on Thursday and Friday, secured ence. Battles every night,” Swanson the three-day sweep of Peninsula oppo- Lott won a battle behind the Warriors net, sent a sharp pass across the zone to the nents with a 2-1 win over the Homer Mari- pulled a puck off the back boards and sent right wing circle where Kenny Griffin put said. Soldotna 3, Palmer 2 Saturday, MTA Events Center First period — 1. Palmer- Myers (Fish, Johns) 14:30; 2. Soldotna- O’Lena (Fenton, Griffin) pp 2:23. Second period — 2. Soldotna- Griffin (Wrobel) 9:47. Third period — 3. Soldotna- Wrobel (penalty shot) 12:46; 4. Palmer- Moistner (Fish, Clements) 9:32. Shots on goal: Soldotna 11-10-13—34, Palmer 4-87—19; Saves: Soldotna- Harvey 3-7-7—17, PalmerGrogan 10-9-12—31.

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ners on Saturday afternoon at the Menard Arena in Wasilla. “For us, it’s everything,” Colony head coach Jamie Smith said of the three-win weekend, which included a 3-0 victory over Soldotna on Thursday and a 4-0 win over Kenai on Friday. “From the beginning, we’ve been trying to get a top-two seed (in the North Star Conference tournament). We haven’t done that in years.” The Knights improved to 6-2 in NSC play with the wins. “It puts us in a real good position,” Smith said of the Knights, who are now locked in a first-place tie with Wasilla. Colony caps regular-season play against Wasilla on Thursday and Palmer on Friday. “For us, it gives us a little momentum here,” Smith said. Colony and Knights netminder Colton Beebe nearly notched a third shutout in as many days. Homer’s Anton Kuzmin sent a loose puck into the net with only 26 seconds left in regulation. “He went almost nine periods without giving up a goal,” Smith said. Beebe stopped all 21 shots he saw on Thursday and all 27 on Friday, before stopping nine of 10 shots on Saturday. “He’s our guy. When he plays great, we have a chance,” Smith said. Colton Symbol gave Colony its first lead late in the second period. With 20 seconds left in the frame, Symbol scored on a play set up by Cy Eller. Jacob Kirsch added a goal midway through the third.

WASILLA — After suffering a tough overtime loss to Soldotna Friday night, Wasilla rebounded in a hurry. Fueled by four power-play goals, Wasilla stormed to a 7-4 win over Kenai Central at the Brett Memorial Ice Arena on Saturday. Senior Tanner Schachle bagged the hat trick and senior Cooper Hanson collected two goals and two assists to help Wasilla improve to 6-2 in North Star Conference play. Adam Apangalook and Tyler Hansen also scored for WHS. Andrew Cooley, Jack Reeves and Blake Carricaburu finished with two assists each. Wasilla used ample opportunity with the advantage to blow open a close game. Wasilla and Kenai were knotted at 1 when Wasilla struck first on the power play. Hansen scored on the advantage to give the Warriors the 2-1 lead midway through the first. Schachle scored on the power play midway through the second to give Wasilla a 4-2 advantage. Hanson and Apangalook each scored with the advantage in the third. Colony 2, Homer 1 Kenai was tagged with 17 total penalSaturday, Menard Arena ties in the game. First period — no scoring. Wasilla outshot Kenai 41-11 in the win. Second period — 1. Colony- Symbol (Eller, Foster) Justin Alvey made 34 saves in the loss. 0:20. Third period — 2. Colony- Kirsch (Diltz) 6:07; 3. Kiana Verplancke stopped seven pucks to Homer- Kuzmin (unassisted) 0:26. earn the win in the Warriors net. Shots on goal: Homer 2-4-4—10, Colony 7-7-18—32; Jake Eubank had a big game for the Saves: Homer- Polushkin 7-6-17—30, Colony- BeeKardinals, scoring the first two goals and be 2-4-3—9. assisting on the second two goals. Cody Arbelovsky also had a pair of assists, Stars notch overtime win against while Nathan Zorbas and Kyle Olson add- Warriors ed goals. WASILLA — Persistence paid off for the Soldotna Stars on Friday. Wasilla 7, Kenai 4 Despite falling behind in the first period Saturday, Brett Arena First period — 1. Wasilla- Schachle (Hanson, Cool- and managing only a pair of third-period ey); 2. Kenai- Eubank (Dosko) 11:30; 3. Wasilla- T. shots, the Stars fought back to earn a 3-2 Hansen (Apangalook) pp 9:22. overtime win over the Wasilla Warriors on Second period — 4. Wasilla- Hanson (Schachle, Carricaburu) 10:56; 5. Wasilla- Schachle (Reeves, Friday at the Brett Memorial Ice Arena in Cooley) pp 7:15; 6. Kenai- Eubank (unassisted) 6:44; Wasilla. 7. Kenai- Zorbas (Arbelovsky, Eubank) 00:03. And it was the persistent play of Nick Third period — 8. Wasilla- Hanson (Reeves) pp Wrobel and his linemates that allowed the 10:40; 9. Wasilla- Apangalook (Carricaburu, Hanson) pp 9:02; 10. Wasilla- Schachle (unassisted) 7:55; 11. Stars to celebrate after the victory. Wrobel, in the middle of a flurry of action in front Kenai- Olson (Arbelovsky, Eubank) 7:55. Shots on goal: Kenai 3-3-5—11, Wasilla 9-20-12— of the Warriors net, knocked in a rebound 41; Saves: Kenai- Alvey 7-18-9—34; Wasilla- K. Ver- with 2 minutes, 33 seconds, left in the tieplancke 2-1-4—7. breaker to give the Stars the win. “It was a big pile down there. He hapColony finishes perfect weekend WASILLA — The Colony Knights’ pened to get a stick on it and get it in. It shutout streak was snapped, but the win- was a great play for him,” Soldotna head coach Aaron Swanson said of Wrobel’s ning streak is still alive. Colony, which recorded back-to-back goal after the win. C

a centering pass. Ty Fenton put the initial shot on goal. Wasilla freshman netminder Wyatt Monear made the save, but Wrobel was able to knock the rebound in. “Just getting the puck in front of the net and making something happen,” Swanson said of the play. The goal came only moments after Wasilla had two prime chances to bag the game-winner. SoHi senior goalie Cody Harvey made two big saves to keep the game tied. Wasilla senior Cooper Hanson snapped a wrister from the right wing circle. Harvey blocked the shot, but left the rebound at the doorstep. Junior Tanner Schachle came in and put a shot on, but Harvey was able to get his pad in front of the puck. Harvey’s big overtime stops came after his 22 saves through regulation. The Soldotna win came a day after suffering a 3-0 loss to Colony. The Knights victory gave Colony the two-game series sweep over the Stars. But Friday, with the 3-2 win over Wasilla, Soldotna took the two-game season series against the Warriors. Soldotna blanked Wasilla 3-0 earlier in the season. “The loss to Colony was a big one. It did give them a series sweep for the season. To lose those points hurts us, but to have the advantage over Wasilla kind of turns it back around and helps us,” Swanson said. Wasilla has been super against North Star Conference competition this season. But Soldotna has been the Warriors’ kryptonite. Through action Friday, Wasilla stands at 5-0 against NSC teams other than Soldotna, averaging five goals per game against those other teams. The Warriors have not allowed more than a goal in a game against any other conference foe. But the Warriors are now 0-2 against the Stars. Swanson said he feels his team matches up well against Wasilla, the defending NSC champions. “I think we do. I think we’re a team where our defense is the strength from the net out,” Swanson said. “Goaltending first, and our defense is real strong.” Swanson said while many of the other teams in the conference have high-scoring offenses, Soldotna has relied on team defense and has success in low-scoring games. Wasilla took the lead late in the first period with Schachle’s power-play goal. Defenseman Andrew Cooley sent a pass between the circles to forward Jack Reeves. Reeves skated between the circles and put a shot on goal. Harvey lost control of the rebound, and Schachle tapped the loose puck in. Soldotna scored a pair of power-play goals early in the second period to take a lead. Jake O’Lena tied the score just inside the second period, hammering home a rebound off of a Preston Weeks shot. Less than three minutes later, with the Stars

a puck into the upper shelf of the net. Wasilla tied the score late in the second period with a Hanson goal. Hanson knocked in a rebound after an Adam Apangalook shot. Wasilla dropped to 5-2 in NSC play with the loss, and into a first-place tie with Colony.

Soldotna 3, Wasilla 2 OT Friday, Brett Arena First period — 1. Wasilla- Schachle (Reeves, Cooley) pp 0:42. Second period — 2. Soldotna- O’Lena (Weeks) pp 13:31; 3. Soldotna- Griffin (Johnson, Wrobel) 10:38; 4. Wasilla- Hanson (Apangalook) 6:42. Third period — no scoring. Overtime — 5. Soldotna- Wrobel (Fenton, B. Lott) 2:33.

Knights blank another opponent

WASILLA — Another day, another shutout against a Peninsula rival for the Colony Knights. Colony struck four times in the first period and held on for a 4-0 win over the Kenai Kardinals at the Menard Arena on Friday night. Jacob Kirsch and Mark Thygeson each scored just more than a minute apart early in the first to give the Knights a two-goal lead. Gunner Stadem and Jacob Link tallied goals less than two minutes apart midway through the first to extend Colony’s lead to four goals. Senior Colton Beebe stopped 27 shots to earn the win and record his second straight shutout. Beebe and the Knights blanked the Soldotna Stars 3-0 on Thursday. Colony forced Kenai starting netminder Justin Alvey out of the game, scoring three goals within the first nine minutes of regulation. Reserve Nate O’Lena stopped 22 of the 23 CHS shots he faced. Colony 4, Kenai 0 Friday, Menard Arena First period — 1. Colony- Kirsch (Vincent, Stadem) 11:51; 2. Colony- Thygeson (unassisted) 10:46; 3. Colony- Stadem (Sanders) 7:39; 4. Colony- Link (Eller, Stadem) 6:07. Second period — no scoring. Third period — no scoring. Shots on goal: Kenai 7-11-9—27, Colony 14-6-9—29; Saves: Kenai- Alvey 3-x-x—3, O’Lena 7-6-9—22, Colony- Beebe 7-11-9—27.

Mariners get past Moose

PALMER — Sparked by a three-goal first period, Homer scored a 5-3 win over Palmer Friday at the MTA Events Center. Homer added goals in the second and third periods to score its first win of the season over a Valley North Star Conference opponent. Valary Dietz scored to put the Moose on the scoreboard in the second period. Chris Dojka and Hayden Moister added third-period goals for Palmer, which fell to 0-6-1 in conference play. Homer outshot Palmer 36-28. Cody Grogan made 31 saves for Palmer.

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trick they used was to roughen the kick zone — which raises tiny hairs on the plastic base — and give it traction when normal wax doesn’t work. Other teams, such as Soldotna and Skyview, resorted to using Klister, a gooey substance that works in warm weather, but most skiers try to avoid. “It’s not necessarily sloppy, it’s just so wet that your poles sink in,” Michaud said. “I was mostly striding.” “Usually it doesn’t rain,” Bergholtz added. “It was hard trying to keep a steady pace, but I think everybody was trying to find a wax that gets you up the hills.” Soldotna sophomore Aaron Swedberg, who finished 14th among boys on Friday, said

the conditions made it hard to find grip. “Even when you try to go hard and double-pole it, you still sink in,” Swedberg said. “It’s like you’re not even working hard. You’re just not going anywhere.” Swedberg said the Klister on his skis worked well on uphills, but perhaps was too much on downhill portions. The races also allowed the lesser-known athletes to have their time in the sun, as many of the varsity skiers on every team were sitting out Friday’s race in preparation for the weekend Besh Cup races in Homer. The results of the Saturday Besh Cup race were not available as the Clarion went to press. Kenai Klassic

Friday, Kenai Golf Course GIRLS 7.5-kilometer varsity Team standings — 1. Grace Christian; 2. Kenai; 3. Soldotna; 4. Homer; 5. Valdez. Individual results — 1. Alex Bergholtz, Ken,

23:16.6; 2. Stephanie Allen, Val, 23:31.9; 3. Elle Arnold, Gra, 23:58.6; 4. Aspen Daigle, Hom, 24:00.1; 5. Kayla Rowe, Gra, 25:53.4; 6. Molly Erickson, Sol, 26:48.1; 7. Emily Werner, Sol, 26:59.6; 8. Lauren Tsao-Wu, Gra, 27:00.3; 9. Mikaela Salzetti, Ken, 27:03.6; 10. Cheyenne Applegate, Gra, 27:07.3; 11. Katie Cooper, Ken, 27:29.7; 12. Dani McCormick, Sol, 27:34.8; 13. Kirsten Nyquist, Ken, 27:39.3; 14. Xochi Harbison, Sol, 28:49.9; 15. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 29:35.8; 16. Alex Durazo, Gra, 29:39.3; 17. Beverly Schindler, Ken, 30:03.7; 18. Audrey Russel, Hom, 30:48.1. BOYS 10-kilometer varsity Team standings — 1. Grace Christian; 2. Kenai; 3. Soldotna; 4. Homer; 5. Skyview; 6. Valdez. Individual results — 1. Fox Michaud, Ken, 31:58.5; 2. Ivan David Isaacs, Gra, 31:59.2; 3. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 32:05.59; 4. John Cosgrave, Gra, 32:47.7; 5. Josh Roach, Gra, 33:00.2; 6. Josh Vantrease, Hom, 33:09.2; 7. Sergei Wegner, Val, 33:27.6; 8. Wyatt Brown, Gra, 33:47.1; 9. Ty Mumford, Gra, 34:12.6; 10. Addison Downing, Sol, 34:19.8; 11. Nathan Albright, Val, 34:40.8; 12. Sterling Stasak, Sky, 34:45.5; 13. Nate Mole, Ken, 35:21.7; 14. Aaron Swedberg, Sol, 35:36.8; 15. Skyler Diehl, Sol, 35:39.3; 16. Brenner Musgrave, Sky, 36:12.8; 17. Hoxie Parks, Hom, 36:47.6; 18. Drew Kant, Sol, 38:14.5; 19. Karl Eckmann, Gra, 39:25.7; 20. Tadhg Scholz, Hom, 41:31.9; 21. Colton Diehl, Sol, 43:29.1; 22. Kierian Henderson, Gra, 46:39.5; 23. Ryan Navrot, Hom, 47:47.4; 24. Olen Danielson, Ken, 48:27.1.

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Kenai’s Jordan Theisen pushes toward the finish line during the Kenai Klassic on Friday in Kenai. Skiers battled warm conditions during the race.

Serena goes down at Open JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia — The powerful serve that carried Serena Williams to 25 consecutive wins suddenly became the target of Ana Ivanovic’s attack in a major fourth-round upset at the Australian Open. Williams had a back complaint she’d tried to keep secret before Sunday but Ivanovic noticed almost immediately that her serve wasn’t as fast as she’d expected, and she started taking big swipes at it. The No. 14-seeded Ivanovic ended Williams’ bid for a sixth Australian and 18th Grand Slam title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory that took the hottest of favorites out of contention at Melbourne Park and opened up one side of the women’s draw. “It’s not easy playing such a champion ... but she is also just a human,” said Ivanovic, who beat Venus Williams in the final at Auckland, New Zealand earlier this month. “I just went out there swinging.” Williams hadn’t lost a match since August, and went 78-4 in 2013. She came into the fourth round with those 25 straight wins, the second-longest streak of her career, and it was her 70th match at Melbourne Park, a record in the Open era. Williams had just set the mark for most match wins (61) ever at the Australian Open with her third-round victory. The No. 1-ranked Williams didn’t move her feet well, and was lunging for balls. When she tried to step up the intensity in the third set, her grunts becoming louder and more frequent until she toned it down after spraying a wild backhand wide in the nextto-last game, Ivanovic matched her stroke for stroke. “It wasn’t the best,” Williams told a news conference, after being told that her coach had leaked news of a back

problem. “Again, I don’t want to blame anything. I feel like Ana deserves all the credit,” Williams added. “I feel she played unbelievable today. I think she went for her shots. It’s not like I gave her the match.” Ivanovic advanced to the quarterfinals here for the first time since her run to the 2008 final and will next play the winner of Sunday’s later match between Australian wild-card entry Casey Dellacqua and No. 30-seeded Eugenie Bouchard. The other quarterfinal on this half will feature two women who’ll turn 32 next month, after two-time finalist Li Na beat No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 and No. 28 Flavia Pennetta upset No. 9 Angelique Kerber 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a fourth straight title here with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 win over Fabio Fognini in 1 ½ hours, while No. 3-seeded David Ferrer advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Florian Mayer 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. In the 52 previous matches here where she’d won the first set, Williams had only ever lost one match — against fellow American Sloane Stephens in last year’s quarterfinals. The crowd was evenly divided at first but, sensing an upset, started backing Ivanovic, the former girlfriend of Australian golfer Adam Scott, as the match progressed. After dropping serve twice in the first set, Ivanovic didn’t face another break point in the second or third sets. She broke Williams three times, frequently standing well inside the baseline to receive. She had 33 winners, including 20 on her forehand side. She also had a little bit of luck, when she drove a backhand into the top of the net, and it looped over and caught the line at an important stage of the third set.

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Northern Lights Conference rival Colony next Friday, and a victory would give the Stars a trifecta over last year’s top three teams at the Class 4A state tournament. On Friday night, it was two free throws from senior Kelci Benson with three seconds left that ultimately clinched the game, but the action was close throughout. SoHi staked out an early 15-8 lead late in the first quarter, but Dimond soon caught fire and rode a 15-3 points run to a fivepoint lead with 4 minutes, 18 seconds, left in the first half. But after Blossom called a timeout to regroup, Soldotna’s crisp passing game resulted in Kerkvliet getting good looks under the basket, which led to the Stars grabbing a 30-28 lead going into halftime. Kerkvliet had 16 points in the first half. “She was like a machine in the game,” Blossom said. “It’s nice to see her step up and have a game like that.” Blossom noted that Kerkvliet is currently looking at playing basketball on the collegiate level. Tara Thompson led Dimond with 14 points including 2 of 3 from beyond the arc. Rohyn Huss added a double-double with 11 points and 13 boards for the Lynx, but Huss also let seven turnovers slip into SoHi’s hands, which proved to be costly. Trailing Soldotna 41-37 heading into the fourth quarter, the Lynx continually closed

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Kenai’s Justice English slams against a Dimond High School player during their game Saturday in Kenai.

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Huss led Dimond with 11 points and seven rebounds, while Canty had nine points. Tara Thompson also added nine points for the Lynx. Senior Justice English had five points and seven boards to lead Kenai’s effort. Dimond continued to open up its lead by outscoring Kenai 10-5 in the third quarter and 17-10 in the fourth.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Phil Mickelson surged up the leaderboard with a 9-under 63 to put himself in second place after the third round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, while Rory McIlroy was hit with a two-shot penalty for a rules infraction that

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seven of them. Offensive re- val Soldotna on Tuesday at bounds resulted in Dimond home. outscoring Kenai 12-2 on Saturday girls second-chance points, and Lynx 50, Kardinals 21 the Lynx managed to score 19 Dimond 11 12 10 17 —50 Kenai 0 6 5 10 —21 points off Kenai turnovers. “Quite frankly, tonight, we DIMOND (50) — Huss 5 1-2 11, Abello 1 struggled in every aspect of 1-2 3, Tufaga 0 0-0 0, Martinez 1 0-0 2, 3 2-2 9, Allen 1 1-1 3, Canty the game, even the ones we Thompson 4 1-2 9, Anderson 2 3-3 7, Forrey 2 2-3 6. usually do well in,” Rustad Totals 19 11-15 50. said. “Everyone did get in KENAI (21) — English 2 1-2 5, Ostrander the game, even the reserve 0 1-2 1, Drury 2 0-0 4, A. Steinbeck 0 0-0 players that usually don’t get 0, Creighton 1 2-4 4, Baker 0 1-2 1, C. varsity minutes, so that was a Steinbeck 1 0-1 2, Barcus 1 0-0 2, Beck 0 2-4 2, Every 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 7-15 21. positive.” 3-point field goals — Dimond 1 (ThompThe Kards will face North- son 1); Kenai 0. ern Lights Conference ri- Team fouls — Dimond 16; Kenai 16.

Lefty makes charge in Abu Dhabi

the gap but never could manage to take the lead. Three times in the quarter, Dimond trailed by a point. Kerkvliet put up consecutive layups that resulted in a 50-45 SoHi lead with 2:56 remaining. After two free throws from Thompson, Neno Martinez caught a rebound and hit a baseline jumper with 1:42 left that closed the gap to one point, and Blossom called a timeout. “(Coach) said to stay on your man, don’t let them get open, don’t shoot anything that isn’t there,” Kerkvliet said. “I knew we had to come out really hard and it was going to be a tough game. “I was nervous, I’ll tell you that.” Makayla Wong’s layup with 1:03 remaining barely edged into the basket, but it helped to put the Stars back up by three points, and Benson took care of the rest with four straight free throws in the final minute. “Hats off to Soldotna,” said Dimond coach Jim Young. “They’re the real deal.” Soldotna will face conference rival Kenai Central on Tuesday night.

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“It was like a domino effect,” said Kenai coach Stacia Rustad. “We came out flat, we played flat, and the score indicated that. “They have multiple offensive threats, so it’s hard to kind of focus on one or two when they have three or four, so it kind of spreads us thin.” The biggest advantage that Dimond enjoyed was forcing turnovers and getting additional opportunities to score. Dimond had 57 shot attempts (hitting 19) while Kenai only found 42 shots, only making

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SOLDOTNA (56) — Kerkvliet 12 0-1 24, Litchfield 5 3-6 14, Benson 1 4-4 6, Shaw 0 0-0 0, M. Wong 2 0-0 4, L. Wong 2 0-0 5, Hendricks 0 0-2 0, Miller 1 1-2 3. Totals 23 8-15 56. DIMOND (51) — Huss 5 1-2 11, Tufaga 0 0-0 0, Martinez 5 0-0 10, Thompson 4 4-4 14, Canty 3 1-1 8, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Forrey 2 0-0 6. Totals 20 6-7 51. 3-point field goals — Soldotna 2 (Litchfield 1, L. Wong 1); Dimond 5 (Thompson 2, Forrey 2, Canty 1). Team fouls — Soldotna 13; Dimond 18.

dropped him into a tie for fourth. Mickelson barely made the cut but had the best round of the day with nine birdies and an eagle coupled with two bogeys to sit two shots behind leader Craig Lee of Scotland. Lee shot a 69 for a 12-under 204 total. “I just love the fact I am in

contention and have an opportunity in my first tournament of the year here in Abu Dhabi,” Mickelson said. “The biggest thing for me is that each day as the tournament has progressed I have felt a lot sharper and sharper.” McIlroy thought he was alone in second place a stroke behind

Lee after finishing his round, but tournament officials then ruled that he had taken a drop incorrectly on the second hole and adjusted his score to a doublebogey 7. That gave him a 70 for the round to sit one stroke behind Mickelson and Gaganjeet Bhullar of India (66).

Rodman hits rehab DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer

Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his longtime struggle with alcoholism, his agent says. Darren Prince declined on Saturday to say which facility will treat Rodman and how long he will be there. Rodman recently returned to the United States from his latest trip to North Korea. He later apologized for comments he made in North Korea about a detained American missionary, saying he had been drinking and was under pressure as he organized an exhibition game there. He also sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of the friendly game. “What was potentially a historic and monumental event turned into a nightmare for everyone concerned,” Prince said. “Dennis Rodman came back from North Korea in pretty rough shape emotionally. The pressure that was put on him to be a comPhoto by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion bination ‘super human’ political Soldotna’s Kelci Benson makes a quick change of direction during their figure and ‘fixer’ got the better of game against Dimond on Friday in Soldotna. him. C

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Has a new addition to your family just arrived? Where in the world is your miliMark and Amanda tary person and what are they up to? Got Bowers of Nikiski a new graduate, dean’s list student or an announce the birth of award-receiving youth? their daughter, Bella Do you have a news event, activity or Nicole Bowers, at fundraiser you need to let the community 1:03 p.m. on Jan. 3, know about? Send it to us! 2014. She weighed 7 Email your community events to news@ pounds, 11.5 ouncpeninsulaclarion.com, fax it to 283-3299, es and measured 20 drop it off at the Clarion office in Kenai at Bella Nicole inches. She joins 150 Trading Bay Drive (Monday through Bowers brothers Kyle, Devan, Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or mail your Colt and Canyon. Her information to us at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai grandparents are Nicole and Ralph KlasAK 99611. sen, Mark Bowers, and Lee and Dawn Heiman.

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Kenai Senior Center to hold Snow Ball Community Dance Wash those overalls, polish those bunny boots and join us at the Alaskan Snow Ball. The Kenai Senior Center is holding a community dance Friday at the Kenai Senior Center from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Bring $5 and a finger food to share. KSC will supply refreshments. Dance music will be provided by Bull Don & the Moose Nuggets. This event, sponsored by Sweeney’s Clothing, is family friendly (no alcohol) and all generations are welcome.

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Legumes- dried beans and peas, are inexpensive, tasty and good sources of protein, iron zinc, potassium and fiber. Cooperative Extension Service has a free publication that includes information on cooking, combining bean with other ingredients to make a complete protein, and recipes. Find “Cooking Dried Beans, Peas and Lentils” at http://www.uaf.edu/ces/ districts/kenai/. We also have hard copies in our office located at 43961 K-Beach Rd., Suite A, Soldotna, AK 99669. Call us at 2625824. We are “Learning for Life”.

A southern tradition to bring luck and prosperity in the upcoming year is to serve black eyed peas on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. Whether or not you’ve recently eaten black eyed peas to honor Submitted by Linda Tannehill,UAF this tradition consider serving legumes Cooperative Extension Service, Health, throughout the year for a healthful op- Home and Family Development Agent, tion at any meal. Kenai Peninsula District.

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Kilgo, Story announce engagement Chelsea Kilgo and Alex Story of Sterling are engaged to be married on April 26, 2014 at the Hixon Ranch, in Fallbrook, Calif. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dennis and Kelly Downs. She studied psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is a stayat-home mom to the couple’s two children. Her dress will have a strap- Chelsea Kilgo and Alex Story less sweetheart neckline with structured silk folds, ruched across the dropped waist bodice, and complemented by a detachable floral belt featuring Swarovski crystals and corset back closure. Jennie Carter will serve as maid of honor; bridesmaids will be Elaina Kassel, Devin Downs, and Lucy Pollock. Aveighana Clark will be the flower girl. The future groom is the son of Brian and Ann Story. He is pursuing a degree in criminal justice and currently works in the Central Peninsula Hospital security department. He plans to wear a classic black tuxedo. His best man will be Dylon Story; groomsmen will be Brad Blossom, Jeff Dolifka, and Peyton Story. The ring bearer will be Lexin Story. A reception will follow the ceremony at the Hixon Ranch, with a three tier ivory cake with textured buttercream, lace piping and fresh flower décor. The couple plans to honeymoon at Disneyland.

Chiara de Blasio tells all. Should your teen? By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Chiara de Blasio helped get her dad elected mayor, flaunting quirky head gear and joking from the podium on primary night. But on Christmas Eve, the 19-year-old did something else: She bared her soul on YouTube about her history of depression and substance abuse. The idea, she said, was to urge others to get help. Fiercely protective of her privacy while allowing her front and center on the campaign trail, her parents released a statement of support when the surprise video dropped. While the timing was questioned — the four-minute video from her father’s transition team was released when many were distracted by the holidays — advocates for Chiara’s generation of digital natives lauded her speaking out publicly as the act of a brave young woman. Brave, yes, but foolhardy, perhaps, for other teens who don’t have access to slick political handlers and, unlike Chiara, still face the perilous and competitive college admissions process. She already attends in California. Handled or not, today’s teens are notorious over-sharers on social media, but does Chiara’s revelation symbolize something else as mental health advocates work to destigmatize the shame and silent suffering of those afflicted? What of other young people so inspired to publicly disclose their depression, drinking and drugging, eating disorders or struggles against suicidal thoughts?

“I think in general that it’s healing for people to be honest. I also think in the admissions context that it’s very challenging and problematic. I would advise a child to go very, very gingerly,” said Carol Barash, founder and CEO of Story to College, a Manhattan-based nonprofit that has worked with thousands of students from diverse backgrounds on how to shape personal narratives for college essays and scholarships. “There’s a difference between telling your friends and the whole world,” she added. “Most kids don’t have a PR team to help them through what could happen, all the fallout from doing that brave, courageous thing.” From 13 to 20 percent of young people in the U.S. age 3 to 17 experience a broad range of mental disorders in a given year, and prevalence appears to be increasing, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which looked at data over multiple years from multiple sources. Suicide, for youth ages 12 to 17, was the second leading cause of death in 2010, the report said. “We are seeing more public disclosure,” said Cheryl Rode, senior clinical director for the nonprofit San Diego Center for Children, which is under contract to provide services through San Diego County. “Some of it is because of the movement of social media but some of it is also within the field of mental health. There’s a large focus on stigma reduction,” she said. “Many teens feel like they’re the only ones experiencing whatever it is they’re going through, and so when others are speaking up, it

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In this Nov. 5, 2013, file photo, Chiara de Blasio stands with her father, Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, and her brother, Dante, left, after her father voted in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Christmas Eve, Chiara, 19, bared her soul on YouTube about her history of depression and substance abuse, and urged others to get help.

makes it a little bit safer. Talking about mental health is really important.” But talking to whom? That, she said, is a “very individual and person decision” that should definitely include parents. “Most kids, when they’re sharing, are sharing more impulsively,” Rode said. “I would not say parents should encourage publicizing to a mass audience their youth’s mental health status. You lose control of it. Disclosing in a more limited personal way is a better way of building support.” More young people suffering both

mental health and serious physical health conditions are enthusiastic in recovery and treatment about sharing their stories to help others, she said. “I think adolescents often see themselves as very altruistic, whether it’s giving advice to another kid in a group kind of setting or being the example, the role model. That’s often a very healing process for kids,” Rode said. But they still require adult guidance on exactly how to get that done. It could be a therapist, guidance counselor or parent, or all three. “They’re still adolescents. They

don’t think about the future,” Rode said. “They’re very in the present. It’s what sounds good now, and social media sounds good right now, but once you’ve put it out there and if you have a change of heart, it’s hard to take it back.” While trying to lessen stigma over mental health diagnoses and substance abuse, Los Angeles child and adolescent psychiatrist Anandhi Narasimhan cautions that public disclosure remains risky for young people, especially when “coming out” at school or in the college admissions process. “It depends on the admissions committee and who reads the essay. You just don’t know,” she said. Family therapist Rick Meeves in Salt Lake City oversees a network of teen treatment centers for CRC Health Group and has worked with adolescents for 20 years. While he, too, considers Chiara’s disclosure a positive, he also thinks other teens should tread lightly. “It’s heroic, it’s pioneering and it’s laudable, but I don’t think we’re quite there yet as a society of being able to say, ‘Hey look, I suffer from depression and I manage it. I would like to think that we’re almost there but I’m not sure we are.” In Chiara’s case, rumors that she had battled drug issues were rampant during the mayoral campaign, but she and her brother were off-limits to reporters and the campaign refused the media’s questions on the subject. In the video, she said outpatient treatment got her through, but no media outlet published a story before the video surfaced at a traditionally dead period in the news cycle.

Making — and keeping — your New Year’s resolutions Editor’s note: “Focus on Fitness” is a Clarion feature with healthy lifestyle advice. Always consult with your doctor before starting a new exercise routine.

our muscle mass naturally diminishes which is one of the reasons losing weight becomes more difficult as you get older. Exercise can reduce this muscle mass loss by 50 percent. People of any age who take weight hree of the most common New off and keep it off exercise at least 45 Year’s resolutions are losing minutes a day. This may sound dauntweight, getting fit, and managing but remember that parking farther ing stress. These are great resolutions from the store, taking the stairs, walkand exercise can help you accomplish ing around the house while you are all three of them. on the phone, etc. can count toward Most importantly, choose an the 45 minutes. That being said, exercise regime that is appropriate you do need to engage the aerobic for your fitness level and takes into energy system on a regular basis account any health issues you may for the best results. An old adage in have. Talk to your doctor if it has exercise physiology says: “fat burns been a long time since you participat- in a carbohydrate flame.” Exercising ed in an exercise program. Choosing aerobically beyond 15 minutes in a a program that is too advanced resession really kicks your body into fat duces the likelihood of sticking with burning mode. it and increases the risk of injury. The hormones that are dumped Going from couch potato to cross fit into the blood stream during exercise is often a recipe for disaster. are similar to the ones you experience Eating more raw unprocessed when under stress. Once your body foods is extremely important in losing becomes accustomed to an exercise and maintaining weight but without routine it will be better equipped to exercise a person’s chances for suchandle stressful situations. Exercise cess are greatly reduced. A program also improves confidence/mood, of diet modification alone will result reduces blood pressure and improves in a plateau in which a person can brain function all of which can make no longer lose weight. Exercise not dealing with stress easier. only burns calories it increases ones It is obvious that exercise improves basal metabolism so you burn more fitness. However, it is important to recalories all day long. Also, as we age member to work to improve a variety

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F itness C harlie S tephens of areas of fitness. Strength, aerobic and flexibility exercises all have their own special benefits so working all three into your weekly routine is important for best results. Try to fit in three strength workouts a week. If you have a gym membership you will have access to a variety of strength training equipment to get a full body workout. If not you will need to invest in a set of weights, resistance bands or some other equipment that will enable you to do strength training at home. Use enough resistance to reach overload after 12 to 15 repetitions for upper body exercises and 15 or 20 repetitions for lower body exercises. This will tone and strengthen the muscles rather than add bulk/power and greatly reduce your risk of injury. Be sure to do core exercises that work the upper/ lower abs and the lower back, in fact it is a good idea to do these 6-7 times a week. For aerobic exercise try to fit in C

five or more workouts per week. Be sure to exercise at least twenty to twenty-five minutes. Get outside and exercise when you can, doing so has its own special benefits. Be sure to choose an activity or exercise machine that is appropriate for your level of fitness and the health of your joints. It is a good idea to do some stretching everyday but you should go through a series of stretches for most muscle groups at least twice a week. Stretching your hamstrings and calf muscles several times a week can help prevent lower back and foot problems. Hold stretches for at least 20 seconds. Some activities such as swimming and yoga can improve muscle tone and flexibility at the same time. Fitting exercise into your schedule can be challenging, finding the best option for you can make it easier. Purchasing a gym membership is an excellent choice. The equipment should be of good quality and paying a fee may make you more likely to exercise so you get your money’s worth. Also, you will have the opportunity to consult with exercise experts who can help you shape your program to fit your needs and reach your goals. Purchasing home equipment is an

excellent option also. Being able to exercise at home can greatly increase the number of workouts you do because it is convenient and is more efficient time wise. Even if you have a gym membership and workout there three times a week having equipment at home will make it easier to get in six or seven workouts a week. Making a New Year’s resolution is easy, but sticking with it is more difficult. Several years ago a friend of mine read in a runner’s magazine that if you exercise everyday for two weeks you establish a routine you are more likely to stick with. Force yourself to make it two weeks and you will be on your way to incorporating exercise into your lifestyle. Writing down what you plan to do each day of the week for your workouts and checking those items off as you do them is also a great strategy for success. Finally, remember that it takes six to eight weeks to make significant gains in fitness so be patient. Your efforts will not only get you in shape they will reduce your stress levels and help you lose weight. Charlie Stephens is a retired P.E. Teacher and owns/operates Kenai Sport & Train, Inc. which specializes in P.E. consulting. He can be reached at ccstephens@gci.net.

C-2 Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, January 19, 2014

Time takes away our musical memories

ne-half of the Everly Brothers is gone now. Phil and Don sang the songs many of us remember from childhood, and with the passing of Phil another chapter in the history of rock ’n’ roll ends.

A good number of the Everly Brothers’ hit songs were written by a Georgian, Boudleaux Bryant, and his wife, Felice. I used to live in the town where Bryant went to school, and early on I heard about the famous song-writing couple, who wrote Bye Bye, Love; All I Have to Do Is Dream; Take a Message to Mary; Rocky Top and numerous other songs for many country and popular music acts. A side note: Among their hits for the Everlys was Wake Up, Little Susie, and on the Web site for the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce is a notation that “Little Susie” is Boudleaux Bryant’s niece, also from Moultrie. It says she

Atop any list of the missing in became a doctor and moved to rock ’n’ roll action is half of The Michigan. Beatles. Next month will mark 50 Like many of the people who years since the Fab Four invaded sang their songs, the Bryants are America and performed on Ed long gone. One of the two RighSullivan’s really big show. Can teous Brothers. Johnny Cash and that be possible: a half-century of June Carter. Frank Zappa, Patsy The Beatles? Cline, John Denver. A big chunk As a kid, I learned of the group of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Half of the earlier than that, sometime in 1963 Mamas and both of the Papas. Glynn Moore on an evening television report by One third of Peter, Paul and Mary. CBS News. Not just Ricky Nelson but also the I remember their hair, their suits, their entire Nelson family: Ozzie, Harriet and drum kit. The band’s name didn’t stay with David. me, but when their first songs released in Elvis has left the building. this country went to the top of the charts, So many of the singers I grew up heartheir sound came back. ing on AM stations or my friends’ record My parents didn’t share my interest in players are gone. Some too early, some by accident, others from abusing their bodies, this new music – no more than they had the more still from the rigors of age – but all of Everly Brothers’ sound. I wasn’t allowed to grow long hair, and them are missed.

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my name tells him I am not committed. He says he’d be really hurt if I did it. I feel that retaining my name is the ultimate in female empowerment. The tradition of women changing their last name goes back to when we were treated as Abigail Van Buren property and not educated. What do you think I should do? — FEMALE FIRST, WIFE SECOND DEAR FEMALE FIRST: Women retain their maiden names for a variety of reasons: Many do it because they are established in their careers when they marry and feel a name change would be confusing. Others prefer to keep their personal and professional lives separate. This shouldn’t be a contest of wills, and you should not change your name to prove the depth of your commitment. Your boyfriend appears to be very traditional in his thinking. Stop for a moment and ask yourself what that would mean for your future if you marry him. Would he be willing to compromise if you offer to hyphenate your name with his? If he isn’t, and you feel giving up your name would make you feel like chattel, then perhaps you should look for a man whose beliefs are closer to your own. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order “How to Have a Lovely Wedding.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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Woman prefers solitary life, despite husband’s protests DEAR ABBY: My husband, “George,” and I have been married for 13 years. Last night he dropped a bombshell. He told me that while he loves me, he isn’t happy. He assured me he has no inclination to divorce me, but he pretty much laid the entire reason for his unhappiness at my feet. I don’t handle people well. I love George and our son, but I am most relaxed and comfortable when I’m by myself. I don’t neglect them. We do lots of stuff outside the house as a family. I have no close friends, and that’s how I prefer it. George’s complaint is that I keep him from having friends. I have never tried to stop him. In fact, I have encouraged him to cultivate friendships and hang out with “the guys,” join groups, etc. He says he can’t do that and leave me at home. I wouldn’t mind his going out, but it’s nerve-racking for me to go. Abby, in 13 years I don’t think I have ever looked George or my son in the eye. It’s not something I’m comfortable with. My husband knew how I was when he married me. What can I do? — OKLAHOMA LONER DEAR LONER: You need to find out why you are unable to look even the people closest to you in the eye. Eye contact is an important part of communication, and that you are unable to do it even with your child is of concern to me. There may be a psychological or neurological reason for it. While it’s fine for you to encourage your husband to socialize without you, it’s understandable that he would feel uncomfortable doing it all the time. He isn’t a bachelor. Couples usually socialize together, and the women often initiate the arranging. If the root of your problem is a social anxiety disorder, there is help available for it. Your doctor may be able to refer you to a specialist. For the sake of your marriage and your family, please don’t put it off.

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they were such a culture shock that I had nightmares in which The Beatles visited our house, only to have my mother drag out the clippers and shear their locks. After them, more British followed. Then American groups took up the beat. Even though these musicians and singers were decades ahead in experience and talent, they became like friends to us. The pioneers began falling almost as soon as rock was born. Buddy Holly, Rit chie Valens and the Big Bopper brought death home to us in a big way. John Lennon’s assassination shocked us. Now, as the years pass, every day the music dies a little bit.

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014:This year you often go back and forth from being serious to whimsical. People act as if they don’t know which facet of your personality they will encounter. Try to explain more of what you are thinking about. A partner and/or friends would appreciate the insight. If you are single, you will need a full year to determine whether the person you have met is the right one for you. If you are attached, the two of you have a more dynamic interaction than you have had in a while. Enjoy the excitement! AQUARIUS has interesting ideas about money and how to use it. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You could have an errand or two to complete before getting together with others for brunch. Note that you will have a tendency to go overboard, so a little self-discipline will go far. You might feel slightly off-kilter part of the afternoon. Tonight: Thoughts surround a close friend. This Week: You can’t control anyone but yourself. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Your creativity will come up with a solution to an issue that has been caused by sudden change. You might be gaining new insight about a loved one. Let this person be who he or she is. Tonight: Add more spice to your life. This Week: You enter the week in a playful mood, and you end it on a similar note. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH If you feel the need to stay close to home, do. Others might express their concern at your unusually low profile. You simply might need a break from the hectic pace. Indulge yourself. You will get a little time off before the pace picks back up. Tonight: Do not push. This Week: Tuesday and Wednesday you will feel appreciated, despite the uproar. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHYou will want to become more aware of a special person in your life. You might assume that you already know this person, but he or she seems to be changing right in front of you. You could be quite surprised by what you see. Tonight: Chat over dinner. This Week: Speak your mind, but don’t expect responses until Thursday. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Choose relaxing plans, as you are entering a very busy few weeks. You will want to have the energy to be receptive to others. You already might be getting a sense of what is about to happen. Tonight: Accept a dinner invitation. This Week: Gather information, and then share what you think. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) C

HHHH Share more of what is happening with someone you care about. This person might not be sure of his or her role in this situation, and you might not know, either. A discussion will help both of you figure out what to do. Tonight: Start thinking about tomorrow. This Week: You are on a roll Monday; use this day to the max. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You are likely to become even more serious than you have been as of late. A friend or new associate will be a breath of fresh air, as his or her presence will give you a break from your tasks. Use the morning to get some R and R. Tonight: Add mischief into the mix. Tonight: By midweek, you finally will get the audience you deserve. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You have a lot on your mind, and you’ll be determined to discuss what you are considering with several friends. They might not be as comfortable with your ideas as you are, so realize that their feedback could reflect that discomfort. Tonight: Happy to be home. This Week: Use Monday and Thursday for important matters. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Don’t allow a parent or older friend to push you too hard to join him or her today. You might have some very special plans with a loved one. Refuse to take away from this scheduled time together. A child could surprise you. Tonight: Let the good times roll. This Week: Take your responsibilities seriously; success will follow. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Reach out to someone whom you care about but often don’t visit. Arrange to Skype with each other, or make plans to visit soon. Even established friendships need nurturing. Be smart. Make time for this person. Tonight: Make it your treat. This Week: Read between the lines. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Enjoy going to brunch with a loved one.You might be startled by what someone around you does. Later, you will laugh about the incident. Communication needs to be spontaneous, no matter who you are speaking with. Tonight: You have a lot of energy. This Week: Intensity marks your interactions. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Call a friend you have not spoken with in some time. Your sense of humor will take the edge off if he or she makes a startling statement or judgment. You are more creative than you might believe. Listen to news that comes forward. Tonight: Let others wonder. This Week: Others are more receptive than you think.

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3-BEDROOMS 1-full, 2-half baths. $1,025. rent, 1,025. deposit. Cats accepted, No ASHA (907)335-1950

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3-PLEX 2-Bedroom, dishwasher, washer/dryer. $780 plus electric, deposit. No smoking & no pets. (907)252-1527.

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COLONIAL MANOR (907)262-5820 Large 2-Bedroom, Walk-in closet, carport, storage, central location. Onsite manager.

3-Bedroom, 2-Bath, 2-Car garage. In-slab radiant heat, Natural gas, energy efficient. $8,000. down. $1,350. per month. (907)262-0919

Manufactured Mobile Homes WINTER IN MESA ARIZONA. Why pay rent when you can own a 3-bedroom home in a 5 star gated retirement park. Priced to sell at $27,000. Includes major appliances, air conditioning & much more. For more information please call (505)321-3250

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TWO WEEKS RENT FREE! 3-Bedroom, 1-bath on Redoubt (Kenai). Cats Allowed. Non-Smoking. No ASHA. $916. plus electric. $916. Deposit. (907)335-1950

FURNISHED 1200sqft. 2-bedroom, 2-bath, amenities. Conveniently located in Soldotna. $1,125. monthly, utilities included. (907)262-4359 KENAI 1-Bedroom, furnished, heat, cable included. No pets. $675. month. (907)283-5203, (907)398-1642. KENAI Large 1-bedroom furnished, $550., plus utilities. No animals/ smoking. (907)776-5382

K-BEACH Large 2-bedroom, newly remodedled, utilities included. No pets. $875. (907)252-2579. KENAI 2-Bedroom, fireplace, newly remodeled, covered parking, heat included. No Pets/ Smoking. $830. or $850. plus tax. (206)909-6195 NEWLY REMODELED Brunswick Apts. 2-bedroom, storage, $630. Washer/dryer on premises. (907)262-7986. (907)252-9634. No AHFC. REDOUBT VIEW Soldotna’s best value! Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools. 1-Bedroom from $625. 2-Bedroom from $725. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825. No pets. (907)262-4359.

KENAI RIVER FRONT Fully furnished apartments All Utilities including internet and cable except electric. W/D on site 40 ft Fishing Dock No Pets, No Smoking. 3 Miles behind Fred Meyer 1 year lease 3-Bedroom, 2-bath $1,350 2-Bedroom, 2-bath Luxury apartment $2,000 2-Bedroom, 1-bath $1,800 (907)262-7430 Seasonal TOWNHOUSE Apartments On the River in Soldotna Fully furnished 1-bedroom, cable, WIFI, from $800. No smoking/ pets. (907)262-7835

Homes 1-BEDROOM Excellent location. Cable available. Immaculate. $825 plus utilities. (907)262-7881 1-BEDROOM On Kasilof River furnished, washer/dryer, new paint, carpet private. $900. includes utilities. (907)262-7405. 3-BEDROOM, 1-BATH quiet cul-de-sac in Kenai. No Smoking or Pets!! $1,100. plus utilities, $900.deposit. (907)394-1622.

Murwood K-Beach Ranch Updated K-Beach Ranch Nikiski Cabin Clam Gulch Cabin Spacious Soldotna Ranch Century21 Property Management (907)262-2522 NIKISKI New construction 3-bedroom, 2-bath, garage, completion expect Feb. 1, walking distance to Nikiski Rec. Center. $1,475. month, leave message. (907)776-3325 SOLDOTNA/ Endicott Executive home, River front, furnished 3-bedroom, 3-bath, appliances included, long term lease negotiable. (907)252-7110 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.

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Dogs AKC Brussels Griffon Puppies

Brussels Griffons (to breed) Are loved for their humanly expression and comical disposition. Also referred to as the monkey face breed. If your looking for your own "Ewok" you've come to the right place! Litter whelped October 29th, 2013. 2 Females available (1 black SOLD, 2 beige color Available )Rough coats meaning wiry fur and non shedding. AKC registered, parents both on site! Tails docked, declawed, to breed standard, and up to date on shots. This will be my female’s last litter as she is 5 years old and it's not healthy to breed past that age. This is her 4th litter. $1,000. each. For more information please call, text or e-mail me. Tyliencorlis@yahoo.com (907)953-9284. Thank you for your interest. Kind regards -Tylie

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Bids REQUEST FOR BIDS HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. LINE EXTENSION CLEARING - UNIT PRICED Homer Electric Association, Inc. (HEA) is seeking bids from qualified contractors to provide clearing and grubbing services on an 'as needed' basis in support of HEA's distribution line extension projects. Bids will be unit priced, based on the length of ROW to be cleared or cleared and grubbed. Services will be rendered within HEA right-of-ways on both public and private property. HEA will not be responsible for any costs incurred while developing a bid. To qualify, responders must as a minimum be licensed in the State of Alaska as a General Contractor, and provide certification of insurance as follows: • General (Public) Liability Insurance $2,000,000 • Auto Liability Insurance - $1,000,000 • Workers' Compensation / Employers' Liability Insurance To obtain a bid package contact Marti McCleery a t (9 0 7 ) 2 3 5 -3 3 3 2 o r b y e m a i l mmccleery@homerelectric.com Deadline for receipt of bids will be 3:00 p.m. Tuesday 28 January. PUBLISH: 1/10, 15, 19, 2014

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Foreclosures This document amends the Notice of Default recorded November 26, 2013, in the Kenai Recording District as Instrument Number 2013-011202-0 AMENDED NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE DEED OF TRUST FORECLOSURE STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC., under that certain Deed of Trust executed by MICHELLE L. TURINSKY, as Trustor, to STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC., Trustee, the BONNIE ADAMS KENNEDY, as Beneficiary, dated October 13, 2008, and recorded October 20, 2008, in the office of the Recorder for the Kenai Recording District, State of Alaska, at Serial Number 2008-010871-0, conveying the following described real property situated in the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Homer Recording District, and more particularly described as follows: Lots Forty-Four (44) and Forty-five (45), KENNEDY SUBDIVISION, 2007 ADDITION, according to Plat No. 2007-70, in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska which have physical addresses of: Lot 44 - 46435 Rawhide Court, Soldotna, Alaska 99669; Lot 45 - 36474 Skylark Lane, Soldotna, Alaska 99669; hereby gives notice that a breach of the obligations for which such Deed of Trust is security has occurred, that such breach consists of the failure of the above-named Trustor to satisfy a certain indebtedness, the payment of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, and that the principal amount of such indebtedness due and owing by said Trustor to said Beneficiary as of November 21, 2012, the last day of activity, is FORTY-TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS and 29/100THS ($42,766.29), plus accrued interest at the rate of NINE percent (9%) per annum plus costs, fees, and other charges incurred or advanced thereafter from and after November 21, 2012. The Trustee elects to sell the property and to apply the proceeds against the obligation. If the Default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the Deed of Trust, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if (1) payment of the sum then in default, other than the principal that would not then be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated above or to which the sale is postponed; and (2) when notice of default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same deed of trust and the default has been cured, the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. Notice is also hereby given that upon the demand of the Beneficiary, the Substitute Trustee hereby elects to sell the above-described property to satisfy all of the above-mentioned indebtedness owing to said Beneficiary, and together with all necessary costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, necessarily incurred. Said sale shall be held at public auction at the main front door of the State Court Building, located on 125 Trading Bay Drive, Kenai, Alaska, on the 6th day of March, 2014, at 11:00 o'clock a.m. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid without cash in an amount equal to the sale, including all sums expended by Beneficiary and Trustee under the Deed of Trust with interest thereon. STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC., Trustee, has appointed the law firm of Michael Hough, to institute and conduct the foreclosure of this Deed of Trust. Any inquiries should be directed to the law firm at 3733 Ben Walters Lane, Suite 2, Homer, AK 99603. DATED this 4th day of December 2013. STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC., Trustee By Shila Hough Title President PUBLISH: 1/5, 12, 19, 26, 2014

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All real estate advertising in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this publication are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Lead paint poisoning affects over one million children today. Learning disabilities, hearing loss, speech delays, violent behavior and, in rare cases, seizures and even death: these are just some of the effects lead paint poisoning has on young children. If your home was built before 1978, lead paint on your walls, doors, windows and sills may be dangerous. And it’s not just large paint chips that can cause damage. In fact, three granules of lead dust are enough to poison your child. Let’s make all kids leadfree kids. To learn more about the simple steps you can take to safeguard your family, log on to LEADFREEKIDS.org or call 800-424-LEAD.

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Figure skating is an awesome mix of art and athletics. It is one of the favorite events at the Winter Olympics. Ice skating in its many forms is fun for everyone. If you skate yourself, it is amazing to see the top skaters in the world performing. It is also cool to create your own skating performances just for fun. When people ice-skate in special patterns, or figures, it is called figure skating. With the 22nd Winter Olympic games coming up, The Mini Page talked with a choreographer for Olympic-level skaters, Lori Nichol, to find out more about the art of figure skating. A choreographer (KOR-eeAH-gruh-fer) is someone who creates the mix of steps and moves for a dance or skating performance.

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Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay compete in the pairs short program at the 2013 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Omaha, Neb.

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The music starts, and Ashley Wagner glides gracefully into her routine. Then she zigs, zags, jumps and spins like a human top in a dazzling demonstration of skill and balance. As the Winter Olympics in Sochi draw near, Wagner is a U.S. women’s figure skating star to watch. She has won two U.S. national championships (2012 and 2013), a Four Continent title (2012), and currently holds a No. 3 world ranking. Growing up in a military family, Wagner moved multiple times. But she found a permanent home on ice, where she began figure skating before starting to school. Fans can follow Wagner online (figureskatersonline.com/ashleywagner). And they can watch her jump and spin in Sochi — and maybe glide to the medal stand.

Special music

Most of the time, choreographers choose the music for a performance. Lori, a music researcher and the skater listen to different styles of music for many hours until they find just the right fit for the skater. In competitions, skaters are not allowed to use music with lyrics (LEAR-iks), or words. After the 2014 Olympics, this will change, and singles and pairs will be allowed to skate to music with lyrics. Ice dancers have been allowed to use music with words for years. A lot of thought goes into choosing the correct music. For example, some skaters skate too fast when they get nervous. The choreographer might choose a piece with a slower tempo, or speed. When the beats are further apart, the skater can relax and complete the routine. Other skaters slow down under pressure. They skate better with faster music.

When choosing music, choreographers look at the skater’s style, skills, body type and personality. For example, skating champion Michelle Kwan was 12 years old when she started working with Lori. The music needed to work for the young Michelle, but needed to be a good fit as she grew up, too. Lori wanted music that let Michelle be both powerful and feminine and helped her tell a story through her skating. Lori and the music researcher thought Michelle would be a good fit for music they loved. (The mixture was based on “Salome” by Richard Strauss.) About four years later, in 1996, Michelle’s skills and personality had become a good match for that music. That year, she won the World Michelle Kwan Championship.

Max Aaron competes in the 2013 Hilton Honors Skate America. Max is expected to be a 2014 Olympic contestant.

When creating art on ice, skaters need to be open to trying movements that might not be comfortable. “You have to play with new ideas about what the body can do and what would be great with music,” Lori said. When they’re learning a new program, most skaters feel freer dancing in private, Lori said. Once they’ve learned the choreography, however, “skaters can’t wait to get out there and perform in front of the world. “It is the most beautiful, fantastical feeling once you master it,” Lori said. Once you’ve conquered the program for the first time, “you want more and more and more.”

photo by Jay Adeff, courtesy U.S. Figure Skating

Preparing to perform

People from different cultures see beauty in different ways. Olympic judges are from all over the world. A Japanese judge has been raised to see what’s beautiful in different ways than a Russian, American or Canadian judge, for example. It is important that judges learn to appreciate what is beautiful in different styles. Skaters need to master the dance forms of different music. For instance, a Japanese dance style is much different than a Spanish flamenco dance. If a skater has a new vision for a familiar piece of music, he or she has to have the skills to show that vision to the judges and audience.

All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category? Sally: What is the hardest thing about speed skating? Steven: The ice! Stanley: What is another name for ice? Samantha: Skid stuff! Stewart: Why is it a bad idea to tell jokes while ice-skating? Shelly: You might make the ice crack up!

Skating iS a blaSt!

Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier skate in the pairs competition in the 2013 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

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Lynn Kriengkrairut and Logan GiuliettiSchmitt compete in the ice dancing competition in the 2013 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

“Skating is great exercise and tons of fun,” Lori said. “It can be fun to put on a piece of music and interpret it.” When Lori was young, her mom bought a record album with 100 classical hits. Lori would take it to the rink and skate to it even though she didn’t know how to do the movements. “I was living in the dance and creating the movement. It is about jumping high and spinning and moving the body in different ways. It can be so much fun with friends to practice with.”

Music of the world

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Evan Lysacek competes in his free skate at the 2010 U.S. Championships. Because of an injury, he will not compete in Sochi.

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choreographer. She has developed programs for eight Olympic medalists and 30 World Championship medalists. She lives in Toronto, Canada, where she works with skaters to develop their programs. She also travels to Europe and Asia, working with skaters during competitions and shows. She began skating when she was a little girl and competed until she was 19. She also took a lot of ballet and dance classes. She performed in a professional skating show for several years, and then began coaching and choreographing performances for other skaters. She began focusing solely on choreography when her kids were in school. Although she no longer skates competitively, she still loves it. “I’m 50, and I can’t wait to get to the rink and skate,” she said.

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You’ll need: photo by Jay Adeff, courtesy U.S. Figure Skating

Figure skaters are serious athletes. It takes years of hard work to become a top skater. The men are especially strong. “Can you imagine vaulting yourself into the air and rotating four times and then landing on a skinny little blade?” Lori said. “The first time they land this, you should see the joy. After hundreds of falls, they finally achieve this. It’s the best feeling.”

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Working for the dream

Top skating performances start with a dream, Lori said. “You have to work hard to achieve that dream. I remember dreaming about myself on the ice and skating. If you love it like that, you chase the dream and work as hard as you need to achieve it.”

Gracie Gold performs in the 2013 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She is expected to compete in the 2014 Olympics. Lori Nichol is one of her choreographers.

Ice dreams

In competitions, skaters must perform a certain set of movements. They need to perfect all the required moves for their routines. Skaters train for three to six hours every day. It is normal to fall in figure skating. When she was a little girl, a coach told Lori: “You aren’t improving unless you’re falling. When you try really hard, you’re going to fall.” Besides the actual skating training, skaters also study strength training, yoga, ballet, music and sports psychology.

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Behind the Candelabra ››› (2013, Docudrama) Michael Douglas, Matt Damon. World-famous pianist Liberace takes much-younger Scott Thorson as a lover, but the relationship deteriorates when Liberace takes other bedmates and Thorson becomes addicted to drugs. (2:00) ! HBO Wed. 6 p.m. The Best Man ››› (1999, ComedyDrama) Taye Diggs, Nia Long. A writer heads to New York to be best man at a friend’s wedding, where he meets up with an old flame. ‘R’ (2:00) 8 TMC Fri. 7 p.m. Blazing Saddles ››› (1974, Comedy) Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder. A black railroad worker is appointed sheriff of a town marked for destruction by a scheming politician. ‘R’ (1:33) (43) AMC Fri. 7 p.m. The Blind Side ››› (2009, Drama) Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw. A wellto-do white family takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the football field. ‘PG-13’ (2:08) (51) FAM Sun. 7 p.m. The Bourne Identity ››› (2002, Suspense) Matt Damon, Franka Potente. A woman helps an amnesiac, who has a dangerous past, to dodge assassins as he tries to learn about himself. ‘PG-13’ (1:59) (43) AMC Mon. 7 p.m., 9:31 p.m. The Bourne Legacy ››› (2012, Action) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz. The actions of Jason Bourne spell the possible end of secret intelligence programs, so a specially enhanced operative goes on

the run with a research scientist when it appears that their lives will become forfeit. ‘PG-13’ (2:15) ^ HBO2 Wed. 4:45 p.m.; Sat. 4:45 p.m. Bridesmaids ››› (2011, Comedy) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Though broke and lovelorn, a woman takes on the strange and expensive rituals associated with being her best friend’s maid of honor. ‘R’ (2:05) (10) NBC Sun. 7 p.m.

The Campaign ›› (2012, Comedy) Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis. ‘R’ (1:36) + MAX Mon. 8 p.m. Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering ›› (1996, Horror) Naomi Watts, William Windom. ‘R’ (1:25) 8 TMC Sat. 8 p.m. Child’s Play ›› (1988, Horror) Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon. ‘R’ (1:27) ^ HBO2 Sun. 11:25 p.m. The Chronicles of Riddick ›› (2004, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel, Colm Feore. ‘PG-13’ (1:59) ^ HBO2 Fri. 10:10 p.m. Clear History ›› (2013, Comedy) Larry David, Bill Hader. (1:40) ^ HBO2 Thu. 4:15 p.m. Cloverfield ››› (2008, Science Fiction) Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel. A video camera records the horrific events that unfold as a monstrous creature attacks New York, leaving death and destruction in its wake. ‘PG-13’ (1:25) (38) SPIKE Mon. 11:30 p.m. Cockneys vs Zombies ›› (2012, Comedy) Michelle Ryan, Georgia King. ‘NR’ (1:28) 8 TMC Tue. 10:10 p.m. Coming to America ››› (1988, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall. Pampered Prince Akeem of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick to find a true-love bride. ‘R’ (1:56) (38) SPIKE Thu. 10 p.m. Con Air ›› (1997, Action) Nicolas Cage, John Cusack. ‘R’ (1:55) ^ HBO2 Thu. 6 p.m. Crash ››› (2004, Drama) Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle. Racial tensions collide in a collection of intertwined stories involving residents of Los Angeles. ‘R’ (1:52) 8 TMC Mon. 5 p.m.

The Dark Knight Rises ››› (2012, Action) Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. Eight years after he took the blame for Harvey Dent’s death and vanished into the night, Batman is forced out of his self-imposed exile by a cunning cat burglar and a merciless terrorist called Bane. ‘PG-13’ (2:45) + MAX Tue. 6:15 p.m. Dark Shadows ›› (2012, Comedy) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer. ‘PG-13’ (1:52) + MAX Wed. 9 p.m. The Day After Tomorrow ›› (2004, Action) Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal. ‘PG-13’ (2:03) (38) SPIKE Sun. 7 p.m.; Mon. 6 p.m. Dead Poets Society ››› (1989, Drama) Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard. A teacher at a New England prep school uses unconventional methods to instill spirit into the lives of his students. ‘PG’ (2:08) 5 SHOW Thu. 4:45 p.m. Die Hard ››› (1988, Action) Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman. A New York policeman outwits foreign thugs holding his wife and others in a Los Angeles highrise. ‘R’ (2:11) (43) AMC Wed. 10 p.m. Die Hard 2 ››› (1990, Action) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia. The sequel’s police hero spots military terrorists while waiting for his wife at a Washington, D.C., airport. ‘R’ (2:04) (43) AMC Wed. 4:30 p.m. Die Hard With a Vengeance ››› (1995, Action) Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons. Suspended from the police force, John McClane enlists a Harlem shopkeeper to help stop a terrorist bomber. ‘R’ (2:08) (43) AMC Thu. 10:01 p.m. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ››› (2004, Comedy) Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor. The owner of a gym and an overbearing entrepreneur form dodgeball teams to compete for $50,000 in Las Vegas. ‘PG-13’ (1:32) ^ HBO2 Sun. 9:50 p.m.; Thu. 10:10 p.m. Dreamgirls ››› (2006, Musical) Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles. After an ambitious manager gives them a shot at stardom, three singers learn that fame can carry a high personal cost. ‘PG-13’ (2:11) (31) TNT Sun. 4:15 p.m. The Dukes of Hazzard ›› (2005, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott. ‘PG-13’ (1:45) (81) COM Sat. 4 p.m.

Elizabeth ››› (1998, Historical Drama) Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush. After succeeding her sister Mary to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth I rules Britain for more than 40 years. ‘R’ (2:01) 8 TMC Wed. 7 p.m.

Fish Tank ››› (2009, Drama) Michael Fassbender, Katie Jarvis. Life changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mother brings home a new boyfriend. ‘NR’ (2:04) 5 SHOW Fri. 4:55 p.m. Flushed Away ››› (2006, Comedy) Voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet. Animated. After an ignoble landing in Ratropolis, a pampered rodent enlists the help of a sewer scavenger in finding his way back to his posh London flat. ‘PG’ (1:25) (3) ABC Sat. 7 p.m.

The Game ››› (1997, Suspense) Michael Douglas, Sean Penn. A control freak’s disreputable brother introduces him to a mysterious game that invades his ordered existence. ‘R’ (2:08) ^ HBO2 Fri. 5:45 p.m.

H Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ››› (2011, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. As his showdown with Lord Voldemort nears, Harry may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. ‘PG-13’ (2:11) (51) FAM Sat. 7 p.m., 10 p.m. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ››› (2005, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. Signs of Voldemort’s return emerge as Harry’s friends help him prepare for a tournament with Europe’s best student wizards. ‘PG-13’ (2:37) (51) FAM Thu. 6:30 p.m. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ››› (2007, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. When a new professor’s bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against the dark arts. ‘PG-13’ (2:18) (51) FAM Fri. 7 p.m. The Help ››› (2011, Drama) Viola Davis, Emma Stone. Determined to become a writer, a 1960s Mississippi

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In the Name of the Father ››› (1993, Docudrama) Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite. An Irishman and his father share a British prison cell for a 1974 bombing they did not commit. ‘R’ (2:12) 8 TMC Thu. 5:40 p.m. The Iron Lady ›› (2011, Biography) Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent. ‘PG-13’ (1:45) 8 TMC Wed. 9:05 p.m.

Jack the Giant Slayer ›› (2013, Fantasy) Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson. ‘PG-13’ (1:53) ^ HBO2 Tue. 7 p.m. Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret ›› (2013, Docudrama) Tania Raymonde, Jesse Lee Soffer. ‘NR’ (1:30) (23) LIFE Sat. 5 p.m.

Killing Them Softly ››› (2012, Crime Drama) Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy. After a rival crook hires a pair of bumbling thieves to rob their card game, mobsters hire a reluctant hit man to settle the score. ‘R’ (1:37) 5 SHOW Thu. 8:05 p.m.

Lawless ›› (2012, Crime Drama) Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy. ‘R’ (1:55) 5 SHOW Fri. 8 p.m. Life as We Know It ›› (2010, Romance-Comedy) Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel. ‘PG-13’ (1:53) (31) TNT Sat. 4:30 p.m.

leads a team of explorers to deep space, where they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. ‘R’ (2:03) + MAX Sat. 5:50 p.m.

Mama ›› (2013, Horror) Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. ‘PG-13’ (1:40) + MAX Thu. 9 p.m. Man on a Ledge ›› (2012, Suspense) Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks. ‘PG-13’ (1:42) 8 TMC Sun. 7 p.m.; Sat. 4:35 p.m. The Mask of Zorro ››› (1998, Adventure) Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins. The fabled avenger trains an uncouth protege to drive a Spanish tyrant out of California once and for all. ‘PG-13’ (2:16) (8) WGN-A Sun. 4 p.m. Miss Congeniality ›› (2000, Comedy) Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine. ‘PG-13’ (1:51) (51) FAM Sun. 5 p.m. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous ›› (2005, Comedy) Sandra Bullock, Regina King. ‘PG-13’ (1:55) + MAX Sun. 5 p.m. Mission: Impossible ›› (1996, Action) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight. ‘PG-13’ (1:50) ! HBO Mon. 6 p.m. Mission: Impossible III ››› (2006, Action) Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Now a trainer for IMF recruits, agent Ethan Hunt squares off against the toughest foe he has ever faced: a ruthless arms and information broker. ‘PG-13’ (2:06) (43) AMC Tue. 7 p.m., 10:01 p.m.

Nurse Betty ››› (2000, Comedy) Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger. After seeing her no-good husband killed by hit men, a woman thinks she is a nurse who must find her lover, a soap-opera doctor. ‘R’ (1:48) 8 TMC Fri. 9:05 p.m.

Oblivion ›› (2013, Science Fiction) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman. ‘PG-13’ (2:05) ! HBO Mon. 8 p.m. ^ HBO2 Fri. 8 p.m. Outlander ›› (2008, Action) James Caviezel, Ron Perlman. ‘R’ (1:55) (82) SYFY Sat. 10 p.m.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist ›› (2012, Drama) Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber. ‘R’ (2:08) 8 TMC Thu. 8 p.m. The Rock ››› (1996, Action) Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage. A scientist and a British spy who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads. ‘R’ (2:16) (43) AMC Wed. 7 p.m.; Thu. 4 p.m.

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Role Models ››› (2008, Comedy) Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. Forced to join a mentorship program, two irresponsible men must help a pair of impressionable boys navigate the troubled waters of youth. ‘NR’ (1:41) (81) COM Sat. 6 p.m., 10 p.m. The Rundown ››› (2003, Adventure) The Rock, Seann William Scott. Before his retirement, a bounty hunter must locate his boss’ son, who is searching for a priceless artifact in the Amazon. ‘PG-13’ (1:44) 8 TMC Sun. 9 p.m.

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