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MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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Assembly to look at dispatch center staffing

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In the news State population grows to more than 736,000

JUNEAU — Alaska gained more than 26,000 residents between April 2010 and July 2013, bringing the total population to roughly 736,400. Estimates from the state labor department show 26 of Alaska’s 29 boroughs and census areas grew. State demographer Eddie Hunsinger says notable among the statistics was the municipality of Anchorage topping 300,000 residents. Anchorage also saw the largest population growth, adding more than 9,300 people. That was followed by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Fairbanks North Star Borough, City and Borough of Juneau and Kenai Peninsula Borough. Among the areas that lost residents, the Bristol Bay Borough lost the most, more than 60 residents. The City and Borough of Yakutat lost 40 and the Denali Borough, just over 30. The department says Alaska’s overall growth outpaced that of the U.S. as a whole. — The Associated Press

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Check out the Soldotna Library At least 200 people crowded into the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library Saturday for the institution’s official opening ceremony in Soldotna.

Kenai passes nine BOF proposals BY DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai City Council passed nine resolutions from the Board of Fish Proposals at their Jan. 15 meeting, showing its dedication to the consideration of fish issues in the community. Following a Jan. 8 work session to review the more than 300 proposals from the 2014 Board of Fish, the council came

to a consensus on a list of proposals affecting residents of the City of Kenai. The Board of Fish meets Jan. 31 in Anchorage to discuss the Upper Cook Inlet Finfish. Among the nine resolutions, the City of Kenai opposed proposals 289, 103 and 138, while supported proposals 201, 229, 238, 270 and 286. Council member Tim Navarre voted no on all but three of the proposals. He said he did

not feel comfortable with the process of rushing to a decision without getting more information from the writer of each proposal. “It is a bad practice to vote without getting all the needed information,” Navarre said. “It could come back to bite you.” Proposal 289 would require that fish waste from the personal use fishery be ground up to three-quarters of an inch. Kenai Mayor Pat Porter said while she

could see why this would be a benefit, the concerns of cost and obligation to the city would outweigh the good. “While this utopian idea might sound good, the reality is it would most likely result in yet another burden from the state fishery for the city to fund and regulate, the resources for which are not available,” Porter said in a memorandum to the city council. See KENAI, page A-10

At its Tuesday night meeting, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will hold a public hearing concerning staffing changes at the Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center. Ordinance 2013-19-25, introduced at the Jan. 7 meeting, essentially calls for upgrading a dispatch position, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre said. If the assembly passes the ordinance, dispatch position will be eliminated and a borough shift supervisor position will be created. The reasons for the ordinance stem from the state’s previous commitment to fill two shift supervisor positions, but it has failed to fill one of those slot since March 2012. The proposed staffing change is necessary to ensure public safety needs are met, according to the ordinance. Navarre said vacancies in the state’s staffing have required borough employees to work overtime to fill the void. However, he said the overtime issue isn’t entirely the state’s fault. “Sometimes … when a position became vacant on the borough side, the state position would get hired by the borough and leave a vacant position on the state side,” Navarre said. “The result was that over time there was some real probSee 911, page A-10

Juneau transitional housing to open in March By KATIE MORITZ Morris News Service-Alaska Juneau Empire

JUNEAU — Juneauite Kara Nelson went through a lot after prison. Having spent almost three years in Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River for drug offenses, she’s well acquainted with the feelings of remorse, guilt and worthlessness — accompanied by mountains of paperwork —

that await on the other side of a stint in the system. “It’s not even just society stigmatizing you as a felon — it’s yourself,” Nelson said. She was released in 2008 and relocated to Juneau to meet up with her family, who had moved from Ketchikan. And since 2010, she’s made it her goal to make sure every woman coming out of Alaska’s prison system has a second chance at a successful life — just like she

had. “There are so many pieces to put together,” Nelson said. “That’s what I love about Haven House. Ah, I love it. I love sharing my freedom with others.” Haven House Juneau is a faith-based nonprofit established in 2010 and co-directed by Nelson and Anne Flaherty. The organization’s goal is to provide transitional housing for women on the other side of

Alaska’s prison system. “We’re there to give hope to women and give them a chance to change their lives,” board President June Degnan said. The organization — led by a board of nine — had the enthusiasm, the research and the backers. But they were missing one thing: a house. That is, until Christmas when Nelson got the news that an anonymous donor had committed to purchasing a $380,000,

six-bedroom Mendenhall Valley home for the organization. Haven House had had its sights set on it for months. “It was like a Christmas present,” Nelson said. Nelson and Degnan received the keys to the house Monday afternoon. The two-level home has a covered deck, multiple fire places, large, open community spaces and many rooms, which will house up to nine See HOUSE, page A-10

Flu cases spike in Alaska; Number of Alutiiq speakers on the rise season hasn’t peaked ANCHORAGE (AP) — Cases of the flu spiked in Alaska at the end of December and into January with the state-recorded count triple the number at the beginning of the season, officials said. Despite the spike, health officials don’t think the season has peaked and are encouraging all people to get vaccinated. “We haven’t peaked, we don’t think,” Donna Fearey, state nurse epidemiologist, told the Anchorage Daily News. “We expect to see further increase in activity.” More than 680 Alaskans have been reported to have the flu since the infection popped

up, like clockwork, in October. Alaska is one of at least 35 states where widespread flu activity is reported, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. This year the virulent H1N1 strain, or so-called swine flu, re-emerged as the culprit behind most flu cases nationwide. The two adult Alaskans who died from the flu at the end of December both had H1N1, state health officials said. H1N1 puts a younger spin on flu, infecting mostly the young and middle-aged. Unlike in the 2009 pandemic, this season’s flu vaccine does cover the strain.

“The scary thing about the flu is it’s the young, healthy athlete that can also get sick,” said Dr. Mary Ann Foland of Primary Care Associates, a family medicine group with associated urgent care clinics. Foland said she has seen a lull in flu cases over the past week and a peak back in midDecember. If the season’s flu behaves as it has in the past, she expects a second boost in February or April. People can suffer achy muscles, high fever and difficulty breathing for up to seven days, she said. Foland said she’s even seen some vaccinated patients infected See FLU, page A-10 C

KODIAK (AP)— A revitalization project to increase the number of Alutiiq speakers in Kodiak is seeing dividends. Alutiiq Museum executive director Alisa Drabek says there are now 33 elders who speak Alutiiq as a first language and up to 13 who speak it as a second language, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported. “We’re not growing as many young fluent speakers, babies and elementary students, yet, but we are growing the next teachers,” Drabek said. “We’re progressing.” Alutiiq was spoken for centuries in the Kodiak area until its decline began after Western contact. Drabek presented her findings recently during a meeting

to plan the next several years of Alutiiq language development. About 35 people attended, including eight town elders and others participating by teleconference from Anchorage. Part of the agenda was discussing future projects and goals. “I think it was a very positive planning session with a lot of great ideas and some of the challenges and growing pains,” Drabek said. “It’s wonderful to look at how far we’ve come in three years.” Among five objectives outlined were fluency acquisition, education, outreach and public awareness, targeted educational materials, strengthening the language movement for See ALUTIIQ, page A-10

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Boeing, Etihad and others to develop aviation biofuels The Associated Press

Aircraft maker Boeing Co., Etihad Airways, the oil company Total and others say they will work together on a program to develop an aviation biofuel industry in the United Arab Emirates. Boeing says in a news release Sunday that the program

will involve research and development and investments in production of fuels derived from plants that can power aircraft. Etihad is based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The other participants are Takreer, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., and the Masdar

Institute of Science and Technology, located in Abu Dhabi. Boeing says Etihad ran a 45-minute demonstration flight Saturday in a Boeing 777 partially powered by aviation biofuel produced in the UAE. Boeing also has aviation biofuels programs with U.S. and other airlines.

Above-average temps persist in parts of Alaska ANCHORAGE (AP) — Forecasters say much of the Alaska mainland will continue to see above-average temperatures through next week. The National Weather Service said Sunday that highs in the Anchorage area could potentially reach the mid-40s later in the week. The Anchorage Daily News reports that

2014 hasn’t brought the frequent cold outbreaks that typically filter down from the high Arctic in the winter. Forecasters say the region is in an unusual pattern that is bringing weather from the south. The Weather Service says there will likely be more rainfall in the coming week for coastal areas. Typical mid-January temperatures in the Anchorage area would have highs in the 20s.

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Peninsula Clarion, Monday, January 20, 2014

Community Calendar Today Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 6 p.m. • La Leche League of Soldotna and Kenai. Call 260-6141. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Middle of the Road” at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Leno’s final week By BETH HARRIS Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. — Jay Leno will close out his 22-year run as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” with a nod to the future and to the past. His heir apparent, Jimmy Fallon, will kick off Leno’s final week with a guest appearance on Feb. 3. Fallon is taking over the gig after hosting NBC’s “Late Night” since 2009. Leno’s final night, on Feb. 6, will feature Billy Crystal, who was Leno’s first guest in May 1992 when he succeeded Johnny Carson. Country superstar Garth Brooks will also appear. Leno’s last week will also include Betty White, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, country singer Blake Shelton, musician Lyle Lovett and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. Fallon starts his run on Feb. 17 during the second week of the network’s Olympics coverage. As a result, the “Tonight

Show” will air at midnight following the nightly games coverage from Sochi, Russia. On Feb. 24, the show will revert to its regular 11:35 p.m. slot. Leno left the show in 2009 to host a prime time talk show, with Conan O’Brien replacing him on “Tonight.” After six months of poor ratings for both men, O’Brien was out at “Tonight” and Leno returned to his old gig. NBC Entertainment president Robert Greenblatt is hoping to continue the network’s relationship with Leno after he leaves late night. “I would love him to do specials with us, and we’ve got ideas about other sorts of shows he can host,” Greenblatt said Sunday at the Television Critics Association meeting. “As he told me recently, NBC has really been his only home.” He said Leno didn’t want to discuss his future until he finished his final week.

Around the Peninsula Kenai Peninsula College closed for Alaska Civil Rights Day 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.

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Funny River Road, across from the Soldotna airport for a discussion on coping with feelings, of guilt or loss of a dream, for your child with special needs. ALearn how to make “Time Out” bottles to help your child focus and calm down. All are welcome, come and get acquainted with parents just like you. Contact Peggy Larson 260-3621 for more information.

Southern Peninsula Parks board to meet

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 Nikiski pool, rec center closed for holiday Traditional Council offices located at 15995 Sterling Highway. The Nikiski Pool and the Nikiski Community Recreation The public is welcome to attend. For more information call the Center will be closed Monday in observance of the Martin Lu- Kenai Area State Parks office at 907-262-5581. ther King holiday. For more information call 776-8800. Cribbage tournament set to start The Soldotna Lions 20th annual Kenai Peninsula Cribbage Tournament kicks off at 3 p.m. Jan. 25. Cribbage continues every Saturday at 3 p.m. through May 3 at the American Legion Post 20, 902 Cook Street in Kenai. The public is invited to participate. The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee For more information, call Ray at 776-5688 or Bob at 776-5339. 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 Super drawing under way proposals included in Group 6 as follows: Drift Gillnet Fishing Country Foods, located at 140 South Willow in Kenai, is Management Plan Proposals 138 – 147; Fishing Periods and having a Super Bowl TV giveaway. Visit the store to enter a Permit Stacking proposals 122 and 127; Pink Salmon Manage- drawing for a 42-inch flatscreen TV. The drawing will be at 1 ment Plan proposals 173 – 180; and Coho salmon proposals p.m. Jan. 31; need not be present to win. 107-110; 116-117, 119-120, 131-132, 248, 263-265, 319-320. The committee will meet Wednesday at the Soldotna Sports Center at 6:30 p.m. to prepare comments on sport fishing pro- Take-a-Break beats the winter blues posals. Peninsula Take-a-Break’s annual Cabin Fever Craft ExtravaFor more information contact Bob Ermold at 398-9544. ganza 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 AmVets meets Tuesday and coffee will be served. For further information, please call AmVets Post 4, AmVets Auxiliary and the Sons of Amvets Linda at 262-4996 or Deanna at 398-6301. meet Tuesday evening at Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center on Kalifornsky Beach Road. The ladies meet at 6:30 and the men Sterling Community Center offers activities meet at 7:00. For more information call 262-3540. The Sterling Community Center now offers Co-ed Basketball on Sundays, 6-8 p.m., and Competitive-style Volleyball on Children with special needs parent support Mondays, 7-9 p.m. for high school age and adults. The center group to meet is located next to Sterling Elementary School.For more info, A support group for parents of children with special needs call 262-7224, www.sterlingcommunityclub.com, or facebook will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Kenai River Center on Sterling Community Center.

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‘Ride Along’ new No.1 at box office By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES — “Ride Along” arrived in first place at the weekend box office. The Universal buddy cop comedy featuring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube debuted with $41.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The strong opening for “Ride Along” marks the biggest debut for a film released during Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend and puts it on track to top the $40.1 million record set by the 2008 monster movie “Cloverfield” for the biggest opening of January. “It certainly appears with business at this level and with a CinemaScore of A and our exit polls supporting that, it’s safe to say we’ll break a few records,” said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal. “Ride Along” is the first starring role for Hart, whose boxoffice status has been on the rise since the success of his 2013 stand-up film “Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain” and memorable stints in such movies as “Think Like a Man,” ‘’This Is the End” and “Grudge Match.” “He’s everywhere it seems,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “I know he was co-starring with Ice Cube in ‘Ride Along,’ but this really was marketed as a Kevin Hart

movie. There’s no question he’s a movie star now who doesn’t require any qualifications before his name.” In second place, Universal’s Navy SEAL drama “Lone Survivor” starring Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster earned $23.2 million in its second weekend in wide release, bringing its domestic total to $74 million. Open Road Films’ animated film “The Nut Job” featuring the voices of Will Arnett and Brendan Fraser opened in third place with $20.6 million. The weekend’s other major new releases, Paramount’s spy series reboot “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” and the Fox horror flick “Devil’s Due,” respectively opened in fourth and seventh place. “Jack Ryan,” which stars Chris Pine in the titular role, debuted with a disappointing $17.2 million. The film directed by and also featuring Kenneth Branagh performed better overseas, where it nabbed $22.2 million in 29 international markets.

‘It certainly appears with business at this level and with a CinemaScore of A and our exit polls supporting that, it’s safe to say we’ll break a few records.’ — Nikki Rocco, Universal “Devil’s Due” featuring Zach Gilford and Allison Miller as parents expecting their first child amid spooky occurrences birthed $8.5 million in its opening weekend. Several films nominated for Academy Awards last week received a bump at the North American box office following their nods on Thursday, including “American Hustle” in sixth place with $10.6 million, “August: Osage County” in eighth place with $7.6 million and “The Wolf of Wall Street” in ninth place with $7.5 million. “The Wolf of Wall Street” also scored $27 million in 19 international territories.

The best picture contenders “Gravity,” ‘’Captain Phillips,” ‘’12 Years a Slave” and “Dallas Buyers Club” were all rereleased in theaters this weekend following their Oscar nominations. “Gravity” is up with “American Hustle” for the most trophies with 10 nominations each at the 86th annual ceremony set for March 2. “The Oscars definitely have an impact on studios’ decisionmaking process,” said Dergarabedian. “These are movies that would normally be played out, finished, pretty much done in terms of box office, and now they’re getting a completely new lease on life.”

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Change could benefit consumers A change in circumstances sometimes

necessitates a change in practice. That is the case with the crude oil export ban of 1975. Congress approved the ban following the Arab oil embargo against the United States, but crude production in the U.S. has soared in recent years because of activity in the Lower 48. In fact, production has risen so much that the nation’s refineries may run out of capacity to process it. When that happens, the export ban would prevent that oil from being sold to other nations, except in narrow circumstances — primarily to Canada — as allowed by the Department of Commerce. The relevance of the 40-year-old ban in today’s energy world needs to be reviewed. Should it be scrapped? Should it be modified? The public and the nation’s political leaders, including President Obama, should be open to a review. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the leading Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, last week made a forceful case for lifting the ban. The senator spoke Tuesday at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization in Washington. “I am calling for ending the prohibition on crude-oil and condensate exports,” she said. “The current system is inefficient and may lead to supply disruptions that we can ill afford.” Her remarks were accompanied by a white paper, which she produced with her staff, that makes a strong argument for lifting the ban. Sen. Murkowski and others, including a few Senate Democrats, argue that increasing production by lifting the export ban would force down the international benchmark oil price by putting more oil on the market, thereby lowering the price of gasoline. Keeping the ban in place, the document says, may actually “increase prices, create market distortions, lead to the misallocation of capital, and have a deleterious impact on job creation.” And on the point about oil producers eventually having nowhere to take their oil when refineries reach capacity, the document argues that prices and U.S. reliance on oil imports could increase. It says the International Energy Agency warns that “not lifting the ban will create a glut in North America and threaten production.” This isn’t about benefiting Alaska oil production. Congress lifted the ban on the export of Alaska North Slope crude in 1995. That move, supported by President Clinton, was seen as bringing in $180 million annually in additional federal tax revenue, raising oil production and increasing the number of oil industry jobs. Alaska exported 95.5 million barrels of crude from 1996 to 2004 but hasn’t exported any since then, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Most North Slope oil nowadays is sent to refineries in California, Hawaii and Washington, with some of it also processed here in Alaska. No, this is an issue about benefiting U.S. consumers and trying to ensure that the United States remains a key player in an energy-hungry world in which other nations are going to get their energy from somewhere else if not from the U.S. Messing with the export ban is politically risky, however, since opponents of elected officials will almost certainly claim that removing or changing the ban will raise gasoline prices rather than lower them. It’s a sure-fire way to win points in an election year in which the nation is still trying to recover from a deep recession. The ban can be lifted simply by presidential order. Failing that, it can be done by Congress, and that’s what Sen. Murkowski said she intends to pursue if President Obama doesn’t act. Changing or eliminating the export ban would be a major development. But it’s time to take a serious look. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jan. 11

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

The media’s gleeful Christie pile-on

Memo to Chris Christie: They hate you. If you don’t know who “they” are, you haven’t been watching the news or reading the papers. Usually, it takes winning the GOP presidential nomination for a Republican media darling to experience such an onslaught of gleefully negative press coverage. John McCain was the straight-talking maverick right up until the moment he effectively clinched the nomination in 2008 — immediately triggering a thinly sourced New York Times report insinuating an affair with a lobbyist. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has gotten his disillusioning out of the way early, if he needed it. An occupational hazard of a certain kind of Republican is wanting to be loved by the wrong people. If the past week hasn’t cured Christie of that tendency, nothing will. This is not to say that “Bridgegate” is, to use the left’s favorite term for any Obamaadministration scandal, “a faux scandal.” The abuse of power it involves is genuinely outrageous and, since Christie is a prominent potential presidential candidate, one that legitimately deserves national attention. But it isn’t Watergate or the Lewinsky affair. Christie is governor, not president, of New Jersey. At least the episode has given MSNBC a second purpose in its broadcast life. In addition to calling people racist, it now exists to obsess over Bridgegate. Chris Hayes had an hourlong 11 p.m. special the other night. Perhaps Bridgegate, just as the Iran hostage crisis spawned the

late-night news show “Nightline,” will spin off a new late-night MSNBC program devoted to investing inordinate emotional and intellectual energy in traffic-related political scandals. In their Bridge- Rich Lowry gate analysis, Rachel Maddow and her fellow MSNBC-er Steve Kornacki have concluded that Christie aides may have sought to bring a $1 billion development abutting the George Washington Bridge to a halt with a couple of rows of traffic cones. Hey, stranger things have happened, and we still don’t know the exact motivation behind the bogus traffic study. But so far, Maddow and Kornacki have failed to meet the most basic evidentiary standard of, you know, marshaling some evidence. They could just as easily speculate that Team Christie hoped to poison the entire population of Fort Lee with the fumes of idling cars. In a similarly breathless spirit, pundits have been declaring Christie’s presidential hopes over. They are following the lead of the New York Daily News, which judiciously declared “Fat Chance Now, Chris.” Bridgegate inarguably hurts Christie. It blunts the momentum from his crushing reelection victory. It opens him up to intense investigative scrutiny. It makes his political persona problematic — it will now be harder for him to strike back against heck-

lers in classic Christie style without validating the “bully” charge. But over? Assuming Christie isn’t exposed as a liar, that’s silly. If the Fort Lee caucuses were a key event in the Republican nomination fight and took place next month, the governor might have an insuperable problem. Fortunately for Christie, Manchester, N.H., is a couple of hundred miles away, and the First in the Nation primary won’t be held for two years. The idea that Christie is over depends on people caring about the scandal more rather than less over time, and core Republican voters nationally caring more about it than random people in New Jersey. The new Quinnipiac poll of New Jersey voters shows Christie getting one of his lowest “bully” scores since the publicopinion outfit started asking the question about him in 2010. By 54-40, more people consider him a leader than think him a bully. Although the governor’s approval rating is down to 55 percent from 68 percent last July, 67 percent think he can work with Democrats in the Legislature, and 55 percent believe he cares about ordinary people. These aren’t the ratings of a dead man walking. But that’s not going to stop some of Christie’s erstwhile friends from merrily burying him alive and dancing a jig on his premature grave. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Kenai River king salmon face long odds The Kenai king controversy has connected some dots for me. I was born in Alaska in 1950 and raised on the banks of the Kenai River. I have collected empirical data (“a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation”) with regard to Kenai kings and the Kenai River for 63 years. I have witnessed the changes; the tendency over the past 40 years towards overuse, overharvest, and in-river habitat destruction. There have been all kinds of warning signals for many years that the Kenai king (and more importantly, the in-river habitat) is in distress, but the Board of Fisheries has not looked at the big picture, preferring instead to tinker with “small ball” actions such as slot limits or the use of barbless hooks or escapement goals. The fact that Kenai kings for 40 years have been not only interrupted but aggravated on their in-river spawning habitat by up to 600 boats per day seems to be of little concern to the regulators. There is no sanctuary for spawners! Why would it be a mystery that Kenai kings are in trouble? The serious erosion of the river bank caused by large boats throwing off wakes all summer long has received little discussion. The riverbanks are a critical part of fish habitat. In my lifetime I have observed the slow motion destruction of the riverbanks. Where there once were continuous mats of grass, alders, and vegetation, there are now major gaps where cobble exists and the finer particulates have been washed away by boat wakes. In the area of the river that I haunted as a youngster, I estimate that 30 – 40 percent of the original riverbank is now gone. Yes, this is empirical data. I am unaware of a scientific study that verifies this, but you need only look at other river systems in Alaska (the upper Kasilof, for instance) to develop a comparison to the destruction that has occurred on the Kenai. While connecting the management dots, take a look at razor clam populations on the East side of Cook Inlet. This was once a vibrant and productive area, as any “old timer” would attest to. Today, the clams are few and small. The cause? (from my C

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P eninsula Frank M ullen empirical notebook) In a word, overharvest. For 40 years ADF&G and the Board of Fish maintained bag limits that were too generous and not sustainable. For 40 years, every series of low tides between April and September brought many thousands of diggers to these clam beaches. We heard occasional assurances from the “clam scientists” that all was well, or that a winter storm was the problem. The real problem: clams were harvested at a rate that was not sustainable. They were unable to reproduce at a rate that would provide for return to abundance. The Board of Fisheries took no corrective action until recent years, and now it may be too little too late. With no adequate science, the short term interests of the harvester took precedence over any thought of maintaining a sustainable clam population. We have reached such a point of decline due to inadequate management that, until we begin acting and legislating for the benefit of a particular species and its habitat rather than merely slowing its’ decline, its eventual demise becomes a probability. Most species require a minimum biomass in order to remain healthy and dodge the occasional curveball from mother nature. Consider herring in Prince William Sound. The Exxon Valdez oil spill knocked them for such a loop that they still have not recovered. Seemingly, since no one knows what that tipping point is, fish and game managers should always err on the side of the species in question. As a general empirical statement, the Board of Fish has made decisions over the years based not on good science or conservative intent, but based on politics and constituent pressure. The hatchet job done by a sport fish group

on a sitting board of fish member who was reappointed last year is example enough about how “the political game” is played. Hundreds of examples of mismanagement over time exist, and it is unfortunate that those examples go unheeded by our resource managers. Both coasts of the United States illustrate examples of deficient or nonexistent management. Fish species that once were prolific are now nonexistent or endangered. It could be argued that people a hundred years ago were unaware of the negative consequences of overharvest, habitat destruction, and lack of sound management, but that is not an excuse today. In the case of the Kenai king, the inriver habitat went from pristine in the mid 1970’s to adversely impacted today. I watched it happen. The massive numbers of boats (up to 600 per day), gear, and fishing pressure has virtually eliminated any possible sanctuary for a spawning king. Yes, offshore trawlers catch Kenai kings. Yes, setnetters and other commercial fishermen intercept a few Kenai kings, but not to a degree that explains the dramatic failure of the early run of kings in the Kenai which has not had any commercial fishing pressure for more than 50 years. Since it took 40 years to bring the in-river habitat to its’ current disarray, will it take 40 years to repair it? Maybe not, if fisheries managers are bold and decisive with rulemaking that includes drift only fishing and sanctuaries for spawning kings. Many of the errors of the past may be too late to correct. Let’s make sure it is not too late for the Kenai king salmon, which will undoubtedly be gone soon if the in-river riparian habitat is not protected and corrected. The Board of Fisheries must not gamble on the future, but take decisive action to improve the in river spawning habitat. Frank Mullen was born on a homestead on the banks of the Kenai River and is the son of one of Soldotna’s first families. Mullen has been a sport and commercial fisherman all his life, a businessman, and served on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly for three terms.

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Court reports The following judgment was recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n James Erik Dorsey, 33, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence, committed July 20. He was sentenced to three years in prison, fined $10,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge, had his license revoked for life, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, forfeited marijuana and pipe and ordered not to operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning, monitored and maintained ignition interlock device as determined by law, beginning on the date he regains the privilege, including any limited privilege, to drive or the effective date, whichever is later. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Russell E. Wilson, Jr., 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed April 1. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison with 51 months suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. The following charges were recently dismissed in District Court in Kenai:

n Charges of one count of fourth-degree assault and one count of interfering with a domestic violence report against John S. Clark, 32, address unknown, were dismissed. Date of the charges was Feb. 20. n A charge of violating a protective order against Jeffrey C. Pindras, 23, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Feb. 22. n A charge of driving without a valid operator’s license against Dillan R. Spicer, 19, of Kasilof, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 7. n A charge of fourth-degree assault against Trevor M. Schjoll, 37, address unknown, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Aug. 18. n A charge of no motor vehicle liability insurance against Jacob Daniel Stanfield, 29, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Nov. 17. The following judgments recently were handed down in District Court in Kenai: n Juston Thomas Spotts,

23, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed July 20. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail with 100 days suspended, fined $6,000 with $3,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Lloyd L. Strutz, 86, of Homer, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving without a valid license, committed Nov. 12. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Robert Wayne Westover, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating a protective order, committed Nov. 22. He was sentenced to 200 days in jail with 190 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program, ordered to schedule a mental health evaluation and comply with recommendations, ordered to follow all terms of protective ordered and placed on probation for five years. n Kevin Allan Asp, 44, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed June 22. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, forfeited all items seized, ordered not to possess controlled substances without a valid prescription and placed on probation for one year. n Alicia Back, 37, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of no valid operator’s license, committed May 25. She was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. n Britney M. Maier, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving while license revoked, committed Oct. 25. She was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had her license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Kohlina Maria Bavilla, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 27. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 83 days suspended (time served),

fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. n Joel Kelly Brence, 19, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to reckless driving, committed Dec. 23. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 25 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 30 days and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Dennis R. Effenbeck, 54, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving, committed May 12, 2012. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail with 40 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 30 days, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for two years. n Pamela K. Harris, 51, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and one count of violating conditions of release, committed Nov. 26, 2012. On count one, she was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for one year. On count two, she was sentenced to 60 days in jail with 55 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for one year. n Shaylie L. Kooly, 18, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed Sept. 13. Imposition of sentence was suspended and she was placed on probation for one year, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge, ordered to complete eight hours of community work service and ordered

to write a letter of apology to Granite Construction. n Teslin C. Little, 21, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to thirddegree theft, committed June 6 and June 9. Little was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims or co-defendants in this case, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for three years. n Robert M. Luton, 27, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked, committed Dec. 19. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Brian Miller, 45, of Ninilchik, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Dec. 20. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail with 100 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Carl Alanson Moonin, 33, address unknown, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed June 1. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 60 days suspended, fined $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for two years. n Darold F. Morris, 64, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating hunting seasons and bag limits for moose in Unit 15, a misdemeanor committed Sept. 12. He was fined $500 and a $50 court surcharge forfeited fish or game, rifle and scope seized, had his hunting license revoked for two years and ordered to pay $1,000 restitution. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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Alaska Briefs Fairbanks man gets 6 ½ years in murder-forhire plot FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks resident who hired a hitman to kill a lifelong friend because of a financial investment has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the hitman alerted the FBI about Eric Grabber’s request and agreed to work for the agency as an informant in the case. Grabber paid him $20,000 — half the $40,000 contract price — to go to Indiana in search of George Cole for the purpose of killing him. The 57-year-old Grabber pleaded guilty last fall to two counts of using interstate commerce in furtherance of a murderfor-hire scheme. At this week’s sentencing, he turned to his friend and admitted that he paid a confidential informant to murder him.

Valdez man sentenced in federal tax case ANCHORAGE — A 48-year-old Valdez man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for failing to file an income tax return. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason also fined James Kramer $2,000. Kramer is the brother of Lori “Sue” Clum, also known as Sue Johnson, the former president of the Native village of Tatitlek. Clum pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to misapplication of $112,000 of tribal funds. Prosecutors say she gave Kramer $20,000 in tribe money. Prosecutors say Kramer did not report the stolen money as income in 2009 or the other $107,800 he earned that year. Gleason said Kramer’s failure to pay taxes on income that included criminal proceeds was more serious than just failing to pay taxes.

Heli-ski company pleads guilty to trespassing ANCHORAGE — The U.S. attorney’s office said Friday that a Haines helicopter ski operation has pleaded guilty in federal court in Anchorage to one count of trespassing on land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Prosecutors refer to the operation as Southeast Backcountry Adventures. In a recent statement issued through its lawyer, Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, or SEABA, said the encroachments were “minor, infrequent and unintentional.” Sentencing is scheduled April 17. The parties have agreed to recommend that SEABA be sentenced to pay restitution of about $11,500, pay a $10,000 fine and serve a two-year probation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aunnie Steward told the Anchorage Daily News the case came to light after the death of a skier last March. According to the plea agreement, a group of skiers that day fell because a cornice under them gave way. One of them died. — The Associated Press

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Urban streets named for MLK still struggle By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — A walk down the 6-mile city street named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yields plenty of images that would surely unsettle the civil rights leader: shuttered storefronts, openair drug markets and a glut of pawn shops, quickie checkcashing providers and liquor stores. The urban decay along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Louis can be found in other major American cities, from Houston and Milwaukee to the nation’s capital. “It’s a national problem,” said Melvin White, a 46-yearold postal worker in St. Louis and founder of a 3-year-old nonprofit group that is trying to restore King’s legacy on asphalt. “Dr. King would be turning over in his grave.” Nearly three decades into the observance of Monday’s federal holiday, the continuing decline of the most visible symbols of King’s work has White and others calling for a renewed commitment to the more than 900 streets nationwide named in the Atlanta native’s honor. The effort centers in St. Louis, where the small nonprofit is working to reclaim MLK roadways as a source of pride and inspiration, not disappointment over a dream derailed. White’s goals are ambitious, his resources admittedly modest. A neighborhood park is planned across the street from the group’s headquarters. An urban agriculture project to encourage residents to eat healthy and grow their own food has preliminary support from nearby Washington University, one of the country’s wealthiest private colleges. Above all, Beloved Streets of

‘It’s a national problem. Dr. King would be turning over in his grave.’ — Melvin White, founder of Beloved Streets of America

AP Photo by Jeff Roberson

In this Thursday, Jan. 16 photo, Melvin White, founder of the Beloved Streets of America project, walks past a boarded up building during a tour of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Louis. The nonprofit is working to revitalize a downtrodden six-mile stretch of the drive named for the slain civil rights leader, marked by vacant lots, crumbling buildings and a preponderance of liquor stores, pawn shops and check-cashing businesses. Project leaders hope revitalize MLK’s streets that have fallen into disrepair in cities around the country.

America wants to build community from the ashes of what was once a thriving retail corridor when White was a child. The template can be found just a mile away. Delmar Boulevard, which saw a similar decline, is now a vibrant retail corridor packed with restaurants, nightclubs, a renovated movie theater and a boutique hotel. The renaissance earned Delmar recognition in 2007 as one of “10 Great Streets in America” by the American Planning Association. Journalist Jonathan Tilove, who wrote a 2003 book based on visits to 650 King streets nationwide, called the King byways “black America’s Main Street.” “Map them and you map a nation within a nation, a place

where white America seldom goes and black America can be itself,” he wrote. “It is a parallel universe with a different center of gravity and distinctive sensibilities. ... There is no other street like it.” But while streets named for King undoubtedly resonate widely in the black community, a University of Tennessee geography professor whose research explores the cultural and political significance of such streets said the compromised condition of streets named for King in St. Louis and other cities deserves broader attention. “In some ways we racially profile these streets,” said Derek Alderman, author of a 2007 study that found a smaller disparity among

VA. quickly emerging as key in gay marriage fight By STEVE SZKOTAK Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Almost overnight, Virginia has emerged as a critical state in the nationwide fight to grant gay men and women the right to wed. This purple state was once perceived as unfriendly and even bordering on hostile to gay rights. That’s changed after a seismic political shift in the top three elected offices, from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats who support gay marriage. Two federal lawsuits challenging the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage are moving forward, and a hearing on one of the cases is scheduled for Jan. 30. With the recent court gains in Utah and Oklahoma, gay rights advocates are heartened by the new mood in Virginia. Symbolically as well, they say, the challenges of the state’s gay marriage ban resonate because of the founding state’s history of erecting a wall between church and state and a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a Virginia couple and a past taboo: interracial marriage. “Virginia is one of several important battlefronts where we have the opportunity now to build on the momentum, embrace the public’s movement in favor of the freedom to marry and end the discrimination,” said Evan Wolfson, founder and president of New York-based Freedom to Marry, which seeks to have same-sex marriage bans struck down nationwide. With the election of Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Attorney General Mark Herring, the state made a hairpin turn away from the socially conservative officeholders they succeeded, particularly Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, an activist on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Herring had campaigned, in part, on marriage equality, and McAuliffe

issued an executive order on inauguration day prohibiting discrimination against state employees who are gay. Democratic legislators, still widely outnumbered in the House of Delegates, have also been emboldened by the shift away from a reliably conservative state. They took immediate aim at the state’s ban on gay marriage, but proposed constitutional amendments face a long road. The earliest voters could see a proposed amendment is in 2016. The separate lawsuits intended to topple the constitutional ban on gay marriage have been filed in federal courts, which are typically speedy in Virginia. The issue could ultimately be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. One lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg, involves two couples from the Shenandoah Valley who claim the state’s ban on gay marriage violates the Constitution’s equal protection and due process clauses. The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal are representing the plaintiffs. Camilla Taylor, marriage project director for Lambda Legal, said Virginia’s “intriguing” history on marriage rights played a role in filing the challenge here. A 1967 Supreme Court decision involving a Virginia couple invalidated laws on miscegenation, or interracial marriage. The case involved Mildred and Richard Loving. The interracial couple had been living in Virginia when police raided their home in 1958 and charged them with violating the state’s Racial Integrity law. They had been married in Washington, D.C. The Lovings were convicted before ultimately prevailing before the Supreme Court. “The narrative in Virginia of how marriage plays into Virginia history, why the state was so important nationally for our struggle, is a very significant one,” Taylor said.

The other lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on similar constitutional claims. The legal costs in that case are being paid for by the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which was behind the effort to overturn California’s gay marriage ban. David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, the high-profile legal tandem that brought down California’s prohibition on same-sex marriage, lead the legal team in that challenge. Both cited Virginia’s history when they announced their challenge. “This case is about state laws that violate personal freedoms, are unnecessary government intrusions, and cause serious harm to loving gay and lesbian couples,” Olson said. “As a Virginian and a conservative, I believe these laws stand against the very principles of our nation’s founding.” Boies compared their challenge of the state’s gay marriage ban to the Loving case. “Virginia gave us the first marriage equality case — and the one that most clearly established that the right to marry the person you love is a fundamental right of all Americans,” Boies said. “It’s fitting, then, that Virginia be the battleground for another great test of that principal.” Virginia voters approved the same-sex marriage ban 57 percent to 43 percent in 2006. A Quinnipiac University poll in July found that 50 percent of registered Virginia voters support same-sex marriage, while 43 percent oppose it. The survey’s margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. “Their hearts and minds have changed,” Wolfson said of Virginians. “That’s exactly why it should not be in the Constitution.” The lawsuit puts Herring’s office in the position of arguing against a right he championed on the campaign trail. A spokeswoman said “he’s reviewing appropriate legal options.” C

MLK-named streets and other “main streets” than is popularly portrayed. “We need to move beyond those images and see what concrete lives and realities are living on those streets.” More than 50 years after King led his march on Washington, communities large and small still debate whether to rename local streets in his honor. In Harrisonburg, Va., city leaders recently agreed to rename a street for King over protests by some residents. A similar debate continues in High Point, N.C., where a King street proposal first suggested two decades ago remains up in the air. Other cities have had more success in balancing the desire to commemorate King without

superseding local tradition. Alderman singled out Chapel Hill, N.C., which in 2005 renamed a major thoroughfare that abuts the University of North Carolina campus. Street signs that identify Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard also include the name “Historic Airport Road.” Chicago’s Martin Luther King Drive, a major thoroughfare spanning roughly a dozen miles south of downtown, is anchored by important hubs of black life in the city. The street features grassy boulevards with stately greystones, while other segments touch rougher patches that have fallen into disrepair, including a dilapidated motel that drew community protests over crime. Gentrification is taking hold along some parts. The major landmarks include Bronzeville, the neighborhood where numerous black activists lived or worked and tourism officials have marked with plaques. There’s also Chicago State University, where Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks taught. In Miami, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard stretches from the predominantly Cuban town of Hialeah through largely black Liberty City and into Little Haiti — a reflection of both the city’s diverse demographics as well as its lingering segregation. Along MLK Boulevard in Hialeah, where U.S. flags fly alongside Cuban ones, MLK Boulevard isn’t known as the street named after a civil rights

leader. Rather, it’s simply referred to by its number: “La Nueve Street,” or 9th Street. The sights and sounds of MLK Boulevard change in Liberty City, where many buildings are shuttered and storefront churches can be found on almost every block. In the decades after the civil rights movement, Liberty City has seen two race riots and struggled to escape a cycle of violence and poverty. At Miami Edison High School on the border of Liberty City and Little Haiti, 17-yearold Judith Etienne said King would be disappointed in his unfulfilled dream. “I’m sure Martin Luther King didn’t have this in his dream,” she said. “There’s a lot of kids dying of gang violence in this community.” For Alderman, the King street scholar, the struggle to reclaim MLK Jr. Drive in St. Louis offers a realistic portrayal of the battles King waged a half-century ago — and where such efforts need to reach into the 21st Century. “Those street names are really powerful social indicators of how far we’ve come in really fulfilling the dream, and giving us an indication of where we need to do more work,” he said. “As much as it may sadden us, it demarcates and defines boundaries for civil rights activism for the future. You’ve got something that remembers the past that actually works, in its own tragic irony, to symbolize where the struggle still is.”

World Ukraine protests turn violent By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Anti-government protests in Ukraine’s capital escalated into fiery street battles with police Sunday as thousands of demonstrators hurled rocks and firebombs to set police vehicles ablaze. Dozens of officers and protesters were injured. Police responded with stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons, but were outnumbered by the protesters. Many of the riot police held their shields over their heads to protect themselves from the projectiles thrown by demonstrators on the other side of a cordon of buses. The violence was a sharp escalation of Ukraine’s twomonth political crisis, which has brought round-the-clock protest gatherings, but had been largely peaceful. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko tried to persuade demonstrators to stop their unrest, but failed and was sprayed by a fire extinguisher in the process. Klitschko later traveled to President Viktor Yanukovych’s suburban residence and said the president has agreed to negotiate. “There are only two ways for events to develop. The first one is not to negotiate,” Klitschko was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. “A scenario of force can be unpredictable and I don’t rule out the possibility of a civil war. ... And here we are using all possibilities in order to prevent bloodshed.” Yanukovych said later on his Web site that he has tasked a working group, headed by national security council head Andriy Klyuev, to meet with opposition representatives to work out a solution to the crisis. However, it was unclear if either side was prepared for real compromise; throughout the crisis, the opposition has

AP Photo by Efrem Lukatsky

Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, is attacked and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as he tries to stop the clashes between police and protesters in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest laws last week seen as part of attempts to quash anti-government demonstrations.

insisted on the government’s resignation and calling early presidential elections. The White House blamed the increased tensions on Ukraine’s government for failing to acknowledge its people’s legitimate grievances and threatened sanctions if the use of violence continues. National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said Ukraine’s government “has moved to weaken the foundations of Ukraine’s democracy by criminalizing peaceful protest and stripping civil society and political opponents of key democratic protections under the law.” She called on Ukraine to repeal recent laws limiting protests, remove riot police from downtown Kiev and start talking to the opposition. “The U.S. will continue to consider additional steps -- including sanctions -- in response to the use of violence,” Hayden said in a statement. The crisis erupted in Novem-

ber after Yanukovych’s decision to freeze ties with the European Union and seek a huge bailout from Russia. The decision sparked protests, which increased in size and determination after police twice violently dispersed demonstrators. But anger rose substantially after Yanukovych last week signed an array of laws severely limiting protests and banning the wearing of helmets and gas masks. Many of Sunday’s demonstrators wore hardhats and masks in defiance of the new laws. They set several police buses on fire and some chased and beat officers. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Water cannons were also fired at the protesters in temperatures of -8 C (18 F), but the clashes continued. The harsh new laws brought a crowd of tens of thousands to the protest at Kiev’s central square on Sunday. While most remained on

the square, a group of radicals marched toward a police cordon several hundred meters away blocking an area housing government offices and began attacking riot police with sticks to push their way toward Ukraine’s parliament building. The crowd then swelled to thousands. The blasts of stun grenades echoed and plumes of smoke rose above the crowd. Activists chanted “Shame!” and “Revolution.” The Interior Ministry said more than 70 police were injured, four of them seriously; there were no immediate figures for protester injuries. The ministry also said a criminal case had been opened on charges of mass disorder; convictions under that charge could bring prison sentences of up to 15 years. Klitschko’s top allies, who stood by his side at the peaceful rally earlier in the day, didn’t show up at the site of the clashes for the most of the day. Instead, they called for a peaceful means of protest from nearby Independence Square and condemned the clashes. “No power in the country is worth losing at least one human life,” protest leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said from the stage at the central square as the clashes dragged late into the evening a few hundred meters away. “That is why I condemn the violence that took place just now.” Scores of opposition leaders and journalists have been attacked, harassed and prosecuted, since the anti-government protests started Nov. 21. Yanukovych’s government has ignored previous demands made by the opposition. Opposition leaders denounced Yanukovych’s legislation as unconstitutional and called for the formation of parallel governing structures in the country.

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Around the World Iran invited to attend Syrian peace talks in Switzerland, pledges to play ‘positive role’ NEW YORK — Iran has been invited to attend a meeting of foreign ministers in the Swiss city of Montreux on Wednesday ahead of internationally brokered peace talks between Syria’s warring factions, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Sunday. Ban said he had issued the invitation to Iran after “speaking at length in recent days” with Iranian Foreign Minister Javid Zarif, who had “pledged that Iran would play a positive and constructive role in Montreux.” Ban spoke to reporters at an impromptu briefing Sunday late Sunday afternoon. He said Iran is among 10 additional countries invited to attend the Montreux meeting that precedes the peace talks scheduled to begin Friday between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s delegation and Syrian opposition groups at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva. Thirty other countries had already been invited to attend the Montreux meeting. Invitations to the one-day meeting of foreign ministers at a Montreux hotel had been subject to approval by the initiating states, Russia and the United States, but the two countries had been at an impasse over whether Iran, Assad’s strongest ally, should attend. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had said he would welcome Iran’s participation — but only if Tehran endorsed earlier diplomatic agreements that called for a transitional government in Syria that would be created by mutual consent among the Syrian factions.

Iraq announces offensive against al-Qaida militants controlling parts of provincial capital BAGHDAD — Iraqi government forces and allied tribal militias launched an all-out offensive Sunday to push al-Qaida militants from a provincial capital, an assault that killed or wounded some 20 police officers and government-allied tribesmen, officials said. Since late December, members of Iraq’s al-Qaida branch — known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — have taken over parts of Ramadi, the capital of the largely Sunni western province of Anbar. They also control the center of the nearby city of Fallujah, along with other non-al-Qaida groups that also oppose the Shiite-led government. A military officer and two local officials said fierce clashes raged through Sunday night in parts of Ramadi, but gave no details. Later, the commander of Anbar operations, army Lt. Gen. Rasheed Fleih, said that Iraqi special forces retook al-Bubali village following fierce clashes with the militants who had held it for about three weeks. Al-Bubali lies on the road between Ramadi and Fallujah. -The Associated Press

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Manning gets the better of Brady Broncos quarterback burnishes legacy by making 3rd trip to Super Bowl EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

DENVER — Peyton Manning stuffed the football into his helmet and handed it to an equipment man for safekeeping. The connection: Flawless, as usual. The keepsake: Certainly one he’ll want to hang on to. The Broncos quarterback had an answer for everyone Sunday — from Tom Brady to the New England defense to anyone who thought he couldn’t win the big one. Manning is taking the Broncos on a trip to New York for the Super Bowl after another of his impeccably crafted victories — this time, a 26-16 win over the Patriots on Sunday in the AFC title game. “Being in my 16th season, going to my third Super Bowl, I know how

hard it is to get there,” Manning said. Especially this time. Only three years ago, he could barely grip a football as he started the long comeback from surgeries that ravaged his neck and nerve endings. And only 53 weeks ago, he suffered a devastating loss to Baltimore in the divisional playoffs that derailed what looked like a Super Bowl trip in his comeback season. But Manning will get his chance for a second Super Bowl ring, after all. He’ll try to become the first starting quarterback to win one with two different teams, at the Meadowlands on Feb. 2 against the Seattle Seahawks, who beat San Francisco 23-17 in the NFC title game. “He’s been remarkable,” said Broncos coach John Fox, off to his second Super Bowl as a head coach. “It’s unprecedented what he did.”

After packing away his football, Manning ran to the 30-yard line to shake hands with Brady. A bit later in the locker room, he celebrated with his father, Archie, and brothers Cooper and Eli, the Giants quarterback who surprised Peyton much the way Peyton surprised him by showing up at the NFC title game two years ago. The Indy-turned-Denver quarterback improved to 5-10 lifetime against Brady, but is now 2-1 in AFC title games. “I have a lot of respect for him,” Brady said. “Certainly, he’s a great player and he played great today.” Though Manning threw for 400 yards, it was more dink-and-dunk than a fireworks show in this, the 15th installment between the NFL’s two best quarterbacks of a generation. Manning set up four field goals by Matt Prater and put his stamp on this one with a pair of long, meticulous and mistake-

free touchdown drives in which nothing came cheap. He geared down the no-huddle, hurry-up offense that helped him set records for touchdown passes and yardage this season and made the Broncos the highest-scoring team in history. The result: 93- and 80-yard touchdown drives that each lasted more than seven minutes; they were the two longest, time-wise, of the season for the Broncos (15-3). The Broncos held the ball for 35:44. They were 7 for 13 on third-down conversions. “To keep Tom Brady on the sideline is a good thing,” Manning said. “That’s something you try to do when you’re playing the Patriots.” Manning capped the second long drive with a 3-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas, who got inside the overmatched Alfonzo Dennard and left his

feet to make the catch. It gave Denver a 20-3 lead midway through the third quarter. From there, it was catch-up time for Brady and the Pats (13-5), and they are not built for that — at least not this year. “We got in a hole there,” Brady said. “It was just too much to dig our way out.” A team that averaged more than 200 yards on the ground the last three games didn’t have much quick-strike capability. Brady, who threw for most of his 277 yards in comeback mode, actually led the Patriots to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. But they were a pair of time-consuming, 80yard drives. The second cut the deficit to 26-16 with 3:07 left, but the Broncos stopped Shane Vereen on the 2-point conversion and the celebration was on in Denver.

Super Bowl tip Sherman comes up with big play to push Seahawks past Niners BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

SEATTLE — Richard Sherman did a CenturyLink Leap. Golden Tate grabbed a 12th Man flag and circled the field with it. Even team owner Paul Allen made an appearance and gave a victory speech. The Seattle Seahawks are headed to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl. “To see all our work that we put in — the mornings, the nights, the weights, all your life, as a young player and in the NFL,” Malcolm Smith said after his end zone interception with 22 seconds remaining clinched the 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. “It’s amazing.” Seattle’s top-ranked defense forced three fourth-quarter turnovers, and Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down for the winning points. Seattle will meet Denver (15-3) for the NFL title in two weeks in the New Jersey Meadowlands. It’s the first trip to the big game for the Seahawks (15-3) since they lost to Pittsburgh after the 2005 season. The conference champs had the best records in the league this year, the second time the top seeds have gotten to the Super Bowl in 20 seasons. It also is a classic confrontation of Denver’s record-setting offense led by Peyton Manning against the NFL’s stingiest defense. Denver opened as a 1-point favorite over Seattle on the Glantz-Culver Line. “It will be a great matchup,” coach Pete Carroll said. “I think it’s an extraordinary opportunity to go against a guy that set all the records in the hisAP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Hector Amezcua tory of the game.” Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman hits the ball away from 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree and is interMoments after Sherman tipped Cocepted by Seahawks outside linebacker Malcolm Smith during the NFC Championship game Sunday in Seattle. lin Kaepernick’s pass to Smith for the

Blackhawks defeat Kings in shootout By The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Patrick Kane scored in a shootout to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup finals. Jonathan Toews beat Tuukka Rask on the stick side to give the Blackhawks the lead in the tiebreaker, but Brad Marchand’s quick wrist shot got by Corey Crawford, tying it up for the Bruins. Kane, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy last year as playoff MVP, then skated toward the net, slowed up for a second and sent a shot past Rask on the stick side to give Chicago the win. The Blackhawks had lost their past seven games that had gone past regulation.

career goals and Tampa Bay moved into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division. Ondrej Palat had a goal and two assists, and he and Barberio scored 1:23 apart during the Lightning’s three-goal first period that also included a goal from Nikita Kucherov. Teddy Purcell also scored for the Lightning, who pulled even with Boston atop the division with 62 points.

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NEW YORK — Rick Nash scored two of New York’s three first-period goals, and Henrik Lundqvist won for the fifth time in six outings. The Rangers’ offense broke out for the second straight day, following a 1-0 win over Detroit on Thursday, and recorded four goals for the third time in five games. Lundqvist, who got the day off when New York won 4-1 at Ottawa on Saturday, was sharp again in making 24 LIGHTNING 5, saves. HURRICANES 3 New York, 11-3-1 in its last RALEIGH, N.C. — Mark 15 games, improved to 12-11-3 Barberio scored his first two at home.

interception, the All-Pro cornerback jumped into the stands behind the end zone, saluting the Seahawks’ raucous fans. With 12th Man flags waving everywhere, and “New York, New York” blaring over the loudspeakers, CenturyLink Field rocked like never before. “That’s as sweet as it gets,” said Sherman, who also went into several rants about 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree, whom he called a “sorry receiver.” “This is really special,” added Carroll, who has turned around the Seahawks in four seasons in charge. “It would really be a mistake to not remember the connection and the relationship between this football team and the 12th Man and these fans. It’s unbelievable.” San Francisco (14-5) led 17-13 when Wilson, given a free play as Aldon Smith jumped offside, hurled the ball to Jermaine Kearse, who made a leaping catch in the end zone. Steven Hauschka then kicked his third field goal following Kam Chancellor’s pick, and Smith intercepted in the end zone on the 49ers’ final possession. “This feels even sweeter, with the amazing support we have had from the 12th Man,” Allen said, comparing this Super Bowl trip to the previous one. Until Seattle’s top-ranked defense forced a fumble and had two interceptions in the final period, the game was marked by big offensive plays in the second half. That was somewhat shocking considering the strength of both teams’ defenses. And those plays came rapidly. Marshawn Lynch, in full “Beast Mode,” ran over a teammate and then outsped the 49ers to the corner of the end zone for a 40-yard TD, making it See TIP, Page A-9

Magic top Celtics, snap skid By The Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Entering the day as one of only two teams left in the NBA not to register a win in 2014, Orlando ended its recent frustrations against a Boston Celtics team that is struggling just as much. Arron Afflalo had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Tobias Harris added 18 points and the Magic snapped a season-high 10-game losing streak with a 93-91 win Sunday night. After a close fourth quarter with several ties, Harris sank a pair of free throws with 10.1 seconds remaining to give Orlando its first victory since Dec. 29. “The emphasis was to win,” Afflalo said. “I thought we did that because I could feel no personal agendas, could feel nothing but five guys on the court and the two guys who came off the bench really looking for a way to get a victory.” The win also ended a 10game regular-season losing streak to the Celtics. Glen Davis added 17 points C

and Jameer Nelson 16 for Orlando. For Davis, a former Celtic, the win was especially sweet. It was his first victory over his former team since being traded to the Magic before the 201112 season in a deal that sent Davis to Orlando and Brandon Bass to Boston. Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said with Nik Vucevic still out recovering from a concussion they are asking Davis to do a lot more on the defensive end. SUNS 117, NUGGETS 103 PHOENIX — Channing Frye scored a season-high 30 points before sitting out the final 9½ minutes to watch Phoenix wrap up its romp over Denver. Frye, who missed all of last season for treatment of an enlarged heart, made 12 of 16 shots, 5 of 7 3-pointers, to fall three points shy of his career high. Markieff Morris scored 16 and Goran Dragic 15 for the Suns, who never trailed and improved to 3-0 against Denver this season with one game to play. Anthony Randolph scored a season-best 19 for the Nuggets, who have lost four of five and were without guard Randy Foye because

of a stomach virus. Evan Fournier, Young scored 14 points in the Ty Lawson and Wilson Chandler fourth quarter as the Lakers overadded 17 points apiece for Denver. came a 19-point first-half deficit. They won back-to-back games for the first time since beating MemTHUNDER 108, KINGS 93 phis on Dec. 17 and Minnesota on OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Dec. 20. Ryan Kelly scored 17 in his first Durant scored 30 points to lead career start and Kendall Marshall had Oklahoma City past Sacramento. Durant, coming off a career- 10 points and 11 assists. The Lakers high 54 points Friday against are 16-25 at the season’s midpoint. DeMar DeRozan scored 23 Golden State, shot 10 for 15 from points, Kyle Lowry had 21 and Patthe field and had nine assists. He scored at least 30 points for the rick Patterson 17 for Toronto, which had won six straight at home. seventh straight game. Serge Ibaka added 20 points and Reggie Jackson had 16 for SPURS 110, BUCKS 82 the Thunder, who won their third straight. SAN ANTONIO — Patty Mills Isaiah Thomas scored a career- had 20 points, Tim Duncan had 11 high 38 points for the Kings, but points and 13 rebounds in limited he slowed in the second half as the action, and San Antonio kept MilThunder pulled away. DeMarcus waukee winless in the new year. Cousins added 16 points and 14 Marco Belinelli scored 14 rebounds for Sacramento. points, Jeff Ayres and Nando De Rudy Gay scored just six points Colo had 13 points apiece, and for the Kings and was ejected after Kawhi Leonard added 11 points in picking up two technical fouls in 21 minutes for San Antonio. the fourth quarter. Brandon Knight scored 21 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 11 points and John Henson LAKERS 112, had 10 points and 11 rebounds for RAPTORS 106 Milwaukee, which has lost nine TORONTO — Nick Young re- straight. turned from suspension to score 29 San Antonio was without startpoints, Pau Gasol had 22 and Los ers Tony Parker and Tiago Splitter, Angeles beat Toronto for just its former starter Danny Green and third win in 15 games. 3-point specialist Matt Bonner.

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10-10. Kaepernick then was responsible for consecutive 22-yard gains, hitting Crabtree, then rushing to the Seattle 28. His fumble on the next play was recovered by center Jonathan Goodwin, who even lumbered for 2 yards. Anquan Boldin outleapt AllPro safety Earl Thomas on the next play for a 26-yard touchdown. Then, Doug Baldwin, who played for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, stepped up — and through San Francisco’s coverage — on a scintillating 69-yard kickoff return that made the stadium shake for the first time all day. That set up Hauschka’s 40yard field goal. And a frantic finish. Seattle took its first lead on Wilson’s throw to Kearse with 13:44 left, and CenturyLink rocked again. The place went silent soon after when Niners All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman sustained an ugly left knee injury midway and was carted off. Bowman, who was having a huge game, had forced a fumble at the San Francisco 1, but Lynch recovered. “I never heard him yell like that, or even stay down for a moment,” teammate Patrick Willis said of Bowman. The Seahawks had gotten

their first turnover moments earlier when Cliff Avril stripped Kaepernick and Michael Bennett recovered. But Lynch and Wilson botched a handoff on fourth down on the play after Bowman’s injury. It took only two plays for Chancellor to haul in Kaepernick’s underthrow to Boldin, and Hauschka’s 47-yarder ended the scoring. But not the excitement. Kaepernick, who rushed for 130 yards, got San Francisco to the Seattle 18 with his arm. But his pass for Crabtree was brilliantly tipped by Sherman to Smith. “We knew it would come down to us in the back end to win this thing,” Sherman said. The final play was similar to last year’s Super Bowl ending, when Kaepernick missed Crabtree in the end zone from the 5 and Baltimore survived. “It’s tough. Any time you get this close to the Super Bowl and lose, it’s pretty upsetting,” tight end Vernon Davis said. “We just didn’t get it. We’ve been down this road before in the same kind of situation. It’s hard.” Whether it was nerves or just a great play by Aldon Smith, Wilson fumbled on Seattle’s first snap. Smith got credit for a sack and a recovery, too — a defender’s dream — at the Seahawks 15. More staunch defense followed, this time by Seattle, which held and only gave up Phil Dawson’s 25-yard field goal.

Sports Briefs Kenai boys 7th in Delta The Kenai Central boys basketball team finished seventh at the Dean Cummings Sr. Memorial Basketball Tournament at Delta Junction High School on Saturday. The Kardinals topped Eielson 65-21 in the seventh-place game. Kenai received 14 points from Austin McKee and 11 from Jonah Theisen. Both the Seward girls and boys finished fourth at the tourney. The Seward boys topped North Pole 60-34 in the fourth-place game. Matthew Moore led the Seahawks with 19 points, while Alex Pahno had 14, Michael Wolfe had 13 and Ronnie Jackson had 10. The Seward girls topped North Pole 39-23 in the fourth-place game. Ashley Von Borstel and Laura Kromrey had 14 points each for the Seahawks. C

Nikolaevsk boys topple Newhalen The visiting Nikolaevsk boys basketball team notched a 59-51 victory over Newhalen on Saturday. The Warriors trailed 10-5 after the first quarter, but led 29-23 at halftime. The Huskies then cut the gap to 40-36 after three quarters. Jaruby Nelson had 23 points for the Warriors, while Jonah Fefelov had 18 and Nikita Fefelov had 10 points. For Newhalen, Jon Tretikoff had 26 points while Lee Clark added 18. Saturday boys Warriors 59, Huskies 51 Nikolaevsk Newhalen

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NIKOLAEVSK (59) — Molodih 0 0-0 0, Nelson 8 5-6 23, Trail 0 0-0 0, N. Fefelov 5 0-0 10, Gordeev 3 0-0 6, J. Fefelov 6 6-7 18, Kalugin 1 0-2 2. Totals — 23 11-15 59. NEWHALEN (51) — Rickteroff 0 0-0 0, Tretikoff 8 4-5 26, Kalmboche 2 0-0 4, Balluta 0 0-0 0, Clark 8 2-3 18, Johnson 1 0-0 3. Totals — 19 6-8 51. 3-point goals — Nikolaevsk 2 (Nelson 2); Newhalen 7 (Tretikoff 6, Johnson). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 10, Newhalen 15. Fouled out — Tretikoff.

Besh Cup races held in Homer The third Besh Cup race of the season was held Saturday in Homer. The format was a freestyle sprint. The boys 16 and over sprint of one kilometer was won by Tanner Ramey in 2:55. Travis Cooper was 15th in 3:09, James Butler of Kenai was 37th in 3:24, Homer’s Brian Rowe was 45th in 3:28, SoHi’s Levi Michael was 47th in 3:32, SoHi’s Tanner Best was 52nd in 3:47, and SoHi’s John-Mark Pothast was 53rd in 3:49. The girls 16 and over, one-kilometer sprint was won by Sarrissa Lammers in 3 minutes, 35 seconds. Sadie Fox of SoHi led area finishers by taking ninth in 3:55. Also from the area, Hannah Pothast of SoHi was 31st in 4:20, Mika Morton of Skyview was 33rd in 4:21. The boys Under-14, one-kilometer sprint was won by Samuel York in 3 minutes, 27 seconds. Area skier Jeremy Kupferschmid was sixth in 3:37. Also from the area, David Michael was eighth at 3:50. The girls Under-14, one-kilometer sprint was won by Molly Gellert at 3:52. Area skier Addison Gibson was third at 4:13, while Riana Boonstra was eighth at 4:38. Besh Cup 4 was held Sunday in Homer. Results from the race were not available as the Clarion went to press.

Reed wins Humana Challenge LA QUINTA, Calif. — Patrick Reed found his putting touch right when things started to getting interesting in the final round of the Humana Challenge. After shooting three straight 9-under 63s to open a seven-stroke lead, Reed had a 1-under 71 on Sunday at PGA West’s to beat Ryan Palmer by two strokes. “A lot tougher than the first three rounds,” Reed said. “My speed was off today. I left a lot of putts short. It seemed like the first three days the ball was just trickling over the front edge, and today it seemed like it came to a screeching halt.” Finally resembling the guy who talked Saturday about being in a “putting coma,” Reed ran in an 18-footer for birdie on the par-3 15th to push his lead to three strokes. “It felt comfortable. It felt great,” Reed said. “I was able to play the last three holes just for par rather than trying to make birdies or trying to make something happen.”

Larrazabal wins Abu Dhabi Championship ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal shot a final round 67 to end a near three-year winless drought to capture the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday. Larrazabal, 30, won by a stroke with a 14-under par 274 on the National Course in the UAE capital. Rory McIlroy (68), who had incurred a two-stroke penalty a day earlier, finished with a share of second place with Phil Micklelson (69) on 13-under. — Staff and wire reports

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Sharapova ousted from Open The four-time major winner rallied to win four straight games before Cibulkova held to level the match. After taking an off-court medical time out after the second set for a hip strain, she was broken immediately and had seven double-faults in the third set. Sharapova was two tournaments into a comeback from a prolonged layoff with a right shoulder injury, and said her run to the fourth round was a positive sign because she was healthy and back on tour. “I have to look at the positives and see where I have come from in four or five months. I haven’t played a lot of tennis in those six months,” said Sharapova, who won the Australian title in 2008 and lost two other finals. “So I certainly would have loved to play a little bit more before playing a Grand Slam, but this is the chance that I was given.” Top-ranked Williams, a fivetime Australian Open champion, was knocked out in a three-set loss to 14th-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Sunday, and

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria Azarenka advanced to the quarterfinals and firmed as a favorite to claim a third straight Australian Open title on Monday after Maria Sharapova joined Serena Williams on the fourth-round casualty list. Azarenka had a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 13-seeded Sloane Stephens in a match that didn’t have any of the drama of their contentious semifinal here last year. Third-seeded Sharapova lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to Dominika Cibulkova in the earlier match on Rod Laver Arena, struggling with her serve in the second and third sets and making 45 unforced errors as she tried to claw her way back. Her serve started to backfire from the eighth game, when she was broken at love while trying to serve out the first set. During a run of four breaks against her, Sharapova won only three points on her own serve and fell 5-0 behind in the second set.

later revealed she had a back problem that had her considering withdrawing from the tournament. Another former No. 1 was knocked out when No. 11 Simona Halep beat Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 to set up a quarterfinal against Cibulkova. Sharapova may stick around in Melbourne to support her boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov, who reached the quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Roberto Bautista Agut. The 22-year-old Bulgarian will next play the winner of Monday’s later match between top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 16 Kei Nishikori of Japan. Azarenka, meanwhile, was making herself comfortable at Melbourne Park, where she’s on an 18-match winning streak. “I just love playing here, the surroundings, it feels so cozy ... feels like home,” she said after her win over Stephens. It was a rematch of their semifinal last year when Azarenka took a medical timeout just when it appeared Stephens was getting

momentum, then came back and won the match. In the first set, Stephens accidently hit Azarenka in the hip area with a shot at the net, and Azarenka sent a forehand whizzing past Stephens a few games later. There was very little tension, though, after Azarenka broke Stephens’ serve to open the second set and then again to take a 5-2. The second-seeded Azarenka didn’t’ have any trouble closing out this time, saving one set point before setting up match point with an ace. Sharapova made it hard for herself in Australia, having difficulty closing out her secondand third-round matches. She needed almost 3½ hours to beat Karin Knapp in searing heat the second round — playing 50 minutes between her first and final match points. She said she couldn’t use the heat wave as an excuse for her loss, and added that the hip strain wasn’t anything out of the ordinary for a tennis player. Cibulkova had spent just over 3½ hours on court in her first three wins.

No. 14 Iowa cruises past Minnesota IOWA CITY, Iowa — Aaron White scored all of his 18 points in the second half and Josh Oglesby added a season-high 17 points as 14th-ranked Iowa blew past Minnesota 94-73 on Sunday. Devyn Marble had 15 of his 16 points after halftime for the surging Hawkeyes, who moved into third place in the Big Ten behind Michigan State and Michigan.

Iowa (15-3, 4-1 Big Ten) overcame a 10-point deficit with a 29-10 run and outscored the Gophers 53-30 in the second half. Andre Hollins had a game-high 20 points for Minnesota (14-5, 3-3). But Iowa held Hollins without a field goal in the second half in handing the Gophers their most lopsided loss of the season. Last season, Iowa used a 37-10 run to erase a 16-point deficit and blow

past the Gophers in Iowa City. On Sunday, the Hawkeyes outscored the Gophers by 19 points in just 6 ½ minutes to notch its 20th straight home win — one shy of the Carver-Hawkeye Arena record. An 11-0 run helped put Minnesota ahead 43-33 late in the first half, but Oglesby hit back-to-back 3s as the Hawkeyes got the deficit down to 2 by halftime.

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Kevin Na (19), $13,817 Brice Garnett (19), $13,817 Steven Bowditch (19), $13,817 Michael Putnam (19), $13,817 Harrison Frazar (8), $12,198 Pat Perez (8), $12,198 Brandt Snedeker (8), $12,198 Davis Love III (8), $12,198 Daniel Summerhays (8), $12,198 Kevin Chappell (8), $12,198 Charles Howell III (8), $12,198 Scott Stallings (8), $12,198 Jonathan Byrd (8), $12,198 Stewart Cink (8), $12,198 Lee Williams (8), $12,198 Erik Compton (1), $11,172 Jim Herman (1), $11,172 Blake Adams (1), $11,172 Ken Duke (1), $11,172 Nicholas Thompson (1), $11,172 Chad Campbell (1), $11,172 John Senden (1), $11,172 William McGirt (1), $10,659 Freddie Jacobson (1), $10,659 David Lingmerth (1), $10,431 Kevin Stadler (1), $10,431 Brett Quigley (1), $10,260 Scott McCarron (1), $10,146 J.J. Henry (1), $9,975 Brian Harman (1), $9,975 Jhonattan Vegas (1), $9,804

Scoreboard Golf Humana Challenge Scores

Sunday p-PGA West, Palmer Course; 6,950 yards, par 72 n-PGA West, Nicklaus Course; 6,924 yards, par 72 q-La Quinta Country Club; 7,060 yards, par 72 La Quinta, Calif.; Purse: $5.7 million; Final Patrick Reed (500), $1,026,000 63p-63q-63n-71—260 Ryan Palmer (300), $615,600 64p-65q-70n-63—262 Zach Johnson (163), $330,600 65q-68n-68p-62—263 Justin Leonard (163), $330,600 66n-67p-65q-65—263 Brian Stuard (110), $228,000 67q-66n-66p-65—264 Bill Haas (95), $198,075 65q-66n-67p-67—265 Brendon Todd (95), $198,075 65n-63p-68q-69—265 Chad Collins (85), $176,700 68n-68p-65q-65—266 Stuart Appleby (73), $148,200 66p-69q-67n-65—267 Charlie Beljan (73), $148,200 68q-64n-68p-67—267 Ben Crane (73), $148,200 70q-64n-65p-68—267 Charley Hoffman (73), $148,200 64q-66n-66p-71—267 Russell Knox (56), $103,740 65p-70q-67n-66—268 Matt Every (56), $103,740 65n-68p-69q-66—268 Jerry Kelly (56), $103,740 69q-65n-68p-66—268 Will MacKenzie (56), $103,740 67n-66p-66q-69—268 Matt Jones (56), $103,740 66n-67p-66q-69—268 Brendon de Jonge (51), $74,328 69q-68n-66p-66—269 Luke Guthrie (51), $74,328 69p-67q-67n-66—269 Scott Langley (51), $74,328 69q-68n-65p-67—269 Keegan Bradley (51), $74,328 69q-66n-65p-69—269 James Driscoll (51), $74,328 68p-63q-66n-72—269

Football Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 19 Denver 26, New England 16 Seattle 23, San Francisco 17 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. Denver vs. Seattle, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) All Times AST

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First Quarter Den—FG Prater 27, 3:43. Second Quarter Den—Tamme 1 pass from Manning (Prater kick), 7:50. NE—FG Gostkowski 47, 2:54. Den—FG Prater 35, :25. Third Quarter Den—D.Thomas 3 pass from Manning (Prater kick), 7:52. Fourth Quarter Den—FG Prater 19, 12:02. NE—Edelman 7 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 9:26. Den—FG Prater 54, 7:00. NE—Brady 5 run (run failed), 3:07. A—77,110. NE Den First downs 19 27 Total Net Yards 320 507 Rushes-yards 16-64 28-107 Passing 256 400 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-4 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-38-0 32-43-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 0-0 Punts 3-49.0 1-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-15 4-34 Time of Possession 24:16 35:44 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New England, Vereen 4-34, Ridley 5-17, Brady 2-7, Blount 5-6. Denver, Moreno 1459, Ball 12-43, Green 1-6, Manning 1-(minus 1). PASSING—New England, Brady 24-38-0-277. Denver, Manning 32-43-0-400. RECEIVING—New England, Edelman 10-89, Vereen 5-59, Collie 4-57, Dobson 2-33, Hoomanawanui 2-33, Mulligan 1-6. Denver, J.Thomas 8-85, D.Thomas 7-134, Decker 5-73, Welker 4-38, Ball 3-13, Tamme 2-24, Moreno 2-22, Caldwell 1-11. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

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First Quarter SF—FG Dawson 25, 12:45. Second Quarter SF—Dixon 1 run (Dawson kick), 10:03. Sea—FG Hauschka 32, 5:47. Third Quarter Sea—Lynch 40 run (Hauschka kick), 9:51. SF—Boldin 26 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick), 6:29. Sea—FG Hauschka 40, 3:55. Fourth Quarter Sea—Kearse 35 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 13:44. Sea—FG Hauschka 47, 3:37. A—68,454. SF Sea First downs 16 14 Total Net Yards 308 308 Rushes-yards 28-161 29-115 Passing 147 193 Punt Returns 1-0 3-10 Kickoff Returns 4-92 3-109 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-24-2 16-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-6 4-22 Punts 4-42.0 2-45.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 7-65 8-66 Time of Possession 28:32 31:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—San Francisco, Kaepernick 11-130, Hunter 3-16, Gore 11-14, Dixon 2-1, James 1-0. Seattle, Lynch 22-109, Turbin 2-6, Wilson 5-0. PASSING—San Francisco, Kaepernick 14-24-2-153. Seattle, Wilson 16-25-0-215. RECEIVING—San Francisco, Boldin 5-53, Crabtree 4-52, V.Davis 2-16, Gore 1-17, V.McDonald 1-13, Patton 1-2. Seattle, Baldwin 6-106, Tate 4-31, Miller 3-25, Kearse 2-44, Turbin 1-9. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 48 30 15 3 63 138 107 Tampa Bay 50 29 16 5 63 146 123 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 N.Y. Rangers 51 27 21 3 57 128 128 Philadelphia 49 25 19 5 55 134 140 Columbus 48 24 20 4 52 138 135 Washington 49 22 19 8 52 142 150 New Jersey 50 20 19 11 51 115 123 Carolina 48 20 19 9 49 117 137 N.Y. Islanders 50 19 24 7 45 138 163

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

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Chicago 51 32 8 11 75 184 139 St. Louis 47 32 10 5 69 166 107 Colorado 48 31 12 5 67 142 122 Minnesota 51 27 19 5 59 125 125 Dallas 48 21 19 8 50 136 148 Nashville 50 21 22 7 49 121 151 Winnipeg 50 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. Sunday’s Games Chicago 3, Boston 2, SO Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 1 Monday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 9 a.m. Los Angeles at Boston, 11 a.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 4 p.m. Toronto at Phoenix, 4 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Orlando 93, Boston 91 Oklahoma City 108, Sacramento 93 San Antonio 110, Milwaukee 82 Phoenix 117, Denver 103 Monday’s Games Dallas at Cleveland, 9 a.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 9 a.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 10 a.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 10 a.m. Brooklyn at New York, 10:30 a.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 1 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 4 p.m. Portland at Houston, 4 p.m. Indiana at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Men’s Scores EAST Army 74, Bucknell 67 Iona 88, Siena 74 Monmouth (NJ) 83, Canisius 82 SOUTH Southern Miss. 80, Louisiana Tech 71 Towson 72, Coll. of Charleston 57 MIDWEST

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 20 19 Brooklyn 16 22 New York 15 25 Boston 14 28 Philadelphia 13 27 Southeast Division Miami 29 11 Atlanta 20 19 Washington 19 20 Charlotte 17 25 Orlando 11 30 Central Division Indiana 32 7 Chicago 19 20 Detroit 17 23 Cleveland 15 25 Milwaukee 7 33

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Bowling Green 69, W. Michigan 64 Green Bay 69, Ill.-Chicago 64 Iowa 94, Minnesota 73 Notre Dame 70, Virginia Tech 63 Wright St. 49, Cleveland St. 46 SOUTHWEST Houston 77, Rutgers 55 SMU 73, Hofstra 49 FAR WEST Oregon St. 80, Oregon 72 Utah Valley 52, Seattle 51

Women’s Scores EAST Boston U. 70, Loyola (Md.) 60 Coll. of Charleston 90, Northeastern 74 Drexel 61, Delaware 52 James Madison 77, Hofstra 50 Marist 73, Canisius 47 Niagara 48, Monmouth (NJ) 45 North Carolina 73, Boston College 56 Saint Joseph’s 64, La Salle 52 Syracuse 58, Pittsburgh 47 UConn 94, Rutgers 64 UNC Wilmington 54, Towson 53 SOUTH Appalachian St. 75, UNC-Greensboro 56 Duke 74, Virginia Tech 70 Elon 67, W. Carolina 52 Georgia 68, Florida 62 Kentucky 73, Auburn 71 Maryland 92, Georgia Tech 81 Miami 80, NC State 71 SC-Upstate 63, ETSU 62 South Carolina 77, Alabama 51 Vanderbilt 79, LSU 70 Virginia 85, Florida St. 68 MIDWEST Dayton 73, Fordham 64

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DePaul 91, Villanova 65 Illinois St. 78, Evansville 54 Indiana 83, Minnesota 78, OT Indiana St. 63, S. Illinois 44 Iowa 81, Ohio St. 74 Kansas 76, Baylor 60 Loyola of Chicago 73, Bradley 63 Penn St. 66, Michigan St. 54 Purdue 77, Nebraska 75 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 68, Mississippi 65 Louisville 81, SMU 66 TCU 54, Texas 48 Texas A&M 73, Mississippi St. 35 FAR WEST Gonzaga 67, Santa Clara 61 Portland 82, San Francisco 72 Southern Cal 109, Oregon 85 Utah 59, Washington St. 57 Washington 81, Colorado 71

Tennis Australian Open

Monday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $29.72 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Grigor Dimitrov (22), Bulgaria, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Women Fourth Round Dominika Cibulkova (20), Slovakia, def. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Simona Halep (11), Romania, def. Jelena Jankovic (8), Serbia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, def. Sloane Stephens (13), United States, 6-3, 6-2.

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Indiana F David West $15,000 for elbowing Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin in the jaw during a Jan. 18 game. Fined Sacramento coach Michael Malone $25,000 for verbal abuse of a game official and not proceeding directly to his locker room following the completion of the Jan. 17 game at Memphis. HOCKEY National Hockey League MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled D Nathan Beaulieu from Hamilton (AHL)., COLLEGE AUBURN — Named Adrian Ghioroaie assistant track and field coach. TULSA — Named Josh Blankenship quarterback coach.

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things are going to go here,” Nelson said, smiling and looking around the downstairs living room. Now that Haven House has a place to call home, the next step is to furnish it so women can move in. Nelson plans to open the doors in mid-March, but if a woman needs a place before that, the organization will make it work, she said. On Jan. 10, the Juneau Community Foundation announced it would provide a matching grant of up to $10,000 to Haven House. This means the organization will receive a dollar from Juneau Community Foundation for every dollar it raises itself, up to $10,000, by Feb. 28. The money will be used to furnish the house and get it ready for women to move in. “It’s a project that’s addressing a community need and something we don’t have here in Juneau,” foundation Executive Director Amy Skilbred

said. “It’s great when we can support needs that are unmet.” Nelson said she is “overwhelmed” with the way the organization’s plans are working out. “I’m so excited,” she said. “Today’s an exciting day for me.” Haven House has received letters of support from many organizations, such as Northern Light United Church, Gastineau Human Services, Love, Inc., Juneau Reentry Coalition, the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, Juneau Coalition on Housing and Homelessness and the Alaska Department of Corrections, among others, Nelson said. The organization is applying for many grants, Degnan said. “There’s a huge amount of help here, but it’s not centralized,” Nelson said. “Since I’ve been through all these programs and I know everyone we have a

Some of the most vulnerable are Alaska Natives. A study by state health deContinued from page A-1 partments after the 2009 flu outbreak found that Alaska Natives and American Indians but with milder symptoms. “We’re encouraging people had a death rate four times that who don’t want to miss a week of all other racial and ethnic of work to go and get their flu groups combined. Both medical and social facshot,” Foland said. tors put Natives at an increased

risk for contracting the flu, said Dr. Rosalyn Singleton, immunization program director for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Historically, Alaska Natives have a higher rate of underlying medical conditions such as lung disease, diabetes, congestive heart failure and obesity, all of which heighten the chances of

. . . Alutiiq

Alutiiq language studies program, new publications were written, classes were held at Kodiak High School and the museum held community language nights. Drabek said revitalizing the language promotes understanding of the Alutiiq culture, which is vital to Kodiak. “It’s not just about sav-

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women total. Degnan said she had her heart set on the house since she first saw in in November. “I walked into this house and I said, ‘This is the place,’” she said. Living at the group home will provide structure for women as they transition back into the community, Nelson said. The house will be equipped with computers for job searching, community meetings will take place each week, and daily chores will be a requirement, she said. Residents will receive counseling through Juneau organizations. And all residents must sign in and out of the house. A Haven House staff member will be on site 24 hours per day, Nelson said. “I can already see how

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a healthy Alutiiq nation, and celebrating and sustaining the many ways of speaking Alutiiq. “We talked about some strategies language sessions,

formal classes, public relations projects, expansions to websites, new publications,” Drabek said. “We have lots of ideas.” During a similar planning session in 2011, among the goals identified were expanding language classes and resources. Stemming from that, Kodiak College developed an

huge amount of resources.” Haven House already has residency applications on hand at Lemon Creek Correctional Center, Ketchikan Correctional Center and Hiland Mountain Correctional Center. All women leaving the system are welcome to apply to live in the house, but there will be an interview process, Nelson said. “They will have to have the desire to change their life,” she said. In the process of bettering the lives of other female ex-prisoners, Nelson has completely turned her life around, she said. This was a big month for her: On top of the new house, she finished her felony probation Jan. 1. “I’m very proud of my recovery,” Nelson said. “Often I think recovery is shut away in little rooms. I think it’s important to shout it from the rooftops. Two years ago I wouldn’t have said that, but today I do.”

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the BOF, supports the conservation measures to protect the early-run of king salmon from the lower boundary of Slikok Creek as a sanctuary area and restricts baiting for an additional two weeks in July in the Kenai River and Kasilof River. Gabriel said he fished Slikok Creek as a young man and is concerned about the diminished returns of kings in recent years. Navarre said he supported proposal 201 because he had heard a lot of public input on it and that Fish and Game wrote it. As far as the others he did not vote for he said the right way would be to hold a public hearing on each resolution and have the proposal writers come explain it. Council member Ryan Marquis said they already set aside time for the public to comment on the proposals, while Gabriel argued Navarre’s point that the city should have a voice and make a decision one way or the other.

The resolution to oppose proposal 103, suggested by councilors Brian Gabriel and Mike Boyle, states, it “imposes unreasonable and unnecessary restrictions upon the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s ability to successfully manage mixed stock fisheries.” Proposal 103, authored by Kenai River Sportfishing Association aims to amend the Upper Cook Inlet Salmon management plan to drop in river goals from a list of escapement goals. Kenai City Manager Rich Koch said the proposal would provide the authority to close commercial and other fishing activities if any lower escapement goals were not achieved. Navarre said he was opposed to voting on any resolution unless it was already proposed to by BOF. Resolutions on proDan Balmer can be reached hospitalization and death from posals 201, 229 and 270 were at daniel.balmer@peninsulapassed unanimously. influenza, she said. Proposal 201 comes from clarion.com Crowded homes, a lack of running water and poor indoor air quality in rooms with wood stoves also aid in spreading the sidered an agreement to make infection. the state dispatchers borough “We need to identify people employees, which would not in those risk categories and try Continued from page A-1 only alleviate the overtime to make sure they are protectproblem, but also fix issues that ed,” Singleton said. lems developing in excessive come with managing two sets overtime at the (center) and it of employees. The state determined it could couldn’t continue.” ing a language that is threatIn addition to the costs to not eliminate its own positions ened,” Drabek said. “It’s also the borough for overtime com- at the dispatch center without about a sense of wellness and pensation — about $100,000 conducting a feasibility study, community unity, and recov- annually — working overtime which can take more than one ering from two centuries of can add stress and pressure to year, according to a memo perconquest. Language revital- employees, he said. taining to the ordinance. ization is about identity also. With the original plan no The ordinance calls for adWe are looking broadly about ditional funds to be appropri- longer an option, state and borat the impacts and how our ated to make up the difference ough employees will continue language efforts need to pro- in cost between the eliminated to work side-by-side for the mote community healing.” dispatcher and the new supervi- next two years while restrucsor positions. It calls for $6,000 turing changes are considered. be appropriated for the remain- However, it was decided the der of fiscal year 2014. The 2006 agreement did need to be annual additional cost will be updated and the proposed ordinance addresses the problem, $13,200. Adding another borough Navarre said. “This issue has been festershift supervisor position would CEO Ken Cameron said suring for a while, and this is a step bring the total number of borveys from shareholders from in the right direction,” Navarre ough supervisors up to three. the last 30 years since have Currently nine dispatch center said. shown that the shareholders faemployees work for the state vor scholarships that improve Kaylee Osowski can be and 11 work for the borough, their employment prospects. reached at kaylee.osowski@ Navarre said. Originally the borough con- peninsulaclarion.com.

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Sitka corp. ends fine arts scholarships SITKA (AP) — The urban Native corporation in Sitka is no longer providing scholarships for shareholder’s children to attend the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.

The board of Shee Atika Inc. has decided to focus its scholarships on educational programs that could lead to better jobs, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported.

Last year, the corporation spent about $600,000 on scholarships. Of that, about $20,000 went to the summer fine arts program. Shee Atika President and

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Monday, January 20, 2014

Chance Percival

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless otherwise noted). For more information, call 907-714-8888 or visit http://www. kpbsd.k12.ak.us/board.aspx?id=28035. The agenda and packet items are posted on Wednesday afternoon prior to the date of the Board Meeting. Persons with disabilities who need accommodations to participate at School Board meetings should contact Debbie Tressler at 907-714-8836 or email dtressler@kpbsd.k12. ak.us no later than three business days before the meeting date. The board will meet: n February 3; n March 3; n April 14; n May 5 (at Seward High School); n June 2; n June 3 (Board Planning Session).

No school today Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools are closed today in observance of Alaska Civil Rights Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Early release dates for KPBSD schools Six times throughout the academic year, on a Wednesday, schools will meet the minimum day, so that teachers may have approximately 90 minutes of additional time to work on improvement strategies. On these early release dates, school will end 90 minutes earlier. Bus transportation will be adjusted by 90 minutes. Upcoming early release dates are: January 22; February 26; and April 16.

Career and Tech training offered

KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the Welding, Construction and Medical Field. Upcoming Academies for the 2013-2014 school year include Welding. Any high school student is able to participate in any of our academies. If a student successfully completes the 60 hour academy they will receive 1/2 practical art credit. At the Workforce Development Center (located behind KCHS) there will be a welding academy with Mr. Widaman. This academy runs February 10th-May 1st. Class days will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-4:30. There will be a summer construction academy at the Workforce Development Center. Students will be constructing a green house. Class days will be May 28-30 and June 2-6. Class times TBA. To sign up go to http://onestop.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ For more information call Debbie Pearson at 283-2145 or see your counselor. Funding for the Alaska Construction Academies comes from a grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development and the Alaska Youth First Program.

Connections Dates To Remember: Jan. 21-24, Jan. 27-31: Aims Web Assessment for Homer Students: K-3rd Grade please call for appointment 2261880 Jan. 21-24, Jan. 27-31: Aims Web Assessment for Seward Students: K-6th Grade please call for appointment 2244803 Jan. 23, Jan. 31: Aims Web Assessment for Central Peninsula Students: K-6th Grade please call for appointment 714-8880 Wednesday: Connections Spelling Bee at Borough Assembly room, 1:00 p.m. Feb. 3: Connections Science Fair (last day to register) Feb. 7: High School Eligibility Due Connections is now scheduling the Winter/January AIMS Web Assessments (Literacy & Math). The Homer office will assess Kindergarten to 3rd grade, Soldotna and Seward offices will assess Kindergarten to 6th grade. The dates are listed above. Please call the Connections Offices (Soldotna: 714-8880, Seward: 224-9080 and Homer: 226-1880) to schedule a time for your student to meet with their advisor; this assessment and conversation will take approximately 25 minutes. The Connections Spelling Bee is coming up. The date and location have changed. We will now meet on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly room in the Borough Building on Binkley in Soldotna. Please contact Lennie Yoter at 714-8880 or eyoter@kpbsd.k12.ak.us if you have questions. The Connections Science Fair is open to all Connections Students. Please check with an advisor for rules/guidelines before planning or executing your science fair project. The science fair is not a contest, and all participants will receive a prize for their efforts. If you have any questions please contact Mark Wackler at the Soldotna office (mwackler@ kpbsd.k12.ak.us) Join Alaska Fish and Game and your Connections advisors for an hour of ice fishing on February 19 at Sport Lake. We will meet at the boat ramp on Sport Lake at 10 a.m. Sport Lake is located one mile outside of Soldotna off the Kenai Spur Highway. ADF&G will have the fishing rods and Connections will have the bait. All you need is warm clothes and a fishing license for anglers 16 and older. All are welcome but we do request that you RSVP with Reubin Payne at the Connections office (rpayne@kpbsd.k12.ak.us) 714-8880. Thank you for participating in this event. Attentions all readers: the 2014 Iditaread is just around See SCHOOLS, page B-2

AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus

Elementary school children from School at St. George Place dance following the Nintendo Wii Just Dance video game as part of their physical education class Jan. 10. The physical education teacher Brittany Stags made the request for the Nintendo Wii funds through DonorsChoose.org.

Crowdfunding catching on Cash-strapped schools look for new revenue sources By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON (AP) — Coach Brittany Staggs wanted her students to get a rigorous workout even on rainy days. The equipment she needed would cost $800. With the click of a mouse, the School at St. George Place physical education teacher’s request for a Wii, dance video games and projection technology was sent to thousands of potential donors. Within a month, the students in the Houston Independent School District were sweating to popular Disney tunes in the cafeteria of the Galleria-area school. “It was awesome,” a breathless 6-yearold Summer Fahoud told the Houston Chronicle after trying out the technology. Crowdfunding — an increasingly popular way of using the Internet to raise money for everything from starting a company to adopting a baby — is slowly taking root in Houston-area schools. Painfully slowly, some would say. While the largest of the educationcentered crowdfunding sites, donorschoose.org, started in 2000, only early adopters have put crowdfunding to work in cash-strapped public schools. Overwhelmed teachers are reluctant to tackle yet another endeavor and often are uncomfortable with the platform, experts said. Yet, while other campuses struggle to raise meager funds by holding labor-intensive car washes, hosting spaghetti dinners and clipping “box tops,” the School at St. George Place has banked $43,000 worth

‘It’s 2014. Technology is here. This is a great resource, and this is free, to get right down to the nittygritty.’ — Adam Stephens, principal, School at St. George Place of supplies since August 2012 from donorschoose.org. “It’s 2014. Technology is here,” said Adam Stephens, the 32-year-old principal of the School at St. George Place. “This is a great resource, and this is free, to get right down to the nitty-gritty.” Teachers can create proposals in their pajamas with little risk, he said. Corporate giants like Chevron and Kia sometimes provide matching funds, he said. The timing couldn’t be better for fundraising to evolve in public education, experts said. U.S. Census Bureau data show that 2011 was the first time per-student spending declined nationally in public education at least since data collection began in 1977. In Texas, funding fell from $6,656 per student in 2001 to $6,559 in 2011, according to Texas Education Agency data. The need is so great that startups, including a Houston company, are joining the ranks of education-focused crowdfunding giants like donorschoose.org and adop-

taclassroom.org. Andyshea Saberioon, co-founder and CEO of Houston-based PledgeCents, said his fledgling crowdfunding company started last spring because of the tremendous shortages in public schools. Teachers spend hundreds of dollars a years from their own pockets on books, supplies and innovative projects. “I do think it’s completely wrong in a sense that teachers have to find outside sources for funding,” the 25-year-old Houston native said. His company wants to make it as painless as possible for teachers, administrators and parent leaders to ask for help. PledgeCents, which recently won a city of Houston business plan competition grant, will build proposals for the school, even the crucial video appeals that increase the campaign’s chance to succeed, Saberioon said. “It’s about making that emotional connection,” he said. Teachers and schools can then circulate the proposal via email and social media, reaching family and friends they wouldn’t normally approach while broadening the fundraising potential exponentially. When PledgeCents make its pitch to schools, Saberioon said, he and his partner intentionally avoid the terms crowdsourcing or crowdfunding, which tend to scare off teachers. “They don’t know what that is,” he said. “A lot of teachers we speak with, some are not tech-savvy, the majority don’t have time.” See FUND, page B-2

KPC celebrating 50th anniversary Plans have been in the works for two years preparing for the huge milestone the college will mark this year. Taking into consideration that Alaska has only been a state for 55 years, celebrating a 50 year anniversary is indicative of an organization that has greatly contributed to the fabric of the Kenai Peninsula. KPC will be sharing the stage with both the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, as all three will celebrate 50 years of service to the Kenai Peninsula. Talks are under way to determine if there will be shared events to commemorate the occasion, as the three organizations have worked hand-in-hand over the years to build the infrastructure that defines the Peninsula’s local government, K-12 education and post-secondary education. KPC has commissioned a 50 year anniversary history book that is nearing completion, partnered with the borough and school district to produce collectable, commemorative coins and will have a combination community barbeque and anniversary celebration on Aug. 21 at the Kenai River Campus. KPC has also released a 50th anniversary logo that will be used throughout the year to promote the historic occasion.

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Free winter concert of traditional Irish music The KRC Learning Center invites the community to enjoy an evening of traditional Irish music and folklore at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23 at the Kenai River Campus McLane commons. Don’t miss this opportunity to see renowned musicians John Walsh (tenor banjo), Pat Broaders (vocals and bouzouki) and Sean McComiskey (button accordion) playing a free concert of Irish music. This annual event is sponsored by the KPC Multicultural Consortium, the UAA Diversity Action Council and the KPC Showcase. For more information, please contact Diane Taylor at 262-0328 or e-mail dttaylor@kpc.alaska.edu.

Registration open for 2014 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference

will be international best-selling novelist Alice Sebold, the author of “The Lovely Bones,” a novel, and “Lucky,” a memoir. Both were No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. Her third book, “The Almost Moon” was published in 2007. Sebold won the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction in 2003 for “The Lovely Bones” and the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel in 2002. Sebold is an alumna of the Ragdale Foundation and she edited “The Best American Short Stories 2009.” Presenting writers include Heidi Bell, Richard Chiappone, Tracy Daughtery, Kwame Dawes, Debbie Dahl Edwardson, Katherine Faussett, Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Holly Hughes, Tom Kizzia, Nancy Lord, Lee Martin, dg naouch okpik, Benjamin Percy, Schott Russell Sanders, Marjorie Sandor, Eva Saulitis, Peggy Shumaker, Sherry Simpson and guest speaker Eowyn Ivey. Registration for the conference will cost $375 through 5 p.m. on May 2 ($300 for admitted, UA degree-seeking students) and $395 from May 3 through June 12. This cost covers all conference activities, including opening dinner, workshops and luncheons. Access the registration form and learn more about the conference at the Writers’ Conference website at writersconference.homer.alaska.edu. This conference is sponsored by KPC’s Kachemak Bay Campus. For more information, please call 235-7743 or e-mail iyconf@uaa.alaska. edu.

Registration is now open for the 2014 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. The nationally recognized writing conference, held at Land’s End Resort in Homer, features workshops, readings and panel presentations in fiction, poetry, nonfiction and This column is provided by Suzie Kendthe business of writing. This year’s conference will be held rick, Advancement Programs Manager at from June 13-17 and the keynote speaker Kenai Peninsula College.

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Boys at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday — Early Release Day for students. School will be dismissed at 12:45 p.m. Buses will run 90 minutes early to accommodate the early release. Thursday-Saturday — Varsity Basketball at Cordova Tip Off Tournament Friday — Middle School Cross Country Skiing at Kenai Middle School, 3:00 p.m. Saturday — Middle School Wrestling vs. Kenai Middle School at Nikiski Invite, 10:00 a.m. Cooking Club! All high school students with an interest in cooking are invited to a meeting on Tuesday at lunch. For more information please contact Marilee in the kitchen.

the corner and it’s time again for Connections Homeschool’s Iditaread Challenge to all K-6th grade students! Connections Homeschool’s Iditaread Challenge will begin February 28. Stop by your local Connections Office between now and then for more information and to get your sled ready to hit the trail! The challenge will run through March 31. It’s time to start thinking about our annual Talent Show again! This has been such an awesome event for the last few years, and has become something our program looks forward to year after year. The show will be held on an evening in mid/late April and contains acts of all sorts including singing, dancing, instrumental, and much more! Any and all Nikiski North Star Elementary Connections students are welcome to participate, including all ages and Wednesday is an early release day for the district. NNS will dismiss ability levels. If you’re interested please let Connections know at your earliest convenience. The date for the Talent Show: April 29, show starts at 2:00 p.m. The NNS school spelling bee will be held on January 31 in the liat 5:30pm at the SoHi Auditorium. If you are interested or have any questions please email Mark Wackler at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or brary. The winners of the NNS Elks Hoop Shoot are: Boys 8 -9 years old – call 714-8880. Carter Tennison, 1st place, Girls 8 -9 years old – Jaycee Tauriainen, 1st place, Boys 10 -11 years old – Koleman McCaughey, 1st place and Girls Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science 10 -11 years old – Aspen Hooper, 1st place. These students competed in mid-December at the Kenai Recreation Center in the Regional Elks Wednesday — Early dismissal day; students will be dismissed from Hoop Shoot. Congratulations to all participants! school at 2:10 p.m. Buses will drop students off 90 minutes earlier than NNS is in its 2nd year of implementing the Positive Behavior Internormal. No clubs today due to early dismissal. vention Support (PBIS) program for our students. The behavior guideThursday — Tap Dance Club is meeting from 3:45-4:45. lines behind this are: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Friday — 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, “We’re having a ball,” in Caring. Using these guidelines and language at home as you encounter the KSAS Gym at 2:30. Come help us celebrate a great 10 years with behavior situations with your child would provide even more follow singing, cake, and remarks regarding past, present and future. through from school to home. If you have any questions about PBIS, n Re-enrollment forms were mailed last week. They are due back to please feel free to call the school office at 776-2600. Thank you for your the school by February 14 in order to reserve your child’s position in help and cooperation. Kaleidoscope. If your child is not returning to Kaleidoscope, even if it’s because they are moving on to 7th grade, please return the form with the back side filled out so the office knows where to forward their records. Redoubt Elementary n Conferences are February 5-7. Be sure to sign up with your child’s Redoubt PTA is hosting their second annual “Winter Carnival” Febteacher. n Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science is requesting proposals ruary 15. Don’t miss out on the silent auction; dunk tank, games, food, from artists interested in creating art to be located in front of the school. door prizes and raffles. Raffle items include a 32GB iPad Air (value For more information, go to http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ $600.00), wagon filled with camping supplies, and a student Grand Gift basket. iPad 32GB tickets are available to purchase at the school office wpmu/ or email ksasartproject@gmail.com. n The LifeSkill we are focusing on this week is Patience: to wait now or can be purchased the day of the carnival. Tickets for the iPad are $10.00 each. Only 150 tickets will be sold. You can purchase your tickets calmly for someone or something. n Winter has arrived! It’s very important to make sure that your child at the school office. Volunteers are needed to help with our Winter Carnival. If you would comes to school with full winter gear each day. District policy is to send the children outside for recess as long as the wind chill is not below like to help, or if you own a business and would like to donate goods or services, please contact the school office. minus-10 degrees. Box Top Winners last week – Hayden Eck, Triston Dubbs and Allehya Roberts Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Wednesday — Early Release Day for Students, 1:45 Friday — Fun Fest 3:30-5:00; all students attending must turn in a Wednesday – Early Release Day – School lets out at 12:55 permission slip by noon Fun Fest day. The cost is $4.00 per student; this Mr. Daniels’ Class is energized to start their next unit of study about fee will cover all activities. Snacks are available to purchase. Permission ENERGY! They will participate in many hands on activities geared to slips will be sent home with all students. help them understand energy concepts. Everything from batteries to February 6 and 7 – Parent Teacher Conferences; no school for stuSlinkys, waves in water to crashing cars, it’s all related to energy. dents The students have also reached a reading goal and have earned an ice skating field trip, woo hoo! Last Friday they attended a performance by the Philadelphia Brass Quintet, a well- known brass ensemble. The kids River City Academy did really well and they enjoyed the performance. Interims have been going well. The students are enjoying stepping out of their normal class schedule and participating in some new and Kenai Central High fun activities. The skiers have taken advantage of the recent snowy weather and gotten in some good ski runs. The less experienced stuWednesday is an Early Release Day. Students will be dismissed dents usually stick closer to the school, skiing Moose or Eagle Perch. at 12:45 so that teachers can collaborate together to increase student Those more advanced have skied Wolf and it’s many options and some achievement. even tackle the challenging Bear trail. Soccer is also going well, the Home Events at KCHS students are getting in some good exercise and having fun expending Tuesday — Basketball vs. SoHi at 6:00 & 7:30 energy in the gym. Wednesday — JV Hockey at 3:00 Cooking Around the World has completed it’s second week. Students Thursday — JV Hockey at 3:00 first learned the importance of a clean kitchen, keeping surfaces sanitary Friday — Girls Basketball at 6:00 & JV Hockey at 3:00 and how to avoid cross contamination. They first learned how to make Saturday — Girls Basketball at 3:00 a simple biscuit recipe from scratch. Then followed up with interesting and fun recipes including humus, delicious marinades, pita bread, gyros, Kenai Middle tzatziki sauce, lavash, kebabs, saffron rice and homemade salsa and guacamole to go with enchiladas and taco salad with homemade tortillas. Congratulations to our 2nd quarter honor roll students: 8th Grade: 4.0 – Ithaca Bergholz, Olivia Botirius, Hailey Demello, This week we will focus on Italian recipes, yum! Wednesday is an early release day. School will be dismissed 90 minDareena Doyle, Breanna Eubank, Rylie Fields, Madison Fischer, Madiutes early. son Gallagher, Brittany Gilman, Braydon Goodman, Devynn Heath, Leah No school February 6th and 7th for parent/teacher conferences. Johnson, Maria Maes, Jakeb O’Brien, Alisa Posey-Schave, Mayzie PotFirst Aid training is coming up for our upper high school students on ton, Keira Stroh, Raleigh Van Natta; 3.5 – Luke Beiser, Riana Boonstra, Emma Carr, Olivia Daniels, Karl Danielson, Byron Dunham, Samantha February 20th. More information to follow as it becomes available. Dutcher, Phoebe Ferguson, Megan Hamilton, Jian Hayes, Ashleigh Herr, Lisa Krol, Seth Kruse, Denali Lockwood, Brandon Marcano, Alex Olson, Danielle Peterson, Nicole Prior, Kevin Ramos, Tekaiya Rich, Annebelle Schneiders, Shay Stiers, Caleb Streiff, Zack Tuttle; 3.0 – Shyanne Cook, Hunter Fitt, Michael Gelosa, Stefan Gelosa, Jenna Hansen, Melia Hardin, Austin Jackson, Randee Johnson, Savannah Jones, Jarin Miller, Willow Morrow, Jasmine Robledo, Braden Stigall, Isaiah Trevino, Nadia Walluk. 7th Grade: 4.0 – Alden Bookey, Rylee Brewington, Brittany Burcham, Jaycie Calvert, Paulyne Catacutan, Connor Felchle, Sarah Foutty, Maddison, Galloway, Faith Ivy, Kyaran Matturro, Kaden McKibben, Travis McKinley, William Morrow, Carolyn Morton, Molly Nusbaum, Emily Olson, Raven Patrick, Damien Redder, Maria Salzetti, Brooke Satathite; 3.5 – Sharmaine Aguilar, Jacob Anderson, Shanna Anderson, Breanna Ashley, Savaya Bieber, Olivia Brewer, Derek Brown, Nathaniel Cumberland, Kiera Duby, Jude Gabriel, Ashley Hamilton, Hunter Hanson, Sarah Hollers, Melissa Holmes, Jessy Jeffries, Kylie Jones, Sam Kaaihue, Jayce Lakshas, Sierra Longfellow, Kameron Maxie, Jacob Nabholz, Delbrian Parfitt, Courtney Plumridge, Yareth Santana, Ashlyn Tucker; 3.0 –Caitlyn Burdick, Bailey Burke, Livai Castrellon, Alyxandrhea Cook, Maxim Custodio, Alexis Erlich, Abigail Erwin, Devin Every, Hailey Every, Collins Flemming, Troy Gilbert, Jacob Grant, Jacob Howard, Gabriella Hunt, Kainoa Kaona, Clayton Koroll, Kodie Lingenfelter, Hannah Olson, Navy Poage, Cheylee Purugganan, Linnea Renken, Keith Rice, Treava Schmitter-Schrier, Alex Stockton, Piper Suscha, Mickinzie Ticknor. 6th Grade: 4.0 – Justin Anderson, Hunter Beck, Emily Dunham, Rebecca Kaminski, Kai McKibben, Wyatt Medcoff, Chelsea Plagge, Mekhai Rich; 3.5 – Stevie Berninger, Candice Bowers, Gary Dent, Logan Dosko, Joshua Foster, Kailey Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanson, Chase Keating, Morgan Mallory, James Marquis, Ashlynn Mathieson, Brock Miller, Brooke Nash, Alexandrea Nave, Tyler Neill, Braedon Pitsch, Kassandra Renfrow, Creed Sandahl, Abigail Schneiders, Autianna Spann, Alida Stiers, Evan Stockton, Cheyanne Zimin; 3.0 – Trevor Bagley, Veronika Budyanu, Megan Clore, Keegan Gardner, Kayle Johnson, Zion McEnerney, Serena Moore, Meghan Roney, Seth Segura, Nathaniel Stigall, Leland TouchstoneTravis Verkuilen, Rattanaporn Wangnoi, Chena Ward, Jordyn Whannell, Andrew Wilson Remember that Wednesday is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 12:57 p.m. There will be a XC Ski meet here at KMS this Friday at 3:00 p.m. The wrestling meet will be held at Nikiski on Saturday starting at 10:00 a.m.

Mountain View Elementary Wednesday is a “Minimum Day.” Students will be dismissed at 1:55 PM. Congratulations to our Soaring Eagles for the month of December. They are Matthew Arousa, Tamia Barnes, Tania Cazares, Evelyn Cooper, Alisabeth Dilucchio, Erin Einerson, Joey Freeman, Jylann Green, Taylor Guilliam, Patrick Kramer, Ryley McCormick, Ellsi Miller, Hadessah Parkki, Sarah Rezin, Ndea Rollins, Natalie Schneider, Vince Shangin, Kayani Whicker, & Taralynn Williams-Vasilie. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 6 and 7. There will be no school for students. The Library will be holding a book fair Feb. 3 – Feb. 7 during school hours and parent-teacher conferences. If you would like to volunteer to help with the book fair please call the office at 283-8600. The student council and the Mountain View PTA are collecting box tops for the “Box Tops for Education” project. Please turn your pink box tops from participating products in to the office. It was decided by the student council that the funds collected would be split equally among P.E., Music, and Library.

Nikiski Middle-High Monday — Boys JV Basketball vs. George Morgan at Nikiski, 5:00 p.m. Tuesday — JV Basketball at Nikolaevsk. JV Girls at 3:00 p.m., JV

Skyview High Skyview girls basketball defeated Cordova 38-16. Skyview was led by Sam Reynolds (12 points and 10 rebounds) and Hayley Ramsell (7 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 steals). Moira Pyhala also scored her first varsity points. The boys lost to Cordova 45-29. Jacob Carlson led the team with 11 points. Skyview girls basketball defeated Houston 40-29. Sam Reynolds led Skyview with 18 points and 6 steals. Also, Meghan Powers tied the Skyview single game record of 8 assists. Skyview is now 5-0 (3-0 in conference) for the season. The boys team beat Houston in a close game – 49-48. Micah Hilbish scored 16 points followed by Jacob Carlson with 14. Chad Harley put the team ahead with 56 seconds left. Great defense maintained the 1 point lead through the final buzzer. Wednesday — Early Release Day Thursday — Superactivity day ( No 4th hour) Ice skating during super activity. Each student will need to pay $5 to Mrs. Hanson and turn in permission form by Wednesday. They also need to bring or wear a winter jacket and wear socks. They may bring their own skates. Permission forms will be on the door of the library and the door of B206.

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available on January 1. Completing and submitting a FAFSA is the single most important thing you can do to help finance your post-secondary education. Get your application started today by going to www. fafsa.gov. Come see your College and Career Guide if you have any questions. YEARBOOK: Students have completed with their first and second spreads. That puts us at about 1/2 of the way finished. With winter sports in full swing of their competition part of the season, please look for those photo ops and snap a quick picture for us and upload them to the replayit.com website. I will be trying to get cameras at most events, but even with the hundreds of football photos we had I was searching for just the right photo at the end so ‘the more the merrier.’ I would also like some crowd shots as it shows our community support for the athletics programs. I have created a page on our school website that has updated information about where we are and there are links to the photo replayit.com site and how to order yearbooks and advertising space. We are short on our sales goals; if you are interested in purchasing a yearbook or advertising space please do so before winter break to get the best pricing. Josten’s is now offering website business advertising on replayit.com for businesses that purchase a ∏ page or full page advertisement. If you would like to donate a yearbook to a senior please email me and I will help make that happen. Yearbooks this year are $57 and come with free personalization if pre-ordered before February 2nd. Yearbook staff are required to sell 5 yearbooks and 2 advertisements, if you would like to support their efforts please email me with the student’s name and your purchase confirmation number so that I can credit the student in the grade book. We have a few spots open for senior and business ads. If you are interested in supporting the yearbook and sending a shout out to a senior, please email me for more information. If you ever have any questions or just too many photos to upload to the website, please feel free to email Mrs. McGlothen (kmcglothen@ kpbsd.k12.ak.us) and I will get back to you. Higher Expectations Greater Success Parent Guide (Alaska Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics) is now available at the front office. Alaska’s standards in English and math set high expectations for students from kindergarten to grade 12. Students who meet these goals will be ready for success after high school-whether it is in the military, on the job, or in a union apprenticeship, technical school, or college. Your schools will decide how to meet the standards through a local curriculum and teaching methods that respect your community’s cultures. Soldotna High School is collecting gently used formal dresses, shoes, and accessories for 2014 Cinderella’s Closet. This is a program which helps all area high school ladies with prom attire for free. Please email mbos@kpbsd.k12.ak.us for more info. All donations can be dropped off to the front office 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Pool Schedule: Morning lap swim 6-8 Monday – Friday Evening lap swim 6-7 Mon, Wed, Fri Evening Open swim 7-8:45 Mon and Wed Sports Calendar — www.schedulestar.com SoHi will be locking the Parking lot entrance Door during the following hours: 7:50 a.m. to noon and 12:35 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. Also note that during school hours the only open door will be the Front Entrance Commons/Flag Pole doors. The above is to improve our overall school security. There are two ways to order a transcript. Each way serves a different purpose. If you need a transcript sent to a college or NCAA or a similar agency, then you will need to log on to: www.parchment.com to order transcripts to be sent. The request is then forwarded to SoHi. All transcripts that are headed for NCAA, colleges, etc. have to be processed this way. A final transcript is one that shows your second semester grades. If you order your transcript when we are in second semester, you will need to make sure you choose “next grading period” when you go on to Parchment. That way your transcript request will wait until the grades are in at the end of the year before it is sent.

Soldotna Middle Congratulations to 7th grade student Laurel Glaves winner of the Soldotna Middle School 2013-2014 Geography Bee! State level competition will be April 4. Events this week: C Wednesday – Early release for students. Students at Soldotna Middle School will end the school day at 12:45 p.m. Bus schedules will be ad- Y justed to accommodate this time change. For complete details regarding this schedule change, please visit the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Website at www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us. Friday – Nordic Skiing – Kenai Invitational at Kenai – 3:00 p.m. Saturday – Wrestling – Nikiski Invitational at Nikiski – 10:00 a.m. 2013-2014 Yearbooks are available for purchase! Price is $35. Order forms are available at the Front Office or online at http://soldotnamiddleschool.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/ 2014 BP Teacher of Excellence – Nominate Your Favorite Teacher! Deadline is February 14. Please visit www.bpteachers.com for information on how you can recognize an outstanding teacher in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District!

Tustumena Elementary Tuesday — PTO Meeting, 4 pm; X-Country Skiing begins Tuesdays and Thursdays until February 27. Wednesday — Early Release, 2:10 p.m. January 27 — Site Council Meeting, 4 p.m. January 27-31 — PreRegistration for Kindergarten for 2014-2015 school year. Child must be 5 by September 1, 2014. Please bring immunization record and birth certificate. February 6-7 — Parent Teacher Conferences, no school for students. February 7 — Mighty Meatballs Dinner (6th grade fundraiser), $5/ person, 5:30-7 p.m. February 10 — District Battle of Books Grade 3 and 4 February 11 — District Battle of Books Grades 5 and 6

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Office of the Week- LLC: Levi McComsey; UUL: Victoria Grant Second Semester Awards: More information was promised on our Reading Counts Contest, so Student of the Month: November: Zane Wade; December: Kobe here it is: Students are reading books in their personal lexile range and taking comprehension quizzes for points. When the student reaches his Miller Perfect Pace Award: Sunny Miller and Madison Berga personal goal, he receives an entry blank from his teacher. That slip goes Upcoming Honor Roll trip: To be announced: canceled due to rain. into an entry box for a later drawing. The names of the students who Snow Sledding at Solid Rock Bible Camp. earn the most points in their classroom throughout the week will be announced the following Monday morning, and their names will be listed here as well. Prizes are awarded occasionally to individual winners in the classrooms. The contest ends on May 9th, and the following Monday, one Grand Prize winner will be drawn for each classroom (grades 2-6). We are finalizing arrangements for the grand prize winners, but we’ll let you know as soon as possible. Congratulations to the first week’s classroom winners: Andrew Stoner, Willow Duffy, Carter Cannava, Trent Boots, Jaydin Mead, Josh Pieh, Ryann Cannava, and Colton Sorhus. Great job! Continued from page B-1 Family Math Night is Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. A site council meeting will be here on February 4th, at 3:45 p.m. All are welcome to join. Ironically, teachers are among the founders of old-fashAnother early release day is this Wednesday. Students will be disioned crowdsourcing — sending home letters every fall askmissed at 1:55 p.m. The bus schedules will be adjusted by 90 minutes. There will be no afternoon class for Mrs. Cannava’s preschoolers. ing parents to donate the tissues, crayons and hand sanitizer No School for students on February 6th and February 7th due to Parneeded for the classroom. Crowdfunding simply moves that ent/Teacher conferences. effort online and broadens access to potential donors, said Mrs. Buben’s 3rd and 4th grade students are going on a snowshoeMelanie Duppins, senior director of policy and learning for ing fitness walk at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on February 4th. donorchoose.org. The walk should take approximately 2 hours. We’re hoping for perfect More than 1,100 teachers in Harris County have proposweather. als on donorschoose, asking for pencils, books and advanced Mrs. Straw’s 3rd graders will enjoy a visit from Mr. Dale Lawyer and technology for small-group instruction. Nationally, about his search and rescue dog, Ares, on Tuesday. The program takes about an 75,000 public school teachers — or 2 percent to 3 percent hour and a half, and the kids are sure to enjoy that presentation. of all teachers — are regulars on the site that hopes to pump Intramural basketball began last week. The players meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 until 5:00 p.m. $55 million in supplies into schools this fiscal year. Congratulations to Luc Beauparlant who was the winner of last Unlike the scripted curriculum mandated by the state, week’s box top drawing. crowdfunding can provide teachers some room to be innovaPlease be sure all your student’s contact information is current at our tive. office. To update that information, please call 260-5100. Emergencies “Donorschoose.org is venture capital for teachers to be do happen, and it is important that we have current information to be creative,” Duppins said. able to reach parents as quickly as possible. Thank you so much for your Admittedly, crowdfunding has only been attempted by the diligence in this matter. If you know a broadcast message had been sent, top tier of tech-savvy teachers, said Sheri Alford, education but you did not receive it, please let the office know as soon as possible.

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technology director for the Spring Branch school district. “It does seem like it’s slow-moving, but I guess it’s just a cycle we’re all working through,” she said.

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Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a highly qualified individual to fill the position of Member Support Representative in the Kenai office. Member Support Representatives are our first line of contact with members. Friendly and courteous service is a must when working with members on billing issues and providing information on a variety of subjects relating to membership, electric services, utility regulations and tariffs. Qualified applicants will have a minimum of two years of office based customer services experience, with high-volume public contact both in person and by telephone. This position requires 2 years of college level, or formal business education which can be substituted by an additional 4 years of progressively responsible customer service experience. The position also requires 10-key by touch and a familiarity with various computer database applications. An individual with prior utility experience is preferred. Applications may be completed on line at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications will no longer be accepted after January 24, 2014.

AIMM Technologies, Inc is hiring 4 Operator/ Drivers. Minimum Class B CDL with Hazmat and Tanker endorsement. Vac Truck experience needed. CITS card needed. Pay DOE.

ROUSTABOUTS NEEDED

AIMM Technologies, Inc is hiring 4 Roustabouts. Applicants need 40 hr HazWoper, CITS and TWIC. Must have valid driver's license. Pay DOE. NO PHONE CALLS. Apply in person at Mile 17.9 Kenai Spur Hwy, Nikiski

General Employment

Property Management Division 170 N. Birch Suite 101, Soldotna (907)262-2522 Mary.Parske@century21.com www.Century21FreedomRealty.com

Hospice of Central Peninsula reaches out to individuals and families offering comfort and compassion when needed most. Are you sensitive to the human needs and situations encountered in the provision of hospice and bereavement care and ready for a life changing call to help people discover renewed meaning and purpose in life? Do you have knowledge of adult and child grief counseling, understanding of physical and psychosocial needs of terminally ill patients and caregivers? Consider the rewarding work of a Bereavement Coordinator. Job description and application for this 20 hour weekly position are available at 35911 Kenai Spur Hwy., Soldotna.

Homes LEGACY ESTATES

SOLDOTNA Beautiful New Homes WE FINANCE

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

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Hope Community Resources, Inc. [Hope] is a private, non-profit agency that provides services to people who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities. Through in-home supports and community activities, people supported by Hope have the opportunity to live a full life in the community of their choice. More information regarding Hope’s mission and corporate culture is available at www.hopealaska.org

JOB OPPORTUNITY NOTICE POSITION: Maintenance Worker (Cabin Crew) WG-4749-05

DUTIES : Performs construction work at remote sites within Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, performs routine maintenance of historic and public use cabins and repairs historic log cabins. WHO MAY APPLY: Any qualified U.S. citizen who has lived or worked in or near Alaska public Lands and has special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural and cultural resources of the public lands and their management. Application must be received by January 29, 2014 For full announcement and how to apply, visit <http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/WG4749-05_job_notice_full.pdf> or call (907) 262-7021.

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UOSS is a merit shop construction contractor serving the Kenai Peninsula and Alaska for over 40 years. We are accepting applications for current openings on the Kenai Peninsula for JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS for work offshore and onshore including overtime. If you want to become a part of an established company that puts their employees first, conducts their business with integrity, makes safe execution a priority, and shares success with their employees along with a great benefits package then we want to hear from you. Please send a copy of your resume with work history and any other information to kenaireception@udelhoven.com or fax (907) 283-5929.

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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Two years work exp in social services or case management Bachelor’s in Health/Social Science, Psychology, Special Education or closely related field AND one year of full time, paid work experience with human services recipients- Experience may substitute for education on a 2 for 1 basis

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DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS One year of case management experience Experience working with individuals who experience disabilities OTHER Ability to lift 25 lbs. from a squat-and-kneel position Possess a valid Alaska driver license and proof of insurance Provide driving record that meets agency guidelines Pass a criminal background check under state regulation

2-BEDROOM Mile 18 Spur Hwy., $700. plus deposit of $700./ electric. No pets. Coin operated washer/dryer on site. (907)262-7248. 3-BEDROOMS 1-full, 2-half baths. $1,025. rent, 1,025. deposit. Cats accepted, No ASHA (907)335-1950

To apply, please visit our website at www.hopealaska.org and complete an online application, or download a printable application form to fill out by hand. Submit paper applications by mail, fax or in person to the nearest Hope office. Résumés are optional and can be emailed to jobs@hopealaska.org.

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

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UDELHOVEN OILFIELD SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.

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JOB SUMMARY The Care Coordinator provides planning and advocacy to individuals experiencing disabilities. This includes working with the person-centered team to coordinate services, facilitate meetings, quality assure supports, and author professional documents. This position will also be required to do monthly visits at support recipient’s homes & in the community. The ideal candidate will be organized and have excellent time management, written and oral communication skills. Starting salary is $18.25/hr.

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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

Hope Community Resources is hiring on the Peninsula! Join our team as a Care Coordinator!

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Retail/Commercial Space PRIME KENAI RETAIL/ OFFICE SPACE 1,832SqFt to 20,000SqFt. Rates start @ $.50SqFt. Call Carr Gottstein Properties, (907)564-2424 or visit www.carrgottstein.com

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Agriculture Computing & Engineering Construction & Trades Domestics, Childcare, Aides Drivers/Transportation Education Finance & Accounting General Employment Healthcare Hospitality & Food Service Manufacturing & Production Oil & Refinery Office & Clerical Personal Care/Beauty Professional/ Management Real Estate, Leasing, Mortgage Retail Sales & Marketing Schools/Training Tourism Work Wanted

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

General Employment CAREGIVER NEEDED Relief shift. Soldotna. For more information call (907)262-5090.

K-BEACH Large 2-bedroom, newly remodedled, utilities included. No pets. $875. (907)252-2579.

Real Estate For Sale Commercial Property Condominiums/Town Homes Farms/Ranches Homes Income Property Land Manufactured Mobile Homes Multiple Dwelling Out of Area for Sale Steel Building Vacation Property Wanted To Buy Waterfront Property

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.

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Apartments, Unfurnished 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. 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

Apartments, Furnished 1-LARGE ROOM $480. Soldotna, quiet setting, Satellite, limited cooking. (907)394-2543. DOWNTOWN Soldotna on the river. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Seasonal/ Permanent, furnished/ unfurnished, NO pets/ NO smoking. Credit/ background checks. $850., (907)252-7110 EXCELLENT OCEAN VIEW! Bay Arm Apartments, Kenai. Accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, utilities included. $25. nonrefundable application fee. No pets. (907)283-4405. 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 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.

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

Homes 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.

Retail/ Commercial Space RED DIAMOND CENTER K-Beach Rd. 1,200- 2,400sq.ft. Retail or office, high traffic, across from DMV. Please call (907)953-2222 (907)598-8181

Miscellaneous WHITE GOLD RING with 1/2 carat diamond & smaller diamonds surrounding both sides. Worn for less than a year. $2,500. OBO Call/ text Kimberlee (907)598-0647

Recreation Aircrafts & Parts All-Terrain Vehicles Archery Bicycles Boat Supplies/Parts Boats & Sail Boats Boats Charter Boats Commercial Campers/Travel Trailers Fishing Guns Hunting Guide Service Kayaks Lodging Marine Motor Homes/RVs Snow Mobiles Sporting Goods

Boats Commercial WANTING TO BUY 32-38ft., aluminum combination vessel/ long line/jigging (541)999-1936

Transportation Autos Classic/Custom Financing Motorcycles Parts & Accessories Rentals Repair & Services Sport Utilities, 4x4 Suburbans/Vans/ Buses Trucks Trucks: Commercial Trucks: Heavy Duty Trailers Vehicles Wanted

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Merchandise For Sale Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Audio/Video Building Supplies Computers Crafts/Holiday Items Electronics Exercise Equipment Firewood Food Furniture Garage Sales Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery Lawn/Garden Liquidation Machinery & Tools Miscellaneous Music Musical Instructions Office/Business Equipment Vacations/Tickets Wanted To Buy

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TEACH ALL DOGS Everything with brains, not pain. Obedience, Puppy, Nose work, Rally, Agility, Privates. K-Beach Road (907)262-6846 www.pendog.org

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PATRICIA GAMACHE, Deceased. Case No. 3KN-13-187 PR/E

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669. DATED this 15th day of January, 2014. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE JOANN MCWHORTER PUBLISH: 1/20, 27, 2/3, 2014

Bids KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO BID #125-14 Classroom Furniture

One (1) original of the sealed bid must be submitted to the Purchasing Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 139 East Park Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669, no later than 4:00 PM local time on February 14, 2014. Bid can be obtained by calling 907-714-8876 during normal business hours, or from the District website www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Peninsula Borough Code requires that businesses or individuals contracting to do business with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District be in compliance with Borough tax provisions. PUBLISH: 1/20, 2014

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of a Change of Name for: CORYNN NICOLE MARIE JOY, Current Name of Minor Child Case No: 3KN-13-00993CI

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City of Soldotna Council Meeting Agenda January 22, 2014 177 N. Birch St. Soldotna, AK 99669

CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 8, 2014 CONSENT AGENDA Introduction of Ordinances (Setting Public Hearing for 02/12/14) - Ordinance 2014-004 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code Chapter 3.18 Special Assessment District, to Clarify Written Objections to the Formation of a District (Baxter) Resolutions - No Items Other - Mayoral Appointment to the Planning & Zoning Commission â&#x20AC;¢ David L Hutchings, Seat F - Term to Expire 12/31/2014 - Liquor License Renewal Application: â&#x20AC;¢ Don Jose's Soldotna, License #102, License Type - Beverage Dispensary â&#x20AC;¢ Kenai River Brewing Co., License #4546 License Type - Brewery â&#x20AC;¢ Odie's, License #5117, License Type Restaurant Eating Place â&#x20AC;¢ Pizza Boys, License #5177, License Type Restaurant Eating Place â&#x20AC;¢ St. Elias Brewing Co., License #4768, License Type - Restaurant Eating Place Public Convenience PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS ASSEMBLY/LEGISLATIVE REPORT ORDINANCES Public Hearing and/or Action - Ordinance 2013-031 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code Chapter 10.06 Miscellaneous Regulations to Include a New Subsection 040 Commercial Vehicles Prohibited on Certain Streets (City Manager) [Motion to enact on the floor from 10/23/13; postponed until 01/22/14] - Ordinance 2014-001 - Establishing Provisions for Disclosure of Public Records (City Manager) - Ordinance 2014-002 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $22,000 in the Library Expansion Capital Project Fund for a Matching Grant Received from the Rasmuson Foundation for Use Toward Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment at the Joyce K. Carver Library (City Manager) - Ordinance 2014-003 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $12,000 in the Library Expansion Capital Project Fund for a Donation Received from the Friends of the Joyce K Carver Memorial Library (City Manager) APPEALS & HEARINGS - No Items RESOLUTIONS - No Items OTHER Discussion Regarding Cancelling the March 12, 2014 Meeting MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORTS CITY MANAGER'S REPORT PUBLIC COMMENTS COUNCIL COMMENTS EXECUTIVE SESSION PENDING LEGISLATION ADJOURNMENT The next meeting is February 12, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. For agenda items & other information, call the City Clerk's Office at 907-262-9107. PUBLISH: 1/20, 2014

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Notice to Consumers The State of Alaska requires construction companies to be licensed, bonded and insured before submitting bids, performing work, or advertising as a construction contractor in accordance with AS 08..18.011, 08.18.071, 08.18.101, and 08.15.051. All advertisements as a construction contractor require the current registration number as issued by the Division of Occupational Licensing to appear in the advertisement. CONSUMERS MAY VERIFY REGISTRATION OF A CONTRACTOR . Contact the AK Department of Labor and Workforce Development at 907-269-4925 or The AK Division of Occupational Licensing in Juneau at 907-4653035 or at www.dced.state.ak.us/acc/home.htm

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Teenager’s taxi service has a disgruntled rider DEAR ABBY: I’m a high school senior. At the beginning of the school year, I agreed to drive my best friend to school in the mornings, and for a while it was nice. Last month she started to refuse to talk while I was driving. If I tried talking to her, she wouldn’t respond. She recently told her boyfriend (who she texts constantly while riding with me) that she didn’t like my driving. I found out because of a post he made on Facebook. When I asked her about it, she said that morning I had slammed on the brakes and it scared her. This has made me tense and stressed out in the mornings, and I want to stop driving her. My grandmother says I should stick it out instead of causing friction. My mom thinks I should stop driving her, but only if she can find another ride. I tried to explain this to her, but she won’t listen and I’m still stuck with her. This has ruined our relationship. I feel like she hates me, but I don’t know what to do about any of it. Help! — DRIVEN CRAZY IN FLORIDA DEAR DRIVEN CRAZY: Your former best friend may have stopped talking to you on the way to school because she was too busy texting her boyfriend. She is ignoring the fact that you have been doing her the favor of transporting her and is using you as a private taxi service.

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and fold the laundry. Get the kids ready for bed, give them their baths, read books to them and wait until they are asleep to leave. Clean the house, run the vacuum, empty the garbage and change the beds. Buy groceries (the basics), including paper goods, and grab a box of gallon plastic bags, masking tape and Sharpies (to date frozen foods). The gift of your time is ever so much more helpful than cute baby outfits that are quickly outgrown. Thanks, Abby! — PROUD GRANDMA IN NEW YORK DEAR PROUD GRANDMA: My warm conDEAR ABBY: My daugh- Abigail Van Buren gratulations on the new additions to your family. ter, the mother of a toddler, Your daughter is a lucky woman. Your letter should just had twins. We live four hours away, so I stayed be clipped and saved by anyone who is looking forwith them for a few weeks to help her and her hus- ward to grandparenthood because it is a classic. band adjust to their larger family. It taught me a lot about how to help new mothers who are feeling overDEAR READERS: Today we celebrate the birthwhelmed. day of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the visionIt’s not about holding the babies; everyone wants to ary civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. do that. Instead, if you really want to help tired parents, Many of his words ring as true today as when they do one of the following: were first spoken. Take the older children to the park, the library, the The quote I have in mind as I write this is, “All zoo, to a diner for breakfast. Keep them happy and progress is precarious, and the solution of one probsafe, and bring them home worn out. lem brings us face-to-face with another problem.” It Bring dinner or takeout when visiting. Wash, dry applies to many aspects of life.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Jan. 20, 2014: This year you emphasize the importance of seeing the big picture. Sometimes, if you are not careful or overthink, you will lose your strong will to act. Watch out for this trait. If you are single, you are unusually attractive. You will have many dating possibilities, but you might attract emotionally unavailable individuals. Be careful. If you are attached, the two of you can work through nearly anything because of your commitment to each other. Be aware of your differences, and respect them. VIRGO sometimes annoys you with his or her penchant for detail. 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 Listen to what is being shared while you go through your day. You will note that seriousness seems to mark your interactions. A discussion is a must in order for you to understand where others are coming from. Tonight: Be where you can relax. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Your creativity will help provide a solution; it might not be considered perfect by all parties, but it will work. A partner could try to resist your attempts to bring him or her out of his or her shell. Your caring will be evident, but it still might not work. Tonight: Ask questions. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Work from home, or handle a domestic matter before you go to work. A partner will come through for you in a big way. Let this per-

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if you choose not to absorb what is said in a meeting with others. Approach a situation with care, yet also be aware of your limits. Be more open, and express your gentle side. Someone can’t help but respond. Tonight: Find your friends. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHYou like to perform and achieve the highest level of excellence possible. At the moment, you might feel challenged, but you have the assets to make an impression and to excel. Holding back a certain feeling will take a toll on you. Tonight: Out till the wee hours. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Make a point of seeing the whole picture, and refuse to sell yourself short. Your way of dealing with a problem could change once you do. With that alteration will come a different outcome that might be more beneficial to everyone involved. Tonight: Hop on the Internet. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Don’t allow someone else to do your dirty work. Reach out and communicate with others directly. Follow this suggestion, and keep all interpersonal matters on a one-on-one level. The results will please you, and others will be more open as well. Tonight: Togetherness works. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You have a strong mind, but a partner will need to think a situation through and come up with his or her own conclusion. Develop the ability to let go, and give others the space to get to where you are. Be patient. Tonight: Out and about.

The sound of trouble Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about grocery-store workers wearing earphones: “My Sound Off concerns the workers who collect the carts for stores in the parking-lot corrals. More and more, I notice that these workers have earbuds in and cannot hear a person, let alone a car coming, while they walk around the parking lot. It sure seems like an accident waiting to happen!” — Amelia W., via email Amelia, it’s something I’ve not thought about. They could be earplugs to cut down on the loud cart noise, but if they are earbuds and the workers are listening to loud music, it could be a problem. Readers, comments? — Heloise Fast Facts Dear Readers: Other uses for nonflavored dental floss: * Keep in the kitchen for cutting cakes, cheese, etc. * Use to sew a button instead of thread. * Tie something closed in a pinch. * Use unwaxed floss to tie around a roast. * Tie around plants to keep them upright. — Heloise

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Unmatched socks Dear Heloise: Unmatched socks are a problem in our house. I put a cheap plastic bin in the laundry room, and when I have a single sock, I throw it in the bin. Then if anyone cannot find the match, the first place the person looks is in the bin. It has saved a lot of time and frustration in my family. — P.P. in Illinois

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