Peninsula Clarion, January 28, 2014

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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Slides cut off Valdez Avalanches block river, cause flooding fears

By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Highway access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline has been cut off indefinitely by avalanches, including one that dammed a river and created a lake up to a half-mile long across the roadway in a 300foot wide mountain canyon.

State Department of Transportation officials said Monday that the snow slide about 12 miles outside Valdez on the Richardson Highway cannot be

cleared until water behind the snow drains. The water in Keystone Canyon is too deep on the upstream side for crews to approach the snow dam. Officials fear that digging from the downstream side could trigger a dangerous surge of water and harm work crews.

“At this time there is no safe way to approach relieving that water,” said Jason Sakalaskas, northern region maintenance engineer, at a news teleconference.

The avalanche was in a location prone to avalanches and

known locally as Snow Slide Path, said Mike Coffey, the DOT’s statewide maintenance engineer.

“This is of a magnitude we probably have never seen before,” Coffey said.

The Lowe River is a whitewater stream with Class 4 and 5 rapids. Rafting companies use it in summer for trips, but usually in winter it’s just a trickle, ValAP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities dez DOT Superintendent Robert Dunning said. The rain and This Friday photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transmelting snowpack have filled portation & Public Facilities shows multiple avalanches that the river to about one-third its crossed the Richardson Highway in the Thompson Pass region See VALDEZ, page A-3 of Valdez.

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In the news Proposed amendment draws more supporters

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three more Republican senators have signed onto a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow public money to be used for private and religious schools.

Sens. Lesil McGuire, Anna Fairclough and Charlie Huggins signed onto SJR9 after Gov. Sean Parnell, in his State of the State address last week, called on lawmakers to debate and send the proposal to voters to decide.

That brings to at least eight the number of Republicans in the GOP-controlled Senate who have signed on.

The resolution, from Sen. Mike Dunleavy, proposes striking a provision in Alaska’s Constitution that prohibits the state from using public funds for the direct benefit of private and religious schools.

Critics fear the proposal could siphon money from the public education system.

Supporters say it would allow for more school choice.

Inside ‘We are aware of no instance in which the program directly contributed to the discovery of a previously unknown terrorist plot or the disruption of a terrorist attack.’ ... See page A-5

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Annual event connects those in need with services

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

them up.”

According to an article by wildlife biologist Sean Farley published by Fish and Game, during hibernation bears have developed adaptive strategies to go long periods of time without food and water by storing up fat and limiting their movement to conserve muscle mass.

Depending on the individual bear, if it went into its den in good condition with a large fat layer, it would not need to come out and look for food unless it was forced out because of den damage, Selinger said.

He said any bears that would

For the first time in nearly two years the former Sears store in the Kenai Mall will be active with people receiving much needed services, but only for one day.

The third annual Project Homeless Connect takes place today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

More than 50 volunteers will be on hand offering multiple free services from haircuts, health care services and housing information.

Project coordinator Marti Slater said the outpouring of donations from the community leading up to the event has been amazing.

“For the last three years this has been an incredible community based event to reach out to homeless and those at risk,” she said. “It makes me cry. My heart bursts because it has been so positive.”

Project Homeless Connect is a national initiative to provide resources to the nation’s needy.

Slater, who is a retired pastor from Kenai Methodist Church, said last summer she went to Anchorage and saw how they organized their event and she came back so inspired to continue to help those in need.

Slater said 25 vendors will be on hand and many other agencies have come together to make the event possible. Volunteers have also donated groceries from the food bank and winter clothing.

A couple ladies volunteered

See BEAR, page A-8

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Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Band together

The Kenai Peninsula Borough honor band practices Monday with guest conductor and composer Daniel Bukvich of the University of Idaho for the Honor-Mass High School Band Festival today at 6 p.m. at Soldotna High School. The students will be performing “Buffalo Jump Ritual” composed by Bukvich, “Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa” by Andrew Boysen Jr. and “Hosts of Freedom” by Karl King among other selections. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children and senior citizens.

Even in winter, be bear aware

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

With all the snow melting from extended above average temperatures this month, some Kenai Peninsula residents are wondering if any bears have made early appearances from their winter hibernation.

Heather Harrison, manager at Wildman’s in Cooper Landing, said a group of regulars who come in for coffee every morning have talked about the possibility of bear sightings due to the spring-like weather.

“It seems likely that their dens would be flooded out and

they would be stirring around looking for food,” Harrison said. “Nobody has mentioned seeing one, but everybody who comes in has been talking it.”

Jeff Selinger, a wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Soldotna office, said there have been no reports of bear sightings in

the area.

It is not uncommon for bears to slip in and out of their den during the winter, depending on a number of conditions, he said.

While Alaska bears hibernate for nearly seven months due to the harshness of winter, any disturbances, like flooding to their den, would flush them out and force them to find another shelter, he said.

“Depending on the site of the den if moisture gets in that would prompt bears to emerge early,” Selinger said. “When snow levels decrease, light can penetrate into the den and wake

Administration gives pipeline project overview

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — An agreement to advance a liquefied natural-gas project represents a “groundbreaking achievement” for Alaska, Revenue Commissioner Angela Rodell said Monday.

But the project is far from a done deal, with several decision points over the next few years in which the state — or any of the other parties — can step away.

Administration officials on

Monday gave lawmakers an overview of the agreement, which includes the state, TransCanada Corp., the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.

(AGDC) and the North Slope’s major players: BP PLC, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil Corp.

This year, lawmakers are being asked to pass legislation introduced by Gov. Sean Parnell that would set general tax terms and allow the project to move through a phase involving preliminary engineering and design and refine-

ment of project costs. That phase is expected to cost more than $400 million among the parties, with Alaska’s share between $70 million and $90 million.

A fiscal note attached to the bill estimates more than $80 million would go into a new fund and be drawn on by a subsidiary of AGDC. The legislation outlines the creation of both the fund and a subsidiary that would carry Alaska’s interest in things such as liquefaction facilities and marine terminal facilities.

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Mike Pawlowski, a deputy revenue commissioner, said the fiscal notes are at the upper end of the costs laid out by Parnell.

He expects that figure to be refined as the bill goes through the legislative process.

The state is pursuing an equity share in the project as a way of protecting Alaska’s interests. The commercial agreement, which has been described as a broad roadmap for a way forward, anticipates the state’s equity share at 20 to 25 percent.

The enabling legislation

would move from a net tax to gross tax on gas, and set the rate at 10.5 percent on gas. That, combined with royalties, would determine the state’s participation rate.

The state also would have to pay its way on construction costs, commensurate to its stake in the project, Pawlowski told members of the Senate Finance Committee. But he said later it would not be, say, a $9 billion appropriation. Recognizing the costs, the state is bringing in partners like TransCanada and See GAS, page A-8

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Senate Republicans pitch health care plan

By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON — Three Senate Republicans on Monday proposed repealing the nation’s controversial health care law in favor of a replacement that eliminates most of the government coverage mandates it imposed and offers tax breaks to help the lower-income obtain coverage.

The supporters of the proposal, Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina, said in a written statement that their goal was to “reduce health care costs and increase

access to affordable, high quality care.”

The plan is a rarity among congressional Republicans, who vowed more than three years to “repeal and replace” President Barack Obama’s health care law, also known as ‘Obamacare,’ but since then have focused almost exclusively on trying to repeal it without advancing a comprehensive alternative.

As described by aides, the size of the tax credits envisioned in the alternative would be determined by age and income, and be available to the unemployed as well as those seeking individual coverage or

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Silver closed............ 19.65 -0.27 Dow Jones avg..... 15,837.88 -41.23 NASDAQ................4,083.61 -44.56 S&P 500................ 1,781.56 -8.73 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Oil Prices Friday’s prices North Slope crude: $104.78, down from $105.43 on Thursday West Texas Int.: $96.68, down from $97.37 on Thursday

working for smaller companies. Those with incomes up to three times the federal poverty level — generally $70,650 for a family of four — would be eligible.

The proposal repeals all of the tax increases that have taken effect with the new health care law, including one on medical devices and another on high-cost insurance plans. Yet it would impose a new one by limiting the tax exemption that individuals are allowed to take for the cost of their health insurance premiums.

Under current law, 100 percent of premiums are exempt from federal income tax, and the proposal would reduce that to 65 percent.

In addition to raising money to help finance the tax breaks for those with lower incomes, the change would help control the cost of coverage, aides said.

Under the proposal, employers that provide health care would be permitted to deduct

their full cost, as is now the case.

In another major change, the proposal would roll back the expansion of Medicaid that is a central part of the new health care law.

In its place, Republicans proposed giving individual states a fixed amount to pay for care of their poor residents, based on the number of individuals who live at or below the poverty level.

Republicans said they did not have overall cost estimates for the legislation, or of the impact it would have on the uninsured population. In a written statement, they said that generally speaking, it would neither raise nor lower deficits over a decade, yet achieve “significant savings for consumers and taxpayers.”

The aides who described the plan said that by repealing many of the requirements contained in the health care law, the legislation would reduce the cost of health care.

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Peninsula Clarion, Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Community Calendar Today 9 a.m.

• TOPS meets at the Kenai Senior Center for a weigh-in from 9 to 10:15 a.m., and a meeting at 10:30.

Call Darlene at 907-283-3451.

Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 907-262-1917.

• Kenai Bridge Club plays party bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 907-252-9330 or 907-283-7609.

1 p.m.

• National Family Caregiver Support Group meets at the Soldotna Senior Center. Call Dani at 907-2621280.

• Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chairbound or limited mobility participants are encouraged.

6 p.m.

• Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. Call 907-262-4892.

6:30 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room, Soldotna.

7 p.m.

• Lost & Found Grief Self Help Group at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. For more information, call 907-420-3979.

8 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It works” at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive, Kenai.

• AA North Roaders Group Step and Traditions Study at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 907-242-9477.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichik support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574.

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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Around the Peninsula Historical society to host CIRCAC speaker

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Feb. 14. Indoor soccer is open to players from age 4 through fifth grade. Registration is $60 for pre-K and kindergartners, $85 for first- through fifth-graders. For more information call 283-3318.

Caregiver Support Program plans for 2014

The Kenai Historical Society will meet Feb. 9 at 1:00 p.m.

The Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program at the Kenai Visitor’s Center. Our guest speaker will be from Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Committee. The meet- will have the following meetings this month: — Soldotna Senior Center, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1:00 p.m., ing is open to the public and new members are welcome.

Caregiver Peer Support Meeting Meetings held in January are to plan for 2014. All CaregivKenai Kennel Club hosts obedience classes ers are asked to attend and share training needs and areas of Starting Feb. 1, the Kenai Kennel Club will host a six-week interest to your situation. If you are unable to attend please call session of dog obedience classes, with Beginning Family Dog and give your input to Shelley or Judy at 907-262-1280.

Obedience from 1-2 p.m. and Advanced Obedience from 2:303:30 p.m. Kenai Kennel Club is located in the Kenai Mall in ‘Baby-wearers’ to meet up Kenai. Please leave your dog in the car while registering and Past, present and future “baby-wearers” are invited to meet bring your dog records. For more information call the club at up for a free baby-wearing workshop on the fourth Tuesday of 335-2552 or email kenaikennelclub@gmail.com. the month from 11 a.m.-1p.m. at the Kenai Rec Center, which coincides with tot time and home-school gym time. The meetBoys and Girls Club indoor soccer kicks off up is sponsored by the Central Peninsula Birth Network. For Registration for the 2014 Boys and Girls Club indoor soccer sea- more information, call Nikki at 398-9166 or email birthnetson is under way at the Kenai Recreation Center and runs through workcp@gmail.com.

Getting sick in the name of science

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

BETHESDA, Md. — Forget being sneezed on: Government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses.

It may sound bizarre, but the rare type of research is a step in the quest for better flu vaccines.

It turns out that how the body fends off influenza remains something of a mystery.

“Vaccines are working, but we could do better,” said Dr. Matthew Memoli of the National Institutes of Health, who is leading the study that aims to infect up to 100 adults over the next year.

Wait a minute: Flu is sweeping the country, so why not just study the already sick? That wouldn’t let scientists measure how the immune system reacts through each step of infection,

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summer capacity, he said.

Coffey estimated snow is piled 100 feet high on the Lowe River and up to 50 feet high on the highway.

A second avalanche is blocking the highway at Mile 39.

Up to 10 more avalanches are blocking parts of the highway that stretches north 360 miles to Fairbanks.

The avalanches have not affected the trans-Alaska pipeline, which is buried in the area.

Air and water access remains open to Valdez.

The city’s 4,100 residents, especially old-timers, are taking the inconvenience in stride, city Clerk Sheri Pierce said.

“We’re doing our best to let people know we have food supplies at the grocery stores,” Pierce said.

Fuel companies expect no shortages. Mail is being flown in, Pierce said. Additional state ferries have been scheduled for people who want to leave with cars.

Valdez is on Prince William Sound 105 miles east of Anchorage. The Richardson Highway goes through the Chugach Mountains at the 2,800-foot-high Thompson Pass, one of the snowiest areas of Alaska.

starting with that first exposure to the virus.

It’s not an experiment to be taken lightly. After all, the flu kills thousands of Americans a year. For safety, Memoli chose a dose that produces mild to moderate symptoms — and accepts only volunteers who are healthy and no older than 50.

And to avoid spreading the germs, participants must spend at least nine days quarantined inside a special isolation ward at the NIH hospital, their health closely monitored.

They’re not released until nasal tests prove they’re no longer contagious.

The incentive: About $3,000 to compensate for their time.

“I received a very scolding email from my mother” about signing up, Daniel Bennett, 26, said with a grin.

“Their standards are so high, I don’t believe I’m in danger,”

added Bennett, a restaurant worker from College Park, Md. “I don’t get sick that often.”

A masked and gloved Memoli had Bennett lie flat for about a minute.

“It will taste salty. Some will drip down the back of your throat,” Memoli said, before squeezing a syringe filled with millions of microscopic virus particles, floating in salt water, into each nostril.

Sure enough, a few days later Bennett had the runny nose and achiness of mild flu.

The best defense against influenza is a yearly vaccine, but it’s far from perfect. In fact, the vaccine is least effective in people age 65 and older — the group most susceptible to flu — probably because the immune system weakens with age.

Understanding how younger adults’ bodies fight flu may help scientists determine what the more vulnerable elderly are

missing, clues to help develop more protective vaccines for everyone, Memoli explained.

Here’s the issue: The vaccine is designed to raise people’s levels of a particular flufighting antibody. It targets a protein that acts like the virus’ coat, called hemagglutinin — the “H’’ in H1N1, the strain that caused the 2009 pandemic and that is causing the most illness so far this winter, too.

But it’s not clear what antibody level is best to aim for — or whether a certain amount means you’re protected against getting sick at all, or that you’d get a mild case instead of a severe one.

“As mind-boggling as it is, we don’t know the answer to that,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “We made some assumptions that we knew everything about flu.”

Snow fell by the foot in early winter, Coffey said. Late last week, however, Alaska’s unseasonably warm temperatures were accompanied by inches of rain. The precipitation trigged avalanches Friday morning that nearly trapped a trucker on the highway.

Transportation Department officials had hoped to reopen the highway early this week, but they remain stymied by unstable snow pack conditions, including the threat of additional avalanches.

They used a 105-mm howitzer and 50-pound bags of explosives dropped from helicopters to trigger additional snow in avalanche zones to make cleanup conditions safer for crews. Freezing temperatures also could stabilize snow on mountainsides.

Efforts during the weekend to clear avalanche zones were

been delayed when two people walking toward Valdez on Saturday refused orders to stop.

The two were eventually flown to the city by helicopter, arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and obstruction of a highway.

The highway is officially closed between Miles 12 and 42.

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What Others Say

Energy and Alaska, by the numbers We talk a lot about energy up here

in our great state of Alaska. We talk about producing it, we talk about the high price of it, we talk about how not to use so much of it in the winter.

Our elected officials talk about making more of it, doing something to lower the price of it and helping us conserve it.

Energy is always a topic of discussion around here, some years more so than others. And with revenue from oil production on state land providing 92 percent of the unrestricted general funds in the state budget, energy gets a lot of attention at the policy table. That’s sure to happen again with the Legislature having just returned to work.

But where does Alaska rank in the big picture among its fellow states? The U.S. Energy Information Administration regularly provides rankings and statistics about the energy scene in the nation and in the individual states.

Two of the items listed below shouldn’t surprise Interior residents. The EIA says Alaska is tops in energy spending per person and No. 3 in energy consumption per person.

A lot of the attention is focused on the energy impact on individuals, but business and industry suffer under high prices, too, as shown in one of the items below.

It’s good to have perspective when we listen to our state and national leaders speak. More information is available at the EIA’s website (www.eia.gov) All rankings and statistics in the following list are the latest available from the EIA and are from 2011, unless otherwise noted. n 1: Alaska ranking in energy expenditures per capita among the states. ($10,692) n 3: Alaska’s ranking in energy consumption per capita among the states. (881 million Btu) n 4: Alaskan’s ranking among the states in average retail price of residential electricity. (17.93 cents per kWh) n 12: Alaska’s ranking among states in nation’s total energy production, all energy sources. (2.1 percent) n 2: Alaska’s ranking in crude oil production, excluding federal offshore leases. (600,000 barrels per day) n 4: Alaska’s ranking among the states in total amount of electricity generated from petroleum liquids. n 11: Alaska’s ranking among the states in natural gas production (351,259 million cubic feet, 2012) n 20: Alaska’s ranking among the states in coal production (2.05 million short tons, 2012) n 39: Alaska’s ranking among the states in total carbon dioxide emissions (38.7 million metric tons, 2010) Alaska energy consumption by end user: n Industry: 49.4 percent n Transportation: 31.5 percent n Commercial: 10.7 percent n Residential: 8.4 percent Alaska energy price deviation from national average, in percent, October 2013:— Natural gas, residential: -29.57 n Electricity, residential: +45.65 n Electricity, commercial: +55.63 n Electricity, industrial: +118.82 Alaska net electricity generation by source, October 2013 in gigawatt hours (1 GWh equals 1 million kilowatt hours): n Petroleum-fired: 62 n Natural gas-fired: 239 n Coal-fired: 54 n Hydroelectric: 147 — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jan. 22

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

Jay Leno: Mr. Nice Guy

Anyone in the news business will tell you that a side benefit is the diverse number of people one gets to meet.

Jay Leno, who leaves “The Tonight Show” on Feb. 6 after a 22-year run (retire is not the right word in his case), is one such person.

The circumstances surrounding our first meeting involved a column I wrote 15 years ago in support of his wife’s activism on behalf of Afghan women. Jay and Mavis Leno invited my wife and me for a visit. Things progressed from there.

Last October when we attended the show, I asked him why he wouldn’t want to move to another network after leaving NBC. He told me that after being number one for some time, a new show would always be measured by the success of “The Tonight Show” and he didn’t want that.

“Besides,” he said, “I am going to be very busy.” He said he has scores of appearances scheduled, starting the day after his departure from “Tonight.”

On a previous visit I asked him why he never had a substitute host. He said, “Are you kidding? That’s how I got the job.”

He often subbed for Johnny Carson. Unlike the four-times married Carson, Jay is married to the same woman he started with and he has never been associated with any scandal. He is the anti-Justin Bieber.

If you saw the “60 Minutes” interview Sunday night, you witnessed what seemed like genuine humility from a man at the top of his game. That is rare in entertainment

Letters to the Editor Looking for solutions from elected officials Recently I heard our senior senator on the radio talking about the Department of Interior denying a permit to build the road from King Cove to Cold Bay. She was past the point of indignant and worked herself up into a frenzy that the federal government would have the audacity to do such a thing. She again and again made the point that this was Obama’s fault that this project was not approved. And that this was a clear indication of government over reach against the will of the people.

It is unfortunate that she forgets that the residents of King Cove and Cold Bay have been working this issue well before the Obama administration, even before the eight year Bush administration with the four years of Republican control of White House and Congress. While the residents of the area do need better access to emergency services, our senior senator should remember that the majority of Alaskan communities have the same problem, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Tyonek to name a few. Maybe they all need improved airports, or roads connecting them to a community that does, that would be great.

Where I lose confidence in my senior senator is that she seems more willing to spout righteous indignation rather than find ways to address the problem. If the road between King Cove and Cold Bay cost $20 million to design and build, and the decades old project will not be approved, what can she do with that money? Improve the harbor infrastructure of the communities to improve the access? Improve the onsite health care facilities and create jobs and a healthier quality of life for King Cove? Improve the existing airport at King Cove?

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and in politics.

I once asked him why the show wasn’t labeled “starring,” instead of “with Jay Leno.” He said, “You always want to underplay yourself,” implying as Scripture does that “pride goes Cal Thomas before destruction.”

Once he invited us to a movie screening on the Fox lot, not far from the NBC studios in Burbank.

The movie was “The Insider,” about a “60 Minutes” expose of the cigarette industry and the behind-the-scenes battle involving lawyers and journalists to get the expose on the air. It was an amazing moment for me, sitting next to one of the most famous entertainers in America.

I have been privileged to know two of “The Tonight Show’s” four hosts. Steve Allen, who invented the format, was the other.

Allen was a multitalented man. In addition to his comedic skills, he wrote more than 3,000 songs (the theme from the film “Picnic” and “This Could Be the Start of Something Big” are among the best known). He also acted and wrote novels. Leno is a great standup comic. His other passion is cars, of which he owns quite a few.

Leno has had some detractors, including a few fellow entertainers (I call them “B-listers”) who criticized what they regarded as his bad behavior during NBC’s

disastrous decision to replace him with Conan O’Brien and then move Leno to 10 p.m. Leno was vindicated when NBC was forced to return him to “Tonight” after O’Brien’s ratings tanked.

The website splitside.com offers “9 Reasons Why Jay Leno’s Retirement Will Be the End of Late Night Drama,” by which it means rivalries among hosts. Writes splitside, “It’s likely ... that this will be the last headline-grabbing talk show power struggle for a while because the late-night landscape has changed so much the past few years. And it probably won’t be a bloody battle like the last one given how super polite and new to the job Jimmy Fallon is.”

Reason number nine is: “Once Jay Leno retires, there will be no more Jay Lenos.”

That’s for sure.

One more mark of Leno’s graciousness is something Johnny Carson refused to do when he departed. Jay plans to have his replacement, Jimmy Fallon, on the show his final week. It will be a “pass the baton” moment. In the “60 Minutes” interview, Jay praised the talented Fallon as “a young Johnny Carson.” High praise, indeed.

Jay Leno will leave “Tonight” number one in total audience ratings and number one with the coveted younger demographic.

He is living proof that sometimes — not often, but on occasion — nice guys can finish first.

Readers may e-mail Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

is rather than look to find solutions to real Lower escapement goals not problems that our Alaskan communities healthy for kings face everyday.

Steven Russell I have fished on the Kenai since 1987.

Nikiski King salmon have become increasingly scarce over the last several years. In fact, I have not fished for kings in the last 3 years Monitoring needed . to guarantee safety As ocean productivity seems to be in a Regarding the article “DEC says Alaska general statewide decline for king salmon, I think it is a mistake to lower escapement fish are safe to eat” (Clarion, Jan. 24): Let me see, is that the same Depart- goals as a management response. Fewer ment of Environmental Conservation that spawners seem to bear fewer fish and it can says the toxic monofill in Nikiski is safe be a reinforcing downward cycle. We must and that the injection of poisonous drilling have adequate numbers of spawning king waste into wells below Soldotna and sur- salmon in our rivers. This will maximize the overall size of the returns. Larger rerounding areas is safe?

The first paragraph of the article strikes turns greatly reduce our risks for overfisha blow to DEC’s responsible monitoring ing this invaluable resource.

Dennis Mellinger when it declares that the DEC “isn’t acSoldotna tively testing fish for radiation” and then goes on to say, “We try to test for things that we think present real risk, like mercury.” And then, as if they know, the FDA and EPA says their monitoring shows no E-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com dangerous level of radiation in Pacific Write: Fax: fish.

Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 Now, I’ll admit I’m not the brightest bulb P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: in the box, but even I can see the fallacies Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 in the article. If DEC isn’t actively testing for radiation, how can it say that there isn’t The Peninsula Clarion welcomes a threat? Also, just what is a “dangerous letters and attempts to publish all level” when there is no safe level when it those received, subject to a few comes to radiation? guidelines: And the greatest fallacy of all is the non All letters must include the writer’s tion that current levels will not change. The name, phone number and address.

EPA, FDA, and DEC all state that there is n Letters are limited to 500 words no threat. Now, that may be somewhat true and may be edited to fit available for today at least, but where’s consistent space. Letters are run in the order monitoring and reporting by non-federal/ they are received. non-state agencies? n Letters addressed specifically to Visit www.enenews.com and see what another person will not be printed. other scientists are saying. In the midst of n Letters that, in the editor’s judgthis growing threat (400 tons of dangerous ment, are libelous will not be radiation is being dumped into the Pacific printed. every day), we should see, at least weekly, n The editor also may exclude letthe results of extensive monitoring in Alasters that are untimely or irrelevant ka’s coastal waters. But, since no extensive to the public interest. monitoring is even taking place, how then n Short, topical poetry should be can any “expert” proclaim that no threat submitted to Poet’s Corner and will exists? not be printed on the Opinion page.

Norm Olson Nikiski

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Nation& World Around the World Negative views of health rollout ease as more sign up; consumers still skeptical WASHINGTON — Memo to the White House: The website may be fixed, but President Barack Obama’s new health insurance markets have yet to win over most consumers.

Negative perceptions of the health care rollout have eased, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. But overall, two-thirds of Americans say things still aren’t going well.

Of those who’ve tried to sign up, or who live with someone who has, 71 percent have encountered problems. But the share reporting success jumped to 40 percent from a meager 24 percent in December.

“Everything is not perfect; it takes time to work out the glitches,” said Carol Lyles, a homecare provider from Los Angeles who was able to get coverage as a result of the law. “If done right, I believe it will provide the services that are needed.”

The poll comes with about 60 days left in open enrollment season. The administration is playing catch-up to meet its goal of signing up 7 million people in new insurance exchanges that offer subsidized private coverage to middle-class households. So far, the markets have attracted an older crowd that tends to be more costly to cover.

Younger people in the coveted 18-34 age group are still mainly on the sidelines.

Syria opposition claims no progress on Syria aid convoy, prisoners’ release GENEVA — Syria’s opposition says there has been no progress on aid convoys reaching a besieged city in central Syria and the release of prisoners from government jails.

Opposition spokesman Monzer Akbik says talks on a political transition in Syria are beginning Monday regardless. “We will start talking about a new Syria,” he told reporters in Geneva as the government and opposition delegation sat down again with a U.N. mediator for talks.

A tentative agreement was reached Sunday to let women and children leave a blockaded part of the old city of Homs.

But Akbik described it Monday as a “moral outrage” and said people trapped in the city should receive aid inside their city and then have the freedom to leave or stay.

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CHICAGO — Another winter day, another below-zero high temperature for many parts of the Midwest — at least, it seems that way. The deep chill has returned, bringing with it wind chills ranging from the negative teens to 40s, school cancellations and sighs of resignation from residents who are weary of bundling up.

A persistent weather pattern that’s driving Arctic air south will drop temperatures for about 2½ days, starting overnight Sunday. Actual temperatures will range from the teens in northern Kentucky to double-digits below zero in Minnesota, but wind chills will be even colder — minus 43 in Minneapolis, minus 23 in Chicago, minus 18 in Dayton, Ohio, minus 14 in Kansas City, Mo., and minus 3 in Louisville, Ky. “I’m sick of it,” Chicago resident Matt Ryan, 19, said Sunday on his way to his family’s home in the suburb of Oak Park.

After shooting, Maryland mall set for reopening with memorials, more security COLUMBIA, Md. — The mall where a Maryland teenager gunned down two people before killing himself was set for a somber reopening Monday under increased security as police worked to figure out why the shooting took place and whether the gunman knew either victim.

Investigators found a journal belonging to Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, but they would only say that it “expressed general unhappiness.” The contents, however, were enough for an officer looking into the disappearance of Aguilar on the day of the shooting to worry about the teen’s safety.

Police said Aguilar took a taxi to the Mall in Columbia in suburban Baltimore on Saturday morning and entered the building near Zumiez, a shop that sells skateboarding gear. He went downstairs to a food court directly below the store, then returned less than an hour later, dumped the backpack in a dressing room and started shooting.

Shoppers fled in a panic or barricaded themselves behind closed doors. When police arrived, they found three people dead — two store employees and Aguilar.

The shooting baffled investigators and acquaintances of Aguilar, a quiet, skinny teenager who graduated from high school less than a year ago and had no previous run-ins with law enforcement.

Daft Punk, Macklemore & Lewis top socially conscious Grammy Awards LOS ANGELES— The Grammy Awards celebrated outcasts and outsiders, lionizing a couple of French robots, white rappers and a country gal espousing gay rights, and a Goth teenager who’s clearly uncomfortable with the current themes in pop music.

The Recording Academy’s voters mined some of pop music’s biggest hits to send an open-hearted message, awarding French electronic music pioneers Daft Punk for teaming with R&B legends to make a hybrid album that celebrated both genres, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Kacey Musgraves for espousing gay rights and Lorde for her anti-swag message to the masses.

Daft Punk and collaborator Pharrell Williams won four awards, including top honors album and record of the year, and best new artists Macklemore and Lewis matched that with four of their own. Lorde won two awards for her inescapable hit “Royals.”

Beyond their awards, each offered one of the more powerful moments at the Sunday night ceremony at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Lorde performed “Royals” wearing black lipstick and fingernail polish with little production, standing in opposition to the large-scale presentations from some of the night’s other performers. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo of Daft Punk continued the celebratory feel of their hit, record of the year “Get Lucky,” by asking Stevie Wonder to join them with Williams and Nile Rodgers in a colorful performance. And Macklemore and Lewis invited 33 couples, including some of the same sex, to get married with Madonna serenading them and Queen Latifah presiding.

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Ship headed for Syria delayed

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A U.S. cargo ship scheduled to set sail Monday on a mission to destroy dozens of containers of deadly chemical weapons being removed from Syria was delayed by engine problems.

But defense officials said they still are hoping the MV Cape Ray, which is loaded with sophisticated equipment, will leave tonight for the roughly two-week trip across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean Sea. It was delayed when there was an electrical problem with one of the ship’s two main engines.

The Cape Ray is headed to the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, where the Syrian chemicals will be transferred to the ship.

The chemicals include raw materials for making sarin and mustard gas and they will be destroyed on board the Cape Ray at sea.

On Monday, a second shipment of chemical weapons was loaded onto Danish and Norwegian ships at the port of Latakia in Syria, according to a statement from the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohi-

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A Danish warship, Esbern Snare left, and a Norwegian cargo ship are seen at the sea between Cyprus and Syria, Jan. 3.

Two cargo ships and their warship escorts will set sail Friday from the Cypriot port of Limassol to waters near Syria where they will wait for orders on when they can head to the Syrian port of Latakia to pick up more than 1,000 tons of chemical agents. The Norwegian ship at right will be used to transfer Syrian chemical weapons.

bition of Chemical Weapons.

The ships are expected to stay in international waters off Syria waiting for additional loads.

Security challenges in Syria have slowed the transport of the materials to the port there where they are then loaded onto the ships. The Danish and Norwegian cargo vessels will transfer the chemicals onto the Cape Ray at the Gioia Tauro

port.

Officials have said that about 700 tons of chemical weapons will be destroyed.

The 648-foot Cape Ray is carrying two massive machines, called field deployable hydrolysis systems, which will mix the chemicals with heated water and other chemicals to break down the toxic weapons in a titanium reactor, making

them inert.

The Cape Ray belongs to the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, but control of the ship transferred to the U.S. Navy’s sealift command Monday morning. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said Monday that there is a crew of about 35 civilian mariners on the ship and some technical experts. More than 60 experts needed to operate the hydrolysis machines as well as other security and support staff are expected to be on the ship for the eventual chemical transfer. Most of those will board the Cape Ray at a later date.

The confirmed use of chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on Aug. 21, in which the U.S. government said 1,400 people died, prompted a U.S.-Russian agreement to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons by mid-2014.

In a message to the crew Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called the mission historic and noted that, “Your task will not be easy. Your days will be long and rigorous. But your hard work, preparation, and dedication will make the difference.”

Ukraine president to scrap anti-protest law

By JIM HEINTZ and MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s beleaguered president on Monday agreed to scrap harsh antiprotest laws that set off a wave of clashes between protesters and police over the past week.

In a statement on the presidential website, Justice Minister Elena Lukash said that in a meeting with top opposition figures and President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday night, “a political decision was made on scrapping the laws of Jan. 16, which aroused much discussion.”

Yanukovych pushed those laws through parliament. Three days later clashes with police broke out, a sharp escalation of tensions after weeks of mostly peaceful protests.

Eliminating the laws, which is likely to be done in a special parliament session Tuesday, would be a substantial concession to the opposition. But it does not meet all their demands, which include Yanukovych’s resignation.

One of the opposition figures, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, turned down the prime minister’s job, which Yanukovych offered him on Saturday.

At that time, he said protests would continue. In the Monday meeting, Yanukovych said a proposed amnesty for arrested protesters would not be offered unless demonstrators stopped occupying buildings and ended their round-the-clock protests and tent camp on Kiev’s central square.

Protesters have been afraid that authorities were preparing

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Protesters attend a march in central Kiev, Ukraine, Jan. 27.

Ukraine’s justice minister is threatening to call for a state of emergency unless protesters leave her ministry building, which they occupied during the night. The seizure of the building early Monday underlined how anti-government demonstrators are increasingly willing to take dramatic action as they push for the president’s resignation and other concessions.

to end the spreading demonstrations by force, but the foreign ministry said earlier the government has no immediate plans to declare a state of emergency.

Three protesters died in the clashes last week, two of whom were shot by hunting rifles, which police insist they do not use. With protesters now willing to risk injury, a state of emergency would be likely to set off substantial fighting on the streets of the capital.

“Today, such a measure is not on the table,” Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara told journalists.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement that she was alarmed by

reports about the government considering a state of emergency and warned that such a move “would trigger a further downward spiral for Ukraine which would benefit no one.”

The protesters still occupy three sizable buildings in downtown Kiev, including City Hall. One of the buildings was seized in a spectacular assault early Sunday, when hundreds of protesters threw rocks and firebombs into the building where about 200 police were sheltering. The crowd eventually formed a corridor through which the police left.

Lukash, in a televised statement, noted that protesters seized the building as justice employees

were working on measures to grant amnesty to protesters and to make changes in the constitution to restore more power to the prime minister.

It’s not clear if constitutional changes will be on the agenda for Tuesday’s parliamentary session, but granting more power to the prime minister could both sweeten the offer and allow Yanukovych to portray himself as offering genuine compromise.

The fears of a state of emergency come after other official statements suggesting the government is considering forceful moves against the protesters.

Interior Minister Vitali Zakharchenko, an official deeply despised by the protesters, on Saturday warned that demonstrators occupying buildings would be considered extremists and that force would be used against them if necessary. He also claimed demonstrators had seized two policemen and tortured them before letting them go, which the opposition denied.

The protests began in late November when Yanukovych shelved a long-awaited agreement to deepen ties with the 28-nation European Union and sought a bailout loan from Russia. The demonstrations grew in size and intensity after police violently dispersed two gatherings. Demonstrators then set up a large tent camp on Kiev’s main square.

After Yanukovych approved the new anti-protest laws, demonstrations spread into other parts of the country, including to some cities in the Russianspeaking east, the base of Yanukovych’s support.

Panel: NSA collection of phone records illegal

By STEPHEN BRAUN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency’s daily collection of Americans’ phone records is illegal and recommended that President Barack Obama abandon the program and destroy the hundreds of millions of phone records it has already collected.

The recommendations by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board go further than Obama is willing to accept and increase pressure on Congress to make changes.

The panel’s 234-page report included dissents from two of the board’s five members — former Bush administration national security lawyers who recommended that the government keep collecting the phone records. The board described key parts of its report to Obama this month before he announced

his plans last week to change the government’s surveillance activities.

In that speech, Obama said the bulk phone collection program would continue for the time being. He directed the Justice Department and intelligence officials to find ways to end the government’s control over the phone data. He also insisting on close supervision by a secretive federal intelligence court and reducing the breadth of phone records the NSA can investigate. Phone companies have said they do not want to take responsibility for overseeing the data under standards set by the NSA. In addition to concluding that the daily collection of phone records was illegal, the board also determined that the practice was ineffective.

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come of a counterterrorism investigation,” it said, and added, “We are aware of no instance in which the program directly contributed to the discovery of a previously unknown terrorist plot or the disruption of a terrorist attack.”

It said the NSA should instead seek individual records relevant to terror cases directly from phone service providers under existing laws.

“Given the limited results, we concluded the program should be ended,” said board member James Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a civil liberties group. Dempsey and another board member, former chief federal appeals court judge Patricia Wald, also said the phone sweeps did not appear to have clear or strong legal grounding in the USA Patriot Act — the statute overseeing the government’s surveillance activities.

“We have to be careful that secret law does not creep into

our jurisprudence,” Wald said.

The board wrote that the phone surveillance did not have a “viable legal foundation” under the Patriot Act, which was used to provide legal backing for the operation after it was secretly authorized by President George W. Bush. The board also said the surveillance raised constitutional concerns about unreasonable searches, free speech and freedom of the press. Two federal judges have split in recent rulings over the constitutionality of the government collecting Americans’ phone records in such a wholesale way.

The White House disagreed with the oversight board. “The administration believes the program is lawful,” said national security spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden. She added that Obama “believes we can and should make changes in the program that will give the American people greater confidence in it.”

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Oklahoma upsets Oklahoma State

By The Associated Press

NORMAN, Okla. — Ryan Spangler’s intense play has fueled Oklahoma’s growth this season.

The sophomore forward had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to help the 23rdranked Sooners defeat No. 8 Oklahoma State 88-76 on Monday night.

Spangler, in his first season playing for Oklahoma after transferring from Gonzaga, has displayed an energy level that has helped change the Sooners from a team that could just score a lot of points into one that held Oklahoma State to 40 percent shooting.

“Ryan’s kind of been the cornerstone for our growth in the toughness area,” Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. “I think we’re getting tougher. I think we’ve made big strides in that area.”

It was the first time both teams have entered a “Bedlam” rivalry game ranked since 2005.

The Sooners got great efforts from a few unexpected sources. Freshman Jordan Woodard scored 17 of his 18 points in the second half and reserve Tyler Neal added a seasonhigh 15 points for the Sooners (17-4, 6-2 Big 12), who won their fourth straight game and claimed their third win over a ranked conference opponent this season.

Woodard averaged just 11 points a game and Neal averaged 5.9 coming into the game.

“That’s kind of been the trademark of this team all year long — different guys, different nights, stepping up and giving us great support,” Kruger said.

“We beat a great Oklahoma State team. That makes it even

On Tap Peninsula high school sports Tuesday Hockey Kenai at Homer, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball Ninilchik girls at Nikolaevsk, 5 p.m.

Ninilchik boys at Nikolaevsk, 6:30 p.m.

Nanwalek boys at CIA, 6 p.m.

Wednesday Basketball Lumen Christi girls at Nikolaevsk, 5 p.m.

Lumen Christi boys at Nikolaevsk, 6:30 p.m.

Nanwalek boys at Ninilchik, 6 p.m.

Thursday Basketball Kenai boys at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Nanwalek boys at Nikolaevsk, 6 p.m.

Lumen Christi girls at Ninilchik, 5 p.m.

Lumen Christi boys at Ninilchik, 6:30 p.m.

Bethel Tourney Nikiski girls vs. Newhalen, 2 p.m.

Nikiski boys vs. Bristol Bay, 3:30 p.m.

Whaler Invite in Barrow Homer girls vs. Barrow, 7:30 p.m.

Homer boys vs. Barrow, 9 p.m.

Friday Wrestling Northern Lights Conference tournament at Colony Wrestling begins, noon Semifinals, 6 p.m.

Basketball Kenai girls at Colony, 6 p.m.

Kenai boys at Colony, 7:30 p.m.

Lumen Christi girls at CIA, 5 p.m.

Lumen Christi boys at CIA, 6:30 p.m.

Seldovia boys, girls at Wasilla Lake, 6:30 p.m.

Bethel Tourney Nikiski girls vs. Bethel, 6 p.m.

Nikiski boys vs. Bethel, 7:30 p.m.

Whaler Invite in Barrow Homer girls vs. Mt. Edgecumbe, 4:30 p.m.

Homer boys vs. Mt. Edgecumbe, 6 p.m.

Saturday Hockey Kenai at Soldotna at SRSC, 4 p.m.

Wrestling Northern Lights Conference tournament at Colony Wrestling begins, 9:30 a.m.

Championship finals and awards, 1 p.m.

Skiing Besh Cup 5 in Fairbanks, 11 a.m.

Seward Invitational (weather dependent) Basketball ACS boys at Seward, 5 p.m.

ACS girls at Seward, 3:30 p.m.

CIA girls at Ninilchik, 4 p.m.

CIA boys at Ninilchik, 5:30 p.m.

Seldovia boys at Birchwood, 7:30 p.m.

Bethel Tourney Nikiski girls vs. Dillingham, 2 p.m.

Nikiski boys vs. Dillingham, 3:30 p.m.

Whaler Invite in Barrow Homer girls vs. Hutchison, 4:30 p.m.

Homer boys vs. Hutchison, 6 p.m.

Sunday Skiing Besh Cup 5 in Fairbanks, 11 a.m.

more satisfying.”

Oklahoma shot 46 percent from the field and made 8 of 17 3-pointers. The Cowboys committed 29 fouls and were outscored 30-15 at the free throw line. Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said the poor defense and the foul trouble were related.

“We didn’t defend very much,” he said. “When you don’t defend, you put yourself in position to foul. Give them credit. They beat us off the dribble. Fouling is usually a product of being out of position.”

Oklahoma State guard Phil Forte said the team has to handle situations like Monday’s better.

No. 9 VILLANOVA 65, GEORGETOWN 60 WASHINGTON — James Bell scored 16 points, and Villanova prevailed in a messy, foul-plagued game to hand Georgetown its fifth straight loss.

Daniel Ochefu added 12 points on 5-for-5 shooting for the Wildcats (18-2, 7-1 Big East), who forced 18 turnovers while committing 16. Villanova made 22 of 28 free throws and moved into a tie with first-place Creighton atop the Big East.

Markel Starks scored 20 points for the short-handed Hoyas (11-9, 3-6), whose roster underwent two more changes before the game.

Georgetown has its longest losing streak since 2011 and has dropped AP Photo/Brody Schmidt three straight at home for the first time since 2009.

Oklahoma forward Cameron Clark gestures in celebration after an NCAA college basketball game in Norman, Okla., Monday.

The game included 34 turn- Clark had six rebounds in the in the 88-76 win over rival Oklahoma State. overs, 41 field goals and 39 fouls.

Andre Dawkins added 20 for Duke. halt. Duke made 13 of 25 3-point at- to 12-1 at home. left when the Blue Devils took off.

Amile Jefferson had a seasontempts, including four during a 15-3 Dawkins drilled 6 of 7 3-point atDawkins knocked down a 3 on No. 17 DUKE 80, high 14 points for the Blue Devils run midway through the second half tempts to lift the Blue Devils to their three straight possessions for Duke, No. 18 PITTSBURGH 65 (17-4, 6-2 ACC), which brought that broke open a tight game. fifth straight victory. including a 25-foot heave at the shot Lamar Patterson had 14 points Two free throws by Patterson clock buzzer that made it 67-54 with PITTSBURGH — Jabari Parker Pitt’s hot start in its first Atlantic scored 21 points and reserve guard Coast Conference season to an abrupt for the Panthers (18-3, 6-2) who fell brought Pitt within 52-51 with 9:41 5:32 left.

Pens’ Fleury shuts out Sabres

By The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots for his fourth shutout and Chris Kunitz and Deryk Engelland scored second-period goals, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 Monday night.

Kunitz scored his 26th goal and Engelland netted his fourth. Tanner Glass scored his first goal in 26 games, a late empty-netter that sealed it for the Penguins, who won for the 15th time in 16 games at home.

Sidney Crosby, who leads the NHL with 74 points, added two assists to extend his points streak in games against Buffalo to 16 games, matching his longest streak against any team.

Fleury, who leads the NHL with 29 wins, registered his 27th career shutout.

Ryan Miller stopped 31 shots for last-place Buffalo, which has lost seven of nine.

a long scoreless drought for Los Angeles and Jonathan Quick earned his third shutout of the season to help the Kings snap a fivegame losing streak with a victory over the Sharks.

Kopitar’s goal late in the second period ended a stretch of more than 154 minutes without a score for the Kings, who avoided their first six-game skid since December 2007. They did it with defense as Quick needed to make only 23 saves, stopping a flurry in the final seconds to seal the win.

Alex Stalock made 20 saves for the Sharks, who had won six straight games.

BRUINS 6, ISLANDERS 3

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The line of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Reilly Smith combined for three goals and six assists to lead the Bruins to a seesaw victory over the Islanders.

All three linemates scored, and Loui Eriksson, Carl Soderberg and Zdeno Chara added goals. Chad Johnson gave Tuukka Rask the night off and made 34 saves.

Boston, which has won four of five (4-0KINGS 1, SHARKS 0 1), has 12 goals in two games.

Kyle Okposo, moved off the top line, SAN JOSE, Calif. — Anze Kopitar broke

had a goal and two assists for the Islanders, and Frans Nielsen and Michael Grabner also scored for New York, which lost its third straight (0-2-1). Kevin Poulin made 30 saves.

Tyler Seguin scored to tie the game for Dallas. Seguin, the Stars’ leader with 23 goals, had not scored in 13 games. He also had an assist on Jamie Benn’s first-period goal.

Varlamov made 41 saves.

Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon scored HURRICANES 3, on the game’s first shot. Jamie McGinn BLUE JACKETS 2 also scored in the first period, and Paul RALEIGH, N.C. — Jordan Staal scored Stastny connected on a power play in the the tiebreaking goal with 5:55 remaining to second. help the Hurricanes rally for a win over the Blue Jackets.

OILERS 4, CANUCKS 2 Eric Staal scored twice in the third period as the Hurricanes erased a two-goal deficit VANCOUVER, British Columbia — for their fourth consecutive victory. Anton David Perron scored three goals as the Khudobin made 22 saves.

Oilers beat the Canucks.

R.J. Umberger and Derek MacKenzie Jesse Joensuu’s goal at 2:20 of the third scored for the Blue Jackets. Columbus lost period made it 3-2 before Perron completits second straight after stringing together ed his hat trick with an empty-netter with eight wins in a row. just over a minute left.

The Oilers (17-32-6) have consecutive wins for the first time this season. The CaAVALANCHE 4, STARS 3 nucks (27-18-9) have lost two of three.

DALLAS — Alex Tanguay scored the Edmonton posted its first win in four go-ahead goal early in the third period, and tries against Vancouver this season.

Semyon Varlamov made it stand up for the Jordan Schroeder had two goals for Avalanche in a victory over the Stars.

Vancouver, his first since March 21, Colorado led twice, but both times 2013.

Durant scores often, late to take down Hawks

By The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 41 points, including the game-winning jumper with 1.5 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-109 Monday night for their eighth straight victory.

Durant scored 13 in the fourth quarter, including a 16foot, step-back jumper with 25.5 seconds remaining that put Oklahoma City ahead for the first time since the opening 2 minutes. Paul Millsap tied it for Atlanta before Durant knocked down the decisive 12-footer while being guarded by DeMarre Carroll.

Shelvin Mack tried to throw a pass to Millsap on the final play, but Thabo Sefolosha knocked it away. Millsap led the Hawks with 23 points.

Durant’s 11-game streak of 30 or more points is the longest in the NBA since Tracy McGrady did it in 14 straight games in March and April 2003.

Durant had another efficient outing, shooting 15 of 25 from the field and 5 for 7

from 3-point range. During his streak, the star forward has had four 40-point outings.

Reggie Jackson had 18 points for Oklahoma City (3610), which takes the Western Conference’s best record into a showdown Wednesday at Miami, the two-time defending NBA champion.

Pierce scored 33 points, making seven 3-pointers in a strong bounce-back performance after going just 2 for 10 in his emotional return to Boston on Sunday.

He had the Nets in position to win after scoring their last nine points before Toronto stole it.

RAPTORS 104, NETS 103

CHICAGO — Kevin Love scored 31 points to lead Minnesota over Chicago.

Ronny Turiaf added 14 points off the bench for the Timberwolves, who snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bulls and won for the fourth time in five games overall.

Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulls, who played without ailing center Joakim Noah (illness) and guard Kirk Hinrich (strained right hamstring).

D.J. Augustin added 19 points.

The Timberwolves were also missing their starting center. Nikola Pekovic exited with a sore right Achilles tendon midway through the first quarter. He had one point and one rebound in 6 minutes.

TIMBERWOLVES 95, BULLS 86

NEW YORK — Patrick Patterson stole Deron Williams’ inbounds pass and made the goahead jumper with 6 seconds left, and Toronto stopped a five-game winning streak by Brooklyn for the second time this month.

Brooklyn had a three-point lead with 17 seconds left behind Paul Pierce in his best game with the Nets, but John Salmons scored on a drive with 12 seconds remaining before Brooklyn took its last timeout to move the ball into the frontcourt.

Patterson stole the pass and fed Kyle Lowry, who got it back to Patterson for his jumper. Pierce was well off on a final attempt.

Lowry finished with 31 points SUNS 124, 76ERS 113 and seven assists for the Raptors, who moved 2½ games ahead of PHILADELPHIA — Gerald the Nets for the Atlantic Division Green scored 30 points and Goran lead.

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The Suns led all the way over the hapless 76ers, one night after rallying from an 18-point halftime deficit to win at Cleveland. Phoenix made its first six shots and 10 of 11, and raced to a 16-point lead.

Green made his first seven shots until he botched a fast-reak dunk.

Markieff Morris scored 13 points and had four blocks. The Suns blocked 12 shots.

Green and Dragic, Phoenix’s starting backcourt, combined to make 19 of 25 shots and the Suns shot around 60 percent for most of the game.

Michael Carter-Williams had 22 points and 11 assists for the Sixers, who have lost 10 of 12.

CLIPPERS 114, BUCKS 86 MILWAUKEE — Blake Griffin dominated the paint with 20 points, Jamal Crawford scored 25 and Los Angeles ended its seven-game road trip with a win over Milwaukee.

Darren Collison added 15 points and seven assists in place of Chris Paul for the Clippers, who improved to 9-3 while their star point recovers from a separated shoulder.

Los Angeles finished its trip 5-2, a franchise best for its annual sojourn away from Staples Center to make way for the Grammy

Awards.

No better place these days than Milwaukee to end such a journey.

The Bucks, an NBA-worst 8-36, were doomed by a 21-2 run in the second quarter.

Ersan Ilyasova had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks.

JAZZ 106, KINGS 99 SALT LAKE CITY — Derrick Favors had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Marvin Williams added 16 points and 11 rebounds to power Utah past depleted Sacramento.

Enes Kanter added 16 points and Jeremy Evans had 14 points and 10 rebounds as the Jazz took advantage of injuries that have left Sacramento without frontcourt starters DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay for the past three games.

After the Jazz sent their starters to the bench with the game seemingly in hand, the Kings mounted an unlikely comeback that fell just short. Sacramento trimmed a 20-point lead to five in the final minute but came up empty on three of its final four possessions.

Jason Thompson scored a season-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Kings, who lost their fourth consecutive game.

Derrick Williams had 17 points and 15 boards.

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NHL eyes Sochi’s security LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer

The NHL has not decided whether to let its players participate in the Olympics beyond this year, casting doubt on who will be competing for hockey gold in four years.

With the league set to push pause on its season for next month’s Sochi Olympics, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly also is allowing for the possibility of a security issue that could keep the players from traveling to Russia at all.

“As of now, we do not doubt that all necessary steps are being taken by the Sochi Organizing Committee, the Russian government and the IOC to ensure the safety of the athletes and guests in Sochi,” Daly wrote Monday in an email to The Associated Press. “Obviously, if something significant were to transpire between now and February 9 that causes us to question that conclusion, we will re-evaluate. I don’t expect that that will become necessary.”

Russian security has been looking for three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi. The country has assembled what is believed to be the biggest security operation ever for an Olympics with more than 50,000 police and soldiers.

“The NHLPA continues to be in contact with Olympic and security officials regarding plans for the Olympic Games in Sochi, and will work closely with all concerned to monitor matters in advance of and during the Games,” NHL Players’ Association spokesman Jonathan Weatherdon wrote in an email.

Sweden’s Daniel Alfredsson has competed in each of the last four Olympics with players from the league and is looking forward to a fifth and probably final time next month. The 41-yearold Detroit Red Wings forward said it would be “bad” for the NHL to take the unique experience away from its players in the future.

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Scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Toronto 23 21 Brooklyn 20 23 New York 17 27 Boston 15 31 Philadelphia 14 31 Southeast Division Miami 32 12 Atlanta 23 21 Washington 21 22 Charlotte 19 27 Orlando 12 33 Central Division Indiana 34 9 Chicago 22 22 Detroit 17 27 Cleveland 16 28 Milwaukee 8 36

Pct .523 .465 .386 .326 .311

GB — 2½ 6 9 9½

.727 — .523 9 .488 10½ .413 14 .267 20½ .791 .500 .386 .364 .182

— 12½ 17½ 18½ 26½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 33 11 Houston 29 17 Dallas 26 20 Memphis 22 20 New Orleans 18 25 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 36 10 Portland 33 12 Denver 22 21 Minnesota 22 22 Utah 16 29 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 32 15 Golden State 27 18 Phoenix 26 18 L.A. Lakers 16 29 Sacramento 15 29

.750 — .630 5 .565 8 .524 10 .419 14½ .783 — .733 2½ .512 12½ .500 13 .356 19½ .681 — .600 4 .591 4½ .356 15 .341 15½

Monday’s Games Phoenix 124, Philadelphia 113 Toronto 104, Brooklyn 103 Minnesota 95, Chicago 86 Oklahoma City 111, Atlanta 109 L.A. Clippers 114, Milwaukee 86 Utah 106, Sacramento 99 Tuesday’s Games New Orleans at Cleveland, 3 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Boston at New York, 3:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 4 p.m.

Memphis at Portland, 6 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.

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The AP Top 25

7. Michigan St. 8. Oklahoma St. 9. Villanova 10. Michigan 11. Kentucky 12. Louisville 13. Cincinnati 14. Wisconsin 15. Iowa 16. Iowa St. 17. Duke 18. Pittsburgh 19. Saint Louis 20. Creighton 21. UMass 22. Memphis 23. Oklahoma 24. Ohio St. 25. Texas

18-2 1,251 16-3 1,067 17-2 1,063 15-4 1,050 15-4 896 17-3 891 19-2 793 17-3 763 16-4 722 15-3 684 16-4 549 18-2 517 18-2 464 17-3 445 17-2 353 15-4 262 16-4 203 16-4 143 16-4 142

3 11 4 21 14 12 15 9 10 16 18 20 19 — 13 23 25 17 —

Others receiving votes: UConn 67, Gonzaga 51, UCLA 39, Virginia 18, George Washington 5, Green Bay 5, Kansas St. 5, Minnesota 5, SMU 3, American U. 1, Harvard 1, Louisiana Tech 1, New Mexico 1, Southern Miss. 1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 26, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Arizona (31) 20-0 799 1 2. Syracuse (1) 19-0 769 2 3. Wichita State 21-0 724 4 4. Florida 17-2 694 6 5. San Diego State 18-1 653 7 6. Michigan State 18-2 621 3 7. Louisville 17-3 552 9 7. Kansas 15-4 552 11 9. Villanova 17-2 509 5 10. Oklahoma State 16-3 497 12 11. Kentucky 15-4 433 14 12. Iowa 16-4 386 10 13. Wisconsin 17-3 368 8 14. Michigan 15-4 346 25 15. Cincinnati 19-2 323 16 16. Duke 16-4 298 18 17. Pittsburgh 18-2 279 19 18. Iowa State 15-3 268 17 19. UMass 17-2 265 12 20. Creighton 17-3 229 24 21. Saint Louis 18-2 218 20 22. Memphis 15-4 155 22 23. Ohio State 16-4 118 15 24. Gonzaga 18-3 114 21 25. Oklahoma 16-4 85 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Others receiving votes: Texas 41, Virginia 26, UCLA 22, UConn 18, George Washington 8, Baylor 6, Kansas State 6, Southern Miss.

6, Colorado 5, Toledo 5, SMU 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.

Record Pts Prv 1. Arizona (63) 20-0 1,623 1 2. Syracuse (2) 19-0 1,561 2 3. Florida 17-2 1,436 6 4. Wichita St. 21-0 1,435 5 5. San Diego St. 18-1 1,337 7 6. Kansas 15-4 1,272 8

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place

The Women’s Top 25

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Record 1. UConn (36) 21-0 2. Notre Dame 18-0 3. Duke 20-1 4. Stanford 18-1 5. Louisville 20-1 6. North Carolina 17-3 7. South Carolina 18-2 8. Maryland 16-2 9. Baylor 16-3 10. Tennessee 16-4 11. Oklahoma St. 17-2 12. Penn St. 15-4 13. Kentucky 16-4 14. LSU 16-4 15. Arizona St. 17-3 16. Vanderbilt 16-4 17. Texas A&M 16-5 18. NC State 18-3 19. Purdue 14-5 20. West Virginia 17-3 21. California 14-5 22. Gonzaga 18-3 23. Florida St. 15-5 23. Iowa St. 15-4 25. M. Tennessee 17-3

Pts Prv 900 1 852 2 819 3 811 4 758 5 688 7 656 10 638 6 617 12 565 11 550 8 485 13 471 9 397 15 389 14 351 16 302 17 261 23 234 22 219 18 140 19 123 25 102 24 102 20 84 —

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 63, Rutgers 27, Michigan St. 23, Southern Cal 18, St. John’s 14, San Diego 7, Oklahoma 6, Syracuse 6, Wichita St. 5, Saint Joseph’s 4, Bowling Green 3, Chattanooga 2, DePaul 2, Iowa 2, Michigan 2, Georgia Tech 1, Texas 1.

Women’s Scores EAST Mount St. Mary’s 64, CCSU 62 Robert Morris 67, Fairleigh Dickinson 58 Sacred Heart 84, Bryant 78 St. Francis (Pa.) 84, LIU Brooklyn 76 Wagner 73, St. Francis (NY) 62 SOUTH Alcorn St. 63, Alabama A&M 60 Belmont 71, Morehead St. 65 Coppin St. 59, NC A&T 50 Davidson 69, W. Carolina 65 Delaware St. 79, Wesley 37 Furman 73, UNC-Greensboro 64 Georgia Southern 68, Appalachian St. 59 Hampton 78, SC State 47 Howard 47, Bethune-Cookman 45 Jacksonville St. 69, Austin Peay 65 NC Central 50, Morgan St. 48 Notre Dame 87, Maryland 83 Savannah St. 79, Norfolk St. 47 Southern U. 60, Alabama St. 44 Tennessee St. 78, E. Kentucky 63 Tennessee Tech 81, Murray St. 65 UT-Martin 103, E. Illinois 84 Wofford 68, Elon 65 MIDWEST Cleveland St. 76, Valparaiso 66 Missouri St. 75, Illinois St. 72 Purdue 80, Illinois 68 SE Missouri 79, SIU-Edwardsville 71 Wichita St. 83, Indiana St. 63

SOUTHWEST Prairie View 77, MVSU 59 Texas Southern 75, Ark.-Pine Bluff 51 FAR WEST Stanford 86, Southern Cal 59

Men’s Scores EAST Colgate 75, Lafayette 68< Duke 80, Pittsburgh 65< Towson 76, Hofstra 58< Villanova 65, Georgetown 60< SOUTH Alcorn St. 70, Alabama A&M 64, OT< Bethune-Cookman 58, Howard 47< Coppin St. 70, NC A&T 54< Hampton 67, SC State 56< NC Central 53, Morgan St. 52< NJIT 65, Delaware St. 59, OT< Norfolk St. 56, Savannah St. 49< Southern U. 68, Alabama St. 55< William & Mary 74, Coll. of Charleston 63< MIDWEST No major team scores reported from the MIDWEST. SOUTHWEST MVSU 81, Prairie View 72< Oklahoma 88, Oklahoma St. 76< Texas Southern 72, Ark.-Pine Bluff 71< FAR WEST Portland St. 92, E. Washington 83

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L Boston 51 33 15 Tampa Bay 52 31 16 Toronto 54 27 21 Montreal 52 27 20 Detroit 52 23 18 Ottawa 52 22 20 Florida 52 21 24 Buffalo 51 14 30 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 53 37 14 N.Y. Rangers 54 28 23 Carolina 52 24 19 Columbus 52 26 22 Philadelphia 53 25 22 New Jersey 53 22 20 Washington 52 23 21 N.Y. Islanders 55 21 26

OT Pts GF 3 69 153 5 67 155 6 60 155 5 59 128 11 57 135 10 54 147 7 49 127 7 35 97

GA 113 128 168 134 144 165 158 147

2 76 171 3 59 139 9 57 134 4 56 152 6 56 142 11 55 127 8 54 148 8 50 157

128 138 147 148 158 132 154 185

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 54 St. Louis 51 Colorado 52 Minnesota 54 Dallas 53 Winnipeg 54 Nashville 54 Pacific Division Anaheim 54 San Jose 53 Los Angeles 54

32 10 12 76 190 149 35 11 5 75 177 119 33 14 5 71 153 137 28 20 6 62 129 133 24 21 8 56 154 157 25 24 5 55 152 158 23 23 8 54 132 163 39 10 34 13 30 18

5 83 182 130 6 74 165 126 6 66 133 113

Vancouver 54 27 18 9 63 137 138 Phoenix 52 24 18 10 58 151 160 Calgary 52 18 27 7 43 119 165 Edmonton 55 17 32 6 40 144 190 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games Boston 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Carolina 3, Columbus 2 Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 0 Colorado 4, Dallas 3 Edmonton 4, Vancouver 2 Los Angeles 1, San Jose 0 Tuesday’s Games Florida at Boston, 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Ottawa at Columbus, 3 p.m.

Washington at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m.

Carolina at Montreal, 3:30 p.m.

New Jersey at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

Nashville at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Calgary, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

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Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with INF Elliott Johnson on a minor league contract.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with INF Chris Nelson on a minor league contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Named Jerry Weinstein offensive coordinator, Ron Gideon supervisor for Tulsa (Texas), Don Sneddon manager for Modest (Cal), Mark Brewer pitching coach for Asheville (SAL) and Duane Espy supervisor for Tri-City (NYP).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Assigned G Lorenzo Brown to Delaware (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed coach Mike Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff to oneyear contract extensions through the 2016 season and president Rich McKay to a four-year extension through May 2019.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Gary Kubiak offensive coordinator.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Jim O’Neil defensive coordinator, Chris Tabor special teams coordinator, Brian Angelichio tight ends coach, Bobby Babich assistant secondary coach, Chuck Driesbach linebackers coach, Brian Fleury assistant linebackers coach, Jeff Hafley secondary coach and Shawn Mennenga assistant special teams coach.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Danny Langsdorf quarterbacks coach, Sean Ryan wide receivers coach and Kevin M. Gilbride tight

ends coach.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Promoted Mike Dawson to assistant defensive line coach. Named Bill Musgrave quarterbacks coach and Michael Clay defensive quality control coach.

Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Resigned DB Keon Raymond to a contract extension.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed OL Adam Baboulas and LB Curtis Dublanko.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Re-signed DB Alex Suber.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Named Siaha Burley offensive coordinator.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled F Brandon Pirri from Rockford (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Colton Sissons from Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Sent D Matt Donovan and G Anders Nilsson to Bridgeport (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled D Connor Murphy from Portland (AHL). Assigned F Jordan Szwarz to Portland.

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Signed D Fejiro Okiomah and D Donald Toia.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Acquired D Richard Eckersley from Toronto FC for a 2017 fourth round MLS SuperDraft pick.

PHILADELPHIA UNION — Acquired MF Maurice Edu from Stoke City FC on a one-year loan with an option to purchase.

COLLEGE ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC — Named Calvain Culberson baseball coach.

COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY — Named Dr. Sharon Beverly assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of athletics and recreation.

COLORADO STATE — Announced men’s basketball F Chane Behanan enrolled at the school and will be eligible play end of the fall term.

DOANE — Named Josh Littrell offensive coordinator.

GEORGETOWN — Announced senior basketball C Moses Ayegba was suspended by the NCAA for one game for violations related to pre-enrollment rules.

NEBRASKA — Announced DT Avery Moss is banned from the Nebraska campus through Dec. 31 and will not play in 2014, after he pleaded no contest to public indecency in connection with a 2012 incident.

STANFORD — Named Peter Hansen inside linebackers coach.

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HONOLULU — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is showing the Pro Bowl more love after previously threatening to cancel it if play didn’t improve.

Goodell said in an ESPN Radio interview Monday that participants played harder and made the game very competitive.

“It was real football,” Goodell said. “It was something that I give a lot of credit to the players.”

Goodell said Domonique Foxworth, president of the player’s union, worked with players to come up with the idea of changing the game from its usual AFC versus NFC format. The new unconferenced format based partly on pickup games and fantasy sports gave players something to get excited about, he said.

“I believe it was a very, very positive step and I salute the players and I’m glad they had so much fun,” Goodell said. “And I think fans had a fun time watching — I know I did.”

NFL greats Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders picked teams during a two-day draft. Team Rice beat Team Sanders 22-21 on a touchdown and 2-point conversion with 41 seconds left.

The game was more defensive than in recent years with eight turnovers and nine sacks. Neither team scored in the third quarter or for the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter.

“Guys were competitive and we’re having fun, but at the same time the competitive juices get going and you want to win,” Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly said on the field after the game. Kuechly had a game-high 12 tackles, including 11 solo tackles.

Forecast for Super Bowl is normal EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The weather forecast for the first Super Bowl in an outdoor stadium in a coldweather city is nothing out of the ordinary.

National Weather Service meteorologist Anthony Gigi said Monday the forecast for

Sunday’s NFL title game at MetLife Stadium calls for temperatures to reach a high of 39 with a low of 27, which is average for the area. There is little threat of precipitation.

Gigi, who is based in Mount Holly, said a system is expected to pass through the region on Saturday night with the potential for a mixture of snow and rain.

Since the Jets and Giants were awarded the Super Bowl in May 2010, there have been fears that a huge snowstorm would affect the game. The league and state officials have contingency plans for that scenario, including moving the game to Friday, Saturday or Monday, or changing the scheduled 6:25 p.m. starting time on Sunday.

The coldest kickoff temperature in Super Bowl history was 39 degrees at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans for Super Bowl VI, when Dallas beat Miami 24-3.

Family of Seau to object to settlement PHILADELPHIA — The family of the late NFL star Junior Seau plans to object to the proposed $765 million settlement of player concussion claims because the fund would not pay wrongful death claims to survivors.

Although the players’ lawsuits accused the NFL of concealing known concussion risks, there would be no blame assessed as part of the settlement, and no punitive damages for pain and suffering.

“Mr. Seau’s children have their own claims for the wrong the NFL did to them.

His children are not suing for their father’s pain and suffering, they are suing for their own,” lawyer Steven M. Strauss wrote in a court filing Friday that signaled the family’s intent to pursue an individual lawsuit.

Other potential critics to the settlement reached by players’ lawyers and the league are also starting to emerge — and the judge overseeing the case has herself expressed doubts the sum is big enough.

About 50 plaintiffs’ law-

yers met in New York last week to learn more about the settlement from the lead lawyers, but some left dissatisfied.

“This could be a great settlement, this could be a terrible settlement, but I don’t know,” said Chicago lawyer Thomas A. Demetrio, who represents 10 players, including the family of the late Dave Duerson, a four-time Pro Bowler who mostly played with the Chicago Bears.

NEW YORK — The wife of All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony says she thinks he will be back with the New York Knicks next season. Anthony has said he intends to become a free agent this summer. The Knicks can give him an extra year and some $30 million more than any other team, but their 17-27 record has created speculation he would consider leaving the team.

Carroll supports looking into medicinal marijuana JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Pete Carroll is in support of the NFL looking further into whether medicinal marijuana could be beneficial for players.

The Seattle Seahawks coach said Monday he supports Commissioner Roger Goodell’s message last week that the league could consider medicinal marijuana as a treatment if science proved it could be beneficial for players who have suffered concussions.

Carroll says regardless of the stigmas involved, the medicinal value should be examined, “because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they’re coming to some conclusions.”

Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the Seahawks and Broncos features the two states where recreational marijuana use is legal: Washington and Colorado.

Ravens hire Kubiak as offensive coordinator OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Gary Kubiak was bored and in need of a job, if for no other reason to give his wife some breathing room at home.

At the same time, the Baltimore Ravens were in the market for someone who could add some spice and efficiency to the NFL’s 29thranked offense.

Both sides got what they wanted Monday when Kubiak was hired to be the Ravens’ offensive coordinator. Kubiak replaces Jim Caldwell, who was hired on Jan. 14 to coach the Detroit Lions.

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. . . Need to cut hair, massage therapists will be on hand for 10-minute shoulder rubs, there will be childcare and Alaska Housing Finance will have a booth to provide information on housing assistance, she said. Arby’s, Odie’s Deli and Don Jose’s will provide lunch.

In addition, health care services will also be available.

Hospital volunteers will offer vision screenings, flu shots, blood-pressure checks, medical and dental referrals and disability resources, she said.

Booths with information on the Affordable Care Act, veteran assistance, food stamps and social security will serve those who need public assistance.

Slater said everyone that attends will go through an intake process which will compile statistics for the state concerning homelessness. Participants will also turn in an evaluation and in return will receive a bag of food and personal items to take with them, she said.

“We work ourselves to the bone to make this happen and maybe only five people come,” she said. “If only five people show and they leave better off then when they came in, it’s successful.”

The first two years the project had been held at the Merit Inn, which served as a transitional housing center operated

by Love INC until it closed last summer, Slater said.

The Kenai Mall is a large space with plenty of parking in a great location, she said.

Although Love INC ran out of funding to house people at the Merit Inn, the organization is still involved with the homeless project, she said.

Love INC rented the building from Carr-Gottstein Properties for $500 and paid another $250 for liability insurance, Slater said. The project has received more than $2,000 in donations.

Slater said she has made ar-

rangements with Alaska Cab to pick up people at three locations and take them to the event. Volunteers will be at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Church on Kalifornsky beach and the old Nikiski Senior Center to call a cab to take them to the event for free.

Volunteer Heather Morning said homelessness is a big problem that needs to be addressed in the Kenai Peninsula. She attended a City of Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission work session on Jan. 8 about transitional housing and voiced her opinion that it is the city’s responsibility to aid displaced families.

“Homelessness can happen

to anyone of us at anytime,” she said. “It isn’t just substance abuse it could be our own children.”

Kenai council member Tim Navarre, who is liaison for the planning and zoning commission, said he would like to see a homeless shelter in Kenai similar to the Salvation Army shelter in Anchorage. For that to happen the city will need to find the right place and the right mix, he said.

“The city is not trying to ignore the homeless,” he said.

“We need a permanent structure with a set number of units to meet the need. I am a proponent for this to work in our community.”

Slater said it is unfortunate that there are homeless people in the central peninsula and the only homeless shelter here Friendship Mission near Wildwood, is for men only.

Most people are two paychecks away from “a significant change in their lifestyle,” and once someone is displaced it is hard to get back, she said.

“I don’t believe we will ever totally eradicate homelessness,” she said. “If we can help people find housing for those to get off the street it can make a huge difference.”

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venture out would most likely be males because sows typically give birth to bear cubs in January. Cubs are not able to walk or feed on their own during the first six months.

“It’s very uncommon for sows to come out because their cubs would be too small, hairless and helpless,” he said.

Selinger warned people who may be hiking to take precautions and be aware any time of year.

“Some bears may be roaming around looking for a food source then crawl back into a hole,” he said. “Usually it’s the moose that favor the snow trails because without the bears around they are free to roam around. Don’t get tunnel vision just assuming bears are sleeping.”

Selinger said brown bear hunting permits purchased after July 1, 2013 are valid until June 30, but hunters need to pick up new metal locking tags.

Harrison said a lot of customers have been purchasing brown bear hunting tags the past couple weeks.

“You would think the bears that are out and about would come down to the river or look through garbage around town,” she said. “But so far nobody has seen any.”

AGDC, and financing structures — like debt and equity terms — can help carry some of the state’s interest.

Sen. Bill Wielechowski, DAnchorage, said the administration’s proposal strikes him as similar to the failed Stranded Gas Act, a suggestion the Parnell administration has rejected.

He said the mistake that’s been

made is asking how the state can help build a pipeline, rather than how the state can make money from Alaska’s gas.

The current proposal, he said, could well be the best option, but he believes the state has a duty to explore other ideas, too, like converting gas to liquids.

During the Senate Finance Committee hearing, the first of three in which administration officials presented, Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, said he wanted to be excited but

“it seems a bit deja vu,” noting past efforts to bring about the long hoped-for line.

Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash said there are two differences on the producers’ side: One is the settlement over the disputed Point Thomson leases, which calls for the field to be more fully developed, and the other involves changes at Prudhoe Bay. He said he expects there to be a turning point in the economics at Prudhoe in the next decade where it will make sense for the companies

to produce the gas and sell it without economic losses on the oil side.

Prudhoe has been a mainstay of Alaska’s oil production, and a major driver of oil recovery has been reinjection of gas, Balash said in an interview. The more gas you sell or take away from a field, the less there is to reinject, so companies for years have had to weigh that against the impact that would have on oil, he said.

“That’s been the case for quite some time,” he said. “We

are getting to a point as we see it in the next decade (where) that is no longer true. That the gas if sold is just a revenue stream. There’s no loss of oil that goes along with it. So you don’t have to overcome that loss. We think we’re crossing over a critical threshold early in the next decade that’s going to facilitate this from the producers’ perspective.”

He said this is because so much of the oil has been recovered.

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Bill would end Alaska high school exit exam JUNEAU — The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says the panel has been working on a bill that would end the high school student competency exam in case a similar idea proposed by the governor fails.

Sen. Gary Stevens filed his bill repealing the exam earlier this month, before Gov. Sean Parnell introduced an omnibus education bill that would scrap the exam and replace it with the ACT, SAT or WorkKeys skills assessment. Stevens’ bill — a clean repeal of the test — was moved out of committee Monday.

Alyeska closes ski areas because of weather ANCHORAGE — Alyeska Resort says it is closing its ski lifts and terrain as unseasonably warm weather continues.

The Girdwood resort says its closure will last for several days because warm temperatures have made a mess of groomed mountainsides.

The Anchorage Daily News says the combination of warm temperatures and a shallow, saturated snowpack have made conditions at the ski area too variable.

Troopers say sea lion attacks crew member ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a 19-yearold crew member of a fishing vessel received minor injuries after a sea lion lunged at him as he was offloading fish.

The crew member of the vessel Confidence did not require medical attention after the animal jumped from the water and tried to grab his buttocks Sunday in the southeast Alaska town of Sitka. The man fell forward into the vessel.

Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says the animal bit at the Sitka man, who might have been injured more severely if he had not been wearing raingear.

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Case No. 3KN-14-01

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 16th day of January, 2014.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PIXIE ANN SMITH

RFP documents can be obtained on the City of Kenai website at www.ci.kenai.ak.us or at City Hall for a non-refundable fee.

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PUBLISH: 1/24, 28, 2014

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RETAIL SPACE AT THE SOLDOTNA REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX CITY OF SOLDOTNA PARKS AND RECREATION 177 NORTH BIRCH STREET SOLDOTNA, ALASKA 99669 907-262-9107 The City of Soldotna is requesting sealed bid proposals from retailers for the rental of approximately 892 square feet of retail space within the SOLDOTNA REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX. Retail operations to be considered shall include but shall not be limited to the sale and repair of hockey and figure skating equipment and supplies. Term of lease shall be for 3 years commencing July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2017. Proposal packages including proposal instructions shall be available from Soldotna City Hall, 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669.

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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 16th day of January, 2014.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MITZI LOUISE BLOSSOM PUBLISH: 1/21, 28, 2/4, 2014

Public Notices IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of a Change of Name for: EVERETT DANIEL BROPHY, Current Name of Minor Child Case No: 3KN-13-00912CI

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Dad looking to relocate hates to leave needy parents behind DEAR ABBY: My two children and I have lived with my parents for a few years because I had some health problems. Now that I am healthy again, I’m ready to return to work and move to a new home, but I am encountering severe resistance from my parents.

As I have recovered, our situation has gone from my parents helping me to my assuming the majority of the household responsibilities. My parents say they know I want to go back to work and know it will be good for me to be independent, but because of their own health concerns they need me to stay. I have always felt a strong responsibility toward my family, but I know that not having a home to call our own limits the personal growth of my children and me.

I have been offered a great job in another state that would allow me to provide well for my children, but I feel crushing guilt for even considering leaving my parents to fend for themselves. I know this will be a life-changing decision for all of us, so please give me an objective point of view.

— DAD TORN IN TWO DIRECTIONS IN TEXAS DEAR DAD: On an emotional level, of course your leaving will be traumatic for your parents.

They will miss you and the children and all the activity in the house they have become used to. Also,

someone may have to assume the household chores that you have been taking care of.

If you accept this job — and in my opinion you should if you can’t find one that pays as well closer to your parents — perhaps you could subsidize a housekeeper, a cleaning company or someone to help with the yard work a few times a month.

Abigail Van Buren

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “Sean” for five years. I am 27, stand 5 feet 7 inches tall and weigh 120 pounds. Sean is constantly pushing me to exercise more, and he comments on my thighs and stomach a lot. He tells me it’s not a weight issue, but I need to “work off some fat and gain more muscle.” He wasn’t like this when we got married.

I love my body, and I know I’m not fat or overweight. I walk 4 miles round trip to work. My entire workday is spent on my feet, walking or running. I get plenty of exercise, and I’m healthy and active.

This is really hurting my confidence. It bothers me

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Your creativity will allow greater give-and-take in a volatile situation. The end results will be satisfying, especially as you seem to have gained understanding. Your perspective could change radically, which might affect your decision making. Tonight: Be more childlike.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Tension could build to an unprecedented level. A personal matter needs to be a higher priority. You might like to pursue an opportunity that offers you more acknowledgment. Your sensitivity will help calm someone down. Tonight: Surprises head your way.

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to hear that someone I love thinks my normal body is unattractive because of barely there “fat.” I don’t know what gave Sean this idea. How do I deal with it?

— JUST RIGHT IN ARIZONA DEAR JUST RIGHT: The kind of body your husband would like you to have seems more descriptive of a skinny teenager than a healthy young woman. Is he a body builder or a gym rat? You deal with it by asking your husband WHY he thinks your normal body is unattractive, listen carefully to his response and, if necessary, run it by your doctor.

DEAR ABBY: I was wondering if a woman can be considered engaged to a man if she is still married to another man, but separated?

I have a friend who has been separated from her husband for two years. They live apart, but not “legally.” Can she be considered engaged? Wouldn’t her ring be a promise ring and not an engagement ring?

Please help me clear up this confusion.

— CONFOUNDED IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR CONFOUNDED: To declare oneself engaged while legally married to another person does appear to be premature. However, your friend can call herself whatever she wants if it pleases her.

Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014: This year you spend more time alone than you ever would have anticipated. You might get bored or dislike being by yourself, but these periods will be essential to your growth. Some of you will pursue a more spiritual path and get involved in New Age studies. Others will choose to participate in volunteer work of some kind. If you are single, you will meet more than one person in your daily travels whom you would like to get to know better. Don’t commit, unless you are 100 percent sure. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from time away together.

You will value these special times.

CAPRICORN can be a burden at times.

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 When you realize what is going on, you might abruptly head in a different direction. You could be going through a change in your image, perhaps in the community or at your place of employment. Opportunities are likely to come forward. Tonight: A must appearance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHYou will be on top of your game if you can incorporate a broader view with a better understanding of others. You could gain a new insight in the strangest, most unexpected way. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation that sounds too good to be true.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH A partner will play a strong role in today’s happenings. You

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You’ll head in the right direction regarding a decision you’ve made. A loved one might react in an unexpected way that could stop you in your tracks. Be more open about how you see the whole situation when you are not triggered.

Tonight: Have a long-overdue conversation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Understand what is happening financially. Listen to others’ feedback, but avoid taking any risks for now. Understand that you already might be taking risks and not even be aware of it. Be a cynic, and you will land well. Tonight: Your treat.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH In face of a changing situation, your attitude remains steady.

Being steadfast allows others to open up and share where they are coming from. You might have much more information than you know what to do with. Tonight: Beam in whatever you want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HH Take news with a grain of salt.

You might not be ready for a big shock, but in some way, you could be responsible for that reaction.

You will understand more by detaching. Make it a point to say little until you have a more complete picture. Tonight: Early to bed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Zero in on what you want and why you want it. Be more sensitive to someone else’s needs as well. A question could provoke an overreaction. Use as much care as possible when dealing with your finances. No risk-taking, please.

Tonight: Meet up with friends.

Coins before bills?

Dear Heloise: At work recently, a grumpy gentleman told me that when I return change to customers, I should give them the coin change first, then the paper money. Although he could have told me nicely, I could see his point.

Coins could slip out of someone’s hand if placed on top of the paper money.

— A Reader, via email Ah, yes, the return-change question!

Everyone is different, so don’t take offense. Just smile and say, “How would you like your change?” Some want it on the counter; some, coins first, then paper money; others, paper money, then change.

I’ve covered this before in the column ­— let’s do an update! Readers, what do you have to say?

— HELOISE Window blinds Dear Heloise: Window-blind cords are not only a danger to children, but to animals as well. I had a cat that wore a collar. He liked to sit on the windowsill.

One day, when the blinds were completely down, the cat walked along the back of the sofa (next to the window) and tried to get in behind the blinds to see outside. In the process, he got one of the blind slats between his skin and the collar. He tried to turn around to come out, and his collar twisted tighter. If I had not been there, I’m sure he would have been strangled.

Now I hang the cord up high and raise the blinds up a foot from the sill.

—Patricia in Lake Village, Ind. Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to Heloise(at)Heloise.com. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column.

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Pet Tails What’s in a pet’s name?

By TED STRONG Richmond Times-Dispatch

RICHMOND, Va. — What’s in a name? Maybe a future.

At least that’s what city animal officials were hoping when they christened Boompsy the pit bull-terrier mix; Flounder the cat; Evil-Lyne the Feral Puss; and countless others at Richmond Animal Care & Control.

“We have to name almost 4,400 animals a year, and we want to make them as individual as possible,” said Chuck Marchant, acting director of the city department.

Many shelters give their animals simple human names.

The Richmond shelter takes a slightly different tack; workers there will OK almost any name — except the mundane.

It’s an open-admission facility, which means it takes in any and all animals, including many with no names.

And sometimes, that can make the job tough. These aren’t just the high-odds, photogenic and desirable animals; these are the literal underdogs — the tough sells.

The shelter works hard for a high live-release rate, but not every story there has a happy ending, Marchant said.

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than you have losses,” he said.

Litters tend to get movietype names, all in a theme. The Little Rascals are a perennial favorite, Marchant said.

The names come from a variety of sources: classic actors and actresses are popular, as are music-related names. (See Jackie Chan, the long-haired cat, and Suzanne Somers, the Labrador retriever mix.)

“It humanizes them, but also it pays tribute to pop culture that we love,” he said.

Others get named for animal control officers’ favorite cereals, or simply for phrases that stick with someone.

Crispix is a husky mix. Wiki Waka is a “brindle pit girl” who’s gotten “a little bit spazzier” during her time at the shelter, for example, Marchant said. She’s been there since early September.

Puns are a bonus, and cats that are feral have that fact worked into their names, such as Will Feral. (In that case, however, upon further examination, the cat turned out not to be feral.)

Field supervisor Richard Stewart was a fan of the “Hunger Games” trilogy, which inspired a lot of names. Other times, he turns to the Internet Movie Database. And then there was the series based on board games.

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Peninsula Clarion, Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Best Friends

Kicking back

Submitted photo

Ms. Peaches relaxes at Grandmas house. Owners Ron and Peggy Brown of Kenai say she loves to watch TV and play with kids.

Have a photogenic pet?

Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people.

Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned.

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A-14 Peninsula Clarion, Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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