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Obama vows to use powers President to narrow economic disparity By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON — Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress “whenever and wherever” necessary to narrow economic disparities between America’s rich and poor. He unveiled an array of modest executive actions to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers and make it easier for millions of low-income people to save for

retirement. “America does not stand still and neither do I,” Obama declared in his prime-time address before a joint session of Congress and millions of Americans watching on television. Draped in presidential grandeur, Obama’s hour-long address served as the opening salvo in a midterm election fight for control of Congress that will quickly consume Washington’s attention. Democrats, seeking to cast Republicans as uncaring about the middle class, have urged Obama to focus on economic mobility and the gap between the wealthy and poor.

His emphasis on executive actions was greeted with shouts of “Do it!” from many members of his party. Declaring 2014 a “year of action,” Obama also sought to convince an increasingly skeptical public that he still wields power in Washington even if he can’t crack through the divisions in Congress. Burned by a series of legislative failures in 2013, White House aides say they’re now redefining success AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool not by what Obama can jam through Congress but by what President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address actions he can take on his own. before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber TuesIndeed, Obama’s proposals day in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden, and House See UNION, page A-5 Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, listen.

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In the news Premera: Many Alaskans stay with existing policies

JUNEAU (AP) — A spokeswoman for the largest health insurance company in Alaska says more than 80 percent of individual health care policy holders whose plans do not meet requirements of the federal health care law opted to stick with their plan through 2014. Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield sent cancellation notices last year to about 5,360 policy holders in Alaska because their plans didn’t meet requirements of the law. However, President Barack Obama laid out a plan in November that gave insurers the option to continue offering into 2014 plans that would otherwise be canceled, provided state insurance commissioners signed off. Premera spokeswoman Melanie Coon says about 90 percent of people with plans that were grandfathered in under the law stayed on those plans instead of opting for a new plan.

Inside ‘My family is from up north and we’re used to driving in the snow and stuff, and seeing everyone freak out, sliding and stuff, it’s pretty funny.’ ... See page A-6

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trict discussion will come up in Committee D, which is tentatively expected to be meet Feb. 10, with decisions made Feb. 11-13. Petersburg’s John Jensen will chair that committee, with Reed Morisky, from Fairbanks, and Talkeetna’s Tom Kluberton also participating. Members of the public will join them for the discussion. Northern District proposals will also be discussed during other parts of the meeting.

With more than 230 regulatory proposals, several pages worth of suggested changes to the Cook Inlet finfish fisheries, nearly 500 written comments and several hundred pages of Alaska Department of Fish and Game, or ADFG, opinion and reports, the seven members of the Alaska Board of Fisheries will have their work cut out for them in the coming two weeks. The board is scheduled to take up Cook Inlet issues from Jan. 31 to Feb. 13 at the Egan Center in Anchorage and several local organizations are gearing up for the triennial meeting which brings many of the area’s ongoing management issues to the forefront of statewide discussions on how to manage fish resources. The first few days of the meeting are scheduled primarily for public and advisory committee testimony. Representatives from Fish and Game advisory committees, whose bodies spent the weeks leading up to the meeting finalizing comments on each proposal, will present their support and opposition to the proposed regulatory changes, while individuals can also voice their concerns to the board. While attendees cannot sign up to comment publicly until the meeting starts, during the Board of Fisheries meeting on Lower Cook Inlet issues in

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Making a connection

Rose Bezilla gives Anthony Griglione, of Soldotna, a massage during the third annual Project Homeless Connect at the Kenai Mall Tuesday in Kenai. Bezilla joined several other volunteers who served the area’s homeless population and connected them with a variety social service agencies.

Northern District up for discussion By Molly Dischner Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

Kenai Peninsula issues won’t be the only decisions before the Alaska Board of Fisheries as it considers the Northern District during its two-week Upper Cook Inlet meeting that began Jan. 31. Northern District streams primarily flow through the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and that area contains the major-

ity of the state’s listed salmon stocks of concern, or runs of fish that are not returning in the numbers managers expect are needed to keep the stock healthy. The source of the Mat-Su salmon woes is unknown, some blame interception by commercial fishermen in the Inlet, other blame habitat degradation, still others assert that the problem lies farther out in the ocean. The borough, and the Alaska

Department of Fish and Game, or ADFG, have worked to better understand salmon runs in the region and improve certain components of the habitat over the past several years, and fishing by all users has been restricted at some point. Regulatory proposals submitted for the upcoming meeting address what the board can change in regards to those hypotheses — primarily fishing effort and escapement goals. Much of the Northern Dis-

Gas pipeline could serve 700 Sterling properties By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

ENSTAR Natural Gas Company plans to begin work on a Sterling pipeline within a few weeks to hookup hundreds of properties with natural gas. The project will extend an existing pipeline under the Kenai River to serve Funny River Road properties on the south side of the river. John Sims, business development director for ENSTAR said the company plans to begin the project by the third week in February and finish the river

portion of the project within two weeks. The portion of the project under the river priced at $1.3 million is funded by a state grant. Sims said there are about 700 total properties that ENSTAR could potentially serve. The building out of the pipeline to serve property owners, if approved, will be funded by utility special assessment districts. “There are two utility special assessment districts being proposed on the (south) side of the river,” Sims said. “And that’s what the bore of the Ke-

‘There are two utility special assessment districts being proposed on the (south) side of the river. And that’s what the bore of the Kenai (River) is attempting to get to.’ — John Sims, ENSTAR business development director nai (River) is attempting to get to.” The districts are still in the early stages of formation, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre said. The projC

ect will come before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in March. Navarre said there has to be a 70 percent approval rate of the USAD by the property owners

to move forward. “If people have houses and live there year round, it’s a cost benefit for them for converting to gas,” Navarre said. “It would be significant savings. … For people who have vacant lots that they have to pay for don’t really get the benefit of it until they build on it.” So far the borough only has estimates for Funny River West with the 264 parcels assessed at $3,549 per lot, Navarre said. Boring for the project will begin at Huske Street near Betty Lou Drive and Duncan See GAS, page A-14

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Russian astronauts work on cameras By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two Russian space station astronauts took a spacewalk Monday to complete a camera job left undone last month, but ran into new trouble. Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy successfully installed one of two commercially provided cameras for Earth observations, a task requiring multiple power connections outside the International Space Station. Everything checked out well with this high-definition camera, unlike the post-Christmas spacewalk where there was no data stream. But the second, medium-resolution camera did not provide

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good data to ground controllers after Monday’s hookup. Ryazanskiy redid the electrical connections — to no avail. He spotted no damage. “I put everything in place as it used to be, maybe even better,” Ryazanskiy radioed. “I think it’s much better.” But still, the data link was flawed. “Sergey, don’t overdo it there,” Russian Mission Control said, warning him not to damage the connectors. The spacewalkers worked so hard — determined to accomplish the job this time — that Russian Mission Control outside Moscow urged them early in the spacewalk to “get your breath.” “We’ll force ourselves to rest,” one of the spacewalkers replied in Russian. The astronauts had hooked up both Earth-observing cameras during a spacewalk right after Christmas. But ground controllers received no data from either camera, and the spacewalkers had to haul every-

thing back in. The problem was traced to indoor cabling and thought to be fixed. Russian Mission Control ended Monday’s spacewalk right around the six-hour mark, as originally planned. It was unclear what the next course of action would be regarding the incommunicado camera, but Kotov and Ryazanskiy were assured there would be no more spacewalks to deal with the problem. “Well, at least one of them is working,” one of them said. All the external camera connections are believed to be solid, Russian Mission Control told the astronauts, and it was suggested that some files might be to blame. The Canadian company that owns the two cameras, UrtheCast (pronounced EARTHcast) Corp., has a business plan to distribute the images collected. The cameras were launched to the space station last November in a deal between the Vancouver-based UrtheCast and

the Russian Space Agency. UrtheCast seeks to post nearreal-time video on its website and sell images. The company envisions customers wanting video feeds for environmental, agricultural and humanitarian purposes. The company had expected the system to be fully operational by summer. Because of all the camera data trouble during the Dec. 27 spacewalk, which dragged on for eight hours, Kotov and Ryazanskiy had to put off other chores. Those tasks were completed Monday. The four other space station astronauts — two Americans, one Japanese and another Russian — kept tabs on the spacewalk from inside. Russian flight controllers outside Moscow directed Monday’s 260-mile-high excursion. Before going back inside, Kotov, the station’s commander, was told to check out the orbiting outpost “as the master of the house.”

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Grief support available Individuals struggling with grief may call Fred Kehl at 907420-3979 for free counseling sessions with a certified counselor.

John Francis Banner

Relay For Life kicks off

Soldotna resident John Francis Banner, 69, passed away, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 at Central Peninsula Hospital with his wife by his side. At his request, no services are planned. John was born on Jan. 4, 1945 in Murray, Utah to Earl and Margaret Banner. John proudly served several tours as a United States Marine in Vietnam. He moved to Alaska in 1983 from Utah and never looked back. Alaska was home to him. He loved the outdoors and being away from the crowds. He loved the mountains, but Soldotna was where he wanted to stay. John wore many hats throughout his life. He was a husband, father, Marine, salesman, real estate agent and a contractor. His greatest love was building houses and creating beautiful yards. He built all the homes he and his lovely wife lived in. He was a master carpenter and believed that if you were going to do something, you should do it right. He always said to give 110 percent. If at the end of the day you have done your very best, then you have succeeded. His very best days were spent creating his dreams and working with his hands. He enjoyed his summers working alongside his daughter who inherited his love for building houses and doing yard work. He was the strongest man we knew. He was never happier than when the whole family was working together to get something done. He never finished a project before he had another one lined up. John was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He loved his family dearly. He was proud of them all. He will be greatly missed by those who loved him. He was the rock in the family who anchored everything together. He loved to keep in touch with his family by phone when they weren’t around. He spent countless hours on the phone to make sure they all felt loved and important. He was always the one to have a listening ear and a shoulder to lean on. He was full of useful advice when necessary and a sounding board when needed. John had a magical way with animals. He was constantly bringing in abandoned and abused animals to nurse back to health. There wasn’t anyone who knew him who didn’t know that his animals meant the world to him. He was most at peace when they were around him. We are sure he is building yet another home for his dear wife. He was extremely loved and will be greatly missed. Although he is no longer with us on Earth, we now have a Guardian Angel in heaven. We have suffered a great loss, but Heaven has gained an amazing Angel. He leaves behind his lovely wife Lynda and his four children, Wendy Banner, Lynece Knutson, James Banner and Jason Banner as well as his son-in-law Ty Knutson and grandson Kolya as well as Shae Reed and all that knew him. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.

A 2014 Central Peninsula Relay For Life kickoff barbecue will take place Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Kenai Visi- Hospice schedules volunteer training tors Center, 11471 Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, with hot dogs Hospice of the Central Peninsula has scheduled volunteer and all the fixings. Donations will be accepted, trade Relay For Life registration for yourself or your team. The barbecue is core training for compassionate, caring people who are willsponsored by XTO Energy. For more information, call Johna ing to volunteer 2 to 4 hours per week as Hospice volunteers. Training sessions will be held at, Christ Lutheran Church 128 907-394-6006 or Carmen at 907-252-4270. Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna, from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 7 and 21, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Feb. 8 and 22. The fee is $25, scholarship Kenai Kennel Club hosts obedience classes assistance is available. Registration is required. For informaStarting Saturday, the Kenai Kennel Club will host a six- tion and to register call 262-0453 or email hospice.admin@ week session of dog obedience classes, with Beginning Family alaska.net. Dog Obedience from 1-2 p.m. and Advanced Obedience from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Kenai Kennel Club is located in the Kenai Mall Shape up at Triumvirate book store in Kenai. Please leave your dog in the car while registering and The Triumvirate Theater Book Store in the Peninsula Center bring your dog records. For more information call the club at Mall in Soldotna is having a January Shape Up, with books on 335-2552 or email kenaikennelclub@gmail.com. topics such as Adkins to Weight Watchers, Aerobics to “Ys” Ways For Your Heart, Children’s Health and Mental Health Boys and Girls Club indoor soccer kicks off available. Registration for the 2014 Boys and Girls Club indoor soccer season is under way at the Kenai Recreation Center and runs Square dance classes held in Ninilchik through Feb. 14. Indoor soccer is open to players from age 4 Beginning square dance classes will be held on Thursday through fifth grade. Registration is $60 for pre-K and kindergartners, $85 for first- through fifth-graders. For more informa- nights, from 7-9 p.m. at the Ninilchik Senior Center. For more information, call 907-567-3312. tion call 283-3318.

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• Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. Today • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at Cen10:30 a.m. • Pre-School Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262- tral Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-335-9456. 4227. 8 p.m. 11 a.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Over The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings land Drive, Kenai. Call 262-1917. of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization 4 p.m. name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a con • Build It Workshop at the Kenai Community Library. tact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com. 5:30 p.m.

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Folk legend Pete Seeger dies at age 94 By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Unable to carry his beloved banjo, Pete Seeger used a different but equally formidable instrument, his mere presence, to instruct yet another generation of young people how to effect change through song and determination two years ago. A surging crowd, two canes and seven decades as a historysifting singer and rabble-rouser buoyed him as he led an Occupy Wall Street protest through Manhattan in 2011. “Be wary of great leaders,” he told The Associated Press two days after the march. “Hope that there are many, many small leaders.” The banjo-picking troubadour who sang for migrant workers, college students and star-struck presidents in a career that introduced genera-

tions of Americans to their folk music heritage died Monday at age 94. Seeger’s grandson, Kitama Cahill-Jackson, said his grandfather died peacefully in his sleep around 9:30 p.m. at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he had been for six days. Family members were with him. “He was chopping wood 10 days ago,” Cahill-Jackson recalled. With his lanky frame, useworn banjo and full white beard, Seeger was an iconic figure in folk music who outlived his peers. He performed with the great minstrel Woody Guthrie in his younger days and wrote or co-wrote “If I Had a Hammer,” ‘’Turn, Turn, Turn,” ‘’Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.” He lent his voice against Hitler and nuclear power. A cheerful warrior, he typically delivered his broadsides

with an affable air and his fingers poised over the strings of his banjo. In 2011, he walked nearly 2 miles with hundreds of protesters swirling around him holding signs and guitars, later admitting the attention embarrassed him. But with a simple gesture — extending his friendship — Seeger gave the protesters and even their opponents a moment of brotherhood the short-lived Occupy movement sorely needed. When a policeman approached, Tao RodriguezSeeger said at the time he feared his grandfather would be hassled. “He reached out and shook my hand and said, ‘Thank you, thank you, this is beautiful,’” Rodriguez-Seeger said. “That really did it for me. The cops recognized what we were about. They wanted to help our march. They actually wanted to

protect our march because they saw something beautiful. It’s very hard to be anti-something beautiful.” That was a message Seeger spread his entire life. With The Weavers, a quartet organized in 1948, Seeger helped set the stage for a national folk revival. The group — Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman — churned out hit recordings of “Goodnight Irene,” ‘’Tzena, Tzena” and “On Top of Old Smokey.” Seeger also was credited with popularizing “We Shall Overcome,” which he printed in his publication “People’s Song” in 1948. He later said his only contribution to the anthem of the civil rights movement was changing the second word from “will” to “shall,” which he said “opens up the mouth better.”

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Higher tax deters smoking Incredibly, the World Health Organi-

zation says 5.4 million people around the planet suffer agonized early death each year because of tobacco smoking. Cigarettes are an international curse, the worst cause of unnecessary sickness and lost lifespan. Tobacco firms are, in effect, drug pushers. Their profits depend on getting young people addicted to nicotine, a drug with a grip as powerful as that of heroin. As long as smokers are unable to break the addiction, tobacco profits roll in. The latest New England Journal of Medicine says the world could avoid 200 million needless deaths by 2025 — and also gain trillions in tax revenue — if tobacco taxes were tripled worldwide, preventing millions of youths from becoming addicted. Dr. Prabbat Jha, author of the new study, says France cut its tobacco consumption in half between 1990 and 2005 by imposing drastic tax increases. He commented: “Death and taxes are inevitable, but they don’t need to be in that order. A higher tax on tobacco is the single most effective intervention to lower smoking rates and to deter future smokers.” He added that the United States and Canada could reap $100 billion extra revenue each year if they merely doubled cigarette taxes. Last year, U.N. countries set a global goal to curtail smoking by one-third by 2025 and reduce smokingcaused premature deaths by one-fourth. Sir Richard Peto, co-author of the study, observed: “Young adult smokers will lose about a decade of life if they continue to smoke. They’ve so much to gain by stopping.” Most American states have boosted taxes to prevent the young from becoming addicts. The U.S. average now is around $1.50 per pack. But West Virginia lags far behind, with just a 55-cent tax — the nation’s 44th lowest. Each year, health reformers in the Legislature try to boost the state’s cigarette tax, but high-paid tobacco lobbyists defeat this lifesaving attempt. As a result, West Virginia continues to have America’s worst smoking rate — an ugly distinction. With the 2014 Legislature in full swing, conscientious senators and delegates who oppose unnecessary sickness and death among West Virginians — and who see a need for extra revenue — should rally behind an effort to help this state catch up with the rest of America. — Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, Jan. 20

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

Sarah, Glenn, Richard and Barack

From 1937 to 1949, while Joe Louis reigned as boxing’s heavyweight champion, he was known as the “Brown Bomber.” Many whites, taken with his outward humility and trying to show they weren’t intolerant, described him as a “credit to his race.” It was polite bigotry. As we’ve passed the annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and with it the annual introspection about civil-rights progression in America, it’s obvious we’ve come a long way — after all, we have elected a black president. But we still have some distance to travel. As a white, I cringe when I hear from certain people who are clearly a debit to my race. Whatever possessed Sarah Palin, for instance, on MLKs birthday to go on Twitter and, after quoting from the “I Have a Dream” speech, implore President Barack Obama: “Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card.” What brought that on? It only could be Ms. Palin proudly playing the race card herself, and maintaining her following among those who live in fear and hatred. As far as we’ve come, the racial divide still exists and she is always delighted to exploit it. Mr. Obama, in a remarkable interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick, was stating the obvious by saying, “There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just

Letters to the Editor New technology could answer lingering questions Dear Alaska Board of Fisheries, It appears that we have very little information regarding where our Kenai River king salmon migrate to when leaving the river. This lack of information makes it is very difficult to understand what is killing them in the ocean. I requested that our ADF&G establish a juvenile king tagging program to study these migration routes but was informed that this kind of fish tagging technology does not exists. An online search for this technology located archival fish tagging technology, which appears capable of the task. Star Oddi based in Gardabaer, Iceland is a company which has developed this technology. This tag uses the earth’s magnetic field, internal navigation along with longitude and latitude to plot fish migration routes worldwide. I request that the Alaska Board of Fisheries direct our ADF&G to investigate this technology and determine if it may be applied to track our king salmon? When used on fish the tag can either be implanted or attached externally, for studying their habitat movements and migration routes. Star Oddi is using DST magnetic and data logger sensors for industry research and monitoring. They appear to have an archival fish tag which can record the earth’s magnetic field strength data from a tag and then correlate it with our already charted earth magnetic field strength data thus giving a general location tracking history. Don Johnson Soldotna

really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black president.” Then, in his often professorial way, he went on: “Now the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks Bob Franken who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because I’m a black president.” It’s hard to argue with that, and it shows, even with all the progress, that as a nation we are still very much hung up over race, and still dealing with intense prejudice. Recently, Glenn Beck decided, for whatever reason, to declare that he was feeling some remorse for his incendiary rhetoric of a few years past, when he was pulling in the ratings on Fox News: “I think I played a role unfortunately in helping tear the country apart.” Golly, Glenn: Do you think so? How much introspection did it take for you to realize that gratuitously calling President Obama a “racist” who carries “a deepseated hatred for white people or the white culture” might be a tad divisive? I suppose Beck deserves a bit of credit for owning up, but one of his running buddies, Palin, is still at it, stirring up hatred for fun and

name in the hat to answer to Eric Derleth’s column about how wonderful marijuana or (pot) is. (Editor’s note: Derleth’s comments ran as a paid advertisement in Monday’s Clarion.) I have had occasions where I would approve of use for pleasure, but that is not the end result. The things that you speak favorably of, like working in a very dangerous place with someone who does not have all their senses in control like in a plant where things could explode — no. My wife and I have experienced your high school use of pot. Believe me, it leads to much more powerful drugs to where it ruins a young person’s life. Have you had that experience? In a trip back to Iowa a few years back, I was downtown with my brother and there was a young man with a full lengh winter overcoat on in July. My brother’s remark was that he was on drugs. The problem with drugs over liquor is that with liquor it is pretty obvious when a person is somewhat incapacitated. Drugs are much more difficult to determine. As a certified welder, and crane operator and mechanic in a chemical plant for 35 years, there was absolutely no room for any kind of mind bogglers. The most wonderful thing about making it legal, is that all politicions and lawyers are salivating about the taxes and legal problems involved with it. A money field day. Now my problem, as a low income family, we do not have the money to pay for space in the newspapers like you can. Maybe I will be lucky and the editors will print my response. Paul D. Morrison Kenai

King salmon need good management plan to rebound

I’m a 60-year resident of Alaska and have enjoyed hunting and fishing since I was 10 years old. I have a residence on the Kenai river where I intend to retire and live First off, I would be proud to put my starting July 2014. I am concerned with

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profit. How sad that there’s still plenty to stir up. Just look at the ugliness that followed an NFL playoff game. As we all certainly know, the Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco after some last-second heroics by Seattle defensive back Richard Sherman. But then Sherman had the audacity to go on TV right afterward and instead of spouting the usual cliches, he ranted about how great he was and wildly trashed his opponent. The details are incidental. What does matter is the nature of the controversy that erupted in cyberspace. Quite a bit of the uproar was downright racist, plain and simple. The bigots were all atwitter. And there were lot of them, not focusing so much on whether Sherman’s comments were inappropriate or if they were bad sportsmanship, but declaring that Sherman’s behavior somehow confirmed their darkest prejudices and that they were free to talk about it without apology. Happily, a few people of good will were so appalled by the blatant bigotry in those comments that they spoke out about it. The whole thing might cause some to look past the usual grotesque hype of the Super Bowl to reflect on how far we haven’t come. If so, that would be a credit to their taste. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

the continued decline of king salmon in the Kenai area and hope our resource managers are aware and have a management plan to turn this around. The Cook Inlet fishery is a valuable source of income to many lives, not just in the commercial, sport, and guide industries, but also to the service and retail industries of the peninsula. Let’s keep the resource strong and renewed. William L. Simpson Sterling

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Conditions remain unstable at avalanche site By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Avalanche conditions remain too unstable to clear a highway into the Alaska city of Valdez, state transportation officials said Tuesday. Two major avalanches and 10 or so smaller ones dumped snow Friday along 27 miles of the Richardson Highway, the only road access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska

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The Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s Fish and Wildlife Commission has asked the board to create more escapement goals for area waterways, and also wants to change commercial fishing regulations farther south. Some of the escapement goals were also proposed by the local advisory committee. Jim Colver, a Mat-Su Borough assembly member and vice chair of the fish and wildlife commission, said use of the expanded Kasilof and Kenai drift corridors, rather than fishing in the middle of the Inlet, would mean less interception of Northern District salmon by the commercial drift fishermen. Colver said that would give the fish a chance to swim north. Fishing those corridors is less efficient, however, and drift fishermen generally oppose expanding their use. Eventually, Colver said he’d like to see the Upper Cook Inlet management shift to more closely mirror Bristol Bay, where commercial fishermen target specific runs. That would require a better understanding of where fish are headed as they swim through the Inlet. Some genetic and migration studies have been done, including a 2013 tagging effort, but more is needed to have a complete picture of which fish are where. Additional escapement goals could help managers understand what is needed to ensure future returns in the area, Colver said. “How do we quantify, manage the fishery, without having those goals?” Colver asked. Colver said the commission also doesn’t support the efforts to limit personal use fishing, or restrict in-river users. “...from a standpoint of a lifetime Alaskan resident, and representing the people in my assembly district, Alaskans like to go fish,” Colver said. Ideally, he’d like to ensure that all users had the opportunity to fish — commercial, and not just sport, he said. The borough assembly also passed three resolutions weighing on the upcoming board meeting, which are similar to

pipeline. One avalanche blocked a river and created a half-mile lake that covers the highway. The pipeline buried in the area wasn’t affected. Likewise, city residents have been mostly unaffected unless they had plans to drive elsewhere in Alaska. Valdez is accessible by aircraft, ferry and barge and the city received a shipment of groceries in containers Monday. The highway Tuesday remained closed from Mile 12 to

Mile 42. The Alaska Department of Transportation announced crews had begun removing snow from a major slide at Mile 39. Once debris is cleared from the area, the department said, crews will focus on smaller slides that may have affected single lanes of the highway in Thompson Pass, the 2,800foot passageway through the Chugach Mountains. The more serious problem remained at the site of the other

major slide at Mile 12. Tons of snow fell onto the highway in Keystone Canyon, a 300-foot-wide choke point where the highway runs parallel to the Lowe River. DOT spokeswoman Hannah Blankenship said snow 40 feet deep and 1,000 to 1,500 feet long covered the highway. The avalanche dammed the Lowe River and backed up water, creating the half-mile long lake that’s 5 to 10 feet deep on the north end away from the

blockage. Water has been draining underneath the avalanche and through a nearby railroad tunnel. “It’s dropping at the same rate as we estimated before, which is 5 inches per hour,” Blankenship said. About 500 feet of roadway has been exposed since the lake formed. However, conditions remain too dangerous to clear the avalanche. The snow cannot be reached by heavy equipment

on the water side and digging from the south side could collapse the snow dam and trigger a surge of water that put work crews in danger. Highway officials plan to resume using explosives Wednesday to bring down loose snow in avalanche zones, Blankenship said. The department uses both a 105mm howitzer and explosives in 50-pound bags dropped from helicopters to trigger controlled avalanches.

the commission’s priorities. Those ask the board to conserve Northern District salmon by implementing regulations restricting the drift fleet to the expanded Kenai and Kasilof sections, oppose regulations that would reduce personal use fishing, and support establishing escapement goals. Commercial fishermen, however, aren’t convinced that the Mat-Su stakeholders have proposed the right solutions. United Cook Inlet Drift Association Executive Director Roland Maw said that some Northern District salmon runs are stronger than users have acknowledged. UCIDA has suggested that efforts to improve Northern District runs should focus on what can be controlled in that area, like habitat. The organization has also submitted proposals that would limit in-river catches of some Northern District stocks. Maw also pointed to northern pike, an invasive species known to prey on juvenile salmon, as a major problem — and one that isn’t related to the commercial catch. Generally, his organization doesn’t want to see their fishing time or area changed. “Restricting us has not solved a single problem for those folks in the Valley,” he said. Maw said the numbers of fish bound for the Northern District aren’t substantially different inside and outside the expanded corridors around the Kenai and Kasilof, and the fish don’t seem to separate themselves enough to allow the drift fleet to target one stock in a particular area. That means that Bristol Bay-style management likely isn’t a realistic goal for the region, he said. Maw also said UCIDA doesn’t support all of the new escapement goals being proposed, but would be interested in hearing from ADFG about es-

tablishing some goals for index stocks for the Northern District. In a letter submitted as public comment, residents of Nikolaevsk also weighed in, asking for fewer restrictions in the drift management plans. The letter asks that the board reconsider Yentna-related concerns. According to reports submitted by the Upper Cook Inlet Drift Association, salmon returning to that river have been significantly undercounted. The Nikolaevsk residents noted that they have a strong dependence on commercial fishing for their livelihood. The fishermen also asked that the board consider that pressure on the salmon resource has increased from Anchorage and Mat-Su residents, but that the drift fleet is limited in entry and has not changed. The Nikolaevsk letter was just one of many submitted as official public comment to the board about Northern District issues. Sen. Mike Dunleavy also wrote the board echoing many of the Mat-Su commission’s ideas — and noting that he serves on the finance budget subcommittee on Fish and Game, and will be aggressive in supporting his district. His top goal, he wrote, was establishing a priority that meeting the bottom end of escapement goals is more important than worrying about exceeding the top end. Dunleavy also asked for more escapement goals, further restrictions for the drift fleet and enhanced personal use fishing opportunity. He also asked that legislators receive additional time after the end of the session to make proposals to the board.

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burg, an Army Ranger who was a guest of first lady Michelle Obama. Remsburg, who was nearly killed in Afghanistan during one of his 10 deployments, rose slowly from his seat and was greeted by long and thunderous applause from the president and lawmakers. Even as Washington increasingly focuses on income inequality, many parts of the economy are gaining strength, with corporate profits soaring and the financial markets hitting record highs. But with millions of Americans still out of work or struggling with stagnant wages, Obama has found himself in the sometimes awkward position of promoting a recovery that feels distant for many. “The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by, let alone get ahead,” Obama said. “And too many still aren’t working at all.” The president garnered some of his loudest applause — at least from Democrats — when he took on lawmakers who oppose his signature health care law, which floundered in its initial rollout last fall. Obama said that while he doesn’t expect to convince Republicans on the merits of the law, “I know that the American people aren’t interested in refighting old battles.” The president’s speech drew an eclectic mix of visitors to the House chamber. Among those sitting with Mrs. Obama were two survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, as well as Jason Collins, an openly gay former NBA player. Republican House Speaker John Boehner brought business owners from his home state of Ohio who say Obama’s

health care overhaul is hurting their companies. Willie Robertson, a star of the television show “Duck Dynasty,” also scored a seat in the House gallery, courtesy of the Republicans. Though Obama sought to emphasize his presidential powers, there are stark limits to what he can do on his own. For example, he unilaterally can raise the minimum hourly wage for new federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10, as he announced, but he’ll need Congress in order to extend that increase to all of America’s workers. The executive order for contractors, which Obama will sign in the coming weeks, is limited in its scope. It will not affect existing federal contracts, only new ones, and then only if other terms of an agreement change. Republicans quickly panned the executive initiative as ineffective. Said Boehner: “The question is how many people, Mr. President, will this executive action actually help? I suspect the answer is somewhere close to zero.” White House officials countered by saying many more working people would benefit if Congress would go along with Obama’s plan to raise the minimum wage across the board. “Give America a raise,” Obama declared. Among the president’s other executive initiatives is a plan to help workers whose employers don’t offer retirement savings plans. The program would allow first-time savers to start building up savings in Treasury bonds that eventually could be converted into traditional IRAs. Obama is expected to promote the “starter” accounts during a trip to Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

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for action by lawmakers were slim and largely focused on old ideas that have gained little traction over the past year. He pressed Congress to revive a stalled immigration overhaul, pass an across-the-board increase in the federal minimum wage and expand access to early childhood education — all ideas that gained little traction after he proposed them last year. The president’s one new legislation proposal calls for expanding an income tax credit for workers without children. Republicans, who saw their own approval ratings fall further in 2013, have also picked up the refrain of income inequality in recent months, though they have cast the widening gap between rich and poor as a symptom of Obama’s economic policies. “Republicans have plans to close the gap, plans that focus on jobs first without more spending, government bailouts and red tape,” said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., in the Republicans’ televised response to the president’s speech. “We hope the president will join us in a year of real action, by empowering people, not making their lives harder with unprecedented spending, higher taxes, and fewer jobs.” The economy and other domestic issues, including health care, dominated the president’s address. He touched only briefly on foreign policy, reiterating his threat to veto any new sanctions Congress might levy on Iran while nuclear negotiations with the Islamic republic are underway and touting the drawdown of American troops Molly Dischner can be from Afghanistan this year. In an emotional high point, reached at molly.dischner@ Obama singled out Cory Remsalaskajournal.com.

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Around the World Number implicated in Air Force nuke missile cheating probe has doubled WASHINGTON — The cheating scandal inside the Air Force’s nuclear missile corps is expanding, with the number of service members implicated by investigators now roughly double the 34 reported just a week ago, officials said Tuesday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the additional 30plus airmen suspected of being involved in cheating on proficiency tests are alleged to have participated in the cheating directly or were involved indirectly. Regardless, a doubling of the number implicated means that approximately 14 percent of the entire Air Force cadre of nuclear missile launch control officers, which numbers about 500, has been removed at least temporarily from active missile duty. It was not clear Tuesday how that affects the mission, beyond requiring the remaining crew members to bear a bigger share of the work. The officials who disclosed the higher number cheating suspects spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose the information by name while the investigation is ongoing.

Mexican government takes gamble with plan to legalize vigilante movement MEXICO CITY — After months of tacit cooperation with rural vigilantes trying to drive out a cult-like drug cartel, the Mexican government is seeking to permanently solve one of its toughest security problems with a plan to legalize the growing movement and bring it under the army’s control. But the risks are high. To succeed, the government must enforce military discipline and instill respect for human rights and due process among more than 20,000 heavily armed civilians, then eventually disband them and send them back home in the western state of Michoacan. In other Latin American countries, similar experiments have created state-backed militias that carried out widespread human rights abuses as armed civilians turned to vengeance, or assisted in mass killings. The Mexican army itself has been accused of rights abuses during the more than seven-year war against organized crime that has seen it deployed as a police force in much of the country. Vigilante leaders met Tuesday with government officials to hash out details of the agreement that would put avocado and lime pickers with AR-15 semi-automatic rifles under army command. The Mexican military has a century-old tradition of mobilizing “rural defense corps” manned by peasants to fight bandits and uprisings in the countryside.

Officer shoots teen at school after scuffle HONOLULU — A police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist Tuesday morning at a Hawaii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others, authorities said. State Department of Education spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said the boy showed up at Roosevelt High School near downtown Honolulu, and officials there recognized him as a runaway and called police. The boy had been a student at the public school before, but wasn’t registered for classes there this semester, she said. Honolulu police Maj. Richard Robinson said officers arrived at the school and tried to take the boy into custody, but he lunged at them in a small office. The teen punched two officers, then attacked a third with a kitchen knife, leaving him with a minor cut on his torso, Robinson said.

Nation Winter storm causes havoc By RAY HENRY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press

ATLANTA — Atlanta highways instantly became clogged with commuters who left work at the first sign of snow, bronze statues of civil rights heroes were encrusted, and snowplows that hardly ever leave the garage were sent rolling through the city. At one point, traffic in the business capital of the South was so bad that security guards and office doormen took to the streets to direct cars amid a cacophony of blaring horns. A winter storm Tuesday that would probably be no big deal in the North all but paralyzed the Deep South, where folks have little experience driving on snow and ice. “My family is from up north and we’re use to driving in the snow and stuff, and seeing everyone freak out, sliding and stuff, it’s pretty funny,” said Alex Tracy, a Georgia State University student who was watching the gridlock in downtown Atlanta. Many cities across the region don’t have big fleets of salt trucks or snowplows, and it showed. Dozens of wrecks happened from Georgia to Texas. Two people died in an accident in Alabama. “As I drove, I prayed the whole way,” said Jane Young,

an 80-year-old pastor’s wife who was traveling in Austin, Texas, before dawn on her way to volunteer at a polling station when sleet began falling. “I said, ‘Lord, put your hands on mine and guide me. This is your car now.’” As many as 50 million people across the region could be affected by the time the snow stops on Wednesday. Up to 4 inches of snow fell in central Louisiana, about 3 inches was forecast for parts of Georgia. Up to 10 inches was expected in the Greenville, N.C., area, and along the state’s Outer Banks. On the Gulf Shores beaches in Alabama, icicles hung from palm trees. Hundreds of students in the northeastern part of the state faced spending the night in gyms or classrooms because the roads were too icy. Four people were killed in a Mississippi mobile home fire blamed on a space heater. New Orleans’ merry Bourbon Street was oddly quiet as brass bands and other street performers stayed inside. Lee and Virginia Holt of Wayne, Pa., walked into Cafe du Monde — a New Orleans landmark known for its beignets and cafe au lait — after finding the National World War II Museum closed because of the weather. “We understand they don’t have the equipment to prepare the roads,” she said. Her hus-

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Sevierville Primary School students load up as school is let out early due to snow in Sevierville, Tenn., Jan. 28.

band added: “Nor the experience.” At a hardware store in the Georgia town of Cumming, snow shovels were in short supply, but manager Tom Maron said feed scoops — often used in barns — could be substituted. Popular warm-weather tourist destinations — Charleston, S.C.; Savannah, Ga.; Pensacola, Fla.; Virginia Beach, Va.; and New Orleans — where visitors can usually golf and play tennis in shirt sleeves or light jackets this time of year were expecting ice and snow on Tuesday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, in the Midwest, dangerous cold continued to

grip the region even as the storm moved south. Many schools closed for the second straight day. In Minnesota, forecasters said wind chills could reach 35 to 50 degrees below zero. In Savannah, Ga., residents braced for a winter whiplash, barely 24 hours after the coastal city hit a T-shirt-friendly 73 degrees. Less than a quarter-inch of ice and up to an inch of snow were possible in a city that has seen very little snow on its manicured squares in the past 25 years. Savannah had 3.6 inches of snow in December 1989, a dusting of 0.2 inches in February 1996 and 0.9 inches in February 2010.

Woman’s complaint seeks benefits for wife By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut physical therapist has filed a sex discrimination complaint against the West Hartford senior living center where she works, saying she is being illegally denied health benefits for her wife. Kerry Considine, 36, of Griswold filed the complaint against Brookdale Senior Living on Jan. 17 with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her lawyer said they expect the EEOC

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will bring the complaint to the attention of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Considine said she sought the benefits for her wife, Renee, after they were married in November. She said Brookdale, which owns more than 550 senior living and retirement communities across the United States, told her that the corporation does not offer benefits to same-sex couples. The company is based in Tennessee, where the state constitution defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

“That’s where the shock lies for me,” she said. “I thought we, as a society, were moving forward, and to be with a company that I feel isn’t is hurtful and just not what I expected.” Julie Davis, a Brookdale spokeswoman, replied to a request for the company’s policy with a written statement saying it would not comment on the case. “Brookdale believes strongly that we succeed through partnership with our employees;

we recognize that good people make the difference and are the key to our success,” she said in the statement. A spokesman for the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities also would not comment on the specific complaint. But he said that, in general, any company with a presence in Connecticut, where gay marriage is legal, cannot discriminate in providing benefits based on sexual orientation.

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States consider reviving old-fashioned executions By JIM SALTER Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — With lethalinjection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past: firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers. Most states abandoned those execution methods more than a generation ago in a bid to make capital punishment more palatable to the public and to a judicial system worried about inflicting cruel and unusual punishments that violate the Constitution. But to some elected officials, the drug shortages and recent legal challenges are beginning to make lethal injection seem too vulnerable to complications. “This isn’t an attempt to time-warp back into the 1850s or the wild, wild West or anything like that,” said Missouri state Rep. Rick Brattin, who this month proposed making firing squads an option for executions. “It’s just that I foresee a problem, and I’m trying to come up with a solution that will be the most humane yet most economical for our state.” Brattin, a Republican, said questions about the injection drugs are sure to end up in court, delaying executions and forcing states to examine alternatives. It’s not fair, he said, for

relatives of murder victims to wait years, even decades, to see justice served while lawmakers and judges debate execution methods. Like Brattin, a Wyoming lawmaker this month offered a bill allowing the firing squad. Missouri’s attorney general and a state lawmaker have raised the notion of rebuilding the state’s gas chamber. And a Virginia lawmaker wants to make electrocution an option if lethal-injection drugs are not available. If adopted, those measures could return states to the more harrowing imagery of previous decades, when inmates were hanged, electrocuted or shot to death by marksmen. States began moving to lethal injection in the 1980s in the belief that powerful sedatives and heart-stopping drugs would replace the violent spectacles with a more clinical affair while limiting, if not eliminating, an inmate’s pain. The total number of U.S. executions has declined — from a peak of 98 in 1999 to 39 last year. Some states have turned away from the death penalty entirely. Many have cases tied up in court. And those that carry on with executions find them increasingly difficult to conduct because of the scarcity of drugs and doubts about how well they work. European drug makers have stopped selling the lethal

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In this May 13, 2011 file photo is the gas chamber at the former Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City that is now a tourist attraction. With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past, including the gas chamber.

chemicals to prisons because they do not want their products used to kill. At least two recent executions are also raising concerns about the drugs’ effectiveness. Last week, Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire took 26 minutes to die by injection, gasping repeatedly as he lay on a gurney with

his mouth opening and closing. And on Jan. 9, Oklahoma inmate Michael Lee Wilson’s final words were, “I feel my whole body burning.” Missouri threw out its threedrug lethal injection procedure after it could no longer obtain the drugs. State officials altered the method in 2012 to use

propofol, which was found in the system of pop star Michael Jackson after he died of an overdose in 2009. The anti-death penalty European Union threatened to impose export limits on propofol if it were used in an execution, jeopardizing the supply of a common anesthetic needed by hospitals across the nation. In October, Gov. Jay Nixon stayed the execution of serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin and ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections to find a new drug. Days later, the state announced it had switched to a form of pentobarbital made by a compounding pharmacy. Like other states, Missouri has refused to divulge where the drug comes from or who makes it. Missouri has carried out two executions using pentobarbital — Franklin in November and Allen Nicklasson in December. Neither inmate showed outward signs of suffering, but the secrecy of the process resulted in a lawsuit and a legislative inquiry. Michael Campbell, assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said some lawmakers simply don’t believe convicted murderers deserve any mercy. “Many of these politicians are trying to tap into a more populist theme that those who do terrible things deserve to have terrible things happen to them,” Campbell said. Richard Dieter, executive di-

rector of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., cautioned that there could be a backlash. “These ideas would jeopardize the death penalty because, I think, the public reaction would be revulsion, at least from many quarters,” Dieter said. Some states already provide alternatives to lethal injection. Condemned prisoners may choose the electric chair in eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. An inmate named Robert Gleason Jr. was the most recent to die by electrocution, in Virginia in January 2013. Missouri and Wyoming allow for gas-chamber executions, and Arizona does if the crime occurred before Nov. 23, 1992, and the inmate chooses that option instead of lethal injection. Missouri no longer has a gas chamber, but Attorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat, and Missouri state Sen. Kurt Schaefer, a Republican, last year suggested possibility rebuilding one. So far, there is no bill to do so. Delaware, New Hampshire and Washington state still allow inmates to choose hanging. The last hanging in the U.S. was Billy Bailey in Delaware in 1996. Two prisoners in Washington state have chosen to be hanged since the 1990s — Westley Allan Dodd in 1993 and Charles Rodman Campbell in 1994.

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Central banks in emerging markets take action By PAN PYLAS Associated Press

LONDON — Following a bout of market turmoil that’s weighed on their currencies, central banks in emerging economies are moving fast to contain the damage. Late Tuesday, Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate to 12 percent from 7.75 percent to try to stave off inflation and support the national currency, which has fallen sharply in recent weeks. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting the central bank called for after the currency, the lira, hit a record low. The People’s Bank of China on Tuesday injected more money into the country’s financial markets to ease strained credit conditions. India’s central bank

‘The market is expecting a lot and should the central bank fail to deliver we expect another round of lira weakness.’ — Christian Lawrence, associate director of foreign exchange strategy at Rabobank International. unexpectedly raised interest rates to prop up its ailing currency. “The market is expecting a lot and should the central bank fail to deliver we expect another round of lira weakness,” said Christian Lawrence, associate director of foreign exchange strategy at Rabobank International. Much of the turmoil in global financial markets over the past week has been due to develop-

ments in emerging economies. Argentina suffered the most eye-catching fall in its currency amid concerns over the government’s economic policies. However, there are broader worries that emerging markets, which have been some of the fastest-growing in recent years, are particularly vulnerable at the moment. Among the key risks are China’s economic slowdown and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision

to scale back on its monetary stimulus. The Fed is expected to announce another $10 billion reduction in its monthly bond purchases to $65 billion. For the past few years, the Fed’s stimulus has helped shore up financial markets around the world. The stimulus had the effect of lowering Treasury interest rates, pushing investors to seek out higher returns in fast-growing emerging economies like India and Brazil. Now that the prop of the stimulus is being taken away and the interest rates on Treasurys are starting to look more attractive, a lot of the money underpinning emerging markets is flowing out. As a result, that pressures currencies. That’s been evident across the

emerging world over the past few weeks, notably in India and Turkey. In a move to shore up its currency, the Reserve Bank of India raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 8.00 percent. Though it justified the move in terms of keeping a lid on inflation pressures, protecting the rupee is widely considered to have been a key motive. Following the move, the rupee rose 0.7 percent to trade at 62.66 rupees to the dollar. “Although it went unmentioned in the RBI’s statement, the recent sell-off in emerging market assets may have played a part in today’s decision,” said Miguel Chanco, India economist at Capital Economics. That said, Chanco noted that the rupee has been a little more

resilient of late largely because of a substantial fall in the country’s current account deficit — the difference between what it exports and imports. After the Argentine peso, the emerging market currency that has performed worst this year has been the Turkish lira. After Turkey’s central bank raised its key rate Tuesday, it said its goal is to lower the country’s inflation rate, which reached 7.4 percent in December. In a statement, it forecast that inflation will fall to its 5 percent target by mid-2015. Ahead of the meeting, the lira stabilized, trading 0.1 percent higher at 2.26 lira to the dollar. On Monday, it fell to a record low of 2.39 lira to the dollar before the central bank said it would hold the emergency meeting.

Lakhdar Brahimi: Syria peace talks slow but ‘still at it’ JOHN HEILPRIN and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

GENEVA — Syrian government anger over a U.S. decision to resume aid to the opposition prompted the U.N. mediator to cut short Tuesday’s peace talks, but he said no one was to blame for the impasse and that the negotiations would continue. A deal to allow humanitarian aid into Homs remained stalled, with the Syrian delegation demanding assurances the U.S. aid will not go to “armed and terrorist groups” in the besieged city. U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said he was relieved that the government and opposition said they will remain in the daily talks through Friday, as planned. “Nobody’s walking out. Nobody’s running away,” he told reporters. “We have not actual-

ly made a breakthrough, but we are still at it, and this is enough as far as I’m concerned.” Tuesday’s talks were the fifth day of negotiations regarding the civil war, focusing on opposition calls for the formation of a transition government in Syria and help for Homs. But there has been little progress toward resolving a key issue of whether President Bashar Assad should step aside and transfer power to a transitional government. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose country has been a key Syrian ally, said Moscow wants to avoid “another obsession with regime change because of somebody’s personal animosity, personal hatred to a particular individual.” “Imagine Assad disappears. Who is going to keep it together? There is no answer,” Lavrov said in Brussels, where

‘This proves again that the United States is not interested in the success “This proves again that the United States is not interested in the success of this process, and we believe the U.S. has to desist and stop its claims that it is interested in the success of this conference.’ — Faisal al-Mikdad, Syria’s deputy foreign minister, a Russia-European Union summit was being held. Brahimi said he decided to cut short Tuesday’s talks “without any request or pressure from anyone.” He confirmed that the Syrian government delegation had talked at length about its opposition to the resumption of U.S. aid. “We believe this is not the best present to the Geneva con-

ference,” said Faisal al-Mikdad, Syria’s deputy foreign minister, calling the American decision “another manifestation of U.S. support for “terrorist groups” in Syria. “This proves again that the United States is not interested in the success of this process, and we believe the U.S. has to desist and stop its claims that it is interested in the success of this conference,” he told report-

ers. American officials said Monday the U.S. has restarted deliveries of nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition, more than a month after al-Qaidalinked militants seized warehouses and prompted a sudden cutoff of Western supplies to the rebels. The officials said the communications equipment and other items are being funneled only to non-armed opposition groups, but the move boosts Syria’s beleaguered rebels, who saw their international support slide, in large part because of the extremists among their ranks. “Any notion that we support terrorists is ludicrous. The Assad regime is a magnet for ter-

rorists,” U.S. State Department spokesman Edgar Vasquez said in a statement. Vasquez accused the Syrian government of “evading the core purpose of the Geneva talks,” which is to reach a negotiated political solution for ending the war and suffering of Syrians. Brahimi opened the morning session reviewing the principles of the Geneva Communique of June 2012, a broad but ambiguous proposal endorsed by Western powers and Russia to provide a basis for negotiations. Assad’s role in any transitional government was a red line during those negotiations and left vague. The U.S. and Russia disagreed about Assad’s role, but they signed the communique. C

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Ukraine PM resigns, government offers concessions By JIM HEINTZ and MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — In backto-back moves aimed at defusing Ukraine’s political crisis, the prime minister resigned Tuesday and parliament repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police. The two developments were significant concessions to the anti-government protesters who have fought sporadically with police for the last 10 days after two months of peaceful aroundthe-clock demonstrations. The protests erupted after President Viktor Yanukovych turned toward Russia for a bailout loan instead of signing a deal with the European Union and have since morphed into a general plea for more human rights, less corruption and more democracy in this nation of 45 million. The departure of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov removes one of the officials most disliked by the opposition forces whose protests have turned parts of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, into a barricaded maze. However, Azarov’s spokesman told the Interfax news agency that another staunch Yanukovych ally, deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov, will assume temporary leadership of the Cabinet, a move that is unlikely to please the opposition. Other key issues remain unresolved in Ukraine’s political crisis, including the opposition’s repeated demand that Yanukovych resign and a new election be held. Azarov’s resignation came just before the opening of a special parliament session that repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police. Earlier this month, Yanukovych pushed through the new laws to crack down on protests and increase prison sentences for creating disorder. The laws also prohibited demonstrators from wearing helmets and gas masks as many have done for

fear that riot police would try to violently disperse protests. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a lawmaker and one of the opposition’s top figures, hailed the parliament’s move. “We have repealed all the laws against which the whole country rose up,” he said. Over the weekend, Yanukovych offered the premiership to Yatsenyuk, but the opposition leader refused the post. Parliament will consider an amnesty measure Wednesday for scores of arrested protesters. But Yanukovych has said the amnesty is only possible if demonstrators clear the streets and vacate the buildings they now occupy — a condition that is probably unacceptable to many. The prime minister’s departure on Tuesday brought encouragement to those at Kiev’s sprawling protest encampment but no inclination to end their demonstrations. “The authorities are afraid and making concessions. We should use this moment and continue our fight to achieve a change of power in Ukraine,” said 23-year-old demonstrator Oleg Rudakov. The opposition has accused Azarov of mismanaging the economy and condoning corruption, and has ridiculed the Russian speaker for his poor command of Ukrainian. Animosity toward him grew after the protests started in November when he labeled demonstrators extremists and refused to listen to any of their demands. As head of the Cabinet, he was also seen as bearing responsibility for the recent use of force by police. Yanukovych’s cash-strapped government just managed to avoid bankruptcy with the money pledged in November by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia spent $3 billion to buy Ukrainian government bonds in December and has promised to spend up to $15 billion total. Putin said Tuesday that Russia will abide by the deal to buy those bonds and offer its neighbor cheaper natural gas even if

the Ukrainian government ends up being led by the opposition. Russia’s main concern regarding Ukraine is to protect Russia’s financial commitments, not geopolitical issues, Putin said in Brussels at a Russia-EU summit. “Will we revise our agreements on credits and energy if

the opposition comes to power? No we won’t,” he said. The Russian leader also sharply criticized the European Union for sending high-level delegations to Ukraine during the anti-government protests, saying that could be interpreted as political interference. “The more intermediaries

there are, the more problems there are,” Putin said. “Considering the specifics of relations between Russia and Ukraine, it is simply unacceptable.” In Washington, meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden welcomed progress toward defusing the political crisis and urged Yanukovych to sign the repeal

of the anti-protest laws without delay. Speaking by telephone for the third time in less than a week, Biden also encouraged the Ukrainian president to keep working with the opposition. ___

Morsi appears in Egyptian court By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press

CAIRO — The second court appearance for ousted President Mohammed Morsi was very different from his first: He wore a white prison uniform Tuesday instead of a trim dark suit. And when the Islamist leader wanted to speak, a judge controlled his microphone in the soundproof glass cell. The session was carefully managed by authorities, with state TV showing only edited excerpts, not a planned live feed, as the military-backed interim government and allied media sought to control the narrative of Egypt’s political turmoil following the Arab Spring. An agitated Morsi paced in the courtroom cage, separated from other defendants, and raised his hands as he angrily questioned why he was in court. “Who are you? Tell me!” he shouted at the presiding judge. Judge Shabaan el-Shami responded: “I am the head of Egypt’s criminal court!” After five hours, the court session was adjourned until Feb. 22. The 62-year-old former president is on trial with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, and militants from the Palestinian Hamas group and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. They are charged in connection with prison breaks that freed 20,000 inmates during the 18-day uprising against Morsi’s predecessor, Hosni Mubarak. Three years ago, on Jan. 28, 2011, protesters battled police in Cairo with stones and firebombs, and burned down the ruling party headquarters. Crowds chased away the much-reviled police forces, torched their vehicles and burned some of their stations — forcing some police to withdraw or join the demonstrators, only to be replaced by the military. To mark Tuesday’s anniversary, Morsi supporters briefly clashed with police in central Cairo. Separately, gunmen also killed an aide to the interior minister in a

drive-by shooting outside Cairo, as well as a policeman guarding a church in a southern section of the capital. Security forces were deployed, erecting checkpoints as they braced for more trouble, but no major violence was reported. Morsi’s appearance in court was only the second time he has been seen in public since the July 3 military coup that toppled him following mass protests of his administration. Egypt’s first freely elected president was shown in court in November on separate charges in a session that was marked by his repeated outbursts. This time, however, Morsi was separated from other defendants in the glass cage, with a microphone controlled by the judge. A promised live feed from the courtroom did not occur, something a senior state TV official told local media that security forces demanded. In reports from the court, where journalists were allowed to attend but could not record or photograph, Morsi asked the judge to address him as the “president of the republic so long as I am alive or have not stepped down.” The comments were carried by the state flagship newspaper Al-Ahram, in its online version. The newspaper said Morsi expressed respect for the judiciary but asked the court not to get involved in the politics of “the military coup.” Michael W. Hanna, a Middle East expert from New York’s Century Foundation, said Egyptian authorities were seeking to keep a tight lid on the proceedings and control the message from the Muslim Brotherhood leadership. He added that there was a general public weariness about the trials of officials. “They don’t want it to be a damaging spectacle. They want it to be a spectacle, just not a damaging spectacle,” he said in a telephone interview from Washington. “They don’t want this to be an opportunity for the defendants to embarrass them

and turn the tables on them.” There are 130 defendants besides Morsi, but only 19 appeared with him Tuesday. Another 111 defendants, including members of Hamas and Hezbollah, are being tried in absentia. Prosecutors have demanded the maximum penalty for the defendants, which could mean a life sentence for Morsi. He is charged with helping foreign militant groups to enter the country from neighboring Hamas-ruled Gaza, to lead the 2011 prison breaks. “These acts were committed with the terrorist aim of terrifying the public and spreading chaos,” a prosecutor told the court. He said Morsi and other leading Brotherhood members have plotted with foreign groups to “undermine the Egyptian state and its institutions.” Brotherhood lawyers have said the trial appears aimed at “denigrating” Morsi and the group. Morsi already faces three other trials on various charges, some of them carrying the death penalty. Morsi and his Brotherhood colleagues were arrested on Jan. 27, 2011, the eve of what became known as the “Friday of Rage,” and were sent to prison to undercut the protests. Authorities say up to 800 foreign militants, including others from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, then entered Egypt to help free their own prisoners in Egyptian jails. Two days later, in some of the stillunclear events of the uprising, there appeared to be an attempt to spread chaos when several prisons in Egypt were stormed, some by men with bulldozers. There was a widespread belief at the time that the police freed prisoners to create the pandemonium. Rights groups have recorded a number of incidents when prison riots ended up with police killing a number of inmates to quell the mayhem. The groups have called for an independent investigation into events of the day.

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Super Bowl media day welcomes the zany Thousands gather to welcome Seahawks, Broncos to Big Apple in preparation for Super Bowl ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Internet star Lil Terrio danced with cheerleaders, an Austrian man dressed as Mozart, another guy wore a Waldo costume and Nickelodeon’s Pick Boy was in the house. Welcome to Media Day, the annual Super Bowl circus. It seems fitting this event was held at a hockey rink, of all places, because

there’s nothing ordinary about it. More than 6,000 journalists, pseudo-journalists and other credentialed “media” from all over the world gathered at the home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils on Tuesday to meet the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks. Strange questions were the norm instead of football ones. A man asked Seahawks center Max Unger if he could touch his long, scruffy beard. He said yes. A woman asked Seahawks defensive lineman Brandon Mebane

for a kiss. He said no. Perhaps the only player who felt at home was Seattle tight end Luke Willson. He grew up in Canada, played hockey through his sophomore year of high school and was genuinely psyched to be in an NHL arena. “I thought it was kind of cool to be here,” said Willson, a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I was a left winger, grinding forward-type of guy. I have two brothers and we would play on the street in front of the house, go to

spring camps, played all the time. I played a lot of hockey.” Asked if any of his teammates could lace up the skates, Willson was brutally honest: “No, definitely not. No way.” Unger, the 6-foot-5, 305-pound lineman, played roller hockey long before he packed on the pounds for a career in the NFL. “This is an awesome venue, seems like a great place to play hockey,” he said. “I watch a little bit of hockey. We

have the Vancouver Canucks up the road.” Coincidentally, while football players spent their day at the rink, a couple of New York hockey teams prepared to play an outdoor game at Yankee Stadium. The Rangers and Islanders will continue the NHL’s Stadium Series in the Bronx on Wednesday night. Seahawks defensive end Benson Mayowa isn’t a fan of the sport, but he appreciates the toughness of hockey See NFL, page A-11

Nikolaevsk, CIA boys take wins Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Nikolaevsk girls hoops team kept its Peninsula Conference season record unbeaten with a dominant 55-17 victory over Ninilchik Tuesday in Nikolaevsk. Kayla Stafford topped all scorers with 14 points while teammate Nianiella Dorvall contributed 12. Ninilchik was led by Jordan Finney with six points. The home team began to pull away early, leading 16-4 after the first quarter and 28-8 at halftime. Nikolaevsk boys 53, Ninilchik 24 The Warriors got 20 points from Jaruby Nelson en route to a win in Nikolaevsk Tuesday. Nelson scored 17 of his 20 points in the second and third quarters as Nikolaevsk pulled away to a 20-point lead after only scoring two points in the first quarter. Ninilchik was led by Tyler Presley, who had 14 points.

improved CIA’s overall record to 7-1. Nanwalek managed only four points in the first quarter, then only five in the third. Once the game was out of reach, the visitors notched 20 points in the fourth quarter. Tuesday girls

Warriors 55, Wolverines 17 Nikolaevsk 16 Ninilchik 4

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NIKOLAEVSK (55) — Ki. Klaich 3 0-0 6, Kr. Klaich 1 0-0 2, Fefelov 3 0-0 6, So. Kalugin 3 1-3 7, Stafford 7 0-0 14, Se. Kalugin 3 0-0 6, Dorvall 5 2-2 12, Hickman 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 3-5 55. NINILCHIK (17) — Rogers 0 5-8 5, Cooper 0 0-0 0, Sinclair 1 0-0 2, Goins 1 0-0 2, Finney 3 0-5 6, Me. Clark 1 0-0 2, Robuck 0 0-0 0, Mi. Clark 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 5-13 17. 3-point field goals — none. Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 13; Ninilchik 7.

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NIKOLAEVSK (53) — Nelson 7 2-3 20, Lasiter 1 0-0 2, Molodih 0 0-0 0, Trail 1 0-0 2, A. Yakunin 1 0-0 2, S. Yakunin 0 0-0 0, N. Fefelov 3 0-0 6, Gordeev 4 0-0 8, J. Fefelov 4 2-2 11, Kalugin 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 4-5 53. NINILCHIK (24) — C. Appelhanz 0 0-0 0, Presley 6 1-2 14, Bartolowitz 1 0-0 2, Thorn 0 0-0 0, S. Appelhanz 1 0-0 2, White 3 0-0 6, Delgado 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 1-2 24. 3-point field goals — Nikolaevsk 5 (Nelson 4, J. Fefelov 1); Ninilchik 1 (Presley 1). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 11; Ninilchik 4. Eagles 57, Eagles 41

CIA boys 57, Nanwalek 41 The home team Cook Inlet Academy Eagles used a 26-point second quarter to propel them to the win over Nanwalek Tuesday night. Mylon Weems led CIA with 15 points, while teammate Timmy Smithwick followed with 14 points — including 11 in the second quarter alone. Andrew Hammond added 10. The win

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CIA (57) — Uchtman 0 0-0 0, A. Hammond 4 0-0 10, B. Hammond 0 0-0 0, R. Smithwick 3 1-2 7, Leaf 3 0-0 6, Solie 0 0-0 0, T. Smithwick 6 0-0 14, Lyons 1 0-0 3, R. Solie 1 0-0 2, Weems 6 3-6 15. Totals 24 4-8 57. NANWALEK (41) — Romanov 4 0-0 9, Ukatish 4 0-4 8, J. Romanov 6 1-1 15, Anahonak 3 0-0 7, Evans 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 1-5 41. 3-point field goals — CIA 5 (T. Smithwick 2, A. Hammond 2, Lyons 1); Nanwalek 4 (J. Romanov 2, X. Romanov 1, Anahonak 1). Team fouls — CIA 8; Nanwalek 8.

Kenai gets OT win over Homer The loss drops Homer to a 3-5-2 conference record (fifth in the conference), and the win After trailing for much of improves Kenai to 5-4 — tied the game, the Homer Mariners with Soldotna for third place in hockey team scored three times the conference. in the third period to send TuesTuesday day night’s game with Kenai Kardinals 6, Mariners 5, OT Central into overtime, where Kenai 2 3 0 1 —6 the Kards got the winning goal Homer 1 1 3 0 —5 to grab a 6-5 victory in Homer. 1st period — 1. Homer, Ruetov (Swanson) Kenai freshman Ross Han- 5:29; 2. Kenai, Eubank, 6:53; 3. Kenai, son netted the gamewinner in Johnson (Aberlovsky) 14:45. Penalties — 1 for 2:00; Homer 1 for 2:00. overtime with just 2 minutes, Kenai 2nd period — 4. Homer, Reutov, 3:25; 5. 35 seconds left on the clock. Kenai, Eubank (Zorbas, Dosko) 7:06; 6. Junior Jake Eubank had a Kenai, Eubank (Mese) 11:09; 7. Kenai, Tilly (Johnson) 13:06. Penalties — Kenai 3 for hat trick for Kenai, scoring his 6:00; Homer 4 for 16:00. trifecta of goals in the first and 3rd period — 8. Homer, Sanarov (Tillion) 9. Homer, Sanarov (Bowe) 1:12; 10. second periods. Homer’s Kiril 1:00; Homer, Bowe (Roberts) 12:53. Penalties — Sanarov had two goals of his Kenai 3 for 14:00; Homer 3 for 5:00. own, both in the third period Overtime — 11. Kenai, Hanson (Johnson) that brought the Mariners up 2:25. from a 5-2 deficit. Shots on goal — Kenai 8-12-5-2—27; Sanarov’s teammate Tommy Homer 8-10-10-6—34. Goalies — Kenai, O’Lena (34 shots, 29 Bowe scored the tying goal saves); Homer, Swanson (14 shots, 11 saves), Polushkin (13 shots, 10 saves). with 2:07 left in regulation. Staff report Peninsula Clarion

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Wichita State’s Ron Baker (31) dives for a loose ball with Loyola’s Jeff White (23) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Tuesday in Wichita, Kan.

Shockers stay undefeated Wichita State improves to 22-0 year after holding off Loyola The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. — Cleanthony Early scored 23 points, including 12 of the 21 Wichita State scored in the second half, to help the fourth-ranked Shockers stay unbeaten with a 57-45 victory over Loyola of Chicago on Tuesday night. Wichita State (22-0, 9-0 Missouri Valley Conference) saw a 22-point second-half lead trimmed to nine in the game’s final minutes but hung on to extend school records for winning streak and start to a season. The Shockers shot 23 percent (6 of 26) in the second half. Freshman Milton Doyle scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half for Loyola (813, 3-6). The Shockers outrebounded Loyola 44-28.

Consecutive 3-pointers from Ron Baker and Early pushed Wichita State’s lead to 42-20 early in the second half, but the Shockers made only two of their next 18 shots. Doyle’s three-point play with 2:27 left shaved the lead to 52-43, but four free throws by Anthony and a dunk by Darius Carter sealed the victory.

and Branden Dawson. Costello’s tip-in with 1:14 left gave Michigan State a 67-64 lead, and Russell Byrd’s 3 with 34 seconds put Michigan State up by six. Iowa still had a chance to force a second overtime, but Mike Gesell missed a driving layup at the buzzer.

James Young scored 23 points and Dakari Johnson had 15 for Kentucky (15-5, 5-2), which has lost all five of its games away from home, including two straight road games in the Southeastern Conference.

LSU 87, No. 11 KENTUCKY 82

No. 7 MICHIGAN ST. 71, No. 15 IOWA 69, OT

BATON ROUGE, La. — Johnny O’Bryant III had 29 points and nine rebounds, and LSU led wireto-wire. Jordan Mickey scored 14 points and blocked five shots for LSU (13-6, 4-3 SEC), which blocked 11 shots and helped force 13 Kentucky turnovers. Shavon Coleman added 14 points for the Tigers, who outshot the Wildcats 51 percent (32 of 63) to 44 percent (32 of 73).

OMAHA, Neb. — Doug McDermott hit a 25-footer with 2.5 seconds left to finish his seasonhigh 39-point night for Creighton, which squandered all of an 18-point lead. The Red Storm had just tied the game on Rysheed Jordan’s two free throws before McDermott took a pass from Jahenns Manigat on the left wing and got off his winning shot as Chris Obekpa tried to get a hand in his face. Phil Greene IV’s desperation 3-point try at the buzzer didn’t even touch the net.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Keith Appling scored 16 points and Michigan State handed Iowa its first home loss of the season. Matt Costello had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Spartans (19-2, 8-1 Big Ten), who avoided consecutive defeats despite missing injured starters Adreian Payne

No. 20 CREIGHTON 63, ST. JOHN’S 60

Rockets top Spurs sans Harden HOUSTON (AP) — Dwight Howard scored 23 points, Terrence Jones had 21 and the Houston Rockets held on for a 97-90 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. The Rockets trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half before scoring 33 in the third quarter to go on top. San Antonio closed to 90-88 in the final minutes, but Howard and Jeremy Lin helped Houston hold on for the win. Boris Diaw scored a season-

high 22 points for the Spurs, and also had 11 rebounds. Tony Parker added 17 points and Tim Duncan had 12 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks. The Rockets were without leading scorer James Harden (bruised left thumb), who is averaging almost 24 points a game this season.

Zach Randolph scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds and Mike Conley added 19 points and seven assists to lead Memphis. Marc Gasol had 15 points and eight rebounds and Courtney Lee scored 12 points for the Grizzlies (23-20), who have won three straight and seven of eight. Lamarcus Aldridge had 27 points and 16 rebounds as the Blazers (33-13) slipped three games behind Northwest Division-leading GRIZZLIES 98, Oklahoma City and had their home TRAIL BLAZERS 91 winning streak snapped at five. Randolph, the former Blazers PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — forward, registered his 27th dou-

ble-double of the season as well as his franchise-leading 190th for the Grizzlies, who shot 51.8 percent and led from start to finish.

PACERS 104, LAKERS 92 LOS ANGELES (AP) — David West scored 19 points, Lance Stephenson had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Indiana wrapped up a five-game road trip by beating the spiraling Lakers. George Hill had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, See NBA, page A-11

Bruins spoil former goalie’s return to beat Panthers The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Milan Lucic scored twice and the Bruins spoiled goalie Tim Thomas’ first game in Boston as a visitor with a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. It was the third straight six-goal game for the Bruins, known more for their defense, following road wins of 6-1 and 6-3. The Atlantic Division leaders improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games.

Thomas won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 2011 when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup. He spent one more season with them, took last season off and then joined the Panthers. Zdeno Chara, Reilly Smith, Shawn Thornton and David Krejci also scored for Boston, which led 4-0 until Brad Boyes connected for Florida with 2:33 left in the second period. Dmitry Kulikov added a power-play

placed. goal for the Panthers 4 minutes Bouwer also scored in a game the slumping Chicago. Capitals never trailed. Mikael Backlund scored twice into the third. Cody Hodgson had two goals for the Flames, who have won BLUES 3, DEVILS 0 and Christian Ehrhoff and rookie three straight games for the first CAPITALS 5, Phil Varone, with the first of his time this season. Matt Stajan had ST. LOUIS (AP) — AlexanSABRES 4, OT career, scored for Buffalo. The Sa- a goal and an assist, Lance Bouma der Steen gave St. Louis the early bres dropped to 1-4-3 in their past BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex seven. Ovechkin capped a four-point night by setting up Mike Green’s goal a minute into overtime to give FLAMES 5, Washington a win over Buffalo. BLACKHAWKS 4, OT Ovechkin had two goals and CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — two assists for his 14th multipoint game of the season. Green had T.J. Brodie scored at 2:26 of overtwo goals and an assist, and Troy time to give Calgary a victory over C

also scored and Lee Stempniak set up three goals. Marian Hossa scored twice for the Blackhawks (32-10-13), who are 0-2-3 in their last five games. Patrick Kane and Ben Smith also scored for the defending Stanely Cup champions. Both starting goalies were re-

lead and Jaroslav Halak earned his fourth shutout of the season in a victory over New Jersey. Brenden Morrow added a power-play goal midway through the third period and Maxim Lapierre scored into an empty net with 2:08 left. The Blues have won three See NHL, page A-11

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players. “Only thing I like to watch in hockey is fights,” he said. “But they do get physical, they lose teeth, get stitched up and come back out there. It’s the same as football.” But hockey has nothing like this on its calendar. The Media Day extravaganza is one of the wildest scenes in sports. Even current football players were in on the “reporting” action. Eagles Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson co-hosted a show for BET. Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel interviewed players for a shampoo promotion. “This is pretty crazy, man. Pretty crazy,” Broncos defensive end Malik Jackson said. “I saw Waldo. I saw the superhero. They told us there were going to be people dressed up, but you never really know what to expect until you see them.” Of course, a few celebrities also took part in the spectacle. Actor Nick Cannon wore a Peyton Manning jersey. Michelle Williams, former Destiny’s Child singer, asked players to sing. But the most popular person was Lil Terrio, who became famous for posting his “Ohhh, kill ‘em” dance online. Players stopped to pose for pictures with him, interrupted their interviews to call him over and everyone who recognized him asked him to dance.

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who stayed atop the overall NBA standings despite losing twice on their West Coast trip. Los Angeles kept it close into the second half before the Pacers finished an easy win over the injury-riddled Lakers, who have lost five straight. All-Star selection Paul George had his second straight rough game for Indiana, scoring 14 points on 4-for-21 shooting. Pau Gasol had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Lakers, who returned from a two-week road trip for their 17th loss in 20 games.

WIZARDS 88, WARRIORS 85 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, and John Wall had 15 points and eight rebounds to lead Washington. Washington’s terrific tandem outplayed and outhustled Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson when it mattered most in a matchup of two of the NBA’s best young backcourts. Beal, who was 1-of-7 shooting in the first half, finished 8 of 19 from the floor to go with seven rebounds and four assists. Wall hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining, and the Wizards forced the Warriors into several difficult shots in the closing moments.

PELICANS 100, CAVALIERS 89 CLEVELAND (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 30 points with eight blocks and seven rebounds and Eric Gordon scored 20 to lead New Orleans.

As for players, Manning and Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman were surrounded by the biggest throng of reporters. Manning deftly evaded questions about his “legacy” and Sherman was so eager to talk that he showed up early for his 60-minute session. Several players captured the craziness on video. It’s a oncein-a-lifetime experience for many players who may never get another chance to play in a Super Bowl.

Beast Mode shys away NEWARK, N.J. — Marshawn Lynch was there. He even talked a bit. Then he was gone, cutting short his Super Bowl media day appearance after six minutes. And then he was back, albeit to the side of the “mixed zone” the NFL created for players not on podiums or in microphoneequipped speaking areas at the Prudential Center. But this time he wasn’t speaking, except briefly to Deion Sanders for NFL Network, to the Seahawks’ website, and to Armed Forces Network. Seattle’s star running back, wearing a cap, hood and dark sunglasses, even acknowledged he was trying to avoid being fined by the league for not meeting his media requirements Tuesday. That’s why he returned to the floor of the arena rather than disappear completely after he cut short his Q and A with perhaps 100 media members packed together trying to hear his pearls of wisdom.

Davis, one of three No. 1 overall picks in the game, was dominant at both ends of the floor as the Pelicans won their third straight. He injured fingers on his left hand in the final minutes, but got taped up during a timeout and stayed in. New Orleans scored 16 straight points to close the first half and opened a 22-point lead in the third, causing some fans to boo the listless Cavaliers. Kyrie Irving scored 23 and Dion Waiters 21 for the Cavs, who had a 1-4 homestand after a 3-2 trip out West.

KNICKS 114, CELTICS 88 NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony had 24 points and nine rebounds in 28 minutes, and New York avenged an embarrassing home loss. Jeremy Tyler added a careerhigh 17 points and fellow reserve J.R. Smith also scored 17 for the Knicks, who lost by 41 last time the Celtics came to Madison Square Garden but led this one by 35. New York won its third straight to even its record at 3-3 on its eight-game homestand, with games remaining against Cleveland on Thursday and Miami on Saturday.

Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 23 21 .523 — Brooklyn 20 23 .465 2½ New York 18 27 .400 5½ Boston 15 32 .319 9½ Philadelphia 14 31 .311 9½ Southeast Division Miami 32 12 .727 — Atlanta 23 21 .523 9 Washington 22 22 .500 10 Charlotte 19 27 .413 14 Orlando 12 34 .261 21 Central Division Indiana 35 9 .795 — Chicago 22 22 .500 13 Detroit 18 27 .400 17½ Cleveland 16 29 .356 19½ Milwaukee 8 36 .182 27 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 33 12 .733 — Houston 30 17 .638 4 Dallas 26 20 .565 7½ Memphis 23 20 .535 9 New Orleans 19 25 .432 13½ Northwest Division Oklahoma City 36 10 .783 — Portland 33 13 .717 3 Denver 22 21 .512 12½ Minnesota 22 22 .500 13 Utah 16 29 .356 19½ Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 32 15 .681 — Phoenix 26 18 .591 4½ Golden State 27 19 .587 4½ L.A. Lakers 16 30 .348 15½ Sacramento 15 29 .341 15½ Tuesday’s Games New Orleans 100, Cleveland 89 Detroit 103, Orlando 87 New York 114, Boston 88 Houston 97, San Antonio 90 Memphis 98, Portland 81 Washington 88, Golden State 85 Indiana 104, L.A. Lakers 92 Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Miami, 3 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. New Orleans at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Denver, 5 p.m.

Chicago at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Washington at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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1. Arizona (20-0) did not play. Next: at Stanford, Wednesday. 2. Syracuse (19-0) did not play. Next: at Wake Forest, Wednesday. 3. Florida (17-2) did not play. Next: at Mississippi State, Thursday. 4. Wichita State (22-0) beat Loyola of Chicago 57-45. Next: vs. Evansville, Saturday. 5. San Diego State (18-1) did not play. Next: vs. Colorado State, Saturday. 6. Kansas (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16 Iowa State, Wednesday. 7. Michigan State (19-2) beat No. 15 Iowa 71-69, OT. Next: vs. Georgetown, Saturday. 8. Oklahoma State (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Baylor, Saturday. 9. Villanova (18-2) did not play. Next: at Temple, Saturday. 10. Michigan (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. Purdue, Thursday. 11. Kentucky (15-5) lost to LSU 8782. Next: at Missouri, Saturday. 12. Louisville (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 13 Cincinnati, Thursday. 13. Cincinnati (19-2) did not play. Next: at No. 12 Louisville, Thursday. 14. Wisconsin (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern, Wednesday. 15. Iowa (16-5) lost to No. 7 Michigan State 71-69, OT. Next: at Illinois, Saturday. 16. Iowa State (15-3) did not play. Next: at No. 6 Kansas, Wednesday. 17. Duke (17-4) did not play. Next: at No. 2 Syracuse, Saturday. 18. Pittsburgh (18-3) did not play. Next: vs. Virginia, Sunday. 19. Saint Louis (18-2) did not play. Next: vs. Richmond, Wednesday. 20. Creighton (18-3) beat St. John’s 63-60. Next: vs. DePaul, Friday, Feb. 7. 21. UMass (17-2) did not play. Next: at St. Bonaventure, Wednesday. 22. Memphis (15-4) did not play.

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straight and tied the Blackhawks atop the Central Division. The Blues cleaned up on defense a week after getting whipped 7-1 in New Jersey when Halak gave up four goals on 14 shots after relieving Brian Elliott. Halak has started all three games since, allowing a total of four goals. The Blues are an NHL-best 17-3-1 against the Eastern Conference, and 9-0 at home.

WILD 4, DUCKS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Parise had a goal and two assists, Mikael Granlund scored the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the second period and Darcy Kuemper made 31 saves for Minnesota in a victory over Anaheim. Jason Pominville and Erik Haula also scored for the Wild, who are 9-3-1 in their last 13 games after ending December with six straight losses. Kuemper is 6-2-1 with a 1.85 goals-against average in nine starts since getting recalled from the minors on Jan. 2. Back indoors following their 3-0 victory at Dodger Stadium over the Kings on Saturday, the PISTONS 103, MAGIC 87 Ducks lost for only the fourth time AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) in their last 25 games after coming — Andre Drummond had 13 in an NHL-best 39-10-5. points and 17 rebounds, and Detroit snapped a four-game losing COYOTES 3, KINGS 0 streak. Drummond bounced back from GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — a poor outing at Dallas over the weekend, and the Pistons led com- Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored two fortably throughout the second goals, Thomas Greiss stopped 30 half. Detroit has struggled to close shots and Phoenix began an imporout games at home this season, but tant five-game homestand with a this time the Pistons turned a dou- win over Los Angeles. Antoine Vermette had a goal and ble-digit lead into a rout. an assist to extend his points streak

CHICAGO (AP) — Calling the NCAA a dictatorship, Northwestern’s quarterback and the United Steelworkers announced plans Tuesday to form the first labor union for college athletes — the latest salvo in the bruising fight over whether amateur players should be paid. Quarterback Kain Colter detailed the College Athletes Players Association at a news conference in Chicago, flanked by leaders of Steelworkers union that has agreed to pay legal bills for the effort. The NCAA and the Big Ten Conference both criticized the move and insisted that college athletes cannot be considered employees. Colter said the NCAA dictates terms to its hundreds of member schools and tens of thousands of college athletes, leaving players with little or no say about financial compensation questions or how to improve their own safety. That

Next: at UCF, Wednesday. 23. Oklahoma (17-4) did not play. Next: at No. 16 Iowa State, Saturday. 24. Ohio State (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Penn State, Wednesday. 25. Texas (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Kansas, Saturday.

hockey NHL Standings Atlantic Division GP W L Boston 52 34 15 Tampa Bay 53 31 17 Toronto 55 28 21 Montreal 53 28 20 Detroit 53 23 19 Ottawa 53 23 20 Florida 53 21 25 Buffalo 52 14 30 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 53 37 14 N.Y. Rangers 54 28 23 Philadelphia 54 26 22 Carolina 53 24 20 Columbus 53 26 23 Washington 53 24 21 New Jersey 54 22 21 N.Y. Islanders 55 21 26

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 52 36 11 5 77 Chicago 55 32 10 13 77 Colorado 52 33 14 5 71 Minnesota 55 29 20 6 64 Dallas 53 24 21 8 56 Nashville 55 24 23 8 56 Winnipeg 55 25 25 5 55 Pacific Division Anaheim 55 39 11 5 83 San Jose 53 34 13 6 74 Los Angeles 55 30 19 6 66 Vancouver 54 27 18 9 63 Phoenix 53 25 18 10 60 Calgary 53 19 27 7 45 Edmonton 55 17 32 6 40 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Boston 6, Florida 2 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 2 Philadelphia 5, Detroit 0 Ottawa 3, Columbus 2 Washington 5, Buffalo 4, OT Montreal 3, Carolina 0

St. Louis 3, New Jersey 0 Nashville 4, Winnipeg 3 Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 0 Calgary 5, Chicago 4, OT Minnesota 4, Anaheim 2 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers vs. N.Y. Islanders at Bronx, NY, 3:30 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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to five games, and Shane Doan had his 500th career assist on EkmanLarsson’s second goal. That was more than enough for Greiss, who earned his second shutout this season and the third of his career.

BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS Agreed to terms with 1B Carlos Pena and OF Brennan Boesch on minor league contracts. National League CINCINNATI REDS Agreed to terms with LHP Aroldis Chapman on a one-year contract. COLORADO ROCKIES Agreed to terms with INF Paul Janish on a minor league contract. National Baseball Hall of Fame NBHOF Named Jeffrey J. Jones senior vice president of finance and administration. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHOENIX SUNS Signed F Leandro Barbosa for the remainder of the season. WASHINGTON WIZARDS Recalled G Glen Rice from Iowa (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS Signed coach Ron Rivera to a three-year contract extension through the 2017 season. DALLAS COWBOYS Demoted defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin to assistant head coach/defense. Named Rod Marinelli defensive coordinator and Scott Linehan passing game coordinator. GREEN BAY PACKERS Signed FB Ina Liaina. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Signed WR Danny Coale to a reserve/future contract. Named James Saxon running backs coach. TENNESSEE TITANS Named Mike Sullivan assistant offensive

Lightning. Van Riemsdyk onetimed Phil Kessel’s feed past goalie Ben Bishop at 15:57 of the third for his 21st goal. Kadri scored twice in less than 8 minutes to give the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead before the midway point of the second period, but Matthew FLYERS 5, RED WINGS 0 Carle and Mark Barberio respondPHILADELPHIA (AP) — ed for Tampa Bay to tie it after 40 Scott Hartnell and Claude Giroux minutes. each had three points, Steve Mason made 33 saves and Philadelphia CANADIENS 3, beat banged-up Detroit. HURRICANES 0 Adam Hall and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers, who MONTREAL (AP) — Carey snapped a four-game losing streak. Price stopped 36 shots for his third The Flyers (26-22-6) won their shutout of the season to lead Moneighth straight home game against treal past Carolina. the Red Wings (23-19-11), a franBrandon Prust, Brendan Galchise best against Detroit, which lagher and Max Pacioretty scored has not won in Philadelphia since as Montreal ended its season-high the 1997 Stanley Cup final. four-game losing streak. Anton Khudobin had 27 saves

SENATORS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jason Spezza scored a power-play goal with 5 minutes left and Stephane Da Costa had two goals to lead Ottawa over Columbus. Craig Anderson had 34 saves for the Senators, who had lost two in a row and four of five. Cam Atkinson and James Wisniewski had power-play goals for the Blue Jackets, who have lost three in a row after setting a franchise record with eight consecutive victories.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, LIGHTNING 2 TORONTO (AP) — Nazem Kadri scored twice and James van Riemsdyk got the go-ahead goal late in the third period to lift Toronto over Tampa Bay. Jonathan Bernier made 40 saves in his first career start against the

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college football generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue only bolstered the argument for a union, he said. “How can they call this amateur athletics when our jerseys are sold in stores and the money we generate turns coaches and commissioners into multimillionaires?” Colter asked. “The current model represents a dictatorship,” added Colter, who just finished his senior year with the Wildcats. “We just want a seat at the table.” Colter said “nearly 100 percent” of his teammates backed the drive to unionize. But only he spoke publicly, saying the others wanted to keep a low profile. CAPA’s president, former UCLA football player Ramogi Huma, said a union would help ensure that scholarships, at minimum, cover all living expenses as well as tuition. Currently, he said, scholarship athletes come up thousands of dollars short each year. A union would also push for full medical coverage that could carry over past college. C

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HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL LW Vinny Prospal announced his retirement. NHL PLAYERS’ ASSOCIATION Announced the retirement of F Vaclav Prospal. DETROIT RED WINGS Assigned G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL). Reassigned G Jared Coreau from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL). MONTREAL CANDIENS Assigned F Louis Leblanc to Hamilton (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS Recalled C Ryan Stoa from Hershey (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA Named Paul Caffrey first assistant to technical staff. PORTLAND TIMBERS Terminated the contract of D Mikael Silvestre. North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS Signed MF Paulo Mendes to a contract extension. COLLEGE BOWLING GREEN Named Nick Monroe secondary coach, Sterlin Gilbert and Matt Mattox co-offensive coordinators, Kim McCloud defensive coordinator, Tom Kaufman special teams coordinator, Mike Lynch, Sean Lewis and Tom Freeman assistant coaches, Sean Edinger director of strength and conditioning and Roy Wittke director of football operations. MIAMI Named Tim Hart women’s assistant soccer coach. NEBRASKA Dismissed junior men’s basketball G Deverell Biggs. OHIO STATE Signed athletic director Gene Smith to a contract extension through June 2020 and gave him the additional title of vice president. SIENA Promoted John D’Argenio to vice president and director of athletics. TROY Named Jason Hamilton women’s soccer coach. XAVIER Suspended men’s freshman basketball F Jalen Reynolds indefinitely.

for Carolina, which had its fourgame winning streak snapped.

PREDATORS 4, JETS 3 WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mike Fisher scored the tiebreaking goal for Nashville on a power play 42 seconds into the third period against Winnipeg. Seth Jones, Roman Josi and Nick Spaling also scored for the Predators, who climbed out of last place in the Central Division by moving a point ahead of Winnipeg. Chris Thorburn, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler had goals for the Jets, who lost for only the second time in eight games. That stretch included wins over Anaheim, which tops the NHL standings, and Stanley Cup champion Chicago.

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The following judgments were recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n Kyle A. Hawkes, 25, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor, committed June 1, 2011. He was sentenced to five years in prison with three years suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered, among other conditions of probation, to have no contact with victim or victim’s family members, to obtain a sex offender evaluation and comply with recommendations, to register as a sex offender, not to knowingly have any contact with a female under 16 years of age, unless in the immediate presence of another n On Jan. 10 at 2:36 a.m., Kenai police received a report of an intoxicated male at the Holiday in Kenai who was leaving as the driver in a vehicle. Officers contacted Jaramie D. Tyler, 26, of Homer, who was arrested for driving under the influence and blood alcohol test refusal and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Jan. 10 at 11:46 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop at Kenai Spur Highway and Gibson Way. Officers contacted Larry D. Tunseth, 21, of Kenai, who was arrested for violating conditions of release and second-degree hindering prosecution and James B. Bowen, 20, of Kenai, who was arrested for false information as well as a Soldotna Alaska State Troopers misdemeanor no bail warrant for failure to contact Wildwood Pretrial Facility to schedule remand date on the original charge of reckless driving and a Soldotna troopers misdemeanor no bail warrant for failure to report as scheduled on the original charges of driving under the influence, attempted fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance and violating conditions of release. Bowen and Tunseth were taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Jan. 11 at 12:38 a.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers dispatch took a 911 call for a possible disturbance in prog-

Court reports adult who is approved by the probation officer who knows the circumstances of his crime, not to possess, on his person, in his residence or in his vehicle any sexually explicit material, not to reside where a minor female under the age of 16 resides, except with permission from the probation officer, sex offender treatment provider and the parent/guardian of the minor, to advise all members of the household in which he resides of his criminal history, not to accept employment, educational programming or engage in any volunteer community activity, including subsistence activities, where female minors under the age of 16 are present without the permission of

Police reports ress on Squirrel Street in Kasilof. Troopers arrested Matthew Kidd, 33, of Kasilof. Kidd was uncooperative and extremely aggressive towards law enforcement during investigation. He was tased after aggressively advancing on troopers and failing to obey commands given by troopers. Investigation revealed that Kidd had assaulted the adult female after returning home the night of the investigation and also on the previous night. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on the above charges. n On Jan. 13 at about 7:20 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway near Kobuk Street. Joshua Silba, 22, of Kenai, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a revoked driver’s license and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $1,000 bail. n On Jan. 12 at 8:14 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Rachelle A. Topp, 27, of Soldotna, at Safeway and arrested her on an outstanding warrant for failure to comply with conditions of probation. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Jan. 11 at 2:39 p.m., Soldotna police received a shoplifting complaint from the Sportsman’s Warehouse. On

the probation officer, and was placed on probation for seven years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Heath Austin Healy, 18, address unknown, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft, committed Sept. 27. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years, ordered to pay restitution, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and ordered, among other conditions of probation, to serve 90 days in prison, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana, not to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete

a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact with Walmart, Fred Meyer, store, Soldotna High School or a specifically named individual, to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation, to submit to search for the presence of stolen property, not to enter any pawn shop for any purpose without prior approval from the probation officer and not to telephone, correspond with or visit any person confined in a prison, correctional institution, jail, halfway house, work release center, community residential center, juvenile correctional center, etc. without prior approval from a probation officer. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

n Bruce C. Larson, Jr., 52, of Homer, pleaded guilty to one count of felony driving under the influence, one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault and one misdemeanor count of resisting or interfering with arrest, committed May 7. On the count of felony driving under the influence, he was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 20 months suspended, fined $10,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for life, forfeited interest in his vehicle, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including marijuana, not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present, to complete a substance abuse

evaluation and a psychological evaluation with anger management and comply with treatment recommendations and was placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. On the count of fourth-degree assault, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 120 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for three years. On the count of resisting or interfering with arrest, he was sentenced to 120 days in jail with 100 days suspended, fined $1,500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

Jan. 12 at 9:06 p.m., officers stopped the suspect’s vehicle at Mile 97 Sterling Highway. Johnathon Dalebout, 30, of Soldotna, was found to be in possession of stolen property from Sportsman’s Warehouse and was issued a criminal citation for third-degree theft and released. n On Jan. 11 at about 2:00 p.m., Soldotna police received a request from out of state to conduct a welfare check on Patrick J. Slate, 37, of Soldotna, at the River Home Apartments. At that location, officers contacted a 21-year-old female, who had been severely physically assaulted by Slate. The woman was taken by ambulance to Central Peninsula Hospital for treatment of critical injuries. During the investigation, officers also contacted a 29-year-old male, who had been assaulted earlier in the day by Slate. The man had sought treatment at the hospital on his own and had been released. Slate was arrested for two counts of first-degree assault (domestic violence) and one count of fourth-degree assault and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. This case is still under investigation. n On Jan. 9 at 12:11 a.m., Soldotna police contacted Matthew Duncan, 34, of Soldotna, after he was observed running from a patrol car into an alley behind several businesses along

the Kenai Spur Highway. As he was running away, Duncan also threw something towards a dumpster. Officers searched the immediate area and found a baggie containing tar heroin and marijuana. Duncan was arrested for fourth-degree and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and for violating his conditions of release in another criminal case. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial and held without bail. n On Jan. 9 at 7:51 p.m., Soldotna police arrested Nathanel D. Camp. 27, of Soldotna, for first-degree criminal trespass, after investigation into a com-

plaint received earlier in the day. Camp was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Jan. 8 at about 6:40 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Dorothy Gould, 53, of Soldotna, and arrested her on an outstanding warrant for failure to complete 80 hours of community work service on an original charge of reckless driving. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Jan. 14 at about 10:20 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Erick Morris, 25, of Sterling, and arrested him on a $150 fail to appear warrant, original charge driving while license canceled. Morris was taken

to Wildwood Pretrial on $150 bail. n On Jan. 14 at 1:48 p.m., Kenai police responded to the Kenai Alternative High School on a report of four or five juveniles smoking marijuana. A male juvenile, 17, of Soldotna, was arrested for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and was taken to the Youth Detention Facility. n On Jan. 14 at 6:35 p.m., Kenai police responded to a reported two-vehicle injury accident on South Forest Drive and Stellar Drive. Brandie L. Cornell, 34, of Soldotna, was issued a summons for driving while license suspended.

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December board members said they expected the public comment portion of this meeting to be substantive. Members of the public have until 9 a.m. Saturday to sign up to speak. After public testimony, the board will address four proposals on the Upper Cook Inlet salmon management plan including one of 12 submitted by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association, a politically influential Soldotna-based sportfishing and conservation advocacy group. The proposal would require area ADFG managers to prioritize meeting the lower end of an escapement goal on a fish stock over exceeding the upper end of an escapement goal on another fish stock in the same fishery. It attempts to address a problem ADFG management biologists have said causes friction in a mixed-stock fishery like the Cook Inlet. The problem is exacerbated during years that one stock, such as king salmon, is returning in low numbers, while sockeyes are returning in high numbers. Commercial and personal use fishers primarily focus their fishing efforts on sockeye salmon, while sportfishing users focus on king, coho and silver salmon; though all three user groups harvest several of the five species of Pacific salmon. ADFG has taken a neutral position on the proposal,

though it does not advocate for additional regulatory text requiring it to prioritize certain escapements. “Although it is not stated in regulation, the department has been consistent and clear that achieving the lower end of the escapement goal has the priority over exceeding the upper end of escapement goals,” according to ADFG comments. The board, as a whole, will then discuss 12 proposals on the late run of Kenai River king salmon including one submitted by local commercial fisherman Mark Ducker which would modify the management plan for the late run of Kenai River king salmon to establish an escapement goal of 12,00028,000 king salmon — lower than the current escapement goal range of 15,000 to 30,0000 — increase emergency order hours available to fish for commercial fishers and delete habitat provisions in the plan that require managers to conduct annual assessments. According to Ducker’s explanation, the current king salmon problem is related to an overescapement, or too many fish, into the river from 20032006 and a lowered goal and liberalization of the commercial and sport fisheries would eliminate the problem. He also

wrote that managers are not conducting annual assessments so the regulatory requirement was superfluous. The board will then address 10 proposals on the early-run of Kenai River king salmon, a run that Dwight Kramer, chairman of the Kenai Area Fishermen’s Coalition said was his organization’s primary concern during the upcoming meeting. The coalition, which advocates for private anglers, submitted a proposal, which would close certain areas of the Kenai River during king salmon season to prevent anglers from targeting vulnerable spawning king salmon. According to ADFG sonar data, the early run of Kenai River king salmon did not meet its escapement goal, meaning too few fish entered the river. While the ADFG managers restricted the river to primarily catch-and-release fishing only and closed it to king salmon fishing on June 20, the final escapement was still estimated at 2,038 fish, far less than the minimum of 5,300 kings for the escapement goal. The coalition is also advocating for an expansion of the slot limit on the size of king salmon that can be kept, bringing it down to 42 inches rather than the current 46-inch cutoff.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries will meet to discuss Cook Inlet fisheries Jan. 31- Feb. 13 at the Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage.

The move is designed to protect female fish, which have smaller heads and therefore fall under the current slot limit. “We harvest more females in our fishery than males for that reason,” Kramer said. “Those females are real vulnerable because they’re right below the 46- inch cutoff.” The group is also supporting a proposal that would limit the Kenai River to drift boat use only for an additional day during the week. Kramer said the low numbers of king salmon returning to the Kenai River needed to be addressed quickly. “We think that (fishing) opportunity is going to have to take a back seat to resource protection during these times of low abundance,” he said. “You have to look out for the resource first and opportunity second, so we’re pushing for more conservation measures.” The board will then discuss 21 proposals on the Kenai king salmon sport fishery including some that would increase the “sanctuary” space at the mouths of tributaries on the

“The majority of those comments are from long term Alaskans who aren’t guides are people who like to come down here and go fishing,” he said. “We tried to provide a venue or a method which was easier for members of the public to comment on somewhat complex fisheries issues. People that normally don’t get heard in the process.” While the 250 people who used the form to comment were only making decisions to support Kenai River Sportfishing Association proposals, Gease said he thought the perspectives still carried weight in the Board of Fisheries process. “I don’t know if it’s going to be effective or not, all I know is more than half the comments that are on the Board of Fisheries came through that one website of people that we reached out too basically through email and social media and said, is this an important issue to you,” Gease said. “Two hundred-fifty people thought it was important enough to go online to at least read through the facts and just say ‘here’s my story’ and ‘consider it when you make decisions.’”

river where king salmon are known to spawn, several that would modify the type of bait or hooks allowed in the fishery and one that would require stocking the Kenai River with 50,000 king salmon smolt. Several other proposals would amend management plans for coho and sockeye salmon, areas where commercial drift fishers can fish, open commercial fishing “windows” for longer periods of time, or modify the way commercial fishing permits are regulated. More than half of the public comments were submitted in support of certain proposals submitted by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association, generated through a form on the organization’s website. Ricky Gease, executive director of the sportfishing association, said his organization designed the web form after he got feedback from Board of Fisheries members that they wanted to hear from a diversity of anglers who participated in the fisheries and their perspecReach Rashah McChesney tives on proposals that would at rashah.mcchesney@peninaffect those fisheries. sulaclarion.com

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Drive, Sims said. Then it will extend about 1,000 feet below the Kenai River’s riverbed at a minimum of 20 feet below the riverbed. He said the largest risk with a horizontal directional drilling project is if there is a significant amount of impenetrable bedrock, and if that were the case the project would be shut down. “Thankfully, due to the previously proposed bridge in the same (Kenai River) area, there are existing drilling logs and the risk of significant bedrock is low,” he said. He said horizontal directional drilling under the Kenai River is the most cost effective say to serve the Funny River Road area. The 6-inch wide pipeline will be made out of plastic. Sims said that is standard for pipelines smaller than 8 inches and it is less corrosive and easier to work with than other materials. Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.

9 people apply for Alaska House vacancy JUNEAU (AP) — Nine people have applied to fill the vacancy in the Alaska House left by last week’s resignation of Beth Kerttula, a Juneau Democrat. The list, released by the Tongass Democrats, includes Ken Alper, a former Kerttula aide who works as an oil and gas analyst for minority Democrats, and Jesse Kiehl, an aide to Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, and member of the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly. All the applicants live in Juneau, said Nancy Courtney, chair of the Tongass Democrats. While the district Kerttula was elected to included Juneau, Skagway, Gustavus, Tenakee Springs and Petersburg, it will change with redistricting. Bruce Botelho, who chairs the Democrats’ selection committee, said that’s likely why there were no applicants outside the capital city. The other applicants for the seat are Nancy Barnes, a former legislative aide and current executive assistant to the president and CEO of Huna Totem Corp.; James Betts, who owns a local boat repair business; Sara Hannan, a school teacher; Sam Kito III, a civil engineer; Tim Lamkin, an aide to Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak; Kim Metcalfe, a business agent for the Alaska State Employees Association; and Catherine Reardon, an aide to Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage. C

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with Seattle’s Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Denver Omelettes

s the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos face off at the first ever cold-weather Super Bowl to take place in an open-air stadium at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on February 2, you could be well ahead of the 6:30 p.m. (EST) kickoff by starting your day with foods as popular in New York and New Jersey (Super Bowl XLVIII co-hosts), as they are in the players’ home cities. Besides plenty of good, hot steaming coffee, Seattle’s Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Denver omelettes would score big as breakfast choices on Super Bowl Sunday, whether you follow football, or not. With a history that dates back to 1968, Seattle’s Best Coffee (acquired by the Starbucks Corporation in 2003) needs no introduction, but the sour cream coffee cake that bears its name, unique for its hazelnut/ brown sugar/nutmeg filling and

for enjoying as dessert after dinner, as well. Like coffee cakes, omelettes are versatile, suitable for serving at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Despite James Beard’s writing that there is no “true recipe” for the Denver (or Western) Omelet in his “American Cookery” cookbook, Denver omelets are remarkably popular and consistent for their inclusion of Kitchen Ade onions, bell peppers and ham, Sue Ade which should be cooked in advance for use in omelettes. espresso coffee glaze, is anoth- Omelettes are good served as er story. “Seattle’s Best Sour they are, or as a filling for a Cream Coffee Cake,” from the sandwich made on roll – or now out-of-print “Pike Place even better – a Super Bowl Market Cookbook: Recipes, size New York-style bagel. Anecdotes, and Personalities from Seattle’s Renowned Sue Ade is a syndicated food Public Market,” by Braiden writer with broad experience and Rex-Johnson, is unusually interest in the culinary arts. She flavorful and deliciously difhas worked and resided in the ferent from any other coffee Lowcountry of South Carolina Photos by Sue Ade unless otherwise indicated cake you may have tried. The since 1985 and may be reached Seattle’s Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake, a Denver omelette and a cup of steaming hot coffee cake is Super Bowl worthy, at kitchenade@yahoo.com. makes for a delicious breakfast on Super Bowl Sunday. not just for breakfast, but

Denver Omelette For the filling 1 3 / medium green bell pepper, seeded with membrane removed, diced 2 tablespoons minced onion 2 tablespoons minced scallions, including some of the green part 1 3 / cup finely chopped ham cubes 1 tablespoon butter, plus more, if needed 1 tablespoon vegetable oil For the Omelette 2 to 3 large eggs, room temperature 1½ teaspoons water Dash salt and fresh ground pepper 1½ tablespoons unsalted butter Fresh minced parsley, for garnish

For the filling: heat butter and oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. When butter foams, add vegetables, cooking until tender, about five minutes. Add ham, cooking 1 minute more; set aside. (If you want to use the same pan to cook the omelette as you did the vegetables, use a non-stick pan. “This is a rich, eggy coffee cake you won’t be able to resist, and it’s not just for breakfast. The hazelnuts throughout the batter, the coffee glaze, and the finely ground coffee on top are unusual touches that make this a recipe to treasure.” – Braiden Rex-Johnson, author “Pike Place Market Cookbook.”

Seattle’s Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake Seattle’s Best Sour Coffee Recipe courtesy Braiden Rex-Johnson, from “Pike Place Market Cookbook: Recipes, Anecdotes, and Personalities from Seattle’s Renowned Public Market,” Sasquatch Books, Seattle; reprinted with permission.(Founded in 1907, Seattle’s Pike Place Market is one of the country’s oldest continually operated farmers markets in the United States. For further information, visit www.pikeplacemarket.org.) ½ cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon double-strength coffee or espresso 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1¾ cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup sour cream

/ cup firmly packed light brown sugar / cup toasted, chopped hazelnuts* 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg To toast hazelnuts: put nuts on a cookie sheet in a single layer and place in a 375-degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly. Place nuts between two rough terrycloth towels, and rub off as much of the nuts’ brown skin as you can, or rub a handful of nuts between your palms, or a single difficult-to skin nut between forefinger and thumb. 1 3 1 3

For the omelette: break the eggs into a bowl. Add water, salt and pepper and whisk to combine. Heat a 10-inch non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add butter and heat to foaming. When foam subsides, add eggs to center of the pan. Shake and twirl pan to distribute eggs over the pan’s surface. When eggs begin to coagulate, tilt pan so uncooked egg runs off to the sides of the pan. As the eggs cook, gently push the cooked edges toward the omelette’s center with a heat resistant or silicone spatula. When eggs are almost set, add filling to only one side of the omelette. Once the eggs are set, use spatula to fold omelette in half. Slide omelette on to a warm plate and serve at once. Garnish with

minced parsley. Makes 1 generous serving. To make a bagel sandwich: toast a bagel and fill with omelette. If desired, top omelette with 2 slices cooked bacon. While bagel is still warm, top with 2 tablespoons finely shredded sharp Cheddar cheese. Makes 2 servings, depending on appetite. Omelette pointers • Individual omelettes that are made with two or three large eggs are manageable and easy to handle. Be sure the eggs are brought to room temperature before cooking; cold eggs take longer to cook. • Using a fork or a whisk, whisk eggs until yellow and whites are combined. • Use a 10-inch nonstick pan with gently sloping slides. Heat pan over medium-high heat, then add unsalted butter and heat butter to point of foaming. (Use unsalted butter; salted butter tends to promote sticking.) When the foaming subsides, add beaten eggs to the center of pan. • Shake and swirl pan to spread the eggs over pan’s surface. • As eggs begin to coagulate, tilt pan to the side so the uncooked eggs run to the edge of the pan. Use a heat resistant or silicone spatula to “push” the cooked edges to the center of the omelette. • If fillings such as meat or vegetables are added, cook them first. Cooked vegetables and meats, as well as cheese, should be added to the omelette once the eggs are almost set. When adding filling, place them only on half of the omelette so the eggs to do not tear when folded. • Cook omelette until it is set, but still moist on top. (Underside should be lightly browned.) Using a spatula, fold omelette in half or thirds, then slide on to warm plate.

Because omelettes cook quickly, the ham, onion and bell pepper filling that go into a Denver omelette should be cooked ahead of time. Omelettes are also delicious stuffed into toasted bagels for sandwiches (bottom left), with addons like extra bacon for meat lovers, or shredded cheese for topping the bagel.

Coffee Glaze

For the purposes of making Seattle’s Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake and the Coffee Glaze that crowns it, fresh brewed espresso was used. Enjoy leftover espresso with a twist of lemon peel.

1 cup confectioners’ sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix together the flour, bak3 tablespoons double-strength coffee or ing powder, baking soda and salt, and add the espresso flour mixture to the wet ingredients, alternating ½ teaspoon half-and-half with the sour cream, until well blended. Com¼ teaspoon vanilla extract bine the brown sugar, hazelnuts and nutmeg in a small bowl. Spread one-half of the batter in For garnish the bottom of the Bundt pan. Sprinkle one-half Confectioners’ sugar, sifted of the hazelnut mixture over the batter. Pour rePinch of finely ground coffee, Turkish grind maining batter over top, then finish with remain(You can use any type of coffee you wish in this ing hazelnut mixture. Bake until a toothpick inrecipe, as long as it is ground with a Turkish serted in middle of cake comes out clean, 35 to grind, the finest grind of coffee.) 45 minutes. Let coffee cake cool on wire rack before Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take out a removing from pan. Drizzle coffee glaze over 12-cup Bundt pan, grease lightly or spray with cake while still warm. Let cake stand for 15 non-stick corn oil spray and set aside. In a large minutes to absorb glaze. Dust with confectionmixing bowl, whisk the butter and sugar to- ers’ sugar and ground coffee just before cutting gether. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well and serving. blended. Stir in the 1 tablespoon coffee and the Serves 8 to 10. C

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

About lost keys From friends in the same situation! Thanks Sherry, Marty, Porter and Cathy and all the comments from friends by e-mails My friend Sherry in Ellensburg, Washington sent me this e-mail that jogged my mind the into the stressful situations that we put ourselves into by losing our car key! The following is several small stories mostly of myself locking my car keys in the car. This is from Sherry who sent me this story of a women in a dire predicament. The lady related: Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel, I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat-down! I was looking for my car keys. They were not in my pocket. A quick search of the meeting room revealed nothing. Suddenly I realized I must have left them in my car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot. My husband had scolded me many times for leaving the keys in ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose your key. His theory is that the car will be stolen. As I burst through the hotel doors, I came to a terrifying conclusion! His theory was right! The parking lot was empty! I Immediately called the police. I gave them my location the type of car and confessed that I had left my keys in the car and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all. “Honey,” I stammered (I always call him “Honey” in times like these.) “I left the keys in the car and it’s been stolen.” There was a period of silence, I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice. “Are you kidding me,” he barked, “I dropped you off!” Now it’s my time to be silent! Embarrassed, I said, “Well, come and get me.” He retorted, “I will, as soon as I have convinced this cop I didn’t steal your car!” And this one is from Marty. The location: Soldotna Fred Meyers parking lot about a year after it opened and does not involve lost car keys. She did not name names because she said this person will remain unnamed for the fear of her life! (I do have suspicions as to who this was!) The lady came out of Fred Meyers, got into her car and noticing that there was no car in front of her and proceeded to drive forward to the leave. The only problem was that she high centered her T Bird on the con-

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crete barrier between the spaces. Noticing her predicament several friendly fellows gave her a big mighty push to get her off. Surprisingly she told Marty about it. They had a good laugh since her car wasn’t hurt! ( I bet that is her and Marty’s secret until now!) And these my tales about leaving my keys in the car. A long time ago I drove into Kenai to work/play at Fireweed Herb Gardens. Having mostly nothing on my mind, got out of the car and slammed the doorthen I remembered I did not take the keys ignition! Lucky for me, Bob had placed an extra key in a strategic location that required screwdriver. With my head hanging low from embarrassment, I asked my son-inlaw Porter if I could borrow a screwdriver. I explained what I had done. He said “I’ll get it for you Mom.” He retrieved the key and gave it to me and I unlocked the car and handed the spare key back to Porter — he put it back in its place. I grabbed a few things I had on the front seat and locked and slammed the door, just as Porter was saying. “Mom. Mom! The keys!” Once again, he retrieved the extra key, unlocked my car and stood there to watch me as I retrieved the keys from the ignition! He then screwed the extra key back in its rightful place for the second time! Oh, but this is not the end of this story! He has had to retrieve my keys several times! I think he just walks around with a screwdriver in his pocket — just in case! What a wonderful guy! The next two stories involved the Kenai Walmart parking lot. I drove into Walmart in my recently purchased black Subaru. I came back out of the store with a cart full of stuff that I did not need. No keys in my pocket — I usually have several pockets so rechecking every pocket, I finally looked into the car and on the front seat were my keys! I tried all the doors and all were

locked, of course! But I did have my cell phone, so I called Bob — no answer! The next best thing, I called my good friend Cathy who lives about a mile up the road from us. I asked her if she would go get a key from Bob and bring them into me at Walmart. She did not hesitate, she said “I’ll be right there!” It is a 20 or so mile trip into Kenai and 15 minutes later Cathy drove up, rolled down her window, handed me the keys, waited until I unlocked my door and got in my car and she drove off. Now that is a true friend! And on another occasion in the same Walmart parking lot I came out of the store with a cart full of mostly — you guessed it — things I didn’t need. I pushed my cart down the lane where I thought I had parked my car. Not seeing it I slowly pushed my cart back up the other lane, looking in both directions trying to find my black Subaru. I stopped and I looked at every car and still could not find where I had parked. I must’ve had utter frustration on my face as an older kind gentleman got out of his car and asked me if he could help and what kind and color of car did I have. As I was telling him a black Subaru — I looked up and “taaahhhdahhh!” I spied Bob’s green Oldsmobile. I had driven into town in his car not my black car! As I was trying to explain to the kind gentleman who was looking for a black car when I pointed at the green car, he just shook his head, smiled and walked away. I bet he had a great story to tell when he got home about the crazy woman at Walmart looking for a black car and pointing at a green car! I bet you all have tales of lost keys, lost cars and rescues also! Lets’ not forget to be thankful for all our friends and the rescues they have preformed! And be sure and tell God that you are thankful everyday for the Miracles He has Performed. Please pray for those who are fighting illness — they need our prayers every day and sometimes more that once or twice a day! “But for the Grace of God go I.” If you have planted hope today in a Heart that felt alone, If you caused a laugh that chased Some tears away If someone’s burden was made Lighter because of your kindness Then your day was well spent.

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

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MARYBETH’S CARROT CAKE Into Mixing bowl: 1 1/2 C. Sugar 1 1/2 C. Mazola Corn Oil 4 Large Eggs 1 tsp. Vanilla Into small bowl mix the following dry ingredients with fork and pour into mixing bowl - mix well. 2 1/3 C. flour 1/2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Soda

2 tsp. cinnamon Add to mixing bowl: 3 C. grated Carrots 1 C. crushed pineapple -I drained mine 1 C. Walnuts Mix and bake (I used a 9X13 oiled cake pan) Bake at 325° for 30 minutes, however temps vary, so test before removing from oven (mine took 50 minutes I have an electric oven and it is OFF!!)

FROSTING 1/4 lb. butter 8 oz cream cheese 2 tsp. Vanilla 1 tsp almond extract 1 lb. powdered sugar 1 C. ground up walnuts I was lazy and used a can of cream cheese frosting I had hiding in the cupboard..sprinkled with walnuts... 9x13” Pan Bake 325 30 Mins

Beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Sift flour, salt, cinnamon, and soda, then add to first mixture, Add carrots, pineapple and walnuts, mix and bake. Cool. Mix for frosting, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, almond, powdered sugar and walnuts. ENJOY!! This is a easy recipe as soon as you get the carrots peeled and grated and accumulate all the ingredients!

PAT’S PINEAPPLE DUMP CAKE 1-20 ounce can cubed or crushed pineapple 1-15 ounce canned pineapple pie filling 1 Box white cake mix 2 sticks butter

mix on top of fruit and spread evenly.. Melt butter and pour over top. It should cover the entire cake mix. Bake one hour or until done and serve with ice cream. The flavors of this cake can be changed by changing fruit pie filling and/or cake flavor. A Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 9 x 13 glass nice topping would be coconut, oatmeal, nuts baking dish.. Dump pineapple and pie filling or any other mix for pouring on the melted and their juices into baking dish. For dry cake butter. So simple - so easy!

MOOSE OR BEEF BARLEY SOUP Enough water in a large soup pot to cover and give the bone to your doggie. Cool meat a large soup bone with meat or a large roast, and chop and return to pot. moose or beef, add the following: Stir in: 1/2 cup each chopped celery with tops and 1/2 cup uncooked barely sliced onions 3 cups coarse chopped cabbage 1 tablespoon salt 1 cup each sliced carrots and sliced celery 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 cups sliced parsnips - this give it special Simmer 2 to 3 hours or as I do on the wood flavor! stove all day long. Remove meat and bone 2 cups sliced onions

CABBAGE SOUP WITH SHORT RIBS About 3 pounds of short ribs - moose or beef 1 head of cabbage, coarse chopped 2 onions, chopped 3 large carrots, chopped 1 whole nutmeg - Norwegian’s and German’s add this to the soup - so do I - sometimes 2 beef bouillon cubes or stock-add beef stock in place of *hot water

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

2 teas garlic salt 1/4 teas pepper 2 quarts of more of *hot water 1/2 cup chopped parsley Put ingredients in soup pot, bring to boil turn down to simmer for one to two hours-or all day on the wood stove. Serve in large soup bowls - or remove meat - put soup in bowls and serve the meat separately with horseradish sauce.

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Husband’s plumbing help results in leaky marriage DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 19 years. I offered his plumbing services to a married couple I work with. While he was fixing the problem, he became friendly with their adult daughter. She was lonely and I knew the family, so I wasn’t concerned. Their relationship developed into something more and we separated. He ended their friendship and we reconciled. Things were going great, but she continued to contact him. He has suddenly decided he can’t live without her friendship and has decided to divorce me in order to continue it with her. He swears it’s platonic, but something he can’t live without. He hopes we can “still be friends”! My question is how to move on from this. I have to see her enabling parents every day at work, and all of this happened under their roof. I feel betrayed on every level, especially by my husband, who was my best friend. Every aspect of my life, including my job, has been affected. Have you any advice for moving past this without all of the anger I carry? I don’t want to leave my job. It pays well and the commute is easy. But every time I see either one of the parents, I want to cry and scream. P.S. My husband and I still live together as “roommates,” as this is all very recent, and we haven’t fig-

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here and borrows whatever she needs without telling me. And whether I’m here or not, she feels free to go through everything — personal documents, my drawers and cabinets. Nothing is safe from her fingers or her eyes. I have tolerated her behavior because when I tried talking to her about it, she became upset and started crying, which made her husband irate. I’m now dating a man who values his privacy, and my friend’s behavior bothers him. He’s friendly with Gigi’s husband and deals with my friend only out of respect for her husband. How can I get her to leave things alone without her having another meltdown? I don’t want to lose a friend, but my boyfriend has a valid point that I happen to agree with. — INVADED IN TEXAS DEAR INVADED: How does this woman get into your home when you’re not there? Does she have a key? If she does, ask for it back or change your locks. And when you know Gigi is coming over, place anything you would prefer this nosy woman not peDEAR ABBY: My friend of five years, “Gigi,” ruse out of sight or under lock and key. That way, has a heart of gold. However, we were raised dif- you can reclaim your privacy without being directly ferently. Gigi comes into my home when I’m not confrontational.

problem and gain a new understanding remains high, as long as you brainstorm with one individual rather than several. You could be overserious with an associate. Allow your creativity to emerge, and relax. Tonight: Lighten up the moment. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Let others make their demands; you have a choice as to whether you want to respond. You might discover that there is no negotiating to be had — it’s either this person’s way or the highway. Choose to drift away from such demanding people. Tonight: Sort through invitations. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You could be more in tune with a situation, but you can’t seem to get into the changing dynamic and uncertainty regarding your role. You easily could become irritated. Be aware of the fact that you probably will say what you feel. Tonight: Join friends. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You can’t be less than you are — it’s not natural. When others need help, you’re always there. Even if you feel slighted by someone, you would find it difficult not to come to his or her rescue. Do less if you would like to lessen your resentment. Tonight: Make it early. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHYou might experience a lot of frustration when it comes to a certain individual. Learning to do less will be important in this bond. Your expectations could be off, or your perception of this person might be distorted. Use care with your finances. Tonight: Ready to indulge a little.

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ured out our living arrangements yet. — WRONGED IN NEW ENGLAND DEAR WRONGED: I do not for one minute believe that your husband’s relationship with this woman is strictly platonic, and neither should you. Consult a lawyer now, while you and your husband are still Abigail Van Buren “roommates.” Make sure he doesn’t hide any assets because, after 19 years of marriage, you should be entitled to a healthy share of them. I agree that you have been wronged, but for now hang onto your temper. “Best friends” don’t treat each other the way you have been treated. It may take the help of a religious adviser or licensed mental health professional for you to let go of your anger.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014: This year you travel more and sometimes seek resolutions through exploring different cultures and ideas. This transformation might be difficult and involve letting go of former values. If you are single, you will meet someone after June 2014 who might be The One. This person will grab your interest, nearly to the point of you becoming obsessed. If you are attached, the two of you will commit to more detachment and understanding. As you become wiser, you both will see your relationship evolve to a new closeness with less judgment and more caring. Listen to a fellow AQUARIUS — he or she understands you. 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) HHHH The unexpected seems to surround you as of late. You are full of surprises, and this intrigues certain friends. However, you also might throw a close loved one for a loop. Be more open about your process in an effort to calm this person down. Tonight: Go for what you want. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHYou’llwanttomakeanimpression, but you can’t seem to cope with information that comes forward. Actually, it is the insight you gain that you have difficulty integrating. A partner is inordinately serious right now. Tonight: Screen your calls, unless you want to work late. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Your ability to move past a

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The first cut is the smallest Dear Heloise: I have a wooden cutting board that I constantly use and chop fresh garlic on. For some reason, as much as I clean and scrub it, I can’t get the odor of the garlic out. Should I toss it out and buy a new one? I’m afraid it’s going to be the same all over again once I start chopping garlic. — Sally F. in Texas Don’t toss it! Try this to “deodorize” that garlicky wooden board: Sprinkle with a lot of baking soda, then either pour on some lemon juice and scrub with a brush, or just use half of a lemon and scrub away. Let sit awhile, rinse well and air-dry (or use paper towels). The other solution is a mixture of 1 tablespoon unscented, liquid chlorine bleach and a gallon of water to “sanitize” the cutting board. Let the mixture stand for 15-20 minutes, rinse and hand-dry. If the odor just refuses to come out, then you may want to keep it as a garlic-only chopping board. Otherwise, invest in a plastic cutting board, which is not as porous as wood and should not hold that garlic odor. — Heloise Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com Quick oatmeal Dear Heloise: I bought old-fashioned, regular oatmeal by mistake. I wanted the one-minute quick kind. All you have to do is grind it in a food processor for a few seconds, and the chopped oatmeal will cook up quickly. — Fern G. in Idaho

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