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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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In the news Police: Body found in Chester Creek

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage Police say a body was found in Chester Creek on Saturday morning. A woman walking her dogs in the area discovered the male body lying in the creek around 9:30 a.m. Police say the dead man is an Alaskan Native, approximately 40-50 years old. A preliminary investigation did not reveal any signs of foul play. Officers say the man was not carrying any form of identification and may have been homeless. According to witnesses who frequent the area, the man was not there yesterday. After the man is identified and his next of kin has been notified, his name will be released by the medical examiner’s office. — The Associated Press

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Dwight Kramer, chairman of the Kenai Area Fishermen’s Coalition, looks at the schedule for the Board of Fisheries meeting Saturday in Anchorage.

Hundreds testify to BOF By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

ANCHORAGE — After two full days of public testimony, the Board of Fisheries is heard from the bulk of the 234 people signed up to testify on Upper Cook Inlet fisheries issues. Most who spoke were given three minutes to voice their support or opposition to the proposals the board will take up during its two-week meeting. About 20 people remain

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stakeholders in a particular geographic location and BOF members heard from several areas including Homer, Kenai and Soldotna, the Central Peninsula, Anchorage and Seward. Jim Stubbs, vice-chair for the Anchorage advisory committee said the group met for more than 30 hours in advance of the meeting to decide which proposals it supported —including two proposals to raise minimum escapements for king salmon on the Kenai River.

“Our early run kings are forecast at coming in at 1/6 of the minimum escapement goal...age six kings at only 5 percent of average, that means we’ve almost lost those,” Stubbs said. “I guess the question is, how long will we continue to watch as this decline continues before we decide to draw a line in the sand.” Stubbs said it was time for the Board of Fisheries to take action on the dwindling king salmon runs. In previous years, board See FISH, page A-10

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Fascinating world hides in cold waters off Alaska By MARY CATHARINE MARTIN Alaska News Service-Alaska

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to testify Monday before the board moves into committee deliberations. Several re-occuring subjects included popular, but struggling fisheries in the Mat-Su borough, Kenai king salmon, the personal use fishery and proposed gear and time restrictions on commercial set and gillnet fishing. Local advisory committee representatives were given more time to speak as they spoke about proposals voted on by committee members. Each committee represents

The Kenai Peninsula Board of Education will meet today to discuss a projected budget shortfall of more than $4.5 million for the 2014-15 school year. Previously, administrators had projected a difference between revenues and expenditures of about $3.4 million, however the original figure did not factor in the district’s new salary schedule, which includes 2 percent across the board raises for faculty and staff. The district’s preliminary budget projection has been available since November, but has been revised since then as it is not due in its final form to the board of education and school board until mid-April. The budget projection also includes $1.741 million in “one-time” funding from the state which it has received for the last three years. Assistant Superintendent Dave Jones said the district did not put that funding into its budget projections last year, but as it was included in Gov. Sean Parnell’s budget this year, the district included the amount in its own projections. Last year the school district spent about $1.2 million more than it brought in, Jones said.

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JUNEAU — Giant pacific octopi hide beneath rocks, reaching out tentacles to explore a diver. Schools of spawning salmon swim upstream. Prowfish surround the wreck of the Princess Sophia. Recreational scuba diving in Southeast Alaska requires a little more work and offers different challenges than warmwater diving, but those who do it say it provides sights unlike those anywhere else in the world.

The Allure of the deep When Annette G. E. Smith was a child, she was in canoeing accident so traumatic, panic

would set in anytime she got water up her nose. It wasn’t until age 45 that an instructor in Fiji told her she should learn scuba diving. She laughed at him. “He said ‘I’ll teach you.’ And I was a challenge,” she said. “Once I got over that fear it was like ‘This is it’ for me. It’s an amazing world down there … What’s even more amazing is how incredible it is under the water here. People don’t think of there being much in cold water, but we have some amazing corals and sponges.” Now, when she dives, she’s relaxed to the point she can’t even think about her “land life.” “Any stress or troubles that I have in my land life are instantly gone,” she said. “It’s the most amazing thing.”

Local Challenges Local photographer Art Sutch is a certified dive master and dives regularly, selling photos and calendars from his underwater experiences at his downtown shop. “You’re dealing with a lot of adverse conditions up here,” Sutch said. “Deep, cold water, zero visibility, current, sea lions coming up chattering their teeth at you … the biggest prerequisite is to get trained well, and get experience with experienced people before you go do a lot of crazy things on your own.” Divers here used to wear wetsuits. It’s something Sutch said “just about killed me.” Most divers now use drysuits, which require additional

certification; divers have to counteract the lift of the air the suit traps with weights of between 30 and 40 pounds, said Phil Sellick, owner of the Scuba Tank. Southeast Alaska divers also face seasonal challenges. Winter, in which the ambient water temperature can hover around 37 degrees, provides for better visibility. Summer has more glacial runoff. It also has more plankton bloom. Winter, of course, also has shorter days and less light. “Learning to dive in Alaska is like learning to drive on a semi,” Sellick said. He estimates, along with classes he teaches through the University of Alaska Southeast, he certifies between 50 and 100 people every year. Not all of them are regular divers,

however — he guesses that active recreational divers number around 200. Sometimes the visibility can get so bad people panic, feeling claustrophobic and unable to even see their hands in front of their face, Sutch said. Then there’s the creatures. Some are more gentle than others. Sutch calls sea lions “aquatic bears.” “They will do everything to you underwater that a bear will do on land,” he said. “They’ll charge you, chatter their teeth at you.”

Sights Sutch likes diving on the outer coast the best. The outer coast, he said, is where the waSee SCUBA, page A-10

Shell looks for silver linings in canceled drill season BY TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

Shell’s investment in its Arctic Alaska offshore exploration is approaching $6 billion after eight years. For all that, the company has two test wells partly drilled in 2012, one in the Chukchi Sea and one in the Beaufort Sea. Shell’s latest setback is the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal ruling invalidating part of the environmental impact statement, or EIS, for the 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale.

It will take time for the Interior Department to correct that defect, and the company has canceled its planned 2014 exploration in the Arctic. The decision not to proceed with 2014 drilling was a tough one for Shell, the company’s Alaska president, Pete Slaiby, said in a Jan. 30 interview. However, one silver lining was that the ruling was on a narrow issue that can be remedied, Slaiby said. Unfortunately, that can’t be done in time for Shell to drill this summer. The issue is now back in Judge

Ralph Beistline’s U.S. District Court in Alaska. Slaiby wouldn’t speculate on the options before Beistline, but he said the fault identified by the 9th Circuit was very specific. The appeals court invalidated Beistline’s district court order that approved the EIS for the 2008 Outer Continental Shelf lease sale in the Chukchi Sea. Shell and other companied bid $2.6 billion on leases in the sale. A coalition of environmental groups and two Alaska Native organizations sued the Interior C

Department, arguing the EIS was inadequate. The one area on which the three-judge panel of the appeals court agreed with the plaintiffs, although it was a split decision, was that the government assumption of a discovery in the lease sale area — one billion barrels of recoverable resources — was unrealistic, and too low. All of the environmental analysis was based on that number, however. If a larger discovery was assumed, the environmental analysis would have to be broader.

“It was a very narrow issue the court identified,” Slaiby said. “The good news here is that the decision didn’t open up a wide range of areas for discussion.” “We believe this means all the other work accomplished in the EIS is adequate. We believe there will be a very focused amount of work to bolster the EIS.” Slaiby wouldn’t speculate in the interview on the mechanics of how the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, would remedy the defeat. BOEM See SHELL, page A-10

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Whalers, protesters clash off Antarctica By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press

SYDNEY — A Japanese whaling ship and an anti-whaling protest boat collided in the remote, icy seas off Antarctica, with both sides on Monday blaming each other for the

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crash. No one was injured, though both ships received minor damage in Sunday’s collision — the latest drama in an annual battle between the conservationists and the whalers. Sea Shepherd, which each year tries to harass the whal-

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ing fleet into ending its hunt, said they were the victims of a lengthy attack by the whalers. The protest group said the whaling vessels spent hours repeatedly dragging steel cables across the bows of the Sea Shepherd’s ships in a bid to damage the rudders and propellers. Japan’s Yushin Maru No. 3 then struck Sea Shepherd’s Bob Barker when it crossed too closely in front of the protest ship, damaging its bow and anchor, said Peter Hammarstedt, captain of the Bob Barker. “It was an unprovoked attack and they did so ruthlessly,” Hammarstedt told The Associated Press by satellite phone from the Bob Barker, named after the famous “The Price is Right” game show host who donated millions of dollars to the group. Japan, meanwhile, says

Sea Shepherd is to blame. The Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research, which sponsors the annual whale hunt, said in a statement that protesters on board two inflatable boats from the Bob Barker dropped ropes in front of the bow of the Yushin Maru, which became entangled in the ship’s propeller. The Bob Barker then drew too close to the Yushin Maru No. 3, colliding with its stern and damaging the whaling ship’s hull and railing, the institute said. “Our research whaling is a legitimate activity allowed under the international treaty. Sea Shepherd’s violent sabotage against it, which is threatening the lives of the Japanese crewmembers and causing damage to our ships and equipment, cannot be tolerated,” Japan’s Fisheries Agency said in a statement.

Peninsula Clarion, Monday, February 3, 2014

Community Calendar Today Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 5:30 p.m. • Cardiac Patient Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room. Call 398-7763. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Middle of the Road” at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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ing their products, including Alaska Insurance Markets, Sleep Center, Safe Kids, Geneva Woods, nutrition products, hearing tests, weight and blood pressure analysis, community service booths and more. Low cost blood testing for cholesterol, diabeBear attack survivor to speak at KPC tes, thyroid, Vitamin D deficiency and others will be available The KPC Student Union and KPC Showcase Series will host from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Room 108 of the Ward building. A 12-hour a presentation by Dan Bigley, survivor of a 2003 brown bear at- fast is required for comprehensive blood test; water and necestack at the Russian River and author of “Beyond the Bear: How I sary medications are fine. Call 262-0347 for more information. Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear,” at 7 p.m. February 12, at Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Tax help available Campus Commons. This event is free and open to the public. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will be available to provide free tax preparation services at the Sterling Area Senior Center GPS training available starting Feb. 4. Volunteers will be available every Tuesday from The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tax preparers will be available by appointment conduct a “GPS for Outdoor Lovers” class on Feb. 22. This is a on Feb. 8, March 8 and April 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tax filers basic GPS navigation forum. Prior knowledge of map use and should bring a copy of last year’s tax return, W-2 forms from navigation is helpful. You are encouraged to bring your own each employer, unemployment compensation statements, SSAhand held GPS unit. The class will be conducted at the Sol- 1099 (Social Security), all 1099 forms (1099-INT, 1099-DIV, dotna Public Library, 235 North Binkley Street, Soldotna, from 1099-B, etc.) showing interest or dividends and documentation 1-5 p.m. The cost of the class is $35 per person. A text book showing original purchase price of sold assets, 1099-MISC is included with the registration fee. Early registrations is rec- showing miscellaneous income; 1099-R (pension), forms showommended due to limited class size. For registration or more ing federal income tax paid, dependent care provider informainformation, call 776-8522 or 252-3353. tion, receipts or canceled checks if itemizing deductions, Social Security cards or other official documentation, and a picture ID for yourself and spouse if married filing jointly. Volunteers are Health fair comes to KPC not able to do rental property with depreciation, business with Kenai Peninsula College is hosting a health fair open to the inventory or business use of a home. public on Feb. 12 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Campus Commons For more information or to make an appointment, call the area. More than 30 health and wellness exhibitors will be display- Senior Center at 262-6808.

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Oscar-winning actor found dead By JAKE COYLE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and somewhat dissipated, was found dead Sunday in his apartment with what officials said was a needle in his arm. He was 46. Two law enforcement officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the evidence, said the actor apparently died of a drug overdose. Glassine envelopes containing what was believed to be heroin were found with him, they said. Hoffman — no matinee idol, with his lumpy build and limp blond hair — made his career mostly as a character actor, and was one of the most prolific in the business, plying his craft with a rumpled naturalism that also made him one of the most admired performers of his generation. The stage-trained actor was nominated for Academy Awards four times in all: for “Capote,” ‘’The Master,” ‘’Doubt” and “Charlie Wilson’s War.” He also received three Tony nominations for his work on Broadway, which included an acclaimed turn as the weary and defeated Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman.” Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about past struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint in rehab. Tributes poured in from other Hollywood figures. “One of the greatest actors of a generation and a sweet, funny & humble man,” actor Ricky Gervais tweeted. Director Spike Lee said on Twitter: “Damn, We Lost Another Great Artist.” And Kevin Costner said in an AP interview: “Philip was a very important actor and really takes his place among the real great actors. It’s a shame.

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In a March 5, 2006 file photo actor Philip Seymour Hoffman poses with the Oscar he won for best actor for his work in “Capote” at the 78th Academy Awards, in Los Angeles. Police say Hoffman was found dead in his apartment Sunday.

Who knows what he would have been able to do? But we’re left with the legacy of the work he’s done and it all speaks for itself.” “No words for this. He was too great and we’re too shattered,” said Mike Nichols, who directed Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” and “Death of a Salesman.” The law enforcement officials said Hoffman’s body was discovered in a bathroom at his Greenwich Village apartment by a friend who made the 911 call and his assistant. Late Sunday, a police crimescene van was parked out front, and technicians carrying brown paper bags went in and out. Police kept a growing crowd of onlookers back. A single red daisy had been placed in front of the lobby door. Hoffman’s family called the news “tragic and sudden.” Hoffman is survived by his partner of 15 years, Mimi O’Donnell, and their three children. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received

from everyone,” the family said in a statement. In one of his earliest screen roles, he played a spoiled prep school student in “Scent of a Woman” in 1992. One of his breakthroughs came as a gay member of a porno film crew in “Boogie Nights,” one of several movies directed by Paul Thomas Anderson that he would eventually appear in. He often played comic, slightly off-kilter characters in movies like “Along Came Polly,” ‘’The Big Lebowski” and “Almost Famous.” More recently, he was Plutarch Heavensbee in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and

was reprising that role in the two-part sequel, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay,” which is in the works. And in “Moneyball,” he played Art Howe, the grumpy manager of the Oakland Athletics who resisted new thinking about baseball talent. Just weeks ago, Showtime announced Hoffman would star in “Happyish,” a new comedy series about a middle-aged man’s pursuit of happiness. He was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in “The Master” as the charismatic leader of a religious movement. The film, inspired in part by the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, reunited the actor with Anderson. He also received a 2009 best-supporting nomination for “Doubt,” as a priest who comes under suspicion because of his relationship with a boy, and another best-supporting nomination as a CIA officer in “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Born in 1967 in Fairport, N.Y., Hoffman was interested in acting from an early age, mesmerized at 12 by a local production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” He studied theater as a teenager with the New York State Summer School of the Arts and the Circle in the Square Theatre. He then majored in drama at New York University.

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It’s ‘minimum’ wage for a reason Everyone wants to make more money.

It’s the reason why millions of people decide to invest their time, money and energy in higher education and specialized training. Nobody wants to be at the bottom of the pay scale, and one could argue that minimum wage in and of itself is motivation for U.S. workers to aim higher and strive to achieve more than the earning $7.25 per hour ($7.75 in Alaska). As cost of living increases nationwide, minimum wage should also be adjusted to reflect the change, but micro-managing and over-regulating the business sector isn’t good for private and small businesses. If not kept in check the repercussions could be more far-reaching than expected. What President Barack Obama proposed in his State of the Union address last year, raising minimum wage to more than $10 an hour over the next few years, is a one-size-fits-all approach that will force every American business owner, big and small, to adapt to a government-induced spending plan. A cost of living increase is a good thing, but government meddling in private businesses’ affairs by guaranteeing wage increases for years to come goes too far. Businesses and consumers alike know that you get what you pay for. If a business pays its employees too little, it will constantly be forced to deal with high turnover, unmotivated workers and in the end its bottom line will feel the impact. Businesses that aren’t well managed and staffed struggle to stay competitive. On the flip side, if government forces businesses to pay under-skilled employees above market value for that skill set, business owners will have no choice but to hire fewer employees or raise prices, which in turn will change the quality and number of services offered. Those factors have a negative impact on well-managed, local businesses that are trying to stay competitive. And let’s not forget about the federally-mandated health care that businesses are now required to provide to employees. The term “free market” is becoming an oxymoron. A push by voters in SeaTac to increase minimum wage for airport employees to $15 an hour is an example of what we don’t need to see happen in Alaska. Washington already boasts the highest minimum wage in the country at $9.32 per hour. If minimum wage were raised by more than 50 percent there, the message being sent to its younger generation could be that there’s no need to attend college or trade schools because they can make almost as much money but without the diligence and ambition to strive for something better. The initiative being pushed in Alaska would increase minimum wage by $1 to $8.75 per hour in 2015, and then to $9.75 per hour the following year. From there Alaska’s minimum wage would stay ahead of the nation’s minimum by $1. The increase to $8.75 per hour is reasonable, but Alaska shouldn’t be making guarantees beyond that. Alaska businesses could find themselves in deep water should the federal government decide in the next year or so that $10, or perhaps more, should be the minimum. Most minimum wage jobs are filled by teenagers, those wanting only part-time work or extra money on the side, and individuals who have not taken steps to increase their skill set or value in the workforce. Minimum wage jobs aren’t intended to be long-term career choices. And even those who can’t find a better paying job still have the opportunity to work up the ranks. That’s not to say it’s easy - hard work and dedication are required - but it’s hard work and dedication that built this country. Bumping up minimum wage won’t incentivize the potential in workers to rise above the minimum and strive to achieve the “American Dream” of going from rags to riches. Minimum wage may be where some people have to start, but the American way is to work hard, move up the career ladder and to never stop striving for something greater. — Juneau Empire, Jan. 26

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

The picayune president

What a waste of pomp and circumstance. The State of the Union had all the customary dignitaries, ritualistic applause, prime-time pre-emptions on broadcast TV — and even less interest than usual. The checklist of the Obama presidency is clear enough: We’ve got the august trappings of imperial power. We’ve got the smack talk of ruling through “pen and phone.” We’ve got the distaste for the niceties of inconvenient laws and impatience with institutional checks and balances. Yes, this imperial president has it all, except new or big ideas. The fight against inequality, which was supposed to be a generation-defining struggle and consume the rest of President Barack Obama’s presidency as of a couple of weeks ago, barely rated in the State of the Union. The president used the word “inequality” all of three times. His pollsters must have let him in on the fact that Americans don’t naturally resent other people’s good fortune. So he shifted ground on Tuesday night to emphasize opportunity instead of inequality. This is a welcome change, but it robbed the speech of any ideological charge. Instead, it was a lumpy bag full of hoary chestnuts, leftover proposals from prior State of the Union addresses, and microinitiatives so small they are barely visible to the naked eye. It often felt like the interminable in the service of the insipid, but Obama was conversational and upbeat. It may be that pointlessness suits him. Arguably, the big-ticket items were ex-

tending unemployment benefits and raising the minimum wage. Those aren’t exactly towering policy proposals, although they loomed large compared with the president’s other items. Rich Lowry He announced that he’s launching six more hubs for high-tech manufacturing. This was a bold doubling down on his announcement of the launch of three more manufacturing hubs in last year’s State of the Union. He unveiled to the world the awkwardly named MyRA savings bonds, another retirement vehicle that may, as Yuval Levin of National Affairs writes, be difficult to distinguish from the already existing ones. He made a pro forma nod to gun control, last year’s failed crusade. He declared, “I’m reaching out to some of America’s leading foundations and corporations on a new initiative to help more young men of color facing especially tough odds stay on track and reach their full potential.” Good for him, but this smacks of community organizing writ large. He said he was entrusting Vice President Joe Biden with the reform of job-training programs. These programs have existed for decades, and billions of dollars have been spent on them. Yet the vice president of the United States has to be assigned to see that

they “train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now”? After all the windup about how the president was going to hurtle thunderbolts of executive orders down at Congress from on high, the president’s headline unilateral act was imposing a minimum wage of $10.10 ... on federal contractors ... making new hires. Even his thunderbolts are trifling. It may be that the president isn’t tipping his hand and will be sorely tempted to effectively legislate on his own, especially on immigration and climate change, as time passes. Certainly his base wants him to break whatever procedural eggs are necessary. It is always strange to hear Nancy Pelosi, a former speaker of the House, implore the president to trample on her coequal branch of government, so long as it’s in a good cause. The content of the president’s speech recalled the vintage “small ball” of Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s. But Clinton’s microinitiatives were part of a broad feint to the center and a larger project to associate himself with middle-class values, both of which were meant to get him re-elected. It worked. Obama’s resort to the picayune feels less like a strategy and more like a tacit admission of exhaustion. It’s good to be king, although it’s even better if you aren’t out of gas. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Helping healthcare workers with the heavy lifting Now, while the nation’s attention is fixed on a fluctuating health care industry, is a worthy time to remind the public of some staggering facts that should be making more headlines for the impact they have on any person paying into or benefitting from the health care system. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that the health care industry spends about $20 billion annually on costs related to occupational back injuries. OSHA also found that the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers in the U.S. is seven times the average for all other industries. Nursing staff, including nurses’ aides and orderlies, reports the most missed workdays due to work-related back pain. The culprit? An average of 1.8 tons of cumulative weight lifted by a single nurse during a regular eight-hour shift at the hospital. For reference, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends lifting no more than 35 pounds (the size of a small child) under the best ergonomic conditions. The numbers are mind-boggling and the majority of hospital and medical centers nationwide have yet to convert their facilities into safe patient-handling environments, despite data that proves the effectiveness of such technology. Some examples of patient-handling tasks that may be identified as high risk include transferring a patient from toilet to chair; from chair to bed or from bathtub to chair; repositioning patients from side to side in bed; lifting a patient in bed; and repositioning a patient in a chair or making a bed with a patient in it. Sprains and strains are the most often reported types of injuries and the shoulders and low back are the body parts most affected by patient handling, but other types of pain and fatigue are also common. These injuries and the wearing down of health care workers lead to lower productivity, not to mention they can become less attentive and more susceptible to further injuries that can affect the safety of patients C

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More than 10 states have enacted safe patient-handling and movement laws or promulgated rules and regulations. In 2013, U.S. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced a bill, the Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 2480) that would set a safe patient-handling, mobility and injury prevention standard that ultimately eliminates manual patient handling and requires health care employers to develop a safe patient-handling and mobility program. Unfortunately, there is no Alaska state legislation pending at this time. The Alaska Nurses Association is conducting surveys to determine how prevalent the chronic injury rate is among Alaska nurses with the full knowledge that more often than not, problems go unreported. While many nurses have come to expect back, leg, neck and shoulder pain as just “part of the job,” this does not have to be the case any longer. Engineers and manufacturers have caught up with the need to supply necessary equipment to the health care industry. Now the real challenge is getting health care facilities and the government to recognize how the absence of such equipment brings great cost to the workers’ compensation system, adding to the overall cost of health care delivery in this country. This is bad for the public and bad for the individuals who have chosen to dedicate their lives to helping others and end up with a life-altering injury that can possibly lead to years of chronic pain.

and fellow coworkers. Often, chronic injuries arise after years of patient care. There is another less scientific and more humane side to safe patient-handling equipment. Patient-transfer and lifting devices have been proven to enhance patients’ sense of dignity and comfort, sparing them the discomfort of being lifted by one or more people. A Veteran Affairs hospital in Tampa, Florida, has been one of the pioneering facilities to embrace safe patient-handling regulations and equipment. The hospital installed ceiling lift equipment in practically every room and a no-manual-lift policy was adopted and enforced. Within five years, the savings in lost workdays offset the cost of the equipment, its installation and administering the program. Most European countries have mandated no-manual-lifting policies in their health centers as well. Some in Alaska’s health care industry also recognize the cost benefits of investing in a safe patient-handling program. Several years ago, the Alaska Veterans Affairs health care system in Anchorage received federal funding to implement the program Donna Phillips has 33 years of expeand now has a state-of-the-art program and rience as an RN and currently serves as equipment. Norton Sound Regional Hos- labor council chair of the Alaska Nurses pital in Nome, Providence Extended Care Association Board of Directors. Center in Anchorage and Providence’s long-term care facility in Seward have also installed ceiling lifts in patient rooms. Most new facilities that were recently completed E-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com or are currently under construction do inWrite: Fax: clude this critical equipment. The chalPeninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 lenge is presented primarily when existing P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: facilities need to take rooms out of service Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 to retrofit the patient-handling equipment.

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Court reports The following judgments recently were handed down in District Court in Kenai:

n Joshua Payne, 37, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed July 29. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $300 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. Items seized are to be returned. n Hugh Jeffrey Perry, 40, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to refusal of breath test, committed Sept. 24, 2012. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail with 42 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sharon D. Selby, 57, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating weekly fishing periods in the drift gillnet fishery in Cook Inlet Area, committed July 6. She was fined $1,500 and a $10 court surcharge. n Darren F. Smith, 44, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 13. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge and forfeited marijuana seized. n Erin Marie Jones, 24, address unknown, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 13. She was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 330 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150

jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Martin H. Monsaas, 58, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Dec. 28. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for two years. nTayler S. Cunningham, 21, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Jan. 2. Cunningham was fined $500 and a $50 court surcharge. n Heath A. Healy, 18, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving while license revoked, committed Dec. 15. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and had his license revoked for 90 days. n Roy V. Lester, 42, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed June 17. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 140 days suspended and credit for time served, fined $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for three years. The following charges were recently dismissed in District Court in Kenai: n A charge of fourthdegree assault (domestic violence) against Marie McConnell, 43, of Sterling, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Jan. 12, 2013. n A charge of third-degree theft against Matthew I. Stough, 29, address unknown, was dismissed. Date of the charge was April 25.

Police reports n On Jan. 26 at 12:14 a.m., a 75-year-old Nikiski man reported that his house off Island Lake had been entered and items stolen. The man reported that, sometime within the previous two hours, someone had come into his house while he was in the bathroom and stolen a black canvas bag from his living room, containing his gray cloth wallet, which contained almost $1,000 in cash, as well as his three prescription medications. A suspect was developed and the investigation is continuing. n On Jan. 25 at 4:49 p.m., troopers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for an equipment violation on the Kenai Spur Highway near Mile 11. Investigation revealed that Anthony Walsh, 57, of Nikiski, was driving with a revoked license. Walsh was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Jan. 22 at 1:58 p.m., troopers arrested Courtney N. Dukowitz, 25, of Nikiski, for driving while license suspended and for having a warrant for her arrest. Dukowitz was operating an early 2000’s model pickup truck near Mile 65 of the Seward Highway and was contacted on a traffic stop for a moving violation. A records check confirmed that her license was suspended and that she had an Anchorage Police $500 warrant for failure to satisfy judgment. She was issued a misdemeanor citation for driving while license suspended and was taken to the Anchorage Correctional Complex on the warrant. n On Jan. 27 at 4:45 a.m., Kenai police were called to Safeway to a report of a shoplifter in custody. Officers arrived and contacted Jonny R. Sisneros, II, 27, of Soldotna. After being interviewed, Sisneros was arrested for concealment of merchandise and first-degree criminal trespass and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Jan. 27 at 6:08 pm Alexis M. Lageson, 27, of Kenai contacted Kenai Police Department to advise that she would like to remand herself on active warrants. A records

check indicated that Lageson did have a warrant, a Palmer Alaska State Troopers misdemeanor $6,000 warrant for failure to comply with probation/ Alcohol Safety Action Program and anger management. n On Jan. 26 at 5:59 p.m., in an ongoing theft investigation, Kenai police contacted subject Danny T. Alexan, Jr., 35, of Kenai, who was arrested for thirddegree theft and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Jan. 26 at 7:27 p.m., Kenai police responded to assist Soldotna Police Department on a traffic stop at Kenai Spur Highway and Sport Lake Road. Officers contacted Dreana F. Brown, 36, of Kenai, who was arrested for driving under the influence, fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, tampering with evidence and first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor. Brown was also arrested for failure to insure vehicle and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, both being from two previous ongoing cases. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Jan. 25 at 09:57 a.m., Kenai police responded to Wildwood Pretrial Facility regarding an ongoing theft investigation and contacted Gwendolyn M. Wood, 37, of Soldotna, who was remanded for first-degree burglary, two counts of seconddegree theft and fifth-degree criminal mischief. n On Jan. 25 at 4:22 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop at Stanley Ford on the Kenai Spur Highway. Officers contacted Michael J. DayBontly, 27, of Soldotna, who was issued a summons for driving while license suspended and released from the scene. n On Jan. 25 at 7:32 p.m., Kenai police contacted an occupied vehicle at an apartment complex in Kenai. Katheryn J. Heazlett, 23, of Nikiski, was arrested for felony driving under the influence, fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, first-degree promoting contraband, driving while license revoked, sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance and avoidance of an interlock ignition device. Heazlett was taken to Wildwood Pretrial.

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Alaska Briefs Woman wanted on possession charge turns herself in FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman wanted on charges of heroin possession has surrendered to Alaska State Troopers. The Daily News-Miner newspaper reports 28-year-old Katherine Eisenman was indicted by a Fairbanks grand jury this week on felony charges of second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. According to a trooper news release issued Friday, state drug enforcement agents assisted University of Alaska Fairbanks police with a search warrant of a residence in July. The troopers seized 14 grams of heroin, more than $4,300 in cash and two scales. Charges against Eisenman were forwarded to the Fairbanks District Attorney’s office following the search, but she wasn’t indicted by the grand jury until Wednesday. A warrant was issued for Eisenman the same day, and she turned herself in the next day.

Trooper in center of Palin inquiry leaves patrol ANCHORAGE — The state trooper at the center of abuse-of-power investigations of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is no longer with the force. The state Division of Personnel and Labor Relations says Trooper Mike Wooten’s state employment ended on Wednesday, the Anchorage Daily News reported Saturday . The reason for his departure was not disclosed. Limited information about state employees is public under state law. Officials cannot say why he left, said Kate Sheehan, deputy director of labor relations. The state calls an employee leaving a “separation,” which can include resignation, termination or retirement, she said. Wooten went through a bitter divorce with Palin’s sister and was the target of complaints from the former U.S. vice presidential nominee and her family starting in 2005. After she was elected in 2006, Palin’s husband, Todd, and her aides urged her public safety commissioner and others to fire Wooten. Palin fired her public safety commissioner when Wooten stayed on the job, prompting two investigations into whether Palin abused her power. One inquiry found she did, and the other said she didn’t. During the investigations, Wooten allowed his union to release his personnel files, which included findings that he had used a stun gun on his stepson, illegally shot a moose, drank beer in his patrol car and made a threat against his father-in-law. The newspaper’s efforts to reach Wooten on Friday through the Public Safety Employees Association were unsuccessful. The Associated Press was unable to locate a phone number for Wooten on Saturday. His last post was in the western Alaska village of Emmonak, 10 miles from the Bering Sea at the mouth of the Yukon River. — The Associated Press

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Immigrant reform might raise price of US citizenship

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Hilda Vasquez makes tamales in her kitchen in Edinburg, Texas on Dec. 4, 2013.Vasquez raised the $680 for her U.S. citizenship application by selling batches of homemade tamales at South Texas offices. Immigration advocates are concerned comprehensive immigration reform proposals, which could more than triple the cost of legalization and citizenship for those illegally in the country, will make the financial hurdles almost impassable. By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Associated Press

EDINBURG, Texas — Hilda Vasquez squirreled away the money for her U.S. citizenship application by selling batches of homemade tamales at South Texas offices. Carmen Zalazar picked up extra babysitting jobs at night after caring for kids all day in Houston. The women scrimped and saved for months to pay for the $680 application, but for other applicants in the future, it might not be enough. As President Barack Obama renews his quest for immigration reform, some proposals would impose fines of $2,000 on top of application fees, making the financial hurdles much taller for people who are here illegally. “You have more rights when you are a citizen, like to

vote,” said Zalazar, a legal resident. As soon as she started a citizenship class, “I started to save because I knew otherwise it won’t be possible.” The struggle is familiar to millions of immigrants. A 2012 survey by the Pew Hispanic Center showed that only 46 percent of Hispanic immigrants eligible to become citizens had done so. The top two reasons were lack of English skills and lack of money to pay for the application. Manuel Enrique Angel made learning English his first priority upon arriving in Houston from his native El Salvador two years ago. He now speaks English clearly and deliberately and plans to apply for citizenship as soon as he becomes eligible later this year. Trained as a lawyer in El Salvador, the 28-year-old works as a cook in a Houston burger joint. His wife, an

American citizen, is a hair stylist. He estimates it will take him up to eight months to save the money for the citizenship application. “It’s really hard when you have to pay rent around $600, when you have car notes for $300 and $500,” Angel said. Republican supporters of the proposed fines say penalties are necessary to defend against any appearance that creating a pathway to citizenship amounts to amnesty. Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based think tank that supports tighter immigration controls, said if immigrants who are in the country illegally are allowed to seek citizenship, they should have to pay the costs, which will increase if millions of applications need to be processed. However, he said, the costs should not be so high that peo-

ple can’t afford them. “It’s stupid to price people out of the market,” Krikorian said. Angel plans to take advantage of a program at a Houston credit union that offers small low-interest loans specifically to help clients become citizens. The Promise Credit Union partners with Neighborhood Centers Inc., a nonprofit network of community centers in the Houston area that cater to immigrants. Credit union President Randy Martinez said the program began as a pilot in 2012 and only officially started last fall. “We don’t want that to become an obstacle for them not to become citizens, just because they don’t have the entire fee to pay,” he said. The credit union’s $455 loans include $380 toward the citizenship process plus a $75 processing fee for the loan application. They carry a fixed 5 percent interest rate for a 12-month term, so the monthly payments work out to about $38. Applicants must contribute $300 of their own money. They are all pre-screened by the Neighborhood Centers legal team to make sure they qualify for citizenship and have all the necessary documentation. The credit union has already discussed expanding the loans if Congress approves a reform package that offers people in the country illegally a costlier path to citizenship, Martinez said. An immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in June did not set the costs of the proposed 13-year path to citizenship. Lawmakers left that up to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, with the idea that fees would make the system self-sustaining. While the fees remain unspecified, the Senate bill lays out penalties totaling $2,000 to be paid at various steps along the way. The legislation would create a new status called “registered provisional immigrant” and require anyone with that status to pay taxes.

Man charged in off-campus Mich. shooting BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities announced Sunday they have charged a 20-year-old man with shooting a Ferris State University student at his off-campus apartment, while police continued searching for a man they say killed one Michigan State University student and wounded another near that school. DeCory D. Downing is charged with attempted murder and having a firearm in a felony, said Ferris State University Public Safety Director Bruce Borkovich. Downing is from Macomb

County in suburban Detroit, isn’t a student at Ferris State and has an “extensive criminal record,” Borkovich told MLive.com. Downing was being held in the Mecosta County Jail and expected to be arraigned Monday in district court. Authorities had no immediate information on whether he has a lawyer. Police made the arrest late Saturday at an on-campus apartment, school spokesman Sandy Gholston said. He said police also were questioning a woman. The victim’s injuries aren’t lifethreatening.

Investigators Sunday didn’t yet know a motive in the shooting, Borkovich said. He said there was a party nearby at the time of the shooting before dawn Saturday, but Borkovich said it was unclear whether both men were at the party or knew each other. “Early indications are that it may have just been an argument that went bad,” he said. Classes and activities on campus were canceled or suspended Saturday. In East Lansing, police said Sunday that they were still seeking a man who fatally shot one

20-year-old Michigan State University student and wounded another 20-year-old Friday night. Dominique Nolff, of Middleville, was pronounced dead Saturday morning, about 12 hours after he and his roommate were shot. The roommate, whose name wasn’t disclosed, was treated at a hospital and released. Police described the suspect as a 20- to 25-year-old man who was wearing tan pants, a black coat and black shoes or boots. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Nolff family and friends,” Michigan State spokesman Kent Cassella said in a statement.

California farmers brace for drought, unemployment By SCOTT SMITH Associated Press

MENDOTA, Calif. — Amid California’s driest year on record, the nation’s leading agricultural region is locked in drought and bracing for unemployment to soar, sending farm workers to food lines in a place famous for its abundance. One-third of the Central Valley’s jobs are related to farming. Strains on water supplies are expected to force farmers to leave fields unplanted, creating a ripple effect on food processing plant workers, truck drivers and those who sell fertilizer, irrigation equipment and tractors. No place may be harder hit than Mendota, a small farm town where unemployment rose above 40 percent at the height of the economic recession in 2009, also a dry year. Mayor Robert Silva said he fears this year could be even worse. “We’re supposed to be the cantaloupe capital of the world,” Silva said. “But we’re the food line capital of the world.” Residents of Mendota late last year began seeing tough times on the horizon when little rain fell in the valley and snow didn’t blanket the High Sierra. This marks the third consecutive dry year for California, and Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency. This past week, the snow pack’s water content was measured at 12 percent of normal. State officials announced that they would not be sending water to California’s agricultural customers. U.S. officials are expected in late February to announce they will allot only a fraction of the federally controlled water that farmers want, if any. If that scenario plays out, Silva estimates the lines they saw outside a Mendota food bank five years ago could run three times as long this year. His town’s unemployment today is at 34 percent

— the highest in Fresno County — and interim City Manager Don Pauley figures it will top 50 percent. Officials at Mendota’s City Hall aren’t the only uneasy ones. Steve Malanca, general manager at Thomason Tractor in Firebaugh, said farmers have already told him that digging deeper wells and buying irrigation water are higher priorities in 2014 than investing in new farm equipment from him. With reduced work in the fields, Malanca said it’s clear he will have to lay off some of his 49 employees. The ripple effect of drought extends to the trucking companies that haul crops, tire companies that outfit the big rigs and fuel suppliers who provide diesel, he said. Employees at John Deere world headquarters in Moline, Ill., will feel repercussions from drought in California, the biggest agricultural producer, he said. So will the businesses that make cardboard boxes to hold cantaloupes and the wooden pallets for stacking the boxes, Malanca said. The list goes on. “When you make a hay bale, you’ve got to tie that bale with string,” he said. “The supplier who made that string, he’s going to be out of work, too.” A 2012 study by the Agricultural Issues Center at the University of California, Davis, found that farming and food processing industries created nearly 38 percent of all Central Valley jobs. Every 100 farm and processing jobs create work for another 92 people, said the report, which measured agriculture’s impact on the state’s economy. Fresno County led the nation in farming in 2012, generating nearly $6.6 billion in economic activity, said Ryan Jacobsen, executive director of the Fresno County Farm Bureau. With no surface water for farmers, he anticipates that up to 25 percent of irrigated field and orchards in the county will lay unplanted.

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Radicals a wild card in Ukraine’s protests By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president will return Monday from a short sick leave that had sparked a guessing game he was taking himself out of action in preparation to step down or for a crackdown on widespread antigovernment protests. Viktor Yanukovych’s office made the announcement about the president’s return the same day as protesters seeking his resignation held one of their largest gatherings in recent weeks. About 20,000 people assembled at the main protest site in Kiev’s central square on Sunday. Yanukovych’s sick leave was announced Thursday, with his office saying he had an acute respiratory illness. Some opposition leaders were skeptical about it, however, and thought Yanukovych was disappearing

from the limelight in preparation for imposing a state of emergency amid the deepest turmoil in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution in 2004-2005. The protests, which are heading into a third month, began in late November after Yanukovych backed away from a long-awaited agreement to deepen ties with the European Union. They quickly grew to encompass a wide range of grievances after police violently dispersed some of the early gatherings. During Yanukovych’s sick leave, a sense of stasis set in and neither side showed signs of movement. But his return to work could bring new action. “Repression works in reverse. More people are coming to Maidan,” said demonstrator Tamara Tribko, using the abbreviated name of the square where an extensive tent camp

has been established since early December. Top opposition figures spoke to the rally to urge supporters to push forward with their demands. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, one of the protest leaders, emphasized the importance of obtaining the release of all people arrested during the protests. “We must free all,” Yatsenyuk said, adding that there were 116 people being held. “Freedom to every hero.” Yanukovych’s sick leave was announced the morning after the parliament voted to offer amnesty to many of those arrested during protests on the condition that demonstrators vacate some of the buildings they occupy in Kiev and government buildings elsewhere in the country. The measure was greeted with disdain by protesters, who characterized it as the govern-

ment essentially taking hostages and then using them to try to negotiate concessions. Kiev’s city hall, which protesters have seized, is being used as an operations center and dormitory key to supporting the extensive protester tent camp on the nearby Independence Square. Another protest leader, former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, showed that opposition hopes for cooperation from abroad are high. “The crisis will end at last when under the auspices of the international community we will hold new elections that will stop the regime of Yanukovych,” he said. On Tuesday, parliament is expected to consider reforms to the constitution that would reduce some presidential powers and allot them to the prime minister. Yanukovych last week accepted the resignation of Prime

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A protester guards the barricade in front of riot police in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday. Ukraine’s embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is taking sick leave as the country’s political crisis continues without signs of resolution.

Minister Mykola Azarov, but hasn’t appointed a new one. Also Sunday, authorities granted permission to a promi-

nent opposition activist to leave Ukraine for treatment of injuries he sustained after allegedly being kidnapped and tortured.

Afghan presidential election campaign kicks off By KAY JOHNSON Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Campaigning officially opened Sunday in Afghanistan’s presidential election, with 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai in polls seen as a crucial test of whether the country can ensure a stable political transition. The April 5 presidential vote will be held in a climate of uncertainty as NATO combat forces ready their withdrawal at the end of 2014. If successful, the election will usher in the first handover from one elected president to another in Afghan history. Security is a major concern in the election, as is potential fraud after allegations of voterigging marred the 2009 polls.

The eventual winner will face the tough task of continuing to fight the bloody Taliban insurgency, overseeing the end of the international coalition’s combat mission and possibly deciding if any residual foreign forces will remain next year. Karzai — who has more or less led Afghanistan in the 12 years after the intervention to oust the Taliban’s extremist Islamic regime for sheltering al-Qaida’s leadership after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. — is constitutionally barred from running for a third term. On a cold and rainy Sunday morning in Kabul, campaign workers hastened to hang posters on lampposts and plaster their candidates’ faces on billboards. Several political heavyweights including opposition

leader Abdullah Abdullah and former finance minister Ashraf Ghani held rallies in local wedding halls, while security forces with machine guns guarded the venues. The specter of violence hangs over the election season, with the Taliban vowing to disrupt the polls and two political workers killed in western Afghanistan on the eve of the campaign launch. The government provides each candidate three armored vehicles and three pickup trucks, plus 35 armed policemen as protection. There is no clear front-runner, though opposition leader Abdullah arguably has an early advantage in name recognition and campaign experience, having gained 31 percent of the vote as runner-up to Karzai in the 2009 elections. He is popular among Afghanistan’s Tajik ethnic mi-

nority, but it is unclear if he can attract votes of enough Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group, to win office. Abdullah voiced support Sunday for Afghanistan entering into a security agreement with the U.S. that would allow a few thousand foreign forces to remain to train and equip Afghanistan’s army and police, saying the country still needs outside support. “God willing, with the signing of this agreement, today or tomorrow, the concerns of our people would be over,” Abdullah told supporters. Karzai has refused to sign the agreement, and none of the other candidates has addressed the issue. The lineup of other candidates illustrates that patronage and alliances among the elite

still form the bedrock of Afghanistan’s politics, where tribal elders and warlords can marshal votes. The contenders include Ghani, a Pashtun former finance minister who oversaw the transition of security from foreign forces to the Afghan army and police, and who ran and lost in the 2009 elections. He promised that if elected, he would strengthen stability across the country, where insurgent attacks and bombings are a daily reality. “This campaign is for the people, and starting from here, I believe that there will not be any fraud this time,” Ghani said. Like many of the candidates, Ghani picked a running mate to appeal across Afghanistan’s ethnic divides. He chose former warlord Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum — thought to control

the majority of the ethnic Uzbek vote — as his one of his two potential vice presidents. The country’s population of 31 million is roughly 42 percent Pashtun, 27 percent Tajik, 9 percent Hazara, and 9 percent Uzbek along with smaller groups. The Taliban are predominantly Pashtun, and Karzai is also Pashtun. Karzai’s former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, a Pashtun, is running with Ahmad Zia Massoud, the Tajik brother of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the commander of the Northern Alliance resistance to the Taliban who was assassinated in an al-Qaida suicide bombing two days before Sept. 11, 2001. Rassoul is a former national security adviser to the government who could up end being a consensus candidate among many political factions.

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A 1st title for the 12th Man Seahawks lower Legion of Boom on Manning, Broncos BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Waiting to get their hands on the Lombardi Trophy, the Seahawks were surrounded by security guards in orange jackets. It was the first time anyone in that color stopped them all night. The Seahawks stayed true to their mantra to make each day a championship day. They made Super Bowl Sunday the best day of all with one of the greatest performances in an NFL title game — sparked by a defense that ranks among the best ever. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl crown by punishing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 43-8. That masterful defense, the NFL’s stingiest, never let the fivetime MVP get going, disarming the highest-scoring offense in league history. “The only way we could say we were the best defense was to take down the best offense,” linebacker Bobby Wagner said. Seattle (16-3) was too quick, too physical and just too good for Denver. What was hyped as a classic matchup between an unstoppable offense and a miserly defense turned into a rout. “We’ve been relentless all season,” quarterback Russell Wilson said. “Having that men-

tality of having a championship day every day. At the end of the day, you want to play your best football and that is what we did today.” Punctuating Seattle’s dominance were a 69-yard interception return touchdown by linebacker Malcolm Smith to make it 22-0, and Percy Harvin’s sensational 87-yard kickoff return to open the second half. “I always imagined myself making great plays,” said Smith, the game’s MVP. “Never thought about being the MVP.” When the Seahawks, up by 29 points, forced a Denver punt early in the third quarter, the 12th Man — and there were legions of them in MetLife Stadium — began chanting “L-OB, L-O-B.” As in Legion of Boom, the Seahawks’ hard-hitting secondary, part of a young team with an average age of 26 years, 138 days. “This is an amazing team. Took us four years to get to this point, but they never have taken a step sideways,” coach Pete Carroll said. “These guys would not take anything but winning this ballgame.” The loss by the Broncos again raised questions about Manning’s ability to win the biggest games. He is 11-12 in the postseason, 1-2 in SuAP Photo/Matt Slocum per Bowls. After the game, he brushed off questions about his Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy as he celebrates after the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII footSee BOWL, Page A-9 ball game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. The Seahawks won 43-8.

Carroll proves doubters wrong

Seattle’s Smith is unlikely MVP

e was supposed to be too nice, too laid-back, too much of a rah-rah guy for the NFL. That was always the knock on Pete Carroll. When people called him a “player’s coach,” what they really meant was that sooner or later, his own players were going to pull the rug out from under him. You heard it when Carroll got to Seattle four seasons ago — fresh off building a USC program that captured two national titles, but at times resembled a fraternity — and went 7-9 in each of the first two years. The same way you did when Carroll was run out of New York exactly 20 years earlier, like some wide-eyed tourist who’d just had his pocket picked. He proved he could dominate the college game, and his hair turned gray in the interim. Yet you heard it again during the buildup to this Super Bowl, when Carroll refused to crack down on star defender Richard Sherman for talking too much, or running back Marshawn

HOWARD FENDRICH AP Pro Football Writer

S ports V iews

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Standing near his locker, the one where two footballs were J im L itke tucked away for safekeeping, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lynch for talking too little, or Malcolm Smith repeated the essentially passing off the rash word “fortunate” over and over of drug busts — seven Seattle again. players have been suspended The third player at his poby the league for substancesition in NFL history to earn abuse or performance-enhancSuper Bowl MVP honors, he ers since 2011 — as youthful spoke about feeling “fortunate mistakes. to be a part of it” and “fortunate “What,” Carroll said late to get opportunities.” Sunday night through a widenTruth is, the Seahawks were ing smile, “are you supposed the lucky ones. to say to that?” Because even though Smith Exactly what the Seawas only a seventh-round draft hawks said with their play just pick, a guy who was not supmoments earlier, making a posed to be a starter this se statement in the Super Bowl by ason, he always was ready destroying the Denver Broncos when called upon. Never more and quarterback Peyton Manso than Sunday night, when ning 43-8. Smith returned an interception “I think he does a great job of regular-season MVP Peyton of just making every day seem AP Photo/Evan Vucci Manning 69 yards for a touchlike it’s a championship game,” Seahawks’ Malcolm Smith celebrates as he returns an inter- down in the first half, recovered said cornerback Byron Maxception 69 yards for a touchdown during the first half of the a fumble in the second half, and well. “I don’t want to say it feels NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game against the Denver Bron- was part of a dominating defensive performance that helped See LITKE, Page A-9 cos on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.

Seattle beat the Denver Broncos 43-8 for the championship. “He’s one of the guys that plays with a chip on his shoulder,” fellow linebacker K.J. Wright said. “He almost didn’t get drafted. For him to come in, start from the bottom and work his way up to Super Bowl MVP, it shows how much character he has, how resilient he is.” Sure is. And it was rather appropriate that a member of Seattle’s league-leading “D’’ would be the MVP of the Super Bowl, considering the way the Seahawks shut down Manning and Denver’s record-breaking offense, forcing four turnovers and holding the Broncos scoreless until the last play of the third quarter. Smith joined Ray Lewis of Baltimore in 2001, and Chuck Howley of Dallas in 1971 as the only linebackers to be picked as the top player in a Super Bowl. Only eight of 48 Super Bowls have ended with someone who plays defense getting the honor; the last example was Tampa Bay Buccaneers free safety Dexter Jackson in 2003.

Seattle parties after 1st major title in over 30 years GENE JOHNSON Associated Press

SEATTLE — With shouts, cheers and fireworks, Seattle residents celebrated a dominant victory in the Super Bowl — the city’s first major sports championship in more than 30 years. Thousands of people took to the streets throughout the city and Seattle police planned an increased presence throughout the city Sunday night. They sent a tweet on the department’s widely followed Twitter account saying, “Officers will be out and about citywide making sure everyone is celebrating safely.” The Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8. The last time a major Seattle sports franchise won a championship was in 1979 when the Supersonics took the NBA title. The WNBA’s Seattle Storm have won two championships, in 2004 and 2010.

Mayor Ed Murray said in a statement that a Seahawks victory parade would happen Wednesday. Fans blared horns and launched fireworks. In the University District, near the University of Washington, fire crews extinguished at least one bonfire as rowdy fans were out in force. In Occidental Park in Pioneer Square, near CenturyLink Field where the Seahawks play, people waving “12th Man” flags took to the street, and others climbed trees and sculptures. Fans in some neighborhoods blocked traffic. Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson said Sunday night the biggest concentrations of people were downtown and in the University District. He said no major disturbances had been reported. Senayet Woldemarian, a 29-year-old physical therapist from The north Seattle Suburb of Shoreline, shrieked giddily and waved her Seahawks flag at

honking cars on a North Seattle street: “We got our first Super Bowl!” Her friend, wedding photographer Taylor Olcott, 28, said it reminded her a little of being in Boston in 2004, when the Red Sox won baseball’s World Series for the first time since 1918. “This is the first time I’ve really seen Seattle passionate about anything,” she said. “It’s, like, East Coast. It’s very exciting.” About 30 people watched the game at the Outlander Brewery in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. It was such a blowout that by the fourth quarter, employees had switched one of the three TVs to Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl.” “We’re all in euphoria right now,” said Steve McVay, a 43-year-old Seattle IT worker. “It’s a huge deal for the city. AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Erika Schultz Since the Sonics we haven’t Thousands of Seattle Seahawks fans celebrate in the Pioneer Square neighborhood in Seattle won anything.” John Caro and his wife, Cori- after the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win Sunday over the Denver Broncos. na, both 59, whooped their way Seattle, high-fiving passersby. raised here! This is my ultimate have waited so freakin’ long for down Lake City Way in North “I was born here, I was dream!” Caro shouted. “We this!” C

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legacy. “Certainly to finish this way is very disappointing. It’s not an easy pill to swallow,” said Manning, who threw for a record 55 touchdowns in 2013, two years after missing an entire season because of neck surgeries. “I don’t know if you ever really get over it.” He never looked comfortable against a defense some will begin comparing to the 1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens — other NFL champions who had runaway Super Bowl victories. Seattle forced four turnovers; Denver had 26 all season. All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman left with a high ankle sprain in

the fourth quarter. He celebrated on crutches. “I hope we etched our names in the history books,” Sherman said. Wilson, who has an NFL-record 28 wins in his first two pro seasons, including playoffs, had a 23-yard TD pass to Jermaine Kearse late in the third quarter to make it 36-0. Wilson also hit Doug Baldwin for a 10-yard score in the final period in what had become one of the most lopsided Super Bowls. For the fifth time in six meetings between the NFL’s No. 1 offense and defense, the D dominated. “It’s all about making history,” AllPro safety Earl Thomas said. “This was a dominant performance from top to bottom.” Denver fell to 2-5 in Super Bowls, and by the end many of Manning’s passes resembled the “ducks” Sher-

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Doug Baldwin said about Carroll’s approach, “ it wouldn’t work. ... “You’ll run Continued from page A-8 through a wall for that guy.” It takes only a minute or like a regular game,” he added, two around Carroll to see “but it feels like a regular game why he inspires that kind of in a sense. He does a great job fierce loyalty. He rambles sometimes, but he always of that.” There were dozens of stats listens. On the podium after the win, he didn’t gloat and that spoke volumes about how enthusiastically Carroll’s more than once, he leaned away from the microphone players warmed to the tasks. But few leapt off the page as and off to one side to make vividly as the large Gatorade sure heard the questions being thrown at him from every stain covering the back of side. Carroll’s shirt. “It played out the way we “If it were fake,” receiver

Sports Briefs Homer girls, boys travel to Barrow

The Homer girls and boys basketball teams traveled to Barrow this weekend for the Whaler Invitational. The Homer boys finished second at the event, while the girls finished without a win. Homer started the tourney with a 56-47 loss to eventual champion Barrow. Quinn Daugharty and Sheldon Hutt each had 14 for the Mariners, while Makana Ahgeak had 14 for Barrow. Friday, Homer edged Mt. Edgecumbe 56-53. Daugharty led with 16, while Hutt had 14 and Kenneth Schneider added 13. Jaloni Pepper paced Mt. Edgecumbe with 20. Saturday, Homer finished with a 47-34 victory over Hutchison. Hutt pumped in 14, while Drew Brown had 10. Daugharty and Hutt made the all-tournament team for Homer. The Homer girls went 0-3 at the event. The Mariners started with a 46-37 loss to Barrow on Thursday. Madison Akers had 15 points for Homer, while Angela Miguel had 26 points for the Whalers. Friday, Homer lost to Mt. Edgecumbe 49-30. Tayla Cabana had 11 points for Homer, while Taryn White and Renatta Olson each had 14 for the Braves. Saturday, Homer finished up the tourney by falling to Hutchison 45-30. Akers pumped in 15 points for the Mariners, while Katie Peterson had 12 and Taylor Hasting had 10 for the Hawks. Mt. Edgecumbe ended up winning the girls title, while Hutchison was second. Akers made the all-tournament team for Homer.

Area skiers make Junior Nationals squad Soldotna High School’s Sadie Fox and Hannah Pothast, and Kenai Central’s Travis Cooper, qualified for the Junior Nationals squad after the sixth and final Besh Cup race Sunday in Fairbanks. Fox and Pothast both qualified as Under-18 girls. Cooper qualified in Under-18 boys. The final Besh Cup of the season was a mass start classical race. In the Under-18 boys 10-kilometer, Cooper was ninth in 31 minutes, 30 seconds, and SoHi’s Levi Michael was 12th in 31:50. In the Under-18 girls 10-kilometer, Pothast was fifth in 37:58, Fox was sixth in 38:33 and Skyview’s Mika Morton was 14th in 41:37. In the Under-14 boys three-kilometer, area skier David Michael was fourth in 9:44 and area skier Jeremy Kupferschmid was sixth in 9:48. In the Under-16 boys three-kilometer, area skier John-Mark Pothast took 19th in 10:09. In the Under-14 girls three-kilometer, area skier Addison Gibson was fifth in 11:53.

Randall takes 5th in sprint TOBLACH, Italy — Marit Bjoergen of Norway picked up her second World Cup win of the weekend as she triumphed in the women’s freestyle sprint in Toblach on Sunday, while compatriot Ola Vigen Hattestad was victorious in the men’s event. In the last race before the Sochi Olympics, Bjoergen followed up her win in the 10-kilometer classical race on Saturday by beating World Cup sprint leader Denise Herrmann of Germany by 0.43 seconds for her fifth victory of the season. Fellow Norwegian Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg was third, 1.46 seconds behind. “I think my legs were a little bit tired after yesterday,” Bjoergen said. “I didn’t feel very fast in the qualification. But each heat I felt a little bit better and was able to advance each time. I was able to get myself into good position off the downhill in the final to be able to get the win today.” Kikkan Randall of the United States was fifth.

Celtics defeat Magic BOSTON — Rajon Rondo waited more than a year to celebrate playing in a victory. Rondo made 9 of 11 shots and finished with season highs of 19 points and 10 assists while helping Boston end a four-game losing streak with a 96-89 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday. “We didn’t stop pushing the pace even though we had the lead,” Rondo said. “We finally finished a game strong. They made a run at it, but at the end of the day we still got some stops when we needed and made the plays.” Boston entered Sunday winless in six games since Rondo’s return last month after missing nearly a year with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He sat out the second of backto-back games earlier in the week and was fresh enough at the end Sunday to help the Celtics hold off a late push by the Magic.

Capitals topple Red Wings WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 39th goal on a power play 2:37 into overtime, and the Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 Sunday to earn a split of a home-and-home set and tighten up things in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference.

JETS 2, CANADIENS 1 MONTREAL — Michael Frolik scored in the third period to give Winnipeg a victory over Montreal. Tobias Enstrom also scored for the Jets and Al Montoya stopped 30 shots. — Staff and wire reports

man said the All-Pro quarterback sometimes threw. The victory was particularly sweet for Carroll, fired in 1994 by the Jets. He led the Patriots for three seasons and again was canned. After a short stint out of coaching, he took over at Southern California and won two national titles. But he always felt there was unfinished business in the NFL. Carroll finished that business by lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy, four years after taking charge in Seattle and eight years after the Seahawks lost in their only previous Super Bowl to Pittsburgh. No Super Bowl had been played outdoors in a cold-weather city — not that the Big Apple was anything close to frozen Sunday, when it was 49 degrees at kickoff. Things went sour for Manning and

wanted it to play,” he said. “All phases contributed. It was not really a question in their minds that we wouldn’t perform like this.” Carroll rarely tears into his guys, and while that niceguy persona worked wonders in college, it nearly got him laughed out of the pros. Coaches are hired to be fired, or so the saying goes. But the Jets team he inherited in 1994 — after working as an assistant from coast to coast — practically guaranteed it by flat-out quitting on him in his only season there.

the Broncos from the very first scrimmage play, and by halftime they were down 22-0 — their biggest deficit of the season and the only time they didn’t score in a half. On that first play, Manning stepped up toward the line just as center Manny Ramirez snapped the ball. It flew past his incredulous quarterback into the end zone, where Knowshon Moreno dived on it for a safety. A mere 12 seconds in, Seattle led 2-0 with the quickest score in Super Bowl history, beating Chicago’s Devin Hester’s kickoff return to open the 2007 game — against Manning’s Colts. That one ended much better for Manning as Indianapolis won the championship. This one was a fiasco throughout. Steven Hauschka made 31- and 33yard field goals for 8-0. Then the Sea-

They took his constant calls for shared responsibility as an invitation to take the rest of the season off. One moment the Jets were 6-5 and the next time Carroll looked up, they were 6-10. Even so, he never saw it coming. When the Jets’ late owner, Leon Hess, finally got around to firing Carroll, this is what he reported back, “Pete was shocked. He’s a great, highprincipled man. He didn’t expect it.” Carroll was so principled, in fact, that he didn’t change his approach; not when he

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hawks began scoring touchdowns. Manning’s third-down pass to Julius Thomas sailed way too high and directly to safety Kam Chancellor, giving the Seahawks the ball at Denver’s 37. A third-down pass interference call on Tony Carter brought Seattle to the 1, and Marshawn Lynch scored to make it 15-0. Then Smith made his second huge play in two weeks. His interception clinched the NFC championship win over San Francisco. Cliff Avril got to Manning’s arm as he was throwing, the ball fluttered directly to Smith, who took off down the left sideline for a 69-yard interception TD. Manning trudged to the sideline, a look of disgust on his face, Denver’s reputation as an unstoppable force erased.

got another NFL go-round with the Patriots, nor when he wound up back in the college ranks and on the West Coast, at laid-back Southern California. He still gave his assistants a wide berth, still played his hunches when it came to both trick plays and untested players — the kind of experiments that got him mocked in the hidebound NFL — and still insisted on spreading around the responsibilities, and especially the credit. Carroll gambled a career that he could get it right in

the NFL, provided he had the right people. It involved gathering up an armful of kids and another armful of undrafted free agents. Ultimately, it brought out the best in just about everybody that crossed his path. “We didn’t ask them to do things that we don’t always do,” Carroll said finally, “and they trusted in that.” Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke@ap.org and follow him at Twitter.com/JimLitke.

Indiana upsets No. 10 Michigan By The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Yogi Ferrell scored 27 points, hitting seven 3-pointers in eight tries, to lead unranked Indiana to a 63-52 upset of No. 10 Michigan on Sunday. Indiana (14-8, 4-5 Big Ten) had lost three of four but led most of the way in improving to 12-2 at Assembly Hall. Noah Vonleh added 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Hoosiers, who shot 54 percent to the Wolverines’ 40 percent. Michigan (16-5, 8-1) produced a season-low point total as a 10-game winning streak came to an end. Derrick Walton Jr. scored 13 points and Caris LeVert had 12. They were the only Wolverines in double figures, as leading scorer Nik Stauskas was

held to six points. Ferrell, a point guard, was the primary defender on Michigan’s small forward, and Stauskas missed 5 of 6 attempts, failing for the third time this season to score in double figures. The Hoosiers may have reinvigorated their hopes for an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament by securing their second victory over a top-10 opponent. NO. 13 CINCINNATI 50, SOUTH FLORIDA 45 CINCINNATI — Sean Kilpatrick overcame an off-target performance by scoring 10 of his 18 points in the closing minutes, rallying Cincinnati to its 14th straight victory.

The Bearcats (21-2, 10-0 American Athletic) trailed by three points with 8 minutes left. Kilpatrick, who leads the conference in scoring, took over the game and extended Cincinnati’s best start since the 200102 season, when it was in Conference USA. The senior guard made six free throws and two driving lay-ins, scoring 10 of Cincinnati’s final 12 points. Justin Jackson added 15 points as Cincinnati won its 17th straight home game, 15 of them this season. South Florida (11-11, 2-7) suffered another close loss to the Bearcats, who broke open a tie game for a 61-54 win on Jan. 18. Chris Perry had 13 points and Victor Rudd scored 11 for the Bulls, who have lost their

past 11 games in Cincinnati. VIRGINIA 48, NO. 18 PITTSBURGH 45 PITTSBURGH — Malcolm Brogdon made a last-second 3-pointer to give Virginia a victory against Pittsburgh. Brogdon finished 16 points for Virginia (17-5, 8-1), which maintained sole possession of second place in the ACC. The Cavaliers have won five consecutive games since losing at Duke on Jan. 13. Pitt (18-4, 6-3) lost consecutive games for the first time this season and fell into a third-place tie with Duke in the conference standings. The Panthers have lost three of their past five.

Scoreboard Golf Waste Management Phoenix Open

Sunday At TPC Scottsdale Scottsdale, Ariz. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,152; Par: 71 Final Kevin Stadler (500), $1,116,000 65-68-67-68—268 Graham DeLaet (245), $545,600 67-72-65-65—269 Bubba Watson (245), $545,600 64-66-68-71—269 Hunter Mahan (123), $272,800 66-71-65-68—270 Hideki Matsuyama (123), $272,800 66-67-68-69—270 Charles Howell III (92), $207,700 70-69-67-65—271 Brendan Steele (92), $207,700 66-74-62-69—271 Ryan Moore (92), $207,700 66-71-64-70—271 Harris English (80), $179,800 65-67-69-71—272 Webb Simpson (75), $167,400 68-72-67-66—273 Pat Perez (70), $155,000 65-68-70-71—274 Cameron Tringale (61), $130,200 71-67-69-68—275 John Mallinger (61), $130,200 67-72-67-69—275 Matt Jones (61), $130,200 65-65-72-73—275 Scott Piercy (55), $102,300 67-67-75-67—276 Morgan Hoffmann (55), $102,300 69-66-70-71—276 Greg Chalmers (55), $102,300 65-67-71-73—276 Jason Kokrak (55), $102,300 66-69-68-73—276 John Merrick (48), $63,302 75-65-69-68—277

Football Super Bowl Seahawks 43, Broncos 8 Seattle Denver

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First Quarter Sea_Avril safety, 14:48. Sea_FG Hauschka 31, 10:21. Sea_FG Hauschka 33, 2:16. Second Quarter Sea_Lynch 1 run (Hauschka kick), 12:00. Sea_Smith 69 interception return (Hauschka kick), 3:21. Third Quarter Sea_Harvin 87 kickoff return (Hauschka kick), 14:48. Sea_Kearse 23 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 2:58. Den_D.Thomas 14 pass from Manning (Welker pass from Manning), :00. Fourth Quarter Sea_Baldwin 10 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 11:45. A_82,529. Sea Den First downs 17 18 Total Net Yards 341 306 Rushes-yards 29-135 14-27 Passing 206 279 Punt Returns 0-0 1-9 Kickoff Returns 2-107 5-105 Interceptions Ret. 2-71 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-26-0 34-49-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-1 Punts 1-45.0 2-30.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2 Penalties-Yards 10-104 5-44 Time of Possession 31:53 28:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Seattle, Harvin 2-45, Lynch 15-39, Wilson 3-26, Turbin 9-25. Denver, Moreno 5-17, Anderson 2-9, Ball 6-1, Manning 1-0. PASSING_Seattle, Wilson 18-250-206, Jackson 0-1-0-0. Denver, Manning 34-49-2-280. RECEIVING_Seattle, Baldwin 5-66, Kearse 4-65, Tate 3-17, Willson 2-17, Lockette 1-19, Miller 1-10, Robinson 1-7, Harvin 1-5.

Michael Thompson (48), $63,302 Kevin Na (48), $63,302 William McGirt (48), $63,302 Justin Hicks (48), $63,302 Martin Laird (48), $63,302 John Rollins (48), $63,302 Patrick Reed (48), $63,302 Roberto Castro (48), $63,302 Chris Stroud (48), $63,302 Geoff Ogilvy (40), $40,300 Ken Duke (40), $40,300 Bryce Molder (40), $40,300 Spencer Levin (40), $40,300 Nick Watney (40), $40,300 Bill Haas (36), $33,480 Jason Bohn (36), $33,480 Jonas Blixt (36), $33,480 Camilo Villegas (32), $27,900 Gary Woodland (32), $27,900 Brian Davis (32), $27,900 Matt Every (32), $27,900 Ricky Barnes (32), $27,900 Chris Smith (27), $21,080 Phil Mickelson (27), $21,080 James Driscoll (27), $21,080 David Lingmerth (27), $21,080 K.J. Choi (27), $21,080 Ben Crane (27), $21,080 Erik Compton (21), $15,773

Denver, D.Thomas 13-118, Welker 8-84, J.Thomas 4-27, Moreno 3-20, Tamme 2-9, Ball 2-2, Anderson 1-14, Decker 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 25 22 Brooklyn 20 25 New York 19 28 Boston 16 33 Philadelphia 15 33 Southeast Division Miami 33 13 Atlanta 25 21 Washington 23 23 Charlotte 21 28 Orlando 13 36 Central Division Indiana 36 10 Chicago 23 23 Detroit 19 27 Cleveland 16 31 Milwaukee 8 39

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 34 13 Houston 32 17 Memphis 26 20 Dallas 27 21 New Orleans 20 26 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 38 11 Portland 34 13 Minnesota 23 24 Denver 22 23 Utah 16 31 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 34 16 Phoenix 29 18 Golden State 29 19 L.A. Lakers 16 31 Sacramento 15 32

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Sunday’s Games Boston 96, Orlando 89 Monday’s Games Orlando at Indiana, 3 p.m. Portland at Washington, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. New York at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 5 p.m. Toronto at Utah, 5 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, 6 p.m. All Times AST

Men’s Scores EAST Bryant 76, Sacred Heart 67 Penn St. 79, Purdue 68 Virginia 48, Pittsburgh 45 SOUTH ETSU 86, Kennesaw St. 73 SC-Upstate 80, Mercer 61 William & Mary 81, James Madison 79 MIDWEST Bowling Green 74, Buffalo 68 Cincinnati 50, South Florida 45 Indiana 63, Michigan 52 Milwaukee 86, Oakland 64 FAR WEST

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Oregon St. 71, UCLA 67

Women’s Scores EAST Delaware 69, Towson 44 Hartford 61, Stony Brook 48 Hofstra 68, Drexel 66 Maryland 89, Syracuse 64 New Hampshire 72, Binghamton 53 Northeastern 56, UNC Wilmington 44 SOUTH Florida 81, Mississippi 60 Kentucky 63, LSU 56 Louisville 79, South Florida 59 Miami 83, North Carolina 80 Mississippi St. 80, Georgia 67 Notre Dame 88, Duke 67 South Carolina 78, Missouri 62 Tennessee 64, Alabama 54 Vanderbilt 71, Texas A&M 69

Ryan Palmer (21), $15,773 David Lynn (21), $15,773 Aaron Baddeley (21), $15,773 Jhonattan Vegas (21), $15,773 Brendon de Jonge (16), $14,285 Robert Garrigus (16), $14,285 Brian Stuard (16), $14,285 Martin Kaymer (16), $14,285 Kevin Streelman (16), $14,285 David Hearn (12), $13,764 Nicolas Colsaerts (12), $13,764 J.B. Holmes (12), $13,764 Charley Hoffman (8), $13,206 Jonathan Byrd (8), $13,206 Brandt Snedeker (8), $13,206 Brian Gay (8), $13,206 Sang-Moon Bae (8), $13,206 John Peterson (8), $13,206 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (0), $12,710 Fred Funk (4), $12,710 Y.E. Yang (1), $12,276 Mark Calcavecchia (1), $12,276 Scott Langley (1), $12,276 Derek Ernst (1), $12,276 Steven Bowditch (1), $12,276 Ben Curtis (1), $11,842 Joe Ogilvie (1), $11,842 Chris Kirk (1), $11,656 Vijay Singh (1), $11,532

Virginia 80, Clemson 43 Virginia Tech 70, Boston College 63, OT Wake Forest 78, Florida St. 54 William & Mary 81, Coll. of Charleston 76 MIDWEST Akron 101, Buffalo 92 Bowling Green 66, Toledo 59 Bradley 64, Illinois St. 62 Cent. Michigan 80, Ohio 63 Drake 66, N. Iowa 64 Indiana 77, Illinois 58 Kent St. 60, Ball St. 57 Loyola of Chicago 71, Indiana St. 58 Miami (Ohio) 71, E. Michigan 65 Michigan St. 89, Purdue 73 Missouri St. 76, S. Illinois 58 Penn St. 79, Northwestern 75 S. Dakota St. 88, South Dakota 69 Wichita St. 66, Evansville 48 Wisconsin 82, Ohio St. 71 SOUTHWEST Auburn 56, Arkansas 48 FAR WEST Arizona St. 97, Oregon 94 Colorado 61, Utah 45 Oregon St. 64, Arizona 50 Stanford 79, California 64 UCLA 79, Washington St. 72 Washington 63, Southern Cal 55

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 54 35 16 3 73 164 119 Tampa Bay 55 32 18 5 69 162 137 Toronto 57 30 21 6 66 170 176 Montreal 56 29 21 6 64 137 139 Detroit 55 24 19 12 60 144 158 Ottawa 55 24 21 10 58 158 176 Florida 55 21 27 7 49 133 174 Buffalo 54 15 31 8 38 105 161 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 55 38 15 2 78 176 132 N.Y. Rangers 56 30 23 3 63 145 140 Columbus 55 28 23 4 60 163 154 Philadelphia 56 27 23 6 60 152 163

Carolina 54 Washington 56 New Jersey 56 N.Y. Islanders 57

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 57 33 10 14 80 200 158 St. Louis 54 37 12 5 79 185 125 Colorado 54 35 14 5 75 165 142 Minnesota 57 29 21 7 65 140 144 Dallas 55 25 21 9 59 158 160 Nashville 57 25 23 9 59 142 172 Winnipeg 57 27 25 5 59 161 166 Pacific Division Anaheim 57 40 12 5 85 189 139 San Jose 56 35 15 6 76 168 134 Los Angeles 57 30 21 6 66 134 122 Vancouver 56 27 20 9 63 142 147 Phoenix 55 26 19 10 62 159 164 Calgary 55 21 27 7 49 132 173 Edmonton 57 18 33 6 42 147 194 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Washington 6, Detroit 5, OT Winnipeg 2, Montreal 1 Monday’s Games Edmonton at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Colorado at New Jersey, 3:30 p.m. Columbus at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled G Cam Ward from Charlotte (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Recalled D Tim Erixon from Springfield (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned C Cory Emmerton to Grand Rapids (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned Fs Simon Moser and Colton Sissons to Milwaukee (AHL).

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members have told sport fishermen to “take two aspirin and come back in three years if you don’t feel better but ladies and gentlemen, the Kenai and Kasilof kings are now in the emergency room. No more aspirin, no more Bandaids. It’s time for oxygen.” Andy Szczesney, a member of the Kenai River Professional Guide Association said his guide business was suffering alongside several other businesses in Soldotna due to the dwindling king salmon runs and continued in-season closures of king salmon fishing on the Kenai River. Several people from Homer voiced their opposition to proposals that would limit the commercial drift fishery. Jim Lavrakas, director of the Homer Chamber of commerce said the city feared a loss of revenue. “About 100 commercial drift boats are ported in Homer,” he said. “Our belief is that if these proposals were passed...the eco-

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ter is a little warmer and has higher salinity, and the sea life is more diverse. “The outer coast — it’s just a whole other world,” he said. “And it’s just big. You have the whole wide-open Pacific out there … You could do one dive out there and see halibut, octopus, ling cod, rock fish … here you have to go to different areas for different things.” Rock walls, like a 300 foot one where Sutch likes to dive on the west side of Portland Island, have upwellings that bring up nutrients from the depths,

nomic health of Homer would suffer hardship,” he said. Homer City Manager Walt Wrede said shifting the commercial fishing fleet’s operations would have a ripple affect on the community that would be felt from fish stock operators to grocery stores. “The Port of Homer is operates as an enterprise fund. We have about 170 accounts where with fishing vessels, tenders and fish processors which participate directly in the Cook Inlet drift fishery,” he said. “This generates about $900,000 a year in fees for the port harbor.” Kenai City Manager Rick Koch supported limitations on the personal use fishery, a fishery that brings several thousand fishers to the mouth of the Kenai River in July. While the city welcomes the fishery, Koch said, it can be difficult to maintain the beaches when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opens it for 24-hour periods. While many commercial fishermen voiced opposition to proposals which would limit or change their gear, Central Peninsula setnet fisherman Gary Hollier said he had voluntarily

modified his gear to try and reduce his harvest of king salmon. Last year, Hollier cut several of his nets shorter and staggered them on his beach sites. Several board members asked him about his results, including questions about how whether king salmon swim lower in the water than sockeye salmon. On the first day of the board meeting, members heard from a private research company, Kintama, which sampled a small portion of the king salmon running in the inlet. The results of its tagging study suggested that king salmon swim lower and David Welch, company president, suggested that shallower setnets would harvest fewer kings. “For $10 and a case of beer, I could have saved the state $600,000 and told them the same thing,” Hollier said. Brent Johnson, president of the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, borough assembly member and Ninilchik Beach setnetter also advocated for modified gear. “What we’re faced with today is a sort of scary king salm-

on conservation issue,” he said. Last year, Johnson tried a selective harvest module prototype which he said would allow setnet fishers to catch sockeye and not catch kings. He also suggested research on the size of juvenile king salmon smolt. “King salmon live as juveniles in the river and they’re feeding in the river and we need to know how they’re being affected by boat traffic, turbidity issues ... we need to know if they’re being able to feed OK so that they’re going out to the ocean large. Survival is all about size then you’re a smolt.” The board will resume public testimony on Monday at 8 a.m. at the Egan Center before moving onto discussing stocks of concern in the Upper Cook Inlet, the Upper Cook Inlet Management Plan and the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan. Audio from the meetings can be heard on the Board of Fisheries webpage at adfg.alaska. gov.

also sometimes providing for better dives. Smith also loves diving along canyon walls. Sometimes, when they’re in their dens, the giant Pacific octopi will explore divers with their tentacles, Sutch said. He’s also been inked by them. “They’re pretty neat creatures,” he said. “You’ll see when they get mad; the ones here have little horns above their eyes and generally change a redder color. They’ll blend in … they’re pretty wild.” Sutch would love to see an orca while underwater. He’d also love to dive with a humpback in Alaska; he’s free dived with them in Hawaii. With a new dive, Sutch said, “you never know what

you might find. You’re always finding new things … One of the things that keeps me down is you can go down and see something you’ve never seen before.” That’s something Smith points to as different from warm water dives. “I love the tropics, but one of the things I notice … is you go out to a reef and there are lots of fish. Cool fish, colorful fish. You go to another reef, and they’re the same as the first reef. Then you go to a third reef, and there are lots of fish, colorful fish — but they’re the same,” she said. “Here you can dive in a spot and see nothing or you could go in an hour later and there’s a big octopus

in a little den there. You can go to the same site over and over and you see different things every time you go, which is neat in some ways and frustrating in some ways.” The only place she thinks is a consistent dive is the anchor at the breakwater in Young’s Bay. “Monster-size” giant Pacific octopi have made their home there, she said. “The biggest misconception about up here is that it’s void of life because it’s so cold. But actually we have a lot of life because of all the nutrients in the water, and because it’s free of pollutants,” Sutch said. “You dive new dive sites and might be the first one to ever dive there.”

Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com

Jazzline encourages young Homer dancers By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Morris News Service-Alaska Homer News

HOMER — Homer junkyards can be notorious for the odd stuff one might find buried under blue tarps — vintage Subaru parts, wringer washing machines or a world’s collection of buoys. Dig around in an artist’s yard, though, and there’s no telling what you can find. So when Jazzline director Jocelyn Shiro needed an egg for the 2014 Jazzline, performed Friday and Saturday, where better to go than to artist Leo Vait’s yard? Shiro is the local choreographic genius who not only creates the annual winter showcase of dance, but turns women, men, girls and boys who might never have danced before into living sculptures. Last year sadness and mourning inspired the theme of her show. “This year, it’s all about new beginnings,” she said. “My whole theme has to do with eggs.” Shiro put the word out that she needed an egg as a set piece for Jazzline, and not just any egg. She wanted a sculptural egg. Artist Judy Wynn said, “Call Leo Vait. I think he might have an egg in storage.” Shiro asked Vait, and he said, sure, he happened to have a 30-year-old fiberglass egg in his yard that he’d created for a Lynn Roff dance performance. Covered in moss, blackened with mold, but with a little work, Vait’s egg cleaned up nice. The “before” egg is the one on the Jazzline poster, with Shiro tucked inside it like a chick ready to hatch. “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,” Leo called himself. “It’s so beautiful, it gives me chills,” Shiro said of the finished product.

The annual Jazzline comes out of an ensemble that could be called a mini-Nutcracker Ballet. It’s the same idea. Encourage young dancers to learn and help them keep up with dance. This year, Jazzline has a solid group of middle school students. “They’re like athletes,” Shiro said. “They have stuck with it, not only because they enjoy it, but they feel like dance has made them comfortable in their bodies as they have gone through major growth spurts and helped them with other sports.” At the other end is a core group of adult women — Lisa Nordstrom, Maura Jones, Miranda Weiss, Wynn Levitt and new member Anne Gittenger. Gittenger, alas, broke her foot recently and Shiro had to scramble to rearrange some choreography and teach Jones her role. In between the young and mature are Jazzline’s teenage boys and girls, including three girls who have never done modern dance, but have done ballet. Max Mangue, an exchange student from Mozambique, is adding dance to his Alaska experience. In rehearsal, the boys acted like goofy guys, clowning around before the music started, but on stage they were all business — fluid, graceful and strong. What Jazzline lacked, though, was adult male dancers. The women kept asking if there would be any men this year, so Jazzline put the challenge back to them: recruit. Check out guys at bars who seem coordinated. Shiro was working out at the Alaska Training Room and saw a young, tall 26-year-old, Wil Roedl, who looked like he could lift Shiro over his head. “He lifted me like I weigh nothing,” Shiro said. “I knew he could lift heavy weights, but

I didn’t know if he knew his left foot from his right foot.” Roedl agreed to try out. Shiro, who also works as a physical therapist, said she has a good eye for body and kinesthetic awareness and thought Roedl had possibility, “We just started working together,” she said. “There’s no limitation. No hesitation with him. He’s very open and confident.” “It’s been more fulfilling than I thought it would be,” Roedl said. “I’ve been having a blast with it.” At a rehearsal last week, a person couldn’t tell Roedl had been dancing less than a year or that this would be his first public performance. In a duet with Shiro, he moved confidently. Raise Shiro up over his head so she looked like she was flying, then twist and let her gracefully fall, catching her at the last minute? No problem. “I felt trustful,” Shiro said. “He clicked. No matter what lift I wanted to try, I felt like I could go for it. Even if it failed, I knew he would not let me hit the floor.”

Ferry to aid Valdez residents on Monday JUNEAU (AP) — The ferry Aurora is slated to sail under a revised schedule Monday to accommodate Valdez residents due to the closing of the Richardson Highway. One additional direct Whittier to Valdez sailing is now available for online booking for Monday. Alaska Marine Highway staff will be contacting affected passengers. For more information, the ferry system is encouraging people to call their local terminal at 1-907-465-3941 or toll free at 1-800-642-0066. Avalanches last week closed off the Richardson Highway, Valdez’s only road link.

Shiro planned one duet with Roedl, but they had so much fun, she added another. Duets take dancing to another level in their intimacy, Shiro said. Before doing a duet, Shiro said she sat down and talked with Roedl about that. “It has to be very tender and very sweet. We must connect on an emotional level. Otherwise it’s a string of steps,” Shiro said. “The thing that turns a string of steps into a piece of art is an emotional connection.” That emotional connection is what keeps audiences coming back year after year for Jazzline. There’s the beauty of the human form, which can be seen in some dances that have posed moments, a brief stop in the motion where dance becomes sculpture. There’s the swirl of those bodies, like the energy of poi or fire dancing where the movement becomes art. Underlying it all is emotion: love, loss, longing, parting and rebirth. “I’ve seen him grow in so many ways, not only dancing, growing in his ability to express,” Shiro said of Roedl.

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ed 8,773 students according to background information on the budget provided to board members in advance of the meeting. The school board has already approved raising the student to teacher ratio by half a student resulting in a cut of about 10 teachers across the district. Jones said the cut in teachers represented a “substantial portion” of the $1.3 million in cuts the board of education has made over the past year to deal with the shortfall. While the district has yet to issue contracts, Jones said they would be discussed during tonight’s Board of Education meeting and being able to reduce positions through attrition was a possibility. “When you’ve got 85 percent of your budget in salaries and benefits, when it comes time to cut that’s where you go,” Jones said. Other potential sources of revenue include the Kenai Peninsula Borough, which funded the school district at $43.5 million last year, but could provide a further $2.5 million before reaching its cap. The board will discuss the budget at 3 p.m. in the borough building, 144 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna.

“The board basically said well, what we want to do is look at making reductions in that amount so we can start approaching and helping the problem so we don’t get to the point where it’s too big to solve,” Jones said. The board is required to approve a balanced budget — one in which the general fund revenue and expenditures are equal — and has been meeting to discuss possible sources of revenue and ways to cut spending. Board members have discussed closing the Skyview High School pool and will hold a work session the subject today 4:30 p.m. at the borough building in Soldotna. “I know how much our communities have come to appreciate access to these pools in our communities. But when we are looking at cutting teachers, and each pool represents 2-3 teacher salaries, I think we need to better examine who pays for these pools,” wrote board member Daniel Castimore according to his request to discuss to the district for Reach Rashah McChesney more information on the posat rashah.mcchesney@peninsible closure. Administration has project- sulaclarion.com

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is the Interior Department agency that manages offshore leasing, which was previously done by the Minerals Management Service before that agency was reorganized. People familiar with federal procedures say it could require a Supplemental EIS, which could take up to 18 months or more. There was an earlier Supplemental EIS on the 2008 sale which corrected certain defects found at the District Court level, and that took about 18 months. As for the Jan. 30 announcement that the program would stand down, Slaiby said, “our decision was very clearly based on the ruling by the 9th Circuit court. We had the 9th circuit taking issue with the EIS and this would leave our Exploration Plan

very vulnerable to challenge. Because of that decision we could not even get permits. This has been hard for us because we’ve worked hard this year get our assets in place. But looking at the results of the ruling, moving forward with any kind of certainty is impossible.” Slaiby said it was fortunate the ruling came before Shell had starting moving vessels. Had the company been able to proceed the drill ships and various support vessels would have started moving in February to Alaska waters. “We will have some costs, because these vessels had been contracted, but we’ll be working to farm them out,” to reduce the impact, Slaiby said. Shell expected the mobilization would have cost tens of millions of dollars, Slaiby said. Had the 9th Circuit ruling come later in the spring much of that would have been lost.

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

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Having a ball

Third and fourth grade students at Kaleidoscope Charter School celebrate the school’s 10th anniversary Jan. 24 in Kenai.

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

Career and Tech training offered

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

Science program delves into force Dynamic homeschool program STEAM ahead, session IV explores the uses of force and motion and begins February 11 at the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska. Science curriculum is delivered to your homeschooler in a format designed for maximum engagement. Three classes per session, $149, for kindergarten through eighth grades. For more information, call 907-283-2000 or email spring.larrowatakchallenger.org www.akchallenger.org.

Connections Home-school Dates to remember: Today — Connections science fair (last day to register) Friday — High school eligibility due Feb. 19 — ADF & G ice fishing field trip Sport Lake. Meet at boat ramp at Sports Lake at 10:00 a.m. Feb. 24-28 — Science Fair Projects due to office, Projects displayed from Feb. 24-28 and prizes awarded on Feb. 28 Feb. 28 — Iditaread starts! March 7 — High school eligibility due March 10-14 — Spring Break. Homer and Seward offices closed. Soldotna open with no advisors available. March 31 — Last day to turn in Connection orders; Last day to turn in Iditaread minutes April — Enrollment for 2014/2015 begins this month. The Connections Science Fair is open to all Connections Students. Please check with an advisor for rules/guidelines before planning or executing your science fair project. The science fair is not a contest, and all participants will receive a prize for their efforts. If you have any questions please contact Mark Wackler at the Soldotna office (mwackler@ kpbsd.k12.ak.us). Join Alaska Fish and Game and your Connections advisors for an hour of ice fishing on February 19 at Sport Lake. We will meet at the boat ramp on Sport Lake at 10 a.m. Sport Lake is located one mile outside of Soldotna off the Kenai Spur Highway. ADF&G will have the fishing rods and Connections will have the bait. All you need is warm clothes and a fishing license for anglers 16 and older. All are welcome but we do request that you RSVP with Reubin Payne at the Connections office (rpayne@kpbsd.k12.ak.us, 714-8880). Thank you for participating in this event. Attention all readers: the 2014 Iditaread is just around the corner and it’s time again for Connections Homeschool’s Iditaread Challenge to all K-6th grade students! Connections Homeschool’s Iditaread Challenge will begin February 28. Stop by your local Connections Office between now and then for more information and to get your sled ready to hit the trail! The challenge will run through March 31. It’s time to start thinking about our annual Talent Show again! This has been such an awesome event for the last few years, and has become something our program looks forward to year after year. The show will be held on an evening See SCHOOLS, page B-3

Students create Native-style masks By WESTON MORROW Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Students at Randy Smith Middle School in Fairbanks are using their art skills to tie together creativity, education and Alaska Native culture. The students, in Dave Gerrish’s technology and art class, spend the length of the second quarter this school year creating their own personalized masks, carved from wood and adorned with attachments, based on traditional Native designs. To learn about the masks and the culture surrounding them students watched a video detailing the purpose and the process of the masks’ creation as well as the time and effort put into each one. “You don’t really see a lot of Native art now,” said eighthgrader Ruby Leff, “so it’s cool that we got to learn about it and do it because I didn’t really know that that’s what they do.” Each of the students’ masks consists of a large central block of wood that has been carved to resemble an animal found in Alaska. The main block is surrounded on each side by four separate attachments that correlate to the animal each student chose. Seventh-grade student Sam Delamere chose to replicate his on the wolf, and created a main block resembling its face, complete with large pointy ears. Surrounding the wolf head

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In this photo from Jan. 9, students in Dave Gerrish’s art and technology class at Randy Smith Middle School, including, from left, Sam Delamere, Alyssa Mandich, Samantha Starks and Ruby Leff, pose with their recently completed animal-based Native wood mask carvings displayed in the hall of the school in Fairbanks.

are a paw print and a crescent moon, as well as a rabbit painting and a real antler, symbolizing the wolf’s prey. Gerrish has been collecting unused animal parts such as raven claws, caribou antlers and feathers for a number of years. At first he did it without really knowing for what purpose he would use them, but when the possibility of the mask project came up he realized the time of their use had finally come. Gerrish has been teaching in Alaska for nearly 27 years. He has taught in Bethel, Kake and

Yukon-Koyukuk school district. “I’ve taught all over the Interior with Native populations, and I’ve always thought that I wanted to do a project like this with students,” Gerrish said, “and the time was just right finally.” Even with Gerrish’s longstanding dream and optimism for the project, the class’s response and work still surprised him, turning out better than he had imagined. The entire staff, as well, performed admirably throughout the process, he said.

“They had to put up with kind of odor and lots of dust in the hallway and that sort of thing,” Gerrish said. The real show of success, Gerrish said, could be seen in the way the students took to the project with enthusiasm and the pride each of his students took in their own masks. “So many projects they forget and leave them in the room,” Gerrish said. “The kids have taken more pride in (their masks) than any project I’ve ever taught.”

Memorial scholarship established for student The sudden death of a student is always difficult, no matter what the circumstances. KPC’s Kenai River Campus community is still recovering from the tragic losses of two students in a three week period last semester. The college bid goodbye to students Jonathon Granger, an 18 year old who was born and raised in the Soldotna area, and to Tim Jolley, a 50 year old who had resided in Alaska for just more than a year. Jolley’s family, while reeling from their loss, felt strongly that they wanted to honor their son’s memory with a scholarship to the college where Tim had found his place and was pursuing a process technology associate of applied science degree. They came forward to express how “super happy” he was with his classes and how he had bonded with several faculty members during his time here. He was very proud of his successes in the KRC Math Lab and that he had been able to raise his GPA to become eligible for induction in Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year colleges. Jolley’s family worked closely with KPC’s advancement office to pull together a named, restricted memorial scholarship in record time so that memorial donations for Tim could be directed to the new scholarship. The new scholarship was established with a $5,000 donation from the family and subsequent memorial donations have

River in the spring when the ice melts. Tim’s life ended much too soon and he will enai eninsula be dearly missed.” ollege For more information about the Tim Jolley Memorial Scholarship, or to set up a new scholarship to benefit KPC students, A round C ampus contact Suzie Kendrick, KPC advancebolstered the fund. The stated purpose of ment programs manager at wskendrick@ the scholarship is to provide a memorial kpc.alaska.edu or call 907-262-0320. to Tim Jolley that is intended to provide financial assistance to a deserving fellow Summer schedule now KPC student working toward a degree in available for planning Tim’s chosen area of study: process technology. Although recent temperatures have Preference will be given to process Alaskans coming down with spring fever, technology students taking on-campus there are still several months to endure uncourses at the Kenai River Campus (ver- til the warm months of summer are here. sus online classes) and to those currently With the popularity of KPC’s summer seliving in the KRC Residence Hall partici- mester, however, now is the time to begin pating in the Process Technology Living/ planning! Learning Community. Eligible applicants The summer 2014 course schedule is apply for the scholarship as part of KPC’s currently available for viewing on KPC’s campus-based, scholarship packet released website. There are more the 70 courses betwice a year. Recipients will be selected by ing taught this coming summer; returning, the KKC Standing Scholarship Selection admitted students can begin registering for Committee. on Feb. 24, while the general public can Tim’s family indicated, “he was lovable, begin registering on March 3. funny, very private, and very passionate For more information, contact KRC about many issues of our time. Student Services at 262-0330 or call toll While attending KPC’s Kenai River free 877-262-0330. Campus of the University of Alaska, he earned straight A’s in all of his classes. He This column is provided by Suzie Kendloved going to school and living in Alaska. rick, Advancement Programs Manager at His ashes will be sprinkled in the Kenai Kenai Peninsula College.

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in mid/late April and contains acts of all sorts including singing, dancing, instrumental, and much more! Any and all Connections students are welcome to participate, including all ages and ability levels. I would like to begin gathering a list of interested students, so if you’re interested please let me know at your earliest convenience. The date for the Talent Show: April 29th, show starts at 5:30pm at the Sohi Auditorium. If you are interested or have any questions please email Mark Wackler at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or call 714-8880.

IDEA Home-school IDEA families in Seward, remember tomorrow is Presentation Night and Potluck at the Seward Community Library at 5:30 p.m. All students are welcome to present a selection of their choice in music, art, drama, academics or physical fitness. Parents please bring a dish to share. Wednesday, join IDEA students and parents from all over the Kenai Peninsula at the Seward Sea Life Center for a day exploring the marine animals and environments of our great state. Activities will include touch tanks and interactive exhibits for all ages. The day begins at 10am and will conclude at 5pm. Families are welcome to arrive and leave at their convenience. Parents bring a valid Alaskan Driver’s License to receive admission. Friday, the IDEA Spelling Bee will be held at the Kenai River Center on Funny River Road beginning at 1pm. All students in grades 3 through 8 are invited to attend. The practice list may be obtained from the Scripps National Spelling Bee website: http://www.spellingbee.com Start planning now to attend Safari Day on February 11 at Kalifornsky Christian Center. This afternoon event is open to all families but designed for children in grades K-6. Students and parents will learn about African geography, animals, art and games. Sign up for this fun learning event by accessing the form in your email or call 260-7555.

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Monday, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. — APC meeting in the library. There will be discussion on the class configurations for next school year. Wednesday — Cooking Club and Backcountry Snow Club are meeting from 3:45-4:45. School Tours from 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. If you know of a family that is interested in attending Kaleidoscope next year, please share this with them. Conferences this evening. Thursday — Parent Teacher Conferences; no school for students. Friday — Parent Teacher Conferences; no school for students. PTA is in need of gently used books for Bingo for Books Night (February 13). If you would like to donate books, please drop them off at the library. PTA will be having a raffle for beautiful baskets of gifts on February 13 during Bingo for Books. Proceeds will support Kaleidoscope’s 10th anniversary celebration; including the wonderful tie dye t-shirts we all received in the Fall. Each classroom has a theme for their basket and families are asked to donate items that fit their theme; donations are needed by February 3. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 for a chance to win the basket of your choice. Thank you for your support! Reminders n Re-enrollment forms were mailed January 14. They are due back to the school by February 14 in order to reserve your child’s position in Kaleidoscope. If your child is not returning to Kaleidoscope, even if it’s because he/she is moving on to 7th grade, please return the form with the back side filled out so the office knows where to forward his/her records. n Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science is requesting proposals from artists interested in creating art to be located in front of the school. The deadline for proposals is February 3. For more information, go to http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/ or email ksasartproject@gmail.com. n The LifeSkill we are focusing on this week is Pride: Satisfaction from doing one’s personal best.

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Thursday and Friday are Parent Teacher Conferences; no school for students. Mr. Daniels’ science classes are designing and building roller coasters! They are studying energy (potential and kinetic) as well as the scientific method to answer questions. Students have been conducting experiments to kick off the energy unit and will work with science concepts under the topic of energy for the next 6 weeks.

Kenai Central High Parents please make time to stop by KCHS Thursday to discuss your child’s grades with their teacher during the Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. As a reminder, Friday is an In-service day; there are no parent-teacher conferences that day. Congratulations to Cody Conaway, Tori Askin, and Ariana Gabriel for being selected to perform in the South Florida Honors Band Festival at the University of Miami on January 31 and Feb. 1. Congratulations to these students who have been selected to perform with the 2014 KPBSD Honor’s Band: Tori Askin, Alex Bergholtz, Moriah Bisset, Logan Boyle, Savannah Boze, Brett Brown, Tyler Brown, Bethany Coghill, Cody Conaway, Max Cox, Olen Danielson, Jonathan Delgado, Jacob Dye, Meagan Easley, Whitney Esteban, Ian Ferguson, Ariana Gabriel, Joey Gabriel, Brad Hamilton, Eric Kempf, Patrick Michels, Jazshe Nushart, Kirsten Nyquist, Melanie Rafferty, Mikalea Salzetti, Makai-Lynn Smith, and Ashley Thornton.

Kenai Middle There will be no school this Thursday or Friday due to Parent/ Teacher conferences. Our open conferences are held on Thursday from noon-4 p.m., and 5-7 p.m. Scheduled conferences will be held on Friday. There will be a volleyball game tomorrow at KMS vs SMS Maroon starting at 3 p.m. and a game on Wednesday in Seward at 3 p.m. Congratulations to our Character Counts winners last week: Zac Tuttle and Hunter Beck. Keep up the great work! Our annual spelling bee was held last week. Everyone did a very good job and our school winner was Lisa Krol. Congratulations!

Mountain View Elementary Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday and Friday. There will be no school for students. The Library will be holding a book fair February 3 – February 7 during school hours and parent-teacher conferences. If you would like to volunteer to help with the book fair please call the office at 283-8600.

Nikiski Middle-High Monday — B Team Middle School Volleyball vs. Nikolaevsk at Nikiski, 4:30 p.m.; Boys JV Basketball at Skyview vs. Kenai Wednesday — C Team Basketball at SoHi. Girls at 3:00 p.m. Boys at 4:15 p.m. Thursday — No school for students. Parent Teacher Conferences: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.; noon – 4:00 p.m.; 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The Counseling Department will be hosting a FAFSA completion event in the library during this evening session of conferences. Parents and their students can bring in their tax information and get help filling out their FAFSA. Friday — No school for students/teacher inservice. Varsity Girls Basketball vs. King Cove – 5:00 p.m. Saturday — High School Cross Country Skiing at Skyview Invite

Nikiski North Star NNS had a very special visitor last week. Senator Lisa Murkowski stopped by our school to read aloud to the first graders and presented them with the book, ‘Kumak’s House’. At this time she recognized first grader Thayne Quiner for his artwork that won first place in the National PTA Reflections visual arts contest. Thayne’s art piece is now on its way to Washington D.C. to hang in the Capitol. Sen. Murkowski visited with the third, fourth, and fifth grade students in the library and had a question and answer time. They discussed how she helps our State and how to make our community a better place. Before she departed, she presented NNS with the book, ‘Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights’ and a gift of a United States flag that has flown over the Capitol. Today is the beginning of our Scholastic Book Fair. The fair will be open in the mornings on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. It will be open on Thursday and Friday during parent/teacher conferences. It is an excellent way to celebrate our Love of Reading month which begins today. If you have any questions, please call the library at 776-2630. There is no school on Thursday and Friday because of parent/ teacher conferences.

Redoubt Elementary Redoubt PTA is hosting their second annual “Winter Carnival” from noon to 4 p.m. February 15. Don’t miss out on the silent auction; dunk tank, games, food, door prizes and raffles. Raffle items include a 32GB iPad Air (value $600.00), wagon filled with camping supplies, and a student Grand Gift basket. iPad 32GB tickets are available to purchase at the school office now or can be purchased the day of the carnival. Tickets for the iPad are $10.00 each. Only 150 tickets will be sold. You can purchase your tickets at the school office. Volunteers are needed to help with our Winter Carnival. If you would like to help, or if you own a business and would like to donate goods or services, please contact the school office. Yearbooks are on sale, please pre-order your year book before March 31. Cost to purchase a yearbook is $15.00. A limited number of yearbooks will be ordered. Order forms have been sent home with students. Thursday and Friday are Parent Teacher Conferences; no school for students.

River City Academy Students had a smooth transition returning to their regular class schedule last week. Students are responsible for sending their standards from Interims to the appropriate teacher. Students can be demonstrating hits on standards in all three non-core Content areas - Personal and Community, Technology and Careers. Students should be demonstrating multiple hits from all Interim classes. Student led conferences will be Thursday and Friday. Open conferences will be Thursday 3:30-5:30 for students on the approved open conference list. For three days this week and two days next week, we have five upperclassmen participating in job shadows at Central Peninsula Hospital in a variety of positions. This is a great opportunity for them to check out some fields that might interest them in their future. Interested in attending a school that’s as unique as you are? RCA is now taking registrations for next year’s 7-12 graders. Please visit the school’s web site on the district web page for an application. New student information night will be held in early March. Guaranteed registrations for next year are due by March 21.

Skyview High The Skyview music department had four students participate in the UAA Winter Music Festival on January 18-19. Shannon Bradford, Taylor Johnson, and Austin Laber performed with the festival band and Mykaela Rybak sang with the choir. The students spent Saturday rehearsing, attended master classes on Sunday, and performed in the final concert Sunday afternoon. The girls basketball team won the Nikolaevsk Warrior Rumble Tournament. The team finished the tournament with a 2-1 record, and won based allowing the least points with 75, followed by Nikolaevsk with 77. The girls defeated Nikolaevsk, lost to Nenana and beat Birchwood Christian. Thursday — No school; Parent Teacher Conferences noon-3 p.m. and 4-7 p.m. (Thursday only). Friday — No school, teacher inservice. On February 11 from 6-8 p.m. we will be holding a College Goal Alaska© event, which is geared toward helping students and parents complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). We will be set up in the library and have FAFSA experts available to help. To complete the FAFSA, you will need your latest tax information. The FAFSA lets students know if they qualify for grants, scholarships, or low-cost loans with flexible repayment options. Plus, the FAFSA is the application for the Alaska Performance Scholarship and Alaska Education Grants. You can begin filling out the FAFSA by going to www.fafsa.ed.gov and selecting the 2014-2015 FAFSA application. In addition to any aid a student might qualify for by filing the FAFSA, all attendees will be entered in a drawing to win a $700 scholarship. For more information about this event, please contact Emily Cotton at 907-260-2397 or by email at ecotton@kpbsd. k12.ak.us. You can also visit www.collegegoalak.org for other College Goal Alaska events near you. Central Peninsula Hospital in collaboration with KPBSD will be hosting a Career Fair on February 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Juniors and Sophomores will have the opportunity to visit hospital professionals and find out about exciting careers in various pathways within a hospital setting. Everything from radiology to culinary arts and all the traditional medical professions will be presented. Students will be able to explore the opportunities for one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Alaska. To apply, turn in a completed application to Wes Andrews or Emily Cotton. We are only permitted to take 15 students from Skyview so make sure your application is neat and complete.

Soldotna Elementary Your child has the power to make a positive impact on the lives of blood cancer patients. Soldotna Elementary is joining others across Washington and Alaska in a program that will be instrumental in raising funds for lifesaving cancer research. This program is called The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients. During this 3-week program, February 3 to February 21, students may collect spare change to support this mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, and Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life for these patients and their families. Each child will receive a small box for collecting change. Thank you and your child in advance for helping patients with these diseases to live longer, better lives. Note: You may make a personal donation online at http://wa.sy. llsevent.org or you may donate by check made payable to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. For further information, please call 1-206-957-4575 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Mrs. Straw’s third graders enjoyed visits last week from 2 community professionals. Dale Lawyer and his best buddy, Ares, who is a search and rescue dog, spoke to the students about outdoor survival and safety. Next, Mr. Bruce Linton, who is an Iditarod musher, came to speak with the class about the joys and hazards of running the Iditarod. Mr. Linton is an athlete with type 1 diabetes, and he also discussed the importance of perseverance. Mrs. Sharlene Cline is our artist-in-residence this week. She is teaching each class the art of Chinese brush painting, or Sumi-e. This paintings were completed with black ink on white paper. The children inked their paint brushes, scraped and rotated them to remove excess ink. The students were shown a technique for painting bamboo and leaves. They learned that the Chinese language is printed from top to bottom so each child printed his/her name with narrow strokes on the right of their painting, from top to bottom. The kids learned about Chinese culture and language. Students from 2nd through 6th grades will also be carving erasers to use as stamps in their paintings. Now, drum roll, please … The names of those students earning the most Reading Counts points in their classrooms are: Andrew Stoner, Rylee Erickson, Carter Cannava, Briley Morton, Rhys Cannava, Nate Downs, Marc Billings, and Shane Ray Schneider. No school for students on Thursday, February 6th, or Friday FebC

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ruary 7th as Parent/Teacher conferences will be held these days. Congratulations to Carter Cannava for winning last week’s box top drawing! We have a new competition going on! Save those Box Tops and turn them in to your teacher. One class with the most box tops from the primary end and one class with the most box tops from the intermediate end will each earn a PARTY! This contest will run from February 1st through February 28th. The weekly box top drawing will resume March 1st. Good luck, and send in those box tops! Children’s clothing exchange: Thursday and Friday (during Parent/Teacher conferences). Bring in those gently used and clean clothes your kids have outgrown and exchange them for clothes your kids can wear. It’s simple and it’s free! Remember to bring your own shopping bag. The KPBSD is holding a public budget meeting on February 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Soldotna High School library. Everyone interested is encouraged to attend. For further information, please call Lassie Nelson at 714-8838. Early Release Day: February 26 (Wednesday). Students will be dismissed at 1:55 and bus schedules will be adjusted by 90 minutes. There will be no afternoon class for Mrs. Cannava’s preschoolers. PTA will be meeting on February 17, in the library at 3:45 p.m. Please join us. Child care is provided. Pre-K program applications are now available. Please stop by the office to pick one up if you’re interested. To be eligible for this class, children must be 4 years old by September 1, 2014. Please contact Mrs. Katrina Cannava at 260-5142 or katrinacannava@kpbsd.k12. ak.us for further information.

Soldotna High On February 13 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. we will be holding a College Goal Alaska event, which is geared toward helping students and parents complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). We will be set up in the SoHi library and have FAFSA experts available to help. To complete the FAFSA, you will need your latest tax information. The FAFSA lets students know if they qualify for grants, scholarships, or low-cost loans with flexible repayment options. Plus, the FAFSA is the application for the Alaska Performance Scholarship and Alaska Education Grants. You can begin filling out the FAFSA by going to www.fafsa.ed.gov and selecting the 2014-2015 FAFSA application. In addition to any aid a student might qualify for by filing the FAFSA, all attendees will be entered in a drawing to win a $700 scholarship. For more information about this event, please contact Emily Cotton at 907-260-7083 or by email at ecotton@kpbsd.k12.ak.us. You can also visit www.collegegoalak.org for other College Goal Alaska events near you. Soldotna High School is collecting gently used formal dresses, shoes, and accessories for 2014 Cinderella’s Closet. This is a program which helps all area high school ladies with prom attire for free. Please email mbos@kpbsd.k12.ak.us for more info. All donations can be dropped off to the front office 8am-2pm. Higher Expectations Greater Success Parent Guide (Alaska Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics) is now available at the front office. Alaska’s standards in English and math set high expectations for students from kindergarten to grade 12. Students who meet these goals will be ready for success after high school-whether it is in the military, on the job, or in a union apprenticeship, technical school, or college. Your schools will decide how to meet the standards through a local curriculum and teaching methods that respect your community’s cultures. Pool Schedule: Morning lap swim 6-8 Monday – Friday Evening lap swim 6-7 Mon, Wed, Fri Evening Open swim 7-8:45 Mon and Wed Sports Calendar — www.schedulestar.com SoHi will be locking the Parking lot entrance Door during the following hours: 7:50 a.m. to noon and 12:35 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. Also note that during school hours the only open door will be the Front Entrance Commons/Flag Pole doors. The above is to improve our overall school security. There are two ways to order a transcript. Each way serves a different purpose. If you need a transcript sent to a college or NCAA or a similar agency, then you will need to log on to: www.parchment. com to order transcripts to be sent. The request is then forwarded to SoHi. All transcripts that are headed for NCAA, colleges, etc. have to be processed this way. A final transcript is one that shows your second semester grades. If you order your transcript when we are in second semester, you will need to make sure you choose “next grading period” when you go on to Parchment. That way your transcript request will wait until the grades are in at the end of the year before it is sent.

Soldotna Middle SMS Fort Nightly is Wednesday after school, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Parent volunteers needed! Please contact the front office at 260-2500 if you can help. Parent teacher conferences are Thursday and Friday, with scheduled appointments. Please contact the counseling department if you need to change your conference time. No school for students. Attention students and parents: nominate your favorite teacher! Nominations are now being accepted for the statewide BP Teachers of Excellence program. Visit www.bpteachers.com by February 14 to submit your choice. Competitive Volleyball games begin this week! Tuesday – Kenai vs. Soldotna Maroon at Kenai, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday – Soldotna White vs. Seward at Soldotna, 3:00 p.m.

Soldotna Montessori Charter School The school Spelling Bee for grades 3 – 6 will be conducted at 1 p.m. in the library on Wednesday. Parents are invited to attend. The winner of the school bee will travel to Anchorage for the State Spelling Bee on February 28. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be conducted all day Thursday and until noon on Friday. Parents may sign up for a conference on the rosters posted in the school hallway. Students in Kindergarten are studying the continent of China this month. They are practicing calligraphy and will celebrate the Chinese New Year with a Dragon Parade. Students in 1st – 3rd grade are studying characteristics of mammals. Mrs. Hurst’s 1st -3rd grade class will host the all-school celebration assembly at 9 a.m. on February 14. Parents are welcome. All upper elementary grades continue to complete community service work this quarter. The fourth grade joins residents at the Senior Center for lunch twice a week. Fifth grade students work at the Food Bank twice a week and sixth grade students join residents at Riverside Assisted Living for lunch twice a week. The all-school Ice-fishing Derby will continue through February 28.

Tustumena Elementary Thursday-Friday — Parent Teacher Conferences, no school for students Friday — Mighty Meatballs Dinner (6th grade fundraiser), $5/ person, 5:30-7 p.m. February 10 — District Battle of Books, Grade 3 & 4 February 11 — District Battle of Books Grades 5 & 6 February 18 — PTO Meeting, 4 p.m. February 21 — School Forensics February 24 — Site Council Meeting, 4 p.m. February 26 — Early Release, 2:10 p.m. February 27 — Title I Meeting, 3:45-5 p.m.; Last day of X-Country Skiing

Wings Christian Academy Office of the Week- LLC: Valerie Cazares; UUL: Chase Miller. Honor Roll trip was a success, students enjoyed making the figurine “Nemo” at Cabin Fever Creations. To be announced when weather is conducive for a “all school sledding day” at Solid Rock Bible Camp. Upcoming events are Spelling Bee and Chess Tournament.

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough is recruiting for Project Manager - Construction (Capital Projects Administrator). Under the general direction and supervision of the Capital Projects Director, the Capital Projects Administrator performs project management and administration functions for capital projects involving selecting and applying accepted and standard architectural and engineering practices associated with the location, planning, design, materials, and construction of buildings, site improvements, utilities or other capital projects. This is a full time, administrative position. Starting salary is $70,000+, DOE, plus excellent benefits. For a complete job description and/or to apply, go to: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kenaiak/ default.cfm Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. Friday, 2/21/14

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Bids INVITATION TO BID Kenai Watershed Forum 44129 Sterling Hwy PO Box 2937 Soldotna, Alaska 99611 Sealed bids will be received for the furnishing of all labor, materials, and equipment for the construction of the Beaver Loop Road Culvert Replacement #3 listed below. Bids must be submitted to: Owner: Kenai Watershed Forum Address: c/o Nelson Engineering, PC 155 Bidarka Street Kenai, Alaska, 99611 Bids must be submitted on or before 2:00PM local time on Friday, February 21, 2014. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-bid Conference will be held at the offices of Nelson Engineering, PC 155 Bidarka Street Kenai, Alaska on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. local time. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory. A five (5) percent bid bond is required. PROJECT TITLE: BEAVER LOOP ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT #3 PROJECT OWNER: Kenai Watershed Forum MAJOR WORK ITEMS: Provide temporary stream diversion. Remove and dispose of one existing 4’ diameter x 60’ CMP culvert. Remove and dispose of one existing 6’ span x 60’ CMP culvert. Install Owner furnished pipe arch culvert: 80 feet x 137” x 87” x 12ga. Remove and replace 232 square yards pavement Excavation for structures - lump sum Concrete Headwalls - 2 Each Topsoil 4” thick – All Required Seeding – All Required Class II Rip Rap 90 Cubic Yards Relocate Sewer Main by directional drilling – lump sum Relocate Water Main by directional drilling – lump sum DESIGN ENGINEER: Nelson Engineering, PC PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE: January 22, 2014 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: February 12, 2014 10:00AM BID OPENING: February 21, 2014 2:00 PM Prospective Bidders may be added to the Planholder’s list via telephone by contacting Nelson Engineering, PC at (907) 283-3583. Bid documents will be sent free of charge via email by to all parties on the planholder’s list. Hard copy Bidding Documents may be obtained upon payment of a non-refundable fee of $100.00. Bid will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder.

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City of Soldotna Planning & Zoning Commission February 5, 2014 City Hall Council Chamber 177 N. Birch St. Soldotna, AK 99669 REGULAR MEETING, 5:30 PM CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes - 1/15/14 SCHEDULED COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS - No Items PUBLIC HEARINGS Resolution PZ 2014-001 A resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission recommending approval of a conditional use permit for the construction of an 87,980 square foot specialty clinics building expansion adjacent to the existing central peninsula hospital [Applicant requested the item be rescheduled. Public Hearing advertised for 1/15/14. No one was present to provide testimony and public hearing was not held. Item has not been placed before the Commission for consideration.] Resolution PZ 2014-002 A resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission recommending approval of a variance to exceed the maximum building height standard for the construction of a specialty clinics building expansion adjacent to the existing central peninsula hospital. [Motion to adopt on the floor 1/15/14. Public Hearing Held 1/15/14. Postponed to be considered at same time as Resolution PZ 2014-001. A substitute resolution will be proposed.] OLD BUSINESS - No Items NEW BUSINESS Resolution PZ 2014-003. A resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission recommending approval of the Mullen Homestead Subdivision Aventine Addition plat. Election of Planning Commission chair and vice-chair. PUBLIC COMMENTS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS - No Items COMMISSIONER TRAINING & EDUCATION No Items REPORTS Mayor and Council City Manager/City Planner Director of ED&P Commission Comments PENDING ISSUES - No Items ADJOURNMENT

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Pregnant young wife needs to plan for future support eral of her lifelong friends, widows, still live in their own homes, as she does. However, they no longer drive. A phone call would help them communicate directly with each other about life situations, but it doesn’t seem to happen. Instead of calling and talking to each other, they hear about each other thirdhand. Is it typical for the elderly Abigail Van Buren to abandon each other and be so cruel? If so, what could help people communicate better regardless of age? — CONCERNED SON IN COLORADO DEAR SON: Not everyone in their 90s ages the same way. Some individuals are still active; others are less so. When seniors stop driving, there can be a tendency for them to become isolated and depressed. Others may be taking medications that affect their memory. A way to help people in your mother’s age group would be to see that they have transportation to a DEAR ABBY: My mother is in her mid-90s. Sev- senior center, where they can mingle face-to-face if

they wish. I recommend this for your mother and her friends because I’m sure none of them are being deliberately cruel. DEAR ABBY: I am an addict of Turner Classic Movies and wondered how those handsome actors and beautiful actresses control their libido during passionate love scenes. Or is there more to it than appears? — FILM BUFF IN ENCINITAS, CALIF. DEAR FILM BUFF: Generally speaking, what an audience sees on the screen isn’t an amorous encounter. Every gesture has been carefully choreographed. There may be a lot more acting than passion involved. (That’s why it’s called acting.) Remember, there is a director and there can be a crew of as many as 30 people standing around. Of course, there are always exceptions — Liz Taylor and Richard Burton would be one of them, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would be another. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Feb. 3, 2014: This year you say what you think, even if it could cause a problem. You might want to consider how fast you dive into divisive situations. Be direct in your dealings, but sprinkle in some diplomacy as well. If you are single, you could meet a very interesting person anytime after mid-July. This bond could be long-term. If you are attached, the two of you will enjoy interactions with others. Keep your focus on you as a couple. Parties and friends come and go, but your bond is long-lasting. ARIES can be temperamental when he or she does not get his or her way. 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) HHHHH You have a wish list that you are determined to fulfill. Others know to step back when you exhibit this type of determination. All other responsibilities will fall to the wayside until you complete what you want. A discussion could draw support. Tonight: Till the wee hours. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You are known for your endurance and stubbornness and the ability to carry a task to completion. You will demonstrate your various skills. You also will respond to many situations on an intuitive level. Note your responses. Tonight: Burn the midnight oil. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You will feel as if you are about to achieve a long-desired dream. You understand the role of knowledge and the importance of

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars sonal matter, but right now, day-today living takes priority. You might be sitting on some anger, which could come out with the wrong person or at the wrong moment. Try to fit in a regimen of exercise to help reduce tension. Tonight: Take a walk. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHYou might want to think twice before deciding what to do and when to do it. Once you tap into your creativity, one solution after another will come up. You won’t be able to stop your mind from racing. Tonight: Visit a child or someone who is childlike, and you will have a ball. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Listen to what a family member has to say about a domestic issue or a real estate investment. You might be hard-pressed to come to a financial agreement. You will demonstrate your innate ability to negotiate and get what you want! Tonight: Happily at home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You are all smiles, and you have the ability to see beyond the obvious. You demonstrate the skills of a good listener, and are able to discern what really is being said much more than many people can. People are likely to express emotional extremes. Tonight: Hang out. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your intuition serves you well in dealing with a money matter. You could be overwhelmed by someone’s attitude and convictions. This person might not show any interest in trying to understand anything more. Avoid a serious discussion, if possible. Tonight: Talk is cheap.

The purse that pummels Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about people “bumping” into other people with bags: “My Sound Off is to the individuals who carry suitcase-size purses and are not careful when passing other people. Recently, while I was attending different events, I was hit four or five times while just sitting in my chair. — Jesse M., Abilene, Texas” I hear you, loud and clear! With the tight space between rows, it’s almost like running a gantlet! I’ve been “bonked” several times, too! Hint from Heloise: I carry my purse (not backpack size) in FRONT of me to avoid this. Courtesy is still alive! — Heloise Fast Facts Dear Readers: Ways to reuse soda cans once you cut off the top: * Use as a pencil holder or desk organizer. * Plant small plants or seedlings in them. * Hold grease drippings in them. * Use as an outside ashtray. * Use as a scoop for dry dog food. — Heloise Grimy places Dear Heloise: I read your article about bathroom hand dryers and the spread of germs. Another item to watch out for is the door handle when leaving. Some people don’t wash their hands before leaving. Also, don’t forget the telephone in a hospital room — more germs on the mouthpiece and handle. — Walt in Indiana How right you are, Walt! That’s why I always carry hand sanitizer with me. I applaud the businesses that have a trash can and hand sanitizer mounted on the wall by the door just for this reason. A big Heloise hug! — Heloise

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DEAR ABBY: One of my childhood friends got married at a young age. She’s now expecting and due in a few months. Every day she messages me on Facebook about something else her husband has done to cause her emotional stress. For example, a few weeks ago she found flirtatious erotic messages he had exchanged with another girl. I want to help her because we have been friends for so long. We’re both 19, and I feel I should know how to help her, but since I’ve never been married I don’t know what to say. Any advice? — FRIEND IN KENTUCKY DEAR FRIEND: What a sad situation. Your friend is married to someone who apparently doesn’t want to be married — and it’s open to question whether he will be much of a parent. If she has family, she should talk to them about this because she may need their help soon. She should also make plans for how she will support herself and the child, because her husband appears to be a flake. Please pass this advice along. And let this be a lesson to you about the importance of achieving independence before assuming the responsibility of parenthood.

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