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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 108

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Panel chair: SJR 9 has support

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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

In the news Judge issues restraining order on abortion regulations

ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Anchorage judge has approved a temporary restraining order on the state’s new rules further defining a medically necessary abortion for purposes of Medicaid funding. Judge John Suddock approved the order Tuesday at the request of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, which has sued the state. A status hearing is planned on Friday. The lawsuit was filed in Anchorage Superior Court last week, and it seeks to have the regulations struck down as unconstitutional. The lawsuit alleges the regulations violate the rights to equal protection, privacy and health and are also a violation of the administrative procedure act. The lawsuit says the department violated the act by not holding a public hearing on the proposal.

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Alaska Board of Fisheries member Tom Kluberton, of Talkeetna, talks about a suite of changes to the late run management plan for Kenai River king salmon during the Upper Cook Inlet meeting Tuesday in Anchorage.

Late run changes debated Salmon discussion continues at fish board meeting By MOLLY DISCHNER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

ANCHORAGE — Significant changes to the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan will be up for deliberation this morning. Kenai River Sportfishing Association, or KRSA, originally submitted a proposal to create paired restrictions for the commercial, sport and personal-use fisheries.

Board member Tom Kluberton asked Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff to produce a version that outlined provisions for how the department would manage when the in-river return was expected to be fewer than 22,500 fish, specifically detailing that the restrictions were intended to meet the escapement goal and provide reasonable harvest opportunity on the stock. The management plan directs ADFG in how it man-

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Correction In a story in Tuesday’s Clarion, September Klumb’s name was misspelled. The Clarion regrets the error.

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sion between fisheries stakeholders, board members, and ADFG staff. Ninilchik commercial fisherman David Martin called a proposed 22,500 fish level essentially a new escapement goal that was a back door approach to shutting down setnetters by allocating fishing opportunity to the sport sector. Under Kluberton’s draft, in July, when king retention was See LATE, page A-12

Board flips on escapement goal By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

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ages the fisheries that harvest Kenai king salmon, whether as targeted or incidental catch. Changes to the plan are just a few of more than 200 proposals before Alaska’s Board of Fisheries at its triennial Upper Cook Inlet fisheries meeting at the Egan Center, in Anchorage. When the draft up for discussion was released — after a multi-hour break in board discussion — the room broke into pockets of intense discus-

ANCHORAGE — Someone always loses in the battle between salmon allocation and conservation regulations in the Upper Cook Inlet. Late Monday, Alaska’s Board of Fisheries agreed to raise the escapement goal for the late run of Kenai River king salmon, voted and adjourned for the evening, enraging many commercial fishers in the room who then split Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion into small, animated groups Sportfishing guide Monte Roberts testifies during the Alaska arguing with others in the Board of Fisheries deliberations Monday at the Egan Center conference room at the Egan in Anchorage. Center or pleading their cases

to board members who stayed behind to listen to the criticism their decision wrought. But, by 9 a.m. Tuesday, the same board shifted 180 degrees and voted on a motion to reconsider that left inriver guides and sport users in the same place their commercial fishing counterparts had been just the night before. Even some in the commercial fishing community were unsure of what to make of the sudden reversal. “We’ll see what comes next,” said Chris Every, a commercial setnetter who fishes sites immediately south of the See GOAL, page A-12

JUNEAU — Senate Finance Committee co-chair Kevin Meyer on Tuesday said he believes there is support on his panel to advance a proposed constitutional amendment on education. Whether there is enough support for it to get past the full Senate, however, is another issue, with a high bar for any proposed constitutional change to clear. Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said he has been watching the potential votes closely and doesn’t see SJR9 having the support necessary to clear the Senate. A critic of the proposal, French said that would be fine with him. A similar proposal is also pending in the House. SJR9, from Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, would strike a provision in the state constitution prohibiting the use of public funds for the direct benefit of private and religious schools. It also would add — in a section of the constitution that says See AMEND, page A-12

North Pole refinery to shut down By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Flint Hills Resources announced Tuesday that it will close its North Pole refinery, shuttering a major employer in the Fairbanks area and eliminating a local source of gasoline, jet fuel, heating fuel and other petroleum products. The closure will mean the loss of 81 jobs. Mike Brose, vice president of Flint Hills Resources Alaska LLC, said the refinery will close because of a difficult refining market and uncertainties over future soil and groundwater cleanup costs that began under the refinery’s former owners, Williams Alaska Petroleum See CLOSE, page A-12

Community asks to keep Skyview pool open By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Fourteen members of the community spoke to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at its Monday night meeting about the future of the Skyview High School pool. While there was no item calling for action concerning the pool on the board’s agenda, the board has discussed closing the pool in efforts to shrink a $4.5 million shortfall. Luke Baumer, who is the pool lead, said the only reason the pool is still running is through community support. However, he said the pool is

firstly for the students and wants to see the school be able to offer more aquatic activities. He suggested before the board makes any decisions to see the pool adapt to the reconfiguration and the middle school students that will be moving into the building. Skyview student and swim instructor, Scott Wertz, said having the pool available to teach young kids to swim is an important aspect of water safety. “(Knowing how to swim) can help save lives,” he said. Laura McIndoe, who works in special education at Soldotna Middle School, said the pool allows intensive needs students

to be themselves and not be restricted. McIndoe said she swims at the pool three times a week. Swimming is a great stress reliever and it helps her to be a better teacher, she said. Peggy Larson, of Soldotna, said she has been swimming at the pool for two years for her health. “Lap swimming is saving my life,” she said. She said it is a huge resource in the community and every time she is there she sees two to three other community members utilizing the pool for physFile photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion ical therapy. Mikayla Thompson reacts as a swimming coach blows bubbles Soldotna Mayor Dr. Nels and entices her into the water Feb. 5, 2013 at the Skyview High Anderson also described the School pool. With a funding shortfall, the district is considering See POOL, page A-12 closing the facility. C

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Committee advances VPSO bill By MIKE COPPOCK Associated Press

JUNEAU — A bill that would give village public safety officers the option of carrying firearms was quickly moved out of committee on Tuesday, even though several state troopers were in line to testify. “We already had plenty of public testimony last week,” House Community and Regional Affairs committee chairwoman Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, said before advancing the bill to the next committee. Village public safety officers are not armed. They also are not law enforcement officers hired by cities or the state. Instead, they are hired by either regional Alaska Native corporations or the Northwest Arctic Bureau to be the police presence in a village without an officer. Several troopers spoke against the bill last week, noting that the safety officers wouldn’t be properly trained to use deadly force. Others com-

plained about liability issues for the state since it’s mostly nonprofit organizations that employ the safety officers. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, told the committee he and his staff reviewed the bill after public testimony last week, and found the training process for the safety officers covered under his bill was more than adequate. Edgmon also said he felt the issue of liability is adequately covered by his bill. Supporters last week testified that violence is on the rise in rural Alaska, but there appears to be no recent data to support the assertion. Data from the Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center shows assaults with injuries on Alaska police officers has increased 66 percent since 2002 and non-injury assaults on police officers increased by 137 percent. But that is statewide data and only included reports from recognized law enforcement

Woman’s body found in Quinhagak ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say they are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at the end of a new runway in the village of Quinhagak. Troopers’ spokeswoman Megan Peters identified the woman Tuesday as 25-year-old Lisa Johnson of Quinhagak. Peters says the state medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.

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Oil Prices Monday’s prices not available.

officers, which doesn’t include village officers. However, the number of felonies and misdemeanors handled by rural courts at Barrow, Bethel, Dillingham, Kotzebue and Nome has remained steady over the last two years, according to figures provided by the Alaska Department of Law. In 2013, those courts saw 1,102 felony cases as opposed to 1,166 cases in 2012. The same courts handled 4,643 misdemeanors in 2013 as opposed to 4,894 cases in 2012. There have been isolated

cases of violence against village public safety officers, though, and the spark for Edgmon’s bill was the shooting death of VPSO Thomas Madole at Manoktak last year. It was the first killing of a village public safety officer since Ronald Zimin in South Naknek in 1986. Last year, there were four other instances when village public safety officers were threatened with weapons, but in two cases, they were an armed member of law enforcement at the time.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Community Calendar Today 10:30 a.m. • Pre-School Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. 11 a.m. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive, Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-335-9456. 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.

LIO Schedule Wednesday 8:00 a.m. The House Education Committees will sponsor a public hearing to discuss Confirmation Hearing: University of Alaska Board of Regents, HB 245 School Funding: Required Local Contribution and HB 220 Repeal Secondary School Exit Exam. Testimony by invitation only. Wednesday 1:00 p.m. The House Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 207 Agriculture; Agricultural Loans. Testimony will be taken. Thursday 10:00 a.m. The House Finance Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 31 Constitutional History Curriculum and HB 150 Technical / Vocational Education Program. Testimony will be taken. Thursday 6:00 p.m. Kenai Peninsula Legislators from House Districts 28, 29 & 30 and Senate Districts N & O will sponsor a Constituent Meeting. Anyone wishing to speak with Rep. Mike Chenault, Rep. Kurt Olson, Rep. Paul Seaton, Sen. Cathy Giessel or Sen. Peter Micciche may attend at the Kenai LIO. Testimony will be taken. Friday 8:00 a.m. The House Education Committees will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 278 Education: Funding / Tax Credits / Programs, HB 245 School Funding: Required Local Contribution and HJR 1 Constitutional Amendment: Education Funding. All teleconferences are held at the Kenai Legislative Information Office, 145 Main Street Loop No. 217, Kenai, unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai.LIO@akleg. gov. To listen or watch online go to http://alaskalegislature.tv/. C

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. Pending service/Death notices are brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. Obituaries may be submitted directly to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. The deadline for Tuesday – Friday editions is 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

Around the Peninsula Garden Club to talk hardiness zones The Central Peninsula Garden Club will host a presentation on USDA hardiness zones, what they are, what they mean and how to exploit mini-climates and sweet spots, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Building on Kalifornsky Beach Road. Master Gardener and CPGC board member Velma Bittick will have zone maps and the opportunity for all to try to identify their individual zones. The presentation is free and open to the public. Membership and general club information is available at www.cenpengardenclub.org, on Facebook, or contact Marion Nelson, 283-4632, or mmkn@ ptialaska.net.

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Health fair comes to KPC Kenai Peninsula College is hosting a health fair open to the public on Feb. 12 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Campus Commons area. More than 30 health and wellness exhibitors will be displaying 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, diabetes, thyroid, Vitamin D deficiency and others will be available from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Room 108 of the Ward building. A 12-hour fast is required for comprehensive blood test; water and necessary medications are fine. Call 262-0347 for more information.

Kenai Historical Society to host CIRCAC speaker

Fry bread will be served up Friday, February 7 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Fort Kenay in Old Town Kenai, across from the The Kenai Historical Society will meet Feb. 9 at 1:00 p.m. Russian Orthodox Church. Fry bread is one for $2 or three for at the Kenai Visitor’s Center. The guest speaker will be from $5. Beef/sausage piroshky and salmon/sour cream/dill piroshCook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Committee. The meetky, Russian tea cakes, whole wheat bread, assorted goodies like ing is open to the public and new members are welcome. fudge and cookies, plus tea and coffee also are available. All proceeds will benefit the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church and National Historic Landmark. To Redoubt Elementary plans winter carnival preorder, call 690-0136. The Redoubt Elementary School PTA will host their second annual “Winter Carnival” Feb. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. The Hospital service area board meeting canceled event will inlcude a silent auction, dunk tank, games, food, The regularly scheduled meeting of the Central Kenai Penin- door prizes and raffles. Big ticket raffle items include a 32GB sula Hospital Service Area Board on Monday, Feb. 10 has been iPad Air, Camp and Play wagon filled with camping supplies, canceled. The next scheduled meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on and a student Grand Gift basket. Tickets for the iPad are $10 each. Only 150 tickets will be March 10 in the Redoubt-Spur Conference Room downstairs at sold. Tickets are available at the school office or the day of the Central Peninsula Hospital. carnival. Volunteers will be needed to help with our Winter Carnival. Bake sale benefits spay-neuter fund If you would like to help, or if you own a business and would A bake sale to benefit the Peninsula Spay/Neuter Fund will like to donate goods or services, please contact the school ofbe held from noon-6 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14 at Save-U-More on fice at 260-4300. This is a family fun event that is open to the community. Kaliforsnky Beach Road. For information about the organization, call 690-2723.

GPS training available

Have a photogenic pet? Send the Clarion a picture

The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct a “GPS for Outdoor Lovers” class on Feb. 22. This is a basic GPS navigation forum. Prior knowledge of map use and navigation is helpful. You are encouraged to bring your own hand held GPS unit. The class will be conducted at the Soldotna Public Library, 235 North Binkley Street, Soldotna, from 1-5 p.m. The cost of the class is $35 per person. A text book is included with the registration fee. Early registrations is recommended due to limited class size. For registration or more

Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people. Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. For more information, call 907-335-1251.

Highway to Valdez could reopen today By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Cars and trucks could be rolling into the city at the end of the transAlaska pipeline by this afternoon, nearly two weeks after avalanches cut off highway access. A spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Transportation said Tuesday that road crews are nearing completion of snow removal from the last blockage of the Richardson Highway, about 12 miles from Valdez. The highway is projected to open at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Hannah Blankenship said damage has mostly been limited to guardrails. Previous avalanches had not damaged the roadbed, and that was the case again. A dozen or so avalanches combined to close the highway Jan. 24, including two that completely covered the highway and about 10 that partially

covered it. Heavy early winter snow was followed in January by unseasonably warm temperatures and then rain. The precipitation trigged avalanches. One major avalanche was in Thompson Pass at Mile 39. That avalanche and the smaller ones were cleared last week. A second major avalanche filled Keystone Canyon, which begins at Mile 12 and is roughly 300 feet wide. Snow piled up on the road 40 to 50 feet high from canyon wall to canyon wall for 1,000 to 1,500 feet. It also dammed the Lowe River, creating a lake that covered 2,500 feet of highway. Excavation crews could not reach the upstream side of the avalanche until Friday after water drained or returned to the river channel. The highway department also reduced the threat of additional avalanches by dropping explo-

sives from a helicopter in avalanche chutes. About 10 workers at a time with excavators, bulldozers, loaders and a “rock truck,” described as high-volume dump truck with extra-large wheels, have been working in 12-hours shifts around the clock since Friday to remove snow. The department completed stabil-

ity tests to ensure the highway could support heavy loads. Crews were giving the walls of snow parallel to the highway a slope to snow does not slough off into the roadway, Blankenship said. Valdez remained accessible by air and water.

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What Others Say

Speech could unnerve ANWR oil supporters President Obama’s State of the Union

speech Tuesday ran for more than 6,500 words. But a mere 20 of those words, strung together in one sentence as almost an afterthought in a segment about natural gas, may have unnerved many development-minded Alaskans. “And while we’re at it, I’ll use my authority to protect more of our pristine federal lands for future generations.” This one sentence will most certainly raise alarm — and rightly so — among those who hope that Congress will someday authorize oil production in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It’s been a while since ANWR has been in the news, and a reminder can understandably be in order about oil and ANWR. So here it is: The Alaska National Lands Conservation Act, approved by Congress in 1980, contains language authorizing exploratory oil and gas activity within the coastal plain but requiring a separate act of Congress to actually get any oil or gas into production. That second authorization has never materialized, though Alaska’s members of Congress have tried over the years to achieve it and once came close, only to see it vetoed by President Clinton. The effort to get oil out of ANWR has been a national fight for decades and has involved prominent wilderness organizations whose aim is to have ANWR and its estimated 11 billion barrels of recoverable oil shielded from production forever. The mechanism under which these groups want the area locked up is the Antiquities Act of 1906, which gives a president the authority to designate monuments. President Obama can by himself change the designation of ANWR from a refuge to a monument without congressional approval. The nation has 108 national monuments, which the Antiquities Act describes as “objects of historic or scientific interest. This idea of President Obama going it alone “to protect more of our pristine federal lands” fits with the general theme of his State of the Union speech, which was one of frustration at a Congress that he views as intransigent and incapable on many subjects. That can only heighten concern that ANWR may be on a list somewhere in the administration for monument designation. It’s not just the president articulating this. Last week, 109 House Democrats sent a general letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging use of the Antiquities Act on a number of lands proposals because Congress is not acting on them. The battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s vast oil supplies has been a long one, but it could come to a quick end if the refuge is one of the areas that President Obama was thinking of when speaking those 20 words of his. And that would be unfortunate for our state and for our energy-hungry nation. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jan. 30

Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU

Prehistoric modern thinking

Why would anyone think it was a big deal when scientists announced a few days ago they had determined that humans carry genes of Neanderthals? Was there really any question? The evidence is everywhere. It’s certainly obvious when we observe the hunter-gatherer predators who run roughshod over each other in the political world. It would be a mistake to stereotype Neanderthals as grunting lunklumps. In fact, some of them appear quite suave. Mike Huckabee, for example, was outfitted in knuckle-drag recently when, before a Republican audience, he derided women who needed “Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control, because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system.” Let’s give credit to these primitive beings. They are equal opportunity. Females are well-represented. For example, just about anything Michele Bachmann says hearkens to a time far back in our evolution, which she doesn’t want even taught in our schools. Obviously she would not be someone Gov. Huckabee would accuse of having libido or reproductive-system problems. But many have raised questions about issues she has using her brain and mouth at once. Still, let’s face it: Most of today’s cave men are, uh, men. You know that famous “Ascent of Man” picture, which depicts the rise from ape to human, the one you’ll

Letters to the Editor Education system has adequate funding in Alaska The Alaska school system spends millions of dollars in taxpayer money annually on, non-classroom instruction, such as, football, soccer, baseball, tennis, swimming, and hockey, etc., as well as huge outputs for sport equipment, coaches and their staffs. These non-classroom activities should be paid for by the private sector such as Pop Warner football, Little League baseball, community soccer leagues, tennis clubs, etc., not by the tax payers in our communities. Until we get our priorities in order there will never be enough educational funds for our schools, especially, in regard to the majority of students who are not athletically inclined and have no wish to be groomed, athletically, for college or professional sports associations in the future. Put our tax money into classroom instruction not toward a minority of students whose moms and dads dream of Olympic gold, or Super Bowl victories for the chosen few. John A. Anderson Alaska

Public schools the great equalizer On Monday, I attended a meeting to give testimony on a Senate Resolution (SJR 9) that would put a measure on the November ballot changing the Alaska Constitution to allow the state to spend public money on private and religious schools. The testimony was overwhelmingly against the resolution. Those opposed were caring, articulate, and most of all, logical. No one thought there should not be choice. If a family wants to send their children to private schools, that’s okay, but public money should be spent on public schools which already provide choice through public charter schools. Public Schools are considered the great equalizer. A successful C

never see in a Creationism class? Well, Congressman Michael Grimm was here to remind us that the flow can move in both directions. He was definitely leading the descent when he grunted to a TV Bob Franken reporter that if he persisted in asking a question Grimm didn’t like, he would toss him over the balcony. That’s not a complete transcript, but it’s a family newspaper. This is a guy who’s in the U.S. House of Representatives. Clearly, though, when someone told him he was a member of the club, Grimm thought that meant he should carry a club. He’s from a part of the country where politics can get pretty primal, although there was nothing pretty about the traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge, apparently ordered up by some of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s aides. It’s still an open question how much Christie really knew about all of it, but those involved plainly had an abundance of Neanderthal DNA. So much of our cultural debate is really about resistance to progress that is supposed to define modern times. When you reduce the arguments against gay marriage to basics, they really are about adhering

democracy needs an educated population. Public money should not be spent on private education. Hundreds of years ago, most learning happened at home. Parents taught their children or, if their families could afford it, private tutors did the job. A class system of haves and have-nots was the norm. Thomas Jefferson called for public education, but he was ignored. By the 1840s, a few public schools had popped up around the country in the communities that could afford them. However, that smattering of schools wasn’t good enough for education crusaders Horace Mann of Massachusetts and Henry Barnard of Connecticut. They began calling for free, compulsory school for every child in the nation. Even with tax credits or vouchers equaling $4,000 to $5,000 for private education, not many families could afford the remaining $4,000 to $5,000 dollars per child that is the average private school tuition. Giving vouchers would simply line the pockets of people who can already afford a private education. Poorer families would still not be able to take advantage of vouchers. At a time when our schools are facing huge budget deficits and laying off hundreds of classroom teachers and education professionals statewide, the Legislature’s own research shows that school vouchers could take as much as $100 million of your tax dollars a year out of Alaskan public school classrooms and give the money away to private schools. Flat funding has already led to bigger class sizes and stretched our teachers too thin in Alaska. It’s time to go back to basics and invest in existing public schools. Cathleen Rolph Soldotna

Student seeks help with project Hi! My name is Connor Latham and I’m in 5th grade. I go to Conway School in Washington state. In fifth grade at my school we do state reports. I chose Alaska! I’m really excited about my report! Part of my report includes a display

to the belief that sex is strictly about the need for our species to procreate. What a shame it is that so many of us are still stuck in a period eons ago, when that impulse trumped all the human aspirations we’ve nurtured from then to modern times. One has to wonder if back about 50,000 years ago, when some humans and Neanderthals were doing it — which is the explanation for why we carry their genetic traces — if there were busybodies sticking their nose in everyone’s business and raising a ruckus about what went on around the fire at night and with whom? Evidently, we haven’t evolved as much as they say. Critics of President Barack Obama tell us that in cobbling together the Affordable Care Act, all he really was trying to do was reinvent the wheel, and badly. The scientists who have conducted the genetic study have determined that the fragments of Neanderthal DNA seem to have had the most impact on our hair, skin and immune system. They concluded that it had little impact on speech and communication, which leads one to wonder if they should have taken more samples from those who inhabit the world of politics. Interestingly, these cave couplings apparently produced offspring who were much less fertile. Given what we see these days, that’s probably a good thing. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

and a presentation. I am hoping that you could help me with this part. I would love it if you could send me some items for my display. Things that would help are pamphlets, souvenirs, license plates, and pictures. Anything that you think represents Alaska would be great! Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and consider my request. I’ll appreciate anything you can send. I’m excited to learn more about your state! Connor Latham Conway School Mrs. LaRocque’s Class 19710 SR 534 Mount Vernon, WA 98274

KCHS wrestling raffle winners announced Congratulations to the following winners of the Kenai Central High School wrestling raffle: 1st place (2 night stay at the Diamond M Ranch) — Kelly Harden; 2nd place (1 night stay at the Quality Inn) — Steven Altig; 3rd place (Home Depot grill) — Brad Cross; 4th place (Napa/Carquest gift pack) — Ken Harper; 5th place (Trustworthy Hardware gift card) — Angel Brister; 6th place (Affinity manicure/pedicure) — Shawn Brown. Thank you to the aforementioned businesses for their generous prize donations. We would also like to thank Safeway for allowing us to sell tickets at their store, to HiSpeed Gear for printing the tickets, and to Marty Zoda for organizing this fundraiser. We especially appreciate all our friends, neighbors, and relatives for supporting the KCHS wrestling program by buying a raffle ticket. Stanley Steffensen and Matt Streiff, KCHS wrestling coaches and KCHS wrestling booster club

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Police reports n On Jan. 27 at about 2:30 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report of a vehicle crossing the centerline at Mile 162 of the Sterling Highway. Troopers stopped the vehicle, and investigation revealed that Ruth Rodriquez, 23, of Anchor Point, was texting while driving. She was arrested for driving with a screen device operating and was taken to the Homer Jail on $500 bail. n On Jan. 28 at 4:45 a.m., Soldotna police contacted a vehicle on the Sterling Highway near Riverside Drive, after a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) complaint was received. Victor Rodriguez, 21, of Soldotna, was in possession of a small amount of marijuana. He was issued a criminal citation for sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and released. n On Jan. 28 at 8:12 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway at Birch Street. Luis Y. Yugo, 52, of Kenai, was arrested for driving while license revoked and for not having vehicle liability insurance and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,000 bail. n On Jan. 28 at about 11:00 p.m., Kenai police contacted Allen P.R. Kost, 23, of Kenai, as a result of a welfare check. Records indicated that Kost had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failure to comply to remand as ordered on the original charge of fourth-degree assault. No Bail. n On Jan. 28 at about 6:10 p.m., Kenai Police Department received a 911 open line. Officers responded to a local apartment complex to investigate the call. Officers discovered an assault in progress and arrested John H. Maestas, 42, of Kenai, for second-degree, third-degree and fourth-degree assault and fifth-degree criminal mischief. All charges were domestic violence related. Maestas was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility pending arraignment.

n On Jan. 28 at 1:59 p.m., Kenai police responded to Home Depot to a report of person attempting to take items without paying for them and contacted Glen L. Thompson, 24, of Sterling, who was arrested for second-degree theft and violating condition of release and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Jan. 29 at about 3:50 a.m., Kenai police responded to the Annex apartments on Frontage Road for a report of property damage. Tina M. Draper, 45, of Kenai, was issued a summons for fourth-degree criminal mischief for kicking in a door of the residence. n On Jan. 29 at 1:09 p.m., Kenai Police Department assisted Alaska State Troopers on Kaknu Way in Kenai. Dylan C. Ely, 21, of Kenai, was arrested for violating conditions of release and a, Alaska State Troopers $500 arrest warrant on the original charge of third-degree theft and was taken to Wildwood Correctional Facility. n On Jan. 29 at 3:43 p.m., Kenai police responded to Cedar Drive for an assault in progress. Luis R. Corona, 53, of Kenai, was arrested for second-degree assault (domestic violence) and fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and was taken to Wildwood Correctional Facility. n On Jan. 31 at 6:06 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a single vehicle rollover at Mile 11 of Funny River Road. Investigation revealed that Cori Murphy, 51, of Soldotna, was driving her Jeep SUV, when she lost control on the ice and went into the ditch. The vehicle rolled over and came to a rest on its side. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Murphy reported wearing her seat belt and no injuries. The jeep sustained major damage. n On Jan. 31 at 1:51 p.m., Kenai police responded to an irate male on Frontage Road near the Benco Building. Richard P. Hubbard, 57 of, Anchorage, was arrested for disorderly conduct and was taken to Wildwood Correctional Facility. n On Feb. 1 at 2:59 p.m., Alaska State Troopers with the Bureau of Highway Patrol

Girdwood Team stopped a 1989 Toyota Celica for an equipment violation near Mile 95 Seward Highway. Sean Scott McGahan, 24, of Kenai, was found to be in possession of marijuana. McGahan was issued a misdemeanor Alaska Uniform Complaint for sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and released on scene. n On Feb. 1 at 4:15 p.m., Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop at Mile 102 of the Sterling Highway on a blue dodge pickup truck for no rear license plate. The driver was identified as Devon Day, 49, of Anchorage. Investigation showed that Day’s license was suspended for points system violation. He was issued a mandatory court appearance for driving with a suspended license. n On Feb. 1 7:37 p.m., Soldotna troopers dispatch received a report of a hit-and-run accident around Mile 101 of the Sterling Highway. Troopers responded and contacted a juvenile female, who said a truck had struck her vehicle and that the truck had left the scene. Troopers located the truck off Lacrosse Lane and contacted the driver, Harley Potter, 32, of Anchorage. Investigation showed that Potter’s license was suspended for failure to pay child support, effective Jan. 31. Potter was given mandatory court appearances for driving while license suspended, as well as for no motor vehicle insurance and leaving the scene of an accident. n On Feb. 1 at 11:41 p.m., Kenai police attempted to traffic stop a vehicle at North Forest Drive and Cedar Avenue. After a short pursuit, the vehicle came to a stop and the male driver fled on foot. Officers immediately contacted Russell D. Cronce, 27, of Kenai, who was arrested for felony eluding, failure to insure vehicle and sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Cronce was also arrested on a Soldotna State Troopers felony arrest

warrant for violating conditions of release and a Soldotna troopers misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear for pretrial conference hearing on the original charge of no insurance. n On Feb. 1, the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a green 1998 Subaru car on Island Lake Road in Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Brian William Stillings, 44, of Nikiski, was driving the car while impaired and under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Feb. 2 at 12:43 p.m., Kenai police responded to a residence on Spruce Street. Following investigation, Carol J. Schaffer, 52, of Kasilof, was arrested on charges of fourthdegree theft and resisting arrest and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Feb. 2 at 2:18 a.m., Kenai police were called to a disturbance at a residence on Broad Street. Investigation led to the arrest of Aaron J. Bullard, 50, of Soldotna, on a charge of disorderly conduct. Bullard was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Feb. 2 at 12:21 a.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to a reported domestic disturbance in Sterling. Investigation resulted in John Sandy VanCleef, 57, of Sterling, being arrested for third-degree assault (domestic violence) and driving under the influence. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held without bail pending arraignment. n On Feb. 2 at 6:27 p.m., the Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a black 2000 Toyota SUV on Aurora Avenue in Kasilof. The driver was identified as Shane Hatfield, 59, of Kasilof. Investigation revealed that Hatfield was driving while impaired and under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wild-

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Alaska Briefs Troopers arrest woman suspected of highway texting HOMER — A 23-year-old Anchor Point woman suspected of texting while driving was arrested and briefly jailed. Alaska State Troopers say Ruth Rodriquez was taken into custody last week and released on $500 bail from the Homer Jail. Troopers took a call that a driver had swerved across the centerline at Mile 162 Sterling Highway. An officer stopped Rodriquez and determined she had been texting. She was charged with driving with a screen device operating. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says the offense is a misdemeanor, in contrast to an infraction such as a speeding ticket. Peters says says arresting officers have the discretion to issue a summons with a mandatory court appearance or to make an arrest.

Man sentenced in Buckland shooting KOTZEBUE — A Buckland man will spend 30 years in jail after shooting and wounding a village police officer last summer. The state Department of Law says in a statement that Gary Ballot was sentenced Monday in Kotzebue for the July 26 attack on Officer Loren Geary. Prosecutors say Ballot was going to Kotzebue to Buckland in a skiff on July 26, taking large quantities of liquor, beer and wine to a wedding at a fish camp. Village police tried to stop Ballot, who had a high-powered rifle. Prosecutors say Ballot shot Geary, shattering his left elbow. The bullet then went into Geary’s stomach, and stopped in his right hip. Even though injured, Geary detained Ballot until troopers arrived. Ballot earlier pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges.

Woman accused of DUI, trying to elude arrest ANCHORAGE — A woman suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol was arrested after trying to elude officers at her home, according to Alaska State Troopers. Natasha Bowers, 36, was arrested early Sunday, KTUUTV reported. She faces charges of driving under the influence, failure to stop at a peace officer’s direction, resisting arrest and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Troopers said officers followed Bowers in her vehicle, and shortly after 1:30 a.m., tried to make a traffic stop. She continued driving, and officers followed her to her home, troopers said. — The Associated Press

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Around the World Senate sends farm bill to Obama, bill would cut food stamps, maintain farm subsidies WASHINGTON — The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Obama Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from the nation’s 47 million food stamp recipients to Southern peanut growers, Midwest corn farmers and the maple syrup industry in the Northeast. After years of setbacks, the Senate on Tuesday sent the nearly $100 billion-a-year measure to President Barack Obama. The White House said the president will sign the bill on Friday in Michigan, the home state of Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. The Senate passed the bill 68-32 after House passage last week. The bill provides a financial cushion for farmers who face unpredictable weather and market conditions. It also provides subsidies for rural communities and environmentally-sensitive land. But the bulk of its cost is for the food stamp program, which aids 1 in 7 Americans. The bill would cut food stamps by $800 million a year, or around 1 percent. House Republicans had hoped to reduce the bill’s costs even further, pointing to a booming agriculture sector in recent years and arguing that the now $80 billion-a-year food stamp program has spiraled out of control. The House passed a bill in September that would have made a cut to food stamps that was five times more than the eventual cut. Those partisan disagreements stalled the bill for more than two years, but conservatives were eventually outnumbered as the Democratic Senate, the White House and a still-powerful bipartisan coalition of farm-state lawmakers pushed to get the bill done.

Labor, business, veterans join Republicans, Dems, in push for Keystone XL oil pipeline WASHINGTON — An unusual coalition of lawmakers from both parties, labor and business leaders, veterans groups and Canada’s ambassador to the United States joined forces Tuesday to push for quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Five Democrats joined Republicans at a Capitol news conference to urge President Barack Obama to approve the pipeline following a State Department report last week that raised no major environmental objections. The $7 billion pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in western Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast. The project has lingered for more than five years and has become a symbol of the political debate over climate change. Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer also spoke at the news conference, along with labor union officials and a retired Navy admiral. A top oil industry lobbyist attended the event but did not speak. Environmental groups that oppose the pipeline have been making a lot of “noise,” Doer said, but polls show most Americans remain in favor of the project. Pipeline opponents, including many Democratic lawmakers, say the pipeline would carry heavy oil that contributes to global warming. They also worry about a spill. — The Associated Press

Nation Less work and more benefits Health care law will mean fewer people on the job ANDREW TAYLOR and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Several million American workers will cut back their hours on the job or leave the nation’s workforce entirely because of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, congressional analysts said Tuesday, adding fresh fuel to the political fight over “Obamacare.” The workforce changes would mean nationwide losses equal to 2.3 million full-time jobs by 2021, in large part because people would opt to keep their income low to stay eligible for federal health care subsidies or Medicaid, the Congressional Budget Office said. It had estimated previously that the law would lead to 800,000 fewer jobs by that year. Republican lawmakers seized on the report as major new evidence of what they consider the failures of Obama’s overhaul, the huge change in U.S. health coverage that they’re trying to overturn and planning to use as a main argument against Democrats in November’s midterm elections. It’s the latest indication that “the president’s health care law is destroying full-time jobs,” said Republican Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. “This fatally flawed health care scheme is wreaking havoc on working families nationwide,” he said. But the White House said the possible reduction would be due to voluntary steps by workers rather than businesses cutting jobs — people having the freedom to retire early or spend more time as stay-at-home parents because they no longer had to depend only on their employers for health insurance. The law means people “will

It’s the latest indication that ‘the president’s health care law is destroying fulltime jobs. This fatally flawed health care scheme is wreaking havoc on working families nationwide.’ — Republican Rep. John Kline, Minnesota, House Education and Workforce Committee be empowered to make choices about their own lives and livelihoods,” said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said the top reasons people would reduce work would be to qualify for subsidized coverage and an expanded Medicaid program but that lower wages — because of penalties on employers who don’t provide coverage and looming taxes on generous health care plans — would also be a factor. The agency also reduced its estimate of the number of uninsured people who will get coverage through the health care law. The budget experts now say 1 million more people will be uninsured this year than had been expected, partly because of the website problems that prevented people from signing up last fall. However, it wasn’t all bad news for the Obama administration. The CBO’s wide-ranging report predicted that the federal budget deficit will fall to $514 billion this year, down from last year’s $680 billion and the lowest by far since Obama took office five years ago. The new estimates also say that the health care law will, in the short run, benefit the economy by boosting demand for goods and services because the lower-income people it helps will have more purchasing power. The report noted that the 2014 premiums that

people pay for exchange coverage are coming in about 15 percent lower than projected, and the health care law, on balance, still is expected to reduce the federal deficit. However, the budget experts see the long-term federal deficit picture worsening by about $100 billion a year through the end of the decade because of slower growth in the economy than they had previously predicted. As for health care signups, the website woes have largely been cleared up, but the nonpartisan congressional analysts estimated that about 1 million fewer people will enroll through the new insurance exchanges than had been expected this year, for a total of 6 million. Enrollment is predicted to pick up, topping 20 million in 2016. The exchanges, or online marketplaces, offer subsidized private coverage and cater mainly to middle-class people who don’t have health care on the job. The Congressional Budget Office also revised its Medicaid enrollment projection downward by about 1 million, for a new total of 8 million signups in 2014. About half the states have accepted the health law’s Medicaid expansion. What about those people whose decisions about work might be affected by the new law? Lower-wage workers are

more likely to reduce their hours or quit their jobs because of Obamacare incentives, the report said. Although some employers will choose not to hire additional workers, or will reduce hours, the budget office said that does not appear to be the main factor. “The estimated reduction stems almost entirely from a net decline in the amount of labor that workers choose to supply, rather than from a net drop in businesses’ demand for labor,” the report said. The health care analysis is layered with complexity. The job losses are measured in “full-time-equivalent workers,” which means more people are actually affected than, say, the 2 million full-time-equivalent jobs lost in 2017. It could take several part-time workers or people deciding to reduce their hours to produce the wage loss of one full-time equivalent. The report also contains an important caveat, that the estimate of job losses is “subject to substantial uncertainty” and could be larger or smaller than predicted. There now are more than 130 million jobs in the economy. Meanwhile, the broad federal deficit projection shows another yearly improvement. Obama inherited an economy in crisis and the first deficits ever to exceed $1 trillion. The 2009 total, swelled by the costs of the Wall Street bailout, hit a record $1.4 trillion, while the deficits of 2010 and 2011 each registered $1.3 trillion. The agency sees the deficit sliding to $478 billion next year before beginning a steady rise years through 2024 that would bring the annual imbalance back above $1 trillion. Overall, it forecasts deficits totaling $7.3 trillion over the coming decade, about $1 trillion more than previously estimated.

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New wave of heroin claims Hoffman and others By MEGHAN BARR Associated Press

NEW YORK — Heroin was supposed to be an obsolete evil, a blurry memory of a dangerous drug that dwelled in some dark recess of American culture. But smack never really disappeared. It comes in waves, and one such swell is cresting across the nation, sparking widespread worry among government officials and driving up overdose deaths — including, it appears, that of Oscarwinning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Fueled by a crackdown on prescription pain killers and an abundant supply of cheap heroin that’s more potent than ever, the drug that has killed famous rock stars and everyday Americans alike is making headlines again. “Heroin has this sort of dark allure to it that’s part of its mystique,” said Eric Schneider, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who wrote the book “Smack: Heroin in the City,” a historical account of the drug. “What I’ve heard from heroin users is that flirting with addiction is part of the allure: to sort of see how close to that edge you can get and still pull back.” Medical examiners have not made an official determination of the cause of the 46-year-old actor’s death, but police have been investigating it as an overdose. Hoffman was found in a bathroom with a syringe in his arm. Authorities say a number of factors are fueling the drug’s use, including relatively low prices and a less demonized image than it once had. Rather than seeing heroin as the pointof-no-return drug of strung-out junkies — in his 1967 song “Heroin,” Lou Reed called it “my wife and ... my life” — some users now see it as an inexpensive alternative to oxycodone and other prescription opiate drugs. “People think that it is someone who is a bum, who’s homeless, who has no money and who is sort of living at the

‘Heroin has this sort of dark allure to it that’s part of its mystique. What I’ve heard from heroin users is that flirting with addiction is part of the allure: to sort of see how close to that edge you can get and still pull back.’ — Eric Schneider, author, “Smack: Heroin in the City” very bottom,” said Michael Clune, a former addict who wrote the memoir ‘White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin.’ “When the truth is, it really is everywhere.” The number of recorded heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled from 1,842 in 2000 to 3,036 in 2010, according to the most recent statistics available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heroin deaths still account for a relatively small percentage of total drug overdose deaths: less than 10 percent in 2010, for example. Last month, the governor of Vermont devoted almost his entire State of the State address to the state’s heroin problem, calling on the Legislature to pass laws encouraging treatment and seek ideas on the best way to prevent people from becoming addicted. The striking thing about heroin’s most recent incarnation is that a drug that was once largely confined to major cities is spreading into suburban and rural towns across America, where it is used predominantly by young adults between the ages of 18 and 29, said Jim Hall, an epidemiologist who studies substance abuse at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “We haven’t really seen something this rapid since probably the spread of cocaine and crack in the mid-1980s,” Hall said. The very first American heroin users in the early 20th century were white, workingclass residents of New York City, which was the epicenter

of heroin use for much of the century and the key entry point to the U.S. market. Heroin is processed from morphine, which itself is derived from the opium poppy. It originated in inner-city Chinese opium dens in the late 1800s, when people switched from opium smoking to heroin because it was much easier to smuggle. The drug was even marketed by the Bayer Co. in 1898 as the “wonder drug” of the arriving 20th century, sold as a cure for the wracking cough caused by tuberculosis. Schneider said after World

War II, heroin became a drug primarily used by blacks and Puerto Ricans in the Northeast and by Mexican Americans in the West. In the late 1960s, at the height of the hippie drug experimentation era, there was a surge of heroin use among young white people in New York’s East Village and in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Crime spiked among heroin users who were desperate to keep up the habit. Heroin’s reputation in the 1970s was “a really hard-core, dangerous street drug, a killer drug, but there’s a whole generation who didn’t grow up with that kind of experience with heroin,” said New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan, whose office was created in 1971 in response to heroin use and related crime. “It’s been glamorized, certainly much more than it was during the ‘70s.” In the 1990s, there was another wave of attention when the term “heroin chic” became ubiquitous as a description for pale, thin supermodels like

Kate Moss. The earliest heroin came to the U.S. from Chinese opium fields, Schneider said, and then Turkey became the leading source after World War II. After that, U.S. servicemen began smuggling the drug back from Southeast Asia and drug traffickers opened up a supply from Latin America. Today, Afghanistan is the world’s largest heroin producer. In the past, the people who were most susceptible to heroin use were the ones who didn’t have to go to work every day, from the very poor to the very wealthy, Schneider said. Heroin was the drug of choice for 1950s bebop jazz musicians who used heroin in Manhattan swing clubs, he said, followed decades later by rock stars like Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain. That’s not the case anymore. Most heroin addicts at Maryhaven, a substance abuse treatment center in Columbus, Ohio, got hooked on prescription painkillers like oxycodone after sustaining some

type of injury, said Paul H. Coleman, the center’s president and CEO. When the cost of buying prescription opiates became prohibitive, and those drugs were reformulated in ways that made them harder to abuse, they turned to heroin. About half of the center’s patients — it treated 7,000 people last year — are heroin addicts. “I’ve had several patients tell me, ‘I never thought I would end up putting a needle in my arm,’” Coleman said. Heroin never loses its freshness and intensity, which is why it’s so addictive, said Clune, who first tried the drug at a Manhattan party in 1998 and was addicted for four years before getting clean. He was lured in by the idea that trying heroin was an extreme life experience, like skydiving. His brain changed forever after just one try. “Insofar as heroin is a romance, it’s a totally phantom romance. It’s imaginary,” Clune said. “It’s an allure that promises you something that you can never really get.”

Navy probing alleged cheating By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is investigating 30 or more senior sailors in connection with alleged cheating on written tests designed to qualify them as instructors at a school that trains younger sailors to operate naval nuclear power reactors, officials said Tuesday. The reactors at Charleston, S.C., are of the kind used in propulsion systems for Navy submarines and aircraft carriers. The alleged misbehavior is unrelated to Navy nuclear weapons carried aboard Trident submarines, according to Adm. John Richardson, the director of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion program. He said it came to light on Monday when a senior enlisted sailor at the Charleston training site reported the cheating to higher authorities. Richardson said the unidentified sailor “recognized that this was wrong” and chose to report it.

Pressed to say how many sailors were implicated in the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Richardson said a “ballpark figure” was something in the neighborhood of 12 to 20. But a short time later another Navy official said the number was approximately 30 but could change as the investigation unfolds. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss publicly any details beyond what Richardson and the Navy’s top officer, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, disclosed at a Pentagon news conference. Greenert, the chief of naval operations, said he was upset to learn of the breakdown in discipline at Charleston. “To say I am disappointed would be an understatement,” Greenert said. “We expect more from our sailors — especially our senior sailors.” Neither Greenert nor Richardson identified the rank of the alleged cheaters but

described them as senior enlisted members. There are about 150 instructors at the Charleston site. Richardson said the examinations on which sailors allegedly cheated included classified information. He said he could not discuss possible disciplinary action against those involved because the probe was ongoing. However, he said that anyone in the naval nuclear power program — either in a training setting or aboard a ship at sea — who is caught cheating would usually be removed from the program and “generally” would be kicked out of the Navy. The decision to have Greenert and Richardson publicly announce the cheating investigation was a sign of how seriously the Navy takes the matter. The alleged cheating did not involve naval nuclear weapons and thus was not directly comparable to the Air Force’s investigation of alleged cheating by officers who operate land-based nuclear missiles.

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Syrian forces hit mosque with bomb, kill 11 By DIAA HADID Associated Press

BEIRUT — Men pull a girl from the rubble and haul her onto a dirty sheet of plastic, while another child, coated in white dust save for a red streak of blood from his nose, lies with his crushed leg dangling off a gurney — the grisly aftermath from the dropping of a crude “barrel bomb” by Syrian forces on the city of Aleppo. The bombing — one of at least seven such attacks in Aleppo on Tuesday — struck a mosque that was being used as a school, killing at least 11 people, activists said. A video supplied by activists contained scenes of the carnage. It was the latest example of the heightened use of barrel bombs, devices packed with fuel, explosives and scrap metal that are hurled from helicopters, often indiscriminately. Since Thursday, around

80 people have been killed by barrel bombs used by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces to try to dislodge rebels from Aleppo, according to figures provided by the Britainbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on the ground. The video uploaded from the rebel-held Masaken Hanano district showed the aftermath of the explosion at or near the Uthman Bin Affan mosque, where adults were teaching children the Quran, said activist Hassoun Abu Faisal of the Aleppo Media Center. The video, excerpts of which are at http://apne.ws/1c0t9yt , was consistent with what reporting by The Associated Press found. A cameraman films from inside a vehicle as it speeds toward a place where dust is drifting into a clear blue sky. The camera swivels to men and

boys running around a building that has been torn in half by an explosion. “Are there martyrs?” the narrator asks. His camera focuses on a lump of red flesh in a vehicle. It is the beginning of a grim litany of death, as seen from the jerking camera. A child, his legs missing, lies on the ground, partially covered by a blanket. “Are there anybody’s children here?” cries one man. “Bashar, you lowlife!” cries another, referring to the Syrian ruler, raising his hands angrily to the sky. Another man shakes a blackened body inside a vehicle. A man carries a lifeless boy, lifting him partly by his clothes, and leaves him on the sidewalk near two other mangled corpses. An older man with a bloodied face stumbles toward the child, weeping, “Oh, God, your grace, oh, God.”

The cameraman also captures scenes of the boy with the crushed leg and the girl pulled from the ruins. The Observatory said at least five of the dead in Masaken Hanano were children. The use of barrel bombs across Syria has been widely condemned by human rights groups because of the weapons’ indiscriminate nature. They have been a key part of a government strategy to wrest back parts of Aleppo seized by rebels in mid-2012. Far from the battlegrounds in Syria, Assad’s chief ally, Russia, expressed confidence that the government would return to the U.N.-hosted peace talks in Geneva that began in January after three years of war. “We have no doubts that the government representatives will take place in a second round of talks between the Syrian sides in Geneva,” Mikhail Bogdanov,

AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man carrying a wounded child following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Feb. 3.

Russian deputy foreign minister and Moscow’s special envoy to the Middle East, said in comments carried on Russian news agencies. Assad’s government has not

committed to attending the next round of talks, expected on Feb. 10. “We hope that both sides will continue a patient, constructive discussion,” Bogdanov said.

Hero or traitor? Pope’s aide in Polish controversy By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — One of the cardinal rules in the Catholic church: obedience to the pope. So it has come as a shock for many in the Catholic world that John Paul II’s most trusted confidant has betrayed the beloved pontiff’s last will and testament by publishing personal notes he wanted burned. Deep moral dilemmas were at stake for Stanislaw Dziwisz — between loyalty and conscience, the wishes of the pope and the obligations of history. John Paul ordered the notes burned after his death and put Dziwisz, his secretary, in charge of the task. To everyone’s surprise, Dziwisz, now a cardinal, said recently that he “did not

have the courage” to destroy the notes and is having them published as a precious insight into the inner life of the beloved pontiff, who will be declared a saint in April. The book — “Very Much in God’s Hands. Personal Notes 1962-2003” — comes out in Poland on Wednesday. Criticism so far has outpaced praise. “I don’t think it is right for a church member to go against the will and authority of the pope, whatever the reason,” Ewelina Gniewnik said as she was leaving Savior’s Church in downtown Warsaw. “I’m not sure that Cardinal Dziwisz knows what he is doing.” The Polish-language book contains religious meditations that Karol Wojtyla recorded

between July 1962 and March 2003 — spanning a period in which he went from being a bishop in Poland to a globetrotting superstar pope. There are plans to publish the book in English and other languages but no details have been fixed. The decision to publish does not go against papal infallibility, which contrary to popular belief applies only to matters of church doctrine. And Dziwisz was also free to follow his conscience — since the obligation to obey the pope ends with his death or retirement. Still some are expressing shock that a trusted aide would defy the orders of the pope, especially on a matter as sacred as a will — with the Internet flooded with angry comments against Dziwisz.

The book itself may be a tough slog for ordinary readers. It runs 640 pages and basically consists of deeply religious, compact, sometimes arcane ideas or trains of thought that spring from citations from the Bible. Priests, theologians and philosophers will be inspired — the layperson will find it opaque. However, one cryptic remark about sinful priests, registered in March 1981, perhaps gains new significance under the flood of pedophilia cases against Roman Catholic clergy. “The social aspect of sin,” wrote John Paul, “it hurts the Church as a community. Especially a sin by a priest.” There have been other cases in history in which executors defied instructions of famous

people to destroy their work. Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov’s son, Dmitri, published his father’s unfinished work “The Original of Laura” — which Nabokov had left instructions to burn — and justified the act by saying he didn’t want to go down in history as a “literary arsonist.” Dziwisz was prepared for accusations of betrayal. He was John Paul’s personal secretary and closest aide for almost 40 years in Poland and at the Vatican, where — Vatican experts say — he made key decisions in the pope’s waning years. After John Paul’s death in 2005 at age 84, he was made Archbishop of Krakow, in southern Poland, where he is building a museum memorial to the Polish pope. The book’s

proceeds are to go to the memorial. “I had no doubt,” he said recently. “These notes are so important, they say so much about the spiritual side, about the person, about the great pope, that it would have been a crime to destroy them.” He noted the despair of historians after Pope Pius XII’s letters were burnt. Respected church commentator, the Rev. Adam Boniecki, wrote in a Polish Catholic weekly that he was at first “surprised in an unpleasant way” by Dziwisz’s decision, but after reading the book “I am grateful to him for having taken the risk of following his own conscience and not being a meticulous formalist.” Some ordinary worshippers were also supportive.

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Iraqi militant leader refused to fall into line By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — He has commanded a relentless bombing campaign against Iraqi civilians, orchestrated audacious jailbreaks of fellow militants and expanded his hardline Islamist organization’s reach deep into neighboring Syria. While his may not be a household name, the shadowy figure known as Abu Bakr alBaghdadi has emerged as one of the world’s most lethal terrorist leaders. He is a renegade within al-Qaida whose maverick streak eventually led its central command to sever ties, deepening a rivalry between his organization and the global terror network. Al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is the main driver of destabilizing violence in Iraq and until recently was the main al-Qaida affiliate there. Al-Qaida’s general command formally disavowed the group this week, saying it “is not responsible for its actions.” Al-Baghdadi took over leadership of al-Qaida’s main Iraq franchise following a joint U.S.Iraqi raid in April 2010 that killed the terror group’s two top figures inside Iraq at their safehouse near Tikrit, once Saddam Hussein’s hometown. Vice President Joe Biden at the time called the killings of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub alMasri a “potentially devastating blow” to al-Qaida in Iraq. But as in the past, al-Qaida in Iraq has proved resilient. Under al-Baghdadi’s leadership, it has come roaring back stronger than it was before he took over. The man now known as alBaghdadi was born in Samarra, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, in 1971, according to a United Nations sanctions list. That would make him 42 or 43 years old. Al-Baghdadi is a nom de guerre for a man identified as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali alBadri al-Samarrai. The U.S. is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his death or capture. He is believed to have been

operating from inside Syria in recent months, though his current whereabouts aren’t known. Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan Ibrahim said authorities believe he was in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, as recently as three weeks ago, but he moves around frequently so as not to be captured. What little else that is known publicly about al-Baghdadi comes from a brief biography posted in July by his own terror group. Its claims could not be independently corroborated. According to that account, al-Baghdadi is a married preacher who earned a doctorate from Baghdad’s Islamic University, the Iraqi capital’s main center for Sunni clerical scholarship. The biography linked him to several prominent tribes and said he comes from a religious family, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist sites. He rose to prominence as a proponent of the Salafi jihadi movement, which advocates “holy war” to bring about a strict, uncompromising version of Shariah law, in Samarra and the nearby Diyala province. The biography linked him to Samarra’s mosque of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal, which according to one resident, speaking anonymously for fear of retribution, was a key hub for al-Qaida decision-making in 2005 and 2006. Samarra, like Diyala a hotbed for al-Qaida activity, was the scene of the 2006 bombing of the Shiite al-Askari shrine. That attack was blamed on alQaida and set off years of retaliatory bloodshed between Sunni and Shiite extremists. Al-Baghdadi’s leadership of the Iraqi al-Qaida operation coincided with the final year and a half of the American military presence in Iraq. The U.S. withdrawal in December 2011 left Iraq with a precarious security vacuum that he was able to exploit. “Al-Baghdadi has managed a remarkable recovery and regrowth in Iraq and expansion into Syria. In so doing, Bagh-

dadi has become somewhat of a celebrity figure within the global jihadist community,” said Charles Lister, an analyst at the Brookings Doha Center. The group has kept up pressure on the Shiite-led government in Baghdad with frequent and coordinated barrages of car bombs and suicide bombs, pushing the country’s violent death toll last year to the highest level since 2007, when the worst of Iraq’s sectarian bloodletting began to subside. A series of prison breaks, including a complex, militarystyle assault on two Baghdadarea prisons in July that freed more than 500 inmates, has bolstered his group’s ranks and raised its clout among jihadist sympathizers.

That notoriety only grew when his fighters seized control of the city of Fallujah and other parts of the vast western Anbar province in recent weeks. His push into Syria has won him large numbers of foreign recruits, and is helped by “a slick and effective propaganda machine, which has had a truly global reach,” according to Lister. Last year, he added “and the Levant” to the end of his group’s name to reflect its cross-border ambitions. But its muscling in on other Syrian rebel groups’ territory has created divisions among the militant ranks. The Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-linked rebel group in Syria, bristled at the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s unilateral announcement of a

merger — effectively a hostile takeover — last year. Abu Qatada, a radical preacher who was deported from Britain and faces terrorism charges in his native Jordan, is among those who have criticized ISIL’s role in Syria. He warned last week that ISIL’s fighters were “misled to fight a war that is not holy.” Many Syrians have been turned off by ISIL’s strict and intensely sectarian interpretation of Islam, including brutal measures such as the beheading of captured government fighters and its focus on establishing an Islamic caliphate. Al-Qaida leader Ayman alZawahri tried unsuccessfully to end the infighting as frictions between the ISIL and

other Syrian rebel factions erupted into outright warfare in recent weeks. The Londonbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that more than 1,700 people have been killed in clashes between ISIL and other factions since Jan. 3. It was that infighting that likely prompted al-Zawahiri to ultimately sever ties, setting up a potential fight over resources and influence. “Any separation means a split in strength and resources between the rival wings,” said Ibrahim, the Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman. “This division between al-Zawahiri and al-Baghdadi is due to only conflicting personal ambitions between two people.”

Sea survivor’s family thought he died By MARCOS ALEMAN and NICK PERRY Associated Press

GARITA PALMERA, El Salvador — A Salvadoran fisherman’s account of his survival after more than 13 months and about 6,500 miles in an open boat has proved a double miracle for his mother and father, who lost touch with him eight years ago and thought he was dead. Jose Salvador Alvarenga’s family reacted with joy and tears after two phone calls from their long lost son, who said he was getting medical treatment and food — he later got a shave and a haircut. But he confessed to his mother he didn’t really know where he was. The family provided details that may help explain his almost unbelievable survival after what may have been as many as 14½ months adrift. His father, Jose Ricardo Orellana, 65, who owns a store and flour mill in the seaside Salvadoran town of Garita Palmera, described a strong, stocky young man who first went to sea at age 14. “The sea was his thing,” Orellana said. Maria Julia Alvarenga, 59, said her son always had unusual strength and resilience. Recounting the phone calls with her son from the Marshall Islands, she broke into tears. “We hadn’t heard from him for eight years, we thought he was dead already. This is a miracle, glory to God.” Jose Salvador Alvarenga’s 14-year-old daughter, Fatima, said she didn’t remember ever seeing her father, who left El Salvador when she was just over a year old. “I’m so very happy to know he’s alive,” said Fatima. “He’s alive and I’m going to see him.” Gee Bing, the Marshall Islands’ acting secretary of foreign affairs, said he helped relocate Alvarenga from the hospital to a hotel in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, on Tuesday.

“He requested that we give him some time to rest. I don’t think he got enough sleep at the hospital, and he wanted to rest and also get a haircut,” Bing said. “When we dropped him off at the hotel, there was someone there to take him to the barber.” Bing said that at the hospital, Alvarenga had a constant stream of journalists and well-wishers wanting to talk to him. They brought him gifts, including blankets, pillows, clothes and fruit. The hotel stepped up security to try to provide him some privacy, Bing added. The official said medical tests showed Alvarenga was doing well. He was taking vitamins, and Tylenol to ease his joint pain, but was otherwise recovering nicely. He said questions remained about Alvarenga’s story but authorities were focusing on repatriating him to El Salvador. Bing said that he expected it to take one to two weeks for authorities to finalize Alvarenga’s repatriation, and that the Marshall Islands government would likely pick up the tab for his stay. The official said Alvarenga also spoke by phone Tuesday to his brother in Maryland for the first time in years: “He got very emotional.” Alvarenga’s parents said he was known in his hometown as “Cirilo,” a nickname that coincides with the first name of a man registered as missing with civil defense officials in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. The civil defense office said a small fishing boat carrying two men, named Cirilo Vargas and Ezequiel Cordoba, disappeared during bad weather on Nov. 17, 2012, and no trace of them or the craft was found during an intense two-week search. Alvarenga said his fellow fisherman, who he identified only with the first name of Ezequiel, died after about a month at sea and he tossed his body overboard. Alvarenga said he survived on raw fish, birds, bird blood and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands atoll of Ebon, 6,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean from the fishing hamlet of Costa Azul, Mexico, where he set out.

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Bears’ Butcher commits to Division I school By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Alec Butcher verbally committed to Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., Monday, becoming the second player on the team to earn a Division I commitment this season. Sebastian Fuchs committed to the University of Denver earlier this season. Albin Karlsson committed to Niagara University last season, while Brown Bears alumni Alex Jackstadt has committed to the University of Alaska Anchorage. “It feels pretty good,” said

Butcher, whose Bears begin a three-game series with the Austin (Minn.) Bruins on Thursday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex with a 7 p.m. puck drop. “I’m pretty excited for next year. “They’re bringing me in a year early, so I want to be ready and up for the challenge.” Butcher, who is from Anchorage, has a 1994 birthdate, so he is eligible for another year of junior hockey. But Sacred Heart is ready to take him now. Karlsson also has a 1994 birthdate, but Bears head coach Geoff Beauparlant said Niagara is taking Karlsson a year early

as well. Both Sacred Heart and Niagara are in the Atlantic Hockey Association. “It’ll be exciting for him and Albin to be in the same conference,” Beauparlant said. “It’ll be exciting to see them go headto-head because they are used to playing on the same line.” Butcher, the son of Allen and Laurie Butcher of Anchorage, said the one down side is that he won’t get to play with his brother Evan, who is tendered by the Bears for next season. “I would have loved the chance to play with my little brother,” said Butcher, the billet son of Dan and Lisa Zulkanycz. “At the same time, this was an

opportunity I couldn’t refuse and I took it.” Butcher’s commitment continues to show Alaska players can make Division I through the Brown Bears. He joins the list of Jackstadt, Anchorage’s Bobby Murphy of UAA and Soldotna’s Brad Duwe of UAA. “It’s all about fit and finding a place where you can excel,” said Butcher, who also spent time in the British Columbia Hockey League and Central Canada Hockey League. Sacred Heart is currently 7-19-0 overall and 6-13-0 in the AHA. But there are only three seniors on the roster and Beau-

parlant said the coaching staff really likes the freshmen and sophomore classes, plus next year’s incoming recruits. “The way I see it, there’s only one direction they can go, and that’s up,” Butcher said. The jump to Division I hockey is a big one, but Butcher doesn’t expect to spend a lot of time in transition. “I expect to go in and play a pretty big role and play every night,” he said. Butcher, who led West to a state hockey title as a sophomore, is tied for the North American Hockey League scoring lead with 49 points. See BEARS, page A-11

Stassel set for Sochi Olympics Clam Gulch set-netter qualifies for Winter Olympics slopestyle By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

While training on the Olympic slopestyle course Tuesday, two-time halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White fell and jammed his wrist, calling the course “a little intimidating.” White was the latest rider to fall victim to the Sochi course during practice for the new Olympic event, in which athletes score points based on tricks on a downhill course featuring jumps, boxes and rails. Torstein Horgmo of Norway, an event favorite, broke a collarbone in practice, while Marika Enne of Finland fell hard, hit her head and was carried away on a stretcher. Kasilof’s Jeremy Puckett, who coached Anchorage’s Ryan Stassel when Stassel was cutting his snowboarding teeth in Alaska, said the first-time Olympian should stack up on a tough course for two reasons — commercial fishing and Alaska’s mountains. Steve Stassel, Ryan’s father, wrote in an email that his son is a third generation Clam Gulch set-netter who has spent every summer of his 21 years on the beach. Puckett coached Ryan and his two sisters. He said the toughness instilled by commercial fishing was apparent. “They grew up set netting from the time they were big enough to tighten a life jacket on,” Puckett said. “After being on a set-net boat in summer, you could always tell the little

things didn’t bother them. “A little bit of snow in their gloves didn’t bother them. Tightening their boots didn’t bother them. A chairlift ride in a nasty snowstorm didn’t bother them.” Puckett, 35, has spent the majority of his life on the Kenai Peninsula since his parents, Rusty and Sandra Puckett of Sterling, moved here in 1982. Puckett consumed plenty of the diet that would one day make Stassel an Olympian — set netting in the summer and Alaska mountains in the winter. He did it all the way until 2010, when he fell after a day of coaching snowboarders and separated his shoulder for the fourth time. The days of snowboarding and coaching snowboarding off of summer wages were over. He married his wife, Melody, in 2011 and took a job driving truck on the North Slope. The couple is now expecting a child. But Puckett has not forgotten how set netting changes one’s outlook. “One thing about set netting — after the season, for the next six or eight months, anything you encounter is easy,” he said. “It’s a hard, brutal five weeks of your life and you know you’re doing it again next summer. “It’s a big element for performance, especially doing something like snowboarding. There’s no tide to beat, no waves trying to kill you. It’s all fun and easy after that.” Puckett said Girdwood’s Cal-

Los Angeles Lakers’ Steve Nash, right, drives as Minnesota Timberwolves’ Ronny Turiaf, left, of France, and Ricky Rubio of Spain defend in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves won 109-99. The game marked the first for Nash since early November as he recovered from a back injury. (AP Photo/Jim

Timberwolves deal Lakers loss Love comes up big against returns of Nash, Blake and co. The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love had 31 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota, spoiling Steve Nash’s return for languishing Los Angeles and leading the Timberwolves to a 109-99 victory Tuesday night that stuck the Lakers with their seventh straight defeat. Kevin Martin scored 14 of his season-high-tying 32 points in the opening 10 minutes to help the Timberwolves start strong, and the NBA’s

highest-scoring first-quarter team surged to a 25-point lead midway through the second period. Nash had been sidelined since Nov. 10 because of nerve problems in his back. The soon-to-be-40-year-old twotime league MVP had seven points and nine assists in 25 minutes, about 10 more than he was supposed to play.

Boozer had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bulls snapped the Suns’ five-game winning streak. The Bulls shot 45 percent from the field and had five players score in double figures, bouncing back from an ugly 99-70 loss at Sacramento on Monday. The Bulls shot 28 percent and were outrebounded 53-30 against the Kings.

George added 18, helping NBAleading Indiana get the win. The Pacers snapped a 12game regular-season losing streak in Atlanta while improving the league’s best record to 38-10.

BOBCATS 91, WARRIORS 75

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Al Jefferson had 30 points and 13 rebounds and Gerald Henderson added 17 points and eight PACERS 89, HAWKS 85 rebounds for Charlotte in Kemba BULLS 101, SUNS 92 ATLANTA (AP) — David Walker’s much-anticipated rePHOENIX (AP) — Carlos West scored 22 points and Paul turn.

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Cook Inlet Academy hoops teams sweep Unalakleet In the second half, both teams clamped down on defense, and CIA eventually took the lead in The Cook Inlet Academy the third quarter by outscoring girls edged the visiting Unal- Unalakleet 8-6. akleet Wolfpack 38-36 Tuesday evening at CIA. CIA boys 61, Unalakleet 58 Nicole Moffis led all playTimmy Smithwick and Myers with 19 points — half of her team’s scoring — while team- lon Weems combined for 38 of mate Ashley Hammond added Cook Inlet’s 61 points, and the eight. Jonisha Wilson led Unal- Eagles held off a late charge by Unalakleet to come away with akleet with 15 points. After both teams got off to a the victory Tuesday night at hot start in the first quarter, Un- CIA. Smithwick scored 22 points alakleet led 21-20 at halftime. Staff report Peninsula Clarion

to lead the charge, while Weems had 16. Unalakleet’s top scorer was Tristan Ticket with 18 points. CIA was lights out in the first quarter, streaking out to a 2814 lead, but the Eagles cooled off after that. Leading 39-28 at halftime, the Wolfpack managed to stay within 11 points of CIA going into the fourth quarter, but outscored the home team 18-10 in the fourth. Ticket had 11 points in the quarter. The victory improves CIA’s overall season record to 9-1.

and reaching halftime with a 40-9 lead. Nianiella Dorvall led the Warriors with 14 points, while teamJaruby Nelson led the Warriors mate Sophia Kalugin added 13 and to the win with 21 points Tuesday 11 rebounds. at Wasilla Lake. Tuesday girls Nikolaevsk outscored the home Eagles 38, Wolfpack 36 team 23-7 in the second quarter to Cook Inlet 13 7 8 10 —38 distance itself by halftime. Unalakleet 16 5 6 9 —36

Nikolaevsk boys 66, Wasilla Lake 50

Nikolaevsk girls 65, Wasilla Lake 14 The Warriors were hot right from the get-go, outscoring Wasilla Lake 22-2 in the first quarter

CIA (38) — Moffis 8 3-5 19, Hills 1 0-0 2, Brush 0 0-2 0, Lyons 1 0-0 2, Hammond 3 2-3 8, McGahan 2 0-0 4, Orth 1 1-2 3. Totals 16 6-12 38. UNALAKLEET (36) — Haugen 3 0-0 7, L. Katchatag 0 0-0 0, Harvey 1 1-2 3, Wilson 6 0-0 15, Walker 3 1-2 7, B. Katchatag 2 0-0 4, Southall 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 2-4 36. 3-point field goals — CIA 0; Unalakleet 4

(Wilson 3, Haugen 1). Team fouls — CIA 7; Unalakleet 9.

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CIA (61) — Uchtman 0 0-0 0, A. Hammond 1 0-1 3, B. Hammond 0 0-0 0, R. Smithwick 1 2-3 4, Leaf 4 0-0 9, T. Smithwick 10 1-2 22, Lyons 1 1-3 4, Solie 1 1-3 3, Weems 6 4-9 16. Totals 24 9-21 61. UNALAKLEET (58) — G. Ivanoff 4 1-2 10, Harvey 2 0-0 4, Aghenik 5 0-0 13, Johnson 1 1-6 4, F. Ivanoff 3 0-0 7, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Ticket 8 1-2 18, Erickson 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 3-10 58. 3-point field goals — CIA 4 (A. Hammond 1, Leaf 1, T. Smithwick 1, Lyons 1); Unalakleet 7 (Aghenik 3, G. Ivanoff 1, Johnson 1, F. Ivanoff 1, Ticket 1).

Gators top Missouri en route to 28th straight home win The Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Michael Frazier II scored 14 points, highly touted freshman Chris Walker had two crowd-pleasing dunks in his debut and No. 3 Florida beat Missouri 68-58 on Tuesday night. The Gators won their 14th consecutive game and extended a school record with their 28th straight victory at home. Frazier drained three 3-pointers in a 2-minute span in the second half, giving Florida some breathing room in a tight, back-and-forth game. Scottie Wilbekin finished with a career-high 19 points for the Gators. He was 13 of 16 from the free throw line, most of them down the stretch. Patric Young chipped in 13 points and

six rebounds for the Gators (20-2, 9-0 Southeastern Conference). Missouri’s 3-point shooting kept the Tigers (16-6, 4-5) in it for much of the game. Missouri made 8 of 21 from behind the arc, but just 4 of 13 in the second half. The Tigers went more than 4 minutes without a point, a stretch that helped Florida build its biggest lead. No. 8 KANSAS 69, BAYLOR 52 WACO, Texas (AP) — Naadir Tharpe scored 22 points, nine in a go-ahead run before halftime, and Big 12-leading Kansas rebounded from its first league loss. Andrew Wiggins overcame a slow start to score 14 points, while Perry Ellis had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Kansas. Wiggins, the Big 12’s top scoring fresh-

man, finished 4-of-13 shooting and didn’t make his first basket until a half-court shot No. 15 TEXAS 59, TCU 54 to beat the buzzer going into halftime. That FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jonacapped a 14-3 run over the final 5 minutes than Holmes had 20 points and a careerfor a 35-27 lead. high 16 rebounds and Texas rallied in the second half to extend its winning streak to No. 11 DUKE 83, seven games. Holmes hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with WAKE FOREST 63 2:41 remaining, and the Longhorns (18-4, DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jabari Parker 7-2 Big 12) held off the Horned Frogs with scored 21 points and Rasheed Sulaimon several key offensive rebounds in the final added 19 points for Duke (18-5, 7-3 At- 2 minutes. lantic Coast Conference). The Blue Devils shot nearly 51 percent, OHIO ST. 76, No. 17 IOWA 69 hit 12 3-pointers against one of the ACC’s best perimeter defenses and used a big run IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaron Craft at the end of the first half to roll to their had 17 points, six assists and six steals to eighth straight victory over their instate help Ohio State to its third win in four rivals. Devin Thomas had 14 points for the games. LaQuinton Ross added 13 points for the Demon Deacons (14-9, 4-6), who have lost Buckeyes (18-5, 5-5 Big Ten), who moved three straight for the first time this season. C

back to .500 in the league after starting a surprising 2-4.

No. 18 KENTUCKY 80, MISSISSIPPI 64 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Willie Cauley-Stein broke a slump with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Kentucky shot 60 percent in the second half. The Wildcats’ 7-foot sophomore went 7 of 8 from the field to score more points than his previous six games combined (14).

No. 24 MEMPHIS 101, RUTGERS 69 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Austin Nichols scored 18 points, and Joe Jackson added 16 points and eight assists for Memphis.

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Bears acquire a new forward The Bears also announced Tuesday they have acquired forward RJ Salvato from the Lone Star (Texas) Brahmas for assets. Salvato, 6-2 and 170 with a 1994 birthdate, has three goals and six assists in 35 games this season. “He led his team in scoring last year, but it could be a matter of it not being the right fit or the correct role for him in the South (Division),” Beauparlant said. “He’s a 94 guy, so he’ll be around next year as well.”

Last season, the 5-foot-11, 175-pounder had 30 points in 41 games. “We’re very proud of Alec’s accomplishments both on and off the ice,” Beauparlant said. “He was a good student in high school, and that is one of our criteria. “He had a year and a bit of solid, high-end hockey for us, and it’s always nice to see kids move up, whether they are from Alaska, California, Michigan or Andrews gets runnerMinnesota.” Beauparlant said Sacred up for Defenseman of the Month Heart offers a great education. Butcher said he is keeping an This week, the Bears’ Tyler open mind, but leaning toward Andrews was runner-up in the majoring in business. contest for NAHL Defenseman Month. Bears trade Bushey to of the Andrews is a 6-2, 190-pound Ice Dogs for Campbell defenseman who captained DiTuesday, Beauparlant also mond to a state hockey crown announced the trade of defen- last season. He has a 1994 seman Jake Bushey to the Fair- birthdate. “It’s fun to watch him play,” banks Ice Dogs for defenseman Beauparlant said. “He can go Ben Campbell. from laying a guy out to rushBushey had 19 points in 39 ing the puck, and then he’s got games for the Bears this season one of the hardest shots on the and was a minus-2. Last seahockey club.” son, Bushey had 17 points in 54

games and was a minus-11. In his final year of junior eligibility, the 6-foot-0, 190-pounder stamped himself as a top prospect by getting called up to the Tier I United States Hockey League for a few weeks earlier in the season. Campbell, who still has one more season of junior eligibility, has 14 points in 45 games for the Ice Dogs this season, and is a minus-7. “From both sides, we’re looking to maybe jump-start each boy,” Beauparlant said. “As we’ve talked about in the past, Jake has been kind of up and down since coming back from Dubuque. “Hopefully, this will kickstart him to a Division I career.” Beauparlant said Campbell, at 6-1, 185, provides a physical presence on the back end. “He has Division I potential,” Beauparlant said of Campbell. “He is one of those players who really improved since he came to Fairbanks last year.”

Bears face crucial series with Austin

Kenai River comes into the Austin series one point out of the playoffs. Fairbanks leads the division with 64, while the Minnesota Wilderness have 56, Coulee Region (Wis.) Chill have 52, the Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild have 49 and the Bears have 48. Austin is third in the league with 57 points. “We want to get the effort back to where we expect it to be every time we play,” Beauparlant said. “I thought we were missing a bit of that last week. “This week, I expect the guys to be ready to go.” Kids get into the game free Thursday. Friday, with a 7:30 p.m. puck drop, is sponsored by Kenai River Pizza, while Saturday, with a 7:30 puck drop, is sponsored by Stanley Ford. The featured players are Christian Luiten on Thursday, Andrews on Friday and Frankie Spellman on Saturday.

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BOSTON (AP) — Jarome Iginla and Milan Lucic each had a goal and an assist for the Boston Bruins in a 3-1 win Tuesday night over the slumping Vancouver Canucks, who lost their fifth straight. Daniel Paille also scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask made 27 saves against the road-weary Canucks, who were coming off 2-0

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L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 4 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Portland at New York, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 5 p.m. Toronto at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Miami at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W Boston 55 36 Tampa Bay 56 32 Montreal 57 30 Toronto 58 30 Detroit 56 25 Ottawa 57 25 Florida 56 22

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lan Chythlook-Sifsof also comes from a commercial fishing backround in Dillingham. ChythlookSifsof made the Olympics in snowboardcross in 2010, but was left off this year’s team. Jay Hakkinen, a four-time Winter Olympian who did not make the biathlon team this year, also comes from a family that commercial fishes in Bristol Bay. The mixing of commercial fishing and Alaska mountains results in a potent brew. “Fishing and mountains, man, that’s life,” Puckett said. He said training on Alaska mountains also creates champions. Stassel and Chythlook-Sifsof come from the Big Alaska program in which Puckett coached. So does Brett Moody. Stassel made his case for a spot on the Olympic team

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Buffalo 55 15 32 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 56 39 15 N.Y. Rangers 57 31 23 Columbus 56 29 23 Philadelphia 57 28 23 Carolina 55 25 21 New Jersey 57 23 21 Washington 57 25 23 N.Y. Islanders 58 22 28

SENATORS 5, BLUES 4, SO ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Turris scored the deciding goal in the fifth round of the shootout to go with one in regulation that helped Ottawa beat St. Louis.

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in January at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain Resort. Stassel finished first in an Olympic qualifier on Jan. 16, fourth in a qualifier later that same day, and third in a qualifier on Jan. 18. Moody was fifth in the first qualifier, fifth in the second qualifier and 10th in the third qualifier. On Jan. 20, Stassel was selected as a discretionary pick as the last member of the fourman U.S. team. Puckett said he coached Stassel on Alaska’s mountains from the time Stassel was 10 to about the time he was 15. Some coach because they can’t do. That wasn’t Puckett. He once finished second overall at nationals in a compilation of disciplines. But he loved instructing kids. And while coaching didn’t pay him, it did get him free trips to competitions, where he could coach and compete.

loss in Detroit the night before. Zdeno Chara and Johnny Boychuk added assists as Boston won for the sixth time in seven games.

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Greg Rybarczyk baseball operations analyst; Dr. Brian Busconi minor league physician; Ray Mattfeld major league physical therapist; Harrison Slutsky assistant, advance scouting; Joe Oliver manager for Lowell (NYP); Les Walrond professional scout; Manuel Padron scout in Venezuela; Rene Saggiadi scout in Europe; and Tim Collinsworth area scout in North Texas and North Louisiana. Promoted Mike Regan to coordinator, baseball operations; Dan Dyrek director, sports medicine service; Steve Sanders coordinator, amateur and international scouting; Shawn O’Rourke to coordinator, baseball systems development; Paul Buchheit to minor league medical coordinator; Mauricio Elizondo to Latin American medical coordinator; Jaymie Bane to major league scout; and Javier Hernandez to assistant director of the Red Sox Dominican Academy. HOUSTON ASTROS Announced the addition of a second Dominican Summer League club. Named Carlos Alfonso international development coordinator and special assignment scout. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Promoted Farhan Zaidi to assistant general manager/director of baseball operations. Agreed to terms with OF Sam Fuld on a minor league contract. SEATTLE MARINERS Agreed to terms with INF-OF Logan Morrison on a one-year contract. National League ATLANTA BRAVES Agreed to terms with 1B Freddie Freeman on an eight-year contract and OF Jason Heyward on a two-year contract. COLORADO ROCKIES Agreed to terms with OF Jason Pridie, LHP Pedro Hernandez, LHP Yohan Flande and INF Rafael Ynoa on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL

From the first time Puckett saw Stassel ride, he knew he was special. He said most riders, before hitting puberty, have twitchy muscles and can’t ride with any style. “Ryan, the first time I saw him, he looked like a miniature man riding,” Puckett said. “He always had that natural body structure in the way he handled himself. His muscle coordination was pretty apparent.” Puckett joked that Stassel may have gotten some extra coaching time because he was so fun to ride with. “If I wanted to leave him behind, I could, but I had to try pretty hard to dust him on the mountain, even when he was 11 or 12 years old,” Puckett said. Puckett said at Alyeska, Stassel had to learn to pull slopestyle tricks off natural terrain, not things like rails. “That breeds excellent snowboarders and skiers,” he said. “That’s why there are so many

National Basketball Association NBA Fined Chicago Joakim Noah $15,000 for verbally abusing the officials upon his ejection in a Feb. 3 game at Sacramento. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Assigned F Arnett Moultrie and G Lorenzo Brown to Delaware (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League GREEN BAY PACKERS Named Cliff Christl team historian. TENNESSEE TITANS Named Cannon Matthews quality control coordinator-defense. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Named Bradford Banta assistant special teams coach; Shane Day assistant offensive line and offensive quality control coach; Jake Peetz offensive quality control coach and Aubrey Pleasant defensive quality control coach. TENNIS World Team Tennis WTT Announced the Sacramento Capitals are moving to Las Vegas, where they will compete as the Las Vegas Neon. COLLEGE CALIFORNIA Named Greg Burns defensive backs coach. FELICIAN Named Andrew Toriello women’s bowling coach. M A S S A C H U S E T T S - D A R TMOUTH Named Jack Holleran sports information director. PRINCETON Named Sean Morey sprint football coach. RADFORD Announced it will discontinue field hockey, swimming and diving, men’s indoor track and field, and men’s outdoor track and field programs as varsity sports, effective at the conclusion of their 2013-14 seasons. Announced the addition of women’s lacrosse as a varsity sport and will begin varsity competition in the spring of 2016. WINTHROP Named Pete Jenkins volunteer assistant baseball coach.

out of such a small population base. “It’s no fluke. Alaska’s brutal.” When Tommy Moe won the 1994 Olympic men’s downhill, Puckett said it didn’t hurt that conditions were flat light and blowing snow — common at Alyeska. He said similar conditions would aid Stassel. As will the fact that he is not on a beach on the Kenai Peninsula battling tides and waves. “When I watch him ride, he’s always smiling and goofing off,” Puckett said. “You can tell he’s thinking, ‘Dang, this is easy.’” Men’s slopestyle qualification is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. AST tonight. The semifinals will be Friday at 9:30 p.m., while the finals begin at 11:45 p.m. Friday. The action can be streamed at NBCOlympics. com or the NBC Sports Live Extra mobile app. Slopestyle also will be a part of the television coverage on NBC.

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prohibited in the Kenai, the setnet fishery would have no more than 12 hours of fishing time per week. ADFG would also be able to prohibit king retention in the personal-use fishery and could provide no more than 36 hours of fishing per week where setnetters were limited in the number of nets they could put in the water and the size of those nets. From Aug. 1-15, setnetters could receive up to two 12hour fishing periods if between 16,500 and 22,500 kings were expected. Kluberton’s draft wouldn’t change the management plan when a run of less than 15,000 fish is expected. The restrictions, however, don’t pair a no-bait limitation with a reduction in time for set-

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mouth of the Kenai River. Tom Kluberton, board member from Talkeetna and one of four who voted in favor of raising the goal from its current range of 15,000-30,000 fish to 16,600-30,000 motioned to reconsider when the Board of Fisheries convened at 8 a.m. to continue the nearly two-week meeting on a host of fish-releated issues affecting the Cook Inlet. Kluberton, who had used the idea of providing a “buffer” for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game against putting too few fish in the river under the current escapement goal, reversed his opinion. “What was brought to my attention last night alleviated those concerns by way of realizing that the department is ... they’re learning. They’ve got a new approach to managing this run. We have technology on the rivers that is changing and what I’ve learned is that they have adjusted their methodology,” he said. “... I feel the board is not in a position at this point to have to add that extra bit.” He said he did not want to interfere with what the ADFG managers had already put into place, a sentiment Every had expressed immediately after Monday’s vote. “The thing that bothers me is that it’s a $200 million department that we asked to manage our fisheries,” he said. “$200

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public money cannot be appropriated except for a public purpose — that nothing in that section shall prevent payment of public funds “for the direct educational benefit of students as provided by law.” The proposal seemed to gain new life when Gov. Sean Parnell last month urged lawmakers to pass it and send it to voters. The measure would have to pass with a two-thirds vote in the House and the Senate before it could qualify for the ballot. Supporters say it would allow for more choice in where parents send their children to school and that the public should be given a right to vote

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netters, a position KRSA scientist Kevin Delaney had strongly supported. And the language says “may,” rather than “shall,” as KRSA suggested. Prior to Kluberton’s draft, KRSA had submitted a new version of its proposal that would extend the restrictions to the Kasilof section, prevent commercial drift fishers from fishing near the shore when setnetters were shut down, and addressed the marine water sport fishery as well as in-river users, among other changes. Ricky Gease, executive director of KRSA, said the pairings created parity between the all Kenai king salmon users. Last summer, in the effort to prosecute the commercial fishery, there was enough king harvest to shut down commercial and sport users, Gease said. “We asked the Board of Fisheries to provide the department with the directions of how to allocate the burden of conserva-

tion and we hope that at the end of this process the department has that clear direction about what it shall do,” Gease said. Offering the department flexibility allows them to make allocative decisions, he said. But what Gease describes as parity, some commercial fishermen see as an unfair effort to reduce their fishing opportunity. Setnetter Christine Brandt said the plan allows sport users several days of fishing each week, while commercial fishermen would be severely restricted in available fishing periods. “They still have opportunity,” Brandt said. Before the board deliberates the proposal, it will have to agree to substitute the language in Kluberton’s draft for the language found in the original proposal. It’s likely that the board will have additional versions of the late-run plan to consider when

it goes back on the record this morning, and the board could also introduce an entirely different proposal. Board chair Karl Johnstone encouraged the public to talk to board members and submit their own comments and drafts when the meeting ended for the day on Tuesday. Users will not get the chance, however, to weigh in publicly on the issue. Commercial fisherman Ken Coleman said that didn’t surprise him, given the emotions surging in the room on Tuesday. However, he wanted to see Wednesday’s proceedings slowed down somewhat, he said, so that people had time to respond to each version of the management plan that was submitted and any new information.

million. They’ve got the science. They’ve got the knowhow. They’ve got the expertise and I don’t know what’s happened to our state system, or this process, but we’ve allowed this group of seven people — that are good people — we give them the power to change the numbers within the escapement goals. ... It’s just frustrating to me.” But while Every was even slightly mollified by the board’s reconsideration, several others in the room were not, including Kenai River Professional Guide Association president Steve McClure. The sportfishing guides have as much, if not more, to lose than setnet users when the escapement goal is raised he said, because the recent low returns of kings would likely close the river to sportfishing as quickly as it would pull nets out of water. “When we came here last year for the state meeting and the 15,000 number came out, our association thought, ‘Man, that’s just too low,’” he said. “Lower than we’ve ever been. We’ve never had an escapement number like that. We were disappointed then and then we came out with the forecast and there’s not a lot of surplus fish. We know that. By raising the goal to 16,600 ... we knew that we would probably be more likely to get restricted, but we were happy about it.” McClure said he’d like to see a higher escapement goal. When the board motion to reconsider was voted upon, two members, Chairman Karl

Johnstone and Reed Morisky, a board member from Fairbanks, remained in support of the higher goal. The original proposal to create a new goal on the Kenai River was submitted by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association and called for the board to create an escapement goal of 20,000 to 40,000 kings. However, Kevin Delaney, a fisheries biology consultant for the sportfishing association said during his committee testimony that the group did not want to argue for a goal that would keep everyone from fishing. The late run of Kenai River king salmon is forecasted to come in at 19,715 fish, just shy of the lower end of the KRSA proposal range. If it is realized and just 19,715 fish return, the inriver sport fishers, guides and commercial setnet fishers would likely be kept out of water as ADFG managers tried to reach the proposed escapement goal range. During his morning comments in opposition to changing the board’s vote on the goal, Johnstone said it had been his experience that when an organization voices lukewarm support for its own proposal, it fails. In the weeks leading up to the Board of Fisheries meeting, the sportfishing association mounted a letter-writing campaign that resulted in at least 250 people voicing support for the organization’s proposals. The vast majority of the comments supported raising the Kenai River king salmon escapement goal.

“The author, I was under the assumption, was concerned about conservation,” Johnstone said. “... Then, all of the sudden, the forecast came out so there weren’t as many as we hoped there could be ... at that time, it wasn’t quite as convenient to have this proposal on the table so the support wavered.” Johnstone said he believed he had been tasked with “protecting the fish.” “I believe now that we’re looking at it, we’re now concerned more about (fishing) opportunity, than we are about the fish,” he said. “Those people that wrote the letters are going to be disappointed, I’m disappointed.” Despite the reversal, setnetter Gary Hollier said damage had still been done to the Board of Fisheries process. “A lot of people came to this board with some solutions, trying to put our community back together because it really has been divided over this sportcommercial conflict,” he said. “What the board did yesterday, it kind of tipped a lot of commercial fishermen over the top when they changed to an (escapement goal) that wasn’t based on available science ... thank goodness some smarter people prevailed and they reconsidered and now it’s gone. But it did some damage to people that are trying to come here and find some common ground.”

Inc. “This has been a difficult decision made after a long, thorough and deliberative process,” Brose said in an announcement. “Our company has spent an enormous amount of money and resources addressing soil and groundwater contamination that was caused when Williams owned the refinery and the state of Alaska owned the land underneath it. So far, neither Williams nor the state of Alaska have accepted any responsibility for the cleanup.” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said the closure is a major blow to the state, “particularly the economies of Fairbanks and North Pole as the refinery paid some of the highest wages in the region.” She said she is concerned that the closure could affect the integrity of the trans-Alaska pipeline and economically harm the Alaska Railroad, which moves crude by rail to southern customers, and the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, where fuel is sold to passenger and cargo jets. The company will continue to Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@penin- market fuels through terminals in Fairbanks and Anchorage. sulaclarion.com.

Thirty-five of the refinery’s 126 employees will retain jobs in Fairbanks or North Pole, a city about 14 miles south of Fairbanks, and 10 more will stay on the job in Anchorage, said spokesman Jeff Cook. No jobs will end before November, he said, and employees who transfer to other jobs will be reimbursed for moving costs. The company will end gasoline production May 1, and the production of jet fuel and other refined products will end no later than June 1. The company for months has struggled to operate in an increasingly competitive refining market. In April 2012, Flint Hills shut down the second of three North Pole refining units and eliminated 35 to 40 jobs, citing decreased jet fuel sales in Anchorage as one factor. Cook said the refinery since 2008 had a higher raw materials expense than competitors through its continued use of Alaska North Slope crude drawn from the trans-Alaska pipeline. A major component for refining is energy costs, and the refinery, which does not have access to natural gas, has energy costs about three times that of competitors elsewhere, Cook said. Brose, the company vice president, also cited the “uncertainties over future cleanup responsibilities.”

on it. Opponents fear it could take needed resources away from the public school system. The committee heard hours of testimony Monday, much of it in opposition. Sentiments were more evenly divided in testimony Tuesday morning. People and groups on both sides of the issue, including the state Democratic Party and the conservative Alaska Family Action group, released action alerts in advance, urging people to weigh in at the hearing. Dunleavy gave a closing argument of sorts to the committee, reiterating his support of public education but also describing himself as an advocate for kids. He said children have different needs and his proposal would not destroy public education. In states like Maine and New Hampshire, which have had similar, long-

standing programs, “nobody’s hair caught on fire, and it didn’t rain toads,” he said. The panel, in choosing whether to advance SJR9, will be deciding whether the people can become more deeply engaged in the state’s education system, Dunleavy said. The state’s education system belongs to all Alaskans, and it needs to be discussed by all Alaskans, he said. Dunleavy noted that this year’s ballot is expected to include issues like an oil-tax referendum and initiatives on the minimum wage and legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, which the people will decide. “But when it comes to their constitution and their educational program, ‘Oh my god! Don’t let them near it, they may ruin it. They may screw it up,’

“ he said. If Alaskans want the proposed constitutional amendment, they’ll support it, and if they don’t they won’t, he said. But it would be wrong not give them that opportunity, Dunleavy said. Sen. Donny Olson, DGolovin, said there’s a difference between initiatives and constitutional amendments. Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, said there needs to be a discussion on education. “Personally, I think we should be able recognize where our deficiencies and shortfalls are in education, working with all stakeholders, and fix those

would spell out how the change could be implemented. The proposed constitutional change would be the first step, he said. Dunleavy, who has proposed such legislation, said he plans to press ahead regardless. Voters in 2012 rejected a constitutional convention, but Dunleavy said such an event would have potentially opened the entire constitution for discussion. What he’s proposing is a far narrower look. He does not consider the lopsided turnout in testimony Monday — with many testifying in opposition — as representative of a majority of Alaskans, Dunleavy said.

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filed by board member Daniel Castimore. In the form, Castimore asks for more information about how schools in the district use their pools broken down into hours for different purposes — swim team practice, for-credit classes, private swim lessons and public use time. He also requests information about costs and how another party operating the pool would affect the district’s funding cap. He writes, in the request form, that with the board also considering cutting teachers and each pool representing two to three teacher salaries the board needs to examine who is paying for the district’s pools. Board member Tim Navarre said the request asks too many questions. Castimore said he could request a general report, but that information needs to be provided for possible parties interested in operating the facility. “I want to make sure we don’t have to close this pool if we don’t have to,” Castimore said.

Skyview pool as a community resource. Not only does Anderson take his Boy Scout troop there, but he also spoke to the health benefits the pool provides for groups like cardiac rehabilitation patients. While it’s a tough decision, he said he hopes agencies — like the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna — along with the community can explore options and work together to keep the pool in operation. Board President Joe Arness said the board members will be looking at the budget and discussing alternative ways to keep the pool opening during the coming months. District Superintendent Dr. Steve Atwater said he has received many emails about the cutting of funding for the Skyview pool and said the funding for the pool only represents about 1/1000 of the budget. In a work session prior to Monday’s meeting the board Kaylee Osowski can be and administration discussed a reached at kaylee.osowski@ request for more information peninsulaclarion.com.

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problems before it ever becomes a constitutional amendment discussion,” Bishop said. Meyer, R-Anchorage, held the proposal for further consideration. He said in an interview that he would like to see if he can get unanimous agreement on forwarding SJR9. That wouldn’t mean unanimous support on the proposal itself but rather agreement on moving it out of committee. At least three members of the panel — Dunleavy and Sens. Pete Kelly and Anna Fairclough — have signed onto SJR9. Meyer said he did not see moving forward this session with companion legislation that

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ll dressed up for Valentine’s Day, these mini frosting-filled Red Velvet Cakes, covered with a coating of melted dark chocolate-flavored candies that hardens like the covering on an ice cream bar, will remind you of Ding Dongs® – those little cream filled cakes that are once again being marketed by Hostess Products. They are fun cakes to “play” with because they start off with a doctoredup Duncan Hines Cake Mix and are finished with a glaze made with Ghirardelli Chocolate Dark Melting Wafers, a candy making and dipping product that requires no tempering and sets up flawlessly every time. You don’t have to fill the centers of the cakes, which is really easy to do, but if you do, they’ll provide a surprise that

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tastes like whipped cream and tastes like silk. Equally silky is the cup of hot cocoa you can enjoy with your cakes, made with Harry & David’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa Mix, or if you prefer, a demitasse-size cupful of hot chocolate, prepared with nothing more than melted bittersweet chocolate and some

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milk. A table set with Red Velvet Cake and hot cocoa says “Luv U 4evr, Valentine” for relationships both domestic and romantic, but should you feel the need for further expression, a handful of dark chocolate truffles, or some conversation hearts, can go a long way to further the point. Colorful candy hearts with phrases like “Be Mine,” “Crazy 4 U,” even “Txt Me” are great, but Red Velvet hearts, the ones that say “Baked with Love” are better. Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be reached at kitchenade@yahoo.com. Photos by Sue Ade unless other wise noted

Left, Celebrate a chocolate-filled Valentine’s Day with heart-shaped mini Red Velvet Cakes (formed with a cookie cutter), decadently delicious dark chocolate truffles and a cup of rich and dark hot cocoa. Just for fun, be sure to include a handful of conversation hearts to the party table. (Handled four-inch Ann Clark Ltd. heart-shaped cookie cutter and Dark Chocolate Truffles courtesy Harry & David, Tanger II Outlet Center, Bluffton.)

1 cup whole milk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup granulated sugar

A surprise filling of Cooked “Whipped Cream” Frosting is waiting within this individual-sized Red Velvet Cake.

Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter for making individual Glazed Red Velvet Cakes. Baked in a jellyroll pan, a four-inch cutter will make will make six large cakes, a threeinch cutter, about 12 smaller ones. After cutting out cakes, save leftover cake for making crumbs for decorating the tops of cakes. 1 (16.25-ounce) box Duncan Hine’s Red Velvet Cake Mix 1 small (3.4-ounce) box Hershey’s instant White Chocolate Pudding Mix 2 tablespoons natural cocoa (For the purposes of this recipe, King Arthur Flour’s all-purpose baking cocoa was used.) 1¼ cups buttermilk 1/3 cup vegetable oil 4 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cooked “Whipped Cream” Frosting (recipe follows) 1 to 2 (12-ounce) packages

Ghirardelli Candy Making & Dipping Dark Melting Wafers For the cakes: preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for dark pans). With an electric mixer set on low speed, mix the cake mix, pudding mix, cocoa, buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl for one minute to combine. Increase speed to medium and beat for two minutes more. Pour batter into a greased 15½ x 10½ x 1-inch jellyroll baking pan. (Use the back of a spoon to smooth batter into pan so that it rises evenly during baking.) Bake for 25 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly when touched. Remove pan to a wire rack and allow cake to cool. When cake is cool, cut out individual cakes, using a 1-inch high heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place cakes onto a wire rack set over a piece of waxed paper. (Use leftover cake for making cake crumbs – a food processor

In a heavy saucepan, over medium heat, combine milk and flour, whisking until smooth and thick; remove from heat. Pour mixture into a small bowl and gently press a piece of plastic wrap over the top to prevent a “skin” from forming. Cool, then place in the refrigerator until mixture is very cold, removing wrap with any skin that has formed. On medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add vanilla and mix well. Add cold milk/flour mixture, in thirds, beating well after each addition. Continue to beat until smooth and fluffy and the sugar

crystals have dissolved so that no coarse grains of sugar remain. (This could take as long as 10 minutes.) Makes 2 cups.

1 cup milk, whole or low-fat 4 ounces Ghirardelli 60 percent Cacao Dark Chocolate Bring the milk to a simmer in small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and quickly add the chocolate, stirring until smooth. Return to heat and warm until a bubble or two forms on the surface, about 2 to 3 minutes. Froth mixture with an immersion type frother, if desired before pouring into demitasse cups to serve. Makes 4 servings.

comes in handy for this task. The crumbs look beautiful used as decorative topping on glazed cakes.) To fill cakes: place Cooked “Whipped Cream” Frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a Bismarck pastry tube. Insert pastry tube halfway into cakes and applying gentle pressure, squeeze bag until cake is filled with frosting just to the top of the cake; level off excess frosting. To glaze cakes: melt chocolate wafers according to package directions. Spoon chocolate over tops of cakes, allowing the chocolate to run down sides of cake until cakes are well covered on all sides. (At this point, if you wish, sprinkle cakes with some of those leftover cake crumbs before the chocolate has set.) Allow chocolate to fully harden before handling cakes. Makes six large cakes (using a 4-inch cookie cutter), or 12 smaller ones (using a 3-inch cutter).

A multitude of quality products, such as Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake Mix; Hershey’s Instant White Chocolate Pudding Mix; King Arthur Flour All-Purpose Baking Cocoa; Ghirardelli Chocolate Dark Melting Wafers and 60 percent Cacao Dark Chocolate Squares; and Harry & David Dark Chocolate Cocoa Mix and Dark Chocolate Truffles are available for making your Valentine’s Day a carefree event. For further information visit www.duncanhines.com, www.kingarthurflour.com (1-800-8276836), www.ghirardelli.com and www.harryanddavid. com (1-877-322-1200).

Use a Bismarck pastry tube, available from stores and on-line sources specializing in cake decorating tools, for filling mini Red Velvet Cakes with Cooked “Whipped Cream” Frosting. When filling cakes with a pastry bag and tip, be careful not to apply too much pressure, which will cause your cake to crack and split.

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

About Dad 1945 to 1955 On a farm north of Fort Collins, Colorado, and later, Disney movies to 1967

ad was building his herd of Shorthorn Cattle, a breed of short, stocky cattle from Scotland. Soon the farm turned into a ranch and was known as “Shamrock Shorthorn Ranch.” The sign out in the driveway looked like a big Shamrock that we had hand-lettered and painted white and green. It looked so nice and we were all so proud. Dad worked closely with the college in Fort Collins, known at the time as Aggies or Colorado Agricultural College. It has another name now. He landscaped the fields for a more effective way to water his crops. He had a big dam built in the pasture so he had water for the fields and the cows. I’m not sure about this but I think the water turned out to be alkali water and was not usable. I do know we didn’t drink it and had to have our water delivered to a cistern. Dad won top honors in statewide soil conservation contests. Our family resided on that farm/ranch for 25 years until 1955 when the hail and bad weather forced Dad into retiring from farming. That is when he purchased the John Deere Dealership for northern Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. It was very successful. That way Dad continued to see his farmer friends and hear amazing stories and learn more funny jokes. I graduated from Timnath High School that year. In November of 1955 I married John Clayton Bateman. We settled in Golden, Colorado in a motel unit so Jack (nickname) could continue his college education under the G.I. Bill. He was interested in petroleum engineering and geology. He studied long and hard while working for Adolph Coors after classes. His books were so interesting I would sit and read them while he studied. We studied and hiked around the formation of rocks at Red Rocks outside of Denver. This little old farm girl certainly got her education looking for fossils, seashells, and many other formations on Tabletop Mountain. I worked at the telephone company and on the weekends

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I worked at a creamery. That is where I purposely made more malts and shakes then would go into customers containers. The remaining was poured into a container I kept in the little top opening freezer and when it came time to go home I had what I called a rainbow shake that we shared as our supper on the week ends. We were terrible poor like every one else going to college. I learned to frugally cook tiny amounts unlike I had been taught cooking with Mom. Mom, knowing that we did not have much, sent us some venison in the mail. By the time it got to our doorstep, it had thawed and the package was leaking blood. That poor mail man — I still wonder what he thought. I cooked it — but to the very day I do not like venison! During a snowy cold, cold windy evening Jack was working in a ditch for Coors and badly hurt his back. He could hardly walk and came down with a terrible cold. He missed so much school while his back was healing, we decided to move back to Fort Collins. Our plan was to go back to Golden in the fall to continue college. Jack went to work for Dad as a parts man at the John Deere business. He worked there until 1967 when he went to Alaska. The money was nice and Jack liked his work. We did not go back to Golden. In 1957 Gail Lynn was born, in 1959 David John was born and in 1960 Susan Renée was born, all at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. They were all delivered by the kind Dr. James Hoffman, the same doctor that delivered my little sister and brother, Elaine and Jim. Dad became a Grandpa! We visited Grandma and Grandpa every chance we got and every Wednesdays after the kids

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

were 2, 3 and 5 years old, he delighted in taking us to the movies, especially if it was a Disney movie or a western. He continued to take us to movies every Wednesday and added his other granddaughter Regina Sue when she was 3, John and Joyce’s daughter. Her brother Mitch was not born yet. The last big movie event before we moved to Alaska in 1967 was with Dad-Grandpa when he took me and my three kids and Regina to see “Mary Poppins.” We all dressed up for the event and Regina was dressed in a beautiful frilly red and white dress and little black shoes. She looked so pretty. We all watched “Mary Poppins” and munched on popcorn. The music was so catchy and happy. It kept the kids’ attention throughout the whole show. One of the songs was “Feed the Birds” which Gail memorized and sang in a play at her elementary school The last song of the show is “Oh, let’s go fly a kite.” When the movie was over we all filed out of the theater, hand in hand. Regina skipped out into the sunshine, let go of my hand and started skipping ahead down the sidewalk singing in her loudest voice “Oh YOU go fly a kite, up to the highest height. Oh YOU go fly a kite.” She repeated it over and over, singing louder and louder. I started to catch her and Dad caught my arm, “Let her sing,” he said, with a big smile on his face. We all had smiles on our faces as well as everyone around us, listening to our little “Mary Poppins,” skipping down the sidewalk in the sunshine, singing at the top of her lungs “Oh YOU go fly a kite!” This story is dedicated to Regina Sue McClure Bivens whose birthday was January 31 and lives in Wellington, Colorado. And to her brother Mitch who was born February 20th. He lives in Ronan, Montana. And to my kids who live nearby in Nikiski and Kenai. Happy, happy memories. I love all the songs in Mary Poppins but especially “Feed the Birds” and “YOU go fly a kite” And remember: Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be a living expression of God’s kindness.

When we were growing up we said “scalped tater.” How about your family? 4 to 5 cups slightly cooked sliced potatoes 1 chopped onion Place in a 9 x 13” buttered pan In a small bowl mix: 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese 1/2 cup flour 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper Toss and add to potatoes-mixing in carefully

A very old recipe and another one pan-no mixing bowl cake Heat oven to 350° Add: In a 9 x 9 or eight by inch ungreased pan 1 cup buttermilk place: 1 egg 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract 1/2 cup vegetable oil Stir with fork until no lumps remain. Use a rubber spatula to scrape corners and sidesto mix Stir with fork until blended and resembles any remaining ingredients. Sprinkle top with coarse crumbs. Remove and reserve 1 cup reserved crumbs. Bake 40 min. until wooden crumbs. pick comes out clean. Cut in nine squares. This is a quick cake to stir up while you are fixing To the remainder in the pan add; the rest of the meal. My mom knew this recipe 1 teaspoon baking powder by heart and we enjoyed the hot cake right out 1/2 teaspoons soda of the oven with whipped cream, that she also 1 teaspoon cinnamon beat with an old hand beater with red handles. 1/4 teaspoon cloves Sometimes she stirred up a lemon custard sauce. 1/2 teaspoons salt As near as I can come to this recipe is one small package instant lemon pudding, stirred with 3 Stir with fork until blended. cups milk.

HAMBURGER STROGANOFF I have no idea how many times I have used this recipe with moose-burger while we were a young hungry family the first few years in Alaska. It is so good! 1 pound lean hamburger or if you are lucky 2 teaspoons parsley. enough to have moose burger. 8 ounces cooked pasta noodles or screw2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms or one me- dooles or mashed potatoes dium canned, drained. Cook until meat is until well done. Drain 1 medium onion chopped any grease and return to skillet and add mush1 stalk finely chopped celery rooms, onions and celery. Cook 2 minutes. 3 tablespoons flour Stir in flour, bouillon, if using, salt, mustard, 2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules. I pepper and 1 cup milk.(you can use water) very seldom use this anymore because of the cover and cook until thick about 2 min. Stir in flavor enhancers or MSG in it. one can undiluted mushroom soup, stir in sour 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt cream or buttermilk or yogurt. Mix well and 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard bring back to hot temperature but do not boil. 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Serve on noodles or mashed potatoes.Sprinkle 1/2 cup sour cream, buttermilk or plain yo- with parsley. My kids like this on “smashed” gurt. potatoes. Good served with corn or green 1 cup milk or water beans and a big slice of buttered homemade 1 can mushroom soup bread.

THREE BEAN SALAD In a bowl you’re going to serve in: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/3 cup cider vinegar 1/4 teaspoon coarse pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt Whisk together until well blended. Add: 1 can Black Beans rinsed and drained 1 can Red Kidney beans rinsed and drained

The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Waters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at Fireweed Herb Garden and Gifts in Kenai and M & M Market in Nikiski.

tive study to examine the issue. Scientists aren’t certain exactly how sugar may contribute to deadly heart problems, but it has been shown to increase blood pressure and levels of unhealthy cholesterol and triglycerides; and also may increase signs of inflammation linked with heart disease, said Rachel Johnson, head of the American Heart Association’s nutrition committee and a University of Vermont nutrition professor. Yang and colleagues analyzed national health surveys between 1988 and 2010 that included questions about people’s diets. The authors used national death data to calculate risks of dying during 15 years of follow-up. Overall, more than 30,000 American adults aged 44 on average were involved. Previous studies have linked diets high in sugar with increased risks for non-fatal heart problems, and with obesity, which can also lead to heart trouble. But in the new study, obesity didn’t explain the link between sugary diets and death. That link was found even in normal-weight people who ate lots of added sugar. C

In a small bowl combine 3 eggs 1 can of canned milk Pour over cheese and potatoes. Bake at 350° for 35 to 45 min. until the top is well browned. Let set 5 to 10 min. and serve with big slices of ham. This is a good pot luck dish and a good Easter dinner dish. If you don’t like Swiss cheese use the cheese of your choice.

SPICED CRUMB CAKE

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Sugar tied to fatal heart woes; soda’s a culprit CHICAGO (AP) — Could too much sugar be deadly? The biggest study of its kind suggests the answer is yes, at least when it comes to fatal heart problems. It doesn’t take all that much extra sugar, hidden in many processed foods, to substantially raise the risk, the researchers found, and most Americans eat more than the safest amount. Having a cinnamon roll with your morning coffee, a supersized sugary soda at lunch and a scoop of ice cream after dinner would put you in the highest risk category in the study. That means your chance of dying prematurely from heart problems is nearly three times greater than for people who eat only foods with little added sugar. For someone who normally eats 2,000 calories daily, even consuming two 12-ounce cans of soda substantially increases the risk. For most American adults, sodas and other sugary drinks are the main source of added sugar. Lead author Quanhe Yang of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention called the results sobering and said it’s the first nationally representa-

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1 can Pinto Beans rinsed and drained 1 stalks celery diced 1 diced red pepper-optional 1/2 to 1 cup diced onion 1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley-2 tablespoons dry Gently toss, cover and let set it room temperature 4 to 6 hours. After serve being refrigerate. Add diced jalapeno if you like. I store this in a big Mason jar with lid. This will keep in the refrigerator indefinitely.

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Woman on the rebound wants back in ex’s court argument on a four-hour road trip. She didn’t like my opinions or my answers, so she kicked my 17-year-old daughter and me out of her vehicle and abandoned us in an unsafe neighborhood two hours from our home. She has done it twice before, and I have yet to hear an apology from her for dumping us on the curb. Luckily, my son was able to come and retrieve us. Most Abigail Van Buren people would have cut her off the first time she pulled this stunt, but I’m a “three-strikes-you’re-out” kind of person. I have given my mother many opportunities to apologize for her behavior, but she refuses to acknowledge her own wrongdoing. I have decided this is the last time this will happen to me. I no longer speak to her and won’t allow my daughter to go anywhere with her for fear she will be dumped somewhere unsafe. My other kids — ages 21 and 22 — say I should get over it. Was cutting her off a reasonable response? — THUMBIN’ FOR A RIDE DEAR THUMBIN’: Your mother appears to DEAR ABBY: Recently my mother and I got into an have a short fuse and poor judgment. Is cutting

her off a reasonable response? I think so. Dumping someone in an unsafe neighborhood could get the person killed, something we see all too often in the media. If you ever decide to relent, however, and go anywhere with her, make sure you are the one behind the wheel because it’s clear Mama can’t be trusted when she’s in the driver’s seat. DEAR ABBY: My family and I moved to Iowa when I was in high school to be closer to the other side of the family. Because we had lived in California, we didn’t interact much with our Iowa family. So now, even though we have been back in Iowa for the last eight years, they still forget our birthdays and don’t include us in family get-togethers. How should I deal with this situation? — EXCLUDED IN THE HAWKEYE STATE DEAR EXCLUDED: It appears you’re being punished for the “sins” of your parents. (Could there have been some friction with the Iowa relatives that caused the move to California?) All you can do is talk to them and see if you can improve the situation. Consider inviting them to YOUR family get-togethers and you may get a positive response. However, if they are not receptive, then it will be up to you to create a “replacement” family out of the people you have become close to in your community since your return.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014: This year your resourcefulness mixes well with your high energy. You might feel as if there is nothing you cannot do. Open up to new ideas and different people. Use care with daily matters and your health, though you likely will be fortunate in these areas. Too much celebration and a sweet tooth could add to your waistline. Be careful! If you are single, you’ll meet people with ease. After mid-July, someone might stroll into your life and stop you in your tracks. If you are attached, the two of you work together more easily. Plan on making a special goal a reality come summertime. TAURUS is as stubborn as you are. 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) HHHHYour thoughts could stop you from acting. You might be receiving a very different vision from what is being presented to you. Others’ perceptions will seem off. Stop and re-evaluate. How you react could be interesting to those who understand your responses. Tonight: Your treat. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHHA get-together with a friend will point you in a new direction. You might not want to leap into action until you have thought through all the other options. Brainstorming could provide many more alternatives. Be flexible, talk and share. Tonight: What you want. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HH Consider a boss’s or a supervi-

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Keeping it crisp Dear Heloise: I live by myself. I clean a whole stalk of celery, then cut it in lengths to fit in a large jar. I put cold water over it, put the lid on and put it in the refrigerator. It keeps for a long time and stays crisp. — L.H. in Mississippi This is one way to store celery. I do something similar so I can just grab a stalk and munch away! However, you really need to put only about an inch or so of water in the jar, as the stalks will soak that up and stay crisp and crunchy! — Heloise Safe food Dear Heloise: Recently, a friend made an expensive seafood gumbo with $150 worth of fresh seafood. She called me when she opened the refrigerator and said that, upon lifting the pot’s lid, it was bubbling. Restaurants cool down large quantities with large ice wands. My hint for at home is that you freeze a 1- to 2-liter soda bottle (plastic). You can place it in the pot when you pull it from the stove, and it will start to cool down. — Miriam J., via email Oh dear! What a waste of some yummy (NOT cheap to make, either) gumbo! This is a good lesson for all of us. After cooking large quantities of something, try putting it into smaller containers before placing in the refrigerator. However, cooling down soup using your hint certainly would help prevent the bubbling over that your friend experienced. Another method for cooling soups in large pots is to submerge the pot in a sink or tub filled with ice water. Soups are a great meal to cook ahead and freeze for later, which is why I wrote my Heloise’s Spectacular Soups pamphlet. To receive one, send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/ Soups, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. — Heloise

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DEAR ABBY: After a two-year relationship ended, I got pregnant on the rebound. I called my ex and told him I was having a baby with another man because I wanted to hurt him. Now that a few months have passed, I ran into him and all those loving feelings I had for him came rushing back. Should I tell him? The father of this baby is a good-for-nothing deadbeat. He wants to be father-of-the-year without helping me financially. What should I do about my feelings for my ex, and what should I do about the father of my baby? — CAN’T DECIDE IN NEW JERSEY DEAR CAN’T DECIDE: It is time for you to grow up and accept responsibility for the situation you’re in right now. Your behavior has been immature and irresponsible. The child you’re carrying is going to need someone who can provide for him or her financially and emotionally. Because you have feelings for your ex, contact him and let him know, but don’t count on him wanting to reconcile. Then you should also contact a lawyer about ensuring that “Babydaddy” lives up to his financial responsibilities. And in the future, when you decide to have sex with someone, recognize there could be consequences and use birth control. Every time!

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