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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
In the news Miller lags behind GOP rivals in fundraising
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JUNEAU (AP) — Joe Miller reported raising about $30,000 during the last quarter of 2013, the lowest among the major GOP candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. Miller ended 2013 with about $230,000 on hand. Other candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Mark Begich include Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell. Sullivan reported bringing in about $1.3 million during the fourth quarter, his first quarter as a candidate in the race, and Treadwell about $229,000. Begich, who is seeking reelection, reported bringing in about $850,000 between October and December. Begich ended 2013 with $2.8 million. Sullivan reported having $1.1 million on hand and Treadwell about $95,000. Miller entered the current race with more than $400,000, largely funds left-over from his unsuccessful 2010 U.S. Senate campaign.
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Sarah Frostad-Hudkings, left, and Amber Every, commercial setnet fishers, watch the Alaska Board of Fisheries deliberate a proposal to raise the escapement goal for Kenai River king salmon at the Egan Center in Anchorage on Monday. On Wednesday, the board passed what one member called ‘severe restrictions’ on the setnet fishery.
‘Severe restrictions’ imposed New plan would keep nets out of water during low king runs By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
Emotions ran high Wednesday as the Alaska Board of Fisheries deliberated a board-member generated proposal that outlined a new plan to pair restrictions between commercial setnet fishermen and in-river fishers who harvest the struggling Kenai River king salmon stock. As it became clear during deliberations that the board would be making substantive changes to the way the commercial setnet fisheries occur in July and August, more members of the group stood and moved away from the board to the back of the hall leaving the vast majority of the audience seats empty. The restrictions to the commercial setnet fishery, if fully actuated, could result
in a 50 percent reduction in effort causing an unknown reduction in sockeye harvest — the salmon species primarily targeted by the group. Board member Tom Kluberton, board member from Talkeetna who introduced the new language, called the new management “severe restrictions” later during the meeting.
The changes The language amends the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan to include “step-down measures” that board members said were meant to be paired with step-down measures in the in-river fishery when king salmon stocks are returning in low numbers. According to the new plan, from July
1 to July 31, if the in-river return is projected to be fewer than 22,500 fish — the midpoint of the current escapement goal range of 15,000 to 30,000 king salmon — the Alaska Department of Fish and Game may limit the sportfishery to no bait, or catch-and-release fishing and the East Side setnet fishery will be capped at 36 hours per week. Under the plan, if the in-river fishery is restricted to catch-and-release, setnetters will be limited to only one 12-hour period per week rather than the two regular 12-hour periods. The 2014 preseason forecast for Upper Cook Inlet sockeye salmon is estimated at 6.1 million fish across all rivers and streams, with 1.8 million needed for escapement, leaving 4.3 million available See FISH, page A-10
JUNEAU — Executives from the North Slope’s major oil and gas companies on Wednesday hailed an agreement with the state as a major step forward in pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project. While they made clear there is still a long way to go in determining whether a project will be successful, they said the effort has the support of senior managers and the parties are at a place they’ve never been before in efforts to commercialize Alaska gas. They also said having the state as a partner would be significant, in terms of sharing risk and also in demonstrating the project has the government’s support. Executives from BP Exploration Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska and ExxonMobil Production appeared Wednesday before the Senate Resources Committee, along with officials from TransCanada Corp. and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. The committee has been reviewing the agreement between those parties and the state that sets out a roadmap for advancing a project. The panel also has been discussing a separate agreement between the state and TransCanada outlining terms for pipeline services. The committee on Friday is scheduled to begin delving into legislation proposed by Gov. See GAS, page A-10
Crash sends 1 to hospital By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
A man was ejected from his car after a collision with a truck Wednesday morning on Kalifornsky Beach Road. Kenai resident Robert Dolan, 80, suffered facial lacerations and was taken to Central Peninsula Hospital said Alaska State Trooper spokesperson Megan Peters. A blue Buick sedan pulled out onto the road and the driver of a black GMC Sierra truck did not react in time and slammed
into the car, pushing it into a snow berm, Trooper Timothy Tefft said. The truck crashed into a tree 30 feet down the side of the road in front of the Duck Inn. The front passenger side wheel of the truck broke off the axle. Central Emergency Services first responded to the crash. The driver of the truck, Katie Jones of Soldotna, did not suffer any injuries. She said she was driving west toward Kenai when the car pulled out in front of her.
Jones said Dolan had a bloody nose and had trouble standing up, but was coherent and talking. A Central Peninsula Hospital representative said Dolan was seen, treated and released. After the initial collision, Jones said she couldn’t turn the wheel because of the damage to the front tire and the truck wouldn’t stop until she hit the Photo by Dan Balmer Peninsula Clarion tree. She said the accident could Alaska State Trooper Timothy Tefft fills out a report following a have been a lot worse. “I am just shaken up,” she two-vehicle collison on Kalifornsky Beach Road Wednesday See CRASH, page A-2 morning.
Committee advances education amendment bill By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
JUNEAU — The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that supporters say could open the door to more choice in education but critics fear could hurt public schools. SJR9, from Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, would strike a provision in the state constitution prohibiting 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 public money cannot be appropriated except for a public
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purpose, that nothing in that section shall prevent payment of public funds “for the direct educational benefit of students as provided by law.” The committee heard hours of testimony Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, during a break in hearing other education bills, committee co-chair Kevin Meyer said there had been a lot of discussion, and he didn’t believe the committee needed to hear any more.
Meyer, R-Anchorage, said public comments — which he described as pretty balanced overall — had continued to come in. He said he didn’t have any problems advancing the measure and letting Dunleavy continue his efforts to get SJR9 to the Senate floor for a vote. Meyer, Dunleavy and Sens. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, and Anna Fairclough, R-Eagle River, recommended the full Senate pass the proposal. Kelly and Fairclough are co-sponsors. Sens. Donny Olson, DGolovin; Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, and Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, made no recommendation, according to the Legislature’s website. C
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SJR9 was sent to the Senate Rules Committee, which is responsible for the Senate’s daily calendar. Bills and resolutions often aren’t brought to the floor for debate unless the votes are there to pass them. SJR9 would have to pass with a two-thirds vote in the House and the Senate to qualify for the ballot. Senate Education Committee chairman Gary Stevens, RKodiak, said the measure will probably stay in Rules if and until the 14 needed votes are secured. He expects it will be very hard to get those votes and said his feeling right now is it probably won’t happen. “But that’s up to the folks
pushing it, to see what they can do,” he said. Dunleavy, for his part, is optimistic. Stevens said he does not support the proposal, saying he’s concerned with the longterm implications. He also said without enabling legislation spelling out what the change would mean it’s “a little frightening, because you have no idea what you’re voting for, really.” Dunleavy plans to push enabling legislation this session, though Meyer has said he doesn’t see taking up a measure like that until voters have a chance to decide any proposed constitutional change.
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Around Alaska Palmer teen arrested after 63-mile trooper chase
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a 17-year-old Palmer boy was arrested after leading officers on a 63-mile chase on the Parks Highway. The pursuit began when troopers tried to stop the teenager for erratic driving, speeding and failure to dim headlights around Mile 36 near Trunk Road south of Wasilla. Troopers say the teen sped off, driving recklessly. Troopers say that during the chase, officers learned the teen’s vehicle — a 1997 Toyota RAV4 — had been reported stolen in Palmer a few minutes before the attempted traffic stop. Parnell campaign seeks clarity on fundraising Troopers say the teen drove through Wasilla and the chase JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell’s re-election campaign is ended with the teen crashing near Mile 99. The teen was charged with vehicle theft, reckless driving, seeking clarification on a law prohibiting gubernatorial candifelony eluding and driving without a license. His name was not dates from soliciting or accepting contributions in Juneau when the Legislature is in session. released. Campaign manager Jerry Gallagher, in making the request to the Alaska Public Offices Commission, said the law predates Panel hears of Medicaid system concerns the widespread use of websites and email for contributions. The commission’s campaign disclosure coordinator, in a JUNEAU — The chairman of the House Health and Social Services Committee said the launch of the state’s new Medic- draft advisory opinion, said the campaign may solicit contribuaid payment system made the rocky rollout of the federal health tions through its website and social media page, noting such fundraising doesn’t specifically target anyone in Juneau and care law look good. Rep. Pete Higgins, R-Fairbanks, made his comments during contributions are deposited to an Anchorage bank. The draft a hearing Tuesday, in which the state health commissioner and says email solicitations must tell recipients they cannot contribvendor behind the system, Xerox, spoke to the problems and ute in the City and Borough of Juneau during session. — The Associated Press efforts being made to address them.
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Commissioner Bill Streur said the responsibility for implementation rests with him, though he also pointed out that the department relies on Xerox’s expertise and that the company is responsible for the program’s success or failure. David Hamilton, a senior executive with Xerox responsible for government programs, said the company does Medicaid processing in other states, and the program built for Alaska to replace an older system represented the company’s “latest and greatest solution.” He said signs of progress have begun to emerge, including improved claims processing and shorter wait times for providers to reach a help desk. He said the company understands the effects the system’s problems have had so far on the provider community, and he apologized.
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the scene was cleared. Peters said the posted speed on that stretch of road is 55 mph. The Continued from page A-1 truck’s rate of speed was not released. The case is under insaid. “I hope he is OK. I am vestigation. fine, but I’m more worried about him.” Reach Dan Balmer at danTraffic was blocked and iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. rerouted for 30 minutes while com.
Wednesday Stocks Company Final Change ACS.......................... 2.10 -0.02 Agrium Inc............... 85.69 -0.57 Alaska Air Group...... 75.10 -0.52 AT&T........................ 32.08 -0.37 BP ........................... 46.04 -0.23 Chevron.................. 109.52 -1.31 ConocoPhillips......... 63.46 -0.25 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,760.00 — Forest Oil.................. 2.96 -0.06 Fred Meyer.............. 35.45 -0.02 GCI........................... 9.34 -0.18 Harley-Davidson...... 62.15 -0.18 Home Depot............ 75.26 +0.29 Key Bank................. 12.38 -0.10 McDonald’s.............. 93.58 +0.49 National Oilwell........ 73.30 -1.21 Shell Oil................... 68.13 +0.27 Safeway................... 30.46 +0.18 Tesoro...................... 49.95 -0.50 Walmart................... 72.87 +0.14 Wells Fargo.............. 44.23 -0.24 Gold closed............ 1,257.89 +3.17 C
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Oil Prices Tuesday’s prices North Slope crude: $103.16, down from $103.38 on Monday West Texas Int.: $97.19, up from $96.43 on Monday
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Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, February 6, 2014
Community Calendar Today 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 2523436. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. • The Kenai Community Library will host a brown bag lunch discussion. 12:30 p.m. • The local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society meets at at Heritage Place in Soldotna, 232 Rockwell Ave. Call Lindy at 262-4724. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • AA Step Sisters at Central Peninsula Hospital. Call 2622304. • Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call2603292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. 8 p.m. • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907567-3574. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.
Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:
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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. Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also 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 Frontier Community Services board to meet Frontier Community Services will hold its annual Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Challenger Center in Kenai. Executive Director James Kenneth Duff will present the state of agency report and new Board officials will be elected. FCS Employee of the Year and milestone awards for years of service will also be announced. A salad bar and coffee will be provided and the meeting is open to the public.
Kenai Peninsula College Council meeting scheduled
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Aqua Zumba Event to all who come on Saturday, March 1 from 10-11:30 a.m. The doors open at 9:45. Aqua Zumba is also offered at the Nikiski Pool at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please call 776-8800 for additional information.
Woodturners meeting scheduled The Kenai Peninsula Woodturners Chapter will hold its February meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the log building, mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway. There will be a demonstration. Visitors are always welcome. Questions? Call 801-543-9122.
Semi-private swim lessons available
There is space available in the Nikiski Pool Semi-Private The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. swim lessons beginning February 26 to March 7. Call 776on Thursday, Feb. 13 at KPC’s Kenai River Campus in Sol8800 for additional information. dotna. The College Council is advisory in nature and members are recruited from all sectors of the Kenai Peninsula to provide input to KPC administration. The meeting is open to Central Peninsula Habitat the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact Sue Evanson at opens home application period 262-0318 or visit this link: http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/KPC/ CC-reports/. Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity is seeking qualified applicants for the 2014 summer build in Kenai. Local families in need of safe, affordable housing can see qualification details Plunge into Aqua Zumba at Nikiski pool at www.hfhcentralpeninsula.org or call Sharon at 907-283Nikiski Pool is offering “Plunge into Aqua Zumba”, a Free 7797 or 907-262-7534. The application period closes Feb. 14.
Official wants politics out of expanding Medicaid By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
JUNEAU — The rocky launch of the federal online insurance marketplace provided cover for those skeptical of Medicaid expansion, but the issues are separate, the regional director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. Susan Johnson, who is in Juneau for an Alaska Native Health Board meeting, said October and November — the first two months of the marketplace rollout — “were not our brightest moments.” “I think there’s no doubt that there are some people who had such a bad experience in October that they won’t come back (to enroll). I mean, I just have to be honest with that,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press. She said others might not
have a computer or may feel uncomfortable with the world of insurance. “But of those numbers, I think people will come back because they will hopefully hear, ‘This is the time I need to do it and I could get it (health insurance) for even nothing out of my pocket or very little,’” Johnson said. Alaska is one of 36 states that has relied on the federally run website to provide access to individuals to shop for insurance to help meet requirements of the federal health care law. The site, while working better now, was plagued by problems after its Oct. 1 launch. About 50 Alaskans signed up during the first month; more than 3,300 signed up during the first three months, with more than 80 percent receiving federal help in paying their premiums. Updated numbers are expected soon. March 31 marks the end of the current open enrollment
period, and Johnson said there is an outreach effort underway, including in rural areas in the coming weeks. Johnson said she doesn’t think the amount of money Alaska received for “navigators” to conduct outreach and help promote the marketplace was adequate. Funding was based on a formula for population size but Alaska faces challenges in its remote communities, people living “off the grid,” and lack of infrastructure that other states do not, she said. She said she has advocated for a stipend that would account for that but hasn’t been successful. Johnson expects another surge of activity on the online marketplace in March that could result in longer wait times. She encouraged people waiting to enroll to not put it off and reach out for help if needed. For individuals allowed to keep their existing plans for
an extra year, there is expected to be an enrollment period for new plans, that meet requirements of the law, later this year, she said. On the issue of Medicaid expansion, while she acknowledged there is a trust issue, she said states can approach expansion cautiously, trying it for a year, seeing if the trust holds. In states that have opted for expansion, the federal government is expected to cover the cost for the first three years, through 2016, and the bulk of the cost indefinitely, with the states contributing. Alaska House and Senate Democrats recently introduced legislation that would extend Medicaid eligibility to those up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line. State participation would depend on the federal government paying at least 90 percent of costs, the lowest level to which they are currently expected to fall.
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LIO Schedule 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. Friday 3:15 p.m. The House Labor & Commerce Committee will sponsor a public hear-
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A new conversation about education As Alaska lawmakers consider sweep-
ing education reform there are a few other factors that need consideration; issues occurring outside the classroom and which go beyond increases to student funding and more school choices for parents. A statewide survey funded by the National Education Association-Alaska asking teachers what factors they believe are inhibiting student learning was released Friday, and from the results it’s clear that the problems facing Alaska’s schools can’t all be fixed with extra funding, more teachers or smaller class sizes. According to the report, the factors in both rural and urban districts include poor home environments, a lack of parent involvement, chronic absences and the influence of drugs and alcohol in the community and at home. Paying teachers more, increasing the base student allocation and offering vouchers to families won’t make these problems go away. These problems aren’t new for teachers and administrators, or for many members of the public for that matter. The Juneau School District has a program that offers taxi rides to elementary school students who move midway through the school year. The rationale is so that students who have to constantly relocate can maintain some degree of stability by maintaining a consistent learning environment, which in turn will increase academic success. JSD also has taken an active role in working with homeless students, a role born out of necessity. Ask any teacher you know if they keep snacks and food in their classrooms for students who show up each day hungry, and the answer more times than not will probably be, “yes.” The survey isn’t telling us anything we don’t already know, but it will force us to have an uncomfortable conversation about the issues outside of school that prevents about a quarter of Alaska’s young learners from graduating high school on time. The problem is: How can Alaska legislate good parenting? The answer: It can’t. When two people bring a child into the world, whether intentional or not, they take on responsibility for the child’s wellbeing. That includes physical, spiritual, emotional, and yes, even educational, nourishment. If a parent fed only junk food to their kid, child protective services would intervene because the lifestyle would be considered unfit. The same should be said when parental neglect leads to constant absence from school. Without a proper education kids will be far more likely to become a burden to society — through involvement in crime, time in prison or reliance on government aid — than a student who has learned the value of working hard and being successful. According to the survey, only half of urban teachers believe parents are involved enough in their child’s elementary education. A third said the same when it came to parental involvement with high schoolers. In rural areas the figures are lower for each, 33 and 20 percent, respectively. There’s no clear-cut solution to the problems addressed in the survey, and more than likely it will take a combination of solutions and perhaps some trial and error before we get it right. The important thing is that we try to get it right and learn from mistakes along the way. Solutions could range from mandated parenting classes when a student has too many unexcused absences, to legislation requiring districts to employ a truancy officer. Bottom line: Our state’s politicians, teachers, school officials and parents need to begin a series of long — and perhaps difficult and awkward — conversations about what’s really keeping students from learning and graduating on time. And it needs to happen before the Legislature decides to throw money at the problem. A BSA increase may help keep schools heated and prevent a few teacher layoffs, but it won’t make parents care more about the importance of their kids’ education. — Juneau Empire, Feb. 2
Doonesbury By GARRY TRUDEAU
On Keystone, action can wait
President Barack Obama has urged that we make this a “year of action,” and he is going to do his part by acting with vigor and dispatch to continue to study the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project. The State Department just acted with an 11-volume, 7,000-page environmental review that concludes, like the several reviews prior to this point, that the pipeline poses no environmental hazard. You’ve got to hand it to the State Department — when it is determined to act, it moves. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough went on “Meet the Press” to explain all the dizzying activity taking place as the U.S. government marshals its resources to see that Keystone is perpetually reviewed. “We have one department with a study,” McDonough explained. “Now we have other expert agencies, the EPA, and many others, who have an opportunity — the Energy Department, an opportunity to look at this and make their determinations.” For its part, the State Department still needs to evaluate whether the pipeline serves the national interest, necessitating another period of intense action that will include asking “for the views of eight federal agencies identified in [Executive Order] 13337.” Skeptics scoffed after the president’s State of the Union that he doesn’t have much of an agenda for his second term. They failed to appreciate how much of that second term will be devoted to studying what is already one of the most stud-
Letters to the Editor Help for seniors can go a long way Many Alaskan Seniors are on a fixed income, which has less and less buying power over time. I watched how difficult it was for my grandmother to cope with balancing her basic needs. A small, additional income helps our neediest Seniors make essential purchases, like food, medicine, and housing. Unfortunately, the Senior Benefits Program, which helps 11,000 needy Seniors, is set to expire June 30, 2015. This is why I introduced House Bill 261 to permanently protect this program from the risk of budget cuts. The Senior Benefits Program is needs-based. It pays a set amount to Alaska residents over age 65 who meet certain conditions, including an income requirement. Knowing that this amount is dependable helps Seniors balance household expenses. Even facing budget deficits, we can afford to help our neediest Seniors by permanently protecting this program from budget cuts. More Seniors call Alaska home than ever before and Seniors are the fastest growing segment of our population. This program recognizes their struggle to make ends meet and the risk of living with financial uncertainty. Rep. Geran Tarr Anchorage
Sport fishery needs to take responsibility for king returns This letter in response to Mr. Bill Tappan’s letter (Clarion, Jan. 31). Here are a few facts: The sports fishermen own the problem with the early run Kenai Kings. The commercial setnet fishermen have been excluded from fishing early run kings for over 50 years. So could you please explain how setnetting could in any way be responsible for their demise? Fact: The sport fishery has had exploitaC
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ied proposed infrastructure projects of all time. At this rate, there will be years of action on Keystone — with no one ever building anything. Of course, that’s the point. When there’s no legitimate Rich Lowry reason to stop a project that well-funded left-wing donors and a mini-grass-roots environmentalist army want stopped, the safest course is to make sure that it is always study-ready and never shovel-ready. The Keystone project would add roughly 800 miles of pipeline in the U.S. and carry more than 800,000 barrels of oil a day to our refineries in the Gulf from the tar sands of Alberta. It has been under consideration for more than five years, even though Hillary Clinton said in 2010 that the State Department was “inclined” to approve it. And why not? Already the State Department — involved because the pipeline crosses an international border — had issued a favorable draft environmental-impact statement. Paul Knappenberger of the Cato Institute notes that a similar pipeline project, the Alberta Clipper, won approval in two short years back in 2009 with glowing marks from State — it would “advance a number of strategic interests” and send “a positive economic signal.” Keystone XL was different; it became a hate symbol for the environmental left.
tion as high as 80 percent of the early run Kenai kings. Fact: Early run Kenai kings are very active in their spawning mode from early May through August. Many of these fish are taken during the late run in-river sport fishery. Fact: Late run Kenai kings met their minimum or exceeded their maximum end of the escapement goal for the last 30 years. Fact: This is not true of the early run of Kenai kings. Reminder, no setnetting for over 50 years. By the way, east side setnetters were kept from fishing in 2012 by ADF&G only to find out 8 months after the season over 10,000 surplus kings were available to be harvested by all users all because ADF&G’s inability to count kings. The setnet fleet was the only fishing group unconstitutionally excluded from the 2012 fishing season. This cost the setnetters over $30 million. This might not seem like much, but it meant over 500 setnet fishing businesses had no fishing income to help support families. Sometimes the solution comes from looking in a mirror, especially when you are the sole and exclusive user of the resource, for example, early Kenai kings. This fishery cannot ask subsistence, personal use or commercial setnetters to share in this burden as they have already been unconstitutionally excluded from this fishery. So the sport fishery seems to be the user who is to blame. Mark S. Ducker Kasilof
Applause Effort put into staging tournament appreciated I would like to thank Jody King, this year’s KPHA Peninsula Winter Games Tournament Director! She did a wonderful job, and it was her first year! This is a massive, massive job and she managed everything gracefully. Also a big thank you
In its fevered imagination, stopping the pipeline became a way to stop the development of the “dirty” tar sands of Canada and to slow climate change. As Brigham McCown, a former administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, puts it, opponents of the pipeline thought it was a Khyber Pass where a glorious stand could be made against Canadian oil. This was always a childish fantasy. First, because the tar sands will get developed regardless, as the latest State Department environmental review attests, and more fundamentally, because the numbers don’t add up. Conservative writer Oren Cass makes the point that the United States accounts for less than six of the 35 gigatons of carbon emissions worldwide, and our emissions growth has been flat, while India and China have been growing at a double-digit rate. We could end all our emissions tomorrow and the rest of the globe would quickly make up the difference. The oil that would be transported by Keystone isn’t a drop in the bucket; it’s a drop in a vast ocean. None of this matters, though, because railing against Keystone is such a potent organizing and fundraising tool for its opponents. President Obama is loath to cross them, and so will take swift and certain action — to keep examining the issue closely. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
to all the parents and coaches that volunteer! These events count on parents to run the clock, keep score, man the penalty box, manage locker rooms and hospitality rooms, prepare tournament bags and posters, and the list goes on. These parents and coaches give their time for the benefit of our kids. Many have full time jobs, other children and a myriad of other life duties … yet there they are, giving their time again and again. As a parent who can’t always give as much time as I’d like, I want them to know how appreciated they are. How lucky we are to have folks to teach this sport, along with determination, sportsmanship, and focus to our kids. How lucky we are to have moms and dads manage the administrative side of things. Thank you, thank you! I’d also like to say thank you to Stanley Chrysler for their very generous sponsorship of the tournament as well as to all the sponsors and donors! We are so fortunate to have such a supportive community! Go Ice Hawks! January Yeager KPHA Squirt Hockey Mom
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Business Tom Hodel finalized the sale of the Soldotna Professional Pharmacy last week. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/ Peninsula Clarion
Soldotna pharmacy under new ownership By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion
The Hodels’ plan was only to stay in Alaska for a few years. Thirty-seven years later the couple still calls the state home. Tom Hodel said he and his wife Lyn Hodel moved to Soldotna and started the Soldotna Professional Pharmacy with another couple about seven years after first arriving to town. Now, the Hodels have sold the business. Tom Hodel has retired from his career as a pharmacist and Lyn Hodel has retired from her office manager position at the pharmacy. Tom Hodel has seen a lot of change and growth in Soldotna, but what hasn’t changed, he said, is the quality of the people. “We’ve been blessed with so many good customers over the years,” he said. He said keeping not only customers happy but also staff
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happy has helped the business to continue to do well throughout the years. The pharmacy, which began with five employees, has grown along with the city and now has 30 employees. One challenge Tom Hodel has faced in his career is keeping up with technological advances in the business. “When I first started up here we had a calculator and a typewriter … and did all our patient profiles by hand,” he said. “Now virtually everything is done electronically.” Other changes that the pharmacy has handled under Tom Hodel’s ownership include more complex government regulations and insurance companies’ dictations on reimbursement rates. The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce presented the Hodels with the Pioneer Award in January for long-term community service. Tom Hodel said
he was very humbled and honored to receive the award. The sale of the pharmacy to the Kapuna Pharmacy Group, which owns pharmacies in Washington State, Hawaii and Alaska, was finalized last week. “It’s strange,” Tom Hodel said about selling the business. “I have mixed emotions. I’m looking forward to retirement and less stress, but I’m certainly going to miss visiting with all of our customers and our staff.” Kevin Faris, Kapuna CEO and president, said the company wants to keep pharmacy pretty much the same, but add any value it can. “(Tom Hodel) has built a fantastic pharmacy that we’ll continue to operation in the same fashion it has been,” Faris said. Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.
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n journalism the adage is “if it bleeds it leads,” which means the most shocking and provocative stories run on the first page because those are the ones that grab attention and sell papers. It is the same reason the nightly news plugs urge us to tune in to learn about the “five things under our sink that are killing us.” It’s why Miley Cyrus was one of the most popular search terms on Google last year and why Ann Coulter is omnipresent on cable news. If you want to quickly build a base of fanatics, go extreme. Become as polarizing as you possibly can be and the long tail will reward you with attention and accolades. Fans will tune in, buy your books, comment on your posts and fill the seats. It’s important to have fanatics. This is your tribe. You can count on them to support and encourage you. You can look to them for inspiration and new material. Divisiveness sells, but if your goal as a leader is to create change, not division, a more flexible approach may be required. One of the most common cognitive distortions is black and white thinking. Here, it’s all or nothing — you are right or wrong. The cause is just or unjust. There are no shades of gray. A black or white mentality brings attention, but little progress. To create change you need to replace the black or white mindset and its wide swaths of right and wrong with an approach that is less sexy and more subtle. Instead of playing to the base of your constituency, you may need to venture to new pastures and be willing to accept derision from your fans. Here’s an example of how leadership works in the real world. Kathy Freston, a friend of mine, is the bestselling author of such books as the “Veganist” and “Quantum Wellness” and is known for her pursuit to reduce animal suffering. Unlike the fire and brimstone style so pervasive in our culture, Freston takes a decidedly undogmatic approach. Her latest health and wellness book, “The Lean,” is radical,
in that it rebukes extreme shifts and instead encourages small and gradual changes. Robert Pagliarini Slow and methodical is anathema in our attention driven world, but when your goal is to effect change and not simply get attention, pragmatism trumps extremism. Freston’s goal is to encourage a plant-based diet. McDonald’s is the largest purchaser of American beef in the United States. But instead of picketing McDonald’s stores and deriding the people who eat there, she chose a different approach — she sought progress, not perfection. Instead of ostracizing McDonald’s and its patrons, she chose to align with them in hopes of finding common ground. Through a Change.org petition, Freston is not demanding they eliminate chicken
and beef from their menu, which would lead nowhere, but instead she is requesting that McDonald’s add a plant-based veggie burger to its menu. That’s it. Why not stick it to them and demand more? Freston said, “It’s easy to cut ourselves off and isolate ourselves, but that’s the opposite of building an inclusive movement for a healthier nation. There are millions of Americans who go to McDonald’s and will continue to go to McDonald’s whether there is a plant-based option or not.” “This is how the world works, and we have to work within the system,” she said. “To turn our backs on McDonald’s rather than try and work with them is to waste a big opportunity for a lean toward the better.” Will McDonald’s respond? I don’t know. But I do know that Freston’s approach has the best chance for success. Noise gets attention. Nuance gets results. As a leader, know your goal and know when to use each. Robert Pagliarini is a CBS MoneyWatch columnist.
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Business News Chambers set schedules n On Wednesday, the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon at the Kenai Visitor Center. Merrill Sikorski will discuss the annual Caring for the Kenai contest. RSVP to 283-1991 or 262-9814.
Living Well class offered Alaskan Physical Therapy, Inc. will be hosting a free workshop on Tuesdays from 2-4:30 p.m. Feb. 18 through March 25. The class is called Living Well Alaska — Better Choices, Better Health. Participants will be given a workbook and learn how to manage symptoms associated with chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart problems, diabetes, and chronic pain. Class size is limited. Please call Jill or Jennifer at 260-2679 for more information or to register for the workshop. Location will be in Soldotna at 36275 Kenai Spur Highway in the log cabin building.
Home business vendor fair to benefit Special Olympics A spring vendor fair, featuring a number of home-based businesses, will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Peninsula Grace Brethren Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna. Products available include make-up, jewelry, health products, kitchen wares, and more. The evnt also will include a silent auction, door prizes, and bake sale items. Vendors will donate a portion of their sales to Central Peninsula Special Olympics.
Training for operating specialty food business offered “Starting and Operating a Specialty Food Business in Alaska” is a course intended for individuals interested in starting and operating a specialty food business to sell foods direct to consumers under the DEC Cottage Foods Exemption or a temporary DEC permit. This course consists of four classes to be held on Feb.15, Feb. 22, March 1, and March 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kenai Peninsula College. The course will include business planning and marketing, financing and accounting, permitting and feasibility assessment, promoting and pricing products, and ways to enter the market such as farmers markets, food trucks, wholesaling, and supermarkets. Other topics that will be discussed are creating nutrition fact panels, formatting your food label, and making sure your facility meets health and safety guidelines. Cost of the course is $40.00. Register online at http://bit.ly/ces-workshops or call Kate Idzorek at 907-474-5391 for more information.
Nomination period open for seats on HEA Board of Directors Homer Electric Association (HEA) is accepting nominations from members interested in running for a seat on the cooperative’s Board of Directors. The cooperative’s Board is made up of nine directors, three from each of the three districts that make up the service area. This year, the District 1 (Kenai-Nikiskiparts of Soldotna) seat held by Kenai resident Kelly Bookey will be on the ballot. In District 2 (Soldotna-Sterling-Kasilof area) the seat currently held by Sterling resident Dick Waisanen will be up for election. In District 3 (Kasilof-Homer-Seldovia area), HEA members will vote for the seat currently held by Don Seelinger of Seldovia. HEA directors are elected by district, with members voting only for the director in their respective district. Members interested in being on the ballot must fill out a Candidacy Packet that requires the candidate to gather at least 15 signatures from current HEA members that live in the
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district where the candidate resides. The Candidacy Packet is available at HEA offices in Kenai and Homer and online at www.homerelectric.com The deadline to submit the Candidacy Packet is 5 p.m. on Feb. 28. Completed packets can be dropped off at either the Kenai or Homer HEA office. Ballots will be mailed out to HEA members on March 28 and the results will be tabulated and announced at the Annual Meeting on May 1 at the Soldotna High School. For additional information contact Joe Gallagher at 907-283-2324.
Citizens’ Advisory Council recertification application available for public review The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council is seeking recertification as the alternative voluntary advisory group for Prince William Sound, as authorized under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). The application has been submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard, which is charged with assessing whether the council fosters the general goals and purposes of OPA 90 and is broadly representative of communities and interests as envisioned under OPA 90. The application is open for public review until March 7 under federal register docket number USCG-2013-1003. The full text of the federal register notice can be found at www.regulation.gov using the docket number. Comments may be submitted on line at that website. The recertification application is available for public review on the council’s website at www. pwsrcac.org. To obtain a printed copy, contact the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, 3709 Spenard Road, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Call 907-2777222 or toll-free 800-478-7221. Comments on the application may be sent to: Commander, 17th Coast Guard District (Dp), PO Box 25517, Juneau AK 99802, Attn: LT Tomas Pauser, Inspections & Investigations. Comments also can be forwarded to the docket manager at the address indicated. All correspondence must include the docket number. The Coast Guard will be taking comment until March 7.
Job center hosts classes The Peninsula Job Center will offer the following workshops the week of Feb. 10: Monday, Feb. 10 — 9:30 a.m., ALEXsys Job Leads; 10:30 a.m., Introduction to ALEXsys and the Job Center; 2:30 p.m., Resume Writing Workshop Tuesday, Feb. 11 — 10:30 a.m., Job Prep Workshop Wednesday, 2 Feb. 12 — 9:00 a.m., WorkKeys® Testing; 10:30 a.m., CareerReady 101 Lab; 3:00 p.m., Job Search Strategies for the Ex-Offender Thursday, Feb. 13 — 10:30 a.m., Interviewing Skills Workshop Friday, Feb. 14 — No workshops offered. Note, the Job Center will be closed on Feb. 17 in observance of Presidents’ Day. All workshops are free of charge to the public. Those interested in attending any of the workshops offered at the Peninsula Job Center can call 335-3010 or visit the job center located in Kenai at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite No. 2.
What’s new in your business? Have you opened a new business, moved to a new location, hired a new person or promoted an employee? The community wants to know, and so do we. Send us your information at news@peninsulaclarion.com, fax it to 907-283-3299, or drop it by the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. Questions? Call 907335-1251. Submit business news to news@peninsulaclarion.com.
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Nation & World Pope pressured to act on abuse
Around the World Scientists add sense of touch to robotic hand, a step to more lifelike prosthetics WASHINGTON — To feel what you touch — that’s the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward that goal, European researchers created a robotic hand that let an amputee feel differences between a bottle, a baseball and a mandarin orange. The patient only got to experiment with the bulky prototype for a week, and it’s far from the bionics of science fiction movies. But the research released Wednesday is part of a major effort to create more lifelike, and usable, prosthetics. “It was just amazing,” said Dennis Aabo Sorensen of Aalborg, Denmark, who lost his left hand in a fireworks accident a decade ago and volunteered to pilot-test the new prosthetic. “It was the closest I have had to feeling like a normal hand.” This isn’t the first time scientists have tried to give some sense of touch to artificial hands; a few other pilot projects have been reported in the U.S. and Europe. But this newest experiment, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, shows Sorensen not only could tell differences in the shape and hardness of objects, he also could quickly react and adjust his grasp. “It was interesting to see how fast he was able to master this,” said neuroengineer Silvestro Micera of Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, who led the Swiss and Italian research team. “He was able to use this information immediately in a quite sophisticated way.”
Michigan officer’s decision to examine old files led to woman who escaped in 1977 SAN DIEGO — A Michigan officer’s decision to look through old files on fugitives led investigators to a woman who escaped from a Michigan prison 37 years ago and was living in San Diego, authorities said Wednesday. Judy Lynn Hayman, 60, will be returned to Michigan to complete her sentence for attempted larceny. “We can’t just write it off,” said Russ Marlan, spokesman for the Michigan Corrections Department. “We don’t have the ability to say, ‘It’s been a long time. You’re free to go.’” It will be up to the state Parole Board to determine how long Hayman will be imprisoned. She had served eight months of an 18- to 24-month sentence for attempting to steal clothes from a Detroit-area store. She could face a separate criminal charge for the escape. Hayman’s capture wasn’t the result of an intense search. It happened mostly because of winter weather and an officer’s decision to blow the dust off old files.
CVS Caremark plans to snuff out tobacco sales at stores nationally due to health care focus CVS Caremark’s decision to pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores could ripple beyond the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain. The move, which drew praise from President Barack Obama, doctors and anti-smoking groups when it was announced on Wednesday, puts pressure on other retailers to stop selling tobacco from their shelves as well. But first they have to overcome their addiction to a product that attracts customers. “They don’t make much money on tobacco, but it does draw people into the store,” said Craig R. Johnson, president of the retail consultancy Customer Growth Partners. CVS Caremark Corp. said it will phase out tobacco by Oct. 1 in its 7,600 stores nationwide as it shifts toward being more of a health care provider. CVS, like other drugstore chains, have been adding in-store clinics and expanding their health care offerings. They’ve also been expanding the focus of some clinics to include helping people manage chronic illnesses like high blood pressure and diabetes. CVS CEO Larry Merlo said the company concluded it could no longer sell cigarettes in a setting where health care also is being delivered. In fact, as CVS has been working to team up with hospital groups and doctor practices to help deliver and monitor patient care, CVS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Troyen A. Brennan said the presence of tobacco in its stores has made for some awkward conversations.
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s autopsy inconclusive, further tests needed NEW YORK — Four people were taken into custody on drug charges after police investigating Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death executed search warrants, two people with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday, and the medical examiner’s office said more tests are needed to determine what killed him. — The Associated Press
BY NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis came under new pressure Wednesday to punish bishops who covered up for pedophile priests when a U.N. human rights panel accused the Vatican of systematically protecting its reputation instead of looking out for the safety of children. In a scathing report that thrilled victims and stunned the Vatican, the United Nations committee said the Holy See maintained a “code of silence” that enabled priests to sexually abuse tens of thousands of children worldwide over decades with impunity. Among other things, the panel called on the Vatican to immediately remove all priests known or suspected to be child molesters, open its archives on abusers and the bishops who covered up for them, and turn the abuse cases over to law enforcement authorities for investigation and prosecution. The committee largely brushed aside the Vatican’s claims that it has already instituted new safeguards, and it accused the Roman Catholic Church of still harboring criminals. “The committee is gravely concerned that the Holy See has not acknowledged the extent of the crimes committed, has not taken the necessary measures to address cases of child sexual abuse and to protect children, and has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse by,
‘The committee is gravely concerned that the Holy See has not acknowledged the extent of the crimes committed, has not taken the necessary measures to address cases of child sexual abuse and to protect children, and has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse by, and the impunity of, the perpetrators.’ — U.N. human rights panel and the impunity of, the perpetrators,” the panel said. The stinging language surprised the Vatican and put it in damage-control mode, with officials strongly defending the church and accusing the committee of allowing itself to be swayed by pro-gay ideologues. The Vatican, which defended itself at a U.N. committee hearing last month, said the panel ignored the measures the Holy See has already taken to protect children. “I’m tempted to say that the text was probably written ahead of time,” said the Vatican’s U.N. ambassador, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi. Nevertheless, the report puts pressure on Francis to take decisive action after a year in which he has largely let the abuse portfolio fall by the wayside as he tackled other pressing issues, such as reforming the Vatican bureaucracy. The Vatican announced in December that the new pope would create a commission to study how to prevent abuse and help victims, but no firm details about its makeup or scope have been released since. And critically, the Vatican
has yet to sanction any bishop for having covered up for an abusive priest, even though more than a decade has passed since the scandal exploded in the U.S. and countless law enforcement investigations around the world made it clear the role bishops played. Vatican officials have suggested that under Francis, this might soon change. The report was issued by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, an 18-member panel that includes academics, sociologists and child development specialists from around the globe. Its job is to monitor compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, a treaty the Vatican ratified in 1990. The treaty calls for signatories to protect children from harm. Only three countries have failed to ratify it: the U.S., Somalia and South Sudan. Last month, the Vatican was subjected to a blistering daylong grilling by the U.N. committee, which then produced its final observations on Wednesday. “The committee expresses serious concern that in dealing with child victims of different
forms of abuse, the Holy See has systematically placed preservation of the reputation of the church and the alleged offender over the protection of child victims,” the report concluded. At a news conference in Geneva, committee chairwoman Kirsten Sandberg ticked off some of the core findings: that bishops moved pedophile priests from parish to parish rather than reporting them to police, that known abusers are still in contact with children, and that the Vatican has never required bishops to report abusers to police. “This report gives hope to the hundreds of thousands of deeply wounded and still suffering clergy sex abuse victims across the world,” said Barbara Blaine, president of the main U.S. victims group, SNAP. “Now it’s up to secular officials to follow the U.N.’s lead and step in to safeguard the vulnerable because Catholic officials are either incapable or unwilling to do so.” Critically, the committee rejected the Vatican’s longstanding argument that it doesn’t control bishops or their abusive priests.
Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdown By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Concerned that ethical problems inside the military might run deeper than he realized, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered service leaders Wednesday to add urgency to their drive to ensure “moral character and moral courage” in a force emerging from more than a decade of war. Almost a year into his tenure as Pentagon chief, Hagel had been worried by a string of ethics scandals that produced a wave of unwelcome publicity for the military. But in light of new disclosures this week, including the announcement of alleged cheating among senior sailors in the nuclear Navy, Hagel decided to push for a fuller accounting. Last month the Air Force revealed it was investigating widespread cheating on proficiency tests among nuclear missile launch officers in Montana, and numerous senior officers in all branches of the armed forces have been caught in em-
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barrassing episodes of personal misbehavior, inside and outside the nuclear force. The Air Force also is pursuing a drug use investigation. At the same time, hundreds of soldiers and others are under criminal investigation in what the Army describes as a widespread scheme to take fraudulent payments and kickbacks from a National Guard recruiting program.
The steady drumbeat of one military ethics scandal after another has caused many to conclude that the misbehavior reflects more than routine lapses. “He definitely sees this as a growing problem,” Hagel’s chief spokesman, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, told a Pentagon news conference Wednesday after Hagel met privately with the top uniformed and
civilian officials of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. “And he’s concerned about the depth of it,” Kirby said. “I don’t think he could stand here and tell you that he has — that anybody has — the full grasp here, and that’s what worries (Hagel) is that maybe he doesn’t have the full grasp of the depth of the issue, and he wants to better understand it.”
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Explosions rock Iraqi capital, killing at least 34 By SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press
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BAGHDAD — Multiple explosions rocked Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and sending plumes of smoke into the sky across the street from a major government building in a brazen reminder of the ability of insurgents to penetrate the heart of the capital. The attacks come as al-Qaida-led militants are battling for control of mainly Sunni areas to the west in the first test of the Shiite-led government to maintain security in the country more than two years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The deadliest of Wednesday’s attacks took place across the street from the high-rise building housing the Foreign Ministry, shattering the windows of nearby apartment buildings. Two parked car bombs went off simultaneously in different parking lots, killing at least 12 people, including three policemen, and wounding 22, a police officer said. Shortly afterward, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a nearby falafel restaurant frequented by officials or visitors waiting for security escorts to take them inside the Green Zone, a walled-off area that houses the prime minister’s office and the U.S. and other foreign embassies. Five people were killed and 12 wounded in that attack, the officer said. All the roads leading to the blast sites place were sealed off by police as workers cleared debris and washed away bloodstains from the sidewalks. Another parked car bomb exploded in Khilani Square, a busy commercial area in central Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 11, another police officer said. Security forces sealed off the area as firefighters struggled to put out the blaze ignited by the bombing. Smoke billowed from several stores and stalls as vendors hurriedly stuffed their goods into big bags and carried them away on their backs.
‘In recent weeks, we have seen a new level of commitment from the government of Iraq to mobilize the local population against ISIL.’ — Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran Shortly before sunset, a triple car bombing struck an outdoor market in the mainly Shiite suburb of Jisr Diyala in southeastern Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 24. Minutes later, a rocket landed near the western gate of the green zone, killing one passerby and wounding seven others, police said. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, but car bombings and suicide attacks targeting government buildings, security forces and Shiites are typically carried out by alQaida’s affiliate in Iraq. In August 2009, the group claimed responsibility for massive suicide attacks on the Foreign Ministry as well as the Finance Ministry that killed more than 100 people. The network now known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been emboldened by the successes of its fellow militants in the civil war next door in Syria and by widespread Sunni anger at the government in Baghdad. A bomb went off later inside a cafe in the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Dora, killing two people and wounding six, officials said. It was unclear who was responsible for that attack. Sunni insurgents frequently target rivals within the community who have allied with the government. Shiite extremists also sometimes plant bombs in Sunni areas, raising fears of a new wave of retaliatory violence that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in the years following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of an-
onymity because they were not authorized to talk to media. Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan Ibrahim said the recent attacks in Baghdad represent “a futile reaction by the terrorist groups toward the defeats they are suffering at the hands of the security forces in the western Anbar province.” Since late December, al-Qai-
da-led militants have taken over parts of the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi and the center of nearby Fallujah, prompting a standoff with government soldiers. More than 200 militants have been killed in airstrikes and clashes with soldiers since the government and allied tribes launched an offensive to wrest control of the cities in Anbar province on Jan. 26, according to the Iraqi Defense Ministry. The government has not provided casualty figures for security forces, but the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has claimed responsibility for the execution-style killings of four Iraqi commandos near Fallujah last month. Human Rights Watch condemned the killings, which
were recorded on a video that shows the men being forced to kneel, then shot in the back of the head. Security forces found the bodies of the four soldiers in the village of Bubali, a day after it was retaken by Iraqi troops. The New York-based advocacy group called the killings along with car bombs and suicide attacks part of a “campaign of widespread and systematic murder that amounts to crimes against humanity.” It also criticized government forces for using what it called excessive force in responding to the violence, warning “the government’s flawed logic of committing abuses in the name of security only continues the cycle of violence, whose chief victims are civilians.” In Washington, Brett
McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Iraqi government’s efforts to support tribal leaders fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Ramadi were succeeding. “In recent weeks, we have seen a new level of commitment from the government of Iraq to mobilize the local population against ISIL,” McGurk said. He said the situation in Fallujah was far more serious with hundreds of ISIL fighters joining former insurgent groups to control the inner city and nearby towns. He said Iraqi soldiers trying to set up a cordon from the outskirts of the city in coordination with local tribes face well-trained snipers.
House rules out immigration this year By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans on Wednesday ruled out any immigration legislation in the House this year, insisting that the GOP should wait until next year when the party might also control the Senate. House GOP leaders unveiled their broad immigration principles last week that gave hope to advocates and the Obama administration that the first changes in the nation’s laws in three decades might happen in the coming months. Immigration legislation is one of the top priorities for Obama’s second term. But several of the conservatives were adamant that the House should do nothing on the issue this year, a midterm election year when the GOP is angling to gain six seats in the Senate and seize majority control. Democrats currently have a 55-45 advantage but are defending more seats, including ones in Republican-leaning states. “I think it’s a mistake for us to have an internal battle in the Republican Party this year about immigration reform,” Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, told reporters at a gathering of conservatives. “I think when we take back the Senate in 2014 one of the first things we should do next year after we do certain economic
issues, I think we should address the immigration issue.” Labrador’s comments were noteworthy as he was one of eight House members working on bipartisan immigration legislation last year. He later abandoned the negotiations. “This is not an issue that’s ready for prime time to move legislatively,” said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who said Republicans should use the principles to begin a dialogue with Hispanics. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said the House should focus on the four bills dealing with security that the Judiciary Committee approved last summer. Absent any action on those bills, Jordan said it would be tough to do any immigration legislation this year. The definitive statements from the conservatives came as Douglas Elmendorf, the head of the Congressional Budget Office, told a House panel that the comprehensive, Senate-passed immigration bill would have a positive impact on the nation’s finances. The Senate last June passed a bipartisan bill that would tighten border security, provide enforcement measures and offer a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally. The measure has stalled in the House where Speaker John Boehner and other leaders have rejected a comprehensive
Noises traced to ‘frost quakes’ By JIM SALTER Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Chuck Herron heard the loud thud, then another and another. It sounded like someone was dropping big snowballs on the roof of his home. The house is more than 100 years old and creaks, Herron said, but he had “never heard anything like that before.” As his neighbors in tiny Paris, Mo., huddled around televisions Sunday for the Super Bowl, many were startled by similar strange noises. Some even saw flashes of light and called 911. Scientists say the community experienced a rare natural phenomenon known as a “frost quake,” which happens when moisture in the ground suddenly freezes and expands. If conditions are just right, the soil or bedrock breaks like a brittle frozen pipe, generating mysterious noises that range from an earthquake-like rumble to sharp cracking sounds sometimes mistaken for falling trees. This winter has been ripe for frost quakes, known technically as cryoseism. Temperatures have been frigid, but occasional warm-ups have allowed for thawing. And the temperature swings have sometimes been abrupt. That was the case last weekend in Missouri, where temperatures in the 40s on Saturday gave way to single-digit readings by Sunday night. In Mark Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Mo., 100 miles north of St. Louis, police and emergency dispatches received several calls within about two hours. Facebook feeds were filled with worries. C
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approach in favor of a bill-by-bill process. Elmendorf told the House Budget Committee that a CBO analysis “found that that legislation would reduce budget deficits and lead to a larger economy and over time lead to higher output per person in this country.” Specifically, he said additional workers, especially high-skilled, highly educated employees, would increase the nation’s tax revenues. The House leaders’ broad principles would tighten border and interior security, establish a verification system for employers and legalize some of the 11 million immigrants. It would not provide a special path to citizenship to those living here illegally, though it would give children brought to the country by their parents a shot a citizenship. Conservatives have said they distrust Obama to enforce any new law, citing his waivers and suspensions of provisions on the health care law. Boehner said Tuesday that Republicans were discussing “whether we should proceed, if we proceed and how we would proceed. It’s also clear from our members that we believe that securing our borders has to be the first step in this process.” But he added that conversations are continuing and “no decision’s been made.”
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Parity once again reigns supreme for hockey teams North Star Conference squads SoHi, Kenai and Homer looking to nab spot at state tournament By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
The Soldotna hockey team is a poster child for the parity that is the North Star Conference this season. The No. 3 seed Stars (6-4 NSC) swept top seed Wasilla (7-2-1) but were swept by No. 2 seed Colony (7-2-1). SoHi lost a nonconference game to No. 4 seed Kenai (5-5), but swept the NSC series from the Kards, including a 4-3 overtime victory Saturday. SoHi was swept in NSC play by No. 5 seed Homer, and managed to beat No. 6 seed Palmer in a pair of one-goal games. “Anything is possible, we feel like that going in,” said SoHi coach Aaron Swanson, who along with Wasilla is seeking a return trip to state. “We’re definitely a team that can compete for the championship.
“By the same token, any team can beat any team in the conference. The conference tournament is as tight as you’ll see in a while.” The Stars drop the puck with the Moose to start the tournament at 5 p.m. at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena in Homer. The winner plays Colony on Friday in the semis. The two finalists earn the state berths. Swanson said that two-thirds of his team’s games this year have been one-goal games. Soldotna even lost to high-powered Dimond 1-0. “We’re not a very high-powered offense by any means,” said Swanson, whose squad lost to Wasilla 3-2 in last year’s NSC title game. “Our defense starts with goaltending and works its way out.” Swanson said the tournament is about hot goaltending as much as anything, so he is happy to have Cody Harvey in the net. He said Jacob O’Lena
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at Kevin Bell Ice Arena, Homer Today’s games Palmer vs. Soldotna, 5 p.m. Kenai vs. Homer, 7:30 p.m.
and Justice Miller are key defenders, and Kenny Griffin, Nick Wrobel and Ty Fenton will have to provide some offense up front. The Kards and Mariners face off at 7:30 p.m. today. The winner will then try and keep the Warriors from their fifth-straight trip to state Friday. Kenai has defeated Homer three times this season, but the Mariners have the ability to stop the Kards. The Kards scored a 5-2 victory over Homer in early November and a 5-3 win in mid-December. But then on Jan. 28, Kenai had to go to overtime to beat the host Mariners 6-5.
“You can’t go in there and let your guard down with them,” Kenai coach Pete Iverson said. “We were ahead by three goals in the third, and they put us into overtime with them just like that. “They are on their home ice, so they will have that advantage.” Iverson said Homer has a fun rink in which to play. He said the ice is hard and the fans make a lot of noise for the Mariners, which fires up the home team. “We’re still struggling with consistency,” Iverson said. “That last Homer game is a great example. “We came out and played two really good periods, then in the third period we let in three goals.” Senior forward TJ Wagoner missed that Homer game, and Iverson will welcome him back along with the chemistry he has with linemates Jake Eubank and Dalton Dosko. Iverson
said his second line of Ross Hanson, Isaac Mese and Cody Arbelovsky also has been clicking. He said the defense also has settled into a solid five-man rotation made up of Nathan Zorbas, Michael Tilly, Conner Johnson, Kyle Olson and Riley Weber. The coach also said he has two goalies he can lean on — Justin Alvey and Nate O’Lena. But Iverson pointed out the Mariners also have a goalie — Markian Polushkin — that has been playing very well. He also said Tommy Bowe, who scored once in the last game, and Kiril Sanarov, who had two-third period goals, are very explosive players. Konstantin Reutov also had a pair of goals for Homer in the game. “We’re looking forward to a good tournament,” Iverson said. “(John) Carlin has done a good job with the Homer team.”
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NFL Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, top center, and other defensive backs in the Legion of Boom ride past thousands of cheering fans in the Seahawks parade, Wednesday in downtown Seattle, celebrating their Super Bowl championship. The Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVIII NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J.
Champs return home as victors PHUONG LE Associated Press
SEATTLE — Hundreds of thousands of notoriously loud Seahawks fans cranked up the volume Wednesday, cheering, chanting and going berserk during a parade and ceremony to celebrate the first Super Bowl victory in the history of the franchise. The mood in Seattle was electrified as the parade featuring the NFL champions began near the Space Needle and made its way to Centu-
ryLink Field, the home of the team. At a ceremony inside the stadium, the team thanked its loyal followers — the 12th Man — capping a day of boisterous celebration that drew an estimated 700,000 revelers to Seattle. Players were introduced by the order of their jersey numbers and ended with No. 3, quarterback Russell Wilson, who walked onto the field pumping the Lombardi Trophy in the air to thunderous applause. “Our plan is to
win another one for you next year,” Wilson said later. Coach Pete Carroll led the crowd in a “Seahawks! Seahawks!” chant and said the team will be back. “We’re just getting warmed up, if you know what I’m talking about,” he said. Nick Sutton watched the parade from Westlake Center and considered it a highlight when he threw a football to one of the players who threw it back to him. “It’s surreal. It’s hard to believe. Seeing this now, it’s finally sinking
in,” he said. Hundreds of thousands of fan lined the streets of downtown Seattle early in the day and cheered as the players rolled by. Thousands of students apparently skipped school to attend. Seattle Public Schools said more than 25 percent of the district’s 51,000 students were absent in the morning. By comparison, about 5 percent were absent the day before. The school district also said 565 teachers were absent, far more than usual.
If you thought Sunday’s Super Bowl blowout was impressive, wait until you see the score that the Soldotna girls hoops team put up. The SoHi girls easily handled North Pole with a 63-5 win on the first day of the 2014 Dimond Lady Lynx Prep Shootout Wednesday in Anchorage. After racing to a 26-1 lead after one quarter, and 37-5 at halftime, Soldotna completely blanked the Patriots in the second half to take the win and improve its unbeaten season record to 13-0 (overall). North Pole managed only a single basket in the game, coming from Willow Stewart, who led her team with four points. Senior Julie Litchfield led the Stars with 18 points, while sophomore Lindsey Wong racked up a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Katelynn Kerkvliet grabbed 18 rebounds to go along with nine points. When the game was well in hand midway through the second quarter, SoHi coach Doug Blossom began subbing in bench players, leading to 19 bench points, including Wong’s performance. SoHi also dominated the stat sheet in rebounds (50 to 21), turnover points (37 to 1) and field goal attempts, taking 76 shots compared to just 28 from North Pole. Soldotna will play Chugiak today at 2:45 p.m. The Mustangs beat Juneau on Wednesday.
West girls 53, Kenai 22 The Eagles cruised to a win over the Kardinals Wednesday to move on to a bout with Wasilla on Friday. Senior Justice English led the Kards with 11 points and six rebounds. Chanel Bookert and Marshala Eady led West with 20 points each. West took a 35-19 lead into halftime, and began to tighten up on defense, holding Kenai to only three points in the second half. The Kards failed to make a bucket on 21 tries in the half. Kenai will face South Anchorage at 8 p.m. today. South were the losers against Wasilla on Wednesday.
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Noatak boys 80, Ninilchik 42 The Ninilchik boys were crushed by Noatak Wednesday night in Ninilchik. Austin White led Ninilchik with 17 points, but Noatak had two 19-point scorers in Ezra Arey and Ralph Stalker Jr., while Ivan Luther contributed an additional 17 points. In the two early games Wednesday, the Chevak girls beat Noorvik 64-45 and the Noorvik boys topped Chevak 64-38. The Skyview girls, who had a bye on Wednesday, will play Chevak at noon today, while the See HOOPS, page A-9
White decides on skipping slopestyle, still in halfpipe EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Shaun White jammed his wrist on one jump and watched the world’s best snowboarders join him in tumbling down the supersized, super-scary Olympic slopestyle course. Quickly, his choice became clear: Time to step away from the danger, and give himself a better chance in the event he knows he can win.
The world’s most famous snowboarder pulled out of the new Olympic event Wednesday, saying that after much deliberation, he has decided to bypass a chance at winning two gold medals at these games and instead concentrate on the halfpipe, where he’ll have a chance to win his third straight title next week. “With the practice runs I have taken, even after course modifications and watching fellow athletes get hurt, the potential risk of injury is a bit too
much for me to gamble my other Olympics goals on,” White said in a statement. The world’s most decorated rider in a sport known for its risk-takers, White’s decision was a stunner that dealt yet another blow to the still-to-start Sochi Games. They have been wracked by security threats and political dust-ups, along with the loss of at least one other headliner, injured American skier Lindsey Vonn. White isn’t leaving, but his departure from an event that
was essentially introduced at the Olympics this year to take advantage of his star power certainly can’t make the folks at the IOC or NBC too happy. “He’s a notable person and he probably would have brought more viewers to slopestyle,” said Nick Goepper, an American who competes in the skiing version of the event. IOC spokesman Mark Adams downplayed the idea that the course is too dangerous. “I don’t think that’s an issue,” he said. “A lot of the
athletes have said they’re very happy, they like the venue.” Slopestyle qualifying starts Thursday, the day before the opening ceremony. Snowboarding’s newest and most-hyped Olympic event is a judged sport — a speed-packed trip down the mountain, filled with rails, bumps and, most notably, steeply angled jumps that allow riders to flip two, sometimes three times, before landing. White hurt his wrist on one of the takeoff ramps, which were built “kind of obnoxiously
tall,” according to one top rider, Canadian Mark McMorris. White, who had already hurt his shoulder and ankle in the lead-up to the Olympics, deemed his latest injury — the jammed wrist — as nothing serious and said reports about it were overblown. But he said there remained serious issues with the slopestyle course. “There are definitely concerns about the course,” he said. “It’s been interesting to see how it’s developed and changed over See GAMES, page A-9
Shockers top Indiana State to continue unbeaten season The Associated Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Cleanthony Early scored 19 points and Tekele Cotton added 14 as No. 4 Wichita State remained unbeaten with a 65-58 victory at Indiana State on Wednesday night. The Shockers (24-0, 11-0 Missouri Valley) extended their school-record winning streak and improved to 11-0 in conference play for the first time in school history. They have won three straight in the series. The only other undefeated team in Division I is No. 2 Syracuse (22-0). Manny Arop had 16 points and Jake Odum added 11 for Indiana State
(17-6, 8-3) which was 8-0 at home this Broncos 69-66 earlier this season. season and fell to 40-11 at the Hulman Center under fourth-year coach Greg No. 10 MICHIGAN 79, Lansing. NEBRASKA 50 No. 5 SAN DIEGO ST. 67, BOISE ST. 65 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Dwayne Polee II hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left as San Diego State rallied from a 14-point deficit to extend its winning streak to 19 games. Xavier Thames scored 23 points for the Aztecs (20-1, 9-0 Mountain West), who have won eight of nine meetings with the Broncos (15-8, 5-5). San Diego State eliminated Boise State from the past two conference tournaments and beat the
scored 17 points and Jordair Jett had 10 including 6 of 10 from behind the arc in points and seven assists to help Saint building a 19-point halftime lead. Louis to a team-record 15th straight victory. No. 20 VIRGINIA 77, The Billikens (21-2, 8-0 Atlantic 10) BOSTON COLLEGE 67 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Fresh- topped 14-game winning streaks set in the man Zak Irvin scored all 16 of his points 1958-59 and 1993-94 seasons. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — in the first half for Michigan. Malcolm Brogdon had 17 points, a careerThe Wolverines (17-5, 9-1 Big Ten) No. 14 LOUISVILLE 77, best 11 rebounds and seven assists and were coming off their first conference deVirginia won its sixth straight. HOUSTON 62 feat, a 63-52 loss at Indiana on Sunday. Anthony Gill and Justin Anderson addHOUSTON (AP) — Russ Smith scored ed 13 points each for the Cavaliers (18-5, They nearly matched that scoring total with a 49-point first half against the Corn- 17 points, Luke Hancock added 15 points, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Virginia including hitting eight of nine free throws, led 40-21 at halftime and never let its marhuskers (11-10, 3-6). while Montrezl Harrell also had 15 for gin dip below 13 until the final minutes, Louisville. No. 13 SAINT LOUIS 65, when the Eagles scored 12 straight to get The Cardinals (19-4, 8-2 American within 71-64 before Brogdon clinched it at SAINT JOSEPH’S 49 Athletic Conference) shot just under 70 the free throw line. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rob Loe percent from the field in the first half, C
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Skyview boys will face Noorvik at 1:30 p.m. The Ninilchik girls play Unalakleet today at 5 p.m., while the Ninilchik boys will face the loser of the Skyview-Noorvik boys game Friday at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday girls
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SOLDOTNA (63) — Nelson 0 0-0 0, Benson 3 0-0 7, Shaw 0 0-0 0, Litchfield 7 2-2 18, M. Wong 4 0-0 8, L. Wong 6 0-0 12, Hendrick 1 0-0 2, Kerkvliet 4 1-2 9, Miller 3 1-2 7. Totals 28 4-6 63. NORTH POLE (5) — Chimura 0 0-0 0, Moisan 0 1-1 1, Parker 0 0-0 0, Daley 0 0-0 0, McCormick 0 0-2 0, Stewart 1 2-3 4. Totals 1 3-6 5. 3-point field goals — Soldotna 3 (Litchfield 2, Benson 1); North Pole 0. Team fouls — Soldotna 12; North Pole 3. Eagles 53, Kardinals 22 West Kenai
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KENAI (22) — Ostrander 0 0-0 0, English 4 2-2 11, Drury 0 0-0 0, Steinbeck 0 0-0 0, Creighton 0 2-4 2, Baker 0 0-0 0, Steinbeck 0 0-0 0, Barcus 1 0-0 2, Beck 1 5-10 7, Every 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 9-16 22. 3-point field goals — West 7 (Bookert 4, Eady 2, Puoy 1); Kenai 1 (English 1). Team fouls — West 12; Kenai 4. Wolverines 42, Lynx 38 Ninilchik Noatak
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Lakers top Cavs The Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — The depleted Los Angeles Lakers had to keep Robert Sacre on the court after he fouled out in the fourth quarter of their 119-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Rookie Ryan Kelly scored a career-high 26 points, and Steve Blake had his first career triple-double with 11 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds to help Los Angeles snap a seven-game losing streak. HEAT 116, CLIPPERS 112
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Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 26 23 .531 — Brooklyn 21 25 .457 3½ New York 19 30 .388 7 Boston 17 33 .340 9½ Philadelphia 15 35 .300 11½ Southeast Division Miami 35 13 .729 — Atlanta 25 23 .521 10 Washington 24 24 .500 11 Charlotte 22 28 .440 14 Orlando 14 37 .275 22½ Central Division Indiana 38 10 .792 — Chicago 24 24 .500 14 Detroit 19 29 .396 19 Cleveland 16 33 .327 22½ Milwaukee 9 40 .184 29½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 36 13 .735 — Houston 33 17 .660 3½ Dallas 29 21 .580 7½ Memphis 26 22 .542 9½ New Orleans 21 27 .438 14½ Northwest Division Oklahoma City 40 11 .784 — Portland 35 14 .714 4 Denver 24 23 .511 14 Minnesota 24 25 .490 15 Utah 16 32 .333 22½ Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 34 18 .654 — Golden State 29 20 .592 3½ Phoenix 29 20 .592 3½ L.A. Lakers 17 32 .347 15½ Sacramento 17 32 .347 15½ Wednesday’s Games Orlando 112, Detroit 98 Boston 114, Philadelphia 108 San Antonio 125, Washington 118, 2OT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Duncan scored a season-high 31 points before fouling out in the second overtime, and San Antonio beat Washington Wizards for an The Associated Press NBA-high 16th time in a row.
L.A. Lakers 119, Cleveland 108 Houston 122, Phoenix 108 Oklahoma City 106, Minnesota 97 Dallas 110, Memphis 96 New Orleans 105, Atlanta 100 Portland 94, New York 90 Denver 110, Milwaukee 100 Sacramento 109, Toronto 101 Miami 116, L.A. Clippers 112 Thursday’s Games San Antonio at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. Chicago at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L Boston 55 36 16 Tampa Bay 56 32 19 Montreal 57 30 21 Toronto 58 30 22 Detroit 56 25 19 Ottawa 57 25 21 Florida 56 22 27 Buffalo 56 15 33 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 57 40 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
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Winnipeg 58 28 25 5 61 Nashville 57 25 23 9 59 Pacific Division Anaheim 59 40 14 5 85 San Jose 58 36 16 6 78 Los Angeles 58 30 22 6 66 Vancouver 58 27 22 9 63 Phoenix 56 26 20 10 62 Calgary 56 21 28 7 49 Edmonton 58 19 33 6 44 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 1 Chicago 2, Anaheim 0 San Jose 2, Dallas 1, OT Thursday’s Games Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Winnipeg at Washington, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 3:30 p.m. Boston at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Named Dave Machemer special assignment scout, Jeff Stevens and Dan Durst amateur scouts, Ray Naimoli senior manager of corporate partnership sales, Cathy Jerome senior manager of partnership marketing and Bill Marriott manager of coporate partnership sales. CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to
terms with 1B/OF Bryan LaHair on a minor league contract. TEXAS RANGERS Announced RHP Chaz Roe rejected outright assignment and elected free agency. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS Agreed to terms with INF Justin Turner on a minor league contract. NEW YORK METS Named Haeda Mihaltses executive director, external affairs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms with C Koyie Hill on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Recalled G Lorenzo Brown from Delaware (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS Released CB Asante Samuel and LB Stephen Nicholas. HOUSTON TEXANS Named Romeo Crennel defensive coordinator and signed him to a three-year contract. Retained Bob Ligashesky as special teams coordinator. Named Mike Vrabel linebackers coach, Paul Dunn offensive line coach, George Godsey quarterbacks coach, Sean Hayes assistant strength and conditioning coach, Stan Hixon wide receivers coach, Tim Kelly offensive quality control coach, Will Lawing defensive quality control coach, Charles London running backs coach, Anthony Midget assistant secondary coach, John Perry tight ends coach, Anthony Pleasant assistant strength and conditioning coach, Jim Bernhardt director of football research, John Butler
secondary coach, Doug Colman assistant special teams coach and Craig Fitzgerald strength and conditioning coach. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Named Mike Neu quarterbacks coach. NEW YORK JETS Named Thomas McGaughey special teams coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD Traded C Chad Rau to San Jose for RW Curt Gogol. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS Announced David Beckham exercised his option for an expansion team, which will be located in Miami. Signed M Benji Joya. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Acquired M/F Sebastian Fernandez on loan and M/F Nicolas Mezquida by transfer from Boston River (Uruguay). COLLEGE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Named Carlos Padilla II executive director of the Miami Beach Bowl. FLORIDA STATE Named Charles Kelly defensive coordinator. IOWA STATE Named Mark Mangino tight ends coach and offensive coordinator, Tommy Mangino wide receivers coach and Brandon Blaney offensive line coach. Promoted wide receivers coach Todd Sturdy to quarterbacks coach. RPI Named Joe Schoenleber strength and conditioning coach. WISCONSIN Announced the resignation of running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Thomas Hammock.
Crosby helps Penguins top Sabres
ROCKETS 122, SUNS 108 HOUSTON (AP) — Dwight Howard had 34 points and 14 rebounds, James Harden added 23 points and Houston beat Phoenix for its fourth straight victory.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBTRAIL BLAZERS 94, ron James had 31 points, 12 assists KNICKS 90 and eight rebounds, Ray Allen hit NEW YORK (AP) — Nicolas a clinching 3-pointer in the final minute, and Miami snapped a five- Batum had 20 points and 10 regame road losing streak against bounds, Wesley Matthews scored 18 points, and Portland overcame Los Angeles. poor-shooting nights by its two All-Stars to beat New York.
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KINGS 109, RAPTORS 101 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Rudy Gay added 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Sacramento held off Toronto to earn its fourth win in five games.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored a highlight-reel goal and added an assist, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night. Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Brian Gibbons and minor-league call-up Harry Zolnierczyk also scored for Eastern Conference-leading Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots and the Penguins (40-15-2) set a franchise record by reaching 40 wins in 57 games. That eclipsed the mark of 40 wins in 65 games in 1995-96. Drew Stafford scored for the NHL’s worst team, and Ryan Miller finished with 29 saves. Buffalo (15-33-8) dropped to 4-9-4 in its past 17 and is winless in its last eight home games (0-5-3).
That’s the Sabres’ worst home stretch since opening the season 0-8-1. Crosby scored put the Penguins up 2-1 with a breathtaking play 2:08 into the second period. It came immediately after Fleury stopped Buffalo’s Brian Flynn in close. Crosby circled his own net and built up a head of steam by driving up the left wing. Accepting Matt Niskanen’s pass while crossing center, Crosby didn’t break stride in cutting between Flynn and Mike Weber. The Pittsburgh star drove toward the net and snapped a shot just inside the top right corner.
Corey Crawford made 29 saves in his first shutout of the season, and Chicago pulled within one point of Anaheim for the overall NHL lead with a victory over the Ducks. Marian Hossa scored in the second period and captain Jonathan Toews added a late goal for the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks, who improved to 3-0-2 on their sixgame trip before the Olympic break. Jonas Hiller stopped 23 shots for the Ducks, who have lost four of five. Anaheim also has lost four of its last seven home games after starting the season 20-0-2 at Honda Center. The two teams had 15 combined Olympians on the Honda BLACKHAWKS 2, Center ice, including five key DUCKS 0 members of the Canadian team ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — headed to Sochi.
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the past couple days. The big question is if it will continue to change. Because every day, they have riders meetings and they give feedback. Sometimes there’s changes, sometimes there’s not.” Reaction to White’s decision came from several corners, not all of it positive. “Mr. White... It’s easy to find excuses to pull out of a contest when you think you can’t win,” said Canadian rider Sebastian Toutant in a tweet that was later deleted.
It’s started! SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Competition at the Sochi Olympics has begun, 32 hours before the opening ceremony. Early starts are needed because of 12 men’s and women’s medal events added since the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying runs — without American star Shaun White, who withdrew Wednesday — got underway Thursday 10 a.m. (06:00 GMT) at X-Treme Park in the mountains above Sochi. Women’s qualifying runs were following in the afternoon, and women’s moguls qualifying was scheduled to start freestyle skiing events at 6 p.m. (14:00 GMT). Men’s slopestyle and women’s moguls are among the first medals to be awarded Saturday.
Stamkos out TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos will not play for Canada in the Sochi Olympics. Steve Yzerman, the Lightning’s general manager and Team Canada’s executive director, said Wednesday that doctors ruled out Stamkos because he hasn’t recovered sufficiently from a broken right leg. Stamkos underwent a CT scan and met with team officials Wednesday. C
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SHARKS 2, STARS 1, OT SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Wingels scored with 3:08 remaining in overtime to lead San Jose over Dallas for its second win in six games. Marty Havlat scored in regulation and set up the gamewinner in overtime to give the struggling Sharks a much-needed boost with just one game left before the Olympic break. Alex Stalock made 19 saves. Valeri Nichushkin tied the game early in the third for the Stars, who came up short in their attempt to sweep a threegame road trip and move into playoff position in the Western Conference. Dallas trails Vancouver by two points in the race for the final playoff spot. Kari Lehtonen made 19 saves.
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for harvest, or about 500,000 more fish than the 20-year average. Under the old plan and if the 2014 forecast were to materialize, setnetters would have had up to 74 hours per week available to fish a sockeye run of that size. The plan also includes setnet gear reduction options that include potential limits on the number or size of the nets in the water. When the fishery transitions into Aug. 1 — the date the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan ceases to apply — the projected escapement of king salmon into the Kenai River must be more than 22,500 fish or commercial set gillnet fishers will be restricted to 36 hours total for the twoweek period. Kluberton said he submitted the proposed changes after years of discussion with fishers who have been struggling to find a balance in harvest of abundant sockeye salmon when king salmon stocks are limited. The move could allocate sockeye salmon out of the commercial fishery in order to limit the group’s harvest of king salmon, said Paul A. Shadura, an East Side setnet fisherman. After the meeting, Shadura said that depending on the timing of the restrictions, sockeye from both the Kasilof River and the Kenai River would be removed from the setnet harvest as fishers remained on the beach, waiting for the chance to open under the heavy time restrictions. “This is allocative. That’s our job,” said Board of Fisheries Chairman Karl Johnstone. Tracy Lingnau, Central Regional Supervisor for ADFG,
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Sean Parnell to advance the project through the preliminary engineering and design phase. David Van Tuyl, regional manager for BP Exploration Alaska, said the commercial agreement among the parties showed they can work through tough problems. Earlier in the hearing, when asked by Sen. Hollis French what kind of concessions the companies made in negotiations, Van Tuyl said the companies listened to one another and allowed their views to be shaped to accommodate the views of others. Among the issues he noted: how to allow for expansions, which the state sees as an important tenet. Bill McMahon Jr., with ExxonMobil Production, said there were three key elements the companies wanted at this stage: state participation, having the Legislature set an overall state share in the project, and a process in which project-enabling contracts could be produced and brought to lawmakers for approval. All three are part of the legislation under consideration. The way you get an agreement signed is by distilling it to the essence of what the parties need, he said. McMahon said there were other issues his company was interested in but chose to save them for later discussion.
said the 1,500 fish buffer that had been built into the August setnet fishery was more of a foregone harvest situation. Technically, those 1,500 kings would be taken out of the setnet fishers’ allocation of kings, however the inriver sport fishers stop targeting kings on July 31 and are therefore not benefitting from the foregone harvest, he said. The allocation was an “unavoidable consequence” of protecting vulnerable Kenai River king salmon stock for Kluberton. “We’re being asked to turn a blind eye to kings and we just can’t do that,” he said after the meeting. “Our first priority is conservation.” During later testimony, Kluberton reminded the audience several times that ADFG could use emergency order authority to liberalize the setnet fishery. However, Jim Butler, a commercial setnet fisher and representative of the commercial fishing advocacy group the Kenai Peninsula Fishermen’s Association, said he did not believe the loss of fishing opportunity was being shared equally between the commercial and in-river users. “We’ve heard a lot of talk about pairing the burdens of dealing with this perceived conservation problem,” Butler said. “Now what we’ve seen is 50 percent of the opportunity that the East Side setnet fishery has, goes away. There has been nothing in the river that been changed except ‘not-bait.’ There’s been not one less motorboat day, not one less drift boat day, there has been no limitation on the number of hours the commercial guide industry fishes.” Butler said he did not believe ADFG would open the setnet fishery for more hours in August until it reached the inriver return of 22,500 fish.
‘This is allocative. That’s our job.’ — Karl Johnstone, Board of Fisheries chairman According to the ADFG preseason outlook for the late run of Kenai River king salmon, the total run is expected to be 19,700 fish. “They put another 7,000 fish in the recommended goal for the river in August,” Butler said. “They’ve taken away the department’s management flexibility.” Ricky Gease, executive director of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association, a sportfishing advocacy group, said the board’s changes were necessary to protect king salmon. “We support what the board did, it’s an important addition to the management plan,” he said. Both Kluberton and board member Reed Morisky from Fairbanks said during deliberations that they supported the gear restriction options available to setnetters and welcomed new data that would come from some fishers using shorter nets. There has been ongoing debate in public testimony and private commentary during the meeting on the lack of consistent data on whether king salmon run lower in the water column than sockeye salmon and could avoid being intercepted if setnetters were to use shallower nets. Kluberton said new rules incentivized the use of shallower nets. Morisky said the king salmon are too important to risk the health of the stock. “What we’re talking about here is the state fish of Alaska. It’s not an Arctic grayling, it’s not a chum, it’s the king salmon … it’s our state symbol and
Tony Palmer, with TransCanada, said some of the terms in the agreement between the state and TransCanada — like return on equity — are “more beneficial” for the state than those contained in the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, the law under which TransCanada holds a license with the state to advance a pipeline project. The project and players have changed in the last few years, however, and Parnell has said terms of the law no longer fit for the situation. The memorandum of understanding between the state and TransCanada has been billed as a transition away from the Gasline Inducement Act, though some lawmakers have questioned whether it’s the best choice or a way to avoid what otherwise could be a messy legal split. Earlier in the day, minority Democrats sent Parnell a letter expressing concern that during gas line negotiations, BP PLC, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil Corp. would “press for and win significant concessions on oil taxes.” The Legislature last year passed a cut in oil production taxes, which the companies spoke in favor of. Parnell said Wednesday that a healthy oil industry is needed to allow companies to make investments in a gas line. But he said he hasn’t heard anything further on oil taxes as being part of the current discussions on advancing the gas line project.
Bill would repeal local contribution requirement By MIKE COPPOCK Associated Press
JUNEAU — A lawsuit filed by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough over Alaska’s education funding has prompted a House bill seeking to repeal the required local contribution. The House Education Committee heard the first reading of the bill sponsored by Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole. Another hearing is scheduled later this week. The state requires all organized boroughs to provide a certain level of the property taxes collected to local school districts. Some see that as unconstitutional and say it goes against promises made by the state not to penalize areas of the state forced to incorporate. The state picked up the entire cost of education in the early 1980s when Alaska was flush
with oil money, Wilson said. But beginning in 1986, when oil fell to $9 a barrel, it began requiring the organized boroughs and municipalities to contribute. “The state made a promise they didn’t keep,” Wilson told the committee, adding the state constitution requires Alaska to provide adequate funding for education, not boroughs and municipalities. She said it was unfair for those boroughs and municipalities to carry such a burden while other unincorporated areas do not. Her bill echoes the arguments laid out in the Ketchikan lawsuit filed last month. “For 34 education districts, it has created a crushing funding burden while some of the 19 other districts are actually some of the state’s most prosperous,” Ketchikan Gateway Borough Manager Dan Bockhorst said to the committee. C
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we’ve taken it down to next to nothing,” he said. “These salmon have a great capability of springing back. If we manage this right, we could have our runs back and we could be trying to figure out what we’re going to do with a great abundance of kings and reds.”
Sharp shift The board action Wednesday increasing the in-river threshold for management decisions was a sharp turnaround from what took place the previous day. 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 into small, animated groups arguing with others or pleading their cases to board members who stayed behind to listen to the criticism of the decision. 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 mouth of the Kenai River. Kluberton, one of four who voted in favor of raising the goal from its current range of
15,000 to 30,000 fish to 16,600 to 30,000, motioned to reconsider when the Board of Fisheries reconvened. 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 ADFG managers had already put into place. Tuesday, however, when board member Sue Jeffrey suggested lowering the bottom end of the projected escapement from 16,500 to 15,000 needed in August to lift restrictions from the setnet fishery, Kluberton did not support the amendment. He said he lacked confidence in the department’s ability to count king salmon in its new sonar program on the Kenai River. “I just don’t feel that it is reasonable... to try and call it down to the bone at this time,” he said. “That might be something that changes when I see the (ADFG) approaching perfection in their enumeration. But I don’t feel that we should be managing to the lower end of the goal in the first place, especially when we’ve got a stock that’s on the edge or in decline as it is.” Kluberton said he wanted to see a safety zone built into ADFG’s management, Wednesday
during board deliberations. “I would personally prefer to keep that 1,500 fish buffer in there ... I just don’t feel that I have the comfort level. We still have in that escapement and that run reconstruction, there’s still a 28 percent factor thrown in there for fish swimming behind the sonar. Signs are showing we’re getting better, but I don’t think we’ve perfected it to the extent that I’m comfortable.”
Lingering questions Several setnetters said they did not understand why their fishery was being so severely restricted without an increase in restrictions on inriver fishers. Robert Williams, executive director of the Kenai Peninsula Fisherman’s Association, a commercial setnet advocacy group, said the idea of changing gear fishermen had been using for many decades was not supportable and was an imprecise management tool because ADFG could not quantify how many, if any, fish would be saved. “There’s no data, there have been no tests,” he said. “There is no data whatsoever that says what will happen with shorter nets or fewer nets.” The 750 setnet permits in the Cook Inlet are also fished differently depending on the terrain of the beach site, he said. “There are too many variables. There are just too many variables to even know what just happened,” Williams said. “The other thing that really bugged me was — there was no action taken to ensure that these fish that we move through are going to adequately spawn or have any protection whatsoever.” Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.
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What’s Happening First Thursday n Already Read Books and C Cups Cafe in Kenai will have a First Thursday event with Maria Allison on the piano, gourmet cupcake tasting with Iced & Sliced, poetry reading with Danette Howland, romantic book grab bags and specialty coffees from 4-6:30 p.m.
Events and Exhibits n Kenai Peninsula College Student Union and KPC Showcase Series will host a presentation by Dan Bigley, survivor of a 2003 brown bear attack at the Russian River and author of “Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear,” at 7 p.m., Feb. 12, at Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus Commons. This event is free and open to the public. n The Kenai Peninsula Fair will host “Faked Alaska” Improv on Feb. 15 at the fair grounds in Ninilchik. There will be a workshop for 13- to 18-year-old students from 3-5 p.m. and the Improv “Faked Alaska” will be 6-8 p.m. Call 567-3670 if you need information. Following the improv will be a family casino night, adults $15; youth and seniors $10; fair members are free.
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n Amvets Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center holds blind draw doubles darts every Friday evening with sign up at 6:30 p.m. Tacos are available; and burn your own steak dinner from 6 to 8 p.m every Saturday with Karaoke after dinner from 8 p.m. to midnight. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for Karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is as Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has open mic Friday at 6:30 p.m. and live music with the CrOwShoEs on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n Four Royal Parkers on the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna has live music with Bob Ramponi and the Alaska Swing Company Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Vagabond on Kalifornsky Beach Road will have live music with 150 Grit Saturday at 9 p.m. n The Studio Espresso Shop at Spur Highway and Nikiski Avenue in Nikiski hosts an open mic night on Saturdays starting at 7 p.m. Call 776-7655. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Tustumena Lodge will feature the music of The 907 Band Friday and Saturday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi. n Caribou Family Restaurant in Soldotna has live music by Roy Mullin, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays and 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturdays. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n Main Street Tap and Grill has Wednesday karaoke with KJ Natalia, Thursday acoustic music with Dustin and Friends and Keeley & Nelson, and live music and dancing with 9Spine Friday and Saturday.
Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.
Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.
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Corner Cherished Memory By Barbara Brinkerhoff, Nikiski Little boy with eyes so blue Smiles just like his daddy, too Impish grin, hand held behind, He’s made his mom a Valentine. Stiff red paper, cotton, glue “Mom, I made this just for you.” Kindergarten child of mine This memory stands the test of time.
Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.
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In this Oct. 18, 2013 photo, Lacey Simpson poses for photos in the Tongas Historical Museum in Ketchikan, Alaska. Tongass Historical Museum is soliciting submissions for its new exhibit “First in Fish, Ketchikan’s Commercial Fishing Traditions” that will open Feb. 28 and run through the summer tourist season. Simpson said the museum is looking for personal stories, a present day photo, family heirloom, a story about a specific event, or an artifact related to commercial fishing.
By MARJORIE CLARK Ketchikan Daily News
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Tongass Historical Museum is soliciting submissions for its new exhibit “First in Fish, Ketchikan’s Commercial Fishing Traditions” that will open Feb. 28 and run through the summer tourist season. The new exhibit will feature the history and stories of commercial fishing in Ketchikan. “The point of the project is to be able to tell a more well-
rounded story of this great tradition of commercial fishing,” Tongass Historical Museum Director Lacey Simpson. Simpson said the museum is looking for personal stories, a present day photo, family heirloom, a story about a specific event, or an artifact related to commercial fishing. “It was an opportunity that we thought would round out a very large story that we have a very small record of,” Simpson said. Senior Curator of Collec-
tions Andrew Washburn said the idea for the project came from the idea of wanting to expand the collection of fishing photographs and artifacts. The museum has more storage and exhibit space because the Ketchikan Public Library moved to its new building last year. “And we wanted to explore new ways to engage with the community in helping us tell the story in the exhibit, and build our knowledge base, whether it is photographs and stories or artifacts,” Washburn said.
Simpson said the submitted photographs will be displayed in a slideshow on a flat screen monitor as part of the summer exhibit. “Most people in Ketchikan are familiar with commercial fishing, so that content in itself might not be overly stimulating for locals, but it is for visitors,” Simpson said. “Visitors who come to town don’t know what a seiner is, or how salmon is processed, so we want to give them a bit more information.” See FISH, page B-2
This memoir is a must-read Bookworm Sez Just one more bedtime story. You wanted that as a child because you’ve always been someone who hates endings (one more for the road). Everyone knows you never get out the door on time (let me just look again). Coat on, hat on, and you start another story (did I tell you …?). “Goodbye” sounds so final and it’s not a bad thing that you can’t take your leave. But, as in the new book “Things I’ve Learned from Dying” by David R. Dow (c.2014, Twelve, $25, 273 pages), sometimes, it’s time to go. The crime was horrifying for its brutality: four teenagers broke into the home of an 84-year-old woman, slinked upstairs to where she was watching TV in bed, took her car keys, and killed her. Later, Texas law allowed Eddie Waterman, who did not shoot the fatal bullet, to be sentenced to die for the crime.
In Huntsville , where “inmates spend twenty-three hours a day in a sixty-squarefoot cell with … a slit of translucent plastic for a window” David Dow met Waterman, his new client. Dow, a lawyer for Death Row inmates, had been down this road before. At their first meeting, he “did the math” and figured Waterman would “be dead in twenty-eight months.” Still, he would try to overturn the sentence. Dow’s father-in-law, Peter, asked why Dow wanted to save Waterman’s life. It was a good question from a man who was dying himself: Peter had metastatic melanoma. But as hard as Dow fought to save the life of Waterman, who had nothing and wanted to live, Peter, who had everything to live for, wanted to die. Every possible legal chance was used to help Waterman’s plight; Dow and his team even put themselves in danger of disbarment. Meanwhile, Dow’s wife, Katya, desperately See SEZ, page B-2
‘Mr. Banks’ paints a happy picture R eeling It In C hris J enness “Saving Mr. Banks” Walt Disney Pictures 2 hours, 5 minutes There’s a scene late in this week’s “Saving Mr. Banks” that elevates the film from simply an entertaining little biopic to something much more meaningful. There are plenty of good scenes in the film, but most of them are just what you’d expect from the trailer — crisp, cutting British remarks in response to good natured American hucksterism as “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers faces off with Walt Disney over the rights to her story. The movie is entertaining and interesting, funny and sweet, though not particularly enlightening or illuminating — all but for the scene in question. More on that later. Travers, who is at the heart of this story, is played in yet another spot-on performance by Emma Thompson. The film opens with the author en route to Los Angeles to meet with Tom Hanks’
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From left, Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, and Rita Wilson arrive at the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 18, in Los Angeles.
Walt Disney, cut with frequent flashbacks to the author’s childhood in rural Australia. Travers is a difficult woman, given to melancholy and definitely not at all interested in turning her tale of a magical nanny over to what she sees as the king of glitz and empty-headed fluff. When she arrives at Disney Studios, Mrs. Travers is greeted by her writing
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team, a trio of good natured Californians that immediately set her teeth on edge. “Saving Mr. Banks” is populated by excellent actors in small roles, including Bradley Whitford as the head writer, and Jason Schwartzman and B.J. Novak as song writing brothers Bob and Dick Sherman. As the film progresses, we see See REEL, page B-2
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2014 Jazzline is all about new beginnings BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Homer News
HOMER, Alaska (AP) — Homer junkyards can be notorious for the odd stuff one might find buried under blue tarps — vintage Subaru parts, wringer washing machines or a world’s collection of buoys. Dig around in an artist’s yard, though, and there’s no telling what you can find. So when Jazzline director Jocelyn Shiro needed an egg for the 2014 Jazzline, performed Friday and Saturday, where better to go than to artist Leo Vait’s yard? Shiro is the local choreographic genius who not only creates the annual winter showcase of dance, but turns women, men, girls and boys who might never have danced before into living sculptures. Last year sadness and mourning inspired the theme of her show. “This year, it’s all about new beginnings,” she said. “My whole theme has to do with eggs.” Shiro put the word out that she needed an egg as a set piece for Jazzline, and not just any egg. She wanted a sculptural egg. Artist Judy Wynn said, “Call Leo Vait. I think he might have an egg in storage.” Shiro asked Vait, and he said, sure, he happened to have a 30-year-old fiberglass egg in his yard that he’d created for a Lynn Roff dance performance. Covered in moss, blackened with mold, but with a little work, Vait’s egg cleaned up nice. The “before” egg is the one on the Jazzline poster, with Shiro tucked inside it like a chick ready to hatch. “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,” Leo called himself. “It’s so beautiful, it gives me chills,” Shiro said of the finished product. The annual Jazzline comes AP Photo/Homer News, Michael Armstrong out of an ensemble that could In this photo from Jan. 23, Jazzline director Jocelyn Shiro, right, rehears a duet with Wil Roedl be called a mini-Nutcracker in Homer, Alaska. The annual Jazzline comes out of an ensemble that could be called a mini- Ballet. It’s the same idea. EnNutcracker Ballet. It’s the same idea. courage young dancers to learn
and help them keep up with dance. This year, Jazzline has a solid group of middle school students. “They’re like athletes,” Shiro said. “They have stuck with it, not only because they enjoy it, but they feel like dance has made them comfortable in their bodies as they have gone through major growth spurts and helped them with other sports.” At the other end is a core group of adult women — Lisa Nordstrom, Maura Jones, Miranda Weiss, Wynn Levitt and new member Anne Gittenger. Gittenger, alas, broke her foot recently and Shiro had to scramble to rearrange some choreography and teach Jones her role. In between the young and mature are Jazzline’s teenage boys and girls, including three girls who have never done modern dance, but have done ballet. Max Mangue, an exchange student from Mozambique, is adding dance to his Alaska experience. In rehearsal, the boys acted like goofy guys, clowning around before the music started, but on stage they were all business — fluid, graceful and strong. What Jazzline lacked, though, was adult male dancers. The women kept asking if there would be any men this year, so Jazzline put the challenge back to them: recruit. Check out guys at bars who seem coordinated. Shiro was working out at the Alaska Training Room and saw a young, tall 26-year-old, Wil Roedl, who looked like he could lift Shiro over his head. “He lifted me like I weigh nothing,” Shiro said. “I knew he could lift heavy weights, but I didn’t know if he knew his left foot from his right foot.” Roedl agreed to try out. Shiro, who also works as a physical therapist, said she has a good eye for body and kinesthetic awareness and thought Roedl had possibility,
“We just started working together,” she said. “There’s no limitation. No hesitation with him. He’s very open and confident.” “It’s been more fulfilling than I thought it would be,” Roedl said. “I’ve been having a blast with it.” At a rehearsal last week, a person couldn’t tell Roedl had been dancing less than a year or that this would be his first public performance. In a duet with Shiro, he moved confidently. Raise Shiro up over his head so she looked like she was flying, then twist and let her gracefully fall, catching her at the last minute? No problem. “I felt trustful,” Shiro said. “He clicked. No matter what lift I wanted to try, I felt like I could go for it. Even if it failed, I knew he would not let me hit the floor.” Shiro planned one duet with Roedl, but they had so much fun, she added another. Duets take dancing to another level in their intimacy, Shiro said. Before doing a duet, Shiro said she sat down and talked with Roedl about that. “It has to be very tender and very sweet. We must connect on an emotional level. Otherwise it’s a string of steps,” Shiro said. “The thing that turns a string of steps into a piece of art is an emotional connection.” That emotional connection is what keeps audiences coming back year after year for Jazzline. There’s the beauty of the human form, which can be seen in some dances that have posed moments, a brief stop in the motion where dance becomes sculpture. There’s the swirl of those bodies, like the energy of poi or fire dancing where the movement becomes art. Underlying it all is emotion: love, loss, longing, parting and rebirth. “I’ve seen him grow in so many ways, not only dancing, growing in his ability to express,” Shiro said of Roedl.
Art auction features works by northwest Native artists in Juneau JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A capacity crowd attended Sealaska Heritage Institute’s first art auction featuring works by northwest Native artists in Juneau, collectively raising more than $300,000 for an educational facility under construction. The Tinaa Art Auction Saturday night drew a soldout, black-tie crowd of more than 300, the Juneau Empire (http://is.gd/fx8eUC) reported Monday. The auction title, Tinaa, is a Tlingit word referring to a traditional copper shield representing trade and wealth. The art auction was a fundraiser for construction of the planned Walter Soboleff Center, named after late Tlingit leader Dr. Walter Soboleff, who died in 2011 at 102. The facility will house a variety of art programs, a retail shop and performance
and exhibit spaces. The weekend auction was held at Centennial Hall and featured 13 live-auction items, 40 silent-auction pieces and a Native fashion show. The works committed by artists for the auction included weavings, jewelry, paintings and carvings. Many of the artists attended the event and several took turns at the microphone. The artists included David Boxley, a Tsimshian carver whose bentwood chest was among the largest items in the live auction. Also in attendance was Haida artist Robert Davidson, who donated a black-andred painting called “Greatest Echo.” The runway fashion show was held before the auction and featured northwest coast fashions that included a salmon skin dress made from 35
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searched for viable alternative treatments for her father, who’d decided there’d be no more chemotherapy. “I know you know how to let go,” Peter wrote to Dow. “I need you to teach it to Katya.” In a file stored somewhere in my computer, there’s a flexible list of my Top Five Books Ever. “Things I’ve Learned from Dying” is there. As a meditation on life, author David R. Dow first takes his readers on a dual path of sorrow (“My entire life consists of trying to put off the end.”). The Bookworm is Terri The situations, together, drip with irony; his good memories Schlichenmeyer. Email her at of Peter seem grief-flat, dry, bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
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Washburn said the museum has two distinct audiences in locals and tourists. “This is a way that we really would like to show the community, and invite the community, to help define what the museum is,” Washburn said. “The museum is not just a collection of stuff in a building, and this is
one of the ways we would like to invite people to participate.” The submission deadline for photographs and artifacts to be included in the opening reception is Feb. 14, but Simpson said they would continue to accept photographs and stories and add them to the slide show throughout the summer. Submission forms are available at the Tongass Historical Museum. For additional information, contact the museum at: museum@city.ketchikan.ak.us.
Kenai River salmon. Also on view was a coat made from sea otter fur. In organizing the event, institute officials drew on research of the Santa Fe Indian Market, a yearly event held in New Mexico every August since 1922. At the end of the Juneau event, heritage institute president Rosita Worl said the outpouring of support for the Sobeleff Center was an overwhelmingly positive example of working together for a common goal of creating a regional hub in Juneau for northwest coast art. “We are going to make this the northwest coast art capital of the world,” Worl said. Sealaska Heritage Institute is the nonprofit cultural and educational arm of Juneau-based Sealaska Corp., a regional NaAP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn tive corporation. In this photo taken on Feb. 2, art handlers Laine Rinehart, left, and Miguel Rohnbacker carry out David and Zach Boxley’s carved and painted red cedar chest during the Tináa Art Auction, a fundraiser for the Walter Soboleff Center, at Centennial Hal in Juneau, Alaska.
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Travers as she struggles to contain and hold sacrosanct her vision, while returning to the dusty outback in scene after scene designed to shed light on Travers’ present-day demeanor. I appreciated the effort, but the flashback structure in the film is probably the least effective element in it. Clunky and more than a little obvious, I would have preferred the combination of the two eras to be a little more nuanced. Still, the childhood scenes are welldone and offer the real meat of the story. Collin Farrell does a very good job as a kind and loving, though completely incapable father. His scenes are some of the most heartbreaking of the film. Also very good is Ruth Wilson as the mother, exhausted, terrified, and using every little bit of strength she has to hold it together for the family. As the young P.L. Travers, I was very impressed with young actress Annie Rose Buckley, whose quiet presence adds a real power to her role that hisC
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‘I like that thought — that writers, godlike, can correct the ugly truths in the real world by putting them to rights in the pages of fiction or up on the silver screen.’ trionics never could. Back in present day, I was pleased to see Paul Giamatti in a role that requires very little other than as a little friendly comic relief. He plays Ralph, Travers’ appointed driver and one of the only people who seems to be able to stand her. As a whole piece of cinema, “Banks” isn’t nearly as powerful and engaging as you’d imagine a Tom Hanks film released at the height of Oscar season would be. That’s not a criticism, necessarily. The movie is light, that’s all, and Tom Hanks, though good, isn’t giving much more of an effort than simply doing a professional impression. The film pushes all the right buttons, hits the right notes, but remained less than thought-provoking until the scene I mentioned at the beginning of this review. Walt, in a last ditch effort to
cynicism and honesty go hand in hand. No so, claims Mr. Disney, who holds, rather, that writers, in painting their stories on a bright canvas, can take what is broken in reality and fix it, bringing back the joy that once was missing. In one masterful stroke, not only does Walt Disney break down the walls surrounding the heart of this sad, bitter woman, but simultaneously offers up a stellar defense of his entire candycolored, multi-million dollar empire. I don’t have any idea if Walt really said this. He was reputedly very congenial, and a consummate businessman, but whether he actually used this bit of logic to melt P.L. Travers heart, who can say? Taking the film’s advice however, I’ll say who cares? It gave me something to think about and made me happy and, according to Mr. Hanks’ Disney, that’s all that matters. Grade: A“Saving Mr. Banks” is rated PG-13 for mild language and adult themes.
obtain the rights to “Poppins,” relates a story of his own childhood to Mrs. Travers, connecting to her own difficult upbringing. I won’t spoil the whole scene by relating it word for word, but the crux of it was this: that storytellers have the power to restore order in the world. At that, something clicked in me, as well as in Mrs. Travers. I like that thought — that writers, godlike, can correct the ugly truths in the real world by putting them to rights in the pages of fiction or up on the silver screen. It’s not exactly a novel notion that writers have the ability to write happy things as opposed to sad ones, but when it comes to serious literature, the tendency always seems to be to lean toward acChris Jenness is a freelance curacy — that a harsh and pitiless view of the real world is graphic designer, artist and somehow a richer truth, that movie buff who lives in Nikiski.
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Kids’ handheld electronics may be more than fun and games fidgety. If given something to occupy their attention, as long as it has headphones, then I don’t see a problem. I’d rather have that than kids shouting, screaming and crying because they’re unhappy being there. — UNDERSTANDING IN LOUISIANA DEAR ABBY: In this digital age, we have lost touch with basic common decency and respect for others. I not only no- Abigail Van Buren tice this in children, but adults as well. I have seen people check their emails while they are in church, or couples sitting together at a restaurant, both fixated on their electronic devices and not speaking a word to each other. It’s sad to imagine what the next generation will be like if we don’t start putting the devices down and interacting with each other again like human beings. I raised all three of my kids this way, so I know it’s not impossible. — MAINTAINING HUMAN CONTACT DEAR ABBY: When my precious mother passed away last summer, my sister-in-law brought two handheld games to the funeral. My niece and nephew played
and played while the pastor spoke about my mother. It was the last straw for me in a series of incredibly rude actions over the years. My children were also appalled. When respect is no longer taught at home, we sink to the lowest level as a society. — DEBRA ON THE EAST COAST DEAR ABBY: I have stopped attending my friends’ grandchildren’s recitals because I, too, cannot tolerate rudeness. Many parents today just don’t want to bother with their children. If there is a toy that can keep them busy, their parents “enable” them to grow up as idiots who can’t appreciate the world and its beauty because their world is lived entirely on an electronic screen. — GEORGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR ABBY: What parents who allow this type of behavior don’t seem to understand is that it transfers to the classroom. Their children assume it’s OK to ignore the teacher, the lesson and instructions that in some cases could save a life. — FRUSTRATED EDUCATOR IN MIAMI DEAR ABBY: I used to conduct workshops for teachers on how to instruct with newspapers. When I started my lecture, I would begin by saying, “OK, teachers, turn off your iPads, iPhones and iPods, because I don’t want to become iRate.” They loved it, and it was a great kickoff for the lecture. — ALFRED IN TEXAS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014: This year you could be witness to or involved in more misunderstandings than in the past. Confirm appointments. Repeat what you think you heard. Above all else, avoid snap judgments relating to interpersonal problems until the whole story is revealed. You will develop patience and self-discipline as a result. If you are single, establishing a calm relationship could be difficult, though the likelihood of meeting someone special increases after July. If you are attached, the two of you will learn to understand each other better. You also will develop more patience. TAURUS is a stick in the mud. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Confusion surrounds the best-laid plans. You are entering a period where you would be welladvised not to make any formal agreements, as they are likely to backfire. Tension over a money matter needs to be worked out before late afternoon. Tonight: Buy a treat for yourself. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Listen to a friend who always seems to be depressed. It is possible that this person could be going through a difficult period, and he or she just needs someone to express a more positive view. Showing compassion will encourage you to reach out to others. Tonight: Say “yes.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You might sense that you are
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Get the grunge from the sponge Dear Heloise: It seems that there is always a report or article discussing how a kitchen sponge is loaded with bacteria. What is the best way to clean these sponges? — Stephanie L. in Ohio Ah, yes — the sponge discussion, and how to keep them clean and bacteria-free! Most households use foam sponges. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends two methods to rid the sponge of nearly 100 percent of the bacteria: Microwave a wet sponge for 60 seconds, or run it through the dishwasher during a normal cycle. Try to remember to clean sponges daily, let them dry out as much as possible between uses and replace frequently (especially if they start to smell). — Heloise P.S.: Vinegar also works! Put the sponge in a bowl. Pour vinegar over the sponge and let it sit for five to 10 minutes. This kills more than 99 percent of germs! Bridal feast Dear Heloise: When I got married, it was an all-day event for me (as most brides know). It started early in the morning, with hair and makeup, etc. And then I had to be hidden at the venue when guests started arriving. I hadn’t planned to bring any snacks. My soon-to-be sister-in-law brought finger sandwiches to me and the bridal party. It was so great, because we were all starving! They were easy to eat and did not mess up our dresses and makeup. — A Reader, via email Cayenne pepper Dear Heloise: My cat hates the smell of cayenne pepper. I sprinkle it in my houseplants to keep the cats away. Works great. — Darlene T. in Georgia
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DEAR ABBY: I am writing about the letter from “Holding My Tongue” (Nov. 8), the woman who was upset because many children were playing with electronic devices during her grandchildren’s school concerts and recitals. While I agree that most children should pay attention to the event at hand, as the mother of two children on the autism spectrum, I have a different perspective. There are apps and games designed to keep these children occupied and help them deal with the stress and anxiety of being in a large group of people. I should not have to leave my sons at home because they are on the spectrum, so a harmless, quiet game that allows them to participate without being disruptive is a godsend to me. Sometimes it is not obvious WHY someone is doing something; so as long as it isn’t disrupting the event, please try to be tolerant. — LAURA IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR LAURA: Your point is well-stated, and was one made by a number of parents of children with special needs. Readers had interesting comments on this topic, so I’m sharing a few: DEAR ABBY: If there’s a possibility young children could be unruly during a performance, I think they should be allowed to use a tablet or something to keep them occupied. Sometimes it’s hard to find a sitter or afford one. When children get dragged to programs they have no interest in, they lose patience and become
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