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In the news GCI, KTUU reach carriage agreement

ANCHORAGE (AP) — An NBC affiliate says it has reached an agreement with Alaska’s largest telecommunications company that will return its programming to rural communities just in time for the Winter Olympics. Anchorage station KTUU says its rural programming was resuming Thursday after it reached a multiyear contract with General Communication Inc. GCI dropped KTUU from its rural broadcasts in November following a breakdown in contract negotiations. KTUU announced the contract agreement in a statement Thursday. It says KTUU and GCI had earlier agreed on rates, but disagreed on “final contract language that affected future partnerships and purchases of television stations in Alaska.” KTUU was among companies that unsuccessfully challenged GCI’s purchase of three television stations in Anchorage, Juneau and Sitka.

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The Alaska Board of Fisheries broke into committees Thursday to discuss fishery regulatory changes that could affect fisheries in the Upper Cook Inlet.

More protection for early run

Fish board expands slot limit, Slikok Creek sanctuary area By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

The Alaska Board of Fisheries passed three measures Thursday, each restricting sportfishing on the Kenai River with the aim of conserving the early run of Kenai king salmon.

Slot limits The first measrue passed increases the slot limit size requirement on early run kings by four inches, expanding it to include fish from 42-55 inches long. The move will keep anglers from harvesting a larger part of the early run of king salmon. A slot limit was introduced on the Kenai River in 2002 to protect a certain size of fish from being harvested.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers break the early run of king salmon into five “age classes,” and further segregate those fish into percentages of the run — generating an estimate of how many fish of a certain age enter the river each year. When the slot limit was introduced to the Kenai river in 2002, ADFG managers and the public had noticed a steep decline in the number of older-aged, larger king salmon returning to the river in the early run, according to the proposal submitted by sportfishing guide Greg Brush. The slot limit was introduced to keep anglers from harvesting 5-ocean kings, or 7-year-old fish that spent two years in freshwater and five in the ocean, while still allowing harvest on other age-classes of the fish that were not in decline. While ADFG took a neutral position

on the proposal, the current slot limits have allowed the Fish and Game staff to conserve the large-size early run king salmon by eliminating the sport harvest of those fish, according to ADFG staff comments on the proposal. The new slot limit is expected to protect 92 percent of 5-ocean king salmon in the early run and 49 percent of the 4-ocean female king salmon, according to ADFG data. Monte Roberts, a sportfishing guide who primarily fishes the Kenai River, said he was opposed to the expanded slot limit. “It takes a section of the population out of play that’s not — according to the department — in jeopardy,” he said. “This has changed from a conservation concern for five-ocean kings into a management tool to take a section of the fish out of the See FISH, page A-12

The Kenai City Council voted to approve City Manager Rick Koch draft a letter, signed by mayor Pat Porter, in support of House Bill 141 regarding workers’ compensation medical fees. The letter shows the city is in favor of three provisions made to the bill sponsored by the Legislature’s Labor and Commerce Committee, lead by Rep. Kurt Olson R-Soldotna. The bill would require providers of workers compensation medical treatment to submit bills to employers within 180 days. It would also require health care providers to charge the workers’ compensation rates established in the state the work is provided. Koch said reform is needed because Alaska’s workers’ compensation rate is the highest in the nation. “On a number of occasions, Alaskans went outside for workers’ compensation issue and rates are substantially lower than here,” he said. “Because of the way the law is presently written, they are able to bill for Alaska rates even though it is billed someplace else.” Koch said another provision is that if a provider’s billing is denied by an employer, an appeal can by filed to the workers’ compensation board within 60 See KENAI, page A-12

Borough plans study of Nikiski water supply By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

After receiving $150,000 last session for an environmental investigation in Nikiski, the Kenai Peninsula Borough is working to make sure its plan for the project falls under what the grant allows. “(We’re) figuring out where the gaps of information are, so the public has some reasonable assurance that their water is safe to drink,” Borough Mayor

Mike Navarre said. “And that we’re doing what we can to provide them with information about that.” The investigation stems from resident concerns about water contamination from Arness Septage, a site that saw at least 4,200 gallons of oil waste and other pollutants in the early 1980s. Last summer the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued a permit to AIMM Technologies Inc. to

build a drilling waste monofill storage site to the southwest and adjoining the Arness Septage property. AIMM installed six monitoring wells to satisfy the permit applications, according to DEC. Phase one of the plan includes gathering all available well logs as well as surveying static water levels in existing wells. That data will then be used to determine the water table, the level below ground

saturated with water, as well as various aquifers, bodies of saturated rock that can transmit water. From there the phases calls for geologic maps to be drawn and the groundwater flow directions to be determined. “Trying to determine which way groundwater is flowing, which aquifer goes where so that if you have wells that test clean, which way the water’s moving and if there are wells that are contaminated, where it’s going to, so that part is just

figuring out what’s happening,” Navarre said. Along with a report summarizing the study’s findings, the borough will also make recommendations for the second phase of the investigation. Navarre said phase one will help to determine what the next steps will be and what the cost will be. Joe Arness worked with his brother Jim Arness and DEC to come up with a plan to assess See NIKISKI, page A-12

Amendment to protect dividend checks proposed By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — A proposal by House Democrats to provide constitutional protection for the annual checks Alaskans receive for their share of state’s oil wealth got a cool response Thursday from some majority members, who worried it could limit lawmakers’ options if the state falls on tough financial times. House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, said the Legislature has shown restraint

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since the Alaska Permanent Fund was created, but protecting dividends would provide fewer choices if state government exceeds its available revenue. “When we talk about that type of long-term planning, it means one thing, taxes, and do you want to institute a state income tax?” he said. “And that’s

exactly one thing that I believe that that leads to, if you ever get to that point, is instituting a state income tax or a state sales tax.” Rep. Alan Austerman, cochair of the House Finance Committee, said at some point, if the state’s revenue stream remains the same, dividends might need to be on the table for discussion. AP Photo/Becky Bohrer Both said, at this point, they do not support HJR17, which Rep. Alan Austerman, R-Kodiak, left, House Speaker Mike would protect the dividends in Chenault, R-Nikiski, and Rep. Pete Higgins, R-Fairbanks, adthe state constitution. Auster- dress reporters during the House majority’s regular legislative See CHECKS, page A-12 news conference on Thursday in Juneau. C

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Why such a nasty winter? By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Cold and snow keep battering the Midwest and East, and even Atlanta was temporarily paralyzed. California has been bone dry. Alaska set heat records. The wild winter somehow became even more wicked Thursday morning when the national average temperature plunged to a brutal 11 degrees — the lowest temperature of a season of extremes A weather weary nation asks a simple question: Why? The answer is the jet stream, the river of air that dictates our weather. Normally the jet stream stays in Canada or the northern U.S., going west to east in a somewhat straight line. But this winter it has plunged south, creating high pressure ridges and low pressure troughs and taking cold polar air south and east and leaving warm, dry weather to the west. “We are having an unusual jet stream that’s giving us crazy cold weather in the East and the ridiculously resilient ridge as it’s called in California,” said Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters. Q: Why is the jet stream do-

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ing this? A: There are three different forces probably at work here, but scientists still need to do more research, said Derek Arndt, of the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. One is just the random natural variability of daily weather. Another is a mid-length weather feature called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation — think of it as a cousin of El Nino — that warms the northern Pacific and helps push the jet stream south. And finally, a new and controversial theory is that a warmer Arctic region and shrinking summer sea ice from manmade global warming has shifted jet stream patterns, making it wavier and bringing more unpredictable weather. Q: Is it unusual for the weather pattern to last this long? A: It doesn’t happen often, but it’s not that unusual either, said Bruce Terry, of the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Md. Q: So how cold was Thursday? A: The national average temperature of 11 degrees is the coldest of this winter and will likely be the coldest of the season, according to calculations

by Weather Bell Analytics meteorologist Ryan Maue. It was computed from temperatures at 7 a.m. EST in the Lower 48 states. The lowest was minus 34 in Montana and several areas were minus 20, according to the National Weather Service. Q: Has this been a record winter? A: No. Given the unusual heat in the West and the cold in the East, they almost balance each other, Masters and Arndt said. So when the final monthly statistics come out, January in the U.S. won’t be near record cold. “When you compare it to the 20th century, it was still cold, but not dramatically cold,” Arndt said. Q: Was this just a U.S. thing? A: No. Parts of South America and Australia have had much warmer than normal weather. Parts of Europe have been cold and stormy, others record warm. For much of January, Greenland was 8 degrees warmer than normal.

Thursday Stocks Company Final Change ACS.......................... 2.16 +0.06 Agrium Inc............... 86.39 +0.70 Alaska Air Group...... 76.34 +1.24 AT&T........................ 32.00 -0.08 BP ............................47.32 +1.28 Chevron................... 111.27 +1.75 ConocoPhillips......... 64.30 +0.84 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,765.00 +5.00 Forest Oil.................. 2.94 -0.02 Fred Meyer.............. 36.76 +1.31 GCI........................... 9.45 +0.11 Harley-Davidson...... 64.52 +2.37 Home Depot.............76.16 +0.90 Key Bank................. 12.65 +0.27 McDonald’s.............. 94.94 +1.36 National Oilwell.........74.06 +0.76 Shell Oil................... 68.78 +0.65 Safeway................... 30.90 +0.44 Tesoro.......................47.60 -2.35 Walmart................... 72.82 -0.05 Wells Fargo.............. 44.78 +0.55 Gold closed............ 1,257.43 -0.49 Silver closed............ 19.96 +0.07 Dow Jones avg..... 15,628.53 +188.30 NASDAQ................ 4,057.12 +45.57 S&P 500................1,773.43 +21.79 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Oil Prices Wednesday’s prices not available.

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Community Calendar Today 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage road in Kenai. Call 541-9538335. Saturday 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous meeting, URS Club, 405 Overland Drive, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Kenai Historical Society to host CIRCAC speaker

A Twin City Raceway planning meeting for the upcoming season is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kenai Visitor The Kenai Historical Society will meet Feb. 9 at 1:00 p.m. and Cultural Center, 11471 Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai. Orat the Kenai Visitor’s Center. The guest speaker will be from ganizers have many new developments to share. The success of Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Committee. The meetthis year’s season will be greatly influenced by the participation ing is open to the public and new members are welcome. of members and the community.

Hospice schedules volunteer training

Caregiver Support Program discusses heart conditions A Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Peer Support Meeting is planned for Tuesdayat 1 p.m. at the Soldotna Senior Center, with a presentation on “Understanding a Heart Condition.” February is National Heart Month; wear something red to the meeting to show your support. For more information, contact Shelley or Judy at 262-1280. You do not have to be a member of the Senior Center to attend the meeting, open to all family caregivers.

Soldotna Historical Society schedules annual meeting

Hospice of the Central Peninsula has scheduled volunteer core training for compassionate, caring people who are willing to volunteer 2 to 4 hours per week as Hospice volunteers. Training sessions will be held at, Christ Lutheran Church 128 Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna, from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 7 and 21, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Feb. 8 and 22. The fee is $25, scholarship assistance is available. Registration is required. For information and to register call 262-0453 or email hospice.admin@ alaska.net.

Cribbage tournament continues

The Soldotna Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Kenai River Center on Funny River Road. The meeting will consist of brief reports, recognition of volunteers and election of board members. The business meeting will be followed by a talk by Candace Ward, park ranger, speaking on the Beginnings of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The meeting is open to the public. For additional information, call 262-4157.

The Soldotna Lions 20th annual Kenai Peninsula Cribbage Tournament continues every Saturday at 3 p.m. through May 3 at the American Legion Post 20, 902 Cook Street in Kenai. The public is invited to participate. For more information, call Ray at 776-5688 or Bob at 776-5339.

Pinochle club season under way

The Eagles Aerie No. 4317 on North Cohoe Loop in Kasilof will host the Kasilof Pinochle Club. The group plays Saturdays Woodturners meeting scheduled at 12:30 p.m. Entry fee is $2 per week, with awards paid out at the end of the season. Come for a winter of fun. For more The Kenai Peninsula Woodturners Chapter will hold its Feb- information, call Jay at 252-6397. ruary 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 Alaska Judicial Observers demonstration. Visitors are always welcome. Questions? Call seeks courtroom volunteers 801-543-9122. Alaska Judicial Observers is looking for volunteers to observe in courtrooms. Volunteers must be able to take notes, Fry bread Friday on tap complete paperwork and sit for up to 2 hours at a time. VolFry bread will be served up Friday, February 7 from 11 unteers are screened to ensure that they have not been a victim a.m.-2 p.m. at Fort Kenay in Old Town Kenai, across from the of a violent crime, have no criminal background and have no Russian Orthodox Church. Fry bread is one for $2 or three for cases pending before the court. Volunteers go through approxi$5. Beef/sausage piroshky and salmon/sour cream/dill pirosh- mately 40 hours of classroom and courtroom training and then ky, Russian tea cakes, whole wheat bread, assorted goodies like are asked to evaluate for a minimum of 10 hours per month in fudge and cookies, plus tea and coffee also are available. All the courtroom closest to your home. For more information call proceeds will benefit the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary 907-646-9880.

‘Superheroes’ in dispute over leadership of group PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) — A dispute between two men over leadership of a costumed band of self-professed real-life Michigan superheroes has escalated into a battle of insults. Mark Williams, who dresses up as Batman to patrol the northern Michigan community of Petoskey, and Adam Besso, who hails from the Detroit area and is nicknamed “Bee Sting,” became friends after Williams got in trouble with police in 2011. But now their dispute has split the dozen-member Michigan Protectors group, The Detroit News reported. “He is an abusive, neglectful, thieving, boastful, cowardly crook,” Williams said. “He

belongs in jail, and I will see the Flies’ with a slightly better him there.” version of dirt bags.” Williams, a part-time landscaper, has drawn attention for patrolling in Petoskey. He was arrested in 2011 after being spotted atop a building while wearing a Batman costume. He was arrested again in 2012 for interfering with police at an accident scene. Besso was arrested in 2012 after his shotgun discharged as he patrolled near Flint while wearing a bulletproof vest, black leather jacket with a bee logo, shin guards and knee pads. When Besso got out of jail, he rejuvenated the dormant Michigan Protectors, but some wanted Williams to be co-leader. “He has to tear others down to feel better about himself,” Besso said. “He’s like ‘Lord of

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Stay connected with your state legislators The Alaska Legislature has wasted no

time this session jumping in to a number of high-profile issues as well as some lower-profiles one. Many of those decisions will have significant impacts here on the Kenai Peninsula. With that in mind, it’s crucial that Peninsula residents make a point of keeping in touch with the people we’ve elected to represent us in Juneau. With the Capitol many miles away, this may sound like it’s easier said than done. However, Peninsula residents have a number of tools available to keep tabs on what the Legislature is up to. One of the best resources is the Legislative Information Office, located at 145 Main Street Loop, No. 217, in Kenai. LIO staff can connect people with information about the Legislature, session schedules, updates on legislation and contact information for lawmakers. The LIO also hosts numerous teleconferences throughout the session, allowing residents to listen and offer comment to legislators in person. To contact the LIO, call 907283-2030, or email Kenai.LIO@akleg.gov. More information on legislation can be found on the Legislature’s website, w3.legis.state.ak.us. Online streaming of hearings may be found at http://alaskalegislature.tv/. Legislators also need to hear from you. The LIO hosts periodic constituent meetings with area lawmakers, and residents can talk can call or email during the session. The central Kenai Peninsula is repsresented by: n Sen. Cathy Giessel (District N): 1-800-892-4843, Senator.Cathy.Giessel@akleg.gov n Sen. Peter Micciche (District O): 1-800-964-5733, Senator.Peter.Micciche@akleg.gov n Rep. Mike Chenault, House Speaker (District 28): 1-800-469-3779, Rep.Mike.Chenault@akleg.gov n Rep. Kurt Olson (District 29): 1-800-463-2693, Rep.Kurt.Olson@akleg.gov n Rep. Paul Seaton (District 30): 1-800-665-2689, Rep.Paul.Seaton@akleg.gov Remember, government of, by and for the people only works if the people participate. Stay informed and become a part of the process will shape our region for years to come.

Quotable “Phil set his bar on the highest rung, on a rung above the highest rung. He pushed himself relentlessly until finally his efforts virtually redefined the very endeavor we call acting. That’s what he wanted. He wanted to rock the world.” — Playwright and actor Eric Bogosian as the New York theater community mourned Philip Seymour Hoffman. “Going to work at Microsoft could make it look like you are going back to the dark ages. It’s a well-entrenched business that has had trouble lately figuring out how to play in this new world.” — Richard Metheny, a management coach for the executive search firm Witt/Kieffer in Chicago, after the tech giant hired home-grown leader Satya Nadella as CEO.

Letters to the Editor Which resource is more valuable? The Juneau Empire editorial published in the Feb. 6 Peninsula Clarion caught my eye and stimulated me to reflect on some of my experiences with education in Alaska. I think those experiences speak to a major problem in our approach to educating our children and particularly here in Alaska. In 1976 the beginning salary for a new teacher in the Kenai Peninsula Borough was about $26,000. This salary was based on the new teacher’s investment of 4 years of study, of thousands of dollars in tuition, living expenses and of four years of lost wages. At the same time period, oil companies were offering salaries of, as I recall, about $60,000 to beginning employees with a high school diploma. At the time I recall thinking about the message this tells us about the values and priorities of Americans and Alaskans. For example, teachers have a major responsibility for educating and preparing our children for life and success. I add that in my opinion our children are our most valuable resource and their development should be our highest priority. In contrast the dollar salaries disparity told me that the powers that be in Alaska placed a higher value on the development of our oil resources than they do on the development of our children. Try to imagine a high school teacher trying to convey the value of further education to young students eager to begin earning big money. Fast forward to today, the situation seems to remain the same or maybe worse. Our governor and legislature have passed a bill giving about $1.5 billion to the oil companies annually and reducing state funding of our schools. The Anchorage School District has reduced their budgets about $25 million for the last two years. This is not the type of government I want to have for Alaska and Alaskans. I want a government that is working in the best interests of all Alaskans and particularly putting our children and their futures first. Hugh R. Hays Soldotna

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Refinery closure a failure of government It is very difficult to believe that with all the oil people in our State Legislaature they could in any way allow a refinery to shut down. I thought this was an oil state, but there are a bunch who need to be replaced. They give billions of dollars to oil company in tax relief and can’t seem to help a refinery critical to the state of Alaska from shutting down. Where is the aviation gas coming from now and the other products they manufacure? I don’t think Tesoro can take over. I helped start up the first chemical plant that Union Oil built in Brea, Calif., in 1955 and hated to see the plant shut down in Nikiski. It and the liquefaction plant next door, would not have had to shut down if only some of them had the guts to build a gas line 25 years ago. One way to lose jobs, is just shut down everything. Paul D. Morrison Kenai

Today’s senior citizens built Alaska for tomorrow’s seniors Who are the seniors? We are your parents, grandparents, great-grand parents, friends and neighbors. The state of Alaska has bestowed the senior designation upon us at the tender age of 60 and gradually increases our senior benefits until full realization at age 65. We paid income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes and all forms of fees for over forty years. We contributed to the Social Security system and Medicare system throughout our lives. When we began our contributions to Social Security it was called “contributions to your retirement fund,” not the current term “entitlement program.” Medicare taxes were a prepayment of retirement medical insurance. We built the roads, schools, buildings and many of the places people now call home. We built those once secret sites like White Alice, RCS and BMEWS. When times were tough we worked two, or three jobs to make ends meet. We looked at adversity and said we can get through this.

Seniors were brought up to respect their elders and honor them for the sacrifices they made to keep our nation free. Gentlemen would rise and seat a woman when she came to the table and always offer his seat to a lady or elderly person on a crowded bus or train (probably illegal today). We recited the Pledge of Allegiance, hand over heart each morning without fear of being ridiculed. Many recited a prayer to start the day (yes, in public school). We built the Alaska pipeline and worked the oil fields, built the Parks, Richardson, Glenn and Sterling highways connecting Alaskans to Alaskans and rebuilt Anchorage after the quake of 1964 and Fairbanks after the flood of 1967. We are the fishermen and women who built our great fishing industry, and welcomed tourists with open arms to enjoy the beauty of the Kenai, Cordova, Seward and towns around the state while building local businesses and communities. We built the infrastructure of utilities and technology that so many now take for granted. Wireless, Internet, television, communications technology did not fall from the sky, it was not always here; the seniors of Alaska built it. The senior women gave birth to the next generation of “Seniors in Waiting.” We live on our own, with assisted living, in retirement homes, in Pioneer homes or with our children. We are all successful in our own ways. We have always praised and respected those who worked hard and were fortunate in their finances. We lent a hand to those needing an assist, but we do not decry those who do not. As did our parents, we turned over the mantle of leadership to the next generation assuming they would have the same view and respect of their elders that we do. This is not always the case in some political circles. So, who are the seniors of Alaska? We are. And who are the future seniors of the Alaska? You are. Seniors are not an alien species thrust upon the world at the age of 65 as some would have you believe, but just like you, we were born “Seniors in Waiting.” Peter Zuyus, Homer

By GARRY TRUDEAU

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, February 7, 2014

n On Feb. 4 at 8:59 a.m., Alaska State Troopers contacted Jeni Frank, 48, of Anchor Point, during a traffic stop in Anchor Point. Investigation revealed that the registration plates from a different vehicle had been placed on the vehicle she was driving in an attempt to keep law enforcement from stopping the vehicle. Frank was issued a misdemeanor citation for improper use of plates and a citation for proof of insurance. n On Feb. 4 at 11:59 a.m., Soldotna police contacted Jordan Newton, 31, at the Caribou Family Restaurant. Newton was arrested on four outstanding warrants and was also found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held on the warrants and sixth-degree misconduct inThe following judgments recently were handed down in District Court in Kenai:

n Natasha M. Aragon, 22, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violation of custodian’s duty, committed Sept. 17. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended (credit for time served, fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. n Robert H. Chandler, 47, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed Jan. 25. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Crystal Rose Greminger, 31, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Dec. 13. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended with credit for time served, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered not to consume or possess alcohol for two years and placed on probation for two years. n Crystal Rose Greminger, 31, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Dec. 25. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended with credit for time served, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330

Police reports volving a controlled substance, with bail set at $4,250. n On Feb. 3 at 1:17 p.m., Soldotna police responded to a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report involving a vehicle swerving on the Sterling Highway with the vehicle reportedly crossing the center and fog lines multiple times. Police located the vehicle and stopped it on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Merrywood Avenue. Johnnalyn B. Bishop, 20, of Soldotna, was issued a criminal citation for operating a screen device while driving and released. n On Feb. 2 at 3:35 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on Funny River Road near the Sterling Highway, after the vehicle nearly struck another

Court reports cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered not to consume or possess alcohol for two years and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Joseph L. Grossl, 44, address unknown, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault, committed April 7. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended with credit for time served, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered not to consume or possess alcohol and placed on probation for three years. n Ryan Michael Hobbs, 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to furnishing alcohol to a person under 21, committed Aug. 3, 2011. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. n Hunter N. Hollenberg, 22, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed Sept. 13. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for one year, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to perform eight hours of community work service and ordered to write a letter of apology to Granite Construction and post on Twitter account for 30 days.

vehicle. Wesley Gordon, 33, of Copper Center, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Feb. 2 at 10:11 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Debra Miller, 27, of Soldotna, at Safeway. Investigation showed that Miller had been previously trespassed from all Safeway property statewide. Miller was issued a criminal citation for second-degree criminal trespass and released. n On Jan. 31 at 10:13 p.m., Soldotna Police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway at Warehouse Drive. Frank Mariman, 51, of Soldotna, was issued criminal citations for misuse of registration and for having no vehicle liability insurance and released. The vehicle was impounded.

n On Jan. 31 at about 11:50 p.m., Soldotna police received a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report involving a vehicle being driven on the Sterling Highway. The car was located a short time later in the Johnson’s Tire Service parking lot. Investigation showed that Stacy Nielsen, 44, of Soldotna, was using a 13-year-old to provide a breath sample into the ignition interlock device to circumvent the device and allow her to drive the vehicle. Nielsen was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, avoidance of an ignition interlock device, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and violating her conditions of release from a previous criminal case. Nielsen was taken to Wildwood Pretrial and held without bail.

n Michael D. Lassley, 23, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed July 10. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail with five days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered not to possess controlled substances without a valid prescription and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Lana Lee, 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal mischief, committed Jan. 17. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 25 days suspended with credit for time served, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Marie Lynn McConnell, 43, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to one count of violating conditions of release and one count of violating a protective order, committed March 15. On count one, she was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. On count two, she was fined a $50 court surcharge and, concurrent with count one, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. n Jonathan Paul Nickolai, 27, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault, committed Nov. 1. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for one year, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge, ordered to continue mental health assessment and treatment and ordered to have no contact with victim without written consent filed with the court and the District Attorney.

n Maggie L. Penix, 37, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating a protective order, committed Nov. 9. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended (time served), fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and placed on probation for two years. n Mattie Lisa Penix, 37, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release, committed Nov. 28. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. n Glenn Allen Tisdale, 54, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to not having alcohol serving education course card required, committed April 10. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for six months and fined a $50 court surcharge. n Frederick M. Vasilie, 27, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 29. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended with credit for time served, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for two years. n Spencer Chase Walgenbach, 22, address unknown, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of no valid operator’s license, committed March 20. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 20 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time and was placed on probation for two years.

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Anchorage police release name of man found dead ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a man whose body was found partially submerged in a creek. KTUU says the man has been identified as 39-year-old Thomas Evan. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro says there was no immediate sign of foul play in the death. A woman walking her dogs discovered the body lying in Chester Creek Saturday morning. Police say Evan was not carrying any form of identification. According to police, witnesses who frequent the area said the man was not there the previous day.

Crime bill amendment targets abduction attempts JUNEAU — After a man walked into an Anchorage elementary school in mid-January attempting to take a 10-yearold girl while falsely claiming to be her father, authorities found they could only charge him with criminal trespass. Sen. Bill Wielechowski, a Democrat from Anchorage, offered an amendment to the Senate omnibus crime bill Wednesday that would make such actions a criminal offense of custodial interference. The amendment, among others, came as the Senate Judiciary Committee took public testimony on the bill. The sweeping Senate bill is an effort to slow down Alaska’s skyrocketing incarceration rate. Among the bill’s provisions are raising the bar for what qualifies as a class C felony, establishing a sobriety program, giving offenders credit for time served in a residential treatment facility, and establishing a fund to assist newly released inmates to prevent reentry into the criminal justice system. It will have another hearing Friday. Wielechowski’s amendment came after the girl’s mother testified about the attempted abduction in Anchorage. She said a man walked into the school falsely claiming to be her daughter’s father. When he was confronted with the fact he was not the girl’s father, he then said he was there to pick up a different girl. It was discovered he did not have the permission of the second child’s guardian to pick her up, either. He later was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing, Kelly Frederick testified.

Corrections official says inmate calls recorded ANCHORAGE — Some private phone calls between inmates and their attorneys have been inadvertently recorded, an Alaska Department of Corrections official said. An investigation of the recordings is underway, KTUU reported. DOC deputy director Sherrie Daigle said the problem is technical and inadvertent, and it is tied to Securus Technologies. The Dallas-based company provides phone service to Alaska’s 13 correctional facilities. “We’re not really sure if it was an IT issue, if it was a training issue, if it was a company issue,” Daigle said. According to the department, an unknown number of calls were recorded against department policy starting last fall. The number could be as few as 40 but possibly more. Officials said the problem is continuing. Daigle said substantial progress could be made in the investigation by the end of the week. The investigation involves the state Department of Law. — The Associated Press

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Nation MLK’s children battle over estate

Around the World Hopes for immigration dim as House speaker says it will be difficult to pass this year WASHINGTON — Speaker John Boehner on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration legislation before this fall’s elections, saying it would be difficult for the Republican-led House to act on the issue that President Barack Obama has made a top domestic priority. In his most pessimistic comments, Boehner blamed the stalemate on widespread skepticism that Obama would properly enforce any immigration reforms that Congress approved. The GOP leader didn’t mention that his own members have balked at acting on the contentious issue, which could enrage core conservative voters in the midterm election year. “The American people, including many of our members, don’t trust that the reform we’re talking about will be implemented as it was intended to be,” Boehner told reporters at his weekly news conference. “The president seems to change the health care law on a whim, whenever he likes. Now, he is running around the country telling everyone he’s going to keep acting on his own.” Just last week, Boehner and other House Republican leaders had unveiled broad principles for immigration changes, including legal status for the estimated 11 million immigrants living here illegally, tougher border security and a shot at citizenship for children brought to the country illegally. National Republicans see the failure to act on immigration as a political drag on the party after 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney captured just 27 percent of the Hispanic vote, and they are pressing for action to moderate the party’s image.

A year adrift on the Pacific? A medical Q and A on what’s humanly possible WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The story of a Salvadoran fisherman who says he survived more than a year adrift on the Pacific Ocean raises many medical questions. The Associated Press spoke with Claude Piantadosi, a professor of medicine at Duke University and author of the book “The Biology of Human Survival,” to find out what is physically possible and for his view on the tale of Jose Salvador Alvarenga. This is an edited version of the interview: Q: How long can a human survive without any water, or without any food? A: The average is about 100 hours (approximately four days) without water and about five or six weeks without food. You can survive much longer with just a little food, although you’ll lose weight and run into vitamin deficiency problems. So it would have been vital for Alvarenga to have collected both food and water during his journey. The Pacific’s regular squalls would have provided some rainwater that he could have scooped from the bottom of his boat. Q: How important is shade? A: Absolutely critical. You get significantly warmer in direct sunlight and sweat more. The pictures of the boat show a fiberglass box in the middle which he could have sheltered in, and any type of canvas would have helped keep him out of the sun.

New heart group guidelines aim at preventing stroke in women, pregnancy is one focus Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks. Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women. They focus on birth control, pregnancy, depression and other risk factors that women face uniquely or more frequently than men do. The advice applies to patients like Denise Miller, who suffered a stroke last year that fooled doctors at two northeast Ohio hospitals before it was finally diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic. She was 36 and had no traditional risk factors. “There was nothing to indicate I was going to have a stroke,” other than frequent migraines with aura — dizziness or altered senses such as tingling, ringing ears or sensitivity to light, Miller said. These headaches are more common in women and the new guidelines issued Thursday flag them as a concern. Miller recovered but has some lingering numbness and vision problems.

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press

ATLANTA — A generation after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, his children are fighting among themselves again, this time over two of their father’s most cherished possessions: his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried. The civil rights leader’s daughter Bernice King has both items, and her brothers, Dexter King and Martin Luther King III, asked a judge last week to order her to turn them over. She said her brothers want to sell them. In a blistering statement this week, Bernice said their father “MUST be turning in his grave” over the idea. She said that while she loves her brothers dearly, she was “appalled and utterly ashamed” of the plan, and added: “It reveals a desperation beyond comprehension.” Then on Thursday, at a news conference from the pulpit of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where her father and grandfather preached, she portrayed herself as the true protector of King’s legacy. “When the record books are

‘When the record books are written, let it be said that there was at least one heir who tried to further the legacy.’ — Bernice King written, let it be said that there was at least one heir who tried to further the legacy,” she said. In response to repeated emails and calls, a lawyer for the King estate, which is controlled by Dexter and Martin III, sent a copy of a 1995 agreement among the siblings in which they signed over the rights to many items to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc. The lawyer offered no comment. It is the latest in a string of disputes over the years that some historians have come to see as a sad and unseemly footnote to history that could damage King’s name. David J. Garrow, whose book “Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference” won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize, said he wasn’t “surprised in the slightest” to hear about the latest fight

among the King heirs. “The agenda has always been greed,” Garrow said. “It’s been about maximizing the dollar value of Dr. King’s legacy.” Bernice has repeatedly acknowledged the validity of the 1995 agreement but is now refusing to hand over the Bible and medal, the brothers said in court papers. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. His widow, Coretta Scott King, died in 2006. The King children have profited from their father’s legacy. In 2006, Sotheby’s auctioned off 10,000 documents from their collection for $32 million, with the siblings receiving equal shares of the proceeds. They also haven’t shied from legal battles that push their family disputes into the public eye. Garrow said King’s Bible should go to a museum or somewhere it can be seen by

everyone. “The fundamental bottom line here is that the King children have no clue what their father’s legacy really means,” the historian said. “Martin Luther King Jr. was the most unselfish, ungreedy person who ever lived.” While their mother was alive, the King children had periods of not speaking to each other, but they mostly kept their disagreements to themselves. After their mother died, it was the oldest daughter, Yolanda, who held the siblings together. When Yolanda died in 2007, that glue was gone. Just over a year after Yolanda’s death, the long-simmering dispute among the three remaining children boiled over, with three lawsuits filed between the siblings in as many months. In one case, Bernice and Martin III sued Dexter to force him to open the books of their father’s estate, accusing him of shutting them out of decisions. The siblings reached a settlement in 2009. The King estate is also embroiled in a legal battle with the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, where Bernice is CEO.

Girl, 5, dies from being forced to drink soda SURGIONSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An East Tennessee couple faces a murder charge, accused of forcing the man’s 5-year-old daughter to drink more than 2 liters of grape soda and water, causing her brain to swell and rupture, authorities said. According to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office and the autopsy report, Alexa Linboom was brought in to the emergency room on Jan. 1, 2012, by her father, Randall Vaughn, and his wife, Mary Vaughn. The girl was blue and unresponsive with “an abnormal body posture that indicates severe brain damage,” according to the autopsy, which was completed in July 2013. The Vaughns were arrested on Wednesday and were being

— The Associated Press

held at the Hawkins County Jail on a $500,000 bond each. Officials did not know whether the Vaughns had hired an attorney. Their arraignment was scheduled for Friday morning. An investigation revealed the girl had been forced to drink approximately 2.4 liters of water and soda over one to two hours as punishment. The massive intake of fluid caused her brain to swell and herniate. According to the autopsy, when she was forced to drink all that liquid, she began vomiting, urinated on herself and asked to take a bath. “Outside of the bathtub, she tried to eat oatmeal with assistance then started clenching her hands.” She arrived at the hospital about 2 to 3 hours later.

“Caretakers told hospital staff that during the ride to the hospital, she sat up in the vehicle and played patty cake,” according to the autopsy. She was transported by air to a regional hospital where she was pronounced brain dead two days later. The autopsy states that the girl had moved to Tennessee to live with her father about three months before her death. The move was prompted by allegations of neglect at her previous home. A pediatric check-up about

three months before her death had shown no significant problems. She was taken to an outpatient clinic about a month before her death for excessive thirst, urination and eating, but nothing was found to be wrong with her. According to the autopsy, “Other adults who had regular contact with the child before and after her move to Tennessee describe her as a normal, healthy child and did not notice any unusual eating, drinking habits and that she did not wet her pants at school.”

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, February 7, 2014

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Administration said to ponder insurance extension By TOM MURPH AP Business Writer

The Obama administration is considering an extension of the president’s decision to let people keep their individual insurance policies even if they are not compliant with the health care overhaul, industry and government officials said Thursday. Avalere Health CEO Dan Mendelson said Thursday that the administration may let policyholders keep that coverage for as long as an additional three years, stressing that no decision has been made. Policymakers are waiting to see what rate hikes health insurers plan for the insurance exchanges that are key to the overhaul’s coverage expansions. “The administration is entertaining a range of options to ensure that this individual market has stability to it, and that would be one thing that they could do,” he said. Avalere Health is a consulting firm, but Mendelson said his company was not advising

the administration on exchange policy. He said he has had informal discussions with administration officials about the extension, but he didn’t identify them. Health and Human Services spokesman Joanne Peters confirmed that the issue is under discussion, saying: “We are continuing to examine all sorts of ways to provide consumers with more choices and to smooth the transition as we implement the law. No decisions have been made.” Aetna Inc. Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini also told analysts during a conference call Thursday to discuss quarterly earnings that he had heard the plans may be extended. Aetna is the nation’s third-largest health insurer and has about 135,000 paid customers so far through the exchanges. Aetna Chief Financial Officer Shawn Guertin said in an interview after the call that there have been discussions about whether the plans should be extended again, but he didn’t have any more details.

‘The administration is entertaining a range of options to ensure that this individual market has stability to it, and that would be one thing that they could do.’ — Dan Mendelson, Avalere Health CEO Individual policyholders were hit with a wave of cancellation notices last year because their coverage was less robust than what is required under the law, and many states allowed insurance companies to simply cancel them This became one of the most politically explosive issues in the transition to a new health insurance system under Obama’s law, which ultimately aims to cover millions of uninsured people. The wave of cancellation notices — at least 4.7 million of them — hit just when the new HealthCare.gov website was experiencing some of its worst technical problems, and it undercut the president’s well-publicized promise that if

you liked your plan you could keep it. The law included a complicated scheme called “grandfathering” to try to deliver on Obama’s pledge. It was intended to shield policies in force at the time of the law’s 2010 enactment from many new requirements, provided the policies themselves changed little. But insurers considered it impractical. And many of the cancelled individual policies would not have been eligible for relief anyway, since they were purchased after the law’s passage. The predicament of millions of Americans who had cancelled policies and a hard time getting new ones because of

the dysfunctional government website put the administration in an even more uncomfortable position. At first the White House went into damage-control mode, arguing that many of the cancelled plans were “junk” insurance and consumers would be better off with the broader coverage available through the health care law’s new insurance markets. But soon Obama was forced to reverse course, urging insurers and state regulators to allow policyholders to keep their existing plans for an additional year. Most states complied with the request. Now the administration is considering adding more time to the extension to avoid another wave of problems if rates on the exchanges climb too high and people are left without affordable coverage. Health insurers are supposed to submit by May the rates they want to charge for coverage they sell on the exchanges next year. The exchange coverage

just started last month, so that doesn’t give insurers a lot of time to figure out what sort of claims will come from this new coverage. They need to understand this before they set premiums for the next year. That means insurers may lean toward higher rate increases in 2015, to make sure they collect enough money in case medical claims come in higher than expected. Mendelson said the administration understands this and is considering ways to promote rate stability. It could wind up extending the coverage for just another year or not all. “If you’re trying to craft policy, you have to see first what’s going to happen in this market before you can respond,” he said. It’s unclear whether policyholders will find any relief if they are allowed to stay with their extended policies. Insurers in several states where extensions were allowed for 2014 have said they planned to hike the cost of those plans.

Police: Art thief among 3 held in Stradivarius violin heist By DINESH RAMDE and M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — The mystery of what happened to a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius violin stolen in a stun gun attack was answered Thursday when Milwaukee police recovered the instrument and blamed the heist at least in part on an art thief who once stole a statue from a gallery and then tried to sell it back. The violin, which was built in 1715 by the renowned Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari and valued at $5 million, was found hidden in a suitcase in the attic of a man who police said was unaware the instrument was in his home. Three people have been arrested in the case, and Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said there was no evidence of other “shadowy” figures from the art world behind the theft. “It appears we had a local criminal who had an interest in art theft and was smart enough

to develop a plan for a robbery,” Flynn said. “Beyond that, we don’t know what his motive was.” The violin, which police said appeared to be in good condition, was stolen late last month from a concert violinist who was shocked with a stun gun. His attacker grabbed the violin and hopped into a waiting vehicle. Police traced the stun gun to Universal Knowledge Allah, a 36-year-old barber, while a citizen’s tip led them to Salah Jones, the 41-year-old man convicted of stealing a $25,000 statue from a gallery at Milwaukee’s posh Pfister Hotel in 1995. Officers had the men under surveillance before arresting them Monday, along with a 32-year-old woman police have not yet identified. Police also have not said what role each suspect had in the heist. Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm said Thursday that he expected to charge at least one of the suspects Friday.

AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde

A $5 million Stradivarius violin is displayed at the Milwaukee Police Department Feb. 6, in Milwaukee, a day after police recovered the instrument stolen on Jan. 27 from a concertmaster in a parking lot by a person wielding a stun gun.

He said charges were delayed while prosecutors negotiated with one suspect for the return of the violin. The suspect led police Wednesday night to the home of an acquaintance, who had allowed the suspect to store a suitcase in his attic. It’s not clear what the suspects planned to do with the violin. Such high-value instruments are almost always welldocumented with photographs and easily identified, said David Bonsey, a New York-based violin maker and appraiser who appears on the Public Broad-

casting Service’s “Antiques Roadshow.” “There’s virtually no place that a violin like this can be taken and fenced,” Bonsey said. “You can’t take it to a pawn shop.” Some art collectors will buy stolen objects that they keep hidden for their own enjoyment, Bonsey said. But Flynn said there was no indication in this case of “shadowy figures in the art world that were trying to purchase this” violin. The violin, known in musical circles as the “Lipinski” Stradivarius because it was once played by Polish violinist

Karol Lipinski, has been appraised for insurance purposes at $5 million. It has value as a musical instrument and as a work of art, Bonsey said. The violin is “part of a body of work from someone whose work just cannot be imitated,” he said. “A lot of people do sculptures, but there’s only one Michelangelo and there’ll never be another one. There’s never going to be another Stradivarius.” Experts estimate 600 to 650 Stradivarius instruments remain — about half of what the master produced. One of the most famous is the Gibson Strad, now owned by virtuoso Joshua Bell. It was stolen from Carnegie Hall in 1936 and not found until the violinist who stole it died in the 1980s. FBI special agent David Bass, an expert in art crime, said Stradivarius thefts are reported every few years but most instruments are found — some quickly and in good condition. A Stradivarius stolen from

a South Korean musician in 2010 while she ate at a London sandwich shop was found about three years later at a property in central England. Three people were convicted in that theft. The Lipinski Stradivarius was taken from Frank Almond, concertmaster for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, as he walked to his car after a Jan. 27 performance at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Mark Niehaus, the orchestra’s president and executive director, said the instrument appeared in good shape, but Almond, who also teaches music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., was out of town and still needed to inspect it. The violin was on loan to Almond by its owner. Such arrangements are common in classical music in part because most artists can’t afford instruments worth millions of dollars. The owners benefit as well because use keeps the instruments in good shape and can add to their value.

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World

Syrian rebels free hundreds in attack on prison By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

BEIRUT — A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of a Syrian prison Thursday and rebels stormed in behind him, freeing hundreds of inmates as part of an offensive aimed at capturing key government symbols around the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. Government forces, meanwhile, dropped crude “barrel bombs” in deadly airstrikes as both sides escalated their fight for the strategic city ahead of a second round of peace talks set for next week. Opposition leaders threatened to suspend the talks over the barrel bombings. In the past six days alone, the makeshift weapons — containers packed with explosives, fuel and scrap metal — have killed more than 250 people in Aleppo, including 73 children, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. They include at least 11 who died Thursday — six of them

from the same family — in the opposition-held neighborhood of Masaken Hanano. Videos uploaded by activists showed the aftermath, including men weeping amid ravaged buildings and corpses covered with blankets on the pavement. “Be careful. There’s a corpse under your feet. .. It’s a child!” someone shouted. The videos were consistent with reporting by The Associated Press. In other developments, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government said it has reached an agreement with the United Nations to let hundreds of trapped civilians leave besieged parts of the city of Homs and permit U.N. humanitarian relief convoys to enter. In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Jen Psaki welcomed the agreement, which is expected to be carried out on Friday, but warned: “We should not be giving credit to a regime just for providing food for a few days to people who are starving, given that’s the

right moral thing to do. This is something they should have been doing all along.” The rebels in Aleppo declared a push to seize the city’s central prison and the Kweiras military air base to the east. Opposition fighters have been trying to capture the installations for months. Thursday’s offensive began when a Chechen suicide bomber from the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front attacked the prison gates, according to the Observatory. Rebel fighters then managed to gain control of large parts of the compound. By evening, heavy clashes between the rebels and soldiers were raging inside. The Observatory and other activists said the rebels freed several hundred prisoners. State-run Syrian television said the army foiled an attempt by “terrorist groups” to attack the prison. Rebels have been besieging the prison, estimated to have 4,000 inmates, for almost a year. They have rammed suicide car

bombs into the front gates twice, lobbed shells into the compound and battled frequently with the hundreds of guards and troops holed up inside. The nearly 3-year-old uprising against Assad has left more than 130,000 people dead and forced more than 2.3 million to seek refuge abroad. The Syrian government has not said whether it plans to take part in the proposed new round of U.N.-hosted peace negotiations in Geneva, although its chief ally, Russia, expressed confidence earlier this week that the government would indeed return. Michel Kilo, a senior opposition figure and member of the negotiating team, said he and other figures were discussing suspending the peace talks until the government halts its “hysterical” use of barrel bombs. “The Syrian regime is not interested in a political solution. ... They see the talks as an opportunity to advance on the ground,” he told the AP.

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In this picture taken on Jan. 31, a citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian family members run in the street following an attack by a Syrian government forces warplane, in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian military helicopters dropped barrels packed with explosives on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, killing at least a dozen of people including a family trapped in a car, as government forces inched closer to opposition-held areas.

United States sees Russian hand in envoy’s bugged call By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON — Two senior American diplomats, thinking their conversation about the Ukraine was secure and private, were caught disparaging the European Union in a phone call that was apparently bugged, and U.S. officials say they strongly suspect Russia of leaking the conversation. The suspicions were aired Thursday after audio of the call was posted to the Internet and amid continuing criticism of the United States in Europe and elsewhere over NSA spying on foreign leaders and U.S. They also came as the Russia-hosted Winter Olympics

opened under tight security to prevent possible terrorist attacks and highlighted distrust between Washington and Moscow that has thrived despite the Obama administration’s attempt to “reset” relations with the Kremlin. The White House and State Department stopped just short of directly accusing Russia of surreptitiously recording the call between the top US diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. But both took pains to point out that a Russian government official was the first or among the first to call attention to the audio of the conversation that was posted on YouTube. The State

Department said the incident marked a “new low in Russian tradecraft.” White House spokesman Jay Carney pointed to the Russian official’s tweet and Russia’s clear interest in what has become a struggle between pro-Moscow and pro-Western camps in the former Soviet Republic. “I would say that since the video was first noted and tweeted out by the Russian government, I think it says something about Russia’s role,” Carney told reporters. He would not comment on the substance of the conversation, in which the Nuland and Pyatt voices also discuss their opinion of various Ukrainian opposition figures. In the audio, voices resem-

bling those of Nuland and Pyatt discuss international efforts to resolve Ukraine’s ongoing political crisis. At one point, the Nuland voice colorfully suggests that the EU’s position should be ignored. “F--- the EU,” the female voice said. An aide to Russian deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, was among the first to tweet about the YouTube video, which shows photos of Nuland and Pyatt and is subtitled in Russian. In the tweet, posted some seven hours before existence of the video became widely known on Thursday, the Rogozin aide, Dmitry Loskutov, opined: “Sort of controversial judgment from Assistant Secretary of State

Victoria Nuland speaking about the EU.” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki did not dispute the authenticity of the recording and said that Nuland had apologized to European Union officials for her remarks. Psaki said, however, that Moscow’s apparent role in publicizing the video was “a new low in Russian tradecraft.” The YouTube video was posted on Feb. 4 and is titled the “Marionettes of Maidan” in Russian. Maidan is the name of the main square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, which has become the center of opposition protests. In the audio, Nuland and Pyatt discuss their views of

various opposition figures and whether or not they should take positions in the government. The U.S. has repeatedly denied allegations, many of them from Russian officials, that it is taking sides in the Ukraine crisis and Psaki repeated that stance on Thursday. “It is no secret that Ambassador Pyatt and Assistant Secretary Nuland have been working with the government of Ukraine, with the opposition, with business and civil society leaders to support their efforts,” Psaki said. “It shouldn’t be a surprise that at any points there have been discussions about recent events and offers and what is happening on the ground.”

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Banned carry-on items get through security By KARL RITTER Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia — Despite a temporary Russian ban on liquids in carry-on luggage, some air travelers heading to the Sochi Olympics through Moscow brought toothpaste and other toiletries past security checkpoints without any problems. Security concerns ahead of the Sochi Games were renewed after the U.S. Homeland Security Department warned airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives into the country in toothpaste tubes. The agency on Thursday banned all liquids from carryon luggage for nonstop flights from the U.S. to Russia. Yet six Associated Press employees arriving in Moscow from across the world or beginning their journey there passed through security without having to remove toothpaste, hand lotion or water

bottles from their carry-on luggage. Another AP journalist, arriving in Moscow from Singapore, said a security official checked his deodorant and then returned it, but didn’t notice or make mention of a very small tube of toothpaste. Other air travelers heading to Sochi also said their experience of Russian airport security was surprisingly hassle-free. “It was pretty chill. I had an empty 1 ½-liter water bottle because I was hoping to fill it up on the plane but no one checked it,” said Matt Segal, an Australian tourist who traveled from Moscow to Sochi on Thursday. “No one has pulled it out and asked about it.” The no-liquids rule applies to anyone departing from a Russian airport, including transit passengers, said Russian Transport Ministry spokeswoman Nataliya Nesterova. She said it was up to airports to make sure it is enforced. The sporadic enforcement underscores the difficulty that

‘It was pretty chill. I had an empty 1 ½-liter water bottle because I was hoping to fill it up on the plane but no one checked it. No one has pulled it out and asked about it.’ — Matt Segal, Australian tourist governments face in ensuring that airport personnel in many places, screening thousands of impatient people in a compressed period of time, maintain consistent practices as they try to prevent attacks. And even if practices are consistent inside a single country, the many points of transit that travelers pass through en route to Sochi fall under the jurisdiction of multiple governments. An AP journalist starting a three-leg trip to Sochi in Detroit on Thursday had to leave his toothpaste and deodorant behind after an airline official

told him he couldn’t bring those items to Russia in his carry-on luggage. Moscow airport officials didn’t return calls Thursday seeking comment about enforcement of the ban, which runs from January to April, well after the Olympics and Paralympics end. Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Kozak had no comment on the toothpaste warning from Homeland Security in the U.S. “I don’t have any reaction at this point. We’re checking this information,” Kozak told reporters at a news conference in

Olympic Park. He said Russia can guarantee the safety of people attending the Sochi Games as efficiently as any other government hosting a major event. “I believe that warnings about Sochi, about Russia were superfluous, and the threat levels in Sochi are just like they are in Boston or London,” he said. “I would like to reiterate that security in Sochi will be no worse than in New York, London, Washington or Boston.” Some AP employees traveling directly to Sochi from Frankfurt, Germany, passed through security there carrying travel-sized liquids, including toothpaste. A photographer who brought a Ziploc bag with a half a dozen liquid items said he was asked to take it out in Boston, where he began his trip, but security officials in Frankfurt left it in the bag, while inspecting his camera equipment. No-liquid rules appear to be

enforced more strictly at train stations in the Sochi area. One AP journalist was stopped Feb. 2 at a security checkpoint in the train station in Krasnaya Polyana, the mountain hub for the games, because his hand luggage contained a tube of leather conditioner. He was asked to open it, stick a finger in it and rub it onto his shoe. Another AP journalist who carried a water bottle at a train station in Sochi had to hand it over to security officials who examined it with a scanning device to make sure its contents were not flammable. In late December, bombings of a train station and an electric trolleybus killed 34 people in the southern city of Volgograd, heightening security fears ahead of the Sochi Olympics. The leader of the Caucasus Emirate, an umbrella group for militants seeking to establish an independent Islamic state in the North Caucasus, has urged his followers to strike the Winter Olympics.

Turkish Internet restrictions raise more concerns By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — New Internet restrictions approved by parliament are raising concerns the government is trying to control the flow of information amid a corruption scandal, and a senior European official on Thursday called the measures “a step back” for media freedom. Under the legislation approved Wednesday, the country’s telecommunications authority would be allowed to block websites or remove content that is deemed to be in violation of privacy without seeking court approval. Internet providers would also be forced to keep data on peoples’ online activities and make them available to authorities when requested. The bill, which still needs to be signed by President Abdullah Gul, would extend the government’s already tight grip on the Internet. Turkey, which

hopes to become a member of the European Union, has already come under criticism for censorship and restriction on media freedoms. In a tweet, European Parliament President Martin Schulz called the legislation “a step back in an already suffocating environment for media freedom.” The government has rejected accusations of censorship and says the legislation will protect privacy. Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher at Human

‘The last thing Turkey needs right now is more censorship.’ — Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch Rights Watch, said: “The last thing Turkey needs right now is more censorship.” She urged Gul to “veto these new measures to ensure Turkey does not violate its obligations to respect the right to access to informa-

tion, freedom of expression, and privacy rights.” The legislation comes at a time when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has been trying to contain a corruption and bribery scan-

dal that led him to dismiss four government ministers. Erdogan’s government has replaced hundreds of police officials and prosecutors since the scandal erupted in December, including many involved in the investigation. Turkish news reports say those moves have thwarted a second probe that sought to question his son and others. Erdogan insists the probe is a conspiracy to discredit his government before local elections in March. In recent days, some record-

ings of wiretapped telephone conversations allegedly involving Erdogan or businessmen have been leaked onto the Internet. “The aim is to drown the allegations instead of investigating them,” said Riza Turmen, a legislator from the main opposition People’s Party, during the debate in parliament. More than 40,000 websites, many of them pornographic, are blocked in Turkey, according to Engelli Web, a site which monitors banned websites.

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Look for the positives in love and marriage

upid’s arrows are flying through the mail again and I’m somewhat of an authority on the subject of the season. I’ve been in love with the same woman since we were teenagers and we’re heading toward our sixty-fourth wedding anniversary. Add to that the many weddings at which I’ve officiated and you’ll see there’s a case for my claim. One of the tenderest times in the sequence of events leading to marriage is the first appointment with the minister. Two young lovers enter the pastor’s study, hand in hand, with stars in their eyes, to talk about getting married. For this important occasion, I settled on a plan that I thought would help them throughout their life together. First, I asked the prospective groom why he wanted to marry this

his answer, this man who was soon to pledge his love for life would come up with some reasons for doing so. Then I asked the same question of the intended bride, who often quickly volunteered several reasons for her Roger C ampbell love. Following this, I asked both of woman. His answer was always esthem to enlarge on their love lists and sentially the same: because he loved bring them to our next appointment. her. At our second meeting, I carefully “Why do you love her?” I then went over both lists and returned asked. them, saying, “You are each marrying An awkward period of silence an imperfect person. You both have often followed that question, during faults that will begin to show up after which I felt sorry for the bride-to-be you’re married and that will be the whose future husband couldn’t think time to review your lists again. of anything to say. What was I trying to do? One answered, “Well, it’s not I was making an effort to teach because of her looks!” these who were soon to be married I’ve often wondered why we didn’t how to build a lasting relationship lose that one. by focusing on their strong points, Finally, after time to think about the positive characteristics that had

Church News Peninsula Christian Center hosts special services Peninsula Christian Center, located at 161 Farnsworth Boulevard behind the Salvation Army, in Soldotna, is having special meetings tonight, Saturday, and two services on Sunday. Dr. Yan Venter will be the speaker. He is on the Gospel mission to impact towns and cities by stimulating revival in local churches; to bring about lasting change in the lives of the people of God; to help the local church member develop a fresh hunger for a real move of the Holy Spirit; and to reach the world with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus, demonstrating his message with signs, wonders and miracles following the dynamic preaching of the Word of God. Tonight and Saturday evening the services start at 6:30 p.m. The Sunday Services will be at 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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brought them together. Ruining a marriage is easy. All you have to do is accentuate the negative. Those who build on faults shouldn’t be surprised when earthquakes come. An unhappy woman thought there was no way to save her marriage. Sitting across the desk from me, she told the reasons for her pessimism and unfolded a bitter story about her husband’s faults. He was neglectful, unloving and unspiritual. “Is there anything good about him?” I asked. She hadn’t thought about that in a long time. After a few moments of silence, she started naming a few redeeming qualities in this scoundrel and before she left my office her attitude had changed. He wasn’t so bad after all.

Thursdays at noon through Feb. 13. p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thank For more information call Carole at 283- you for your support. 7772 or the church at 283-7672.

Sterling church hosts AWANA

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church

Sterling Baptist Church is starting an AWANA program this year, every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. The club will meet at Sterling Baptist Church. Children 3 years old through sixth grade are welcome. Call Sterling Baptist for more information at 262-4711.

First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public.

Calvary Baptist hosts AWANA

United Methodist Church provides food pantry

Calvary Baptist Church in Kenai is offering AWANA for kids ages 3 through 6th grade. AWANA (www.awana.org) is an international kids club. Each week, participants will memorize Bible verses, play games, hear Bible lessons, and earn rewards. Beginning Sunday, the club will meet at Kenai Middle School from 5:25-7:15 p.m. Use the back doors. To register or for more information, call 283-4781 or visit www.kenaicalvary.org.

The Midnight Son Seventh Day Adventist Church invites the public to watch a Hidden Food Pantry open weekly Talent Show at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at the church, The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every located Mile 8.2 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai. For more information, call Toni Loop Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be experiencing at 740-1476. food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 Bible study under way South Binkley Street. Non-perishable food The First Baptist Church of Kenai is host- items or monetary donations may be dropped ing a Bible study titled “If you want to walk off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on water, you’ve got to get out of the boat” on Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email kumcalaska@gmail. com.

Clothes Quarters open weekly Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555. Submit church news to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Looking for the best in others is not a denial of their shortcomings. On the contrary, it simply recognizes their faults and then acts in love. This is exactly how the Lord responds to our failures. In spite of our blunders and mistakes along the way, He loves us, meets us where we are and offers us forgiveness. That’s why grace is so amazing: it’s extended to the undeserving. There are no perfect people and therefore no perfect marriages. But there is hope: those who respond in faith to God’s love will discover the secret that makes love and marriage last. Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net.

Pope’s Harley donated for charity auction PARIS — A Harley-Davidson motorcycle donated last year to Pope Francis is being sold at a Paris auction to benefit charity. It’s unknown whether the pontiff ever rode the custom 2013 Dyna Super Glide that was a gift from Willie Davidson, a retired Harley-Davidson designer and grandson of the company’s co-founder. The pope’s hog is expected to fetch between 12,000 and 15,000 euros ($16,000-$20,000) when it goes under the hammer Thursday at the Grand Palais, said Ben Walker, head of collector motorcycles at the auction house Bonhams, which is organizing the sale. Money from the sale will be donated to the Rome-based charity Caritas Roma, which runs a soup kitchen and a hostel for the homeless in the eternal city.

‘Merry Christmas’ bill passes Indiana Senate INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s state Senate has unanimously passed a bill to allow the celebration of Christmas and other holidays in its public schools. The legislation would allow schools to decorate with Nativity scenes or menorahs if paired with a secular symbol or one from another religion. Legislation also would permit schools to teach the history of winter holidays and to give holiday greetings, such as “Merry Christmas.” Ten other states have proposed similar laws. The Indiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union says the bill would be unconstitutional and would allow public schools to endorse religion. — The Associated Press

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days. The council voted 5-2 in favor of the letter as long as mayor Porter signed it. Council members Mike Boyle and Robert Molloy voted against the letter. Boyle said he felt the issue doesn’t involve the city directly and had a cause for concern that the bill is just another way of politicians taking money away from providers. Molloy said he would have liked time to hear from health care providers about the effect of the bill. Council member Tim Navarre said he supports the bill because a lot of local businesses have workers’ compensation and the state should look at changing the billing. The House Labor and Commerce committee will hold a hearing on Friday to discuss HB 141 in Juneau.

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Alaska appropriations, but has been waiting on 65 percent from the federal government to address the coastal erosion issue. The Army Corps of Engineers has spent $5 million on an economic feasibility study and also conducted other studies to find an engineering solution to erosion along the mouth of the Kenai River, but the city has been waiting for a final authorization from the undersecretary for the past three years, Koch said. Bluff erosion has been calculated at an average of 3 feet per year, he said. “In the time this has been the city’s number one priority, at least 60 feet of that bluff is gone,” Koch said. “It is in an area of Old Town of historical and archeological significance land is being lost. Hopefully, we came make some positive inroads and come back with positive news. We just need to keep pushing.” If the base of the slope can be stabilized, which studies have shown can be done, over time the bluff will stabilize, he said. While the rest of the city council recognized the importance of the trip, council members Terry Bookey and Ryan Marquis questioned how the travel expenses will be handled and noted no policy has been in place for determining who should go and how it should be paid. The council then came to an agreement to decide on a policy for council travel at a scheduled work session on March 4 at 7 p.m. The council also rescheduled the Personal Use Fishery work session to March 4 at 6 p.m. so Koch could attend.

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harvest.” Roberts said, and ADFG data shows, 4-ocean kings to make up the largest component of the early run of Kenai king salmon. However, U.S. Fish and Wildlife service 2013 fish-count data from the early run showed almost 80 percent of the run to be composed of young adult male fish — typically called jack kings — and ADFG managers said they would be changing their netting program during the 2014 season to account for younger, smaller fish that are swimming behind the sonar counters and could be skewing age-class data. Roberts said the early run of Kenai king salmon was current-

ly returning in low numbers, but the slot limit could be problematic when runs returned in higher numbers. “They took the largest component of the run out of play, we won’t be able to harvest enough of the run to meet the escapement goal,” he said. “We’re going to have lost opportunity and wasted fish.”

Slikok Creek The second group of proposals passed by the board expanded a sanctuary area around the mouth of Slikok Creek and added more than two miles of river to a geographical area bound by early-run king salmon conservation measures when the river enters late run king salmon management in July. ADFG managers submitted the first proposal which established the lower boundary of

the Slikok Creek king salmon sanctuary as the lower bound for standard regulations and emergency order actions in July — the former boundary was the Soldotna Bridge. The 2.5 mile addition expands the area of the river subject to the early run slot limit and prohibition of bait from July 1-14 — though the late run of Kenai king salmon which technically starts on the Kenai River on July 1 is not always bound by those restrictions. “We started coming down to the area below Slikok Creek because of the weir counts that we were seeing there,” said Jason Pawluk, assistant area management biologist for ADFG. “So our concern was trying to do everything we could when we had low early runs and we extended the restrictions to protect that particular stock.” The extension will affect

sport fishers who fish from the bank at Soldotna’s Centennial Park, a popular summer sport fishing spot. The sanctuary area around Slikok Creek was expanded to include an additional 200 yards of the river upstream of the current area. From Jan. 1-July 31 the area is closed to king salmon fishing, closed to sport fishing from a boat and is fly-fishing only water. The Kenai Area Fishermen’s coalition submitted the proposal and ADFG managers supported it based on radio-tagging data that showed a Slikok Creekbound king salmon swimming for an extended period of time in the area now protected by the expanded sanctuary. Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

Native health leaders stress Medicaid issues By MATT WOOLBRIGHT Morris News Service-Alaska Juneau Empire

Three representatives from Alaska Native community the City of Kenai will travel leaders from around the state to Washington D.C. later this converged on the capital city month to lobby for federal this week for the Alaska Native funding to address the city’s Health Board’s “Mega MeetNo. 1 priority for more than 20 ing,” and one issue stood out years — bluff erosion. among the rest: Medicaid. At the Kenai City CounMore specifically, delayed cil meeting Wednesday night, Medicaid payments from the Porter, Koch and Navarre constate and a host of other technifirmed the trio has scheduled cal glitches. the trip for Feb. 24 to meet with “To say we’ve been imcongressional delegates and pacted is an understatement,” the undersecretary for the U.S. Roald Helgesen, CEO of the Army Corp of Engineers to Alaska Natives Tribal Health push for the final project review Consortium, said during a prior to funding. meeting with state officials Koch said the city has alWednesday. “We’ve been sigready secured its 35 percent of the funding through a $2 milReach Dan Balmer at dan- nificantly impacted ... it’s an lion bond from Kenai voters iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. incredible administrative burden.” and $10 million from State of com. The delays and burden stem from the state switching its onreally say anything and so I’m line Medicaid payment process very skeptical that a third well system four months ago on Oct. would have told us anything 1. Since the new system — Continued from page A-1 different or anything new,” Ar- named Enterprise and managed ness said. by Xerox — went live, providthe site. They drilled a well last He said he is waiting to see summer to about 125 feet and how the borough’s plans protested it. ceed and its results before doIt showed, 0.012 parts per ing any further work, especially million of trichlorethane, a with a “low-level contaminacleaning solvent, the same level tion” result from testing from Continued from page A-1 as a previously tested well. last summer. He said that’s about 1/20th “I talked with several people man, R-Kodiak, told reporters of what’s considered safe in about it and virtually everyone he wouldn’t say he’d oppose drinking water. Joe Arness said of them said, ‘There’s not much the final version of the proposal they drilled through the “worst you can do about cleaning it up until he sees it. The proposal’s primary spot,” so if there was serious anyway,’” Arness said. “One contamination, that’s where it hundred twenty feet down over sponsor, Rep. Les Gara, D-Anwould be. time it will deteriorate, but it chorage, told the House State He said they considered takes a long time when it’s un- Affairs Committee that cutting the dividend would be a regresdrilling a third well to help de- derground like that.” sive step. He said recipients termine groundwater flow direction. Kaylee Osowski can be use dividends for necessities or “But the information from reached at kaylee.osowski@ otherwise buy things, pumping money into the economy. the first two wells … it didn’t peninsulaclarion.com. He said with the state facing financial pressures, the first place people will look to help blunt the impact will be the Bill banning cellphone use while dividend. He said he wants to driving near schools advances guard against that. House State Affairs CommitJUNEAU — A legislative committee advanced a bill tee chair Bob Lynn, R-AnchorThursday allowing municipalities to ban the use of cellphones age, said the panel would probwhile driving in a school zone or on school property. ably hear the proposal again. The Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee Voters in 1976, during consigned off on the measure, which would give municipalities struction of the trans-Alaska such an option since state law stipulates all traffic laws must pipeline system, approved a be uniform across Alaska. The bill sponsored by Sen. Kevin constitutional amendment esMeyer, R-Anchorage, allows municipalities to pass ordinanctablishing the Permanent Fund. es covering the use of cellphones at school crossings and on According to the Alaska Perschool property, but it does not require them to do so. manent Fund Corp., the idea

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ers have had trouble with filing claims and getting payments back. The four months of glitches will continue to affect healthcare providers around the state long after the problems are corrected, Helgesen said. “This will continue to be an administrative nightmare going forward,” he said, adding that wait times for providers calling in are regularly 30 minutes or more. For tribal callers those can be up to three hours, he said. Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner William Streur met the leaders from the ANHB for a couple hours Wednesday to answer questions and discuss the various concerns.

“It was an open discussion — more frank comments and honest concerns, and nobody threw darts,” Streur said after the meeting. “We’re actually getting to solutions. We got good suggestions to work on during and after the meeting.” According to several who spoke during the conversational meeting Wednesday, those solutions are sorely needed in the near future. “Delays in the system can create or exacerbate already urgent situations,” said Donna Bach, the public relations director for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. For example, providers around the state have reported instances of not being able to get patients to proper medi-

cal facilities as soon as they would like because delays from the Medicaid payment system cause them to miss securing open seats on flights unless they pull money out of their own pockets. “We need to save lives, and these delays can complicate that,” Bach said, adding after the meeting that the system’s issues are “unfortunate because patient care is being compromised.” Craig Steffen, senior vicepresident at Xerox, also attended the meeting to convey what the company is doing to ensure the problems — such as the three-hour waits and a bevy of technical issues with filing claims — do not persist. “I want to apologize for that,” Steffen said of the long wait times, adding that the company has increased staffing across the state and is currently reviewing recorded calls to make more changes. “We are putting forth a great deal of effort to get this right,” he said.

was to save part of the state’s oil money for future generations. Several years later, a law establishing a dividend program was passed. The first dividends were paid in 1982. While the fund itself was created by a constitutional amendment, the dividend was not. Dividends are distributed annually to Alaska residents who meet certain requirements. The amount is based on a five-year

average of the Alaska Permanent Fund’s investment earnings. Last year, dividend recipients each received $900. According to a 2013 Legislative Research brief requested by Sen. Bill Wielechowski, DAnchorage, there have been debates over possible uses of Permanent Fund earnings since the program’s inception. The brief, by legislative analyst Susan Haymes, says legislative ses-

sions with budget deficits saw more measures proposing use of fund earnings for government services. Jay Hammond, who as governor proposed the constitutional amendment establishing the fund, was part of a failed 2002 initiative effort to protect the dividend formula. It was rejected for relating to subject matter that cannot be tackled by an initiative.

‘This will continue to be an administrative nightmare going forward.’ — Roald Helgesen, CEO, Alaska Natives Tribal Health Consortium

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Kenai’s Steffensens seek state titles By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

After winning a pair of Northern Lights Conference wrestling titles on Saturday, Ellery and Paul Steffensen will now attempt to become one of the only pairs of brothers to win a state championship on the same day. The tournament begins today at Bartlett High School in Anchorage with the qualifying rounds, consisting of preliminaries and championship quarterfinals, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meet continues with semifinal rounds at 6 p.m. The championship rounds for each weight class begin at 5 p.m. Saturday. The Johnson brothers from Nikiski High School squared off for the 195-pound state title in the Class 1-23A tournament in 2012, with senior Lincoln getting the win over freshman Luke, but luckily for the Steffensens, both are in a different weight class, so they won’t have to go through each other for it. Skyview’s Eli and Michaela Hutchison both won a state title on the same day in 2006, as Michaela became the

first girl to win a state title in boys wrestling. The way they have been wrestling this year, there’s a strong chance the Steffensens will both get a state title. The brothers are a combined 40-0 this year in matches, and both are ranked first in their respective weight classes. “Brothers are good for each other,” Kenai coach Stan Steffensen said. “At the end of the season, they’re enjoying wrestling each other in drills, and we’re looking pretty good.” As a freshman who just celebrated his 15th birthday Saturday while standing at the top of the podium at the conference tournament, Paul isn’t fazed by the pressure. Of course, when you’re a six-time national champion, winning a region title seems a lot easier. Stan mentioned that Paul has competed at Idaho State’s Holt Arena football field, which was used as the venue for the national championships. Twenty wrestling mats were put on the field, and under the lights, the pressure can easily get to any athlete. “Those challenges happen to all those kids,” Steffensen said. “If you wrestle your best in any kind of en-

vironment, being that he’s won six national titles, I think sometimes that experience can really help.” Paul and Ellery are not the only pair of brothers from Kenai that are competing at state. Brett and Tyler Brown also made the cut. Both finished fourth in their weight classes at the conference meet — Brett, a sophomore, at 182 pounds and Tyler, a senior, at 195. “We’re excited about the Browns and us, it’ll be a pretty neat thing,” Steffensen said. Kenai is bringing 10 wrestlers, while Soldotna qualified all three of the athletes that competed at the region meet last weekend. Along with Tyler, two other Kenai seniors will be ending their high school careers this weekend — Dustin Everitt at 138 pounds and Mike Olson at 152. The Kardinals will also be represented by Matt Vandermartin at 132 pounds (finished third at the conference tourney), Dylan Carter at 160 pounds (finished fourth), Kyle Hunter at 182 (finished second) and Zach Koziczkowski at 220 (finished third). Stan said that while Carter is off

the rankings list of top six wrestlers, he beat Cesar Guzman of East at the West Classic tournament in December. Guzman won the Cook Inlet Conference championship last week at 170 pounds. The Soldotna Stars wrestling team is batting a thousand — SoHi coach Scooter Hackett took a total of three wrestlers to the conference meet last weekend, and all three of them made the cut for the state tournament. Freshman Atom Skiba finished fourth in the 113-pound weight division, junior Hunter Bourgeois took fourth at the 152-pound division, and sophomore Dalton Best won his fifthplace match to qualify for state in the heavyweight division. It also represents the debut of all three SoHi wrestlers, but for coach Hackett, the tournament will be the last he’ll see as a head coach at Soldotna. Hackett said he decided to step down as head coach, in large part due to a leg injury he suffered last May at a wrestling tournament that has limited his ability to teach. “I really just want to thank every-

body,” Hackett said. “It’s hard for me to do everything I want to do. I still want to be part of the team though.” Hackett said he would like to return next season as an assistant coach, hopefully under the guidance of longtime Skyview coach Neldon Gardner. The Soldotna head coaching position hasn’t been determined yet for next year, but Gardner would fit that slot easily, as Skyview will be closing its doors this spring, and Gardner brings nearly 30 years of coaching experience. In an email, Hackett states that, “Bill Carlson invited me into his room six years ago. Bill was a huge part of my opportunity to be a head coach at SoHi. We’ve made a lot of great memories together. He’s always been good to me, and Bill, I will be forever grateful.” In his fifth year as the SoHi head coach, Hackett said his expectations heading into this weekend’s state meet are the same as usual. “I just want them to go out and wrestle their best match,” Hackett said. “We’re proud of them, and we’re excited about it. All of their goals were to make it to state, and they did it.”

Kenai, SoHi notch wins Clarion and Frontiersman staff reports

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion

Kenai River forward Nathan Colwell (center) reacts after chipping in the game-winning goal with less than two minutes remaining Thursday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The Brown Bears went on to win 4-3 over the Austin Bruins, despite giving up two third-period goals. Brown Bears forwards Albin Karlsson (top) and Alec Butcher (left) assisted on the play.

Brown Bears get past Bruins By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

After losing a three-goal lead late in the going against the Austin (Minn.) Bruins, the Kenai River Brown Bears escaped with a 4-3 victory Thursday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Nathan Colwell chipped in the game-winner with 1 minute, 59 seconds, left in regulation after getting an assist from behind the net. The win was also important because it lifted the Bears (2217-6) into playoff contention, replacing Wenatchee, Wash., (22-18-5) in fourth place in the

North American Hockey League Midwest Division standings. Wenatchee lost to Fairbanks Thursday, and the two points Kenai River garnered leaves them with 50 points, one ahead of the Wild. “Every single game, you want to gain on the teams in front of you,” said Kenai River

coach Geoff Beauparlant. “The only way to do that is win and collect points.” Midway through the second period, the Bears had established a 3-0 lead — one of them a short-handed goal — and looked to be keeping the pressure on Austin, but the Bruins See BEARS, page B-4

SoHi girls fall to Chugiak in OT For South, Taylor Murray The Soldotna girls basketball and Zulai Cole had 12 points team lost in their first game of apiece. the Gold Tournament at the Dimond Lady Lynx Prep Shootout Nenana Invitational in Anchorage on Thursday. Tournament The Stars fell to Chugiak 5754 in overtime. SoHi outscored The Nikolaevsk girls basketthe Mustangs 14-7 in the fourth ball team opened up the Nenana quarter to forge a tie, but then Invitational with a 62-28 victowas outscored 10-7 in over- ry over Huslia on Thursday. time. The Warriors led 10-8 after Katelynn Kerkvliet had 16 the first quarter, but opened up points and 17 rebounds for the a 28-10 lead at the half. NianStars, while Julie Litchfield had iella Dorvall had 21 for Niko15 points and Kelci Benson laevsk, while Sophia Kalugin pumped in 10 points. had 14 and Kilina Klaich added For Chugiak, Brandy Book- 11. For Huslia, Kelly Sam had out had 19 points, while Ash- 10 points. lynn Burgess had 14 points. The Warriors face Susitna Kenai is playing in the Ma- Valley today. The Rams topped roon Tournament after losing Fort Yukon 44-23 on Thursday. on the tourney’s first day. The The Cook Inlet Academy Kardinals topped South 43-40 girls also opened with a win, and will play Palmer, which topping Tri-Valley 39-37. The beat Lathrop 36-18, today at 8 Viking Warriors outscored the p.m. Eagles 15-6 in the final quarter, Justice English had 13 points but came up just short. and 13 rebounds to lead the Nicole Moffis had 14 for Kardinals, while Lara Creigh- CIA, while Madison Orth addton and Abby Beck each had 12 ed 11. Zabrina Byfuglien had rebounds. See PREP, page B-4

HOMER — The Palmer Moose appeared to be headed to overtime. But a last-second Soldotna shot stunned the Moose and ended Palmer’s 2013-14 season. Soldotna forward Ty Fenton ripped a shot into the back of the Palmer net during the final second of regulation to give the Stars a 3-2 victory during the first round of the North Star Conference championships in Homer on Thursday evening. The Kenai Kardinals later moved on in a much less dramatic fashion, topping Homer 4-1. With NSC rivals Palmer and Soldotna knotted at 2 and his team skating on the power play, Fenton took a centering pass from defenseman Jacob O’Lena and managed to snap the puck into the net before the final buzzer sounded. Nick Wrobel started the play, moving the puck to O’Lena in the neutral zone. O’Lena skated down into the corner and behind the Palmer net. As the final seconds ticked off the thirdperiod clock, O’Lena was able to slip a pass to the slot to set up the score. It was the second power-play goal for Soldotna, the No. 3 seed in the tourney, and helped set up a semifinal match with second-seeded Colony. The teams face off Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Homer.

Palmer, the No. 6 seed, took an early lead, scoring within the first four minutes of regulation. Taylor Foster scored on the power play, knocking the rebound of a Jarrett Johns shot at the 3:44 mark. Less than four minutes later, with the Stars skating on the power play, Kenny Griffin tied the game with a rebound goal of his own. A Wrobel shot set up the Griffin goal. Wrobel gave his team the lead early in the third period. Parked at the bottom of the left wing circle, Wrobel knocked a puck in the net to give SoHi the 2-1 advantage. Later in the third, Foster scored again to tie the score at 2. After a Palmer shot from the right point, the puck took a bounce off a Soldotna skate. During a scramble for the puck, Foster was able to knock it in. Palmer was within reach of scoring a first-round upset as the sixth seed for the second straight year. Last year, sixthseeded Palmer beat Colony in the first round. The game also marked the third time Palmer suffered a 3-2 loss to the Stars this season. Kenai received two goals from Jake Eubank in topping Homer 4-1. It was the fourth time this season the Kards have topped the Mariners. Isaac Mese started the scoring for Kenai, assisted by Ross Hanson. Then Nathan Zorbas See PUCK, page B-4

SoHi grad in Sochi as Peru’s ski coach By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Staff report

The thrill of competition never gets old for many athletes, and for Soldotna’s Andy Liebner, the push to prove himself against some of the world’s best cross-country skiers has been a lifelong objective. But for now, he will be facing the challenges of being a coach, rather than an athlete. The 2001 Soldotna High School graduate is currently in Sochi, Russia, where he is preparing to execute his duties as head coach of the Peruvian cross-country ski team for the Winter Olympics. It’s a long ways away from his hometown of Soldotna, where he made his name as the first runner from the Kenai Peninsula to win the Class 4A boys state cross-country running championship in 2000. Liebner also became the first cross-country skier from the Peninsula to win the Besh Cup. This year, Peru only features one cross-country skier, and his name is Roberto Carcelen,

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a 43-year-old athlete whose career mirrors Liebner’s in many ways, the most obvious being that both have achieved big goals on the international level after growing up in small towns. However, unlike Liebner, Carcelen took up the sport at a late age on a competitive level at 36. In professional skiing today, that’s often considered retirement. “The message I want to put out there to the younger generation is that, even though you may feel the world is so far away and you may feel stuck in a small town, you can achieve anything and reach any level of success if you have the passion, drive, and communication skills amongst other things,” Liebner wrote in a recent email. “Everyone is just as connected to the planet as anyone else. Live on!” Carcelen was the flag bearer for Peru at the most recent Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C., in 2010, leading his nation into the Olympic stadium for the See SKI, page B-4

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Questioning White’s courage is ludicrous W

hen Shaun White pulled out of his first event at the Sochi Olympics, saying the slopestyle course was too risky for him, the verdict from spiteful voices on Twitter who have nothing good to say in 140 characters or less was instant and cruel. Chicken, the meanest ones said of the two-time Olympic snowboarding champion, or unpublishable words to that effect. How wrong. Sochi could make a strong argument that for the next 17 days, it is hosting the largest gathering of brave souls on the planet. To accuse winter Olympians —White included — of being short on courage — is absurd. Leaving aside curling — which as a sedate pastime shouldn’t be rubbing shoulders with other Olympic sports — the Winter Games are a strange world inhabited by people who shrug in the face of danger, poke peril in the eye, accept risk as their companion and consider all that to be normal.

It is a place where guys and gals who hurl themselves down icy chutes on sleds aren’t carted off to asylums but are awarded shiny medals. There are athletes here who should be on sick beds not ski slopes, competing with aches, pains and ailments they embrace as part of their job and with knees, ligaments, shoulders and other body parts that have been surgically repaired, sometimes repeatedly. Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris qualified Thursday for the slopestyle semifinals with a cracked rib. Twitter-wits dubbed him “McRib.” Briton Billy Morgan also qualified with two snapped ligaments in his right knee that he won’t get fixed until after the Olympics. Austrian three-time Olympic ski jump champion Thomas Morgenstern is flying again less than one month after he rag-dolled in training, losing his balance in the air and hitting the deck, arms flailing. The video makes for sickening viewing. He suffered

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skull injuries and bruised a lung. Yet here he is Sochi, merrily tweeting from his account with its headline: “BORN to FLY! Failure will not overcome me, as long as my will to succeed is stronger!” One thing to remember from the couch, especially for the judges and jurors with thumbs itching to type unkind words about White or any of his peers, is that television doesn’t do full justice to some winter sports. It flattens out bumps and makes slopes look less steep than they are. In reality, bobsleds and luges roar past in the blink of an eye. But the rawness of their speed gets lost in translation to TV. Even on the box, the jumps on Sochi’s slopestyle course that White

said thanks, but no thanks, to still look massive and daunting. But not as lethal as Sebastien Toutant described when he first rode them: “It is like jumping out of a building. I should put on my Canadian flying squirrel suit.” Those who now question White’s courage should watch the documentary “Shaun White: Russia Calling” that aired before these Olympics. See how he whacked his head so hard that his helmet ripped off when trying to land a new halfpipe trick in 2012. It is a sobering moment, impossible to watch without thinking of the traumatic brain injury that Kevin Pearce suffered before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, when he landed on his face performing a difficult stunt. Also consider the damage the old-school “suck it up” philosophy — ignoring health risks, willfully or otherwise — has done in other sports, encouraging players in the NFL, for example, to grit their teeth and play

through the fog of concussion, doing long-term injury to their brains. And let’s not forget that four years ago, the games mourned Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger killed in a horrific crash on the superfast Vancouver Olympic sliding track. So White is right not to make light of his safety. He hurt his shoulder and ankle in the lead-up to these Olympics. In Sochi, he hurt his left wrist training on the slopestyle course. Ultimately, he concluded “the potential risk of injury is a bit too much for me” and decided to preserve himself for a shot at a third straight title in the halfpipe competition next week. Evaluating and then stepping back from risk doesn’t make White a coward. It does show he’s sane. John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester@ ap.org or follow him at http://twitter. com/johnleicester

Putin looms over games ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia — It’s designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country’s modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and planetary sportsmanship. But the ceremony opening the Sochi Olympics on Friday, more than anything, will be about one man: Vladimir Putin. He charmed and strongarmed his way to hosting the games at a summer beach resort that he envisioned as a winter paradise. He stared down terrorist threats and worldwide wrath at a scarcely veiled campaign against gays. He has shrugged off critiques that construction of the most costly games in Olympic history was both shoddy and corrupt. Ballet, man-made snow and avant-garde art will make an appearance at Sochi’s opening ceremonies, though as with all past opening ceremonies, the details are under wraps. They can’t really compete with the cinematic splendor of the London Olympics or the pyrotechnic extravaganza of Beijing, but then again, the Winter Games are usually more low-key. No matter. All Putin needs is an event that tells the world “Russia is back.” It’s a message meant for millions around the world who will watch the show — and meant for his countrymen, too. Russians will form the bulk of the spectators in Sochi for the Olympics, a people whose forebears endured centuries of oppression, a revolution that changed the world, a Soviet experiment that built rockets and nuclear missiles but struggled to feed its people. Russians who sometimes embrace Putin’s heavy hand because they fear uncertainty more than they crave freedom, and who, despite inhabiting the largest country in the world, feel insecure about their place in it. They’re pinning especially high hopes on their athletes, once a force to be reckoned with and the pride of the nation. They were an embarrassment at the Vancouver Games in 2010, with just three gold medals and a string of doping busts. This year, Russia has cleaned up its game and is presenting hundreds of skaters, skiers and other champions in the arenas on Sochi’s seashore and in the nearby Caucasus Mountains slopes of Krasnaya Polyana. While the United States, Norway and Germany are seen as leading medal contenders, Russia will be pushing hard to bring home a bundle for the home crowd. Putin put on the pressure even as he tried to motivate them this week: “We are all counting on you.” If there was any doubt, it was erased on the first evening of competition, as a booming crowd of Russian shouted “heroes” at world champion pairs Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov as they, along with men’s skater Evgeni Plushenko, pushed Russia into the early lead in the new competition of team figure skating.

“It’s pressure, but this pressure helps us,” Volosozhar said. “They push us very hard,” Trankov added. It was a night on which competition and the athletes finally took a back seat to thoughts about terrorism, but they remain not far from anyone’s mind. A few hundred miles (kilometers) away lies Chechnya, the site of two wars in the past two decades. And Dagestan, childhood home to the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings and where militants regularly mount attacks. And Volgograd, where two suicide bombs killed 34 people in December. A decade ago, extremists hid a bomb in a stadium in Chechnya during construction. Then when the Kremlin-backed Chechen president showed up for a ceremony, the bomb went off, killing him and several others. Fear of terrorism have clouded the run-up, fueled Putin’s strict security agenda and brought U.S. warships to the region. And about 40,000 Russian security forces are working to prevent an attack on the games, and they stand watch in all corners of Sochi and its Olympic Park on the sea and built-fromscratch mountain ski resort. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security rekindled the fears this week, warning that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives into Russia in toothpaste tubes. Yet some air travelers heading to Sochi have defied a temporary Russian ban on all liquids in carry-on luggage, and brought toothpaste and other toiletries on board unnoticed. The world will be watching the entire Olympic machine in Sochi, and much as it did when Soviet-era Moscow hosted the Summer Olympics in 1980, it will use what it sees to sit in judgment of Putin’s Russia, where he has suffocated political opposition and ruled overtly or covertly for 15 years. Is it a has-been superpower that can’t keep the electricity on during a hockey game? Or a driver of the 21st century global economy? A diplomatic middleweight with ties to despots that wields influence only via its veto at the United Nations? Or a fairy tale of prosperous resurrection from the communist collapse and its brutal aftermath? Who sits next to Putin on the VIP balcony may provide some clue. President Barack Obama and some other Western leaders are staying away, upset at a law that he championed barring homosexual “propaganda” aimed at minors that has been used to more widely discriminate against gays. But organizers say some 66 leaders — including heads of state and international organizations — are joining the games, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. The opening ceremonies will gloss over these ugly bits as they hand over the games to the men and women who will spend the next two weeks challenging records and the limits of human ability.

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Ryan Stassel of Anchorage takes a jump during the men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

Stassel makes it through to semis EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — And to think, Shaun White chose not to ride down this course. Snowboarders kicked off competition at the Olympics on Thursday by making the slopestyle layout that White deemed “intimidating” feel anything but that. Sunny skies. No wind. Decent snow. All in all, slopestyle’s debut on the grand stage was a great day for riding rails and grabbing big air and an even better day for scores. Canadian Max Parrot backed up his win last month at the Winter X Games with a 97.5 — 2½ points short of perfect — in a qualifying run punctuated by a triple-flipping jump with a dead-solid landing, the likes of which will be virtually mandatory to win the gold medal. He was one of eight riders to reach the 90s on a day in which Australia’s Scotty James and Norway’s Kjersti Buaas took the worst falls, but both walked away. Anchorage’s Ryan Stassel, who commercial fishes at Clam Gulch in the summer, scored 81 points in his first run and 28.75 in his second run after failing to land a jump. He was 16th amond 29 riders. In the semifinals, 21 men will compete for the remaining four spots in the finals. The semifinals start at 9:30 p.m. AST today. “Other riders complained about the course this week. I actually found it really good from Day One to now,” Parrot said. White pulled out Wednesday, saying he wanted to focus on winning a third straight gold medal in the halfpipe next week. He was in no mind to put his health at risk on a course that took out one of the world’s top riders, TorC

stein Horgmo of Norway, and sent dozens more tumbling in training. Things still weren’t 100 percent ideal when competition began, one day before the opening ceremony. “It’s getting better. Not fully perfect yet. Pretty icy. Makes it hard to shape the jumps clean,” said Norway’s Staale Sandbech, who scored 94.5. Leading female contender, American Jamie Anderson, had no problem the day after banging up her back in practice. She called the course conditions “questionable,” especially for the women. “It’s a challenging course. A lot of impact for everyone,” Anderson said after a 93.5. “Little 15 year olds are, like, ‘I’m not even old and my back is still sore every day. Not even from crashing, just from riding.’” Among the problems they’re dealing with are too-steep takeoff ramps that don’t exactly mesh with the pitch of the landings. The transition areas between the jumps aren’t very big, so it’s hard to build up the speed needed to get the air the steepest jumps demand. But the course builders are adjusting and, overall, the riders responded well. It made White’s absence that much more confounding to several of the 29 men left in the field, who complained that, among other things, his lastminute decision cost someone a spot on the U.S. team. “It would’ve been so awesome to have him in here today,” American Sage Kotsenburg said. “He could’ve put down a super sick run that could contend. But it’s his choice.” Nobody is feeling White’s absence more than Parrot, who is peaking at precisely the right time. “I’m just mad about it because I want to compete against him,” Parrot said. “I

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Ryan Stassel jumps near a giant matryoshka doll during the men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday.

want to know who’s better.” The improved conditions invited such high scores that at least one rider felt free to turn his attention to a more traditional sort of griping: Judging. Canada’s Mark McMorris, a favorite for the gold until he broke a rib at the X Games, landed a triple cork and put down a clean run that ended with him grabbing his sore back. He received only an 89.25. “I did one of the only legitimate triple corks and didn’t get rewarded for it, so it’s too bad,” he said. But, in keeping with the sunshiny theme of the first Olympic sport to feature a gigantic Russian matryoshka doll in the middle of the course (And yes, riders can feel free to jump over it) McMorris will get a second chance. In

fact, everybody will. Conceding that it’s bad form to end anyone’s Olympics before they march in the opening ceremony, the format was tweaked slightly. The top four riders in each heat advanced directly to the weekend finals, with everyone else getting another shot at qualifying during semifinals. Friday is an off day where more work on the course is expected. “Everything we’ve done here is completely normal,” American Chas Guldemond said. “It’s the second-best course of the year (next) to X Games. I’m happy with it.” Among the most critical of White’s decision to withdraw was Canadian Sebastien Toutant, who tweeted, then deleted, a message saying White was essentially ducking the competition.

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Sports Briefs Bartlett cancels on SoHi, Kenai The Bartlett basketball team will not be traveling to the Peninsula this weekend. That means the game against Soldotna on Friday and the game against Kenai on Saturday is canceled. The Grace Christian boys play at Kenai today at 6 p.m., then the Grizzlies face SoHi at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Tsalteshi to host borough ski meet Tsalteshi Trails will host the Kenai Peninsula Borough Nordic Ski Championships today and Saturday. Today will be an interval freestyle. The varsity girls do an eightkilometer race at 2 p.m., while the varsity boys do a 10-kilometer freestyle at 3 p.m. Saturday will be an interval start, five-kilometer classic race. The boys go out at noon, while the girls go out at 12:30 p.m.

Loupe leads Pebble Beach PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Andrew Loupe knows how one week can change everything. He can only hope his 8-under 63 in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is the start of another one. Loupe had to wait three hours to tee off because of rain Thursday, and then he played bogey-free on the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula. That gave him the lowest score among those who finished their rounds. Rain soaked the Monterey Peninsula in the morning, which was great news for an area desperate for rain, not so much for the tournament. Puddles quickly formed on the greens at Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill, forcing play to be stopped on all three courses. Monterey Peninsula played the easiest, and Loupe took advantage. He never had to scramble for par, missed only one fairway and only two of his birdies were over 10 feet. This was his first trip to the area, and it was everything he imagined. “This place is amazing,” Loupe said with a smile as wide as a fairway.

Kiner dead at 91 RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Ralph Kiner, who slugged his way to the baseball Hall of Fame and then enjoyed a half-century career as a popular broadcaster, died Thursday. He was 91. The baseball Hall of Fame said Kiner died at his home in Rancho Mirage with his family at his side. Kiner hit 369 home runs during his 10-year career, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He made his debut in 1946 and his power quickly became the talk of baseball — he won or tied for the National League lead in homers in each of his first seven seasons. When he retired, Kiner was sixth on the career home run list. Several years later, he joined the broadcast crew of the New York Mets for their expansion season in 1962 and became a permanent fixture — the home TV booth at Shea Stadium was named in his honor. — Staff and wire reports

No. 2 Arizona nips Oregon By The Associated Press

The Bearcats (22-2, 11-0 American Athletic) trailed most of the game in front of a crowd of 12,432 — their biggest of the season. Cincinnati has won 18 straight at home, including all 16 this season. The Bearcats are off to their best start in 12 years. Jackson had six points and blocked a shot during a 13-4 run that rallied Cincinnati midway through the second half. Jermaine Sanders’ two free throws with 18.5 seconds left gave Cincinnati a 61-58 lead. UConn’s Niels Giffey missed a 3-point shot, and Kilpatrick got the rebound, was fouled and made both free throws.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nick Johnson scored 18 points, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 14 points and 10 rebounds in place of injured starter Brandon Ashley and No. 2 Arizona grinded out a 67-65 victory over Oregon on Thursday night. Coming off its first loss of the season, Arizona (22-1, 9-1 Pac-12) labored offensively in its first game without Ashley, who is out for the season with a foot injury. As they have so many times this season, the Wildcats pulled out a victory by turning up the defensive pressure late to overcome a 4-for-16 effort from 3-point range and 16 missed free throws. No. 9 MICHIGAN ST. 82, T.J. McConnell hit a 3-pointPENN ST. 67 er with 90 seconds left and EAST LANSING, Mich. — Johnson went 5 of 6 from the free throw line in the final min- Adreian Payne scored 12 points ute to prevent the Wildcats’ first in his return from a foot injury, and Michigan State kept pace losing streak of the season. atop the Big Ten. Payne hadn’t played since No. 7 CINCINNATI 63, No. Jan. 7 because of a sprained 22 CONNECTICUT 58 foot, but although he didn’t CINCINNATI — Sean Kil- start Thursday, he did play 18 patrick scored 26 points, and minutes, going 5 of 9 from the Justin Jackson led a second- field. The Spartans (20-3, 9-1 half surge as Cincinnati won its Big Ten) were still nowhere near full strength. 15th straight.

Nets defeat Spurs By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Alan Anderson scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half, helping the Brooklyn Nets pull away from the short-handed San Antonio Spurs for a 103-89 victory Thursday night. Despite playing without Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard, their top four scorers, the Spurs were still within five points early in the fourth quarter before the Nets pulled away for good. Deron Williams added 16 points and eight assists as Brooklyn ended a six-game losing streak to San Antonio with its first victory since March 29, 2010. So banged-up that at one point that they had two players on the court wearing facial masks to protect broken noses, the Spurs fell to 2-1 on their nine-game rodeo trip. The Spurs overcame all their challenges to pull out a 125-

118 double-overtime victory at Washington on Wednesday, but didn’t have enough to beat an improving Brooklyn team. Cory Joseph scored 18 for the Spurs, Danny Green had 17 and Patty Mills 16. WARRIORS 102, BULLS 87 OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry had 34 points and nine assists, Klay Thompson scored 22 points and the undermanned Warriors rallied from 16 down in the first half to beat the Bulls. With big men Andrew Bogut and David Lee sidelined with injuries, Golden State’s streaky backcourt tandem found its shooting stroke after falling behind 34-18 in the second quarter. Curry finished 13-for-19 shooting, and Thompson shot 8 of 16 from the floor to give the Warriors’ raucous fans a reason to cheer after losing five of their previous seven at home. Taj Gibson had 26 points and 13 rebounds filling in for Carlos Boozer, and Kirk Hinrich scored 15 points for Chicago.

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Capitals rally past Jets By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After getting an Olympic send-off from Secretary of State John Kerry, Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 40th goal with 12:14 remaining Thursday night as the Washington Capitals rallied from a third-period deficit for a 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Troy Brouwer scored twice, Tom Wilson had a goal, and Braden Holtby made 34 saves for the Capitals, who are trying to generate at least a modicum of momentum headed into the Olympic break. Washington had dropped 10 of its previous 13, including a 1-0 shutout loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday. Bryan Little and Dustin Byfuglien scored, and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 26 shots for the Jets, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. CANADIENS 5, CANUCKS 2 MONTREAL — Max Pacioretty scored three goals for his third career hat trick — despite missing two penalty shots — to help the Canadiens to a victory over the Canucks that extended Vancouver’s losing streak to six games. Ryan White and Tomas Plekanec also scored for Montreal, while Carey Price made 42 saves. Pacioretty was awarded two penalty shots in a two-minute span in the second period, but failed to convert, losing control of the puck both times. Despite missing both, Montreal’s leading scorer became the first Canadiens player to take two penalty shots in the same game — let alone the same period. Chris Higgins and Alexander Edler scored for Vancouver and

Roberto Luongo stopped 25 shots.

BLUES 3, BRUINS 2, OT ST. LOUIS — T.J. Oshie scored 3:29 into overtime, leading the Blues to a victory over the Bruins. Oshie jammed the puck in from the side of the net as the Blues, who had a 3-2 shootout win Nov. 21 in Boston, swept the season series. Alexander Steen and Jaden Schwartz also scored for St. Louis, which blew a 2-0 lead in the third period. David Krejci and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins.

RED WINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 SUNRISE, Fla. — Gustav Nyquist scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, helping lift the Red Wings over the Panthers. Brian Lashoff and Daniel Alfredsson also scored and Jimmy Howard made 23 saves as the Red Wings ended a four-game road losing streak. Scottie Upshall scored and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots for Florida, which has lost four of its last five.

OILERS 2, RANGERS 1

goals, leading the Flyers past Colorado. Mason blanked Detroit 5-0 on Jan. 28 and stopped the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Feb. 1. He was only 2:50 away from his fourth shutout of the season, and third in five games, when Nathan MacKinnon beat him for his 21st goal of the season. Mason stopped his first 33 shots. Claude Giroux scored an empty-netter in the final minute for the Flyers.

made 33 saves.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, LIGHTNING 1

TAMPA, Fla. — Jonathan Bernier made 33 saves and the Maple Leafs beat the Lightning. Mason Raymond, Jay McClement, James van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak scored for Toronto, which was coming of a 4-1 loss Tuesday night at Florida. Ondrej Palat scored for Tampa Bay. Lightning goalie Ben Bishop FLAMES 4, ISLANDERS 2 left after two periods with an upper-body injury and was replaced UNIONDALE, N.Y. — David by Cedrick Desjardins. Center Jones scored the tiebreaking goal Valtteri Filppula left due to a lowlate in the third period and rookie er-body injury. Reto Berra made 28 saves as the Flames beat the Islanders. WILD 3, Jones banked the puck off the PREDATORS 2, OT Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov from a sharp angle at 14:28 to lift ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nino the Flames to their sixth victory in Niederreiter’s goal with 2:44 left seven games and their first at Nasin overtime lifted Minnesota to a sau Coliseum since 2004. victory over Nashville, the fifth Mikael Backlund added an straight home win for the Wild. empty-net goal for the Flames. Jonas Brodin and Zach Parise Sean Monahan and Dennis scored early to offset two goals for Wideman scored in the second the Predators by Craig Smith, who period to put Calgary ahead 2-0. raised his team-leading total to 18. But the Islanders rallied to tie it Carter Hutton made 33 saves. on goals by defensemen Thomas Kuemper made 16 saves, and Hickey and Calvin de Haan. the Wild improved to 21-7-2 at home this season.

NEW YORK — Nail Yakupov scored with 1:38 left in regulation to give the Oilers a win over the Rangers. Ryan Smyth also scored for Edmonton, which is 5-5 in its last 10. Ben Scrivens made 35 saves. New York’s season-high fourgame winning streak came to an end. Derick Brassard scored and Cam Talbot made 29 saves.

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OTTAWA, Ontario — Milan Michalek scored his second goal of the game with 23 seconds left as the Senators defeated the Sabres. The Sabres had fought back to tie the game with two third-period goals, but Senators captain Jason Spezza found Michalek in the slot and he beat Jhonas Enroth over the shoulder for the winner. Erik Karlsson also scored for the Senators and Craig Anderson FLYERS 3, AVALANCHE 1 made 30 saves. Tyler Ennis and Drew Stafford PHILADELPHIA — Steve Mason stopped 38 shots, and Mark scored for the Sabres, who lost for Streit and Michael Raffl scored the fourth straight time. Enroth

KINGS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1, OT LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Quick beat fellow Olympic goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky with 24 saves, Jake Muzzin scored the tying goal early in the third period and Robyn Regehr got the winner 2:33 into overtime to help the Los Angeles Kings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets. In the final game for both clubs before the Olympic break, the Kings snapped a four-game losing streak with their second victory in 12 games.

Scoreboard Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L Boston 56 36 16 Tampa Bay 57 32 20 Montreal 58 31 21 Toronto 59 31 22 Detroit 57 26 19 Ottawa 58 26 21 Florida 57 22 28 Buffalo 57 15 34 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 57 40 15 N.Y. Rangers 58 31 24 Philadelphia 58 29 23 Columbus 57 29 23 Washington 58 26 23 Carolina 55 25 21 New Jersey 57 23 21 N.Y. Islanders 59 22 29

OT Pts GF 4 76 169 5 69 164 6 68 144 6 68 175 12 64 149 11 63 167 7 51 138 8 38 110

GA 123 143 141 181 159 184 178 172

2 82 183 3 65 151 6 64 160 5 63 168 9 61 168 9 59 138 13 59 133 8 52 162

134 143 166 158 175 153 142 195

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 59 35 10 14 84 207 161 St. Louis 56 38 12 6 82 192 132 Colorado 57 36 16 5 77 169 151 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 147 Dallas 57 26 21 10 62 162 163 Winnipeg 59 28 26 5 61 165 171 Nashville 58 25 23 10 60 144 175 Pacific Division Anaheim 59 40 14 5 85 191 145 San Jose 58 36 16 6 78 172 140 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 128 Vancouver 59 27 23 9 63 145 157 Phoenix 56 26 20 10 62 160 167 Calgary 57 22 28 7 51 136 177 Edmonton 59 20 33 6 46 152 197 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday’s Games Calgary 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Edmonton 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Philadelphia 3, Colorado 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg 2 Montreal 5, Vancouver 2 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 3, Florida 1 St. Louis 3, Boston 2, OT Minnesota 3, Nashville 2, OT Los Angeles 2, Columbus 1, OT Friday’s Games Edmonton at New Jersey, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 3 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Calgary at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. Winnipeg at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Ottawa at Boston, 11 a.m. Vancouver at Toronto, 2 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 2 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 4 p.m. All Times AST

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 26 23 Brooklyn 22 25 New York 19 30 Boston 17 33 Philadelphia 15 35 Southeast Division Miami 35 13 Atlanta 25 23 Washington 24 24 Charlotte 22 28 Orlando 14 37 Central Division Indiana 38 10 Chicago 24 25 Detroit 19 29 Cleveland 16 33 Milwaukee 9 40

Pct GB .531 — .468 3 .388 7 .340 9½ .300 11½ .729 — .521 10 .500 11 .440 14 .275 22½ .792 — .490 14½ .396 19 .327 22½ .184 29½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 36 14 Houston 33 17 Dallas 29 21 Memphis 26 22

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New Orleans 21 27 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 40 11 Portland 35 14 Denver 24 23 Minnesota 24 25 Utah 16 32 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 34 18 Golden State 30 20 Phoenix 29 20 L.A. Lakers 17 32 Sacramento 17 32

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Thursday’s Games Brooklyn 103, San Antonio 89 Golden State 102, Chicago 87 Friday’s Games Oklahoma City at Orlando, 3 p.m. Portland at Indiana, 3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 3 p.m. Sacramento at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Denver at New York, 3:30 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Antonio at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. Golden State at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Miami at Utah, 5 p.m. All Times AST

Women’s Scores EAST Boston College 69, Virginia 65 Buffalo 55, Ohio 43 Iowa 73, Penn St. 70 Manhattan 58, St. Peter’s 31 Marist 78, Siena 39 New Hampshire 46, UMBC 35 Rider 92, Iona 90, OT Syracuse 73, Virginia Tech 48 Towson 65, Hofstra 63 SOUTH Duke 78, Clemson 51 Florida Gulf Coast 70, ETSU 45 Georgia Tech 94, North Carolina 91 High Point 64, Campbell 59 Kennesaw St. 88, Lipscomb 79 LSU 75, Missouri 58 Liberty 64, Coastal Carolina 46 Longwood 71, Charleston Southern 59 Maryland 94, Pittsburgh 46 McNeese St. 59, Northwestern St. 57 N. Kentucky 72, Mercer 64 NC State 74, Wake Forest 69 Notre Dame 81, Florida St. 60 Presbyterian 53, Radford 46 South Carolina 71, Mississippi St. 64 Stetson 79, SC-Upstate 66 Tennessee 77, Mississippi 65 Troy 78, South Alabama 53 Winthrop 57, Gardner-Webb 52 MIDWEST Cent. Michigan 84, Ball St. 81, OT Drake 72, Evansville 57 E. Michigan 65, Kent St. 57 IUPUI 77, N. Dakota St. 53 Michigan 70, Northwestern 68 N. Iowa 78, S. Illinois 48 North Dakota 68, Weber St. 55 Oakland 80, Milwaukee 67 Purdue 74, Ohio St. 58 S. Dakota St. 77, IPFW 66 Toledo 73, Miami (Ohio) 65 W. Illinois 71, Nebraska-Omaha 65 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 82, Houston Baptist 70 Arkansas 55, Florida 49 Cent. Arkansas 80, SE Louisiana 70 Nicholls St. 75, Stephen F. Austin 74, 2OT Oral Roberts 93, New Orleans 62 Seattle 75, Texas-Pan American 68, OT Texas A&M-CC 60, Incarnate Word 56 Texas-Arlington 73, Louisiana-

Lafayette 54 FAR WEST BYU 87, Santa Clara 80, OT Cal St.-Fullerton 60, UC Riverside 57 E. Washington 81, Montana St. 66 Gonzaga 86, Pepperdine 51 Grand Canyon 66, Utah Valley 63 Hawaii 63, UC Santa Barbara 60 Idaho 75, New Mexico St. 66 Idaho St. 79, N. Colorado 71 Montana 65, Portland St. 55 Portland 84, Loyola Marymount 66 Sacramento St. 99, N. Arizona 91 San Francisco 78, San Diego 74 UC Davis 82, CS Northridge 74 UC Irvine 78, Long Beach St. 58

Men’s Scores MIDWEST Bradley 63, Loyola of Chicago 54< Cincinnati 63, UConn 58< Cleveland St. 92, Oakland 85< E. Illinois 91, UT-Martin 79< Michigan St. 82, Penn St. 67< N. Dakota St. 66, IUPUI 60< S. Dakota St. 79, IPFW 51< SIU-Edwardsville 93, SE Missouri 88, OT< SOUTH Appalachian St. 54, The Citadel 45< Austin Peay 75, Tennessee St. 65< Belmont 99, Murray St. 96< Davidson 109, Samford 88< ETSU 64, N. Kentucky 50< Elon 72, UNC Greensboro 66< FIU 78, UAB 73< Florida Gulf Coast 100, Jacksonville 71< Georgia 91, LSU 78< Lipscomb 77, SC-Upstate 75< Louisiana Tech 66, Tulsa 61< Middle Tennessee 67, FAU 63< North Florida 54, Stetson 52< Northwestern St. 85, McNeese St. 74< Old Dominion 69, UTSA 61< Troy 79, South Alabama 74< UTEP 58, East Carolina 47< VCU 68, Rhode Island 52< Winthrop 92, Barber-Scotia 62< Wofford 74, Georgia Southern 61< SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 80, Houston Baptist 71< Cent. Arkansas 85, SE Louisiana 71< Georgia St. 68, UALR 57< Incarnate Word 82, Texas A&MCC 78< Louisiana-Lafayette 92, TexasArlington 89< Oral Roberts 79, New Orleans 59< Rice 75, North Texas 70< SMU 75, Temple 52< Stephen F. Austin 93, Nicholls St. 64< Texas St. 65, Louisiana-Monroe 57< EAST Bryant 79, CCSU 68< Marist 68, Rider 61< Mount St. Mary’s 73, Sacred Heart 60< NJIT 110, Wheelock 46< Robert Morris 65, LIU Brooklyn 56< St. Francis (NY) 78, St. Francis (Pa.) 52< Wagner 75, Fairleigh Dickinson 68< FAR WEST Arizona 67, Oregon 65< E. Washington 79, Montana St. 50< Idaho 73, New Mexico St. 67< Idaho St. 73, N. Colorado 70< Montana 82, Portland St. 76, OT< Pepperdine 80, Pacific 69< Sacramento St. 87, N. Arizona 70< San Francisco 74, San Diego 67< Seattle 83, Texas-Pan American 62< UC Davis 90, CS Northridge 86, OT<

UC Irvine 61, Long Beach St. 58< UC Riverside 72, Cal St.-Fullerton 69< Utah 78, Washington 69< Utah Valley 79, Grand Canyon 68< Weber St. 84, North Dakota 72<

Transactions BASEBALL MLB PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — Named Jeffrey Hammonds special assistant, player program development. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with C Matt Wieters on a one-year contract and RHP Evan Meek on a minor league contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jerome Williams on a one-year contract. Designated INF Brett Wallace for assignment. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit, OFs Justin Christian and Jeremy Moore, C Eddy Rodriguez and RHP Juan Sandoval on minor league contracts. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with OF Mark Trumbo on a one-year contract. CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with 2B Darwin Barney on a one-year contract. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Pat Neshek on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Miami G Mario Chalmers $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rules for the second time this season. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Fired general manager Chris Grant. Named vice president of basketball operations David Griffin acting general manager. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Named Rob Moore wide receivers coach. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named George DeLeone assistant offensive line coach, Chris DiSanto and Derik Keyes assistant strength and conditioning coaches, Richard Hightower offensive quality control coach, Dowell Loggains quarterbacks coach, Mike McDaniel wide receivers coach, Andy Moeller offensive line coach, Wilbert Montgomery running backs coach, Paul Ricci strength and conditioning coach, Tony Tuioti defensive quality control coach and Anthony Weaver defensive line coach. DENVER BRONCOS — Signed S John Boyett, T Paul Cormick, DEs Hall Davis, John Youboty and Ben Garland and WRs Nathan Palmer, Gerell Robinson and Greg Wilson. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Named Brock Olivo assistant special teams coach. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Named George Edwards defensive coordinator, Norv Turner offensive coordinator, Mike Priefer special teams coordinator, Robb Akey assistant defensive line coach, Jeff Davidson offensive line coach, Ryan Ficken assistant special teams coach, Jonathan Gannon assistant defensive backs coach/ quality control, Jerry Gray defensive backs coach, Jeff Howard defensive assistant coach, Klint Kubiak assistant wide receivers coach/quality control, Andre Patterson defensive line coach, Drew Petzing coaching assistant, Kevin Stefanski tight ends coach, George Stewart wide receivers coach, Scott Turner quarterbacks coach, Kirby Wilson running backs coach and Adam Zimmer linebackers coach. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named

Joe Woods defensive backs coach, Marcus Robertson assistant defensive backs coach, Chris Boniol assistant special teams coach and Vernon Stephens assistant strength and conditioning coach. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed CB Akeem Augustine, WRs Phil Bates and Arceto Clark, TE Cooper Helfet and DTs Michael Brooks, Dewayne Cherrington, D’Anthony Smith and G Jared Smith. Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Released K Luca Congi. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Traded WR Jade Etienne to Saskatchewan for QB Drew Willy. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired Fs Peter Regin and PierreMarc Bouchard from the N. Y. Islanders for a 2014 fourth-round entry draft selection. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Traded F Spencer Machacek to Pittsburgh for F Paul Thompson and loaned Thompson to Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Reassigned F Dustin Jeffrey to Texas (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Traded F Robert Czarnik to Montreal for F Steve Quailer. Assigned D Jeff Schultz to Manchester (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned F Stephane Veilleux to Iowa (AHL). Recalled G Johan Gustafsson from Iowa. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned D Andrey Pedan to Stockton (ECHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled F John McCarthy from Worcester (AHL). Assigned D Matt Tennyson to Worcester. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Julien Brouillette and D Patrick Wey from Hershey (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Signed coach and general manager Bruce Arena to a multiyear contract extension. ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed M Darwin Ceren. COLLEGE CINCINNATI — Named Mike Bohn athletic director. EASTERN MICHIGAN — Named Taylor Stubblefield wide receivers coach, Chris Simpson outside linebackers coach and Jay Peterson running backs coach. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE — Named Tommy West defensive line coach. RICE — Named Bryan Blair associate athletic director for compliance. TEXAS — Signed defensive coordinator and secondary coach Vance Bedford, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Joe Wickline, quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach for offense Shawn Watson, tight ends coach Bruce Chambers, wide receivers coach Les Koenning, running backs coach Tommie Robinson, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator Brian Jean-Mary, assistant head coach for defense and defensive line coach Chris Rumph, defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator Chris Vaughn and strength and conditioning coach Pat Moorer to three-year contracts. TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN — Named Lindsay Vera women’s assistant soccer coach. UTAH STATE — Named Joe Lorig linebackers coach. WASHINGTON — Suspended QB Cyler Miles and WR Damore’ea Stringfellow from the football team. WESTERN NEW ENGLAND — Announced the resignation of field hockey coach Sarah Kelly. Named Hannah Lott interim field hockey coach.

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Nenana 64-58 on Thursday. Ninilchik Invitational Tournament

18 for Tri-Valley, including 12 in the final quarter. Emily Terry pitched in 11 for the Viking Warriors. Cook Inlet plays tournament host Nenana in the semifinals today. Nenana topped Sand Point 49-19. The Cook Inlet Academy boys lost the opening game of the tournament to Susitna Valley 39-38. Timmy Smithwick had 25 points for the Eagles. For the Rams, Dawson Matthews had 19 and Dustin Drover added 12. CIA falls into the consolation bracket and will face Huslia, which lost 51-23 to Tri-Valley, today. The Nikolaevsk boys also opened the tournament with a loss, going down 49-36 to Fort Yukon. Fort Yukon was led by the 25 points of Jerry Carroll. For Nikolaevsk, Jonah Fefelov had nine, Neil Gordeev had eight, Jaruby Nelson and Nikit Fefelov had six, Anfim Kalugin had four, Kalenik Molodih had two and Anthony Yakunin had one. Nikolaevsk faces Sand Point today. Sand Point lost to

The Skyview girls opened up at the tourney with a 50-47 victory over Chevak. Hayley Ramsell had 11 points for the Panthers, while Sam Reynolds had 14 and Jaci Rouse had 11. For Chevak, Tia Matchian had 22. Also in girls action, Ninilchik dropped a 62-38 decision to Unalakleet. Roberta Walker had 22 points for the Wolf Pack, while Jonisha Wilson pitched in 19. For Ninilchik, Melissa Ehlers and Jordan Finney each had 12 points. The Skyview boys also won on the first day, topping Noorvik 73-51. Jacob Carlson had 22 for the Panthers, while Tim Duke had 16, Chad Harley had 13 and Micah Hilbish had 14. For Noorvik, Gordon Newlin had 24. Also Wednesday, Unalakleet beat Noatak 62-39. Today, the tournament will have two sessions. The first session is the play-back bracket, with the Noorvik and Ninilchik girls playing at 8 a.m., the Chevak and Noatak

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about how to manage the race.” That’s where Liebner comes in. The two met at the 2009 World Skiing Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic, where Liebner helped Carcelen out by providing waxing assistance. Since that connection, Liebner has been doing much of his coaching from a distance, using Skype and email to connect. Liebner sends Carcelen a weekly training schedule on an Excel spreadsheet. Liebner and Carcelen recently finished off their training regimen in the small town of Seefeld, Austria, before heading off to Sochi on Tuesday. Seefeld is located about 10 miles from Innsbruck, which hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. “Andy is a solid coach, with good principles,” Carcelen said. “He has a good knowledge of the sport, and we became good friends.” Liebner brought a vast well of experience to help guide Carcelen, including competing in biathlon events in Europe, a journey that Liebner documents in his book, “Wild Shot.” Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and target shooting into one event. Additionally, two years ago, Liebner bought a large golf club shaft manufacturing plant and transported the machines from San Diego to Cheboygan, Mich. There, Liebner has re-engineered the machinery to create five new machines to produce some of the world’s lightest ski poles, under the name United States Ski Pole Company. That knowledge of the details of the sport have aided Carcelen. “We can all improve on some aspect of our lives and I enjoy coaching Roberto because he chose to pursue the Olympic dream and I felt qualified to support that goal,” Liebner said in the email. Liebner has not strayed from his own fitness either. Last October, he finished 10th overall at the Detroit Marathon. “My message is, you can come from a small town far away in Alaska, and do what I’ve done,” Liebner said. “I want my community to be proud of something I’ve done.” The men’s 15-kilometer classic event that Carcelen will compete in is scheduled for Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. (1 a.m. AST).

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opening ceremonies. It was the first time Peru brought any athletes to a Winter Olympics, and Carcelen led the way, accompanied by two other athletes — a pair of teenage alpine skiers. “My impression of the message he’s brought, is that we’ll see more participants for these small countries that don’t have Winter Olympians,” Liebner said in a recent Skype interview. “We could go through a campaign for the next four years, you know, get the message out, get people to get out and show you can do it.” Carcelen, who was born and raised in Lima, Peru, enjoyed a life as a professional surfer, and he owned an online business named Inca Runners, which gives people the opportunity to run the Inca Trail. After moving to the U.S. at 32 years old, the skills and traits he picked up from surfing and running served him well when he picked up Nordic skiing. In 2010, Carcelen finished 94th in the men’s 15-kilometer freestyle event at the Vancouver Olympics. After he finished, he never believed he’d be back again four years later in Sochi. “I wasn’t planning on Sochi,” Carcelen said. “When Vancouver ended, I decided no more racing at that level. So I took a year off.” But after Carcelen started racing again, he began accumulating points in qualifying races around the U.S., and he realized he could try the Olympic experience again. “We were trying to find someone to replace me and go to the Olympics,” Carcelen said with a laugh. “We were trying to keep going, and now I say this will be it.” However, Carcelen — a contractor for Microsoft who currently resides in Seattle — suffered a few broken ribs in a ski accident just over two weeks ago and that has hindered his late training schedule. But, even with his injuries, Carcelen still plans on competing. “It might be a long race for me, painful, but I plan on finishing,” he said. “I don’t drop all the people behind me. People are inspired, so the worst thing I can do is quit. “I just need to figure out how to finish. I’m very worried

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boys playing at 9:30 a.m., the Noatak and Chevak girls playing at 11 a.m. and the Ninilchik and Noorvik boys playing at 12:30 p.m. In the second session, the winners of Friday’s first session games play at 3 p.m. for the girls and 4:30 p.m. for the boys. At 6 p.m., the Skyview girls play Unalakleet for a spot in the championship, while the same two schools face off for a spot in the boys title game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the girls championship is at 3 p.m. and the boys championship is at 4:30 p.m. Homer Winter Carnival The Homer girls opened up play at the Winter Carnival with a 47-35 victory over Point Hope. Madison Akers poured in 17 points to lead the Mariners to victory, while Tayla Cabana added 10 for the Mariners. For Point Hope, Jasmine Tooyak had 12 points. The Homer boys also beat Point Hope, notching a 68-38 victory. In other action at the tournament, the Grace Christian girls topped Delta 35-30. In boys action, Delta defeated King Cove 71-52. The round-robin tourna-

ment continues today with the King Cove boys facing Point Hope at 2:30 p.m., the Grace girls facing Point Hope at 4 p.m., the Delta boys facing Homer at 6 p.m. and the Delta girls facing Homer at 8 p.m. Saturday, the Delta girls face Point Hope at 10 a.m., the Delta boys face Point Hope at 11:30 a.m., the Grace girls face Homer at 1 p.m. and the King Cove boys face Homer at 2:30 p.m. Thursday girls Warriors 62, Hustlers 28 Huslia Nikolaevsk

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HUSLIA (28) — K. Sam 5 0-0 10, C. Sam 0 0-0 0, Moses 0 0-0 0, Penn 1 0-0 2, T. Sam 1 0-0 2, Weter 3 0-2 6, Henderson 0 0-0 0, Huntington 4 0-0 8. Totals — 14 0-2 28. NIKOLAEVSK (62) — Ki. Klaich 5 0-0 11, So. Kalugin 6 2-5 14, Stafford 1 0-0 2, Se. Kalugin 4 4-6 12, Dorvall 10 1-2 21, Hickman 1 0-0 2. Totals — 27 7-13 62. 3-point goals — Nikolaevsk 1 (Ki. Klaich 1). Team fouls — Huslia 11, Nikolaevsk 6. Fouled out — none. Eagles 39, Viking Warriors 37 CIA Tri-Valley

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SOLDOTNA (54) — Benson 3 3-5 10, Litchfield 5 4-8 15, M. Wong 2 0-1 4, L. Wong 0 1-4 1, Hendrick 3 0-0 6, Kerkvliet 7 2-7 16, Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals — 21 10-25 54. CHUGIAK (57) — Pinckney 4 1-3 9, Bookout 7 3-5 19, Russel 3 0-0 7, Stone 1 0-0 2, Turner 0 2-2 2, Burgess 5 4-8 14, Ingraham 2 0-0 4, Arnold 0 0-0 0. Totals — 22 10-18 57. 3-point goals — Soldotna 2 (Benson, Litchfield); Chugiak 3 (Bookout 2, Russel). Team fouls — Soldotna 20, Chugiak 18. Fouled out — Kerkvliet, Miller, Bookout.

SOUTH (40) — Hodgsen 1 3-4 6, Murray 3 6-9 12, Hodgson 0 2-2 2, Ungaro 4 0-0 8, Cole 4 2-4 12, Smith 0 0-0 0, Lada 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0-0 0, McCormick 0 0-0 0. Totals — 12 13-19 40. KENAI (43) — Ostrander 1 3-4 5, English 5 3-4 13, Drury 0 0-0 0, Creighton 4 0-2 8, Baker 0 0-0 0, C. Steinbeck 2 1-4 5, Barcus 1 2-4 4, Beck 3 2-9 8, Every 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 11-27 43. 3-point goals — South 3 (Hodgsen, Cole 2). Team fouls — South 23, Kenai 15. Fouled out — Murray, English.

Panthers 50, Comets 47

Thursday boys Rams 39, Eagles 38

Chevak Skyview

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CHEVAK (47) — Ulroan 1 0-0 3, Pequeno 1 2-2 4, Tulium 1 0-0 2, Ayuluk 0 0-0 0, Agimuk 1 0-0 3, Tau 3 1-3 10, Nash 1 0-2 3, Charlie 0 0-0 0, Matchian 7 2-5 22. Totals — 15 5-12 47. SKYVIEW (50) — Mahan 0 3-4 3, Ramsell 4 3-4 11, Powers 3 1-7 7, Reynolds 6 1-6 14, Rouse 3 5-7 11, Glaves 2 0-0 4. Totals — 18 13-28 50. 3-point goals — Chevak 12(Matchian 6, Nash, Tau 3, Agimuk, Ulroan); Skyview 1 (Reynolds). Team fouls — Chevak 20, Skyview 13. Fouled out — Tulium. Wolf Pack 62, Wolverines 38 Unalakleet Ninilchik

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COOK INLET ACADEMY (39) — Hanna 0 0-0 0, Moffis 5 2-2 14, Taplin 0 0-0 0, Hills 0 0-0 0, Brush 2 0-2 4, Lyons 2 2-6 6, Hammond 1 0-2 2, McGahan 1 0-0 2, Orth 5 1-1 11. Totals — 16 5-13 39. TRI-VALLEY (37) — Saxe 1 3-8 5, Byfuglien 9 0-0 18, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Owen 0 0-0 0, Kay. VanOstrand 0 0-0 0, Kr. VanOstrand 0 0-0 0, E. Terry 2 0-1 11, A. Terry 1 0-3 2. Totals — 16 3-12 38. 3-point goals — Cook Inlet 2 (Moffis 2); TriValley 2 (E. Terry 2). Team fouls — CIA 12, Tri-Valley 13. Fouled out — none.

UNALAKLEET (62) — S. Haugen 2 0-0 6, L. Katchatag 1 0-0 3, Wilson 8 0-0 19, Walker 9 4-6 22, B. Katchatag 2 0-0 4, Southall 0 0-0 0, Harvey 4 0-0 8, Cooper 0 0-0 0, K. Haugen 0 0-0 0, Eakon 0 0-0 0, Ky. Katchatag 0 0-0 0. Totals — 26 4-6 62. NINILCHIK (38) — Cooper 0 0-0 0, Sinclair 0 0-0 0, Goins 2 4-6 8, Ehlers 5 2-5 12, Finney 6 0-2 12, Me. Clark 0 3-4 3, Robuck 0 0-0 0, Mi. Clark 0 3-6 3. Totals — 13 1223 38. 3-point goals — Unalakleet 6 (Wilson 3, S. Haugen 2, L. Katchatag). Team fouls — Unalakleet 15, Ninilchik 11. Fouled out — none.

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COOK INLET ACADEMY (38) — A. Hammond 0 0-0 0, R. Smithwick 0 0-0 0, Barlow 0 0-0 0, Leaf 1 0-0 2, T. Smithwick 10 2-2 25, Lyons 0 0-0 0, R. Solie 2 0-0 4, Weems 2 3-6 7. Totals — 5 5-8 38. SUSITNA VALLEY (39) — Lester 0 0-0 0, Matthews 8 1-3 19, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Ty. Waterhouse 1 0-0 2, Shoulders 0 0-1 0, Drover 6 0-0 12, Ta. Waterhouse 3 0-0 6. Totals — 18 1-4 39. 3-point goals — CIA 3 (T. Smithwick 3); SuValley 2 (Matthews 2). Team fouls — CIA 13, Su-Valley 8. Fouled out — none. Panthers 73, Bears 51 Noorvik Skyview

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NOORVIK (51) — Downey 0 0-0 0, Williamson 0 0-0 0, Coffin 1 0-0 2, Sampson 2 0-0 6, Newlin 8 4-5 24, Smith 1 2-2 4, Snyder 5 0-1 13, Ballot 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 6-8 51. SKYVIEW (73) — Rice 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-0 0, Duke 6 4-5 16, Carlson 7 8-11 22, Cook 0 1-2 1, Kruse 0 1-2 1, Harley 6 1-2 13, Hilbish 7 0-0 14, Harshman 2 0-0 4, Lotito 0 0-0 0. Totals — 29 15-22 73. 3-point goals — Noorvik 9 (Sampson 2, Newlin 4, Snyder 3). Team fouls — Noorvik 18, Skyview 15. Fouled out — none.

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Kenai River Brown Bears forward Alec Butcher skates in on a breakaway with Austin Bruins goalie Nick Lehr defending in the second period Thursday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Butcher was denied on the scoring chance, but tallied a first period goal and an assist on the game-winner, which gave the Brown Bears a 4-3 victory over the Bruins.

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erased that deficit slowly but surely. “It’s a sign that they’re a good hockey team with veterans, and they’ll keep coming,” Beauparlant said. “We’ve got to play a full 60 minutes, and I thought we did that tonight. I thought we earned the victory.” Alec Butcher added to his league-leading scoring tally with his 51st goal of the season late in the first period, grabbing a long shot from Tyler Andrews and quickly sending it home to give the Brown Bears a lead. Jacob Wolter added the short-handed goal with 1:15

left on the penalty kill early in the second period, wrapping around the Bruins net to score. Albin Karlsson put in the third goal of the night with 7:32 left in the second period, getting an assist from newly acquired player Ben Campbell. “I think we only played 30 minutes tonight, and we got to play 60,” said Austin coach Chris Tok. “We had some good opportunities, and I don’t know if we were just feeling sorry for ourselves or what.” Late in the period, however, Luke Dietsch found himself with a great opportunity directly in front of the net with no defenders and put away the Bruins’ first tally. Then 2:29 into the third period, Casey Jerry scored to

make a game out of it, closing Austin’s deficit to 3-2, and Lucas Kohls tied it up with 6:35 remaining in the game. Kohls took advantage of a turnover in the right corner and scored. The Bears had a few close shaves in the final minutes, including an open look that was denied by the post with 2:42 left. The close calls prompted Tok to call timeout with 2:35 left. Then 36 seconds later, Kenai River secured the gamewinner. “I thought we were doing a lot of little things right,” Beauparlant said. “I thought we were winning battles to the wall, we were making smart decisions with the puck, and we were executing when we had opportu-

nities around the net.” The two teams will face each other twice more, with a 7:30 p.m. puck drop on Friday and Saturday nights. Thursday Brown Bears 4, Bruins 3 Kenai River Austin

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1st period — 1. Kenai River, Butcher (Andrews, Campbell) 18:06. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Austin 2 for 12:00. 2nd period — 2. Kenai River, Wolter (unassisted) sh, 4:45; 3. Kenai River, Karlsson (Colwell, Campbell) 12:28; 4. Austin, Dietsch (Reuter, Nelson) 16:19. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Austin 1 for 2:00. 3rd period — 5. Austin, Jerry (unassisted) 2:29; 6. Austin, Kohls (Leclerc, Dickman) 13:25; 7. Kenai River, Colwell (Karlsson, Butcher) 18:01. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Austin 3 for 6:00. Goalies — Kenai River, Quinn (49 shots, 46 saves); Austin, Lehr (42 shots, 38 saves). Shots on goal — Kenai River 13-14-15— 42; Austin 15-17-17—49. Power plays — Kenai River 0 for 3; Austin 0 for 6.

Cavaliers fire their general manager

for Kenai, while Markian Polushkin had 18 for Homer. Kenai faces top seed Wasilla Continued from page B-1 in the semifinals at 5 p.m. for a state berth. The Warriors have INDEPENDENCE, Ohio scored on assists from Eubank defeated the Kardinals twice (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers made a big change with anand TJ Wagoner. Eubank then this season. other season falling apart, firing put the Kards up 3-0 on an asSoldotna 3, Palmer 2 general manager Chris Grant on sist from TJ Wagoner. In the NSC Championships Thursday, Homer Thursday. third period, Eubank put the period — 1. Palmer- Fish (Johns, SavGrant was fired a day after the Kards up 4-0 on an assist from First el) pp 11:16; 2. Soldotna- Griffin (Wrobel) Cavs dropped their sixth straight pp 7:54. Nathan Zorbas. period — 3. Soldotna- Wrobel (Grif- game, an embarrassing home loss Kiril Sanarov had the lone Second fin) 6:15; 4. Palmer- Foster (Dojka, Moistgoal for Homer, assisted by ner) pp 4:58; 5. Soldotna- Fenton (O’Lena) to a Los Angeles Lakers team that started with eight players and Tommy Bowe and Dawson pp 00:01. Shots on goal: Palmer 6-5-5—16, Soldotna finished with five. Vice president Roberts. 7-12-9—28; Saves: Palmer- Grogan 6-12of basketball operations David Justin Alvey made 19 saves 7—25, Soldotna- Harvey 5-5-4—14. C

Griffin will serve as acting general manager. Owner Dan Gilbert made it clear he’s unhappy with what has transpired in a season that began with hopes the Cavs would make the playoffs after a three-year absence. “This has been a very difficult period for the franchise,” Gilbert said in a statement. “We have severely underperformed against expectations. Just as this is completely unacceptable to our loyal

and passionate fan base, season ticket holders and corporate partners, it is also just as unacceptable to our ownership group.” Gilbert also met with reporters at the team’s training facility following the announcement. He expressed confidence that the Cavs can show improvement under coach Mike Brown over the final 33 games. Grant was instrumental in the rehiring of Brown, who was fired during his

first stint with the team in 2010. Gilbert was asked if Brown’s job was safe for the rest of this season. “We’re going to see Mike Brown succeed this year because I think that he’ll be able to do good things and I think this team will be able to do good things,” Gilbert said. “I think they’re going to look at each other and they’re going to look in the mirror and they’re going to rally.”

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he unexpected can make a fishing trip memorable. By “unexpected,” I don’t mean the times when the outboard quits and can’t be resuscitated. I mean the pleasant kind. The kind you want to remember. One time when the Kenai River was near flood stage, I was fishing for silvers in the Sterling area. The outlook was grim. The high water had changed where the fish were holding, so my usual fishing spots weren’t producing. I’d tried every lure in my tackle box. Nothing. Ready to call it a day, I was reeling in fast. My spinner was at the surface, ready to pop out of the water, when a salmon came up and grabbed it. That isn’t the way spinner fishing is supposed to work. Salmon don’t take spinners on the surface, so that surprised me. Even more surprising, that salmon was a sockeye. In all my years of fishing, I’ve never caught another one on a spinner. That suicidal sockeye was the only fish I caught that day. I’ll never forget it. Another time, while fishing off the south end of LaTouche Island, my fishing buddies and I were jigging while the boat drifted along in the tidal current. With three of us fishing, the fourth guy was busy netting and unhooking lingcod and rockfish, and stowing them in the fish box. In less than 30 minutes of fishing, we had all the fish we wanted. That was some of the hottest fishing action I’ve ever seen. As often as not, two or three hungrylooking lingcod would follow a hooked one to the surface. When you hooked a rockfish, if you didn’t reel it in fast enough, a lingcod would grab it. But as good as that fishing was, what I remember best about that trip was something else. I’d been bottom-fishing with jigs for lingcod, halibut and rockfish for years, on private and charter boats. In all that time, I’d never caught a salmon on a bottom-fishing jig. On that day off LaTouche Island, we caught a king and a silver on bottom-fish jigs. Those salmon not only added variety to the fish box, they were a complete surprise. One spring day seven years ago, four of us had only one small king to show for a long day of trolling on Kachemak Bay. To me, it looked as if this would be the third trip in a row I’d be going home without a king. The captain had tried every trick he knew. The situation looked hopeless. The time to return to Homer grew near. The captain, encouraged by a glimpse of a king that had rolled near the boat, said he’d give us a few more minutes. We were trolling off Anchor Point in 21 feet of water. Two lines were on downriggers. I was holding a third rod, rigged with a chartreuse Coyote spoon behind a Deep Six diver. Minutes passed. Nothing. Our time was up. Sounding discourSee PALMER, page C-2

Cyclists find pedaling where the blacktop ends AP Photo/The Bulletin, Gabriel Amadeus

In this June 8, 2013 photo, Donnie Kolb pauses on a long stretch of gravel road with central Oregon’s Fork Rock formation visible in the distance. Kolb has been organizing gravel bicycle rides for the past five years, usually keeping his events a bit on the down low. His outings are unsupported, unsanctioned, have no entry fee and crown no winner. By BEAU EASTES The Bulletin

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Donnie Kolb has been organizing gravel bicycle rides for the past five years. Usually keeping his events a bit on the down low — Kolb’s outings are unsupported, unsanctioned, have no entry fee and crown no winner — the Portland lawyer typically sees about 100 riders show up for his “bikepacking” adventures after posting the GPS coordinates of the route and a “We’re doing this on Saturday morning” message on his website, VeloDirt.com. Last year, his Dalles Mountain 60, a 60-mile single-day ride on gravel and dirt roads on both the Washington and Oregon sides of the Columbia River near The Dalles, attracted about 200 cyclists, most yet for a VeloDirt ride. “The longer they are,” Kolb says about his rides, “fewer people show up.” So when Kolb posted his newest and boldest route, what he has dubbed “The Oregon Outback” — a 360-mile gravel epic that starts in Klamath Falls in far Southern Oregon and ends at Oregon’s northern border, the Columbia River — he figured he would have a hard time getting 50 other adventurous souls to ride the path he and photographer Gabriel Amadeus blazed last summer. To his amazement, he had to shut down registration after 400 bikers emailed Kolb that they could not get their cycling kits on fast enough to join

him. Welcome to the next big thing in biking. Gravel grinders, dirt road touring, bikepacking — call it whatever you want — interest is sky-high across the state in rides that eschew the pavement and explore Oregon’s abundance of dirt and gravel roads. Whether on road, mountain or cyclocross bikes, cyclists are flocking to these often off-theradar group rides that are all about self-sufficiency, exploration and visual beauty — and usually involve a lot of climbing. “People have been road riding forever,” says Nastassja “Staj” Pace, the destination development coordinator for Travel Oregon, the state’s official tourism agency. “This is a way for people to go back to their childhood when you’d hop on your bike and take off down whatever kind of road.” Travel Oregon has taken notice of rides like Kolb’s and races such as the Oregon Coast Gravel Epic in Waldport popping up on the state’s cycling event calendar. (Locally, Bend bike/beer/coffee hangout Crow’s Feet Commons is organizing a Klamath Falls-to-Bend multiday event along the Oregon Outback trail the second week of May.) The state already promotes Oregon’s various mountain bike trails, popular road routes and designated scenic bikeways, and gravel rides could be next. According to Pace, a 15-person working committee on scenic gravel rides has already been formed, and select routes could be highlighted on the state’s bikespecific tourism website, RideOregonRide.com, in

the next year. “There’s not a lot of ego and people are just out to have fun,” says Bend’s Rob Angelo, who competed in the Oregon Gravel Epic last year, about the emergence of gravel riding. “It appeals to both road riders and mountain bikers. Any time you can ... make a marriage between those two groups and pull in a cross section of the biking community, you’re going to have something pretty popular.” “People are really interested in getting into the beautiful backcountry Oregon has to offer,” adds Pace, who spoke about gravel grinders recently in Eugene at the first Oregon Bicycle Adventure Summit. “These are pretty intense adventures. You’re really getting away from it all.” Gravel rides are not for the casual cyclist or spin class all-star. Kolb’s Oregon Stampede ride is a single-day, 127-mile loop near the small rural towns of Dufur and Moro near the Columbia River, a route that features 9,000 feet of climbing. The Oregon Outback ride not only rolls on for 360 miles but includes at least one 70-mile stretch along which no drinking water is available. The Oregon Coast Gravel Epic named its long ride “The Abomination” when race organizer Steve Cash told his riding partner — after 10,000 feet of elevation gain over 73 miles — “This is either a great ride or an abomination.” Says Kolb: “You need to be pretty self-sufficient. You need to be able to fix a flat, use a GPS (unit), See PAVED, page C-2

These plants are the next best thing to chocolate By LEE REICH Associated Press

With Valentine’s Day coming up, thoughts naturally turn to chocolate. How nice it would be for gardeners to give their beloved a living, growing, chocolate expression of affection. Alas, chocolate, native to steamy equatorial lowlands, is not usually productive when grown as a houseplant. Even if you could get the football-sized pods dangling from the trunk of a chocolate tree, fairly intricate processing is needed before you’d have something worth sinking your teeth into. But there are some chocolate-y alternatives:

Almost chocolate A number of plants — Chocolate Ruffles coral bells, Chocolate Cake

gladiola and Sweet Chocolate pepper, for example — have chocolatey looking leaves or fruits. Let’s shy away from them, though, because their chocolate is only skin deep. Plants with chocolate-y aromas offer instant gratification more akin to Hershey’s Kisses. For an affair on shaky ground and needing a quick horticultural chocolate fix, I suggest a peppermint geranium plant. Peppermint geranium makes a nice houseplant for a sunny windowsill, and, in spring, feathery white blossoms add to the sensual pleasure. OK, it’s not chocolate, but there is that common association of peppermint and chocolate. The Chocolate Mint variety of peppermint is another plant that shares its aroma as soon as it is in AP Photo/Lee Reich hand. Close your eyes and this one’s This Jan. 28 photo shows chocolate mint peppermint growing in a pot in New a stand-in for a Peppermint Patty. I’m Paltz, N.Y. With Valentine’s Day coming up, thoughts naturally turn to chocoSee MINT, page C-2 late. Chocolate mint peppermint is a chocolate-y alternative.

Counting moose with drones? May be sooner than you think R efuge N otebook N ate O lson

magine you are at the controls of a Piper Super Cub flying at tree-top level 150 feet above the ground. As you fly 10-mile long transects running north and south, and spaced ¼ mile apart, your head constantly swivels as you try to spot moose in the trees. Once sighted, you circle, mark a waypoint on your GPS, and record age, sex, group size, and number of calves. Now imagine that instead of piloting a Super Cub you are sitting in your office peering at a computer monitor while drinking coffee and snacking on doughnuts. To me, this is a difficult USGS photo concept to grasp but it may become Launching a Raven Unmanned Aircraft System (aka drone) at Haleakala reality sooner than I’d like to admit. National Park in Hawaii to survey invasive plants and animals. I am, of course, talking about UnC

manned Aircraft Systems (UAS) or drones. The recent explosion in UAS development for non-military applications is rather daunting. Commercial demand has far surpassed the abilities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop regulations pertaining to their use. Corporate America is buzzing with grandiose ideas of how to use UAS. Companies like Amazon and FedEx plan to have UAS deliver packages right to your doorstep — how convenient. When most people think of UAS, the image of a drone that looks like a winged beluga whale dropping bombs on a nameless country comes to mind. But in the world of natural resource management, UAS are gaining a lot of interest and look to be promising. We currently rely heavily on manned aircraft, both fixed wing and helicopters, to execute a variety of aerial wildlife surveys, typically at low speeds and altitudes in a variety of challenging weather and terrain conditions. The

adaptation of UAS technology to the world of aerial wildlife surveys and other resource applications could reduce the risk of human injury, casualty, and monetary costs. The Department of the Interior has been testing the feasibility of using small UAS to survey wildlife since 2011. The first successful mission was to count roosting sandhill cranes at the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. The crew used an RQ11(A) Raven UAS equipped to gather infrared thermal imagery of a roosting crane colony. The UAS proved beneficial as the Raven’s small size and ability to fly low level at night using infrared thermal detection technology to detect individual bird heat signatures allowed for a successful roost survey. Typically, these surveys are conducted by fixed-wing aircraft with a high risk of mid-air collisions with birds. Last year, ConocoPhillips successfully completed the first approved See REFUGE, page C-2

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A crash course in smooth snowshoeing By SARAH GROTHJAN Longview Daily News

PARADISE, Wash. (AP) — It seems simple enough: strap, stand, step — one foot in front of the other. But synchronizing your steps atop snowshoes is an art — one that was practiced well before its rise in popularity as a winter recreation. On a sunny day at Mount Rainier, a line has formed at the Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center desk in anticipation of the day’s ranger-led snowshoe hike — one of several provided on weekends and holidays. It’s midway through January, but people are already beginning to peel back layers. Winter coats are belted at the waist and spare sweatshirts hide out in backpacks. It’s a mild winter for Mount Rainier, a ranger notes. The mountain has received about 14 feet of snowfall this year, about half what it usually amasses. Once upon a time, Mount Rainier held the world record for snowfall — its height and close proximity to the ocean a contributing factor to the influx of snow. On a clear Monday, though, no new snow is falling. The sun is beaming and kids are removing fluffy mittens to shovel snow by the mouthful before tossing the excess at unsuspecting passersby. By 11:15 a.m. sharp, those who signed up for the snowshoe hike gather at the visitor center for a quick lesson on snowshoe technique — “How Not to Fall 101.” The assemblage listens intently as Amanda White, the park ranger leading the day’s hike, displays two different snowshoes. The first is an older style of snowshoe with a wooden frame and fabric mesh. It lacks the metal claws people depend on for gripping the slick surface, which in turn demands more control from its user. One person opts for the old-school variety. Others rent newer models with hope the metal teeth will spare them a spill. The 1.5-mile hike is wellsuited for beginners, which sev-

eral on this hike are. It’s also an attractive route for those seeking an easy to moderate hike with breathtaking views offered of Nisqually Pass, the Tatoosh peaks and, of course, Mount Rainier. The day boasts the kind of weather hikers yearn to have the day of their treks. Sun tints the snow yellow and warms people who come out of the shade to bask in its rays. Hikers squint behind sunglasses to take in cloudless skies. After hikers grab a pair of snowshoes, everyone meets at the snowy edge of the Paradise parking lot to strap them in place. They make their way up the first hill, which instantly separates the experienced from the inexperienced. Wobbly knees and shaky poles pinpoint several hikers as newcomers. In conjunction with a snowshoe crash course, White rattles off a litany of Mount Rainier trivia. First, she unravels a snow pole and plunges it into the ground to demonstrate the depth of snow beneath everyone’s feet. An average snowfall at Mount Rainier is about 650 inches, she explains. This year, only 169 inches have covered its surface so far — about half of what is expected by this time each year. Her next lesson is a simple one: where can you find elk? “The zoo!” a small girl bundled in a red snowsuit confidently suggests. Maybe, the ranger responds uncertainly. But it would be more likely to find one trotting in a valley than grazing at Paradise this time of year. She explains that elk have small hooves relative to their large bodies. They sink in the deep snow, making it difficult to effectively traverse the frozen terrain at higher elevations. Sinking isn’t a problem for the hikers, though. The tennis rackets bound to their feet make certain of it. They mush forward toward Thrill Hill — the largest slope of the hike, which culminates at a bowl-shaped pit. Andrew Grabhorn of Mossyrock is hiking Mount Rainier as part of a Camp Fire outing. As one of

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been going, my first thought was that it was only a small halibut or rockfish. But then I Continued from page C-1 saw the silver side of a large salmon in the clear water, not aged, the captain told us to reel 20 feet astern, and felt the strong pull on my line. in, adding that I could leave This was one I didn’t want my line in until the downrigto get away, and it didn’t. This ger gear and other rods were 31-pound king made our day. stored. I stood in the stern, holding my rod, trying to stay It was my first king of the year, and completely unexpected. out of the way. Finally, the Lots of things make fishing captain told me to reel in. My line was halfway in, the spoon fun, but there’s nothing like the unexpected to make it truly near the surface, when someunforgettable. thing pulled on my line. “Hey! I’ve got a fish!” I Les Palmer can be reached said. at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. From the way things had

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read a map. You could be on a road that only sees two cars a day, and if you break down, there’s a good chance those cars have already gone by. It’s that kind of riding.” Of course, that remoteness is

part of the appeal. “Oregon has all these amazing areas,” says Kolb, who has bike toured on- and off-road throughout the West and Alaska. “Places that even cars don’t go on. A lot of these gravel roads — they aren’t marked — you just have to look at your map and your GPS and make your best informed guess. But that’s why I love it.”

the few brave souls on the trek, he opts to slide down on his back, mimicking those before him with his snowshoes lifted from the ground and his arms out wide on either side for balance. Later in the hike, Grabhorn takes a second plunge to the earth — this time it’s the product of a misstep at the top of a hill. Grinning, he brushes off and returns to his feet. Don Varo, who was leading the Camp Fire group, said he decided to bring them on the hike because it provides a multi-faceted learning experience. They receive an introduction to snowshoeing while learning about native flora and

fauna from such rangers as White. “We’re doing this as part of their outdoor progression,” he says, motioning to the seven kids — ages ranging from seven to 19 — who sit hunched on the ground listening to White. The trail eventually circles back around. Hikers climb the hill they watched Grabhorn slide down an hour earlier. They absorb the final views before making the descent back to the Paradise parking lot. The area that was lethargic at 11:15 a.m. is now bursting to life with AP Photo/Roger Werth, Longview Daily News skiers, hikers, sled riders and those just milling about enjoy- Snowshoers enjoy a stunning view of Mount Rainier on a trek near Paradise, Wash., Jan. 20. ing the sun.

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pure chocolate aroma is worth fall and replant each spring, just as you do dahlias. Birds’ eyes waiting for. (Gilia tricolor) was once a pophalf-hardy annual, loved Annual and perennial ular for its profusion of creamy chocolates white flowers, which have dark Other plants could cement brown throats and petals edged a romance with the smell of in purple blush. The chocolate chocolate in the months and scent is there, but slight. Chocolate daisy (Berlandiyears ahead. Despite its name, era lyrata) is a perennial flower summer snowflake offers up its that is strong in scent and tough fragrance — admittedly slight in disposition. And the plant’s and, to some noses, just sweet rather than chocolate-y — in also pretty, displaying characspring. The “snowflake” part teristic daisy heads of yellow of the name is apt, however, for petals around green eyes for this bulb’s nodding blooms are weeks and weeks through sumindeed snowflake white, much mer. Cut some blossoms, plunk like those of another bulb, them into a vase of water, and I guarantee your lover will be snowdrops, except larger. Summer brings chocolate-y looking for hidden chocolate scents from two annual flow- bars or “Kisses.” Chocolate also wafts from ers: chocolate cosmos and a perennial vine. Crossvine birds’ eyes. This cosmos has (Akebia quinata), also known dark, almost black blossoms. Chocolate cosmos grows from as five-leaf akebia, is native a fat tuber, which you lift in the south of Virginia but root-hardy much further north. Grown in

full sun, this vine covers itself with brown or reddish-brown trumpet-shaped blooms that blare out a mocha scent for a few weeks each spring. The flowers are followed by sausage-shaped, violet fruits that split lengthwise when ripe to reveal a jellied pulp — interesting and edible, but not even a hint of chocolate. Caution: In some regions, akebia is listed as an invasive plant. Contact your local department of environmental conservation or cooperative extension office to find out if this is so in your area. So between long-lived vines like akebia and an annual like birds’ eyes, the plant world abounds with chocolate-y aromas even if you can’t accommodate the real thing. Inhale to your hearts’ content; no one ever got fat or sick from too much of this kind of chocolate.

tions, lake shore mapping, and the spatial distribution of shrub defoliation by insects. As of now the rules governing the commercial and government use of UAS are highly restrictive. The FAA requires a Certification of Authorization be issued for any project using UAS. This permitting process can take from 2 to 8 months for approval. Once approved, operators must have continuous visual contact with the UAS, are restricted to altitudes below 400 feet, must operate in uncontrolled airspace (class G), and must cease operations if another aircraft is spotted in the area. These restrictions make UAS resource operations at the scales needed on the Kenai Refuge and most other federal

resources whether it be habitat condition, water levels, phenology, animal condition, nontarget species occurrence (or absence) and behavior. UAS technology cannot replace this experiential knowledge and data gathering. The UAS can and likely will be very good at collecting specific information to be used for specific purposes but, hopefully, it will not replace first-hand observations of the world we love.

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there’s really any chocolate in that peppermint-y aroma; perhaps it’s the chocolate-y hue of the leaves and the power of suggestion. Chocolate Mint, like other mints, is easy to grow and multiply. Mints do become scraggly indoors, so plan on eventually planting chocolate mint outdoors in a sunny garden bed. Wax plant (Hoya carnosa) is an easy-to-grow houseplant with a genuine, sweet, chocolate-y aroma, though it might require some patience. The aroma comes from the flowers, which are not borne continuously. Still, if you and that special person can stand the wait, just hold hands and admire the way the fleshy leaves twist around in their waxy smoothness. The

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commercial use of an UAS in U.S.-controlled airspace with mixed results. They tested the feasibility of using UAS to monitor marine mammal population dynamics and ice conditions near proposed drilling sites in the Chukchi Sea. Typically these missions are executed by aircraft flying up to 200 miles offshore. This type of commercial testing is projected to ramp up this coming year as the FAA test sites come online. There are exciting potential applications for UAS on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. As camera and image processing technology increases so does the potential for developing new methods for resource monitoring. Infrared thermal imaging technology may allow us to effectively count moose and bears in areas we currently cannot either because of dense forest canopy or because we can’t do low-level flights over urban areas. We could survey sheep, goats and caribou in the Kenai Mountains safer and more cost effectively. We could reduce disturbance and increase precision for waterfowl surveys. The costs of monitoring fire activity could be substantially reduced while providing a greater safety and increase our abilities to monitor post-burn vegetation changes. Consider raptor nest surveys, wildlife habitat analysis, wildlife roadside interac-

lands in Alaska impractical. However, Congress has mandated the FAA achieve full UAS integration into the current national airspace system by 2015 and, with the huge interest and money being dumped into UAS development, that goal may well be met. I don’t need a palm reader to tell me that a large part of my flying duties may soon be replaced by UAS. Yet with any change there is a flip side. In this case, the downside is that we continue to distance ourselves from the natural resources we manage. Biologists learn a lot by experiencing the same environment as the animals and habitats we manage. We are constantly processing information related to wildlife

Nathan Olson is the wildlife biologist-pilot at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. You can find more about the Refuge at http:// kenai.fws.gov or http://www. facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.

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Apartments, Unfurnished 2-BEDROOM Mile 18 Spur Hwy., $700. plus deposit of $700./ electric. No pets. Coin operated washer/dryer on site. (907)262-7248. 3-BEDROOMS 1-full, 2-half baths. $1,025. rent, 1,025. deposit. Cats accepted, No ASHA (907)335-1950 4-PLEX Clean, quiet, 1-bedroom, $585. heat included. No pets/ smoking. (907)252-4070. COLONIAL MANOR (907)262-5820 Large 2-Bedroom, Walk-in closet, carport, storage, central location. Onsite manager. K-BEACH Large 2-bedroom, newly remodeled, utilities included. No pets. $875. (907)252-2579. C

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EXCELLENT OCEAN VIEW! Bay Arm Apartments, Kenai. Accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, utilities included. $25. nonrefundable application fee. No pets. (907)283-4405.

KENAI CLEAN, QUIET 2-BEDROOM Washer/dryer dishwasher, Heat furnished, $780 plus $600 deposit. One-year lease. No smoking & no pets. (907)252-1527. QUIET, CLEAN 2 or 3-bedroom, Gas included. Mackey Lake. No pets! (907)398-8515. REDOUBT VIEW Soldotna’s best value! Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools. 1-Bedroom from $625. 2-Bedroom from $725. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825. No pets. (907)262-4359. TWO WEEKS RENT FREE! 3-Bedroom, 1-bath on Redoubt (Kenai). Cats Allowed. Non-Smoking. No ASHA. $916. plus electric. $916. Deposit. (907)335-1950

Apartments, Furnished 1-LARGE ROOM $480. Soldotna, quiet setting, Satellite, limited cooking. (907)394-2543. DOWNTOWN Soldotna on the river. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Seasonal/ Permanent, furnished/ unfurnished, NO pets/ NO smoking. Credit/ background checks. $850., (907)252-7110 Seasonal TOWNHOUSE Apartments On the River in Soldotna Fully furnished 1-bedroom, cable, WIFI, from $800. No smoking/ pets. (907)262-7835

EXECUTIVE SUITE 1-Bedroom, view, deck, satellite TV, High-speed Internet, washer/dryer. No Smoking. No Pets. $950. Available until May. (907)262-1361. FURNISHED 1,200Sqft. 2-bedroom, 2-bath, amenities. Conveniently located in Soldotna. $1,125. monthly, utilities included. (907)262-4359 KENAI RIVER FRONT Fully furnished apartments All Utilities including internet & cable except electric. washer/dryer on site. 40 ft Fishing Dock. No Pets, No Smoking. 3 Miles behind Fred Meyer, Redoubt/ Keystone Dr. 1 year lease. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath $1,350. 2-Bedroom, 1-bath, includes garage $1,800. (907)262-7430 SOLDOTNA 4-PLEX Furnished 2-Bedroom, washer/dryer. $925. includes utilities. (907)394-4201, (907)394-4200.

Homes 1-BEDROOM 5-minutes Soldotna, 10-minutes Kenai. Cable. Nice Neighborhood. Immaculate. (907)262-7881 3-BEDROOM HOUSE Furnished 4370 Eagle Rock Drive Kenai Spur (907)469-0665 BRAND NEW HOME Nikiski 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage. Refrigerator, dishwasher, & range . Wooded lot. $1,500/ month plus utilities. (907)776-5276

Homes Murwood K-Beach Ranch Updated K-Beach Ranch Nikiski Cabin Clam Gulch Cabin Spacious Soldotna Ranch Century21 Property Management (907)262-2522 NIKISKI New homes, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, garage, walking distance to Nikiski Rec. Center. Indoor pool & ice rink. $1275. per month. Leave message (907)776-3325 SOLDOTNA/ Endicott Executive home, River front, furnished 3-bedroom, 3-bath, appliances included, long term lease negotiable. (907)252-7110 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.

Retail/ Commercial Space COMMERCIAL 4-PLEX Peninsula Bearing Building on K-Beach 2 Units Available 600sqft. $500./month 1500sqft. $1500./ month Heat & Electric Included (907)262-5224 RED DIAMOND CENTER K-Beach Rd. 1,200- 2,400sq.ft. Retail or office, high traffic, across from DMV. Please call (907)953-2222 (907)598-8181

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Notice to Consumers The State of Alaska requires construction companies to be licensed, bonded and insured before submitting bids, performing work, or advertising as a construction contractor in accordance with AS 08..18.011, 08.18.071, 08.18.101, and 08.15.051. All advertisements as a construction contractor require the current registration number as issued by the Division of Occupational Licensing to appear in the advertisement. CONSUMERS MAY VERIFY REGISTRATION OF A CONTRACTOR . Contact the AK Department of Labor and Workforce Development at 907-269-4925 or The AK Division of Occupational Licensing in Juneau at 907-4653035 or at www.dced.state.ak.us/acc/home.htm

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BECOME AN OCEAN RANGER Help protect Alaska's environment and its people! Be an observer onboard cruise ships for the summer, monitoring State environmental and marine discharge requirements and identifying any potential safety, sanitation, and/or health risks. Compensation includes both salary and benefits. Minimum Qualifications: 1.) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE) or Third Assistant Engineer (3 A/E) or degree in marine safety and environmental protection from accredited maritime institution. 2.) American Maritime Officers (AMO) Union member. 3.) Pass criminal background check, able to enter Canada. 4.) Of sound physical condition and able to pass post-offer physical examination. 5.) Successful completion of Ocean Ranger training. To Apply: 1.) Online at www.Crowley.com/oceanrangers by 03/15/14. 2.) Email: marinejobs@crowley.com with questions. Alaska residents are encouraged to apply!

General Employment LOCAL EQUIPMENT RENTAL COMPANY Looking for 5/2 Operations/ Maintenance/ On-Call Personnel Duties include general Maintenance and inventory control Send resume to: akhelpwanted-personnel@yahoo.com

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Audio/Video Building Supplies Computers Crafts/Holiday Items Electronics Exercise Equipment Firewood Food Furniture Garage Sales Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery Lawn & Garden Liquidation Machinery & Tools Miscellaneous Music Musical Instructions Office/Business Equipment Vacations/Tickets Wanted To Buy

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

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GARAGE SALE, 2 FAMILY Household, camping items, queen bedroom set & lots of miscellaneous. All priced to sell. Saturday, Feb. 8th, 10am- 3pm, CASH ONLY! K-Beach to Murwood follow signs! Pets & Livestock

Auctions

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Unit #52 Brandy Gage/ Otto Thiele Unit #89 Rob Howarth Unit #284 Nick Ehlers Unit# 359 Angela Lomu NO MINIMUM BID Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 12 noon

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Pawsitive training for all dogs & puppies. Agility, Conformation, Obedience, Privates & Rally. www.kenaikennelclub.com (907)335-2552

Merchandise For Sale Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Audio/Video Building Supplies Computers Crafts/Holiday Items Electronics Exercise Equipment Firewood Food Furniture Garage Sales Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery Lawn/Garden Liquidation Machinery & Tools Miscellaneous Music Musical Instructions Office/Business Equipment Vacations/Tickets Wanted To Buy

PUPPIES Jack Russel/ Dachshund mix, 2 males left $200. (907)398-9100. PUREBRED GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES with papers for sale! They are papered & will have their first set of shots. They will be ready for their new homes the second week in February. 3 males & 3 females left. Males:$900 Females:$1000 Call, text or email Tera! 907-252-7753

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TEACH ALL DOGS Everything with brains, not pain. Obedience, Puppy, Nose work, Rally, Agility, Privates. K-Beach Road (907)262-6846 www.pendog.org

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CHARIS PLACE ASSISTED LIVING,

Resident Assistant Needed for the night shift, part time and/or full time, prior experience required working with the senior population. Must pass background check. Cook Part time, must be able to work weekends. Pick up an application at: 701 N. Forest St., Kenai, AK. NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

Employment Agriculture Computing & Engineering Construction & Trades Domestics, Childcare, Aides Drivers/Transportation Education Finance & Accounting General Employment Healthcare Hospitality & Food Service Manufacturing & Production Oil & Refinery Office & Clerical Personal Care/Beauty Professional/ Management Real Estate, Leasing, Mortgage Retail Sales & Marketing Schools/Training Tourism Work Wanted

General Employment CAREGIVER NEEDED Relief shift. Soldotna. For more information call (907)262-5090.

Hospitality & Food Service COOK/ PREP/ Dishwasher Experience preferred Part-timeFull-time Apply in person at The Duck Inn

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All real estate advertising in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this publication are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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Whirlwind romance deflates over attitudes about race DEAR ABBY: I’m writing to you in the hope that you will share something with your readers. When I travel, I stay in hotels and it never ceases to amaze me how inconsiderate my fellow travelers can be. Late at night, the drunken party animals carry on, often until the sun rises. Then families with small children invade the halls, and the kids race up and down the halls screaming. Abigail Van Buren Behind every one of those closed hallway doors there may be a person who is trying to sleep. Fellow travelers, please be considerate! Walk softly and talk quietly in the halls. And parents, please teach your children manners. This includes not playing noisily where people are trying to sleep. — SLEEPLESS NEAR SEATTLE DEAR SLEEPLESS: I have experienced the same difficulties that you have while traveling. Here’s how I deal with it: I pick up the phone and notify the front desk or security if there are rowdy drunks keeping me awake after 10 p.m. — and the same goes for neighbors who have the volume on their television sets turned up so high I can’t sleep. If the problem persists, I ask to be

moved to a quieter room. As for the screaming children chasing each other in the hallways — I have been known to poke my sleepy head out the door and ask them to please quiet down. Maybe I have just been lucky, but they usually do. DEAR ABBY: I was married to my high school sweetheart, “Linda,” for 37 years. I am a widower now, going into a new relationship. “Susan” and I are going slow, but we may end up living together in my home. How do I integrate pictures of Linda with Susan being there? I have one of Linda and the kids, one of the two of us, and a painting of Linda and me together. Eventually I will want one with me and Susan. How do I make this work? This is all new to me and I don’t want to screw this up. — LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE DEAR L.S.T.: I am a great believer in verbal communication. Like many other things in relationships, this should be discussed and negotiated. Talk to Susan about it and see if she would be comfortable living in your home with these pictures on display. If you plan to combine households, Susan may have some photos of her own she would like to display. Many women wouldn’t object to a picture of you and your late wife. However, the portrait might be a bit much. Perhaps one of your children would like to have it.

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could be an error. Someone you count on could be off-kilter. You see a situation differently from how he or she does. Tonight: In weekend mode. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Do more listening and less reacting. You might not be happy with what you are hearing, but you will see a situation differently in the long run. Make a list of the pros and cons rather than react. Detach as much as humanly possible. Tonight: Head home. Do a vanishing act. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Listen to news more openly than you have in the past. You might conclude that a partner is less than helpful. Find out what is on this person’s mind, and clear out any obstacles between the two of you. You could discover that one of you has incorrect information. Tonight: Just be yourself. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH How you deal with others and their complications could be exhausting. Some have expectations that you might not be able to fulfill. It will be important to have a discussion about what you can do, as opposed to what they would like you to do. Tonight: Accept an offer. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHHYourabilitytoseethebigpicture might be more significant than you realize. You are able to visualize an idea and see how to make it possible. Use your unique creativity. You must not allow someone or a situation to trigger you. Tonight: Meet a friend at a new spot. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

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HHHH Listen to what someone shares. You might think that you are in a position to clear up a problem. However, even if you succeed, you will have to redo this same process later. Be aware that someone might have a mental block. Tonight: Be with a favorite person. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You have reason to feel popular, as others seek you out. Your ability to understand what is happening is a resource that people want to tap into. A family commitment could be more difficult to handle than you are aware. Tonight: The spotlight is on you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might want to approach an associate in a different way. Listen to what he or she has to say. Observe what is happening between you and a close friend, sibling or neighbor. You might not be seeing this person clearly. Tonight: Finish up what you must. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You could be very forthright in your dealings over financial concerns and/or a creative project. You won’t be able to complete your agreement at this time, because it would backfire. Stay light and easy when dealing with a loved one or child. Tonight: Be a kid yourself. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHYou could be wondering what is happening with a family member who seems a bit out of sorts. This person might feel weighed down by responsibilities. If you pitch in, you could be surprised by how fast his or her mood will change. Tonight: Make it early.

Kids and car safety Dear Readers: We all know that cars and children can be a potential hazard if we don’t take care and think about safety. Here are just a few hints to help you make it safer for you and your children: * Always buckle up every passenger in the car, every time! Kids watch what adults do, and if they see you buckle up every time, they will follow along, too. * If your child will be riding with someone else, make sure that person has a properly installed car seat (if necessary) and uses it, if your child is still small enough to be in one. If not, your child MUST ride in the back seat and buckle up. * Never leave a child alone in or around cars! Too many things can go wrong, even if you only step away for a minute. * Make sure kids know that a car is not a toy. They should NOT play with window controls, seat belts or other parts of the auto. — Heloise P.S.: NO pretend driving, either! Travel hint Dear Heloise: After losing my reading glasses while on vacation once, I now keep my old glasses to use when my wife and I travel. — J.W. in Massachusetts Check the lights Dear Heloise: Whenever I am driving, I do a self-check to make sure my headlights are working. You can see the reflection in darkened store windows, or at a stoplight I can see the reflection in some bumpers. You would still need to check the taillights. — A Reader, via email

SUDOKU

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By Dave Green

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

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2014 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Feb. 7, 2014: This year you open up to new ideas, and you are able to let go of your previously held restrictions. You could feel uncomfortable at work or with someone in charge. You might not know exactly why, and it might not be important. If you are single, just wait until summer, as this will be when your social life picks up. Date away until you are sure you’ve found Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached, the two of you will bond as if you are newfound lovers. A new addition to the family also is possible. GEMINI always is a delight, and he or she often makes you laugh. 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) HHHHYou might want to take some of the heat off a close associate or loved one. You might try having a discussion with someone else involved, but that is unlikely to succeed. In fact, your efforts likely will fall short. Recognize your limits. Tonight: Get together with friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You often tend to exaggerate a situation without realizing it. Certain facts really do stand out to you more than others. A partner or close loved one might feel uneasy about a conversation. Tonight: Meet up with friends to celebrate. TGIF! GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHHYou could breeze through a lot of work and feel much freer for a while. Double-check everything you do right now, because there

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By Johnny Hart

Garfield

By Eugene Sheffer

By Jim Davis

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2 8 6

4 9

7 3 8 1

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5 4 2/07

By Chad Carpenter

By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins

Mother Goose and Grimm

5 1

By Michael Peters

2014 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating someone for about six months. We fell in love very quickly and spend almost every second together. Our relationship has hit a rough patch ever since he found out that I have dated African-American men. He can’t seem to get over it, but he keeps saying he wants to try to make it work. He says cruel things sometimes when he gets mad, and it seems to be on his mind constantly. I don’t know what to do or how to make this better. We fell in love, but it seems to be spoiled because of my past. This isn’t a big deal to me. I have always dated people I thought were good people. He seems to view it as disgusting. I thought he was my soul mate because we connected so well on everything else, but I’m afraid he will never get past this issue and I may be wasting my time. What should I do? — ROCKY ROAD IN THE SOUTH DEAR ROCKY ROAD: Give him a hug and let him go. You are the sum total of your experiences and your upbringing, and the same is true of your boyfriend. He comes from a background of racial prejudice. When a person is raised that way, the mindset can be very difficult to change. As much as you might want to, you can’t fix this man; only he can do that. And from your description of him, I don’t think he’s capable of that kind of growth.

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