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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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BY ELWOOD BREHMER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

In the news Bill would allow Alaskans to invest in pipeline

JUNEAU — An Anchorage senator has introduced legislation that would allow Alaskans to use parts of their Permanent Fund dividends to invest in a North Slope natural gas pipeline. Sen. Lesil McGuire says SB164 would essentially allow Alaskans to buy stock in the pipeline and earn interest on their investment. She said in a release that she wants to get Alaskans “reinvigorated” about the state’s oil and gas industry by allowing them a chance to have an equity share, or a “piece of the pipe.” The state is currently weighing an ownership stake in a liquefied natural gas project.

Senate Education Committee to hear ed bill JUNEAU — The Senate Education Committee is slated to continue hearing Gov. Sean Parnell’s omnibus education bill. The massive bill to be heard Monday, among other things, proposes raising the base student allocation and repealing the high school graduation exam. The bill also would also increase the stipend for boarding schools. The committee also is scheduled to continue hearings on state kindergarten through third grade reading program requirements. — The Associated Press

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Brent Johnson, a commercial setnetter from Clam Gulch, talks about his proposal to allow setnetters to fish an experimental type of setnet he calls special harvest modules, Thursday during the triennial Board of Fisheries meeting on the Upper Cook Inlet.

Fishing for a change

stock healthy. In the chaos of closure and the subsequent disaster decANCHORAGE — Change laration, some of the longestis hard. The evolution of com- running commercial fishers in mercial setnetting in the Cook the Cook Inlet decided it was time for a change. Inlet is no different. As king salmon runs continue to decline, keeping nets Cutting back out of the water and fishers off Gary Hollier has known he the Kenai River, the East Side Setnet Fishery has seen its has a king salmon problem for time reduced, gear restricted some years. The 43-year vetand full-on closure in the past eran of the commercial fishfew years as Alaska Depart- ing in the inlet watched red ment of Fish and Game man- salmon jump on the beach in agers struggle to put enough 2012 when the setnet fleet was fish in the river to keep the largely shut out of its season. By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

So, he bought some twine and spent his time before the 2013 fishing season, holed up in his shop cutting foot after foot from his nets. He shortened about half of the 24 nets he and his crew fished last season. At five hours of modification time per net, the task was daunting. Staff at ADFG gave Hollier logbooks and he kept track of how many red salmon and how many king salmon he caught in his nets, how deep the net was and the stage of the tide. “We tried to be as accurate

as we could,” Hollier said. “So if all my compliment of nets would have been shallow nets, I’m saying I would have conservatively had a savings of 50 percent.” It’s a reduction in red salmon as well, but Hollier is all about business when he talks about the experimentation. “We’re in a tough situation, Board of Fish is in a tough situation, all users are in a tough situation. We need to fish when the reds are there and keep our sockeye to king ratio high. Last year on our peak day, we See FISH, page A-10

In-step with Gov. Sean Parnell’s message of fiscal restraint, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Deputy Commissioner John Binder said the Statewide Aviation division is returning to its basic responsibilities. “Along the line of the governor’s State of the State address (Jan. 25) is a focus a lot on our core competencies and our core mission — making sure we’re providing that rural access, fix and maintain the things we have and finishing everything we’ve started without a whole lot of emphasis on going out and looking for new projects,” Binder said. After joining DOT in June 2013 as aviation operations manager, Binder took over for former deputy commissioner and head of state aviation Steve Hatter Jan. 7. He will address the Alaska Air Carriers Association Feb. 18 at its annual convention in Anchorage. Winters with several freezethaw cycles, such as the one the state is experiencing now, strain localized airport operations budgets by forcing additional resources and money towards sanding, de-icing and surface maintenance, Binder said. The funds not used in winter typiSee DOT, page A-10

Changes in works at Kachemak reserve By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Morris News Service-Alaska Homer News

HOMER — Although Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials have been exploring a new state partner for the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the prospect of declining budgets for the Division of Sport Fish, its current home, does not mean the reserve will close or move. “That’s not the case,” said former research reserve manager Terry Thompson. Thompson ended his tenure as manager this week and is now the statewide communications

and outreach coordinator for the Division of Sport Fish. He will be based in Homer but spend part of his time in Anchorage. As a measure of its commitment to keeping the reserve open, the state seeks to hire a new manager and will begin recruiting soon, said Lisa Evans, assistant director for the Division of Sport Fish. At the Jan. 27 Homer City Council meeting, James Hornaday and Ralph Broshes, two members of the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Community Council, the research reserve’s citizen advisory group, made a 10-minute presentation about the importance of

the reserve in which they raised concerns about its future. “The general fund outlook for fiscal year 2015 is uncertain but suggests a shortfall will happen that will necessitate a reduction to the reserve,” Broshes said. Revenues for the Sport Fish Division have been declining over the past five years because of a decrease in sport fish license fees and federal receipts from sales of fishing gear, Evans said. An impact to the reserve hasn’t been felt until this year. Evans said Fish and Game has submitted a fiscal year 2015 budget request that might have some reductions in the reserve’s budget, but that she hopes that does not

mean staff reductions. “Our first and primary goal has always been in this division to preserve staff,” she said. The research reserve was designated Alaska’s first research reserve in 2002. It is the 22nd research reserve in the National Estuarine Research Reserve, or NERR, system under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The reserve does both research and education. Research activities have included studies of Kachemak Bay shoreline erosion, changes in glaciers and monitoring of invasive species. The reserve staff also do educational projects like the popular Discovery Labs.

NERRs are created in partnerships between NOAA and a state entity. In Alaska, the partnership initially was with the Fish and Game Habitat Division. When Gov. Frank Murkowski moved the Habitat Division from Fish and Game, the reserve was moved to the Division of Sport Fish. Funding is 35 percent from NOAA and 40 percent from Fish and Game, Broshes said. Discussions about finding a new state agency for the research reserve started because the Sport Fish Division does not feel it’s the best fit. While there is some overlap in research into issues like salmon habitat or the effect See BAY, page A-10

Kenai Fire Chief Tilly retires By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

After 23 years serving the City of Kenai, Fire Chief Mike Tilly hung his hat up for the last time Friday. The Kenai Fire Department celebrated Tilly’s career with a retirement party at the station on Wednesday. Firefighters from Seward, Nikiski and Soldotna came to offer well wishes. Former Kenai assistant fire chief James Baisden, now chief at Nikiski Fire Department, presented him with an achievement award –a golden

fire ax wall mount. Tilly, 47, said it has been an honor to work for the community and appreciated the opportunity the city has given him. He served as fire chief the last seven years and said while the department has grown, the job remains the same. “We are still running red trucks with wet water out of a fire hose,” he said. “When the bells go off you have a chance to help somebody. That’s what brings a lot of people to the career.” Tilly moved to the Kenai Peninsula from Fairbanks in 1990. He started his firefighting career

at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, working for the university fire department. He said four current firefighters from the Kenai station graduated from the same program. When he started here in 1990, only three firefighters worked on a shift and he was the first paramedic hired by the city. Now one of his last decisions was hiring a seventh paramedic, Ben Nabinger, a local guy who starts Feb 18. Photo by Dan Balmer Peninsula Clarion “I still appreciate the chief who sat at this desk and hired Kenai Fire Chief Mike Tilly retired after 23 years of service to the City of Kenai. On Wednesday the department held a retireSee FIRE, page A-10 ment party and presented Tilly with an achievement award. C

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 1/-21

Today

Tuesday

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Cold with plenty of sun

Cold with brilliant sunshine

Mostly cloudy and cold

A chance for snow or flurries

Considerable cloudiness

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The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, Sunrise humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, Sunset pressure and elevation on the human body.

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Daylight Length of Day - 8 hrs., 41 min., 8 sec. Daylight gained - 5 min., 23 sec.

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Adak* Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cold Bay Cordova Delta Junction Denali N. P. Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Fort Yukon Glennallen* Gulkana Haines Homer Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak

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Full Feb 14

Today 8:59 a.m. 5:40 p.m.

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Dillingham 5/-6

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... Trace Normal month to date ............. 0.28" Year to date .............................. 2.28" Normal year to date .................. 1.24" Record today ................. 0.64" (1996) Record for Feb. ............. 2.80" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date ........................... Trace Season to date ......................... 39.4"

Juneau 9/1

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43 at Dutch Harbor -38 at Arctic Village and Fort Yukon

Today’s Forecast

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Frigid air will have the Northeast and Midwest shivering today, while some snow and ice falls from the southern Plains to the Tennessee Valley. More rain and mountain snow will reach the Northwest.

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Valdez Kenai/ 11/6 Soldotna Homer

Cold Bay 29/17

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Anchorage 15/0

Bethel 1/-12

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Talkeetna 8/-15 Glennallen -7/-38

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Today’s activity: Moderate Where: Auroral activity will be moderate. Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to as far south as Talkeetna and visible low on the horizon as far south as Bethel, Soldotna and southeast Alaska.

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Anaktuvuk Pass -3/-16

Kotzebue 6/-8

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Researchers study Texas earthquakes FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Researchers collecting seismic data hope it allows them to determine what role wastewater injection wells have played in a string of small earthquakes northwest of Fort Worth. The area in northeast Parker County, about 15 miles northwest of Fort Worth, has experienced more than 30 small earthquakes since November. Last month more than 30 area residents traveled to Austin to ask the Texas Railroad Commission to consider shutting down injection wells there, but the commission said it didn’t have enough information. “We want to get to a point where we can say, ‘This particular well affected this seemingly dead fault,’” Heather DeShon, an associate professor of geophysics at Southern Methodist University told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “But first we have to gather the data.” DeShon said the school’s network of seismic activity sensors in an area about 15 miles northwest of Fort Worth have detected numerous small earthquakes recently. Still, it could take a year or more before researchers could tie the earthquakes around the town of Azle to injection wells in the area. Oil wells often produce tons of salt water, which is pumped back into the ground through the so-called injection wells, to extract more oil. According to the Texas Railroad Commission, there are about 35,000 active injection wells in the state. About 7,000 of those are used for disposal. Experts have said it’s rare for the wells to produce seismic events, but it does happen. There are five disposal wells around Azle. Small earthquakes that occurred at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport from October 2008 to May 2009 stopped after one company shut down one of the two injection wells it operated on the airport property. University of Texas reC

searchers studied seismic data gathered in the Barnett Shale between 2009 and 2011. Cliff Frohlich, senior research scientist at the university’s Institute for Geophysics, concluded that “injection-triggered earthquakes are more common than is generally recognized.” About 850 area residents attended a community meeting on the earthquakes in early January. The Railroad Commission later voted to hire its own seismologist. About 30 residents of northeast Parker County went to Austin later in January to ask the commission to consider shutting down the injection wells in their area. Commission members said they didn’t have enough information to do that. Agency officials said they had inspected 11 injection wells in the area. One was being repaired, but the others were in compliance with their permits.

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Warming polar cyclones more common than originally thought COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new analysis of polar weather data has shown that 1,900 cyclones churned across the top of the world from 2000 to 2010, or 40 percent more Arctic storms than previously thought. The finding using data previously synthesized at the Ohio Supercomputer Center could be significant to anyone who lives north of 55 degrees of latitude, an area that includes Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and Russia. The cyclones leave behind warm water and air, melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Ohio State University geography professor David Bromwich says the finding is also important to polar researchers seeking to understand current weather patterns and what they say about future climate change. Bromwich, senior research scientist at OSU’s Byrd Polar Research Center, amassed the weather database and consulted on the cyclone study. “We can’t yet tell if the number of cyclones is increasing or decreasing, because that would take a multi-decade view,” he said in a release. “We do know that, since 2000, there have been a lot of rapid changes in the Arctic — Greenland ice melting, tundra thawing — so we can say that we’re capturing a good view of what’s happening in the Arctic during the current time of rapid changes.” The study was presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in December. It was co-authored by Natalia Tilinina and Sergey Gulev of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Moscow State University.

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Community Calendar

Around the Peninsula Caregiver Support Program discusses heart

Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Middle of the Road” at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558.

A Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Peer Support Meeting is planned for Tuesday at 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.

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

Frontier Community Services board to meet

Bear attack survivor to speak at KPC

Frontier Community Services will hold its annual Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Challenger Center in Kenai. Executive Director James Kenneth Duff will present the state of agency report and new Board officials will be elected. FCS Employee of the Year and milestone awards for years of service will also be announced. A salad bar and coffee will be provided and the meeting is open to the public.

The KPC Student Union and KPC Showcase Series will host a presentation by Dan Bigley, survivor of a 2003 brown bear attack at the Russian River and author of “Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear,” at 7 p.m. February 12, at Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus Commons. This event is free and open to the public.

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

Exhibit highlights early black comics By KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press

Garden Club to talk hardiness zones

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PITTSBURGH — Comic books are full of superheroes and a dazzling variety of characters, but in the early days of the industry one thing was conspicuously rare: black characters. Now, an exhibit in Pittsburgh chronicles some early artists and a publisher who started to break the comic color barrier in the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibit called “Beyond the Funny Pages” coincides with Black History Month and is being shown through the end of February at the City/County building. It chronicles the contributions of Matt Baker, the first black to work in the industry; Zelda “Jackie” Ormes, the first black female comic artist; and Orrin Evans, the first black comic publisher. The Toonseum, which celebrates comic art, is helping curate the exhibit. Toonseum Director Joe Wos notes: “Even today, the funny pages lack di-

versity.” But decades ago, the situation was even tougher. Baker was so talented that he was hired in the early ‘40s by New York’s prestigious Eisner & Iger Studio, an otherwise all-white organization. He later drew for Marvel Comics, Gunsmoke Westerns, and Playboy magazine. Amber and Dean Bierkan visited the exhibit Friday and noted that the struggles of black artists are still relevant today. They were struck by Baker’s achievements. “And he had to draw white men and women,” Dean Bierkan marveled. “That was the market.” When Orrin Evans came up with the idea of a comic book filled with all-black characters, he faced a backlash. In 1947, Evans published a single issue of “All-Negro Comics” and noted in the introduction that he hoped his project would give black artists an opportunity to use their talents. After that, the big compa-

nies that controlled the comics industry “pretty much locked him out. He couldn’t get paper. Nothing,” Wos said. A planned second issue never happened. Wos said it appears the big comic publishers were threatened by the subject matter and the fact that Evans was an independent publisher. The comics venture failed, but Evans had a successful career as a pioneering journalist for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Ormes, the first black female comic artist, is credited with convincing editors at the Pittsburgh Courier in 1937 to let her draw a comic strip “Dixie to Harlem.” It chronicled Torchy Brown’s move from the Deep South to New York City, mirroring a real-life shift many were experiencing. Ormes later created a black comic character named Ginger who discussed civil rights, poverty and other controversial topics in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s. That led to questioning

by the FBI and allegations that Ormes was a Communist, the exhibit notes. Chay Tyler, who helped curate the exhibit, said he hadn’t previously known much about the history of blacks in the comic industry. “A lot of it was a surprise to me. Because when I was growing up, I’d never seen a black comic book, period,” said Tyler, a program coordinator for the city Department of Parks and Recreation. It took decades for black comic characters to enter the mainstream, Wos said. For example, in the mid-1960s, Morris Turner created “Wee Pals,” the first nationally syndicated comic strip featuring black characters — but only about 10 newspapers carried it. Three months after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, 100 newspapers were carrying the strip. “It took that for white America to recognize, we need to listen to these voices,” Wos said.

‘Lego Movie’ debut nets $69 million By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

NEW YORK — “The Lego Movie” clicked with moviegoers, assembling an exceptional $69.1 million debut at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates. The better-than-expected result made the Warner Bros. collaboration with the Danish toy company easily the biggest hit of the year so far. A sequel is already in development for the 3-D animated film, digitally drawn to mimic a world composed entirely of Lego bricks. The film has drawn raves from critics. Co-directors and

co-writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller (“21 Jump Street,” ‘’Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”) gave the film a playful tone to capture the whimsy of a child playing in a box of Legos. Characters are largely voiced by comic actors like Will Ferrell and Chris Pratt. The film marks the biggest animation hit for Warner Bros., a studio that despite popular live-action franchises has struggled to develop animated hits on par with other studios. Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said the film, made with a production budget of $60 mil-

lion, resounded because of the popularity of the Lego brand. This is the first feature film for the toy company. Fellow toy-maker Hasbro has seen mixed results since the launch of the “Transformers” franchise, which was followed by “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra” and the notorious flop “Battleship.”

Health fair comes to KPC KPC is hosting a health fair open to the public on Feb. 12 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Campus Commons area. More than 30 health and wellness exhibitors will be displaying their products, including Alaska Insurance Markets, Sleep Center, Safe Kids, Geneva Woods and more. Low cost blood testing for cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid, Vitamin D deficiency and others will be available from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Room 108 of the Ward building. A 12-hour fast is required for comprehensive blood test; water and necessary medications are fine. Call 262-0347 for more information.

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Shipyard projects benefit whole state Ketchikan’s shipyard has widespread

support throughout the state. It will need it to acquire $3 million from the Legislature this session. But, if it can get this money — money it can’t get anywhere else — it will be spent to improve the shipyard’s operation, increasing the amount of work that can be done there. Increased work signals a growing business with an encouraging future, and if the businesses in Ketchikan can be described such, then the community is economically well. The community has been strongly in support of the shipyard for decades, most evidently in its granting competitive electrical rates and tax relief. Stipulated in a 30-year agreement between the City of Ketchikan, Ketchikan Public Utilities, Ketchikan Gateway Borough and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, which owns the shipyard operated by Vigor Alaska, the shipyard receives rates that allow it to be competitive against other shipyards. The shipyard plans to build a new open air land-level berth. Construction requires relocating an electrical power substation, which is 26 years old. The substation is located in the middle of where the new berth would be constructed. Moving the electrical equipment would result in its being updated, which would improve efficiency and allow for the capacity of higher electrical loads. Improved capacity will be necessary as the shipyard continues to be developed. And it will continue to develop. It is necessary infrastructure in a state with a maritime economy. Private, state and federal vessels can be repaired, maintained and built at the shipyard. They encompass every type of vessel from ferries, fishing boats, barges and U.S. Coast Guard cutters. With the shipyard here, maritime operators do not have to make a trip to Seattle or elsewhere for service in most cases. This is especially important during the busiest times for the year for the maritime industry. It also means shipyard jobs are in Ketchikan and not out of state. Increasing development in the Arctic area of Alaska also increases the value of the shipyard operations by reducing the distance to shipyard services for vessels that operate there. That activity will only increase. The shipyard is an ongoing project. It has been a community priority for decades, increasing its capabilities and contribution to the community and the state with each improvement. The state, through its legislators, should continue to build upon its investment in Ketchikan Shipyard. While it is an asset to Ketchikan, it serves the whole state. — Ketchikan Daily News, Feb. 1

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The party of less work

The Democrats once styled themselves the party of workers. Now, they are the party of people who would have been workers, if it hadn’t been for Obamacare. The Congressional Budget Office released a new analysis of the economic effects of the health-care law that estimates that it will reduce the number of workers, in effect, by 2.5 million in 2024. This unleashed a torrent of arguments from the Democrats implicitly denigrating the value of work. Perhaps not since Southern “fire-eaters” attacked Northern “wage slavery” in the mid-19th century has a good honest day’s work been talked about so dismissively. The old jobs crisis was people not having jobs; the new jobs crisis is people having to work. The party devoted to combating inequality is now blithely unconcerned about a law discouraging people — especially people down the income scale — from earning more. So much for its championing of economic mobility. White House press secretary Jay Carney declared the CBO report a validation of the law: “We noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. This CBO report bears that out.” If only the number of people effectively dissuaded from working were 5 million, or 7.5 million, the health-care law would be an even more stunning triumph of sound public policy and true American values.

A few caveats are in order: We aren’t talking about jobs that are eliminated in the usual sense of discouraging employers from hiring, as some Republican talking points suggested. And the 2.5 Rich Lowry million number isn’t for jobs per se, but for “full-time equivalent” positions, i.e., the cumulative lost hours of millions of people deciding to work less. Nonetheless, the number is devastating. Democrats like Jay Carney want to pass it all off as ending the “job lock” that keeps people in a job only to preserve their health insurance. There is a little something to this, but it isn’t the main problem. Obamacare has created a vast apparatus of subsidies, penalties and taxes that is effectively anti-work. The CBO explains that Obamacare’s subsidies, by giving people more resources, allow “some people to maintain the same standard of living while working less.” And the way they phase out creates another disincentive, as “subsidies decline with rising income (and increase as income falls), thus making work less attractive.” The penalties and taxes, meanwhile, “will ultimately induce some workers to supply less labor.” Democrats consider all this and pronounce themselves well-pleased. Rep.

self-sufficiency and the ability to take responsibility for one’s own life, family and community. Cook Inlet Tribal Council We welcome you to learn more at citci. org. provides many community Tim Blum services Communication Officer Cook Inlet Tribal Council Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (CITC) wishes to offer clarification regarding to Mr. Alvin V. Steik’s comments in a letter to the editor (“Corporations not fulfilling obligations to Alaska Natives”) which pubContributions support lished on Jan. 30: Located in Anchorage, CITC is a tribal students in transition nonprofit service organization assisting I would like to recognize recent conAlaska Native and American Indian people residing in the Cook Inlet region of south- tributors to the KPBSD Students in Trancentral Alaska. As a nonprofit organiza- sition Program for homeless children tion, CITC has no shareholders, but our and youth: the Church of Jesus Christ participants work hard each day to realize of Latter-day Saints Sterling Ward Retheir full potential. We believe that when lief Society Sisters along with the Sterwe work together, we can help each other ling Young Women (ages 12-18), the lodevelop our strengths and talents, and be- cal Veterans of Foreign Wars, the local come successful and self-sufficient indi- Order of the Purple Heart, the KPBSD Student Nutrition Services staff, and our viduals, families and communities. CITC was established in 1983 by Cook local Fred Meyer store/the Kroger FounInlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) — one of 12 Alas- dation. Thank you for your generous doka Native Regional Corporations founded nations and the time and energy spent on under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement collecting them. These supplies and supports play an imAct (ANCSA) in 1971. CITC is part of a variety of nonprofit organizations within portant part in assisting our students, and the CIRI family that provide educational, your efforts are sincerely appreciated. Kelly King housing, employment, social and cultural KPBSD Homeless Liason services, recovery services, and child and family services to CIRI shareholders, Alaska Native and American Indian people, and Competition benefits food bank the community at-large. The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank exAs one of the nation’s preeminent, culturally responsive social-service organiza- tends a warm thank you to the Public Detions, CITC assists more than 10,000 people fender’s Office and to the Office of the annually through a breadth of supportive District Attorney for their participation in programming — education, employment an inter-office food drive competition durand training services, workforce developing November and December. The Defense ment, family preservation, and support Attorney’s Office raised 72 pounds of food for individuals recovering from addiction, and $1,495, while the Office of the District Attorney raised 309 pounds of food substance abuse and/or incarceration. CITC is built on values rooted in Alaska along with $393. Food and funds together, Native cultures, and the belief that invest- the drive donated the equivalent of 9,821 ing in individual human potential builds pounds of food for combatting hunger on human capital, and advances the self-de- the Kenai Peninsula. Also a special thanks termination of Our People. All of our pro- goes to Trial Lawyer Eric Derleth for nurgrams are steeped in our deeply held belief turing the spirit of competition between the that true self-determination is grounded in two offices.

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Mark Pocan, D-Wis., sees only upside in people working less: “What that means is instead they might be able to tuck their child in bed at night and read a bedtime story, or go to an activity, which means they’re better off.” Harry Reid found his inner libertarian: “We live in a country where we should be free agents. People can do what they want.” Obviously, if you are afraid to earn more because government will take away a subsidy, you aren’t a free agent. White House economic adviser Jason Furman made an inapt comparison. “Getting rid of Social Security and Medicare would cause more 95-year-olds to work,” he said. “You wouldn’t judge whether Social Security or Medicare are good or bad based on what they do to labor supply.” No, you wouldn’t — because they are programs for the elderly. Discouraging work among 95-year-olds is different than discouraging work among people in the prime of their lives. No one told us when the bill was being considered that Obamacare would have some of the same effects as a retirement program. The latest CBO numbers are part of the growing list of facts about Obamacare that, if they had been widely acknowledged before its passage, would have doomed it in Congress. But that debate seems so long ago. It was back when both political parties professed to be pro-work. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Many will benefit from the fruits of this drive. One of our clients shares, “Our food bank is important to us because it helps feed our family in the winter when we can’t find jobs.” Anyone with questions about the operations and services of the Food Bank or about volunteering should call 262-3111, or even better, come visit us at 33955 Community College Dr. in Soldotna. We feed people because no one deserves to be hungry! Linda Swarner, Executive Director Kenai Peninsula Food Bank

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DKNY designer turns to real people for her show By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press

NEW YORK — If you’ve ever watched a fashion show and said to yourself, “Those aren’t real people out there on the runway,” Donna Karan has an answer for that. For her DKNY runway show Sunday, Karan presented — along with the models, of course — an assortment of nonmodels: A DJ. A TV presenter. A printmaker. A few students. A biologist, a “night life hostess,” and, in the most intriguing

entry in the show’s written program, a “tattoo artist/ pro skateboarder.” The “real people” (not that you aren’t real, models, but your looks are rather unreal) walked the runway with confidence, and drew enthusiastic cheers. Some were built almost like models, others weren’t, and some even had (gasp) gray hair, but they all looked great in Karan’s colorful clothes. The show began with a short film featuring the young New Yorkers about to walk the runway, speaking about where they

live — Greenpoint in Brooklyn, for example, and Tribeca — and why they came to New York. Angel Haze, a musician, wore a favorite DKNY look: a long black faux fur vest. Devan Mayfield, a painter and a health practitioner, wore a crepe houndstooth and lace shift dress. Daniel Bamdad, a TV presenter, wore slim black jeans and a black cotton cutoff shirt. Masha Korchagina, an actress and biologist, wore a black and white shearling “cape vest.” Melissa Burns, the nightlife hostess, wore a striped

shearling coat. Some of the nice looks went to the models, too, including an edgy black vinyl pleated slip dress, a delicate gray lace dress with a pleated hem, and the filmy silk, lace and flannel long slip dress that closed the show — all in gray. Karan said she decided to use non-professional models because “DKNY really is about the streets. It’s about the streets of New York, the energy of New York, the people of New York. You know, seeing how they do their hair, and their look

and their style. Designers try to keep up with them.” Singer Rita Ora was in the audience. She walked the DKNY runway last September to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the line, which is more casual than Karan’s higher-end signature line, and geared toward younger consumers. Ora said a few words — but wouldn’t give anything away — about the forthcoming film “50 Shades of Grey,” in which she plays protagonist Christian Grey’s sister. “We’re just filming at the moment,” she said. “Everybody’s been asking me but honestly I can’t spoil it, so you’re all going to (have to) watch it. It’s amazing and I’m so happy to be a part of it.” Karan said she plans to see sell for tens of thousands of the film: “Absolutely!” pounds (dollars). It is a testament to the softer side of Empire — not the hubris of the British expeditionary forces, but the curiosity of the British scientist, collector and eccentric. “It must have been horrific in Victorian times,” conservatory manager Nick Johnson said. “It took a few months sea voyage to get out to these places. They had to hire 40 or 50 people to take equipment into the field, through dangerous territory, and they lost a lot of people. They would collect orchids from the Andes, and they would get rotten before they were even loaded onto ships. That’s weeks and weeks worth of work lost.” The display includes letters back to Kew from hunters in the field and a replica of a makeshift hunters’ camp as it would have been set up in the 1880s. “This British obsession with orchids has lasted 150 years now,” Johnson said. “We try to do a little education but at the same time have a little fun and add a bit of color to peoples’ lives this time of year.”

British orchids provide hint of spring

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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, file photo, Jess Lee a student horticulturist makes final adjustments to an arch of ‘Vanda’ orchids during a media pre-view of an Orchid festival at Kew Botanical Gardens in London. By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press

LONDON — The weather outside is frightful — it has been for weeks, with parts of the country experiencing the worst floods in decades — but it’s positively warm inside the Princess of Wales Conservatory. It’s humid too, tropical in fact. The heat and moisture are

necessary for the tens of thousands of orchids inside — orchids that are providing flower-loving Brits with reason to believe that this grim, soggy winter, with its record January rainfall, may soon be over. The annual Orchid Festival at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is a rite of early spring as British as breakfast tea, a chance to celebrate the hardy flowers that seem to grow

like magic on trees and rocks. Their ornate blossoms offer welcome reassurance that better days are near — as do the bulbs just starting to sprout in the beds of one of the world’s oldest and best known botanical gardens. “It’s so brightly colorful,” said Rich Cooper, leaving the glasshouse with a sweaty smile. “You’re trapped inside by cruel weather for some time and suddenly, even in the rain, you can come to an almost tropical spot and just see lush jungle color. It’s just beautiful.” The festival draws a cult-like following of likeminded enthusiasts, including many who, like the 58-year-old Cooper, return year after year. Officials won’t release precise figures, but they say the month-long orchid extravaganza doubles attendance at a normally slow time of year. This year’s display highlights the grit of Victorianera orchid hunters, who spent months or years on perilous expeditions designed to bring exotic plants from places like Papua New Guinea and the Amazon basin back to London, where rare orchids could

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The Fall 2014 DKNY collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.

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Storm brings snow, rain to PNW By PHUONG LE Associated Press

SEATTLE — A significant weekend storm disrupted plans across the Northwest U.S., blanketing parts of Washington state with snow, socking Oregon and California with rain and contributing to the deaths of three people. On Sunday, Seattle-area residents woke up to rare lowland snow. In Portland, city officials sent out a cellphone alert Sunday morning urging residents to stay indoors and avoid travel after freezing rain turned streets and sidewalks into thick sheets of ice. As a result, parts of Oregon and Washington were bracing for a treacherous Monday morning commute. The National Weather Service says the first significant storm to hit Northern California in 14 months has produced impressive amounts of rain and snow, but forecasters cautioned Sunday that it would take weeks of similar drenching to end the state’s immediate drought worries. “This event, while it certainly isn’t going to take us out of the drought, we couldn’t have asked for a better storm,” said meteorologist Scott McGuire in Reno. “We are seeing very, very impressive rainfall and snowfall amounts.” After subsisting on manmade snow for much of the season, Lake Tahoe’s ski resorts gratefully embraced the more than 3 feet of new snow they got over two days, although the gift heightened the risk of avalanches. In central Oregon, the Deschutes County sheriff’s office was investigating three stormrelated deaths, including that of a 61-year-old Bend man who collapsed while shoveling snow outside his home. An elderly couple was also found

Saturday buried in snow, and authorities believe they were walking through heavy snow on an unplowed driveway to their home. Officials in the Portland, Ore., and southwest Washington areas warned of an icy Monday morning commute as the National Weather Service on Sunday afternoon issued a freezing rain advisory for the region from 4 a.m. to noon. Several school districts in both states announced another day of closures for Monday after many schools shuttered Friday, and some government offices are opening two hours later than usual. “We expect it will be a slushy morning commute,” Portland transportation spokesman Dylan Rivera said Sunday. In the Seattle area, several inches of new snow overnight brought a flurry of snowmanbuilding, sledding and other winter fun before Monday when the forecast called for rain and milder temperatures into the rest of the week. By Sunday, nearly 3 inches fell at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the heaviest snowfall in a single day at that location in about two years. Parts of southwest Washington got hammered with as much as 5 inches or more in south Thurston County and some parts of Lewis County. “We don’t get this too often. People are excited,” said Josh Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle. Smith said temperatures are expected to rise above freezing by late Sunday. High avalanche danger prompted officials at Mount Rainier National Park to close the gate to Paradise at Longmire on Sunday. In Portland, about 40 flights, or less than 10 percent of the typical 500 daily flights,

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People enjoy the snow on Soap Box Derby hill at Bush’s Pasture Park, in Salem, Ore. on Saturday, Feb. 8.

were canceled Sunday morning. Most flights were generally getting in and out of the airport though with some delays, Port of Portland spokesman Steve Johnson said. Freezing rain Saturday brought treacherous conditions to the metro area, forcing transportation officials to temporarily suspend light-rail and street car services before resuming service Sunday morning. Julian Sabel-Dodge, 26, got a message on his cellphone Sunday morning urging him to stay indoors — the first time the city used the federal wireless alert system. “It is a complete ice rink out there,” said Sabel-Dodge, who ventured out Sunday to take his two dogs for a walk. “It’s a good inch of ice. It’s very icy still, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to melt soon.” Sabel-Dodge, who studies at Portland Community College, said he’ll likely stay home Monday to avoid a messy commute. Parts of the northern San

Economy may be stuck in slow lane for long run By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — In the 4½ years since the Great Recession ended, millions of Americans who have gone without jobs or raises have found themselves wondering something about the economic recovery: Is this as good as it gets? It increasingly looks that way. Two straight weak job reports have raised doubts about economists’ predictions of breakout growth in 2014. The global economy is showing signs of slowing — again. Manufacturing has slumped. Fewer people are signing contracts to buy homes. Global stock markets have sunk as anxiety has gripped developing nations. Some long-term trends are equally dispiriting. The Congressional Budget Office foresees growth picking up through 2016, only to weaken starting in 2017. By the CBO’s reckoning, the economy will soon slam into a demographic wall: The vast baby boom generation will retire. Their exodus will shrink the share of Americans who are working, which will hamper the economy’s ability to accelerate. At the same time, the government may have to borrow more, raise taxes or cut spending to support Social Security and Medicare for those retirees. Only a few weeks ago, at least the short-term view looked brighter. Entering 2014, many economists predicted growth would top 3 percent for the first time since 2005. That pace would bring the U.S. economy near its average post-World War II annual growth rate. Some of the expected improvement would come from the government exerting less drag on the economy this year after having slashed spending and raised taxes in 2013. In addition, steady job gains

dating back to 2010 should unleash more consumer spending. Each of the 7.8 million jobs that have been added provided income to someone who previously had little or none. It amounts to “adrenaline” for the economy, said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist for Northern Trust. And since 70 percent of the economy flows from consumers, their increased spending would be expected to drive stronger hiring and growth. “There is a dividing line between a slow-growth economy that is not satisfactory and above-trend growth with a tide strong enough to lift all the boats and put people back to work,” said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. “That number is 3 percent.” The recovery had appeared to achieve a breakthrough in the final quarter of 2013. The economy grew at an annual pace of 3.2 percent last quarter. Leading the upswing was a 3.3 percent surge in the rate of consumer spending, which had been slack for much of the recovery partly because of high debt loads and stagnant pay. Yet for now, winter storms and freezing temperatures, along with struggles in Europe and Asia, have slowed manufacturing and the pace of hiring. Just 113,000 jobs were added in January, the government said Friday. In December, employers had added a puny 75,000. Job creation for the past two months is roughly half its average for the past two years. A third sluggish jobs report in February would further dim hopes for a breakout year. “Three months in a row would mean the job market is taking a turn for the worst,” said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for PNC Financial Services. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman have sug-

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gested that the economy might be in a semi-permanent funk. In November, Summers warned in a speech that the economy is trapped by “secular stagnation.” By that, he meant a prolonged period of weak demand and slow growth. If the United States hasn’t already slipped into that period, the CBO predicts it could over the next four years. That’s when the retirements of baby boomers would start to restrain growth. The economy will expand 2.7 percent in 2017 before declining to an average of 2.2 percent through 2024, the CBO estimates. That’s about as sluggish as the current recovery has been, on average, so far. There are no documented examples of an economy that had to emerge from a financial crisis while simultaneously absorbing the effects of an aging population, noted Harvard University economist Carmen Reinhart, who has researched eight centuries of crises with her colleague Ken Rogoff. “These things are new,” she said. Many Americans who endured the worst of the downturn remain wary, sensing that the recession caused an enduring downshift. Some businesses are still reluctant to hire despite higher revenue. Consider Linda Tool & Die in Brooklyn. The company slashed its average workweek to 32 hours after the recession struck. Those cuts helped preserve employees’ health care benefits. It also enabled the 61-year old company to invest in technology to try to stay competitive in a tough environment. But as business has improved with more orders from aerospace companies, CEO Mike Dimarino has chosen overtime over hiring. “I’d rather give the people who stuck with me during the dark days a few extra bucks,” he said. C

Francisco Bay Area saw sizable amounts of rain, along with flash flood warnings. By Sunday, the community of Woodacre, which has the highest base elevation in Marin County, received more than 10 inches of rain since the storm moved in Friday, while downtown San Francisco got more than 2 inches, said Austin Cross, a National Weather Service forecaster meteorologist in Monterey. The storm, powered by a warm, moisture-packed system from the Pacific Ocean known as a Pineapple Express, was expected to bring more rain Sunday before moving east. In other parts of the West, forecasters on Sunday warned of avalanche conditions across much of Colorado’s high country as snow continues to fall in the region. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued the warning for most of the central and northern mountains through midday Monday.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave “limited” support to terrorists or terrorist groups. The change is one of President Barack Obama’s first actions on immigration since he pledged during his State of the Union address last month to use more executive directives. The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department now say that people considered to have provided “limited material support” to terrorists or terrorist groups are no longer automatically barred from the United States. A post-Sept. 11 provision in immigrant law, known as terrorism related inadmissibility grounds, had affected anyone considered to have given support. With little exception, the provision has been applied rigidly to those trying to enter the U.S. and those already here but wanting to change their immigration status. For Morteza Assadi, a 49-year-old real estate agent in northern Virginia, the law has left him in a sort of immigration purgatory while his green card application has been on hold for more than a decade.

The end is near — for cigarette smoking in America? A growing number of experts think so ATLANTA — Health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America. They have long wished for a cigarette-free America, but shied away from calling for smoking rates to fall to zero or near zero by any particular year. The power of tobacco companies and popularity of their products made such a goal seem like a pipe dream. But a confluence of changes has recently prompted public health leaders to start throwing around phrases like “endgame” and “tobacco-free generation.” Now, they talk about the slowly-declining adult smoking rate dropping to 10 percent in the next decade and to 5 percent or lower by 2050. Acting U.S. Surgeon General Boris Lushniak last month released a 980-page report on smoking that pushed for stepped-up tobacco-control measures. His news conference was an unusually animated showing of anti-smoking bravado, with Lushniak nearly yelling, repeatedly, “Enough is enough!” “I can’t accept that we’re just allowing these numbers to trickle down,” he said, in a recent interview with the AP. “We believe we have the public health tools to get us to the zero level.” — The Associated Press

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600 evacuated from blockaded Syrian city By BARBARA SURK Associated Press

BEIRUT — Hundreds of civilians were evacuated Sunday from the besieged Syrian city of Homs, braving gunmen spraying bullets and lobbing mortar shells to flee as part of a rare three-day truce to relieve a choking blockade. Dozens were wounded as they fled. The cease-fire came as Syrian officials arrived in Switzerland for a new round of talks with opposition activists-in-exile to try to negotiate an end to Syria’s three-year conflict. More than 600 people were evacuated from Homs on Sunday, said Governor Talal Barrazi. The operation was part of a U.N.-mediated truce that began Friday between the government of President Bashar Assad and armed rebels to allow thousands of women, children and elderly men to leave opposition-held parts of the city, and to permit the entry of food and supplies. Forces loyal to Assad have blockaded rebel-held parts of Homs for over a year, causing widespread hunger and suffering. Dozens of people were wounded when they came under fire as they waited at an agreed-upon evacuation point in the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Qarabis, according to three activists based in Homs, who spoke to The Associated Press by Skype. Despite the gunfire and exploding mortar shells, hundreds

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In this photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian men help survivors out of a destroyed building after a Syrian forces warplane’s attack in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 8. Syrian military aircraft dropped barrels bombs on rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday.

of women, children and elderly men ran toward a group of Red Crescent workers waiting less than a mile (kilometer) away, said an activist who gave his name as Samer al-Homsy. The Syrian activists said the gunfire came from a government-held neighborhood. The Syrian news agency SANA also reported that civilians came under fire, but blamed “terrorists,” the government term

for rebels. At least four busloads of civilians were shipped out, according to footage broadcast on the Lebanese television station alMayadeen. Wide-eyed children, their prominent cheekbones suggestive of malnutrition, tumbled out of a bus, assisted by aid workers. “There was nothing, my children are all sick. They were thirsty,” she said, standing with a

group of exhausted-looking children as khaki-clad Syrian soldiers, Red Crescent workers in red jump suits and U.N. workers in blue protective vests gathered around the buses. Some evacuees were to be hosted in government-run shelters, others were going to join relatives in safer areas, while still others said they did not know where they were going. Khaled Erksoussi of the Syr-

ian Red Crescent, which is assisting the operation, told the AP that the agency hoped to evacuate as many civilians as possible before the truce expires Monday. On Saturday, gunmen opened fire on civilians, leaving aid workers wounded and two trucks damaged, Erksoussi said, speaking by telephone from Damascus. Despite the violence, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, said in a statement that the truce showed “that even in the darkest of nights it is possible to offer a glimmer of hope to people in desperate need of assistance.” The Homs cease-fire was arranged by U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who urged the warring sides to aid the estimated 2,500 civilians trapped in the ancient, rebel-held quarters known as Old Homs, to build trust during the first face-to-face meetings of government officials and opposition figures in Switzerland last month. But the truce only took hold after talks ended, and its last day, Monday, now coincides with the beginning of another round of U.N.-mediated negotiations in Switzerland. The Syrian delegation arrived in Switzerland Sunday evening. Homs was one of the first areas to rise up against Assad in 2011 and has been particularly hard hit by the war. Over the past year, the government regained control over most of the city, except for neighborhoods in the historic center.

Meanwhile, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syrian government aircraft dropped makeshift barrel bombs on a series of rebelheld districts, including one that killed more than 15 people in the neighborhood of Haydariyeh, said the activist group, the Aleppo Media Center. The bombs, crude weapons packed with explosives, fuel and metal, set nine vehicles ablaze, including some carrying civilians fleeing the area. The bombings are part of a weekslong campaign by Assad’s forces to wrest control of Aleppo, parts of which were seized by rebels in mid-2012. The Syrian uprising began with largely peaceful protests but gradually evolved into an increasingly sectarian civil war pitting predominantly Sunni Muslim rebels against Assad’s government, which is dominated by Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Syria’s many minorities have thrown their support behind Assad, fearing for their fates should hard-line rebels come to power. On Sunday, extremist rebels killed at least two dozen Alawite gunmen defending their central village of Maan, the Syrian Observatory said. The Syrian state news agency said a “massacre” had occurred, but provided no further details. A video uploaded by rebel sympathizers showed at least one man killed, and bearded, grinning gunmen looting village homes. The Observatory said women and children had been evacuated before the gunmen entered.

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MOSCOW (AP) — A man employed as a private security guard opened fire Sunday in a cathedral on Russia’s Sakhalin Island in the Pacific, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others, investigators said. Law enforcement officers detained the 24-year-old man at the scene and were trying to determine why he had attacked the Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the federal Investigative Committee said in a statement. The man

worked for a private security firm in the city and was armed with a rifle. His name was not released. Concerns about security in Russia are especially high because of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, but there was no apparent connection to the games. Sakhalin Island is about 7,500 kilometers (more than 4,500 miles) from Sochi. The six parishioners who were wounded were hit in the legs and their lives were not in danger, state news agency RIA

Novosti reported, citing the regional archbishop. The gunman entered the cathedral shortly after a service had ended and began shooting at parishioners and religious icons on the wall, priest Viktor Gorbach said in a telephone interview with the LifeNews cable television channel. He said not too many people were left in the cathedral and some managed to flee, but the nun and a male parishioner tried to stop the attacker and were

killed. The priest said the man, who also destroyed a cross, expressed his hatred of the church. In Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church honored the dead as heroes. “Those who died today, they in any case died in the temple of

Denmark zoo kills giraffe By MALIN RISING Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Saying it needed to prevent inbreeding, the Copenhagen Zoo killed a 2-year-old giraffe and fed its remains to lions as visitors watched, ignoring a petition signed by thousands and offers from other zoos and a private individual to save the animal. Marius, a healthy male, was put down Sunday using a bolt pistol, said zoo spokesman Tobias Stenbaek Bro. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was then skinned and fed to the lions. Marius’ plight triggered a wave of online protests and renewed debate about the conditions of zoo animals. Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures. But the public feeding of Marius’ remains to the lions was popular at Copenhagen Zoo. Stenbaek Bro said it allowed parents to decide whether their children should watch what the zoo regards as an important display of scientific knowledge about animals. “I’m actually proud because I think we have given children a huge understanding of the anatomy of a giraffe that they wouldn’t have had from watching a giraffe in a photo,” Stenbaek Bro said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. He said the zoo, which now has seven giraffes left, followed the recommendation of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria to put down Marius by because there already were a lot of giraffes with similar genes in the organization’s breeding program. The Amsterdam-based

EAZA has 347 members, including many large zoos in European capitals, and works to conserve global biodiversity and achieve the highest standards of care and breeding for animals. Stenbaek Bro said EAZA membership isn’t mandatory, but most responsible zoos are members of the organization. He said his zoo had turned down offers from other ones to take Marius and an offer from a private individual who wanted to buy the giraffe for 500,000 euros ($680,000). Stenbaek Bro said a significant part of EAZA membership is that the zoos don’t own the animals themselves, but govern them, and therefore can’t sell them to anyone outside the organization that doesn’t follow the same set of rules. He also said it is important for the breeding programs to work. Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo’s scientific director, said it turned down an offer from Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Britain, which is a member of EAZA, because Marius’ older brother lives there and the park’s space could be better used by a “genetically more valuable giraffe.” Yorkshire Wildlife Park said it called the zoo on Saturday with a last-minute offer to house Marius in a new giraffe house with room for an extra male. It said it was saddened by the killing of Marius, but “without knowing the full details it would be inappropriate to comment further.” Copenhagen Zoo also turned down an offer from a zoo in northern Sweden, because it was not an EAZA member and didn’t want to comply with the same high standards, Holst said. “I know the giraffe is a nice looking animal, but I don’t think

there would have been such an outrage if it had been an antelope, and I don’t think anyone would have lifted an eyebrow if it was a pig,” said Holst. Copenhagen Zoo doesn’t give giraffes contraceptives or castrate them because that could have unwanted side effects on their internal organs, and the zoo regards parental care as important, said Holst. EAZA said it supported the zoo’s decision to “humanely put the animal down and believes strongly in the need for genetic and demographic management within animals in human care.” However, the organization Animal Rights Sweden said the case highlights what it believes zoos do to animals regularly. “It is no secret that animals are killed when there is no longer space, or if the animals don’t have genes that are interesting enough,” it said in a statement. “The only way to stop this is to not visit zoos.” “When the cute animal babies that attract visitors grow up, they are not as interesting anymore,” said the organization. Elisa Allen, spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in the U.K., said Marius’ case should serve as a wake-up call for anyone who “still harbors the illusion that zoos serve any purpose beyond incarcerating intelligent animals for profit.” She said in a statement, “Giraffes rarely die of old age in captivity, and had Marius not been euthanized today, he would have lived out his short life as a living exhibit, stranded in a cold climate, thousands of miles away from his true home.” Malin Rising reported from Stockholm, Toby Sterling in Amsterdam and Raphael Satter in London contributed to this report.

God,” Patriarch Kirill said after a service in a Kremlin cathedral, the Interfax news agency reported. “They tried to prevent that person from defiling our sacred place. They died as heroes, as soldiers on the front line.” Kirill said the attacker may be

mentally ill or may have been influenced by those who speak ill of the church. The Russian Orthodox Church has been criticized by those who oppose its resurgence and symbiosis with the Kremlin under President Vladimir Putin.

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Cooper, Fox claim borough ski titles Thanks to groomers, meet goes on despite windstorm, thin snow cover, icy conditions Editor’s note: Due to space limitations, this story did not run in its entirety in the Sunday edition. Here is the story in its entirety. By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Through rain, sun and horrendous wind, high school cross-country skiers still put on the Kenai Peninsula Borough ski championships Friday and Saturday at the Tsalteshi Trails behind Skyview High School. Kenai Central’s Travis Cooper and Soldotna’s Colton Diehl traded victories through both days, with Cooper coming out on top of the combined weekend results to win the boys championship. Soldotna’s Sadie Fox had an easier time in the girls varsity division, cruising to victory both days to defend her borough girls championship. SoHi coach Dan Harbison said the races would have never been possible if not for the trail work done by Bill Holt and John Pothast, who cleared all the

forest debris that was strewn across the trails from the recent winds. Both Cooper and Fox were happy enough with the trail conditions. “I was just trying to go out fast and stay ahead,” Cooper said. “It was icy around the corners but overall pretty good. “There was a little bit (of debris), but they did a nice job cleaning it up.” Fox said she was trying to keep up her pace Saturday, a much easier task compared to Friday’s windstorm. “It was pretty icy so I was looking all over the place,” she said. On Friday, Fox dominated the girls eight-kilometer skate event with a time of 26 minutes, 39 seconds, a whopping 1:46 ahead of second-place teammate Hannah Pothast. Saturday, Fox took the five-kilometer skate race in 15:32. Diehl won Friday’s boys 10-kilometer skate race in 27:54, just 12 seconds ahead of Cooper, but Cooper won Saturday’s five-kilometer skate event with a quick 13:03, overcoming Friday’s disadvantage to Diehl to take the borough

said. championship by 15 seconds. James Butler, Fox Michaud, Olen Kenai Peninsula Borough meet Danielson and Jordan Theisen helped Friday, Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails Kenai take five of the top 10 spots to BOYS win the boys borough title by nearly Overall 2-day team standings — 1. Kenai, 2 hours, 52 minutes, 20 seconds; 2. Soldotna, 2:56:13; 3. Skyview, four minutes over Soldotna. 4. Homer, 3:13:59. The Stars won the overall girls team 3:05:55; Friday 10K individual results — 1. Colton Diehl, Sol, title with help from Dani McCormick, 27:54.0; 2. Travis Cooper, Ken, 28:06.3; 3. Brian Rowe, Emily Werner and Olivia Hutchings to Hom, 28:45.8; 4. Levi Michael, Sol, 29:31.5; 5. Fox Michaud, Ken, 29:31.5; 6. Olen Danielson, Ken, 29:41.0; beat Kenai by almost eight minutes. 7. James Butler, Ken, 29:45.3; 8. Brenner Musgrave, Fox has won all but one of her high Sky, 30:08.4; 9. Tanner Best, Sol, 30:12.0; 10. Jordan school races she’s competed in this sea- Theisen, Ken, 30:35.7; 11. Nate Mole, Ken, 30:44.1; 12. Vantrease, Hom, 31:32.0; 13. Addison Downing, son, the lone defeat being a third place Josh Sol, 31:43.5; 14. Jeremiah Hudson, 31:51.1; 15. Sky at the Lynx Loppet Invitational in An- Schlung, Sky, 31:55.8; 16. Drew Kant, Sol, 32:08.8; . Daniel Shuler, Ken, 32:26.7; 18. Liam Floyd, Ken, chorage in December. With two weeks 17 32:37.1; 19. Sterling Stasak, Sky, 32:59.2; 20. Aaron to go before the end of the high school Swedberg, Sol, 33:12.0; 21. Nick Zweifel, Sew, 33:55.3; season, Fox feels like she can contend 22. Cody Kincaid, Sol, 34:05.9; 23. Hoxi Parks, Hom, 24. Logan Hemphill, Sky, 35:50.8; 25. Ryan for a podium spot at the state meet in 34:52.7; Navrot, Hom, 36:16.5; 26. Tadhg Scholz, Hom, 36:24.3; two weeks. 27. Jerry Swanson, Sew, 38:23.8. “When there’s a pretty big gap, I Saturday 5K individual results — 1. Travis Cooper, Ken, 2. Colton Diehl, Sol, 13:29.5; 3. Jordan Theiswas just trying to push myself,” Fox 13:03.1; en, Ken, 13:47.4; 4. Levi Michael, Sol, 13:49.3; 5. Brian said. “But (at state), there’s some pretty Rowe, Hom, 13:58.0; 6. James Butler, Ken, 14:02.8; 7. Brenner Musgrave, Sky, 14:07.2; 8. Tanner Best, Sol, strong girls.” 14:16.0; 9. Fox Michaud, Ken, 14:22.6; 10. Nate Mole, Cooper said he is gunning for a top- Ken, 14:30.4; 11. Olen Danielson, Ken, 14:37.7; 12. Jeremiah Hudson, Sky, 14:50.0; 13. Sky Schlung, Sky, 10 placement among the state’s best. 14. Josh Vantrease, Hom, 14:59.6; 15. Liam “Our team is strong, and this is good 14:50.8; Floyd, Ken, 15:16.1; 16. Addison Downing, Sol, 15:17.1; motivation to keep it going,” Cooper 17. Drew Kant, Sol, 15:33.6; 18. Sterling Stasak, Sky,

15:44.7; 19. Daniel Shuler, Sky, 15:48.9; 20. Cody Kincaid, Sol, 15:52.9; 21. Aaron Swedberg, Sol, 16:14.3; 22. Logan Hemphill, Sky, 16:23.4; 23. Jerry Swanson, Sew, 16:42.5; 24. Hoxie Parks, Hom, 16:46.9; 25. Tadhg Scholz, Hom, 16:47.5; 26. Ryan Navrot, Hom, 17:35.5; 27. Nick Zweifel, Sew, 17:39. GIRLS Overall 2-day team standings — 1. Soldotna, 3:02:57; 2. Kenai, 3:10:35; 3. Homer. Friday 8K individual results — 1. Sadie Fox, Sol, 26:39.3; 2. Hannah Pothast, Sol, 28:25.8; 3. Kirsten Nyquist, Ken, 29:09.5; 4. Mika Morton, Sky, 29:14.4; 5. Alex Bergholtz, Ken, 29:32.7; 6. Rachel Ellert, Hom, 30:02.8; 7. Dani McCormick, Sol, 30:33.9; 8. Emily Werner, Sol, 30:52.2; 9. Katie Cooper, Ken, 31:11.1; 10. Annamarieka Chythlook, Sky, 32:01.2; 11. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 32:04.8; 12. Mikaela Salzetti, Ken, 32:26.0; 13. Audrey Russel, Hom, 32:53.9; 14. Molly Erickson, Sol, 33:11.8; 15. Xochi Harbison, Sol, 34:04.7; 16. Brittany Hollers, Sky, 36:35.2. Saturday 5K individual results — 1. Sadie Fox, Sol, 15:32.6; 2. Mika Morton, Sky, 16:04.1; 3. Aspen Daigle, Hom, 16:18.2; 4. Hannah Pothast, Sol, 16:20.4; 5. Kirsten Nyquist, Ken, 16:29.7; 6. Rachel Ellert, Hom, 16:50.8; 7. Alex Bergholtz, Ken, 16:56.9; 8. Mikaela Salzetti, Ken, 17:10.0; 9. Dani McCormick, Sol, 17:12.6; 10. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 17:20.5; 11. Emily Werner, Sol, 17:28.9; 12. Katie Cooper, Ken, 17:39.5; 13. Annamarieka Chythlook, Sky, 18:20.8; 14. Mariah Vantrease, Hom, 18:29.2; 15. Molly Erickson, Sol, 18:32.0; 16. Audrey Russel, Hom, 18:41.8; 17. Xochi Harbison, Sol, 19:21.9; 18. Brittany Hollers, Sky, 20:32.6.

Austrian nabs men’s downhill FRED LIEF AP Sports Writer

SOCHI, Russia — Matthias Mayer shut his eyes for a moment, his day’s work over. If he had trouble believing what had just happened as he stood before the crowd it was with good reason. The Austrian struck a big upset Sunday in one of the Olympics’ marquee events, capturing the men’s downhill and upending the elite of his sport. “It’s amazing to be an Olympic champion,” he said. Mayer has never finished better than fifth in a World Cup downhill. That proved no obstacle in dismissing the preordained favorites — Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway finished fourth and Bode Miller of the U.S. eighth. Among the eight gold medalists on Day 3 were: snowboarder Jamie Anderson, the American slopestyle queen who triumphed in her sport’s Olympic debut; Irene Wust, who showed why speedskating is Dutch territory; and Russia in team figure skating, likewise an Olympic newcomer, for its first AP Photo/Charlie Riedel gold in Sochi. United States’ Bode Miller reacts after his run in the men’s downhill event at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Sunday in Krasnaya SKIING: In a country where Polyana, Russia. skiing is revered, Mayer gave

Syracuse keeps perfect record By The Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — C.J. Fair scored 19 points, Jerami Grant added 12 and top-ranked Syracuse beat Clemson 57-44 on Sunday night to remain unbeaten. Syracuse (23-0, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) extended its school record for wins to start a season and matched the program mark for consecutive wins, established in the 191617 and 1917-18 seasons. It was the third meeting between the teams and first in Syracuse, and the Orange’s first victory. No. 2 ARIZONA 76, OREGON ST. 54 TUCSON, Ariz. — Aaron Gordon had 17 points, Rondae HollisJefferson added 16 and Arizona found its shooting touch in a win over Oregon State. After two weeks of struggles on offense, Arizona (23-1, 10-1 Pac12) finally found some answers in its second game without injured forward Brandon Ashley. The Wildcats took control with a big run to end the first half and kept the Beavers from mounting a rally by shooting 50 percent.

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Paul’s return lifts Clips over Sixers By The Associated Press

onds after Michigan State’s Adreian Payne tied it with a 3-pointer. The Badgers (19-5, 6-5 Big Ten) committed 14 turnovers, six more than their NCAA-leading 8.3 per game, but gutted out a win over the Spartans (20-4, 9-2).

ST. JOHN’S 70, No. 12 CREIGHTON 65 NEW YORK — D’Angelo Harrison scored 19 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:08 to play, and St. John’s beat Creighton for its sixth win in seven games. Chris Obekpa tied his career high with 11 points for the Red Storm (15-9, 5-6 Big East), who avenged their only loss during that seven-game stretch.

No. 22 UCONN 75, UCF 55

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lasan Kromah and Shabazz Napier each had 17 points and seven rebounds as Connecticut easily defeated skidding Central Florida. DeAndre Daniels had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (18-5, 6-4 American Athletic Conference), and Ryan Boatright scored 11. UConn led by 17 at halftime and withstood a mild secondhalf rally by the Knights to win for the fourth time in five games. Isaiah Sykes led UCF (9-11, 1-8) with 17 points and reserve Justin McBride added 13, all in WISCONSIN 60, the second half. The Knights, who No. 9 MICHIGAN ST. 58 have lost eight straight, didn’t have MADISON, Wis. — Traevon another player in double figures afJackson hit a pull-up jumper with ter shooting just 39.2 percent from 2.1 seconds left for Wisconsin, sec- the floor.

Austria a jolt. A few weeks ago he was not even considered the nation’s best shot for gold. But he covered the Rosa Khutor course in 2 minutes, 6.23 seconds and beat Italy’s Christof Innerhofer by 0.06 seconds. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud won the bronze. Miller, who dominated the training runs, was so unnerved by the change of visibility he thought he’d have “to do something magical to win.” That was left to Mayer, who enjoys good skiing bloodlines — his father, Helmut, won a super-G silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Games. FIGURE SKATING: With Evgeni Plushenko and a captivating Julia Lipnitskaia winning the free skates, Russia took the team event without needing to worry about the concluding ice dance. President Vladimir Putin was among those in a crowd relishing this victory as the Russians drew away from the U.S. and Canada. Plushenko’s body has been battered by 12 operations and he had to convince his federation he merited a spot in Sochi. “All the fans are cheering so hard that you literally cannot do badly because they do everything with you,” Plushenko said. “You get goose

What a ride

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Ryan Stassel of Anchorage, who commercial fishes in Glam Gulch in the summer, takes a jump during the men’s snowboard slopestyle semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Stassel finished sixth in the semifinal. He would have had to finish fourth or better to join the top 12 snowboarders in the finals. C

LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin had 26 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers stormed out to a 31-point lead in the first quarter with Chris Paul back in the lineup and pummeled the Philadelphia 76ers 123-78 Sunday night. Jamal Crawford scored 21 for the defending Pacific Division champions, who were 12-6 while Paul was sidelined with a separated right shoulder that occurred on Jan. 3 at Dallas. The seven-time All-Star point guard had seven points and eight assists in 23 minutes. DeAndre Jordan had 20 rebounds and 10 points, helping Los Angeles increase its division lead over idle Phoenix to four games. Reserve Tony Wroten scored 21 points for the 76ers, losers of six straight and 13 of 16. Center Spencer Hawes missed all eight shots in 23 scoreless minutes and had just two rebounds. The 45-point margin of victory was the largest for the Clippers’ franchise. The previous record was 39, set in a 121-82 victory over Chicago at Staples Center on Nov. 24. Philadelphia never challenged after the Clippers built a 69-30 halftime lead — matching the largest halftime advantage in franchise history set in

November against Chicago. Crawford’s 15-footer gave the Clippers their biggest lead, 8933, with 6:01 left in the third quarter. It was 100-51 going into the fourth. THUNDER 112, KNICKS 100 OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant had 41 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help Oklahoma City beat New York. Reggie Jackson added 19 points and six assists, and Serge Ibaka had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Thunder, who were coming off a 103-102 loss to struggling Orlando on Friday night. Durant, the NBA’s leading scorer, got the best of his duel with New York’s Carmelo Anthony, the league’s No. 2 scorer. Anthony had with 15 points on 5-for-19 shooting for the Knicks, who have lost four of five. Raymond Felton and Amare Stoudemire each scored 16 points for the Knicks. The Thunder made 12 3-pointers and shot 55 percent overall.

MAGIC 93, PACERS 92 ORLANDO, Fla. — Victor Oladipo had 23 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, and Orlando rallied to surprise Indiana. Indiana stole Orlando’s inbounds pass with 9 seconds left and Paul George was able to get off See NBA, Page A-9

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Sunday At Pebble Beach, Calif. p-Pebble Beach: 6,816 yards, par-72 s-Spyglass Hill GC: 6,953 yards, par-72 m-Monterey Peninsula: 6,867 yards, par-71 Purse: $6.6 million; Final Jimmy Walker (500), $1,188,000 66p-69s-67m-74—276 Dustin Johnson (245), $580,800 68s-73m-70p-66—277 Jim Renner (245), $580,800 65m-73p-72s-67—277 Jordan Spieth (123), $290,400 67s-67m-78p-67—279 Kevin Na (123), $290,400 72p-68s-70m-69—279 Hunter Mahan (100), $237,600 68p-68s-72m-72—280 Graeme McDowell (85), $205,700 71s-71m-72p-67—281 Pat Perez (85), $205,700 69m-70p-71s-71—281 Tim Wilkinson (85), $205,700 67p-72s-69m-73—281 Bryce Molder (70), $165,000 72m-71p-69s-70—282 Chesson Hadley (70), $165,000 71s-70m-70p-71—282 Richard H. Lee (70), $165,000 65m-72p-72s-73—282 Will MacKenzie (56), $116,600 69m-74p-70s-70—283 Cameron Tringale (56), $116,600 70p-73s-71m-69—283 Patrick Reed (56), $116,600 69s-70m-75p-69—283 Victor Dubuisson (0), $116,600 73m-67p-74s-69—283 Brian Davis (56), $116,600 68p-74s-70m-71—283 Scott Gardiner (56), $116,600 65m-73p-77s-68—283 Steven Bowditch (49), $71,775 68m-70p-75s-71—284

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 26 24 Brooklyn 23 26 New York 20 31 Boston 18 34 Philadelphia 15 37 Southeast Division Miami 35 14 Atlanta 25 24 Washington 25 25 Charlotte 22 29 Orlando 16 37 Central Division Indiana 39 11 Chicago 25 25 Detroit 21 29 Cleveland 18 33 Milwaukee 9 41

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 37 14 Houston 34 17 Dallas 31 21 Memphis 27 23 New Orleans 22 28 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 41 12 Portland 36 15 Denver 24 25 Minnesota 24 27 Utah 17 33 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 36 18 Phoenix 30 20 Golden State 30 21 L.A. Lakers 18 33 Sacramento 17 34

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Sunday’s Games

Men’s Sports EAST Holy Cross 66, Bucknell 50 Illinois 60, Penn St. 55 Iona 101, Canisius 91 Manhattan 78, Niagara 77 St. John’s 70, Creighton 65 St. Peter’s 61, Monmouth (NJ) 50 Syracuse 57, Clemson 44 UMass 73, Rhode Island 68 SOUTH Southern Miss. 81, Charlotte 64 Tulane 68, Marshall 65 UConn 75, UCF 55 MIDWEST Akron 65, Bowling Green 63 Bradley 83, Evansville 66 Detroit 83, Youngstown St. 81, OT Indiana St. 60, Drake 56 Loyola of Chicago 79, Illinois St. 69 Valparaiso 63, Oakland 60 W. Michigan 74, N. Illinois 71 Wisconsin 60, Michigan St. 58

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Seung-Yul Noh (49), $71,775 72m-71p-71s-70—284 Daniel Summerhays (49), $71,775 69m-69p-74s-72—284 Jason Kokrak (49), $71,775 74s-68m-70p-72—284 Roberto Castro (49), $71,775 70s-73m-71p-70—284 Brice Garnett (49), $71,775 75p-68s-68m-73—284 Michael Thompson (49), $71,775 71s-68m-72p-73—284 Phil Mickelson (49), $71,775 66m-73p-71s-74—284 Padraig Harrington (42), $46,860 72p-69s-72m-72—285 Andrew Loupe (42), $46,860 63m-73p-76s-73—285 Russell Knox (42), $46,860 70p-72s-70m-73—285 Jim Herman (42), $46,860 70m-70p-71s-74—285 Robert Garrigus (42), $46,860 67m-71p-73s-74—285 Wes Roach (38), $39,050 67m-74p-72s-73—286 Robert Streb (38), $39,050 67p-75s-72m-72—286 Ryan Palmer (38), $39,050 72s-66m-72p-76—286 Jim Furyk (32), $29,139 70s-70m-73p-74—287 James Driscoll (32), $29,139 69s-71m-73p-74—287 Dicky Pride (32), $29,139 66m-72p-74s-75—287 Dudley Hart (32), $29,139 71p-68s-73m-75—287 David Duval (32), $29,139 72p-68s-74m-73—287 Bronson La’Cassie (32), $29,139 70p-72s-72m-73—287 Kevin Chappell (32), $29,139 73s-68m-73p-73—287 Stuart Appleby (32), $29,139 65m-74p-76s-72—287 Michael Putnam (32), $29,139 69s-71m-75p-72—287 Kevin Foley (32), $29,139 68m-76p-71s-72—287 Kevin Stadler (23), $18,499 67m-73p-73s-75—288 Matt Jones (23), $18,499 68m-74p-70s-76—288 Brian Gay (23), $18,499 70s-70m-72p-76—288 Woody Austin (23), $18,499 73p-70s-69m-76—288

Oklahoma City 112, New York 100 Chicago 92, L.A. Lakers 86 Orlando 93, Indiana 92 Brooklyn 93, New Orleans 81 Dallas 102, Boston 91 Washington 93, Sacramento 84 Cleveland 91, Memphis 83, OT L.A. Clippers 123, Philadelphia 78 Monday’s Games Denver at Indiana, 3 p.m. New Orleans at Toronto, 3 p.m. San Antonio at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

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bumps.” SNOWBOARDING: The U.S. now has a double gold hit in slopestyle, with Anderson doing her part a day after Sage Kotsenburg. “Even though it’s just another competition, the stage and the outreach that this event connects to is out of control,” Anderson said. Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi won the silver. The bronze went to Jenny Jones, a 33-year-old former maid at a ski resort who gave Britain its first medal in any snow sport. SPEEDSKATING: Another royal visit, more Dutch gold. Wust gave the Netherlands its second victory by winning the 3,000. Skating before her king

SOUTHWEST Houston 88, Temple 74 FAR WEST Arizona 76, Oregon St. 54 Colorado 91, Washington 65

Women’s Scores EAST Hofstra 66, William & Mary 56 Maine 65, Binghamton 53 Quinnipiac 65, Canisius 51 Rider 82, Niagara 72 Stony Brook 76, New Hampshire 63 Temple 64, Memphis 51 UConn 81, Louisville 64 Villanova 62, Seton Hall 57 Wake Forest 74, Pittsburgh 70 SOUTH Auburn 51, Mississippi St. 43 Drexel 57, UNC Wilmington 43 Florida 86, Kentucky 80 Florida St. 72, Boston College 55 Georgia 84, Mississippi 63 Georgia Tech 89, Miami 87 James Madison 82, Towson 40 Maryland 95, Clemson 43 NC State 72, Virginia Tech 71, OT Northeastern 61, Coll. of Charleston 53 South Carolina 67, Arkansas 49 MIDWEST Alabama 59, Missouri 56 Ball St. 63, N. Illinois 50 Bowling Green 91, Miami (Ohio) 45 Cent. Michigan 74, Buffalo 63 DePaul 80, Creighton 66 E. Michigan 68, Ohio 55 Minnesota 66, Illinois 61 Missouri St. 78, Bradley 72 Notre Dame 101, Syracuse 64 Oklahoma 81, Kansas 71

and queen, Wust won in 4 minutes, 0.34 seconds. Defending champ Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic took the silver while Olga Graf won bronze for Russia’s first medal of the games. Claudia Pechstein, 41 and a six-time Olympian, was fourth. Wust, her nails red, white and blue like the Dutch flag, held up three fingers, signifying her third Olympic gold medal. CROSS-COUNTRY: Switzerland’s Dario Cologna had ankle surgery in November, but that now seems ancient. He won the 30-kilometer skiathlon, pulling away at the top of the last uphill section. The threetime overall World Cup winner claimed his second Olympic gold medal. He was timed in 1 hour, 8 minutes, 15.4 seconds. Defending champion Marcus

Bud Cauley (23), $18,499 73p-69s-72m-74—288 Brendon Todd (23), $18,499 70s-68m-73p-77—288 Blake Adams (23), $18,499 69s-69m-72p-78—288 Doug LaBelle II (18), $15,477 70m-74p-70s-75—289 George McNeill (18), $15,477 67m-74p-73s-75—289 Andres Romero (18), $15,477 71s-70m-74p-74—289 Russell Henley (18), $15,477 73s-70m-72p-74—289 Aaron Baddeley (13), $14,784 69m-70p-73s-78—290 Ben Kohles (13), $14,784 72p-73s-69m-76—290 Alex Cejka (13), $14,784 69s-71m-75p-75—290 Sean O’Hair (13), $14,784 70p-71s-74m-75—290 Greg Owen (13), $14,784 67m-74p-74s-75—290 J.B. Holmes (9), $14,256 68p-75s-70m-78—291 Kyle Stanley (9), $14,256 74s-69m-72p-76—291 Chris Kirk (9), $14,256 71s-68m-76p-76—291 Made cut, did not finish Rory Sabbatini (3), $13,200 67s-72m-77p—216 Lee Janzen (3), $13,200 68m-73p-75s—216 Scott Langley (3), $13,200 69m-75p-72s—216 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (0), $13,200 69s-74m-73p—216 Will Wilcox (3), $13,200 72p-69s-75m—216 Jamie Lovemark (3), $13,200 73m-69p-74s—216 Retief Goosen (3), $13,200 71p-73s-72m—216 Jason Day (3), $13,200 68m-77p-71s—216 Kevin Kisner (3), $13,200 72s-69m-75p—216 John Mallinger (3), $13,200 71s-71m-74p—216 Rafael Cabrera Bello (0), $13,200 74p-71s-71m—216 John Peterson (3), $13,200 70s-72m-74p—216 Fabian Gomez (3), $13,200 72m-74p-70s—216

Penn St. 74, Ohio St. 54 Purdue 65, Michigan 56 Toledo 83, Kent St. 55 Wichita St. 65, Loyola of Chicago 50 SOUTHWEST Baylor 81, Oklahoma St. 64 Texas 71, Iowa St. 64 Texas A&M 72, LSU 67 FAR WEST Arizona 68, Arizona St. 49 California 87, Washington St. 70 Washington 87, Stanford 82

Olympics Medals Table

At Sochi, Russia Through Sunday, Feb. 9 (13 total events) Nation G S B Tot Norway 2 1 4 7 Netherlands 2 1 1 4 United States 2 0 2 4 Canada 1 2 1 4 Russia 1 2 1 4 Austria 1 1 0 2 Germany 1 0 0 1 Poland 1 0 0 1 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 Switzerland 1 0 0 1 Sweden 0 2 0 2 Czech Republic 0 1 1 2 Italy 0 1 1 2 Finland 0 1 0 1 Slovenia 0 1 0 1 Britain 0 0 1 1 Ukraine 0 0 1 1

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Hellner of Sweden took silver, with the bronze to Norway’s Martin Johnsrud Sundby. BIATHLON: Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzmina matched her gold from Vancouver in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint. Kuzmina shot flawlessly and finished in 21 minutes, 6.8 seconds. The silver medal went to Russia’s Olga Vilukhina and the bronze to Ukraine’s Vita Semerenko. Kuzmina’s brother is Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin, who was fourth Saturday. LUGE: Felix Loch, still only 24, did it again. The German luger won his second straight Olympic gold medal, leaving the rest of the field in his icy wake. Loch completed four runs down the Sanki Sliding Center track in 3 minutes, 27.562 seconds — 0.476 seconds ahead

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Scott Elbert on the 60-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Fired coach Maurice Cheeks. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Recalled F Arnett Moultrie from Delaware (NBADL). HOCKEY National Hockey League MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Nathan Beaulieu to Hamilton (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned Fs Simon Moser and Colton Sissons to Milwaukee (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Jon Merrill to Albany (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned F Tim Kennedy and D Connor Murphy to Portland (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned F Vladislav Namestnikov and G Kristers Gudlevskis to Syracuse (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Julien Brouillette and Patrick Wey and C Casey Wellman to Hershey (AHL). COLLEGE BIG 12 CONFERENCE — Suspended Oklahoma State sophomore basketball G Marcus Smart for three games for pushing a Texas Tech fan in a game on Feb. 8.

of Russia’s Albert Demchenko, who won the silver in his seventh Olympics. Italy’s Armin Zoeggeler won the bronze, giving him a record six medals in six games. SKI JUMPING: In control from the start, Kamil Stoch of Poland won the Olympic gold in the men’s normal hill individual ski jump. Stoch had the best jump in each round, putting first ahead of the silver medalist Peter Prevc of Slovenia and bronze medalist Anders Bardal of Norway. Thomas Morgenstern of Austria, returning from serious injuries from a fall during training a month ago, was 14th. Simon Amman of Switzerland, the defending champion from Vancouver who was seeking a record fifth Olympic gold medal, finished 17th.

Missouri All-American defensive end says he is gay By The Associated Press

Missouri All-American Michael Sam says he is gay, and the defensive end could become the first openly homosexual player in the NFL. In interviews with ESPN, The New York Times and Outsports that were published Sunday, Sam said he came out to all his teammates and coaches at Missouri in

August. “I am an openly, proud gay man,” he said. Sam will participate in the NFL combine later this month in Indianapolis and is currently projected to be a mid-round NFL draft pick in May. “It’s a big deal. No one has done this before. And it’s kind of a nervous process,

but I know what I want to be ... I want to be a football player in the NFL,” he told ESPN. The 6-foot-2, 255-pound Sam participated in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., last month after leading the Southeastern Conference in sacks (11.5) and tackles for loss (19). He was the SEC defensive player of the year.

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Brooklyn held New Orleans to 28 points in the first 24 minutes, its lowest total since also allowing 28 against the Lakers on Nov. Continued from page A-8 27, 2005. The Nets were fueled by their reserves, with their top a 20-foot jumper. But it was de- scorers coming off their bench flected and rebounded by the Mag- and no starters finishing in douic, who ran out the clock. ble figures. Orlando has beaten the top teams in both conferences in backWIZARDS 93, KINGS 84 to-back games, having stunned Oklahoma City on Friday. The vicWASHINGTON — Nene tory ties the Magic’s season-high scored 18 points and led a strong win streak of three games. It also defensive effort in Washington’s extends their home win streak to victory over Sacramento. five consecutive games. Bradley Beal scored 16 points, hitting two 3-pointers in the final 6 minutes. Marcin Gortat added 17 BULLS 92, LAKERS 86 points and eight rebounds as WashLOS ANGELES — Kirk Hin- ington halted a two-game skid and rich scored 19 points, Joakim Noah reached the .500 mark. had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Chicago held off Los Angeles after CAVALIERS 91, nearly blowing a 19-point lead. GRIZZLIES 83, OT Taj Gibson added 18 points for the Bulls, who never trailed against CLEVELAND — Kyrie Irving an injury-ravaged Lakers squad scored 28 points and Cleveland missing Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, won back-to-back games for the Jordan Farmar, Nick Young, Jodie first time in a month with the overMeeks and Xavier Henry. time victory over Memphis.

NETS 93, PELICANS 91 NEW YORK — Rookie Mason Plumlee scored a season-high 22 points and matched his best with 13 rebounds in a high-flying performance, and Brooklyn used its best defensive first half in eight years as the springboard for the victory over New Orleans.

MAVERICKS 102, CELTICS 91 BOSTON — Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Shawn Marion finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Dallas beat Boston too extend its winning streak to a season-high five straight. C

Smart apologizes for push STILLWATER, Okla. — Marcus Smart was quiet and subdued as he apologized at a podium, a demeanor in stark contrast to the one that sent shockwaves through Oklahoma State’s basketball program hours earlier. Smart was suspended three games Sunday by the Big 12 for shoving a fan in the closing seconds of the Cowboys’ loss at Texas Tech on Saturday night. The conference acted swiftly in banning the All-America guard, saying in a statement the penalty was handed down for “inappropriate conduct with a spectator.” Smart apologized to the fan, his teammates and his family for his role in the altercation before coach Travis Ford expressed support for the sophomore without dismissing the severity of his actions. “This is not how I conduct myself,” said Smart, a top NBA prospect. “This is not how the program is run. This is not how I was raised. I let my emotions get the best of me. It’s something I’ll have to learn from, a lesson I’ll have to learn from. The consequences that are coming with it — I’m taking full responsibility. No fingers pointing — this is all upon me.” Late in Saturday night’s game at Lubbock, Texas, Smart tumbled out of bounds behind the basket after trying to block a shot. He was helped to his feet and then shoved Jeff Orr with two hands after it appeared the Red Raiders fan said something to him. Teammates quickly pulled Smart away as he pointed back and shouted in Orr’s direction.

Walker wins at Pebble Beach PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Even with his high-powered telescope, Jimmy Walker might have had a hard time finding himself among the stars. Just four months ago, Walker began his eighth season on the PGA Tour with no wins in 187 attempts. With a little more drama than he wanted Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach National ProAm, he held on for his third victory in his last eight tournaments. In the last 20 years on the PGA Tour, only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and David Duval have won so often so early in a season. “I don’t know if it was just a matter of doing it once and then having it happen again and then happen again,” Walker said holing a 5-foot par putt on the 18th at Pebble Beach for a 2-over 74. “I’ve always felt like I could win out here, and I think that’s what you have to believe to be out here — that you belong and that you can win. And finally, it happened. And it’s cool that it’s happened a couple more times. Quickly.” He was feeling a little more heat than he needed only another cool, cloudy afternoon on the Monterey Peninsula. Walker had a six-shot lead at the start of the final round. He was still five shots clear when he made the turn, and he was two shots ahead with two to play. With two putts for the win from 25 feet, he ran his birdie attempt about 5 feet by the hole and had to make that to avoid a playoff with Dustin Johnson and Jim Renner. “It’s drama, man,” Walker said on the 18th green. “It was too much for me.”

Pistons fire Cheeks DETROIT — Even by the Detroit Pistons’ recent standards, this was an abrupt change. Detroit fired coach Maurice Cheeks on Sunday after less than a year as coach, with the Pistons languishing well below .500 despite offseason moves aimed at putting the struggling franchise back in contention. Detroit is 21-29, and although the Pistons still have a decent chance to make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, their new roster has performed erratically. “This was a difficult decision for the organization to make but we needed to make a change,” team president Joe Dumars said in a statement. “We have great respect for Maurice and appreciate his hard work.” — The Associated Press

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cally go towards reconstruction and deferred maintenance after breakup and until the new fiscal year that begins each July 1. In his fiscal year 2015 capital budget proposal, Parnell appropriates $209.5 million towards the state Airport Improvement Program. Of that, $170.9 million is project-specific funding from the Federal Aviation Administration. The current 2014 fiscal year budget has $217.8 million for airport projects, of which $206.1 is federal money. While the proposed state contribution increased by $28.6 million year-over-year, the dollars going into state-run general aviation airports could fall by

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averaged 1151 reds per king,” Hollier said. “I think that I need to make money fishing reds, if I never caught a king it would be too soon.” While one year of data cannot paint an accurate picture of how setnetters harvest their fish — it was enough for Hollier to make the leap and modify the rest of his gear. It proved to be a prudent investment as the Alaska Board of Fisheries imposed a new set of restrictions on the setnet fishery designed to pair restrictions between the commercial fishermen and their inriver counterparts when king salmon runs are low. Part of the discussion over the new restriction included a new study provided to the board by a private research company, Kintama, which contracted with ADFG to catch and tag king and sockeye salmon to track the movement of the fish. While the sample size was small, preliminary data suggested that king salmon could be moving lower in the water column than red salmon. Under the new regulations, setnetters who voluntarily choose to use shallower nets will be able to fish more gear if certain restrictions to the fishery are issued by ADFG. For Hollier, even if the fishery rebounds and king salmon stocks return in such abundance that he can again fish on them without worrying about being restricted, the shallower nets will remain his tool of choice. “I don’t think I will because after 45 years in the business, I think we are truly impacted by harvest of kings,” he said. “Obviously I’m going to catch 50 percent of my kings in shallow gear and I’m going to take them and sell them because that’s what we’re allowed to do. It’s not bycatch, it’s not incidental catch, it’s salmon that my SO4H permit lets me catch, keep and sell.”

Special Harvest Modules Brent Johnson stood in front of a room full of Cook Inlet fishers Thursday and explained his experimental $5,000 investment in a tool he calls a special harvest module. The contraption takes up 210 feet — the length of a set gillnet in Cook Inlet — from buoy to buoy, in the middle 100 feet of seine net juts out into the water. It’s odd looking and Johnson, who fishes a large family operation in Clam Gulch, said it’s not good at catching sockeye so far. According to his proposal the module was fished on two different days and caught no fish on the first day and 27 on the second day, all of which were rolled

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of invasive species on salmon, “The research that’s covered there doesn’t go directly to sport fish,” Evans said. If the reserve stayed with the Division of Sport Fish, that would probably mean budget reductions. “That’s not ideal. We want to keep people employed,” Evans said. “The first strategy is to find an alternative partner, a state partner, for the research reserve. We’d like to continue it as it is.” NOAA requires a state agency

$8.3 million. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and the Fairbanks International Airport — the Alaska International Airport System — have separate budgets. There are several major airport rehabilitation and improvement projects across the state scheduled for the upcoming construction season in the effort to maintain existing infrastructure. Runway 7L-25R in Anchorage will enter a rehab project this spring that will last through 2015. That project is expected to cost $62.1 million, according to the DOT’s 2013 aviation report released last month. Phase two of the taxiway reconstruction at Anchorage will be an additional $9.5 million. At Fairbanks, construction of the $21.9 million Airport Rescue and Firefighting Build-

ing — started in September 2013 — will continue into 2015. Stage three of an $11.3 million expansion of the runway safety area at the Kotzebue Airport should be completed this year, the report states. Also in Northwest Alaska, a $15 million rehab and extension project of both runways at the Ambler Airport will commence when the weather allows. Projects that began last year in Western Alaska will continue this year. Work totaling $27 million to expand the runway safety area and resurface the runway in Unalaska will resume; and a $30 million project to relocate the Tununak Airport will continue. One of the things Binder has seen improve in his short time with the department is its exchange with the aviation in-

dustry and operators at small airports, he said. “We’ve really worked hard in the last year to reinvigorate our communications with the air carriers, primarily because they’re the ones that are seeing the conditions of our airports on a daily basis,” Binder said. The pilots flying in and out of small airports across the state are often the “first line of defense,” he said, against potential hazards such as uneven runway pavement, washed out gravel and missing lights, that might otherwise go unnoticed. “All the carriers now — and we update it regularly — all have key points of contact for every airport out there with alternates and backups,” to relay safety concerns, Binder said. If the contacts cannot be reached, carriers are encouraged to contact the regional DOT directors, he said.

Alaska Airports Association Executive Director Jane Dale said she would still like to see quicker response and issuance of Notices to Airmen, or NOTAMs, at smaller airports, but that the department’s efforts are noticeable. “Communication with Binder as well as (former deputy commissioner) Hatter is greatly improved,” Dale said. DOT is in the midst of an eight-month process to develop an airport needs directory in conjunction with the Alaska Air Carriers Association, according to Binder. The directory will be a record of all the infrastructure maintenance and improvement needs at every airport in the state, he said, and represent billions of dollars worth of work. Binder referred to it as a “wish list” of projects over the next 20 years. Part of improving rural air-

port maintenance will include continuing operator training with heavy equipment at the Pipeline Training Center in Fairbanks, Binder said. Numerous village airports are run by groups contracted with DOT to maintain the facilities. Last year the department trained contractors from 14 rural airports on lighting system maintenance, equipment operation and maintenance and safety procedures in two courses. The training was funded through a Denali Commission grant. Binder said plans are to have three more courses in 2014. Training the contractors saves significant resources, department officials have said, by eliminating the need to send individuals out to remote locations for issues the contractors can now resolve.

out of the net without harm — though several smaller sockeye and pink salmon were captured in the mesh of the nets. Johnson used 3.5-inch mesh, about the size that he was told pink salmon used. Still, he wants to get smaller net to try during the 2014 season. The idea, he said, is to corral fish into the net opening so the harvester can pick out the king salmon and send the fish on its way, while harvesting the rest of the catch. Johnson has a proposal set to be deliberated this week at the Board of Fisheries meetings which would allow his selective harvest modules to be used to commercially harvest salmon in a portion of the Cook Inlet. It was designed to encourage others to try variations of his set up. “I have built houses and boats and stoves and snowplows and all that stuff and every time I do it I go, ‘oh, I should have done it this way,’ I see things that I could have done differently,” Johnson said. “I want more people than just me doing this. I don’t corner the market on intelligence and that’s what we need is a lot of heads.” Johnson doubts his proposal will be approved, its too far reaching with too few details. “I realize the department is going to be pretty leery of how wild these other ideas can be because ... we don’t want to be killing king salmon when we’re trying to save them,” he said. “I want some flexibility for people for when we’re trying to devise a method to not catch kings and harvest sockeye ... I would like to have some flexibility so that, as other people work on this, they can use some of their own ideas.” Barring approval of his proposal, Johnson said he’d like to be able to sell the fish he catches this year. Under the special permit Johnson was granted to test his harvest module in 2013, he was not allowed to keep any of the fish caught on days when the setnetters were not allowed in the water, according to ADFG data on the permit. “To pay for the cost of doing this because obviously I can’t afford to continue to spend $5,000 on that sort of thing,” he said.

designed to allow setnetters to roll live kings out of their nets and into a holding tank where the fish could be released after the fishing day had ended — clearing the way for the fish to swim toward its home river unmolested. He and one other site tested the pods during the 2013 fishing season and though the success rate was relatively low — Crookston is ready to make some changes and try again in the 2014 season. “The season was so short and we only had six days,” he said. “On three of them we were so slammed with sockeye and there were no kings so we couldn’t experiment with them. The three days that we did was enough to learn some key elements.” Among those elements were that the pods need to be buoyed to keep the kings horizontal. Travis Every, a commercial setnetter who fishes the first set of sites south of the Kenai River experimented with Crookston’s pods last season as well. “The theory was, you have this thing in your boat with you. If a king comes in, you put it in a tube, put it back in the water,” Every said. Though the theory was good, logistically it did not play out. “I can’t say, ‘no it doesn’t work.’ I tried to fish that thing four out of those six days. The results were totally inconclusive,” he said. In addition, being able to handle a pod while picking a net proved difficult for Every, who said he will not be experimenting with them again. Crookston, however, is expanding on the idea. “I’m leaning toward a second phase now where there would be a floating pod that the fishermen have ... if you get a king, you’d just have a small holding tank in your boat with some fresh seawater in it and then you just move it right into that holding tank,” he said. But the tank could wind up costing a few thousand dollars. “But that’s not a lot of money, you’d only have to buy one,” he said. “I think if our fishing industry can develop the attitude that these kings are something that we make every effort to protect and avoid, it’s a good thing.”

pods.’ There was resistance,” Crookston said. “People don’t like change, but I think we can make a substantial improvement.” During public testimony at the Board of Fisheries meeting, several fishers openly scowled at Hollier during his testimony on modifying his nets. “Am I trying to push this on everybody? No. I think this is coming,” he said. “The setnet fishery would not be very astute if they didn’t think that gear modifications are coming.” In fact — Johnson said he would be changing his nets for the 2014 season. Ultimately, each will do what they have to do to make a living in the fishery, Hollier said. “I can see the handwriting on the wall. This is what I’m going to try and do to help myself and the fishery,” he said. “I think that there’s this perception out there ... that these setnetters weren’t willing to bend. But, I think in 2013 the light really came on with this (grim) preseason forecast (of kings). I think its out there that setnetters are willing to change their gear to stay in the game and harvest sockeye.

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is a win-win because either they love it or don’t. I like to challenge them that it doesn’t matter what you do at the end of the day as long as you have some job satisfaction.” Tilly said he looks forward to spending time with his son, a sophomore at KCHS and watch him play hockey and football. He said he now has the time to fish and hunt and enjoy some of the great activities the area has to offer. At the Kenai City Council meeting Wednesday, the council acknowledged Tilly for his service to the city and wished him well on his retirement. The City of Kenai held a second interview for a new fire chief Friday and expects to name a replacement this week, Tilly said. In the meantime an interim chief is yet to be named. Tilly said one of the things he will miss most about the job is the camaraderie among the other firefighters and his interactions within the community. “You always know when you come into the fire station there will be a hot cup of coffee and your friends are here,” he said. “I had the chance to work with some great people. It has been very rewarding.”

Salmon release pods

All aboard

Ted Crookston has been fishing in the Cook Inlet for 50 years. But it’s just in the last few that it became obvious to him, he said, that something was going to have to change. “I can’t afford these kings anymore. I don’t want them. They’re too expensive,” Crookston said. “We are a sockeye fishery, just a fraction of our catch are kings.” So, Crookston created a pod

Each of the three innovators has taken a fair amount of flack from within the commercial fishing community — especially from those who do not believe setnet gear should have to be modified. “I talked about it at a (Kenai Peninsula Fisherman’s Association) meeting and there was a lot of griping and moaning and ‘the next thing you know, every time we get a king we’re going to have to put it in one of your

to be a partner. That agency could act as a fiscal agent for budgetary purposes, but there could be multiple state partners. The different components of education and research could be parceled out, Evans said. “We’re scoping. We’re willing to consider any viable option that would keep the program running,” she said. “Our commitment is to keep the lights turned on and the doors open.” Would the University of Alaska or one of its campuses be one such option? Evans said she didn’t want to say this early in the process. Fish and Game officials are in the process now of developing a transition strategy that would identify potential

partner agencies and develop a prospectus to present to respective boards. Its goal is to identify a potential partner in the next three months and start exploring options. As Fish and Game explores its options, it will keep the KBNERR Community Council and the greater community informed and involved, Evans said. “There’s naturally some fear of the unknown. We recognize the importance of the reserve to the community, not only the economic component, but the importance of the research they’re conducting,” Evans said. “We want everybody to be on board with the end result, which is we want the reserve to be viable.” C

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me,” he said. “I will always remember the guy who gave me a shot.” Tilly said he was drawn to working for a small-town fire department because of the opportunity to make more changes and have a bigger voice. Despite being a small city, he describes Kenai as a big city department shrunken down. Kenai is one of only a handful of career departments in the state, he said. In the City of Kenai, the fire call volume per capita is one of the busiest in the state, he said. Kenai offers unique challenges for firefighters with its harbor location and city-owned airport, he said. “You didn’t know if you would run onto an airplane incident, house fire, ambulance or water call,” Tilly said. “The diversity is what attracts guys to the job. You never get bored.” Tilly said one of the aspects of the job he has come to enjoy is mentoring potential firefighters. The Kenai Central High School job shadow program gives kids an opportunity to be a firefighter Reach Rashah McChesney at for a day. rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaReach Dan Balmer at daniel. “It is nice to introduce kids to clarion.com the fire department,” he said. “It balmer@peninsulaclarion.com

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

School district plans budget meetings The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding Public Budget Meetings at the following locations: n February 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Seward High School library n February 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Soldotna High School library n February 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Homer High School library Everyone interested is encouraged to attend one of the meetings. If there are questions, please contact Lassie Nelson at 714-8838.

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

Scholarship available to Nikiski students

If you will be a graduate in 2014, live in the community of Nikiski, and plan on continuing your education after graduation, please consider applying for the Thelma McConnell Scholarship. Applications are available at Nikiski Middle-High School. The deadline for applications is March 31. If you have questions, please contact Patti Floyd at the Nikiski Senior Center at 907-776-7654.

Infant and preschooler screening available The KPBSD Child Find Program and Frontier Community Services Infant Learning will be offering free screenings for children 5 years old and younger. The screening will be on Feb. 21 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Frontier Community Services, Suite 14 in the Red Diamond Center. Your child will be screened for early development, motor skills, speech, early learning concepts, vision and hearing. To make an appointment or for more information, call 714-6647.

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

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

Kenai Middle Recently, the 25th annual talent show was held. Everyone did such a wonderful job! In the Jr. division, Roman Custodio won 3rd place. In the 7th and 8th grade division, 3rd place was awarded to Olivia Brewer, 2nd place went to Hunter Hanson and 1st place was secured by Karl Danielson and Gideon Collver. Hunter Fitt and Lisa Krol received the Judges Award. KMS Students of the Month for January are: Chelsea Plagge, Hunter Beck, Travis McKinley, Jonathon Herrmann, Devynn Heath, Isaiah Trevino, Emily Olson, Caleb Matson, Courtney Plumridge, Faith Ivy, Maggie Schwenke and Chena Ward.

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Photos by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Amara Ransom, 5, colors a paper Arctic Tern at the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai during STEAM Ahead, a hands-on home-school program.

Full steam ahead! Hands-on classes teach kids about science, math, tecnology and more By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Three students colored paper wings and bird bodies, cut out the pieces and glued them together creating camouflage, multi-color and brown paper Arctic Terns, which they then took in search of paper fish — the bird’s food. Ahnalyse Kircheassner, 8, Darius Garganl, 6, and Amara Ransom, 5, the youngest students at the STEAM Ahead program at the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, studied migration and learned about the Arctic Terns migration pattern, which follows the sun, at their two-hour class on Jan. 28. At their class last week, Amara said they learned “who eats whom,” which was the theme of the kindergarten through second grade threeweek session. Darius said they dissected an owl pellet on the computer and found mouse bones. For homework last week, Darius researched the Great Gray Owl and learned that it is the largest owl in

‘Everything is hands-on. It makes it more relevant to see why and how it works instead of being told.’ — Summer Lazenby, Challenger center Alaska. In the kitchen, Asher Buergy, 13, was making butter as a part of the session themed “What do cells, webs and energy have in common?” He said he goes to the sessions often and enjoys every class. “I get to get messy and have fun and make stuff,” he said. James Klep, Challenger Center instructor, said he usually has about three students. The 5-year-old program, started by a grant, focuses on science, technology, engineering, aviation and math and is made up of five three-week

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left: Ahnalyse Kircheassner, 8 and Darius Gar6, work to finish their paper Arctic Ters with from teacher April Erhardt at STEAM Ahead on 28 at the Challenger Center of Alaska in Kenai.

sessions. Summer Lazenby, director of educational operations, said the classes in each session are related and build on themselves. If a student completes every session, it’s the equivalent of a full semester of science and meets state standards. She said the program — utilized by home-schooled students — is designed so students can attend the sessions from kindergarten through eighth grade and never repeat something they’ve already learned. As is evident with Asher’s butter making and the younger class’s search for food, the classes require active participation. “Everything is hands-on,” Lazenby said. “It makes it more relevant to see why and

how it works instead of being told.” Spring Larrow, marketing and special events director, said while the topics are similar to what public school students study, the usually small student groups allow the teachers to customize the classes for the students’ knowledge bases. The next round of sessions begins on Feb. 11. Kindergarten through second grade will study “Using forces,” third through fifth grade’s theme will be “Rocks, water and ice that shape our world,” and sixth through eighth grade will focus on “Rocks: Do you take them all for granite?” Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.

KPC Showcase series spring semester kick off The first KPC Showcase series event of the semester will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 in the Kenai River Campus McLane commons. Dan Bigley, survivor of a 2003 bear attack at the Russian River and the highly acclaimed author of “Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear,” will be providing a presentation about his life-changing experiences. The public is invited to attend this free event. Bigley experienced the brutal grizzly bear attack while fishing for salmon in the Cooper Landing area. His book chronicles his experiences before, during and “beyond the bear.” Bigley currently serves as the director of therapeutic foster care for Denali Family Services, the largest therapeutic foster-care provider in Alaska. He was honored as Alaskan of the Year in 2009. This event was organized in partnership with the KRC Student Union. For more information, visit Bigley’s website at http://danbigley.com/ or contact Dave Atcheson at 262-0346 or e-mail daatcheson@kpc.alaska.edu.

Annual winter community health fair this week

KRC will be hosting the annual winter community health fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 12 in the McLane and Brockel commons. The event is organized by Alaska Health Fair, Inc. in conjunction with the KRC Student Health Clinic. The fair will offer free health education materials presented and distributed by local educators and health and safety providers, including local representatives

of counseling, delivered 30 Arby’s gift cards, valued at $10 each, to be distributed to each of the residents living in the hall. “The family-owned Arby’s franchises in Kenai and Soldotna were very generA round C ampus ous to donate the cards as a way to supfor the Affordable Care Act. port our students and the college and for Attendees will have access to many that, I say thank you very much, Arby’s free health screenings, including blood ” said Stuive. pressure measurement, vision and Glau- UA scholarship application coma checks and hearing screenings. Individuals 18 years of age and older deadline approaching will have access to high quality, low cost The University of Alaska has several blood tests (9 a.m.-1 p.m. in WARD 107), scholarships available to students for including the following: comprehensive the 2014-2015 academic year. Students blood test (27 tests including metabolic can apply for many of these scholarships panel, CBC and lipids panel) for $45; through a single application thyroid stimulating hormone for $30; eswhich can be accessed via UAOnline. timated average glucose (A1C) for $25; Students can find this application prostate specific antigen for $25; vitamin by logging in to UAOnline, selecting D levels for $50; and ABO/RH blood typ- ‘Scholarships’ under the ‘Student Sering for $20. For best results, participants vices’ menu and filling out the appropriare urged to fast for 12 hours (nothing by ate application. All scholarship applicamouth except water and prescribed medi- tions are due by Feb. 15. cations) prior to having the comprehenCollege Council meeting sive blood test drawn. The Health Clinic is looking for six scheduled volunteers to staff the hearing and viThe Kenai Peninsula College Council sion tables. Volunteers will be asked to cover for 1-2 hours during the event. For will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. on more information or to volunteer, please Thursday, Feb. 13 at KPC’s Kenai River contact Kathy Becher, KPC’s advanced Campus in Soldotna. The council is advisory in nature and nurse practitioner, at 262-0362 or e-mail members are recruited from all sectors kbecher@kpc.alaska.edu. of the Kenai Peninsula to provide input Arby’s gifts benefit KRC to KPC administration. The meeting is open to the public. Residence Hall students For a copy of the agenda, contact Sue Students living in the new residence Evanson at 262-0318 or visit this link: hall got an unexpected surprise last week http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/KPC/CCwhen Chris Stuive, assistant professor reports/

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Congratulations to our Character Counts winners last week Eli Heinrich and Balas Dempsey. Keep up the great work! There will be a Volleyball game on today in Nikiski starting at 3 p.m. The Volleyball team will travel to SMS on Thursday to play at 3 p.m. The XC Ski team will travel to Nikiski on Friday for a meet starting at 3 p.m. Wrestling will have a meet on Friday at SMS this week.

Tustumena Elementary “Thank You!” to the PTO. They have been fundraising and supporting classrooms as well as field trips. In addition, they have been running a “Box Top Store” where kids can bring in box tops and trade them for “stuff” and then these box tops are sent in for supplies for our school. In addition they are planning another fun night for our community. It will be a Dessert Bingo night. Similar to our Turkey Bingo night right before Thanksgiving, but this will be for desserts and it will be right before Easter (Thursday, April 17th.) Feb. 10 — District Battle of Books, Grade 3 & 4 Feb. 11 — District Battle of Books, Grades 5 & 6 Feb. 18 — PTO Meeting, 4 p.m. Feb. 21 — School Forensics

Soldotna High SoHi will be well represented on the Alaska Junior National Nordic Team. Sadie Fox & Hannah Pothast will both be competing in Stowe, Vermont the first week in March. Congratulations! On Feb. 13 from 6-8p.m. we will be set up in the SoHi library and have FAFSA experts available to help. To complete the FAFSA, you will need your latest tax information. The FAFSA lets students know if they qualify for grants, scholarships, or low-cost loans with flexible repayment options. Plus, the FAFSA is the application for the Alaska Performance Scholarship and Alaska Education Grants. You can begin filling out the FAFSA by going to www.fafsa.ed.gov. YEARBOOK: Just a quick update on where we are: Students have completed with their first and second spreads. That puts us at about half of the way finished. With winter sports in full swing of their competition part of the season, please look for those photo ops and snap a quick picture for us and upload them to the replayit.com website. I will be trying to get cameras at most events, but even with the hundreds of football photos we had I was searching for just the right photo at the end so ‘the more the merrier’. I would also like some crowd shots as it shows our community support for the athletics programs.

Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science Feb. 10 — 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. APC work session in the library to discuss class configurations for 2014-2015. 3rd and 4th grade will be participating in Battle of the Books Feb. 11 — 5th and 6th grade will be participating in Battle of the Books. 9:15 PTA meeting Feb. 12 — 1st and 2nd graders are going on a study trip to the Heritage/Forget Me Not Center/Sports Complex. School Tours from 9:30 -10 a.m. If you know of a family that is interested in attending Kaleidoscope next year, please share this with them. Cooking Club and Backcountry Snow Club are meeting from 3:45-4:45 p.m. Feb. 13 — Tap Dance Club is meeting from 3:45-4:45p.m. Bingo For Books is the Family Fun Night for February to celebrate Love of Reading Month. It’s from 6-7p.m in the gym. During Bingo For Books, PTA will be drawing tickets for the wonderful baskets that each classroom has filled with family donations. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 for a chance to win the basket of your choice. They are for sale before and after school. Proceeds will support Kaleidoscope’s 10th anniversary celebration; including the wonderful tie dye t-shirts we all received in the Fall. Thank you for your support! Feb. 14 — Re-enrollment forms are due back to the school by February 14 in order to reserve your child’s position in Kaleidoscope. If your child is not returning to Kaleidoscope, even if it’s because he/she is moving on to 7th grade, please return the form with the back side filled out so the office knows where to forward his/her records. Valentine Celebrations in individual classroom. Check with your child’s teacher to see what they have planned. PTA is in need of gently used books for Bingo for Books Night (February 13). If you would like to donate books, please drop them off at the library. Buy your tickets for the basket raffles! Reminders: Shala Dobson is a visiting artist that will be here working with our staff during the next two weeks. The LifeSkill we are focusing on this week is Pride: Satisfaction from doing one’s personal best.

River City Academy We have our annual poetry slam coming up this Fed. 14. The poetry slam consists of two categories: performing your own poem, and performing someone else’s poem. There are two divisions - Middle School and High School. On Thursday, February 13 every student presents in class. Judges will pick the best ones from each class, and then on Friday we will have a school wide Poetry Slam where the best from each class will compete against each other. The poetry slam will take place at 12:15 p.m. in Anna’s room and parents are invited to attend. The River City Academy Model UN team will be traveling to Anchorage February 27- March 1 to participate in the Alaska Model United Nations. Students have been researching the moral and ethical uses of technology and writing Resolutions to debate during the three day conference at UAA in Anchorage. The RCA team has been assigned the daunting task of representing the Islamic Republic of Iran and has completed several Resolutions and a position paper from the Iranian perspective. We hope that participation in this program will create intelligent, creative, civic minded individuals who are able to organize their ideas and debate their opinions in a variety of real world situations. First Aid training is coming up for our upper high school students on Feb. 20. More information to follow as it becomes available.

Connections Home-School Dates To Remember: Feb. 11 — Health Career Fair Applications Due at Connections Office Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day Celebration at Soldotna Connections Office 1:30-3 p.m. Feb. 19 — ADF&G Ice Fishing Field Trip Sport Lake. Meet at boat ramp at Sports Lake at 10:00a.m. Please RSVP 907-714-8880 ADF&G Ice Fishing Field Trip Sport Lake: Hello Connections families, please join Alaska Fish and Game and your Connections advisors for an hour of ice fishing on Feb. 19 at Sport Lake. We will meet at the boat ramp on Sport Lake at 10a.m. Sport Lake is located one mile outside of Soldotna off the Kenai Spur Highway. ADF&G will have the fishing rods and Connections will have the bait. All you need is warm clothes and a fishing license for anglers 16 and older. This event is dependent upon the weather. All are welcome but we do request that you RSVP with Reubin Payne at the Connections office (rpayne@kpbsd.k12.ak.us) 714-8880. Attention all readers: the 2014 Iditaread is just around the corner and it’s time again for Connections Homeschool’s Iditaread Challenge to all K-6th grade students! The Iditaread Challenge will begin Feb. 28. Any and all Connections students are welcome to participate in our annual talent show, including all ages and ability levels. I am

Physical Education – Samantha Morse; Art – Christina Glenzel; Woods- Jay Wilford Congratulations to the Battle-of-the-Books team for their awesome first-place performance in the district-level high school competition on Feb. 4. Team members Kayla Howard, Anessia Hubler, Brandon Sorhus, and Mariah Prosterman competed in the competition, while Driskoll Heath, Trey Feagin, Lara Suscha, Jacob Dye, Nikiski North Star Elementary and Dez Ticknor, and Randall Borkowski helped round out the team Congratulations to this year’s NNS Spelling Bee Champion fourth with coaching from Mrs. Sievert. Congratulations to the team for all grader Shannon Pitt! Shannon is a repeat champion because she won of your hard work so far and for earning a spot at the state competithe bee last year also. She will represent NNS at the state spelling tion. bee on Feb. 28 in Anchorage. The other finishers are: 2nd place - Brenden Boehme, 3rd place – Trey Sanguenetti and a 4th place tie Mountain View Elementary – Jessica Perry, Carly Johnson, and Michael Stillings. A superb job Congratulations to our Soaring Eagles for the month of January. to the other classroom representatives: Kobe McCaughey, Braeden Porter, Weston Dohse, Celina Martinez, Cody Good, Trista Apted, They are Khloe Anderson, Taylor Andrew, Darling Brown, Eliseo Castro, Joseph Gottschalk, Joshua Hancock, Mariah Hernandez, Emily Durfee, Dylan Harris, Boden Quiner and Alex Johnson. Today at 2:45 p.m. we will have our One School, One Book Kaitlyn Mathieson, Corbin Miller, Herald Ochea, Leia Parkki, Jahkickoff assembly in the gym. The book chosen for this year is ‘My zelle Saetern, Jaden Sanders, Shay Smith, Macy Stanley, Destenee Father’s Dragon’ by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Families are encouraged Touchstone, Jaylynn Witt, & Jorie Witt. There will be a PTA meeting on Feb. 11 at 3:45 PM. to read the assigned chapter at home every night and discuss what The Kindergarten class is holding a “penny drive” through Feb. happened in the chapter. The following day, we will ask questions related to the chapter during morning announcements. There will 14. Students will be watching glass jars fill up as we go. On the last be prizes awarded for students who are able to answer the questions day we will be collecting estimations of the total amount of pennies correctly. This activity is part of NNS celebrating February, Love of from other grade levels. The student who has the winning estimate Reading month. If you have any questions, please call the office at wins the opportunity for their entire class to participate with Kindergarten in a special activity. All proceeds from the penny drive will be 776-2600. Battle of the Books will be held today for the third and fourth donated to the Kenai Animal Shelter. We hope to provide a variety of things they are in need of such as food, toys, and treats. Participagrade teams. The fifth grade will have their battle tomorrow. The NNS school Forensics Meet will be held on Wednesday, Feb. tion is optional and we appreciate your generosity in helping us fill as many jars as possible! 12 in the library beginning at 9a.m. February is “Love of Reading Month” and Mountain View ElThere will be a site council meeting on Feb. 12 at 3:45 p.m. in the ementary will celebrate it with the theme of IditaRead. Students will school library. Last chance to pre-order your NNS yearbook is Feb. 14. The have the opportunity to make the journey to Nome by matching readcost is $16.00 for the pre-order or $20.00 when sold at the end of the ing minutes to checkpoints along the trail. Students participating in year. There are order forms in the school newsletter located outside the journey will be entered into a drawing for free books of their choice. Classrooms will also make this reading journey together for of the office. a chance to win a classroom special event. Classrooms will “PAWS” for reading from 8:45 to 8:55 each day. Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Everybody reads. Guest readers will celebrate reading with MounOur first graders have been busy learning about different kinds tain View students on Feb. 18. Join in the fun and support reading at of weather and storms. We have been identifying odd and even home! numbers while we graph the temperature each day. We also grew There will be a site council meeting on Feb. 20 at 4 PM. The crystals at centers on Friday. We celebrated the 100th day of school agenda will include Mountain View start/stop times, Climate Comlast week with number games, making a 100 snack, glasses and a mittee progress, FY ’15 planning, & Title 1 parent activity plans. hat. Mr. Daniels’ Class designed and built roller coasters in science Soldotna Middle this week. The goal was to determine whether objects of different Congratulations to the Battle of the Books team for placing Fourth masses fall at the same rate. Students worked in teams and used everyday materials to design and test their roller coasters using timers. in the District competition on Feb. 5! Great job to Mrs. Angleton We compiled the data and analyzed the results. What did we find out? and the following team participants: Hali Anderson Currier, Brittany Blossom, Sarah McConnell, Elizabeth Lisenby, Anthony Kitson, SiYou’ll have to ask a student to find out! erra Reid. Spartan Sports this Week: Nikiski Middle-High Feb. 11 — Volleyball Nikiski vs. Soldotna White at Nikiski at 3 Feb. 10 – Middle School Volleyball vs. Homer @ Nikiski at 3 p.m. p.m.; Boys JV Basketball at Cook Inlet Academy vs. SoHi at 4:30 Feb. 13 — Volleyball Soldotna White vs. Kenai at Soldotna at 3 p.m. p.m. Feb. 11 – Middle School Volleyball vs. Soldotna Middle School Feb. 14 — Volleyball Seward vs. Soldotna Maroon at Seward at at Nikiski at 3p.m.; High School Mass Choir Concert at Kenai High 3 p.m. School at 6 p.m.; Site Council Meeting at 5 p.m. in the Teacher’s Feb. 14 — Skiing Nikiski Invitational at Nikiski at 3 p.m. Lounge Feb. 14 — Wrestling Soldotna Invite at Soldotna Middle School Thursday, February 13 – Boys JV Basketball vs. Kodiak at Niki- at 3 p.m. ski at 5 p.m.; PTSA Meeting at 6 p.m. in the library Students of the Month for December / January! Feb. 14 — Middle School Volleyball vs. Homer @ Nikiski at 3 Language Arts – Asia Angeles Hanson, Aiden Whitney, Megan p.m.; Middle School Cross Country Skiing vs. Kenai at Nikiski at Calloway, Kallie Kenner; Science – Grace Graham, Calvin Mitzel, 3 p.m. Sean Verg-In, Stormy Shields, Derek Evans, Danica Schmidt, Aliann Feb. 15 – Middle School Wrestling at Seward at 10 a.m.; Middle Schmidt; American History – Kamala Martin; World History – MarSchool Volleyball at Seward at 11 a.m.; High School Basketball at layna Saavedra, Allison Towell; Math – Mackenzie Powell, Jacob Houston — JV Girls at 1 p.m., JV Boys at 2:30 p.m., Varsity Girls at Wylie, Cora Carter, Joseph Parker, Sharon Childsdress White, Tre 4 p.m., Varsity Boys at 5:30 p.m. Rybak; Math Study Skills – Christopher VanCuren, Oliver Doucet, Congratulations to Margy Cox, Bryan Sledge and Christian Carr Hailey Wilkinson, Katlian Nelson; Study Skills – Farra Waldrip, for a 2nd place win in the District Battle of the Books competition. Sean Verg-In, Mikala Mudrick, Jeffreyna Tubbs, Katlian Nelson, This was the most competitive HS Battle of the Books ever held in Matt McEntire; Reading – Lucas Verba; Health – Ben Snow, Krisour district. Nikiski High School Battle of the Books team missed tina Bybee; Spanish 1 – Nicolas Horning; Spanish 2 – Alice Han; the 15th question out of the 16 questions given trailing the KPBSD Drumline – Melia Miller, Nicolas Horning; Choir – Andrea RodriDistrict Champs by only one point! It has been a very long season guez, Kortney Birch; Band – Jode Sparks, Kamala Martin; Art Intro and these kids worked really hard. Great job! – Courtney Johnston; 2D Art – Rachel Seneff, Brandon Crowder; The Nikiski High School Choir presents a community fundraiser Ceramics – Kellie Arthur, Selby Hill; Sculpture – Sara Baktuit, Ella on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Nikiski Middle/High School Auditorium. Stenga; Construction – Richard Metcalf, Katie Richmond, Cecilia There will be prizes for the top winners including a performance spot Stewart; Woods 1 – Seryn Sproul, Sharon Childsdress White; Busiat the Ninilchik fair. Cost for admission is $3.00 for students, $5.00 ness Info – Jaeger Smith; Photo 1 – Jacob Jackson, Wyatt Harvey; for adults, and $15.00 for families. Auditions will be held Feb. 12 – Yearbook – Elizabeth Conner; Robotics – Ethan Tanape; Digital 14. Contact Jeremy Anderson at 776-9403 or email at janderson@ Story – Josep Pons-Vives. kpbsd.k12.ak.us to schedule an audition time.

gathering a list of interested students, so if you’re interested please let me know asap. The date for the Talent Show is Apr. 29, show starts at 5:30 p.m. at the SoHi Auditorium. If you are interested or have any questions please email Mark Wackler at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or call 714-8880. Thanks!

Soldotna Elementary Congratulations to our amazing readers, grades 2 through 6th, who earned more reading points than anyone in their classrooms! They are: Andrew Stoner, Bella Twidwell, Trystan Axmann, Cody Brewer, Tytus Gilbert, Jack Heintz, Taylor Morse, and Katie Creglow. Great work, kids! Prizes were awarded this week. Please be sure to stop by the Lost and Found area to look for missing articles of clothing. All items remaining after conferences will be donated to charity. Crazy Hair or Sock Day will be Feb. 28! Congratulations also to Nolan Freeman, the winner of last week’s box top drawing. February is our Box Tops competition month. One class with the most box tops from the primary end, and one class with the most box tops from the intermediate end will each earn a party. This contest will run from Feb. 1 - 28. The weekly box top drawing will resume on Mar. 3. Thanks so much for sending in those box tops. The KPBSD is holding a Public Budget Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Soldotna High School library. Everyone interested is encouraged to attend. For questions, please call lassie Nelson at 714-8838. Our school is participating in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s national fundraising event, Pennies for Patients. Students, staff, and friends are encouraged to bring in any spare change to donate to the Alaska & Washington chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The event will last for three weeks, February 3rd through Feb. 21st. It will give our students an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. Each student has a box to use and may collect donations that will be turned in to their homeroom teacher daily or weekly. If you would like more information about LLS, go to: schoolandyouth.org. PTA meets on Monday, Feb. 17 at 3:45 p.m., in the library. Childcare will be provided, so please come and spend a little time with us. All are welcome!

Kenai Central High School Feb. 10-11 Kenai Central will host the H.S. Mass Choir Festival. All KPBSD High School students involved in any choir will be working hard that Monday and Tuesday. The concert Tuesday evening begins promptly at 6 p.m. Soldotna, Kenai Central, Nikiski, Ninilchik, Seward, Skyview and Homer High School Choirs will each perform individually, followed immediately by the Mass Choir. Admission is: $5 for Adults, $3 for Senior Citizens and $2 for Students. Please join us for a truly wonderful evening of beautiful music and great kids singing great music. Congratulations to the following students who were selected as January’s Student of the Month: Rotary – Havan Shaginoff; Chamber – Ariana Gabriel; Elks – Kayla Howard; Kard-of-the-Deck – Falon McGahan; Super-Staffer- Christine Bergholtz; Physical Science – Kayla Howard; Government – Gabe Boyle; Anatomy & Physiology – Kirsten Nyquist; Geometry – Mara Youngren-Brown; LA 10 – Corbin Streiff; Study Skills – Alyssa Herr; Biology – Abigail Beck; C

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Office of the Week- LLC: Charisma Watkins UUL: Ethan Ber-

Wings Christian Academy will be hosting: BEMA Annual Spelling Bee Feb. 21 from 1-3 p.m. This Semester the LLC has been enjoining Ice Skating while the UUL has been Bowling for PE To be announced when weather is conducive for a “all school sledding day” at Solid Rock Bible Camp. Upcoming event: Chess Tournament.

Skyview High The ski team competed against SoHi, Kenai and Homer. Brenner Musgrave finished 8th, followed by Jeremiah Hudson in 9th, and Sky Schlung in 12th. In the JV boys’ race, Jesse Boze finished 5th and Jacob Sundberg was 8th. Mieka Chythlook was the top female finished for Skyview in 11th place. The team of Brittany Hollers, Jeremiah Hudson, Mieka Chythlook and Brenner Musgrave finished in 6th place. On Feb. 11 from 6-8 p.m. We will be set up in the library and have FAFSA experts available to help. To complete the FAFSA, you will need your latest tax information. The FAFSA lets students know if they qualify for grants, scholarships, or low-cost loans with flexible repayment options. Plus, the FAFSA is the application for the Alaska Performance Scholarship and Alaska Education Grants. You can begin filling out the FAFSA by going to www.fafsa.ed.gov. Students in Green Club will travel to Redoubt Elementary on Feb. 14 to do a presentation about recycling and to help the school set up their program.

Redoubt Elementary Redoubt PTA is hosting their Second Annual Winter Carnival Feb. 15. Don’t miss out on the silent auction; dunk tank, games, food. door prizes and raffles. Raffle items include a 32GB iPad Air, Camp and Play wagon filled with camping supplies, and a student Grand Gift basket. This event is open to the community. Tickets for the iPad are $10 each. Only 150 tickets will be sold. You can purchase your tickets at the school office or the day of the carnival. Volunteers will be needed to help with our Winter Carnival. If you would like to help, or if you own a business and would like to donate goods or services, please contact the school office. Yearbooks are on sale, please pre-order your year book before March 31st. Cost to purchase a yearbook is $15. A limited number of yearbooks will be ordered. Order forms have been sent home with students. Redoubt PTA will be taking preorders for Redoubt T-Shirts and Hoodies at the Winter Carnival. Feb. 11 — PTA meeting at 5 p.m., child care is provided. Feb. 12 — Site Council meeting at 3:45 p.m. Feb. 15 — Winter Carnival noon-4 p.m. Feb. 20 — Beginning Band Concert 6-7 p.m.

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Mother feels imprisoned by mentally ill adult son DEAR LOYAL READER: Listen to your therapist. If your son is institutionalized, he will be in a safe environment. The alternative could be that he would become one of the multitude of mentally ill individuals who are living on the street. If your son is medicated, he might be able to live in a group home where he could Abigail Van Buren be sheltered and taken care of. With medication he might be able to have more of a life than you have provided. You may feel guilty, but you are not responsible for your son’s mental illness. It is very important that you are successfully treated for your depression before making the decision to move. Your depression may have been caused because you have become the prisoner of your son’s hallucinations.

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4 6 2 8 5 1 9 7 3

9 7 8 3 4 6 1 2 5

Difficulty Level

5 1 3 7 2 9 8 6 4

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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.

2 4 9 6 3 5 7 8 1

2/07

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4 7 9

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