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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

In the news More than 5,000 Alaskans sign up for insurance

JUNEAU (AP) — New government figures show more than 5,000 Alaskans have signed up for private health insurance since the launch of the online marketplace. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 86 percent of those who had selected plans were receiving federal help in paying premiums. Nationwide, nearly 3.3 million people had signed up for plans either via state or federally run marketplaces between Oct. 1 and Feb. 1. The open enrollment period is scheduled to end March 31. In Alaska, about 52 percent of those who’ve signed up are female, compared to 48 percent male. The most popular coverage option in the state continued to be the silver plan, which covers about 70 percent of expected medical costs. Sixty-three percent of Alaskans chose silver plans.

Inside ‘Everybody here in Southcentral is really excited about this opportunity and what it means not only to Seward and the Kenai (Peninsula), but all of Southcentral.’ ... See page A-5

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Healthy conversation

Tyler and Kelly Orender from Soldotna talk with a volunteer about child safety at the Kenai Peninsula College Health Fair Wednesday afternoon. The Orenders received information on how to properly install child car seats for their infant daughter. The health fair included health and nutrition products, hearing tests, weight and blood pressure analysis, community service booths and blood testing.

Assembly considers nonprofits By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard from two nonprofits at its Tuesday night meeting. First Linda Swarner, executive director with the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, presented information about the organization’s operations to the assembly. On its $500,000 budget, the food bank distributes about 1 million pounds of food annually.

While the food bank has 12 paid employees, it sees about 2,000 volunteers annually and most of its revenue comes in the form of donations, corporate grants and U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities. Central Area Rural Transit System Inc., a central peninsula transportation system incorporated in 2000, is mainly funded through grant money. Jane Stein, who serves on

CARTS board of directors, spoke to the assembly after assembly member Charlie Pierce requested to remove a consent agenda item supporting CARTS transportation priorities and efforts seeking state and federal funding opportunities. Stein said the projects CARTS is requesting funds for through the Federal Transit Administration will be used to not only maintain its current ser-

vices in the central peninsula, but also to grow to serve other communities. She said organization is working to extend its services to better serve the Homer and Seward areas. According to the resolution, CARTS is requesting $105,000 to leverage $131,800 of FTA funds for service areas, $5,644 to leverage $56,856 of FTA funds for branding and marketing, $81,081 for central peninsula Independent Living Center Transportation Voucher See FUNDS, page A-10

ANCHORAGE — Despite support from setnetters and at least three Cook Inlet seafood processors, a proposal to measure the length of commercially harvested king salmon failed Wednesday during the triennial Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting on the Upper Cook Inlet. After nearly an hour of deliberations — including two amendments to the original proposal that would have required different sizes to be recorded — just two board members voted in support of the proposal which proponents say would have provided the public with a better idea of types of king salmon caught by area commercial fishers. “It’s pretty interesting that an industry comes to government to ask for regulation to provide data that, it’s hard for me to believe, wouldn’t be useful in season,” said Paul Dale, owner of Snug Harbor Seafoods and president of the Alaska Salmon Alliance. The alliance, which also has members of Pacific Star Seafoods and Icicle Seafoods on its board, submitted a written record of support to the board, despite the potential of fines if the regulation in the proposal were not carried out accurately. “We recognize the risk and we’re happy to take it on,” Dale said. “We wanted to help develop a number that is more or See FISH, page A-10

Justice warns of backlog By MIKE COPPOCK Associated Press

JUNEAU — Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe told lawmakers Wednesday that state agencies that handle appeals are becoming overwhelmed, with attorneys taking up to two years to file briefs in criminal appeals. Fabe delivered her State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature. She said that during the first half of this fiscal year, criminal appeals were up 33 percent compared with last year

While the Public Defender Agency, Office of Public Advocacy, and state attorney general’s office “are making diligent efforts to discharge their duties, it appears that they don’t have the capacity to keep up with this striking increase in appeals, and they will no doubt continue to be stretched by the rising trial rates and resulting heavy appellate caseloads,” she said. “And there is no end in sight.” She said at a minimum, some form of relief will be necessary to break the log jam, though she did not specify what that relief should be.

The delays are occurring during the briefing stages of appeals. That is the stage before the cases are submitted to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for decision. She said the court is responsible for enforcing rules that protect the rights of those involved — defendants and victims — to see a timely resolution. Fabe also told legislators that to ease case loads and costs for Alaska’s rural courts coordination with tribal judges has been taking place along with shifting minor cases to tribal court.

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Dana Fabe, the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, delivers the State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday in Juneau. Shown behind her are Senate President Charlie Huggins, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault, right.

Legislators: Large-scale mining can be done right By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Several state lawmakers — including the Senate president and House speaker — have told the owner of the proposed Pebble Mine that they believe large-scale mining “can be done right” in Alaska. In a letter to Ron Thiessen, president and CEO of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., the legislators say Alaska is open to safe and responsible development. “We appreciate the project team’s approach in making ongoing investments in environmental science and engineering

studies prior to initiating permitting to ensure that any project at Pebble can co-exist with clean water, healthy fisheries and traditional ways of life,” the legislators wrote in the letter, dated Feb. 3 and released Wednesday. “As elected leaders of the State of Alaska, we want you to know that Alaska is open to investment from those who seek to develop our state’s natural resources safely and responsibly, and in a manner that respects and benefits its citizens and our country for generations to come,” they wrote. The massive gold-and-copper prospect is near the headwaters of a world-premier salmon

‘It is important for state leaders to express our confidence in mining as a way to bring Alaskans jobs, revenue and economic diversity.’ — Rep. Dan Saddler fishery in southwest Alaska. The letter comes as critics of the mine urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act to protect the watershed. EPA, in a recent report, found large-scaling mining in the region posed significant risks to salmon. The letter was signed by C

Senate President Charlie Huggins, Senate Majority Leader John Coghill, and Sens. Cathy Giessel and Kevin Meyer. Giessel chairs the Senate Resources Committee, and Meyer is cochair of the Senate Finance Committee. The letter also was signed by House Speaker Mike Chenault,

and Reps. Eric Feige, Craig Johnson and Dan Saddler. Feige and Saddler are co-chairs of the House Resources Committee. Senate Minority Leader Hollis French said those lawmakers do not speak for the full Legislature. He said there is deep division in opinion on Pebble. French, D-Anchorage, said many Alaskans support other mine projects around the state but believe Pebble is “too dangerous a proposition to support.” He said he would be an “enthusiastic yes vote” on a ballot initiative that would require legislative approval for a large-scale metallic sulfide mining operation in the Bristol Bay See MINE, page A-10

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Former militia leader wants new attorney FAIRBANKS (AP) — Former Alaska militia leader Schaeffer Cox wants a new attorney for his appeal of a 26year federal sentence for conspiring to kill public officials, among other charges. Cox wants to replace public defender Suzanne Elliott, he said in a court filing, because of a breakdown in their attorneyclient relationship and because Elliott has pursued an appeal strategy that he does not endorse. Cox, 30, was convicted in federal court in June 2012 of

nine felonies that also included possession of parts to assemble hand grenades, possession of a .22-caliber handgun with a silencer, the making of the silencer, solicitation to commit a violent crime and possession of an unregistered machine gun. Cox severed his association with his trial lawyer, Nelson Traverso, in July 2012, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Elliott was appointed to serve as his attorney for the appeal. In a statement Thursday to the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap-

peals, Cox said Elliott’s efforts were ineffective and he planned to file a complaint with the Washington State Bar Association. He said Elliott planned to ignore avenues he wished to pursue in appeal. He also said that in December, Elliott had damaged the client relationship by claiming Cox was “delusional” in trial testimony. Elliott’s office had no comment on the case. Cox said in a letter to supporters he wants his appeal handled by Fairbanks attorney

Robert John, who defended him against the state version of charges. The case was dropped when a judge disallowed much of a prosecutor’s recorded evidence. John said he respected Elliott but disagreed with her on important defense points. “She seems unwilling to challenge the actions of the government and its informants,” John said. “I think that’s kind of a critical aspect of the case because, in my mind, the actions went way beyond what is normally allowed.”

Ketchikan plans additive to drinking water KETCHIKAN (AP) — The city of Ketchikan will address a recurring problem of organic byproducts in its water by adding chloramines to its drinking supply this spring. Ketchikan will switch to chloramination in March or April over the objection of some residents who claim treated water will kill fish if it leaks into streams, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. “I really do believe this is a really poor choice for our town,” said Amanda Mitchell, part of a group called “United Citizens For Better Water,” at a City Council meeting last week. Ketchikan officials say it’s the best and least expensive way to address a problem of concern

to federal and state regulators. The city for decades has used chlorine to treat drinking water. However, chlorine can form harmful byproducts if it interacts with organic material. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation in the 1990s informed the city of its unacceptable organic byproduct level and ordered action to reduce it. With no immediate compliance, the city has sent out quarterly notices advising the public of an unacceptable level of haloacetic acid in drinking water. For most people, drinking the water is not dangerous. People receiving dialysis treatment

Wednesday Stocks Company Final Change ACS.......................... 2.21 +0.03 Agrium Inc............... 88.32 +0.16 Alaska Air Group...... 78.24 +0.73 AT&T........................ 32.94 -0.01 BP ........................... 48.38 +0.34 Chevron...................112.03 -0.55 ConocoPhillips......... 65.22 -0.35 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,751.00 -14.00 Forest Oil.................. 3.06 +0.12 Fred Meyer.............. 36.93 +0.00 GCI........................... 9.56 +0.06 Harley-Davidson...... 65.17 +0.48 Home Depot.............77.28 +0.58 Key Bank................. 12.91 +0.10 McDonald’s.............. 94.89 -0.45 National Oilwell........ 76.02 +0.42 Shell Oil................... 70.23 +0.43 Safeway................... 32.72 -0.25 Tesoro...................... 48.47 -0.31 Walmart....................74.96 +0.16 Wells Fargo.............. 45.99 +0.02 Gold closed............ 1,291.05 -0.41 C

Silver closed............ 20.22 -0.02 Dow Jones avg..... 15,963.94 -30.83 NASDAQ................ 4,201.29 +10.24 S&P 500................ 1,819.26 -0.49 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Oil Prices Tuesday’s prices North Slope crude: $104.77, up from $104.66 on Monday West Texas Int.: $99.94, down from $100.06 on Monday

are advised against drinking it. A decade ago, the City Council considered spending $8 million to $9 million on an ultraviolet chloramination treatment plant or up to $35 million for a filtration plant. The city opted for the proven technology of the cheaper option, Martin said. Testing of the new plant con-

cluded in November. Before switching, however, the city must flush its existing water supply through city hydrants, and city officials wanted to wait until spring to do so. About one-fifth of the nation uses drinking water treated with chloramines, but Mitchell and others object.

Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, February 13, 2014

Obituary

Around the Peninsula

Anna ‘Ann’ Kittrell Bailey Crowell

Explore Australia without leaving Alaska

Soldotna resident Anna “Ann” Kittrell Bailey Crowell, 77, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at Peninsula Memorial Chapel, 5839 Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai. She will be buried in the Soldotna Community Memorial Park. Ann was born Sept. 3, 1936 in Hollandale, Miss., the only child of George Lindholm Bailey and Anna Love (Buntin) Bailey. She attended and graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, Miss. She moved to Soldotna in 1999 and worked at Joann’s Fabrics. Ann enjoyed knitting, crocheting, reading and cooking. She is survived by her son, Robert Crowell of Anchorage; daughter and son-in-law, Melinda and Steven Cromar of Plain City, Utah; grandson, Charles Crowell of Anchorage; granddaughters, Abagail Kovach of Anchorage, Leticia, Heather and Sonya Cromar all of Plain City, Utah; and greatgrandsons, Jonathan and Logan Kovach, both of Anchorage. Rather than flowers, the family prefers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.

Visit Australia via a multimedia slide and music presentation by Greg and Jan Daniels from their trips to the “Land Down Under” Feb. 21 at the Kenai Visitor Center. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show starts at 7 p.m. The show will include images of exotic animals, birds, plants, scenic hotspots, local culture, and travel around this huge continent. Children will enjoy the show too, and Australian animal cookies, coffee, and drink will be served. All proceeds will go to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. Tickets are $5 per person, ages 10 and under are free.

Thursday 10:00 a.m. The House Special Committee on Fisheries will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 204 Salmon & Herring Product Development Tax Credit and HB 201 Pesticides & Broadcast Chemicals. HB 204 listen only; testimony will be taken on HB 201. Thursday 1:30 p.m. The House Finance Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 231 Cattle Brand Registration and HB 179 Broadband Discounts for Schools. Testimony will be taken. All teleconferences are held at the Kenai Legislative Information Office, 145 Main Street Loop No. 217, Kenai, unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai.LIO@akleg.gov. To listen or watch online go to http://alaskalegislature.tv/.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:

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

Service on K-Beach Road will offer “Success Through Differences: 4-H & the Power of Perspective.” This second workshop in the Neighbor-to-Neighbor series will explore communication styles, temperament preferences and how to achieve more with people who are like you, and with those who are not. Class size is limited to 20 and you must pre-register to attend. For more information about this workshop and the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Series call the Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824. The presenter will be Jason Floyd, Cooperative Extension Service, 4-H and Youth Development Agent.

Spring Break Adventure Camps at Challenger Center

Activities available at Nikiski Pool

The Challenger Center is gearing up for Spring Break camps. Debuting is a new Survival 101 Camp with a supervised out— Nikiski Pool semi-private swim lessons begin Feb. 26. door survival night for grades 7-12. STEM Adventure camps — Idita-Swim Competition at the Nikiski Pool runs March for K-3rd and 4th-6th graders are always a blast. Overnight op4-April 30. Swim or water walk your way to Nome! tions for grades 4-12. To register, visit www.akchallenger.org — “Plunge into Aqua Zumba,” a free Aqua Zumba event, at or call 907-283-2000. the Nikiski Pool on March 1, 10-11:30 a.m. Please call 776-8800 for more information.

Take A Break has tips to find the new you

Wrestling club plans winter picnic The Nikiski Freestyle Wrestling Club will be hosting a winter picnic fundraiser on Feb. 22nd from 6-8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Center in the Banquet Room. The Uptown Motel will be providing pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw and baked beans with M&M supplying ice cream cones. Cost is $10/ plate.

Cover crops, soil health to be discussed

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Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District, in cooperation with NRCS and UAF-Cooperative Extension, invites growers and the interested public to watch a live-stream broadcast from the National Forum on Cover Crops and Soil Health and to participate in the discussion immediately following. The Forum takes place Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 8:45 a.m. to noon at the Kenai Community Library. Doors open at 8:30 am, and the program begins at 8:45 a.m. The broadcast of keynote speakers is from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Discussion with local producers, NRCS and Cooperative Extension staff is scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon. There is no charge to participate. For information, contact Heidi at the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District at 283-8723, ext. 108. The forum website is http://www.sare.org/ Events/Forum-on-Cover-Crops-and-Soil-Health

Neighbor-to-Neighbor workshop explores communication Jonathan Swift once wrote, “Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.” If you have ever struggled to understand or communicate with another person, whether they are your child, neighbor, an in-law or coworker; knowing more about yourself is a great place to begin understanding where to start looking for the gold in others. On Feb. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m., the Cooperative Extension

Peninsula Take A Break will be meeting on Feb. 19 from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at Solid Rock Conference Center, Mile 90.5 Sterling Highway. Michelle Williams of Hey, Good Lookin’ will share tips for the new you in the new year. The inspirational speaker will be Carol Bannock. Cost of the luncheon is $12 and complimentary child care is provided. All ladies are cordially invited. Please make reservations by Sunday by calling Susan at 335-6789 or e-mail tab-reservations@ hotmail.com.

School district plans budget meetings The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding Public Budget Meetings at the following locations: — February 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Seward High School library — February 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Soldotna High School library — 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.

Foster care, adoption information available A meeting to learn more about foster care and adoption on the Kenai Peninsula will be held Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 145 Main St. Loop in Kenai. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children’s Services, offers monthly Resource Family Orientations to give interested individuals a brief overview of the state’s foster care and adoption programs and process. Learn more about how to make a difference in a child’s life and in your community. For more info, call Tonja Whitney or Michelle Partridge at 907-2833136. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. Today • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Ster- • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. ling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 252-3436. 8 p.m. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Over- 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methland Drive. Call 262-1917. odist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility par- The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization ticipants are encouraged. name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact 6 p.m. phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com. • AA Step Sisters at Central Peninsula Hospital. Call 262-2304. • Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15

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PFD shouldn’t be guaranteed A resolution introduced this week would constitutionally protect Alaskans’ Permanent Fund Dividend checks, but the annual payout should be treated more like a luxury, rather than an entitlement. Proposed by House Democrats, HJR17 would guarantee residents continue getting their share of oil profits now and long into the future — that we can get behind. But it shouldn’t happen at the expense of what’s good for the state, like infrastructure and schooling. Furthermore, the resolution seems a bit premature considering no one is making a serious push to use dividends for other purposes. As Alaskans, we like getting our share of oil profits. But we also like not paying a state income tax. In all likelihood one of the two will have to end at some point, whether it’s in five years, or 10, or 100. Passing HJR17 could potentially mean every working Alaskan would some day have to pay state taxes from every paycheck they earn so that all Alaskans (working or otherwise) can collect a few hundred dollars in the fall. Let’s face it, if the situation ever becomes so dire that dividends are needed to balance the state’s budget, the PFD checks going out would be a far cry from the $1,000 or more Alaskans have come to expect. A huge economic crash could result in Alaskans being guaranteed a percentage of little to nothing. The 2010 push to guarantee PFDs failed because lawmakers knew it painted Alaska into a corner and limited options far too much. The same arguments hold true today. If lawmakers ever make a serious push to do away with dividends altogether, a discussion about how we use dividends will be warranted. Maybe then we take up the conversation about guaranteeing dividends. In the meantime, we need to remember dividends are a luxury, and HJR17 would turn them into an entitlement. — Juneau Empire, Feb. 9

Putin’s Potemkin Games

If there were an Olympic competition for gross expression of authoritarian egotism, Russian President Vladimir Putin would win the gold medal going away. His Sochi Olympics are a vanity project joined to the blundering power of the Russian state. Only a leader drunk on his own power would insist on transforming a tiny subtropical resort town (average February temperature: high 40s) into the site of the Winter Olympics, and only an unaccountable political system would let him get away with it. It is the misfortune of Russia to have both. Let the games begin. The scale of the construction involved has been gargantuan. And so has the corruption. When Russia won the games in 2007, it said it would spend $12 billion on them; it only underestimated by roughly a factor of five. Russian expert Leon Aron of the American Enterprise Institute notes that the 28 miles of highway and railway linking Sochi to the nearby mountains has cost more than $8 billion, enough to pave the roadway with mink furs. The building spree was in the tradition of Peter the Great’s creation of the new capital of St. Petersburg out of nothing in the 18th century, or Josef Stalin’s forced industrialization in the early 20th. In other words, development by diktat. The rapid construction spawned the shoddy work that went viral on Twitter as #SochiProblems: Brackish drinking water (although that’s the norm for too many Russians). Missing manhole covers. A bathroom door that locked a bobsledder in-

side. It is about what you would expect if a strongman ruling by whim demanded justin-time delivery of a new city from graftaddled construction companies ruthlessly exploiting migrant labor. Rich Lowry For Putin, any cost, and any means, was worth it. Like the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, these games are priceless political propaganda. By securing them, Putin also bought the tacit cooperation of the global media, which might scoff at the glitches and tsk-tsk at his regime’s anti-gay discrimination, but at the end of the day will always “oooh” and “aaah” at the spectacle of it all and accentuate the positive. The opening ceremonies inevitably delivered a potted, whitewashed version of Russian history (anything approaching accuracy would be too dark and disturbing). NBC Sports gently played along. A narrator for the network called the Revolution of 1917 “one of modern history’s pivotal experiments,” a euphemism that makes the ascension to absolute power of a grim, murderous ideology sound as innocuous as Thomas Edison fiddling with prototype light bulbs in Menlo Park. When during the ceremony a little girl let go of a red balloon to symbolize the end of communism, Meredith Vieira said it represented “the end of the 20th century

dream” and called it “a bittersweet moment.” After all these decades, communism is still the totalitarianism with the best PR. Gazing over the spectacular pageantry was the all-powerful maestro of the games. Evidently, no detail was too small. One of the bearers of the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies was Alina Kabaeva, a rhythmic gymnast who once won an Olympic gold medal but whose real accomplishment is being romantically linked to Putin. That was enough to earn her a place of honor among a select few of Russia’s top athletes, including tennis star Maria Sharapova. Assuming no terrorist attack or other catastrophe, the games will suit Putin’s purposes nicely. He needs triumphs on the world stage to distract the Russian public from the country’s oligarchic government, its meltdown in public health and its economic dysfunction. International legitimacy and prestige aid the cause of his misrule, and the International Olympic Committee is happy to provide them by the bucketful. It is appearances that matter most in these Potemkin games. When one of the five Olympic rings failed to materialize during the opening ceremonies, Russian TV viewers saw a doctored version with all five rings immaculately displayed. Vladimir Putin willed it, and it was so. It is good to be czar. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

Volunteer Awards: Time to recognize all that is good Since the First Lady Volunteer Awards were founded by Bella Hammond a quarter century ago, hundreds of Alaskans have been honored for their volunteerism in the 49th state. During the past few years, I’ve been privileged to continue the tradition, and today I invite you to participate by nominating someone on the Kenai Peninsula who demonstrates a personal commitment to long-term volunteer service, and who has had a significant impact on the lives of Alaskans. Last year’s recipients included a volunteer firefighter in Cordova, a football coach in Anchorage, a mentor at a youth correctional facility in Fairbanks, and a volunteer who works with special needs students in Anchorage. One recipient was a 95-yearold who worked with at-risk youth, and another was an architect who used his skills and time to design and build cabins for a Camp Fire summer camp. Past recipients have also included exceptional teens who have had a great impact on the lives of others.

Letters to the Editor Thorough analysis would lead to better decision on pools Many years ago Dave Brude with Associated Pool Builders estimated the total costs to operate a pool the size of our three local pools at $300,000 to $350,000 per pool per year. I imagine they take into account all costs including major maintenance. One of the big costs is the utility costs associated with having to heat C

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A laska S andy Parnell The day-in and day-out work of Alaska volunteers often goes unheralded. They are not the kind of people who wait for things to change, wish for conditions to be different, or get involved simply to gain recognition. So many Alaskans are change agents with the highest motivation – rolling up their sleeves because they are determined to improve the lives of people in their community. I’m reminded of a young girl who penned one of the most famous diaries in history. Anne Frank wrote: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Alaskans embody that spirit. 210,000 gallons of water to 82 degrees, then bring in large volumes of fresh air and heat that air to 84 degrees and exhausting this air just as fast to keep the humidity down, and this happens 24/7/365, bathers in the pool or not. My advice to the borough and school district would be to have a thorough cost analysis done so that we all know the real costs to operate. Also, look at daily and weekly bather loads as well as scheduling, hours booked and hours available to book from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. 7 days a week. Another thing that needs to be looked at

All types of volunteer work are considered for the award, but don’t wait: the nomination period ends March 3. The guidelines note that the volunteer committee is looking at qualities such as length of service to the community or state, extraordinary personal commitment, or significant impact or benefit to the community or state. Awardees are chosen by a committee of Alaskans, and will be honored at a luncheon and ceremony at the Governor’s House in May. Nomination information is available at volunteerawards.alaska.gov, or contact Lindy Irwin at 907-269-7450 or email governor@alaska.gov with other questions. I look forward to reading about the good service of Alaskans who make our state strong, vibrant, and an extraordinary place to call home. Thank you in advance for taking the time to nominate and share the stories of these wonderful people in our community. Sandy Parnell is First Lady of Alaska. is user fees and how far they go toward the operation of a pool and whether or not they are in line. Then with all this information the borough and school district can make a decision based on facts and science rather than all the emotion that seems to be going around. I am just saying, maybe we might find that we can accommodate all user groups with 2 pools and run these facilities much more efficiently at a time when federal and state coffers are drying up, which will lead to borough and city coffers drying up. Dennis “Moegy” Moeglein Soldotna

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Business Business News Chambers set schedules n On Wednesday, the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon at the Kenai Visitor Center. Congressman Don Young will provide an update from Washington, D.C. RSVP to 283-1991 or 262-9814.

Living Well class offered Alaskan Physical Therapy, Inc. will be hosting a free workshop on Tuesdays from 2-4:30 p.m. Feb. 18 through March 25. The class is called Living Well Alaska — Better Choices, Better Health. Participants will be given a workbook and learn how to manage symptoms associated with chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart problems, diabetes, and chronic pain. Class size is limited. Please call Jill or Jennifer at 260-2679 for more information or to register for the workshop. Location will be in Soldotna at 36275 Kenai Spur Highway in the log cabin building.

Training for operating specialty food business offered “Starting and Operating a Specialty Food Business in Alaska” is a course intended for individuals interested in starting and operating a specialty food business to sell foods direct to consumers under the DEC Cottage Foods Exemption or a temporary DEC permit. This course consists of four classes to be held on Feb.15, Feb. 22, March 1, and March 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kenai Peninsula College. The course will include business planning and marketing, financing and accounting, permitting and feasibility assessment, promoting and pricing products, and ways to enter the market

such as farmers markets, food trucks, wholesaling, and supermarkets. Other topics that will be discussed are creating nutrition fact panels, formatting your food label, and making sure your facility meets health and safety guidelines. Cost of the course is $40.00. Register online at http://bit.ly/ces-workshops or call Kate Idzorek at 907-474-5391 for more information.

Nomination period open for seats on HEA Board of Directors Homer Electric Association (HEA) is accepting nominations from members interested in running for a seat on the cooperative’s Board of Directors. The cooperative’s Board is made up of nine directors, three from each of the three districts that make up the service area. This year, the District 1 (Kenai-Nikiskiparts of Soldotna) seat held by Kenai resident Kelly Bookey will be on the ballot. In District 2 (Soldotna-Sterling-Kasilof area) the seat currently held by Sterling resident Dick Waisanen will be up for election. In District 3 (KasilofHomer-Seldovia area), HEA members will vote for the seat currently held by Don Seelinger of Seldovia. HEA directors are elected by district, with members voting only for the director in their respective district. Members interested in being on the ballot must fill out a Candidacy Packet that requires the candidate to gather at least 15 signatures from current HEA members that live in the district where the candidate resides. The Candidacy Packet is available at HEA offices in Kenai and Homer and online at www.homerelectric. com The deadline to submit the Candidacy Packet is 5 p.m. on Feb. 28. Completed packets can

be dropped off at either the Kenai or Homer HEA office. Ballots will be mailed out to HEA members on March 28 and the results will be tabulated and announced at the Annual Meeting on May 1 at the Soldotna High School. For additional information contact Joe Gallagher at 907-283-2324.

Citizens’ Advisory Council recertification application available for public review The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council is seeking recertification as the alternative voluntary advisory group for Prince William Sound, as authorized under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). The application has been submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard, which is charged with assessing whether the council fosters the general goals and purposes of OPA 90 and is broadly representative of communities and interests as envisioned under OPA 90. The application is open for public review until March 7 under federal register docket number USCG-2013-1003. The full text of the federal register notice can be found at www. regulation.gov using the docket number. Comments may be submitted on line at that website. The recertification application is available for public review on the council’s website at www. pwsrcac.org. To obtain a printed copy, contact the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, 3709 Spenard Road, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Call 907-277-7222 or toll-free 800-478-7221. Comments on the application may be sent to: Commander, 17th Coast Guard District (Dp), PO Box 25517, Juneau AK 99802, Attn: LT Tomas Pauser, Inspections & Investigations. Comments also can be forwarded to the

Businesses find offbeat ways to sell wares ed to buy one. They say they’ll volunteer to have customers view their new furniture.

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — In the battle to win shoppers’ dollars, small companies are finding creative ways to be where the sales are. GSC Products sells nasal spray in a hardware store to capture sales from people working on projects that stir up dust. Simplicity Sofas pays previous customers to let potential buyers come into their homes to see sofas that can only be purchased online. Small businesses don’t often have the advertising and marketing budgets that larger companies do. That can put them at a disadvantage when they’re trying to compete against bigger brands. And fighting for the limited amount of space available on store shelves can be tough and costly. So innovative owners are finding a way around these challenges by placing their products where their target customers go and by using nontraditional sales techniques. “There is a lot of competition and it’s difficult to break through the clutter and the noise,” says Ted Hurlbut, a retail consultant who works with small companies. “You need to be creative.” A look at what some small businesses are doing:

Smoking out customers

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In this Jan. 12 photo, Rebecca Gwynne, left, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., reacts as Marijane Hamren inspects Gwynne’s Simplicity Sofa with her husband Jim Hamren.

enue last year, $90,000 came from hardware and automotive stores. They sell 40 percent more Sinus Plumber than traditional stores.

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COMPANY: Simplicity Sofas, High Point, N.C. PRODUCTS: Furniture including sofas and chairs. OFFBEAT SALES CHANNEL: Customers’ homes. Simplicity’s furniture is sold only over the Internet. Some customers want to see and try out the sofas and chairs. So owner Jeff Frank contacts people who have already bought his furniture, and asks them if they’ll let a prospecBuilding the tive customer take a look. Most customer base people say yes. In return, Frank COMPANY: GSC Products, sends them a $50 check. WHERE DID THEY GET Scotia, N.Y. PRODUCT: Sinus Plumber, THE IDEA? From customers. nasal spray containing pepper Several called Frank and volunteered. He decided to ask othand horseradish. OFFBEAT SALES CHANNEL: Hardware and automotive stores and garden centers. Owner Wayne Perry sells the nasal spray in nearly 1,000 stores that stock it near the cashier, where many customers find products that are called impulse buys. He would have to pay more to get his products in the most visible spots on the cold and allergy remedy shelves in drug and health food store chains. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? Hardware store owners were reading about Sinus Plumber in news stories and contacted Perry. GSC began shipping to them. “They were outselling all of the health food stores we were in. A couple of cases a month, really unheard of for a single store,” Perry says. It turns out that those retailers are a logical place to sell nasal spray. People who use paint and chemicals and stir up dust trigger allergies and irritate their sinuses, Perry says. Some hardware retailers also own automotive stores and added Sinus Plumber to those shops. NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT: Of GSC’s $350,000 in rev-

ers. SEEING IS BUYING: About 10 percent of prospective customers ask to see the furniture, and 10 percent of Simplicity’s sales come from in-person encounters. The strategy spurs word-of-mouth buzz. Happy customers tell other people about the process. That has led to more sales. Jim Hamren, who recently tried out a Simplicity sofa in a customer’s home, says it was a little strange to shop in someone’s house. But it was better than going to a store, because he and his wife could see how owner Rebecca Gwynne had moved her sofa past a tight space. “She had to go up a narrow staircase. When we saw that, we said, ‘if you can do this, we can certainly get it into ours,’” Hamren says. After seeing the sofa and sitting on it, he and his wife decid-

COMPANY: Evolve Professional, Westbury, N.Y. PRODUCTS: Men’s shaving and personal care products. OFFBEAT SALES CHANNEL: Upscale cigar stores and lounges. Owner Daniel Marrone has held demonstrations at more than 125 stores over the last two years to introduce men to his razors, brushes and shaving cream. He recruits barbers who shave customers and explain the art of good grooming. Marrone sells his products at the events, and some stores agree to stock them. WHY A CIGAR STORE? Marrone, who worked for consumer products companies for more than 30 years, saw an opportunity in the market for upscale men’s grooming products. To sell them, he had to be where prospective customers go, because men generally don’t go into stores to shop for upscale grooming products. So he began searching for stores where a man might spend $50 on a cigar. He checks out a store by buying a cigar, smoking it there and studying the customers to see if they’re part of his target market: successful men age 40 to 60 with expensive taste and who want to look good. Marrone has held most of his events in stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

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Job center hosts classes The Peninsula Job Center will offer the following workshops the week of Feb. 10: Monday, Feb. 17 — The Peninsula Job Center will be closed in observance of President’s Day Tuesday, Feb. 18 — 10:30 a.m., Job Prep Workshop Wednesday, Feb. 19 — 10:30 a.m., CareerReady 101 Lab; 1:30 p.m., WorkKeys® Testing Thursday, Feb. 20 — 10:30 a.m., Interviewing Skills Workshop Friday, Feb. 21 — No workshops offered. All workshops are free of charge to the public. Those interested in attending any of the workshops offered at the Peninsula Job Center can call 335-3010 or visit the job center located in Kenai at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite No. 2.

What’s new in your business? Have you opened a new business, moved to a new location, hired a new person or promoted an employee? The community wants to know, and so do we. Send us your information at news@peninsulaclarion.com, fax it to 907-283-3299, or drop it by the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. Questions? Call 907335-1251. Submit business news to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Vigor Industrial close to deal for Seward drydock By ELWOOD BREHMER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

Vigor Industrial, which operates the Ketchikan shipyard, is poised to acquire Seward Ship’s Drydock operations. It’s unclear when an agreement might be finalized, Vigor spokesman Brian Mannion said Feb. 3, but he said the company excited about expanding in Alaska. “We are looking at making investments in the workforce (in Seward) very similar to what we’re doing in Ketchikan,” Mannion said. Vigor purchased Alaska Ship and Drydock operations in Ketchikan in early 2012 and is currently in the midst of more than $130 million of expansion investments at the facility. The Portland, Ore.based shipbuilding and repair company operates seven yards in the Pacific Northwest. Aside from the businessto-business transaction, the Seward City Council will have to approve lease and operations and maintenance contracts with Vigor as the city owns the 11-acre parcel that Seward Ship’s and Drydock calls home, city manager Jim Hunt said. “I think I can safely say everybody here in Southcentral is really excited about this opportunity and what it means

not only to Seward and the Kenai (Peninsula), but all of Southcentral,” Hunt said. Vigor has plans to hold workforce development courses in the area geared towards the basic aspects of ship work, Mannion said. “Beyond strengthening our business, we look forward to providing even greater family-wage job opportunities for Seward’s current workforce and Alaskans overall,” Vigor President and CEO Frank Foti said in a formal statement.” Primarily a ship repair facility, Seward Ship’s Drydock’s workforce peaks at about 80 workers during the busiest times said Jim Pruitt, company president. “The yard is growing and I think Vigor is the proper one to pass the baton to to take it to the next level,” Pruitt said. The City of Seward submitted a $7.9 million appropriation request to the Legislature this session to fully-fund construction of a roughly $29 million breakwater in the area immediately surrounding the shipyard. Hunt said if the request is approved, construction of the breakwater would begin after the fishing season this fall. It is all a part of a larger Seward Marine Industrial Center plan, he said, that the city has for the land it owns across Resurrection Bay from the population center.

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Around the World Another ice storm across the South knocks out power to 445,000 ATLANTA — The second wintry storm in two weeks to hit the Deep South encrusted highways, trees and power lines in ice Wednesday, knocking out electricity to nearly a half-million homes and businesses. But it didn’t wreak the highway havoc in Atlanta that the previous bout of heavy weather did — largely because people learned their lesson the last time and stayed off the roads. At least nine traffic deaths across the region were blamed on the treacherous weather, and nearly 3,300 airline flights nationwide were canceled. As residents across the South heeded forecasters’ unusually dire warnings and hunkered down at home against the onslaught of snow and freezing rain, the storm pushed northward along the Interstate 95 corridor, threatening to bring more than a foot of snow Thursday to the already sick-ofwinter mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

A dozen states meet or beat sign-up targets for health plans WASHINGTON — Most states are still lagging when it comes to sign-ups under President Barack Obama’s health care law, but an Associated Press analysis of numbers reported Wednesday finds a dozen getting ahead of the game. Huge disparities are emerging in how well states are living up to federal enrollment targets, and that will help determine if the White House reaches its unofficial goal of having 7 million signed up by the end of March, six weeks away. Connecticut is the nation’s over-achiever, signing up more than twice the number of residents it had been projected to enroll by the end of January. Massachusetts, which pioneered the approach Obama took in his law, is at the bottom of the list having met only 5 percent of its target. Six Republican-led states — Florida, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin — are on pace or better. The administration said Wednesday about 1 million people signed up for private insurance under the health law in January, extending a turnaround from early days when a dysfunctional website frustrated consumers. There were fewer enrollments than in December, but a drop-off had been expected.

Senate sends Obama bill clearing way for government to pay bills WASHINGTON — Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with an awkward assist from top Senate Republican leaders who were forced into a politically treacherous vote engineered by tea party favorite Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican’s maneuver forced several GOP colleagues, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, into a reluctant vote against a filibuster, helping the measure along. It’s a vote likely to cause grief for McConnell, who is facing a primary election challenges. On a day of legislative drama, the key vote clearing the way for final action was held open for more than an hour — as the stock market looked on nervously — and broke open only after McConnell and top lieutenant John Cornyn, RTexas, unexpectedly voted “aye.” Several other Republicans then switched their votes to support the measure, ultimately breaking the filibuster by a 67-31 margin. The bill then passed the Senate by a near party-line 55-43 vote, with all of the yes votes coming from President Barack Obama’s allies. The president is now clear to sign the bill, which allows the government to borrow all the money it needs to pay bills such as Social Security benefits, federal salaries, and payments to Medicare and Medicaid providers. Failure to pass it would have likely sent the stock market — which dipped modestly as the voting dragged on — into a tailspin.

Sid Caesar, whose sketches lit up 1950s television with zany humor, dies at age 91 LOS ANGELES — Sid Caesar, the TV comedy pioneer whose rubber-faced expressions and mimicry built on the work of his dazzling team of writers that included Woody Allen and Mel Brooks, died Wednesday. He was 91. Family spokesman Eddy Friedfeld said Caesar, who also played Coach Calhoun in the 1978 movie “Grease,” died at his home in the Los Angeles area after a brief illness. “He had not been well for a while. He was getting weak,” said Friedfeld, who lives in New York and last spoke to Caesar about 10 days ago. Friedfeld, a friend of Caesar’s who wrote the 2003 biography “Caesar’s Hour,” learned of his death in an early morning call from Caesar’s daughter, Karen. In his two most important shows, “Your Show of Shows,” 1950-54, and “Caesar’s Hour,” 1954-57, Caesar displayed remarkable skill in pantomime, satire, mimicry, dialect and sketch comedy. And he gathered a stable of young writers who went on to worldwide fame in their own right — including Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart (“M-A-S-H’), and Allen.

Syrian planes pound rebel town By BARBARA SURK and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes pounded a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Wednesday, activists said, as opposition leaders in Geneva called on Russia to put pressure on the government to prevent the faltering peace negotiations from collapsing. A second round of talks that started in Geneva Monday is mired in acrimony as government and opposition delegates hurl accusations back and forth, unable to agree on a common agenda. During a meeting with U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi Wednesday, the opposition delegation submitted a paper containing their vision for a political transition. The proposal calls for the expulsion of all foreign fighters from Syria and a U.N. monitored cease-fire in Syria — but the Syrian deputy foreign minister dismissed it as a “show” and refused to discuss it. The U.N. said that a meeting between senior U.S. and Russian officials — who are backing the process — with Brahimi will be held in Geneva Thursday, a day before it was originally planned. The talks have been accompanied by a sharp rise in violence on the ground in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 4,959 people have died in Syria in the three-week period since Jan. 22, when the first round of talks began in Switzerland. The group, which documents the fighting on the

AP Photo/Bilal Hussein

Lebanese citizens and civil defense workers inspect damages after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van in the Choueifat district southern Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 3. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Monday, wounding at least six people, the state news agency said.

ground through a wide network of activists, says the period has seen the highest death toll since the uprising against President Bashar Assad started in March 2011. In a statement, it called for suspending the talks in Geneva if they don’t produce an immediate cessation of all military operations. Troops on Wednesday pounded Yabroud — the last rebel stronghold in Syria’s mountainous Qalamoun region. Backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters, the Syrian army has been on a crushing offensive there since early December. Activists reported heavy fighting in the area between troops loyal to Assad and rebels trying to overthrow him. The Observatory said warplanes have carried out 10 airstrikes so far on Wednesday. In Lebanon, preparations were underway to receive more Syrians fleeing the area.

An Associated Press reporter in the border area of Wadi Hmaied saw several trucks and buses packed with people, clothes and other belongings rolling into Lebanon. They were headed to the informal refugee settlements in and around the Lebanese town of Arsal to find shelter, but were turned back by other refugees saying there was no space to accommodate new arrivals. Some erected tents in the sprawling fields to spend the night there. As night fell, many were seen putting children to sleep in the back of trucks parked on the side of a road. “There was shelling, with planes and tanks since this morning,” said one refugee, who spoke on condition only his first name, Ahmed, be used, for fear of harassment. He drove to Lebanon on a truck along with his mother, his wife and their four children.

He said they fled the village of Sahel, located near Yabroud. As they drove away, Ahmed said he had seen the bodies of five people killed in the shelling. A senior official with the Arsal’s administration told The Associated Press that up to 300 Syrians have crossed into Lebanon over the past 48 hours. He spoke on condition his name is not be used because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. Yabroud has been controlled by the opposition for much of Syria’s nearly 3-year-old conflict. Lebanese Sunni Muslims have moved through the town to join Syrian rebels in battles against Assad’s forces, bringing in weapons and supplies for opposition fighters from across the border in Arsal. Hezbollah fighters have been key to the Syrian army’s success in the border region. In June, the Iran-backed group helped Assad’s forces regain control of the town of Qusair. Its fall tipped the balance of power in the Syrian conflict in Assad’s favor, though Hezbollah’s public involvement in the civil war next door deepened sectarian tensions in Lebanon. In Geneva, opposition and government delegates said the opposition submitted a paper that contains its vision for a post-war Syria. The document obtained by The Associated Press calls for a transitional governing body that would oversee a U.N.-monitored cease-fire in Syria and the expulsion of foreign fighters fighting alongside both sides in the war. The document did not include any reference to the contentious issue of Assad’s future.

Past 2 years ‘atrocious’ for journalists By CARA ANNA, and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The past two years have seen an “absolutely atrocious” number of killings and incarcerations of journalists, with Syria the deadliest place to work and Turkey the number one jailer, a press freedom advocacy group said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual report “Attacks on the Press” also takes sharp aim at sprawling government surveillance by the U.S. and others as a growing threat. “Journalists must hang together in holding our metastasizing surveillance states accountable. If not, we shall all hang separately,” the report said. Joel Simon, the New Yorkbased committee’s executive director, said 2013 saw “a near record” of 211 journalists imprisoned and 70 killed — slightly fewer than 2012, when 232 journalists were in jail and 72 were killed. That’s tied with the highest death toll of the Iraq war. “The last two years have been absolutely atrocious, the worst ever in CPJ’s history,” Simon said. He blamed that in part on the deadly conflict in Syria, where “there is no respect whatsoever for the work of the media,” with

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journalists being targeted and killed in crossfire. He said “anti-terror” charges are the main factor in the increasing imprisonment of journalists. Globally, the overwhelming number of killings last year, or 94 percent, were committed with complete impunity, the report says. According to the report, Egypt experienced the greatest deterioration in press freedom in 2013 between the regime of President Mohammed Morsi and the state of emergency imposed after the military ousted him. Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Mideast and north Africa coordinator, said for the first time Egypt was among the top jailers of journalists in 2013, and it was the third deadliest country with six journalists killed. Syria remains the most dangerous country for journalists with more than 63 killed since 2011, including 29 last year, and “an unprecedented number of kidnappings” — more than 80 since 2011 including 57 in 2013, Mansour said. CPJ has also documented more than 70 Syrian journalists forced into exile, he said. Turkey was the world’s “leading jailer of the press,” the report says, with 40 journalists behind bars. After anti-government protests in the summer, nearly 60 people who reported on them were either fired or forced to resign.

The new report also singles out surveillance activities as a “unique threat to journalism in the digital age,” after a series of revelations last year by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden angered American allies such as Germany and Brazil. With the vast sweepingup and storage of phone calls, tests and emails, “it could soon be possible to uncover sources with such ease as to render meaningless any promise of confidentiality a journalist may attempt to provide,” the report warns. It adds that the U.S. with its surveillance activities “has undermined its own global leadership position on free expression and Internet openness, especially when it comes to battling efforts by repressive countries like China and Iran to restrict the Internet.” More traditional threats to the media continue, the report says. Iran remains the second major jailer of journalists, with 35 behind bars at the end of 2013, he said, and in Iraq 10 journalists were killed in the last quarter of 2013, compared to zero in 2012.

China had the third-highest number of journalists behind bars, with 32. Committee members found “particularly alarming” that the traditional safe haven of Hong Kong is coming under greater pressure from Beijing, resulting in increasing self-censorship by journalists and less aggressive reporting on mainland issues. Vietnam’s crackdown on bloggers worsened, with the country second only to China in Asia for holding the most journalists, with 18 imprisoned. Even as Russia continued to celebrate its hosting of the Winter Olympics, Nina Ognianova, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia coordinator, said “Russia and Turkey have gotten progressively more repressive for journalists” over the past year. “The current climate for freedom of press and freedom of expression ... has not been as repressive since the collapse of the Soviet Union,” she said. In Latin America, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia all ranked in the world’s top 10 worst countries for fighting violence against the press. Venezuela, the report says, has been left with “no reliably independent and critical broadcaster.”

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2 killed as Venezuelan protests turn violent By JORGE RUEDA and RICARDO NUNEZ Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — At least two people were killed Wednesday as the largest protests ever against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s year-old government turned violent. Gunfire erupted in downtown Caracas when armed members of a pro-government vigilante group arrived on motorcycles and began firing at more than 100 anti-Maduro student protesters clashing with security forces. As the crowd fled in panic, one demonstrator fell to the ground with a bullet wound in his head. Onlookers screamed “assassins” as they rushed the 24-year-old student, later identified by family members as Bazil D’Acosta, to a police vehicle. Also killed was the leader of a pro-government 23rd of January collective, as militant supporters of Venezuela’s socialist administration call themselves. National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello said the “revolutionary” known by his nickname Juancho was “vilely

assassinated by the fascists” but he didn’t provide details. The unrest erupted after a day of peaceful demonstrations organized by students and hard-line members of the opposition. Pro-government supporters countered with a march of their own to express support for Maduro, who has accused opponents of trying to violently oust him from power just two months after his party’s candidates prevailed by a landslide in mayoral elections. While anti-government demonstrators vented frustration over issues ranging from rampant crime to mounting economic hardships, they were united in their resolve to force Maduro out of office by constitutional means. “All of these problems — shortages, inflation, insecurity, the lack of opportunities — have a single culprit: the government,” Leopoldo Lopez, a Harvard University-trained former mayor, told a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered at Plaza Venezuela in Caracas. Lopez, who leads a faction of the opposition that has chal-

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Bystanders take cover from the violence on the street after clashes broke out between opposition protesters with security forces and pro-government supporters during a protest against the government in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Violence erupted when unidentified attackers arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on the opposition protesters.

lenged what it considers the “If we don’t do it now, then meek leadership of two-time when? And if it’s not us, who presidential candidate Henrique will?” he said. Capriles, called the protests “a The crowd then marched to moral and patriotic duty.” the prosecutor’s office to de-

mand the release of 13 demonstrators who human rights groups say were illegally arrested during the past two weeks of increasingly violent protests.

A smaller group of mostly students lingered after most demonstrators went home, setting fire to trash and ripping apart concrete sidewalks and steel grating to throw at police and national guardsmen. Across town, Maduro told his supporters that he won’t back down in the face of what he said is a conspiracy by opponents to provoke violence and destabilize his government. “A Nazi-fascist faction has emerged that wants to take Venezuela down the path of violence,” the 51-year-old former bus driver said. “What we’re going to have is peace and prosperity.” Protests also took place in other cities, including Merida and San Cristobal, where students clashed with police in recent days. Merida Mayor Carlos Garcia said three people were injured by gunfire during protests Tuesday when a group of hooded government supporters began firing into the crowd. Maduro on Wednesday acknowledged the incident, but said his supporters shouldn’t respond in kind to what he called the opposition’s violent provocations.

Egypt military chief heads to Moscow in rare visit By MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt’s military chief headed to Russia Wednesday on his first trip abroad since ousting the country’s Islamist president, part of a shift to reduce reliance on the United States at a time of frictions between the longtime allies. Making a rare appearance in civilian clothes, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi struck a presidential look ahead of a likely run for office. His scheduled meeting with Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday would boost an image of international clout for the army commander The high-profile visit comes amid reports of a $2 billion Gulf-funded arms deal in the

making with Russia. Funded mainly by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, it underscores how oil-rich Gulf states have thrown their weight behind Egypt’s military-backed government. Long opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood, they strongly backed the military’s July ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and, along with Kuwait, have pledged more than $12 billion in grants and loans to the interim government installed by the military. This week’s visit to Russia comes at a time when relations have soured with the U.S., Egypt’s longtime ally and military patron, over el-Sissi’s removal of Morsi following massive protests against the Islamist leader. Washington later

suspended some of its $1.5 billion in annual aid, most of which goes to the Egyptian military. Mustafa al-Ani, head of the UAE-based think tank Security and Defense Studies at the Gulf Research Center, said Egypt’s turn to Russia was an attempt to counter what he called a U.S. policy of “giving up on Egypt.” Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty insisted the Moscow visit is not intended to be “against anyone, but is to diversify partners.” Still, it appeared to send a signal to Washington that Cairo has multiple options, while burnishing el-Sissi’s reputation for being willing to stand up to the Americans. Egypt’s pro-military media have been fueling public anger against the U.S., depicting Washington as a sup-

porter of Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood and even accusing the Americans of conspiring with the Islamists against Egyptian national security. According to the stateowned daily Al-Ahram, elSissi is to conclude a $2 billion arms deal while in Moscow and Gen. Hossam Sweilam, a retired Egyptian army general who maintains close ties to the military, confirmed the report. Military officials declined to comment. El-Sissi’s call on Moscow comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shogiu visited Cairo three months ago. In November, Russia’s Interfax news agency said that Egypt was interested in purchasing Russian air defense missile sys-

Woman convicted in cut-from-womb killing WORCESTER, Mass. — A woman accused of killing her pregnant friend three months after her own miscarriage was convicted Wednesday of beating and strangling the friend, then cutting the baby from her womb and passing the child off as her daughter. Julie Corey sobbed as a Worcester Superior Court jury found her guilty of the 2009 murder of 23-year-old Darlene Haynes. The jurors had deliberated for 10 hours over two days. Sentencing was scheduled for Tuesday. Prosecutors said Haynes was eight months pregnant when Corey attacked her and cut the baby out of her body. They told the jury that Corey had been pregnant, too, but had a miscarriage three months earlier and told her boyfriend and family that Haynes’ baby

was her own. “It’s probably the most horrific case this office has ever seen in terms of facts,” District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said in a statement after the verdict was handed down. “This woman was killed for her baby.” Corey, 39, did not testify during the trial. “I feel comfortable that justice was done for Darlene,” Haynes’ uncle, Karl Whitney, of Palmer, told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. He said he feels sorry for Corey’s family. “I just can’t imagine going through something like that with one of my children.” Corey’s lawyers contended that police failed to follow up on leads that could have implicated other potential suspects in the killing, including Haynes’ ex-boyfriend. They

also suggested that Haynes’ exboyfriend had given Corey and her boyfriend, Alex Dion, the baby. Dion denied that on the witness stand. Defense lawyer Michael Wilcox said he was disappointed with the verdict, but not surprised. He said they plan to appeal. “We were aware of the evidence against her,” Wilcox said, adding that the facts alone in the case were difficult to discuss. “We worked very hard to present the jury with a different picture, but we weren’t ultimately successful.” Wilcox said he would not comment on Corey’s reaction but said it was understandable that she was upset. “She faced the somber realization that she will spend the rest of her life in prison,” he said.

tems and MiG-29 fighter jets, combat helicopters and other weapons. Earlier this week, Egypt’s chief of staff, Gen. Sedki Sobhi, said during a visit to the UAE that Egypt is “open in its military relations with all superpowers” and wants to diversify its arms sources “from different military schools, Eastern and Western.” “Relations with any country are not a substitute to those with any other country,” Sobhi said in remarks published in the newspaper Emirate Shield. Egypt was Moscow’s closest Arab ally for two decades, starting in the 1950s, when nationalist leader Gamal Abdel-Nasser turned from U.S. support to win Soviet backing for his ambitious drive to modernize the country and create

a well-armed military at the height of the Cold War and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Egyptians partnered with the Soviets to build the High Dam, a mega-project to control floods and provide electricity and water for irrigation. Nasser’s successor, Anwar Sadat, reversed the alignment, breaking with Moscow and expelling Soviet military advisers. After he signed the 1979 peace deal with Israel, Egypt became the second-biggest recipient of U.S. aid, after Israel. El-Sissi’s visit to Russia was not announced in advance and he surprised many with his new look — a blue blazer, dark trousers and a tie — as he hurried to board a military jet at the Almaza military airport east of Cairo.

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Stars ready to kick 1st-round habit at state

After three thrilling NSC games, SoHi hockey hopes to get past first round and more at tourney By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

If the Soldotna Stars have any reason to believe they can win a state hockey championship, it’s because of their clutch ability in high intensity situations. If the Soldotna Stars have any doubt of making it to the state championship game, it’s because of the Kenai Peninsula’s history of state runs. No Kenai Peninsula team has ever won its first-round game at the state hockey tournament, which is a trend

the Stars would like to change. SoHi will get a chance starting today at 2:30 p.m. against the Chugiak Mustangs at the Curtis Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla, the first day of the Alaska School Activities Association state hockey tournament. If there’s any year to put a stop to that first-round losing trend, this might as well be the one, especially as it’s the last one for SoHi coach Aaron Swanson. Swanson will be ending his 11-year run as the Soldotna head hockey coach after this weekend in order to spend

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at Curtis Menard Sports Complex, Wasilla Today’s games South vs. Lathrop, 12:00 p.m. Soldotna vs. Chugiak, 2:30 p.m. West Valley vs. West, 5 p.m. Dimond vs. Wasilla, 7:30 p.m.

more time with his family. Additionally, assistant coach Pat Nolden will also be calling it quits after 29 years with the SoHi hockey and football teams. “It’s just at a point in life that I need

a break for a while,” Swanson said. Nolden has been a part of four conference-winning teams at Soldotna, and has been voted Coach of the Year on four occasions. Both Nolden and Swanson coached the 2009 Soldotna hockey squad to the North Star Conference championship, and they repeated the feat last Saturday in a thrilling title game. It took four overtime periods to decide the winner between the Stars and Wasilla Warriors. Friday’s semifinal game against Colony went to two overtimes, and in Thursday’s first-round game

against Palmer, overtime was narrowly avoided on a last-second, gamewinning goal. “We took some time for celebration after the win on Saturday, because that doesn’t happen very often,” Swanson said. “We let the kids enjoy that a bit, but then we got back to work in practice.” Since winning the NSC title Saturday, Soldotna has been spending each day of practice focusing on what the Stars do best. Swanson said at this point in the season, there’s no reason See STARS, page A-9

Nikolaevsk hoops teams notch split Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Nikolaevsk girls hoops team continued its run through the Class 1A girls season with a 40-28 victory over King Cove Wednesday in Nikolaevsk. Kayla Stafford scored 15 points to lead the Warriors, while teammate Sophia Kalugin contributed 12. Nainiella Dorvall was held to six points. Nikolaevsk outscored King Cove 12-4 in the second quarter to distance itself. The Warriors led 23-10 at halftime. King Cove boys 66, Nikolaevsk 32

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From left, silver medalist Australia’s Torah Bright, gold medalist United States’ Kaitlyn Farrington and bronze medalist United States’ Kelly Clark pose following the women’s snowboard halfpipe at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

The Warriors suffered a slow start en route to a blowout loss against King Cove Wednesday in Nikolaevsk. The T-Jacks put up 23 points in the first quarter and led 41-9 at halftime. Jan Samuelson scored 20 points to lead King Cove, getting 11 in the first quarter. Ethan

Mack added 18. Jonah Fefelov and Felemon Molodih each had nine points to pace Nikolaevsk. Wednesday girls

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NIKOLAEVSK (40) — Ki. Klaich 2 0-0 4, Kr. Klaich 0 0-0 0, Fefelov 0 0-0 0, So. Kalugin 4 4-6 12, Stafford 7 0-0 15, Se. Kalugin 1 1-2 3, Dorvall 3 0-0 6, Hickman 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 5-8 40. KING COVE (28) — Gould 0 0-0 0, Yatchemeneff 0 0-0 0, Newman 4 0-0 8, Kuzakin 2 0-0 4, Samuelson 4 0-1 8, Calver 1 0-0 2, Yatchmeneff 3 0-1 6. Totals 14 0-2 28. 3-point field goals — Nikolaevsk 1 (Stafford 1); King Cove 0. Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 9; King Cove 6.

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KING COVE (66) — Mack 1 0-0 2, Samuelson 9 0-0 20, Christianson 2 0-0 4, Dushkin 0 0-0 0, C. Samuelson 3 0-0 6, Larsen 1 0-0 2, E. Mack 9 0-3 18, Hamilton 7 0-2 14. Totals 32 0-5 66. NIKOLAEVSK (32) — Lasiter 2 0-0 4, K. Molodih 0 0-0 0, Trail 0 0-2 0, A. Yakunin 1 0-0 2, S. Yakunin 0 0-0 0, F. Molodih 4 1-2 9, Fefelov 4 0-0 9, Kalugin 4 0-0 8. Totals 15 1-4 32. 3-point field goals — King Cove 2 (J. Samuelson 2); Nikolaevsk 1 (Fefelov 1). Team fouls — King Cove 4; Nikolaevsk 5.

Farrington leads USA to gold Syracuse barely Women’s halfpipe features two Americans, but favorite falls EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — It was one of those Olympic-style pauses. Two minutes. Three minutes. To the four women sitting on the bench at the bottom of the halfpipe, it felt even longer. In the end, the cowgirl won the gold. Kaitlyn Farrington, the 24-year-old from Idaho whose parents sold off their cattle to bankroll her career, sparked the second upset on the halfpipe in two nights. She smoothed out a near-flawless

run Wednesday to edge Aussie Torah Bright and take down the American favorite, Kelly Clark. “I’m sure they do not miss those cows today,” Farrington said of her folks. The running joke in her family comes when her parents tell her to “Cowgirl Up,” and over a long day that included six runs — two each in qualifying, semifinals and finals — Farrington did just that. The winning run earned a score of 91.75. It included one of the tougher combinations in the sport — a double-twisting

jump with a near-blind landing, followed by a 2½-spin jump. It closed with a twisting, head-over-heels flip at the bottom. Superb, though certainly beatable by three of the women still at the top for Run 2, all of whom had Olympic gold medals back at home. Hannah Teter, the 2006 champion who wound up fourth, couldn’t do it. Neither could Bright, who ended up .25 points from her second straight gold, but viewed this as nothing less than a victory considering she’s competing in three events — slopestyle, halfpipe and, next, snowboardcross.

Then came Clark. She’s been the most consistent, bestprepared rider over the past four years, a favorite to win another gold 12 years after she burst onto the scene with her first Olympic title in Salt Lake City. But her evening went down in much the same manner as Shaun White’s did 24 hours earlier. Like White, Clark had a first run that included a nasty fall; her board careened off the lip of the pipe, bending hard when it hit, then sending her free-falling to her back, 20 feet below.

Jeter announces retirement after 2014 BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK — To Derek Jeter, it was just another day to get ready for spring training. On a minor league field at the New York Yankees’ complex in Florida, he took batting practice, fielded grounders and chatted with teammates. And then he drove away in his Mercedes, offering no hint that the countdown to his retirement had already begun. Hours later, Jeter alerted the sports world: This will be his final season. “I know it in my heart. The 2014 season will be my last year playing professional baseball,” Jeter posted Wednesday in a long letter on his Facebook page. “I have gotten the very most out of my life playing baseball, and I have absolutely no regrets,” the shortstop wrote. While it was no secret the team captain was getting close to the end of his brilliant career as he neared 40 — especially after injuries wrecked him last season — Jeter’s announcement caught many by surprise. In fact, some people wondered whether his account had

been hacked. But it was quickly confirmed that one of the greatest players in the history of baseball’s most storied franchise was serious. A 13-time All-Star shortstop who led the Yankees to five World Series championships, Jeter was the last link to the powerful Yankees teams that won three straight crowns from 1998-2000. Longtime teammates Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte retired after last year. “Derek Jeter is Mr. Yankee of his era,” Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner told The Associated Press. “He was the face of one of the greatest teams ever.” Jeter was limited to 17 games last season while trying to recover from a broken left ankle sustained during the 2012 playoffs. He hit only .190 with one homer and seven RBIs. “Last year was a tough one for me. As I suffered through a bunch of injuries, I realized that some of the things that always came easily to me and were always fun had started to become a struggle,” Jeter wrote. “The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time

to move forward.” “So really it was months ago when I realized that this season would likely be my last. As I came to this conclusion and shared it with my friends and family, they all told me to hold off saying anything until I was absolutely 100 percent sure,” he wrote. “And the thing is, I could not be more sure,” he wrote. His agent, Casey Close, said Jeter wanted to declare his intentions before the Yankees start spring training later this week so that his future status wouldn’t be a distraction. The Yankees open camp for pitchers and catchers on Friday. Jeter has said he’s healthy and ready to go — at 39, his next birthday is in June. “Derek called me this morning to tell me that he planned to retire following the season,” Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner said. Said Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, a former Jeter teammate: “I’m excited for him. It’s kind of nice to see him go out on his own terms.” Jeter is the Yankees’ career hits leader with 3,316. He’s ninth on the all-time list; a 200C

hit season would put him in fifth place. Jeter is a lifetime .312 hitter in 19 seasons, with 256 home runs and 1,261 RBIs. He has scored 1,876 runs, stolen 348 bases and is a five-time Gold Glove winner. Added up, his numbers put him among the greats in Yankees history, with fans often invoking the names of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle when mentioning Jeter’s legacy. But No. 2 is defined by so much more than his numbers. His backhanded flip in the playoffs, his diving catch into the stands, his speech to close old Yankee Stadium and his home run for career hit No. 3,000. An October presence for so many years — Jeter is a career .321 hitter in seven World Series — he also became Mr. November in 2001. His winning, 10th-inning homer came shortly after midnight in a Game 4 that began on Halloween. Jeter was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1996, the season the Yankees won their first World Series since 1978 and re-established themselves as a major force. He was the MVP of the 2000 World Series.

remain unbeaten The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tyler Ennis made a 35-footer at the buzzer and No. 1 Syracuse remained unbeaten with a 5856 victory over No. 25 Pitt on Wednesday night. Syracuse (24-0, 11-0 ACC) and Wichita State are the lone undefeated teams in Division I. With the Orange down by one with 4.4 seconds left, Ennis caught the inbounds pass and dribbled up the court before hitting the shot over two defenders. Talib Zanna, who led Pitt (20-5, 8-4) with 16 points and 14 rebounds, hit two free throws to give Pitt a 56-55 lead before Ennis’ winner. It was Pitt’s first loss at home to a top-five team in the 12-year history of the Petersen Events Center. The Panthers had been 9-0 against top-five teams and 13-1 against teams ranked in the top 10. C.J. Fair led Syracuse with 14 points. No. 6 VILLANOVA 87, DEPAUL 62 ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Darrun Hilliard scored 22 points, JayVaughn Pinkston had 14 points and 11 rebounds and Villanova beat DePaul for its sixth straight win.

No. 14 KENTUCKY 64, AUBURN 56 AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Andrew Harrison scored 16 points to help Kentucky overcome shooting struggles and hold on for a victory over Auburn.

NO. 20 MEMPHIS 76, CENTRAL FLORIDA 70 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Joe Jackson scored 18 points, Shaq Goodwin added 14 abd Memphis used a late rally to beat Central Florida,

No. 24 UCONN 83, SOUTH FLORIDA 40 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — DeAndre Daniels scored 12 points to lead a balanced UConn offense in a rout of South Florida. Freshman Kentan Facey added 10 points for the 24th-ranked Huskies (19-5, 7-4 American Athletic Conference), who held the Bulls to just 12 baskets and 24 percent shooting.

NO. 8 DUKE at NORTH CAROLINA, PPD CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Duke’s game at North Carolina was postponed because of a storm that brought enough snow and ice to paralyze many area roads. The game will be played Feb. 20.

Heat edge Dubs The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James capped one of his best games of the season in dramatic fashion, making a stepback 3-pointer with less than a second remaining to carry the Miami Heat past the Golden State Warriors 111-110 on Wednesday night and into the All-Star break on a high note. With teammate Dwyane Wade scratched from the lineup with a sore left foot, James shouldered the load for the twotime defending NBA champions. He finished with 36 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists,

saving his best moment for last. After fellow All-Star Stephen Curry hit a bank shot to start a three-point play that put the Warriors ahead by two, James let the clock tick down on the other end. He swished in a 27-footer with two-tenths of a second left over Andre Iguodala, then patted his chest and high-stepped on the sideline to leave the announced sellout crowd of 19,596 stunned and silent. James shot 14 of 26 from the floor, including several dazzling See NBA, page A-9

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to deviate from what they are used to. “It’s a matter of focusing on our game regardless of our opponent,” Swanson said. “We’ll play within our system, the way we always play, and not modify anything about it. “At state, all the teams are very good, and we’re going in with the expectation that we need to play our game, which is from the net out.” Starting with the core defensive lineup is goalie Cody Harvey and defensemen Jacob O’Lena and Preston Weeks. The offensive masterminds include Ty Fenton, Kenny Griffin, Nick Wrobel, Justice Miller and Hunter Lott. “We have a special group of kids,” Swanson said. “It was described to me by someone, that we don’t have the most talented

team at state or even in our history in high school, but they play hard and play with heart. “We have guys that have been around the program for a while and on the same token there are guys that don’t have their name mentioned much.” The Stars’ first challenge will be the Chugiak Mustangs, which coincidentally is Swanson’s alma mater. Chugiak (67-1 in the Cook Inlet Conference) is the third seed from its conference. No matter the outcome, Soldotna will play either South Anchorage or Lathrop on Friday. If the Stars win, game time is at 5:30 p.m., and if they lose, game time is 8 a.m., and even if SoHi can break with tradition to make it to the semifinal round, Swanson said the achievement will be treated like any victory. “Getting wins on any level in the state tournament is a big accomplishment,” he said. “We just need to start with the first one.”

Incognito lashes out STEVE REED AP Sports Writer

Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito lashed out at teammate Jonathan Martin on Twitter Wednesday, saying “The truth is going to bury you and your entire ‘camp.’ You could have told the truth the entire time.” Incognito also wrote Martin told him he thought about committing suicide because he wasn’t playing well. “FACT: Jonathan Martin told me he thought about taking his own life in MAY 2013 b/c he wasn’t playing well. Told me he felt worthless,” Incognito said on Twitter. Incognito’s series of tweets directed at Martin and his representatives come as the NFL is preparing to release a report on the Dolphins’ bullying case which could help clarify their much-publicized relationship. Martin previously said he was harassed daily by Incognito and other teammates. He alleged their racial, aggressive and sexually charged comments played a role in his departure from the team on Oct. 28. Incognito recently finished serving a three-month suspension but isn’t expected to return to Miami.

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dunks, and helped the Heat go ahead by 21 points in the third quarter. Chris Bosh added 19 points and five rebounds, and reserve Michael Beasley scored 16 points in a thrilling victory for the Heat, who played without Wade for the second straight night. CLIPPERS 122, TRAIL BLAZERS 117 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 36 points, Chris Paul had 20 points and 12 assists, and Los Angeles beat Portland in a back and forth game that featured 40 lead changes. The Clippers, who set a franchise record for largest margin of victory in their 45-point thrashing of Philadelphia on Sunday, converted 16 Portland turnovers into 20 points. MAVERICKS 81, PACERS 73 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Monta Ellis had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Dirk Nowitzki added 18 points to help Dallas hand Indiana its third home loss of the season. The Mavericks (32-22), who have won six of seven, finished a three-game road trip heading into the NBA All-Star break. ROCKETS 113, WIZARDS 112

He took aim at Martin’s agent Kenneth Zuckerman from Priority Sports, on Wednesday, accusing him of releasing information to the media. “What do you have to say for your actions? Why did you release the VM. What was your goal?” Incognito wrote on Twitter. Zuckerman said in a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press that he didn’t want to respond to Incognito’s comments, except to say, “The only thing I would say is I’ll let Jason La Canfora’s tweet speak for itself.” After Incognito’s Twitter rant, La Canfora, who works for CBS Sports and broke the story on the text messages exchanged between the teammates, said on Twitter that Zuckerman “had nothing to do with my reporting.” Zuckerman declined to answer other questions about the case. Incognito also wrote on Twitter: “the truth will set me free. I can’t say the same about Jon Martin. The truth is what he’s hiding from.” Incognito’s final tweet referred all questions to his attorney Mark Schamel, who did not return phone calls to the AP.

in the second half, powering injury-depleted San Antonio to a win over Boston. Marco Belinelli added 16 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Spurs, who played without guards Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili and forward Tiago Splitter — all sidelined with injuries.

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Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 28 24 .538 — Brooklyn 24 26 .480 3 New York 20 32 .385 8 Boston 19 35 .352 10 Philadelphia 15 39 .278 14 Southeast Division Miami 37 14 .725 — Atlanta 25 26 .490 12 Washington 25 27 .481 12½ Charlotte 23 30 .434 15 Orlando 16 38 .296 22½ Central Division Indiana 40 12 .769 — Chicago 26 25 .510 13½ Detroit 22 30 .423 18 Cleveland 20 33 .377 20½ Milwaukee 9 43 .173 31 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 38 15 .717 — Houston 36 17 .679 2 Dallas 32 22 .593 6½ Memphis 29 23 .558 8½ New Orleans 23 29 .442 14½ Northwest Division Oklahoma City 42 12 .778 — Portland 36 17 .679 5½ Minnesota 25 28 .472 16½ Denver 24 27 .471 16½ Utah 19 33 .365 22 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 — Phoenix 30 21 .588 5 Golden State 31 22 .585 5 L.A. Lakers 18 34 .346 17½

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Wednesday’s Games Memphis 86, Orlando 81 Dallas 81, Indiana 73 Toronto 104, Atlanta 83 Brooklyn 105, Charlotte 89 San Antonio 104, Boston 92 Cleveland 93, Detroit 89 Sacramento 106, New York 101, OT Minnesota 117, Denver 90 Houston 113, Washington 112 New Orleans 102, Milwaukee 98 Utah 105, Philadelphia 100 Miami 111, Golden State 110 L.A. Clippers 122, Portland 117 Thursday’s Games Brooklyn at Chicago, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

olympics Medals Table

At Sochi, Russia Through Wednesday, Feb. 12 (32 of 98 events) Nation G S B Tot Norway 4 3 5 12 Canada 4 4 2 10 Netherlands 4 2 4 10 United States 3 1 5 9 Russia 2 4 3 9 Germany 6 1 1 8 Austria 1 4 0 5 Switzerland 3 0 1 4 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 Sweden 0 3 1 4 France 1 0 2 3

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Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE Suspended Seattle OF Cavan Cohoes 50 games and Detroit C Ronny Paulino 100 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Davies on a minor league contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Greg Holland on a one-year contract. NEW YORK YANKEES Announced the retirement of SS Derek Jeter, effective at the end of the 2014 season. SEATTLE MARINERS Named Dave Valle manager and Shane Zdebiak trainer for Everett (NWL); and Jason Blanton pitching coach for Pulaski (Appalachian). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

Agreed to terms with RHP Bronson Arroyo on a two-year contract. CINCINNATI REDS Designated INF Henry Rodriguez for assignment. Claimed RHP Brett Marshall off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. MIAMI MARLINS Designated RHP Chris Hatcher for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Marmol on a one-year contract. NEW YORK METS Agreed to terms with RHP Jose Valverde on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SAN ANTONIO SPURS Signed G Shannon Brown to a second 10day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS Promoted Pat Meyer to offensive line coach. Named Joe Kim assistant strength/skill development coach. CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed DB Royce Adams. DENVER BRONCOS Signed executive vice president John Elway to a three-year contract extension and added general manager to his title. GREEN BAY PACKERS Released OL Greg Van Roten. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Released S Roman Harper, LB/DE Will Smith and CB Jabari Greer. OAKLAND RAIDERS Signed RB Kory Sheets.

ST. LOUIS RAMS Named Gregg Williams defensive coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Recalled G Kristers Gudlevskis from the Syracuse (AHL). Assigned G Cedrick Desjardins to Syracuse. SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS Traded M Hendry Thomas to FC Dallas for allocation money. Signed G Joe Nasco and MF Jared Watts. COLLEGE CINCINNATI Announced the NCAA has approved hardship waivers to QB Munchie Legaux and WR Shaq Washington. DELAWARE Named Bryan Bossard wide receivers coach. KENT STATE Suspended wrestler Sam Wheeler indefinitely for making a derogatory comment on his Twitter account about former Missouri football player Michael Sam. NJIT Named Peter Volkert women’s volleyball coach. STANFORD Named Lance Taylor running backs coach. VIRGINIA UNION Named Mike Fanoga outside linebackers coach, Toriano Morgan assistant offensive football coach, Aaron Taylor running backs coach, Wes Murphy offensive line coach/ recruiting coordinator, Josef Harrison defensive line coach, Andre LeBlanc assistant football coach and Trumaine Watson strength and conditioning coach.

Women’s downhill ends in dead heat FRED LIEF AP Sports Writer

SOCHI, Russia — The gold market enjoyed big gains at the Sochi Olympics on Wednesday, getting an unexpected boost from the women’s downhill. Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland were declared co-gold medalists, the first time in Olympic Alpine history a race was won in a tie. On a day that had little to do with winter — temperatures hit 63 degrees (17 C) — the two friends covered the 1.69-mile (2.7-kilometer) Rosa Khutor course in 1 minute, 41.57 seconds. A tearful Lara Gut of Switzerland won the bronze, 0.10 seconds back. “I’m sure glad I’m going to share this gold with Tina,” Gisin said. The favorites, Maria HoeflRiesch of Germany and Julia Mancuso of the U.S., were afterthoughts. Hoefl-Riesch, eyeing a record-equaling fourth Olympic Alpine gold, finished 13th while Mancuso was eighth. “It’s actually crazy that it comes down to one-hundredths (of a second) and there is not one-thousandths as a tiebreaker,” Mancsuo said. Five other sports were awarding gold medals on Day 6 of the Olympics: figure skating pairs, luge, Nordic combined, snowboarding and speedskating. Among the other gold medalists were speedskater Stefan Groothuis, who added to the

mighty haul of the Dutch at the oval; and Eric Frenzel of Germany, who has been the steadiest in Nordic combined the last two years. ALPINE SKIING Gisin is becoming an old hand at these kinds of outcomes — two of her three downhill victories have been ties. She also is having a far better Olympics than the one in Vancouver, where she went tumbling and airborne in the downhill. This was Gisin’s first major medal. Maze won two silvers in Vancouver, and was hardly troubled about splitting the pot of gold. “It’s even more interesting because it’s not a usual thing,” said Maze, who started 30 minutes after Gisin. “It’s something special.” There have been four ties in Olympic skiing — none of them for gold. The last was among silver medalists in the men’s super-G at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. FIGURE SKATING There’s a long Olympic tradition of champion Russian pairs — Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov could well add to it, and in their home country no less. They have a solid but not insurmountable lead going into the free skate over four-time world winners Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany. “We want to win the Olympics in Russia and we want to be the next gold medal winners in pairs for Russia,” Trankov said through a translator. “We have the strong history.” SPEEDSKATING The Dutch ruled at the oval

TIMBERWOLVES 117, NUGGETS 90

Fredette scored a career-high All-Star weekend with a vic24 points to help the Kings beat tory over Milwaukee. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New York. Kevin Love started practicing JAZZ 105, 76ERS 100 early for All-Star weekend, PELICANS 102, BUCKS 98 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — making six of 11 shots from MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Alec Burks scored 10 of his 26 3-point range and totaling 32 points and 11 rebounds to lead Gordon scored 21 points, cen- points in the final 2 minutes to ter Alexis Ajinca added 16 and lift Utah over skidding PhilaMinnesota over Denver. New Orleans headed home for delphia. CAVALIERS 93, PISTONS 89 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Kyrie Irving’s 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with 27.2 seconds remaining keyed Cleveland’s victory over Detroit. RAPTORS 104, HAWKS 83 TORONTO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points, Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 13 assists, and Toronto snapped a five-game home losing streak to Atlanta. GRIZZLIES 86, MAGIC 81 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Zach Randolph had 20 points, Courtney Lee added 17 and Memphis held off Orlando.

HOUSTON (AP) — James NETS 105, BOBCATS 89 Harden scored 35 points and NEW YORK (AP) — Paul his layup with 0.7 seconds remaining lifted Houston over Pierce scored 25 points to lead Brooklyn over Charlotte. Washington. The victory sends the Rockets into the All-Star break with KINGS 106, a season-best seven-game winKNICKS 101, OT ning streak. NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Gay made the tying basket in SPURS 104, CELTICS 92 regulation and a 3-pointer in BOSTON (AP) — Tim Dun- overtime that gave Sacramento can scored 23 of his 25 points the lead for good, and Jimmer C

again, with Groothuis taking the gold in the 1,000 meters and upsetting two-time Olympic champion Shani Davis of the U.S. Groothuis won in 1 minute, 8.39 seconds and was followed by Denny Morrison of Canada and 500 champion Michel Mulder of the Netherlands. The Dutch have won 10 of 15 medals through the first five events. Davis was eighth, denied in his bid to become the first man to win the same speedskating event at three straight Olympics. HOCKEY Canada defeated the U.S. in women’s hockey 3-2 in a preview of the expected gold medal match. Meghan Agosta scored twice for Canada and assisted on Hayley Wickenheiser’s goal. This was the fifth time these teams have met in the Olympics, but the first since women’s hockey was added to the Winter Games in 1998 that they have played in the preliminary round. In the day’s other game, Finland beat Switzerland 4-3. NORDIC COMBINED Frenzel, who served two

years in the German army, won the individual normal hill. He led after ski jumping and powered home on the cross-country course. “I can’t describe this feeling, it’s so perfect,” he said. Frenzel, the runaway World Cup leader, was followed by Akito Watabe of Japan and Magnus Krog of Norway. Billy Demong of the U.S., the defending gold medalist on the large hill, finished 24th overall. CURLING Norway and China remained unbeaten and the U.S. finally won in men’s curling. The Norwegians, the fashionistas of curling, beat Germany 8-5 for a third consecutive victory. China defeated Switzerland 5-4. John Shuster’s U.S. team defeated Denmark 9-5, and the skip said a text from his wife provided a boost. “She just told me to remember to enjoy this and be a curler.” On the women’s side, undefeated Canada downed Britain 9-6 in a game that went down to the final stone and sent the U.S. to the edge of elimination. The Canadians joined Switzerland in first place at 3-0.

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less comparable to what inriver users are looking for in terms of chinook.” Board members who opposed the proposal cited the added burden on the processing industry as one of the reasons they did not support the proposal. “It was pretty obvious that they didn’t have our comments in hand,” Dale said.

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chairman Karl Johnstone, of Anchorage, asked Shields how ADFG defined the term “jack” king. “The jack salmon, some people would call ... all those that are just one ocean fish. Others might include two ocean fish. Others might say that it’s the number of fish that are under 20 inches, because that goes with the number of fish that you can sport catch,” Shields said. “A jack salmon is defined quite differently by different people.” Shields said he typically classified jacks based on the fish’s age. Johnstone said he thought “reasonable minds could differ” on the definition of a jack king. He said he understood why the upper subdistrict “claimed to have caught mostly jacks,” as Shields believed a 3-year-old or 4-year-old fish should be classified as a jack king. “I’m sure that reasonable minds can differ on what a jack is. I’m sure there’s a lot of sport fishermen that would be very happy to catch that size of fish,” he said. Kluberton said he understood that the setnetters could feel they were being penalized for catching king salmon that were not being counted inriver. “For a lot of years when they were enumerating kings inriver, the sonar observers tended to regard any fish over 750 mm as a king. So for a period of time, fish under 750 mm were regarded as sockeye,” he said. “So there became a perception that smaller kings weren’t being counted and I think that’s, in par, the message that some of the commercial fleet wants to get out there is ‘Oh, we’re being penalized for fish that weren’t even counted inriver.’” However, the inriver sonar program has changed, Kluberton said. A net apportionment program, which is applied to the number of king salmon counted by the ADFG sonar, is designed to sort the king salmon counted in the Kenai River into age classes. Kluberton asked ADFG staff if the net apportionment was working properly. “We’re getting better at it, but in some cases — like what you referred to in the past — those comparisons were probably not as direct as they could be and as they will be in the future,” Swanton said.

On the Kenai River, sport caught king salmon are recorded in two different groups, those above 20 inches and those below. In 1999, harvest and recording requirements were changed by the board to apply to king salmon, 20 inches or more in length, in all Cook Inlet waters. Current regulation allows for the harvest of 10 king salmon a day on the Kenai River as long as the fish is less than 20 inches long. The liberal inriver bag limit on small king salmon is not reflected in the Upper Cook Inlet gillnet fishery where fish harvest tickets do not differentiate by size and the group that submitted the proposal wrote that the lack of differentiation in the commercial fishery provided an incomplete picture of king salmon harvests. Public testimony on the proposal was vigorous and board member Tom Kluberton, from Talkeetna, said he believed the discussion centered around the perception of the kings caught in the commercial nets. Until recently, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, or ADFG, counted all of the kings caught in the East Side Set Nets as Kenai River kings, however genetic testing has since shown that about 30 percent of the kings caught in the fishery are not headed to the Kenai River. “(They want to) make the information available to the public that they’re not capturing all of the big kings out of the river,” Kluberton said. “I think it’s a very fair and reasonable point they want to make.” According to ADFG data, prior to 2002 about 22 percent of the East Side setnet king salmon catch was smaller fish, commonly called jacks, said Pat Shields, commercial area management biologist for ADFG. The vote After 2002, the catch of smaller Fritz Johnson, board member kings jumped and now makes up about 44 percent of the king from Dillingham, twice moved to amend the original proposal salmon caught by the fishery. — which called for processors to separate king salmon Defined as greater than or less than 20 During the discussion, board inches in length and then mark

the information on fish tickets. The first amendment was to change the length cutoff to 33 inches. Johnstone said he did not support that length and thought it would be misleading to the public. “It tells the public that this board thinks that anything less than 33 inches is a jack and it would support any claims by the upper subdistrict that they only catch small fish because they just caught a handful of these fish over 33 inches,” Johnstone said. “I would think that the average person who is fishing for a king would not consider a 32 and 3-1/4 inch king a jack.” When that amendment failed, Johnson proposed another which would have adjusted the cutoff measurement to 28 inches. Twenty-eight inches is closer to the 750 mm cutoff measured by inriver sonar and, according to the salmon alliance’s written support, more closely aligned with the description of a jack king salmon in other parts of the state and in the Pacific Northwest. Johnstone said he still did not support the board tacitly supporting a definition of king salmon by voting a 28-inch reporting requirement into regulation. Both Johnson and Kodiakbased board member Sue Jeffrey said they thought inseason fish ticket information could benefit managers who were trying to keep an eye on the king salmon run using the commercial fishery. “Fish tickets are, they’re like money,” Jeffrey said. “I mean, that’s currency. It’s data rich and it’s from the grounds. From the processors and I think it’s a valuable tool for us to use. It links length of fish and the number of those fish to the particular gear types and I am in full support of this.” Kluberton said he supported the concept of educating the public about the age composition of king salmon caught in the commercial fisheries, but did not think the information would be timely or useful inseason. ADFG opposed the proposal on the grounds that it already has the ability to record the information on fish tickets. “The department would prefer to have this as an option that

Parnell reports raising $400,000 By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell on Wednesday reported raising about $407,000 toward his re-election effort. Parnell’s filing with the Alaska Public Offices Commission runs from late April to Feb. 1. He was the first of the major gubernatorial candidates to file his report. Donors to the Republican’s campaign include state commissioners, aides, cruise line and oil company executives, lobbyists and legislators. The list includes Dan Sullivan, who resigned as Natural Resources commissioner in September ahead of a U.S. Senate run, and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, a Sullivan rival for the GOP nomination in the Senate race. Parnell ended the period with about $330,000 on hand. Parnell said in a news release that he was grateful and humbled by the support. “Our message of proven leadership and opportunity for all Alaskans is resonating,” he said. Campaign manager Jerry Gallagher said the fundraising total is a great start to what’s expected to be a fairly expensive campaign. He said there’s more work to be done. Contributions for the governor’s race are limited to $500 per calendar year per individual. Total out-of-state contributions are limited to $20,000 per

calendar year. Parnell’s report also shows about $1,400 in payments to the state, largely for travel reimbursements. Gallagher said the state typically purchases an airline ticket if Parnell is traveling on state business, and Parnell, in his expense report, allocates how much of that ticket was for campaign activity versus state activity, if a trip involved both. The total paid to the state also includes about $200 that Gallagher said was for voter registration data that campaigns often get as part of their outreach efforts. Parnell took over as governor when Sarah Palin resigned in 2009. He was elected to the office in 2010. The state GOP endorsed Parnell in December, after the state Democratic party earlier endorsed Byron Mallott as its candidate. There are other candidates filed in the respective primaries, but neither Parnell nor Mallott is expected to face a tough primary. Mallott’s campaign responded to Parnell’s fundraising filing Wednesday by releasing Mallott’s top-line fundraising number. Mallott’s campaign said he had raised about $233,000 from October through Feb. 1. Mallott had not yet filed his report, which is due Tuesday. Mallott said in a news release that he is inspired by the show of support he’s received. C

could be used in certain areas and not make it a requirement in all areas of Upper Cook Inlet,” according to the ADFG staff comments on the proposal. “The department also already samples king salmon in the UCI commercial fishery; this effort provides the data being requested in this proposal. Therefore, this proposal would create unnecessary burden on commercial users and in the processing industry by requiring collection of data the department already has available.” Kluberton said he thought it would be difficult to enforce proper measurement of the fish at the processor landings as well. “An enforcement officer would have to be standing right there and counting those fish, which isn’t going to speed anything up through the processor’s shop at the buying station.”

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region. French had proposed legislation similar to that a few years ago that went nowhere. In a release, Saddler said Alaska has the resources to be a world leader in mineral development, “but we’ve seen the integrity of our permitting system unfairly maligned during public debate on Pebble.”

The final vote tally was just two in support, Johnson and Jeffrey, while the rest of the board opposed. Both said they did not consider an extra line on a fish ticket to be burdensome to a processor. John Jensen, who voted in opposition to the proposal said after the meeting he thought every king counted. “Didn’t I support that?” he said when asked about his vote. Reed Morisky, board member from Fairbanks, said after the meeting he voted in opposition to the proposal because he did not understand the significance of “above 20 and below 20” as opposed to a different size recording. Morisky said he was aware of the liberal bag limit on king salmon smaller than 20 inches in the Kenai River during the early run, but did not comment specifically on the perceived disparity between the commercial fishery and sport fishery on small king salmon put forward by the proposal’s authors. “Why do we just say, if it’s 20 inches or less, it’s ten and move along in there and the nets ... well that’s a good question,” he said. Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

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governments for nonprofits to seek funding, and the assembly will get a chance to weigh in on funding non-departmentals when working on the budget for fiscal year 2015. Assembly member Mako Haggerty said he was in favor of the resolution supporting CARTS efforts in seeking funding because nonprofits help those who need it most, and the resolution before the assembly wouldn’t cost the borough any money. The resolution passed with Pierce casting the only vote against it.

Program and $60,984 for the Homer program. The list will be submitted to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Pierce said he pulled the item from the consent agenda because with the federal government in financial trouble, he wanted the assembly to consider funding methodology and whether nonprofits should receive government funding. Borough Mayor Mike NaKaylee Osowski can be varre said granting agencies reached at kaylee.osowski@ require support from local peninsulaclarion.com.

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“It is important for state leaders to express our confidence in mining as a way to bring Alaskans jobs, revenue and economic diversity,” said Saddler, R-Eagle River. “This letter makes it very clear that Alaska supports and welcomes responsible resource development.” Feige, R-Chickaloon, said Alaskans “are smart enough to do projects like this right. Let’s work together and find a way to make that happen.”

Around Alaska Senate committee advances crime bill JUNEAU (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a sweeping crime bill. The move came after the withdrawal of a proposed amendment to give juveniles charged with a felony a means of staying out of the adult prison population. The amendment from Republican Sen. Fred Dyson was an attempt to keep teenage offenders out of adult population through a judicial review process. “Suppose a young boy listens to his mother being beaten up one more time and he shoots the guy. The argument of defense doesn’t apply,” Dyson said. Former Rep. Ralph Samuels testified against the amendment, describing how his brother was murdered execution style in 1989 by a juvenile. “If this amendment is placed in, then this bill is not going to pass,” Samuels told the committee. He said that testimony on the amendment should include victims of the type of crimes in question based on the Alaska Constitution’s Victims’ Rights amendment. The Department of Law also urged lawmakers to reject the amendment, prompting Dyson to say they had no alternatives of their own for addressing juvenile offenders and the rising prison population. He said more than 60 percent of Alaska’s prison population is there for non-violent offenses. He told the committee at the present rate of incarceration, Alaska will be building another prison in a few years.

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What’s Happening Best Bet n Musicians and listeners are invited to a Blue Grass Jam at the Kenai United Methodist Church Sunday from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Blue Grass enthusiasts should enter through the side door. The Jam is held in the downstairs Fellowship Hall of the church, located across the street from Wells Fargo Bank at 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. For more information call Jim Evenson at 776-8060.

Events and Exhibits n A workshop on landscape painting with Golden Open Acrylics will take place Saturday at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center with instructor K N Goodrich. Two sessions are scheduled, from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Each session is $35, with all supplies included. For more information or to register, call 907-283-1991. n The Kenai Peninsula Fair will host “Faked Alaska” Improv Saturday at the fair grounds in Ninilchik. There will be a workshop for 13- to 18-year-old students from 3-5 p.m. and the Improv “Faked Alaska” will be 6-8 p.m. Call 567-3670 if you need information. Following the improv will be a family casino night, adults $15; youth and seniors $10; fair members are free. n A major exhibit of sophisticated art works by Kenai Peninsula College’s art opens at the Kenai Fine Arts Center with a free opening reception and Valentine weekend party from 3-5 p.m. Saturday at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Avenue, Kenai. The public is invited. Gallery hours for February are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. n The Kenai Peninsula College Showcase presents: “Is Craft Beer The New Wine? And If It Is, Is That a Good Thing?” Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., in the McLain Commons at Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus. The presentation will include a short exploration of the causes and effects of the growing popularity of craft beer, both around the country and in Alaska, with Bill Howell, author of “Beer on the Last Frontier: The Craft Breweries of Alaska.” n Kenai Fine Art Center is calling for artists to submit pieces for its statewide all-media juried show. Artist Jim Evenson juries this year’s all-media show. Submissions are due not later than 4 p.m, Saturday, March 1, at the Kenai Fine Art Center, with a free public opening reception the following Friday evening, March 7, from 6-8 p.m. For more information, contact Joe Kashi, kashi@alaska.net or Shauna Thorton, shaunat@gci.net.

Barn dance!

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Daily Sitka Sentinel

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Students at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary this week learned how to line up as either a “biscuit” or “butter.” They created a “spiral” and a “bagel.” And they held hands, sashayed and do-si-doed to the sound of modern and traditional music in the school music room as the visiting teacher Susan Michaels called the dances. “I get a chance to talk to the kids ahead of time,” said Susan Brandt-Ferguson, the Keet music teacher who organized the two-week dance classes. “The reaction is always mixed,” she said of Michaels’ visits. “But when she comes, it’s never mixed. Everyone’s having fun. Everyone’s smiling. There’s no other option.” Michaels is here as part of the Artist in Residence program, sponsored by Alaska Arts Southeast with a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts. Kids in grades two through five in music classes at Keet Gooshi Heen and Baranof

Elementary School will each take four classes from the visiting artist over the two-week period. Brandt-Ferguson, who organized Michaels’ visit four years ago, said the La Crescenta, Calif., dance instructor and caller was a big hit with both herself and the kids the last time she came. “I knew I had to have her come back,” said Brandt-Ferguson, noting that the kids who took the class last time are now in sixth through ninth grades. The kids learn not just traditional and modern line and square dancing, but other lessons as well. “A lot of what she focuses on is the fun of it, but also the courtesy and respect,” BrandtFerguson said. “She has a wonderful way of bringing that out in the kids.” The lessons will culminate with a barn dance 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the KGH gym. Fishing for Cats will play for the event, giving the kids a taste of a real barn dance. Brandt-Ferguson said dance is an important part of any music program.

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Fourth-graders in Jeremy Peterson’s Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School class practice square dancing with instructor Susan Michaels, at rear, Feb. 3, in Sitka, Alaska. Michaels is teaching line dancing and square dancing at the school as part of the Artist-in-Residence program.

“People wonder why I bring a dancer into the music room,” she said. “Dance and music are two arts that are most closely related. You can’t pull them apart. They grew up together. ... I’m not sure which came first.” Brandt-Ferguson said many religions in early America didn’t allow the young to dance

to instrumental music, but they could dance while singing. “There is a whole repertoire of ‘play parties,’” she said, which she uses in her classroom. Pupils from Christine Hole’s fourth-grade class said they enjoyed their first lessons, which led off with “spiral” and See DANCE, page B-2

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n Amvets Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center holds blind draw doubles darts every Friday evening with sign up at 6:30 p.m. Tacos are available; and burn your own steak dinner from 6 to 8 p.m every Saturday with Karaoke after dinner from 8 p.m. to midnight. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for Karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is as Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. See HAPPENING, page B-2

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Legos, monuments, and great expectations R eeling It In

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I’m So Blessed By Bill Lowe, Sterling

I’m blessed I can remember my name; forgetting others’, is kind of a shame, but that makes for an everyday treat; old friends become new ones to meet., I’m blessed I can still operate my car, but why’s a short trip seem awful far? And why are others in such a big hurry when the road ahead’s unsafely blurry? I’m blessed with hair which still grows, but mostly in my ears and outa’ my nose. A while back, it began leaving my head, and showing up in these places instead. I’m blessed my wrinkles do not all sag; but maybe right now’s too soon to brag. It’s time for my second afternoon nap, to relax a painful and crippled kneecap. I’m blessed I only moan bending down, well, maybe a little getting up ‘n around. My joint aches are now a familiar thing, and both ears have this deafening ring. I’m blessed old-age isn’t a huge concern, and most items missing will later return. Oops, I seem to have lost a hearing aid; for my loose dentures, I’d offer a trade. I’m so blessed; yes my troubles are few; I’m neither too old, nor starting all new. Life’s been good, I’m fortunate indeed; God supplied everything I seem to need. Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

C hris J enness “The Lego Movie” Warner Bros. 1 hour, 40 minutes “Monuments Men” Columbia Pictures 1 hour, 58 minutes I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the expectations game is a dangerous one to play when you’re going to the movies. Case in point: this weekend I saw two movies, one which I assumed would be, at best, a cute diversion, and another which promised to be an instant classic. Of course, in this day and age of constant film blogger nattering, I’d heard the early word. “The Lego Movie” was better than it looked, and George Clooney’s “Monuments Men” didn’t measure up. Even having heard the buzz on these two films, however, I couldn’t reconcile it with my own preconceptions. I like Legos, but there are few things I have less inter-

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This image released by Columbia Pictures shows, from left, Bill Murray, Dimitri Leonidas, George Clooney and Bob Balaban in “The Monuments Men.” (A)

est in watching than an animated Lego adventure. It’s too many levels down the corporate marketing rabbit hole, and there’re plenty of other kids shows to watch. Similarly, “Monuments Men” had all the elements in place. George Clooney,

Learning to ‘Tango’ worth the effort Bookworm Sez It sounded too good to be true. Earn money at home, no investment required. Free for a limited time. No purchase necessary. And what’s your bank account number? You’re a trusting soul, but you’re also getting good at spotting scams. Read the new novel “Tiger Shrimp Tango” by Tim Dorsey (c.2014, Wm. Morrow, $25.99, 306 pages), though, and you’d still better keep your eyes open. For recent college grad Courtney Styles, Miami was a great place to be. Yes, she was jobless. But she was living in a fabulous beach house on loan from a rich uncle, and Miami was the perfect place to man-hunt. In fact, while she was pretending to window-shop for a yacht she’d

never afford, a French-accented, obviously mega-wealthy hottie struck up a conversation and invited her to lunch at one of those ridiculously trendy spot-of-the-moment restaurants. Courtney thought her luck had improved, until the man split without paying the check — which was considerably bigger than the meal she’d eaten. Worse, by the time she got back to the beach house, everything in it was gone. Stolen. Serge Storms was convinced that there was a way to unite America . He had a plan — but first, he’d made the decision to return to private investigating. Partnering with his old friend, Mahoney, who’d made somewhat of a name for himself by recovering stolen money on behalf of scam victims, was a good way to start. Ever See SEZ, page B-2

whose films I love, starring in and directing a World War II thriller about a bunch of art historians who get dropped into the middle of Europe in an effort to rescue the greatest works of art in the western world from See REEL, page B-2

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Sting’s musical finds a Broadway home Paula Deen By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer

NEW YORK — Singersongwriter Sting’s new musical “The Last Ship” has found a nice berth on Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the show — inspired by Sting’s memories of growing up in a shipbuilding community in northeast England — will start performances Sept. 30 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Opening night will be Oct. 26. “The words are there. The music is there. It’s time to get into the room and make the play,” said Seller, who has won Tony Awards for “Rent,” ‘’Avenue Q” and “In the Heights.” ‘’We look forward to getting to work.” The story centers on a man from a seafaring town who travels the world for 14 years only to return to find the shipyard’s future in grave danger and his sweetheart engaged to someone else. Sting, who was raised in northeast England, has been working on it for four years. “People ask if it’s autobiographical. The only real answer is I think it’s emotionally autobiographical but it’s not autobiographical. There’s no rock singer in ‘The Last Ship.’ But I certainly think that Sting is inspired by his youth and he’s working through a lot of emotions that all of us are working with as we get

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‘I have continually been impressed by and rewarded by Sting’s depth of musical knowledge.’

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— Jeffrey Seller older,” said Seller. The musical has a story by “Red” playwright John Logan and “Next to Normal” writer Brian Yorkey. It will be directed by Joe Mantello, who helmed “Wicked” and have choreography by Steven Hoggett, who did the same for “Once.” Before coming to Broadway, “The Last Ship” will make its world premiere next summer at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre. It will star Michael Esper, who was on Broadway in “American Idiot” and “The Lyons” and Rachel Tucker, an Irish singer and actress who has been in “Wicked” in London. The cast also includes Jimmy Nail, Aaron Lazar, Sally AnnTriplett, Collin Kelly-Sordelet and Fred Applegate. The sets and costumes will be by Tony nominee David Zinn, the lighting design will be by Tony winner Christopher Akerlind and the sound design

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AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File

This Nov. 10, 2013 file photo shows British singer Sting performing during the Italian State RAI TV program “Che Tempo che Fa”, in Milan, Italy. Producers said Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, that the show “The Last Ship,” inspired by Sting’s memories of growing up in a shipbuilding community in northeast England, will start performances Sept. 30 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Opening night will be Oct. 26.

will be by Tony winner Brian Ronan. Sting, a 16-time Grammy Award winner and former lead singer of The Police, last year released a new CD also called “The Last Ship,” which inspired the show. A concert he gave of the songs will be broadcast Feb. 21 on PBS. “Many of those songs are in the show, some of those songs are not in the show, and he’s already written new songs that are in the show that are not on that CD,” said Seller. “It’s Sting’s singular expression of this play but it is not the play.” Sting’s foray into musical theater comes amid a surge in singer-songwriters from the world of pop and rock aiming for stages. Sting joins a list that includes Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow, John Mellencamp, Sarah McLachlan, Dave Stewart, Tori Amos, Edie Brickell, David Byrne,

Fatboy Slim, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. It’s tricky territory even for the biggest music stars. Elton John was humbled by the failed “Lestat” but found success with “Billy Elliot” and “The Lion King.” U2’s Bono and The Edge finally got on track with “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark,” after numerous postponed openings. And Lauper won the Tony last year with “Kinky Boots.” But then there’s “The Capeman” by Paul Simon, regarded as one of Broadway’s biggest flops. “I have continually been impressed by and rewarded by Sting’s depth of musical knowledge,” Seller said. “Sting certainly came to this never having written a musical but he has been an extraordinary student of musical theater, he’s an extraordinary collaborator and he has been an ideal artist in making this play.”

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hands,” Kaia said of the first lesson. Michaels said this also teaches the kids that the dances only work when they are holding hands. In the classes, boys dance with boys sometimes, and girls with girls; other times girls and boys dance together. There are also line dances, in which the kids dance by themselves in lines and rows. Holding hands turns out to be no big deal in the fifth-grade dance class later in the day, with the kids forming a “long way set” of two parallel lines. During the 35-minute class, they learn a few dances including the Ceilidh Castle, which involves a number of dance skills - learning to dance to a count of eight, do-si-do, bowing, and forming right-hand and left-hand “stars” in sets of four. The kids are eager to get the dance right, although that’s interrupted by a few side conversations and mild rowdiness. “Gentlemen, stay in control,” Michaels tells them. BrandtFerguson gives them a rating of 11 for the day on a scale of 13, since they jumped in eagerly to the exercise but were at times “chatty, chatty, chatty,” while

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“bagel.” “It was really active,” said Fiona Raasch, after her first class. “It was fun,” agreed classmate Stephen McGraw. “We learned new games we haven’t done.” The kids said they heard about the Artist in Residence, and were expecting a visual artist or dancer. They were surprised to be getting a dance teacher. “I thought, ‘cool, we’re going to have fun,’” said Dylan Dumag. The students received a primer about dance etiquette during the regular music classes, which was reinforced by Michaels on their first day. “She was really nice,” Kaia Lass said. “She said we had to Films be respectful. You say ‘yes.’ ... If I asked Fiona to be my partn Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. ner she would say, ‘yes.’” n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times. For the first lesson, the kids formed a circle and were told to hold hands. Michaels drops one Down the Road of her hands to form the spiral. “It’s to get used to holding n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday, noon5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org. acters — satirizing and parodying all the way, but never at Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com. the expense of the central stoContinued from page B-1 The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays. ry, which turns out to be both clever, hilarious, and incredibly the clutches of Hitler. Starring sweet. When Emmett, who loves Go ahead. Go. Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John But if you’re new to this Goodman, Cate Blanchett, that the regularity and predictability series, there are a few things silent movie guy from “The of his Lego society — one that Continued from page B-1 you’ll want to know, beginning Artist,” and Lord Grantham prides itself on always followwith the fact that “Tiger Shrimp from “Downton Abbey” (Hugh ing instructions — comes into since a ring of criminals began Tango” makes zero sense for a Bonneville, actually, but I can’t contact with Wildchild, a beauswindling wealthy South Flo- good long time. It’s chaotic, think of him as anyone but Rob- tiful rebel in search of the mysridians and getting away with frenetic, and feels as if some- ert, the Earl), how could that terious “piece of resistance,” big bucks, Mahoney’s phone one poured five manuscripts not be good? I’ve been looking his life is turned upside down. into a bucket, stirred, and print- forward to that movie since I Without warning he’s tossed had been jangling nonstop. Hoping that he could help ed. Welcome to Serge’s world. first heard about it in produc- into a madcap adventure where a shadowy group called The What you need to do is to tion, over a year ago. Mahoney by (not-so)-gently So here’s the question: Is Master Builders are engaged pressuring the thieves to give up trust that Dorsey won’t leave their life of crime, Serge head- you hanging — because he “The Lego Movie” really one in a secret war with Lord Busied for Miami in a 1978 Trans doesn’t. After awhile, the story of the best family films I’ve ness who threatens to unleash Am. Riding shotgun was his comes into focus like a cheap seen in years, or is just that I a doomsday weapon called sidekick, Coleman. And some- microscope and you’ll realize was expecting much less? Is the Kragle. Along the way he where along State Road 60, on how much fun it is to spend “The Monuments Men” really rubs shoulders with Lego Battheir way south, Serge sketched time with a brilliant madman, the worst movie I seen this year man, Lego Superman, Green out his not-quite-detailed plan. his bong-loving sidekick, and so far, or is it that I wanted it Lantern, Wonder Woman, Abe It involved Republicans, a PI who speaks in hilariously to be so much more? Time, Lincoln, Shaquille O’Neil, and and repeated viewing will tell, a 1980s-era spaceman. scientific principles, political nonsensical code. It sounds bizarre and it is, I can’t stress enough, though, I suppose. Three guesses as to theory, Democrats, and helping their fellow man. Plus, what- that this novel takes some get- which one of these I’ll be revis- but writer/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller manage ever else came along. Bottom ting used to. It’s wild; lovingly iting, and which I won’t. “The Lego Movie” works so to never lose control of the stoline, it meant the scam ring violent; and very, very clever. If that’s something you can han- well for precisely the same rea- ry. Add to that brilliant and hiwould be stopped. Unless someone stopped dle, then “Tiger Shrimp Tango” son “Monuments” doesn’t: the larious voice-work from Chris might sound good to you. writing. The story of a simple Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Serge first … every-Lego named Emmett, the Freeman, Will Arnett, and Will If you’re a fan of author Tim The Bookworm is Terri film manages to span a wide Ferrell, and “The Lego Movie” Dorsey’s Serge Storm books, you can stop reading right here Schlichenmeyer. Email her at array of genres, and include a shapes up as an extremely enbookwormsez@yahoo.com. huge number of disparate char- tertaining construction. and go find this novel.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Paula Deen has found a key ingredient to bringing some sizzle back to her career — a cash infusion worth at least $75 million from a private investment firm. The Savannah-based celebrity cook announced Wednesday that she’s launched an umbrella company that will oversee her restaurants, cookbooks, product endorsements and other remaining slices of her media empire. The new company, called Paula Deen Ventures, said private-equity firm Najafi Companies is investing $75 million to $100 million to help Deen make a comeback. Deen’s fortunes took a dive last year after comments she made under oath during proceedings in a lawsuit, namely that she had used racial slurs in the past, became public. The Food Network dropped Deen, as did pork producer Smithfield Foods, book publisher Ballantine and several other companies that paid her to endorse their products. In a statement, Deen praised the partnership with Phoenix-based Najafi and the decision to name Steven Nanula, who has already worked with Deen for the past two years, to serve as CEO of Paula Deen Ventures. “I know this is the right decision to lead my team, as we continue to share quality products with my fans — whose love and support have built my brands,” Deen said. Jahm Najafi, CEO of the Najafi Companies, said his firm has great respect for Deen’s past success and is confident its investment will pay off. Others brands to benefit from Najafi’s investments include the Phoenix Suns pro basketball team, the Book of the Month Club and SkyMall, the direct marketing business aimed at travelers. “We know that the enterprise will be successful and valuable, as Paula and her team continue to bring quality products and experiences to her loyal fan base,” Najafi said in a statement. A publicist for Deen told The Associated Press she was not available for an interview. Deen’s image took a crushing blow last summer when a transcript of a legal deposition Deen gave to attorneys in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee was made public. Deen was asked under oath if she had ever used the N-word. “Yes, of course,” Deen replied, though she added: “It’s been a very long time.” The lawsuit was settled out of court in August. Terms were never disclosed.

Michaels was trying to talk. Michaels works as a writer for low-budget documentaries on cable networks, including Lifetime. “My joy, my avocation, is teaching dancing to children, adults, families, whoever will let me do it,” she said. Michaels said she started off as a caller, going to dances with her husband, who played fiddle at various parties and dances. “I was looking for something in traditional dance that I could do and I ended up calling,” she said. Michaels said she was shy as a kid, but noticed as a caller that she could be on stage, calling dances, and no one was looking at her. “On top of that, everyone was smiling,” she said. “With a few words, I could bring complete joy to a room. I was the facilitator of joy.” She also saw the “healing” power of dance, where dance can become a safe place to hold hands, have eye contact and reconnect with each other. She said the Sitka kids are easy to work with because they were already learning dances before she arrived. “Susan kept it going,” Mi-

chaels said. “She gets all the credit for that. Not all teachers appreciate how important dance is in the music curriculum.” She said courtesy is an important part of the lesson. She remembers how traumatized she was when the popular boy in school made a big show of not wanting to dance with her. “I’ll never forget that,” she said. “I still remember his name. Larry Zimber.” Michaels shares the story with her classes, to impress upon them the importance of respect. “This sort of foundation of courtesy and being kind ... nothing teaches that better than dance,” Michaels said. “In my class, that’s what we’re going for.” She also enjoys being with kids, and seeing them enjoying themselves, as they move to music. “I love being with kids they’re just beautiful souls,” Michaels said. “When you see them sashaying and they have big smiles on their faces.... How often do you see that? It makes me feel good about the world.” The barn dance on Valentine’s Day is open to the public.

Grade: A “The Monuments Men,” on the other hand, suffers from an abundance of earnestness. I don’t need every war movie to be “Saving Private Ryan,” but I also believe it’s too late to go back to the days of “Hogan’s Heroes.” Clooney and creative partner Grant Heselov, who were so brilliant in the Edward R. Murrow biopic “Good Night and Good Luck,” manage to turn what should have been a witty, yet gripping drama into, at times, a bouncy romp, where all the men refer to each other as “fellas” while an upbeat score reminiscent of the “The Great Escape” plays in the background, and then, without warning, a dull slog, where every dramatic moment is overlaid with a Clooney voice-over expounding on the eternal importance of art. After the death of one of the Monuments Men, FDR is heard hissing in a dramatic stage whisper, “Was it worth it? Was a piece of art worth a man’s life?” And Clooney’s confident, yet reverent reply. “Yes. I believe it was.” The movie is so heavy-handed and obvious that it takes all the fun out of the chase. And in the end, the film is confused even about it’s central conceit.

Several of the big art reveals are punctuated by discoveries of the horrors of the holocaust, completely undercutting the impact of the art. I’m not saying the protection of classic art from the Nazis measures up to the eradication of the Jews, but this is the art movie I’m watching — it’s OK if the story of the art is central. I felt as though the screenwriters were apologizing for not mentioning the holocaust every few minutes. There are moments, especially later in the film, where this or that scene comes together to form something coherent, but they are few and far between. Too light, too cheesy, and tonally inconsistent, “The Monuments Men” is a massive disappointment. It’s too bad because it’s a great story, and an important one. Luckily, the tale is not completely unsung. The documentary “The Rape of Europa” does a much better job with none of the goofiness. Grade: D “The Lego Movie” is rated PG for Lego action, I guess. “The Monuments Men” is rated PG-13 for a smattering of violence. Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.

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Any person wishing to submit a request for additional information or provide comments regarding the application may do so in writing to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, by facsimile to 907-269-7687, or e-mail to martin.farris@alaska.gov. Requests for additional information must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. March 5, 2014. Comments will be accepted until 5:00 P.M. March 10, 2014. It is the responsibility of the commenter to verify e-mail submissions are received by the applicable deadline. The public comment period will be extended if necessary in accordance with 18 AAC 75.455(d) & (e). Copies of the application are available for review at the department's Anchorage office at 555 Cordova Street and the Valdez office at 213 Meals Avenue, RM 17. An electronic copy of the plan will also be available if requested. Please call (907) 269-8487 to schedule an appointment. If determined necessary by public comments received, the department will announce and hold public hearing(s) on the above referenced plan. Residents in the affected areas or the governing body of an affected municipality may request a public hearing by writing to the Department of Environmental Conservation, at the above address, within 30 days of publication of this notice. The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Deborah Pock at (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 within 30 days of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided. PUBLISH: 2/13, 2014

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DEAR ABBY: Is there some sort of etiquette regarding inquiring about someone’s country of origin? While making polite conversation with a customer in my retail shop, I noticed she had an accent and asked where she was from. She became very evasive and seemed offended that I had asked. She actually refused to answer my question. I tried to recover from the awkward situation, but I can’t help but feel I insulted her somehow. Was I wrong to ask? — FRIENDLY RETAILER IN KANSAS CITY DEAR RETAILER: Perhaps. Some immigrants to this country feel the question you asked is a very personal one. There can be various reasons for it. The person may feel self-conscious about his or her accent, and you can’t know the political situation in the person’s country of origin or whether he or she has encountered bias because of where he or she came from.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014: This year you head in a new direction. In a sense, you become slightly less independent than you have been in the past. Actually, your sense of self is so strong that you don’t need to worry about this issue. You tend to be oversensitive. If you are single, you could meet someone special sometime after June. You also could discover that you have more than one potential suitor. If you are attached, you often give in to your sweetie’s demands because it is easier that way. The summer could heat up your interactions. Enjoy this period. LEO is romantic. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You could be unusually verbal and creative. You might wonder how you can stop a problem before it evolves. At the same time, you would like to have the other involved parties understand why it was a mistake. Tonight: Get into weekend mode. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH If you can work from home, do. Understand that you can be more reflective in a comfortable environment, as you will be somewhat distant from the issues at hand. You might be seeing a transformation of a key person in front of your eyes. Tonight: Make it easy. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHYou might want to see a situation in a different light. How you see a personal matter could change, given some time and space. Your

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Cooking with iron Dear Heloise: Is it OK to use an old cast-iron skillet on a smooth-top range? — C.B. in Iowa Maybe yes and maybe no! Some glass-cooktop manufactures say it’s OK, depending on the skillet; others say no altogether. Older cast iron usually is covered with rough areas and bumps on the bottom, which can damage the glass top. The damage (scratches) happens when the pan is slid across the cooktop rather than being lifted and moved. Older cast iron holds heat (which is why we love it to cook in), which may cause the element in the glass top to shut off. Newer cast iron is made differently, and you can find many with smooth bottoms that are covered in enamel. These cast-iron skillets should be OK, but as always, do check with the manufacturer to see what it suggests. — Heloise P.S.: I love my old, old (mother’s and grandmother’s) cast-iron skillets to cook with, but I probably would not use it on a glass cooktop, just to be safe. Wax withdrawal Dear Heloise: The easiest way for me to remove the leftover wax from my glass votive holders is to put them in the freezer for an hour or two. I can get most of the wax off by just pushing on it with my fingers. For the stubborn wax, I just use a butter knife to push off the wax, making sure not to scratch the glass with the knife. — C. Fuller, via email Kitten cleanup Dear Heloise: I noticed that my cats’ hair was all over the side of the bed that I do not lie on. My solution was to use a lint roller. When I make the bed, I give it a quick roll. — Beth in El Paso, Texas

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