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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 144

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee has advanced legislation that would make confidential criminal court records in which prosecutors dropped charges or the defendant was acquitted. SB108, from Sen. Fred Dyson, also would make confidential 120 days after dismissal or acquittal criminal court records in which a defendant was acquitted on some charges and others were dropped. Dyson says the bill strengthens the idea of presumption of innocence. The director of the Alaska Office of Victims’ Rights had raised concerns, saying in written testimony that there are many reasons prosecutors dismiss cases and there’s a difference between “innocent” and “not guilty.” The bill would allow access to a limited group of individuals, including state health department employees responsible for the safety or placement of children or persons with disabilities or mental illness.

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Louis Cassens, a project engineer with Heartland Technology Partners, works on a leachate thermal evaporation unit Monday at the Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna.

Landfill gets incineration machine that manages constant garbage goop By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Leachate. A liquid that forms when rain or snow comes in contact with waste and, if it isn’t collected and disposed of, can seep into the environment. While the Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste Management team at the Central Peninsula Landfill, or CPL, has had a leachate program in place for nearly 10 years, this week it finished assembling a leachate thermal evapo-

ration unit which will turn the liquid into water vapor. Robin Davis, project manager, said CPL expects to conduct a preliminary start of the unit Wednesday and a water vapor plume may be visible. Jack Maryott, director of solid waste, said the thermal evaporation unit, which is the first in Alaska, was chosen to manage CPL’s leachate because it was the most economically feasible in capital and operational costs, of the five options the landfill considered.

The process of converting leachate into water vapor begins by firing natural gas into a stack on the right side of the unit to produce hot air. Leachate is then pumped into the machine. When the computer operated unit senses that leachate is flowing and the air has reached about 800 degrees, a valve on the stack shuts. The leachate is sprayed into the 800-degree air, and it evaporates. The vapor is sent through filters in the unit and any solids travel down into a sump, Davis said. “When it’s done with the process

it’s around 160 to 180 degrees when (the vapor) leaves the stack,” Davis said. “It’s just harmless vapor.” Davis said the vapor is odorless. However, Maryott said the slurry that comes out of the bottom of the machine, where solid material and any non-water liquids are collected, will stink. That material will be reapplied to the landfill. Maryott said the CPL doesn’t accept hazardous material and its leachate primarily consists of precipitation along See GOOP, page A-12

Leif Hanson religious symbol up for debate By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

After nearly a year of debate about the design of a monument in Leif Hanson Memorial Park, the Kenai City Council will hear from the public for the first time during tonight’s meeting. One month after the park memorial was installed last summer, creator Scott Hammond received word that some city council members had raised concerns to administration about a cross displayed on the statue. The 12-foot monument shows a soldier kneeling in front of a cross with the inscription, “Never Forgotten.” Kenai resident Bob Myles, a member of the National Veterans of Foreign Wars Committee, will give a 10-minute presentation to the city council addressing the complaints from

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion

The veteran’s memorial at Leif Hanson park has been the subject of a debate over the city’s liability when displaying religious symbols.

his perspective. Myles, who served six years in the Marine Corps and fought in Vietnam, said he expects to see a large turnout of veterans at the meeting.

“The symbol does not represent religion, it is a memorial tomb for a fallen soldier,” he said. “I do not want it changed and I have talked to a number of people who have the same

view as me.” Kenai city council member Terry Bookey said he heard from a couple citizens last summer who were concerned about the statue as a potential liability to the city. Relating to the separation of church and state, Bookey said he was made aware of a similar memorial monument with a cross was proposed in Lake Elsinore Calif. The city was threatened with a lawsuit and eventually prohibited the statue from being built. Bookey and council member Ryan Marquis brought the concerns from the public to the attention of city administrators and city attorney Scott Bloom. Bookey said he asked if the city would be open to a liability because of the depiction of a cross on the monument. “As a council we have to look out for city not based on what our personal beliefs are,

but for what is best for city as whole,” Bookey said. “Right now the monument is not an agenda item and has not been discussed by council.” Hammond, owner of Metal Magic, said the council members concern of a religious symbol on city property is hypocritical. The City of Kenai has the Russian Orthodox Church on its seal, he said. Hammond said the design is in respect to the Vietnam War veterans and the cross is recognized as a memorial tomb for fallen soldiers. When asked by city administration if he would compromise and consider moving the statue to in front of the VFW building, refused because it was built specifically for the memorial park, he said. Hammond said he has contacted the Organization of See LEIF, page A-12

New guides ready to fish, but focus shifts from kings BY RASHAH MCCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

During the seven-year period that the Kenai River Guide Academy has been mandatory for Kenai River guides the changing fishery has affected what people fish for, how they fish and when they fish, but the one constant has been that people still want to fish glacial blue waters Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion of one of the most popular sport fisheries in the Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River Campus biology pro- state. fessor David Wartinbee teaches during a session of the KeThe five-day academy covers everything nai River Guide Academy, Thursday in Soldotna. from proper licensing, angler ethics and fishing C

regulations to river history, wildlife behavior and stream ecology. Each of the 20 guides who registered for the course passed. Their reasons for taking course ranged from needing a backup river to take fishing clients on to following in the footsteps of a family member. But, several said, whatever they fished for, they were uninterested in guiding for the Kenai River king salmon. The demographic of guide hopefuls who take the course has changed in recent years, said Gary Turner, director of Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River Campus. See GUIDE, page A-12

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 7/-12

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10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

17 24 26 25

Daylight Length of Day - 12 hrs., 6 min., 38 sec. Daylight gained - 5 min., 36 sec.

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Last Mar 23

Today 8:10 a.m. 8:16 p.m.

New Mar 30

Moonrise Moonset

Today none 8:52 a.m.

From Kenai Municipal Airport

Nome 14/0 Unalakleet McGrath 18/1 16/-8

Full Apr 14 Tomorrow 12:48 a.m. 9:17 a.m.

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Dillingham 22/12

Precipitation

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.05" Month to date ........................... 0.28" Normal month to date ............. 0.43" Year to date .............................. 2.63" Normal year to date ................. 2.27" Record today ................. 0.28" (1982) Record for March .......... 3.18" (1963) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.5" Month to date ............................. 0.9" Season to date ......................... 42.2"

Juneau 41/25

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Kodiak 36/24

Sitka 39/30

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92 at Laredo, Texas -27 at Clayton Lake,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Ketchikan 41/30

45 at Metlakatla -13 at Arctic Village and Fort Yukon

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Areas of rain, drizzle and ice will reach from the Carolinas to the lower Great Lakes today. Snow showers will fall farther to the north and west. Rain is in store for South Texas and the Northwest.

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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration hopes to fight global warming with the geeky power of numbers, maps and even gaming-type simulations. The White House on Wednes-

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High ............................................... 36 Low ................................................ 27 Normal high .................................. 36 Normal low .................................... 17 Record high ........................ 49 (1981) Record low ....................... -27 (1966)

Anchorage 30/18

Bethel 17/-2

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Fairbanks 23/-1

Talkeetna 35/8 Glennallen 29/-3

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Anaktuvuk Pass 9/-11

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day announced an initiative to provide private companies and local governments better access to already public climate data. The idea is that with that localized data they can help the public understand the risks they face, especially in coastal areas where flooding is a big issue. The government also is working with several high-tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft and Intel, to come up with

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tools to make communities more resilient in dealing with weather extremes, such as flooding, heat waves and drought. They include computer simulations for people to use and see what would happen with rising seas and other warming scenarios. Also, companies will hold brainstorming sessions with computer programmers aimed at designing new apps on disaster risk. NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration will try get people to create simulations to understand flooding risks in an upcoming coastal flooding challenge. One effort would include putting sensors on Philadelphia city buses to collect data to track the effect of climate change. In its second term, the administration has made more of an effort to connect global warming to its effect on people,

especially extreme weather and disasters. White House advisers John Podesta and John Holdren in a blog said the idea is to create easy-to-use tools for the average person to prepare people to be more resilient to the harms of climate change. Climate scientist Chris Field of the Carnegie Institution for Science, who later this month will be the chief author of a massive United Nations affiliated report on the impacts of global warming, hailed the efforts. “It is especially important for people, communities and firms to understand the features of their environment and their operations that create climate risk,” Field said in an email. “We need a serious, sustained conversation about climate change and dealing with it in a responsible manner.”

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Obituary Patricia “Pat” Rodgers Patricia “Pat” Rodgers of Veneta, OR, and Soldotna, AK, died in Eugene, Ore., on March 10, 2014. Pat was born in Laramie, Wyo., on Dec. 20, 1936 to William Brown and Victoria Tuma Brown. She lived in McFadden, Wyo., and moved with her family to Lance Creek, Wyo., during her youth. She attended Manville High School, where she was a cheerleader and played clarinet in the high school band. She married John Bernard Rodgers on August 8, 1953, in Casper, Wyo., and they had three children. Pat moved with her family to Anchorage, Alaska, in September 1968. She worked as a school cafeteria cook and supervisor and retired in Kenai, Alaska, in 1991. Pat and her husband spent summers at their river property in Soldotna, Alaska, and winters in Bullhead City, Ariz. In 2006 they purchased a home in Veneta, Ore., and continued to spend summers at their property in Soldotna, Alaska. Pat was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one son, Mark Allen Rodgers. She is survived by two children, Vickie Rodgers Cisewski(Gary) of Veneta, Ore., and Mike Rodgers (Mary) of Portland, Ore.; one grandson, Joshua Cisewski of Silverton, Ore.; and one sister Genevieve Taylor of California, Mo. Pat enjoyed cooking, bowling, embroidery, and spending time with her family. Services will be held on March 21, 2014 at Champion Ferries Funeral Home, 244 S. Brooks St., Sheridan, Wyo., followed by burial in the Elks Memorial Cemetery in Sheridan. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Elks Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to West Lawn Memorial Funeral Home. Please access the obituary and you are invited to sign the guestbook at musgroves.com

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Children’s art workshop planned

Statewide Tsunami Drill Scheduled

A free PEEP’s children’s art workshop will take place Saturday, March 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. Teachers will provide inOn March 27 between 10:15 and 10:45 a.m. you may hear struction and encouragement for artists of all ages at the Kenai tsunami sirens and, if you are watching TV or listening to the Visitors & Cultural Center. This is a great opportunity to get radio, you may hear or see a message that a tsunami warning creative for the Kenai Birding Festival’s PEEP’s Art Contest. has been issued for all of Alaska. Chill, it’s a drill! The drill will test sirens to make sure that the tsunami warning system works from one end to the other. Little Leaguers take the field So tell your friends and family: You will hear an “all clear” Kenai Little League is offering its annual clinics at Kenai message after the test siren. It’s not a real emergency. Do not Middle School through the end of April, excluding Spring evacuate your home. Do not call 911. Break. Clinics are Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. (ages 4-7); Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. (ages 8-13); Fridays 6-8 p.m. (softball, all ages). For Writers reading at the Kenai Fine Arts Center more information, please call 283-6507 or email kenailittleleague@gmail.com. This Friday evening at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, local writers will meet and read from their latest work from 6-8pm. Doors open at 6p.m. The public is invited and encouraged to Take a break with inspirational speaker bring samples of their own writing to read aloud and discuss. Peninsula Take-A-Break will meet Wednesday, March 19 Kenai Fine Arts Center provides free refreshments. from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Solid Rock Conference Center, Mile 90.5 of the Sterling Highway in Soldotna. The program Black and brown bear baiting clinics scheduled will include music and a special feature with Bonnie Nichols to discuss Central Peninsula Hospital volunteer opportunities, The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will host four and inspirational speaker Mary Lou Cragg. Lunch is $12. For black/brown bear baiting clinics on the Kenai Peninsula. Hunt- reservations and complimentary child care, call Susan at 335ers may establish bait stations in certain areas, including ar- 6789. RSVP by March 16. eas within Game Management Units 7 and 15, after successfully completing a Fish and Game-approved bear baiting clinic. Hunter who already have been certified are not required to re- Soccer club kicks off certify. The clinic is 3 hours long and proved free of charge to The Sterling Soccer Club is starting up at the Sterling Comthe public. munity Center for boys and girls of all skill levels in grades Clinic dates, times and locations: 1-6. Instructors are Jennifer Waller and AnnMarie Rudstrom. n Wednesday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at the education center at The Club will meet for 7 weeks, Tuesdays, March 18-April 29, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge headquarters on Ski Hill 3:50 to 5:15 p.m. at the Sterling Community Center. Sterling Road in Soldotna; Elementary students will meet in the school lobby after school — Thursday, March 27 at 6 p.m. in the NERRS Building, and walk over to the SC Center together. $20 per participant. 2181 Kachemak Drive in Homer; Visit the SCC website at www.sterlingcommunityclub.com for — Tuesday, April 15 at 6 p.m. in the Cook Inlet Aquaculture a registration form or stop by the SC Center in person. Call Building, 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road in Kenai; 740-8018 for more info. Registration is limited. — Friday, May 2 at 6 p.m. during the Kenai Peninsula Sport, Rec and Trade Show at the Soldotna Regional Sports ComGrief support available plex. An online bear bait clinic is available for anyone 16 and Individuals struggling with grief may call Fred Kehl at 907older wishing to become certified to register a bait station. Visit 420-3979 for free counseling sessions with a certified counwww.adfg.alaska.gov for more information or call 907-262- selor. 9368 in Soldotna or 907-235-8191 in Homer.

Community Calendar Today 10:30 a.m. • Pre-School Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. 11 a.m. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran

Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-3359456. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, 12X12 study meeting, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at

Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558.

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Iditarod route needs review THE IDITAROD TRAIL SLED DOG RACE officially wrapped up with the finishers banquet in Nome on Sunday, but it won’t be the end of the discussion about the decision to restart the race at its traditional location in Willow with perilous conditions facing the teams. Why race officials didn’t move the restart north to Fairbanks to avoid the near-certain injuries needs to be reviewed. Crews did what they could to reconstruct a trail made thin to non-existent by limited snowfall and late-season rains that turned much of the route to ice and barren ground through the Dalzell Gorge and the Farewell Burn. But it wasn’t enough. Not even close. Injuries to mushers, dragged by flipped sleds, were plentiful. Damage to sleds was rife. Curse words probably littered the trail by the hundreds. Four-time winner Jeff King, of Denali, told an Anchorage Daily News reporter this year’s trail was “the roughest I’ve ever seen.” He’s run the race 22 times. Don’t believe him? Watch a video clip of his nightmarish run through the Dalzell: http://youtu.be/dAHa-6VkUQY Two-time champion Robert Sorlie was blunt, telling the newspaper, “They should not send people out there. It’s not safe . I’ve never been so scared before in my life.” Musher Gus Guenther, of Clam Gulch, flipped his sled on the rough trail early in the race, breaking his leg and forcing him out of the running. He told the Peninsula Clarion newspaper that the barren, icy trail made it nearly impossible to control his dog team. “When I got out there from day one it was frightening,” he said. “I couldn’t stop or slow down.” And then there’s Scott Janssen, of Anchorage. He crashed his sled on a rock-strewn part of trail and was knocked unconscious after his head hit a tree stump. “I’m very disappointed we didn’t leave out of Fairbanks,” he told a reporter for The Associated Press. “It would have just been another race had we left out of Fairbanks.” By nearly all accounts, this year’s race was the toughest and most dangerous in the Iditarod’s 42-year history. Iditarod officials will need to revisit their decision to run the race on its traditional trail and forego a safer run out of Fairbanks, which had hosted the Iditarod in 2003 when conditions to the south were poor. It’s always easy to second-guess a decision. But when you run a high-profile event such as the Iditarod, being second-guessed comes with the territory. The only responsible course of action now is for race officials to review the process that led to a decision that put people and dogs at a higher level of risk and to make public their findings. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, March 18

Quotable “Comrade Obama, what should those who have neither accounts nor property abroad do? Have you not thought about it? I think the decree of the President of the United States was written by some joker.” — Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in a Twitter posting after the U.S. and its European allies imposed harsh sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian officials for their support of Crimea’s vote to secede from Ukraine.

Classic Doonesbury, 1971

Opinion

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

POTUS overtime scam

If it wasn’t before, it’s certainly clear now why the nation’s super-rich oligarchs work relentlessly to sabotage the Obama presidency. Take the new POTUS order to expand overtime pay and thwart a system that effectively cheats employees out of what they’ve earned. It’s just one example of how he and his administration are a threat to the few who have burrowed into our legal framework to get away with their shameless tactics to hoard the other people’s money. Their overtime scam is particularly sleazy. What they have been allowed to do by lawmakers and regulators is declare low-level workers to be supervisors if they oversee fellow employees as just a minute part of their job, while they actually spend nearly all their time performing the same tasks. By designating them salaried, the corporate masters are able to get around the long-standing requirement that working more than 40 hours a week results in time-and-a-half compensation. Right now, the Bush-era pay dividing line is $455 per week. This president has directed his Labor Department to increase that to an as-yet-undetermined amount, saying “We’re going to update those overtime rules to restore that basic principle that if you have to work more, you should be able to earn more.” That would seem to be fairly straightforward, but not in today’s setup. The 1 percenters have their hand puppets, mainly Republicans. And these are talking pup-

pets. When their buttons are pressed, they react to any economic initiatives from the White House by reciting that they’re “job killing.” Never mind that they offer little proof or that the various propos- Bob Franken als are simple fairness -- they are “job killing.” In fact, there is ample evidence that spreading the wealth just a teeny bit would enhance growth, but it’s ignored. We witness the same dance of distortion when it comes to the Obama campaign to increase the minimum wage beyond its subpittance level. What would that be? You guessed it: “job killing.” By that reasoning, the best way to save jobs is to pay the employees nothing. But let’s not go down that road. Those who hold all the power -- meaning the very few who control the nation’s financial resources -- will do whatever it takes to prevent any disruption of their complex schemes to protect their advantages and support the country’s poisonous inequality. So that’s why some of our plutocrats are willing to part with millions of dollars to stop Barack Obama. They are hellbent on maintaining their perceived entitlement. Their most effective tactic is to subvert our election system, not just by

putting up impediments to open ballot access, but more by flooding the campaign with propaganda, much of it misleading, and deceive the voters into ousting anyone who wants reform and installing those who will won’t make waves. We’ve heard a lot about the Koch brothers, but they are just one example (two, I guess) of those willing to do whatever it takes to sweep aside anyone who might threaten their privileged way of life, free from accountability. So when a federal Consumer Protection Agency somehow slips through the cracks and becomes reality, their lobbyists fan out to dilute its power while the ones whose corrupt practices might be challenged beckon their political rag dolls to gum up the works, chanting “job killing” as they move in lock step. Yes, these are marching rag dolls. Banking regulations? Efforts to strengthen regulation of the most blatant abuses, the ones that caused our financial collapse? Wait for it ... they’re “job killing.” Unfortunately, Mr. Obama made it easy by allowing his prized Affordable Care Act to create a lasting bad first impression. But the obese cats actually couldn’t care less about Obamacare. They will use whatever it takes to neutralize anything that threatens their privilege, and they’ll work overtime to get their way. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN

Dispute on Obamacare role in House race By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent

AP News Extra

WASHINGTON — Republicans have a new calling card for the midterm elections, same as the old one. It’s Obamacare all the way to Nov. 4 after the party’s triumph Tuesday in the race for a House seat in Florida. Soon it will be time for rank-and-file Democrats in both houses of Congress to decide how closely to stick to the controversial health care program as their own races develop. “One of Nancy Pelosi’s most prized candidates was ultimately brought down because of her unwavering support for Obamacare,” said Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, head of the House GOP campaign committee. “And that should be a loud warning for other Democrats running coast to coast.” Pelosi is the leader of House Democrats. To hear Democrats say it, there won’t be much change at all from the fix-it-don’t-nixit approach that their candidate, Alex Sink, took in her losing race against Rep.-elect David Jolly in the area around St. Petersburg. “There is no evidence that the incessant and obsessive focus on repeal is a winning hand for Republicans,” pollster

Geoff Garin told reporters on Wednesday as Republicans celebrated their victory in a race widely watched by lawmakers in both houses and both parties. Garin conceded that the drive to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law motivates Republicans to go to the polls, but said that when Democrats and independents are taken into account, “it was at worst a level playing field for” Sink in terms of health care. To reinforce the message, Rep. Steve Israel of New York, who chairs the House Democratic campaign committee, said Sink would have won had the race been held in November, when the presence of a statewide gubernatorial race on the ballot will result almost certainly in higher turnout. So much for the talking points. When it comes to the House, there was little reason to believe before Tuesday’s voting that the Democrats might win control. There is less now, and most of the focus next fall will be on the Republicans’ drive to gain the six seats they need to capture the Senate. At least one Senate Democrat said during the day the result of the race would not alter her plans. “I’m not going to vote to repeal” the law, said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who faces a strong challenge in her bid for a new term. “I’m going to try to improve it, and it already has been improved,” she said. In her state, Landrieu

said 45,000 individuals have signed up to receive health care under the law. Voting for the repeal that Republicans want “is a losing strategy and it will not work.” If Israel and Walden agree on anything, it is that special elections are historically unreliable indicators of national trends, given the demographic quirks of a single House district, the candidates on the ballot, the presence of local issues and more. In this case, the area around St. Petersburg is older, whiter and poorer than the country on average. It was represented by a Republican for four decades, although it became more competitive after the post-2010 redistricting. Obama won it narrowly both times he ran, and Sink won it in a losing 2010 gubernatorial campaign. Both candidates and outside groups poured millions of dollars into television ads, many of which mentioned Medicare and Social Security as well as Obamacare. Then, too, a looming rise in flood insurance premiums is a source of discontent that transcends political party in a district along Tampa Bay. Trying to factor those characteristics in with the overall importance of the health care law is difficult, and impossible without a non-existent survey that might show who voted and why. At the same time, the two political parties are keenly aware of the political damage that could be done by an impression that falls short of widely held public expectations. That explains the extraordinary sight in the days leading up to the election of Republicans and Democrats rushing out explanations for why their side might lose. Republicans whispered loudly that Jolly was an exceptionally weak candidate, an ex-lobbyist who had raised little money on his own behalf. Democrats, equally fearful of losing, emphasized that outside groups in Jolly’s corner spent more than those aligned with Sink.

A-6 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Nation

14 charged in online child exploitation network By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Fourteen men were charged with operating an online child exploitation network that investigators said preyed upon hundreds of boys across the United States and overseas, authorities announced Tuesday. Law enforcement officials said the arrests were part of a worrisome trend in which children are being enticed by adults to post sexually explicit images of themselves that are then shared online. In this case, authorities said, users of an underground network posed online as girls to coerce boys into sharing

with them child pornography images. “These alleged perpetrators preyed upon the most innocent, most vulnerable members of our society with no regard to the immediate or lasting harm they caused to their victims and their families,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said at a news conference. The investigation, called “Operation Round Table,” was led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and federal authorities in Louisiana, where the alleged leader of the operation lives. The roughly 250 victims were spread across 39 states

‘These alleged perpetrators preyed upon the most innocent, most vulnerable members of our society with no regard to the immediate or lasting harm they caused to their victims and their families.’ — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and five other countries — Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Most were boys between 13 and 15. Two victims were 3 or younger, authorities said. The pornographic images

were shared on an underground website on the Tor network, an online anonymity network that masks the location of servers and conceals an Internet user’s location. The subscriptionbased website operated from

about June 2012 until June 2013, had more than 27,000 members and shared more than 2,000 webcam-captured videos, mostly of young boys, authorities said. Eleven of the 14 men, including the man authorities say was the administrator of the network, are being prosecuted in Louisiana. The other three are being charged in New York, Colorado and Wisconsin. Authorities accuse Jonathan Johnson, of Abita Springs, La., of being the leader of the operation. They say he admitted creating multiple fake female personas from his home and encouraged others to do the same in an effort to entice boys to

produce sexually explicit images of themselves. The 27-yearold also instructed members and uploaders on how to avoid getting caught by law enforcement, prosecutors say. Online court records show Johnson was charged last month through a criminal information, a document that typically signals a guilty plea is near. A change of plea hearing is scheduled for March 27, according to the records. Johnson has been in custody since his arrest last June and faces from 20 years to life in prison. A lawyer for Johnson did not immediately return a call seeking comment on Tuesday.

President Obama gives Medal of Honor to 24 vets from 3 wars By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — They were heroes who didn’t get their due. On Tuesday, 24 mostly ethnic or minority U.S. soldiers who performed bravely under fire in three of the nation’s wars finally received the Medal of Honor that the government concluded should have been awarded a long time ago. The servicemen — Hispanics, Jews and African-Americans — were identified following a congressionally mandated review to ensure that eligible recipients of the country’s high-

est recognition for valor were not bypassed due to prejudice. Only three of the 24 were alive for President Barack Obama to drape the medals and ribbons around their necks. “Today we have the chance to set the record straight,” Obama said. “No nation is perfect, but here in America we confront our imperfections and face a sometimes painful past, including the truth that some of these soldiers fought and died for a country that did not always see them as equal.” The three surviving recipients — Vietnam veterans Jose Rodela, Melvin Morris and Santiago Erevia — received a

prolonged standing ovation at Obama’s side, their faces set in somber acknowledgement of the honor. Rodela, now of San Antonio, was a 31-year-old company commander of a Special Forces strike group on Sept. 1, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam, when he and his company of Cambodian soldiers whom he had helped recruit came under fire from North Vietnamese Army troops. According to his Medal of Honor citation and supporting documents, the battle lasted 18 hours and 11 men in his company were killed and 33 others wounded.

The citation states that late in the battle, Rodela “was the only member of his company who was moving and he began to run from one position to the next, checking for casualties and moving survivors into different positions in an attempt to form a stable defense line. Throughout the battle, in spite of his wounds, Rodela repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to attend to the fallen and eliminate an enemy rocket position.” In an interview with the Army News Service last December, he said simply, “We trained for this and I would have done it again.” Morris of Cocoa, Fla., was a

staff sergeant during combat operations on Sept. 17, 1969, near Chi Lang, South Vietnam. According to the Pentagon, Morris led soldiers across enemy lines to retrieve his team sergeant, who had been killed. He singlehandedly destroyed an enemy force hidden in bunkers that had pinned down his battalion. Morris was shot three times as he ran with American casualties. Morris received the Distinguished Service Cross in April 1970. That same month, he returned to Vietnam for his second tour.

“I never really did worry about decorations,” Morris told The Associated Press last month. But he said he fell to his knees when he received the surprise call from Obama with news that he was to be honored. Erevia, also of San Antonio, was cited for courage while serving as a radio-telephone operator on May 21, 1969, during a search-and-clear mission near Tam Ky, South Vietnam. He was a specialist 4 when his battalion tried to take a hill fortified by Viet Cong and North Vietnam Army soldiers.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Around the World Thailand’s says its radar might have tracked missing Malaysian plane 10 days ago KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Ten days after a Malaysian jetliner disappeared, Thailand’s military said Tuesday it saw radar blips that might have been from the missing plane but didn’t report it “because we did not pay attention to it.” Search crews from 26 countries, including Thailand, are looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished early March 8 with 239 people aboard en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Frustration is growing among relatives of those on the plane at the lack of progress in the search. Aircraft and ships are scouring two giant arcs of territory amounting to the size of Australia — half of it in the remote waters of the southern Indian Ocean. Cmdr. William Marks, a spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet, said finding the plane was like trying to locate a few people somewhere between New York and California. Early in the search, Malaysian officials said they suspected the plane backtracked toward the Strait of Malacca, just west of Malaysia. But it took a week for them to confirm Malaysian military radar data suggesting that route.

Witnesses heard unusual noises from news chopper before crash in Seattle that killed 2 SEATTLE — A federal official says witnesses reported hearing unusual noises from a KOMO-TV news helicopter before it crashed Tuesday, killing two people on board and injuring a third on the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board’s Dennis Hogenson says investigators are examining all possibilities as they look for what caused the crash. He says witnesses also reported seeing the aircraft rotate before it hit the ground. Hogenson says investigators are working to document the scene and clear the wreckage. A preliminary report is expected in five days, followed by a fuller report with a probable cause in up to a year. Officials will be looking at mechanical, environmental, pilot and other issues as they investigate the crash.

Jeb Bush considers a run for the White House; could face challenges, including surname

MIAMI — Jeb Bush gets the question at just about every public appearance these days: Will you run for president? The former Florida governor gives a well-worn answer: “I can honestly tell you that I don’t know what I’m going to do.” It’s an answer that won’t satisfy the GOP faithful for much longer. The scion of the Bush political dynasty will likely be asked the question many times in the coming weeks as he raises his profile with appearances in Tennessee, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas — where he’ll bump into another possible 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Bush’s “yes” or “no” is one of the most significant factors looming over the 2016 Republican presidential contest. A White House bid by the brother and son of presidents would shake up a wide-open GOP field, attract a legion of bigmoney donors and set up a showdown with the influential tea party movement. Bush has said he’ll consult with his family this summer and make a decision by the end of the year. With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie facing multiple investigations in a political retribution probe, many Republicans see Bush as a potent alternative: a two-term GOP governor who thrived in the nation’s largest swing-voting state and could make the party more inclusive. — The Associated Press

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Concerns about cancer centers By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Some of America’s best cancer hospitals are off-limits to many of the people now signing up for coverage under the nation’s new health care program. Doctors and administrators say they’re concerned. So are some state insurance regulators. An Associated Press survey found examples coast to coast. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is excluded by five out of eight insurers in Washington’s insurance exchange. MD Anderson Cancer Center says it’s in less than half of the plans in the Houston area. Memorial SloanKettering is included by two of nine insurers in New York City and has out-of-network agreements with two more. In all, only four of 19 nationally recognized comprehensive cancer centers that responded to AP’s survey said patients have access through all the insurance companies in their states’ exchanges. Not too long ago insurance companies would have been vying to offer access to renowned cancer centers, said Dan Mendelson, CEO of the market research firm Avalere Health. Now the focus is on costs. “This is a marked deterioration of access to the premier

‘We have had many people say to us, ‘I picked Anthem because you guys are always in their products, and I assumed you would be in their exchange products.’ It’s still hard to tell who is in network and who is not.’ — Melanie Lapidus, vice president for managed care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis cancer centers for people who are signing up for these plans,” Mendelson said. Those patients may not be able get the most advanced treatment, including clinical trials of new medications. And there’s another problem: it’s not easy for consumers shopping online in the new insurance markets to tell if toplevel institutions are included in a plan. That takes additional digging by the people applying. “The challenges of this are going to become evident ... as cancer cases start to arrive,” said Norman Hubbard, executive vice president of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Before President Barack Obama’s health care law, a cancer diagnosis could make you uninsurable. Now, insurers can’t turn away people with health problems or charge them

more. Lifetime dollar limits on policies, once a financial trapdoor for cancer patients, are also banned. The new obstacles are more subtle. To keep premiums low, insurers have designed narrow networks of hospitals and doctors. The government-subsidized private plans on the exchanges typically offer less choice than Medicare or employer plans. By not including a top cancer center an insurer can cut costs. It may also shield itself from risk, delivering an implicit message to cancer survivors or people with a strong family history of the disease that they should look elsewhere. For now, the issue seems to be limited to the new insurance exchanges. But it could become a concern for Americans with job-based coverage, too, if employers turn to narrow net-

works. The AP surveyed 23 institutions around the country that are part of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Two additional institutions that joined this week were not included in the survey. Cancer network members are leading hospitals that combine the latest clinical research and knowledge with a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. They say that patients in their care have better-than-average survival rates. The unique role of cancer centers is recognized under Medicare. Several are exempt from its hospital payment system, instituted to control costs. AP asked the centers how many insurance companies in their state’s exchange included them as a network provider. Of the 19 that responded, four reported access through all insurers: the Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, N.C., and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. One caveat: Some insurers did not include these cancer centers on certain lowcost plans. Two centers had special circumstances. The best known is St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.

US closes Syrian embassy in Washington By LARA JAKES AP National Security Writer

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration ordered the Syrian government on Tuesday to suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the United States, requiring all personnel who are not legal U.S residents to leave the country. The order, three years after the start of Syria’s bloody civil war, essentially shutters the Syrian embassy in Washington and its honorary consulates in Troy, Mich., and Houston, Texas. It comes in response to a decision by President Bashar Assad’s government to suspend consular services for Syrians living in the U.S. “We have determined it

is unacceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the United States,” U.S. special envoy to Syria Daniel Rubenstein said in a statement. However, Rubenstein said the U.S. wants to continue diplomatic relations with Damascus, “as an expression of our longstanding ties with the Syrian people, an interest that will endure long after Bashar Assad leaves power.” “The United States will continue to assist those seeking change in Syria, to help end the slaughter, and to resolve the crisis through negotiations — for the benefit of the Syrian

people,” Rubenstein said. More than 140,000 people have been killed in the war that began in March 2011 as an uprising against Assad’s government. It since has largely divided along sectarian lines, with a chaotic mix of mostly Sunni rebels pitted against Syria’s minorities, including Christians, Shiites and Alawites, who largely have sided with the government or remained neutral. Assad himself is part of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Tuesday’s order should not affect Syria’s mission at the United Nations, although the State Department earlier this

month already imposed restrictions limiting its ambassador to New York. Syrian-Americans had complained that Ambassador Bashar Jafari was seeking to divide their community by traveling around the United States on a propaganda tour in support of Assad’s government. The State Department restrictions ban Jafari from traveling outside the five boroughs of New York City. Diplomats from several countries, including some of those listed as state sponsors of terrorism, are required to get approval before traveling outside a 25-mile (40-kilometer) radius of Manhattan.

A-8 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, March 19, 2014

World

Suicide bomber kills at least 17 in Afghanistan By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber riding a rickshaw blew himself up outside a checkpoint near a market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians, officials said, in the latest attack in the countdown to next month’s presidential elections. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the capital of Faryab province, but it happened in an area where the Taliban and allied militant groups are active. The Taliban have threatened a

campaign of violence to disrupt the April 5 vote, which will choose a new president to lead the country as foreign troops prepare to end their combat mission by the end of the year. The attacker was approaching a checkpoint where cars were being searched on a road leading to the governor’s compound in Maymana, the Faryab provincial capital, when he detonated his explosives hidden in the rickshaw, the officials said. However, most of the victims were vendors peddling fresh bread and other people at

the busy roadside market area. Provincial Gov. Mohammadullah Patash said 17 people were killed, including three children, and 26 were wounded in the explosion, which struck some 200 meters (yards) away from the governor’s compound. Employees of the nearby electricity department also were among the casualties, according to the deputy governor, Abdul Satar Barez. “They killed innocent people in a place where locals were just trying to earn 10 Afghanis (about 20 cents) to buy a piece of bread. Most of the casual-

ties were either selling bread or buying it,” he said. The U.N. Security Council condemned the attack “in the strongest terms,” reiterated its serious concern at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and illegal armed groups, “and underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice.” President Hamid Karzai also strongly condemned Tuesday’s attack, saying it only served the purpose of foreigners, which he said was to kill Muslims and create instability in Afghani-

stan. The Taliban have staged numerous attacks in Faryab, which lies far from their traditional strongholds in southern and eastern Afghanistan. In October 2012, a suicide bomber struck a mosque packed with senior regional officials in Maymana, killing 41 people. Afghan civilians are frequently caught up in the violence as insurgents battle Afghan and international troops in an effort to undermine the Western-backed government. The United Nations said 2,959 civilians were killed and 5,656 wounded last year, a 14 per-

cent increase from the previous year. The Taliban deny that they target civilians, but the U.N. report blamed 74 percent of all civilian casualties last year on insurgents. The winner of the April 5 vote will replace Karzai, who is barred by the constitution from seeking a third term. On Tuesday, Karzai nominated Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, a well-known ethnic Tajik politician as his new first vice president. If approved by parliament, Qanooni will replace Mohammed Qasim Fahim, who died on March 9.

Putin signs treaty adding Crimea to map of Russia By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press

MOSCOW — In a gilded Kremlin hall used by czars, Vladimir Putin redrew Russia’s borders Tuesday by declaring the Crimean Peninsula part of the motherland — provoking a surge of emotion among Russians who lament the loss of empire and denunciations from Western leaders who called Putin a threat to the world. In an ominous sign, a Ukrainian serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade were killed by gunfire in Crimea just hours after Putin’s speech, the first fatalities stemming from the Russian takeover. While Putin’s action was hailed by jubilant crowds in Moscow and cities across Russia, Ukraine’s new government called the Russian president a threat to the “civilized world and international security,” and the U.S. and Europe threatened tougher sanctions against Moscow. Vice President Joe Biden, meeting with anxious European leaders in Poland, denounced what he called “nothing more than a land grab.” “The world has seen through Russia’s actions and has rejected the flawed logic,” Biden said. In an emotional 40-minute speech televised live from the Kremlin’s chandeliered St.

George hall, Putin said the time has come to correct a historical injustice and stand up to Western pressure by incorporating Crimea. “In people’s hearts and minds, Crimea has always been an integral part of Russia,” he declared. He dismissed Western criticism of Sunday’s Crimean referendum — in which residents of the strategic Black Sea peninsula voted overwhelmingly to break off from Ukraine and join Russia — as a manifestation of the West’s double standards. “They tell us that we are violating the norms of international law. First of all, it’s good that they at least remember that international law exists,” Putin said, pointing at what he called the U.S. trampling of international norms in wars in Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. “Our Western partners led by the United States prefer to proceed not from international law, but the law of might in their practical policies,” he said. Often interrupted by raucous applause, Putin said the rights of ethnic Russians in Ukraine had been abused by the new Ukrainian government and insisted Crimea’s vote to join Russia was legitimate and reflected its right for self-determination. Denouncing what he called Western arrogance, hypocrisy and pressure, Putin warned that the West must drop its stubborn

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Participants in a rally in support of Crimea joining Russia Tuesday, hold Russian flags in Red Square in Moscow.

refusal to take Russian concerns into account. He pointed at NATO’s eastward expansion, the alliance’s U.S.-led missile defense plans and, finally, the Western moves to pull Ukraine into its orbit. “If you push a spring too hard, at some point it will spring back,” he said. “You always need to remember this.” Only hours after Putin boasted that the Russian takeover of Crimea was conducted without a single shot, a Ukrainian military spokesman said a Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another injured when a military facility in Crimea was stormed Tuesday by armed men. A Crimea police spokeswoman, Olga Kondrashova, later was quoted by Interfax

news agency as saying that a Ukrainian serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade were killed by gunfire coming from the same location, and two other people were wounded. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk declared the violence showed the conflict “has gone from the political stage to the military by the fault of the Russians.” Thousands of Russian troops had overtaken Crimea two weeks before Sunday’s hastily called referendum, seizing some Ukrainian military bases, blockading others and pressuring Ukrainian soldiers to surrender their arms and leave. Putin insisted the Russian troops were in Crimea under a treaty with Ukraine that al-

lows Russia to have up to 25,000 troops at its Black Sea fleet base in Crimea. The West and Ukraine described the Crimean referendum as illegitimate and being held at gunpoint. Crimea had been part of Russia since the 18th century until Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred it to Ukraine in 1954, a mere formality until the 1991 Soviet breakup left the region part of Ukraine. Putin noted that both Russians and Crimea’s majority ethnic Russian population see annexation as correcting a historic insult. “It was only when Crimea suddenly ended up in a different country that Russia realized that it had not simply been robbed but plundered, Putin said. “Millions of Russians went to bed in one country and woke up in another, overnight becoming ethnic minorities in former Soviet republics, while the Russian nation became one of the biggest, if not the biggest, ethnic group in the world to be divided by borders.” Despite the massing of thousands of Russian troops on Ukraine’s eastern border, Putin insisted his nation had no inten-

tion of invading other regions in Ukraine. “We don’t want a division of Ukraine. We don’t need that,” he said. Ukraine’s political turmoil has become Europe’s most severe security crisis since the Balkan wars of the early 1990s, and what NATO does about Ukraine is crucial. “If Ukraine goes to NATO or the EU, Putin will do everything so that it goes there without the east and south,” said Vadim Karasyov, a Kiev-based political analyst. “Putin basically told the West that Russia has the right to veto the way Ukraine will develop. And if not, then Crimea is only a precedent of how pieces of Ukraine can be chopped off, one by one.” Putin insisted the months of protests in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, which prompted President Viktor Yanukovych to flee to Russia, had been instigated by the West to weaken Russia. He cast the new Ukrainian government as illegitimate, driven by radical “nationalists, neoNazis, Russophobes and antiSemites.” Ukraine’s new government called Putin dangerous.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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Candidates vie for Afghan women’s vote By KIM GAMEL Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — The candidate strode down the aisle separating hundreds of male and female supporters at a campaign rally in Kabul. She shook hands with the women filling the chairs to her right. To the men on the other side, she simply nodded. Habiba Sarabi is the most prominent woman running on a ticket in the April 5 election to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai. Sarabi once served as Afghanistan’s first female governor, and her current bid to become Afghanistan’s first female vice president is part of an effort to get out the women’s vote as candidates scramble for every ballot. Women “can affect the transition, the political transition,” she said in an interview after addressing the rally to support Sarabi and her running mate, presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul. The event was held in a wedding hall in a Kabul district dominated by her ethnic minority Hazara community. But Sarabi, a 57-year-old former governor of Bamiyan province, still must conform

to cultural norms in this deeply conservative Islamic society. Her challenge highlights the difficulties facing Afghan women who worry about losing hard-won gains as international combat forces prepare to withdraw from the country by the end of this year. Afghan women were granted the right to vote in the constitution adopted after the U.S.-led coalition toppled the Taliban regime in late 2001. Under the Taliban, women were also banned from school and forced to wear the all-encompassing burqa. But security concerns have marred their participation in previous elections. In areas of the country still controlled by the Taliban, women have been threatened with violence if they vote. In 2009, many Afghan women registered but then gave their voting cards to male relatives, who ended up casting multiple ballots as polling officials and police conveniently looked away — one of many forms of fraud that tarnished Karzai’s reelection. Although voting cards are supposed to include a photo for identification, in some areas women refused to be photo-

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In this photo taken on Monday, an Afghan girl attends a campaign rally in support of Afghan vice presidential candidate, Habiba Sarabi in Kabul, Afghanistan.

graphed. Naheed Farid, a lawmaker from the western province of Herat, predicted fraud will be rampant this year as well. “I am so optimistic that we will have more women to vote in this election, but who they vote for and what happens to their vote will be a problem,” she said in a telephone interview. “There’s lack of awareness that women can decide on their own, and families especially the fathers have an influence, and this

is something we can’t change now, not this time.” Still, she and others said, there are signs of progress. There are nine candidates in the crowded race, but only three are considered front-runners — Rassoul; Abdullah Abdullah, who was runner-up to Karzai in the disputed 2009 election; and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Gul Makai Safi, the head of the women’s council for Abdullah’s campaign, said women are streaming into their offices

to learn about the process. She expressed concern that women in areas where militants are active will be unable to vote. “We are very hopeful and optimistic that this time the women’s vote will decide the fate of the candidates in the election,” she said. “Women will bring a change in the result of the election this time.” Ahmadzai’s wife, Rula, has even stumped for votes at campaign events, something that is very rare in a country where the current first lady has almost never appeared in public. There are officially 12 million eligible voters in Afghanistan, according to the Independent Election Commission, but the number of people who go to the polls may be higher because many voter cards were issued in past elections and are unaccounted for. Since registration began last year for next month’s election, the commission has document 3.6 million new voters, including 1.2 million women. Volunteers have visited villages and districts around the country to inform women about the issues and how their participation could help improve their lives. But many obstacles remain.

To help prevent suicide bombings and other attacks, police will search voters before they are allowed to enter the polling stations. The Interior Ministry said it is training 13,000 women to search female voters, but there is concern there will be too few of them — and that some women will be turned away from the polls as a result. And even in Kabul, some women have no idea how to register. “No one guided us and we haven’t got voting cards now. If we could get our voting cards, we could have fulfilled our part in making the government,” said Gul Sara, a woman living in an internal refugee camp in the Afghan capital. Activists also warned the situation has not changed in areas where the Taliban remain active and conservative mores are entrenched, including many parts of the east and in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand. Covered from head to toe in a black veil in downtown Kandahar city, Shaqiba Ahmadi acknowledged the difficulties facing women and chastised the government for not doing more on their behalf.

What if the missing Malaysia plane is never found? By KRISTEN GELINEAU and NICK PERRY Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The plane must be somewhere. But the same can be said for Amelia Earhart’s. Ten days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people aboard, an exhaustive international search has produced no sign of the Boeing 777, raising an unsettling question: What if the airplane is never found? Such an outcome, while considered unlikely by many experts, would certainly torment the families of those missing. It would also flummox the airline industry, which will struggle to learn lessons from the incident

if it doesn’t know what happened. While rare nowadays, history is not short of such mysteries — from the most famous of all, American aviator Earhart, to planes and ships disappearing in the so-called Bermuda Triangle. “When something like this happens that confounds us, we’re offended by it, and we’re scared by it,” said Ric Gillespie, a former U.S. aviation accident investigator who wrote a book about Earhart’s still-unsolved 1937 disappearance over the Pacific Ocean. “We had the illusion of control and it’s just been shown to us that oh, folks, you know what? A really big airliner can just vanish. And nobody wants to

hear that.” Part of the problem, said Andrew Thomas, the editor-inchief of the Journal of Transportation Security, is that airline systems are not as sophisticated as many people might think. A case in point, he said, is that airports and airplanes around the world use antiquated radar tracking technology, first developed in the 1950s, rather than modern GPS systems. A GPS system might not have solved the mystery of Flight 370, which disappeared March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. But it would probably have given searchers a better read on the plane’s last known location, Thomas said. “There are lots of reasons

why they haven’t changed, but the major one is cost,” he said. “The next-generation technology would cost $70 to $80 billion in the U.S.” Experts say the plane’s disappearance will likely put pressure on airlines and governments to improve the way they monitor planes, including handoff procedures between countries. Flight 370 vanished after it signed off with Malaysian air-traffic controllers, and never made contact with their Vietnamese counterparts as it should have. And if the plane is never found, liability issues will be a huge headache for courts. With no wreckage, it would be difficult to determine whether the airline, manufacturers or other

parties should bear the brunt of responsibility. “The international aviation legal system does not anticipate the complete disappearance of an aircraft,” said Brian Havel, a law professor and director of the International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul University in Chicago. “We just don’t have the tools for that at present.” The families of the missing, of course, would face the most painful consequences of a failed search. “In any kind of death, the most important matter for relatives and loved ones is knowing the context and circumstances,” said Kevin Tso, the chief executive of New Zealand agency Victim Support, which has been coun-

seling family and friends of the two New Zealand passengers aboard the flight. “When there’s very little information, it’s very difficult.” Tso said the abundance of speculation about the plane’s fate in the media and elsewhere is not helpful to the families, who may be getting false hope that their loved ones are still alive. It has been nearly 50 years since a plane carrying more than two dozen people vanished without a trace, according to a list of unexplained aviation disappearances tracked by the Flight Safety Foundation. An Argentine military plane carrying 69 people disappeared in 1965 and has never been found.

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Seldovia boys go down in semifinals Nikolaevsk boys top St. Mary’s to reach consolation final at Class 2A state tournament By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The magic run the Seldovia boys were on at the Class 1A state hoops tournament came to an end Tuesday at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. The Sea Otters lost 42-37 to Toksook Bay and dropped into the tournament’s third-place game against Shaktoolik at 9:40 a.m. today at the Sullivan. Seldovia equaled the mark they set at the Class 2A state tournament by competing in the semifinal round, and were hoping to make school history by playing for a state championship. Seldovia coach Mark Janes said the things that cost them the most — namely turnovers and offensive rebounds — could be attributed to a team that is still young, as there are no seniors on the squad. “My kids are still pretty young and (Toksook) plays a different style of ball,” Janes said. “It’s in your face and your grill and it’s coming at you. They have more kids on their bench with more endurance, so you got to be prepared.” Seldovia rarely could find a consistent offensive rhythm Tuesday night, and when the team did, it was equalized by Toksook’s offense. Seldovia spilled the ball twice as many times as Toksook, losing 24 turnovers compared to 12 for the Islanders, and gave up 23 offensive rebounds. 23 of Toksook’s 37 total boards were on the offensive glass. “That’s what we won with against

Yakutat, and that’s what we didn’t do today,” Janes said. “That’s what it comes down to.” Seldovia sophomore Aiden Philpot scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double — his third of the tournament — and junior Seth O’Leary grabbed another 10 boards. Junior Calem Collier added nine points, but suffered a poor shooting night (3 for 12 on field goals). “They’re kind of our backbone,” Janes said. “They kind of trade off the role of leading the team, so they got to keep playing together. They’ll get it, and it’ll be fun to watch in the coming years.” Seldovia held an early 7-5 advantage midway through the first quarter, and in a defensive matchup, the teams were tied 9-9 after one quarter. Toksook held Seldovia to a single bucket in the second quarter, which the Islanders used to take a 17-11 lead into halftime. Toksook also attempted twice as many shots as Seldovia did in the first half, hitting eight of 34. Seldovia hit four of 17. The Sea Otters fought back in the third quarter with eight points by Philpot that helped Seldovia retake a 2321 lead with 2:46 left in the frame. However, Seldovia found it increasingly difficult to slow down the Islanders’ Matthew Pitka, who ended up with 20 points. Pitka accounted for half of Toksook’s shots with 22 field goal attempts. “I’ve got a young team,” said Toksook Bay coach Simeon Lincoln.

Pitka is the lone senior on the team. Lincoln said he was concerned about the fouls his team had late in the game. Both Isaiah Pitka and Byron Nicholai had four fouls at the end. “If you can take the clock down to less than 10 seconds, I told them you have 10 seconds to take the ball out, so I told them take your time,” Lincoln said. “This is a good motivator for tomorrow’s game, and I’m sure the other boys are going to want to step up and get some recognition too.” In the fourth quarter, Seldovia got as close as four points behind Toksook Bay, but could not quite bridge that gap. Collier sliced up for a layup with 3:02 left that closed Seldovia to 37-33, but John Chakuchin dropped in a layup of his own with 1:41 left that drew the foul, and he converted on the three-point play to put the Islanders up 40-33. O’Leary managed a basket with 57 seconds left, but a steal on Seldovia’s next possession complicated the chances of a comeback. After Chakuchin failed on two freethrow attempts, Philpot attempted two freebies on the other end of the court with 10 seconds left, hitting them both. That closed the deficit to 40-37, a one-possession game. Ultimately, Seldovia fouled Pitka on the ensuing possession and Pitka iced the game with two free throws of his own. Janes said he holds confidence that his team will be back next year. “At the end of last season, I saw Klawock in the finals, and thought

that was what we’re going to come up dividing the consolation championagainst,” Janes said. “We didn’t quite ship games at the Sullivan Arena. get there this year.” Typically, Steve Klaich will sit on the bench as an assistant coach for his Nikolaevsk boys 64, St. Mary’s 52 wife Bea Klaich’s games, and Bea will subsequently sit as an assistant for the The Nikolaevsk boys team joined boy’s games. their girls squad in the Class 1A conObviously, there will be none of solation bracket championship games that on Wednesday. by routing St. Mary’s on Tuesday at “My daughter’s playing and my West High School. wife’s coaching, and I’ll be on the Jaruby Nelson led Nikolaevsk with other end,” Steve said. “It’s great that 22 points, half of that coming in the we’re both playing tomorrow at the first quarter. Neil Gordeev added 12 Sullivan. Maybe we can talk them into points, eight in the second quarter. raising the curtain.” The score was closer than the game Tuesday boys shook out, as the Warriors led 21-8 afIslanders 42, Sea Otters 37 ter one quarter and 33-15 at halftime. Toksook Bay 9 8 13 12 —42 Nikolaevsk really pushed its lead Seldovia 9 2 14 12 —37 out in the third quarter by outscoring TOKSOOK BAY (42) — Chanar 0 0-0 0, Nicholai 1 the Eagles 25-15, starting with a 16-3 0-0 2, Lincoln 0 0-0 0, M. Pitka 8 4-6 20, Chakuchin 10, Felix 0 0-2 0, I. Pitka 3 0-0 7, Sipary 1 0-0 run that pushed the lead to 49-18 with 43.2-3 Totals 17 6-11 42. 2:34 left in the quarter. SELDOVIA (37) — R. Waterbury 0 0-0 0, Sidibe 0 0, D. Waterbury 3 0-0 6, Collier 3 2-2 9, Haller “After losing in the first round, we 0-0 1 0-2 2, Philpot 5 4-4 15, O’Leary 1 3-5 5. Totals had a goal of going 3-0 for the rest 13 9-13 37. of the tournament,” said Nikolaevsk 3-point field goals — Toksook Bay 2 (I. Pitka 1, Si1); Seldovia 2 (Collier 1, Philpot 1). coach Steve Klaich. “We’ve got two pary Team fouls — Toksook Bay 16; Seldovia 11. down and one to go.” Warriors 64, Eagles 52 Rebounds and steals dictated Niko21 12 25 6 —64 laevsk’s offensive game in the second Nikolaevsk 8 7 15 22 —52 half, and Klaich said he was pleased St. Mary’s NIKOLAEVSK (64) — Molodih 0 0-0 0, Nelson 9 1-1 with what he saw. 22, Trail 1 0-0 2, Yakunin 4 0-0 8, N. Fefelov 2 0-0 4, “The kids played hard, the subs Gordeev 4 4-6 12, F. Molodih 3 1-2 7, J. Fefelov 4 1-2 played, which let them close the gap 9. Totals 27 7-11 64. MARY’S (52) — I. Beans 9 0-0 20, Evan 0 0-2 0, a little bit,” Klaich said. “But it was ST. Paukan 0 1-2 1, Kelly 1 0-0 2, Alstrom 2 1-2 6, Hess good to see the other kids get some 0 0-0 0, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Hart 2 1-1 5, Tinker 6 0-1 14, J. Beans 0 0-0 0, Andrews 2 0-0 4, R. Paukan 0 time.” 0. Totals 22 3-8 52. Interestingly, the Nikolaevsk boys 0-0 3-point field goals — Nikolaevsk 3 (Nelson 3); St. and girls teams will be competing at Mary’s 5 (Beans 2, Tinker 2, Alstrom 1). the same time on adjacent courts on Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 8; St. Mary’s 12. Wednesday, with only a large curtain

Nikolaevsk, CIA girls reach consolation final By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Nikolaevsk and Cook Inlet Academy girls hoops teams will face each other for a Class 1A championship for the second year in a row at the Sullivan Arena. The only problem is it will not be for a state championship this year. Tuesday at West High School, Nikolaevsk led wire to wire in a 46-36 victory over Alak, putting them into the consolation bracket championship final, where the Warriors will

face CIA, which edged Scammon Bay 45-39. The winner gets sole claim of the 1A girls consolation title, a bracket they were both put in after losses in Saturday’s opening round. “We want to be back at the Sullivan,” said Nikolaevsk head coach Bea Klaich. “CIA and us, it’s like, here we go again.” Wednesday’s game is also a rematch of the Peninsula Conference championship, which Nikolaevsk won 11 days ago with a score of 37-20 over CIA. “We’ve been basically just

James torments his hometown By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 43 points — 25 in a bewildering first-quarter shooting display — and Chris Bosh added 21, leading the Miami Heat to a 100-96 win Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played their first game without injured All-Star guard Kyrie Irving. James added two crucial blocks and made six free throws in the final two minutes and Bosh added a key rejection to lead the Heat to just their third win in eight games. Miami’s Dwyane Wade sat out resting his knees, but the Heat’s two other megastars put away the Cavs. HAWKS 118, RAPTORS 113, OT ATLANTA — Jeff Teague equaled his career best with 34 points, Paul Millsap had the first triple-double of his career and the Hawks extended their longest winning streak of the season to five in a row, beating the Raptors. Millsap had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Hawks, who have bounced back after losing 14 of 15 to strengthen their hold on the final playoff spot in the East.

KINGS 117, WIZARDS 111, OT SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Isaiah Thomas had his first career triple double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Kings beat the Wizards. DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay each added 24 points for the Kings, who rallied in the fourth to send the game into overtime and snapped a two-game losing streak.

It was a rare loss for the Wizards, who had won 10 of 13 games before falling to the Kings for the fourth straight time at Sleep Train Arena.

TRAIL BLAZERS 120, BUCKS 115, OT PORTLAND, Ore. — Wesley Matthews had 26 points, including a key 3-pointer in overtime, and the Trail Blazers overcame the tenacious Bucks. Robin Lopez added 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Blazers, who had been in a funk with losses in five of their last six games. Portland (44-24) has also struggled with the absence of injured forward LaMarcus Aldridge. Brandon Knight had 24 points and Ramon Sessions added a season-high 23 for Milwaukee, which lost its fifth straight. The Bucks (13-55) are just 2-24 against the Western Conference.

WARRIORS 103, MAGIC 89 OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry had 23 points and five assists, Klay Thompson scored 20 points and the undermanned Warriors overwhelmed the Magic. The backcourt duo sparked an 18-4 run at the start of the second half that put the Warriors ahead by 24 points. They became the first pair of teammates in NBA history to combine for at least 400 3-pointers in consecutive seasons. David Lee added 20 points and 10 rebounds to help the Warriors offset the absences of Andre Iguodala (right knee tendinitis), Andrew Bogut (left ankle inflammation) and Jermaine O’Neal (undisclosed reasons). Nikola Vucevic scored 15 points and Tobias Harris added 14 points and six rebounds for the overmatched Magic, who lost their sixth straight game.

licking our chops about it,” said CIA coach Rustin Hitchcock. “It’s a friendly rivalry, but we are ready for a little bit of redemption, but also just a chance to play them again, because we hold them to high praise because they’re one of the best at this tournament. “We want to play the best to end our season.” The consolation championship game will tip off at 11:20 a.m., which coincidentally is the same time the boys consolation title game will start, and it features the Nikolaevsk boys on an adjacent court in the Sul-

livan Arena. Nikolaevsk girls 46, Alak 36 A year after nearly being the victims of a late rally by Alak in the championship bracket, the Nikolaevsk girls nearly had the same thing happen to them again on Tuesday. It only took the Warriors 37 seconds to build a 6-0 lead in the game, getting two steals and finding open space under the basket. From there, Nikolaevsk continued to find their main threats — Nianiella Dorvall and Sophia Kalugin — in the paint

for scoring opportunities. With Nikolaevsk leading 2012 at halftime, Kalugin began to really heat up, scoring every one of Nikolaevsk’s five field goals in the third quarter and 10 of their 11 third-quarter points, finding offensive rebounds under the rim and converting on the tip-ins. Kalugin ended with 19 points to lead the Warriors, while teammate Dorvall had 15. “It’s just boxing out and just fundamentals of what we’ve learned.” Kalugin said. “We couldn’t have done it without each other and the support of

our fans.” At the end of the third quarter, Nikolaevsk held a 31-23 lead, but Alak began clawing back with steals and transition layups. Kai Nashookpuk piled up six points herself as Alak closed to within one point on three occasions in the fourth quarter. Nashookpuk sliced up for a layup with 3 minutes, 23 seconds, remaining that left Nikolaevsk with a 37-36 lead. “Oh no, not again,” Klaich said when asked what she was thinking in the final minutes. “I See GIRLS, page A-11

Scoreboard Basketball NCAA Tournament FIRST ROUND At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, March 18 Albany (N.Y.) 71, Mount St. Mary’s 64 N.C. State 74, Xavier 59 Wednesday, March 19 Cal Poly (13-19) vs. Texas Southern (19-14), 2:40 p.m. Iowa (20-12) vs. Tennessee (2112), 30 minutes following All Times ADT

NIT First Round Tuesday, March 18 Robert Morris 89, St. John’s 78 Florida State 58, Florida Gulf Coast 53 Georgetown 77, west Virginia 65 Belmont 80, Green Bay 65 Minnesota 88, High Point 81 Clemson 78, Georgia State 66 Arkansas 91, Indiana State 71 Missouri 85, Davidson 77 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 70, Utah 58 Wednesday, March 19 Illinois (19-14) at Boston University (24-10), 3 p.m. Iona (22-10) at Louisiana Tech (27-7), 3:30 p.m. Vermont (22-10) at Georgia (1913), 4 p.m. Toledo (27-6) at Southern Miss (27-6), 4:30 p.m. UC Irvine (23-11) at SMU (23-9), 5 p.m. LSU (19-13) at San Francisco (2111), 6 p.m. Utah Valley (20-11) at California (19-13), 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 37 29 Brooklyn 34 31 New York 27 40 Boston 22 46 Philadelphia 15 52 Southeast Division x-Miami 46 19 Washington 35 32 Charlotte 33 35 Atlanta 31 35 Orlando 19 49 Central Division x-Indiana 50 17 Chicago 37 30 Cleveland 26 42 Detroit 25 41 Milwaukee 13 55

Pct GB .561 — .523 2½ .403 10½ .324 16 .224 22½ .708 — .522 12 .485 14½ .470 15½ .279 28½ .746 — .552 13 .382 24½ .379 24½ .191 37½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

San Antonio 50 16 .758 — Houston 45 22 .672 5½ Dallas 41 27 .603 10 Memphis 39 27 .591 11 New Orleans 27 39 .409 23 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 49 18 .731 — Portland 44 24 .647 5½ Minnesota 33 32 .508 15 Denver 30 37 .448 19 Utah 22 46 .324 27½ Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 48 21 .696 — Golden State 43 26 .623 5 Phoenix 38 29 .567 9 Sacramento 24 44 .353 23½ L.A. Lakers 22 44 .333 24½ x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday’s Games Miami 100, Cleveland 96 Atlanta 118, Toronto 113, OT Portland 120, Milwaukee 115, OT Sacramento 117, Washington 111, OT Golden State 103, Orlando 89 Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Miami at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Utah at Memphis, 4 p.m. Toronto at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Indiana at New York, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 5 p.m. Orlando at Phoenix, 6 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L Boston 69 47 17 Montreal 70 38 25 Tampa Bay 68 37 24 Toronto 70 36 26 Detroit 68 31 24 Ottawa 68 28 27 Florida 69 26 35 Buffalo 69 19 42 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 68 45 19 Philadelphia 68 36 25 N.Y. Rangers 70 37 29 Columbus 68 35 27 Washington 70 33 27 New Jersey 69 29 27 Carolina 69 30 30 N.Y. Islanders 70 26 35

OT Pts GF GA 5 99 223 149 7 83 180 177 7 81 198 178 8 80 205 214 13 75 178 190 13 69 194 229 8 60 172 223 8 46 133 205 4 94 214 168 7 79 195 195 4 78 185 174 6 76 196 187 10 76 204 209 13 71 168 180 9 69 172 195 9 61 195 239

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 68 Colorado 69 Chicago 69 Minnesota 69 Dallas 68 Winnipeg 70 Nashville 69

47 14 44 20 39 15 36 23 32 25 31 30 29 30

7 101 226 152 5 93 212 187 15 93 233 182 10 82 171 168 11 75 194 197 9 71 194 204 10 68 165 206

Pacific Division Anaheim 69 45 17 7 97 220 175 San Jose 70 45 18 7 97 216 168 Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148 Phoenix 69 33 25 11 77 192 196 Vancouver 71 31 30 10 72 170 194 Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203 Edmonton 70 25 36 9 59 176 225 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Boston 4, New Jersey 2 Minnesota 6, N.Y. Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 5, Dallas 1 Carolina 3, Columbus 1 Montreal 6, Colorado 3 N.Y. Rangers 8, Ottawa 4 Detroit 3, Toronto 2 Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2, OT Calgary 3, Buffalo 1 Edmonton 5, Nashville 1 Washington 3, Anaheim 2 Florida 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Toronto, 3 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 4 p.m. Colorado at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland Tampa Bay Seattle Baltimore Detroit Oakland New York Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota Chicago Boston Houston Toronto Texas

W L Pct 15 4 .789 12 4 .750 14 5 .737 10 6 .625 11 8 .579 10 8 .556 11 9 .550 9 8 .529 9 10 .474 7 8 .467 7 9 .438 8 11 .421 7 11 .389 7 11 .389 6 12 .333

NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 13 7 .650 Pittsburgh 10 7 .588 Arizona 11 9 .550 San Francisco 11 9 .550 Washington 10 9 .526 Colorado 9 10 .474 New York 9 10 .474 Chicago 10 12 .455 Cincinnati 9 12 .429 Milwaukee 9 12 .429 Atlanta 8 12 .400 St. Louis 6 9 .400 Los Angeles 6 10 .375 San Diego 6 11 .353 Philadelphia 5 12 .294 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 1 Detroit (ss) 18, Toronto 4 Miami 8, Houston 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Detroit (ss) 4 Milwaukee 9, Texas (ss) 3 Oakland 16, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 11, Minnesota 3 Texas (ss) 7, Chicago Cubs 6, 10 innings Cleveland 12, San Francisco 11 Seattle 5, San Diego 5, tie

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Adam Miller to a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reassigned LHP Clay Rapada and C John Hester to minor league camp. NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned Cs Francisco Arcia and Pete O’Brien, OFs Tyler Austin and Mason Williams, INFs Corban Joseph and Jose Pirela and RHPs Bruce Billings Robert Coello, Brian Gordon, Mark Montgomery and Chase Whitley to minor league camp. SEATTLE MARINERS — Reassigned OF Cole Gillespie to minor league camp. National League NEW YORK METS — Reassigned RHPs Noah Syndergaard and Rafael Montero to minor league camp. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned LHP Edwin Escobar to Fresno (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS — Named Phil Jackson president and signed him to a five-year contract. Announced president and general manager Steve Mills will remain as general manager. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed F Royce White to a second 10-day contract. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed F Drew Gooden for the remainder of the season. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with CB Javier Arenas. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed S Roman Harper to a twoyear contract. CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with DL Israel Idonije and Ss Danny McCray and Craig Steltz on one-year contracts. Terminated the contract of WR Earl Bennett. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Andrew Hawkins to a

four-year contract. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed NT Jerrell Powe. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed PK Carson Wiggs. Released G Zach Allen. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Tandon Doss. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed WR Julian Edelman. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with FB Erik Lorig on a four-year contract. Re-signed WR Joseph Morgan to a one-year contract. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR/KR Trindon Holliday and WR Mario Manningham. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LS Jeremy Cain. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed S Brandon Meriweather. HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Signed D Brett Kulak to a three-year, entrylevel contract. DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Jordin Tootoo to Grand Rapids (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Tim Sestito from Albany (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned F Josh Nicholls from Hartford (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL). PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned F Andy Miele to Portland (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE REIGN — Traded D Niki Cross to Washington for a 2015 second-round draft pick. COLLEGE AUBURN — Named Bruce Pearl men’s basketball coach. BOSTON COLLEGE — Fired men’s basketball coach Steve Donahue. CATAWBA — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Jim Baker. KANSAS STATE — Named Jeff Mittle women’s basketball coach and agreed to terms with him on a five-year contract. MONTANA STATE — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Brad Huse. ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Brian Henderson. ST. CLOUD STATE — Named Chris Mussman co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. WASHINGTON STATE — Fired men’s basketball coach Ken Bone.

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told the girls before the game to put a lot of pressure on the 3-point line and I thought we did a great job screening them off and getting a lot of open looks. “We knew they were a dangerous team, but it’s nice to play a team having played them before, and we knew how to defend against them.” Nikolaevsk stepped up the defensive pressure, and from there, Alak never scored again. Nikolaevsk also converted seven of eight free throws to ice the game. “Oh yeah, we’ve practiced our free throws, so it helps,” Kalugin said. “That’s the difference between Saturday and today,” coach Klaich added. CIA girls 45, Scammon Bay 39 The Eagles had to scramble to hold off a late rally by Scammon Bay to earn their way into the consolation final, getting 22 points from senior Nicole Moffis. Madison Orth added 13 points, including the tying layup and the go-ahead free throw in the final minutes. “We just needed a basket quick, and I was just trying to stay calm and move the ball around,” Orth said. “I ended up getting a shot inside, and taking it up, because if you don’t, you don’t know if you’ll get another chance.” The Eagles started sluggishly, as Scammon Bay staked out a 14-6 lead in the first quarter

by hitting four 3-pointers. “I think we started slow because of our defensive rotations,” Hitchcock said. “I let them have it in the sense that I said we have to simply rotate better. You can’t be reactive, you have to be proactive, and they did it, and when that happened, (Scammon) stopped getting open shots.” Luckily, Orth zeroed in on a running long range 3-point shot before the buzzer sounded to end the first quarter, which apparently was the momentum that CIA needed. It helped spur a long 27-4 run that lasted until the final two minutes of the third quarter, at which point CIA had built up a 33-18 lead at the 2:34 mark of the quarter. “Madison hitting that running 3-pointer in the first quarter was great,” Hitchcock said. However, Scammon Bay began to fight back, and as fickle as momentum is in the sport of basketball, it was seemingly Scammon’s game. Mariah Charlie hit three treys in the fourth quarter to lead her team back to a onepoint deficit, getting to 37-36 on a transition 3 with 2:26 left in the game. On the next Scammon Bay possession, Charlie found some open space on the line, received the assist and hit a go-ahead trey with 1:47 left that had the home crowd going wild. Fortunately for CIA, after a timeout was taken, Orth wiggled her way through the paint and hit a tying layup with 1:21 left that knotted the game up at 39 apiece. “The three captains have really stepped up for us,” Hitchcock said, referring to Orth, Moffis and Ashleigh Hammond.

“Especially Madison and Ashleigh have stepped up in the last few games here for us, and have really turned into leaders on the team, and not just by name.” Orth was fouled with 47 seconds left in the game and hit the game-winning free throw. With 28 ticks left, Moffis was fouled and hit one of two from the line, and CIA grabbed the rebound. Moffis went to the line again on a foul, and put the game out of reach at 43-39 by hitting both free throws. In preparation for Wednesday’s matchup with Nikolaevsk, Orth said the team will be excited to face the Warriors for a fifth time this season. “I think it’ll be good for our team,” she said. “We’ve been neck and neck with them all year, except for the one at the end.” Tuesday girls Warriors 46, Huskies 36 Nikolaevsk Alak

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NIKOLAEVSK (46) — Ki. Klaich 0 3-4 3, Kr. Klaich 0 0-0 0, Fefelov 0 0-0 0, So. Kalugin 8 3-4 19, Stafford 1 0-0 2, Se. Kalugin 2 3-7 7, Dorvall 7 1-2 15, Hickman 0 0-2 0. Totals 18 10-19 46. ALAK (36) — Akpik 1 1-2 4, Ahvakana 0 0-0 0, Nayakik 3 0-0 7, Ekak 0 0-0 0, Ahmaogak 0 0-0 0, Nashookpuk 5 2-3 13, Kippi 0 0-0 0, Aguvluk 3 0-0 7, Panik 2 0-0 5. Totals 14 3-5 36. 3-point field goals — Nikolaevsk 0; Alak 5 (Akpik 1, Nayakik 1, Nashookpuk 1, Aguvluk 1, Panik 1). Team fouls — Nikolaevsk 9; Alak 17. Eagles 45, Huskies 39 Cook Inlet 9 Scammon Bay 14

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CIA (45) — Moffis 7 5-7 22, Hills 1 0-0 2, Brush 1 0-0 3, Lyons 0 0-0 0, Hammond 1 3-4 5, McGahan 0 0-0 0, Orth 3 6-8 13. Totals 13 14-19 45. SCAMMON BAY (39) — K. Charlie 4 0-0 9, K. Charlie 1 0-0 3, Yunak 1 1-2 3, George 0 0-0 0, Naratak 0 0-0 0, M. Charlie 5 0-0 13, Ulak 1 0-0 3, Simon 3 0-0 8. Totals 15 1-2 39. 3-point field goals — CIA 5 (Moffis 3, Brush 1, Orth 1); Scammon Bay 8 (M. Charlie 3, Simon 2, Ulak 1, K. Charlie 1, K. Charlie 1). Team fouls — CIA 6; Scammon Bay 14.

Jackson joins Knicks BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

NEW YORK — Phil Jackson is back in New York, providing the Knicks stability, championship-building ideas and a link to the franchise’s best days. Now they need him to get some good players. Jackson was introduced Tuesday as team president of the Knicks, in the midst of another difficult season and with no easy path to a quick fix. But Jackson has won here before, done plenty of it since and says a couple of years off have left him ready to take on what might be his toughest challenge, turning this dysfunctional franchise into a champion again. “It would be a capstone on the remarkable career that I’ve had,” Jackson said. Jackson was a member of the Knicks’ title teams in 1970 and

1973, and they haven’t won since. He went on to win 11 championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. This will be his first time as an executive and the Knicks say he will be in charge of all basketball decisions. Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan said he “willingly and gratefully” is stepping back to give Jackson the power to make the changes. “Phil has a vision for the Knicks that I know will put us on the path for success,” Dolan said. Steve Mills will remain general manager. “I think that we have a teamwork situation here that’s going to be really quite swift and capable of making some important changes as we move forward,” Jackson said. The Knicks announced the hiring in the lobby of Madison Square Garden, with a gi-

ant “Welcome Home Phil” sign overhead and racks of his old No. 18 jersey on sale. He signed a five-year contract that reportedly will pay at least $12 million annually. After living in California for many years, Jackson said he would spend significant time in New York, starting with Wednesday’s game against Indiana. He’s got big decisions coming up involving Carmelo Anthony and coach Mike Woodson. It’s the second reorganization in six months for the Knicks, who fired GM Glen Grunwald days before the start of training camp. Mills replaced him even though he had no previous experience running the basketball side. The deal began to take shape at a holiday party hosted by a mutual friend of Jackson and Dolan. Though Jackson quickly declined interest in coaching, they agreed to keep talking.

Albany, NC State get wins By The Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio — T.J. Warren scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half on Tuesday night, showing why he was the ACC’s player of the year, and North Carolina State led most of the way in a 74-59 victory over Xavier in the NCAA tournament’s First Four. N.C. State (22-12) didn’t have much time to celebrate. The 12th-seeded Wolfpack headed to Orlando, Fla., for a game on Thursday against St. Louis in the Midwest Regional. Warren had the most to do with it. The sensational sophomore made up for a freshman tournament flop on the same floor a year earlier, preventing Xavier (21-14) from getting any traction in the second half. ALBANY 71, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 64

DAYTON, Ohio — D.J. Evans scored 22 points, including two clinching free throws with 12.6 seconds left, to lead Albany to its first NCAA tournament victory. The Great Danes (19-14) advance to meet overall No. 1 seed and top-ranked Florida on Thursday in Orlando. It was a wild game of incredible turnarounds, with the Great Danes bolting to leads of 13-0 and 21-2, only to have The Mount (16-17) bounce back with a 21-2 run of its own to pull even. C

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American Center for Law and Justice, which deals with the separation of church and state issues. Because the primary effect of the cross is a soldier grave marker, he said they ruled there was nothing unconstitutional and it was acceptable on public property. Hundreds of thousands of graves are marked with a cross all over the country, he said. Despite the concerns raised from council, he said he hasn’t heard any complaints about his monument. “Not to be an eccentric

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The academy is held in a classroom at the college each year and guides are given the option of staying on-campus. “Up until probably a year ago, (it) was mostly a focus on motorized (boats) and kings,” Turner said. “Of course, they did other fishing, there were middle and upper river drift boat guides that also came through but probably 70 percent or more were motorkings.” Turner said the last two classes seemed to be full of guides who planned to guide for sockeye or trout and kings if they were available. “They want to expand their resume because the industry is being restricted because of run strength, Turner said.

In late February ADFG announced a preseason closure of fishing for early run Kenai river king salmon citing a preseason forecast that was less than half of what managers needed to reach the lower end of their escapement goal. The struggling king salmon runs were a topic of conversation after several sessions. Jake Kooly and Layton Banlier, both of Soldotna, said they would not be guiding for king salmon during the 2014 season. “Everybody knows how far

artist but I believe it has the right to be there,” he said. “It’s not like I built a 12-foot cross. It is obvious what it is.” Hammond said he will attend the council meeting but doesn’t plan to speak unless any council members have a question for him. During the whole process, he said he invited the two council members who raised the issue to talk with him but he has not heard from them. “They would rather have the issue go away, but I refuse,” he said. “If we don’t deal with it now, sooner or later the community will have to make a decision. Let the chips fall where they may I am prepared to fight for it.”

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with liquids from food waste and some suspended solids and organics. “It isn’t really nasty stuff,” Maryott said.“... Typically what’s really bad about leachate is its BOD — biological oxygen demand.” He said if leachate is, for example, dumped into a local water receiver, it would use up the oxygen in the water. CPL began collecting leachate in 2005 when regulations required the landfill to be expanded and lined. Maryott said the cells — where garbage is dumped look like big tubs. The gathered liquid is pumped up from the bottom of the cell into CPL’s about down it has gone,” Kooly said. 750,000 gallon capacity lagoon “If there’s another industry or 250,000 gallon capacity tank that’s going to boom, it’d be the sockeyes. It’s the only thing left,” Kooly said. The requirements were broBanlier, who said he would ken into a tiered system; guides be joining his father’s guide who had been on the river for business Alaska Fishing and fewer than six years had to Lodging, said the family would complete the course by May not be guiding for king salmon 2008, fewer than 11 by 2009 next season. and 11 years or more by 2011. “Last year there were a Any new guides had to take the whole bunch of cancellations, course before they could get a so we just really didn’t want to permit. deal with it this year,” he said. Pamela Russell, Alaska State The decline in king fishing Parks permitting officer said she opportunity did not stop ei- had not started seeing any of the ther from wanting to become a newly minted guide graduates guide. yet; however, typically license Kooly, 18, said he’s been applications do not pick up until around the Kenai River his en- late spring. tire life. “The Kenai River ones, the This year, Kooly said, his guides come in and see me, or boss at Soldotna-based Trust- most of them do. They start pickworthy Hardware decided to ing up end of April, May is really hire him as a sockeye salmon big. I don’t know how much that fishing guide. may change with the king salmon “I’ve just loved fishing my restrictions,” Russell said. whole life and I thought it was The permits are costly, $750 a career and a good opportunity for residents and $1,650 for nonfor me, that’s why I took it,” residents annually. Kooly said. “In the winter time, “That’s kind of just the tip of I work for Trustworthy and in the iceberg for those licenses. the summer time, I’ll just work They need an Alaska Department at the guide service.” of Fish and Game guide license, The guide academy class First Aid, there’s a lot of steps to makeup has trended toward be completed,” Russell said. younger guides and those who Turner said the guide acadehave no experience on the Ke- my had successfully graduated nai River in recent years as the 629 guides — though less than course cycled through its time- half of that are currently guidline of requiring all Kenai River ing on the Kenai River. guides to be certified.

to be managed. CPL is currently made up of five cells. Cell one, which is 9.3 acres large is currently the only cell in use, but the landfill is preparing to use cell two. For every inch of rain, the cell produces about 23,000 gallons of leachate per acre, Maryott said. Before the evaporator, CPL was recirculating its leachate into its waste mass as allowed by its research, development and demonstration permit from the state. CPL’s backup option for off site disposal was the City of Kenai Waste Water Treatment Plant, however there came a point when the plant couldn’t manage the landfill’s leachate, Maryott said. “We realized we were going to have to come up with a longterm leachate management solution other than just recalculating it,” Maryott said. So, in fiscal year 2012 the

Kenai Peninsula Borough funded a leachate study, which considered five leachate management options: n thermal evaporation; n pre-treatment and haul to the City of Kenai Waste Water Treatment Plant; n pre-treatment and discharge into an engineered wetland; n full-treatment and discharge into the Kenai River; n haul to the Anchorage Waste Water Utility. He said hauling it to the Kenai River would never happen. CPL tried to work out a temporary solution with Anchorage, but were refused. Maryott said the unit is used around the country and has proven to be reliable and is used in fracking operations for leachate management as well. Alaska-based companies were hired to work on the project, which consists of three phas-

es — ground preparation and foundation lay down, unit assembly and building a structure around the unit. For now the unit will run on natural gas, but eventually Maryott said CPL will run the machine on landfill gas, which, he said could take three to five years to set up. Maryott said the unit won’t be run everyday, and how often it runs will depend on the amount of precipitation the landfill gets and how much leachate is created. The evaporator is sized to last the lifetime of the landfill, which is about 25 years for the five permitted cells and serves 98 percent of the borough. The total project cost totaled about $3.7 million. The state funded about $3.4 and the borough funded $300,000. “I’m in favor of spending money to protect the environment and citizens,” Maryott said.

According to state parks data the number of guides registered to fish on the Kenai has been in steady decline since 2007 when it peaked at 396 guides before dropping to 284 during the 2013 fishing season. Gary Chamberlain, owner of Great Totem Charters in Sterling, said he saw several younger faces in the class. “These guys are kind of new and fresh and most of them haven’t really done hardly anything on the river,” Chamberlain said. “Most of them, I think, from what I’ve heard and when they talk to me afterward, they really enjoy hearing a lot of stuff from — I guess you’d call it older and more experienced guides.” The shift in age is bittersweet for Chamberlain. “I feel some of them probably won’t be around too long,” he said. “We get a lot of, like those younger kids — one is in high school, a couple of them just graduated. Most of the, that I’ve seen, I think they’re here to try and make a little bit of money for college. For a young guy in this day and age, I don’t see a real big future. Some of us ... we’re too old to try and do something else. These younger ones, they have more opportu-

nities to try and go up and get a better future or education.” Some guides, like Ard Stetts, owner and guide at Life on the Line, said they could see a future in fishing for something other than kings on the Kenai River. Stetts said he was getting certified for multiple reasons. Stetts said he specializes in fly and spey fishing and primarily fishes in the Yentna drainage, an area that flows into the Susitna River, and the Skwentna drainage, which sits in the southwest corner of the Matanuska-Susitna borough. There, he can fish for days without seeing anyone else, Stetts said. But, as the area floods, it becomes harder to fish. “I wanted like a safety valve, a fail-safe thing,” Stetts said. “I probably won’t use it because of all the (regulations).” The complexity of regulations on the Kenai River was something of a running joke during some of the sessions. Stetts said reading through the Kenai River regulations required a translator — or the ability to pick up a new language. On the Kenai River, Stetts said, seeing Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials was nervewracking.

“When you see (Fish and Game) coming down here, it’s like you’re seeing red and blue lights in your rearview mirror and you’ve got 20 pounds of high grade pot in your trunk,” he said. “You have to be paranoid.” Rob Barto, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officer taught a class that involved several scenarios that guides could be confronted with on the river. Barto said the class was designed to help guides understand the complex rules and regulations on the river and how to act professionally in some situations on the river that could provoke confrontation. “Any time you can get the young guides with the old guides and hopefully they can talk a little bit, things get better,” he said. The large class size did not surprise Barto, who said the Kenai River was a special place. “There’s going to be some skinny times, so to speak, for the next five to six years. But it’s going to rebound and the folks who want to fish in the future want to do it right. I thought there’d be more, frankly.” The next guide academy is scheduled to begin April 28; however, all 25 spots have been reserved and a waitlist is in place.

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For Vegans (and others) Some More Quick-Fix Dishes Fans of 2011’s “Quick-Fix Vegan: Healthy, Homestyle Meals in 30 Minutes or Less,” by best-selling author/chef Robin Robertson, will be delighted to know that Robertson’s newly-released “More Quick-Fix Vegan: Simple, Delicious Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less” is bursting with the same kind of wholesome, flavor-packed “fast food” recipes that made “Quick-Fix Vegan” so successful. This allnew collection of diverse recipes, many of them ethnically inspired, makes it easy to find a wide-range of vegan dishes that include starters, soups and salads, as well as sandwiches, entrées, desserts and more. There’s also a chapter on “Big Bowls,” one of Robertson’s favorites, that is comprised of complete, balanced recipes for one-dish meals, such as “Sweet Potato Barbecue Bowls” crafted, of course, to

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be eaten in a big bowl. If you are not vegan, but cooking for someone who is, you’ll especially find the introductory chapter on the basics – and beyond – invaluable. Longtime vegans, always on the hunt for fresh, innovative vegan dishes, will devour Robertson’s timesaving recipes, as will those new to the lifestyle. While vegetarians are classified as a group who do not eat meat,

vegans observe the strictest of rules by not consuming any animal products, such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, as well as some other foods, like honey. Besides reasons relating to health, others choose to be vegan due, in part, to religious, moral and ethical issues, such as those surrounding animal rights and the environment. Look for Robertson’s cookbooks wherever books on cooking are sold, via on-line sources such as www. amazon.com and by visiting the author’s website at www. robinrobertson.com, where more delicious vegan recipes can be found. Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be reached at kitchenade@yahoo.com. Longtime vegans, as well as those new to the lifestyle – either by choice or necessity – will devour the delicious recipes found in Robin Robertson’s “Quick-Fix Vegan” and the just-released “More Quick-Fix Vegan.” Photo credit: “Quick-Fix Vegan”: cover design by Tim Lynch, photo by StockFood/McKenna Photography; “More Quick-Fix Vegan”: cover design by Diane Marsh, photo by ©the food passionates/Corbis, with permission of the publisher Andrews McMeel, LLC.

Sweet Potato Barbecue Bowls From “More Quick-Fix Vegan: Simple, Delicious Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less,” by Robin Robertson, www.robinrobertson.com/Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC www.andrewsmcmeel.com.

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Robin Robinson’s Sweet Potato Barbecue Bowls contains nutrient-rich ingredients such as sweet potatoes, spinach as well as pinto beans. “Sweet potatoes and pinto beans team up with a smoky barbecue sauce in this lip-smacking bowl of goodness. Use the shredding disk on your food processor to make short work of shredding the sweet potatoes.” – Robin Robertson, author “More Quick-Fix Vegan”

1 tablespoon olive oil or ¼ cup water ½ small red onion, minced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 large or 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and coarsely shredded 1½ cups home-cooked pinto beans, or 1 (15.5-ounce) can, drained and rinsed 2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo, minced 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 3 / cup ketchup 1 tablespoon yellow mustard 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup 1 tablespoon tamari soy sauce 2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon liquid smoke ½ teaspoon smoked paprika Salt and freshly ground black pepper

½ cup water 4 cups chopped fresh spinach or baby kale Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sweet potato, cover, and cook until softened, about 7 minutes, or until tender. Stir in the pinto beans, chipotle chiles, tomato paste, ketchup, mustard, maple syrup, tamari, chili powder, liquid smoke, paprika, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir in as much of the water as needed to make a smooth sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, to heat through and blend the flavors, about 5 minutes. Stir in the spinach and cook for a few minutes until wilted. To serve, divide the mixture evenly among serving bowls. Serves 4.

Chickpeas Niçoise From “More Quick-Fix Vegan: Simple, Delicious Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less,” by Robin Robertson, www.robinrobertson. com/Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC www.andrewsmcmeel.com. 1 pound small red potatoes, quartered or sliced ¼ inch thick 6 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 scallions, minced Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1½ cups home-cooked chickpeas, or 1 (15.5-ounce) can, drained and rinsed 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2 tablespoons kalamata or Niçoise ol-

ives, pitted and halved 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 2 tablespoons minced fresh Italian parsley 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil Steam the potatoes for 5 minutes in a steamer over boiling water, then add the green beans and steam until both are just tender, about 5 minutes longer. Run the vegetables under cold water to stop the cooking process, and set aside. Heat the

oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and scallions and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add the potatoes and green beans, season with salt and pepper to taste, and sauté for 2 minutes. Add the chickpeas, tomatoes and olives and heat through, about 2 minutes longer. Drizzle on the vinegar and add the parsley and basil. Toss gently to combine and serve. Serves 4.

Right, “Elements of the classic Niçoise salad join forces with tasty chickpeas in this savory sauté. It’s a delicious one-dish meal on its own, but I can’t help serving it with some toasted French bread.” – Robin Robertson, author, “More Quick-Fix Vegan.” Photo credit: Zsu Dever

Banh-Mi Noodles From “More Quick-Fix Vegan: Simple, Delicious Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less,” by Robin Robertson, www.robinrobertson.com/Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC www.andrewsmcmeel.com.

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8 ounces rice noodles or linguine 2 large carrots, coarsely shredded 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped 1 3 / cup chopped scallions 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger 1 3 / cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil 2 teaspoons natural sugar 1 tablespoon neutral vegetable oil 8 ounces extra-firm tofu, drained and cut into thin strips 1 3 / cup hoisin sauce 3 tablespoons tamari soy sauce 3 tablespoons water 1 to 2 teaspoons sriracha sauce 3 to 4 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts

Cook the noodles according to the package directions. Drain well and return to the pot. Add the carrots, cucumber, scallions, ginger, cilantro, vinegar, sesame oil and sugar. Toss to combine and set aside. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the tofu and stir-fry quickly to brown it on all sides. In a small bowl, combine the hoisin, tamari, water and sriracha, stirring to blend. Pour the sauce mixture onto the tofu and stir-fry for 2 minutes longer. Add the cooked noodle mixture to the tofu mixture and stir-fry until heated through, about 2 minutes longer. Serve hot, sprinkled with the peanuts. Serves 4.

“Banh-mi, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: So far, I’ve made you as the traditional sandwich, a deconstructed salad and even a pizza. Here, all the flavors of my favorite sandwich are tossed with noodles. Win-win!” – Robin Robertson, author “More Quick-Fix Vegan.” Photo credit: Zsu Dever C

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

About living on the farm Northern Colorado 1937 To 1955 As I said before - I owe my interest in cooking and sewing to my Mom. And my interest in quilting and bread making to my Grandma Freda Cogswell I didn’t want to take Home Ec in High School because I learned how to cook and sew from my Mom and I told her I already knew how. .My Mom said “No, you don’t!” And I didn’t!! Grandma made my clothes when I was little and in first and second grade. Then for some reason Mom took over the sewing and I benefited from cute and different dresses and skirts and blouses that mom made me off and on through grade school. She continued to make a few cloths on into my high school years. My very favorite was a brown and yellow gathered skirt she made and a white blouse that she bought. She hand sewed the same material from the skirt onto the collar of the blouse. She finally told me to stop wearing it. It had to be ironed every week. My first attempt at making a dress was at Timnath High School under the eyes of Mrs Burke. It was a turquoise waffle-weave cotton dress with a huge circular skirt, a big collar and I bought a wide black belt to go with it. It had to be perfect to get a good grade and I worked and worked on it. The hem had to be done by hand and it had to be straight and perfect! I am sure it was at least a mile around because I had to rip out the circular hem at least three times because Mrs. Burke said it was even, as she examined almost every hand sewn stitch. (I would take it home, rip out the handsewn hem that I have worked so hard at and then sewed through to 10pm before Dad made us go to bed, to get the dress hem straight. I finally got it right and received a good grade. I wore it until my mother told me to stop wearing “that dress.” It had to be ironed, maybe another reason she told me to stop wearing

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and Grandpa came to visit! So I learned to put lipstick on in the bus and wipe it off before I got off the bus. I sat on my hand a lot when Dad or Grandpa or Grandma were around - to hide the finger nail polish!! Then there was a class about different types of material, color combinations, color wheel, and how to match different colors. Well, I love ALL bright colors and I almost flunked that class. She told me I was part gypsy as I loved red, orange and yellow. She told me that yellow made me look sick and orange made me look pale and red did not become me at all. So I switched to turquoise and black. That made her feel better but was not exactly on the “color wheel.” I still wear a lot of red and if I had to pick a color in the whole world I would pick yellow because it looks like a happy color to me. Just look at all the yellow flowers, especially the sunflowers! I hope you all had a Happy St. Patrick’s Day, my Dads favorite holiday. We had to wear green or get pinched and he pinched hard. We had corned beef and cabbage for supper with Moms biscuits or great homemade bread. I wanted to put green food coloring in her nice homemade bread batter and maybe put green in the milk we always drank at each meal. Mom drew the line on all that - NOT in her bread and NOT EVER in the milk! Included is a recipe that I make every St. Patrick’s Day, AND I did not have to cook corned beef and cabbage this year - My nice neighbor Cathy Fenton cooked it for us!! Thanks Cathy!!

“that dress.” Mrs. Burke also taught us how to set a “fine table”-using china, crystal glasses and silverware on perfectly ironed linen table clothes and how to fold linen napkins. ...but I already knew how to do that because I had learned from my mother. I got an excellent grade in that class! The next Home Ec class with Mrs. Burke as teacher, was a dinner prepared and served to, I think, the Senior class. I do not remember much about this - except that I was in charged of making bread or cookies - and I already knew how to do that. But I do remember I got an “F” in that class. Seems some of my girl friends and I were doing the dishes - and I hauled off and did what my Dad did quite often in Moms kitchen - I twisted a wet dish towel around and around and aimed at on of my class mates behind and “popped” her with the wet dish towel. She let out a yell! I got the “F” for that semester. Makes me smile now, but I sure was hurt at the time for the strictness and no nonsense of Mrs Burke. The next Home Ec lesson was taking care of your skin Please do not forget the less and finger nails. I loved polish- fortunate in the world especialing every ones finger nails. I was ly those suffering from cancer. forbidden to wear nail polish or lipstick at home so I thought I May God grant you always was so important when I came A sunbeam to warm you home with “all that junk” on my A moonbeam to charm you. face, lips and finger nails. Mom A sheltering Angel so disapproved intensely and told Nothing can harm you. me to go wash my face before Laughter to cheer you, Dad came in from work or what And whenever you pray if “for heavens sake” Grandma Heaven to hear you

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

Cookbooks make great gifts!

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

IRISH FRECKLE BREAD I love making this bread. This story and recipe appeared in 1967 in the Family Circle’s Editors column written by Susan Unqaro. She said she was told that the freckle on her face were kisses from God. 1 small potato, peeled and cut into 16 pieces 1 cup of water 1 cup dried currents or raisins or I use Craisins 2 tablespoon dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water to dissolve yeast in 2 eggs- beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter melted about 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon mace or nutmeg. Cook potato in 1 cup of water until potato is tender. Leave potato in water and mash. Measure mashed potato to make 1 cup. Add more water if needed to make 1 cup. Return to the pan you cooked potato in and stir in currents or raisins. Set aside. (I used 1 cup of instant potatoes for this, using the directions on the side of the box.) In a separate bowl sprinkle yeast and a pinch of sugar over 1/2 cup warm water and let stand 5 minutes until foamy.

Note: I adapted this to a bread machine when I used a bread machine! Put yeast, potato mixture in bread machine. Add rest of ingredients. Select knead only button and let knead, remove, bake in two 8 inch pie or cake pans in oven at 370° for 35 minutes. By Hand: Beat 2 eggs and add to 1/2 cup of sugar, melted butter, mace or nutmeg and salt. Add ingredients to yeast potato mixture. Mix well and add two cups of flour. The dough should be soft but not sticky - sometimes more flour - 2 to 3 tablespoons at a time is normal for this. Knead and place in warm buttered bowl and let rise until double about 45 minutes. Take out and make two round loaves and place in two 8 inch buttered cake or pie pans. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Cover and let rise for 25 minutes. Bake in hot oven at 375° for 35 minutes. Enjoy for breakfast, snacks or served with canned peaches.

IRISH APPLE CAKE WITH CUSTARD SAUCE From my niece Jill Oster Jamison who lives Colorado with husband Bobby In a large bowl: 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 each teaspoon of cloves and nutmeg 6 oz butter Mix dry ingredients and cut in butter to resemble crumbs. Add: 3/4 cups sugar and mix in Add 4 large peeled Granny Smith Apples,

cut in 1/4 pieces and then in thirds. Toss and set aside: Add 2 eggs mixed into 1/4 cup milk Add to dry apple mixture and stir until just mixed. Transfer to buttered spring form pan and flatten top with spatula. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375° for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool and take from springform pan. Slice and serve with the custard sauce.

CUSTARD SAUCE 6 large egg yolks 6 tablespoons sugar 2 cups milk 1/ 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Mix egg yolks with sugar and mix well. Heat milk and temper the egg yolks with 1 to 2 tablespoons of hot milk mixed in and then transfer to the hot milk - stirring constantly until thick. Add Vanilla.

Serve warm over large slices of apple cake. Note: Easy way for custard. 1 small pkg instant Vanilla or lemon pudding. Add 2 1/2 cups milk and mix well. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and serve cold over cake. Custard will be slightly thin.

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Trust in relationship involves more than knowing passwords phone exposed and vulnerable to checking.

DEAR ABBY: I was engaged to my ex-girlfriend for three years. We broke up more than a year ago — DEAR ABBY: I’m 39 her choice. We reconciled briefly, but are now broken and have been married for 12 up for good, and she’s dating someone else. years. My wife is 35. When My question is about the engagement ring. It didn’t we first got together, my wife bother me that she kept it until recently. Should I ask did not want to have kids right for the ring back or let it go? If you think I should ask away. She said maybe after I for it, should I do it face-to-face or through some other graduated from college, or messaging? perhaps we could adopt. It — MOVING ON IN KENTUCKY took more time because of DEAR MOVING ON: When your ex-girlfriend some surgeries, but I have Abigail Van Buren broke the engagement, she should have returned the graduated now and I want to engagement ring. That she didn’t indicates she is eistart a family. ther ignorant regarding the rules of etiquette, or that She now says she thought I was kidding when we she plans to keep it regardless of what the custom is. were talking about it all those years ago, and that I (If it’s the latter, you’re fortunate to be rid of her.) knew she never wanted kids. I am at a loss. I love this I do NOT recommend asking for the ring via text woman, but I do want children, or to adopt a baby if or a phone call out of the blue. Your chances might that’s not possible — but she says she’s unwilling to do be better if you ask in person. I wish you luck! either. What am I to do? — WANTS TO BE A DAD IN CHARLOTTE, N.C. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also DEAR WANTS TO BE A DAD: You either ac- known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her cept that you will be childless, or talk to an attorney mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. about divorcing a woman who appears to have de- DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ceived you. How sad! 90069.

Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars

Rubes

Tonight: Go along with someone’s request. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Your feelings in the morning could change once you understand the depth of dealing with an older relative or a boss. Your carefree approach might bring less-thandesired results, which will require a push for change. Tonight: Incorporate a stress-reducing activity. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might have felt as if you wanted to retreat and start a project or interaction all over again. With a touch of imagination, you might find it unnecessary to go back to square one. Use your intuitive sense to open a door. Tonight: A loved one invites you into his or her world. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You are on top of your game. You know where you are heading and why. Communication will seem to dull in comparison to your creative thoughts. You’ll see possibilities where you previously might have thought there were none. Look to the long term. Tonight: At home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Take a careful look at a financial matter, and know that you might need to get input from others. You could have one idea that seems very good, but you still need feedback. Others’ suggestions can only help. Be open to conversation. Tonight: Hang out. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH Hopefully you have maximized the past few days. Be willing to look at what all the recent activity means to you. An investment might go beyond being financial — it also could be emotional. A partner will be intrusive in some sense. Tonight: Make it your treat!

By Leigh Rubin

Ziggy

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Listen to feedback, and understand what is happening behind the scenes. You might have had a quick glance, and now you have to look toward integrating some of this knowledge. Others will respond to you in a positive, caring manner. Tonight: Beam in more of what you want. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHHYou could be off-kilter today. Understand what is happening with an investment, as vagueness seems to surround the issue. A partnership is likely to increase in importance to you. This person has many moneymaking ideas. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHYou barely can deal with someone and his or her many needs. You could find it difficult to complete a personal matter because of the intervention of others. Perhaps you need to establish boundaries more seriously, as others might not be hearing you. Tonight: In the moment. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Follow your instincts when dealing with a personal matter. Think in terms of getting together with a loved one. You will have an opportunity to catch up on news while also getting meaningful feedback. Tonight: Stop at the gym or get exercise some other way. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHA conversation keeps echoing in your mind. Detach from the small story or the minor details. Look at the implications involved. Thoughts are nice, but actions count — no matter what you do or with whom. Tonight: Wherever you are, make sure there is music.

A good, clean apple Dear Heloise: Every morning, I enjoy reading your hints in the Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph. I have a question about how to wash my apples. The skin has a waxy feel on the outside. Someone told me to just peel them, but that takes time and is messy. I sure would like to have a good, clean apple! — Carolyn S. in Texas You can get one very easily while preserving the skin, which contains fiber and some nutrients. You can run it under water, rubbing with your hands or a paper towel, or use a vegetable brush. The Food and Drug Administration does not recommend using any detergents or soaps. Did you know that apples make their own natural wax coating? Most of that natural wax is removed when the apples are harvested and washed. An approved (safe to eat) wax is then applied before apples are sold. This wax keeps moisture in and prolongs the shelf life. But mainly, most people just prefer the look of a nice, shiny apple! — Heloise Mayo vs. Dressing Dear Readers: In Heloise Central, we were talking about mayonnaise and salad dressing spread, and we started wondering if they are the same, but if not, what is the difference? Here is what we found: They are similar, but not the same thing. Mayonnaise is thicker and is made of oil, egg and vinegar. To be labeled as “mayonnaise,” it must have at least 65 percent oil by weight. Salad dressing spread is not as thick, is made with less oil and has added spices (like paprika), which makes it sweeter-tasting. What you prefer often comes down to which was used in the household when you were growing up.

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By Tom Wilson

By Dave Green

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

8 5 7 6 1 2 3 9 4

6 2 9 5 4 3 8 1 7

4 1 3 9 7 8 2 6 5

1 7 2 4 9 6 5 3 8

5 6 4 3 8 1 7 2 9

9 3 8 2 5 7 6 4 1

3 9 5 8 6 4 1 7 2

2 8 1 7 3 9 4 5 6

Difficulty Level

7 4 6 1 2 5 9 8 3

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A baby born today has a Sun in Pisces and a Moon in Libra if born before 5:13 a.m. (PST). Afterward, the Moon will be in Scorpio. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, March 19, 2014: This year you seek more depth and understanding. Your emotional creativity and intuition guide you when logic no longer can. You need to trust yourself and your sixth sense. Even when you don’t see a solution, know that there is one. If you are single, romance could add to the heat of the coming summer. You actually might want to pinch yourself just to make sure that what you are experiencing is real. If you are attached, plan on taking a special trip or a second honeymoon, as it likely will have tremendous meaning to both of you. Trust in your bond. SCORPIO sees right through you, but chooses not to share what he or she perceives. 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 have a change of heart about an important matter after an open and revealing conversation with a loved one. Your perceptions could change radically as a result. New beginnings bring the possibility of financial gain. Tonight: Hang out with a loved one. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Others might reveal far more than you realize in a conversation. Having a delayed reaction and/or a need to rethink and evaluate your ideas would be natural. If you do not have all the information, how can you make a sound decision?

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Previous Puzzles Answer Key

B.C.

Tundra

By Johnny Hart

Garfield

By Eugene Sheffer

Shoe

By Jim Davis

Take it from the Tinkersons

By Bill Bettwy

9 5 8

6 8 7 2

4 5 2

9 6 4 3 4 5 1 5 7 2 5 1 3 8 1 6

Difficulty Level

3/19

By Chad Carpenter

By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins

Mother Goose and Grimm

8 2 7 4 1 6

By Michael Peters

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DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship for two years. We gave each other our phone passwords as soon as we made it official to avoid keeping things from each other. One night I had a sudden urge to go through his phone. I had never done it before, and when I looked at his Facebook messages, I saw he had been exchanging inappropriate pictures with someone. I was shocked and angry, and it almost ended our relationship. He deleted and blocked this person, and I forgave him. We don’t talk about it anymore. I haven’t noticed any other red flags, but now, when he’s asleep or goes somewhere and leaves his phone at home, just looking at it upsets me. I’ll put a pillow or a blanket over it so I can “forget” it’s there. I don’t know if I should take another peek to make sure he’s staying on the straight and narrow, or if ignorance is bliss. What do you think? — UNSURE GUY IN TEXAS DEAR UNSURE GUY: Ignorance ISN’T bliss. Being able to trust the man you’re with is, and if it turns out you can’t, it’s better that you know sooner rather than later. It appears you still have some unresolved trust issues with him that need to be discussed. Between you and me, if he was trying to conceal something, he probably wouldn’t be leaving his

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