Peninsula Clarion, March 21, 2014 by Sound Publishing

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Friday-Saturday, March 21-22, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

BOF tweaks Cook Inlet crab proposals By MOLLY DISCHNER Alaska Journal of Commerce Morris News Service-Alaska

The state Board of Fisheries opted against creating additional opportunity to harvest tanner crabs in Cook Inlet Thursday, although it made other changes to existing crab fisheries in the area.

The board passed the other Cook Inlet proposals unanimously. One adjusts the Kachemak Bay tanner crab fishery season; now, crab fishing there will run from Sept. 1 to March 31. That’s meant to help protect soft shell crabs. Generally, new shell crabs harden by early fall, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game Man-

agement Biologist Jan Rumble. The tanner crab fishery in Cook Inlet has been closed in recent years, but the changes adjust regulations for the future when the stock is at a level that will allow for a harvest. The board discussed the fishery management changes at its triennial statewide king and tanner crab meeting, which is

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Alaska Energy Authority plans biomass projects

Kenai Peninsula Borough employees can now serve in elected positions on service area boards after the borough assembly passed an ordinance amending code Tuesday. The ordinance called for section one of KPB 4.30.060 to be changed from disallowing all elected officials of the borough to hold any other compensated borough office or job or state or federal elected position to only

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Energy Authority will be installing 14 biomass boiler projects this year, and six of those projects will share $20 million from the state’s Renewable Energy Fund. The six projects are located in Galena, Kake, Ketchikan, Haines, Minto, and Yakutat. Eight more boilers make up a second tier of the organization’s to-do list. “These projects have been in development for a number of years,” said AEA biomass project manager Devany Plentovich. Plentovich made the announcement Wednesday during a presentation to the state Board of Forestry on the increase of biomass energy use in the state and new Environmental Protection Agency proposals affecting Alaska’s biomass boilers. Biomass boilers are built to heat one or more buildings. They can be stoked with cord wood, wood chips or wood pellets and have become popular with the rise of heating oil prices.

A student pictured in a photograph in Thursday’s Clarion was misidentified. In a photo with a story on Cinderella’s Closet, Taryn McCubbins is shown examining a vintage style dress with volunteer Maureen Mokracek. The Clarion regrets the error.

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The other proposal changes the harvest strategy for a portion of the Kachemak Bay tanner crab fishery near Anchor Point and the Kamishak and Barren Islands, so that ADFG uses the three-year average stock abundance to determine whether to open the fishery, rather than the See CRABS, page A-5

disallowing borough assembly members for holding any such positions. Assembly member Sue McClure, who serves on the policies and procedures committee, asked for unanimous consent on the ordinance. Assembly member Wayne Ogle objected citing that he was concerned the change could lead to politicizing. While some boards have issues filling seats, Ogle said his Nikiski area boards are very acSee BOARD, page A-12

Veterans stand for war memorial By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

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being held in Anchorage this week. The date change was proposed by the Homer Advisory Committee, although the original proposal called for an Oct. 15 date. The Sept. 1 amendment was intended to still provide some fishing opportunity, while balancing concern about the stock.

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Local citizens filled the Kenai City Council Chambers beyond capacity Wednesday to show their emphatic support for a veterans memorial in Leif Hansen Memorial Park. Two additional rows of chairs were added to ensure seats for everyone in the room. While there has been no agenda item addressing the cross symbol on the veterans monument installed last summer, council members Ryan Marquis and Terry Bookey, who said they were following up on resident complaints, contacted city the administration and attorney to investigate the potential liability of having a religious symbol on city property. Scott Hamann, a Kenai resident, designer of the monument and owner of Metal Magic, said the monument pays respects to the soldiers of the Vietnam War who did not return home. On the base of the 12-foot monument is a scene with a soldier kneeling in front of a fallen soldiers cross. See CROSS, page A-12

Julien Harris, of Soldotna, carries his puppy Jazzy while his other puppy, Roscoe, runs alongside near the Old Cannery Road entrance to the beach just south of the mouth of the Kenai River Thursday in Kenai. Thursday’s vernal equinox — the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere — was marked by sunny weather and a 32 degree high temperature in Kenai.

Public forum offers further feedback for commuting kids By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The third draft of the City of Soldotna’s Safe Routes to Schools Walk Zone Inventory and Recommendations Draft was met with public support and lingering concerns, at a Wednesday meeting. At the meeting, Soldotna City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission members responded to and reiterated public hesitation over increasing traffic flow access points, which may actually create more problem areas for children commuting on bicycles. Clarion file photo Patrick Cotter, a representaIn this May 12, 2012 file photo bicycle riders participate in a tive of Fairbanks-based PDC group ride Saturday through Soldotna during bike safety day. Inc., Engineers, presented recThe event was an opportunity for youth and adults to learn ommendations and costs for poabout safe riding and to share a fun ride through town. See SAFE, page A-12 C

Bill could end high school exit exams MIKE COPPOCK Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — The House Finance Committee on Thursday moved a bill that would end the high school exit examination. House Bill 220, sponsored by Rep. Pete Higgins, R=Fairbanks, would scrap the secondary-student competency examination. The move would save the state $2.7 million. The bill had a deadline of June 30, 2017, for former students to request a high school diploma from a district if they had successfully completed all the school’s academic requirements for graduation but failed the exit examination. That deadline was eliminated through an amendment offered by Democratic Rep. Les Gara, who was concerned that not all former high school students would receive notice of the deadline.

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“Not every Alaskan reads every law we pass,” Gara said. Reps. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake, and Steve Thompson, R-Fairbanks, also said former Alaska high school students may be out of state or overseas and not receive word of the changes made in getting a high school diploma. The measure affects students from when the test was first administered in 2004 to the present. The current high school graduating class members “are graduating under current law, which means they will have to take the test or have already taken the test,” Education Commissioner Mike Hanley said. See EXAM, page A-5

A-2 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, March 21, 2014

AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 8/-10

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Length of Day - 12 hrs., 17 min., 50 sec. Moonrise Moonset Daylight gained - 5 min., 36 sec.

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Today 2:04 a.m. 9:49 a.m.

Kotzebue 11/-4/s 43/37/sn 42/36/c McGrath 27/-5/s 35/14/s 31/15/s Metlakatla 39/34/s 1/-9/pc 8/-10/s Nome 30/0/s 22/3/s 22/0/s North Pole 27/-11/s 44/35/c 41/29/sf Northway 21/-12/pc 42/20/sn 36/13/c Palmer 35/14/s 21/-4/pc 19/-4/s Petersburg 39/28/c 36/-15/s 25/-9/s Prudhoe Bay* 5/-13/pc 30/14/s 31/13/s Saint Paul 32/30/pc 38/35/sh 41/34/sf Seward 42/22/s 27/-10/s 19/-13/s Sitka 42/29/pc 16/-2/s 12/-27/s Skagway 43/34/s 29/6/pc 22/-9/c Talkeetna 36/16/s 27/1/s 17/-8/c Tanana 21/-11/s 40/31/pc 39/22/s Tok* 20/-11/pc 41/20/s 36/19/s Unalakleet 27/5/s 42/25/pc 36/18/sh Valdez 34/24/pc 42/31/r 44/32/r Wasilla 34/19/s 16/4/s 15/-11/s Whittier 37/10/s 40/7/s 36/16/s Willow* 34/15/s 42/30/pc 44/31/r Yakutat 42/20/pc 42/21/pc 39/31/sn Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

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Dillingham 31/13

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.28" Normal month to date ............. 0.46" Year to date .............................. 2.63" Normal year to date ................. 2.30" Record today ................. 0.51" (1979) Record for March .......... 3.18" (1963) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date ............................. 0.9" Season to date ......................... 42.2"

Juneau 36/18

National Extremes

Kodiak 39/31

Sitka 40/30

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88 at Tamiami, Fla. 0 at Flag Island,

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Ketchikan 44/32

44 at Annette and Cold Bay -17 at Arctic Village

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The storm track will remain active over the Northern states today. Snow will fizzle over northern New England. Snow will push from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes. Snow showers will linger over Montana.

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By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer

The first day of spring? Some people in Maine were shoveling 6 inches of new snow. And in Michigan, college students couldn’t even burn a snowman. OK, so it was a fake snowman. But it was real snow that got in the way. For many Americans, it feels like winter is hanging on like a bad cold. And now government forecasters are predicting a coolerthan-usual spring across the northern U.S. Even just next week, frigid Arctic air is expected to blanket parts of the East. “This is one of those winters — the gift that keeps on

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Today Hi/Lo/W 91/75/pc 68/49/s 74/57/s 79/57/s 68/45/pc 66/59/c 64/47/s 73/57/pc 54/39/pc 66/48/c 22/7/sn 82/57/pc 36/21/pc 43/36/pc 55/44/sh 66/49/c 53/32/s 91/77/t 82/66/t 55/39/pc 46/37/s

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Spring forecast: Cool in North, dry in West

North Slope crude: $107.28, up from $106.88 on Tuesday West Texas Int.: $100.37, up from $99.70 on Tuesday

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Kenai/ Soldotna 34/7 Seward 37/24 Homer 36/19

Valdez Kenai/ 29/18 Soldotna Homer

Cold Bay 41/29

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High ............................................... 32 Low .................................................. 4 Normal high .................................. 36 Normal low .................................... 17 Record high ........................ 51 (1998) Record low ....................... -22 (1975)

Anchorage 31/15

Bethel 22/0

National Cities City

Fairbanks 19/-13

Talkeetna 31/3 Glennallen 22/-9

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Unalaska 41/34 Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

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Nome 25/-5

Tomorrow 3:14 a.m. 10:32 a.m.

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Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

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First Apr 7

Today’s activity: Low Where: Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau.

Prudhoe Bay 9/-19

Anaktuvuk Pass 21/-2

Kotzebue 18/-3

Sun and Moon

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Company Final Change ACS...........................1.91 — Agrium Inc............... 93.78 -0.10 Alaska Air Group...... 92.42 +0.04 AT&T........................ 34.09 +1.13 BP ........................... 46.52 -0.80 Chevron...................115.51 +0.31 ConocoPhillips..........67.90 +0.40 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,742.00 +5.00 Forest Oil...................1.83 — Fred Meyer.............. 43.99 +0.30 GCI...........................11.30 +0.09 Harley-Davidson.......67.97 +0.14 Home Depot............ 80.09 +0.34 Key Bank................. 14.43 +0.23 McDonald’s.............. 96.60 +0.50 National Oilwell........ 73.72 -0.27 Shell Oil....................71.20 -0.44 Safeway................... 38.07 -0.11 Tesoro.......................51.70 +0.03 Walmart................... 75.38 +1.00 Wells Fargo.............. 49.03 +1.22 Gold closed............ 1,327.20 -2.43 Silver closed............ 20.28 -0.34 Dow Jones avg..... 16,331.05 +108.88 NASDAQ................ 4,319.29 +11.68 S&P 500................ 1,872.01 +11.24 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

giving,” said Jon Gottschalck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The stubborn cold is delaying any flooding into April in the upper Midwest to New England. While major flooding is not expected during the next three months, forecasters said the greatest threat exists in the southern Great Lakes because of above-normal snowpack, thick ice on streams and rivers, and snow on the ground. Experts warned of possible isolated flooding in certain areas depending on how fast snow melts and how much rain falls. After a miserable winter, residents in parts of Maine dug out again on the first day of spring. The snowfall knocked out power to some. Prolonged wintry weather forced a Michigan university to delay a yearly rite of spring —

the burning of a fake snowman — after the campus was blanketed with 5 inches of snow overnight on top of knee-deep drifts. Officials at Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula near the Canadian border said the snow and high winds raised safety concerns, and the ceremony was moved to Friday. The snowman stuffed with shredded paper usually is dubbed Frosty. But this one was named Polar Vortex after the frigid air mass that punished the East Coast and Midwest this winter and pushed cold into the South. Since the snowman is usually lit with a propane torch, “you’ve got sparks flying, and we don’t need anybody to get a hole burned in a coat or worse,” said university spokesman Tom

Pink. Some were disappointed but others preferred waiting until Friday “when it’s supposed to be sunny — at least a little like spring,” he said. In the West, parched conditions that have gripped California and the Southwest will continue with little relief, the federal government reported in its annual spring outlook. If the drought persists, it’ll likely lead to a busy wildfire season. California is in its third consecutive dry year, forcing some rural communities to ration water and farmers to sell their cattle. “Looking forward, we see little improvement unfortunately in some of the most impacted drought areas,” said Gottschalck, acting operations chief at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, March 21, 2014

Community Calendar Today 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-7763745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 541-953-8335. Saturday 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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on the stage, so tickets are limited for each show! Admission is $5.00 a person.

Fundraiser for U16 KPHA Girls Hockey team

Statewide Tsunami Drill Scheduled

U16 KPHA Girls Hockey team are going to Nationals in New York. We will be having a steak feed in order to raise money for the trip. Tickets for the event are $20 and the fundraiser will take place on March 22 from 5-8 p.m. at the Soldotna Sport Center. It will be greatly appreciated if you supported the team.

On March 27 between 10:15 and 10:45 a.m. you may hear tsunami sirens and, if you are watching TV or listening to the radio, you may hear or see a message that a tsunami warning 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. So tell your friends and family: You will hear an “all clear” message after the test siren. It’s not a real emergency. Do not evacuate your home. Do not call 911.

International dinner and fundraiser

The 34th annual AFS International dinner will be held on March 23, at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic church in Kenai, at 6 p.m. This gourmet fundraiser will feature food from and pre- Alaskans respect awareness event sentations by students from Chili, Switzerland, Germany, ThaiThe LeeShore Center cordially invites you to join us for an land, Mali, Mozambique, Kazakhstan and Philippines. Tickets “Alaskans Choose Respect” Awareness Event March 27 in supare $25 for adults and $10 for ages 14 and under. Tickets avail- port of Governor Parnell’s initiative and state-wide efforts to able by calling 283-4428, 283-9265 or River City Books. raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault. We will meet in Kenai on the Frontage Road in front of the clock tower at Leif Hansen Park at noon and walk to the Kenai VisiExtension Service offers tors and Cultural Center. Refreshments will be served until 2 ‘Gardening for Beginners’ p.m. For more information contact the Volunteer Coordinator A beginner’s class for gardening in Alaska is being offered at 283-9479. Wednesday, March 26 from 5:30-7 p.m. Learn the basics of successful gardening geared for our Alaskan summer: how to Central Peninsula Hospital planning a choose a garden site, prepare the soil, seed selection, fertilization and basic crop care. Enjoy the fruits of your labor and the Community Health Fair satisfaction of cultivating your own fresh garden vegetables. Central Peninsula Hospital is planning a Community Health This is a free class offered by Extension’s Ag/Hort Agent, Lyd- Fair to be held at the hospital on March 29th, 2014 from 9:00am ia Clayton. Space is limited, please call Cooperative Extension to 3:00pm. Discounted blood draws will be held from 9:00am Service at 262-5824 to reserve your seat. to 1:00pm. Basic health screenings and other health information will also be available to participants.

Program discusses living with Celiac Disease

Being diagnosed with Celiac Disease is life-changing. Sue Olson found this out personally. “Living with Celiac Disease” will be held in the Cooperative Extension Service Office, Wednesday, March 26, 6:30-8:00 p.m. as a Neighbor to Neighbor class. Olson, a registered nurse and a representative-volunteer for the national organization, “Celiac Support Association” located in Omaha, Nebraska will be the instructor. She will talk about the symptoms of Celiac Disease, lifestyle changes necessary to live a gluten-free and healthy life with Celiac Disease, dietary requirements, and reliable resources to learn more about Celiac Disease. Class size is limited to 15 participants. Contact Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824 to register for this free class.

Workshop looks at starting seeds It’s seed starting time again! There are many benefits to gardeners starting their own plants from seed such as the diversity of crops and varieties available to those who do so. Not sure about the steps or even when to start them from seed? On Monday, March 31 from 5:30-7 p.m., a free Neighbor to Neighbor class is being offered to address such concerns, as well as offer some favorite seed starting resources to help you grow happy, healthy plants for your garden this year. This class is being taught by UAF Cooperative Extension AgHort Agent, Lydia Clayton. Call Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824 to register, space is limited.

Garage sale fundraiser to benefit typhoon victims

Soldotna High School Presents Twelve Angry Jurors Come see Soldotna High School’s adaptation of the classic play Twelve Angry Men! Performances will take place in Soldotna High School’s auditorium March 27, 28, and 29th at 7 p.m., with a special matinee performance on the 29th at 1 p.m. This play will be performed arena style with the audience

A garage sale fundraiser organized by Kenai Central High School student Jazshe Nushart to benefit typhoon victims in the Philippines will take place Saturday, March 22. Donations for the sale may be dropped off at the KCHS auditorium from 8-10 a.m. The sale will take place from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Proceeds will got to UNICEF relief efforts.

Real Property Transfers On Death. Testimony will be taken. Friday Friday and HB 267 Appropriations: 3:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Mental Health Budget. 3 The Senate Resources The Senate Finance Comminute testimony limit. Committee will sponsor a mittee will sponsor a public Friday public hearing to discuss hearing to discuss HB 244 3:15 p.m. HB 161 Auctions For Big Advisory Commission on The House Labor & ComGame Harvest Permits. Federal Management Areas merce Committee will Testimony will be taken. and SB 182 Public Emsponsor a public hearing to ployee Salary Differentials. discuss HB 328 Board/Li 2 minute testimony limit. censing of Massage TheraFriday pists and HB 60 Uniform 2:00 p.m. The Senate Finance Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 266 Appropriations: Operating Budget / Loans / Funds

LIO Schedule

All teleconferences are held at the Kenai Legislative Information Office, 145 Main Street Loop No. 217, Kenai, unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai. LIO@akleg.gov. To listen or watch online go to http:// alaskalegislature.tv/.

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Opinion

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Thanks for making situation more bearable Three cheers for everyone at the

Kenai Municipal Airport who went above and beyond to assist all the passengers stranded when their flight from Chicago was diverted from Anchorage last week. United Airlines flight 1425 touched down in Kenai at about 7 p.m. on March 14 after weather conditions in Anchorage prevented a safe landing there. More than 100 passengers were stuck on the plane for about four hours before they were allowed to disembark — at which point most of them were then stuck at the airport until the plane was able to take off again at 2 p.m. Saturday. At that point, people at the Kenai airport stepped in and stepped up. Airport Manager Mary Bondurant spent the night on the phone with TSA to make arrangements for passenger screening. Ravn Alaska staff went out of their way to try to make stranded travelers comfortable, making several trips to Walmart for food, water, pillows and blankets. The Upper Deck Lounge re-opened for travelers to cool their heels. Odie’s Deli served up breakfast. With so many variables, travel in Alaska always has the potential to be unpredictable. Who doesn’t have a story about getting stuck or delayed somewhere? But we also make it a point to lend a hand to those in a bind, whether it’s pulling a motorist out of the ditch on a slippery road, or helping out more than 100 people stranded at the local airport. All involved showed true Kenai Peninsula hospitality. Hopefully, for all those stranded, the night spent at the Kenai airport will become a good story for the campfire — and they’ll also recount how helpful people at the airport were. Our hats are off to everyone who pitched in to make a difficult situation a little more bearable.

Quotable “This is a lead, it’s probably the best lead we have right now.” — John Young, manager of Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s emergency response division, after search planes were dispatched to try to determine whether two large objects in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. “We’re in this with you, together.” — Vice President Joe Biden, in Lithuania trying to reassure nations bordering Russia on the U.S. commitment to them. “Every parental site on the Internet blames the cat for this confrontation. Every pet site blames the family. We need to step away from the hysteria. There is a story behind all this. Don’t assume anything.” — Jackson Galaxy, a cat behavior expert and star of Animal Planet’s “My Cat from Hell,” who is heading to Oregon to work with Lux, a 4-year-old part-Himalayan pet, who attacked a baby and trapped his family in a bedroom.

Letters to the Editor Truth is in Begich’s own words Your front page article (Clarion, March 5) is revealing about Sen. Mark Begich, typical of AP reporting, and more of a political ad than news. Will the AP also report on pro Begich PAC ads including the two anonymous “fact check organizations”? I do hope people are smart enough to realize PAC ads (on both sides) frequently stretch the truth. The true kernel of the article is Begich’s own admission he did not agree with everything in the Senate letter. What kind of a man signs a letter he doesn’t agree with? Perhaps he needs to retake Ethics 101. Is it also situational ethics to criticize the right wing Koch PAC while at the same time being a recipient of extreme left wing Soros PAC money? One last point. There certainly is room to criticize the closure of the North Pole refinery owned by Koch Industries and the impact on Alaska, but the Begich position on climate change mirrors Obama’s to eliminate coal usage. Perhaps Begich doesn’t realize the huge coal reserves Alaska has. Talk about turning your back on Alaska. Ron Gravenhorst Cooper Landing

Parties must come together to solve Kenai River issues A recent letter to the editor from Frank Mullen has added a lot of strength to perceived problems with the Board of Fish. I once fished the Kenai River for kings, but do not presently do so. As I look at the existing conditions, a couple of things come right to the forefront. In the late 1970s, there were about the same number of commercial fishermen as today, there were not as many sport fishermen, and certainly nowhere as many guides. There were the daily gripes about the commercial fishermen taking the kings, but truth be known, it was usually due to fishing techniques. The Kenai River king salmon met or exceeded the escapement numbers. Sport fishermen drifted the river, usually using spin-n-glos, sometimes with bait. The river was a much quieter, gentler place, and very few peninsula residents fished on weekends, because

Applause Support from Ladies Night appreciated The LeeShore Center would like to express our deep gratitude to Sportsman’s Warehouse for donating the bucket and silent auction proceeds to our agency again this year from their Ladies Night event in February. Thank you also to the vendors who donated the gifts for the auctions. A total of $1,633 was donated to our agency, which helps in our work to provide safe shelter and services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in our community. The generosity shown is

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that was when the Anchorage crowds showed up. As we marched into the 80s, more and more guides were showing up, and shouting about the numbers of boats with too much horsepower creating bank erosion, plus they were saying the commercial fishermen were getting too many of the kings. It then became a fact that many of these contentious arguments were settled by courts and not by the Board of Fish, and certainly not by biological data. The end result was limiting boat horsepower, but not the number of guides, who by now, were increasing their hold on the river. Kenai kings were starting to decrease in their yearly escapement, guides were backtrolling, and (in my opinion) slaying kings on their spawning beds. The river was no longer a fun, gentle place to be. Since then, the almighty dollar controls everyone’s thoughts. It is not the Kenai River king. The Board of Fish should think of the resource, as we all know it is no longer a river of mighty kings. A state senator recently said the only way we (Alaskans) are going to solve this problem is through equality. Commercial fishermen, guides, and true sport fisherman must come together and solve these differences or the river will become a very gentle place, one with no kings and no king salmon fishermen. If this requires the Board of Fish to be totally changed, so be it, but again all groups must make a truce and peacefully agree to let the river come back, if it can. Joe Harris Kenai

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much appreciated! Cheri Smith, Executive Director The LeeShore Center

Zumbathon helps children living with Cystic Fibrosis We recently raised over a thousand dollars with the Cystic Fibrosis Zumbathon put on by the Kenai River Interact Club. This fundraising assists in local children with this life shortening genetic condition. We couldn’t have helped local Cystic Fibrosis children without you! My beautiful daughter was born four years ago and had the standard heel-stick blood test that all newborns do. A few days later, the hospital called me and told me to come back with my baby immediately because there was a problem. The doctor told me the test came back with Cystic Fibrosis and that my happy healthy child actually had a lifelong condition that is caused by a defective gene. Unfortunately there isn’t a cure so she takes up to 30 pills a day, does pulmonary therapy two to three times daily, and takes nebulizers and inhalers daily. We are lucky to live in Alaska, since the specialized Cystic Fibrosis Clinic in Anchorage takes care of my daughter and assures she is getting the best care possible. Thank you to all the community members who participated and supported this fundraising event. Thank you to the businesses and individuals who donated time, money or service to this fundraiser. I would like to give a special thank you to the following individuals and businesses: Kenai River Interact Club, Peninsula Clarion, Lori Forrest, Main Street Tap & Grill, Buckets Sports Grill, Cabin Fever Creations, Sweeney’s Clothing, Tina’s Hair Pros, St. Elias Brewing Company, Maxim Hair Design, Kambe Theatre, Filigree & Hues Hair Design, Mike Penland, Don Jose’s Mexican Restaurant, Peninsula Powersports and Polar Screens. A special thanks to all the ‘Zumba on The Kenai’ local instructors that traveled from all around the peninsula to help this event be a success: Bella Larue, Ashley Blatchford, Darcy Swanson, Connie Nelson, Jennifer Ellis, Morgan Aldridge, Gretchen McCullough, Jeana Cotney, Katie Jo Brock, Maria Santa Lucia, Myra Ryan and Melody Niichel. Harmony Curtis Soldotna Cystic Fibrosis Mother

By GARRY TRUDEAU

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, March 21, 2014

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Senate hopeful shakes up staff JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mead Treadwell has parted ways with his campaign manager. Spokesman Fred Brown says it “frees up a lot of room” for Treadwell to focus on other areas and frees up the campaign’s finances. In addition to parting ways with Adam Jones, Treadwell also said one of his spokesmen, Rick Gorka, also was leaving. Brown says Treadwell has a strong campaign structure. But he says Treadwell wants Alaska donors, and going that route, there’s a limit to what you can raise. Treadwell said long-time friend Peter Christensen would take over day-to-day leadership of the campaign until a new manager is named.

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Tom Kluberton, Sue Jeffrey and Fritz Johnson opposed the lower threshold for opening a fishery. Kluberton cited concerns about the stock, and all indicated a preference for allowing the stock to rebuild before harvesting it. Early in the discussion, Johnstone questioned ADFG staff about the proposal, and said he had heard from individuals in the community that there was a concern that the trawl survey estimating crab abundance was inaccurate, and that the department was just waiting to open any fishery until there was enough crab for a commercial fishery. He and others supporting the proposal referred to a desire to allow Alaskans the opportunity to harvest some crab in Cook Inlet. Noncommercial fisheries would have included a sport fishery, however, and that would have allowed for nonresident participation as well. Johnstone said staff estimated that about 10 percent of the sport harvest would come from nonresidents. Other Gulf of Alaska crab fishery proposals were also discussed. The board unanimously voted it down a new commercial tanner crab fishery in Prince William Sound in part because of information from ADFG that the stock abundance would not allow for a harvest in the next three years. There is a subsistence tanner fishery in PWS. Other smaller regulation changes for that region passed.

five-year average. Rumble said the switch would be more biologically appropriate than the current timeline. Many of the tanners in Cook Inlet reach a terminal molt in three years, Rumble said. The shorter timeline would also be more responsive to shifts in stock abundance. If abundance rose, the fishery could open more quickly; if abundance dropped, it could close more quickly. Joe Hanes’ proposal to allow noncommercial tanner crab harvest at times of lower abundance failed in a 3-4 vote, with board members Karl Johnstone, Reed Morisky and Orville Huntington supporting the new fishery. That would have created a small guideline harvest level for noncommercial fishing in November and February when the stock doesn’t meet the threshold for a full-blown fishery, but there are at least 50,000 legal male crabs according to the survey estimate. That failed, so the old Cook Inlet regulation will remain in place, which requires 100,000 legal male crabs to open the noncommercial fisheries. ADFG Division of Sport Fish Regional Fisheries Management Coordinator Tom Vania said the department did not anticipate a tanner crab fishery for at least three years. Based on the trawl survey results from 2012 and 2013, Molly Dischner can be which estimated 20,000 and reached at molly.dischner@ 38,000 legal males, respec- alaskajournal.com. tively, the fishery would not have opened in those years even under the proposed lessrestrictive fishery. Board members John Jensen,

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Beached

Beach access on Cook Inlet View Drive heading towards Nikiski Sunday March 16, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

PTSD could soon factor in sentencing MIKE COPPOCK Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — The House Special Committee on Military and Veterans’ Affairs moved a bill Thursday allowing judges to consider posttraumatic stress disorder and

traumatic brain injuries as a mitigating factor during sentencings of combat veterans. House Bill 313, sponsored by Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, would allow a state judge to take PTSD and traumatic brain injuries into account as a possibility of a reduced sentence. Sentenc-

Doctor accused of lying on stand ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A doctor who testified in Alaska about the use of toxic chemicals in flame retardant clothing and furniture has been accused by Washington state officials of failing to acknowledge ties to the chemical industry. The Anchorage Daily News reports Dr. David Heimbach testified against proposed Alaska legislation that would have banned toxic chemicals in flame retardants used in clothing and furniture. Heimbach is the retired burn center director at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center. Between 2010 and 2012, he testified at least three times in Juneau. Civil charges brought by staff of the Washington Medical Quality Assurance Commission say Heimbach portrayed himself as a neutral physician as he told false stories about burn victims. The charges say Heimbach was paid as a consultant by chemical manufacturers.

ing reductions would be on con- want to be labeled as having a dition of counseling. mental defect.” The bill mirrors the statute The Alaska Department of concerning fetal alcohol syn- Corrections does not keep track drome and cannot be used as of combat veterans to whom the a mitigating factor for crimes bill would apply, Deputy Director involving serious injury, sexual Laura Brooks said. She did say assault or unlawful death. the department does ask those “Many of our military per- entering the prison system if they sonnel seem fine when they are receiving veterans’ benefits. come back, but there are scars Rep. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle that are hidden,” said Rep. Dan River, said she was concerned Saddler, R-Eagle River. that the bill would have a finanGara said the reason for lim- cial impact on the state budget. iting PTSD to combat-related Gara told the committee that veterans was a fear that if the under the bill, a defendant was category was widened, there responsible for the cost of a demay be a wide range of individ- fense involving PTSD or a trauuals claiming to have PTSD. matic brain injury.

Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, asked why not identify PTSD and other traumatic brain injuries as either a mental disease or defect, which is already covered by statute as a mitigating factor. “Military personnel don’t see PTSD as a disease or a defect,” Gara said. “They don’t

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NJ teen bypasses guard, reaches WTC spire BY DAVID PORTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

NEW YORK — A teenage thrill-chaser slipped through a fence, eluded a security guard and climbed to the top of 1 World Trade Center, authorities said Thursday as concerns swirled about the audacious breach at what is supposed to be one of the world’s most secure sites. Justin Casquejo, a New Jersey 16-year-old described by a friend as an adventure-seeker who loves to climb precarious places, spent about two hours early Sunday atop the symbolic and as-yet-unfinished 1,776foot tower, authorities said. He apparently just wanted bragging rights and perhaps some photos, but the alleged escapade stirred what-ifs about the notion of someone with a more sinister agenda infiltrating the nation’s tallest skyscraper. “Obviously, it was shocking and troubling,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio, “and I don’t know how possibly it could have happened.” Joe Dunne, security chief of the bistate Port Authority that has jurisdiction over the building, said officials “take security and these types of infractions very seriously.” Casquejo was being held

without bail after an arraignment Monday on criminal trespassing. His lawyer, Pamela Griffith, declined to comment. Nobody answered the door Thursday at his Weehawken, N.J., home; an effort to reach him through someone who answered a possible phone number for him wasn’t immediately successful. Casquejo told police he simply walked around the construction site and found a way through the scaffolding around 4 a.m., according to a court complaint. He squeezed through a one-foot opening in a fence, said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police. The authority owns the site. The court complaint quotes Casquejo saying that he climbed to the sixth floor, rode an elevator to the 88th and took the stairs to the 104th. There, he got past an inattentive security guard, a private contractor employee who has since been fired, Pentangelo said. Casquejo told police, “I went to the rooftop and climbed the ladder all the way to the antenna,” according to the complaint. WABC-TV reported that he took pictures from the top of the building; authorities said they were still trying to de-

termine the teen’s motive. He was arrested on the site, and his camera and cellphone were seized after authorities obtained a search warrant, Pentangelo said. Patrick Flores, an 18-yearold neighbor who grew up with Casquejo, described the teen as “a really good kid” who has always been highly interested in adventure. “He was always the one climbing the cliffs, doing something stupid,” Flores said, referring to the cliffs on which Weehawken sits, across the Hudson River from Manhattan, with clear views of the World Trade Center and the rest of the Manhattan skyline. “But that was him — that was his life.” “I’ve seen him fall and hit his head and get up and walk away like it was nothing,” he added. Flores said Casquejo had recently become interested in parkour, the extreme sport that combines elements from martial arts, gymnastics and rock climbing and has become popular thanks to YouTube videos of acrobatic athletes vaulting over obstacles such as park benches, trees, guardrails and buildings. If he was looking for bragging rights, Casquejo couldn’t have picked a better building. Throughout its rebuilding since the Sept. 11 attacks, the build-

ing once known as the Freedom Tower has been enmeshed in elaborate security plans. Ultimately, plans call for a $40 million system of barriers and checkpoints around the 16-acre trade center, which includes several towers, the Sept. 11 memorial, a transit hub and other features. Most of the planned security has yet to be built, but some nearby residents have challenged the plans as overbearing. In a lawsuit last fall, residents said the security measures would turn their neighborhood into a fortress-like environment “as impervious to traffic as the Berlin Wall.” City lawyers defended the security plans as necessary, and the city said the measures were as unobtrusive as possible. A judge dismissed the case last month; the residents are not pursuing an appeal but are pressing their concerns to local officials, their lawyer, Daniel Alterman, said Thursday. To visitor Steve Murphy, the plans seemed adequate, despite Casquejo’s alleged breach. “I think it’s just a one-off thing. ... It’s nothing that poses a threat to American security,” said Murphy, of York, England, who added that he’d seen danAP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File ger firsthand during 22 years in the British army. “It’s not a This Feb. 11, photo shows pedestrians in front of the 1 World concern, at least in my mind.” Trade Center building, left, in New York.

US questioning more than 100 from ‘stash house’ By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press

HOUSTON — U.S. immigration authorities on Thursday were interviewing more than 100 people presumed to be in the country illegally after they were discovered crammed into a small house in south Houston. Five men also were in custody, two of whom were arrested after driving from the home on Wednesday. Authorities suspect it was a so-called stash house, a place where smugglers bring the people they’ve brought into the U.S. illegally and keep them until they or their family members pay a ransom.

Police who found handguns and documents in the car suggesting illegal activity then went inside and found the people captive. Three other men were apprehended trying to flee after police arrived. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Brian Moskowitz told a congressional hearing in Houston Thursday the five were held on offenses that included hostage taking, weapons charges and conspiracy to harbor illegal immigrants. “It’s going to take some time,” agency spokesman Greg Palmore said. “We’re not far along that we’re going to release names at this point. We’re

still interviewing individuals and we’ll follow the information where it goes. “It’s nothing that’s going to occur overnight.” Men in underwear and without shoes, more than a dozen women and two children were found inside the filthy singlestory, 1,500-square-foot house about 12 miles south of downtown Houston. They are primarily from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, Palmore said. In a statement from Mexico City, the Mexican government said Thursday that at least eight of the people involved were Mexican citizens, including three minors who have been

turned over to relatives. The statement did not specify if the five adult Mexican citizens were among those facing criminal charges or those held captive at the house. Houston police, responding to a tip, went to the home in a somewhat rural area during a search for a 24-year-old woman and her two children, a 7-yearold girl and a 5-year-old boy. They’d been reported missing by relatives late Tuesday after an apparent smuggler didn’t show for a planned meeting, police spokesman John Cannon said. Officers found 115 people jammed inside. Among them were the missing woman and

her two kids. It was not immediately certain how the people got there, but one woman told authorities she’d been held for 15 days. Cannon said the other women said they’d been captive for several days. Authorities are still determining whether the people will be deported, Palmore said. The house had power but no hot water and only one toilet. “It’s a typical stash housetype of environment,” Cannon said Thursday. “What was atyp-

ical was the numbers of people kept inside.” Stash houses are not uncommon in Houston, because of its proximity to Mexico, which is as little as a five-hour drive to the southwest. But the size of the operation discovered Wednesday is more prevalent closer to the border in South Texas. Palmore described the number of people as “the largest I’ve seen in one location” in his seven years on the job in Houston.

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, March 21, 2014

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Health care law has uneven impact on companies By TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer

Sarah Curtis-Fawley will have to offer insurance to her workers at Pacific Pie Co. because of the health care overhaul, and the estimated $100,000 cost means she may have to raise prices or postpone opening a third restaurant. On the other end of the spectrum, the owner of a 1-800-GotJunk? franchise near Philadelphia figures he’ll save money because his 12 workers now can shop for coverage on public insurance exchanges created by the overhaul. “For an employer at my level, it’s a win,” said Eric Blum, franchisee of the junk removal service. The Affordable Care Act, which aims to provide coverage for millions, is playing to decidedly mixed reviews in corporate America. Its impact on companies varies greatly, depending on factors such as a firm’s number of employees and whether it already provides health insurance. Some businesses are dealing with administrative hassles or rising costs, while others worry about the law’s requirement that mid-sized and big companies offer coverage or face penalties. But the law hasn’t meant big changes for every company. And some small businesses

now can offer employees a benefit they wouldn’t be able to afford without the law.

Rising costs Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest U.S. private employer, expects $330 million in additional health care costs this year in part because company leaders think more employees are signing up for its insurance to meet the law’s requirement that most Americans have coverage. The retailer covers about 1.1 million employees and dependents, and enrollment in its health plan will climb by about 100,000 this year. Some companies that haven’t provided insurance are preparing for the requirement that firms with 50 or more fulltime employees offer coverage or face a penalty. Curtis-Fawley said the cost of providing coverage for her 54 employees could amount to a tenth of the Portland, Ore., wholesale pie company’s annual revenue of about $1 million. She has been talking with consultants to find an approach that would work. “I haven’t been able to find a plan that would seem to make sense financially,” Curtis-Fawley said.

Making changes

‘We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.’

simple,” said Don Susswein, a principal at McGladrey LLP, which does benefits consulting for medium-sized employers.

— Gordon Black, President Low impact Western Communications Inc. The overhaul hasn’t fazed At the start of this year, United Parcel Service Inc. dropped health insurance benefits for working spouses of the parcel delivery company’s nonunion employees who could get coverage elsewhere. UPS said the change was due to rising health care costs and the overhaul. Indiana University has started trimming hours for about 750 employees who aren’t considered full-time but averaged more than 30 hours a week so the university can avoid the requirement that it provide those workers coverage. Spokesman Mark Land didn’t have an estimate for how much this will save in health care costs. But he noted that the university, which covers about 18,000 full-time employees, spends more than $213 million per fiscal year on health care, and its budget for that expense climbed more than 7 percent from last year. “At some point, we had to balance our commitment to employees with the realities of our financial situation and our responsibility to taxpayers and students who pay much of the bill,” he says.

Administrative headaches

many companies, especially those in industries that must provide attractive benefits to attract and keep highly skilled workers. Tech giant Google Inc., which ranks among the nation’s best places to work, said it hasn’t had to make any significant changes to its health benefits to adhere to the law. The law requires that employer-sponsored plans cover at least a certain percentage of expected health care costs, and more than 80 percent of companies surveyed by Mercer said they already meet that threshold. But while the overhaul hasn’t had much of an impact on the coverage now offered by many companies, that could change. Some will have to adjust their plans in the next few years to avoid a tax on expensive plans that starts in 2018. That means they may raise out-of-pocket costs for employees to lower the plan’s overall cost.

Businesses owners say they have to take time away from running their companies to understand the law and explain it to employees. The overhaul also forces some without human resources staff to spend more on consultants to help them translate changes in the law. About 78 percent of more than 700 employers surveyed recently by the benefits consultant Mercer labeled the increased administrative burden imposed by the law as either a significant or very significant concern. And that has been intensified by several changes that have been made to the law’s requirements. For instance, the deadline for employers with 50 or more full-time workers to begin offering affordable coverage has been pushed back and tweaked a few times. That buys companies time but also forces Helped by the law some to revisit and adjust their Companies with fewer than plans. “Nothing about this law is 50 employees can send their

workers to insurance exchanges to find coverage and, in some cases, receive tax credits for doing so. This can be a recruitment or retention benefit for companies that can’t afford to offer coverage. The 1-800-Got-Junk? franchisee said rates for coverage he was providing were scheduled to jump 65 percent this year. So he sent employees to exchanges to find coverage and offered to continue paying half the premium, or coverage cost. He projects savings of $3,000 to $4,000 annually — significant for a company with $500,000 to $1 million in annual revenue, he said. Bigger companies also can save by sending employees to exchanges. Western Communications Inc. dropped coverage for its 280 employees this the year after the newspaper publisher had more than $2 million in health care claims last year. Employees can go to exchanges, where they may be eligible for subsidies to help pay for care. President Gordon Black said the decision was made even though a company of Western’s size likely will face a fine — which can total $2,000 per employee for most workers — for not offering coverage. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” he said.

US general spared prison in sexual misconduct case BY JEFFREY COLLINS and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Army general at the center of a sexual misconduct case that put the military justice system itself on trial was spared prison Thursday and sentenced to a reprimand and a $20,000 fine — a punishment legal experts, a women’s group and members of Congress decried as shockingly light. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, 51, immediately announced his retirement, capping a humili-

ating fall for the battle-tested commander once regarded as a rising star in the Army. A disciplinary board could still bust him in rank and severely reduce his pension. “The system worked. I’ve always been proud of my Army,” Sinclair said outside court after reacting to his sentence with a smile and an embrace of his lawyers. “All I want to do now is go north and hug my kids and my wife.” The former deputy commander of the storied 82nd Airborne Division was originally brought up on sexual assault

charges punishable by life in prison. He was believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. military officer ever court-martialed on such charges. But earlier this week, prosecutors dropped those charges midway through the trial in a deal in which Sinclair pleaded guilty to committing adultery with one woman and conducting inappropriate relationships with two others by asking them for nude pictures and exchanging sexually explicit email. Adultery is a crime in the military. The case unfolded with the Pentagon under heavy pressure

to confront what it has called an epidemic of rape and other sexual misconduct in the military. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., called the sentence “laughable.” “Even when the world is watching, the military has dem-

onstrated their incompetence at meting out justice,” Speier said in a statement. “This is another sordid example of how truly broken the military justice system is. This sentence is a mockery of military justice, a slap on the wrist nowhere close to being pro-

portional to Sinclair’s offenses.” While the charges against Sinclair carried a maximum of more than 20 years in prison, the plea bargain worked out by the defense and military prosecutors called for no more than 18 months.

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Around the World US, Europe target Putin’s inner circle for Russia’s Ukraine incursion WASHINGTON — Raising the stakes in an East-West showdown over Ukraine, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and a major Russian bank that provides them support. He warned that more sweeping penalties against Russia’s robust energy sector could follow. Russia retaliated swiftly, imposing entry bans on American lawmakers and senior White House officials, among them Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer and the president’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes. It’s far more than just a U.S.-Russia dispute. European Union leaders said they, too, were ready to close in on Putin’s associates, announcing plans to impose travel bans and asset freezes on more Russians involved in the territorial clash with Ukraine. The Western aim is twofold: to ratchet up the costs for Putin’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and to head off any further Russian military inroads into Ukraine. “The world is watching with grave concern as Russia has positioned its military in a way that could lead to further incursions into southern and eastern Ukraine,” Obama said, speaking from the South Lawn of the White House.

Justice Department investigates ties between Wall Street executive, ex-Army officer WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating a flamboyant Wall Street financier who won millions of dollars in military contracts and then hired the Army officer who allegedly steered the money her way. Interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press portray entrepreneur Lynn Tilton and Col. Bert Vergez as being in unusually close contact for more than a year before Vergez retired from the Army in late 2012. Among the allegations is that Vergez provided Tilton with details about upcoming contracts to give her company, MD Helicopters of Mesa, Ariz., an advantage over the competition. No charges have been filed. Vergez went to work for Tilton less than three months after hanging up his uniform. The Justice Department is examining whether his hiring breached “revolving door” rules that require federal officials to wait a year or more before receiving compensation from a company they had dealings with while employed by the government, according to people knowledgeable of the inquiry but not authorized to be identified as the sources of the information. Vergez’s ties to two Russian businessmen also are being investigated. AP last week sent a list of questions to Davidson Goldin, a spokesman for Tilton and her company. Goldin declined to comment. Vergez did not return emails and telephone calls. Justice Department spokeswoman Allison Price said the department had no comment on the investigation. The allegations run counter to the by-the-bootstraps image Tilton has cultivated since founding the private equity firm Patriarch Partners in 2000. With her platinum blonde hair and trademark stiletto heels, the Bronx, N.Y.-born Tilton relishes her role as a maverick in the buttoned-down world of finance.

World Taliban attack in Afghanistan By AMIR SHAH, and KIM GAMEL Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Four gunmen with pistols stuffed into their socks attacked a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday, just hours after militants killed 11 people in an audacious assault on a police station in eastern Afghanistan. All the assailants were killed in both standoffs, but made their point: Afghan forces face a huge challenge in securing upcoming elections in what will be a major test of their abilities as foreign troops wind down their combat mission at the end of this year. The attacks show the Taliban are following through on their threat to use violence to the disrupt April 5 vote, which will be the first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion that ousted the Islamic militant movement. President Hamid Karzai is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the assault on the Serena hotel and the earlier attack in Jalalabad, an economic hub near the border with Pakistan. “Our people, if they decide to attack any place, they can do it,” he said. The violence began before dawn Thursday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosivesladen car outside the police station in Jalalabad, located near the palatial residence of Nangarhar provincial Gov. Attaullah Ludin. Six gunmen rushed into the station as two more bombs exploded nearby — one hidden in a motorized rickshaw and another in a vegetable cart. That prompted a fierce battle that lasted more than four hours, with Afghan police and soldiers chasing gunmen down the street amid gunfire and smoke billow-

Senate probes computers and lawmakers push to declassify torture report WASHINGTON — Adding heat on the CIA, the Senate will investigate a computer network that contained a stillsecret review of U.S. terror interrogations that led to dueling criminal referrals to the Justice Department and a dramatic collapse in relations between the nation’s spy agencies and the lawmakers entrusted with their oversight. In letters to the heads of the CIA and Justice Department, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the CIA’s decision to search the Senate intelligence committee’s network and computers without approval was “absolutely indefensible” and carried serious implications for the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. Reid said he had instructed his Senate’s chief cop to examine how Senate staffers obtained an internal CIA review, which the agency accused them of improperly copying, although Reid described the CIA’s alleged monitoring of Senate computers as more serious. — The Associated Press

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Afghan police force stands guard at the site of a gun battle, Thursday, at the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.

ing into the blue sky. Security forces killed seven attackers, deputy Interior Minister Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi said. Police said the attack killed 10 officers, including a city district police chief, and a university student caught in the crossfire and wounded 15 policemen. The Taliban spokesman Mujahid said the attackers wore suicide vests and killed nearly 30 police officers. The Islamic militant group frequently exaggerates casualty figures. The initial suicide bombing badly damaged the nearby state-run Afghan radio and television building, shattering its windows. The Taliban have carried out numerous attacks in Jalalabad, Kabul and elsewhere in the east. But the choice of a police station as a target reflected an effort to show they can still penetrate heavily secured areas despite numerous U.S. and Afghan offensives against them in recent years. Hours later, four young men entered the Serena hotel — considered one of the safest places to stay in Kabul — at about 6 p.m., telling guards they were going to dinner, officials said. To enter the hotel, guests must pass through an

exterior gate and undergo a metal detector search and pat down. Inside they drew the pistols hidden in their socks and opened fire, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. Bursts of gunfire could be heard from outside the hotel as Afghan troops cordoned off the area. A hotel worker named Gulam Ali told his brother over his cellphone that all the guests and staff members had taken refuge in the basement. “Everybody’s fine,” he told his brother Mohammed Nabil, who let an Associated Press reporter listen to the conversation. “Foreigners, workers, everybody is in the basement.” The attackers appeared to be about 18 years old and all had been killed, Sediqqi said, adding that gunfire wounded two hotel security guards. In a separate statement, Mujahid said the gunmen targeted foreigners and dignitaries gathered at the hotel for a celebration marking the Persian new year, Nowruz. He said Thursday’s attacks in Kabul and Jalalabad show the vulnerability of government forces against determined militants. Afghanistan’s upcoming elections include provincial

votes, but the most closely watched is the presidential race. Karzai’s successor will guide the country for the next five years as most U.S. and allied forces leave the country by the end of 2014. As part of the withdrawal process, Afghan authorities on Thursday released dozens of prisoners who had been held by foreign troops, including some 40 who had been detained by British forces in southern Helmand province, officials said. The freeing of prisoners detained by international troops from the Parwan Detention Center has strained relations between Washington and Karzai, particularly in the wake of the Afghan leader’s increasingly anti-American rhetoric and refusal to sign a long-negotiated bilateral security deal that would allow thousands of American and allied troops to stay in the country beyond the 2014 deadline. The U.S. military has said some of those set free were directly linked to attacks that have killed or wounded dozens of U.S. or coalition personnel, as well as Afghan security forces and civilians. British Embassy spokesman Maj. Tim James said Britain disagreed with Thursday’s release but “has to respect it because it is an Afghan decision.” James declined to discuss specific charges facing the men, saying only that “we believed that we had enough evidence against these individuals to merit them going into the Afghan judicial system.” James said 77 were released — of which 39 were former British detainees. Abdul Shakoor Dadras, a member of the Afghan review panel, said 55 were released Thursday, including 40 who had been held by British forces. The European Union, meanwhile, announced that a mission to observe the elections was underway.

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Pro-Russian crowds seize 3 Ukrainian warships By DAVID RISING and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Pro-Russian forces seized three Ukrainian warships Thursday and Ukraine said its troops were being threatened in Crimea as the U.S. announced a new round of sanctions against Russia for its annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. Tensions in the region remained high despite the release of a Ukrainian naval commander held by pro-Russian forces. Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol, according to an AP photographer at the scene. Another ship, the Lutsk, was also surrounded by proRussian forces. An AP photographer later saw Ukrainian servicemen disembarking a third ship, the Ternopil corvette. The Defense Ministry had no immediate information on the incidents. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov accused Russian troops of constantly threatening to storm military bases where Ukrainian soldiers were located, according to the Interfax news agency. In Geneva, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations warned of a sharp deterioration in relations between the two neighbors, saying that Russia appears to be preparing for a

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Officers of the Ukrainian navy ship Lutsk raise a Russian navy flag aboard the Lutsk, which has been seized by Russia, in Sevastopol, Thursday. Pro-Russian crowds seized two Ukrainian warships Thursday. Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol. Another ship, the Lutsk, was also surrounded by proRussian forces.

military “invasion” in more areas of his country. Ambassador Yuri Klymenko said there were “indications that Russia is on its way to unleash a full-blown military invention in Ukraine’s east and south” since its annexation of Crimea. He said his statement was based on information from non-governmental organizations. President Barack Obama

on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow, targeting President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support. Obama also warned of more costs to come for the Kremlin if the situation worsens, saying he also had signed an executive order that would allow the U.S. to penal-

ize key sectors of the Russian economy. Within minutes of Obama’s speech, Russia retaliated by banning entry to nine U.S. officials and lawmakers. Speaking after meeting with Putin in Moscow, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he “emphasized that all parties refrain from any hasty or provocative actions that could fur-

ther exacerbate an already very tense and very volatile situation.” In an address to the German Parliament in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was readying further sanctions and that the G-8 forum of leading economies had been suspended indefinitely. Russia holds the presidency of the G-8 and President Vladimir Putin was due to host his counterparts, including President Barack Obama, at a G-8 summit in Sochi in June. “So long as there aren’t the political circumstances, like now, for an important format like the G-8, then there is no G-8,” Merkel said. “Neither the summit, nor the format.” The U.S. and the EU have slapped sanctions on individuals involved in what they say was Crimea’s unlawful referendum over joining Russia. Moscow formally annexed Crimea earlier this week in the wake of the poll. The Black Sea peninsula had been part of Russia for centuries until 1954 when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred it to Ukraine, and many residents were happy about rejoining Russia. Russian forces effectively took control of Crimea some two weeks ago in the wake of the ouster of Ukraine’s proRussia president, Viktor Yanukovych, after months of protests and sporadic violence. The crisis erupted late last year after

Yanukovych backed out of an association deal with the EU in favor of a promised $15 billion bailout from Russia. That angered Ukrainians from the country’s pro-European central and western regions. Merkel said EU leaders would increase those “level 2” sanctions against Russia when they meet later Thursday in Brussels to widen the list of those whose assets are being frozen and who are banned from traveling. She also reiterated that if things worsen, the EU is prepared to move to “level 3” measures, which would include economic sanctions. “The European Council will make it clear today and tomorrow that with a further deterioration of the situation we are always prepared to take level 3 measures, and those will without a doubt include economic sanctions,” she said. Merkel’s tough approach came as the commander of Ukraine’s navy was freed after being held by Russian forces and local Crimean militia at the navy’s headquarters in Crimea. Rear Adm. Sergei Haiduk and an unspecified number of civilians were held for hours after the navy’s headquarters in Sevastopol was stormed Wednesday. Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov, who confirmed the release, said Russian forces were involved in the storming.

Syrian troops capture famed Crusader castle near Lebanon border By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syrian troops captured a famed Crusader castle near the border with Lebanon on Thursday, running the two-starred government flag high above the stone ramparts of the 12th century fortress after days of intense clashes with rebel fighters. Lebanese private broadcaster Al-Mayadeen TV aired footage of Syrian soldiers walking unopposed into the Crac des Chevaliers, the towering hilltop citadel. The loud crackle of celebratory gunfire could be heard as troops explored the sprawling castle, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The military’s push into the Crac des Chevaliers marked the latest in a string of battlefield gains for President Bashar Assad’s forces. Government troops have seized at least four towns and villages in the past two weeks near the border with Lebanon as the army tries to sever opposition supply lines

across the rugged, mountainous frontier. The sharpest blow to the rebels came with the fall of their stronghold of Yabroud near Lebanon’s eastern border on Sunday. But the government capture of the Crac des Chevaliers, which dominates the surrounding valley and terraced hills below, marked another painful setback, for symbolic reasons as much as strategic. Rebels had controlled the castle since 2012. “Our efforts, those of the Syrian Arab Army and the National Defense Forces, were crowned today by raising the Syrian flag on the Crac des Chevaliers,” an unnamed Syrian army colonel told Al-Mayadeen. “The battle had been going on for more than a month during which several nearby villages were liberated.” Syrian state television said troops “wiped out terrorists who were entrenched in the castle.” Syrian authorities refer to opposition fighters as terrorists.

An activist based in the nearby city of Homs said the citadel fell into the hands of government troops earlier Thursday, a day after rebels and the government agreed that opposition fighters be given safe passage to Lebanon. The activist, who goes with the name of Beibares Tellawi, told The Associated Press that troops captured Hosn, the town at the foot of the castle, after an intense bombardment by the Syrian air force. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting around Hosn killed 12 fighters Thursday. The dead included the local leader of the Jund al-Sham Islamic group. Lebanese television stations identified the dead commander as Abu Suleiman Dandashi, a Lebanese national. Syria’s state news agency said “a number of terrorists were killed” as they tried to flee Hosn toward Lebanon. An activist in Homs who goes by the name of Samer al-Homsi said people fleeing Hosn were ambushed near the Lebanon border and many were feared dead. The Crac des Chevaliers is considered one of the world’s best-preserved castles from the era of the Crusades. But, like nearly all of Syria’s rich archaeological and cultural heritage sites, the current conflict has taken a terrible toll on the citadel. Over the past 18 months, amateur videos posted online have shown shelling and airstrikes hitting the thick stone ramparts. In the footage broadcast Thursday, the fortress looked fairly intact from the outside.

Still, damage to the Crac des Chevaliers and Syria’s other cultural gems prompted the United Nations last week to warn that ancient Christian and Muslim sites in the country are under attack and to demand an immediate halt to the destruction of the country’s cultural heritage. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNESCO DirectorGeneral Irina Bokova and the joint U.N.-Arab League mediator on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, issued a joint statement citing “alarming reports” that Syrian historical sites are being deliberately targeted for ideological reasons. Six sites in Syria have been designated as World Heritage sites by UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural and educational agency, and the officials said some have suffered “considerable and sometimes irreversible damage.” They listed the Crac des Chevaliers as one of them. Also Thursday, a senior humanitarian official said the first convoy carrying desperately needed aid supplies via Turkey crossed the border into Syria. U.N. regional Humanitarian Coordinator Nigel Fisher said that eight trucks carrying food supplies, blankets, mattresses, family kits and medical supplies began unloading Thursday night in the Syrian city of Qamishli. He said the convoy is made up of 79 trucks total. Fisher said in a statement that the delivery marks the first time in three years that the U.N. has been able to deliver aid to Syria from Turkey. Previously, the Syrian government has refused to allow

U.N. aid in through Turkey, which is a staunch supporter of the rebellion against Assad. The aid delivery comes almost a month after the U.N. Security Council unanimously demanded immediate access everywhere in Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people in need. The resolution doesn’t threaten sanctions, but it does express the council’s intention to take “further steps” if the resolution isn’t implemented. Despite the cross-border delivery, questions linger about the government’s willingness

to allow in aid to all areas in need. The first shipment will be limited to the Hassakeh governorate in the northeast, which is primarily controlled by Kurdish militias although the government retains some security outposts. Meanwhile, the joint mission by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to rid Syria of it chemical weapons said another batch of chemical agents was removed from the country Thursday, raising the total amount taken out of the country to nearly 50 percent.

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Religion

Let light shine through your life

unlight and the warmth from the sun are wonderful treats; finally increasing together. This time of year holds so much hope of a bright spring and warm summer. The rising sun is marching northward on the eastern horizon. It makes that trek every spring and back again every fall. Light is an awesome aspect of creation. “Let there be light,” God proclaimed in the beginning. The gospel of John continued that view of light; “In him was life; and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). The exploration of the universe today is aided by the presence of light and its various energies. Space probes and telescopes provide amazing photos of space. Some space entities

Voices of R eligion M itch G lover emit light, and some reflect it. Psalm 147:4 says “He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.” That is an amazing truth, but even more wonderful is that he knows us and he has the answer to our needs. Verse three of that chapter states his amazing work, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” God clothes himself with light according to Psalm 104:2. John declared, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). It is this

Church Briefs Church shares ‘The Jerusalem Experience’ this Easter Do your kids think Easter is all about chocolate bunnies and ham dinners? Do they get more excited about cartoon reruns than the Easter story? Then make a change in their Easter this year! Bring your children to “The Jerusalem Experience” where you can use your senses to discover more than ever about the true story of Easter and the depth of Jesus’ love for us. Bring the whole family to Grace Lutheran Church and School (47585 Ciechanski Road, Kenai) on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to noon (“tours” leave every 10 minutes and last about 1 hour, the last tour leaving at noon) for a multi-sensory learning event that covers the last days of Jesus’ life on earth. Meet witnesses from the Bible; taste, touch, feel, and be a part of the Passion story; take a walking journey with your passport in hand and be transported back to the time of Christ. Come, celebrate the resurrection in a whole new experience. For more information, visit www.GraceLutheranKenai.com or call Pastor Rob Guenther at 907690-1660.

Hunter Safety Education course offered Whether it’s your first time hunting, or you’re just looking for a refresher course, come learn how to be a safe and responsible hunter. Anyone 10 and older is invited to come to Grace Lutheran Church April 4 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and April 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $10 to cover the expense of the work-

light that can make such a difference for us. Jesus claimed, “I am the light of the world.” He shared that light by forgiving sin, healing the sick, and resurrecting the dead. His work goes on yet today. Spiritual light is vital to eternal life. Colossians 1:12-13 promises that we can be “partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.” This is made possible because He “delivered us from the power of darkness.” Despondency, despair, and depression have darkness as their companion. Life need not be lived in darkness, spiritual or natural. Edith Wharton said, “There are two ways of spreading light; to be a candle or the mirror reflecting it.”

books that need to be completed prior to the course. For more information, or to register, go to www.GraceLutheranKenai.com/HunterSafety.

Sack Lunch Sunday in Kenai Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 North Forest Drive in Kenai, will serve free sack lunches every Sunday starting at 1 p.m. For more information, call 283-4153 or visit www.sotnlc.org.

Wise advice says it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. A candle doesn’t lose any light when it lights another. Light is shared and its cumulative affect increased. The psalmist David affirmed, “For thou wilt light my candle; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness” (See Psalm 18:28). Night photos of the earth from the orbiting International Space Station show enormous areas of light in the location of a metropolis. Does more artificial light than true spiritual light exist today? A variety of light bulbs are being manufactured now, so manmade light will continue to increase. I hope there is a corresponding increase of spiritual light from Jesus for us.

the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thank you for your support.

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Sterling church hosts AWANA Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All Sterling Baptist Church is starting an AWA- clothing and shoes are free to the public. NA program this year, every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. The club will meet at Sterling Baptist Church. Children 3 years old through sixth United Methodist Church grade are welcome. Call Sterling Baptist for provides food pantry more information at 262-4711. The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Calvary Baptist hosts AWANA Monday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The MethodCalvary Baptist Church in Kenai is offer- ist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highing AWANA for kids ages 3 through 6th grade. way next to the Boys and Girls Club. The enAWANA (www.awana.org) is an international trance to the Food Pantry is through the side kids club. Each week, participants will memo- door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more rize Bible verses, play games, hear Bible les- information contact the church office at 283sons, and earn rewards. Beginning Sunday, the 7868 or email kumcalaska@gmail.com. club will meet at Kenai Middle School from 5:25-7:15 p.m. Use the back doors. To register Clothes Quarters open weekly or for more information, call 283-4781 or visit Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels www.kenaicalvary.org. Church is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday of every month Food Pantry open weekly from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every call 907-283-4555. Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents Submit church announcements to news@ in our community who may be experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at peninsulaclarion.com.

Let light from God and his word shine in and through your life. “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6). Jesus can be light for us now and he will be the eternal light in the heavenly realm. Mitch Glover is pastor of the Sterling Pentecostal Church located on Swanson River Road at Entrada. Services on Sunday include Bible classes for all ages at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. Thursday Bible study is at 7:00 p.m. (sterlingpentecostalchurch.com)

Star, makers of ‘Noah’ attend Pope’s general audience VATICAN CITY (AP) — Actor Russell Crowe and the makers of the big-budget film “Noah” attended Pope Francis’ general audience Wednesday but didn’t get what they most wanted: a papal meeting and photo-op. Crowe had lobbied hard for a papal thumbs up for his film and the ensuing publicity a Francis blessing would bring. The film has been banned in much of the Muslim world because of its depiction of the prophet, while U.S. conservatives have complained it took liberties with the Biblical account of the flood. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the request from Noah’s producers for a private audience was immediately turned down. In an email Wednesday to The Associated Press, Lombardi said there was similarly no scheduled “meet and greet” after Wednesday’s general audience, when VIPs can often get a quick word with the pope. “They could have been at the audience like anyone else,” Lombardi said. Wednesday’s audience drew an estimated crowd of 80,000. Francis is loath to lend such blessings for publicity. Given his sensitivities to the Muslim world — and his upcoming trip to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories — it would seem natural that he would decline any public endorsement of a film that might offend Muslim viewers. Variety reported that the Noah delegation, including Crowe, director Darren Aronofsky, producer Scott Franklin, and the vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, Rob Moore, had met with the pope. Variety cited a spokeswoman for Universal, which is distributing the film in Italy. But in an email to AP, Paramount merely said the delegation “went to hear” Francis’ address at the audience.

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tive. Assembly member Kelly Wolf also opposed the ordinance. “I’m real nervous about this idea, and I don’t like it,” he said. Prior to the passage of the ordinance, two general borough government employees serve on boards, which Ogle suggested was a possible error. Colette Thompson, borough attorney, said one serves on the Central Peninsula Hospital service area board and the other serves on the Central Emergency Services area board. Borough Mayor Mike Navarre said the borough has a policy that states borough employees can’t have other jobs that conflict with their government jobs. “In this case the people that we’re talking about happen to be employed by the borough, but they’re residents of their community,” he said. “They volunteer at the (Kenai Peninsula) Food Bank, they coach little league, they do all kinds of things.” He said if people want to serve on service area boards unrelated to their jobs, he can’t see where there would be a problem; it’s just about people wanting to serve their community in a way that is unrelated to their jobs. “If there is a conflict, they clearly can’t do it,” he said. Ogle and Wolf cast the votes against the ordinance. While assembly member Mako Haggerty said he thinks it’s great to elect service area board members, nobody is “stepping up to the plate.” When that happens people have to be appointed to serve. “We need your help,” Haggerty said, “and I’d be happy to see contested elections on service area boards. I think that’d be a great thing, but we’re having a hard time even filling the seats on service area boards.”

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In the image the soldier’s boots, gun and helmet are placed in front of the cross with the inscription “Never Forgotten.” Bob Myles, a Kenai resident and member of the National Veterans of Foreign Wars Committee, gave a scheduled public comment to the council in response to the concerns local veterans had if the city had decided to move forward with a suggestion to relocate the monument. Myles, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who has worked in burial detail, said the cross on the statue is symbolic as a grave marker, a symbol that

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tential walk zone projects. Walk zones are defined as a half-mile radius around a school. He discussed the installation of several Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons (RRFBs) at various crosswalks around the city. Cotter said nothing is set in stone. Modifications for the next version will focus on creating more accessible connections from main routes to Skyview Middle School, and improving the existing routes around Soldotna Elementary School, he said. Soldotna Elementary and Soldotna Montessori are of interest because they are bordered by two major roads, the Kenai Spur Highway and Binkley Street, which see an average of

can be found all over town. “If you are concerned about the cross, what about the city seal with the Russian Orthodox Church on it or the city graveyard,” he said. “You thought out the layout, design and placement and I ask it remains left alone in place.” He asked for any supporters in the crowd to stand and be recognized and everyone in the room stood. Myles received a round of applause after he concluded his remarks. Twelve people gave public comments to the council all in favor of keeping the monument as is currently stands. Dave Thompson, a member of the VFW, said the cross has been a symbol for the memorial of death used by Romans and Persians well before the birth of Christ. Norm Erickson, a veteran and member of the

American Legion, said he is offended that the cross would offend someone. “It upsets me to think that without the cross, some of my buddies wouldn’t be remembered,” he said. Mayor Pat Porter thanked everyone for their heartfelt comments. After the meeting, she said the veterans have taken the memorial very seriously when word went out that the city was looking into the legitimacy of a cross being on city land. “They don’t want anything done with it and are willing to take a stand,” she said. “It’s not an issue before the city council and I hope it never becomes an issue, but they certainly were in attendance letting us know they were in support of keeping the memorial where it is.” Marquis said he understands

the veterans’ passionate feelings on the matter but the cross on the memorial doesn’t offend any of the council members. He said he was presented with information from a concerned citizen and passed it onto the city administration and city attorney to research the topic. That has been the extent of the council’s involvement, he said. “Overall I’m disappointed so many people are mislead to believe the city council is taking action on the memorial,” he said. “People spoke about being upset that people are offended by the cross. I am not offended by the cross.” He cited the recent lawsuit filed by the American Humanist Association against the City of Lake Elsinore, Calif., where a similar monument with a soldier kneeling in front of a cross

couldn’t be built because a judge ruled it violated the U.S. Constitution in the separation of church and state. Council member Mike Boyle, a veteran himself, said before Wednesday, this wasn’t an issue. He cautioned one commenter who said, “Anyone who sues the city over a war memorial is an idiot.” “Idiots do win lawsuits,” Boyle said. Myles invited the council members to take a walk through Fort Richardson National Cemetery in Anchorage and view all the grave markers adorned with crosses. “I believe we got the message across. People spoke from knowledge and spent time digging up facts,” he said. “People spoke from heart. I was surprised nobody spoke against memorial.”

more than 13,000 vehicles per day, according to the draft. Cotter said the goal is to finalize plans by the end of the school year. However, City Planner John Czarnezki said he hopes to have the walk zone plans completed in early spring, before school ends, so the city can propose it to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities if or when more federal grant money through the Safe Routes to School Program is announced. The program will reimburse 100 percent of the funding necessary to complete approved planning, non-infrastructure, infrastructure or single projects, according to ADOT. A previous safe routes to school grant funded the labor required to complete the walk zone inventory. The walk zone draft outlines the projected cost of each individual project, Czarnezki said. Chosen projects will be supplemented through municipal

and federal funding, Czarnezki said. Some may begin soon, some may take 10 years others may never happen, he said. The council will better know how to budget for the remaining projects after seeing if any are awarded federal grant money. Safe Routes to School has been granting money to states since 2005 for the purpose of encouraging more students, including those with disabilities, to commute on foot or bicycle and improving safety along existing routes while reducing traffic and therefore fuel consumption and air pollution, according to the Federal Highway Administration. Every year states will receive no less than $1 million dependent on student enrollment in primary and middle schools, according to the Highway Administration. The state then decides how to allocate the funds from grant proposals.

Soldotna’s plan qualifies as an infrastructure project, which can include installing or altering existing sidewalks, traffic diversion programs, pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements and traffic calming and speed reduction, according to ADOT. “It will be a powerful tool for the city to have,” said Stephanie Queen, director of economic development and planning. The primary objectives of initial assessments focused on increasing the number of students walking or biking to school, improving safety around schools, and reducing traffic and air pollution near schools, according to the draft plan. PCD Inc. engineers compiled information through site visits, geospatial data collection and parent surveys for the inventory process. Planners labeled the projects as priority levels one through three based on their im-

mediate to no need for safety improvement. Assessments found Cook Inlet Academy, Kalifornsky Beach Elementary, Redoubt Elementary, Soldotna Elementary, Soldotna Montessori and Skyview Middle School all have areas requiring safety modifications. CIA reported that no students walk or bike to school, but the survey found the potential to increase this. Assessments oriented toward safe routes to school programs make sure project architecture implements the “five E’s” — evaluation, engineering, education, encouragement and enforcement.

Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.

Zoning Commission member Colleen Denbrock said Soldotna should also try to target education as an important aspect of these safety features. “None of this will work if we don’t have education for adults too,” Denbrock said.

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Bulldogs fall to Braves By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Nikiski girls hoops team fell short on the first day of the Class 3A state tournament at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, losing to Mt. Edgecumbe 49-39. The loss drops the Bulldogs into the 3A consolation bracket with an 8 a.m. Friday matchup with Valdez. “Our girls played really hard and really fought, but when the other team’s shooting the ball that well, it’s hard to catch up,” said Nikiski coach Scott Anderson. Junior Rachel Thompson came up big for the Bulldogs with 21 points, while senior Alyssa Darch added eight points and took down seven rebounds.

After trailing 12-4 early in the second quarter, Nikiski began to find its feet, getting buckets and successful freethrow attempts from Thompson, Darch and Emily Lynch. With 2 minutes, 21 seconds, left in the first half, Nikiski had cut the deficit to 16-13. “We got off to a slow start, and I think some of our girls had that deer-in-the-headlights look,” Anderson said. “It’s a new experience for them, and we just came down a little slow, and we could never get our traction after that.” Trailing 23-13 at halftime, the Bulldogs fought back by outscoring the Braves 13-10 in the third quarter. After a back-and-forth fourth quarter, two free throws from Hallie Riddall cut the gap

to 42-37 with 1:17 left. However, after that, Taryn White and Renata Olson put the game out of reach with seven free throws. Olson led Mt. Edgecumbe with 18 points on 7 of 12 shooting. White, one of the Braves’ top threats, had 12 points and grabbed seven boards. “I think they were so focused on my inside post (White) that the guards could be more relaxed and take the shots,” said Edgecumbe coach Dane Vincent. “They were so focused on Taryn that it opened it up for the rest of them.” Anderson agreed with Vincent, saying while his team did a good job stopping White, it ultimately cost the Bulldogs. “A couple of other girls stepped up and played well for

them,” Anderson said. “I fully expect them to go pretty far in this tournament.” Nikiski also suffered from poor shooting with an 18 percent mark in the first half and hitting 27 percent overall. Additionally, Nikiski was 2 for 14 from beyond the arc. Thursday girls Braves 49, Bulldogs 39 Mt. Edgecumbe 10 Nikiski 4

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MT. EDGECUMBE (49) — Ripke 0 0-0 0, Olson 7 2-2 18, Johnson 2 2-2 7, Akaran 2 1-2 5, Amaktoolik 0 0-1 0, White 2 8-9 12, Holly 0 0-0 0, Thomas 0 1-1 1, Mute 0 0-0 0, Weisz 3 0-0 6. Totals 16 14-17 49. NIKISKI (39) — Riddall 0 2-2 2, Cook 0 0-0 0, Costello 0 1-2 1, Litke 0 0-0 0, Lynch 3 1-4 7, Thompson 6 7-9 21, Parrish 0 0-0 0, Kornstad 0 0-0 0, Litzen 0 0-0 0, Darch 4 0-0 8. Totals 13 11-17 39. 3-point field goals — Mt. Edgecumbe 3 (Olson 2, Johnson 1); Nikiski 2 (Thompson 2). Team fouls — Mt. Edgecume 19; Nikiski 13.

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Nikiski’s Hallie Riddall (2), Emily Lynch (22) and Chena Litzen defend Mt. Edgecumbe’s Taryn White during their Class 3A girls state basketball game on Thursday at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena. The Bulldogs lost 49-39.

Ice Dogs provide hurdle

Eagles topple Stars

Bears will have to beat rival to get into playoffs

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

When the North American Hockey League started way back in September, one thing was apparent. If the Kenai River Brown Bears were going to make the playoffs, they were going to have to find a way to beat the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. With just four games remaining in the regular season, the song remains the same. If the Brown Bears want to make the playoffs, they are going to have to figure out a way to beat the Ice Dogs. Kenai River hosts Fairbanks today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, then wraps up the regular season the following Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks. Kenai River (27-22-7) is currently one point out of a playoff spot. The Bears have 61 points, while the Coulee Region (Wis.) Chill and Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild are tied for third in the Midwest Division with 62 points. The Wild also have four games left, while the Chill have five games left. “To give ourselves a chance we have to get at least one, but we believe it’s gonna take more than one win over the next four games,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said. “The guys realize this and they’re loose but focused. “We’ve been a resilient team most of the year.” The team that has given Kenai River the most trouble — by far — is the Ice Dogs. The Bears are above .500 in regulation against 8 of the 13 opponents they’ve faced this season, and the worst they are against all but one opponent is a game below .500. That leaves just Fairbanks. The Bears have a 2-9-1 record against their Alaska rival. And unfortunately for the Bears, the Ice Dogs make up by far the biggest chunk of the schedule — 16 games out of 60. “Obviously, playing Fairbanks 16 times doesn’t help,” defenseman Vince Stefan said. “Our season went well, other than playing Fairbanks. “If you look at our record, other than FairSee BEARS, page B-4

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Soldotna’s Julie Litchfield shoots against West’s Marshal Eady (23) and Chamira Cockerham during the Class 4A girls state basketball game Thursday at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena.

ACS girls dash past Seahawks By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

It was a valiant effort, but the Seward girls fell to Anchorage Christian School Lions 48-32 on the first day of the Class 3A state tournament. The loss drops the Seahawks into Friday’s consolation bracket with a 9:45 a.m. date with Bethel. Taking on one of the top scoring and rebounding threats in the 3A division — Dallas Dickerson — isn’t easy, but Seward contained her and the ACS offense handily in the first half. ACS shot 18 percent from the floor en route to an 18-11 halftime lead.

They don’t call it March Madness just to draw in the crowds. Thursday’s first-round state tournament matchup between the Soldotna and West girls at the Sullivan Arena only added to the intrigue and drama that basketball fans this time of year drool over. Soldotna took West to overtime, but came up short in a 58-55 loss, sending the Stars to the consolation side of the girls Class 4A bracket. Fu’a Malaetia hit the game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds left in overtime to send the Eagles off to a semifinal matchup with Colony on Friday. “I was thinking, here we go again.” said West coach Stanley Engel. “They did a great job of making us go through somebody else, and we were trying to hold off for the last shot.” Preceding West’s game-winning trey, SoHi had twice clawed back to tie the game — once in regulation and again in overtime — getting three clutch shots from beyond the arc from senior Kelci Benson. “All spring break I practiced getting my 3s off, and it was just my night, I guess,” Benson said. Benson ended with 11 points in the game, hitting all of her 3s in the final 2:26 of regulation and overtime. Senior Julie Litchfield led SoHi with 18 points, and senior Katelynn Kerkvliet grabbed nine rebounds. SoHi will face the East Thunderbirds in the consolation semifinals today at 11:30 a.m. at the Sullivan Arena. Even with Thursday’s loss, Soldotna coach Doug Blossom said his team is not hanging its heads. “I thought we played our best game in a long time,” Blossom said. “Maybe not the best of the year, but the best in a long time.” Instead of teary faces at the sound of the buzzer, the Stars came off the court with the satisfaction knowing they had played a good game. “I don’t know how much better we could’ve played,” Benson said. “We’re defiSee STARS, page B-4

KPHA PeeWee B team takes state

Seward coach Mark Clemens called it a “moral victory,” since ACS had beaten Nikiski by over 30 points earlier in the year. “ACS is a heck of a team, so we had a game plan that the girls bought into,” Clemens said. “I told the girls, I want you to see what team stays within single digits and 10 points of this team for the rest of the tournament. It doesn’t happen very often against ACS.” Dickerson ended with 28 points in the game. Seward was led by Ashley VonBorstel with 13 points Photo by Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire and six rebounds, while Ash- Seward’s Ashley VonBorstel drives against Anchorage Chrisley Whiteshield grabbed nine tian’s Hollie Duncan during their Class 3A girls state basketball See SEWARD, page B-4 game at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena on Thursday. C

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association PeeWee B team won the Alaska State Hockey Association championship Monday at the Curtis C. Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla. The Ice Hawks defeated the Anchorage North Stars 4-1 in the title game. Johnny Bea, the coach of the squad, said according to the trophy, it is the first time a KPHA PeeWee B team won a state title since 1993. It also is the first state title at the B level for KPHA in 10 years. The title completes a season in which the Ice Hawks went 11-1 in league play and also

won the Termination Dust and Polar Bear tournaments in Anchorage. Bea, 43, said there are a number of reasons it’s so hard for KPHA clubs to break through. “I started playing hockey when I was 9, and I grew up playing hockey for KPHA,” Bea said. “When I was 21, I did a walk-on tryout for the Anchorage Aces, and actually made it and we won the national championship in 1994. “I learned more about how the game is actually played and coached up there in three weeks than I did in my entire career down here.” Bea also said Anchorage teams have a numbers advanSee TITLE, Page B-2

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tage. “At the tryouts, there were 22 kids and I ended up taking 14,” Bea said. “In Anchorage, a tryout will have 75 kids and they are shooting for 14.” Bea said he spends most of his time at the PeeWee level working on skill development. “A lot of coaches come with new drills every other night and half the time on the ice is spent explaining a drill,” Bea said. “I just had certain drills with names for them. “By the end of the year, I could’ve just told the captain what to run. I didn’t need to be on the ice.” Bea, who has been coaching on and off for 10 years in KPHA, said the association can have success against the bigger cities. “What it really comes down to is the coaching director setting standards for what will be taught at a certain age,” Bea

said. “It has to be more of a structured environment. “That’s why it has failed in the past.” Ultimately, he said it’s hard to pinpoint the reason for success. “It could just be that I was blessed with the right group of kids,” he said. Bea credited assistant coach Trevor Baldwin for a lot of help. He also said Dave Bolin from Homer drove his son, Clark, to Soldotna two or three times a week for seven months, and was also really helpful. “Seven months ago, I posted on Facebook, ‘I have my team. I will win state.’” Bea said. “Ironically, it happened.” The manager of the team was Brad Nye. The players were Corbin Wirz, Galen Brantley III, Brayden VanMeter, Clark Bolin, Parker Lockwood, Nathaniel Beiser, Jordan Knudsen, Wyatt Medcoff, Braxton Urban, Lucas Kline, Brock Miller, Miles Marston, Cade Appelhans, Journey Miller and Cody Nye.

Sports Briefs Klitschko addresses Putin HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko delivered a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, saying it’s important not to “repeat the mistakes of history” concerning the crisis in his native Ukraine. Klitschko, the brother of opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, is training in Florida for his title defense in April. He sat before a Ukrainian flag at a press conference, wearing a white T-shirt with his country’s name and logo. “You cannot repeat the mistakes of history, and there were a lot of mistakes,” Klitschko said when asked about a message to Putin. Klitschko said he feels sadness about the months of protests and sporadic violence in his country, and his “mind is over there, my body is here.” Russian forces effectively took control of Crimea about two weeks ago after the ouster of Ukraine’s pro-Russia president, Viktor Yanukovych. Klitschko’s brother gave up boxing to run for president in the Ukraine, where elections are scheduled for May 25.

Reds’ Chapman undergoes surgery GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman underwent a 2½-hour operation Thursday to repair a broken bone above his left eye but has no other serious injuries after being hit in the face by a line drive in a spring training game. Team medical director Dr. Timothy Kremchek said Chapman could begin throwing off a mound in six to eight weeks, a timetable that could get him back in games in late May. The left-hander with a fastball that has reached 105 mph could start exercising and throwing on flat ground in a couple of weeks, Kremchek said. The doctor called Chapman “a very lucky guy.” The surgery was performed by cranial facial plastic surgeon Dr. Ed Joganic. Kremchek said earlier that a metal plate would be inserted in the bone above Chapman’s left eyebrows and would remain there permanently. Chapman has a very mild concussion but no other brain injury and no injury to his eye, Kremchek said. “He’s feeling better and he has some pain management. We’re optimistic that he is going to be on the mend,” Reds manager Bryan Price said after meeting with players Thursday morning at the team’s spring training facility. “Obviously, we’ll stay in touch. We will make sure we follow the process as we continue to get familiar with the injury itself. We will let him know how much support he has and that we care about him. Hopefully, we will see him here very soon.” Cincinnati catcher Brayan Pena, a fellow Cuban and Chapman’s close friend, was one of several Reds players who visited the injured pitcher Wednesday night and spoke to him on the phone Thursday morning. — The Associated Press

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 38 29 Brooklyn 35 31 New York 28 40 Boston 23 46 Philadelphia 15 53 Southeast Division x-Miami 46 20 Washington 35 33 Charlotte 33 36 Atlanta 31 35 Orlando 19 50 Central Division x-Indiana 50 18 Chicago 38 30 Cleveland 26 43 Detroit 25 42 Milwaukee 13 56

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 51 16 .761 — Houston 46 22 .676 5½ Memphis 40 27 .597 11 Dallas 41 28 .594 11 New Orleans 27 40 .403 24 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 50 18 .735 — Portland 45 24 .652 5½ Minnesota 34 33 .507 15½ Denver 31 37 .456 19 Utah 22 47 .319 28½ Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 48 21 .696 — Golden State 44 26 .629 4½ Phoenix 39 29 .574 8½ Sacramento 24 44 .353 23½ L.A. Lakers 22 45 .328 25 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Games Oklahoma City 102, Cleveland 95 Houston 129, Minnesota 106 Portland 116, Washington 103 Golden State 115, Milwaukee 110 Friday’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 3 p.m. New York at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Oklahoma City at Toronto, 3 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Memphis at Miami, 3:30 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Portland at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 4 p.m. Indiana at Memphis, 4 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Orlando at Utah, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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Second Round Friday, March 21 Robert Morris (22-13) at Belmont (25-9), 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22 Louisiana Tech (28-7) at Georgia (20-13), 7 a.m. Sunday, March 23 Illinois (20-14) at Clemson (2112), 7 a.m. Saint Mary’s (Calif.) (23-11) at Minnesota (21-13), 11 a.m. Southern Miss (28-6) at Missouri (23-11), 1 p.m. Monday, March 24 Georgetown (18-14) at Florida State (20-13), 3 p.m. LSU (20-13) at SMU (24-9), 5 p.m. Arkansas (22-11) at California (20-13), 7 p.m. All Times ADT

NCAA Tournament EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. UConn 89, Saint Joseph’s 81, OT Villanova 73, Milwaukee 53 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Harvard 61, Cincinnati 57 Michigan State 93, Delaware 78 Friday, March 21

At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Memphis (23-9) vs. George Washington (24-8), 2:55 p.m. Virginia (28-6) vs. Coastal Carolina (21-12), 30 minutes following At The AT&T Center San Antonio North Carolina (23-9) vs. Providence (23-11), 3:20 p.m. Iowa State (26-7) vs. North Carolina Central (28-5), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 22 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. Villanova (29-4) vs. UConn (27-8) At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Michigan State (27-8) vs. Harvard (27-4) SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. Dayton 60, Ohio State 59 Syracuse 77, Western Michigan 53 At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Pittsburgh 77, Colorado 48 Florida 67, Albany (N.Y.) 55 Friday, March 21 At Scottrade Center St. Louis New Mexico (27-6) vs. Stanford (21-12), 9:40 a.m. Kansas (24-9) vs. Eastern Kentucky (24-9), 30 minutes following At Viejas Arena San Diego VCU (26-8) vs. Stephen F. Austin (31-2), 3:27 p.m. UCLA (26-8) vs. Tulsa (21-12), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 22 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. Syracuse (28-5) vs. Dayton (2410) At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Florida (33-2) vs. Pittsburgh (269) MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Saint Louis 83, N.C. State 80, OT Louisville 71, Manhattan 64 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Michigan 57, Wofford 40 Texas 87, Arizona State 85 Friday, March 21 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Duke (26-8) vs. Mercer (26-8), 8:15 a.m. UMass (24-8) vs. Tennessee (2212), 30 minutes following At Scottrade Center St. Louis Wichita State (34-0) vs. Cal Poly (14-19), 3:10 p.m. Kentucky (24-10) vs. Kansas State (20-12), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 22 At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Louisville (30-5) vs. Saint Louis (27-6) At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Michigan (26-8) vs. Texas (24-10) WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Wisconsin 75, American 35 Oregon 87, BYU 68 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. North Dakota State 80, Oklahoma 75, OT San Diego State 73, New Mexico State 69, OT Friday, March 21 At The AT&T Center San Antonio Baylor (24-11) vs. Nebraska (1912), 8:40 a.m. Creighton (26-7) vs. LouisianaLafayette (23-11), 30 minutes following At Viejas Arena

Thunder hold off Cavs By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Kevin Durant scored 35 points, finding his shooting touch after a rough start, and Serge Ibaka had 16 as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a furious Cleveland comeback for a 10295 win over the injury-riddled Cavaliers on Thursday night. Durant missed five of his first six shots, but the NBA’s top scorer finally got it going. He has scored 25 or more in 33 straight games — the league’s second-longest streak since Michael Jordan did it 40 consecutive times (1986-87). With their 50th win, the Thunder, who let a 24-point lead dwindle to five in the fourth, moved within 1½ games of San Antonio for the best record in the Western Conference. Oklahoma City played without All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook (knee). Dion Waiters scored 30 for the Cavs.

had 28 points with eight assists and Houston rolled. Houston trailed by as many as 10 before using a big run in the second quarter to take the lead and padding the advantage with another run to start the third quarter. It was Houston’s second straight game without Dwight Howard, who sat out with a strained left ankle. Omer Asik started in his place and filled in ably with a seasonhigh-tying 12 points as the Rockets won for the seventh time in 10 games. Kevin Love had 29 points and rookie Gorgui Dieng 22 points and 21 rebounds, which were both career-highs.

TRAIL BLAZERS 116, WIZARDS 103

PORTLAND, Ore. — Wesley Matthews had 28 points, including four 3-pointers, for Portland. Damian Lillard added 23 points and 10 assists for the Blazers, who are still playing without injured All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge. Portland (45-24) remained in fifth place in the Western Conference with three victories in their last ROCKETS 129, four games after a four-game losTIMBERWOLVES 106 ing streak. HOUSTON — James Harden The Wizards (35-33) have lost

two straight to open four-game swing against the Western Conference while they vie for a playoff spot in the East to end a five-year absence. John Wall had 24 points and 14 assists for Washington, which trailed by as many as 17 points in the second half.

WARRIORS 115, BUCKS 110 OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry had 31 points and 11 assists, Klay Thompson scored 29 and the Golden State Warriors moved 18 games over .500 for the first time in 20 years. David Lee added 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Warriors sweat out a tougher-thanexpected game against the NBA’s worst team. Golden State (44-26) remains in sixth place in the tight Western Conference standings, 1½ games behind Portland and 2½ games ahead of Memphis and Dallas with 12 games left. The Bucks (13-56) were handed another blow in a season full of them when guard Nate Wolters broke his left hand in the first half. Reserve forward Jeff Adrien also received three stitches above his left eye before coming back in the second quarter.

Scott fires 62 to take Bay Hill lead ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Masters champion Adam Scott was feeling ill when he arrived at Bay Hill. One majestic round with the putter Thursday made him feel a lot better. Scott made five putts from about 20 feet or longer, two of them for eagle and one of them

from off the green for birdie, and matched the course record with a 10-under 62 to build a three-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The conditions were close to perfect. So was his work on the greens. “I made a lot of putts today, and a lot of putts from consider-

able length,” Scott said. “I hit a lot of nice shots, too, but it wasn’t like I was hitting it 4 feet. I had a round like this in Australia at the end of last year — in the first six holes, I didn’t hit it outside 5 feet. There’s a lot of different ways to get the ball in the hole. But it’s good for the confidence.” C

San Diego Arizona (30-4) vs. Weber State (19-11), 10:10 a.m. Gonzaga (28-6) vs. Oklahoma State (21-12), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 22 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Wisconsin (27-7) vs. Oregon (249) At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. San Diego State (30-4) vs. North Dakota State (26-6) All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L Boston 69 47 17 Tampa Bay 70 39 24 Montreal 71 38 26 Toronto 71 36 27 Detroit 69 32 24 Ottawa 69 28 28 Florida 70 26 36 Buffalo 70 20 42 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 69 45 19 Philadelphia 69 37 25 Columbus 69 36 27 N.Y. Rangers 70 37 29 Washington 71 33 27 New Jersey 70 30 27 Carolina 69 30 30 N.Y. Islanders 70 26 35

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 69 47 15 7 101 226 156 Chicago 70 40 15 15 95 237 182 Colorado 70 44 20 6 94 216 192 Minnesota 70 36 23 11 83 174 172 Dallas 69 32 26 11 75 196 201 Winnipeg 71 32 30 9 73 199 208 Nashville 70 29 31 10 68 165 208 Pacific Division San Jose 71 46 18 7 99 219 170 Anaheim 70 45 18 7 97 222 178 Los Angeles 70 39 25 6 84 170 149 Phoenix 70 34 25 11 79 194 197 Vancouver 72 32 30 10 74 172 194 Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203 Edmonton 71 25 37 9 59 177 228 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday’s Games Los Angeles 2, Washington 1, SO New Jersey 4, Minnesota 3, OT Philadelphia 4, Dallas 2 Columbus 3, Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 4 Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT Buffalo 3, Edmonton 1 Phoenix 2, Florida 1 San Jose 3, Anaheim 2 Friday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Columbus,3 p.m. Carolina at Chicago, 4 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 5 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Ottawa at Dallas, 11 a.m. Florida at Los Angeles, Noon Montreal at Toronto, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 3 p.m. Carolina at Winnipeg, 3 p.m. Boston at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Washington at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 14 7 .667 Pittsburgh 11 8 .579 San Francisco 12 9 .571 Arizona 11 9 .550 Washington 11 10 .524 New York 10 10 .500 Milwaukee 11 12 .478 Colorado 10 11 .476 Cincinnati 10 13 .435 Chicago 10 14 .417 St. Louis 7 10 .412 Los Angeles 6 10 .375 Atlanta 8 14 .364 San Diego 6 12 .333 Philadelphia 6 14 .300 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Thursday’s Games Philadelphia (ss) 6, Houston 3 Miami 4, St. Louis 3 Washington 8, Detroit 1 Toronto 3, Philadelphia (ss) 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 6 Cincinnati 5, Texas 4, 10 innings Seattle 3, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Angels 3, Kansas City 2 Milwaukee 4, Colorado 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2 Baltimore 4, Pittsburgh 2 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 4 San Francisco 11, San Diego 3

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Rubby De La Rosa and INF Brock Holt to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned INF Brandon Snyder to their minor league camp. HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned 1B Jon Singleton to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned SS Carlos Correa, RHPs Mark Appel and Mike Foltynewicz and OFs George Springer and Delino DeShields to their minor league camp. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Traded 1B Matt Scioscia to the Chicago Cubs for OF Trevor Gretzky. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed OF Kent Matthes off waivers from Colorado and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Placed RHP Jarrod Parker on the 60-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Brad Boxberger to Durham (IL). Reassigned OF Justin Christian, INFs Cole Figueroa and Jerry Sands, C Ali Solis, RHPs Steve Geltz and Juan Sandoval and LHP Adam Liberatore and to their minor league camp. TEXAS RANGERS — Released RHPs Michael Zouzalik, Travis Dean and RHP Jose Samayoa. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed OF Matt Tuiasosopo off waivers from Arizona. Released LHP Luis Perez. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Reassigned RHP Drew Hayes, LHP Lee Hyde, RHP Chien-Ming Wang and INF Argenis Diaz to their minor league camp. COLORADO ROCKIES — Selected the contract of C Mike McKenry from Colorado Springs (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Granted RHP Luis Ayala his unconditional release. Optioned RHP Ross Ohlendorf, C Jhonatan Solano, INF Zach Walters and RHP Christian Garcia to Syracuse (IL). Reassigned RHP Manny Delcarmen, 1B Brock Peterson and INF Will Rhymes to their minor league camp. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT — Assigned C Justin Hamilton to Sioux Falls (NBADL) for two games. NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Shannon Brown for the remainder of the season. Women’s National Basketball Association MINNESOTA LYNX — Re-signed

C Janel McCarville to a multiyear contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to the terms with CB Antonio Cromartie on a one-year contract. ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with KR-WR Devin Hester. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Jerricho Cotchery to a two-year contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB Jason Campbell. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DT Tom Johnson. Agreed to terms with DE Corey Wootton OAKLAND RAIDERS — Agreed to terms with S Charles Woodson a one-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed FB Bruce Miller to a threeyear contract extension. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed G Stephen Schilling. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed CB Mike Jenkins. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Matt Carey on a two-year contract. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated F Jared Boll from injured reserve. Assigned G Anton Forsberg to Springfield (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Adam Almquist and G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned G Magnus Hellberg to Cincinnati (ECHL). Signed D Brian Young to an amateur tryout contract. Recalled F Calle Jarnkrok from Milwaukee (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed F Cody Kunyk to a oneyear contract. LACROSSE National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTH — Signed D Nick Carlson. SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS — Waived G Matt Pickens. FC DALLAS — Waived D London Woodberry. PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed M Fred. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC — Announced business operations will become independent from the Seattle Seahawks beginning April 30. COLLEGE BALL STATE — Signed football coach Pete Lembo to a five-year contract extension and added the title of associate athletic director. KENNESAW STATE — Promoted men’s interim basketball coach C Jimmy Lallathin to head coach. Y MICHIGAN — Suspended OL Graham Glasgow for part of spring practice and the seasonopening game against Appalachian State. NORTH TEXAS — Signed football coach Dan McCarney to a five-year contract. TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN — Named Lauren Mathewson assistant volleyball coach. UT MARTIN — Named Heath Schroyer men’s basketball coach. WAKE FOREST — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik.

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Red Wings notch OT win against Pens By The Associated Press

DETROIT — Daniel Alfredsson scored his second goal of the game with 1 second left in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Alfredsson’s shot went off Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and appeared to be knocked into the net by Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi, who scored into his own net earlier in the game. The goal stood after video review. Detroit was up 2-0, trailed 3-2 and led 4-3 lead with 7:43 left. Craig Adams pulled Pittsburgh back into a tie two minutes later. Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar and Todd Bertuzzi also scored for Detroit. Evgeni Malkin had two goals and Lee Stempniak added one for Pittsburgh Fleury made 25 saves. Detroit’s Jimmy Howard stopped 39 shots. SHARKS 3, DUCKS 2 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Brent Burns scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:59 to play to help San Jose beat Anaheim and take sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division for the first time in more than three months. Joe Thornton tied the game earlier in the third and got his second assist on the game-winner for the Sharks, who have won seven of eight to move two points

ahead of Anaheim, although the Ducks have a game in hand. The Sharks, who trailed by 13 points after games on Jan. 15, have not been alone in first since Dec. 6. Patrick Marleau also scored and Antti Niemi made 26 saves for San Jose. Teemu Selanne and Mathieu Perreault scored for the Ducks, who have lost six of their last eight. Frederik Andersen made 25 saves.

to 11-2-1 in its last 14 games while maintaining its hold on second place in the Metropolitan Division. Jamie Benn scored twice for Dallas, which lost its fourth straight. The Stars began the day two points behind Phoenix for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Simmonds scored his second of the game with 7:39 left to put Philadelphia ahead 3-1. Just 30 seconds later, Benn scored his second of the contest. KINGS 2, CAPITALS 1, SO Raffl provided some insurance for Philadelphia by beating Thomas with a LOS ANGELES — Marian Gaborik got the deciding goal in the shootout and backhander on a breakaway with 3:12 to Los Angeles beat Washington to give Dar- play. ryl Sutter his 500th regular-season victory as an NHL coach. SABRES 3, OILERS 1 Jonathan Quick tied Rogie Vachon for the most career victories by a Kings goalEDMONTON, Alberta — Cory Contender and stopped Alex Ovechkin, who acher had two goals and an assist, and leads the league with 46 goals, on the Cap- Buffalo beat Edmonton to snap a sevenitals’ second shot in the tiebreaker. Ovech- game losing streak. kin is 2 for 15 this season in the tiebreaker Drew Stafford also scored for Buffalo, and 25 for 83 in his career. which had been outscored 21-6 during its Quick made 21 saves, losing his shut- skid. out bid with 7:36 remaining when Joel Taylor Hall had Edmonton’s goal as it Ward extended his goal-scoring streak to ended a two-game win streak in a matcha career-best four games with his 22nd of up of teams with the worst records in the the season. NHL. The Oilers (25-37-9) dropped to Anze Kopitar scored at 14:09 of the 10-5-3 in their last 18 games, and are 11 first period for Los Angeles. points ahead of the Sabres (20-42-8). Edmonton had numerous chances on the power play late in the first period beFLYERS 4, STARS 2 fore Justin Schultz and Hall connected for PHILADELPHIA — Wayne Sim- a man-advantage goal on Buffalo goalie monds scored two goals and Philadelphia Matt Hacket, who was making his first start of the season for the Sabres. beat Dallas for its fourth straight win. Conacher tied the score near the midMark Streit and Michael Raffl also scored for Philadelphia, which improved point of the second period and then put

them ahead early in the third.

COYOTES 2, PANTHERS 1 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Radim Vrbata and Antoine Vermette scored first-period goals and Phoenix held on to win its third in a row. Coyotes goalie Mike Smith had a shutout until Chris Gomez scored with 4:08 to play. Smith had 22 saves. Phoenix has won five of six and seven of nine. Vrbata’s goal came on a power play. The victory, coupled with Dallas’ loss to Philadelphia, put the Coyotes four points ahead of the Stars for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West. Robert Luongo had 20 saves for the Panthers.

BLUE JACKETS 3, CANADIENS 2 MONTREAL — Ryan Johansen scored late in the third period to give Columbus a victory that snapped Montreal’s threegame winning streak. Derek MacKenzie and Brandon Dubinsky also scored for Columbus. Sergei Bobrovsky, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, made 25 saves while starting the Blue Jackets’ 16th straight game and 23rd in the last 24. Brendan Gallagher and Thomas Vanek scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price stopped 37 shots. Johansen took advantage of rookie defenseman Jarred Tinordi’s giveaway at the Canadiens’ blue line. Johansen intercept-

ed a weak pass and beat Price on a partial breakaway for his team-leading 27th goal of the year at 16:59 of the third period.

DEVILS 4, WILD 3, OT NEWARK, N.J. — Andy Greene scored from in close 2 minutes into overtime and New Jersey snapped a threegame losing streak by beating Minnesota in Zach Parise’s first game against his former teammates. Adam Henrique and Patrik Elias each had three assists and combined to set up the game-winner for New Jersey, which blew a two-goal third-period lead. Michael Ryder, Mark Fayne and Jaromir Jagr also scored for New Jersey, which played with a lot more energy with their playoff hopes fading in the wake of the losing streak. Parise, Mikael Granlund and Matt Cooke tallied for the Wild, who have points in 17 of 21 games.

LIGHTNING 5, SENATORS 4 OTTAWA — Teddy Purcell scored twice and Ryan Callahan had a powerplay goal midway through the third period to lead Tampa Bay over Ottawa. Valteri Filpulla and Eric Brewer also scored for the Lightning, who have won five in a row. Ben Bishop stopped 27 shots. Clarke MacArthur, Erik Karlsson, Ales Hemsky and Milan Michalek scored for the Senators. Robin Lehner had 23 saves while losing his sixth straight game. Ottawa is 0-3-2 in its last five.

No. 12 Harvard knocks off No. 5 Cincinnati By The Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. — Siyani Chambers scored 11 points, including five straight in the final 2 minutes, and 12th-seeded Harvard won its second NCAA tournament game in history, upsetting fifth-seeded Cincinnati 61-57 on Thursday in the East Regional. Wesley Saunders led the Crimson (27-4) with 12 points as Harvard pulled off an upset for the second straight year. Last year, Harvard upset New Mexico as a 14 seed. The Crimson became the first Ivy League school with NCAA tournament wins in consecutive years since Princeton in 198384. Harvard never trailed after the opening moments. They played with confidence and scrap against the Bearcats, who shared the American Athletic Conference regular season title. Sean Kilpatrick led Cincinnati (27-7) with 18 points, but the Bearcats failed to win a tournament game for the second straight year. MICHIGAN ST. 93, DELAWARE 78 SPOKANE, Wash. — Adreian Payne scored a career-high 41 points to get Michigan State off to a solid start in the NCAA tournament. Payne, a 6-foot-10 senior, scored 12 straight points in the first half to help the fourth-seeded Spartans (27-8) to an 18-point lead. He set an NCAA tournament record by making all 17 of his free throws and broke the program’s tournament scoring record, set previously by Greg Kelser in 1979. Devon Saddler had 21 points and Davon Usher added 20 for the 13th-seeded Blue Hens (25-10). Travis Trice scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half for the Spartans.

UCONN 89, SAINT JOSEPH’S 81, OT BUFFALO, N.Y. — Shabazz Napier shook off a miss at the second-half buzzer to score nine of his 24 points in overtime and lead seventh-seeded Connecticut. DeAndre Daniels scored 18 while freshman center Amida Brimah forced overtime by completing a three-point play in the final minute for UConn (27-8). The Huskies won their first tournament game under coach Kevin Ollie, who took over two years ago after Jim Calhoun stepped down due to health issues. With the game tied at 70 entering overtime, Daniels opened the scoring by completed a threepoint play with 3:47 left during a 5-minute period the Huskies never trailed. Langston Galloway scored 25 points for Saint Joseph’s (24-10). The Hawks wore down because of a lack of depth, and then lost their top forward Halil Kanacevic, who fouled out early into overtime. UConn faces Villanova next.

second-seeded Villanova. No. 15 seed Milwaukee (2114), the surprise champion of the Horizon League, made it a game all the way, leading much of the first half before fading late. Villanova (29-4) was eager to get back on the court after being upset last week by Seton Hall in the Big East tournament quarterfinals, but the effect of that loss seemed to linger. A 12-point run spanning halftime gave the Wildcats a ninepoint lead early in the second half and they held on. Hilliard’s long 3-pointer from the top of the key with 8:10 left gave them a 53-42 lead, and the Panthers couldn’t recover. SOUTH REGIONAL

DAYTON 60, OHIO ST. 59 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Vee Sanford scored on a layup with 3.8 seconds left to lift 11th-seeded Dayton. Sanford finished with 10 points, while Dyshawn Pierre led the Flyers (24-10) with 12 points in a matchup of Ohio schools separated by about 75 miles. The sixth-seeded Buckeyes (2510) had one last chance to pull out the victory, but Aaron Craft’s driving 10-footer hit off the backboard and rolled off the rim as the buzzer sounded. Sam Thompson scored 18 points and Craft added 16 for Ohio State, which was eliminated after one game for only the third time in its 26 tournament appearances.

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Harvard’s Siyani Chambers, right, leaps into the arms of teammate Brandyn Curry after the team beat Cincinnati in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Spokane, Wash., Thursday. Harvard won 61-57. seeded Florida used a second-half surge to beat 16th-seeded Albany. The Gators (33-2) showed some vulnerability, though, while extending their school-record winning streak to 27 games. Coach Billy Donovan’s team sleepwalked through the first half, swapping the lead back and forth with the pesky Great Danes, but Florida’s bench provided a muchneeded spark. Finney-Smith, the Southeastern Conference’s sixth man of the year, was 6-of-10 shooting. Freshman guard Kasey Hill, who wasn’t sure he would be able to play because of turf toe, chipped in 10 points. Patric Young finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, his first double-double of the season. Casey Prather (16 points) and Scottie Wilbekin (10) also reached double figures for Florida. WEST REGIONAL

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Syracuse’s backcourt of Trevor Cooney and Tyler Ennis combined for 34 points and the Orange defense clamped down. Western Michigan (23-10), the Mid-American Conference champion, had won 14 of 16 games and was in the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade. The third-seeded Orange (28-5) forced 11 turnovers in the opening half and scored 13 points off them in running out to a double-digit lead before the midpoint of the period. Cooney led the Orange with 18 points, hitting 4 of 8 from beyond the arc, and Ennis had 16 points and six assists with one turnover. The Orange used an 18-4 spurt WISCONSIN 75, over 10 minutes to take control and AMERICAN 35 led 40-21 at halftime. Shayne Whittington and Tucker MILWAUKEE — Ben Brust Haymond led Western Michigan scored 17 points and second-seedwith 11 points apiece. ed Wisconsin devastated American with a 22-5 run to close the first half. PITTSBURGH 77, The second-seeded Badgers COLORADO 48 (27-7) recovered from a brief firstORLANDO, Fla. — Talib Zan- half rut and seven-point deficit to na scored 16 of his 18 points in the extinguish the dreams of the 15thopening half, helping ninth-seeded seeded Eagles (20-13). After Wisconsin was ousted in Pittsburgh build a 28-point lead. The Panthers (26-9) shot 51 per- the first round last year as a No. 5 seed, Brust made sure his senior cent and played stifling defense. Colorado (23-12) was eager season didn’t end the same way. to make amends for an early exit He attacked the glass for baskets from the tournament a year ago, on consecutive possessions, endbut had no answers for the 6-foot-9 ing with a three-point play with Zanna. The Pitt center made six of 3:33 left in the first half to give seven shots in the first half, and the Wisconsin a 23-20 lead. The Badgers shot 57 percent Panthers didn’t have any difficulty finishing off the overwhelmed Buf- from the field in the second half. John Schoof had 11 points for faloes. American.

Joseph Young had 19 points for the Ducks (24-9), who had to stage a big comeback to beat the Cougars 100-96 in overtime in December. There was no comeback needed this time, with Oregon turning away every charge by BYU in the second half. Cook, a native of Milwaukee, is the son of former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson. Tyler Haws scored 19 points for 10th-seeded BYU (23-12), which returned to the NCAA tournament after a one-year absence. Matt Carlino added 15 points.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 80, OKLAHOMA 75, OT SPOKANE, Wash. — Lawrence Alexander hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to force overtime and freshman Carlin Dupree scored four points in the final 75 seconds for No. 12 seed North Dakota State. The Bison (26-6) picked up their first NCAA tournament win by rallying in the final minute and then outlasting the No. 5 seed Sooners in overtime. Alexander finished with a career-high 28 points, but it’ll be his falling-down, fistpumping celebration after the tying 3-pointer that will be replayed in Fargo for years. Dupree came on in the closing seconds of overtime after Taylor Braun fouled out. He hit two free throws and scored on a difficult baseline leaner with 41 seconds left. Cameron Clark led Oklahoma (23-10) with 25 points.

SAN DIEGO STATE 73, NEW MEXICO STATE 69

SPOKANE, Wash. — In the fourth and final overtime game on Day 1 of March Madness, San DiVILLANOVA 73, ego State outlasted New Mexico MILWAUKEE 53 OREGON 87, BYU 68 FLORIDA 67, ALBANY 55 State. New Mexico State’s Kevin ArBUFFALO, N.Y. — Darrun MILWAUKEE — Elgin Cook ORLANDO, Fla. — Dorian Hilliard scored 16 points, Jay- Finney-Smith scored 16 points, scored a career-high 23 points for nois made a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left in regulation Thursday Vaughn Pinkston added 13 for most of them on dunks, and top- seventh-seeded Oregon. C

night to push the game to overtime. The four extra periods were the most in a single day in NCAA tournament history. Xavier Thames scored the first basket of the extra session and the fourth-seeded Aztecs (30-4) never trailed. Thames finished with 23 points for San Diego State, which will play 12th-seeded North Dakota State — an overtime winner itself over Oklahoma earlier in the day. Seven-foot-5 Sim Bhullar had 14 points and seven boards for the 13th-seeded Aggies (26-10) before fouling out in the OT. Daniel Mullings led the Aggies with 18. MIDWEST REGIONAL

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defender. The call stood after a video replay, giving Texas its first win in the NCAA tournament since 2011. Ridley finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Longhorns (24-10).

LOUISVILLE 71, MANHATTAN 64 ORLANDO, Fla. — Luke Hancock hit two huge 3-pointers in the final 1:19 to help Louisville finally shake free from tenacious Manhattan. The defending national champion Cardinals were down 58-55 with less than 4 minutes to play before coming alive from the 3-point line. Silky smooth guard Russ Smith, who finished with 18 points, got things going with a game-tying 3 from the wing. Hancock delivered the knockout blows. He stole an inbound pass, got fouled and made both free throws. He hit the first dagger with 1:19 remaining and sank a wide-open look from behind the arc with 28 second left. Hancock finished with 16 points. Behind those shots, fourthseeded Louisville (30-5) advanced to face fifth-seeded Saint Louis on Saturday in the Midwest Region.

MILWAUKEE — Glenn Robinson III scored 14 points and second-seeded Michigan started their quest for a second straight trip to the Final Four. The Wolverines (26-8) capitalized on their decisive edge in athleticism on the undersized and No. 15 Terriers (20-13) but still had some nervous moments after missing 15 of their first 18 shots in the second half. Karl Cochran’s 3-pointer with 9:25 left whittled an 18-point deficit to 40-33. SAINT LOUIS 83, But the Wolverines regrouped, N.C. STATE 80, OT and Caris LeVert’s 3 with 4:17 left gave them a 15-point lead to deflate ORLANDO, Fla. — Rob Loe Wofford’s dreams of an upset. scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, helping St. Louis wipe out a late 14-point deficit and pull TEXAS 87, away in overtime. ARIZONA STATE 85 Jordair Jett overcame a slow MILWAUKEE — Cameron start to score 18, doing most of Ridley’s buzzer-beating layup lift- his damage while the fifth-seeded ed Texas into the third round. Billikens (27-6) were making their Jonathan Holmes missed comeback in the last five minutes badly on a long 3-pointer for the of regulation. seventh-seeded Longhorns in the Both teams shot horribly from final seconds, but Ridley emerged the free-throw line, with Saint from the scrum with the ball and Louis shooting 12-for-26 and No. banked it in as time expired over 12 seed NC State shooting 20-forthe outstretched fingers of an ASU 37.

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banks, it’s a darn good record.” The whole league has had problems with Fairbanks (4213-1). The Ice Dogs can clinch the league’s best record with a victory today, giving themselves home-ice advantage throughout the Robertson Cup playoffs. “They’re an experienced club with solid goaltending, and they’ve had our number all year,” said Beauparlant, an Ice Dogs’ assistant the past three years. “We just have to execute to the best of our abilities. “When we’ve done the things that have worked for us, we’ve had success.” The problem is there is no room for error in deviating from the game plan against Fairbanks. The Bears may get away with a few minutes of wandering against most teams, but not Fairbanks. The Bears have been beaten by three goals or more six times this season, with five of those big losses coming to the Ice Dogs. “That’s pretty much a direct result of us not playing as a unit,

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nitely making a comeback after regions. It was just a good game, and no one was really hanging their heads because, what more could we do?” The Stars came out firing on all cylinders, shooting 50 percent in the first half and getting 13 straight points from senior Julie Litchfield that gave SoHi a 25-18 lead with 2 minutes, 39 seconds, left in the half. Litchfield had 15 points on 5 for 8 shooting in the first half. West closed the gap with a basket and a few free throws that resulted in a 25-23 SoHi lead at halftime, and the Eagles continued to push in the second half, taking the lead early in the third quarter and holding it until Benson began to catch fire. Midway through the fourth quarter, sophomore Lindsey Wong twice kept the Stars within one possession with four crucial points on two free throws and a layup. Wong ended with 14 points on 6 for 9 shooting. “You’ve just seen a side of Lindsey Wong that we see every night in practice,” Blossom said. “She’s just a sophomore, so she gets nervous sometimes. When she’s not nervous, she can do it.” Benson cut the gap to one point on a 3 with 2:26 remaining. West responded with a short jumper from Theyoung

and playing as individuals,” defenseman Jake Davidson said. “It’s still not good to have bad habits, but against a team as good as Fairbanks, when you make a mistake, they’re going to make a play against it.” Belief can be a flagging thing in a lopsided series, but forward Conor Deal said that is not a problem for the Bears. “We can come out every night, and we can be the best team in the league,” he said. “It’s about mental preparation and the guys buying in. “We have a team that can take us all the way to the Robertson Cup, and we all believe we can take a series against Fairbanks.” The Bears have handed the Ice Dogs two of their six losses at the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks, but have failed to beat in the Ice Dogs in six tries in Soldotna. After struggling with the big ice in Soldotna last season, the veteran group at Fairbanks has clearly figured it out this season. “They’ve had a good game plan coming in,” Beauparlant said. “You can see it on video. They know what they want to do. Now it’s up to us to counter.”

Because the Bears have just these two homes games out of their final 13 games, a lot is being compressed into the weekend. Kenai Peninsula HarleyDavidson jerseys will be auctioned off between periods Friday and Saturday. Friday, a Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association U-16 girls team going to nationals will be honored, while Saturday a state-champion KPHA PeeWee B team will be honored. Also Saturday, billet families will be honored on the ice, while the grand opening of the Bears’ Den in the Short Stop on K-Beach Road will be held midday. Then Sunday, the Feed the Bears dinner will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. A lot of the players’ families are in town, as well. The weekend is particularly special for Davidson, the captain, and Stefan and Deal, home alternate captains. The three are aging out after spending three years with the team. Stefan has lived with Richard and Patty Eissler of Soldotna all three of his years. Stefan’s parents, Art and Jean Stefan, will be up from the Lower 48. Stefan said he has come to love the area, and will definitely

Puoy, but on SoHi’s ensuing possession, Benson once again was left open on the perimeter, and she made West pay with an arcing 3-pointer that splashed in to tie it up at 50 apiece. “My whole strategy in the second half was to keep the ball out of Litchfield’s hands, and we were trapping off of (Benson), and she hit big shot after big shot,” Engel said. In the final 90 seconds of regulation, West attempted to hold the ball and wait for one final shot, which Puoy attempted with a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim. West started strong in the four-minute overtime period with consecutive buckets from Chanel Bookert and Chamira Cockerham to take a fourpoint edge, but the younger of the Wong sisters answered with a layup to close the gap again. With 46 seconds left in overtime, Benson got free in the corner and released a tying trey for the second time, knotting it up at 55. “I was trying to get Kelci another 3 at the very end, but that last 3 was big,” Blossom said. “It came down to one of their girls who hadn’t scored a basket all game.” In the final 45 seconds, West again tried holding the ball in hopes of getting off the last shot, and they found it with Malaetia in the corner, who had enough space to sink her first bucket of the game and send the

West supporters into a frenzy. “We were focused on Julie being on the outside,” Blossom said. “We wanted her there to get Bookert and (Marshala Eady) outside.” With 2.6 seconds left on the clock, it came down to one possession for the Stars, who needed one more big play from Benson. Litchfield inbounded the ball in West territory to Benson, who took a dribble and tried to turn around for the shot, but two West defenders kept her contained enough to block any attempt. “I wanted Kelci coming off that screen,” Blossom said. “In fact I thought she could’ve caught it and shot it, but she just drove one dribble too far. She wanted to get a little closer, which I don’t blame her.” Blossom said his team’s goal is to play to Saturday, which would mean getting to the tournament fourth-place game at the University of Alaska Anchorage. “I’m still confident in this team, we showed tonight we can play with the best,” Blossom said. “We just hit a roadblock, but right now our focus, I want that intensity we left the court with for tomorrow for the East game. “We want to play on Saturday, that’s our goal all along.” Thursday girls Eagles 58, Stars 55, OT West Soldotna

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Brackets get busted Day 1 shows how hard picking can be JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer

SAN DIEGO — So you were confident in your bracket, hoping to win the office pool, maybe get lucky and take down that $1 billion prize Warren Buffett is offering for a perfect run of picks. One game in and ... done. Way to go, Dayton. Thanks for piling on, Harvard. And North Dakota State — you’ve got to be kidding. The first full day of the NCAA tournament got off to what has become its usual scream-at-the-TV start on Thursday, opening with three upsets that sent a wave of crumpled brackets — at least 95 percent missed at least one game before the tournament was 12 hours old — flying from Buffalo to San Diego. By the end of the night, fewer than 1 percent of brackets remained unblemished in contests by ESPN and CBSSports. com. “Being bounced from the billion THAT early definitely made me feel some type of way,” said Marcus Arman of Portland, Ore. “I can tell you this: I will not be supporting the city of Dayton in any shape, form or fashion so long as my foam finger still points upward.” Dayton, the No. 11 seed in the South Regional, got it

started in the first game of the 64-team bracket, knocking off sixth-seeded Ohio State 60-59 in Buffalo, N.Y. A few hours later, No. 12 East seed Harvard had its David-vs-Goliath thing working for the second straight year, taking down fifth-seeded Cincinnati 61-57 in Spokane, Wash. Two upsets, and almost everyone shooting for perfection was eliminated before they got home from work. North Dakota State, No. 12 in the West, finished off the day of dead pools by outlasting fifth-seeded Oklahoma 8075 in Spokane’s second upset of the day. Thanks for playing everyone. With Dayton’s win, about 83 percent of the brackets in Yahoo’s Tourney Pick ‘Em game were one and done, perfection flushed in 40 minutes. Wins by Harvard and North Dakota State only figured to add to the number of disappointed would-be billionaires once the official numbers were released. It was a 9.2 quintillion-to-1 pipe dream to begin with, and Buffett has to like his chances even more now. “Yesssssssssss HARVARD!!!!!!! Messing up a lot of peoples chances at $1 billion lol,” former Harvard and current Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin said on Twitter.

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be back, especially to fish. “I think it’s definitely good to have all of this on our table this weekend,” he said. “It’s always fun to play in front of parents, especially parents that don’t get to see games live. “Hopefully, everything going on this weekend will get us riled up.” Davidson has lived with Sam and Joe Halstead of Kenai for all of his three years. His mother and stepfather, Peggy and Terry Olivas, are up from the Lower 48 for the series. Davidson said it was a bit intimidating moving so far from home at first, but he now con-

siders the Peninsula his home away from home. “The organization has definitely become a lot more professional,” Davidson said. “It’s grown with the help of coach Oliver (David) for some time, and now that’s enhanced with coach Beauparlant.” Deal is the only three-year vet whose parents won’t be piling up frequent flier miles. Tim and Denise Deal just have to come down from Anchorage. Deal, who has lived with billet parents Rick Van Hatten of Kenai, and Carmen and Chris Stephl of Soldotna, said the repu-

tation of the Bears has grown immensely since he went through high school in Anchorage. Deal, Stefan and Davidson are the only three Bears who had the experience of clinching a playoff berth during the final weekend of the season in 2012. “This is basically like a repeat of my first year,” Deal said. “We stressed halfway through the season that we don’t want to be in this situation, but now we can’t worry about the big picture. “We have to play a complete, full game on Friday and let everything else sort itself out.”

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Soldotna’s Makayla Wong (11) steals the ball from West’s Marshala Eady (23) during their Class 4A girls state basketball game at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena on Thursday. 6-6 15, Alcantara 0 0-0 0, Eady 7 2-3 17, Puoy 6 0-0 12, Cockerham 4 2-4 10, Tuiniua 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 11-18 58. SOLDOTNA (55) — Nelson 1 0-0 2, Ben-

son 4 0-0 11, Litchfield 6 4-8 18, M. Wong 1 0-1 2, L. Wong 6 2-2 14, Hendrick 0 0-0 0, Kerkvliet 3 0-2 6, Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 6-13 55.

Falcons sign Hester FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms with return specialist Devin Hester. The team announced the deal Thursday. The 31-year-old Hester is a three-time

Pro-Bowler who last year tied an NFL record with his 19th scoring return in eight seasons with the Chicago Bears. Coming off a dismal 4-12 season, the Falcons are hoping he can bolster a unit that ranked 28th in the league in kickoff return yards and 21st in punt return yards.

At CBSSports.com, Dayton took out 81 percent of the poolers in the bracket challenge. By the time the Bison roamed over the Sooners in the evening, 0.4 percent of the brackets were still perfect. Of the 11 million brackets in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, over 80 percent had Ohio State advancing to the next round. That’s about 8.8 million brackets with a blemish after one game. And to the 2.2 percent that had the Buckeyes going all the way to the Final Four: Oops! Through 12 games, there were 41,315 perfect brackets out of the original 11 million — or about 0.3 percent. This, of course, is nothing new. We are in the era of upsets, where seedings and status have little bearing on the bracket. A year ago, not a single person of the 11 million who entered on ESPN’s website was perfect after a first day filled with upsets. Just four got 15 out of 16 right. By now, we’ve learned that Cinderella’s carriage doesn’t turn into a pumpkin once the NCAA tournament starts. It becomes a Formula One car racing through the bracket — and it may be moving at an even faster pace this year.

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boards. With 3 minutes, 39 seconds, left in the first quarter, Seward held a lead of 5-2, and as late as 3:46 left in the second quarter, the two teams remained tied at 9-all. “Our legs were fresh,” Clemens said. As stingy as the Seward defense proved to be in the first half, ACS finally found a groove with 30 points in the second half. But, even with 6:20 left in the game, Seward remained within 10 points of the Lions. “I’m very happy with the ladies for the most part,” Clemens said. “Composure and patience is what I preached to them about what we need to have with this team.” Thursday girls Lions 48, Seahawks 32 ACS Seward

Photo by Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire

AP Sports Writer Jon Seward’s Iris Anderson is checked by Anchorage Christian’s Krawczynski in Minneapolis Dallas Dickerson during their Class 3A girls state basketball contributed to this story. game at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena on Thursday. C

3-point field goals — West 3 (Malaetia 1, Bookert 1, Eady 1); Soldotna 5 (Benson 3, Litchfield 2). Team fouls — West 12; Soldotna 17.

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ACS (48) — Bowden 0 0-0 0, Ealum 0 0-0 0, Crayton 1 0-0 3, Coderre 1 2-4 5, Warren 1 0-1 2, Dickerson 11 5-6 28, Tennyson 2 0-0 4, Duncan 1 2-2 4, Land 0 0-0 0, Ealum 0 0-2 0, Thibadeaux 0 0-0 0, Williams 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 9-15 48. SEWARD (32) — Honebein 0 0-0 0, VonBorstel 4 2-3 13, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Kromrey 3 3-7 9, Jackson 3 1-3 7, Whiteshield 0 1-5 1, Clemens 0 2-2 2. Totals 10 9-20 32. 3-point field goals — ACS 3 (Dickerson 1, Crayton 1, Coderre 1); Seward 3 (VonBorstel 3). Team fouls — ACS 19; Seward 14.

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O utdoor V iew L es Palmer

50 years in Alaska

ishing and writing have taken me on trips to the wild places I imagined as a kid while reading stories about British Columbia and Alaska. A fly-in trip to the Kamishak River comes to mind. To reach this remote stream in Katmai National Park, you have to fly in a float plane to the river’s estuary. Once there, you transfer to an outboardpowered skiff anchored midstream, and then run several miles up the winding river. This scenic, glacier-fed river runs through true wilderness. My guide and I passed one boat on our way upstream, and never saw another human being during that day on the river. We stopped to fish from a long gravel bar. Right off, with an effortless short cast, I hooked a bright chum salmon on a fly. I’d never fished for this species. Didn’t think they were worth the effort. I was in for a surprise. From my story about this trip in Alaska magazine: “Chums typically weigh 7 to 15 pounds, but can reach 30 pounds or more. On an 8-weight, this fish fought like a small tuna. There was none of the twisting and writhing you expect from a salmon, only a determined run and a bull-doggish unwillingness to be reeled in. The fish never rolled onto its side, but remained upright, in full battle trim, stubborn to the end.” That few people visit the Kamishak River is obvious from the abundance of fish and wildlife. A brown bear on the other side of the river made our stay interesting. As we were leaving “our” gravel bar to the bear, nearby wolves began howling. A few moments later, they were answered by other wolves, far off in the distance. Farther upstream, I fished for Dolly Varden with a 5-weight fly rod and an imitation salmon egg. The first one I pulled in would’ve weighed at least six pounds. The second fish I hooked was so big, I thought it was a 10-pound salmon, until it rolled right in front of me, showing me its Dolly spots. That’s when my leader broke. There be monsters at that place. At the Katalla River, about 50 miles east of Cordova, I found more Alaska wilderness. You get there in a small, single-engine airplane, and land on a strip not much wider than the airplane. You stay in a lodge built on the ruins of a ghost town, the site of Alaska’s first oil discovery. To reach the best fishing holes, you run upstream several miles in an outboard-powered skiff. Due to the Katalla’s short, steep drainage and to frequent and heavy rain storms along the Gulf of Alaska coast, this river “blows out” often in the fall. However, if your timing is right, and the river is in decent shape, the fly fishing for silver salmon can be fantastic. I was See PALMER, page C-2

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In a November 2013 photo Sean Busby rides a mountain on the Hornstrandir peninsula of Iceland. By riding the highest mountain range in North Africa this year, Busby became the first person with Type 1 diabetes to snowboard on all seven continents. By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

While a few of his former teammates were competing for gold, silver and bronze, Sean Busby was rounding out a set hardly any Olympian can dream of. It started 10,500 feet high at a base camp and ended hours later on his snowboard in Morocco’s Toubkal National Park. By riding the highest mountain range in North Africa, Busby became the first person with Type 1 diabetes to snowboard the backcountry on all seven continents. “When I finally got back, I got texts about Vic getting double gold medals and that sort of stuff,” Busby said of his friend, Vic Wild, the American-born rider who won two snowboarding golds for his adopted country of Russia. “But while I was up there, I had no connection to the outside world.” At one point, Busby dreamed it might be him climbing to the In a February 2014 photo Sean Busby checks his insulin top of the Olympic podium as a pump at base camp in the High Atlas Mountains near snowboard racer. Marrakech, Morocco. But his out-of-control and

In this November 2008 photo Sean Busby stands at scenic site in Antarctica.

misdiagnosed illness that hit more than 10 years ago, at age 19, held him back. Vomiting. Dangerous weight loss — 30 pounds in the span of 12 days. Pneumonia that set in as a result of doctors’ inability to control the other symptoms. Busby lived with an incorrect diagnosis for three months — doctors first told him he had Type 2 diabetes. Turned out, he had Type 1. Type 1 diabetes is an auto-

immune disease and sufferers are dependent on insulin; Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all diabetes, is often associated with older age, obesity and physical inactivity. Sufferers can often feel better by controlling their diets and don’t always need insulin. While Busby was in search for a correct diagnosis, his sponsors left him in droves. See RIDE, page C-2

Nordic skiing off groomed trails evokes old days By RICH LANDERS The Spokesman-Review

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — It’s the skinny skier’s version of venturing off-piste at Mount Spokane’s CrossCountry Ski Park. Unannounced by signs, a discrete series of orange diamonds leads into the forest off the groomed Nordic trails. A mountain man’s eye for a blaze is required to spot the first marker on the downhill side of the teaching area beyond Selkirk Lodge. Special nails fix it to a tree near the start of the groomed trail called Brian’s Hill. The route instantly departs from the wide, road-like packed swath and perfect parallel grooves set by a snowcat. Tracks along the forest route, informally known as Art’s Boogie, are made by squirrels, grouse, snowshoe hares and skiers breaking trail

through the trees. “This makes me giggle,” Art Bookstrom said with a laugh, unleashing child-like joy as his touring skis skimmed through the snow, dropped down and immediately sprang up from a small depression. “All of these little fun spots in the terrain are smoothed out of the groomed trails.” A recent Tuesday was the perfect opportunity to follow the orange markers back into the early days of cross-country skiing. The main trails in Mount Spokane State Park’s Nordic system are not groomed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the alpine skiing concession is closed. The mountain was smothered with four inches of new, unblemished powder snow from a storm that had packed AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Rich Landers its bags, departed and left the moun- Art Bookstrom, 75, breaks trail on a cross-country skiing route he marked with tain sparkling and surrounded by an orange triangles for the enjoyment of skiers who want an old-fashioned nordic See SKI, page C-2 skiing experience off the wide, groomed trails at Mount Spokane State Park.

Steller’s and Gray: two jays for two biomes

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Gray Jay photo.

Steller’s Jay photo.

couple weeks ago, a small flock of Steller’s Jays flew across the Sterling Highway as I drove past the Welcome to Soldotna sign. Their dark bodies, crested heads, rounded wings, and long tails make them fairly easy to identify from a distance. On closer inspection, Steller’s Jays have a black head and vibrant blue body. My appreciation of Steller’s Jays began when I worked on the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. I spent a summer playing a tape recording of Goshawk calls. The idea was that if Goshawks were nesting, they would fly in to investigate the sounds. I never saw a Goshawk during these surveys, but more times than I care to count, Stellar’s Jays flew in and tricked me by mimicking the recording. Many corvids, the family of birds to which jays belong, mimic sounds; cell phones, cat calls, and even human speech can be replicated by these birds. Steller’s Jays, named by German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, are very abundant in the coastal rainforest of Southeast Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula straddles the northwestern extent of the temporal coastal rainforest biome. Steller’s Jays are likely to be found in the wetter coastal portions of the Kenai Peninsula and have been found most winters in Homer since the Christmas bird count began in 1960. In contrast, Steller’s Jays only began to show up in Soldotna’s Christmas Bird Count

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Jays in the live traps that I used to trap and radio collar flying squirrels for a den study. Strangely, I had to release a Gray Jay “trapped” inside the grill of my Toyota Tacoma in the parking lot of Denali National Park. I can only guess that the jay was interested in an easy meal of smashed insects. The range of both jays overlaps in a few areas including the Rocky Mountains and coastal Washington and Oregon. Not much is recorded about interactions between these species except that Steller’s Jays have been known to steal the food caches of many animals including Gray Jays. Ten years ago, I witnessed a flock of three Gray and two Steller’s Jays by the Kenai River. What appeared to be a juvenile Steller’s Jay was begging to be fed by an adult Gray Jay. This strange mixed flock moved off before I could observe more. This was the only time I have seen these species together. I will likely never know what was going on much less why or how. But, I do know that I am grateful to live on the Kenai Peninsula where we are lucky enough to experience both coastal rainforest and boreal forest species.

in 2005. Over the past decade, a few Steller’s Jays are counted most years and their presence may be due to milder winters. However, they are still very uncommon in Soldotna. Soldotna lies upon the Kenai Flats, the large flat area west of the Kenai Mountains, encompassing the southern extent of the boreal biome. The species historically found here are more typical of interior Alaska and the common jay species is the Gray Jay. Gray Jays, also known as camp robbers or whiskey jacks, are stocky birds colored light grey below and dark gray on the back with a partial black hood. Gray Jays are usually found in small flocks and even have the unusual habit of using nonbreeding adults to help with nesting. Both types of jays are bold and curious. They like to investigate human activities to see what there is to eat — the nickname camp robber alDr. Dawn Robin Magness is a landscape ecololudes to this behavior. Trappers can also attest to gist and Fish & Wildlife Biologist at the Kenai Nathe curiosity of these birds. I often caught Steller’s tional Wildlife Refuge. C

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‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ eyes North America return By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer

NEW YORK — The dinosaurs are ready to roar across America again — but they’re sporting a new look. “Walking with Dinosaurs, the Arena Spectacular” is coming back to the U.S. and Canada — its first visit to North America since its inaugural 2007 tour — and many of its lifelike puppets will be wearing downy feathers. “We’ve decided to bring them up to date,” said the show’s self-described “resident dino geek” Philip Millar. “I’ve been going on about

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was lucky enough to see it that good. Twenty years ago, when the silver salmon returned to Delight Lake, on the remote, outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula, I was there. From my story in Alaska magazine: “I had seen many salmon return to their home streams, but never any like these. Seemingly unafraid, they swam close to our boats. They jumped and splashed. They rolled, their sides flashing like mirrors in the shallow lagoon. They raced back and forth like colts, full of life. “My friends were pull-

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imperial blue sky. Just a few dozen skiers had the wonderland to themselves. “Every once in a while somebody else finds this trail and takes off on it wondering where it leads,” Bookstrom said. Other than the green dotted line added to the big map in Selkirk Lodge, skiers learn about Art’s Boogie by word of mouth. “This trail doesn’t just remind me of what cross-country skiing was like when I was little; it makes me feel like a kid again,” Bookstrom said. That’s no small feat for an inconspicuous 3-kilometer route — the semi-retired Spokane geologist is 75 years old. He remembers a childhood friend converting military wood skis to Nordic skis with door hinges that served as bindings by screwing one side to the skis and the other to the boot soles. Bookstrom is like a feisty grandpa bridging the gaps at Mount Spokane between tradition and progress as well as between young and mature skiers. He’s organized the autumn volunteer work days to clear the Nordic trails of trees and brush. He provides accordian background music during the annual Langlauf 10K race — before and after he competes. On Saturdays in January and February, about a hundred youngsters in the Nordic Kids program fly gleefully off small jumps that are handmade by Bookstrom, a service he’s provided for nearly three decades.

feathers for some years now. And now we’ve finally taken the leap and we’re applying the feathers to the dinosaurs we’re fairly confident had feathers.” Recent discoveries by paleontologist point to the possibility that a large number of non-avian dinosaurs had feathers or something similar — paleontologists call it “dinofuzz” — as part of their body covering, blurring the distinction between dinosaurlike birds and birdlike dinosaurs. The show, based on an award-winning BBC Television series, travels 200 million years from Triassic to the Ju-

rassic and Cretaceous periods, features 20 life-size dinosaurs from 10 species, including a mother Tyrannosaurus Rex and her baby, both of which will now have feathers. Miller said the new feathered creatures may be a shock to some in the audience. He notes that the ferocious T-rex is more closely related in time and anatomy to a sparrow than a Stegosaurs. “People’s popular ideas tend not to keep up with the science, so you’ll find some people tend to draw T-Rexes at a 45-degree angle or they talk about Brontosaurs in a swamp and things like that. The sci-

ing in one silver after another, huge fish, some over 20 pounds. And what was I doing? I was gaping, pointing and generally acting as if I’d never seen a salmon, let alone caught and eaten hundreds. I tangled and broke my line. I forgot how to tie knots. I somehow managed to get a backlash in a spinning reel. I did everything but fish. “The weird thing was, I didn’t care. I just watched those fish and smiled until my jaws ached.” Going back though yellowing magazines and newspapers to read about fishing trips past, I find myself again smiling until my jaws ache.

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Bookstrom’s offspring were grown and leaving the nest when he ended a stint in Saudi Arabia in 1992 for a U.S. Geological Survey position in Spokane. “I missed skiing a lot and I love working with kids,” he noted. It was natural for him to join the local ski club, now called Spokane Nordic, and volunteer to help kids every week through winter. He’s among a handful of regular volunteer who don’t have children enrolled in the program. Bookstrom appreciates help from kids while building the jumps, but most would rather be skiing until the little ramps are constructed. “When I was a kid, we had to break trail before we could have a race,” he said. “Now we have machines that do the prep work. Maybe that’s why they’re so much faster than I was.” He’d prefer that the Eastern Washington University survival instructors didn’t build a snow cave in the Nordic Kids jumping slope every year, but he quietly demolishes it each season and fills in the giant mote to make the slope safe again for the kids. The jumps have evolved. “They were landing too flat so I’m making them with a downslope landing,” he said, pointing out the considerations for approach, height, angle and run out. “I didn’t really like to ski cross-country as a kid, but I’d play on skis all day and get a heck of a workout if I could go into the woods and make jumps over logs and stumps.” Bookstrom grew up near

Denver. His father was a ski patroller. He had plenty of opportunity to be a kid on skis. Indeed, he advanced to make the Dartmouth College Ski Team in both alpine events and Nordic Combined, which combines cross-country racing and ski jumping. In 1961, he was the NCAA champion in the now defunct Skimeister Four Event, which included Nordic Combined as well as alpine slalom and downhill. “I still have nightmares about that era,” he said. “I dream that I show up at the start of the downhill course wearing my jumping skis.” Ski jumping was phased out of NCAA competition when it evolved into a competition among the colleges that could recruit the most Norwegians, he said. He phased out of alpine racing after a collision with a stump smashed his leg and rattled him from head to toe, but not before he’d stood on the podium a step below the likes of Jimmie Heuga, one of the first members of the U.S. Men’s Alpine Ski Team to win an Olympic medal. Bookstrom later helped coach a Winter Park, Colo., Nordic jumping club that produced two Olympians and one U.S. Nordic Combined team member. “There were jumps at Leavenworth and even Mount Spokane and other areas, but they simply got too expensive to maintain and the liability was too high,” he said. “I think Steamboat in Colorado and the Olympic jumps in Utah are about all that’s left in the

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“One of them told me they didn’t want to support an athlete who was chronically sick,” he said. After he got the right diagnosis, and the insulin to combat it, Busby started looking for his second act. In search of something different than racing, he took his cue from some of the great adventurers in his sport — among then, Jeremy Jones and the late Craig Kelly. To the backcountry he went. “It’s the reason I got involved in the sport when I Les Palmer can be reached was 12 in the first place,” said at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. Busby, who lives in Whitefish, Mont. “It’s the sense of adven-

ence has moved on.” The new tour kicks off in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena from July 9-13, then hits The Barclay’s Center in New York City from July 1620 and then The Prudential Center in New Jersey from July 23-27. Other stops are planned for Los Angeles, Kansas City, Montreal, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Milwaukee, Wis. The largest dinosaur in the show is the 36-foot tall, 56foot long Brachiosaurus. It takes three people to operate the biggest puppets and each large one weighs 1.6 tons, the weight of a standard family

car. A team of 50 costume designers and engineers have been working since last year to re-create the ancient creatures, The animatronic dinosaurs bat their reptilian eyelids and gnash their teeth with a startling ferocity. The show is produced by Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the new musical “King Kong,” ‘’War Horse” and “How To Train Your Dragon.” Worldwide, more than 8 million people have seen the dinosaur show in 243 cities. Miller is a little tickled that the show will land in America

‘It’s the reason I got involved in the sport when I was 12 in the first place, It’s the sense of adventure. The sense of getting away from it all. It’s the true spirit of snowboarding.’ — Sean Busby ture. The sense of getting away from it all. It’s the true spirit of snowboarding.” Busby founded a charitable organization, Riding on Insulin, that raises money to give kids with Type 1 diabetes the same chance at adventure Busby has enjoyed. Busby also touts the OmniPod, a tubeless insulin pump that allows him to regulate his insulin without the constant injections that many who

have the disease need. “If something went wrong while I’m in Antarctica, I might as well be on the moon if I need help,” he said. “I couldn’t afford to have my gear fail on me. My life depends on my gear.” Among other places, Busby has ridden the backcountry in Tasmania, Norway’s Lyngen Alps, Kyrgyzstan, Patagonia and throughout the Canadian Yukon, Newfoundland and the

West.” That is, except for the 2-foothigh jumps he makes for the kids at Mount Spokane, and the bumps kids all over the snowbelt make to keep their spirits high during winter. This do-it-yourself foundation of cross-country skiing is what led Bookstrom to post orange diamonds on what he prefers to call the “Forest Trail.” Last year, a skier who opts for wool clothing instead of stretch Lycra asked him if there were any old-fashioned trails through the woods at Mount Spokane. “I just go skiing in the woods when I get the urge, but I understood what he was looking for,” Bookstrom said. The hiking trails are often too steep. Having a marked trail that contours the mountain slopes would be ideal.

He started scoping out routes and found an eager partner in Leonard Seville, who has grandkids in the Nordic Kids program. “We got permission from the park rangers and flagged a route,” Bookstrom said. “The idea was to make a trail that required no trees to be cut or blowdowns to be cleared. There’s been a lot of experimentation, changing the lines, but we have it down pretty well now. We trimmed off branches and cleared a little brush here and there, but the route is mostly natural.” It curves and undulates with the terrain. It angles through the bottom of open glades and through tree stands ranging from scattered to dense. “The route is always between two of the groomed Nordic trails because we don’t

in 2014, where debate continues to rage over both evolution and climate change. “Dinosaurs are deeply charismatic. They are very deeply appealing to children. And so I think it’s important that the curriculum around that is factbased and the way evolution works and the way the history of the planet works” he said. “I mean, climate change killed the dinosaurs. It wasn’t just a meteor. The meteor precipitated making climate change which led to the extinction. So there’s some fairly important lessons from these creatures.”

United States. Though the ascent in Morocco allowed him to cross the last continent off his list, he’s not done with his adventure. He plans on leading a backcountry trip through Norway for people who have Type 1 diabetes. There’s a trip to Greenland in the works. He’s surrounding himself with people who have the same disease he has — spreading the word that anything is possible. “You’re moving at your own pace and it’s your own two feet guiding you through it,” he said. “I’ve been able to meet amazing people, see amazing cultures and learn amazing things.” On the Internet: http://ridingoninsulin.org ; https://www. myomnipod.com/ ; http://www. twosticksandaboard.com/

want anyone to get disoriented and lost,” he said. “Most of the skiers using the trail are little kids.” Or old kids like Bookstrom. “Ski up or downhill from the orange marker and you’ll hit one of the groomed trails. You can’t get lost.” Art’s Boogie merges into the groomed areas of Junction 1 and Junction 2, but it quickly escapes back into the woods. “Today is the perfect day to be on this forest trail,” he said Tuesday as he made first tracks through the new powder from one marker to the next. Sometimes he had to pause and look around tree trunks and through dangling green flags of old man’s beard lichen to see the next orange diamond. “There it is,” he said at one point. “Another diamond in the rough.”

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Manufactured Mobile Homes WINTER IN MESA ARIZONA. Why pay rent when you can own a 3-bedroom home in a 5 star gated retirement park. Priced to sell at $27,000. Includes major appliances, air conditioning & much more. For more information please call (505)321-3250

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COLONIAL MANOR (907)262-5820 Large 2-Bedroom, Walk-in closet, carport, storage, central location. Onsite manager. NEAR VIP Furnished 2-bedroom, 1,100sqft., $1,250. or 1-bedroom, 450sqft. $750. washer/dryer, Dish TV. utilities included. (907)398-0027.

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REDOUBT VIEW Soldotna’s best value! Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools. 1-Bedroom from $625. 2-Bedroom from $725. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825. No pets. (907)262-4359.

KENAI Nice 2-bedroom, 1-bath, washer/dryer, $775./ month, includes utilities except electric. NO Pets, NO Smoking. Lease required. (907)252-2118

TWO WEEKS RENT FREE! 3-Bedroom, 1-bath on Redoubt (Kenai). Cats Allowed. Non-Smoking. No ASHA. $916. plus electric. $916. Deposit. (907)335-1950

Apartments, Furnished DOWNTOWN Soldotna on the river. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Seasonal/ Permanent, furnished/ unfurnished, NO pets/ NO smoking. Credit/ background checks. $795., (907)252-7110 EXCELLENT OCEAN VIEW! Bay Arm Apartments, Kenai. Accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, utilities included. $25. nonrefundable application fee. No pets. (907)283-4405. KENAI 1-Bedroom, furnished, heat, cable included. No pets. $675. month. (907)283-5203, (907)398-1642. KENAI Large 1-bedroom furnished, $600., plus utilities. No animals/ smoking. (907)398-1303 KENAI RIVER FRONT 3 Fully furnished apartments available. Heat, internet & cable included. Washer/dryer on site. 40ft Fishing Dock. No Pets, No Smoking. 3 Miles from Fred Meyer, 1 year lease. (2) 3-Bedroom, 2-bath $1,350. plus electric. (1) 2-Bedroom, 1-bath, includes garage $1,850. plus electric. (907)262-7430

Homes KENAI 3-Bedroom, 3-bath, appliances. washer/dryer. No pets/ smoking. $1,400. plus utilities. (907)398-1303 NIKISKI 3-bedroom, 2-bath, garage, walking distance to Nikiski Rec. Center. Indoor pool & ice rink. $1,345. per month. message (907)776-3325 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.

Retail/ Commercial Space RED DIAMOND CENTER K-Beach Rd. 1,200- 2,400sq.ft. Retail or office, high traffic, across from DMV. Please call (907)953-2222 (907)598-8181

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‘91 KOM D31-P-18A DOZER. 2850-HR ROPS Excellent condition. (907)283-0491 $22K

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Inspector wanted immediately API-570, API-653 or combination of both. ASNT Certifications in RT, UT, MT, PT a plus. Wage DOE. Please send resume and contact information to humanresources@kakivik.com Website… www.kakivik.com

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Cosmetic and family dental office is seeking an upbeat, organized, and skilled dental assistant and office coordinator. Our team of dedicated and well-trained professionals is committed to meeting the needs of our patients by always placing the highest priority on their care. Candidates MUST display a sincere passion for dentistry, possess impeccable customer service skills, and have the ability to multitask. Dentrix and dental experience preferred. Submit resume to admin@drbauder.com or by fax (907)-262-9442.

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Parts & Accessories 4 TIRES/ RIMS-Taurus P215/60R16 HANKOOK Radials Like new. $300. (907)283-4155

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Accounts Receivable Technician 2 KPC invites applications for this level 76, fulltime, 12 month, non-exempt position which will begin April 2014 at $18.05/hourly. The KPC Accounts Receivable Technician will be responsible for financial aid disbursements, tuition waivers, student accounts and other responsibilities as assigned. Employment package includes benefits and tuition waivers. The review date is 3/27/2014 but applications will be accepted until the position is closed. For more information and to apply for these positions go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is seeking nominations for the Public Advisory Committee to serve a 24 month term from October 2014 through September 2016. Nominations are due to the Trustee Council Office by Thursday, May 15, 2014. For more nformation on the role of the Public Advisory Committee or the nomination process, or copies of documents relating to the Public Advisory Committee or the work of the Trustee Council visit www.evostc.state.ak.us, or contact Cherri Womac at the Trustee Council Office, 907/278-8012 (e-mail: cherri.womac@alaska.gov).

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MRC Global is the largest global distributor of pipe, valve and fitting products and services to the energy industry Inside Sales Rep #2131 Responsible for delivering responsive and committed support to customers in the energy and industrial markets; accountable for safe and effective branch operations aligned with MRC strategy for gross margin growth, and financial/operational performance Experience with Pipe, Valve and Fitting, 2+ years in customer service, inside sales and/or warehouse services in a position with increasing responsibility, to include demonstrated sales negotiation experience. Apply online to mrcglobal.com/careers search Soldotna AK

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Maternity fashions reflect women’s pride in pregnancy gaged in post-dinner chatter. I draped my arm around his neck and began playing with his ear. It was absent-minded, and I thought nothing of it, but my mother stared from across the table shocked. She later told me that ear fondling is not appropriate in public. I was taken aback. Isn’t it OK to play with my boyfriend’s ear in public? Does it make people around Abigail Van Buren us uncomfortable? — EAR SNUGGLES IN VERMONT DEAR EAR SNUGGLES: Playing with someone’s ear could be considered foreplay, and seeing it certainly made your mother uncomfortable. Perhaps among your contemporaries it would be acceptable, but as a general rule, it’s better to keep intimate gestures of affection private.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 21 and a college student. My DEAR ABBY: I would like to offer a reminder so mother recently came to visit me and took my boy- people won’t have to experience what I am right now. friend and me out to dinner. After we were through Please take a few minutes to go through your wallet eating, we sat across the table from my mother and en- and make photocopies of everything in there. Put the

list somewhere you can easily find it. That way, if your wallet is lost or stolen, you’ll know what was in it. I did that years ago, but I didn’t keep it current and now I’m upset with myself. Some time over the weekend I misplaced my wallet. Luckily, I don’t keep my ID and debit cards there, so at least they are safe. But because I use my wallet so seldom, I’m unsure what was in there. If people make copies of everything in their wallets, it will be easier to report and replace the things should the need arise. I am so bummed out right now. While I lost only $30, I lost a treasured photograph of my daughter, and I can’t remember what other cards may have been in there. — FUMING IN LUTZ, FLA. DEAR FUMING: I know from personal experience how frustrating losing a wallet can be, so thank you for wanting to remind readers how important it is to copy documents or credit cards they carry with them. It takes only a few minutes, and the peace of mind it brings is worth the effort. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Ziggy

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your imagination could carry you far; however, getting concrete results might be more important right now. A matter involving a child or loved one could be costly. When it comes to a financial demand, you might feel quite tense. Tonight: Head out to celebrate the weekend. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHHYoubeamanddrawmanypeople to you. Listen to your instincts, and you will be more on target than you could have imagined. Your strength of personality and need for freedom could directly conflict with someone else’s demands; try to minimize the problem. Tonight: Relax. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could hear from others how much you might be needed by a loved one. The person in question seems to be unable to share his or her feelings. Your sixth sense is generally right, but you can’t depend solely on that right now. Tonight: If you want to make it an early night, please do. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH How you manage a problem could be very different from how you anticipated handling it this morning. Look to your long-term goals, and you will succeed. Use caution with your finances, as it might be difficult to rectify a mistake after it happens. Tonight: Where your friends are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You’ll go with the flow in the morning; however, you might appear to have a problem seeing the big picture in the afternoon. Perhaps what is stressing you out is what a boss or older relative wants from you. You could feel conflicted. Tonight: Do not act on confusion.

A taxing endeavor Dear Readers: It’s Tax season, and the April 15 deadline will be here in a blink of an eye! Here are a few hints from the Internal Revenue Service to make filing your taxes as smooth as possible: * Gather all needed documents before you start your taxes — not only your W-2s and 1099s, but also forms needed for adjustments and deductions: education and child-care costs, interest payments, job expenses, etc. * If you are unsure about doing your own taxes, get a professional’s help. Professionals often can help get credits and deductions you didn’t know you qualified for. * Double- and triple-check your work. Go over the numbers again to make sure you entered everything correctly. Make sure every place that needs a signature is signed. You wouldn’t want your refund to be delayed because you forgot to sign. * If mailing your return, do not send in original documents. Send copies, and keep the originals in case there is a problem. — Heloise Travel hint Dear Heloise: Traveling with a small child can be hard at times. When my son was small, we would take a foldable play yard with us. It was a pain to bring, because it takes up space and can be heavy. As soon as he was old enough, we bought a toddler cot. It is very low to the ground and is much easier to take with us when we travel, and it can be used for other things. We take it to our niece’s soccer matches. It gives him a place to sit and play. — Peyton, via email

SUDOKU

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.

6 5 8 1 3 9 2 7 4

3 4 2 7 6 8 9 1 5

1 9 7 2 5 4 3 6 8

2 8 1 5 7 3 4 9 6

7 3 9 4 2 6 8 5 1

5 6 4 9 8 1 7 2 3

8 2 3 6 1 7 5 4 9

4 1 5 3 9 2 6 8 7

Difficulty Level

9 7 6 8 4 5 1 3 2

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

HHHH Ask for more information regarding a health or work-related matter. Honor a change with a certain issue, and a relationship will flourish as a result. By the afternoon, you could discover the importance of taking the lead with a relationship. Tonight: Make the first move. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHAllowyourimaginationtocome out in the morning. Your focus might be on making plans, but confusion seems to surround an important matter involving a foreigner, legal matters and/or communication. Your ability to read between the lines will emerge. Tonight: Do for you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could have a difficult time leaving your home, yet once you do, your more playful side will emerge. Use your ability to discuss a heavy issue while making light of it. Depending on the outcome, you might want to change direction. Tonight: Act as if it were Friday night. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Tension builds to a new level. Others could find you confusing at best. Recognize what is happening behind the scenes, as you might not have a clear vision of an interaction right now. A discussion might be a moot issue today if you can’t see eye to eye. Tonight: Mosey on home. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You are likely to have little choice in a work-related matter. A superior could play out his or her role in the problem. Communication will flourish, but everyone seems to be speaking a different language. Maintain your sense of humor, and everything will work out. Tonight: TGIF!

Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Aries and a Moon in Scorpio if born before 11:39 a.m. (PST). Afterward, the Moon will be in Sagittarius. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, March 21, 2014: This year you tend to focus on one person at a time, instead of the group as a whole. This trait could be prevalent in meetings. If you are single, someone might be quite intrigued by you and by everything that comes along with you. Not until July will Cupid be in your neighborhood. Any time after that is when you could encounter Mr. or Ms. Right. Do not make a commitment before August. If you are attached, come summer, the heat will fuel your passion. People who do not know you will be sure the two of you are newfound lovers. SAGITTARIUS can be a source of endless information. 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 Handle a personal matter in the morning. You will want to take off or schedule some time out of town in the afternoon. If you have been considering signing up for a class or sprucing up your resume, the evening is the perfect time. Tonight: The more exotic, the better. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Others steal the stage right now. In the morning, everyone will want your time. The good news is that, by the afternoon, you will have isolated the one person you choose to share your time with. Your relationship could build to a new level. Tonight: Opt for togetherness. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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Previous Puzzles Answer Key

B.C.

Tundra

By Johnny Hart

Garfield

Shoe

By Jim Davis

Take it from the Tinkersons

By Eugene Sheffer

By Bill Bettwy

5 3 9 1 2 6 4

6 2

Difficulty Level

9 4 6 5 3 1 8

9 3/21

By Chad Carpenter

By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins

Mother Goose and Grimm

By Michael Peters

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

DEAR ABBY: I am wondering why pregnant women these days don’t wear smocks like we all wore years ago. While I do think pregnant women are attractive, I really don’t want to see their swollen bellies. Wouldn’t it be better to just “imagine” what is under that smock or long skirt? Does anyone agree with me? — DOROTHY IN WASHINGTON DEAR DOROTHY: Some readers may agree, but I’m pretty sure most of them won’t. You are harking back to the days when people were embarrassed about the subject of sex, and used euphemisms like “in a family way” or “a bun in the oven” to describe pregnancy. Women today are proud to show off their silhouettes. In fact, I saw a woman recently sporting a T-shirt with an arrow pointing downward and the words “Baby on Board.” While this may seem to be somewhat “in your face,” I think it’s healthier than pretending there’s nothing going on when the expectant mother is in her seventh month and it’s obvious there is.

Crossword

C-12 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, March 21, 2014